The Sun.
London, England, 1823-05-20 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.

The Farl and: Countess of Breadalbane, and Lady Elizabeth
Campbell, at Breadalbane House, Park-lane ; the Marquis
and Marchioness of Bute, in Berkeley-square; Lady Cockerel',
at Hyde Park-corner; Lady and Miss Allen, in Charles-street,
Berkeley-square; Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Blackwood, in
Albermarle-street;. Lady Caroline Barham and Miss Barham,
in Queen Anne-street West; Lady Isabella Brydges, in
Gloucester-place; Sir Edward Buller Baker, in Grafton-street,
Berkeley-square ; Dowager Lady Brownlow and Miss Cust, in
Hill-street, Berkeley-square ; Lady Louisa Thynne, at the
Marquis at Bath's, in Grosvenor-square; Lady Bridget and
Miss Bouverie, in Wimpole-street ; Lord and Lady Dufretin,
in Alberinarle-street ; William Honeywood, Esq. 31. P. and I
Family, at their house in Charles-street, Berkeley-square, from
their seat in Essex ; . Sir Charles Saxton, Bart. at Blake's Hotel,
Jermyr-street, from his seat, . Abingdon, Berks ; Sir John
Hope, Bart. at the St. James's Hotel, Jermynstreet, from his
seat in ScOtland.

DEP,. RT U RE 3.—Viscottnt Deerhurst, from Coventry House,
for his seat in IVorcestershire ; Sir Loftus and Lady Otway,
for Leamington, Warwickshire ; the Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Camden, for their seat, the Wilderness, Kent.

FASHIONABLE PARTIES.
Yesterday Prince Leopold had a numerous dinner party to
meet their Royal Highnesses the Duke of York and Duchess
of Kent. Among the company were the Lord Chancellor, the
Marguis.of Hertford, Mr. and Mrs. Canning, Lord .and Lady
Gwydir, the Dukoof Wellington, Lord Lowther, frc. ,
On the 23d ult. the British. Minister at the Court of Copen-
hagen (Mr. Fos•rEn) gave a magnificent fete in honour of the'
birth-day of his MAJESTY. All the Princes of the Royal
House of Denmark were present except Prince Christian, who
had set off for Odensee two days before. The members of the
Diplomatic Corps and a great many individuals of distinction
also honoured the British Ambassador with their presence on
the interesting occasion.
Lady Mary Petre had a dinner party yesterday at her house
in Grosvenor-Square. •
Charles Ellis, Esq. M.P. entertained a large party to dinner
yesterday at his house in Audley-square.

SIR WILLIAM' WALLACE.—This hero bears so
high and so well " merited a reputation in the
history of Scotland, that every thing relating to
so distinguished a character must be interesting
to true Portraits in all Countries, but particularly
to the natives of the North. We have heard
with pleasure that a Portrait of this hero has
recently been dis Covered, and its originality
is supported by such strong traditional evi-
dence as prevents all doubt of its authenticity.
It seems that it had been long in the family
of a Captain THOMPSON' of the Navy. The
ancestors of this Gentleman had long possessed
the portrait, and not only considered it as a very
great treasure, but attached to it a sort of super-
stitious veneration, which induced them to think
that they were secured from danger while they pos-
sessed the effigies of so estimable and so patriotic
a hero. Capt. TnostesoN took it to sea with him iu
all his voyages, and though exposed to various perils
he always escaped with safety, attributing-his de-
liverance to the influence of the Picture. For
services rendered to the Captain, he parted with
the portrait in question, to a friend, Mr. BELT., of
Downing-street, where it now remains. An intel-
ligent friend who feels a due sense of heroic pa-
triotism, but whose taste and penetration are not
likely to give way to romantic enthusiasm, describes
the work as follows is painted on very old can-
vas, stretched on a similar lining for security. The
picture has all the rudeness which might he ex-
pected at the period and .in the place where it
was painted. The outline is bold, and the face
marked by a manly and vigorous expression.—
The hero has a tartan plaid over his shoulders,
clasped with a sort of sun-dial. There is
the figure of a dragon 'on the helmet.—The
" golden hair" of the hero marks his brow.—
The eyes are large, noble, and commanding,
which Tradition records as peculiarly charac-
teristic. The nose is acquiline, with the full
nostril, resembling a war-horse neighing for
the battle. The piece is really a curiosity
and we introduce it to our Readers, from respect
to the memory of a gallant hut unfortunate Hero.
It must be an interesting sight to all Scotchmeu
who feel for the honour of their country, and few,
we believe, do not, and if the present owner is not
influenced by the superstition of its former pos-
sessors, and does not consider it as a security
against personal danger, but could be induced to
part with it, it ought to be deposited among other
memorials of ancient valour and patriotic virtue.

By the death of the Reverend Thomas Cowper, A.M.,
the valuable Prebend of Weeford, in the Cathedral Church
of Lichfield, now becomes annexed (in consequence of an Act
of Parliament, passed in the year 1797,) to the second Canon
Residentiaryship and Chancellorship, held by the Rev. Hugh
Bailye, A. 31. It is a remarkable tact, that Mr. Cowper held
the above Preferment forty-nine years, being collated in the
year 1774.
SINUULAR CASE.—JORN GORDON, tailor, sho
died lately at the East Tenements of Brechin,in
the 724 year of his age, has left a daughter af-
fected in a very remarkable manner with a species
of locked jaw. The unfortunate sufferer .can
take no sustenance whatever but Once in 24 hours.
About eight o'clock in the evening she can gene-
rally, for the space of half an hour, open her
jaws, eat and drink, and talk with freedom, after
which interval she falls into her former state.—
(Newcastle Chronicle.)
A Sheriff's officer and party, who for some
days had been on the look-out for a gang of forgers who had
come over from Belfast, with a large quantity •of forged
notes, on the Stirling and other Scottish bank*, yesterday
succeeded in securing the whole gang, viz.—Andrew Beau-
mont, who has been a notorious dealer in forged notes for a
number of years, Margaret 3CKechnie, alias Fulton, alias Stir-
rat, a woman with whom he cohabits, and her two children, a
girl about eighteen, and a boy about twelve or thirteen years
of age. The two latter were seized on the water-side near the
Point-house, and Beaumont in a public-house in Finnieston,
where he was sitting drinking with another man of a suspicious
character, and a woman. Afrs.M'Kechnie was seized in a lodg-
ing-house at the 13roornielaw. On the gang were found 909
guinea notes of the Stirling bank, fifteen 30s. notes of the hank
of Ireland, three 30s. notes of the northern hank, one pound
note of the Royal Bank of Scotland, and a pound note of the
York bank, all forged. The two officers who entered the
room where Beaumont and those along with him were drinking,
not being sufficient to secure them, one of the officers went
to the door for assistance, while the other endeavoured
to detain them in the room, during which time Beaumont
sprung through the chess of a back window, but lie was in-
stantly followed and secured, after a slight resistance. Beau.
mont is a very stout man, about f► feet 11 inches high, fair
complexion, and pitted with the small pox. Mrs. ill'hechnie,
when seized, pulled a note from some part of her person, which
she swallowed, notwithstanding the efihrts of the officer to pre-
vent her. Her husband, 31‘liechnie, was executed at Glasgow
some years ago, along with a man named M'Cormick, for
housebreaking at Greenock.--(Glasgow Chronicle.)

P 0 E T It Y.

TUE MATRIMONIAL LADDER:
Written on seeing an ingenious Toy, called the ".DIATRIMo•

VIAL

ADMIRATION.
While graceful Chloe leads the gay quadrille,
What new sensations trephon's bosom fill;
An introduction gain'd, the youth advances;
And hopes she's disengag'd the two next dances.
FLIRTATION.

The suit obtain'd, they treadlhe mazy round;
At length fatigued, a seat's convenient found:
Strephon assiduous plies the,glittering fan,
And proves himself a very Rice young man.
APPROBATION.
With favouring smile thelair one hears his prattle.
Sips lemonade, and vows he's quite .a rattle:
Then, as new raptures rise in ev'ry glance,
Exclaims, " I think we'd better join the dance."

DECLARATION.

Next morn he calls, (the custom's very old,)
To hope the lady has not taken cold.
Thinks she looks charmingly in dishabille,
And tells what pangs his stricken bosom fill.

IfESITATION,

While secret joy her soft confusion veils ;
Miss gently checks her swain's romantic,- tales
" She's sure Mamma will think these raptttres Wild--
She knows not how to act—she's quite a child ! !"

AGITATION.
With sighs and vows persists the wounded swain,
Begs she'll recall those wants, and think again ;
Fearful of frowns, or veto from hiamtra,
The softening nymph refers him to Papa.

ACCEPTATION.
Joy on his lips, and rapture on his tongue,
On neat red tape his various parchments strung ;
See Strephon bears the mystic circlet high,
Which bids hope's tide flow strong, his terrors tiy.

SOLEMNIZATION.
At church arriv'd on some unluclty day,
Pour Chloe faulters out the word obey :
Thus of Love's Ladder gain'd the topmost place,
II er downward course the sorrowing,► Muse must trace.

POSSESSION.

Her honey-moon and raptures fled together;
Behold a rural walk in dirty weather ;
The stile is slippery, but in vain the dame
Sues for that aid which once unask'd for came.

RUMINATION.
An evening tate-IC-the you next shall see;
No friendly chat succeeds departed tea :
Blue burn the candles, and the nymph looks blue,
And rumination serves them but to rue.

AT.TERATION.
No more a social walk the morn employs,
A greasy novel constitutes her joys;
While he, poor soul, condemn'd alone to saunter,
Dines with some friend, and empties his decanter.

IRRITATION.
Retum'd at eve, unnumber'd queries wait him,
And she who lov'd so late, appears to hate him :
From trifles light as air the quarrel swells,
The husband bullies, and the wife rebels.

DISPUTATION.
Fierce and more fierce the wordy contest grows ;
Taunts, gibes, and -sneers, and every thing but blows :
Each to a separate couch in rage retires,
Whence slt p is banish'd by vexatious fires.

DESPERATION.
Breakfast renews the quarrels of my fable,
She spoils the tea, and he upsets the table :
AU patience lost, to power can peace impart;
In one thing only they agree—to part.

DETESTATION.
Loud she proclaims the thousands that she brought him;
He cool retorts, " 'twas only those that caught him :
" The world shall know your conduct, brute," she cries,
" Sooner the better, sweet," the youth replies.

SEPARATION.
Equipp'd for parting, see these quondam turtles,
Dead are love's roses, wither'd all his myrtles ;
Such are the ups and downs of love's short story,
" For better or for worse,"--'tis death or glory.

SPORTING 1 NTELLIGENCE.

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BETTING-110031, MAY 19.
nEft

L.—STATE OF THE ODDS,
(Hy.
10 to 1 agst Pantina
11 to 1 agst Fanatic
20 to 1 agst Bertram.

7 to 4 agst Emilius
9:to 2 apt Tancred
1 to 1 apt Nicolo

OAKS.

9 to 4 agst Pinwire
6 to 1 agst Zinc

G to .1 agst Tint
5 to 1 apt Spertnacetti.
DONCASTER ST. LEGER.
sto 1 agst Sherwood I Bto 1 agst Tinker.

The Races at Burton-upon-Trent are likely to be productive
of much sport. At the entry which closed on the Ist instant,
there were 14 horses named for the Cup, and 20 for three sweep-
stakes, many of which are of the first celebrity.
Considerable improvements are now in progress upon Don-
caster race course% and others are projected in the grand stand
to yield better accommodation. The old wood booths at the
back of the stand are already removed, and fifty new ones are
erecting of brick upon the same site, in the form of a crescent.
The gold medal, belonging to the Thistle Golf Club, was
played for on Saturday last, in Leith Links, and gained (for
the fifth time) by James Bay, Fsq. Leith. Although in the
course of playing the first hole, Mr. Hay was under the neces-
sity of losing one stroke, in consequence of his ball getting into
a hazard, he accomplished the two, rounds in fifty-nine strokes;
which, by those who understand the game, will readily be ad-
mitted to have been a near approach to excellence. The second
competitor canto in at sixty-two, and the third at sixty-four
strokes.—(Edinburgh Observer, 111ity 17.)

lirrtALr PTSIIERY.—IIre have accounts of nearly seventy
ships engaged in the Pacific IVhale Fishery, from several ports
in the United States, and from Great Britain. The quantity
of oil ascertained to be already taken by them exceeds two mil-
lions of gallons, averaging nearly 1000 barrels to each ship.—
kicerpoul Mercury.)
On Thursilky last, a young :woman of Gwen-
nap, about 17 years of age, met an untimely death, in conse-
quence of retiring; to astainp shed, in Poldice mine, at the hour
of refreshment ; when by going too near the axle by which the
stamps are set in motion, her clothes were caught by one of the
caps, and she was drawn intetween the Stamps and the.wall,
and crushed to death.

A TRAGICAL EVENT.—(From the New York
Evening Post.)---On Wednesday, April 16,
about twelve o'clock, Mr. Charles Steele, grocer,
living at the corner of Broome and Cannon
streets, deliberately took his gun, loaded with
slugs, and fired it at his wife, who was passing
along the street, which took off one of her arms
above the elbow, He then took a razor and cut
his throat, which he survived about two hours.
Mr. Steele and his wife had lived unhappily
together for some time. Last week she went be-
fore the Grand Jury, and entered a complaint
against him for an assault upon her person, and
ill-treating her in other respects. lie was indict-
ed and tried at the present Sittings of the Court
of Sessions, and required to enter into recog-
nizances to keep the peace. Nothing appeared
against his character until the fatal quarrel with
his wife, which has ended in the above tragical
scene. A New York Paper of the 91st states,
that Mrs. Steele died from her wounds a day or
two after.

THE ARMY.

DUBLIN, MAY 17.—bast week the 23d Regiment, whose
head-quarters were in. Boyle for the.-.last 13. months, received
orders to march for Dublin.

The 23t1 will be replaced by the 19th_Regiment, at present
in Athlone.

The 15th, from Naas, replace the Ilathin Dublin, which
marched for Athlone on Monday.

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

DEAL, MAY 19.—Wind E.—Arrived last night the Dutch
brig of war Courier, Lucas, from Flushing, and sailed this
morning for Gibraltar. Came down from the River and sailed
the Ann, Cordenor, for Pernambuco ; Jane, Wyllie, for St.
Lucia ; and Astrea, Brown, for New Orleans.

PORTSMOUTH, 31 AY 19.--Wind S.—Arrived the Greenock,
Richmond, from the Downs; and Orlanda, Carerdail, from
ditto for the Cape and Van Dieman's Land. Sailed his Ma-
jesty's ship Parthian, for Plymouth; William, Spence, for
Quebec ; and Norfolk, Anderson, for Miramichi.

The Picton, from Leghorn to England, was run foul of and
sunk in the Mediterranean on the 12th ult. by the Constitution
American frigate—the master drowned.

The Helena, Mathison, from Malaga, has arrived at Pill
Foudry, after being abandoned by the crew.

CAUTION TO MASTERS OF VESSELS NOT TO
-LEAVE ANY OF THEIR' CREWS ABROAD.
Co_py of a circular from the Honourable Commissioners of
the Navy to his .Majesty's Consuls :

" " Navy-office.
Sir—ln reference to our circular letter of the 16th of March,
1820, stating that John Way, master of the New Minerva, Liver-
pool, upon thecomplaint of his Majesty's Consul at Pernambuco,
had been tried and convicted in the Cottrt of Kirig's Bench, on the
23d of February preceding, for forcing oneof his crew, a British
subject, on shore, and leaving him at that place, for which he
had been sentenced to three months' imprisonment under the
act of the II di and 12th of 'William I ;we have now to acquaint
you that John Ferrier, Master of the Endeavour, of Arbroath,
on the 26th of February last, upon a represcn cation from his
Majesty's Consul at Genoa, tried and convicted before the Lord
Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, of wilfully leaving
behind two of his crew, whom he took out with him, they be.
ill in a condition to return ; and, in default of bail, was com-
mitted to the custody of the Marshal of the King's Bench
l'rison, until the 24th ultimo, when he was brought up
for judgment, and sentenced to three months, imprisonment,
pursuant to the statute; and we have to desire you will mike
this second conviction and sentence publicly known in your
Consulate, in order that other masters of British vessels may
be deterred from the commission of the like offences.
" We are, Sir, your humble servants."

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