The Sun.
London, England, 1812-10-24 00:00:00

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Our grumbling-Politicians cry,
•. Old England's basis stands awry, -
Mend tbis, they say, mend that, mend. Votlier;
Spare, spare, good people, your 6oriCern,
Let this Old England se-rve-yoUr turn,
von can chew us such another. '

'THE SCOLDING WIFE; OR, •" vErtY BAD AND VERY
- • WELL 1"'

AN OLD STORY IN A NEW 'DRESS.

• A friend once met me, and his-case thus told---
Says her I'm married to a downright scold,;`,
Indeed; Stie'S like a woman 'raving, mad,
Alasl my friend, said I, that"; very 5z2;
t'• No, not so-bad, said be, for, with her hand,
„ I got some money, and a houscund land;
Indeed, said I, then-that Was very well;
You'd no& say so when I my story tell;
For you must know, that I. and her own brother
Quarrelled, and went to law with one another,
And.l was cast. eery bad indeed;
- Why, not so orrii, because it was decreed
I3efore he got the.house, he should malte'o'er
A certain _flock of sheep—abottt fourscore ,«
Why that. you'd .-•;ty was very well, I wot;
-No, norso wen, for 'ere the sheep I got
They ev'ry one fell sick, and died o' th' rot;
Ah that was very bad, my friend, indeed;
No, not so, had, because a man agreed
To give me twenty pounds for skin and fat,
When melted. Ah ! then, ecru well was that;
_ No, not so well, for l'nra clumsy , .
And, as Ltried to render it to tallow, .
• Into Inv e:lnldron fel! a red-hot cinder,
And in'an hour my house was burnt to tinder;
Ah that re:y/1414, Ido protest; )
Nol not so bed--alt happens tor the best;
• My scolding, Wife was burnt among the -rest! j
•

FOR ,THE SUN.

MR. EDITOR,

PAVEMEtir.

• • The Opposition Papers abound' with clamours
for a 'Refo?.m,,not merely in Parliament, but in
the whole frame Of our Establishment in Church
old Stare, but we'ne-er find; the writers descend
to any ,objects of practical 'henefit, bewildering
themseh'es -and their readers- in, loose-and fanci-
ful theories, utterly repugnant to experience and.
the nature of society.•lf these:writers were really
solicitous for the public welfare,- they -would step
down from the lofty. heights of speculative per-
feaion, and endeavour to serve their fellow-eiti-
/ens in the himbler walks of, convenience and
utility. For insNnce, is there any thing that
niore strikingly demands attention and reform
than the condition of the PAVEMSST throughout
the metropolis ? Yet theOppositionlWriters quiet-
ly 'walk through the streets, and' see -.carriages
every moment in danger of being overturned, and
fOotpassengers covered with dirt, and in peril of
their limbs; from' -the ruts and broken stones in
every part of the town, but are' too intent upon
the great business of improving the State to at-
tend to such a vulgar subject' as that which is a
daily' annoyance to the Capital of the limpire.—
L see by the public prints that one of the District
Surveyors \ has thought proper to present Mr.
SoANE's new house in Lincoln's-Inn-fields as an
infringement, which every man of taste, who has
seen it, considers as an additional ornament to.
the town, and what is likely to lead to, great im-
provetnent•in the general style of building-. How-
eVer I may pity the taste of that Reforming Sur-
veyor, I cannot but admire his zeal, and have only
to regret that, on this occasion, it should have
been so ill-directed, particularly as it may subject
kiln to the suspicion of professional jealousy or
pique. I sincerely hope that tkis active Hunter
for a grievance will turn his attention to the paths be-
fore houses rather than to houses themselves, and
then he will ilcserve the gratitude of the public,
Without exciting any -9pinions distrustful of his
classical attainirientS 'or of the liberality of his
sentiments. " - •VIATOR.

TO THE EDITOR OF mr, SOT.

Slit,

In consequence of a paragraph in your paper of
Wednesday, I beg you will do me the justice to
state, that what is there called the " pugilistic
contest" between Mr. OCTAVIUS GILCHRIST and
me, did not arise in -anyway that, Ithink, strictly
warrants the use of those terms. Jr was, on the
pith instant, whilst alighting. from on horseback
in the street of Stamford, most unexpectedly beset
by Jr. OCTAVIUS Gmolintsr, accompanied by his
biother, and a party of people, (some of whom
stole my hat!) and I susta:►:ed an assault of
the most ungentlentanly and outrageous % kind.
If you call this a " prlgilistic contest," I beg to
,he
considered as not only not assenting to such an
encounter, but as being painfully sensible of the
degradation of it, and as having, strongly depre-
cated it at the time.

I dare say the writer of the paragraph (whoever
be may '.)e) is right in supposing that " this is the
first instance of a contest of this kind, after one
of so awful and dangerous a nature as the for-
mer," (referring to a meeting on Sydenham Coin-
mon).; and I believe that you will think 'with
in,!, Sir, that it is also the first instance of a per-
Son, situated as'l was, after this attack upon me
in the street on a market-day,. being, on the in-
formation of a particular friend and confidant of the
challenger, in the former case, bound over J3y the
Magistrates, at two o'clock in the morning after
the assault had been committed in the afternoon,
to' keep the peace towards Mr. GILCHRIST, and
l
all his Majesty's liege subjects ! !
_ '1
assure you, Sir, that I am sick at heart of this
obligation to make myself the subject of notice,
which some, persons impose, upon me, by,state-
ments in your Paper and others, that cannot pass
without observation. The: greatest.affliction of
the controversy, 1•1)r adversary toWivell knows,
is, to me, its obtrusiveness on the public;. and I
call upon you, Sir, as a Gentleman; and•the friend
of those who have 'a claim to that diStinction, that
you will let me return to that unnoticed state
Which you, through: your Paper, have' been the
ino:rument of disturbing.
I am,' Sir,
Your obedient humble servant,
RICHARD NEW*COMR,.

Stamford, f..)ct. 22, lifit.

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had been nearly stationary, has in the course of
this day been raised to au amount- whiCh aluicAt
exempts me from any personal anxiety as to the
result. From 46, at which it stood vestcrday, my
maj.
ority is thus day raised to '256 above Mr.
Brougham. You will hear, Gentlemen, with sa-
tisfaction, that Gen. Gasc47ne,. who had yesterday
redeemed the trifling minority into which he had
been thrown the day before, has this day improved
his advantage, and now stands aboveMi.B.rongham
with a. majority of 171.
Gentlemen, this advantage is great and promis-
ing,:but it must not yet be'considered as decisive.
The Activity and, exertions which have produced it
iuttst4ot Vet be discontinued ; for though our an-
tagonists arc disheartened, they do not yet con-
fess themselves.defeated.

Gentlemen, I owe it in justice to Mr.
(and it is in a moment t`,lr success that one (ight
to be more particularly anxious to render justice
to an opponent); to explain the grounds on which
he has declared his intention of still persevering
in the contest. I owe it in justice to him, because
without such an expla►►ation, you might, upon
comparison of the amount of the numbers which
have been polled in this election with those of
any preceediug election (equalling or exceeding,
as they reallydo, any former p►.ecedent), be led to
impute a spirit of vexation► to my antagonißts, and
to suppose that that' protracted the contest only
to harass. the 'winner. The numbers which have
voted to the end of this day are 2,438. The
greatest number that eVer, plied before, was, I
am told, 2,42i5.

But .with the utmost frankness and candour
(for Mr. Brougham-has himself- declared that be
entertains no sanguine hopes of materially' bet-.
tering his coit(litionlon the poll). [Loud cheers
beginning.] Cheer not this statement, Gentlemen,
for y 6.1, would not exult over a fallen, eneqm—.--,
lirouuliqui has stated, that he came here in-
Vited by a numerous and. respectable class of your
comMunity, who still continue to entertdin hopes
which he has himself- abandoned.. That, consider-
ing hiniSelf only as an instrument in their hands,
and having the - guardianship of their hopes en-
trusted to him, be does not think himgelf 'at li-
berty to erect his own 'opinion in opposition- to
their's, or to desist from the contest until he has
'their authority for his dereliction of it. On this
ground I'must fairly say, that tic appears to me to
be not only justifiable, but that he would be un-
justifiable if he were to act otherwise.
I shall, I am sure, not oft-end but gratify your
-feelings, if I take the opportunity-in this moment
of expected; and,l may ahnost say, assured vic-
tory, to say, thati on-- the hustings, during the
whole course. of this,Contest, the conduct of my
antagonists has been perfectly uneXcentionanle
and gentleman-like ; that' our contest has been
carried on without 'any thing like ill-humour or
captiousness, without demonstration of any of
those feelings which add bitterness to conflict, and
humiliation to discomfiture.

Gentlemen, Mr. Brougham is a man- of great
talentS, and invited as he was by. the entreaties
and assurance of -his friends, he could not well
forbear presenting himself to you. Between him
a.l-.4 me, Gentlemen, the Freemen of Liverpool
haVe exercised ~heir free choice. I need not .say
how flattered, how delighted I am by the pre-
ference.; but the victory is yours, not mine. I
Presume not to claim it as a personal triumph..
.Gentlemen; between us; the Candidates, Ihere
-has been, as I Said, no unkind or hostile feeling.
When we quit you, the one triumphant throiigh
your favour,. the other with his hopes.disappoint-
ed,'let us have the satisfaction of hearing that
the heats of the -contest do not survive the oc-
casion, and that'we do not leave behind us in
the town any.bitterness to distract and- disquiet
your society.
. Gentlemen, the lateness of the hour, and the
prospect of another opportunity of addressing you
when the contest shall be finally settled, prevent
me. from trespassing upon youat present.
I wish you all good night ; I repeat my cordial
thanks to you all for your exertions ; and I look
to the happiness of seeing you again, when our
mutual congratulations shalt be founded not on
the hope, but on the certainty of success."
Liverpool,. Oct. 15, 1812:

•, The following article appears in a Paper of
yesterday :

" MR. COLMAN.
" TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST.

.•
" Stll,--4-perceite it is stated in aletter in your
Paper of this day, that I have been seized with
a oonia of writing an Address for the opening of
the New-Drury-Lane Theatre. I beg the favour
of you,, Sir, to contradict this insinuation.
" I never was mad, nor ever foolish enough to
attend (further than to laugh at) to' tie advertise-,
ment for Addressing Competitors, to be judged by-
Mr. WHITBREAD'S Entire CRpnnittee.
" I am, -Sir, your-obedient servant,
" Oct, 22.“ " -G. CbLINIAN.;'

, Some observations, rather of an ill-htimouyed
nature, have been made on the
_appointment of
Mr. .1.3 R o GDE N as one of the Lords of the Treasury.
Those who know this Gentleman will most readily
admit th'it his good sense fully qualifies him for
the situation ; and his...private conduct is so de,-
servedly esteemed by all' parties, that we should
rather have ex'pected that they would have,felt sa-
tisfaction "on seeing such men introduced to, office,
titan that hi appointment should have, occasioned
harsh animadversion in any quarter. . -

- •
MURDETZ.---A letter trom Deal says—". A mur-
der of an atrocious nature hai just beers commit-
ted on board of a ship lying in the Downs. From
the best information I can collect, it appears that
the deceased was a Serjeaut of Marines,:and, for,
some cause was ordered by the Lieutenant, cow-.
manding in the absence of the Captain td walk
the quarter-deck with a musket on his' shoulde?,
like a private : this, it appears, he refused to.do,
remarking to the officer, that he might put him in
irons, or bring him to a Court-martial if he chose;
and' if he should happen to be 'broke, it would
then be time enough for him to carry a musket.
TlkiS reply seems to have irritated the Lieuten-,
ant so much, that he went down below for his
dirk,.and, coming again on" deck, ran the unfor-
tunate Serjeant through the body, and he expired
,almost immediately."

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