The Sun.
London, England, 1824-04-19 00:00:00

LITERARYNOTIcE.,

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reIEMOIa of the Mi'fi and WRITINGS of Mrs.IRR.AN-
CES SHERIDAN; Mother of the late Right Hanbarahle
Ricrxmth BnistsLEYSWlLDA.W;andAuthoref "Sidney
Bidditlph," " Nourjahad,': acid "The Discovery,77with
Remarks upon a late Life Of the Right Hon. R.l32SttEttz-
n-.4 sr: also Criticisths and Selections TrOrri the WOrkloKlitrs. •
Salm:paw, and tiographiCal'ArniCdotes. of her k'itil;py and
Contemporaries ; with a Portrait. By tier Grand-Daughter,
ALICIA LEFANCY. • • "
This Work is peculiarly .interesting, becaufe it
relates to a family_ that have been much distill-
guishedin the World, and have left conspicuens
memorials of their 'respective talents. Tliossits
SPILI6DAN, gsq. the grandfather 'of. the fair. Au-
thorlßDS sGII of Dr. SIILHI DAN, the intimate
alSociate and the favourite friend of Dean Swirl'.
His son THOMAS Was one of the best scholars of
his day, and an excellent actor, who, in
,the
tarter capacity, raised hiniself to high reputation,
even IhOllgh r contemporary with GARRICK..But
this Work is interesting, not only because it re-
lates to a family ‘clistinguished for genius, but,,be-
cause it holds' forth examples of moral worth Quit
cannot be contemplated -without-advantage. Mr.
TuostAs SunitrukN was a man of exemplary
• worth., If he had been less firm in loyalty, and
had been imbued with " doctrines suited to the
passing hoUr," he would not have suffered the In-
juries to which he was exposed •by the inflexi-
bility of his moral principles. Ile suffered under
the violence of a rabb!e, who destroyed his Tio-
perty, opposed the exercise of his talents as as
actor, and obliged him to leave Ireland and take
-refuge in this country. He uniformly acted as a
Mall of sense and honour, and was justly esteemed
and courted by the highest characters' of his day.
His wife Mrs. FRANCES SHERIDAN, who is theiet-
mediate' subject of the present Work', was
mery respect worthy of such a husband,''and
her conduct throng!) life rendered her the Object
of universal respect, love, and ven-eration. The
grand-daughter of- this meritorious pair tilts
raised a monument to her own honour as well is
to the memory of her revered= Pregenitors. She
has presented to the public a valuable biogra-
phical Record, which displays filial affection,
sensibility, taste, and judgment. The Work
contains many judicious reflections, critical re-
marks, and amusing anecdotes. Too much atten-
tion has, we think, been paid to a Work, entitled
" Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of the
-Right Honourable' Richard Brinsley Sheridao,
•by- JOHN •W:tTKINSi' This Dr. WAT-
K.INS, we believe, was wholly unknown to the
public before he .came forward with that Wort.
It is certain,We'are-asSured; that he was wholly
unknown to. the StriAtinAs and the !.WEEP
Families, and was therefore little qualified, by
personal knowledge and intercourse, for the
Work in question. But rar from displaying a Viet
regard• to biographical 'candoUr and impartiality,
Isis work seems to haVe rather issued from..feel.
Ings of hestility towardi the Whole generation.
He giVes-a-very poravouNable and wholly unjust
representation of the charaCter and .conduct of
the elder Mr.SIItRIPAN;. and' is :Mot-sparing of
the most bitter reflections oil his son BRINSLEY.
'Far from being surpris-44 that pay fair Author,
Miss ALICI.t LEVANU, has at length come forwArd
in:•defence of her fainily, we are rather, surprised
that Hie Author of the Work referred,to .has not
experienced more decisive proofs of resentment
for his apparent enmity towards a family towhom
he was Unknown, and from whom he could ribt
have received any provocation, Vie prosiiiiipi,
therefore, that his Work was deemed too .con•
temptible for miy previous notice, and we wish
that Miss ll4rkisi& had treated it with the same
disdain. We confidently recominyid this Wni,k
to our Readeys 4.1 general, as not,..imiy, very
amusing,' 'but piso instructive; and ahonnding,
in anecdotes relating to persons well known, to
the public, amid who have leftrnemorials of th.o.,
respective talents,'which will always piaceAbOn
among the literary ornaments of thiS•coontr.y.

•
Bow-STREET.-----Saturday a youtuk man kiardtql
, /Fyn. Gibbs was charged before Picas. oniett-
pieion of having stolen a large quantity of grapes, the property,
of the Right Iion,,'GEORGE CaitNING, from his hot house at.
Gloueester Lodge,. Olfl.Brom -- ptOrnMr. Grange, a fruiterer in
CoVent-garden. Market, . deposed that the prisoner came to his
shop between five and six o'clock, with about, 401 b. of sweet,.
water grapes in a basket; andwished him to buy them. IViittivvi
observed that the grapes were not ripe.enough' to grither,'pnd.
asked prisoner where he brought them from. Ile replied from
Kensington, and that he had gathered them unripe that nripe stki,te
because his bot-hotrserwas about to be pulled down tn make Yor'_.
for qther buildings. Witness thought-this an improbable store",
but told prisoner he might leave a few bunches °Wiwi, with hit:,
and when he had ascertained 'the market price, if he woilld. bait
again he would pay him for them. Prisoner then left 51,w
bui.dies, and as,soon as lie was' gone witnegs:placed thernirrins
windoiv;not.doubting but they were stolen, and,that so emirs:rig
theth would be the best means of finding the owner; and welt
turned.out ; for they had not been in the window more thatitni
hour, before Mr.. Canning's gardener came into, the shop tad .
claimed the grapes as his master's property. Prisoner returned.;
shortly after, and was given in charge-to an officer:—John John-
son, Mr. Canning's gardener, deposed that he left the' hot
houses, all safe at eleven Weloek on the preceding night, anti erx
going •to them' at six o'clock next morning, he found a large
quantity of grapes bad been carried away during the night...l'llZ;
windows were open, and there were marks cf. footsteps from. tt
bottom of the garden. He immediately proceeded. to.. Covent
garden, and 'found some of the same grapes in Mr. Gransee
window.—'!'he Magistrate asked how he knew them to be ,tieY •
same?—hie replied that he had grbwn them himself;' hadiin4
spected them frequently, during their growth ;, and he knew!.
them by the shape of the hunches, and by their State of ripe'?
prisoner in his defence said the grapes were givefl
to him to sell by a man Whom he did not. know, le. waS
rnanded for further examination to tuesday next; the gaideiht
being of opinion that he had. an accomplice who might be,retr;i
dily apprehended.

A cow, on Tuesday last, beionking
How Arm, Esq. produced a full-grown calf, having-,:eight
two perfect bodies formed to one breast, and Me' head..l4.
( Stockport Advertiser.).
Mr. 131,AOnixx ernbuilc'eil' last's...Week frOni ' •
Portsmouth, the bearer of forty thousand pounds
to the Greeks.—(Southampton County Clown.)

FRLXCII PAPERS.

irrcm4rtial ut., Deale./
TA Arai!. 1 s.—Tlie ceremony of Charity

tAiliti took place two days ago at the Assump-
lioe,in.faVour of the Noviciate of the Sisters of
Andrew, was honoured by the company of
;., -the Duchess of Angouleme and the Duchess of
'Dern. An extraordinary conflux of illustrious
yersons of both sexes filled the Church. The.
Frescher, 11. de Bonncyie, was beard in the
liaott profound silence.
APRIL 3 6.--On the Ath the Government
liaised it to be . signified to the Spanish Offi.
NM prisoners et Burgos, that they must either

4t:wro to Spain, remain in France, or go into
?ioreign countries Those who choose to return
aft to receive passports, but they must designate
that part of the frontier by which they desire to
• -,•eturn ; those who wish to remain in France
must chew their means of s.ubsibtence, and those
-vilso desire to go ahroal, must point out by what
part of France they choose to 1./.‘e it.
CosirraNTINOPLE, MARCH "10.—The different
eeperts respecting the l'acha of Egypt are at length
-.cleared up. agent, who left Canbtarttirtople
~. some weeks ago, wai the bearer of an offer fconi
the Grand Signior of Ilk- chief command, both by
I:vnd and sea, of all the forces destined against
the Morea and the islands of the Archipelago.
• This fact seems to have hean the source of the

ve.rious reports. There is-,a report that the Aga
of the Janissaries, who was so vigilant in main-
taining order among those troops, has been assas-
sinated.

. . [Fronz-the Courier 'Francais.]
STOCKHOLM, MAncit 30.-41. de Flack, the
-Governor of the province of Wennersborg, has
sent- the justification of his conduct, against the
accusations of Andrew Danielson, a peasant,
who accused him of arbitrary .proceedings, to
the Grand Reftrendary, but as it has not been
found satisfactory, M. Flack will be proceeded
against before the Upper Court at Jenkoping.
(Frorz the Constitutionnel.)
CARACCAS, FEE. I`2.—(Extract of a Private
Letter.)—Letters from Lima say, that. the Royal
Army has taken the name of National, and the
Officers have received orders to declare,
-wherever they go, that they .are -now fighting for
the Nation, and not for the King. The motto
on the colours have been changed from Live
the King to Live the National Army.—This
flews you will receive just as we have receiv-
ed it. The letters which transmit it accorn.
_ puny it with no expressions of doubt, and it will
riot, perhaps, appear improbable to you, when
you recollect that La Serna, commanding the
-Spanish Army in Peru, has already once before
thrown off the Royal authority, and that his army
swore with enthusiasm fidelity to the Constitution
of the Cortes.

(From the Maniteur of Friday.)
The official part contains only an Ordinance
,of the King, approving of the statutes of an ano.
nymons society which has established a savings
bank in the city of Besancon.
NON-OFFICIAL PART.

FRANMYORT, APRIL 10.-The Grand Duke of
Baden has given full liberty to the Catholics of
Pforzheim for the exercise of their religion.-
-iiitherto their worship was only tolerated, but
the conduct of the Catholics has induced the
Prince to issue a most honourable decree in their
favour. lie hopes, he says, that his Catholic
subjects will see .in this mark of favour a new
reason to distinguish themselves- by their religious
sentiments, and by the practice of every virtue.
Other Protestant Princes shew dispositions fa-
vourable to the Catholics. A Catholic Church
is building at Coburg, and the Catholic Pa-
rish there will have a resident Clergyman.
Churches for the Catholics are building also
tlt Bremen, at St. GUarshousen (Duchy of
Nassau), and at Darmstadt ; the Grand Duchy
of Hesse and Nassau contribute to the ex-
pence of the two latter. A Catholic Church
Mid School are building at Pinta, in Saxony
The Princess Cunegunda has left eight thou-
sand crowns towards the expellee of the lat-
ter. At Hamburg-I), the Senate has just de-
creed that Ale Catholics shall henceforward be
elegible to all offices as well as the Protestants ;
-even the offices of Senator and Burgomaster shall
be open to them. The City of Frankfort has
suede an amicable arrangement with the Catho-
tits, represented by Messrs. Schlosser, Brothers,.
rho-were theMselves formerly Protestants. In
s,everal places the Consistories have adopted some
practice* of the Roman form of worship ; The
-Gonsistory of ,Saxe-Meitierigen, has just.restored
the prayer for the dead, and a general fke will
be celebrated on this account in all the churches
id, the month of November. the principal I,u-
-_literatt church at Berlin the statues of the Twelve
Apostles have been placed, and on the altar is
--esatcifix with wax tapers and the-Book of the
Gospel. Mr. Harms, a Clergyman of Kiel, has.
.
tistified- the-sign of the cross in a sermon which
he has published, and Mr. Euden, Professor at

•
Jena has wade a very fine .eulogltitri on the
e Papal Power, in his History of the Middle Ages.
• P Ants, APitti. 15.—A telegraphic dispatch
from Toulon, dated the 4th instant, announces
• • tio.a.at ten o'clock in the morning that day, the
For of -1.20 guns, had been launched
without any accident.
• • ANcoN.A, Apart. 4.—A Greek vessel from
Corfu, from whence it had sailed the 24th of March, relates that
the town of Lepanto had fallen into the power of the Greeks,
the 13th, of that month. 'AccOrding to the information we have
on this subject, it appears that a breach having been made by
tba artillery of the Philhellenes, commanded by Colonel Stan-
} Op', the place was summoned. to surrender, and Jussouf
Paella, who commanded there, having rejected all sort of
- capitulation, they prepared for an attack with their whole
.11rce. It was executed on the night of the 14th, a little
b,iye sun-rise. Constantine Bernd', and Nicctas, the Turk-
• eater,sled the advanced guard,- and at seven in the morning the
.40,indard of the Cross floated upon the walls of .Lepanto. Part
toe Turks perished, and, it, is said, there was found a rich
ty)fity iri money, ithmunitiOn,' arms, baggage, and effects, ob-
Ataiied frxri the pillage of Achill% in 1821, by .IU-Ssouf
vrika, according to all.appesrance, perished in7this,laSt.battle.
JrnialCrt F1114733.—eA415, Arstir. 16.—kive. per -Cents.'
oticrd at 101.60., closed at 101. 85..1 Loan of .; Bank
s ; Neapolitan -5 per Cent., in ducats, 95. in.
1i.0v,,5,-Pflf. 76. ; Reines d'Espagne,:l7.; Royal' Spanish ',Win
.na $3. Lizahange on London; one month, 25. 15.; three
awmt1141,515.---(Cetsrs Autlientifig.)