The Sun.
London, England, 1815-02-16 00:00:00

THE LATE AFFAIR AT' STAINES.

(Front a Correspondent.)

Notwithstanding what has been already said in
several Newspapers respecting the affair at Staines
between Lord CRANSTOUN and Colonel DISNEY,
I)4viog been, enabled to obtain a more explicit ac-
tolt, which seems to contrad'et in a great many
oistanees former reports, we are requested to lay
it before the public. In the first place, it is not
true that the Colonel and L ply CaANsrotYN were
on his Lordship's return from church on
before
after service, in the nursery bed-room.
the pistol was fired, his Lordship entered
°le drawing-room, the door being unlocked, and
lthe parties ; Lady CRANSTOUN having been
Jaale, and attended by a surgeon, was pointing out
In Colonel D. the condition of her lameness. This
'xeiting a suspicion in his Lordship, he flew out
in a great passion, rushed u stairs for his pistol,
and both followed' him, to persuade him that his
"Picions were groundless, bat to no effect-4e
I;kked the pistol, and levelled it at them. Colonel.
,tsliEv took her Ladyship in his arms; and car-
r;eil:her out of the room, fastened her out, and
tlleo returned to expostulate with Lord CRANS..
rl"*7-s but all vain, he fired at the Colonel, who,
'ying no weapon of defence, lifted up his arm to
rtect his head,. and the ball struck against the
,()tle of arm, left a desperate wound, and.
ttaneed away. It is not true either, that he ran
out ,f the house directly after he was hired at ; he
rem„ained some time, is took his departure only.
front, persuasion. He did at length return to town,
wounded, and went to his Lordship's friends;
t-li"ct 80-Careless was he Of his Own condition, :hat
t '%'ound had not been inspected, until he went
Ilia surgeon, Mr. JESSF: FOOT, near 12 o'clock
t°oll Sunday night. Her Ladyship was sent away
her friends the same night. A favourite dog
es hot dead by the ball, after it passed away
11:111 Colonel D'a arm. The shock that the hail
ofs. Produced upon the hone, tearing away a. part
the event of the. case at present uncle—
ilined, but every symptom appears to be fa-
LThe above, we ought to remark -is an a purie
eulent by a friend of Mr. Ms NEI%)

l'oterta, No
" measure, we are persuaded,
;nahl have so immediate a tendency to reduce
e price of Porter as a permission to retail this
_
'holesonte•beverage in the same manner as tab,
e
('
,eer ; then indeed might new breweries be erect-
With some prospect of success, and a fair com-
tition take place ; but
while the resent rewers
q. up the p
leases of the present licensed !looses
• Prices hey,,-,d all .credibil,ty, the public must he
,t, their mercy. We arc well assured that pints
ic-tiie short of 20001. have been given for leases
, (louses ,h__e
ut, greatest monthly draft of porter
oes note
t) fall oXieted 15 butts : what an enormous tax
P. ' the consumer !
u the last"I" have fallen in price considerably with-
f
no business is
t present le'v (lays, and little or
ion °fa ft:*:),,rte Ivi•th the merchants, in exPeet" reduction.
Witynsuß"lebr
l'Acct, ' '4B- 15.—Yesterday, the Earl of
ESFIRLD
Ottilie Castle. arrived at the Castle front Sher-
This n urning the Noble Earl,
!getiter with Gene I
Yrto 1..4. MANNERS rind Lady IVIAttY
1 tR, attended Princess AUGUSTA in a ride on
D:seuacle• Princess CHARLOTTE,
Ist4ag at Cranbourne Lodge, after break-
took a long ride,
le Weather proving very fine and mild, and af-
it‘l:ards visited .the 'QUEEN and PRINCESSES at the
a'ctle,
lIIE AVstY
le distribution —The half-veat•ly arrangements in
of the Brigade
of Foot Guards
ationed in 'this Metropolis, will take place on
,e.24th inst.. as follow vi :
AkriTlei,lis.at,B4alion
.Of the Ist Regiment of root Gliards,paotw.
Ist iteuglilnTiairelrit
'no`" in tli%l7es'ftmolLesri.—er
tan 'nf the
to oc-
Tare 3d
13
!,31 tilie 'Barracks in Portman-street.--The Ist Battalion of
,(11? ilstreTn Regiment, now in Portman-square, are to go
,` tehtshrtdge—And the Ist Battalion now in .the Tower,
ti replace those in Westtainstet.
The depat of the 37th Foot is ordered to march
.tnorrew, from Hastings to Chichester ; and
24 'battalions of 'the 27th and 65th regiments
the Isle of Wight, are ordered to Portsmouth.
he 2d battalion of the 59th Foot *has embark-
. Dublin for Ramsgate.
embark-
`at 1-fortiatet .NELsoN is arrived in London
111 Calais, after seeing the remains of Lady HA-.
t'rot consigned to the grave.
At the County of Kent INleeting, he at Maid-
::ent`". on Afonday, to take into,considlderation the
distressed state of the agricultural inte-
' the Earl of DARNLEY, in his attempt to con-
ice 1 •
,1, `l's auditors that the importation of Corn
11';'''' be injurious to the poorer classes, was
,`,,t'Oly the and at last compelled to
uY the noise and clamour of the populace.
.11 l
is*lProar waMesos great, that the High Sheriff
:ited the eting, and.the rincipal Ge ntle-
let at'd Partners Proceeded top the Bell Inn,
iBee, the Resolutions of Lord DARNLEY were
y(1. unanimously.
,terday at the Sessions.(Old Bailey,) bbelt!em_
:.r, r• JtilstiCe HEATH, Mr. Baron RICHARDS,
lii:4e.Ph Sweet, who was indicted for shooting
1 t•I'S. eWell, was acquitted, on the ground
1 e, g!S'n 'was not proved to he loaded, and
cart
..- Previoll.3 malice appeared. Susannah
"Id Sarah Word tvere capitally convicted
trailer
lt,, :01131y counterfeiting 'the coin of the
-‘,.4.--4/- Lo con was acquitted on this. charge
t)Q ilt
of sufficient evidence, 'but was Beta red
tried ,
l'il 1 u tor_knotvinglv littering base mone.y.
44
tip .0i a respectable dressed man was
‘l,,t? lit -the river Thames on Tuesday even-
iii I .13 e i .on exatitination proved to be that of
P.A , .
even-
,,l3 IN, of Watlin-street, who it will be
)el,4_,d as discovered by the Patrole some
Ittr,,eJt.witit his 'clothes dreadfully torn, and a
,'..1 "thid ii•
'
's.ti 1 Is neck, in the Shepherd and f'....bep-
tl• e tls .1 •
ii ,tv Itch he stated to. have been dune
1, (-.
4, 4e4(1.1
'''s Iv,. 'I evening a party: of the Bow-street
er-soual.t to a house in Leicester-street, Lei-
inst
~
ire, in -consequence of an information
'eitil lc ,'1,4 of .the name of Oale.ney, charging
"flieei.ing a connnon gambling-house.--
e,6lWee SOnleii'llat disappointed in their
Irinit• 'ere
:were but- two or three -persons
Attliti,‘lng vt.'lle, 4.11 d nut the least appearance
6 going on.

♦IZ 011,ATC).:IC:S.

DEURY-LANE.—A judicious;Seiection from HAN-
DEL, consisting of the second Cart of his sublime
composition The Messiah, and from his beautiful
Serenata -4cis and Galatea, with the grand Hattie
Sinfonia of BEETuovEN, constituted tie chief en-
tertainments at this theatre last night. There was
a numerous audience, and the whole was received
with warm approbation.
COVE NT-GARI)E N.-There was a Miscellaneous
Selection at this theatre last night, from the works.
of several masters, but particularly HANDEL. A
new song, entitled " -The Battle of Corunna,"
composed by Mr. C. SMITH, was sung by BRA-
Ham, with his usual energy. It is supported by
some bold martial accompaniments, and did credit
to the composer and performer. Miss STEPHENS
particularly distinguished herself in " Angels ever
bright," and " Hush ye.pretty warbling Choir.",
Mrs. SALMON, BARTLE'MAN, &c. bad a warm tri-
bute of applause:

THE FINE ARTS.

Catalogue Raison (le V" the:British Gallery.

(No. III.)
-No. 6. Listening-, L. COSSE—A glariiiheYetricions,tlaub.
7. The Angel (I;livering Peter frdnl Prison, S. RtnAttp—
A work of no merit.

8. Cour.
from/skip, W. Sitis,s—This is a, vulgar attempt at Hu-
mour;. fro Somerset-hmise.

, 9. Poultry Stall, I. Titom—Very indifferent. •
10. The Little Pedlar,, PA'rnicKsaN:—We -should be to he able to compliment a Female Artist upon the
?leauty of her design, the mellowness of her colouring, and
the delicacy of her taste, hut •
11. GEo.W ATsox-:-This Artist .is ''remarkable.
for pail; ing strong lights, and there is considerable merit in•
his produNitins. His manner ifferent from that of Wright
of Derby, l.lt. there is some similarity in the ;,^gnus of his
compositions. We cannot say, however, that .Cte is so snc- '
cessful this sez.von as we have seen him before. His
" Steward's Dang:hter" was an infinitely better picture than
the above, which is his best in this Exhibition. We may ob-
serve, en passant, thal. two or three figures are as many as are
suitable for this desettiption of pninting;—such p,iwerful
lights are never thrown by nature.up(in ten or a dozen indi-
viduals, in different aspects, in the same room.
3. •
Tice Surrender of Cete'ai,):. E. Man, A. R. A.--Was in
Somerset-house last year, and a'Aded nothing to the Artist's
reputation, which we lament to u+; serve, both from this 'pie-
4h:re and the one opposite to it, h.ts reached its tste,K.us
ULTRA.

-13. lit.vsses' Descent to the Infernal .1%!e13,-ions, H. Cott-
nouLD—The fifth word, in the above Cataiople
.description
tells what this picture is!
14. D. votion, J. LAsCHALLAS.

15. Tke Pop, W. F. WinicnnicTON—There is sk`ute fancy
in this subject, but we fear both -.art and nature disre-
garded in its execution. There is room for inipruvew.'ot in
Mr. Witheriugton, and we see no reason to despair of his' at-
taining a higher rank than this picture confers.
16. Si. Bernard, G. HAYTER—T he re is more of eharacte."
in this head, which ►s, as we are told, painted from' an old
Country Sexton, than in the much finer Picture of Ezra. It
is, however, isolated, and has no other Merit. Yet it is'
much to say of an Artist who has made :spelt an impression
as Mr. Ilayter has done by the last mentioned performance
that the present rather encourages us to expect gi eater, than
inferior works from his future exertions.