The Sun.
London, England, 1823-11-27 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

[rutin sit PRESS.]
Monday's French Papers, which reached our
Oflice yesterday, in regular course, contain little
of any Importance. The leading contents of the
Maile of Tuesday, containing Di Borgo's Ad-
dress to Ferdinand, at Madrid, on his public
audience, and the tyrant's answer, were given
by anticipation in yesterday morning's paper.
The designs of the French, Cabinet, and the
Continental Powers, both on the policy to be
pursued in unhappy Spain, and towards South
America, are now clear; and we hope our Ministers
will act accordingly : firmness and decision will
be indispenable. Necessary as peace is to the
happiness and prosperity of this country, war,
we are sure, cannot be long deferred, and we
must be prepared accordingly. Tuesday's
Done states, that the gallant Miians, Mina's
brave coadjutor in Catalonia, arrived with his
r family at Perpignan on the 18th. We are glad
the Spanish Chief is beyond the reach of the
tyrant's cut-throats. The proscriptions of the
despot daily extend to the ,first grandees in
Spain ; his tottering throne is • now only sup-
ported by the monks and 44 tnanolos," backed
by foreign bayonets. The Duke de Medina
Cell and others, the oldest blood in Spain, rank
prominent on :the proscribed lists, and we ford'
the Duke de Paralada, formerly Ambassador to
France, added to:the number. lie 'has, as his
first punishreent, been deprived of the Royal
Order of Charles ' the Third. In fact, no many

[MORNING HERALD.]
Paris Papers to Tuesday's date inclusive, and
containing Madrid news of the 18th, were re-
ceived yesterday. The most interesting piece of
intelligence they bring is the first public appear-
ance of M. Pozzo di Borgo as an actor in
Spanish politics at Madrid. He was admitted
to a solemn audience by King Ferdinand
on the 15th, honoured with the order of the
Golden Fleece, and made a set speech to the
Monarch in return. The words uttered on such
an occasion, by so important a personage as the
diplomatic representative of the Emperor of
Russia, will naturally be looked to as the
only light from which to form a conjecture
of his Imperial Majesty's designs, and the sug-
gestions which he is likely to make, and to have
made, to the King of Spain. It is true that
words—particularly in these days, and from the
lips of a diplomatist, are but feeble pledges ; and
Russian good faith—never rated very high—is
not likely to gain by being placed in the hands
of an adopted nursling of adventure and intrigue
like M. Pozzo di Borgo. But it is not a question
of personal veracity or public faith. The occasion
is one in which this Minister may be supposed to
express his real views with more or less of clear-
ness or obscurity. Though nothing certain or
unequivocal can be deduced from his speech,
still it is pregnant with matter in a narrow
space. The opening is a compliment in • the
oriental style to his 64 august master," who saw
and foresaw every thing in his wisdom. This is, no
doubt, mere form. But it may be set down as one
of the remnants of bombast, which show that
Russia, with all her pretensions, is still not strict-
ly within the pale of European civilization—and
retains much of the characteristic barbarism as
well as despotism of Asia. In a few paragraphs
the diplomatist recapitulates the events which
have taken place from the Congress of Verona to
the return of Ferdinand to Madrid. One obser-
vation suggests itself upon this—viz. that M.
Pozzo di Borgo puts it studiously forward, that
the Allies met at Verona—we mean, the Holy
Allies—determined to effect a certain purpose, in
a particular way—that they strictly executed their
own intentions. The inference is, that the nego-
tiations between his Majesty's Ministers and
the Powers at Verona, or the French Minis-
ters at Paris, neither modified the purposes
nor changed the course of the United Sovereigns
—and that the utmost they have done must
have been to retard the execution—if they did
even so much. The Ministers of France, in
their State Papers and speeches, have, like
M. Pozzo di Berge, taken occasion to tell the
world, indirectly, but ostentatiously, the idle-
ness of British opposition. He next tells
Ferdinand what his allies expect from, and
are prepared to do for him. In the first place,
his possession of absolute power is declared I
46 a condition necessary to the happiness of Spain
and the safety of Europe,"—and thus vanish the
hollow promises of M. Chateaubriand, about
giving Spain " institutions suited to the age,"
and those pieces of waste paper—the Conven-
tions of the Duke of Angouleme with Morillo
and Ballasteros. These two persons, by the
way, are reduced to a melancholy dilemma.—
They either were dupes of French promises,
or they affected to be duped, as a cloak for
their treachery. It is not easy- to say which
was the more despicable. The most interesting
paragraph of M. Pozzo's speech, at this moment,
is that which alludes to the quondam possessions
of Spain in South America. It is couched in ge-
neral. and not exactly direct terms, but yet
can hardly be mistaken.—" Time difficulties
which your Majesty cannot fail to encounter
in the pacification of your vast dominions,
will only enhance the merit of having con-
quered them ; you will find the means in the
wisdom of your own determination, in the virtues
of your people, and in the interest with which
you are sure to inspire your Allies." This
seems palpably a contemplation of the recon-
quest of South America. The idea of recon.
quest by Spain alone would be utterly absurd.
Even from that circumstance, therefore, of itself.
it might be assumed that Ferdinand was to have
the aid of " his allies." But the diplomatic,
orator openly speaks of the " interest" with
which Ferdinand mould inspire his allies by such
an enterprise. It is not to be presumed that this
44 interest" would be confined to their good wishes
and their prayers.

Mn. EntTou.—Frosty nights and sunshine
mornings, the fall of the leaf, and the thermome-
ter, announce the approach of winter, and of the
Bath season. But seasons, alas ! have changed ;
frosts have become more intense, winds more
piercing, rain more drenching, and snow whiter
since the peace. Rents fall, and rivers rise with
a vengeance; the swallows take wing; and the
Dandies, too tender for the season, and too poor
to buy blankets, prepare for their southerly
'migrations. Alas, poor Bath !—Where will thy
troubles end ?—Spirit of King Bladud! is there
no redress ?—Send us another spring better than
the last, and more wonderful than mere hot
water—a spring of lava, or brimstone, or Por-
tugal wine, if more attractive, together, with a
volcano, or some other trifling curiosity thrown
into the scale, though it should serve only to
warm us, or to save us a journey to Vesuvius.
Or, if there be no room for a new mountain, we
have hills, ready made, and quite at hand :
Only conceive how delightfully attractive it
would be to see old Lansclown blazing like an
overgrown lime-kiln!—On my word, the ox-pro-
prietor of Fonthill would not want for lime
for his intended folly. Shade of NASII
Prince of Beaux!—King of good Fellows ! and
Master of Ceremonies ! !! can'st thou do nothing
for us ?—Are we never more to allow wealth and
rank, and ogle beauty—or must we continuo to
decline till Bath and Old Sarum differ only in
name and situation ?—Forbid it, sweet Beaux ;
and extend thy patriotic influence to thy gentle
descendents, who have exchanged the wig and
sword, for the frock and stays. Enlarge •their
hearts, though you spoil their waists, and give
• to our citizens longer purses, and shorter faces,
the reverse having of late been the order of the

,ay.
And now let us for a moment fancy our pray-
ers heard, even though no furnace rage on Bee-
chen Cliff, for that might not prove quite agree-
able to the inhabitants of Whlcomb—but let us
paint to our 'Mind's eye, well dressed crowds

.tronging our streets, our assemblies, our col,
certs, our theatre, and our pump-room; and, above
all, plenty of money stirring. Charming picture ?
I dwell on it with as much delight as a favourite
actor contemplates his ensuing benefit, a Miss
her wedding dress .just come home, or an Alder-
man the morrow's turtle feast. lam so pleased
in imagination that I will suppose it a reality,
that a great proportion of the wealth and respec-
tability of the three kingdoms, whether from the
Banks of the Shannon or the Loire, the Tweed
or the Arno, are now converging towards Bath as
the center of fashion and gaiety, driven by the
approach of wiuter as flocks are by the fall of
night, to leave their wide-spread pastures for the
compact and social comforts of the fold.
It shall be so : prepare your thimbles, ye SPITI•
stresses ; tradesmen polish your brass, tiddlers
resin your cat-guts, chairmen put your calves on
a winter establishment, everlasting visitors oil
your knockers, damsels and dandies provide
yourselves with new corsets, or at least get new
laces to keep in bounds the extra flesh gained
in your summer tours ; and you, ye sons of
Hyppocrates and Purveyors of Pluto ! pre-
pare your leeches and lances ; the cam-
paign is commencing. Bella, horrida bella
cut slash, physic, bleed, charge, and des-
troy—en avant, and suave qui pent. But now I
come to the very cream and marrow, and as it
were green fat of my subject :—Ye Bells of
Bath! how my heart bounds at the name—the
very down on my quilt vibrates as I write it—l
must, I will be sublime. Ye fixed stars, which
twinkle at us all the year round ; ye revolving
planets which shine on us periodically ; ye daz-
zling,tleeting comets, which portend great changes
in the affairs of men : ye suns, which shine by
your own, 'and ye moons, by a borrowed lustre;
all ye heavenly bodies of Bath ! prepare your
light and heat to supply the absence of your
namesakes in the firmament. In plain prose, be-
gin to practise your quadrilles and quavers; songs,
sonatas, and smiles ; Italian, English, and femi-
nine airs, and graces. Prepare for drums, balls,
routs, gallantry, and conquest ; and be your
watchward, " The Ladies expect that every
man will do his duty." And you whose shot fell
short last season, may you bring down your men
this ; whether your darts be tipped with gold or
with ivory ; whether they be winged with fee-
there or bank-notes, may they pierce the well-
cased hearts of our Beaux, which cannot fail to
recommend to all mothers, aunts, and grandmo-
thers from John-o'Groats to Landsend, this our
mart of health, beauty, and pleaure.
Bath, Nov. 20, 1823. ANTI-DANDY.

RETAIL Bitzwnia,—Saturday lent, the Albion
Retail Brewery, in. Alfred-street, Reading, was open, and
met with great encouragement, upwards of twelve barrels of
strong beer having been retailed to the public on that day at
4d. per quart ; being a reduction of one penny in the price be-
fore charged in that town for strong beer.

SUDDEN DEATll.—Yesterday afternoon, at four
instanceo'clock, an
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was, in fact, denominated the " Calton Coffee-room," and was
the resort of all the borough politicians. His father and ha
have been in the trade for upwards of half a century. His
father was the first who reduced the price of shaving to a half-
penny ; and when his brethren in the town wished him again,
to raise it, old Strap replied, " Charge a penny ! Jock and
me are just considering about lowering it to a farthing."—
He would never take more than a half-penny, though it was
offered him, and being very skilful at his business, and of
a frank jocular turn, he had a large share of public favour,
andwas enabled, even at this low rate, to gather money and
build houses. About sixteen years ago he died, and his
son carried on the business; but he often said others wrought
'for need, but be did it for pleasure or recreation, and never
was so happy as when he was improving the countenances of
the lieges. He was generally allowed to be at the top of his
profession ; and there are some old men whom be and his
father have shaved for 50 years, and whose boast it was that
they were never touched by another—one very old customer
regularly came for many a year to his shop every Saturday
night from the Western extremity of the town. His shop was
furnished with two dozen of antique chairs, as many pictures,
and a musical clock, and for a long time he had a good library
of books, but they at length nearly wholly disappeared, and he
took up to his house the few that remained as his own share.
At two different times, when trade was dull, be gave his
tenants a jubilee on the Term day, and presented their dis.
charges without receiving a farthing. He has left behind
him a property worth between 2,0001. and 3,0001.—f Glargouo
Chronicle.)