The Sun.
London, England, 1824-05-27 00:00:00

" PROCLAMATION

" By his Excellency Major-General John Murray, Lieutenant-
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the United
Colony of Demerara and Essequibo, &c. &c. &c.
" Whereas the conduct of the slaves within this united colony
(save only and except those resident on_ the east sea coast thereof,
from Georgetown to Mahaica Creek) bath been such as to ren-
der them worthy of being allowed the usual indulgence of
Easter holidays, at the approaching season, I have thought fit
to issue this my proclamation, hereby authorizing all persons,
having charge of slaves within this settlement, to allow such
slaves the indulgences on such occasions customary—namely,
the Easter holidays shall commence on Sunday morning n.2xt,
the 18th inst., being Easter Sunday, and shall be at an end on
Monday evening, the 19th inst. ; after which no dancing shall,
on any pretext, or in any district, be allowed.
" And whereas the conduct of the slaves on the east sea-coast
bath been such, of late, as to render it dangerous to the peace
of the settlement to allow them to congregate in any manner ;
arid to debar them from any claim to the indulgencies which it
is deemed expedient to allow to well disposed slaves, beyond
what is due to the Sabbath, I do hereby peremptorily for-
bid all proprietors, attornies, managers, overseers, or others
whom it may concern, on any account to admit of any
holydays or indulgences, of whatsoever kind they may be,
among the slaves on the estates situated between Georgetown
and Mahaica Creek, as they shall answer to the contrary.
" Given under my hand and seal of office, at the King's
House, in Georgetown Demerara, this 12th day of April, 1824.
" By command of his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor,
" JOHN MURRAY, Gov. Sec."

FASHIONABLE A RRIV LS.
Lady Charlotte Ludlow, in New Burlington-street ; Lady
Elizabeth .Jaye, in Alontague-square; Alrs. and Miss John_
ston, in Montague-square; Airs. and Miss Lane For, in Ten-
terden-street ; Hon. Mr. Curzon, in Welbeck-street ; Lady
Harriet Chichester, in Great Cumberland-street ;
Major-Gen.
Egerton, in Albemarle-street; Mrs. J. Dickens, in Bulstrode-
street ; Captain de Capel Broke, in Davies-street, Berkeley-
s9uare ; Mr. Elliot, in Park-street ; Viscountess and Miss
ielding, in Dover-street ; Mrs.Wilmot Horton, in Montague-
square ; Air. and Mrs. East, at the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-
street, from their seat in Yorkshire; Captain and Mrs. Mayne,
at ditto, from a tour.
DE PART RES.—The Duke of Devonshire , for his seat,
Chatsworth ; Sir Thomas Grey, for Ramsgate; the Countess
of Darlington, for Portsmouth; the Bishop of Chichester, for
Brighton ; Lord F. L. Gower, for Staffordshire ; the Rev.
Archdeacon Eyre and family, from the Pulteney Hotel, for their
seat in Nottinghamshire.

FASHIONABLE PARTIES.
•
Yesterday the Duke of Montrose gave a grand dinner, to the
Duke of York and a select party.
The Duchess of Clarence dined with the Duchess of Kent on
Tuesday.
Sir Charles Knightley, Bart. had a large party to dinner yes-
terday, at his house in Upper,Brook-street. •
The Dowager Duchess of Rutland entertained a distin-
guished party at dinner yesterday, at her house in Sackville-
street. _

The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury entertained a se-
lect circle of fashionables yesterday, at her house in Arlington-
street.

Earl Bathurst entertained the Dowager Duchess of Rich-
mond, the Ladies Lennox, the Duke of Wellington, and seve-
ral other distinguished personages, at dinner, on Sunday, at his
house in Great Stanhope-street, May-fair.
Earl and Countess Cowper had a grand dinner party yester-
day at their house in George-street, Hanover-square.
Lady Mary Petre had a dinner party yesterday at her house
in Grosvenor-square.
Viscountess Hampden entertained a select party of her dis-
tinguished friends yesterday at her house in Green-street, Gros-
venor-square.
Dowager Lady Saltoun's ball on Tuesday evening, in Great
Cumberland-place,. was attended by upwards of 200 fashion-
shies. The drawing-rooms were fitted up with greattaste, and
were most brilliantly lighted up.

IRELAND.—(State of the Country.)—Since we
last adverted to that most important subject, the distracted
state of the provinces, and the excesses of the peasantry, no
features of amelioration have appeared. On the contrary, the
Provincial.lournals published during the pastiveek have continu-
ed to teem with accounts of outrages too surely indicative of the
further progress of the dreadful spirit from which they emanate.
Our readers will have seen by our occasional extracts, that the in-
cendiary system adopted to spread terror and dismay, and enforce
the edicts of a lawless banditti is still unrelentingly pursued. No
landowner is safe in regulating the most trifling affairs of his
own property—no husbandman is at liberty to earn his humble
pittance, but with the licence and approval of hordes of blood-
thirsty conspirators against theircountry's peace. It is not the rich
man alone—it is not the oppressive landlord,or the obnoxious tithe
levier,against whom their machinations are directed. Wealth and.
poverty equally fall beneath the iron vengeance of the mur-
derous bands, if their midnight mandates are disobeyed or
questioned. What must be the result of all this, unless some
efficient remedy be adopted in time, but further misery and
degradation to our miserable country ? Public confidence
is destroyed, enterprise checked, one portion of the unfortu-
nate peasantry interdicted from earning bread for their wretch.
ed families by the tyranny and cruelty of another, the pro-
duce of the land wantonly destroyed by bands of marauders,
whose nightly industry, in deeds of wickedness,. most effec-
tually incapacitate them for daily agricultural labour, what
other event does such a system lead to, than ultimately to
add the miseries of famine to the sanguinary horrors of insur-
rection and anarchy. To console us for the fears resulting from
such a dismal state of things, we have nothing but the assur-
ances of the paid press, in the very face of the facts undeniable,
that the exertions of the executive will eventually restore tran-
quillity—assurances that have been reiterated to weariness—and
arc an insult to common sense. Something, however, must be
done ; and little as we have seen of a nature likely to rescue the
country from the evils that oppress it in the ex perimentalprojects
hitherto submitted to the consideration of Parliament, yet, in
the course of theirdiscussioß, a number of important particu-
lars have been disclosed, which must tend to call the attention
of the Legislature to the real causes of the depression of Ire-
land—the artifices of factious and designing demagogues, and
tke benighting influence of ambitious Priestcraft.—( Dublin
Star, Allay 24.)

Yesterday afternoon, about a quarter before
three o'clock, the k 'NG left his Palace in Pall-
mall, in his travelling carriage and four, for
Windsor.

Yesterday the Duke
of Tour and the Prin-
cess SOI IA of GLoucErricit paid visits to the
Princess AUGUSTA.
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The Duchess of CLARIENCE dined with the
Princess AUGUSTA yesterday,
It is generally reported that Bank Discounts
will immediately be reduced to three per cent.,
and that long-dated commercial bills will be re-
ceived in exchange for bullion, and paper par-
able on demand.

ge
es tnecred a y there is a paragraph,
had been received from
stating
Vincent's, r t
an
ciel japerantt 'si,n of the lyi
date of the 13th of Feb. of
the death of Colonel DANysoN. Nvre are happy
to state, that letters have been received at the
Colonial Department, dated the 18th of March,
which do not mention this event, and which
therefore render the correctness of the statement
alluded to extremely hnprobable.—(Morning
Post.)
We are happy to see the announcement, for
17th of June, of the benefit of that deservedly
popular Actress, Madame flora', and trust that
she -will meet with the encouragement which she
so well merits from her acknowledged talents,
and her selection of the amusements. The Donna
del Logo will be performed for the only time
this season, with the advantage of the superin-
tendance of ROSSINI, and a more effective cast of
the characters than we have hitherto seen. The
-
part of Rodrigo is well suited to the vigorous
style of GARCIA, who plays it for the first time,
and we are convinced that the public will not
fail to testify, by their patronage, their full at).
preciation of the talents of Madame RoNzt.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—A female was observed
yesterday afternoon walking along the banks of
the canal, near Limehousel in a distracted state ;
occasionally she would sit down for a minute or
two, and then re-commence
Pacing up and down.
At last she was observed to throw herself into
the canal. Some men who were employed near
the spot, and who had suspected her intention,
immediately went to her assistance, and succeed-
ed in saving her, without her sustaining any in-
jury beyond a good ducking. Unrequited affec-
tion is said to have been the cause of the rash act.

DOW.STREET.—(THIS DAT.)
CUTTING AND STABBING.—COMMITTAL 07 JOHN ALSOP.
John Alsop and his Sister were this day again put to the bar,
charged with assaulting and cutting and stabbing John White
at Ilamraersmith. The particulars of this case appeared in
THE SUN on the day of the former examination, consequently
it is only necessary to state that he was committed, and the
Sister discharged.

DEATH of MR. HARRIS, the AERONAUT,
WllO ASCENDED IN A BALLOON ON TUESDAY, FROM
THE EAGLE TAVERN BARD ENS, IN 111 Ii. CITY ROAD.

What we yesterday stated upon this melancholy
subject was perfectly correct. Mr. HARRIS was in the highest
spirits when he took leave of his wife and friends, preparatory
to his ascending. Previously to his taking his seat in the car,
he promised, and indeed offered to lay a wager with one of
the Gentlemen of the Committee, that he would descend, and
return to the Eagle Tavern in two hours after his depar-
ture. The time was anxiously looked for, and crowds were
waiting inside and out to welcome his safe arrival; but when
the time elapsed, and hours passing, and no intelligence
whatever arriving of the safety of the adventurers, a gloom
seemed to pervade the assembled party. However, Mrs.
Harris expressed herself satisfied that nothing had befallen
her husband. Ten o'clock arrived, when a Gentleman came
by express. and gave secret information to Mr. Rossiter of
the death of the intrepid young man. The Gentleman, who
brought the sad 'tidings, resides near .Mitcham in Surrey, and
happened to be passing at the moment the sad event took place.
—Mr. Rossiter kept the intelligence secret from the rest of his
friends, and instantly set out in a post-chaise to the Plough
Inn, at Carshalton, whither lie was informed the body of Mr.
Harris had been carried. Mr. Rossiter arrived in town again
at five o'clock yesterday morning, and gave the following
particulars of the melancholy occurrence. It appears that
when Mr. Harris had gained a considerable altitude, he said
to his fair companion, ." Now, -my dear, we will descend, for I
have promised a Gentleman that I would meet him in town in
two hours." He immediately opened the valve at the top, and
the balloon descended with surprising rapidity. The noise oc-
casioned by the escape of the gas was terrible, and the villagers
of Carshalton were collected together, determined to assist the
voyagers : but, alas ! they stood inactive spectators ; for in a
moment the vehicle fell in the park contiguous to the mansion
of Mrs. Gee. The gamekeeper, and many other persons, ran
to the car, when, shocking to relate, they. found Mr. Harris a
corpse, and Miss StOcks nearly on the point of death ; she was
totally insensible.
Both the unfortunate persons. were carried with all possible
haste to the Plough Inn, where every surgical assistance was
procured for Miss S., and in the course of an hour she so far
recovered,. as to answer two or three questions that were put
to her.

Miss Stocks gives the following account of the transaction
" I ascended the balloon in good spirits, and in consequence of
the persons below holding the ropes, the car was a little on
one side; Mr. Harris said he would remedy it, ,and he threw
out some ballast. In a short time we ascended most rapidly,
and we found ourselves going through the Clouds, which looked
like mountains of snow. Mr. Harris asked me to hold the
string, and he looked at his watch. He told me that we had
been up a quarter of an hour, and said that he had got two
pigeons. He then again asked me to hold the string, and then
threw out a piece of paper. And, as far as I recollect at this
moment, he said the balloon was falling rapidly. After throw-
ing out more ballast we again ascended, and got through
another cloud, when I felt myself extremely cold. Ile said,
Dear girl, don't let your heart fail ; I hope we shall sup
together, and wish that you .may, for your courage, be con-
nected with my family as long as you live.' He then said that
we were again. descending, and desired me, if the balloon
should incline on one side, to lay hold of the other. I heard
the balloon go clap, clap,' and he said lie was afraid the
balloon was bursting ; at which information I fainted, and
remember nothing more till I found myself in bed."
This young female is the daughter of a poor man and woman
! who reside at No. 4, Henry-street, near the Vinegar-yard,
City-road, and was a total stranger to Mr. Harris. She paid
two shillings and sixpence for admission, and whilst tendering
the money, Mr. Harris was observing; he was afraid he should
ascend by himself, upon which Miss Stocks replied, " I'll go,
Sir, if you will let me;" to which he instantly assented, and
she was introduced to Mrs. Harris and the party assembled, as
his partner in the voyage. She appeared quite undaunted, but
rather pale ; she is about eighteen years of age. When she
was seated is the car, she took poisession df one of the flags,
and requested a person present to call on her parents and in-
form them of the trip she had taken.
This young girl has lived since she was old enough in ser-
vice. Her last situation was that of an attendant in the shop of
a pastry-cook in Barbican, which she quitted only on Saturday
evening last, in consequence of a love affair (not in the smallest
-degree discreditable to either party) with a young man. She
is said to be of rather a romantic turn of mind. She was 18
years of age in October last.
IVhen the sad tidings reached the ear of 'Mrs. Harris, her
feelings can be more easily conceived than described. She is a
young woman, recently married, and has one child. Mr.
Harris took paper for the purpose of making memorandums on
his voyage, together with a thermometer and Watch, which were
found safe; he had made no use of the paper.
Yesterday the Eagle Tavern was filled with anxious enquirers,
and all seemed to deplore the melancholy catastrophe.

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