The Sun.
London, England, 1824-12-31 00:00:00

LITERARY NOTICE.

TIME'S TELESCOPE for 1825 ; a Complete Guide to the
Almanack : containing an Explanation of Saints' Days and
Holidays; with Illustrations of British History and Anti.
guides, Notices of Obsolete Rites and Customs, Sketches of
Comparative Chronology, and Contemporary Biography.—
Astronomical Occurrences in Every Month, comprising Re-
marks on the Phenomena of the Celestial Bodies : and the
Naturalist's Diary ; explaining the Various Appearances in
..,,the Animal and Vegetable Kingdoms. With a Description
of Culinary. VegetUbles.--To which are prefixed, a Brief
History of English Sacred Poetry, by Ittcrtann RYAN ;
the • Inquisition of the Year, a Poem, by J. H. Wurrs:bi ;
and a Poetical Address, by ALEXANDER BALFOUR.
It was our intention to notice this valuable
work before, and to extract an article for'Christ-
mas Day, but the pressure of other matter pre-
vented us. We have given the whole of the
title-page, that they who have not seen the pre-
teding volumes may be fully apprized of the en-
tertainment and instruction which are prepared
for them in the present. The caution With which
the Editor guards against the introduction of any
matter that may be injurious to morality, and
the judgment with which he selects his subjects,
ink general, entitle him to public respect, and
his work to public patronage. There is, in.
sleet', amusement of all kinds, and for all ages,
in this Annual Repository. The testimonies of
the several Reviews, Magazines, and Public
Journals, in favour of the former volumes, are
equally applicable to the present, and we are
glad to find that. the notices which have formerly
appeared in Tux SUN are included among those
inserted on the present occasion. • Ttstes's Tx-
LESCOPE, is, indeed, as stated, a guide to THE A
ILA STACK, anti every thing relating to each month
of the year is introduced to illustrate every impor-
tant circumstance or elotraCter with which each
month is respectively connected. The poetical
address to the editor, consisting of forty-eight
stanzas in the SPEIWERIAN measure, are worthy of
1311. Y of the English Poets, and place the name of its
Author, Ar.Exssinett Ilstsoutt, among, the most
eminent of them in that species of composition.
:Most of the stanzas are beautiful in description,
the imagery 11,bold, the morality pure, and an
impressive strain of piety animates the whole.
The brief History of. English SaCred Poetry by
RICIIA au RYAN, is highly creditable to his taste
stud judgwent. It begins with CHAUCER,
.and with short, but pithy comments .on all the
succeeding Poets who have written an sacred
subjects closes the Hit with an extract frOM a
work of tiro Rev. C. It. MATURIN, lately deceas-
ed. The NATURIST'S DIARY, at the end of
every month, is a very useful article. The in-
trorductory Poem to this volume is from the pen
of Mr. WirrXis, one of the Society of Friends,
but whose mind is of too liberal 'a nature to be
stervilely devoted to the doctrines of any sect,
however generally respectable and pious.—
The ALLEGOIMA L FRONTISPIECE of n Devo-
tional kind is well designed and engraved.—
This work has now' reached to the TWEtrrst
Vtllutne, and we may fairly apply to the whole
series the well-known and appropriate passage—
" \TIRES ACQUIRIT

PARIS.

TUE STACPOOLE CAUSE.

The Heirs te the personal inheritanceof JonN STACPOOLU, of
Craigbrien Castle, in the County of Clare, in Ireland, Esq.
deceased intestate in 1771,. against Richard. Fitz George
StacpoolO, Esq. and Miss Anne Tullock, calling themselves
universal Legatees to the late Ur. LeComte George Stacpoole,
Administrator of. the said John Stacpoole, Esq. ; William
Stacpoole, Esq.. and all in his line, or calling thems,:lves the
Paternal Heim; Sir. `l illianr Macmulioni Bart. and all in
his line, or calling themselves the laternal Heirs to. the in-
heritance of the late Mr. Le Comte George Stacpoolo, Lieu-
ttnant Colonel Tullock, and Mr. Counsellor Hartley, calling
themselves the Executors of the late Mr. Le (AI Mite George
Stacpoole,
This cause was called before the Royal Court
Oft Tuesday, the 14th inst., When Mr.
11
,of Counsel for henry D
river Cooper, I,,sq. the
representative of Messrs. Marsh and Roche, de-
manded an Audience Solennelle, (the •Judges of
two Courts united and . dressed in their scarlet
robes.)
,Alter a sliort consultation the President
ordered the cause to be,remitted till that day
month, and in the interim. the Tribunal would
consult with their brother Judges .of the other
Court, whether they would grant an ..ziodience
A'Sroiennelle or not ;.• or whether they would try
the cause by an ordinary tribunal.
'HENRY DRIVER COOPER..
Rue et Hotel do Itivoli, Paris; Dee. lit, 1824.

THE FAITHFUL
.111 AN; OR, DEAD ALIVE.

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CIIETWOOII relates (on thoauthority or that

stage chronicle, Mr. ,John ilowman,) that a
curious accident fell out on the representation
of Itowe's tragedy of the Fair Ponitent, in the
rst season of its performance : Lothario, after
he is killed by Allamoni in the fourth act, Iles
dead by proxy in the fifth, raised on a bier
covered with black by the preperty-man, niol
the face whitened by a barber ; the, coat RIO
perriwig generally filled by one of the dres-
sers. Most of the capital actors in the PSI 0.
Wished Theatres have generally a dresser to
themselves. Mr. Powell played Lothario and
one Warren, his dresser, claimed the privilege
of lying in state. for his master, and performing
the.dead part of Loihario, which he proposed
to act to the hest advantage ; but Mr. Powell
was ignorant of the matter. The fifth act be.
gao, and went on, as usual, with a pplaUtie ; but
about the middle of the distressful scene, Mr.
Powell called aloud for his man Warren, who as

loudly replied, from the bier on the stage," Here,
Sir ; I'm here dead for you." Mr. Powell (who
continued ignorant of the part his roan was play-
ing, and thinking he was loitering somewhere
behind the scenes) promptly vociferated " Come
hero this moment, or I'll break all the hones in
your skin!" Warren knew his master's hasty
temper; and, intent on obedience only, he
.fortitwith jumped off 60' bier, with ell
sables about him, which, unfortunately, were
tied fast to the handles of the bier, and
• dragged it after him. Rut this was not all ; the
laugh and; roar began iii the audience till it fright-
ened poor Warrdn so much, that with the bier
at his tail, he. threw down CaliJia (Mrs, Barry),
• 'mid overwhelmed her with the table,l.t.op; hook,
hones, together with all the, lumber ef tile char-
nel house I He tugged till lie broke ott
wets, and made his escape ; and the Pla• once
elided amidst immoderate fits of laughter.

FLANDERS MAIL.

BRUSSELS, Drc. 18

SECOND-CH.4IIII3ER OF THE STATES GENERAL

M. 130DARD presented a luminous report on
the petition of several merchants, ship-ow:um,
and distiller of Rotterdam, Schiedam, &c. pray-
ing the Chamber not to adopt the project of law
imposing a duty on the importation of foreign
corn.

The order of the day was the debate on the
project of law for the repression of the African
slave trade. 13aron de Genes, Baron de Stassar4
Messrs. Van A Iphen, Liefmans, Sandberg, and
Itcyphins, spoke in favour of the proposed mea-
sure, end, no other Members offering to speak,
the Minister of Justico defended the proposed
law and its efficaciousness ; after which, it was
put to the vote and curried uuanimoutly.