The Sun.
London, England, 1802-04-24 00:00:00

IN TERM.

MIDDLESEX. LONDON.
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AFTER Tram.
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- Juncl.

An MT:N.9.4Ig, and at the same time ludicrous scene,
was exhibited a few days since. sailor, who had
been absent from his country since the commence-
ment of the war, and was supposed dead- by his
friends, unexpededly came to town about 'ten days,
since, with his pockets pretty well tilled with' the

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fruits of his hard-earned services. Immediately
on his arrival he hastened to the spot•where, he had
.left his wife and child ; but she had left her place•
of residence some years back, and was gone no- '
body knew where., Sr-ill he was determined to find'
her, if alive, and wandered wherever his fancy
direEted, in hopes of gaining some intelligence of
her fate : he had almost exhausted himself in the•
search, and giVen up all hopes of finding her, when
chancing to pass a streer, near the Seven Dials, he.
heard a woman crying water cresses,-,-the sound
arrested• his attention—=he thought he recognized the
voice of his former helpmate ; for a moment he
doubted his senses, scarcely believing his ,wife could

have experienced sash a reverse of fortune, but on.
.coming.nearer, his doubts were removed ; with, a,
tumult of joy, not to. be. described, he snatched the
from her arm, threw the crosses into.the,
street, and gave het; as complete a hug as hones,t,,
and robust affedion was capable of performing.•
The poor woman was no less surptized,- apd burst •
into tears, which the jolly tar soon dispelled with''
a comforting drop of the creature. A thousand,
questions were.now asked.and resolvedin a minute,:
when the sailor hauled away his bride to a. cioaths.
shop in the .neighbborhood, where he rigged her
:from stem- to stern, casting. hex old ones lutoth.. e
street ; after which he called aicoach, and rode.;
away in triumph, swearing, that.now he had found t
his wandering rib, he was the happiest dog.•alive,,
and d—n him but Poll and he would have a night
of

It is a well-known truth, that the, Resuscitative-_
'Process has .restored many brave Seamen to their:
KING and Country.—Sir Edward Pellews, Cap-
tains Bullet and Mitchell, informed the, Maoto.s,
that five sailors of Flis Majesty's ships Achilles and
Zealand :had. been taken out of the sea,. to appear.
ance dead : their lives were providentially restored.
by Lieutenant Stewart, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Do Z.
ean, &c. -employing the Humane Society's methods.,
—ln consequence of such authentic communications-
as Sir Edward Pellew's, &c. the Court of Direthrs.
unanimously voted their Hogorarj Medallions fQ
Messrs. Stewart, Fitzgerald, &c. which have been.
presented by Captain Buller and Captain Mitchell:
inscription on each medal—Duei Stewart, Fitzge.
raid, D. Duncan, and others, Vitali' ob Rcstita:ain,
Sot.

The uncommon success at the Royal Circus all
this week, is attributed to the excellent amusements

biought forward for the entertainment of the Public.
The new Piitomirne, by Mr. Cross, called The En.

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clyintiO Early,_ is superb and interesting to a degree,
kfl.d 'the PerfOrMers possess infinite merit : Mrs,
Wybrow, in'Columbine, is most deservedly ad-
, mired fin- hi.5.-i elegant figure and fine affion; Mont.
gomerv's Clown also pleases greatly. T. Eques_
trian Exercises by Master Saunders, astonish -erlt
beholder, and pronounce' him the first horseman in
Europe. The Dancing by Miss Adams is truly'
graceful, and the grand speetacie of Rinaldo Rinal_
dini pleases very much ; the pat of Aurelia, by
Miss Adams, is tap of expression and gracfulness,_
and farmer, in Rinaldo, meets with great applause.
The Houghton, Ruston, from Liverpool for Riga,
was totally lost loth inst. on Artimit Reef. Crew
arrived at Elsinore.

VERSES

4.1)133c5:;r.:..-; To MR. ADDINGTON IVY A DIG'V.i./Aitli 07

THZ CHURCH,OF IRELAND.,

Fit om' these deserted scenes—Forth's Saxon shores,
His blood.stain'd urn where mournful 5/.2.70: pours
.[Gay, love4y stream, while culture undismay'd •
Thy ivaving-steeps, thy golden vale array'd !)
Whit objects serve recoiling thought to scan
'The guilty blindness of misguided inan ;
The village•burnt, the desolated plain,
And the wan widow, with her orphan train
• *But most that bridge arrests th' abhorrent view,
,Where foul Revolt harangu'd her maddening crew,
Where Massacre tile panting bosom,gord,
Taro' every nerve with „:•Ithless pike explor'd •
Lite's latest spark, or quick with taunting tongue,
Down to the wave the .w tithing victim flung
Alt listill the groans the ear of Eancy reach,
'Still floats the voice of Anguislidown the beach.
And oft as round my glebe I rouse alone,
Rapt into .woes which nienery still must own— ,
Some mangled form, some lov'd associate's.shade
flits by, and Blooms with horror all the glade;
Could Christian breasts such savage fury 'feel ?
NO,—false Religion,—this thy spurious zeal,
When Priests ascendant the blind herd impel,
When Bigot faith 'gainst Nature can rebel,
. When, Reason's lamp extinguisli'd. Pride ditplays
Discord's red torch for Truth's benignant rays—
And frantic Zell with wild fanatic joy
Dares, in the Maker's name, his npblest work dtroy.
'Midst these historic scenes, whefie all around, -••
The Monuments of Man's worst rage abound, •
Will now•no.Muse awake? and shall in vain • ,
The soft-ton'd !Jerald Pe.:ct invite a strain,
To hail the Statesman who has sheath'd the sword,
liedeeru'd repose, and Man to Man restor'd?
Auspicious Minister,—b' merit rals'd,
By rivals lov'd, and e'en by Faction prais'cl ;
Whose wisdom rescues this devotediland,
And %lulus Rebellion to its foreign strand;
Bids social order social virtues shield—
Bids Ceres tearless clothe the ravag'd field ;
Thro' HA It DkVl CK s sway reflected while we own
- The mild, the native glory of the Throne :
- • Hail ! Heav'n's selected • Agent to bestow
Peace, his prime blessing to the world be10w...,
Nor yet forgotten the fainiliar hours,
With Taste and Science crown'd in Woodley's bow'rs,
The spirit that assum'd the helmet's, might;
And trained the Hamlet to theTatriot fight,
+The adive hand that dealt th' app.ortion'd store
• And banish‘l Famine from the peasant's door,
While each kind guardian duty of retreat
Procho ni'd the good man, worthy to be great--
The village pray'r HeaV'n he, rd —and unconfin'd
Now thesame•virtue blesses halt mankind. _ •

Deign to ace* this ofi'ring of the heart
A simple strain that can no, praise impart,
But which proud Grativide aspires to bread
-With Fatire's lottaiilaudits of my r itate Friend.

• •
Alluding to the well-known fad of the Rebels having
thrown a number oftheir prisoners from their pikes over the
bridge at Wextbrd into the river;
't Whith the writer of these •lines ,witnesrd in the per.
soma atteilciance of Mr. A. to surrintena he chstribution of
provisiOns in his parish in the thus: of" Scarcity a iew years
agd.

REMARKABLE CUSI4OIII.,

(Fa0,44.-T-H.t'FREN'C'H PAPERS.)

VOL TAIRE has somewhere .observed, that old
usages, •when .lOst..ahnost every where else, have
been found in England, as, in encient times, the
mysteries-of Orpheus were. found in the Isle of Sa-
mothracea. .There is an ancient custom, which ob-
tains to this day in .the. North of England, known
by the nine of Mu.ovning, . Men . dress themselves
as women, and I.vomen as mei), and.go in this dis.
guise frem house to house singing,.and dancing.
The women carry' vessels.full of beer seasoned With
spiceries, which they offer every one to drink, and
receive some present in return. This usage reign-
ed through all Eprope till
.the commencement of the
last century. It is the remains of the ancient Sty•
tgrnalia, as masquerades are of our carnivals.

the Saturnalia commenced among the Romans in.
the month of December,. but , continued for the
three following months under the names of Sigil-
laria, Lupercalia, and Bacchanalia:. These. festi-
vals were extremely gratifying to the people, as all
work, during thein, was suspended, and all the
dittinaions of rank and fortune forgot. The free-
dom and gaiety which reigned at those times af.
forded some few moments of respite to the slaves,
and the poor, from that state of oppression and mi-
sery under which they groaned during the rest of
the year; and this was, doubtless, the political in-
tentiorkof these singular institutions. Among the
first Cl'4istians, the three first months of the year
were consecrated to diversions of all kinds. That
usage took place through all Europe; but the pro.
gress of Commerce, which made every Government
look upon the quantity of the labour of the people
as the source and measure of riches and power,
abridged, and by degrees put an end to thee public
festival,, which were the reason of idleness, and of-
ten of disorder.

The nightly Tasquerades, •known.tty the name of
Mumming in English, of Monger in German, of
Monimon, or Manimer. it, 'in French, :Were every
where much delighted in. • We : read in an ancient •
Chronicle, that several Lords of the English Court
had- formed a Oan of assassinating Henry AV. at one'
of thek masquerades.
Slow, in his Ancient History of London, has
left us an account of a remarkable Mummery which
made in 1377 by the Citizens -of-London, for
the entertainment of the yoying Prince 'Richard, son
of the Black Prince ; a hundred and thirty Citizens,
Well mounted and in superb masques, marched
thr!ugh LondOn at. night to the sound ofinstru-'
Items, and by the light of innumerable flambeanxs,
towards Kensington. They entered the room where
the-PriN.-.e was-with his mother and the-Lords that
attended him. The 'masque; signified that they
wished to play at dice with the Prince, which he
agreed to, and won at each throw a vessel of gold,
a ring, or seine other jewel. The Princess and the
Lords played also, and won each a ring. • This
piece of gaiety afforded infinite amusement to the
whole Court, and themasques, after having drunk
plentifully, and danced- the whole night, returned
its the same order in which they came.

In some of our Provinces, before the Revolution,
during the Carnival, it was usual for some, masques
to go from house to house, and play for certain
sums, withoUt speaking or requiring any answers.

The Learned have been at a loss to find the mi.:
.in'ol* the word Mstmm;ng in the Celtic, Danish, or
Italian languages;z:but their labour might havi been
spared, had they reeolleaed that 40flimon,inGreek,
signifies a masque,

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COURSE OF E.

XCIIANGE,

333 In paper
_eircelive
Si
44

FRIDAY, APRIL 23.
Amsterdam, io 18 2 us. : Madrid
Ditto, at sight to to Ditto
Rotterdam - to 19 •.:. us. Leghorn .! - - ..
1-I.iniburgh - 33 o z us: Naples - - - -
Altona - - 33 I 214 us. Genba ..' - -
Paris, z 11S3J1CC 23 14 Livres Venice - - - 57)
Bourcleaux, do. 23 15 Lisbon - - - 7ti
Cadiz - -33 i in paper OpOrto - - - 71.
Ditto - -37 k -etledive Dublin -- .. 124

,„ STEAM MILL.
To be Sold by Public Ron') ;it not previously disposed of by
Private Bargain),within the Royal 'Exchange Coffee-house;
Edinburgh, upon Wednesday the rgth Day of May, 1802,
at Two o'Clock,. Afternoon,
THE MILL lately erdleil at GR AHAMSTON,
upon the Banks of the Great Canal, and wrought by a
Steam Engine of Bolton; .WLitt and Co.'s, of 20 horses
power. They consist of -lour, Corn, and Barley Mills,
are most substantially finished, and_very advantageously si-
tuated for carrying on an extensive trade. They lie about
half a mile from Falkirk, and two and a half from Grange-
mouth. . . .

Application for further particulars may be made to Robert
Young, Writer, Merchant-street ; Mr, 'fames Henderson,
Writer, Falkirk; or the Rev. Mr. Smith, Polmont Manse,
by Falkirk.
N. not sold, the Mills will be lett.

WHEN Professional Men, of . Education and
• V V Responsibility deviate from the general Systoin by
the seledion of a peculiar branch, the sanclion of long con-
tinued success is'the best criterion of superiority.
Eight years have I devoted - my practice to the exclusiv
treatment of Three Disorders, and the successful result of
my plan gives me additional, ardor to oppose, as far a lam
able, the ravages of those Complaints which arc the most
important in the Catalogue of Human Infirmities.
- After initiation into every Branch, as an Army Surgeon,
I formed a wish at an early period of Pradice to rescue in-
dividuals from the ignorance. of uneducated men, or the
equally dangerous precipitancy of general Praelitioners.
The Three Disorders, to the Cure or which I have de
voted my attention, 'compri96 - every species • of VE N
• RL AL INFECTION, whether. of a recent or long dn.:
ration: idly, All kinds of debility, whether arising
„from
the habits of schoolboys, or. the indulgences of mature
'age; And, lastly; tat derangement ot the system in wo-
men which is called BARRENNESS,, or sT RI LIT )( •
Numerous Diseases are the xesult. of ignorance, or haste-
in the treatment of a simple Gonorthcca'; and it not un.
frequently happens that the seeds of t.ife are poisoned by
the, indiscretion of an unguarded hour.--liy a superior me-
thod such Complaints are easily cured; and, even wifere
others have failed, I trust that I may presume to eller a
radical re-establishment.

Few, however, are the cases of complicated distress in
this disorder, comp.:n.6l with :the calamitous situations of
Men, who, from a.:l indulgence in a solitary: vice, or the
prevalent gaieties of a fashionable Me; acquire that state
of Debility, which is the unavoidable consequence of such
pernicious habits.
Where the unhappy suircrer broods over his misery, but
carefully cone eals his mis:ortune, it may be some eonbo-
lation far him to know, that although * be an objet of
doubt or uncertainty with other Practitioners, the removal
of these Deficiencies by the gradual progress_ q 4: Renova.
tion, is the acquirement of I.ny Experience. II the rites
of liacchus or Venus have began to reduce Manly vigour,
much anxiety will ,be prevented by an early Counterac....
tien of this languid State ; and iii these cases,- nu great
'difficulty will occur.

But where this Deficiency has for Years existed,
,a prone:
'perseverance is indispensably equisite to revive the slump.
bering . of Lite. and to re-animate the Constitution.
MA Rit E D W() MEN, r;ho have long been disappointed
in their expeetations of a Fatuity., may be assurtd, that in
most instances, .such defects are curable by Medical skill.
The secresy. which is so mentiat to my undertaking,
and the qualifications which I have presumed to state, form
the basis of 'my pretensions, and in coincidence with such
this intimation is given, that Mr. B. may be consulted
personally', or by 'Letters (inclosing a small Note), at his
house No. 29, Arundel-street, Strand, near Temple Bar.
C-314 There is an additional Entrance in Water-street,
adjoining, and the Name is on both the doors.
M. Member of the Royal College of Surgeons.