The Sun.
London, England, 1803-09-07 00:00:00

O,lfL/tNDS.

HIS Royal T-lighne.4s the Duxe of'YORK, not.
‘vithstanding his' ardtpnii .military duties .as
wander in Chief, haS not' been, unmindful of the
agricultural improvements of his doinain', an:1.1110re
than :2000 acres of land -adpining hiS'Park have
been lately' ineloSed from \%eybridge and Walton
Commonq, hid out by his ROYAL *HIGI-INESS. as a
Farm and brought into' cultivation, on Which the
most *complereani, elegant, yet 'economic- Form..
Premises have been eretted,' under the direetinn of
Nrr. WvATT—. The wallS'Of 'the buildings, and those
which-enclose the Yards, are built of a loamy earth
dug on the
,spot,: in the
,manner long known at
Ljoysi. and other places in' France,' by' the name of
except that here-the wall iS• faCed, during' the
operation, with a mixture of lime and loam, ‘vitich
makes it set and' become more hard and'durable..
The Barns are very large, and the Stables, Sheds.
fi)r Cattle, &c. very, convenient and •complete.,
The number of Men and Boys Which his ROYAL
HIGH N Ess has employed on his Works and Farmls
very great, and we hope that his success will sti-
mulate and hasten the Inclosure and CultiVation of
the many-extensive Commims around him, which
are at present nearly unprodnEtive,. except of the
frequent robbery and murder 'of Ms' jEiTY!S
liege Subjects who have occasion to travel ty.er or
near them. •
•
StAINES BRIDO-E.

IT, is now sererallears since the design Of treft. ,
big a, new bridge. across ttieThairics, on the ancient
Roman Way *one the :townpf,Staines, in ,M
dlesex, was begun to: be!a4led,on, and, a handsome
stonebridge of ilirre arches ,
and used , for some tithe, .wheit it Wits Miscarried
_that the, soft ground on which the piers
stoA was sinking so fast, that the whole 'bridge
inu,•t u,llitnately,;tall.; fortunately the nl,i wo)den .
bridge, just above. the, lic,w
(494 i: which, from, ,the
decay and wear uk, near a,,Ce,ntury was,alinost a
ruin,.,bad not bepn removed, and by sonieriempiiritty
. repairs it was again tuadiet fit, and has cairied
Rattle safely to The present time.; • •:.; .1!
The arches of the stone bridge weregintnedbitelyt,
taken down, and after' some time a 'eait'-irorilifidge,
of °lie arch was de,te:rmined ;on, and in 'the, 'y'ear
!Sol in Ivas begun, upon it* swine abuttinentiTwith
some' additions, which luid',;4'it/rd for theAtblie
bridge:;: the ‘Vork proceeded -with every nediary
precaution, until Saturday rhe•iron
' bridge i.ras c4`impleted and opeited• r. public me,
And the old wooden bridae, was again shirt up,. and
we ;hope for ever. •

'A Hide time Ago, a drove of 1..06 fat Ovni, in, their
was to lowa, were Confined for s sine! time upon the
new bridge, to try ille:eTet tht•ii weight, o.pon
it; ;mail which it ktots not at all affected, although
it is swelastie that the trotting tit a horse over it,
causes the centre. part to moVe quite perceptibly.
The road.way over the 'bridge is gravelled, and.
footway fonWay each side is. neatlywpaved Anj
fended on the Outsides by 'handsotiseiron railing ;
the spandrils of the arch are filled up by. a series of
circles of c:tat. iron, and the whole. hasa most
grand, 'handsome,airy appedrance. A neat
'stone bidgc has'been ereaed on the lower Shit of
the Surrey abuttmest, and a gate for colleffing toll
of carriages and 'cattle,. but foot passenger's have
not yet paid arty thing. '
We lament that a 'work of so much merit and
utility should still be incoMple:e; foi want af.casing
enlarging the ,short -turn which existed 'at
,the
Surrey end" (,1 the.stone bridge, and in whieh:Olice
also the a,,cent is now far Ik.o steep t these ;:tie
whi::11, we hope in tinie to see removed, that
this first attempt at an ir:fli bride in the vicinity
of the ,MetropDliti, may not be' behind in bea'4
'and eonmience with similar and C.lrlier edifices
in difnrcrit parts of the tcingdotn.

XTRACT.OF'A LITTTEIt VRONI.TIVIRTON.

• ,
is On' a Sunday, a fewweeks had:, the French
Officers, prisoners here, havingprucured instruments
for thoie of theirnUmber who are musical performers,
had a concert, and were preparing for a ball, when
a large mnh, 'indignant at such v t ion of the Sat).
bath, colleted in front of the pine of confinement,
and :Mewed Strang indications of a turbulent disposi-
tion. The IVlagiitrates of the town,whomight other-
Wise have been-wilting-to 'permit the Frenchmen to;
keel'!" tile Lord
.Day in !hematiticr most.agreeuble
to them, became apprehensive of a riot, and
mischievous consequences that might follow; • they
accordingly, waited on the Prisoners, to represent to 1
them their apprehensions, and to request of them
to desist.. Their appearance in the nall-room cre.
aced the greatest alarm and confusion : those who
before- were so filled with merriment, were now
impressed with terror : they conceived that some
vigorous measures had been resolved upon here, in
order to retaliate fur the severities of the French
Government. Owing.; 'to the difficulty arising' from
~the mutual ignorance of the languages, , the ex-
planation proceeded but slowly : during the ainti_
nuance ofthe misunderstanding,General Boy! a alone
was, tranquil; he hattretiredto a corner, where ht
' amused litinelf in making a caricature of the Ayhole
company.; The wholemart er being at length clear,
ed up,, PiPrui4 sati4Po
iQnwas tritored, the'inus4
clans" fiddle;s and flutes, the.dancers
kept their heels quiet, General Hol''Bt laid down
liispepcil and
.earne lanyard,- andall !:tined in press.
ins the `tVL:tgistr;ttcw to tokeaquie wine, which the
Frenchmen
id they
o ht. "v
la_
1 111:1r3itTi . againstia
ofthe relit;icsn
'gistrates declined Ole 19v,itation, and the Fretichmen
resumed their gaiety,"