The Sun.
London, England, 1821-04-26 00:00:00

' LONDON,
11 CRS 1),-.1.17, A P 1.? IL 26, 1821.

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t. - . opers. of Sunday reached us this m
~' The Duke of GENivois has,published a
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41:4 4.'llatioil, dated Modena, April 3, grantin
4111tiesty to all Piedthontese soldiers (privates),
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having been misled, shall immediately return
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- . 'tit duty, but rion,commissioned officers are
to .
e brought. to. trill!: and Officers of all ranks
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' '" 4P-rvvd the tittt,tional Government,

generally believed that the Congress. of Lay-
bach will continue its sittings til: the sum-
mer months. Spanish couriers have arrived fre-
quently at Laybach with dispatches, and depart
again with the answers to Madrid ; but nothing
is known of the nature of these communicatious.
At Naples it is regarded as certai❑ that the
Kirto will establish a Parliament, consisting of
two Chambers.—Our Extracts from the French
Papers will be found in our pre2ad:ng columns.

THE EARL OF EGREDIONT,--l•TO this distin-
guished Nobleman, the Con-16:s of. Sussex and
Hants are much indebted—the first, for the great
improvements of several principal roads, and for
the extension of the canals in West Sussex ; and
the latter County for the liberal support he has
given to the Portsmouth and Aron navigation.—
His Lordship is now, we understand, directing
his attention to the bad state of the roads from

i*lidhurst to Winchester, and in vs, hich, we are
happy to find,, he is supported by the Gentry of
his distC.ct. We have little doubt, but that the
Land Owners in the neighbourhood of Peters.;
field and from thence to Alresford and Alton,

will join most cordially in improving this road,
which will run through one of the most pictu-
resque parts of the South. of England. When
this object is accomplished; there will be a per-
fect communication from Brighton, through Pet-
worth, Midhurst and Petersfield to Alresford,
Alton and .Basingstoke,--=,and thus, throw
open, to the West and •Middleparts'of Sus-
sex; a direct intercourse with the West of
England by Alresford and Winchester and to
Salisbury, Newbury, and other parts of the
Midland counties; via Alton'and Basingstoke, at
which latter place; the coaches from all parts of
the West of England congregate daily, and we
have reason to believe that when this road is
made, that there Will be established a series of
coaches to Basingstoke daily, from Newbury,
Reading, and- Oxford.

DEATH OF THE EARL OF CARHAMPTON.—T-his
venerable Nobleman died yesterday, in the 78th
year of his age. Ills Lordship was distinguished
in early life as Colonel LUTTRELL. He also
fought some political battles, and was the oppo.
neat of the celebrated Mr. WiLars, in the me-
morable contest for the..county of Middlesex,
' when the latter was expelled the Mouse of Com-
mons by a vote of the- ilou.Se, lie was brother
of the beautiful Miss LUTTRELL, the late Duchess
of CUMBERLAND. His Lordship succeeded to
his titles on the death of his father in 1787. lie
has left no issue, and is therefore succeeded by
his brother.—Creations of the first Nobleman,
the father of the. deceased :—Baron.l76B ; Vis-
count 1781 ; Earl 1785.—The late Earl whs
Colonel of the. Gth Dragoon Guards. lie stood-
third on the list of 'General—those. preceding
him being the Marquis of DROGHERA and Earl
HARCOURT.

THE VANITY OF EPITAPIIS:—The Pxtensive

limits of the vanity of mail terminate in an Epitaph. It is,
however, ofteii a stronger testimonial of the pride of the living,
than of the virtues of the dead. It slwuld hereby seem, that
falsehood is so 'inseparably blended with humanity, that it fol-
lows them even to the tomb, and triumphs still over their ashes.
The great expence that frequently-accan-ipanirs thit monumen=
till flattery, has often its source:in the design of giving credit to
imposture; and the eulogium graven on a marble, in honour
of the deceased, is most frequently a portrait, which it were to
be wished he had resembled, rather than a faithful likeness of
what he really was. Epitaphs may be styled the humbugs in
menzoria of the dead, to which, indeed, a judicious reader never
gives any credit. If the soul after this life is in a state of hap-
piness, it does not require the ostentatious evidence of ttn Epi-
taph ; and, if it be not in this state of beatitude, the rotting
body does not merit the fallacious. pursuit. Those, however,
who pay this tribute to their departed • friend 3 or patrons, either

through gratitude or esteem, are more excusahle than those who
in their' life appropriate a capital sum to ornament a carcase
with an expensive monument, and who have the effrontery to
write their cillogium whilst living, that they may impose.false-
hood on the world, when incapable of speaking. I should not,
howeVer, contemn this custom, if those who thought proper to
pen their own Epitaphs acquitted themselves as well as a cer-
tain Roman, whose tomb was found with the following in-
saiption

Non nomen, non quO genitus, non untie, quid egi,
Multus in eternum suni cinis, ossa

Non sum, nee fuerarn genitus, tamen e nihilo sum,
Mita, nex exprobres singula, talis eris.

NiTindiester,

Yesterday the Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE
and Prince LEOPOLD dined with the Duke and
Duchess ofGLOUCESTER. •

Yesterday the- Prince RATAFE, recently ar-
rived in this country from Madagascar, paid a
visit to the King's Palace, in Pall-mall, to view
the residence of the KING. He was aceompa-
tiied by his Secretary and Interpreter, and at-
tended by a Gentleman from the Colonial De-
partment; lie was received at•the Palace' by the
Equerry in Waiting, and conducted over the
apartments, through the stables., &c. He' seemed
highly delighted with every thing he saw, and
expressed -his admiration of all that he had seen
in this country. This 'Prince, with his suite,
went in the evenin!, to see the play at Covent-.
garden. Theatre, and"sat in the private bk.
The election for the Bordugh of Orford comes
on this week, when it is expected that,the• Mar-
guess of LONDoNDERWY will he returned without
opposition upon the Hertford interest. ' •

are declared felons, and pecuniary rewards of-
fered for their• apprehension. The same decree
declares rebels all those who dared to revolt
against King VICTOR EP4I4-iNLIEL, or attempted to
change the form of government after his abdi-
cation ; also those who, in defiance of the Pro-
clamation issued by the Duke of Cenevois on
the 16th ult., 'persisted in adly2ring to the revo-
lutionary cause. The first column of Russian
troops was expected to'enter Hungary last week,
according to accounts from' Vienna, and it is