The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-04 00:00:00

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COLOSSAL STATUE Cl.' BUoNAPARTE. The
I‘,NCE REGENT has presented to the Duke of
isktt.t.tNGToNT the colossal statue of BUoNA-
ki:ITE Which was lately sent from France to
tki,ell°Yal Highness. This Statue was exe-
;l (I by the celebrated Sculptor CANovA,
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Intended to adorn some of the great pub-
l;, in progress ha Paris, when the Ex-
l;:,Illeror %yds driven from the Throne. The.
:111415 sculptor had been munificently patrn-
by the Napoleon Family : and, it is said,
10' the greatest exertions to make the work wor-
his own and his Patron's fame. The statue,
q the pure taste of the antique, is but slightly
..;'Ped, and is intended to convey an expression
;l'eat dignity and majesty. .The attempt is
,•.:1 In have been too daring for the sculptor, who
41s beyond any other living Artist in the
;..14ession and delicate touches of poetical beauty,
i!,t I'llo is thoue;l,t to have been unsuccessful in
1 hazardous -Hight to rival the most exalted
of Grecian Art. The work was not liked
rads, and was hardly unpacked ; it was even
"lbjec.t of sharp criticisms in Rome at the time
.'.tts excution. it has been just removed to Ap-
i:eY blouse, llytle-park-corncr, the residence of
hbutre of WELLINGTON.
4htskllTlioLoMEw FAlR.—Yesterday morning that
t;,1),4al scene of noise, confusion, and vice, Bar--
11410 mm Fair, commenced in Smithfield. The
C1'11,121 MAYOR, according to annual custom, pro-
Q,'q in his State carriage from the Mansion
arcomvallird by a numerous party of City
kk,ilLvers, and after having partook of a cowl tankard
AL% linowN, the Keeper of New-gate, his
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~ 30T.arrived at ,intlifield a'oout twelve, and
tla.inied the Fair with the usual ceremony.
144 kreneral meeting of the Performers of Drury-
f;,llt took place yesterday morning in the two
Rooms of that Theatre, preparatory to the
No, of the house for the season ; when the
111, z,
4i'er according to annual custom; welcomed
•%t tleveral Actors by Is shake of the hand, and
ikiatlies by a Salute, which Mr. RAYMOND did
ktllll.arti
. alty, that none of the fair dames had
114 to complain that " Kissing went by fa-
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awful instance of sadden death occurred at
',)(11') 'clock yesterday afternoon, in. Messrs. Cox
('-(,,'RetiN.‘vooD•s Office, Craig's-court, Charin -
t 1; whilst Captain COLBOLJ RN, of the 50th Re-
et, was transacting business, he broke a
4lLvessel, and expired almost immediately.

STATT; OF TIIE COUNTRY.

.IGRICULTURE, NIANUFAUrURF,S,

The accounts which day after ly w•e arc en-
abled to present to the public, of the rapid pro-
ress of Our doinestie piosperity, will be read with
much gratificatinn.

MANcHEsTER.—Feorii eVery manufActUrirl,„ dis-
trict in the kingdom We lrarn, that extensive
sales and orders (both doineStie and foreign) have
gladdened the hearts of the Workipg classes of
society. The Iron and the Woollen Tradei are
described as particularly flourishing,. Of the
Cotton Trade, of which Manclester is the Centre,
we can ourselves speak in the highest tone f)t
gratification. Every hand which can be usefully
applied in manufacturing is employed. The tiansit
of goods, both in an unfinished state, as they are
sent to undergo One process after another, and in
a finished and packed sate, give a different ap-
pearance to our streets from what they exhibited
a few months ago, when care and " hope de-
ferred" sallowed every face, in the listless crowd
who trailed their steps along. Now, borne by
the quick step of profitable business, almost every
one exhibits that satisfaction which the philan-
thropist loves to see seated on the faces of his
fellow men.

CANTERBURY, SEPT. ::.—Although the crop of
(colts must be generally deficient, and very partial,
yet much improvement has taken place in most
of the grounds in this vicinity dining the last ten
days.

The weather having at length apparently as-
sumed a settled state, will much facilitate the fur-
ther progress of the harvest ; yet so doubtful did
it appear last week, that many of the farmers in
this vicinity carried their wheat by moonlight
both on Friday and Saturday night, and some
also during Sunday.—(Kentish Gazette.)
Memorandums made by a Farmer at Aberford, in
the West Riding of the County of York, of the
respective periods of commencing and finishing
his Harvest, from the year 1801 to the present :
ISOt began harvest l4th :tug. ....ended.. '24111 Sept.
102
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1803
1804

1305
1806
1807
1508

1809
1810
1811

1812
1813
1814

1815
1816

Mr. Ikarktc, agricultural steward to Mr. Coke,
of Norfolk, has written a letter on the subject of
Road-making, in which. after ably discussing the
merits of concave and convex roads, and strongly
recommending the inclined plane in their formation,
he maintains that three loads of riddled gravel will
be more efficacious in repairing roads than six
loads of unriddled, consequently half the carriage
would be saved by using the former.
FIiEIERIES.—The following may be stated to -be
the result of the fishing this season :—About 150
vessels were engaged of these fire were lost, and
the remainder have from 750 to 800 fish, which at
a morlerate computation may yield 11,000 tuns of
oil. Last season the quantity was 12,500 tuns.
A great advance has consequently taken place in
the prices : Greenland oil (chiefly if not entirely
from speculation) has advanced rapidly from 271.
to 451. per tun. Last year the prices began at
about '2Bl.

In ou► First Page will be found all the War-
Office Circulars upon the subject of Pensions to
Wounded Office; s. The last detsrmination is,
that pensions shall not increase progressively with
rank.

ERUPTION OF Vesuvius.--An article from Na-
ples, dated July 20, says—" The present eruptions
of Vesuvius are astonishing. Copper, iron, alka-
hne-acid, sulphur, sulphuric acid, chalk, and am-
moniac, form salts that are sometimes in a mass,
and sometimes divided. It is observed that cop-
per is very much mixed with volcanic matter;
quantities of it are found among the different kinds
of lava. Vesuvius, which since the year 1813
has been mote or less in a state of commotion,
has.entirely covered its former crater with a thick
crust, over which the new eruptions have thrown
►two little mountains, from which come smoke,
ashes, and vitrified stones. The earth is covered
with bits of transparent glas. This crust is so
considerable, that if it is not propped up, the sink-
ing of the smatter• composing it will produce an
effect like that of the eruption which took place
in the time of Titus."
MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—On the 20th ult.
the Integrity transport, with a detachment-of the
80th regiment, and some discharged soldiers from
different.other regiments, beating up for Cork har-
bour, when going at the'rate of 8 knots an hour, the
Captain conceiving he knew thecoast,and not (Milk-
ing the assistance of a pilot necessary, struck on a
reef of rocks, called the Smith's Rocks, about two
miles f•rotn the land, treat. Ballycotton Bay, and
after suffering much injury in her keel and rudder,
they were obliged to run her on shore, when,
owing to her very perilous situation, some of the
men jumped overboard to save themselves by swim-
wo of them unfortunately perished in the
attempt, and but for the exertion of Lieut.-Colonel
Colwell, commanding the detachment, the assist-
ance he afforded those who remained in the vessel,
and the gallantry and coolness he displayed in
animating the men, and not quitting the ship,
every person on board would probably have also
perished.
The acknowledged thriving state of trade, in
all branches, has had its influence on the Lottery,
for double the number of Tickets are now sold to
what there used to he : this, however, may in a
great measure be ascribed to the present cheapness
of Tickets and Shares, compared with what had
long existed before Mr. SIVEWRIGHT effected
their Reduction). But there is another Reason
for tl.e present great demand for Tickets,--:all
those who wish to adventure cannot, as there arc
no more than 2900 Number. s.—The Prizes are all
Sterling Money, including Two of 20,0001. It
will be all dr,iten NEXT WEDNESDAVi astrefure
ao one will be kept toni in StlspetiCU.

POETRY%

THE NICSE

Yon ail; only in iilowents of sadness,

I woo the soft dream ivhieli the Muse can bestow
Like the smile of affection, 'tis lovely in gladness,
But In ightest it gleams through the ii.iliness of woe.

Unlike the train, that in Snanner's gay bowers,
Enliven our pleasures, bat fly from our tears,
Nly path she forsakes when I wander through flowers,
And lost ia the salishille her light disappears.

In the nikht7tiine pain, and the winter of sorrow,
When fades every scene that was blooming and fair,
Oh ! then, one bright ray from her soft light I borrow,
It guides through the gloom, and forbds me despair.

The world's bas} forgtlting- or scorning,
She shcink, into silence, or frou►•their sight—
'T!►ey lr il, like the lark, thesbright rays of the morning,
She sings, like the nightingale, only by night.

REGISTER OF FASHION.