The Sun.
London, England, 1826-03-09 00:00:00

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• ON TIIE DESTRUCTION OF THE GREAT ELEPHANT.
lIY A HIGHLANDER.
Thro' the " Cage" where for thirteen bang Summers ye slgh'd,
The cruel shot they sentyou, bleeding, was fluiried;
in vain, ye beseech'd them—you droopTtl, quietly died,, -.
And your !miles they hale kcpt—your flesh they ha'e buried g
A, high for thee, Chuny !.._to die was thy lot !
Alt ! e'en those that loy'd you, had a hand in your death,
And those wham ynu lov'd ye Yiew4d on the spot,
Trying hard to destroy ye—ye gi'd them your breath !

SPORTING.
EXTRAORDINARY CIIASE.—Lord PETRX, and the gentle.
men of his hunt had an extraordinarygood day's sport on Thurs.
day last, with his Second, but excellent pack. Ills hounds met
at Woodham Ferris' and after drawing two or three covers they
proceeded to that of,New England, belonging to Mr. Trussell,
where Topper presently unkennelled a brace of foxes. The
sweet and anticipated harmony was soon in full chorus, and alter
a ring or two in cover, a fine, strong, and gallant fox, as ever
broke cover, appeared, and led them a chase of: 0 miles, Nio,
nine'
,through sixteen parishes. Maynard set off with a strong
vim/inwards thb Fssobridigo. Hall country, but the pace the
hounds went at for the first half hour, oiled him to turn
down, wind across a difficult country for hoot) to go &stover, and eeross many roads and commons in Danbury, consequently
the next half ,hour was .slower, and Replan) got a-head, • Skirling Blake's' Great Cover, across the navigation into Mr.
Newman); country. The horsemen were obliged to go to
the bridges, and the, hounds alone went over the liver with
a strong blewing wind. The fox was headed by plough.
men, and a fresh fox was. hallooed by foot people, but 0 e
hounds. were . steady to their work, and hung to the line of
chase like glue, through Topping() large cover on to Colonel
Strut:Cs park, by the gardens and plantations, still runni g
down wind, but now in a good and well hunted country,
which Replant seemed no stranger to, making the coves,
and most difficult haunts, to evade his pursuers, but it was
of no avail, the hounds in fine condition, and to() good to be
shook W. Their hunting was beautiful, and the hits and
work of Benedict, Dreadnought, and Delicate, a ere conspicuous
during the day. On going through the great cover Prop, like
shot, Nelson came forward, and took the lead, at a killing pace,.
over a fine country, to the Green Dragon iirood, where Missal.
lant lux first stopped for safety, and made a good deal of work
for the hounds in that cover. He broke away again into Mr.
Conyers' beautiful country; the old houuds were now high on
their mettle, and it was in vain for a fox to contend with them;
Heynard was also getting weak; they therefore soon run up .to •
him, when he tucked short hack into tiubbin's.green grassy and
swampy common. Here the scene was very interesting ; his
Lordship, on his fine horse Favourite, very fresh, and the rest of
fits stud in u condition fit to set off again for another hi ; a few
others also of light weight were tolerably fresh, hut many that
were up would have told a sad tale, it' the chase had not ended.
The hounds were clashing and turning with the foic, the eon.
Hart,
did not want reminding not to ride lnyitre the hounds. Sum
the huntsinan, alert, and steady athis post ; WM, the se.
cond whip, easy as an old shoe; but Joe, the tirst whipper.in,busy
as usual; and as eager to, catch the fox as the foremost hound,
went slop into a ditch of water up to his middle, with old Why.
not, who had got the fox. Joe seized on his prize, and cruise
out with a conntenance fierce as a tiger, his face streaming with
blood, its if he had been drawing n badger, and welcomed his
lairdship's car with the first wholloop.
This chase lasted three
hours, and ended in Little ',eight:, seveatms 'Wks, as the crw
flies, from the cover wherein neynard was first tbutid.—(Esseox
Kiero/d,)

. •
oltATOlttu.— esfertlay evening a crawled au-
dience assembled at Covent-garden Theatre, In consequence of
the anouuncetnent that the celebrated composer, WiinEn,
was to preilde during the first part of the oratorio. At an
early hour the boxes were well filled, and every seat in the pit
was occupied. Three or !bur rounds of the most enthusiastic
approbation greeted Mr, Weber on his entrance. He (lid
not preside at the pianoforte, as it was reported he intended
to do, hut merely stood in the-front of the stage, provided
with a music dtak and a baton, tie mesur coo regulate the time
of the performunces,—a task which. he performed with ex-
tmordinary earnestness. M. Von Weber is, in person,
rather above the middle height, extremely thin, and of
(lark complexion. His countenance, which is striking and in.:.
telligent, appears to bear traces of profound study, rather
than of vivid imagination ; but he wore glasses, which tended
to conceal the expression of his eye, His deportment is gen.
tletnanly and remarkably unassuming. The first part of the
Oratorio consisted of a selection of the most admired pieces of
thoPreirchni4, commencing with the overture, which was en-
thuttiastically encored. At the conclusion of the overture, and
at the close of memo! of the pieces, M. Weber bowed In acknow.
lodgment of his thanks to the performers, apparently anxious
to transfer to them a portion of the vehement approbation which
was so lavishly directed to himself. The first part of the oratorio
closed amidst repeated cheers, and ,111. Von 'Weber, after re.
with whom he shook
p„tay bowing to tho audience. cordially shook hands with
Sir G. Smart and Mr.. Mori, The admirable style in which
this selection from the Freiselgutz was executed by, the per.
formers, vocal and instrumental, could not but prove in tits
highest degree ralarttilelYulilarlglywpltehaseeeilm wiliethnttha'ern.aingseinri oifielan
V„e`tred t'°Atiib:patort,, and Mr. Brabant,
arra.,
ucoartlidet:ztthoet*
hatols. 111. Von Weber seemed to be Much affected by the
applause of which he wit!' the object, but he spewed no dispo-
re:lr fhtedlßje
sham to obtrude himself. On the contrary, be appeared rather
the Oratorio consisted of a selection.from Judas Afaceabeus, in
wtoh:chirti nivkifisrsoirn)attohne
annodticem or.fßtrah the audience.
rde
exquisite compositions of Handel.

NORTH AND SAUTR .4_ IC.
SUIISOII4PTION R 00314 gAncit &

(FROM LLOYD'S.I
1,1404,, Matter; it —Wind S.—At Ip. m., the whole of the
outward bound got untlerweigh, including the Honourable
Company's ships Sir David Scott, Thomas Conits, and Castle
Huntley; also the Hudson, for New York, the wind having,
shifted to the Eastward, since which it his been very light anu
variable, prevailing however from the S.E. ; p. the
Thomas Cootie has anchored. The Ann Elizabeth, Winder,
is putting back, but the nut of the outward bound are off the
South Foreland, where they appear to have a light breeze'from
the S.E. A brig for Van Dientan's Land has come down from
the River, anti remain with the Roslyn Castle, fur Jamaica
and the ha Bonne, :litre, ter Demerara —I; to, on, twat Of the
outward hound are still otr the South Foreland. • Wind light
front the southward.
Pon.TastouTtr, 3lattett S.E. light rived the Alartha, Lunt, from Citarhattort in 30 days: Sidled
the General Palmer, fin Aladras; Juliana, for do„and'aingal
George the Fourth, for Bengal ; John Berry, and Faith tit
New South Wales; Albino, ter Demerara, and the whole of the
outwaril bound.
Cowes, Manor ii,—Saqed the Duchess of Athol, for
Bombay ; Elizabeth, (hue, for Vera Cruz; City of Genoa, fur
St. Domingo; Skelton, Alatliews, tar Jamaica, and the wholes
of the outward bound.
PLY Ho UT ir 111.111C11 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Orb
transport, from 'Deptford—spoke off the pert ;he Star, of Liver.
pool, with loss of bowsprit fore.top.mast, and bulwarks.
FaLato Urn, MAUCH S.W.—Arrived the Stan.
rater packet, front Lisbon ; Peru Graham, from Buenos Ayres
and the Persens, Jackson, front 'Newcastle for Bermuda,
Off Dover, the Liberty, &out Terceira.
• The Alloy Catherine, Pace, which was en shore upartho
Black Bock, has been got off Mid carried into dock.
The Abby, West, front Antwerp to Bangor, anti the Bro.
'titers, Hughes, from lted 'Wharf to Liverpool, was on shore
near Beaumarts on Tuesday.
The Jane and Susan, Cringle, from Newcastle to Wells,
upset otrStarbereugli en Aluittlay, •

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the Bag loth%
/louse, when Captain Thomas Marquis *a sworn' into -the
command of the ship nose, consigned to Madras and Bengal.
Cuttarwre OCjEAL—A pipe of brandy marked on
the head " Honourable Company's ship Kent," was, on the let instant, picked up off &bey Bill. The above is one of
twelve pipes shipped on board the Kent previous to her sailing.,
The Kent was destroyed by tire, on the Ist of March MO in
lot. 41. 30. N., long. 11. 49. W. , ,

A most DREADFUL CONFLAQRATI ox took place
on Mondaylast, at Kempton, near Bedford, which completely
reduced to ashes a great part of that populous and extensive
lige. The devouring clement commenced its distressing havoc
shout one o'clock, upon the furm.yanl and pro-mice in the De.
cupution of Mr. Seundere, farmer, of that place, in consequeece'
of a man in his employ imprudently and carelessly discharging
a gun at some pigeons which had settled on one of the barns, ui
the contents of the gun lodging in the thatch. The wind blowing
very strong at the tune, and which it continued to do the whole
of the day, immediately set tire to the barn, and thence it coin.
immicated to the yard, and consumed all the buildings adjoin.
log ; die whole of the dead farming.stoek, consisting of four
carts and numerous other implements ; the whole of the hay and
corn. comprising twa wheat-hovels, itbean rick, a large rick of
hay, and a rick of straw, with mach other property: 'The file
fly mg in large flakes from these premises set fire. to, and
burnt to the ground, 'two cottages, a dwe'lling-holtse, and a
bakehouse, the property of Mr. White, of Cardlogton.mille ;
four cottages Whinge; .to Mr. Dudley; and thence to Mrs.
Douglaisle furnieyerd, where the house anti all the buildings,
with the greater part of the household furniture, were totally de,
strayed. The lire next reached the bake.house, dwelling-bee se,
end several other outbuildings in the ()emotion of Mr. Dud,
ley; baker; thence to a cottage standing near ; and thence to a
farin..yarti occupied by Mr. Allen, the whole of which, in
very short time, were consumed to ashes. Several other small
cottages, occupied by labourers and other poor families, were
also destroyed by the flames in the course of the Afternoon and evening, leaving many of their former inhabitants destitute
of house and home; for whom, and the stifierere et large, a sub-
eeription is about to be entered Into. To describe the distrol and confusion this awful event caused at the moment, or at
present to attain any estimate of the damages or number of
buildings consumed, is impossible. indefatigable assistance
was afforded by the engine', gentry, 11141 inhabitants of 13 ed.
ford and the surrounding villages, to check the progress of the
devouring clement, which was not accomplished until the even..
lug, and, indeed, the whole of the fire was not extinguished
last, as Mr, CADDIVFOLD
untoil tseatth f
ue
rdolaloywienvgednaiyn. g
of Kimberley, was returning home from Norwich market,
he was stopped near the Forehoe Wood, by three met), who,
to accomplish their diabolical object, fixed a rope acmes
the road, and as soon as Mr. "C. came in contact with it, one of the villains jumped up behind his gig and passed
over Mr. C.'s head a piece of wood, with a joint in the
middle, so as to form a gripe, in the shape of a pair of
compasses, between which the robber held hie head so
fast that he was unable to stir, and at the awe time'der
mended his money. Mr. C., alarmed at being thus sad. denly placed in a situation where it was impossible fur
him either to escape or resist, begged to be set at liberty,
anti said he would give them what money be had—upon
which another of the f'ellows, who was scantling at dm
horse's head„ called out 4, let a little looser;'.; which being
done, Mr. C. wive them hie pocketebooki containing fiver
Sc) stop'
pounds, and was then suffered to proceed home. rbesa
vitlittns made
the
rope, fortunately, was placed realer too high, end' caught hie
dMarr.inJg. iniveralteTtl to 4sitainlilecevweAtg but diet
hat, which flew of); and lie escaped. We understand that a
man he been taken into custody, in whose possession
invented apparatus bits been found.

' COAL AIARKET, Maucti U.
Adair a, 32s 3d—Burdon, 31e 3d--Beiturnont, 31s—Eighton
mour, 300—Hebburn Main, 34s 6d—Halywell, 32s 04--Kil*
lingworth, 33s lid—lA(l4ll's Main 29s—U1d IValker als-4
Pontop Windsor, 30s 94—Townley, 328 3d—Wilington,
34s 9d to 3bs—Wylam, 32s 94—Walls End. Ilew'eke and Co.
39s—Wa11s End .Brown's 3219d.—Walls End IHltia, %Valls End Hotspur, 32s Brown's,
End Newmargll-,
Walls End Northumberland, 333 9d—Walls End Paysson and
Co. 323 ild—Walls End Riddell's Ws 641—Walls End Walker,
Xis 6d—Cinders, 25s—Cowpen, liOs—Hartley, 31s 64—Eden
Main, 3.ss—Paweett Main, 31s--Walls tud Hetton,
Walls End Lambton, 39s 6d--Walls End Springwell,
Walls End Stewart's, 39s &b.—Russell's Hatton's-Walls Erai
39k6—,—.Ships at market, 43i—Ships sold, ;I .Unsold,

MIRTH.
On the 7th In ,at Edmonton Iltre, Muchet, of a danghtfll4

_... into. _ _ • , ,-- .:77,0----4.7,-,
In Greta George-street, Niresttninster, on the 7th inst.:, in 3saBlet year of her age, Margaret, wife of E. John Collett* 1011%
ALP., of Lockees:house, Hemel Hempstead. ......
Ott the Ist 4146 at his house in Theobalti's-turcet. i!erlit
Matthew rickford, Esq., late of Wood.etreeti in thls 'II
London, and of Alarket.street, Herta. • •
On the 28th -of February, at her father's ilin 11Agautn.are421W4
Catharine Sarah, second daughter of 111 r. I:::::;_c,bsudt....or.
the oolonni
wife
:eedstln,ele
(syd):.
gat Wednesday. ,:t4lit;siti
"814 0,6:44 t.s..
vt,,,,a; atrgnv
o,fult
nli :oe 77; ai I ii..vitevi
.4,e081:
Li yearso . Yeayn.:p 1 a
c::::
Mr. Wheeler, surgeon, Dayswa t. v
months.
suOrrenyS,ltterndiairoolriekinadlth,linvst.eshmst:ll3lll°.:Seastw
77,

--.www....---.
the Pacific, Crocker, from New York. Th letter
btl:itgil:4poV
was
4rt
ellarll4.:tchuis 7:gen :g., WindAt.butt tWhi.""'Arri blredag.:
The Canada, Rogers, and Florid", Tinkharn, fro mulerpool,
at New York, 13th ult. ; tli4ernitul/4 Cox,
41
al 41(i)d: di "
from Liverpool, at
Baltimore, 13th ult ; and Mexican, from Liverpool, at Nevr
, Orleans. The acket from nowt% for aolyheatt, passed on
the 4thinst. tour leagues oil' the Iris COARIt,.at 11
4.31 , a ship
with :bright sides and A ball painted on her fore-topsail, sta. ming
to theSouthiaid (supposed to be the Colombia, for New York:)
PonTsittouTg, MARCA B,—Wiud 16E. by 'lB.—Arriyet4
the American ship Martha, Lunt, frow.Charleston, Top am.
btirgh, and passed on to Cowes. All the outward bound have
*ailed. The schooner. Untie', Matthews, froln Lisbon, remains
wind.bound..
De:ar., 111,sitom e.---All the outward bound vessels, includt
trig the Albion, Lee,-and' fludaon, Champlin,. have proceeded
. .
~.
on their.voyages. •
VOIVEC M.4IICXI R.—Nilo B..S,R.—Arrived the American
ship Martha, Lunt, hunt Charleston 30 days out, bound to, Ilamburgh, wind bound. Sailed the Duchess of Athol, Daniel,
East India Company's ship, for Bombay and China ; Andreas,
. , for Bordeaux ; Skelton, Mathews, for' Trinidad i
&White, Tucker, fpr Lisbon; London Packet, Mackay, for
Boston ; Eunice, Stevenson, Si. Utses ;' Union„, Tintrbust; do. ;
Marand Susan, Rarington, Bilboa ; City of Genoa, Crawford,
tit. Domingo; and the, whole of the outward bound. Jane,
Taylor, London ; Syrene, ......v.—t-, BottleanN, remains,.

THE LONDON, JOURNALS.
DAILY
Extracispinithe Morning Papers, March 9, 1826.

[NEW TIMES.]
A Morning Contemporary has been running
down, in its way) the country gentlemen, and
among the rest we observe that Sir F. Burdett
comes in for his share of its elegant satire, on acs
count of his aristocratical notions. It is somewhat
whimsical to sees while the worthy•Baronet,more
matured in years and wisdom, is gradually aban-
doning many of those extravagant ideas, to say
the least of them, which he sported when younger
and less thoughtful, the hoary-headed Chronicle,
lapsing into those vagaries which nothing but the
Youth heedlessness of hey-dayouth can palliate, at-
tempting to twist his wrinkles into a smile, and
to -pans off a totter fora
.caper. On the goodness
or badness of the Corn Laws, we think It no great
imputation of folly to healtate in deciding, when
we . recollect that they have been defended
by Malthus and condemned by Ricardo.—
It, surely, when such doctors doubt, does
not , become men in every respect so in-
finitely their inferiors to dogmatise. That
the country gentlemen 'should agree with Mr.
Malthue does not really appear to us very won.
derful : this is merely saying that they are men,
and we never heard that they pretended to be
more. With respect to the Game Laws, where
did the learned Theban find out that we owed
them to the country gentlemen ? We had thought
hitherto that we owed them to a higher source—
to our Kings themselves. We believe that a
system of Game Laws, and a most sanguinary
one, may be found among those of William the
Bastard : they were then the subject of much
complaint, and they have been in a gradual course
of mitigation ever since. We do not say that
they may not be farther amended, but, it would
be just as fair and as fitting, we think, to attri-
bute their abuses to the merchants who bribe
the poacher, as to the country gentlemen who
prosecutes Wm; for the utmost extent of the evil
inflicted on the community, by the Game Laws,
is the system of poaching which they tend to ge-
nerate. We have but little faith in the doctrine,
that virtue is more frequently found in the
country than in the town. But, without arro.
gating for our country gentlemen a greater share
of honour and virtue than those of the town, we
may safely challenge any one to point us out
their equals in any kingdom beside. Their very
prejudices, their love of old customs and old laws,
are all honest and English horn. It is most
wicked and most foolish to endeavour to stir up
the lower against the-higher classes at any time.
It is peculiarly so just now, when the sufferings
of the latter render them more than ordinarily
disposed to quarrel with those arrangements of
society from which they may think they derive
but little advantage. It savours of the worst
school of politics of those who would persuade
us, that a man cannot be a hearty lover of his
country, unless he he a hearty hater of his emus-
trymen—as if, in truth, the love of Old England
were an abitract feeling, and did not, in reality,
comprehend in it the love of all those classes of
which Old England is made up, of her King, of
her nobles, of her dwellers in cities, and her
dwellers in the plains.

[MORNING PosT.l
Already have the beneficial effects of the mea-
sures adopted for the relief of the commercial
world become manifested, hi the grateful ac.
knowledgment of the persons most deeply inte-
,rested, of the happy consequences thus early re.
suiting frem them,--It will be seen by our Re-
pert of the proceedings of the House of Commons
last night, that Mr. Huskisson, on bringing in his
Bill to apply the Law of Merchant and Factor
to any goods on which the Bank of England
may have advanced
money, communicated the
Cheering fact, which was amply confirmed by Mr.
Baring, that a material improvement had already
been effected io those (Infiniti to which the
relief in question had been applied, in con-
sequence of no difficulty or reluctance hav-
ing been felt by the parties interested
in accepting through the Bank the aecommo.!
dodoes so wisely and prudently recommended
by Ministers. It was expressly admitted, even
by one of the principal opposers of the measure
When it was first brought forward (Mr. Baring),
44 that the plan for affording relief to the Public
" had already been productive of great advantage,
" and that the conduct of the Bank was most
" praiseworthy. They had proceeded to act
upon the measure with the greatest rapidity,
" and by consulting the pressing nature of the
"circumstances of those who required relief, they
" had rendered it doubly beneficial. He could
" speak from his own knowledge .to the fact that
"- a decided improvement in confidence and in
66 circulation of trade had been visible within the
" last three days; and it could not be doubted
" that 'the measure which the Government
" had adopted, aided by the liberal conduct of
" the Bank in carrying it into effect, had pro.
"'duce& that- gratifying change." This most
cheering result we bed the happiness early to
predict, in opposition to the sentiments of most
of our contemporaries; and we cannot now deny
ourselves the gratification of offering our most
cordial congratulations to the public, on so
speedy a realization of our hopes, and the full
accomplishment of so truly happy an event.-=--
In addition to the satisfactory assurances above
stated, it will be ,seen that Mr. ilaskisson in-
formed-the House, 44 that on Friday the Bank
had .made arrangements,with the Deputation from
Manchester; on Saturday they also arranged
with the Deputation. from Glasgow, and since
that he understood that the Deputation from Leeds
bad also satisfactorily.'aCtomplisbed' their object
and returned home, TN. awstilifee.tlititinfroided,
hod given perfect satisfaction to all those parties,
and would enable them to keep their manufat.
Were in a state of employment. He had seen
all these Deputations, and it was impossible'that
men could be impressed with a more reattomihde
and correct view of the state in which they were
fortunately placed, and' of the cause's which
had led to their present situation. This being time

case, they were not disposed to undertake more
work at present than would enable their labourers
to subsist, and thus the present overstocked state
of the market would speedily subside and in a
short period he hoped to see the tran3actions of
commerce running hi their usual channel;without
requiring any further support from artificial
credit."