The Sun.
London, England, 1821-11-14 00:00:00

SOUTH WALES.

Carmarthen—Sir William Paxton, lint., of Middleton-hall ;
George Morgan, of Abercotly;, Esq. ; William Howell Bevan,
of Pengay, Esq.
Pembroke—John Mears, of Eastington, Esq.; Owen Lewis,
of Trewern, Esq.; Jonathan Haworth l'eel, of Cotts, Esq.
Cardigan—Thomas Lewes Lloyd, of Wern Newidd, Esq.;
George Price, of Pigeonsford, Esq. ; Lewis Davis, of Cri-
gie, Esq.
Glamorgan Sir John Morris, of Bryn, Bart.; John
Henry Vivian, of Marina, Esq.; William Williams, of Aber-
pergwm, Esq.
Brecon---John Christie, of Cwinllwyfog, Esq.; Arthur Mac-
namara, of Langoed Castle, Esq.; Richard Davys, of Chance-
field, Esq.
Radnor—Peter Rickards Mynors, of Evenjob,Esq.; Edward
Rogers, of Stannage Park, Esq.; John Hugh Powell, of Cli-
row, Esq.

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NORTH WALES.
Anglesey—William Wynnc Sparrow, of Tynesvydd, Esq.;
Owen Putland Meyrick, of Bodorgan, Esq.; Richard Williams,
of Treban, Esq.
Carnarvon—William Lloyd Caldecot, of the Cottage, Esq.;
Kyffin John William Lenthall, of Maenan, Esq.; William Tur-
ner, of Garregfawr, Esq.
Merioneth—James Gill, of Pant Ohs, Esq.; Edward Scott,
of Bottalog, Esq.; John Wynne, of Garthmeilio Esq.
Mon tgo m try —Joseph Mayes Lyon. of Cefublwarch, Esq.;
David Pugh, of Llanerchydoll, Esq.; Thomas Griffith Lloyd,
of Trowseved, Esq.
Denbigh —Samuel Newton, of Pickill, Esq.; William Eger-
ton, of Grzysford Lodge, Esq.; the Honourable Frederick
West, of Trevor.
Flint—Thomas Harrison, of Saathlwydd, Esq. ; Trevor
Owen Jones, of Wepre Hall, Esq.; George NVatkin Kenrick,
of Mertyn, Esq.

[For the Bankrupts, S;,c. see the Fourth Pagel

'Oft TIIFI StN,

FURTHER OBSERVATIONS on the IVORIO or the late

31r. RENNIE and other CIVIL

Mr. EDlTOR—Having read in your Paper of
the 3d inst. extracts from Mr. DuriN's 6 4 Notice
Ntcrologique," relative to the merits of the late
Mr. ItvvNtr, I shall be glad to add to the cata-
logue of them some others that are indicative of the
soundness of his judgment. Ile was particularly
cautious in selecting for his surveys of intended
works persons upon whose judgment and accu-
racy he could rely, and consequently founded
his opinions, not on assumed, but on real data ; he
was equally tenacious in the appointment of in-
telligent Sub-Engineers to execute his plans, know-
ing that all faults committed in the execution of
works were attributed to the Chief Engineer,
although they might arise from an absolute de-
viation from his plans, and the principles on which
they were founded.

Mr. Dupin, as a foreigner, necessarily required
some aid in drawing up his interesting article,
in the course of which he has said, that " Scot-
" land has the glory of having produced most of
" the Civil Engineers, who, for nearly a century,
46 have executed the finest monuments of the
" three kingdoms." From the various names he
has mentioned in corroboration of this assertion,
not only of Civil Engineers who act generally,
but also those subordinately, accompanied with
indiscriminate praise, it is sufficiently obvious
that he has been assisted by some from this
country, possessed of what may be called provin-
cial nationality. lam inclined to give those who
derive their existence North of the Tweed their
full meed of praise, which is, that they are
fully as equal as any others in the British Em-
pire to acquire eminence in any profession ;
and that a larger portion of them possess
greater industry to attain the object they pursue
than is generally found in other countries ; which
by no means prevents more populous countries
from having as great, or even a greater, number
of men of high attainments in every branch of
Literature and the Arts.

I observe that you have controverted the er-
roneous assertion that Scotland has supplied the
United Kingdom for nearly a century with pro-
fessional men to conduct the great works of the
Kingdom ; and as the names of many of the first
civil engineers are omitted, it will not be im-
proper to till up the leading portion of the de-
ficiency, previously to which I shall make a
short comment on what appears to be understood
by the title of a Civil Engineer ; viz.—That he
should be conversant in the properties and con-
struction of harbours, docks, drainages, embank-
ments against the sea, canals, artificial navigation
of rivers, bridges, railways, and high roads.—To
possess all the requisites for giving advice on
these materially different subjects, requires a
great diversity of mental attainments, exclusive
of a knowledge of the practical arts connected
with these works ; therefore a person versant in
the practical part, and posessing such acquire-
ments as are requisite for many of the described
branches of the profession, may be totally incom-
petent to others; as much so as a doctor of music
might be, if consulted as a doctor of medicine,
or as a doctor of laws.—For instance, an indi-
vidual may be fully competent to build a mole
or pier, but if not possessed of extended ex-
perience of the separate and combined effects of
waves, and tides, and prevalent winds, under a
diversity of predicaments, the pier itself may
prove detrimental, and its effect not be discovered
until after a great and worse than fruitless ex-
penditure. The same may be said of a bridge,
under difficulty of foundation in a rapid river.
After these prefatory remarks,l shall proceed to
mention such Civil Engineers as have acted exten-
sively in these Kingdoms ; and whose names have
been omitted in your valuable information of the
3d inst. Mr. lirindley was the first who, under
the patronage of the late Duke of Manchester,
roused the spirit of constructing canals in these
kingdoms, previously to which a few rivers had
been rendered navigable by locks; most, if not
all, of which proved highly advantageous to their
proprietors. Mr. Brindley was self-educated,
and did all that could be expected from a man
commencing a branch of art unpractised in this
country, without a general knowledge of what
was done in others.

His first canal was, in an essential portion of
it, subterraneous into the Duke's exclusive coal
mines, from whence it was conducted to the
town of Manchester. The boats best suited to
the mines were long and narrow, and rectan-
gular in their section ; and the canal to Man-
chester was very properly suited to these boats,
as the distance was too short to render it eligible
to incur the charge of transferring their cargoes
into larger boats. Unfortunately for the town
of Birmingham, where the necessity of narrow
boats did not exist, the canal, with its locks and
bridges from thence to the river Severn, was con-
structed by him for these boats only. Mr.
Brindley was assisted by- the late Mr. Whit-
worth, as a land surveyor, and he succeeded' the
former in the direction of some public works.
The late Mr. Smeaton. brought himself into
general notice, in almost every branch of the
profession'of a Civil Engineer, in which he greatly
distinguished himself. His masterpiece was
the construction of the light-house on the
Eddystone, a small rock barely sufficient
for its foundation ; and exposed to the
waves of the Atlantic, the shock of which,
although frequently throwing their water over
its lofty summit, it has sustained uninjured
for half a century, and may remain for ages to
come a proud monument to his fame. Under
the immediate tutelage of Mr. Smeaton, the late
Mr. Jessop was brought forward ; and his works
in the three kingdoms will long remain as proofs
of his general knowledge. His genius has been
exceeded by no one, and his practical know-
ledge was equal to it. His usual system was to
proportion the means to the end ; following the
example of the celebrated Inigo Jones, another
native of the southern portion of this isle, who
constructed the bridge of Laurust, a celebrated
work ; and although stable, verging perhaps too
near to the greatest degree of lightness consistent
with requisite strength, even under perfect con-I
struction. Jessop probably never approached

so nearly to the minimum strength in the construc-
tion of his worlo, although he was strongly actuated
by the same principle as is now laid down- in the
Preface to Mr. Thomas Threadgold's excellent
Treatise on the Elements of Carpentry, viz. that
" in the present state of society, it is most desir-
e able that stability and economy should charac-
" tefise the different species of construction. A
" just economy of materials should be one of the
" first objects of the builder's attention ; and this
" desirable object is to be obtained only by judi-
" cious combinations of the materials to be used."
It is obvious that a Civil Engineer, acting ex-
tensively, can neither superintend, nor frequently
see the execution of many of his designs ; and
they, from causes for which he is in fact not an-
swerable, may partially fail. This circumstance
justifies the adoption of a greater massiveness of
construction than the designer of an extensive
work would otherwise recommend, from its con-
taininz more than ample strength under correct
execution.

Mr. Jessop was consulted on the Dublin docks,
and various extensive works in Ireland, in all of
which Mr. Chapman was more or less concerned.
Previously to this period, the Grand Canal Com-
pany had expended upwards of 100,0001. in
about two miles of canal over a bog between
Robertstown and Rathangan, through want of
knowledge of the quantum of subsidence in bogs.
These Gentlemen adopted means of ascertaining
its proportionate subsidence under its various cir-
cumstances of consistency, and devised methods
of previous drainage. In consequence of which,
a line of the Grand Canal towards the Shannon
was marked out by Mr. Chapman over deep, ex-
tensive, and nearly impassable bogs, in such di-
rection as to cause the intended level of the canal
to accord with the subsided and permanent level
of the bog ; the fall of which varied from five up
to twenty feet or more. This, I presume, is the
drainage that is alluded to in your paper of the
3d. as I know not of any other drainage in Ire-
land conducted by him ; although many exten-
sive drainages and embankments in the East
Riding of Yorkshire, and elsewhere, have been so.
In the mention you have made of the en-
gineers consulted on the formation of the Lon-
don Docks you have omitted the late Cap-
tain lluddart, who, on account of his ge-
neral information, combined with his nautical
knowledge, was consulted on that subject.—
Amongst the docks devised by Mr. Rennie that
at Grimsby ought to be mentioned, which is
principally remarkable on account of the long
passage to it, about a thousand yards, formed
through the ooze of the Humber, which is kept
open by sluicing.—Mr. Rennie in conjunction
with Mr. Chapman also planned the New Docks
at Hull, with their entrance into the Humber.

I shall not follow the example given in the
"Notice VecroloJique," by enumerating the names
of the Civil and Local Engineers, natives of the
Southern portion of this Isle, and of Ireland ;
many of whom are too sufficiently known to need
any praise ;—but I shall conclude by observing
that such professional men as possess the separate
appointments of Engineer to the Admiralty, and
to the Treasury, must necessarily attain a decided
advantage in being thus brought forward to the
notice of the public. BRITANNICUS.

THE LADIES' MONUMENT
TO COMMEMORATE THE VICTORIES OF THE BRI.

Tlill ARMS IN THE PENINSULA.

This stupendous magnificent work of art is
now completed, and will shortly be erected in
st. James's Park, immediately opposite the Horse
Guards, where the Royal mortar formerly stood.
The Colossus is 18 feet high, and is cast in metal
from the cannon taken during the war : it is to
be placed upon a pedestal of Aberdeen granite of
the height of 12 feet, on which will be engraved
an appropriate inscription. The original of this
Figure is on the Monte Cavallo, one of the seven
hills on which Rome was built ; it is executed
in marble, and supposed to be the work of the
celebrated Phidias ; the analogy between this
and the Elgin Marbles certainly justifies the sup-
position. The Figure in an attitude of defiance,
not unlike the Gladiator, in the right hand is a
Roman ord, and on the left arm an orbicular
shield ; a very massive fold of drapery falls over
the left arm, and behind the body of the statue, on
the right side, is placed the Cuirass armour, about
seven feet high, which is most judiciously intro-
duced for the purpose of balancing the great
height of the figure, which is not so muscular as
the Hercules of Praxitiles, but it has the fulness
of youth and energy. The usual fault in all the
Greek statues is also visible herein, the short-
ness of the neck ; but this we know was with the
Greek sculptors considered indicative of strength;
the muscle on the body is finely heroic. 'Flue
horse is not introduced, as its not being equally
colossal detracts from the merit of the perform-
ance. The statue weighs three tons, and is the
boldest attempt to rival the ancient bronze that
has yet bee:made. It is impossible to speak in
too high terms of the skill and ingenuity of Mr.
R. Westmacott, R. A., who has had the exe-
cution of this laborious and wonderful work.
The mutilated state of the original, corroded and
destroyed by the great lapse of time, required the
most consummate art of the sculptor to restore it
to any thing like perfection, and the artist has,
however, succeeded to admiration.

We stated some time since that a subscription
had been opened lat Ramsgate, for erecting a
Pillar, or some other structure, as a memorial of
the time of his MAJEiTY'S first visit to Rams-
gate. Upwards of 7001. have been subscribed
for that purpose, and a Select Committee is ap-
pointed to consult with artists, and gentlemen of
the first rate abilities and taste in that line, from
whose plans and recommendations something ap-
propriate will be selected and proceeded on as
soon as possible.—(Kentish Gazette.)
Wednesday wekl, the Duke and Duchess of
ATHOL and suite arrived at Douglas, Isle of Man,
by the Majestic steam-packet, from Greenock.—
A period of eight years has now elapsed since
his Grace honoured this island with a visit; and,
on the evening preceding, Lady ELIZABETH
MURRAY and family arrived at the same place,
by the Superb steam-packet; from Liverpool.—
(Glasgoa., courier.)

POR Tilt SUN:

PORTSMOUTH TURNPIKE-ROAD.

Ma. EDITOR—By accident I saw lately the
first Turnpike Act respecting this Road, narnelP
the 12th of Geo. 111., by which it appears that
only TWO tolls are allowed to he taken between
Sheetbridge and Portsmouth ; yet there are now
THREE toll-gates within those limits, and tells
taken at each. Can this be correct ? I was in.;
duced to peruse this Act with some attention,
from the conversations I have lately heard re'
specting several circumstances which have taken
place in the inferior managements at the East
end of this Road, which, I understand, have
lately been the subject of investigation.

Black Dog Inn, Emsworth, Nov. 12. SCREITATOB.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
For "A BY-STANDER," on the LANDED INTERESTS, see
the Fourth Page.—IGNOTUS, and J. P. L., To.morrow•

PRICE OF STOCKS
THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK.

3 per Cent. Red. MO, Bank Long Ann. 19i
3 per Cent. Cons. 7U 77i India Bonds 7ls. Pis'
4 per Cent . 96A51 Excheq. Bills,
3 per Cent. Navy Ann. ... 111 ,3/4 Cons. for Account 7/1./

HIGH WATER AT LON DO
Morning, 12 minutes after 6.

N BRIDGE TO-MORROW'
1 Lvening, 39 minutes after E•

THE SUN.

SOLEM QUIS DICERE F4LSUjI AupE4r?

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1821.

Under the head of Foreign Intelligence will
be found the contents of the French Papers of
Sunday, which arrived this morning. The
French Peers assembled on Saturday, and went
through some routine business. Yesterday was
appointed for the discussion of the Address io
answer to the KING'S SPEECH.

Letters from St. Petersburgh, to the 19th ult.
put a direct negative upon the allegation which
was so positively advanced, that a new Russian
Ambassador had been appointed to Constan-
tinOple, in the room of Baron STROGONOFF. Thus
another of the 44 facts," which " completely
discountenanced the reports of war between
Russia and Turkey," is completely exploded.'
What will be the next C 4 fact," on which the
pacific speculations of a few interested vision-
aries will repose in confident security, we can'
not pretend to prognosticate. In the mean time
a few staunch facts on the other side remain
unchanged. It is a fact that the Greeks, with
arms in their hands, are carrying on war within
the Turkish provinces,—that Turkey is making'
immense preparations for repelling a Russian in-
vasion,—that Russia has collected a mighty surf,
completely equipped for active warfare,' and
ready to take the field at a moment's notice,
and that Turkey, instead of granting the gni"
rantees demanded of her, has issued a &man,
calling the INlussnlmans to arms!

Charlestown Papers arrived this morning to
the 11th October, and Queber! to the 12th.
[Extract of a Letter from Cape Hayti, Oct. 1.1

" Since your friend left this place the transac.
tions at the Custom-house have been very 4e:N:o'.
tious. Mr. APPEITO, the Collector, was called
on business to Port-au-Prince, and a man by the
name of JASSY left to officiate. The first thin
to establish his consequence, was to order all
vessels then at anchor to be searched for rnoneY;
an armed force went on board the ship Entel"

prise from Philadelphia, and took 1700 dollars'
the Captain of which vessel lately died. Their
then proceeded to a brig, and after searchig
every place, and not being successful, they took
his writing desk, and carried it to the Custom'
house. Next day Captain TOWN was sent for,
when he opened the desk, which contained
about seven hundred dollars in gold, which
was deposited in the Treasury. The Agent
wrote for both sums to the President (tbe
Authorities here not being able to decide on
any subject unless in their favour, as with yell
few exceptions they are complete robbers), 01°
Qrdered the 1700 dollars to be given up inunee
diately. The decision on the 700 in gold I hal'e
not yet heard. A schooner a few days after ar'
rived, belonging to Philadelphia, with flour aud
gin ; she was seized for having gin on board'
which was condemned. It would be wise not t°
visit this part of the Island until the laws and
regulations are better understood. Preside'
BOYER. is much esteemed by all foreigners ; he
encourages trade as much as possible ; and Were
there more men of his principles in office, 1365 i..
ness would be done with moro satisfaction at the
Cape."
QUEBEC, OCT. 4. 1,35
The brig Rob RoY
brought Captain SCOTT, and part of the crew 3n
passengers of the brig Earl Dalhousie, °i.
Greenock, from Fort William; says he lost the
brig on the sth Sept, off the east end and °itti

I

r

(Signed)

" Gibraltar , Oct. 19."

Point
of Anticosti ; all saved but 140 Men on the
island, that could not be got off.
CHARLESTOWN, OCT. 10.—(Received this Morning )
PIRACY.—A letter was received in town by.
the schooner Eliza from Matanezas, giving a n
account of the capture and robbery 'of three ves-
sels, near the entrance of that harbour, by a
band of ruffians, who fitted out a barge for that
purpose. The vessels were—a brig, Captain
SMITH, of Bristol, the Captain and crew mur-
dered, and the vessel burnt ; schooner Milo, also
of Bristol ; captain and two of the crew mur-
dered, vessel ordered off ; and sloop Collector
of Rhode Island ; the crew unmercifully beat,
and the vessel plundered of every thing valuable
andset on fire ; fortunately the crew had suffi-
cient strength left to save themselves in the boat.
Three boats were immediately armed, by the
Americans in port, who went in pursuit of the
villains, but returned, after an unsuccessful,
starch of 30 hours.

• By letters from Gibraltar, we learn that the
followinr7 notice had been issued, as an additional
precaution adopted by the Governor to secure
the fortress from infection :

PrIMIC NOTlCE.—ltishereby given to the Commandants
of vessels in this port, and others whom it may concern, that all
boats are to repair on board their respective ships at second
evening gun-fire, and that the quarantine guard-boats have been
directed to detain any boat which may be found rowing about
the bay during the night.

" S. R. CHAPMAN, Civil Secretary

The Consul of the Kingdom of the Nether-
lands at Barcelona, the Vice-Consul, his Secre-
tary, and servant, have all fallen victims to the
yellow fever.

IRELAND.
Rathkeale, which is in the immediate vicinity
of the disturbed districts in Limerick, is the largest town in
that County, lying almost equi-distant from Newcastle and
the city of Limerick. It is a place of a great antiquity, and
here was a priory dedicated to the Virgin Mary, founded
in the Year 1200 by Harvey, of an English family,
and of which he was prior. In 1230 it was endowed by
Eleanor Purcell, who granted to thii priory the tenth loaf of
every baking the tenth flaggon of every brewing, the tenth
Pork and tenth mutton, and a considerable portion of every ox
or cow killed in her manor of Mayor; to the due performance of
Which she bound herself and her heirs for ever. Hugh, her son
and heir, was sued by the prior for the non-performance of this
grant, who answered that his mother made the said grant to the
Prior, posterior to the settlement she had made upon him of
this manor : the prior rejoined, that after the death of Eleanor,
John, then prior of this house, was put into possession of the
Raid charity by the said Hugh, who ratified is mother's deed
Thigh then agreed, as a compensation for the same, to gra' t
Yearly to the prior two cronnogs of bread, corn, and three cron-
nogs of oats on the feast of St. Michael, and four porks on the
feast of St. Martin, for ever; the prior thereupon released and
gave up the residue and remainder of his demand. In 1654,
t,en. d'Y akAct of Cromwell, the Commons of Ireland were
L—lted to thirty, Limerick, Clare, and Kerry, had only one,
who was elected at Rathkeale. The town is well situated on the
east side of the' river Deel ; is near a mile in length, and in-
creases considerably, having several new houses built. Lord
Southwell's house and improvements on the west side of the
river are situated on an eminence, and form a good prospect.
The number of Palatines settled in the neighbourhood on
Ills Lordship's estate, are an advantage to the trade and
Markets of Rathkeale. Near Rathkeale is a parish church
called Cluancagh, which was formerly a religious house
`lnd was built by St. Maidoe of Ferries, who died A.D. 624
Ceattgh, or Croagh Purcell, was formerly a corporation town,
where we. find a large church, which is said to have been for-
merly Collegiate. Sir Thomas Southwell having, in the reign
of James the Second, joined against the Irish in Connaught
was with his party taken prisoner and condemned to be hanged.
and quartered at Galway ; butt, on the victory of King William
at the Boyne, they were all released. In 1714, King George
the First appointed him one of the Privy Council, and one of
the Commissioners and Governors of his Majesty's Revenue.
in Ireland, Sept. 4th, 1717. He was created Baron Southwel
of Castle atress, in the County of Limerick.

esterdav, the KING gave audiences to Vis-
count SIDMOUTH, the Marquess CHOLMONDELEY,
the Marquess of WELLESLEY, and the Right
lion. Sir C. LONG.
YPsterday the Lords of the Treasury held a
Board at the Treasury Chambers, Whitehall.
A letter received from President BorAvAa,
dated Cucuta, Sept. 7, 1821, states, that the in-
habitants of Carthagena had sent a deputation,
.fr"ing to surrender, provided the President
t"41(-1 take possession in person. It was his in-
tPirlion to make his public entry into that city on
ISt of October.
C"Pu OCT. 13.—Sir THOMAS MAITLAND ar-
''ved at Zante, from Malta, on the 2Sth ult.,and
sailt'd from thence two days after for Cephalonia,
vhere, for what cause is not known, he put
tinder arrest the Bishop of Cephalonia, and
caused_ him to be conveyed on board the ship in
uich he himself was. We are expecting here,
h some anxiety, the visit of Sir Thomas Malt-
land, that we may learn the destiny of the pe-1
iitioners, who have constantly remained under
close confinement, notwithstanding the statement
,Published by General Adam in the lonian Ga-
-e.ttP, that the persons arrested should be treated
Wish every possible indulgence. In Zante two
resPeotable eclesiastics have been arrested for
vefusing to sign a paper presented to them by the
ThPaPa• The rigour with which the govern-
..--eut of the islands is conducted is extreme, and
i'.4rY exertion is making to perplex the opera-
4:iTs of the Greeks in the Morea. General
of'am will succeed Colonel Ilankey in the post
0 commandant at Zante, on account of the im-
p rtince of that station in relation to the affairs-
4. Greece. In the Morea and in Romelia the
arr"ks effect prodigies of valour in detail, but
cble" deficient in all things necessary for the con-
i. of great operations. The Tullis commit
Illie_adful atrocities on those Greeks who have the
'Fuline to fall into their hands.

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.—The. Duke of St. Alban's, in
St. James's-square ; Duchess of Roxburgh, and the Hon. John
Tollemache, in Portman-square; Earl of Plymouth, in Gros-
venor-square, from a tour ; Lady Anne Barnard, in Berkeley-
square; Viscount and Viscountess Harberton, in Albemarle-
street; Colonel and Mrs. St. Leger, in South Audley-street;
Major and Mrs. Lock, in Berkeley-square ; Gen. Long, in
Piccadilly ; Col. Baillie, in Mortimer-street ; Captain Jones,
10th Hussars, at Kirkhatn's Hotel, from a tour ; Sir John and
Lady Simeon, Bart. in Queen Anne-street, Cavendish-square
from Walliscote, Reading.

DEPART IMES.-31r. Robert Knight, and the Misses Knight,
from Grosvenor-square, for Pans ; Mr. and Miss rontblanque,
for Bath; Capt. and MrS. C. Smith, for Brighton ; Mr. and
Mrs. Holland, for Cheltenham; Mr. Wilbraham, for Brighton ;
Mrs. Woodmass and family, from Montagu-square, for Tun-
bridge Wells.

CIYANGES.—EarI Whitworth, the Duchess of Dorset, and
family, at their seat. Knowle, Kent, from Buckhurst, Stissex
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Omerod, from Scarborough, for Brighton;
Mr. and Mrs. Bosanquet, for Bath.

CORK, Nov. G.

Lord Charles Manners, Dragoons, 'M.P. for Cambridge-
shire, and son of the late Duke of Rutland, arrived at Conway's
Hotel, yesterday afternoon, and this day set off for the Earl of
Bantry's and Lord Carbery's. His Lordship, we believe, was
born at Dublin whilst his noble father was Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland. His Grace, in 1785 or 1786, visited Cork, accom-
panied by his atniable and beautiful Dutchess, and was treated
with the most marked hospitality by the Corporation of that
city, who would not suffer his suite to be at any expence whilst
there, and the house of Sir Broderick Chinnery, Bart. in which
he resided with his establishment, has ever since been called
" Rutland House." His Grace staid near a week at Cork.
The citizens were highly strack with the beauty and pleasing
manners of the Duchess, and were loud in the expressions of
their admiration. During Ins Lieutenancy, his Grace laid the
foundation stone of the new Law Courts at Dublin, at which
ceremony Mr. Curran was present and wittily said,
" This may be foundation

For great litigation,
And, to many, ♦exation."

The Honourable and Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of
Cork, and Mr. St. Lawrence, arrived at the Palace, in this
City, on Thursday last, from a visit to his Lordship's son-in-
law, the Lord Bishop of Elphin, at Elphin House.
"...he Hon. Miss St. Leger, who was lately married to Richard
Smith, Esq. is niece to the Hon. Mrs. Urenfell, and to the
Earl of Bandon.

Yesterday his Royal Highness the Duke of York entertained
a select party of Nlilitary Gentlemen with a dinner, at York-
house, Stabk-yard, St. James's.
Yesterday her Royal Highness Printess Sophia and a select
party partook of an elegant dejeune a la forchette with his Royal
}TianPss the Duke of York, at York-House, Stable-yard, St.
James's.

I esterday the Earl of klarrowby gave a dinner at his house
in Grosvenor-square, to Mr. Sturges Bourne, Ntr. Wollaston,
the lion. Mr. Mead, the Right Ilon. Mr. Ryder, and a select
party.
I esterday the Earl of Westmoreland gave a dinner at his
house in Grosvenor-square, which was attended by nearly the
whole of the Cabinet Ministers.

The Bishop of London continues the improvements at the
Palace at Fulham.

A matrimonial alliance is on the tapis which will unite two
of the noblest and wealthiest families in' this country.

MISCELLANEA.

In an early printed book, in 18mo. entitled " None Nar•
rationes," &c. there are several curious and interesting sub•
jects. The book was printed in 104, and is divided into se•
veral parts, with an index to each, under the following ti•
des:—

Ist. Noue Narrationes et Articuli ad Narrationes.
2d. Diversite de Courtes, et lour jurisdictions, et alia neces.

saria et ittilia.

3d. Justyce of Peace.
4th. The Chartuary.
sth. Court Modus tenendi curiam Baron : cuvisu franc

plegii.

6th. Modus teneni unum hundredu : sive curiam de recordo.
7th. Rcturna brevium.
Bth. This is a trew copye of thordynance made in the tyme
of the reygne of Synge Henry the VI. to be observed in the
Kynges Escheker, by the officers and clerkes of the same, for
taking of fees of the Kynges Accomptantes in the same
Courte.
The Table which follows this title is deserving of attention, as
it shews that there is on record, in the Court of Exchequer, seve-
ral ancient Entries and Accounts respecting the principal Cities,
Towns, and Out-ports of the Kingdom, being enumerated in
it. Aipongst them, Bridgwater, Chichester, Newcastle, Ply-
mouth, Fowcy, Poole, Berwick, Exeter, &c. &c. The ac-
counts of the Sheriffs of Counties, and many other important
documents. Indeed this Table may be considered as the FIRST
INDEX to the Exchequer Records, but whether they are now
to be found at Westminster is uncertain, though the repertory
of the reign of Retry the Sixth is there.
9th. The Old Tenures.
19th. Lyttelton Tenures.
11th. The New Talys.
12th. The Article upon the New Talys.
The work closes with these words—" Thus endeth these
" twelve bookes, that ys to wyt, Natura breviu : , The olde
" tenures, Lyttleto-tenures, The new talys ; The artycles
" upo : ye new talys; Dyucrsytc of Courtys, Justyce of Peas,
" The chartuary, Court baro , Court of Hundrede ; Returna
" brevium, and The ordinance for takyng of fees in the Es-

" cheker."
To the Benchers of the Inner Temple the public are indebted
for the publication, at their own expence, of that admirable
index to the Exchequer Records, compiled by the late Adam
Martin, Esq. and which, from its arrangement and accuracy
ought to be in the possession of every lawyer in the Three
Kingdoms. If similar indexes of the Records in the Courts of
Chancery, King's Bench, and Common Pleas, were published,
it would be attended with great benefit and advantage to the
public ; and it is to be wished that the Commission for inquir-
ing into the state of the Public Records was revived and rein-
vigorated, and directed by Parliament to pursue the great ob-
jects they first had in view. The PRIVATE indexes of the
officers of these Courts should be open to the inspection of the
public, on payment of certain fees, but which is not the case at
•• * •

prcient.

hiE riIiFiATR;

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Diturty-LaNt.—The indefatigable Manager
. .
of this Theatre brought for Ward last night a new
Comedy of three acts, entitled Lost Life' . The
following is a brief sketch of the Fable :
Old Pilgrim, a traveller, While on hiS voyage from America,
is reported to be dead. Arriving in England he finds a young
spark, Mr. Featherbrain, his heir-at-law, in possession of his
property. The scene is laid at Bognor, *here both the parties
reside, the young man indulging in the follieS and recreations
of the place ; the old man employed in Watehhig the conduct of
his heir, to determine in what way he shall ultimately deal with
him. Featherbrain, before he became rich, had gaMed the af-
fections of Emma, a pretty cottager, but now he proposes that
they shall merely be friendS, and subsequently he invites her to
become his mistress. This conduct excites the indignation of
Pilgrim, who detcrminei on " coming to life again," to punish
it. In the mean time Featherbrain pays his court to a mil-
liner, who is adventuring for a husband, and who at the
same time receives the address of Daffodil, a Cockney Poet,
and Captain Freshwater, a Cockney Sailor. They agree that
each shall write to his mistress, to meet him at a particular time
and place, and the three letters are sent by Doldrum, the as-
sistant at a circulating library, who knowing them all to be to
the same effect, thinks it unnecessary to deliver more than one.
The female adventurer proCeeds to the appointed plaCe, and is
recognized by each at the same moment as the mistress of his
heart. • This produces an explanation which is fatal to the hopes
of the lady, and she is contemptuously deserted by her three
swains. In the next act, she succeeds in imposino. herself on a
person, who has imposed himself on her for Pilgrim. Their
artifices, and the confasion produced by the circumstance of an-
other individual being niistaken for Pilgrim, bring the play to
its conclusion, when the real Pilgrim succeeds in proving him-
self to be alive ; the poor Emma being discovered to be his re-
lation, becomes rich, and generously gives her hand to the man
who had deserted her,.but.who, by subsequent remorse, is sup-
posed to have atoned for his misconduct.

DRAMATIS PERSON/E.
Solomon Pilgrim - - Mr. Al uNDEIC.
Double, his servant, - Mr. OAT TIE.
Vivian Featherbrain - Mr. COOPER.
Captain Freshwater - Mr. PENLE r.
Natty Daffodil - - - Mr. HARLEY.
Smirke - - Mr. W. H. WILLIAMS.
Simon Doldrum - - Mr. KNIGHT.
Barrington Coventry Mr. THomPsox.
Oldschool - - - Mr. FOOTE.
Jeremiah Bunyan - Mr. MEREDITH.
Miss Versatile - Mrs. EDWIN.
Her Aunt - - Mrs. HARLOWE.
Emma . - - Miss Smrrlisoli.
The taste of the Public has been so much al-
tered since the construction of our large Thea-
.res, which have tended to the destruction of
egitimate COMEDY, that dramatic writers are
now obliged to adapt their productions to the
talents of popular performers, to provide ludi-
crous incidents, or to form such works as are
chiefly calculated to introduce grand processions.
In fact, most of those plays which, by courtesy,
are styled Comedies, are rather to be considered as
extended Farces. The Comedy of Lost Lye has
sufficient intricacy to excite surprise, and which
is altogether well developed. A lively spirit
runs through the whole, and there are some
points in the dialogue, and some temporary al-
lusions of a diverting nature, which were of
course well received. Mr. MO NCRIEFF, who has
been very successful in his farce of Monsieur
Tonson, is, according to report, the author of
Lost Lye. It will not lessen his reputation, as
he has ingeniously contrived to enlist so many
excellent Performers in the service of his Muse
on this occasion. It would be invidious to
select any of them for particular notice and
approbation, as they all exerted themselves
with the most laudable zeal, and displayed great
theatrical merit. The piece was well received,
and is very likely to be attractive. The Prologue
was written by the-author of the piece, and the
Epilogue is ascribed to the lion. GEORGE-- LAME,
w hose talents are well-known, and who has lately
displayed learning and poetical taste in a very
spirited translation of the works of Carum.us.
COVENT.•GARDEN.--MiSS TREE last night re-
turned to this Theatre in the part of Viola-, in
the Comedy of Twelfth Night, as tinkered into
an Opera, according to modern practice upon
those sterling works which in former times were
sufficient to support themselves by their intrinsic
merits. Miss TREE has suffered for a long time
under a very severe indisposition, and though her
Viola last night was admirably performed, yet we
do not think that she is sufficiently recovered for
the fatigues of her profession. She sung with
her usua taste, sweetness, and precision, but
the task was obviously too much for her, and
the proper indulgence of the audience was ma-
nifested on the occasion. She was received with
a degree of warmth on her entrance, and during
her performance, that is highly creditable to the
public, as it show; that her merits are duly ap
preciated and properly acknowledged.

DattiNG Roantnr.—On Saturday evening last, between
the hours of seven and eight, as Mr. Addley, of Preston, was
returning from Canterbury, accompanied by his wife and
daughters, at a short distance from the mile-stone near the
wall of the Mote Park, four persons armed with bludgeons
rushed from the bank, one of whom seised the horse's.head ;
upon which Mr. A. struck him with his whip, and continued
flogging the man for some minutes, and must likely would
have escaped their attack, but receiving several blows on the
arm, he was obliged to drop the reins. Upon this opportu-
nity, one of them jumped upon the footboard, and grasping
hold of Mr A. demanded his money or his life: finding it use-
less to contend, Mr. Addley gave them five 1-pound Sandwich
notes, and eighteen shillings in silver ; the fellow then snatched
his watch from his pocket, and ran towards Canterbury with
great rapidity. Two of the men were dressed in dark frocks ;
one in a blue jacket, and the other in a short gabardine.
Several of the Newspapers of Scotland have
lately noticed as u rare curiosity in that country a
species of strawberry, which, like the famous Glas-
tonbury thorn, blooms in the midst of winter.
This species of strawberry has flourished upwards
of 50 years in the garden of Tintern Abbey,
the seat of CiEsAn Co Lctouon, Esq. in the coun-
ty of Wexford. It was transplanted thither
from Holland by a Mr. Simon, who presented it
to one of Mr. Colclough's ancestors. There are
some strawberries of this species now flourishing
in fruit and in blossom in the garden of Tintern
Abbey.

On Saturday se'nnight a child about 5 months
old, the (laughter of one DAvzn Loy n, near
Fountain Hall, Carmarthen, met with the fol-
lowing distressing accident :—The mother having
occasion to go to the next house, left her child in
bed, and in the mean time a sow, belonging to one
of the neighbours, entered the room where the
child lay. The mother returned after an absence
of three minutes,and shocking to relate, found that
the sow had fast hold of the child's face ! The poor
woman, -s$ hose situation can be better felt than
described, immediately seized the animal, and
with much difficulty forced its mouth open, and
Monday morning,
extricated her infant from its jars; but the
parts were so much lacerated as to preclude all
and died in great agony
hopes of recovery, and the infant lingered till

P 0 E T it 1r:

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PROLOGUE TO Tf#E COMEDY OF "LOST LIFE

~YI{ITTLY 1w MR. M 014CiiitFi.

SPORtN BY MR. COOPER

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How sweet„.when Winter long Nth chilled the scene,
Btids cheerftil Spring's first timid glimpse Of erreen '
Herald of laughing Summer, life and light
Promise and satisfied delight. . • .
And sweet when king hath slept some WelcOrne strain
The first faint tone that Wakes it back again
In memory's dream ! dear. all too that cau cast
Some image of the cherished and the past ; .
And sweet thoweVer himiblej in these days'
Of Melancholy scene§ and tragic lays;,-
To every heart that loves a smile should lie
The first returning glace of ComedY. , , •
What though, too like the Prodigal of yore;
TiTALIA, scorning Wisdom's critic lore,
'lath sought each scene of riot andexpenie;
Of ribaldry and mad extravaganceV :
Hath wandered, as if never to return ;
Should she for shelter, sanction once more yearn,
Would you refuse a welcome and a home, .
However fallen, and bid her once more roam ?
No, you will still extend your cheering aid,
Albeit to biit the shadow of a shade!
If Others by this faint attempt, be won
To do, what fain our Author would have done,
It is not made in vain-too long the age
Hath seen Tiar.TA baniili'd froth the stage.
Our Author leads her back—his hopes befriend;
Though crude his pen,, he's young enough to mend !
In one Strong held his Claiins he can entrench,
He, in these borroWing times, bath Spited the French,
'Tis English Merits, fittilt§, hii own,
Originality may much atone.
Lost Life ! his aubject—shotild he not succeed,
His literary fame's life's lost indeed !

EPILOGUE TO " LOST LIFE."
[Squabble at Door (r. s.) before the Curtain.]
Mrs. Edwin. I can't.
Prompter. You must, indeed.
Mrs. E. 1 won't !
Prothp. You will ;
Your name, Ma'am, yesterday was in the Bill.
. . • [Drags her on]
Mrs. E. What ! Speak the Epilogue--where is it ? she* it.
Promp. I've just receir'd a Copy from the Poet.
[Gives it—She unfolds it.J
Mrs. E. Just ninety lines ! how cruelly he's swampt one ;
How can I say a word—
Aye, or I prompt one?
You'll do your best [Exit Prompter.
Mrs E. My best, like nymphs of Gieece
To tear this Orpheus into twenty pieces.
[Tearing the Epilogue.
I'll not be turned loose thus, alone to stand -
And make my Maiden Speech—that is, offhand.
Where is my party? all just by I'm certain,
The Prompter's gone I'll ring!
[Goes to door and rings]
up with the curtain!
[Curtain-rises and discovers Performers in confusion.]
Double. Bow now ? I've done my part. i•
Fresh. I'm run quite dry.
Mrs. E. Who'll help to speak the Epilogue now ?
All. I.
Double. What ! all at once?
All. Oh, no; that's quite absurd,
If all will speak, then no one can be heard.
Daf. 0 what a Vandal ! how is genius spited,
The Epilogue she tested, 'twas I that writed.
Wain is my vit, no werse surwiving lingers,
Of all I counted ten upon my fingers.
Lost are their rhymes, the dictionary's spinnings,
And all the sense I put in their beginnings.
Reviews, don't mangle us, like wixen woman,
It was an Epilogue indeed
Dol. uncommon !
Fresh. Well, since your sail's been shivered in this squall,
VII man the helm.
Double. and perhaps, upset us all.
Let's have no Epilogue—if pleas'd or tiring
The Pit will let us know without inquiring.
"Es often like an Epitaph's endeavour,
Those to recal who are gone from us for ever.
Daf. But 'tvas so sveet, you take all credit from one,
If we've no Epilogue they'll say . •
Dol. uncommon !

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