The Sun.
London, England, 1821-01-18 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

Ma. EDITOR-Ignorance generally serves as a
counterpoison to the malignity of the human
heart. The Times, that Chronicle of disloyalty,
in its number of yesterday, gives us an account
of the embarkation of some Italians at FalMouth,
and charitably asserts that the Castorif-house had
received orders not to examine their 'luggage. So
The Times does not know that the luggage of
travellers is never examined on embarkation.
which would be without an object. I have sailed
at least a dozen times from. different Falglish
ports, and, speak from experience, in which every
one who has visited the Continent will confirm
me ; there is only Tire Times, content to crow on
its own dunghill, that is ignorant of the fact.
Jan. 17. A.

REGITEf~ OIL FASHION.

SPENDID .ENTERTAINMENTS

HE?iitilAW HALL.—The Fke giVen in honour
Of the christening of the son and heir of Sir
.GEoadt SyrNiftLt.; at lienishaw Hall,near Ches-
terfield,, was attended by the Duke of Devon-
shire; Mr: Mrs. and the two Misses Beaumont,
Lord Scarsdalei Sir Lumley Saville, Mrs. and
Miss Cavendish; also by the Officers of the dif-
ferent Dragoon Itegiments quaytered around.
The Ball-room is the finest in the kingdom ;

in size it iS eqUal to Alliack's. Supper was
laid in the BanqUetting=reour, (an equally
fine apartment,) therein covers were laid for
two hundred persons; the table richly de-
corated with plate, frame-work; and flowers.
Supper was announced by a fiOurish of trumpets,
arid the Gentlemen were recalled to the Balr-room
by the satire signal. This uniitte entertainment
was given on the the following day a.
most samptuoui dinner woa.s provided for a large
party, and at night another dance.--On the 13th
a Banquet for 34, and a Concert in the evening,
in which was combined much vocal strength.—
On Monday, the Tenants' Ball took place; on
Tuesday was held.the Servants' Ball ; and yes-
terday another matchless dinner was given.
HAyEs,PIA . cEThe residence of MissII.ELANY
(the richest heiress in the kingdom), was render-
ed gay, by a Ball and Supper, of peculiar attrac-
tion, On Friday night. It is the first party that
Lady has given for five years ; but the splendid
hospitality displayed will not soon be forgot-
ten. Viscount SIDNEY- brpught a large circle of

visitants.
THE OAKS.—The seat of the Earl and Coun•
tess of DERBY was enlivened by a brilliant Bal
and Supper on Monday evening, which was at
tended by the Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's
the Earl and Countess of Darnley, Lord CM...
ton, the Beauclerks, Lord Sydney, and the
Misses Townshend, Duchess of Dorset, Lord.
Whitworth, &c. All the interior of, that beau-
tiful mansion was lighted up by Roman, Grecian,
and Etruscan lamps. it was called a Children's
Ball; the juvenile party exceeded 100 in num-
ber, who danced quadrilles in the most finished
style. The file did not close till four o'clock in
the morning. Mr. Paine attended with his ex-
cellent band.
ROOK'S NEST.—At the romantically beautiful
cottage, at Godstone, in Surrey, a Ball was given
on Tuesday night : it is the occasional rosidence
of Mr. TURNER, of Berkeley-square. All the
fashion and beauty for many miles around were
invited and attended. The music did not cease
till half-past four o'clock. a
FESTIVITIES AT TRIDEGAS, THE SEAT OF Sin
CHARLES MoRGAN, BART.--ThiS noble mansion
has,, during the Christmas fortnight, been, as
usual, open to a scene of the greatest mirth and
festivity.. Upwards of 40 persons of distinction
have been residing at the house throughout the
whole time, and near 200 sat down in the serv-
ants'-hall every day ; dancing was kept up every
evening till a late hour with great spirit. Ow-
ing to the severity of
.the weather, the company
were again disappointed of their annual races
on Twelfth Day ; that day falling on Saturday,
it was kept on Friday, on which day the
neighbouring Gentry were invited to a splen-
did dinner, to which upwards of seventy sat
down. The festivities were concluded by an
elegant fancy ball in the evening. The prin-
cipal dresses were as follows :—Lord Rodney,
with many other military gentlemen, wore their
uniforms ; Lady Rodney was splendidly attir-
ed as a Turkish Princess; Mrs. Milman, as
a Spanish lady of quality ; Mrs. W. Bennet, a
Sultana ; Miss Morgan looked beautiful as a
Bohemian peasant ; Miss Walker, as a Cala-
brian Princess ; the other Ladies were prettily
attired as peasants, &c.; Mr. Octavius Morgan, as
a Turkish Prince, a costly and superb costume ;
Colonel Milman admirably supported both the
dress and character of an old English Courtier ;
the other erentlemen wore various dresses. At
two o'clock, the supper-rooms were thrown open,
where the tables were laid out with great taste,
and every delicacy that could be procured, not
omitting an immense twelfth-cake, which had a
beautiful appearance beneath a canopy of flowers
and variegated lamps. After supper dancing was
resumed with great spirit till after five o'clock.
The consumption during the- Christmas week
was enormous ; 7521 lbs. of butcher's meat
were consurn6d, besides an immense quantity of
poultry, game, &c., 380 gallons of ale, 54 tons of
coals, and GO bushels of wheat.

The scarlet fever attacked the three sons of
the Prince of CASTELCICALA, the late Ambassa-
dor from Naples to our Court, but now Ambassa-
dor to the Court of France. The eldest was
considered out of danger, but the second had
died.; and doubts were entertained of the reco-
very of the youngest.
It is with much regret we state, that letters
were last week received, from Rome, announcing
that Sir THomls GAGE, Bart, was so seriously
indisposed as to leave but faint hopes of his reco-
very, and that our -former County. Member, Sir
'I% C. BUNBURY, Bart. is also in a very dangerous
state of health in London.—(Bury Paper.)
A General Court Martial assembled on Mon-
day last, and is still sitting, at Knightsbridge
Barracks, for the trial of Captain GOUGH, of the
Ist Regiment of Life Guards, upon various
charges of unofficer-like conduct. Sir it. C. HILL
is President o 1 the Court, which is assisted in
its proceeding by Mr. BECKETT, the Judge Ad-
vocate-General.
Upwards of thirty sail of ships, with herrings,
have sailed, from, V-armouth. this season 'for the
Mediterranean.
The Inland L Ater-men, belonging to the Ge-
neral Post Office, were yesterday morning about
twO hours later in
_their deli Very than usual,
owing to the unprecedented circumstance of up-
wards of 16,000 letters having- arrived from the

Eastl•udies.
Another portion of Dover Cliff, but fortunately
a small one, fell on Sunday last into the stable-
yard of the Paris Ilotel, at that port, in conse-
quence-of the late heavy rains after the frost, but
without doing any injury.

POETRY.

TO A REDBREAST.

WVhe❑ Autumn's cold and withering blasts
The tender tloWeri
And the green leaves fall thick around;
And birds torsak' the vale;

Thou fliest not to other climes,
• Whose .fields are glad•and Ity"'-". • •
But near those bi.iwers which mice were green',
We hear thy simple lay.
When from the North the tempeit scowli
upon the wint'ry sky;
When. hill and dale, and all around, •
.In snowy whiteness lie
We heat thy, song :beside our home;
With mournful thrillin4,rs swell
And 'fearful of the raging storm,
With tukn thou loy'st to dwell.
. ,
The playful children ois thee gate;
While pitying
,whispers flow—
And only grieVe to see thee shun'
The crumb they would bestow.
And now their little infant minds,
.. Muse sadly o'er that day, -
When, lock'd in love's last fond embrace,
• Two lovely intantS lay.
And when, unseen by human eye,
Their life'S-blooFl ceaS'd to flow—
The redbreast coyer'd them with leaves, '
And sung its notes of woe.

Sweet, timid, bird, that Simple lay—
That tale of nthek years,
The More by little 'children read,
Thy name the more endears..
And thou art safe in every clime ;
No hand would do thee %%7011
And the rode heart which hears thy lay
Seems soften'd by thy song.
And thou art safe when winter winds
Elowl through the dreary waste.:
The home of man will shelter thee
Till all its storms are past:
At length, no more we.hear that vt)ice
Around the cottage sing:.
The fields rejoice—and Nature hails
The glad approach of Spril:T.•

QUEER TRAVELLING.—Mr. ITUDDtj the post
master of Lismore, lately travelled for a wager
from that town to Fermoy, in a Dungarvan
oyster tub, drawii by a pig, a badger, two
cats, a goose, and a hedgehog! The eccentric
sportsman wore a large red night-cap, and merely
Used a common sow-gelder's horn, and pig-dri-
ver's whip. Mr. Muddy is in his 07th year.—This
exploit assembled a numerous concourse of spec-
tators, and is the theme of conversation in that
part of Ireland where the extraordinary fete was
accomplished.
THE DEAN or ST. PATIIICK.—ThiS" very, re-
spectable and Reverend Gentleman was deprived
of his gown a few days since, in the following
manner :—On Sunday morning, just before ser-
vice, a message was brought to the Dean from the
ReV. Mr. C , stating, how much .ohliged,he
would be if 'the Dean would accommodate' him
with the loan of a gown, as he was unexpectedly
called upon to preach.—'The Dean, with his usual
kindness, instantly had his gown given to the mes-
senger. A few days elapsed; when the Dean met
his friend, the Rev. Mr. C., and told him how
happy he was to' be of-service to him on the Sun-
day.—Mr. C. said he was unconscious of being
under any obligation to the Dean on that day ;
and the fraud was discovered.—( Dahlia Piper.)
PREVENTION OF BANK OF ENGLAND FOR-
GERIES4.—It was imagined, not 'only b'y the Di-
rectors of the Bank of England, but also by
the pAblic, that the new. notes would have
been forthcoming at the last dividend ; we
understand that the delay' has arisen from
a further mechanical improvement being sug-
gested and agreed upon, in having the numbers
and dates added in time progress through this won-
derful invention. There are 2 millions of notes in
number, and of different amounts, already primed;
with the exception alluded 16, and it is now confi-
dently asserted that they cannot be completed till
the April diVidends. Such is the Scrupulous
manner in which the machinery acts, that the
whole body is deposited in one room; grooves,
or more properly speaking, apertures, are made.
in the partitions of the adjoining roomi. - On the
one side the paper is put into the machine, and
after remaining a short time, conies out on the
opposite direction a perfect note.—(Morning
Herald.)
Pnrcell, and Turner, are in
training in Essex, for Spring, Martin, and Hick-
man, and are all getting in prime order; it is
said, however, that Turner's match is off.—There
will be some minor play at milling this day, by
way of finishing Christmas holidays with 'eclat.
THE EXETER NEW Tit EATitt.—We under-
stand, notwithstanding this new building was
erected in the short-space of three months, that
it has been built in-the -most correct manlier.
It
is beautifully ornamented, and athongst other
embellishmentS .the Nine Muses appear very
conspicuous. There is another Theatre, which,
though not new,- was never so adorned, as it will
be next Tuesday, we mean, Cooper's Hall, where
the State Lottery will be drawn ; and though
the- Nine Muses are' not in attendance, there will
be nine 21,000/. Prizes ; which to most of the
spectators will be a very crinusing subject,, es-
pecially as three must be drawn the first five
minutes.
A letter from Clones, in' the 'county 'of Monag-
han, dated January 9, Says—" Yesterday I saw
in this place a newly born male infant, which ex-
cited my feelings not a littlea perfect monster in
ap;earance, I may say.. It had two heads and three-
arms, two of the arms on the left'side. On one
of its hands were two thumbs. The faces sere
strikingly like each :other,• the features perfect
and proportioned. To save the woman's life the
child was obliged to'be destroyed.' 'The mother
is a Young unmarried woman, arid 'resided about
twb miles from- this. The child, was full grown,
and each of the heads as large as that of a
sized new born infant."
A young couple appeared, on Sunday last,
iii
the church of St. Giles,near Torrington, in Devon.
shirie, to be united in Hymen's bands.;
'.4,oci, at, the'
moment the clergyman was saying, What ton
joineth together let 'no man Tut asitniler," two
men hurried up to the Altar and seized the bride-
groom by the The Nlinister called upoti
them for an explanatiOn of their conduce; whets
they detlared -themselves cbrisiables47' se‘tit•to ap-
prehend the \ bridegroom as 'apprentke,
and instautly convey a the' youtlf•tO irison,teav-
ing the weeping and disappointed bride in tears