The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-10 00:00:00

tiOL O 1 ST.iriNCEN't.

H • '-'•
veneratileNolentio, Had
to ►st,tii•tinelish-
ed
thitAig lately hear on a
his triends in Ole of :Stafford, %xaspit 11•. s
rerun) to his,seat itetir ',Mein wood, in 14:4,!fft„.5t0..
prised
tiy,p presort *et novel but agreeese44. k tl..
In his ball pis ,Loidsnilt fopittl placed a F tiirh
revolutionaty flag,
.and near iI a marble tablet,
s,ti•itit the ftiilon.,;..k. tOtterip•h9t.,.trirltiels sofkiehtly
explains the motive tor deposAing the flag in that
plate :
The 14tot triee!ur
Wog __.
By the NaVal riaK•of!Britaiti+
The. ColimiS ,
Of L'Etutie, eaptured tp; the Hehrus,
March :7,, 1814 ;
MoFt re.pectfully.kleactited • ,
To JOHN, EARL of,i'f. VINCENT:
The tar...rime
Of a grateful Pupil
To au iltastrious Master.
, 1 1
It was after a, ctia,,e of 120 miles;
,apd a
wetl-
foltaht action of tvvo hours and &quarter', under
an incessan!fire.flOin a French battery., that the
Erode French frigate, was captured .by the Me-
hra's, tinder. thr cm-I'M-ilia of Captain PALiaER' by
whom the flag of the 'captured vessel bas been
placed ai above staled. the offici 1 account, of
the battle is to be found in the Gazette of. April 2,
1814. Next to the satisfaction whi..lt Lord ST.
VINCP.NT woiild feel from conquering his coon-
try's enemies in hi; own.person, is that of seeing
then; successfully combated by others who had
learned the art of virto'ri under his eye and from
.ltis example. the present was therefore a most
grateful one.
Calitain i'aiiitta is the eon of Mr. PALMIER, the
justly celefirated,Comp!roller of the Post•ollice,
and the inventor of mail-coaches, a system by
which more than by any other discovery of mo-
dern tittles, the internal commerce and civil inter-
course of this country have been facilitated.

It is well known that his MAJESTY'S present ma-
lady originated from the loss of his favourite
daughter, the Princess AMELIA. Many anecdotes
have, at different times, appeared of what the King
has said. or done during keid intervals, most of
which probably rest on no good authority. There
is one, however, of au interesting nature, which
being indisputably authentic, we have much plea-
sifre in recording. in the cloisters of St. George's
.Chapel, Windsor, there is a Tablet, -which was
erected by his Majesty's command, about four
months after the commencement of 'illness; at
a time when the weekly bulletin of the Physcians
was, " His Majesty proceeds favourably iii his
recovery." The inscription placed on the Tablet
by the King's direction, is as follows

KING GEORGE the THIRD •
caused to be interred near this place
the body of
MARY GASCOIGN,
Servant to the late PRINCESS AMELIA,
and this Tablet to be erected
in testimony of hi grateful sense of the faithful services
and attachment of an amiable young %% pow] to his
beloved daughter,
whom she survived only three months.
She died the 19th February, 1811,
Aged 31 years.

Tag PERPsTUAL MoTIoN.—An Hibernian Phi.
losopher, who does not yet condescend to an-
nounce his nan►e, has advertised in the Irish ['a.
per, his discosery of -tuts long sought and hitherto
recondite secret. He intorms.us, that it cost him
only three hours study and three minutes' labour.
For this, however, he modestly asks no other re•
compenee than the trifling stun of three hundred
thousand pounds; which if nut made up for him
by subscription forthwith, he will' indignantlY
take hi• secret•and himself to some wiser country.
He prudently forbears telling wlrat it is, but he is
abundantly eomitutuicative in telling us what it is
not •--as we learn from his advertisment, that the
machine- is neither complex nor perishable, and
that it is moved ni ither by animal labour, steam,
wind, water, nor any other known agency.--Per-
baps he will set it up in Mr. OwEN's new village.

EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES.—We have learnt with
great pleasure that Egypt still continues to afford
to our residents and travellers in that country a
rice. harvest of discovery. ‘Ye are led to expect
s:.ortly from Mr. SALTS, our Consul-General in
that counta y, a more correct transcript of the in-
scription on the column of DIOCLETIAN (COM-
moldy called. that of POMPEY) than has hitherto
appeared ; "end we understand that the same ar-
dent traveller, assisted by a foreign officer of the
name of CAPIGLIO, has not only succeeded in
transp,oting from Thebes very interesting frag-
ments of Egyptian sculpture, tint has also disco-
vered a passage cut in the solid rock 400 feet in
length, under the great pyramid, with chambers
at the lower extremity, and a communication with
the mysterious well, which has hitherto puzzled
ail our antiquaries and trawllers. Excavations
have
als6 been effected atmmg the sepulchral StrllC•
tures in •tine neigh hoirbood upon the desert ; and
amongst other curiosities, a small temple, and fine
granite tablet, have been diScovered between the
lion's paws of the Sphinx.

A whimsical circumstance, blot which ra glut

have been attended with nordeasnot eonseiptenCes,
(recurred to the north a Brighton H few day.
4go:—A Gentleman out a strong, spirited horse,
passed a pedestri ,n on the ,lope of the Downs, at
nearly toll speed. The horse had formerly been
a charger in the
,Ioth Royal 1-10.5,ir5, rr.d the pe•
destruan, who isHil known him when attached ti
that regiment, in.t,intly recovnized hint H

nod atttt authoritative tone, iheretore, 89 fie

dashed by hint,' he vociter4ted the commanding
term " HALT !" if was a niandoe the animal had
lieeu trained in obedience to,' and ht• not for-
gotten it. The check it proOnct.d was As !adtien as
effectual, and the rider, compietfly unprepat ed r
such H shock, was thrown over the 'poise' head,
and Kiiutited nn nip hack so!ne y 1-(!s is all re:
Liappily he received ti hurt of cons' (pit nee. Sooe
time elapsed, how ever, before he t,tiCit it
recovered to know pr,cisrly What had hapi,eilud to

him, and di!rusg tii, h, 1.1:42 arc si-ovutwandtr had
cunsidered it prudwit Cu disappear.