The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-01 00:00:00

LITUIZATURE.

.Y 1

GAt..rY KNtG Atithor of tiros e ttl-,
tifnt 11/escripi ivr Nuemy, " " PitKoSyne,"
an 4 " Alasito.," is named as Sherilf
haytsitire tot the rosu'int.!
The ituvereud I. Dtßn'lN'ssplencittl work,
titled • " he ~I:libliographiea)
,D.,ecatneron,'' is
nearly ready for..pnblicat ion ; it is a uork of much.
promise, awl its alYPeartinee is lOOked for with
•
soine impatience.
'ceieL,ra!'ed,'Nnvels:of Guy Mannetcng,"
" Waverley," and " the Antrquat'y," are itos
generally attributed to the pen of Mr. SCOTT, the
Brother of the •Fifet. It is said (hey were :nostlY
written in Canada', whele the Author bad some.
important appointment. His, new work of "
Roy " is itapatiently located Tor by the admirer's
of his 'former productions. •
.
We•hopb Mr. 'CARLISLIS will be induced to icto
to Press with hiS" History of the Graironir Mn[
other SclioOls in thisConntry." It cannot fail to
prove very interesting`; and when 'it is recollected.
how eitensively abused many of these noble en-
dowinents hate been tinting the last century, its
appea'rance will attract the attention of the pub-
lic, and probably pfesitit in future the recut:rent:a
of suet' abuse's:.
proof of the,asSe'rtion that Litir'atnre is not
ascolartiked in this country, we have only to ob-
serve the tippearance of two new provincial Ma-
ou'e at isretv6'stle., and the other at
Blythe, in NOrttioni:)erlantl. That entinent artist,
IIt•AVICg., is engaged in,en`graving a series of
ivooticitts', of ihe'COstitnres Of the Inhabitants of
HartlettoOl, the history 'of which was so
ably
ssi'itteu by SIIACUTHBERT SHARP.

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ADDRESS Off' CONDOLENCE.

..
Saturday a Meeting of Freeholders of the County
of Surrey was held, pursuant to , notice, at the
.Spre.iiil Eagle, Epsom„ for the purpose of prepar-
ing .Addreses of Condolence on the demise of the
Vrinceis 'Charlotte. The Archbishop of Canter-
liiiry, LOrd Cranley, Messrs. Thornton and Home
.Brun.ner, the County Members ; Mr. Freetnautle,
Mr. Shaw, Mr. Gaitskill, &c. &c. were present.—
The business commenced by the High Shetiifread-
ing the Requisition.
Mr. TUC/LINTON 'then fiddressed the meeting,
and observktl, that, the late melancholy occurrence
which had plunged the country in universal grief,
might well impose silence ; but when he saw other
counties and . places were moving Addresses of
Condolence, he hI: that ,the County of Surrey, itt
‘vhich the Illustrious Pa'r had taken up their resi-
dence, ought not toehold back in expressing their
•sense of the calamity. They had assembled, how-
ever, more to shicw their own feeling than froni
any desire to renew a painful subject, which
might again probe the setisibilitY of tie Royal
Family. The Honourable Areinber concluded by
moving-an apprOpriate Address to the Prince Re-
gent, in which the Meeting expretsed a hope that
his Royal Ingliness 'would derive same eonsola-
tion from the public sympathy, the interest the
country has taken- in the It:clam:holy event, awl
the affecrion manifested to Lis Royal Highness
and (.-.t.1 y brauch of the Royal Fatuity.
'The Address was agreed to unaniminisly. •

ADDRESS 'TO PRINCE LEOr'ILD.

Mr. Fa I,;ENI A'NTLE t helo stood forward to MOVS
ttn .
- A :dress to -his Selene Highness Prince Leo-
pold. The greatest dillicui y he fonnd on the oc-
casion, was in his . attempt to express a sense of
the grief kit by the whole country, which owed
peculiar respect to the character of the Plince of
Cohoorg.--(hear, hear, hear !)—llis hilt{ been
one uniform line of irreproachable conduct. He
came to . this country among the Royal Visitors
who offered dun• congratulations to the Prince
Regent. The late lam,nted. PrinCess select-
ed him !min amon'g the illustrious strangers;
he tv RS indebted to her choice for the esttem and
confidence of her Royal Highness, the Prince Re-
gent, and the general esteem of the whole cottn4
try, which he has so well deserved. His conduct
since his marriage had been most exemplary,
and whilst it ri fleeted credit on • the ju(lg.
went of the Princess by whom he was se-
lected,. it did honour also to his Own heart. He
had kt ots the good .vislies of the people, and proved
his affection to his Royal t2..onsort. Mr. Freeman-
tie ment.ioned -Ai instance of tlie affection the Prin-
cess bore Prince Leopold, founded on his uniforut
good conduct. When she was told by the medi-
cal men that her infant was still-b,rit (tor not-
withstanding public rumour they did not • for a
moment conceal the fact from her}, she said with
-all the feeling of a mother,'" 1 regret extreme-
ly the misfortune which has occurred, not st>
much on my owu account as because it w ill dis-
appoint -the hopes of the people; and particularly
so, because it wiil airect Prince Leopold ; tell hint
the fatal event with tenderne:,s ; but, above all,
tell him 1 am the happiest wife in England." Mr.
Freemantle concluded byrmyying an Address of
condolence tw Prince Leopold, which was carried
without amendment.
The Meeting then adjourned.

It is said, that Mr. LEACH IS to sauced Sir
WILLIAM GRANT as Meister. of the Bolls. '
The Gazette of Sdlorday contains Addresses of
Condolence to the PRINCE ii:EGl,:tsyr on thr la-
mented death of the l'lttNcEss CHARLOTTE, f
ora
the Corporation -Lf Glasgow, the Court Burgh
of Montrose, the Wacktitirn Pitr Club, the
town of Dudley, :Bo; ough of Tewkcsbury,
town of BirminOorin, the Corporation of
Sul geons in 4,dinUnrgi), the Merchants, &c. of
Gl,:sgow, the towns of Manchester and Salford,
the Bishop and Dean and Chapter of Chest et,
the Cot pOra; ion Qt town 01 Stockport,
the Vte.e...l)7.,tei'y Avr,:atid•tlie town of Halifax,
,to Yrtn, e-Leopoldfroin the to‘‘n of Dodl, y
at,d, the connty of AViLootr. "lo the two 1.4,er
tha'!!ks weir icturtted hy Colonel Goliiner, it) ;he
name of P ince.Lcopoki.
THE 11SIIF3Y CoNvltTs.—Sattuday the ten con,
Picts of Der by, whose •sentence has been coin-
ntioLd to tranportatiOn, artivtd at Newgtttc
three o'clock, httAiog travelled all night. Mr.
bows ordered them to be Waged in the Tr 3116..
pvlle room, on the uorih side otstbe prison.