The Sun.
London, England, 1819-07-15 00:00:00

ESCAPE FROM GAOL.

tell'l"trsday morning, about three o'clock, James
„ r.°" J mpierson, Doig, and David
hp 0 . l
F csnifined in the tolbooth, Dundee, accused
f'lo- Pita, crime.:, effected their escape. These
aloog with a prisoner of the name of Ram-
tf?„' were confined in one cell, and had for some
413 Dieditated their escape. On Tuesday last,
tillt't,rs wife brought to the prison, concealed
her clothes, the head of a plek•axe, to
,-"'}'" them to cony on their operations. With
lab Our they cut a passage through a
41.14""1 four feet in thickness, built of large stones,
11,11'7Y livened together with strong bars of iron
li;rpillis means a communication was opened wily
east hall of the Town-house ; but as the hole
a,:s at the height of about fi teen feet from the
tlkeZ'Llilley were under the necessity of fastening
the blankets and coverlets together, to enable
ba he to descend. M' Pherson, Doig, and (fall,
the alrtadv reached the floor, and Scott was in
Ra act of following them, when the rope gave
tpitYl' "ltd he tell from a considerable height, hilt
atttiht sustaining any material injury. The re-
prisoner, making a virtue of necessity,
c~cusheits that he did not intend to make his
4c:Pe• The principal actor in this affair was
Le" -tt, Whose doings we have more than once
*o(ision to notice ; Hod he was fully prepar-
Nqt") resist in case of detection, being armed
a brace of doable-barrelled pistols, with
nett en he express( d himself determined to blow
44 the brains of the jailor, or any other per-
-11,1?"110 might offer to interrupt him. After get•
" Imo the ball, the fugitives found it a Com-
Of ta,tively easy task to force open the lower door
v4"e Town-house. Scott, before leaving town,
ttareliherittely went to his own house to con-
the the k-axe. Three persons, answering
Cirri esetiPtions of the others, were seen some
brotvi Wards Hear Megginch. The other pri-
g 4) the jail endeavoured to give the alarm,
Art
from the windows,. but there being no
tea," "H the street at the time except a single
tt, iitnger, who refused to carry the information
4.l..'ejftilor, the fugitives got dear off. We un-
'l4l:4.,.‘e!ti that the eonltunacions scavenger was
%aul4l4ly dismissed from othce,—(Dundee
ter.)

I'UETRY.

BY THE AUTHoE OF THE 44 REJECTED
ADDRESSES." •

This is a day for toeing it and heeling it,
All are promenading it from high to low ;
Run, neighbours, run, all London is quadrilling It,
Order and Sobriety are dos a dim.
King Alinack with his star and garter coteries,
Never could anticipate such democratic votaries ;
Cotrtiers and Citizens are flirting with Terpsichore,
The town's our amphitheatre for capering anti trickery.
Run, neighbours, run.

Dames, travaliers, too irresolute-to stand alone,
'Deeming practice requisite to do things right;
Like Harlequin and Columbine rehearsing with Le Pantaloon,
Meet'slyly in the morning to prepare for night.
Paine's first set invented to delight us, is
St. James's, is St. Luke's, St Giles's, and St. Vitus's;
Dandies turning tigurants, conceive they make a clever hit,
And Widows, weighing thirty stone, attempt to Pas de
Zephyr it.

Run, neighbours, run.

Nurse now ruminate, who fatter, or who thinner is,

So wonderful tho' blunderful is Fashion's freak ;
Baronets from Bootle's, money-lenders from the Minories,
Are jumbled antitheticallyjowl by cheek;
Trade stands still while traders are chasseeing it,
Brokers from the water-side are busy balletsing it;
Commodores with timber-toe are driven from their latitudes,
And lanky Lady Mayoresses are sprawling into attitudes.
Run, neighbours, run.

The three Black Graces, Law. Physic, and Divinity,
Walk hand in hand along the Strand, and hum " La
Pottle,"
Trade quits her counter, Alma Mater her latinity,
Proud again with Mr. Paine to go to school ;
Should you want advice from Law, you'll nothing gain by
asking it,
Your Lawyer's not at Westminster, he's busy Pas ds Bas-
queing it;
Should you wish to lose a tooth, and go to Waite for
drawing it,
He cannot possibly attend, he's demi queue dc chating it.
Run, neighbours, run.

Poor Haut Tun, it must strike with horror dumb her set,
What mortal can consider it without dismay ?
To see La Trentise to the kitchen nialo- a somerset,
To keep her sister company, the lost
Even while you listen unconscious to my ditty,
Queen' Regent of the scullery, the pretty Mrs. Kitty,
Holds up her check'd apron with whimpering simplicity,
And thinks that she's glissading as graceful as humility.
Run, nt ighbours, run.

REGI6iLIi OF FAIIION.

The EARL and COUNTESS of COVENTRY'S PARTY.

Coventry House, in Piccadilly, was opcned yes-
terday evening to a select patty of the Fashionable
World. A sumptuous ►►inner was giyen in the
Great Banqueting Room, wherein appeared a
glittering service ot s►l'.er plate. Tire tout
side-tables to the magna•ent side-board were
fully decorated with oinanients in gold, con=
sisting of urns, cups, and flagons ; all were
highly emblazoned with antique sculpture.
The dinner-;able was illumined by an unique
chandelier, composed wholly of one lllAss of
glass, in sections, of cut paste spangles, encom-
passed by the cestus girdle. The enter lawmen(
was given in cuu►plitnent to the PRtNcrs Raositur;
but, ontortunately, his Royal Highnesses al one to
the morning with a sligitt inflammation in the
throat, which increased during the d3y. About
five o'clock an apology was received. At
I►;+lt-
past seven the following sat down to a dinner of
three courses, viz.:—
The Duke and Duchess of Wellington, the Marquess of
Headfort, Lord James and Lady Emily Min ray, Sir Edward
Stoplord, Colonel and Lady Augusta Cotton, Earl of ►ar-
mouth, Sir Benjamin Bloomfield, Lord and Lady Graves,
Earl of Fife, Mr. John Maurer*.
About ten o'clock the three drawing-rooms,
which are nosy enriched with crimson and gold,
were illuminated by Grecian. lustres ot the fist
magnitude and brilliancy.

On Tuesday Prince Leopold gave a grand dinner to the
Duke and Duchess of York at Marlborough House. Among
the distinguished characters present to meet their Royal
Highnesses, were—the Duke and Duchess or Beaufort, the
Duke and Duchess San Carlos; Earls He.rdwicke, Mulgravi,
Mount-Edgcumbe, Scarborough, Harrowby ; Countesses
blulgrare, Harrowby; Viscount Palmerston, Lord and Lady
Grantham.

Earl Whitworth aid the Duchess of Dorset arrived yester-
day at t beir Pause, GI osvernor-square, front their scat, Kent.

The Earl and Countess of Del by and family have left their
seat, the Oaks, Kent, for Lancashire.
Hon. Mrs. Calvert has left Upper Wimpole-street for
WOrtliing.
Hon. Colonel Knox has left Upper Grosvenor-street, for
Cheltenham.