The Sun.
London, England, 1821-08-03 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL CELEBRATIONS.

SittrrE.—The inhabitants of Shute Were" abun thal t 1- su ;-
• polied with bread, meat, cider, strong beer, &c. on the Corona_
Lon day, and did - not separate till three o'clock on the Friday
morning. A commodious booth was erected in the lawn (near
the old Mansion-house,) decorated With coloured lamps; flowers,
and evergreens • and there were a variety of rustic sports on
the 'Fridrzia.flie crowd was immense during the night of
Thursday, and MO' whole finished in the highest good humour.
• By tLe directionWSii^W. P. Pole, Bart. a royal salute of 21
cannon was fired in the evening, which, with redoubled peals on
the bells, reverberated over ,the surrounding country.; a_noble
bonfire was lighted at night, • which must have been visible
many leagues oft' the• Channel ; and a most excellent band of
music was provided for the assembled villagers.—The. church
bellS rang incessantly, and nothing but sound loyalty, peace,
and friendship peryaded the meeting.
COSTESSEY, 'NOlti'ol.l:.—On• Thursday . se'nnight, by the
liberality of Sir George Jerningham, Bart. Robert Hawkes,
. Esq. and other Gentlemen of the village, the poor of Costessq•
were enabled to celebrate the Coronation of his Majesty in e.
way truly gratifying. Three sheep, which had been roasted in
joints at the Hail and other places, were set out on a large table
in' the park, of which each person (having brought his own
knife, fork, and plate,) partook, with plenty of beer, bread, &a.
A band of music was also provided, and the rural ffance kept
up till a late hour, when, to complete the festivities of the day,
a splendid display of fire-works was exhibited, and the villagers
retired to theirhomeswell pleased with the day's entertainment.
PAISLEY.—Those Who have been accustomed to denounce
the town of Paisley, as " a hot bed of sedition," and the" head-
quarters of radicalism," must, had they witnessed it, have beery
gratified by the display of its loyalty, on the day appointed for
his Majesty's Coronation. The public bells were rung from
twelve till two, and in the evening from seven till nine. At one
o'clock, the Provost and Magistrates, and Members of the
Council, the Vice-Lieutenant, and a number of Gentlemen of
the county, and the t lull Authorities in the town and neigh-
bourhood, assembled at the castle, and in presence of a croW,
of spectators, drank the healths of the Sovereign and Royal
Family, followed by a feu-de-joie from two troops of the sth
Dragoon Guards, a strong detachment of the 91st regiment, the
Paisley Volunteer Rifle Corps, and Staff of the RenfrewShire
• Militia. Numerous dinner parties took place, and in the
evening, on the Provost' retiring from the Chair, the Sheriff
presided at a highly, respectable meeting in the Saracen's Head
Inn, distinguished by every loyal mid patriotic feeling.—
External decorations abounded, and the flags Of former Talurf-
teer corps of the town, - displayed on the tower of the Castle,
produced a pleasing effect. The standard of the Paisley Mili-
tia in 17-15, • still in good preservation,_ was hoisted in the centre
of the building. On this occasion the poor were made to re-
joice, by means of a public subscription, commenced and pa-
tronised by the ProVost ; and a comfortable dinner and suit-
able allowance of excellent porter were served to all the unfor-
tunate tenants of the Gaol and Bridewell.—The Officers.on the
Retired List and Half-pay of the Army and Navy, residing at
Paisley and the neighbourhood, met in the Abercorn Arms
Inn, to celebrate the -same occasion. Many loyal and patrio-
tic toasts were given, and the evening was spent in the most
convivial manner.

KILBARCIIAN.—The Kilbarchan, Lochwinnech, and John-
stone troop of Yeomanry Cavalry, commanded by Sir W. N.
Napier, Bart. ; the Kilbarchan company of Volunteers, com-
manded by Mr. Napier of Blackstown ; and the Johnstone
company, commanded by Mr: Houstoun of Johnstone Castle,
assembled at Milliken Lawn, in honour of the Coronation of
his Majesty. After performing various evolutions, the tw.)
companies and the Yeomanry marched to their head-quarters,
where a fen-de-joie was fired, and his Majesty's health drunk.
The Yeomanry and the Kilbarchan company were drawn up at
the Cross of that town ; most of the houses were tastefully de-
corated with flowers, and flags with appropriate devices were
displayed at the windows. A similar feeling of loyalty mani-
fested itself Lt johnstime.

[To be continued.l

THE ARMY.

CoIone! Sir ARCHIBALD Citrus'HE has taken
the command of the Garrison at Chatham, vice
Major General DESBOROUGH promoted, and Co-
lonel BURGOYNE that of the Engineer establish-
ment there.

Yesterday the East India Company's lief.,Ti-
ment, consisting of upwards of 700 men, under
the command of Col. ASTELL, had .a grand field
day in the London Fields, Hackney, in the pre-
sence of several Military Officers, who expressed
great pleasure at their military appearance and
the exactness of their evolutions.

While the Royal Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry
were on permanent duty in Kirkcaldy, the inha-
bitants of Burntisland were highly gratified' with
a visit paid to it by this regiment. After drilling
on Kirkcaldy Sands, Colonel TnomsoN, without
communicating his purpose, marched the regiment
to the Sands of Burntisland, where it went through
a great variety of evolutions in the,,, finest
The regiment was then marched to Aberdour,
and through the policies of Mr. STUART, of
Dunearn, and the Honourable Lord BALIWTON
before returning to Kirkcaldy. On the march
the skirmishers were ordered out, and, without,
exception, we have seldom witnessed better
horsemanship and greater dexterity in the use of
the sword and pistol than was displayed. In
short, it is not to be wondered at that this regi•
merit has attracted the particular notice of his
Excellency the Commander-in-Chief of Scotland.
(Edinburgh Courant, July 30.) •

EXTENSIVE SEIZURE.—On Monday last, a ves-
sel arrived at Sandwich, purporting to have a
cargo of eggs and butter, when some suspicion
arising, she was immediately minutely examined
by the Revenue officers, and found to have two
false linings, in which were found a large quanti-
ty of snuff, tobacco, and spirits, most curiously
concealed, which, with the vessel, were of course
seized. The crew, who were ali Dutchmen, took
an abrupt departure from this country.

The abundance of cherries was so great in
Canterbury market •on Saturday last, that some
were sold at the very low price of a halfpenny
per pound.

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE.

[l-,om VARIOUS SOURCES.]

No. XVII.

'CORONATIoN.—We understand that Sir George
Sayler, Clarenceux King of Arms, is preparing
for publication, under the immediate sanction and
by especial command of his Majesty, a full ac-
conatt of the ceremonies observed at-the Corona-
tion, illustrated with plates, executed by the first
artists, of the Costume worn by the Peers and
others composing the procession, and also with
•'-iews of the Abbey at the time of the. Crowning
the King and the performance of the Homage by
the Peers ; and of the Hall during the delivery
-of the Regalia, the Banquet, and the Entry of
the Champion. The proceedings of the Court of
clalana, and all the arrangements previous to this
great solemnity, will be detailed at large.
RUSSlA.—According to the latest estimation
there are 350 living authors in this country,
about one eighth part of whoa► are ecclesiastics,
hut ttie far greater proportion consists of per-
sons of,rank. Backtneister in his Russian library
computtad, that previously to 1817 there existed
about 4000 different works in that language. In
the extensive collection of national literature,
telonging - to the Academy of Sciences at St.
Fetersburgh, there were in 1800 three thousand
works printed in the Russian tongue; among
which only 105 belonged to the class of novels
and romances. - Since this period authorship has
increased so much, that last year no fewer than
8000 volumes Were printed in this language.
Translations were very numerous, particularly
of dramas, novels, works of imagination, and the
belles lettres. There are newspapers and jour-
nals, both German and Russian, published at
St. Peters'burgh, Moscow', Riga, Revel, Abo,
and other principal cities. At the first of these
places there are 15 printing-houses, and 10 at
Moscow.

-A POETICAL JOURNAL, entitled Die Muse, has
been commenced at Leipzig by Kind. One of
the most important articles that have appeared
in it is a specimen of a translation, by Nordstern,
of Childe Harold, in the Spenserian stanza of the
original. The writer, however, is not sufficiently
master of this difficult form of versification. In
addition to the poetry, this publication is in-
tended to contain theoretical, polemical, and
satirical essays.

THE BELL AND LANCASTERIAN SYSTEMS.--A
work has appeared at Lyons, attacking the sys-
tem of education pursued in what are called on
the Continent schools of mutual instruction, con-
demning it as pregnant with danger, and point-
ing out the mischiefs to he apprehended from its
adoption : the title of this work is L'Enseignment
Mutuel DRvoile, ainsi que ses Jougleries et Pre-
tintailles Revolutionnaires ; ou 1' Art d'affran-
chir l'Education de l' enfance de toute Influence
Morale et Religieuse
SWEDEN...--The Society for the promotion of
the Arts and Sciences at Stockholm has offered
five prizes for subjects of painting or sculpture,
illustrative of the Northern Mythology. Among
the most eminent Swedish artists are Saudberg,
the historical painter ; Fogelberg, the sculptor ;
Van Brede, a painter of history and portrait;
Salrnson, an engraver of gems; Professor Linnell,
an historical painter ; Snell and Borggonen.
BO CRDEAUX.—The Royal Academy of Arts
and Sciences has this year proposed additional
prizes for the two best productions in poetry and
painting, each to consist of some subject serving
to commemorate the birth of the infant Duke of
IBourdeaux. The reward for the former is to be
a gold medal worth 300 francs ; that for the
painting will be 500 francs. No Artist will be
permitted to enter into competition for the latter
except such as are either natives of or residents
-in this city. The prizes are to be adjudged on
.the ?..st of the present month.

THE APOGRANI.—An invention has been made
by a young man belonging to Mauchline, .Mr.
Andrew Smith, of the Water of Ayr Stone manu-
factory. This is an instrument for copying draw-
ings, &c. called by the learned who have seen it,
an'Apocrraph : it is so constructed that drawings
of any °kind may be copied by it upon paper,
copper, or any other substance capable of receiv-
ing an impression, upon a scale either extended
or reduced, or the same as the original. The
arts, we understand, furnish no instance of an in-
strument resembling this, either in its appearance
or operation, save what is called the Pantograph,
and even from this machine it differs materially.
The beam in the former is suspended vertically
_from an universal joint, whereas the beam of the
latter is supported on an horizontal plane. There
is also a counterpoise added to the Apograph,
above the centre of motion, which, 'relieves the
hand almost entirely of the weight it would other-
wise have to sustain, when the beam is out of the
.vertical positiOn._

HISTORY OF RussiA.—Castelneau's Essai sur
Histoire ancieizme la Nouvelle Russie, is an
historical work of great research. The labour of
collecting materials for such an undertaking, was
considerably enhanced by the rapid succession of
the different tribes who have made themselves
masters of this country, from the time when it
was first described by Herodotus, until it was in-
corporated with the rest of the Russian Empire.
M. Castehteau has divided his history into three
distinct portions or arras ; the first, commencing
with the most remote antiquity, ends at the con-
quest of the Crimea, by Mahomet 11., in 1475 ;
and the second, which records facts better au-
thenticated, mad less perplexed and obscure, corn-
prises three centuries, terminating in the year
1784, when the country was ceded to the Rus-
sians. The author has spared no pains that he
might produce the first complete and genuine
history of a people, with whose annals we have
hitherto been but imperfectly acquainted,—of
those warlike Tartars and Cossacks, who have
so often rebelled against the Porte and have
constantly been at variance with Poland and
Russia. The third and last portion of the work
is not deficient in interest, to those who prise the
cultivation of intellect more than the subjugation
of territory, and who consider the advancement
of agriculture, commerce, art, and civilization, to
be more truly glorious than all the pomp, pride,
and circumstance of war and-conquest. These pro-

vince3, so long exposed to devastation, now pre-
sent a scene of prosperity. Their situation on
the borders of the Black Sea, the navigable
streams by which they' are intersected, the ferti-
lity of the soil, and the possession of a flourishing
and increasing commercial city, render them the
most important possessions of the Russian empire.
At the end of the work is an interesting account
of a journey made by the author through the
Crimea for the purpose of collecting information
relative to its geology, natural history, numis-
matics, statistics,agriculture, trade,and navigation.