The Sun.
London, England, 1817-11-22 00:00:00

IRELAND,

We-have often avowed our zeal for the welfare-
of Ireland as an essenti4 porti-tm of the British
Dominions, and therefore we subjoin .an article
which skews that an increased facility will sopa
•attend the intercourse between the two Countries.
The accuracy, dispatch, and regularity of our •
Post-Office Establishment are too well knowwto
require any commendation on our part, and .ve
are glad to fita that they will he soon directed
with augmented attet.tion towards Ireland. We
therefore insert with pleasure-the following article
taken from The (Dublin) Correspondent, as it .evi-
dently comes fioni authority

_ .
" INTENDED RAPID INTERCOURSE BETWEEN LON-
' DON AND DUBLIN. .

'c The most important advantages are likely to
result to the trade and industry of Ireland, front
the completion of the present design, for expe-
diting the conveyance of the Mail between Lon-
don and Dublin, At present it has made but an
impetfect advancetnent ; and yet) in a few 'inft
stances,, the. London Mail has reached this city
ten or twelve hours sooner than was customary
under the old regulation. The arrival of tie
Mail last night was, one of those few instances ;
but it is one. by which !he public cannot obtain
any advantage, as the English letters could not be
delivered out till the next day. In the course of
a very short titne the Postmasters-General pro-
mise themselves the satisfaction of insuring, its
reasonably good weather, the arrival of the Lou
don Mail at THREE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON,
•at the General Post-Office in Dublin ; so that,
by postponing the departure of the Mails for the
country .until ten .o'dock, instead of eight, the
hour of departure at present, all the English cor-
respondence will beyirculated throughput Ireland.
without any delay whatsoever, as well as such
merchantile communications from Dublin as the
English letters received here may occasion. There
are some new cuts in the line of road between
Holyhead and Loudon, which are nearly com-
pleted, and which will shorten the distance so con-
siderably. as to accelerate the intercourse between
those two points full ten hours. The greatest
atlyEntage must inserue to the United Kingdom,
generally, •from this approximation of the Irish
Capital to the seat, of the Imperial' Government.
It will obviate the litile inconvenlencies which
yet remain of geo4raphieal demarcation—and will
favour, in all the derails of the State, as %veil as
in all.the intercourse whiCh the internal traffic of
the incorporated kingdoms may'engender, a salu-
tary idee of union, which should be the basis-prin-
ciple of all our public notions, as well as of all
our pih!ie measures, within the confines of the
United Kingdom. We should consider the king-
dom, in this spirit, as.a perfect whole in all things;
and nothing can raise op and ma:ntain a popsdar
feeling •of this sort more than the completion of
;he scheme of rapid intercourse between Dublin
and London, which is now in some progress, but
which we hope to see completed in a short time.
We do not speak upon surmise, in any thing we
have said, concerning the intention of causing the
London Mail to arrive here at three o'clock in
the t&ernoon—we,speak from the very besvau-
thPrily—ChTlClAL

THE LATE PRINCESS CIIARLOTTE, &c,

CLAREMONT, Nov. 21.—The answer to the in-
pi,ers to-day after the Prince LEOPOLD is---
"t its Serene Highness has had 'a tolerable night,
,au!i• is much the same as he was yesterday." His
Sereni• Highness took a short ride on horseback.
the Duchess Of BUCCLEUGH was among the in-
quirers.—Tuesday evening, at six o'clock, the time
that was appointed for the mournful procession
t.1,1)111 Claremont,' the inhabitants of Kingston
cl:lsed their houses and shops, and the solitary bell
heing is aliicil, toiled its awful note from that hour
aural ten o'clock, in minute 11 ate. On Wednesday
n,,,!nint4, Divine Service was performed by the
;Zee. W. Gandy, the Vicar. The -Psalms and
Lessons were those appropriate co the melancholy

,cca,ion. The organ was not played ; the singers
sang Pope's Ode,

" Vital spark, of Heavenly flame,
Q3lt, oh ! quit, this mortal, frame."

It had such an effect on the feelings of the con-
gregation, that several were curried out of the
Church. The Rev. Divine took his text from the
6th chaptet' of Hosea, 'lst, 2nd, and 3rd verses—
" Comc and let us return unto the LORD ; for he
h tth torn, and he will heal us ; he Bath smitten,
and li.: will bind us tip.; after two days will he re-
vive us, •in the third day he will raise us up, and
we shall live iit his sight. Then shall we know
if see follnw on to know the LORD ; his going
forth is prepared as the morning, and he shall
cnmite unto us as the rain ; as the later and former
rain unto the ealth." The congregation was the
most numerous ever known in the memory of the
uldet inhabitant.

At six o'clock the bell began awl continued
tolling, muffled as before, until tleven, and the
day altogether was observed with every solem-
nity. So much cannot be said of 'l'l►ames Ditton
the Rector had received no order from the Bishop.
At Long Ditton the Rev. Bryan Broughton gave
a sermon, and his little Cluirch was. crowdvd %vitt)
his parishioners and many of. those of Thames
Ditt.on.

THE TEMPLE CHURCH, 011 IVCChleVlay, lvos
crowded to excess. The service vas performed
in the most impressive manner ; and the very
Reverend the Dean of Winchester, Dr. RENNELL,
Master of the Temple, preached a most eloquent
and affecting Sermon on the Death of the Prin-
cess' CHA xt,c)-.lre, in the conrse.of which he was
frequently overpowered by his feelings, and the
congregation throughout evinced the strongest
marks of sensibility and regret on this melancholy
and rnourntni occasion.

OxFoRD, Nov. 20.—Yesterday evening divine
service was pet formed at the Chapel of Magdalen
College. It commenced with the calehratcd.an-
them, " *am the resurrection and the life." •The
Psalms used in the burial service were substituted
for the Psalms of the day, and lessons, appro.
pr late to the awful occasion, were selected. Tile
Chapel was immensely crowded ; and as precau-
tions were adopted to admit only as many per-
sons as the building could c-ontaiti, a large num-
ber were, through necessity, nnfortunately ex-
cluded. We lmvit not heard that any other Col-
lege in this. University.actedin the same manner
as this most honourable and ancient foundation.

ELY.—We understand that, the day of the fune-
ral of ,the Princess- CHARLOTTE WaS observed at
Ely rvith every mark of respect due to that afflict-
ifig event. The morning was ushered in by the
tolling of the Cathedral bell and the bells of the
parish churches ; the night was also closed by the
same token of sorrow. The shops throughout the
city were closed during the whole day. The ser-
mon-place in the Cathedral was hung with mourn-
hie, and the service was such as is customary on
days of public fisting and humiliation. A,3 it is
the practice in that place for the parochial con-
gregations, after morning prayer on Sunday is
concluded, to attend at the sermon in the Ca-
thedral, it was judged roost expedient to reserve
that token of respect until the following Sunday,
when a fuller attendance of all ranks of people
tray he expected, and when, it is understood, an
ppropciate diseonrSC will he delivered by the
Prehemlary in residence, and a funeral anthem,
prepared for the melancholy occasion by Mr.
Skeates, the Organist, will be performed iu the
choir. A division of the sth regiment of dra-
goon guards, of which Prince LEOPOLD 15 Colo-
now on duty at Ely, marked their respect and
sorrow by attending divine service in proper mi-
litary mourning,' every private, as well as the
otiirei-.3, having a band of black crape round his
I.tt arm.

D,Jru.IN,MONDNY.—This lamented'event,which
has thrown the stibjects of these kingdoms into
the deepest sorrow and affliction, was noticed in
all the places of divine worship in ,this city yes-
terday.
The College Chapel.—After the morning service
the itev. U. Elrington ascended the pulpit, and
&livered one of the most feeling, impressive, and
C!,,tittent sermons we have ever heard. The an-
them was then sung by Sir John Stevenson,
Messrs, .Lagvr, Smith, Mathews, and Weyman, iu
a St N'lt! of inconceivable sweetness and melody. .
Cathedral, Christ Church.—The usual Church
qtr C.itlxdrril Service having been gone through,.
the Rev Mr. D. O'Neill ascended the pulpit, and
delivered a di,icourse,.wlieh, although not parti-

colarly alluding to the melancholy and of

''." ~,1.,0,v ‘vhich pervaded every heart prt;sent, yet
impressed the gr.'at and solemn truths of the out-
ni.cience tool omnipresence of the 'Supreme Being,
anti ,it:, glolions redemption, by the :ilia-et-lift; of
-. oto I)ivine RedeetneP, on the hearts of as crowd-

ed a congregation as we have scattily ever seen
on any former occasion in that Cathedral. After
tire sermon,4he anthem, as sung in the College
Chapel, was repeated by the same gentlemen of
the choir, with increased pathos : it is a funeral
anthem ; and botlt the sacred selection of the
words, -and the :solemn. sweetness of the compo-
sition, aided by the poWerful execution of those
voices, and the sweet and. sweeping chords of the
organ, produced upon the congregation a feeling
which can be ,easier understood than expressed.
That part of the funeral service which is gene-
rally read in churdies before the interment, was
then read at the. communion table.
St. Patrick's Cathedrul.—The evening service
commenced at three in tire afternoon in this Ca-
thedral. The inner aisle was completely throngt.d,
almost to silfroC;)ti,o, while the outer ones were
nearly as closely filled with persons of the first
respectability, both ladies and gentlemen, all in
mourning. The Chancel was lighted up with
tire Most supetb lamps, •&e, After the even-
ing service was performed, an anthem was sung
by the above mernlc...rs of the choir. It can
be scat cely imagined tire effect the contra-tenor
solo,. as sung by Sir Sohn Stevenson, had upon
the crowded congregation.

NEXT TUESDAY THE LOTTERY BEGINS DRAWING,
BY ORDEN, OF THE LORDS OF THE TREASURY.

TO CORRNSPONDENTS.

For the Second Letter of Prmaus, ot►TF7oftriTcet's Case, see

First Page.
For Yost'-OFFICE REcoiLATtoNs 111 IRELA:4I3, see First Page.
For PRoviNt.i.ll. Jourtxm,s, ste Fourth Page.

THEATRICAL REGISTER.
Perfonned Last Nig/J.
T in:AT RE Rol, Dili Oratorio.
TitEATat tiovist„ COVET-GAnDEN.—The Apostate : Make,
Mr.• Young; klurind,t, Aliss O'Neill.• After which, The
Libertiue.

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THE SUN.

SOLEM QUI3 DICEIIE FALSVM AUDEAT ?

LONDON,
S.ITURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1817.

At a late hottr this day we received the Paris
Papers of Wednesday last. The following are
extracts :

" Nov. 19.—Yesterday, before mass,

the King received successively, -at private au-
diences,. the Baron de Vincent, Austrian Mi-
nister Plenipotenti,iry, who presented a letter
from his Sovere,ign, notifying the birth of a
Prince, Son -of the Archduke Charles ; the
Count de Grote, flanovetian Minister Plenipo-
tentiary, who presented a letter Irma his Royal
Highties the Prince of Wales,- Regent of the
Kingdom of Hanover, notifying the death of his
daughter, her Royal Highness the Princess Char-
lotte AuguSta ; the Baron dtchtritz, Saxon
Minister Plenipotentiary, who presented a letter
from his Sovereign, notifying the marriage of the
Princess Maria Ann Caroline, his niece, with the
Archduke L:opolil, Hereditary Prince of Tuscany.
" Iu ,the evening a grand Deputation of die
Chamber of Deputies presented the Address of the
Chamber to his Majesty.
" The King replied as follows :

" I am highly sensible Of the sentiments
which you express to inc i:► the name of 'the
Chamber of Deputies. I recognize with plea-
sure the happy presages which they afford.—
'l'o realise them,l rely upon that union of sen-
timent,• unanimity in deliberation, 91111 agree-
ment in action, which can alone ensure the tran-
quillity of France.' . ,
" The diligence from Boursleaux.to. Toulouse
was attacked ►►n the Ilth instant by eight men,
armed with inusquets and bayonets, who carried
off 7,046 francs, belonging to sever►tl commercial
houses, and robbed eleven travellers, who were
in the diligence, of about 1000 francs.

" Two inhAitants of Frankfort, attended the
ft!:e of the Reformation, one of whom, a Jew, is
105 years of age, and the other, .a female, is
near 110.

" The Chamber of Deputies assemled-yester-
day in their Bureaux, to discuss the Prujet of re-
gulation presented by M. de Serre

• " FIVE PER CENTS.
" Tuesday f. 90 c.

" VIENNA, Nov. 6.—it is understood that the
marriage of the Imperial Prince with a foreign
Princess will be deliberated upon at Graetz, the
present residence of their Imperial Majesties.

" FRANKFORT, Nov, 13.---4-On the invitation of
the King of Pr►►ssia, the Senate of this city has
acceded to the 1101 y Alliance.
• " MADRID, Nov; 6.,---There is no intelligence

yet of the arrival of the Russian Squadron at Ca-
diz, but it is hourly expected.
" VIENNA, Nov. 7.—The King of France has
sent to the Imperial Prince of Austria, the Grand
Cross of the Royal Order of the Legion of