The Sun.
London, England, 1817-08-07 00:00:00

STEAM FERRIES.

The communication between the city of New
York and the opposite shores of the Hudson and
East Rivers, is carried on at sevel'al points, by
steam-boars, and others with machinery; 'on the
same principle, worked by horses. Poth
and, stern of these boats are made exactly alike.
Their decks are an oval platform tailed round,
the railing at each of the ends being mov-
able, for the admission of passengeri. In the
middle is an inclostire with the steam-engine, or
the horses which work the machinery. One side
of the boat is appropriated fur passengers, with
seats, the other fur horses, carts and carriages,
for which there is ample room, the boats being
from 80 to 90 feet long, and from 40 to 50 feet
broad. At each wharf of embarkation or landing,
a floating platform is contrived, and adjusted with
so much nicety, as to fit exactly the end of the
boat rising and falling with the tide. Regu-
lating jaws of timbers, tvith a kind of floating
spring, are so placed before the wharf, that
the steersman has merely to' guide the boat into
them, to insure his coming in ct•intaat with the
shore without the slightest shock. The railing be-
ing then taken away, the 'egress is •precisely as
easy as walking out of a yard. In this little
voyage of transit, there-is even no necessity for
the drivers or occupiers of carriages to alight.—
The fare for each person is a New York sixpence
(about 3d. sterling), for a horse and gig, 25 cts.
(or Is. IFI. sterling), and so on in proportion.—
On the arrival of the boat at the shore a large bell
is rung; to giVe notice to those who are desirous
of embarking, forwhoM- she wails five minutes,
and then starts again. These boats ply daily, front
an early hour in the morning until dusk in the
evening. Their speed is at the rate of from four
to seven miles an hour,' with nine horses moving„
round, or engietes of corresponding power.

THW4II,ER STORN.-90 Thursday morning, soon
alter ten o'clock, Manchester and its neighbour-
hood were visited by a very serious 'and violent
thunder-storm, 'accompanied with a descent ut
hailstone of an amazing size. The electric fluid has
left awful impressions of its destructive power. A
Pendleton, two men, of the names of Joho Armi-
tage and John Hoyle, were struck dead whist
making hay, -and several otbets were much sion nen
and narrowly escaped ; Mr. Gorton, bleacher, was
knocked down, in the same direction. In Silver-
street, (,Newton-street), the -gable end of a house
‘va* completely thrown down ; and-in the vicinity
of Kerst, tour ni-enAevefely frit-the effects of We
ticiatelidouvskiegi, -

REVIEIV.

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Z.`EXAGP:NARIA>: ; Or, the ittcoLLF.crtoss of a
LIT,N,HARY [Arc. 2 rots. Bco

In this pleasing tern k there is no deficiency of
matter to ottract and grtitify the public curiosity.
•'i'hc Recollections of a veteran Author, respecting
himself and his contemporaries, must heiniserar
bly compiled our to have soinethiog piquant in
ibem; and the interest will naturally he increased
by s...rnething eniginatieal in the !node of delivery.
It is ainusiog to exert the imagination io
jectere. Readers will guess right, or they will
g wet sig ; but io both cases their attention
will be occupied. It teas evidently incended that
the whole hook hlio;ild be an enigma; but the
death.of the author has removed the motives for
'concealment, as to him, and Mr. bELUE is gene-
rally known to have been the writer of these vo-
{nines. The papers from which they are formed
are supposed to have been selected and arranged
by the friends of the author, after his death ; but
in fact, the work was nearly printed before that
unexpected event took place; anti the fiction of
ingenuity has becotue, to those friends, a painful
reality.
. ,
A pure, yet easy, and occasionally playful style,
is the most obvious recommendation of the work;
being_that which must immediately he remarked
hi' every reader. The.aneedotes will be variously
received; as tastes and disposition/ Vary ; but the
critic must be very fastidious, or Very dull, who
does not find abumlance to amuse and please hint.
The .sketch of a Dedication, to a person most
justly dear to the author, is one of those passages,
which they whb cannot feet on7ht, for their own
sakes, to wish th-ey could. It is a genuine en-
. slot) of the heart,; and when the heart truly
speaks, woe to the bosom that returns no an-
swer. • But it should be read in its proper place,
as the farewell, and, we Lope, the prophecy, of
sincere affeotion. We will not introthice it 'bete.
The narrative of his boyish clays is pleasing, and
probably accurate. We do nut easily lose th 6
impression of those events, at which we now
smile with supefior dignity, but which to our un-
formed judgments appealed then of almost infinite
importance.. The following passage expressei
some of those feelings
"I look back to thesienchanting scenes with no ordinali
satisfaction. A Momentary bliss is imparted by the recollec-
tion. Ali: why should they return no more. Then it was,
that the heart, untainted 14 vice, and Uncorrupted by the
world, expanded itself to the impression of nature's beauties;
when the wind, full of hope and ardour, thirsting for ina:-
provement, which vas every day obtained, indulged in golden.
dreams of fancy, and constructed imaginary castles, with all
the accompaniments of Sylph and fairy creation." '
In the third chapter we have a lively picture of
the feelings with which a young and ardent innt=.
gination began the perusal of good poetry.
"lhe next book which chance threw in my way rendered
me important service.. It enlarged my mind, multiplied lily
.ideas, my ambition, and gave my curiosity and de-,
sire of knowledge a proper direction. I by accident picked
up, in a place little freqUented, the first volume of Pope's
translation of the Iliad. It was a mean edition, which I cio
not remember to have since seen ; but it had notes and illus-
trations, which were to me extremely trs:fol. It is nut pos-
sible to express the enthusiasm with which I harried through
it, nor the anxious impatence with which I hurried to is
female adviser (the Schoolmaster's droightcr), to supply the
.no more volusies were to be found us
the house. What was to be done ? I could riot endure tho
idea of beginning any other book I made Vie attempt, but
it was impossible. My mind was too %devoted, to descend
from Gods and Heroes (front Goddesses more particularly,
fort adored Pallas) to the humdrum of common authors, and
the incidents of common life. At length my Alit- friend sent
for me, to communicate the joyful and momentous
iotetli-
gence, that a gentleman, whose residence was a few miles
distant from our own, compassionate(' my distress, and had
promised to lend me d volume at a time, if ‘I would take the
trouble to walk and fedi them. I hardly strived to express
my thanks : it was asking a very hungry avretch to feed on
the dish most delightful to his palate. I was at the ap-,
pointed place as expeditiously as youthful speed could carry..
me. The gentleman was pleased with net ardour, am! kindly
encouraged it. He conceived a friendship for me, and under
certain very proper restrictions, accommodated ine with the
use of his library." •
I'ovc's Homer probably made the author a
Poet.—No bad preceptor !

[Fe be coetinued.]

A letter from Brighton, dated Aug. 0, says :
" The public may yet recollect, the lamentable
suicide of a Mr. MENDOZA, about this time last
year, at Brighton. He was a Gentleman distin-
guished for his arithmetical calculations,_ and
cially employed upon a. most important discovery,
in bringihg the longitude to a fixed and invariable
point. The error of one figure, in some millions
of numbeis, so completely disconcerted his mind,
that in a fit of intellectual despondency he retired
to his chamber trmi hung himself. The afflictiori
of his widow upon this dreadful event settled into
a melancholy despondency.
.I:ast week she ear-
nestly requested to leave London for Brighton,
and expressed a wish to die there, and to be in-
terred in the same grave with her husband. Iry
the hope that .a change of air would he of benefit
to her mental health, her friends agreed, and thi.t
journey was undertaken. She reached Ryegal'a
on Sunday last, and singularly strange to relate,
she died on. the same day which discovered her
husband a corpse.at Brighton, in the precedin
year. The remains of this Lady are removed to
this town, in order to be interred in the grave of
her unfortunate husband."

With a view to the imprlvement of the har-
bours of Dover and Folkestone, the Commissioners
for the issue of the Exchequer 1.3i115; &c. have ri--
soleed to grantlo,oool. to the former, and 12,0001.
to the latter, under the conditions and seem ities
specified by the ttct pissed last session. The:as-
sista-nce of, Government is also promised for the
erection of,a bridge across the Swale, to consider
of which. a meeting of the inhabitants of the Isle
of Sheppy and it's vicinity is to. be held at Sheer-
ness, on Wednesday, the 21st instant..
I'ICKPOCKaTS. Tuesday night the Mary-k-
-bone Officers observed oless than SO pickpockets,
busily employed in their. vocation, at a Mounte-
batik Exhibition in Ilarper's-fields, ,Edgeware-
road, They observed two of. them parti-
cularly active, and on search Jog their hats
they 'fouad upwards of a dozen lidndkerchiefs oti
them. They took them limo custody, hut as
toey were bringing them along' tile. I;ilgeware
Road, they wcke .attacked •by the whole gang
with sticks, and the ptisoners Were rescued
from their.cusTotly. One of the officers receiv-
ed n wound on the back of the head trout
souse sharp instrument. They succeeded, how-
ever, in apprehending two of the gang, Wit's) -have
been since vonlinitted under the fiviie.e Aet,

1 N 1) 1 A.

CALCCTTA GAZETTE, rLB Wu r.v Is, 1817.

We li;ive received letters of a most satisfactory
nature fro‘m the Bengal:Sidisithary Force crt

plor:--

Camp .214heer, a few marches distant
from-13e1hary, Jun. 13. '

. "Or CLARKE, ‘iith the sth cavalry and
eiOlt flank companies, was sent' in advance by

Colona AnAris from Birramgonge to 13elliary,

eii.;'m or ten days agO ; and on tie strength of
intelligence the Major had received, he ordered
C' +praiu Caulfield, with one squadron and two
companies of infantry, to Chandiall, where a body
of Pindaries-was expected Olt the 21st. Captain
Caulfield did not arrive until tl,e 22d inst. though
1.), made iuctedibly long marches: They IrAd un-
luckily passed be:ore ; however, on the evening
of the 24th, at sunset, he got a siglret of their
camp, at iiilhant, atter a gallop of nearly 7C) miles.
A *teen banked unfortunately brought the
cavalry up in full charge, otherwise t he camp would
have been surprized, and our success of course
greater. The rascals had time-to mount and ar-
range for a regular fight, but iii spi•e of darkness,
nullahs, and fatigue on the part of our gallant:
troopers:, four hundred of them, were billed and
wounded, (luring a parsuit of seven or eight miles
iii. the <talk. This is infinitely satisfactory. Ma-
dras long cloths, silks, swords, and daggers, com-
prised our principal booty ; 211110tillt. averaged at
five or 600(} rupees. With another squadron
Captain' Caulfield thinks they w;oild not have al-
lowed a man to escape, and probably Would have
seenred goods and money to the amount of a lac
of rupees. We are on' the look-out for another
piece of good news from Major Clarke, upon.
whose position the discomfited body- must almost
of necessity fall ; he being in their direct route.
Captain Caulfield writes in confidenei' cif sor-
ptiing a third body, which is now in- full flight
towards hiin. Ilis iiircarralis may be depended
upon, and every circumstance has tended to
strengthen his hopes-. These villains hewill pro-
batit!i handle in a similar manner, and then Wird
them over to Major Clarke, who is full of energy,
activitY,- and spirits. Captain Caulfield calculates'
the fOree he' eircotintered at 3000 .horsemen; All
our damage is one 'wan wounded, four horses ditto,
and seven or eight horses missing, IWO or three of
K!tici►'l aye hern heard of, and most probably
will be recove.red. We have taken 300 tattoos-
and horses, in addition to the above-mentioned
prize articles.

Letters of the 21st ult. state that various de-
tachments of the sth cavalry were actively em-
ployed iu hunting:after another gang of matauders.
Ode division reached Belhary on the preceding
day, after,idarching 64 miles in. 24 hours.
Tlie 'other affair took place on the morning of
the 16111 tilt, at a
_spot lying seventy miles west of
Seder. On the Ist, Major' Macdowall of the
1%1 :dray t,tahlishMent, was diSpatched from Hy-
drabad With two or three einnpanies of: infantry,
'sod one thousand Mysore horse, in pursuit of a
bodt:rot the enemy, repOrtil to. be plundering to
the Southward of Doeulatabad, He came up with,
them on the-night of the'lsth, and got into their
camp unobserved.,fhe cxe,cutiowtlnneby the fire
Of bis 'ileta,chment, was not, however, great ; as
the enemy, undercover of ,the dark night, soon
took•ro Hight; and, dispersing in every direction,
succeeded in Ofecting their
,escape. Not more
than thirty or forty men were• titled or wounded.
A oiti horse we're.'captiired ; and a large
quantitforbaggage, consisting chiefly of brazets
tttensjs taken from the .villagets, and of little va-
Itie. '" A ermiSiderable number of matchlocks, spears
and swords', likewise fell into the hands of the
victors. The Mysore horse are said to have shewu
much bark wardness- on being ordered to charge.
Colonel Rossr.ll is understood to haVe gone in
quest of another band in the direction of Nun-
.