The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-04 00:00:00

Mourn, Sons of Science, she your, value found;

Genius in her a fostering hand had known ;
Nor did her sex or age her learning hound—
Knowledge and early wisdom were her own.
And Art and Taste, with true devotion crown'd.
Oh ! ye the wisest, weak is all your skill,
The stricken mind -to south in this unlook'd-for ill.

Mourn ye, the Nobles of the- Land, who dwelt
In the lov'd presence of our country's boast ;
With keener sorrow must your feeling melt—
More than a Mistress, you a Friend have lost,
With whom you spoke and thought, and smil'd, and, felt.
So live, that you may hope o❑ High to meet,
And mingle minds again before Eternal Seat.
Mourn ye, the l)esolate, for ye have known

A Royal ear attentive to your cry ;
One whoa► all state and happiness did crown,
Who turn'd not from the squalid wretch her eye,
But made a fellow-mortars pain ber own ! •
Oh, Claremont ! thy 'km woods what eye shall trace,
Nor see her Spirit shine through all the place!.

Ye Mothers mourn, whose smiling infants press

The glowing cheek, and lisp a father's dame ;
She hop'd like you a cherisli'd spouse to bless
With all th' endearing joys which paveuts
claim—
The pangs of death her fainting frame oppress—,
Bereav'd of hope, with meek and pious wind,
" GOD'S will be done,;' she said, and died ►esign'd !

Our humble reed forbids to-paint the woe,
The sacred sorrow of caeh [toyal breast;
From lips august when-pbtints of anguish flow,
A sorrowing people sinks at once depress'd,
And feels through ev'ry class th' o'erwhelming Wow.
To Htx whose power the hearts of Kings shall guide,
We pray to spare the Father he has tried!

THE FORTUNATE UNKNOWN..—'.Bets were offered
yesterday at the Club-houses, in St. James's-
street, of one hundred guineas to fifty, that the
young Gentleman, Mr. GUNSTONE, who lately_
has been so much talked possess a clear
income of five hundred thousand pounds. Mr. G.
is in his eighteenth year. Rumour having-given
credence to the idea that Font hilt Abbey was for
sale, an overture was made last week by an agent
deputed expressly for that. purpose ; the reply
was, '' It is not to be .sold."—Arrangements are
making for the introduction of. this young man
into fashionable lite; but previous to which, we
hear,, he will be married ; in fact, in a few days,
he will lead to the hymeneal altar a rich and high-
ly accomplished young Ladv.—(ll/crning Post.)
THE LONDON PALAIS 11.0YAL.-011 ,Monday
last the workmen commenced their labours, at the
western angle of the grounds attached to Burling-
ton-house, -Piccadilly. The grand entrance will,
of course, be. at the south end, and extend to
Cork-street. We .are told that the architectural
arrangements will be quite upon a nouvelle plan.
The wholeis a .speculat ion quite unconnected with
Lord GEO. CAVENDISH'S improvements.--(/bid)

BRISTOL, Nov. 29.---Abont eight o'clock in
the morning of Thursday se'nnig►ht,. an alarming
fire broke out. on board the Sarah, •a West India-
nian, lying near. Prince's-stri4t Bridge. On the
preceding Tuesday. morning. some charcoal had
been pLced belOw in il,pot,for the purpose of de-
stroying the rats ; the' fire from which probably
communicated to the floor. When the compa-
nion :loch- was opened at the above hour the paint
was tonnd blistered, and immediately after, on
the admission of the air, the whole cabin was in
a blaze. The. prompt arrival of the fire-engines
prevented the flames from extending farther than,
the cabin and state-rooms, which, however, were
completely destroyed. A sailor was seriously hurt
-in his exertions to extinguish the fire, and was
carried to the Infirmary.
DESPERATE OOTRAGE.---,AbOta seven o'clock
one morning last week, a hackney-•coach drove
to the fluor of a Mrs. Price, of East-lane, Wal-
worth, and on Mrs. Price going to the doOr,
ten or a dozen fellows rushed hat° the passage,
seized hold of her, and in a most barbarous aml
brutal rummer forced her into the coach, and
bore her, away, pretending that they were acting
tinder legal authority. A party of the sane•
gang soon returned to her house, and stripped
.it of every article of value. .The peculiarity
of the circumstance prevented many persons fron►
taking'that interest in the affair which the nature
of it. deserves, and all who beheld it fancied they
were acting tinder some substa►►tial authority, and
allowed them to pass in the counnisson of their
supposed duty; without attempting to interrupt
them.

THE THEATRES.

DRURY-LANK: A new Performer, named
FISHER, his appearance_ 1;4,4 night at this

Iteatre in the character of Macbeth, one of the
lost difficult in the whole rut►u'l of the Drama.

It was a-bold 'attempt, but he displayed ability
enough to prove that it was not a rash one. He
possesses a tolerable figure and a good voice. He
is by no means defective in judgment, for he
gave a. correct outline of the part, and in some
of the scenes was very successtul. He seems not
to want stage-practice, for in his dumb sliety, and
in hi; general action, yotig as he appears, he
seems not to be .a novice. He had a host of
friends in the house; but the favourable recep-
tion which attended:him, appeared to be the re•
stilt of general approbation—at le.ist of kitontess.
CoveNT-GAROBN.-A new Farce, entitled Hus-
bands and Wives, was brought forward lost ntgl:::
at this Theatre. They, who want to escape f=ont
Shelias' Officers, may_ learn many expedients
from this Farce, ant the Sheriffs' Officers may also
learn expedients tor pursuit. Such was the scope of
the main plot of this piece, is diverting in
itself, and which was well supported by the Per-
formers, particularly JON Es, who is the hero of
the piece, EMBRY, BL,‘NCHAUD, TOKIM,Y, AB-
BOTT, MISS BOOTH, Miss.FOOTE, and ths. Fat:-
CIT.-It was announced for repetition this even-.
jug, with general consent'.