The Sun.
London, England, 1828-09-30 00:00:00

YORK MUSICAL FESTIVAL.

THE SHERIFFS' STATE EQUIPAGES.

The carriages built for Mr. Booth and Mr. Cope-
land are extremely elegant, surpassing, in beauty of
design and richness of embellishment, even those of
the Ex-hcritTs. Mr. Booth's which, of course,
was the only one publicly exhibited on Sunday, is a
full-sized chariot, having the body painted a pale
yellow. On the panels are exquisitely emblazoned
the City Arms, with their supports, crest, &c. On
the doors are placed the Arms of the County of
Middlesex, and on the side panels the Coopers'
Arms, richly wrought, being those of the Company
to which Mr. Booth belongs. The body of the car-
riage is finished by a scroll in unburnished gold, and
round this rich silver mountings are placed. The
wheels are azure blue, richly gilt; and so are the
standards, springs, &c. The lamps are costly,
having cut glass vases and burners, surrounded with
acorn foliage in dead silver. The hammercloth is
of superfine blue cloth, trimmed with white silk
fringe, and ornamented with the City Arms, worked
in dead silver. The lining of • the chariot is of blue
and white watered silk ; and the window-glasses are
framed in white velvet.

The style of Mr. Copeland's carriage is similar in
design to Mr. Booth's : its colour is a deep rich
velvet marone, the sides decorated with a scroll,
supporting at the extremities the City Arms, and
those of the Goldsmiths' Company. On the outer
panels are emblazoned the County Arms. The
banners of the City, of the Goldsmiths' Company,
and the Royal Standard, are also here beautifully
depicted ; or► the rails are the family arms. The
mountings are highly gilt, having a line of dead gild-
ing: the hammer-cloth is of white superfine cloth,
edged with rich gymp fringe: on the hangers are the
arms of Mr. Copeland. The interior of the chariot
is lined with white and blue silk.

Mr. Booth's livery is very costly : the coat is of
lah►e cloth, but so much crowded with silver lace as
almost entirely to eclipse the cloth. The trowsers
are of white cassimere : the hat trimmed with a
profusion of ornaments. The carriage excited much
attention.

.. We have just -seen an admirable portrait of the
Baroness GREY DE Runtvx, engraved in the first style of
excellence, from a miniature by Miss KENRICK. It will,
we understand, appear in to- morrow's:La Belle Assemblee,
and form one of the series of the English female nobility.

The amount of duty upon strong beer brewed
in-England and Scotland in 1827 was 14,172,2391.

The number of quarters of barley :flak upon
which duty was paid in the year 1827, England, Scot-
land, and Ireland, was 3,488,793.

The total number of gallons of proof spirits
distilled in the United Kingdom during the year ending the
sth of January, 1828, was 19,681,426 ; and the amount
of duty 4,176,535/. 15s. H.
It has been observed, in reference to the trades
of the new Sheriffs, that one makes the Liquor and the ether
the cups.

CowEs, SEPT. 27.—For some time past an
unhappy wretch, supposed to have escaped from some
lunatic asylum, has frequented the woods adjoining this
town, to the great affright and annoyance of our females,
and as yet has eluded the vigilance of those employed to
take hitu.

been repeatedly Shocks of earthquakes having
experienced in the neighbourhood of Cowrie and Crieff,
during the last summer, the inhabitants of Strathearn are
quite au fait in discovering their symptoms. A corre-
spondent in Cowie tells us that another shock was felt
there on Sunday se'mught about half-past eleven at night,
which set the doors and windows of the houses, the bottles
and crockery upon the dressers, &c. shaking and rattling
in a manner which to cars less accustomed to the sound
would have been quite terrific.—Stirling Journal.

A correspondent informs us that a worthy
friend of his, Mr. Moos, of Whiteparish, has in his pos-
session a brace of partridges, which have become so ex-
tremely tame, that they will fly in and out of his kitchen
and take their food from his hand, and may be constantly
seen in the orchard running about with a few fowls and an
old:turkey. He has also a fawn that follows him about
the farm, and will accompany him to any distance like a
dog ; and a brood of wild ducks, that will occasionally
take a flight some distance round the farm, and at pleasure
alight in the pond again.—Humpshire Advertiser.