The Sun.
London, England, 1819-01-04 00:00:00

CUSTOMS LIST.

Entered Inwards, Jan. 2.—Sicilian, Ruston, Messina
11,0-mas, Wotton, Harlingen; Aurora, Jackson, Smyrna
4,M, 'Wilkie, Ancona; Volharding, Bakker, Amsterdam
kitgaretta, Buining,

lintered Outwards, Jan. 2.—.Tonge Pieter .Tacobus. Wybes,
k'tterdan); Alcrt, Ma►►n, Hamburg!) ; success, Mercer,
Serra Leone.

' cleared Outwards, Jan. 2.—William Bowers, Mason, Rot-
411ain ; Little Sally, Gibsen, Buenos Ayres; Thetis,Yarrow,
ktbadoes ; Catalina, Andrew, Rio Janeiro; Vansittart,
Nqn,rie, China ; Glory, Scott, Cadiz ; Gustaf Wasa, By-
do.; Eliza and Ann, Coeh,ey, South Whale Fishery.

THE KING'S HEALTH .—Sacurlay, a little be-
t°re twelve o'clock, tie Council of the late
, skt.spv trim have the superintendance of the
•;,NG't: person, assembled at the Upper Lodge,
‘Pinf4or, where they received the Report of the
4‘'e Doctors, as. to the state of mind and health
-,,t4 the KING during the past month, and the
:40etots having been sworn to the correctness of
by his Glace the Archbishop of CANTERBURY,
the President of the Council, the Members pre-
3ent adjourned to the Castle to visit his MA-
3T.r. Soon after one o'clock the Council broke
ap ; the Duke of MONTROSE remained to be in
'waiting on the KING during the ensuing month,
"d to have the care of the Royal Person. This
being a Quarterly Meeting, the Archbishop of
CANTERBURY prOevetkil to London, and left the
Iteport at the Privy Council Office, agreeably to
the directions of the Regency Act. Yesterday
the following Bulletin was exhibited at St.
James's Palace, by Lord ARDEN and Sir HENRY
CAMITELL, tile KING'S Lord and Groom in Wait-
in.4, and other Gentlemen in attendance :
Wmroson CASI LE, JAN. 9.—His Majesty's disorder rt.-
totins unaltered. His Majesty continues chcerittl, and in
Pod general

"H. MILFORD, " WILLIS,
" M. B 11E1,1E, " R. WILLIS."
" W. H

In consequence of Lord CASTLEREAGH not he-
recovered rim his indisposition, a Cabinet
ohncll was held at the Noble Viscount's house
in St. James's-square, at two o'clock on Satur-
tlav, which was attended by the Earl of LIVER-
Vi,colirit 81 DMOUTH, the Earl BATHURST,
the Mike tit WELL' NGTON, Mr. WELLESLEY POLE,
"I" • CANI3ING, and Air. RoEINSON. TLC Council
tuutiotted in deliberation till near four.

THE LATE MRS. tRUNTON.*

It is with deep concern that tve announce the
death of a Female Novelist, whose pen was conse-
crated to the interests of religion anti virtne. The
Author of Self Controul and Discipline has prema-
torely terminated her honourable career, in the
flower of life. This amiable woman has been
torn from the bosom of domestic felicity, and
front the enjoyment of a well-merited reputation,
almost before she had learnt to measure her intel-
lectual strength ; and whilst anticipations of fu-
ture success were inspired and authorized by the
consciousness of progressive improvement.
Mrs. BRUNTON was a native of North Britain.
tier childhood was chiefly spent in the Highlands,
and it is itot improbable that these early habits of
seclusion conspired. with native enthusiasm, to
give her character that romantic bia.s, which is in
general unt'avourable to the tranquillity of its pos-
sessor. Fortunately, however, although Mrs.
BRUNTON married the object of a first choice,
and without any regard to prudential calculation,
she married happily, and therefore wisely, a man
who pos'sessed little fortune, but a large fond of
learning and taste, and who subsequently, as a
Minister of the Kirk, engaged universally respect
and affection. In his society, and under his direc-
tion, Mrs. BRUNTON insensibly repaired the de-
fects of an ordinary education, and was gradually
awakened to the consciousness of her own pecu-
liar talents. With the approbation of her hus-
band, site at length ventured on an original work,
Self Controul, the first novel (trout a female pen)
ever published in Edinburgh. The knowledge of
this circumstance, without doubt, contributed to
create a favourable impression in Scotland, but it
must have owed to merit alone the distiognished
favour with which it was received in England.
Mrs. BRUNTON'S second novel, though less po-
pular, probably because the author was no longer
a novelty, is written upon a better plan, and is
altogether more meritorious than her lost produc-
tion. Ft om commeice with the world, and a
more liberal intercourse with society, she had ex-
tended her sphere of obset vation and expel ieoce,
amid it may fairly be presumed, that the maou-
script not-el which she was preparing for the
press, will be loom! to equal, or perhaps to sur-
pass, its predecessors.
It is impossible, without feelings of tender com-
miseratioo, to advert to Mrs. BRUNTON'S death ;
she expired shortly after having given birth to a
lifeless infant, the sole offspring of that harmo-
nious conjugal union, Which, during 20 years,
had been so crowned with a mote than ordinary
portion of human felicity.
We trust that the literary remAtis of this amiable
woman will not he withheld flout the public, and
we hope ,to see them prelaced by an account of
her life, which, however barren of incident, could
not be uninteresting or uniostroctive. -
Her character appears to Lave been formed of
no common elements. In the purity of principles,
and blameless propriety of conduct, she striking-
ly exemplified the rental k, that genius exalts wo-
man above the ordinary standard of humanity;
and that the vigorous exercise of the intellectual
powers in that sex, implies the existence, the
cultivation, the maturity of superior virtues.
Amongst our literary countrywomen, it would
not be difficult to produce living examples of filial
and conjugal affection, which might challenge
comparison with the ideal models of romance,
and compel the Poet to confess that his most de-
lighttni visions of moral beauty are reduced to in-
significance by the realities of domestic life.

• We inserted on Friday last a character of this Lady, co-
pied from The Edinburgh Courant, but her moral and intel-
lectual merits were of so superior a class, and lier death has
been a source of so much regret to her numerous friends, as
well as to all who wish for the happiness of society, which
her talents were so eminently qualified -to improve, that we
most readily submit to our Readers this original tribute to
her memory from a valuable Correspondent.

THE MARKETS.

COHN-EXCHANGE, JAN. 4.

Althongh we had but a small supply of English
Wheat this morning, and that chiefly of land-
carriage samples from Essex, yet the trade was
not so brisk as on Friday, but last Monday's
prices were obtained for that of fine quality. The
dulness experienced in the sale of NVheat to-day,
is owing to the Ports remaining open for importa-
tions from abroad till the 15th of February. Fine
Barley supports the prices of this day week 1 hut
the demand was vet y trifling, and only Fine
Samples could be disposed of ; Oats fully sup-
port last week's prices, but sales were not so brisk
as on Friday ; Beans and Peas go off ve
slowly, having but few buyers. of those articles,
and a very large quantity at Market.