The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-11 00:00:00

CATHOLIC BOARD.

A 111etting tif, the Catholic Board, pursuant to
adjournment, Rook place on the 4th inst. in Dub-
lin, OWEN O'CONtifij Lsq. in the Chair. The
subject was The Rhemish Pible, and the Chairman
strongly condemned the Notes to that work, al-
!edging that they were contr try to the rloctrines
of the Roman Catholic Church, though Dr. Titoy,
the Titular Arch-Bishop of Dublin, gave his sanc-
tion to the publication. The Chairman vehemently
censured The British Critic, for its comments on
the aforesaid Bible. Our Readers will recollect,
that we took the whole of the excellent Critique
on that hible from Tho British Critic, and our
Paper was particulatly coveted on that day. Af-
ter some debate, the motion of Mr. O'CONNFLL
eras put and carried in the following words :

" That a Committee be appointed to draw up an Address
on the occasion of the late publication of the Rhemish Testa-
ment, with a view to 'have the same submitted to an Aggre-
gate Meeting," and the followihg Gentlemen were named as
the Committee :—The Chair►aan, Mr. O'CONNELI„ Mr. Sc
Ll', Mr. O'KELLY, Mr. MAUON, and Mr. ENEAS M'DoNNEI.L.

The Board adi maned to Tuesday next, when
the motion relative to the Rev Mr. HAYES IS tw
come under conNideration.

Air.ol;oamANT was called to the Chair, and
the Thanks of the Meetinv, were unanimously
given to OWEN o.CoNoa, Esq. their Chairman.

SWEDEN.

STOCKHOLNI. Nov. 20.

EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER.]

We received yesterday, by way of. Harnburgh,
the melancholy intelligence of the death of her
Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales.
The King and Piinet, Royal were both of them
very deeply affected with the calamity which has
fallen, not only on the Royal Family of England,
but' on the whole British nation, who bad at-
tached the dearest hopes to the existence of that
young Princess.
Lord Strangford not hsving received the news
direct from London, Baron Rehansen undertook,
on the proposal of , the Minister for Foreign At-
fairs, Count Engestrom, to announce'to his Ex•
eellency this event, in order to spare hint the
afiliciing surprise of reading the news in a Ga-
zette, without being prepared for it. Lord Stran-
ford was extremely grateful for this attention.
Yesterday, in the evening, the King and the
Prince Royal sent each their respective Chamber-
lains to wait
‘npon Lord Strangford, to express
riteir compliments of condolence, and to testify
their deep sympathy in the melancholy loss which
the Prince Regent and. the whole of the English
nation have suffered.

PRIOR PARE...77A most ridiculous paragraph,
stating that -Mrs. TnosaAs had lately addressed
the QUEEN in 0 ton familiar (and, if true, it must
have been considerecl an impertinent) manner, has
appeared in several papers ; hut we possess the
means of knowing that not a word had passed
(*rom Mrs. TIViNAS to her MAJESTY, on her
(hiving through Prior Park. [lad even an op-
portunity presented itself„ we are persuaded that
this Lady, as every other member .of her com-
munity, possesses too high a sense of decorum
to be (2 uilty of Any such impropriety.—(Bath
Chronicle)

P 0 E Its.

SVORNI

BY MR. LIIMrSTo,:s:.
'Enjoy, rain Mao, the to-rin,,

The present hour trill soon be past,
The laden board will pass away,
The worm will feed on thee at last.

Quick circle round the gotilet flood,
To-dny the banquet brims for thee ;
;I'3 -al or row he will pledge. thy blood
In dark sepulchral revelry.

Rich are the dailitie_s that he knows,
From beauty's pale lio sips the dew;
Diets upon her velvet rose,
Aud eats the heart of valour through.

He shall impress a❑ icy hiss,
Where warmer lovers vainly sighed;
;Pie secrets of that heart are his,
Where never yet observer pryer!.

And, if within the sage's brain
Of learning past,remaineth aught,•
wander through and through again,
And trace the labyrinth of thoiT,lit.

Yet start not, slumherer, he will creep,
Lighter than feather, o'er thy breast;
Nur mat one moment of thy sleep—
A -harmless, inoffensive, guest.

Unfelt. as•Titne's light.shadow
E'en tee thyself the change unknown ;
The ,worn that gnaws, and never dies,
• Exists in living breasts alon

THE THEATRE.

Mr, Fistfea, who has acquitted himself so
respectably in Richard and Macbeth, last night ap-
peared in filmlet at Prurv-Lane Theatre. Ile
by no means lessened. his reputation by his per-
formance, but rather increased it, by skewing, the
variety of his powers.. lie did not seem ambi-
tious of eliciti.ug novelties, but contented hiMself
witit a plain and manly exhibition of the part.
lie is too apt to wear.a smile which gives an ap-
pearance of levity to his performances, and some-
times, if not familiar, he seems to be too easy for
the weighry matter which he is delivering. For
instittlCC, •in the celebrated soliloquy " To be or
not to be," there was too light a Walther in some
of the passages, nor was it marked through the
whole with that solemn meditation which it re-
quires; but his performance altogether was credit-
able to his talents, and not unworthy of the London
boards. lie was liberally applanded.—The play
teas followed by a dramatic Romance, entitled
Lilliput, lon tided on •Mr. Gauniclt'S piece of the
same mime. It was represented by children be-
tween six and twelve yea's old, with the exception
of Mr. ifiGNIAN, who performed the part of
Gulliver. The disproportion between the Lilli-
putians and Gulliver was as much as was practicable
considering the powers and capacity of the little
agents, and they supported their parts with eNua-
ordinary abilities. lie i*ce is amusing, and
indeed diverting. It was very well receiver:, and
will doubtless be very attractive to the holiday
visitors. The house was full.

It. is said that Mr. KEAN has offered himself at
Covent-Garden Theatre, and that it is probable
he will appear there next season. Managers, it
seems, whatever may be the merit of their dramatic
treasures, are never without a plot.
The Beggar's Opera has- been driven with indig-
nation from the Stage of New York, and we
heartily wish that the audience of London would do
the same. It set ved its purpose at the time when
it was written, viz. to lidicule the Italian Opera,
and to satirize the Ministry ot Sir 14..0"E'Etur WAL-
POLE • That it coniain3 wit and limnour no man
can deny, but it is of a lon, description, and the
general 'tendency of the piece renders it a nursery
for thieJes and women of the town. By the way,
front motives of justice aid humanity to
Actors and Actresses, it would be well it The
'ltalian Opera were to share the same fate, for it
is the asylum for mischievous foreigners, who
spread profligacy and republican principles, to
corrupt our honest countrymen.

CAMBRIDGE.

FOR THE SUN.

NR. EDITOR,—,I will thank any of your learned'
Readers to inform me, through the medium of
your excellent PaPer, if Mr SedeaUt MILLER'S
AceOunt of the'University of Cambridge is a book
of any authority, and in what estimation the writer
was held by his legal cotemporaries.—The title of
the work is An Account of the University of
" Cambridge and the Colleges there; being a
plain Relation of many of their Oaths, Statutes
" and Charters ; by whiiTh it will appear, the tie-
" cessity the present Members lie,under of entlea-
" vowing to. 'obtain such Alterations. a's may
'' rendir 'ent practicable, and more suitable to the
'' present Times.—Together with a few natural
" and easie Methods, KoW the Legislature may
" for the future fix that, and the other great Mir-
" sery of Learning, in the tine Interest of the
" Nation and PROTESTANT Succession. By Ed-
mond 'Wier, Sedeant at Law. Sui cernnz est
nisi vas, quodeUnque in fundis, acescit. Lott-
" (1611, printed and sold by J. Baker, at the Black
" Boy, in Pater Noster-row, 1717."—This Writer
was, it is understood, a .warm Partisan of the
‘Vhig-s, but whether he held 'silty official situation
in the University I do not know.
loth Dec. 1817. A.

THE APPROACHING FIGHT AT NORWlCH.—Taes-
day next is the day appointed tor 'a renewal of the
combat between Sutton,
.t he formidable black, and
Painier, st Norwich, and it excites nine!' interest
ainongs' the London amateurs as well as with those
of Norwich. The purse of 1.00 guineas is given
by the Norwich people, Who are his pall tins, to
afford him au opportunity. of recovering the lair-.
rels winch Lis sable azdvcrstoy ‘vrested front him at
Moulsev durst ou tbe 23d of Jolt, last. That bat'le
lasted 48 minutes and 10 secol,ds. Painter led
throughout but the Black wo:4 by Owen's gene-
rabshiP in seconding. Most of the fiequenters of
the London ring will repair to Norwich, as thete
will be cockin& and other amusements for the
diamonds to cut at.

MAJESIT), &c.

BAT!? , 11'14inpvicrq .i.forniag..—Yeste raay.

i? 1,4, Olt! 1)1131) tvas clowded. to

overflo.w. 15y 11,11 - p t eigl,t o'clock there wire

present the Duke of CLYIENCE, Lord John
Thynne, Lady Thytine, 'Gener,il Joh 'son, the
.Matchioness of Bath, Mr. Vansirtart, Sir
and,Licly 134teman, the Hot) Mrs. Coekayne, Sir
Henry Campbell, Lieutenant-Colonel Cooper, the
lion. Colonel Murray, and a numerous assem-
blage of rank and faihion.
The QOEEN took but half the usual quantity of
the water, and, by the advice of her resident
Physician, Dr. Gibbes, she will omit it altogether
till Friday morning.
At, one o'clock yesterday, the Queen, the Prin-
cess Elizabeth, and the Duke of Clarence, attend-
ed by Lady llchester, rode out in a carriage and
four as for as Swainswick, a picturesq :e village
about three miles from Bath, on the Gloucester
road, famous as the site of the fat m where King:
Bladmi was once a swineherd, and also as bein;.:
the residence of the celebrated Prynne, in tht.
reign of Chat les 1.

Whilst the Royal Family were out, a Deputatiort
front Bristol arrived at the Queen's House, con—
sisting cif Aldermen Daniel and Frippe, and the
Sheriffs Abraham and George Hi!house, with art
invitation to the Royal Family to, visit that City.
They were received by Colonel Desbrowe, Nvho
informed them, in the afternoon, that her Majesty
wished to pass through Bristol in as private a
manner as possible. . .

In the atternoon the Princess Elizabeth batherl
at the Hetling Court Hot Bath, attended by Lady
Ilckester.

At eight o'clock last night, tl►e Duke of Clarence
honoured the Asse►nbly at the Lower ROOM witlk
his presence.

The Queen and their Royal Highnesses, at nine
o'clock to-morrow morning, will proceed on their
intended excursion to Clifton, where they will
take tefreshment, hut will return to Bath to din-
ner. The expected visit to King's Weston will
not take place'._ The Royal party, however, on
their route to Clifton, will pass through most of
the principal streets of Bristol.
Mr. Vansittart left k -House, about eleven
o'clock this morning, on a visit to the Dean of
Bristol, and will return in the suite of her
ila-
jesty to-morrow.

The arrivals in tl:e books to-clay are

Viceilihniral Sir David ,and Lady Gould; Mrs. Gormerf,
sister to the Solicitor-General of Ireland, in Seymour-place;
Lieut.-Colonel Foster; Lieut.-Colonel Heathcote, White
Hart ; Rev. - Cater, in the Crescent ; Lady Sullivan and
family, Bath-street ; Mr. and Mrs. Templeman, Paragotil
Mr. Stanley Carey, Yorlt House; Colonel Butler and family;
Bev. liolt'aritig, Brock-street ; awl Mr. Hepworth, Vulte-
ney-strect.

ANECDO I'ES

0 TEt6

LATE LAMENTED PRIN7CE,S CHARLOTTE.

Some time ago, the Rev. Mr. Wtecox, of Lan:
don, was greatly interested for a young man, then
under sentence of death, alfd was induced (as the
most probable means of succeeding) to solicit the
Royal Mercy through the intercession of the
Princess CuAaeorrE.—With this view he begged,
and immediately obtained, an interview With her
Royal Highness ; and his statement soon excited
in her breast an interest equal ro his own. She
pledged herself to•lose no time in laying the case
before her Royal liather, and to do her, utmost to
obtain a remission of the sentence., Mr. Wtecox
felt exceedingly grateful, and,. on retiring, ob-
served that the only return•he.cquld mske, (a re-
turn which he assured her, he.should not fail to
present,) was, to offer up to Heaven his poor
prayers on her Royal Highness's behalf. " Mr.
Wiecoie," interrupted 'she, " don't. call your
prayers ' poor prayers,' for the prayer of a righ-
teous man availed) much !'" From this pleasing
incident, (it has been well observed,) two vain-
ale inferences may he drawn—First, her Royal
Highness's intimate acquaintance with her Bible ;
and secondly, the sense, she entertained of the
value and importance of Prayer ! " Her witness
is in Heaven—her retort! is on high."
Mrs. H. lady who had formerly -held some
office in the Household, and had a share in the
education of the Princess, called some time ago at
Claremont, in' order to pay her respects, &c: to
her Royal Highness, whom she found at a table,
covered
.with papers, relating - to. household ac.
counts, bills, receipts, &c. She Was instantly ad•
mitred, moat kindly and heartily received, and re•
proached for having been so long absent.—" We
were speaking of you the other day," said the
Princess, " and I was 'telling. my husband how
much 1 was indebted to your care." She thett
spoke of her marriage, of her domestic af-
fairs, and described. herself as the happiest
woman, and her husband' as the best of men
in the kingdom ; "by the bye," said sbe, " have
you ever seen Cosouao ?'' Mrs. 11. replied, that
she had never yet had the honour, which she re-
gretted, and of as hick she 'was very desirous.—
" Then you shall have it directly," said her Royal
Highness,.and going into,an inner room, she re-
quested her Consort to come and
,receiVe her
friend Mts. 1-.1. who she presentee! As the person
of whom she had often spoken to him with
teem and affection. His Serene Highness ex•
pressed himself highly pleased with the introduc-
tion, and after conversing a few minutes in the
most courteous and affable manner, retired,
regretting that )tis occupations would not
permit him to remain. "He is very busy," said
the Princess, " in
,his department, as I 11/11
mine,.looking over, and pajing our monthly ac-
counts, but I have been quicker than he, and have
thane. This is the first Monday in ~tfie
month, and when yon corncob that day, you wilt
always find us employed in the same manner, for
we are deterthined to live within our income and
not to get into debt." She then artoroed her pall
pets, and attended her visitor round the groandos,
&c. of her roidence.

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