The Sun.
London, England, 1818-01-19 00:00:00

POETRY.

PROSPECTIVE EPITAPH.
Here lies a Wight, stil'd Nobte upon Earth,
But whose nobility belong'tl to birth .
No titles he by merit could have gain'd,
And what be had his vanity profan'd ;
Be ne'er by bounty serv'd one useful plan, •
And *Horses he befriended more than Man.
At length, at once to make his folly known,
He prop'd SEDITION, BLASPHEMY, and Homy..

Qutere—To which of the Noble Subscribers is this
character intended to apply.

THE LATE tilsHOV OF' LANDAFF.

FOR THE SUN.

MR. EDITOII,-Your liberal and generous feel-
ing towards the memory of the above-named. Di-
vine, influenced yon, I presume, to express the
sentiments you did respecting his Lordship's cha-
racter in your Paper of Saturday night. To he
candid, Sir, you have, it is clear, lit tle knowledge
of the true character of the Lite Doctor WATsosi.
He was a pluralist of the worst cast ; and soon,
very soon, will his character be truly displayed to
The Public. He was Regius Professor of Divinity
at Cambridge, worth at least 10001. a year !
This Office he filled by Deputy; what he gave his
Deputy 1 do not know, but I recollect very well,
that in the periodical orations delivered by this
Deputy for his principal, JOHN CALVIN, the illus-
trious CALVIN, the first, best, and tritest expounder
of the Scriptures, was his constant theme of adu-
lation, though not always in the most chaste and
elegant Latin. His Lordship also held a Sinecure
Rectory in %Vales of considerable value, in addi-
tion to the See of Landaff. He had likewise
other preferment which 1 do not at this moment
recollect. 1 shall, however, feel obliged to some
of your Cambridge Correspondents to inform me,
through the medium of your excellent Paper, how
often the late Bishop resided in the University
atter he became Regius Professor of Divinity.
Indeed, to say whether, in the estimation of Cam-
bridge men, he is entitled to the high character
given him, for purity of principle and correctness
of conduct, by The Morning Chronicle, and other
venal Prints.

VERAX.

Chapter Coffee House.

KING'S THEATRE.

Miss CORRI, of whom Report had spoken in
thellighest terms as likely to eclipse even CATA.
LANI, made her first appearance, on Saturday last,
at this Theatre, as The Countess, in Le Nozze di
Figaro. It was evident that her friends were much
too sanguine, for, though much allowance ought
to be made for the timidity naturally attendant on
youth, appearing before one of the most intelli-
gent audiences that this, or perhaps any country
can produce, yet there was certainly no indica-
tion of those transcendant merits which rumour
had assigned to her. Her voice is pleasing in tone,
but not extensive or powerful. She sings with
feeling, but with no great expression. As an
actress we will not decide on her merits at pre-
sent.. It is sufficient that her manners were un-
ffeved and easy. Her figure is genteel, slid i
her face is not handsome, it is nat uninteresting.
FoDon, who had previously performed the Coun-
tess with success, on this occasion took the part of
Susanna, which she supported with spirit and hu-
mour, and the airs of which she gave with great
taste, feeling, and judgment. There was several
encores. AMBROGETTI, if by no means a first
rate singer, is a spirited and effective actor. He
performed The Count very well, and NALDI dis-
played his humorous non chalance in Figaro. As
we can ;ay little in favour of the new ballet, we
shall say nothing. There. was no (lance between
the acts. The house was crowded; and made a
very brilliant appearance.

CORN-EXCHANGE, JAN. 19.—We had but few
fresh Arrivals this morning, principally from Essex
and Kent, and the Tuttle in general dull ; Wheat
is from Is. to 2s. per quarter lower than this (lay
week ; Fine Barley, Malt, and Oats sold on the
same terms as this day week, but buyers in general
appear to be waiting for further supplies ; in
Pease and Beans there is no alteration.

The ship Grace, DAVIE (with Officers, passen-
gers, bound to South America), which was seiz-
ed at Cowes, has been liberated, and arrived at
the Motherbank, preparatory to proceeding for
St. Thomas's, the first fair wind.—Major Locx-
Ylift, and the other Officers who had engaged their
passage in the above ship, and were subsequently
concerned in a duel, at Cowes, with Lieutenant
SUTTON COCHRANE, it is ascertained, sailed for
South America in a brig, a few days after the fatal
.event took place.
Lieut. EDWARD BAILEY, who was killed in the
duel last Monday, was buried yesterday at St.
Anne's, Soho : the body was followed to the
grave by a great number of his brother officers,
many of whom were maimed, having lost a leg or
an arm. The deceased was but 26 years of age.
A rencontre of an unpleasant nature took place
yesterday, about tour o'clock, in Hyde Park, be-
tween Mr. T. CLEARY and Mr..J. W. PERKINS,
the former on foot, the latter on horseback. Mr.
Cleary vaulted over the railing which encloses the
ride, as Mr. Perkins passed by, and sans ceremoni
commenced horsewhipping Mr. Perkins with all
his might, and afterwards resumed his walk in the
Park, and Mr. Perkins rode on. Shortly after
Mr. Perkins dismounted, and followed Mr.Cleary,
when a scuffle ensued, Mr. Perkins with his fists
and Mr. Cleary with his horsewhip, when several
Genthnen interfered, and prevented - any fur-
ther hostility. We understand this disagreeable
occurrence took place in consequence of Mr. Per-
kins having refused to give Mr. Cleary a meeting,
the latter supposing himself to !lava been insulted
a few days since by Mr. Perkins.--(British Press.)