The Sun.
London, England, 1816-12-26 00:00:00

GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS OF RUSSIA.

Ott • Saturday, his imperial Highness walked
along the different streets of the New Town, hi
company with a single gentleman, but did not
'tisk any place
Yesterday, 'at nue' o'elock,'the 6th dragoon
guards, from 'Piershill BaVrackii, and the 92d Te-
ginient, from the Castle, were drawn up in trout
of the Royal Hotel, Prinee's•Streef. 'When his
iliglniess came omit from the hOtel, he mounted
a grey chatger, and was saluted by the 'troops
with presented arms, &c. He then rode along
the• line, both in front and rear: Having taken
his station at the loot of Hanover-street, accom-.
Ponied by the 'Commander of the Forces, the Of-
leers of the North.. British Staff, and a Russian
Aide;-de-Camp, the) troops passed his Hignness
first in slow, lime anti then in quick time—the ea-
iPalrY stmigly. he troops then marched off,' and
Highness retorned to the Royal Hotel. He
was dressed io the unit'ortnUf the Russian cinards,
a dark greet% cc at, .with Orange cuffs and large
silver .elitinli:ttes, and. 'wore a star on his breast.
His Aide-de-Camp was hi a siniihr dress, but had
rin epaulette?. At t,so o'clock kisitad.
Vie College in a private manner, also Heri.ut's
and Watson's Hospitals, the Riding School, &c.
:He likewise inspected. Piershill Barracks. In the
sftetnoon hitt-Ugliness gave ats elegant dinner at
the Royal 'Hotel, to the Lord Provost, elle Lord
Advocate, the Commander of the Forges, Ailtni-
tal Sir IV. Johnstone Hope. ;Ind several other
Gentlemen belonging, to this city.
Thii day the
,Grand lltike Nieholas and hit
suite iitrt the Royal Uutel (Nlacculloch's), in foar
ammo) four; with tour onfrriders. They
go to Chisgbw 1)y Linlithgow and Carron. The
Carriages pelting; to the Prince Regent, Mt quite
plain, and are only used tor travelling.' Two of
the out.4iders arc in the Rtiyal liVery.---(Edin-
itrgh Courant, Monday);

EARL STANHOPE.....—The Mirka! of Earl S•r,it •
hare took: place on Tuesday last: The corpse
interrtd in the family traOlt fit
The ceremony was conducted With the Utmost
possible plainness, .agreeably to the direetioni in
the. Noble Lord's will. There Were neitlier
beetle nor mourning coaches, but' the body was
tarried to the grave. The chief mourners *ere
his:son,- the Hon. Colonel Stanhope, and Bon-
in-law, Mr. Taylor. It was attended by Lord
ilolland, Lord Grantley, Mr. Jekyll, .‘lr Dyer,
;he Rev. Dr. Cartwright, Mr. Stone, Mr. Polhill,
Ile. Murray, Mr. Varley. &c.---by the Mihle
Latl't,t will, dated in 1805, he. appoints ten exe-
cutors,.viz. Lord:Holtann, Lord Grantley, Joseph
Jekyll, • EN. Goorge Dyt-r, Esq. the Rev. C.
WyTill, Dr. Goodwin, Inc
_Rev. TOIM 'North,
DitTid Stone, F,rl. the Rev. Dr. Gregory, anti
ihe lics . Mr. It(Winion, The two loyA
ipen art, dead. To tllL'e executors,' utter a few
legacies, he leaves all his 'dispoable property.
kik f.,rnilyareltittnentioneri in the will, but thry
ere sil entitled 'to certain sums by the 'yardage
setitemet.its ; Hmt the present Stanhope 311C-
tads to the family estate, Worth 12,0001. per
Suirum-,

LEADS RIOTS.---The last Leeds Mercury, ad-
Vrrtitig to the t bits reported toh..ve. taken place
there by ' The York Herald, siqs:-.'" This, we
believe. is o,e. first intimation the inhabitants of
this town have had of this intended riot ; and we
should like to know the authors of surmises so
tinfounded, and sp injurious to the character of
the populace of this place, who have never evinced
the slightest tendency to riot or outrage. We are
autltOrisell to add, that the advance of the thin.-
tarty 40 T•ikester, was neither by the order nor
the privity of the
.Magistrates of this borough,
who bad no intimation whatever of any breach "t
the peace being in contemplation, and whiclr,
bad such an intention existed, they would 11ave
beets apprised of. It is probable, therefore, that
some mischievous person has been practising what
i 8 railed a hoax upon the Military Commandant
York.--ii is a subject,, however, Which ought
to be investigated."

M Rs. COUTTS—MigiVa/e'o C I%
tributed
.comfort yesterday to
stipwaras of 2000
objeett of real comprission and dis Tress. It is not
Possible to describe scene which presented
itself at so early au hour as ten in the morning,
at which time Mrs. Conttt.arrived fro:it town to
,
witness the proper distribution of her charity.--
An assemblage of the nntortunatc, from the age of
10 to 90, isail Colleftted abottt.nine in the morn.
in 2. The most respectable tradesmen of Iligh-
gatc
hHd, Ole last Mnittit, hero retiorqed to
search' the abodes ti the antortanite poor; and
Omir who were' considered real 64-els of hrneA:
reute, many with six, seven, aO4ighrehildren,
reedited sealed 1;c:cos, with the 'mintier of chil-

(ken On the ticket, which, when presented.,
tided the partite to obtain relief ininead., meat,
Clothing, and money.- according to the descriptitin
given in the ticker, certified. hy a signature. One
thousand of those tickets were i's-sued. The whole
of the poor of Hiyhgate, with the most distrePsed
of ffampstead, and Horosey, rereived aid, and at.
tone o'clock nor ►►ne poor. ohjeet..requiring re-
lief, appeared ►tt the gates of Holly Lodge. Inde-
pendent of this holiday, and yearly gift, h 0 poor
and deserviug old WOMAR receive weekly, from

. ,
the same hand, three shillings per week ; 12 aged
woinell Ids° in the alms-house the same, with
each a sack of coals ; and 100 of the poor, every
Saturday:during the Thur severe months of the
winter, a dinner of the 'hest soup, and half a
pound of prat._ •

Lambeth Parish.—The popnlons and wealthy
psrish of Lan►heth recently held a Meeting, to pro-.
ride for the distressed inhabitants, and eatne to
Resolutions appointing a Committee of Gentle-
men to solicit the bounty of their fellnw-pa-
rishioners, with view to raise a fund sufficient
to give employment to the inthistrionq poor now
nit of work. His Grace the Archbishop of Can.

terhury subscribed 501. Front the. Walent eitate
there was given, through the hands of the Church.
wardens, &c. 2001. and the wet- by Rector, the
Rec. Dr. Wordsworth, gave 231. These examples
were followed by many respectable individnalq,
and much good is expected to arise from this
benevolence.

Brighton, Dee. 2.—Yestertlay, the whole of
the poor poptiLition of this town end peightiow-
hood ‘'ere supplied with trent end bread, tier:or/l-
ine to the number of their .fruniiies, from the
bounty of the 'Prince Regent, who was iiesitntis

that every one
,should e•njnv ,►t gond Cheigtopcs
dinner. A plan was obsetved in the distribution
nt the ithee,il provi.cion. of• Fits Royal, Highness,
that deserves part;cular notice On the clay pre-
ceding, every npplic•nt was furnished with a ticket,
eperifying the ►veight cd. meat; anti viunibelr Of
loaves. Tn preve►►t confusion, the provisions
were delivered in four parts of the town,- under
proper assi•talits ; acid, in less than th►ee boors,
more than, 3000 persons were furnished. with up,
(wards of .g:ioo:bs..of excellent beef, an.l 10;00,0

Ina quarter'''. loaves, It was gratifying to see
he poor carry, away their charitable donations
isith such expressions of thankfulness and eon-
iinthient.—The nova! bounty was not limited to

his seasonable rrlief, for ilk Royal Highness

or!er.,ed that fl selection of the most -ntstrterotti
families should receive, this morning, an extra
allweakiee of meat, bread; vegeiables, beer, and,
in short., every ..nperfinnns artirde from the kitchen
and larde'rs of the Pkrvilion, to be fairly distributed
itomng
•

The Heti. Wm. INTALME, of Pantimre, with a
patriotic and benevolent spirit, And. to excite the
exertions of the fishermen. Of the East and IVpst
Haven (fisbinz villages on,his erste); has offered
preminms of 201. 151: and 101. to ttpy tht•ee boats
who shall,_ betwixt flit. 17th Deeentber and the
15th April,next, 'bring the largest t'ittatitity of fish
roshor:, and sell them at the most .Moderate price
to t -e labouring and intinstrioilis poor.;
Lord JAMBS MURRAY, on his departore from
Dankebl, on the 14th inst. left to each of the pa-
iishes of Dtmiteld and Little 50/..ster.

tri h. given to the most needy, and this over
trod atmve many-private charities it.oin himself and
Noble Lady, during their residence t►t Dunkeld.

Mr. Poort and Miss CitithaNt art performing at
Newesslle-tspolf-Tyn6,

Mr. Binav, who Made bh debut at Covent-
Garden Theatre last season, in the .characters
Shyloeli and Sif ..drchy Macsarcosm, has t e-appeared
at :New-York. The American Newspapers speak
angrily of his itteptiOn in England, and accuse
us of envy and all finchatitableneSs towar4s tracs7
drlantic'talent. To support this charge' they as-
scrt, that Mr. BIBBY was wdrsti than unfa-
vourably, received. lie was hospitably grrated
with shouts of Off! or before he hid ulteiell
line of his character.", On the contrary, Mr.
Biucv was, on Dais entre, encouraged by cheers,
arul,.upon the whole, very favourably received in
Loudon.

PocsoN.---The common Soft Soap used with
.niter is uPreventive of the Venereal Infection.

It is" possible, therritare, from the circumstance,
that if instantly used after the inflietidtt of the
wound, it may prevent the fatal effects of the Bite
of a Mad Dug, l'uttANTHuoPus.

Christmw Bares • and New Yr«r's Gifts !--the
very best that ran he given or received, are td be
had at CARTEIei, Nti..B. Uniting Cross.--,13y the
purchase of Lottery Shares, you may secure to
yourself or friends ki 11 absolute fortune.—The risk
is what every one
.Clll4. afford ; the fortunate con-
sequences are what every one desires. Instead,
therefore, of merely wishing children or friends a
itappy new year, make it one, by giving thew a
probable chance of prosperity for lite.

A HINT To CHRISTMAS PARTIOS.«...A 6013011-
,IWe I)ucliess,‘high approving of the present Stale
Lottery .Selietne , (in which it will be seen that
the small Prizes are much increased
there being 800 of 25 Gitineits, and die lowtst
being 17 Pounds), recommended at her last,eard
party to play for rickets or Shares instead.; of
money ; very aptly observing, Although they play-
ed for small strikes,, they might pia 'tingly
i'housand`Guineas.

railway:4,
of Ci?nditit-street, Las just pule-
.
lisite'tf, to,trto the Firi,t Yohtine of the Private
'Correspontienee of De, I.lgtoAmlN TRANKLIN
anti a work of. tit6re general it'itcrest *has hot;
thiak, issued city reeeutly from the tlresi..,
•

'Against litany of tlie politicdl doctrines of
.41 man, we most
,el)nsvienticnislyra
; to malty of his religioilS 1)1..11)61)14:S we
.rte directty oppriscii ; and ;liege are iloatiY of his
••
opittions_on It ss important poinjs to which we
• . ~.. • •
Csswpsi:.34lbscribe. hot vt.i;fi .811 ionr aiirerctlCCS,
've.'e...iithot help ailtnitiog-.t he st relig
'tidily of hiS mind.; the printiiive and nizissy
piicity with -ioiich It•enibraCei the objects lironght
under its cognizance.; the philosophical turn of
,• . ,
HIS tueas, the prudence of. his counsels, the force
of his language, and the •Oleasant and skilful
wanner in Which lie treats the subjects of
these. Epistles, whether they belong to the light

of ptivatc intercourse, or to- public
affairs of i►eculia`t imporrauCF, as tl►ry deVelope the

hidden grounds nn which the foundations of a new
Nation wcie laid. Thui, without approving the
individual, or the cause in which he acted sti dis-
tiugaished a part, we have been greatly enter-
taited.by pernSing hisletters, and cannot withhold
e-
our admiration froth his talents ' • • •
Though we occasionally flila good thiitAght
dressed up in other words tot more than one letter,
there is'', as we have already noticed; a great deal
.of original thinking and various information in
Dr. FRANKLIN'S Correspondence. His strong Re-
publican and American sentiments render him not
only unjust to the Mother Country, but .literally
abusive of her noblest institutions. What the wisest
of his countrymen in bur day acknowledge with
veneration, was in his time tainted by the vile spirit.
of party, which sees no merit except within
own poisonous precints, to that ilegrce as to cause
vverY thing British to be Viewed With a "
diced eye." All the correspondence,therefOre,whieb
treats of England the hated; of France the flat-
tered, and of America the loVed country, must be
read with great allowances towards
,the Writer,
and u ith great caution in the reader.
It is our intention to sustain these few intro-
ductory remarks by the selection of some of the

letters, which we shall take chiefly from the faA.
nmilMAr clast With which the first port hitt of the
eolunie is filled. Tivse are all atousing,and cu-
rious, and some ut them admirable. Time conclu-
sion of time following to 111.. tiTRAFIAN, the King's
Printer, 0 tt droll specimen of the way in which
a complimentary way be converted Into a hostile
phrtme. The letter is given as a frommilS-pieCe and
lac siutile of Dr. FaANkuN's hand -writ ing t—
. " Philuttctphia, Jaly 5, 1775.
" Mn. STRAUAN,

" You are ft Member of Parliatnent, and one
of that Majority which has doomed my Country
ro Destruction.—You In4e begon to burn our
Towns, and murder our People.—Look upon
your Hands !..-IThey arc stained with the Blood
of your !—You and 1 were long
Friends t;..-You are now my Enemy,--anti

" I am,
" Yolks,

"• B. Fit,,,N15.1.1br.".
The Second Letter we have •selected occurs at
page-5, and continuo some very jtidicioni obser-
vations on the important question of Early Mar-
tinges 1,--•

"To JOHN ALLEY NE, Esq.
46 craven-street, Aug. 9, 1769.

" DEAR JACK,—x On desire, you say, 'my im-
partial thOtigl.lS Oft the sUbject of an early mar-
riage, by way of 'answer to the nitinberless
jectious that hare been made by' numerous per:-
sons to your awn. YOU may remember, %%hen
you consulted me on the occasion; that
youth on both's;des Id be flu objection. Indeed,
front the marriages that have fallen under my ob..
nervation, I am rather intlnted to think, that early
ones staid the best chance of happiness. The
temper and habits of the young :ate not yet be-
come sit sou' and Uncomphing, as'Wheu more ad-
*aimed `- ii, lit ; they form mare easily to, each
other, and. hence tunny occasions of disg9st acre
removed. And if youth has lesS of that prudence
which is necessary to man'Age a ('amity, yet. the pa-
rents. and elder friends of young married' persons
arc generally at hand to atitird their advice, which
amply supplies that defect ; and by earlrmarriage,
youth is sooner formed to regular and.useltil
and possibly some o 1 thou.. accidents Or connec-
tidns, that
,might have -injured the constitution,
or reputation, or both, are thereby happily pre-
vented, Particular circumstances of particular
persons, may possibly 'sometimes make it pru-
dent to delay entering into that states but iu ge-
neral tvl►en nature has rendered our bod,es fit for

, the presumption is in witillc's liirour, thatsize

hits not jttrlgtd amiss in ofakin4 its -desire it. Late
marriages are often attended, too, with this fur-
ther iliCollVetlielleC that' there is not the•sante
chance
.thar the parents shall live to see their riff.
spring erttt ateil, late rhi(dren," says the.t4tA-
nisi' pinvet h. " are early orplions." . A main-
di* reflection to those n hose case it may in. !--
Ut in America. StPirltigri a,C generally In the
morning of lite' ; our citiliicen. are therefore-eat.
eatvil and settled in the World by nooti ; and thus;
our business bring done, We have an afternoon
and evenitig of cheerful leisure-to ourselves such

.
front, thc fnti;dt "canone; n,, ;.,o:L. .:,.,1 !,:i. :. etnc,, ,Qf
cverymother mating and ritl!:si:; ; ::-.1.,(......: child,
more of Ittein are. rsised.; tiiii,..:e 11r.t,,,,...i,it pro-
gress of nriptilaiiianAtino4g tits; in.paralfr‘ io Ea".
tope. lii. fine, 1 dnigtail you ar.: mari•iig!, and.
rongrattilate you inobt eordiilly opOn , it.----
Yob are bo-ir ,tit . Che;*ity or bet.. ~a itseftti
k:iii'o9-; nod riti have escaped .t he iknontoral sink :.i
of ceiilificy for Litt.-400.-fit'e of many :,e.re., ,y
.;
titter ihtenkletlit, but who 11,11V.11).; 14,0 1011/: POSE
pontql the. clisnge..til ,their conditio,n, find, at;
length, that it. is too 'late to think.,of it, .unit so
live all their lives iii a:situation that gteatly 'les!.
ti.etiS .11 iint11:::, 'slue At) odd, voluttie Of !asset of
bilt di S
, I
It'it
r S II
01 t
il ;.. V.:!; ti
e. of ;
I SA i
i's /1)(n1 Io II 10 1110
set : What [Willi, yon.of the ,o,ld Inilf,of• a pair of
-kissats i it can't
.well cut any thing ; itinay pos.-
sibly serve to-scrape a trencher. , . ~,
" Pray make, my.compliments.andltest wishes
ac.ceptahle to your hi illy. I iim.oldand,heavy, or
I should ere •thiS have presented them in person.-
I.shall make a:sinall,use of thi old man's privilege,
that of :...rving, advice to, younger friends.. Treat
your icife always with respect ; it Will procure re.
s,pect So you, not only from her, but from 1111 that
observe it. Never use ...a elighting expresSion tc)
her, even. in jest, for slights in jest, after frecpierq
bantlyings„ are apt to.,end in angry earnest. Be
studious in you+ profession, anilltiti will be..learii,....
ed... Be, industrious and frugal, Am( you wiill bt;
rich. Be sober and temperate, and you will lie
healthy.. Be in general virtuous, and you will bit
happy. At least, you will, tri such conduct, stand
the best chance, for such
,consecpienceS. I prat
Owl to bless you both ; being ever your affection,
ate. [tient!, " 13. FRANKLIN."

The laSt of one extracts for to-day is a wdiintii'.
. •
cal illustration of that originality of mind which
liave ascribed to the WI iterrt—

" To DR. PP.IESTLEY.
" Sept. 19, 1774i.
rr
ISsmt the affair of so much iMport;.
Mice to you, uherein you ask my advice, I can-
-901,, for Want of sufficient prentiseS, counsel Yoti
whot to determine but if you Please,
you hoto. • When those dithent; cases occur; they
are ditlicidt chiefly because, while we have iheun
under consideration, all the reasons pro; and Con,
are not present to the Mind at the sante time but
:.sometimes one Set present themselves, and at Othete
times another, the first being out of sight. Hence
the various purposes or inclinations that alter-
nately prevail, and the uncertainty that perplexes
us. To get over this, my way is, to divide half
a sheet of paper by a line into two colnuint, writ-
ing over the one pro, and 'over the other con:
then, during three or four days considtratiou,
putt down under the different heads, short hints
Of the thlfel rot motives that at AK, rent times OC-
cur to me, for nt against the mettsuire. 'When
have dogs got them all togetherin•One view,
endeavour to estimate their tespeclive weights,
and where I rit.d two, (one on each side) that
seetmennal, them both out, if I-find tt
reason pro equal to some tivo reasons core, 1 to like
out, the three. It llntige i.Ome Iwo reasons con,
equal tO some three reasons p.t), 1 sir ike t,ttt t 14.0
five; and thus proceeding, I nod at length where
the balance lies ; awl if atter a day or Iwo of far-
ther consideration, nothing new that is of import.
mince occors tlit either side, I come to a detertoi,
nation aceordingiy„ And though the weight of
reasons cannot he taken with the precision of al-
gehraic quantities; yet, when.each is thus con,i-
tiered separately ;10,1 comparatively, riod the
whole lies belore 'pi:, I think ran judge better,;
and am Ivil to mike a rash step ; anti in
fact, I have found great advantage limit this kind
. .
ot equatcm, in what may be called moral or pru-
dential algebra.

" Wishing tineerely that ynn may determine
for the beg, I am ever, my dear friend, yours
most atieetinnaiely, " 13. FRANKLIN."'

1T be continnell.]

We are requested.hy Mr. liaaTusst, the Seere.
tary olthe Eagle Insurance Company, to state.
that PolicieJ expiring .Citrittmas may ha re.
Hewed within„lifteen days from that period, either
in Cornitill or the Haymarket, where Atittnities
are, granted and purchased, and every description
of Lite and Fire Insurance effected on the most
etioitnhitt ICIMS.--4N;11.' Au Allowance for Rent
of. Premises dot voyed:by lire its heretofore.
writer in Christmas les-,
tivititS genteelly, 11 fine day's play took place ott
I(eonc Greco, Wititorn-road, het ween Harry
Grifiiihs; a known game kilow,.l4ml (V, I,'oo, a,
seientifie boxer in miniature, for 10 guineas a-sidg,
awl al pil;-se Of two. road to the Seat ot no.
tion wai thin, .but the fight uttordol ranch nvel.
Iv arid diyersion. Thirty-eight` rounds wet e
twen!y-seven minutes. Griffiths was ilk:dared
victor, •

No 14.1noLAttY.---Ou Christvis Eve u very
extensive robbery was elft (301 by a gang of vil-
lains, who. entered the. hack fif the premises of
Ml', Hall, 'pawnbroker, High-street, Mary-le,
bone„ and plundered to a great amount. Mr.
Hall cannot posibiy tell the amount of his lots at
present ; but. the least ii between one and tuo
thousand pounds. The *Mains effected their es-
cape.

Nawsome, of, the Ohl Bailey, was stopped
soon after dusk, on Tuesday evening, near the
Alfred, firay's lon-lane, by two footptots, who
robbed him of his watch, atter knocking hint
down. Several ;people were moving abont near
the:place, .and although alarm was given, the:
thieves escaped.
A Letter, of a lste date, from Bonnie:atm, states,
that the vintage in ,that department of Frauceiand
in patty other parts of that Cohittry, had coin
pletely failed ; amid that aoadvaoCe.had accord-
inely taken- piace nit all wines and brandies. The
latter, which had been shipped tOr exportation at
400 francs, bad risen to 6uo traucs for fitly velts..
London proof was as high ktS 780 francs.
A court-martial was oh Monthly last held at
Cmsrli,le on _Richard Spink, ,44.1coilv)nvi
arieinng at.the
lath
Light Dragoons, accßsett Qf
recent escape Of the four Mons from that gaol.
trie was toond guilty, and senteocd tea rcceivia
150 lashes, which punialstucht lsc bats accordingly
utidergocc.