The Sun.
London, England, 1818-10-19 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

•
lla. EniTos,—.Many months ago, a proposal
was made in your Paper, for the purpose of
erect ing a monument An honour of my celebrated
countryman, RoEEKT.BPKNs•the Poet. A grand
dinner took place on the occasion, at which 1 had
the pleasure of being one of the guests. A Design
for !lie Mausoleum was elegant and simple, anti
therefore I regret that lucre, forgotten the name
of the Architect, but I rena.enillAr !.bat a Statoe-or
Bust of the Poet Was to be the work of Mr. Tuft-
NERELLI, an Artist, no doubt,' well qualified to do
justice to the subject. A latge'sobscriptiou took
place ; many Scotch Noblemen and Getrltqueo,
aud other• admirers of original genius, cont•iimied
zealously on so laudable an occasion, and I was
proud ot being among the number. Since that
period I nave heard nothing of .the progress of
the Work, and 1 tiod that many other Subscribers'
are as. ignorant. as myself of what bat; been done,
or how the subscription-money has been disposed
of. Now, Sir, as the proposal is Understood to
have originated ;n your Paper, aud- as you insert-
ed many articles in suppuri• of it, I conceive that
you are bointl in honoar and justice to give the
public some information on the subject ; portico•
larly as reports have been recently to circulation,
injurious to the persons supposed to have taken a
leading part in the concern. The genius of BORNS
will, no doubt, find an eternal monument in his
works; but it will be no
.slight gratification to
his countrymen to see Sculpture amid
.Architecture
exert their powers-to do 'honour to his memory.
From your. usual regard
.to candour and justice,
Sir, I trust that you will excuse this liberty, and
readily afford some satisfactory intelligence to the
subscribers at large, on a subject so interesting to
taste anti patriotism.

A NORTH BRITON.
Holyland's, l'ofree-Hcitisc, Oct. 17, leis.

***As the Proptietor of 'fart SUN has received
inisny verbal enquiries on the ~übJect of this Let-
ter, be avails himself of the ()wilt. nity which it
aducds hint of intortning.the S :bscriberi, that the
ptoposal ;it -question 'was made during the time
Mitt' the late 4ditor bad the conduct of
; And that the-Proprietor and. present E:lttor
had 00, the least concern in the transact-10u, and is
wholly i.4,‘oritnt of the proceedings. 13itt as Mr.
Tv RN e' HEW 1111beOliOlitti. by our Cortespowlent,
the repegtability of that Artist ensures a satisfac-
tory : and he, no doubt, will readily give
all necessary hilot itfation that may be t

Yesterday Miss STEPHENS was exposed to
alai min g danger, froth which we are rejoiced to
find she has escaped. General (lottnotv having
beard! that she had 'been indisposed Monday
ght, very kindly waited• ou her next morn-
ing, and proposed to her to take HO airing nn
liorsehaek in his company, of which incitreion
she accepted, but joist as she was seated on
the horse, the ailits,al kicked and plunged so
loriouSly, that had Stir not with great presence
of mind firmly kept her. scat until the tory of the
horse teas checked, by General Gordon's servant ,
,ne would inevi:ably Live been (blown the
event Of which we ttemb c to comenapi,le.—
(Cork Mercantile Chronicle, Ott 14.)
A Meeting was be Id in the Town Hall at Chel-
tenham, on Saturday last, for the put pose or
establishing regal ii animal, races a! that fashion,-
able .place of resort,- at which Colonel MAct.4op,
of Colbecks. pre.ided, when it, was resolved Ila-
nimonsly -4)prii a subsc.tiption to defra-
y the
pence u' 'building a handsotne staud-house, acrd
race-CcitlrSC.

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' Jury.
,01)t Of LiOr r tend eta-
was revived at fill', "' f"r
the purpo,e of innnrodnirui! Mr C. Ftstlea in the
par! of honel. This Performer is I nrother or
2.11* •D • FtsHER, ho has made so tav4mranle stn
1-npression 09 the puldie in Tragedy. at..t 'who,
hen fantastic enthusiasm shall ;ive waV to ifie
claims of unsophisticated doubtless,
Make a distinguished tig,iire.on the IJoi;dem hoards;
Nil. C. FtsilEa is a gent red lookinniz voting, loan.
Ins voice is'a tenor, or perhaps a colorer tenor. He
is evidently skilled in Music, and i.e sinvs with taste.
lie was encored in the song, " CPI talk not to me
of the wealth she possjsses.." His deportiheirt
was easy, and the whole of his performance %vaS
marked by good sense and unaffe,te,i feeling. We
are glad ro see that the diurnal Critics in general
:speak of hid) With rilarlibetAl kindness which
young Candidate for public favour, whose interest
and reputation are at stake, might teascinahly ex-
pect, from a considerate and juditiOns audience,
with the exception of one Paper,wkieh has treated
him with savage severity. . Happily the Critiques
in the (platter alluded to, though generally of the
same complrxinn, as far ay they are underVandable,;"
require ann Interpreter, and: tirerefore:, whatever the'
portioseinaV be, are rendsired trariuless by their-Ob..
scurity. Miss WITItAsi evidently improves as'
an actress as well as a singer.—The
.Colonel Oldboy
of Mustnest was a high .comic 'treat.-4essamy is
so disusting a coxcomb, that some allowanee
shouldbe made for its representative, and PENLEY"
came of as well as most •of his prellecessor
Miss CUBIT too improves Al an actress and as a
singer, and she appeared 10 advantage in Diana
Oldboy —Mrs. STARKS, *Livery natural and judi-
cioni actress, gave full effect to Lady Oldboy ; and
good sense and moral energy marked the perform-
ance of Powett, in Sir John Flowerdale.—A nu-
merous audience.

CHURCH AND ;KING CLUB.
(From The Leicester Journal.)
HARBOROUGH TRUE BLUE MEE'T'ING.
- A Meeting of the Friends of the Old Trne Blue
Interest took place at Harborough on Wednes-
day last. The number of names which had been
added to the list since the former Meeting was
so great, that it was found necessary to tsp.;
ply tor the use of the large room in the Town
Hall, which having been obtained, covers were
laid for eighty-six, and by the kindness of Mr.
Adams and other friends, the windows were taste-
folly decorated with tiansparencies and light blue
drapery.
During the early part of the morning the wants
of the poor were not neglected, and a large num-
ber of the company attended a meeting at the
Di,pensa y.
About half-past two o'clock dinner was served
up, and did great credit to the active exertions Of
Mr.'Bull, of the George Inn, assisted by ,4ther
friends. The chair was taken by F MAtOk.
Esq.-anti after the cloth ‘vas drawn the folio w log
toasts were given : •
The Nog, God bless him—Song, "God save the King,"
by Mr. Stanhope.
The Regent—Son?, " Yr gond fellcsas all," by Mr. Hester.
.The-Qtie-tn -dint the other branches of the Royal
'The Duke of York and the Army.
'Me Dakeof Clarence and the Navy.
Mr. Keck, three times three, and loud and continued ap-
plause.
Mr. Major, three times three. •
The eauie we advocate as worthy of Englishmen, may it
prone-iltiumphant.
Our worthy Representative, Lord Robert Manners, three
times there.
The Liverpool True Blue Club, and may these of 'Leiees-
, tershire be the. first to follow.their good example. •
.Charles Godfrey Mundy, three times three,
Colonel Keck and the Leicestershire Yeomanry, three times
Wee,.
immortal memory of Mr. Pitt.
-Tlie Duke of Rutland and the Leicestershire Militia.
"Nelson's last signal—" England expects every Man to dO
hic'dutv."
The Land we live in.
The Rev. T. Thorpe, after a most eloquent
speech from the Rev. Uentleniao, iii which be ably
descanted on the beauties and pet fections of our
glut ious Coust itur ion—gave
• the fair Advocate's of Loyalty in the County of Leicester.
Prosperity to the Landed and Commercial Interests of the
Gratuity. -
Old Friends anti True. •
The. Mayor anti Corporation of Leicester.
The Duke of ‘Vrilingtem.
Prosperity to hz., Town of Harborough.
The free and independent Electors of the County.
May
the Town of Market Harborough stand forward to
support those interests which Shoold he dear to.the inhabi-
tants, as well as to the rest, of the County.
May the success of this day's meeting animate the'other
Districts to feel loss our ealeuple.. - . •
Our absent fiends.
The use but not the abuse of a free Press.
Many loyal stings' were Song by nessis. Hes-
ter, Stauhope,•and Thompson.
'flee bells rung- merry peals throngb'orit the (NY,
and we vent ore to assert I hat nn no footles-- neeaSion.
•_;tviss.inore hilarity evinced ; ally
prunes seemed to iniite in the gene Val sentimentk:
of loyalty to our icing and attachment to oar
glorious ConstirtitiOn, and NA,,.e are ,further happy
state, that before the company s,eparated It was
determined tbat a Meeting shca:lll,l take place eyery .
year, oaoler the title of 1 hirilarliorough Distrigt
True Blue CM&.
01 thici we- shall' 'be •able' to. give
-More elktailetl- partiCulars in our next week's
paper.'
'llle following is a list'of.the principal Gentle-
men present--
',V. N. Maior, Esq. G., A. Legh Kick, Esq. J. King, Esq.
J. Nethercoat, Esq. :I;vv. J. Ore, • Ker. Thos. Hoidich, h.
Haymes, Esq. W. floymes,•Esq. linintrey, Esq. R. 13.
H uinfrey, Esq. Rei.. 11. Walker, H. Shuttleworth, Esq. A.
-Shuttieweiti 11, Esq. Kee. H. Palmer; H. Shuttleworth, jun:
Rsq. Wartoaby, Esq. Geotge ilVartnaby, Esq. John
Wattnaby, Esq. Joseph Warttiabv,.J;sq. Rev. T. wartnalry,
1. I'. ord. Esq. Rev. 'l'. C. Deft, Act. Thomas Thorpe, Rev.
P. Apthorpe- Nev. Grinin, Rev. E. Griffin, dun., H. Cole-
man, Esq. 11. Coleman, Jon. E-q. Rev. K. Fairer, .1. Morpott,
Esti. \luring", dein. Esq. T.-Davenport, Esq. John A. Ar-
nold, Esq. 'X. Pell, Esq. Rev. C. Ilnatfrey, G. lioslorths
Esq. ‘l*. Dent, Esq' Rev. J. Dentiißev. Bright, Rev. s.
Coleman, Thos. WI ight, Esq. It. Shottlewort h, Esq.7,-Barnes,
Our limits will not permit Us ter add tile Whole
of the names, •we'have therefore detailed them
routine.'ai received.

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