The Sun.
London, England, 1827-07-13 00:00:00

AN 'EGYPTIAN GIRL.

" In this vast hall, which was surrounded by
a double range of columns, and lay open over-
head to the stars of heaven, I saw a group of
young maidens, moving in a sort of measured
step between walk and dance, round a small
shrine, upon which stood one of those sacred
birds, that, on account of the variegated colour
of their wings, are dedicated to the moon. The
vestibule was dimly lighted, there being but one
lamp of naphtha on each side of the great pillars
that encircled it. But, having taken my station
beside one of those pillars, I had a distinct view
of the young dancers, as in succession they
passed me.
" Their long, graceful drapery was as white
as snow ; and each wore loosely beneath the
rounded bosom, a dark blue zone, or bandelet
studded, like the skies at midnight, with little
silver stars. Through their dark locks was
wreathed the white lily of the Nile—that flower
being accounted as welcome to the moon as the
goNen blossoms of the bean-flower are to the
sun. As they passed under the lamp, a gleam
of light flashed from their bosoms, which I could
perceive was the reflection of a small mirror, that,
in the manner of the women of the East, each
wore beneath her left shoulder.

" There was no music to regulate their qts-ps,
but, as they gracefully went round the bird in
the shrine, some by the beat of the castanet,
some by the shrill ring of the sistrum—which
they held uplifted in the attitude of their own
divine Isis—harmoniously timed the cadence of
their feet ; while others, at every step, shook a
small chain of silver, whose sound, mingling
with those of the castanets and sistrums, pro-
duced a wild, but not an unpleasing harmony.

" They seemed all lovely ; but there was one
whose face the light had not reached, so down-
cast she held it—who attracted, and, at length,
rivetted all my attention. I knew not why, but
there was a something in tho§e half-seen features
—a charm in the very shadow, that hung over
their imagined beauty—which took me more
than all the out-shining loveliness of her compa-
nions. So enchained was my fancy by this coy
mystery, that her alone, of all the group, could I
either see or think of—her alone I watched, as,
with the same downcast brow, she glided round
the altar, gently and aerially, as if her presence,
like that of a spirit, was something to be felt, not
seen.

" Suddenly, while I gazed, the loud crash of
a thousand cymbals was heard—the massy gates
of the Temple flew open, as if by magic, and a
flood of radiance, from the illuminated aisle
came mingling
; while, at the same
the sounds were borne
tfii nol glsetea ndt
httehr ,ae
sawipfleitoahllee
olvifegsi
richunl
harmony
with the radiance.

" It was then, by that light which shone full
upon the young maiden's features, as, starting at
the blaze, she raised her eyes to the portal, and
as suddenly let fall their lids again. It was then
I beheld, what even my own ardent imagination,
in its vivid dreams of beauty, had never pictured.
Not Psyche herself, when pausing on the thres-
hold of heaven, while its first glories fell on her
dazzled lids, could have looked more beautiful,
or blushed with a more innocent shame. Often
as I had felt the power of looks, none had ever
entered into my soul so far. It was a new feel-
ing—a new sense—coming as suddenly as that
radiance into
;
othe
ana, had that vi
vestibule, and, at once, filling
my whole b
lin-
gered another moment before my eyes, I should
wholly have forgotten who I was, and where,
and thrown myself, in prostrate adoration, at
her feet.—Moore's Epicurean.

Wheat. Barley. f Oats. Beans.
Per Quarter. s. to s. a. to s. s. to s. s. to a.
Blandford 52 60 38 44 30 36 54 60
58 63 35 42 36 42 47 a
57 38 21 47
Chard 56 76 38 44 24 32 45 48
Huntingdon. , 24 33 44 40
Louth 59 62 38 40 26 30 52 56
58 62 39 44 26 36 52 60
Newark
Norwich
Nottingham 58 65 40 47 28 32 54 59
Peterborough 58 60 30 34
Plymouth
Sherborne 55 32 38 30 33 56 64
Uppiugharn 56 60 34 4e 20 36 44 60
Wisbech 52 60 24 31 50 59
York
LEEDS CORN MARKET. July 10.

DMRKETbJuIyIO.
We had a
good
dEsupS CORN
supply
yofvyhet and au, but middling of
other Grain ; fine fresh Wheat was sold on nearly the same term;
as last week, but other descriptions a shade lower. In Oats afl"
Shelling there was little doing, and no material alteration in the.
value of either. Beans were Is. to 2s. per quarter cheaper. BO
little Rapeseed offered, and prices unaltered.
Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 601 b.
York. and Lincoln. 601 b.
Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Grinding 36s. to 38s. „,74
Beans
Oats, Potatoe
---Mealing, Foreign 14d. to 15d....English 16d. to 160. per $.:
Shelling 34a. to 364 per lon
Rapeseed, English, 201. to IX. Foreign, —l. to —/. per les"

MANCHESTER SMITHFIELD.-July 11.

At per lb. sinking the offal.
1,715 Sheep —.... sd. to 61d. l 16 Calves--- 50. to 7d
245 Cattle -- 4 7 1 110 Pigs .----- t 5
2,964 Lambs —.....—. at sjd. to 6d.

MANCHESTER POTATOE MARKET.—JuIy 7. A
Potatoes, Ss. 6d., —B., —s., and 10s. Od. per load of 12 score an
121bs. ; New ditto, 14s. ed., 158., and 164. per ditto; Turnip!'
Od., Or. Od. and Os. Od. per load of 16 pecks ; Onions, small, IN
per lb.

MANCHESTER YAR/
No. d. d.
Throstle Twist. 20..11/ to 12j
30 —l3 14 1

MARK:

19 Mule Cop.
Mule cuPTwidi 30..11i 12j I Weft.
for warp
40 14 15
30 17 19
80 —2O 21

70 —24 N iWeft from
80 M2S 31 waste

r.—July 10.
'3O 11 to 11
40 12 1,1
50.-- 16
b 0 111
70 20i 7"
80 116
100 --., 30 gi
.120 —, 34 ,"
' 10-- 8
14 .41,4.1W0 9
18 .-- 10
24 -- 10 11

HOP INTELLIGENCE.

WORCESTER, JULY 11.—The accounts from our Plan'
tation this week are decidedly worse ; the lice have mncb
increased, and the honey is very prevalent; the blight b 0
attacked the fresh shoot ; in the yards most affected WI
-plant is assuming a very sickly appearance. Thi,is OA'
general report—but there are exceptions ; there are some'
yards in the parishes of Leigh and Suckley which we ale
told have a very favourable appearance. Our duty is lower'
Prices do not move ; the average on Saturday was 61. 6*
to 61. 15s.—In the Borough yesterday, the duty of the
Kingdom advanced to 56,0001. and prices gave way a little,
in consequence of favourable accounts from Mid Kent.

BIRTH.
On the 24 ult., at Smyrna, the lady of J. King Fiche'
Esq., of a eon.
—,

MARRIED._

On the 12th inst., at St. Luke's, Middlesex, by the Be'
John Howard Rice, LL.D. Alfred Bridger, Esq. of Kiur
street, to Mary, eldest daughter of John Capron, Esq., 0;
Finsbury-square.
On the 10th inst., at Salcombe Church, by the Ref'
George Cornish, John Medley, Esq., of Budleigh Salter
ton, to Christiana, third daughter of John Bacon, Esq"
of Sidcliff, Sidmouth, Devon.
On the 12th inst., at St. George's, Bloomsbury, David
Taylor, Esq., M.D., of Wotton-under-edge, Gloucestel'
shire, to Miss C. L. Hodges, of Koppel-street, Russell,
square.