The Sun.
London, England, 1820-05-29 00:00:00

AliscgLLANg(itj,_

RorAa IstsTtrtmot-Tire high gratification
which the ARCI-iITECTURAL LECTURRS of Mr.
SOANR allordeA to the Members and Visitors of
- this Institution last year, naturally induced the
-Patrons, &c. to reqnest that he wooldrepeat\those
Lectures, and, accordingly, on Saturday last be
commenced a Course, which, we node! stand., is
to extend to sik.—Last year he only gate tWo at
this place. time Learned Professor began with
an eloquent eulogium on. the grandeur and utility
of the Art, which bad been held ih "the highest
hononi in ancient Greece and Rome, and had
consequently drawn forth those Works, the
remains of which are the admiration of the
, World. He ,then expressed his regret that
this )tohle Art had not been stifficiently,—en-
couragt4 in our Country, though a more
generous protection abroad had produced works
of distinguished merit in many others. He paid
a !Fieral complinient fir PAINTING, SCULPTURE,
and Musts, and had only -to laMent that ARCH!.
TRCTURR, certainly of more
.utility to mankind,
and requiring the highest pirwers of genius,
blended with other Sciences, mind regulated by
taste, had not been equally patronized and te-
,warded. Mr. SOANR than gave a comprehen-
sive outline of the
:origin of the Art, tronithe
' first rate structures for the accommodation of
NI 4 t), in his savage state, and in the progress of
society through Egypt, Greece, Italy, and other
pails of Europe, till its, introduction in thiscannery, ,Aunnated by Os subject, the ingeui-
.ind learned Professor diversified his Dis-
c:-nrse • With moral and philosophical Ohio va.
tint's, atid rendered it still more gratifying and
tos:ructive by the exhibition if Many adroirable
Dra sings of Edifices, &c. Aid) he had ani-
,madverted. Tbe excavr, :ons in India, and the
Catacombs of Paris were also the objects of his
v: and of-graphic illustration. The Dis-
- se seas received Will much inCide,li ;rip-
plallSt during its prOgrcssi'and concluded amid t he
Wafilleto approbation.

BRITISH INsTlTUTlON.—This'graphic Treasury
was opened) to. vriyate view ottStittittlay, and
► attentle.i hv.sevcial ot Cie Nubility and an astern-
hlage ot iespectablv.and elegant visitors. The
present ConSists of P'irtraits of ttio..o of
tht nisinguished characters who have figin A in
our Ligrory, from • flays of HuLBEIN to ,those
Of Sir JosHuA 1113YNuLDB. This is therefore the
mits, collection that has ye• been sub-
mitted to the Kit:lie. We hardly neeu . moment on
the pleasure every patriotic spe-.:iltot must
feel in viewing !lie external appearance of those
who, by distiii4i,:sti,d services,- ntirtial,julicial.
.and literary, have (hue to the Country.
The whole are ev..11 arriing.-ii. A brief well-writ-
ten Pria,ce jost'y observes, that never lead
lie actions of -ny distinguished
feeling a desire to see a tesembiance of
his person." This natural desire is abundantly
gratified ou the present -ccasion. The Preface
limber ,3ys, '' the principles we have kept in
vies, in ititk,iig our selection, have been—first,
the celebrity ot the individual Wl4O is represented ;
and, secondly, the txce;lenee of the t'win'ing
itself." Th.-'-eptioriples have been jlidiei,thsiv oh-
served. The 'Catalogue states the names of the
Persons represented, the Painters, as let as they
can be ificertAioed, and the Proprietors of there-
ive Pictures, awl gives ,111 outline of the late
Mr CotiLeY's excelleut Picitir. of King Charles I.
demanding the Five Aleittner-. This Picture be-
longs to the SoLterron-Gewertah, the Srm of the
ingenious -Artist... '1 ie merits ot the latter have
punverly raised him to his present high legal
rank, and of c"nrse will lead to greater profts-
sionai distinctions.

_
HANovaa-Sexaae.—We were glad to see a
numerous attendance at these Rooms on Friday at
the Annual Concert of Mr.-GRBATCORX,
in sical talents and personal chattier are de-
servedly respected. We had no space to notice
it on Saturday, aid have still less to report the
general excellence of the evening treat this day,
but it is merely justice to say that, in judicious
selection and admirable p'::.torman,:e., it was
what might be expected lions so distinguished a
musician.

AFRICA —By -the latest Information, it seems
that the expedition under-the command of -Major
•Gray, on whom the direction devolved atter the
death of Major Peddie, has returned to Galan,,
on the Seneg-d, after a most harassing journey
throtigh the country of the Foolado. Mr. Docherd,
'the surgeon attached to the expedition, had, with
a few individuals, however-, proceeded onwards
to 'Bammakoll, in &anthems, tium' whence ac-
Comas hare been received from him, doted twelve
months since, expressing lila hopes of procuring
the necessary permission to proceed further. Mar-
kets, it seems, were leld twice 2eyery week at
Sardsanding and Yamina, where provisions were
reasonable, and every sort of European mer-
chandize in great
,detuand, especially articles of
finery for ti.e dresses of the females, who are fond of
showy colours. Among other things were Ma-
nchester prints in -gtt-at aifrondance, which seemed
lo meet a rewiy sale, and which must have been
Conveyed by the caravan from Mot (ice° across the
Greet Desert: Lieut. Lyon, of the Royal Navy,
who was^the•frielid and fellow traveller of •the late
s appointed toesticeeed.that gentle-
may us lirt ish Vice Consul et Moorzook, the ca-
pitai of FezzPli, in Africa, for the purpose of faci-
litating and ettenipting diScoveries. By tie Magnet
which left. Cape Coast on the 23d March, we
learn that blt, Dupuis had prOcrecied to Cor-
mossie, to cutter upon his functions as ConSul
at the COtiet .o 4 the King of Ashantee, and had
a,::red in safety and been well- received,

In consegoence of the preparations for flue en,
suing Corm,'4tion wl.icir lire now Making in West-
mitnter.Abbey, the service is performed in Henry
th Seventh's tirapel. The west end of the
A- now fitiir.g tip with galleries,•and the
choir,t.,.ere divine service was usually perform-
ed, taken down. N, persons were therefore
ad!. to divine serve e%rept chose
bLiAcigit to the Abbey. The passages formerly
open to tw,. public ctirv,ugli Poet's•eorner and the
Cjoi-:t.t...rs are now shat np, and no sfrAngers
will
be fed to attend the service iu the Abbey till
atm. the Cutuu‘tion.

koETR.

Celi,bratiosi of dlr. PITT'S Birth-day, 1820;

WHITTEN AND.RECITEII.B? E. L. SWIFT, T.SQ:

. .
This is no day of surrowing.—lt shall stand
• Lithe glad memory of our victor Isle,
At once her triumph and her trophy ; while
The tributary Ocraii lates her. st rand. •
Our children's children, in their song Of pride,
Shall number it and, chanting forth the strain •
Of their ancestral glory, they shall smile
Tu make their music of Our braken chain.
But not oar chain—tq'We the foe tieded,
That would un us have cast his general
.yokel
And were it not. All other Europe wore,
And sve from off the world its bondage broke.
Come then—with. harp and paean jubilant,
Such as its this high festival bestens-
The assembled slate of Albion,•nor may scant
Her homage ;—urge we the imperial theme ;
• Not our lov'd Patriot's funeral to deplore,
But celebrate his birth
It was the surety of each Briton's hearth, • •
Throne, State, and tin-tattled Altar.—;:t he old King,
Whom Pirt from his detoted youth had served,
And I• v;•di was guarded; by his constancy, ,
Through the dread season of insurgent crime;
While Revolution tlapp'd her fiery icing -
Over in shirred Sceptres of the Erirtt
The'TtmPle of our Taus DIVINITy
Not less he ''Wardo hl Nat impionS time;
Ilia Cuutriry's sleepless centincl
And never Lip from his high duty swerved.
No—we will not:-though the tears, that fell
Over the lengtheteu obsequy
Of the Old white-hair'd Monarch, scarce are dried
In the full sunshine of tti, filial ray--
Our how/ continual, min consoling pride.

We are too conscious of our Island's fame,
of her strength, to weep like infamy
Upon the sPotleits meriory of His name,
Who made het strong and famo
We will 'v • • tate
Her freshest laurel o'er his tong':) ; and breathe,
In no desponding strain, ht.r noblest terse,
Fit tribute to his hearse:— ,
Fur, haply, shall some high and master hand
Bring.a more perfect offering to this day,
Than now 'tis our's to pay.

Attend we then the lesson, whose deep voice
Speaks from his hallow'd, ashes, trumpet-tongued;—.
And, let not his pure spirit so be wroned, • '
Or sorrow.d, as that a degenerate land
Shooid the prophetic warning cast away.
It is •Jur duty, proudly to'rejoice
Over our unliarinen State; which, not-the foe,
Weapon'd with torcign steel, could overthrow;
Nor the " domestic malice" yet could strike,
Though banded for her slaughter. _ •

- Evil iveni
Have from their oppoite slwres in envy view'd
Her peace: and its devoted fall pnrsued
While'othei,, from their dark and inward den,
More evil, forth have issue 0 serpent, like
Swelling against her in unnatural feud.

And she has crush'd theth all. The Firmament,
That archetn o'er her hills and pastured dales, .
Is not more scat bless in its blue extent:
The Huck, her seat of Island Soverti;nty,
Which in its impotent wrath the storm assails, •
:Not surerLtjtan our Ewpire's destiny.
But, who bath fixed it on its pillar'd Base ?
What deep prophetic' power hatti strengthi_ii'd it
?
lie, whose high name demands the highestplace
in tha proud roil of Albion's glory—PlTT.

'Yesterday the Doke of Bronx vi'eti7,..!(l !he KING ;
Ms Royal Highness_ returned from the Chapel
with his AJ

CHANCELLOR, ti7C 'Bad of •LivEß-
st)ot.; ViscoL,ln ; A LEREAGH, and Lord GWYDIR
hacl audiences of the KING, at his Palace 'co Pall

Yesterday General Count ROSTOPCHIN, who
particularly -clistingiiistted himself at Moscow,
was introduced to his MAJESTY by Count LIEVE'i,I,
the Russian Ambassador, upon his arn v.l in
,England. The gallait:. General waF must gra-
ciously received.
Yesterday the Doke and Duchess of CLARENCE,
and the Princess AUGU. rA, took an airing to.
Bush;' Park. Their HOyal.llighnt.6ses stopped at
the King's Palace at KePSingloo, on their lour)
to town, and dined with the Duche•s of KENT,
where they were joined by Prince LeoPut.o.
Yesterday the Doke of YonK, the Princess Au-
GUSTa, and the Princess SOPHIA, visited the Duke
and Duchess of GLOUcESTEIte.

'Ch►e nincess AUGUSTA I►as left her mansion at
Frogmore , for six weeks, wl►ile the in►erior is
being painted. tier Royal highness is at present
at Btickingbarn-lionse.

Prince Laopoto attended divine service yester-
day at Whitr gall Chapel. ,
His Excellency Count' PALNIF.LLA is, it is said,
about to return to his Court almost immediately;
BS is also Count LUDoLP, the Envoy Extruordi-
narY from the Sicilian Court.
On Saturday,'the AlArcbioness of EXETER ar-
tived at her house at Privy Gutlens, trout ber
seat, Langly Park, in Ketit ; ber Ladyship came
to town in: ronsequence of Lord Gwvpia's ill
state of health--his Lurdship, we are concerned
to.state, being seriously indisposed at his house at
.Whitehall.

The Duke and Duchess SAN CARLOS arrived at
the George tit:gel, at Portsmouth, en Saturday
evening, for the purpose of viewing the Dock-
yard and other public establishments, previous to
their return Ito Spain ; the Duke baying' been re-
liever! from his dotics as Ainbassat►nt from Spain
to this country by ;the new Constitutional Go-
vernment appointing, a successor.
Thy Liffey frigate, the Pon. Captain DUN-
CAN, is ordered from Portsmouth to. Harwich,.
for the purpose of receiving on board Sir CHA%,
BAGoT tind suite, and iconveying them 14 St. Pe-
tro E burgh, where he is appointed Ambassador.
The ROchfort, of 80 guns, Captain SCHOM-
BRRG, is neatly completed for the conveyance of
Admiral Sir GRAHAM OGRE to the Maiterra-
neon, as Commander in Chief.

The -Commission of Banktoptcy issned against
Mr. RAR and Mr. EARLE, the ,Propt toms ,s 0 the
Royalty- ur East London Theatre, as dealers and
cliopmea, is likely to give no little employment to
the Gentlemen ut the. Long Rote.--(:horning
Herald,)