The Sun.
London, England, 1818-04-24 00:00:00

ANTIQUITIES.

_derstand, were selected by Captain W. H. SMYTH,
of the Royal Navy, in which be.,, vas assisted' by
the British Consul at Tripoli. Not Withstanding
the immense weight of these stupendous monu—
ments of ancient splendour, the whole were, from
the judicions arrangenients made by Mr. Tun Nan-
Commander of the Weymouth, got on board the
vessel without any accident occurring to t-he wett,
employed in the removal.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT TAT!'

['ERSALL'S,. APRIL 23.

DERB
'ID 1 agst Prince Paul (by.
to Crecy)
5 to 1 Meonides
6 to 1 A Begretra
10 to 1 Hyalc
Even betting betwee

V, 1818.
12 to 1 agst Seymour c.
12 .to 1
20 to 1 Ringtail
20 to 1 Dictator.

three and the &Id.

OAKS,

1818,
14 to 1 agst sist/!.r to Studer
15 to 1 Webb.

3 to 1 agst Fanny
4 tto 1 Lou.
IR to ; Mr..Chifoey's
NEWNI iitKET- STAKES.
_

5 to 2 agst. Nleonitles

7 to 2 agst. Fanny

. 2000 GUINEAS STAKES.
-
3,1 to I agst. Modesty.
•
DONCASTER• ST. LEGER.
3 to 1 agst. Merlin I 15 to 1 agst Lochenbbx

EPSOM. RACES. .
The Petby and Surrey Hinders' Shiites, crVlOgs. two nine
-heats, gentlemen riders, were run for on ‘Vednesday, at oar
o'clock. It proved a sporting- race—seven horses started. A.
b. g called Cinnamon, 'by Capsicum, woo by half, a neck..
Mr. F. Woodbridge, of Charlwood Park.. Crawley, rode him,
hi good style. 'fen and-twelve to one was betted against tliti
winner.

CORN-EXCHANGE, APRIL 24.—We bad but few
fresh Arrivals this morning, but a large quantity
of Foreign ‘Vlinat•left ova from last day ; fine
samples sold 'at Monday's prices, but there was
scarcely any demand for inferior; Barley and
Malt are dull; real tine Oats support their price
in Pease and Beans there is no alteration,

MACDIfFeS Dint, according to Newspaper re:
port, had been given to Mr. KEAN, the Actor, by
the Earl of FIFE. We expressed 'our disbelief at
the time that tLe family should have parted with
so ancient and honourable a relilue, and the re-
port', we find, has been contradicted by authority.
Tbe•carriages in preparation for the departure of
the Prince and Princess ot Hasse HQMBOURG, are
in a very fer‘Vard state. The new Post Chariot,
in whicb the Prince and Princess will •travel, is
a very handsome, but unadorned equipage, anti
is built remarkably strong in every parr, .by
the .express direction of his Serene .Highness,
to suit the roads of Germany. The body, is of
iiatent yellow with the Arms of, England and
Hesse Homberg emblazoned on the door pannels,
not conjoined, but detached, and without either

motto, crest, or mantle, the shields exhibite►t
each surmounted by its corresponding
coronet. The interior is-lined with ligl►t drab cloth
of the finest texture, with squabs of Morocco
leather, lace, and a strong netWolk in lie roof all
entirely of the same colour. All the ornaments,
handles, &c. are of brass, the head !►fates beJr the
English and Hesse Homberg coronet alternately.
The under carriage is of peculiar conitructiott
calculated for the conveyance of a gr'eat quantity
of luggage.

EXECUTION.—This morning+, at 10 minutes
after eight o'clock, Harriet Skelton and Jain
!rani, for fOrgery, were executed before the
Debtors• door, in the Old Bailey. These two un-
fortunate sufier•ers were attended on the scaffold
by the Rev. J. Corrtt.), OrdinarY of Newgate,
and a Methodist Clergyman, before whom they
prayed most fervently. The woman was obliged
to be supported, during the whole of the awful
ceremony, by two men, who with difficulty kept
her up till the fatal signal which launched theta
into eternity was made, when they died without
the least struggle. Skelton was alister to Good-
luck,who sortie time ago escaped from Row-street.
lioXEßg.—Oliver is matched fur 100 guineas
to fight a countryman, those name is not known,
and a deposit has been made. The countryman
Challenges all the world, although he has never
yet appeared itt public.—R. Ayres, a formidable
pugilist, who, last beat tiallord, was matched at
Reynolds's in Drury-lane, on 'Wednesday night, CO
fight Needham, a butcher, in, Clare-market, on
Tuesday next week. Dolly Smith. and Jack Ja-
cubs will fight ou the same day.

The Weymouth , store ship, arrived at Deptford
' with the valuable head of MEMNON, King of
Abydos.. This superior production of ttle ancients •
has been sent hum Egypt by SALTE, the
" Consul General there, as a present to the British
Musetkm, and consisti of one solid block of
gta-
fite; weighing about nine tons. The whole of
the
:face is in the highest, preservation, and re.
markably expressive. , The right ear is rather da-
waged, but in a trifling degree. On the right
s breast is bole, utdle by the French during their
sojourn wider the Corsican Renegado, for the
purpose of blasting it with gunpowder, to reduce
the size of the bust'. This attempt was not,
~
how-
ever; so sttecesshtl. as one they made on the left
side, ,which hasknocked of the aro.), and
mots-
lated the body. The fragment hai however been
luckily fOtind, and sent home. , The head a ppear9
surinounted, or hound round, with a diadem or
drapery, and the dim rests on a projection 'similar
to wfiat is 'seen in many Egyptian. figures.. Such
of thecognoscenti as have. seen this piece of
sculpture, pronounce it as belonging to the
hi:gheit order, and a valuable acquisition. It is •
removed to the ToWer by water, and:from thence -
goes to the British Museum. The Weymouth has
also on board th'epresenti of antiquity front the
Hey of TRI*PO,Li to the PRINCE RF,GRNT.. They
consist of columns; cornices, eltapitts, &c. found.
at Lebitla (the Leptis Magnus of the' ancients),
and are in greet preservation. Some are of purls '
whitcmarhle, almost, if, the expression snag be
'allowed, transparent; ethers beautifully veined ;
while the cornices, &c. at once display the supe-
riority of the ancients in the art of sculpturt..
The columns are mostly of one solid piece, one
weighing near fifteen tons, and -is 22 feet in
length. These relics of torther grandeur, we Dn.