The Sun.
London, England, 1820-01-06 00:00:00

BRIGHTON, JAN. 4.

The PRENCB REGRNT, accompanied by GPllerfll
Sir B. Bloomfield, was on horseback on the West-
ern Douns to-day. The Duchess of Gloucester
took an siring in her carriage. The weather was
bright, but the air was rough and cutting.
The Duke of Gloucester arrivrd in Mat lborotigh.
row, this evening, about half-bast five o'clock.
The Prince Regent, and, we believe, the Duke
of Gloucester, delay their departure hence tinrii
Thursday at soonest. Ilis Royal Highness had
fixed the day of removal for to-morrow, but to
give to the Duchess an opportunity of beholdiug
tie splendor and effect, of the Grand Suite of
Apartments at the Pavilion, when completely il,
'unlimited, the whole has been got ready, end,
for the first time, to be generally lighted up this
evening ; and this arrangement, we understand.,
has occasioned the day of departure to be changed.
Invitations to a select circle of Nobility have been
issued, who will have the honour to meet the
Regent, and the Royal Doke and Duchess.

'1 he upper class of domestics continued their
festivities of last night, until almost day-Inesk
this morning. The second class will hove their
turn for met riment to-morrow evening.

The Stabsetiption 8411, at the Old Slip, ,last
night, was elegantly attended.

CoßotißG Tht3ATRF.--The new grand Melo-
drame of The Ho/ atii and Curiatii, which we
have already noticed, ami which well deserved oar
commendation, ploceed3 with increasing attrac-
tion. We displayed a want of justice well as
gallantry in omitting, When We noticed the merits
of the male Pyrtormers in this piece, to add
that it receivt s no 5 ligh, support from the eiriws
of Mrs. STANLEY, the Misses 'SMITHSON, CLA.-
RIDGE, LOVE, and indeed the whole of the
Actresses who are concerned in this splendid
Drama.

LI:ToN Iftst night performed the part of Dominic
Sampson at Droty-hoe Theatre, in consequence
of the it news of OXBERRY. coortt sy between
the two The:lnes is creditable to both.
It has been reported that Mr. Cos WAY, the
Actor, had died ii► this Metropolis, but it appears
that " he is alive and merry," and now perform-
ing at Bath.

Mr. NATHAN, the celebrated MUSical composer,
shortly wake his appearance as a vocal pet-
former at Covent-GartleH Theatre. flenry Ber•
tram, in tit; Opera of Guy Mannering, is the part
in which he is to make hi 3 debut.

The ll,iblin Theatre was closed immediately
after the public announcement of the death of the
Countess of TALBOT, and will continue so until
atter the funeral, whiLli is to be of the most sl►len-
tlid description.

THE SEAPIINTINE Riven.-The aspect of a
Siberian Winter presented itself yesterday. Every
object in nature was covered by " mighty frost."
Hyde Park, particularly its walks to the Serpen-
tine River, were filled with the g►ry and fashion-
able. From three till five o'clock the river kart;
covered with multitudes. The bane, o►n the
North, East, and Solidi, were .vith well-
dressed spectators. Although were no fe-
male skaiters, there were mai►y slitters. Mr.
LotiGLAsins, Sir Tnos. JONRJ, Mr. ATKINSON,
arid Mr. BLIGH, were tli•ctdetily the best per-
formers. 'l'l►e South bank was
booths, extending ►early to the walls of Ken-
sington Gardens. N„t less than 2000 persons
were on the ice at the s itne time. 'flit notice
" Dangerous,7 was affixed by the men belong•ng
to the Humane Society, on many spots where the
springs are s. rung, and those places were encircled
by ropes headstrong young men would ven-
ture, and one narrowly esacaped with his life.
The frost still continues so intense, that the
Thames is now frozen over, to an extent of neatly
one-third of its breadth, on the Surrey side, be-
tween the bridges.

D‘iring the thick fog, din Tuesday night, eve-
ntl accidents occurred, particularly on the Es'ex
and Mile End Unads. As the ',red.+ coach was
pass,ing, on Tuesday morning, between the liaw.
try and Ferrybridge, it came up to a cart, which
was standing by the road side, with a man sittiiig
iu ir, in an upright posture, with the rein hang-
ing loose in his hand. The "..*.le coachman having
called to hint sevaral tunes wit.butst receiving any
answer, alighted ; and, on examining the man,
was shocked to find hint quite dead. He had
doubtless perished through the iuclumeney of the
weather.

IRELAND.

THE LATE COUNTESS TALBOT.

The Rempins of our lamented Vice-Queen will
be removed to the Pigeon-House on Saturday, for
the purpose of being conveyed, on board the Royal
Yacht, to England, to be deposited in the family
cemetery of her Noble Consort. This ceremony
will be public, and it will give, therefore, an op-
portunity to all ranks and classes of this city, to
testify their respect and sorrow for the illustrious
dead; and from the feeling►. of this description
which universally prevail, the melancholy pro-
cession to the vrater.side we imagine, unite
as large an RSsvaibla ge of the public, generally, as
ever paid a tribute to departed greatness, and to
the virtues by which it becomes dignified.

Among the contributions of piablic sensibility
to the exalted worth and humanity of the late
Countess Talbot, that offered by the Corporatiou
of Weavers, is, perhaps, ;lot the least esiim
The record which that body gives of her having
devoted her rank and influence to the succour
of poverty and misfornne, is an offering of infi-
nitely mote value than ordinary enlogium, how-
ever just. It exhibits her Excellency as the pa-
troness and encourager of decaying industry, and
the ftiend r,f the pont and miser Ade artizin. The
good she perfottned was done without display or
ostentation, and the course she took was that,
which, of all others, was nips, likely to be pro.
ductive of great ind extensive benefit. The ex-
amples of her charity and her tyitinty are mani-
fold, and to be held tip to the great and the atilt..
ent for imitation.

It till give general satisfaction to state, flist
his Excellency Earl Talbot hears the calamity that
has befallen him with exemplary fortitude anti
.ohmission to the will of HIM, who rules the des-
tiny of worlds as well as in orals. A stunt seeps-
,ion from his high duties here, however, is
thooght necessary ; and we are informed, that,
having consigned the Vice-regal powers to a Com-
mission, his Excellency will depart for Eugland
this week, and in such time as to nieet the re-
mains of his beloved Lady at Liverpool, where
they will be landed from the yacht. Thu place of
interment is at Ingestrie, in Staffordshire. His
ExcellencY's absence will, we understand, be of
about six weeks duration —The (Dub:in) corre-
spondent. Just. 3.
[FURTHER PARTICULARS 1--Fine ntt,ck to
which her Excellency fell a viet:m was, we un-
derstand, sodden, and almost immediately as-
sumed very Maiming symptoms, sod its progress
was so rapid as to detest all the efforts that pro-
fessional skill and experience could oppose to
them. She saw her dissolution approach with
firmness and resignation, and quitted life, after
baring taken a calm and affectionate farewell of
her family. Her disease was an inflammation of
the bobeels ending in mortification ; she Ices in
her 37th year. On ttts pateinal side, her Excel-
lency was nearly connected with the &ill of Ca-
van, and her mother was the Hon. Miss Dutton,
of Sherborne, iu Gloucestershire, sister to James
Lord Sberborne. •

Clamberlain's Office, Dublin CaNile, Jax.l, 1920.

It is particularly regitested that such Persons as intend to
accompany, or send their carriages to attend, the remains of
her late Excellency, the Countess Talbot to the waKr-side,
on Saturday, the Bth inst. will he pleased to send their names
to this Olttce, on or before Wednesday nest.—(Dublin Even-
ing Post.)

The following has hero received by the Presi-
der:i of the Chamber of Commerce of Limerick,
from Mr. Secretary Gt+ANT, to whom a yore of
Ihat,lll was voted on the Ibt of November, by that
bokty

London, Dye. IE, 1819.

SI have too long delayed expressing my ,inerip
for your Wantisonie lettri,enclosiuq a copy of a Ites(.lutiuli of
the Director of the Chamber of Commerce of Limerick.

I request you will do me the favour to convey to thop: Gen-
tlemen my assurance of the gratittr.le which I fee! for their
Battering approbation of my conduct, and of the pleasure
with which I shall ,mail myself of et cry opportunity to met it
a continuance of their good opinion.

To you, Sir, I beg to of mv acknowledgments for your
obliging letter; and have the bottom to remain,
Your obcilient humble Servant,
C. GRANT,

To .J. N. Russell, Esq., President
ut the Chamber of Cominerce,
Limerick.

A public meeting of the half-pay officers of the
Army and Navy took place on Friday, in the
Town-hall, Glasgow, Majot-Genrral SHANK in
the chair, when, upon the motion of Captain
11'KAY, of the '27th regiment, it was resolved to
offer their services to Government either as nisi..
leers or Riflemen, or in any other way which Go-
vernment may think their services useful in the,e
troublesome times: 7.llatlls of the Meeting:
were unanimously given ;-)r-General
SHANK for his conduct in the chair, .lso to
Captain JEFFREY, of the 26th tegimenr,
Ross, 42d Regiment, and Lieutenant TwEPDLE.
It. M. for their trouble, and who were the first
who proposed the Meeting..--(Glasgow Courier.)
There have been, for the last (-cis, days, several,
spots visible on the Sun's disc; some of clitm
•yety large. It is remarkable that tbase spots
change their figure and position, and disappear
and re-appear with unusuel tapidisy.
,F.HoCKI,NG EVENT.—An Inquisition was held
yesterday, at the King's At Tavern, Chelsea.
on the body of Mrs. iLuty Vaunt- the wife of
Mr. Varese)), of Riley-street, Chelsea. The de,
ceased went front home in'good health on Mon-
day, and called upon a Person in Grosvenor-
street.—Mr. Richard Price, who resided next
door to Mr. yarned, stated, that on Monday
night a coat-h dro‘e op to Mr. Varnell's door.
in 'which was the deceased ; her husband
went went to the coach, and the door being
opened, his wife was discovered to be dead,
her body reclining against the side; the hus-
band was greatly alarmed and distressed at the
auto( circlunstance ; she was conveyed into the
house, and
,Mr. Fletcher, a surgeon, was sent for,
but could 'render no assistance to the deceased,
she having expired some time before she was taken
out of the coach.--the Coachman said, she was
unwell whet) the mach was hired, and called at a
friend's house, and t.ok a glass of water.---Ver.
Diesi by tbeYi2aation of Goth':.

at.

BOARD OF EXCISE, JAN. 5.

THE KING t. VorSPY.

This v.,48 HII itsforutAtion exhibited against the
detunclAnt, who is grocer, for obstructiuLt. J.
iit-tritu, an Excise officer, in the execution of his
(intr.
,Tl 4 tutortnattou, ‘vhich is founded upon
;he 1011 Cieel.• 1. cap 10. StwiliectS the accused
y. on conviction, to H penalty of 1001. or iiot
less .1s ti one•fourth it) mitigKtion. _ _

T- -7 -
1.1;• Mayo having stated the short facts of the
case on the part of the Crown, produced the fol-
lowing evidence :
f';urton, the officer, said, that on the day stated
111 the information, he went, in pursuance of Nl.*
duty, to examine the stock of the defendant. The
latter is a tetad ~,rocer, living in Ratclitfe•high-
way. fie art ived at his house about two o'clock
in o,e afteinoon. 1! was on a Sattrrday, and
their 44 ere one Of two CuStOttlerS in the shop. As
soon as he could speak to the defendant he told
him tie was 'come to 'take his 'ock. The de-
fend-tot expressed great surprise, refused to
a!•:,iSf hint, and turned.his attention to the Cue-
fowlers. lie again requested him to proceed iu
staking ae stuck, but 'he was only replied to with
abuse. The tieltuldrit manifested every degree of
opposition, :and to toe course of their conversa-
tioti cilled him " a liar, scoutidrt I, thief, and
bit.Hwayin'an." and tole: him lie would " physic
I,im tor corn:tug on u Satuiday." After consider-
able delay and oppnttion he succeeded in getting
tome of the teas into the scale, hut the deteild3ilt
SheNt tri no dispoilion to vs-isi in getting them
out. The taititess desired that the !uutiples whi,h
4rt7re in the witidows might be taken out, hut the
d,1‘..!, hint would not suffer it. fie proceeded in
s: ti' to take them out himsell, bitt was
ai.o tet,iste; in this by the defendant, who de-.
aired th,,t tin theql out. After
for t,F r altere,:tion and delay, witness was
at krigii, eotol;efled to svels the aid of an officer,
iti ot der to 4:itahie him to perform his duty, He
v'as detained there 'ogre than two hours ; but htid
the proper faeili.ies beet, •Aiven him, be would
Lave ;ken erialded to take the stock in about 20
tite9.

tvitness underwent a lung cf-(r,ts-examina-
lion the drte7,dant, in the course of :which he
admitted that !here were at (tines a number of
customers in the shop, to whom of cantle Mr.
Vokey could not pay atteurienf, if he applied him-
selt solely to the taking tile stock.
S'epbeir Kittgslord he was headborough cif
St. (ieorg,',--tu-tbe E.ist. O the day srcsted in
the inform4tion, Burton applied to him to go to
the storp of the defendant. U'poo. arriving 'bete,
the officer proce,rkd to take -'o-k, and desired
Voisty hake the satrapies Out of cite window,:
Ti)e dettlideni replie,', ;hat they stroc.l4 not be
taken out. Ti were at the time least two
of torct customers. :qr. Voisey arpeared to be
very mad) oi,! at temper ; but witness did not
hear 'Hirt u stay opprobrious language towards
the of er.

witness was alfo cro-a-examiner! with
soniv ingenuity by the defeutintly. Ele repea,rd,
that he lieard tin foul I.nguage iron hint to Bur•

trbn.

Nit Mayo said, the charge was not for foul or
eittrsi,e langoege, but tot obstruction and delay.
The officer nad sworn, that he could, if not inter-
rup!ed, take the stock in 20 minutes, but was un-
able to do so within two how, He contended
th-t the offence was clearly established.
The defendant said, that his case was rather a
erne' one. EIS was a retail glover in a populous
neigeitontheott, and on Saturday, as might be
exltected his shop teas constantly supplied with
cwooffien. (in such a day, however legal it
Intent be, it must vilely be inconvenient in the
extreme t• be call (I op •If to take stock• The
boor too, he considered, added considerably
to the inconvenience, for he contended that
the Officer did not artiste until full three o'clock,
when his mint busy time commenced.—He had
then, it was tree, some custonscrs in his shop,
but he did all he could to facilitate the stock-
taking. He denied in the most solemn manner,
having, abused the Officer, or used the language
attributed to him. As to the taking the samples
ou of the window', he admitted that he did ob-
ject to it, but when it was considered that it was
Seturtisy, and that the replacing of them would
take up ne trly the whole of the evening, he thought
Ire was about to he put to an unnecessary incon-
venience. It lie had in this instance acted wrong,
be was sorry for it ; but he again assured the
Commissioners, that he had neither resisted the
takitie of stock, 'tor used improper language to
the Officer.—This he should prove.
L wis Jones said, he was porter to the defen-
dant. and remembered the Exciseman coming to
the shop on the day mentioned. He did not come
until three o'clock, e hen his master and himself
immediately got the canisters and scales. The
books were also got out directly. The stock-
taking commenced in five minutes ; he was not
site it w,as not 20, nor was his twister entirely en-
gaged with the citoomers, so as to compel the
officer to walk about and wait ; he never beard
his employer say, that he would " physic the'
officer for a scoundrel for coining on the Satur-
day." The Exciseman, he thought, might be
there an hour before the officer was called in.—
During the whole time there continued to be a
number of costomeis in the shop. His master
never tittered a word of abuse.
The defendant agein complained of the very in-
convenient time at which the officer visited his
shop, anti said, that had he attended solely to
him, lie intlat h-ave I itimed all his customers adrift,
and become subject to a veey seveit loss. It was
Ole unusual, he said, to take stock on a Sa-
turday.
Court said, they were far from desiring
that the offieers could set arbitrarily, or put in-
dividerde inconvemeece ; but they had a ditty
to per torte. and the Act of Parliament was as im-
petative upon them to take the stock as it was
upon the defendant mid others to assist them in
sti doing
liHomi, the officer, being re-called, stated, that
on the day in citteoloo he narked the time by the
cleck at Vireilelose•squate, not 200 yerds from the
detendai;t's hosise. It was two "hen he arrived
e, and pas.; 'Poor when he left.
The veer, eeeitte fieliheraed for some time.

said, that the caso appeared to be established,and,
under all the citenmstances, they felt themselves
bound to inflict upon the defendant the mitigated
penalty of a fourth of the" full sum, with an inti-
mation th:tt he might petition the Board, if he
pleased, for a still Rather remission. Penalty 25
guineas.
IMITATIvE PEPPER.—Mr. Beard, a grocer, was
charged with having in his possession a quantity
of imitative pepper.
• His detente was, that the article produced in
evidence was not his, and must have been con-
veyed into his place by some evil person, if not
the officer.--He was fined in the penalty of la
Mr. Dowling, a grocer, was charged with a
similar offence, namely, having a quantity of spit.
tions pepper in his possession.
The defendant pleated that be had before been
convicted by thp Court, and trusted that would
be a sufficient
The Court thought this rather an aggravation,
and again convicted hitu in the sum of 101.