It is confidently reporte...
The Times, 1824-06-02T00:00:00

It i3 confidently- reported that the tprcseut Session of Parliament will be prorogued on Thursdaty the 17th itnst., when his I\ajesty wi0, if'hcalth permits,'go in stateto the Bouse of Peers, and proro_ue the Parliament inpsrso9n.-. chirs'paper. Nor'viih_ standing tnecoilfidench of thl' aeserts0ot from the stnte of pblic bu- siness we belUeve the ihing to be iapossible& The saillisg of tlhe Griper, Captain Lyon, from Dept- ford, is delayed until thelOth:inst, ir conscquence of tie ship being fo-tnd o deep inetimwater with all tle storeton b6aiifoil8months, orender the voyage axosr -theAtlantic to Hudson's Straits dan- gerous. - Oneof theHudsqn's-be-y ships is therefore to accompany the Griper, and convey as many of the stires, &c, as possible. FeNsE ARTs.-Otur attention has been directed to ca cl- lection of'aititings anddtrawings at present exhibiting in a room over the NV estern. Exchange in Bond.street, The pietures are the works of a deceased artist, nameai lr. George Grattan, a native of Ireland. W-e-are inluced to notice this collection, not only on ac- count of the irndividual excellence of thie pictures whicl it conm. hvnic. but because it affords evidence that the artist was a man of wueit attendle .s snort carre mingfhaie bve pfaduced Works which would have rendered his nampe 4-elebrated ip the- anjisls ofJ3ritish art. As it is, he hAs-given olily"''the earaest 'if success" whic had he lived, 'migbt " in the coming on of time" have bcen con- plete. Mir. Grattan, we understand, entered or the study of the artc in Ireland with Rreat enthusiasm, ?nd continued, in spite of the difficulties with which he had to contend, to pursue the profession to which he had attached himrself with unabated ardour. He re. eeutly determined to come to England, in the hope of. meet- ing with more liberal pntronage and encouragernqnt' than he had experienced in his own countrv. T'be laborious, exer- tions w~hich hie made to effecttthisobject brought on abad state of healthT, to which ihe fell a victim at the' early age. of 29. It is evident from the number of pictures which 'Mr. Graitan hs,s left, that he must have been extremely industrious; aeii from the great variety of the eubjectswhich he has handled, it isas clear thathe pos. sessed great versatility of talent. ln the present collection there are subjects in almost every department of art.L Iany gf these unques. tionably are deficient in execution; but with Qthers the case is verv different. The drawings in chalk and the water-colour paintings arc of superior execUence; and the drawing of the figure is generally very correct. Thc intercst which thi unforuuatc history of thc ar. tist has excited ia us, -has induced uis to call public attention to this exhibition, which has, -e believe, bue opened for thc bene- fit of his surviving relatives: but the mierit of txe. pictures and drawings, independently of this circumstances, deserve the patron- age nf the lovers of ar:. SA1;Xaro-MATcH.-Yesterday afternoon the first sailing match for the -season took place above bridge between the Don Gio- vnaal, Captain- Davey, and the SpitJire, &aptain Betsw&rth, for: SOI. The condition-of Thematchwas, that the vessels. shald -sail from BlAckfriars-bridge.up. the rivet. to .-andsworth, pn(d return bark to Cumberland-gardens. The commanders of thc vessels be- ing 'veil experienced in nautical tacticsand iiiembers of the Thaies YzchtClub, much was expected frons tlhem; The match through. cut waO, as'expected5 agallantone, well maintained, and was finally decided in l'avoursof.DourGiovar2ni, who, -on obtaining -the lead of his antagoriist, firmlysupported it, and won the wager in excellent style, leaving his competitor a -considerable distance bebind. On Don aibioaviui's arrivaln of Ctimberland.gardens,- the announcement of ihe vi&or was madebythe firing of guns, and in the presence of a most respectable company. So strong wasthe feeling throughout the precinct of -St. Catherine's on the Dock Bill being believed to be abandoned, thatthe water,en of liengatczstairs, together with many of theinhabitants, on tho day after that-ve,St took place, hung up-a great nnany ships' colours in then4d6oihinkrstreets,to testify their joy at thedefeat whichI the promoters o&f thcbiUl had sustained in-Parliament on the laht nf i i1iay-, against wnci)tltney, witit upweras Ot 4Ut Of the inhabitants ol the above pTc'cinct, presented a petition to Parliament., The little td brick liouse adljoiniing the Palace in Pall- maU, by turns the residence of the M1acmahons, the Bloomfields, and other favourites of the Monarch in their day, is now-the coaifortable domicile of the happy pyii -vhn have recenitly returiied-from thvju honekni6on at Cumberlarnd4odge.-..AMornioripaper. Theentbusiasm amongsst the-book-buyers of the preseiit -romentbojdec'almiost onrnlrdunessr. lvans has3nst sold,:in the secopd piart .of Sir MUark Usky's'ibiatvr-.' Iysonis's Blvirdns of Lonclon,' for-1621. los.-." Lyons {aga Bri"anria,"42l.. ' The Triunxplis of the }mpefor Maximilian theFsrst" one vol., IIOL 5s.; the celebrated Vstlombros3 AMissal', 781; 15s.; " Latham's Synapsis of Birds,"ltl voLs., 1101. R. 5-- The: Love and Uomnplayrtes be- tweene Mars Sman venus" a -Ioefn, 41. lOs. 6d.;* 'M trelet, Chroniques de Franceq2 voLs., 481. 6s: At the recent sale of Bloom- field's (tee poct's5 tFccLs, the origial' manuseript oFthe- " Farmer7s Boy," in BloomfieldNs hand writing, dgantly'bound, sold for 141. - the same of. his "'Rural Tales"41. ; ditto of " ritd 'Flowries," 31. lQs.; ditto of tbe" a'ianks'oftho Wyye,"31.; ditto'of ZIa' day with the lIuses,y rig "i A. plan has lateily received thebsanction oftheArchbishep of Dubblin, wholhas 'subscrVbed I00L towards its completion, the ob. -ject of wlidtis -fo provide trwo free chuirches or the populatidon of theb pooer. classes of Dublin;. ' . " ' ' : -S1now to,the depth of-ujvarsi ofit*o inchfs,'fell in the neighbourhood of staiadrop ana Barnaid'Castle, on tle 21se, aid' a heavy shower of'tiail, on the Mame dwy,.did.coaisdlerable damage to the fruittr6ecHin exposed sit6tion..-DrDrh4in Advertiser.- In-the matteroftf' Clutteibuck and Ryley," in the Court of King's BBencb, on 111ondayj the-name-of :the. prosecutor was "-Cook," notr" Cdo]."I - - A mQelancholy accident happened on, Thursdayj the 20th ult.j at i faU'of oak wood on the grounds.of. F. Y. Aglionbly Esq., Nunnery. -Sdme of the workmen having cut a trec of larg dimen- sions' sAfficiently throu'gh to enable theD (as they supposedy to give it,,by ropes that ditectibn'-in itsfail -in which it was desirable it should lie;, and' whilst endeavouring to- accomplish the 1atter object, David Watt, the gardener at Nunnery. -and a boy, wenit to the opposite side for the purpose of introducing a wedge -into tlhe ocnin'g inade by the-saw, whenrthe tree-unexpectetll orer- coming the -sertions of fi-rd men wat' the ropes, ftell an.caught the unfortunate rian and bDt with- its' brinches. Watt was killed instanlly, and - the- boy, beiig extricated with much diffl- cakty, was, fouNi to- have-hiMs-leg broken, and -to be -otherwise severcly injdred, It is 5- tfomcwhat, remarkable fact, that, for a'lIengtli-of' time, Watt sliould -have laboured to bring about thc verv ciuse o Tit his 'lamented- death. 'This tree having be- cohniobn6oxious to him, he earncstly'entreatc his:-employer. to have it removed, and extilting in the succeS ef-his eolicitations, re- paired tio'thdspot while-tlle en wref at, work to triumph over- the- sturdy. monarch, who; in ois.fall, took such an ample revenge on his enemy;' The boy, A sril of Joseph Vilson of Ruckcroft, is - doing well, but the effect on WateWunhappy widow brtought on a prerna- ture labour, and on this bed of sickness wvith a farnily-of- four chil- dren,-she has tO deplore theuntiiehd ofherhusband. The bene- volenceofF.-Y.Aglionby,Erq:,arndliis.lady,Aofrequenily,experienced in the'neigbEbourhiood3 waaexercised-on this disrresaing-oecasion. On the day following a (,oroner's inquest was taken an the body-Ver di&t,t- " Acidental-Death." Carliete JournaL. .