A GOOD WIFE. A wife, domestic, good, and pure, A wife should be like echo true, Like a town-clock, a wife should be, But not like clocks, harangue so clear, Young man, if these allusions strike, O! cruel Death, how could'st thou be so unkind. EXTEMPORE. On a Lady letting her Fan fall carelessly on a Gentleman's shoulder. The tap your fan let fall by chance, Be cautious, Harriet, of your pow'r to kill, EPITAPH ON A YOUNG LADY. Beneath the horrors of the grave For thee to sink such worth to dust? А РОЕМ, Sent by Lord Melcombe to Dr. Young, in the year 1761. Love thy country, wish it well, 'Tis enough that when it fell, Envy's censure, Flattery's praise, Void of strong desire and fear, Life's void ocean trust no more; Strive thy little bark to steer With the tide, but near the shore. Thus prepar'd, thy shorten'd sail Waft thee to the port of Peace. Keep thy conscience from offence, Easy shall thy passage be, Cheerful thy allotted stay; Short the account 'twixt God and thee, Truth shall lead thee to the gate MARRIED.-On Thursday, July 25, Mr. J. Beves, to Miss Davison, both of this town.-On the 15th ultimo, at Paris, John Hutchinson, esq. barrister at law, to Georgiana, daughter of the late rev. J. B. Carpenter, rector of Elsted, Sussex.-On the 25th ultimo, captain Brickstocke, R. N. to Miss Elizabeth Player, youngest daughter of G. Player, esq. of Ryde-house, Isle of Wight.-On Monday the 29th ultimo, at Shoreham, Mr. Charles Clasby, to Miss Mary Ann Young, both of that place.-On Thursday, the 1st of August, at Islington, Mr. Charles Street, baker, of Arundel, to Sarah, second daughter of Mr. Lear, of Holloway, Middlesex.-On Tuesday last, at St. George's church, by the very rev. the dean of Hereford, William Cartwright, esq. captain in the 10th royal hussars, and second son of William Ralph Cartwright, esq. of Aynho, M.P. for the county of Northampton, to Mary Anne, daughter and heiress of the late Henry Jones, esq. and niece of lady Tierney.-At Funtington, after a courtship of twenty-eight years, Mr. Joseph Sayers, carpenter, to Miss S. Glover. DIED.-On Thursday, July 25, Mr. John Emery, late of Coventgarden theatre, in the 45th year of his age.—At Hailsham, after a lingering illness, Miss Catherine Clapson, aged 16.-On Friday, the 26th ult. at Rye, Mrs. Walker, wife of Mr. Walker, grocer, of that place.—Monday, July 29, Mr. Allen, of Tower-street, Chichester, in the 82d, year of his age.-On the 2d ult. after a few weeks illness, at Ball's Park, Herts, the seat of her father, Anne, youngest daughter of lord John Townshend.—On Tuesday last, universally lamented, Miss Read, of Duke-street. The deceased possesed a most benevolent heart, and, for many years, has eminently distinguished herself in the charitable concerns of the town. The splendid decorations of the palace, in the aggregate considered, afford the most pleasing testimony, that John Bull, with suitable encouragement, has it within the scope of his own powers, to excel all the boasted frippery ornaments of the continent. The palace, generally, how ever, is yet undergoing improvements, the real nature of which it is impossible to write with certainty upon, though they are to be continued in the Chinese taste and style, and to display a magnificence suitable to the high rank and dignity of the owner. The east and north fronts of the palace open upon an enclosed lawn and shrubbery; the former, in extent, is upwards of three hundred feet; and the west front into extensive pleasure grounds and a grove of elms, connected therewith, by taking in the road which originally led into the town from the north, and which was a willing grant to his majes ty by the inhabitants. The Elm-Grove formerly belonged to the noble family of Leslie; on being sold by them, it was, for a succession of years, used as a public promenade and tea resort; and was, at last, purchased by the prince of Wales. HIS MAJESTY'S STABLES, &C.To the north of the Elm-Grove, is situated the royal stabling, decidedly the most magnificent ever erected for such a purpose in Europe. The structure, in the Moorish style of architecture, is octagonal without, circular within, and topped with a spacious dome, in diameter, within twenty feet of the dome of St. Paul's, and crowned with a cupola. Into the circular area, which receives light from the glazed dome, the doors of the various stables open, and which contain stalls for about sixty horses above these are numerous apartments for grooms, &c. the way to the latter is from a light gallery, by which the area, two hundred and fifty feet in circumference, or thereabout, is surrounded. The entrance to these stables is from Church-street, through a wide lofty arch, into a spacious square court, containing the coach-houses, coachhorse stables, servants' offices, &c. From this, through a similar arch, you reach the circular area, opposite to which is a corresponding arch that opens into the Pavilion grounds. On the east and west side of the circle there are arches of the same kind also; the one leading to what is intended to be, when finished, a tennis court, &c. and the other to a riding-house, two hundred feet long and fifty broad. The spacious arches, at the cardinal points of the compass, are so judiciously contrived for ventilation, that the area and stables are kept cool even during the warmest days, a circumstance which the lead and glass of the towering doom does not appear, upon external examinaton, to promise. ROYAL DOMAIN.-To increase the extent, and rural beauties of the royal domain here, a new grant was made in 1815, to his majesty, of ground northward from the palace, to the southern angle of Church-street: and the whole of the shops and houses on the north side of Castle-square, together with the Castle tavern, soon after became royal property also, by purchase. What was formerly the ball-room of the latter, which forms a rectangle of eighty feet by forty, with recesses, has been converted into a chapel, as an appendage to the palace. ROYAL BENEFACTIONS.-Among the numerous instances of genuine benevolence, which have distinguished the residence of his majesty here, the following are selected because they are annual, though they make but a moderate part of his royal benefactions in the aggregate considered, viz : The distribution of his majesty's bounty to the indigent, is carefully attended to by the local officers of the parish; and which is invariably received by a confluence of applicants, who, though among the most poor, are, at the same time, as affectionately loyal as the more prosperous of his majesty's subjects. FIRST VISIT OF QUEEN CHARLOTTE TO BRIGHTON.- -Her majesty, for the first time, paid a visit to the prince regent, at the Pavilion, accompanied by the princesses, Elizabeth and Mary, on the twenty-fourth of October, 1814, where they continued until the twenty-ninth of the same month, visiting, during their stay, various parts of the town, and expressing themselves much satisfied with the situation and appearance of the place, and the general respectability and conduct of the inhabitants. Before her majesty left the town, she was graciously pleased to direct that fifty pounds should be distributed to the poor of the parish, and condescendingly became the patroness of the Dollar Society, for the relief of the indigent, the notification being accompanied with a suitable donation. The amiable princesses to this charity, were also contribu tors. (To be continued.) CHARLES THE FIRST-continued fom page 327. This good success of the Scots encouraged the Irish papists to attempt the like, and to attempt it in the same way as the Scots had done; that is to say, by seizing his towns, forts, and cas |
