The Sun. — London, England, 1802-12-28 00:00:00

Pim AlSRfat their Superior s . On .the other hand the ? eople_ would he di s po s ed to pay their taxes more cheerfully when ther,found that they were not im. posed upon, and when they saw the Government pure and ready to correa abuses. The Amendments were then agreed. to, and the Dill ordered to he carried to the Lords. ,Mr; SHERIDAN said, that he had - seen in a public Paper a statement, purporting to he the Pro test of five Peers against the Malt but) , ,Bill; which lie considered as an infringement of the Privileges of that House ; and he wished to give notice, that he should bring forward a Motion upon the subject after the Recess. The Land- Tax Commissioners Bill Was read a second time, a id was ordered to be committed for the, t sill March. The Knights of the Shire were direfted to give PI Lists of the proper Persons to at as Cornmis. 11 "ers..-- -- Adjourned till To.morrow. MAILS. IotnTVED. I T en cii 0 DU!. I THE SUN. IDLtM QUIS DICERS FaLSUM AUD.AT L °ArDoiv, DE C BE R 2EL:__IBO4A The Special Commission, for the trial of Colonel ~._sPdrel, and the other persons in custody on a ~u4 r ge of High Treason, &c. is now passing the Great Seal, and will be opened on or about the /oth of January, when Copies of the Indictment will be kven to the respeaive Prisoners, with a list of the witnesses and Jurors, ten clear days (exclusive of "Aindays), befOre their trials. The commission will then be adjourned over Hilary Term, and be 41d at the New Sessions House, Newington; Sur teY: Lord ELLENBCPROUCH will, we believe, be at the head of the Commission, assisted by Justices LE BLAN4,LAWRENCE,CH4mBes, and Mr. Baron Ciomt.sd N. Mr. TURAER is eleeted Member of Parliament for Mictilutst. It is mentioned, in recent Letters front Dunkirk, that vast quantities of Artillery are arrived there from Lisle and Douay, and that several Regiments in garrison in Flanderi, had received orders to pdt themselves on their march to Dunkirk, there to wait the taither orders of the French Minister at War for their embarkation. A Letter from Hamburgh, dated December: ?7, 46 Y 3 , " ReSpeftable private advises from Paris; tcceived here this evening, give sanaion to the re ort lately cireulated, of the intended cession of ast and Wesi Florida to France On the part 0 .1 His Catholi c , Majesty; in retur n for which France is to cede the Sovereignty of the Duchies or Parm a an d G uaStalla to the KING of E TRURI A. A Spanish Gentleman, now resident at Hamburgh , and wL zv) left Florid a l ast sum Mer, deflates, that the Governor of that fine Province; with whomhe is ontentis of the Strictest IntimEtty, had received or: hers, ever since the latter end Of /Sof, to give tip t he.government of that country to the Troop s of Stich A Foreign power as shall present to him the Ad of Cession; and a Transfer made out by the Spanish Court." With sincere regret We infortti out Readers' that at one o'clock yesterday morning died, of 4h .aithinatic complaint, in the 6orh year . of his a ge, at his house in Bloomshury Place, Tii6mA . 3 •` - ADELL, Esq. Aldeiniwo of London—a Gentleman 2 ost truly endeared to a very eitenSiie circle of t ' t rends, who will long and deeply feel hii.lods.— m - r• CADELL, in the year 1765, became a part ner withi and in 1761 succeeded in business, as a Bookseller, Mr. ANDREW MII / LAR in the .Strand ; and was the first who distinguished himself by remunerating literary talent with a liberality proportionate to its merit. In him, ntlh4r., ROBERTSON, BLAIR, GIDUON, HENRY, AtICHAN, BURNE, BLACtisTONE, and other excel lent Authors, found their wst MJECENAS; and the astonishing suticess of their produ&ions, purchased b y„, him at prit . unexampled in the History of COPY-right, *lt the strongest evidence of the Soundness of his judgment. Having risen to the head of his profession, Mr. CADELL retired from trade in the full possession - of his faculties, and with Ito ample fortune, the sole and satisfactory fruits of trnremitted diligence, spirit, and integrity ; leaving the business which he had established as the first in Great Britain, and perhaps in Europe, to his only Son and Mr. DAVIES. Accustomed, however, from & early its, • to an acti ve life, he with a laudable ambition sought, and most honourably obtained, a seat in the Magistracy of the City of Lon. d ot , ; being, in the year 1798, unanimously elected to succeed Wit.t,rAm GILL, Esq.. as Al derman of Wilbrook Ward : in the discharge of the duties of which situation, as well as of that of Sheriff (which he served at a critical period, whe n P arty ran hi g h, i n t h e year 0300), he was eminently chara&erised by the independence of his PrincipleS, the re&itude of his judgment, the good_ tress of his heart, the benevolence of his disposition, ani the urbanity. of his manners. Whether consi dered in his magisterial charader, or in the more • retired walks of domestic or social life, few men 'could be named, so well deserVing of private vene ration or public esteem. Sir Wm. CURTIS has for some time been severely attacked by the gout, and having ventured down to the House of Commons one day last week, caught a Violent cold, which has since endangered his life. Qo'Sunday he was so ill that little hope was enter tained of his recovery ; but we are happy to state, tilat although he was, in the course of yesterday, in a "ate of delirium, from the effetti of the disorder, at night he . was considered by his Physicians much better, and great hopes are now entertained that the, worthy Alderman will recover. . The contest for the Vacancy in the direetion of the East India Company' has been conduflecl with so much zeal, yet ,with so much liberality and can dour on all sides, that it holds forth a laudable ex ample to every illoritiov. - A V AL- N WS. 'ORTSIIIOUTH, btc , . 27. ,; • . SAILED the names Frigate, and Pluto S loop of War, to the Eastward, to be paid oft; Charger ana Monkey Gan brigs, on a Cruize. DEAL, DEC. ARRIVED from a Cruize, the Pixel:, Snip, and Bloodhound, Gun-brigs : they remain with His Majesty's Ships Irnmortahte, Jamaica, Arrow, and Dki,v,sr. YARMOUTH,. Dzc. Pur in with loss of leeboirds, the Code. Rope, oNIF.s, from Groningen, with &its, bound to London. Arrived the kith. Trade', STEWARD, and Good Intent, Tuck, froni London. Sailed tlieLydia, NinHOLS, and Selby, CAVIL, ;or Hullo DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEYS The, Phoenix, for the recapture of the Atlantic (in corn pany with His Majesty's Ships Stag,. Unite, Triton, and Scourge) will be paid at No. 70, Great Rtissei-6treet, Blooms— bury on Thursday the joth instant. _ • . The crew of the Ancgorneda, for the detention of the neu tral Ship Vrienden, may be paid on the 27th instant, and on every other Saturday for three:years to come. To the Sloop Busy, a distribution of the proceeds of the Maximilian Frederick, Will be made at No. 17, Cecil -street, on Friday the 3ist instant.. The Foudroyant, for the recapture of the Ragusean Brig l'Annonciata, will be paid at No. 13, Barnard's Inn, Holborn, on Thursday the i3th of lanuary iBo3. tIOTICE TO MARINERS. THE New Light-House, at Cranfield Point, the entrance of Carlingford fiarbotir, will, be lighted on the Ist \day of 4klarch next,. and continue, thereafter lighted from tige ration of day-light in the evenings until day-light . in the mornings. This Light-house is erected near high... Water, about a quarter of a mile east of tile extreme point of Car lingford, and nearly in a N. W. direalion by the compass, from the centre of the extensive rock; called HealyLhunter, from which it Is one mile distant, according to M'Kenzie's Survey. The light will be from Oil-lamps, Reflelors, and Lenses, and elevated above the level of the sea about t to feet- At half-flood there will be a large Ball elevated on a Staff that will rise to the height of the lantern on the west side of it : and it night; to signify half-flobd,, a small light will be ex hibited from the house a few teet Under the great lantern: —one or other of these will continue ,qhtil half-ebb, when it will disappear. Three Bells, fixed on the Light-houie, will con tinue to ring during thick foggy weather, to poifit out the di reEtilin of the Light-house. STANDARD. WE bave good reason to believe, that the State.. ment which appeared in a Periodical Publication of went date, respelling the capture, in the Battle of Alekandria, of what has been called the " Standard," will : not escape obser%ation from thoSe whose badness it is' to notice it and that it will lie clearlk did incontestably proved that the RegiMent did take the Standard from that body of men termed the Invincible Legion, whom they engaged in the tomniencenieht of the Anion ; which Standard was, in a subsequent attack by the Fn my, lost by Serjeant SINCLAIR, who received it in charge from the Officer of the 42d Regiment, to whoni it had been surrendered : nor will this fart be foUnd inconsistent with the Docirmenti adduced in the ?tiblication above-mentioned; however contrary td the reasoning and insinuation of the Author: The English Frigate the Medida, entered the Port of Genoa in the latter end of November - and left that place for the Levant on the sath Of the same riionth. Mr. EstEri is appointed Attorney-General of the leimud4 islands and Mr. HARVEY judge of the Court of Vice-Admiralty. As several of the Officers of the Otiardi who have lately amused, themselves with Theatrical perforniances; have shewn very respetlable talents, it is not ithprobable that they may be invited to take part in the Histrionic pursuits of the Pic 'Vic Club, which is likely to be one of the most distinguished objets of fashionable attention during She winter. If there was oo room in the British Museum for the Antiquities from Egypt, something better should have been eretted for their protection against the severity of our climate than the sheds under which they are now placed, which look like a couple of cortv.bouses Should the British Ambassador in France, before be grants Passports to persons of that Nation to, visit England, be instructed to require testimonials similar .to those at present demanded by General ANDRROSSI, the Alien Bill, in such case, may be very safely repealed. The Rev. WILLIAM COPPARD, M. A. RcElor , of Hastipgs, in Sussex, formerly Fellow and Ser.icr Tutor of Jesus College, Cambridge, is presented by the Master and Fellows of that Society to the valuable Rectory of Gravely, in Cambridgeshire, void by the Cession of the Rev. JACOB COSTOBA DIN. Yesterday 7ohn Hatfield was brought to the Public.OfEce, 'Bow-street, and underwent another examination before Sir R. FORD a0...d THOMAS Ro- BINSON, Esq. The certificate of his marriage with Miss Nation, and also with Mary Robinson (the beauty of Buttermere), were read, as was likewise the Letter from Miss R. to Sir R.' Ford. Sir Richard Ford asked Hatfield what he had to say in his defence to this charge ? The Prisoner said, he would. not give him, or the Court, at the time of his trial, any trouble, but should plead gUilty to thi; charge. John Foster, who is charged on suspicion of mur dering his wife and child, by .pushing them into the Grand JunCtion Canal, about three miles beyond Paddington, was also - examined. A number of per, sons attended, at whose houses the Prisoner, in com pany with his wife and child, had been on the even. ing previous to the morning they were found in the Canal. The Prisoner's defence was extremely con tradiaory. He has a most excellent . charader with respea to his sobriety, humanity, and good-nature. He was committed-for further examination, rEE THE 'TRES. .v: • . Drkty:Lane. • • rEtt the 4treaing Drama oiaeorge Barnwell, which is very proivtly- brought forward as a moral w;uning, a,t ihii :time .of general revelry, when mirth a ! )d tilssipatiOn may ,need some correalye, a new Oatitomime was brought, forward tin&r the title of Love and Magic ; or . 1-larlepin's Holiday. CHARACTF Harlequin - - Harlequin Miniature - Mago (the Magician) -; Pantaloon - - • Pero - - - Mr. WiRNE. Master BYRNP. Mr. DE CAMP. Mr. MALE. Mezetin - Scaramouch Mr. FISHER, - Mr. GIBBON. Gipsey King Undertaker Barber - - hlr. COLLINS. Mr. PURSER. Mr. HOI4INGSWCRTO, Sailor- - Messrs. WEBB Y . rOKELEY. A YOUNG GENTLEMAN. Counsellors Messrs. "VIA ODOCKS, SOAR kIS Client Mr. RHopts Tycho (the Clown) Coluanbine - - Mr. GximAim'. Miss B. MENAGE p T a h n e pr taiinait,e. Miss TYRER. Mr BAYZAND Ursula (the Dwarf) Lar4Lacty - Venus - • - Master I.ANCHAR.b. MrS. - COAT MISS HICKS. The Graces, Miss BRI sTow, Miss WATSON, MISS SMITH:CupId, Miss. nous Hymen, Miss SAUND'ERS. Little Bess, the Ballad Singer, Mrs. BLANi?. Our Readers will certainly excuse us from giving the Fable of,a Pantotiiime; and there is nothing in the. Plot of this Produetion; ,that renders it very different from what the Public has often seen: In the opening of this Piece we find, that Harlequin and Columbine are in the power of a Magician, who is fool enough to entrust his Wand to his servant Tycho, telling him if he should fall asleep', his ,Master and himself. will he ruined.. Tycho, of cbio-se, falls asleep; the Magician's Prisoners obtain their liberty, but contrary to the Magician's declaration, he re tains his power. By tempting oilers he obtains the consent of Pantaloon to . woo Columbine. Hence arise all the usual pursuits, impediments, changes, &c. &c. lilt at length the Magician is defeated, and Harlequin triumphs in the possession of his Columbine. . . The earlier scenes are representations of Egyptian Cottame, and are very well Painted. Some beauti ful Landscapes ,are introduced, a City Barge ap p'ears on the Thaines, s on a S.-wan-hopping Voyage, KELLY'S §aloon, HAMMERSLEY'S Banking-house, and Westrriiiistei-hall,'are among the familiar sixties. A Cavern; with, tremendous gilded figures; is a striking scene, and the Temple of Hymen; at the conclusion, is very ;plendid; BYRNE, as Hadeluin, was encellent. His son, and Miss MtNAGE, deserve much praise: GRI MALDI, MALE, and CYPRIATsiT, by agility and ludicrous tricks, highly diverted the Audience. Mrs. BLAND, Miss TYRER, and SEndwicit diS played their vocal• powers with success. Miss HICKS looked much better than she sung in Venus. CoLLINs, for the first time, appeared'as a - singer, and we advise him not to indulge his inusical am bition. The Piece, V(iih varied and beautifui scenery, and much diver:ing e%travagahte in the tricks And blunders, gave great entertainment to an. Audience that f;)11 -, ,i occupied the Theatre; 7,The Overitire, by SHX , 4, is a bald tind spirited, eoli;position. The rest of the Music, which is pirtly compiled, and partly new, is very Well 'adapted to the incidenti it accompanies. • The Pantoinithe was received with the highest applause, and will doubtless be of much seiviCe to the Theatre. The following is a specimen of the Poetry Little Bets, the Ballad Singer.—Mrs. BAN r); Orne "round and buy, come buy, come buy iSong of Little Bess ; Topease your taste I'll do my best, ' is all I can profess, • Sweet maids to you I'll sing True Bine; And . so your .Lads shall prove; To loVe-sick Swains I'll sing sad strains Of those that died for Love. Then brisk agaid my Song shall be; - To cheer the friends who follow me, Poor Little Bess the Ballad Singer. Come 'found and buy, come buy, come buy ; Assist poor Litttle Bess, The home to cheer of Parents dear, Who droop beneath distress. So shall you prove propitious Love, And boast a friend sincere, That Balm shall find; of human kind, A syMpathising Tear. Then brisk again my Song shall be; To cheet the friends who follow me, - Poor Little Bess thd Ballad Singer; Cipgey King, Mr. tome found me, and heir - • What ctelicate.cheer For your dinner this,day hate I stole; Lay hold of my sack, And I'll quicicly unpack; Arid give an account of the whole. Squire Clod, rude and bluff; Swore the Miller he'd cuff, . • And while he a quarrel was picking; " I'm for Peace friends," quoth I, So dext'rous and sly, I popt in my bag these nice chicken. To a Vint'ner's I went,' For there I had scent, When his Wife had a little drop in, • That it was no hard task; To steal this choice, Cask ,t Of Gin—and to my bag for to pop in. At the Parson's, says 1, • My luck I will try, • And soon stole his holiday Wig ; • Still on industry bent, To his stye quickly went,. • Where I snaffled this little Tythe Pig. GLEE The Beggar Girl, Mr. SEDGWICK, Mrs. BLAND, and Miss TYRKR. U ver the mountain and over the Moor, Hungry and barefoot I wander forlorn, My Father is dead and my mother is poor, And she grieves for the days that will never return. Pity kind gentlemen, friends of humanity, Cold blows the wind and the night's coining on L Give,me some food for my Mother for Charity, IP Give me some food and then I will be gone. , . . . Call me not lazy-back-beggar, and bold enough, Fain would 1 learn both to knit and to sew ; I've two little brothers at home when they're old enough, They will work hard for the gifts you bestow. Pity kind gentlemen, Sic. Covent-Garden. AFTER the peformance of the Tragedy of Jane Shore, in which theie was nothing particularly re. hlark::!;le, a Detii Vant-orf.iitne WAS bCrailgt:,i: . ailed Parleariz's Habcio'• or 7 be !la?' „ - PRINCIPAL PANTOMIME CI-IRACTERS Harlequin - - ' ..: ' •, -•• Mr. BOLOGNA, jun. Jelin Doe, Father noL.r. to Ccilurr ocNA. bine _ j'-, -- - • l'''l B• • Richard Roe (Columbinf..'s Nit% K.I.I.NERT. Lover) Turnkey - - - - Mr. BOLOGNA. Lounger , .1 - .. - Mr. KING. Quango - •..... , ....- , - -Mr. 1,. NkC, E Spedre in Don' l iran '' .. - Mr.BE ': Ghost ot Gaffer Thumb - Mr. II A R LEY, Lunh's Ghost :•,, ' - - •- . Mr. Pow ERE. . And Fongwirang (With a Song) Mr. Du Nor s. Castle Spedre - - - .. Mrs. Sr. LEGER, Bleeding Nun ' -;- - - ' , ,- Mrs. WAT TS And Columbine (Daughter 2 Airs wyEßw * to John Doe) .- - - S S. °:°, ' To mark with accuracy the rapid changes of :t Pantomime is nearly ,impassible : .the following-, however, is a briefsketch of its plot. The'first'A4 opens with an elegant apartmentin the house of lohn Doe, .whose daughter, Columbine, is discovered embroidering a map of Fiance ; she is interrupted by the en trance of her father, who introduces Richard Roe, an anti•.; quated lover, as her future husband, but who is rejected by the Lady: , • : • , • . A dashing Buck is text brought on, in cdstody at the suit of his taylor ; he sends for bail ;- a Sailor, from India, at tended by a Chinese; enters to his relief. The Sailor offers his whole store, which is insufficient to relieve his friend, when the Chinese, understanding the nature. of the embar rassment from the Sailor, offers the Bailiff - a case of curious China silk;, but, when the business is about to be accom modated, the ungiateful sprig of Bond-street fakes an oppor tunity to decamp .with the silk and money, and the poor Sailor is left in durance vile for having answered for his sup posed friend. • • . • . . The Bailiff's daughter, struck With the generosity of thd Sailor, endeavours to procure his escape, but is prevented by the vigilance of her father's turnkey. The Sailor, in a paroxysm of anger and despair, strikes the ground with'one of the rollers from which the silk had been wound, which proves to be a talisman of great power, and which had lairi long negle&ed in China. The Genius of. the Sword instantly appears, who tells the Sailor, of the virtues of the talisman, and that he and ten thousand spirits own its sway, and are ready to aid its master in the hour of misfortune. The Genius then desires him to pursue his faithless friend to Frame ; the Sailor thanks the Genius, who disappears. Columbine timidly approaches the sword—the. Sailor gives it to her. She is delighted with it ; but disliking the Sailor's dresS, makes the first trial of its magic virtue, and changes him to Harlequin, and. point., ing at her own dress, gives him' the sword, with which. hd changes her to Columbine. After dancing round each other, in mutual congratulation; they run towards the door, which opens, and I ohn Doe, Richard Roe, and Redtail; enter with Constables. Harlequin escapes by leaping through a framed copy of the Habeas Corpus A 1,6 which changes to " Non est inventus." Colunibine being locked up, the Father, Lover, and Clown. go off in pursuit of Harlequin.. Harlequin, in tlie.riext Scene, having by the.yirtue of hiS sword, released Columbine, and found iris frielid (the Chi nese), they ,set out for Datttbrd, on their way to •France, tot towed by the pUrsuers, and after several adventurous escapeii arrive at Dover, closely pursued. lust as they are •ready to embark for France; Cblumbine is seized by her father, forced into a boat, and carried off. A storm commences, and Co.. lumbine, while struggling with her father, , tails into the seat and disappears. Harlequin resortsto the effect of the sword, the Genius appears, and bids him not despair, but instantly seek for Columbine in the Hall of Spedres, and, like Or, phew:, attempt to bring her back, which he elfeels. And the second Ad proceeds in a tour through part 'of France, with a succession of escapes and adventures occurring through the scenes, which are plentifully enlivened with a great va... riety of mechanical tricks and changes. The Scenery which is painted by Messrs. Rr.: CHARDS; PHILLIPS, WHITMORE, &C. is in general remarkably well executed. Amongst those scenes which . deserve particular notice, are the moon-light view of Dartford, Rochester Bridge, Castle, and Ca thedral, a general view of Canterbury, Dover Pier, and St, Dennis's Gatei Paris. The Hall of Spenres did not equal our exotetations. The ascension of the Balloon, anti. 'descent of the Parachute were well thanaged, but they did not meet with much applause, which probably arose from too great an expeetat fort ' having been formed on the part of the Audience. The Machinery is Well contrived, and, making some allowances far unavoidable failurei on a first night, the metamorphoses were in general well ex.. ecuted. . , The Music is pleasing, but there is no song de.. serving particUlar notice. Young BOLOGNA, and Mrs. WI , intow, support . ed their respettive charaders of Harlequin and a. lutabine, with great spirit: The Pantomime is the produftion of Mr. T. Di 8 Dm, and V/As brought forward under the direc tion of Mr. BOLOCTIA Junior. It will, no doubt, have the usual run, but we think it requires cur tailment, as in several parts it dragged rather hea_ . vily along. With the aid, however, of some judicious alterations, it will form an entertaining Holiday Exhibition. R LEY BATH CONCERTS. ON Wednesday .last Mrs. StcoNO made her first appearance at the aboVe Concerts, after a secession of several years, which we hear sho has employed in cultivating a voice -remarkable for power, ex.; tent, • and brilliancy of tone. In this Nursery of .the Arts, .in this Place of exquisite refinement, which has fostered so many Bright Stars in the Theatrical Hemisphere, did this Lady first solicit Public Patronage, and in the Music of our immor tal HANDEL, was even then considered a great ac. quisition to the Musical World. Her atchieve ments in the Metropolis since that pet loci; are too -well known to require any observations on our part, 'and we have only time to say, her perform ance did not disappoint the expedations that - were raised in her favour. Mrs. S. certainly possesses first-rate talents, • and, as a Correspondent informs us, this modest Singer is, even now enjoying the benefit ofßAtrzziNi's instrthions : in the hands of that great Musician, and able Master, we have no doubt'but she will ultimately acquire, unrivalled ex cellence. She was received like an old Friend, and sang an Italian Bravura, which appeared more cal_ culated to shew her execution,' and great compass of voice, than to produce a pleasing effeEl ; and al though it was admirably accompanied by Bitootts, we understand it did'not receive as much applause as it deserved; but in a Cantabile, or mezzo Bra.. vura, she. completely laid hold of the Audience, and executed it with so much refined taste and feel ing, that the unquestionable marks of approbation we find she received from her Royal Highness the DUTCHESS of YORK and'her Suite, proved her ef_ forts were crowned with success. Mr. ERSKINE used to be the great Advocate on the , Prosecution side in all Crim. Con. Cases, but Mr. GAR ROW acquitted himself so ably in behalf of the Plaintiff in a recent Cause, that it is probable the former, will hereafter be chiefly employed in tilt way of miti4atiett. ~~.