The Sun. — London, England, 1802-01-07 00:00:00

TILE THEATRE Drury—Lane. The Distress'd Mother,- A Trzgedy abounding in p a ssions, sentiments,.and characters, above the leirel of -ordinary life, and which, therefore,• raises the Performers above the level of ordinary criticism, was , represented at this Theatre last night i and so well representeil'in the principal parts, as to de - Serve a larger 'audience, than attended. • The eltaratie'r , Of Hermiome was supported by Mrs. SIDnoNs, with all her excellence. It is impo-sgibie to suppose, that Hermione, as firawn by the. Poet, could . be - More completely animated by theatrical r epresentation. The AClress seemed to be wholly absorbed in the heroine. The alternations of love, r age, jealousy, grief and indignation, were pourtray. id with all the tOrce and spirit of reality. If there Were any passages of pre-eminent excellence, that ex.. cellence was evident in those, wherein Hermione in.; cites Orestes to the murder of Pyrrhus. There was a sublimity of vengeance in this direCtion of. her Powers, which denoted 'a mind, capable of rising to the proudest heights of poetical conception. The person and derneanOr of KitvlitLE are well fitted for the: part of . Dresses, which he sustained With great ability thioughout,"but the stupor, rage and madness; resulting from the unexpeffed agony and disdain of Hermione, after he had obeyed her orders in the destruClion of Pyrrhus, were the points in which he last night chiefly- excelled. The Audience were of this opinion, anal gave him loud and reiterated applause. of BAxayMQRE, for the fi rst t i me, assume d t h e p art rjrrhus, and performed it in such a manner as to give satisfaftion to the audience. HiS voibe wants flexibility enough for the varied struggles of wound ed pride, and tender agitation but he altogether acquitted himself very creditably. in Mrs. Powe Li; looked much bzttei than she aced 47droma c h e . T h e xvidow of Hedor has a 'Mono. totious Melancholy in her charaeter, but she ,has also dignified sentiment: In the • latter respel Mrs. did not adequately succeed. We never heard the well-known passaoe, " Itc.-t•ruld hew toy) thou bast redued a queen," . tle livered with sd little effecl. • The subordinate charafter s of Clearte and Cep visa tirtairily do not require forthers bui s u re l y the any distinguished Per persons more s thaThn could have sup_ and Miss Tipswi Lt uite Mrs. MitvtiFlßlEs to Imperial Tragedy: ACROSTIC. A tile fair bope,s we ziniv prospe&c view; Dear to Bat rdintkriA, she derives from I'OV. PEs :a uc - ; roir veils. once mere, her hideous face; In sweetest smiles ; and snit attriaive grace; P c;%,c a her Olives spreads o'er all the land, C Ives E v siort ton new blessings from thy hand. thy rime, to VIRTUE aS to $a 17,1 ix dear, vat ht.:r n - ans:Tend.int tablet F ant E shall rear, 1 1 :or Ttmc nor Ei:vy cloud what all revete.. - Ccmpetition seems to be the order of the day at " Theatres. Individuals are opposed to each either in articular characters; and Dramati c Pi eces also are submitted to the test of comparison, as we find in Artaxerxes, and The Duenna,.and as we shall see in Love in a Pill age, which is preparing at Drury -Lane Theatre, • The appv-rlate .I"rce , on Tuesday eirening would haVe been The bead tlli in whi c h Mr: MtricDVN could have played to the life. We are happy we Can joke with that excellent Performer upon the itepo-t of Sunday respeaing him. His. loss would have left a blank on. Covent Garden boards, which could not be easily filled. • Ktmlitt's performance of Petrtichi o i s a fi ne specimen o f c l assical humour. The Plic, no doubt, W ou ld b e glad to see Mrs. S/DDONS ub resume the part of Catherine in the same farce.' She per formed it a few years ago with admirable truth and spirit. Such a• deviation from the dinity . of Austi n 'd M use would give increased a g ttradion the to the, Piece, and convince the PUblic that the power sn of our great Aarnss might hav been conspi Comedy if i t h ad been equally e the objed o cuousf her a ttention. We lament to see in the' public Papers accounts w Of places b e i ng established for bear-batin.s, where the poor b east i s to have his teeth dran - out before he is attacked by the dogs. We lament, ,we say, to 'see such circumstances made public, because Fo reigners will be justified in callin' island ers an d inhuman Savages. g - uS ferocio us admir ers of Bull-bang s h ou ld really iti venture to com e forward and speak in favour of so savage;a pradice, we conceive that their rhetorical flocivers can only he culled from the Bear-G a rd en . I,t . has been proposed,. that /iviitg puppies, adorn -254/ied in the extreme of fashion, should be exhibited in c rosri:, for the information of those who are Zallztous for fashionable attire. But. such a scheme Pelicaly unnecessary, as there are., already isupis;el in abundance, who very kindly ://s;:eib, ite.lmisaeclev,e.s for the instruaion of mankind in ir JA,s „,, t a k es notice vv AR . E l , in his A nt i qu i t i es of Ireland, ben -an t , that out the year moo, surnames :a ell as in ° ao ' fixed in F rance , E ngland; and Scotiand , w bilitys and, by degrees, I reland ; first, indeed, among the No . r. M r i n` rates or g the lower sort. his History o f E n gl an d , g i ves ts the' in . the 'races of the foll ow i ng prov i s i ons - 'year t2h^ being the 27th ofEDWARDo ' the First : A. fat cock, three halfpence ; a %close,' foui%pence ; a fat capon; two-pence half /lennY ; two three pullets; three halfpence ; a mallard; halfpence.; a pheasant, four-pence ; a heron, 413"Peilce.; a plover, one penny ; a swan, three thilling,s ; a crane,- twelve pence ; two woodcocks, 'three halfpence ; a. fat , lamb, from Christmas to Nirove-tide, one shilling and four-pence ; and all the year after four-pence : 'lastly, wheat was sold c _f°r twenty -pence the .quarter, and in some places .Qr s ixteen-pe nce ,. or Tour shinings of our money. The Neptunus, Outma from Liverp lobtien, is 109 L on the Coast r, of Holla n d: ooi to iAr;'', OF LAURISTOY., THE public visit which dolorie r t LAT.TRISTON, First Aid:.de-C4liip to the . Chief Constil of France,, a' some tithe ago made to this tbrintry when he brought over the Ratification of the Preliminaries of Peace, has excited a . kbod' deal of curiosity and Conversa tion respeding his family; Which is lineally Scotch. The circumstance - has appeared a favourable one ; whiCh it no doubt is,. for the publiCatibu of a Me- Moir cf the Family of LAw, and which is aptly in troduced in a Volume just given to the -worldi,con taining an account of " The Antient -arid, Modern State of the Parish of Crarnond," ,near Edinburgh, in which Parish the Estate of Lauristoii is situated. The life of the great LAW, or, an appellatidn he has long been distinguished by in Europe, The Misislin); Law, furnishes much for the contempla tion of the Moralist and Slilosopher, as well as for the gratification of the Curious. He was barn at Edinburgh on the 2 ist of April 167 i=Till he' was twenty-one years of age no memorials are preserved relative to his education and pursuits, but he made a progress in Literature equal to the young men of his age. Arithmetic, Geography and Algebra were,, however, his favourite studies, and in these his acquisitions were uncommon; and from these his mind diverged to the principles of public and private credit, and the deep study of political ceconorrty. At the same time, however, he made all the lighter ant more shewy accomplishments his own, and ho was so elegant in his' person, and so attentive to its decoration, that he was distinguished by the fatniliar appellation ,of Beau Law. He excelled, says his Biographer, in the knowledge of all games, whether of chance, skill or dexterity ; and was• noted, as a most remarkable player at Tennis, an exercise much in vogue in Scotland towards the close of the last century. He soon came to London, where his superior beauty.of person, ready wit, and engaging manners, assisted by proper. recommendations, and aided by' that propensity to deep play, .for which he was always noted, procured him admittance into some of the first circles, and particalarly attracted the attention of the Ladies, among whom he had the reputation of being extremely fortunate: His suc cess in .this way, however, was not without its attendant bad consequences, for it involved him in a duel, is which he' 141' his antagonist dead at his feet. For this he was "committed td the King's Bench Prison, from whence lid•Wefer he made his escape, An Advertisement .was published, by the Marshal of the Pri;nn, in the London Gazette of Monda?, lan: i s 1694, describing shils person, and offering a reward of 501. for his apprehension. The description conveyed so unfavourable and so un like a description of his person, that it has since -been . very judiciously surmised to have been intended to ' favour his escape. He reached:the Continent in safety, and it is supposed went first to /10//anci, as he there officiated as Se cretary-to the;gritish Resident in Holland, and in that capacit , gained some insight into the opera tions of the mysterious Bank of Amsterdam. Some time in i7eio he returned toThis native City, where he soon after published the introdttOioo-to his Pro:. posals and Reasons for constituting a Council of Trade. His proposals were however 'rejected. , This Publication had the effea of introducing Mr. L AW to th e not i ce of several great Men of his Country, and he soon became very intimate with the first Duke of ARcYLi, his Sons the Mar quisof LORI.f and Lord ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, the Marquis of tWEEDALE, 'and other Noblemen. Relying on the assistance of these powerful :pro teftors, he, in 1705, offered to Parliament a Plan • for rernovinz the difficulties Scotland..then lay un der, from the great scarcity of specie, and the insol:.. .vency of the Bank ; preparatory to,. and explana tory of which, he published another work, entitled, " Money and Trade considered, with a Proposal for, supplying the Nation with Money." The ps sence of this Plan was to issue Paper upon Landed Security. This scheme was likewise rejected by the Parliament. Mr. LAW, upon this, resolved to abandon his native Country, and try, his fortune: abroad. - He visited many of the principal Cities of the Continent, particularly Bruiseh, Paris, Yenice, Genoa, and other places in Italy, where he exer T cised his talent at play with most extraordinary succeSs, to which his profound skill in calculation nut a little contributed. Faro was his favourite game. He realized in a short time the large sum .of r io,oool. sterling. It has been said, that his _good fortune at play giving umbrage to some peo ple at Paris, who could not bear to, see a Foreigner so successful, they found means to have him repre sented in the light ,of a State ,Enemy to M. d'AR GRNSON, Lieutenant-General of Police, who sent orders to Mr. LAW to leave Paris within twenty_ four hours; and thqt - he found himself in a similar predicament at Genoa and Turin. ' Much however as Mr. LAW was addi&d to. Gaming, he did not suffer that passion to gain a .complete ,ascendant over his-mind. Conscious of his .abilities, and sen sible of the depth of his knowledge in the art of Finance, he ardently longed for an opportunity, of bringing'both into adioh. . (To be continued.) . t • General . O'HARA, it is . said, retires from the Government of Gibraltar, and all public business, in the spring. The gallant veteran has bees for some time in a declining state of health, which the climate of Gibraltar rather makes worse.' Sir THOMAS Tit IGGE, the Lieutenant-Governor, has been for some • time in the West Indies, from, whence he is expeaed at the Garrison. in the month: of April. The duty of Lieutenant:GovernOr has for some months been done by General WEmyss,. who has lately been 'relieved by General BERNARD. . The Garrison are rather sickly, but have very re gular supplies from Barbary:of fresh provisions, at an easy rate. They are at present on very good terms with the Spaniards, and many parties of Of ficers have lately been made to shoot in Barb ar y, where - they h ave m et w i t h good sport: General Fox; it is reported, when the evacua tion of Minorca takes place, after the Definitive Treaty is signed, will succeed to the Government of Gibraltar. • TO TH. EbiTOR OF THE L'UK„' ; SIR; According to annu a l c us t om , I sen d you nijt .Prayer, beating date the 3ist of Deceilibei, t8oi: —Dci With it arid me'as yoU see it • Youi s obediently; • &e.' • • RIrHARD ct,-:1/4itiEizt.XNtL . . ; 0 ! AlMightY and Everlasting God, We most humbly beseech thee; with thy favour, to accept our • imperfed thanks and praises for thy .many signal mercies and deliverances, throughout the 'course of this eventful year, vouchsafed to us idly people.— We acknowledge that it is to thy providence We are beholden for the blessing of a fruitful harvest, the prosperity of a thriving commerce, and the success,- ful operations of our fleets and armies. We know it is thy right hand that giveth the vidory ; thy furtherance that causeth industry to flourish ; thy word that cOmmandeth the stores of .Earth and. Heaven td be opened for the sustenance and benefit . of thy dependant creatures.. More especially we adore and magnify 'thy goodness, G 9 d,• for that, thou !last been pleased to dispose the'hearts :of the contentious aiid unquiet towards the attainment of Peace, whereby to put a period to those, ravages, which have laid waste .the Nations. Perfed,. we most earnestly implore.,thee, that blessed work of love to the increase of thy glory and the refinma tion of mankind. Look down, 01 .God, we be ,seech thee, -with •thy benignant grace; upon thy ser. vant our Sovereign, the beloved of his people: to the Ministers in authority under him; to the Lords and Commons of the Realm, 'to the Adtuinistrators of Justice and Equity,. give, -we further pray thee, thine especial protedion ; direct .their councils and prosper their endeavours for the maintenance ofgood order, for the support of thy Church establishment, and effectually for the pr.inotion of thy true. Religion, the very bond of Peace on Earth,. and only sure means for obtaining eternal happiness in Heaven,— we . beseech 'thee, 0! God, 16 have mercy,. upon all men. Let there be no other striving. for the mastery,, but to excel in good works : no other vidory to contend for but , the vidorvloverour own unruly passions, -and the triumph of. overcoming evil by good. But forastnuch as the. poor of this Realm have.cried unto Thee in the time of dearth, • look. opt) their necessities in -thy mercy, and permit not their long suffering to be exhausted by any co vetous withholdings, or corrupt machinations of evil and men, who may combine to render that scarce, which thou 'bast willed. to be abundant ; but so bestow, we pray thee, thine ap portioned grace amongst us, that, he' who gathers, may so prudently deal cut to him who consumes, that neither the avarice of the one,may make., an ar tificial dearth ; nor the violence of the other create a real one.. As, thou hast inspiredtus with 1, Tti• title to encounter-all the. ,:errors. of War, grant us wish dciai to withstand t. 4 tcrnpta:ions .Of Peace. Graft in our hearts thatstcady faith in the , cloarities of . thy - gospel, as msy se't at naught the sophistry •of those, ~ vho impiously. -attempt to deify Reason by the downfall of Religion; .and teach us. : so to be c:; -- ,;ent - with,what thy Providence bath-allotted, .to casting from .us all vain and - wandering de- sires, and putting our whole trust in thy Word,- we may,. through the merits and mediation ".of thy blessed Son, our Saviour, Christ, obtain remission of our Sinsy and be made partakers of thy -heavenly Kingdorri in the Life to, come." A letter front Paris, via Hamburgh, mentions a report, of VESTRIS and iMademoiselle CHAUME- R DI-, the famous dancers, and Mademoiselle RA. COUR, the celebrated tragic actress, having been drowned in the Garonne, on their return from Boutdeaux. A Letter lately received from the Cape of Good Hope, mentions an extraordinary. faculty possessed by the ,Hottentots, of discovering water conealed in the bowels of the earth. One tribe, • the Kon rouanas, do this by sight. They -throw themselves flat on the ground, take' a distant view, and if the space their eye traverses hides any subterraneous spring, they rise and point to the spot. They dis cover -4,by an ethereal and subtile exhalation, which evaporates from every current of water , when not sunk to too great a depth. With regard ,to their' evaporation is more sensible, and is discover able even when behini , an eminence. These people have been knOwn to distinguish' water at the dis take of 600 paces. • Since the Public have, in.a,great measure; been convinced of the imprudence 'of their conduet, in taking large sums of money and other valUables to the . Theatres, and places of amusement, which so freqUently have become a prey to the gang of pickpockets that infest 'those placeS,' the light:. fingered gentry have turned their attention to places of public worship, where persons" are more off their guard. Great numbers have been plum_ tiered of their property' in this way lately.' Last Sunday two Ladies had their pockets picked at the door of a M'eeting, in Eastchemp, one of whom lost 'a pocketbook, Containing Bank Of England Notes to the amount of '261. and the other a vocket-book, but in which there was no valuable property. The numerous Billiard-tables in this Town are a proper subjea of reform, as many young men are Unfortunately drawn to them, and fleeced of their property, by a set of people who make the game their study, and. Obtain by it . an infamous livelihood.. If the Magistrates were to peep into theM, manya.; Highwayman and Pickpocket Might be secured at these places, when a striEt search has been made in vain at others. • .„ . ! .OnTuesday night,. or early yesterday morning, the premises of Mr. Bisq, Stock-broker, in torn, hill, were burglariously entered, and plate and other. ,articles stolen to a large amount. Yesterday two; of Mr. Bistes, servants, who lived in the house,, were taken befOre the Lotto I‘,I,YOR, on suspicion of being accessaries to the robbery. ,After a short, examination they ,were committed to the Poultry; Comptedor 'a further : boring. Sunday night, or early on Monday morning last, the Watehouse Of Messrs. .Beresford anci - Co.. in, Wood , street, Cheapside r —wits -looke r when It 411-- linen and Other goods were stolen' tO a large: amount 'by thieves yet - tinknown. •• , - - • lA;V. • s • • •••• • 4 . • ;. t . , 1 I N HAddir,f 4 t c ; r: ni;;;lnt'ye , ,t , !r(l.)V, there 7;C: aiteration in thi . fpride - 61 fine . 1 7 - v .- heat; laR . tlfeiinf-".•)t; sorts again declined a ; 4arl..!y, Oats, Pease and 13eang, continued dearly the sanfe - as - :tli ing week. • - • •. On. Tuesday the , North Lowland FellcilitetitOrn, minded' 1)y Lieut. cal.-, f ack., arrivA afc, Ayr; their route from. Ireland : fat Perth 4 ` , e) The Ayr and Rencrewshire Militia alr.Ar,rilikd. ir?.lasgow from Stirling , ' to do duty. io-the.ll3r,, racks there, in place of du. leaye ,GLasgomplgr Musselburgh.. ,3.ti Several': ships were . v4titek-ect ofd' •IVlettel-:-Abnb vessel,, by the violence of :tile -storm, tsl~it'ii caused the waters to rise z4.-feet, (this •cari nearly• on the , shore;•wbete-Alle .% , .S left entire-when waves. retired • JANUARY 4: This day the High Court of Justiciary and proceeded in the trial of James Begg", accused, at" the instanc e of His Majesty's Advocate of shop-breaking. 'The libe.r restr;ded to an ar bitrary punishment. When the indiament was read - orer, and the Jury sworn in, the .:Prisoner pled Gailti.—llis'admissiJn dt got, ;taring . been. Signed by hi(t, and recorJeii, the jury were Ir dosed, agreeably to the usual ford, to draw up their '"ti . -c.YrliZ.l, - Actlich tiley' . at 6 to zctifrii 'Word the Court rises. . • - ' The .> • w foilOing.Letter from Gener a l H A ' cm; mantling ihe•NOrthern Distria, with its anwer, has . bien counnunipted by a Correspondent', go) af Aberdeen riiecp, Are •a ,Battalion' of Gentlemen .who?ss.ocAtcci and offered their -services at - an earls• period of the War, without any expence to .Gaverrunent„ Previous. to General: Bay's corn mandiug in thar•Distriti, they. were called out to quell a vcry .alai ring 'R i ot,' excited against the dealers in meal, when some wanton destruaion of pris.o.te property toOk.place. . An end was•put to the tumult within hour after- the Corps was called .1. ~ out to Apaidof the Civil Magistrate.—They-rue . • rited, and.rec:elye'd the thanks of the Magistrates. on that o - ccasion, and since' .that t i me : h ere h as not appeared the least disturbance ) sor, tendency. to riot in the. town of - Aberdeen.' i ••• 40 1 ; Aberdeen December 23, 1,84. AAihough T have already expreisedtodlis Glace the L6rsi Lieutinanf; - .the sentiments with' whio .the conduZi of die VOluntegii of thii County in general, has inspired me ;',yet as I have had more frequent oppbrtunities of observing that zeal, loyalty; and public spirit by which the,Corps in this City have never ceased to beactuated, I shoUld not do jug:.. tire to their merits or My own feelings, if I retired from the ComMand of the Northern Dlstritt, without expressing, an 4 requesting you tacornintuneate to the respectable Corps over which y0:1 preside, the sentiments with ‘vhich their merito iiousconduet :has impressed me. it all;.)rds me the highest gratification td reflect, that during . a period of nearly ~ five vcars in which I have honlie lionour to Command 'in the District, o k . * which this 13 the !Head-quarter, ;here has. not arisen the slightest appearance of tumult or, dis Order, nor any cause of complaint--which'evilices; thilt-the Volunteers have added to - the most p - erseiering attention to the objets a their Institution, the strictest regularity', and the most exemplary demeanour. I have the Honour to be,. • - Your most bbedient.humble Serva ' (Signed) - A. HAY, Maj. en. • neut.: co). T3ANNERMAN, ' • • ontinandant 7 Ruyal Aberdeen Volunteers. (COPY----ANSWER.) • sot, •'• Aherdeen, De" cesilet 25, 18ot. - . lam much 'honoured 'arid high(}' gratified with the senti ments you have boen pleased to express in your Letter of the 23d, and in the very flattering manner they .apply to the Corps of Volurit6ers`which I have the Honour to Command. Many of the Individuals who compose the Battalion have the honour to be personally known to you. Their situation in lite, their charaeler, rioti principles, are such as have of to Government the best pledge, and to me a degree of confidence which it has been invariably' tny pride and plea sure tocheriSh and maintain; . . • We have always experienced froth you , , Sir, that unrerriiii ting and kind attention,Which - has made our public duty feel light, and-which, joined to•this` last testimony of your flat tering approbation, will le.ave upon our minds an impression of gratitude, respea, and obligation, Which no lapse of time will be able to efface. . Witlimuch Tosffea, - • • • i . havelltelionoUr to be, SIRJ Your•most obviient humble Servant; (Signed) T. BANNERMAN, Lieut. Col. Commandant, R. A. V. Major-General HA Y,, Conimanding the islorthern, District, Aberdeen. .Monday morning as a young woman was crossing the fields leading front Stepney to Whitechapel Church, she . was, accosted by two women, who began telling, a lamentiaile tale of distress, observ. ing that their husbands were On. board. the fleet in the Mediterranean, and that being out of all employment, and their children feduced_eVen to Want a morsel of bread, therefore assured her the smallest relief would be thankfully received The Lady, thinking the, story to be real, pulled out her purse, containing. two 7s. pieces. and half-a.' crown, when the Sturdy beggars snatched it from her hands,. and immediately made oft towards Rat. , cliff-highway, and,• got clear. out, of fight before anyone; came up. Sunday . .rnorning, between one and t wo o ' c l oc k a fire broke out in a tin-shop, behind the Neptune's Coffee-housey Liverpool, and under the office of Mr. Ferguson, Printer, both of which premises were totally destroyed, •though we are happy to say withUut commuoicating to the stables of the , B}ack HorSe and, rainbow, Which immediately ad_ 'joined. Mr. Ferguson's loss, of which but II small part was insured, amounts to neat : 4901, 0 The Clara, Willems, from . Pctersburgh to Am. sterdam, is lost at BCrnholm. , • PuuLic .OFFICE, SHADlVELL.—Yesterday two persbns of the names of Doyle and. Brewer were fully committed for trial from this Office, being Charged by a Gentleman in the city with knocking him clown in Red Lion-street, Goodman's-fields,' about seven o'clock in the evening, on Stinday the 17th ult. and robbing him of a watch. James Salmon was examined on suspicion of rob. Ding a Gentleman hear the Half-way House,. Step. ney,' of abont ph in Cash,' besides his watch., Se. -veral othCr Charges of felonies were exhibited. --a , ainst him, but owing to t h e great num b er o f ro b . , beries that:have lately been committed, he was re m-And-cid for farther examination on Saturday next, t