The Sun. — London, England, 1804-12-03 00:00:00

THE TIIE.ITRE. ON Saturday night Master BETTY ) or as he is styled.the Young Rostims, made his first ap pearance before' a . London audience, at Covent gatden Theatre. Never, -pefil4ll9, Were the expec. taiions of the public more highly raised—never was the 'public curiosity so intense and ardent. Every, thought and Wish were direfied to the young Boy business, engagements, and nt,usementa, •CCITIed to be it a stand ; he .done occupied the public atten. I/ and the War and 13') . NAP ARTE were for a unheeded and forgutteo. - Indwelling upon such in epoch, we run no 64: of becoining - tedious by th e most ample description, or the must minute dei.ul, We have heard of some whose anxiety - • ~,. . . , wa s ..a g r e3t as to s ro th ee . t h em to attempt ,conce.o. ing afeasselves in the Theatre On Friday night, that Iti''',' might he sure . of securing seats for, the•ensuing nights So early . as ten o'clock on Saturday morn. ing many Genilemen began to parade the Piazzas and Bow street, in order that they might be near the doori 'when the crowd should . begin to at,semble. So early as one Or two o'clock num. beri had taken • their stations• near all the doors leadiog to the pie, boxes, 'and galleries ; long be fore the doors were opened, they stretched out in long, thick, Clo Se-wedged,, impenetrable columns, to the extremity' of the Piazzas, in. Covent-gar. den, and quite across Bow.street. Many who did not mean to attempt to get in, lined the streets and windows, cootemPlit'ing with "nil"' moos of ewe and f ear t h e tremen d ous accumulation Of numbers. It is impossible to s p ea k. in too high' . term s of the care and caution which the Proprietors ant ainAgers of •the Theatre had adopted : they' were weU aware of the" public anxiety and imps_ tierce.—they knew that the House would be besieged, and attempted almo,t to be taken by storm—they provided a select number of Peace Officera in they inside the Theatre, and they procured a strung De.' tachment of Guards outside . , in 'case it shohld be necessity, from the pressUre of the crowd, and the narrowness of the space, to secure egreis to' those I tho might Aqi.be abir to secure admission; or who • might be taken ill or injured in . the pressure,' and ilight wish, hit , could not get out., Never did men df) their dtny with more moderation and tnildness. thari ho t h the Potice Officers and the Soldiers. The Nee:lotions that had been taken soon became netes' "q• . In the cro , d 'before the doors, long before they were opened, the !vat and pressure became so; intolerable that Maly persons tainted, and others,' Were in tl four of suffication from the weight and toree 4 , 1 the 'mothers from without, who could not he Pevditedoipon by the representations or,shrieks of the people coolined within, to desist from attempt_ ' I % 4 0 t.lcr Itin iv:stage. The danger at list was so gre4l,o o , th. Guards were almost unanimously called InTlly 1: el e t i afieti persons who were included between 1 . 6 inner and outer doors, aod ,who ,could not make good t h eir retteat. The soldiers after some time ap- P e 'n'a, and, with the utmost dexterity and go.sd t " ll '{ l,, ri cleared , the crowd froM without, and.' 'snlit the entrance . ; permitteci _every one to relit - el Du ( n o one to enter. As the ntnaihen were so great, the doors we re very, properly or tied before the usual tine, The ra s h was terrific at all the doors leadine l'lti th e. b o dy. 01 the house. In the space of a few P i nNles the two gallerie s were filed,' aid so close.- y wedgest,•that •not one more could get admittdrsee, and they seemed as one compl solid mass. The P it was two.thirdsfilledomt.from the pit.doors and t'sqes, but . from the boxes. C,:yrntlexen wh o , new there were no places witaken in the boxes, an d -*lto could not get up-the pit avenues, paid fur ad_ toission• into the,buxea, and poured from the front boxes into the pit in twenties and thirties at a time. The pit was . two-thirds tilled irk this manner. Still, 'en after it •war crammed, the Gentlemen crowded . the front boxes, and being unable for w ant of ronh to descend into the pit, remained thete. It was in ‘e, , itO that •those who had tak e n t h em , perhaps we e k s ',:clure, a ttempte d to ' get to t h e i r places ; some -Lobe s , however, were buffered to yecupy the' front tow', ' The Police Officers fruitlessly attempted to cleat the other rows for those wh o h a d ta k en them; all their 'efforts were vain ; twice were . the) , ta - nder the necessity of .attetio ting ((nee, but they were overpowered by numbers, and _beat •back, and the first c.COlpiee, ,of the 4 13 .' IC" Inained the permanent possessors of them. „the lush into the other boxes wilt great ; Ism order was more easily preserved in then, for it was ins_ possible to &seem! from them into the pit. Those who [Did taken seats in the upper and side boxes, got,'from the excellent regulation a lopted by the House, easy access to them; The lObbies were as. crammed almost as any other. part of the House; and happy did .those think themselves, --Who could itet a- station,at the small holes at the .back of the buttes; or who could 'procure a transient and oCca. tional view of the stage, as the box doors were'opeo- , td• The he at i n every part of the H ouse b ecame excessive very soon after it was. filled. .What air south be admitted, w as a d m i tte d. Th e stage curtain trots raised a foot or Iwo from the stage ; but thc }hate was so great that all the means tried were instif4eie nt , _ In the pit many GOolentelt rained; L end We r e dtagged, seemingly' lifeless, up iritoohe: boxes. The Ladies in one or two boxes were em., Ployed al mos t t h e whole night in fanning the Gen ' , tlemen who were beneath them in the pit. „ Fl . e.. 4 P e ntik WI heard screams from those who- were overcome by the heat, but could neither get out, • tor obtain the slightest relief ' Upwards'of twenty (lentlemin who had fair . .0 were dragged. up into # ; he boxes ; we observed se eraf more raising their Banda, as if in the at of supplication for mercy and' Pity. It was with satisfaCtion we observed but few re. males exposed to this distr ess in g s t a te in the Pit—. they were but thi rteen , and.they fortunately were placed in situations so near the stage that they shad the full benefit Of the air 'from it. Thts scene s it may well besupposed, occasioned great !,, t ' is e and confusion ; one or two pickpockets seem. ","!° have got into t he pi t , b ut t hey were *On de 'ected, and made, we Ore say, but a trifling liar vest.; but it was impossible to turn them out. When something like order appeared, the cur. "in., some tim e a f ter t h e usua l . time, was drawn ap, 'end Mr, Cti ?itLis KtiOLt:Casne o n Ole stage for but Purpose of deliv er i ng t h e Occ as ional Address ; • NS It WS ." -S lentrally conceived that he came tO *flake an apology, the audience raised an outcry which nothing subdue. He Continue(' some time on the stage, bat the exclamations of " ef 4ff," from all 'quarter;, at length obliged him to retire. The Tragedy of Ba.rbaraira then coni. • menced ; but as the audience began to perceive their mistake, they then,' with equal clamour, demanded the Addrois •and Mr. CHA. Itttstens re.entereti. He delivered it, indeed, but such was the noise, that,it was impossible to hear a syllable of what he utteted.. Afterfliis ludicrous diunb.shew, the Play commenced again ; and though •the first scenecould hardly be 'heard, the general tumult gradually abated, and sunk into profound expeElakioti of the appearance of Master 'I3FTTY, whose charafter is not introduced till the sec , :nd ad. At length he j. entered, and was received with reiterated thunders of applause. He is a very interesting youth in appear. ante : his stature is much about as high as most boys of his age ; perhaps he is a little taller. His per. son is very well m,ade., 'His,face is pleasing, de. licate, and regular, and has rather a feminine cast. His voice is stronger thali' might be expened at his time of life, though it was evident that he was not entirely free from the c'eld . by which he has lately been AfeCled. The whole of his atlion was easy, unafreCled, and impressive. The manner in which he performed the part of Sebm demonstrated a genius of no common'order, and it shewed also that . he lias been carefully instrated in the' profession which he has adOpied. never lost sight of the charatlcr, but in all his gestures kept his attention Mad boon the business of the scene, not only with 'respect to the part he supported, but with reseeet to all his relations with the other persons of the drama. —His face is 'callable of more vatiety of expression than could be expeetedin one so young, and Whose features are so delicate, and he sufficiently displayed his versatility in this respeCt by his looks of assumed deference towards the tyrant, of indignation, of filial tenderness, the dignity of exalted birth, and the noble pride of conscious virtue.—There was a uniformity ofinerit throughout his aning, hut some passages he delivered with such an animated glow ai excited IL-usl and repeated plaudits. None of these plaudits, however, induced him t o desert his charaCter,for except on hisetorance, and at the-con. elusion of the play, lie took, no notice of the. audience; but at those times he bOwed with'the most interesting marks of grateful deference. It would be absurd to join with some of his hi. ' gotted Partizans, and hold him forth as a inAel of pertedion. 'He is, to be considered as a very ex. traordinary boy, with great natural genius, with great external requisites, and with singular ap. ritude to receive and profit by `instruction.--- Whether he pitched his, voice too high, in order to adapt it to the area' of the. Theatre, or whe. titer„ be has -been taught too pompous a mode of utterance, certain it is that there was too great a tnonutwty in his delivery of ail the speeches that were rot supposed to he the bursts of emotion.— Upon the Whole, he is really a theatrical wonder, .and is well entitled to the admiration of the Public, which we have no doubt he will powerfullyexcite and unabatingly secure. It would, however, be ridicul. VOS to attempt to form a. decided eilimate of his general merits .from his representation of the parr of Saline, and we shall therefore put some check upon our opinions till wehave a fuller opportunity of appreciating his. talents. We cannot ,say any Thing very favourable of the rest ,of the Performers Concerned in the Piece, excepting Mis.LiTCHri LLD, wito appeared to the greatest advantage in Zophira, end who deservedly obtained very warm applause. The following is a more corrett Copy of tite Ad. dress than has appeared in the Morning Papers: OCCASIONAL ADDRESS, .. • On the introduilion of Master Barry at the Thcatre-Royal Cavent.C;arden. WRITTEN' BY MR. TAYLOR* SPOKLN AY AIR. CHARLES KEMiiLE; 'lmpatient for renown, all hope and fear, flow many a Candidate has ventur'd herel w here dawning merit tie'er has tniss'd its aim, But reacted, by due degrees, the heights of fame. • • *Yet now, unheeding Study's arduous cares. • . (So Rumour, With her hundred tongues r declares) A youth your lava& courts, whose early prime • • Derides the tedious growth of ling!ring Time; filature at once, when Nature urg'd, he strove, Like.-P-o : Ls starting from the brain of DLit think not, tbough..cat Fortune's swelling tide, In rapid course, exulting Varnehis guide, Think not he comes'With vain triumphant sail; Nor dreads.thedangers of en adverse gale . : • Though crowds on crowds haVe join'il in fond acclaim, Through his bright track, to , bear aloft his name; . And, to complete at length his bold career, • Have sent his little, bark in safety here: • Not 'pride but gratitude has Warrnld his breast, ' , • And hence alarm his modest doubts suggest,: Lest that applause has been with gen'rous rage, . Not lavish'd on his genius but his . age. • Ha:Arrows tint. temper of a British mind, For merit zealous, but to error kind; Nor can he deerwhis honours justly thie, " Until eonfirsted, sign'd, ratify'd by 'ion." • • Shakspeare. WILLIAM HENRY WEST lIETTY O ant) , ,son of WM. HENRY BETTY, Was bolsi on the .13th September, 1791, as appears from the parish all, stet of the church of St. Chad's, in Slirew,itorry.— Mr. BITTY ) the father, was the son of Di. Barri - , a Physician of eminence at Lishorn, not far from lidfitst, in the North of Ireland, at whose death he became possessed of a handsome independent for tune.. His wife was Miss MARY STANTON' the daughter of a Gentleman .in the County of. Wor. cestcr. It has been frequently said, that Miss STANTON bad been formerly either a Performer on a•publtc stage, or fpthe frequent habit of meting in private Theatres; neither of which reports bad the ttmaLest foundation in truth. MI: BUTTY, At the time of the birth of his son, lived within a small distance of Shrewsbury, front WhenCe he removed, a few years after, to the neighbourhood of his native place, in the North of Ireland. He occupied a farm, and also carried on some Unsiness relating to the linen-. manufaftory, near Rallynahinch, in the County of Down. In the summer of I 8,0 2 the . Play of Pizarro tcay brnitght out by the Belfast Manager with Much spt,nsiqur, and Mrs. Stpnotts was the Bbvira. As Mr. flair~ were his son ha p pened to be in t h e town, they induced to gd - to the Theatre, be. frig the first lime that Master BerrY had - ever' tern a play. Front this moment his fate was decided. When he came home he told his' faihei, with a look ,of such enthusiasm, and: a voice so pathetic, that those who beard him will never forget the expression, 4 ' that he should certainly . die if he must not be a player." The wonderful ading of Mrs. StOnoNS, not easily to be forgotten by the most phlegmatic, had left an im. pression on his mind which mottling could erase. Every thing•_ was negleflek for his favourite oh. jed; and every thing' nut conneded with it be. oanie tiresome and insipid. His propensity grew visibly, more rooted by time; his importunities were irresistible ; and his parents 'at length thought seriously of indulging him. The bappy*moment at length arrived which was to realize our bero's hopes and wishes : Mr. ATX.rt49, the Manager of the Belfast Company, indticed by the reports he • had received, and solicitous to bring forward some extraordinary novelty on account of the extreme depression of the times, offered him an engagement to play at Belfast,for Lur nights. Accordingly,asbnut the middle nf August, in the year 1803, he announc. ell the Tragedy:of Zara, the part. of Orman to bt undertaken by a young Gentleman ost(y eleven years of age, The singularity of the exhibition drew 'to. getlier a grfat crowd of 'people, who were equally astonished. And enraptured at the performance of the • young ailtoi. - He afterwards performed with increased celebrity on the same Stage, the chAratiers of Douglas, Rollo, and Romeo. ,With his success in other parts of . Ireland, in Scml3nd, atid:several towns in Engh.nd, the Public are perfealy acquainted. In his private deportment lie exhibits the manner and feelings of ,boys of his -own-age.. He is fond of, and parti. cipates' in, the usual gathes and sports of youth. His .disposition is remarkatdy docile, and he i, free from. all pride and vanity, but possesses a just cum. ,fidence in his genius and powers., . . On Wednesday the Ro AL FAN! ILI Will honour Druty.hine Theatre with their presence, for the first . , . time this season, to see .The Schoolfoi Scandal, and Cinderella.. ' * . . On Saturday evening Donaldson, the Constable, apprehended two notorious charadem in the crowd', at the box door of Covent-garden Theatre, attempt. ing to gain admittance. Within a few years tour persons have died in the parish of Yeddingham, a,twall vilidige in Yorkshire, containing only 14. houses:, whose ages amounted to 404. years—the oidest heing ms• The DUKE of 'Volta was,so well pleased.with the performance of the roth Light Dragoons at a late review, that, on (putting tl4 ground, he,oldesed every man a pot of beer. The psi and 67th Regiments landed at Farts. mouth on Thursday and Friday, from Guernsey, and marched fur Colchester and Winchester. ~-.. The 39th Regiment embarked last week; from Portsmouth fur Guernsey. Upwards of 2000 men from the. Regiments in Garrison at Ipswich, are daily employe:i, when the weather permits, with a number of Attirioers, iu• pallisading and completing the Lines - there with. all possible dispatch. Sallie very heavy pieces of tillery, and a quantity of ammunition, have arrived from Woolwich to defend thew fortifications. t Orders have been' received by the Surveyors u . Assessed: Taxes, throughout the Country, that> in &Weasel:in which the Assessment under the inhabit., ed House-duty is not equal to . a like Assessment under the Property AU, they are to increase Chet rate by surcharge to the amount charged under the Property .Aft, • • The .art of .Srximmittg is henceforth to he taught in the, Lyceums, and secondary schools of 1 since. We are acquainted with some of the Professors of a celebrated Aquatic Society, who would be glad to teach this usetul art to Frenchmen gratis,., with tl?e art of Drev.ming into the bargain. A Letter from Embden, by the firemen Ncket Louise, which no Friday arrived at Harwich in 40 bows' from the F.mMs, states, that the Stop/oar Sloop of War, was then tying there-, on the point, however, of sailing, with a, view to cut out of the Vtie the Brig biamold, I ssill, - of Aberdeen, and four••other Eng. Vessels,which were captured about the 20th ult. off . Tynemouth, by the French Lugger Privateer Admiral Brllix. There is now living in the vicinage of Beltast a couple whose united ages make 173. They ,wire tnarrietj in the year 1730, and of conr4c have ' been 'husband anti wife for 74 years. They have now' living issue, in children, grand children, and great gr a n d . c hildren, 63 persons. The old man was in. valided and deservedly pensioned in -the year 1745 s in consequence of a wound he received at the battle of Falkirk, being then in the King's Dragoons.. Both Man and witc'are yet capable of following their usual 'avocatiims, and seem to 'feel their faCidries,. either physical or mental, little or nothing impaired. There is a man 'now living in Sheffield, whols only 67 years of age (who wai, the thiatichiltl, born aliont.six years atter his father's marriage,. which , was in the year 1730, at .the 'advanced age of 6o), who bath mernotandums to authenticate that his father:lived in the reigns of CHAR its IL Pats H. W 1 LLIAM and MARY, Q-deett ANN I, Grottosl. .and GIORPS 11. ; he lived 24 yeats in the latter reign. _ _ _ The. dwelling.house of Mr, S)wel4, of Runes:. by, Norwich, w at, in the night of - s4torciey last, borglariotbly broken into by rne,tos of takin-g ps*ne of Oats from out of the windows. in the Pdtiour, and unfastening-the latch, which then, affnded an easy entrance. The villaiai hdd, the auttocity to .carry the bureau, whrrein they expedei to hay.e found a large booty, into an out-house, in,ortkrto plunder it at their leisure; fortunately nothing of value was in it. It. is supposed they were alorm4 in their robbery, ,and decamped before they. had finally accomplished their. intentions:, 19 their hurry they left behind them..an instrument which they had used, and which probably may, be a mewl of leading to their dete4tion. The buce.4 was ri!und the next miming in the out.houtte, with the back futced open. CORN-EXCILL'IGE, DEC. -34 . THE Market this rimming is hot Flit.4lly:sil l :plea .01th Wheat, arid frarma,d,clillnd die sales are at an . advance ; having but little Oirley,. that ii tie•Jrer and M4k surnesiliat higher ; Pease anti Be.ins are cheaper.; we Coririrrite• tahave few artIV4IS (4 Qats, which causes an advanc6 on this article ; and Flour is noted rather dearer. • Wheat 905 a toes i I toS ad, Beans - f ei a 545 a d Fine ditto - . lI2S. a Ito od Tick Beans 4 1.: a.soi .- 01 Rye (new) - 545 a 6es od Oats • 3oS a 73S 7a 36s od Barley , - - , 5 is a 56s ad Poland (10. - , 37$ a 38s Ad 1 Malt - - •162 s a Stis od Rape S.cect .. ,- 421 a 451 White Pease 56a a bas od Fine Flour - 945 a 9 . 8 iad Grey ditto - sc.s I 541 od Seconds - - yos a 94s ad EDINB U II; Nov. ' 2§. YIIITIADAY the High Court of Justictary'me4 . when the Right Hon. CllAßLeslioi.e; late HIS - Majesty's Advocate, presented his. Commission, appointing him Lord Justice Clerk in room of the late Sir DAV 1 D BAs, Btrt.--The Commission be. ing read, his Lordship took the oaths and his seat as,President of the Court. On taking the Chair, .his Lordship addrtsted the Judges, in a short, but elegant speech, in which he said, he trusted, that, with their Lordships''able assistance, the business of that High Court should be carried on in such manner as to give satisfaCtion anci proteEtion to the Public; and, as fir as lay in his power, it- shAdd: he cundufted with punetuality -and diiparch, 111,i Court was much crowded with rite pcntkaicn of the BAS', Yesterd4y, at . the Ordinary !Vbeting of the town Council, a` Letter was read from the ht Hon.'Clintt.t.es Fiore, stating; 'Thai His MA; having appointed. him Lurk! justice Clerk, his . ) ,},4;-.. as Member fur the City became vacant, His Lordship. thanked the Council rot. their partiality t 4 him, and, begged leave to tecom . Mend f,sr his nocCessor, ' lion. G. AIi . t.RCROMUY,. Another Letter was read also front Mr. AusiegiStvlits ofrcring his StrViCes to succeed the Lord justice'Clerk: As Mr. S. Dearling, of Artindel; was lately kg over sonic hank.notes to the aiwntnt of 350% he was suddenly called out of the room, and leavi, , g his door open,' a' bo' of 3 . years 'of Age went into' the tom,. ond . :thinking - them pretty gs playthio, threw to the amount of 51. into the nw, raid 111. i not his father come in at the title, would undool,ted. ly have tiestrvid the whole amount. What increases this tnisfot tune is, that Mr. Dearling does not know , above one or . two nualbol of the whole that Wye been 'burnt. On Tuesdaysennight a fine young girl fell into the river near the B arack slip, Cork, and though she it sated fur some time, and dlCcl4i.sietl aim pito ously for help, no assistance could he given her, in consequence of the difficulty of access to that parr of the river, and she hook. • , Two men, oue of them the 'Matter of a .Vessel, ; late on Thumlay, 'owing to the extreme darltries of the night,WAlked into the Thames, at Mill Stairs, Bermond4ey; wheo one of them wa, drowned-, Af i d t he other recovered with great 'difficulty. On Thursday,- about six o'ciAle. iv) tl , e morningi . - as c. M AT ., OK . Ei t i, of Havant, in his gig, hccinu panied by Lieut. TecttEy, of the CatrB4ota, inert: possing. over 110m:h.au powo, welt by an higliwayrhan, who seemed determined to rob them of their money, of tilt the trunk from beliibtV the Chaise; but' on Mr. T. drawing his cutlass, tl.e brightness of the hilt probably weaving the appear.. once of a pistol's Muzzle, 'deterred the villain from completing his objea. He rode away towards, Outfield. , A set of thicies are very aetiVely employed in p a ssing Counterfeit 75. pieces in .11irmingliam. 'rife base pieces:ate easily 'distinguished. They are tC little larger than the good ones, the impressions not %droll, partieularly - on the heati.iide, and much. paler in colour, feel light,' ring badly, appear new, and are dated tBo3. A Police, Officer, of Worcester, has lately appre. healed, irt the County of, Leicester, a notorious horse.stealer, who has for a series of 'years infeste4l the neighbouring counties. He is at present in cus. tally for stealing . a horse the property .of Mr. 'Griffiths, of Gloucester. A man of .'the name of Ty +s, of Bentley, near Doncaster, has within the last eight otoptlis married three wives, and buried two. An Engineer a( Bristol has made some - imprave. menu in the construCtion of steam itit naec9.• He bas adopted the method of generating steam by projaliog water. upon a heated tnetalic of other surface. lie propofies, to render the machine sufficielitly 'sicking, an increased: condetisation,,of strain ; Viz. limn 15 to I 5011 L on the inch, anti thus rendering a - fuer—WO eyiii..ier.equl in power to Clt)C of twelve inches, to , tht obvious savirg N e i, Saturday night's Gazette contains an accourie that three barns, in the occupation of Mr. Jannis Bingham, seri. near , the, Marshes, in F„,,sex, been COtls 11113 C d by fire, together. with most of the corn they contained, on. the" ; and offers a reward of te?9'guin4as fur the dt , covery of any of t he incendiaries, except the. principal. It also (!0n...' tains His Majesty's promise ~., I ,pirtion to any of ae, offenders, except such principal, who shall give such information that the other parties may be pro„ secuted to eon vidion,-' Some 'accounts' say ' that the ,produce of ninety.six acres of corn was . t.'onstitriM by these nef.itious ruffians. On 'Friday' se'nniglit,` a boat belonging to the Experiment, lying as Guirdship off Lyruington, about four o'clnF.le in the afternoon, gointrun botitd ioilll Captain MiKlattts and Crew, was swamped, "and 'tine mon drowsed, Th e C 4 , i i ta i n and others were saved by swimming till taken up by a Merchantmati's boars, matint,hfor their a s,;tt anee .. Last Saturday, at Ilatton Q.otiert Ofice; d ntnn . of the name of Lorr . ,Was charged withswindling, urn% pr e t i nce ih: st he was in On Itirreantile fine, ithd wanted a consitterible export of goods for the Con. anent'. Several persons were induced to give him credit to the amount .of several hundred pow l s , Some of the goods had been shipped', but vt ere stop ped at.Graveiend.—"—lfe was corrifnittedfor 1641.1 On Tuesday last Thomas Turner, upwards of, 80 yeartrof age, late innkeeper in New,iblaty, wa3 if ,. fortunately killed by geiting himstif fn.artg ed wt h . t h e i n,„;l,!,,ery vi the flax null in the neighbou t h ti . d Olthat