The Sun. — London, England, 1804-08-30 00:00:00

r / T ,. F F~ MR. EDITOR, , , As, notwi t h stan di ng a ll your .sreculations`respea.. ing the d es i gns o f the Enemy, you can fi nd room occasionally. to notice what is gin foiward in the I theatrical wor ld, l am i n d uced to trouble you with a few hilts upon the subje& of the far-famed Per_ former who has lately ;tweeted nbtice, and obtained the title of the lityatsTßoscluS. If IMay believe the Newspapers,and yours among the rest, there is at present an ardent c ropetition between the Managefs of the Winter -Theatres to introduce this youthful Wonder to the . Public upon th e - L on d on B oar d s.— .'.. This intelligenc e, Mr, Editor, in' the' opinion of all who know any thiog i about aEting, .can bode no good for the Stage. Granting, Sir, that this Child may . have very promising talents, and may be very well quatifiedio excite wonder among the gaping crowd at " 'Wakes, Fairsi and Market.towns," it is impossible that he sh. uld-pcissesS requisites for London, the seat of learning, taste, and judgment. .Ading is not a mere instindive power; it is the (fl a n of natural genius, and an attentive Observa tion of life. A good Atior must have traced the IProgress of the passions, and must have watched their operation unon different classes, and periods of life, as well as upon different temperaments ard habits. flow is it to he .supposed that a . Child,• between twelve and thirteen years of age, .what. ever may be his original powers, can he sufficiently conversant with mankind to he able to imitate what be,e.anrottomoeheosi ? This. Child may be as well in , t tufted iii . the art or speaki ng as Col O'KEt.l.Y's Parrot, . and, in a ll probability, will pr . ive a Wonder oleic same kind, I-fe may excite notice for a few nights, and, then he consigned to the common herd ' L of amusin g P ratt l ers. It is di ffi cult to beli e v e t h a t tthe Managers of the Londm Thealres, well as they r know th e d es i re of novelty which influences the ', • Public, and ready as they are its gratify that desire, can really think of degrading their Theatre! • into Puppt.sholos ;--for a Hamlet, Richard, Romeo, &c. C:. wrfortned by such a child, must be considered merely in the light of an ingenious A uto W atax . if this Inf, mi i s ~, be intrAoced upon the London Boards, .Jet him appear in parts fitted to his time of life, and not bring insignificance and ridicule . upon charade's that cann ot he adequately ,repre , ented by the m , ,st - mar urt.d Actors fo the M anage f the present day. Let .rs revise the Mia'samater's ./Vi4eht Dream, Hand assign the part of 06erav to tills juvenile wonder. e swill then appe ar in charader, and the Manager May i n d u l ge the Prevailing love of pomp and show which alistieguish es t h e age, and at the same time bring' forwar d an unrivall e d wor k o f genius and , ... amagination. _What must be the feelings of the professors of the theatrical art in'general, to final that they are likely to he negleded, in comparison with a boy who may' have a strung portion, of fire and spirit, or who may have been tutored to pia, tricks like a dancing dog, hut who cannot possess " a twentieth part the !pile" of their judgment I Weliasie heard a vast deal of this boy, but- there is great reason" to believe, that InOst;of his celebrity is fidiiious, and the result of interest, partiality, or ignorance. We find, indeed, that Mr. JACKSON, of the Edinburgh Theatre, and . formerly an Actor in the Metropolis, has published a Pamphlet, in order' to illustrate the merits of this tnarvellous Infant.. But if we are to rely upon CPURCHILL'3 account of JEtcxsoa's 'ability as an ACtOr, we have little reason to believe that he knoWs much of the Matter. I .will not insinuate that he attempts to bolster up this child, in orderto Mimi. fy the pride of veteran -Pet forMers. ,It is very pro. bable that, c - nfiiling as we may, in CHURCHILL'S ClitiCiSM, Mr. JACKSON is himself deceived, and really fancies that this boy is the prodigy be repre. l 'ots. It I were to attend to the feelings of curio. I l t Y ~ wllich I partake as well as 'others with respell to I "" "oY, I ''hunter entleavOur to encourage:the im portation of suet a I wish to see the ' iii n i t to the . metropolis ; but !...et him pursu e of the 'Stage respOled.-- his bent ; and when he is qualified lby yeah and experience to take his rank upon the chit? Stage of tl . Have fair play ; h is 't alent s le British Empire, let ' Bard he profaned by but let not the works of our great the . spurts of childhood ; let . not. established Performers beset aside for an Adm. 1 , 4 _ lea ling. st rimy, and let not a school f ur - taste, `'""op and virtue, be converted into another . Farr tokbsi. , . 4 4grert 27. CRITb. o,at 111 efriends of the Little Rorcime are det erm i ne d he shall make a 'good market of his talents . "et lily novel t y lasts. A t re at y h as b een opened w een them and the Drury.lane Managers •; and n s is said that the terMs required are no less than aff?ou4d, ni g ht, for twelve performances, and 1)--;""c"'fir "—Lid MotaA, we understand, .has been very liberal in hi.s patronage of this Emittya GAittttcx. I:4:1'18r)11 Very laudabl y gave the sopPorr of his talents to the new Farce nine GeDeceivers, till it hit: secure in h i° Part in it to DE Public Etvotsr, and has now resigned • ELLIaToN is so good, anAtior, that hhould only be sr-en in characters storable to his should and' worthy of them. D ve. w- "" and RAYMOtrD have not, as reported, riuiratun themselve s from Drury Lane Theatre.. "eY are both useful Atlots ; and it will he his own fault if the former is - -not .one of the chief Comic Props of the London Stage. The late Mr. MATTOCXS, the Aaor, had been, u Pon the Stage " e'en from his boyish days," an," rnade his first appearance in a very pleasing lime Musical Piece .entitled The Chtriblei, %Odd.% was ( Ince in great favour with the Public. Mr. WIAT- Tocts might be consid-re'd' as the Fath If fli 4 toge, if the resi . .e.ftable - veteran Hui. , did not 0 6 ' t mute that title • wit'. PA, hiM, Th e l atter, h o W ever , now decidedly that distintlion ; and. in titm t o it, 'he has the more lion6tiraide charaCter of be ing the Pounder of the Tl.'ear . rical Fund—an In stitution that 'has raised. the credit of the profession, as well as Afforded au' prov ident *Members. asylum to i t s aged and itn• The traelice of Ga.:Janis' it is suproseth In a short time. he coofilied Puppet-thews, and will add considerably to the legerdrumitt tricks of a C° V 4 rer at a Cortatv Fair. M. FOSTE R. THE return of this Gentleman to Ireland seems. to have been attended with circumsta nces very Bat wing to his feelings ; be appears !c., have been every *here met with some public expression of the general -satisfaaion which seeromo prevail upon his advance. ment to - those situations to which His Majesty has been pleased to call him—having taken the Northern route home, in Order to inspeet some : improvements which have been invented by us in &unfit) , branches of the Machinery, and in the Linen Manuladure, be was enabled to communicate the result of the experiments he had witnessed this side the water to the most emi. bent persons concerned in that trade in Ireland, dur.. ing his progress through the. Province of Ulster, the principal seat of the Manufaelure ; and these, we are happy to add, have been generally considered to pro. mise.them much public advantage. At Dundalk, the Assize Town of the County of Louth, he arrived the day pre Aous to the Eleftion ; and although it was well understood that no opposition would take place on the occasion, yet_ we are told that he was attended to a crowded, hustings by alMost every Gentleman of rank and property in the County.. His re.elec. tion over, he prOceeded to Dublin, where all til , e Public Bodies, but particularly those conneqed with the Mercantile Interests, seem to have gathered round him, each as if emulous to exceed the other in 'expressions of the public suffrage in his favour— among . 'them we have given, in the front of our Pa.' ' per, the Addresses of the City, in its corporate ca. pacity, the_ Merchants, and .the Members of the Linen Trade. • The ,Speech delivered by Mr. HENRY THORN TON, on Tuesday last, at Freema,ons' Hall, as Chairman of Mr. _NIA wmt NG'S Committee, forms. a very striking contrast with the speeches ut tered. at the Meetings held, by tt,e friends: of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT. Mr. THOR NTDN's arL dress was marked by Ge nt lem an ly langUage, as Well as . sound Con.titutional principles. lie de tailed the htb•iriess of ,the Meeting with the utmost candour and persOctiity, and while he reptobated the %erb improper conductof the opposite party, he displayed ! not e of that, vehemence, acrimony, and virulence which hon. uniformly marked the rangues of the.opposite Such is the difference between Gentlemen and real F, lends to their Conn try, and the Zealots of Party and Pander, of the Mob. The impudent description which the French give of us, in calling. us a Nation of Shlkeeperr, was An. ticipited by ADOisoN, who however intended to pay a due tribute to our commercial pre-eminence. ‘4 Fleets of Merchantmen," says he, " are so many sqo .drone of fioating shops, that vend our warts and manufaihreer in al the markets of the .world, and find out i'haprnen under both the tropics." It is said that there is no truth in the Nevispiper report at the marriage of Lord hARDLEY with CItiLDERs. Iu COnsequence of Lord PELMORE's resignation of the Tyrone Militia, the L ird Lieutenant of Ireland ha y, been pleased t o appo i nt Lieutenant Colono the Earl of CALEDON to be Colonel et that Regimint. Oidetrs .. have been received by the Cinrtinderi.of tbe ditteren , Vlunteer Cores ; in Manchester and nrigh.hourh to held reguiar parades . , and to have flair carnp.-quipage readily and duly_ impeded. The., rfqtrs'tntn . e.trrA and carriages are also . to be properl, regulated: Lr wendtit-CA. GIORGE Pfiturs, Commander 'of the First B tttali oi of the Fourth Class of !Ulan_ chester and• Salford Volunteer Intantry, on Wednes, day last, r tiered to theirconsideration the folloWing question, viz. " Whether, • in the event Of an In vasion, they were willing 10 move 4. fifths of their numbers' to. any, pats of Great Britain ?" With an ardour and unanimity which refleeted upon this re spedable .Corps the highest credit, they requested Lieut:-Col. PH I tirs to represent, that, although it Would be ruinous to' them generally, as shopkeepers and traders, transuding - business themselves which they could not delega,m to others, to .leave hotie on a, bare rumour or apprehension of , lnvasiOn,yet they were ready, in case . a considerable body of the Ene my should aftually land in Great Britain, to match. against them to any part of the Island. The Bristol'Volunteers,rogether with the United Clifton and Westhury,.have received orders to pro. vide themselves with every thing necessary fur actual service, and in case of alarm, will iinufediiitely m:rch to Marlborough. • In the neighbourhood of Dorchester, wheat in general is remarkably' heavy in crop ; a partial blight, intie.ed, aiipeare4 in some fields, but to no great extent. In piece of land in the .common field 'of Fordington, belongirg to Mr. Ensor, the reapers finding • the straw very much in clusters, %Vete induced to pull up one of the roots,,when, to their greatastonishment, they found 79 straw s well eared, the produce of one grain ; in many instances they ,found 00, 6z, 644 &c. . On Monday se'finight Mr. WOODS began to cut a very fine field of Wheat, 1.1 about five,acres, .on the Farm of lituntan, in the Parish of Ayr. It is 'calculated, that the produce of this field will be zo o bolls per acre. A hundred pounds were offeted for th 4 whole Crop, and refusetL The hops in. Kent, as well as the Worcester and SUssex Plantations, have: materially s.uffered from the late cold winds and wet weather; which, al. though in a much less degree than in the year 1799, yet a . comparative deficiency in .quantity is 10 be fully expetted, from their general small size, which. anticipate, from their present apFearance; to be of a very fine quality. The Surgeons of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons. of Glasgow, and its neighbourhood, have been in the constant practice since May ISot, of inoculating weekly 'with the Cow.pock, the chi!. then of the labouring poor of that city and neigh. bourimod free of 'expellee ; and, they. have just re ported, that since the commencement of their Cha. rity, they have inoculated above 6000 children that no instance of death has ,happened to'any'of these children while under iftp disease—hardly ar,y of them !rave ,required any medical treatment—and not a single instance is known to the Surgeons 'tsthere 'the Small-pox hits supervened after, the Vac dis ease has taken place.. FRWI MONITETIR, AMC: I7f 6.1' END, •Au 6. 4. —The Emperor was this day very early on horseback. He..teviewed - the Division of General FR I AND, which afterwards ma n o euvre d on the ,- strand. Theday was very fine; and these grand manoeuvres were performed in the presence of the English Squatirtin., BOULPGNE,, AUG. trriperor,'.who left Ostend this morning, arrived this evening at hii Head-quarters at Pont de Brique. The evening is beautiful ; r and every thing seems to porterd that Heaven will be propitious to us to-morrow, o n the occasion of this memor a bl e file, when all the Corps, and all the individuals o f th e A rmy , w ill be at the same time speCtators and aelors. So many strangers have arrived, that for several days they have been obliged to seek fat lodgings in the neizhbouring towns. andf.Villages. Parts, AUG. .16.-I . he Genera! of Division ERNOUF, Captain General of Guadalonpr, wrica, • that that Colony is in the best sta'e ; the Privateers belonging to it have oken : gi English Vessels.-- [A list of the captures is here given.) • - The illoniteur also c.intains 'Addresses, couched in the most fulstime language, to jo,Epur PARTE, as Grand E,:ttor, on his departure to join_ the . Army it Boulogne. From the bonsbast adulation of the Address of the Senate, as delivered by the President to 116 Im perial !Ugliness, we give the'following extract :---- it I should never come to a conclusiun if I should attempt to express every sentiment of re.. weft and devotion 'which the Btnate entertains for you : but we cannot intrude U purl moments so precious as your`i. Those n !licit your Imperial' Highness condescends to spate us, appear short indeed. We hive scarce beheld you in the bosom of the Senate, when your Imperial Highness pre. pares to return into the bosom of the Army. .But thOugh we are necessarily obliged to rem tin at our post, we feel the utmost regret that we cannot accompany you -to that which you are about to occupy." • In the Address from the same body, to the Prin cess Jostru INE, the President tells her, 6 6 your palace is, in my eyes, the Temple of Modesty : I should fear, therefore, to offend the G.Aldess, it should dare to describe her virtues." FROM :r.tu PARIS PAPERS, . . PARIS, 41./CUST 10,—According to Letters from Vienna, the rumour is yet general, .111 4 ,t the EMPE. ROk of GERMANY will have an interview with the KING of SWEDEN, in the Camp of Moravia►. Their Royal Highnesses the Archdukes CHARLES and JOHN will accompany their brother, the EMPrRo a. The Ambasuadcr of the Emperor of the French at Vienna, has ordered the arms of his'Sovereign to be placed over the door of his hotel. Several Oilierlrs of the .3 1 BayHlion of the 23d Regiment or Infantry, *hicli.was. lately at St. D. mitts:), have arrived,_ upin parole, from Jamaica, at Batirde;lux. A curious lotus nataia made its appearance on the of July, near kl.vreux.. A cat brought forth a smail animal which has nothing of the species of its mother. The head is that of a Newfoundland dog, and the hinder parts of the b , hiy, includio'g 'the tail, that of a rat, both in - sh Ape and colour. • The head le very lar . ge'and disproportionate, compared with the body. This little . monster, which the mother nourishes and rakes care of as her other kittens, is only four inches long • from the head to the tail. Ii is said that M. PETIT THOUAAS is charged to Wing to the Musium of Natural History this ncgi fru_ de la "awe. .7 The EMPBRott has authorised the BISHOP of GHENT to confer priests' orders on 27 young men,, who have paid for Substitutes, and are •Of course excepted from conscription.. 1 the Dioce'e of Ghent are still 62curacies vacant for want of Priests to officiate. The. Fair at Senegaglia, in the Papal Territory, has been very brilli ant t hi s year : a nu mb er , of Ships from Triest h a d carr i ed there very r i c h car goes, chiefly of English productions, which had a rapid and advantageous sale. M. Da- ltocHANta EA,u, Ex-Marshal of France, and father of the General of Division, RocHANt.. II s i tar, late Commander in Chief of Sc Domingo, at 'present a Prisoner of War in England, has published the following letter : Rachamokoze, 'liar Pordome, ymtr 27, 1 86 4. " Citizen Fmiosrr, COltaliSt of St. DinniiiKo, has, 'ac-• cording to the Newspapers, laid a very serious complaint, against General 1 2 .0c1i before the French COrmul at Havannah. I know, from experience, that in tire Lruel po. sition my son found himself, during the last six months of his command in the town ot: Cape, besieged both by seii and land, it would have ,been .found for him to avoid exercising some acts of severity, founded upon the necessity and the wants of his Troops. But what I kttol as immure certain is, that there is,no generosity m Clinillitting two per. sons now, of whom time one is at liavantiali, and the other in the County bf Derby', which' is the place where my son is Prisoner:lo England, both separated by the ocean ' , atat,tlis lance of tloo leagues from each other.' - (Signed) , ~• kOCIIAMBEAU, CORONATION PREPARATION"I. Though the EMPEROR is absent, the Preparations for his Coronation continue without interruption. This memorable mra will be celebrated by the must brilliant fe!e ever seen in France. We are assured, that the Senate intends to .vive a fete, which will cost upwards of two millions. (82,0001.), in the Pa, lace of Luxemburg!). The City of Paris will, be. sides, as in the times of the Coronations of former Kings give an entertainment in the Hotel de never before surpassed in splendour. The Legis.. lative Body, the Tribunate, the Council of State, the Prefed and Department of the Seine, the Mayors, of the Twelve Municipalities, the Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour, the Ministers of different Offices, all intend to give grand festivities on that Clay; much so, that every person of the Capital, ever so great or_ so low, may gratuitously enjoy the 'treats and festivities. The Empress has al. ready ordered five. hundred tables to be' laid out iv .the. Thuillerie Gardens, ;and in the. ii;ly - :jail Fields, each large enough for, fifty . guests, 1111 to be served at her expence, , With the . choicest di,hes, and finest wines. Should the wea. titer he uttla vt.urable, these tables will be covered as in tents. Fir c . wor k s ar e Nei acing. 'fOr which the EMPEROR has given 600,000 from hat private purse.; and, upon enll . . . , • iitimens e tuns, with wine; .w 1i be, placed ; one pa4sini by *ill drink za th'tielt a 0 he plea•ies on. every square will be , an vrchet•trai where tilts' flublic will dance, 'and eat aiid 'driok at the Ern. peror's. etpence. Frain, his M.tjesty 's.private purse, six millions (zco,000l.) are . airead ) delivered to the Mint, where _g:)10. and silver Coronation Medals are striking; t2fW,hich 140,0°0 ill beilit , trii;uted at '1.165, and the rcrnaindcr in. the Capital city of each liptrtment. .On Thursday lair; a Tdr, who had joist come off a long voyage, :Inrined the heroic resolution to drown I.lirn , :elf. He accordingly parad,:j, the streets of North Siiieids, :!nd loudly . declaring his . and' soon had several hundreds at his heels to witness the 'g in itched. with, a firm step tt the water-edge, when every eye Was, strained, •and the expeztati.ms cif the gaping crowd' wound op to, the highest pito; but here pcior resolution fiiled him, and ina.t6d inekin g a plunge into the water, he stepped into a seuller-boar' and went on board Silpl The .spedakors return. ed very rsuclt disaPpointidi must of them declarirtg that t;:e.lellow.ought to be , harized,..beeau4e he did . not fulfill itis • • Yesterday, - at Marlborotigli.street, Rotiori aPti . Fromt, .J . iurnsynien . J3 )OLN / takers,. tioderwent atr exainioaftott, charAed with menacing and irritatintr, the Muir on AT.,ntiav_eveoin g . at house of tf ra ti a Closer, in H-orb•-ita.oitreet, Manehrster.square. Healy , wore, 0:4: When ..hi. h nse wasb:•et by. the M :b, ‘chfrt-.d 13-qcndants pectdiaily active itttiong them, aod ahri, ::tiy heard them" say, alter 0 'iglu, a •Clo,:er, had b r en d rea df u lly hurt, " \V . - now want Fkaiy, both hiot and Oolg.: ley s h;. i tid be: corn it,id the it.olse qiionicr be piffled down wh..re sod,' Giveroment i, forming , rascals He was Obitgea to shut up his hotht I.)r petson4l security, hut the in remaineti fvf wards of an hour and he ..tvii.the•Dziendi t ms cularly aftive they were dispersed.. The statfio,!qt was c . ,m , borated by two others, who saw, the Deleo , laws present prior to Q y ili_iteatment, :nit who he,itd them.repeat what hat been stated ab,,ve, Tile Offenchuiti denied the siliole of the ch•irge,' except that - they were brought thither by suing .4 mob. The M4eistrate remarked, that if the charge was as sacisf . a&irily,.mude out htfure a Jury as before' him, the I/lend:int* would meet .the mast severe punibliment, and he held them in substantial.hoil, At Wordtio-street Office, yesterday, a tvolnan of the name of Carr,.tiving in . Weli.square, Shorecii . Lit, was brought up by virtue of a Watrant,' :10d tinier went an examination before the Nlagistrates, Charged by. st! vero persons with obtaining money item theta, under pretence of telling them their fprtunc a i n a fu., tote events ; being a kn,wn charaaer in that pottier, she was ' C4lll;lliited tUr the Ses s ion, .as , a rogue iind vitgak?r,d. A melancholy accident happened` on - Tureylay 'evening in Vauxhall gardens, Birminghatn, to Miss floultan, daughter of Mr. Houlton, baker, olDig— beth, in that! town. .S:}e was. among the Company Witriessink the..exhibition of the fire..work.s, when a stick from one of the sky.rbckets fell on her head, and pie rcf'd the skull ; • She • was immediately c !ch. veyed home, and chirurgical assistance rendered ; but she enutinues in a very dangerous.state. Oct Monday seinnight a •de,k in the apartment of Captain MAT Mr WAS, of tilc . Royal Artillery, in the. Cirold of Hull, was broke open, and a number: of k. N ices . Stolen therefrom. A con. sitierable reward lras been offered for'llte deteaion of the offenders, but Itith;a to without eff . The follow ing melineh, 1y event,. to„k !,lace a sitortlime sitwe at S near iti r ;wc,istle :—A beautiful and engaging y nung ot a retiree:table lonily, who ynh - appliv listened to, the seductive arts :and pertn.iliops ,:f quitted her parents nn his account, and resided same dine in genteel lodg, lugs at Thorp Arch, Where her setioccr left her un. protefted, a prey to sickness and grief, for her faiLl deviation. flora happy innocence. As soon as her . health en,ibled her, she, formed . iheresoltE ion of re. turning how, li , it:ing by penitence toatotie for the sorrow bite oee.o,tone.i to her parents; but they ' refusing to receive her, she went to an inn, and questing a pri - vare room fur a few trfoo,tv i ; left her', but soon returning, (wind the poor victim of setluaion .a corpse, having in those few minutes strangletiherself. Yestertidy'se)lorght two young women. hired horse and gig, at Brighton, to take them on a party o' pleasure tri Newhaven, but before they had reach. ed Rottungdean, the horse took fright, and ran a way with the•catriage towards the cliff, giving the wo. Men' barely "time to throw theniselvosi out before he reached the declivity, dawn.whieh the animal, and gig Were precipitired, By thin accident the,for.. user was instantly killed, and the latter dashed to atoms. One of the young women was only about four yards from the precipice when she quitted' the gig. About nine o'clock on the morning of Friday sennight, a fire broke out in the huts of the tt , )yai Cheshire Militia, i n camp at Rid getnont) i n Holder. ness, which being tnn,tly built of wood, and covered with straw, burnt with such .. violenee that eight of th em were consumed infore the ihnto could be g.oc Arid Yesterday sf'nnight, as a pedlar was lookirg over 'the bridge at 1),:t11), a cart passed so near. the, itde,. ing as to bre a k his kg, and otherwise bruise hini . in such a manner tll;it ,ltis life ill tlesplireti of. The bridge , was ag.tin, on Wednesday, tht scene kifano. titer, though nt..t so fact! an aceidenr. An o; , its.' furiated by the blows of his driver, leaped into the river, and notwithstanding the great height, Wal alive wizen he fell. Ht. was, 'however, so much. Intr.", that it was found necc!: , ,Jry to kilt tom di, tely. On Sunday Nit, Sw d wrll , Durh:rm, the, wife of John;GrAnr, wherr);_in4o, bein g seate d „ c „, , he fire-side, her clothes took. fire, at'ld SOillt time elapsing before a n y p(son ciorc tt, hc.r , wcra entire!). Liurtyt off, anti l,tr b i.? fu iy 6crjrclic t i, 03( y!'.o in a I.m after. w