The Sun.
London, England, 1806-01-13 00:00:00

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY.

To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Gun-vessel
Adder, for the Capture of the Dutch Dogger Vriendshap,
the 17tft June, 1804, on Thursday next; or. every Tuesday
and Thursday afterwards, at No. So, John-street, Adelphi.
To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Gun-brig
Archer, for the Capture of L'Aimable Desiree, the i4th Oet.
1805, on board ; or every Wednesday and Thursday, between
eleven and three, at No. 9, New Broad-street.
To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Ship Mi-
notaur, tor the Capture of the Spanish Ship San Pedro, by
the Repulse, the 12th Jan. aos, on Friday next; or every
Tuesday and Friday afterwards, at Mr. E. Lockyer's Office,
Pivwouth. _

To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Hired
Armed Ship Providence, for the Capture of the Dutch Pri—
vateer De Eer, alias L'Honneur, the tith April, 1805, (in
company with the Scorpion), on board the Providence on
her arrival in Port; or every Tuesday and Friday afterwards,
at No. 18, Clement's Inn.
To the Officers and Company'of His Majesty's Gun-brig
Vixen, for the/Capture of the Jonge John and Peter, the
s9th May, 1803 (in company with the 'Grampus; jalouse,;
and Censor Gun-brig), on bowl). the Vixen on her arrival in
Port ; or every Tuesday and Friday afterwards, at No. 18;
ClEment's- inn.

TEE THEATRE.

Covent-Garden.

A new Comedy, entitled ,The Romantic Lover;
ssr, Lost aszcli Found, was represented, or' rather an
attempt was made to represent it, on Saturday last,
at this Theatre. Very soon after the curtain was
drawn up, a pareq was observed in the Pit, who ob.
yiouslY cane for the purpose of frustrating.the hopes
of the -Author, and precluding the decision .of the
Public. This party, it is evident, had confederates
'stationed in different quarters of the Theatre, to pro-
- mote and assist the plan of opposition ; and their '
• malignant efforts were too successful,. for it was
hardly possible to hear any thing- of the two last
acts, in consequence of the violence of these 'dis-
persed conspirators, and of the tumult which arose
from the endeavours of the Audience in general to
put a stop to,their illiberal animosity; and procure a
candid hearing for the Piece. The number of these
rancorous' opponents of the Author was very small;
lsist it is very evident that a few can always diSturb
the enjoyment of the many, provided the former are
persevering and systematic. The Piece itself, as far
as we, Could judge of itt-froth what we. heard; had .
strong claims to the proteEtion of the Public. It
contained a variety of charaeters, and they were ad-
mirably adapted to the talents of the chief Perform-
ers who were concerned in it. LEWIS' performed
:Peerless, .the Romantic Loverya Gentleman of exqui--
site refinement,-who, though., capable of receiving the
watthest iinpressions from female beauty and merit,
wishes 'to encounter difficulties in the progress of his
passion, under the notion that an easy conquest could
afford but dull enjoyment. This charaEter is attached
to-Amtonia, the daughter of True Blue„ an honest
English Tar. The part of True Blue was well fitted
`to
the Abilities •of FAWCETT, and he performed it
admirably. Sir MatthewMatch'em, another of the
Qliief charaelersi, is new to ' the Stage, though not
inconsistent with prebability. Sir Matthew is a
miserably hen-peeked htistand, yet' in the absence
of his wife he always affe&s. to possess the su-
preme command at home; and is chiefly solici-
tous 'to make his friends believe that he and his
~ beary are the happiest couple in the world,
con-
trary to tne manifest state of things. Hence,
when he is obliged fo obey any of her corn-
Islands; he affects to be only indulging his own hu-
mour. Such a charaEter is within the limits of na-
ture and probability, and is very well calculated for
`siramatic effeEt. This part had a very able represen-
tative in MutsnEN. The next cOnspicuous charaEter
in the
.Piece was 2achary Search, a simpleYorhshire-.
nan, if such a charaaer can be supposed to exist,
.who constantly seeing in the London Newspapers
advertisernents importing that valuable articles are
-lost or found; thinks he may be able to- pick a .
'good subsistence in the metropolis, by being always
_upon the watch to claim or to , seek whatever
may be found or lost. There .is something hu-
moutons in-the conception of this part, and though •
it was perhaps. a little overcharged in its execution,
.yet it was rendered, highly diverting, and it was -an
easy taskto lois off its redundancies. It must be
needless to say how advantageously this part "was as-
signed to Et4ERY. The female .CharaEters had nos
thing peculiarly novel, but they were well designed
for carrying on the plot. s ,
• The three first acts were so._ well received by the
audience, with the exception of the few hostile spi-
• fits we have noticed., that we have no . doubt, the:
• Piece would finally have been successful, and have
becoine a favourite with.the Public, if it had been
fairly suffered to proceed to a conclusion, and a few
omissions had been made before it was repeated.
- The Prologue was delivered by CLAREMONT, but
not with the happiest effect. EMERY spoke a. very
pleasant Epilogue in chara6ter, which was so well
received, that if, instead of leavingthe stage at the
end of it, he had come forward to announce the Play
for this evening, we have little doubt that it would
have been repeated with success. , But 'when he re-
turned for that purpose, the malignant band had ral-
• lied, and he could hardly obtain a hearing, though
it was for the purpose of announcing Richard the
Third.
The Author of this ill-treated Drama, we under-
: stand, is Mr. ALLINGHAM, to Whims the Public ase
. indebted for severalpopular Pieces, which are likely
, to keep their station on the Stage. From all that
-we have heard of this Gentleman, we find it im-
. possible "to account for the rancour which, on this
• - , occasion, has defeated his reasonable hopes of dra-
matic success. We'. cannot- but think that the
• Comedy has been too hastily ss*hdrawn, as it was
evidently a sacrifice to partial. opposition, if . not to
• personal enmity.

Saturday morning the Duke of Yo E., HiSMAius:-
.ry, and the' PRINCESSES,- went to view. Cranbourn
Lodge, the new residence of thellonourahle
VILLIERS
On Saturday the Russian Athhassador had a-,c0n,..
. ference with Lord MULGILIVE3 at his Office., from,.
two o'Clock'till near four.
Lord.C.NiTLEREAGH was. on Thursday last.eleeted
a Member for Boroughbridge, in the room Of the
Hon. JOHN SCOTT, deceased. '
Lieutenant-General LENNoX has ,now the perrna-
nent command of the Sussex District.
It should be mentioned .to the honour of Mr.
BIRCH, of Cornhill, who is Colonel of the Ist Len-
. don Volunteers, and deservedly esteemed fOr his li-
terary talents and philanthropic chara&er, that be
gave a dinner and a guinea on Friday last to each of
the 48 Sailors of the- Vißory who attended their
late. revered Commander to .the grave : yet this is
the Gentleman who was the subje& of regular se-
natorial sarcasm, because he had not been regularly
trained to the Army, though it is probable that he
Is as well acquainted with military matters as many,
who have been regularly brought up to the military
profession.
Two men, the yohngest of whom is fifty, lately
visited at the house of a Gentleman at Walworth
who had two daughters, the one not quite sixteen,
the other eighteen ; the relative ages of the parties
disarmed the suspicions of the father, and. he, in
Fousequence, allowed a free and unguarded inter-
course between them ; his criminal indiscretion,
however, has proved fatal to the happiness of .his
children ; for they being entitled to a considerable
property on coming of age, the hoary gallants de-
voted themselves with assiduity and success to gain
their affeetion, and a few days since carried them
Off:-The father is engaged in an aCtivelbut hitherto
nnavalling pursuit.