The Sun.
London, England, 1801-09-26 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH, SEPT* 24°

TY.177. QUEEN and PRINCESSES yesterday went to
sev(l _i shops, and after pursChaking some articles
frir resents, walked to the Quays round. by the
D: ck across the market home to the Lodge. •
THEIR MAJESTIES last night went to the
Theatre to see the Comedy of Wives as they Wire,
and 111aels as they are, and the Entertainment of
The Lying Valet, for the benefit of Mr. WORDS.
WORTH and Miss CLELAND. At the end of the
Play, the favourite Song of Thin Tough, was sung
with great humour, by Mr. WoRDswoRTH. Mr.
PKNLE 1,, in the charataer of Sharp in the Enter.:
taniment, as usual, gained great applause.
This morning His MAJESTY and PRINCE ADOL-
PHUS rode 0,, horseback.
The QUEEN and PRINCESSES, PRINCESS So.
PHIA Of GLOUCESTER, Countess Of AYLESBURY,
Ladies C. DURHAM, C. BELLASYSE, and I\ll.,WyN_
YARD, and Mr. DRAX GROSVENOR, in two phaetons
and a sociable, took an airing over Bincombe Hills,
paid a vist to Farmer HENNINGS, and returned borne
through Ormington and Sutton.

EXETER, SEPT. 23.

Monday last, the several Military Corps in this
neighbourhood, amounting to full 4000 Men, of
whom near 600 wele Cavalry, assembled on Wood-
bury Common, about nine miles from this City, for
the purpose of joining in a grand Sham-fight and
Review, before Generals ENGLAND, SIMCOE, DoN,
and HORNECK. The Regiments being on the
ground about nine o'clock, the operations coin.
menced by the Royal Denbigh and Carmarthen
Militias, who were posted on the heights on the
left of the Sidmouth Road, advancing from thence
with their Artillery to attack the defending Army,
Posted on the opposite hills over Woodbury Vil-
lage, After cannonading, with great effea,' the
lidvanced posts of the Army, whom they drove in,
they- continued to march on in great stile, keeping
tip .a heavy fire by platoons of Musketry,, as well as
from their Field.pieces. In doing this, they were
continually menaced on their right and left wings
.by Squadrons of Horse, who, covering the retreat
of their own advanced posts, obliged the Enemy to
form three sides of a hollow square, to secure. their
flanks from annoyance. The heavy tire of the at-
tacking Army having at length forced the Skir-
mishers to fall back on their main body ; they con-
tinued to advance with great spirit across the bot-
.orn, and with surprizing affivity, gained the
-Ths!ights on which their opponents were stationed.—
ltre the at ion became general : the Denbigh and
Carne,rthen Regiments used every effort to carry
their point, and continued their fire with great vi-
‘'acity—but suddenly the whole body a Horse,
l'vhich had formed under the brow of the hill, marched
In line to the summit, and, whilst the Intiintry
advanced with fixed bayonets, also charged the
tnemy, and turned the fortune of the day by
'obliging them to give in. Thus, shelving the
si-
tuation .of an Invading Army, encouraged by re_
pea ted skirmishes to advance into the Country,
where, surrounded on all sides by strong bodies
of Troops, they are obliged to surrender Prisoners
of War.

The Sham-fight being ended, the several Corps
were formed in line, went through some firings,
~nd having saluted, marched by the Generals in
time, which tiiished the operations of the day,
rn"ch to the satisladion of all the General Officers,
and an iminetise number of speftators.
- The folilwing Troops pere on the ground and
"gaged in this business : Three Troops of the 6th,
°r Enniskillen Dragoons ; the First Devon, two
i'rovs, Tiverton, Collumpton, two Woodbury
Troops Exeter City Troop, and Heinyock 11-oop,
Of Volunteer Cavalry ; the South' Devon, Royal
!).enbigh, and Carmarthen Militias ; the Exeter
‘,.voinnteer Regiment ; the Exmouth, Sidmouth,
Woodbury, Lympston, ,Kenton and Powderham,
xliiinster, Beer, and Seaton, Rce. &c. Corps of
Volunteer Infantry, making in all, a body of full
4000 el-ICC-live Men, all of whom received the
'thanks of the Generals for their steadiness and ar_
rention to the business of the day ; and are equally
entitled to the gratitude of their Fellow-subjeas,
their gallantry and patriotism, in thus nobly
c‘ltltr MI forward in the service of their King and
(

Accounts from Raveana, mention a tragical
e7en t
which lately took place in that City, and
produced the-most fatal consequences. "A
re,lch Soldier, of the z 2th Regiment of Dragoons,
,'"ring mixed with some children who were engaged
z" Play in the Burgh of Por;;: Neuve, gave one of
them a slight, slap on the head, The child ran
home crying ; on which the child's brother imme-
diately sallied out with a knife, and killed the
rioldier. The Civil Authorities and the Comman-
.dant of the place instantly took the necessary steps
for securing the person of the assassin, bbt he had
already fled. The soldier's companions then he_
coming furious with revenge, scaled the walls of
The turgh, and set fire to several houses. One man
'll4 killed with their sabres, as he was endeavour..
totn!° save himself from the flames. By the exer-
,,ll" f General OUESNEL, the soldiers were gradu-
' Y aPpeased, and the City, by that means, pre.
iFirved from greater misfortunes. The Municipa-
4', being accused of acting too remissly in this
tzlir, were dismissed by the Extraordinary CUM-
,3sary of the Department."
It has been justly observed, that in the arrange-.
heatshi on the Continent, the voice of the People is
e
din total contempt. But what is the most ex-
onrdinary part of these extraordinary arrange-
nts, the French, who profess to be the champions
Popular rights, by their domineering decrees,
/:Pose of territories as they please, change the
prix of Government, and, what.is still more sur-
klng in a Republic which has sworn hatred to
tieeJ,ctit.y, in a perfed mockery of their own solemn
'orations, actually generate a now King.
is The Hops are so super-abundant, that the duty
4zinw estimated by man)', at three hundred thou-
tal.,u.,,pounds. The great reduEion in price, we are
will leave the peculators of last year minus,
tile Anlotan; of half a million of money HI

THE THEATRE.

Covent-carden.

_ .
Tait Comidy of lftild- Oais was:.represented at
this Theatre last night: The part of. Rover, pur-
posely written fur LEWIS, and very well calculated
to exhibit his vivacious talents, was supported last
night with all his spirit, and afforded high gratifi-
cation to the Audience.

Lady Amaranth, -originally designed for the late
Mrs. POPE, and well suited to her powers, was as_r
signed to Mrs. GLOVER. Mrs. GLOVER is a very
lively and agreeable AEtress, and displays good
sense in all her performances ; the part of Lady
Amaranth is, however, much too formal and stately
for. her animated qualities. The passages of tender-
ness towards Rover were, indeed, touched with in-
teresting delicacy, but on the whole the sprightly
powers of Mrs. GLOVER are not properly adapted to
the representation of a formal Quaker, though' that
Quaker is recommended by more sensibility than is
usually attributed to the friendly tribe.
KNIGHT is always in his elemenrwhen- he per-
forms rustic charatters, and in no other is he equal-,
ly successful. His Sim, in this Comedy, though
by no means so simply natural as the , perform-
ance of poor &Atte HARD, was, however, entitled
to approbation.

There is a spirit in the aaing of FAWC ETT
which is sure to make a strong impression on the
Audience. His John Dory, though on the whole
too-coarse, was a prominent feature in the Comedy
last night.

There is little to do in the part of Henry, and
BRUNTON supported it with sufficient merit.
MuNDEN's Elbra;m Smooth was, as usual, a
whimsical effort of dry humour.

This Comedy, with much of the wildness that
marks the works of 07KEEFF, approaches more
than any of his works to the character of regular
comedy.

Mrs. SIDDONS has concluded her Engagement at
Bath, which proved very advantageous to the
Theatre. We hope the People will soon be, gra-
tified with the exhibition of her unrivalled powers
on the London Boards.

Signora BOLLA is likely to add to the musical
train of Drury-lane Theatre. She is certainly a
good Singer, and a good Comic Adress, and may be
of considerable service to the Theatre as she is
conversant with the English language.
The present Emperor of China, when a youth,
wa, remarkable for his attachment to the study of
medicine. A story is told of him, that early in
life, having been informed of an English Seaman,
who had an extraordinary cuticular complaint, he
contrived, notwithstanding the difficulty of inter-
course in China, to see and to examine the patient.
The consequence was, that the young Student had
very soon occasion to exercise the Royal preroga.
tive of scratching very freely. The fad is well
attested in China.

What. will the clamorous Opposition Writers,
who have declaimed so much against all taxes upon
Literature, say, when they hear that BONAPARTE
is now preparing to double the duty on the Paris
Newspapers ?

• Our Soldiers are said to have suffered much by
diseases of the eye in Egypt. However impaired
their sight may be, it is, evident that the French
cannot get on their blind side.
The Prussian Eagle, by some of its latefilght4
seems determined to prove itself a bird of prty.
Hence it may thank itself, if the band of jaco-
binism should hereafter bring it down.
It is said that the greet roads of France arc fallen
into a wretched state of decay. This report can-
easily be credited, as the Country has suffered la.
inentably by republican Ways.
The Science of Gardening seems to have reached
much nearer to perklion in Ireland than in Eng-
land ; for a Gardener of the County of Cork offers
not only to ensure plentiful Crops to those who will
employ him, but undertakes also, that these Crops
shall be permanent.

WATER PROOF.—The following is the Chinese
method for rendering cloth water proof :—To one
ounce of white wax (melted) add one quart of
spirits of turpentine ; when thorougly mixed and
cold, then dip in the cloth into the liquid, and
hang it up to drain, till it is thoroughly dry. By
the above cheap and easy method, muslin as well as
the strongest cloths tvill be rendered quite
_impe.
netrable to the heaviest rains, and that without the
ingredients used, either filling up-the pores of the
cloth, or injuring in the least, its texture, or da_.
maging at all the most brilliant colours.
It seems very extraordinary, that among the many
causes which have been assigned for the late scarcity
of grain, one of a very essential nature appears to
have been totally overlooked, or so little attended
to, that no notice seems to be taken of it. While
this cause subsists, it will be nugatory for Govern_
runt to attempt ascertaining the quantities of
acres employed for raising grain, because they
will annually decrease, by laying down so much
arable land in pasture. The latter can be managed
by. a very few hands in comparison with the. former ;
and therefore as meat, cheese, and butter, sell equal-
ly for extravagant prices as grain, it is natural to
suppose that a farmer will cultivate those articles
which will bring him the most profit and least
trouble. If this pernicious system is permitted to
rage as it has done.of late years, and is now doing
to a shameful extent, the deficiency of grain will
continue to be most severely felt. Our Ance.;tors
thought this an evil which called aloud for the in-
terference of the Legislature.—Let one instance suf-
fice : "In the reign of HEN. VIII. IgZI, great
part of the arable lands having been laid down and
converted to pasture, abundance of farms and
houses were suffered to run to decay; and the poor
people wanted employment *; whereupon the Mi.
nistry thought fit this year to put the laws in exe-
cution for the encouragement of tillage," Se-c.—(Sal-
mon's History of England, vol. 4, p. io.)
* To this may be attributed the present grqt increase of
tbc Pixi.es Tax.