The Sun.
London, England, 1806-08-02 00:00:00

F.-IST: qD.17.1 ID 0 C1,7,,5v.

the -.Baser), which; if not striab' to be
etrtle't3','.ll.Art; must' at least be considered as a most
valuabM anpeildage to the above-mentioned.
ex-
teiisiv'.,.an'd we may fairly say, magnificent Works,-
was. opened for the firSt time for the entrance of
The depth of water was at first abotit 25 feet, but
it was ,afterwards, under the direetlion Messrs.
RENNIE mid WALKER, the Engineers reduced to
abbut 91 feet in the -entra ve Lock. At twenty
minutes before two o'clock the outer-gate 'was
thrown open, and the Yacht, Captain
Pouvran, was warped into the Bason, with her
topsail-yards pointed to the wind ; she moved on
as smooth ao.a glove, and.in the course of a fecv
minutes
,she was moored up at the second Lock,
Orentrance:to the Great Dock.

..The inland bcicly of water, after the gateS were
shut,•was observed to be still above the leVel of tlAe
tide in the Thames, but its surface Was in a few
Minutes lowered a second tine. The Earl Camden,
on account of her having
,beat off a French 74', was
to have had the honour of being the first of the
Company's Ships that entered the.l4son ; but she'
did not come up the River in sufficient time, and
tb6_,4dMiral. Gardner, Captain SALTWELL; which
had finig,-,Lt a battleof three hours close fighting with a
,20(gun Privateer, and beat her off, was the first-that
:entered within the works of the Honourable Com-
pany to which - she belonged.. She swain like a
duck upon the yater, she was in such good trim,
with all her yards, top-masts, and rigging doWrn, ex-
cept the necessary stays:, A nUmber ofpersotts stood
by with wooden fenders to protest the Ship's side
from injury in case of her swinging round too much,
or accidentally Corning .in contaal with any part of
‘he works, but there was little or no occasion for
this precaution:. The wind was favourable, blow-
ing almost right across from East Greenwich; the,
opposite hank of the River; and seamen observed
that 'she almost went in of herself,. so judiciously
were the different,guys and warping7lines managed,
and in such a state Of perfe6tion were the' works.
At about twenty minutes after two she was moor=
ed high up the Eason close astern of the Trinity
Yacht.

Though there was not any splendid decoration of
-the Ship, though there was not any music on her
deck, nor any person on board of higher rank than
the gallant Captain of the Ship, and Mr. RENNIE,
one of the Artists, who, contributed his exertions
towards, this superb work, under the auspices of the
Directors of that great commercial body the East
India Company still, notwithstanding, this was a
simples ; unadorned display of British wealth and
commerce, the scene- was so gratifying to the feel-
ings of every spectator that every man present with
heart and voice gave three cheers, and appeared most
sincerely to congratulate those who had undertaken
and completed this great work.

There are no,.v no less that eighten public places
•of amusement open' in Paris. The' number. is, in-
deed,diminished from what n was some time ago; a
circumstance rather surprizing, as it is the business
of the Government to keep up the spirit of dissipa-
tion in the Public Mind, and divert its attention as.
much as possible from the origin of that Govern-
Ment, and the miserable. subje&ion of 'the Country.
Cooke has, been exhibiting strong syMptomS of
his Usual indisposition on the Dublin Stage. He
was performing-Sir Giles Over-reach,in the Comedy
of A Neu; fray to Pay Old Debts, but it appeared
that he was quite in his cid way , ana his dells seem-
ed to be wholly owing to Bacchus. COOKE, it
seems, finding a lapse in his memory, in the Fourth
Aa, made a short address to the audience, in which
he declared his-inability to go through the part, and
then walked away. The audience manifested great
displeasure, but HOLMAN came forward and softened
Their resentment by assuring them that COOKE was
really ill.; and unable to support the charther.
LEWIS is 'to take a final leave of the Irish Stage
this night, in the Comedy of Such Things Are, in
which he performs Twineall, for his own Benefit.
He is:to amuse. his friends with Imitations of SHE-
RIDAN,‘BARRY, MOSSOP, and WOODWARD, and to
deliver a Farewell Address.

The Miss LARKZIAN, whose musical fame has ex-
cited so Much expectation at Brighton, is a pupil-of
MAZZI NGLiT, whose professional taste and talents
are too well known to require any eulogium.
• Miss Smyrti- has introduced upon the Edinburgh
stage theTragedy'of Edgar, or The Cdledonian Feuds,
which was performed At Covent-Garden Theatre.
The Scotch must of course like this piece, as its fable
bears a strong resemblance to their favourite Tragedy
amg/as.
Modern Dramatists-have been too much censured
for introducing charaßers with repeated phrases in
their Plays--as " I've an idea,"—" that accounts
for i &c. &c. .This was not only' a mode of wri-
ting practised -by nearly all our old and best theatrical
.A*ohors, but is in general copied from nature ; and
the charaaer, of S/'riggins, in the Comedy of Five
Aliks Off, is taken from a living original, who is
eternally telling of his " forty pounds a-year be-
sides wages," •

Mrs. BILLINoToN giVes an exquisite lesson on the
piano-forte, as well as, in singing, wben she appears
in 11 Fanatic° per la Musica, and therefore it is by no
means surprising she should attrad so many scholars.
Young Flonx, a son of the respe&able musical
veteran; is, it is said, preparing a Parody on Hamlet
for the stage. this is.dangerous ground, as Hamlet
has long been a favourite chargter with the people,
and is'the work of their greatest poetical boast, the
immortal Bard of Avon.

Some wanton wags have recently circulated an Ad-
dress from the Landlady of the Key, which was late-
ly. destroyed by. the firein Chandos.-street, with pro-
posals for re-building it • upon a very extensive plan.
There is some humodr in the. Address ; but in the
list of subscribers the authors have most impudently
enrolled the names of many of the gravest and most
respeaable, charaeters in the kingdom, male and fe-
male: , . ,

As there is such a difficulty in obtaining persons
to Serve the office of Sheriff, it has been suggested
that .one of those venerable supporters of city honots;
.Gog and illagog, should be chosen, as they have had
a longer opportunity of becoming acquainted with
its duties than any of the present degenerate race of
11zitons. It is, however, to be apprehended, that
tln cannot be induced to descend from their pre-
sent dip:tied ,elevation.' . •