The Sun.
London, England, 1806-07-10 00:00:00

THE 7 ILEA IRE. •

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I , 14 4Y-AEARKET.—Last night anew uomeotv", en-
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titled Five Miles 011'i or, . The Finger Post, «•49
ri•cpresented,.for the first time, qt -thi3 Theativ.

Mr. Karendar,
• Edward.Frankland,
• Mr. ortlid,.
•Mr. Flail,
Lwire.tice Luckless
Joh y Sprig6ius,
Flourish,
aril:suet,
Mary,
Jane,
• Miss Prue,
Laura,

Mr. FAwcztr.
Mr. !LAX,
'Mr. GRovt.
Mr. etrAPMA
Mr. Df CAutr.
Mr. MAT HE :vs.
Mr. LISTON.
Mr. DENntArt.
Mrs. MATHEWt.
Mrs. Grass.
Mrs. Po..vELL.
Miss TYRER..

The Plot is soon detailed.—Sordid, an unjust Steward, has.
'availed himself of the confidence of his late Master, Old
Frankland, and obtained all his, property, to the exclusion of
the lawful heir, Edward Frank land. Sordid had a natural
, son, but carefully concealed the secret while his Patron - wai
alive. This son was brought up under the name of Laurence
LuAless, and being; a wild boy, had rambled en •oar knew
where. Sordid advertzes for him in the , Public Prints,,
and- the reference is to Flail,- a.• ich farmer, %vb., (tad
Promised to give• his daught'er Nlary t,, Luck le,ss, if
he should' ever appear. F,Litl, howeve7, irad pre) rui:sly.
promiSed that. Ed ward Frank iand should' have his it,2ngli.
ter, hilt had recanted, as 'Edward had hen 'disinherit:.
ed. There is of course an attachment between Ed wa,r4
and Mary. It happens that Sordid is going. to Mail's in
hopes of hearing of his lost son ; the son ii goiny;:ci tire settle
place, in answer to the Advertisement and Edward is ids.°
b.ent.t hither to endeavour, if possible, •• to indu,:e. tea Farmei,
to abide by his former- seti s Ni4fy
trntn a robber, and as it appears that Luckless-had
-among his other extravaganOes, without a, s)iilling
to support himself, Flail„ as! a test of the ingenuity of
Edward, promise: to give his .daughter to • beset ,1 he
will, witlnn twelve bouts, procure -a freehold tenement,
-an acre of land,• and one article of live-Stdek. This
proposal is over-heard by,Kalendar, c whimsical Astrologer,
who happens to
,be in an adjoining room. Kaleridar is a good
hearted man, amidst all his odditizs : He finds an cbs,)lete
forest law, which entitles those !win-,-Can build a tenement •
.upon a common, according to the proposed.contiitions; to the
, freehold., All, hands are set at work, and a
,wooden tenement '
is raised, and ground iriclosed, within the'appointeci time. --
The Farmer consents, the Lovers are united*, Sordid acknA-
ledges his son, and all parties are happy.

•The title of The .gmzer-Past is derived from an:
index of that kind made by a blupderihg Irishman.,
who, because he had not raised -it high enough,
turns the 'four direEtionsupon,a pivot, that if,peoi.:l6
hit their heads against it, it may shift about," and not
hurt them„ HenCel by an accidental turn, Sordid
is led out of his way " FiueMit s 911:"
Though
,there is sufcient intricacy in the fable
for .a work 'of this kind, .the author has chiefly de
,pepded on the oddity of his charaEters and thewhiM--
sical detail of 'his dialogue. KaZendar is
.h(Tever -
the chief, if not the only novelty of char:Ader in' the
Piece. It is the main-spring of the whole, and is .
admirably supported .by FAWCETT% Qoaker '
Painter is another very entert:ining ,charaaer,; and
supported with a very diverting dryness of humour •
by LtsToN.. The Comedy abounds with puns and
conceits, some not very striking or brilliant, others
that unaVoidably.proVoke laughter. The Piece on'
the whole is very well calcuLited to please the• Pub,
lie, and will no 'doubt. becoMe very popular.
LISTov sang a very quaint and diverting air, sex-
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pressive of his disappointment,,in love wish a fair
• Phillistine. The music, by REEVE, was very
,cha-
Taaeristio. Miss TYItER also gave an air to the old
tune of *Peggy Band. Both of the .Songs, •wen
agplauded.

The seharaaers-in general were yeti,* well sop-
ported, arid .the Corne4 was received - with tilt;
hcm-tv approbation of a crowded audience. •

For PrologUe and Epilogue see the Page.

Young BETTY is performing at Neweistle, hut
such are the revolutions in thee times, theatric:ll as
well as political, he plays, to very scanty audielces,
even at the common prices of adiniesibn, Therices.
of admission last year were doubled), and the Houses
fuu every,night.

The, Brighton Theatre operied on Saturday last
with The lione,y. Moon-'and Tile Turnpiiw Gater,
BRUNTON and his sister intthe t:)riner Piece acquitted
themselves very ably in the-I)uke Juliana, Tho
theatrical corps altogether treditai)le_to the 'libe-
rality of the Manager. The House. was very %%ell
attended. •

- The veteran LEWIS is now at Dublin: He appear-
ed on Wednesday last at. that Theatre in the part of
the copper capiazn, and wits very well- received..._.
. -A German Drarnatist.-has lately iotrbduced
the great Reformer, uPon the stage at No"rliti
as the hero of hig piece. LUTHER, in the Drama
alluded to, is represented as another " ADMIRABLE
CitEIGHTON," he is,"ve-sied with so many qualifica-
tions.- But what is not very suitable to' the cha-.
raeler,of a Reformer of the Chnrch, he .appears like
a Magician, and his .chief agent is 'Thunder. '
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The French Emperor has, it scans, issued a De-
cree, prohibiting: Gum; ilk. He has, however, no
doubt, too much legardk)i- the inte'rest of his Mini--
sters to extend the,i6hibition to (waging 'in the
Funds.

Mr. DuTrizs, who has just published 'interesting;
Memoirs. of his useful and active Life; was em,.
played in a diploMatic capacity during the Admini-
stration of Lord BuT,E, and has repeatedly visited.
every Court of Enropt, during the last fifty years. _
On Saturday evening about dusk ow Offleer be- ,
longing to Chelsea Hospital saw two'men whbm', ae
recognized as deserters. He followed them along-
Pimlico with •a view, of having them stopped when
they came to the, Guar&house : but unfortunately.
they perceived him, suspeaed 'his intention, and were
prepared against such an event as they expe:,--4d might
take place. They turned into a timber-yard, \7,here
they concealed therriselvds behind some of the p:,'!..ts
of wood. The zeal whiCh the veteran felt for the ser-
vice induced him, unfortunately, to follow them into,
the•_ yard, when one of the fellows fired from where.'
he lay. in, ambush, and , wounded the OffiCer
so desperately .above the , knee, that the thigh-
bone was fraaured, and he has since been
obliged to ,undergo ainputatiori. During the tinie.
of the alarm which took place on the firing of the
shot tie fellows escaped, and, have hot since been
heat d'of., •

On Friday morning as a waggon
.belonging to Mr:
Kent, of ,Abingdon, in Berkshire,. was, going out of
the New' Inn, in the .01d -Bailey, it was discovered
to be on fire, caused by an'unforeseen.accident, by'
which property to the amount, of near .1.001. was de-
stroyed ; the remainder of the goods were saved by
means of engines• and the eiertions of the people of
the inn ; several chests of tea were destroy'ed.