The Sun.
London, England, 1808-09-01 00:00:00

THZ rirEdTRE.

Haymarket,
The popitlar Drama of The ilfric.'ans was- follov
last night by anew Farce entitled Yes, or No.
CHAAACTEkS.
. Sir Barometer Oldstyie - Mt, Gtovt.
--Obadiah Ilrbadbriin - Mr. LISTON.
Charles Fervor - - Mr. Fro, Is EY . •
Sgrave , Mr. PALM N, jun
Drab .Mr. NouLL.
Corloral Barrett - me M _ _A-raEws. ,
Miss Penelope Snap Oldstyie Mrs. DA zNroa r.
Patty Segrave - Mrs. LISTON.
The main obje& of this Farce is rather to, aff,
an opportunity for the talents of the chief Perform
concerned in it, than to produce any particular
terest or suspense from the fable itself.. The sc
lies in a country town. William Segrave and
-sister are reduced to the greatest distress, which,
.• former, to alleviate, enter into a recruiting pi
~thich.happened to be in the place. :The oth
who ,commands this party is LieutenankFeri
i the N.vard of Sir Barometer Oldstyle, a very
'young"-'man,
,but of a benevolent disposition
Cas,been so much misrepresented 'to B
meter by Obadiah Broadbrini, a Steward to the
ter, that the Knight determines to discard bin:
the allegations should be true. Among other cri
laid to his charge by the Quaker, is that of hat
seduced Patty Segrave; and of having opprel
her brother by cruelly exacting rent from him. A
• some mistakes and perplexities, the character of
vor is cleared from all 'unjust accusation, and h,
restored to the favoUr of the Knight, who pen
him to be united to Patty Segrave.
The., chief purpose of triis Farce is accbmplis
in the entertainment derived from LISTON
; the former,' from, a stiff; • hypoci
cal Quaker, is converted into a jolly toper,
enlisted by the latter, in the chara,-Aer of
Recruiting Serjeant. A great part of the plot
pends on equivoque, which produced a ithliel
effeCt. As the comic merits of LISTON and 1v
TIIEWS are so well known, it is hardly necessar
say that=they were both excellent in their respec
characerS. GRovis also gave the piece strong
port, dad so did Mrs. DAVENPORT, who, hoe
uttered now and then such tremendous butyl:
might be thought to proceed from limning lesi than
the apprehension_ of murder. FARLEY is much im-
proved, and he was a powerful agei4 in t.,: piece,
which was also indebted to Mrs. Lts'roN's
'talents. Mr. COLMAI tiUpTllied IWO of .the
one of which was tendered partieularly entertoining
by the whimsical gravity of LISTON.
Place is attributed to Mr. POCOCK, a young
arts} deservedly, admired for his talent., and consi-
dering his profe.ssional pursuits, and that this is his
fire attempt in thd drama, it is entitled to the lenity
of Criticism, it it has no great claim to' its approba-
tion. The Farce was well received throligh its pro-
gress, and though a feW dissentients wer,-. found on
its bonclusion, it way annotmced for this evening
with general consent-. The house was cro.A.ded.

The following is no nufavourabte testimony of the
Author's poetical talents :

AlR—Mrs. LisTox

On ELL,A.q cheek the rose was seen;

The tint was vtire; tile hue serene
Awhile It blo;iinid th beauty nfre,.
But treitii;leb.: there;
Briot teas her. e)e of heavenly Wire;
Her sips l:;(e rubies, dipp'd in dew,
And sweetest melody there hung
Un tile soft accents or her tongue.

But soon the storm began tolow'r,
It struck the tree Out heid the fiow'r ;
Her lover died, she droop'd her head
In sorrow o'er his lOwly bed
And fading, 'like her theek's soft bloom,
Sunk like a lilly to the tomb.
Still will the tears soft pity gave,
*afresh the flow'rs that deck har grave.

IZvDIA.

CALCUTTA, FEB. 13.-By the. late arrivals from
the Isle of France, we hear that the French Go-

wipd bacatne cvntrary,,and very tempestuous : the
conseq, ience was that the vessel foundered on a ridge
vernment there have strittly enjoined their Cruizers of rocks, which jutted out from the main island.
to have in future the greatest resped for Arab Ships,
. Three of the hands perished, as did all the cattle,
and by no means to arrest or molest them, unless: it
exeept one cow, which, tolgettier with the fourth
should appear on clear "evidenc=e that their cargo is .
*ail* property.—Two dreadful hurricanes had vi- man, succeeded in scrateeilog up to the top, of this
rlickv Island. In this . clisina: sitnation, the man
sited the *lstand, and Committed great ravages, de- . • his. b , • 1 remained. for
along' with brute: co.npaaion three
stroyed all. the plantations, which made provisions days without, an'Y prosped of relief. On the fourth
very •scarce. Of thp small crab trading to. the day the cow dropped down dead. In the interim,
Islands of Bout ben and, Madagascaraeleven perished to preServaillexistence as long' as poSitade, - the man
'at sea, and .no lives were saved. The casualties in
opened a vela in the ,Colt', and fre;pierikly sucked her
the French estabiishMent at Madagascar had been '
blood. Thia source of eXt'steuee being cut otf, he
extremely mimeo-its, owing to many more people
afterward cut our the tongue of the dead annual,
having remained there dtiring the bad season than is r
and mincing it. down very small,
.he supported' ex;st-
customary with theme the whole almost of the rash
ence till the tth day ; on which, to his 'great joy,
adventurers .were swept away by the disease incident he espied an open fishing boat in the Channel, and
to the climate. Mr. ,MARRiorr the chief Of the hoisted,
011 his remaining strength, his shirt, as with
establishment, has been one of the vielims. To re-
cruit the regular troops (which in the present situ- a sianal of distress ; the boat came and rescued him
Ai. • _i IMIS . sie -.aat • :
aoe. i •
anon of -affairs cztnnot, be effe6led from Europe), ft hls pei
•.. . :
GOVernment have it in contemplatiOn to extend the -. it occurred at the of
~..,
; Afelancholy ACCiiit,t • entrance.
laws of the conscription, such. as. they exist '"' . -iarbeeir of ,aull last week. As the. Gainsbo-
' - Packet boat Captain ItostasoN, for Gains-
Erance, to the CreoleS or Natives of the. Isles a '', - " - • . ' •
France an 4 Bourbon ; a mark of -tolifidence• which !•'[ '
ougli,•with a number of passengers, was
rhour, was'leaving
I i)
they certainly deatirVe, -in return for the eagerness• 1 e,4 ) the tide running out strong, she-
given toul of the jib-boom of-the Trafalgar, Capt.
they have respeelively shetkat, to have the name 1
I ROSE' Wtitell Vessel laid- against the jetty, at the
.uf the Re=union, formerly Bourbon, changed into , ~ a , . i
- • Last-end of the Ferry-boat Dock, at the entrance
that of 3UONAPARTE, and the name of Pert Nord -
Otiest, forMerly Pert Louis, into that of Pott Nof the Harbour. Some of the spectators seeing the
poieon a- ! -
• '•'. - • • danger to which the Packet was likely to be expos-,
. a-
ed in passing, the Trafalgar, whose sprit-sail had
been carried away only a very short. time before by
another Sloop, called out to her people to take in
the jib-boom. This, however, was net attended to,
and the -Packet-boat's mast having caught hold of
the- jib-boom, and the tide, as we have observed,
.runniog.strong, she was to imminent danger of up-
setting, in which ease a number 'of the passengers
must 'inevitably have been drowned. Capt. RotlN-
gm; climbed up . the mast to 'disengage the Vessel,
and had got upon the boom wh,ea the mast broke ;
in that instant the boom also snapped it two, and
the Captain tell into the water, and was seen to rise
no more. The shrieks of his unhappy wife and
children, who were on hoard the Packet, and the dis•
tress -Of the pasatingers, cannot_ be described. The
Packet; however, had received no injury ; but the un-
fortunate Captain could 1)01 bv!'recovered. kits body
was after ,vards found in the Humber,. about two miles
above the town: • ' - -

,On,,MOnday last the Gentlemen of Hampton,
Had• ,v -
ton Court, and the vicinity, met at the Red
Lion Inn, Hampton, to celebrate the Anniversary of
the Birth-day of hiS 'Royal Highness the Duke„of
CLARENcE. The,company was numerous and.high-
ly respectable ; Coionel BRADDYLI, in the Chair,
supported by Sir WILLIAM GIBBONS, Bart. Admiral
BOWATInt, Mr. RAE, Mr. HENDBRSON, Mr. PowELL,
Mr. ATTBRSOLL., Dr. MORGAN, Mr. ,GARDEN, Mr.
NIXON, &c. Sm. The health of.his Royal Highness
(pr ceded by those of the King and Prince of
WALED was diank with the greatest enthusiasm.—
The dinner consisted of every delicacy of the. sea,
son, which, with the desercand wines, were excel,
lent, to the credit of LAwitENce. His Royal High:-
ness,•with his usual liberalis y and attention, present-
ed the meeting with a buck and fish from Bushy
Park.-Admiral BowATER and Mr. RAU were chosen
a: Stewards for the ensuing year.