The Sun.
London, England, 1806-08-05 00:00:00

IIMAAI:G 4TE' ielCGti5T

The. hurry raid bristle of this p',ace 16? the 'fait
:vireek.' has' been great indeed; and Our Imports end
Exports'are'very nainerous, but the proportidn rs
much on the side of the former. Onr.tiving weekly
,Dashers chieny aniuse themselves witli riding their
bro Mer donkeys in .the, evening, sd that our 'fheatre
is :not so much fittended as it really deserves to be ,
Considering the merit of the. theatrical Corpstwhotri
the .lqanager. has colleaed for the present. season.i,
—We have hA a RePreSehiatiou of The Stranger
and The Road to Rain, but the Audience ‘Vas sL‘nuty
. ,
on both nights.

bandelion had a very riuMerOns patronage
Wednesday. All thefosizioncibles, zis they arc called,
here anti in. the neighbourhood; assembled On the
° occasion. , Curiosity was strongly excited in the
evening, as the play-billS had announced the appear
ance of Miss. MUDIE for Tire Country Girl, and
Nell, in The Devil to Pay. 'Whether or not any
stage-trick Was.pratc.tiSed is more than- we can tell ;
but a.bill was posted on the door of 'the Theatre;
'intimating:, that on account of Miss MuntE's
den 'indisposition; she could • not appear that etien-
ing, and that Miss DE CAMP would supply her place
in both Cliaraeters.' The' Public were resolved not
to be disappointed, and the House was "yell filled.
The general merit of th:. performance, indeed, pre=
vented any disappointment. Miss DE CAMP, iri
addition to suitable yOuth,liad great'spirit and arch-
ness.
,TAYLqa gave a very good - portrait. of the
jealous, Watchful, and enraged guardian. WuLATLY
wls easy, spirited, and n4inly in Hai-court ;. and
'SEYMOUR sufficiently diverting in Stiorkiat. Iu fa6l;
the Comedy was supported in a much better manner
thau-ib usual. in Provincial Theatres, and was loudly
applauded.

_
MISS MuDIE is announc::!d.for to-morrow even ng
in Douglas and Roxalana. '

The Packets sa abundantly supply us with visi:
tors, that unless our beds are built upon the triode)
of the farnotis one at Ware, we knc4 not hayir they
will fare as to noaurnal accommodation:

The Edinburgh Managers and IN CLEDON have re.;
cently had a dispute, and both patties aprealed to
the public: 'NciEDOII, it seems, had anounced his
Entertainment of Music and Recitation on the night
when the Theatre was opened ; and, 'therefdre, the;
•Managers opposed the performance as an infringe-
ment on their Patent, which, they declam, they
should not have done if,he had selefted an interven-:
ing night. The Theatre has certainly a Rua of de-
fenCe..

Miss LARKMAN,DOM we mentioned before, ap-,
peared on Saturday last on the Brighton Stage, in,
the Opera of Rosina. The report is highly- favour
able to het -musical talents, and .very creditable to
her preceptor,' MAzzlNoni. She ..sung the airs
wjth sweetness; delicacj,, and taste. Her diffidence
in delivering -the dialogue was the natural died. c'f
juvenile Modesty and inexperience. Altogether,
her talents and person quality her to become •an
terestipg addition to the musical departmeat of thd
Stage.

The Windsor "Theatre opened again on Saturday,.
with The Rivals. The part of Julia was very welt
supported byMr.s.PowELL, from Drury-lane Theatre.
Sir Anthony Absolute gave 'scope to the talents of
'BitowNE, who proved that though he has gerleralik
been considered as a, tragic aelor, he can wear the
sock Nr,vitli'ease. lie also displayed his talents with
etre& in the • af.i.er,piece, which was Catherine and,
-Petrucltio. Mrs. Po\s Ei.f. was,as able a representa-
tive of the termagant Catharine as, she had been Of
the tender Julia.. The house was crowded.

The Chester Music Meeting does- net take ',lke
till the close of next month. BILLINGTON is to be
at the head of the Vocal Department. WEICHSELL'
is to lead, and the Band' is to hare the support of the
ASHLEY'S, LINDLEY, GREATOREX, .BCC. &c. Earls
STAMFORD, CHOLMONDELEY, 'DYSART, and GROS..-
XENOR, are the Stewards. The Performances are
to continue three days.
• Mr. JOSEPH EDGE, aged 62, a'native,of Maccles-
field, In Cheshire, lately undertook, on several bets„
amounting to upwards of f. 3000 guineas, to perform
a journey of 172 miles in 50 successive hours; which
he completed .in 49 .hours and 20 Minutes ! This
.aged- pedestrian started from the Angel :Inn, in Mac-
clesfield, exaaly at twelve o'clock, on WeduesdBy
night last„.and arrived, accompanied by two, Ge;)--
tlemen in a gig, at the Swan with Two Necks, Lad-
lane, at 20 minutes iSat one o'clock on :Saturdny
morning.

On Saturday morning, d curious wager, for 20
guineas, wa§ made between two Gentlemen in the
neighbourhood of Whitechapel, that a blind beggar
would run a mile on the Cotninerciahßoad with-
out varying his course, against a young man blind-
folded, who was well acquainted with the Road.
The beggar kept a regular trot=but the young
than, before he had proceeded a quarter of the dis-
tance, branched into a'tield. and . stumbled into a
ditch. The beggar therefore 'got to the post consi-
derably before his antagonist, and was well rewarded.
by his employer.
A respectable ; fruiterer of the name of Jones,
many years a resident in Shepherd's Market, Mav
Fair, has an old cat,
,and, from- the
,situation of his
house, is more subject than his neighbours to
swarms of rats) but by the good services of this ani-
mal was kept pretty clear. The cat had last Week a;
litter of kittens ; two only of the litter were left
alive ; one of his children, on going into the kitchen
in which the cat and litter were kept, Observed the
two kittens turned out of the basket, and a large old
rat-sucking the cat. This circumstance being made
known to Mr. Jones, he could not believe it, but at
last was persuaded to, go down stairs, accompanied
by several persons, where, to their. utter astonish-
ment, they found the rat as before described, with
the cat's paw round its neck, aud fondling, on it. He
immediately killed the rat, and it•was with difficulty
the family preVented him killing the cat also.

Yesterday the Bank of Enrjand commenced the
delivery of Tickets for the State Lottery which be-
gins Drawing in O6tober next. Persons wishing to
procure particular numbers, are requested to be eats.
in their applications to,any of the Licensed Lottery
Offices. The Scheme contains three Twenty Thou-
sands, three Ten Thousands, three Five Thousands,
Ste. no Prize less than Twenty Pounds,.and 'only
Twenty Thousand Tickets