The Sun.
London, England, 1814-08-17 00:00:00

THE LYCEUM:

The Farces of The Boarding-firouse, and, The
Shipwreck, were last night 'represented at this
Theatre„ and were succeeded by a I)raan tic tilt et b,
announeed as the " Public Readin;f ot a new'
Comic Musical Extravaganza, to he called liar-
ligttin Hoax, or a Pantomime Proposed." This
whitnsical novelty, founded upon the same - Plan
as The Rehearsal, A Peep behind 'the Curtain, The
Critic, The Manager in Distress, and' other pieces
of a similar-nature, in the first 'act introduced the
Performers in their personal characters to the au-
dience (except KNI6nT), and then under those
which they are to assume, with this difference,
that the several Performers. still retain their
proper Mates.; and are - addressed by theta
throughout. Peter Patch (KNIG/IT) is the
supposed ,author of a new Pantomime, which
he proposes to call Hot Cockles,. or Harlitiu;n.
Fishmonger. It does' not appear that this title
has much to do with the piece, except that LIS-,
TON, as Harliquin, sings • his well-known parody
on BRAHAm's song of The BeauyatM AID. HOW-.
ever, it would be !hilt:1110ns to- enter into a formal
examination of this Comic Extravaganza, 'as it is
properly designated. At abounds':' lirdicrous
combinations of imagery, puns, and manual strokes
of humour, which altogether constitnte an enter.,.
tainment very grotesque, and not a little divert-
ing. KNIGHT is the chief character of the piece ;
but it is also very ably propped by RAymaND,
LISTON, and Miss KELLY. RAYMOND, in parti-
cular, is entitled • to no 'small degree of pl'aise for
the fortitude with which, " for the good of the -
concern," as he alledges, he submits to the
sarcastic jokes -of the Poet, 'and the more
impressive attacks of Harliquin'swOoden svvord:
He also abated his managerial dignity by join.
ing in a thrice with LI-TON and Miss KELLY,
and in all respects exerted himself with laudable
zeal and activity. But the chief purport of the
piece seems to be to gratify the Public with.a view
of the Grand Procession to the City Festival,' in
honour of the Illustrious hurt ign crs who lately
visited this country, and of the recent Jubilee in
the Parks. The Procession, as passing through
Fleet-street,.at the end of Bridge-street, with the
crowd, military guard, &c. &c. fdrmed 'a very
amusing Spectacle. The PRINCE REGENT'S car-
riage broke down, but this accident was the only
one.' that. occurred. The Pagoda, the Nail-
machia on the Serpentine River, anti the Grand'
-Temple in the Green ('ark, as well as the Bal-
loon, which passed front the stage over the pit,
and iwas tossed in Attic -clouds, were all repre-
sented _with admirable effect. The whole clos-
ed-With a striktng display of -Fire-works; and,
to shew that theY were not attended with the
least danger to the audience, RAYMOND remained
on thestage in the midst of them till the dropping
-of the curtain.---The Overture, which con ;stet(
of some popular airs,' well se)ected by Mr. Pa ny,
and also well connected by some good' music'
of- .his own, Was a pleasing. composition.. The
whole of the music, we understand, was also se-•.
lected and _combined by the same Composer, The
house was• crowded, and we never attended a piece
Of a similar kind that experienced a mo:e- favour-.
able reception ; insomuch, that when RkymoND
attempted to announce it for repetition this even-
ing; his voice 'was wholly drowned in' u!liversal
shouts of applause.—The plot and dialogue areas.,
eribed to Mr. T. DIBDEN.

KEMBL.E is about to depart for Paris 'on a visit
to his friend TALmA. By hiS late engagement for
a month.at Liverpool, he netted, it is said, 327/.
On Wednesday last, Mr. WM. DU"gD Ns, who
had -vacated his seat for,the City of FAinburgh,
in consequence of his having accepted the office u 1
Keeper of the,,S:ignet; was unanimously re-elect-
ed Member of Parliament for' that LitY. .The
LORD PROVOS' T addressed Mr. DONDAS in a shunt
but elegant speech, congratulating him on his ap-
'pointment to so honourable and respectable an
office,- and hoped that the City of 'Edinburgh
would long he honoured with so able and respect-
able a Representative. Mr. DUNDAS made a very
appropriate" reply ; and in the evening, agrand
entertainment was given at the Assetnhly Rooms,
in George-street, to the Loan PRovosT, -Magis-
tvates, and Ceitincil, and to a number of Noble-
men and Gentlemen.

• On Sunday last Mr. Moreton, assistant to Mr.
011ivant, silversmith, &c. in Exchange-Street, in
this town, wound up a number of gold and silver
watches, a dozen
.of which he left, each in a sepa-
rate. leather fob or pulse, in a box upon the cowl-
ter. On opening. the shop an Monday mornAng,
he found the'box Nvherebv left it,,but to his asto-
,nishment containing only six of the watches. An
enquiry was in consevence immediately insti-
tuted, which for some time appeared fruitless ; at
length a book hound in parchment., which buy not
a great distance from the .box, was discovered to
have beet! robbed.of its back by vermin; a further
search was then made, and through an aperture
in the shop floor one of the watches was.discover-
ed, upon the ceiling undernealtalsis,e‘sylbliecii nigwla)sroiliii:
mediately taken down, and four more of the six
watcheS missing were found ; and, what is most
singular; without :lily of the g
or other damage done, except the small pieces of
parchment attached to each whh the price ma is
being entirely eaten away,---‘(—al
4ctricapi..er
leer, August 13.)

A remarkable robbery took•placc on Thursday
'night in the residence of Mr. Tracy, who keeps
the tap of the Duke of Wellington taverri, Ports,
mouth. The robbers are.supposed to have enter-
ed the house'over a Wall behind, from thembeing
it ladder against it:- They went into the bed-room.
of Mr. Tracy, where lie and his wife were sleeping,
took a bunch of keys from a chest of drawers,
and from thence a tea-caddy, containing about
151. in silver, and S3l. in bank-notes, Mrs. Tracy'i
pockets from under the pillow on which-she was
sleeping, and two -Watches front pockets at the
bead of the bed. The tea caddy-was found in the
tap below, with the key in it, selected from the
hunch. They also entered a room where some
soldiers were sleeping, and stole a pair of. stoa--
ings and 4s. 6d. in silver. All this they did, and
went off without alarming any one, Or of yet be-
ing discovered !