The Sun.
London, England, 1814-12-21 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

Arr.Rrcif A an HvGims.---Th is vete! an ofthe Stage,
who was an actor- of-lhe- good old cootie school,
_and who deservedly possessed a high degree, of
provincial repute, thOugh-but little known to 4
London audience, -yesterday made -his exit from
" this universal theatre,. the world." He .had
long been a proprietor of the Wey,mouth 'Theatre,
and also possessed a share of Sadler's Wells. He
was nut only a good comic actor, but a sound
judge of Theatrical merit. • His conversation was
homourous and amusing, as he was a shrewd ob-
server of mankind, and abounded in anecdotes,
particularly of the theatrical kind. By industry
-and prudence, he brought up his family in a
very respectable manner, and has no doubt, left
among them considerable property. -Mr.- finOnEs.
occasionally performed Jobsim in London, to serve
• a friend on a benefit, and displayed such vigorous
humour as would have secured him an engage-;
mem' in the Metropolis, -if his pecuniary interests
had not been otherwise more, productive. Finally,
it ought to be added, that he appeared to advan-
tage in the characters.of a husband and a father.
The following anecdote of BUONAPARTE is re-
lated in a pamphlet just
_published at
.Paris
" Riding- out the day after his arrival in the
of Elba, on the coast, he was met, escorted by a
great number of English, by a•peasant, who ima-
gined that the island had-been ceded to England.
Mistaking BtJONAPARTE for, a Governor sent by
King of Great Britain, he fell on his knees, and
in that postore, pionounen4 the most pompons
eulogy on the English, argil inveighed bitterly
against BUONAPARTE- 4,;kle spoke in Italiar,
the English did not umlerstand a word he said ;
but BUONAPAITE inquired the reason of his coin-
plikiots. The peasant, in. reply to this question,
enumerate:l the misfortunes; that had befallen his
family, in consequence of.the conscription, taxes,
and other measures., He would never have done,
had not BUONAPARTE thought fit to continue his
ride, without saying a word-in answer. The poor
fellow, on being informed-that he had been speak-
ing to NAPOLEON, remained thunderstruck for a
few moments, and-then ran off as fast as he could.
He has never been seen since, notwithstanding alt.
the search that has been•made for him."

Notwithstanding the magnificence of the New
Lunatic A'sylum at Glasgow, we should presume
that no one will be MAD enough to become an
in-
mate until it has been WELL aired !

In the list of causes to be tried in the court of
King's,Bench, Dublin, on Monday se'unight, was
ALICIA GLENNAN, plaintiff, . and Lieut.-Colonel
D: ToLErt .osßoatia, defendant. When listed
amongst the other records„. Mr. DELANY, Attor-
ney for the plaintiff, affixed the term seduction,
which had theliappy effect of crowding the Court
to an enormous degree with the curious. Oil
opening the. case, the
,disappointment was very
.severely felt, as expressed in every countenance,
at finding is was merely an action for 841. the
amount of an account of 'trees sold by a nursery-
woman of Ballyfin, in the Queen's County, to the
defendant, Lieut.-Colonel P.. T. OSBORNE.
A very melancholy accident happened .during
the night of Friday night se'nnight, near Old
Leighlin, which ought to be made publicly known
as a caution against sleeping in close apartments
in which a fire is kept. Two young gentlemen,
sons of Mr. P. of that place, retired to rest at
their usual hour. The door, &c. of the chamber
were so accurately fitted as completely to exclude
the external air, and the evening being damp
and cold, they had ordered a pan with' turf
embers to be placed on the hearth stone.;
In the course of the alight, the family were
alarmed by havy groans issuing from thiS apart-
ment, in consequence of which several ineffectual
attempts were made to force the door. This rous-
ed one of the Gentlemen, who succeeded in un-
bolting it, and inunediately fell senseless on the
door. The other, who was in the prime of life
and bloom of health hilt a few short hours before,
was already a lifeleis corpse ! His more fortunate
brother is still poorly, though not in any danger.
—On Thursday night, a baud of armed ruffians
attacked the houte of Mr. Baker, of Kilmanagh, in
search of' fire-arms. Having been refused, ad-
mittance, they fired several shots into the house,
and their fire being briskly returned by Mr. B. and,
a young man_ belonging to the family, the miscre-
ants set fire to the house, and retreated. We are
sorry to say the premises were reduced to ashes.--*
(KilkePny Moderator.)

At Shrewsbury fair, last .week, there was not
.
a large supply of tattle, and the buyers being nu-
merous, occasioned a-brisk sale at an advance on
late prices. Fat cattle averaged 84d. per pound ;
of fat sheep there Was a tolerable supply at 9d.;
store pigs were lower,and,there were many in the
fair, and fat ones fetched' from 6d. to •7•11 d. per lb.
Owing to the late scarcity.-of grass, the quantity of
butter for sale was comparitiyely small ; prime
tubs from 15s. to 15s. 6d..p•ilr gaun of 121 b. Prime
cheese from 68s. to 7fis. per cwt. (1201 b.) inferior
50s. to 60s. Bacon rather lower, averaged 10d.
per lb. Some butter remained unsold till Tues-
day, when it went cif at 14s. 6d. per. gaun.
A curious mistake lately- occurred at a fair at
Shotts, in Scotland. .The Edinburgh Sedeant of
Police went there with two Officers in quest of a
man known to have been concerned in recent rob-
beries at Glasgow and Edinburgh. They ascer-
tained that be was in the place : but whilst deli-
berating in a public-house about steps for securing
him, they were themselves apprehended by a
party of constables, .as suspicious characters, and
conveyed to Hamilton gaol, and were twenty-four
hours in confinement before they were suffered to
depart. The robber, in the mean time, shifted his
quarters,
. The Commercial Hall Wine Company respect-
fully invite their Customers, the Nobility, Gen-
try, and Buyers of Wine in general, to their Con-
cerns, No. 10, Skinner-street, 10, Cornbill, and
340, Oxford-street. In Skinner-street, they will
have the opportunity of viewing and tasting the
largest Stock of the finest Wines and Spirits in
the .kingdom,---at Cornbill and Oxford-street,
Samples of every Article may be tasted. All or-
ders will be delivered, free of expellee, to any part
of London as usual. For particulars, see adyer'
tiseuleat in front of this Paper.