The Sun.
London, England, 1807-08-06 00:00:00

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When tA WR Net, known as amir.bell,,
'Third in the liouse his draiiisr knell—
. E'en to his friends a boit ;
'Tis strarme thatCA t ',ton should ohri,
wearyThG mottle:its to begui;ei_
And did not ratilte more:

• A Caricature of the late Itegotiatiun PrAttc4
ishow exhibiting at Parisi, in which the parties are
of course the Plenipotentiaries of England and Franc::
To a polite interrogatory from the latter:—Lvetwili..,
his Lordship is well? our countryman replies; "that
he has, just dispatched a Courier to London; and orx
his return will dbubtless be enabhel tOgivethem the
hecessary information an that subjodt I"

Mr. SHERIDAN 11S- by no means aged with the
liberality generally.aserihestto his charaaer, in weak
lag with so much severity of the Police Magistrates.
A more respedable budy of men altogether tan
hardly be found in.this country : several of them are
distinguished for learning' and literary talents, .vhicli
might have. been expeded to exempt them from
such an attack, considering his own merit in that
respea; It is hence not improbable that 'some or
those Gentlemen may employ the pen, in return for
the freedoni of the tongue.

TH TH EATRc.--rMr. -Youno Mailisfetted new
and forcible claitns to public favour last .alight at
the Haymarket Theatre, by his perlormance of Sir
Edward lifortittier,, in the Play of 'fh.e hag
This ellaraoter requires great theatrical skill, as welt
as mature judgment and strong sensibility and it ii
but justice to say, that Mr. Yourit; supplied- these
requisites to the full. extent which the char.tect dez
manded..=-He'excited sympathy) and obtained great
applause.

Covent-garden Theatre opens on the 14th ofneit
month, and Drury-lane On the I Lth.
BiIALIAM, it iS saidihas deellno an engagement,
at Drury-lane Theatre, bedatise the Proprietors were
unwilling to engage SORACE

.. •
Theteare to Subseription Concerts at thti
liotunda, in Dublin, under the di rediun of Mr. 15. a
LY, at which Madame CATALAN!, Sieor ROVEDINO
• Sigithr MORELLI} arid Mr. KELLY will perform.
Music..-The ensuing MusiCal Festival, at Saile
bury, is expetled to be very well attanded, at the
tirst Performers, vocal and instrumental, have been
engaged for the occasion. BARTLEMAN, Mr. and
Mrs. VAIIGIIAN STORAC:B,.EOd BRAMAN, are among
&
the former. AMER is to, be the leader, and the
orchestra is to be amply supplied. Mr... A..
is to have the direction of this triennial festival.
MA A} it is said, is an thC.eVeOf to this
Country, probably for .the purpose of raking a part
in the Concert of Anoient Music, us She was parti-
cularly excellent in .her Manner. of singing the su-
blime compositions' of HANDEL; lers. BILLINU.
TON had a very handsome offer from the Ilt'redt,,,;,
on the close of last season, bin declined it.

The non-attendance of Cooiu, ,itccording to his
eng.ttcment, at Manchester, will probably gike cc-
casion to a legal pinArlnance, as thallartoger, is
said, demands the.expence of keeping his theatrical
Corps together, and a compensation fol. the loss of
protilfor several nights, when the boxes were all sett,
and* the house likely to be full every night for which
Cooks was engaged.
A foot race will 'take place next Monday, in
LORD'S Cricket Ground, for 50 geineas a-side, be,:
tween the Brighton Shepherd and I.)avenport, a new
Man. The odds are seven to one on Davenport.
crib left town Ott TUe3d2V night, , for traitting„;
preparatory t0,"11.6 tight with •Pittone the Jew. The
battle. will take "place in the course of six weeks.
The odds are in favour of Crib..

Yestcreitly morning, at three o'clock, the pressure
of people Wai so great at Billingsgate to get herved
with oysters, that two.-Onien and a man tell into
the dock ; the women were recovered, but the man
was drcAvned.,.,..

NEWeit6TI.E. AUG. 4.—About sixteen months age
a person swindled two respectable tradesmen of till*
town' by pretending to be a Captain of a
The same person, in attempting to dupe a mercan4
tile house on the quay, on Wednesday last, vas
deteeted, from the similarity of his story to that bsy
which he had succeeded in his impositions the Year
preceding. Before he left,the counting-house of the
merchant (where he pretended be h come as
Captain to purchase beef and Other stores for the.
,Maria Transport, a message- was carried to Mr.
Nichol, a biscuit-baker, whom he had last year, de-
frauded, intimating a' suspicion. that he was the same
'person by whom he had been then deceived.': 04
Mr. N's arrival, he eyed him with caution ler some
minutes, but .on addressing him was convinced it
was the identical person suspected, and on tell:ng
him so, and that they would not part till he had car.,
tied him
,before a magistrate, the Swindler for a mo-
ment seemed CopfUsed, but with great eill'ontery
assured Mr. Nichol ,that he was miaaken, and
that as he knew •Mr. -Alderman Smith, who
lived on the North Shore, :he .would, :by
companying him, be convinced otitis error. They,.
proceeded thither (accotnpatited by .a number, a
people colleoled together, in consequence of the
tercation) till :they came to Mr. Smiths. but that
Goutlenlan.not being at home, the swinder:insisted
that Mr..N.
_had ,no right to_ detain him, and atter
a considerable struggle, contrived .to escape in*)
fields.He was instantly pursued, and on finso;no
himself much. pressed, gave them the donhie, ant
rushed to the. liver side, leaped on board a keel,
where, seeing a ,Uott,hard by, jumped into her, and
'after an unsuccessful attempt to push her off, was
overtaken and secured,

CORN-EXCIIANGE,A.UG.6.—The sa.pply of Wheat
to-day is again considerable, with some from Aint-
rick; the best satnpies hardly fetch last pr ether
qualities 3re heavy of sale and miller chesperi Har-
ley ,and Malt ti
have few t•ch.,.!sers; good new It.ve
at 50s. per quarter; White pease full as dear", Grey
likewise; small Beans 3s. :4)sd per quarter higher;
of Oats there are may more foreign cargoes ar-
rived—the hei, keep their price, and the trade ftr
other sorts is, eirioted rather lower ; !;"Jour is dull
sale—fine ArnertOan Us. to 435. per barrel.

Wheat vs a 624> a 743 .oti Lietins (Old) 53S a 595 ~,,,t
Fine ditto . ;cs a 77s Ott Tick. ditto (do.) 473 a ;4s od
Rye . . 4es a '43s od rats .: 23. Ur 4pi oil'
Earley - . , 3ss.a 4D ,d 1 Polapd ditto 33s a 34s -c+d
Malt .. . 66s a 7.4 a{!t KA pc Sete'. . . 221 -I 2tsi
White Pea.le tt;sa tz.-:•i od i Fine f lour. . fes 631 6,5 b ott
C 5 toy ditto . 6;s a 64s od I Sta,:utttis . . ,305 ttot: 601