The Sun.
London, England, 1814-10-04 00:00:00

THE THEATRE.

The.-,popularity of Mr..l“Aly was manifested
last night by a crowded audience, to witness his
debut for the season in the character of Richard the
Third. He Was received on his- entrance with
warm and reitetated applause. We attended very.
particularly to his performance throughout, and
it appeared evident to us, that his voice has• been
strengthened and improved by his unceasing prac-
tice during the sununer. We observed no strik-
ing alteration inlirs acting, though is e think there
is'someimprovementin his gesture, except in his
gait,. which is still totally devoid of dignity.
There is more ease in his manner altogether,
the probable result of more .self-possession,
front .his extrzumlinary success. There is
still too much of the nie/o-drams action; when
be 'says, the " dogs bark 'at him as ~he halts
by them," be pauses sometime, and points be-
hind him, as if they were at his heels. Ile also
continues to express With his fingers the crawling
of spiders, and points to rite ground to denote
treading on. them. His pauses are more frequent,
and somewhat tedious ; there was a long one be-
tween " in time deep bosom of the ocean" and
" buried," and he delivered the following passage
thus " Saddle White Surrey—for the field—to-
morrow." After saying to Buckinghani, `'-
busy, thou troublest me—Pm
.not in the vein !"
instead of dashing- off. in rage, he stops as hereto-
fore; anti, for a few moments, looks intently on hint.
Ile has also the same eusttim of turning his back
upon the person x'h'o speaks to him : lleetid so when
Bucking/win is telling him the result of his visit
to the city, though Richard is so much in-
terested in the intelligence; and he did so .while
the Nobles are in Court attending the Prince of
Wales, except' when lie was to address the latter
himself. We may be permitted to enter into these
remarks, because he is held forth by his enthu-
siastic admirers as the great Actor of Nature, be-
fore whom all his competitors are submissively to
bow. We could make many other observations,
but we do not wish to subject, ourselves to the
suspicion of affecting singularity. Upon the
uffiele, .his acting is very effectii.e, .though _We
certainly cannot consider it as critically correct,
and deserving of the almost unprecedented en-
comiums lavished upon it, as a model of excellence.

Very Extraoralinury.—ln the Lottery, just finish-
ed, .there were Two Prizes of 20,000/. and Two
Prizes of 10,0001. inn! yet BISH only Sold one of
each, viz. 2,712, a Prize of 10,000/., and 10,775,
a Prize of 20,000/. in Shares, with a variety of
minor Capitals. Most of the Shares have already
been paid, but those who hare not yet received
their Prize Money, may exchange them for Tickets
and Shares in the new Lottery of 6,000 Tickets,
to be all drawn on Saturday the 15th of this
Schemes, with particulars, may he had
gratis, at•liisn's Offices, 4, Cornhin, and 9, Cha-
ring-Cross, *here all business in the Public
Funds is transacted with fidelity and dispatch.

' "` • ‘. e',
ICTUALLEsiG

The Contracts for Trish
,Becf.andl'orli, for the
use of ,the Nayy..for tlze,ensu.i ig,,year:w.ere,ar,7
ranged by the Commissioners of the: Victualling
Board on Saturday last.. ,:The quantity contracted
for is little more than half., of ivhat was required
last year, and the price is giso:Yerk considerably
lower. Last year tha. total supply was
,scventy-
fiv,e thousand tierces,, beef and pork.. This year
the total, supply is only forty thousand tierces,
contracted for in the, following proportions
Sir C. Flower Bart. and Co. • 2U,U00 Tierces.
Bogle, Freud:, and Co. . 6,000
Rose and Son . 6,000
Claneby •• . 6,000 -
Hamner and Co. • • • S!,000

• 40,000 Tierces,
The proportion bettveen :beef and, pork is to he
"it the rate of twenty-five thousand •of the lattcr
to fifteen thousand of -the foilney. The price, on
the average, of beef and pork, is about eight
pounds per tierce. It is remarkable, that, not-
withstanding there was, an. extraordinary number
of bidders, the:prices at which the tenders were
made coincided -,so nearly, that
.there was only a
difference in the proportion of six pounds to •e;-
yen pounds, between the h-Fghest and lowest. The
price last year was twelve pounds four shillings
and ninepence.

SPORTING INTELLIGEN.CE..

NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING.

MONDAY, Om 3.. •
The Trial Stakes, a SubAcription of lOgs.each, for three-yr
old, 7st. 91b. ,four, Bst. 91b. five, 9st. 21u. six and aged,
pst. 61b. D. M. • • -
Ld Stwkwille's b. h., Pointers, 5 yrs - - . - - 1
J4l Stawell's Golden Leg, 3 yrs - - - - - 2
Ld F. J3entinck's Henry, 3 yrs .- - - - - 3
The Judge placed bet three.—Even betting on Pointers.
Mr. 'Craven's Eaglet, heat Ld P. Benlinck's b. g. Wert
mouth; Bst. 71b. each. T.Y.C. 100, h. ft.-3 to 1 agst Eaglet:
•• .
Post Sweepstakes of 9.00 gs each, h. ft. colts, Bst. 411). fillies,
Ist. lib. A. F.
D. of Rutland's ch. e. by Selini, out of Pennytrutnpet
Gen. Grosvenor's f. hy.Pcpirtjav, not of Two Shoes - 2'.

3 to 1 ou .1- tie L. of cis. e,

. . . .
Sweepstakes of 200 gs each; h. ft.; colts; Bst. Gib. fillies, Sst. 31b.
J. M. . • , ;
. .
Gen. Gower'; :Itilatto, by S:ircerer., out of Bronze .- - 1
D. of Graftou's Ranirod, by lyaxv, out of Blackberry 2
2 to 1 un Mulatto.

D. of Grafton's Partisan, beat Mr. Wydharn's f. by Ortilic,
Bst. each. A. F. 200 p, ft:-3 to -Lon Partisan.
D. of (iraftou's Wire, sister to Whalebone, ;85t, heat Mr.
Lake's Earns, Bst. 91b. D. L 200,-h. ft.-7 to 4 tin Wire.
Rene'wal of the Subscription of Sgs each,' for four-molds;
7st. 71b. five, Sst. Bst, 1311.3. anti aged, fist. q.
Ld Jersey's Oinnon Ball, 4 yrs - - - - - 1
Ld Egremont's Quack,. 4 Yrs - - - -

7 to I on Cannon Ball.
Sweepstakes of 100 gs each, h. ft. colts, Bst. 4th. fillies, Bst. 21b.
T. Y. C.
_ . _

_ .
Ldld's b. c. Con;ress, byEagle or Haphazdrd, out
of siitcr to Petworth - - -
Ld F. G. Osburne's b. c. by Waxy, out of DrowAy •-

RUSTIC FORTITUDE.—A small farmer in-Shrop-
shirejately displayed as inuc;) magmanimity as any
hero of yore ! He round himself very ill, sent for
a Clergyman and an Attorney, who both made
their solemn appearace at the same time, and found
NuMph's family all weeping round -his bed The
Lawyer having prepared his pen, ink, and paper,
the sick man gave the following instructions
" The house and all the sticks in it I give to
Mary my wife, as long as she live, and then di-
vide 'cm among the rest on 'cm ; the waggon and
horses to Tont ; the ploughs. and Cows to Dick,
with half o' th' farm ; the other half and a hun-
dred pound to Will. Three hundred pound to
Moll; the-same to Bet. And now write lawyer,
pray parson, cry wjfe, and bellow children; for, by
the.. Lord I'm dying !"

The Hottentot Venus is quite the rage at Paris ;
no less than six dramatic sketches in which a cha-
racter of her is introduced, are now representing
at different Theatres in that Capital.
A steeple race across the country from, the
vil-
lage of Sarr, Bucks, to Gerrard-cross, a distance
of 20 miles, took place on Saturday bctween
Captain .111ILNES, t»ounted on his fatuous hunter
Steady, and olr. I-lAvwooD, mounted on a cies-
nut mare. The match was for 200 guineas, and
it was won in 50 minutes by Mr. HAAT woon.----
Capt. AIILNEs was thrown out by Steady failing
in a leap, although 6 to 4 the favourite. Some
remarkable tine leaps ,were made.
A letter front Uxbridge, dated Sept. 27, says :
---" An engine, designed by Lieutenant-Colonel
OnseLot, - was tried in this neighbourhood yes-
terdqy against some fir trees. The experiments
were renily curious; It is intended to be used
against ships, and -must be formidable at sea ; one
discharge Will cripple any vessel under weigh, by
instantly burning the ropes, sails, &c. , The prin-
ciple is not known, though it appears simple_•
Two globes of fire were shot at it tall tree at.se-.
veral hundred yards distance, to which they clung,
and burnt with great fury ; on the eighth dis-
charge-, the bursting of the engine, which was of
cast iron, delayed the completion of the intended
experiments. Our merchantlllCll Will Ile»ceforth
become as formidable (thus armed) as ships. of
war have been heretofore."

It stated in an Irish Paper, that on the
Courtenay estates, which have been recently much
improved,'a reduction is directed to be made of
25 per cent.- on the rents of such farms as have
been let within the last four or five years,
In the night of the :6th tilt, the mansio►i of
Wackerbartsruhe, situated on the road frotn,Dres'
Glen to Meissen, and the' usual summer retreat ,of:
her Royal Highness the Princess Et.I.7,ABETtt of
SAXON v, was broken into, and robbed of several
valuable watches and snuff-boxes, with portraits
of the Archduke Cu A 11. LES , and other' illustrious
persons,- together with many other jewels ;,bc-:
sides 50 double Augustus d'ors, 100 Napoleon
d'ors, 300 ducats, &c. A reward of 100 ducats
offered for the discovery of the robber.
Two men, father andson,in-law, were suffocat-,.
ed in a draw-well, in the neighbourhood of Mold;
on the 22d instant. The particulars of this me:•
lancholy affair are these former of the
two was let down in the bucket by his u ife, in
order to get water, the spring being so small,
owing to the dryness of the St..son,
,that none
could be procured in the ll§tlat way ; finding he
stayed long, and not answering her call, she, went
to an adjoining field to fetch her sonin-law,-who
immediately came and slid down the rope, hot before-
he reached the.hottom, was suffocated.--;.(Shrews.;
bury Chronicle, Sept. 30).