The Sun.
London, England, 1815-12-27 00:00:00

SHIPIVIILICK.

The Mainant, from Malta, which was 'lately
*reeked off the coast of Newhaven, in Sussex,
N'lls originally a King's ship, called the Thrasher
Snit-brig, and copper-bottomed. The cargo and
vessel were besieged by the inhabitants for miles
round the country, and considered fair game for
plunder the military in that (palter, as we are
informed, joined in the general scram* for
plunder ; five of them were particularly active;
they tapped a pipe of wine. aod carried away the
'vine in buckets. The Committee of Under-
viriters at Lloyd's Coffee-housc, taking into con-
sideration the immense loss of the cargo, it being
estimated at 100,000t.,deternuned to endeavour
to stop the system of plundering wrecks, and to
%bake an example of the ringleaderS. -They dis-
patched Vickery and Bishop, belonging to Piow-
street Office, to trace nut the property of the
wreck r
and the .robbers of it'. On their arriviiVin
tbat.country, they received the most proii,, and
ispinted assist/owe froin Mr. Harrison, the Col-
lector, and Mr. Stone, the Coisiptroller: of the'
tnstonis They procared a writ of assi.6tancc to
enable theta to search houses, which they pro-
ceeded to do with all possible .peed, at Aliris-
?on, Blatchington, Seaford, Bishopstone,
and several other pl Lees. In all of them
the officers found part of the cargo of the wreck
concealed. At Seaford they found• a public
Ions: called the Pelham Arms, kept by a roan of
the name of William Champion, two herring bar-
tels, which they, conceiving to have a suspicious
'Appearance, thought it right: to open, and upon
leinoving some of the herrings, they found a quan-
eitY of copper sheathing with the King's- mark
'7.,P," it. At the bottom of the cask was a quan-
Y of opium, the landlord not being able to give
• :Tsatisfuetory account of, was taken into custody-.
•,,41e "'as carried before Messrs. Harrison's, the
•Lqagistrates, at Lewcs, on Saturday, -and ordered
In find ball to ans ver the charge at the next llor-
shani Assizes.. The Officers, while in Horshatn,
Tot Saninel Robinson in the street, a well-known
dealer in marine stores, with a sack on his back,
and 'hiving a suspicion of him, stopped and
'searched him, and found in his sack a quantity of
copper sheathing. They in consequence took lain
into custody, and conveyed him before Messrs.
llarrisons, the i;lngistrates, who ordered him to
hail till the Assize's. The, part of the cargo
lite wreck, principally -found by the Officers,
"nsistcd of nutgalls, quicksilver, goat skinsotto
i)f roses, yellow biroh for making carpet brooms,
and as variety of other articles, which they pro-
vnred in their search of upward of 200 houses;
tiie owners and occupiers of which appeared
rlt"ilhed that •they should be considered to
41. e dime wrong, considering it an undisputed
,•"11 ancient right of the inhabitants near the spot
'here a wreck takes place, to appropriate what-
tver ot,the cargo and vessel they could save from
the `'ea. Some of the parties, on learning that
lint,le persons were taken into ct,stody, sent the
prco.
• rei.t) we). had collected to the Officers,..

vetE Tr! itATfilt,s.

Dtttr.YJiANE.--George Bcirntoell arjcortl-
ing to custom, the moral lesson displayed for the
edification of the holiday folk:sl.last night, at old
I)rury. It is with us a doubtful point whether
it is not more calculated to promote vice than en-
courage-virtue ;- but we leave that matter to the
consciences of the Managers, who hare, at least
cnstoin to pfead for this Christmas. Tragedy. Mrs.
GLovcit played Millwood with t.treat energy ; in-
deed, we do not think tln4e is an actress opt the
boards of the Mef,i•opolis more competent to the
effective representation of this part. Mr It as
also acquitted himself very ably in •Bartmell.
But t he grans attraction of the evening was anew
Cootie Pantomime, called Harlequin and Fancy, or
the Poet's Last Shilling. Like must Pantomimes,
that of last night receives its name from a prelimi-
nary scene, which is terminated by
,the appear-.
ance of a sttoerior being, who, with appropriate
extravagance, transforms a variety of characters
and 'cis into llorielptio, Colunibine; Pantaloon,
&c. Dlnnu.es celebrated song of "
parodied and dramatised at the opeoing
of the Pantomime., and the l'oet, after singing a
duct With his `.` last shilling," (which' he loses) re-.
peats some ludicrous imitations of speeches in
Hamlet" and " Macbeth;" the changes take
place, and the tistial series of tricks and oddities
are brought forward in rapid succession. These
are generally pleasing, and sometimes at once
provoke laughter by their burnout', and excite
wonder by their ingenuity. Many of them, if
-not strikingly.novel.areso anlniny vdtied Irma
what we have seen kelore, that they afford much
entertainment, and give,as were, d retracted gra-
tification, by recalling What we have heretofore ad-
inired;Wittiont compelling a comparison to•the dis,-
advant age of that which now courts our :ipproba-
tion. The Strand lit idge scene was very much ad-
mired,.and the wit rtisical.spe“acle exhibited by it,
callcai forth universal laughter..n,'e Clutert, involved
in a quarrel, sees hi, adversary take the appear
ance of a game-cock Despising such an anta-
gonist, lie,thro,vs off his cloak to. close with him,
and fouls himself in the same pred:cament. The
neck feathers of• the co:phatitllts are expanded
aid) every appearance of hostility ; they arc ac-
commodatesl- with spurs, io( the tight com-
mences with great fury, . and. produces much
fan. A. little Man, and one so • tall that
,t he
whole of his face does not come below the top
of the stage, attracted much attention, as did
a being constructed ot earthenware, with an
oil jar body, a :pouted pet for its head, and,
other utensils to supply the. place of legs and
arms. This non-descript walks on the stage, 'and
is subsequently broken to pieces by the vengeful-
CloWih. Our limits will not allow its, to enlarge
Int they on the eations eccentricities which are here
collected together; and this is a matter of but lit-
tle regret, as those ‘vliich we could most wish to
-notice wind,' be injurer by description. Suffice it
to say, that the playitil collection of drolleries
whiell it furnishes Make it a atost agreeable Christ-
mas present. The scenery is. beautiful • ' Fancy's
Nusennt"—the " Fairy Retreat," and " The Court
of Shakespeare," are partirularly entitled to admi-
rat.on: With these advantages, added to sonic
excellent dances, some good music. by Mr. H.
bmAtir, it made somewhat shorter, it cannot tail
to prove one of the most favourlte sources of
mirth. durin; the remainder of the holidays.
,It
went off with universal applause.
Mr. .rlsia.ey, as the distressed. poet, and a Miss
TuNsTAL, asFaury, merit equal commendation, the
former for his humour, and the latter for a. very
sweet expression, and charming execution of the
music allotted to the character. Among other
debuts we ought to notice, that Miss TREE is an
'elegant Columbine; MAY at good Pantaloon, who
was encored in a tatighab!e mince with Sabots; at:d
PAULO, the Clown, a bei,g of matchless force and
agility. After a fete inure rehearsals they will all
asquire somewhat more or the pantomimic tact and,
. flippancy of manner, ti hich will,render the Panto-
mime still more deserving of approbation.

CovENT-GxBDEN„ like its Sister of Drury-Lane,
produced George Barnwell,- with the hero of the
'pieCe; most admirably supported by Mr. CHAIILP.s
KEMBLF.. Mrg. FAUCIT.S Millwood was pretty .
enough, but did not tellin force amid the roar of .
the Galleries.
Atter the play we were presented with a new
grand rantomirne, under Ow name of Harlequin and
Fortunio, or Shin;-Moo and Thun-ton. The story.,.
as tar as story exists in a pantomime, before the
wild eccentricities of harlequin and the Clown
commence, is nearly as lollnws :—Prince COutottff,
afterwards Harlequin (.\lr. BOLOGNA, jun.), has
been di:fem.:A and robbed of his treasures by the
Emperor Tong Luck, and Irani his retirement issues
a pinelaniation, ordering all Mandarins to•sond
him two it at arms, to assist him in the re-
covery of his kingdom, on pain of for-
feiting their rank and fortune. The two ,liturch.
ters of Foghi-Funi, a ruined Mandarin, hear-
big the proclamation, dress theniselves as Knights
and depart. to join their Prince. Qn their
way, the eldest passes a bridge on which an aged
Shupberdess stands, vainly trying to pull, her
lamb 'from the water,; her aid is claimed, bat
in vain, whilst the youngest immediately con-
seats and extricates the lamb. Time old - woman
then _turns into Shin; hiloa, or . :he Fairy of
Peace, :aid rewards the service performed with
a white horse, and a box from which issues
Manchilcon, the Gifted Squirei (ialstALDI) who
possesSes the faculties of eatebtg, drinking, and
Onning beyond any man. Thus provided, the
maiden, who is ordered to assume the name of For-
tunia, repairs to Tonglucles Court, with Prince Cou-
lon"' s consent, to claim the restoration of his trea-
sures. The Emperor promises to comply; pro-
vided Forlunio produces a mall Who will eat all the
bread of the city, drink the great fountain dry,
and out-run his daughter. ilfunclukcou performs
all these feats on time stage, and the iwannerin
which the 'mechanical part of these tricks is ma-
naged is both ingenious and well.exocnted.- He is
then carrying off all Prince Coulauff's :treasures,
when Titles-ton, the-God of War mut Thunder; ap-
pearS in a magnificent case, snrronnded with
clouds, to resist his purpose ; but the Fairy of
.Ponce assists her friends, and it is agreed that
after the characters snap have pile through
the usual tbace as -
- •

,-%‘` Ait ()ILI with .PEA.cit
mi the plains of Waterloo, to give happiness to
the lovers, and to all mankind. A 3 wsual, the
fh,irarters, after their transformation, embark tbr
Enet,ind. They Lid at Brighton, after perform-
Pug sumo clever tricks ou the Steyne, such as
l'orming;t cockatoo of varinns ;Articles, and giving
it life awl motion, they repair to town, where
they go Ormtgb a variety Of Avltinisical an:l gene-
noVel adventures. 'lhe hest of these is the
scene which repres.ents the tops of the houses of
the street. The Cinwit is seen, coming out of his

garrrt windoW oil the roofs Of hotises, to wake

love. to a chainber-maid, just going .to bed. He
gives her a serenade, in which he is joined by a
Chorus of cats ; and whilst' so pleasantly em-
ploye(., forgets that his candle is in a dangerous
situation. The curtain catches fire.: and the.
house too pthe alaiTtris given, and all the hustle
of persons escaping out of their beds, descending
ladders, or leaping flout the roof, is given with
great effect. The scene which represents a pack

of cards, and in which the liingq, Queens, tlnd
Knaves, gi) through regular evolution,,, also,boasui

the merit of novelty HMI ingenuity. The undress-.
ing and exposure of a dasher, whb, when deprie-.
ed of his stays, his mustachios, and his calves,
turns out a shriTelled and impotent old man, is,
perhaps, rather indecent, acid might be omixted
without lessening the merits of the piece. Upon
the whole, much expense, ingenuity, and atten-
tion, have been bestowed upon this pantoinime,
and not iii vain.
The characters ofilatlequin and Co/u»:bine were
supported with hereditary agility ; and beside the
woial pantomimic:al characters, there was a mi-
niature Clown, represented by Master Gut..
M 41,1 n, 100 .displAyi!d some very extraordinary
postures,-and great agility ; together with a horse,
three donkiesr a lamb, and other quadrupeds, who
trod the stage with great propriety. The piece
Concluded with a splendid scene of the Temple of
Peace, and went Off with great applause.

POETRY.

TRANSLATION Or• THE EPILOGUE TO THE

WE;iTMINS"L'EIt PLAY.

PArus-;-.CA rro.

'DAY. What hat't we, Crito, to indite.. your stay,
Poor, old, ,aad stratiger ?—Cat.
•Stranger did you say,
Nor know you while such epithet you give,
• 0a your credulity that strangers live
That with your native follies not content,
To foreign climes your gaping crowds are sent:
In quest of ,:vondersi that alike to you,
Or wild, or rational, or 'false, or true,
'The stanlard of delight.is; old or new!.
Day. But, Crito, say, what wonders canst thou boast,
To charm the senses of our gazing coast ? •
Hast thou been training, that the town may talk,
What countless miles our human.coursers walk ?
Or girl invisible canst thou become,
Or juggler, weary of state tricks at horne-
Or 01:girt:it matron, whom scarce e'en the grave,
From pangs of child-birth at three-score can save?
Cai..Mere trifles these, unworthy to he tofd-•-•,
In Me no light impostor von behold—
In a new noble art-my shill consists—'
.Behold the Prince of Craniologists.
• Daw. Gods ! what a mute—some monster strange I fear,
But of What kind I now nut.---Cot. You shall hear
Know then that Nature, when mankind she made, •
On ev'ry pair of shoulders platt .
Va.v. I've heard, and do believe 'Tis as plain,
Within each head she has inelos'd a brain.
The brain, according to our new decree, ••
Consists within of thirty pails and three—
Which leads us to this tenet, grand and bold,,
Mutt is a creature three-and-thirty fold. •
• Day. This complex animal am 1! Ileav'ti save us,
Till now I thought 1 Ixas but simple Davus.
Car. Now these are Organs, find in these are seen •
Sure indication of the mind
witbiu—
Is there an organ larger than the rest?
It speaks the ruling passion of the breast-- ~
For man, if he be given to mystery,
Or fond of individuality,
Or philo-genitive—or whatso er
His passion he, 'twill find its organ there.. •
Besides all this, the surface of the head
Reveals by knobs whate'er within is bred. .
TIM bOne acmccals the brain, and by that bone
The workings of that very brain arc sltcwn.
Tints:mired, I see thro' mortals in a Illinute—
Knew me a head—l'll slim you all that's in it.
But for example's sake perhaps 'twere best
To take one instance, 'twill
.explain the rest t
Behind the ear if a small knob you find,
Beware that man, he basa murd'rous mind :
'Tis his to pond; to pummel, to destroy,
.Blows, bruises, bumps, and buffets, ail his joy.
Behold you champion of forensic war,
Whose wit delights, whose thunder slipkes the bar.
-• What are his wit, his talents, and his taste,
.If that vile knob behind his ear be piac'd
Or niartt that judge, who now with woeds of fear
" Lets fall his sentence on the culprit's ear ;
On that protuberance I cast my eye,
And in himself the future culprit spy;
.Or yonder priest, who now such meekness wears,
Take but his %rig sof, let Me see his ears,
-A wolf he stands, though sheep's clothing Brest,
Bat what. delights me more tiout all the rest,
• l)avus, is this; seirch as I writ, I fiat!
That men a:td •brutes are in iu kind—
With might y Cesar shall in I,lllle
The WateilleS 11100 St, superior to his
kind—
Catsar may fix his thoughts tot things above,
And claim divided empire with great
the 11101/SC can scale time gi•an•ry, steal the grain,
• 'And gain the object he aspir'd to gain. .
Day. Ala now I see—my master's infant child, ,
• Who Itiy so meekly in the mild and s.aird,
Possess d the organ, which the pigs possess,
11'ho roll in mire, and doom it happiness..

. CO. ilow, varlet, (fare you mock ce—but I ses
Wisdom lik'e untie is lost Oil such as thee.
D. 4 v. "'lieu I beseech thee, 0 most learned tutor,
Not Davos teach, but Oedipus in future.,
Cat. well-4 see my error, and t,tt once
Proclaim the truths too precious for the dunce.
The Prince of Craniologists withdraws,
But trusts, 0 learii'd and wise, to yniqr applause.

TEIE IRISH -PEERAGE:

The following Prci Riot runs in the Irish Peerage
arc to take place.:—
Earl of Orninntle, NTarquess'of OrnAnde7,
Earl of Londonderry, Margite.!is of Londonderry,
•. Earl of f;011yllgbil111, MarilUeSS Conynglia.ui,
Viscount Mo Earl of Blcssingtun,
Viscount Bantry, Earl of Bantry,
Baron Cabir, Earl of Glancul,
Boron Sheffield, Earl of Sheffield,
Baron Frankfort, Viscount Fret oh fort,
Nlontinorcocy,
Baron Adair, Viscount Adair,
Baron Ennismore, Viscount E.nniAriore,
of Listowel,
• Baron Kiltarton, • 'Viscount Gorr.

BRIGHTON, DEC. 26.—T0-day their Royal
Highnesses the Austrian Archdukes and Suite
Nvill arrive at the Pavilion.., Pi itlee ESTERHAZY'S
departure from hence on Saturday last, for Lon-
don, eras in order to accompany their Highnesses
to tlrighton. The concerts are continneci every
evening'at the Pavilion.; hi 4 Royal Highness the
PRINCE REGENT regularly takes leave of the com-
pany at a quarter before twelve every night, when
lie retires to rest.

ics.

(From the hist) Papers.)
hETTEirOt CARDINAL LITTA, TO TEIE IL:GI4T REV,

• - DK. POYNTIER.
At a meeting of the Irish Catholic Assoc' ition,
I eld in Dublin oh Fiiday last, Eucas
Esti. read, by,dcsire, a copy of the letter addrused
by Cardinal Litta on behalf a the Pope:to the
Right Rev.. Dr. Poynter, in answer to the re-
presentations-from the English Catholics) with a
view to stich airarrangement of their religions
particularities as might induce the .Govcrutnent of
their country to concede to them the full rights
of British subjects: • •

Cardinal Litta's letter is dated the 26th April,
at Genoa, whether die-Papal Court had
then retired, through apprehension of Murat's
hostik pruceedin::s. Mier touching briefly on
the adverge circum>tauces of t!le times, whid) had
not permitted such a.colz‘ideratiorras•would war-
rant a Goal answer on matters of such importance,
the Cardinal tpeaks iii the 81111:HULA [CMS 011
th'e most material vi)ints of the case referred to
the Holy See, by those Whim' Dr. Poynter re-
pre amts

" The points; however, that may now conae
tinder cOtiiideration, and which the aforesaid Gw-
vernment, to secure its own and the States tran-
quillity and safety, seem to require on the part of
its Catholic subjects, are the oath of allegiance to
be taken by them-, the mod.: of appointing Bislrop4
to. the vacant Sees,.the revhion of ail rescripts,.
breves, and Constitutions whatsoever of the Sove-
reign Pontiff, before the saute be put into execution.
" As to the first, his ifoliaess flatters. himself,
that the (royermnent of (treat Britain Nrould
no means exact from the Catholics, any other
oath hot inch as, whilst it gives to the Govern-
.ment itself a still surer pledge of the fidelity of the
Catholics, may, at. the same iitite, neither clash
in the leest with the principles of the Catholic re-
nor cast any alfront upon the same most
holy religion of CIIRIST. . •
In case the aforesaid emancipation be enact.,
ed,- so as iii every respect (ontnino) to be favourable
to. the Catholies,- tristid Holiness will permit
them to take that 'one of the- following forms of
oath- wit kit the Government shall think tnost ad-
iseable ;. for each or them seems perfectly calcu-
latecl to answer both of tbe. above-mentioned
ends, afiatherefore cannot but-satisfy cite Govern-,
ment.-;-,-The first is as follows:
" I swear and promise, upon the Holy Evangelists,obtdi-
ence and fidelity to his .Itoyal Majesty George I:I. ; I also
promise thaf I win not kohl pity contionoication, be pricy-tit
ant' plot, nor heel) arIV SUSpielii9s COMIed ka either at hums
or abroad, to injure Ibe politic peace 'and It it shat ,to
toy knowledge that any thing- is.prajeet log, either in my dio-
cese of elsewhere,' to- the prejudice of State, I will reveal
the same to Government."
" The second runs thns

" I swear and promise that I will continue faithful and en-
tirely sttliject and 'obedient to his Royal Majesty (icurg,e
and that I will but, nny wise, distnrlythe peace and trail,-
quility of this realm,- nor give any aid or assistance to any
Power who either directly or indirectly may. lie an enemy to,
his Majesty and the present Government of England."
" The

J' I sweat and peotnise obedience and true fidelity to our
most beloved Lord George ,111-•whoto I will, with al: my
might, defend against all conspiracies, assanits, or attempt,:
whatsoe‘er, mr,ainst his person, crown, and dignity ; and if
it shall come to my knowledge, that any such are•fortuing
against him, 1, will reveal the same to his aforesaid Majesty.
Moreover,l also faithitilly swear and ptinuise that I Will, with
all my might, preserve' lupporr, and defeud the succession of
the Crown in the family ot his
_Majesty, against any persons
whatsoever, within or without the realm, who may boast or
pretend a right to the crownthereof."
" Hitherto .of the oath rnow of the election
of Bishops.
With regard tcrthe latter, his Holiness first
most earnestly "exhorts and absolutely commands
those whose custom it is to naine the vacant Sees,
the persons to be presented and recommended to
the holy See, to use the utmost care and dili-
gence-, that those only be admitted into the num-
ber of candidates, who, to their other pastoral
virtues, join the most conspicuous prudence, love
of iac
and fidelity to his'ltoYal Majesty.
‘e?,he;reover, although anyone of the proposed.
forms of oath to be taken by thenewly elected Bi-
shop's, may be more than sufficient to content
the Government ; nevertheless, for the greater
satisfacC.on of the said. Government, his said
Holiness' will not hesitate to permit twat those,
to whom it appeilairis, may exhibit a list
of the candidates to the King's illinisters, in
order that Government, if ' perchance any of themt
be disliked or suspected, may immediately point
Out the same to have him expunged ; but so as
that a sufficient number may remain for his Holi-
ness, out of which to elect those whom he may
judge, in the Lord, most worthy to govern the va-
cant churches.

" As soon, therefore, as the Legislature of Great
t3ritain shall' promulgate, in due and authentic
form, its aforesaid act of emancipation,conformable
to the sentiments of his'Holiness, as above expres-
sed, with vvhich I presume the British Goternment
is already acquainted, his Holiness will on his part,
likewise send a timely Brief to all the Catholic
Bishops and faithful of Great Britain, in which,
he will publish to the universe, his sense of gra-
titude towards the clement!, and generosity of
the most powerful British Government, will 6c-
. hort the Catholics, especially after this newly re-
ceived 'favour, to adhere, with still more fervent
loyalty, to their august King, and finally, in a
solettn form, permit them to observe what I have
hitherto stated with regard to the 'oath and the
election of Bishops."

The power of revising and sanctioning, or re-
jecting rescripts from Rome, addressed to the Ca-
tholic -Hierarchy within these realms, is described,
to be." inadmissible, even as a matter of discus-,
Zion," 'as, although that power is claimed and
exercised. even by , certain Catholic Sovereigns,
it is‘an abuse which the Holy See, to prevent
greater evils, is forced to endure and tolerate, but
can by no means sanction." On this head, how-
ever,• as well as the preceding, explanations and
assurances are given in another form, which, it is
conceived, will be deemed sufficient and satisfae.•
tort' to the British Government. s

CORN-EXCHANGE, DEC. 27.—Onr Market WAS
well supplied with all kinds of Grain, and the
sales in general exceedingly heavy. Wheat has
declined since last week from 2s. to 3s. per quar
ter, and interior samples were unsaleable at that
reduction. Barley and Malt were each 2s. per
quarter lower, and no demand for inferior sam-.
pies. Oats, ?ease, and Beans, we each 2s. pee
quarter cheaper.

Fitom'TH:i.LOND()N G.:'26. 1,615

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