The Sun.
London, England, 1815-08-23 00:00:00

HAYMARKET THEATRE.

Last night; alter the Play of A Do/i./ 'Stroke
a liasband; a new musical Farce, entitled, A Chip
of the Old Eloelc; ,or, the Village Festival ; was
produced at this Theatre. Ai this iiieee.f toes not
preterid tool(); or incident, we are not 'called 'lron
to enter into a critical' exablination.ol its merits or
elemerits'. The character of the Music is pretty, and
th`e overture, it which-the faiiouri:e .`:catch air of
the Quaker's Wile,' is introduced; was 'received
with merited .plaudits. The. prop of the Farce,
however, is NIATIIEWS in,O/d Chip, whiCh part he
perfornis With ireiit. humour, siutiin Oue of those
medley song§ 'of MiinickrY, Without which no
new character i,s drawn fur him by our modern
play-wrights. 'ibis Song saved a 'production,
dther wiSe very (bill, and overloaded ;till) mawkish
sentiments and clap-traps.

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GLASGGAV TFICATRE, AUG. 14.-Tlre Ope 6. of
The cf,biiwt ,vi-is performed last night; iri which
Ni;. SINULAIR inatic bii agpeartinc;2 in Prinire Or—
lando.

- . HOP INTELLIGENCE.
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111..tinsToNE; AUG.. 21.--'-The Hops in the Vicinity of
stone, 13:trifling, &e &c. haVe fallen uhf considctahly iWcouse-
gnence of the mburd, brit this defect is fully cOmpensateil by
the great itAproiernent hi the Pl;lntatiouS of Sussex Intl the
Weald of Kent.

SoirTillVAnk, AUG. I.=-11--a )cccottnts wr receive are nn-
favourable, yet the duty has itch-a:iced to ,C.9o,ooo.—Prices
the Slane as la3t week:

is oa was
xPel
COhm xcliat.l6g; AUG. 23.—We had hut few
1114 elf;
overarra'fil.so
tindoaryo morning;
h;,e therebTurtad,, v
dull we can note no alterAtion in the Prices. Where the -sales were forced, lower prices were
taken ; yet; upon tire xvinide, we consider
them
nom finally the, satire as On Monday.
A Correspondent -Wishes to knot! the reason
for the, preterit high price of butcher's meat in and
pea! London ; lambs and Southdown sheep,
six or se\'en weeks ago, fetch •d, at Smith-
eel.,cure, have of late and are
• new sold %vith difficnlty at 21/. per score) and other
'Cattle hi like proportion. If this be the het, it is
s:thiect %vocally of thquiry.
Rtat.—A riot of a Most daring description took
plaice in St. John-square, about one o'lock oa
Sunday morning-~by which the xvhole -neighbour-
frooa were alarMed, and called out of their•beds.
It appears, that there is a club of journeymen
bakers; who meet weekly at the Coach and 1-1,-irses
public-hota:e, in the square; Saturday- night was
their Meeting night, and haying got merry, they
'came out about one o'clock to run a race in the
'"square. Makinvnore noise, however, bar the
watchinan considered correct, he desired they
would disperse; hut instead of complying, some
Of The party knocked him down ; he, immeiliaidy
sprung his rattles and several other watchmea
Came to his assistance ; they were, however, soma
Overpowered, and their rattles and lautherns takers
from them. News of this riot having reached the
i:vatch;-Iniuqei Mr. Ballard, respectable traftes.•
man, whis was ciddaty'as night constable, hast-
ened to the spot, to use his endeavours to restore
quiet, but no sooner. was it known who he was,
than sine of the bakers, by mame Clark, struck
him a violent blow with a large slick on the tem-
ple).which laid hini•prostrate, and his head coin-
ing against the edge of the pavement, he laid to
all appearance lifeless ; the cry of—he is dead,
elmsed Clark to run, off; the wwehmep attempted
to pursue him, but were prevented by his comp-
nioni, and Mr. Windsor, of Albemarle-street,
who had been roused out of his bed by the noise,
attempting to stop bins, was knocked down. He
the'refore effected his escape ; but coming back to
the Cocioh and Horses about an hour afterwards,
by which time be supposed all would be quiet, be
was diseoliered by the watchtn•en, and taken into
custoly. Mr. Ballard was taken in a state of in-
sensibility to the 'sJetusalem Coffee-house, and
Ilex! morning he was removed to his own home,
where he still remains in a doubtful state. Clark
'continues in custody.

EXTRAORDINARY ECIUIPAGE.—The folks of
the cietropolis have seen a mendicant without
legs, who moved on n sort of sledge with four
‘vbeels. During some time past he has been train.•
int.; two-tine dogs, and they now draw him in. his
vehicle with all the regularity of a curtic;e pair,
On Monday ,he dashed down with his conductors
to Peckhaut, and entered the fair, preceded by
two.chimhey-sweepers„ and followed by a strong
The dogs harnessed, and
redline of mobility.
decorated with blue ribbands, ran a good pace,
and the novelty of the equipage produced nitwit
mirth among.the spectators. He Ift town yes-
terilay, to make a second visit to Peckham,
•but
unfortunately, when he had reached the •-"Y"'").,
the rain fell in torrents, and made the roads so
heavy, that be found it prudent to return with
his canine assistants; At the Marsh Gt:e bar,
the tollman was half-inclined to make him pay for
a four-wheel carrie;
however, he was sufferedto dnye on, as the money-takers
were in doubt
whether the Commissioners of the different trusts
have any claim on equipages of this extraordinAry
description,