The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-21 00:00:00

THE THEATRE.

COVENT-GARDEIC—After the horiific wonders
of Der Frcischulz, last night, the feelings of the
audience were converted into a more pleasing,
though affecting course, by the operatic Drama of
Clari. In this Piece Miss M. TREE made her first
appearance for the season, and the audience had
thy• gratification of witnessing a better state gf her
health than rumour had announced. her acting
in this drama was admirable, as usual, and her
" Suva home" very impressive. Miss lIAL-
LANDE also made her first appearance for the
season, and as well as Miss TREE was kindly
received. DUItUSET was Jocoso. Ile improves
in comic spirit. FAWCETT, Miss LOVE, and T.
P. COOKE, in the Duke, vice ABBOTT, jointly
and severally gave good support to the whole.

A gentleman of the name of BEDFORD, from
the Theatre Royal in Dublin, will perform the
character of Gaspe, in the Opera of Fries-
cluct: at Drury-lane, and will sing all the original
music attached to the part.
The forthcoming spectacle at Drury-lane
Theatre is called The Enchanted Horse. Duca() w
plays the hero, and will introduce some of the
most extraordinary equestrian evolutions that
hate yet been performed on any stage.
Mr. HAMBLIN, who is to make his appearance
on Saturday at the llaymarket Theatre, as
!Jamie. t, has been playing with great success in
Dublin for some time past.
A new Comedy of groat promise amongst those
who are in the secret, has been read in the
Green Room of Covent-Garden Theatre ; it is
called " The Widow of Cornhill." The whole
comic strength of the Company, including
CHARLES KEMBF.E, CHARLES YOUNG and
CinasTEß are engaged in this Play.
BoAnEx's Life of KEMBLE will introduce a
large portion of Dramatic History and Stage Anecdotes, which
no other source could possibly supply. Mr. Boaden was
equally the friend of Henderson and of Kemble.

DREADFUL. FIRE AT HAMMERSMITH.— This
morning, between the hours of four and five
o'clock, the hamlet of Hammersmith was thrown
into the utmost confusion and alarm, in conse-
quence of an alarming tire breaking out on the
premises of Mr. Cooper, a baker and flour factor,
in King-street, near the Windsor Castle Tavern.
The flames were first discovered bursting through
the shop shuters in immense bodies, and wree
fast gaining an ascendancy. The family wi re
in bed in the attics, and were with great
difficulty warned of their perilous situat on ;
however, they were made sensible just in time
to escape with their lives, by getting out of the
back windows. Time parish engines of Ham-
mersmith and Fulham were prompt in their
attendance, but their puny efforts, and a small
supply of water had but very little effect
on the devouring element which now raged
with alarming fury. Fortunately the different
engines from town came down with post-horses,
and a more plentiful supply of water being ob-
tained, their combined efforts soon damped the
flames, and their ravages were prevented from
spreading to the adjoining houses. By seven
o'clock the premises of Mr. Cooper were re-
duced to a heap of ruins, and the whole of his
stock and furniture were buried underneath. The
loss sustained is estimated at a very considerable
sum, but we hear Mr. Cooper is insured. The
origin of the fire cannot be ascertained.

ROM A WATCH-House—
ESCAPE or A FELON F
Yesterday morning about three o'clock, a,person
of very suspicious appearance, with a large bun-
dle in his hand, was stopped while crossing the
waste ground at the back of the London Hospital,
by a watchman, who put the usual question on
these occasions, namely, what he got in the bun-
dle. The stranger, not wishing to enter into an
explanation, gave leg-bail ; however, after a
long chase and a desperate resistance, he was
taken into custody, and brought to Mile-end Old
Town watch house, and on examining the bundle
it was found to consist of two fine fat geese
and a Muscovy duck, which were all fresh, and
apparently not more than half an hour dead. The
prisoner was locked up in the strong room, and at
five o'clock in the morning the night-constable,
with the rest of the guardians of the night, re-
tired to their respective homes, leaving the pri-
soner, as they thought, quite secure. Stone,
a headborough, at the usual hour' on Calling
at the watch-house to take the prisoner be-
fore a Magistrate, was not a little surprised to
find the outer door opened, and on further ex-
, ambling, he found that all the birds were
flown, as well as one of the watchmen's
coats. The prisoner effected his escape by
breaking up the top board of a seat in the room
in which he was placed, with which he made an
aperture through the wall sufficiently large for his
getting into the front-room, and there he was pro-
vided with a necessaryimplement to effect his escape
namely, a large poker ; with this he forced hack
the bolt of the lock and opened the door, and by
way of perfect security, it is supposed, Ite put on
the watchman's coat, that he might in that dis-
guise carry his bundle through the streets in per-
fect safety.
AYR, OCT. Ic2.—A remarkably well-executed
forgery on the one pound notes of the Royal Bank was de..
tected at the Bank of Scotland's Office here yesterday. The
resemblance to the genuine note is so close, that some difference
of opinion at first prevailed as to its being a forgery; but when
narrowly compared with other notes of the same date (6th
1024), the paper appeared thicker, and the subscriptions turned
out to be engraved. The execution is, upon the whole, so
rood, that no forgery has ever been seen here so well calcti.
ated to obtain circulation.
AWFUL INSTANCE OF SUDDEN DEATIL—To the
many cases of sudden death that it has been our
painful duty of late to record, we have now to
add that of Mr. Caoucu, the highly-respected
fruit-salesman of Covent-garden, who, with the
exception of a slight affection of the gout, was,
on Monday evening, in perfect health and high
spirits. After having concluded his business in
the market, he repaired home and went to bed ;
but in the morning, before six o'clock, his soul
had winged its flight to another and a better
world. The deceased was highly respected, and
his loss will be severely felt by those for whom
he had for years been employed' and a numerous
circle of private friends,