The Sun.
London, England, 1815-10-05 00:00:00

TI-TEATRioAL. i'RAORDI NARY.

APPEARANCE OF WILSON, THE PEDEiTRIAN,
• AT THE SURRI: i7CIP.ATItE.
• ,„
AV I LsoN has acceptccl.,. engagelneni roe` litre
nights at: the Surrey 'l,:h,eatte; for whi,Ch he. is to
:•creive .50 guineas. His exercise is icor of a her-
sultan: nature, for he is, restricted to half a mile
each7night. Last night was his first
..aPpearaitce
on any stage, on. which occasion he delivered an
addl'eSs, svhieh we subjoin.
He'. appeared abut half- pas.t seven O'clock alt
the Surrey Theatfe, in the cost time in which he
exhibited tit Blackheath. The Heath and .the
ficre urd flillet. were represented in the perspec-
tive, and Wit.sos wils introduced in a song by
Mr. SLADER, called " Looney's visit to Biqa-
heath." The fohowing is a specimen of the man-
ner in which lie was introddeed
Then, I. went to Blackheath, where I See'd an old man;
I think that they called him a Pe-des-tri-an.
•
walked days and nights, 'tis beyond all belief,
• So.they stopt him for fear lie should wear out the Heath..
IVILsot; then. entered from the Hare and Billet,-
and was received with acclamations. - Six out-•
posts were stationed on the stage, and he, walked
round theM 21 times, which athimnted'to, half a
mile ; this distance he performed in 6 minutes 30
seconds. After which he'eame to the front of the
stage, and addressed the audience in the following
terms :
win ES ANT> GENTLEMEN—This being my first appearance
on a public stage, it cannot be supposed that I am competent
to make a speech ; I mast, therefore, in the first' instance,
crave your kind indulgence. Walking, and not talking, is
my trade„ and h hope in that I shall deserve your approbation.
My motives for undertaking the task I did on Blackheath are,
well known, and how far the interruption which was giVen
to me is justifiable, or consistent with humanity, my supe-
riors are best able to judge. I felt a perfect conDence in my
'ac , and am quite satisfied that failure would nut Inive•
arisen
from personal inability. For the extraordinary and
unprecedentedlitidness which I have received from 1)111nel-oils
iends,leanuot speak in terms sufficiently strung. I can:only
say, they are engraven on my heart; and to the latest moment
of my life shall be remembered with,gratitude; and should
your liberality, and that of the public, enable me to lay a
foundation of a future provision for myself and family, I
need hardly add my happiness gill be complete. I have now
only to cnnelude by expressing my heartfelt thanks fur the
generosity which I have hitherto experienced on all hands,
and thanking you, -in particular, for your presence this night.
Money to the. amount of 41. was thrown to
him on the stage, and it being 'collected in a hat,
he came forward anti addressed the audience
again :
LonES AND GENTLEMEN—Fur this strong token of your
generosity, I beg you'to accept My sincere thanks, and I can
assure you it never shall be forgotten it ere.”—(Puinting tu his
heart ).
Ele retired amidst the loudest plaudits, and %vas
conveyed home to Mr. DtEß's, to
.appear before
the Magistrates. ibis day.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

. ,
NEWMARKET' FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, 1815.
WEDfsZESDAY, OCTOBER 4.
Fifty Guineas, free for any horse, fi.c. foor-yr-olds to .carry
7st. 4114. five, Bst. Sib. six, Sst.,i I lb. aid aged, 9st. B.C.
Mr. Varisittart!s g. c. Cecil, brother to Ilsr!vigil,
4 yrs ' s Walked Over.
Sweepstakes of 2004 s each, 75gs ft. T.Y.C. Sc:. alb. each.
Mr. l'avoc's l'ointer',.. , ..
IA G. 11.-Cavendish's-Aleohol• . 2
(1 to f) ou Alcohtii.
One-third of-a Subscription of .23gs each, for three-yr-old
cobs, Sst.9ll). and fillies, Sst. Gib. A. F. Bona ,fide the
property of Subscribers. '
.
D. of Grafton's h. f. M i [met
Ld G. I-I. Garendi.h's b. f. by tVindle
p• of Rutland's b. c. by Windle . -• • ' 3
Eighteen Subscribers—Five started—The Judge placed but 3
Even betting on Minuet. ' '"

THE THEATRE.—Mr. YouNo; who has
.been
.some time confined by a very severe indisposition,
was last night able to resume his station at Co-
vent-Garden Theatre in the part of Lord. Hastings.
He was received with. such warmth on his .en-
traners,to shew that his professional merits are
properly estimated by the public. Jane Shore was
sitstaincd by Miss O'NEILL,
.1-111 d the talents of
both these Performers are so well known that
weneed only say they acquitted themselves with
their usual ability, and fully justified the applause
of a very numerous audience.
The timber work 14 'the new English Opera-
house, which is to.be- erected on the seiremf the
Lyceum;• is now actively preparing in the yard of
the,bnilder, and the houses which adjoin the The-
atre in Exeter-court are being pulled down. Mr.
AiitioLn, it is said, will open his Theatre early in
the spring., The iron roof, it seems, has been
cast sonic time.

hostess.—lle called you Jacl, and said he would fudge]
Fellstair.—Did I, Hardolph ? '
11nrdo!ph.--Indeed, Sir John, von did.
Falstaff:--7—Apt,, if he s,:id my ring was copper,
Prince Henry.-1 say 'tis copper—dar'St thou be as good as
thy word ?
Fat.vidf—Why, nal, thou linowest, as thou art hot a man,
I d.re : but, as thou nit Prince, I tear thee as I do the roar-
ing lion's whelp.
.We recommend the study of the foregoing scene
to. Hero Conolly:—Dublin Journal.)

We regret to state that the Earl of DARLING-
TON is seriously indisposed, at Raby.Castle:
The 2d Battalion of the 93d, now at Newfound-
land; as soon as arrangements can be made to re-
lieVe it, is to come.to England.
-Wednesday morning, about seven o'c!ock,- a
q
ve melancholy accident happened at Mr. NA-
riett's foundery, at Camlachie, near Glasgow.—
The cries of a person in the_engine house having
been heard by some of the 'workmen, they,,in-
stantly hastened to the spot,• but, unfortunately,
not in time to save the life of fi prOMiSing •kad;
only 15 years, old, :mined. James Dillies.. They
found him entangled and jammed in thegoveruor
of the engine-, with which he must have. very in-
ept:dol)sly Come in contact, and by its rapidlll.o-
don thrown under. the crank.. Although not •a
moment .was lost in stopping the engine, hiS body
was completely cut into tWo pieces; One of his
arms was torn from the shthilder, and at another
place his thighs and legs were fonthl.stiattered and
mangled beyond all description; even the Very
bones, stripped of the were
ed: The d Iffereut parts of his body Were speedily
and carefully collected; athl put into a Sheet, and
arteitelyds into a coin, and. in the evening lc:-
moved-to his father's house; in-the Calton, Where•
his disconsolate motion., received the corpse; his
latbet being tit pre6ent at a distances