The Sun.
London, England, 1812-12-28 00:00:00

THE THEATRE.

The Tragedy of George Barnwell, which is
very properly brought forward at the present
season, - when a general desire of amuse
meet_
.needs some corrective, was represent-
ed at both Theatres on Saturday last. ' .At Drnry-
tkane, it was followed by a new Pantomime, enti-
tled 11:arlequin'Humpo, or Colninbine by Candlelight,
and at Covent-Gaiden by a similar enterteit
ment, entitled
,Harlequin and the Red Dwarf, or
The Adamant Rack.• le would be wasting criti-
cism to enter into an analysis of such productions.
. It is
_sufficient to say that both of these Pan-to
mimes are very well calculated for the time of the
year, and for those who are fond of such enter-
tainments. They both abound in splendid and
picturesque scenery, change:i of me-chanism, and
a due proportion of the trickS of Harlequin and
the blunders of the Clown, and other characters.
The reception; :towever, was not so favourable.at
either house as might be expected, but both Nn-
tomimes had partizans enough to carry them
through the temporary storm, and as these pro-
ductions are always improved by repetition, they
will doubtless be sufficiently attractive dining the
holiday season.

Lord CAnnkN's contribution of a third' of the
profits of Tel!ership, in aid of the nation, 'can-
notplease the Party, though it would no doubt
Lave been exto!ied as a remarkable instance of
patrictic gene? csity' if the act bad come from one
of-iiiemzelre4-,--c The chi - organ of the 'Party
has been entertaining itself with,, sneers at' 'the
reported mission of Lord WAt.rece to Vienna,
styling him a Boy, and wore than insinuating, that
one so very, young is totatly unfit for so delicate
and important an enterprise. The Paper alluded
to ought to avoid the subject Of youhful
as it may only .Serve to remind the-
public of 'a
Secret Missiqwto St. Petelsburgb,
some years ago, when the Patty thought. proper
to entrust a stripling with an unauthorized embassy
to that capital, not for the purpose of promoting
the measures of the British Government, but to
bring upon them,frustratioa apd defeat.. • .
CHRISTMAS-BO (ES AND NEW YgAß's '6lpTg !-
The very best that- can be given or received are to
be had at-CARTER's, B,Charing-cross. By 04.1 e pur-:
chase of Lottery Shares, you may secure to ytmr-:
The risk is.
self or friends an absolute-fortune.

-what every one can afford ; the fortunate conse-
quences what every one. desires Instead, there-
. . fore, 'of merely wishing children or frie.ncis a' happy
new year, make it. one', by giving them a probable
chance of prosperity for life.
Subscriptions. have been opened in Yarmouth,
Ipswich, and many other provincial towns, for
supplying the poor with bread, soup, and coals,
at this inclement season.
• The 7th Light Dragoons. (Hussars) have taken
the Roril duty at the Horse Guards, vice 10th,
now on their route.to Portsmouth, to embark for
Portngal, under Lieut.-Coionel PALmr.a.
The Brazen sloop of ware was dismasted in a
ga,le.of wind off New Orleans on the 26th August,
and has put into New Providence. • •
Foot Race.---21 foot race of two miles; which
• excited much sp irtintt interest, took place on the
• Lea-bridge road on ;-.lt.tirday, betwixt Carter the
pugilist„ and Abrahxn Wood, who :stands first on
the-fight-heeled list. Carter, who 'ex-eels:11117a:
nastic exercises, did two miles on Sunbury Com-
mon last spring with great speed, and he was
matched a few days since to run two miles
against Wood, and to receive 100 yards, but his
friends paid forfeit ; and another match was
made for-a considerable
.sum, to run off. hand,
and to receive 150 yards. Neither of .the
tiestrians had trained for the match. At two
o'clock, the men'stripped for, action, with Greg-
son umpire for Carter, aLd Captain Hinton, for
Wood.. Carter advanced 150. yards for the ,start,
and at a quarter of a mile from the coming-in
place, he was not more than; 20 yards a-head : but
Wood had recovered 'second Wind ; he run the
last quarter of mile at the rate, of a mile in five
minutes, and he won the match by about six
yards. Betting was even at starting, but Carter
for choice.

. A person of- the name of ,Baldock, who died
lately at Canterbury, exhibited a remarkable in-
stance of the aced!iitilatiOn of health from very
small beginnings, in fact from nothing. Ile died
at the age -of little more than sixty, possessed of
one million and one hundred thousand pounds !'
He was originally a poor boy ealployed to look
• after cows, and remarkable for slovenliness. He
• afterwards carried the hod as a bricklayer's. la-
bourer; and, at. length .by dint of industry and
parsimony, with some assistance, he . amassed
money enough to .build, the barracks at Canter-
_ bury, which he let to Government'at the rate of
6d. per week for each soldier. lie continued to
acquire wealth in various Ivay, till at the time.of
leis death it amounted to the enormous sum stated
above.

Sunday afternoon the roof of St. Paul's Church, •
itrASheffieid, was-discoyered to be on fire, imtng-to-.
. the stove being. over-heated, It happened during
Divine Service, but' happily was not known to the
, congregation, otherwise the corrfequences might
./ have proved dreadful. It was extinguished with-
out material damage.
. A letter frbm Plymouth, received on Saturday
states, that no less than eight American schooners
from New York to Bourdeaux, with cargoes each
worth `2'0,000/.. and also from Charleston to 1.4'0-
rient, had been sent into that port. The sea, it
is observed, is actually swarming with them, and'
;they all hope to escape by superior sailing. The
American merchants calculate, that if in their
outfits for French ports, ,three out of five should
be taken, yet from their close stowage and quick
sailing, they will gairi a fair average profit.
Caution to the Fair Sex.—We last week recorded
the marri ige of a Mr. York to a Miss Thistleton,
which took place at Spalding, on Monday week. ,
But very soon after the sacred ceremony was over,
-some person informed the officiating Clergy Man,
that Miss Thistleton had two .Christian names,
and as,the banns bad been published in only, one
of them, the marriage was deemed illegal, and ,
,the " consummation so devoutly to be wished,",
was inadmissible in the eye of- the law, till the
whole routine of asking in church and re-marry-
is again performed 3' which commenced de novo
last U and ay,—Boston Gazette.

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