The Sun.
London, England, 1812-10-29 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX:

Tuesday Nov. 10
Monday ' 16
Monday ,
AFTER.
Monday, ' • Nov. 30

THE THEATRE.—The admirable manner ,
-which The. Tempest has been brought forwaid at
Covent-Garden- Theatre, deserves- the particular
encouragement of the Ijublie.- It eras repeate4
last night; and the performers, in general, acquit-
ted themselves very ably—so ably indeed, that we
regretted that the 'piny was not brought forward
as written by the- great Author, rather than with
the tasteless and-drivelling alterations of DRYDEN/.
which arc -liable to more objections than we have.
,at present_ room to offer. We are sorry to find
that YOUNG, in his performance of Prosperoi
gave a triumph to " the grauridlings" by ,pro-
nouncing aches as a monosyllable.-L—A shout of
approbation was immediately raised, but it was
..the approbation of ignorance and foliv.—The
word Was always used by our elder Writers,
down to the tune of BUTLER and P.Rtoa, as a dis-
syllable, and the metre in the passage deliverer) oil
this. occasion, which is as follows, absolutel3P' de-
mands it in that character

" -111 rack thee with old erampsi
Fill all thy bones With aches; make th..e roar,
That beasts shall tremble at thy din."

The petulant critics, therefore, if it be not
abusing the name to call them so, can have no
ear :{or-yery long ears), to say nothing of their
knOwledge, irbo can commend the pronunciatio4
of the word differentfy'from 'the practice of our
ancestorsaridpcisitively required by the metre.---
The play; last night,:went off with great and me
•
Mr. :BETTY is arrived in town, preparat&ry to
ihfArie*alof.fris-career Covent-Garden 'file-
atre. The reports is to his acting are contraciie-
tbry; some .persoassaffirmit43,- that he has made oo
improvement, others that nis.peyfertaance the
-hei.ght of excellottee. This coorariety will, Item-
ever,.operate in favour of the 'lheatre,
ing public curiosity.
fii o.„i4ropct r,:omen, it seems, are to be Der
mitt into enter the Theatra• at Rochester. We
sincerely hope, for the honour 'of the town, that,
it will he ableito fill the benches with women or
an opposite character.
Mr:SOoTT's Poem of The Laxly of the Lake has'
it Seems„;been translated into French. As it mail
be said, without detracting from the higher merits
of .this' Poem, that much of its beauty depends oll.;
its` language, it is probable that the people of
Franey will think 'its popularity arose in a great
degree from national prejudice.
-THE. EARCOF AYLESFORD..--The, late Earl of
AYLESFORD ?vas, one of the Counsellors to assist
and adyiseler Majesty under the Regency Act!
Colonel of the Warwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry;
;
kvyfrnqee of the Bripsh Museum, and Fellow
the koyal,and Antiquarian Societies. This
,NO4
bleman was endowed with ai strong and lighlY"
cultivated understanding,- and adorned with the
pnrest'princialea dif religion; 'moral rectitude, o'l.
honour.. As a gentlecnati'„ he was a scholar, 01
encourager of the polite arts, possessed great taste'
Was well skilled in music, ail& drew with tl'c
fingers of an artist.
_As an usefid member of tl'c
a.-oununity, and in particular 'of the coal
wherein he. resided, in' his parish he was Of
constant -arid careful guardian and protector 43
.
the.poor ; Trustee for the Rugby Sao%
and other charitable. institutions, Le was activ
and unremitting in the discharge of his trusts,
For near twenty years he:presided as Chairficl.!,
of the .Quarter Sessions for the county of
Wie:k,'tnthe discharge of which duty he broug:;,
a mind so well informed, that those Gentleal_,
of the Bar who practised under him will elle'
fully testify, that his knowledge on those subjects'
which are peculiarly discussed in that JediceOr
was scarcely inferior to their own. Ile was
*politician, but from early life was attached to t:;e
household of his beloved
,Sovereign, first as. 6.;,
of the Lords of the Bedchamber, then as a MO
taih of the Yeoinen of its Guard, and lastly' ..e
B Lord Steward of his onsehold. This last
he held for near eight years, -and; in February
ft being separated then from its iinmeciietc
te7.-tdanee on his Majesty, he resigned his e.'oo
office into the hands of his Royat Highnct7s tio
Prince Regent ; but his situation as CPualscil9rill
his Majesty, though an office of no profit„
retained, and retired to his seat at Packingt'of
Nevertheless he did not relax from the duties
his situation, for, though removed at the dist3ll
of more than one hundred miles front Wiv"jo
jce
he never once omitted his monthly attendal.of
there. He has left a wife, the eldest daught.ci of
the late, and sister to the present Marquts./
Bath, and thirteen children,-to deploie his 1(.1'01,4
His successor in his titles it' Heneage,
Guernsey, a young man of an excellent disP"'l ibe
and amiable if-tanners, and now serving with
British army in 'Spain:
Mr. Tanner, of Moor-House, near Ditc L:fteeil
has heen under the necessity of destroying,'tbeir
of his hounds and pointers, on account
(nt'
having been bi~ by a dog in a state of hydroP

XtVv- PIuttiAMENT.

MEMBERS RETURNED.

Weymouth and Melcombeßegis.—Sir John Mur-
ray, Bart. Right Hon. T. Wallace, John BrOad-'0
hurst, Esq. Henry Trail, Esq.
Berkshire.—Charles Dundas, Esq. Hon, Richard
Carmarthenshire.—Lord Robert Seymour.
Yarmouth (Isle of Wight).—Rithatd Wellesley,
sq. Sir IL C. Montgomery, Bart.
Newton (Isle of Wight).--Hon. G. A. Pelham,
B. P. Blashford, Esq.
Saltash..—Majorßussell,lV.Prenclergast, Es.q.
Plympton.—Col. Duckett, --- M'Donald, Esq.
Argyle (County).—Lord G. Campbell.
Dungarvon.—General Walpole.
(Ireland).—J. Laurence Cotter, Esq.
..ithlone.—J. Wilson Croker, Esq.
Linzerick (City).—Colonel Vereker. _

CONTESTED ELECTIONS.

CLASS,

blindas:
Neriilf .

.1717 Hallett—
.... 1:374

525

WEYMOUTH AND MELCOMBE REOIS.—FxNAL CLOSE.
Sir J. Murray ' 617 I Mr. 11. Trail .403
Rigb,t lion; 'l'. Wallace 430 Mr. K. Steward 343,
• Mr. liroaquir'st ...... 418 1 M. W. Williams 300

C.tRDIO BOROUGH ELECTION.-State of the
Poll, Oct. 24, 1812 :
, For Hon. Colonel Vanz,baa. . For Mr. H. Evans.
Firt day ''.
.Second day 61 55
!Third day ' 52 49
,Ifosirtli day: 0.0 q 9
~rifth day
Sixth dav 40 Si
Seventh day ' 35 • '3l
Eighth day • 4.1 4O
Ninth day... 9B
..1 33
Tenth ii•dY R.J , 32
Elevelitli 'clay 1 SI ' 28

Aris
. Majority for Hon. Colonel Vaughan.. 27.

ELECTION ANECDOTES.

The Pig and the Phtinper.-,--At a former contest
for the city of Rochester, the candidates, a Mr.
Fairfax and Sir R. Twisden, were desirous of re-
ceiving the vote of a barber, who hung back in
expectation of receiving some special mark of fa-
vour in returnfor his suffrage. Mr. F. going into
his shop to he shaved,. complained that the razor
-was not in order, in consequence of which Tonsor
said, he bad been some time in want of oil, and
-could:not set his razors. Tam one of :your friends,
'said Mr. F. and you shall not want for oil. The
same day he sent him a large jar of oil, supposing
it would induce flit barber to give him his vote.--
Sir R.T wisden having been informed of the cir-
cumsta7e, went also to be shaved, and took oc-
casion to observe that the barber had a good stye
in his back yard, but no pig; the barber of course
intimated that he was too poor to stock that part
of his ?remises. If so, said Sir Roger,
_you shall
-not want a pig long, and a • few hours after; the
barber received a good fat pig as a present. 'The
next day he gave a plumper for Sir Roger, and
being asked why he did not vote. for the candi-
date ‘vlio gave him the oil, he observed; it is true
I did' receive a 'jar of oil, hut, hang it, Some-
bow or other, Sir Roger's pig knocked it do*n..

The late Dr. Barrowhy interested himself very
much in favour of Sir G. VandepUt, who was no-
minated in opposition to the Court party. At this
period the Doctor had for. some weeks attended
the noted Joe Weatherby, naster of the Ben Jon-
son's Head, in Russell-court, Covent-garden,
who'had been greatly emaciated by a nervous fe-
'Ver.—Dhring the Doctor's. visits Ole patient's wife,
not knowing- that Gentleman's attachment, had
frequently expressed her uneasiness that her Joey
could not get up and vote for her good friend
Lord Trentham. Towards the end of theelection,'
when .very uncommon' means were used on both
sides to obtain the suffrages of the people, the
Doctor, calling one morning On .his patient, to his
great astonishMent, found him up, and almost
dressed by the nurse and her assistants.—" ney-
day! what'S the cause of this ?" exclaims Bar 7
.rowby,". why should you get out of bed 'vithoht
.my directions ?" Dear, Doctor," says poor
Joey in broken accents, " I am going to poll."
"To poll !' replies the Doctor with great warmth,
supposing that he had espoused the same side that
his wife did, " going to the devil you mean
Why do you not know that the' cold air must de-
stroy you ? Get toped, man ; get to bed, man,
as fast aiyou can, or immediate death may ensue."
—" Oh, Sir, if that be the case," rejoins the pa-
tient with faultering accents, " to be sure I must
act as you advise sue; but I love my country, and,
thought, Sir, while my.wife was out, to seize this
to go to Covent-garden Church, and vote for Sir
G. Vandeput." " How, Joey, for Sir George !"
—" Y.is, Sir, I wish bins heartily well."—" Do
you "i" says the medical politician, " hold, nurse,
;don't pull off his stockings again ; let me feel his
ptrfre. Hey ! very well ! a . good firm stroke;
(egad, this will do ! you took the pills I, ordered
last night ?"—" Yes, Doctor, but they made me
:Very sick."—" Aye, so muchthe better. How did
your master sleep, nurse ?"—"- Oh ! charmingly,
Sir," replies the nurse.—" Did he ? Welt, if his
mind be uneasy about this election, he must be
ihdulged ; diseases of the mind greatly affectthose
cif the body, Come, come, throw a great coat or
blanket about him—it is afine day-,--but the sooner
be goes the better—the sun will be down very
goon—flere, here, lift him up—adad ! a ride
will do him good—he shall go to the hustings in
my chariot." The Doctor was directly obeyed,
and poor Joe Weatherby was carried in the chariot
o the place of poll, where he gave his vote ac-
cording to his conscience—and two hours after
Lis medical friend had left him at his own house,
lie 4bsolutely departed this lite, loaded with the
reproaches of his beloved wife, and of the Court
party.

Tuesday evening an elderly• Gentleman, named
Cashmere, who resides at Brompton, was stopped
in one of the narrow lanes leading to the Swan,
by two ruffians, who after having rifled his. poc-
kets of their contents, were proceeding to corn-

mit further acts of violence on his person, when

they were alarmed at the approach of a female
effected pas-
Ca%
seng
their escape.er, and instantly 'darting-tfirough'the .hedge,