The Sun.
London, England, 1812-10-20 00:00:00

CONTESTED ELECTIONS.

SURTtIi,Y.—OCT. 19.
Mr Sumner
Sir Thomas Sutton 1q69

Dundas.
Neville .

BERKSHIRE.—OcT. 19
Han t'
-546 I •

..►... .373

• .ESSEN:.;—:FINAL C,Lcnn.'
Houblon
Western ... 1,57

THE THEATRE.--ple delightful comedy of Js
You Like. It introduced two new performers last
night, at Drury-lane Theatre. Mr. GL,6SI'.A.NES;
fIon) Bath, „performed the part of. Orlando in a very
judicious manner,, and displayed feeling.as well as
knowledge. Mr. PHILLIPS, from: YOA., .also
quitted' himself respectably.in the .Dicke ; and they
were both well received. We slrell, INwever, re-
serve Ourselves' for .second examination of their
respective merits, before we venture to' decide
upon Aheir talents ) as the. first appearalVee Of
Actors -on the London boards is generally at
tended with a degree of timidity, which operates
us a restraint upon, their powei.s: BANNISTER
followed the track .of his old friend :Tom KING,
in Totichst•ine, but not with servile precision. His
.performance was marked _by original humow'.
WROUGIITON'S Japes,AVl,S supported by judgthent
and expression,' gnd Miss., IioNcAN- was an ani-
mated representatlye of .Rosalind.. The scenery
was agreeably varied, picturesque,
.and ncll exe,-
,cuted. .

BRATIAM iSeDrige.o to perform at the Bath and
Bristol Theatres. Mrs. CHILDE, who, was last
season at Covent-Garden Theatre, is also engaged
at the saline places. ;
It is proper .to state that the report (4,.f the
Drury-lane Cominittee, having otleted a t ecuniary
reward to the author o,f the best Address is un-
foutilled.---Such an offer, would, most probahly,
have prevented many persons from entering into
any conlpetition.4

.
Mr. GOLDS:)IITH was lately attacked in a Morn-
ing Paper by one of its Correspondents, and he
sent an answer to the writer, under a reasonable
expectation that it Ni-ould be inserted in the same
paper ; but his article was rejected, inconsistently
with" c:mdour and common, justice, as he had a
right to demand an opportunity of. Vindicating
hims,.elf in the same quarter in which he Was at-
tacked. : But, he without reason accuses other
papers, of shrinking from their duty, because they
did, not insert his .article. Surely
,he has no right
to . bring such a charge again,; those prints which
admitted nothing-to his prejudice. As to the at-
tachs which have been made upon Mr. Gor,DsKrril
on the. ground of his having once been a zealous
chant ion for the principles which occasioned that
dreadful political chaos the French Revolution,
and now being strenuous against those principles,
we think he has fairly exculpated himself. . He
was young and inexperienced at the time alluded to ;
he has since had fuli opportnuity of seeing the bane-
ful Consequences that rauSt inevitably result from
those principles, and therefore heopealy proclaimed
his recantation, and is now a resolute advocate for
tl e British" ConStitution. Mr. Fox, though au
. I and experienced politician, wai us much en-
. red by the reyolutiona'ry principles of France
ay...'fr. Gor.nsmlTH, yet Mr. Fox separated front
4i,,
his best friend, one of the most enlightened states-
men of this or any age, Mr. Bo RKE, and though he
saw all the horrors which ,j,uch principles. mast
always tend to prodUce, 111-r. Fox went ,tto the
gra.se without professing hiS regret at tits fatal er-
ror: into which he had fallen, and left a silly book
behind him, without a syllable in it to counter-'
act doctrines which his 'eloquence had supported,
and which have spread misers and ruiu over so.
many riationi. • . .

. .
r. LAWLESS, luperintendant of Mgils last
week recek'ed'the reward `due to his vigilance in
detecting the cohveyanCe of gold from this
kingdom. The sum seized was 7000 guineas, of
which Mr. L. received one third.

The State Lottery began Drawing at Eleven
this- morning; tied when our Pope was
prt. to Press, the only Capital drawn was, "I•To. :3252
a Prize of 20,000/. which was sold at WEBB'S
truly fortunate Office, 17, Lthlgate-street, in one
Tli and eight Sixteen Shares. Ti fortunate
holtrerSarray receive their money of WEBB as early
es please to-morrow.
Nt'ndav-mOrnin!,),•, a ,journeyman -baker of the
name of •Neath, undertook for a wager of 5/. to
go on'foot front Aidgate, and pas. over the three.
bridges, London, Nadal-bus, and. Westminster,
and back-again, in the space of hour -the:
whole distance is calculated'.a.t about eight miles,
and a h ilf. He•started at seven o'clock, and ar-
rived-at the starting. post, completing the wager
in four minutes less than the given time. Con-
siderable bets were depending
,on th issue. The
odds at starting were three to two against him.