The Sun.
London, England, 1802-09-24 00:00:00

DEAL, SEPT. 23.

ARRIVED His 114.jesty's Ship Amphian from the
Wes.tward, and remains with the Blood-hound Gun-
brig.
Sailed the Vixen Gin-brig on a Cruize.
Passed the back of the Goodwin Sands, the Bata.
via, JOHNSON, for tie Cape of Good Hope.

tW4 original letters of SHAK-
Besides :those E
SPEARE addressed b 1 HOS. Lord 1317CKHHas*Tt
which have been lacey discovered among the Dorset
Papers, the Correspfncience of DRYDEN, OTWAY,
LEE, SEDLEY, and PRIOR, with CHARLES Earl
of DORSET, is most ialuable. The letters of NELL
GWYNN to that Noleman, throw light on some of
the secret measures of CHARLES IL's reign, and
are extremely interesting, froM the anecdotes con-
cained in them. It vas at the express desire of the
late Duke of DORS.T, that the Datchess is now
giving these Papers the public.
A Morning, Papet makes the following observa-
tion respeEting the !normout extortions on the Road
to France. ".Thett is no harm in making those
persons who will gritify an idle curiosity, mis-
chievous to their Country, pay for it." This may
be well enough as respeai;l the French charges,
but it is rather unreasonable that a traveller is to be
pillaged all the way from London to Dover, because
it happens to be the road to Calais.

Mr. Fox before he ventured to bow in the presence
of the FlksT CONSUL, went through a regular
course, it is said, of instrudions in the Graces from
a French Dancing-Master. We have heard of a
great Philosopher amusing himself with riding on a
stick like a child : but even that would not be so
ridiculous as to see the English DEMOSTHENES led
about by a Maitre de Douse.

" One, two, three, all;{ a bow, illmsieur,
" Fal, dal, lal, lal, Lai !"

It appears more difficult to' choose a Mayor of
Plymouth, than, a First Consul of France. The
Jury have been twice locked up twelve hours, and
divided each time i 8 against zB.

the Priv(lie Correspondence of a Morning Paper
must be of a -very private nature indeed 7 sipcizr it
comprises every thing that passes in the Claret of
the Chief Consul. Such a bare faced attempt
_to
impose upon the credulity of its .Readers we seldom
have seen, even in the impudent ,and silly conduct
of the Paper alluded to.
Some of the Departments of France appear to be
peculiarly unfortunate, as they are now a prey to
ferocious and hungry {waves, after having so long
been a prey to sill. more ferocious and more hungry
oigers.

• The number of.shoitks of an Earthquake, whidl
have beep lately felt at Strasburg, is considered as
a very remarkable 'phenomenon.. For five or six
days previous to the 'lsth, not a day passed without
a shock, more or less. violent. On the 13th they,
had three or four' shocks, and the same on the 14th.
On the latter day, at three.quarters past eleven at
night, a 'stuck was felt extremely violent, which
lasted more than a minute, ,The shocks have been
accompanied with a loud noise, which excites great
terror.. Several of the inhabitants have, in conse-
quence, predided the near approach of the end of
the world.

LAU R ISTON, the FIRST CONSUL'S Adjutant, paid
a visit, it is said, to the. Margrave of BADEN, in
the course of his Journey into Germany ; the result
of which has been, the acceleration of the taking
possession of the Indemnities allotted to that
Prince. It is even said, ,that 'LAU R ISTON offered,
in the name of the French Government, to place
at the disposal of the Hargrave, a certain number
of French Troops, but the latter declined the offer.
The new Museum at Lyons, is preparing for the
reception of the different Works of Art, which are
to be consigned to it. A number of Pitlares'ar.
destined to be skposited in the Museum, in a Gal;
lery now ft'laking ready -to: receive them ; amongst.
others, are sever4yaluable Pictures of RuBENs„-and
PAUL and ALO.A.:,rug t VutoriEsE.
According to the Meteorological ObserVation,
contained in the Journal of the Society of Medi.
cine, at Paris, the gretest degree of heat in that
City, between the zoth of July, and the 18th cf
4ligust iast; wit' z 9. x. (Reagmer) and the least 7.

THE THEATRE.

Prur)-.Lane.

THE WEST INDIAN.

MR. DWY E R made his second appearance last
night in the charaaer of Relcour. He is, as we de-
scribed him last Season, an Afton of great anima.
tion. His figure is neat and well formed, and he
enters into the character with all requisite spirit
and file.

this manners seem to want the polish of genteel
life ; but Belcaur is indeed a charafter entirely com-
posed of ardent passions, and the predominance of
those passions must of course be supposed to detrad
from elegance of manners.

His utterance in general is even too rapid for the
vivacious temper of Belcour, who, amidst all the
velocity of his feelings, is capable of refledion.—
His voice throughout the part was pitched at a
height of stormy elevation; but this error we im-
pute to his want of pr dice in the Theatre, and
his probable apprehension that he might otherwise
not be sufficiently heard. in so spacious an area.

In his face, which is capable of expression, .he
has a strong resemblance to the late PALMER.
His Belcour was, upon the whole, a very spirited
performance, and he evidently displayed the powers
of a good Comic Ador, that may be of considerable,
service to the Theatre, which is lamentably:defi-
cient in performers of his east. The House
very well attended, and Mr. .-reived
throughout a very favourable reception.
, CAULYrELD came' off very. well, in Major.
O'Flaherty. If he winced bruise, he dial not want
bustle, and he made the part conspicuous in the
Piece.

PowELL was Very respeaable in Stockwell, but
there is no necessity for him to give so formal and
so priggish a style of dress to a City Merchant.

Mrs. Youstc, late Miss-. -13toGq; is- much more
easy in her mode of acting. Her•Chairlotte Rusport
was rather an interesting . compound of tenderness
and gaiety. -

_
The Farce was High Life Below:Stairs, one of
the very best °f our Farces, but much inferior in its
present representation to what -the. Public witnessed
a few years ago.

Messrs. REYNOLDS, MORTON, and FAWCETT,
have, it is said, purchased Sadler's Wells, and are
to'open it in conjunaion next Season.
It is, we understand, the intention of the NEW
BOARD Of MANAGEMENT, at Drury-Lane Theatre,
to give a zealous encouragement to all New Candi-
dates for theatrical fame who may offer themselves.
The Public, however, are by no means likely to be
disgusted by a number of hopeless Pretenders, in
order to fill a House, as the New Candidates are to
rehearse before competent Judges, in order that it
may be determined, whether they possess talents
that really deserve public notice.
All the Perisrmers of the Hay-Market Theatre
have been discharged, so that Mr. COLMAN may at
present be said to have a clear Stage, and of course
there will he no favour.
QUICK is said to be one of those with whom Mr.
Cot.mAN strerzthen his umm.,,patiy
at the Haymarket.
Mrs. SONTLEY iS so beautiful a Woman, that
we wonder' she is not brought more forward at
Drury-Lane Theatre, particularly, as there are
parts which demand a handsome person, and the
Representatives of which haVe been the very reverse
of the supposed Characters.

Wednesday was played a grand match of Cricket,
on Parson's Green, near Fulham, between eleven
Gentlemen of Chelsea and Fulham, against eleven
Gentlemen of Westminsrer, for five hundreci.guineas.
Six to four on Westminster at starting. Fulham
and Chelsea head r5B against Westminster, •second
innings.

Last month were launched two Eighty Gun-ships
of War, the Uriel and Raphael, in presence of the
EMPEROR Of RiT,sIA, Of the IMPERIAL FAMILY,
the Court, the Diplomatic Body, and an immense
concourse (If Spetators. ;One of the Native Poets
made the following Verses on this event :

Heavenly Spirits ! Rapf)ad and Uriel, whose awful thun.
der roars from eighty mouths, what toe will ye now subdue !
Your size is colossal, but ye fly like the whirlwind !
•

•
Fly, ye Angels ! hurl your thunders ! But no, it is in vain !
Russia has no Eneintcs.

Fly ! announce to the Earth, the 'humane slesigns of the
Angel who has given us peace !
These Verses, which in the-Criginel Russian are
very beautiful, are attributed to the Privy. Counsel.
lor, Count DINHTR,I, CAWOSTOF.

• The recent conviction of Thomas Garter, one of
those itinerant Print-sellers, who so much infeht the
Towns and Villages in the vicinity of the Metro-
polis, by selling indecent Prints and Books, was,
on the Prosecution of the Society fortheSuppies._
sion of Vice, who, we understand, are .proceeding
against others of that description for similar offen-
ces, by several IntliamentS, whiCh have been found
by the Grand Jury, and which Will come-on to
be tried in the course of the next Session.

In the morning of Sunday se'nnight, the Master of
a light Collier having refused to accede to the exor-
bitant demands of the Keelmen for piloting his vessel
into the Harbour of Sunderland, and determined to do
without rhem, hoisted out his own boat, and order-
ed two Sailors into it : in approaching the pier, the
boat was in danger of being crushed between the
pier and the vessel ; one of the Sailors immediately
jumped up the vessel's side, but before he could get
upon deck, the vessel came so close to the pier as
to crush him against it, by which, he was bruised
in so dreadful a manner as to cause his death in a-
few hours. The other man escaped unhurt.
A person, lately one of the Churchwardens of
the parish of Bishopsgate, having far some time re-
fused to settle the accompts for the time he was in
office, and to transfer the books to his successor,
Mr. Sheriff RAWLINS, was yesterday, in conse,
quence of an examination before the LORD MAYQR
and Mr. Alderman NEWNHAM, in. which he still
persisted to refuse the books, committed, by his
Lordship's authority, to Newgate prison, till he
should comply with the Ad of Parliament respell.
lug the Oice r which be had held.