The Sun.
London, England, 1802-11-06 00:00:00

TAMERLANE.

This Tragedy abounds with good morality,
expressed- with elegance and force, but it is upon
the whole a very heavy composition,
‘.atid demands
the very best theatrical powers to give it interest.
'CooKE last night represented Bajazet. He gave
the savage pride, unappeasable rancour, and fero_
cious turbulence of the part with strong expression.
His performance was chiefly objznionable on the
score of deportment, which was by no means indi-
cative of that high and commanding manner tliat
Must be supposed to charanerize such a Prince as
Bajazet, even in the state of fallen Majesty.'
Mrs. LITCHFIELtD was at least respenable in
,4ypasia, though we think that she was at times
rather too violent, as Arpasia, notwithstanding
all her' wrongs, is atniable, dignified, and tender.
Her Manner„ however, was energetic, and in some
passages she was pathetic.
Mr. H. Stnno us rendered Tamerlane less tame than
the part generally appears. We cannot, however,
say. that his anion, and particularly his gait, was
very majestic.

Mrs. H. DDONS seems to have profited by our
critical hints. Her .sYelinza was not so strongly
marked by that monotonous whine which has lately
governed her enunciation.

The Manager at Crdydon was under great diffi-
culties totet a proper •Buck-basket on Thursday last
for STEPHEN KEMBLE, who performed Falstaff, at
that place. No basket large enough could k pro-
cured in the neighbourhood, ;ind the Carpenters were
obliged to join some old chests together, and cover
them with matting, to give the whole the appear-
ance of a basket, This expedient succeeded tolerably
well, and the performance went off very success-
fully.

STEPHEN KEMBLE was offered a renewal of
terms at Drur3•_Lane Theatre, but his engagements
at Gosport, Bath, and Bristol, would not-allow him
to accept of it._

Mr. ANDREWS, as an Epilogue Writer,.has et-
perienced a fate very different from that of Mr.
ADDISON. The Epilogue to ?eh-vs and plunders,
was -completely banished from the Stage on the
third night of its delivery. ,TheEpilcigue to The
Di4tress'd Mother, which
,passed under. the name of
44.IDGELL, but was in reality written by ADDISON,
excited so much admiration, that it was spoken
twice every night during the run of the Tragedy.
We hear nothing of Mrs. INCH BALD'S transla-
tion of the French Play of" Solomon's judgment.
Perhaps after a transWiOn of the same Piece has
been represented at the Hay-Market, in with-hold-
ing it she best shews her own judgment.
SPORTING, OCCURRENCE. Wednesday week
a Gentleman of Worcester paying a visit to a
friend a few. miles distant, took with him a brace
of greyhounds, for the purpose of a day's coursing :
a hare Ivas soon found, which the dogs ran for
several miles, and with such speed as to be very
soon out of the sight of the party, who pursued :
and, after a cortsi&rable search, both the 'dogs and
hare were found • dead within a few 'yards of each
other; nor did it appear that the 'dogs had caught
the hare, as no marks of violence
.were cliscOvired
upon her : a Jabotiring man whom they'passed, said
he saw the-dog 'turn her two or three times.

MATE Rt Al .--Some time agO Englishman,
Gardener to the Emperor of Rus`sid, v‘4s in the
neighbiurhood of Newcastle, and zee-dyed great ci-
vilities from a Nurseryman, in return .1:1' ,which,
when he went to Russia, he sent Mrs.lN. a'present
of a very fine muff: The duty charged on Allis pre-
sent amounted to three guineas, which itiduc'ed him
to request that his friend in future would'end him
the' raw material, when be, was disposed. to bend him
a present. The consequence was that on Monday
week ayoung- white le,(r was sent from thecustoin-
house to the NurserYman.

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During the evening of Sunday se'nnight, as a Man
*as walking through apiece of ground in the neigh-
.bouthood of Piereefield, Montnouthshire, he got. en.:
tangled,in a.net which had been spread by'poaChers,
for the purpose of destroying the game and whilsthe
was endeavouring to extricate hiniself, three fellows;
sprung frorn behind an. adjoining hedge, and attacked.
him in the most inhuman manner. .. After assaulting;
and. Wounding him with the greatest ferocity, the?
• dragged him to' •the precipice, and threw. Mai
from a, cliff :projecting over : they :river, whereil
from the immense height, . his -destruction wa
only prevented by his 'falling into• •a piece of
water, in which he. remained immersed during
the whole of the night, and part of next day,
being totally unable to extricate hiniself. He
was at last discovered in this helpless situation, with
his thigh disloca red, and otherwise dreadfully bruised;
but by .the huMane attentiOn of the Proprietor of
..Piercefield who instantly ordered inidical assistanCe;
, the poor man is in a fair Way of recovery. We are
sorry to add, chit the inhunian assailants have not
yet been discovered.
On Thursday a coachman attended at the Police
Office Shadwell, at the suit of a Gentleman; who
stated; :that he hired him in flans,,place; Sloan
street, and that when lie alighted .froth the coach;
he offered to him his regular fare, but he demanded
a considerable Deal .thore,.and not being satisfied he
bestowed the foulest Janguage upon the Gentleman.
He was adjudged to pay the penalty of..4cis..but the
'Gentleman interceding. for him, it was - mitigated
to 405 e

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A disetivery has -at lenglit been made or. this
traordinary person: Letters • were on Thursd
received in town, in answer to iit'quitH , ; h•A
been set on foot for this p.tirpo,e; tr:4l WhEc.h
appears, that the real name cf the prlctided
4. Colonel 1-I,pia is john a Person a,gaiLt
whom a Commission of Bankrupt issued
,scni•s months
ago,• to which he never surrendered ; in cone—:
•quence Of which, in addition to other ciictin-,s•anCr:.
known of him; he is guilty of a 'capital clEnce', it
being a felony; without benefit 'of Cl, rgy, not
surrender within the appointed tirtie
slim of Bankrupt. About a twelvemonth ago. this
had the addieS;46 introduce himself as a rirtnei'
in a respeEtable house at Tiverton; ihD
•In this charafler he visited Lqnshri Several ti.ncs
the e:;urte of last Winter; an ri';nil his speciou4
manners and gentlemanlike d;:nieatriur, he was
received by several Merchants in tfit City, some of
whom gave him credit to a very considerable )tinr;
His drafts afterwards Meeting with dishonour, ari
alarm was taken. Hatfield ran ;iway from "f lA-Qr.
ton, and a Com Mission issued against
.hirri, 'Whieli
he was declared a Bankrapr. The eff!ds which lie.
left behind him were very inconsiderable, it
:opposed that he was not backward in taking fiitli
(ill.) all the propelty he could colleCh A 'small
estate in Cheshire forms the chief part of the fundi
wherewith his Creditors are to be paid. Frcati
the accounts which appeared in the Papers csi'lke lin
postor at Keswick, an idea was entertained that, the
elegant Colonel Hop, of Keswick, might • pos.
Sib!), be the same man with the. specintii Mr.
Hatfield, -the Manufacturer ; and the ./s)sgtiLes
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accordingly set on foot an inquiry, the resu.t of
which ii, that, on opening seine loxes which' were
left behind at Keswick, several letters were found.
direEted to him by his propel name of Hatfield: He
has a wife and family now living 'at Tiverton;
that, in marrying the nnfortunate MAR?, of Butter..
mere, he hai ,added Bigamy to his list of ofrences..
The Solicitor to the Commission has, on being'ap.
prised ,of. the identity of the Bankrupt, instituted
every possible degree of•search to find him. out ; so •
that reasonable hopes may be 'entertained that this •
singular charatter will not long escape the teach of .
Justice.

A Court of Aldermen will be held On Mon(lay
next, precisely At one o'clotk, at Guildhall; fdr tlld
election of Searchers and Sealei of Leather for the.
• ensuing year, and on other special business.
Letteri from riiAtiliti state, that a Treaty Of Al:,
liance has been concluded between the C.,urt4 of Pe-
tersbargh, Vienna, and Lend6n. Prince Esita /I A.....
ZY"S Mission is said to haee had no political object.
vie.w. I-le was sent to- invite the GriAND Inc s
CONSTANTII4 to Vienna; to accompany him, an:l
to take care, that the, niost distinguished honours
shall be paid him in every. Town.
Between the 14. th and .the .z4.th ult. twenty-sit
Packet Brims entered Calais frotri Dover,
402 Passengers ; and twenty-seven left titliii§
Dover, with 6+2 Passengers.
Citiign VERAN, an i\,! Irft .at Arlec, fro:.
•firing li)1 the extt +ordinary d,Tression of
,the Waters.
cif the Rhone, has discovered there the ancient
foundations of the City of Arles, 14. feet blow the
present soil; Scyeral lamps, medals, and other
antiqUities have also been found.
According to Letters Irons Bourdeatric, the whit,"
age in that neighbourhood' has been rerna.skbly
abundant; and the white wine is of a_civality supe;,
ribr to any known for firty.years,
The Town of Guilin; Moravia; . haS iiddii
destroyed by fire.

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By Letters from Senegal, dated the 2.th June
received per l'Africain, arrived at Havre, i op.
pears Gum will be scarce and d .ar this sear-0,1,
the Moors refuse to sell to the SoCiety which thin
Governor of Senegal hail established to reduce
customs to what was paid bifore the' War, it-1(1 he
will not permit the Merchants who. do brit lielimg
to the. Society .to trade on their own accounts.
Those people Who had Sold provisions; &c. to the
Reptiblie la4t year; payable in (loin this season,
get nothing as yet; unless they choose to take bills
On the Minister Of the Interior; .Whieh would not
yield much as profit; or towards the eipences
their -voyage out the second titne';'and as the rains
are no'iv beginning; the Motirs rriust soc:n change
their qu triers, and will bory their Gum in the •:iand
riots year; a they' haVe done on for:net occa..
sions .of dispute. ' -

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..:We are positively .assUred, that a man Who pre.
Betted himself fot the:Office or a Wittchnitii; ;01
Parish in the West End of the ToWn, very niuCh
infested by. depredators; was lately turned away
.front the. Vestry with reprimand, ti I ain
.astaniihettat the iMpudence of such a great, !tr;r6;
stroviell.o,,r: as you, bezcg So flit :is to fbc
a Watchma;v'± sittiation; when 3::)ti ate Capable of
labour I" Age and dec,repitude, it seems,
these Getitlenleg the.
,Best teconiniFndatiunvof a
duattan lir the Night:

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,It.-WasStipposed that an unTortUnate man found
drowned in the: Serpentine Rivet on Monday even..
inz, met his death, not by the vblimtary crir6c of
suicide, bUt. by the •irioienee of Some desperaloF9
whb having bobbed and beat him 'till deprived of
sense; threw him into' the river, Where he Was stif..
foeated: :" The Coroner's Inquest sat' oil Thursday
at 'the 'l3firley. Mow, in 'Mount:street, when•the
folloWing particulars were stated : That the
corpse vlas fodnit in 'only' two feet depth .01 wet_
ter, Where it could not hae long rema;n'd, a 9
the pocket handkerehit'f was scarcely tvict ; that
there Were marks on-the head, nose and c h:.‘cks,
apparently effe&ed by evere blows;' and that the
pockets did not 'Contain. tither money or any other
thick burtll.o handkerchief;,''' • Bair the body being
identified, and the deceased proved to have been
occasionally deranged, together. with the improbabi-
lity of a murder being committed in the Ila,k at that
early' hoar; when numbers were continually passing
and renaSsing, induced. the Jury to return a verdia.
Of Lunacy; and the body was conseTtently removed
by the interference of friendship for but-SM: Tht
name' of the deceased was William Lisson, whet
i'ivtrd in Larribeth; as a currier; and appeared 'to.
have been a stout well-made man; between 4.; and
so years of
,agei.

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Jane Denham, servant to Mr. Sayers, deposed,
that by her rnistress's•orders, she gave the last
Xi;ness one trunk, with which, while she was
talking to her mistress, the carman drove off. The
Proccutrix observing this, said that she must go
and look after it. About five minutes after she left
the house for that purpose, the Prisoner William
Williams came into the tap-room, and said he want_
ed the y-ung
.woman's box as she was waiting for
it ; he desc;ib'd• the boxy. to he in the bed-soom,

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