The Sun.
London, England, 1802-01-02 00:00:00

PROLOGU-E;

`,l/4 - SPOKEN EY
At2SSrS..CH/OTETIEY, SUETT7 jun. and CLARKSON.
Proutpter..You can't, you must not.pass..
Fh-st Yoyth.:---I must; .and will, &c.
fix!,d, I'm positive, you must not pass.
First Yositß.---I'm positive, old squaretoes, yOu're an ass.
•
1, that my playful plan have conn'd by heart,
And not permitted now to play my part ! !
( Enters)
Now isn't it hard?---A Prompter,lhus retard One
Bless-me—where am I.? 'humbly I begpardon ;
But since I :am before yoit, may prevail ,
I hope, to gain attention to my tale.
Our tutor, in this inaance,stage contrAdor,
Will sign no contrast with poor me, as ador :
Tho' voice..l boast ;iantl;if a little bigger, •
Cou'd ad like Garr-16k, who was no great figure:"
Battles and Sieges such a glow impart; •
That ill " Damascus" I'd besiege each heart—
Blit.im denied—Oh ! I shall burst with rage -'•
To fret and strut my hour upon the stage.'i
May that schoolmaster, who refus'd my. prayer, •
Hereafter rind me but alruant.Player
.. • ,
May eery Play his library enriches
Start from it's shelf, .and worry.him with ,speeches ;
. ,On my performance may they all insist,
Headed by Ramler's Ghost, with " list, oh. list !"-t,
BY every classic, worth a school boy's care,
H'er or' 'my knees I vow.—

'Enter Second Youth.--Nay, do not swear : • -
i/liat'syour complaint ? our schoolmaster why rate here ? •
You, and we all,:caniniuch.f.l:l4ts good nature.
And in this instance, friendship 'tis he spews you;
Ndw isn't he too good natur'd to.epose you
The Tragic Muse scorns such a playful elf,
Who, plei'd to play, wou'dtmly please himself.
First ia,uth.—'Tis envy all my 'playing no parade is ,
please myself !—l'd play to please the ladies !
There; (don't you see ?) smirking behind her fan.
Miss qUite agrees, I'm quite a. ladY's man !
&CM/ Youth.—A Bond...strect lounger then we • may sup-

pose,
Bond-street the cradle of our modern beaux !
Tho' to compare you with such babes I'm loth*
Those less than children of a larger growth !
First Youth.—Sir, you're abusive I
Second Youtb.—Have I hit too hard ? ,
Fira Youth o:Xing out a rard).--There's my address, Sir !
Second Youth.—Sir, and there's my card !

.(They rtrui about the :tags in anger.
Third Youth enters.—Why, what's allathis ? Sir Jack and
Master Bobby . • i! •
Exchanging cards I I this is riot the box-lobby- !
.Your senses ent lost yet ! you're still at school
Stay till you're old enough to play the fool. ,
Well pleas'd', shake hands, and here all contest rids,
Except the contest best to please our friends;
For-this with hope does every bosom swell —• ,
•
Bellrings. •
Our summons, hark the school no ! Prompter's-bell,
Which tager for your smiles, commands t' appear
Our little army, each avolunteer.
But what our leader most regrets, tonight
,Is, his Whole corps can't join.the Mimic Eght s• •
Their talenti, inclinations: on him call,
..And much he grieves he can't enlist them all.
But one short siege cannot employment yield'
Of warlike-ye.uth to such an ample field.;.
•
We t heretble hop our earnest prayers,y,oull bless;'
And crown otir acing comrades With.success;
Who, in the approaching siege, ne'er mean to pause' '
'Till kindly y4tturrertiler ydiir applause, . ,
- • • , ileltriprge.
BLit htd(! again I'M eall'd—te horse aWay—.
My soul's in "arms, .and eager for the fray:

EPILOGUE,

• SPOKEN BY
MA;Tiit BERESIORO .A.II4I3IIOSSg.

our mimic warfare ends,
• Eeiiegers and besieg'd alike are friends
And, peace restored, (as he of old_was wont,)
• 1; ritn- visa..y,;:d War how Smooths his wrinkled frost
iJowslsteadpf,groans along tit: em4attlettyliiii;
• The voice of amity is heard
tlireats ceasecrio-p.,eacir..hli&tileore;
°("3"Ah'd fiery hatred blow hishl4stjan
syinpathizing Fame withlsigl.S'iniatYell
How inatiy\a hero in ;he concha tell?
Tti vaiiptis,elihaes a n.;i!ipn's _loss 'deplore
FromHelder's Point to distant Egypt's shore, . -
Where intrepid ty i?stlf surpa;s'd,'-
Mid gallant AB.9VCP.OMB breath'd his last. .
The veteran's firm to my mind's eve appears
e..littering in gl)iy, liilverd o'er with years.l
Leading his gallant band, their chief, their sire!
Eager, and' fearless of the,fatal fire !
. The wound corrr_.aling, still-he leads them on,
Till victory's stouts proclaim the battle won

Then lied.'ll3.;e iVolfe ! his fame can cover die
Penn!'d on the page of imthortality !
But what-Colossal pillar can contain
Om' deeds, on our own elemeutithe,main ?
Such daring tales sUcceed each daring story,
They soar beyond the " bird:of joye" in- glory .
COnquest on conquest thoi: is plan,
Frbul gallant Nrrso zr to the foremast man. -
And in the arduous contest, void of fear
_Many have fought-who. learrit their lessons mere ;
From Baron-HoUse aril gtaver studies free"
Stztdevs vet academy
Taught ten-fold to return aggressor's blows,
~
And logg'd from us, to scourge,Brit annia's foes.,
But war and warlaretioW, (thank (-leaven !) must cease ;
Then be our study haymony and peace---=
E'en in the mild and more pacific drts
We'vesche.olfellows who've play'd distinguish'd parts ;
And, Lord! who knows ! you may behold in Inc,
From Earoitifouse, an.embryo M. P. !!
At least a candidate before you stands
Witco begslotell chcerlijm with a show of hands;
, •
:Your,vOtcs, your interest, anxious cues beseech—
And oh ! may pliudits crown his in,.idcn sp.echl
xprd affer a sh,ri spare returns.)

". TLIE FOLLOWING".2IDDREqt THE
.:Nrdl4l "O.F LORD Nr.lsotes PRESENCE AT A
F CJIS4 R IiF,PRESENTATION:'
barci return tile Epilogue all o'er !
And on your patience thus irttrude ore more ?
Ye's, yoti'll liirgive, nay:, with me all unite,
To greet our laurell'd Patron of to-night,
Who; with you all, our faults So,kindly view'd
-That this (striking his 6reast) not wcrds must speak our
gratitude.
Could cmulations's glow one spark impart
From virtue's vivid altar, NELSON'S heart I
The meanest of us here would catch the flame
Till rays of glcry lighted up his- name, ,
A second BIiONT E, in thy tetriple, Fame !
But, ah vain, thought th' Herculean task to try,_
No second BgoN TE can the first outvie
In part, we've thus GT thankfulness expresed—c .
. An empire's acclaination speaks the rest ! , - ,

,StrAlcsiEmtv,'s splendid historical Play of I';q.
John, was performed at Drury-Line Theatre last
night. Both KEMB Lt and Mrs. Si DDONS personated
'their resKtive characters With uncommon ability.,
KEMBVE liierally looked the crafty, cowardly, sus.
picious tyrant; and in the scene between. Arthur
and himself in which he prOposed his ' nephew's
death, he disillayed a very fine piece Of ataing. We
must not finger to notice C. K. EMBL E's representa.
tion of Faukonbridge, which was afted with great
vivacity and judgment. -*
CpVENT-GARDEN.—The new Opera' and Pan.
.
tomime drew a tolerably nurneious, but (to the great
'annoyance of those who wished to attend to the
performance) a very tumultuous, audience..
German Plays, it is said, have been pacceri at
the cu;rorn-hou.e -as' drugs. This is an appro..
priate designation, as, to a critical taste, they must
certainly be-very nauseating.

The Dramatic Muses, since they have been
brought into a C'ourt of ;mike, have received
such excellent advice from the LORD, CHAf:C EL.
LOR, that it is probable they will avail themselves
of the salutary hints his Lordship threw out, and
in future'be more observant of that great critical
principle, Unity.

The reign of Sans Culatt;sm seems to be com-
Pletely over in France. 'A Stotch Officer lately
appeared in the Thuilleries in the ilighiancl-ciress,
" and although;" .says the French Paper, !' he had
on, in compliment to French delicacy, 'a pair of
flesh, coloured pantaloons under his phillibeg, yet
the curiosity of the people induced them to crowd
round him so much, that he was, forced to retire,"
So that it appears that the priviledge of going
naked in France belongs `exclusively to the female
sex.

SrRE NGTH OF INIAG / NATIO N.—One of the late
French Papers gives a very strong instanee of the
power, of Imagination. A person who was. ex-
tremelY fond of dogs, was recently playing with a
small'one,
.and was slightly bit by. him in the nose.
He thought nothing of it for some time, but hap.
pening to be in company with- some persons who
were speaking of the dreadful orals of the bite of
mad dogs, he was struck with terror; and imme-
diately caused, his little favourite to he.killed. But
the idea had so completely got Ossession of his
senses, that he died in a state of delirium. A
ehild of his; who.was bitten by the same 'dog, is
perfedly we'll,: became he apprehended no danger.

Thursday a Court of DireEters was held at" the
East. India House, when the following Officers- were
sworn into the command of their respe&ive Ships,
viz. Wm. AG:k;ENV, to the grezithamsto,-,g ; Hift'RY
BULLOCK, to the Uiriti4 Kinidom ; and ROBERT
PATTER,,O:.;„ to the Rojal Charlotte. . '

The Minerva, Extra-Indiaman, built in Bengal,
'belonging to'T. W,,FORTMAII, Esq. was surveyed
'a few days since. The superiority of Teak timber
was evinced in this instance, her w6od-work being
as fresh as when Brst built, tho Ugh more than twee.
ty years old.

. evenings.
A few since .Cart. KELSEY was stopped
near Reading-by two footpads,• who robbed him of
seven guineas in money, his pocket-book and letters.
He ...would have beat off 'the first man, had he not
called to.his,tompanion for assiitan•ce, whO beat Mr.
'KELSEY a good. deal with a thick Stick, while the.
other threatened with apistol ; very' fortunately his
gold watch escaped •their plunder.,
In consequence of the riuinerous highway rob
belies and burglaries lately_cemmitted in
.and,about
the Metropolis,, several notorious offenders have,
within- these few „days„ been apprehended by ,the
Bow street. Officers and Pattoler amongst whom are
,two notorious. house-breakers and :three footpads.
In the possession of the housebreakers was found
various property, sweposed to lave been stolen ;
and'in the lodgings of one of them, a most corn.
plete set of tools for horse-breaking."
, On Wednesday night; the dye-house of Messrs.
BROWN and BRYANT, 'dyers, in John street,
nal-green, was broke open, and robbed aft silk to a
very considerable amount. -

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF KING's BENCH, Dr.es.

ITINGS AT GUILDHALL, DEEDRE MR. JUSTICE LE
BLANCA AND A-SPLCIAL

PARKINSON V. LEA.

THIS Cause, in_its event, may be of considerable
~noortance to the Mercantile World. •
It tvas-an /talon brought by the Plaintiff against •
',e Defendant, for having sold him a quantity of
;.huaged Hops. The declaration contained two
iunts :
„first, that the hops were not saleable ; and
.ext, that they were not according to sample. It
—,eared in evidence, that the defendant, George
tiea, on the loth of January,. 1799, was possessed
seventy-five pockets of hops, grown by a man of
"'e name of Clarke, at Framp, in Sussex. These
!,,p; had been in his warehouse from the, preceding
October, and on the loth •of January the plaintiff;
Parkinson, took samples aaagreed for the purchase
)1 them. They were to continue in the Defend-
,ht's-warehouse, which they did until the month of
July follOwing,.when they were delivered7—samples
having again been taken, in the -intermediate 'Month
,f March. It was also .proved, that all the time
they wei%, t. the custody of the Defendant, they
were kept in a dry pbce. About the toth or lath
July, atter the time they were delivered, the
Plaintiff wrote to the Defendant, complaining of
one pocket of the hops,. which he said was not ac_
cording to sample, and which the -Defendant took
hack again. On the zBth of July, the Clerk. to the
Plaintiff again wrote, stating that the remaining
tour pockets were not 'merchantable.
Several vet: respeaable Hop-dealers were called,
who had examined the hops, both in the bulk and
sainplc; and ,they unanimously agreed, that the
;lops had been high dried and wetted, which had
caused them to decay. It .was usual; to wet hops
tier se yeral reasons: first, that it increased their
weight ; and' again, because it gave them a tempo-
rary. freshness, though it ultimately spoiled dim if
they were kept long afterwards. The hops in Ties_
lion might have agreed with the samples when
irawn, though they now differed, because the bulk
w()uld Sooner -ferment and decay, from the moistness
:ccasioned by the wettingi.thitnthesamples ; which
rom their smallness. -were more accessible to ale.

Whether hops had been wetted or not, was
not at firsdicoverable-, till it: discovered itself 'by
the
,effed.. It 'was done by, the'GroWeri, and not
by the Fiktors and Dealers.. •
,
']r. Justice LE BLANC. told tne Jury, 'that:there
were. two questions for their. consideration-in.this
Cause . first,
_whether the ..hops were according' to
sample? and next, whether they. were met-Chan/able ?
Withregard to the. first,of these quetiOns, 'he took
the Law , to be as follows.:—.Mai thesample was
substituted fin 'the' bulk ; arid therefore if, at the
time. of sale,' the sample httd the2sa-ne appearance
itudjqualities '.as the bilk, and, gave -the 130-er all
the information he could,have gained by etatnini'ng
ttself: that Then it was according* 'to the
bulk,, although it Might contain some tatero,•Qnci
not visible qualities, which tended to deteriorate
the commodity. But if this quality 'could not .be
discovered More by looking at the bulk than 'at the
sample, then he took it, in point, of Law, the sam-
ple agreed with the balk. With respeCt to the se:.
cond point, whether the goods were merchantable—
If goods had a fair-appearance, but with some latent
deka which prevented. their keeping; they were
not merchantable ; and the Plaintiff had, in such a
case, a right to recover, and .this, although no
fraud could be imputed against ihe Seller. If, how-
ever, a Buyer took goods ,on his own judgment,
then he took them at all risks; and"must abide the
consequences,- whatever they were. `,
The jury, after a short, hesitation, returned. a
Verdi& for 'the Plaintiff; for
,the value of &tit-
-
.pockets of hops.
Mr. Justice LE BLANC.---'‘ Gentlemen, do you
find that the goOds were
,not according to sample,
or not merchantable

air.

Jury—" We find, my Lord, that they were ac-
cording to sample, but not merchantable.".
Mr. ER.SKINE" My Lord, we must pray you
to make a note of your diredion to the Jury."
Mr. Justice LE BLANc--" Certainly, Sir. I

presume you mean to contend hereafter, that the
goods being bought by sample,' the party relied on
his own judgment."
Mr. ERsiciriz-----" We do, my Lord."