The Sun.
London, England, 1802-10-02 00:00:00

NORTHAMPTON, Oct: r.

t.tAtt.tis FitEaNtAig, Esq. was on Wetinestily
last sworn' into the 6ffiCe of Mayor of this .ancient
Corporation; and jostiuA Coocx and Lvi-E Krkic-
t,,.llA*, Gents.' into the office of Bailiffs. The
iv) dyor afterwards gave a most sumptuous entertain.
Fnent to the Corporation, and upwards of 130 other
gentlemen, at the George Hotel. Aenong the Cor-
Poration preset 3 .were, the Earl of NORTHAMPTON
Recorder, and the Hon: SrEnclit PtktivAL, De
-
Puty Recorder. The most loyal and constitutional altoasts were given, with reiterated applause, and the
Itartnoily and festivity that prevailed throughout the
whole of the day, was never exceeded* nponpny
utilat Occasion,
•

On Wednesday last came on•the'eleaiop of Chief
'.Magistrate for the Town and Hundreds of King-
-Itoo and Elinsbridge, when FrtAN,c IS St.AIL V,. Esq.
was chosen. This is' the eighth time'of his serving
'4!.e office. Kingston is' supposed to be as ancient a
Qorpoiatinn as any in England, and its Courts pre-
3idV ot;er half the County of Suriey..
At BiriningLar MiLhaelinss Fair, .whiol began
'l.l Tuesday* there was a :remarkably large shew.-,el
onioi,s, and of a good quality. oratra.)ef. of.
gs Were brCught to inatket, which sold at lower.
Prices than for -some time par. 1-Jprses were pretty
'lotnerous; the best of .ivhich found rather
Prices; though not many sold.On . .
Monday week, the nrst.R-ditch New Fair
wag well supplied with cattle ilnd.sheep, which e,x..
Perieneefi a. reduelion in, priee. .C.l.et,se-also de-
clined considerably best'maicirio-.scld from 565.. to
-P:44N%; is..altnost:daily: planted
4trn 'order,A gang of Pick
at the narrow entrance of tetrille-BaY,
tcl the vreat annoyance of the Passen'gers: They
are eith°er on the Strand-side:in general.; or.near
Cif t. 's in Fleet-street, and have Theadvan-
,:ge of being able, in a minute, Co remove from one
toi the other, according
~as they -'apprehend any
than,ce of being disturbed by the Police Of
b.ec''itY, or by those of Wes(minster. A concert
13tweett ltioth,- and much 'greater, vigilance, than has
tn,v employed heretocOre, can alpne effetl. the-. re-
-1" valets° seandalt;us and dangeroui,a-nuince.
thThursday, while the City Barges. were passing
11 rough Westminster Bridge, a boy. who' had got
Pono thelyullustrades to see them., fell fromhis sta=
ti
into the Thames, and was fortunately picked
a-boat passing at. the instant. The boy:was
to d
to 011 shore' senseless, 'having fallen,flas ways
the water, which had consequently 'deprived
m of breath.
flitted Tuesday the—following persons were cprn_
eci to Warwick gaol, charged with dealing in .1
It ged. %nk fof .England Notes, z;c. Thonias MOT-
aliels Wright alias SmaWley, .aliaS Old Tom,
alias T _
Niii.ll•L'Ung Tort, alias Old. Fox alias Thompson ;
' lam Grainger, Alias Lap pidge, an4:NI4TY.
Pidgc. Lai- I

THE THE AIi4P.F:

C Offing -C a ilits

It seems evident, that Miss MARMOT'S proper'
province is in such parts of Comedy ?s she has .hi-
therto represented, ,and in that she is•Ekely to
prove an, acquisition to the Theatre. •

The part of G/o,'Jter was to have been performed
by .MURRAY, but he was taken ill,- and therelgore
. WADDY 1114(lean apology for his absence, request
the permission of the Audience for CLARtmoNt to
read the parr. This apology was very ill.received,
hut, after inuch discontent and disturbance, CLAIVE;-
141 ONT was permitted to appear, 'mild got through the
charaaer in the manner desired.

Mrs. LITCHFIELD perkr.med Alicia with great
fervour •and force. There is always 'a aaeatance
of judgme,nt and feeling in this Adress. Per de.
portmcnt,-hoWever, is .certainly not graceful enough
for the higher parts of Tragedy.
The rust of the charaelers were not so well .sup.
ported as to deserve much praise, and therefore'si,e
shall indulge ourselves in a merciful silence,

. . , , ~,,„ •
To no Dar. 41ER I DAN justice, he manfully , and
firmly refused to engage himself in the c,37ipau now
performing in Paris, or to make his debut before the
Cons'illar 'throne, at the first moment that an op..
Portunity presented itself. His attention is more
properly directed towards another Theatre. . •
The-report-that a certain dramatic Ttiumvirate
had purchased Sadler's wells is cOritradicied, to the
regret of all who like to see talents properly em-
ployed.' , : . • , - _ .
Mt s.:§i DDO NS is said' to have made spool. by
her late Expedition to Ireland. If the statement
he corret, she has made the best Harvest that ever
has begirt reaped 'in so shOrt a time, by any other
Theatrical Heroine or Hero in that Country, and
must have left lint little gleanings for any other of
the Loddon Perforrner,i, at least, for the present
Season.
Mrs. GLovrit, is engaged at DruTy.lane Thea.
tre. She is to perform the characters which were !
generally in the possession of the Late Miss FAR-
R t-1,7.: - - - - • _.,— ,

• Rervi.s is a very modest man, as .well as a.re.
speetahle Musician ; ii is .therefort- survrizing that
he slmuld,have:iiiintnitteil.. so:egri-gious an error as.
to think the admirers 'Of 'S FARE would to.
ICrate the substitution° of any other music in the
ch.arafier of oisheii.7, than that. which was, most-
probnialr warbled in the time of our. immortal Poet.
MissßEETEswill do well to conform to the senti-
tnents'of those- who venerate the Works of SHARE.
SPFARE, and what Englishman is not-proud of being
allied to him ?. She has time to study the original
Music of ojshefia -before she
.nprt appears in the
part ; and we doubt not, .thati.she,will acquit her-
self with taste, skill,- and feeking.
The hornpipe in fetters, daneed in the Beggar'i
Opera on Thursday evening, proved so pleasing to
a Tunisian and an 'Algerine who were seated in the
front boxes, dressed in the costume of their respec-
tive countries, that they called ear- its repetition.
Being. supported
.by some Gentlemen near them,
the .dance was, repeated, notwithstanding a very.
.powerful„opposition„

DORSET PAPERS.-There are; it seems, no less
• than six large lto,xes' of Old .lkilauuscripts, consisting
of Letters and,State-Papers of considerableimport.
-ante, in the posessidn,cf ,theDottsvr:
;The late Duke of DORSET had resolved tiOori having
them exatnined,by,a Committee of •Gentlemen'froins
• the ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY, but from 'Some tin:
. explained .-Cause, he relinquished hiv-design. Mr.
• WRAxAt.I., itriderstand, has inspetted them, and
found much
.valuable_matter forllistorieal ReSearch.,
The- most interesting of these Papers-are, at'length,
.we AndOo he-presgnted to the World, much to the
honour of the-Noble Family to whom they belong.._
PRACTICAL. JOKE.-4Vir. H Lr., a Gentip-
awn well knoWn- forbis hospitality, 'good humour,
aniflove of literature, lately-invited four friends to
dine with him. On-e -of the- 'dishes- happenedto
contain three Partridge's, and the 3osr told his friends'
'he would shew. them how to make a fair divisidn pf
,three birds; among' five pairsons. Addressing-. his
guests then by couples, he said " there's one fur you
two, and there's tine for you two." Then placing
the third upon his,Own'plate, he added, "and here's
one for me too." • • .

In the Fatethr of the celebrated POGGIO BRA.
CIOLINI, we 'find-the following pleasantry upon
the Field-Preadters of his time (about Henry the
Sixth's), which might very well,,apply to some a
our'itinerant Methodists.:—‘.‘ A IVlonkpreaching.tcr
the populace,'lna*le.a mast uncouth and enormous
noise, by whidlt a poor woman amongst his auditors
was so much affetfled, that she burst into a' flood of
tears. The Preacher, attributing her gri4 to 'ex-
cess of remorse of consti:ience, excited. by his own
eloquence, gave the,praise to God, .but sent for the
old woman, and asked by and bow she becaine so
piteously .affetted 'by his discourse. ". Holy fa-,
they,'' answered 'the woman, " I'am a poor widow,.
and was "accustogied to maintain myself by the labour
of an ass, which Wa's left• me by my late:husband ;
but, 'alas! my poor beast is dead, and your preach-
ing brought his braying so strongly to my recollec.
tion, that I could not restrain My- grief." :_.*

Miss MAitiloTi to whose merit, An gentreel
Comedy, we have borne a very favourable testi-
mony., last night. came forward 'to manifest the Ver.,
satility of her powers, in the CharaCter of j a
'Shore.. Her performance certainly did not rise to
the height of Excellence 'in any scene, but it was
throughout, at least, respedtable.
The. tender dejection that prevails through the
part of Jane Share, does not, indeed, afford much
scope for the higher powers of Theatric Genius,.and
therefore, we will not pretend to decide upon the
pretenOons of
_this Lady tb Tragic excellence.
The only passage that demand's much animation,
is that in which the unfortunate heroine 'of the
piece bursts into an culogiwn uporr,Hastings, for
his loyal protection of King Edward's children,
and in that effusion of ardent emotion,she displayed
an interesting energy.,
'ln the rest`of the charaCter she neither soared to
such a degree of merit as demands Much praise, ,or
descended in such a manner as to incur much cen-
sure.

bUBLIAra Si ?.t

• His r.acet„ tency the toltn, LIFT;TEAt.i.T. Wits
yesterday rxpeeted at the seat of the Bzst-tor -of
Kt ti.AtoE, in the CountY4Litne'rick;from whence
he will on this day proceed to Ballyfin, the seat of
Mr. pot, ,and to-morrow evening return to the
-Castle, in order to be present at the: swearing in
the new Cit„y:Magistrates,ori Thitrsday.
Sunday evening, a• most daring robbery was
committed at thehouse igf Fd,w. I)Auriic, .sq. 'at
Belvidere.place,' near Mountioy.square; :Between
ihe hours. of, seven and. eight o'clock, while the
above, Gentleman and -his son -wr..nt our to -rake
Walk, four villains obtained admittance into his
hope,' by one 'rapping At the door, and having
locked up all ahe.servanis in the beer-cellar, they
plundered, the place, of plate, valuable articles, and
cash, to the amount of upwards of sool. and ~maoe
their escape.