The Sun.
London, England, 1802-10-15 00:00:00

PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 4.

• 'nits day His Majesty's Ship Liberty, Lieutenant
Coox, from the Mediterranean, was rel&sed from
Quarantine.
Arrived the Friends, SABERTON, from Sunder..
land ; James and Ann, JoFors, from Bristol ; Nau.
tiles, DAI IE, Cbarlate, PEARSON, from Sunder..
land ; D4ve, HENNING, from London ; Nancy,
PENSON, from ditto.

Sailed the joint end Elizabeth, DEACON, for
London ; Ranger, Cow, for Plymouth.

DEAL, OCT. 14.

His Majesty's Ship St. Fiorenzo arrived this
morning from the Texel, and sailed through the
Downs for Spithead.
Sailed the Vixen Gun.brig on a•Cruize.

The Naval Promotions at the Cape of Good Hope,
in consequence of the death of Capt. CLARKE, of
the Suffolk, we understand to be as follow, viz.
Capt. R. CURTI,, of His Majest) 's Sloop the
Rattlesnake, to the Sufo/k, vice CLARKE ; the
Commander (name unknown) of the Hind,grtan Armed
Ship, to the Rattlesnake, vice CURTIS, promoted ;
and Lieu!. FOTHERGILL, of the Lancaster, who
so nobly defended the Rattlesnake against the Pre-
muse French Frigate, in Aigoa Bay, to be Master
and Commander of the Hindostan..

Upwards of 'fifty of the Hertfordshire Volunteer
Cavalry, commanded by the Honourable Caprain
LAMBE, have agreed to continue embodied under
the regulations of the At passed last Session of
Parliament.

The Shoreditch Volunteer Corps, commanded by
JOHN MARSHALL, Esq. mustered on Wednesda)
last in the ground of the London and Westminster
Light Horse Voltmreers, near Ftnsbury.,quare, and,
with their Colourslying, attended by ,the Band of
• the East 'lndia. Regiments, marched -to Shoreditch
"Church to hear divine service, and &liver up their
arms, previous to their being disembodied.
An accident 'occurred to the South Wall of the
,LimehouSe Basun of the Docks on Wednesday even-
'ing,\ between seven and eight o'clock, 'a short time
• after high water, when about Is° yards of the.
South Wall of the Limehoil*Taion was broken en-.
tirely down, and the water with-,-the greatest im-
petuosity, rorced itself (vier That side of the Bason in
a'torrent that alarmed-all the people in the neigh-
' bourhood for the safety of their cattle, sheep, &c.
which were grazing:in tlie marshes, and .which,' had
the inundation. continued, must haveinevitably been
destroyed. _
'This accident was occasioned .by the • wall of the
Bason at the west side of the Docks in Limehouse
not having been carried to a sufficient height to
guard against the overwhelming power of a spring
tide, which 'on that evening was in its fullest
flood, and which with an easterly wind, had
occasioned such an amazing rise of water as
to overflow the bank not yet walled up; and by
lodged in such an immense body at the back of the
wall which incloses the Bason, and which was also
intended to form the entrance of the second Dock,
that, on the tide ebbing, the weight of water at the
back of the wall forced it in one prodigious ruin into
the Bason, carrying with it several ship loads of
large stones, which were placed there for the work-
men to proceed upon.
Upwards of zOOO workmen were employed all
yesterday in adding to the height of the wall. The
great Dock, in which are upwards of 14.0 sail of
Shipping, was not in .the least injured by the acci-
dent ; and only two or three Ships have been hauled
into the Easternmost. Bason.

. As. the walls of the Great DOoi-- are six feet
higher than tlie highest tide, a similaf; adeident can
never happen to them, and notwithstanding the
*sent state of the Limehouie Eason, it will give
no interruption to the use of the Dock. The only
consequence will be the. cost of rebuilding the wall,
a work that cannot be attended with much delay,
trouble, or expence.
Yesterday morning the Cambridge and Wisbeach
Mail Coach, coming to the General Post Office,
broke down opposite the South Sea House. No
,•
person, noweyer, was hurt by the accident.

PH. E • tilt APREt

Dricky.initta

, THE GAMESTER.

- TNts afPaing Drama, which, in the present
habits of society, unfortunately " comes home to
men's business and bOsOttts,"- was last night repre-
sented at this place, iii order tO introthice Pops
and his Wife in t!ie Hero and herOitie of the'piece:
The chant-ter ofßevirle), employed almost wholly
c,n scenes of passion and anxiety, is very well suited
to the talents of Popp, who supported it with strong
appearance of feeling, but, feeling that bordered too
touch upon effeminacy. • _

PoPE-possesses a regular set of features, but they
are better suited to violence than eel, and when
he attempts to be very pathetic, he approaches to
a ludicrous expression. This was the case very
often last night, and particularly in the last scene.
Mrs.POPE has not importance and dignity enough
for the part of Mrs. Beverley. There is a solidity
of worth, and a noble energy of feeling, in this
affetling charmer, that demands the higher quali-
ties of the art. Mrs. POPE was much too theatrical
and extravagant in her gesture, and in the. whole
of her afting. In the last scene she was Mildly
pantomimic.

The Play was but indifferently attended at first,
but by degrees it assumed a profitable appearance.

Covent-Garden.
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR.

CooKa last night played the part not •1 alstal in
this amusing Comedy. It is one of the plays in
vict his talents appear with considerable success,
and if he were less successful in it than he is, it
•C'.
Wotild serve to shew the variety of his powers. Mr.
H.:SzonoNs is not the best Ford we have seen. It
is a character rather above his powers. We cannot
say that he misconceived it, but that hisgelieral
manner wanted ease, and that the effed was languid
and monotonous. There was a numerous audience.

Mr. STEPHEN KFMBLE is, we understand,
engaged to perform Fa/staff at several Provincial'
Theatres on his return to Newcastle. His per-
.formance is certainly a fine piece of acting, and will•
of course he more valued ihan'ever in the Country,
having been so well received by al.ond“ri Audience,
which is supposed to constitute the highest Court of
Criticism.

Considering the vast number of Candidates who
have already offered themselves to the Hay MArket
Manager, fur an engagement next summer, it will
he strange indeed if he should nut be able to muster
a company capable oi effe,,ttive service during his
short campaign.
It would not be amiss if some attention were
paid-by the Managers of the Theatres, to the made
of dressing the Characters, particularly in Comedy.
Every Performer seems to consult his own 'fancy,
and there is therefore constantly a confused medley
of full dressed coats, and plain frocks ; of crops and
bags, of swords and half-boots.
Amongst the late presentations to the Ft asT
CONSUL, the French Journals represent !Mr. Ro e-
sox as a Member of Parliament. They would have
better described him as an Officer of Cavallery.

We hear much of themoutb of the CETI r F CON-
suL, which it is said seems to he fortrid for Persua-
sion. But whatever may be his eloquence, or how-
ever graceful he may be in the delivery of it, it is
very probable that he, will not attempt to persuade
the unfortunate Swiss out of their rights, except by
the 2,,ottth of a Cannot.

Jew KING has no occasion to make any apology
for his going to Fiance, as he is said to have been
well warranted in making that excursion.

The Composition, which has been invented for re-
generating decayed FRtivr-TR E Es, by which they
will be made to bearfruit of the mist delicious fla.
'your, has been applied, it is said; with success to
animate, Should' this he true, the virtues of this
valuable composition extend, no'clonbt, to the human
species.. This will he a most important discovery,
and certainly have for its advocates the most mature
and steady part of the Community.

. . .
The miserably
.shabby, decayed. and /broken
benches, which now disgrace that once beautiful
walk, the Mat., are nevertheless well suited to the
mise>ably shabby, decayed, and broken down gentry
who generally occupy them. Should the Ranger,
as recommended, be induced to repair the one, it
will only serve to make the wretchednes of the
other more conspicuous.

It is observed in Private Letters from Paris that
the Court of the FrasT.CoN an never afforded a
stronger idea of what was fortherly called the Levee
of the Kings of France, than it did during the two
first Sundays of his residence at Sr. Cloud. Horse
and Foot Guards were placed at all the gates, and
the 'whole length of the magnificent avenue was
filled with carriages. VpWards of zoo Public
Fnnetionaries, all in brilriant uniforms ; seven or
eight Archbishops mixing among .the Civil and
Military Funftionaries ; the procession of the Ft RST
CONSUL to the Chapel, and his return; his manner
of saying a few words to the principal person-ages
present, all afforded an idea of the Levee or Mass
at Versailles. It appears to be certain that the
CONSUL will fix his abode at St. Cloud; and come
to Paris only on the days of great National So-
lemnities.

At St. Cloud no person is to be received but
full dressed and in powder, and the, Consuls and
Ministers begin to dress in the,former,French style,
with swords by their sides._ There.is also an eti.
quette established for carriagessome, the Generals
and Ministers, may drive up to the great door ;
others are to stop at the gates. Them is also an
etiquette of first and second tables.

Great improvements are talked of at Margate
against the next year. St. James's_square and the
Union Crescent arc to be finished. flawley.square
is to be.planted,witli trees, with gravel walks, &c.
the cliffs are to be adorned with a handsome railing,
for safety as well as ornament, and the stone em-
bankment, or jetty, on the parade, is to be pro.
vided with a balustrade of the same materials.