The Sun.
London, England, 1802-10-09 00:00:00

EDINBURGH, Ocr. s.

THIS day the Magistrates and Council of the
City of Edinburgh, went in procession to the High
Church, when an excellent discourse was preached
by the Rev. Dr. Tuomsort, one of the Ministers
of this City. After divine service, they returned
•to the Council Chamber to elea the Magistrates for
the ,ensuing -year, when. the 'following Gentlemen
were eluted :
The Right Hon. NI .L INPVIC4R, Lord rrovost.
PETER HILL. . .
ARCH. MENZIES, Esq., Bailics. •
ions MUIR, Esq.
10}IN WALKER, Esq.
TuomAs FIF.NDERSON, Esq. Dean of Guild.
JAMES CARFRAE, Esq. Tieasurer.

The Kul° of •ETRUR I A having recovered from
MS late indisposition, proposed to embark for
Spain, on the 2lst

Extract from the Resolutions of the Associated
Architeds :

The Society of Architea s in London, consisting
of the followiiig person's : ROBERT BRETTINGHAM,
JOSE'PIi BONOMI, JOHN CARR, SIT WILLIAM
CHAMBERS, SAMUEL PEPYS COCKERELL, GEORGE
DANCE, THOMAS HARDWICK, HENRY HOLLAND,
RICHARD Jul,r, JAMES LEWIS, ROBERT MYLNE,
JAMES PAYNE, NICHOLAS RIVETT, THOMAS
SANDBY, - JOHN SOANE, JAMES WYATT, JOHN
Y'vNikl, • met in, 1792, to consider the causes of the
frequent fires, and the best means of preventing
them irifuture ; and after several satisfattory expe-
riments, haVing taken into consideration this im-
portant isubje6t, the Society were unanimously of
opinion, that the frequency of Fires is to be
ascribed to the. following .circumstances

Ir. The manner in which almost all buildings are usually
constructed, and the east• access of 6i-e from story to story.
2. The injudicious manner in which stoves; grates, cop—
pers and.fornaces, are frzquently fixed.
3. The present mode of insur►ng buildings, from fire.

And the Society were also unanimously of

i. That by several peaElicable and not expensive means,
fires may be prevented extending beyond the room where
they commenced. • • , • .

2; That in buildings' in which hazardous trades arc carried
on (the means of prevention being dout►le those u:ied in • ordi-
nary cases), the Society 'are warranted in asserting such
buildings will effeetually resist any tire.
3. That for these desirable purposes, the authority of Par-
liament is necessary%

The Warrington ,horse-mail guard was 9n Thurs.
day committed
,to Chrster Castle, for having,
through inebriety on Wednesday night, lost the
Warrington and Manchester bags, which he was
conveying to that City. The bags have since been,
found unopened.

It is not true, as stated in some of the Papers, that
Mr. WI LtoN, who was found dead near' Mile-end
Turnpike, was either robbed or murdered. Mr.
WIL-roN,liad been dining with a party of friends at
the Mermaid, at Hackney, some of whom returned
at a late hour, in company with him, on horseback,
and. on the road Mr. WIL`TON, who was on foot,
got on one of his friends' horses, which unfortunately
ran away with, and it is supposed threw him, as
when the Gentlemen came 'up to him, he was found,
insensible, and notwithstanding immediate assist-
ance, soon after expired.
A t the late Barnstaple Fair, a gang of pickpockets
were very active ; one amongst the sufferers was
Mr. Higman, of Crediton4 who lost his pocket-
book, containing drafts arid bile ca ;h; amteunt of
1581,

THE THEArIzE.

Covent-Garda:.

TILE WAY TO CET MARRIED.

Miss
mw An DY, the daughter of Mr. WAD Df the
Actor, last night appeared at this Theatre, in the
die raae r•of Julia Faulkner.
This Lady performed last -Season for a Benefit,
and displayed so_much unafreaed madeity and -ten-
derness ,on that occasion, ' that .we augtired very
favourably of her talents.
Miss WADDY'S performance of last night co r_'
firmed us in our favourable opinion of her theatrical
pretensions. She is a very elegant' young Lady.
Her face-is regular and expressive ;,-her eye". is
culiarly striking, and well calculated for the stage ;
her figure at present is very interesting, and she is
so young, that her person, as well as. her talents,
may be expeaed to improve daily., - -
The part of 7ulia Faulkner is marked by an
excess.of filial aireetion, and an attachment to her
lover, restrained by fear, and.delicacy. There was
a, strong appearance of congenial fervour in every
expression of filial regard, and an amiable diffidence
in every indication of partiality to her lover. '
The fair .NoviCiate, indeed, gave such a promise
of merit as entitles_ her to the proteaion of the Pub-
-lic. 'The applause of the Audience she obtained
amply, but not in a proportion greater than her
desert.

Tangent is a part purposely written for Lewis,
and, therefore, it was -natural in exped that he
would perform it with animation and humour.
MUNDiii and Mrs. Mi.i:rTOCKS also gave power-
ful support to the C6medy, which, amidst all its
wildness, does not want interest or power of enter..
tainment.

. COOKE is to perform Shylack this evening at
Margate, for ,the Benefit Of Mrs. 'ATKINS.. He
did not go by ;water, having a dislike to that elc.
nient.

Mrs. ATKINS iS engaged to join the New Hay..
market Company next Season, being no longer dis-
qualified by an engagement an the Winter Boards
in London.

Macbeth- is soon to 'be brought farward with
additional splendour, at
,Covent Garden Theatre.
DARLET- is to make his appearance iu Hecate on
that occasion.

STEPfI EN K EMB LE, we understand, though such
a veteran of the Stage, and though so successful in
all his provincial representations of Fa/sraf, was
much intimidated at the idea of appearing before
the awful Tribunal of London Criticism, in so ar-
duous a part. Be had,' however, no reason to be
afraid, for his good sense sufficiently direaed him
in the comprehension of the Text, and his good hu-
Mour amply qualified him to enter into the spirit of
the charaaer.

Drury-Lane Theatre hat already a first floor, and
is soon to have a house to let. In due time it is to
be hoped:that its dramatic structures will reach to
something. attic.
The present Lord GUILDFORD once wrote a •
Hay, for a wager, which he won. His Dramatic
Muse was, by the conditions of the bet, to bring
forth within a limited time, and,her offspring was
ready long /before the specified period._ The 'cam.. ,
position was of a serious cast ; but the Noble
Author possesses so much-genuine humour, that we
should be very -glad-to hear of his having engaged
in another wager to produce eit' Comedy.
A French Lady of beauty and distinetion, who,
hot long ago, was very generally admired in this
Country, is said to be actually married to her a tine
`• father..
TALL.EYRAI9 -will soon have an Establishment
completely Eastern ; he has already got an Indiaa
Wife; and an Arabian
Two young Men of Fashion were lately ex-
atnining the Statue of BUEFON, at Paris, when
one of them asked his Friend whose Statue it 4vas?
" Don't you. see," said the other, (after reading
the inscription---Majestati Natue.:e par ingenium)—
" that it is the. Statue of ittpnitins.'
A Writer of. Natural History is coming-forward
with a new work, which he whimsically entitles
Animal Biography, consisting of anecdoto of the
animal creation. The title of this work might
induce us to expert bon.mors of. boars; levities. Qf
lions, witticisms of whales, an&in the compre..:
hensive scale of the Author's design, we, migh4
also expel that he would condescend to record the.
pleasantries of a pismire.
Yesterday fsrobet and Fox; two youths, the eldest.
apparently not more than three-and. twenty years of
age, stood in the Pillory, for a crime detestible to.
human nature, and the more so being relations, the..
former having married the latter's Sister, who is at
present lying-in. The place appropriated for theirr
punishment, at Charing-cross, ' was kept clear by
the Constables, .under he authority of
.'the
Bailiff of Westininter, notwithstanding which they
were treated as they deserved, by a party of the-
fair sex of Angel-court, near Northumberland
house, who vented their indignation, by repeated'
vollies of rotten eggs, and mud, till the wretches..
were so much disfigured, that they.truly apppeared,
in the charaCter of blacks ; one of them on being‘
released, made a fine bow to the populace, mchich,
when he quitted the Stage, was returned with,
)iis.ses and groans.
On Friday "night last, about half past eleven, a
most shocking accitleot: happened at Stamfoi. , in
Lincolnshire, through the Leeds coach, called the
Rockingham, breaking down in coming to London,
by the axle-tree
_giving way ; one Lady had her
arm broke, and was so much bruised about the
body as not to be able to proceed to town, and se-
veral other passengers most severely bruised and
wounded,

On Tuesday week, -4 young man of the name of
Bisset, employed with others .in a nail shop, at
Rowley, on some slight provocation suffered his pas- '%
.sion so far to overcome his reason, as to take a piece
Of hot iron from the fire, and throw it at a woman,
(whose name is Rolleson) and which entering her
belly, she expired in a few luittrs in great agonieS.
The Jury finding a verdid of wilful murder against
he is corkicnitteti to Staflotc.l cliol for

CEYLON.

WE have been favoured with The Ceylon Govern.
punt Gazette, which has just reached Country.
At a period when, in a larger portion, of the World,
the Freedom of the Press is circumscribed or anni-
hilated, it must, to Englishmen, prove a high
gratification to_observe, that the extension of the
British Power in Foreign Possessions, naturally
generates that free communication of opinion, .by
means of the Press, which is at once both the off-
bpring and the safeguard of British Liberty. The
first Paper was published in Ceylon, on the 15th of
March last. A Number appears every Monday,
and we have received the first Nine.
From these we think our Readers will be grati-
fied by the following Extraas