The Sun.
London, England, 1802-09-07 00:00:00

MA.Rd.4j-E, §E ii..

CIIARIrY, which is said will cover a Multi_
tide of Sitzi, may therefore be eXpeaed in this place
of dissipation to extenuate a multitude of Fos
There have been Benefits, to speak in the language
of the Theatre; for the Sth-hathing infirmary, and
thdie Benefits have, Upon the whole, been tolerably
produaive. The liberal dOnations of theihumane on
Sunday last at St. John's, amounted td 721.—at the
Neri,i, Chapel to 2sl.—of the Baptist Meeting to
sl. Tbe other Colleaions round the Country for
supporting the same laiidable Institution, were pro-
portionably beneficial.
The Balloon niadness, ai fashion, dr folly, or
whatever you please to call it; has appeared in this
place. Indeed in such an age of Frivolity, it is to
be expelled that every prevalent absurdity will be
universal in its influence. On Monday last Dan-
delion attraled the great and little Vulgar to a
scene of this kind. An Advertisement drew the
Pe:pie together, and drew them in ; but to mend
the Matter, two Balloons were announced at once.
They were composed of Paper. The Company
ainounted to about a hundred, at half-a-Crown a-
head, and most of 'them seemed to think that the
price was too much by all the money.
Mrs. JORDAN performed Amanthis in the even-
ing, and her theatrical art was very successful in
:_,resenting The Child of Nature: Her Nell in
The Devil to Pay, the same night, fully prevented
the Audience from having the least regret at what
t?-,e), had to pay. This popular Aaress came for_
ward again on Tuesday in Violante and Roxalana,
both of which deservedly received the hearty tri-
bute of general applause.
On Wednesday morning we attended the usual
invitation to Dandelion, and the Company were as
numerous and as jocund'as ever: A Masquerade, at
the Theatre, in the evening found ample employ:
ment for all our Wits and Virgins. There was
more than the usual variety of Charaaers on such
occasions ; and, upon the whole, they were rather
better supported,. , The House was full in all parts,
and the Managers, consequently with so many
Masks, were able to assume a good face.
BETT ISON'S Room was opened on the same even-
ing for the reception of the Masqueraders. There
was much Company,-with indiferent Charaaers.
On Friday the Play-Bills- announced Mrs. JOE.
DAN'S Benefit, under the patronage of the Dutchess
of DEVQNSH I RE, a patronage much more creditable
to her Grace than any Electioneering Canvass,which,
we trust, was erroneously imputed to so bright an
ornament of the Fashionable World. Mrs. JOR-
DAN on the occasion, performed Mrs. Behnour, in
The Way to Keep Him, the elegant and pleasant
Work of the venerable Dramatist, ARTHUR Mua.
PHY ; and Little Pickle, in The Spoil'd
She sustained both Charaaers with true comic
spirit. The Huuse was an overflowing Bumper,
and was graced by many titled visitors.
On Saturday the Master of the Ceremonies an-
nounced his Benefit at Dandelion. The weather
not being very favourable, his expelled profits are
adjourned to a more propitious day.
In,the evening a poor man who was driving a wag_
gon laden
swith timber, unfortunately seated him-
self on the shaft, and alighting in haste to manage
the fore-horse, his foot slipt, he fell—the wheels
went over his body and head, and immediately put
an end to his misery. We are extremely concerned
to hear that his wife had, in the afternoon, been
brought to bed. She is now a disconsolate widow,
and is mother of six or seven children.

To turn from this melancholy subjeCl, we were
invited by advertisement to another balloon in the
evening. It was to be an illuminated balloon, and
was to ascend at the Prospect Bowling-green. Hun.
dreds attended ;, but some evil-disposed persons
stabbed, and so materially injured, the Balloon,
that the expeCtations of the company all vanished
;n fumo.

Mrs. JORDAN the same night took leave for the
season, in Biddy Tipkin and Lady Racket; and such
has been her success, that she made ‘! a golden set."

DISCOVERY.—A Correspondent informs us, that
among the Dorset Papers which are preparing for
publication, two original Letters of SHAKESPEARE
have been recently discovered. They are addressed
to his great friend and patron, THOMAS Lord BACK_
HURST, Treasurer to King JAMES I. The authen-
ticity of the two Letters is unquestionable. . They
are dated in 1606 and 1607.
Mr. McGirr has just returned from Paris, where
he has been making engagements for the Opera_
House. The good sense, enterprizing zeal and ur-
banity of this Gentleman, augur l'ety favourably for
the future success of the undertaking.
It is doubtful whether VESTRIS will be permitted
to visit this Country next Winter. It is certain
that MARCHES' will be prevented, by his engage-
ment at Milan.

WINTER, a German Composer of considerable
merit, is now at Paris. He is to employ his talents
on two new Operas and two new Ballets for the
King's Theatre next Season. Maugre his name
and his Country, he is said to be a Composer of an
ardent genius.

The Bathing Machines at Brighton, are, it seems,
in a state of great requisition. To many this may
prove as fatal to the Constitution, as the Trip to
Brighton generally is to the pocket.
The Company at Brighton must now contrive to
amuse themselves, for raffling is. excluded from the
Libraries, and the Pic-Nics are going to perform at
the Theatre.

At the last Kent Assizes, a man was convkled
of the crime of picking pockets. It turned out,
indeed, upon the trial, that they were pockets of
Hops; hut unfortunately for the Prisoner, they were
the Pockets of another.
As Mr. JONES and Mr. Rocson are both disen.
gaged from their Senatorial Toils, it was lately
proposed by the former, that they should make a
Tour through Egypt, and remain for some time at
El-Arish. Mr. ROBSON, however, declined the
party, observing, that he could not converse fa-
miliarly, with the Natives, because he did not un-
derstand GretA