The Sun.
London, England, 1802-09-30 00:00:00

CAMBRIDGE, SEPT. 28.

TH
E melancholy affair which happened yesterday
evenink at our Theatre, at Stirbitch, I mak,: no
doubt will reach you before long. Being in the
Theatre during the:whole.of the scene,. and having
t'esolution enough not to move with the crowd,
but remain in my seat, I had an opp:monity
seeing the whole, .and have sent it yea as follows
Just after half-Price took place, the L'adies and
Gentlemen in one of the front boxes were alarmed
by the cry of fire from behind the boxes, but not
loud enough to be heard by the house in general ;
they immediately arose, and seeing nothing, were
inclinable to be seated again ; hut hearing it re.-
peated, they began to make their way out of
•house, and every -part of the house was inamedi.
ately alarmed, and the greatest -confusion tool.:
place. Many from the gallery- bekan to throw
theMselves ovet into the pit ; others ran ro the
stairs and choaked the passage up,.while some ft
headlong down the stairs, and were trod upon by
others passing down.. Ladies and Gentlemen from
the upper boxes threw themselves into the pit, and
'made their way over the orchestra upon the stage.
Numbers of both sexes are much bruised and hurt;
few limbs are- ,broke ; but I ant sorry to *aural
you that four lives are lost ; two young women,
:about zz'years of age, a girl abut at, and a boy
about those were ail in the-gallery, and
,either trampled on or pressed to death. Two
others,,a boy and a girl, were supposed dead, but
recovered late laSt night. A gang of pickpockets
are suspeaed• to he at the Fair, and it is supposed
they set on foot the false alarm, as several :Ladies'
pockets were,cut off,- Watches and bracelets were
lost, &c. The Managers have offered row
reward upon conViCtion of• the offender or
The Theatre has not been opened this

• PER3ONS DEAD.
Two young women, Mason of ‘Vaterbeat Farm, «nd Cooke,
. .
of Cambridge becintakers.

A Girl, freeman, of L%mbrikige, basket-maker
A Boy, Smith, onto.

It is a curious faCt, that the Gentleman who now
at?' the King upon_ the French Stage, rose from :b.e.,i;zg
a steno shifter.
•
Married yesterday at Richmond, .Surrey, W.
D'ARCI- TODD, Esq. Paymaster of. His ;Majesty 's
53d Regiment, to Miss CHARLOTTE TONKIN,
daughter of the late W. TONKIN, Esq. of
On .Saturday last' was married, at rlde7ton, t; e
Rev. JOHN LLoyD, of Paley, in the c uncy of
Merioneth, to Miss RoDnAm, only datightcrs of
Admiral RonluAm, of Roddarn, in the county of
Northumberland. •

•
Died on Wednesday the zzd inst. greatly and
deservedly lamented by her friends- and family,
Mrs. KrrsoN, the Lidy of GEORGE, Kr:rsoN,
at Hatfield-, near Doncaster., '

. On the z6th inst. died.at his hioUsez. in Hancirer-
square,,Newcastle, Mrs. STEA7c-xsoN, wi(e of Dr.
ROB ELT, STkrwENsoN,Physician.
The following is a more detailed account cf the her.
rid murder committed-at Mortlake on'Tileeday last,
than way given in our Paper of yesterday;.--A Asian
named Sillwell, who keeps a public..hous know's by
the sign of the Jolly Garderrersiin that village, r)sc,
as was his custom; every morning- al five Wet
and whilst he wasdressing, having some \voids
,his wife, towards whom he, had always: InAnifeszed
great conjugal affeet.ion, the- unhappy man was .so
hurried away by the violence of his passion, that
fetching a horse pistol, oadel with eight. slugs, he
presented it at WS wife, awl pulled the trig,er
FOrttusately the flint being worn. out, the farm
charge was prevented ; but even 'this providential
interposition had no effe(ft ihcalming the fury if the
enraged husband, for; with a veogeance'truly
bolical; he rushed upon the wretched woman, and
with the butt end of the pistol beat her 'ab'mit
head with such' Unrelenting ferocity, tear,-'on -the
neighbours entering the room, alarmed at Ilse up..
roar, they discovered the body of:Mrs. Sill
ing on the bead, , her head literally beat to-pieces,
and her brains - scattered about the room: The
author of this iil.hutnan aka retained the barrel of the
pistol' in his hand, for he'had struck with s-uch force,
that the stock was 'entirely demolished.: The alarm
of a country village, at a circumstance oith:s nature,
may be easily conceived, but as soon astfic,canfs-
sion had subsided, Sillwell was taken into custody,
and the offence iseiug,'corrunitted its Surrey, -was
conveyed befoze the Magistrates at Union Hail,
Southwark. •.

TO FORTUNR.

(FROM 1"14. FR'ENCII OF ROO'SSE AO.)

_ FoFuruNE thou idol of mankind !
-Thy meteor blaze, misleads the mind !
Of Merit's claim,- regardless thou !
'Tis thine to crown ale guilty brow !
Thy-votaries., with dazzled eyes,
To thy caprices sacrifice-
When shall thy shameful reign be o'er ?
And thy vain altars smoke no more?.

Deceitful power ! still must we see
Fair Virtue's homage pakt to thee ?
• Devoted to thy fraudful shrine ?
:,While mortals hail 'thy sway divine,
-investing thee with Virtue's claim !
With Virtue's praise—with Virtue's name—
On thee, bestowing Wisdom's shield,
• :With all the trophies of the field I
Despoiling Merit's sacred store,
To varnish Vice and Folly o'er

Exalting to heroic state,
The guiltiest favourites of Fate !

Let Reason our inquiries guide,
And search .where all their claims reside;
In vain, 0 Fortune ! would thy veil,
From her, thy darling sons conceal—
Tho' high in borrow'd plumes they rise,
She views them with undazzled eyes
Their shadowy virtues glide away,
Like vapours from the solar ray,,

While in their murky robes array'd,
1.6 ! all their vices stand display'd

See ! Imbecility and Pride !

Fraud and Violence allied !

Ambition! at whose stern command,
Treason and Murder scourge the land !
In vain their Monstrous powers compine,
And Success bids their glory shine ;

AVisdarn that lights true Honour's flame,
Wisdom,-disowns their daring claim !
Disdains the wreaths by chance attain'd,
By partial Fortune's favour pin'd !.

Shall fair Italia's ravag'd plains ,
For SvI.LA wake the Poet'S strains ?
Shall Vid'ry With delusive blaze
For ALEX/IND:ER ask our praise?
Bid us in him, delighted see, •
What, AT TILA ! we hate in thee ?
Shall rage for blood presume to claim,
Heroic Valour'i honour'd name
And shall our slavish lips bestow,
On monsters, born for human Woe,
Upon the murd'rous tools of Fate,
The prostituted name of Great ?
'Ye Conquerois ! scourges'of your race !
What crimes your guilty records trace!
What broken faith ! what projeas wild
ItiTings, by lawlesspower despoil'd !
Cities, where flames devouring prey !
Victors, more merciless than they ! •
A suff'ring People's sad remains,
Condemn'ct to wear Oppression's chains!
The bleeding Mother's wild despair,
That sees the savage Soldier tear -
The trembling viaim from herarms,
'Midst Death and Horror's fierce alarms I

Shall deeds like these excite Our praise ?

Our senseless admiration raise ? '
On the rank ground of human woe,
Can regal glory only grow ?
Most grin Destrudion dress the soil,
With ruins, murder, rape, and spoil
Ye Delegates of Heavenly Power !
Say ! should the tempest's sullen 16wer,
Should the red lightning's blasting flame,
Alone, the Deity 2roclaini ?

What the' in Battle's dread-alarms,
Honour should aVV--e1I: with all her charms ;
What Vidor-owes to arms alone,
The triumphs that have brightest shone ? '
His rival's faults—his rival's shame,,
Are oft the basis Of his fame.—
The Roman's fatal rashness-yields,
The laurels reap'd On Cannw"s fields.:i
And where shall we the Hero view,
Whose glory to hirnselfisdue ?
'Tis he—:-the King whom justice guideS !
O'er,whom fair Virtue's power presides :
The King, who with paternal hand,
Piro% and guards a happy -land
The foe of undeserved praise, -
IVhose ads of goodness mark his days.
Ye that Warrior prowess charms !
That own no virtue, but in arms—
Now let Imagination wrest
The Sceptre Pniti r's Son posseSt
-On SOCA A TES the charge impose ;
Behold the change the pidure shews
Not CLlTtte.mtirderer we view !
We see a King, benign and true ! -
To at the good, the Godlike Sage,
Let the vain Conqueror engage !
To ev'ry nobler duty blind,
He sinks the meanest of mankind !
Then boast no more, Bellona's aid !
Her sanguinary laurels fade !

In vain with overpow'ring force,
rAv Ills ran his; rapid course.;
With triumphs mark'd his bloody way,
To Empire's undivided sway.
A.vc I;si-us—he had ne'er been nam'd,
Had not succeeding virtues claim'd
The tribute due—and Justice shed
/ler peaceful radiance round his head !

Would ye; yc Conquerors, display
Your virtues with unclouded ray,
Sltew us your mighty minds advance,
Proof against the shocks of Chancel
While lavish Fortune, strong and blind,
Gives ye dominion o'er Mankind*
Yourglors, dazzles ev'ry eyel
But should the fickle Goddess fly,
Down drops the mask—the Man is bare—
The Hero vanishes in air I

!m.o.—dr

In ev'ry clime beneath the skies,
Conquerors—a vulgar product, rise—
But he alone is truly great,
Who rises over adverse Fate, _
Who lets nor grief, nor giddy joy,
The balance of his Soul destroy
Whose steady mind remains the same,
'Midst C S A R'S triumphs—V RO'S shame;—
Intoxicating sudcess bears,
With prudent caution, active cares :
While Virtue's constant aid removes
Each ttinsient obstacle he proves !
Fortune but for a season Stays—
But Wisdom ! certain are thy ways !
The pious Trojan, led by thee,
Resists proud jurNO'S harsh decree
Secure, the prudent Hero goes,
Tho' angry Gods and Fate oppose.
Guided by thee, from ruin's verge,
Lo ! Rome's defeated arms emerge !
Carthage ! on thy devoted walls,
Now her avenging fury falls !
0 Wisdom 'twas thy aid divine
That from
saffliaimmacle her shine,
Add chang'd the mournful Cyprunloom
To Laurels of immortal bloom

Moajord, Sept. 5; 'Set.

E. C. K.

At the last Sittings at Lincoln!s. Inh Hall to re-
ceive Bankrupts' Petitions, there was a complaint
against certain Officers of the Cotirt, for taking sums
of money in the nature of gratuities, to which they
were not entitled by the regular table of fees. or by
the standing order made in the time of Lord HARD_
.WICKS.

Lord EtnoN said, that the particulay complaint
woulddemand mature consideration. On the general
subject, he observed, that the business of the Court,
in regard to bankrupt ,cases, had so much increased
with the commerce of the country, that the order
:made in leord HARDWICKE.tS• time could not be
strifily applicable. Indeed that order seemed ob.
solete ' • for there ,were many instances of fees dif-
ferent froth those expressed in the order in question,
,being taken since. The business of the Court had
also increased so much, that perhaps the regular hours
of attendance were not sufficient for the dispatch of
that vast quantity of business which presented it-
self; in such a case, an Officer of the Court might,
without any moral guilt, accept of that gratuity
which custom had established as the- price of his
extra attention. Those gratuities, however, for
expedition and dispatch in business, were attended
with this inconvenience to the Public, that while
they gave a particular interest in dispatching that
business for which such gratuities were paid, they
diminished, that interest whiCh persons employed
ought to feel for the discharge of other business.—
He was convinced, however, that the Court ought
not to wink at a condul which it did mit approve;
this business must be fully inquired into ; and if it
should appear, either that the Fees marked in the
Table of Fees, were too small, or that there were
not persons enough employed in the office, for the
discharge of" that duty it owed to the Public, that
evil should be redressed.

There was lately presented to the LORD CHAN-
CELLOR, a Petition from a Bankrupt Apothecary;
who had purchased the good-will of the house of a
deceased Apothecary from his Widow, at the price
of 3001. The Petition stated, that the widow did
not shew him the bookS, but assured him that her ,
husband made 7001. per annum, and shewed him, a
list of 380 regular patients and customers ; whereas,
on the contrary, there were hut seventy, which
were not sufficient to support the Petitioner's fa.
mily, and he became Bankrupt. His Lordship
seemed fo be of opinion, that seventy regular
patients and customers were as much as any rea-
sonable Apothecary could expect to purchase at that
price ; he also thought, that if he had not turned
bankrupt so soon, but could have. waited the whole
summer, so as to try fairly the effeet of this hot rwea:
ther upon the business, in such case, the Master in
Chancery, to whom this husiness must be referred,
would be better able to ascertain wisat was the real
value of the good-will of .house so purchased by
him. The Cthinsel for the Petitioner still contend.
ing thatt-this sale was a gross fraud committed by
the Widow upon the Apothecary, his Lordship or-
dered this Petition to he referred to the Master, who
is to report how muchwas a fair price for the good-
will of the !utie in question.

As the 'looping cough is now very prevalent, the
following recipe is recommended as.a certain cure in
tivo or three times application Take one table
spoonful oftio-ney, ditto of.good rum, and hair ditto
of spirits of turpentine,mix them, and nib the back
bone occasionally.

The bowel complaint is also prevalent. It is re-
cOmmended to take halla glass of tin6iure of rhubarb,
three or four times in a day, till the complaint is
cured.

We insert the following recipe for the pletvasy,
on the credit of a Correspondent : a peach-stone
baked in an oven, or dried by the fire, then pounded
fine in a mortar, sifted, and the whole given to the
patient in any suitable vehicle, is a sovereign reme.
dy. It produces a prdfuse sweat, and almost infalli-
bly gives ease. The size of the stone to be suited
to the'strength of the patient.
Buildings being about to be ereaed near the
grand Vowder Magazine at Purfleet, in Essex, for
trying the strength and quality of powder, the Ma.
gistrates, and principal Gentlemen in that neigh-
bourhood, have presented a Petition to the Earl of
CHATHAM, as Master. General of the Ordnance, re.
questing 'that the said buildings might not be erea-
ed near the said Magazine, because such contiguity
of works would probably,. in case of an unfortunate
accident, prove very fatal to the lives and property
of his Majesty's subjeas in that distriCt of the Conn-.
try.

The bag. of letters for London, dis Patched from
the Post-Office in Lewes, by the Brighton mail, on
-Friday evening, was lost out of the cart, on its
passage .bet Ween the Blue • Anchor and •Riddles-
dOv;n.

I, ONG E ;.*

Thrs subject has of late attraaed much attention,
in consequence of an. Es-iay whiCh Sir Jdn
GLAIR has published regarding it, with the im-
portance of which the Frenth.Government is so
deeply impressed,' as not only to circulate it all
over France, but also to ttansmit it to the other
Governments in Europe, recommending it to their
atteution.

A short analyeis of this paper may be interesting
to our Readers.

The author begins with remarking, " that the
means of preserving health, and of attaining great
age, are kubjeas which seem to be well entitled to
the peculiar attention of every thinking man. In re-
garl to the farmer, .there is no question the plea-
sure that vises/ from the possession of health, and
the distress which sickness occasions, are perpetual
mementos that health cannot be negleded. But, as
to the latter, the propriety of aspiring to long life
has been-doubted ; and, it is said, that after a per-
son has lived for 50•0r'60 years, and has fulfilled his,
duties as a man, that he had, better retire to make
sway for others, and that the sooner he quits these
sUblunary scenes the better. Such sentiments,
however, ought not to be indulged 4 If persons
lived only for themselves, and for the gratification
of their own
,passions, and to promote their own in-
terests alone, this might be the case. But, if we
live, as we ought to ito, to promote the happiness of
others, as well as of our own, and if, by living long,
we can be Of more service from the knowledge
which greater experience and longer obserVation
must necessarily furnish : the result is, that we,'
ought to live •as long: as we have health and
strength to • perform goOd actions to others ; and
that the power of doing good ought to be the
proper limit by which our wishes for existence
ought to be bounded."

Slr JoHN Sr NC LAI it then proceeds to state the cir-
cumstances which tend to promote longevity, as—
r. Form of the individual.-3. Pa-
rentage. 4. Natural disposition.r—s. Situation in.
life.-6. Professions 7.; Exercise or labour.-
8. Connubial Conneaions.9. Sex.:— To. Renewal
of age.; making some general observations under
each head.

He next gives a short detail of the rules tending
to promote long life, classed as follows :AO. Food.
Clothing.-3. Habitation.-4.. Labour or exec-
cise.-5. Habits or customs.-6. Medicine.-7.
Disposition of mind.

In the third place, he briefly treats of those
countries the most remarkable for longevity, and on
the whole, gives the preference to mountainous dis-
triEts.

He concludes with some tables of longevity, and
the duration of human life, remarking, at the end
of the Essay,' " that it is more than probable, by
proper attention and good management, persons in
general might not only live longer, but might en-
joy life, with more relish than is commonly the'case
at present ; and it is to be hoped, in respeet of this,
as well as of many other particulars, that human
nature is still in the threshold of acquirement, that
it will yet obtain greater and more important acqtkL.
sitions of knowledge, Fnd , may reach further im-
provement, both with regard to the extent of per-
sonal and mental gratifications, which our species
may be found capable of enjoying, and also the
means of possessing them with more satisfadion and
comfort, and for a much longer period of time."
The great objeft'of this Essay, howeVer, seems
to have been, to lay a basis for the purpose of ob-
taining additional fa 1s and observations, so essen-
tial for elucidating so important an, inquiry, and,-
with that view, the author requests that the follow-
ing quest ibns may be answered with as much mi-
nuteness and accuracy as circumstances will admit
of:

1, What is the dna of the clinuteih which yon resid-e, on
the health. and longevity of 04 hurrian race ?
2 What form is reckoned most eontlucive to 'health and
longevity ?
3. Is it found that being descended froM young and from
.healthy parents is essential for good health and old age ?
4. I s it found that health and old age depend much on the
disposition or temper of the individual ?
5. Is there-any perceptible diffexence in consequence of
situation. in life ? • •

6. What protessions are reckoned favourable to longevity,
or othemise ?

7. Is exercise or moderate labour found necessary for pre—
serving health and long life
8. Have the long-lived, in general, been in the married
state ?

9. Have the greatest proportion of the Jong-lived consisted
of males or females ?

To. Have There been any instances of persons renewing
their age, getting new teeth, new hair, &c. ?

t. What are the other eiscuinstances tending to promote
long life.?• • ,
zz. What is the eflea ofdif.t on health and longevity ?
, 13. \V hat are theg'ireas of clothing ?
14. What are tIK., elreds of habitation, and the difference
of living in a town or in the country ? •
15. What ne the clteds of habitS• and customs,. in regard
to early risi.;lg, bathing, regular meals, regular sleep, .and,
iii particular,- What are those Minute i.:ircumstances on which
it is s:(ppOsed that health and longevity principally. depend ?.
What .are the rules regarding medicine, wcpch are ac-
counted the most useful, and salutary ?
17. What arc the most remarkable instances of longevity,
and how are they authenticated ?
IS. What are the rules adopted by those who have attained
great age ?

19. Have any tables of longevity been drawn up in your
neighbourhood, and how do they agree With the one eictratted
from iluteland ?

20. Do any additional observations or particulars occur to
you on the subjed of health or longevity ?

What a new xra in the history of mankind, to
see the governinents of Europe interesting them_
selves in such inquiries, instead of the more com-
mon pursuits of-pleasure and ambition. -

Public attention is kept thoroughly alive at the
Royal Circus, by Pieces .that have the utmost re_
commendation, which the most pleasing and inte-
resting incidents joined to finely composed music
and first-rate dancing can yield. The jubilee of
1802, or Preston Guild, the Ballet Dance of Za_
mor and Zamora, and the Enchanted Harp, pdssess
these.in the first eminence ; at the same time, the
two Master Perrys, the celebrated Equestrians
from Bath,. are really astonishing, and the two
evenings they have performed, have carried admi-
ration and applause to their utmost height ; they
are engaged only for this and to-morrow evening,
longer, being under the necessity of immediitely
after perfot ming out of Town.

SIIIP

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YARMOUTH, SEPT. 28.
Arrived—,the-Haunah, Pull, from London.
Put in, wind-b:mind, and with some damage,' the hope,
Peter Smith, fromAtottetdam, bound to Hull, with rape.
seed, hides, &c.
_

&ailed-LI-he Briton, Hunter, for Come; Ann; Thomp-
son, for Rotterdam ; London, Coulson, for Ipswich ; Dia-
na, Fill, tor ILllackney.; Isabella, Stoker; Commerce,
11janstield, and Mary, Horn, for London.

GRA.VFSEND, SF.PT.

•
. ,
Passed b),..—the Aaive, Harrisson, froth Stozkholtri;Bou
'site, —; Dorothy, Rockwood, and: Standard, •
from IN-lernel ; ltaChael, • Wood, front Hiatt ; Hercules,
Thompson; and 'Attu_, Burton-, 7 from-Dantzie ; .Brotheri•
—, from Embden; Venerable, —, from Riga; Squir
re!, -:--,- and Pursuit, 'Purvis,' from Petersburgh. •
Sailed—the Sophia, for Amsterdam; Yidoria, Bur-
gess, fur Brennen; Vrow Nfargaretta, for Havre; Max.'
well, : , and Providence,, for Hambro'.