The Sun.
London, England, 1803-01-24 00:00:00

DRAMATIS PERSON&

Lord Rakeland, - 1I r. WILLIAM MA D DOCKS ;
Sir Adam Contest, Mr. losErii NIADnocKs;
Mr. Minden, - Mr. LAWRENCE •

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Mr. Contest, - - Mr. PLNISTON LAMAR ;
Lady Autumn, - - Lady CuAllto yr x ...11+1DpitY;
Lady Contest, - - ALA 4iy Or FASHION ;
Mrs. Hamfunl, - - Mrs. Jo,nk: KEMS LE ; .
- . The FL - -

Hannah - - - .The Hon. Miss -13E7'1'1.LX.
Attendants, Lord Ho.tri.rox and LordC.:. A DEHAio ()N.

. Lady Contest was admirably, supported., Her
Ladyship sang, " In the dead of the night,"'charm-
ingly. She was encored. Lady CHAR LOTTE
LINDSAY pourtrayed to the life the affectation and
absurdity of Lady ilatumn. Mrs. JoHN K
in Mrs. Hayford, evinced all the delicacy of manners
intended to be conveyed by the authoress; and the
Hon. Miss BUTLER, considering the trifling part
allotted her, ‘aequitted. herself with eclat. Mr.
JOSEPH MAGnocNs reminded the Audience of the
veteran KING, so fully did he enter into the spirit
of the part. The lively manners and-easy gentle-
manly address of Lord Raieland could not have been
better depided than they were by Mr. WILLTAM
INUODOCKS. Mr. PE NISTON LAMBS, and, Mr.
LAwitaNcE, likewise did full justice to the parts
allotted them in the Drama ; and the Lords 1-lA-
hituroir were considerably above mediocrity.
In Ale Farce, .Mr. MAnDocKs played
the part of Old Dailey with• original humour, and
Miss BUTLER, in Miss Dag, had much merit, and
was highly applauded. The other charaders were
sustained by Mstscsss. P. and W. LAMBE. •

The pe.rfpxpiteke.vommenced.at nine o'clock, and
ended at v!Cire; -vOtert the company sat down to an
elegant supiCei.;iiinontinued at table till three.
The Saloon -af -tire Priory was appropriated for
the Theatre, .being-well adapted to the purpose.
All the scenery, which is very beautiful, was
painted under the diredion of an eminent Artist,
for the occasion. The curtain scene is uncommonly
grand; the design architetlural.
The instrumental Band in the Orchesstra, with
theexception of two Italians, consisted of Amateurs,
and their performances gave not a lit:le eclat to the
Entertaininent. ,

The PRINCB Of WA I. ZS sat on a stare chair, ele-
vated, covered with crimson velvet, elegantly ern-
broidered with gold, in the centre of a semicircle ;
around, benches were placed, covered with cushions,
and in the interior, chairs were set out ; the whole
forming a beautiful little Amphitheatre, fitter •up
the.diredinn of the lovely SS, to 1,00111
is doe the credit of the whole undertaking.
All the gueso slept in the Priory on Friday night.
The, company who went from Town all dined there ;
the cloth was laid at four o'clock. The Pit INC tti
did not arrive till five o'clock, and an hour after
dined with about twenty, who were too late for
the first dinner.

On Saturday afternoon, about five or,Jork, the
PRINCE Set off fur Town, and the .greater part of
the Company followed.

MATCH AGAINST TIME.---A chesnut hack mare,
, called Storing Tem, the property of Mr. Tarocs,
at the Swan, Chichester, was matched to go thirty
miles in thrse ;tours, three times in the course of
twelve hours„carryies a feather, which she per.,
tbrmed in tiglyitultt(on Monday the 17th inst.
starting ftqmlictiotitser Cross, and going to the
ts mile.stor)e,iTictutzkitartsmoutli Road, as follows :
—lSt start at fi.,ye o'clock, and returned at r; 'ni-
nnies past seven. , Time, two hours, ..•1 oninntes.-
2d start at 16 minutes past nine, and-returned at
29 minutes past eleven. Time, two hours, 13 mi.
.start, at•4o minutes past one, and,. re.
turned'at so minutes past three. Time, twp hours.
to minutes.—'let amount laf time, six hours 38
rninutes.—Theabove match was, rode by George
MeadsOlged to years, Weighing ;St. 71b.
Thuriday-a bet was decided bet..veen— Pepper,
a buteher, and Wood, a baker, of Dover.
They'started- on two. fine horses, that ,bad been
prepared •for the purpose, from the Red Cow, at
Dove - for Hythe, about elcven miles distant, and
were' attended by A large concourse .of people.
Wood's horse fell down about three totarl,-.rs of a
mile on this side of •Hyilie, and the butcher was in
about four minutes.befdre his antagonist. The race
waspertormed in forty minutes; atidinny bets were
depending.
A ,yoting tradesman of Lincoln has wagered
twenty guineas, p. p. that lie rides a certain mare,
now in his possession, from Lincoln to Manchester,
and back again,' in 48. hours. He,is- to start on,
Wednesday the 9th of February, ,or pay forfeit.
The,addi, at present, are in hij favour. Manchester,
is about go miles from Lincoln's so that he will have
ISO:miles to travel open the said mare, in the above.
time. Shouiii the roads and weather prove gOod,
he it likely to accomplish the task.
MAssE NA is rerrted to have had a dream pro.
phetic of his elevation to the throne of France.
There are many better dreamers than. IVIAssaNA On
this. subject. He would he wiser not to talk of such
dreams, as they toigh,4otprol to a very diferest eh.
fuation.
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At a very im ti,parr ,zat Bury, in'Suffolk, there
eare five men* no's I,o6etheAlth, in the full enjoy..
tnent of all theiitetilties, and who suppott them.
selves by the exercise of their respeftive occupa.
tions :—The first, aged S 3, a school.master and
barber ; the second, aged 80, a labourer ; the third,
aged 78, a sheep.jribber ; the fourth, aged 78, a
labourer ; and the fifth, aged 76, a farmer. On
Christmas-day, these people attentieddivine service
together, and received the sacrament.
A labouring man was found froien to death a
few days,' ago, on the. moors between Gaiosboroogh
and