The Sun.
London, England, 1832-02-28 00:00:00

NEW STRAND THEATRE.

A new broad farcical burletta, entitled " The Automaton, or
the Whims of Love," was produced at this theatre last night,
and was received with great approbation. It is replete with
incidents and wit, and the characters were most ably sustained.
Mr. C. BLAND, as Frederick, sung some pretty airs; Mr.
STRICKLAND, as Weatherwise, made a most humourous old
gentleman; Mr. RAYNER delighted us with his comicality as
Stephen ; Mr. FORRESTER had a great deal to do as Trap, and
displayed a versitality of talent which we have not before wit-
nessed in him; and Mr. DODD was very clever as a drunken
landlord. Miss FERGUSON and Mrs. PARKER, as Sophia and
Susan, played their parts very respectably. The piece elicited
much laughter from the great numb of good puns in it. Mrs.
WaYLErr was as admirable as ever in the Four Sisters. The
whole of the entertainments were very well received, and were
such as proved the anxiety of the spirited manager to contri-
bute to the amusement of his audience. In the course of the
evening Master HUGHES, the infant prodigy, played several
airs in an astonishing manner on the harp. We were glad to
see the manager's exertions rewarded by a crowded house.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TA T TER SA LL' S.

- - -
Soule changes have arisen in the Derby betting. Beiram has
sprung a point, and is now a much better favourite than either '
i\largrave or Spencer. In consequence of this movement most
of the others have receded. While on the Derby we have to re-
cord the death of Delme Radcliffe, Esq., which took place sud-
denly on Sunday at his residence, in Conduit.street. in the pre-
sence of Lord Albemarle and Sloane Stanley, Esq. Mr. Rad-
cliffe was Gentleman of the Horse to his Majesty. His death
has the effect of disqualifying his Majesty's horses engaged in
the Derby and Oaks of the present year, or in any other stakes
in which they are engaged in Mr. Radcliffe's name. The de-
ceased gentleman was a member of the original Bibury Club, at
the time his late Majesty belonged to it, and was reputed one of
the best amateur jockeys of his day. We subjoin the closing
prices yesterday :

DERBY.
8 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Beiram
10 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Spencer
10 to I agst Mr. Dilly's Margrave (taken)
15 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Byzantium
15 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Non Compos (taken)
15 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Pastille colt
18 to I agst Lord Mountcharles's Minster
18 to I agst Mr. Vansittart's Darioletta colt
11 to 4 agst Lord Exeter's lot
800 to 200 agst Byzantium, Non Compos, and Pastille (taken;

OAKS.
7 to 1 agst Mr. Chifney's Emiliana
8 to 1 agst Captain Byng's Dryad
8 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Advance filly
800 even between the two latter. Offers to back the field agst five

PETItARCH AND BOCCACCIO.—The Italians,
in the fourteenth century, discovered, as it were, anew
the ancient world : they felt an iafinity of thoughts, hopes,
and tastes, with the best Latin writers, which inspired
them with the highest admiration. PETN.ARCH, and parti-
cularly Boccaccio, passed from this study to that of
oGf antiquity;reFclioarnence i n 3
6 and,o, fo founded
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chairsolicitation,
o f
Gre tchiaeu republic
litera-
ture, the first its the West. A passion for erudition spread
from one end of Italy to the other, with an ardour pro-
portionable to the dark ignorance of the preceding cen-
turies. It was imagined that all knowledge consisted in
knowing and imitating the ancient toasters. The highest
glory W 49 attached to classical learning ; and PETRARCII
and 'Boccaccio attained a degree of celebrity, credit, and
power, unequalled by any other men in the middle ages ;
and by reason of those merits, which we feel at the present
day, but at the pontiffs and interpreters of antiquity._
Dr. .Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopedia.
DEATH OF A Fox.—One day lately as a crew
of Crocnarty fishermen were rowing beneath the cliffs of
the southern headland of the bay, they espied a huge fox
creeping warily along the lice of one of the steepest pre-
cipices. A flock of sheep were feeding quietly on the
summit, apparently little aware of the visit with which
they were threatened. The fishermen shouted, Reynard
turned hastily round, and then as if too much frightened
to consider bow securely his situation enabled him to bid
them defiance, be sprung forward to gain the top. In
this he failed, for losing his footing in the hurry, he
slipped over the edge of a shelve and fell to the bottotn,—a
sheer descent of at least sixty feet. He immediately rose
and made another attempt to scale the precipice, but
stunned by the fall be again lost footing and fell to the
bottom, where he lay, until one of the fishermen leaping
ashore, killed him with the boat-hook and bore away the
carcase in triumph..--Inverness Journal.

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Newcastle, Feb. 26 4 0 0 1 I 3 960 301
North Shields &c. Feb. 26 33 1 1 0 33 325 94
South Shields, Feb. 26 1 0 0 0 1 11 5
Hetton, &c., Feb. 26.
Tranent, Feb.2s 1 0 0 1 0 282 78
Preston Pans, Feb. 25 kl2 0 0 I 8 4 117 I 21
Musselburgh, Feb. 25
Edinburgh, Feb. 25 8 1 1 4 4 33 16
Kirkintilloch, Feb. 25
Glasgow, &c., Feb.2s 26 14 1 8 9 23 120 54
Paisley, Feb. 25 ... 9 6 2 1 12 60 34
Barrhead, Feb. 25
Mary Hill, Feb. 25 42101 5 33 11
Coat Bridge, Feb. 24 0 1 0 1I 0 27 11
Total 1111 31 15 127 1100 2()68 996
Total from places where the disease has ceased,
or from which no returns hare been this day
received 2492 663
Grand Total 5460 11609
LONDON —FEB. 27, FIVE, P.M.
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Southwark 3 11 5 0 9 43 22
St. Giles's 3 0 0 0 3 8 4
Newingten Butts 1 4 2 0 3 8 4
Chelsea 0 2 11 0 1 2 1
Christchurch, Surrey 0 1 1( 0 0 1 1
Afloat in the Hirer 3 1 2 1 1 14 11
Poplar
Total lO 20 111 I 1 118 77 43
Cases before reported from Lambeth, Bermondsey,
Limehouse, Rotherhithe, Whilechapel, Itatcliff,
St. Pancras, and St. Mary-le-bone

Grand Tc
(Signed) WM. M

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104 I 69
Secretary.

The Rent Day and The Dcernon attracted
upwards of 4001. last evening at Drury-lane theatre, and
more than 1001. was taken at half-price, by the singular
novelty of Mrs. WOOD and the entire vocal company being
in an afterpiece.
FOREIGN COLONIZATION.—WitiIe the at-
tention of the statesman, the political economist, and the
merchant, is occupied by various schemes for alleviating
the condition of the poor throughout the United Kingdom,
whether by foroign colonization, or by their location on
waste lands at home, it becomes a matter of paramount
interest with all parties to become acquainted with matters
connected with parochial history, for which unpr.cedented
facilities will be afforded by a forthcoming Monthly Journal,
condi-
tionthat ofwill
h bee pao orre,g the
and eccle-
siastical information, and will be named the " British
Magazine."