The Sun.
London, England, 1803-08-26 00:00:00

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Writ t.sr madd'uing Europe spreads her hostile Bakds,
From Zembia's Snows, to I.) scorching Sal& ;
And, fearless, Britons arm with conscious pride, •
To guard the rights for which their Fat h r 3 died ;
Forgive the Hard, who taught the din to
To softer sOrrOW4 turns the glisCiiing eye,
And pleas'd an humbler suhjcct to pursue,
Trusts, not his vz.vv, but Nast:ireYr cause tO

On Avon's Banks, in simplest guise array 'd,
From life's gay scene an exil'ai.W.lnd'rer stray'd ;
By day the plains she trod, reclin'd.her head
At night's approach beneath ,ne favou ;
Amid the varied Landscape pensive rov'd,
By all lamented, and by all belov'd.
Yet whilst, from Art remote, each native grace
Beat in her breast, and blush'd Upall her face;
Whilst, on her mellow'd notes attention hung,
And sweetness tlow'd spontaneous from her tongue;
Her grief did pity bid the fair reveal,
And probe the wound, but with intent to heal.
She tun'd to other's woes its melting tone,
And =unlid their sorrows, yet coin:card her own—
So mild silismsa (as the frequent gem
By dews o'crloaded, bows its tender stein) •
Shrinks at the touch that aims to close the Strife,
And bid each " feeling fibre," wake to Life.
Such Bristol's Maid; and though Conjetture trace
Her birth from Heroes, and from King's her rage,
On softer scenes, beneath the humble cell,
To Pomp unknown, our Bard delights to dwell.
By Nature taught, that Grief can little move,
Which Reason tells us we shall never prove."
Then, oh ! ye generous few, if mimic woe
E'er bade the breast to heave, or tear,;to flow,
Attend ! the Heart, as Staes woes assail,
Shall feel the moral, and applaud the Tale ;
Age shall recall the precept learnt in yoUth,
Nor. Time erase the pres Sure stampt by Truth.

Tut THEATRZ...—The Maid of Bristol was re.
presented again last night at the Hay Market Thea-
tre, before a numerous audience, and was very fa-
vourably received. It has the merit of exercising
the moral feelings, and of giving additional incite.
ment to those patriotic emotions which the situa-
tion of public affaits forcibly demands at this
portant crisis. The Performers in general acquitted
themselves very ably. ELc.tSTON and Mrs. Gt a as,
are most prominent in merit. Mr. COLMAN'S terse
and animated epilogue, went off, if possible, with
increased 'success. Indeed as EL L ISTO N was more in
possession of the words than oh the first night, ho was,
of course, better able to give expression to ►he tenti.
merits. This Play will serve very well to 'wind up
the season, which has been sufficiently productive
dramatic and theatrical novelty, and which has been
uncommonly stbxessful.

A new Farce is in rehearsal at CoLmAtes,
Me /emus; the Authoress is the Margravine of
ANsrActt. The interest is in a Servant who Fer-
petually blunders, to be per formed by MATH E WS.

The Richmond Theatre has been very attractive
on the nights when Mrs. JottnAN appears ; but the
influence of her powers on those nights is a de,,th.
blow to the Benefits Of the Performers in geEeral.
KFMR LE has nothing to do with the new Drama.
tic Pieces that may be offered to the Theatre. It
is an invidious officer indeed to decide upon the
merits of such Pieees, and a rejettled Author is
sometimes an offensive animal.
It has been observed that the Dutchess of Gott.
Dori, 00 nresenting the Colours to the Inverness-
shire Militia, did not utter one word to tire ilisad.
vantage of BONAPARTE. But the speech in ques.
tiara breathed throughout eproper spirit of Patriot.
ism and Loyalty, and surely no more was wanting.
BONAPARTE'S deeds are too had for words to de.
scribe, and we trust that her Grace was absorbed in
zeal for her Country, or was disposed to dismiss its
execrable Eoemy with silent detestation.
A party on a visit to Windsor, consisting of
four Ladies in a landau which Lord FOLEY drove,
having the Earl of BARRYMORE by his side on the
box, was returning from an airing in the Lay Walk
about four o'clock on Tuesday, whets-being arrived
"near the town, a party of the Staffordshire. Militia
crossed the road in returning from .the parade,
which occasioned the leading horses to take fright
and turn suddenly round, by which the landau was
overturned, fortunately the Ladies were not hurt,
although much frightened. Lord FOLEY. escaped
with little injury, but Earl BARRYMOR6 is, we
arc sorry to hear, much hurt ; a party sitting en.
joying themselves under the trees near the spot,
ran immediately and secured the horses, and assisted
in righting the carriage, for which their Lordships
liberally rewarded them, and the party were able to
proceed.
The German Plays have arrived to a wonderful
degree of precision in stage direition. Every atti.
tude, look, and motion 01 feature, is carefully laid
_down on the margin. Yet, perhaps, in their en.
trance: and exit:, they are outdone by some of the
- Old English Dramatic Writers : in IlEywoon's
Goldett Age, 1611, we have the following " Enter
Syhilla lying in child-bed, with her child lying by
her I"

In the Rolls of Parliament, A. I). 14451 is a
,Petition from the Commons of Counties, skewing,
that the number of Anomie: had increased from right
to twenty four, whereby the peace of those ebonite,
had been greatly interrupted by suits the Commons
therefore petitioned that it might be ordained that
there shall be no more than six common Attar.
nies for Norfolk, six for Suffolk, and two for the
city of Norwich ; any other person acing as an
Attorney, to forfeit 203. Theyranted.the prayer
of the Petition, provided the Judger; thdight it
reasonable
A very fine mastiff dog, at Heckle Grove, suffer.
ed a very singular fate a few days ago was ac.
tually stung to death by a swarm of bees, who at.
tacked him where he was chained in the garden.
The howling of the poor animal alarmed the !amity ;
• but it was impossible to render him any assistance.:
Many of these vengeful insetts were • found after.
wards in the dog's mouth and throat.
Many parts of France are still infested' with
'Wolves, which frequently—attack the unfortunate
itiliabitants with the most desperate fury.