The Sun.
London, England, 1817-04-18 00:00:00

VEN ET' N 14' E'rE.

A very brilliant M.,squeracle, ntider the name,of
a Venetiatt Festival, was held on Wednesday night,
0-1 he Cycenni Theatre. Vie interim- of the house
was splendidly illuminated with festoons', wreaths,.
and stars of variegated kamps; and the, stage part
was tastefully ornamented, as on the former occa-
sion, with cottages, grottoes, dratted walks. and
Well-executed representations of diifant land,
lopes: Tice Chinese :bnilqing• retained its 'Ai—
ginal situation ; .and indeed, the entire scene,,
which on the former tar. bait made ho strong .an
impression on our minds, was so perfectly pre-;
served .that it seemed as it there had livtit no in-
terruption. We tonocl'ourselvesenclrcled in the
same groopes.that had be ore delighted us, and
many-at
.the caricatures Were well .Supported,—
An• olct Irish Market woman with her'Sipt,' thew
much' attention, weft by the cotreetness of their
costume, -as the felicity of that htimour.'
Tite-supprr consisted of a 'profusion of every,
delicacy in season —Dancing was kept tip with
great spirit till six. o'clock, when the company
slowly and unwillingly. separated.

The article 'which we copied respecting the
Tunbridge Theatre was incorrect. Mr. Dow Ton
holds the lease of that Theatre,: as well as of se-
veral others, lot some years 'to come His dispute
is with the Overseers of two parishes in which► the
Theatre stands, who have assessed th► place to
the poor at three times the amount of the actual
rent—and upon which an 'appeal is to be heard.
In the meantime, Mr. Dowrox haslet the The-
atre as a Methodist Meeting-house. --(M. Paper.)
CortwAir concludes his Gloucester eugairment
with Oroonoko, where he has with much success
sustained Bertram,• Macbeth, and other leading
characters.
Mrs. EDWIN plays the principal female charac-
ters in the Comed►es pertermed 'at the Dublin
Theatre.during Mr: JONES'S engagement.
Mr. Status, son of Jottil SOANE, Esq. Professor
of Architecture at the Royal ACademy,As, it seems,
the author of the Drama of The Innkeeper's
Daughter, and•not Mr. Kstiowr the performer, as
formerly stated in same of the Journals.
Joseph Wilson, the•one-armed blticksn►itb, who
has twice broken nut of Clielm.iford gaol, was re-
taken on Monday evening, and immediately heavy
ironed ; when .the. irons were put on he jocosely.
remarked that they were a tight fit.
BANI(.01, ENOLAND.—Those who arc now flocic-
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.Dividendsi are invited to consider with serious at-
tention the following mode of disposing of a very
Small portion of• them :—The cost of a Sixteenth'
in the .present Lottery •is only Twenty-six Shil-
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by which the possessor of a fortunate Number
may. add to his iticome-Eightyethree Pounds per
annum, arising from the• sum of 2,7621. 6s. 4d.
Consols, which may be converted into Sterling
Money at a day's notice.. Schemes explanatory of
every particular mair behitd,",upon applicatiOr, at
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(Mind-Meet.

CORRESPONDENCE
• 11 LTWERN TIM
.C4C4EDONI4N RE Fo re.trovnq
AND THE
LIBERAL &OPFER.

A D DRESS.

DEAR SIR,
As there may be some Patriots among us,
Who will rightfully suffer imprisonment wrompms,
Accept the due thanks of the Laic of Dun-Edin,
Whom your learned Amendment has belpt a sad need in.
To you, worthy Knight, and your speech patriotic,
They owe their release from enactments despotic:
Zslos., whether. their choice he for acting or prating, .
Their operative hands may keep on operating;
Nor fear the distinction, nor dread the caprice,
Of a,Ty rant so small as a Justice of Peace,
Since nothing kss strong than a Warrant of State
Can arrest the Debators or stop the debate. . . :
To you, Learned Lawyer, the Friends of Reform
Must feel their bold bosoms with gratitude warns ;
Your upright, consistent, intelligent zeal
•
Promotes their Petition and aide their appeal.
Not her:aided by any particular Spot,' .
Ferthe North or the South, for the cold or the hot,
For native or foreigner, English or Scut,
Your tongue CAR incessantly. tip the long trot,
ilia) swear there is 'nowhere no sort of a plot. •
et, excuse us-,-this praise is not wholly your due,
Since a foreigner-cannot be foreign to you,
While the Hugounot visate and name you inherit
Declares the amount of your true British spit it.
In the House we are happy to see and to bear you :
For while you sit' there, how the Ministers fear you!
And by your long speruilei., such language esoeest in,
Though we can't always ray whether earnest or jest in,
.They are frighten'd from making enactments clandestine.
But we keep you too long from your briefs and your fees,
So we'll trespass nr more, Learned Knight, if you please;
Only lipping you'll like in this Letter to see
The Thanks of a People both grateful and free
To Sir S 7-4., R--141-I',.Kll.ight and M., P.

• THE KNIGHT'S ANSWER.
WORTHY SIH,
I have read your most exquisSte letter, .
For which, be assured, I am vastly your debtor;
With the thanks of the Scotch Revolutionists, ivlrich
Have provid that they know how to claw where 1 itch.,
You tell me, :they want their Address to be printed,
Unless on iny part some übjectiou is hinted.
To be sure I have one, which I hope you'll allo4; 'Sir
And only that one—though in troth 'tis a rouser: •'• -
The praise Which the writers on me"bare been spattering,
Is—:at least flutist say so—a great deal too (Littering;
And sensible Mks turiy suspect that they arc,
In their praise and their polities going •
Besides, when addressing a modern,Convention, „
'Tis rither'a delicate twitter to mention.'"
That tieklesoine thing which the law calls Susperssiess.
Indeed. if it.‘vere not for an. a stuppg raarts,,;„, , 1!
'should think thatt.rneyrinting would just:cum:l4 season.
To let our intolerant Ministry know,
That Reform eVer is'of Restriction the loc. ; • . .
So I jtidge—ir the praise do not sound too ironiCal—
'There as prudent to pay for it's-place;in the ClAniele
And, as sOme-of your sqUati baye an eye to the pelf,.
I'll subscribe to the printing five shillings myself.

Parbleu, I'm disposed tdsuspecti so I atn,
That the Act's short duration is merely a sham.; • I,
And that Ministers, if not afraid of Sir Sh...ra;J
Will continue thi:ir check upon spirits so ficiy,
And propose et new statute before it'S Eapirv. ' •
Ere long, With a Smite at my liberal`clatise, • '
The convenience whereof has obtained your applause,
The Chancellor surely will settle the 11111;‘
With provisoes prepared with such foresight and
So tightly restraining your deed and your will,
That the Speeches and motions of me and of you,
lit or out of the will be-nut worth a Sow. •• ;
Then print, my dear friends, and prevent this Anomaly.
• - I've the honoraria be,
Your 'obedient,
SAM. I:--M--Y.

'MR. PITT'S BIRTH-DAY --Yesterday being the
Anniversary of Mr. PITT'S Birth-Day. ,it was
commemorated at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate,
by a number of the most distinguished Merchants,
Bankers, and leading men in the City, friends to
the principles upon uhicb that illustrious States-
man acted through life.

Among the very numerous Members present at
the late highly respectable assemblage of the Naval
Charitable Quarterly Meeting was Mr. Rosa ;
,when that Gentleman, with bis usual philan-
thropy, proposed, in order - to makethe. merits of
so excellent a charity better known, that atsermon
should be preached the ensiling month I'M.. that
purpose ; and, moreover, that he himself would
undertake to make all. the necessary, arrangements
with one of the mostjustly popular preachers. So.
truly praiseworthy a proposal email not fail of'
being most gratefully received by the Committee,
and sthe question was carried- unanimously. Let us
hope that so laudable a design-mill ,beitittendeil
with ail the success that to noble a Charity merits.
The largest oak in the,Kingdonrof Hanover is
in the village of llartmanshausen, neat : it
measures, close.to the ground, 43 feet iWeircum-
feretrce, and close under the first boughs 25- fret.
The Society of Fishermen's Friends, at Deal,
have .succeeded in procuring a bounty (rain Go:-
verntnent of 31. per ton, for the Iceland Fishery,
and two vessels, of about 100. tons each, will
shortly proceed under the superiiitendance of an
old and experienced Dutch Skipper. The crews
are chiefly. composed of boatmen belonging to,
Deal. Another vessel, of about lOU tens, is also.
intended to be sent. It is hoped that this enter-
prise will form a new era in
.the history ofr Deal,
and, if successful, wilt, in all probability, be fol-
lowed up next summer with a more extensive
outfit. tz
On Tuesday, as a labourer was at work at the
part intended for the new wing of the Peniten-
tiary, .a piece of timber fell upon his head, and
crushed, him shockingly ; his jaw-bone was sup-
posed -to havebffieti broken. He was taken imme-
diately to WeittilipsterJleskitol, with very little
hopes of his recovr)i.

• --MOST HORRIBLE EVENT: •"--

MURDER OF CAPTAIN_ .4VIILLICII, LATE PAYMASTER
AND AGENT To THE STAFFORD MII :TIA, AND
SUICIDE OF LIEUT. FLEMING.

I:.ltracriti a Lelia; from. iheeßev. Mr. ()ALE, alpril 13, 1817.
" Pray call immediately on the friends of car.
Miller, and inform then) of the fatal accident
hereunder related. Poor Capt. Miller, it seems,
arrived yesterday by the subscription coach, at the
El eat hfield Arms, near the Madhouse, At.7yebead,
where I visit as a Magistrate. This morning he:
Visited his old friend; Lieutenant Firming, at
Fivellead-house, wilete, they dined together in the
most fri6lly manner, retired soon after to Mr.
Fleming's bed-room, and in less than a quarter of
an hour the explosion of pistols were heard, and
those two old friends were immediately found
lifeless.

" This is a brief relation of this horrid business ,
I have seen the bodies, the place, &v. this'after-
porm„,and, after eery examination of the cir-,
cumstances, have no doubt Lieut. Fleming first
'murdered his friend, partly by a sword, and lastly
by a pistol-shot, and thenmurderedhimself._

' (Signed) • gr J. GALE."
Captain Miller received, on the 9th init., a very pressing,
letter from Lieut. Fleming, enticating him to go down, stat.
ink lie could not live lotigi and wished usuch to see his old
friend before he died. Capt. Miller therefore left town Ott
Friday to perform the last act of humanity, as he thought, to
one whose views through life he had always protuoted.—
(3foraing. Pest.),