The Sun.
London, England, 1817-04-12 00:00:00

DUBLIN THEATRE.

Our anticipation Mr..R. JONES'S. reception
here has been fully verified. We never witnessed.
a more cordial or a more animated expression of
'public esteem and respect, than, saluted! him yes-
terday evening, on presenting himselt in the chit-
-teeter of Vapid, in the Dramatist., The applause,
J)fter repeated rounds, and a Fong suspension of
• his stage duty, lingered away, and MIS only to-
tally silenced by the necessity of suffering him to
proceed with his part. Mr. JONES was affected
by these testimonies of his popularity, as a man
of liberal mind and good feelings must be.—He
•saw they very much exceeded any thing that could
be claimed IT professional talents, and he seemed
.to appreciate. their value accordingly—he must
have. placed to the account of private worth, the
warmth of kindness,which greeted him; and, it one
_thing in life can gratify or flatter ti man more, than
another, it is this species
,of tribute to his per-
sonal character, r c9ping from the public. When
Me; Yorms was permitted' to proceed, he 'spoke
rite following Address, which had been prepared
$i a Dr6llll3OC ft to represent the ,sensihilitv
ehis:_heart,and its grateful emotions for pa-
tronage and kindness experienced in Ireland, long
.past, :as to time but indelible and fresh in his
memory . 7. .! •

" ADDRESS, •
. • •
• SPOKEN BY arts. B. JONES,
On Isis revisiting Drtain, after Tcn Years ilbsence.
My ardent wishis crown'd--again I stand,
• r,neti Erin, on thy hospitable land!
. That foster'd my attempt,, when life bras green,
'• Of Sprontip: into notice on the scene;
• •- while nivoitr's breath its gen'rous dew distill'd,
''." To rear the plant cold judgment mast have hill'il• •
Oh'! Friends, wherever waturring I pursue
' • The Drama's toil, fond memory rests on you!
IVbene'er, far distant, I have applause,
To Ireland's pristine. smile I trace the ;Abu:.
• If r'er one laurel leaf my temples prest,
The Shamrock; then', clung closer to my breast.

Let me peep round me—since rye been away,
Are Irish countenances alteed. pray?
No, faith ! I see the sione good-burnout-1d creatures,
• Beamingeneonragetnent in all their features.
• Stay ! I perceive some navel female faerii—,
• : TAercl.fa fresh •Venuv---atr there three tiew Graces;
And loot, two roguish eyes, theee, iu the Pit, •
Are laughing at the murders they commit.
Oh ! bless ye, angels all, you're Ireland's glory,:
And here's a groan for hini that don't adore ye. •
' As fur my male acquaintance, there are few ..
Who, since I left you, strike me td he new— •
You I remember well, and you, and you.
Ha ! there's my friend in the Snuff-coloured clothes,
That Gentleman who wears the bottle-nose ;
He smiles: good luck
,to alt his rosy dimples„
How charmingly be keeps his health and piMples.

And you, ye publin Gods ! who oft would cheer .
My heart, with'uierry fhunder on my ear;
Your sky, 1 trust, will Wok, as years ago,
Propitious on poor RICHARD Jons below
Iticuann, that name which oft your joyous love
Vcard Irmo those thirteen-penny realms above;
100 London Bills, or Glilleries, retain,
1,43 here returned--'4 Richard's himself again !"
nere, then, I find—how great is my content!
Things much in stall quo as when l went;
Sate that, in ten revolving years, alas'.
While creeping time steals un, and turns his glass,
some worth has vangnish'il as his sands loss drupt,
Some flower, to friendship drar,, his scythe bath erupt;
:4onie social wit the, mortal vale bath 4:111S,
Some libgral 'soul is fled, some Brother Mason lost.

But melancholy hence ! my task is now
TO chace the clouds of'sorrow from the brow;
Oh grant me, while revisiting your. shore,
That favour, kiudest friends, you gave before!
With ote.rilows your patronage impart,
• And "'Bumpers to Squire Jones,' will glad my heart.
C,
March, 1817. J. C.
After the delivery of this Address, which be
concluded with difticulty.from the interruptions 01
applause which it produced, Mr. Jottas,proceed-
ed in the part of rapid, the spirit of .which he
maintained at .the height of his animal energies,
and in a style of comic abilities, to which we have
been for a-long time tmaccustonied, though 'our-
,,Stoge has been by no means tleficient in the
Dra-
uiatis Persbnce of Co**• Life' and ectivity,
,judiciously: working the best conception .of
the
.part that
.the fertility of good taste and hit-
moor could furnish, distinguished Vapid from
beginning to •end—there was no declension of,
mental or corporeal power throughout. The Mirth
that,was created was not suffered to flag—end not
a grave countenance in the lipase could be ap-
pealed to, as an evidence' thatßicitAuoJosies had
lost ground in any thing. In such a temper, the
,applause which rewarded his efforts may be ima-
gined--'-,it was loud and incessant from the
commencement -to the close of the play.—
MI.: 'JONES has greatly improved since his de-

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airfare ;ram the Stage, though his talents,
when he lett it stood high in the rank of,the best
Comedians; Experience, and a wide range for
•Theat Heal talents, have afforded him opportunitieS
which he has cultivated with such advantage, as to
reach the first place in the line of Contetry which
he professes: He has succeeded TJRIiIS in the
cast of comic character' which that Actor define.
ated with such great felicity—and it is not, we
think, too much to say, that he has also succeeded
to his fame and celebrity.—There is no man on
the public Stage whose :powers are directed by
better judgment than those of 117 r. JONES. Lie
never offends by a forgetfulness,. which would di-
minish the effect of his exertions, or by an ex-
uberant exercise of the humour which it is so es-
sential, to infuse into the parts he usttallysastaius.
'I 0-morrow evening he resumes an old and farm'.
rite character on the Irish boardstlover in Wild
Oats, anal plays also Delaaal in Alutrimonv.-
Clara will be represented by Mrs. EDWIN.-(Dublin
Correspondent.)

LETTER
TO MISS ANNE PLUMPTRE,
FRAU THE AUTHOR: OF 'tr. M POCKET BOOK,"
" Oar hcri.7)sur in Ireland," just, publi.rhed in quarto..

[ln this work, p. S 9, Miss P. gives a detailed 'account of
the erigih.of 41/y Pocket ;look," stating, that it was
planned in Irelantliand executed Aliero•by scrctal of the
natives. She promises, in case of a similar attack, nut to
prosecute.l •

•
Mess ANME,—Every one has bis antipathy—a
quartO:is mineand I never buy. However, I
have no objection just to dip my wings in the
mighty ocean, and skim over it. Yesterday I
passed a short time at COLBURN'S for this purpose,
sad .now, after thanking you for many pleasant
stories, I will, if you please, tell you one.
There is a celebrated person in this town, who
is "of imagination all compact." This poetical
genius, though not very laudable as be often ex-
ercises it,— it vastly entertaining ; but it rmittent-
-3y lands him in awkward positions. Journeying
some time back in the stage to Exeter, he took
nn opportunity of observing to his fellow-travel-
lers, that a beautiful estate by the road-side was
his property ; spoke of its value, the number of
Acres, the soil, &c. IVhen be bad done, an old
gentleman, who sat in one corner of the coach,
said—" Sir, you have described this estate so cir-
cumstantially, 'that if I did not know it belonked
to me, I Could• swear it was yours."
Now, you have placed•me in this very predica-I
meot. If I ditl not know that I had written gMy,
Pocket Book" here in London all alone;saving the
assistance of my ancient Sibyl, to put coals on the
fire to warm my fingers, and to make some tea to
.keep me awake, I ,could swear, On•the authority
of your circumstantial statement; that it wai
written in iume ," neighbouiliood" in Ireland, and
by I know not what elab of wits. Nut I Might
not to quarrel with the coinpliinent,whith implies
that it required several Irish wits to produce such.
a prodigy as "My rocket !look •Howeter' ,• I.
•
reject it, as it is 'neither due to me, nor becomig*
Ptumrritti, so to'lihel Irclandthat
Per-
tile wild of pleasantry and humour.
Why, you place, me ip it worse situation than.
poor Garth. Did not Sir John Carr, besides
bringing .Iris• action, caricature me ; and, because.
I had played the devil with him, represent me
with large hot ns and a long tail 2—Think of that,
Mies,Annel Aud now after these, heavy pleasant-
ries on his part,

". For gentle dulness crer loves a joke,"

you come withall your weighty authority (a whole
gliarto), and say that 1 nm not the man ; then the
deed was done by several 'others, and I was
hanged for it.

4. Ille rrucem pretiym sockris tulit, Mc iliadema."
" Of wicked work how diff'rent the reward,
" They gain a lanrcl, anti I got a cord."
But I ought to upokgize for translating ton. Lady
vhose stockings are dark blue.'

From what: I see, in your portrait (prefixed to
the %yolk, and illustrative of Ireland, probably,
but I had not time to read hew), and from what 1
gather and surmise from the system of .Dr. GALL
and Dr. SPURZHEIM, you have, in those which
appear, many excellent organs (and those out of
sight are, J date say, equally perfect) hut I fear
that your organ of credulity is too much deve-
loped—it beiltni a Curse. inseparable front tra-
vellers, Knights or Ladies. lit this particular the
similarity to wmidgrful—" Magna inter »tones
coicordia."

•
The consequence' of this little imposition on
your easy nature may eventually do you much
mischief, as the contrary of yOut statement is no-
torious. For my part, urn your debtor, and
ought to be more pleased with your praise thao if
you had bestowed it directly,, since now it cannot
be suspected of any spice oFfititrery. The 'danger
to yourself this. Your other information may
be judged of by what:will certainly be detected as
erroneous. Ex uno disee. And should this- be
true in Matters unlike this, thgt is, in-matters of
any importance, perhaps your promise of:abstain-
ing froth " prosecut case, of any :rude
handling (which is verf generoits In a spinster),
may not meet with, a return honourable to the
Christian character.

However, I speak without book, as to your
history generally; the rest of the fruit may he
very SOMA for what I know, but such an oozing-
4, ',ix:4-71;1:1F gum," as SHAKESPEARE has it—is
not a sign of health and strength in the tree.

Adieu 1114d.anoiselle, conscruez.moi toujours un
peu de votre souvtwir.
April, 1817. • fir • p.

THE PILLAR OF GRATITUDE! Our , readers
are already apprised that a column is nowt erecting
near Alawick, by voluntary subscription, to per-
petuate the munificence of his Grace the Duke of
NORTHOMARRLAIp to his numerous tenantry,
during the late pressure of the times, this rms.-
nument being now nearly completed,a fine colossal
figurc.of rs lion passant (weighing upwards, of
tun and a half), cut nut of, solid
,stwie, was last
sent off from Newcastle for ihe purpose of
ornamenting the summit of the noble structure.

• ••
B co X I N;

NlATctt between 01.1vsa and PAINTEp.
"thiirsday night a strong mister of atnattiurs, :111(1
the backers of. the above .iirst-rate pt4gilistic he-
roes, had a meeting at I)eleker's, 'Castle Tavern,
Holborn, to arrange thj fWtlintinaries'tor the en-
suing battle, when ,the' follooing articl'es- were
agreed to-:

•••;po-,.: • • •
" April 10, Castle Tavern, Holborn.
" Thomas Oliver aria Ldward fainter • agree in light on
the 21st of May next,- fur 100 gnineas a'si'de, iu a 24 foot
ring, a fair- stand-ap fight, half minute (hue. The fight
not to take place within.2s miles from London.. Twenty gui-
neas are deposited-in the of Mr. Belcher, which deposit
is to be forfeited, if the mimic of the money is 'not' made
good on the 2d of May, at J.. Oliver's, Great Pcter-stteet,,
Westminster. wen' tO'be. in the ring

6' Ti-11111.1.1 OLJ'VF.R's )4. *irk.
" EDWARD PAINTER..
Witnessed by T. W.
J. if."

• Front the manliness displayed by the Above
boxers in their last fight,. and the great improve-
ment made by Painter in respect to science front
that period, great sport is expected. Two better
men .ncver, entered a 7 riog.,. The odds are Gto t 4
upon Oliver. The pugilists. were both prestni,
with Bcroggilk, Pic. and they drank:
together flow one .glass-.+:'4' A good.. fight, anti
may the best man have.the.money,'„'