The Sun.
London, England, 1828-11-06 00:00:00

COVENT-GARDEN.

The Soldier's Stratagem, a new piece in three
acts, translated, of course, from the French, was
brought out here last night. The plot is some-
thing to the following effect :
Colonel Larritx, Mr. KEMBLR, having been
wounded in an engagement, is carried to the castle
of Baron Moll, Mr. FAWCETT, a stupid old gentle-
man, whose household, as fares the audience is intro-
duced to it, consists of a daughter, Matilda, Miss
FORDE, her servant Bertha, Mrs. HUGHES, and a
footman, Ifatzback, KEELEY. The Colonel falls in
love with the lady, and discloses his passion to her
father, who gladly receives him; but, hearing that
his younger brother Ernest, Mr. GREEN, is in the
neighbourhood, and about to visit him, and fearing
that if he sees the lady he will become his rival, he
makes his tneesenger drunk, and tries to prevent his
entrance 'into she castle. Ernest sees in Matilda
a lady whom he has met in Paris, and to whom he
has sworn eternal love. The Colonel finds his fears
are realized, and in his attempt to get rid of his
brother, and in his brother's attempt to gain the
lady, consist these soldiers' stratagems, which, it
must be confessed, are monstrous clumsy ones. The
Colonel says his duties as Governor of Tilnitz corn-
poi him to depart, and that his brother must go
with him. Ernest reminds him that be may dele-
gate his authority to any other officer ; and the Colo•
nel adopts the suggestion by making him his de-
puty, and commanding him to set off instantly. He
then proposes himself to the lady, who, believing
Ernest is false, accepts the Colonel. Ernest makes
use of his authority to compel the Baron to turn
his brother out of his castle on pain of being shot,
and then contrives to introdude himself. A short-
explanation serves to reconcile him with Matilda,
and by this another stratagem is brought to bear, by
the Colonel's having him arrested. The matter is
then fairly put to the young lady's decision, who
says, that us she-has promised to take the Colonel'
for her husband, she will be as good as her word
but confesses that she loves the younger brother
better; upon which the Colonel, who for a strata.
gist is an uncommonly good-natured person, relin-
quishes his claim, and Matilda is married to Ernest.

From the very nature of this plot, a failure
might reasonably have been expected. These
expectations were not disappointed; the audience,
from first to last, heard the piece with apathy, if
not with dislike, and scarcely listened to the
announcement of its repetition on Saturday. The
opera of Rosina followed, in which Miss BYE-
FIELD performed the character of liosina. She
is a sweet singer, and was received with consi-
derable applause. During the evening a great
inconvenience arose, in consequence of the gas
being permitted to escape. Mr. FAWCETT apo-
logized for the accident ; but a remedy, not an
apology, is wanted. The house was tolerably well

When Miss PATON was taken ill on Thurs-
day at the Musical Festival, and search was made for a
medical gentleman to render her assistance, not one was
to be found in the church : this, considering that the Fes-
tival was for the benefit of an Hospital, is rather curious.
Brighton Paper.

The proportions which the different sects in
Holland bear to one another may be judged of by the fol-
lowing table, which Was made in October, 1826 :
Members of the Reformed Calvini Cherch 1 C!!',599
Roman Catholics
Evangelical (or Lutherans)
Jews of Spanish and Rortuguere origin... 2,520 21 493
German. and Sclavonian 0rigin...18,978 '
Re-established Lutherans
Mennonites (Doopagezinden, 1. e. Teleiobaptists) 1,946
Remon.trants (Armenians)
Episcopalians 237
Greeks, Armenians, Quakers, and other Sects

Total Inhabitants 200,784

SUICIDES.—SeveraI suicides have lately oc-
curred in this city and neighbourhood—evidence sufficient,
no doubt, that the influence of a November fog is as fatal
on this side of the Tweed as on the other. We have heard
that, within the last ten days, one poor man strangled
himself—another shot himself—an elderly woman poisoned
her,elf—and a girl, after having been in church on Thurs-
day last, cut her throat. It is not true, however, that an
unfortunate man destroyed himself in consequence of being
involved in au assurd gambling transaction with the gen-
tleman who exhibited himself last week as a wife-hunter
ou the Calton-hill. A military officer did, indeed, on
Tuesday morning last, terminate his existence, under pe-
culiarly distressing circumstances ! but he was nowise con-
nected with the matrimonial hdveuturer, who, we have
good reason to believe, was really serious in his speculation,
and for whom we can make no better apology, than that
he is a foreigner, and of course net aware of the spirit of
the people among whom he has come to reside.—Edin-
burgh Observer.

MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.--A few days ago a
peg old woman, named CAMPBELL, arrived in town from
Ireland, in search of her sou, when, having assured her-
self of his welfare, they again parted—lie to seek employ-
ment in the country, and she to return home. On Friday
night she lodged in the house of a man named FluaT or
BURKE, a colder, who keeps lodgings in the West Port;
and it being Hallow-eve, the inmates passed several hours
in dancing and drinking. The old woman, it is said, re-
luctantly joined in the revelry. She also partook of the
liquor, and went to sleep on a straw pallet close to BURKE',
own bed. In the course of the night shrieks were heard
t„) procud from the house; but the neighbours gave no
het,' to them, being familiar with such MOlSeti. Next morn-
ing a woman, who chanced to Vi-Sit BURK CS, Saw the stran-
ger lying, apparently a corpse, half covered with straw.—
She made no remark at the time, but in the eveniug a re-
port became current that the ld woman was not only dead,
but that she had cools urZairly by her death, and that her
body had been sold to a public lecturer. lire police were
instantly on the alert, and in a short time four prrsens, in-
cluding BuRKE and his wife, were taken into custody. The
Jy was found on Sunday morning, in the lecture room of
a respectable practitioner, who riot only instantly gave it
op, but expressed his anxiety to facilitate the investigation.
Yesterday the body -.vas examined by several medical men,
lint the result has not tranvilt4.l..—Edintnovh 01,arrcr•

ANNIVERtARY of HARDY'S ACQUITTAL

A revs. table party of lipwardi, of 100 persons
utet to digs at the Golden L'on, Smithfield, yester-
day-, to cow-if-titmice of its being the anniversary of
tl
Th;71.7 Hardy, dritit.g the desperate
iiiijt:oents and which fix-Initial, it will
; acquittalc :ff.
l
be remembered, was followed up by those of lime
Tooke and Thelwall; upon which the Ministry of
that day drew in their horns, and declined offering
any evidence against the other ten persons included
in the charge of constructive treason,
..

At six or'clo'ck the company sat down to dinner,
Mr. Harmer having been unanimoußly called to the
chair; and the seat to his right being occupied by
Mr. Hardy, who has now reached his 7Stit year, and
still looks strong enough and upright enough to be
able to stand another nine hours' speech from Lord
Eldon, who,then officiated in the honourable capa-
city of Attorney-General against the thirteen.
The CitAtam.tx, in rising to propose the first
toast, observed, that it was too often the case that
the toasting of the Chief Magistrate of the kingdom
was made to precede every thing elset'as if the
people had been made for the convenience of the
King, and not tile King for the convenience of the
people.—(Applause).—He did not, for his own
part, approve of such a measure, for he thought that
it conduced as much as any thing to make the people
overlook the circumstance that it was in fact from
them alone that all the power of the Monarch ori-
ginated.—(Applause.)--With this feeling in his
mind, he was glad to find that ae Stewards, who
had undertaken the arrangement of the toasts (and
he was happy to say they were such as he was sure
Would meet with tile general approbation of the
Gentlemen preseyt) had placed as the first toast on
the list, " The Sovereignty of the People," which
he, therefoi e, begged leave to propose to them; and
he trusted that they would drink it with three
times three.

The toast was then drank with the proposed ho-
nours, and received general approbation.
The next toast was " The King, and may he
never forget his own declaration—that the Crown
is only held in trust for the benefit of the people;"
with three times three, and applause.
After some other toasts, Mr. HARMER rose for
the purpose of proposing the health of three patriots
of 1794, who were still moving on the scene of
life; and in having to propose such a toast he expe-
rienced great pleasure. It was now thirty-four
years since one of the most dangerous attempts ever
known had been made to introduce a new interpre-
tation of our laws, and to ratify its introduction by
the spilling of unoffending blood. That attempt, he
was delighted to say, had failed entirely, and he
trusted that they would long continue to celebrate
the anniversary of so fortunate an event. They
were indebted to Lord Eldon for " one cheer more"
and certainly, if his Lordship had had his will in
those days the country would be indebted to him
for" one law more."—(Laughter and applause.)—
Thai law, however, owing to the exertions of Lord
Erskine and the honesty of a British July, had dis-
appeared, and he trusted that one so monstrous
would never again be heard of.—(Applause.)—
When he looked to his friend on his right, Mr.
Hardy, he could not but congratulate him on the
manner in which he bad triumphed over this infa-
mous attempt, and having now survived it for four
and thirty years, he would at least wish him hislife
and health for sixteen to come, that at the end of
that period he might be present to celebrate the
jubilee of his triumph—(Applause)—and a joyous
jubilee they would have of it. In conclusion, Mr.
Harmer begged to propose " the health of Thomas
Hardy, John Thelwall, and John Richter."
This toast was drunk with three times three, and
great applause.
Mr. Titonms PURDY presented himself to the
Meeting, and was greeted with hearty cheers. He
said that he felt most sensibly the honour that they
had just paid him, and after thanking them for the
favour they had conferred, he proceeded to call the
attention of the Meeting to the proceedings of the
London Corresponding Society immediately pre-
vious to the indictments that were laid against so
many of its members in 1794. There was a letter
which he had written to the Rev. Mr. Bryant, of
Sheffield, and which the Attorney-General, Scott
(Eldon), had, on the trial, taken particular occasion
to lament the absence of, which be (Mr. Hardy)
would read to the Meeting, and they should judge
for themselves how far the contents were treason-
able. The letter was to the effect, that being given
to understand that the Rev. Mr. Bryant was a great
enemy to the Slave Trade, the writer had concluded
that he could not be so without having the general
liberties of mankind at heart; presuming on this,
the writer took occasion to detail to him the plan
and progress of the London Corresponding Society,
which had - only then just sprung into being, and
concluded by requesting information from Mr. Bry-
ant, respecting a similar Society which the writer
was informed had just been organised in Sheffield,
and of which he did not doubt the Rev. Gentleman
was a member. (Applause, and cries of " There's
no treason in that.") Mr. Hardy then read to the
Meeting several documents connected with the Lon-
don Corresponding Society of 1794, which certainly
appeared to have any thing but treason for their ob-
ject, and concluded by again returning thanks for the
honour which had been done him. (Cheers.)

Mr. JOHN RICHTER then rose to return thanks.
He had been, he said, a politician for a great num-
ber of years, having begun his career as early as the
year 1787, when the contested Westminster Elec-
tion took place between Lord Hood and Sir Cecil
Wray on the one hand, and Charles Fox on the
other. (Hear.) And he remembered in those days,
that regularly organized mobs were engaged on the
one side, and on the other, for the purpose of carry.
ing on pitched battles in the front of the hustings,.
Westminster Elections, he thanked God, were car-
ried on in a very different manner at present; and
he attributed the great improvement that had taken
place, in the first instance, to those admirable songs
sstiT.ei tett upon enby Charles
the m multitude;
_Dtiitttrirtliien;
andand
iate whichrwalitds
had at
ogrteial
et
e
system of instruction promoted by Mr. Lancaster;
to which might be added, the information afforded
by the London Corresponding Society. (Hear,
hear.) With respect to the indictments of 1791,
he never could make out why he had been 4c) far
favoured as to be included is them ; but all that he
could say on the subject, was, that he had then acted
as he had at that time thought right; and he had
not, since that period, seen any reason for changing
his opinion. (Cheers.) The number of those included
in the Government indiennents was thirteen, for
which reason they had been by some compared to
Jesus Christ and his twelve Apostles—(A laugh)—
but, at all events, if such were the case, this at least
he would say, that there was no Jndas among them.
(Loud cheers.)—Since that time great changes had
taken place—such as he certainly had thought he
never should have lived to witness; the people were
daily advancing in knowledge—liberty was making
rapid strides—and only let his Grace of Newcastle,
the Lord Bexley, and the Lord Kenyon, keep writ-
ing on, and the triumph would be complete; while,
by the way, he would just take that opportunity of
saying, concerning the Duke of Nesvraele, that there
was more treason in the letter he had published,
than in the whole of the Correspondence of the
London Corresponding Society,
ever produced.—(Loud
Society, or of any other
society the metropolis
applause.)—While speaking on the course of improve-
meat he had lately xvitnessed, he must take the
li-
berty of referring toe dinner at which he had been pre_
sent on last Mondas(Mr. Shell's), and at which he
had heard more real eloquence, more sound logic,
and
iet o
tntor, eitherepow werfiutlhn o
reasoning,
withoutioiint h
tan hlev,litit ever lis-
itsd
of
paru
a-
Neut.—
(Cheers.)—Of Mr. Sheill he could sav that
he bad listened to him with the greatest pleasure,
nor could he even admit that it answered to Cob-
beet's account of it, when he talked of Sheil's vomit-
ing out his saliva (cheers) he would not have al-
luded to this abuse, but that many of the company
might have read a fresh attack in the Morning
Paper of that day, or might have to read one in the

IN

,
Courier of that evening,--(Applause.)—lle •
wands by saying he was happy to see the great
and happy change, which had taken place L.h
time; and whether or not he might lire lb ) ea.-a
more to :see the jubilee of the acquittal of the pa-
triots, he could not say, but he trasted to sea the
day when the reformation in public opinion, which
had been so leng going on, would be completed, slid
then he would die content, and say " Now, Lord
lgt thy servant depart in peace, for mine eves
seen, thy salvation." Mr. Richer then sat el owe,
amid the general cheers of the Meeting.
The CHAIRMAN, after having given the " Purity
of Trial by Jury," proposed the health of " Benja.-
min Flower."
Mr. FLOWER returned thanks. He said be had
not attended their meetings for twenty years, but
his heart was always with them. In the year l'af4-,
when he conducted the Cambridge Intelligencer,
he was transported with joy at the news of
the acquittal of Hardy, looke and Tbelwall ;
and headed the, account of the trial with -the
largest letters that his office afforded. They owed
that entirely to Trial by Jury, and it was their
duty to impress this on their children, and on their
ehildrens' children, that this was the only means
preserving inviolate their civil, political, and religiow:.
liberties. That day was celebrated for three great
events—the landing of King William at the com-
mencement of the i'tevolution, the Gunpowder Plot,
and the acquittal of those men in whose honour they
had met. He looked upon all those as great events.
He rejoiced in the Revolution, end only regretted
that the principles from which it took its rise had
not been more closely adhered to. He was a Cluis•
flan, he was proud to say so, and the principles of
the great Founder of their religion, which he re-
joiced to follow, were equality for all, and good will
to mankind. The speaker, after a few remarks in a
siwilir strain, concluded by thanking them for drink-
ing his health, and proposed " The Liberty of the
Press."

There then followed the health! of—" Sir Franci4
Burdett"—" The Founders of the American Re-
public," amongst whom was the name of Thomas

Mr. GALLowAr expressed the benefit be had de-
rived from belonging to the Corresponding Society in
the year 1794. He described that Society as a po-
litical school. He had lately been congratulated by
some friends that he was not as violent as he used
formerly to be; but the fact was, not that he wa,k;
less violent (for he was more so), but that the Pub-
lic mindliad advanced, awd that those individual-,
who had congratulated him had themselves received
the benefit of improvement in the knowledge of
their rights.
Mr. VVOOEER, ,dter a few prefatory observations,
in which he'expreieed the obligations he was under
to Mr. Harmer, proposed that gentleman's health,
which was drank with great applause.
Mr. HARMER returned thanks, and observed, that
though his professional duties did not enable him to
attend much to politiCal subjects, yet, on every op-
portunity that offered itself, he• had stood forward as
the advocate of Ihe,,,Fights of man.
Several i9aascb rrer• drfank,. , and the convi.
vialitY of did gee t rig was kept np till a late hoar.

SPORTING INTELLIti ENCE.

HUNTING INTIILLIGIINCE.
ATTOINTDIENTS 10K 711Lii

Tile Brighton Harriers, 011 Fridays, near the 11*
Mazda:vs at Patch= ; and Wedsies4taym, u.wer the Bare
Coarse

Mr. Freeman's Harrier, on Friday, at Ginge Furze ;
:ad Satarday, at the Cross Reads, Rod, Farm ; at eleven.
The Gransden gorauls, au Ft iday, at .BartansWand,
at tea.

His Majesty's Sing-koartie, en Prickly, at likvialert at
half-peet ten.
The Hohne Barriers, en Friday, on Claatd°4 Dowoe.
The Sinnington Fox-hounds, on Friday, at Kirkdalo
Wath ; at ten.
Sir T. Sykes's Pox-V °wads, on Friday, at Langton, at ten.
The Boronghbridge Harrier, on Friday, three mks en
the York Road ; at half-past ten.
The York City Harriers, on Friday, at Knapton,
half-past ten. •
The Illackatoor Vale Hounds, on Friday, tit Tersarit'l
Wood.

The Surrey Harriers, oe Saturday, at Sandersteed.
'The Northumberland Fox-hontula, en Saturday, Et
Netherwitton ; at ten.

GREAT FOOT RACE- AT CHESTER.
A rase which has excited extraoriiiniry 'intereee in this
neighbourhood, was decided. on the Race Goatee on ;Won-
day, between West, one of Lord Grosvenor's footmen. aui
Lewis, better known as the Antelope, from the neigbboor,
hoed of Delamere Forest. It was for 1001. aside; the
distance 160 yards, West is a fine athletic young man,
measuring nearly six feet; Lewis is mut•.h shoi ter and vers
slender. Both virties were sanguine, and betting was'.
even at starting. The distance was run ill 1a
West winning by a little more than the diameter of biA
person. Many thousand persons were ccilectetl:tc wit Lits the:
race, end the disappointment of Lewis's friends, vrho ivtd.
come to town in great numbers, is more ea,ily conceived
than described. Much money was won and lost.