The Sun.
London, England, 1821-08-17 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING, &c.

DEAL, Avo. 16.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived azd sailed for
the River the Clitus, Hinton, from Pernambuco ; Lively ;
and Heroine, Dwarris, from Jamaica. Came down from the
River and remain the Scaleby Castle, Newall, for China ;
Magnet, Grant, for Sierra Leone; John Howard, Sniith, for
Quzitec ; La Bonne Henri4tte, Pontif, for Rotten; -and Joiyn,
for New South Shetland. Sailed the Lavinia, Brook, for
Hamburgh.

I,IARWICH, AUG. I6.—Arrived the Leicester packet, with a
mail, from Holland.
PoitTsmuTtr, AUG: 16..—Wind W.—Arrived the Lady
11Tertington, from ,Havannah; and Richard, from Havre.—
his Majesty's ships Martin and Rose for Spithead, from
.4arbour ; and Sir Francis Baring, Wishart, for the
Westward.

COWES, AUG. 16.--Arrived• the Sir Francis Baring,
Wishart, from London for Valparaiso, leaky, and will be
docked. .

THE THEATRES.

HA YMA KET.--Rise and Fail, Bombastcs Fa-
rioso, and Musing made Easy, were the enter-
tainments at this Theatre last night, and they
all went off with great applause. A fire. having
happened in the neighbourhood, and-reaching
the ears of some of the audience,"` much alarm
was excited lest it had broken out in the
Theatre ; but Mr. TERRY came forward imme-
diately, and assuring the audience that it was
at a distance from the Theatre, removed all fears,
and .restored tranquillity.
ENGLISH OPEr.A-IlousE.---A very amusing and
pathetic melo-drame, entitled The Miller's Maid,
was represented for the first time last night at
this theatre. The following is a brief outline of
the plot :

The Miller's Maid (Miss KELLY), the adopted child of,the
Miller (BARTLEY), the pride of the village, and acuongskathers,
has captivated by her Charms the hearts of Giles
(EMERY and T. P. COOKE), two of the Miller's men. A
deadly strife is contemplated by the two lovers before either will
abandon the treasure of his hopes, and Phoebe is colilpelled to
snake her selection of the two. Her choice falls upon George;
which heightens the passion of her other lover, until mixed up
with jealousy, it almost becomes prenzy, and leads him on to
imagine the most desperate designs. He is relieved from this
state, however, by the discovery that George and Pheebe are
brother and sister, and his heartonce more becomes the scat of
hope. But this is not lasting, for the return of an old soldier,
the supposed father of the two, discovers that only one was his
child in reality, and the other by adoption. Here the revenge-
ful passions of Giles again tturst out, until by the kindness
and persuasion of Phoebe, the better feelin,gs of a rough but
honest heart prevail, and he resigns her to the husband of her
choice.

The piece admits of much retrenchment, par-
ticularly in the stories related by the Miller
(BARTLEY) and other characters; and if it were
not for the humour of HA ar,Er, we should wish
his character (Natty) to 'be wholly omitted. It
is extravagant and silly to an extreme. But his
excellent acting served as a relief to the grave
and melancholy incidents of the piece. It was
altogether admirably supported by the per-
formers, and sanctioned for repetition by the
warm applause of a very numerous audience.
The musical farce of Two Wives was repeated
with great success.