The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-02 00:00:00

FASHIONS FOIL SEPTEMBER.

(From the British Lady's illagaziae far Sepiember:)

EVENING DRESS.
The hair quite plain ‘xith tiara. sonle of pearls; India
book muslin dress over a white satin Slip, anti hruad vandyke
round the hosoai, the bottom or trail) of the dress four iolaits
fulling of nuislin, and four plaits of broad lace; blue hid
shoes and glui•es.

FULL DRESS.
• Shoulder plaiting of striped gauze edged with white and
lilac.fritige, two rows of plaiting and net, with lilac fulling;
Medusa cap of blonde net, s,erpentine lilac trimming; plait-
ing of net under the 'chin, which, is worn with or without a
lappet.

HATs.--rLegliorn bonnets, gypsy-shaped; turned up a little
in front, the crown not so high as last month, richly trimmed
with silk gatyes,and dee'orated profusely with dowers. Pearls
and Parisian bats shaped like the above, and with similar or-
naments, are also north in vogue.
Konya.—A white fine muslin robe, cut lower in the nen
than last month; the body welted, and the bottom profusely
trimmed. Shoes or boots bronze-colour, and coloured- kid
gloves.
Fine figured tissurd gauzes of earions.Colotirs, short full
sleeves; not worn so low in the neck as last month, but riehl
embroidered at bottom with roses. White satin shoes, ati
French kid gloves.
PELtssEs AND SPENCEII.S.—These decorations of the British
Fair have not the sleeves so fully trimmed as lately, and the
prevailing colours are lilac and Prussian blue.

BRIGHTON, SEPT. I.—The return of the PRINCE
REGENT to the Pavilion will be looked for about
the lOth of the present month, if not earlier,
though it is impossible to speak with accuracy on
that subject. The weather during the greater part
of the last week was turbulent and very damp ;
the rides and walks, consequently, lost their at-
tractions, and filled as the houses are with elegant
guests, the town at intervals has been made to as-
sume but a dreary and desolate appearance. The
Duke of Yogic, repulsive as were the elements to
on exercises, has pursued, as usual, his ram-
bles about the place. On Friday the Royal Duke,
accompanied by his Aide-de-camp, Col. CooKE,
paid a visit to Lord GEORGE CAVENDISH, at East-
bourne, where he remained the night, and return-
ed to the Pavilion on Saturday. •

BATTLE or ALGIERS.—On Wednesday the an-
niversary of this glorious battle, obtained by Lord
Exmotirx and his gallant associates, was cele-
brated by a splendid dinner at Whitten's Royal
Hotel, at Plymouth, given by time several Captains
and Officers at that port, who shared in the me-
morable assaults of that auspicious day. Upwatds
Of sixty sat down to it, among whom were Rear-
Admiral Sir Israel Peliew, Captain fellow, of the
Guards, Captains \Vise, C. B. (President) Saun-
ders, Symons-, Denman, Parson, Mould, Richards,
and Howell ; Lieutenants Soady, M‘Dougal,
Mainly, Holhurton, Parker, Caswell, Symons,
Gray, Waterhouse, &c. Royal Na% y ; Liewenant-
Colonel Vallack (Vice-PresiC:ent), Majors Eng-
lish and &ince, Lieutenants Fat met, Clark,
Bonce, Mallard, Kendal, and White, Royal Ma-
riner : Rev. Mr. Beatie, Doctors Parker, Hamil-
ton, and Adamson ; Messrs. Va es and Vivian,
Pursers ; and Messrs. Church, Robertson, Ben-
son, Parlby, and other Midshipmen of the Supo 1),
besides several Clhcers of the 90th Regiment.

The Queen of SVAIN was delivered of a (laugh-
ter can the 21st ult.

Prince ESTERHAZY and the Hon. Mr. and Mrs.
DRUMMoND BURRELL left town yesterday for
Grimsthorpe Castle, on a visit to Lord GwYDnit
and Ladd XVILLotiGHBY.

The 'Juke of LEF.ns- is expected to leave town
in a few days, for his seat in Yorkshire.

'1 he venerable Earl ST. VINCF.NT is now on a
Visit to Meaford Hall, Staffordshire (the place
of his nativity) the seat of his Lordship's nephew,
E. J. RICKETS, Esq.
Lady Howa, we are sorry to state, lies danger-
misty ill at her seat at Twickenham. (-DEORGE
BYNG, Esq. M. P. her nephew, was sent for ex-
press yesterday, from his seat in Herts.
JOHN EDWARDS, Esq. having retired from the
contest for the represetstation of the ennot'y of
Glamorgan, Sir CH liISTOPHER COLE, K. C. B. will
'be returned wi.hout opposition.
There is no truth in the report that Mr. C.
KEMBLE has quitted Covent-Garden Theatre,
and the Managers would he silly, indeed, volunta-
rily to part with the best general Actor now on
the Stage. They ought rather to engage his wife,
who is likewise the best general Actress that the
Stage can boast, and yet she is suffered to remain
idle ! ! There is " something rotten in the state
of Denmark."

INES'S STEPHENS and SINCLAIR have had a good
season, and have made a very profitable harvest in
Scotland. Their last performance was at Glasgow,
The new Farce of Fire and Water has an allu-
sion to the Chimney Sweepers, speaking with laud-
able sympathy on their sufferings. The sentiment
always excites such warm applause that we hope
the custom of empluyiog the unfortunate boys in so
lamentable a calling will at length be abolished.
MADAME SAQUI.—At ASTLEY'S Amphitheatre,
last night, this Lady made her first appearance
this season, being engaged for a few nights :
however great her performances have been at the
Gardens, she last night astonished the audience
by her wonderful and inimitable exertions on the
'fight Rope ; she has not recourse to tl►e pole,
which is customary upon those occasions, but ac-
tually performed all her extraordinay teats with-
out the aid or assistance of any balance ; she even
ascended into the gallery, and on t►er conclusion
was greeted with the unanimous plaudits of one
of the most numerous assemblages of elegant
couwany that ever graced a Theatre even at the
fitst price the House overflowed to excess.

It is said that the Contractor has lately received
a great many Orders from the Country, for Two
Tickets of the.same Number, the parties catculat-
ing that such an opportunity of obtaining a Capi-
tal of 40,0001. in a Lottery containing ouly 2,900
Numbers will neverlagain uccur.

'OETit V.

. P:1:1,-;CY ,
Irritlcn in, byniy-/.nitre Theatre.
A pa.Ro,pv.
!'he prompter rings the Jolty curtai3 down,
aodieNce leave the, pit with glee,
Homemir4 .tviws.ret,irn the weary town,
And leave the house to emptily-25s and me.

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Now failes each glinnu'ii:it; c radle on the -sight,
And thro' the air a smoky silence reigns..
Save where some lobby hero sueiss the, tight,
And bravely gets a beating !'or his pain :

Save that to scarce I'iazia-hautiOu4 +locks ;
The owiliog watchm4o Outs iu ()a:us. cala;dain,
Of such as, wantrrin4 near his secret lwx,
'ith cia,nutir Imo! intrude on his domain.

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Their parte per farni'd behind the curtain's shade,
Where stretch the •een,7: in in:illy a motlei heap,
Each in his linriible ladgiag- quiet laid,
The churus singing, trite securely sleep. •

Th.e summons of rehearsal bringing morn,
.tk prompter whisji'ring from his wooden shed;
The trumpet, hautboy, clarimiet and hurn, ,
Shaft rouse each man to-morrow from his bed.

And yet for them no opera pours its rhyme ;
No loud encore rewards their cv'uing care;
No Children inn to hail their pantomime;
Or crowd the timt the envied laugh to shale.
As sailors oft they hail'd Britannia's shore;
As forty thieves they spurn'd the Sultan's yoke;
'lheir,•sioulders oft Peruvian. Rolla•bore ;
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Flow how'd their heads when mighty Illuebeard spoke!

I:et riot tragedians moek their useful toil,
Their russet limits, by hundreds worn before;
Nor fashion hear with a disdainful stuile,
Tim lutsly annals of our Thespian carps.

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Tite.tlice of Beverly., the straw of Lear;
.Ind all that Haiulet, all that Machethgave,
In the fifth act coticlude their high career—
For tragic glory leads but to the grave.

Nor ,you, rich actor, lay on these the blame;
If their poor names no daily journals raise,
Where, tiro' the long-drawn column, bent on fame,
The Editor resounds the note of praise.

Can studied puffs an actar's fame decide,
Or to a. throne a suite attendant carry,?
Can praise give pow'rs that nature has denied,
Or make Beau Clucker equal to Sir Hurry ?

Perhaps in these neglected ranks has stray'd , .
Some swelling husom fraught with tragic Care ;
Tongues that Othello's vengeance might have stay'd;
Or base lago prov'd a living liar

But author's to their eyes their ample plays,
Rich in fine acting parts, did never bring ,
The manager repress'd their mental blaze,
And pent them up in ChUrUbSeS to sing.
Of sonnetteees full many a rhyming moan,
The monthly magazines unread contain;
Full many a joke is cut, to die unknown, ,
Lust in the echoing dome of Drury-Lane.

Some unknown Garrick with advenerous wing
Clipp'd by the shears of want and melanch;ly; •
Some low inglorious Braham here may sing,
Soave Betty guiltless of a nation's folly !
Th' applause of word'ring boxes to attract,
Their face engray'd in public shops to boast,
T'.ensure a full box4took whenc'er they act,
And read their history in the Morning Post.

Their lot forbad ; not drcumscrib'd alone
Their growing talents, but their faults unseen,
T' omit the ;rithor's jest, insert their own,

Or woo the boxes while they slight the scene.
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By mummery the Sri iter's text to hide,
Their influence o'er the gall'ries to boast,
Or mar the play, and decimy deride,
With nonsense plirchas'il at tlit muses cost.

Far from the rattling squares and fashion's sport,
Their small finances-rather bade them stay,
Irt Kusseli-street, Long-acre, Martlet-court,
Convenient spots, contiguous to the play !
Yet e'en these names from T.ethe to protect
Sonic lengthen'd play-bill still erected there;
With letters of all sorts and sizes deck's),
Implores the passing tel of a stare.
For who, to careless nonehalence a prey,
Of self importance never gave one hint—
Pass'd idly by the red bills of the day,
Nor cast one look to see himself in print !
Ambition in our mimic stage wilt rise ;
Truman survives when Barnwell yields hisbre ath,
Emilia raves when Desdemotia dies;
The bleeding Captain emulates Macbeth.
For thee %%);o, mindful of thy brethren dead,
Dost in these lines their useful toils relate,
If, chance by curiosity misled,
Some gentle critic shall inquire thy fate,
Haply the Leader of the Band may say,
Oft have I seen hint standing there aloof,
Eager to write, as well as act, a play.
' And wooing ll:Zebus frowning on the roof.
Fronting the audience in a double mode,
' Muttering his dialogue, now brisk, nose sad,
Sometimes as actor tolerably good,
" Always, as bard, intolerably bad.
One night they hiss'd him in the accustom'd scene,
' I thought the play was darun'd, ah, woe is Me !
Another came, with scarce a pause between,
'('hey hiss'd again—in doleful plight was he !
' The third with dirges due in sad array,
The proMpter's sheep-bell rang our poet's knell;
' Approach and read (none else will read) the play,
It not, the epilogue may do as well.'

THE EPILOGUE.
Here rest's his head upon the prompter's shelf,
A bard to wisdom and to wit unknown,
Thalia SMlrd not on the scribbling elf,
But gentle dulness mark'd bitu for her own.
Coy from his snit the Muses turned away,
A day in London ill his toil requites ;
He gave the town—'twas all he hail—a play;
The town denied his only wish—nine niglits!
No further seek his writings to deride,
Nor try to mend wtat sentiment has marr'd,
Obliyitm;s rtiil his comedy shall hide,
Acid shroud in night the actor and the bard.

A mong thesea visitors at Plymouth the last week
are, the Right Hon. Geohoe HOSE, 6ir A tvotrEw
SNAPE HAMMOND, and Mr. STURGES BOURNE,
M. P., who arrived here in the Trinity yacht from
Portsmouth on Sunday last. On Tuesday the
party dined with Commissioner SHIELD, on Wed•
nesday with the Earl of MOUNT EDGCUMtIE, and
the following day departed for Cherbourgh.—
Thirty-five years have elapsed since Mr. ROSE Vi-
sited this port. The alterations and improvements
luting the interval, in the three towns and arse-
nal, with the breakwater, chapd, &c. powerfully
excited his admiration.—(Plymouth Telegraph
We are much concerned to hear that Lord Vis-
MUM BORINGDON, who, in'June last, accompanied
the Earl and ColiotessofMormitY on their excursion
to the Continent, had the misfortune about a month
ago, in the neighbourhood of Paris, to swallow
large ear of corn, which, by producing a violent
coughing; ruptured a considerable vessel of the
lungs. For some slays his life was considered in
danger, but he k now much better, and if he re-
covers•snfficiently, in time to undertake the jour-
ney before winter, lie will probably proceed with
the Earl and Countess to Naples, or the South of
France, for Iris entire 're-establishment. Lord
BoathoDoN has just entered his twelfth. year.