The Sun.
London, England, 1820-11-22 00:00:00

1" 0 E T R Y.

SONNET.
TO PRINCE HOARE, ESQ.*

BY JOHN TAYLMR, EiQ.

No wonder Hoaas that thy congenial mind
Should prompt thee GRANVILLE'S merits to proclaim,
GRANVILLE whose deeds demand historic fame,
GRANVILLE the friend of freedom and mankind.
From early youth Ambition he resign'd,
Benevolence through life his ardent aim ;
A life so pure e'en Malice could not blame,
As in thy Record of its course we find.
Nu wonder then that Record came from thee,
Since kindred merits mark thine own career,
As warm fur Virtue, and frirm blame as free,
As firm in rectitude, to friends as dear,
And mouths of wisest censure" t all agree
To laud thy talents and thy worth revere-
* Vide Memoirs of the late GRANVILLE SHARP, Esq. by
this Gentleman, a Work eoually honourable to its Subject
and its Author.-—t Othello.

PROGRAMME OF PROCESSION
FROM H4MMERSIIIITII TO W,Y7'

MOTH ER WOOD
On a Charger, in a White Sheet, supported by a
CORNISH MINER,
His Absolute Wisdom in panoply of Brass Armour.
SIX VIRINS,
With Untrimmed Lamps, from Lisle-street.
COUNTESS WHOLE DAY.
ST. AUSTIN.
COUNT WHOLE NIGHTS.
FELLOWES
In black; hearing. Two Old Shoes on crossed Bitoomsticks,
instead of a Crueifix; to represent the soles of deceased
Bet gamic Ancestors.
A CARATELh.I,
With the Curtains drawn, and an Outrider.
JANE SHORE,
Supposed to be inside the Caratella, but unattended, as she
is to leave her Vices behind her'.
Lamplighters ; Bill-stickers;
Patron Saints and Saintesses, in Open Landaus, from St
Bartholomew's, St. Luke's, St. Giles's, St. Catherine's, &c.
I3LACK GUARDS.
Nymphs of the Loci: Convalescent Wald, to fall in, or fal
oat, at Hyde Park Corner.
Nymphs of King's Place, to fall in at Charing-Cross.
Admiring Crowds,judiciously interspersed with Pickpockets
to show the advantages of a
PUBLIC PRESS ! ! !

I. G. N.

THE THEATRE.—The new Farce, entitled, A
Wild Goose Chace, brought forward last night at
Drury-lane Theatre, is, as may be inferred from
its name, a composition of ludicrous extravagance.
The plot turns upon the stratagem of Szoiftsure
(HARLEM), to carry off Maria (Miss SMITHSON),
a rich Heiress, to Gretna Green, the pursuit of
her Guardian Stumps (GATTIE), the treachery
of Captain Flank (ItussELL), and the humours of
Jack Pigtail (MUNDEN), an old Tarpaulin, turn-
ed Tobacconist. These and other parties arrive
at Gretna Green, where Flank's treachery is
punished in a marriage by mistake with Dolly
Pigtail, and Srojftsure with Maria. This piece is
ascribed to Mr. THEODORE HOOK, who is fer-
tile in such compositions. It is full of bustle
and is very diverting altogether, and will be
more so when some of the heavier scenes are
omitted, and the plot rendered less intricate
towards the conclusion. It was well supported
by the Performers, and experienced some opposi-
tion, which, however, was overpowered by a
great majority of the audience.

LORD BERESFORD.—The following is a copy
of.a Letter addressed by his Lordship to the
Editor of The Morning Chronicle :
" SIR.—In your Paper of the Ist inst. you in-
serted a Letter, that you stated to have been
written by me to the actual Government in Por-
tugal; and in that, as in some succeeding Pa-
pers, you have thought fit to make your own ob-
servations on that letter, and what is said to be an
answer to it; and though yon must have been
convinced from the contradiction given by The
Courier Paper, to the authenticity of the letter
in question, that it, as well as the answer, were
fabrications, you have not so informed the Pub-
lic, which, I think, common justice required of
you. I have also seen other papers and assertions
respecting me in your publications, and indeed in
some others, which are entitled to the same
degree of credit as the letter and answer that
have called so much of your attention; and those
who furnish such information, I see, threaten to
bring forth more, which there can be no difficulty
in doing, as those who have so impudently de-
ceived the Public already, will not find much
compunction of conscience in having again re-
course to the same manufactory that fabricated
the letter and answer, whether in Portugal or
England. But the Public have now a criterion
by which to judge of what may hereafter
be produced. To avoid touching on the present
state of things hi Portugal, I shall not enter
into further particulars, and shall conclude by
requesting that, for the information of the Pub-
lic there as well as here, you will do me the
tardy justice to state in your Paper, that the
letter and answer are fabrications, of which
I had no knowledge, and I trust those other
periodical works or papers, that may have in-
serted them in their Numb'rs, will equally
insert this refutation. Nothing would have in-
duced me thus to address you, but that you have
showed an unwillingness to be convinced by any
less direct authority.
I remain, Sir, your humble Servant,
" London, Nov. 19, MO. " BERESFORD."

ILLEGAL CONSTAULEST-It appears that seve-
ral men have lately been charged at Bow-
street, with fraudulently assuming the Constable's
staff, though themselves reputed thieves, who
consequently took part with suspected thieves
while affecting to preserve the peace. Per-
sons of the respective names of Driscoll and
Diall have been detected in this guise, and also
one Ryan. The latter was observed to be
most officious during the late distressing con-
flagration in Drury-lane, which caused such
damage in the adjoining courts; and he was
taken up, together with Diall, near Knights-
bridge Barracks, when an Address was proceed-
ing to the Queen at Brandenburgh House.
Driscoll was deprived of his pretended staff, and
turned out of the Office. These sham constables
were unable to endure the ordeal of examination
when brought before the Magisterial bench•