The Sun.
London, England, 1820-12-28 00:00:00

CAMBRIDGE..

The Examinations at St. John's College closed
on "Wednesday5 when the following Gentlemen
obtained the honour of the FIRST CLASS :-
Berkett, G. SiMpSollf Cal nal, Taylor,
Mr. Smith, North, Geraud, Fruit, [l. Jarrat and
son, a: j.] Gage, May.
SEcoNli YEA 11.---Jt,Erevs, Mason, Cooper, Mr. Hamilton,
Stephenson, (Crick and -Welstiy; mq.) Howurtli, C. Lutwidge,
G. W. Birkett, Milntr, Serjeant, Wharton, [Lard H. Kerr
and \V. Wilson, a q ] F. G. Smith, [Manton and Hum), wq
(Jackson anal lt. Wilson i mg..] Williams, Lawson,-Bai)bridge.•
Frusr YE4h, arranged according to their order •on the
hourd.r.—Mr. Fielder, Mr. M6Call, 'Mr. Beaumont, Mr. Vil-
liers, Pcckniore, S. Lutwidge, Dcaken,, Dock, Cowling,
Pyne,- Foster, H. Heberden, Crawford,' Wyrin,' T. Benson,
Wells, Pearl, T. Lewis,' Longfirld, Carrigan, Bromilow,
Dighton, ltaddock, Osborne, Wed4rwood, 'l'. Brown, W. A.
Dunderdale,. Steele, Parry, Vyryian, Donne, Picker-
ing, Miller,- Bowstead, T. Harrison, -Daman, Coleridge,
Francis, W. Clay,'Burrouglis. Garton, Cape, Ferris, Daniel,
W. B. Smith, Place, Hepper, Harris, Laticit, Richmond,
:Marriott, Holmes, Hair.

THE THEATRE.—The dramatic Romance of
Pizarro introduced Mr. VANDENHOFF last night,
at Covent-Garden Theatre, in the character of
'Rolla. 'We have already given our opinion of
this Performer, and we do not see any reason to
recant it. He is a very respectable Actor, but
he certainly does not rise to the summit of excel-
lence. He is a natural and judicious Performer,
and always appears to have carefully studied the
character which he is to represent; hence, if he
displays no striking or ptominent merit, his per-
formance never offends.—Some of his tones, last

night, reminded us of the choleric vehemence of
his Lear, which certainly did not correspond
with the calm but determined heroism of Rolla,
softened too as he is by his unsuccessful pas-
sion, yet unaltered regard, for Cora. He was as
Well received as could be expected, amidst the
general turbulent anxiety for the new Panto-
mime. Mrs. BUNN'S Elvira was very animated,
and Mrs. FAUCIT'S Cora by no means uninterest-
ing.—There was a numerous audience.
Mr. YOUNG is performing-at the Bath Theatre.
He appeared last week in Brutus and Lear.
The Theatre in Anthony-street, New York,
at which Mr. KEAN commenced an engagement
on the '29th last, holds upwards of 1,000 dollars,
about 2501. .

The Dublin 'Theatre will not open for some
weeks.—'Miss BOOTU is gone to Belfast, where
she performs in the interval.
The receipts at MISS BYRNE'S benefit, on
Tuesday the 19th, in Dublin, were nearly 3001.
which was considerably more than the house
could contain at the regular prices. Great num-
ber.; went away disappointed, finding the house
full. _ _

ANECDOTE.-Sir G ODFREY KNELLER, the chief
Portrait Painter of his day, displayed so much
vanity in constantly speaking in praise of his
own genius and works, that he was constantly
also the butt of ridicule among his friends.—
POPE was one day walking through Sir GOD-
FREY'S Picture Gallery, and at length, being
surfeited with the Painter's egotistical vanity, he
sneeringly said, " It is a pity, Sir GODFREY,
that you were not consulted at the Creation."—
Sir GonratY, who did not want readiness at a
repartee, looking at the chief deformity in the
Poet's shape, drily answered, "Why, if I had, I
should have made some things better."
SEMIRAMIS, the Queen of Ethiopia, had all the
windows of her Palace darkened, that she might
the better indulge herself in her amours.—There
was at least some sense of decoruin in her licen-
tiousness, and the example ought to be held forth
to correct the habits of people with similar pro..
pensities in every rank and condition. s
The recently-discovered planet Vesta may now
be perceived with a telescope .of a moderate
power in the constellation Cancer; it appears
like a star of the fifth or sixth magnitude.

An antique silver vase, coutainin& a number
of coins of the reigns of JAMES and CHARLES
was dug up last week by a labourer, at High
Escall, in Shropshire, and also two gold rings.

LITERARY SHOEMAKERS.—The fraternity of
shoemakers have, Illirpeeionably,
.given rise to some charac•
tern sf worth and genius. The late Mr. Holeroft was origi-
nally a slMemaker—his dramatic pieces must 'rank among
the best of those on the English stage. Robert Bloom
held wrote his poem of " the Farmer's Boy," while em-
played at this business; and
,Dr. William Carey, professor
of !;anscrit and Bengalee, at the college of Fort William.
Calcutta, and the able and indefatigable translator of the
Scriptures into many of the eastern languages, was in early
life a shoemaker in IN:orthamptonshire. The present Mr. Gif
ford, the translator of duvtinal,.and the supposed Editor oldie
" Quarterly Review," spent sonic of his early days in leant-
,lng the " cttaft. and mystery" of a shaemaker, as 'he tells
us.-iu one of the most interesting pieces of auto-biography
ever penned, and prefixed to his nervous and elegant version
of the great Roman satirist.
ANTIQUIIIES.—The workmen of Mr. STEVENS,
surveyor, of Bury St. Edmunds, whilst ridsing gravel in the
hill, near the -Priory, have discovered at a small depth
front the sot face of the eatth the skeletons of twenty-
(out human bodies, of rather gigantic size, but in every re-
spect-perfect. Numerous persons have been to slew them,
and it is supposed they are a part of the bodies slain in
the bloody battle fought on that spot during the reign of
Henry 11. and when the differences existed between .that
Monarch and his son, when to aid the latter the Earl of Lei-
; rester was marching through Fornh:tm, from Framlinghain.
with an immense army of Flemings (principally artificers and
ere), lint were attacked-by the King's troops, who dis-
persed them in an instant, and put 10,000 of them to the
sooril, and took their Commander prisoner This enga4c-
mem took place in the year 117,1, upwards of GOO years since,
and floe teeth in these skeletiwa were found extremely white
and perfect.
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