The Sun.
London, England, 1827-06-16 00:00:00

HAYMARKET THEATRE.

This attractive little Theatre, opened last night for the
season, with Mr. John Reeve, as the celebrated Paul Pry.
To say that he equals Liston in this character, would be
doing injustice to both parties : for the part is peculiarly
fitted for Liston, both with regard to its mental and physical
features. His humour, however, was'very rich, and his
conception of the character full as correct as that of his
great prototype. After the Comedy, a new lively little In-
terlude was produced, entitled All's Right, or the Old
School-fellow, in which Laporte made hits appearance in
the character of " Mr. Cool," a gentleman of infinite sang
froid and assurance. It was highly and delervedly suc-
cessful.

THE THAMES TUNNEL.--(THIS DAY.)--
It is with satisfaction we state that the mean. adopted to
stop the second aperture have been completely successful,
and that as soon au the raft shall have been prepared, will
be again sunk, in order to afford additional protection to
the workmen, in the further preservation of this undertak-
ing. The water in the shaft and Tunnel has been drawn
out to an extent sufficient to permit a minute inspection
of the brickwork this morning, and it has been found un-
injured, although exposed for so long a time to the action
of the tide. The 'vertical pressure of water in each square
foot at high tide, is equal to twenty cwt., and that the
clay, &e. thrown overboard, is sufficient to bear thiszreat
pressure is evinced by the fact, that no increase of
water is now experienced in the Tunnel on the flow of
the tide. It is fully expected by Mr. Brunel, that, in the
course of a few days, the work will be again resumed.
ROWING MATCH.—The annual rowing-
match for Mr. KEAN'S wherry took place yesterday. The
signal given by Mr. KEAN, who was in an eight-oared
galley, was given
at four o'eloek, by firing a pistol. Seven
boats were placed for the first heat. The heat was very se-
verely, and very equally contested, until the boats reached
Lawn Cottage, opposite to which a boat was moored,
round which they turned. For the second, and final heat,
the three first boats in the former heat started. It did not
afford so much sport as the first, as the boats were repeat-
edly fouled, as it is termed, and considerable confusion en-
sued in consequence. It was won, with some difficulty,
by JAS. PARISH and JOHN MAYNARD, who wore light-
blue colours; they were consequently declared entitled to
the wherry. The company on the river was very nu-
merous. The wherry (containing the winners) was this
morning.carried in procession, on the shoulders of about 30
watermen, to Mr. KmArr's- lodgings in the Adelphi. The
watermen then gave him three times three cheers, the band
playing, " See the conquering hero comes."
Sir W. Congrere, Bart. one of our represen-
tatives in Parliament, has expressed his intention to vacate
his seat, and Sir George Cockburn, we hear, intends to
offer himself as a candidate for the representation, which,
rumour says, will be strongly contested by a gentleman of
this neighbourhood, who is already connected with the cor-
porate body, and well known to the inhabitants.--Pli-
mouth Journal.

THE CHART OF HEALTH.---We have re-
ceived a Chart three feet long by two broad, entitled the
" Chart of Health," which gives an account of no less
than BO diseases (enough to satisfy the most unreasonable
conscience), together with as many modes of prevention
and cure. We are much pleased with this idea; it de-
serves to be hung up on the wall of every cottage in the
kingdom, and will, we doubt not, if judiciously cir-
culated, make as many hypochondriacs as a professed
treatise on Medicine. An honest farmer, for instance,
who has indulged somewhat abundantly in the dietetic
luxuries of fat beans and bacon, discovers in the simplicity
of his heart that he has merely occasioned indigestion ; on
referring to the " Chart of Health," however, he finds out
to his infinite
.satisfaction that he has got " distension of
the stomach, flatulent eructations, general debility, aver-
sion to motion, dejection of spirits, acrid eructation, heart-
burn, costiveness, and diarrhcea!" to cure which he must
instantly have recourse to " magnesia and chalk." This
is one striking benefit resulting from what is called the
" march of mind :" for our own parts we hold with
GRAY, that

" Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise."
THE MAGISTRACY.—We learn with great
pain, upon the authority of the Catholic Papers, that the
statement is true, which we hoped had been only rumour
—that the Lord Chancellor had refused to make Sir Pat.
Bellew a Magistrate, upon the sole grounds that ho was a
Member of the Catholic Association. Our respect for
persons, or our deference to authority, shall never induce
us to shrink from a public duty, and that sense of duty
prevents our being silent upon the present occasion.—
DOlirt ?atria,