The Sun.
London, England, 1827-04-17 00:00:00

THE EPPING HUNT.

At half-past one o'clock, Mr. Rounding, who has so long
had charge of the hounds for this hunt, appeared in the field
at the head of his charge ; and the stag, or rather hind (for
it was one), was immediately uncarted, from near the cus-
tomary spot, on the declivity of Fair Mead's Bottom. The
usual law having been granted, a recheat was blown, and
hunters and dogs started after their prey, who at first bent
his way strait across the Bottom, but shortly took a turn
to the right, which brought him to a pond at the southern
extremity of the Mead, into which he immediately plunged.
As this chase did not occupy. 15 minutes, the sportsmen
resolved to renew it, and accordingly called off the dogs, and
gave.the deer another dance for escape. Again—
" Each eager hound exerts
His utmost speed, and stretches every nerve."
Again the, barn ,was pounded, imd again ibe nimble 'deer"
/Alt forth his utmoat speed; and made, not for, the " wild
heaths of Ilani-Var,' but for
,as gOod a place, 'called the
Loughton Thichs, where his pursuers were more than
once at fault ; indeed, at one time, he was on the point of
escaping, for another deer was unharboured, and it was
with difficulty that the dogs were again put upon the right
scent; which, however, was hardly done, when it was dis-
covered that the staghad made a detour, and was making
for the Roehuuk public-house, whichit shortly passed, with
the hounds in full cry,— ,
" -- Men, dogs, hills, rocks, and woods,
. .

In the full concert joined."

The stag now became exhausted, and, after a few more
vain efforts, was overtaken, and caught in a piece of water
laying between Woodford and Fair Mead's Bottom, into
which it bad plunged. Thus ended a most animated chase
of two hours, it being half-past three when the stag was
taken.

We heard of no very alarming accidents ; several were,
as usual, thrown from their horses ; one or two got some
slight contusions on the head, hut it is needless to say,
that the brains of none were in the least injured, the
thickness of the skull preventing any thing of that kind.—
The annual riders were somewhat afflicted (not in the
head) by the exercise ; but as all the apothecaries' shops
down Whitechapel had prepared good store of diachylon
plaster, we have no doubt all the hurts received at the Ep-
ping Hunt will soon be forgotten.

CANINE FANCY.—A match will take place at the West-
miuster Pit, on Thuisday, between Keeper, the Somers-
town dog, and the well-known hound-dog, for ten sove-
reigns. The dogs fight 55 lbs. each.
THE Rom At. YACHT CLUE.—Great preparations are
snaking for the ensuing season, and there is every reason to
believe that it will be a most brilliant one. The Dutch
Government, in imitation of the French, has, through our
Ambassador at Brussels, given the Yachts free admission
into all the Ports of the Netherlandz. Lord Yarborough,
the Commodore, has been deputed to solicit his Majesty, as
Patron of the Club, to confer the honour of a Prize (we
believe a Gold Cup), to be sailed for on a given day. The
following Yachts are now fitting out at Cowes :—Eme-
raid, L. Symonds, Esq. ; Paul Pry, J. Weld, Esq. ; Ali_
randa, J. nom, Esq. ; Earl St. Vincent, Sir H. Rivers,
Bart. Julia, J. Mills, Esq. ; Imogena, Hon. R. F. Gren-
ville ; Sebina, J. L. Gower, Esq. ; and Antelope, Lord
Willoughby De Broke.
CRicr ET...:-..The Norwich Club have taken the lease of
a field at Lakenharn, with a determination to support this
manly sport with spirit : they begin playing to-morrow..
'A Norfolk Club has lately bees formed, of which. Lord
Suffield is President. .-4 :!.2.4:

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FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS.

Mr. Canning had an audience of the KING
J
yesterday, at his Palace, in St. James's.

' The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the'
Princesses Victoria and Feodore, visited the Princess Au-
gusta yesterday.
The. Prmeeis AUgUsta, attended by Lady
Mary Taylor, left town yesterday afternoon, for the seat of
the Duke and Duchess of . Clarence, at Bushy Park, on a
visit to her Royal relatives for some days.
Sir John Copley (the Master of the Rolls),
the Earl of Harrowby, the Right Hon. F. Robinson, Mr.
Huskisson, Mr. Wynn, Sir N. Tindal (the Solicitor-Ge-
neral), Viscount Granville, the Earl of Morley, Earl Gower,
the Earl of Carlisle, and Lord Seaford, visited 'Mr. Can-
ning yesterday, at his residence in Downing-street. Baron
Stiernheld, the Swedish Minister, and Count Munster, the
Hanoverian Minister, also visited Mr. Canning yesterday.
Mr. Croker transacted business at the Foreign
Office yesterday.
Mr. Huskisson had an interview with Mr.
Robinson yesterday.
The Duke of Wellington attended at the
Office of Commander'in-Chief yesterday afternoon, and was
engaged with Sir Herbert Taylor, &c., transacting official
business for about two hours.

Earl Bathurst came to the Colonial Office yes-
terday, and was occupied during a considerable time select-
ing and arranging different papers and documents.
Mr. Dawson and Mr. Hobhouse attended at
the Office of the Secretary of State for the Home Depart-
ment yesterday.
Sir Herbert Taylor has discontinued holding
his levees as Military Secretary to the Commander-in-
Chief, in consequence of the resignation of the Duke of
Wellington. _ _

Earl Gower visited Mr. Canning on Sunday.
Lord Bexley left town oir Saturday morning
fur his seat at Foot's Cray.
The Marquis of Clanricarde entertained the
Marquis and Marchioness of Sligo and a distinguished party
to Dinner on Saturday, at'his house in St. James's-square.
The Marquis and Narchioriess of Bute ar-
rived at Cardiff Castle on Thursday laSt. It is said they
will remain over the Assizes.

Yesterday being Easter Monday, the boys
educated in the Royal foundation of Christ's Hospital,
marched from that school to the Mansion-house, whence
they proceeded tb Christ Church, Newgatelstreet, followed
by the civic pinCeision, consisting of the Lord Mayor, Al-
dermen, and Shrift attended bythe City Marshals, and
other inferior chid oflifeeri." The' Spital sermon was
preached by the Bishop Of:Chlstar : after which, the cor-
poration returned to the Mansion-house; where a dinner
was provided for them. In Consequence of the recent
changes in the Cabinet, not a single Minister was present,
a circumstance which detracted much from the entertain-
ment. It was expected that Mr. Canning and Mr. Wynn
would have been at the dinner, but both these Right Hon.
Gentlemen sent apologies. ln the evening there was the
usual ball.

Arrivals at the Berners' Hotel, Berners'-
street—Osgood Hanbury, Esq. from his seat, Coggleshall ;
Willoughby Montague, Esq. from Dublin ; Wilshere,
Esq. from Oxford ; the Rev. Ms. and Mrs. Hadon and
family, from Bedfordshire.

KING OF SWEDEN—(BERNADOTTE.)—His
Majesty is at present, about 60 years of age, of the common
size ; and his hair, which is of a glossy black, curls natu-
rally. His voice is uncommonly sweet and pleasing; his
whole countenance has in reality a great expression of kind-
ness, and his manners are singularly prepossessing. It may
be further remarked, that Charles John is temperate, eco-
nomical, and what maybe called equal in his disposition,
modest in deineanour, condescending towards all rants, and
deservedly popular' in highest - degree.:-L Wilson's
Travels. • '
LORD 'CIIA.IqO.LiORS —The following is a
list of Lord Chancellors, with the dates of their appoint-
ment, since the accession of his late Majesty, George the
Third. It will. be 'men tkat the present venerable Lord
Chancellor completed yesterday. a series of twenty-seven
years of arduous public Nrvice, with the. exception of the
short period of thirteen months that Lord Erskine held the
Seals :—Lord fierily; January '1761, 'Lord Camden, July
1766, Lord Hardwicke, January 1770. In commission,
viz. Sir Sidney Stafford Sinyth, the Hon. Henry Bathurst,
and Sir Richard Aston, Jan. 1770. Earl Bathurst, Jan.
1771, Lord Thurlow, June 2, 1778. In commission, viz.
Lord Loughborough, Sir Wm. Ashurst. and Sir Wm.
Beaumont Hotharn, April 3, 1793. Lord Thurlow again
Dec. 23, 1783. In commission, viz. Sir James Eyre,
Sir Wm. iftB3`y-A-6iir; auiC Sir Joliii-Wilson, .Tu-ne 15,
1792. Lord Loughborough, Jan. 27, 1793, Loid Eldon,
April 15, 1801, Lord Erskine, Feb. 7, 1806, and Lord
Eldon again, March 25, 1807.

Madame. Pasta is expected in town next week,
when with Signor Galli, La Semiramide will be per-
formed in.a fttyle:of excellence unknown in this country.
Miss Foote will play Letitia Hardy, in the
Belle's Stratagem this evening, at Covent-garden, being
the first night of her engagement this season at that Theatre.
''A Child;" "of Shoreditch; was last week
married to a Misi Man of Cripplegate.
SYMPTOMS OF INNOCENCE.—lmmediately
after a man Acquitted of horse-stealing at the late Hunting-
don ,Assizea;liad left the Coml., when speaking of the prin-
cipal be Observed, *bat a lie that -fellow told ;
we never took thelorae-through the town at all !"
Among the greatest bores " out of the
House," the Thames Tunnel was one (Alderman Waith-
man, it must be remembered, is IN the House). Since
the Tunnel people have resolved to charge the public one
shilling to satisfy their curiosity, it is now considered to be a
greater somt than ever.
The late Dr. Home, Bishop of Norwich,
among his collection of anecdotes, has the following :—ln
one of our Universities there were six physicians; of two,
their breath was very offensive ; one was remarkably slender;
two were exceedingly quarrelsome and turbulent ; and one
was very ignorant of his profession. They were called
plague, pestilence, and famine, battle, murder, and
sudden death.
A lady being at a party with a very high black
cap, surrounded with scarlet feathers, an illustrious per-
sonage wittily remarked, that she was like a kitchen
chimney on fire."
A few ,evenings ago, Mru r. C. L. was rather
warmly extolling the beauty and complexion of a Miss
Black to a friend. To check his ardour, his friend said that
she. was painted. "So much the better," replied Mr. L.,
I'm fond of Rouge et Noir."
The nightingale has commenced his spring
course of " wood-wild melodies" in this neighbourhood :
he has been heard frequently during the present week.—
Berkshire Chronicle.

Mr. It lately an M.P., after perusing at one
of our library tables a libel on his Majesty, and a lady of
his Court, indulged in language of a harsh description to-
wards the said lady, in the hearing of Mr. C., the nephew
of the Marquis of C., and actually appealed (unconscious
of the connexion) to that gentleman in corroboration of
what he had asserted. Mr. C. made a sharp reply, and
left the table; and immediately sent the librarian to Mr.
R. with a request that he would cease from making such
offensive remarks in the presence of one who was a relative.
to the subject of them. Mr. R. instantly rose, and began
to apologize to Mr. C., but that gentleman would not listen
to him, and indignantly left the library.—Brighton Herald.
A FAIR SUBJECT FOR APPROBATION.—.AII
ingenious Sunday .Paper observes, that " last week the
Prince and Princess Esterhazy, and a large party of fa-
shionables, viewed the works of the Thames Tunnel, &c.
The effect of the perspective, and a thirty horse power
steam engine working above their heads, only supported by
a wooden frame •work, excited their warmest approbation."
If the fact of this tremendous steam engine being merely
supported by a wooden frame above their heads, could ex-
cite these visitors' approbation, how much more must
their approbation have been excited, if it had tumbled down
frame and all upon them? Damocles, with the sword sus-
pended above his head, was equally fortunate; but then he
had the bad taste to be alarmed.—" Quot homilies, tot
sententizt.,,
Selwyn, dining at the old Duke of Richmond's,
a French Marquis was declaiming on the ingenuity of his
country ; who,". said he, " were de grande artists for de
modes and de fashions, pour tout le monde ; for instance,
look at de roffel (ruffle !) dat fine 'ornament for de hand
and for de breast de Frenchman invent it ; and all de
oder nations of Europe quickly
dopt the same plan."
t, True," replied Mr. Selwyn, " we allow that your coun-
trymen have great merit in invention ; but you must at the
same time admit, that though the English are not an in-
ventive, they are at least au improving people ; for example,
to the very articles which you mention, they have made a
very important and useful addition." " Les Anglois,
Mistare Selvin," returned the Frenchman, stroking and
pulling down the rutlies on his breast and hands, " are,
-sans doute, ve elevare men ; mais js ne connois pas guelle
improvement dey could have made W de roffel ; qu'est cc
que csla, Monsieur " Why, by adding a shirt to, it, to
.be cure," replied George. ..• 44-c, iks,s,o4 6iffirytW
' • Jo tA, Psl u,

THEATRES.

COVENT-GARDEN.

' A new splendid melo-dramatic entertainment,
in two acts, called Peter Wilkins, or The Flying
Indians, was brought out last night, with consider-
able success, at this Theatre. It combines, if we
are not mistaken, all the true and legitimate appli-
ances which should belong to an Easter spectacle,
in an unusually felicitous degree ; scenery, machin-
ery, music, thunder and lightning, wild men,
a cockney and a shipwreck, and ladies and gen-
tlemen who fly in the air in preference to walk-
ing on the ground (as the people in Ireland did
before the Union) as naturally as Turks chew opium,
or Dutchmen wear three pair of small clothes Ist
once; and, taken for all in air, it seems to be the
greatest hit that has been made in the way of melo-
drama, since the memorable season which produced
Cherry and Fair Star. The plot of the piece, sits
name will suggest, is taken from the old romance
called Peter Wilkins; a work which is distinguished
by the peculiarity that its author, after having had the
talent to write a very delightful book, had the singu-
lar modesty, or self-denial, never to avow it—his
name was not known at the time when the tale was
produced, andhas never transpired to the present day.
The .Covent.garden drama, however, embodies, as far
as two actsswill permit, the principal features of the
novel; adding several characters to the shipwreck
story, in order to fill out the scene; and putting a
sort of Ore, or man monster, on to the originally
desert island, as the writer of an epic poem, in a
fairy tale, always includes a magician or evil spirit
of some description amongst his drdmatis personae,
in order that his hero may have a proper enemy to
display his prowess upon. These additional charac-
ters are not ill-selected for the purposes of burletta
effect. They consist of O' Scud, an Irish sailor,
played by. Mr. Power ; John Adanzs, a singing Scotch-
man from Perthshire, represented by Mr. Penson ;
and Nicodenzus Crowquill, a law-stationer, from Fur-
nival's-inn, Holborn, exhibited in the person of Mr.
Keeley ; the whole company of whom, besides Pe-
ter WilkinS himself, are found, with the wreck of the
ship De la Cruz, clinging to a " loadstone island" iii
the Pacific Ocean, at the rising of the curtain ; the
magnetic attraction of the rock being so strong, that
men's swords fly out of their scabbards as they ap-
proach it; and, if any one of the party had leaped
on shore with nails in his shoes, he must have forth-
with grown to the earth, like one of the tree nymphs
in 'Ovid's Metamorphoses, to a certainty ! This scene
of the loadstOrie rock deserves particular mention; in-
deed, the scenery throughout the piece is admirable ;
and for the entire satisfaction of those who are given
romantic effects,we rather believe the author has made
it moonlight all the way through. The Indian lake,
and landscape scene, in which the two " Gauries
or flying women descend, is no less fanciful ma!
meritorious than the magnetic rock; the parts o 4
the flying ladies are well performed, by Miss Scott
and Miss Glover; and the style of flying of these
young women is so 7racefol, that we apprehend th
exercise must shortly become general—particularly
so well adapted as it is to the " upper" circles :—tr
the horror and ruin, however, of those historian,
whose occupation it is to write descriptions o
waltzing and quadrille parties, and who would b(
bankrupt in metaphor if " the light fantastic toe'.
were to go out of fashion. Mrs. Vining played Peter
Wilkins with her usual success in male character;
she dances extremely well, and was encored in a duet t
with Miss Glover. Mr. Power and Mr. Keely, too.
are both effective in the law stationer and the sailor;
and Mr. Penson did the character which was giVer
to him, and in which, by the way, there was not
much, very sufficiently. The great Leviathan of
the play, hoWever, is Mr. Parsloe, in the character
of the -.Monster of the Woods; who engages in r
contest with the shipwrecked Europeans for the
hand of one of the flying ladies who drops upon his
island, and besides the ordinary tumbling feats of
leaping by the aid of a wire, at a height of thirty feet.
from one side of the stage to the other, swinging-
across upon a pole- but a few feet below the prosce-
nium, &c. contributes-in one or two situations very
considerably to the dramatic effect of the piece. Thi
scene in which he breaks a hole through the roof o
the house, and hangs by his toe from the opening.
head downwards, to fish up Mr. Keeley, who is
lying asleep in his hammock, is an excellent scene of
comic paritominie; • and the battle afterwai ds be-
tween the same personage and the' Irish sailor, in,
which the latter trips the monster up'by 'strikins
him over the toes with his cudgel, and 'then se-
cures him by catching hold of his hind leg when he
'is down, surpasses Mr. Waterton's mode Of conquer-
ing crocodiles, and, 'in feet, exhibits a manlier* .of
dealing with;monstert veinal Mir be reconeraendedito
universar, - A' kood- many parts of the
piece may be improved by curtailing the dialogue :
indeed, in general the shorter the discussion is in
these entertainments the better they tell. The
drama concludes, at an immense expense in gauze
and buckram, with the arrival of the whole popula-
tion of the " Land of Flight" in pursuit of their two
lost Princesses ; and Peter Wilkins being invited by
the King to proceed to the world of " Glums" and
" Gauries" (in accomplishment of a prophecy), takes
leave of the nether world in a chariot borne up by
flying men; on which occasion Mr. Chapman, and
three or four Master Watsons, and Miss Scott and
Miss Glover, and at least a dozen corps de ballet,
" Mrs. and Misses, with names too long to mention,
are all seen—so that it is no Cupid of five-years-old
affair—upon the wing, and among the " flies," to-
gether. Mr. Chapman looked, in his dress of fea-
thers, like a Christmas turkey half picked; and
flapped his pinions, in despite of a slight appearance
of apprehension, with considerable judgment and
gravity. Taken as a. whole, tharpiece;went off with
very great success,.ambits Production does credit to
the raanagers...lt was announced for repetition, in
conjunction with the engagement of Miss Foote to
act comedy ; and if Miss Foote, and the Flying
Indians together, cannot draw money at Easter, we
think that the proprietors might very well forswear
keeping open the house. No expence has been
spared
comical.
upon
We
Pt v
oeer
laughednr ilmk ionrs and
o,
atit some
right
of
or isro wrong—
and —r
and we think the house did so too—than at the last
six new tragedies. •