The Sun. — London, England, 1817-08-29 00:00:00

~.:: RhdisTEß OF: FASFIION. DEPA RTUR E S. ..• ' The Marquis of Exeter, forhis seat, Burleigh, Lincoln ; the Hon. Wm. Burrell, for his father's (Lord Gwydir) seat, Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire ; the Bishop of Exeter astd fantily,un a tout; George Nugent . , for Stowe, on a visit to the Marquis and MarelliOneis of Buchinghain ; General Manners, for his seat, Bloxholtne Hall;Lincol nshire ; Dowager Countess of Clonmell acid Miss Scott, for Worthing; Earl and Cobtiless of Coventry and fainitY, for their seat, Croome , Worcestershire; the Earl and COuntess of Ponlett, for Hi nton St. George, in Somersetihiiv ; Mr. fit. Atkinson, fur Mount Mti4ell, near Bexley, in Kent. of Ashburnham, at their house in -er-street, from Aihhurnliam-place ; Colonel, and Mrs. '- 'hturray, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Chelten ham; Henry Richard Wellesley, at his- house, St. James's place; Mr. Hughs Ball, at his house, in Upper Brook-street. --The Earl and Countess of Essex are returned to their scat, Cashiobury Park, from a tour. PRINCESS OF WALES. ROME, AUG. B.—The Princess of WALES left Rome some days ago. It is believed that she pro ceeds to Milan. A few days before her departure, a pamphlet• was put into circulation by the advocate Morocco, attached to her suite. It is entitled, " Free Considerations on the recd of .the deco 'ration of a Knight of Malta, directed against BA- B:Bergarni, first - Chamberlain of her Royal Highne!ts the Princess of Wales." The following is the drcumsta - nee which gave rise to Ibis pro duction. The• Lieutenant of the Grand Master of Malta,. who •resides at Catonea, had confer red on M. Bergami, in• 1816, a Cross of the Order of Malta. This Cross was subsequently required by the Order to be given up at Mi lan, at the instance of the Commander Buses, becaHse it was assumed •that Bergami was not of noble birth. At page of this pamphlet is found the following passage, which cannot give great pleasure to the Conic of the Ex-King of ?Spain,. Chalks IV.: —`r The Princess of Wales, satisfied with the conduct of .Bergami, and •still more with his unlimited zeal for her person, nomi nates him her"equerry (scudieri.) What wonder in this ? By continued proofs of devotion with out hounds shown her during her various travels, a claim was upon 'her gratitude. She therefore promoted him to the rank of her Chamberlain. What wonder in this ? We are still far from the ease of the famous flute-player at the Court of Scotland (Rizzio), or of the lite-guardsman (the Prince of Peace) at the Court of Madrid." ENGLISH. OPERA. Tire sudden indisposition . of Mrs. W. S. CHAT. TEr:LEY, a very pleasing and interesting Actress, Occasioned the substitution of Miss- Lova, last. bight, at . this Theatre,, as Zelinda in the Persian Hunters. She performed the part with more firm ness and interest than could reasonably be ex pected on so unexpected a call upon her talents. The Opera improves every night, and the music is more admired, The Adopted Child followed, and was well received. There was a very nutne r.Qui amiience. Wirmsoa, AUG. 28 —Yesterday morning her MAJESTY and the Princess ELIZABETH rode out to view . the sport at ,Egharn. This morning the QumaN and Princesses AUGUSTk, ELIZABETH, and bornta of Gloucester, left the Castle for Eghani race-course, and viewed the sport. His Royal Highness the Duke of GLOUCESTER (the Steward) meets her MAjE3TY. every day. After the races, her MAJESTY dined with the Princess ELIZABETH. in the evening there was a select Party at the Castle. The command of the Royal - George yacht by the Hon. Captain PAGET is only temporary, and duria 44 Lie period this elegant vessel attends on the Panics REGENT. Sir EDWARD BERRY WaS Captain to Lord NELsoN, on board the Vanguard, at the engagement of the Nile, and fought the ship after Lord NELSON was wounded : he after wards commanded the Agamemnon, 74, in the - glorious battle of Trafalgar ; and the same ship in the engagement under Admiral Sir Joua Docx• WORTH, off St. Domingo. lie is the proper Cap tain of the yacht, and has held the appointment for nearly two years. This gallant Officer has for his eminent services, the honour of wearing a gold medal. for each of the three general actions be -fore-mentioned, was also promoted to the rank of a Baronet, and, on the late division of the orders of the Bath, was made a Knight Corn- The Corps de Ballet of Drury-Lane Theatre, by Vie new arrangeineWS, it seems, are obliged to liop 01; Lord flumes striking and impressive poem of The Corsair is, it is said, the .foundation of an `Opera preparing . forDrury-Latie Theatre. The Alusic is to be composed by BISHOP, and KEAN is to be the piratical Hero of the Piece. Mr. 'l'. DISDIN, iris said, is preparing a new Opera for Covent-Garden Theatre, to give scope to the powers of BLIAHAM., On his return to that place. PYNE, late of Drury-Line Theatre, is gone to Italy, to improve liiinseit in the knowledge of his art. The Earl and Countess of ATExßonouGn arrived in town on Saturday last, on their way to the North, but were detained by the severe in:iisposi lion of hex Ladyship. - On the lOth inst. the Countess ANNESLEY ar rived. in Paris from Ireland. She has taken the same apartments in the Rue du Helder that were oceripied by the Duke of KENT. G. CARROLL, Contractor for the present Small Lottery, begs leave to remind the Public of the zlear approach of the Drawing, %%hid) will com mence and finish on the same day, the 10th of :September. He trusts his Friends %ridl not torgef the invariable success which attends his Offices, tor'nhill, and 26; Oxford-street, where the last Prize of 30,0001. was sold in Shares. He flatters himself that the Two Prizes of 20,000/. which enrich the Scheme, will fall to the lot of those Who honour him with their commands, and in crease the Gist of Capital Prizes that hay:: been sold by him dttring the last forty -cars. FOR. THE SUN'. THE STAGE . . Mr. Etirrnii,--" The appearanve and retire:. meat of Actors (says Dr. Jon toot;:), are the gretit events of the theatrical world •,‘ and their first performances fill the Pit With conjecture and prog nostication, as the first actions Of a new monarch agitate nations with hope or fear." IVithout at taching so much importance to theatrical con cerns as the great Critic and Moralist apneari to do in the foregoing Passage, it 'Must be ac knowledged, that the public at large are deeply, interested in dramatic affairs. The Stage .ttas been humournusly styled " An Er . eiiing School for grown' Ladies and Gentlenten," anti it is by no means improbable that many of the visitors of thra school, are nut likely to learn in any other. But they may learn much advantageous and im portant knowledge in the Theatre, and therefore the conduct of it demands the particular atten tion of the public. It Was said, in an address to Mr. GARRICK,— " The nation's taste depends on " Perhaps the nation's virtue too. ' And it is certain that most valuable improVeMent may be derived from the Stage, in point .of , mo rality, noble, just, and benevolent sentiments, well as high notions of virtue, to say nothing of the grace of external deportment. Much also depends on the manner in which such lessons are inculcated by the Performers. If they are expressed with energy, dignity, and elegance, and the Actor ap pears to feel what he utters, lie May effect more than the noblest Poet can excite without the aid of personal animation. It is on record, that Ross, a respectable Actor in former days, received an an nuity of 501. from some anonymous patron, who assigned as a reason for his - bounty, that he had received such a powerful impression from the manner in which Ross had performed the part of George Barnwell, that it had warned him front li centious courses, and enabled him to pass through life with such a regard to prudence and good con duct, as had been of important use to his charac-• ter and fortune. The annuity probably conti nued till the death 'of the donor, and if so, it is to be regretted that it was not secured - for the life of the Actor, whose performance had been attended with such beneficinl consequences, as Ross sunk by degrees, and at last, in the decline of life, was unable to procure an engagement at a London Theatre, though in his prime he was possessed of such talents, according to report, as would have made him conspicuous in the present state of the Stage, and might have been rendered very use ful in his wane, in characters suited to his age. My reason, Mr. Editor, for addressing you is, to say a few words in behalf of the theatrical com munity, who, notwithstanding the influence of their talents, and the popularity which' may at tend them, are perhaps in a :more precarious state than any other class of society. They are, in fact, wholly dependent on the power of a Ma tager, and however binding may be the articles in which they engage on boas sides, the forme'r are always exposed to the dictates of interest or the suggestions of caprice. If a Mattager wants to get rid of an Actor, he has only to impose characters upon hiw to which he may have many reasonable objections. Refusal to perform is at tended with- forfeiture. The Actor's laudable pride is wounded, and perhaps he is at length dis gusted ;nto resignation,., and obliged to wander from all his connexions, in a precarious - and hu miliating pursuit 'of subsistence' elsewhere. The 'question is not whether the present Managers are disposed to con:luct themselves in this manner, but whether those who have gratified the public, and i isen to merited diitinction, should he obliged to remain in .so uncertain and so mortifying a situation. That Actors may over-rate their talents, and 'be capricious in their conduct, must be admitted,' but in that case, the Ma nager . has it always in his power to employ a substitute, and to appeal to the public upon any real misconduct on the part of the Actor. But to whom is tire Actor to appeal from the caprice, injustice, and interested views of a Manager I Not to _the Prattle, for if any persons rouse in his cause, in the Theatre; they may be punished for a conspiracy. We know that Actors and Actresses of considerable merit have been dismissed from their stations, when the Managers thought that they could do without t hem, either because new Performers came forward, or it was deemed more profitable to render dramatic spectacles the chief object in view: In short, nemeroua instances can be adduced which show that theatrical ma nagement has often been a kind of domestic despotiSm; that operates grievously, it not un justly, on individuals,' who, after having sacri ficed all other hopes, and devoted themselves to a particular calling, are unable to subsist by any other. The Critics of. the Newspapers are often harsh in their strictures upon new Performers, and young Authors, but in general they seem to be very tender of Managers,, though the conduct of a Theatre, being a national concern, demands an atten. ive causideration to which all Public Writers should have a' due regard. If Performers in the higher provinces of the art require great qualifications, great qualifications also are requi site in Managers. They should possess a classical education, a sound judgment, a refined taste, au extensive knowledge of the English drama, and last, not least, a liberal, disposition, and a strong sense of justice. Otherwise, they may treat the sterling works of our best dramatic Writers as they too often have treated: the Performers, by leaving the former on the shelf; ant:, by neglecting the latter, drive them 'to the desperate course of a relinquishment of their engagements, when they .find that they cart no longer retain them consistent with a due sense 'of character and. at allowable impulse of self-estimation. I am as notch an, enemy to play-house riots, arising from un reasonable requisitions on the part of the Public, as any admirer of the regular Drama can be, arid I am fully aware of the constant •expence which must attend a Theatre, while its profits are ne cessarily uncertain ; but when an Actor or Actress has excited general admiration, and obtained the seany of popular favour, the Public have a right to expect that their pleasure should not depend on the capricious will and arbitrary-power of a Ma nager. PATENTS were not granted for the were .• . `benefit of tt Proprjetors of Theatres, but to afford a rational .enjoynient to the people, and thetcforerniethinA of a ..MoRAL coNTaotn, be longs_to THE Pu'it.l6.. I hope; Mr, Editor, if the higher concerns of the country should occupy too much of your time ;o, admit of your attending to the regul a tions of t he. 'THtATtirc,it, STATE yourself, that you will, at least; let the colionus of your . independent Parer be open to all candid itnittladver,sions uPon the conduct of Managers, as wrell.as to rem,,,r,ks .on the wk-3 or of dramatic‘Vriters,and the e xe rtions of PerfOrmers, The Theatrical Session will 'soon be opened it becomes you to watch the proceedings of both Ilouiea, and to prove that you are neither the skive of a Minister of .State; nor' the tool of a Manager of a Play-hotis'e: Piaz;a, Coffee-house, An..;. 20.. X. X. FOR THE SUN. • MR. Cotton,—SOme time ago I noticed in your Paper the melancholy catastrophe which took place at Leeds, in the death of an Actor of re spectability on that Stitge, and your former recital of a similar event equally awful in its result, in the death of •the late 111 r. PALMER, of histrionic cele brity, and I cannot but regret that some abler person than myself has not made use of the op poriunity these fatal occurrences afford of calling the attention of the Gentlemen who cater for us in the theatrical line, to the lesson so awfully im pressed upon us by these divine Judgments—that the Almighty God has great displeasure in hear• - ing his name used, and prayers and invocations addressed to him with such serious - Solemnity, when it is well known and understood that the 'persons offering them up are merely mocking his 'Divine Majesty by the relation of unreal afflic tions, and by invoking his assistance to relieve them from troubles which they do not experience. Safely, Sir, this is a subject that deserves your notice as an Editor, and your consideration whe ther a remedy may not be applied ? lam a lover of, the Drama, and highly admire the personation of characters, when the actors are scarcely distin guishable from that which they repreient, and when fiction is cloathed with all tile force and ex pression of reality. But when•l see them kneel ing with. uplifted eyes to the Throne of Grace, and with all the appearance of actual and sincere devotion bear them imploring protection, - bless ings, or the removal of such ideal afflictions, 1 tremble—l tremble, lest the Almighty should visit both actors and audience with some dreadful calamity. Since then this second warning, this recurrence of a dispensation so awful, is now given to us, I would beseech most earnestly all persons who are connected with the Stage, or in the ma nagement thereof, to expunge from every Play and Farce all things relating' to our God, or his Most Holy Religion--;u purge at once from the • Stage, by mutual consent, all such infamous and irreligious passages. I know k will be alledged that the performances will lose much of their effect by so doing, but had we not better part with some share of our amusement, rather than pro voke him who has the power to destroy us in a moment ; who can at his own pleasure visit us' with such ter - 1)1)01.0, afflictions as will 'defy the ut most exertions of human science and practice, and after this life leave us in:endless affliction and punishment ? .1 would most earnestly entreat and persuade the British Public, as they value the Religion of their Country, by every demonstration of displeasure, to banish from the Stage such mockery. Well may our morels be corrupt,•solong.as. we introduce in our amusements such familiarity with the sacred name of the Deity,.and'his attributes, which ought never to be used in thought or word, hut with a mind peepared for solemn devotion•and worship.. It is almost a ridicule upon all decency and pro priety for Churchmen, On the Sundry, going to Church, and praying that God may incline their hearts not to take his name in vain, and on th.e following clays countenancing by • their presence the utmost profanation of it. I put it to the good sense of every man whe ther, if he had witnessed these late awful dispen sations of Providence, he wool(' not have trem bled, whether the stoutest heart amongst us would not have been abashed and confounded at such a visitation. Let the advocates (if any there be) for the continuance of sit - eh blasphemy only ima gine themselves to have been present when Mr. CUMMINS fell to rise no more. Perhaps a. loud clap of applause accompanied his final exclama tion, and filled his imagination with the most lively emotions of satisfaction at the success of his performance, at the very moment the dart of Death plunged into his heart. He, elevated perhaps in his heart by the proud joy and satisfaction arising from the praise of an approving audience, fell pro strate on - the Stage, a lamentable instance of' the uncertainty and mutability of human joy and hap piness, and the victim of a depraved state,—and will they then. still advocate its continuance ? May we humbly and charitably hope that at the moment of his filial exclamation, Mr. Cumserries's invocation was sincere,. and that the feelings Of the Actor were at that awful.period the real and undisguised sentiments of his heart as a Christian, and that God accepted his prayer and pardoned his impiety*. Oh, that his Relatives, may be able in their private circle to bear.testiniony to the soundness of his religious principles ;, and that, although the Almighty may have chosen bier - as an instt (uncut to skew to mankind his displeasure , at such proceedings ; yet that in ineicy he may have pardoned this man's otfence, and- removed a-far from them the everlasting punishment de servedly doe for it. • Permit me in conclusion to urge my earnest wish that you. will either insert this Letter, im perfect as it is, in your:Newspeper, or turn your own attention to the subjvct by a more forcible appeal to oar know-countrymen, which from your habits of life you are well able to do, that they may feel the necessity there exists that our Thea tres may - be purged front such disgraceful and irre ligious prayers and invocations. A FRIEND TO THE PURITY OF THE STAGE. Yarmouth, Aug. 2G, 1817. * We knew Mr. CumtiNs in early life ; and the propriety of his conduct at that period gave a promise which, by all accounts, was tborouzbily fulfilled by the respectability Of hie character till the a‘Ntul terminatiou csf his A .11,4547,14 sTATs OF 11-IF, COUNTRY. AGRICULTUILE, ALINUCA URES, ~: CORN-EXCUANGE, AUG. 29.-We had not miny Arrivnis this morning, Init owing to the precari tits state of the weather, Fine Wheat sold - at an ad- ;lance of from 3s. to 4s. from . ►loniluy, and there was more demand foir inferio - Grain ; narley and I\l4lt support their ; Fine Oats arc brisk, and ls. per quarter clearer ; in Pease and Beans there is no alteration LIVERMOI,—T, the opinion of some expe rienced commercialnntn, MOre mercantile b tsiness has been transacted in Liverpool, during eit.c last three months, .thau in any former period of the same lit!gth, ,:inoe the establishment of the port. Flour and Cotton have been the leading articles of import. The exports have comprised almost every, product of our domestic and colonial in dustry,. . , MANcutsTEß.—ln addition to our previous statements of :the fVatteriiik, aspect-of business itt this district, we have the.pleasure to report, that Tuesday s,e'nnight'smarltet evinced an activity fully surpassing its precursors of reviving pros-. perity. . )4AINTRET TRADR.-7--Tfie lilariLet Trade at Wit now imeompotily rtlll all the nia•.. natieturers thereare fully employed. FOR THE SUN. GAS. EotToti;;=- The Public may well be al a rmed when they h ea r that there is a likelihoo'd that Gas may be introduced in our Theatres, for the purpose Of a more brilliant illumination. Safety, Mr. Editor, is the grea object. The destruction. that happened some time ago at the New Custo m - House . ought to operate a 6 a warning. It is hor rible to conceive the fatal effects of an explosion' in a crouded Theatre, and the lives that might hti lost, as well as the dreadful lacerations, tic.. Sic. which might ensue. M .EM ENTO. SPORIING INTELLIGENCE. F.GHAM RACES.—TnurtsnAT (LAST DAT), Attu. 28. A Two-year old Stapes of 30gs. each, 20gs. ft. colts, 3st. 51b. fillies, Bst. 21-b. T. V. C. Mr. Reader's b. f. Sister to Fair Kitty Mr. Rush's Flirt, by Canopus Lord Stowell's Phantom, filly 'l Mr. Dovglas's b. c. by Phantom Four others started.-2 to I ag - st Mr, Douglas ;sto 2 agsi Lord Stowell ; 4 to / a.srst the Duke of Turk ; and 7 to 1 apt the winner, innd no takers. The Sunning-hill Stakes of sp. each (I - T”dicap) for all ages. .. Three gum tcrs of a . mile. Bust() beat Hamlet anti three others fur this stake. The Town Plate of 501. fur all ages ; three years old, 7st. 41b.; four, Sat. 71b. ; five, 9st. 21b. ; siz and ag% d, t 1 t. 51b. Heati; one mile. . Mr. Blake's Busto . Mr. Turnei's Rivulet Mr. Pierce's Marksman ~.. ... L .... 3 3 Two others started.-2 to I agst Busto; 3to t agst Rivulet; ands to lagst Marksman. ' , . I-kr filajesty, and the Princesses Elizabeth and Augusta, H. K. H. the. Duke of Gloucester, &e. and a eensiderablii number of the Nobility and Gentry, honoured the- Cour with their presence. The weather proving fine, the number of spectators were far more numerous than either of the pre- , ceding da . ri, and the sports afforded high geatitication front the number ►rf horses starting for the different Stakes. BETTING AT EGHi DON.CASTER S . 2 to I agst Whitelock S to I agst Wirralt 7 to 4 Whitclockand Wir NEWMARKET AM.—Auousr 23. T. LLGER. 8 to 1 agst Stainbre 11 to 1 agst Cameleon. :tall against 'the field. T. LEGF:R. 5i to 1 agst Indus. S to 1 agst Azor SILOOTIG.—The Earl of Fiirhas been entertaining a party of Gentlemen at his shooting ledge; in Mar Forest. Thia party consisted of Sir John Hope, Mr. Balfour, Mr. !Tay, Sir Richard Sutton, Mr. Heathcote, and Mr. 11. Heathcote.— Notwithstanding,:the unfavourable state of the weather, it baring rained almost iocessatitly, the list of slaughter, during the first weck, besides red deer, - roebucks, and ptarniighan, amounted to 821 brace of qreuse, —a number, we believe, un•• paralleled in the annals of sporting. In consequence of the late, almost continued showers of rain, which will materially protract the harvest, Gentle:neu, in various parts of the country, have resolved tint to begiii partridge shooting before the 15th of September: Fool' ItacE.—A German, named • Windstat, undertook to run a mile in 5 minutes and 10 seconds, yesterday, on Oa Kilburn-road, and he accomplished the task in two seconds under the five minutes. FEMA LE PEDESTRIA NI sm.—l - Tester Crozar, a woman about five feet four inches high and thirty-eight years of age, lately walked from St. Andrew's Cburch, Holborn, to the 29' mile stone at Chelmsford, , and back in the same day, being a dis tance of 62 miles. She has undellaken, When the weather is settled, to perform seventy miles w►thin the thy. 13 0 X I N.G. The match between Abraham. Wald, the fordshire man, and Granger, cqlled the Bath maw ; came off on Wednesday morning early, in is 20 feet ring, at Evtley Heath, on the borders of !Jerks and Hants. The men were backed for 3t) guineas a-side, and a purse of 10 guineas was added ; Moss seconded Granger, and Tomkina, tbe backswoi d player, seconded %Met, *hd weighed.l2st. , Blb. his antagonist, who bad a sn petiority, in tactics, was a pound under i2At.— Twenty-seven rounds were fought in 56 minutes, when both had what the school boys call a belly... full. We give such of the rounds as were best contested. Round 1. Willet hit out with his right hand at the bead; and was parried partially, but rather avoided by throning the head back. A rally followed, in which WlHet, front weight, had the be , ' Both bled lively, and they went down together in closio 2. Wiilet hit in this round with n►nch force upon the left ogle , his antagonist, which nearly dstrliened it. Granger, however, followed in,' and much quid; but round bitting follo►red ; Changer was knocked down by a severe blow on the breaFt; This system of fightiag on Granger's part must hare given victory to his antAgonisl in a few rounds. From the second until the tenth round there was no particular point to speak of.—Granger kept at a respectful distance, and now and then, robbed his adVersary With the left hand, and retreated irons the exchange hit. lie teased and chgncered the bead of Wil• let much, and kept him in full bleeding. Wille,t gnOsis left foot well forward, and after receiving his antagonist's hit, he stepped in bent upon mischief, ar4 planted a Big Len hit or two upon the body. In a close he held his antagonist up with his left instill (which seemed to ha the only use he could make of it), and served oat with thoi right until he was tired and Granger fell. Ten to one wat taken that be would not come to time, hot he did in much earnest. _ . Both fought tired until the close of the sixteenth round, , when Willet, by a repetition of left-handed tapping, had very little sight, although his strength was but little reduced, - 17. Granger spewed oil wore than he hail done in any part of the combat; he measured bis antagonist's head, who was too Wird to t clam , upon him: he hit hi um four or five times about the eyes by way of settling- t,l)e Uitf:Tence„ :mud threw him R WffierSet Upon hi, face by w,,y of a finisher. *fen other rounds were fought. but Granger, who proved himself mvttled man, had all his own way, and Willet lost by not cawing to time in the ibth ruand. both bad severe punish-. wait. Pri -