The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-21 00:00:00

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LATEST BE I:TING.
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14 to 1 agst Augur—taken
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THE DRAMA IN ANCIENT ROME.'
The plays r.presented at Rutne were divided into •
two clssses:-1. The Panda. 2. The Togate. •
the first the characters in the piece were entirely
Grecian : in the latter they were wholly Roman* '
I'be Togate were subdivided into pratextate, wheP •
the play was tragedy ; the tabernarie' when di
scenes lay in low life ; the attellance, or farces ; an" •
the ti-abeate, when the scene lay in the camp; they
had likewise mimes and pantomimes. • .
The chorus consisted sometimes of one perry',
though generally of several, who stood on the stage
during she representation, at first, without any share
in the action of the piece, and,, as was supposed, in
the character of spectators. Their business seems t° .
have been singing duriog the pauses in the actions
and delivering moral reflections on what was repro'
seated on the siege; afterwards, they were incorpo-
rated with the action as a species of attendants. These
theatrical appendages were at last laid aside, ,becenee '
it was thought to appear improbable that intrigues
which usually are to be kept secret should be carried es j:
On in their presence. ,
Flutes were played during the whole time of the •
petfortuanee, bed the chtet mus•ciao, beating time,
directed the actors when they were to raiz.e sod when r.k ..;
to depress their voices. Soinetimes one person re,
cited the words, and another performed the action of
roe same part. The tibias or flutes were of various
kinds. The best account of the manner in which: ,
they were used is given us by Madame Dacier, as
follows :
e The performers played on two flutes during the,
whole of the representative. They stopped the veal'
one of them with the right hand ; that flute was, there'
tore, called right-handed. The other was stopped with
the lest, and cal!ed a left-handed flute. In the first there
were but a few holes, which occasiuned it to give a &eV.
bass sound; iu the other the holes were very numerous;
this flute sounded a sharp absill note. When °
comedy by two flues of a different sound, it vise,
said to be plard Tibiis imparibus dextris
einistris—unequal flat. s, right and left-hauded. Wheri.
the flut.e,t were of the name sound, it was said to bed
pleyed Tibiie panics dextris with equal dery-haul%
flee;, if they were or a deep ,outid, a:ld Tibiis parwli"
stnistris with equal left-handed flutes, when they "1
of a shrill sound. Die right- hancVii flutes acre call°.
Lydisen, the let t-hauded Lilo unequal Ptireeian'
as were also the crockiel flutes."
•
The tragic and comic actors were distinguished
from each other by the covering of their feet. 111
tvigedians wore a sort of boot, called co/humus,with.
a very high heel, which was intended to give them ;
commanding majestic appearance. The comedian
wore a light shoe or slipper, called soccus. Thee:
distinctions were preserved in comparatively mode.%
dramatic representations, tragedians wearing hlohl9
or boots, and comedians a slipper or socks.
At the end or a play the It mans closed their scenes,
which, instead of falling from the roof of the theatre -
downwards, were constructed so as to ascend from the
ground ; so that when the stage was to be exposed to
the view of the spectators the curtain began t°
descend, disclosieg the, upper portion of the scene he:
fore the lower ; and when the piece was conclude('
the curtain was drawn up again. The so' I
cients originally performed their plays in the 01011,..
air, with no scenery but that furnished by nature., •
As they became more refitted they erected theatres,.
as we have observed, and divided their perfornie
ances into three kinds, tragic, comic,
The Romans were exceedingly feed of theieen-
tertainments. Magistrates were appointed to ex•
hibtt thein, and the people and. pastoral
even devoted to the
theatreweighty part of
astbteheitrimp
Y usuallyallotted peetemetede
in the day time. Magnificent theatres were erected
and sometimesof elvheenseby private
were divided into
, •
building°
at the public expense,
to
iins drievciodrudaelds.
b;kr dliensyer.iptii?hlneaeyossufe:veuderlseel
three partition?, one above another. The first coo.
sisted of one hundred and twenty marble pillars, the
second of the same number of pillars, most curb:icily
carved and ornamented with
glass ; the third of the
same number of pillars, covered with gilded tablets. "
Three thousand brazen statues filled up the spaces e
between the pillars. This theatre would contain
eighty thousand persons. Independently of the'ordt
nary rePreeentetiuner plays were performed on sll
solemn occasions, at the public feasts and games, se"
at she funerses of eminent citizens.
species of entertainment at
indeed, seems to have been
Rome, and no vaticn, air
cient or modern, appears to have cultivated the ;airy.:
lectual recreation of the drwith eeee atria greater sue •
than the Romano. rievectedNtoo
porpopmorottuentibl;
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A ; M
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EMIGRANT VESSELS.--- very interesting - ed
main
to the House of Commons was yesterday printed (eeich
by Mr. Hume) showing the number of passenger ships woof-
have sailed horn ports in the United Kingdom wlthisiaug grants on board during the last live years, distingu oicet .:
the ports under the i•uperintendence or an emigration
been
/.
and showing . the number of such ships which have
__e: so
wrecked, or destroyed at sca, and the number of ilv;ni.,
lost. It appears that from 1847 to 1851 inclusive, thehe United
bee of emigr4,nt vessels that sails, from ports
of which i •
Colotihil Land And Emigr4tion Commissioners, g; of lode was
Kingdom was 7,129, of which '252 were cbairntetred by
there was only one wreck, The per centage ports unr the ' i
'396, or lin 252. Of ships diePateced farti,,n
offices there
superintendence of Government epli3li(f rwrecks, and the pet
were 5,964, out of which there were 3u There were 913 ms.
centage of loss was •503, or 1 in 199• superintendence of Go" patched from DO ts n
• -r-- --o' under
rf
which they were 13 wreckti
,- r:
verament emigration offices, or lin 70. In the 7,12,71',
~
and the loss was I'4 per qiive years there were 1,494,04,
ship. which sailed in the
of lives loss by shipwreck W,l, • •
passenger;, The number
of loss was •(:69, or lin 1,4,2. L"'
Emigration ~
1 U 43. The per tentage of
chartered by the Ernigra the
lives were lost by the
. . . Commissioners.

Afield, the wife of the Rev'
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Jl.lllTh' S.
OF A BON.
Al Bazett.
the wife of G. P' 1.-
Oa the 17th kis', in.crtoa, Esq. ' c
S 1
On the 18th inst., at Sussex-place, 'le 0' P ace, Kensington, the wife
Uarrister•at-lam,
John Woollett, Eiq.•
ok, ♦ DAUGHTER.
f
o 1 the 1 lth insf., at Uffington, Lincolnshire, the wife 0
Rev G.
th, . • P. bl‘DouAll.
On the 16th inst.; at cu
ay or
Ott the 151 b lust.. at Edinchip. Perthshire, the Is
Thomas W. Alurra3 Allen, N., of ilixering.

4.ItR.IED.
Oa the 17th inrt., at Richmond, Sur! e Lard Clarence
to
Paget, son (.t the Marquis of Anglesey, tyo, Msrtha Stilleryoungest (laughter of the late Admiral Sir Robert 171'
Otway, Bait.
-On the 17th inst., at Sr. John's Church, Paddington( fir'
Thomas Wilkinson, of Regent. street, to Harriet, widow of
the late Mr. Thomas .A.-.drew Bridge.

lED
On the 15th inst., at WortD
h-hatl. , Sussex Edward Grab
E-q., aged 65: ,
On the 16 h inst., at Kentish•town, Edwin Sandys, Esl4
aged 82.

Oil the 17th lost atPiccadilly,
aged 79.

Ott the 17t1. inst., at Chohham, Mr. Man-Joni, aged 83.
.d
On the 18th inst., at Barnet-common, Mr. James 130
aged 73.
On 11. e 18th inst., at Peckham, Bayes Thornton,
aged 64.
On the 18th inEt., William Monkhouse, Esq., of Thurloc-
square, aged 65.
On the 18th iret., at Heronga.e, Frances Harriet, Wife 14
the Rev. John Pear on, aged 42.
On the 18th inst., at Liverpool-street, Bisho,-egate,,gl.•
Philip Youngman, aged 73.

tld'ul. • P,•• 'ublf4tboe by MIIRDO
: 0 Tit. Sun ()Ric')
Strand, tho cQuaty 0
faicidlesa, WydirgclikT. APril 211 1832.