The Sun.
London, England, 1830-06-23 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DUBLIN.

The Opera selected to introduce Miss PATON and Mr.
Woon, on Saturday night, to an Irish audience, was
Love in a Village, for the first time since the eclair-
cissement which was the subject of so much discussion
in this metropolis. It was apprehended, in the course
of the day, that the theatre would bays been the
scene of riot and tumult, and that an Irish ,üblic would
not for a moment have tolerated an exhibition which was
calculatal to put to the test the sincerity of their hitherto-
boasted fastidiousness on such subjects. There was the
more reason to anticipate such a result, as several of the
newspapers had taken up the subject, and appealed to the
public, as they valued the moral character which they had
hitherto possessed, but which their otvn fancies only had
given them, not to encom age by their presence such per-
sons as Miss PATON and Mr. Woon. The manager,
however, was more prophetic in his calculations, and
knew that an Irish audience was not a whit better than
any other ; and all that had been said of Irish chastity and
morality was stuff and nonsense. The house was crowded
to its utmost contents,land the first circle exhibited a bril-
liant sprinkling of females. On Miss PATON'S appearance
she was received with the loudest applause, interrupted
only by a half-dozen hisses, which were at once drowned
in the general acclamation. Miss PATON seemed so deeply
affec.et by so warm a reception, that she was unable to
proceed for a few minutes. When Mr. WOOD appeared
there was some hissing, and a cry from several, " Off,
Woon," " Woon, off," but far the greater portion of the
audiesce loudly applauded. Some, however, continuing
obstinate in their disapprobation, which prevented Mr.
Wool) from proceeding, a riot took place in the second
tier of boxes, and the dissentients being ejected, the opera
proceeded, without further interruption, to the close.
Wherever the language of the songs could be interpreted
into an allusion of the situation of the parties, it was
eagerly seized upon by the audience and applauded. The
confidence inspired by the warmth of her reception gave
to Miss PATON a spirit which enabled her to equal any of ,
her former exertions.

CALEB WILLIAMS.—The admirers of the
vigorous and intellectual style that characterizes the pen of
Mr. GODWIN, will be gratified to learn that the work
which so pre-eminently established his fame, and of which
the last impression has been long exhausted, may be now
again procured, in a revised edition. It is, we believe,
universally allowed that there is no composition, in the
whole range of novel-writing, so remarka'de on the score
of originality, as " Caleb Williams."

. For several days past the letter H division of
the New Police, stationed in the eastern division of the
metropolis, have been assembled in the Tenter-ground,
Goodman's.fields, for the purpose of being drilled. The
manner in which they performed their evolutions, on the
firstoccasions, caused no little mirth atno;ig the specta-
tor, and gave evident proof that the majority of them
have not been in the army, as is, we believe, generally
supposed to be the case.

DUKE OF MECKLENBURGH STRELITZ.

A singular and ludicrous anecdote occurred to
me at the court of Strelitz, which I cannot for-
bear relating, as a testimonial of the hospitality
)nd kindness of the late Duke of Mecklenburgh
Strelitz; a Prince who was beloved and respected
not only by his subjects, but by all who knew
hi.n ; and who marked by a particular kindness
All English visiters and residents in his states.
I had ordered myself, on arriving very late at
night in the town, to be driven to the inn ; but
being sound asleep in my carriage with my aides-
de-camp on entering the gates, my chasseurs
and orderly from the box showed my passports.
I was not aware that orders had been sent from
the palace to the guard-house to send my cortege
to the reigning Duke's brother's hour in the
town.

On alighting, I found myself shown into
magnificent apartments, lighted up, with nume-
rous servants, and with a grand convert laid for
supper. Congratulating myself with my compa-
'lions in our capital inn, we proceeded to call
about us, ordered and made free, precisely as if
in the first Paris hotel. The wines were excel-
lent ; more and more were ordered up ; a provi-
sion directed to be laid aside to carry forward
on the next day's march ; in short, we all went
to bed in the sweetest delirium. But the con-
sternation that followed the next morning was
appalling: when awakening, I was informed
that the Duke's brother was in the anti-room,
waiting to know, " Si Son Excellence etait
content de sa reception." 'Etc ridicule attached
to me for this anecdote, did not leave me during
the few very happy days I spent at the delightful
palace of the Duke of Mecklenburg at Strelitz,
and in the most enchanting society that then
embellished it.—Lord Londonderry's Narra-
tive cf the War in Germany and France.