The Sun.
London, England, 1822-12-16 00:00:00

THE THEATRES.

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DRURY. LANE.--Though the part 'of hamlet
is certainly not suitable to the person and talents
of Mr. KEAN,, yet such popularity still attends
him that his appearance in that character on
Saturday attracted a numerous audience.
Whenever. energy- was requfred he appear.
ed to advantage, as usual, but in the grave,
moral, and philosophic passages there was
not a due support- of the --chafacter- as design-
ed .by its unrivalled author. Mks. GLOVER,
an excellent comic actress, possesses so much
judgment that the Queen appeared respectahle in
her. hands. Mrs. VESTRIS is WO much of a comic
'actress to be equally successful in the graver
-province, though her- Ophelia was applauded. -

COVENT-GARDEN.--.Maid Marian stands its
ground, and will probably increase in attraction,
now that The Huguenot,, according to report, is
withdrawn. Maid Marian not only attracts,
as the story has been.popular for ages, but as it
exhibits variety and humour in its dramatic
representation. The parts are altogether ren-
dered effective by the, Performers, but Mr, C.
-K. EMBLE'S Friar Tuck. is really a pleasant piece
of unaffected jollity amtsturdy humour.

On Friday, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council
was held at the Foreign Office, Downing-street,
illicit was attended' by tbe_LORD CHANCELLOR,
the Earl of -LivElli001" Yistotint MELVILLE, Mr.
Secretary. CANNING, the CHANCELLOR• of the
EXCHEQUER, Mr. ROSINSON, &c. The Council-
sat in deliber;ition till abc•ut half-past fouc.
The Gazette of Saturday contains his MAJESTY'S
Proclamation, appointink Parliament to meet on-
the 4th of February, for the dispatch of business.
The Proclamation will be found given at length
in our front page. The same Gazette also
contains a notification by the SPEAKER of the
death of R. SHELDON, Esq. M.P. for Wilton.

The late visit .of the puke of CAMBRIDGE to.
England was occasioned by an ill state of health.:
The doctors advised sea bathing, and Brighton
was deemed the best adapted to his state as well
as for his native air. His Royal Highness derived
considerable benefit during his stay.hereond re-
turned to Hanover in excellent health. '

VIENNA, Nov. 29.—His MAJEiTir.has .ap-
pointed his grandson, the Duke of RIECHSTADT..
(the young NAPOLEON ), serjeant in. the regiment
of infantry of the - Emperor. Yesterday the.
uniform of this regiment-was sent to him, which'
gave him the liveliest pleasure.—(Paris Paper.)
A letter from Hamburgh, dated the 6th instant,
and received on Saturday, by way of Holland,.
states the 'arrival of the Very important informii-
lion from
.Petersbnrgh,,that an Ambassador had.
actually left that City. far Conitantinople. It will
be singulur if the warlike Tumour's respecting
Turkey, and those which:relate to- Spain, shall
be set at rest at the same period:--(Englishman.).
• The following is an extract,of a' letter from
the British Vice-Consul. at Tarragona, dated
Nov.- 28 I have this day cleared out the
English brig Phcenii, STUOT;ICI, Master, belong-
law to Dartmouth, botind to Salon, to take a:
cargo of nuts to England. This vessel has no
Mediterranean pass,:_and as the _public papers, ar
l tin announce that an Algerine squadrou.is
cruising in the Mediterranean, I deem it a duty
incumbent on me to give this information.for the
government of the parties concerned."'
At-Eaton Hall, the seat of EarIGROSIrkNOR,
the avvastitions_caused :by the' late storm hive
been,-very serious. • Some of the pinnacles :have
been.-blown from the battlementt of the Hall,
and others are -materially injured. Many Ane
trees were' blown down, in particular the beau-
_tiful tall fir, so generally admired, and the old,
gothic oak, near the green-house. The dainage
done hi the grounds isr.very great, independent
of the loss of glass; &et: An the Hall, and out-
houses. A .sheep-was gilled in the Park ; be-
tween Eccleston Hill and the Hall, nearly forty
large trees were torn Pp ; between twenty and
thirty in the garden wood, and about twenty in
the Pulford avenue. The
_garden presents. a
scene of much devastation.

LAST FRIDAY WEEK was the Fourth Day, of
Drawing, when N 0.16,522, drawn a Prize of
TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS, was sold in SHARES
by CAD ROLL, 19, Cornhill, and 26, Oxford-street.
This is a continuation of that good fortune which
has for so many years distinguished CAnnoLL's
Offices. The above is the only Prize above
22,000 yet drawn ; there are but Two Days
more, and the Wheel contains 91 Capitals, in-
cluding Two of R 20,000, Two of 810,000, Two
of R 5,000, and 85 others of k 2,000, 11,000,
k5OO, &c. &c. To-moanow is the last Day of
Drawing but One.

LITHOGRAPHIC FORGERlES.—Forgeries to
considerable extent have recently been committed
on two wholesale houses in Watling-street and
Cateaton-street, by means of lithographic fac
similes. It appears that goods were sold to the
firms in question, in the Manchester line, to-the
amount in one instance of 300/. and in the other
to nearly 5001. Their acceptances were taken
in the usual course; those-acceptances were sub-
sequently taken off by means of the lithographic
press, and ,afterwards impressed on new bills
which were drawn. The new bills were discounted
without hesitation by the houses of GLYN and
Co. and BARCLAY and Co. ; and the fraud was
not discovered till the offenders had absconded.
It is supposed they are gone to America. The
total amount of the frauds discovered is about
4,0001. _ _ _

MELAricuoLY ACCIDENT.—On Monday last,
Master BOOKER, a fine boy about ten years of
age, son of the Rev. Mr. BOOKER, of Kew, was
accidently drowned in the river at Eton College.
This young lad was a boarder at Miss LANG-
FORD'S, and had been amusing himself with some
paper boats at the edge of the river, when his
foot slipping he fell in, and was carried down the
stream ; a man jumped in after him, but from the
rapidity of the current, he could not save him.
The body was found in half an hour, and every
means tried to restore suspended animation with-
out effect. The feelings of Miss LANGFORD,
on this melancholy occasion, ow scarcely be
d escribed.—(Oxford Journal.)

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•• • :•-. BRIWITON,,PEC. 13.
This. evening his M ;OE syr entettatis the juvenile' branches.
Of Nobility with a haan'supper. The hivitations:.ittelud:the
Marquip; and Marchioness-of Bath, and children ;.the Earl And
Countess of Aberdeen, and idling family .; Earl and Cbithtiss
Cowper, and falnilY Lord and:Lady Gwydyr,` and family ;
Sir E. and Lady .Kerrison, and family; Sir W. and Italy.
Duff Gordon,. and family ;. Sir J. and Lady" Gore,--and
raMily; General and Mrs: Mtiirdy; and family; Mr: Cur-
zon* And family ; ,Colonel and: Mrs. Cavendish, and family ;
Sir E.- and Lady Codrington,
_and family; Sir. C. and Lady
Doyle, and family ; Mr. incrMrs. T. R. Kemp,. and-family ;
the Earl of Bradford; the EarLOlll.zbridge, • Lord Bingham,
Lord W. Paulet,.Lord W. Thymie, Sir Chas. and Lady .Long,
And Sir Abraham Hume.

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