The Sun.
London, England, 1822-07-15 00:00:00

THE THEATRES.

Thames.

KING'S THEATRE.—This Theatre, as usual,
was very well attended on Saturday night. The
Opera was Don Giovanni, the music of which, the
more familiar it becomes, the more its beauties are
developed. Le Petit Chaperon Rouge was the
Ballet, and it was admirably supported. The
Duchesses of KENT and GLOUCESTER, and the
Princess SOPHIA of GLOUCESTER, with a nume-
rous host of the higher orders, filled the boxes.
ENGLISH OPERA lIOUSE.—The Duenna was
represented at this Theatre on Saturday evening.
The characters were well apportioned, and
PEARMAN, Miss CA REW, Miss PovEy, Bao.tn-
Huns; and Mr. F. BLAND, acquitted themselves
very well in their .respective exertions ; but the
chief object of attention was Miss CLARA FISHER
in the part of Isaac Mendoza. If we had not
witnessed the former exertions of this extraordi-
nary child, we might have been more surprised
at the truth, spirit, and humour with which she
supported the character of the cunning Israelite.
Her peformance was, indeed, an extraordinary
effort of juvenile merit, and well deserved the
applause that attended it.

CHELTENHAM.—The Amateur theatricals at
this place have been much admired and well at-
tended. Colonel BERKELEY performed _Henri
Quatre with great dignity and characteristic
spirit. Major DAwKiNs gave a very entertaining
representation of Jocrisse. Mr. AUGUSTUS BERKE-
LEY was very animated in Eugi.ne de Biron.—
Miss FORDE, who was so deservedly admired in
London, made her first appearance at Chelten-
ham as Florence St. Leon. She is already a great
favourite. ABBOTT, FARLEY, and Mrs. HMI,
LOWE are strong props to the Cheltenham The-
atre, which is likely to enjoy a very liberal
patronage.

Mn. Esismv.—The public will regret to hear
hat this deservedly popular actor, and very
worthy man, is at present in such a state as to
preclude all hopes of recovery. To the inquiry
this' morning the answer was, that he was worse,
and, indeed, his death is every moment expected.
The public will feel`the loss of so good an actor,
but the loss to his family will be severe indeed.
A widow and seven children, in the event of his
death, will be left without provision, except in
the hope that public liberality will interpose in
their favour, as a suitable return for the pleasure
which the rare talents of Mr. EIdERY have so
often afforded them.
Mr. ALEXANDItE.—The memoirs of this cele-
brated Ventriloquist give a very entertaining ac-
count of his juvenile tricks in the exercise of his
extraordinary powers, several of which were at-
tended with the most ludicrous consequences.
His exertions, we find, have been highly profitable
to the A delphi Theatre, and, as he has announced
his intended benefit, we sincerely hope that they
will be equally advantageous to himself.—lt is
seldom that public talents have been more
strongly recommended by private worth than in
this very extraordinary Performer.
VAUXHALL.—These Gardens-were opened on
Saturday evening for one of the most gratifying
scenes that was ever submitted to the public.--
The liberal intention of the new proprietors was
to afford pleasure to parents and children by a
kind of Juvenile Fete, that during the present
vacation the little Students might be so amused
as to return more willingly to school. This pur.
pose was completely effected, as a very numerous
corps of Infantry was present, and delight was not
only visible in all their faces, but sympathetic feel-
ings obviously animated the spectators in general
as well the immediate relatives of the children.
The usual performances of the place were exhibited
with full success, the children were gratified by
proper refreshments, and pleasure seemed to
spread., if we may so express it, by a happy con-
tagion. ,A repetition of this interesting scene has
been recommended previous to their return to
school, and we certainly cannot conceive a spec-
tacle more calculated to gratify those who feel
pleasure in witnessing the happiness of their
fellow beings. The Gardens were full, and
many persons of high rank Were delighted ob-:
servers of this scene of infantile felicity.
CONNOISSEURSHIP.—.A few years ago some
ignorant or over-cunning individuals imported into Europe se-
veral Arabic manuscripts, very superbly bound, and in the
most excellent condition. These were eagerly bought up by
.persons who were rather admirers than readers of Arabic.—
Some of the connoisseurs ' who thought their sealed books
a great treasure, shewed them to persons better skilled in
the language than themselves ; when it was discovered that
these learned treasures . merely consisted of the ledgers and
other account-books of Arabian tradesmen.
FIRE.—Yesterday morning, at five o'clock, a
fire broke out in the timber yard of Messrs.
LOVITT and BELTON, Compton-street, Clerken-
well, which totally destroyed the whole of .the
machinery for the cutting and sawing of wood :
timber to a great amount was also consumed.

ROYAL NAVY.

Saturday morning his Majesty7s ship Samarang, of 28 gums
(lately built at Cochin), Capt. Campbell, arrived from Madras,
the Mauritius, and St. Helena, which several places she left on
the 6th of March 18th of April, and 29th of May ; called at
Ascension, and left the Marine Garrison there all well. The
whole of the British possessions in India were in a state of tran-
quillity and restored health ; the cholera snorbusappeared to have
ceased its destructive influence on the shores of the Persian Gulf; where, also, peace prevailed, the strong holds of the Wha-
bee pirates having been destroyed, and their offensive means of
annoyance to our trade, in all points, greatly crippled. The
Glasgow frigate,Capt. B. C. Doyle (which took out General
Sir Edward Paget, Governor of Ceylon), had sailed from
Trincomalee for Calcutta, for the purpose, it was understood,
of embarking the Marquis of Hastings and suite, and return to
England. Sir Henry Blackwood had left Trincomalee in the
Leander, 69, Capt. Price Blackwood, for Bombay, to inspect
the new line of battle ship Ganges, Capt. F. A. Collier, and
despatch her to England. Sir Henry would return to England
on the arrival of Commodore Grant. The squadron in India,
it was understood, was to be reduced to one frigate and a few
sloops. The Topaze frigate, Capt. Charles. Richardson, C. 8.,
had touched at Manilla, on her passage from China to India and
England, the dispute with the Chinese having been satisfactorily
adjusted.—(Hampshire Tehgraph.)
On Saturday morning arrived at Portsmouth the Sophia
transport, Lieut. Samuel Spencer, agent, with invalided offi-
cers, seamen, and marines, and returned ordnance sand naval
stores, from Jamaica, which island she left the 2d of June, and
Crooked Island on the 16th, having crossed from the West
Indies to Spithead in the extraordinary short space of 27 days.
She brings intelligence that the royalist forces at St. Juan de
Ulloa still held out, though symptoms of dissatisfaction had
appeared among the troops. This last remnant of the old
Government may, therefore, ere this, be gone, and Old
Spain will then only possess Cuba on the other side of
the Atlantic. A Buenos Ayrean squadron, under the com-
mand of Commodore Curtois (a Frenchman of colour),
was cruising off the Gulf of Dulce and Honduras; he
had taken several rich Spanish vessels, and destroyed
Port St. Philip. The 33d and 9lst regiments had suffered ma-
terially by fever since their arrival from England ; the latter
regiment had removed to Fort Augustus • Captain D. Camp-
bell and assistant-surgeon O'Donnelly had died. The Scout,
18, Captain Theed, lately front England, was the only ship at
l'ort-Royal. On the return of the Sybille to port, she was to
proceed to cruise against the pirates. The Carnation was at
Vera Cruz ; the Tyne and Tamar at Porto Bello, Carthage-
na, and Chagres ; the Icarus had gone to Barbadoes with
specie; the Pyramus and Esk were off Barbadoes; the Fal-
mouth was at St. Martha; and the Surinam at Carthagena.—
(ibid.)
The Nimrod sloop of war, Captain Nelson, has been paid off at Chatham, and is to be prepared again for service. Captain
Rochfort is appointed to the command.
The Ariadne frigate, Captain Moorsom, sails directly from
Plymouth for the Cape of Good Hope.
The Espiegle sloop of war, Capt. H. T. Browne Collier, is
fitting at Portsmouth for the coast of Africa.
The Forte frigate, Capt. Sir 'Thomas Cochrane, arrived at
Portsmouth on Friday morning from Bermuda, last from the
Western Islands, and brought home from Bermuda his Excel-
lency Major-General Sir William Lumley, K.C.8., Governor
of that Island, and family, who have since landed and pro-
ceeded to town.
The Owen Glendower, 42 guns, the Hon. Captain Spencer,
sailed on Monday for Sheerness, to receive on board nautical
instruments, chronometers, &c. after which she will proceed to
Madeira, for the purpose of making a series of observations,
with a view to ascertain, with the greatest possible precision,
the longitude of that island.—( Portsmouth Paper.)
The new semaphore signal station, erected on the King's
Slaughter-house, at the new Sally Port, being complete; the
semaphore on the Platform, hitherto used for communicating
with his Majesty's ships at Spithead, has been pulled down—
The line of communication between London and Portsmouth is
also in all respects complete, and has been ins ected by Lieut.
Pace, R.N. stationed at the Admiralty. The first message for
the purposes of exercise was received at Portsmouth on
Thursday.
NAVAL PROMOTIONS—Captain Charles Malcolm, C.B. is
appointed to the William and Mary, yacht, in the room
of Captain Bowles, appointed Inspector General of the
Preventive Water Guard. The 14 illiam and Mary is to
be got ready for the immediate service of the Lord Lieu-
tenant of Ireland. Mr. Thomas Cooke Jones, late Surgeon
of the Ordinary at Plymouth, is appointed Assistant-Sur- peon of Portsmouth Dock Yard, in the room of Mr. Bry.
done, appointed surgeon of the Royal George yacht, Vacant by
the appointment of Mr. Gladstone to be second physician of
Greenwich Hospital, Dr. William Burnett, from that establish-
ment, having succeeded the late Mr. Burke, as surgeon of Perm.
broke dock-yard.—Mr. Kirkwood is appointed surgeon
,or. the
Ordinary at Plymouth, vice Jones.
PLYMOurtr, JULY 12.—0 n Thursday last an order came
down to our Dock-yard, that the clerk of the survey, clerk of
the rope yard, all the quartermen, the master mast-maker,
master boat-builder and fbreman, master joiner and two fore-
men, master house-carpenter and. two foremen, foreman of the
caulkers, foreman of the scafibldmen, foreman of the labourers,
&c. &c. should be all discharged on the 29th of this month—
( Devonshire Freeholder.)
COWES, JUt.Y 13.—Royal Yacht Club.—The Royal Yacht
Club having agreed to change the day originally appointed for
sailing in company, to the 13th of July, on account of the Regattas at Dartmouth, Torquay and Teignmonth,
Cowes became again this morning a scene of very pecu.
liar beauty and interest from the various yachts from Ports.
mouth, Southampton, and Lymington, assembling to take
their stations in the roadstead. By eleven o'clock the fleet
was completely formed, and ready for starting ; and on the
Eliza, S. Challen, Esq. hoisting the Commodore's pendant,
with the signal to weigh, they all stood to the eastward and
procedeed to Spithead, round the Nab Light, and towards
Durinose, when the squadron tacked and stood towards
Stokes Bay, where, after practising the new code of signals,
they returned to Cowes roads. The repetition of this marine
exhibition appears to have excited great satisfaction in the nu-
merous parties of pleasure which followed the fleet, and to
those who beheld it from the shore, and the day went off with
considerable eclat. Above 15 yachts of the Club mustered on this occasion.

MERCANTILE SHIPPING, &c.

• .11.1.111•0 IN
DEAL, JULY 14.—Wind E.—Arrived last night the Adam,
Coffin, from South Seas ; also the Aurora, Hunt, from Gre-
nada ; Laurel, Bentley, New Providence ; Edward, Fell, St.
Vincent's ; Elizabeth, (uttney, Jamaica ; Woodburn, Feed,
Africa. Also this morning, and sailed with the above for the
River, the Montmorency, Wood, from Quebec. Came down
from the River and sailed the Pyrennees, Clark, Dominica
Regulus and Velocity, for St. John's, Newfoundland: ;
JULY 13.--Wind N.N.W."-Arrived last night and remains
Orestes, Nicholson, from St. John's, N.B. ; Gibson,
Jamaica. Sailed in the course of last night the Barbara, Smith,
Batavia ; and Ariadne, Russel, to Rotterdam ; also this morn.
ing the whole of the outward bound. Arrived and sailed for
the River the Jane, Widdle, from the South. Seas • Zephyr,
Cox, Honduras; the Admiral Cockburn, Biggs, for Van Die-
men's Land, sailed about 6 A. M. this morning.
PORTSMOUTH, JULY I3.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the
Sophia transport, from Jamaica ; his Majesty's ships Phaeton
and Pioneer, from a cruise. Sailed the Arab, Brown, New
South Wales ; Skefton, Dixon, Van Dieman's Land.
JULY 14.—Arrived the Partridge,. Brashman, Bombay;
Valiant, Jerriman, from Jamaica ; and Ocean transport, ditto.
FALMOUTH, JULY 12.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived the Cold.
stream, Stephens, 'from London to Bengal ; Bedford, Martin,
from ndon to Sierra Leone ; Dart, Dewel, South Seas.
JULY 13.—Arrived the Duke of Kent Packet, from Lisbon.
Off the port the Feronia, Hepley, Bilboa. Sailed the Sally ;
Arabella Packet, for Lisbon ; and Bedford, Martin, Sierra
Leone.

THE MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE, JULY 14.

Our supplies very abundant of every thing • this morning;
Wheats suppdrt last Monday's prices ; the trade pretty brisk;
Barley without demand this morning, and nothing doing, the
price merely nominal; Pease, Beans, and, Oats, for the best
samples full is. lower, and the inferior sorts full 2s. per quarter
lower than this day week ; Flour remains the same as last week.

AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN IN ENGLAND AND WALES.
Wheat, 425. 6d. ; Barley, 19s. 4d. ; Oats, I9s. Od. ; Rye,
18s. 2d. ; Beans, 275. Od. 9 • Peas, 265. 11d.
The Average Price of Brown or Mu,scovado Sugar, computed
from the Returns made in the Week ending the 10th day of
July, 1822, is 30s. Bd. per cwt.