The Sun.
London, England, 1836-02-02 00:00:00

THEATRES.

si A n
ST. JAMES' S.
%lied 7,2 W and original burletta," as the playbills have it,
stye ti The Mendicant, was produced at this theatre for the
cts. last night, and its success was decisive. It is in two
thin The dialogue of the piece was very well, though any-
baerg but Witty in the main. The only points which excited
tottl rrient were a few flings at the senility and scurviness of
as
acts, and these were greatly applauded by the audience.
Turitlr of Anes Sor
ces el, M
performed.onsieur Jaques, and Hunting a
le, Were the other pie

iKr• Elton QUEEIV' S.
last night made his appearance at the Queen's
viv.ere in
A the character of Sir Bernard Harleiyh, in the re-
%%yin ',NIA of The Delusion. There was nothing new in the
at►d °, the performance of Mr. Elton. He was composed,
initk."easionally vigorous, as is usual with him, sometimes
lettibmg.4 half point, but mostly deficient in grace. Mrs. Istis-
tires rt.'s Mordaunt, and Mr. Oxberry, played their respective
xhe,,ll the Tnanner for which they are generally distinguished.
riece was announced for repetition by Mr. Elton.
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STRAND.
Itllrohibited from
.reprosenting the. drama_ in any shape, Mr.
v nor re-opened this theatre last night as an " Exhibition of
rci etY•" When the curtrain drew up, he came forward, evi-
,eatly labouring under strong feeling, and his appearance drew
iritth from the audience the usual indications of sympathy and
applause, 1e began by expressing his fears that the task
Which he ',lad imposed on himself was one that he should sink
tinder, -end then, though frequently obliged to pause from strong
emot!ion, delivered the following address :--
N. Ladies and Gentlemen ,—From my heart I thank you for
Rh is kind, this cordial reception to my own beautiful but ill-
ifided little temple of the muses. Accept a victim's gratitude-
-4t persecuted, prosecuted victim ; the victim of an unceasing
cruelty—a man brought to the very verge of ruin by tyranny
Dressed in a little brief authorit , '—( Hear, hear.)
Nor, / 'grieve to say, does the ruin stop 3. here, but stalks into
the bosom of my family, laying waste and desolating the
Freasoning faculties of one of the tenderest and most affectionate
s that ever Providence linked with the destinies of man.
iners
bib , the unjust proceedings against this little property made
hexvi-liJiePiloor wife a stranger to reason produced a broken spirit,he
rt
olf fear no skill or length of time can heal. Can t
this man endure all this and not complain? Blistered be
sp; t°°gue that could be silent. lam one who when I feel I
ofl wronged will speak my wrongs, and scorn, by the tyranny
trittnortal power, to be taught silence when my swelling heart
iejsej out, ' oppression.' This theatre, now possessing pre-
pay 1 tee same license as the Surrey, the Victoria, Astley s,
ill avilion, the Garrick, Sadler's Wells, and the Queen's
iestrt,tre, and which license was petitioned for by all the influ-
sat inhabitants of theparish in which it is situated—a theatre
zantthicisa.ttvvehaiicuhrtzt the shadow of a complaint was ever heard,
has ever dared to breath upon, hath yet
built el' favour in the Chamberlain's Office, though now
office. ~111. Years, while the protecting mantle of that impartia
built four
;,,' tXtended to one who had not a stone laid, or even.
Leith' -;.°l.,!rhe ground whereon to rear his fabric. No injustice
"r4il tts ; "0 partiality in refusing bread to a starving man,
knes4B
hJett feed an over-pampered stomach even to nausea! I
teeil srl. disParagement to the talented individual who has
Prodtt—_,'avolared but I allude to the circumstance as having
Ulm
ideleu a very strong sensation on the public mind—as one
with 8 OUid disarm all prejudice to me. I have been told, an.
.°Po degree of seriousness, that the Strand Theatre is
it is a Mom- with the King. I cannot credit this assertion:
kt i,,1el Or the very name of Majesty. Were Ito hazard.
eitistgeltl, I should say the King is unaware even of its
Poqr.che; nor will I believe that such a King as William the
r
etN.hs lis---a Monarch so proverbial in his anxiety
his
I,4bject;itkied justice being dealt out alike to all _
oees "would countenance the measures that _ have
mat taken to oppress and destroy me. But I
act olive credence to an assertion so absurd ; it is notwthe
irt powereking ; it is the dirty work of some underling, retainedhos
eltt their by a Liberal Government, and sitting, like an incubus,
i
eave ~t. Progress to popularity. Whilst all the. other t
cape 'etinierated act plays of every description, from Shat_ke-
hatleirro to taco under the 25th of Georgbee the
thee°,', t mean nfine myself as closely as poassti l
of 1,-el.lns of my license, by making the Strand
.theatre
totllartety.
at the Mn, Matthews performed his entertainments,
ltOy Le Lyceum and the Adelphi,. for years, without
ICoissvense at all, and so his evidence is recorded before
_a
take ittee of the House of Commons. Mr. Yates annually
limas °lli. the same license as myself, which he uses for all
gas cease of entertainments. When the Chamberlain's license
liven d, have not he and the late Mr. Mathews under such
tikk,ose Performed double monopololognes ? And has he not
tit% 8 scenes from his most popular pieces, acting under
s4ci same license, introducing Mr. John Reeves, Mrs. Honey,
beetle. Whole chorus of Ladies ? Yet have no prosecutions
torsobeen instituted against him. But, " One man may steal a.
t:whilst another may not look over a hedge." No mat-
qet :11te will conquer many things. If lam not allowed to
and „wing' peaceably as others do—if lamto be annihilated
sikree'", little Property destroyed—I stand precisely in the
sake sfittlation
as ll minor theatres ; the law is precisely the
tnitliner all--estroy one they destroy the whole ; and my
a refor g Will be lessened, if they
be made the stepping-stone foroil
a pr. le in our Star Chamber-like dramatic law, even thou,
as pr.
be insulting doom, a law as disgraceful to the statute-book
is
Of th_g and degrading to the admirers and professors
ndu kr.
almost
aerrt.,,
Rayner's peculiar circumstances it would be
;ice. efair to exercise anything like criticism on perform-
•,,,,_ ; got 11-
qmnabp so hastily and under such disadvantages. He
le to get through the monopologue written for him
story rof. Attoncrieff, and, as a substitute, recited the well-knownin
chit ' Mary, the Maid of the Inn." The other enterta -
liceo„ 'were strictly within the terms of the Magistrates'
Qe• The house was poorly attended.

It illW be seen by the letter of our Dublin corre-
4015,0ndent, that a requisition has been signed by a majority
re-
the the electors of Clonmel, calling upon Mr. Stephen Rice,
Zand4le eldest son of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to
for the representation of that borough. Mr. Bag-
el' has declined to come forward, and it is generally sup-
Posed that Mr. Rice will be returned without opposition._
4 rning Paper.
Viscount Howick has appointed C. C. Raper,
itt.:q.,_to be
.first clerk in the War-office, in the
Private
Seere-
tY to his Lordship.