The Sun.
London, England, 1822-08-07 00:00:00

ENGLISH PLAYS IN PARIS.

The Directors .of the Theatre of Porte St. Mar-
tain, in Paris, seeing the' determination of the Pa-
risians,have officially announced that their contract
with the English Company is at an end—that they
granted the use of their Theatre conceiving that
the attempt might be agreeable to the public—
that they have been deceived, and that they yield
to the opinions of a majority loudly pronounced.

PARIS, AUG. 4.,=—The Journal des .Qebats contains a long
and elaborate article, in which the propriety of permitting
English dramatic pieces to be performed in the public theatres
of France is discussed. "'We are not surprised," says the
Editor, " to find, that there are many persons in France to
whom the representation of English plays, must be in the
highest degree disgusting. These persons, however, are at
liberty to absent themselves from such representations ; and
it cannot be denied, that to go to the Theatre for the express
pnrpose of disturbing the public peace—to commit acts of vio-
knee against the performers—to insult peaceable spectators—to
mark out for the collective vengeance of an infuriated pit, a
man of letters, whose opinions differed from those of the oppo-
sitionists—to destroy the benches and musical instruments, at d
to hurl the most disgusting projectiles against beautiful and
defenceless women—is a species of opposition as much oppos-
ed to the laWs of a well regulated state, as it is to the elegance
of our manners, and to the dignity of our national character.
Such, however, are the excesses of which we have been wit-
nesses at the theatre of the Porte St. Martin." After detailing
the disgusting scenes which took place " during the horrible
pantomime_ which terminated the representation of one of
chefs d'ceuvre of the great SHAXSPEARE," the Editor pro-
ceeds to state, " that the little piece, imitated from one of the
the most amusing productions of FEYDEAU, might perhapS
have inspired more favourable sentiments in the audience, had
the performance of it been committed to tolerable actors. The
actors and actresses, however," he adds, " were so ridiculous
that the only Sentiment which their efforts were calculated to
excite, was that of compassion. Compassion, however, was
not the feeling which appeared to prevail ; for one of the most
gallant of the oppositionists signalised his courage by discharg-
ing one of the largest French copper coins against the head of the
English actress who acted the part ofthe waiting maid. The aim
of the ruffian was but too well directed, for it struck the unfortu-
nate woman over the eye, and she fell senseless into the arms of
one of the performers. Thus ended (says the Journalist) this
gallant and magnanimous contest." This signal triumph was
obtained on the first night. It was not till the attenipt at a se-
cond representation that the chivalrous gallantry of the French
nation, and the superiority of COJaNEILLE to SHARSPEARE,
were ully established by a still more successful discharge of
missiles against the devoted actresses.

COOKE, THE CELEBRATED ACTOR.—The fol-
lowing, is a copy of the Epitaph' on the Tomb
erected to the memory of GEORGE FREDERICK
COOKE, the celebrated Actor, by Mr. KEAN, iu
America, in the year 1821 :
" Three Kingdoms claim his birth,
" Both hemispheres pronounce his worth."
It is a matter of contention whether he was born
at Westminster, or in the barracks of Dublin, in
1756. Some persons say he was born in Scot-
land. He died of a dropsy, Sept. 26, 1812, in
America, and was buried in St. Paul's Church-
yard, Ne`w York.

ROYAL ACADEMIC OF Muszc.—We have au-
thority to say, that a Board has been formed,
which, in conjunction with Pr. Cnorcu, the
Principal of the,lnstitution, is charged with draw-
ing up,the rules and. regulations for the instruc-
tion of the students, and that the following are
the names of the distinguished professional gen-
tlemen who compose it :—J. ATTWOOD, Esq., J.
GREATOREX, Esq., \V., SHIELD, Esq. and Sir
GEORGE SMART.

On Friday night last a temporary gallery
erected in the Assembly Room, at York, for
sFectators of the exhibition of the Battle of Algiers,
gave way, and caused many broken limbs and
other disasters.