The Sun.
London, England, 1822-10-25 00:00:00

THE THEATRES.

DRURY-LAXE.—The Comedy of Wild Oats,
one of the most regular of those dramatic extra-
vaganzas which have issued from the pen of
O'KEEFFE, was last night full as well supported
altogether as we have ever seen it since its origi-
nal appearance. The part of Rover had all
ELLISTON'S animation. Sir George Thunder was
complete in DOWTON ; TERRY was forcible and
correct in John Dory. KNIGHT is one of the
best representatives of Sim that we have seen
since the late BLANCHARD, the original—but it
is impossible to forget his simplicity, feeling, and
rustic energy. Mrs. W. WEST was very inte-
resting in Lady Amaranth; and HARLEY,
though the part is not in his proper line, gave
effect to Ephraim Smooth, the amorous and hy-
pocritical Quaker.—The farce was The Agreeable
Surprize, and Mrs. HUGHES again acquitted her-
self to the satisfaction of a very numerous au-
dience in the part of Cowslip.
CovErcr-GARDEN.--The new candidate for
public favour, who came forward last night in the
character of Young Norval, is Mr. MASON, a son
of the youngest sister of Mrs. SIDDONS. It is
understood that he has been a pupil of his uncle,
Mr. C. KEMULE. His person and features qua-
lify him very well for the Stage, and amidst his
evident timidity, naturally arising from the awe
excited by so formidable a tribunal as a London
audience, he displayed talents that practice may
ripen into no small share of theatrical merit.
His deportment is easy, and he seemed to have
studied the part, of which he gave a tolerable out-
line, though in the detail he sometimes wanted due
animation. This want, however, we are inclined to
attribute to diffidence, but as he was received with
encouraging applause, and has the advantage of
a judicious tutor, who himself presents an example
of theatrical excellence, this noviciate may fairly
be expected, as his fears disperse, to rise in
public favour. The part of Lady Randolph
was assigned to Mrs. W. CLIFFORD, who
appeared to much advantage at the Haymarket
Theatre in the comic province. She possesses a
good figure, and her deportment is easy, natural,
and appropriate. Her performance of Lady
Randolph was throughout marked by judgment
and feeling, and if she ig not thoroughly qua-
lified to take the lead in tragic characters, she
will at least support them with propriety, and,
possessing very respectable comic talents, she is
likely to become a very useful addition to the
theatrical Corps of this Temple of the dramatic
Muses. YATES was the Glenalvon, a character
wholly out of his line, but he seemed disposed
to follow the outline of the celebrated CooaE,
who rendered it one of the most prominent
of his performances. The part of Old Norval
was sustained with great ability by BARTLEY.
He fully satisfied the mind, but his portly form
and countenance rendered it somewhat difficult
to consider him as worn down by grief and
poverty. The afterpiece was The Poor Sol-
dier, and Mr. KEELEY performed the part
of Darby. He has been such a favourite at
the minor Theatres that he was sure of a favour-
able reception, and he deserved it by the spirit
and humour of his acting. Miss BEAUMONT, a
pretty and clever young actress, was the Patrick,
and was encored in the song of " My Friend and
Pitcher :" but we hope that the custom of intro-
' ducincr females in male characters will be wholly
abandoned, as it is by no means creditable to a

Patent Theatre, which ought always to be pro
vided with proper representatives of male cha.

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[FROM THE LATE AMERICAN PAPERS.]
AFRICAN SETTLEMENT.—The Agent, at Balti-
more, of the African Settlement at Cape Mussura, appears to
have received late accounts from that Colony, of a very flattering
description. Houses had been built for the natives, who were em-
ployed in the cultivation of cotton, indigo, and other produc-
tions of the tropical climate. None of them were anxious to re.
turn ; mut harmony and good fellowship were generally pre-
valent. The place was abundant in all the fruits of the tro-
pical climate, besides being auspicious to the growth of
tea and coffee. There is a place in Cape Messurado, where
the natives believe that the devil resides, and they were,
on that account, extremely averse to a cession of the ter-
ritory. They occasionally attend, and sacrifice a fowl, to
propitiate the favorable regards of their forlorn deity. The na-
tives still make their sacrifice, although the Americans have
purchased out their right and title to his dominion in Cape
Alessurado. Preparations are making at Baltimore for another
vessel to sail to the Colony during the present season.

An article dated Bayonne, the 15th inst., con-
tains the following statement :—" Letters have
been received to-day at Bayonne, from St. Jean
Pied de Port, which say that many soldiers of
the Army of the Faith have arrived at Irati.—
Reports have since been spread, that the Army
of the Faith has been totally defeated, and that
the fort • was abandoned yesterday morning—
that one of the Guerilla commanders, BARRATIN,
had gone with four hundred men to Guipuscoa,
and that the Army of the Faith in Navarre is
quite broken up. It is certain that the Consti-
tutional troops were in force on the 12th in the
forest of Irati, and that BARRATIN has in fact
passed into Guipuscoa, to resume the offensive."
A. French paper, attached to the interest of the
Spanish insergents, confirms the taking of Irati.
The following hand-bill was posted at the en-
trance of the Royal Exchange yesterday morning ; it has not
been sanctioned by the merchants, and was removed, almost as
soon as it appeared, by the Exchange-keeper : •
" TO THE GENTLEMEN DEALERS IN FOREIGN STOCKS

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ON THE ROYAL EXCHANGE.
" GENTLEMEN—You have selected for the theatre of your
operations one of the most frequented parts of the Exchange,
particularly on foreign post days, of those whose habitual places
you have usurped : your removing a few yards further to the
north-east corner, a quarter always thinly attended, will be con-
sidered as an act of couttesy for which the merchants who fre-
quent the French and Italian walks will feel much obliged."
MRS. GARRICK.—The remains of this vene-
rable Relict of the great and unrivalled ornament
of the British Stage, were removed from the
Adelphi Terrace at eleven o'clock this morning,
and deposited in Westminster Abbey. The
funeral procession consisted of a hearse with four
horses, three mourning coaches and four, and four
private carriages.
On Wednesday, the 16th inst. the mortal re-
mains of the Hon. Lady ANNE JOCELYN (whose
death was announced in The Freeman's Journal
of the 16th inst.), sister to Earl RODEN, were
brought in great funeral pomp to Dundalk, and
deposited in the RODEN family vault, in the
Parish Church of St. Nicholas ; Lord RODEN,
Chief mourner, attended by the family domestics,
relatives, and friends of the deceased.—(Dublin
Freeman's Journal.)