The Sun.
London, England, 1814-12-24 00:00:00

THE TEILITRE.

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DRURY-LANE.—MISS WA LSTEI N, who, actoid4
ing to report, was-particularly admired in Ireland
for her performance of Jane . Shore, appeared:,.in
that character last night at this Theatre, Afld
though we did not observe such an extraordinary
degree of excellence as might be. expected, in
consequence of the report above-mentioned, yet
her rept esentation of the part altogether, was
very creditable to her judgment and sensibility. Her
firm resistance of hrastinn-s, mingled with penitence,
and meek submission to his taunts in reference to her
former conduct, were well expressed, so was her
scene with Gloucester, where she rises into warm
admiration of Hustings for supporting the cause of
the Royal little ones." But her merit was chiefly
conspicuous in the languor and weakness arising
from want of sustenance, resignation to sufferings
which she considers as the due punishment of guilt,
and the tenderness and agony which she feels oa
receiving the last attentions of her forgiving Hus-
band. The audience were liberal in applause
throughout, and it must be acknowledged, that
an Actress who can support with grace and spirit
the part of Letitia IfOrdy, and acquit herself so
well in one so different as that of Jane Shore,
possesses a versatility of talents that give her
strong claims to publk. patronage. RAS dis-
played his usual good sense and feeling in
Hastings, but did not render the character
very prominent. RAYMOND was forcibly cha-
racteristic and terrific in Gloucester. Poem •
gave a very respectable support to the character
of Dumont. Mrs. GLOVER is so good a comedian
that it is not surprizing she has not equal merit ia
the tragic province. There was no want of ex-
ertion in her Alicia, but we would rather see her
wear the sock than the buskin. The house was
well attended.

Tire RIVAL Romeo.—KEAN (says
„p country
Paper) is to be produced as the Drury Lane Romeo,
at the ensuing Helydays. The Covent Garden
Proprietors are reported to have made most liberal
offers to Mr. WILLIAM APCiIEADY to start ,in the
same character, as his antagonist :—this young
Gentleman has recently made the entire _career of
youthful tragedy upon the boards of our northern
Theatres, with a success more brilliant than ever
yet attended a novice in that profession. In the
opinion of many excellent critics, he has every
promise of decided excellence, and at present only
requires practice to throw down the gauntlet to
the proudest of his competitors upon the Metro•
litan soges.

The Farce of " Shiloh," as now performing,
reminds one of the country manager's hand-bill,
announcing the Tragedy off/am/et :—" The part
rf f-IimLET, for that night only, to he omitted, by
particular desire."

A certain vocal Actress, deservedly a favourite,
was lately fined for refusing to sing in Macbeth.
Though frequently encored by the Public, the,
Alanager, it should apear, is not very partial to
her airs !

Mr. AsuE.'s first Subscription Concert took
place at the Upper Rooms oil Wednesday last, in
the great Room, a circumstance which has not
occurred for many seasons ; but the numerous as-
semblage fully required so extensive a space..,
Notwithstanding the exquisite hill of fare, BRA.
HAM was certainly the powerful magnet of the
evening. 'His first Italian Recitative and Air was
pronounced " better than ever !" and his own
song, " Is there a heart that never loved ?" pro
luced a general encore. " The last words of
Marmiou," however, surpassed even those efforts ;
never were ideas so harmoniously and so emphati•
cally expressed.—Mr. C. SMITH made his first ap.
pearancc ; he sang with great science, and was
very well received, and his duet kith BRAHAM was
rapturously encored ; a compliment which his
" Spirit of the Deep" should also have obtained.
Miss BARTLETT made likewise her fist display at
these• Concerts, and sang sweetly indeed, Miss
WOOD is greatly improved since-last season, and
ranks among the superior melodists of the age
her fine intonation was particularly admired.—
The Trumpet Concerto showed the astonishing
powers of execution in the unique possession of
Mr. SCHIMDT. From the approbation that crown-
ed the whole of this introductory Concert, Mr.
ASHE may well augur ample remuneration, and
the Public complete satisfaction.—(Bath Herald)
IMPROVEMENTS.—We were premature in sup-
posing that the communications between the City
and the Court end of the town would be opened
by Christmas. On the contrary, the Strand is as
impassable as ever, one side being occupied with
trenches, the other with mountains of dirt, and
the middle finely cut up into ruts, of which wa
actually measured one varying from four to eleven
inches in depth, and about eight paces in length.
The LORD CHANCELLOR lately declared, that if
the Water Companies were allowed to do as
they pleased, they would soon go to the sea—the
inhabitants of the metropolis wish they would go
into it, and take the other Pipe Companies with
them.

CHRISTMAS PRESENT.--At Guildhall, yesterday,
a respectable tradesman pi.do,,d a 1.,.6.t of oact
sort of poultry, which he had received by the Hast—
ings coach, as a Christmas present. It consisted of
three old crows, four rats, and a dead cat, which he
was requested to accept as a small token of regar4
from a particular friend." The object of his ap..
plication to the IN Llgiserate was, to obtain back
the amount of carriage paid for this delectable
pre. He was advised to apply to the coach-
owners, 'who would, no doubt, not lend their
sanction to such a hoax.

In ttle last American Papers is a copy of " the
Bill reprted in the American Hoase of Repre-
sentatives for raising troops by the mode of Con-
scription.'' All the whole ionic inhabitants be-
tv.•een IS and 45 are to be classed into classes of
2a each, and every class is to furnish one able
bodied Man to serve during the war. There are
other bills, as our readers know, troth the intelli-
gence we eommunkated yesterday ; a bill to au-
thorise volunteer corps, and a bill to raise 40 re-
gitnenzs in addition In the regular military force
now in existence. None of these hills seem to
have been very ri:4•Oroil'ily ciithnsed ; they have
been reported, read t wiee; refers Cpl to a COol-
mittee of tire whole Ilonst: 'The militia force 13
riot to be altogether dispense.d with, hot, in con-
junction Stith the volunteers, is to be vroployed
ion ;Joule