The Sun.
London, England, 1809-10-26 00:00:00

7'HE,47AES.

• Kings Tb,Y,tre.
This Theatre was open,ed last night for a masked
ball 'and supper, in honour of his Majesty.. The
:visitors, however, wereat,liberty:.to wine in masks;
or not. appeared .in' Dominos, but very iew':
in 'charaaers. Soule sailors were very noisy:'and
troublesome. A Pierrot was very ale' t. ,There
was a great. proportion ,of fepales, several of whole!
were very beautiful. They were chiefly. in taiay
dresses.' The Stage was formed into a Chinese,
Temple,, and it was very beautiful and „
splendid.—
Soon after one the Concert Room, and another -
large room aboVe, were opened, and a good,. plenti- ,;•
hal, and elegfint supper was presenfedto the tom.
parry, who Completely.. occupied all the tables.—
When the supper was' nearly over, a .GenAl'emark• •
proposed his 11enieiti's health. burst ot, Aoyal
' enthusiasm' ittnnediatd tool: place; ‘,.,T11/3„
KING, with three times ,three," was given, the
. company standing all the .thfit!, and testif:ing their
joy by the loudest acclatnations. God Save:the •
Brit-anNie.;" .uninediacely
• alter performed, by the Band, 'andi&ceived with
milar applause.. The company then adjourned to
the. stage, ,whin the dancing was reslimed, and
.where much f_estisity prevailed, That it likely
to continue till a very late hour thls.rporinug..
• . • Cov'e'ntGardin Theatre,
The Comedy-of ne IVO k;,-orici was rer,
presented last night very
,successfully through three.
acts,' with some. slight Marks of disapprobation
wards Mr. K Who perforined the part of
Egerton, •btit the audience:la g-eueral were warmly
in lus-favoui... On the.-entrance of the hair-price.,,
visitors, the uSital'tuunilt broke, forth, to our so «.
prise as well a; r-egret, as thought the celebration
of -the day,. and the b,:ilevolent purpose of the pet- • .
formers last night; would havesofteued,. if not sub- •
dued; ail tairbulent feelingS, partictilaily as the .audi-
,• ence,
,befOre the di-awin up of the curtain, had de-
manded- God mite the Aing,.whie:h was given by.
.the whole vocal strength of the Theatre, and re-
ceived With the greatest' applause-, ;tilde rttctnrtru
was ,also demanded; and given with grt,.;t applause. •
On the conclusion of the Comedy, a new Musical
Piece,. entitled The Jubilee, was pertorn:ed, but it
was impossinleito judge of its'inerit ;amid:A the up-
roar that 'preVailed.
The scenery; however, was .beautiful, particularly...
the last scene, whiCh -represe,nteda naval town zs)(1:
arsenal. • The town appeared illuminatel, and a "man
of war fired a Royal Salute. The whale closed
with a grand procession,-in which ERITANN; apT.-.
peared, in a •car,with allegorical repres.entations of
the four quarters of the g10h.., and -bannersbearingo
the 'names of our great national achievements, among
which were—

Gibraltar--•SCriiigapatam-Alexandria - Maict - Vimiera •
Qniebec-Gape Sr. Vincent--The Nile -Ttatalpr-Tne 'n•
Channel--Tne North Seas-India-Asta-Cormnerce
nufacture3--•Shetlielkt-13irmingham--:Norwich -ivlanchestcr
-The Arts-Music-1 ainting-Agriculture-:-Patriotism-
Loyalty-ij-nanimity-Talour-'-Liberalitk-Freedotn.
Splendid, ia.4ever, 'and appropriate as the sceup.,
was, it could. not ',P,oothe the violeiice. Of opposition;.
but the-people in Pit effedually9prevetned the
rest of the audience .trom- hearing a word-, though
they could not-restrain -Thern"•frOtn gibing- a marked'::
'approbation of the Whole. There we:e very few,
Placai-Ils, and these were repetitions: On'the con-
elusion of..the whole; the oppositiOn gave three
Cheers for " THE KING,"• three for " Ourselves,"
'and three groans. for the Managers; alter which
they dispersed about eleven, without any ad of a
tnischevious nature:. , -•

Tar.•LYcuutu.-----The entertainments of this place
last night, as well as those of.Covent-garden`Thea-
tre, were for the benefit of iorprisonen-dentOrs.--.-
The tirst performance was a part of HANDLL's Coro
nation Arakern, 1.)!; the vocal pertortneis and orches-
tra. -Then followed. Suluesfrr Daggerwood ; • and •
after that, 'a. new musical piece entitled Ifeitain's
;,The fable-boars a strong analogy to so.triej-
cent:debates .in the Cointito'n Council ; and though
it must be confessed that sorne-Of. those debates have
li‹:en; in parts, ridiculous and di:gusting, ti et it way
be questioned -whether it was proper to nytke such
a pointed reference to such a respectable body, par=
titularly as the Srage'should cautiously •refrain from
all polit.cal allusions, which too-often tend to create
distuillaiwes among the audience, where a ditference
r o sentiment must naturally prel'ail.- ;The- subject,.
however was managed with humoUr; and was 'very,
well supported- by the -Performers. The plot is
thunded.upon a: supposed debate in a country towt4
upon the best manner of celebrating so joyous an
event as t he both Anniversary of a good King's reign.
Some are for an illuminatiOn, and tone for a t:nAN
ritable subscription, as their respeCtive intet;egh or'
• feelings may suggest. At length the 141ior ribleet
accomplished, sonevi.,Stims.olnui.6tortune •ftre
vexed from priSbn', and the whole Cotacindes frau
..
intended marriage. mid a-loyal 'jubilee, The plf ce,
though cv.idently bearing marks of haste,
than most temporary, prodo6tions, and is
Mended by some pretty music, composed 17, VKr 1.-
LY, and much Picturesque and pleasing gcto
Jev.
.w,as.very well received. • .-•

Stich was the immense_ number of lamps to be
lighted. at the Bank, ,that it was fotina Tier..iiztry to
begin, atone o'clock, and the fronts
.re.!Ohin2 ir.
Bartholomew-lane W
to PrinCes-street, as ligjited l-;;- -
fore two o'clock in the day ; ,thelarnpdlgh,t.:,l-s 'L a ;
• not, finished the remainder of their task b six:
I. Yesterday Mr. WiIIiTINGIIANI," Printer, pve to
-every Uersori etnployed his offices, In Go..yeit-_,
street and.:Chiswtok,-Jhe, sum-crt'firrilTilling,s, to
-drink Good-Health to his iVlA.in‘qy."
Upwards of one hiindred ontortonate de!)tors
the' prisons of the metropolis, were yesterday re-
stored to liberty by means of the liberal donations
made to the Society for the Relief of Persons im-
prisoned for small debts. -

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"I ND PORTUGUESE PAPERS.

LISBON, OCT.'*.—The army of La:Mancha, re,
intr iced by -a corps ireio that of E,trectwAttra;_haS
adA :-:nced from the banks of thel3nadiana to resume
the offettsiv, ; its out-posts have already arrived at
At..cording:to letters' from the frontiers
of Alentejo, some Englis'h troops have marched for
the interior •ot Spairk. . H
• NIAN*ESA, SEPT; 14.—8 y intelligence received
Iron.) the neighbourhood of Gerona, we learn-that
the enemy, on the i tth instant, and prevtoudy, had
kept
.n.p- a very slack fileagainst. that place, and- noi,e
at all on'the 12tn::- . •

ttuowoßonkr4o, SsrT. 25.---On the 17th; the
army of Marshal N4y -advamfed-towards. our troops,
who took 4cisn,;•ri on the 18th to receive him
:the .euetny having been informed of the jimaion,
and that we were, very 'superior to him in num-
ber, retired at day-break of the otik to' Saki-
.manca,i and joined the troops of'Kellerman, near the
said city.,

TARRAGOIA, SEBT. 20.--The pleasing news has
this moment been teceiv‘ei, that Don H. O'Donnell,
having 'received-intelligence of the arrival iti‘Bascara
of a French convoy, escorted by 360 foot and -40
horse, .desiined to succour the besiegers of Gerona,
/ resolved ter attack them; and, atter having defeated
the French with, .his own troops, reinforced by the
corps of D. Francisco Lovera, be took Bascata by.
assault, took 50 carts loaded with spoils, and forced
-The-reinainder of 66 enemy's troops to retreat with
the utmost precipitation to Figueras. The defeat of
• the enemy would have been complete, if he bad not
shut hintselt up in the Castle, .which Don O'Don-
nell's hike was not able to take.
LISBON, OCT. 6.—Certain intelligence his been
received that the Engliali.army was to march against
Talavera de la Reina, which it has probably reached
by this time; and we feel convinced, that the ope.
rations of the combined armies will prove this time
more decisive than before. •
TARRAGONA, SEPT, 25.—0 n the 16th inst. after
the immortal Gerona had, for five days, suffered a
most horrible and destructive fire, 1200 men of the
garrison determined to make a sortie, and to take a
battery of eight pieces of cannon, which the enemy
had constructed near the city, and which annoyed
them much. The intrepidity and valour of these
uncooquenole heroes attained so high a degree, that
overcoming all difficultieS whiCh the obstinacy of
the most sanguinary enemy. presented, they appear-
ed-before them with the utmost coolness, and with
the bayonet made themselves masters of the battery,
spiked eight cannon, and returned to the city, when
a numerous reinforceniept came to the assistance of
-the French.
Teo:ULT.°, OCT. 4.—The Trench abandoned last
night the positions they occupied on this side of the
Tagus, and marched towards Talavera.
_OCTOBER s.—The advanced, gnard of the Duke
del Parque is at balistro, but, it is feared Ney will "
resume the positions which Soult has left. On the
3d instant a flag of truce arrived at Ponte de Arzo-
bispo, and proceeded to Caldelacasa, **there one of
our piquets was posted; he deManded of the Coin-
mandieg Officer permission to proceed to the head-
quarters, to which he would not- consent.; and
after enquiring Where the English were, he deliver-
ed to the said Officer a dispatch for Sir Arthur
Wellesley. It appears that the division of Soult is
tnarching towards Toledo.
TALAVERA, OCT. 2.—Yesterdq morning the
French evacuated Placentia, proceeding towards
Campo Aranueto ; and giving out that they should
be replaced by Ney's troops.
LISBON, Sate., 30.—The French have evacuated
Zamora and Toro, and hive formed a junction iii
Salamanca : it is not easy to determine whether this
movement is in consequence of the approach of the
division-of General B.illasteres, 'or with the design of
contracting and attacking the army 'of General Men-
dizabal.
Ocroatua 7.—By. a packet lately arrived from Rio
de Janeiro, a Decree has been received from the
-Prince Regent, appointing Lord Wellington, Prin-
cipal Member of the Regency, Commander in Chief
of all, the Force, and Principal of the Departments
of War, Trade, aiid Finance. His Lordship is ex-
petSted here daily ; the Palace of Quinti is is pre-
pared for his reception. • No movements of any
„ consequence have taken place in the armies.
OCTOBER e.—An. Officer just arrived from the
army, gives the fellowink, -account of the French"
force on the ist last Marshal Ney, at Salamanca,
with 14,000; Souk; at Placentia, Zarza Mayor, and
-Malpartido, with 8000 ; Vidor, head-quarters at
Oropesa, with 4000 ; Mortier, at Talaveta, with
20,000 ; General. Sebistiani.is said 'to be on his
march to Guadalupe, .with 10,000.
" OCTOBER it.—e Lord Wellington arrived here yes-
terday ; it is not khown bow long he will remain
here, but we infer from his having left the 'army,
that there is no-apprehension of any attack from the
enemy at present.

ELostEmeNT.si—An accomplished yotitt Lady, the
daughter of an artist, in the neighbourhohd of Caven-
dish-square, :eloped from her home on Tuesday
morning; and in three hours atter she was • missed
she was discovered leaving a bagnio in St. Niartin's
Parish, in a yellow bodied chariot, accompanied by
her clzer anzi, who ,is the son of a Baronet. The
carriage stopped at the corner of the street, where
the young Lady alighted, and to her surprize she
was immediately confrOnted by- a ser*mt in the em-
ploy of her father, and a relative, both of- whom
had gone in quest of her ; and from a kind 'of billet
cloux, they were not Mistaken in their surmises. The
pursuers had followed the chariot from the brothel
on foot, and the young Lady, on seeing them, was
unable to support herself, and a crowd soon col-
lected. , The lair fngrtive was taken to the house of
a bread in Greek-street by. her pursuers. It is a
fad, no leas curious than correct, that the young
).ady fainted in the dress boxes of Covent Garden
Thriitre about a fortnight ago, whilst amongst a
party of relatives, and she happened to fall back-
wards into the arms of this same gallant, who was
'not known to the young Lady's family at the time,
but who was so kind as to lend his assistance on that
occasion.