The Sun.
London, England, 1813-12-16 00:00:00

TIIE THEATRE.

Whatever may he thought of the judgment of
the- Covent-Garden Managers, it must be ac
knoWledged that they are-active in their endear
yours to supply the town with novelty. Last
night a new ;11elo-drante of two Acts was brought
forivardi entitled, For England, This title
seemed to imply something of a temporary kind,
as England is the abode of peace, while war and
its consequetmei are disturbing so many other
parts of the world. There was, however, no-
thing in the fable that wcuild not have been equal-
ly :ipplicable at any other .scene. lies in
trance. The ~tory is funneled upon a duel which
talicn„place,between Alfieri, an Italian (S1N••
CLAla,)and fietstein, his commanding officer. .(HA-
mcturoN), in consequence of their attachment to
Miss Arundel (Miss CoottE), in which ifoistein was
supposed. to have fallen, anti—/Merl h therefore
pliesovd, in order to be brought to punishment.
lie had been liberated front prison by Guillaume
Ati..av) , a Freiteli soldier, an the latter hind
been confined in England, MO ball obtained his
freedom by the kindnesl of Miss Arundel, who is
attached to iflicri. After
.Altieri had escaped
many times front nis pursuers, by the assistance of
Guillattmeand. his wife,. it appears that tio4tein is
not dead, but, with the malice of an enraged ri-
val. had forged a warrant fur time seizure of Al-
fieri, and, that he himself it to be brought to a
Court-martial
.for misconduct. The lovers are, of
course, made happy, ;and the piece conclndeS.—
Th 6 jkaw4tiwtrifle is rfieLtllllMlll4(.l krSarne-Vert
pledirng tisusic rrOal liis tcsr, I Ri stz, and Mint -
soN, and is besides diversified with a Vintage Me,
in which a Mr. Le CLAIR and. Miss irits display-
ed- great merit as dancers. The piece was very
well supported by FARLI:Y, INCLEDON.S/NCIAIR,
EMEIIY
,S.INIMON3, andN
Mrs. H: JOHSTON.—A
Master ‘VlLLiams made his first appearance as. a
singer. Ft eis very young, but has a powerful voice,
and sings with great skill.

There ‘vu, one et,sentinl absurdity io the Piece,
.for though the officer, wlni pursue Alfieri, always
describe
`hint by his /nowt hat and leather, anti bit
black cloak, and though they are fretpiently con-
cealed to prevent discovery, he constantly, resumes
them, and. wears them nearly till the conclusion.
Thcre are two characters also introduced, which
have nothing to do with the main plot,'and one of
which, Foddle, (JoNics) is absolutely disgusting by
his eflimioacz,:and his senseless omission of :theletter ft in. all 'words thai ret.piire it:. 'The other
needless character is Miss Arundel's Innitlen aunt:
These characters•were'so well acted by JONES•and
Mrs. DAVENPORT, • tilitt it is to he regretted that
their talents were so unprofitably employed. The
author is Mr. Pococx, who has written several
suCcessful Farces, and ‘vhose merit ns an Artist Is
well kr.o\vo. The Piece was very well received,.
but we resolutely advise the, truncation of the Fop
dial the Ohl Maid as unpleasing expletives.

TIT FATRIC AL ClitT-ratAT,—When INcLanoN
was leaving the church after the marriage cere-
mony had taken place, %t Chelsea, on Sunday last,
the old lei:mum who attends the pews, seemed to,
expect something for her trouble upon the occa,
sion.. The happrbridegrnom complied ,with her
.request, titt4lng.at the same time. the following
words of Alacheat/4 The fees here are so
many anti :that few fortunei can
bear the expenee of getting oft handsomely, or of
dying like a gentleman." The poor woman, in
reply, slily observed, that marriage was not quite
so bad as death,

It is said, that in the new Pantomimes forth-
coming.at the two Thentrvs, Drury-lane is to have
an English, ithLyil, anti Covent-Garden the India,:
Jugglers.

A (path/urns gravely expreciing his wonder bow
his little Mujesty, the King oe Rumr, dressed
Oa his late Lippe:trance in public, a punster said,
he supposed he wore 'mural eliolteg,
A Lawyera'on hearing the late newi from H'ul.
land, obserretl„ that it ntw.t he hard for iiimrsieur

Brun and who fancied themselves
ji.rtrtr•ea, to find they 'tyre 'only rnoralite.i.

/to ingenious 4trotzoide m r remarks, .that though
p uorEAPaire-E is evidently.operated upon by cen-
trifugal and. eentriptialjarces, it is itupos4i6le to
calculate ftitute enorA!.•
A &Tont! Edition of Air. BARIICTVS humorous
‘Vorli,• Hemline, or, Adventures nf
bina," %yin be 'published to•inornv.v. The judg.
met t cif the Public critis thercrovo, this. 1117
sinus;', to have .coineiderl with that of the Critic,
who* pronounced this %York superiOr in plot and
interest to Don Quixotic, and not inferior in Wit
and humour to Triltram Shandy. •

• •
LORD wELLINGrox's .

10:TRACT o 1 PI:OVATE, ret7 3'.812. FROZI 1.01:D WE:.

LINGTOYS

" Hpatl-quartea, i.nziNnv..:r).
...`! Lord ,WELLINGTON is. here, ail(' the first avd
second brigades of Goard,s are, (inarty.resi iii tht;
town.. The rest Of the. troops are ni,:ere, ;in, ad-
vat:cc, along the banks of the ,Nive. The weather
is now pretty:fair, and if it. contiivne.so, it is
pented,that ;:hall advance, and attack
,and, (11.ciq:11); 211.10i,klingp.tIG soon as tin: riAut,
conic
fit Inr moving.;
.We ham beet's' doing pit
that we,.can to obtain gpud intelkigcoce of the
state uf,the coo ntry, and,to,Conle tosotne
stamiing with Ut v,inhat)itiints, which \Ve have reason
to thick vr,ould not be
,difficult,, if we could once
fairly,open communi,cation with h.,thetn.. The in
Imbitaptv, of this
itovv:n,,who were,. in the firs:
stance„torced, away the enemy on 'ourap-
proach, fire returning in numbers, .as they find Ilia(
the, tirat comer:; were well . treated and live roost
reports of us. LurJ WELLINGTON is
kgeping the sirmy to the discipline enjoined in
6eneral Uataers persons, and; property are re-
spected as much as,if we, Were.i,n England,. .Tho.
(;uard3. are stationed in this town as being nisqt
accustomed to town duty, and most orderly' ist
their quallers. The port;at St., jean dp Luz. has
n declared
bee free by,Lord WoLLINoTou ; T..nd i;1
consequence
_0 .the protection thus insured, a.
number of merchants, tiontractois, and suttlers,
are oollecttog from all quarters... It is quite a fair
for tlae
.army ;, every necessary,
.indeed olottst
every luxury, can be hati—,and, considering all e'r7
eninstances,,the prices are very moderate. We have
reports front the front, which state, that ihe in-
habitants of ,Bayonne, as well as. 4,4 Bourdeaux,
have octal)), refused to pay the heavy taxes awl
O contributionu telyimposed byt he French Senate.
Another report gives itS, to understand, Ahat,Buo-
naparte in person is eiiPected to arrive speedily at
Bayonne,,
.to take the command against. Lord
WELLINGTON. We.: Wish iliOst earnestly that this,
may be true ; I am sore there is not a man in
this army, front Lord WIILLI N GTO:: to
the lowest soldier,, that would not think it the,
happiest day of their lives to be placed fairly in
front of the t'reneh,, with Huo»aparte at their
head. If ever there,was a day when liritish'sol7
diers would be more ti:an themselves, that clay
would eartainly-be, the (nn:. 1 should not clinic
I
to tell you, that there s a very general idea in
the Vrench lines, and in our's also, that we shall
have a peace." .