The Sun.
London, England, 1836-08-22 00:00:00

THEATRICAL MISCELLANY.

VICTORIA 'NBA TRR.—A new piece is to be produced at
this house to-night, dramatised from the nautical novel of
Bailin the Reefer. We hear that the piece is full of dramatic
interest, and that the proprietor has spared no expense in
giving it all the advantages of stage decorations, and of the
best dramatic talent which the metropolis affords.
Mr. and Mrs. Yates are at Brighton, where they have pro-
duced the Jewess, &c., with very indifferent success.
Mr. Forrest, the American tragedian, is to open at Drury
in an Indian drama, as the hero of which he has attained great
celebrity in New York.
The Bedouin Arabs arc engaged at the Surrey Theatre for
five weeks, at the sum of 100 guineas per week.
Mr. Rice, the American comedian, has gone to Paris, but
is re-engaged at the Surrey, where he re-appears in about a
fortnight, as a black cupid.
Mr. Bunn, amid other arrangements, is endeavouring to en-
gage his band by the year, without specifying for which theatre
their services are designed.
A new drama, under the title of The Lakes of Killarney, is
in rehearsal at the Queen's Theatre—Mrs. Waylett enacts the
heroine.

Ole Bull, Curioni, Bochsa, and Miss Bruce, have been
making a tour, which has not proved productive. At South.
ampton they did not obtain their expenses. They advertise
for Tuesday next at Exeter. Lablache, Ivanoff, and Mori,
are said to be in the same city with a grand musical entertain-
ment on Thursday. It would have been more profitable if
these professors had chosen different routes.
A meeting of certain members of the dramatic profession
took place on Friday last, for the purpose of putting an end to
the present system of dramatic agency. Mr. Eugene Macarthy
urged that union was the watchword in every profession but
that most unfortunate one, the stage. A committee was ap-
pointed, and subscriptions received. Messrs. Hamilton, Bur-
ton, and other provincial actors, addressed the meeting, which
merged into a proposal to create an office where provincial
managers might ascertain what actors were unemployed, and
vice versa.

John Reeve, the comic actor, although he is now feasting
upon the " golden opinions" of the play.going people of Ame-
rica, has been prevailed upon by his friend Yates, the joint
proprietor of the Adelphi Theatre, where Reeve gained all his
laurels, to return to England, where is expected to arrive by
the period the Adelphi Theatre usually commences. It is
said that his engagement is at the rate of 401. a week.
Mr. John Kemble, eldest son of Mr. Charles Kemble, has
returned to England a Benedich, having married the accom-
plished daughter of an eminent German professor. Mr. Kemble
is said to have undertaken the editorial superintendence of a
quarterly journal, which advocates liberal opinions.
QUEEN'S THEATRE.—A new musical fairy romance, in two
acts, is in preparation at this house, of which report speaks
highly. The piece has been written expressly for Mrs. Way-
lett, to afford her the opportunity of introducing a new set of
melodies, chiefly from the Irish. The piece is from the pen
of the author of ./s• She a Woman? the music is by a Mr.
Lee. The theatre was honoured during the last week by the
presence of the following distinguished personages :—His
Serene Highness the Duke of Brunswick, the Marquis of
Hertford; Lords Powerscourt, Templetown, Glentworth ;
Dowager Countess of Winterton, Lady Louisa Tumour, lion.
Mrs. Marshall, 11. m. Mrs. Leicester Stanhope, Hon. Cal. L.
Stanhope, Hon. E. Butler, lion. Hays Turner, lion. Henry
Upton, Mrs. Moreton Dyer, Mrs. Thelburn, Sir Robert Wil-
son, Col. Lyster, Mr. Lynn Stevens, &c., &e.

SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

(FROM LLOYD'S.)

DEAL, Auc. 20.—Wind W. N. W. ; 2l, N. E. to S. W.—
Arrived the Thetis, Partridge, and Seppings, Rogers, from
Jamaica; and Forager and Elizabeth, Dyer, from Limerick.
Arrived from the River and proceeded, the Philadelphia, Mor-
gan, for New York ' • Blanch, —, for St. Kitt's ; Mary and
Jane, Todd, for the Cape of Good Hope ; London, Pownall,
for the Cape of Good Hope; Anna, Richards, for Dublin ;

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Hercules, •Wils.on, for Dublin ; and Royal Tar, Simmons, for
Dublin. Arrived and still remain, the Duke of Northumber-
land, Pollock, from Calcutta ; his Majesty's ship Athol
(Transport), with troops for Cork ; and the others, with the
Egyptian, for New York. The outward-bound have sailed.
MARGATE, AUG. 21.—Arrived off port, the Elizabeth,
Crawford, from Havannah; and Prince Regent, Lane, from
Quebec. _ _

BRISTOL, AUG. 21.—Arrived the Druid, Wilcox, from
Trinidad; and Ann, —, from St. John's, New Brunswick.
SIIAGPNESS, Arc. 20. Arrived the Monica, Simpson, from
Quebec.

PORTEMOUTIT, Ace. 2L—Arrived the Arab (Transport),
from Newfoundland. Off port, the Severn, Braithwaite, from
Canton—sailed 10th Feb, from the Cope of Good Hope 18th
May, and from St. Helena 14th June. Arrived from the
River, the Fairlie, Agar, for Van Dieman's Land ; Eden,
Mollison, for Van I)iemen's Land ; and Philadelphia, Mor-
gan, for New York, and sailed.
PLYMOUTH, Ace. 20.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived none.
Sailed the Caledonia, Kidd, from Quebec.
FALNIOUTII, Ace. 19.—Wind N. W. to N., fresh ; 20, N. W.
to N.—Arrived the Reynard packet, --, from the West
Indies—sailed from St. Thomas, 12th ult. ; Ythan, David-
son, from Quebec ; Tiger, Oswald, from Richebucto ; Ark,
Smallbridge, from Malaga ; Falmouth packet Shugy, from
Cadiz ; and Beau Ideal, --, from Galipoli. Off port, the
Bolivar, Patrick, from Istrail. Sailed the Nymph, Erral, for
St. Sebastian; and the Manchester steamer *Kellar, for
Oporto, Lisbon, and Cadiz.

The House of Lords presented a remarkably bril-
liant appearance on Saturday. His Majesty on the throne,
looking in excellent health, surrounded by his Great Officers
of State, Lord Viscount Melbourne bearing tho sword, the
Earl of Denbigh, officiating for the Niarquisof Cholmondeley,
as Great Chamberlain of England, and representing with dig-
nity and grace the ancient office of the De Vcrcs ; the pre-
sence of her Serene Highness the Princess de la Lippe. with
attendant Peeresses, and that of other ladies ; the brilliant
costume of the Ambassadors, and the unusual attendance in
the house of those fine men the Persian Princes, gave to a
scene always of great interest an effect beyond what could have
been anticipated at the close of a Session of Parliament.

DEPARTURES.—Lord and Lady Hatherton and
the Hon. the Misses Littleton, for Teddesley-park, Stafford-
shire, from Groivonor-place; Mr. E. A. Sanford, M. P., from
Long's Hotel, for, Somersetshire; Mr. Beaumont, M. P., for
Scarborough.
The Earl and Countess of Lincoln will leave Park-
lane for Ashton Hall as soon as her ladyship is able to travel.
The Duke of Hamilton arrived in town on Thursday on a visit
to the Countess, who is his Grace's only daughter,