The Sun.
London, England, 1822-11-20 00:00:00

THE THEATRES.

DRURYJANE.—The good taste of the Mana-
gers has been demonstrated in the revival of the
moral and diverting old Comedy of The Pro-
voked husband, which was represented again
last night before a numerous audience. The re-
vival of such Plays may produce a revival of
public taste, and excite emulation in the drama-
tic writers of the day.
COVENT-GARDEN.-The lively bustling Co-
medy of The Chances, moulded by modern taste
into an Opera, styled Don John, was last night
represented at this Theatre. Enough is left of
the plot to be intelligible to the audience, and
the characters are in general so well cast, that the
piece still excites attention and interest. Mr. C.
KEMBLE was all spirit and gaiety in Don John. Miss
TREE, for the first time this season, came forward
in the second Violetta, as the character is now
called, instead of Constantia, and received a very
welcome greeting. She acted and sung charmingly,
and was encored in an air which she accompanied
with castenets and dancing. Miss Lova was the
first Violetta instead of Miss lIALLANDE,who is in-
disposed. Miss LOVE is much improved ,and acquit-
ted herself very well both in acting and in the songs.
FAWCETT, CONNOR, BAKER, and Mrs. DAVEN-

PORE, all gave adequate support to the piece.

ROYAL - COBURG TIIEATRE.—We mentioned
yesterday the great improvements which have
been made in this Theatre. They appeared to
much more advantage last night, and the new
dramatic Pieces were received with great ap-
plause.

Mr. MATTA EWS is the very HOG A RTU of the
stage, with now and then, perhaps, a little more
of the caricaturist in his pictures than belonged
to that celebrated painter. He has a keen
eye for the ridiculous, and seems to fasten
instinctively on the weaknesses of human na-
ture, which he has a wonderful faculty of giving
out again in all the richness of the original.
—He is a very mirror to intellectual defor-
mities, with this difference, that he does not
soften, but exaggerate them in his reflexion.—
The eye, and the ear, and the brain, are per-
fectly dazzled and confounded by the number
and rapidity of his imitations ; he whirls the
balls of folly as lightly and dexterously about his
head as ever the Indian juggler did his balls of
brass ; the one flung about his globes till they
seemed like a fountain of dropping gold, and the
other flies, not from the grave to the gay, but
from the fat to the thin, from the fool of grossness
to the fool of fashion, from the actor to the orator,
without allowing us a moment's respite; a pause
would often be a favour to the muscles ; to
laugh three hours at a stretch is rather too
much for a face of ordinary texture. No tra-
gedy ever drew more tears than the comicality
of Mr. MATTHEWS, and we have seen more than
one of his auditors, especially those inclining to
be fat, fairly giving up the game, and flinging
themselves back on their seats, in defiance of the
strait-faced decorum of a dress circle, with over-
flowing eyes, and faces that actually prayed
him to be quiet, and not quite suffocate them
with laughter. For our parts, we have laughed
heartily enough too at his jokes, but we see
something more in him than the mere jester,
or we should not have sat down to the task of
criticism. He is an artist of the highest order ;
and though his materials may not be equal to
those of the regular drama, in the execution he
stands alone, without rivalry. Those who see
nothing in his imitation, but a subject of merri-
ment for the passing hour, are ungrateful to the
instructor, who does more to the cure of folly and
affectation, than a thousand decent homilies.—
What the Spectator did in his day, Mr. MATTHEWS
most assuredly does in the present; he strips
off the mask of self conceit, and plays so
good naturedly with our follies that he fairly
laughs us out of them, while satire, by alarm-
ing the pride of weakness, would but harden
us in error : his object is lofty, though his
means of attaining it are humble. In short,
we look on him as a moral lecturer, as a Specta-
tor in action ; and the only fault we can find with
him is, that he sometimes wastes his strength on
exploded follies, when there is plenty of living
matter for him to work on.—(American Paper.)

CORN EXCHANGE, Nov. 20.
The consequence of contrary winds has prevented the arri-
vals, except a few vessels with Oats from Ireland. The Wheat
trade remains the same as reported on Monday. Barley, Peas,
and Beans, remain unaltered in price. The Oat trade conti-
nues rather heavy, and remains the same as our last price
quoted. Importations—Flour 965, Wheat 1,640, Barley 725,
Irish 1,680.

IRELAND.—We have received the following
communication from a Magistrate in the county
of Kildare :—" Those parts of the county of
Kildare in the neighbourhood of Rathangan,
Kildare and Robertstown, have for the last two
months been much alarmed, in consequence of
large armed parties on foot and on horseback,
patroling the country at night, and forcing their
oaths of association on every person they can
possibly influence to take them. Several have
been severely flogged with thorn bushes for re-
fusing, or uttering a word against the Ribbon
system. One man, near Dunmurry, was, within
these few days, wounded through the neck with
a musket ball, he is likely to recover. We un-
derstand a considerable armed party was met a
few nights since near Rathbride by a patrol of
dismounted dragoons, attended by a Magistrate.
The party fired on two constables who were in
advance, and on the constables returning the fire
they all dispersed into an adjoining bog. The
night being dark, the troops could not pursue
them."----(Freenzan's Journal.)
On Sunday last, as Mr. and Mrs. C. lluan, of
Kentishtown-house, and one of their sons, were
returning from Church in their carriage, one of
the horses had got a leg over the traces, which
made him kick a little, when a large bull dog
near the spot, in Kentishtown, in an instant,
sprang like a tiger upon the horse (a valuable
one), and the foot passenger in whose possession
the dog was, not attempting to draw it from the
agonised animal for a considerable time, and the
exertions of others to do so being in vain, the
horse was so dreadfully bit that its recovery is
• not expected. One of the panes of glass was
ti dashed to pieces, and the chariot and those
within it had a narrow escape

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

ZXTRACTS FROM THE D I F.Y MORNING PAPERS

November 20, 1822.

[MORNING POST.]
The French Papers to the 18th inst. contain
intelligence from Spain which contributes still
more. powerfully than the recommendations of the
friends of peace and .of the Bourbon Dynasty, to
cool. the ardour of the Ultras for war. Mina's
successes follow each other without intermission,
and although his operations embrace
.a vast ex-
panse of country, they are carried on with a
degree of Skill, ensemble, and activity which
produces decisive results.. The taking of Castel-
follit, the dispersion of Quesada's army, and the
defeat of the Baron d'Eroles, have now been
crowned by the occupation of Balaguer, which
was lately represented as the chief bulwark of
the Insurgents, though, since its capture, it seems
to. have changed its nature, and is described, by
the Ultra Journals, " as a town without fortifica-
tions, merely surrounded by a wall, and only re-
markable on account of its position on the de-
clivity of a mountain." This attempt to under-
value the importance of Mina's conquest, is how-
ever, entirely defeated by the following admis-
sion : 46 I t is in consequence of that event that the
Regency has transferred its seat to .Puycerda."

[BRITISH PRESS.]
Tranquillity appears to be perfectly restored
in the long-disturbed districts of the South and
►Vest of Ireland. This happy change is attri-
buted to the judicious manner in which the laws
have been carried into effect, and the increased
confidence and energy of the resident Gentry
and Magistracy, which are now considered
safficient to repress any disposition to further
outrage on the part of the peasantry. The
efforts making for a repeal of the Union are
severely censured by the liberal and independent
part of the public Press, in which they are as-
crihed to the discontent of the Orange party, ex-
cited by the discouragement which they have
experienced under the present Government. A
petition; prepared by persons of that description,
is now in course of signature in the city of Cork,
praying Parliament to dissolve the Union, and
similar efforts are making in Dublin ; but no one
considers the object attainable, or that these
petitions are really designed for the purpose they
profess. .

[MORNING HERALD.]
Tuesday Afternoon, Four o'clock.—Consols
have been heavy during the day, and at a late
hour there were many unfavourable reports in
circulation, and an express was said to have ar-
rived with intelligence of a warlike tone from
the Continent. Private letters, however, dated
from Paris, on Sunday, are of a more favourable
tenor. An extensive broker, whose very coun-
tenance is watched with anxiety by three-fourths
of the monied world, was observed to be in the
vicinity of the Stock Exchange at an unusually
late hour, and more business was done after the
close of the Exchange than during the preceding
part of the day. Consols closed at S 1 with a
heavy market, and for the new account 82:

[NEW TIM Es.l
Last night we received the Paris Journals of
Sunday. They contain nothing from Verona. 'lt
appears from an extract from a private letter, dated
Frankfort, Nov. 12; that great agitation had pre-
vailed there in consequence of vague reports that
differences had arisen between the Sovereigns and
Ministers at the Congress. The attendance of an
Ambassador from Bavaria had caused an expecta-
tion that the Constitutions of the German States
were to be discussed ; but it was thought more
probable that Austria was about to propose some
territorial indemnity to Bavaria for the cessions
made by that kingdom, in consideration of which
Austria pays now a fixed sum annually. It is
mentioned, that a Deputation from the Greek
Provisional Government was at Ancona at the
date of the' last advises. It was not known
whether they ,would be able to obtain passports
to Verona.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
• One of the strongest arguments in favour of
general Revolution is to be found in the present
state of alarm and uncertainty with respect to the
fate of the nations of Etirope. Two hundred mil-
lions of human beings may be precipated into
war, and doomed to suffer all its horrors by 'a
decision -to, which their consent has never been
asked, and which depending on the caprice of
two or three irresponsible individuals, and not on
any certain principles, it is impossible for them
even to anticipate. We attempted some time ago
to shew, that in Republic's or countries under a
Constitution where the Government followed the
general will, this sort of uncertainty could never
exist, because the opinions and wishes of a whole
people must be governed by general laws, and
were therefore removed from the influence of
caprice. A pure Monarchy, on the other hand,
we maintained, is a just subject of alarm to its
neighbours, because, though the decisions of a
multitude of men must be governed by general
laws, the decision of a single individual may be
governed by caprice, and no safe conclusion can
ever be drawn with re'spect to it.

[THE TIMES.]
Some expressions, it appears, in the Archbishop
of Dublin's charge twills clergy, have given great
umbrage to the Catholics, Laymen as well as
Priests. The most obnoxious passage of the
Archbishop's address was that wherein he

described the Cathplic body as having 64 a church
without a religion." We remember a former
Archbishop of Dublin, the late Lord Normanton,
who differed from Dr. Magee on that subject;
for he admitted that Popery was a religion ; adding,
merely, that it was ", a religion for knaves
66 or fools." The authority of these two distin-
guished Prelates is so grave, and their names
stand so eminent- as Protestant Churchmen, that
we , most presume 'them to have understood
better than their neighbours in what form of
language' to convey the most suitable rebuke
to an erring and sinful multitude. Thus,
ea many of the deluded, it is probable that

silence has been imposed by tile severity re-
sorted to; and if in other cases it has given rise
to controversy, doubtless also conversion may
have sometimes followed. It must not be con-
cealed, however, that symptoms are at this mo-
ment observable of extreme exasperation in the
minds of the Irish Catholics, who conceive them-
selves injured, and (what we are sure they ought
not to feel themselves) deliberately insulted, by
an accusation from so venerable a quarter that
they have "no religion." Under this impres-
sion, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Ar-
magh, Dr. Curtis, has written a letter to the
Dublin Evening Post, in which he deprecates
and condemns the charge adduced by the digni-
tary of the Established Church, as tending to
provoke ungovernable irritation among the of-
fended Catholics.

MRS. GARRICK.

To the Editor Ville Bath Chronicle.

SIR —That we should speak no harm of the dead, is a rule
which, together with many other prudential and salutary
maxims, has, I fear, been overset in the revolutionary progress
of modern opinion ; but if generosity is to be proscribed, let us
at least continue to be just.
I was sorry to observe, last week, in your valuable paper;
which I am accustomed to consider as conducted with equal
liberality and good judgment, that you had given admission
to the trivial, but ill-natured, details of the domestic privacy of
the late Mrs. Garrick, which have been so unaccountably and
disgustingly forced upon the public in almost every London
journal.

That age should have its foibles and its frailties, is a privi-
lege which may well be conceded to it, as long as no other stage
of life- is exempt from them ; but what has the public to do
with them in the life of a private individual ? Of what import-
ance is it to any one in what manner Mrs. Garrick dined, or
in what room she sate or slept ? Who has been wronged or who-
concerned, if she was over abstemious in her diet, or over
sparing in the ecomomy of her dwelling ? I forbear to mention
the many other trivial circumstances with which her memory
has been charged. They would be unworthy of notice, if
true ;, but what shall we say if even those silly reports were un-
founded ! Mrs. Garrick, whose social qualities were of the
most pleasing nature, laboured for many years past under a
chronic disorder which wholly precluded her from the society
of the table, and even rendered the act of eating an office of
pain and difficulty. So much for her diet. With regard to
the apartments which she occupied, having been long in the
habit of visiting her frequently in the Adelphi, I can bear
witness that she inhabited constantly the drawing-room (or ;
first) floor of her house, and that in the winter season I
have always found her by the side of an excellent fire, stir-
rounded with all the comforts which her easy fortune was so
well able to supply, and her natural disposition so well calcu-
lated to enjoy. I need not tell you, Mr. Editor, to what points
the above remarks arc designed to reply. I shall add a few
words more in ,answer to a short sentence in your paper re-
specting her temper in the decline of life.
Mrs. Garrick, from the period of her early retirement from
professional duties, was of eminence only for her excellent
conduct as a wife, and her devoted constancy of affection as a
widow. As a private gentlewoman, she was conspicuous for
a clear and quick intellect, a peculiar sprightliness of thought,
a native gaiety of heart, and friendliness of disposition. These
qualities, as they rendered her acceptable and interetting to
others, maintained also in herself a complacence of mind which
made life a scene of uninterrupted enjoyment ; the more
secure, as it rested finally on a religious and lively sense of her
dependence on the Author of all Good, which taught her to.
prize, with due thankfulness, the blessings lie had bestowed
on her through the whole extent of a long protracted life ; for,
with the happiness of temper which distinguised her, she
reckoned age itself among the blessinn of her life, and raised,
on every added day, her thoughts 'and voice to Heaven in
grateful acknowledgment of its bounty.
I remain, your's, &c.
A LOVER OF TRUTH.

*,,,* We feel pleasure in adopting the foregoing Letter, be-
cause we know that it was written by a Gentleman of great
talents, learning, and taste, and of such conscientious rectitude,
that he would never advance any thing that was not founded
upon positive conviction of its truth.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

ROYAL HUNT.

Friday a large deer was turned out of the cart at Longford
for the day's diversion. The assemblage of sportsmen was
numerous. The (leer took by West Drayton and Ainsworth
to the left of the Magpies through the inclosures towards Cow-
ley and Hillingdon, to the right across the Uxbridge road to-
wards Harrow-on-the-Hill. The deer then crossed the Pad-
dington Canal and up the bill to the left of Castlebar, taking by
Harrow Wteald Common, where he ran into a Gentleman's en-
closed yard, and the hounds being up with him, he leaped into
an open mit-hOuse,, at which place the huntsman and other
sportsmen immediately took him. The place where the deer
was taken is eighteen miles from Windsor. It was a spirited
chase of upwards of two hours and a half. Many of the sports-
men's horses. were done up before the end of the chase, the
ground being very wet.

MATCH FROM CANTEBURY TO LONDON

FOR 100 SOVEREIGNS.

This match had excited much interest in the better part of
the sporting world; Mr. Abernethy, the north country pedes-
trian, having matched himself to do the match from Canterbury
to London against Lieutenant Hebercien's performance on the
preceding day. The Lieutenant did his work well ih two mi-
nutes and a half Under eleven hours ; and the Performance was
so out and out good, that two to one was betted upon time.—
The Scotsman had his admirers ; anti odds against him Were_
taken freely. Mr. Abernethy went frchn Sittingburn to start
with the umpire of his adversary only. He, wore flannel and
thick shoes, and did his ground as follows :—First mile in
nine minutes and twenty seconds ; And twenty miles in three
hours and ten minutes. The Pcdpstrian halted five minutes,
and proceeded regularly at work in full confidence of winning.
He did the next ten miles in an hour and forty minutes, and
took ten minutes rest. He kept at a winning pace throughout,
and did •the fifty-six miles in ten hours and thirty-five minutes,
fresh and welt