The Sun.
London, England, 1825-04-09 00:00:00

THE THEATRE.

COVENT GAILDEN.-.:-.T4Of Hebrew' Family, or
A Traveller's .Adventure, is the name of a
Piece, of three Acts, which was represented for'
the first time at this Theatre last. night. Tlit,
following are the

. - .
Don Casario•
Frank Forester (an English Traveller) - Mr. J0n641.
Don Gomez (Governor of Valencia) - Mr. Facren..
- - Mr. Sinclair.
.
Father Sereno -
D:AstATS PE it soNA.
- - - Mr. Bartley.
Lsachar (an Hebrew Dealer) ' - Mr. Fawcett.'
Reuben-(his Nephew, a boy of fourteen) Miss H. Cavise.
Jaime { . Mr. Evans. ..
vasio (Brothers and Bandits) 4 . IVI T Cooks. •
k . r• T. P. •
Donna Alvin& ( Daughter to the Governor) Mrs. Ch a tterl-ey. *
Leoaella (her Woman) '' :. - ' - - Mrs. Gibbs._ ~
hliriam (Daughter to IssaChar) _ - Miss N. Tree:

The plot we find some difficulty iu detailing,,
and therefore shall only offer a mere outline :—„

The scene lies in Spain. Forester has assisted a friendys.
effecting the escape.of a nun from one of the "convents in ysr,
lencia. Ile is taken- and doomed to death. As he is.on,the,
Moment of suffering execution the scaffold brealea
in the confusion which it occasions he escapes. He first finds
entrance into the Governor's palace, but deeming that place too'
open to diScoVery, ho 'tiext shelters himself in the house of
Issachar, the Hebrew. After some alarm on the part of the
HebreW, he shelters hiM in a subterranean passage which don_
seals his treasure. As however Forester, by a letter to the Go.
vernor's daughter, had excited the jealousy of her lover Cwsario,.
Forester is desired to return to the palace to explain matters.
Whilehe remains there for that purpose, two Bandits, who had
resolved to murder the Governor for having sentenced their
father to death,. and who had also found their way into the
Palace, seize Forester, and oblige him to assist them in the M.
tended assassination. The Governor, who is a wretched
*coward,- is happily saved by the arrival of Issachar, who pre.
sents his pistols to the assassins, gives them to Forester, and an
alarm having been given, the servants rush in, and the Go.
vernor's life is saved. Cresario having been satisfied that nothing
improper had passed between Forester and his intended •bride,'
renews his nuptial overtures ; and Forester falls in love wit
Miriam, the Hebrew's daughter, and she with hurt; but.while
all matters are going on smoothly, Father Sereno appears and
claims Forester as the victim of the Inquisition. Consternation
overwhelms the whole company, but the Priest soon undeceives
them by declaring that he has the power of saving Forester,
pronounces a free pardon.
Such is a mere sketch of the fable, the inter-
mediate improbabilities of which we shall not at=
tempt to detail. Forester, though pursued by
the vigilant officers of the Inquisition, finds no
difficulty in getting from one house to another ;
the banditti enter the Palace with ease, and For-
tune seems to govern all the events that tend to
carry on the plot. In short, the piece itself ii a
componotrof improbabilities, and may be said to
have depended solely on the efforts of the Per.
formers. jO.3iES', FARKEN, and I.4'AWCETT, among
the men, and .Mrs: COATTERLEV, Mrs. GIBES,
and Miss M. TWEE, among the females, were the
substantial props of. the piece, with the addition,
however, 'of a Miss CAWSE, a pupil Of Sir Geo eau
SMART, a very promising young lady,.abotit 14 or
15 years of age. She sings prettily, and plays
with a degree of archnesS'above her years. • She
was encored twice in one, of her songs, and once
in another. The music is the- work of various
composers. The Overture was .selected from
Rosstmt, and some songs from tilliELD and
Viorrt. The new music Conies from Messrs.
ATWOOD, WATSON, WHITAKER, and CIANCIIFT-
TINT. There is more of scientific correctin-si
than of interesting 'meaty in the whole of thte
compositions, and they -are generally better
fitted fora Concert-room than for a Theatre.--A s
to the dramatic merit of the piece, we are rather
inclined to pity Managers in general titan loceur
sure them; unless hvdeed works of real merit are
presented to thetily"„iybich "they" want sufficient
judgment to appreciate. can conceive, how-
ever, that they; rousti be surfeited with the
abundance of• trash, ''that is offered to them,
and. that, having little respect for the taste of
'the town, they are induced to patronize what
is likely to please a mixed and ignorant multi.
tude, than to obtain the approbation of judicious
Critics, and a refined audience. If Managers
have not good Plays presented to them, and the,
public have an insatiable appetitefornovelty,what
can they do but select the best from the bad this
is offered to them. Yet there are doubtless in this
literary age nanny men of talents who are able to
produce good dramatic works, but can End no
avenues to Managers, unless recommended. by
some persons of rank and fashion who protect
dulness, becauie they cannot distinguish it from
real merit.. The play of last night had some
good scenery from GRIEVE and his coadjutors, and
on the whole experienced little
,OpPosition -when
it was announced for future performance. ,:The
- ,•
house was well attended, but by no inea:ns
crowded. it
•

PRIVATE THEATRICALS. • •
The Officers of his Majesty's sip Pringe
&gent on Tuesday evening at Chatham, pe&ri•ned the Mud-
admired comedy of John Bull, to a large concourse of .beat4y
and fashion from the surrounding neighbourhood. The cha-
racters were most admirably supported; never have we witness-
ed an amateur performance to equal it. Lieut. I.VEEKS, as
Job Thoinberry, would have done credit to a London theatre.
Capt. MuRRAY, as Dennis Brulgruddery, was inimitable, and
did not fail to create much mirth. Peregrine, Lady Caroline,
and Mrs. lirulgruddsry, were supported beyond our:roost
sanguine expectations, by
.Messrs. LINDSELE, Fyrzatonnts,
and IN tvrEsnAm, Midshipmen. The scenery was beioti-
ful, and the Play ended antidst universal applause. The
company then partook of a most sumptuous supper, taste-
fully arranged on the upper deck, consisting of every delicacy
of the season, and a profusion of choice wines. 4`ffer
which Quadrilles commenced on the quarter-deck, which:was
most splendid and elegantly fitted up as a Ball-rdoin, covered
in with a variety of beautiful flags, forming an immense dome,
from which was suspended a chandelier, very prettily decorated
with flowers. In the front of the poop (that formed the Orches-
tra), was a handsome transparency of the Royal Arms; the
whole had a most magnificent effect, and dancing was kept 'Up
until a late hour, when the company retired, highly gratifiid
with
,their entertainment.—Lieutenant Cole, as Master of the
Ceremonies, with his usual vivacity and politeness, save gene-
ral satisfaction, particularly to the fair sex. 'Great credit is duo
to the Officers of the ship for their attention to the compar(y,
and their excellent arrangement in providing boats for so nu-
merous a party (about 400), without the slightest ac4tient.
occurring.

,

THEATRICAL CHANG lES.—AI iss CuEsirtre, `'Vie
understand quits Covent-garden Theatre", ate
end of the present season. Miss TREE and gips
LOVE are going to be married ; and., iris tiesv
generally reported, that within a few.rnonths,•l6e
union between a certain Noble Lord and an
nc-
complished syren, will he publicly acknowledii-
ed.--(lllorning, Pqper.) . t
It is confidently reported that 311 r. kitttoitois
about to open
.the .Adelphi Theatre. •Froni'lls
known good taste and talents the lovers of, the
Dratha may look forward to a good selectibn 634'
•
entertainments.

isliE LONDON-TOURALS.

DAILY

'',rit'acts Pont the Mornizig P ripen.; 4pri? 9, 1525.

the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday
_by M.
Chifilet. There were scarcely seventy members
,present, and. it was observed that there was no
Minister in attendance. The report was a feeble
endeavour to justify the necessity of the proposed
measure. Sacrilege,according to the arguments
on this occasion, is the greatest crime that can be
committed,and therefore the severest punishment
sho"ld be enacted against it. This reasoning, if
pushed 'to its legitimate consequences, would
unavoidably introduce the Inquisition, but it
passes current just now in France uncles Charles
X. The law respecting piracy was adopted by a
Majority of 232 votes against 9. On Wedn2sday
the discussion of the law respecting nunneries was
.commenced.--All the abuses-of the ante-revolu-
tionary system are fast reviving. • The corps of
the superior-of a nunnery near Toulouse, who
died about four mouths ago, has been exhumated,.
on pretence that she died in the odour of sane-
'Ally: On raising the body it was found, say. the
veracious relators, ekactty in the same state as at
the period of her decease. T.henniracle was imme-
diately proclaimed, and the usual honours have
Been already paid to this new Saint of the Romish
Church.TheEtoileofThursday contains an extract
;relative to a naval fight between-our frigate the
,Cambrian and soen- e drreek pirates. The contest
:seems to have been unusually obstinate and san-
guinary. By advices from Semlin, in Hungary,
it appears that the fidelity of Omer Vrione to the
Sultan is as doubtful as ever. Notwithstanding
.the orders of the new Seraskier, Reschid Pacha,
:he had•not repaired to Salonichi; At Belgrade
it was reported that hostilities had broken out
'between these two Ottoman Generals.

ITHE TIMES.]
The intelligence concerning the revolt of Ma-
-alit:3,lo4h we communicated yesterday, on the
authority. of the Joarnat.des Debats, carries with
it MO-60f interest as a subject of grave medita-
tion;:ttitut of atiy real importance to the political
or commercial world. Cuba being for a moment
set:tifide-L-4and the thread which attaches her to
theM
other Country may snap while we are writ-
inOir—but setting aside Cuba, the loss of the
PhlliPpines gives the-last blow to Spain as a co-
lonial and a maritime kingdom. All the West
anctittl the-East have now broke loose from her
intolerable yoke. :She "stands naked and des-
titute before mankind, to be scoffed at, or
scourged by any passing spectator, with. im-
punity. But in whatever light the downfall of.
this barbarous despotism is likely to'be viewed by
otber,minds, to ours it conveys, we must admit,'
a:pperserful " moral lesson."—The ruin of this
kasesminded monarchy is at once a vindication of
Divine justice, and a warning to all the tyrants
• t
of•theeerth. Fronethe reign of the first Ferdi-
,
n'anstio that of the last, the Spanish histery has
beeti'little more than a succession of deSperate
struggles against the laws of ..,Cod, and the in-
tereils of humanity. Tile abominations praCtised
by those -Fiends in manly form, who invaded,
laid. waste, and trampled. on the uneffending oc-
cuniersofsMexico and Peru, were employed hut
rcefurnish means for extending or perpetuating
theederninion of slave'fy in. Europe. Happily,
from. that very hour when, the crime was Censer-li-
mated, the punishment may he said to have corn-
ented.' The invasion .of . Eeehind, in the 16th
century, was undertaken on the joint account of
bigotry, despotism, and vengeance. Its failure
trai the first signal for the re-action of man-
kind upon their Spanish oppressors. It was
the first triumph of liberty over the fana-
tical and_ despotic spirit of the Spanish Go-
verment, Next came the long iesurrec-
tion of the United Provinces against the yoke of
Philip. Here, again, we see Spain, the persecutor
and tyrant, engaged in another atrocious war
—again the. victim of, her own wickednesse--eird
a,second.trinmph obtained over her, on behalf of
the freedom and welfare of those against whom
she fought. A fresh: principle of restless_ ambi-
tion and maliesnity was-infused into the'worn-out
Government of Spain, -by the. successful usurpa-
tion of the House of Bourbon, at the beginning
of the 18th century ; and with the progress of
domestic despotism, that of national decay was
hastened. Except only during some portion of
the reign of Charles 111., political and super-
stitious tyranny has` been ever since consoli-
dating its own power over the Spanish people,
and undermining that of the State . itself; as
one of the great community of.kingdoms. Ame-
rica has at length avenged her wrongs. Manilla,
threatened. With a servile Governor, hae adjured
the .authority.-which would have imposed him.
Spain lie; prostrate, naked as she w.as.lsorn ; and,
in a decrepitude more helpless than that of. ip-
fancy, offers, as we begin with stating, ".a greet
moral lesson" to the legitimetes and tyrants of
the .universe. This is the more useful, because
it is so pointed and so clear. The lesson is as
clear as that which Turkey now exhibits. They
are kindred culprits, and they. are stretched upon
the same rack. This revolution is coruforta blee—
it.is invaluable to all political societies. Greece'
and America—North as well aseSnuth, and Eng-
liehas :Well as Spanish—have been both oppressed
-=-both .drisen by their wrongs -to resist their
tyrants; artd,.,by the will of. _Providence aid-
ing, (as' in the lone run it ever does) the cause
ofejisstice, they have proved,. that to be unjust
ie.Ao be ire.politic; and that, whether he be
infidel or professed Christian,- the meed .of- the
wrongdoer is mortification and defeat. eon-
less that in our estimate of things, it seetus„es if
rnest's.Minds had been fixed, more than virtue,
Mote-than wisdom warranted, upon those advan-
tageslo.commeree—upon those,adjustmepts and
correetiousioti comparative power—and.on a va-
riety of such definite and .detailed good cause-
amences -as must arise to particular countries, to
our own among them, front the liberationsof the
Greeks and the Americans. , , Letass Irsok at. this
great revolution in its nobler and more appro-
priate bearing—as five and twenty millions of
men rescued from the. grasp of ignorance. bar-
barism, anel.degeedatien ; atsksoropch added tc
etlieteeeeiepla empire of law, liberty,, eeieuce,
seissitassandlf-oankood-esae a mine eelOcleri under
-theireepest foundations .01 tyranny—and a alto.i
MOO, to: all the despots •of the age, that powee
. tificeforth is but another name for. justice.

. .
[MORNING POST.]
French Papers to the - 7th instant, with the
.P,toirg of Thursday, reached us last night by Ex-
press. They are dnusually barren of import-
tant intelligence. In the sitting of the Cham-
ber of Deputies on Tuesday, M. Chiffiet
:presented the Report of the Commission
rin the Law against -Sacrilege. That Report
is the most favourable- that. has been made this
Hgessions, o;_it recommendS that the law.be adopted
'as it stands without any amendment. It was
ordered to be printed, and the discussion post-
poned to a. future day. The law for putting.
down piracy was-then taken into consideration,
and, what- has "seldorn. happened since France
has had Chambers, it -was debated and adopt-
ed at one sitting, by an overwhelming ma-
jority of 232 to 9._ An article from Sem-
lin states that Omer Vrione continued to re-
fuse obedience to the mandate of the Porte, which
directe*d him .to repair to Sulonichi ; and that -it
-was believed that hostilities had broken out be-
tween that Chief and Reschid Pacha.

[MORNING' cHR9NIct.g.I
Mr. Cohbett i something like Lismahago, in
Hamphrey Clinker,—he•will neither take a good
word nor a bad word from you without.growling.
We hailed him one day as a future Saint, con-
ceiving that some-successor of St. Peter could not
do less than honour the bones of one who had so
successfully identified the Church of Rome, with
the rock on which Christ promised to build his
Church. W e have since paid atribute to the purity
of that mind, which could not. even suspect that
money would in the least influence Catholic
Priests. In return for this homage, we receive ,
compliments, to which we dare not even allude.
In the Register of this day, he is very angry with
Mr. Wilmot Horton and other promoters of a
plan for conveying, poor Irishmen to. Canada.—
That the scheme is mere paltering with the die-
eased state of Ireland, is obvious enough. The
removals will cost this country a large sum,
and yet they will not even affect the ratio
of increase of the population in Ireland,
and, the places cleared will be soon covered
again; Emigration, to he in the least useful, should
he COnducted on a large scale, and measures to
secure the cleared districts from being again oc-
.ciipied by.coltars should go-hand in hand with it.
- But the, nation will not consent to the e:ipence,l
and humanity would revolt at -the adoption of
,rneans necessary to give effect to the other. part
.of the plan. By the bye, Mr. Cobbett's antipa-
thy to Scotchmen and Jews seems to embroil
liim very •rnuch- with the English language.—
Stock is' tainted, because the Jews deal in
it,; and Capital, because Sthith used it for
Stock, as other writers have done both he-.
fOre and since his time. Says Mr. Cobbett, " The
Capital will go to Ireland, Talk English : leave
off the Scotch philosophical balderdash—call it
irioneb : say :that money will then_go to I relani."
Mr. Cobbett, we see, does not know what money
is. Suppose I carry over to Ireland a cotton
machine, a herd of cattle, and farming utensils--
do.I carry over money ? Money is one thing, and
1 stock or capital another.

.. . .
. , Pi Er" TIM 0.3
THE PUBLIC LEDGER.)
The abundance of Capital, which is producing A Ministerial Congress, if any credit be due to
iii"Oialand such extraordinary Undertakings hi a statement in the German Papers, is actually
• lii (ton, is manifesting itself, thoug!, 01i-a
more sitting, in the Russian Capital, for the purpose
Holited..scale, in
.Paris. We have already spoken of devising the best means of applying the Mo,
•, - _
`theitir Canal Company, wi:ret-ie
,peosegs of time .narchical principle to the affairs of Greece. It is
Are to convert Earls
.into a .sea pert.:
,A Jnore 'therefore superfluous to state, that-the name of
:festsibleprojeCt, and one which is carrying on the British Ambassador is not, coupled with the
..10ifeat , spirit ;it many diferpnt.tiyecticitis, is proceedings ; though the German Editor seeing to
thelorination of _new streets and roWs.6f,.hi4l.si,s.. .be in doubt, Ivhether Mr. Stratford Canning,ali-
Nbt far fintn. the Champs Elysees, a large tents himself from choice or compulsion. Mistakes
iii#o,..t(tiFtu-s,..e's is-erecting", ,which is PoPuiarY. of this kiwi are and y laughable, thottgh origi•
trinse• be Quattierde Londres. In theP.
.iie -/q
.nating partly In malice and partly in ignorance :
-40 7-d.e.,,'.*t the -back of the new Church.of Li -for they affect the course of our policy as much
eTiine; Whi.cii:fiOntt.th e:-.)1ntl:Of the charn: as, the ,ravings of CarlHe impugn the truthi of
.ill
r•of .-Depu ties., were situated the house and ,Cliri's'tianity: The COnaress consists of the Mi-
- WititTs' of the Hotel de Casielluite, the whole
, nistrrs Of France, Austria, and Prussia, under the
eari Presidency of the Russian Minister 'of
,Foreign
property, of which walr_sold about twetve y
44440, .for,..,..g*ht.t.lru?atid pounds. 171i.1 sPct.. 1134 Affairs ; and though it is convened • for the os..
r/eittyfieett• purchased for builOylqort. ut. the tensible purpose of vindicating the sovereign
ri4,ls:price t,Ciikt.:ts,eight ;tlVoniand KOiltiilzs! rights of the *Grand Seignior, his Illghness
.reriefor ts,a 1;1;4 wliciseVusbancl'ist'said will -be the ,first to take umbrage at their
"rt! - - - ' . • - , ,--,..,..., -
_,,i„,,, , ,
in'p.,4B,lrecrMi4orTt'-tifilt
.!inse unfortunate
,trr.,•nlS' ttigisking. It is somewhat singular that this.
-.1019110-19f3s the fund's';' 'but the increated Is _the ,second Congress which is flow sit-
ikp of :hts wiles yroverty will 'not only 'Cii:Uil- lino- in 'Europe -and that the same Powers
Vbatince his lossei, but leave in reSerxe double.• ire, repre4ento at both. .It.,:fs. also
,probiopie
iiittm, Itriiit.:h
~the lipo 4qd grounds originAl -.l3ii,
,the :Same q'g'ilst:icii, is .clitiPists..eii .IP (file.
------.,
-egg. • . -, .—..!........-- 1 tvv?...itserniitie.s.-; and whilst ,Itussia.• tinsel the
4 if.
_f-t.7) .5: v tjs ,A' 't • the person cif 'Prince;
..4‘1434,Au Al.gt.NlL.l I`tlNtril3, ''' l.-.,• .7 ,)
'', At Afte4frissia ,1iftver.,41411,41 a rAyeirl :AnAtAligflt.4 Yetternith, .at . the. other, w e suPP9se 4
,Lir.4 his
.we find that the. law of sacrilege was. reported at!. -begin kitected as the .seat of the .lAtter, as some

indemnity to that Court, for its exclusion from
the Presidential honours. England looks on
with composure, but not with indifference ;.
and though she decliries taking any part,
her assent must be' obtained, before a single
soldier of the High beliberating Parties
can be landed in Greece. In the mean time,
we are told that =preparations have been
making for a considerable period in the lonian
Islands, which denote an intention on the_part of
our Government to watch carefully the course of
events in that neighbourhood. Circumstances
will, of course, decide whether these measures
shall assume a character of moral resistance,
or one of a more decided description ; and the
decision will probably depend on the conduct
of Russia. Should the latter Power take upon
herself to execute the sentence of the Congress,
it would be the imperious duty of our Govern-
ment to interpose ; for, if the Russians were
once to get a footing in Greece, there they
would stay ; and, in this case, farewell to
the Ottoman Power in Europe.--We have pro-
bably in these deliberations a clue to the panic
which prevails in the French market. The
French Government appears to have been dragged
into them, as foreign to its interests, and repul-
sive to the feelings of the nation. All parties in
France have, from the beginning of the struggle,
strongly sympathized with the Greeks,and would
heartily join in deprecating any attempt against
their independence. But as strong a feeling and
equally unanimous prevails in ther favour in Rus-
sia; and yet it is not sufficient to deter her
Government from plotting its extinction. The
Prussian Monarch stands in the same relation to-
wards his subjects upon this question ; but public
opinion is of little value in a military despotism;
and we fear that the French Government, in
spite of its reluctance, will be induced to co-ope-
rate in this new project. To the independence
of the Greeks, it is said, that the objections are
not insurmountable, notwithstanding its plague-
spot of rebellion ; but, in return, they must adopt
the monarchical principle, under the surveillance
of the Holy Alliance.

[MORNING JIERALD.I
There is no leading article in this Paper to-
day.