The Sun.
London, England, 1813-01-25 00:00:00

POtTRY.

The following tines were addressed hy that rerltetlal-,lc
ttran in Polities and Literature, Sir CnAnt,h . ;
Bart.. to the Rey. C. E. STLWAILT, on his "

Fur your Trifics i.O trersc;, give me leave to propose,
These light and new play-thin:pi, tilts,: Teijlea id pri;se;
With pleasure the critic your poetr,; quotes,
And Mises, we know, are unparallei'd Note.;.
l'sll-Mall, Jan. 420. T. C. KT:QUM%

• With a very liberal subscriptiou.

THE THSATitE,

' •

DRl'nl"-LAt.

A tragedy, under the title of Remoese, was rcprc- -
seated at this theatre on Saturday last, idlich is
the avowed productihn of Mr. DOE, a gen.-
tleman whose name is .deser redly high in literary
estimation. The scene lies in Spain, and the fable
is not derived from history, but is the offspring of,
imagination. 1 The chief merit Of the mvork is the
rich and varied powers of description, by which it
is in genera characterized, the originality, force
and delicacy, of the sentiments, and the powerful
expression of passion, which appears in some ot
the more striking situations. The fable is impro-
bable, and, with the exception of: Atra;-, the hero
of the piece, there is nothing of novelty in the
characters. The originality of Alva/ .consists in
his desire th excite renurrse in those who have in-
inred him, particularly his brother, who had en-
, deavoured to procure his death,and rob him, of
his mistress, rather than to gratify the passion
of revenge. This is a noble character, and af-
fords an admirable example for sentiment and Coll-
duct. The great improbability of the play appears
in the disposition of Altar rather to give way to
suspicion and jealousy, than to make inquiries
which would tit once. have put an end to all his
perturbations; as he would have found that: his
mistress was faithful. All that relates to the sup-
posed" operation of soreery considering the period
at which the fumble is understood to have taken
place, though credited then, cannot excite sym,
pathy and strong interest in the present enlighten-
ed state of society. There. is a character of a.
illoresco woman, which has also some pretensions
to originality, and is drawn with spirit and vi-
gon:•.—Upon the whole, this :play is the produc-
tion ot no common mind,, but is in many parts
ferVid, energetic, and impressive.
The piece Wits well support,:d.by the performers,
articularly Et.t.ms•row, Mors, RAE, DECAMP, Min,
SMITH and Mrs. Gt.oV,Elt, and was receive 4 with
loud and persevering applause by .a crowded the-
atre. The scenery was beautiful and appropt iate,
except in one place, which was described as a (Inn-
! geoa, but which looked like a grand hall, and
which was lighted by chandeliers. The prologue,
which related more to the Theatre than the play,
was spoken by Mr. CAIt a ; and the epilogue, which
was lively, i.vas delivered with spirit by Miss
SMITH.

t:OVRNT-GARDZN,

It is with much pleasure that we have to
nounce the appearance of, a new comedy at this
theatre on !,••;at.urday last, which is more in the
good old style of the legitimate drama than any
wtrk of the same kind that has beet represented
for a long period. The title of this play is The
Students of Salamanca, and the anther is a Mr. .1 A-
MgEioii, to whom a comedy is attributed which 'Was
represented last
,season, under the title. of A Touch
of the Times; The plot of the new Comedy is in-
tricate, but not perplexed, the characters are ra-
rical and distinct, the dialogue is, sprightly,
and the langnage terse. There were two or
throe passages rather of a prurient nature,
which ekeited• some disapprobation, but they,
will, of course, be omitted. The acting was
thronghout admirable ; but .M.vrnttws
FAwcy.TT, Iit.ANcnARD, and Mrs. C. KEtnacn,
appeared to peculiar advam:age. Mrs. 11. JOHN,
spoN also deserves to, be mentioned with com-
mendation. ABBOT VOld Slmmos, though not
possessed of important characters, rtal.lered
them '4,ttfective. A serenade iutrodueed in the
comedy does great credit to the twite and rancy of
the composer, Mr. CONhELL. The epilogue is
asevitwt to Mr. JAMEY Surrn,- one of the ingeol-
ous brothers to Whom the public are. indebted for
the fictitious addresses supposed •to bare .been
pre tinted to the Drury-lane Committee,. which
may be classed with the happiest sallies of origi-
nal huineur that the age has produced.

Dreadful most alarming and destruc-
tive fire brae out on Saturday. night about eight
o'elOck, in the premiies-owitpied by Mr. Lewis,
koriwn as. the St. James's Coffee-honse, "ravern
and Hotel, in St. James's-street, Piccadilly, which
burnt with great, rapidity, and threatened destruc-
tion to- the whole range of buildings on tliat side of
the street. The flames cj
li numunicated to the pre-
'kes of Messrs. 'Kohler owl Perceval,quitsical in-
strument manufacturers, the corner of Cleveland-
row, which it soon consumed, together %yith part
of the valualdelstoek in trade„ The furniture in
the adjoining lionse was brought out .by the lire..
men and others, ,and plaeed in the ;hard of St.
J:unes's Palace, protected by a party of tl&e Cold-
strewn regiment of Guards, who were stationed
there the whole night. The fire caught the Sub-
scription /louse belonging to, Mr. Graham: by
the exertions of the firemen working at twelve en-
gines, the flames were at length got under by two
&stock yesterday morning.
In about an boar afterwards, a fresh conflagra-
tion broke out, which commenced in' the roof of
another house, but by the activity of the firemen
the house was saved from complete destruction,
and the whole Was-got out by six o'clock. SeVe-
ral volunteer cores, attended to protect the proper-
ty of the sintering inhabitants, sllHolig whom were
the St. .datnes's, St. George:, Hanover-square,
Loyal Britons, St. Mary-le-bone, Dake of Cum-
berlanirs Sharpshooters; the Rifle 'Corps, and
\Vestmiuster Volunteers, together with a detach-
meat of the 7th Light Drogooos, who paraded din
St. jatlle 'street and Pall•mall.. The premises
were insured in the Phrinix, the Itritisdi, and
Westminster Fire ,Oilices. During the time the
goods were removing from one of 'the houses, a
fellow, . under pretence of helping the unfortunate
inhabitants, was deteCted carrying off Some plate.
Gilmore and Cooper, twii officers belonging to'
atieeu-sonare Office, immediately took him into
custody, and escorted him to T(411111-fields.

ritOM 'Mfg -LONDON GAZETTE, JAZI. 23, 1813.

FOI eign +Vice, Jan. 23, 1813.

A I)ispateb; of %vhich the follo,viug is a copy,
I:A3 been -reez:ived by Viscount. Cadlere Igh, his
Majesty's Princinal Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, from his Excellency General Viscount
Catil,cart, K.T. his Majesty's Ambassidor Ex-
traordinary and Plenipotentiary to Pae Court of
Russia, dated
MY Low),

St. Petersbnrgh, Jan. 1, 1913.

I have the honour herewith to transmit to your
Lordship copies of two Proclamations, together
with a nom`nal I;st of the General Officers who
have been taken prisoners by the Russian armiv4,
which I have just received from WAna,.. b
which have not yet been published here.
No further official intelligence of military ope-
rations has been received beroinee my last.
Private letters of the 30th, from Lieban, men-
tion, that the French troops stationed at that
place marched, on the 22i1 of December, fo:
Memel ; from whiCh it appears impossible that
they should not have been eat off, if they at-
'tempted Tilsit, whiCh was occupied on the Il th
by Count Wittgenstein, who was nearer to Ko-
nigsberg.

1, baye tbe honour to be, &C.

(Signed)

CATHCART.

-DECLARATION.

At the moment of my ordering the arthies u►tr'
der my command to pass the Prussian frontier,
the Emperor, my master, directs me to declare,
that this step is to be considered in no other light
than as the inevitable consequence of the military

operations.
. • Faithful to the principle's which have netnated
his conduct fit all tiates, his imperial Majesty is
gnitiel by no view of eonquest. The sent,Micnts
of modtration which have oer characterised his
policy are still the some, after the decisive sae*,
cesses with which Divine Providence has blessed
his
.legitimate eff6rts ' Peaee and independence
shall be their result. These his -Majesty offers,
together with his assistance, to. every people who,
being at present obliged to oppose him, shall
abandon the cause of Napoleon, in order to follow
that of their real interest. I invite them to take
advantag,o of. the fortunate opening which the
Itlfssian armies have produced, and to unite them—
selves with them in the par Snit of an enemy whose
precipitate flight has discovered its loss of power.
It, is to Prusna in particular 'to which this invita-
tion is addressed. It is the intention of his im-
perial Majesty to put an end to the calamities by,
which she is oppressed, to demonstrate to bet
King the friendship which she preserves for him,
and to restore to the Monarchy of Vrederiek its
eclat and its extent. lie hopes .thathis Prussian
Majesty, animated by sentiments which this frank
Declaration ought to produce, will, under 'such
circumstances; take that part alone which the
wishes of his people and the interest of his states
deinand., Under this conviction, the Emperor,. my
masf,er, has sent me the most positive orders ti)
avoid every thing that could betray a spirit of hos=
tility between the two powers and to endeavour,
within the Prussian provinces, to lawn, as far as a.
state Of war will permit, the evils which for a short'
time, must result from their occupation.
(Signed) The Marshal Commander in
Chief of the Armies
rRINCE KOUTOIJSOFF SMOLENSEIO,