The Sun.
London, England, 1822-10-30 00:00:00

THE THEATRES.

DRURY-LANE.—We have chiefly to notice the
repeated representation of The Road to Ruin at,
this Theatre last night, which was attended by a
very numerous audience. NIUNDEN gave a very
affecting portrait of Old Dornton, and ELLISTON
was not less effective.in representing the thought-
less gaiety of Young Dornton, and the conse-
quent miseries of gaming. By the ivay, it is very
creditable to him, as the Manager, in bringing
forward this Play at the present period, as it
seconds the laudable, efforts of the Magistracy to
check the progress of that fatal vice which, in-
deed, leads to The Road to Ruin, and has
brought so many to despair and destruction.—
KNIGHT fOr the first time took the part of Silky,
and, considering his merit in the representation
of juvenile rustics, it was not a little to his cre-
dit that he was able so well to personate the vil-
tau of a town-made Miser. The restoration. of
DOWTON to this Theatre occasioned the revival,
last night, of the Farce of What's Next, in
which he appeared to admirable advantage, and
was ably supported by HARLEY.

COVENT-GARDEN.-The Cornedy of The Won-
der was repeated last night,- and throughout ad-
mirably performed.—Mr. C. ji.EmßLE's Don
Felix' is one of his best efforts.- Miss CHErrEtt
confirmed the approbation of the public in her
Violante. Mrs. GIBBS completely represented
Flora, and rendered it as prominent as any cha-
racter in the piece.—The new Farce of The.
Irish Tutor went off most successfully, and
again testified the spirit and accuracy with which
CONNOR. can represent the peculiar characteristic
honour of his countrymen in O'Rourke.

Tam'. TnEaTtucaLs,—When Monsieur Ton
son was performed for the first time in this City,
we expressed the very warm admiration which it
so justly. excited ; and now that we have seen it
a second time, we can with confidence bear testi-
mony to its extraordinary merits, and declare that
scarcely any theatrical performance was ever
found, on repeated representations to give more
genuine and exquisite amusement than this cele-
brated Farce. It is true that all the weight of the
acting falls on Mr. TALBOT ; but, in most good
Farces, one actor does the business; and certainly
no one was ever found better qualified than TAI,
BOT to sustain the whole burden of a piece. All
the laughable situations in which Monsieur Mor-
bleau is placed, seem heightened, as the persons
who perform the minor parts become more perfect,
so that each performance serves the purpose of a
good rehearsal. We do not mean to puff Mr.
TALBOT by this remark, for it is well known that
after playing it fifty nights in Dublin, and having
well studied it for a metropolitan audience, he can
want little in the way of rehearsal; but the per-
formers who never saw the piece before the parts
were placed in their hands, could not be expect-
ed to be up to the author's meaning,
`pr, what
is nearly as necessary, stage effect ; therefore
we repeat that the performance, matured as it
is now, is truly a dramatic treat of the most de-
licious flavour. We cannot pass, without ap-
probation, Mr. STACK as Tom King, whose
whimsical volubility and easy action were truly
excellent last Thursday night; and Mr. SEY-•
MOUB, who to adapt himself to the taste of the
• town, altered Nap, from an English to an Irish
Watchman ; this was not "perfectly correct, yet
we were pleased, and think Mr. SEYMOUR par-
donable for giving a character that the audience
were well acquainted with, instead of one they
have only by hearsay, particularly as it is a new
piece, and its being no matter what countryman
Nap the Watchman is. We understand that this
Farce will be again brought before the public
early next week.—For our own parts, we care
not how often we are obliged to laugh at Mon-
sieur Tonson.—(Curk Advertizer, Oct. 26.)

MR. MATHEWS IN AMERICA.-Mr. MATHEWS
appeared last evening before a full and brilliant
audience, and we never saw an audience more
absorbed and delighted. If the experiment had
not been fully tried, it would be considered in-
credible, that any one man, by the variety of
his tones, the extent of his theatrical reading, the
flexibility of his countenance, and the rich hu-
mour of his sty le and manner, could satisfy
raised expectation, and keep his hearers, in either
a roar of applause, or in a state of tranquil plea-
sure. There is no stage trick about his arrange-
ments or his subjects. He does not Redd the ad-
ventitious aid of scenery. The admirable ease
with which he changed the costume of his cha-
racters, as it were in the eye of the audience ;
the facility with which he adopted the pronunci-
ation and manner of the French, either correct
or burlesqued—the wonderful power of managing
his features, and adapting them to the variety of
personation he exhibited—the general and per-
feet knowledge of English manners which he dis-
played ; and the good nature with which heheld
the " mirror up to nature," all these showed us,
at least, something which we have never seen
before. An ordinary strain of panegyric for Mr.
MATHEWS would be inappropriate. Those who
do not choose to see him, can stay " at home."
His songs were introduced with great felicity, and
excited high applause. In short, he is one of
those men who may be properly termed a singu-
lar character. And we are not aware of any
principle of the sublime religion, that furnishes
the best of our hopes, which forbids us to " laugh
when we can, and be happy when we may ;"
when our mirth is unalloyed by a single senti-
ment, or allusion, which could shock the most
scrupulous mind. It may not beimproper to add,
that Mr. MATHEWS' powers, in some scenes, give
a very pleasing specimen of ventriloquism. Few
of the audience could readily believe that the

valiant and rapid changes of his voice in the dia
logue were from the same lips.—(Baltimore Pa
triot, Sept. 24.)

We have much pleasure in stating, the Committee for ma-
naging the affairs of Lloyd's have transmitted, through their
agents, Messrs. John Friend and Co., the sum of ten pounds to
Wm. Molland, George Archer, Wm. Joliffe,- John Bybus, and
Thomas Davis, for their humane exertions in saving the lives
of the crew of the Ox fishing-boat, belonging to Folkestone,
whicli foundered in a gale of wind some little time back, on
outside the harbour of Dover.—( Kentish Gazette. )

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.
The Earl and Countess of Darnley, in Berkeley-square, from
Cobham-hall, Kent; Countess of Dysart, in Pall-mall, from
Ham-house, -Surrey; Viscount and Viscountess Granville, in
Burton-street, Berkeley-square, from Wherestead-lodge, Suf-
folk; Sir Henry and Lady Georgina Wellesley, from Hatfield ;
Lady Sophia Heathcote, in Grosvenor-square, from Surrey.
DEPARTURES.—EarI Thanet, from Fenton's Hotel, St.
James's-street, for Kent ; Hon. Rev. Dr. Murray, from ditto,
for Berks; Gen. Roglin, from Hodgson's Hotel, Dover-street,
for Brighton ; James Dowling, Esq. from ditto, for ditto ; Mrs.
Gan. Gore and family, from Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square,
for Bath ; Captain and Mrs. Cohen, from the Pulteney Hotel,
Piccadilly, for Bath; William Collet, Esq. from ditto, for
Brighton ; Sir L. Cole, Bart. for Yorkshire ; Lord Chetwynd,
from Coulson's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, on a tour ; Mrs.
Crole; for Brighton.
CHANGES.—The Duke of Richmond, at Goodwood, Sussex,
from a tour; the Duke of Buckingham, • from Stowe, Bucks,
for Avington, Hants ; the Duchess of Buckingham, for Aving-
ton, Hants ; Marquis of Camden, at Bath, from Brecl-nock-
priory, South Wales ; Marquis Chandos, at Avington, Hants,
from a tour.

Lord and Lady Kennedy, Major and Mrs. Leith Hay, Mr.
and Mrs. FarquharSon of Finzean, the Honorable Miss
Byng, Miss 'Erskine, and Mr. Carnegie of Charlton, on an
excursion to the Forest of Mar, arrived on the 15th instant,
at the Fife Ann's Inn, Auchindryne' and from thence pro-
ceeded next day to view the water-falls, and the picturesque
scenery on the banks of the Dee. On Thursday, the party
were invited to Mar-lodge, the Earl of Fife's !hunting seat,
and were amused with a wild boar hunt in the Caledonian
forest. After the animal had been hunted for a considera-
ble time with stag and grey hounds, he was fired at with
ball, at one hundred and thirty yards distance, and both his
tusks shot off by Lord Kennedy at the first fire. After seve-
ral shots had been made by the gentlemen who joined in the
chase, the boar fell, receiving six shots through the head
and body. .The party afterwards dined with his Lordship, and
in the evening joined the " mazy dance," and " tripped it on
the light fantastic toe," to the enlivening strains of the bag-
pipe. Several of the Highlanders were dressed in full costume,
and exhibited the Highland fling in its true style : at a late
hour the party retired, highly pleased with his Lordship's hos-
pitality and polite attention. In the course of the week, Lord
Kennedy and Mr. Farquharson killed several very fine red
deer : on Friday evening a grand ball was given by the latter
at the Fife Arms Inn.—(Edinburgh Observer.)

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