The Sun.
London, England, 1822-10-17 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.

The Countess of Sandwich, at her house in Dover-street,
from the Continent; Lord Combermere, at Thomas's Hotel,
Berkeley-square, from Paris ; the Hon. Edward Foley, at
Greillon's Hotel, from Brighton ; Mr. Parkinson, jun., in
Sack Ville-street, from Hesse Holmberg ; Mr. and Mrs. Bag-
shavi, at the London Hotel, from a tour.
DEPARTURE s.—Earl Spencer, for Althorp, Northampton-
shire ; Countess Beauchamp, for Paris ; Sir Thomas Webb,
Bart., from Greillon's Hotel, Alberaarle-street, for Bognor ;
Lord Lovaine,. for Barking Hall. Suffolk; the Hon. Colonel
Lygon, on a• tour ; ColoriA Hallam,, from
.the St. James's
Hotel, Jennyn-street, for White Barnes, Herts; Lord Bray-
brook, from Audley End, Essex, for Billingbear, Berks.

I' E T It Y.

ADDRESS,

FOR 0 PEN TNd THE NENV THEATRE, IN I) RURY-LANE,
ON THE 16TH OF OCTOBER, 1822.
Written by G. COLMAN, Es j. ;. Spoken by .31r. TERRY.
Since Theatres so oft', in this our time,,
Are launch'd upon the town, with solemn rhyme,
Thoughts ready-made, to fit the theme, are found,
Like last year's tune:fon barrel-organs ground ;
And Poets furbish, in the bathos style
Old tropes and figures, for the new-built pile.
The Sock and Buskin named—the Muses follow ;
The Opera--always -prefaced with Apollo—
But Arcbiteeture's claims when we enforce,
VITRUYICs and PALLAnio come, of course:
Till, after a long dance through Greece and Rome,
To DRYDEN, OTWAY, CONGREVE, getting home,
We end with SHAKspEARE'S ghost, still liov'ring on our)
dome !
Alas ! how'vainly will our modern fry
Strive.with the old Leviathan's to vie !
HoW foolishly comparison provoke, •
• • Airith lines-that JOHNSON wrote, and GARRICK spoke.
Abandon we a strain without more fuss
Which, when attempted, has ahandonil us;
And,let us guiltless be; however dull,
Of murdering the " sublime and beautiful."
Thus, then ;—our Manager who scouts the fears
Of. pulling an Old House about his ears,
Has spared, of our late Edifice's, pride,
The outward walls-----and little else beside.
Anxious has been that labour to complete,
`Which makes nureificence and comfort meet:
Anxious that multitiideS may sit at ease,
And scantier numbers in no desert freeze ;
That ample space may mark the liberal plan,
But never strain the eyes or ears of man.
Look round and judge—his efforts all are waste
Unless you stamp them as a work of taste. •
Nor blame him for transporting from his floors
Those old offenders here—the two stage-doors—
Doors which have, oft'; with burnish'd pannels stood,
And golden knockers, glitt'ring in a wood ;
Which on their posts, through every change remain'd,
Fast as Bray's Vicar, whosoever ;
That Served. for Palace, Cottage, Street, or Hall,
Used for each place, and out of place in all ;
Station'd, likewatchmen, who in lamplight sit,
For all the businesS of the night unfit.
So much for visual sense :—what follows next
Is chiefly on the Histrionic text :' • •
And our Adventurer has toil'd to, store
His list of Favourites with some Favdarites more ;
Sought planets roving from their former sphere,
And filed, as stars, the brilliant wanderers here :
To Drury's luminaries witted light,
And made his sky with constellationibright.
Rich the repast ;—and may, 'we trust, insure
The custom of the scenic epicure.
E'en I—although among the last and least— •
May pass, perhaps, as garnish to the feast.
•
As for our living dramatists, if now'
• The genuine bays disdain to deck their brow, '
Still they can please ; and as they're dull or clever, ,
You patronise, or. damn, the same as ever. ,
For each degree of talent, after all,
Must here, by your decision, rise or fall.

THE ARMY.

MILITARY RECORD
OF THE.LATE LIECIT.-GENERAL WALTER ELUTE.

This officer entered the service as a volunteer,
and sailed with the 28th (or North. Gloucester) Regiment of
Foot, in October, 1775, from Cork, for America.
He served in that capacity in the 28th light' company, and
in the 3d battalion of light infantry, and was present in all the
skirmishes and actions in which that active corps was engaged,
viz. the attack upon Charlestown—battle of Brooklyn—land-
ing on YOrk Island—severe action of the following day, at
illacgowen's Pass—battle of White Plains, and the capture of
Rhode Island—from its landing at. Cape Fear, in North Ca-
rolina, the Ist May, 1776, to the end of ' the following De-
cember.

He was appointed to an Ensigncy in the 28th'Foot, in De-
,
ember, 1776—carried the colours of his Regiment at the battle'
of Brandywine, and was,prornoted to a Lieutenancy in the 7th
(Royal Fuzileers) Regiment on the 9th of June, 1778. '
He was present at the battle of Monmouth—capture of New
Haven, Fairfield, and Newark, in New England, under Major-
General Tryon, and at the siege of Charlestown. . ,
This Officer served as Major of Brigade, from May, 170,
to July, 1782, to Brigadier-General, now Sir Alured Clarke,
G.C.8., who then commanded the forces in Georgia and East
Florida. He succeeded to a company in the 7th Foot, on the
31st of December, 1782, and continued in America, with Bri-
gadier-General Clarke, till .the evacuation of New York, in
November, 1783, when he returned to England.
Capt. Cliffe sailed for Gibraltar in July, 1780, from thew to
Quebec id June, 1781, and returned to England, as Aide-de-
Camp to Brigadier-Gen. Clarke, in December, 1793. He re-
ceived the brevet of Major, on the Ist March, 1794, and that of
Lieut.-Col. on the 31st March, 1795.
He was appointed, in the same yeai,Deputy-Adjutant-Gen.
to the Expedition destined for the reduction of the Cape of
Good Hope ; and, on that object being accomplished, accom-
panied Sir Alured Clarke, as Aide-de-Camp, to Madras, where
' that General was appointed Commander-in-Chief. He subse-
quently, in 1797, went with the Commander-in-Chief to Ben-
gal, and was appointed Adjutant-General to the King's troops
in the East Indies, in which situation he continued till Aug.
1801, when he returned with Sir A. Clarke to England.
In February, 1798, he was promoted to the Majority of the
7th Foot. He retired, in 1802, upon half-pay, on account of
ill health ; received the brevet of Colonel, on the 29th April,
the same year ; was einployed from the 25th June, to the 24th
December, 1803, as-Assistant-Adjutant-General, at the Horse
Guards ; was next appointed an Inspecting Field Officer, and
subsequently, a Brigadier-General on • the Volunteer Staff,
. from which situation lie was reduced in 1808.
I He received, on the 25th October, 1809, the rank of Major-
General, and on the 4th June, 1814, that, of Lieutenant-
General.

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