The Sun.
London, England, 1822-10-22 00:00:00

THE THEATRES.

DtuntY-LANE.—The high reputation which
the Tragedy of Pizarro once excited has natu-
rally subsided, but it can still be rendered at-
tractive by great theatrical talents, and such was
the case last night. Mr. YOUNG was the Rolla.
His merit in the character is too well known to
require critical notice. Th,o part of Alonzo was
rendered forcible and impressive by the manly
style of COOPER. Mrs. W. WEST was the Cora,
and sustained the part with skill and tenderness.
The energy which the character of Elvira de-
mands was not adequately supplied by MISS
EDMISTON, but, though " touched but faintly,
was drawn right."—Giovanni in London fol-
lowed, and is as likely to improve the morals of
the middling orders as Tom and Jerry. . _

COVENT-GARDEN. - The audience at this
Theatre were thrown into some apprehension
last night by the appearance of Mr. CoNNon,
who commenced with an apology for Miss
PATON, which induced them to think that she
was not going to perform. However they soon
found that the apology was not to announce
absence, hut to bespeak indulgence, as she was
suffering under indisposition. When she, soon
after appeared as PON, in the Beggar's Opera,
she was well received, and she exerted herself
with great spirit and success, but the general
liberality of the audience over-ruled the call
for a repetition of the most favourite airs.—The
splendid Melo-drame of _Ali Paella followed, and
appeared highly to gratify a numerous, though
not a crowded audience.

Mr. YOUNG (a correspondent says) is engaged
at Drury-lane for thirty nights—ten nights at the
commencement of the sea3QD, ten at the middle,
and the remainder at the close.—(Morning
Herald.)
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THEATRICAL MISIIAP.—Our Theatre opened
on Tuesday evening (15th inst.), under the direction of Mr.
How Aim, Manager of the Theatre Royal, Lancaster, &c. on
which occasion the magnet of attraction was our old favourite,
Miss S. BOOTH, whose talents we have often so justly
appreciated.. On the rising of the curtain Mr. SMYTH-
SON came forward to announce a calamitous event which had
happened. to the manager and the whole :of his perform-
ers, in the general wreck of their property, whilst crossing
the sands from Ulverston to Lancaster, during a gale of
wind, in which they were suddenly overtaken by the tide.
—All their chests containing their warElrohe, with a portion of
the scenery, were set adrift, a valuable horse drowned, and
themselves and children narrowly escaped with their lives.—
The appeal made to the audience forany deficiency which must
naturally. have arisen in the dresses, &c. was very favour-
ably received, and under every circumstance the pieces went
off much better than could have been expected. -We are happy
to hear that the greater part of the trunks, &c. have been
recovered, and have arrived here, although very seriously
injured. It may not be generally known to our readers, that
between Ulverston and Lancaster there is an extent of nearly
fifteen miles at low-water, which abounds with channels and
moving sands, on which guides are regularly paid by Govern-
ment, and stationed at the time of crossing, for the protection
of the passengers. The violence of the gale had driven the
guide from his post, and the party having gone too far to re-
cede, were obliged, at the peril of their lives, to cross the last
channel without any proper direction.— ( Stockport Advertiser.)
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IRISH PROSPERITY.— Three distilleries in
Cork, which were to have commenced working
on Monday, have served notices that they do not
intend to go on.—(Freeman's Journal.)
Lord O'NEILL came up to town last week,
from the midst of pressing and important busi-
ness, for the purpose of presiding at a Grand
Orange Lodge in Dublin. Personal concerns
gave way to what his Lordship considered his
public duty. The Court was formed; and the
proposition of decorating the statue, on the 4th of
November next, taken into consideration.—
Master Ellis, it is said, deprecated the measure,
and even opposed it. So did Sir George Hill,
who assures us he is no longer an Orangeman.—
The Postmaster-General, however, succeeded
against the two other placemen, and finally it was
resolved to dress Old Glencoe.—(Dublin Even-
ing Post.)
To-morrow the Lord Bishop of WINCHESTER,
attended by the Chancellor of the Diocese, &c. will consecrate
the new Church built at Brangore, in the parish of Christchurch,
on the borders of the New Forest ; and on the following Friday
the new Church of St. Paul, which has been built to afford to
the populous parish of Portsea, increased accommodation for
attendance on Religious worship, will likewise be consecrated.
These Churches have both been built under the Church Act;
and it is devoutly hoped that the inhabitants of the respective
neighbourhoods will feel the influence which the residence and
constant instruction and example of able Pastors is sure to effect.
The Rev. WM. COCKBURN, A. M. late Fellow
of St. John's College, Cambridge, has succeeded to the digni-
fied situation of Dean of York. This Gentleman is brother-
in-law to Mr. Secretary Peel. Mr. Cockburn was elected into
the office of Christian Advocate in the University of Cambridge
in 1803, being the first appointment to that office, which is held
for six years, by order of the founder, the Rev. Mr. Hulse.—
( York Chronicle.) _ _ _

The Rev. LEWIS WAY, of Stanstead Park, ac-
companied by his friend, JOHN MoRTLOCK, Esq. is about to
proceed to the Mediterranean, on a Continental tour.
A Correspondent at Battle writes as follows:
" This town is comparatively deserted. There are at this mo-
ment from forty to fifty good houses uninhabited.—The pro-
perty of Sir Godfrey Webster is in a deplorable state.—(/bid.)
SHAKESPEARE REED, Esq. has presented the
Sunderland Dispensary with 41. 75., being the amount of fees
due to him from the Brewster Sessions.

The Devizes Gazette says, " ROBERT GOUR-•
LAY, late a respectable fanner of Deptford Farm, 'Wilts cele-
brated for his Reform Addresses to the labourers of Wily, and
for his endeavours to effect a Reform in Canada, where he was
imprisoned, is now reduced to the necessity of breaking stones
on the highway, and of receiving parochial assistance from the
parish of Wily."
BON MOT.—Two gentlemen were walking in
the High-street of Southampton, last week, about that hour
which the industrious damsels of the mop and brush usually
devote to cleansing the pavement before the door. It happened
that the bucket used upon such occasions was upon the stones,
and one of the gentlemen stumbled against it. "My dear
friend," exclaimed the other, " I lament your death, exceed-
ingly !" "My death !" " Yes, you have just kicked the
bucket." " Not so," rejoined his friend, " 1 have only turned
a little pale (pail.)"
SINGULAR COINCIDENCES.—Mr. SHERIDAN was
the chief mourner at Mr. GAnnices funeral. Mr. SHERI-
DAN'S Comedy of The Schoolfin• Scandal was acted at Drury- '
lane Theatre the evening Mrs. GARRICK died ; and on the same
night, perhaps at the very moment when she breathed her last,
the following lines, written by GEORGE COLMAN, were de-
livered from the stage by Mr. TERRY :
" Alas ! how vainly will our modern fry,
Strive with old leviathans to vie !
How forcibly comparison provoke,
With lines that JoHNsox writ and GARRICK spoke."
The brig Renown, Watt, from Quebec, which
arrived at Leith on the 15th instant, has brought two beavers,
directed for the College ; but it is to be regretted, that previous
to the arrival of the vessel, one of them died ; the other is in
good health, and was forwarded on Tuesday to its destination.
This, we believe, is the first importation of these creatures into
this country.
On Thursday a respite, during his Majesty's
pleasure, was received at Glasgow for Daniel Tucker, presently
under sentence of death there; and yesterday morning r re-
spite was also received for James Campbell, the other prisoner
under sentence of death. The intelligence was immediately
communicated, in both instances, to the unfortunate. prisoners,
by the Hon. the Lord Provost, accompanied by Bathes Smith
and Snell.