The Sun.
London, England, 1809-11-22 00:00:00

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

The dramatic representations last night were The
Suspicious Husband, and Don Juan. The comedy
was heard during Three acts and much of the foUrth,
with such ?attention as to shew that the. opposition
! is certainly dying away, and the public may now iti-
I Bulge a hope, that they will be able to enjoy their
favourite diversion without disturbance. The part
of Ranger was performed by JONES, who follows
the track' of LEWIS,' and who at least gives bustle and
! spirit to the part, if not the most correct outline and
colouring. Mrs. H. . JOHNSTON certainly does not
I possess those polished manners which the part of
1 Clarinda requires, but tier person and vivacity enable
l her to get through it with tolerable success. Mr..
Eo.EreroN acquitted himself very well in the part of
Strickland, and the rest of, the claaraEters were sup-
! ported with decent ability.
i Towards the conclusion of the fourth act the first
I notice of hostility appeared in the pit, where one of
l the 0. P. squadron began to sneeze with great vio-
llence.- This. nasal infirmity proved contagious, for
i many persons were iwmediately affected by it,
.and
in due time it gave way te other sounds of 4tinoyance;
! but they also proceeded entirely from burnanorgans,
' and the whole train of horns,'
.hells, and Other O. P.
1 artillery, Were kept out of the :Ad.
! . This very evident diminution of iheswarlike spirit ;
may be partly ascribed to the proceedings ih die.
Court of King's Bence, and partly, no doubt, to the
eifea of the gross excesses of wr,ich the oppunetits
1 of the Theatre were guilty in their avacks upon
ILadies in the private tx4es, as such con:ruCt must
naturally have clisgpsled all liberal supporters of
their cause, -and indneeil them to withdraw their
Icount.inatice. Still, hriwever, there Was last
\night
much host iiity directed against the private boxes, and
1 several most respeCtable Ladies were obliged to re-
f tire.—Two or three slight mock-contests took p!ace,
1 but 4.f the tug of war" seems to be over, and
though the usual perprn,mis of groans, cheers, ' and
a short dance, occurred 'after the dropping of the
curtain, the opposition seemed itself to be conscious
i that its cause is " nodding to its tall." _

'PRE LY eu m.— The Beggar's Opera was well at:
tended at this place last night, and PHILLIPPS ag4tin
appeared to ulna advantage 'both in actti.g 'and
singing in the part of Mac:heath. It is to be regret-
ted that this Actor cannot divest hipnselt of that
ogling gesticulation which almost constantly marks
his demeanor, and wllich excites a sense ot ridicule
that lessens the proper influence of his talents.—
Mrs. iii ,nor is ono ot the most languid representa
tives of roily that the stage has ever seen, but sh 4
does justice to the music.

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The port of cette (from whi4 the letter given "
in our last was dat,:(l), inthe ci-devant province of
Languedoc, or, acc,.rding to the modern French
distribution and deoornin the department of
Herault, is situated a li.. ie'porc tan 20 leagues
N. E. of Cape de, Crests, taw af.ticin is s4ici
to have taken place, and a very re,', agi s t 9 the
westward of Touloti,—Cloe is about 45
leaguei nearly due north ~on, wherice
Curd Cot.i.licrowoora w.„ iOr the ene-
my's track • brought by the .fer-
7ticlatie came at
FINE ARIA the French nett: j 'it)/
boasts of IF, noblest colie:-:ion of
ever went-poi:A— 'the Envsh ta;:i, eAult in pos-
se,sing the best ScUlplk4c. As well as the fine'
•
stati:es at Otord, v,nd Mr.. TOUNLEY'S, n9w the.
Nation'c., the Vanish Niuseunr, the unti,alled re,
maius of Grecian Art, from the chissel ut the re,
nowThed PstniA, ace now in-London, the property
of Lord ELoiN. His Lordship deservedly pos,tesseg
the 'gratit;_de .of ;the u4tion, tor having, when. in
Turkey- and greete, expended an immense portion :
of time, trouble, and money, in •oirtaintug them,
and conveyi,ig them to shores. • most of them
tho Temple bt INiuret..va at Athens, cisn-
sisiing chiefly vuitit a few tolossal Sta-.
tres.. bingie figure is entire, being cruelly am-
putated by ,batilrarous hands, and gnawed by the
tooth of time; but what have been spared, are suf-
fici,,nt,tojustily u;iboutt..!ed praises: bestowed on
them b;y. the historians of .intiquity, The iturodue,'
Lion of these grand• productions of ancient genius
into England•i"s a glorious era in the Fine Arts.—
They present a um' w, arid of beauty and taste to
the eye of the young Artist, and awaken a fresh
and glowing impulse to, the mind of the Professor..
Indeed, their perfe& 'proportion, thcir. inimitable
grace, beauty, and dignity, take full possesion, of
the mind of the tasteful spectator, dissipate- every
inferior thought, and elevate it (to a delicious 'add
refined musing.
The very meritorious coridut' or .Mr..ROBERT:
WATSON, Ading Lieutenant of his Majesty's ship
Vanguard, who, at the great risque of his own life,
leaped overboard in the North Sea and Great Belt,'
and rescued, in a heavy sea, two seamen and-a boy'
from a watery grave; the tatter in the Belt, where.
the current was tootling three or four knots, merits
the highest encomium for such a distinguished aci:
of humanity.'

For some time past various 'persons have made it
their business to attend all the markets in. London
and its environs., to purchase guineas,.. half guineas,.
and seven shilling pieces, which, no doubt, are seut:
to a foreign market in neutral ships. This trade,is at-
tended by very_great profits. This sort of•trattic is
said to be carried on to a very .great extent itt
Fluihing;. and, should it continue long, the scarcaty,
of gold coinage. will be severely felt.
..
The Gazette of last night contains Addressesyto
his Majesty . upon . the late, happy occasion-fronithe
Magistrates, of the Liberties at the Town of Lon-t
don, and the Deputy-Livutenauts. of 'the Towle
Hamlets, the Town .of Dock and Parish of Stasi
Datnerel, the Borough of Laugher, the President
and Fellows of. the Royal College .ot Physicians.;
Edinburgh, and the-:Provinctal Synod of •Luthian
and .Tweedda le: • • '

We mentioned some time, since that an Expedi-
tion had sailed from .Sicily, the obje& of which wA,
to 'take possession of the. Seven lonian ISIeS,,
consequenee of the invitatiofi of the principal inii,a« bitants.Apart. of this objeel has already been AO.
complished: Zinte, Cetiluionia, and.
.St. Manre„
were in ourr-pOsSession at the date of the last :ads
vices, and Corfu, which is the chief ofthetto ,
w4i IDA expeaed to offer any resistance.