The Sun.
London, England, 1813-02-11 00:00:00

TI EL DRAMA,

DRunt-LANE

the Tragedy of Remorse,whiell has been very .6
cessfuLwas sneceeded hs t i.;o,t; at this Theatre,by,
a:newFarce, entitled: The .rib:..at Apothecary. The
title of this piece stitliciently designates:Abe chief
character, and 614 I:bent-41d to all eNeeCtatioll.of
the ':l9:t of incidents' which the plot, as intended
to involve. :Die eiV is ciiiled Pooeo'itar.zble.
is a vrild harem-scurun: fellow., and falling•in love
with ci young Lady, in order to have an opportn-
vity of urging his snit, he contrives to get into
her father's Innise, in the dkguise of a footmatt•
In this capacity be comicits.many blunders, Lind is
under the necessity of devising schemes to op-
pose the rival pretensions of an Irish Lieutenant.
It is evident, from this simple outline Of the plot,
that it IS,capuble of being worked into good ef-
fect, and
,if the audience had not been in some-
what of au untoward mood, the Farci, would have
probably experienced a much more favourable re-
caption than it met with kst night. The Author
has, we doubt not, endeavoured to adapt his piece
to what he bad reason to, consider its the prevail-
ing, taste of the public with; respect to farces, but,
from some strange perverseness in the audience,
his-aim was disappointed. There' WaS an alum-
dance ofpuns, smite, good, and some but inditie- ••
t'ent, anti there, were many whimsical rind origi-
nal conceits, which,. We are persuaded,. would,
have told well, us the phrase is, if: the audience •
had been in a better humour. A song,. alluding to •
the; names of the several Newspapers, in which
The San was .of course referred to, as rising in
the aftetßoon, had much hinnour, anti }was
cored. Much opposition prevailed, and the Ma-
auger was called- for. Mr. -11•AXMOND appeared,
Illictproposed that the piece should .he altered, and
brought forward again, alleging that considerable
expense was always incorrect by new pieces. This
proposal :was vio.lently resisted by some, and as
clamorously supported by others : at length the
Ayes seethed to:predominate, and the Farce is to
be repeatetithis evening. The Authot•is said to
be one of the very ingenious brothers: who wrote
the akoirable work, entitled 14:meted AddresSei,
or the New Pheatrani roetarum, which has de-
servedirrisen into so much celebrity that Criti-
cism might 'ast night to have treated with more
• kii;rinest the production of a writer to whoM the
, public are indebted for considerable enti-rtaintnent.

COVENT-GARDEN

Mrs. JORDAN returhed last nit ht to this
Theatre, in the Comedy -of The Wonder. She
WAS received on her entrance, in the part of Fits
lante, with warm and continued applause, and
said, abundatitly given to her through *-
hole of her performance. Her acting was
marked by her usual energy, spirit, and humour.
Tbr part tit Fetes was very well supported by .11r.
KC. rsd BLit, And FA.wceTT wsis very ludicrous in
LUsardo. The house WU3 very well attended.,

A fIGYLL

Mrs. SmboNs, last night, to the honour of ber
feclingS, came forward at this place, and read the
Tragedy of Macbeth; for the, benefit,of the widow
and children at the late,Mr. CHERI:NT, the actor:
It hardly possible to, sayi-too much in upro-
bi4ion of the admirable manner in which
StrinciNs conveyed the beauties •of this• sublime
Work at our great Dramatic Bard. It tvils.a most
animated recitation of the whole, with a, . mitch
of ilia energy of action as could be introduce ,1 in
a mode of representing the piece. The
room was crowded by an elegant and critical au-
dience, awl the great .Acress received throirAhout
that applatlse, to which her high, merit and the
eatiie for which she so laudably came forward so
Well entitled het% •

.EiLTRINCT OFAN OFFICIAL LE.TiER FROM COUTINNAI
DATtI) 30TH 3.00.7ARY, 1813.
"Since 'add ressed you on the 21st, 1 ha velearat.d
that the raw:tempos _ou the North EAStCI'n. Coast
have been nearly-its follows .
" On the. Gth Instant, at day•light, General
Afertdizithel entered flilhaa by stttprize, and after
an action in the streets, in which the French lost
abottt 201) men, he was obliged to retire. lie
effected his retreat by the x;ooden.hridge, which
the enemy afterwa-ds hurtled. The General con-
tinued his retreat towards Ordnua.
" On-the fOth -instant, a carps of about 1500
French cannonaded Castro ljrdialea, amt alter-
wards retired with the loss of 15 killed anti wound-.
ed, by the fire of the garrison.
" On the 10th, General Mendizahel, having,
under his cornmandthe division of Colonel Longa,
took the fort of Salinas di Agrana, a place aboßt
four leagues from'Vittoria, and two front Mirautia
di Ebro. The garrison mrrendered at discretion,
.to the number of six oflicera and 2.16
Colonel Lringa's letter, Mentioning this occur-
rence, is dated Espejo, 13th instant, It contains
no details, but I understand the conduct of this
division was highly ereditable. •
" On the 21st, the (meaty to the numlitr of
4000 infantry and 600 cavalry, under General
Dabreton, reached Acithada, nit the road 1; :in)
Sautona to Santander, and were expected to enter
the, latter place on the evening of the 22d. They
had ordered rations for 5000 iiie,i. AU the stores
left thereby Sir. Holt Popham had been embark,
.etl and removed. • _
" General Cnifarelli was, by the last acconWsp
at Limpitts, near Santana. The garrismt of Sart
tona has been changed; au the place victualled
for firm. month 3,,, •
By a person lately arrived, who left Segovia
the lsth, C ant further informed, that consider-
able, bodies of troops hail pas ed ihrt.n4h, for
-some days beforz, on their route, 44 they said, for
France