The Sun.
London, England, 1822-12-18 00:00:00

THE THEATRE.

DRURY LANE.—We ought not to withhold ~a
tribute of praise due to the Lessee of this Theatre
for reviving those comedies which were popular
at their origin, and which abound in characters
calculated to afford scope for the exertions of a
variety of, talents in the several performers.—
Such is the play of The Wa,y to get Mar-
ried, and though a great portion of it par-
takes of 'the nature of farce, rather than
of legitimate comedy, and other parts are
perhaps of too pathetic a nature for the same
province of the drama, yet as the one is calculated
to entertain, and the other to exercise moral
sympathy, it is very well calculated for a mixed
audience, and therefore the piece last night was
properly revived. The part of Tangent is well
adapted to the lively qualities of ELLISTON, and
he rendered it very effective. The same may
be said of DOWirON, in Allspice. Caustic agrees
'admirably with the saturnine style of TERRY, and
''not a particle of his splenetic humour was' wanting.
COOPER is always a respectable actor, particu-
larly in parts that demand the expression of
feeling, and he gave due support to Captain
Falkner. Mrs. I-luGucs was the. Julia Falkner,
a character faintly drawn, and which she ren-
dered sufficiently prominent. On the whole,
the Comedy was so well represented, and re-
ceived with so much applause, that we conceive
its 'progressive success will amply justify the
revival.

It is always peculiarly gratifying to us to be
able to•record sincere instances of respect and
attachment on the part of the Laity towards
the Established Clergy ; more especially in a❑
age like the present, when the Church is threa-
tened on all sides, and stands in need of de-
fenders, able and zealous, in learning and in
piety, to enforce and recommend the great doc-
trines they preach; in the words of the moral
poet, characters

" whose hearts arc warm,
" Whose hands are pure, whose doctrines andwhose lives
" Coincident, exhibit lucid proof
" That they are honest in the sacred cause."

An instance of the kind' has just reached us,
which occurred in the neighbouring village of
Ickham. On the Rev. JOHN BORDMAN'S taking
leave of his parishioners a few weeks ago, he
addressed them in a farewell sermon, calculated
to' make an indelible impression on his flock.
But it was difficult to say, whether the preacher.
or his auditors, were most affected by the dis-
cOurse. Anxious to offer some lasting memorial
of their universal regret on his departure, the
parishioners privately subscribed a considerable
sum, and an elegant salver having been pur-
chased, the following appropriate sentence,
commemorative alike of the merit and ability of
the receiver, bud of the gratitude, respect, and
affection of the donors, was inscribed thereon ;,
and a deputation waited on the Reverend Gen-
tlemanwith the tributeenclosed in a box of oak :
" In testimony of the most sincere regard towards their late
Pastor, and of unfeigned regret on his leaving them, thi
Salver is gratefully and respectfully presented to the Rev.
John Bordman, A.M. by the Parishioners of 'Allan), Octo.
ber, 1822."

We conclude this brief notice of the circum
stance, with a fervent hope, that it may here
after often fall to our lot to record similar in
stances of merit and of gratitude.—( Kent/0
Gazette, Dec. 17.)

Sunday the Duke of York arrived in town from
Sunborn Hall, the seat of the Marquis of HERT.
FORD. Yesterday his Royal Highness held a
Military Levee at the Commander-in-thief's
Office, Whitehall, which was attended by the
Adjutant-General, Sir THEOPIIILUS PRITZLE[t,
Sir Tuomas Iltsr.op, and several others.
Prince LEOPOLD, we believe, is living in Italy.

The Journal de 'Toulouse gives the following
account of the arrival of the Urge' Regency at
Perpignan, in a letter from that place, dated the
4th inst.:--" Yesterday arrived the Marquis de
Matallorida, and the Ministers Artaffa and Gis-
pert. In the same carriage were the son of the
first, the physician, and the almoner of the Re-
gency. They are lodged at ari inn in the suburbs.
Soon after their arrival the two Ministers waited
on the Prefect. The Minister of War was in

full costume. Among the equipage we remarked
two mules, charged with four caskets, which con-
tained, it is said, the archives of the Government
of the Regency."
When ROBERT BURNS was a very young lad,
he•, had happened at an ale-house to fail into a
company consisting of several Sectarians and mem-
bers of the Episcopal and Presbyterian Church.
When warm with potations, they entered upon a
keen debate about their respective persuasions,
and were upon the point of using arguments more
forcible than wards, when BURNS said," Gentle-
men, it has now been twice my hap to see
the doctrines of peace made a cause of conten-
tion : I must tell you how the matter was settled
among half a dozen of honest women, over a cup
lof candle, after a baptism. They were as dif-
ferent in opinion,
.and each as tough in disputa-
tion, as you are, till a wife that said not a word,
spoke up--aKimmers ye are a' for letting folk hae
but ae road to Ileeven. Its a pair place that has
-but ne gait til't. There's mair than four gaits to
ilka bothy in the highlands or Lowlands, and
its no canny to say there's but ae gait to the man-
sion of the blessed.' " The disputants of the alc
house were silenced, and BURNS led the conversa-
tion to the merriments of carlings over their cups
of caudle.—(lnverness Courier.)
Another Prize of .R 20,000 Sold in Shares by
CARROLL.—No. 3,425 Drawn Yesterday a Prize
of £20,000 was Sold in Shares by CARROLL, at
his Fortunate Offices, 19, Combat, and 26, Ox-
ford-street ; who also Sold in Shares No. 16,522,
Drawn a Prize of £20,000 the fourth day, and
Six other Capitals, ALL 14 THE PRESENT LOT-
TERY.—The Two Prizes of 220,000, both Sold
in Shares by CARROLL, as above, are the only
ones yet drawn.—Next Monday the Lottery
finishes; there are 52 Capitals in the Wheel, in-
.cluding One of 220,000, Two of elo,ooo, be-
sides others of £2,000, &c. The m hole of which
must be DraWn on Monday Next.