The Sun.
London, England, 1822-12-10 00:00:00

BATH THEATRICALS.

( From The Bath Herald, Dec. 7-)
The experiment of reviving one of the sterling old Comedies
fully succeeded on Saturday evening. Richardson's " Fugi-
tive', was well received, and deservedly so ' • for it was a good
play; respectably acted. We hope our Managers will perse-
vere in their plan of such revivals, and we are sure that at least
once a week they will be supported by a full and fashionable
attendance. VINING'S Young Manly reminded us more of
the easy, elegant style of acting with which this class of charac-
ters was personated, 20 years ago, by a much respected and
ever-regretted gentleman, than any performance we have since
beheld. ARCHER has good natural capabilities, but he is too
apt to forget some of Lord Hamlet's admirable admonitions—
one of-which we will transcribe for his re-perusal—" In the very
torrent, tempest, and, as I may say, whirlwind of your passion,
you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it
smoothness." The two old gentlemen need not have better
representatiVes than WouLns and "WrwAars. A YLIFF
was highly diverting in the French smuggler, and the minor
parts were well sustained. The Ladies were quite at home :
Miss KELLY has been rarely seen to more advantage; and
Miss DANCE excited the liveliest interest for the persecuted
Heroine. As- for Mrs. Wouins, she really surprised the au-
dience by. the flow of rich characteristic humour she imparted
into the sketch of Madame Marron :—this, together with her
performance of Mrs. Diggory, in Family Jars, and above all
her Mysis, convinces us that she requires only to be seen oftener
in such characters to become as great a favourite here as we are
assured she is at Cheltenham.

The Barletta of Midas is got up with considerable strength.
The parts of Jupiter, Pan, Midas, Sileno, Daphne, Nysa, and
Mysis, were as well sung and acted as need be: and Mr.I3LAND,
as Apollo, as encored in his songs, which, we hope, will be
some compensation for the treatment he meets with elsewhere.
He seems a complete victim to the " Puff preparatory." " Had
he been unostentatiously introduced, he might have passed mus-
ter as a youth'of promise, and have gradually worked his way
into favour ; but ,

" Vaulting Ambition has o'erleapt itself,
" And fallen on t'other side."
By the bye, this quotation may not be altogether misapplied to
the Tyre of Monday night. If he had selected a part better
suited to hisfigure, and through which he could proceed with-
out the prompter's aid, he might have given much satisfaction
—for he spoke sensibly, trod the stage well, and gave many of
the speeches with good effect ; but we have been so accustomed
to per Act Rob Roys, that we cannot put up with mediocrity in
the daring Out.law, even with all the indialgencies cheerfully
awarded to novices in the profession. Mr. HUCKLE brought
down loud applause and hearty encores, by the chaste and
pleasing style of his singing the Red Rose, and his share in the
duets with Miss GEORGE—he will prove a treasure to the trea-
sury. Miss DANCE acquitted herself to admiration in Helen
Ilfaegreggor ; she looked, spoke, and acted the part, in a man-
ner that convinces us we have much to expect from a due en-
couragement of her admirable native talents.
Life in London continues to amuse a certain portion of the
audience without offending the other—perhaps if it were cut
down to an afterpiece, which could be easily effected, it may
serve the purpose of a Christmas Pantomime—but hold,we have
heard of sonic extraordinary preparations for the amusemeht
of the juveniles at that period—such as certainly were never be-
fore attempted out of London.

The Duke of YORK left his house in the king's
Palace, St. James's, on Wednesday morning at
an early hour, for Hqughton Hall, on a shooting
party ; and his Royal Highness was to leave
Houghton Hall yesterday morning for Sad burne
Hall, the seat of the Marquis of HERTFORD, on a
shooting excursion for the week ensuing.
The French packet Henri Quatre has at4ived
in safety at Dover. During the storm of Friday
she was compelled to put into Ostend.
A letter from Marseilles, dated the 29th ult.
mentions a fact remarkably indicative of the dis-
position of the French troops with regard to the
contest.on the Spanish frontier. In one of the
recent actions between the Constitutional troops
and those of the Army of the Faith, a party of
the latter who had been defeated presented
themselves before the French lines, to claim re-
ception and protection as friends. As they did
not immediately lay down their arms, the officer
commanding the French troops either did not or
would not recognize to which party they be-
longed, but gave orders to his men to fire, and
was so effectually obeyed that near 200 of the
fugitives were killed or wounded. The re-
mainder, when the supposed mistake was dis-
covered, were admitted. The conduct of the
French troops, however, was deemed so repre-
hensible, that the officer and the regiment he
commanded received immediate orders from
head-quarters to march into the interior. This
circumstance has not been noticed in any of the
French Journals.

THE STionm.—,The County Papers are replete
with melancholy details of the damage and accidents (many of
which are fatal) produced by the storm of Thursday last. We
perceive no exception as to its prevalence,'although the mischief
appears to have been greatest in Lancashire, and especially in
Liverpool, Manchester, and their vicinities, some accounts of
which we supply: In all the midland and north-west, counties
the ravages have been very great, but Dublin seems to have
suffered far more than any part of England. We apprehend
that much more distressing information is to be expected from
the coast.

Some weeks ago, a collection of ROMAN AN-
TIQVITIEs was presented to the Society, of Antiquaries of this
town, by George Gibson, Esq., of Reedsmouth, which were
faunal last June on the celebrated station of Housesteads (the
Roman Borcovicus), of which that gentleman is the proprietor.
They were dug up in what is supposed. to have, been a Tem-
ple of Mithras, originally a Persian Deity, whom the Ro-
mans adopted and worshipped about the second century,
and consisted of some inscribed altars—one very valuable, as
conveying the precise date of its erection, A. D. 252, and
some very curious bas-reliefs, illustrative of the Mithraic rites.
Nothing of the kind had hitherto been discovered in this
country. At the monthly meeting of the Society, on Wednes-
day evening last, a paper upon these rare and precious remains
of Roman times in Britain, was.read by the Rev. John Hodg-
son, secretary. Mr. Gibson's example .has been followed by
the Rev. Henry, Wastell, of Newbrough, who has this week
further enriched the Society's collection by adding to it several
valuable pieces of antiquity, found on his estate adjoining the
Roman Wall, consisting of some inscribed tablets and sepul-
tures.—(Newcastle Courant.)
That excellent character and ornament to his
country. Sir Watkin William Wynn, Bart. at
his last audit-day, again reduced the rental of
his tenantry 25 per cent. The worthy Baronet
and family are expected in this county about
Easter next. It is scarcely necessary to say, that
the rumours which have been so industriously
propagated, as to the motives which operated on
the Baronet in visiting the Continent, are alto-
gether without foundation.—( Salopian Journal.)

THE ARMY.

The following regiments, of the Line are on
duty in America and the West Indies :

4th Regiment of Foot, General the Earl of Chatham, E.G.,

Colonel—Barbadoes.
sth Ditto, General Sir H. Johnson, Bart. G.C.8., Colonel—

St. Vincent's.
9th Ditto; General Sir Robert Brownrigg, Bart. G.C,8.,

Colonel—Grenada.
21st Ditto (Fusileers), Gen. Lord. Forbes, Colonel—Demerara.
23d Ditto, Lieut.-General Sir James Sherbrooke, G.C.8.,

COlonef—Jantaica.
35th Ditto, Lieut.-General Sir J. Oswald, K.C.8., Colonel—
Antigua.
37th Ditto, General Sir Ch. Green, Bart. Colonel-. Quebec.
50th Ditto, General Sir J. Duff, knight, Colonel—Jamaica.
60th Ditto (Ist Batt:), Field Marshal his Royal Highness the
Dukeof York, K.G. G.C.B. and G.C.H., Colonel—Montreal.
60th Ditto (2(1 Batt.), Ditto—Halifax, Nova Scotia.
62d Ditto, General Sir Samuel Hulse, G.C.H., Colonel—

Halifax,/ Nova Scotia.
68th Ditto, Lieut.-General Sir Henry Warde, K.C.8., Colonel
—Kingston ( Canada.)
70th Ditto, Lieut.-General Lord Howard of Effingham, G.C.8.,

Colonel—Quebec.
74th Ditto, Lieut.-General James Montgomerie, Colonel—
Quebec.
76th Ditto, Lieut.-General Christopher Choyne, Colonel—
Kingston ( Canada. )
81st Ditto, Major-General Sir James Kempt, G.C.B. and
G.C,H., Colgnel—Halifax, Nova Scotia.
91st Ditto, General D. Campbell, Colonel—Jamaica.
92d Ditto (Highland), Lieut.-General Sir John Hope, G.C.H.,
Colonel—Jamaica.
Ist West India Regiment, General Lord C. 11. Somerset,

Colonel—Barbadoes.
2d Ditto; Major-General Sir John Byng, K.C.8., Colonel—
Honduras and Bahamas.

The Enniskillen Dra,‘goons marched into Dublin, from New-
bridge, to-day (Thursday, 6th inst.), and relieved the 7th
Hussars, who are to go there.—( Dublin Patriot.)