The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-06 00:00:00

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Emusit OPERA HOUSE.—The entertainments
of this agreeable, convenient, and elegant The-
atre, closed last night. The performances were
for the benefit of Mr. BROADUURST.. It is but
justice to the Proprietor to say that he has spared
no expence to render his Theatre attractive, and
to gratify. the Public. He has brought forward
limy dramatic pieces marked, by comic spirit,
and he has 'engaged the best Performers
in their respective departments. The ex-
traordinary popularity of Der' Freischzdz in
the country where it originated, rendered it '
naturally an object' of attention to an English
Manager ; but as the English taste differs so
much from that of the German, it was a ha-
zardous adventure to bring it forward. Yet the.
enterprising Spirit of Mr. ARNOLD did not suffer
hits to pause while lie saw the prospect of 'pre-
senting a magnificent Spectacle to the Public. lie
might reasonably doubt whether a story of super-
natural horrors would agree with the taste of his
countrymen ; but he conceived it to be worth the
experiment, as his hereditary claim to musical
knowledge and judgment assured him of the ex-
cellence of the music in which that horrific story
was conveyed. Ile also knew, that with the •se-
perintendence of Messrs. BRAIIAM and HAwES,
with his own unceasing labours to do justice to the
compositions of VON WEBEIt, and a determination
to afford every possible advantage resulting from
various and magnificent seenery, the aid of me-
chanise), and "all appliances and means to boot,"
he Should at least deserve public patronage. lie
ventured,_ and he succeeded so well, and made
..se,mh an impression on the public, that all the
lor 'Theatres followed his evimple, and
brought forward the same p'ri'ce in vari-
nu,' forms, but not to lessen the attraction
t°l, his splendid drama. But in addition to
his liberal spirit, evinced in the mode of bringing
'Pmt
dramatic works, he manifested the same
fi)itit in the engagement of such celebrated Per-
ernit'rs as IlaAst.tai, PutLLIP3, PgAitMAN, Miss
s T"titNS, Miss PATON, and Miss Povs.y, in the
Moral, dep
aartment, and Miss KELLY, admirable
both as a singer nd actress; BA ntLEY a sound
judicious
actor, WRENCH, and M Atilt:WS., a host in
The Proprietor may then be fairly-said
,to
and
discharged his duty. with zeal, discernment,
Vni liberality. The following is a copy of the
;AIIEWELL ADDRESS, which was delivered by
I
IIARTLLY: with that judicious and impressive
earnestness which invariably marks his acting :—f
hite,%„JP's min GE2iTLEMEN,—As the performanceo
~,,,,.1111; will terminate our short season, it becomes duty
0r,;(,11.,,.the usual tribute of thanks for the patronage iisn'ey, have
(14 ) On no former occasion have I been warranted in
'llllul,4__tth,is in terms to entirely unqualified as on the present.
;!orclt and various exertions which have. been made to en-
,tte"!.
to, favour have all been crowned with unprecedented
4'trtiisantl it Is not saying too much
.to assure you ynoau..teh.at our
is The
14°Prieto commensurate with your hberalpa ro
itthanhYourr kindness will
he does not arrogate to himself Ore merit
will accord to him, when he boastsm bay!.
een the first to bring forward the masterly composition of
ahnottit teClitst4. The praduction of this splendid opera may
extran,dincoit asidered as a new era in drama!ic mnutw_i_
satnniillatinhge
the enorrnotY success which has, attended n
performance,ith
and the
other noveiu,B expence incurred by
Merit 1,
eons which have been 'provided for your. entertain-
' season
to the trust
convinced him that even In his very limited
binatin," onfaiourable period of the year,
of excellence 'and talent is certain to raecpetyweethe trati-
n i3l„, com-
pl of Your protection and support. In this convittlon.,
he ,ila7.l' accessary to assure you, that the next season h
Nerit Ke even by increased energy, and by new efforts to
and °ir approbation. It now only remains for
t,r, a entlemen, to offer you the sincere thanks ot t e rtn
Yon rld 41 my own nallle, and that of all the Performers, to bid
kspectfally farewdl."

Aut,'lxe AttTB.—Mr. OUN IIAYTER; 'who lately
'Ned two striking and masterly lithographic
PR
Q~raVilicrs of their late Majesties the King and
tle
en of the SANDWICH ISLANDS, has now pro.
4i41 from his picture of that Monarch's Prime
nister and his wife, an engraving, which re.
tinActl en him the greatest credit. The composi-
-4? is graceful, the drawing correct, firm, and
011$ the expression admirable, and the costume
tti at "I the country) highly picturesque. The
a'avillgs from this Artist's pictures of the
"(Il~rPf • Queen were justly admired, but we
I,iler this last effort of his pencil. It must be
thL::IY, gratifying to Mr. JOHN lIA.YTER, and to
111Ayr:sing members of his profession, that His
Drol3"`" has most graciously expressed his ap-
atioo of the picture and the lithographic
a it.
to i\ielinhig of the NETHERLANDS has presented
edh•i""itiNo and M.VAN WYK a superb gold
m? with an encomiastic Latin inscription, In
t't Nation of their translations from the poets
1 °lialtd
°Ry .1) ) collected in the " Batavian Autho-

, Ii E Ns, t,
" t lls which have
peen -4G•roN TOLLS.—The— -C/ / have
at 100 subject of so much memorable discussion,
iand toll-gate
144'1, been most importantly reduced. I arge printed
nouses %nave been affixed to the !several bars
II mmersmith,
4e. E' n„,ti ,/lYde-pak-corner, Kensington,
to th-f 11' ny mr. Battey, the Clerk to the Trust,
Kensippn,
4ce G ° Lowlng eff •" To i.r s REDUCED.— • ii_,,
. 4telt NoticeeFt .7 . the Tolls o n.-
a in words
several is given, that henceforth _ _ .
taken at""a 'all the
ether
, the
nand bars on this Trust will be reduced tickets
futr.. -4Yde.park-corner or Pimlico gate
.will clear
t tte.,,,
ilgetiifo-- °n this Trust including Fulham-fields ,
°lthr, -1. the traveller had to ay in most instancesgaatetwKo out
n
siegto-ne Raiete,s.sfor i
th, Z.sh the to Hammer-
nstance, at Ily'de-park-co.rner and at e -
carriage or stge were only going
in
at Hyde-
tatit ,`"` ere, there is a thirds gate ; but now pay
1411,Viint. at Pimlico, will clear the other two gatesg and on to
tn, srt /N.,' To give some idea of the extent of thisierteodruqc-t
cl3aeht, -414 Y be mentioned that there is one proprt iaily
go
tv'h:tit°lain,atilhe tthherelealeswho 'has eight coaches
just named four times;
or 2,,i,twe gates, one *billing at each gate, being 2s.
a day,
ncern
t!tinl_ad that'
they
vilj t: be The toll expenditure for this one
footw„ 1 builngs
it tnaw be 1461. Besides mentioning this important reduction,
t.te
exteill :la° bed ue to the. trust to say that notwithstanding
carrying on through Kensington
now "„Ya, &c. have lately been very inuch improvael, and are, the roi::
0" in'Ogress of further amendment.
11114„ :hursday, at the audit of the Duke of
nerstalnant's tenants, at the George Inn, Aylesbury, we un-
of 20" that en intimation was announced, that the allowance
..t_
ode Per cent. on rents, which his Grace had prev_iou.tly.
tlijtu,',„,;vould, on account of the rise in the prices of
~g 1
ruhi,' produce, be, after this occasion, reduced to 10.
the widtkation was received very coldly, and frn. some
tenitttstit silence until at length two. of the most considerable
l'itbalirke• One after the other said, in substance, that,.
tien , ue deference to his Grace, they thought the proposi-.
the wea ill.iirn d •
earl .e in consequence of the unfavourable state of
teuttntiY Part of the hay harvest, by which many of his Grace's
wheat „would be sufrerer-s, and of the general deficiency of the
A `r°ll.--(Micks Chronicle.)
t?, gentleman of rank was on Thursday last
' vtQbend 1
char -eu at Portsmouth, upon an alleged
bail leo. ?f„ misdemeanour, and he was held to
Fr-Ch' trial at the next Portsmouth Sessions.
citEsT,,,.--We understand that several
.
with the °llk Manufacturers are now in this town,
•
carr/ In view of forming an establishment for
$ on their business here