The Sun.
London, England, 1823-12-04 00:00:00

HIS MAJESTY.

COVENT-GARDEN TrIEATRE.
The triumph of loyalty was again manifested
last night on his MaJesTy'-s visit to this Theatre,
The crowd assembled in all the streets adjacent
to the Theatre exceeded, if possible, that which
appeared on the Royal Visit to Drury-Lane
Theatre on Monday.
Ills Masurry and, suite set out from Carlton
Palace in five Royal carriages, escorted by a
detachment of Life Guards; and, passing from
Charing-cross by- St. Martin's-lane, Long-acre,
and James-street, arrived at the Theatre about
five minutes before seven o'clock. The proces.
sion, as may be supposed, attracted it vast con-
course of spectators. The streets were, indeed,
thronged with people, and the windows of every
house also. Acclamations burst from all
quarters as the Royal carriages passed.—
The Duke of CLARENCE and the Marquis
of WINCHESTER sat in the same carriage with
the King; and the attendants were generally
the same as those who waited on Monday at
Drury-lane Theatre. His Majesty entered the
theatre by the private door in Bow-street, and
proceeded, by a staircase built some years since
for his peculiar accommodation, to the Royal
box—the stage-box on the left-hand side of the,
theatre : he was received and attended on his
way be Mr. Kemble, Captain Forbes, and Mr.
Fawcett (Captain Forbes -in nasal uniform, Mr.
Kemble and Mr. Fawcett in full court dresses) ;
and the very instant that the Sovereign showed
himself, before he could enter the box, the whole
theatre rang out with one shout of acclamation.
The view from the stage at this moment was
striking in a very high degree. A large party of
well-dressed persons, the greater part of them
females, had been admitted behind the curtain,
and were collected in the rear of the performers,
who were to sing " God save the King;" and the
curtain drawing up rapidly as the door of the
Royal box opened, showed the house crammed
to the ceiling, the people in the slips absolutely
suffocating ; and the whole audience in the
highest possible state of clamour and excitation.
• After " 6 God save the King " had been twice
sung—the King standing during the whole time—
the curtain was let down, and the stage cleared
for the Opera. The hull and staircase, leading
from the doors of the house to his Majesty's Box
were hung with scarlet drapery, and covered
throughout with carpeting. The Box itself was
very splendidly, but not gaudily appointed.—
Prince Charles of Leiningen, attended by several
Officers in uniform, sat in the Box immediately
over the King ; Mr, Secretary Canning, Baron
Fagel, of the Netherlands, and a numerous party,
occupied the Box immediately adjoining.
The crowd was so great in the Pit when the
curtain drew up for the performance of The Ca-
binet, that silence for several minutes could not
be commanded. One unfortunate man gave of-
fence, either by incommoding others, or com-
plaining of being incommoded himself ; but he
was seized at once by a hundred 'Peace-makers,
and passed us it were from hand to hand out of the
Theatre. At the same time, the Box-doors were
surrounded with anxious (could-be) spectators,
contending with each other for a peep, even on
the side from which nothing could be seen; and
'the Box-keepers were absolutely torn to pieces
between bribes and entreaties, for the reversion
of places taken which might happen to be un-
filled at the end of the first act. The group, in-
deed, or rather the crowd, which occupied the
lobbies, was an object of curiosity. Great num-
bers of persons who had dressed themselves with
an eye to the one-shilling gallery, paid box price
in preference to enduring disappointment ulto
gether.
The performances of the evening went oil wi

great spirit ; but the encoring ail the PHI
cipal songs in The Cabinet was a heavy h&c.
Lion. The King paid much attention to the
singing of Sinclair and Miss Paton, and ap.
plauded frequently and heartily. At the end of the
Opera, (in which a portion of the Coronation
Anthem was substituted for the usual finale)
" God save the King" was sung by all the vocal
performers; and '" Rule Britannia" was substi-
tuted in the encore. As soon es Timour the Tar-
tar was over, the King left his box, and was re-
conducted to his carriage with the same ceremony
which had been used in receiving him from► it.
His Majesty did not wait the 'repetition of
" God save the King," at the conclusion of
the melo-drame ; but it was given, and warmly
joined in 1)y the audience, after his departure.-
He looked extremely well in health, and bowed
repeatedly to the house upon his entrance ; and
retired from the Theatre at half-past 11 o'clock,
amid the same warm plaudits which had attended
his first appearance in it.
The usual arrangements were made without
the Theatre, and in the streets through which
the King was to pass, for marshalling the po-
pulace and preserving tranquillity. Sir Richard
Birnie in person attended at the Theatre ; Mr. Lee,
the High Constable of Westminster, was also on
the spot ; and all the principal Officers of Bow-
street were stationed about the passages of the
House. It rained heavily during the whole
evening, to the annoyance of many horses, and
the sullying of much feather and furniture ; but
we are happy to state that not the slightest ac-
cident occurred. His Majesty was dressed in a
magnificent scarlet uniform, and decorated with

the various orders which he is accustomed to
wear on public occasions, and, as heretofore►, dis-
played such grandeur of form, and diti>nity of Ile-
meanour, as could not but impress all spectators
with a deep and awful sense of the Sovereignty
of the British Empire.

PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 2.—The Hetty, COATES,
arrived from the coast of Guinea, reports that
the Urchin, CHIDWICK, of Nantucket, arrived at
Almina on the 10th of August, from Bona Vista,
with the owner of the brig Edward on board,
that vessel having been scattled, and Captain
JULIEN murdered by
dr crew : three of the
murderers afterwards landed in their boat near
Axim, where they were apprehended, sent to
Cape Coast Castle, and from thence to the I
United States, The Urchin sailed on the 14thl
of August for South America.