The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-25 00:00:00

THE THEATRES.

DnuftY-LANE.—The season commenced on
Saturday with The Marriage of Figaro. As the
characters were filled by Performers who have
been often seen in the same parts, it is not ne-
cessary to dwell on their efforts. The novelty
of the night was Miss GRADDON, from the Dub-
lin Stage, in the part of Susanna. Her figure is
small, her action easy, and her voice agreeable.
She experienced of course a favourable recep-
tion. " God save the King" was sung by the
chief Vocal Performers, and encored. The The-
atre was not well attended.

HAYMARKET.—Mr. HAmnux, who a few
years ago was at Drury-Lane Theatre, and has
since been a favourite at Bath, made his
appearance on Saturday in the part of Ham-
let. His figure is tall and slim, and his
features capable of strong expression, but he
is too apt to wear a deep frown even when he
delivers those sarcastic and jocular passages
which indicate that Hamlet might be supposed
to be of a humorous temper, if not weighed
down by misfortune. Mr. HAmntAN's perform-
ance may fairly be described as respectable, and
his acting gives him a reasonable claim to a sta-
tion on the winter boards. ‘Ve never saw Ophelia
supported with more judgment and feeling than
by Miss KELLY. Her acting was indeed criti-
cally just and impressive. Laertes was assigned
to Mr. JOMNSON, who generally appears in comic
parts. He was treated very unl:indly by the
audience, and was evidently confused and dis-
tressed by the levity which assailed him. Mr.
Yousciant, who played the King, is so good an
actor that we wonder he has not found his way
to the winter boards. DowToN was the Grave-
digger, and he properly avoided the mummery
of his having many waistcoats, his good acting
rendering no such a sacrifice to vulgar taste at all
necessary. When Mr. VINING, at the end of the
Play, came forward to announce the future per-
formance, a part of the audience, like the Club
of Wolves who attended Mr. KEAN, called for
HAMBLIN, and obliged Mr. VINING to retire.
At length Mr. HAmptlN came forth and an.
flounced the Play of Hamlet for repetition on
Tnesdny. The following Piece was The Mayor
of Garrat, abridged, but leaving full scope for
the humour of DOWTON in Major Sturgeon.

MARGATE, OCT. 9.3.—0ur theatrical season
closes this night, and there is reason to expect a
good audience. Master BC LIKE, to the credit of
the place, has been very attractive. Ile is, in-
deed, an astonishing boy. His excellent per-
formance on the violin must be heard to be be-
lieved. His acting also is surprising. Mr.
F. SAVILLE has really shewn a liberal and
enterprising spirit during the season. He has
engaged all the London Performers that were at-
tainable, and provided a tolerable company of
his own. Mrs. F. SAYILLE is a very good comic
actress, and Miss COOKE has shewn great merit
in such tragic characters us she has an opportunity
'of performing. The Margate Manager proceeds to
Ramsgate on the conclusion of the season here.
There is no regular Theatre at Ramsgate, but a
building that can easily be fitted up for dramatic
purposes, and the general merit of the theatrical
Corps will compenunte for the want-of a more
stately edifice.

The report of the arrival of the Sybille from
tile Mediterranean, and that Captain- -14Ecuct.L,
the Commander, had arrived at the Admiralty
with dispaches relative to tho Greeks, is wholly
without foundation, no such events having taken
place. The ship is still on her station.
His Excellency Monsieur BouEEL and suite
have arrived at Mivart's Hotel, on their route to
Lisbon, where his Excellency is appointed Am-
bassador from the Court of Holland.
The Hon. JOHN STUART, second son of the
Earl of MORAY, and nephew to the Right Hon.
GEORGE CANNING, has announced himself
candidate for the County of Perth at the next
general election.

LORD Byttorr, according to Capt. MEDWIN'S
account, of his Lordship's conversations, is said
to have declared that " GARRICK himself never
surpassed KEAN in Ingo."—This opinion was a
very rash one. No man who never saw GARRICK
should presume to judge of perhaps the greatest
actor that 66 ever lived in the tide of time."
Mr. FACINTLEROY has been represented as !riv-
ing sprung, at no very remote degree, from fo-
reign extraction ; this is a mistake—his family is
both ancient and highly respectable, and his an-
cestors are ascertained to have been in England in
the time of Richard II.; his pedigree, which is to
be found in the Herald's College, is said to be
clearly traced back 400 years. Mr. Fauntleroy's
mother, who is between SO and 00 years of age,
is still living, but is unacquainted with the unfor-
tunate situation of her son. It is not yet finally
determined that he shall take his trial at the
next approaching Old Bailey Sessions. The
Commissioners of Bankrupts consider, it is said,
the evidence of Mr. Fauntleroras indicpensably
necessary to the full development of the affairs
of the banking-house with which he was connect.
ed, and that an absence of such evidence must
most likely be detrimental to the interest of the
numerous claimant.--(Timcs..)
Tx
iiILLIPPE, THE COMEDIAN.--The funeral ser-
vice, which was to have been performed at Paris
for the actor PUILLIPPE, on the '2oth of October,
did not take place. It is a curious fact that, some
time since, an Officer died in the same parish to
which Phillippe belonged, who expressed a wish,
at his dying moment, that his body might not be
brought to the Church of St. Laurent. His exe-
cutor proposed, accordingly, to have the body
brought to the church-yard ; but the Clergy of
the church sent for the body of the deceased ;
and, notwithstanding the resistance of his friends
and family, and notwithstanding even the circum-
stance of the deceased not requiring or receiving
the last sacrament, yet they persevered so far as
to cause the body to be brought to the church.
Mr. ALEXANDRE, the famous ventriloquist, is
now performing with great success at Belfast.—
He is a very respectable man in private life, and
the versatility of his powers is really surprising.