The Sun.
London, England, 1824-09-25 00:00:00

THEATRICALS.

Ma. TALMA.—It is not generally known that
this great tragedian, "who has been engaged by
Mr. C. KaMRLR to play at Covent-gardens for It
nights, is an Englishman. He was born in Dean-
street, Soho, and left England at a very early
age, but his pronunciation of the English. lan-
guage is almost perfect. The personal character
of Mr. TALMA is as amiable as his histrionic ta-
lents are at this moment unequalled, and his at-
tachment for his country is without bounds, 1-
though his long residence In France has rendered
him in some sort a Frenchman. Mr. Telma was
the personal friend of Buonaparte, and was one
of the few who dared speak openly to that ruler,
and by his candour and good conduct he has con-
tinued, notwithstanding the liberality of his poli-
tical opinions, to secure the friendship of the
leading members of the present dynasty. The house
and purse of Mr. 'Palma have ever been open to
distressed talent ; and the most fortunate of the
literary and theatrical world—amongst whom we
reckon John Kemble—were happy to cultivate
his acquaintance. But Mr. Talma has a claim to
the good will of Englishmen, which all their re-
spect and attentions cannot discharge. The
monument erected in the South of France, at
an expence of more than twenty thousand francs,
to the memory of the daughter of our immortal
Young was the work of Tal:na. There is some-
thing romantic and affecting about the history of
this young lady's death. She was a Protestant,
and the abominable bigotry of the Roman Ca.
tholic priesthood denied to her corpse interment
in consecrated ground. Under these circum-
stances, the author of Night Thoughtsdug a grave
for his beloved child in his garden, and buried
her with his own hands. This affecting scene
has been perpetuated by a well-executed print,
published in Paris ; and the erection of a monu-
ment by 'Palma will transmit an useful lessors
to posterity. It is gratifying to state, that
this act has met with the approbation of every
reflecting and well-meaning man in France.—
Indeed, we are happy to find that every day
brings the well-disposed of each country nearer
together, and that the absurd prejudices of na-
tionality, which once disgraced the English as
well as the French, are nearly extinct. Nothing
is so calculated to remove them altogether as the
encouragement given to men of talents in both
countries.—(Morning Paper.)

ADMISSION BEHIND THE Su:NEL—During the
performance of the Farce of Simpson and Co., at the Liverpool
Theatre, on Tuesday night last, a great noise prevailed be-
hind the scenes; insomuch that Mr. TERRY, who was then
on the stage, as Peter Simpson, desisted front repeating that
which was " net down for hint," and called out, with Sten-
torian vehemence, " Silence !" The audience was astonished,
few knowing the quarter from which the previous noise proceed..
; but Mr. Terry came to the front of the stsge, and in
few words explained the cause of his inadvertent exclamation,
remarking upon the difficulty, to say nothing of the unples-
saneness under which an actor laboured, who, in the perform-
ance of his duty to the public was distracted and interrupted
by noise made behind the scenes by persons unconnected with
the Theatre, whose introduction could not for many reasons
be sufficiently condemned. Three distinct rounds of applause
followed this appeal to the audience, and the farce proceeded.
without further interruption.

(Extract from the Limerick Chronicle of Saturday.)
Last night, The Itfortntainters was worroac.nt,a,
the Farce Of Age To-morrow. Mr. !Ws; appeared as Octa-
viaa, and we deeply lament it, to a very thin house; in the
third and last act he was most successful, when he recognizes
his old friend, and recalls to his bewildered mind past happy
scences. Aliss Cunningham, at Floranthe, did not evince suf-
ficient annimation or sensibility in the interview that followed,
which required much greater exertion on her part. At the con-
, elusion, Mr. Clarke came for ward, and addressed the house nearly
as we could collect, as follows :—" !Arlie. and Gentlemen, I ap-
pear before you with feelings of the deepest mortification.
ex Manager of this concern, which has been fitted up as a
Theatre at a very heavy expence, and for your gratifi- •
cation: I had engaged the greatest actor of the day, the
first perhaps since the days of Garrick, and calculated,
in consequence, with meeting that share of patronage
which would have encouraged and supported me in the en-
gagement I hail contracted, and which an actor of such
eminent fame might deserve. The efforts, 4 did hope, would
have remunerated me for the trouble and expence I had in-
curred ; but it is with much pain I now announce it, that
I am obliged to conclude the engagement with this
night's entertainment. In such a fine city as Limerick, a
better opportunity could not have offered for re-esta- '
blishing a Theatre; but the attempt has failed, and
Mr. Kean, with that feeling of liberality which distin-
guishes him, has released me from the agreement. anti prep
up his claim to 401. a night, which had been entered into
for the week yet to come, It will now, therefore, rest with -
the public, as I have done my part, whether such a high
professional character will be compelled to leave this great
City unnoticed, from a want 'of patronage anti support—
for a persevetance under such discouraging circumstances,
would inevitably terminate in my ruin, and render me a bank-
rupt."—Mr. Clarke was heard with the deepest attention, and
withdrew , amid loud applause, and cries of " Not yet, !ma
week," from several voices. 'We shall not hazard the expres-
sion of a single syllable in the form of a commentary upon the
above address, but shall leave it to produce its own impression
upon the public mind.

INVETERATE TECHNICALITY.—The usual place
of resort for Dublin duellists is called the l'ifiecst Acres. An
attorney of that city, in penning a challenge a short time ago,
thought. most likely, he was drawing a lease, and invited his
antagonist to meet him at " the place called Fifteen Acres, be
the same more or less !"

New LIFE PRESERVEII.—On Thursday Mr.
Scntetut made the public trial of his life pre.
server amidst great multitudes in the Thames.
Ile threw himself into the water at Temple-gall
dens, and buckled a preserver under his arms.
He then swam through Blackfriurs-bridge wilts
great velocity, for the preserver was no impedi-
ment to his course. At different times as he pro-
ceeded!), unbuckled the preserver, squeezed the
wind out of it, and filled it and buckled it on.
Al! this filling and emptying was the work of
a moment. Chow& of boats accompanied Mr.
Scheffer, and feur or five lads swum over to him,
and supported themselves down the river upon
his preserver without the slightest effort. As soon
us he approached near to London-bridge, he
obliged the boys to leave him. He had determined
to leap from London-bridge into the impetuous
water,w lien its fall was most a w fu I, hut was dissuad.
ed from so dangerous an experiment, by the argu-
ment that his preserver might, by preventing hint
'
W
fence
osinkingttle cdoenecpu enough,ssi
o n
andsltarkeen
render
ly the vie.
ein
a
power-
less. He swam to the centre arch, and darted
through When he reached the eddies in the river, be felt
greatsu
cittion wiistihthtehemostwater,
and terrific
is
c() impetuosity,
he would have been overwhelmed had he not had
the preserver on. lie carried a bottle
of spirits
and a glass in his hand, and
was immensely alp•
pleaded by the multitudes in the vessels and on
the bridge. lie was two hours in the water.

TIIE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY.
Extrde4 from. the Morning Pliers--; Se:pi. 25,.

[MORNING P08T..1
French Papers to the 23d.inst. and the Eloge
of Thursday arrived last night, by express, It
appears by a long Progrgrupe in the Official part
of the Moraitour, that it was the actual tramlation
of the,renutins of Louis XVIII. to ,St. Denis that-
waS tO take place on ThurAdPY. The body was
to be Attended by the. Dauphin and the Dukes of
Orleans and Bourbon.. To the latter Princes
the new Mug had granted the title of Royal
_Highness, which though of the Blood Royal,'
they had, not yet enjoyed. As it was the first
time that any thing like favour had been shewn
to the Orleans family,,since the return of the
Bourbons,. the act was considered as displaying
a frienAly and conciliatory ,spirit. But what

_ .
had given
,most satisfaction to the public, was the
direction issued by theji.ing that the
.Dauphin
shoOld. be present at all, the Cabinet
The *Liberals, in particular, soerned; to, regard it
a triumph' to their cause, and it is not a little
singular that the Prince who invaded:Spain for
the purpose of destroying ;its constitutional free-
dom, should now be. regarded as the bead, the
hope, and the protector of the constitutionalists
in France. .. • ,

' [MORNING lIIMALDI
Wednesday's Paris Papers arrived last night.
King Charles X. has conferred the title of Royal
upon their Highnesses the Dukes of Orleans and
Bourbon. This, we believe, is the first, distinc-
-tion conferred upon the Duke of Orleans since
'the restoration. Up to a late period, he lived
.under a sort of espionage in the Palais Royal;
'and during the more 'violent periods of Royalism
in the administration, be has resided in England.
.The Duke of Bourbon is chiefly, distinguished its
the father of the ill-fated Duke of Enghien. The
present. King of France and the Duke of Bour-
bon had a meeting, and fought in the ibis de
Bologne, a few years before the Revolution.
The Duke of Bourbon was the challenger, his
Duchess having complained to him of being in•
suited by the Count d'Artois, who forced Wilier
mask, either through ignorance of her per.,
sou, or mere levity, at a Court-bell. The
Count d'Artois behaved with gallantry, both
iu the field and to the Lady. The duel
over, he apologised to her for his conduct.--
The Liberals of Paris seem rettoced to the

,St extremity. There Is in the Con&luiionnel
an article, in which hopes the most unspi7
Cions, for freedom are founded upon the minds-
sion of •the Duke of Angouleme to take part
;in the deliherations of the Council of State. lie
is even dabbed •in it ludas title of Ilero-Pacifi-
cator.—Thereare no accounts:of,import once from
Spain. An official notification leaves nollouht
that the A lgerines were preparing to cruise against
the,Spanish.flag. The Ecclesiastical Government
of ihircelona had, addressed a circular to the Pa!,
rish Clergy of the district, ;which is equally re.
workable for effrontery and Infamy. It enjoins
the Priests to spy into the lives, actions, and very
thoughts of their priOdotterti, and report, under
4.4e.seai ut secreAy, thereon. The population must
be degraded to very brutishness, if it does.: not
abhor a Clergy exerrising over them functions
so dttestable in themselves, and so odious in the
.estirnation of the great mass of mankind.

,[T111.: TIMES.]

By the Two Brothers) arrived at Guernsey,
ad vices have been received from Rio de Janeiro,
0 the 7th ult. The
.111inister ra War, I‘l, Copies
de Sifveira, had given in his resienationi-end had
been succeeded in that office by M. Joao Vleira
de,Carvallm., The cause, of this change is not
mentioned, but it appears to have been followed
by, an increased degree of vigour in sill the nien-
surps pi the Brazilian Government. On the 2d
or ,August, nn expedition sailed front Rio tie'Ja•
nein) from Pernemlico, under the command of
Lord Cochrane. It consisted of- the Pedro Pri-
meiro, 74 ; the. Carolina, corvette ;.'Maranhatn,
brio of war ; and Barmonie and Caridad, trans.
poOs, having, on. board 2,000 troops, to reinforce
the Imperialists •in the prOince ofYernambuco.
After landing the: troops, his Lordship was to
proOed to join and take command of the block-;
Aingl:quadron. . An embargo, Was laid on the
port of Rio .from the 26th of July till the sailing
of the expedition. On the day•of Jts departure,'
there arrived at Rio the Sparrowhawk Sloop of
war, having on .board 300,0001. In specie front
England, being -a remittance on account,olthe'
loan expected to be raised here. This sum
rea4bed the Imperial Treasury at a most seesaw!
ab,le, „moment, " the Emperor . had bean com.,
petren, in order to complete within the. pre-
scribed period the expedition against Pernam.
buco, to advance 50,000milreas.-froM his Private'
funds, It. may he inferired that the proof of con.,
fldence by the merchants here in the stability of
the Porkernment, implied in th© remittances of so
large a sum, .was equally gratifying with the ac.
ceslion,,to. the funds of the Imperial Treugury,
The Empress of, Brazil gave hirtitAo a daughter
on the 2d, of August. There is as yet no male
heir, we believe, to the throne of. Brazil.

Much surmise was hazarded yesterday in the
city; respecting ,the .fleet • seen in the Gulf of
Mexico by the Captain of, the Widmer Castle on
the 4th ult., steering for the•westard..- The ge-
neral supposition is, that they were last from Ha.
vannati, and currying troops for the relief of the
garrltien of St. Juan de Linea. On consulting at
14100% t.he list of vessels soiling from that port,
which extends to the 13th of August, it appears
that the following • vessels left it on the 29th
of .luiy the Spanish. sloops of .scar, Stt-
bial, Coptaitt -.Jose M. Chacon ; • Maria Fran-
citica4 Captain Jose r and the Zafiro, Cap,
tain Valera—all bound for the Castle of
St. Juan cl PUN,. There sailed also from Ha-
vanna!), :on a cruise,. on the 18th of July, the
FrenchStigate. 14(4 ,Jegh.d'.lrci Captain Dapotet;
on a cruise, Supposing. the. latter vessel to have
formed 4 junction with the Spanish ships,
there.
would still remain three or four more to-be ac-
counted for to complete 'the number seen., In

this, however, there may be some error; and it
is, on, the whole,. probable that the three sloops
of war were the onlytvessels passed by the Wal.
mer Castle, and, that their- destination was is
above. §tated. On the 4th of-August, the con-
yoy, mentioned by the Captain of the latter vessel
Was in ,lat. longitude 88. W They ,were
then §teering direct for. Vera Cruz, front of
.which place.,the Castle of St. Juan de Ullea is
situated.7-(Mid.)

[N_Esv, Tflucs.-],
Consols, on the, arrival of the expresses from
Paris yesterday, bringing-the- favourable prices
above.quoted; advanced from 941 t0.95i, for ac-
count, at which they closed,—The Captain of the
Weimer Castle, arrived from Catnpeachy, having'
reported his falling in with on the 4th ult. seven
or eight sail, which he took to be men.of war,
according to observation, in int. 22. 14. N., long.
08..1.8. %V., which, passed him ;without showing
any :COlours, some speculation was. excited in- the
City as to what this squadron Cod& be Com-
peted oT. It was. asserted to.: be a Spanish
squadron, with reinforcements for the Castle
of fit. Joan (Mimi; which. is known 'to have
sailed from the Havannah,. .but- did not. con'.
sist of many vessels. On the other hand
it is stated to be a few Colombian vessels of ware
which have been seen cruising not far distant
from that, spot.: Captain M'Kirdy, of the James,
arrived from. Jamaica, also reports having spoken
-in the Gulph, the Florida shore being in sight, a
Venezuelian squadron of two brigs and two
schooners.; which soon after took a . small craft
which had chased the James for four hours. The
interest attached to the above reports produced
some degree of alarm amongst the holders of Mexi-
can and the price declined from 59, which
they had been on the preceding day, to Ma;
they, however, afterwards closed at 57g. Colom-
bian. Scrip 9 per cent..discount. Brazilian Scrip.
was at per cent. discount, and.,Buenos' Ayres
Scrip 21- discount: The
.French Rentes, which
were in the forenoon purchased at 99 50, were,
after the receipt of the price in Paris on Thurs-
day, done at 100 25. The absence of the lead-
ing capitalists of the Hebrew persuasion occa-
sioned,. by the observance of
one
of theirreli-
gious festivals, was very sensibly felt in the
Money Market.

[lturrisit rams.]
In addition to the information communicated
by our correspondent at Madrid, we subjoin an
important document, relative to the state of Spain.
Our., correspondent alludes to the base means
used to render the Ministers of religion the spies
of the Government. The following is the set of
instructions issued for that purpose to the Parish
Priest of the Diocese of Barcelona :