The Sun.
London, England, 1824-11-03 00:00:00

THE THEATRES.

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URURY-LANE.--Love in a Village, a true hug.
fish Opera, was represented here last night with
three novelties in the performance. Rosetta was
performed by Mrs. BEDFORD. who a few years
ago was Miss GREEN at Covent-Garden Theatre,
and has since performed in Dublin. She has a
Pleasing, innocent, countenance, with fine eyes,
but with little expression.• Her voice is well-
toned, but she is apt to attempt too much, and
therefore appears at times to be out of tune.
There is a natural simplicity in her actieg, but
the wanted the spirit necessary for Rosetta. Mr.
REDFORD, her husband, appeared for the first
time on London boards in the part of Hawthorn
Ile possesses a good manly looking figure, and
acted the part very well, but he too is inclined
to flourish his songs too much ; he had, however,
the good luck to gain encores. The third novelty
was the appearance of Mr. TERRY in the part of
Jul/ice Woodcock. It must be admitted that he
took pains to be jocular, but the part is not
• Itithio the line of his talents. lie is excellent in
dry sarcasm, stern and crabbed parts, but he
;ants the luxuriant Immour of Justice Woodcock.
1, is Unproved both in acting and singing,
fie shews too much of the Brahamic school
of decoration. This taste, however, is become
Pqn•lar,and the good old style of English ballad-
osin ging seems to be irretrievably lost. Miss
for science and vocal' eicellence, de-
!ilea a better part than Madge, which, however,
she supported with nature and spirit..
IlAYuAaxrr.—The Comedy of. The Rivals
was repeated with some variations. Mr. flAsi-
-1.1".44 was Faulkland, a character well suited to
stYle of acting ; Mrs. HAMBLIN was Julia,
494 the tenderness which appeared in her acting,
•ruTpared with the spirit of her Lady Tea:le, a
it" nights before, proved the variety of her
em' On the merits of Sir Anthony, Acres,
L.Ydia Languish, we need not speak in
rAL"lllendation, when we state that they were per-
„Tiled by DOWTON, LISTON, and Miss KELLY.
)14, a AfterpieCe was The Beggar's Opera, and
111 F: (a very romantic name) was
the r.
'heath. lie • wanted the. ease requisite for
In' gentlemanly Freebooter, and was too
h disposed to embellish the airs ; but
cll. thing is better than having a female in the
sii7raCter. Criticism cannot abolish this modern,
~.71 and disgraceful practice, and therefore the
F:wic should resolutely set their faces against it
4brwithe honour of the stage. Polly was performed
°6ll GEORGE, who acquitted herself so well
New nights ago in Susanna, and who was not less
pociele satot in delineating the tender dejection of
1141) than the spirit of Susanna. A good
41E/1m 4Pra OPERA HOUSE.—Mr. MATHEWS was
ten,l4"te last night at this Theatre, and was at-
• trailed by a very numerous audience. His por-
augt American manners was highly diverting,
fete "la quickness of his transitions to the
characters which he assumed was really
histri4ing, while the several changes of style in
rctiog rendered it difficult to elieve that the
"°lO was performed by a single i believe that the
Was performed by a single individual.
A

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th -etter dated Berlin, 16th October, contains
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4 ti
The Pussian ship mentor, ctip,,„,„ AT.
*ft*
safe at Swinnemunse, a few days ago, has brought back
only a rich freight of mercbandize, as tea, cassia, raw silk,
;teens, &c., but also many articles of curiosity; natural and
{be
,1,1. Several of these rare objects have been deposited in
entrild Marine Depot. There are some Chinese paintings
New-f,e Paper, peculiarly deserving of notice: butterflies and
the are imitated so deceptively that one is not convinced
by' area mere graphic delineation, till the fact is ascertained
ited4ckal touch. In works of ivory, mother-pearl, and cut
Ca,: tshs talent of the Chinese is surprisingly beautiful. The
has 'brought with him a youth, from one of the Sand-
rulti:ll,oll 16 or years of age, who was bereft of. his pa-
th the I t is
, supposed the King will approve of his being sent
the hoPmen-Insel (Island of Piacocks) near Potsdam, among
,_that
apprentices. The Mentor is the first Prussian
47,t_that ever made a voyage to China. The voyage to Rio
iNktn above Ipara
years."iso, Canton, and back again, has lasted some-
, 'two

e find that the Danish Consul resident here
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imp.
lied a letter yesterday from the DaniDanishCon-
-I,',l't New York, dated October the Bth, in
ch it is stated that news had been received
Martha of the defeat of the Royalists.
flung Paper.)
4 extractc of the Agent to Lloyd's
a letter from
riees,s4ll,l dated. 30th September :—" I stated in my last ad-
theft es would with•
thsv, te probability that the Greek
_ yroclamation regarding
Tlciiis having actually taken
tniteluotrral flags as might
41e-ea:atoll: rrvnoitee Pnoorttelnet_
I by this Government, our
to littjil°4 them are officially
on the same footing as previous
park
kic fine monument is about to be erected in t.ehne,
t.itautStockh9lm, in honour of the first lyric poet of Swett •
41.41 • '
cast iron • to a statue which will be placed in a temple
Itle •
top 4 , George Town Gazette of the 17th Sept.
14,,htine rice crops have suffered immense damage from the
tiee.f94ll,,winds. Some of the planters estimate their loss
1,11
the tilde New York Gazette of the 28th Sept. says,
un.,ProJect of cutting a canal across the IsthriT Sept.
Darien,
the 144 the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean is reviving. :lite!
sern te experiment of the kind made in •New York,. the pri-
I'dell:Vect, compared with the one just mentioned, in magni.
at 43 a mole-hill to the Andes.
bipe, ‘oOnts from Ilaniburgh state, that the Ap-
-1'4641110 the great Battle of Leipzig, on the 111th October,
ut flint rated this year in the usual way in all the churches
hrsdeittlw,iag to the very. bad state of the weather, the military
t4te, of. he were
and certain other festivities, did notstuaak,
!lere ivere, however, several public dinners.
th'„`',oan Ilajesty's 'Minister, Count GitorE took the lead
ttlyer7,l4tel of this description. A grand entertainment 7%1
14vit,Aag prepared at his Excellency's hotel, to which were:
41417 tile most distinguished individuals of liamburgh, seve-
prirbera of the Diplomatic Corps, &c.
144 e; Marquis of WATERFORD, we are sorry to
tlie VI confined with a severe fit of the gout, at
Thte yetersburg h Hotel, Dover-street.
lamot Lord Bishop of DERRY, in addition to the
Preset, 8631. expended by him in erecting the
sag ti, it shire, has written to the Corporation, to
the fiat he will undertake, at his own ex pence,
dedrill ce'rative parts of the inside of the Cathe-
krthi,ainounting to the sum of 9781. and to the
lered`!ctas that the regular contracts may be en-
soot, Ilvto immediately, and the work executed as
a as possible.
Getterl. ACADEMY.---On Monday, the Ist inst.,
loyal al Assembly of the Academicians of the
1144 in 4 fteaderny of Arts was held at their apart-
lertv Somerset House, when Mr. WILLIAM
tlO4, W. 114 elected an Associate of that Institu-