The Sun.
London, England, 1815-02-15 00:00:00

TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SIMI.

SIR,—You will infinitely .oblige many of your
Friends and constant Readers, by inserting the
inclosed in the valuable columns of your Paper,
at your leisure.
It. is not merely marks of disapprobation that the perform-
ances of this place meet. with on (-,very repreaentatiun, but a de-
termined oppOsition appears manifest, particularly with the
Subscribers, whocertaiulybave a just right, with an increased
subscription, to expect the establishment to be on a better
footing than of late years. The Continent -being open, pru-
per persons should hare been selected in engaging performers,
instead of an obscure . disgusting Italian who accompanied
the Manager for that purpose ; when instead of going to
Italy to make thee seteetions, they bent their co irce to (le r -
many, where very few Italian-. Operas exist, It is therefore
an insult to the freque.ot of the, Opera, to supp.,se they cats
hear with' patience ehe•ptesent establishment, so deficient ill
e.eetv respect. Thestrougvst proof of this, assertion is, that
ate Opera, which rtm seventy nights imam:Aber country, was
not *crated on its first reprevntatinn here, front the total
derteietiey of talent in the performers; and yet the Manager
leas had the conseienee to raise the sUbseription-of. the prin-
cipal boxes to three hundred and ttn .guitteas,.after having
declared•himuilf, a few yettes since, at a Nue,ting or the 6111)-
scribers at the Thatched House, that he steeqlit think himself
will paid with two temdred and forty guineas, for these same
boxes, though. at that period the expenees were nearly double
witatthey are this preseutscason.

A STii3SCIIIMER.

THE TEI7.7,ATRE.

DRURY-LPati---MiSS WALSTEIN took leave of
the WWII last night, at this Theatre, in the part
of Lady Town/y. It is with much pleasiwe we
state that this 'Actress will carry back to Irelaud
an augmentation of the fame which her talents had
justly acquired in that country. It is very credi.:,
table to our Hibernian fellow-snbjects, that an
Actress of so much merit should have risen into
such distinction among them, and not less so to
the . London Audience, that without the bias,
; which the former might naturally be supposed to
feel, in supporting a native of their country, the
latter should have fully sanctioned the decision, its
her favour. We have, indeed, never seen the cha-
racter of Lady Townly -supported with more
truth,•judgment, gaiety, and spirit. Nor was
she leSs effective in the last scene or self-reproach
and consequent dejection. Miss WALsTets: is
wholly exempt front affectation. She speaks with
such ease; precision, and clearness, as afford an ad-.
mirable example to most of the Performers on the
London Stage, male and female. The applause
of an audience, not very numerous, but fashiona.,
ble and elegant, was on this occasion Very warns
and frequent; and on her coming forward, after
the curtain dropped, to testify her gratitude for
the very favourable reception Which
,attended her
during the whole of her engagement, she was
saluted by general and vehement marks of appro-
bation. Her demeanour, on this farewell cere-
mony, was highly graceful and impressive. The
Prnry-lane Managers have strewn their taste and
judgment by retaining so agreeable an Actress,
and isle Public, we doubt not, will
,join with its
in regretting, that they had not an opportunity of
prolonging her engagement. We have before no.
fleet' the rest of the performers in this excellent
Comedy, but we may properly mid, that POPE,
POOLL, anti Mrs. Oeoce., acquitted themselveS
,
very respectably Lord Townly, Manly, an;{
Lady Grace. 'We were afraid that DECAMP and
Miss KELLY would have carried their rustieWag-
geries too far in Squire Dirk and Miss Jenny ; but
they had evidently the toleration of the whole fa-
*Up of the Wrongheads.

•
WINDSOR, FEB. Id.--The weather proving
very fine yesterday, her MAJESTY, accompanied
by Princesses ELIZABETH and MARY, attended by
a Lady in Waiting, took an airing in a coach and
four, through Maidenhead, &c, and returned to
the Castle, to dinner. Princess AUGUSTA, fol-
lowed by several attendants, rode on horseback.
In the evening, the Queen had a select party at
the Castle.—'Princess- CHARLOTTE c f WALES had
some music performed at Cranbourn Lodge, by
Some of the Gentlemen of the Queen's Band,
.when some admirable trios, quartette, anti quip-
,Letts, "were very finely executed. Her Ito`yal
Highness-pi esided at the grand pianoforte.—This
morning the QuEpw, Princesses ELIZABETH and
MARY, are goiii2- to spend the day at Frogmore.--.
PrinCes-s AtIOIISTA rode on horseback.
Mrs. C. kENIZZ.E, who has been its " Ladis
ice be%-s-rho love their Lords," added a female
tp, the family-stock-on Tuesday last, at her resi-
dence Paddington.
yesterday being Prolentine's day, the whole ar-
tillery :of (bye was put into requisition. The
PorStnien were converted into Cupids, and instead
Of-letters upon tn:iness, carried epistles full of
flames, darts, chains, and 'amorous declarations.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

Yrstrillav a special Court of Common Council
was held at Guildhall, which was very mime-
rm.sly attended.—Before'the business of the day
v,"-oinieneed, the LORD Ild,kvon begged leave to
%font; the Court, that it was his intention, upon
early an occasion as possible, to call their at-
"tent ion to a subject Of very deep importance,—he
wean
-t • the subject of the tutu Laws, and the
Ltivess:to which landholders had brought that at-
t iele."--(aeur.) It was a matter of vital import-
?ice, and lie. should take care to 'lathe as early a
.
rind as he could for bringing the subject nil4er
at ion .
Thelmproventent Committee delivered a Re-
port relative to a conference with the Chancellor,
rf th-e Exchequer,_ on the subj.-ct of improving
:I:l:lVartin's-le-Grand, as connected with the erec-
titm of a new Post-Office, the plan of which is
the Office of Works at Guildhall; which being
vcad , a very long debate ensued thereon ; and,
the question being at length put, that this Court
agr-ee kith theC•ononi.tee in their Report, the
Yon] Mayor declared the same to be can ied in the
; and it was referred back to the said
to.carry the same intO.exeention: And
17ctiti, us being prepared to he presented to Par-
rament, was ordered to he presented-by the She-
liffs, attended by the Rememhtaneet.
On the motion of Mr, WitrinmAts7, it Was
ngreed. that,a Committee.should be appointed to
' (neittire into the evils of the present system and ad-
tpu,i.-itration of the Bankrupt. Laws; and thlt ;a
' I,!ctitionsbool.4l be framed on Weir Report to be
pt,:tented.to Parliament. •
it was referred, to a. Special Committee to Pou-.
sider and report the nature and duty, R;c. of the
':hive of Clerk of the Works, and if any, and what
:tot-etafion is proper to, be made therein.--The
tOult then adjourned.