The Sun.
London, England, 1823-10-23 00:00:00

TIIE THEATRE.

COUNT-GARDEN.--The most delightful, per-
haps, of all SIIAKIIPEARE'S Comedies, As You
Like It, which must be liked by every person of
taste, was represented last night at this Theatre,
and altogether performed with so much ability
as to give full effect to the whole. Gallantry
must induce us first to notice the Rosalind of
Miss JoNes, who performed the character last
season, in which she made a successful impres-
sion, and which she fully supported on this occa-
sion. She evidently understands the character,
and in the short pathetic scenes was sufficiently
affecting, and so sprightly through the whole,
that we may excuse her want of musical powers
to render adequate justice to the celebrated
Cuckoo song, which she gave, howeter, with such
spirit as to be encored.—Nliss FooTa far exceeded
the ordinary rate of Sylvia:, and was a beautiful re-
presentation of the part. Mrs. Gians's aludreN,
as in all her acting, was natural and diverting.
The Jaques-of YOUNG was usark:d by philoso•
phic gravity, with occasional touches of humour,
which gave the part due force. There were, how-
ever, some slight deviations from the text but not
worth noticing. Orlando was always very inte-
resting in the hands of Mr. C. Icsrent,s, and it
was equally so last night. It has been lately the
practice of certain diurnal critics to advert to the
time of life of Er.r.tsvosr and Youma, and now
CHARLES li Rune has been the subject of the
same remarks ; but if the critics cannot point out
more youthful performers who are equally quali-
fied for the parts which they respectfully sustain,
it will he proper for them to avoid so invidious a
topic. We refer these critics to what Cnuacittta,,
an admirable critic as well as poet, says on this
subject, alluding to the critics of his days.

" The nice punctilio-mongers of this age,
" The grand minute reformers of the Stage,
" Slaves to propriety of every kind,
"Some standard measure for each part should find.
44 Which, when the best of actors shall exceed,
" Let it devolve to one of smaller breed.
" All actors too upon the back should bear
" Certificate of birth,—time when—place where ;
" For how can Critics rightly fix their worth,
44 Unless they know the minute of their birth ?
" An audience too decoked, may find too late
" That they have clapp'd an actor out of date !"
We observed that the beautiful air from Illymen
in the last scene was displaced, and a heavy
tune, sung by Master LONSHURST, was substi-
tuted. The composition thus omitted was one of
the most pleasing lyric effusions of Dr. Amine,
one of the best of English Composors; and the
Music:Director of this Theatre might as well
change the tunes of " Under the green-wood
tree," " Blow, blow, thou winter's wind," and the
"'Cuckoo" song, as presume to substitute a new air
for the one alluded to, ass they all were composed
by the same admirable musician, as to make the
change in question. We trust that the New Ma-
nagers have not ordered this dismission., but that
the original air will bo restored to its former
station. The Theatre, to the honour of public
taste, both as to the Play and Performers, was
well attended.

BOX-OFFICE ESTABLISHMENT,
COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Stn—As the public at large may not exactly
comprehend the great advantages of the NEW An-
itANOTMINT, I beg leave, through the medium of
:your Paper, to disclose some of " the secrets of
the prison•house."
On Monday I took a box for myself and fa-
mily, to see Mr. YOUNG, in Hamlet. I paid my
shilling, as I formerly used to dp, to the Box-
Office Keeper. On entering the Theatre (it
being a cold night), I was proceeding up the
staircase in my great coat, when I was stopped,
and told that I must deposit my great coat, with
a queer-looking dandy-whiskeed gentleman,
who would give it a birth on one of a row
of pegs close by. I said that I was obliged
to him, but that I would rather keep it
on till I got to the box, when I would give it to
the box-keeper; but the answer was, that " Sir
Benjamin Peg rented the great coats, and nobody
else was allowed to take them." The pressure
being now very great, I yielded to necessity,
and doffed my upper garment, to the great an-
noyance of my rheumatics. We got to our box,
and were ushered into it by a dingy personage,
'Who kept bowing and scraping after we were all
seated, and hoped I would remember the place-
keeper. " Why, I paid my shilling to the Box-
office-keeper." " Yes, Sir, he rents all the shil-
lings, and we gets nothing but what Gemmen
pleases to give us."
So, Sir, this is the new arrangement, and these
are Tilb: NNW lIINTSRO." The " comfort and
convenience," us stated in the bills, accruing to
the public by this grand alteration in the interior
of the Theatre (to introduce which all the old
servants have been discharged) is so apparent,
that I have only to subscribe myself
Your obedient Servant,
ONE OF THE OLD, BUT NOT
A NEW RENTER.

*,* We hardly need observe that wa shall
readily give insertion to any authentic contradic-
tion of the Correspondent's statement.

The late C. Menu; was born in 1745, and
was the son of a Clergyman of Bristol. He was
the 18th child, his mother being 50 at his birth.
Ne had a brother 29 years older than himself,
Thomas Dibdin, on whose death he wrote the
beautiful ballad of Poor Tom Bording. This
gentleman was a Captain of an East Indianian,
and father of the present Rev. I'. F. Dibdin.—
(Museum.)
We have heard of the fall of Lucifer, and the
fall of Cromwell, and the fall of Wohey, hut one oldie plea-
sintest tumbles upon record was that of a Mr. Fell, who, when
he removed front one part of the Metropolis to another, wrote
over his door---‘` I Fellfrona lloltor -hill."
Silt GEORGE ItOOKE.—When this bravelAd-
tniral was making his will, some friends who
were present expressed their surprise that he had
not more to leave. 44 Why," said the worthy
veteran, "I do not leave much, but what I do
leave was honestly acquired ; it never cost a
sailor a tear, nor my country a farthing."