The Sun.
London, England, 1823-01-22 00:00:00

T TiIEATRES.

KING'S TitcA•rita.:--The repetition of La
Gana Ladra, which was well received, was fol-
lowed last night hy,thi.interesting ballet of Les
Pages du Disc de Vendbote, which was so much
admired last season. The performances conti-
ntfed to a very late hour; but if the audience are
disposed to stay, no blame of course is imputable
to the Manager.
DRURY•LANE.--Tbe return of Mr. EmarroN,
after his recent alarming illness, waaesiclently a
very gratifying event to the audience, last night,
when he appeared as Charles, in The School far
Scandal. lie supported the part with such spirit
as manifested no trace of his indisposition:
It may be proper to mention that one of the
Morning Papers of this day, reporting the per-
formance of The School for Scandal last night at
Drury-Lane Theatre, says, 44 We were happy to
see the part of Sir Peter Teazle performed with
great energy by the veteran MUNDEN, the truth,
richness, and variety of whose acting was most'
warmly applauded." Another, in reporting the
performance of the same Comedy, at the same
Theatre, says, 44 Mr. TERRY played Sir Peter
Teazle for the first time at this House with all
the excellence which made his representation of
thqt character so popular last year at the Sum-1
mer Theatre." The accuracy which chaiac-
terises both of these criticisms must induce the
attendant audience to suppose that some deceptio
visas was practised on the occasion, or that the
two performers alternately appeared, and imi-
tated each other so admirably, that it was im-
possible to tell the difference. If, however, that
was ,not the ease, we think the credit of the re-
spective actors is concerned in the question, that
the wreath of Panegyric may be placed on the
meritorious individual, or, to adopt a more
homely phrase, that the saddle may be placed
on the right horse." For our own part, after
these cotitradictory-reports, we are afraid to trust
our eyes and ears.on a matter so doubtful, and
lest we should have been deceived respecting the
other performers in the piece, we shall simply
notice the restoration of so lively an actor as Mr.]
ELLISTON, 11U event, of course, of general interest
to the lovers of the Drama.

VtrurrEnetz.L.L—Every reader may not be ac •
quainted with the fact that the Wiii4e/ia/1" spoken of in out
histories, particularly previous to the tune of CH ant-Es IL and
Jastra L, does not exist—or at least:but a very small por.
tion of it, in modern London. As mention of the Palace oc.'
curs very frequently, it may not be without its uses to men-
tion that the old Palace occupied a considerable space along the
bank of the Thames, contiguous to where 'Westintoster.bridge
now stands, commencing at the present Privy gardens and
ending near Scotlimd.yard. It extended also from the River
to St. James's Park, along the boundary of which, includ.
ing the Cockpit and Spring.gardens, many of its various build.
inga were situated. Hubert de Iturgh, • Justiciary of Eng.:
land in the reign Of. Henry 111., was its first owner; but, be-
coming subsequently the property Of the Prelates of York,
it was the York House which Is More than once mentioned
Shakspeare. Cardinal IWolsey,kas Archbishop of York,
disposed of it to Henry VIII. ; front whose time it became
the residence of the Sovereigns of England until' the reign
of Queen Anne,' wino 1695, when it was consumed by fire,
and. the Queen in consequence removed her Court to Saint
James's. The Bunifteg House (now commonly called
Whitehall), which was built by -Times I. in the room or an
old buildir.g that Elizabeth had devoted to a similar purpose,
alone escaped this catastrophe; and happily it still remains
a monument of the .purer taste in the building)f Palaces and
in the domestic Architecture iuuoduced into aigland by the
celebrated Judie Jam.

THE A LIMY.

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Commissions Aped by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of
NorthutuberLnJ..

Addison John Creswell Baker, Esq. to be Deputy Lieute.nant ; William Lawson, Esq. to be ditto.

The Depot of the 6th Foot arrived in this town on Saturday,
and yesterday morning left for Chatham, where it is to be stn••
tioned.—( Maiddene Journal, Jan. 21.)
Lieutenant Thomas Cowen, late Adjutant of the 79th, and
Superintendent of Police at Clara, in the King's County, shot
himself on Wednesday last. He has left a .wife and several
children.--(Corkiroothern Reporter. )

ROYAL NAVY.

PORTSIMOUTII, JAN. la.

Accounts from Havannah, datesi Nov. 27, state tire arrival
of the Seringapatara, 46, Capt. S. Warren, C.B. Redwing,lB,
Hon. Capt. Trefusis, and the Grecian schooner, Lieutenant
Cawley, direct from England, with authority from the Spa.
nish Government to act, conjointly with the Government of
Cuba, for the suppression of the Piracies on that coast, and
in the Gulf of lorida.—The boats of the Tyne, 26, Captain
Godfrey, and Speedwell schooner, had captured four pirai ical
vowels, at Ell Callao, Coast of Cuba. The Hyperion was
cruising in the Gulph of Mexico.
Accounts from Sierra Leone are receivtil to the 9th Novem-
ber.—The Driver, 18, Capt. T. Wolrige, had returned from her
cruise on the Gold Coast, having taken three Slave vessels;
the last was the Portuguese brig Commericante, of four guns,
249 tons, 30 men, for Bahia, with 179 slaves. When these
poor creatures understood the cause of their release (they were
principally females), they approached the feet of the Officers
of the Driver, and tell on their faces, making every demonstra-
don of joy and satiefaction.—The Driver examined twelve ves-
sels during the cruise. The Portuguese authorities at Elmina
(Gold Coast) continued to assist the Portuguese Slave-vessels
with canoes I--The Cyrene, 18, Capt. Percy Grace, had cap-
tured the Dutch schooner Aurora,'cethe Whims, of 144 tons,
four guns, and 26 men, well armed, with 130 slaves, viz:—
43 men, 21 women, 24 boys, and 42 girls. She was captured
by the boats of the Cyrene, under Lieutenant Courtenay, with
the loss of one man killed and two severely wounded, by the
batteries.—Capt. Grace, in consequence, burnt down several
Towns and slave Factories belonging to Slates, the notorious
Slave dealer.
We are happy to state that Capt. Alexander Gordon Laing,
of the Royal African Corps, returned to Sierra Leone on the
29th Oct. having been absent seven months, in the interior of
the country, on a mission to ascertain the resources and produc.
tions of the Soolima and Kooranko Nations, and to open a trade
between them and the Colony, and with the other Nations
through which the Mission bad to pass. The Sangras are great
travellers and great traders ; but as yet they have been obliged
to barter their gold, ivory, and fine cloths in the Soolima and
Foutah Countries; for European articles. Deputations from the
Kings of 'these Countries came with Capt. Laing, to open and
cultivate an intercourse with the Colony. Capt. Laing disco-
vered a River of greet magnitude, hitherto unknown to Luro.
perms, called the Mungo, which disembogues itself into the
Ocean through the Scarcics : he is desirous to undertake to
ascertain the source of the Niger to its mysterious termination.
A letter we have received, dated " Scull Long Island (Coast
of Ireland), December 31, le2, states,— This afternoon ar.
rived his ajesty's sloop Arab, Capt. Wm. Holmes, with the
Mary Ann, of London, in tow, from Jamaica, laden with turn,.
sugar, and coffee, which ship was picked up on the evening of
the 28th, in a foundering state, oil* the Island of Dursey, al-
though blowing a heavy gale when taken possession of by an
Officer and a number of seamen, and, after three days and
nights great exertion, rate was elot. into this harbour. The con-
duct of Mr. Rune Duncan, Master's mate of the Arab, must
be highly praiseworthy, as, within one hour after he had been
on board the Mary Ann, it blew a perfect hurricane, which
continued till the next morning, and the ship a complete wreck,
sails, ringing, &c. hangiug in all directions. It is almost
miraculous that the vessel and men were observed."
His Majesty's ship Cumbrian and Rose arrived a
Smyrna on the 24th November, from Malta.' The Cambrian
left again on the 29th of November for Alexander; the Mar-
tin, for Malta; the Rose and Hind; for the lonian Islands.
At Spithead—Owen Glendower. In the Harbour—Queen
Charlottee, Ramillies, Albion, Briton, Ilingilove, Pandora,
Trinculo, Clinker, Pelter.—The Starling, Lieut. Turner, went
out of Harbour yesterday, and sailed to 'resume her cruising
oil Weymouth.
Capt. George W. Wines is appointed to the Brazen, 28, at
Plymouth ; Capt. lehain Chapman, to the Espiegle, 10, at the
Cape of Good Hope; Lieut. Bathurst :Matthews, to the
Genoa; Mr. Henry Webb (wrecked in his Majesty's ship
Drake) to be Purser of the Trinculo. Lieut. Win. Boxer,
It.
inproioted to the rank of Commander, for his great
exertions suppression of Smuggling on the Coast of Sussex.
Mr. Lain, are Student of Naval Architecture, and Mr.
Edye, are appointed foremen of Chatham Yard,. in the room
of Messrs. Amner and Ilellyer, superannuated. The Clio
sloop and liatilisk cutter, at Chatham, are ordered to be gni.
ready for sea. Mr. Sines, whose situation as Clerk in the Com.
missioners Office at Sheerness, is dune away, is appointed to
the Storekeeper's Office, at Chathatu.--(geotieh Gazette,
Joe. 21.) • I