The Sun.
London, England, 1804-05-05 00:00:00

POETRY.

Ah ! 'midst th' uncertain things below,
How oft we witness FRI ENDSIRIr 's transient po
w'r'i
rriendship, that many a year in strength shall grow,
itclentless Fate has blighted in an hour !
Absesee is said to be the tomb of Lova,
Where languid Fancy will no 2ww'rets strew 1
And oft,- alas, will sad experience prove,
La the same temb is FRI XtlnsFl jP buried too.
'yet, s.vhilo I still can see thee grace the Stage,
Absence can ne'er subdue my frie
Since all that elevates tke Poet's page Thou
kiloW'st so %reit to dignify and feel.

Tat THEATI.E.—The Comedy of All .;tt the
,Wrong, was represented on Thursday night at Drury-
Lane Theatre.—Witotrowrox and Miss DE CAMP
gave ludicrous died to the charaders of lir Jahn and
Lady Restless. Mrs. JokoAres vanner was not
quite refined enough for Belinda, but she made
"Vie Rrneads in comic spirit. Mr. H. JOHNSTON h'. hardly easy enough in Beverley,
hut he gavee ie4lous solicitude of the part with appro.
Prime fervour and agitation.—lt was some;.vlizt
Prim to see Belinda left so often in the Park by
lieflelf, though seen there by her lover, !rr father,
and her friends. Surely it would be decorous to let
a footman attend her.
everlejlt was also strange to see
andi his friend constantly walking in the
same place with their hats off. . These may be trif_
line, remarks, but they refer to absurd omissions.
he Fair Penitent was
at represented last night
Covent Garden Theatre with great effect.
XEMRLE suiiported ihratio with moral energy
;10d manly feeling. COOKE was solemn and pa..
thetic in Sciolto, and Mrs. SI DpoNs displayed all
the pride, rage, anguish, arid tenderness of Calista,
with her usual excellence. C. Kg.r.taLE was gay,
Without affectation, in Lothario; and Biturrrox a
ruore respedable Altanzont than is commonly seen.
The joint benefit of Mr. d .H. J
proved last night a bumper anT h
. Me
rsComedoHNsToNoy was The
_School_ Jro Scandal, in' which the former played
. Cstttle,rl, aid Mrs. H. JoitNsToiv Lady Teazle. A
full nuts
of the Loyal North Britons attended
in unit of
Mr G0,..._
''' gled very liberally, in permitting
Mrs..ILLINCTom tO
new Opera, .for GtAssiatit.
ppear for the fist time, in a
is very deservedly a f The li‘thetter 'Public.
' however,
The The
with
Proprietor
0f th
reserves Il kenodio
Proseerpinelor Tuesday nights,
af
House very wisely
as so beautiful and splendid a work will probably
tender thotie nights as
w attradive as the Satur-
days, which have always had a predominant influ-
ence on the Fashionable World. We must again res.
tify our sttrprize, that so fine an Opera,
of Inn •
sic, scene,..,
y and performance, should have
been b • in point
o.__r_ rought forward in so correct a state in so
NZ t a Period. But Mr. GoOLD, like Marquis
hass4twil'et‘T, is a good Captain-General, and he
° xttilent Field. Officers in Messrs. Jew ELL.
• and KELLy.
b It GRAssIN4 it is said, cleared a thousand guineas
y he;
--enefit on Thursday at the Opera House.
R When Wttovcarox, in performing Sir John
• entens on Thursday night, said, as an excuse 'for
getting into conversation with Beverley, ~ Pray,
Sir i__
I will there re be a change of Ministry ?" the. P°-
- Pillar feeling on the subject was testified by a very
loud plaudit.
WENtLirt tit very successfully appealed to the
Auditece on Thursday, in excusing Miss,De CAMPo
m the encore. of .a very difficult Air in Of Age _
„To-morrow, by saying in charatter, " Ladies and
Gentlemen, my fellow.servant has worked hard
to-night, and hopes you will let her rest at present.', Mils Du CAMP had indeed exerted herself very
much as a Lady in the Play, and a 11/4itilts. Maid in
the Farce.

Put .--Somebody in the Green-room last night at
Covent.atrden Theatre, noticing the venerable
gr, hairs which COOKE wore in Scio/to, observed,
that the Afton had now better wigs than in GAR_
RICK'S time: " Yes," said a punster, " but not so
100(1 a call." •
Pillar of the Law very naturally employed the
metaphysical langudge " Giants refresh'd," as the
l)itAession are much enii,riened by a Refresher,