The Sun.
London, England, 1832-11-20 00:00:00

ADELPHI THEATRE.

After the domestic drama of Henriette, which still
continues extremely popular, a " new local, operatical,
and squibbical burletta," (as the bills had it) called Bad
Business, or a Meeting of Managers, was last night
produced. Prior to the commencement of the pizce Mr.
YATES came forward, and besought the indulgence of
the audience for the imperfect manner in which the bur-
letta would he performed, in consequence of the sudden
and serious illness of Mrs. FiTzwituam, who was com-
pelled to quit the theatre, and proceed immediately to her
residence. Under these discouraging circumstances, Miss
DALY would endeavour to read the part. When the cur-
tain was raised, Mr. GALLOTT appeared as Mr. Gong,
a " manager in distress," surrounded by his theatrical
" familiars," anxious to devise some means for drawing
full houses, empty benches having been the order of the
night for a long time. He, in the first instance, sseks
the advice of a French manager. Mr. YATES enters in
that chat acter, and gives a clever imitation of Laporte,
who is made to declare that he is friendly to " native"
talent, for he employs natives of every nation in Europe.
Indeed, like the retail oysters, he lives by " ❑atives."
I.Hst REEVE follows, and proposes to secure full houses
by playing the first line in tragedy (which he declares is
his peculiar forte), with an occasional touch of serious
pintomine; and in each department he gives us " a taste
of his quality." Mr. 0. SMITH next enters as Signor
.Paganani. He was most characteristically dressed, and
~it uff the strange gesture of the Signor very closely.
Lastly, Mr. YATES personnates his colleague, Mr. Mut.
Mews, as an Englistt manager. In answer to the usual
interrogatory, " What entertainments are likely to draw
good houses?" he advises outrageous melo-drama, and in-
vites the company to witness, at the Adelphi, the rehear-
sal of a concoction of that description, denominated
Crimson Crimes, or the Blood.stained Bandit. The
action which follows, and in which Mr. J. REEVE figures
as Diavola Staoberini, a murderous and atnarous bandit,
is an extravagantly broad and very laughable burlesque on
the various " robber dramas" which have of late days
been so abundant on the stage. The first part of the bur-
letta was perfectly successful ; some disapprobation was
manifested in the progress of the second part, but compa •
ratively little, and we think, had Mrs. FITZWILLIAM been
able to play Cuddelina, the beloved of the " blood-stained
bandit," there would have bee❑ none.

By the papers of Sunday we learn that tl'e
Duchess de 13ERRI had arrived at her place of confinement
in the castle of Blaye on the 15th, and that a brig of war
is to be stationed before the fortress during her confine-
ment there. M. de CHATEAUBRIAND had arrived at
Paris to defend h r Royal Highness. Most likely the
services of the noble Viscount will not he required, and it
is at least certain that he has displayed his chivalrous
courage at a very cheap rate. But if the Duchess is not
to be benefited by his devotion to her cause, he has cer-
tainly succeeded in making himself talked of for a day all
over Paris, and that is no small matter even for an author
so sure of immortality. M. de CHATb:AUBRIAND is tor-
mented with what his countrymen call a besoin of being
iu the mouths of the world. The cholera arrives in P.ais,
and he hastens from the mountains of Switzerland, with a
new pamphlet in his hand, and 12,000 francs in his purse,
to distribute among the poor, as a charitable contribution
from the Duchess de BERRI. The charity was rejected,
even though called " the widow's mite," because it was
supposed to be contaminated with politics ; and he writes
another pamphlet to show that the contribution was not
contagious, and ought to have been received. The banish-
ment of the BOURBONS is proposed in the Legislative
Chambers. Again he descends from Switzerland with a
pamphlet, certainly very eloquent, which, if it procured
no favour for the exiled dynasty, at least made its author
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and he offers his oratorical talents to prove her innocence,
or to ward off her punishment. By the absurd law of last
session the BoußßoNs were banished from France, but no
penalty was awarded against them on their return to dis-
turb its repose. They were then to be left to the provi-
sions of the criminal code, as in the case of ordinary per-
sons committing treason, or exciting to civil war. Hence,
in the course of last summer a requisition was drawn up
for sending her to be tried before the Court of Assize at
Poictiers, should she be apprehended ; and three of the
Judges (if we remember correctly) resigned their office
rather than agree to preside at such a trial. The Mini-
stry wisely apprehended that the Jury might be as reluct-
ant to condemn as the Judges to preside, and that thus
her Royal Highness might escape with impunity, to excite
disturbances anew. At any rate, they foresaw that the
trial might be made the occasion of great scandal, and
must lead to great embarrassment : for if her Royal High-
ness were condemned, his MAJEsTv might be made at
once answerable for his clemency if he exercised the pre-
rogative
of mercy, or for his insensibility it he allowed the
execution
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exalted the
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rather calling for a " Bill of Pains and Penalties" than
a w to take its
personage. hhce they
in ri-ferring it either to the Court of Assize or the House
of Peers. But by this decision M. de CHATEAUBRIAND
may be deprived of the opportunity of speaking at the
trial ; for be cannot well appear before the Deputies as a
a
counsel against the Bill, not being a member of the bar,
and he has not taken the oaths necessary for assuming his
seat in the House of Peers.-- Times.

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MADRID, Nov. 8.

The Ambassadors of France and England are of
great assistance to the Queen's party; but will it be
believed that our own Ambassadors abroad plead the
interests of the moderate, although they are in-
debted for their posts to the circumstance of Calo-
marde being an exile ? The Apostolicals continue
to press their audacity against the Queen and her
patty in an incredible manner. It is said that the
decree of amnesty which was not to have been pro-
mulgated until the 19th of November, the anniver-
sary of the birth of the young heiress to the throne,
has been published at an earlier period, in order
that it might not include the Carlists, who have
pledged themselves to the commission of offences
up to that date.
The Count de R.eynal still enjoys the favour of
the Queen, so well merited by him for having been
the only person who came forward to console her
in the crisis through which she has passed. It is said
that this Ambassador has offered, in the name of
France, to send regiments to Spain for the purpose of
punting down the Carlist party, should her Majesty
deem it necessary to employ these troops.
A thousand reports are in circulation on the sub-
ject of the political condition of Portugal. What is
certain is, that Christiana takes great interest in the
fate of Donna Maria da Gloria, which is only a na-
tural consequence of the interests which the Carlists
have for Don Miguel's party.
The regulations published by the new Minister
of Justice, respecting the holydays for the Coons,
have given rise to a great deal of uneasiness. It is
confidently hoped, however, that M. Cafranga will
re-consider this subject, particularly since he must
admit that the number of holydays in Spain is very
considerable. On the 19th there is to be a grand
festival at Madrid on the occasion of the day of Sr.
Elizabeth, and a great number of favours are to be
bestowed on the army and on those about the Court.
An order has been circulated by the Minister for
Foreign Affairs, abolishing the decree which re-
quires certificates of good conduct to be obtained
by the emigrants before their return home from the
foreign Ministers and Consuls. Without these do-
cuments the emigrants hitherto were refused admit-
tance into the kingdom, and were sometimes placed
under arrest by the authorities. This regulation
proves that the Queen is determined to put down
the system of irregular taxation ; the Consuls will
regret her proceedings, since they had 15 francs a
head on the emigrants who returned to their country.
A modification of the system of importing foreign
books is talked of. Up to the present time the in-
troduction of literary works was prohibited under
the severest penalties.
The Queen has authorized the re-opening of the
Athenaeum, a scientific establishment which existed
under the Cortex.

During the last four days the troops are night])
under arms; and the city is traversed by numerous
bodies of patrols. Last night the troops were
called out in consequence of an alarm before the
prisons ; two pieces of artillery were stationed at the
gate of Alcala. At 8 o'clock the Royalist volun-
teers were assembled without orders. The General
of those troops wished them to retire, and declared
that he must resign his command, as he would no

longer consent to govern a body who were opposed
to the principles of subordination. During this
time the garde du corps made a tumult in a coffee-

house, on the place St. Domingo and at the
Puente d'Oro ; in the latter place seditious toasts
were drunk, and the grossest epithets were ap-
plied to the Queen. Up to this morning a
movement was expected. The artillerymen were

under orders to form at 8 o'clock, and they
were punctual. It would appear that the garde
du corps was the cause of the capital being thrown
into agitation. Several of these men have been arrest-
ed, but they have not been intimidated; they continue
to agitate, assisted by the Royalist volunteers. It has
been said that money has been distributed, for the
purpose of striking a blow, and that recently very
considerable sums have been seized during their
transport to Lagrange, where they were to be given
to the troops cantoned there. Placards are now
affixed in the streets, containing insults on the King
and Queen. In one of these we read as follows :
" Let a woman govern us—that cannot be; and she
a stranger ! Down with her ?"—(Que nos gobierne
una =ger, no pueda ser : y estrangera ; fuera.)
At Irr,ll-past five in the morning the publisher of
the Diario de Madrid was arrested near the Hotel
de Ville, by six men, armed with sabres. He wa;
compelled to cry out three times " Charles V.!"
He was robbed of his coat and six piastres.
Gen. Sarsfield, with five or six thousaad men,
will arrive after to-morrow at Madrid.
Gen. Morino has disarmed the Volunteer Roy-
alists of Galicia, under the pretence that, as they
had excellent guns and did not want them, these
implements might properly be given to the regular
troops.

The allowances of the Minister of the Interior are
to be fixed by a decree.

It is stated that several of the provinces are an
noyed by agitations, similar in their origin to those
which have been occasioned here by the Aposto-
licals.