The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-15 00:00:00

THE THEATRE.

rite 'R iictls drew a nurnerons-audience to Dritry-.'
Lane' Theatre on Saturday.. There was•noessen.
ohouge in tilt l'ersonce, and' the
CoMedy was supported with spirit, and niuch
Afterpiece of ,The Poor SOldier in-
tr&lirced Mrs. Eset.cnArdifitas in the character of
Patric*. She is a rrandsome tif)d-an -elegant young
Actress, and inay be considered as a valutible
ac-
quilition to the Drury-Lane Company. This per.:
former, we understand, had acquired a high repufe.
in Ireland, and at Bath, and the 'decision of a
Lorh;tr audience will fully confirm that repute:
She i'cled with feeling and simplicity, and sung
with unaffected taste. Her voice is clear, etten
sive, and melliflueni. She wassintor'ed in "My
friend and Pitcher'," and thatch applautredthrough-
out her performance.

•Its„BARTLEY ha's been pelforrninc,,at.the Rich-
.
mond Theatre, and represented Plettia ttyr, her
benefit there on Friday, under the' pattonage of
the Duchess of BUCCLEUdif. Ali. the higher
ranks, in the neighbourhoOd were-present, And the
house was productive. Mrs. ALs6P- was Nelt, in
the taTee of The Devil to Pay, and she had too
good a niadelin that adMirable actress, heTmo--,
ther, not to give spirit and humour to the part. •
Mii• C. KEMBLE,.tholigh, as- the public well
knows one of the very best comic .actreses that
the,!tage ever produced, and witk'a treatcr
accomplistnents than most of theni, is
not engaged at either of the London Theatiei this
season... Surely there is a great-want of judgment
• in the Managers; or some bias- which ought not
to prevail iti the minds of those Who catei• for the
eilteriilntoein of the publio.-
The Fatal Dowry, one cif tilt beit .Pidys of ohe
of oitr! best Dramatists; AlAsiNoaayis; it is said,
to be revived at Drury-Lane Theatre during the
Present season. On this Play RoiVE founded his!
FiiiT Penitent, without acknowledgment, as itche
caultratippose that such a theft from so admirable
.a Poet as MAStINGER would remaiii•tinthieovered,
even if we had not beeti Indebted `til":11-1r.
GI t-
Foal) for his Correct aria , Valuable'etfliidu of the
works of the venerable Bard. •
The next part in V;rhiCh Miss RttitrtoN,!`whO
made
~so. good an.., iMpression in
Letitia Hardy, is to appear,' is ttCife Miss Hord.
cattle, in She Stoops to Conquer-Hoveluellent, but
rather farcical Comedy.

Byhis Majesty's ship Fahnoutte from' St.tielenti,:
whose • arrival we announced on;•Sattleday;
learn, that t3UONAPARTE was ,never in better
health, the perfect restoration Of whiel; he attri;
butei to.the constant use of the wariti•lrath:. He
• uses it as the greatest of luxuries, frequently
ing in it.seteral hours, reading some book. He
after*ardi walks much' in the grounds of Long:
Wood ; land fills up, his more relaxed h'ou'rs at 0,47
ing at billiards. The-.duty at St; Helena is now
Confided to the I st battalion of theß6tlrttginrent.
Captain POPPLEVVELLi of the 53d,"yrl16,1ifid been
on constant duty in attending lipon,,tha tio:-Ern-
peror since his arrival at St, Helena, is come
home. BUONAPARTE, co 'testify, hiS'senSe
.of the
delicate and hononrible Manner in which Capt. P.
had executed his duty, on his embarking for Eng-
land; presented him with a very superb ornament-
ed gold snuff- box.