The Sun.
London, England, 1821-07-02 00:00:00

THE 111EATUES.

[From" John Bull."]
DItURY LANE.—It was in this national Theatre
that GAnatcx., for years, delighted.the people of
England ; it was in this national Theatre that the
immortal SIDDONS rose triumphantly over all her
competitors ; it was in this great national Theatre
that K EMBLE, by his taste and talents, brought the
histrionic art to its highest perfection. Over the
door of this great national Theatre is erected a
statue of SHAKESI'EAICE, to mark the devotion;
the respect, the admiration, whic.kare shewn him
within its classic walls.

To prove that this great national Theatre has
lost nothing of its character under the present
management, we subjoin a paragraph copied from
a Morning Paper, to which we call the attention
of such of the public as profess themselves patrons
and amateurs of the legitimate drama—the privi-
lege of acting which, be it remembered, is con-
fined bs law to this great national Theatre and
two others :

it_SpAnaltvc•—There was some excellent Sparring atnntry
Lane Theatre on Monday night. Ben Burn and Shelton
'made a very scientific display, and drew forth much. applause.
Randall and Turner gave some of the best speciments of the
flooring system, as did Belaseo and Harry Holt: Martin set
to with an amateur from Norwich, who had none the worst of

,
tie is a powerful young watt, and awake deice :!"

Any remark seems quite unnecessary.
AT COVENT GAdDEN the care and attention Of
the Managers have been directed to the appro-
priate illustration of the Second Part of Henry IV.
with the ceremony of the Coronation. A more
splendid pageant never graced a Theatre ; it re-
flects the highest credit on the proprietors for
their liberality, and on those to whose particular
care the arrangement of the proces-sion had been
confided.

We must make one exception, which we do
without any wish to be hypocritical. The intro-
duction of the yeomen of the guard in the service
of Henry IV., when it is _remembered that the
corps was not established • till the reign of
Henry VII., will startle übt only the venerable
antiquary,. but the little school-boy, who will
think. it a pity, that some of his play-fellows .had
not been consulted, during their holidays., upon.

this point. A more glaring anachronisCu never
slipped upon the stage.

It really gives us pleasure to see the turn
which is given to every thing at this Theatre. The
Coronation, the ceremony which binds the King
to his people, is one so important, so intimately
connected with our civil and religious rights, that
it most naturally interests all men who have the lOW
of their country and respect for their Sovereign at
heart ; and therefore, put!ing loyal principles out
he question, (which, be it understood, we do
not, with respect to the management of Covent
Garden), a representation of that,at li tile trouble,
and a moderate ex-pence, which, in reality, can
only be viewed as the sacrifice of inordinate
labour, and a large sum, must be profitable in
the extreme.

Supposing then, for a moment, that the pa-
geant is produced merely as a theatrical specu-
lation, see the manner in which it is done. In-
stead of violating the. decencies of society by a
public Masquerade, (twice repeated) into which
two .or three horses are introduced, to make a
line in the, bill about the. Coronation ; instead of
insinuating that the Sovereign is to be present,
and carrying on the farce of putting up, the awn-
ing across the street to the Royal box ! instead
of bringing forward prize-fighters to reduce the
Theatre to a bear-garden, and .instead of de-
, grading the whole profession of acting, see the
mode adopted by Covent-Garden;
The passing opportunity is seized to add new
lustre, to one of the most delightful and 'charac-
teristic plays of-osr immortal Shakespeare; and
while the spectator views in perfect security the
magnificent consummation of regal authority, he
is led to it by as much brilliancy
,of languagP;
force of via, ancl'excelleirce: of meting, as can in
the present.day be brought together 'for an even-
ing's entertainment in any one Theatre.

We have all along.: declined any free admis-
sions to places of public amusement ; and, there-
fore, we are not quite aware of whom what is
called " The Free List" consists ; but at Drury-
lane, a. system crept hi laSt yea.r of making this
observation at the bottoM of the Play-bill," The
Free List" Will be (with the exception of the
Public Pres,a) suspended this evening, because
forsooth, something whicli,Elliston flattered him-
self was worth sez‘ing, was to be played.
. _ _

Now, we never were favoured with a.sight of
this catalogue of priyileged 'persons at either.
house; anil,tnerefore, cannot•exactly appreckate
their feelings; but, it strikes :us,:that a man.
must
_possess a more'than average share of mean-
ness, who would affer one such prohibition ever
take advantage of the favour again. We doubt
whether Mr. harries, or Mr..C. Kenible, or Yirr.
Fawcett, would continue to visit a family, the
heads of which told theM that they should..
.1w
very. glad to see them on the days when
they had cold mutton and tripe for dhiner ; but
that on those occasions when turtle or turbot, or.

venison smoked on their beard, they and the rest of
their vis;torswere exeluded,exeep.Ong always those.
who could .toady thenh The systein.has been
exploded . since the departure of fiord ,Iloqand
for the Contiilent, and. surely should not be re-,
vived where the feast is of reason only. It was
all very well Fora Flay-house where Mr. Win-
ston is the Ma4ager, but certainly, not worthy of
the Thcatre Royal Cove'llt Carden. • -
ilaviumtKET opens next Wednes,.7ay;
but as we arc not in the Theatrical Cabinet xve
;lave not had a peep at it : 'we hear it is beau 6-.
ful, and time willthew. ••

THE LATE MR. ANDItEWS..

There is too great reason for regret, but none
for censurei in the. case of:this. unfortunate Gen-
tleman. lle was an _eminent surgeon, residing in
Greek-street, Soho, whence he was invited to ac-
cept the situation of medical attendant in the
Princely establishment of Mr. 'Courrs, the
banker, a gentleman of the highest respecttbility
in this nietiopolis, and whose connexions extend
to every part of the world. The terms, we un-
.dersiand from indisputable information, were as
folloWs:—viz. eight hundred a year, and a,resi-
dence in every -respect as one of the' family—as
long as he attended,
,in his medical capacity, on
Mr. Coutts, wherever that gentleman .thought
proper to dwell four hundred a year for life, if
he remained .with Coutts till his death ; and
two hundred a year if any circumstance should
induCe him to resign the employment before-that
event took place. In -April last
,Mr. Andrews
found his health decline, and requdsted permis-
sion to try the advantage of change of air.. De-
rivint, little benefit from this remission -of his
attendance, he entertained serious thoughts of
resigning his situation altogether, and in conse-
quence •it was proposed that he should receive
the two hundred a year, settled as the provision
forlife, in case he quitted the situation before
the death of Mr. Coutts. Mr. AndreWs, with
the warmest expressions of respect, affection, and
gratitude for Mr. and Mrs. Coutts, delicately in-
timated however that two. hundred a year Would.
be not sufficient to enable him 05 live in the style to
which he was accustomed before he relinquished
his profession. . The consequence was, that with-
out the slightest pause it was determined that Mr.
Andrews should have the full amount of the an-
nuity, viz.four hundred a year, as if he bad actually
continued in the-house till the death of his vene-
rable patron. The separation wasa subject of deep
regret to all parties. Mr. AndieWs was'held.in
the highest respect -and regard by -Mr.and Mrs.
Coutts, and Mr.-. Andrews felt and avowed towards
them the utmost esteem, affection, and gratitude.
It is probable that increasing illness, and the
want of that bustle, variety, and professional
occupation which had 'engaged -Mr. Andreyvs
during his-residence with Mr. Cautts, had given
strength to his malady, and so much -deranged
his mind, as to lead to the melancholy terMi.
nation of his life. Such, we confidently, pledge
ourselves, is ,the true state of the case, and we
hope that there is not so Much malignity among
mankind as to give birth to any different state-
ment. The following are the
,circumstances, as
we gather from the public Prints, of a catastrophe
which has deprived a very nUmerous circle of
friends of. a Gentleman, whose virtues, talents,
manners, and benetolent disposition, • rendered
him highly estimable in the opinion of all who
had the pleasure of
.knowing him

" MELANCHOLY ,SUICIDE.—We regret' to an-
nounce the death of 1)r. ANDREWS, an event ag-
gravated by the circumstance of his having, fai:en
by his own hand. The fatal catastrophe took.
place on Friday at Albion House, Ramsgate.,
where he had arrived only a few days before, Qui
a- visit to hiS' friend, Mr. Leader, of Putney,lic.,,w
residing there. .About 7 o'clock on Friday morn-
ing Mr. Andrews was found dead in .his. chan-
ber. Therewere a large .cut and a deep'it4 .in
the upper part of the thigh near the groin, which
divided the Main artery. Tlie•floorand the bed
on which the body lay were covered with blood.
Two razors Were found in the bed ; one of them
was open and bloody. The 'other was nearly
closed. The body, When -first discovered.,:was
stiff, from Whence it was concluded' that ,he
committed the rash act soon after •In 3 .had.
retired to his room for the ,night. tFo
o'clock on Friday an inquest was .held on the
body, whets in - addition to the above circum-
stances, it appeared that Mr. Andrews; while
in the above situation, had left Mr. Coutts's
house on a visit to General7Meade'. Previous to his

entering the family of Mr. Coutts,jVir. Andrews
practised in his -professiont.hishouse in Greek-
`street, Soho, which he gave up. lie-hadbeen
very close in his attendance upon
.IVr...Coutts,
and his own health was very delicate t and al-
though Air. Coutts, with his characteristic
gene-
rosity, continued to him, after his removal, a part
of the large salary he enjoyed while in 'his esta-
.blishment, the loss of situation is supposed,to have
preyed upon his mind, and contributed, to still
further impair his health, and increase the low-
ness of Tirits from ,which lie for some time suf-
fered.—The Coroner .having summed up the
evidence, accompanied with some qppropriate re-
marks, the jury returaed.a verdict—i itsanty.
. owing to distress of mind at:the,
drew s was a tall handsome man, about 45, years
of age, mild in his manners, and
.of a very aJni-
able disposition."

Lt is proper:to add, .that,iVir, Andrew's -found
it necetisary, on aceount•of his declining_ health,
to try,the effect of a. temporary, remission of:his
medical attendance en :Air. Coutts eo,far,ihack as
April, and thathis 'sittrAion was not filled up, till
fit a .the last ,four or ilv'e .weeks, when there
was no hope that he would to able,to resume it.

At the late annual examination at Bene't
Col I eg.e, Canihrid.z.e, theßishop Line-81[0y Silver
Cup, and a Schelarship of 40/: per annum, were
this year adjuked to Mr. 11. Caurnoity, as the
.I)est prck4eie,nt in the Classics. Gen-
tleman w,as educated in .the School of ',the .Itev.
AN'onk.w.rpuqNAuy, of Louth,. nnd iidd a few
pre,yicus Leen elected to a sshoiatOlip of
(41;0 value ,foui-,:led
.AtchLiOloii"

PARLIAM E NT,

EOCf,SE OF COAEVIONS, JUNE 30.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at four o'clock ;
the House was rather thinly attended.
The Acetous Acid, and Draining Tiles Bill,
the Hops Exportation Drawback Bill, the Isle of
liaa Trade Bill, the Stock Cancelling Bill, and
the Silk Bounties (Ireland) Bill, were severally
read a third time, and passed.
The. Exchequer Bills Public Works Bill was
coonnitted.—Report on Monday.
DUKE or CLARENCE AND THE CORONATION.
un bringing up the Report of the Duke
of Clarence's Alinuityißill,
Sir RONALD FEtt-S.SON rose and said, he
would give his decided negative to that part of
the Bill which granted to the Royal Duke
18,0001. arrears. I t was contrary to every prin-
ciple of propriety, as it affected Parliament, and
'Of justice towards. the people, and he would op-
poe.such's.-yote to the last with determined hos-
tility: Ile ' then said, " while. upon my legs, I
wish to ask the Noble Lord in the blue ribband
(Londonderry.J as a day is fixed for the Corona-
tion, whether it is intended that her Majesty shall
be crowned or not ? "
The Marquess of "LONDONDERRY—" I can
only inform the Hon. Member that her Majesty
has claimed a right of being crowned, and has
made-application to that effect. As to my own
opinion, it always was, that the Queen Consort
has no such right, and that it is not the privilege
of her station, but as,a.matter of favour, emanat-
ing from the regal discretion of the Crown, and
certainly, in that point of view, the advice of
Ministers would not be that her Majesty should
• participate in the ceremony."
Sir R. FERCi-60N—" I ask the Noble Lord
when that application of right was made ?"
The Marquess of LONDONDERRY---" A few
days ago."
' -Sir R. FERGUSSON—" Can the Noble Lord in-
forin me whether her Majesty's Counsel, or the
legal-advisers of the Crown have been consulted
on the occasion ?"
The Marquess of LONDONDERRY.---" I do not
apprehend that I sit here to answer every ques-
tion which any Honourable Member pleases to
put to me."—(Hear, hear, on the Ministerial
benches!)
•Mr. DENNLIN—" I apprehend the Noble Lord
sits here as a Member of Parliament, though else-
where he may be a Privy Councillor, and, in
m 7 opinion, he is bound to give an answer touching
matters of State, at least those affecting the regal
power, like the present one. I can, however,
inform the Hon. Member who has put the ques-
tion and the House, that to the application from
her Majesty on Monday, the only answer receiv-
ed was, that the Law Officers of the Crown
would be consulted; but I always regarded the
omission of the Queen's name in the Liturgy as
the virtual declaration of Ministers, that her Ma-
jesty was not to be crowned, and I am surprised
that the same persons who advised that measure,
should now feel it necessary to consult any fur-
ther-on the subject.—(Hear, hear !)----instead of
having a decided opinion, on which they ought to
be prepared to act. The answer proves, that
there is a degree of hesitation in coming to a de-
cision, and whether that hesitation arises from
doubts entertained by the Law Officers or Minis-
ters themselves, it establishes in itself a claim on
the part of her Majesty to be heard before the
Privy Council, by the asserters of her legal rights.
It is very strange, that from Monday to Saturday
no definite answer has been returned. What
can occasion this hesitation now,- if, when Minis-
ters advised that the Queen's name should be
left out of the Liturgy, they were convinced of
the just grounds and propriety of taking a step
which might have the effect of excluding her
from the Coronation ?—This delay, however, I
repeat, is a sufficient cause why there should be
no decision until her Majesty shall have been
allowed an opportunity of supporting her claim
before that tribunal where she prays to he heard
—a tribunal, which, however, she cannot ap-
proach with the same confidence as she would
have done had it not prejudged her case on a for-
mer occasion.—(Hear !)" •
'rule Marquess of LONDONDERRY---" I am sur-
prised that the lion. and Learned Gentleman
.should assume that I had ever given any opinion
as to the claim of right, when distinctly stated,
that I gave no opinion as to the legal claim ;
I stated also, that as an application had been
made advancing a legal right, that claim should
undergo a legal investigation ; but I repeat, that
I gave no opinion as to the result; what I did
say was, that I understood. the privilege claimed
to be a matter of discretion, inherent in the
Crown, and as a matter of regal discretion, the
Crown could not be advised that her Majesty
should participate ; and now, allow me to say, it
appears very singular that the legal advisers of
her Majesty should not have presented this claim
sooner; the point had been mooted in Parlia-
ment-two months ago, when I stated what I have
just explained, as- to the advice respecting the
refusal of the claim as a matter of discretion.—
Did her Majesty's legal advisers then not know
how to act ? or -why have they stood still and de-
clined advancing this claim until the very eve of
the Coronation,—(hear)—at which moment they
start a claim of right which they never mentioned
before Was it because they saw a disposition
manifested on the other side of the House to
complain of the Coronation, . and to treat with
disrespect every thing belonging to it, that they
now set up this right for the first time ?—(dear.)
• —lf they knew of this legal right, why not urge
it before ? or was it only a pretext for bringing
the-Coronatioe into hatred and contempt?"—
(Hear, hear!)
Mr. DENMAN—" So far am I from feeling any
reproach' from what has fallen from the Noble
Lord, that it appears to me her Majesty's" legal
advisers would have acted improperly, had they
brought the claim forward until,. from all appear-
ances, it was quite certain that the Coronation
was to take place; fallow the delay has been cone
siderable, but was not. the Coronation talked of
last year, and yet did not occur ? Preparations
were then making; which it was doubtful whe-

Cher they were to serve for the honour of the
King or the degradation of his Royal Wife.----
(Hear, hear !)—Such preparations, therefore, gave
no assurance that the Coronation was ever to
take place. The Noble Lord may differ from
me, but I feel that we were not bound to advise
this step until her Majesty was satisfied that the
Coronation would take place at no distant pe-
riod ; but I do conceive that we have some right
to complain of this delay on the part of the Noble
Lord and his colleagues, in not having given a
definitive answer to her Majesty's application,
as their minds ought to have been made up be-
fore now, and therefore the charge of unneces-
sary delay was upon them, and not on her Ma-
jesty's legal advisers. They should have been
able to give an opinion at once, as to what part
her Majesty was to act, and it ought not to be
now a matter of deliberation whether she was to
participate or not in that ceremony, according to
the right which she derived from the custom of
the country, and which had been recognized by
Act of Parliament. The ceremony is in itself a
pageant, but the ancient custom of the country
made it solemn, and granted to the Queen Con-
sort a participation in the rites belonging to the
accession to the Throne. I cannot therefore see
why Ministers should not have been prepared
with a speedy and decisive answer as soon as the
claim was made, and I contend that the delay
itself is proof enough that her Majesty's legal
defenders ought to be beard before the Council,
previous to any decision now taking place, which
might have the effect of excluding her."
The Marquess of LONDONDERRY—" An-an-
swer was given long ago to the-claim as a matter
of discretion. It Alas not then brought forward
in a legal shape, but now as a claim of right has
been set up, it must go through the ordinary
course of legal investigation.—(Hear.)—I cannot
avoid observing, that while the Hon. and Learned
Gentleman insists so much upon facility in giving
answers in the Ministers of the Crown, I see no-
thing of that facility in his own conduct, nor can
I tell why his vigilance has slept so long, as to
al-low an interval of many days between the
official notification of the Coronation, and the
setting up of this claim of right. Otherapplications
had been made of a different nature, and there
really does appear to me to be something of mys-
tery, if not of intention, in delaying to bring for-
ward this claim before."—(]rear.)
Mr. SCARLETT—" The Noble Lord may be
very correct in not admitting that he ever gave
any opinion on the legal claim, but I don't think
it quite fair in him to speculate as to the circum-
stances which may have occasioned that claim
not to have been presented before ; I need not
remind the House that the law's delay is prover-
bial. And in this case I do not see why It should
be taken in a sense injurious to the legal Gen-
tlemen employed ; when her Majesty chooses
to take any step of .this nature, she gives di-
rections to her Legal Advisers, and they are
bound to give their counsel and assistance,
but I apprehend they can originate no mea-
sure themselves. I understand some case has
been laid before the Law Officers of the Crown,l
and I wish to ask whether the Queen has ap-i
plied to be heard before the Council ? I
have not attended much to the subject of the
legal claim, but I have heard it said that there
were only two instances where the privilege was
not enjoyed (a Member said " only one.") lam
aware there is in reality but one instance, and it
is a vulgar error to suppose that the wife of
Henry VII. was not crowned ; on account of
the peculiar circumstances in which he was placed,
that King hastened his own Coronation before
the marriage, but, after-the marriage, his wife
was crowned, In the case of Henrietta-Maria,
she was a Catholic, and the original Proclamation,
indeed, stated that she was to be crowned. Be-
fore the Coronation, however, a change took
place, on account of the difficulties relative to the
religious ceremony, as it was dangerous for the
responsible advisers of the Crown to advise that
the ceremony should be performed by Popish
Priests, who just at that time were not in good
odor. She was, however, present at the ceremo-
nies, though not crowned ; and that she was not
was occasioned by the Parliament, and not by
the will of the King.—(Hear, hear !)—lf this
was the only case, I consider it a matter of grave
consideration, how Tar it can bear on the present
question, and whether the Coronation of the
King ought to take place in such a way as to
exclude the Queen Consort from a participation
in the ceremony, which she claimed as a matter
of custom and of law."—(Hear, hear!)
The Marquess of LONDONDERRY—" r look
upon this as too grave and important a ques-
tion for discussion in this incidental manner.—
(Hear, hear !)—The subject is before the Privy
Council, and I cannot give any explanation- of
the proceedings there, without violating my duty
as a Privy Councillor ; but I hope it will not
be supposed, from any thing which I have said,
that I declare there is any intention that her
Majesty shall not be crowned."—(Hear, hear !)
Mr. BERNAL then declared that he would take
every opportunity of objecting to the Bill now
before the House, nor did he think ,it improper
that an Amendment should be moved to the
bringing up this Report, or see why it should
not be done on Saturday. He entered his so-

lemn protst against the granting of what was
called the arrears, and would always give it his
temperate but firm and decided opposition. One
thing he just called to mind relative to this Bill,
which was, that the Hon. Baronet, Member for
Carlisle (Sir J. Graham), in alluding to the re-
jection of the grant three years ago, lately stated
in the House that his Royal Highness was at
that time willing to accept the grant of 6,0001.
and that it was not on his own decision that he
refused it. He remembered the Hon. Baronet
said that he was prevailed upon, or rather insti-
gated (for he recollected the expression) by some,
of his friends to refuse that grant. He (Mr.
Bernal) had heard no explanation given by the
Noble Lord on this subject, at which he could
not help expressing his surprise; no man in or
out of the House-courld . foot at this. Bill, and
temperately consider :all the circumstances rela-
tive to it, without objecting to the grant. He
could allow a great deal for personal feelings
and personal attachment) but he begged of Gen-