The Sun.
London, England, 1819-12-28 00:00:00

TUE TUEATRES.

DEURY-LANR —The whimsical Comedy of The
Dramatist ,t HY hi (pig lit forward la t highs at this
Theatre, and the charac ets %%ere so'well cast and
supported, that i, is likely to become popular once
tunic —The cleat atrtacrinit hie,ht, however.
was 8 new Pantomime, entitled./ark and the Bean
Stalk ; or, Harlequin and the Ogre It he
absurd to rover crt.tral analysis of an enter-
tainment ptirpusely calculated for the holiday sea-
son, and intended chiefly for juvenile spelatois
The story is thruoiis atniing our infantile literature,
anti Ii us h‘ en followed with as !linen fidelity as was
practicohle. The scenery is splendid and vari-
ous ; there is n v!ite proportion of ludicrous
tricks and blttudils, charges in machinery, &e.
anti it WA, iAtCl),c(l ahogether with more facility
dial) generally attends the first exhibition of so
complicated a Teries of eiverainment. It was
very well received by a cro.vded audience.

COVENT• GARDEN —At•COrdii)a to traditional
usaer, the tr4gttly at George Barnwell last night
preceded the new Pantomime at this Theatre.—
Such a solemn pertorthance on such an occasion has
the double purpose of warning the youthful mind
against temptations which may tend to
_ruin, and
rn glee additional effect, by contrast, to the amuse-
ment 3 which tallow. Tie Parromime is entitled
Harlequin and Don Quixote, or Sancho Panza in
his Glory We. hardly teed relate the prob,nle
extricts whit it vtrotl4l be made from that admir-
able romance which immortalizes the name of
CERVAPITI. nvr awl! we churlishly object to
what places so very respectable a Character as
the Knight ,f La Mancha cit cum-

stances, as not,:ing cai! ex,itignish the respect to
which his virnes entitle trim. The Book will
for ever secure:: reverence to his.character, even
amids, all the ron;autic abstutlities in which the
original A othot has envolveti him. The Panto.
mime pioceeds as far with she sti‘ry as was
requi.ite to j.,stity the tile, and then the
characters are converted by a magic spell
into thr signal pc rsonages belonging to a
flarlequinade T!.e Managers have been liberal
in st_rn ry. i- Mild) ingenuity displayed
in rite genet at StrUCture and tlet9,l art the
Sancho Panza (mind an admirable teprtsetirative
in GRIMALDI, %Ill° IS as active and as whimsical
as ever. 'Vila rest. of the chat ricttis were well
a'ul the grandeur, and va-
rie;y of the scenery, decorations. &:. reiniered .t
a high treat to tit. audience in general, by whom
it %as watmly applaud d.

SURREY THRATRE.—WC were surprised at this
Theatre la, night fly the performance of Mr.
GALT's dramatic sketch of The Witness, condensed
into two Re's. The clfange %silly!' Mr. DIBDIN
hai made in the catastrophe is, without diminish.
ing the pue,teal effect, even wore striki;!g than
the Author's otigigal conception Ike sho hi
ho' t ever have savvd Addle : hcr death is ren-
deird unnecessary by the alteratl.,l that he has
mad, in the tate of her father. "1 he noise of the
holotay folks in the gallery prevented much of the
dirdoeue in the second act from being heard, so
Chit ,-.7e were no. aware of the extent to which
the changes extend ; but in the first act we per-
ceived only a few omissions in tonic of the long
s,,eeches. 3'he scenery was beantitul ; .hogether
the niece was got op it, good style, and performest.,
with considerable euefgy.

COBOURG THRATBB.—,—The chief novelle at this
Theatre his; night, WaR the appeal ante or BOOTH,
the Celehr4,,d !ival of KhAN, in the ct ai-eeter of
Richard the 'Third. He was very will received,
and hr performcd the part altogether so well as
to pro..r, ihAt lie is an actor of or.tinary
talent. "f - whol of the play was well sutt;ainvd,
and nn the coo losion, she aodience required him
to come forwarit and Antinti.ce the pet totiliances
of this evening Atter this flattering duty was
discharged, he retired amotti miler, sal fleet alna.
tions.—Obi ; or, Three fingered Jack, followed,
and was su well execto..l, as to excite throughout
very warm appioba,ioo.

GENERAL M ACK —The toLh wing parsereph
respectinA this Officer is takeu from The British
Monitor of Sunday 14st :

" It is stared in the French Papers tender the
head of Vienna, that the r,,•febrated General MACK
has been restored to all hip r;ignities and honours,
having been cashierei4 after Inc capirolivion of
Ulm. in 1805 In doing that the Austrian EM-
PEROR has only done his duty, for I. wh.. was
then in the confidence of the French 11,1er, was
so convinced that MACK was no traitor, that I
vindicated him from the foul ininutation in my
" Secret History of the Cabinet or Buoraapoite."
that work I stated .whi, De( at,
that iterio:t. It W 4. Ci)11111 C since Arad, who
advised the Aus:rians g to 'end the elite of their
artily to Italy, s‘.here the French were strong,
whereas it, Gull-1180y th,:y scarcely ins 6 any ;loops,
tor that they were all 'about to cinti;irk at Bou-
logne to invade En2land.' 'The advice was at-
tended tg. But BUONAPARTE, instead of going
to Englai,d, marched his army of 250,000 men
straight into Germany, whilst the Austrians could
srarcf,ly muster 50,000 men "

It appeals that the- ..onitters of the Secret His-
!ory of Literature are at length about to he grati-
fied with the publication of that long-looked for
t,ook, SPENCE'S ANecooTes. The whole of the
Manuscript Remains of he late Mr. SPENCE are
in OIL: hand, of Mr. SINGER, who is about to
publish them, with many Additions from the ori-
ginal Notes and Memorandums. It is said that'
this work will contain many very curious ptirticu-
?lrs of Pora and his CotemporatieS, hitherto
unpublished, with other miscellaneous matter', of
very gre:it interest.
Mr. K INLocki, who has been outlawed for not
appearing to ttike his trial for sedition, possesses,
it is said, a Lauded estate in the County of For-
far, the rat. al of which is worth 30001.—Mr.
KlNLocii, We understand, lett Edinburgh, for the
Coutineu,, ou Tuesday morning.—A letter from
Edinburgh says, " Kltal oCII is off." He has en-
deavoured ,to 'mike sway with his property to
another, but they say it will not save it.

POETRY.

140 W TO REFORM.
Alas, how great the variation
'Twixt CUARITY and RtroumATioxy.
And yet 'twoultl benefit the Dittiou
If better they agreed;
Reformers al! e'sroad will roam,,
But Charity begins at home,
And often ends there—so say some—
And thus becomes a weed.

Nay, Reformation might commence
At home, if men had common sense,
And honesty without pretence;
Would these Reforming Elves
First let their views within them tend,
Our squabbles then would have an end,
Reflection soon could recommend
Reforming of themselves.

First, then, they would all bribes refuse,
And, without mercenary views,
All independent members choose,
Truly to represent them ;
Good Patriots then would soon revive,
And every Representative
Would back the real image give,
Of honest men that sent them.

REGISTER OF FASHION.

IBRIGHTON, Mc. 26.

The PRINCE REGENT passed much of his time this after-
noon with the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. His Royal

Highness has not been beyond the enclosed Palace grounds
to-day.

Its the morning, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, at-
tended by Colonel Whatley, occupied the Prince Regent's
pew at the Chapel Royal ; many families of distinction were
there. The Parish Church had a crowded congregation morn-
ing and afternoon.
At half-past five o'clock this evening, the Duke of Glou-
cester departed to return to London.
There are no invitatioms to increase the Royal dinner party
to day; a select circle of -Nobility will be present at a Concert
of Sitered Mhaic, after nine o'clock.

Arrirals--,..At the Royal Hotel, New Steyne, are Sir James
Wright, Mr. Bonnard and family, Mr. T. Dorsetter and fa-
ini/y, !kir. and Mrs. Fraser and fami:y, the Honourable Mrs
Cockayne, &c.

Lord Eardley, Lord and Lady Say and Sele, Lord New-
borough, Lord Ennismore, Sir W. and Lady J. Houstown,
&c. have been here some days.

The Marquess and Marchioness of Conyngham, and Sir
Vt Mimi) Elliot, 'Bart., are expected to arrive here tu-

morrow.