The Sun.
London, England, 1821-11-30 00:00:00

Tftg.-TtMATri.t.

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As the- public taste seems --now tn--bechielly
directed to:warAS ;splendid pilicesiett's.: 's::.ene'r:y,
I &c. &c.; .since the erection-of large-T.he4:.t:ieShave
been so injurious to the regular Drtama, the•Ma,
i' naLte'is.- of the
..Patent-Theatres: are:•-otiliged
,to
Conform-to that taste. which; by Such vas ted iikeS,
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- they-have
,themselves excited. - ForthiTs purpose,
the play of Two Gentle:nen:of Verona, not T4e
two, &c. as stated .on the play-bills, and. by. the
diurnal CriiicS„. -WaS: brought forward EA
night: at Covent-Garden Theatre, with a de',
gree of magnificence which has rarely .b,een
seen to accompany an dramatic
.exhibition, in,
this country. • There have been deUbtswhether
' Trctr Centlem eit w 'of rez owl is...featly tlici .-produc-.
• Lion of SHASSPEARE ; and UPTON, h very learned
-.and judicious Critic, and one.ot -his :Commen!..
. tators., says-7," If, any proof can be .dra we. from
Manner and style, this play must be sent pack-,
ing,- and - seek-for its parent else Where." .foeE
..is.of opinion.that it is SHAKiP43APX..4:- TH-EO.BALD,.
a ' shrewd and •intefligent7,:rna9,;
_badly
•treat-
ed by contemporary wits., and n.:ost illib,er,
ally deserted by Wiatititer.o.,-who hid been,his
. friend and -coadjutor, -because he: fOund itrnore.
for his interest to attack himself to-P0n....,.T.4E0-
BALD'S
_chief enerny-7-Txxormt,n says .of 'Atis,
play that it iS "One of SitAkser.inr.'S ziarst plays,
nnd is less corm:fp:ea than any' oth-er;''.ai-., Jo ills-7
..soN, after..admitting.the ,authenticity of tlie.pirry,.
in which he says he thinks he Inds, ",bo.t.ti iil:thg.
serious
.and ludicrotis scenes, the. language. and
sentiments of Sn.i.isiE,tilE,," accounts for its com-
parative correctness in expreskeni.s br-lief"that it
• was not very successful; and-suspects that-it hos es-.
coped corruptiou,onlybecause beingseldorn played
it' was less exposed to the hazards of transcrip-
tion:" • HANMER doubts whether'" SHAXSPARE
had any .other hand in this play thin the enliven-,
ing it with some speeches and lines thrown in
here and there, . which are easily distipguished,
as being•of a different-stamp from the rest.7-7-ft
.would ill become:, us, after such- authorities,: to
offer an opinion pro or con, but relying on the
judgment of Dr. Joussosr, the most sagacious of-:
all the Critics, we may conclude with his
Words :—" It will be found more;. credible that
gHAKSPEARE might sometimes sink below. his
highest flights, than that any other. shOuld rise u-p-
-to his lowest'?
,WernaY be excused for dwelling.on
a work written, or even attributed, to the first of
- dramatic bards since:: the origin of the Stage.—
With respect to the representationof last night,
the play-bills so amply recount the scenery., ern--
bellishments, &c. that we 'need only
-repeat that
they are pic::turesqbe:"and , beautiful upon • the
_whole, and that Cleopatra's Bark, in particular,:
is a very superb spectacle ; but what it has to do
.with a . fable suppoSed to have taken place in
Italy, and. its mndern times, five are unable
to discover. -They who visit. the: Theatre for
a magnificent spectacle will..be. highly grati-.
fled, nor will they be diSapPoiated in the acting,'
which was altogether every well 'entitled to ap-
probation, particularly Valentine by JONESi Pro.
.teus by ABBOTT, Lance by LISTON, Speed by
BLANCHARD, Julia by Miss TaEr, and Sylvia by
MisS HALLANDE. Both of these Ladies displayed
great merit in acting as;Avell as Singing. -Nothing- -
could be more interesting than Miss Tit I.E'S Julia;
and MiSSHALLANDOSyIviawas marked by feeling,
spirit, andjudgment. The theatre was crowded,
and every thing was well received, except the
passage which relates to that Lance said of the'
indelicacy .of - 'his , dog, crab, a passage '• that
will no doubt be expunged on the repetition of
the play.--Scime of the music; particularly
the glee by the Robbers, and the duet by Miss
TREE and Miss HALLANDE, was good, but there
WAS no great merit in the rest.-7T.hat the Play
will be very attractive is'very probable, but it
May be doubted whether the-Proprietors will be
indemnified for the vast expence, which must
have attended its. preparation, as .well as that of
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its nightly performance:'-.

BItIGIITON., Nov. 28.—AS-hIS,MAJESTY comes
to Brighton for the purpose of re.posing-from the
ardnous duties and fatigues of his exalted station,
he Will liVe here in a state of comparative pri..
vary.. The Royal suite is accordingly far froin
{numerous.. The KING will certainly..remain-iit
Brighton the whole.of the winter.

GL'ASQO*, Nov. 26.—Yesterday the LORI:.
Pao4roST, Magistrates; and Town Council of this
City, unanimously voted a loyal and dutiful Ad-
dress to his MAJESTY upon his return to his
kingdom ; and cotNeying this expres;sion„oftheir
hope, that his MAJESTY would, at an early period,
visit this part of the Visited Empire.- -

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MAJOR ANDRE.--"We have already stated,
that the remains of the lamented Major AribnE
haVe been lately removed from the spot :where
they were originally interred in, the. year 1780,
at. Tappan, New York,' and brought to England
in the Phaeton frigate, by order of his Royal
Ifightiessf,the -Duke of YORK. TPSterfißy the
sarcophagus was deposited in front of the ceno-
taph in Westminster Abbey, which was erected
by his late Majesty to the mealot'y of this gallant
-Officer. The re-interment took place in the most
private manner, the Dean of Westminster super-
intending in person, Najor-qerierttlsir.HEßßutT
TAYLOR attending on the part of his -Royal nigh*.
tress the Conn-nand-el.-in.-Chief, and .Mr.
Secretary to Greenwich
.Hospital; on.. behalf of,
the three surviving sisters or the deceased.:

:...OnSatorday night last, IlaNxox
having received information that a large:party:of
kibandmen were sitting in council at the house of a
mare named Murphy, ear Clermon t and 'proceeded •
to the house, and succeeded in making I.2.priotiers'..
At the-Fair of. Templemartin, which held
on Thursday., an engagement took place between
two rival factiouS,',in *which a person of tl-k
Of Healey was wounded so severely that'-he'.dip.k
on Saturday, rno.ruini?---(Di:bliti .correspon'ileol.'
ov. 27.).

''''The 'Strew..of Viii-k-aeld hai coOti.a.dicted the
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-staretnerli that he lifo udded 1/. to the .sahscrip-
tion for Sir R. Wit.sorf. " The Vicar-of Wake.--'
.elci"-4ii liof .cdrittibated'oleittie:r dot;s'be itite:a
to contribuip;To any itich -subsetiption."'

FA•s#;ii NAB John' Townsherid,*"and
-Captain CliffLrd.-,'-':arDeVonsilite frOimtßarPs:Fond, in
Ifertfordshire ; the Lady Mayoress; e.t•the.frlansion 'louse,
from Cole Hill, in Essex ; 111 r.. and Mn. Barr.ardiston,
_in
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Grosvenor-street,. from Paris ; Lord Alvanloy, in Piccadilly
,
Lord Foley,' in ItaiT.iilton-Plaee ;"Col. and Mrs.. I-Irve3r,.in
Gr6Svenoi-pli.ce ;".11•1a;or,TOVinshend, Glarion.-street, May-
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Mr. and Mri. :Hope, in. South Audley-street ;; Sir:John,
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and .Lady- ,in.George-stroet, Hanover--square ;..Baron
•Langsd.o.r4', Minister, Resident of Baden-and Hesse; from the
Contineht-; 'Sii• John Sle'vrpoit, Ear't. 'at Fettron''S liOteli from-
Ireland . James Balfour, Estl.l,l the Jarne'slia,tel,' frOm
Scotland; P. C. Ox_e_r4loo •Esos.,a; Alivart's I-JoteLfrarir a tour
in Lapland and the Northern parts ; the Count Nl•rinntitns,
Aid-dc.Cainp to the Einperor -of Russia, "at ditto,yrom Peters-
biu•gh ; Lady 31ilocari, acditto,:froin. 2Pirirfen•, •
Dr PARTußEs.—.'''hp. Duchess of. Dern-odr- -from e: Earl
Of I.4iverponel'i, Fife ouie,, for Dover.-; ri. and N!iS3 Shun,
.fai Richmond T•lfori.:-.'Cayrt' Dawson, for Pain.-2's• Hill ; •Mr.
,and• Mrs. Foster; Jar. Brighton... Mr. -and•Mts. r•t,edith; for
Brighton ; the .Earl of • Oxford, from- jordanls 'on a•
tour Lord and Lily' ll:Afglyneux, frdni Counon'sHbtel,loi.
Farnhain Itleaard-Wilker',..Eso. for Bitti and OTI a totir. • '-
(!lf.A-NTGE`3,--fttirniral •lonc3; "frrini a tot:r to Tunbridge
Wcni ; CoaracsS of CarharriptOn, for Paine% Hill, near Cob.
hartv iri-Suriey arl of Bl,lckiilohainibizfr.; fro::: a tour to
'Ouriey Park ;• Mr. La Nis. .t..l..ciebezt; team' 811:mouth; ih
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vonsbire, far Brighton:-- ' ' '

.BANTKY.—The. Lord Viscolint,,Besshaven attained his age
of 21, on the 12th •rit•i6,t. TO celebrate.theliappy occasion, a
surriptiaous banquet -wag prepared fLir tlr neighbouring Nobi..
lity and fier.try, -at Seafield Park ; but the severe illness of his
excellent and amiable :!other the Countess of Bantry, pre-
'vented its taking place. The Noble Ear!, however, directed
that the tenantry and the poor pf the neighbourhood should be
regaled in:a suitable manner. '

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His Royal. Highness. the Duke of York is expect. to leave.
London, to-morrow; 'on a visit to the Duke of Bedford at Wo-
burn Abbey.. , • •
Wednesday evening the Duchess of Kent; accompanied by
the Princess Peodor, attended by the Baroness Spadlht. and
Captain Conroy, honoured Covent-Garden Theatre with her
presence, to see the Exile. Her Royal Hightlesi sat in Prince
Leooold's box. .
The Duke of Devonshiie is expected at Devonshire House,
Piccadilly, from Paris, in the course of the ensuing week.
The Duke of Norfolk is arrived at his seat, Farnham,
folk, where his Grace expects a large. party of distinguished
visitors.

The Marquess of Anglesey arrived at Tfxbridge Reuse, Old
.Burlington-street,-latelast night. -kis expected the Marqueis
will proceed to Brighton immediately, at _the .express desire of.
his Majesty.
' The Earl and Countess Moyne- and the 7 Ladies Gordon ar-
rived in town yesterday, from Scotland:. -
The Duke of Newcastle is -entertaining a,
.large party at
Clumber Park. - •

Sir Thomas Hislop gave a :oust-warming yesterday, at his
new residence, in Sutton-street,;;; •„;
G. B. FOrtman, Riot. has a select cite of friends round his
hOspifable board, at Blandford, Dorsetshire.
- Lord-Holland entertained a select party at dinner yesterday,
in 014 Burlington-street. -
Sir William Elliot, Bart., has'afrived at the Royal Hotel,
Edinburgh, from his heat Stab's Castle,. Harwich ; Admiral
Sir John Beresford, Bart., NI.P.;- has arrived at ditto, from
Yorkshire, and Viscount Duncan at ditto, from his, seat, Lun-
die House,- Forfarshire. . -
Yesterdal' the Earl of Lauderdale left town for Scotland • on
his way his Lordship will visit the Duke of Bedford and Earl
Grey. His Lordship is expected to be Again in .town in abotit
six weeks.

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MARRIAGE IN Hiatt LarE.---restenlay was
the day appointed for the nuptial ceremony to
take place between the-Earl of WI LT O.N, second
.son of the. Ear Land Countess GROSYENOR, and
-Lady. MARY STANI.EY, eldest- daughter of the
Earl and Countess of DERBY, The Noble Earl
is in his twenty-second year, and Lady MARY
SlAvt EY in her twenty-first.; his Lordship is at
present at Knowsley, the seat of the Earl of
DERBY, in Lancashire, where- great preparationi
are Making .for the joyous. occasion- - The Earl
and CountesS GROSTENOR. were toAarrive at
Knowsley yesterday, and also a large • party of
distinguished personages,, invited .for the par-
pose. The ceremony was to ,be performed by
the Archbishop of YORK ; after which the happy
pair intended to leave Knowsley for Heaton, the
seat of the noble bridegroorn,in Lancashire.

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