The Sun.
London, England, 1810-12-27 00:00:00

THE THEATRES.

• CovENT-GAapetc.;-4-The excellent, old Comedy
.of Every Nan in, his Humour was represented last
night at at this Theatre. Tire endieucc,• who doubt-
less came chiefly for the-purpose Of seeing the new
Pamotnittie, Was somewhat unruly-during the Phy.
Bet when the Overture of the Pantomime began, it
.gradvally.sebdued the turbulen tspi ri ts, and. at length
the rising of the-curtain produced universal .atten-
,tion.., The name of this new Pantomime is Harle-
quin and itionodeUs4 ,or, Cupid on Crutches. It is:,
hardly necessary for us to tell -our Readers> that this.
piece is krunded en 41.. e .excellent French novel of
Le Diable Bnitea.t, written,
.by.. 4 he•immortat author
of Gil Blai. The former noveLaflorded good scope
for the satirical hinnour of FoOTE,. who brought
forward a Comedy uith the game. title, whch con-
tained some pointed allusions to the events. and
characters of the 'time. The subjett
.seemed so.
pregnant with materials for .a.Pantomitne, that it is.
&uprising that iLneyer way employed in that manner
before. It is but justice to the piece of last night
to say, that the author, if we may so call him, has
availed himself of, ttie subject with great skill, and
has produced a. eduipmime. which will probably, rival.
in glory, even the celebrated Mother Goose. - The
ploi, of course, consists of the usual alternations of
success and perplexity in the fate Of Harlequin and
his nimbly partner- with all the dangers attendant
on the p;irsuits or his enemies, and the • agility of
. his ecapes and .the poteecy.of his wooden sword.
The scenery is various, grand, and beautiful: The
view of Cadiz, the eruption of a volcaito,. a ship-
:launch, 'a view in Vie Isle of Wight, and many
other striking ebieets, render, the piece ahogetlier
source of wonder and dehght to the audience.—
, BOLOGNA and,. GRIMALDI, • Hai/quite' and the
Clown, had ad .their usual etfCCI. Mrs. PARKER
was alert and animated' in Colunitine. Report as-
signs to Mr. FAitLes the merit of having prepared
this work tor the ..Public, and the Proprietors have
most liberally_ done their part -to give fulll erred to
his intentiens. The =sic, 'Which is lively and.
appropriate, is the produelion of Mr. WARE, the
Leader. of the Band.—The. Pantomime received the
fullcSt approbation of an audience that filled every
part of tile Theatre.

'THE LYCEUIII,—The iitfeCing tragedy of George
Barnwell, w'it; succeeded last night at this theatre,
by a drairiatic romance entitled, The Magic Bride.

CIiAIttaCTERS.

Don Alzarno • - Mr. HOLLAND.
IValfilolll .. • Mr. WALDEGR AVE..
Henriquez . Mr. RAY.
Mus'af - - Mr. RAYMOND.
-Mandarillo . Mr. KNIGHT.
The Princess Altarnira Mrs. EDWIN.
Lturentina Mrs. POWILf.L.

FABLE. •
Don Alzarno is represented as having been deeply ens.
moored of the PrincesS Altainita. -The diSf)arity between
meal, in rank and fortune, placed great obstacles in the way
of their union, and an universally accredited account of her
death, annihilated ins every'hope. Witha Mind Impaired by
affliction and weakened by despair, he bec.oines the dope of
various cielusion, winch are artfully spread bi,foie him, rind
i., the end, feasoit is-sd tar-shaken, that he is )e,j to d'bei,el
io magic. Laureritina, a haughty beauty, thought disdainful
to others, iS passlohately -fond of Aizarno, whom she
makes no secret or her love. In 'the warmth of her aftec-
tton, she fol;ows, .and endeavours to gain his heart, ~nd
Ames, but Without success, to draw hi.o from.the influence
or those who practise on his weakness 'by feats supposed
to be magic. In .this situation of things the piece COM-
notiiccs. Alzarno is drawn to a ruin i near Naples, where a
mysterious Moen, apkatchtly under the diiection of Val.
mum, (an unsucxesstui suitor to Laureinina), ueciares him.
sear able, hot uniy to raise the Princess A ltanura from the
de...0, but to_torm another being in every respect tile.Saine
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person, in beauty, and in worth. Doubting the possibility
of such a creation,' yet...itesitattog to pronounce it impossible,
irorn the wonuers he nits " previously • witnessed, Alzarno re-
sists the entreaties of Lauterithia to quit the ruins and its
mysterious visitors, 'and remains again to be imposed on by
those who had already practised on his credulity. A part of
the ruins are lifted, as by magic, and a beautiful
pears, whi. - calls 'herself. Atiniza. tier •exact resemblance
of Altamira• excites the greatest surpnze in Alzarhu, while'
it calls forth the warmest Allection, and the sincerest j•iy
joy, fici'wever, not. wholly untningled with fear arid
doubt.. Circumstances shortly induce in hint a belief that
he is the dupe of artifice, and he spurns Aurora, 'and treats
the story •of her creation ifs a ridiculous falsehood. To
prove his powyr, which is thus doubted, theiVl,or (Muddy)
pi °poses, to raise the shadow of Altarnira from the dead. This
proposition, as the test of super-human power, is accepted by.
Attain), who beholds the 'form of .the Princess rise betbre
him. tie is allovired to ask. one question, to which he receives
a response, and the figure disappears.. Subsequently he is
called upon t?y Aurora (to whom he is still irresistibly at-
tached), to promise to 'forget Altatnira... 'The der hand tills
him with grief. .Ple,hovVever,posttively refuses.to accede to it,
and vows eternal constancy to his departectiove. ,The. magic
bride (Aurora) now discovers itself to. be the Princess Alta..
mica, who, with the apptobation of the King, her father, had
resin red to-these varied measures, which had been carried in',
through the address of her servant M usaf. to try the sini...e.rity
of his affection. , That placed beyond the shadow of a doom,
every obStaele to their happiness is removed, and -the piece
ends with the union of the lovers.

was the avowed intention of the Author cf this
piece to produce a work which should appear to of--'
1.40 its objeCt by necromantic power, yet the whole
was to be the. result of natural means. • We do- not,
however, conceive that the events which he has
troduced could be the mere effect of human agency.
Bat he has brought forward a work which is calcu-
lated to excite a strong interest, which catcites the
ituagination and pleases the eye.—The story is suf-
ficiently developed in the progress of the action ;
the sentiments are natural, tender and impressive,.
and .are in general conveyed in easy and elegaiit,lao.
guage. The 'Managers
_d2serve great Credit for he
splenclour with which they have brought this ro-
mance forward. •The scenery is highly piethresque,
striking, and magnificent. It has also variety as
well as splendour, The work received very corn-
mendable support from all the Performers, but par-
ticularly RAYVIONIi, HOLLAND, WAGnEGRAYEi Mrs.
EDWIN, and Mrs. POWELL. KNIGHT•aIso gave a
pleasant relief to the graver parts of the•faule, in
the character of a waggish and yet cowaidly servant.
The House was. crowded: in all parts, and the
piece was received throughout with warm applause,
which was.abundantly ratitied,.whett RAvigotsio an- •
nounced it for repetition thip evening.—The Au-
thor, as we yesterday stated, is 411. SKEPFIgGroN.
The overture, and the music which is introduced
as an accompaniment to seine parts of the action, is
the work of `Mr;.HottS, the vocal .pel former, and it
affords aggod specimen of his taste and abilities as a
coinposrr.

DUBLIN, Dic. 24,

On Wednesday last, a detachment of thel'i6e-
rary militia, under the command of Majorl'ren-
..
derga4t, •marched from this garrison to 13alliicatiineh
Castle, at the requisition of JohnD'Arcy,.ESq: and
Thomas Miartin, Esq. Scion after the arrival of the
military at Ballinahinch; these active' Magi•itrates
received, information that the Threshers were 'to• as-
semble in three diVisions that hight.:- in consequence
of 'which, it was determined upon to endeavour to
surprise them, and accordingly, Major Prendergast,
aided by the BAlinabinch yeomanry corps, proceed-
ed towards Clifton; near which place it was
vered that these unfor;tinate people were to assem-
ble. Horns having been distinaiy, heard to the
'eft, proved Their having assembled, and that they
proceeded towards Ardbear Bay; the coast of which
being nearly peninsular, the Tipperary militia sealed
the pass, while Captain Martin•and his yeomanry
secured the interior. Mr. D'Arcy rernatned tt ith
Major- Prendergast while thus posted, for about an
hour. The horns were again heard,, and rinnibtrs
of those unfortunate people appt!ared soon atier on
the left', io while dresses,) corning down in a body,.
with an advance, which, on coining close, was
challenged by Serjeant's party, posted on theleft
flank, in these words--" stand and deliter yonr-
selvei up, or, you will be fired upon."--Instead-of
complying with the orders which this challenge
conveyed, they attempted to fly, and being mostly
in white, the serjeant, conformably to the direc-
tions of the civil power, commaoted his party, of
seventeen ten, to fire. His orders were, of course,
obeyed, and in consequence,, it is believed, three
men were killed, and two wounded.—Several men
were taken, some of whom bore good Cliaracie-s
and appeared to have been forced to accompany-the
leaders that night ;. these were "released on taking
the oath of allegiance and giving security for future
good behaviour ; seven were committed to this jail'
-on Monday, under the escort Qf iVlajpr Prendergast's.
,detacbment, some of them dressed in the uniform
they were surprised in, viz. 'w bite shirts, petticoats,
&c.—Galway Chronicle.

The Romulus, will,. a- fleet of transports from Lis=
bon, has arrived at Plymouth,. having left the 'ra-
gas as late as the 13th instant, three days subsequent
to the departure .of the packet. 'There • had been
no movement in the hostile arrives up to that time,
It is with particular iatisfaction we state that ilia
advices by this opportunity satisfy U 4, that a great
number of American vessels had reached the Tagus
with Corn, to ,supply the wants of thearmy, and Of
the increased,population of the city. The price of
wheat had in consequence been considerably se-
duced. •

It is not known that LUCIEN BuOrs:ArArar, after
he had refused a Crown, and positively refused to
divorce his wife, was requested by the Emperor to
send his eldest daughter to the Court of Paris, that
if he rejected grandeur for himself, he might not
object to his daughter's advancement. Lucien con-
sented; and. the young Lidy went to Paris under
the" Care of a Lady by whom she had been educated.
'She was received with great magnifitence, and an
establishment, splendid and expensive; provided for
her, 'She .was not daztiled by the brilliancy of the
Court, nor the pleasures of Paris ; and she soon
sighed for the tranquility of her hither's house. It
was proposed to her that.she should marry Ferdi-
nand VII. who, upon her union, should be restored
to his kingdom, but she peremptorily refused, and
said, that she was educated in her father's princi-
ples, and was resolved to tallow his fortunes.. She
d, spiced the grandeur that was to be purchased by
the sacrlfice of the' engagements wbeich had first
lifed the faintly to power; and the only request she
had to make to the Emperor was permissiva to. re-
turn to her father's house. This inflexible republi-
can spirit in a young L:idy of' sixteen ) eau, raised
at once the indignation and jealousy of Napoleon
against his brother, as he imagined, that if any re-
Aerse fortune on his part should revive the romp
of the -Jacobins, they would look to a leader of
such a character as Lucien had proved himself to
be. He.sent back the young Lady, with peremp-
tory crderi to her father to quit his dominions forth-
with.

- The 'following singular accident, occurred lately,
at -lleil-Hole Pond, near Chichester :—A man
employed in the sables belonging to the Swan Inn,
in that city, on the return of a two-Wheel. chaise
from Arundel, about twelve o'clock at night, took
it to the Above pond, for the .put'poise of watering the
hotse, and washing the carriage ; but having neg..
le6tedto unhook the bedripg rein, he found him-
self disappointed in , his first Objea,' and (still un
mindful of the true cause) supposing it proceeded
from the' horse's dtsinclind:ion to drink, in a shallow
situation, drove him -further into the pond, where,
by means of the reinS in. his hand, he 'forced his
inose-into the water, and incredible as it may appear,
there•kept it, ' until the poor animal was actually
tutfoCated 1

On Wednesday morning about two o'clock, a
loadrd collier, the ,Providence Endeavour, from
Shields,
,got aground upon Wt.itby Rock, and the
wind coining 'on to blow strong trowthe East of
North, she drifted- during. the 'flood close under the
East Cliff, where she wentso pieces, and the master
•and five oi her crew,which consisted of eight persons,
were drowned. 'The remaining two were draWm up
the high ci ill; by means of a rope conveyed to theM
by two intrepid seamen, who suffered theuiselves to
be lowered down at the 'risk of 'heir lives.' One of
the people belonging to the vessel had neatly reached
the summit of • the cliff, when the rope • untortu;•
nately breiking, -the poor man was preeiPisated
down again_ nearly too yards, and was either dashed
to pieces by the fall, or drowned in the, waves at the
bottom. • r

The farmers. in Germany cultivate poppies and
carrots togeffier, on light soils. ,The poppy branches
shoot out,* little, and its roots are scarcely shel-
tered (Coin the strong heats. The cArrot covers
these roots %'ith its leaves, and pieserves them Iran
drought, by retaining the moisture in the ground,
at the same time it allows
,the poppy to enjoy the
sun and air freely,, and cannot injure it 'in the
ground, as its roots strike; perpendicularly down-
-ward, -Wilitte—tliat of the poppy ramifies near the
surface. The produce of the ground io thus doubled.