The Sun.
London, England, 1818-10-06 00:00:00

THE THEATRES.

CoVF KT- GARDIM-The Comedy of The Wiry to
Keep Him was repeated last night, and -Alt..
li'Atinte,N %vas not less successtul in supdotting the
character of Sir Bashful Constant. After this
amusing Comedy, the Pantomime of Ilarlegnin
Gulliver was perfoimed, and a foreign nim-
bler from the Continent, of whom repots had
spoken highly, made his appearance, hat hardly
Justified what report hail promised.—As there
are various tastes among the Public, and a. the
Proprietors of Theaties are at a certain great ex-
pellee, and must gratify the Public in all their re.
spective caprices, we are rat her inclined to pity than
condemn the Managers, who, to have a chance of
success, are obliged to degrade the Temple of the
Dramatic Muses with such unsuitable exhibitions.
This said tumbler, how ever, ‘iith all his vault-
ings, does not seem likely to rise lot° plibllC
fa-
vour, judging from his reception last night.

ENGLISH (TER k-liousE.—The season, which
has been altogether prosperous, concluded last
night with the Opera of Artaxerxes, the last tie,v
Farce of The Readezrous, a musical Pasticcio, in
which the Vocal Performers displayed r heir.
powers very successfully, and The Rival Soldiers.
These Perlormances took place tier the hem fir tit
Miss KUL-Ll', a most dese:.ving favourite of the
Public as an Actress, awl an object of universal
esteem to all who know her in private
limmtnt came forward before the dropping of the
curtain, and addressed the audience with great
spirit, in the following terms
" LADIES AND GENTLENIEN,—As I have frequently the hap-
piness to wake you laugh, I scarcer• know how to present
myself on so milanchuly all occasion as that of bidding you
farewell. The Proprietor, however, having deputed we to
perform thefitnetu/obsequieB of the sca•on, you will, 1 trust,
excuse me if I should not acquit myself on su so.'enut a busi-
ness with the usual and .becoutimi gravity.
" The Proprietor, Ladies and Gentlemen, has redeemed
the promise he made at the close of last Season ; be has ex,.
erted every effort to merit a continuance of your• favour, and
has.been amply repaid by a Season of ouprecedeoted prospe-
rity, notwithstanding the serious drawback winch the
strength of the Company has sustained by the long and
severe illness of Miss KELLY, Who is now so happily restored
to us.

" In less than four months, no fever than Airteen new
ieces and revivals have brenbrought out ; and it is no small

boast, in the present state of Theatricals, to say, that the no.
velties produced have, without a single exception, been sanc-
tioned by your entire approbation.
" Thus encouraged, the Proprietor desires use to assure you
of his continued efforts to conciliate your favour; and though
the unexpected limitation of his English Opera License to tour
months only has shackled his means of providing you amuse-
ment, he trusts that his Theatre may still be kept in your
friendly recollection, and that, without infringing on the sup-
posed rights of patent monopolies, he may occasionally b•
enabled to invite yon here, with such perfor►{lances and exl►i-
bitions as the law

" Proprietor, Ladies and Gentlemen, tenders you,
through me, his warmest acktiowledgments ; and hi my own.
name, and the names of all the Performers, whom you have so
kindly honoured with ' Lots' of applause, I beg to offer you
Lots' of titaidzs and ' Lots' of good wislies-, till we inert
again !''

MARGATE, OCT. a,—This place, mild) has been
attended by one of the most prosperous seasons
ever• known, begins now to lessen apace in the
number of its visitors. The Tradesmen have re-
turned to their counters, the Clerks to their desks,
and the Dandies to sport their stiff-forms and ex-
pose their formal fopperies in the Metropolis.
The Theatre on Saturday was opened for the be:
netit of the widow of the late Mr. WILMOT
WELLS. Mr. GARNER, the Librarian, who is
•never so happy as when he is doing a kind
office. had promised to play Shyluck on the
occasion, and though he had been severely indis-
posed, and was in a state very far from recovery, yet
nothi►►g could divert him front his benevolent pur-
pose, and he had indeed said, that rather than
the Widow should be disappointed he would at-
tempt to perform, even it he should drop on the
Stage with the fatigue of the exertion. However
the laudable motives which urged hint, seemed to
give hint unusual strength. Shylock is his
nt-
voutite part, and he had often supported it
with considerable ability. He acquitted hits elf
very ably on this occasion, and has, if possible,
increased the esteem in which his character has
long been held by all the visitors and all the re-
sidents of this place. There are still some very
respectable families here, and if the town is not
so full of bustle as it was, there is certainly more
agreeable tranquillity and private comfort.

MOST DISTRESSING CASE.-In Scotland it Si-l.
dom happens that individnal affliction, or distress,
are obtruded on the public notice, but her ear is
always open to their cry. The sudden and un-
precedented nature of the devastation which af-
flicted the Island of Stronsay, in Orkney, last July
(an account of which formerly appeared), ren-
ders it unnecessary to make apology for present-
ing it to the consideration of our Readers. On
Friday, the 24th July, a district sunning across
this little Island was visited by a violent thunder
storm, accompanied by a fall of hail, or rather
solid masses of ice, which utterly destroyed the
crops and pastnruge of a whole farm, whereby
Mr. Fowlis, the tenant, and thirteen families
(sub-tenants and cottars), comprehending eighty-
seven souls, dependent on him, are reduced to
misery tool want. Not only does famine stare
the population of this district in the face at the
approach of winter, but the tenant is deprived of
all means of paying his rent, or procuring seed for
another spring. This dire calamity is certified to
be true by the Sheriff of the county, and ''other
respectable natues.—(Edinburgh Courant, Oct. 3 )

On Saturday, as the son of Mr. Jones, of %Vest-
street, Chichester, was at [day with sou►e other
boys, they agreed to mount a ladder, which was
ph Ced near the house of Mr. Jones—when be
had nearly reached the ton of tne ladder, he tell
down, and was killed.

Ditu tot -LANE.—Th e Grand I)uke
bad aimotiiiccti his intention to s is;t this ,(24(1t.:
lA5t ili4hr, came accordihgly, !it did hot arrive
till the Opera of The Duenna ‘vai nearly at all
end —He received the warincst testimonies of ge-
neral welcome trout a very numerous audience.
God save the King was sun.; by the Performer.•—
The very favourahle manner in wi ;,•1, Sigi'orkt
lIELLGAR was received on Saturd;ty inclticed her
to exert herself with less diffidence, and she hilly'
confitmed the high admiration which her talents
iind deportment bad excited. She was ak;.tin re-
ceived with teat applause, and sung with suite-
rior taste and skill. "lie Opera was as well sus-
tained as before by the rest of the Pertortners.

,who

I'IRE AND COMMOTIONS Al' CONSTAN-
TINOPLE.

VIENNA, SEPT. 22.,--uThe 13:11 day of August
was a day of terror for Constantinople. The fer-
mentation an I dissatisfaction which have prevail-
ed for some slim, among the people were raised
to the highest hitch by the late events in Sivas
(Sebasti), by which son, familits of the idnis-
,,,rhs had 'tiff' red , and by the Irate promotion of
the Aga, who was hatrd by that dangerous sol-
diery ; and the citicens were already living in
Anxious tenor of the near explosion of acts of vio-
lence, ‘vhielt was announced by several placards,
when, early in the morning of that dos, a tire
broke out in the house of the former linsehth-
Baschi (Lieutenant of Police), and, spreading
With the rapidity of lightning, (tinted time gloomy
expectations into certainty.
• ••• •

The fire raged the whole day through., and till
past midnight, and presented a nnist dreadful
spe,ieele of the destruction of several quarters of
the city. Sul-tte thoos,shd houses, two Christiati
churches, and two small mosques were laid in
ashes. The presence of the Sultan, and of all the
Ministers, indeed, animated, the Zeal of the per,
sous employed in extinguishing the flames ; but
the narrowness of the stteets in that closely built
quarter of the city, the heat anti fatigues of the
day, increased by the smol,e, impeded the..al-
tempts,to save the hotises, aid delayed, assitance.
Meantime the commotion among, the, people be-
came more and more alarming, and th.e fears of a
tumult increased. It was atfirtned that in the
placards the in.:tigators oe-fruit-Hied the deposition
Oithe Grand Vizier,-ot the iligh Admira4 the
removal-of the favourite Ifalet, Effendi of -the
Mar-Altana Iyntiiti, Abdurr-ilimin Bey, and of
;some others 5 tears %vele entertained for:the lives
Of these and several other persOnS.
'rite whole. of the fotlowing day passed in
anxious expectation, till at length, towardi the
evening, it was announced thaz the Seik, Itsch-
-14-Ahwed Paella (hitherto' Captain Pacha), was
removed to Brussa, and Hassan •Patha, GoverAor
of that place; sent fur 'to fill -the office'of High-
Admiral.'

Dining these events the Government doubled
its vigilance, to Which alone we owe the most
perfect tranquillity and satety, especially in the
tiharter of the Flanks, where not only the guards
were augmented
,and ordered to patrule without
interruption both n'ght and day, but several sus-
picious persons were arrested and sent to prison.
It was in vain that some malicious persons mica-
voured 'to terrify. the public by fresh alarms,of
fire, and to delay, the re-opening of the piddle
markets, which. had been cleared of the goods on
account of the threatening danger. All Foreign
Legations were rcquested by the Porte strictly to
enjoin all personsof their respective nations not
to go out after dark without lanterns, in order
to prevent all unpleasant consequences.
On the 17th of August there was'a great ex-
traordinary meeting of the Council of State in the
house of the Multi. After it broke up, an Im-
perial Firman was published, in which the people
were exhorted to keep peace, order, and to re:-
open the shops that 'remained shut Th. the public
mai;kets ; and the assurance was added, that the
Government, folly relying on the zeal and sup-
port of the well-disposed inhabitants of the Capi-
tal and-,Of the empire, had no appreltension from
the intrigues of some disturbers of the public
peace, and :Would know how to Punish them with
all the rigour 'of the laws. The Chiefs of the se-
veril regitneutS\ of Janissaries also appeared to
exculpate Coose under their command from the
accusatin of having been concerned in causing
the fire' They vere dismissed with injunctions
to look after all such persons among their body
as were 'suspicious and capable of incendiary
plots, and in case of detection, to punish them
with all the rigour of the Statute of the Corps.
Lastly, to iudulge the prejudices of the people,
who. ate. accustomed to regard the elephant as an
animal of ill omen,- and to attribute all fires to
the presence of these animals in Constantinople,
it was resolved to banish all the elephants from
the metropolis, which resolution'has been already
carried into effect.

That in all these troubles, over which the Go-
i•ernment has, with equal dexterity and prudence,
thrown a veil, the hand of a sedition 4 party was
at work, appears from the execution, on the 18th,
oh a public officer, equally distinguished by his
iminoral character and his rematkahle talents for
legal subtleties, by name Kaubur Sulelmann lit-
fendi, of the Court of Justice at Galatia; he had
been seteral timet exiled from Constantinople for
bis licentiousness; and had obtained, towards the
end of the Ramadan, as it is affirmed, on the in-
tercession of rite Janissaries, leave to return to
Constantinople ; he was sitddenly summoned, un-
der the pretence of the reading of a Finnan, be-
fore the litistangi Paella and the topdslii
delivered to the executioners and strangled, a4d
Lis body cast iwo the sea.
'I lie account of the quieting of the troubles in
Siwas, and of the general pardon granted to the
inhab:tants of that important rot/ince, seem
equally to have cOutributed to allay the. ferment
bt people's minds. The happy result is ascribed
to tire intervention of Tscheassan Ogia.

The new Captain radii% arrived at Constanti-
tople on the 19111 o( August, and was received
and invested with his new dignity.
On the 20th of August there %vas a splendid en-
tertainment given by the late Ditector of the
Customs, now Chief Inspector of the Kitchen, in
honour of the Sultan, ou his admission among the
archers who hit a mark at the distance of 1,100
paces. All the Ministers and Grandees (f f the.
Empire, who prefer this gymnastic exercise to
every other, were present, and were sumptuously
entertained; a countless multitude snrronnded
the kitchens erected, whine 161) cookS were em-
ployed. The Sultan remained till the evening,
and presented Orman Aga, the giver of the feast,
with a sable pelisse and dagger adorned with dia-
lnondS. The greatest order prevailed among the
Jw,.nl.r, and the Monarch clearly shewed, by this
public and ceremonious appearance, how little be,
fears the tiaitmous Thus of some malcontents,
nnd how secure.,,be,LetAs himself in the midst of
Its faithful sulk ects: