The Sun.
London, England, 1827-10-18 00:00:00

THE STAGE,

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
_The Haymarket Theatre closed on Monday. night
for the season, and considering that the proprietors
have not had the powerful attraction of LisroN,—and
his attraction has ever proved so to their Treasury, the
four months have
,been tolerably productive. We
understand that several Articles, as they are techni-
cally termed, expired with the season ;—some have
been renewed, and some will make room for other
performers for the ensuing campaign, which will
commence in June next.
The partizans of KEAN, we think, go a little out
of their way to condemn and, indeed, to crush the
improvement of the. son. Instances have been
known (and in the writer's recollection) of many
first appearances which have afforded less promise
than that of the young gentleman alluded to, and
that time,: aided by practice and perseverance, has
ripened study into first-rate ability. It would be
unfair, just as the father is " breaking new ground"
to enter into the motives which induced the son to
reject the liberal offer of Mr. CALCRAFT (the presen-
tation of a cadetship), and, perhaps, the public,
Strictly speaking, have nothing to do with them ;
yet it is a gratifying circumstance to those who wish
success may attend every laudable effort, to know
that they do honour to the youth's feelings.
PRICE has proved himself to be a judicious caterer
for the public, having, notwithstanding, as we have
been informed, been saddled with many heavy and
almost superfluous salaries last season, as a sine qua
non apPendage to the property, cleared better than
four thousand pounds! He is also the best friend
the profession ever had 'id the shape of Manager,
commencing the season with the determination of
performing every evening, instead of abiding by the
usual practice, playing every other night, at least for
the first five weeks. This arrangement has given
the actor the full, instead of the half salary.
ELLISTON, and it gives us pleasure while we re-
cord it, is doing wonders at the Surrey. Little
BURKE seems as much talked of as he anticipated,
in one of the many characters he represents in the
March of Intellect, &c., he should be, and draws great
houses; in addition, the operatic company 4 strong,
anti the performances altogether are highly creditable
to the good arrangement and acknowledged judg-
ment of our old and deserving friend ROBERT
WILLIAM.

A 'ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER !—A Manager, who
has recently taken the principal Theatre in the sister
Kingdom, and who is remarkable for every thing
but his Vid. ence; a few days ago wrote to the parent
of a great little actor, on the other side of our water,
wishing to engage him for.a limited number of nights,
and addressed his letter " Dr. B—'e, father of the
Boy, &c." Mr. 8., whom we
.understand had pro-
fessionally studied surgery, of course was not entitled
to the M. D., zind though honorary distinction is
highly gratifying to those who merit it, when it is
bestowed as in this 'case it creates a feeling diame-
trically opposite, and from that circumstance and the
rude style of application from the writer, Mr. 8.,
replied " that he certainly had the honour of being
Father of the Boy, and many other Boys, without
the assistance of any matt, Bre.," and addressed the
Letter to " Mr. B---nn, husband of Mrs. B—nn ! !

BUNN, who was ELLISTON'S acting Manager the
last season but two he held Drury-lane Theatre, has
taken of HARRY HARRIS the Dublin concerr.—Poor
ABBOT tried it, and soon reduced his " Noble to
Ninepenee." s The state of Ireland we fear is ill-
suited to reward at this time any adventurer in the
histrionic art.

DAVIDGE, the spirited arid indefatigable manager
of the Ceburg Theatre, has engaged Mr. MELROSE
and Mr. FYNE, late of the Haymarket Theatre, and
Miss FORDE, who recently made so successful a
debut on the Drury-lane boards. They are shortly
to appear in the most popular Operas. We under-
stand these favorites will commence their engage-,
meats on Monday next, in Burgoyne's Opera of the
" Lord of the Manor," the cast of which promises
to be a great treat. DAVIDGE will sustain the cha-
racter of Sir John Contrast; Moll Flaggon will be
performed by that child of furs SLOMAN ; and Young
Contrast could not have been committed to better
hands than those of LEWIS. In addition to these
novelties, Young SMITH, the American Roscius' of
whom report speaks volumes, will shortly make his
appearance.

Comm, who made so successful an introduction
to a London public at Vauxhall last summer, has
fitted up a piece of ground behind the building in
Blackfriars-road, which formerly contained the Mu-
seum arranged by Sir ASHTON LEVER, was after-
wards occupied by the Surrey Institution, and is at
this time called The Rotunda. The plan of the pro-
prietor is to give entertainments similar to those pro-
duced at ASTLEY'S, and the accounts we have heard
of Mr. C.'s provincial fame afford us good reason to
believe that such a species of arrangement, under his
able management, cannot but prove highly deserving
the encouragement of that populous and wealthy
neighbourhood.
BLANCHARD, the son of our old favourite of that
name, and who gave rapid circulation to the song
of " A flaxen-headed Plough-boy," &c., some five-
and-thirty years ago, has changed his quarters, and
is engaged by the. Covent-garden Proprietors for the
Christmas Pantomime. PRICE offered this excel-
lent pantomimic actor rather liberal terms, but limit-
ed the engagement during the run of the pantomime,
which having been communicated to FARLEY, indu-
ced him immediately to open a treaty, and the con-
sequence was an engagement with the best Panta-
loon on die stage was closed for three years.

It is really sickening to witness the feelings of
actors and hear their almost comtnon observation
when speaking of each other : envy too often ac-
companies their remarks, and the all-inspiring word
talent is continually misapplied by those whose luck
have not been equal to their brethren, and who are
doomed to seek asylums in provincial barns. It is
a rare case when a member of the sock and buskin
so situated allows a London favourite the claim of
being so : " such a one has no talent, &c.!" we
would ask these jealous parts of the community by
what criterion actors are to be judged ? Certainly,
whoever pleases most, so situated, has most talent!!!
All else is " leather and pruneila."
CHARLES KEMBLE pleased the Parisian audience
so greatly during his sojourn in Paris, that we un-
derstand he is about applying to the proper powers
for a grant to take another English Company over.
How far he will succeed is very doubtful, as the
present Proprietor of the Company now performing
there, had some strong claims on the French Go-
vernment, which have been met by the boon he so-
licited of permission to open an English_and which has been granted for three years. Theatre,
ts;

SERIOUS ACClDENT.—Yesterday morning,
animal ton
arriving i 1 as an old gentleman, named Batt, and a young lady,
named Savill, residing in the vicinity of Chelmsford, were
coming,
gig, drawn by a spirited horse, the
in the Mile End-road, took fright, and set off at full speed.
opposite to the Fountain public-house,
The old gentleman, being extremely nervous, soon lost all
power over the horse ; lie dropped the reins and appeared
perfectly unconscious of his and his companion's impend-
ing danger. The animal, finding himself thus freed
from all restraint, continued its speed, and in a few
minutes Mr. Batt was thrown out of the vehicle, while
the lady, with great fortitude, . kept her seat, continuing
to procoed at the most frightful rate. Several attempts
were made to impede the horse's progress, but unfortu-
nately without effect, and on arriving opposite to the
Coach and Horses public-house, the gig came in contact
with an empty waggon,when the concussion was so great
as to eject the lady into the centre of the road, from
which she was taken up in a state of insensibility, and to
all appearance lifeless. On being removed into the Coach
and Horses, however, life was found not to be quite extinct.
She was instantly put to bed, and Mr. Self,
a surgeon in the
neighbourhood, sent for, and, on examining her, found her
right arm broken, the left wrist dislocated, and the head
severely contused, but not fractured. Mr. Self at once
bled her, and administered the necessary remedies, notwith-
standing which considerable fears are entertained of her
recovery as a concussion of the brain is apprehended. The
old gentleman escaped comparatively uninjured, having
received only a slight dislocation of one of his shoulders.
The gig was shattered to
pieces, but the horse, which was
stopped 4 few minutes after the accident, received uo injury.