The Sun.
London, England, 1818-07-20 00:00:00

THE THEATRE.

' Precise, a London Magistrate (TERRY), a peculiar man,
lodges with a Mrs. Codicil (Mrs. KENnaLL), who occasions
his leaving her house by her introducing her friend, Mrs.
Chubby (Mts. DaVENPoRr), and her son (ToKCLy), a kind of
travelled burnpt:in, in a French dress, who came over front
Boulogne to seek one old Mr. Feeble, a relation, with a view
ti his will. Crafty (BaRNARv), a servant of Feeble, who is
dead, keeps possession of the house, and wants to impose upon
the relations a will made in his own favour. He therefore,
for a time, keeps the house close against all whom he su-
spects. Interwoven with this story is the receipt of a letter
by Precise from Lord Liquor's!) (RussELL), for the apprehen-
sion of a young lady, Miss Seymour (Miss MarynEws), who
comes to an inn, by the stage, with Sophia Iphigenia Scribble
(Mrs. Gi ins), a female author and poet. A request is also
received to apprehend a person described as a foreigner.—
Precise comes to the Inn about the time of the arrival of the
parties, attended by his police officer, Townsend (J. Rus
SELL). The Hon. Mr. flarebrain (JONES), Lord Liquorish's
son, has followed Miss Seymour, and after getting her trunks
into a hackney-coach, drives off with her, leaving the coach-
man; but an accident happening they are compelled to re-
turn, when old Lord Liqnorish (RUSSELL) himself appears in
quest of Miss *,eymour,whorn he wishes to marry. The Justice,
however, insists on his going on with' his charge against 1)(1.,
whiehhad occasioned herdetention LordHarebrain changes his
French surtout with Peregrine Chubby, who is apprehended in-
stead of him. The villainy of Crafty is at last exposed by Lts-
ToN, in the character of a drunken fellow-servant, and who
knew of Feeble's death, and the contrivances of Crafty. The
latter, after a variety of incidents and bustle, is apprehended,
and all the parties are brought before old Precise, when it
appears that Feeble left no will, and that Miss Seymour
ins
heiress at law, to the great confusion of Mrs. Codicil, Mrs.
Chubby, and her son Perry. Lord Liqnorish consents to his
son Harebrain's marriage with the heiress, and says as he is
a Nobleman he will marry by proxy. Crafty is to he punished.
The play takes its name from the frequent changes in the
occupation of old Feeble's house.

The Plot of this Play is sufficiently complicated
to excite eurin.:ity and interest. The dialogue is
'lively, and the characters various. The• same
hustle and ludicrorp: humour which mark the
former efforts of this Author appear on the pre-
sent occasion, but not quite to so original and
entertaining an extent. The piece, however, is a
good addition to the stock of summer amusement,
and is so well cast in the performance that we
have no daub; that it will be repeated with suc-
cess throughout the season.—There were two
glaring errors in the conduct of the plot. The
crafty servant, who keeps possession, and will
suffer no one to enter his door but his agent and
tool, stands in the street to read letters, and leaves
the door open all the time, though he is every
moment in fear of visitors that may frustrate his
villainy; and the young Lady, while in danger of
pursuit, and of course anxious for a shelter, in-
dulges herself in singing a song in the open street.
These are errors easily repaired. The character
of Sophia Iphigenirz Scribble; a female author, has
not sufficient novelty to excite much interest, but
was very well supported by Mrs.Gtsas. The Author
is iudeed much indebted to the whole of the Per-
formers. Nothing could be more ludicrous than
LISTON. TERRY, JONES, TOKELY, BARNARD,
RUSSELL, and J. RUSSELL, severally gave strong
support to the Piece. The last fully justifies the
favourable account we before gave of him. Tire
House was crowded, and the new Piece altoge-
ther very well received.

Our chief English Syren, Miss STEPHENS, is
engaged to perform in Ireland during the summer
vacation in London. She is to petform for a
certain number of nights at Cork, where she is to
be met by hIORNr as her vocal Coadjutor.

PARMA, N s.—(official Article )—Her Ma-
jesty, our August Sovereign, was pleased to re-
ceive at a pubFc audience, surrounded by • her
whole Court, at two o'clock, on the I Ith of this
month, his Excellency the Lord Burghers!),
Envoy Extraurdinary mad Minister Plenipoteniary
of his Majesty the King of the Unite() Kingdom of
Great Britain ,Ind Ireland to severlii of the Italian
Courts, and now actually accredited to that of
Parma. His Excellency was presented at the au-
dience to her Majesty by his Excellency the Count
Neipperg, her Majesty's first Gentleman of the
Bed-chamber,and Minister of State,and had the ho:
pour to present his credentials into her Majesty's
• own hands, and to notify from his Royal High-
ness the Prince Regent of England, the marriage
which had been celebrated at Carlton House be-
tween her Royal Highness the Princess Elizabeth
and, his Serene Highness the Prince of Hesse-
Hombourg. The British Minister was conducted
in the Court carriages, and attended by the Master
of the Ceremonies, Count Marco, to the Ducal
Palace. The same ceremony was observed on his
return. A Court dinner followed in the evening,
which was attended by his Lordship.

The following is an extract of a letter from
Port-au-Prince, dated May 23 :
Your vessel, the Jupiter, arrived safe here on the
20th inst. but I am sorry to inform you, she was
boarded on her passage off Cape Francois, by a
pirate bearing Mexican colours, and plundered
of a considerable quantity of goods. A vessel
under Swedish colours, which arrived here on
the 21st, met with the same fate. Our seas are in
fact infested with these villains, and it is high
time representation were made to the Admiralty
on the subject, since it appears these pirates re-
spect the English Hag as little as they do that of
any other country.

The office that was temporarily established for
the examination of the outstanding accounts for
the Transport service has been discontinued, in
consequence of all the business being completed ;
and the Hon. Captain BOYLE, who conducted the
same, has returned to the superintendance of the
Dock-yard at Sheerness.

The nett, Comedy of Three Acts, entitled Nine
Points of the Lai b, or Possession, which was brought
for►eard on Saturday at the Haymat het Theatre,
is ascribed to the pen of Mr. JAIVIssoN, author• of
Exit by Mistake, and Teozing made Easy. The fol •
lowing- Is an outline of the fable:—