The Sun.
London, England, 1827-12-21 00:00:00

THEATRICALS IN PARIS.

There was an extraordinary representation at the
Opera-Comique on Thursday, the 6th instant, for
the benefit of Huet, a veteran artiste of this theatre.
His bill of fare announced entertainments most de-
lightfully varied, and of the highest order; and this
proof of anxiety to deserve the favour of the public,
combined with his length of service, fully entitled
him to the very liberal patronage he received. Her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Berri, and the Duke
of Orleans and his family, were present; and, in fact,
the audience was altogether one of the most
fashionable and brilliant I have ever been fortunate
enough to see, comprising, as it did, all that is dis-
tinguished in the financial, literary, and court circles.
The splendour of the braids and bracelets, dresses
and diamonds (to say nothing of bright eyes), was
positively dazzling. The ladies, contrary to custom,
went in full dress, and so enchanting was the effect,
that I could not avoid breathing forth a wish that it
were thus always; for I think of the captivating
coquettish little Frangaises as cockney aldermen do
of Wenusses—that they ought never to appear ex-
cept en,grand tenue.
At -seven o'clock the amusements of the evening
commenced with the comic-opera, Picaros et Diego,
in which Ponchard, that sweetest of warblers, inspi-
red' all those having. the least pretensions to ears r•nd
souls with a feeling of the most liVely pleasure. The
two concluding acts of Romeo and Juliet were per-
formed next. To adopt the French idiom, Miss
Smithson bore away all the suffrages. Valerie fol-
lowed. It was played with delightful ensemble, by
Mademoiselles Mars, Dupuis, Armand, Firmin, and
Monrose. Both the last mentioned pieces were re-
ceived with great applause, and it was generally re-
marked, that "the pearl of France," had never
,before' acted Valerie, or the English-woman Juliet,
half so well. Next in order came a bluette de cir-
constance, called La Reunion des Artistes. The
name sufficiently announces that the only end propo-
sed in this little affair was to allow a number of artistes
to exhibit their kindly feeling towards the benefi-
ciare, and make their bow to the audience. It was,
however, rife with interest alike to the idle thought-
less gazer and to the philosopher. The display of
splendid fancy dresses afforded matter of wonderment
to the one, while the assemblage of so many indi-
viduals, distinguished by their talent, could not fail to
furnish an agreeable subject of contemplation to the
other.
Amongst the crowd of artistes now in t'beir noon
of fame, were to be seen Chenard, Le Sage, and se-
veral others, prime favourites in their day, who
wisely following the advice, " Solve sepreseent enz
equum," had retired before age had robbed them of
a single laurel. They were warmly and loudly greet-
ed as they came forward by the audience; but the
cheering assumed a higher and more enthusiastic
tone, when the principal artistes of the theatres
Francais and Anglais advanced together,, Armand
:eading Miss Smithson; Abbo4Mademoiselle Mars.

ROYAL ACADEMY OF Music.—The pu-
pile of this Institution hal a morning Concert at the Ha-
nover-square Rooms yesterday, which was numerously and
fashionably attended, and went off with great eclat.
FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.— Sir Hussey
Vivian, Bart. in St. James's-street; Colonel Gabriel in
Piccadilly; Mrs. and Miss Boyd, in Gloucester-place,
from Cheltenham; Captain and Mrs. Cholmondeley, in
le-trtPark-Street,arsen, roofmPmari. Paris
Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, in Al-
bemarle-street, Ramsgate; Captain Lemke, in St.
James's-street, from Manchester ; Mrs. and Miss 'Saxon,
from the New Steyne, Brighton, in Gloucester-place ;
Major and Mrs. Crawford, in Baker-street, from Paris ;
Mrs. and Miss Compton, in Park-street, from Cornwall ;
Captain Gardner, at Stevens's Hotel ; the Right Hon.
Sturges Bourne, in South Audley-street, from his seat, at
Testwood, l lampshire ; Sir Robert and Lady Wigram, in
Connaught-place, from their scat, Worcestershire; the
Earl and Countess Cowper, .from their seat, Pansanger,
Herta; Major Loftus, iu Wimpole-street, from Norfolk ;
I Captain and Mrs. Kaye, in Brook-street, front Paris ;
Edward Knight, Esq. and the Misses Austin, at Airarne's
Hotel, Conduit-street ; Thomas Page, Esq. at Fenton's
Hotel, St. James's-street, from his seat in Surrey ; H.
Leycester, Esq. at ditto, from Bath; the Rev. Dr. Keate,
Mrs. and Miss Keate, at the St. George's Hotel, Albe-
marle-street, from Eton.

DEPARTURES. Captain Henley, for Mel-
ton Mowbray ; Mrs. and Miss Meredith, for Bath ; Cap-
tain Archer, for Maidstone ; Mrs. and Miss Hammond,
for Milsom-street, Bath ; the Duchess of Bedford and the
Ladies Russell, from their house in St. James's-square, for
Woburn Abbey; the Hon. Thomas Grenville, for Drop-
more, Bucks; J. Selby, Esq. from Warren's Hotel,
Regent-street, on a tour; Captain Manning, from ditto,
for Bath ; Mr. and Mrs. Cook, from the London Hotel,
Albemarle-street, for their seat, Peterborough, Lincoln-
shire ; Admiral and Mrs. liammond and family, from the
British Hotel, Jermyn-street, for their seat, Hammond
Lodge, Lynn ; R. B. Moore, Esq. from ditto, for Paris ;
Sir H. and Lady Dalrymple Hamilton, from Thomas's
Hotel, Berkeley-square, on a tour.
_ _ _

C HANGES.—EmiIy Marchioness of London-
derry, at her seat, North Cray, Kent, from a tour ; Cap-
taoinnhaanmd, from Hastings, to Brighton ; Captain
Coote, from Alnwieks for Bath ; Mr. Henry
Bonham, _aptain Spencer
Perceval, from Dublin, for England.