The Sun.
London, England, 1829-12-09 00:00:00

DEPA RTURES.

The Earlof Osory, from Simmons's Hotel (late Jordan's), St.
James's-street, for his seat in Ireland; Mr. and Mrs. J. Williams
and family, from Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook and Davies-
streets, for Suffolk ; Mr. and Mrs. Fielding and family, from
ditto, for the North ; J. Jenkins, Esq. and 'I homas Evans, Esq.,
from ditto, for Sussex ; Sir Francis Burdett, Bart. from St.
James's.place, for Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins, from Wim-
pole-street, for their seat in Lincolnshire; A. Macdonald, Esq.,
from the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Bath; W. Higgin_
son, Esq., from ditto, for Scotland.

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FRENCH THEATRICALS.

(FROSI OUR PRIVATE CORRESPONDENT.)

" PARIS, DEC. 6.

" Since the days of Talma, the finances of the Theatre
Francais, the chief, if not the only seat of the regular
drama in Paris, have been as seriously deranged as those of
the great houses in London ; but the singular favour with
which a new tragedy has been received from the pen of M.
Ancelot, under the title of Elizabeth d' Angleterre, pro-
mises to do as much for this theatre as the efforts of ➢Liss
Fanny Kemble are doing for Covent-garden.
" Although the Este of the Earl of Essex be the subject of
this piece, the gallant but inconsiderate and unfortunate
Williant Devereux himself appears only in two of its early
scenes, the present author having confined himself in a
great measure to the incidents arising from his execution ;
and in fact it is the Queen herself, the Countess of Not-
tingham, the Earl her hush mil, and Sir Walter Raleigh,
who form the principal persons of this drama. The subject,
indeed, is not new either to the French or English stage, and
if lam not mistaken, the English Earl of Essex' still re-
mains among the stock plays of Drury-lane and Covent-gar-
dun, but Le Comte d'Essex ', of Thomas Corneille is now
scat rely known to the present generation, but by the ce-
lebrated verse—

" Le crime fait la hunts et non pas l'echafaud.'
" Voltaire in his remarks on this piece, is maliciously
severe on the loves of the old Queen, and the fanfaronades
of her young admirer; and he concludes Lis criticism
with the following, as a complete analysis in two words
of the drama of Corneille, Je yeas qu'il me demande
pardon? Je ne veux pas demander pardon? Voila
toute la piece.' M. Ancelot has adopted a passage from
Hume as the theme of his drama. After the return
of Essex from his successful expedition to Cadiz,
observing how much his recent dangers had encreased
the Queen's attachment to him, he took the opportunity
of expressing some alarm lest his absence on distant service
should give his enemies an opportunity, by the assiduity of
their attentions, of injuring his interest in her Majesty's
favour. Elizabeth, whose character was so open at all
periods of her life to feelings of romance, presented him with
a ring, which she desired him to preserve as a pledge of her
affection, assuring him that whatever disgrace he might fall
into, her original sentiments would be restored by the mere
exhibition of this precious deposit. Through all the vicis-
situdes of his fate be preserved the gift, to serve him in
case of need in the last extremity. When tried, and con-
demned to death, he resolved to try its effect. Ho
confided it to the Countess of Nottingham, begging her to
present it to the Queen. The Earl of Nottingham, the
declared enemy of Essex, prevented his wife from execut-
ing the commission. Elizabeth, however, did not doubt
that her favourite would have recourse to this means of
safety, but having waited in vain for this last mark of con-
fidence and repentance, and indignant at what she regarded
as a new mark of pridiand contempt, she signed, after many
delays and many internal struggles, the sentence which had
been dictated by policy and resentment.
" The Countess of Nottingham fell sick, and seeing her
end approaching, she was disturbed with remorse for such
an act of infidelity ; she begged the Queen to come to see
her, revealed to her the fatal secret, and implored her
clemency. Elizabeth, in surprise and fury, exclaimed,
God may pardon you, but I never cau !' She thus
left her in anger, gave herself up to despair, and
passed ten days and ten nights extended a carpet,
obstinately refusing all medical assistance. As every thing
announced that she had not many hours to live, the
Council assembled, to ask her pleasure as to the successor
of the Crown. ' I have borne the sceptre of Kings,'
she said, a King will succeed me, it can be no other
than my nearest relative, James of Scotland.'
"It is not by the fate of the favourite, that this
author wishes to affect us, but by an able combination of
circumstances he compels us to take part in the jea-
lous torments of Elizabeth, whose age we forget in
the passion and remorse of her rival, the Countess
of Nottingham, in whose arms he passed the night
which immediately preceded his execution. Already
found guilty by the Privy Council, he owed the indulgence
of being confined in his own house rather than in the
Tower to the personal favour of the Queen. The presence
of the Countess of Nottingham infers in such circum-
stances equal heedlessness and audacity, but love, they say,
and folly, are nearly allied ; fur it was not surely the young
rival of the Queen who was likely to be a successful inter-
cessor with the jealous Elizabeth, nor the fittest person to
be entrusted with the ring in which his own safety was so
closely bound up; nor is the folly of the proceeding very
well explained by the amorous extravagance of the lines—
" Rien ne doit me touter pour bannir tea alartnes

" ' Et j'aime mieux mourir qu' avoir cause tee larines.'
" A powerful scene is produced at a later period of the
drama by the exchange which is made of a rich scarf,
which had been wrought by the Countess, for the ring.
When arrested by Raleigh, no resistance is offered to the
seizure of his papers, but be defends the scarf with great
obstinacy. It is however carried to the Queen, who,
when Nottingham comes to intercede for Essex, shows it
to him, after telling him of the Earl's new act of infide-
lity, which he will not believe.
" De ce coupable amour la preuve est la ! Crois moi !
" ' Cette nuit it recut de celle qu'il adore,
" Une echarpe.
" IiOTTINGHAM.-(LUI.)
" Elinbeth sliming the scarf—' Tiens, regarde, et doute
encore ! ' Nottingham is devoured with rage and the desire
of vengeance : he asks only a single favour—
" Ordonnez qu soit libre une heure, un seul moment,

" 11 faut que je lui parole, it faut que je le voie.'
" This fine scene is very well executed by Mademoiselle
Leverd and Lafont, and produces a very great effect ; it
ends the third act, which passes in the Queen's cabinet.
In the fourth act, the splendid decorations of which are
a representation of Westminster Hall, Elizabeth has signed
the sentence. Essex is at the Tower, from whence he
writes to Lady Nottingham to beg her to send the ring to
the Queen, which was to unbind his chains. The sudden
arrival of Elizabeth prevents the Countess from reading the
letter, and already devoured by remorse, she is obliged to
submit to the complaints and the hopes of her rival. At
length the Queen retires, the Countess learns how Essex is

to be saved, and is about to run to Elizabeth with the
ring when Nottingham appears and prevents her. This
situation is highly dramatic. Unable to deny her crime,
she at length confesses it, calling down upon her head the
vengeance of an outraged husband. She still wishes to
save the life of Essex, but Nottingham in fury will not
allow her to leave him. She then exclaims—
" Laissez moi arracher aux bourreaux—Grace ! grace !'
" Look, says Nottingham, pointing out to her at the
bottom of the scene where the soldiers wore leading Essex
to the scaffold. The Countess falling into a swo,.n exclaims,
" Ali qu' ai-je-vu !
'‘ 6 NOTTINGHAM.
" C'est ton amant qui passe'--
" Elizabeth, however, always flatters herself that Essex
will implore her clemency, by presenting the pledge of par-
don which she would return to him in happier days. A
fine scene occurs between her and Raleigh, which is thus
concluded :
" ' Allez Raleigh, que l'arret s'accomplisse,
" ' Pour la derniere foie j'ordonne son supplice.'

" Scarcely has the order been given, when the Countess
of Nottingham rushes in, bringing with her the ring.
Elizabeth, although moved to see in such hands,
wishes to suspend the execution, but Nottingham tells
her that Essex has ceased to live. The Countess loses
her senses, the husband retires overwhelmed with the
Queen's reproaches. and the unhappy Elizabeth, after tear-
ing the diadem from her brow, says to the courtiers who
surround her—

" Sortez. De mon pouvoir le Bernier jour a fui,
" Jacque est roi d' Angleterre, addresses VOW a lui.'

An amended police bill for Ireland is to be
brought forward by Lord Layssox GOWER.

FROM THE GAZETTE OF' \ST.Niqur.

At the Court at Windsor, the 7th ihy December, 1”.9,

rar.sENT,
The King's ?lo.t Excellent Maj,ty io Council.
It is this day ordered by his M tjtsty in C until that
the Parliament be prorogued, from Thurmluy the
day of this in,tant areinber, to Thursday the 4th d.ry of
February next.
PROCLAMATION.—BY THE KING.

GEORGE, R.
Whereas our Parliament stands prorogued to Thursday
the 10th day of this instant December ;. We, with the advice
of our Privy Council, do hereby publish and declare, that
the said Parliament shall be further prorogued, on the said
tenth day of this instant December, to Thursday the fourth
day of February next; and we have given order to our
Chancellor of that part •of our United Kingdom called
Great Britain, to prepare a commission for proroguing the
same accordingly; and we do further hereby, with the advice
aforesaid, declare our Royal will and pleasure, that the
said Parliament shall, on the said fourth day of
February next, assemble and be held fur the des-
patch of divers urgent and important affairs. And
the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights,
Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commisioners for Shires
and Burghs of the House of Commons, -are hereby required
and commanded to give their attendance accordingly, at
Westminster, on the said 4th day of February next.
Given at our Court at Windsor, this 7th day of Dec.
1829, and in the 10th year of our reign.—God save the
King. •

Whitehall, Dec. 7.

The King having been pleased to nominate and appoint
the Right Hon. Stratford Canning to be a Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, his Ma-
jesty was this day pleased to coilfer upon him the honour
of Knighthood, and to invest him with the ensigns of a
Knight Grand Cross of the said Most Honourable Order.
The King has been pleased to nominate and appoint the
Right Hon. Robert Gordon, his Majesty's Ambassador
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Sub-
lime Ottoman Porte, and Knight Grand Cross of the
Royal Hanoverian Guelphie Order, to be a Knight Grand
Crass of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.

DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. -
John Dawson, Rochester, Kent, upholsterer.
BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.

Wingfield Gee, Murcott-hill, Gloucestershire, silk-
throwster, to Dec. 31, at eleven, at the White Hart
Inn, Evesham, Worcestershire.

BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED,

Paulin Barrett, Appleton, and John Sessions Barrett,
Kingston, Berkshire, druggists.
William Butler, Birmingham, mother-of-pearl button.
manufacturer.