The Sun.
London, England, 1818-06-02 00:00:00

THE THEATRE.

DRURY-LANE. --SH AKSPEARE'S Historical Play
of King John was revived last night at this
Theatre. 11r. KI,AN performed the chief charac-
ter with his accustomed ability. We forbear
comparison, hut it is certainly not fitted for him.
The only two scenes which enabled hitnto display
his p-cidiar powers were between the King and
Hubert ; the first, in which.Jolot desires the latter
to kill Arthur, and the other, in which he up-
braids hiin.witli the act. In these scenes he ap-
peared to advantage—thOugh, upon the whole,
the revival of this Tragedy has not added to his
tame. Constance, as performed by Miss MAcAut.t.nr,
Was a very good piece of acting, ru irely free
from extravagance. Her grief- for the loss of Ar-,
thur was well pourtraycd, and her reproach to!1
Austria finely delivered. WALL “.:x's Faulconbriage,
and we again decline comparison, was at least
animated, and the Tragedy was altogether re-
ceivecl with considerable applause.—The Mana-
gers, much to their rtrOit, with. due reverence for
the great A.itli?r and the excellence of his Work,
have brongo forward the Play in a,style of suit-
able splendour —Some disturbance arose cram the
alleged necessity of changing the tarot:" a' The
Reriew to another, on account ot Mr. JOH N-
ST ON b's having .been tbro,an out of a carriage,
but at length harmony wis res,ored.

RE MARRIAGE OI• IHE DUKE' AND DUCHESS OF
(AMBRIDGE.

[Farther Pat ticulars .1
Yesterday arernoon, at five 11.elOCk, the cere-
mony of the re-marriage or their ({OPAL HiG -
tiessas took place at theQtteeo's House, her .%14-
.TESTY being happily so much neutered as to be
able to, give attendance ot) the twe4sioti. Some
difficulties occult retl in cuts of the !leers-
sat y attendance of the Lotto CHANCELLOR t.ke-
wl,ere ; and for a time it was agreed to chant:e
the hour front five.to two. The PRINCE it t.:GFNT,
with all the other Members of the itoya,
the Cabinet Min;sters, all the Otfirers of State
and of the flonseliold, the Ladies in Waiting,
of Honour, Sze. &e. repatred to the Qaeen's
Palace at that how' tull ,tate.
About the time the Regent arrived, Mr. Nicholls, the
King's Proctor, enteted the Palace, and announced that it
was iffivossible for the Marriage Cerrinaay to proceed then,
as the Archbishop of Canterimry was not come, nor wonld
his Grace be there, as ha Mot nor been informed of the h..or
of marriage !icing changed from five o'clock, and another in-
surniountahle difficulty to the proceeding with the marriage
was, the Royal Licence was not ready, nor would it 1w so till
five o'clock; he therefore desired an interview will) Viscount
Sidruouth, uhich having•'ohtaineil the difficulties of the
L,atned Gentleman, he found, could not be dispensed with. ,
and the ceremony Was therefore adjourned till Eve o'clock.
The Lord Chancellor and the Cabinet Nlioiste s present
left the Palace, and all the Royal At te..dants soon followed.
The Royal Family and the bishop of London remained iu the
Palace.' •

The Archbishop of Canterbou did not hear of tpe tropics-
sant dilen.ma which had happen, ithout a criarter past
three o'clock, as he way returning to Lambeth Palace, from
attending the Orphan School at St. John's Wood, when he
was met in the Park by Viscount sidmouth, who informed
him of what had happenA: His Grace•in consequence made
all possible speed, and arrived at tire Palace at half-past tour
o'clock. the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Liverpool, and
Viscount Sidneoith, .eturned to the Palace soon after, and
Mr Nicholls, the Kim's Proctor, arrived with the Licence.
The ceremony soon atter commenced, which was performed
by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London,
in the presence of the above distiogoished characters, with
the addition of her Alajest V, the Pri icess Augusta the Prince
and Princess of Hesse Homburg, with the addition of Lord
tit. ITl~,eingon,y attendant ileCtued nrcessarv.to.
Winn to be ',resew.
Mr. Howse, the serjeant of the Chapel Royal Vestry, at-
tended to take the registration of the ceremony, %•hich was
witnessed by the Regent in the name of the King, also for
himself as Prince Regent, with G.P.R.: also by the Queen,
and all the branches of the Royal Family, according to their
rank, with the Lan,grave of Hesse Cassel, the Prince of
Hesse Homburg, thui Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Liver-
po(ll, and Viscouut Sidinouth.
As soon as the Ceremony had concluded, a signal was given
front the Palace for a discharge of 'Ci4llllOll, when a double
royal salute was fired from the Parade. -
In the evening the Prince Regent gave a grand dinner upon
the occasion.

(From The Dublin Journal, May 25) •
On Saturday night some scenes were represent.,
ed, perhaps unparalleled in the annals of stage
management, and the respect due by the per-
formers to their patrons, the Public ! In order to
put the matter clearly before our Readers, we shall
insert the advertisement set fords for that even-
ing's entertamment :
THEATRE ROYAL.
This evening, May 2;3, his Majesty's Servants will per-
form, for the 4th time in this Kingdom (having. been re-
ceived with increased applause), the Musical Drama, in three
Acts, its now performing, at the Theatre Royal Covent-garden,
with distingoished appi ohation founded on the very popular
Novel of Rub Roy, and entitled,
ROB ROY MACGREGOR; Or,
Auld Litog Nytte.
To conclude with, for the first in this Kingdom, a new En-
tertainment, after the manner of Mr. Incledon's Wandering
Melodist, entitled,
A MINSTREL'S SUMMER RAMBLE;
Consisting. of Recitations, Serious and Comic, interspersed
with a variety of the most popular Song-s, 'Poets and Glees,
to be sting by :Messrs. Horn, O'i'allaglian, Hodson, D'Arcy,
O'Rourke, and Mrs. Lazenby, to he prefaced with a Poetical
Exolanatiotv. In the course Of the Entertainment the eeh—
brated Master Balle will perform a Concerto on the Violin,
composed by himself.. The whole to toneltide with a Poetical
Apology. The Itrcitations written and to be spoken by au
_dun:tear rf fashion.
The " Musical Drama" passed on with the same
inditßreoce as upon its previous representations.
Xlie.l-lonse was bur- thinly attended, hut there
were some fashionable personages in the boxes"
assembled, no doubt, tort he purpose of witnessing
the exertions of the." Amateur of Fashion" in his
f‘ Miostrel's Siil4llller RaMble;" a considerable
pause ensued after the dropping of the
at the conclusion of the Musical Drama ; the au-
dience became impatient, and at length the cur-
tain rose. There was on the stage a piano-forte,
behind which stood a performer unknown, and
four chairs, upon three of which were seated
Messrs. O'Callaghan, Hodson, and D'Arcy ; an-
other seat, like Ramiro's, was unoccupied ; at one
side a table was placed, upon which the Amateur
of Fashion recliner!: before him a music stand ;
the Amateur advanced, and unquestionably his
demeanor was that of a Gentleman : he pro-
ceeded to -recite his " Poetical Explanation,"
but in so inaudible a voice that the audience be-
came dissatisfied ; he was announced as an Ama-
teur, but we do not hesitate to pronounce him a
Notice. M,lsts. O'Callaghan, Hodson, and
D'Arcy,. sung some Glees, and Songs were also
interspersed by Mr. O'Rourke, Mr. Ward, and
Mrs. Lazenby, but the " Amateur " being so
completely unsatisfactory in his delivery, the ge-
neral Opinion of the House seemed to be that the
Eatertainment &m aid not be allowed to proceed
tur her, and ktfinule was about to be attempted,
when a- Gentleman from the I'it called for Mr.
Horn : this was re-echoed throughout every part
of the House, and after some time, Mr. Farren
appeared on the Stage, and stated, that he had
sent to Mr. Horn's dressing-room, and received
for answer from his dresser, that Mr. Horn " had
gone home ill." The Gentleman replied, that
Mr. Horn was not ten minutes before in the Or-
chestra, apparently iii good health, and also laugh-
ing heartily at the performance; his name was in the
bills to sing in the entertainment, his conduct in
the Orchestra was indelicate and indecorous, the
public must make-a stand against those innova-
lions- awl d;Greepe.et ', east- upon them ; nor
should Mr. Horn or any other performer be al-
lowed to pursue similar conduct.—(Great shouts
of applause).—Mr. Farren observed that Mr.
Horn certainly knew his name was in the bills.
A Gentleman from the pit then inquired from
Mr. F, rren would he promise that the proprietors
or patentee word(' visit with reprehension upon
Mr. Horn this dereliction of his duty towards
the puldic ? Mr. Farren retired to the stage door,
and retailed, saying, " if it is the wish of the
public, Mr. Horn shall he discharged."—Several
persons vociferated, "he shall never appear again,"
others said, " do not dismiss him without trial,
let him appear and make an apology." Mr.
Farren was asked, who authorized him to say
that Mr. Horn should be discharged at the public
wish ? to which he made answer, " one of the
Proprietors ;" it was then observed that this
plausible offer was but a subterfuge upon the pre-
sera occasion, as the Proprietors invariably ex-
ercised an arbitrary discretion with respect to the
dismissal of performers, as in the recent dismissal
of Mons: and Mademoiselle Simon, the two French
dancers; to this the Deputy Manager made no
answer. Loud cries ensued, "is Mr. Hon, in
the House ?" to which Mr. Farren said, be was
not, and that the Proprietors had but two comses
to pursue, either '' to forfeit" or dismiss the per-
former who neglected his duty. Mr. Farren was
asked, would the Prhprietors stare to the public
what method they would pursue with respect to
Mr. Horn ? Mr. Farrell said, the Proprietors
awaited the public opinion.—Mr. Horn would, Ti,,
doubt, be acqaninted with the present proceed-
ings ; it was for him to justify himself before the
public; undoubtedly he had grossly neglected his
duty, and should be accountable for it—he (Mr.
F.) trusted he had discharged his duty to (he satis-
faction of the audience—loud cries, " you have,
you have ;" Mr. F. then observed, that Mr. Horn
was not in the house at present, he had seen hint
certainly about half an hour before---,the audience
generally exclaimed, " aend for him, we will wait,
let him explain his conduct if possible."
'Mr. Farren retired, and the audience waited for
nearly twenty • minutes in the most peaceable
manner; at- length Mr. Farren re-appeared, and
stated, that the Prompter had been to the
ings of Mr. Horn, but- he was not, at home :
" Although he was so ill, and obliged to go
home," said a gentleman from the boxes ; an-
other gcntlenian from the pit said, " Mr. Horn
shall not appear on Monday next, without an ex-
planation. I observe from the Bill lie is adver-
tised to play in Rob Roy' on that night ; and
Mr. Horn shall answer the charges against him
for neglect of duty, and insultingly laughing at
and ridiculing the performers from the orchestra,
at a time when he himself should have been on
the stage, as appears from the Bill I now hold in
my hand ; it-is the general opinion and feeling of
the house that an apology or explanation should
appear in the Morning Papers of Monday—it is
time the public should make a stand, they are too
frequently insulted, and have too patiently borne
with it." Here a gentleman from the boxes ob-
served, that this was not the only instance of Mr.

The following account of the conclusion of this
affair appears in The Dublin Evening Post of
May 26 :
Last night, after the Overture to Rod► Roy-
was performed, and before the commencement of
the Opera, Mr. Horn came forward to address,the
audience. He had learned, we presume, that the
preceding very injudicious apology would not be
acceptable, and lie, therefore, with great pro-
priety, took another course. He found that he
had set up a very bad defence, inasmuch as an
actor has no right to take any step founded upon,
an opinion as to the probable success or con•
dentnation of the entertainment in which he has
a part—it is-his duty to be at his post, there to
use his best exertions to save the piece, and not
to promote its total condemnation by his absence
—sin fact, in this particular, an Actor is like a
mere soldier—he has no deliberative power. A ware,
we should suppose, of this, ►Mr. Horn, last
very properly put the above address aside—he at
once admitted the impropriety of which he had
been,guilty, and stated, that he came there to
apologize, expressing his sorrow,•and at the same
time declaring, that intentional di,respect to the
audience was tar from his thoughts. He was
proceeding in this strain, when a unanimous cry
from all parts of the house of '' Enough, enough,"
relieved him from his unpleasant situation, and
on his retiring from the stage, he received a ge.
petal plaudit of approbation. We doubt not but
Mr. Horn will profit by this lesson, and we should
hope long recollect that the l'roprierors of the
Theatre offered on Saturday night to dismiss hint
on the moment, and that he is indebted for his r e_
sent situation, in Crow-street, to the liberality of
the very indulgent audience tl►en present."

It was generally supposed that the approaching
dissoloton of Parliament would have had the
effect of depreciating the price of the Funds, on
account of its being necessary to have recourse
10 them, for the large sums necessary for carrying
on the Elections. This supposition, however,
has proved groundless, most proliably in conse.
quence of the near approach of NEST THURSDAY,
when the State Lottery will commence di a..vittg:
Three Prizes of 20,0001. and 107 Capitals, or
a considerable portion of them, are now on sale,
flt CARROLL'S Offices, No. 7, Cornhill, and 26,
Oxford-street, where Two Prizes of 20,0001. and
Ten other Capitals, were sold in the last Four
Months.

In former Lotteries it was thought extraordi•
nary to have One , or TvOo Capital Prizes decided
the First Day of Drawing ; now, by the arrange.•
meat of HAZARD and CO. the present Contractors,
for distributing Capital Prizes to all classes of
adventurers, there must be Twenty Capitals de.
cided in the First Half Hour, NEXT TuuRsDAY,
4th of June, when the Lottery begins ; and about
Thirty.fotir Capital Prizes will, in all probability,
be drawn iu the course of the day.