The Sun.
London, England, 1816-12-27 00:00:00

T li '.e. A Ta Z S.

DRVRY -LAN S.—George Barnweil, of holiday ce-
lebrity, was, Hs is CUStontary., performed at this
Theatre to an extremely noisy audience. We
take it for granted that the Tragedy was excel-
lently performed, because we beheld a sufficient
toantit y of approPriate action on the part of 31r.
R. and the other Actors, which eve have no
doubt stilted the words, if we 'could, only
hare heard them.' But the gods-keilt such
a pother over head, and there was, such an
eternal vociferation for silence, so incessant
and, various utterance of the human voice, the
tlang- of catcalls, and all the music of mob, that
.' though the play was solemnly announced in the
hills us a regal ir Drama, it turned out in fact to
be merely the first pantomime.
To this, after a long and dreary pause, un•
enlivened by the Orchestra, of whose labours
there was an abominable sparing, succeeded the
Christmas announcement of Itarlequi.n
ar TFa Christnas Pie.
The'Principal Characters are as follows
Horita (Oentip: of the Sun), Master •, Jack Mt ner
rafteywarOs Hatlegain), Mr. Ridgway; Billy Homer (alto--
awards Lover)' Mr. Jenkins; Toliy Horner (Afterwards Panta-
loon), :qr. May ; Timothy Horner (with a Song), Mr. Smith;
clown, Mr. Panto; Old H (afterward Colunthine), Miss
Tree thwely Horner, tiers. Goodman.
Without founding so much of the introductory
parts on the nursery story, as 'we think might
have !wen done to great advantage, the fable etn-
plOyed before/'feeling is thus
As Old Horner is returning with his sons
• from cutting wood to enjoy his Christmas Pie,
•4 a Hag meets him and his sons and asks charity,
•` eeltrcta bothitelind the elder son ref Use, hot the
"'younger has compassion, and invites the old
mats to follow them to the cot, and be will en-
" d,.avour to give her a share of what may fall to
,•1•Itiorsell. They enter the butt,. and by and bye
when the pie is to be opened, the old man and
"'elder son attempt 'to drive the old Hag and the
• sympathizing youth out of doors, when the
" Genius of the Sun appears, and with the, usual
▪ divining 'rod turns the Hag into Colombine, the
• youth- into Harlequin, Toby into Pantaloon,
" the Orlest son into the Lover, and the pie itself
" into the Clown, and then begins the,nstial course
" of flight, pursuit, tricks and buffoinwry, inter-
" mixed with scenic decoration and machinery."
We confess, we were much; disappointed that we
did not see

Little Sack Horner
Sit in the Corner
Eating his Christmas Pie,
'And put in his Thumb
Anti Pull nut.a Plumb,
And. cry. What a nice boy am I
in which disappointment many of our fart,
spectators, just from School, doubtless parti•
*Uited.
The first scene in which the genius!of the Sun
appears in a blaze of tinsel glory, is very .beauti.
tid, and the opening of the Sun-flower to disclose
bright inhabitant striking and tasteful. There
ate. we think, fewer hair-breadth scants of the
twee* in this Pantomime than usual. Pantaloon,
Lover, and Clown, seem to Inflow them mOro in

fon than in anger, and to be rather occopiett
with their own tricks than in catching the Ingi-
tins.. Thus, we grown up Critics, do not take
1-Idie same interest in their destiny, which we
•swnensher ire were wont to do—fearing almost
stye the magic wand of liaritiquitt, gncl the light
barb of his partner, would fail to extricate them

trOnt, their t;..tficuttiet, and rejoicing the won-
tret transiorinations of the one and the agile
flnivetnents of the other, WhiCh never failed. to get
them out of their dread dilemmas.
The scenery of Liarlequin Horner is upon the
/lahole rather well executed than magnificent; Hot.
hers Cottage, with winter scenery, and the smoke
issuing, is very creditable to the painter. The mu-
sic by Mr. T. Coon, and pnrticularly the over-
ture, enlivened with some charming Scptch
is rather superior to what is generally composed
for Pantomimes. All the Performers ,exerted
themsdves to the utmost, and tilt CtOwn (ha--
played several int-Prising feats of agility.
We intended to close our criticism with a corn-
. plitnent ,to the Gentleman on whom the classic
department of such productions devolves, but he
has deprived himself of this meet by spelling
Apotta with a of ouhle 4p; P;0.L.L.0.
! Oh ! fte.

Covewr-GAttneg.—At this Theatre Mr. C.
Kamrst,a was the Tyburn Hero'Of the thirnwell
Tragedy, and what is very. unusual with him in a
pathetic part, he afforded one side of the House
Sr hearty laugh, while the other side was almost in
Some actors have been praised tor pro:
!liming one poweaul effect—either, moving to
grief, (iv tickling to mirth. What then must he
his merits wlto can accomplish both at once,
and rentkr the Theatre like the well-known por-
trait Which grins on one side of its mouth and cries
gyn the, other Mit what 14,,a9 more extraordi-
liary still, Mr. C. K. was at first unconscious of
`Ws rower. Shall we unfold its hidden spring for
"she subject
study of, future Performers ? The
.
js
delicate : at the most afflictive era of poor
l'ldratrett's fate, his representative from an over-
fOrtunately for his fame, butunfortu-
.natelF: for his breeches, tore the latter from bottom
to mean from the knee upwards. This
being seen from the Princesses side gave rise to a'
burst of laughterand being unseen on the
Princes tide, the good inhabitants of that onar.
ter kept on weeping at the Tragedy. On the one
tide there were rent heat ts, on the other rent small-
elothes.

Next came the Pantomime of "Tire
Peva?' Orflethna Green ; or, Har/equin -and the
,Sylph of the Oak.- The story is as follows :
.•
The Bill"' Beggar(Mr, KING) has a
IP' ter, rile beautiful Bess, to limn several &stifl-
e. %%
guisbeti persons are paying their , addresses.
" She however receives their overt Urea with cola-
" "99► but subsequently yields her heart to Tom
•' W
bt
ilford (Mr. ItoLooa, afterwards Harlequin)`,
" ,wh° t 5 one of the llorriee Dancers to the
9,le*tt. The Nobleman, the Lawyet,..the-PhY-
" skim), the Justice, and the Captain, the (*tared
.1 marnirers of Bras, finding themselves not likely
" be successful in their several snits, determine
" in 40't forre,and Conspire toget her to carry !lei' 4ff
1'
""Y make one attempt, but are prevented hy-the
to timely interference of Torn Wilford), and the
4e. Dog of the Beggar. In'a second attempt they
I.4+e better fortune, and after having when her

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.. :1,1„ i.:fly iii,t lue 1,0, ;:ii,i ,:og. Af.t'o%. aronlent
~ an old oak, which is itear the spot, is seen to
bony, and the Sylph makes her appearance, And
"--first restoring the dog to life, changes the !eve-
" ral suitors of the beautiful Bess into the various
" characters of the Pantomime, and deerees, that
~ when "the oak, which was rent, shall come to-
" get her, the lovers shall be united. This, alter
" the usual tricks and changes, is accomplished
" through the agency of the Dog, and the pint,
" Beggar is restored to sight, and proves to be
" no less a personage than Sir Simon Montford."
We have no breath to go through the various
tricks, gambols, and metamorphoses in which. the
`merits of this prodttetion consist. They seemed
to delight the youngand please .the eider children.
A Monkey was not unanimously well received on
the Slack Rope, at which we are' winked, lni-
eause his appearance was at least •as ration as
tn ',many other parts of the entertainment.' . But
)1
some Critics arc very fastidious ; „," .
~ Coy, difficult, and bard to please."
An honest looking dog was more kindly greeted,
and encouraged by the applause so liberally be-
stowed upon bins, played to admiration. We have
rarely seen an Actor inure natural since the
elephant dirtied the Stage. The Blind Beggar
introduced a Mr. KING, an admirable Singer.—
The Columbine was very pretty and agile, and the
Clown .very comical.
The Scenery is splendid, and we have no doubt
but that the Beggar will enrich the House.

THE ARTS.

EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS ON GLASS,

LEICESTER•SQVAItt3.

We think it our duty to notice this small but
singular Collection, because we consider these
productions as forming an sera in the walk of
painting to ,which they belong. 'Die effect of their
first appearance on the eye can scarcely he de-
scribed. To the graceful delineation of nature
with which we are 'familiar on canvas, ate
superadded a variety of auxiliary charms, derived
from the transparent medium through which they
meet the eye. But any idea tormed.of hem, as
mere transparent paintings, would be incorrect.
It is. true,
,that the glass paintings hitherto exhi-
hired, being painted on thin., pieces or glass, are
of
.this description; and, in consequence, a want
of depth is communicated to them, fur which the
presence of better delineation, and more accurate
shadowing than they generally boast, would not
entirely compensate. In the pictured under inves-
tigation, this defect is removed ; for not only can
no object be discerned through them, but nothing
of a glassy nature can be discerned upon them.
In general, the light may be rather compared to
that admitted through' china than through glass,
The result of this ,admirable expedient of ma-
naging, the light is, that the opaque phenomena
of !tat tire are as accurately represented as the
pharous, with all the intermediate gradations of
light and darkness ; and with this singular adverts
tinge, that the light being borrowed, and not imi-
tated, inuminmes the objects of the paintings as
it does in natural scenery, and the shadows, like
their originals, cast the sante diapharous gloont,
‘vhich deepens or decays in proportion to the
access or recess of ijie light. shall not en-
large on the brilliancy of the colours 'displayed,
.which may vre with the richest specimens of the
ancient stained glass ; but the highest radiancy
of colour is an interior quality to truth of uppli-
icatiou : aid this is the peculiar boast of these
pictures, and entitles them to a vast superiority
over any specimen of titreous painting, either
antient or modern. The antient, it is true, possess
little other claims to eulogy than the dazzling
brilliancy of their hies, and the ingenuity in
which their separate pieces' were arranged. But
more ambitious attempts have been macle in mo-
dern timesto rival the sister bland) of oil paint-
ing; though, as we think, with very moderate
success. They were merely comparatively excel—
lent : that is, the difficulty and expence of an
igneous fusion and fixture of colour obtained
praise for a feeble imitation. But the pictures
in question have much prouder claims, and they
may boldly challenge the same austerity of cri-
ticism as Oil P.iintings, from a hand of cosordi-
nateability. We are, indeed, convinced that the
drawing, shadowing, and gradation of colour
could not have been more faultless' if painted upon
canvass. It appears that what has contributed
principally to this great stride in the Art is an in-
vention-Of the Proprietitt, by which the,colours,
when laid upon the glass, incur no change' by the
subjection to fire ; and 'thus the same nicety of
touch maybe conferred on vitreous pigments as
on those compounded of olf. •
In another respect these PiCtturcs leave.all ri-
valry behind, end .that is their:size ; as far as we
could judge, many of cheat were at least live feet
by four "square, and of course tequired a'propors.
tionate thickness to sustain the iocorporated
lours. The fire an& water, ,skies and Clouds,
snow and mists, have 'all their native charac-
teristics.

We have not rootn.to enter on a separate: t, tail
of each of the paintings in this:Collection it is
sufficient' to say, that they have all attractions.
`Were we to select such as pleased us most, we
should be induced to pass the highest enlgitan on
the Moonlight Piece, and perhaps because the si.b-
jeet peculiarly adapts it tp this speeies of paint-
ing—the lantern list►t in it is, howeverooo strong.
lite Snow Pieee near Antwerp is remarkable for
the natural brilliancy of the white, twOlie
me►►se depth of the hazy perspective.' A small
Picture of an inn on the great road•near Paris is
also very pleasing. In all, the trunks and foliage.
:of the trees, with the chequered and refracted'
-liAbt dispersed. among them, are really ad.
inirable.—The rest of the- Pictures, 7in all
seven or eight, consist of Portaits, Views of
Pails France and • Italy,. Canals., -Sea Port
TOwns, &c; and prove satisfactorily that Painting
on Glass, so closely exact in the imitation of Na-
me, which after all is certainly the goal of 'Art„
is riot confined to any of her particular walks.

A single orange tree in the Western Mewl of
St. Michael's has bona iiinHeen thousand oranges
in one year ! The fruit of one season of a single
apple tree of Herefordshire hes given three
isogsheadis of cyder.