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London, England, 1816-07-15 00:00:00

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THEATRES.

MASA Tstiarnal— We were highly gratified on
Saturday night with the whole of the performances
ppresented. After the beautiful Opera of Cori Fan
Tuui, was performed, for the first time these ten years
the very entertaining Ballet of La Dan:maxis. The
piece throughout afforded the highest amusement,
and received to the end the most extraordinary and
itrarlted approbation. Among, the distinguished Fa.
shionebles we perceived the followinx
Dukes of Leeds; Devonshire, atd :Argyle; Dut.hesses of 'roan
Argyle, Lech, and Bedford; Marquis of Hertford; Marehio-
neiltes of Salithbury, Bath, Lansdowne, and Worcester; Earl of
Fife, Countess of St. Andover; Lords Palmerston, Stair, Clive,
Gower, Aboyne, Ayle.bury, awl Hampden ; Ladies Shedeld,
Manner% Powis, Hampden, Aboyne, 1). Ward, Cholmondeley,
Foley, Oweir, Heatheote, and Harrowby ; Sits J. Owen, W. W.
Wynne, and J. tiower.

HAYMARKET.—This Theatre was crowded on Sa-
turday. The Play of the Busy Body wasexceedingly
well acted, -and the audience were enthusiastic in
their applause.- In the Oleic, which was the After-
piece, Mr. TERRY acted Sir Freffat for the first time,
and acquitted himself to admiration. JONES acted
Psi 'with even more than his wonted vivacity: When
sprakirig of what he had to do for the Newspapers
before he went to the Theatre to see his Play re-

hearsed, he took occasion, With some neatness, to al.
• ludo to the loss which the world has sustained by the

death of Mr. StlettlDAN t

' And now," saki he, (speiklyg as Pw,f,) " I must do what is
rather out of my line, write frum the heart. The oeca%inn ill a
melancholy one, and I must deviate from my ordinary course to

pay a tribute of sincere admiration to departed merit—to hint
whose eloquence in the Senate was never surpassed, either in an.
dent or in modern times ; and whose dramatic performances, as
they have hitherto been, will ever continue to be, the pride and
delight of the British Stage."

We cannot adequately describe the effect of these
words, which were applauded even to the echo. All
that provpked laughter in the whole course of the '
Piece was a source of interesting melancholy. Those
most delighted with its humour could not but mourn
that he from whofli it emanated was no More, and in
proportion as the jest was potent, the grief of the au-
dience was deep—compelled to reflect that the grave
had closed that very morning on the Author of their
evening's mirth, The July sun of Mr. SHERIDAN'S
wit was, on this occasion, attended by a cloud, which
broke not till sensibility had given its tributary shower ,
to the memory of him, a the pomp and prodigality of '
Heaven," whose happily varied talent had enabled
him, more than any man of the age in which he lived,
to delight his countrymen in their hours of mirth,
and to console them in those must awful moments of '
their history when all around was darkness and despair.
EEC/USN OM.A.—The chief attractions at this
Theatre, on Saturday evening, consisted in the first
appearance of a young Lady, (a pupil of Wet.sit's),
in the arduous character of Mandane, and Mr. HouN's
assumitinn of the part of Arbacet, in the Opera of ,
dfriaxerxer. Miss Manny, the fair votary of Eulerlse,
possesses the exterior advantages of an interesting per.
eon and prepossessing manners ; and thoogla evidently ,
labouring under no small degree of embarrassment,
on her entree, executed ber first song in a style which
evinced superior skill and sweetness. Encouraged
by the applauding suavity of the audience, she gra-
dually collected confidence, and we were not disap-
pointed in our anticipation, but delighted. In her
execution of the subsequent songs of a Fly soft ideas,*
" Monster away," and in the beautiful air of 46 The
'soldier tied of war's alarms,' particularly the latter,
she displayed a richness of tone and rapidity of style,
sista!, if not surpassing any that have preceded her.
The flattering plaudits of a crowded and fashionable
House rendered her debut highly and deservedly en-
couraging. Mr. Hour; acquired additional eclat in
his masterly performance, both as a singer and actor.
Messrs. Isaac's, Bitoannuasr, and ail the performers,
exerted thenvelves.with success, and the whole of the
evening's entertainment went off with distinguished
applause. Among the Fashionables who !tette lately
hi:mowed this Theatre with their presence, we no'iced
Duke de Bourbon, Marchionesses of Bath and Exeter, Coun-
tess Henry De Salts, Lords De Dunstanvilk and Wm. Gordon.
Ladits-Culliugwood, Agar, Williams Wynnt' Staunton, Claver.
tog, Andersen, A.gill, Munca,ter, Bulkelty,Hatton, Finch, De
. Duustaoville Moorsom, and Dowager Lady Somers, Admirals
• Mastuotn and Taylor, Sir Chas. Asgill, Colonel Hamilton, Ma-
• jor Lind, F. Fretting, Esq Mrs. &Winn, Sm.
VAUXHALL GARDENS.—Every lover of the Fine
Arts must lament the unpropitious state of the wea-
ther, that has hitherto, in some manner, frustrated
the efforts made by the proprietor of this delightful
spot to gratify the Public : it may, however, be con.
fidently expected that the fine evenings which are yet
to come will fully compensate for the losses occa-
sioned by the cold and wet nights that have deterred
so many of the gay and fashionable world from en-
joying the pleasures. There are many attractions
here this summer, which we have not observed in
Ratter seasons; but the most wonderful attra:tion of
all is tl:e incomparable performance of Madame SA-
QUI on the tight rope. In the place where the Cas.
cade was formerly exhibited, there is a beautiful
stage fitted up ; over this there is extended sometimes
one, two, or three ropes, upon which this little Pari
Sian sylph trips• along with tearless agility; here she
dances, and throws herself into different graceful atti-
tudes. Her grandest feat, however, is when she
ascends the elevated rope that reaches nearly to the
tops of the trees. When she has reached the extre-
mity, the grand fire-works are let off, and then Ma-
dame SAQUI appears like a goddess suspended in the
air, and nearly surrounded by clouds, descends amidst
the illuminated atmosphere. Like Iris upon her empy-
real causeway, the effect produced upon the specta-
tors is like that of magic. Were there no other at- ,
traction in the Gardens, it would be well worth any
one's while to pay Ss. 6d. for seeing this exhibition
alone. There were a great number of foreigners of
• distinction, and English, mobility present on Wednes-
day and Friday evenings.

A. distressing accident occurred about five o'clock
on Friday morning, in a field belonging to Mr.
abodes, cow keeper. at West End. Part of a new
bay rick had been built on the foundation of an old
one, near where a number of hay makers usually.
slept : the hay suddenly gave way, knocked down
the barn, and eight persons were unfortunately buried
in tilc ruins. They were with great difficulty eiuri.
catsd Item their perilous artuation, all seriously inju.
red ; one Ada SO dangerously, that he was remelted
to H anzpsteakhouse, where his life is desp shed of.