The French papers of Sund...
The Times, 1824-02-25T00:00:00

The French papers of Sunday have arrived, but their con tents tire wholly unimportant. Viscount Melville has been confined for several days with a severo cold. The noble Viscount, we regret to say, was not better yesterday. We understand that. -a bill wifl be brought into the House of Commnons this evening, for creating a new Dock Company, and for tnaking wet docks for the general service of the port ot' London, in the neighbourhood of St. Cathe- rine's, Tower-hill. The Gazelte contains an order for Court mourning for the late King of Sardinia: to begin on Sunday, Feb. 29, to change on Thursday, Mlarch 4; and to end on Sundaj, March 7. Lord Byron has subscribed for 10,0001. for the new Greek loan, and we have authority for statingu thast L centleman closely connected with Mr. Canning is also a sub3criber to half that amount.-Edinburgh Obsevcri. DauRYa-LANE TtEsATRr.-Last night a new burlesque interlude, entitled Rzonfu4tianinnamorato, was produced at this theatre, and had really r3ore of ingenuity and satire than mi&ht be antieipated from such atitle. We have heard that it was originaflly called the Pritne of Lnuiw,; but that the eevere morati4j, Air- George Colnian, probably thinking this was hringing burlesque too near the seat of royalty, insistedi on analterationi in the name. The piece is after-the fashion of 30ombastes Farioo, and is, in outline, too absurd for laughter, but contains some very neat hits and happv. parodies. To detail the plot of such a piece wvould be to burkesque criticism; suffice it to say, that M1r. Harley and Mr. Knight are the rival lovers; that Mr. Oxberry is -truly legitimate sovereign; and that M}rs. Orger is the Princess SqullUerina, and tops the part. This lady, in one of her songs, gave an imitation of the French ballad.singer-s, il so capital a style as to elicit a hearty cniore. The interlude was weU received till the close, when thr collective absur- dities became too great for the discrceter part of the audience, and cuused many hisses to mingle with the applauses. We think theau- dience were veryjust : as a vhole, the piece is beyond extravagance, and therefore fairly hissed at the end; while it displays a cleverness in parts which itwas right bo acknowledge. It is. one of the best specimens of a very doubtful species of writing, and is so good as to inducc a hope that it lthe last of the kind its author wRIl counend to the stage. - Sr.aeOus EXPLOSION OF GAS.-On Monday. fvening die neighbotsrhood of Russell-court, Drury-lane, was aiarmle in consequence of the explosior, of a gas-pipe attached to the premises of MY. Hinde, tobaconist of the above court, which did great mis. chief to the hous Tbe,tteilywerasitting;.in the -prlour when the ccddent happened, and the: explsion, which iW6embli&d7the re. pott of fire-arms, shattered- the whole ofthe shop front and dqstroy ed every thing in the plsce, ladvertisernent.1-Howp's NZW; YE:., d ei tion i3 justpublished anfd maybe had of- all4 bsellers in town and eountry, price Is. )#,V*iregt sa4ijofeie r uae.eeyTulytvn pc BieAr 13. X T.o.mofrow-cvenVm , Febru4ry. 26, Othello, land I comid se4 ena -the xecon~d p4totHenV t .^he,FQth. Ticcts i 5d EacIt miybebad aa-above at MookbWsr as,0 a tret and 4i. ExcIsage1 rnt 1CO; Praets f ghti+ sawb"re -cmv, dilset bc' X Thweih a Psatt-s?:lbtaions, iwtce.lXsI.5bo '#dis.-i > * e5'S "IYW ' !itip,*^