The Sun. — London, England, 1817-09-22 00:00:00

- CORN-11ARKE r r. • CO!iN7EXCHANGE, 221—We bad a tpid tning supply of %Vheat this. morning ffom Essex, rent, and 8111 folk, but the quality being viry : in, ferior, real ,fine sanyles, both of Old and New Wheat, sold at au' advance of front 21. to 4s. fwr quarter from ,this day week, but there was no amendment in ordinary ; Barley, tl►e supply of Which was inferior, wits dull ; Tick Bean's Were dull, and Grey Pease from 2s. to 3s. per tin q•Cer lower ; Fine Oats ►3lay be noted is. per iiii.srter ,• - dearer.—lnother kinds of grain there is no al►e- ration. Foreign Wheat -. 415.,515. Fine ditto - - 861„945. English Wheat Fine ditto - - -84 s. Old ditto - -80 s. 945. Rye . 325. 38.. Fine ditto - - - Earley - - - - 225. 245. Fine ditto - -46 s Malt_ Fine ditto - - 745. 80s. WhitePease (boilers) 465. 4Rs. Fine ditto - - sas. —s. grey-Pease - - - 3as 445. Fine Grey Pease - 465. Tick - - - 44's. Old ditto - 4 3 ,. 53 'rick Ileatis 38-.4G•. Old ditto - Fred Oats . - - - 14 , - rineditto 18,. if;si Poland ditto - . -14 s. I 1 4 4• Foie ditto - - p,,tal!ne - :44;.40,.„ Rave '4l•4d 411. 461. per last. Fine Flour • - 74.4. 80•.. Seconds - -70 s. 755. P 0 E, R Y Fo7' a Preneh Ifoase-Doe : r When Thieves came, I twii; 'then Gallants, l am Still; So perform both my Has , er's amt Mistress's FASHIONABLE CHANGES. • The Marquis and Marchioness of Anglesea, an the Ladies Paget, f r Pais ; the Duke and Duchess of Argyle, .I.7pper trunk-street, from Brussels; the Countess of 'Westmorland, froth Thomas's .Hotel, Bei keley-square„ for Paris; Lord and 'Lady \larch are expected in town this Week from the Duke of 'Richmond's, at B►ussel 9 ; Lord Astibrook for Bea;imont Lodge, Ber Lord .and .LadY Melbourne for, Earl Cowper's Pansaliger, Hems; Lady Caroline Lamb for Brighton ; the Marquis of Exeter has left his scat, Burleigh, tv join a shooting party in Northamptonshire. HERDONI WARY. Sundity, Sept. 91- , --SixrEENTH SUNDAY' AFTER TRINITY.—.• Sun, rose at 48 minute , . past five o'clock, am! set at seven minutes past six.-Saint qatthew's Doy. 31ondaw.—:Colowsti. , o of their present Mli'jesties in Westmin ster Abbey. Annu 1761, in vuumeitioration of which eve!,t the !tithe and Duchess of Gloucester will to-day give a _ grand Recatta at Weymouth.. . . .. ni..vday—l-lorl aare, the cebbrated chemist, died. aunt) 17$8. I; 'edvostlaq—Nl.mo will South about twelve o'clock at'night. 2W/tn . /fig—Dayligla has now decreased tour hours and 31 minutes.--dino!er ,its at iS minutes", past eight o'clock, and M srs rises at eig,ht mitodes before nine o'clock this cveoing. MmoY this day, , at 47 u.inutes past nine o'cloch in the mornimr. ........... Day.-014 Holy Rood. Sa t it/ lt .lopiter's Satellites, at eight hours, SS minutes, and 33 sccoli(k. THEATRICALS - ,ExTuAffitorcAßY. - «'e gave firi account' wt, k t,t A li* ilr, , •xr!eNs of B,lce ha nalial y nn the pdyt of x Celebrait'e L,l,rittii Per former, Iv 11,ippe , e(1 nt N rwieh. The 'Litton of the I)iiv:est , seem , . i to (Honer for !he thivtoPowioxr 1115 ihearcereilion ; bEhr tP.ttr:thmtat)ditta - 'l4ll, ottexpceted eve.t, the lill •al~nlintirrl l'rehtte would oo• rer,ll the i-tivita tion, doobreSS Will a hope tit it A better or(1-17 of sor?ety 'nigh! tem, tifweitn hint f ront Connexions which h i d. ird hint itito su tiopleasitot a scene of 'action. niz •. fc.,i;sitfol-gartl e ns are undergoing impsove ruent• ; ,IpwAnts 460 mr"rk men are employed. I rpent ine iti:er a small island l i a been prepares! for Hue swans, ails! ;be river banked :0 prevent act id en t s Ins , ead of constables, several gate -ketlie•rs ale appointeol to attend 'file Montnimit wiled by l'arliamentin memory of tilt- gallant Hero of TE4falear, is now erectiqg . in St. Paid's Cat liedral, on the right band entrance into tile Choir, exactly opposite to tt.at of Marquis Cott N WALLIS. P is to.be cx remely splendid. ISO ING MATCH OEIOOO MILES IN 20 sUCCFS SIVE' DAYS H-Gyueell at seven o'ciork on Friday eveninv completed 56 miles. On Saturda y lie *owed 50 miles ; lie started again yesterdayAnorn ling a. a quarterp r five, and at four to the after noon he had gone 39 lodes, its vine 65 - miles to, complete his task by seven this evening. • PEDFSTRIANISM.-:C . rilL t!te hticklayer,of Bell street, Paddington, , wito offered to perform for 20 successive days. alternately, the distance be twee9 London and rpswich,,a space ,of 70 miles, has received forfeit, and is barked in a consider able sum to walk for 24 successive days to and from London to Oxford, 'a .distance of 57 miles. 4— Thi s i s cow.idereti a more ard.ions task ihAn that Of. goin:. ! to Ipswich, on account of the badness of the row!. (FROM A Contir=Pf)NDENT.)--The case of Jo seph /lording, d l'obliclo; who isceps the Castk at Brent rord,, may not be ing. from the - recollection of oor.Reoders had. his Lireose taken away last year, turd with his family became reduced from , blpfort to penury The whole neigrhoor hood came for wsr , ,tn in a Pet it irOn to ahr Howie of Commons, d, cl tied Min to bo a man of exem plary:eon!! 'cc,' nod hit Iris house srai managed Kith tioitot decorum. A mass of 6.iitente be fore the 'Police - Commi.ltee hrliv confirmed this statement, and the Report of the Commit tye dwells On the case as one of great inj , stice.---Not • vrithstan iog this, the Magistrates, at their rccetr Amittil Licensing in Hammersmith, determined tot 'to i•est-te the LiCetige. As the Licensing Jus tices are at liberty to ruin families at pleasure, tvi 11001 assigning any reasoi no reason can be expected to lia%e been de( tared on the above oc caNion— one fault. was hid to his 'charge by the Bench, viz. that in his Petition he bad not 114- pitted to be true a complaint preferred by the II WI Constable,. which Complaint was notoriously false.—The Whit echapel Licensers have a. ted a i n ure , ;audible part ; they have corrected the er ror of forme r annual decisions in refusing a Li cense to the' Public-house in White Worse-lane, Stepney, in relattoo to which reflisAl. Sir SAMUEL noNILLY laid a Petit ion Wore the House o' Corn lnusns last Sessions, signed uv all the inhabitants around.--At the Annual Licensing last Wednes day, they granted•the Lic,rsie wtanimousty, -and the neighbotirliood testified their joy, by boo tire', an exhibition of fire-works, and Other lo th-Wigs. THE TITEA'fRr.§. - . . .D . K171,1.Y . -LANE THE:OIIe.. A meetint'r.f.the.,prnpt ielorS o „ f this Theatre ivas held on Sat 'lrony, at he ito tttoda, in.pursnstrrre g.,f public ndyerlisemstit. the PlirpoSr of : elect in , six new members of the Chinmirlee, in the six w• re ballotand of v . n4 the} e port of t-.e C?intrw , er tip:m r!,e stare of he affairs or the 'esablisittnem: lire meeting WA% 110 t, v iinitierowdy altended, a'cii-Ciirostanee which . 'tn.ty perhaps he 11161)6re/I io its Navin;; been origin Ally anacvtineed ro ink •!lie Ctowo and A 'who! 'fate, io . oe ' fil of theThea ic-now, dioeci to he, plaretirst anpoihjetl. and tyres iu runseyuruce, Wsaltlioint ed in brink present at t. e i.roceedintia. which'oe enpied Imt" a very short Hee of time. Earl of F,:se,i havin° taken ihe chair. .llr. Nyarti,,the Secretary of 'tine pr!le nit (ointitii tee, read the adveriisement by which ,the meting was convened, ir the threw nii the talde a tininh-r tit folded slips of paper, on which were written the name , of *the ptt,on , put in innnilation to fill the Yaeanries in the Conn-. rtee, and front these seleeteel. six, which, on be , ..!: examined, were round to contikin the names 0 1 , lie,followin Gentlemen, namely— Edward. nrnnis.. Esq C:ol•sibel Nr.Tl)..mas 'Part on, The'fio , ;;Geo. Lamb, Richard Wilson. 4 Upon'these names being called over, Mr. PETER Mootta addressed the proprietors, and lt;,t•ing stited that one of the (►hire's of their being called together was to fill the six vacancies in their General Committee, occasioned by those which had been withdrawn, he proposed each of the names drawn by the Secretary as fit persons he erected, and they were elected without opposition. The Hon. Mr. Lama then read the report of the General Committee. It commenced by stating t hy the . Committee had convened the present meeting, first, tor the purpose of electing six members in the place's of those who had been drawn out of their number, and secondly, for the purpose of submitting to the General Assembly Propriettn4 a statement of their joint stock. J'!, Act of Par liatikgnt under which their estab lishment was, fortned, impetatively directed the Committee to call such a meeting .as the present within three- wombs atter the close of the last season, and tinder that provision they were now assembled. The Committee , had deferred this meeting till the West possible period, and were xious to have deferred it still later, as from the season having only just commenced, they were unable to enter at large into those details which, they were satisfied, would ultimately prove most satisfactory to those who were interested in the property. The' present period was, perhaps, the moat on propitious at which a view ortheir affairs could be taken, and therefore the Committee had thought it proper not to enter into arrenlarged account of their• finances until a future and more fitting occa- The General Commit(eebad been furnished by' the . 4 1.11)..00111Mitte With an accurate and lull de.• of their pi oceedings on a scrupulous review of which they bad every reason to be satisfied, both with r egard to the general reduction of ex pences, an d to the vigilant anti economical ar rangetnent-: which bad been made in every depart ment of the theatre. The conduct of the Sub- Committe had, in f4et, been such as to merit their um eserved confidence. The General and Sob-Committees invited from the proprietors, in private, such suggestions as might be cow:civet! eligible to the est hiblkliment, And assured them that whatever they might he, th e y sh ou ld be treated with the most respectful Attetrion. in fine, the General Committee de sired- to state, that the Company of Drury• Lane Theatre bad been considerably strengthened, and expressed a conviction,. that tinder these circum stances, and aided by the exertions and economy of the Sub-Committee, the profit of the current season would. ntit alone be consider able, but would tend to redeem much of their forme'r defalcations. This was the substance of the report, andon its being read, Mr. P. i\looßs moved, that it should he received and approved ; and it was received and approved accordingly. AIr:PETER MooRE then moved the thanks of the meeting to their worthy - Chairman, the Earl- of Essex. Wi it regard to him Self an d 'to the. Com mittee in general, of which he was tt member, he desired to state, that they felt highly flattered by the conhilence which It atLbeen placed in them. They had no other interests than those of the pro-, ytittots 10 consult; • for in consulting those inte rests. they . cOnsulted their own. The same eco "witty aril vigilance which had liten-ehertedduring the last season would, he had no ,doubt, assisted by the new attractions of the Theatrv., render them at least as snceessfol in the present The thanks to the Earl of •Essex • were pasqed una , core, mid the meetiog w,ts dissolved. Pre % ~ i s to the Committee quoting the table, how ever. Mr. Robertson, a shareholder, addressed the Chairman, and expressed his - ahhoirence of the alteratioiis which hail taken place in the Saloon. Nothing, he said; Could be more disgusting than to see that" beautiful Grecian room►, in the d►signing and erection of which an architect of taleot had been eiAployeti. utterly destroyed by the substitution of Chi nese ornaments, as trightul as they were - incons.stent with Briikh taste. A Gentleman, who we believed to be one of the Committee, an,Wered—Sir, they tend to encourage an assemblage of pret ty WIMICH. Another Proprietor.-1 deny that. The , pietty women oh, ject to these uncouth ornaments as much as any other of our Visitors. . . . _ Here the Committee made their exit, very prudently de cluing any altercation on so delicaft, a subject. • Their Stage- Manager, Mr. Itomon however, remained, and 3 dialogue ensued which had considerable - dramatic and which, as it may tend to throw a light on the o4scurity of the Chinese Saloon, we shall endeavour to detail with as much accuracy as circumstances will permit: First Proprietor.--I say, never was there any thing more disgraceful than the introduction of this' barbarous sort of taste. Second Proprivtor.,—lt is trnly shocking. Third Proprietor.—lt can easily he removed. First Proptictor.—Well, lint, Sir, are we to see our money thiis idly and lavishly expended, and not he incensed at those who have conntenaneed the extravagance? , St.tge Nlanager.—Geut lemlett, you are wasting your 'breath in objecting to that wilicl; Is really atlvantagcous—let ate. tell !'on, that whatere.r mad• be yonr (o.4ectiont to.the Chinele Sa loon, hat ti,, the Treacuev it IN, been truly productive. Pirf.t Proprietor.—Oh ! convince inc of that. and I atu • Stkig e Nriinager.T c'an'cottvinee - von. • • • Secowl opriet cin tick,r convince mt that such exhihitif,t) can he npprored by men of • stag., Nl:uirver.—Air, I f;ly the buildir.w,s.iu Ore S thwn are. at iv. iy classigal. , 'IsI. PV e a pure and utia.i u:t.erat ed sped tni.o or Chirfese architecture., ." • • '- • . Files certainly cannitt, as a • itt:itter of taste, apitriire . iif the alterations; Mit profit is a 'grand inducetnent for, the Sacrifice of-iistr..jiiitg-itient; • , Second I'r t iprietar.---74ir, I ant sorriy,to man,'ilt Peth'ik , s a criiien_l2. the, .ita tiatial taste for 1 h s.,ke, of a frith:lz personal gain ; 1 )ilt deny that any ailvantag.e cpn in the'.'ild he iilitained. There of at least 5001. op this notable s„,,eciil.i tion, whieb,l, ALI ',ati;fied neier he repaid. • lttrte • Manager.---Nat half the !Win has kern expended.-- izA.e timhtit Mile It of the profits resulting, fro), the inereased :111:nr,i,ioli t i this, season, as comp:, ctl with :lie ag gri•Kate of the thrt.e last seatons, and I will hear all the •e,- penees, botTi of rrectiug s the Chinese temples - anal the body in the,hiiiise. ;I -:tin 9iroriseil that any writ can rind fault. with the strloffli. I donsider it 'truly heautifal. Fourth Proprit tirr.—lt,,is any body seen the Prince's TP/iiin-wkaitt at Brighton ? It is extremely like it, and quit e.after the saint. taste.• Second Proprietor.—/ do not conceive that our taste is to be guided by a lirightott /Phint-iiiikant , • • Stage Manager.—What fault have you to6lid, Sir ? Do you deny the elaSsicality of theerct lint ?, ' Second Proprietor.--I don't ,lieaktiy say that.itis.nrit . per-, fectly Chinese ; but I never cinisidereil the.Chinest!astandard for classical ta s t e : th e y we re always rather the obje cts of oiir merriment than our admiration. First Proprietor - bare liccn' in all pmts of China, nod must the building is,perfect in all it is mei-nut° represent. NStage-Manager. - ---1 contenitthat the inspeoi-ements in the s4leolLhave- done. wonders fur us. . Why,. Sir, JII3 I Y consider the adrantalke of the admi..i.ius of the half-priCe.. vlsitorsio' the saloon at R o Clock, iitstcid.of t belt: being' 'kept. as hereto fore cooling; their heels:in the exposed to.t he wind of fire doors. The common 'Cry' WaS; " let its go to Coreut- Gi,irtlen, where we, can get aecomniodation.7 • Sir, the two new staircases by,which admission is now gained.to the Sa loon without interference' with the grand staircase has pro duced other beneficial effects. A c lear distinction is kept.he tWeen those ladies 'win, I ,e -the Saloon,flicprofessional pur poses (and.let me tell_you we can't do without ladies) and the respectable part Of the andie'nce. Heretofore you could not come down those grand stairca=es without being shocked by the grossest obscenity proceeding from the nionths'Aif fe males. 'lt is so no longer: The peaceable and modest visitors may now more backwards and forwards without such painful exhibitions. Second Proprietor.—lt, it to be lamented that the British public cannot support two Theatres, without the attractions of such females as those to whom von allude.. Fifth Proprietor.—Lord, Sir ! What Would a theatre be without the girls ?- Second Proprietor.—What it ought to he—a source of moral instruction, unmixed with.viciotis temptation. Fifth ProprietOr.—Ynu had better sell out, Sir; -for morali ty-and profit can't go hand in hand in our Theatres. Second Proprietor.—That is.certainly , to'be lamented ; but this is foreign to the object o( our discussion, and does not at all altef my objection to the - saloon. • • Stage Manager.--Will Gt.ntlenien allow me to show-them the improvements zis they exist ? • annes.—CertaiDly. • gei:e the Stage-manager led the way fo the vestibule in which the half-price visitors formerly assembled before the opening of the doors, and pointed out the inconveniences re sulting from the old practice ; front thence he ascended the geometrital staircase, and so into the saloon, the beauties. of which he dwelt upon with great energy, and contended, that for 50 visitors they had there last season, they had 500 in the present. First Proprietor.-That certainly Alters the case ; ob jection to the Chinese temple principally arose from conceiv ing it to he, independent of its want -of taste, a misapplication olthe funds of the Proprietors. Stage Manager.--Tastes of all descriptions are to be con- • stilted.hy a body like. (Mrs. The 5.,11001 . 1 never was intended as a place of resort fo r th e g e ner a l • fregnenter4 of the Then-. tre. It is only intended rot , those. yQung men and women by whom it is frequented : and has the good effect of - keeping them from the other parts of the house, where their presence has always been considered an annoyance.. • Second Proprietor.—The conveiti . ercO . - - of half-price adinis sioint ro ilea:nut/et al161“ wlti..,ut the taxi. nese ornaments. The Stage Manager.—But would not have been half . so at tracqve. Proprietors should not talk ill of their own .pro ' 'pe y : if. the public are pleased, they ()tght to be'satisfid and that the public are pleased, this treasury forms the best • criterion. ; • • . Second Prpprietor.—l am still not convinced, nor will I sacrifice ma taste to the gratification of idle curiosity. Fifth PrOprietor. 7 —Thiise who disapprove of the S'aloon can keep &Mil it, and on the star will find an ample and . valttblp store of talent to recompetme them fur all other disappoint menti. For my part, give me the Saloon and its attractions of all descriptions.. Sixth Proprietor.—l must confess, front my own observa tion, the Saloon never was so crowded as it has bee» during the present season, and fur all oar sakes I hope it will con tinue so. The Stage Manozer.— I have. ,only to hope that the profits of the Proprietors will keep pace With the anxious labours of those . in whom they have confided their interest. Of myself I hfii.e no right to say any thing,' although my attendance here during the recess has often been from six in the morn ing till twelve at night t bot, of others, I cannot help oh st:lting, that a hotly of-Proprietors never had a more Zealous or a more honourable set of, representatives than are to be found in the General and Snb-Committees. . First Proprietor.—So as our finances flourish i I shall be content. • The Stage Manager.—We have daily proofs.of aalendmeat in that way ; and if we only go on as we have commenced, we shall have reason to be grateful to the public. Thus ended a dialogue, which we have been induced to give from its novelty and the public, manner in which - it took place and without the sightest wish to give - offehce to ,any of the lirallial is P yrs onee.—(o hserver .) ENGLISH OPERA,I4OITSE. Saturday Hight the fillowing announcement was made. by Mr. BART! EYi• tbe•Stage-manager : • , " .dritiress, ez' NewPlicu for Changing the Order ,q: Dertniedie • Performances.. at J/iis ; Theatre, - delivered by Mr. BAaTi.Ey to the Audience,: on Saturday, September 20th, 1817. 11 . 11 LADIES AND GENTLI4EI , I, —The depressed state of all Theatrical' Property, and the obvious decline of Public inte rest or the mice favourite amusements of the Drama, are in creasing'evils which hate been ascribed by various conjec-. torts to various Ca ASC9. 'l • u comment, generally, open these Wipold in this' place be impertinent; ,but, antongst others, a large portion 'orthe Public have advanced, that the early }rr►ear of cOnOnencing the performances renders it impossible to attend au ;onuses'' , nt,i,v hid' interferes with the late hours of slimier, or the protracted hours of business . , and a no less cuiasiderable body of the comnomity have complained; that the late hours to which the representations of the Stage :ter extended, upterially derauge the ordinary habits of life to which they are" accustomed. All parties, however, have agreed' in tbndetuuing, as with . one 'Voice, the length of Theatrical performances, in which the attention of the Audi tors can rarely he kept alive florin: , a period of at least fire•hours; and never• withnut fatigue 7 both of body and mind. '' In sonre•'degree, to remedy the evil complained. of by those whose habits of• life or avocations 'would not permit their early mtendance at Theatres, the custom of taking Half-Prier was introduced. But it mos► be wivlobs to every one., that this plan has been found incompetent to its object. Many persons who would he 'desirous to witness the early part of a lorformance, are indisposed to pay the price of a whole evening's entertainment for that Portion of it olify which they car► en. 2 loy ; and it may reasonably, he supposed, that thousands who .might wish to enter a 'Jimmie at at later hour (as at the 'Wool time of second price), are wholly exclud ed by the certainty of finding the best seats occupied.— 'rhos numberless persons, from :the our or the other cau , e, are deterred from Irequenting.the amusements of the Stage. " - Long experience and tunch•reflection on these contend ing difficulties, have suggested to the Proptietor , this Theatre a mode of reconciling them. It is obvious, that to accommodate one principal class of the patrons of theatres, the performances must commence at an early hour; and t o gratify another, no les: important class, tliey must he coli tis's:Ed to a late one: and as the man of leisure ezmo o t, b e in duced to forego his ;Present habits of 'dining at the old Eng lish supper time ; and as a man of business, and other per sons of early and domestic pursuits, cannot he prevailed up on to abridge their hours of sleep in order to compliment with .their company the perforMance of a midnight• 11. to Drama, it is become necessary, to the interests (if not the 'erry. existence) of Theatres, that:some measures should adsipt eil to meet the vvistits and tioiNg ut both lielS , eS, ew heir pFospetity s., immediately s. If'i II this view, it is prriposed as.att,txperitnetit for the few r! ,iiights of this si•aso,,, toi.ry the., lan iso no rut , to ai re4ittar , lioatre) of r) Vieithig's cuter •iiiio tutu irvitinct parts or performances. Each ! lei toroonice to consist -of a toll "nne. , - cL ()Iowa:. or of slitl•Opera, t ith.i 410., or a Nliisical •Eatertaiiiinent. ~FittST PERFOII,MANCE (lop tOoIES at • half past, fire) to beKin at 'ix o'cl,.ck prt cisrly, And to last till .itiolit ••• , • ' „ 1 ' rite ‘4.cnsn Pnat'oi.v.iNct in begin , at h.ilf-past and to 'conclude . . , , . " Aithoo'gh„.as the einertaiiiincitts of the Theatres have increased in length, it has never hero propii*ed on that ac count to increase the prices iit admission. et, now that it is iiit,iided limit their .duration, it is .respectably and cheerfully p;-oposeil I 11;it the .followin4 reduction ,had take. : the Ilrices of Admission to cheer Perforniatite will he, tio.tes JS.—(p• Gd• .. • ... liuxe :nut places will i , e talie.n.for either performance; and the eltti it admired d•coratioii.; will.U4' , Ippropriate.), by a 110% , auxugrnteut, 10 111, use of the emu, pany visiting tlie,lio.xes at the second l u r orioance, and A promenade for the cmitpany to wait for their.. carelau , s 611 leaving the boxes at the conclusion ut the early eniertain.. . . merits " We are fUlly aware that we.shall hart. ta'enCounter many professional jolseS upon this occasion ;, aud ,we believe it k pretty wed known that we have had exery thing to struggle against from rival TheatVes, t hat ingenious. opposition could devise. %%re, do nut (111;irjel with ,opposition; . because it is (lona naturailhat eveilltan shutildjiiinli.firit of • himself • and study his awn int ertsst preference,to,the interests of another; but we are alike piepared to,tmile, at the.goode humoured raillery.of our friends, and the hostile attempts of our enemies,•wlao.ionay,iiiith, perhaps, he iiielined, in difte— xent tu t "a scheme.!! Let them call, it what they we toltiAV that our • sole aim is to exist. he your favikir by.de - eising all ,iheans• fur your ruceive an honest ti ivard for our I•abbut A s.: l . -1r ALMA AND OXBERRY. _.. ..._ - . The• fonovving. Letter eatip! too late to ug on . Sat - i • : • , • urday-for nsertion to -In it Su N of that thy : To TUE EINTOW.O7-TuE , MORNING CHRONICLE. ft,—l am sorry my denunciation against M.Talma should have drawn your Correspondent, L'Hermite, from his retire. meat; lie imS, hOwever, - -cotivinved me that a man when ex cluded front society, soon loses that tactus which so delicately and-imperceptibly regulates the conduct of every feeling wan d and I should hope particularly of every Englishman. L'ller mite asserts that it 'was at the iesire of the Officers of the English CiarriSon; that M. Talmo performed ; so far front that being true, many did not know of his arrival till within a few hours of hit performance, and others actually went to the Theatre under the impression that the English Company would perform." It certainly escaped Me that a tenth of the prisfits were to be given to the poor, and I suspect, not more so than those who ought to have been partakers of that boun ty. But I: Hermite should remember that the country actors of our nation, are, generally, not eery rich, and French pa tronage is certainly not very likely to make them 5:1; if, therefore, we must rob one part of the poor to give to ano ther, I do not perceive that the cause of humanity is likely to be benefited by the act, and it certainly would be in Opp, - sition to the views of our modern philanthropists, tor they ever award'the palm to merit and industry. It has been said, "my self-love was wounded." No! It was the-spinit of art Englishman properly advocating the cause of. an oppressed countrywoman in a foreign land ; but . even had she been of any nation, 1 hope I should have felt no other sense than that 'of-doing, my duty. as L'Hermite asserts,. this act " has brongiit me alittle more into notice," the censure which his retired and inntooial habits have caused him to pass upon me confers a compliment, for which 1 thank him. It' will ha proper here to 'intimate, that I have no desire to prolong disonssion upon such a triiial matter, and also to re mark that 1 shalt deem it unnecessary to reply to any. person, Whose signature•envelopes him in the garb of tiction:____ I a . m, - Sir, &c., W. OXBERRY. LAMFNTABLESUICIDE.-111 gtl d it on to the nu— merous cases of suicide that liaye - itttely;akett plote, we u►re under the painftil necessity :of reconli:4; that of Lientenant-Cohnel J— P—, V the Scotc h Orci e s. liria distinplislted Office-P-101-os only its the thirty-first year of his 'age, and7ldis left an. amiable Wife and aged mother to lament his me- , lAncholy end. He was an Officer of g - reat merit 'and distinguished bravery, having received several woonds in - the field of ba , tle, particolirly on the memorable day of %V.:al . :do°, where,, in charging b2.enetny at [behead of his regiment, he had two horses shot from tinder him, and having received a dangerous sabrewoutid. on the Lead, he was left for: dead .on the . field. He was found covered with wounds, anti was conveyed ,to his tent tier surgical assistance, when' it was discOvera that he hall- a slight fracture on his skull ; in a few weeks, however, he. was solar recovered as to be able to join his regiment. Within these few months this,unfortonate Gentleman has laboured under a Stat e of mental - derangement, and was confined at his country seat, ‘‘ithin eight miles froui town, under.the care of,a keeptr, and at tended by several eminent professional Gentlemen, but lor a short:time past he was-so tar recovered that lie mixed in company, and occasionally came to town for his amusement. On ThorOay)ast he visited a friend in Porttnan-square, but from the eccentricity of his behaviour the;. Gentlemen. thought it necessary to send a trusty...Eu:l-10n to see him safe .home, lie arrived at home about nine o'clock at night, and was taken out of his carriage in a state of stuperfaction ; his friends at first conceived he. was in a state of inebriation, and he was conducted to his apartment, when it was ascertained that he haul tali( n a atnantity of opium.• Several couriers were disp3tched in every direction for medical assistance', but before any arrived he breathed hie last. .„ A seizure was made a few days since, n ear Sarking; in Essex, by Ddlton; the officer belong_ ing tO,Latubeth-,street P9lice, of smuggled goods to the value of near 30001. •consisting chiefly of -plate-glass, &c. • - 7 NEW MODE OF CHEATING.—The driver of the coach 899, who, by reversing his plate, had ap. peared to he the (Myer of the number 668, WA hitt!, under this false appearance, cheated several persons with impimily, wa4 on Fr day (after being detected by the real Socia) taken in the evening tc., Bow-street, and two cases of extortion being p ro ved against him, was fined' to the amount of 3/. and upwardi, and, being unable to pay, was committed to gaol. for two MOW hs. At, an ,early hour nn Saturday , morning, the house of Ilr. LUCAS, harness and' bit maker, iri Seymour-Place; Edgware-road, was feloniously broken, ittio, and robbed of property to kieotsi. derabie eXtent. In •an hoer a •,!rwardt, so me biicklavers found the whole of the property depo- Sited 'in the coal cellar •of an old unfrequented H l e n a lt i t , isi ci ti a o i n .ret v.: s a . s latie,:mrands. take p at the' sit S.. wind); btforec:nnaLEs - JEmmETT, Esc ] (.:01.osiet. forthe County of Sm . try, upon the body of Ho herr St a r e v, about 50 years of age, who was rObb ed H i,, ? „ dreadfully beaten, t hat he died last Thurs day, in consequence of the ill-treat tnehtne received. T he C,prourr idly sutomecl up the evidence. acrd t h e without hesitation, returned a t Vrt(lict of " Wilful against swne person or per sons unknowu."_