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parcels of low goods bare bee. lake. off fur @rushing sod
il&ort. The eNtsort of relined goods last year is csicuialed
at 20,000 Ishth. 15,000 kle•lderrauttan; 12,000 Han-
; 10,000 Reverted awl caber Pnris.
l'areigs Snapp CONtilltle inquired after.
Catitt —There are no fresh snive4 et market : the par.
rt.! of Chest's. Raisins meld last reek, 67.. a bbs. were tilt
Wire% oblaisted. Currants cominue iu &lowa

sem:rt.—There is no alteration in Spices, except its East
India Gilmer, which continues in great request; a OAF,' by
public sale yesterday, resheed 13a. sod I3a. 114.
COTTON.—The Cotton market nroosios iu an onarttled
state ; yery, few paerehi offer selsiirer prima. bet white soles
actually have beat effected, lower prices have been submit.
All to. The purchases since sew last consist of 153 Mines,
I.i ;42 Smyrna', 111.1. a 20 Sands, 10. h. bond;
awl 300 Bengali, 641. a 6N.
Importation of Cotton silage our last :-437 bad" Bengal,
b 4 ditto Madras, and lb ditto Boverbon.
Total Importation of Colton ia-1810:.-637 hales bengal,
171 .litto Sorel, 84 ditto Madras, LS ditto Bourbou, and
795 ditto Brasil.
RUIA, 11112 ANDY, AND HOLLANDS....Tbf mirest for Ram,
which bad in some measure subsided early in the week, ap.
pears to.day to be resewrd. The demand appears partici,.
holy to he directed to shoo( Jamaica, which Easy be quoted
ld. per gallon higher. A parcel of Lerwarda, soder proof,
has beets ',Ohl at 2.. Brandy or Geneva we believe no
sales have heels effected since our last report.
TALLOW .—The prices of Foreign Tallow are quoted higher,
slot very prospect of a further impruremtut : 545. 6d. and
5Sa. few earl! arrivals has been paid. The Town minket is
to.ilay quoted 635. 6,11 which is id, higher Ils.ies last week.

ROYAL COBURG THEATRE,

very conduct which he then so highly approved of, that lie
inimedistely borrowed from' his worthy' and trusting friend,
Mr. Thomas Ihbdin, his adaptatiou of Fast., and produced
it at his wen Thestee, clearly chewing bon little he deemed
the lb.ehrearsatigiog a tragedy!, hle-otersySetsue any oi-
l:
trent egoista the law swill, Potent thraires. But all
.1441. 4 hfis eenniteka ;. ir is thorke consoirests upon the
eind sof hi. now, I presume, • trorap colleagues and
Weaker Managers; the Patentees of C.ovent•garderi Theater.
4 Mortified," he says, " by the popularity which the mielo-
.Xliair;wirke mum, Wife loot iirquieekty the manner
to which it had been performed at the Surrey Theatre,
and in which it was preformed at the Olympic Theatre; ,
raviolis of the little advantages which were supposed to'
spring from that popularity; piqued that they had lint hut
so such of di:renter/it, and of theatrical jodymeol, as to
perceive that Faris was a drama they ought at least to
have given a chance to on their own stage; awl arriving
at last at this discovery, by the good effect of the perform-
ance of a garbled porton' of the text, under the ilisallvautsges
of a melo-dramatic form. they resolved (that is, the horde-
tors of coveut.Garders Theatre resolved) to produce the
tragedy of Fazio; and it has been said, without consultation
Stith' the author, and without any tender of comp. illialiall
to him for the materials they were adopting; it is now,
after the long sod determined apathy 01.. y had .titan to-
wards the fitness of Fazio for represental at all, that
they talk of the misapplication of ' Filch a tragedy as Fazio;
moaning rimier the conseionsoess of the fart, that if
there be dramatic talent in rain, that merit was nut of
their detection—that they , 11NC their intelligroce to the
better judgment of the Propriptor of Ili! Kerrey Thea-
tre, and to the information tiny have gained from the
modified performunce of the piece at that Theatre, and
the Olympic Theatre, tiny avenge themselves by the attempt
to entrap your Lordship into A 11, 7 ,ef, that' the Tragedy of
Fa:in,' had been weitialuna yorfirtned at the i 11,oupie
Thew..., while they know it never was so perform. d; and
they talk to your Lordi.hip of 'such a Tragedy as Fazio,' to
create an impressiou, that this so. lesoled violation of privi-
lege was of the most I . . lescription, while they know
that Fazio was a sort of outcast" What excellent semi.
mettle would these have been had lbry possessed site slovenly !
but, as Lear says, a change situations, and, handy dalltlYi
which is the justice and which is the thief!" Po Mr. Booth
in the place of Facia, and how admirably does this passage
apply to the preient dispute between Drury-lane mud my
Theatre. " Mortified at hie popularity, emulous of the little
advantages that were Papimisi•ti to spring from that pupal*.
✓ity, piqued they had not MO touch of diseerouseaf, and of
theatrical judgment, as to perceive that Mr. Booth was SO
Regal, they ought at least to have giver a titmice 11l un their
own stage," etc. Ser. They (that is, Mr Elliott's, and his agents)
talk of ail unlawful performance, and 0 wish to create as
impressioss that the pretended violation of privilege is of the
t henioue description, while tht y know that Mr Booth
was a sort of outcast from theinsalves."o But more delial-
lively to decide tlo• right of ...Inure Theatres to pl sy a norlsw
dramas i zed tragedy. Mr. Ellittios goes on to Moe. as, that " ati
the suitablenes. of The Italian Wife for reprerenlation at the
Olympic Theatre, in its writ) dramatic form, I harm um
doubt. It involved music, both rocr;l roil in the way of ete-
coroponimeof to action, 41,1111.111 Z, mini sp.:elude. It eillialleed,
Ilirrelare,seceral of the different descriptions of perform-
ance perm/Met by my license, end which were not employed,
to eambination with words, in Ike regular 111'11140k' form.
It ass NOTHIN• MORE THAN THE DISCRIPTIoN OF MIX-
ED TERWORM•NCES LOCO IXIIIRITCD AT 7HE MINOR
THEATRES, AND AT Tilt SUMMER ; and which
deseript. of perforsawice, sale it capable of !wing regard.
td in the nature of the' regirfar Drama; ought. of rourot,
to have been long since detainnced by the Conductors of the
Vitiates 'Royal, from the anxieties they profess to feel fist
the prevention of all encroachments on the dignity of the
' National Drama.' To the morale, the dancing, the action,
mid the general spectacle, of The Italian Wife, I defy these
Gentlemen to rsdranee an objertion—and if it he the infec-
t/0k of the words to which they dissent, I would ask .our
Lordship, and, little MS I rely ow their condone, I would ask
the Ifemoriali.t. themselves, 1.1 what quarter it is the Pro.
prielor of a ;tenor iheofre ought to go for the wimps lie
is to use! What wools would they give him seven to'—
Neither Ihoyc, it seems, which they do efrw.e to rise, nor
those whirl. they .1.• nut choose to use. 'lle plain fact a,
they would deny him lA. use of all words—ikey would shot
him out from every resource."
. . . .

As every word of this applies so strongly he my adapta-
tion of Richard the Third, ,1 is needkss for me to expend
many more words on the subject—Pas eat at hod. dereri.—
But my enemy nut only teaches me, but executes my task
for me Tutu the bargain ; lw insists nod I have a right to
play Tragedirs its a siieloahamatized form, involviog music
both vocal and instrumental ; action and apt emelt beim: the
mixed species of performance lung exhibited at the Mmur
and Summer Theatres, 1 can desire no more f• bi a, lie
will not surely attempt to unsay wh■t he has said, now that
I pare this. reminded him. It he dews, let lons call to mind
an anecdote in Eastern mit:alit, which, as it has lw.ti trans-
planted into several of the tenfre:ilers of the day, Mr. Ellis-
ton may possibly have seen, oleo author who, ',cawing his
published seatinienis for gala, was made, by trrallatriug his
I.loh, literally to eat his hies words. My third Letter will
contain Mr. Ettilbilln's jUd.CII.IIIS remarks on tlw Frs. iii high
prices of the Royal Theatres, their improvident cal...intorno.,
mid many other points, whirls, ■t the same tune they assist
ate, materially concerti ani, Sir,
Your obedient obliged S. result,
J. It

Proprietor of Ile Royal Coburg Theatre.

• Since Mr. Booth's appearance at the Coburg Theatre,
Mr. Elbaton is understood to have applied to loin un the
most advantageous terms fur Drury-lane.