The Sun.
London, England, 1801-10-22 00:00:00

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1.14. tragedy of Pieti/ii-o was inSt night repre-
sented fOr the first time this season; and, coriikler.;
ing bow. often it has been performed, considering
too that it waited the aid of Mrs. Sinr)•olcs, in
Eivia, it had a nthnerOtis Audience.
KEMBLE.'S excellence Al R,;//a is too well-known
to tequire any particular notice. He exerted himself
with his accustomed spirit last night, and power-
fully operated upon the feelings. There was a mix-
ture Of dignity and tenderne,,s in his a6ting, that
fully. supported. this heroic and interesting clvrader.
The rest of the Performers played with their
usual rate of ability ; and the Piece, on the whole,
went off tolerably- well.

Covent. Garden.
THE MERCHANT OF VEStCE.

Coo Kr. came forward last night in Sky/ock,. and I
his reception was such as to show that he is fully
reinstated in public favour. We hope no wriuci_y
event of a similar kind will shake his future credit.
He seemed to be oppressed with a cold, which how-
ever did not prevent him from exerting himself
with considerable success. We have seen him much
better in the scene which relates to his daughter's
flight, but much allowance should of course be made
for his indisposition.
CoRY for the first time performed Bassanio. He
played with a tempered judgment throughout, and
read the letter, describing the distresses of Antonio,
in a very affecting manner.
Miss MURRAY chiefly wanted, in Portia, a more
easy vivacity in the lighter scenes.
MUNDEN indulged his frieuds in the Galleries
with much whimsical grimace. As this Performer
affeas great accuracy in costume, why did he wear
an Evglisb hat in Launcclot, which was tot:11),"
repugnant to the rest of his dress, as well as to the
time and country ?
Miss DixoN's Jessica was much too tame, and
Miss S I Nis's Nerissa much. too trifling. The sub-
ordinate parts, indeed throughout, were not so well
supported as to give due weight to this admirable
work of our great dramatic Poet.
In the Farce of Love-a-;a-itiode Mr. CoDKE per_
sonated Sir ifrchy 117`SarCasm with all the charac-
teristic excellence which we have before had occa-
sion so warmly to commend. His cold was doubt-
less a drawback, but he paints the proud Scotchma'n
in all his strong native colours, and so admirably,
as to render his representation of bins highly enter-
taining. The other charaders Were supported with
theirusual ability by joxiisToNE,SIMMoNs, LEW is,
and Miss CHAPNIAN.
The House was extremely crowded in every part.

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There were :-4o bolls cif oatmeal On TLlcs-ciay,
Edinburgh market, which sold from i7s. to t 8c;
per boll. Theie were. also 'so. b6lls pepse and
barley meal, which 'sold from nos. 6.1. to' 14.5. 6d.
per boll.—Retaii prices, best oatmeal is. 2d. .se-
coed, is. id. per peck.
At the IVlichelmas, Head Court of the County rf
Roxburgh, a Memorial was laid before the Free.
holders, by Sir will Elliot, of Stobs, Bart. respeet;
tog the communication by post between Edinburgh
and the several post towns connthed w jib the
County, in which is was said, That the circuitous
and indirett communication by post, by which the
corresponde,nce had, for several years past, been
carried on ‘vith the metropolis of Scotland, was at..
tended with several disadvantages to this part of the
country, and were now further increased by the
present high rare of postage, the redressing of
which was the chief objet of the memorial. It
was very accurately stated, that it never could
be meant by the Strit..lte of the }lst of His pre-
sent Majesty, cap. 7, that the distance should
be estimated according to the roce, however cir-
cuitous,. which the Post was :kftually made to
take;--but that nothing further could be intended
by the Legisiatare than that the rate of postage
upon letters should he calcula!vd according to the
distance by the direr Post_road leading from the
host office at which the letters were fir,t dispatch.
cd, to the Post-office to which they were ultimately
addressed: That, from-a careful examination-of the
Statutes relative to the Posr.officc, both befine and
since the Union, it appeared pretty evident. that
nothing more could be intended by the Legislature
than that the dired distance by the neatest Post_
road should be the rule adopted for calculating. the
rate of Postage, and the Post-office to charge the
Postage in the manner which had been practised
since the sth of. April last.

This Memorial was taken into the consideration
of the Meeting ; and they having unanimously ap-
proved of the sense thereof, appointed Sir John
Buchanan Riddell, William Riddell of Camiston, and
Sir William Elliott, a Comiltittee, to make out a
representation to the Right lion. Lord Auckland,
Postmaster_General on tie above suite t, and a du-
plicate to the Postmaster-General of Scotland.