The Sun.
London, England, 1807-01-20 00:00:00

.13/17'11, JAN. 19,

Master BETI'I closed his engagement at our The-
atre on Saturday last,
.in the part of Zapbia. He
lias performed with out corhpany-for six week's, and
with a considerable clegiee of success. As he pet.-
formed the cbara6ler of Essex, and had only three
Or four days to study it, ho proved that however
automatic he might previously.have been, he is now
capable of refie6tion, and can a& „from the diaates
Of his owl] mind. EGERTON, CHARLTON, MOSS
MARRIOT, and Miss FISHER have pOwerfullysup,.
ported this juvenile actor in the several charaLiers
which he has assumed.

Our new Ador, Mr. BAaatrwhb we tinderstai
is nephew to a Noble Peer,,and an dm: of STEPH r
KEMBLE, is a considerable addition to our tbeatri( al
corps, and does credit to hiiiiself and master.
His talents are well fitted for the loftier and patht:t c
provinces.

Our Company is .altogether upon a, very respp6l-,
able footing, and we hare great i-asoli"to hope that
our season will be prosperous. . •

The Viscountess HEREFORD, a Lady whose cha-
rader for benevolenee.is disting-uished among our
NObility, is at present in aivery alarming tatp.cif
indisposition.
Mr. MERRY, our late Minister to the United
States, is arrived at Liverpool,4in the Leonidas, from
Alexandria.
The celebrated traveller MUNGo PARE, about
whom there has been so many reports, has, it is said,
at length fallen:a viaim to the crnelty of-the native.
'of Batuborrd; in' Africa. He was killed 'at the place
called Sago. The-authority, however,, Upon, which
This report is given has not been stated.
BREAM—There was no Court of Al !craon held
to-day. The Loon MAYOR, after inspe&ing the Re.
turns, ordered it to remain as last week.
The management of the Opera House devolves to
the brother'of the late Mr. Goma). The present
Mr. GODLD is a Member of the Irish Ear, and wa- a
Member'of the Irish Parliament, in which he Wok a
very aaive part. against `the Union, and uttered a
memorable explanation on thesabjeCi..
The Epilogue to Mr. Moo,oN's new Play does
not come from his friend Mr.Aripaaws, as reported,
but from Mr. Cor.m4N, 'and will therefore most pro-
bably be attended with Broad GrinS.
CATALANt, according •t(). the account of the fo-
reign Critics, has not yet appeared in full lustre, as
her. constitution is not sufficiently assimilated with '
our climate. The same tale has always prevailed re-
speaing every Italian warbler that has visited this
Country, but more particularly with GRASSINI,
who, however, though she improved in public
opinion as an Aelress, yet never sung better than
on her .first appearance.
A man of. considerable fortune, it is said, recently:
married a fair vender of oysters. Her knife, it
seems, struck into his. heart as deeply as if it had'
been a .shaft from C4id. A similar, event, it 14
well known, happened many years ago, and the
a-decant P6issarde used to parade through the town
at a very advanced age, in her coach, graced witli
a coronet, and drawn by six cream-colonr'd horses.
THE ARTS.----The set of pi&ures from English
!History; so liberally, ordered by ALEXANDER DA-.
:VISON, Esq. chiefly 'with a view to the encourage.!-
:meat of the Arts in this Country, are finished, and
do honour to the reSspectliv4.; Artists. The number
of pidures was to be eight, and this generous Pa..'
Iron of the Arts was to give tbre'e hundred!pounds for'
each; a considerable, part of which was paid in
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advance.

M. DONANT, Secretary to the Acadeinical Society
at Paris, has invented a machine by ..which persons'
who have never learnt to write may form letter.; at
once perfealy legible and distinct. He -calls it the
,Illechanograph.
The French. Astronomer LALANDE, received a'
few months since an anonymous letter, informing
him that a German of high distinction discovered
50 years ago, a remarkable period of 280,000 years
from the return of the Six principal planets to the
same point of the heavens.

The difficulty which has attended the unrolling
of one of the six Herculaneum Manuscripts, pre
sented by the King of Naples to the Prince of
WALES, has proved so great, that the attempt on the
other five rolls has been given up.
A violent persecution has been excited'against the
Christians at. Pekin,•in consequence of some irregula-
rity of a few persons of that religion. A Mandarin
suspe&ed of being favourable to them has been put to
death.

There are upwards of mono troops now gum-
tered at Athlone, in Ireland, it being one of the
first Depots in the United Kingdom ; and altruist all
the light companies of the Irish Militia are brigaded
there.

We are sorry to find that people who keep • dogs
are by no means so careful as theyonght to be, con-
sidering the alarming disorder which prevails at pre_
sent among those animals.—Canine madness is one
of the most dreadful evils that can arise ; and it
is impossible to be too vigilant and cautious in the
means adopted to avert so horrid a calamity. The.
Magistrates have been very active, but it seems
necessary that more severe measures should be en-
forced for the proteetion of the Public.
Six persons are now under surgical cure in Guy's
Hospital, who have been bitten by dogs. The me-
thod adopted for cure is to cut out the part bitten,
and apply burning caustics to the place.
Puoluam,--The amateurs of the pugilistic art
were gratified yesterday with two fights in Bel-
cher's Fields, near Paddington. The last, be-
tween two heroes of minor rank on the boxing-
list, has seldom been equalled ; and the bottom
-which the winner displayed, after an 'hour's hard
fighting, promises more future celebrity. Soine of
the old ones met in the afternoon to complete the
day's amusement:in Tuthill-fields, by witnessing two •
dog-fights and a beat-bait, which were very-nume-
rously attended: • -

We understand the allowance of anaingrain to,
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'lie general in the coal trade ; and we are of opinion,
that such an allowance ought to have been made by
Mr. Da, ison. By the terms of his letter, he is ,to
be paid for the number of bushels actually delivered,
but! he is to be. paid. at such rate as is• the Market
price ; and without the allowance of an ingrain,
there does not appear to be any market price. .
" It seems to be suggested in this case, that a
fraud ha; been committed, by a greater quantity of
coals being`charged as unloaded, and of particular
ships, than -is specified in the respeEtiye invoices ;
but no question is put to us upon it.
(Signed) "A. PIGGOTT.
" SAML. ROMILLY."
They examined Mr. Henley, Coal Merchant,
who said, that ingrain means one chaldron on
twenty ; payments are for twenty, and one is given.
over ; but he said, that if he agreed to furnish coals
by the bushel, he would be paid by the bushel
but if by the chaldron he would allow one chaldron
on twenty—the word making the, difference. The
Comniiss'amers say, " We cannot but admire the
" (rood fOrtune of Mr. Davison in framing the
laoguage of his proposal, and -We cannot but
" stab-ugly represent the incaution of the late Barrack
" Master de.iieral, in accepting the protibsal Without
• " knowing what was the impart of it." Mr. Wood,
also.an eminent Caal-Merehantain his examination,
said, that " he should think ingrain would be due,-
" whether the word bushel or chaldron was used,
" for thera is no market-price in the port of Lou-
" den without such allowance."
The Barrack. Office relied-on the certificates, and
once 'only- were the respea-talaility and means of
knowledge of the-persons .signing them made the •
suhje& of inquiry. In-some instances, the Report
seas, they ceri illy were not those. whom Lieute.
nant-Gen. De Lancey required, viz. " persons of the:
" most respectable description," tin., an the Islands •
of Guernsey, and Jersey, the certificates were gene-
rally slatted b.) a person of the, name of George Rich-
_ and Walker, a dealer in coals, and who was con-
cerned with mr. Davison, under some agreement or
cofitra% al supplying coals for the Barracks in ,
Guarnsev and 'the adjacent Islands for about four '
years. He was afrerwards. Mr. Davison's agent for
about two years more, in the same. business, at a
entntnissiou .of 21s per cent. on- -,an estimated price
Of the coals delivered. He was also Mr. Davison's
agent in- supplying candles- during the whole time.
Thia person,, therefore, had .a dire& interest in.cer-
tifring high prices, and he had also. an interest in
the quantity delivered in, for while he a6ted as Mr.
Da,asonai Agent, he received a commission of 2.
per cent. on an agreed valuation of bas, per chaldron -
on all the coals measured in the Barracks. - It was
duaing.this period that the great increase on the-car-a
gees 'sent to these Islands appeared.
Now, this Richard George Walker was convicted'
of forgery; and executed.
. The Report states some instances of the prices at
which .Mr._, Davison was paid for coals, compared
With the priees paid.
, On the '23d of January, 1799, Mr. Hargraves, a
coal merchant of Brighton, delivered at the Barracks
there, 06' eh al d von s, Of coals., on account of' Mr. Da-
, vison, and charges him 465.. per chaldron, and draws
bill for'the same, laal. at 40 days. The self-same
i'largraves certifies, the price On that day to be
58 s. and 2s. for carriage to the Barracks; making to-
gether 60saand this the public pays. - • .
Mr. George Leith, of Walmer, delivered 69 chat-
drohs, 6 bushels, into the Barra,:ks, for which he
charged.72s.- per chaldron, including all expellees.
The certificate, signed by two inhabitants of Deal,
states the price ot coals on the -same day to be 905..
and the paice of carriage to be 2s. bda more; by
which Mr. Davison . latsa.prbfit of 11. and bd. per
cloldrOn, oaabout 30 par cent. on .the cost price.
Richard Emmerson' and Co. charge Mr.-Davison
455. per chaldron, and 9s. tid. more for. carriage)
from DoVer to Deal, making together 545. Gd. The
certificate is, that the price- of coals is al.-per chal-
dron, and that carriage is •17s. sd. giving Mr. Davi-
son a compound profit of 11. 3s. 21.- per chaldron, or
above 40 per cent.
Neither Mr. Davison, noa his late Clerk, to whom
-lie referred the Commis-loners, attempted to explain
these two last transatlions.
After the execution of George Richard Walker,
the Commissioners obtained his- ledger, from which
they extract some of the deliveries, shewina the
prices- paid by Mr. Davison to Walker, and those

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