The Sun.
London, England, 1815-03-08 00:00:00

THE THEATRE.

FOREIGN OPERA.--A duller or more insipid
Opera was scarcely ever heard than the new Seri-
ous one, which was dragged through the Hay-
market last night, under the title of I Riti D'Efeso.
if the name of FARTNELLI had not been known.
as acelekqted Sin Ber, that name, from this speci-
men, ,wOOl
.never have been heard of as a com-
poser. SEsst did every thing to support it, par-
ticularly in her last scene, which is,•however, in-
tolerably Iong.—GENT should never attempt divi-
sions, or what is called execution : it is miserable.
The Overture was by CHERUBIM', and a most ex-
cellent composition. The Ballet had its- usual ap-
plause from a house very, bare of company.
DRURT-LANE.—Want of, room yesterday pre-
vented 'Our noticing the disappointment of •the
night before at this Theatre, where the Tragedy
of Richard the Secon,d was to have been revived,
but Was unavoidably deferred on account of the
sudden indisposition of Mr. ELLISTON. A printed.
bill was• circulated in the Theatre, noticing this
unexpected circumstance, signifying that Macbeth,
would be the snstitutcd play, and that Mr. KEAN
would perform the hero of the piece. The audi-
ence at first manifested -some displeasure *, but
were soon appeased, and the play then proceeded
as 'usual.

Last night Mr. S:PENLEY, whose debut in Young
Norval we have mentioned, appeared in the cha-
racter of Belcour. His performance did not want
spirit, but, as in his Norval, it was too obviously
artificial ; and of all his gestures, we might say
with Archer, in 'The Stratagem, "There is nothing
in this without a precedent:' His acting seemed
'compounded of the hurried manner of the late
Mr. LEWIS, and a studious imitation of Mr.
CHARLES KEMBLE. Whether Mr. PENLEY ever
saw the former, as he is so young, is doubtful ;
but, ,otherwise, we should suppose that that ex-.
cellent, but peculiar Actor, was his chief model.
Mr. PENLEY had no reason to be dissatisfied with.
his reception ; for though there was by no means
a immerous,apdience, the applause Which be re-
ceived, w.cts.t ardent throughout. Mrs. DAVISON,
whose -recArntlaccouchment prevented her appear-
ance for sometime, was well received in Charlotte
Rusport.

* But Critics differ even on such afirvi as this!—
" The audience (says the British Press•) shewetl no syrup.
toms of disappointment at the change, and received Mr.
Kean, in Macbeth, with plaudits."
" Notwithstanding the change of Play Was thus properly
announced (says the Morning Chronicle), the curtain no
sooner rose than a violent disturbance took glare."
Who shall decide whem Doctors disagree

CORN EXC,7ItANGE, Ithaca. B.—We had but few
arrivals of any kind of Grain this morning, but a.
large quantity left over from Monday ; the sales
in general were exceedingly dull, and the prices
uearly nominal ; the few sales made in Wheat
were; however, on lower terms.

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Vi 7 f'. si •NI 1 :-F1'1t4.4.. 1:1:E!:t'll'Ne

Yesterday there Was- a ;Vretininater Meeting,
'non the subject of the torn Laws. A prod'egi-
ous coneeurse of people assembled in Palace-yard.
The hustings were so crowded, that it.was almost
impessilde-to talc a note •of the proceedings) or,
-to hear the speaker's distinctly.
After the HIGI: BAILIFF had stated briefly the
'objects for which the meeting was convened,
Sernaem 'came forward to propose some Re-
-solutions. He'said, there Was no man less desir-
ous than he was of exciting any thing that could
be called a factions spirit of discontent,• or of im-
peding any measures which Ministers- could pro-
'pose for the good of the people. The measure,
however, which they were now assembled to dis-
eitss, was certainly net a measure for the good of •
the people, and could not be spoken of with too
-notch ehbotrence. In support of the opinions en-
tertained by the public on this question,- there
was the undisgeised declaration of a numerous
burly of men, who, from their pursuits, must be
tapposed to be well acquainted with the interests'
of agriculture. Ile alluded to a Petition signed
by 5,000 farmers in the cainty of Essex. Allis
turnsureiamieared to him to be merely au attempt
to throw the-whole herthen of the war on the
p&'rer classes of the community, and' to
them to eat their bread at Itid the quartern loaf.
Major CARTWIIIGIIT seconded the Resolutions.
Ile considered the Cvii that they-IJuly complained
of, a.: well as all the exile of which the people of
England hod to complain, as proceeding from the
improper state of their eepreseetatitae 7
Aldermau Wool) said, ,that he came .there-to
xlischaree his couseieace, and give his fechle-vinee
in aid of the wishes and just rights or the people.
The laud-owners 1)4(1 so--mach increased their
rents, that he knew that lauds in Norfolk and
Selfolk had been so much increased in their rents, •.
that what brought but 4,0001. before the war,
broogitt 20,0001. after it. He should aela then,
was it because the .!and-holders could 'frOe'''erow
mike per cent. of their capital according to
_their own speculations, that -they, were-. jilt-
tified in demanding that.-more than double that
sua..,,!tonld he given them out of -the pockets -of
the people% Many of those who new heard lain •
had starred great misery in consequence of the
war. If they were, however, to go to Par-
liament for compensation on that accoura, -how
would they be received The Legislature was
hound in duty, to take care .that bread shonld
he givep to the people of England at
.a Cheaper,
roc, and they were able to do it. In this
little Istited,, there were no less than 80,000
neres of groond belonging to all exalted person-
nee.—(We believe he alluded to the Crown lands.)
Why were they, not cultivated for the benefit of
the people in times of scarcity ? He was glad- to
find that the minority iii the 11‘me of ContinoilS
had ieerea-ed a little last night : -be hoped that
they would coetinee to increase. Parliament
thotdd take ioto their consideratiome-the price of
bread in Londoe 7it the present moinent. -Corn
was de trer in Devon and Cornwell than in Lou-
don, vet the price of the loaf in Liwalon was •
at least Ili-tee halfpence dearer. Independent of
measures, he thought that the Gentle-
men in Parliament might do a great deal art good.
by lowering tkeir own refits. As to
.Ireland,
lie
had been iii that country, and he knew that many
lawl•holders leed forbothe ehtimiuiptheir rents on
account of the disci-en-of the times. Others had
lowered their rents one-third. As to the lower
orders of the people in Ireland, they ate no bread
frela one .End of the year to the other. As .they
lived entirely on potatoes, he could .not see bow
they could, he injurer: by the failure-of the present
measure.
- The Resolutiens were then agreed to.
• Sir FRANCI BLIVIATT then came fcreeer4. He
:said, that in the course of a loin{ public life 'he
lied never the satisfaction of aidressing cu nit'tne-
runs, and respectable a piution of the people of
England as he now saw assembled.
_He nevee be-
fore saw so strong prospects opening to his wind
of the accomplistuneut of those great objects on
which his attention was always fixed, as at the'
present montent. Whatever the importance- of
this measure might he, he had been always eceuSe
towed to consider, as the most imporetet of all ob-
jects, v. hatcvcr regarded the freedom awl liberty
of the people of England. 1.-le never recollected
to have, on any former. occasion, stoat' before the
great hotly of the Electors of Westniins.ter, and
thepentlemen who caused this meeting to he con-
vened, differing front them on so minty points as he
did upott the present occasion. A variety of ques-
tions had been introduced into this discapssion, oit ,
contested pitints of political economy, which the
Present assembly could not undertake to decide. It
Was, most probably, observed by them, that he
had only held up his hand in support of one of
the Resolutions, and that was the Resolution
which described the present measure, as well as
all other evils, as arising from the present state
of the representation. Instead of the House of
IltepreseetatiVes of the people, a certain assembly
ought rather to called' a .Chatuber of Taxation.
Ile came before them this dry, preparedto en-
cotmter much . reprobation, FTe expected to be
t;sked, why he 'had not attended in the. House of
'Coalitions to oppose the present. -He should
have ant wCred that he seldom went it,that assem-
ble, and had no desire to join in the Mockery of
Debate.. He might have tutu y reasons 'for staying
at home. Ile should say genertilly that he slid not
touch like going to tilyliouse that was luster,vith bad
company, and where they-kept late hours,-.lle could,
however by no meensjpin in the rearobatiOn.against
theconduct of land-holders, or in the attempt to
divide society into ttvo interests, the landed in-
terest, and theananufact tiring Or eorioneeeiaj its
tercsts. He thought that all had one
.common
interest in opposing that •system, of corruption,
from which usair enormous taxation andthesevils
which win e ...tow so generally felt, had g.---
He ate landholders, ineonfecturers, and
tradesinerrli heareand hand, in opposing
this system of corruption. A young man of n -
srdera hie talents and proatiSC (Mr. Lalllbt on) had
'vesterdsv complained that the avenues to the
Holise of Commons were beet by a military force.
He was :inswered by Blisters, that this yoree-
was only brought there for the purpose Of. de-

it- fling t-nr.-3e cst. siciiiirCls of 1(11k 13' I illll C A
sinecure places,he had heard some people say, that. 6
inotigjlre .many lnil ions which were vot-a every
year tire vtied 0( them ....yaS but trifling. In order
to illuStrate his opinion., be should say, that when-
a pump (vas dry, it was the custom to throw in a
bucket of water, and that was sufficient to make
the puntp bring up more water th,of Nrni thrown
Into it. Ile considered the effect of those sine-
cores to be like the throwing in the bucket of
water, which enabled the engiiies of corruption
to work freely, and draw from the pockets of the
People what Ministers thought proper. As to the
landholders in particular, he did not see why they
should be interfered %wt.!) any more titan the other'
classes of the community. Every tradtsman
-raised the price of his commodity, in proportion
to the taxis that were imposed upon him. The-
agriculturists also necessarily raised the price of
their commodity in proportion to the taxes they
had Co pay. The root of .the evil lay in the
enormous taxation that had been imposed up.on.
tne country during the present reign. The
question of Parliamentary Reform was dear
and simple. It was not Me those questions
of political economy, which had been intro-
duced in the present discussion. This was a sub-
ject really worthy of the people ut England to
petition ;I INint-. As to the.intmediate measure a"":
in discussion, he thought that some cloinge should
take place on 'account of the artificial state that
the country was '01,61 in. We were titogether
in a diseased state'; and althouv,h :,orne remedies
might be necessary to alleviate immediate,suffer-
ings, yet the country recollect., that it was
Only under a free Constitntionlhat it could be re-
st.red to perfect health: Ile wishol that En4lish-
men should have freedom in all things—freodinn
in trade, freedom in mioutbactures, but, above
freedont in their Constitution.

The Petitions was read and agreed to, and thanks
were voted to Sir Lurdett.

F..Rtittr,F.TT expressed bfs great hmpßiless
at rev, iv-ing their thanks, when he differ,d.with
them w so many.poiuts. Whatever Ivas
power.to do for the good or the people; 'either ia
the House or out of it. they Migia depend uron
it he should be altti..:ys ready to do.

Tlcluto having' been returned to the Molt'
BilLli F, the 11.1eetiug
t

LAW I'IcTM,LIGE',I/4--.CE.

CCITT or KING'S BENCIT, I%!;,tica

BOWEN V. GLASS2NGION.

This 'v is an action for a. libel in the lforning
.Herald, brought by the plaintill Dr. Bowen, who,
it Will he recollected, returned (cow the Conti-
nent, -whither he and hiSfatitiF7 had suddenly de-
p ,rt!,(l, in order to clear chctracter from the lin-
.!,,itation of being concerwl in the murderof
infant, which was found ty the, Coro9er's impiest
to have been ritutriered, at Putney, last summer.--
The' tiiysterons .circittust.,in ces of the ease Weill
d ctaled in all the nekrsp;:pevs at the time; and the
eoni-phined of appearud in an article of intel-
ligence from Brig!ttoil, .in the illarifing Herald,
tinder the tread of " Brighton Bagatelle:' The
circonistiloces of the present action were not en-
tered into, it being agreed that the pi.iintiff should
take a vt•Oiet with nominal danniges, ;Ind that the
defendant should apologize. for the Imputation.

POLICE INTIMLIG,ENCE.

mars AT. TIIE LORD CUANCELLOIVS OFFICE.

BOW,STRE erdly morn' Joseplz Par-
rett Rllll • Hettry Walel were brought trom the
kvaich-tiottse 'of St. Giles's, charged with being
concerned' in a tum;tltuous assembly in nedfonl,
igirare;,:at. the Lord Chancellor's house. The pH-
)ners %Vert bl'Otigia to the Office in the custody
of Mfr. Charnhers, the Hiszli Constable for the
county of Middlesex for the 'Holborn Diyision:-,-
Samuel Roberts, -the Aratchhousekeener of St.
Giles's parish, stated, that on Alonaay night,
about a quarter past ten o'clock, .11e -was sent for
to the house orthe Lord Chancellor, in Mulford-

square, where he found a large 41ob assembled in
( the front of the house, and displayingg-a very riot-
dos 'disposition. He foand the door and•the win-
dows of his Lordship's house broken. On his en-
tering the house, he found the prisoners iu the
custody of a Serjeant in the Guards. This was
all the evidence that was produced,- but weuti.
derstand one of the prisoners was secured by the
Lord Chancellor. •• •
The prisoners said in their defence, they were
drove into the house at the point of the bayonet
by the soldiers.—The prisoners were ordered lie
Mr. ROME, the Sitting Magistrate, to. be de-
tained, and they were confined in St. Giles's
watchhoute (luring. last night. •
• Inn. Neale' teas brought before the same 34:10s -
strate in the evening by Mr. Chambers, the 'High
Constable /Inf.! Mr. West, Constable of the Parish,
who stated, that they and about forty other Con-
stable.; were stationed at the Lord! Chancellor's,
house to keep the peace, &c. About Seven o'clock
a numerous mob came into Bedford-square, and
assailed his Lordship's house with considerable
violence, and they observed the prisoner throw a
stone at the house, upon which they secured him,
~but they had considerable difficulty in bringing
him away, and did not expect they should have
been Able to get him to the Office, had not they
brought him a private way. The prisoner said he
is a blacksmith.—He was. ordered to. be detained.
. .
• Henry Lambert, an apprentice lad, was brought
to the Office by two Constables, who stated, that
at halt-past seven o'clock another mob came from
Russell-street, amounting to between two and.
three hundred persons ; they surrounded the Lord
Chancellor's house, shouting and making various
noises : a voice or voices' among the mob. called
out to burn the house (town. They observed the
prisoner throw a brick at the .house. A-third wit-
ness saw him throw his hand, but .did not know.
whether he had any thing in it or not.
A. bill of- exchange for a large amount was
fotin(l npon the prisoner, which he said belonged
to his' noster, who resides in Aldersgate-street;'
Mr. BIRNIE said, he should preserve the bill for
'his MaStfr, and oj'dered the prisoner' to (ie...-
~ tained.

Dlloil Lb.N.D6,I i‘ixWb.t

2513.

itie R03.:3k Eflig'imess thi! Ninte. 11.ts•ent-has be plektsed,
th, !vont...and on the t'sr•lta,lf of Nlttje4ts, to, difett than;
the 3.1 and 4th (,n'erikin •P;iitations f.hou) i in fitt:ll:-2 be
styled the Ist and 6:11.6-con IlaLtaliOn.

Royal Regivfient of Ilor.e Gnart:S, RiChard 'RAO:, Gent. to he
Cornet, ltv put-ttiaee, tics I,l7atson. promoted.
3d Reiriment of Dragon:l Gorivde, Lienteliant Charles Lire-
'Hie- front the 97th Vbrot, to he Lictltcnant, vice De Dail.
bro wa, 1016 r!Prilane,#4, •
Inth Regiment of Light Dragoons, Lienienant Sohn Ltiards,
from half-pay of the ,l:tit •Dragoons, CO be Lieutenant, . vice •
Snow; who exchanges.
21st Ditto, Cornet Samuel Carter to he Lieutenant, without
purchase. vice Rio& who retires.
224 Ditto, Francis Romiliv, Gent. to be Cornet, by Purchase,
vice Byes, promoted in the 88th Foot.,
3d Ileghdent of Foot Guards,. John Armit-, Gent•..td-he
Etl-
sign, by pnrclnvle, vice Poigtviestre, who retires. -; -
Ist Regiment of. Foot, A. Stewart, Gent. to be Ensign, by
porchnee, vice Ilverlv promoted.
sth Ditto, -- Bovd, Gent: to be Ensign, vice Rees, de-
ceased.
14th Ditto, Captain Thomas Langton, front the 29th Foot,
to he Captain Of a Company, vice Stanhope, who ex-
changes.
24th Ditto, Lientemmt :fames Wright, from half-pay of the
Font, to beWentenant, vice Hunt, who exchanges.
27th Ditto; jobn Alexander, Gent. to be • Ensign, without
pm•chase,.yice Pontearre„ who re,it..-91s'..
29th Ditt(2,C,pt:tin CharleeStanholw, from the 14th Foot, to
be Cal-stain of a Conmoiv, vice I.;ington.-veho exchanges.
39th Ditto. .la4-.!...'inttcaat, from the 102(1 Foot to
he Cap:ain-of a Co+4l,!ny,. ‘•;ce! Crai2-, who' exchange;.
Lientenatit I'. (_. Cocl:horne, front the f',l;Te Va:chile-it, to
without purchase, vice- Ili ydgee, promoted
in the Porto: Army.
4(lth Ditto. JAI ('anti;boil, Gent. to beEoSigm, wit-bout
vice Moises,whose aNmintment has not taken
'
ARtli Ditto, Lieotenint. F 7. J. Poontney, from half-p Tty of the
Regimen', to he L;eotcannt,,vire Steele; who exchanges.-
49th Ditto, (-,:,,Marler-r.i;:.t..r •lohn Harpnr, from half-pay of
ar,th •Foo!, to be t.)-Darter-roaster, vice Walsh, who ex-
eh, , ,•,
54 h Ditto, F.n.ie:n M. S. Fl. Lloyd to be. Lieutenant, vice
mate, deceased. Prvec Clarhe; Gent. Co 111. l Ensign', vice
1.10vd.• •
Cl-th Ditto. Ma:or 7,-rceval, from the 14th Foot, to
lie Lit•ot,-Coln.lel, hy ylec Major.-Gt:neral Gor-
don, who retiree.
79th Ditto, Lieutenant 'Thrd to be vice Came- ,
ran. who re.igne the only. Ensi7!l G.
son to be • :'.l‘Gil.hon. tleceaie4. Donald
vice •
Sqtlt Ditto, Lierittmatit Leche to be Adjutant, vice
dicinissei Se•rviee.
..-
. .
DIA- Ditto, Encis.4o i‘lex. Sword to be Lieutenant, 'witlfont
pill'eNt, vice Boolairy, promoted iu the. Pa:tugliesg
P7t2i !Nt,to, r. (I.e DauLrawa. from the 34- Drzt-
n G:virds, to be Lieutenant:, vice (:retitle, who ex-
change... • .
'P9th Ditto, Ensign -M4Concity to he,-Lientenaint,
withoot purch,t.e, prOnioted. EmPin
Brian Cavoor., '.fr0m.13....df-pay.tif the 634 Foot, to be En-
Sign, Vice-M‘C;tneilV.
(nd Ditto, to lie Captains of Compani..s. Captain Henry.
• Craig., fcmir the• :loth Font, vice Flunticane,- -who (14.-. •
changes. Ca;:tain Mark Itudkin, frum half-pay of the 50th'
Foot, vice !trice, who exchanges.
York Light Infantry Volmoteers, Alexander Ross,
Gent. to be Ensign, vi••e Lampert, decea,ed.
York Cbasseur.; Lie,itenant and Adjutant John Stuart to lie
A:,,pfain of a Co:opany, without purchase, vice Cottingliato,
placed uptit half-lac y'.