The Sun.
London, England, 1812-11-05 00:00:00

KEITBLE, AND YOUNG,.

. . . .
-.AS persons 'whO
,frequent the:Theatres
nave ,raised a senseless clamour on the word. arches,
we:Are, induced to adopt the tollowing letter from
another channel, in order to .just;ify 4 pronuncia-
tion AN:bich has been the cause of so. much un7
merited censure. We shall take an early oppor-
tunity of citing further exaMples to prove that
the 'l,.toicl Was always used as a dissyllable:

" In faith lie is a worthy Gentleman.;.
" Exceedingly well read, and iirOtited
" In strange conceilinents I"
HENRY 1.

.:11R. EDITOR,

,
As a lover of the Stage,.and an enthusiastic ad-
mirer of SHAKESP2ARE, I have ventured to trespass
upon your attention, from a wish to preserve the
propriety of thy, one, and the purity of the othei%
The matter I 'propose to touch upon, is that well
known passage in the Tempost, which some time
since, in consequence of Mr. KF:MBLE:S adherence
to a novel pronunciation, occasioned no little con-
fusion in the critical world. The lines I allude to
are these :

I'll rack thee with old cramps,
Fill all thy bones wit'i aclies, Make the roar,
That beasts shall tremble at thy din.

Mr. KEME LE pronounced this disputed word
aches, as a dissllabie, catches, and the metre evi-
dently requirei this pronunciation, or the line be-
coMes deficient by half a foot. It is trite, .that by.
the interpolation of the conjunction and,—
and make thee roar,—
the hiatus, which occurs to a modern car, may be.
filled up, the sense preserved, and the expression
improVed. But if it is shewn, by the practice of
comemporary and succeeding Poets, that this dis-
syllabical pronunciation enjoys unobjectionable
authority, 1 think the candid and the just must
admit their opposition to be fOunded in error, and
continued in ignorance..
The first example I shall adduce is extracted
from the Knight of thu Burning Pestle, a burlesque
comedy, by BEAUMONT and FLETCHER.
Or meets with aches in the bone,
Or catarrhs, or griping stone.
Again, in the Humorous Lieutenant Corn. by do.
the good old spou,,,re had suck'd my youth/ dry,
And left some of hii royal aches in tuy bones.
Again, in Valentinian, Tray;. by do.
our 'bodies
Laden with scars and aches, and ill lodgings,
Heats, and perpetual wants, &c.
Again, in MASSINGER'S ciittrdictit.

Poverty, old age, and aches of all season,--

Again, in a Very. Woman,
,Conn. by do.
Dry him, and beat him, flesh and bone, to powder;
And that kills scabsanil aches of all climates.
Another instance occurs in BUTLER'S Midi-
bras, p. 2, canto 2. • • •

• No man of his own self catches
The itch, or amorous French ache:s;
Again, idem, p. 3. canto 1.
The natural effects of love,
As other dames and aches prove.
Again, idem, p. 3. canto 2.
Can by their ngs and aches find
All turns and changes of the wind,—
Again, •
Feel iSang,s and aches of state, turns
And levolutiOns hi their corns ;7
AOin, in one of _DRYDEN'S Epistles,
Must then cid three-legg'd gn!v-heards, with their gout,
Catarrhs, rheums, aches, live three ages out?

Again, in. Dean SwirT's Prognosticarwit of a
Showcr

A coming shower your shooting corns presage,
Old aches throb, your hollow tooth will rage.

From all these examples, in la Bich I have been
purposely diffuse, it is evident that the word aches
cannot be uttered but as a dissyllable, without
violating the requisite harmony of the verse. Thus
much for the pronunciation of ache plurally. I
shall 'now consider the' subject in another light,
and endeavour to prove from the same source of
illustration, that ache, in the singular, number,
was optionally pronounced witch. 'So in' SHAn-
SPEARE'S Much Ado about Nothiv, a. 3. s. 4.

.
BEATRICE.— By my troth, I am exceeding ill ho !
MARGARET.-For a hawk, -a. liotse, or a liusbailu?

BEA 'FRI CE.—For the letter that be ins them

. •
As Dr. JOHNSON justly observes, the jest is a
poor one, but it iS SHAKESPEARE'S. The curious
Reader who wishes for amplification, will find a
note on this passage worth consulting, in Mr.
STEEVENS'S edition of 1792.

Again, in SPENSER'S Shepherd's Calendar.--,,elu,
gust. • .
Tell Perigot, what shall be the game:
• .• - 'Wherefore with mine thou dare thy music match? .
Or been thy bag-pipes rent far out of frame?
Or bath the cra.np thy joints betiumb'd with ach?
Again, in Bishop HALL'S Satires,
Sellia wore a velvet masticli-patch
Upon her temples, when no tooth did ache.—

The above examples arc, perhaps, sufficient to
bear out the peculiarity, for which Mr. KErili.t
has been so loudly condemned. What then must
be the sentiments we should entertain of an au-
dience, who, without deliberation, without in-
quiry, have vociferously censdred the first per-
former of the day, for avoiding an impropriety,
which his less able successor has been honoured
with three distinct peals of applause for retain-
ing ? If an Actor's exertions are to be thus
Cramped, if his erudition is to be considered as
" a thing of nought," and his researches are to be
bounded by the judgment of every shilling auditor,
farewell, a ion, farewell " to taste and,genius :
let KEMBLE sink into Grizzle, and LISTON play
Hamlet.

I am, Mr. Editor,
Your obedient servant,
E. BELLCHAMBERS.

Southampton-ro, Rtissel-,44uare.

:Yesterday afternoon a Coroner's Inquest was
held before Anthony Gell, Esq. at the King's
Head public-house, Pimlico, on the bodies of
Mary Ann Taylor and her sister Sarah 'Taylor.—
It appeared in evidenCe, that the deceased resided
in Charles-court, Strand, and that on the night
of last week, When the dreadful storm happened,
whilst they were in bed in an upper apartment,
the chimney was blown down, and through the
upon the bed iti which they lay. In con-
sequence of the severe bruises they received, they
were-carried to the Westn►instet Infirmary, where
.until Tuesday evening they remained in excruci-
ating pain, and then died within a short period of
each other Verdict, Accidental Death.

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF CHANCLIIY, Ncv. 4.

.
The LonD CHANCIML9R Conti:thing ill, the
MASTER of the 11.0L.1.0 fc)r his Lordship. No
case of public interes occurred.

COME OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 2'.

BORCHARDT ALLNUTT

This was an action upon a policy of . insurance
on the ship Die Tungend,, at
,ond from Gotten-
burgh to Rostock anY port or ports in-the
tic-, at a premium of 25 guineas, to return 10 for
convoy or arrival. The firSt letter, ordering the
insurance, from the- plaintiff's agent at Gotten-
bur&b; teas dated- Augnst 9, .18105, but some
mismiderstanding having. arisen as to.the
intentions to inspre, another letter wag writ-
ten on the 20th, stating that. the Captain liar* pro-
ceeded to sea with the laSt:conyoy, but on account
of eontraryv.ipds, was still cinizing, in the Belt.
It appeared, that the ship was detained 17 days
in the Belt, and was captured before the insur-
ance was -effected, which was on the Ist of Sep-
tember. The Consul at Gottenburgh knew of
the capture on the 23d of August ; but it was not
generally known till the 2Gth; anti it was impos-
,ible that this could be communicated by the
packet, which sailed from Gottenbnrgh to Lon-
don on the 23d, for that was sealed on.thc 20th,
and it took seven days to convey a letter from'the
former plaee to the latter. The defence was, that
the voyage insured, being only one of four osr five •
days, if the Underwriters had known that the
ship had sailed so long before, -nobody would-have
touched the policy. Information of
,that circum=-
stance 'ought to be given to .tat defendant, and
then he hdght have exercised Lis judgment and.
made inquiries.

L,t rd ELLENBO4OUGIi left it to the Jury to say,
whethe...under the circumstances, that communi-
cation was necessary to have been tai .de. Ordina-
rily, an assured was not bound to communicate the
time of a-ship sailing; hut here it was for the Jury to
say,wh ether thedelay did not materially increase the
risk. Upon the first letter the insurance was not
effected, and the Underwriters were not to stiffer
by the blunders of the plaintiff's agents. By the
second letter; information vas communicated
that the ship had sailed with the last convoy.—
Now Mr. Gibson (the special, Juryman) had do-
formed the Court, that it might nave been ascer-
tained at Lloyd's, when that convoy sailed.
was detained by contrary winds,—that tendered
the risk doubtful; and then she was cruising in the
Belt. It was for the Jury.to say whether this letter
ought to have been shown to the defendant.
The Jury, however, found their verdict for
plaintiff.

SAME v. COPE,
This case followed the event of the last.

OLD BAILEY.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 4.

• Sarah Boyer i:rid Sari.th Grimes, were indicted
for violently assaulting John Lowin on the 22d of
Sept. putting bim in fear, of his life, and forcibly
taking from his person, against his will, in the
house ofJohn Hawkins, a silk handkerchief, four
1 /. Bank of England notes, c•ae-51. note, and some
silver.

• John Lowin, the prosecutor, .stated, that he
was in the farming' line, and lived at his brother's,
in Wells-street, Oxford-street. Going home oa
the night specified in the inditMent, and the
streets'being very 'slippery, he fell down in Ox-
ford-street, by which he was much hurt, as also
completely besmeared with mud. TwO women,
'who afterwards proved to be
~the two prisoners,
came up thhim,observing,thathehad tallenin the
mud, and asking hint if ,he was. hurt ? to which
he answered in the affirmative. When Sarah.
Boyer, told him she had a room hard h and it he
would go with them they would take care of him
and clean his clothes, which he consented to do.
On their arrival into the lodgings, the prisoners
asked for something to drink, and witness gave
them one shilling and sixpence, with which the
prisoner Grimes procured souse porter and some
gin, of which he partook. In the mean time he
had begun to strip hiroelf at their desire, that.'
they might clean his clothes he had also taken
off,his small-clothes, when the prisoner Grimes
took him by the legs and threw hiM down, when
they put out the candle, and went away with the
property mentioned in th,e indictment, locking the
door after them. Witness thus'remained a' pri-,
soner till morning, and wits released by the land-
lord.. It was then day-light
John Hawkins, -the landlord, found prisoner as
alsready described, in a front rooir of his house,
let to Sarah Boyer, and Aaused her to be appre
hentled.c He knew 'Sarah Grimes to ,be an inti-
mate acquaintance of her's. The prosecutor,
Lowin, Was perfectly sober. •
John Baxter, the watchman, who apprehem!ed
the prisoners, 'proved, that they were identified
by the prosecutor among many other women.--,
'.Grimes denied 'then any knowledge of business,
and Sarah Borer said, that, they had taken the
prosecutor .to her lodgings to clean him, and that
he was completely drunk, having spent that
evening four three shilling, pieces in liqtior at
Hawkins's.

.This was, however, contradicted by Hawkins'
and both prisoners were found

Mary Harris vas indicted for stealing privately
in the shop of Mr. 'Andrew, some, pieces of rib-
bon, his property; • value SS.
The Jury, at the recommendation of the Judge
(the COMiIION-SERJEANT), acquitted her of the
capital part of the indictment, and found her
guilty of stealing, but not privately.

She is an old offender : . and. the COMMON SElt-
JEANT observed, that the Court should take care
she should have no more opportunities to offend
in that way in this vountry..

Frances Sage, a young woman of interesting
appearance, and notAuite seventeen by her own,
declaration, was indicted for privately stealing a
gold ring and two seals, the property of
Boykett Jarman, jeweller, No. 25, in the Strand,
in his shop, and of the value of four pounds.—

The case .was; clearly made out, and she was ca;
pitally convicted.
A fellow of the name of John Ske, an Irish la-
bourer, vhs indicted for a highway robbery, in
. forcibly taking the hat of Mr. Townshend, a pork-
butcher. It appeared, howe ;rer; that be hadtaken
the hat in a scuffle, when apprehended for some
sausages he had stolen, and he was acquitted of
that charge. He was then tried *for staling eight
Bologna sattges, and three pieces of black pud-
ding, the property Of the said Mt2TOwnshend.—
'Eh e goods Were not produced in Court, “Seeause,"
as the prosecutor observed, the oficers of the
night were so hungry, that they ate them ;"
but the case' was proved, and he was found
Guilty He'is an old offender, and haS been pu-
nished several times.

The following ffisoners were Capitally convict-
ed, viz, :

Thomas Deacon, for stealing.4sl. in Bank notes,
the property of Samuel Beaseley, in his thvelling7
house ; Martha Bailey, arid Bridget Bays, for
assaulting John Macklin, on the King's highway,
and taking from his person and against bis
silver Watch his.property Mary Price, for steal-
ing 5►6 .yards of sheeting, the goods of John.
ThwaiteF, in his dwelling-house.

Mr. Watson, the tuqr,eon ani apothecary o
Newcastle-stl-eet.,- was examined as to the nato:-c:
,of the assault.
The prisoner is •bctween 18 and 19 years of age,
andis apprentice to Mr. Lee. He was ordered, to
be committed. .