The Sun.
London, England, 1823-01-17 00:00:00

• DREADPITI, SUICIDE.
On Wednesdayevening.
_et seven o'clock, an Inquisition was
hchl ut the Marquis of %V ellealey TaVern,Crown.street, Brune.
wick-square.- before.% 244.4ase,tiiittilwas Esq. on the budy of
Win. Cresswell, anal S 3; who put an end to hia.eXistenee by
plunging a knife into his throat—indeed so deterttlilled was the
unfortunate man of destroying ; himself; that he-made .several
dreadful gashes on his arms, a deep incision on his neck, and
another on his right side.
. Frances Creswell, wife of the,deceased, stated, her husband
was a wheelwright, but had been unable to procure work since
April last; in consequence she was obliged to do whet Ate Could,
and had lived servant with a lady about a fortnight. On Sun-
day the deceased spent the day with her, and went home at nine
o'clock that night; he seemed particiderly ,andagitatett
(luring the whole evening ; indeed: fie been so since April.
About three o'clock ni the morning he would rise up in bed with
his anus extended, as if he saw sOtne person ; in consequence,
witne.ss became so terrified, that she was obliged to sleep with a
light burning ; twice before' he attempted his life; once to
strangle himself, and at another time took oxalic arid. On
Monday morning she was called upon to attend the deceased,
and found him lying ou the bed, the blankets covered with
blood ; on looking at his fare,' she saw a bandage round his
throat ; guessing then what he had done, she was unable to
withstand the sight, and feinted. Al'itness appeared 40 deeply
affected while giving her evidence, that the Coroner put no more
question.
John Hughes, of No. 1, Riley...street a lodger in the onehouse as deceased, stated, that on Mond:l one morning, about tem
o'clock, he was going down stairs, when the landlady told him
that the deceased was making a great noise, and had been ding
so for some time. Wiutess went to the door rind heardo de.
ceased say several times, "0 I don't don't." Witness called .
to hint, but all the answer he returned was " Aye," repeatedly,
Mrs. Stafford, the landlady, on this told him to open the door,
when they heard hitn.tumble on the flotr elf the bed ; door
was then forced open, when the deceased was: found with his
throat cut. Mr. M`Donald, a medical gentleman, came within
five minutes, and used every
TreoavntslivtihT(Cluotore.frbe(eit.ng bunt open
Mr. Day, another lodger,
and finding the deceased as described by the former witne,,!9 -adding, there were several shocking cuts on his anus, and 3
deep incision on his neck and side. Witness also said, that
from the appearance of the blanketa, which were frortn with
hhied, deceased must have bled dreadfully in tthe.
t.
Joseph Parker, waiter tit the 3.l.art3nis of M'ellCaley, said de,
ceased freqUenual 'their hoists, anti of late Wei addicted to
drinking. Ile appeared as if distrected, rout generally
talked
to himself. On Sunday morning he was in the hause, boast-
ing of strong COT/Stittltioll, and said to 4 man WhO was with
him, that he had taken poison enough to kill a liundral, but
,that Wiwi taken no effect upon him.
The Jury returned a verdict—'' That the deceesed cut his
throat, being et the time in a state of temporary nientril de- I
rangement.''

DROWNING.—Two young men, named Lien-
tham and Burtenshaw, were skaiting on a pond,
or rather part of the Thames at Pudly, below
Vindsor, on Wednesday, when the ice gave way
with the former, and Burtenshaw, in attempting
to rescue his companion, made the breach larger,
both were precipitated into the same' hole, and
they were unfortunately drowned.—A youth,
named Sanders, was drowned in the Thamem,
above Chiswickton the same day, by going off a
slide into the river.

One of the prisoners, 'in his way from Ash-
bourne to Derby for trial at the Sessions, eon_
trived to slip from his handcuffi and run off.--
Being closely pursued by the keeper, he .threw
himself into a mill clam, where the ice gave wav
with him ; the keeper itnmediately jumped in
after him, and a desperate struggle ensued
tweet) them in the water; the rubber, however,
by superior dexterity, succeeded in liberating
himself from the grasp of his antagonist, and
ultimately escaped.

My reason,
.Mr. Editor, for addressing you is, to say a few
words in behalf of the theatrical community, who, notwith-
standing the influence of their, talents,
,and the popularity
which may attend them, are perhaps in a more precarious grata
than any other data of society. They are, in fact, wholly de::
pendant on the power of a Manager, and however binding may
be the articles in which they engage on lattli sides, the runner
are always exposed to the dictates of interest or the suggestions
of caprice.. Ile Menager wants tit get rid of an Actor, he hats
only to impose chatacters.upon hint to which he may have
Many reasonable objections. Refusal to perform is attended
with forfeiture. The Actor's laudable pride is wounded, and
perhaps he is at length disgusted into resignation, and obliged
to wander from all his connexions, in a precarious and hurnle.
'Hating pursuit of subsistence elsewhere. The question is not
whether the present .Managers are disposed to conduct them.
selves in this manner, but whether, those who have gratified
the public, and risen to merited distinction, should be obliged
M remain in so uncertain and so mortifying a situation. That,
Actors may over-rate their talents, and be capricious in their
conduct, must be admitted, but in that rase, the Manager halt
it awaysin his power to employ a substitute, and to appeal to
the public upon any real misconduct on the pan of the Actor.
But to whom is the Actor to appeal from the caprice, injutnice,
and interested views of a Manager ?—.Not to the Public, for
if any persons rouse in his cause in the Theatre, they may he
Ipunished for a conspiracy. We know that Actors and A ctreseee
of Considerable merit have been dismissed Hann their sta tions,when
the Managers thought that they could do without them, either
because new Performers came forward, or it was deemed more
profitable to render dramatic spectacles the chief object in
view. In short, numerous instances can be adduced which
:thew that theatrical management hat often been a kind of dos
mastic despotism, that operates grievously, if not unjustly, on
individuals, who, after having sacrificed all other hopes, and
devoted themselves to a particular calling, are unable to subsist
by any other. The Critics of the Newspapers are often hosh
in their strictures' upon new Performers and young Authorss
but in general they seem to be very tender of Iltlanagers,
though the conduct of a Theatre, being a national concern,
demands an attentive consideration to which all Public Writers
should have a due regard. If Performers' In the higher pre-
cinct% of the art require greet qualificatio:ls, great qttallfea.
dons also are requisite in Managers. ,They shonld possess a
dassicaleducation, a sound judgment, a refitted taste, an ex-
tensive knowledge of the .English drania, and last, not least,
a liberal disposithm, dual a strong senae,of jestice. Otherwise,
they may treat the aterling works of sear best dramatic Writers,
as they eso often have treated the Performers, by leaving the
&met on the ahelf, and, by neglecting. the latter, drive them
to the desperate course of a relinquishment of their engage.
teems, when they find that they can no longer retain them
cons:stent with a duo sense of character and en afiowable im-
pulse ()f ssifseetimation. I am As much ats enemy to all play-•,
house riots, ztrising from unreasonable iequisitions en the 'pat ti
of the public, as` ny admirer of the regular drama can be, and
I am fully aWare of the constant es/let:re which must et.
tend a Thentre, -while, its profits are neccswirily uncertain ; but
when an Actor or Actress bras excited general admiration, and
Ob 'aided the stamp el p,lpuliVr favour, the Public have a right
to exneot that their pleasure should rot depend on the ramie

• Vire. huve reason to believe that the subjoined Leters were
written by different 'Correspondents. . • "