The Sun.
London, England, 1812-11-23 00:00:00

THE GREAT NATIONAL TI32,ATRE.

ADDRESS
FOR THE OPENING OF THE GREAT THEATRF,, ST.

INTENDED TO BE SPOKFN 131

The Right Hon. G—RGE P---N.S—NBY.

IN TFIE OF CTIS, IN TiIE TRAGEDY OF
" JULIUS 6.EsAR." '

TRANSMITTED BY'SPURIUS V.ARIUS.

• , Civium ardor.prava. jubentuoy.
Select not rashly, for Managers,
Men who ha•t'e• never trod'theniazorse
Of characters successive. We have roaufd
Through etery change this shifting scene can spew,
From 0. P. opposition, to the' fat •
fitud- rosy comfort of the Trceisurg, •
Tried in ditiise, anti practis'd to illude.
Such are My claims, mid such the. claims of all.
Yet each bath his especial talent too,.
Which, if we rule yoq, each shall -exercise,
Horses our sage will need : and 611--v, who fain
Woul,l ride the great horse ever, Ga—r himself
Shall take the equestrian parts. The tyrant. cast •
May be the share of and the lovers
Lord B—R may enact. Thu brilliant lightning
Be SHERIDAN'S ; and thunder deep and IOUd,
Shall e'en belong to BROUGHAM.
The cold, chill TIECNEY, shall conduct the rain,
Clear-headed LANsDow,Ne shall arrange 'be lights :
And GRENVILEE act as Prompter. Moody fathers
suit old ST—NH—PE to the very life
And lunatics, and fierce conspirators
Shall be perform'd by B—RD---17; who of late •
Ihith here 4tlresstd you in tic of CAss,tus.
Mysi.•!E his biturus. in my beast •
The midnight band.'slii II meet to weave their counsels,
And 1, is lily custom in the lt.obbies,)
-Will train then dark and most prolific branches
To ooze the gum 'of cleanly. discontent.
Pray you, observe 'me tw,, when comes,the scene,
Where we are busied in the Senate-house,
• Stabbing 4 him of high estate, whom erst
We boasted as our friend.

And when, at.last,
111- bleeding 'country's grim and paly ghost
S:!,111 greet me, Warning--mark.witii what a front
. I'll face and snoach* her; scoff at her laments,
Scorn her tipbraidings supernatural;'
And, aS that shade of British glory fleets,
• Ejaculate that " Virtne,is.a name,"— .
And sleep apin.
Snouch. A favourite monosyllable with the Right Ho-
nouiable Author.

WNITJS.

(Contimied from Saturday.)
'ln the very outset, you reap,a considerable ad
vantage, either from his acceptance or refusal-,
What a copious subject of ostentation ! what rich
colours to the public: your zeal to restore tran-
qui'oty to the city.—The sacrifice of all personal
recol,etions in faVour of a roan whose general
chma:ter you esteem; the public good preferred
to .every private or interested consideration, with
along et cagero to your own advantage.—Yet I
dO .not Mean to persuade you to so. 'simple a part
as that of contributing to gratiry Mr. Sa..-.7bridge,.
without a reciprocal assurance from him, that up-
o i fair and honor able occasions he xvill -in return
promote your advantage,-,-Your own judgment
wilt easily suggest to you such terms of acknow-
ledgment as may he binding upon him -in point of
gratitude, and not offensive to his delicacy.—l
have not entered into:the consideration of any ob-
jections drawn from the fertile field of provocation
'and resentment'—Common men are influenced by
Co union motives ; but you, Sir, that pretend to
lead the people, must act upon higher principles.
To make our' passions subservient' to you, you
must command your own. The man, who for any
personal indulgence ‘vhatsoever, can sacrifice a
great purpose to a little one, is not qualified for
the manageinent 'of great affairs,
Let me suppose then that every material
.diffi-
Cult& on your part is ttmoved ; and that, as far
as you alone are concerned, you would be ready
to anopt the plan I propose to you.
If you are a man of honour, you will still have
a powerful Objection to oppose to me. Admitting
the apparent advantage to your own purposes, and
to the cause you are engaged in, you will tell inc
• that you are •no longerat liberty tochuse
:
that the desertion of those persons who once
pttsi,esF.ed at warm attachincmt to you, has reduced
you to a Situation in which you • cannot do that
which is absolutely best;—that Mr. Crosby has
deserved every thing from you, and from the city,'
and that you stand engaged to contribute your
whole strength to continue him another year in
his mayoralty.' My reply to this veryitistobaection
is addressed-rather to Mr. Crosby rather-than to:
Mr. Wilkes. He ouglot at all events to be. satiS-
fied ; and if I
.cannot bring him over to my opi-
nion,' there is an end of the argument ; for I do
agree with you most heartily, that it is as gross a
breach of policy as of morals, to sacrifice the man
who has deserved well of us to any temporary he-
ue fit whatsoever.'
Far from meaning to separate you from Mi.
Crosby: it is essential to the measure that I re-
. commend; that it should be your joint act. Nay,
it is he who in 'the first instance should open the
communication with Mr. Sawbridge; "nor is it
possible for you to gain any credit by the-measure
in which he will not of necessity be a considerable
sharer. But now, for considerations which im-
raediately affect Mr. Crosby.
Your plan,*as I am informed, is to engage the
livery to return him with Mr. Bridgen.-,--In my
own opinion th,. Court ,of. Aldermen will choose
'Bridgen, consequently the sacrifice I require of
.Mr. Crosby would in effect be nothing. -That lie
evill be defeated is to my judgment inevitable. It
is for him to consider whether the idea of a de-
feA,be not always attended with some-loss of re-
' potation. In that case too he will have forced
upon the citizens (whoriarhe professes to love and
.respect)' a magistrate, upon whose odious- and
.contemptible character he at present founds his
-,only hopes of success. • Do you think that the
city will.not once in the course of a twelvemonth
...be -sensible of the displeasure, you have done thetit ?
Or that it will not be placed in strong terms to
your ;wow-A. 1 appeal to Miss Willies, whose
judgment , highly commended,—would she
think herseittiCir indebted to her favonrite 'ad-
roire, if .iiirfOrted a' most disagreeable partner
upon her-for a long 'winter's night, because he
could no- 'Clitocowith her himself.
ou will how say;—' Sir, we understand the
. ,
poli;lea.of the city better titan you. do, .and are
. • At_.
'Sr

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