The Sun.
London, England, 1812-10-09 00:00:00

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We are extreiriely happy to state, tinit A. consi-
derable reduction has taken place in our Markets, .
within the last weck. Oatmeal, which was re-
tailed at 3s. 6d. per peck of 10Ib. heretofore, fell
on Thursday last to 2s. 4d. and new. oats in pro:-
portion. Potatoes still keep high ; but from the
favourable season, and luxuriant appearance -of
the crops in General throUgh the country, we th-e
satisfied every article of provisions will shortly
come at a moderate rate.,--Etne Packet.

DARING OUTII 4GE.—Wednesday morning; at
one o'clock, as Mr. Edward O'Hara, was .
ga-
ing into his house in Thomas-court, he heard a
noise thatappeared extremely suspicious. There:,
are two or three entrances to the premise,t, and
when Mr. O'Hara Went in, every thing ar peared
as usual. The noise, as if working at a wall, still
continuing, lie called tip both his clerk &.i one of
whOrn, named Patrick Byrne, behaVed himself in
a most courageous manner. Having armtd thenr-
. selves with pistols, Mr. O'Hara stationed the two
young men at convenient places to prevent any
one,escaping, and went to look for a watclnan.
He brought three of them to the house, and having
ascertained there were robbers in the lower room,
he placed the watchmen atthe place he suspected
they entered. In this, however,' lie AMS disap-
pointed, for they had hroken a door that it was
isupposed they would never have attempted ; and
jUst as ,Mr. O'Hara canie near it, a bloW was le-
velled at his head, which luckily only kaocked, off
his hat. He instantly knocked the villain down
with his pistol, he got up agzain and knocked Mr.
O'Hara down. As soon as he recovered he pur-.
sued the ruffian, and after many running skir-
mishes at length' secured 'him, 'and brought him
•to the Ivatch-house. He was next day charged
before Mr. Joshua Dixon, at the Police Otlice,
James's-street, and was fully committed to dew
date. He had but one arm, and called himself
Alfred; which is no doubt a fabricated name. The
rest of the villains effected their escape.—Dublin
Journal.

The following is a copy of the Address delivered
by Mr. MARSHALL on Wednesday night, at. the
lyceum, on the conclusion of the season at that
Theatre.
." LADIES AND GANTLEMEN,

" According to annual custom, I have the ho-
nour to. present tnySelf before you on this, the
last night of our season.
" It must be obvious to your notice, that the
Propric:tors
_have telaxed nothing of their exer-
tions for your amusement, and that they have
more than kept pace with their promise to present
you with a round of novelties', equal, at least, to
the exertion of any other -Theatre whatever.
They have, during their past short season, courted
your approbation with a constant succession of
varieties, which, if they have not always been so
fortunate as to please you, have possessed at least
this merit, that they were the best they could pro-
cure.

The outcry against modern authors, Ladies
and Gentlemen (which, if it be just,. may fairly
be retorted against modern-critics); has become
•so popular, that the Proprietors have deemed it
expedient to re.,,ort, in some degree, to those
whose wrn'ks have been stamped as sterling by
your former approbation. They have, therefore,
selected Dramas, which, for various causes have
of late been lost to the Stage, though timpiestion.
ably possessing intrinsic merit, from their having
formerly been favourites with the Public. These
have been carefully revised and altered ; and
is hoped, they have been so accommo-
dated to their musical interpolations; that as
dramatis, productions, they have suffered no in-
jury. Much condemnation, however, with which
the Public did never appear to concur, has been
uttered against the transformation of •Mr:Cum-
herland's Comedy of the Brothers into the three
act Opera of the Privateer. But the Authbr of
this alteration has flattered himself, that some
haste and elegant writing, and strong delineation
of eharacter, which had been nearly forgotten,
have, by this expedient, been rescued from utter
oblivion, and that he has rather served the cause
of Dramatic Literature than injured it, by the
revival of the Drama in question, in an altered
shape.

" Ladies and Gentlemen—l an desired to
state to you, that the Proptietors,.ever,, ready to
bow to public opinion, are still coafidgnt in their
reliance on public candour and on public support.
They arc attentive to criticism, but unmoved by
scurrility. Your taste is their study ; and so
long as you continue to honour them by your pa-
tronage, and to guide them by your approbation,
so long will they refuse attention to all that pri-
vate animosity and personal mortification candic-
tate to their prejudice. The Proprietors, Ladies
and Gentlemen, are determined to persevere at any
risk or exoence in the sincerest- endeavour to de-
serve your applause. An experience of four sea-
sons has convinced them that an English Opera is
congenial to the taste of the English nation. And
they are persuaded that this Establishment, though
yet in its infancy, Under'your fostering care, may
become in due time a national ornament- and a na-
tional benefit. -

" With this hope before them, and with heart-
felt thanks for the indulgence their efforts have
received, the desire me to conclude—and with no
less sincerity on the part of the performers and
myself, I beg leave to bid you respectfully fare-
well "

; The precaution adopted by the Sub-Committee
of New Drury, of requiring all persons free of the
Theatre to sign their names on entering, is only
intended as •-a tenroorary measure, until all. the,
parties become • known to the box-keepers. The
new Subscribers to the .Company, will, of course,
comply with.cheerfulness, as their own interests
are. so materially ,concerned in preventing frauds.
The Regent's Canal is, at present, in a state of
forwardness, and its utility will he great to the pa-
rishes of Pancras, Islington, Shoreditch, Bethnal
Green, Whitcchapel, Mile-end, Stepney, and
:Liznthouse, through which it is intended to be
carried to the Thames.