The Sun.
London, England, 1802-01-11 00:00:00

in our own, which Ido not admit of. When dis-
pleasure seiies aiditOri, John BUll. speaks 'lain
and'coarse English, crying, "Of! Of! words per_
haps at first equally meant for aof ! Oaf! an old
title for stupidity and dullnes ;' and these .relative
brother itionosyllable6 are either of a tonsil
sarcasm in mother tongue.—But, what is still -fur-
ther extraordinary, We'flY to the Italian to demon-
-strate oar applause, bellowing aloud, Bra•-oe! Bra-
liissinto:l Let us now take a view of flee Gallic
star. The French, upon similar • occasions, are
nearly as ridiculous-as. ourselves ,• instead of using
their own native 44 encore, considered pethaps
too vulgar wish thern,..'they' employ 'the short Latin
'monosyllable his: In coninietiding, the Italian serves
their purpose, the same as with us ; but in disap_
proving they are not quite so. rough ; they, either
groan o.r sigh the lengthened interjedion Ohl Oh-!
which seems to indiel.ttela.mixture of pity as well
as of contempt, and answers to the .Latin lroh
heu!----Suppose we banish_ the word encore for ee_
paihis, which ill rv7ce mdtern'd sotinds quasi, " re_
peat it .us," and would be understood in the gal_
leries, as. well
,as by the learned pit, and politer
boxes.

- To be serious-4 shall conclude this jumble of
incoherent remarks, by expressing a
,wish thdt every
dramatic author would so contrive the di,ncui:/ffe,z4or
the grand catastrophe of his „tragical plot, as not
to cover the stage with dead- bodies, except it he
in the finale, or last scene of his play ; v, hereby
the specious representation will be supportcsl: and
the curtain may drop, to leave us in the full enjoy_
meat of the prosimilitudel for it cannot be denied,
that the' tarrying off stiffened, counterfeit, dead
bodies, is so laughable an artifice, it is sure to'ex-
cite a risibility, and turn the whole • into a tragi._.
comic farce. Were Ito seek, applause' in the court
of :./V/eipt-mentd, Mould striftly adhere to a plan
that !night -effectually prevent such gross absurdi-
obserVing also the ancient rules of unity in
time and place, and study to remedy, as much as
possible, a dull Vacuity in the 061, that iS, to speak
'plainer, an emptiness in the scene which ought al_
ways to I.)e avoided, though very-common in. many
of opr plays. It is an interruption. to the buiness
going on ; the Players, too, under such unwarrant-
able-custom, frequently abuse the limited time, dur-
ing which awkward suspension, the speClators either
sink into langour or grow:: impatient. In order to
remove this objeCtion, there . should be ,no inter-
mission but at the end of the aft, which is the end
of the dramatic chapter."

METHOD TO RENMR LINEN, SILK, Efe.
WATER PROOF.

' The following cheap process is prevalent in China,
for oiling Silks, Cottons, Linens, &c. which ren-
ders them impervious to water, supple, and free
from cracking, or sticking together :
Ten gallons of very old linseed, or other 'vege-
table oil, is to be put into an iron pot, capable' of
holding twenty gallons, to preVent its boiling over;
—this-is to tr.:. kept boiling on a brisk fire of coke
or charcoal, for three or four hours ; and when it
has boiled long enough to catch fire by the intro.
duadou of a red-hot poker into it, it is to
'mitred to blaze for half an hour, when it becomes
• tacky and of a greenish colour, and is rendered a
'drying varnish of a supple quality, though some-
what slower in drying than ordinary varnish.
The Linen) Silk, &c. is to be equally damped,
not to contain a single drop of water, and dipped
into the liquid, and rung ; or it may be laid on
with a. brush.—A Handkerchief so dipped may be'
crumpled up in the pocket, and -expanded: :again,
without crack or injury. Old Oil must be used, it.
is homogeneous, its component parts ate better as.,
similated, and it does not contain that floating
mucilage to be met with inonew -
Mucheare is requisite iri the process of burning.
the Oil, as the blaze- will probably be fifteen feet
high, and the smell exceedingly offensive...----When
the Oil' is sufficiently ilkornti a lid,. fastened at the
end of a "pole,• is 4tP bfpcpritl,on, arid the crevices
stopped.viiith cloths?vitung:crut in water, but if a
single drop-of water should find its way into the hot
Oil, :the pot will exp!ode with vil)lence.- 'When
dipped, the Linen, &c. must be. hung to. dry, in a
place having a current of fresh_ air, and free. from
dust'; it maybe several days drying. When dry,
it wili`rroi' smell, stick,- or crack, but will resist
water, and .be of great durability.
The materials for umbrellas in this ,country are
prepared somewhat after this manner, but not with
that degree of attention to Oil, &c. necessary to
equal the produelions of China.

The latest Vienna Court. Gazette announces, that
the amelioration in the. Finances taking l p ace only
by degrees, and the revenue expected to arise frOm
it not being yet sufficient for the occasions of the
State, His Majesty finds himself under the neces-
sity of imposing for one year more, in * States
in Germany and Gallicia, an extraordinary 'contri-
bution upon thi profits of 'immoveable goods, on
the 'dividends , received •-by Stockholders, and upon
every other species of income not included in the
two first classes. Those under too florin's a_year
are exempted ; from too to' 300 pay VE" per cent.
The scale increases'. to 15;060 florins, those who
are possessed-of which income lay 20 per cent. .
A Trial of a very extraordThnry nature will short.
ly take place before the -Criminarrribunal of Mont.
Marsan, in France. -The" Police .l'eceived. informa.:,
tion, six months ago, that there were in that Depart-
ment some
.wretches who make- iprofession of pro-
curing Abortion.. By the aCtivity of the Officers of
Justice four of them' have been apprehended. In
their possession were found a variety of instru-
ments, which .tliey used in, their diabolical trade ;
and alsoa valietiyoof m divines calculated to procure
Abortion. Som,e doubt seems to be entertained in
France; Whither,any provision of the Law is appli_
cable to this case ;' it is,.howe'ver, to be hoped,
that such atrocious guilt will not escape without pu.
nishment..
A widow woman who for some time had receiv_
. ed parochial assitanee at Canterbury, died on Wed-
I 'nesday last when, amongst a variety of valuable
articles, Zoo guineas were found i,n her chests.