The Sun.
London, England, 1802-12-20 00:00:00

CORN EXCHANGE, DEC. 20.

THIS (lay we-have a middling supply of Wilco,
and most sorts of Grain, the Sales ,of which
are not •so brisk, and. at rather less prices ;
Barley and Malt are heavy, at small variat:. n ;
Ryc is dear ; Pease are plentiful, and nearly as be-
fore ; gas are Beans ; our importation of Oats is not
great, and this article readily fetch their prices ;
we note Fl.,ur a' trifle lower.

Wheat 405 a'4lls a 5.6 s od Tick Beans - sos a 34s od
Fine ditto - a 57s 6d Oats - -16 s a 19s 23s
Barley .235. a 27$ 6d Poland ditto 24s a 25s .64
Malt ,4is a 415 s od Rape Seed - 321 a 3,„;1.
Rye - -36 s a 4os od Fine Flour - 45$ a 46s
kghite Pease -,325 a 4os od Second do. - 409 a 459
Beans - 335 a 375 od
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The average Price. of Sugar, computed from the
returns made for the week ending the isth day fff
December 1802, is 7 hirtylour Shillins and T.-,,v0
Pence Frthin,g,- per hundred weight.
Five Thous:tod Pounds,---No. 6373, the first-
drawn Ticket this day, entitled to soool. was
sold, on the 3lst August, by T. flux, and regis-
tered at his old Established Offices, . No. 4, Corr-
hill, and No. 9, Charing-cross, Ivhere un, ray- -.
Tickets and "Shitte3 will be on sale the whole
morrow and Wednesday, for the thane e of th-
l'rize which is allotted for the First- av:wn
on Thursday next, being the last day .of: 1
this Second LotLeri-,

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TILE THF, ArRE.

Covent aardere. -

A new Comic Opera, entitled. Family Quarrels;
teas
this
fur the first ale on Saturday last,
:at this Theatre.

CITARACTtRS.
Sir Peppercorn Crabsfiek, Mr. Mu I+:l3'F.N.
Squire Foxglove-, - - Mr. INct.Euos.
1,4 us routP,
A rgus,
Mr. Supplejack, - Mr. SivmoNs.
Charles Supplejack, - Mr. B AU AM.
troteus,
Lady Patience.Crabstick, Miss C tiA rt,i AN.
Caroline Crafiitick, . Miss WA DDY.
Susan, - - - Signora SroxAcz.
Imlrs. SupplejaaT.: . Mrs. DA vawrcar.
Kitty

Lady selina Sugarcane, . -Mrs. M A ?rocks.
petty Lilly, - . Mrs. NlAivryst.
The Fable"of this Piece as far as we were capable of Un-
derstanding it; aniicist the confusion that interruptcdk, arises
Wm the enmity which had long subsisted between the fami-
lies of Crabstick and Supplejack. Crabstick acquired his
fortune in a shop, and retired to a Country-seat very' near the
residence of Supplejack. They are both married. Crabstick,
according to the import of his name, is.a severe, obstinate,
old ff-1 low, and his wife is an exaniple of patielit submiSsion.
upplejack, on till:other hand, is an easy pliable hu-Sband,
who may be bent any Way. His wife is a proud, insolent,
tyrannical woman, who rules him with a rod of iron. The
chief source o the Famfgy Quarrel:, arises from the pride of
Supplejack, who happened to be very remotely related
to-a noble ' family and hence she is constantly alluding to the
dignity of her blood, and reproaching her husband. with the
obscurity of his kindred. Hence, too, she is disgusted with
Crabstick, because he is not above acknowledging that his-
tamine was derived froth his industry in trade. Crabstick
had encouraged the addresses of Charles, the son of Supple-
jack, to his own daughter Caroline, but is induced to with.
draw his consent, after the young couple had becomeattach.
'ecl to each other ; and at the opening of the Piece; it appears,
that he was resolved to give her hand to Mushroom, a man
adesperate fortune, who had sought air asylum..from debt in
Parliament, and whose conversation is almost wholly made
p of the forms of expression used in the House of Commons.
DLit the chief reason which had induced 141 rs. Supplejack to
oppose the union between her son Charles and Caroline Crab-.
sick, is her ambition.to have him married Co Lady Selina
•_Sugarcane, a vain coquettish old maid, with a good fortune.
The young couple endeavour in vain to soften Crabstick and
-Mrs. Supplejack, fbr.Mrs. Crabstick and Mr. Supplejack
are too insignificant to have any influence on -the occasion.—
By the aid of Susan, a servant in the house, Crabstick, and
Proteus, a man out of place, who had received a kindness
from Charles Supplejack in a former charaeler, an intercourse
is carried on between the lovers. Susan disguises herself as a
Gypsey, in order to carry a letter from Charles to Caroline.
letter, is intercepted by Argus, a
,prying, vi.
gilant man, in the service of Crabstick. Proteus, however,
who had assumed the garb of a lew. Pedlar, gets admission
into Crabstick's house, and finding the key of the chamber in
hich Caroline was confined, contrives to get her out of the
• House, and to lock up Argus in her place. The lovers are
pursued, and Charles disguises hirnsel as - a Sailor to escape
suspicion. In the mean time, Mushroom finding that Ca-
roline was engaged to another, and that Lady Selina SUgar-
cane is much richer, pays his court to her with success. /At
ictigzit, Charles and Caroline, by the generous assistance of
Foxglove, a Country Squire, overcome all diflicultieS/ and
arc married . Crabstick is at last reconciled, though the
pride of Mrs. Supplejack still holds out, and the Piece con-
cludes with the happiness of the Lovers.

We are always disposed to speak with indulgence
of the labours of those who employ their talents
for the entertainment of the Public, and particu-
larly of musical compositions, which are brought
ftirward at our Theatres, because math time, much..
anxiety, and much expence are. necessarily devoted
to them, in order to prepare them for public atten-
tion. But with due regard for the stage, which is
the best and most useful of our public amusements,
it is impossible for us to impose upon our Readers
by speaking in praise of this oi)era, which we
consider as one of the poorest compositions of the
kind that it was ever our fate to attend.
The Plot is " confusion worse confounded."—
Not that there are any intricate involutions which
it is difricult to develope, but that it is a mass of
ill-compounded incidents, that excite no interest,
produce no suspense, and aw,,ken no curiosity.--
The characters are all of a hackneyed kind, and
none of them are placed in novel situations. The
dialogue is destitute of point and burnout', though
there are two or three des*picable _attempts at a
pun: The sentiments are trite. or over-strained ap.
peals to lOyalty and patriotiqn, or in compliment :o
our national defenders. The Songs are devOid of
,Foetry, spirit, and humour. One of the Songs is a
poor repetition of the old story -of the Old Man,
his Son and his Ass, which is spoiled in the relation,
and which is well told in one ofFocerel Prologues.

It is difficult fur us to suppose that the Manager
could have read this miserable farrago, for if he had,
we could hardly suppose he would have lavished so
much exiience upon it, and discredited his Theatre
by liringing it fortVard.•
Ns a specimen of the joke:, it should be men.
tinned, that Protein standing between a negraigid,
and a white woman, says, on its being observed,
that he cannot be old, for' that his hair is not grey,
that " he is between white and black."