The Sun.
London, England, 1832-02-25 00:00:00

CHOLERA.

IMPROVED HOT AIR BATHS.
Extract from the " London Medical Gazette" of
Dec. 3, 1831.
*. We must not omit to mention the Bath for Clot Air or Va-
pour made by Mr. Rippon, of Castle-street Fast ; it goes into
an extremely small compass, is equally efficient, and much
cheaper than any of the others we have seen."
The Bath alluded to by the Editor of the "Medical Ga-
zette " HAS BEEN MUCH IMPROVED, and is
strongly recommended for the cure of Cholera, Colds,
Rheumatism, Ike. It is so extremely portable and simple,
that it may be applied in one minute by the most inexpe-
rienced person, without removing the patient or clothes
from the bed, at the expense of threepence. Price of the
Machine, with Spirit Lamp, &c., 10s. : Portable Frame for
Bed, 10a. Packed for the country, 2s. 6d. extra.
Letters (post paid) inclosing a remittance, immediately
attended to. Address, I. J. Rippon, 63, Castle-street
East, Oxford-street.
Of whom may be had,

Stomach Warmers, for 2s. 6d. ; Feet Warmers, 68.
Also, a new-invented utensil for Cooking Potatoes, su-
perior to those boiled, steamed, or roasted, price 6s.

READING SAUCE.
JCOCKS and SONS, the Proprietors of
• the celebrated READING SAUCE, beg most
respectfully to caution the Nobility, Families, and the
Public, against the daily frauds and impositions practised
by many London and Country Oilmen, who are offering
for sale their own spurious compositions as Reading Sauce.
None are genuine but those which have the corks sealed
With the impression, "J. Cocks, Reading." And also,
these words, on orange-coloured labels, " Reading Sauce,
for Fish, enriching Gravies, &c., prepared and sold, whole-
sale and retail, by J. Cocks, Reading."
It is presumed that no Sauce ever met with such gene•
ral approbation and extensive sale. It is patronised and
recommended by most families in the kingdom, and re-
tailed in London by 250 of the most respectable Oilmen
and Fish Sauce Venders ; also by one or more in every
City, Market-town, and Watering-place in the kingdom;
most of whom sell
J. COCKS and SONS' GENUINE and SUPERIOR
ESSENCE OF ANCHOVIES,
Made with prime Gorgona Fish, rich as possible.
The above Sauces are particularly recommended to Sea-
faring Gentlemen, as they are warranted to retain their
superior qualitiesltwenty years in any climate.

THE IMPETUOSITY of PASSION,
and the coincidence of general gaiety must involve
a considerable portion of the community in the sufferance
of those disorders which are destined to be the punishment
of illicit indulgence. And since the time of Monkish
superstition, no blame has been imputed to medical Practi-
tioners for the exertions of their skill in the removal of
these complaints.
As medical ability cannot therefore be more usefully or
more respectably employed, it is only necessary to inquire
where it can be most decisively depended upon, certainly
not among those who rush without education into the
practice of Esculapian slaughter ; but among those who,
after regular initiation, confine their exertions to one point,
and concentrate their skill in the study and treatment o
One Brand.
f
Dr. Courtenay, from the University of Edinburgh, is
entitled by his qualification to make this selection, and
after unprecedented success for upwards ofThirty-five Years,
be may now without presumption, offer restoration in eases,
where the most eminent Practitioners have failed. An
Insidious Disorder may be contracted in an unguarded
moment of intoxication. By this plan of cure, pain is
prevented, the possibility of danger precluded, and the
constitution is left, not merely unimpaired, bet absolutely
improved by the process.
The sufferings of this complaint are however titling
compared with the consequences of that destruCtive prac-
tice for which Onan suffered death. To those IWhose
feelings are susceptible of the misery which this pernicious
habit has occasioned, it may be some consolation to know,
that, by proper perseverance, the most deplorable debility
may be removed. When estates are dependant on the
progeny of married people, the removal of those impedi- '
ments is to many the restoration of life's best enjoyment,
nor is it unreasonable to expect success from the connection
of that peculiar state of the constitution, by which con; ception is prevented, or the embryotic prisoner constantly
destroyed. It is the result of Dr. Courtenay's experieln,
to offer a safe and certain removal of these impediments,
and by correcting the morbid state of the uterine functions
the female soon becomes in that state " which Ladies wish
to be who love their Lords." Dr. Courtenay may be con-
sulted personally, or by letter, with the greatest secrecy
and honour, at his house, No. 21, Leicester-square.
Patients in the country describing the particulars of
their complaints, age, mode of living, &c. &c., inclosing
a remittance for advice and Medicines will have the same
given or sent to any psrt of the world.—Letters are ex-
petted to he post-paid.
Dr. Csurtenay has removed from No. 6, Robert-street,
Adelphi, to No. 21, Leicester-square, where he continues
o practice, and is consulted as heretofore. Dr. Courtenay
has no connection whatever with the young man now
practising at his late residence, and he thinks it is due to
those Noblemen and Gentlemen, who have hitherto so
liberally honoured him with their confidence, to make this
public declaration in consequence of that individual presum-
ing to state verbally and in writing to several of Dr. Cour-
tenay's patients, that he had retired altogether from practice,
ond assigned it to him, ...pr. C. has done no such thing.

(No. 12,310.)

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New Burlington-street, Feb. 24, 1832. -
THE NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE
and LITERARY JOURNAL.
_ _

COURT-MARTIAL ON CAPTAIN WAR-

Edited by E. L. BULWER, Esq.
The Third Number, for 1832, to be published, lllarch 1,
will contain among other articles by the most distinguished
writers of the day.

1. On the State of the Rural Population-2. Oa the
Influence and Education of Women-3. The Law of
Arrest, a Tale from Facts-4. Convenient Principles, or
the Results of the Reform Bill, a Dialogue-5. Conversa-
tions with an Ambitious Student-6. A Few Plain and
Practical Remarks on Cholera, by a Physician-7. The
Coffin Maker, a Tale-8. What shall we do with our
Spinsters?-9. Spirit of Song ! By Thomas Haynes
Bayly-10. Italian Humourous Poetry, No. 2-11.
Songs found in a Grecian Urn-12. Adventures of a Gen-
tleman of the Court of Charles 11-13. TNre Sublime and
Beautiful-14. Monthly Commentary on Men and Things,
&c. &c.

Published by Colburn and Bentley, New Burlington-
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This day was published, inTwoVols. Bvo. price 28s. bds.,
AN ESSAY upon NATIONAL CHA-
RACTER, being an Inquiry into some of the
principal causes which contribute to form and modify the
Character of Nations in the state of Civilization.

RINGTON.

Species of Corn,
Grain,
Flour.
Meal, and

Wheat
Barley
Oats
Rye
Pease
Beans
Maize or Indian
Corn
Buck Wheat
Beer or Bigg
Total of Corn and
Grain

Imported from
Fo
Co s.

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28,197 5

36,mi 6
332 6

By the late RICHD. CHENEVIX, Esq., F.R.S.L.

and E. M.R.1.A., &c.
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found investigation and of immense knowledge, digested by a
singularly clear and contemplative mind. It is a work put forth
too in the noblest spirit of literature—that which looks to the
future, and builds up, not a palace for self to dwell in, but a noble
and enduring monument for the instruction of ages yet to com e.'
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6,218 5

I 2
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84,096 4

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This day was published, in 23 Vols. Bvo. with finely
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THE PRACTICAL WORKS of the
Rev. RICHARD BAXTER, with a Life of the
Author, and a Critical Examination of his Writings.
By the Rev. WILLIAM ORME.
Subscribers are requested to complete their Sets as early
as possible, to prevent disappointment.
Also may be had, separate,
The LIFE and TIMES of RICHARD BAXTER,
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Wheat Meal, or
Flour
Barley Flour
Oatmeal
Rye Meal
Indian Meal

Total of Meal any
Flour

10,674 1 1

Species of Corn,
Gr-in, Meal; and
Flour.

- Printed for James Duncan, 37, Paternoster-row; and
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This day was published, in Three Vols. 18mo. embellished
with numerous Plates and Maps, price 18s. boards,
ITALY. By JOSIAH CONDER, Author
of " The Modern Traveller."
Conder's . Italy' will in future be the travelling companion
of every man bent upon a thorough investigation of that inte-
resting land. He is the best compiler of the day ; and this is no
small praise. Mr. Conder is also the compiler of The Modern
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work in any language."—Spectator, April, 1831.
We sincerely congratulate the public upon the appearance
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Barley
Oats
Rye
Pease
Beans
Maize or Indian

0027

Qrs. Bus.
602 5
31,303 7
60 2
5 0
11,848 5
1,742 6

Corn
Buck Wheat
Beer or Bigg

1 2
201 5

Total of Corn and
Grain

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The MODERN TRAVELLER ; containing a Descrip-
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♦arious Countries of the Globe, compiled from the best
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—Africa, 3—United States and Canada, 2—Mexico, 2
Colombia, I—Peru, I—Brazil and Buenos Ayres 2.
" No work can be found in our language or any other equal to
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" Conder's' Modern Traveller' is worth all the libraries taken
together."—Fraaer's Magazine, August, 1831.
Printed for James Duncan, 37, Paternoster-row.

Flour
Barley Flour
Oatmeal
Rye Meal
Indian Meal

187 3 14

0 0 27

Total of Meal and
Flour

Species of Corn,
Grain, Meal, and
Flour.

Wheat
Barley
Oats
Rye
Pease
Beans
Maize or Indian

Qrs. Bus.
635,508 3

TO THE GOVERNORS OF HOSPITALS, DISPEN-
SARIES, POOR-HOUSES, AND OTHER INSTI-
TUTIONS REQUIRING THE USE OF BRANDY.
IN consideration of the PATENT FRENCH
DISTILLED BRANDY being now very generally
prescribed by the Faculty, in preference of Foreign Brandy,
in cases where the Purest Spirit is deemed indispensable,
Messrs. J. T. BETTS and Co. are induced to depart from
their strict rule of requiring payment on delivery of Goods
to such Institutions as are in the habit of settling their ac-
counts periodically, provided the term of Credit do not ex-
ceed Three Months.

6,484 0
2.90,293 2
19,907 3
726 5
9,750 5

Corn
Buck Wheat
Beer or Bigg

423 6

Total of Corn and
Grain

953,094 0

Cwts. qrs. lb.

Wheat Meal, or
Flour
Barley Flour
Oatmeal
Rye Meal
Indian Meal

546,156 1 19j

French Brandy Distillery, 7, Smithfield Bars,
23d February, 1832.
*.O The Established Price of the Patent Brandy (either
pale or coloured) is 18s. per Imperial Gallon.

Total of Meal andl
Flour

16'16,156 1 19!

COUGHS, COLDS, .ASTHMA, &c.
CONGREVE'S BALSAMIC ELIXIR.
The virtues of this Medicine has been experienced
by some thousands of individuals. There is no Medicine
so effectually allays pulmonic irritation. While opiates
have been administered without relief, and the usual re-
medies have been given with little or no good effect, this
has afforded the greatest facility of breathing, and pro-
duced permanent and speedy cures in every description
of Coughs and Asthmas.
Sold in Bottles at Is. lid. and 2s. 9d. each, by Messrs.
Butler, Chemists, Cheapside, corner of St. Paul's, and the
most respectable dealers in Patent Medicines ; of whom
may be had CONGREVE'S GOLDEN BALM, or IM-
PROVED SOOTHING SYRUP. This remedy pos-
sesses superior advantages in counteracting the dreadful
effects arising from painful dentition. It cools and com-
forts the gums, and assuages the pain consequent on their
inflammation. It is introduced at the lowest possible price
by the proprietor, for the purpose of placing it within the
reach of all classes. In Bottles at Is. lid. and 2s. 9d.

It is nearly eighteen years since the admirable
Judge, Baron BAYLEY, last came the Midland Circuit.
At Leicester, it is said, Lord HuNTING-rowErt is again to
be defendant, at the plaint of a Rev. Divine, in an action
for trespass.—Stumford News.
AMERICAN CLIMATE.—Some idea of the
variations in the Northern State may be formed from the
circumstance of the thermometer standing at 80 degrees
above zero in the street, in Albany, on the 19th of January.
The ice in the Hudson had been broken up, and was drift-
ing in huge masses, and with dangerous rapidity. A
great many accidents had occurred.
A UD ÜBO distinguished ornithologist
is prosecuting his tour of observation and discovery through
the Floridas. In a letter to one of his Philadelphia friends
he says, " although it freezes during the night, the alli-
gators and butterflies are frequently seen during the day.
The woods are all green, and yet it freezes; a pheno-
menon in nature of which I lied no previous knowledge."
Judging from the general character of the
dramas now performing in the metropolis, it would appear
as if old Nic had completely got possession of the stage,

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LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 1832.

of Bristol from a violent attack made thereon by
the rioters, such detachment proceeded to the said
Palace under the command of one troop-officer only,
being the young Cornet before mentioned.
-" 3. In that he, Captain Warrington, having re-
turned to the said quarters ••during the absence of
the detachment on the said service, he, in place of
thereupon proceeding to join the same, or of await-
ing its return, did, before the return of the detach-
ment to quarters, which was about ten o'clock the
same evening, retire to his bed.
" Lastly, in that he, Captain Warrington, between
four and five o'clock in the morning of the 31st Oc-
tober, when a detachment of the troop, consisting of
about two-thirds of the diposeable part thereof, was
again called out to stop the progress of the rioters in
-destroying the buildings in Queen-square, did again
permit the said detachment to proceed on such ser-
vice under the sole command of the said young Cor-
net, while he, the said Captain himself, remained in
quarters."
That.—He is Guilty of the first count thereof.
He is Guilty of the second count thereof.
He is Guilty of the third count thereof.
He is Not Guilty of the fourth count thereof.
And such conduct on the part of the said Captain
Warrington evincing a want of the vigour and acti-
vity requisite in the situationin which he was placed,
being unbecoming his character as an officer, and in
breach of the Articles of War, the Court doth, in
virtue thereof, sentence him, the said Captain Wil-
liam Henry Warrington, of the 3d Regiment of Dra-
goon Guards, to be cashiered.
H. FANE, Lieutenant-General and President.
ARNOLD THOMPSON, Deputy-Judge Advocate.

MONTHLY REPORT OF CORN,
BY THE COMMISSIONEES OF HIS MAJESTY S CUSTOMS.

An Account showing the Quantities of Corn, Grain, Meal,
and Flour, imported into the United Kingdom in the
Month ended Ist February, 1532, the Quantities upon
which Duties have been paid for Home Consumption
during the same Month, and the Quantities remaining
in Warehouse at the close thereof.

Quantities Imported into the United Kingdom
in the Month ended Feb. 1, 1832.

The Produce
of, and Im.
ported from,
British Posses.,
sions out of
Europe.

Qrs. Bus.

3,084 4

Total.

Ors. Bus.
31,282 1

36,231 6
444 0

111 2

...
1 0

3,196 6

Cwts. qrs. lb.

14,013 2 20

156 3 6

....
1 0

7,927 2

:12,490 1
6,218 5

1 2
625 3

87,293 2

Cwts. qrs. lb.

24,687 3 21

Cwts. qrs. lb.

9,716 0 10

3 0 26

157- 0 5

Qrs. Bus.

Qrs. Bus.
89,902 2

8,417 5
I 31,303 7
171 4

89,902 2

Cwts. qrs. lb.

131,895 1 18

5 0
11,849 5
1,742 6

1 2
201 5

53,693 2

Cwts. qrs. lb.

9,90 3 24

92 2 4

11.31,957 3 22

3 1 25

Qrs. Bus.
725,410 5
(3,484 0
280,293 2
19,907 3
726 5
9,750 5

423 6

1,042,996 2

Cwts. qrs. lb.

673,051 3 _ 9

92 2 4

673,144 I 13

By order of the Commissioners,
T. WHITMORE, Secretary.
Custom-bouse, London, Feb. 22, 1832.

The Spectator says, " The Earl of MANS-
FIELD, who has at no period been much beloved by his
neighbours, has of late become so unpopular in Perth-
shire, from his factious opposition to the Reform Bill, that
he was seriously urged by his family not to trust himself
at Scone Palace, lest he should be exposed to personal
danger. It has been thought proper to barricade the
mansion, and to maintain an armed guard of servants
round it. A pretty picture of rural felicity "
In Wools under the value of 2s. per lb. there
is at present a fair business doing for the Yorkshire ma-
nufacturers, as well as in qualities from 2s. 6d. to Se. per
lb., for the West of England trade. The arrivals from
abroad are very small:at present.
THE MINISTERS OF CHARLES X.—Se-
veral of the Paris Papers having published a private letter
from Senlis, stating that the Governor of the Castle of
Ham had
. received orders to observe the strictest vigilance
over /:18 prisoners, the Ex-Ministers, in order to prevent
their joining in the plots of the Carlists, M. de PEYRON-
NET has addressed the following letter to the Editor of the
Courier de l'Europe, dated the 18th instant :—"
I have just read your Paper of the 16th February. Your
correspondent at Senlis has let' you into an error. What
can the people of Senlis know about the Castle of Ham ?
Do nut, I entreat you, disturb and harass the minds of
our friends they havealready sufficient cause for affliction.
There cannot be ou earth any one so absurd as to believethat we are sufficiently so as to dream of conspiracies at
the foot of the Constable's Tower. This would be the
most ridiculous pretext for the moat absurd violations of
the law. Why cannot they leave me in peace? Seven
months have elapsed since I quitted my chamber, three of
which I have been deprived the use of my limbs by the
sciatica. Twelve feet square is the utmost space I now
occupy in this world. If this is thought too much, so be
it; but, for the love of God, wherever I may be put, let
me be sheltered from the attacks of fools and meddlers.
To every man his fate—mine is a prison, since God so
wills it--but let folly remain at the door. I„ am not
aware of any*deeree that warrants its admission, Accept, &e.

(PRICE 7D.)

THE DRAMA-PUBLIC MEETING.

A very numerous meeting of the friends, patrons,
and professors of the drama, and dramatic acting,
' was held yesterday, at the City of London Tavern,
Bishopsgate-street, to consider the propriety of pe-
titioning Parliament to repeal all such Acts as pre-
vent the free performance of the drama at the small
theatres.

On the motion of Mr. SWIFT, EDWARD LYTTON
BULWER, Esq., M.P., was unanimously requested to
take the chair.

Mr. LITTON BULWER, on taking the chair, said
that the object of the meeting was to take into con-
sideration the final arrangements for presenting a
petition to Parliament for the repeal of all Acts tend-
ing to restrain the free performance of the drama.
Feeling, as he did, a deep interest in the success of
their proceedings, it gave him great pleasure to see
so numerous and respectable a meeting. The ques-
tion for consideration is not one of yesterday ; it was
one which the public had long had before them, and
in which it took a deep interest ; it was a question
which depended for success on their proceedings
that day. This age was particularly characterised
by monopolies. There were monopolies in corn,
monopolies in trade, monopolies in the elective fran-
chise, monopolies in knowledge, and, what was still
more extraordinary, a monopoly in the drama. It
was extraordinary, indeed, that the mighty genius of
Shakspeare, who had gathered his beauties from all
ages, and all nations, should be monopolized by the
two patent theatres. It might be considered a great
hardship by monopolists to have their monopolies
taken out of their hands; but when a monopoly was
not only doing an injury to the public, but to the
monopolists themselves, he thought some deference
ought to be paid to public opinion. The monopoly
of the drama differed from all others in some im-
portant respects. In all others the monopolists have',
some advantage, with the exception of drama mono-
poly alone. He was surprised that the managers
should wish to continue to keep up the monopolies,
when he believed that at the end of every year, in-
stead of a yearly profit, there was a yearly deficit,
and suffered the legitimate drama, for the perform-
ance of which they had their monopoly, to give way
to the Lions of Mysore, and other such entertain-
ments. Whilst the major theatres thus sunk the
legitimate drama, were the proprietors of the minor
theatres to have a clog put on their exertions—to
have such a wide field shut out from them, except
at the hazard of litigation and expense ? What, he
would ask, could be the policy of the two great
houses in pursuing a system which was ruinous to
themselves ? Their only policy seemed to be ex-
pense. He had looked at a memorandum presented
by the managers of the two patent theatres to
the Lord Chamberlain, requesting the protection of
their rights against the infringement of the minor
theatres. A statement so vague, so inconclusive,
and so unsatisfactory, he had never read. They
rested their claims upon two grounds :—the first
was, that they had expended already a million of
money on the monopoly. Was it not sufficient that
one million of money should be expended ? They
then spoke of the necessity of upholding the dignity
of the national drama. Was, he would ask, the
dignity of the national drama upheld by introduing
on the stage the whole of Mr. Martyn's menagerie ?
They seemed to think that the national drama, like
the national coat of arms, ought to be supported by
brutes. They should not resort to such projects
for success; they should give up their monopoly,
and place themselves on a fair and equal level.
They might rely for success on the convenience of
their situation, on the old recollections attached to
them. Who would desert those scenes where ap-
peared a Garrick, a Siddons, and a Kemble—scenes
which they had consecrated? They might rely on
their splendour of display, and their command of
capital, instead of trusting to scenic pomp and paste-
board cavalcade. It was their duty to encourage the
best actors and authors, and to hold out prizes for
their ambition. He had heard it stated that
the present age was indifferent to the drama.
The institution of the Garrick Club was a
sufficient refutation of this undeserved censure.
The cant of indifference had been raised, but the
drama had always advanced in proportion as a people
became more civilized, and he would ask where
they less civilized now than when Queen Elizabeth
laughed at the wit of the fat Knight, or when
Charles the Second bestowed the pipe of good
Canary as an encouragement on the drama ? If the
drama triumphed in those times, in spite of all the
obstacles raised against it, surely it ought to triumph
now in the midst of advantages, and when all
obstacles were removed. Though those times gave
Congreve to comedy and Shakspeare to the world,
yet, if the restraints on the stage were removed, he
had no doubt but some genius would arise in the
present age who would be an ornament and an
honour to the country. Do but reform the stage,
and ,literature will reform itself. He felt the most
sincere thanks for the kind attention the meeting
had given him, and he hoped they would bestow
the like attention on any gentleman who should
address them. He hoped that, if they made any
distinction, they would pay more attention to those
who might come there to oppoie them. They should
recollect that nothing tended more to forward a just
cause than free discussion. The petition they were
about to present that day, when presented to Par-
liament, he would, for his part, be at his place
ready and happy to support it. His friend, Colonel
de Lacy Evans, who was by his side, and who was
always ready to support any measure of Reform
which was for the public good, would move the
first resolution. He hoped the time would return
when the Green-room would be the scene of wit,
and the boards would be frequented by those anxious
to enjoy the pleasures of the drama; and future,
poets, in recollecting their effort that day for the
cause of literature and the drama, would record
their gratitude to posterity.—(Loud cheers.)
Colonel EVANS, M.P., said it would be unneces-
sary for him to take up the time of the meeting,
after the excellent speech they had just heard; he
would, therefore, merely propose the resolution. The
resolution would speak for itself, and would render
any preface unnecessary. The resolution was to
the effect, " that any restrictions on the performance
of the drama, except what regarded morality, were
opposed to the spirit of the age, and injurious to arts,
sciences, and literature."

The resolution was seconded by Mr. HARRIsON,
and carried unanimously.
Mr. SWIFT rose to move the next resolution, and
said it was a great honour to him to be called on to
follow such leaders. He would make a feW obser-
vations respecting the question in a legal point of
view. It was an admitted principle that, where it
was impossible to execute the law, the law ought to
be changed ; and he would ask could airy thing be
more absurd or impossible than the present law re-
lating to the drama? It had been framed for times
that no longer existed, when London was a village
compared to its present state, and two theatres were
quite enough for its playgoers. But now, with a
population of a million and a half, it required nothing
more. Circumstances had changed, and the law
ought to be changed to suit them. They could not
be compressed to the meaning and intention of the
law, and the law ought, therefore, to be enlarge
them. He would not take up the time of the m
ing long, as be felt that to speak after the able
speech they had just heard, would be " to gild re-
fined gold--to paint the lily." The morality of the
times depended, in a great mature, on the stage.

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Mr. Swift spoke:a(great:length, and, in conclusion,
moved—
" That it would be for the interest of the drama that all Acts
relating to it sh ould lie repealed."
The resolution was seconded by Mr. MaeirENztE,
and carried unanimously.
Mr. WOOLER said that the Committee had placed
in his hands a resolution, which he begged leave to
propose to the meeting. The resolution was that a
petition should be presented to the House of Com-
mons for the repeal of the laws respecting the
drama. This was not a question of faction or party;
it was the common interest of all connected with
the drama, and anxious to forward its interests. He
would ask if the whole British empire were to be
deprived of an innocent and useful amusement by a
patent obtained from one man t Those patents had
been granted to certain favourites, for certain pur-
poses, and, like all other patents, ought to expire
n otthe
mgargoitientidast. e s I
20t was a
miles from
the first possessor. A patent in perpetuity'
had never been heard of before, nor could it be de-
fendedridfricou-
luso on
aly any
that a m reasonablel
London could grant patents for the performance of
the drama, and that this power should be denied to
the Magistrates in and near London..
Mr. SEARLE seconded the resolution, which was
carried unanimusly.
A Mr. Eomosns said that in Amerka the free
exercise of the drama was allowed. It was danger-
ous to monarchies to be obliged to refer to republics
for free institutions.—(Cheers.)
Mr. MACARTIIY did not present himself before
the meeting as a member of the theatrical profes-
sion ; on the contrary, he understood that he had
no connection with the major or the minor theatres;
and with respect to the managers of both he could
say that be neither courted their favour nor feared
their hate. In the few observations he was about
to make he would confine himself to the rights of
the people. It had been asserted that the subject
of dramatic amusement was not of sufficient im-
portance to excite the attention of the citizens of
London. When he beheld the present assembly, so
numerous and respectable, he flung back with indig-
nation the unfounded insinuation. He was happy
to find that the enemies of the drama were to be
found amongst those only who oppose every step to
improvement; but they could not check the feel-
ings of improvement now abroad. The present pe-
riod, therefore, was the worst that could be chosen
to revive those obsolete and oppressive laws re-
specting the drama. The managers of the minor
theatres were threatened with a fate similar to Chap-
man, who was now in prison at the prosecution of
the managers of Drury-lane and Covent-garden, and
which fate could only be avoided by the united
energies of the people. He hoped that the proceed-
ings of that day would prove that there was an im-
pulse in the hearts of Englishmen which caused
them to swell with hatred to every species of op-
pression. It had been asserted on the Continent
that we have not a true taste for the drama, which is
attributed to our commercial pursuits; and it is
added that when trade flourishes the arts decay.
We can exhibit, in answer, our galaxy of genius,
from Newton to Davy, from Shakspeare to Byron.
A German writer has named Homer, Milton, and
Shakspeare, as the greatest epic poets; and shall it
be said that the art which obtained such illustrious
fame should be restricted by the revival of obsolete
laws ? The spirit of the age forbids such an un-
worthy act, and the meeting of this day will decide
the triumph of the petition to be presented to the
House of Commons for the abolition of those laws.
The sentiment of the metropolis can be best ascer-
tained by the number of signatures to the petition.
The character of a theatre depends on the character
of its manager, as is evident from the state of the
Surrey theatre under Mr. Elliston. The change in
that theatre was entirely owing to the superior ta-
lent of the man, who, with all the attributes of a
venius, had many of the failings too often attached
to it; Lot

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" Hard is his fate on whom the public gaze—
'Tis fixed for ever to detract or raise;p
Repose denies her requiem to his name,
And folly loves the martyrdom of fame."
One of our greatest poets has said that " the
greatest study of mankind is man," and where can
man be better studied than on the stage ? Mr.
Macarthy spoke at great length, and concluded with
moving

" That the legitimate drama ought to be fostered, and
all Acts restraining it repealed."
Mr. RAYNER seconded the resolution, which was
carried unanimously.
Mr. S. C. HALL found himself unexpectedly
called upon to move the next resolution, to the
effect that the minor theatres in this metropolis
were of great public importance, as the vehicles of
amusement and instruction, and that every one resi-
dent therein was deeply interested in their prospe-
rity and success. Although, at the moment he rose
to address them, it was his intention to have con-
fined himself to a mere reading of the resolution, for
it was one respecting which he did not apprehend
there could be a single dissentient voice, yet having
risen, he would just so far trespass upon their atten-
tion, as to observe that he did not believe there was
an impartial man in England who did not feel in-
dignant at the prosecutions to which the in nor
theatres had been exposed—minor, be called them,
in compliance with custom, for they were only minor
in the sense of being smaller than the patent theatres.
The great theatres complained that their lesser
brethren had been guilty of the offence of trenching
upon the provence of the patentees; but the simple
answer to that was, that the persons bringing the
accusation were themselves the originators of the
grievance.—(Hear.) He regretted to find himself
thus occupying so much of their time—(Hear)---but
he could not sit down without adverting to one cir-
cumstance, which he thought of rather a remarkable
character. The novel lately published, written by
the gentleman near him, " Eugene Aram," would
have been produced as a tragedy had the stage been
in a condition in which genius of a higher order could
and its proper place. He had but one word at
parting to say—he hoped they would not imitate
the example of the Garrick Club, by omitting to do
honour to the name of Shakspeare ; he hoped
they would not part without a cheer in honour of
the immortal bard.—(Hear.)
The CHAIRMAN had one observation to make.
Mr. George Lamb had undertaken to conduct i►►
Parliament an Act for the relief of the drama, but
on his accepting office he had given over the con-
' ducting of the Act to Lord Mahon. He (the
Chairman) bad asked Lord Mahon when he would
introduce the Act, and he was told that it would be
introduced after the Reform Bill should be carried.
He thought if the petition was included in that Act.
it would a great advantage.
The proposition was referred to the Committee.
Many other gentlemen spoke—among others,
Mr. Sloman, Mr. Dowton, Mr. Moncrieff, and Mr.
Davidge; and, after a vote of thanks to the Chair-
man, the meeting separated at about a quarter to
five o'clock.

It was agreed that the petition should remain for
signatures at the City of London Tavern until Wed-
nesday next.

On Thursday last an inquest was held at
Friskney, before Mr. MasTitr, on the body of Jon
STEER, aged three years, who was accidentally drowned
in a ditch near the house in the absence of his mother,
who bad gone to call the father to dinner. Verdict as
ahove.—On Monday, at the Croft, on the body of ANN-
WARD, whose clothes took fire in the momentary absence
of her mother. Verdict, " Accidental death."

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forthcoming number of the " New Monthly Magazine,'
miake influence and education of women,
systemsr
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'view," who comes forward, it is said, as the strenuous
advocate of the fair sex in their intellectual capacity, and
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