The Sun.
London, England, 1826-02-01 00:00:00

MR. PELBY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
justice to a stranger, I must say that
the Managers of Drury-Lane Theatre have used
Mr. PeLnY unkindly by not conforming to the
wishes of the audience in granting a second ap-
pearance to that Gentleman. Why shoal(' he be
denied that which every man of merit has a right
to claim ? That he possesses the qualifications
necessary for a great actor is beyond a doubt; had
it been otherwise he never could have been receiv-
ed with such enthusiastic applause ; for, setting
aside the generous feeling that warms the hearts
of Britons when the stranger throws himself
upon their kindneas, there were involuntary
bursts of applause that acknowledged the merits
of Mr. I'ELUY. Some of the Critics accuse him
of tameness in the two first acts ; but Mr. P.'s
personification of Hamlet slums him to be a man
of fine taste and deep feeling ;—what then must
his feelings have been when he, a stranger, first
appeared before an audience that might either
exalt him to fame and fortune, or blast his pro?
spects for ever ? This of itself might be a suf-
ficient excuse for what has been called tameness,
but which I call embarrassment, not the embar-
rassment of a diffident man, but that of a man of
fine feeling upon his entrance on the stage of a
l3ritish Theatre, where GARRICK, KEMISLE,
KLAN, and others, brilliant luminaries of the
Stage, had first claimed the kind patronage of
their countrymen.
As to his performance of Hamlet, I have but
to say, that I think his conception of the author
was throughout correct, and, in .several instances,
original points in his performance entitled him to
the applause which an impartial audience so li-
berally bestowed. Ilis person is graceful, and
certainly not under the middle stature, as has
been said ; and his attitudes are fine. His yoke,
indeed, was not eminently powerful, but full and
distinct ; and I do verily believe, that if he
should be allowed to repeat the part of Hamlet,
which I sincerely wish and hope, he will give
greater scope to his feelings, and do justice to
that inimitable author, whose memory Britons
will ever revere.

A FRIEND TO MERIT.

COUNTRY THEATRICALS.

The following was lately taken down from th©
orchestra of the Greenwich tl►eatra

RULES TO BE OBSERVED IN THIS ORCHEsTRA, UNDER
FORFEITURES THAT WILL BE EXACTED FORTH-

W I 'l' II :-

I. It having been in the first instance stated to the band that
no entrance, exit, or change of scene, was to be without music,
of course no one will be allowed to quit the orchestra during the
performance of any piece, under forfeiture of Is. each time.
2. Each omission of music at every change of scene, en.
trances, ttir.c., the leader incurs a forfeit of Is., the prompter to
notice each such omission, and return them with the list of for.
feits on Saturday.

3. A musician to attend every morning at eleven, in the
rooms, to rehearse intuit!, under forfeiture of 2s.

4. The person who attends at the piano, if he persists in
performing with one hand only, shall have but one half his
salary..
_ _ _

5. he band being but small, it is expected they should all
be engaged in every song, chorus, or piece of music, performed
on the stage.
N. B. The prompter and acting manager are desired to ob.
serve strictly that these rules are observed; and any musician
objecting to them is at free liberty to quit the theatre.

M R. K EA N.—The theatre, last night, in honour
of Mrs. Ihr.soN's benefit, and by way of skew-
ing the manner in which the New York audience
would receive Mr. K EAR, was crowded in every
part, from the pit to the gallery ; ladies occu-
pied the usual share of both the first and second
tier of boxes. He was loudly and flatteringly re,
ceived by every part of the house, with cries of
" Bravo Kean !" When the old and decrepit Lear
uttered the exclamation," 1 am a man more sinned
against than sinning," the whole showed they
applied the line at once, and a peal of applause
burst forth from all parts, which was repeated a
second time, and long continued. Ile was called
for at the close, and he came forward and made
an address to the audience, thanking them for
the kindness they had shown him, and declaring
it had made an indelible impression on his heart
that no time could ever efface. But he spoke so
low that we heard him very indistinctly.—(New
York Evening Pcmi, Jan. 5.)

THEATRICAL ANECUPTE.—The following
terical fact, recorded by 13orlase, fully proves
that stage players have, on one occasion at least,
contributed to the public goad. In the year
1688, when, the Spanish A rmada was hovering on
the coast of Cornwall, a company of Players were
piece, called " Sampson,"
in a rftoe
re,at Peuryn. During the perfor-
peil• performing
y a t
er 4a mt
iltic
malice, some Spanish men-of.war having suddenly
lauded a body of men from their boats in the dark,
they were in full and silent march, with design
to surprise, plunder, and, burn the town ; when,
fortunately for the inhabitants, just at that very
instant, the players having let Sampson loose to
fall on the Philistines, the sound of the drums
and trumpets, and the tremendous shout set up
by the spectators, being heard by the Spanish
detachment, they apprehended that the townso est
were coming down upon them iu great force, and
overcome, with the first impressions of the panic,
the invaders began to retreat, and scampered
boa precipitately to their ships.

SINGULAR MISTANE]:--011 a tomb.stone in
Chiswick Churchyard is the following inscription:--" J. 2.
H., born December 19,1802, died Jan.'B, 1301," by which it
would seem that the child must have died rather less than 12
months before It was bOrn.

KULICW LL.— Barbara cndall, who some timP
ago poisoned her husband in the Island of Nostra', and was
lodged in the jail at Kirkwall, strangled herself there on Tues.
day the 17th. The jailor, on visiting the cell, found the
wretched woman lying on the' floor, quite deed, though still
warm. She had used her garters And some packthread for the
purpose, and to hasten suflbcatton, had stuffed her head into the
metal pot in which she cooked her vietuel3. Medical aid was
called, but all efforts W restore animation were i» "sins We
understand that an indictment against her, for the crime on the
charge of which she was imprisoned, was sent from gclinburgh
on TPorulttY last..(Edinburgh Courant, Jan. 3g.)

Yesterday evening, about four o'clock, the
Royal Fly Von, which runs from London to
Portsmouth, drew up at Newgato, and took from
thence a full freight of convicts, hr the purpose
of conveying them to the hulks, at Portsmouth,
to wait there, until it shall be deemed fit to shill
,them oft' for Botany Bay. They mounted the van
in good spirits, not displaying any apparent dis-
satlsfaction at their intended trig.

NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICAN
SUBSCRIPTION ROOM, rEB. le

LIVERPOOL, JAL 30.—Wind S, by E.—Arrived the packet
ship York, Deeost, from New York, sailed 10th inst. Pasco.
gen z—Mr. Jacob and Mr. Joshua Bates, of New York ;
Messrs, Robert Armour, John Gibb, Chas: Radler,' Josh.
Mason, and F. A. Lokague, from Montreal; Messrs. C. B.
Prince, Joe. Stantifield, Thos. Gibbs, Wm. Budden, and Robt.
Stewart, of Quebec ; Messrs. John Young and John Crooks, of
Niagara; Mr. Samuel Taylor, of Alitrichester'; and Mr. Wm.
Graham and Miss Graham, of Glasgow. Also arrived the CO.
rinthian, Davis, Liverpool, at New York 10th inst. ; Ann
Maria, Hart, Liverpool, at New York lith inst.; Francis Wet,
son, risdaje, Liverpool, at New Orleans, Dec. 21 ; Lucille,
De la Roche, Bremen, at New York 7th inst.; Euphrates,
Sprague' Hull, at New York 7th inst..; Dawns, Donne, Ant*
werp, at New York sth inst.; and the Missouri, Clarki_Gotten,
burg, at New York 4th instant. Likewise arrived the Christina,
Hoggarth, from Demerara ; Bearer, —.--, ditto ; Hugh
Wallace, Winder, from Ale;andria (Egypt); Isabella, mina,
from Denie : Douglas, Inch, from Poole ; Comely, titity,
Herm, —, and the Trafalgar, --, from Sicily. The
Underwood, Remington, from London, Emerald. llowning,
from Dublin, and the ',atone, Loving, from London, at De.
merara. The Colosius, Marshall, for Philadelphia, martins,
The Now York, Bennett, for New York (the packet of the let
Feb.), will be detained until Friday morning, in comnounme of
the tide being too late and too early.
COWES, J. Wind W.—Arrived the Diadem, of
Whitby, from Gibraltar, proceeded for the Motterbank ; and
the Courier, Martin, .Engligh brig, *ailed for Rotterdam.
DEAL, JAN. 31.—Wind W—Arrived the Elizabeth, Lung.
ridge, from Smyrna and Gibraltar; for London, proceedad to
Stangate Creek ; Prince of Waterloo, —, from Oporto; for
London, proceeded to the River; ltachael, Daniel, from Lon,
don, for Almeira, remains in the Downs ; Susannah, Cameo,
ter, front London, for Messina, remains in the Downs ; and the
American brig Arab, 'tendon, from London, for New Orleans,
also remains in the Downs,

[FROM LLOYIVS.I
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 31.—WindS.S.W...4rrived his Ttfa,
jesty's ebip Tartar, from Valparaiso and Rio Janeiro ; sailed
from the former the 28th of September, and from the latter the
28th of November. Jlis Majesty's ship Tribune, from Lisbon
in 11 days; Diadem transport, froM Mahe and Gibraltar, and
is under quarantine. Sailed the Melpomene, Johnson, and
Mary, Pratt, for London ; WTilhelgtina, Weybourg, for Ham,
burgh; Preston, Davison, for Shields ; Wanderer, Man, for
Norway.
PLYMOUTH, ;TAN. 30.—Wind S.—Arrived the Reaper,
Evans, from St. John's, N. B. in 31 days, water legged, bound
to London. Sailed the Aurora, Hallett, for London.
FALMOUTH, JAN. 30.---Wind S. to S.W.--Arrived the
Eliza, Watt, from Ancona,
LtvtinrooL, JAN. 30.—„Wind S.S.W.—Arrived the York,
D'Cast, front New York, sailed the 10th into. ; Christina,
Hogarth, and Beaver, Dean, from Demerara;
from Smyrna; Corner, from Sicily; Hiram, Comely,
Trafalgar, and Hugh Wallace, from the illetliterrsneart. The
Tennis, Walker, from St. John's, N. B. for this Port, was
spoken with on the 96th of December, in lat. 48. 47. long. 69.30.
leaky, and 5 feet water in her hold. Captain Smith, of the
Warren (arrived at Boston), ut 7 men on board the Tennis,
and spoke her again on the 28th, when the pumps sucked.
DEAL, JAN. 31.—Wind .W. by S.—The Elizabeth,
Longridge, from Smyrna and Gibraltar, passed thin morning,
reports that in lat. 43. 55. long. 10.27., fell in with is wreck,
two lower masts and bowsprit standing, without rigging, painted
head, coloured sides and foremast, the mainmast painted
yellow, with a scroll head, fun of water, blowing too much wind
to board her. Arrived from the River and remain; the Rachel,
for the Mediterranean; and Comet, Ormston, for
Madeira—the latter put into Reunite herhourr

Yesterday the dispatches for Bengal and China, by the ship
Dunira, were closed at the East India Rouse, and delivered to
the Purser of that ship,
The East India Company's ship Waterloo arrived at Calcutta
on the 3d of June, without either casualty or accident throughout
the voyage.

The Warren Hastings arrived at Trlnumudee on the lOth,
and at Madras on the 14th of August. She was to proceed on
to Bengal the 26th of August.

[From the Agents to Lloyd's at the Cape of Good Hopes dated
November 21,, 1835.)

FOR ENTERING TAnial-nAy 1!Y NICIIIT.
" Ms Majesty's ship Leven, Table Ray, Nov. U.
" My Lord—ln obedience to orders from Commodore Chris.
tram, I have the honour to transmit a copy of our survey of Table
Bay, with well directions as result from it, and take leave to
observe, that it appears to me the light-house could not be better
situated than it is for the purposes intended.
" I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) " W. F. W. OWEN, captain,
0 To his Excellency Lord C. Somerset, &c. atc."

Instrwctions for entering Table .flay by Night, by the Plan
constructed on the Observations mada by His Iffaierty's ship
Leven, November, 1823.
'0 The hearings mentioned in these instructions are all by
compass or magnetism._

" -Ist. To enter Table-bay from the northward, meaning to
pass outside of Robben Island, a ship sliratiti keep the light to
the eastward of south, nine degrees east, or about south and
by east, until she get soundings under 20 fathoms, at sk little
more than a mile from the Lighthouse; she may then steer
E.S.E. or E. by S., not to come under 10 or 12 fathoms mitt'
the light bears W.S,W.; she may then steer far the anchorage,
and may anchor in from seven to six fathomi ea .soon Oti the
lights are shutting in behind the Lion's Tail.—This track leitis
about a mile'clear of dancer on Green Point, but a ship need
not approach it so near, if she have, by seeing Robben
ascertained by its bearings that she is clear of tfie,Whale rock,
in which case she may round it, at a greater distance front
Green Point if desirable, but the Soundings in that cue will
not alone be a sure guide.
" Second,..—ln coming from the S.W. a ship should not get
less than' 40 fathoms before the light bears S.E. or E.S.E.
nor less than 20 fathoms before it bears S. by R., when 01;
Preceding directions may be followed. From the herth'weetil
inside of' Robben Island, the light should be kept about S.W.
by S., until a ship has passed that island; in doing which *
may have some casts from eight to six fathoms; andAvhen rtt
that course the waisr deepens to eleven or twelve latlitime, she
may steer for the anchorage by the plan as before directed; in
beating round Green Point, a ship should never' shOtd her
water under 11 or; l 2 fathoms, until she hat brought the light
to bear W.S.W., as before said. in beating between Robben
Island and the main, to 'enter Table Bay, the soundings may
be taken from the Island,. asit shoals so very regularly. In
standing towards the main, it appears' prudent to tack at
the first cast of the lead after the water ihoilens. In
these directions it Ts taken for granted that a ship 'will al.
ways keep her leads going by day,' or when the shores or surf
can be seen, or indeed under any eircummtanee.s, the plan ought
to be a suftident guide. There are two light* on do I.4lght-
house, which are in one, about S. W. by S. These appeat, to
he al no other use than to assure the navigator which is the
Tightif.hotute, if he should see other lights. We have sem the
'lights clearly off deck at 16 miles distance; but they will nut
make clearly as two lights until within nix or seven Oki
to the westward of the ; and from the southward one light
only will be seen,
(Signed)W. P. IV. OWEN, ,
Captain of his Majesty's ship Leven."
41. copy of the plan may be seen on application to the
Deputy Post Captain.

THE LONI)ON .10UftNA1,S.
Extracts from Me illorning Papers, Feb. 1,182 S.

toplcs in the King's speech at the opening the'
Session of Parliament. It is painful to us to
revert to the subject of
.our finances, so many
deceptions have been practised on the nation
under this head. his Majesty will, however,
unquestionably, tell us of the state of the
sinking fund, and the great reduction of 'the
national debt which has been effected by its
operation. That a proper understanding may
he established- on this particular, we ,shall
tell the nation what it has a., right tol expect
.on the assurance of Lord Liverpool with
the rest of his Majesty's Ministers, and
even on the information imparted to his
Majesty himself by the Speaker of the House of
Commons. It cannot surely have escaped general
recollection, that , in the year 1819, after five
years of peace, three millions of fresh taxes were
imposed, and the pretence was, the reduction of
the national, debt by the operation of an effective
sinking fund. "It is important to the country,"
said Lord Liverpool, in a debate on the cash
payments bill, in June the year above cited,
"to look to a surplus revenue. And is a stir-
" plus revenue of two millions and a half sal-
" dent for a debt of eight hundred millions ster-
" ling ?!! The amount of taxation, therefore,
now proposed, is three.millions,leaving a sink,
" ing fund of about five millions. And if I am
44 not much disappointed in my expectations of
44 the revenue !",--(observe, his Lordship cannot
have been disappointed, in that expectation, for
he and his friends,,have every year sjnce said
that the revenues exceeded their expectations)
—and " if I am not much disappointed in'tny
" expectation of the revenue, at a short period
44 the country will arrive at that point, when it
" will have a , clear sinking-fund above its
44 penditure of eight millions. And my opinion
",is, that if the country has, once a clear sinking
-44 fund of eight millions, that fund need not in-

crease further, as there will be the means of
" relieving the country to the amount 0f4100,0001.
" a year from the burdens of the present system."
This prediction of happiness took place in the year
1819 ; and at the dose of the Parliamentary ses-
sion of that year, the taxes being then imposed, the
Speaker thus addressed the Regent.;--." In con.
" sidering, Sir, the state of our finances, and in
" minutely comparing our income with our ex-
" penditure, it appeared to us that the excess of
10 .

posed to stand almost by itself ; we mean, as
to the difficulty of supplying a mine desert.
ed by its workmen with new and efficient
hands. Some great proprietors of coal in the
western counties of Scotland have, however, been
trying the experiment or putting common Irish
labourers into their vacated mines, and tbe suc-
cess has been triumphant. The new miners
cannot bring out the same 'quantity of coals in the
same number of hours ; but they do even already
produce the same quantity in the same number of
days. Every body that has lived in Northum-
berland well knows how profligately idle the
general habits of the collier-population are. A
few years agog certainly, these men earned so
much in three days of the week under ground,
that they could afford to stay above ground the
other four, smoking, drinking, playing quoits,
and breaking heads, and we dare say the
matter remains up to this moment, in much the
same situation.

intturtsu FRCSs.]
Yesterday was a heavy day at the Stock Ex-
chance. Securities of every kind were on the
decline. Consols fur Account opened at 8(4.—
They soon fell to t. The depression was said
to be owing to the sale of a large amount of
Money Stock. The quotation afterwards re-
turned to 80f, but towards the close'of the day
a reaction took , place, which had the effect of
lowering Consols to 79k, at which they closed
both for Money and for the Account. Reduced
3 per Cents. were 80h. New 4 per Cents. 97f.
Exchequer Bills reaChed 4s. premium, and India
Bonds, 6s. In the Foreign Market atten-
tion was principally drawn to the Buenos
Ayres and 13raziliatt Stocks. The former was
steady at 69, the latter at 64. Colombian Bonds de-
clined to Mesican to 661. Greek Bonds
still attract attention, from the late political
events, and. also from the reported victories and
preparations for a • vigorous campaign. They
opened at I Bf, and the ilUctuations.since have
been only about -} percent. Russian ,Bonds.are
85. 'ln the other Foreign Stocks there was little
alteration yesterday, the brokers being engaged
in settling their accounts ; but the differences
were not extensive, as the fluctuation during the
Account has been comparatively trifling. 'Little
Retice is taken of Shares. Anglo-Mexican were
selling for the first time at a disco Ont. New
United 41 to bf premium. British [tuck Salt
Shares wore at e prem., and the British Iron
Company at 10 die.