The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-09 00:00:00

THE -Tll KAT E.

DRUB -L.. character of Macbeth ih-
trothiced . Mr. FISHLR' again to the last
I,ight. Ele improved, upon his former representa-,
tion of this difficult part altogether, but he had
evidently -a severe cold, and the inclemency of
the night occasioned so scanty an andience
as might well be expected to damp his ar-
dour. The play was followed. -by a new
Force entitled The It in the Moon-, meaning the
slgn'of a Pnblic House. The Chief purpose of
this Farce seems to be to give scope for the comic:
powers 01 HARLEY, KNIGHT, and Nirs. ALsOP.
There is nothing in the plot of striking origin ulity,
but some of the scenes are ludicrous, particHlutly
that between the rustic waiter of the Public-
house (KNIGnT)' and the hbuse-namid (Mrs. AL-
soP). HARLEY was the Landlord. The affection

between therse,amourous Sc, VtilltS, and their sub-
sequent squabbliog, diTlayed 'scenes uF allivert-
lug nature. parlic.dsrly as they were well sup-
ported. The piece is too long, but, when ren-
dered more compact, may be suceessfid. It is
attributed to„nr. It. PHILLtr,s, of this Theatre,
a respectable and modest Actor.
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Mr. BRAHAM —There are so inany reports in
eircuiation istjurions to the reputation of this Gen-
tleman, particularly in relation to his sou, f.r
..vholn, it is asserted, that-he declines making a
snit,..ble provision, that it is necessary, in jits'iti-
cation of his .charricier and conduct to itaie, that
Ire has been ani:ious to do whatever the befit

friends of the fate Aladame STOtiACE mill; think
most proper on the occasion; and though we can-
not presume to mention the names of those Geo-
d.:Men at present, we can assure our Reatlcrs, that
they are men of the Ittmotjo.tvgrity, Ininour,
and liberality, anAvrofila-001 give sanctioil to the
otW.ssion of any ;let On the part of Mr. littxt-tv.t
that parental fluty and affection required, arid it
the earnest desire of those Gentlemen that matters

are suspended, t ill proper arrangements shall
take place. It may be proper tra'a,:ld that these
Gentlemen are guided in their conduct &y circum-
stances, which, for many reasons, buOit not to
be submitted to the Pohlic, but which haie fully
'convinced them that Mr: ntiAnAm has been the
victim of an artful and most, vile cuiipiracv, and
that matters ouglit to be suspended' till the au-
thors and abettors of that co piracy arc discover-
ed and exposed.

A new edition of Sit AKSPERF., in folio, is now
in the press. The Editor is a 3:ll.rister of' t,,,a• eat
erudition and taste, but who hag for some year
quitted piactiee, and resides in Kent.
Great expeo ation is formed of the ,New Opera
which is shordy fortheominght Drury-La tie I hea-
t re. •

BRIMITON, DEC. 7.—The PHINCE REGENT, ac-
companied by Admiral Sir E. NAGLE; returned to
the Pavilion at six -o'clock yest,:rday evening.—
Divine service was .perftirmen at the Palace 'this
morning, in: the presence of his Royal Highness,
Suite, and
.11uuschf;lii, by the ,Rev. V. W. l3Lorkt-
BERO.--About two o'clock, his Royal highness
took an airing on horseback, in and about the
vicinity of the town, .necompanied by Sir BENj,i-
13LoomFtaLn and the Rev. F. W. BL01:1BERG,
and returned to tl‘e Palace about five. The early
part of the day was damp and cold ; the after-.
noon, however, turned nut comparatively fair;
BATH, DEC. 7.---This morning her MAJESTY,
at 9 o'clock, with her usual attendants, went to the
Pomp-room,. The Rev. Mr. Gurney, the Rectdr
of Bath, read prayers to the Q.,icen. the Princess
Elizabeth and the attendants, at the Queen's.honse.
Mr. Daniels, one of the King's Messengers, ar-
rived here from Windsor, this morning,•with the
account or his Majesty's- health, Saturday being
Council Day for the monthly report to be made.

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An enchanting Syren of Covent-Garden Thea-
tre, it is said, will shortly visit the Hymeneal
Temple with a lover high on the lists of vocal
StvertS to the Sweet."---The happy
pair will, after the ceremony, take their fligla to
Italy, there to spend the honcy-moon in the
bosom,,ot melody!
The Letters trom Dublin, receivrd this morn,
ing, mention, that the Rev. Dr. very
eminent Preacher of the Presbyterian Chun h, and
one of the best political characters in the North.
of Ireland, put an end to his sxistence,,by drowning
himself last Thursday in the River Foyle ; what
gave rise to this melancholy affair no One can WI,
be was a man universally beloved by all that knew'',
him, and appeared perfectly happy in his domestic
affairs. Ile has left a family to mourn his loss.

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Etarrt ro,—oinong the most lihnottratoe
ehlitns oor cuaittyyto the gratitude of mankind,
tiiscovety VAcCI':::ATIoN !midi a cori,pi.tt-
ous piacc! ; and the noble rte,eard of Parliament
oiteht to eoovey o'l th.`...
31.,NNE11 that. the blessiogs which are offered 'to
his name, by millionts of kuwaa' -below- through-
out the globe, for delivering theni froto a scourge,
more horrible, and not truth less fatal., than the
plague itself But who are they. who have bene-
fited most by this admirable, this proaidential .
covert' ? Not the countrymen' of Jr. NNFIt ;—not
the people for whose sake that well-deserved re-
ward was voied, but foreigners ;—t he population
of distant realms,. and even barbarous countries ;
delivered, perhaps for ever, front that cruel dis-
order the small-pox ;—which here is still propa-
gated by vaeiolous innoculation, and spread among
the populace, who still die by thousands, victims -
ofthe prejudiCes encouraged try quacks, and of
their own unhappy superstitions. 1 know, Sir,
a town, which accounts itself enlightened, situated'
in. the best part of. England, and within a feee
hour'sjoUrney of the Metropolis, where the small-
pox has been as•prevalent, and as fatal, in the pre-
sent season as it,cOuld ever have been since the
early. periods of its ,ravages. You will naturally-
ask how haPpened this ?—From causes neither
obscure nor doubtful ; but such as, I fear; are
operating also in other parts of the country, to
produce the same'fatal'effects : the prejudices of
the people, and the inertness, to say no worse, of
the medical practitiouers. The populace, Sir, are
always averse to novelties. A new disease, and.
a self-inflicted disease, has to them particular ter-
rors` They account it presumption, even to avoid.
a worse disease by a milder ; a prejudice which
long oppoied,
,as •we all know, the progress of
inoculation. They greedily swallow all terrific
tales ; and the 'shameful fables of ox-faced boys,
and the like, have made a deep impressiou. They
believe that ihe cow-pox, if it prevents the °the:7
disease, still brings on worse complaints; thougis
nothing cats be more certain, than that worse com-
plaints cannot torment tjte, human, frame, than.
those which commonly follow the small-pox. it-
self, when it is not, in the first instance, fatal..
They believe too, that the Vaccine does !tot effec-
tnally poeveat the small-pox : anti, in truth, the
instances of its failure do appear to grow more
onmerous than at first !
But it, the same tosvn, it happens still more
UnfovOstiately, that two-thirds of the medical men, .
Surgeons I meat?, &c. ate averse to it, or cold ie-
spectiog • it. The consequence is, that though
Vaceinatioo hits now been offered gratuitously for
three );ears or .wire, there are no applications for
it. So that, whet' it was lately wanted, no Vac-
cine matter (-wild be obtained in the town, till it
had beet, procured from London. lot. the meat,
time the children of the poor were dying, and still
are dying, of the small-pox ; and their miserable
parents prefer seeing them die, or seeing them
made distigureat monsters, to the c4sy experiment
of Vaccimo
I will not, Sir, contend at present for the cer-
taio :tod pet ma,:toit cart cif Vaccittation. But
this at least is certain, that it is a temporary pre-
veri'tatite. If then all persons w.ho have not had
stual-pOx, could he vied rated, that alone would
be sufficient to exti:pate the aliseas-e. For before
the preventative c'oulti fail, in any instance, the
small-pox would have teased to' exist. There
could be nti When Acre were none tot
infect. Ttlis is not theory; or conjarure. It has
been 'veriti:.,d, in fact, it, illl.those countries where
the govern:lit nt had power enough to enforce the
universal adoption of the rernley: Shall we then
suffer so horribly 'for our liberty alone ? Shall
this Country, where the'remetly was invented or
discovered, 'be the'ooly one to deriVe no benefit
front it Surely the pattiotie counsellors of the
-Nat ion,WIll) so no-bly retvartletl the invention, muse
be able to devise some Legislative Provisions, not
trenching upon the liberty•of il.hich we are so jea-
lous (even when it -destroys us), to enforce the
universal pr.aoice of Vaccination ; or solo en-
coarage it, that, 'it ntny become general. Does
the excellent Discoverer sleep ? Dues he not
know, that his most important Discovery ittalling
into disuse in rnany parts of the'Country, and is
no. where followed, up as it deserves ? For htt-
tnatiity's sake let Dr..IENNVR, let the Legislature
awake ! Let errors and prejudices be combated
afresh'. Let falsehoods be detected ! Let the
people, if possible, he rescued from the effects "of
their otV(1 ignorance, their oWn peiverseness, and
the pet fidimis'arts of those who would•still make
a gain of variolons inoculation ! A law to sedude
all persima having, the small-pox, nearly in the
same manner as those who ha:l the plague, in for-
mer days, would perhaps do much. - •
cannot, however, at preseot elver into the
expedients ; perhaps at some future opportunity.
I may. Rut, for IleaVen's sake,, let the minds of
men he turned to the subjet ; of medical men,
and of Legislators ; and let not the most, beauti-
ful discovery that was ever made in any country
be lost to that in which it originated, for want
of proper care, and. tie interference of whole-
some Law. VACCINATOII.