The Sun.
London, England, 1817-01-09 00:00:00

THE THEATRE.

st"vi,PlT-Cl"nes7.---L.,ist 'night, Miss friVett.t.
new cinitic character, that of thertri"
b°1„),:"1."11/ The Soldier's Daughter.
ii"*e she received was tinatilmons.4llll
to 1"i the conclusion of the Play the Pit
gill their ftivonrite three hearty chests. There
ti •s►stiethinK" sirsuge in the' formation of opi-
tt
performances and Peri"rt,":
.0.! The. first estit of Piny' is geheni"YMitt i
tti the best, merely because it is the standard
tw i`i.C'eh we refer all that comes after ; and
stet ."'"e "Hriller Irking been accnstornetl io see..
:ti Ain Trageily or Comedy, we sire apt to think
;Nil out of thi•ir pl,tce when they forsake the
(,11.‘01.7. the buskin, or the huskits for the. sock.—
. in, reason, pry impt, it is, that not withstand-
ari'e kreitt merit 0, NltsstrNatt.t.in-tlie Widows
*t.ll eVecially in t"e scene wnere she describes tier
th,• critics are tslittost ussited
the comic er.n, .tut lof
; At) be the soft tool melting its tragic senrows.
P.H.4l'''6t'ives ttittst concur this•tiognia---.
p.Atts Miss O'NEtt.i. is iltai"iii44l.l
k01:1';' the is ottly.eitsuil to her contentporaries
4t)•15.,.„ the,indow CireerN, inkrinr to Mrs.
ttit ''''• ttg &ought to he temarked, that
my "'helves ()I last night were delightesl with litc
• Sow
, RR ''anal all life and excellence in
r,;11HI)
th in Taniothp, a Annrr .
..4ANt tiAita
could be in their
cintracters.
k 14
evtoi ...Out...iota ItoassaY.—Yest.
04et.iliay
be, ."4 41143 kit live o'clock, itt the bottle ot r-
-4,,trirle, chronometer. maker, King-street, alooln_li-
%ll,,,Y,' their were uhout to finish shutting up the,
p'4:"l:l'°ws• 4 ruifiml dAlheti through
salt;:,-,41 , and took t rum thence
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e
Tiko—merqithrleter with which tic got-:e144
~sltti. Sr ninny and the number Isou the dial

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i,:c; TO TOP; !fit:n PILICE OF in E NKCES,;:AItY
A'...icLEs OF MoviAttis .‘NO

WILE "MAN 'TO A WAN C EMPLOYMENt.

NVe complain of the stagnation 01 COITIVIIeite,-.
t.
of the number of vessels iitifrei4bied —of *canto,
ti tic m ployeit • hottseless, forlorn, subsisting on

charily.
Finns this :14 nAttiral to sniipmte, that frtight
cat ships--seamett's wages--ti, t 111 ont--erimp.
age—sait pl9viiions, and all, ,into or theronto
behnsging had most considetat4
• Ti.„ ship.o‘eners, the Nl.tsters, the •Attes., .the
Se:unrit, the Irish tactnri provronns, Ship•
chandlers, Ittsura,iice 131'4ers--all complain that

there to tittle to ctn. . .
From this it is natural to suppose, that those
former reasanS, which were given us when CO111:3
'be..zatt to rise from the old long standing price of
36%. per chaldron., delivered into the cellar,,
no
itmger exist—that thetilltips which bud rpritted the
coal trade for the. more trofitable Transport ser,
vice • nave returned-111A Seamen's wages aril
fvting omit MC CoilSideniblY and that
freights and initiratice are much lowered.
If effects are produced ity cautet we ;nest con-
clude that we, the • public •trutl the poor, have
equal cause of complaining. If cattei were. ad-
(laced to prove the justice of raising Ca:ils to 31.
front 36 shillings, those causes no longer exist •
ing, it is just to reduce theta to their 'farmer
standard. • •

hit In vain should we talk of ju*stice,
purchasers to be found—were the wind to blow
easterly--eras titere an appearance of ice in the
tiver--Were the barometer even rising to the
freezing puint—set even all these would not avail,
the high pricei have consumed the means of pur-
chase ; discretion.. has reduced the consumption by
mixing the ashiss with coal dust, first wetting them
in ate coal cellar, when they cake on the tire,
which one trial is sufficient to piove without
trduble, that dreadful impediment to amelioration
of our calamities ; and the poor are saved front
the exaction, at this season, by the provident care
of many parishes having laid in store sufficient fur
their wants, at reduced prices.

The Ship-owners may now complain of de-
murrage, and that of 194 ships and ,upwards
Monday's coal-market, not 6114 Was' sold, how
can they expect otherwise at the prices demanded,.
under the circumstances of the times, wl►et+ the
buyers or consumers have not the means to meet
the prices demanded, when without that libera-,
lity, the grand chiracteristic of the nation, ever'
ready to offer aid and assistance (o'dktressi that
price woald be a prohibition to thousands.; and it
is to be hoped, that the 211611ati01)3 in, the pa-
risl►es, those noble protectors of the poor and in•
Aigent, so suddenly thrown into want and ne-
cessity, will make such a provision far their pa-
rishioners every year, at duo season, at will secure.
them from eaoction, and themselves paying it itt
site taint! Poor-rates.

It is madness and folly t 6 suppose, that W
the decrease of income, of labour, ut employ?
11M1I, individuals can pay the old priers. bottut
indeed may, till gradually reduced its their ch.,.
cumitanees, they run like the sand through the
hour glass, into the mass of poverty, to be sup.
potted by others
.gradually approaching .to the
vows by being unsupported below them ; bUt
e% en this must destroy thts.liopes of gain, as t
must reduce the consumpiori and demand, and
drive all to the most confined parsimony by the
inability of income to contend whit expenditure.
We point out the consequences of the prices o
bread, of meat, and of the necessaries of life be-
log above the level of income. Souse observe,
it is true, awl others, that things will soon UMW,
and part passes away its silence and oblivion..
Some prOited by advice, and by association
dispensed with the butcher its retail, others tol;
Lowell the example, till meat was red Used to a Imo•
detate price ; but the baker hats gradually ascend-
' ed in price till two shillings a.ttay. will kolely.por.
chase one qoastern loaf; and one prowl of meat:
UV, for tl4o.olleg art,l 60. for the other.
We repeat our advice, and hope, "
.the
sower in the parable, though some of our sowing
may tall by the way side, and he trodden dosen,.
and the fowls of the air devour it, some two. a
rock, anti wither away because it lacks moisture,
some swots thorns-and thorns spring up and choke
1, it, still we feel hope that some may tall on good
ground, and bear fruit 46 histsdred fold. jthat
hails ears to bear, lit bias boor:.
There is a general meeting of the perishes; to
raise subscriptions toahl tbeir poor egil diet tessrd
patibbioners, TIMAt zeal aud humanity is most
highly to be praised, and its sin tests most de,foutly
to be wished; relief will be afforded at long ns the
hinds last,'lnd wa earnestly pray " that the barrel
of -weal shell nut waste, °either the erase of oil

the -earth,"
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IT A.l Alen th'e ingn;tilde of tht
nude riviking, of which -We may for4tV)ur itfeas by
tale lifh;vrtisefiwnfl for sutoscriptit'm 'Spit al-
St: Luke's, St. I3eorge, 111.11),,'ve'r-stitiare,
, tlitio:4lt 0i1e.61 vreall the

E.ul of the 4111rt'roitidis,.yei 'declares, that it
has more than 5500 paapers to relieve, '29OU Of
whomii are efildreo„ we most feel it every effort
boirld be 'ealled into action to reduce tSte (Ake of
nil the:nieeeisariei of life ton keel with tt'e sum
..;iVen'lann'out Of the foodi, flout bellow.

Thus it would be sound pOlicy to 'sec'ure in
every pirish some:taker whO wonid bell the loot
at least at the Sdaie prici at which it (IA be pro-
cured in Holborn, at 141. with ticket or W.ithout
ticket, to all who may apply the - same plan to
be adopted with the biochir, the potßtoe
the elieesetnonger, the tallow chandler, and if no
such cin be tuand who would take such contract.
iu the parish, let them be advertised fur the Public
in -general:
We toy thus much 01.1 that heath to.avoid giving
offence to such traders in a parish who Might.
they ought to have the turn in their favour ;
but if it be urged by them that they cannot afford
tt, we curly, the I'uor haVe'nOt got it; it should
be given to the best bidder.
It must be clear to demonstration, that to enable

the Poor to buy the loaf at I4d', ur lower, when it
Ci4llllot he procured nigh their home for less than
Ind. is the same thing as giving him In fur 14d.
and so on fur every thing which can be lowered

`for their purchase,
Thete are many more ways by which what is
givA 'may he made of more value dims sterling
n►uney, but here is the first. thing to commence,
and when the immense number to be relieved in
each parish, the Alec(' of renewed subscriptions,
the unavoidable necessity 'of raising the poor-
rates, to supply the deficiency of those who are
unable
.10 pay their portion, he fairly and closely
considered, there can be little doubt that the
zealous and benevolent promoters of these sub:
scriptions will be unwearied in their labours to
bring 'flown the price of purchase to the level of

rir gitts.
As it vrorriri be folly to dear away the snow from

oar dour, while it was still coining down in heavy
(blies, so would it be vain to expect that out
subscriptions could prevent the tailing of the
poor-rams, if the price of bread alone

lows up a bat is given. The !Vials must increase
upon the hold, however hard we pinup,
inlet it grim& than the outlet. That it is so, we
recd from, the Report of the Co►otmittre of Spit►►l-
fields, '' thal although the subscription has been
most liberal, yet such is the extent -and character
the prevalent distress, that it is sufficient only
to I►alliate the unionist of suffering, which, it is
reared, is beyond she reach of private benevolence
wholly to relieve."
Is it not clear to the.smallest understanding,
that (1 it private hcnevt4nce will not s'y holly re•
iirves. tha► r,i,ed poor-rates must supply the ale•
ficiency le"Tliett will not all feel it their interes
as ditly'tortduce the, pi ice of purchase

e level of gratuity...to reditce the coiwtittpti

flour by every means in their power, if drily
diminish iheir tpwo.expenees as home, autl cqn
anti the. magnitude' of the Poor-rates ?
If the porelovt linur wrre diminished, the
prise would naturally fall—and" we could inention
souse articles even of tothsiAtence, for which there
tire no buyers, merely localise substitutes have
been•ftinn.l moth chettper proportion.

y'esterilav a Court 'of Directors was held at •the
East India House. when. Capt-.
was sworn into the complain' of tha ship Rose,,
consigned to Ninthas wnti Bengal.
- Yestaday ii Ballot was taken at the Best India
Hone tor the purpose of daunting the following
question, Viz. :-- •
•"That Mr. 6eorge 'reropler, late of the Bengal Cita Esta -
hthilimens, be permitted to return to Bengal with such :soli
in the tutuponys .Serviee lot ahatl ho entitle) to, node,.
I,lArtncistufp of the Act of the Cleo. 111. cup.. 136. sue.
854
At six o'clock, the glasses were closed end cle-
livered•to the Seriiii,ters, who reporked the qua-
tioli to be carried in the allirnsative. '

A Cf)ISCH • OP NRNV- CON4TRUCTI 0 ti.....-COOSitICr•
. •
Able corigrtily, has been exelteir in this place, dur-
ing the last week, by the appearance of...st patent
coach, we understand, built at Sheffield; it has
somewhat the appearance of a host, titeousside
work being entirely of heat iron : the Ingg:tge is
stored, as it were in the hold the outside pas.s.en.
guts sit tow., comfortably in the first halt of the
vehicle, greatly shelterertirolll the weed er, with
ent,%ettient benches the inside pastengerS. ne•
envy, behind them) a complete and very epil,pAct
tour inside coach. The wheels are tir closely and
aptly fixed, And the lugoge sit tightly stored in.,
the t•ery heart of the carriage, as to render an
overthrow very improbable. As far as one ran
luilgifront appearances the invention merits ge.
it *du pt ( Leeds 1)44114(4:weer.)
We erg requested by Mr. lltteynkm, the Secre.
of the Kagle Insurance Company, to state,
mli ii Policies expiring at Christmas may be te-
peeved within fifteen tlays front that peiiad, vithes
its Curnitill or the liitylarket, where. Anisnigiq,„
sue.grrusted and purchased, and every desiriptitot
of Life and Fire Insurance effected on the Most
equitable terms...—N.ll. An Allowance (or Ikent
of l'clowiutrdoncoytil by Firs us beittutprs.