The Sun.
London, England, 1818-12-04 00:00:00

LITERARY REVIEW.

'LETTER to 'AILL 'FITE PROPMEtORS or tißtifit-
`LANE THEATRE (excepting-IVI/Efi. MOORE, 'Esq. and
others vino are, or have hten, =concerned
went thereof) ; being a Counnentary on certain partrof an,
anonymous Pamphlet,. called " A trief Reriese,of the' a-
son 1817-IS, at the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, &c. &c.
'Sze." and a conclusive Detection of the Author, by "SA-
MUEL JAMES -ARNOLD, Req. a Proprietor. Also,
LETTER, relative to the Sutqedt, frern tire Ufa SAIIIIIEL
WI-lITI3READ, Esq. M P. •&c..tzt.

" The king-dom swarms with such nnmhers of felonious
murderers, and robbers of private cnaractcr and virtult, that
no honest or good man i, safe.; especially as these cowardly
base assassins stab in the dark, without having the courage to
sign their realnames."—Draper's Letters to ..TUnias, Let-
ter 2, t ul. 1.

The Author of this Pamphlet comes forward
'.s ith a doable claim to the attention of the Pntr.
lie. lie is the son of Dr.. ARNOLD, one of the
most respectable of our native Musical 'Composers,
who has left many memorials of his professional
knowledge, taste, and genius ; and he is himself
the Author of several Dramatic ‘Vorks that do
credit to his talents, and have contributed, in no
slight deOee, to the amusement of thi;.Public. It
'anpears from this Pamphlet, that Mr. ARNOLD has
been the suhFct Of anonymous celisure, in refer-
ence to his conduct as the Manager of Drury-
Lane Theatre. This censure he imputes to Mr.
PETER MOORE, the Gentleman who is understood
to he at present the chief Director of that Theatre.
it most, however, be observed, that it is rather
by reasoning and inference, than by direct proof,
that he substantiates this charge, though it must
he admitted that his arguments are strong and
his deductions probable. We shall not, how-
ever, enter into the dispute. nor into the pe-
cuniary concerns of the Theatre, as stated in
this work, as they have unhappily been too much
exposed to the Public alteady.—it is sufficient for
us to say that we consider this pamphlet as a
-manly and satisfactory effort 'of self-defence,
written with more temper than might he ex-
pected from a mind conscious of its own rec-
titude, and indignantly repelling unjust impu-
tations.—ln justice to the Author we shall ex-
tract the following Letter from the late Mr.
'HITBREAD, a very discerning man, and who
was not I,kely to be deceived in his opinions
for want of due enquiry on any subject that
Might engage his attention. The Letter is ad-
dressed to a friend of that Gentleman, and
has very properly been put into the hands of
?Ir. ARNOLD, whose character it fully vindicates,
-and ,vho has paid a tribute of respect to the me—
mory of Mr. WHITBREAD, which is strongly
marked by feelings that do honour to himself.

“ COPY OF A LETTER FROM S. WHITBREAD, ESQ.

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MY DEAR SlR,—Although I have not known
you known ton much of you, not to
be thoroughly persuaded that in all you do, you
act conscientiously; and you have known enough
of me, to be convinced that 1 cannot take amiss
what is well intended.

" I thank you for your communication, because
it evinces a friendly interest for me, and the great
concern in which I have so great a share of re-
sPonsibililY, and because it gives me an opportu-
nity of hilly and explici,ly declaring my senti-
ments to you, without any wish tout thcy ahould
be concealed from collets. _ _

" That I must have been disappointed in the
Receipts of the Theatre up to this period of the
present season, is obvious ; and that 1 dislike the
tlegree of elaniour and unpopularity which has
been excited against it, is most true.
But I cannot be so unjust to the Manager
as to suppose, that the temporary failure in the
Receipt is without a parallel in Theatrical An-
nals ; or that the clamour and unpopularity are
just, or attributable to the want of the neces-
sary qualification in the Manager for his sta-
tion.

I most of course have maturely reflected on
these things, and have scrutinized, as narrowly
as my capacity will enable me to do it, the
cause of these effects, and the conduct of those
employed.
Your Letter, added to the conversation I bad
with you the other day, has led to a revision of
all my thoughts upo❑ the subject ; anti after all,
I frankly confess to you, that so long as 1 am
engaged in the superintendance of this compli-
cated and capricious machine, and Mr. Arnold
continues to be what he has been since I have
known him, I would not exchange him for any
person who could be named or found.
" Du not suppose that I make this declara-
tion i,r ignorance of any things which come to
your ears, and arc unheard by me. Mr. Ar-
nold's friends are too numerous, not to keep me,
by one channel or another, informed of every
thing I 'ought to know ; of many things with
which I have no concern ; and too active not to
invent a great deal that I know to be false.
" Having now said precisely and succinctly
what Isthink, you will not deem me capable of
giving op a man because he is unpopular only;
but you have a right to expect reasons why
maintain a man whom you represent as univer-
sally condemned.
" I must premise, that Mr. Arnold hail never
been seen by use till he was introduced by Mr. T.
Sheridan as a person fit to manage, if he would
undertake it, and the Theatre should ever be
completed.
" His conversation on the business pleased me,
and l% hen the time came, in the name of the Sub-
Committee I offered him the situation he fills,
upon the terms I myself had originally named to
hint : he accepted it ; and from that hour to the
present, I never have had the slightest ground to
question his veracity, integrity, punctuality, and
exclusive devotion to the interests of the Drury-
Lane Theatre.

" He has been assailed by flattery and abuse ;
I have never known him bend to either. I have
differed in opinion with him, and I never knew
mint give way but upon conviction. I ha►e
known him differ front others in various rela-
tions towards him, and never knew him abide
by an opinion, merely because he had delivered it.
'• 1 have never seen an instance of partiality in
the bubiness of the Theatre, either theatrical or

'Lila. to be •2 3uat4e. of
professional talent ; and I have never known hiM
say decidedly good or bad, that the public did not
confirm his judgment.
" Attempts may he made to run such a man
down, but he must not be given np.

"" Why, (Iva, is he So.unjyopular 1
First, Because be does bit
.duty ; and p kbow
"bi"exiverienCe,' Nati* teinpnrtiry uttpeolarisby ,in
every sphere, is the consequence ol an honest dis-
charge of 'duty.
" Secondly, Because there are in an theatres
persons who 'have been Managers, who dislike to
-tee •the lag anagement in other hands : oklvers who
.-aspire to be Managers ; and, thirdly, because be
is not one of the profession.
" Fourthly, Because he is charged with the
execution of the Orders of the SohXotninittee,
so that every thing 'harsh or unpleasant is sup-
posed '(srost linjosily) to proceed trial him, and
every Act of Grace (with equal injustice) front
them.

In the contests in which I have known him
engaged with the Performers, he has for the
greatest part, according to my judgment, been in
the right ; never absurdly, or malevolently wrong;
and in this Jepartment every Manager must hare
a great deal to go through.
" All the instances of negligence attributed to
him, whereby it is said be has lost popular Per-
formers to the Theatre, are false—

" MRS. JORDAN.
• " MR. CONWAY.
• " MISS STEPHENS.

" He offered Mrs. Jordan, with the approba-
tion of the Sub-Committee. the same terms that
Mrs. Sn!dons had for the last years of her engage-
ment ; Mrs. Jordan asked double,-:-40 guineas a
night and a Benefit.
" She was told the Theatre could not afford it ;
she treated us lightly, and said she could make
more of her talents at Country Theazres, Her
letters are extant.

" The next thing we learned respecting Mrs.
Jordan was, that she had engaged at Covent-
Garden upon the terms, or very nearly the terms,
that Mr. Arnold bad offered her.
" Vas Mr. Arnold to blame i Yet I have heard it
roundly asserted, that Mrs. Jordan herself should
have said that it was Mr. Arnold's fault she was
not engaged at Drury-Lane.
" It has been said, and to have come from Mr.
Conway himself, that Mr. Conway had written to
Mr. Arnold offering his services at Drury-Lane,
and had engaged at Covent-Garden because Mr.
Arnold had not answered his Letter. For the
falsehood of this report, I refer you to the en-
closed papers, No. 1,2, 3, and 4, where you
will see the whole case stated, and my opinion
upon it.
Miss Stephens was engaged at Covent-Gar-
den before the Drury-Lane Manager ever heard
of her.

Unsuccessful pieces there have been several.
The two Farces of last year W. Arnold said might
do; at all events, they were the best we had be-
fore us, and they were worth trying.
" The Tragedy (Remorse), he said, Would act ;
and he took all the pains a man could do to make
it succeed. I sent it to him.

" Godolphin,, he told me, over and over again,
would fail ; but 1 urged it on, contrary to his
judgment, because it was highly thought of by
some of our Sub-Committee ; because the author
accused Mr. Arnold of rero.and pique against
him ; and because some members of the Theatre,
of great reputation, were said to have spoken very
highly of it. Mr. Thompson confessed befeire
me, that nothing could have been better support-
ed than his Play, and that he was much indebted
to Mr. Arnold for his conduct.

" He is accused of thrusting forward his own
productions, and the Devil's Bridge is instanced.
1 intreated him to let the Devil's Bridge be play-
ed ; he foretold the obloquy he should encounter,
but I told him, for the interests of the Theatre,
be ought to brave it. He did so, and lam gild
he did, for both last year and this it has been be-
neficial to the property.
" He is accused of not following the taste of
the Town, in playing three Farces, instead of the
old practice of Play and Farce ! And who are his
accusers 1 The very people who wanted a second
Theatre and a third, in order drat they might gra-
tify their classical appetites in the enjoyment of
our good old Comedies.
" A bad. Company of Performers
" He has only to call the Roll, to refute the
calumny against some of the finest Comedians
that ever played, and a great tragic strength. It
Garrick wet e alive, and forced to take one or the
other Company as it now stands, my life upon it
he would stick to Old Drury.

"The receipts, after all, tell the history of
the Manager. People say so. Be it so ; hut let
it he recollected, that our concern is carried on
in the open air; all we do or feel is known, seen,
and canvassed. Other concerns are more private,
but I suspect that the first 50 Rights of this sea-
ion at Drury-Lane exceed the first 50 nights of
the Covent-Garden receipt last year ; and it must
be allowed to their credit, that our resurrection
stimulated them to great exertion.
" In some respects we have to complain of our
Sister Theatre ; instead of co-operating to resist
oppressions, Ole subject of common complaint,
they have yielded to them more than ever this
season, as 1 am informed.

" Now I believe I have treated upon all the
topics which can occur in conversation relative to
Mr. Arnold.

" You are in postession of my sentiments, end
you will not wonder that I decline the offer of a
person of whose reputation I have heard all that
is good, but who is utterly unknown to me. I
should, however, do injustice to myself and to
Mr. Arnold, it I were to let it rest thus nega-
tively. All men have their imperfections, but with
his share, like other men, for the situation which
he holds, I would not change him for any man
who could be recommended or obtained.
" You know.bow I have been drawn into this
‘vhillpool of business, and that-I could not say,
Here my duty ends,' when the Theatre opened.
The work was not halt done ; but I have been
very lucky in the persons with whom I have been
connected in (be Itnilditig and managing. I knew
nothing of the Architect, Builder, or Manager,
till the business of their respective departments

rr HE SUN.

•OLEO( QUIS MCERE FAL,SUM AIMEAT

LONDON,
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1818.

We received this morning the Paris Papers of
Tuesday last. ,The following are extracts
" PARIS, PFC. E—The King yesterday re-
ceived several Alilitary Officers.

" It is announced, that General Lamarque,
MM. Desermont and Courtin, included in the Se-
cond List of the Ordonnance of the 24th July, and
who are amongst the number of exiled French-
men that have received permission to return to
France, arrived at Paris three days since.

" The Count de Nesselrode, the Russian Mi-
nister for Foreign Affairs, arriced at Paris on Sa-
turday last.
" The Duke d'Angouleme set ont from Sedan
on Friday last for Mezieres. His Royal Highness
is expected to-day at Valenciennes, and on Thurs-
day next at Lille.
" The Duke of Wellington arrived at Paris yes-
terday evening.

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DEFERRED STOCK
Of the 21d March, 1817, So f. —c.
22(1 Sept. 1817,
42d March, 1818, 78 f..—c.
4-2 d Sept. 1818,
FRANKFORT, NOV. 24.—The King of Prussia
set out yesterday evening for flanao.

" Lord Stewart, the English Ambassador to
Vienna, arrived here to-day from Aix-la-Cha-
pelle.
Vintora, Nov. 20.—According to letters
from Constantinople, the Porte has transmitted to
the Russian Ambassador its answer respecting
the disputed limits on the banks of the Piia,is in
Colchis. The answer was sent off by a Comic: to
Aix-la-Chapelle.
" The Emperor and Empress of Austria are
expected here from Munich on thesth December.

" AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, NOY. 25.-1 n all the
Acts of Congress there is no question of any
change of frontiers of the different States, which
are, on the contrary, to be maintained by the
neaties in all their integtity.

" VIENNA, Nov. 20.—We learn from Aix-la-
Chapelle, that the relations of the Powers of
Europe in general, with the Barbary States, have
formed the subject of Diplomatic Declarations,
and that our Ministry declared upon the occasion,
that notwithstanding the Treaties in force with
the Ottoman Porte relative to the Austrian Navi-
gation, our Court was ready to co-operate, in pro-
portion to our maritime relations, in the mea-
sures which the other Powers should consider ex-
pedient. The English Miuiattr declared in nearly
the same terms.

It is said, that the Emperor of Russia
will not come to Vienna till after he has
been at Petersburg!), where he intends to 1:);,
at the opening of the new year. It is still said
that his Imperial Majesty will make a tour in
Italy, and stay sonic time both at Rome and
Naples. ,
" FRANKFORT, Not. 25.—The Empress Maria
of Russia, the Grand Dukes Constantine and Mi-
chael, arrived here this evening.
.NUT. 27.—Lord Castlereagh ar-

„,e3
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riva Lcre I-li3 is "

to set out in a few days for Paris.
v
, tb4t
IR ts,NA, Nov. 21.—1 t appears certat-
ro
the Emperor and Empress of Austria will rein
here the 2d December. •
e.
" It is still said there isNkbe a marriage
fln
tween the Archduke )I"erdinaq (Prince 13:(18/) #
the eldest of the Princesses of the seeond°)B,f
riage of the King of Bavaria. of
" AUGSBURG, NOV. 23.--The EtnPer-
a
Austria arrived to-day at Munich, where bis ICI
perial Majesty proposes to remain a week, al/
then set out with the Empress for Vienna•
the
" it is no longer doubtful, that neither iii
Emperor of Russia, nor the King of Prussia,

take a journey to Munich.
I,t e'
" The Emperor of Russia, after some stay
Stuttgard, will proceed by the way of Franeo9l
to Weimar, from thence by the way of Nat"lll3
Altenbura, and Saxon Erzgeberg, to Prague, 50d(
then to Vienna. He will continue his tiller°
journey by the way of Moravia and Gidliciao
to
return to his States.
" The two Earptesses of Russia will not Wa:
by the way of Vienna. They propose to rof
some tune at Bolin, and proceed by the 'l4l it
Mittau,, Riga, and Revel, to St. Petersburgb•
is however said, that the stay of the FiniPrest
Elizabeth will be prolonged in Germany, but it
et
the Empress Dowager will not remaili 1°141;
than ten or twelve days -at Weimar, tind sfee.ll
at Bellin, after which her Imperial ikitijestl

proceed to Russia."
Our Private Letter from Paris, received -
day, is by no means calculated to allay the lir!
prehensions which the removal of the Alli°„
v
Troops has occasioned. The several Poliestj le
which Paris is divided, now throw o°no
mask, and speak with a degree of bitteririf
against each other that threatens more vit'le.lo
hostilities. Democrats hold up the;r
increased confidence, and the real friends or
(;‘,
Throne and gi od order begin to look opt
trust and dismay on approaching events' Id
Correspondent assures us, that we may dePencollf
this statement. We confess, that ,t it harrse,f
fears" aright,",..and by no means excites

surprise.
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The Red Snow, which has been Metiti°"
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the Public Prints been obstrvetlb/ot'al
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RoSs in the Arctic ret,,,ins, turns toil f
neitheri more nor less than the ex7reffien o
vel -ktrown bird, called the Arctic Plibin• Dire
Coraccra Papers to the 16th of Novernhco.eff
been received. They state that 'much -lic
had prevailed among the foreign
mortality bad been so great on board a V"
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gate and sloop of war, as to prevent their P3oce
to sea. Mat kets were very dull, and Pr°
scarce and high. f
The Duke of SerssEx dined on the doY (I 4,04
MAJEsTY's funeral with the Hen,. licssull 11#
SHIRLEY, at Mr. REED'S, at Datchett ",cet#
turned to Kettsington Palace at two o'cl°c6
ovat
terday morning. At the hour of ten.
llightless again traversed nearly the same gtSitie
taving an appointment to meet the rfliNcce
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GENT, the Duke of YORK, and the l'itc":"es
at Kew Palace. , I l°,
The PRINCE REGENT'S sorrow is deserrt—ev(l)ol.
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have been of the most poignant nature' ‘ll )4;1
attending the funeral of the QUEEN•
Highness looked very pale, and faltere",
gait. On the return of the Procession tueli)ler
bons of his Royal Highness were, if
greater than before ; they nearly' nver't btec asl
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the Illustrious Mourner. The INoble l'aft.olo
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We forgot to mention, in our accounl OP
funeral solemnities at St. George's Char
two Persians, said to be Princes, were illaroal
organ-loft, and surveyed the awful Cele'
with great appearance of serious interest•
Mionte guns were fired on
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ten o'clock in the morning during the
tlrer
of the day, from the Queen Charlotte, 1
strip of Admiral Sir GF.ORG6 CANPRELL, 5t b"0to
MoUttl. 911 the shops were shut, awl
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a funeral knell during the greater Wirt °`-o-bsetv)
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ay "9 ;
with egosl respect in all parts of
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on board the men of war in commission
several out-ports; and each ship fired 31)di irtai
gluts. The same ceremonies were obaerve
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to witness the departure of the finieratirf.oo
sion of her late MAJESTY front KOS, .1 1
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turd, without success. Geller e
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GOURGAUD, dated Cuxhaven, I;4°' „i
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