The Sun.
London, England, 1818-11-17 00:00:00

REPORT OF HER MAJESTY'S DEATH.

It was currently reported this day, that the
melancholy event, so long expected, had ac-
tually taken place, and that her MAJESTY was
released'... from all. mortal:
.troubles ; but no
positive intelligence to that effect had trans-
pired when this Paper was put to press. We
shall, however, immediately make inquiry, and if
the melancholy event has actually happened, in-
form the Public ill a Second Edition.

HER MAJESTY.—The following Bulletin was
issued this morning :

" KEW PALACE, NOV. 17.

" The QUEEN'S state cast night was one of
great and imminent danger. Her MAJESTY con-
tinues very ill this morning.

(Signed) " FR. MILMAN.
" H, IIALFORI)."

We received this morning the Paris Papers of
Friday and Saturday last. The following are
extracts :

" PARIS, Nov. 14.—The Grand Duke Con-
stantine is expected to leave Pais to-morrow or
Monday.

The Duke d'Angouleme arrived at Aix-la-
Chapelle on the morning of the 9th inst. A few
minutes after his arrival his Royal Highness vi-
sited the King of Prussia, and then the Emperor
of Austria. The Emperor of Russia not being at
home, the Duke postponed his visit to that Mo-
narch till after dinner. His Royal Highness also
visited the Princes of Prussia, the Prince of
Mecklenburg, and the Duke of Wellington. He
dined with the King of Prussia, at whose table the,
two Emperors were present. In the evening the
Duke d'Angonletne received visits from the Sove-
reigns, the Princes of Prussia, the Ministers, and
the principal Personages at Aix-la-Chapelle. His
Royal Highness then went, accompanied by the
Duke (-le Richelieu, to visit the Emperor of Russia,
with whom he bad a conversation. His Royal
Highness then took his departure from Aix-la-
Chapelle.
Accounts from Aix-la-Chapelle state, that in
the night between. the 4th and .sth inst. a shock
of an earthquake was felt at Zweifali, and an-
other more violent at 50 minutes past four in the
morning of the sth. At ten minutes past five, a
third shock was telt still more violent, which was
accompanied by a report resembling in sound suc-
cessive discharges of cannon, oicilrations wete
also felt throughout the whole extent. of the
plain of Rrihtback, at Jemkershammen„Neimen-
hamme, Bricht, and Stollberg.

" The King went yesterday to St. Cloud.
" The Duke d'Angoulente is expected at Calais
on the sth December.

Five thousand four hundred and thirty-one
men, and 3,192 horses, of the English contin-
gent remained in France on the Ilth instant ; of
these, 3,000 men ate not to quit Valenciennes and
Cambray till the 20th instant.

" The Saxon corps will quit France the 30th
inst., by Saint-Avod and Bitche ; they will pass
the Rhine, near Manheim, on the•ith December,
and proceed by Werzburg to Platen, in Saxony,
where they will arrive the 7th January, 1819.
" The Austrian, Wurtemburg, and Bavarian
corps, have all quitted Alsace.
The Prince de Talleyrand had an interview
with the King on Wednesday evening.
" General Carmel paid his respects to the King
on Tuesday.
" The head-quarters of the Hanoverian troops
from France arrived at Brussels on the 9th inst.

FIVE PER CENTS.

Thursday 7O f. 60 c.
Friday
DEFERRED STOCK.
Thursday. Friday.
Of the 22(1 March, 1317.... 8I f. 10 c 80 f. BSc.
22d Sept. 1817.-79 f. 10 c 78 f. 85c.
22d March, 1318 ...77 f. 10 c....76f. 85c.
22d Sept. 1818... 75 f. 25 c 74 f. 75 c.
" AIX-LA-CHAPRLLE, Nov. B.—The King of

15tb
Prussia, it is understood, sets out the for
mid the Emperor of Russia the salve daile'roY
Brussels. The latter Sovereign • gage Yen,Sh— nos
another sitting to the English painter, Sir

Lawrence. the dila
" Nov. 9.—lt is understood that all pcb
cussions here are to be finished

instant.
" Nov. 10.—The name of the Duke (11- eg
We!''
lingtou has been given to one of the streets bed
"--VIENWB,-Niii.l:4.—lt is understoutll"
Prince .Callimachus, the Ex-Hospodar of.Wall.sl
r
lf
chia,has received permission for himself, his, :1
anti suite, to establish themselves in the Austrls:

dominions. ire,
The Emperor and Empress of Austria i
sb
expected here the beginning of DeCelnber,
ticti:
Ihe Emperor of Russia about the 19th Pri!4
December, to spend his Christmas here. Tile Pito
of Prussia will, it is also' believed, be ilgre f 4 t,-

same time."
o 'pot,
We intended to advert with some sever", 0#
or
the insolent and contemptible scerieisi"
Morning Chronicle, on the conspicacy at
Jena, and. the arrest of GotirtGatin,.but 041'4,
lent ourselves at present with, stile- f°ll.‘,iti,
extract from The Times of this day, whieb' 1.14
former Paper were not calking to reproof, lal'
ti 4
impress it with spine sense of shame. 5Pe11.4,,
of the removal of GOURUAUD from this Only
The Times says—
" We confess that we see nothing remarkable in tbiff;oi
we du extremely regret that such a Journal as I* fildleik
Chronicle, professing to be the friend of fredvlom,sh`3 it) i
no shame at continuing to be the banger-on of 31°' ion
baffled Tyrant; but should be ready on all oecasi°"s :00
fish any trash with which his miserable and 'fig 7, 4-/gells°
may please to load its pages. The 41Iorning Clt9'. 004('
given such an account of the arrest of this. Gen. G°llll
as it must know no rational creature can belieVeP
•
We assent to the justness of these r`.o
~ hiclt•
and can assure our Readeri that the account° lios
we yesterday gave of the transaction in
was literally authentic.
The Friends of Order and the Constiatti-
ylfet
rejoice to find by the Advertisement ill cla
this day, that Sir MURRAY Maxwat.t. 106 beecteti
vited by many of the most respectable Char. se,-
in Westminsrer, to offer himself again as,itltl‘
presentative of that City in Parliament' s"Ifil;
the gallant Officer has accepted the
The letter in which he signifies his ess°11:0010
honour to his feelings. His allusion ta'l.
I°
fortunate loss of Sir SAMUEL Romial d•
* Berl ,
liberal and an amiable mind, and .is
terms of peculiar tenderness and dell ate°
•flt'
ought to beg pardon of the worthy vol.,-
it 0-
tioning him in any respect in comParig° n"" fte
re'
such a person as HUNT, but the diffe
~ttodc
twee) the manner in which
to the departed Gentleman and the- 411'
by
stained hand," and the amiable spill° olal"
which Sir MURRAY MAXWELL refers to, 11°0.'0
choly event, cannot but increase the, ,e 9. ore kr‘.
the Public for the character of thelalir
to 001';
glad. to find that, as we earnestly ov/111.r:el 14
the peace of the City is likely to be Pre° "Pi°
t• 100
arrangements that will prevent the J't°oo4lo9'
from indulging in riotous excesses. Mr• 5,
it
cliongt
who could not possibly have the le° ot,
of success, has wisely resigned.
oatsli ,
i
t
chance was nearly equal, deterrniuc' to tor
but it is said has secretly promised
~li"
port the pretensions of Mr. Hoaktnuss' 00/
wiglt
•
political principles are congenial OOO
Mr. HORHOUSE has the advantqe `'`'er tit°
• liWs
possessing some education. As to log o
, .a#l'
Ta'
lents, we must refer our Readers to •
Review, which gave such a satirical, b"! al
c Tor° -
time such an accurate account of rise
au eser
bears his name, that though he rn J ,t
resdnl" 110'
tongue, hereafter, it may fairly be P . be?. ,e
whole . apl'
he will never resume the pen. Bat hose r •
1 mall,
son of a very respectable Gentleman, o been A'
tics are totally opposite, sir • d.
id hi" - 1/7
voured by Government. It yr" are
fav° ?PI
appearance if the father should
~,,nses•
..0„, •
that Government which the son r °Pr A
or
cp 4)101
that we object to freedom of
d ttra ionl.'
sition to Government, conducte ratob
Bat ace,
rre-
sound constitutional principles.
„bit°
in any shape, we bold in the titmos," f pv
uctive ° • 001 f
as founded upon principles destr and 0
edonl, vibe
litical rectitude and public fre %Tito,
and who ba- 305,
men,
calculated to promote the worst et' ,
they raise themselves into iiowerf
se,—
~„ereisgigs'
tAsh A,i
to gratify their own ambitious and to
To '
rannY'
and rejoice in oppression and tY city of
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10 Sir MURRAY MAXWELL.
genes.l ore' ge
lehos a
minster and the Public in
s life tiff
debted to that Gentleman. . coon of
„r door
doubly exposed in the service v.,
and in Se
battles against its Enemies abrnau' hotoe'f, tpt
• .
of being murdered by Traitors at
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is still suffering under
h the
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%. —"uaTor CUANCERy.-This morning the Court
.
_4, a
..
1,0 g4in crowded by the different parties ii.ite-
-rd theren, in hopes of his Lordship being
libie to
ti% L - attend ; but we are sorry to state
him.
A th t'raship's indisposition wholly prevented iint.
shi,,ge was sent to the Court from his Lord-.
iars. inthltating that he would not again take
i
si,ih
ta'. tLere till further notice—this his Lo •
Co:, laving deemed proper for the information of
"Il'el and Sulici:ors.

"Ve,t
f 0 ' "day the Duke of Ynatt
r.artvha'eldrlnigiti°ll'evsns
tr 41 Oatlauds and Kew. His no' —E.
P4"4cted military business with the Pattstcs3 R.
411421.1% at CdlitOU-1-101ISe,
kerY letters received from the Naval Yard at
0,11.,11"113, we are sorry to state, that a few days
the 29th
bd the hurricane, which heinPened on
(~
~, 411it,s,
ti ^, a violent fever broke out, lessanilnill
i 4t a n'°11(1) about fifty persons were taken. . t :4ir'" 01 fifteen of whom died, hut thisies P
ttlAtlit the exception of a very few, are fast
from
troem Ilive vent) Many of the deceased voiunteet
Noittli Dock-yard.
t•,'e Exe t .s of Sir SAmtriu. Routut.v.are,
~(11_ • cti ot
ttit`'vvr)el WALSHAM and
JOHN WH/SiIAW, Lsq.;
t ei, e lament to say that Colonel WAL.SRANi was
itevht"ti:lltable to attend the timeral of his lamented
Richmond, suffering under
11.1 e s., e ne, i:' rat of which Lady li.)mtit.v died.
1.13 111' c°'"Plac".
and Lord HOLLAND
ti, 4.inguis of LANSDOWNR .
**.ianll,illted guardians to the children. By the
tft,lieTtr which there.are s.evel al codicils, his whole
Li- i, are to be divided into eight parts—t wo to
`'e" • d one to each of the others.
-a The t Sun' a" • . 'who has lately
uteo
~•'ntd Chief Justice ABaDTT,.
con.
veYed4lhtnited to the high official
.sirual
ron Cor-
pus ell ...Y I.llBt title, was formerly a Scholar of
e.ar. y
in lift; I,l"lstieolle,...e and distiognished.htmse.
erl.
lievt.,,, uY the for-Oe'of his understandmF,
.hlsc(l),_,.
titin ''lg industry and the- richness of hi.8,•4,0tl 'i'n
tit,. (1.424 classical' literature. While resident
in x Iversity
1441.1r:4,i nee ;
ithi,elg7aBi4n,ettlhtell e only't wo prizes
)os..
Latin Verse Con. I).iai.
litul; '.-P6us rierostaticus, (one of the b" intlh„t
A4hai of the philosophical style of LuctiETlus
of
tever appeared since the memorable work I e
A )eve
0 p 0 and in 1786. 11
liglisi.
r, B OLIGNA /,
Atli' list. iodssay on the Use and
1.,e
most
Abuse of Satire;
el,,,tte has progressively been carried to I
cr
ilit4bited rank in his' profession by the most
liir„ii of all Patrons—the rec
Lawyer,
onitnendaatinn that
1,4
ig froni his oven solid met." as
09x-
'64,1 :I"jet'elling impartiality as a :lunge.
tt)oarnut.)
s with great con-
tel., curter. Cht/CiiPSTPR.---It teas
Itliki't." heard some time since of
theaccident
4f'lag li"pp,,,,{ io this Gentleman. A favourite
.
ell, 14:"! inh(l, and bit the Colonel severely in the
Nil .4". The usual retne'ly of cauterizing the
hiDilatB resorted to without tfelay, and we are
'hit, '4,° add, that he is returned to town in a
t tx ' Perfect health.
ZIR il*g4„"kr3lNAlet. CALCULA.TOII:The follow-
al". olio,' --
ws‘ll,ll%:l:l,ble.:,filiii-::(i.loet4vritt,tii,uesßti
ionni)Bwuh,teaht teasthe putsto eon
E x the.
,_ ti
ke :-.... hie!) he answered in less than one
Intil 'ae tared,
ttiltfl ,tldt.itun of a clock vibrates the distance of nine
btl:' win itrtr.ee•quarters in a second ot time,
2 hours, 1 t-n-
-how many
NI. , anti 5 vibrate in seven years,
~1:1..day5,..
14 R. e 3, a,',6 secouds, each year of 360 da,,, hours,4B ml-
Tites....l.3'u,i,ts
.seconds2:—..,/uswer —2,10,62,,,44-inches
ti .i.N m ,/8 akiles, 4/., yards, 2 feet, and iof au inch.
'/thit. AYok OP GABRATT.-011 Sunday
io <lst tv ,
z tile as interred inWhitechape after,-
IChurch-yart ,
OttgoPtreBe"ce of, a vast concourse of people, the
-(4,04: Sir Jefrely Dunstan, formerly Mayor of
ItattiCt, %Ali. died ill the 101st year of her age, so
),Iv't'e 041'1 the inscription on her coffin. There
,:it -111 two mourners, although. the streets
Iv
ptet. ( imp
8 relltiere I • assable from the niimerous body
1.,44t 144=1'8. tier death was caused more through
:'fart than infiitn•t she occupied a wretched
i;tilte metahei ininl
Ibuckitei andY; Pond-lane, Whitechapel;
itilbe
I,her hUsba„direquest of the deceased, ever
f,tav s death, to he buried in the
qthty fil' e, it was complied with,.
.',4tive,,l3°lar Expedition we find, that although
41(ti the 3of the arctic circle are unacquainted
eitt, fruits Of the earth), yet their inventive
tlit: 4to
(111 telt) ac9nire power are much the same as. in
(ititilg (11),(t''.i4te and torrid zones ; for they decide,
to '4'11•0 dreary night of winter, by a Lottery,
ttti'na'odlithe Capitals are titles to Nobility and
1)1,,". tios' wllo shall rule the ensuing summer;
11q-t4rtli - ptie Poorest the
one year may
Qt- Pere:: 'ioce the next. uith the same ease that'
1,,t41)e „-a who now buys a Ticket or Share, may
IltivoOCZsessed of a part of the Four Prizes of
%,t;. Wiii-14xT TUESDAY, when the first-drawn
' Pri%Jeceive 30,0001., in addition to what-
It Ibay be drawn.

0 :'

tors at large will, therefore,
not ord„ have an opportunity
J of rescuing the character of their City,
ut their ow
e n, in 3bewinc, a triumphant, and
ThaY odd a glorious majority, in support of a
Candidate
Pecniiarty esteemed in his honourable
Pl'ofes.sion, and the object of the Warmest regard.
and attachment bei to all who have the pleasure of
n-
-5 personally knOwn tr) him.

A Meeting of some of the Electors of Virestmin-
ster took Place this day at the Crown and Anchor
Thivern. Sir )F'P,ANcts
_uRnp,TT took rite Chair
a.' one o'clock. Mr. Baucs proposed that
--.OBIIOUSE should he pia in nomination
*a a Candidate for Westminster, in the room
°F Sir Samuel_ RoMILLY. The discussion was
11°ing on when our Paper was put to press. HUNT
°PreSent.

he following paragraph appears in. The Leeds
tzi
elli
wi geneer of yesterday, a Paper not likely to
zar I •
Its well.merited reputation on slight
grounds
7 IT
•4clp• Last i'week, a distinguished Cha-
et., in this Riding, was summoned to town,
4,1,,,an express from Government. An immediate
" Nre accordingly took place. Humour con-
.
this unexpected event with the recent intel-
'"ce frotn St. Helena. We trust none of our
titib I°ollrs have any apprehensions."

EMIGRATION.

FOR THE SUN.
MR. EDITOR,-,-1 he Sacred Scriptures, as well
as Profane History, give us various instances of
early Migration, but I believe the first specimen
of Emigration is to be found in C./mimes Com-
mentaries, that General, on his march into
baying met the whole nation of the HELvwrit
proceeding with their wives and children they
scarcely knew whither. C./E•aft naturally asked.
where they were bound to, the answer to which
was, that they were in search of a more fertile
land. CmsAa then asked how they intended to
exist until they found this laud of superior ferti-
lity The reply was, that they had with. them
three year's supply, saved from the last year's pro•
duce. " Well then," said C/ESAR, `` surely that
cannot be a bad country, which in one year af-
fords three years' consumption!"
This idea was new to the Helvetian people ;
hot they reflected on it calmly, and marched back
again.

Now, Sir, let us address one of Mr.BIEKBECK'S
proposed colonists, a farmer who prepares to set
out for the Allegbany Mountains, with a jolly,
industrious wife, a family of chubby boys and
girls, and 10001. in his pocket, agreeable to the
advice of COBBETT and BIRKBECK . Let us ask
him, " Pray, Farmer John, where did you get
all these good things ?" His answer will na-
turally he, "In England " What then must he
our reply ? That the country which affords all
these things, cannot be a very bad country, find
that Farmer John, like the Helvetii of old, had
better stay at home !

It is very true, that a man may buy in America
an acre of land for Tess than a year's rent in
England. Ba►t, in England, he has a house b►►ilt
to his hand, with stables and barns, all ,repaired
by his landlord. In England, he has a mark►•t
within half a dozen miles of him ; his children
go to school over the 'thug , and the blacksmith, tl►e
carpenter, aye, and the club-room, are all next
door !

Are these things to be found in I3tßicarcics
Illinois paradise, or in COZBETT'S peach gardens
at New York ?
If not, let us remember the UlrLvETtr.
IGNOTUS.

BU

ON A l'A ARTS:.

As the Fnctinns Prints, particolatly The Morn-
ing Chronicle, affect to ridicule the plot to effect
the escape of BUONAPARTE, we insert the follow-
int; Letter, which has been received from an
Officer on board 'he Musquito:—

" Ilis illliesh/s ship .111(squito, Spit.s.ead, Nov. 8.
We anchored here last evening, after a very good pas-
sage of SR days from St. Helena. Having dispatches on board
of very great importance, Captain Brine took a post-chaise
and four, and proceeded to the Admiralty immediately on
oar arrival. I should have written to you yesterday, but no
communication was permitted between us and the shore,
until after the Captain's arrival in London. Several let-
ters have been discovered at Saint Helena, directed to Dr.
o—, for Napoleon, some of which conta►ned several sums
of money, for the purpose of effecting his escape. Several
other persons have been Itkewise•concerncd, among whom is a
Gentleman who lately went from St. Helena with his family
to England ; they will all have been apprehended ere this. A
fast-sailing privateer, supposed to be a South American, had
been hovering off the Island for three or four weeks before
we left, but I can assure you that the prisoner was then per-
fectly safe. I suppose you have had nenerous reportS about
him—some people here believe him to be dead, and say that
his body is on board of us—others, that he has made his
escape. I think I have already told you of the sickness which
has prevailed in the squadron at St. Helena; we have lost
more than one-third of our crew, and the Conqueror about
150 men."

Miss STEPHENS offered a very liberal private
donation to the Mendicity Association in Dubliti,-;
which the Committee, in as liberal a manner, de-
clined, on the consideration, that what might be
obtained from the exertions of her talents was as
much as could he, with propriety, accepted. She
devotes one-fourth of the profits of the Concerts
which she has instituted in Dublin in support of
that Association, which has been formed in that
capital for the suppression of Mendicity,

POETRY.,

LINES,

written by the late
On seeing the ODE To THE POPPY,
Mrs. CHARLOTTE Smrrn,aseribed to another person,

And shall the hapless Muse, whose plaintive 50114
Can touch the heart with P,ty's softest pow'r,
Lose the fair honours that so well belong

'i'o her sweet strains on Sorrow's fiWrite Flow'r ?

No! Time shall tie'er annul her rightful claim,

Nor rob that Flow'r of its poetic blown;
Secued from Spoilers by protecting Fame,
It decks in native beauty CHAni3OITCS Tomb.

It. is somewhat curious, that every year since the death
of Mrs. CHARLOTTIf, SMITH her beautiful Ont: TO THE POPPY
.has been reprinted 111 'several Public Journals, and constantly
ascribed to a Mrst'NEALE. apprated under the same name
in-The Northaniptop.Mercury of Saturday last. On the first
attempt at this poetical felons, the above lines were written
by the present Editor. of this Paper, and are now revived
to put an 'end to these petiodieal attempts to defraud the real
Author of a poem-so honouable to her talents, her feelings,
and her memory. -

THE DUBLIN AIANAGER.
Though the Manager of the Dublin Theatre
has been involved in •so many disputes with his
Performers., and has so often incurred the resent-
ment of the Public, there seems to be no ckin:ze
in his system. A concert took place on the 13th
inst. in the Rotunda, at Dublin, one of a series
brought forwatd by Miss STEPHENS. The fol-
lowing account is taken troth The Correspondent
of the 13th inst.

Before the Concert commenced, the following
Hand• Bill was circulated, as a necessary duty im-
posed on those to whom Miss STEPHRNs bad
assigned the management of the Concerts
The Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, are respectfully
informed, that, in consequence of the following Letters re-
ceived from Messrs. Horn and Barton, who were engaged to
perform at Miss Stephens's Concerts, a change has neces-
sarily taken place in the general araligeruent, tinder these
distressing and unforeseen circumstances, the kind indul-
gence of the Public is most earnestly solicited.
" Mr. House.: has, in the kindest manner, offered his ser-
vices on this occasion.
"My DEAR SIR,—In relying on the good understanding
between Mr. Jones and me, I concluded no obstacle would
take place to rue singing for Miss Stephens's Concert, (iring
the close of the Theatre; but I find, on my arrival in town,
that Mr. Jones does most positively object to my singing fur
that Lady in particular, as, upon any other occasion, he says,
I should be perfectly free : having made every attempt last
night to change his'dttertnination in rain, I ant sorry to in-
form you, I cannot hare the 1:onour of appearing, and trust
this will arrive time enough for )our making other arrange-
ments. And I have to hope that Miss Stephens, seeing how
singularly I ant circumstanced, will release me from an en-
gagement, which, if it had depended upon myself, I should
have been much gratified to fulfil.. I regret exceedingly what
bas occurred, and
" Remain, my dear Sir, your's truly,
" " Dublin, Thursday, Nov. 12, 1818," C. E. HORN.

" My DEAR Sta,—l have made every possible effort to in-
duce Mr. Jones to give his consent to toy performing at Miss
Stephens's Concerts, but without success ; he is determined
that fur her I shall not May, or, if I do, contrary to his
wishes, that my engagement at Crow-street 'lheatre will be
cancelled. Not having foreseen any obstacle of this kind,
when I entered into terms with you for Miss Stephens, I most
submit to that Lady's generosity not to press me to the per-
formance of thy a4reement with her. I lament extremely
that I ant forced to a resource of this nature, and I hope my
absence will not be injuriously felt by Miss Stephens, fur ,
whom I have every respect and giMd wishes.
" I remain,,Sir, your's, &c.
" " To Mr. Edward Stephens, JAMES BARTON.'
" Nov. 12. 1818."

There is something in the cause from wilier
the above letters have originated, very little in
accordance with the chkacteristic generosity of
this country towards p6fessional visitors. We
pursue the subject reluctantly ;, but it is due to
candour not to pass it over lightly. Mr. Horn
and Mr. Girton have presented themselves to the
public in those letters .as individuals singularly:
aggrieved. Though under no other eogageinents
with the Patentee of Crow-street Theatre than a
prospective one, dependent upon the opening of
that establishment, they have been' interdicted by
him, tinder the penalty of his almost. ruinous dis-
pleasure, from using•the time they have, or ought
to have, at their own disposal, advantageously
for themselves or their families. They are pre-,
chided from either serving his or their own inte-
rests—they get no recompence from the Paten.
tee for the privation he imposes upon,them—aud,
as his Theatrical sensor) is a thing to commence at
his will and pleasure, theynre to remain unern,-
ployed, amidst all the inducements that may tempt
their industry, until that period arrives. It' is not
a right that is exercised to this effect—it is a
power, which seems, though engagements appear
to have been entered into with those persons fur
the future, to give the Manager the discretion of
employing them nr not, as he pleases. There is
something very curious and very much at variance
with the common course of justice in all this—an
old proverb, which we need not quote, is not a
little applicable to it. Mr. Horn and Mr. Barton
have been placed,ry the Patentee's authority, it,
this disagreeable predicament : if they performed
at Miss Steplieus's Concerts, they lost an engage-
ment at Crow-street—and, if they did not sing at
those Concerts, they violated an unconditional
claim upon their services, and were consequently
liable to legal responsibility. From this very
painful.situation, however, they have been reliev-
ed by the good-nature and liberality. of Miss Ste-
phens, who, after some embarrassment, was, by
friendly assistance, enabled to substitute other
performers in their place. As this circumstance
affects the public, it has stood greatly in the way
of its recreation, which seems now to be in a
great measure at the mercy of the Patentee, whe-
ther Crow-street Theatre is shut or open.
With respect to Miss Stephens personally, it
would be difficult to palliate or qualify the hosti-
lity which seems disposed to pursue her with ra-
ther a vindictive spirit. That Lady, it appears,
has some misunderstanding with the Crow-street
Patentee, upon a question of theatrical practice;
and for that, which may be adjusted, as many
more serious differences have, in a fair disposition,
either as to law or arbitration, she seems to have
incurred resentment which wouid be sufficient
retaliation for
.deep and sensible injury. The
public, however, will not desert a Lady, who has
gabled her popularity upon the best grounds that
can recommend private or professional character,
or lend its assistance to obstruct the success of art
honourable laborious effort at independence. and
which, for many reasons—some of them as laud-
able and as amiable as cart inspire human effort—
should be universally patronized and supported.