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THEATRE, DRIIRT-LANE. LaR night a new grand romantic Melo-Drame, the 1 production of Mr. Lewis, the author of 2 he Monk, and teveral Dramatic Pieces, was exhibited, we' will not fay performed, at this Theatre,•as there is little in it which can difplay the talents of an altor , to advantage: It is entitled The Wood Demon; or, I /he Clock ha: Struck—and, as a fpectacle, when the machinery is brought to work more perfetlly, we have no doubt it will become very attrative. The principal charafters are the folkwing : Hardyknute - - Mr. DECAMP. Guelpho - Mr. Parit.er. Whillikind - • Mr. DowtoN. Leolyn - Mifs C. BRISTOW. • Ofwy . Mr. Gamow. Ruric - Mr. MALE. • Rolf • Mr. Win. Officers - Mrff. FISHER & EVANS. Una Clodlda Paulina Ando) Sangrida Alexina Mrs. H. SIDDON S. Mrs. HARLOW[. Mifs KELLY. Mils LAcET. Mr. MONTGOMERY. Mrs. SCOTT. The whole of the (tory relates to the magically ailifted efforts of liardyinute, a Danifh Count, to pro long " a charmed life," which" depends upon his being able to facrifice to a demon a number of innocent chil dren : the prefervation of the ninth of thefe conliitutes the bufinefs of the piece, an.; which is effected by 'he viglance and adivity of two female agents, Una and; Cicada, the former atone time betrothed to the Count, and the latter the nude of the child. In aid of this benignant work, a great number of fupernatural auxiliaries are employed ; as are alfo, to counterad it. fome malignant loirits—it terminates in the Count falling a vidim to his own infernal machinations. In following the didates of his horrified imagina tion, the author appears to have been extremely remits in his attention to the other pasts of the plot of hi: drama—the flory is told, and the language of the dialogue, if we except fome few flights of de clamation, is altogether unworthy the author. The attempts at wit, put into the mouth of two charafters, fuppotted by DOWTON and PENLEY, are execrable, and may well he fpated, in order to reduce the piece within proper limits, as Taft night it occupied nearly two hours and a half in the reprefentation. The &elks, fcenery, and machinery, are extremely grand, and the drama abounds in brilliant pagean try. It alfo exhibits Come admirable dancing by the pupils of L'Erville. The mufic, laid to be the pro• dudion of Mr. KELLY, is not of a very prominent charader. The machinery, as we have intimated, did not work well ; and in the laft fcen particularly, we are fearful Ds CAMP experienced lime hurt in finking to the lower regions, entwined with ferpents. The bottle was very crowded, and the applaufe bellowed liberal. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.-.-.-LA night Town and Country, With Mother Go r i fe, WAS again performed to a crowded audience.—An apology was made for !Ir. KiMBLE, who was In extremely l a m e , t h at i t was with evident pain and difficulty he hobbled on end cif the liege. Friday night, about feven o'clock, four enttages were burnt to the ground at Moncktnn Farleigh Wiek, near Bath. The accident was occalioned by chilchen play ing with lighted flicks, the fire of which fell upon the thatch of one of the houfes ; and ano• ther fire happened the fame night at Hilperton, which defiroyed a large houfe. On Saturday lalt J. O'Donnel (the bruifer) and about 30 others, were fent from Newgate to :he hulks, previous to tranfportatton, Gower, an accomplice of O'Donnel's, and the fon of a reputable tradefman, remains behind. RURAL FirricaTios.--Laft Thurfday, at Horn, In Bedtord(hire, a well contelled battle took place between George Colter, of Bracknell, and J. Va. grave. of Hurft ; in which, after 56 rounds of de cent fighting, in the courfe of about three quarters of an hour, viOory declared kr Colter. The prefent Lottery Scheme has peculiar advan. tages. All the Tickets drawn at an early period will be Priem The first-drawn Tickets for four days will receive mood. each. The profpel of obtaining thofe and other great objeas, with little or no ri(k, has induced a great number of perf-ms to purchafe Tickets, with a view to the chance of the fire two or three da•rs, and then to fell fuch as remain in the Wheel. This is called rifling Tickets. An inconceivable act of atrrcity was lately com mitted by a new feet in the village of Rapperfwyl, near Arberg. This felt was unknown a few weeks ago, and the otigin of it is not yet afcertained : All that can be colleaed refpefting them, is, that they believed that the end of the world was near, and that there was no other way to fave them felves but by following implicitly the infpiration of the HOLY Gmosr. A young girl, about 54 years of age, appeared to he the principal organ of thole wonderful infpirations. They confulted her upon all occafions, and thought they were bound impli citly to obey her. The firs meeting of thefe Seaa ries was very fecret ; but the Pallor and Sub-perfea of the village being informed that there was to be a tiumerous meeting within thefe few days, went thi ther, and by exhortations prevailed upon them to difperfe. They then confulted the )(sung girl what 'hey were to do: the told them that they mull go t;i it night in great force to the houfe of the Prefect, ' .11:1 coadt him to a diflance. This oracle was obeyed. The Prefect was one of the molt worthy men in the country, and what adds to the horror of the circumllance, he was the grandfather of this very young girl. He was taken from his own houfe by this furious crowd, and carried to a place .a confider- able diflance from hi, village. There the urhappy girl threw her arms round this refpeelable old man, ani drew him to the ground, and with frantic cries invited the crowd to precipitate themfelves upon him, and to fave him from perdition, by foffocating him. After having put him to death in this manner, without any wound or contufion appeating on his body, the frantic crew danced around their viaim, tinging praifes to the Lord. The prin cipal aaors in this dreadful fcene have been arreaed and taken to Berne. There is a woman among them, who is fufpeaed of having given them fume kind of philter, which deranged their intelleas and rendered them furious. TO THE PRIMROSE. IT JOHN MAYNE. murmuring Nith, my native itream. I've hail'd thee with the morning's beam; Woo'd thee among the Falls of Clyde, On Levin's banks, on Kelvin-fide; And now, on Hanwell's flow'ry plain, I welcome thy return again— At Hanwell! where romantic views, And fylvan leases, invite the Mufe ; And wheredeit erring man mould ftray. Truth's blamelefs Teacher leads the way ! Lorn tenant of the peaceful glade, Emblem of Virtue in the (bade, Rearing thy head to brave the (torn That would thine innocence deform! Of all the finve'rs that greet the Spring. Of all the flow'rs the Seafons bring. To me. while doom'd to linger hare, The lowly Ptimrofe than be dear ! Sprung like a Primrofe in the wild, Short, like the Primrofe, MARION fmil'd ; The Spring that gave her bloifoms birth, Tore them for ever from the earth ; Nor left, als me! one bud behind, To tranquillize a Parent's mind, Save that fweet bud which ftrews the way, Bleft Hope ! to an eternal May ! Lorn tenant of the peaceful glade, . Emblem of Virtue in the (bade, Rearing thy head to brave the ftorm That would thine innocence deform! • Of all the flow'rs that greet the Spring, Of all the flOw'rs the Sesfons bring, To me, while doom'd to linger here, The lowly Primrofe (ball be dear! SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, zBo7. WEDNESDAY, APRIL I. Subfcription Plate of 301. for x yr olds carrying 7fl. 3yr olds Bft. 71b. and 4yr olds 9ft. Two yr old cootie. Sir C. Bunbury's b m Lydia, 4 yrs old Mr D. Radcliffe's ch h Selim, a yrs old Mr Arthur's b h Wormwood, 4 yrs old 3 Mr Kellerman's ch e Jamaica. by Blazard,3 yrs nld 4 Lord ROUS'A ch t Paleface, by Young Woodpecker, a yrs old Ld F. G. Ofborne's eh c Sup -thition, 3 yrs nld Mr Strphenfon's gr f by Ambrofia, a yrs old Mr Wyndham's b ciby Ambrofio. a yrs old Mr. Mellifla's gr c Bedale, a yrs nld Sir F. Standifles ch f by Mt Teazle,out of yw. m, 3yrs old dr Four to i agit Lydia ; 6 to 5 aga Selim ; 5 to t aga Wormwood. The Judge could place but 4.. The Third Oafs of the Oatlands Stakes of sogs. each, h. ft. D. I. Ld Grofvenor's Violante, 4 yrs old, Bft t tlb a Id F. Bentinck's Bagatelle. 5 yrs old, Bft alb a Gen. O..ofvenor's Have-at 'ern, 3 yrs old, 6ft 7lb -3• Mr. Wilton's Confederate 4 yn old. 7ft ili b. 4 Id G. H. Cavendiat's Pagoda, 3 yrs old, 7ft tlb 5 Mr F. Neale's Regulator, 4 yrs ad, 6ft islb pd IA F. G. Ofborne's Supentatfon, 5 yrs old, 6ft t tlb -pd Mr 11. Radcliffe's Aiblon,6 yrs old, Bit 1316 Pd Five to 4 agil Violante ; 5 to 2 WI Bagatelle ; 9 to 2 ale} Confederate ; 5 to t aga Pagoda. The following having declared forfeit by the 31 ft 4 December, are to pay only logs. each, to be di vided amongli the owners of the fecond horfes in the three claires. Mr F. Neales Gab, 4 yrs old, lift Blb D. of Gray:el. Dodona. 4 yrs old,* r3lb Sir J. Shelley's Mouilacbe. 4 yrs old. 71t r rib Mellarfon's Handicap, 3 yrs old, 7ft 21 b. Mr Wyndbant's c. by Scbedoni, 3 yrs old, 6ft tab. Mr Craven's Henry, 4 yrs old, Eft t rib. Lord F. G. Ofborne's b. f. by Whifkey, nut of a filler to Toby, 2 yrs old, 711. 7lb. rec. ft. from Gene• ral Grofvenor's b. c. Gauntlet, 3 yrs old, 911. Acrofs the Flat, zoogs h. ft. Lord F. G. Ofborne's br. c. lien, by Trum. patter, dam by Mark Anthony, 811. 31b. rec. 23gs. from Mr. Payne's br. f. by Warier, out of Ranfom, 811. Ab. M. wogs. h. ft. Mr. Arthur's Wormwood, 811. rec. ft. from Lord Foley's Captain Abfolute, 711. 71b. Two yr old C. Sogs• FEMALE FASHIONS FOR APRIL. The molt prevailing and elegant London and Pa rifian Fafhions, as defcribed and reprefented by prints in BELL's Monthly publicatinn rf La Belle AtTembl6e, for the prefent month of April. ENGLISH COCTUME. No. I.—A HALE DRESSAff prepared for the Ducbefs of Rex -burgh, under the immediate diredion of her Grace. A petticoat and tunic of the eleareft French cambric, vandyked all round with the fame; the tunic cut in the form of a crefeent in front, elofed on the left fide with a talk!, and continued in a point nearly to reach the bottom of the petticoat, where it finilbes with a taffel as above. I.ong ficeves, vandyked at the wrift, with full tops terminated with a band of open hems, or lace; front of the wain wrapt to the left fide, where the tunic clofea. Imperial chip bat, of a light lead colour, turned up in the form of an arch over the left eye; a band of Ihaded velvet, with waving brunt feather of correfpontlent hues. Necklace of pearl, linked with dead gold. The unique, and much admired muff and tippet, formed entirely of (laded Turkith feathers, patronized and adopted by the Princeffes, and now the diftiuguithing appendage of all ladies of rank and elcgance. No. 2—A LADY IT. neROPERA Box.—Her drefs a round robe of pliant white Latin, made to fit dole to the form, trimmed round the bottom. bofoni, and fleeves. with gold brocade Abband. The Curacoa turban, of white fatin. embroidered in (pots of railed gold ; confined on the forehead with Indian bandeau of the famecompos fition. Necklace one row of tine brilliants, from whence is fur pended a molt curious Egyptian amulet. Ear-rings and bracelets to eorrefpond. Hair clokly confined under the turban behind, and worn in irregular curb in front, divided over the left eyebrow, fo as to difcover the temple. Role. wood Opera fan, with mount compofed of military trophies in tranfparencies. White kid gloves and thous. PARISIAN COSTUME. No.3—Reprefents a Parifian lady, mounted in the moil falblon able ftylc, for the Long CLant i er and Wits, at Paris.—An equef trian habit of fine fea•wool cloth, with elallie (trap; the colour blue (but olive, or puce, are equally efteemed), with COIIVOL but tons of dead gold. The habit to fit high in the neck behind, la pelled in front, and buttoned twice at the (mall of the wain ; a high plaited frill of cambric, uniting at the bofom, where the ha bit clam A jockey bonnet of the fame materials that compote the habit, finifhed with a band and tuft in front Hair in dithevclled crop. York tan gloves ; and dcmi•boots of purple kid,beel jonqullle chord. LAW BITELLIGENCE, COURT OF CHANCERY, APRIL t. .001 id ER ICINz proceeded to give judgment in the 1.441"iLg cafes: PURCELL V. MACNA,MAR A. This cafe has excited much public interell, and has been frequently before our Readers. His Lordthip obferved, .1 •t fome oblations had been made to the minutes, which were to be fet right before any fur ther decition could take place; and as he and the Matter of the Rolls had not, in any degree, altered the decree of I..t.rd arintr, but rather confirmed it, he made no doubt that when the cafe came again to be heard by that Noble Lord, who was to be his fucceffor, his Lordlhip would adminifter a juR and righteous judgment. • THR ATtoRNEY GFNIIRAL V. VIGOR. This was a queiti ,, n relpeeting the repairs of Dow ning College. His Lordfhip direaed that the Mailer fhould inquire, and report what were the necatt y repairs; and when that was afcertained, an order tur payment fhould be made. THS BISHOP OF DURHAM V ISRAUMONT. This was a quellion upon the value of the one ninth portion of ilTues and profits of the lot ore of the Weirdale Lead Mine, in Cumberland, and the validity of an agreement between the prefent Bilbop and Sir Thomas Blacket. The Bilhop, in right of his fee, being entitled to one ninth portion of the lot hre of the mine in queflion, agreed to let the fame to Sir Thomas Blacket (under whom the Defendant de rived), in purfuance of the proparls made by his agent, Mr. John Er.4mus Blacket; from whole re prefentation it appeared, that the late Bifbop Thur. low received 8501. for his portion, and his predecef for, Bifhop Egerton, a compenfation of 3hol. A converfation was mentioned, in the depofitions of Mr. Wm. Ems, which stated, that Mr. Blacket told the BM rp be was defired to offer 9pol. for his own ninth (hare ; and when the Bifbop Aced was it not worth at lea 11 95 01. Mr. Blacket declared, upon his word of honour, that the annual value was not worth more than 9001. ; however, he ultimately agreed for 9251. His Lordfhip obferved, that if this depofition flood unanfwered, it muff alter the cafe entirely, and he &mild have made the decree againa the Defen dant, in it;• Weft extent. That depofition, however, was anfwered Ly Mr. J. E. Blacket, in a way that his Lordfitip was afraid it would be going too far in this molt important cafe, were he now to make filch a decree. Mr. Blacket laid, 1:1 working the mine, the value might have been more one year and lefs another : and when he held that converfation with the Bifhop, he did not mean it with reference to the working of the mine, or with exprefs reference to the adlual irate of the mine at that time. The reafon the Bifhop came into a Court of Equity way, becaufe he could have an account taken, which a Court of Law could not give him. Under all the circumtlance his Lordthip thought the bell mode of attaining jut lice between the parties was to dire° an iffue to try whether it had been reprefented to the Bill:1(913,in the prefence of Mr. Ems, by Mr. J. E. Blacker, as an 16dt:cement to enter into the agreement in qua Rion, that 9251. per innum was the full and aftual value' of the one ninth (hare of the lot ore ; whether the laid agreement was entered into upon the faith of that reprefentarion : and whether fuch fum was more or lefs than the full and aelual value of fuch Ihare and proportion ? And in order that the Jury might fee what the cafe really was, his Lord(hip further ditec ted, that the Mailer thould compute from the fche- Jule what was the aflual value of the ore, previous to making this agreement ; and alfo to call up the value from the date of the agreement to the time ne filing the Bill. He further direfted that the itrue thould be tried in the Court of King's Bench, herire a Special Jury of the City of London. It might be laid, that fome of there lwitneflis being greatly ad vanced in years, upwards of eighty years old, there was therefore great hazard of their dying; but then their depofitions could be read as evidence ; and the principal rearm he had for granting this ilfue was,not that the Court had not a right to decide, but in order that ample joftice might be done between the parties, by their being brought together, face to face, and ex amined viva wee. APPEALS. In adverting to a cafe which flood for his Lord fhip's judgment (the name of which we were not able to collea) he obferved, that having looked with great a tt e ntion into the whole of it, he thought it a cafe where he fhould be very tenacious in deciding, as it could net be reheard, but muff ultimately come be fore the Hoof: of Lords, where the parties could have little or no remedy, until fomething is dune to give the fubjea more fatisfaaion than he can at pre• fent obtain by the appellant jurifdietion of the Houle of Lords, and it was a mockery of plaice to fend him thither. " I owe it in jullice to my Noble Pre deceffor to (late, that it is not from any deka in him that there are fo many appeals made to the Houle of Lords, and nothing fhould be imputed to him by way of blame on that account ; for even during the very fhort time I have had the honour of fit. ing here, and in the Houle r,f Lords (a few weeks I may fay in the latter), the ♦ery great accumulation of appeal caufes was alma incredible ; (of courfe I fay no thing of Writs of Error,) but merely of the cafes from this Court. In which, I again fay, nothing is to be imputed to my Noble Predeceifor ; and until the Houfe of Lords, aided by the other branches of the Legiflature, (hall think fit to take the matter into their molt ferious confederation, I think it is a jurif dietion to which the fubjeet had better not be refer red at all." LIBERTY OF THE PRESS. GURNEY V. LONGMAN. This was the cafe where an injunftion was granted by his Lordfhip, to prevent Meas. Longman and Co. from publithing Lord Melvillc's Trial by Im peachment, Mr. Gurney having been exclufively ap pointed by the Houle of Lords for that purpofe, as we have frequently had occafion to notice in former papers. Upon this cafe his Lordfhip expreffed him felt' anxious to fay a few words. He had, he faid, merely granted an injunelion to a hearing of the caufe; as in fo doing he was fortified by the Itrong prece dents in the cafe of the Duchefs of Kinglion, in the time of Lord Chancellor Bathurfi, where an injunc tion to a hearing was granted in the &It infiance, and afterwards made perpetual ; and alfo in the cafe of the Lord Mayor and Commonalty of London, refpteling the publication of the trials at the Old Bailey, before Lord Chancellor ilardwicke, in which 'latter cafe his Lordfhip granted a perpetual injunc tion; his Lordfhip exptefsly raid, he bad not deli vered any judgment or pinion upon the caft. but from the authorities before him, he could !-.• rice no ntbert:rder than what he had dune ; it was another matter, however, when it came to a hearing ; when, he was convinced, Lord Eiclon would give a j !:t and righteous judgment. Should the cafe eventually come beflte the Houle t•t - Lords, as a Peer and a Member of that Hook, his Lordlhip fald he fhould confider himfelf as free to deliver his fentiments upon it, as if he had never fat in that Court. DUB I.V, MARCB 28. CITY Sessinas.—On 'Fhurfday four perfons were tried for ilealing lead from the New Bank, in .he 4th of December lag : they were acquitted. i burros Grogan was capitally indicted fora highway robbery. on the 26 h ult. on Mr. John Heird, to•merly Mailer of a Holyhead Packet. Nitwithaanding a vatic , y of [tong circumaances, and the Recorder's charge, by no means favourable to a decided acquittal, the Jury returned a vetch& Nut Guilty, but entreated the Court to impole Tome conflraint on the prifcner, filch as extraordinary bail. This the Recorder re fufed, alledging, that as by their verdict of acquittal, they had let him loofe on the public, they thould fhare the fame danger to which they had fubjetled their fellow-citizens. He would have been accord• ingly difcharged, hut that three ether capital iadifl meats, on charges equally atrocious, are found again(} him. jobn Byrne, another of this nefarious gang, flood ca t ;tally ii,dieled for robbing Mr Robert Nor ris, of a gold watch, in N. Great Frederick•llreef. Mr. Norris pr, ved the robbery. Byrne was found guilty, but recommended as an objed of mercy, on account of his compuktion, and the uninfluenced confefflon made by him. _ . The poll bny Conveying the mail from Temple more to Burr!s Iliegh, was a:t,:cked between the Firm's of four and five o'clock on Friday evening lA, by two men armed with cudgels, who flruck him, and after ahufing him, robbed him of the bag of letters for Burris Iliegh, which was difpatched from the General Poll Office on Thurfday the I Ith 111UTIA•r AT VELLORE. In addition to the intelligence which we commu nicated on Monday, relative to the origin of the un. fortunate Mutiny at Vellore, a letter has beoa re ceived by the Sarah Chriftiana, which differs a little from former accounts in defcribing the commence ment of the mutiny. It flares, that the Sepoys of the zd battalion of the 23d regiment, who were on guard at Vellore, began the mafficre, by bayoneting the European fentinels and the other Europeans, who were alfo on guard, and while the latter were afleep. That different files of men were then fent to fecure the officers in their quarters, and two field pieces were planted againfl the doors of the barracks occupied by the men of the 69th regiment, ofrduty, who were all dearoyed by the difiharge of grape fhot from the cannon, and by mufiquetry, with the exception of 16, who were enabled to gain the rampart, where they defended themfelves againft the 2frailants until the arrival of the party of the 19th dragoons, under Colonel Gillefpie, who, with feveral of the men, were hauled up ..n the rampi.rt by the furvivors of the 69th. The party then attempted to force its way to the gate, which it reached after an obftinate ftruggle. at the inflant when it was blown open by the galloppers that accompanied the dra. goons. The remainder of the detachment ft'ln Nicol then entered the fort, and were ftrongly op. poled for fifteen minutes, when the Sepoys gave way, and the confequences need not he again corn. municated. It is :fated that 17 Officers were kill. ed. and 287 European foldiers, rank and file, kill. ed and wounded, and that upwards of 600 Sepoys were put to death on the occafion. A particular inilance of ferocity is mentioned to. wards a young child by one of the Sepoys, but, on the other hand, it appears that the European ladies of the garrifon were placed in a room by themfelves, and preferred From violence and danger. The ill battalion of the td regiment was alfo in Vellore at the time, but did not, as it is Dated, take any aaive pert in the mutiny. They quitted the garrifon from apprehenfion, when they taw the fate of the other crops, but loon retnoned to their duty. Great alarm and condernation are Rated to have prevailed at Madras on receiving an account of this melancholy catailrophe, it having been reported that the whole of the Sep-ys throughout the Company's Native Army en the coal had refolved to throw off their obedience, and maracre their officers, and all other Europeans, on a day appointed for that pur pole. That the mutiny at Vellore, from Come cir cumftances that may now be conlidered fortunate, was premature—and that, in confequence of the in• quirks and precautions which that meafure had oc cafioned, the general plan of infurre9ion had been defeated. The Governor of Fort St. George applied to the Officers of his Majeliy's (hips then in Madras Roads for affillance, and the marines were landed, and remained for fume time on duty in the garrifon. Strong European picquets were alfo Rationed at dif ferent places about four miles from the Fort : and other precautions were adopted, until accounts from different parts ref the country, of exiling tranquillity, permitted thefe apprehenfions gradually to fubfide. The mutiny at Hyderabad is alfo mentioned to have proceeded very far, but was happily checked without bloodthed. In this, as in other letters, the difcontenrs are Rated to have arifen from the innovations in the drefs of the Sepoys, and in confequence of the inßigation of the Myfore Princes—with refpe6l to the former cattle aligned, it appears that Lord William Dentinck afcertained from the Native Officers at Madras, that a repugnance did exill againd the new turbans (which in form refembled the caps worn by Europeans), and to the other changes, wherigpon h:s Lnrdfhip rellor ed the former turban, OW allowed the Sepoys to refnme their ufual habits and cullo.ns, in refpea to their mat ks, ear-rings, and muftachios. The fons of Tippoo were fent to Calcutta. The uneafintf. which had been created by thefe events, had n•n been retrlved, although when the. Sarah Chriiliana failed, there was not any exiling didurbance known at Madras. To try, however, the temper and diacipline of the Native T, , '^ps, a general removal, or ch.4.,ge of Rations, had ti ken place. The mutine: s Vellore welt), it is laid, Polygars.