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awkaArr 64Abi17 ?`)/LITRE. V ;s4 • Ali night a new Pantomime, invented by Mr. kjhania, and produced tinder the direftion of Ili i m ager BoLoG N A , entitled ilarligsin dflonanaci, Or Forlnforsr, was performed for the firft time, c ise prontifes to become a favourite. The follow is Ittoutline : • F aur Se** , (as is not unattai in our cli e, m eet together to the commencement of the -'mime, and each of them feleeting their fit• ;.„,i te colour an d . produce, throw them into the r 'k e — o f liq gkr , which, after lime mock-magic ce roo ks, renders them back in the Ihape of Har oi, *rho then trips through a number of comic mss , varied by the Fair Seater, who alternately la k e }fins un der their psoteEtion, and defend him m idi the counteracting fpirit and malice of the Bight, the avowed enemy to the Seafons and s-r.. ninclua ions. `ipb e Scenery is, with one or two exceptions, ' e aly novel—ln Winter we are {hewn the palace iriater, and a beautiful fcene of diffolving !now, St ree t by moonlight and lamplight ; Tanta . Chamber ; the Canal in Hyde Park, and a Lake—in Sprhtg and Summer, we have a -b r idge; Greenwich ; Kew Gardens, and and Fleet—in Autumn, a romantic Land- Cottage, Temple of Peace, &c. betides a of pleating and pidurefque changes, &c. the principal mechanical transformations - tern to a Fiend—Piano Forte to Covent- Theatre Handfword to a Violin--Change- Chairs—Role-tree blighted and reftored— to Table and Chairs, &c. cart bottle R—Table to a Prifon—Stick to a Snake— ' r to a Giant—Snuff.bow to Harlequin— Highlander—Greenwich Coach to a pair of . . ates and Lodgea—Silver Cup to a pair of offs and Padlock—Woolpack to a Sailing word to a Sickle—Rew Gardens to Sea ' ;—Wig to Green grocery—Dove-houfe upid in his Car—Broom to an old Witch— le to two Gigs. Iteldufic compcted by Meffts. Reeve and W. j i g. The Overture, by Mr. Re eve, concludes ' a pleafing Rondo, accompanied by the bells - . . e fcenery of the Pantomime, which is ex. :lypleafing, is by Meffrs. WH I TM OR E, MOOG - &C. 1.,..__. Jotooma, jun. is the Harlepin, his 'father the Own, his Brother the Booty Lover, and Das.. mik "the flippered Pantaloon." Of Co/wait:4 we e pcely to mention that the lively little WI.. perfouates that eharafter. Oise mittakcs which laft night occurred in work. ttbe fcenery will, no doubt, be correned in fit- Some buffoonery might be omitted to the sirantage of the piece, which is rather long. The Pantomime went off with great eclat, and les given out with applaufe for future reprefenta ie. No expence has been fpared by the Mane-, is, ad there can be no doubt but that it will NO OM him. Theiloufe overflowed at an early hour in every wt. Some oppofition was given to the play, locos Vows, u hich induced Mr. Brunton to corne Inward, :aid requeft to know the castle of difplea -1 Jet No anfwer was given, and the oplioltion 'lt continuln7, the perfos mere withdrew. In a ' bk time, however, the tumult fubfided, and the jeformance was Cuff:red to proceed without any IraToption during the reit of the night. ' The following is an extszet of a letter from an Oker of the 79th ret;iment to-his father in Stir leg, dated Camp bef ore' Alexandria, Onober 4. ' M. The prize money here amounts to goo,ovol. oikg from two fine frigates, 500 brats guns, artillery, See. We 'are here near the an ent pillar, called Pompey's Pillar. It is a huge • Ito pillar of immente thicknefs, and one en ire pitce, fifty-term feet high from the bate of k pedeltal on which it is placed., The pedeflal i fifteen feet f q uare, and the whole fabric is about imety feet in height. The pedeftal is compofed eftwo prodigious pieces of granite marble. How de pillar could be railed and placed on the pe irbl, and what engine accomplifh:sl it, has al rays been matter of wonder. Cleopatra's Needle sa long narrow fquare pillar, near the tea, about benty feet high, one entire piece of granite, and lithely covered over with hietoglyphical figures; •to much snore ancient than the pillar. Of all left, and of the coffin in the pyramid, I have bites.. As the French are not yet embarked, we iltaa have paffes to Alexandria. After we get in- . link Rate, the road for a mile is in a Rivet, lined match fide only with ruins. Many large granite damns are lying fcattered over the place, and hse beautiful marble ciflerns. Three large gra ds' pillars Rand, the foli Lary work of fome noble Instate. The French had begun, but dint not ha, a new fquare in the town. The Itreets are term and difagreeable, and the city has now an striarance neither of regularity nor grandeur ; it is full of mean ruins, and the habitable plates km fait approaching . to a kindred equality with their. In a few years they will not put the ruins set of countenance. " Ido not fee the fmallell improvement the 'taxi have made in this country ; they have not eau built bar icks to themfelves, and appear to 11m done nothing but plundered and amafrecl to dieudelves every thing valuable in it, all of which fey are willing, in their kindnefs, to difpofc of to ass moll exorbitant prices. We have here every day officers and foldiera of their army, with watches, camel-hair, films, fabres, and even wo anti t fell to us; and the officers, when they get Mme, bid fair to put all the Jews of France out sicountenance. The French women here are all thrilled in men's clothes. The women of the coup• mare Come very fair,othen quite black. To-day I met a woman Tiding avidi Come officers, elegant !, drelled in muffins, the was jet black, but fine *stare% and was iu pantaloons, booted and fpur ra The women in Alexandria are Co completely twitted, that you can fee nothing but their eyes, sod thcy are like moving pillars." it vas e wotacl . n lien -- w.ip ac..l 4E Ei.l w". :XE; DeL Ilerdar row.-- eld cll he Lt. !g part ANILy wcver, n Sun . - *no s y. aria rh2p;, to the of the initive nce of to the tcrpo. how. ecula. moles t have iety it rs who :t:thoti ich a:- ht the :titer :too r-Mal roops eact i ige nt they tutott- irs to I life. nt at r their latq, lOhT, Dllntr. !come orthy , and her Wm. was re the n the ge to 't for, Sin" flan ifined Ina% I. point Lad, ..ed ho': ' REBELL/0X IN 7R. cARNAtze. It appears by letters from India, which came by the overland difpatch received yefterday, that the difaffaled Polygars, who have for fome time pall produced fo much fervice for our troops, arc again in motion.; and unhappily they teem to have obtained at different times, and par ticularly of late, fome advantages over the corps fent againft them. Letters front Bombay, of the 23d Auguft, con tain the following intelligence on this fubjeCl: " The Polygars are again in ferions rebellion. Our troops, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Aosrw, have been obliged to entrench themfelvcs near to Adam's Bridge, communicating with Ceylon, being hemmed in by a force laid to amount to 15,0c0 men ; and there mifcreants have &lint fed hand.bills tin oagh the Carnatic, inviting all the other Polygars to join them. They are well armed, fupplied, no doubt, from the arfenal of SeringapaN:m by thole traitors to their King and cviintry, whole diabolical proceedings have but lately been difcovered." Letters of the fame date contain the following intelligence Four hundred officers and privates of the 74th regiment embark to-morrow morning, on board the David Scott, Captain Gin; for Tranquebar; it is expeaed fnc will IA immediately, in company with the BKITANNIA, Capt. STOUT, and the CLA RISSA, Captain JAMES, both of which carry fol lowers and baggage. " Report IpeJlo; of a revolution in Cubul, and of the death of ZEMAN SHAW, but letters from Calcutta of the /oth of July do not mention it. Marquis WELLE3LLY WAS expelled to let out for Lucknow about the beginning of this month : it is laid mailers do not go on there fmoothly. " The LEOPARD M. W. Captain SURAIDGI, arrived here from the Red Sea, on the 9th inaant, and the Meackyrs Coat:watt.' s frigate, and many of the tranfports, are expeeted in the end of the ‘‘ Sir HOME ropH•M is gone to Calcutta in the RomNEY, whence it is conjectured another expe dition is on foot." [The firit pats of the above letter from Bom bay mentions the renewal of the infrrtedlicn of the -Polygars. The following letter, which is of a much earlier date, has been communicated to us from another foul ce. It will ferve to explain the nature of - this warfare, and throw fome light on tranfaCtions with which the people of this country receive very little information.] RETRACT OF • LETTER FROM AN OFFICER OF HIS MAJESTY'S 73D REGIMENT. " Camp in tho Ceded Diltridls, about 3 . miles N. E of Currumcondah, May ay, zEor. " We have been employed thefe fix months part in taking polfetTion of the very extenfive country ceded to the Company by his Highnels the Nizam, and when we thoug ht every thing was done, and that we were to go ar to quarters and reit from our labours, a number of refractory Polygars flatted up, and for ihree months part we have not known more than one day's ceffation from march'ng at a time. It is now laid we h.tve done, but the peo ple in th's court: y, called Piilygars, are fo de ceitful and treacherous, that there cannot be any certain conclufion drawn from appearances. In faCt I have lien fo much of it, that I fhall 'exped little or no reft till we get out of the country al together. " In the courfe of our late excurfions, the flank companies of the 73d, fume Sepoys, and :r detach. meat of cavalry, peilormcd one of the lon,geft marches ever to have been done in India by Europeans: we made a march of twelve miles on the morning of the 9th ultimo over the Sandy bed of a river, I sing the only roan ; the afternoon of the fame day, we marched again, and conti. nued marching the whole of that night, and till about to o'clock the fc•llowirtr: morning, when we arrived at our object, being didant 6z miles from the frit viand we moved from, and 5o from.the tall, which ss as perfoimed in 29 hours altogether. ! The time, you will fay, was ,finticient, but you mull know that we had to move with heavy feat ing ladders, carried on Lafcars' fhoulders, and guns over a road, the greater part of which wheeled carii igcs had never before gone. The diftrcfs in the caulk of the night I cannot defcribe to you : the want of water was one of the greatelt, which the dal knels of the night, and the natural fcarcity in th: t part of the country, prevented our finding. The Lafcars dropping dead from under the ladders, the Europeans and Sepoys fainting, and :eft apparently dead on the road, were fights that made me thudder, although pret ty well accultomed to fcenes of the kind within ! there 'aft two or three years. Much to our fads faiaion, the whole of the Europeans recovered and Joined us loon after we got to the place; and the only lel's in ails was among the Lafcars and Sepoys. The great objed eras cffeded, which was the furprifing and taking prifoner a Muffulman, by name Waltobet Caun, who had joined with others in (baking off their allegiance to the Com pany. On the appearance of the cavalry, he made Tome thew of relillance, but underflanding the in Pantry were dole behind, kc furl-end-red. " Another night march we bad of twenty miles, in which our fuccefs was equal to the other, but. the people defending themfelven, caufed great flaughter among them, with the lots on our fide of a few natives and honks. An unfortunate, a:id I may fay, melancholy occurrence, has happened to the fouthward, near Pallamcottah, at a place called Pandalamcourchy, and as I am certain you will not hear of it from any public conmiunication, I will detail the heads of it. " Ab tut fix months ago a Polygar Raj di, con fined in t' e fort of Pallamcottah, connived to make his eicape, and the country people, accord ing to a preconcerted plan, took up arms in his defence. " A Major M'Caut.t.r, of the Company's fer• vice, who commanded in that Ration, marched againfl them with what any perfon wonld have thoUght a fufiicicnt force to quell, or oblige them to take to the jungle; much, however, to the allo 'Ailment of every onei they not only Ito theirol ground, but compelled the Major to retreat, after lofing fomehundreds of fepoys killedand wounded. On this intelligence reaching Government, they or-1 dered the light company and one battalion compa ny of the 74th, to reinforce the Major, who was now furrounded in his fort. This handful of En- ropeans (truck fuch a panic into the deluded na Lives, that they immediately fled to the fort of Pandalamcourchy, which had cofi the lives of a number of „officers in taking not twelve months before, and, (range to tell, it had not been pro perly difmantled once. The Major being rein foiced by the Europeans, immediately advanced to the place, and after a few hour.; employed* to make a breach, the (torus commenced, led by Capt. CAMPBELL, of the 74th. The enemy defended them felves defperatcly, the breach was found imprac ticable, and after a bard firuggle our troops were obliged to retire with great tot's , officers and So Europeans killed, ;5 officers and nearly the re- I mainder of the Europeans wounded, betides tie goys killed and wounded in great numbers. Cap tain CAMPBELL was wounded, and had the misfor tune to fee his brother (a fine young man, and Lieutenant in his brother's Company) killed' by his fide, and he is since dead .of his wounds. I forgot to mention, that previous to the attack of the fort, a large body of the enemy, who had re mained on the outfide, and attempted to flop the progrefs of our troops, were charged by the body guard of cavalry, led on by a Lieutenant GRAN r, who commanded them ; they flood very (beady, and killed and wounded a numb 'r of the troopers before they were routed, which they were at lag, ancLa number of them cut up in conf,:quence. 44 Lieutenant Quint was fpcared through the lungs, and a Stibildar of Cavalry, who !lived Lord CORN WALLIS'S life before Seringapat..m, was kill ed. Our !aft accounts mention the arrival of the 77th regiment to the fupport of the detachment, and Colonel Awn w, the Company's Adjutant- General on this coaft, is on hia way to take the command of the troops, when, I make nn doubt, the too much clEed natives will fufrer for their prefumption. There certainly mutt have been fome great mifinanagement in the above bufinefr, and one thing is certain, that on the troops reach ing the breach, and finding it was too high to get ul, tojwithout ladders, there was none to be found, and the gallant fellows attempted to enter it on each other's fhouldere, till the whole were citller killed or wounded." ArAuncia mreL.LIGENCE. MAILS Tfi:S DAY.--W1:41) ARRIVT.D. L': r. • Hamturrh, 0 Dv!hio, I.Vat:r:...ra, 0 Hlinct, 0 N.Av York and Hal irait, 0 FALMOUTH, DEC. 16.—This clay arrived three Packets with Mails, the PRINCESS ELIZAPETH, KIDD, from Jamaica; the Eoa a c is ARLr7 Sprxc, pt, COTESWORTa, filar 0:2 Leeward War is; and the LADY ARABELLA, PottiEus, from 1-fal:fa.x.-1 he Patserss 3..1.12.51if.att filed from tbi phtce on the z4th of Augull, with Mails for the Leeward Itlands and Jartide t, at the later which the arrived on the iotii of Oftt.lyer, paving r ev;ntilly landed the Mails for the Illands,) and :mind there his Ma:jelly's Ihips Cori 3ER L.I.D; Ac CC.sv FURY, TOPAZE, CIRCE, CE4'.BERCS, RETRIUU t IC,N, VOL AGE, SHARK, CALYPSCI, an-1 MLALta ; during her flay there tlic CARNAT/C, SEINF, CRESCI•ST, Arot.i.o arrived ; the received the ,Lill for Eng land and failed on the 2d of l'Zovcrnher, in com pany with his Majelly's APOLLO.—The Loan CHARLES SPENCER 131101 from this place on the 2tft. of September, and arrived at listrhadoes on the sill of (Maher, where the found his Majctly's Chip IlcuaLux ; at Martinique the found the LE VIATHAN, OSPREY, and SURINAM, and aft.cr de livering the Mails at the feveral Leeward lfladns, arrived at Tottola on the fath of Nivernlicr, whence the failed on the tfah, under convoy of his Majelly's (hip SOUTHAMPTON, and arrived this day without fpeaking any vaels on her paffage.— The LADY ARABELLA failed from this prat on the loth of t Ottober, with the American Mails, and artived at Halifax on the loth of November, whence (he failed on the 7th of December, with a Mail and Difpatches for England, and arrived as above. The Pdrengers by the LORD CHAIM! SPENCIR are, ?VII'. BARCLAY, Mr. M`DOS ALI), Mr. DYRR, and Mr. RODOLPH and by th PRINCESS ELIZA. BCTH, Mr. GEORGE KELLARMAN. PORTSMOUTH ' DEC. morning failed a great number of (hips for the Wel Ir.dies. YARMOUTH, Drc. 28.—Sailed for Hltwich,EllC DIANA packet, Captain STEWART, t.l.uiend duty. Sailed the Peace of Yarmouth, Capttia 14,4, xyith goods and palfengers, for Rottct dam. Ar rtvcd from London on the 26th and 27th intl. the Mary, TS/1301EL ; Dove, HORN ; Amy, Q . :lu- TON ; COI:ARM Trader, PLOWMAN ; and I:.Aly, PASIILEV, with goods. The PRINCE OF WALES packet, Captain DEANE, fails for Bremen to re lieve the PRINCE Or WALES packet, Cart. HEARN thc latter takes the mails on Sunday next from Cuxhaven for England. • DEAL, DEC. 28.—Arrived and failed for the River, the Daffier, GLOVER, from Qtebec ; Swift, STARS, from Liffion ; and the trnior, WORT H, from Philadelphia.—Wind S. \l. GRAVESEND, DEC. thc Frnitude, Garmstit ; and Jane. Ross, for Jamaica ; Anna Maria, BECK PR ; and Hopetdee Zcemon, JaNs, for liamburgh. ARRIVED At Covvee....Dareith, Gracelucks, from Cagllaria ; and Prela dent. Fulfhaw, from Stettin. At Lritb—Sally, Oavldfoo, from Hambrt,'. At Courleauz—Amity, Hatebinfon, from Ch:eer..m. In the Dowm—Backhoufe,Hardirqbfrom Surinem and Lisbon GLASGr4 TONTINE LIST. Mercury, Miler, is arrived at Dover, from New lo: k. Vrow Anna, —, at Leith, from Rotterdam. diamburgh Riche, —, at ditto, from liarniattegh. johns, —, at ditto, front ditto. Cane and Mary, —, at ditto, from di••n. Dukc of AUK.% Greif, at Grangemouth, fr UV: I . c. pan. Gtic4by, at dattb, !roux Pacrlbitrz,h. TO MARINERS. For the afety of relicts which are hound for tti4 harbours or rivers in the neighbourhood of Hel goland, and may haveiner. carriA by accident or otherwife to the Northward of that itlitod, A 54.-.1- beacon has been ere!ted on the /and hank, which lies a quartet rf a German mile (a German n:ie is upwards of 4) EnglA) to the South of Ain rum, and the Weft of . the ifiand of Pellworin, and whiOh, in ordinary Bolds, tires five fact above the furface of the water. The height of this Beacon is 6o reef. It is ea lily teen at a diaanen of three German ap pearing .it firtt like a Hoop with a topfail fet. The &aeon an.] the Lighthoufe on Helplam! ire different from cacti other, by a compals devi ating at degrees from N. to W. N. E. by E. f E. 61 German miles, in bearing and diaance. The advantages to Le derived from this Beacon arc as follow : . t. It ferves to point out the 14nd-hanks in that parr. As focn as it can be clidiatly feen from the ckck, the veffel mu!t not approach nearer; for then the founding; will he from fir to five fa thoms, and the thitance two German miles. 2. The Beacon may ferve alfo as an excellent mark for enabling vcilels to regulate their courfe. When it is fern tuo German miles Ea:l, by the compafs, it gives the following courfes and dif tances ; regard being always had to the Rate and diredion of the tide : Courfe. Diftence. To the !nand of I lelzolancy, - S. W. et - - °titration Red ru .y of of the Elbe, S. W. 7 - - Black Buoy of the c. & E. s Elder, - - ' • Red Buoy of the He- & E.by & 3 vet • • Ir. , c; Buoy of the & E.{ & if ; Schnial-deep, - - N. E. iB. 41 - Lilhr Jeep. 3. The Bcac'n further (*ems as a principal mark fur directing the navigation to thefe Deeps and Rivers. To rpake the Se:mai-deep—the Beacon mull be !mous:it t' N. E. E. beat ing from the veffel ; and this courie mutt be kept till within a Gorman mile of the Beacon, where the Pellworm Old Tower bearing E. by E. thettutermoft black buoy of the Sehmal-deep will be .found in 41 fathom water. In clear weather, the Beacon may be brought within an eighth of the compafs to the Eafl of the otttermoft corner of Amrum, and the l'ellworm OM Tower, bewist North and. South Oog, but nearer tti the tit ft, in the proportion of one to ttA o. To make the Hever-let the Beacon be brought two German miles to the Edit then let the above mentioned.cout le S. E. by S. be kept, till Ntnth hat (thatii, the N. W. of the land of Eider!led) is teen E. S.T. or till the church and neeple of Nreiler-bevzr hecome clear of the land downs. nice the Beacon, which can there be datindly teen, bearing N. by the compars, the ontermolt red buoy of the Hever will be dikorcred. To make the Eider—let ihe Beacon be brougl t twcr German miles to the Eall, and let the courfe !)e. S.S.E. till the r.nicnn dirappears to the Noith.' The land-downs of LitiVrited wia then be dilio vet.2l, alai tlic. cotirre mull be continited ft) long to the t-irmtliv..)r.), in from 1. to 7i fathoms water, tilt the two Beacclis on Slid hoii or at St: Peter ap pear in a flrai : ilit hoc E. N. E., when the outer moll buoy will he ken. In the (trot: manner the Beacon is of advantage ror making the Litier-dezp : for as loon as it elf. ppears t :he S nta, the jaunt Silt it. d (covered; and when the cuiddle el this irtand, caiied Rothe. tit, appears in the no, the cottrfc may be di. reaLti Northt.atd v.:ty near the coafl, till the Northern point of it is reached ; the% turring to the E. and S. E. good anchorage may be found behind Lid. Pis MajAy's (hip WootAitca, of ++ guns, has been ltopp:d at the Mire, and ordered to take in Rores and pruviiions immediately for foreign fer. ' r vice. • The NARCISSUS will wait till the mink of the Treaty between France and England is known be. fore flie fails with the Difpatehes for Egypt. • Tuefday morning, arrived in Leith Roads, the Lyme (loop of war from a eruize. Tuefday arrived at Leith, the RAIIVIR, Capt. WrATHIMLY, frrm Peter(hurgh, and &vent other vetfels f.nm the I.l.lltic. The Captains of thefe fhip, report, they have had very boilterous and dita•4rerable v•eatht:r. Ci;ilrVe:inertitly art iv , xl at Leith, the Sally, Capt. DAVIDSON, flow) 11.tmbnrgh, and Hazard, Capr. Ctvo unit N, from I).intzie, both which veffels woe pot to the fon,/tward, and have been detained by rl:e prevailing northerly winds. They report that leverul other velfels, alit) detained, may be hourly expeaed. The Frederick Willem, —, from Riga to Lon inn, k on Ihore on Gothland. The Ji.liana, —, of Hamburgh; John, DRAICr. from Memel for Dublin; and theßritannia SHAM'. from Peterfbnrgfur London, are 101 l on Bornholm.: The Chi ifliana, SE PT1,4119, from Batavia for Copenhagen, is on Ihoi c on Anhalt, and full of water. The Uriana, Mestztrs, that was on (bore in the Baltic, is got off, and put into Copenhagen to rat. The Bnr.wick, S !EVART, from DClll2l'2l'2 for London, is got into Ramfgatc, difmaßesi, after being on the Goodwin Sands. The Swallow, —, from Yarmnitth for Gqinfli bra', was lull on the i sB. and all the crew. The Mary, Isf , D:.ntat.n, from Seville fur Lon dnn, is t into Ramfgate, with five feet water in her helel, after being nil Sandwhaff Flats. The Riling San, —, horn Bremen for Lon den, is put into —, with fivc feet water in liar We arc foriy it is not in cur power to ennArm the intelligence in moo of the papers of yesterday, rsf the fate arrival of tliz DILJT,' at Portfmouth. The rnillake mole from a part of the patiengets that came in the Der. r from Egypt to Gibraltar, having been briright home in the TIR US T• ; as they fent letters nn tkore, it was reported the DI t t r bad arrival.