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Ir• A, r • Iur.;•~ Litt' C 6.• D COL'. t. I! cGr:t; : t nch, : st -• fur : , . rfed -. uar„a COVENT4IIWiII .7711,F41.71RE. N my h a . inks :aunts, I back. nbard. into a Frac!: N.)s of s from is had : ex of le, has deka, low; IT, lad :nu the the d a nat While the Play of .Richird Id's is rtprefented i t . n ow is at this Theatre, it muff continue to command full honfel. Mr. COOKE IS doubtlefs heft .Riebard that has appsated in London fince clays of GAUICK and Mrnnsason. In Come slies of the Play we Via he never was furpaffed. We may inftance the Soliloquy, beginning with— • 'Twas her cacti& to avoid met' r the laft fcene w ith Lady Aiiie j the whole of the IVth Ad; and fame part of the Vth. At the fame time we fear t h a t be dues not put forth all his ftrength iti tome rots of the character. Like Mr. KEMBEE, he is fond of negleaing the Metre. He might imitate Mr. lEsseact with a better !Sea in his judicious • h e for he is fometimes fo quick in Ina replies, ; j b at he appear: as if he had !cost them by heart. In Toni of his cadences we would differ from him, We think. he fhould fpeak in a commanding tone when he lays, 4 , Unmannered Have ! *and thou where I command." He utters thofe words in an int tive fenfe. Mr. BE made too much of Terp. He appeared more as a Spm. , ker than a Narrator. The part of Hen VI. was never more correaly and feelingly play ed , than it was by MURRAY. Of Mrs. LivoisiELD Lady Anne, we cannot fay lets. Her powers of voice are very ftriking. Pops did great J uflice to Rkhitiond. The whole • play indeed i s well raft ; but we are lorry to fee the Lard Mayor of London exhibited in a manner more cal culated to excite ridicule than command refped. By the appOhnment of the Right Hon. Mau- RICE }ITZGEEALD, Knight of Kerry, to be one of the Lords of the Treafury in Ireland, a vacancy' occurs at the Revenue Board there, which, it is Laid, will be filled by one of the ROWLEY family. Letters patent have been paired under the Great Seal of Ireland for promoting the Rev. GEORGE de la posh BERESFORD, LL. 1). Dean of Kilmore, to the united Billtopricks of Clonfert and Kilmac duaglf, void by the death of the Right Rev. Dr. MATHEW Younc, late Bifhop thereof. The KING has been pleated to dire& that the Marines be immediately augmented five corn panics. This augmentation, which makes the number of the companies amount to 540, increafes tech to 140 privates, leaving Rill too fupernume raries. It is raid, that the Lords of the Admiralty have in contemplation to recommend to our Sovereign to augment the number of Field Officers of the Marine Corps, and alto its retired or invalid efta bliihment. ...... It appears by the Adjutant-General's returns, that the number of troops in the pay of Great Bri htin on the 24th December, 1800, amounted to 168,082. The Marines, being in the Admiralty department, are not included ; but that corps, confining of 23,370, encreafes our effedive mili tary force to 191,452, exclufive of the numerous Volunteer Corps, which do not receive pay from Covertunent.—The Military Ellabliatment of Ire kW, as Rated by Lord CASTLEREAGH, on the loth of February, ppears as follows :—Regulars 4039, Militia 27/104, and Yeomanry 539557, amounting to 126,500, which makes the Military Ellabliihment of the United Kingdom 317,951 men. The Naval Eftablifliment comprifes s 20,000 men, including 21,870 Marines, which latter are al ready taken into account; but Bating the failors, on account of the late imprefs, &c. at too,ooo, our force will be found to confilt of 417,952 men. A letter from Stockholm mentions, that the ob icet of the King of Swirostes journey to Peterf burgh is to form arrangements with the Imperial Paul. to the following elicit : " t. A Treaty of Armed Neutnlity by Sea. " a. A Treaty of Commerce insween Raffia and Sweden. 3. A Convention, by which the Emperor of Ruffin and Majetty agree and bind thernietws allays to adopt untioesa meafures in tistir politial relations with ►rance, Aultria • and Leglold." A letter from the Hague, dated December 37, Lys One of the lateft letters from Paris Rates, that peace is already finned between France and Auftria, and that Me prefence of General SIM sect lORTEM at Paris would contribute particularly, in concert with the Court of Berlin, loon to fpread the bleflings of peace all over Europe." It was on Saturday reported that advice had been received front India of the total defeat of the army of &INDIA, with the lots of ao,ooo men. We are extremely lorry to learn, by private let ten received yefterday, the confirmation of the death of Mr. Brno, a coufin of Mr. Wiegman, who was killed in the battle of the lath near Salz burg. This Gentleman was a Volunteer in the Anitrian fervice, and a great favourite with the, Archduke Jo lts about whole perfon he was chief. lY employed. - about Brno in his scal fur the ter' vice ventured too far beyond the general line of aaiun, when he was met by fame French Chafreurs, eho cut him to pieces. Alxlallah is not the title which Mum,. affumes. He calls himfelf Afloat:hi. Tile Bilhop of Liscoxe has received a letter from Mr. Profeffor CARLYSLI, of the Univerfity of Cambridge, informing him, that he has era mired the Lib r ary in the Ser aglio at Conflanti nople, and that it does not contain one menu kript in the Hebrew, Greek, or Latin Language. Signior PAIC4L C 441 LLiz, the firft violin at the Madrid Opera-houfe, lately performed at the Theatre de la Republique, in Paris. It was a con certo of Ms return which he attempted for his firli tray • but he was Co much billed, that he ran aury ' from the oreheftra. The fined Fos-chace of the prefent feafon was run by his Grace the Duke of GRAFTON'S hounds, n Monday fennight ; they nnkennelled their for Fakenhant Wood, in Suffolk, run him alnioft without check to New Buckenham, in Norfolk, where they killed him in the firft Ryle, after a thace of four hours and a half, over between fifty and fiety miles of trying ground. The following melancholy accident took place NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, JANUARY to. Arrived this evening the Fty {loop of war, with the following Ihips under convoy—Ceres, TODD ; Scarborough, SCOTT; Betfey, HOOPER ; and Hind, Crrunp, for Bengal; Hamilton, HUNDSEAN, for New Providence ; Aurora, LAWSON ; Racier, WILSON, Nelfon, ELLISON ; Governor Dalzel, Meamett ; Nafrau, MILES; Anderfon, Mom.tv ; and a fchooner, —, for Africa. Alfo, the American ihip Bolton Packet, Capt. STRONG, from Cowes fur Philadelphia, with falt and Geneva. Returned, the brig Pollard, BROWNE, that failed for Naples with the Malta convoy, which the left this morning off the Lizard, and it is fuppofed they would weather the Scilly Iflands. Late this evening arrived the MARY packet, Captain THOMPSON, in 24 days from New York. No packet had arrived there horn England. The only paffenger was Mr. PLACE. Wind S. by W. PLYMOUTH, JANUARY 10. Came in the Fortuna, Captain MILLER, from Morlaix to Lithon, laden with paper and linen, de tained by the FANNY armed brig, of 14 guns, but time liberated ; the FANNY was left under a prefs of fail on the Bth inftant, in Chace of a French con voy from Morlaix. Arrived the Venerable, Captain HAY ; and the Abo, Captain Tacravitam, both from Riga, with naval (toms. Sailed the EXCELLENT, of 74. guns, Captain BTOPFORD, to join the fleet. Came in a French lugger, called the Marie Anne, from Brell, bound to Bourdeauz, laden with filh, taken on the 27th ult. by his Majeßy's Ihip CANADA, Of 74 guns, Capt STRACHAN the paffed in the Channel, a French !loop, prize to the MA- Gamma, of 36 guns, and a Well Indiaman, re taken by the INDEFATIGABLE, of 38 guns. Came in the Nerina, Wtoo wI, And the Gußaff, VEITCH, both from Riga, with naval Rorer. Sailed the Maim, of a guns, Capt. 'roam, on a cruize. JANUARY 11. Came in the Piuffian galliot Waakzamkiet, Cap tain DAVID MICKEI.LS, from Lubeck, bound to Lilbon, with a cargo-of hemp, deals, Bcc. the was cut out of-QUiberon Bay by the NILE cutter, Lieutenant ARG La s. Arrived the Loan NELSON cutter, of sz guns, from a cruize ; alfo a French (loop, laden with wine, brandy, &c. taken by the MAGIC! ENNE fri• gate, of 32 guas; an American brig, from Te nerife laden with wine, bound to London. Sailed the ItistaxiaLE, of 64 guns, for Ireland. Came in the fhip Coale, of London, Captain RAwsoN, from Surinam, with fugar, coffee, and cotton, bound to London : fhe was captured on the - 26th ult. in lat. 49. 40. long. 56. o. by the Arreige French privateer, of 18 guns, and on the 3d inflant, was fo near the fhore off Rochelle, that the French prize mailer and people hoifted out the . long boat and yawl, to get allifianee from the laud ; in the mean time Mr. ANDERSON, the mate who was left on board, together with a black fervent, threw the top-fails to the malls, and backed her from the fhore s the Frenchmen obferring this, at tempted to regain the fhip, but they were not per mitted, and in about an hour and a half after, fhe was fo in poffeffion of the mate and man, that a boat from his Majeßy's fhip Mao:moms, of 32 guns, bore down and took her in charge i the Frenchmen fared themfelves by running into Ro. chelle. Sailed the HSURRUX, of so guns, Captain BLAND, .on a cruize. PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY IL The ALERT cotter, Lieutenant CLARK, has re. taken and lent into this port, the Sufann ab , Bit at. TON, from St. Kitt's to 'London, which had been captured by the Renard French privateer. The BRUNSWICK and VaNGIANCE, of 74 guns each, lying in ordinary at this port, are ordered to be repaired fur commillion. The gale early op Wednefday has occafioned the following vac's or their cargoes, to receive da mage on their padage from the Downs for this port, viz.— Indultry, Sutton; Expedition. Ryden U'hestatelf, sn ver ; and Appkdram, Stroud, from London to Peramouth. with wheat and sour. Frederick, Unonius, from Riga to Portfmoutli, with malts. Sincerity, Badcock, from Landon to Portfmouth, with groceries. AEtive, Williams, from Sunderland to Portfmouth, with cosh. ' Unity, Babel, from Loudon, to Po: eknouth, with wheat and four. Welcome, Sharp, from Landon to Workington, with wheat Mary, Brno. n, from Lynn to I.lxerpnol.with Larky; Lively, Conine, from London to Swanka, with barley. Newburgh, Winter, from London to My/mouth, with wisest ; William and Mary, Age, front Laudon to Swanfes,with lOarley. SHEERNESS, JANUARY rt. Sailed this day, his Majelty's Rore-dip Wool.- wicm, Captain Jaantios, for Portfmouth ; the Gitc brig, Captain Rassai.t., for Yarmouth; and the ALARM, of 36 guns, Captain Roia.ss, for Long Reach. wg• AAA t t AVIV. I ACT_ MADRAS, AUGUST r 3. On Sunday morning arrived his Majelly's fhip Ataossairr, Captain Ossouts, from the north ward, accompanied by her prize, the French pri vateer, l'Uni, Captain Honout, f 32 guns, 6, 9, and [ft-pounders, and having on board 240 Euro ans, and a number of Caffnes and men of colour. The ARROGANT fell in with l'Uni to the north ward of Mafulipatam, and took her after a chace of eight hours at the fame time retook the (hip Friendfhip, Captain MOORE from Bengal for this port : the Friendfhip had been captured by l'Uni on the preceding day. had alto cap tured the fhip Helen. Captain SrEwstr, on the day (he failed from thefe Roads for China, and bad fent her to Mauritius :—One cheft of Trea fure, taken in the Helen, had been fhifted on board the privateer, and has been retaken. Captain HODOUL, in addition to the above . prizes had taken three brigs, one an Englifh . privateer from the Cape, commanded by Captain DAVID SMART; another brig called the Bee, and a third under . Danifh colours, bound from this port ibr Mafuli patam. Captain STEWART, of the Helen, was on board the privateer when captured by the Aug oaar. L'Uni is a beautiful and fall-failing wad, in every terra fit for his Majelly's fervice. PROM THE CARE TOWN GAZrrTE. [Wc gave in our Pape of Wednefdsy, an Amount of a very gallant Aellon fought by Captain Gordon ' commanding the Itore-lhlp Wadley, hound to the Cape of Good Hope, with Naval and other Stores, on account of Govan/gent. We have fusee- received a Cape Town Gazette, of the a7th of Septeinber, which contains an Ettrad from Capt. Gordon's Journal of the Attica, which we are convinced cannot but prove interelting and Latisfseory, more particularly u that Adtlon adds to the number of thole, during the pre fent War, which have railed the Charadter of BritiSh Sea men to loch a proud pitch of fuperiority both of couraga and OHL] a On the 9th of Auguff, in lat. 22. S. long. 35 W. near the parallel of Rio Janeiro, was chafed by a large thip, on her nearer approach, found the was a heavy frigate, and I made no doubt French, having t 3 very long guns on each fide on her gun deck, a white female _figure head, and a !landing bowfprit, making an angle of 75. As the Wel- , lefley fails very heavily , knew it was in vain to at- ' tempt an efcape by running, and as foon as the fhip was clear for adion, fhortened fail, down fludding fails and flay fails, in booms, &c. At half pall (even A. M. be hoifted French National Colours and Pendant, at the fame time he fired a gun to leeward, of which we took no notice until perfedly clear below. At eight A. M. hauled the, main-fail up, hoifted our colours, and fired a gun with fhot to windward, acquainting them that we were Britifh, and had (hot to maintain the honour of the flag then hated. As yet a (hot had not been exchanged between us, the enemy keeping right in our wake, as if intending to board us, his forecaflle and tops full of men, his-round houfe alto covered with people as markfmen, who by their manner of ramming, Teemed to have rifles. A few minutes after we had hoifted our colours, the enemy fired a round and g. ^e !hot from a bow-gun, one of the grape fell c ¢ the quarter deck, the round (hot going clear of the (hip a head. _ " At half-paft eight, finding the enemy near enough for a warm reception (all our guns being (hotted with round and grape), ordered the helm a-port, and fent down on the gun;deck an order, that as loon as their objet came in full view, to take good aim for the water line, and return the fire in round and grape as fail as they could load and fire ; which was loon done, and I believe with good effeet, as the top-men bundled down, and thofe on the round-houfe retired for ffieltir. The enemy not wifhing a repetition in the fame direc tion (having received it a raking fire), put his helm-a-port, taking a fair birth abreaft of us at pillokhot dillance, hauled up both courfes toge ther, and a warm exchange of ice un til about nine, when finding the enemy not return ing the fire fo bride as at firll, thought he meditat ed boarding us, but loon found that he wished to get clear of us. On obferving that was his intention, fent down orders on the gun deck to load with two round in each gun (having no double headed-(hot) and aim at his mails, but did not fucceed in this ob )(A • and having got his flarboard tacks on board wtth little vifible damage, I knew the ufeleffnefs of a chace, At half pall nine, called all hands on deck, andgeve him threecheers doubled, which he did not return ; and on mullering the crew found, that not a fingle foul on board was hurt. Our fails and rigging were confider Ably damaged ; we received fevers' fhots in the tides, and one between wind and water, but did not pars through. Having re vere' of the enemy's shot on board, found that he carried French x s pounders, as the round weighs illbs. Englifh. I was ably fupported by every officer, feaman, landfman, and paffenger on board. No backwardnefs; no difmay at the apparent fix. periority of the enemy. The Lafcars were ani mated by the etample of the Europeans, and the Chinamen were all ching, ching. Some of the lick, hardly able to fiend, appeared at quarters. The (picked and able affillance of the patfengers, defkrves my srarmelt acknowledgements. Cornet Locesa of the 9th Light Dragoons, Metrs. Ducats. and }lAlus's affillance, 1 at firti meant to ufe at (mall arms, but finding our guns on which our chief dependance lay were weakly man ned, they readily went to affitt there.; anti with Mr. Di:caves altitant, and (even farmers, were , of the moll etTential fervice. Before the enemy quitted us, the guns had been fo well ferved, that they began to jump and break the bre;chings.— Finding we did not attempt a ufelefs chace, about noon he wore, laid his head on the fame direition with us, hauled up all his head-fails, Ibifted his foretop fail-yard very brifkly, made fail, and near ing us very fall, we expeEted to renew the fire, but as be came up, he edged away. " At eleven P. M. by a clear moon, faw him on the (larboard-beam about three or four miles of; and although we carried deering-fails, and every fail we could all night to get fouthing, he his main-top-fail to the malt ; but finding we neer ed right for him, lie filkd, and juft kept us in fight all next day, and till Tuefday the lath, yawn we loft fight of him. " On Friday the tsth, a large (liiq bust down upon us, which, from the appearance of her Ails, we fuppofed to be the fame, but on fecognizing us, the took another route. The Wendley mounts I a nine, and to fix-pounders, and is punned moftly with Lafcars and Chinamen." Captain O'Bairw, who dillinguiliseel liiratelf eta the anion with DE Witircs, soffCarnperdown, by his gallant command of the MONARCO, has been appointed to the Sea Fencible proteeliou off the coaft - of Hants. The naval fuperintendanc,e of the Effex coaft is vacant by this promotion. The India Compauy's late •fhip the Pant cssr RorAt, which was captured by a French frigate in India, has been carried to and fold at, the Danillt fettlement of Tranquihar fur thirty thoulituil dollars. Admiral &AN sy's fquadron in the EaR Indies has taken the Moossts frigate of 28 guns, which had been fitted out at Bourdeaux to cruize in tho Indian fem. Several Teals have Arrived in France from Egypt. They completed their voyage from Alex andria to Toulon in eighteen days, having left Alexandria the 7th, and arrived nt Toulon the 25th of December. The Fortune, PINGSFAVER, from Algiers, is taken by a French privateer, and carried into Malaga. The Southo, Stout, from Smyrna to London, is taken by a French privateer, and carried into Malaga. The Induilry, %swim., from Hull to the Bal tic, is loft on the Skaw. Crcw Paved. The Iris, Baaaosatuao, from Stettin to Lon• don, is loa on the coaft of Holland. On Sunday fe'nnight arrived in the harbour of Bella(}, the Sally, from New York, with a ‘ large cargo of Indian corn, meal, and flour, Sco. Thg Clyde, M'CALL, is arrived in the Clyde, from Martinico. _ A letter from Brighton, relates the following circumfiance :—The Richard, of Bridgewater, laden with wheat, principally in bulk, made a vaR deal of water, which from the nature of the cargo, it was found impoffible to get under. At length, after hating beat about for Tome time, the anchor► ed near the entrance of Shoreham harbour, but the leakage encreafing during the gale on Sunday fe'nnight, the on the following day cut both cables, and run upon the beach, about four miles from Brighton, the crew being happily caved, together with part of the wheat, which was laft Friday fold near the wreck on the average of 20S. per quarter. Saturday fe'nnight about two o'clock P. M. as the long boat belonging to an American Ihip, riding in Leith Roads, was on the patfage for the harbour, with the Captain, Mate, two Tailors, an Excite and Cuftom-houfe Officer, a fudden (quail came on, and the overfet. The Culioni-boufe of. ficer, who has but one band, was driven a con fiderable diftance from the boat, to which, with her keel uppermoft, the ether five clung. Cap tain Sams of tl)e Sas. coualto gun-boat, then in the Roads, obferving the accident, immediately manned his boat, and fent her to their alliftance, and the loon came up with the perfons who had got on the keeL The Captain, however, called out to them to go and fare the old man at a dif tance in the Ertl place, who providentially laid hold of an oar that was paffing him. They did fo, and afterwards returned to the boat, and brought the whole fir fafe into Leith. A curious circumftance took place on board thq Rove'. WILLIAM at Spithead, which at firft wan by our tailors cenfidered an unfavourable omen for the Union. On new Year's bay the ROYAL WILLIAM having hoifted the new Royal Standard s fired Royal Salute, but in hauling down the Royal Standard, the lanyards by which it was fufpended gave way, the Standard fell overboard, funk In the deep, and difappeared. On the gth s however, when the flip was unmooring, the fur prize of the crew may be conceived when they found the loft flag fait entwined round the anchor ! On Saturday morning, about two o'clock, the inhabitants of Bridgewater Gardens were alarmed by a dreadful explefion, when feveral perfons (tart. ed from their beds in the utmoft confufion, parti. cularly a woman the brought to bed of a male child, flew with the fame in her arms into the ftreet. After inquiring into the caufe, it appeared that in a inching bottle for old iron near Brick. lane, Old-ftreet, a cannon had been thrown into furnace, in which there was a charge of powder and ball. When heated it exploded, and the ball dropt in Golden-lane, a diftanee of half a mile.-- We arc happy to learn it did no other damage than forcing its way through three or four brittle tenements. Yellerday afternoon an over-drove cm entered the back yard of Beow a's hotel, in•Alie-Greet, Goodman's-fields, when the family were juft going to fit down to dinner; fcveral perfons endeavour ed to turn him out, but in fpitc of every effort be forced himfelf into the houfe ; the pillage being narrow, he could not be turned out. The affriglif; ed animal, feting an opening before him, which defeended into the cellar, went on, when he tum bled head foremoft to the bottom with a dreadful noire *by the breaking of the flair-cafe and the roaring that the poor creature made. The alarm of the people of the hoofs was beyond defcription terrific; tome butchers arriving allayed their fears, by haltering the bead and craning him out of the cellar. On Friday a Baker's covered barrow or truck s with 135 loaves of new bread. was (topped by twp informers in the Borough, and carried to Union Hall, under authority of the law which forbids the Pale of bread within a given period. The Baker s by his Counfel, contended, that the bread in clue. tion was neither fold nor expofed f or t ale, and did