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TIIEATRES. E.—After the Opera 01 /1 Barkiere Lturday r.ight, a •iew Ballet was FAVIER, called La Fee Urgele. dresses are splendid, but the Piece an indifferent reception. -The performances of Ways wad Is of Clyde, and The Sleeping I a most pleasant evening's enter beam, and each was highly ap- 3.--The favourite Opera of The Is on Saturday acted for the first tre. Mr BRATIAM, as the Comnt his meat powers with admirable descriptive of the drawings he gave animation ; and his singing, though leave the action which accompanied he audience testified the highest de s rapturously encored. " Tho' love received the same honour, as did URUSET, " Rest, weary Traveller;", other efforts were equally success items, as the Countess, wit.; exceed •; she introduced the following new by BISHOP, in which she was rap !: child. thy little heart nor forget the F og of sorrow ; 11 gentle balm impart ou shalt careless wake to-morrow, r fear lett harm betide thee, nother wakes beside thee. Id calm a parent's sigh, r thee and joy a stranger ! Id close a mother's eye rag o'er her child in danger? &C. tracters were for the most part sus • .at ability. MinisEr as the Lover, oraldi, FAWCETT as Marcelti, and Manellt's simple servant, contributed uccess of the performance, and the Lounced for repetition on Thursday .pplause. RA-HOUSE.-MATTHEWS may indeed mpletely " at Home" in his truly ex ince at this Theatre. Never certa►nly D truly felicitous or effective produced ded exertions of an individual as the hibitions here presented to the Public clebrated and inimitable Comedian. light the house was again literally le most elegant and respectable de mpany, and the universal applause iciently proved the delight imparted Lique and fascinating species of en- DER, Mrs. SALMON, MISS STEPHENS, , and Mr. BRAIIAM, give their power the Gr.snd Selection of Music to be Thursday next, at the Opera-House, benevolent Society instituted for the yed Musicians, their Widows, and KEAN . S late tour in the North, he per nuch approbation at Aberdeen. Here the humble retainers of the Theatre, had before known in better plight : a man's acted the younger Prince in gird, and through that medium, KEAN, cacy conveyed to the father a present of token of auld langsyne! Previous to his r. KEAN was waited on by some of the ble gentlemen of the City, inviting him !eting ; he was unable, however, to ac. pier, from the necessity of fullfilling his at Edinburgh. night presented a novelty at the Edin :—lionteo and Juliet and Paul and Vir- KEAN and Mrs. H. SIDDONS! Curiosity and the 'louse was a bumper, notwith nclemency of the weather. The attrac ening evidently was to hear KEAN sing! were not long held in suspense. The in Paul and Virginia evinced his vocal he first stanza wacyarmly cheered. s.—The fineness of the weather during of yesterday filled those delightful pro a numerous concourse of visitors. The ironged with persons of the first rank in carriages and on horseback, and the re equally frequented by groups of pe full feather. All was gaiety and plea out half-past three o'clock, when a most of hail and sleet suddenly put an end Lres of the scene. Beal , : and Belles, who tinutes before been sauntering along with fect indifference to any change of wea ten, sans ceremony, flying in all direct : themselves nom the " pelting ,of the ..ATOFF.—The following account of the fil lies of Count PLATOFF, late Hetman of the ks, is from the Petersburgh Court Gazette : atitude for the glorious manner in which the de .nded the Cossacks, 71 r.umber of staff and superior i the coffin, with the body, by turns, from the )f Nwstotscherkask to the Cathedral Church. The raiicting procession passed between the Don Cos rere drawn up in two lines, with their standards, well as a great number of people, had come un it remotest tutdements, out of gratitude to the &•- distance from the country-wat to the Cathedral its. The procession, was led by half a squadron of of Alarnae with three can: on ; then followed the by six horses ; on the lid of the coffin lay the dress igrette of diamonds, the sabre, and the sash." L W. PREsToN, Esu.—Friday the re. lat distinguished Freemason were interte 's Cathedral. The funeral was of the most description, consisting of a hearse and six coaches, followed by six gentlemen's ear wbich were three Baronets, Alderman In consequence of the rain, the female elonging to the Freemasons' Charity were follow in procession, but mustered at St. I returned to the house of the deceased and wine and cake. The deceased left 13001. ributed as follows:-3001. to the Masons' nd, 5001. in support of the Female Charity ad the interest of 3001. annually to be paid 11-diFposed Mason who could work the first, nd third degree, in his lecture during his p. Mr. PR ESTON su ff er ed from ill n e ss four nine months, and was sezenty -six years of -hre of which he had been actively engaged ar7 capacity in the King's Printing Office. LATE INTELLicEiva. COURT OF CHANCERY, APRIL 11. most STRANGE OCCURRENCE. In the course of the morning, while the LORD CHANCELLOR was hearing a cause, a woman, de cently clad, obtained admittance to the Court, and seating herself near the register, seized upon the gold bag containing the seals, and exclaiming that she came to demand justice, declared that she would not part with the seals till his Lordship had done her right. The officers were preparing to turn her out, but his Lordship desired, that if she conducted her self quietly, she might be allowed to remain. She said no more till. his Lordship rose. The instant he had quitted the Court, followed by his officers, she seized the mace and ran off with it. She was promptly followed, but it was not without a violent struggle she restored the insignia of his Lordship's authority. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, APRIL is. THE KING V. GENERAL GORE. The defendant in this case, it will be recollected, was Governor of Upper Canada. At the Sittings after last Term, he was found guilty of publishing a libel reflecting on the character of Dr. 'I horpe, who was Chief Justice of the Colony. The evidence called at the trial to prove the libel and its publication, was Mr. Serjeant Firth, who was the Attorney-General of the Colony. Mr. Serjeant Firth stated, that he recollected being at the Government House, in the apartment where official business was always tran sacted ; the Governor and himself only were present; the Governor then shewed him the pamphlet in ques tion, which was of a political nature. He could not say whether this was an official communication ; he thought it was not, because he had no orders subse quently to proceed upon the pamphlet—he consi dered it as a confidential communication—he did not believe the Governor would have made the com-1 munication had the witness not held the situation of Attorney General. This was all the evidence of publication. Mr. Serjeant FIRTH now applied for a new trial, on the grounds that there was no evidence of publi cation ; the Governor had made a communication to the Attorney General, it was true, but in doing so he had. done no more than his duty ; he was bound to communicate to the first L.vw Officer of the Crown, just arrived in the Colony, not only all he knew of the political character of individuals, but also all he surmised. In this instance it was a confidential, of ficial, and privitedged information, and therefore could not. be made a subject of criminal prosecution. Mr. SCARLETT, who was .2ounsel for Dr. Thorpe, said his client had no personal feeling . towards Gen. Gore. He had, however, received an impression on his mind, which he would be most happy to have removed ; that impression was, that though General Gore might not himself actually have written the i pamphlet, yet that he had furnished the materials which compoAd it to the writer. If General Gore would make an affidavit denying that tact, and stat ing that he knew nothing of the contents till he re ceived the pamphlet from Quebec, and that he had only shewn it to the Attorney General officially, then he would press the question no further. Mr. Serjeant COPLEY said, he had no doubt General Gore would do this. The Court recommended the defendant to consider this proposition, and in the mean time granted the rule to shew cause, which is to remain open to enable the parties to communicate. THE KING V. ALEX. MILNE AND OTHERS. This was an indictment against the ilefendalits, who were appointed to carry into effect the provisions of the act for making . a new street from Pall-mall to the New Road, charging them with a conspiracy to in jure Mr. Pitt, the surveyor, of the Adelphi. The case was tried at the Sittings of the last Term, and the prosecution was conducted by Mr. Pitt in person. The defendants were acquitted. Mr. Pitt appeared in Court again this day, to move that this verdict of acquittal should be set aside. He put in a petition and an affidavit, the substance of which went to state, that a house in the Hay market, respecting which it was insinuated on the trial that he had been guilty of some mal-practices, did not come Within the New-street Act ; and that, even if it did, that transaction, whatever it might have been, had taken place in 1816 ; whereas the conspi racy which he imputed to the defendants had taken place in 1815, and had been so proved by five re spectable witnesses. He also urged, that however questionable the conduct of the defendant might be, the persons whom he accused of crimes were not the less culpable. This doctrine, he stated, had been ably supported iii the cases of Lord Cochrane and others. The Court was of opinion that there was no ground whatever for the motion, and ihat the defendants, if tkey had acted erroneously at all, did so in being too lenient in their treatment of Mr. Pitt. THE KING V. CAPLTLE. The Defendant in this case appeared on the floor, to move that his recognizances might be discharged, upon the gr ound that he had attended to take his trial in Court during the last Term ; but that his prosecutors had not thought proper to proceed. The Court referred to the recognizance of the De fendant, which was only personal, and in the usual form, calling upon him to attend the Court day by day, and not depart without license. Their Lord ships then referred to authorities upon these subjects, when Lord ELLENBOROUGH addressed the Defendant as follows By a rule of this Court, your recogni zance remains in force for four Terms at least ; but one Term has expired since you entered into that re cognizance ; therefore, you are not now entitled to a discharge." Mr. Carlile—" When I entered into the recogni zance, there was no written document produced. Mr. Justice BAYLEY—" There never is ; but re cognizances are always, after they are taken, reduced to writing."—The Defendant then withdrew. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. BEST V. WILSON. This was a case in which a rule was moved for to shew cause why the warrant of attorney granted to the defendant should not be annulled. The plaintiff, aged sixty, being at a fashionable watering-place, formed a connexion with the defendant, who was a widow, and agreed to give her a large settlement, which he accordingly did in his will. Understand ing, however, that. the provision he had made for her in his will would not, under the peculiar circum• 1 tances of the case, be considered vali t in a Court of Law, he revoked that part of the will; and gave her a deed and warrant of attorney, by which he se cured to her an annuity of 400/. for life, and also 1001. to a daughter she had by her firt husband. Soon after this some quarrel took place, in conse quence of which the lover and his mistress separated, but matters being afterwards arranged, the connexion was renewed. This happy state of things did not long continue, and a final separation took place.— The plaintiff accordingly applied to the Court, pray ing that the warrant of attorney granted by him for these two annuities of 5001. might be annulled. He had never married the defendant. ' Mr. Justice DALLAS, in strong terms censured the conduct of the plaintiff in thus forming improper connections, and then applying to a Court of Law to give him relief. His conduct most assuredly de served the reprobation of every honest man. Had he been a mere stripling of- sixteen one would have naturally supposed he bad acted under the dictates of passion, and in a fatal moment obeyed the calls of passion rather than the cool arguments of reason ; but when a man, at the age of sir', (he should rather call him, by his conduct, a stripling at the age of sixty) acted so monstrously, how could he expect that any Court would protect, or could protect him from the consequences of his base immorality? He formed a connection with a female, gave her a pro vision in his will, revoked that provision, gave her a • deed securing an annuity of four hundred pounds a ; year, quarrelled with her, left her, repented of his • leaving Iftr, tomes back, begs to be reconciled, ob tains forgiveness, lives on good and amiable terms for some time, quarrels again with her, leaves her, and then applies to a Court of Law to relieve him from the effects of his folly. Did any man conceive that the Court would do it, or could the plaintiff himself expect relief? He ought rather to apply to a Court of Equity for an injunction to prevent judg ment on the warrant of attorney, because there grounds could be shewn why the said warrant should or should not be annulled. This Court would in the mean time grant a rule to shew cause for the deed being annulled, but he (the Learned Judge) could give not the slightest hope of success to the plaintiff in the further proceeding of the case. He hoped the parties would arrange in the meantime, and prevent the case from again appearing. Mr. Justice PARKE concurred in the observations of Mr. Justice DALLAS.—ltule granted. SURREY ASSIZES.—KINGSTON, APRIL 11. INFAMOUS ROBBERY.—John Smith was indicted for stealing, on the 25th of March last, at Rother hithe, a pocket-book containing 161. in Bank notes, a hat, and other articles, from the person of Stephen Drake, his property. The Prosecutor was a poor labouring man, and the prisoner a seaman. On the day stated in the in dictment the former went into a public house at Ro therhithe, and while sitting there fell asleep. During the time, the prisoner came in, and not only rifled his pockets of whatever money he had got, but actu ally took from him his hat. Flushed with the pro duce of this plunder, he retreated to a tavern at Ber mondsey-wall, where he called in a number of friends and treated them to various kinds of refreshment, at the same time taking . care to debase himself to = I excess of eating and intoxication. To'this house he was traced, and fully recognized by the parties of the house in which he had committed the robbery. A great part of the property (namely, the Bank notes) which he had stolen was delivered up- by the land lady of the house, who had taken them from him, seeing that he was in a state of inebriety. The notes were identified, and the prisoner made a sort of in direct confession that he had committed the robbery, but pleaded intoxication as an excuse. He was found guilty ; and Mr. Baron Woon, in passing sentence upon him, said, that although it was in his power to transport him for life, he was willing to believe that it was his first offence, and would, therefore, give him an opportunity to redeem his character. His Lordship sentenced him to twelve months imprisonment. The Assizes, the heaviest ever known in this county, concluded this day at noon, when the fol lowing persons, capitally convicted, received sentence of Death : John Hill, William Lynch, Robert Welling, and John Wel ling, for stealing in a dwelling-house John Fullent, Thomas Siderson, Robert Salmon, Thomas P ilgrim, and Charles Dryx, for burglary ; George King, Thomas Bishop, Joseph Street, and George Webb, for house-breaking; Clarissa Longmore, for privately stealing in a shop ; Charles Martin, Thomas Toplin, and George Horne, for highway robbery ; John Sadler, James Houk, Edw. Hol mes, James Stevens, John Harcourt, Reuben Brewer, Wm. Bradford, and Wm. Hogsden, fur horse, sheep, and cattle stealing ; and Anne Tonnack, for forgery. Thirteen other individuals, among whom was David Owen, for cutting and maiming, had been already sentenced. At one o'clock the Judges, Barons GRAHAM and Wow). left Kingston fur town, the latter having re spited the execution of all the capital convicts. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—WARWICK. CASE OE ARSON. Rebecca Hodges, a;ed SS, stood capitally indicted for having, on the night of the 9th December last, at the parish of Aston, feloniously, wilfully, and ma liciously set fire to, and in part burnt and destroyed two stacks of wheat in the straw, and one stack of hay, the property of Samuel Birch. The Jury, after a very little hesitation, found the Prisoner Guilty. The Learned Baron immediately passed the dreadful sentence of Death in the most impressive manner. The Prisoner vehemently called upon his Lordship to spare her life ; but she was told unequivocally, that there was not the slightest chance of her life being spared. His Lordship added, that he should be compromising the duties of the honourable office which he held, if he were even to suggest that there was the slightest ground upon which to recommend an alleviattoa of her fate.—She was taken from the bar, still exclaiming. " Spare my life !" The conduct of the Prisoner is supposed to have arisen from jealousy, the Prosecutor having married, to the exclusion of her hopes. A former deadly at tempt at revenge had very nearly proved fatal. Mr. Birch was sitting enjoying his afternoon's nap in his kitchen chair, when she entered the house unperceiv ed, and discharged a pistol at his head. Fortunately, however, his skull was only fractured, and the ope ration of trepanning having been performed, his life • was saved. IRELAND.. CORK ASSIZES, APRIL IL James Brien, sen. and Honora Brien his wife, and James Brien, jun. were this day convicted of• the murder of Denis Maguire, on the 18th of January, 1811. The particulars of this atrocious murder were stated by Mr. Pennefather, and are as follows :-- Denis Maguire was a person of some little pr , ,peit and dealt in buying and selling linen, and he was . the habit of collecting money himself from those with whom he dealt, and of suing by process such of them as made defaults in their payments. Among those who dealt with the deceased was the prisoner games Brien, the elder, also called " Hunneen." On the 7th of January, Maguire left his house the purpose of buying processes at Clonakilty, serve upon his different debtors. On the Bch he went to the house of the prisoner ; lie was at his house, and seen there after nightfall, and was never seen alive after that. On deceased being missed, inqui.' were made, and after a diligent search, no traces could be found of his body—though suspicion light , 'on the prisoner, it then became impossible to ascer tain with certainty the agents in this foul trans 4 and accordingly, though the prisoners had been in tody on the charge, they were discharged at the . lowing Assizes, by proclamation, no bill of indict ment having been' found against them by the Grand Jury. Fortunately, however, for the administrat of justice—fortunately for the laws of the land, the peace of society, a discovery was made of perpetrators of this murder. Two persons of I. name of Coghlan, (who were very young at the time, and appeared to have been seduced into this diaboli cal infamous transaction by the elder James Brien) have lately been touched with compunction, and • luntaiily came forward, and gave information of entire transaction to Lord Carberry. By their cony it appeared that Maguire came to the house the prisoner on the night of Sowney's wake; that wept to bed at eleven o'clock—that the Coghlans were then sent for, and that when they came, • were placed in an out-house, till the ♦ictim asleep, and until every body left the house, and. it appeared that James Brien, the elder, who came from the, wake, with his wife and son, and the Coe lans, went into the room armed with pokers, tongs, and other instruments of destruction, and with whit: they beat Maguire's head to pieces. The murder was consummated oh that night ; and the unf nate man having been heard to moan, after they. returned from the scene of crime, one of the prisoners said he should moan no more, and he returned the room, and with repeated blows finished the of slaughter. They then carried the body away, concealed it during the following day in a bol longing to James Brien ; but thinking the place secure, they determined removing it during the lowing night, and to cut it into pieces to avoid tection ! On the following night they accordingl met, and with a hatchet severed the head from body, and the legs from the thighs, buried the : and legs in one place, and the trunk in another This statement was clearly and satisfactorily provettl as also the finding of the head, limbs, and the of the body, in the different places pointed out the Coghlans, and that the head had the mar' severe bloWs inflicted on it, and that the legs been severed from the body. A respite was received on Monday night at stone for George Dunk, convicted at the last A. of uttering forged Bank of England notes, and for execution. Mark Sheppard, convicted for murder at the ton Assizes, was executed on Monday last. The vity which he exhibited at his trial disgraced his duct to the last; he refused to receive the Sacrament, and could not be brought to acknowledge his ( mission of the murder, observing he would confess GOD, but not to man. He, however, said, general] 46 I am going to suffer, and I deserve it." Monday se nnight, at the Quarter-sessions for' bridgeshire, Willtant Varor, for being found ton Park wood, in the night time, with a gun . possession, for the purpose of destroying game, sentenced to be transported seven years ! ! ! As 1. - sr:AL—Thin sday the State Lottery finished Drawing, when (as usual) Bras Offices stood eminent for the Sale of Capital Prize's, havini Capitals far exceeding,in Number and Amount sold by all the other Office-keepers put togethr No. 4,706 - £lO,OllO in Sixteen Shares, 17,595 - £30;500 in Twelve Sham, 1,371 - 45,000 7,143 -- 400 8,419 -- 3,107 -- 5,000 11,145 -- 400 9,605 -- 1,016 - 1,000 1,443 - 300 10,850 .- 11,138 - 1,600 7,778 -- 360 12,325 .- 11,771 - 1,000 11,778 - 300 15,732 11,836 - 1,000 14,494 - 330 16,334 9,513 - 500 3,002 - 300 1,7;8 15,746 - 5(.0 5,063 - 300 1,879 17,5145 - 500 5,073 - 500 3,523 , 3,817 -- 500 6,812 - 300 3,709 12,070 500 8,191 - 300 3,995 2,863 - 400 11,605 - 300 7,954 11,308 - 400 12,359 - 300 13,3.54 15,340 - 400 15,',33 - 300 14,648 1,581 -- 400 5,338 -- 900 15,678 Also, Nos. 6,963 and 7,328, each entitled Pipes of Wine. Almost every one of tll splendid List of Capitals are Sold in Shares, al to all parts of the United Kingdom.-In a fi T. 13IS11 will be able to publish a list of the and the fortunate holders may receive their on demand. CORN-EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, APR: Although we had but a small supply of Whi morning, yet the arrival of a considerable qi from abroad, caused heavy Eee at last MI prkes. ILrley is full Is. per quarter low , what appeared this morning went off slowl: reduction. Bonne being in pit mand for shippi rt aiily at an advance of 2s. ler quarter. O i reaiy sale; and fine Corn is is. per quarter In other articl2s there is little or no alteration. MIAMI" !MICAS MI UNDZIt : =GUM I Small Beans Wheat, Kent and Tick ditto Egan 76. 946 o.lu, Potatoe .. Suffolk 76. egs - Poland ... -, Norfolk 7Ol 90s - Feed Ry e __ .. .............. 36s 30s Flour, per Sack Barley ... ...... . .... ...36s 56s Rapeseed, per Last Malt 6os 80s FORMIC. White Peas 44, 411 s Wheat, Dantzic SMITHFIELD MARKET, APRIL 1. To sink the ufial-per stone of slob. Beef ........44 Od to .5* ea 1 Veal ls 01 Mutton . ..111 6d to 6s 44 I Pork Lamb - 7.. Od. to es. 01 Beasts 111100-Oilves 160-Sheep ..nd Lants 11,400--- i ....„ 1 i. • ind !,:. i the Il 1 try, , ere . rty, l s in i Lose . 1 , I '4 uch . t • ong i i 4 I iner 1 , , ..1 for • ; 1 i to '', , i - 11 vent - , i t use, . L 1 , seen hies ! 14,. ; , t 1 , aces . 4 , ' ! • i hted . t scer- I . tion; cus- 4 1 i , fol- diet- rand I. '• ' f l l l ' I :, 1 L ation , t I and 1 the jI I k F the t ' I 1 1 1 time, (boll- • , I i A 1 11 Tien), • . iif .. • d vo- . )f . the • testi- Ise of Lat he 4 1 i ll films I llt they i L was t• - I I 1 1 ‘ I / I i then came i 4 , ii s " ...ogh- t - ' ' •• 1 tongs, . i t ( whichi 's , V 1 ' t ' ''''' '' I 1 Larder 1 1 1 fortu- .. 2 " 7 had 0 soners I. 1 I 'I, ''„, , 4 d into L); I•' t i ' work y, and • : ' ) , i v be- • , 1 1; . • , le 101- 1 I, ' 0 ' id de- i , dingly ' 0 •, : im the , 1 i e head ' L. L her!!! . i , rovesil ; ; trunk out by •I - ' 1 / arks of 4i . I );1 1 1 p had 0 • i 4 ~ ~ Maid- 4 . 1 1 ' Assize- nd ieft ' t. The le. . . , z K , his con- ' , i ' . t. • rament, is com- ' -, t i i . Lnfess to ki l ' te nerally. 1. i'' ' 1 ,' •or Cam- in Dit- • ' .1 t' - i: 4 # .n in his I trte, was 1 finished ' t. a '' , od pre- I 1 ng sold int those - :. I her, viz. , I, . . s, soo sod , 900 , SOO ' • 200 -- 200 ( ' . i ~ . 200 - 200 NO - 200' 1 200 1. 200 . to Four , le above • ;41 and gone. I few days ie places, ' t ICI • r Money 1 i . tIL 13. 'heat this quantity i i i 110 . ?Monday's wer, ar.d, vr ly at that ping sold ; 'Ulu' stet 1 1 er dAarr . 1 It) , - 411 54s , 4 409 I ..••.40‘ t ; ' 321 Us .• : • • 1 , 26.32, 16. 28. S 752 802 350 452 I . 982 21141 4) , IS. to 62 od . i . . .to es 041 I .1 o —Pies 200 • 1 ' • ) .1 i I 1 , k . / . '