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aga.ne her ; but half medium will not do...ad .Pruela knows it. We may therefore hops, that the whole Pruffian peafiantry, ilia:teary, will be brought forward. Should this be the cafe, it would not be one.or two viemies that would give ultimate faced, to the French. In fait, if Pruffia be refolved to maintain her independence, the will deflroy her ene my even by (offering defeat; for nothing but fubmif fion on the part of Pruffia can Cave the French army from annihilation. The Pruffian Court has not been taken by furprife. It knows the greatnefs of the flake at iffue. The whole kingdom and the army are of one mind. But, knowing the enemy they have to contend with, they moil have calculated on the poffibility of meeting with diallers in their fire operations with an enemy fo powerful, whole troops have been engaged in actual warfare for years, and whole officers have ken moth fervice ; and, with the fate of Auflria before their eyes, they could not be ignorant of the doom that awaits them, if they fhould fubmit to the Ufurper. We cannot, therefore, allow ourfelves to believe, that temporary (Mallets will decide the fate of Pruf. fia. They mull have counted on the poffibility, and even the probabity of meeting with them, and con verted useafures for retreating and rallying, till their gailmat confederates, the Ruffians, can be brought into the field. The chief refources of Proffia are however within herfelf ; and unlefs the be prepared for every facrifice that honour and independence can demand from her, fhe mug tiara degradation and political annihilation. Some of the private letters, by yellerday's Maa, 'session great advantages having been gained by dna ?ruffians. One of thee, of the i 7th, in a poilfcript, totes-- " That an extraordinary exprefs was that infant • reciived from Berlin, with information that the " event of the battle with the Centre Army was en " tirely in favour of the PrufGans ; and that, on the " part of the French, Mu ear was killed, and General " Baanstootre, with 7000 troops, taken prifoners." Another Letter, to a very refpeitable bode, dated on the 17th, lays, that the letter was opened to tom sonnieate the intelligence of a decifive (utters ob tained by the ?ruffians. But thefe clearly refer to the alai, of the t3tb. The next arrival from the Continent may be ex pelled to bring molt inspensat intelligence. It is rumoured that an Engin Army under Lord Moms is to fecond the People in Brabant, Flanders, and Holland, in their efforts to throw off the French yoke, while at the Came time General Moasatt lands in La Vendee with a choral corps of foreign troops in our pay, together with Volunteers from among the French prifoners. It is added that the latter is to hoift the Royal Standard, and proclaim the KING of Fsattcs in the Wenern Departments, where, an cording to all letters from thofe countries, the inha bitants are ripe for revolt, and etbiere Ls u expeard. It is alto Paid, that in all the Southern Departments of France. infurreitions have been organifed for Come time, by the friends and adherents of the Bouesors and of Moiety ; and that fhould the infurgenta nb tiiri any Cignal advantages, little doubt is entertained but that his &moist' Majesty will at length purfue a witer policy, and declare hi mfelf againft the Ufurper. Yeaerday, at three o'ckek, a Cablite Council was held at Lord Howice's Office. The Council fent for the Marquis of Dotrocas, who arrived at half pail four. The Pr 'Man Ambaffaclor attended the Council. • .At nine o'clock left night a Cabinet Conncil &t -rembled at the Foreign Office, at which the following Members 'Med —Lord Gamtvrxxs, the Loao Cstaacat.coa, Lord Howica, Earl SPINCIE ; the Right Hon. Titostas Gateaux', and Lord SID. ROUT N. Yefterday, loon after two o'clock, Baron Jacost, the Pruffian Amtraffador, and Lord HOWICK had a conference with the Duke of You, at his Office. Sir Samna:. HO3D had yeflerday an audience of Lord Howica, at the Foreign Office. The gallant officer looked extremely well ; his wound is now en tirely healed up. Captain Oswacto,late Aid du Camp to Central BRISDIEICK ; and Mrs. JOHNSTOWN, the widow of the lamented Colonel Jommsrow 1, are paffengers in his Majefty's (hips Neptune and Minotaur, arrived at Portfmouth, from the Mediterranean. The Princes of HOLSTEIN OLDINBUILCII, ISCCOM. paaied by their Excellencies Count HOLMPR ; and Baron MALTLEHAN; and fuite, are arrived in Ireland, on their tour through the Britiffx Iles. Yefterday evening, at eight o'clock, a paffenger arrived at the India Houfe, announcing the arrival in the Downs of the Surat Cagle and Dotfetfhire from China. They failed from Penang in company with the Ganges and Warren Hailing., and parted from them a few days afterwards. They arrived at St. Helena on the 6th of Augutl,aod failed from thence on the 7th of September, under convoy of the An telope frigate, and in company with the following whalers: Venus, Greenwich, Kitty, Maitland, Corn entree, Eliza, Charming Kitty, and another, name unknown, which veffels are likewife arrived. The above (hips lay at St. Helena upwards of a month, waiting the arrival of the Warren Killings and Ganges : during that time, Colonel Lane, who was prefent at the capture of Buenos Ayres, arrived there from the Cape of Good Hope, and reported, that an American veffel had arrived a few days pre vious to his failing, with advice that the Warren Railings had fallen in with the Anacreon French privateer, in lat. to. S. long. 7o W. and alter an 'talon of two hours and a half, had llruck, and was taken poffeilion of. he Warren Hafting' was richly laden from China, and one of the larva (hips in the ter vice. A VUTICAU IMELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, OCTOBER 27. Sailed hit Majefty's Sips Live LT, Clime riow, Rt voLurtowster, and the Daus*, to the weliward. The BLOND! frigate, Captain V. V. BALLARD, is or dercd to be fitted for foreign fervice. One hundred French prifonere were on Friday taken from the psi. fon (hips in harbour, and marched, under an efeort, to Norman Crofs. The number now on board in our harbour is upwards of 50.00, betides a confiderable number on board the Po:suve at Spithead. Wind S. W. DEAL, OCTOBER 17. Arrived the As razor a, of go guns, having under her convoy the Dorfetfbire and Surat Cagle EaR India (hips, from St. Helena; Ilzazaa gun b►ig, from a cruize, off Calais; Ass .a (loop, from Yarmouth.—Sailed the Su Hoass frigate, for the Note; VZSTAL frigate, Taonractsz Hoop, [hector, Toasuoaar, and Trott.' c gun brigs, on a cruize off the Coaß of France. The Dorfetilire and Surat Cagle failed from China in company with the Ganges and Warren Haßings, and parted from them on the 24th June, in a gale of wind. The Antelope and EaR Indiamen remain in the Downs with the reit of the Ibips as per !aft. The Whalers are failed for the River with the Pandora, Loma, from Plymouth, and the Transfer, Mooaa, from Quebec.—Amaranthe II top of war, from a cruize. Came down from the River the Tra vers EaR Indiaman. Wind S. W. DOVER, OCTOBER 17. His Mar's !hip ANTILOP!, Captain &MELT, paffed by here early this morning, having under her convoy two China fltips (Bombay Caine and Doe fetfhire), andfeven whalers, only forty-nine days from St. Helena : they bring the unpleafant intelligence of the capture of the Company's !hip Warren Hafting', —fire parted company with the above two !hips be tween the Mauritius and the Cape of Good Hope.— Report fags fhe was captured by the Cannonier French frigate, after an ail/ion of two hours and forty five minutes, and carried to the Mauritius. Came in a French chaffe mares, laden with Mite and kelp, taken Come time ago by the BOLD gun brig, from under the batteries at Fecamp. Arrived this morning the frigate PfIOIDE, Captain Oswazn, from a cruize, and failed again this evening for the French coafk.—Wind S.W. and moderate.—A molt tremendous firing has Tuft commenced on the French coaft, fuppofed t o o be in confequence of the late battle between theAze i neb and Proffrans. SHEERNESS, OCTOBER 17. Arrived the Seredillt !hip Froya f Capt: SUNK/BUM ; and Enigheten, Capt. S the former bound to Uddewalla ' with a cargo of falt, remains at the Nore ; and the latter bound to Lifbon, with a cargo of pitch, tar, deals, &c. has failed again for the Downs to get convoy for Portfmouth, on her way to Liftron ; the Dana fbip Gromfhd, Captain C. H. Nersau, is taking in ballet in order to proceed to !Inca, in Spain, where the is to take in a cargo of Spanifis wool, and return with it to. London. Several foreign each have arrived and twee; to Standgate Creek, fince Saturday, to perform qopatuine. Wind S. W. very light breeze. FROM LLOYD'. LIST. ()timeliest°, OCT. s6.—Palled by the Priacca of Wales, Ew ing, from Tobago ; Caledonia, Hamilton, from Saint Domingo ; Refoludon, hell, and United States, Reid. from Virginia ; Men. eery, Repro, from New York ; Brothery Deno, from Jamaica; Hero, Quinton, from I Moo ; Endeavour, Waklegrave, from Gibraltar; Samuel and Jame, Blackball!; aN the Aurora,Thorn ton, from Quebec ; Cora, Ewfoa, from Ihuliadoes ; Diana, Pur cell, from Dublin I Two Good Brothers, from Cork; Adeon, true Cadis ; Providence, .Creekmae, from Antwerp; Two Good Brothers, Carr; Crown Riney, Bantam! ; Goof intent. Lamm ; Brothers, Davidfon ; Phyleria, CoekrIll; Caddie, Ridley; Aigiba, Cummings, and the Mary, Gardner, from Archangu. Sailed the Vrow Arkin', Roberts ; Frederica, Rohl ; Vrow Slutfam Dolmen ; Geode Werwagting, —, and the Yrlendfehap, —, for Hambrri. oc-roams ay—Palled by the Mariner, Con's, from jimmies ; ' Ann, Horrifies, from Quebec ; 1 hama, Todd, from Oporto and the Olympus, Smith, ham Meant, Sailed the Juno, De Vren; and the Geode Hoopjanfon, for Yam!. In Stangate Creek, the Levant. Raddon, from Snvvrina-Off Dover, Wight, Ford. from Maltz ; and the Ann. Hariifoo,from Quebec —in Yarmouth Roads, Norfolk Hero, from Choc bee—Off Portfmooth. Eliza. —, from New Providence— At c o w., from Malaga ; and the Economv,l ti or Ron, from Riga—At Liverpool, Benjamin, Botcher, from ; Ann, MKenzle„ from Peteriburgh ; Venice, WeUt , from Got tenbtqo; Mary, Matthews; and Nicoole. Evans, from Stock holm; Gknmore, from New Brunforick ; Maffachafets, —. from Boiler, ; and the Good Intent, Seward, from Lifboti —At )(leak, Sifters, ---, frons Lilbon—At Limerick, Shan ,n, Daniels, from London—At Erifbal, William and John, Dent, from Oporto ; and the Euphrates, —, from Honduras —At Newfoundland, Friensia, Hammond, from Driftol—At Dar bodoes, Henry. —, from Newfoundland—At Halifax, Tra falgar, Harrifon from the Clide....At Virginia, Leonidas, M'Ken air, from Liverpool ; and the Rolla, Cottle. from Loodon—vAt Philadelphia, London Packet. from Loodoo— At Hew . York, F 7 nieriiise, Packwood, from London ; Sufan, Collins, from Dublin; VIA, Flower. from Null; and Adrian, from Liverpool—At Charleilon, Mary and Jane, Buckley, and Amphion,---. from Liverpool—vAt Baltimore, Othello, from Liverpool.—At New Providence, Pitt, Newcomb, from London...At St Vincent's, Margaret, Jannefon, from Attica. The following extradt of a letter from France, was yellerday exhibited at Lloyd's Coffee houfe: " In Dunkirk, Calais, Boulogne, Dieppe, Fecamp, and Sc. Ma. Inca, there are *pewit of thirty privateers manned and ready to put to fea, and in coofequence of choking nights approaching, you stay coped much rnifchief will be done to your coal:Hog trait." The Catharine, Williams, from Antigua and Dublin, for Lots. don, has put into Ramfgate harbour with much damage. The Fanny, —, from New York, for Liverpool, is put into Newfoundland difmaited. The Cherry, Nalftead, from Liverpool for New York, faun ' dered it ft& on the tyth ult. Crew fared. The Central Prefcott, from New Orleans for Liverpool, has pet into Pcnfacola koky, and in ditirdo. The Hebe, Tilden, from Trinidad for Bermuda, was captured on the 54th alt. by the Valereufe French frigate. The Cora, Barrow. from Jamaica, is arrived at Philadelphia. She was Lad to have foundered. Th e Betfey, &townie, from the Clyde for St. Pe terfburgh, paired through the Pentland Frith 4th init. with a ttrong gale from the N. W. The John and Robert, CAM , is arrived at Bruntifland, on the isth, from Eaßerizer. She was alone& a French privateer, 0132 guns, in the North Sea ; but owing to a heavy lea the privateer was pre vented from boarding her. The Mavennie, Eaccisvietn, is arrived at Belflift :rom Qebcc, atter a (port par age. The WOLF (loop of war, Capt. G. C. Macs cw z a, was driven on Chore and loft on the Heneaga, on the sth of September.—The crew were (lived. LORD COLLINOWOODI AND THE CADIZ 5,11:A -MON& Extraß of a Letter from an Officer of his Majeltja &fp Myren& " Spithead, October sc. " His Majefty's Sip. Neptune and Minotaur left Lord Coiling-I woo" fleet off Cadiz en the 17th ult. with twenty two Lail of aserehant weeds and light tranfports. from MeLoa and Malta.— The BM off Cadiz canfifts of the following thipe .—Oceen, (Lit ColIlegwood), Queen (Admiral Puerta), Tigre, Orion, Zealous, Ajax, and Saturn. The Swiftfure and Standard jolsel his Lord- Iblp the day we left it, from a fix weelis cruise of Lifbon ; and the Athettienne, Captain Ciff:rd, from Malta. The Active and Niger regatta were cruilingclone to Cadiz. 0 The enemy's fleet confifts of twelve fall of the line, move which are five Admirals. They are, by every account we received. much In wanted (cameo. Lewd CoLlingwood's fleet Is in a h'gh Rate of health and good difeiyfine. Another meeting is devoutly willed for, by both officers and men, which will relieve them from • tirefome Rate of blockade. Of the refute there can be but one . i opinion, from the iron-nerved Admiral Lord Collingwood. Captain Char:es Watfon, Agent for Tranfpont, is on board the Monarch. The fq•adron at Carthagena are nine fall of the lies ; they feldom vontum to come oat of that harbour. Sir Si.lney Mei* when we !aft heard from him, was at Folicaftro. The indynnen is gem to Conftantinople; a fquadron of five fail of the line are eroding in the Adriatic. Naval Appointments oil' Cadiz —Captain Gifford, to the Zealous: Comae Schoenberg, to the Apollo; Captain Fellowa te the Athenian's; Captain Raynsford, of the Martian, made Pad into IM Madras; Lieutenant Q2ads, of the Ocean, to the Dwellers of laked ; Captain --, of the Dacha's of Redford, to the hlorgiana. *The Thunderer ens boutlyerpeded from Melling , to join Laid Ciallingwood, off Cadis. The Minotaur is put into Plymouth. " A Court-Martial affemt led on board his Majesty's thip Ml anitenr. from September ad, to September au, on Captain John Oakes Hardy, of his Majelty's Sip Zealot" on charges preferred againft him by Lieutenant Charles Stewart, Second Lieutenant of that alp, viz. for drunkennefs, tyranny, and oppreffion. Rear Admiral Purvis, Preedent ; and the following Captains Members : —.Captains Pender, Fremantle, Hallowell, Lord A. Beauelere, Mandcld, Cudrington, Thomas, and PlVoid. The charge of drunkennefs being fuUy proved, he was diftniffed Els Majefty's Naval fervicn Captain Hardy wan fully acquitted of the charges of tyranny and oppreffunt. Captain Hardy Is a paffenger on hoard this Chip. The Mons sra frigate, of 36 guns, lately repaired at Woolwich, is to bear the pendant of the H,n. Captain Et.t.tov, and to carry the new Governor General Lord MINTO to Bengal. His Lord!hip is expe3ed to leave England in the courfe of November. A fqaadron of four fail of the line is to fail im mediately for the Coart rf America, for the pnrpofe of reinforcing the fqnadron under Sir Ricit•an STRACH4II, which fuffered In fe•erely in the late tempefts. Captain TRIM, las e, who In lately ditlinguillsed liimfelf in the Sheldrake, is fon of the late Patti, Tittc it sssss . and a Younger Brother of the Right Hon. Lord A ODLIT. General Weave fucceeds his Royal Higbnefs the Duke of Cum a raw o at Wincheffer. The Royal Cornwall Militia, after having been in bonrly expatation of marching for Exeter, are I now aetnally on their march for Liverpool. The diflance of the march will be compenfated by the goodnefs of the quarters. Three battalions of the German Legion. which have been tome weeks mini' td at Portfmouth, failed for Cork on Thurfday, under convoy of the SAIACIN• Monday fe'unight the Duke of &proms arrived ai Dublin from his agricultural tour. At the great Fair of Ballinalloe, in the Weft of Ireland, which was ' , jilted by the Duke of BIDIORD and a number of noble and diftingui(bed Agricultu. calills—there were upwards of toomoo fheep on the ground, which were kept only by the fhepherda with out either dogs or pens. The prices were about 3s. per bead higher than laft year. DRUAT•LAN a T .—Laft nighta•Tery Tepee. table auditory attended the reprefentation of ',mix's admirable and moral tragedy of George Renseoeff. COVINT-GARDI/11.--ifesty the Eighth sunded a very brilliant affemblage. The Play is f' ftrongly call with the combined talents of KEMILI, Pore, and, above all, Mrs. SWOONS, that no wonder need be ex. preyed at the partiality of the town. Yefterday Mr. YARDLIT undertook, for a wager of twenty guineas, to go againft time from Hyde Park Corner to the four.mile ftone on Fulham Bridge, which he was to perform in et minutes. Notwith (landing feveral bets were made on the occafion, he loft the wage: by only 13 feconds. Bay so.—There being no Court of Aldermen held this day, the LORD MAYOR. after infpecging the re• turns, ordered the prefent price to cintinue. l'he new Light Houfe on Scarborough piers, to (Wrote .the proper times for entering the harbour, is nearly compleated. Mi. . The following natement is given in an American Paper, dated Bolton, September t 6: Captain Sinclair, arrived here yetterday from St. Croix, was bearded on the atk of September of &Madam, by the Bridal Chip Montage. of 74 guns. one of Admiral Strachan's fquadron ; the ►ad experienced a (evert gale, and received eonflderable damage. * The Frelch man of war, fallen in with by Captain Tripp (Mentlesed Maur loft) was not the Foadroyant, but the Eole.of 74 gems. Captain Prevail de la Croix, as appeared by a note left on beard Captain Tripp, ►y one of the Oaten. This thip belonged to Jerome Bonaparte s fquadron. Captain Lane, of the (hip Akaander, arrived at Norfolk, from Amfterdam, reports, that oa the 29th ult. st leagues E. by S. of Cape Henry, be difco►ered a large thip, near another no Ike; that be was boarded by the thip, which proved to be a French man of war, of 74 guns, and the verel on Inc, an Falb& one, her prize. The Baltimore Papers remark, that the crew of the French hip ea war, k Patrice, t►en lying at Annapolis, were very lickly --that So of the Dumber bad been landed, and furalibal with ac conimodaticas ia the vidnity of that place." The Lottery Speculators were in hopes to have partook of the Capital Prizes, had there been any drawn, on the last day of drawing. The great fele has entirely let atiJe their chance, and placed it in the hands of the public, who mutt now divide thole benefits. Hoarrssy and Co. affure the public, that as long as Tickets and Shares can be porocured, they thrill have them on Isle, warranted undrawn, at their 0:d State Lottery Offices, a 6, Cornhill, 51. Charing Crof,, and Sr. Margaret's Hill, Borough.— The Wheel contains Two of Twenty Thoufand Pounds, Two et 'ten Thoufand Pounds, Three et Five Thoufand Pounds, Five of One Thoufand Pounds, and Scvcu of Five Hundred Pounds. LORD Weyellerday annona:ed the arrival of that see 3mpli rhea Noble- man LonlVikount Vs.entia, In goad health, en his return fe-rn In. dia. by tie way of Saes, with his Secretary, Mr. Salt, LIP cr nearly. five yearsaMence from England, In various parts of ladi & I or d iblp made feveral months Ray in the Red Sea .and the asljteent is coatis; and has made tome valuable charts of 'lmre Ohio tile place.. His Lordihip had, by order of the Governnunt of ithe Panther (Company's cruller), Cara t.% Court, to ORR h:m.— ' Mr. Salt, his Lordlhip's Secretary, made an eseurfinn into Ali (- finis. with Major Aundle, of the Hon. Cnnspany's !crake as ' - ar u the capital Gondar. Lord Valentia's Rate cif IseetS, at t 9. pe riod, could not permit him to accompany Mr. Salt. The pLbl will be exceedingly gratified by much valuable in'orraatfur, et I. ladled by bis Lordflalp during this long, laborious ar.d laudable re fearch. A yourg Abyfilnian Prince is in his : ordthip's forte, ss! is a near relation of Negade Ra Moho:net o.e of the principal Of. Beers of State, fo often mentioned by tin: eelcbrat..l traveller tie Ab.lEnlan Bruce,as beirg his frierd. This yourg "'lime appears p ,, ff.ifeslof great natural endow - manta, and sou- us ta become ac quainted with the manoers and cultures of Great Dlitain. BRITISH ARMY IN SICILY. • MESSINA. SEPT. 7. 4, Never was a brighter lanrel gained to the 11 , hips army, and never was the pride and infnlence of our •ain glorious enemy fis completely humbled as at Maids. The following is a lit f the I Wes needle:tied to them by the glorious 'Rion of .he 4th cf July, which have come within our knowledge : Known to have beer, buried on the held, by the molt recent reports from the nelehbourh3 o 4 1 ,100 Now pr.foners in this place and at Malta, lb a, for. s tnd priori Chips atoo Prifoners (Poles or swifs) rho have been (offered to ern& in the foreign rcgialeuts Dcfperatcly wounded cake fen to Naples Capitulated gartifons of Keg& 4nd Scylla, fent to Tooke Dud in our hofkitals Total. SO $ +•a 1070 •l) ! '44 " To the above may be added, thole who died in their own horpitals, or who perilhed in the wends mountains, or by the hands of the enraged peal:miry —the numbers unknown. The Britith army by which this was effeeted in one gloriou► battle, amcun. ted to 4,8c0 infantry I—Future ages will scarce be• lieve ir. " Sir jrimii STUART fails this day for Malta, to proceed from thence to England. He caries with him the attachment of er ery (*Wier, and of t h is coun try at large." SPORTIAG INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET THIRD OCTOBER, OR HOUGHTON MEETING. MONDAY, OCTOBER 27. s Sweepßakts of zoogi each, h. ft. D. I. Mr C. Browne's Mountaineer, 7d yib rec. Mr C Brown's Mountaineer, Bft beat Major Wilco's% bro ther toVsvaldi, yft dO—H C t 07.11-5 to a on Mountaiocer . Mr Wyndham 's Glory host Mr Andrew'. Garland, Bft 41b each—. Two yr old C. .scgs-5 to 4 on Glory. 1.4 Grahame' jafper, :ft 71b. beat Mr F. Neale's Malvolio, aft—Two yr old C. tongs h. ft —s to t agft Jafper Sir C. Banbury's Snug, yft slb. beat Mr. Wilton's Salty, lit tits. Two yr old C. sop h. to 4 on Snug. Mr Lad'srakes Achilles, tift. bean Lord Darlingtoo's Hadar, :ft 31b--Ab. M. Wogs h. ft.-5 to 4 on Achilles. Mr Arthur's lErsinworm, SR Rib. beat Lord Darlington's Zo diac, Bftas-Ab. M. 10E51—e7 to 4 00 BlitiltWOrrtl. Mr Arthur's Cardinal Beaufort beat Mr Watfon's Dreldnosght, 8d alb earls—AD. M. soca' h. ft..—s to ton Cardinal Beaufort. Mr Mrftlftir Lock's All, SR. best Mr F. Neale's Rqslator. :ft M M. IL C. zocgs h. ft.-5 to 4 on Luck's All. Lord Darlington's Pivillion beat Mr Mclilth's StsvAsy, :ft each. Ab M scogs-5 to a on Postilion. Lord F. Hemlock's Optician beat Mr Howorth's Enterprise, SR each. R. NI soogs. b. ft.-6 to 4on Optician. Mr Arthur's Wretch, IR best Mr Mellifh's OR•lhe-goes, Ett Ab M atop-5 to roo Wretch. READING SCHOO'. TRIENNIAL VISITATION. The pram* of EleBion Adverrifements, and of Continental Intelligence, does nut permit as to give as full an account of this celebrity as we with. On the 15th, t6th, and 17th, an attempt, we believe unprecedented se this country, was made in this fchoul—the performance of a Greek play, the rte. put 7 yrannsu of SOPKOCLIS. The luccef. far exceeded our expeestims. We underhand that it was got up in little more than a fortnight by boys, none of whom bad ever appeased in a dramatic charaaer. The exhibition of the young Roams, with the experience of many years, mutt ceafe to be a prodigy. Without (bite tricks, without any preparations but thofe of the Itudy of the lan guage and of the part, thee young Gentlemen dif played fuch genuine feelings, fuch propriety of manner and anion, fuch command of voice, and fuch diftinanefs of elocution, as to draw tears from the eyes of the female part of the audience, who could undo hand them only through the medium of a tran flation. On the Vititation night, the I 7th, they had among their fpetiators the Vice CHascaLLoa of the Univerftty of Oxford, the Head of All Souls Col lege, Sir WILLIAM Score, Meffrs Taw and Rosters Fellows of Eton College ; Archdeacons Naas& and Juries, Mr. Bow Las, and many other eminent literary el:metiers, who expreffed not only gratification, but ationillirnent. particularife eacellenee is not in Our power : we mutt refer our Readers to the Spec tators themfelves. The fcenery was beau:iful. Nothing could exceed the opening fcene, when, to the found of plsintim mufic, were !lowly dircovered :he Thebans kneeling• at the foot of a blazing altar, with fupplicating boughs in their hands. the dredge were moll ele gant. and drialy in the Grecian coriume, with the pallium, the tunic, the zone, the fandale, with diffe rent ornaments, according to the rank of the charac ters. The mantle of the blind Tirgfas was covered with net work, which we found to be as defcribed by Putzuz, in his Onomaiicort. In goon, the claffical scholar was highly gratified with every part of if e dreli. Nor was he leis pleafed to find the Greek language fpoken with foch accuracy and perfpicuity, with luch attention to the artificial flops, and to the vocal arrangement of the particles, that many were furpriza to find it rendered Cu intelligible. We need not obferve how ufeful this exercife Muff be to the boys themfelres, in familiarizing the knowledge of the language. We have mentioned this as the 6r& attempt of the kind in our public tchuels ; we bop it will not be the lat. • si 11