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the assertion that the Government of France is creating and cone e nt ra . ring u pon the frontiers of the Kingdom this immense force, of which the Jouroals give tie ail information, with any view to self-de. rote . we may very safely c on cl ude that upon the frontiers this force is n:4 long destined to remain. Whether it be intended finally to advance or fall back—whether the anticipated scene of its future operations be domestic, may be and is doubtful; all that may fo re be ign reckonor ed upon with certainty is, that for no consider. able period will it be either stationary or inactive. The con centration of these armies upon the frontier would indicate pro. jests of aggression and foreign conquest, were it not possible that this circumstance may have been employed as an artifice to elude the jeer. lousy o f t he republicans, and their army, the National Guard, which, i n th e very natural inclination to substitute a real for a mock monarchy, sing Lnuis.Philippe and his faithful councillors (if any be have) may w ith to counterpoise and finally to supersede, or, if need be, to subdue or extinguish by a more tractable description of force. The latter supposition is not extravagant ; yet upon the whole we think it more probable that the Revolutionary Government of France will at. te mpt in the first instance to amuse and weaken the factions which con. ittntly threaten its existence, and to consolidate its own power by graufying the national appetite for military glory. LITERATURE. WiSTKINSTER REVIEW-HEWARD. A bold spirit of truth--that is to say, a courageous resolution to set forth, in uncompromising terms, the conviction of an Author's mind— rerrades every page of this Review ; and no one, who values original thinking, or who rejoices to see the axe struck at the root of prejudice and delusion, should be without perusing the Number of the work lately published. The first ardele is on " Defensive Force." It appears from this, that the venerable BIDITHAN, described in theory, what in the National Guard of France is practically brought into reality. The second Article,—a Review of "L' Ilieloire Natural* de C Holm's, par R. P. Lesson." is a smart comment on a curious subject; but from the extracts afforded, the author of the book is not a very profound nor very accurate writer. The observations of M. Lesson, on the bar. Woos, or rather unlettered races, from experience of our own, we consider in several instances too superficial and vague, to be taken as data for philosophical argument—The Sd Article is on Hannibal's pas. rage over the Alps, and not very important, except to the inquirer Into that point of history.—The 4th Article is a very interesting one. It is a review of what may be considered the greatest achievement of Anglo. American literature, Dr. Webster's New English Dictionary. This valuable work, which contains 12,000 words not in Johnson's Diction. ary, has been edited and republished in this country, by Mr. Barker of Thetford ; not only as termed in the Review, one of the " moat industrious," but one of the most profoundly learned scholars of this age and country—a writer whom we are proud to reckon as a frequent correspondent. Had we space, we could wish to indulge a little in offering some remarks on this work; for the philosophy of language has for many years been a favourite pursuit with us. The sth article is on the East India Trade—it is bold and acute, like the whole review; but, on this subject, we deem that an accurate knowledge of facts would have produced more diffidence in opinion, if not some change of it. The 6th article is likewise one which we could have wished moo liberally, or Ices unkindly written. The 7th article "on the representation of Scotland," is an able upset of the alumina. tions of the Scotch system. The Bth is a review of " the Heiress of Bruges," a novel of ability, by Mr. Grattan; and the 9th, a re►iew of another amusing novel, by Theodore Hook, entitled " Maxwell." The 10th is on the Belgian Insurrection, and contains much most valuable information on Belgian politics ; the 11th is a judicious critique of Jaws P. Cobbstt's tour in Italy. The 12th, " Major Head's Life of Bruce," is a curious article. The lath, on " Machine.breaking," is a powerfully reasoned article, on the present state of the labouring classes ; but rather unjustly severe on the animus of those who recommend emigration. The 14th is en " Tennyson's Poems"—these from the specimen we do not admin.. they occasionally chew brilliant ideas, but they appear murdered by affectation ! The 15th, on " Basil Barrington and his Friends," an amusing sketch of a very amusing satirical Novel. The next two ankles on the late Administration, and on " European Revolutions," contain matter, which he who reads without interest of no common kind, must have a mind incompetent fo► political specials. tion, and a heart devoid of patriotism. The last article is on a part of Latin Grammar. We have thus run through the number; but shall make extracts, from time to time, as we end room. Tatty we give the following on Poland : THE POLISH CAUSE. n There is now only one question :—Will Europe desert Palmed, If she does, it is simple charity and pure unmingled meek humanity to pray that she may be subjected for another half century, to bean bar. tartans, if th can be found, to more ensanguined hypocrites, if the loth can bre ed them, than those who have borne sway and rioted in all her quarters for the fast. If what is past has not demonstrated the true inset and bearing of arbitrary governments, or has been insufficient to trite mankind in terror of their tender mercies and horror of their piety, there must of necessity be more ; and charity is to wish It quick and over, that the world at some time may begin to flourish and to breathe. la all the various nations of Europe, insular or continental, every indi vidual, except the combined for plunder, has deeply suffered, and I. now suffering, for the passive guilt of submission to that scheme of tyrant wrong, of which the spoliation of Poland was the beginning, and its promised restoration is the end. Will these individuals—in their several spheres and capacities, and as God shall give them grace sad power,—unite for the purpose of securing that great Act of Aboll. um of European slavery, the re-establishment of independent Poland, as a barrier against the barbarians of the Haat ? Is there any inhabitant of the Britian Islands,—to limit the application to a single quarter, who does not see that the power of Russia has been appealed to for the purpose of cutting of and diminishing his own liberties, and that the magnitude and security of his enjoyments fluctuate in exact inverse proponion to the influence of the other? It is not that there is any .nitnosity against Russia. Russia is as yet intrinsically barbarian a vinebody must be last in the progress of civilization, and it happens se Russia. Her government is centuries behind those of moat a the Europeoo nations, in all that is acknowledged to constitute the of a good or desirable governmeut. And for this very meow she is courted and appealed to, by the supporters of 0b... in all quarters of the globe." " The people of England were the parties really made war upon, the first jeoetioo of English ministers with the Holy Allies in to the termination in Ist S. It is we who were the doers. and it is we who now intend to be up. Give us Palmed began with Poland, and with Poland they shall and. the streets,--the man who is to he hanged for delle son and heir to the spotiatinn of Poland. and would net been where he is, but for the principles which enabled a British to join twice in that act of basewess. And exactly ss that is , will our recovery move hand in hand. If the Russians are over the Niemen, we shall have the Ballot ; if they cross the we shall be rid of the Corn Laws ; and if the Poles can get we too In our eases shall get back to the ground of 1666. .1 looks to France; she shall he the great nation for ever and ever, if she will but proclaim the restoration of the Europe of 1772. send each of the robbers a tricoloured lag as a notice to quit. • not they insulted her, have not they trampled over her, have not 'den over her with Cossacks, and all manner of wild beast% for but because she had driver back their Duke of Brunswick in and answered the invasion in each and every of their capitals; and Nod for what reason ,should any honest man in France or elsewhere, ',hope, and ardently aspire after seeing her the instrument of the . retribution ? Some will call this • sounding the tocdo of war,' .octin of war is to have two tongues ; one of brass, when the des. and the barbarians are to be gathered together, and another of when the civilised races are to take measures for their mutual The civilised people are to sit down and see themselves in detail ; while barbarity is to have a free-masonry of fel ' over the earth, and constitute one agency with a deg* re never was so large a demand made uo human folly at 'oop before ; mankind may have been feeble enough. but there ereredent for expecting such debility as this. Bat to the Bog. individually, there is a reason closer than political —a reason which home to every man's basket and to his store, and which should 'ge his liveliest exertions, as it will the keenest opposition of his enemies. Poland is A immure Goo's granary; it is the • ought to be grown the millions of quarters of morn, and millions of quattern loaves, which Amid be dropping ihs of the children who are starving for want of thorn, sod du aut drop. because the a. indbolders stand by witb a dg ire on the fathers of those children if they attempt to pro ./ the exchange of their manufacturing industry. All tit be covered with English cottons, and all England fat oath Polish curs ; but one selfish and overlies/iv order Osiers • crost.road, and swears with cocked pistols that net a bit that of either. It was for this purpose that wars bare leis since 1792. We have been buried with debt. as a prellnd., to being starved. That yom—and yote—and you—snight die in Lorifers, and somebody else ride thereby so fat horses, bee object. end, and moislusioo, of the long turmoil of war aid energies," ,her Europeon nat titence of a good I; IN that she is coo eminent in all clue " The people of rent the first pane 17 ,11. to the term ; and it I. 4r meetings begat Ise beggar in the oning,--is son an re been where hi flinty to join teri done, will out re en over the leper, we shall I molensho, we too .0 world looks tc Or ever, if she will send each of t eve not. they ind ey ridden over ht u reason but beat 79t, and answerer' by and for what r • t Irish, hope, and orld's retribution I he tocsin of war i uts and the barber It, when the civil PPort. The civl onquered in detail W.bip all over the There never I swoop before ; 00 precedent for vii met home to eve !loge his liveliest retie enemies. re where ought ''imocie of milk 0 the mouths of ich a e, , ot 4rn nder, to bre on ts them by the • 4 0.4 might be en d Polish c to the crossroad Place of either rltti oft More 171 to bdng stare sad owners, a the object. che i*lte energies." THE PETITIONS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. MONDAY NIGHT, JAW. 10, 1831. SlR—The press of London has, almost unanimously, and with great ability, advocated a commutation of the punish ment of the SIR RIOTERS ORDERF.D TOR EXECUTION ON SATURDAY NEXT. I am one of many thousands who (although we heard, through the papers, of petitions in be half of these men) were not informed at what places these petitions might be met with. If the parties, who so lauda bly got them up, had sent word to the papers where these documents lay for signature, I am convinced there is scarcely an Editor in the metropolis who would not have rejoiced to give prominence (out of motives of humanity alone) to the information. Anxious as I ha'•e been to sign, and willing as I have also been to walk—aye—ten miles so to do, if it were necessary, I did not know. till this morning, and then by , mere chance, where to gratify my, so earnest, desire. In passing along HIGH -STREET, ISLINGTON, I was attracted by a crowd, both in and outside of an extensive CHINA WA REHOUSE (nearly opposite Rhodes's farm), where I had, at last, the satisfaction of recording my vote for mercy to the convicts above mentioned. Hoping, if you have not room for my letter, you will at least announce the above, and any other station you may be acquainted with, to which the enlightened and humane may flock, without a moment's delay, for the purpose already explained.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, THE SHADE OF EDMUND BUKKF 0 We readily insert the above ; and will be happy to forward, in every way in our power, the important object of the writer. The deficiency of information on the point al luded to is evident, the following being the substance of the only sentence to be found in the Morning papers :—" Lang bourn Ward and Coleman-street Ward, in the city of Lon . don, meet to-day, at two o'clock, to petition the King to spare the lives of the unhappy and misguided men condemned to death by the Special Commissions. Coleman-street Ward meets in the Vestry-room of St. Stephen, Coleman-street ; and Langbourn Ward in the Vestry-room of St. Dionis Backchurch—the Lord Mayor in the Chair."—En. STAR. THE ARMY. The following oaken compose the Military Staff of his Excellency the Marquis of Anglesey, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland s—Aides.de. Camp in Ordinary— Lieutemmt-Colonel Sir William P. de Bathe, Bart. half.pay. unattached; Captain F. Paget, Coldstream Guards; Lieut. C. J. Henry. 88th Regiment= Lieutenant &swan H. Paget, 7th Hawn; Lieutenant lien. H. Cole, Bth Dragoons; Second Lieu. tenant R. G. Williams, 4 let Fualleas. Extras—Major Brownlow, bail pay, unattached Captain Willoughby Cotton, Coldsuemn G uards; Cornet Hon. William T. Caper. Royal Hone Guards; Sub-Lieu. tenant Viscount Ranelagh, let Life Guards; Lieutenant F. Nesbitt, half pay, 18th Humors; Lieutenant lion. W. & Clements, 43d rest. NAVAL INTELLICBNCE. MAW flours Tim Dar.—Doblin. ; Waterford, I. _ Dom., Jam 11.—Wind If..N.E strops breeze. POSTIMOOTIII. JAL 11.—Wind Z.N.E. strong breeze. PLYNOUTIII JAIL 10...—Wind E.—Arrived the San Joan Bepdtta, Arum, front Seelig. DAILTXOOIII. Jan. 10.—Arrived the °tarp Canning. Bally. from Singapore. Of tie port. die William the Fourth. Atwood, from St. FA' 1410011111, Jaw. 10..Wied N.N.K. to RNA strong breesol.... Arrived the Riilll Moore. Mastro. front Oallipoly. PINIAltel, Jas. 10.--Arrived the Terra Nova, Kelso, front Bahia - Cosset, Drennan, from Madeira; Spanish Packet, Wrightson, from Carlin ; and Wllbelmma. Bowe, from Seville. Lavrarom, Jan. 10.—Arrived the Hector from Smyrna ; Lady Frances, Dawes. from Mess ina ; and Vine, Beans, from Havre. Off the port, the Lady Rowena, from Charleston. Panerow, JAIL ;o.—Arri.ed the Symmetry. Hick, from faghern. Jaw. 10.—Arrived the Jenne Mode, Dupes. from Boor. dean. Hamm% Jew. 10.—Arrived off the port. the John. Visor. from Palermo. • •-• Cow, Jam 9.—Anived the Restaorador, Oliver., from St. Übe'. STAIIDO•TIi Caere, JAM the Phyla's, Dodd, from Malaga. Gasatuns, Jam. 11..—Arrived the Harriet, Cummings, from New fonodhad • and Aveph and Willfasn, Anderson, hem Copenhagen. The Etipttemia, laniard, from Singapore to China, was totally wrecked at Linton, during a heavy gale on the tab July. STATE OF TIIE corNrar. BLANDTOII). Blorday night, 12 o'clock. On my way from Salisbury to-night, I saw two apparently extensive fires ; one, which cast an immense glare for miles round, was. I was in released, in the vicinity of Wilton; the other, which appeared a consi derable distance oil; I was told was between Wimborne and Ringwood. The alarm amongst the people on the road to this place is excessive. A party who were spending the evening here, were 0111 W off to the fires, and broke up in much amfusioa. —Correspondent. rune& MAIDITONZ, lionnaw.—Atthe termination of the trials at Mt lam Ammo, the Judges adjourned null to-day, as it was apprehended that there might be ',gleaners for trial. We are happy, however, to state, that in eaoscgti om of the continuance of tranquillity since then, it has not been considc necessary to open the commission to-day. TRIAL or RIOTIMS —On Friday three pritontes wets found guilty of a riot at Headhunt, on the 16th of November, and of an assault Oa the Rev. P. Le Geyt and the Hon. J. W. King, magistrates. Mr. Pollock conducted the prosecution. The circumstances arose out of one tithe assemblages of the labourers during the late disturbances for an increase of wages. The seine day. Price, a labourer, was found guilty on two indictments for different riots at Stook bury and at Gnat Mailing, and the next day, Saturday, he was found Guilty a third time for a riot at Yalding. Is all these came he appeared to be the leader of the mobs. He, however, did not puffer what he railed " his mob" to injure any one. On Saturday three others were con. vieted for a riot at Wrotham on the 114th of November. In this case they initiated on a reduction of tithes from the rector. After thee- trials the prisoners were called up for sentence—Price 9 years' imprisonment and hard labour, 3 others 18 months, and 3 others to 9 months' int. prisooment, and all to be kept to hard lahour. The maim* were bet over till 9 at night on Saturday. Mr. Kean La engaged by the lessees of Drury-lane The atre for a limited number of nights, at 501. per night. It is said that the nightly receipts at the door of the Olym pic 'Theatre have amounted to 2841. since the opening. It is reported that Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey has been appointed solicitor to Lord Brougham's commission of chari ties—a situation worth about 20001. a year. Monday last a fishing boat wu upset near Burghead, and the crew, consisting of three married and two unmarried men,were suddenly committed to a watery grave. They were all sober and industrious fishermen. The DundonneU cause (Mackenzie v. Roy and others), involving the question whether certain deeds sought to be reduced, were or were not the deeds of the late Kenneth Mackenzie, which has excited mush interest in Scotland, has been decided at Edinburgh, the Jury having found for the plaintiff. Rewards of 4001. are offered by the Earl of Gosford and the principal inhabitants of Beccles, !Oa the apprehension of the offender or offesbders who set fire to the stacks belonging to Mr. Geo. Fenn. at Beccles, tenant of Lord Gosford. The late Col. Boden, of the Bast India Company's ser vice, bequeathed the whole of his property to the university of Oxford, for the ebtablishment of a Professorship and Scholarship in Sanscrit Literature, " being of opinion that a more general and critical knowledge of the Sanscrit language will be a means of enabling his coun trymen to proceed in the conversion of the natives of India to the christian re/igion, by disseminating a knowledge of the sacred scriptures amongst them, more effectually than all other means whatsoever." THEATRICAL PATENTS. To try the merits of Mr. Arnold's petition foe a renewal of his licence to t operas sod ballets, sad to examine the claims of the winter Thee to relit seek hues, last eight the Vies-Chan. Court was cm** is eallbselos by litigates! persons, and lovers of the drama. The piners was so groat that Cosnoel went Obliged to climb over the pitediese to get to their places. The Lord Chancellor having intimated Ms intention to boar the question raised by Drury-lane mal Theatres against the renewal of Mr. Arnold's lima she Ilsh Opern-buuset curiosity was strong ly mmllloool. Before doe Led Meaner =me, Mr. Culaaft, Charles Ketuble, Mr 0. Robi n. sled dre surugen of most of the theatrical properties in Ludes, ugh dash uses under the Bosses. The Lod Chsweeller. with Mr. Jude, hems Parke, Chief Justice Tyudid. and air la. Bhadwell, aim hole Caws se wives o'clock. The LORD Caroms Lto a thee asked the Billeherdhsend who be wu mud for. The 13 0LICITOS.GEW1tILIL ISM he had to appear before their Lord. ships as Comet for Mr. Arnold, • gent. who had acquired great ode. brity as the forager of a musical and dramatis enterudament. That gentleman, whose father was the favourite of Geo. 111. had obtained a licence from his late Majesty for the cetablkhummt of a theatre for the encouragement of English music and Foglia potftlaulats- All went an wail until the unfortunate Ike which destroyed his theatre about a year sew By that melancholy event, which consumed pro perty to the amount sixty-six thousend pounds, he bad been wholly incapable of re-building the theatre at his own expense, but by subscrip. tion he might be enabled to raise it out of the ruins. That object, so much to be desired by the adenines of the drama, haulms the appearance of being accomplished. Mr. Arnold found that the renewal of his licence was to be opposed by the patentees of the peat theatres, es the ground of their exclusive patents, which they bald prohibited all other pro pietors of theatrical proerty front centlng in competition with them. The effect of these o bject ens, he understood it, would go the length of checking the prerogative of the crown. The patents granted in the reign of Charles the - Second were to operate against the power of the crown to grant a licence to any third tne. That was the question their LordslOps had to decide. Mr. Arnold (through his petition to the crown for the renewal of his license) called upon their lordships to decide it, not upon any violence to the prerogative of the Crown, but the principles of equity. The Solicitor-General proceeded to state the facts relating to the first patent to Mr. Arnold, in the year 1909, and the subsequent patent for establishing an English Opera-house. The granting of this license was to enable Mr. Arnold to begin a new plan—of a plan in fair competition with the Italian Opera; and, therefore, if that plan succeeded, it was meant to enlarge the exertions. Mr A. never intended to leave the whole winter to the Its. Han Opera, and to open the projected theatre in the summer ; that was obvious, from the avowal that it was as a rival to the Italian Theatre, and to ascertain the taste of the town for English music. It wan there fore that the licence was sought, and, be submitted, was granted to open the theatre during the whole year, certainly during the winter season, to represent English operas and ballets of action. It was ed. dent that something permanent was contemplated—to open when the town was full, not to have performance% in the summer, when the town was comparatively empty. A minor object on the part of Mr. Ar. sold was. to encourage improved scenery, proceeding on mare mechani cal principles t and the performances to take place under einem. stances more in accordance with the greater respect for the moral decencies of society. Mr. Arnold not only contemplated to represent English operas, but Italian operas also; and Mr. A. sought a licence that should be " annual," because, by being annual, that the Crown might have the opportunity of constantly revising the grant, and refusing the license in the event of there being any abuse of the pri vilege granted. Mr. A. wished then,and did not altet his opinion now, that the renewal of the Herne, should result from merit, showing that the pace of the Crown might be usefully, beneficially, and praise. worthily continued. George the Third took great interest in the grant. ing of the of iginal licence, as a mark of his " 'pedal favour," to exhibit musical dramatic entertainments at the Lyceum, in the Snead, " for one year." Now, was not that a licence that would not have been infringed had Mr. A.'s Theatre, continued open for the whole year ? Had that been the extent of the acting, where would have been the in. fringement or fraud ? He had no doubt, that had the performances been throughout the year—not for the summer months 0n1y...-he hesitated not to say that Mr. A. would have been justified under this Beeves. After. wards opposition arose, but not from Drury.lane or Count-garden Theatres, but from Mr. Greville, a gentleman who was well known in the fashionable world ; and why ? because Mr. A.'s plan is mate de gree clashed with one contemplated by Mr. Oreville. Lard Haonswan—You ere now 'peaking of the Nosed licence granted to (Neville, Sheridan, etc. The Souctron.Oxyzaat.—No—ei the first licence panted to Bit,. A. alone. It was not till afterwards that a new question was raised by Mr. Chunk, and that was in 1810, after the burning down of Drury. lane. The licence was afterwards, in 1810, granted to Mr. Arnold and Mr. Chunk, for their mutual benefit, one to use it in the summer and the other in the winter. He next ante to a solemn deed executed be. tween Mr. Arnold, Mr. Greville, and the late Mr. Sheridan, as the re. presentative of the scattered interests of Drury-lane Theatre, then to. trendy burnt down, and Mr. Peaks, for the use of the Lyceum Theatre, the deed admitting the force of the annual licence, and undertaking to insure the House. The patentee of Drury-lane (Mr. Sheridan) hired the house, not pretending to hays any interest in, or control over, the IL cense, for "a year," not " the year" from Feb. 1809, to Feb. 1810. Lord Bnouoneist.— Was it a demise of the premises? If it were from September (the date of the deed) it might be a demise of the pre mises ; if from February to February, it might be a demise of your rights. The Souctroa G z t. would settle that point, by stewing bee. after a second licence. Mr. Sheridan's object in this deed was to ac knowledge all the rights of Mr. A. under the licence. Mr. S. on the nary admitted the force of the licence. He contended that lie. %. thereby gave his consent to the licence u far as was requisite for the argument, Mr. Sheridan only reserving any rights the patentee might have. The consent of Mr. S. he maintained, was clear. The second licence, dated ?Armory, 1810, was similar in terms to the first license, and during that period the agremxnt with the Drury company was in pro. pets; but there was a items( licence from the Drury company, not separated from, but bottomed on Mr. Amold's original Henke. Then, where was the usurpation ? What ! could those of 18311 question their title, who acknowledged and took under their title in 1810 ? In the third licence. Mr. Greville's name was omitted-1k considering that Air. 1 Arnold and Mr. Sheridan had used him ill ; and Mr. Grevilk at that time having a little theatrical speculation of his own So much for the exclu-ive privileges of the patentees, even in Mr. Greville's estimation. If he got red of Mr. Grevilk, he thought he got rid of the only human being who bad aright to complain of lir. Arnold's licence; and Mr. Greville was not the complainant. The argument here was not for title in the bricks ' and mortar of the Lyceum, but tor the theatrical property arising nodes the licence. After three years the Drury company left, their own that.. 'tie being rebuilt ; but neither Mr. Sheridan's interests, nor those of any body else, on withdrawing, entered any protest against the licence and conduct of Mr. Arnold. It was said, however, that the Lyceum cons. piny had out played all the year round, and, therefore, bred acknow. ledged that the ham was not of the force now urged. It was true that Mr. Arnold's thane was not opened for three years at erwtuds. be. cause Mr. Arnold was induced to be the manager of Drury, which lasted three years. till 1816. Lord fluouomm—And after that period the licence, instead of being annual, was frees May to October. _ _ _ The SOLICITOIL-HENZIAL admitted such to be the het; but trusted to be able to show that, though the licences were hos 1816 in more limited tents, such feet Weeded no ground for the patent theatres to step in and question the right of fir. Arnold to a con. tinuados of the licence. Let it be always borne in mind that Mr. Arnold sought no patent, no incorpowation i be sought not to infringe on the rights of others; he simply sought foe the renewal of the litmus from year to year—so long as he deserved the continued grace of the Crown, but not subject to the interposition of Drury or Covent.gardea. If they were justified la laterfering, how happened it that they had not interposed in 1810, in 1813, and in 1818 ? From that period, err. tainly, the Pleven woe in limited terms, but why limited be knew not. He knew of no prooeedings—it we. perhaps fmto favour at Court—but still those licensee were referable to the original license..— He admitted that the Crown had the right to limit the terms of the licenses eves to refuse them—bet be denied that there was any third party who conk' say that the Crown could not grant such • lieenee, for that was the principle of the opposition, against which be, on the part of Mr. Arnold, bad to combat. There was opposed so bias a charier, not of liberties, but of monopolies—us bind m slaves, fur all dotes, the people of London to the two patent theatres. On what ground could such a right, such a charter, be argued ? It was pretended that it was the prerogative of the crown • and yet, in arguing for the prerogative, it was to show that in exercising it, the Crown had exhausted all its powers, not only as regarded the particular Sovereign, but of all future Kings. That was the character of the argument, or there was no argu. went at all in favour of the patentees. He then proceeded to the exami. nation of the patents granted to Mr. KUl*rew and Sir W. Hawthorn ; and having desaibed their terms generally, be argued that they were not of the exclusive character now contended &t.-tbat they did not exhaust the prerogative of the Crown on this particular subject. Surely it scold be a libel on any Monarch to hold that any privileges were granted other than foe the benefit of the public. Surely the patents were not so be enjoyed to the exclusion of all other so long as any could be hand in whose veins Sowed the blood of the Killigrews and Methane& As to the language of the resents limiting the Theatres, be did not deny the right of the Crown o thatroul all plays; that be considered wee now the law and the prethoative—but all right so oontunal or limit was with the Crows alone, it was not divided with say patetismo. The patents. be considered, pew .out of the tem. per et times, mid to elsew the pimple that they wawa to have the team try therm with players and playhouses. Lied Desocansts.—what me the tenth of Ilse pathos, that shin should be no other theatres la the whole country but what banged to thew raloaloss Yr. lioaaseow—Tbe bobs art deilatl, " Ueda, Westaeleaser, sod the mobtobe." The Seitcrros-Gerream. 'aid he had endeanntred to get at the grounds of the opposition; but in reality he was much in the dark. Lord BROUGHAM—WeII, Men, night it not he better to wait for their case, instead of going " fishing about" entlearourinz to get at their reason.—(h utch hearty laughter from the pare Coursellars learned in the law, and In all that is good—an example which the audience took the liberty of most heartily following.) The SOLIeIvOItsrOZWER" was much annoyed by this me-riti.ent. Heruntecl round and observed with great gravity. that he wished for more order. H e was no: a laA and he wished that folks would remem ber they were not i n t h e of a Theatre. And he so turned round several times, looking very severely at the audience at his rear, almost all of whom consisted of playhouse proprietors, or performers. Lord BMOVGNIAN eventually said, Vetere were not proper decorum the place mast be cleared ; this was not an open The Sollcitor-General continued. He did not s ugh to " fish out"— (there was no renewed laughter).—the reasons of his opponents; he would only now examine the value of the patents, and their •• im lola. hle" rights. The two patents granted by Charles 11. were. after some years, ineorporated—a proceeding that he ventured to argue was so gross an abuse as to render them forfeited. In the time of William 111. there was a patent granted to Betterton, in consequence of such abuse. Then what became of the rights now urged under the two original patents? Lord Biennium (it being ten o'clock), at the instigation of the Vine-Chancellor, asked whether the Solicitor-General could here conve. niently close for the present. The Solicitor-General stating that he could, his Lordship adjourned the further proceeding. to Thursday eren. ing, at seven o'clock, as it would be inconvenient for tire Lord Clef Justice (Tyndall) to attend on Wednesday. Adjourned till Thursday evening. --- ____ _ _ JUDGMENT ON RICHARD CARLILE. At half-post seven o'clock the RICOILDICIt took his seat on the Bench, which, as well as every part of the Court, was crowded to teens. n y A few minutes after the was placed at the bar. The Clerk of the A having demanded of the prisoner whether be bad any thing to say w the Court should not pass judgment accord. lug to law, a long and tory conversation took place on points of legal technicality. At the conclusion— Mr. Oreille evinced a strong desire to read the various publica tions of the month of November, to show that he was not more culpable than others, but the Recorder decided against such a course. He then declared that one thousand of the work had been printed in the tint Instance only. four hundred of which hml been sold prior to the regent proceedings. and which had been sent to Man chester, and several towns in Lancashire, York. Scotland, and Notting. ham, the rest having been sold in the metropolis. He declared that to his knowledge not one copy had been sent to any of the disturbed die. wins, nor had he any agent in them, and having called the attention of the Court to the lengthened discussion of the Jury in considering their verdict, declared his firm °Odin to be, that " the Jury were starved into a verdict," and concluded by submitting to the Court, as a fact worthy of consideration, that he had not visited any of the disturbed districts. The Rieconnza, In panting sentence on the prisoner, alluded to the fact of his having avowed that one th ousan d oo p. had been sold, and ' to the dreadful aosaeloenoes that might accrue to society by the pro. mulgation of the poison, and to the lives that bad already become forfeit to the laws of the country, concluded by expressing a hope that on re. Election he would in some measure atone for the injury committed on society, and that be would seriously reflect on the greatness of his of. fence. He then pronounced the following sentence : " That you, Richard Grine, pay a fine to the King of Two Hun dred Pounds t that you be imprisoned in the Compter of this City for the space of Two Years ; that you find sureties for your good behne iour for Ten Years, yourself in Five Hundred Pounds, and two other* in Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds each ; and that you be further inirri. toned until the said tine be paid, and sureties found." NEW COURT. ANOTHSK PUGILIST IX TROUSI.t. Solemn Reuben', a pugilist, and William Rowley, were i. for feloniously assaulting Samuel Cooper, upon the King'. hightity, with intent to rob him. The prosecutor said that on Saturday the let hut. he was retuniti f home frees his work about eleven o'clock at night. He was a little tn. to:tested. .and when begot near Whitechapel Church. he was hustled by revers] persons. and slang them the prisoners. The latter held his arms and put their hands In his pockets. and tore them ineide out, hut did not succeed in getting any mosey. He called a polite constable, and when be came up the prisoners had bald of him. A polka constable memborated the prosecutor's testimony. No defence was Wind. nor any witnesses called to character. The Corium Scimitars told the Jury that the offence with which the prisoners were charged was a very serious one. It subjected them to transportation for life. With this, however, the jury had nothing to itn. They were only to give their opinion of the prisoners' guilt or inno cence. Verdict—Guilty. EXECUTION Or WINTERBORN. READING. JAW. 11. Our readers will recollect, that on the conclusion of the la e 'mime held at Reeding. under the special commission for Berkshire. three of the convicts were left for execution. Their names were Oakley, Winterbori, and Darling. Not the slightest hope was held out to them that there wac the possibility of the sentence pronounced upon them being mitigated. On the contrary, they were warned against deceiving themselves with the hope ot mercy ea this aide the grave • and, believing that the sentence of the law would be executed upon diem at the appointed time, they had resigned themselves reverently to the direction of their spiritual advisers, and prepared to die as Christian men ought to die. Happily, however, the seal and humanity of some gentlemen residing in Heading and its vicinity were roused at the prospect of this sacrifice of the lives eif three of their fellow.cremures. They made the most strenuous and the mast pesise.worthy exertions to obtain a commutation of the dreadful penalty, which the law bad awarded to the offences of the convicts, and they had the gratification to find their exertions to far attended with sue. ass. that the execution of the sentences of two of the convicts was respit. ed. These were Oakley and Darling. Every representation, every appeal for mercy, on behalf of Winterbom, f a il e d ; and w ith regar d to him the law was left to take its came. This compromise between the stern demands of the offended laws and the dictates of mercy and humanity was bailed, perhaps, with more rejoicing by the intercessors, than by theme for whim they had so succesfully interceded ; for the latter had already paned the valley of the shade of death—they had made up their minds to die, and the terra', of the awful change they were to undergo had vanished. They are represented to have , awaited the hour of their execution with fortitude—without the Imo indication of fear—without any expressiomi of regret for the Ines of life. De. Williams, the excellent Chaplain of the gaol, declared that be bad never before seen men more fully resigned to the fate which they believed awaited them; and the reverend gentleman added, that the composed and happy temper of mind into which they had b e en brought, by the con s olations of religion, had relieved the performance of his melancholy duty from half the distressing sensations which, in ordi. navy cases, accompanied it. It is tot surprising, therefore, that Oakley and Darling should have received, almost with indifference, the news that the execution at their sentences was reepited ; and their expressions on bearing it—though they prove that the convicts did: of exactly on. &emend what had been dose for them—show, also, that they must have been quite as mach composed and resigned, as they are represented to have been. They said, that if the meaning of the respite was that their lives were to be spared for a few days or for a few weeks. they found no Flamm in it, and that they would much rather have died then, with their unfortunate companion Winterborn. When it is explained to them that it is not intended they should undergo the last punishment, they will, no doubt, set a higher value upon the &lbw of mercy. The respite arrived at the gaol on Monday evening, and was immedi. ately communicated to Oakley and Darling; but it was not unitl the morning of that day of execution—that the devoted Winter. bons heard that be wee to suffer atone. He bore this additional trial in the meat manly and becoming manner. lie expressed himself OA to bear that hie companions ware spared, and he did not repine that mercy bed been denied to ItimeelE (in the contrary, he continued to d elate that he was prepared and willing to die, and his whole conversation was marked by the same absence of all expressions of regret at qniiting life. Helves a married man. and his wife was lying dangerously ill of the typhus fever. He bed been made acquainted with her hopeless uut. cation, and one of the last wishes he expressed wax, that she might die before he suffered, or, at lease, that she might not survive ie be shocked with the news of his execution. The hour appointed for the last sad ceremony which the ill-starred man bad to undergo was 12 o'clock. 8' only before that he came out of the chapel pinioned, and attended by the officers of the prison, who were to lead him to the android. His large otuaeilL i e frame seemed cramped, probably from the posttioo of his arib% the tightness of the bonds by which he was pinioned. lie walked Artily, but his cheek was pallid, his eye glued, and the prayer,. he uttered, though fervently and audibly expressed, broke front quivering Ups. The scaffold was erected on one of the ptit•on welts, t.ppe•ite to the principal parts of the ruins of the Abbey. Winterborn arsertded it without assistance ; and, still d vouily occupied in prayer. sutottitted himself to the hands of the eseeutioner. As the prison clock titti.htcl striking 12, the drop fell, and the unhappy man died almost without a atraggle. The spectators were not very numerous,—amounting probably not to more than 300, and not a syllable escaped them as they witoe.scd the awful spectacle. They dispersed peaceably, as soon as the body was cut down. The petition, signed in twenty bouts by sot kea than 6,000 PIM". was hastily closed, at .d seat up a few days ago to lewd Melbourne, soder an apprehension that the Winchester convicts were to 11 , . on Saturday last. It appeals. bowery, that soother petition is facies of thaw unhappy persons is hi contemplation, and that a Ward Mettles der this purpose kiss bees convened w Langbourn Ward for this 4,, at which the Lied Mayor will preside. Only one of the six prisons lift fee wearies at Winchester las bees respired. The petition, if stn-ed to, will lie at the yestrywaim of St. Danis Beclichusch, roach Itch. street. Alldawita, oestaising circumstances of mitigaties, will, is &Maud, be also forwarded to the Seantary itikata -No