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THE FAREIVELL. •••••.=l. The following verses were addressed by Lord Br• itox to Mr. Tuomas hfoonE, and are in circulation -among a few of Mr. Moones select friends: My boat is on the shore, And my bark is on the sea; But ern I t 4), To-t M..•oza, Here's a double health to thee 1 : Here's a sigh for those I love, And a smile for those I hate, And, whatever sky's above, Beres a heart fot any fate ! Tho' she ocean roar around me, It still shall bear me ors; Tho' a desert should surround me, It bath spring* that may be won ! Were it the last drop in the wella As I gasped on the brink, Ere my fainting spirits fell, 'Tis to thee that I would chink ! In that water, as this wine, The libation I would pour Should be--Peace to thee and thine, And a health to thee, Tote Mooaz ! THEATRES. DRURY-LANE.—Monday evening a new Tragedy, called Montalto, was acted. The leading passion is jealousy ; a dangerous foundation for a Play in the country which has produced STIAKSVEARE, and is familiar with his Othello. The scene is laid in Italy, where Montalto (Mr. WALLACK), a Prince and a warrior, returns after a long absence to his home, Verona. A suspicion of the infidelity of his wife had been previously awakened in his mind, and the artifices of Michael (Mr. COOPER) and Laura (Mrs. EGERTON) are employed to confirm them. The latter is the chief agent in the plot against Montalto's peace, but the motives by which she is instigated are Lot sufficiently manifest. Some rather obscure hints to her own claims to the Principality, and a disap pointed passion, are the grounds of her hatred.— Michael is envious, and ambitious to boot ; their schemes, however, are impeded by the hesitation of Duras= (Mr. BOOTH), her husband, whose conscien tious scruples are perpetually checking their impe tuosity, and interrupting the progress of the drama. Montalto's jealousy advances. He discovers that a rival warrior, then encamped in the neighbourhood, with hostile designs against his state, was formerly an admirer of his wife, Julia (Mrs. Wm); and the frequent interchange of letters between the conspi rators in his castle and the enemy, confirm his sus picions of the existence of a criminal attachment.— He resolves to murder his wife, but is unable to exe cute the deed. In the meantime the castle is sur prised, Durazzo joins the enemy and falls, his wife dies of grief, Montalto is mortally wounded in the engagement, and, after cursing Julia, under an im pression of her guilt, discovers her innocence, blesses her, and expires. The catastrophe was affecting, and the Author is much indebted to the several Perform ers, whose talents were exerted to the utmost. On the falling of the curtain there was a short contest, but the approbation considerably preponderated, and it is probable that the length of the Piece was the chief source of whatever. dissatisfaction was mani fested; a judicious curtailment will reconcile the dis contented, and prepare the way for a successful run. The House was well attended. The Tragedy was repeated last night, and with much more success than it had on the former even ing, in consequence of some considerable curtail ments which it has undergone. Its announcement for Thursday night was not attended by a single mark of disapprobation. CovxwT-GAItDEN.—The first performance of the new Tragedy of Mirandaa attracted to this Theatre, last night, one of the most numerous and brilliant audiences of this season. The very high reputation vhich the author has already gained by his drama tic scenes, and his poem of Alarcian Colonna, has ex cited an unusual interest amongst those• who are con versant with the poetry of the closet and the Stage : and the presence of a -literary spirit was manifested - in the quickness and discrimination with which poetic beauties were felt, and applause bestowed. The following are the dramatis permute, and a sketch of the fable: Mr. Ms,csisa.rty. Mr. C. Kamm & - Mr. &MILTON. Mr. Assam Mr. CONNOR. - Milli Fours. Isabella - - Mrs. Faucir. Guido-aad hidora have long entertained a mutual pa.sion unknown to the Duly. The young Prince is called away to defend his country in arms, is des perately wounded, and it is reported to his mistress aad his father that he is dead. The Duke, in an evil hour, sees Isidore, loves her, and under the impres sion that Guido was no more, obtains from her a weeping and cold consent to marry him. Guido "rites to his father and his mistress the news of his recovery ; but the letters are intercepted by Isabella, the sister of the Duke, who labours, in concert with the miscreant Priest, to ruin Guido, for the purpose of placing in the hands of her own son the sceptre of _Altrandok, and in ignorance of Guido's existence on this side the grave, the fatal union takes place. It is at this distressing moment that Guido returns. lb meets Isidore:, and the interview is full of tender. ' mess. Then follows the meeting with his father, ex quisitely *fought, which, after a conflict of filial, paternal, and jealous feeling, ends in an affectionate retenciliation. Isabella persuades Isidore to give a ring to Guido as *token of friendship. The Duke, sit a banquet, whilst holding Guido affectionately by the land, recognizes the ring. It was his marriage present to her. -lie conceives a horrible suspicion, and is stung to very madness. Guido now deter mines to depart for ever—ignorant of what had caused his father's jealous paroxysm. The father is again reconciled to him. But another interview, un der the most innocent circumstances, and against Guido's will, is produced between him * and Isidore, in a garden. The father, led by Isabella, surprises them; and in his fury—..or rather in the fixed and feartuf calmness of despair, passes sentence of death upon Guido,. and orders him to instant execution. Casti, iu the meantime, has discovered the inter- The Duke of Mirandols Guido (his son) - (a priest) - Casti Julio (friends of Guido) Isidora . eeptecl letters, and reveals to the Dukethe horrid trea‘ son of Isabella and the Monk. The wsetched father cries to HEAVER,: and all abodt hiln, to save Guido from the death stroke. Bat it is too late; his soul is agitated with a super-human pang of remorse, which bursts its earthly bonds, and the curtain falls—upon one of the finest, and one of* most successful Tra gedies that have been produced upon our Stage for many years. There are two historic incidents to which the plot has an affinitythe fate of Don Carlos, son of Philip the Second, and that of Ugo, natural son of Nicholas, Duke of Ferrara. The former has been treated by ()Tway not happily, and by SCHILLER and ALFIERI with great power. In the former, there is the wild vigour of the German school ; in the latter, the stern genius of Atrteat has embodied and developed som brous tyranny, hypocrisy, and cruelty, with a giant's power. The fate of Ugo, as told by Gleam; and the Ferarese historian, and which by the bye has in spired Lord Briton with one of the most beautiful of his shorter poems, seems more nearly allied to the subject of Mirandola, than the story of Philip.— Guido, like Ugo, is a natural son, and the desolate father, after his unnatural judgment, cried out— " Oh ! that I were dead, since I have been hurried to resolve thus against my own Ugo !" We know no personage in whom the elements of tragic emotion are so finely blended as in the Duke of Mirandola.— 'His choleric suspicions, haughty and jealous temper, is softened and mitigated by a redundant fountain of kindly sensibility, which filled every heart with emo tion, and many an eye with tears. Mr. 51ACREADY'S perforthance of this character was a masterpiece—it was of that class of performances which is not only the highest, but the most interesting—the triumph of genius and art over great difficulties. The pas sions are so mingled in Mirandola—the transitions of touch from one chord of the heart to another— from terror to tenderness, and from suspicion to con fiding—are so rapid as to require a dominion over tragic expression, which could be exercised only by supreme skill, united with the F.nest talent. His great excellence is a wonderful power of presenting what VOLTAIRE calls great dramatic pictures; they abound in this Play. There was one scene which Presented to us en pauant that his " Judgment of Brutus," were the scene worthily dramatized, would be a memorable effort of the art. Mr. C. Kassist:i played Guido admirably. He breathed the very spirit of gallantry and love. Mr. ABBOTT obtained great applause in a scene where he had a good occa sion, and acted with ability throughout. Miss FOOTE was tender and interesting, and Mrs. FAVCIT de served praise for her support of her character. The poetry, as was expected, is of the first order. Indeed, it was rather apprehended that Mr. BARRI CORN WALL would allow his Muse to luxuriate too freely for the Stage in poetic imaginations. This he judi ciously avoided. There are passages of great poetic power, and of some length. But his poetry, for the most part, consists in electric touches that strike with the force, quickness, and facility of lightning. We have only to add, that the Tragedy was applauded throughout, and hailed, at the close, with unani mous acclamation. Yesterday, four of the Musical Department of Drury-Lane Theatre were summoned to Bow-Street, to answer the complaint of Mr. Elliston, under the Statute of the 39th and 40th of Geo. 111. (commonly called the Combination Act), for preventing combi nations amongst journeymen of every description. There are certain regulations, copies of which are, given to all the Theatrical Corps for their guidance ; and in case of a breach of these regulations, fines are inflicted. Since Christmas, several of the band had offended against these regulations, and on being fined, refused to play, and on one Occasion, the whole band absolutely refused to go into the orchestra. Mr. El liston, conceiving this to be the result of previous combination, felt himself compelled to have the mat ter investigated. Mr. Elliston, Mr. Winston, Mr. Russell, Kr. Carr, &c. attended to prefer the charges. Mr. HARMER, who attended for the defendants, took an objection in limine to the proceedings, contending that the Magistrates had no jurisdiction under this Act of Parliament, as the defendants did not come within the description of persons contemplated by the Statute. Mr. Ilitamen,,however, said, he was willing to abandon his legal objection, for he was instructed to deny that there was any combination. He asked Mr. Ellisten if he was prepared' to prove the case against the defendants? Mr. Elliston said, Mr. Carr, the Prompter, could prove it. Mr. Care—" I cannot prove the charge against these particular individuals, but am prepared to do so against the whole collec tive body of musicians." Mr. HARMER assured the Magistrates that his clients totally denied any com bination amongst them. Some of them had been mulcted of their week's salary, as they conceived, un ' justly, and therefore they refused to play, but it was merely an individual matter. Mr. Elliston said, that in bringing forward this matter, he could have no other object than public justice. It was of the last importance to him and to the Public, entrusted as he was with such "a vast Establishment, that regularity ' and subordination should be preserved in all its de partments. In many instances, when the regulations had been infringed upon, the fines had been remitted ; 1 but last season the band had been so dreadfully dis organized, that, at the commencement of the present, he was obliged to tell the Gentlemen to whom he en trusted the management of the concern, that the rules must be strictly adhered to, and that the band must be compelled to attend, or pay the usual forfeits. On the first of this month, there were no less than six ab sent, and the fines were inflicted. The consequence was, that on a subsequent night, the whole band re fused to g o into the orchestra; the audience were kept waiting a considerable time, and manifested much displeasure. The Prompter was ringing his bell for the overture, but no band made its appear ance; and at length Mr. Dunn, the Treasurer, finding the perilous situation in which the concern was placed, was compelled to come forward and say— " Gentlemen, go into the orchestra, and you shall have your money." Then, and not till then, did they consent to perform. Such conduct might, in a short time, have caused the destruction of property to the amount of £200,000; and, when this was considered, he hoped his conduct in bringing the matter for ward, would. not be thought harsh. At the sugges tion of Mr. HARMER, the charge was then with drawn ; and the parties retired apparently satisfied with each other. ...• • •••tfamo•••• MIDDLES! SESSIONS: Giorge Dario was indicted for a riot before the Courier Office, on the first night of the illuminations for the Queen; but an alibi having •been proved, he was acquitted. Samuel Newman was indicted for an assault on the porter belonging to the Couriers on the same even ing, and found Guilty. He was sentenced to two months imprisonment. SURREY SESSIONS. STATE Or TOE POLICE. Mr. GAITSKILL brought forward a subject which he thought of considerable importance to the County and the Public. The Magistrates all knew the alarm ing state in which the inhabitants had been placed , by daring and outrageous' depredators. It was ne cessary some steps should be taken, with a view to prevent street-robberies and house-breaking. He did not mean to reflect on the conduct of any Gentleman who had the conduct of the .Police; bat he was per suaded the Police Establishment was inadequate. The Borough of Southwark and the East Half Hun dred of Brixton contained about 257,000 inhabitants. There were only three Police Magistrates, and eight men under their command, in the Borough of South wark, to superintend this population ;. and the conse quence was, that the most daring depredators escaped unmolested. It was well known to every one, that street-robberies and burglaries were daily committed with impunity, and the circumstance could only he attributed to the want of an active Police. If 70,000 of the population of the Borough was de ducted from the 2.57,000, the total of the population in the districts he had mentioned, there would be left 187,000, with no other Police than the Officers of the Borough for their protection. Under these circumstances, inquiry was necessary. Mr. GAIT SKILL then said, he should move-- ,, That a Com mittee of Magistrates be appointed to inquire into the state of the Police in the Borough of Southwaik and the East Half Hundred of Brixton, as relates to street-robberies and housebreaking." The Commit. tee would, no doubt, turn their attention to the sub ject, and give the inhabitants that protection they had a right to look for. The motion was seconded by a Magistrate, and put by Mr. HARRIS, the Chairman. Mr. HERRING pledged himself, as a Magistrate, that the Officers under the direction of the Magis trates had been regularly directed in the discharge of their duty. On the suggestion of Mr. TROTTER, the terms of the motion were made to extend to the County of Surrey at large. The motion, as amended, was carried, and the Committee nominated. HOLNIE Soisurn, Esq. and, Mr. DENISON, Members for Surrey, Sir T. TuaroN, and several others, were among the names. Thursday, the LORD PROVOST of Edinburgh re ceived a respite for Alex. Hamilton, under sentence of death in that city, during his Majesty's pleaspre. Mmazonouott-svniter.—Yesterday a most daring fellow of the name of John Burnell, who has infested the West End of the Town for a considerable time, was brought to this Office by the Officers of the Mendicity Society, after a desperate resistance. He was frequently habited in a smock-frock, and pre tended to have just come from the country; at other times he was dressed in a fustian jacket, and stated he was a painter out of. work. He has been long known to the Officers, and was once rescued. The Magistrate committed him till the Sessions, and re quested the. Society to prosecute,' which will, no doubt * be attended to.—Saturday, as the Officers of the Mendicity Society were passing the White Horse Cellar, in Piccadilly, they observed a man be having in a most outrageous manner to the passen gers in the different stage-coaches. Without any ce remony, he opened the doors, and insisted upon hav ing money ; if refused, he threatened to drag them out, and actually commenced operations upon those who seemed most timid. One of the coachmen who interfered was immediately knocked down, and al though the Constables (three in number) are very strong powerful men, it was with the utmost diffi culty they could secure him; for, after he was hand cuffed, he knocked down a by-stander, and struck one of the Constables so violently in the face, that he was almost stunned. Two hackney-coaches were called, but the coachmen refused the fare ; conse quently he was brought, vi et arntis, to this Office,' where he was immediately recognized by the Magis trate, who called him by his name, Dennis John Haynes, and .committed him to the next Westmin ster General Quarter Sessions, knowing him to be a notorious character. Upon being taken to Totbil- 1 fields Prison (from which he had been discharged only that morning), he renewed his violence, and the' turnkey, knowing him to be a desperate character, considered it necessary to keep on the hand-cuffs. STEEPLE CnAse.—The long pending match for 200 guineas a-side, which the late frost had sus pended, took place on Monday, between Mr. Even- . ARD, of Farley Hunt, i n Hampshire, and Captain SMITH. It was a match on which heavy sums were pending, and the distance was about eighteen miles as a bird would fly. The horsemen started at Heck field, near Hartford-bridge, Hants ; the Captain on his Arabian mare, and Mr. EVERARD on his horse Acton. Betting five and six to four on the mare. TO horses started off at speed for Sonning-common, in 0-fordshire, the one crossing the Thames by Ca versham-bridge, and the other over Sonning-bridge. Tire umpires were stationed at the house of J. A. Rasvit, Esq. the place to come in at. The Captain, who won it, crossed Caversham-bridge, and made through the Park. Mr. EVERARD, in his course, had to ascend two of the heavy Oxfordshire hills; while his adversary made his play over a level on the sum mit of the bills. Each had many desperate leaps and much rough road; but the winner did the ground, computed at twenty-two miles the way he took, in one hour and twenty-eight minutes. Mr. EVERARD was ten minutes behind him. GREAT ArrEareT.—Amongst the remarkable feats of pedestrianism of late, Mr. Arnot; a Somersetshirc man, undertook one, to do 26.1. miles in four days_ greater even than the 32 miles in five days, done last week. Mr. Aniot started from the Edgware-road yesterday, for Dorchester, in Oxon. Ile had done eighteen miles in the first three hours. Time is backed at two to one. . . - HOwsELEss POOR. A Meeting of the General Committee t oo k „ I _ yesterday, for the purpose of considering the p 7 priety of placing the sum of £5OO at the Liispo sa i the Sub-Committee, who last winter applied fl ou ' of the general fund in the relief of the de:ti:uft. their own homes. The attendance was num er s . and the Chair having been taken by Sir J on , /4 1: BOCK Mr. DORNFORD rose and observed, tk at what had been done last year in this branch of r e nt would be the best pledge for the future, he wasd e t rous that the lteport of the Destitute Commi n „. made at the conclusion of their labours, shu read, which was accordingly done Ly the Sep rtt ,,: Mr. DOENFO!tI) then moved that the sum of f s , 3 be granted to the Committee for the same purn os ,,, the motion was supported by Mr. I3noct, M. FREED ' and Mr. FrIEEsE ; and opposed by Mr•CAap„' BELL, Mr. GOLDSMID, Mr. GOULD, Mr. Pottli ALL, and other Members. Mr. GOLDSN ID, in an animated speech; called epoft the Committee to confine their attention to the of , gine! object of the subscription. To show wha t th e object was, he observed, it was only necesla r y read to the Committee the Resolutions entered inn at Mr. Hick's warehouses, when the first Me et . ing was held upon this subject, which Resci tie j ois were the production of their Honorary s e r setail whose correctness, upon all occasions, they were we n aware of. Mr. Goldsmid then read them, and ar gee d forcibly against the present grant, as . a dope from their true spirit anti intention, although he rat prepared fully to admit that the money voted tots. Destitute Committee last year had been expended i % the most cautious and judicious manner. • Mr. HICK was for voting a smaller sum than th ie proposed ; but a general feeling adverse to the pi a . ciple appeared to pervade the Meeting. Mr. Bo xis, the Secretary, said that, with every disposition in favour of the Committee, whose ere• Lions last year he warmly eulogized, he could not bring himself to vote for the grant now proposed,. He did not oppose it, however, upon the principle% ably urged by Mr. Goldsmid, because he thought that if the relief of the poor at their own homes were not an original, it was, after what had taken place last year, an adopted object of the subscriptio N but he could not help ieciing that the nature of the association had become very materially changed, inasmuch as it was at first intended for a tempo:ay purpose, but now a strong and general feeling misted in favour of its becoming permanently useful; and if this feeling were acted upon (which he hoped would- be the cave), the undivided energies of elk Committee would be requisite, whilst the whole of the present subscription would fall short of the sus which a permanent establishment would require. After a considerable discussion, the Motion was put and negatived by a great majority ; and a Special Meeting will be held on Friday next, to decide urea an appeal to the Public for additional clonatiens,sii& a.view to obtain a fund, the interest of which, cons bined with annual subscriptions, shall be sufficient% defray the expenses of houses for nightly shelter, either during the whole year or at such parts of k as may be thought proper. The Asylum at Wapping was opened on Monday, and upwards of eighty persons admitted. The Gor don Workhouse was quite full, and several cases d interest came before the Committee, particularlythat of a young woman who had been induced to leave her place in the country by her mother, who brought her to London, and after endeavouring in vain to induce her to receive the wages of prostitution, cruelly abandoned her. in this critical situation she MS found in the neighbourhood of Leadenhall-market, weeping bitterly, and was immediately directed to the Refuge for the Houseless, where she was received, and through the kindness of Mrs. Hick, is now under the care of the Provisional Protection Society. Those whose hearts are open to compassion feel at this season a double pain, because not only does the extreme cold exert its benumbing influence on their own persons, but their minds are tortured with the sight of suffering wretchedness. At Egg-Buckland, seven persons were attacked with inflammation in the lungs, caused by the extreme cold, six of whom are since dead. This• is one instance ; we fear there are . too many other instances in the country. Saturday last, as ALEXANDER JEFFRIES, Esq. aged thirty-nine, and Mr. Joi.: EDMONDS, aged seventeen, the eldest son of Major EDNION ns, of Cowbridge, were skaiting on a pond near Hensol Castle, Carmarthen shire, the ice gave way, and they were both drowned. BIRTHS. Saturday, at Harrington House, the Duchess of Leinster, of a sou. Friday, at Birmingham, the Lady of V. H. Mains, Esq. ctis Dragoon Guards, of a son. ARRIED. ......... Jan. 2, at Inveresli House, Joshua Henry 111 4 Kenzie, Esq. Advocate, to the Hod. Helen Anne IP Kenzie, youngest daughter of the late Lord Seaford). Saturday, at St. Dunstan's in the West, Lieut. I. 11. Wcsa con, H. P. of the Royal Fusileers, to Min Sarah Hewetson,d Caterharn, Surrey. October 11, at Hatfield Peon, Savanna la Mee, Jamaica. Lieutenant Frederick Jelly, R.N. to Mary Isabella, relict of the late Jas. Browne, Esq. Collector of the Customs at that porn DIED. Tuesday se'nnight, William Parnell, F.aq. M.P. at Cause Howard, the seat of Colonel Howard. His decease occasioas a vacancy in the representation of the county of Wicklow. Dec. 22, at Leman, in the county of Tyrone, the Right Hes JOhn Staples, in Isis 86th year. Dec. 24, at Holyrood House, Lady Elizabeth Murray. in the 78th year of her age. At Currah, the scat of her son, the Hon. Lady Hunt, relict of the late Sir Vere Hunt, Bart. and sister of the Earl of Limerick. Dec. 26, at Dundee, Miss Janet Preston, daughter of the Rev, George Preston, late Minister of the Gospel at hiarkinch, in Fifesbire. Jan. 2, at Bath, Lieutenant-General W. Monroe, of Enslsais House, Dorset. Jau. 2, at Edinburgh, John, third son of Coll Macdonald,Esi. writer to the signet. At Newport, aged 42, the wife of Captain O'Hare. :TAILS T H IS D v. -AR R. nut:. Dnblin 3 6 Waterford 6 1 Guernsey aLd Jersey 0 1 Holland 0 1 0 0 Malt, 0 0 , ♦K R. 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