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ORIGINAL POETR Y. SUBJECTS 1. oR THE PFNCIL. /01 WZSTAI.L, tp.OM CATULLUS. T.stquattos yaks, porvulus, Macro gr.!mto sus /*risen. toneras moms, Duke tideat ad patrem, Setaihionte lobelia. rot LAWRENCE. FROM TEL SECOND NOOK OY HO.. MLR'S ODTSILY. When 'bung Telemachus aosemb:cs the suitors, and ad ♦errs them, requesting that they will nut continue to eon lUMe hn father's property, the Poet, on tus ceasing to s?rak, Early Jambes hes frelingt nc c ar. rooptroc, Tort tit rxsyreor P2Ary2l, twist; statairestac --- iboa *As Teleusachits Waren: ; and struck Ma sceptre to the grosail, &a/Win twig Sr.". dirt Actor cirearra. The people ell Isehaid hiss with ply. The indignant boy, at this mnotent, wont(' make an admira ble picture. lb. rage, expressed by &shirt his -evtre to the gvriend ; his grief at bring so young as to be unable to revenge 46 tribes wise upuw ttLe shamakvs suitor; by his tears. pea MELT, MSS THE SECOND BOOK Of THE AE- GJNAUTICS OY APOLLONIUS ItHOUIVS. Still All their course the &nag Greeks plume, The monnment of Sthenefus they view, With humours z-ae'd, ribtain'd in realms afar, *reaming from the Amazonian war, On the Weak 'hors (Alcides at his side) Tiered by a fatal dart thr Iferositid. VOW sad they on, for,eager to surrey. Nis kia.ll.3lwarriori on the w a t er y ww . At his request, from her infernal cost. Piutos grins queen rcleited the mimic ghat, Tise prance gauss &kW, with ewer &cu, /Mg the teal itobireahiht Air e .Asasseal fir was the ssarhel phantom steroid; Fear crests leigh-teterisg hall beareV, Wish porpk rays I*o/trebly bright ; Then soon it sunk beneath the shades of night. In mule amazement stood the Grecian hog. OLD NICK. The Duchess of St. ALBA tes, and Miss MANNERS, were amongst the fair promenaders at Kensington GArdens on Sunday. Her Grace was in a simple white walking dress, a chip bonnet without orna anent, and a handkerchief tied carelessly on her seek. " Native loveliness is, when unadorned, adorned the most." Lord Joan Btassrosn, and the Marquis of WA- T raronn, left town yesterday for Ireland. Great preparations are making at Chiswick, the beautiful seat of the Duke of Ocvonsm tat, for a splendid fete. Mr. Cut so An's popular Comedy rf John Bull is performing at the Bath lhcatre to overflowing Mr. Sr. GEovior CAI:LYIELD had yesterday ano tier f.acit-race, with W. FAULICNI.R, in Kensington Ga,rdens, which be won with ease. Lady L. MANN 6.'4 Lady Lesittneros, Countess ef CLASS, Mrs. CREW, Mrs. LAW, Mrs. GOSI.ING, liars fiANVALRILIT, Mrs. and Miss JOIINSTONE, gad Mn.. Bu-ri.le, had elegant parties lasonight. The Countess of Deily, and Lady Cala ?BEI. 1., will give grand parties this evening. Yesterday evening, after his MA.TESTV 9 S Message was wad to both I louses of Parliament, tl:e iollow ing Peers and Commoners dined at PA It sl,e).'S Sub scription-house, St. James's-street :--Duke of Lein ster, Earl of Resborough, Earl of Albemarle, Earl of Derby, Earl of Sutfulk, Earl of Thanet. Lords Os salston, G. Cavendish, R. Spencer, W. Russel, Cow per, Stanley, and Petre, Mr. Fos, General Fitzpa trick, Mr. Grey, Sir J. Miller, Sir F. Burdett, Mr. Ponsonby, Mr. W. Maddox, Alderman Coombe, Mr. Whitbread, Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Frar.cis, Mr. Adair, Mr. Richardson, Mr. L. Dundas, Mr. Wes ton, Captain Bennett, Sir J. Corry, Sir J. Aubry, Mr. Ord, Mr. Bent, Mr. Milner, Lords Andover and H. Petty, Major Lambert, Mr. Noi they, Mr. Howard, Mr. Kinnaird, Sir J. Milner, Mr. Lamp ton, Mr. Courtenay, and General Walpole. From the scarcity. of good Performers for the Summer Theatres, or the bad policy of a Manager, we often find the interest of Serious Pantomime (now the prevailing species of entertainments) very defeelive in representation, though perhaps aided the mott brilliant display of scenes and dresses. At the Ciaccs, however, the Public have their full measure of gratification ; for the energy and feeling of Mrs. Patete's Pantomime Adion, and she spirited nations of Mr. Ca oss, the Stage Di isSor, leave nothing to wish for jn that line of Spec tick. Loui:a of Lcobanly is certainly the Morning Star of the present Season, and the harbinger, no sloabt, of a pleasant Theatrical Summer to the Pro pnetcrs of the Cie cus and awl: Visitors. Citizen CO-1111T, who was the bearer of Rots A PARTS'S knee to the Etyiperor A __I.EXANDF.It, IS grandson to the famous COLSEir, Minister to Loris XIV. paver pier is in a state of decay, and the funds being insufficient to its repairs, application is about so be made to Parliament for assistance. It is in contemplation to apply for parliamentary aid jut making a harbour at Folkston. The bay now formed by a chain of rocks has eight feet water at ebb tide, and is capable of considerable improvement at a trifling expence. Ramsgate, Dover, Sec. of course oppose the projeft. 'fhe influenza has been fatal to numbers in Dub in, particularly amongst the lower orders, where it is frequently contagious. The Magistrates of Newcastle have fixed, in all the public places of resort, the following, painted on a board in large letters : " To the Lashes —genteel Women, who amnse their idle hours in working, frequently throw sera's of linen and cotton earth 14 various kinds into the fire. If r es quted most bumbiF, that every Lady wig r oger/ these trifles, and direct *hair maid seremts w mil them, because the so doing will ' , Testae 60,0001. being annually experted to foreign coun tries foe the importatrun of old ray to main paper, and which, in consequence, will belaaChilafer." THESITES, COVENT GARGtI 4 • After the Comedy of John Pull, A new Musical Entettainme.it, in three Acts, was last night repre sented for the first time at this Theatre, called the ELI& FUGITIVES. CHARACTZILS. Zoe* Mr. Tneletion. Cipm , tes.9 Mr. MI. Le aver.. . Uc iterpille Petro Mr. Min-turd. o,•smbo. Mrs. fl. s6l4l•lres. Adelaide Mrs H..4olttpaun. Katherina Mr , Mill, The scene is laid in Guadaloupe ; ye is has just arrived from a convent at Lisbon, where she has been educated, accompanied by her frieni ldelaide They are attended by Courtenay, a British naval offi cer, and Le Blatt- a French officer, their respeaive lovers, with whom they had become acquainted at Lisbon, and who . are also at that time summoned by their duty to Guadalonpe. De Merville, Julie's father, is averse against her match with Courtenay; and to avoid an immediate match with his rival, she flies her father's house under the prote&ion of Ornubo a slave, and in the midst of a hurricane. The violence of the tempest impels Cow-ter:ay, from anxiety for her safety, to seek her there, when he finds the hous.:. in ruins, its master involved in the destruc tion, and thehousebold madecaptive by the grigands. Ornubo, araid the solitade of the hill., attempts , o make Julie the vidirn of his brutal passion, when a• random shot kali him, and she becomes the prey of Za:c , , the rebel chief. C'nertenay, in a rencontre, vainly endeavours to rescue her. They both be come captives to the i sargents. Cour/may, how ever, escapes, and mt.:. ,g Le Blanc, with Adelaide (whom he had encountered, a wanderer accid.m. tally separated from her friend) under his protec tion, assists him is .attacking the reb..ls, and the piece concludes with the rescue of Julie, and the burning of the rebel camp. This piece is the first dramatic effort of Miss ANNA MARIA PORTER, alreatly known to the lite rary world for her poetical talents, and it certainly entitles her to our congratulations on having adopted this mode of exerting her genius. If it havi faults, they are such as a young dramatist, and a female one particularly, cannot be expeaed to be without. To conceal them, therefore, %sere to wrong the fair author :a withholding that which may contribute her improvement, and ought not to impair her reputation; they are the faults of inexperience rather than of incapacity. The materials are good ; hut there is a certain skill requisite in t! - Is' making up of the best materials, which is only lo a familiar acquaintance with the sce and caref ul attention to its etf2:l; a kind of mecha.lical dexterity, become indeed of so much imp. r•ance, that of latter days it has crowned with suttee: plays of which classical criticism has disda:ned the scrutiny. The incidents of the Fair F*4,7n eel waist coherence; they are never by their intimate cmn,. %on, or by a happy contrivance of situation, wrought to interest ; the attention is too mush on the fie•ter. To this point, how ever, our obje&ions are confined ; and in this respect Miss PORTER has a claim to the in dul7ence of the critic on yet another score. This piece, we understand, was not en igivally writ ten as an Opera; the arra..gements of the Theatre required its transformation, and the incidents ate probably much distorted from tl.e author's original conception. The approbation on the fall of the curtain was nearly unanimous. A warmer rece!aion could scarcely be wished or expeeted, considering the un favourable circumstances which attended the piece's preparation. lia. HA N and MUN DEN have severally seceded from the dramatis persons since its first cast. The . charming music of Dr. BUSHY, as it was a principal source c.f our regret at the fall of Mr. Lewis's Mono Lrame, considerably increases our sa tisfaCtion at the secc,..): - . of the Fair Fugitives. NVe hope his taste and science will not long want further employment. Should it he necessary to subject this piece to any alteration, we would recommend some other means of destroying Oreeba ; and, in the last net, Adelaide's lying so long on the ground, with so little cause, has also an aukward effect. HAYMARKET. In conformity with his intention expressed at the close of last season, Mr. Cot..t AN opened his Theatre last night with his new dramatic corps. The pieces sele6ted for the evening's entertain. ment were, CLAN RLRLAND'S interesting .comedy of the . 7.w, and the musical farce of the Agree able Surprise. Previous to the play, a dialogue, 'very much in the nature of a Prelude (though, were we so to term it, it would, according to the bills, be a misnomer), was introduced by Messrs. EL Lateral . . and WAI. D It ON. It consisted of some laughable allusions to the precarious success of the Proprietors' new arrangements, though at the same time expressive of much confidence in the liberality of the public. Apprehensions were suggested that the brilliant success of the comedy, lately furnished by the Proprietor for one of the rival theatres, might endanger the ruin of his own. It concluded with a neat prologue, spoken by Mr. Et LtsTON. on behalf of the new performers, to deprecate the seve rity of criticism. It is with treat pleasure we find ourselves enabled to congratulate Mr. Cot.st Am on the promising ta lents of that part of the new company whose exer tions we had last night an opportunity of witnessing. To the abilities of Mr. ELI. isr ow, the town has be fore borne testimony. His personification of the phi lanthropic Jew was pathetic and chaste. Sir Ste phen Bertram was represented by Mr. CHAPmAv, from the Worcester Theatre, and in his hands the charafter lust nothing of its importance. In this Gentleman will be found an excellent substitute for poor AIKIN. Mr. H. KELLY, of the Theatre, Portsmouth, was very spit ited in the part of Charley Ratcliffe; Mr. MA Trnews, of the York Thea tre, evinced considerable humour in pourtraying the meagre yaLel, for which, indeed, his figure is pecu liarly well adapted. Mr. I. PALMER, as, the repre sentative of Frederick, appeared in a line of charaifter to which he has not been accustomed, but which he sustained very respettably. The abilities of the fe male part of the Dramatis Perrone were fully com mensurate with those of the male. In the Entertainment, Mr. MATTHEWS h ad fresh opportunity for a display of his comic talents, in the ridiculous charader of Lisp. At the end of the Play, Mr. ELLISTON announced a repetition of the ablve pieces, by command of his MAI UT Y. The house was well filled. • LA , frfrELLiGTNcP. COURT OF KINO*4-RENCH, ?vIINDAT, Nt%* id. 0 BSCESE PICTII P. r. Papaitta Bertazzi, the Italian, who has been twice convißed of selling Obscene Rooks and Pietures, brought up to receive the judgment of the Court. Mr. Justice Gaosr, having descanted on the de strative tendency of 14s" offence, and the infinite mischiefs arising from the corruption of the morals of the rising generation, pninounced the sentence cf the Court, which was, that he should be im prisoned six months, and pillorcd for the first of fence ; and another six months, to commence from the expiration of the former period, and again pil lared, for the second offence. Ann 4ishen guilty of the same offence, was also sentenced to twelve months imprisonment in Cold 8.11-fields prison, and to be kept during the time to hard labour. Several Smugglers were also sentenced to differ ent imprisonments. CRIMINAL INFORMATION. Mr. ERSKINE chewed cause against a rule, which called upon Mr. Gazely, to chew Ciusc why a Cri minal Information should not be filed against him for iniscondua in his situation as Mayor of Ports- mouth. Mr. Gawp ow, who moved the rule, founded it upon an affidavit of the Rev. Mr. Bingham, who stated, that on the 17th of March, complaint was made before him that Mr. Binden, First Lieute nant of the ship c:f war Rend, and his press gang, had aisaulted :t woman, and treated her with great brutality. lle aec4 ingly issued his warrant to apprehend the oiFenJer, and bring him before the Magi,trate for examination. But as the ship lay in Peremouth !labour, on board which the officer had retired, it became ecessary, before the war rant could be executed, that it should be backed by the Mayor el Portsmouth. The constable ac cordingly made application to Mr. Gazely, for that purpose, but he refused to do it.—For this supposed refusal to further public justice, the rule nisi had been ranted. Mr. ERSKINE said, he now had the affidavit of Mr. Gazely, which was a complete answer to this case, and indeed he would do his learned friend, who moved the rule, the justice to say, when he applied for it, he expressed his expeftation that an answer would be given to it.—Mr. Gazely stated, that it had always been the custom of Portsmouth, when any complaint was made against a naval officer (not of any serious magnitu ie, but of trifling Demeanors, of which the Court must be aware, there would he many in that place), not to issue a warrant in the first instance, hut to send a notice on board the ship, requiring the officer to appear. If, after this, he negleaed to do it, they applied to the Port Admiral, who immediately sent his orders, and compelled the delinquent to appear. This was exaaly what was done in the case before the Court. Mr. Gazely, it was true, refused to sign the warrant in the first instance, but sent the usual notice on board the vessel. And a most material fad, which Mr. Bingham had totally suppressed in his affida vit, was, that the officer did appear before that Rev. Gentleman, who, upon hearing the complaint, dismissed it as groundless, and yet he had thought proper afterwards to move for this criminal infor mation. Mr. Buiteows added, that the praetice of sum moning, in the first instance, instead of a warrant, was founded on real utility, for otherwise many charges would be founded against seamen by their friends, merely to get them out of the service. Mr GARROW, on the other side, said, he ad mitted his rule could not be made absolute ; but he said, it was for the Court to say, whether the prac tice stated could be warranted. Lord ELLENROKOUGII said, from the afildavit of Mr. Bingham, the Court bad been deceived ; from that affidavit it was to be supposed that justice had been evaded, and an offender had escaped. He was totally silent as to the officers having appeared be fore him, to answer the charge against him. He came with an imperfed statement, and therefore, in ' his opinion, the rule ought not only to be clis ' charged, but also with costs.—Rule discharged with costs. POLICE. MANSION ileum Yesterday a Piece Master Carpenter, who had undertaken to finish the carpenter's work of some houses in Skinner-street, Snow-hill„ was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged by Mr. Rolfe, his employer, with not having finished his work ax-. cording to agreement. Mr. Mite explained to his Lordshrp the grievance he laboured tinily, by this man nor conforming to the agreement entered into, and produced three master carpenters, who had examined the work, and all agreed, that the floors were left in a very unwot kmanlike manner. The person complained against was attended by a solicitor, and in his defence insisted, that the work was properly done, but agreed to go hack and finish, under the inspeetion of any person his Lord ship pleased to appoint. Mr. Seabrook was ap pointed, and the warrant ordered to be kept in force until the work was properly finished. TIIV..KINk;'S STORES. Henry and Samuel Levy, father and son, were a second time brought before the Lord Mayor, and fully committed for trial, for having in their possession a large quantity of his Majesty's stores. Sumner and Divett, two Custotn-house officers, said, they saw the stores come by the Rochester coach to London, and on finding the prisoners con veying them into a hackney coach, seized both the prisoners and the copper, which proved to be new copper, sheathing bolts, &c. &c. with the broad R. on them ; the prisoners attempted to run away. On being apprehended, they said in their defence, they had purchased them at Chatham, where one of the prisoners went with an officer, and found an ad ditional quantity of copper. Levy, the father, pretended not to know who he bought it of, bur said he dealt in every thing. The Solicitor of the Admiralty attended, when the parties were bound over to give evidence. On Tuesday morning a runaway pair passed through Stamford, on their way to Gretna-green. The gentleman was extremely anxious and uncom monly liberal, which led the town's-people to anger favouraltle of the weight of the parse. It appeared they were only twelve hours in reaching Grantham, which is 110 miles distant fro the me tropolis, . I PITtLLI6;,tiMP. FROM TUE FIIENC:I TAPERS. Private letters from Paris of the 12th, contain the follot:ing intelligence : "Three hours before TALI EYR APO sent Lord Witir woitru his passports, he had a conference with the Austrian, Russian, Prussian, Danish, and Swedish Ambassadors, who afterwards sent COuriers to their respective courts. TALLEYR AND was not satisfied when those Ambassadors left him. In the evening ot the same day the Spanish, Dutch, Italian. and Swiss Ministers were invited to call upon TA L.- LEX RAND, and remained with him upwards of two hours ; and during their conference the Portuguese and Neapolitan Ministers were waiting to be admit ted. No less than twelve' Couriers from Foreign Ambasadors left Paris in consequence of these di plomatical transactions ; and we conclude here that PALLEY!! AND did not expect the issue the Negoti-; ation has taken, or that the British Cabinet would have spirit enough to resent the intrigues, the pre tensions, and the insolence of BoNAPA WEE, but, like the other Cabinets of Europe, suffer and complain, endure and negotiate." The official communication of the last propositions of the British Cabinet, on the part of Lord Whit worth, to our Government, was not made by that. Ambassador till this day. His departure, if it takes place at all, is therefore retarded for twenty-te.if noun. We still wish to indulge a hope that the si.:. nt of conciliationachich has given rise to these suc cessive delays, wilf be the means of consolidating tile honourable work of a peace acquired by su many vineries, and crowned by moderation. We some time ago aifibunced, that thirteen millions of piastres were expeaed at Cadiz. Let. , ters from Bourileauxol the 7th of May, state, the greater part of this treasure arrived in safety' about the end of the month of April. The Arch-Duke Chlrles is said to be occupies in giving a new uniform to the Austrian army. It is added, that the suppression of the long queues, and the use of hair powder, form a part of this plan. They arc to have their hair cropped ahi Titus. Letters from Vienna mention that intelligence had been received of alts of violence committed by' the Turks on the Imperial sullefts at Rasta. Mar r of these were killed, and others were grievous!y• wounded. RATISRON, MAY 4. This morning a letter of Count de Gortz was de livered to the Diet, in which henotified, that his Se rene Highness the Prince of Orange, as re'-nieg Prince of Nassau-Hadamar, Siege's, Dilenbourg, and Dietz, has resolved to give up and cede to the Hereditary Prince Frederick William, his son, all tae countries which have devolved to him as indem nities, without any exception • and with all the riehts and prerogatives stated in the vth paragraph of the principal conclusuoi, which has been ratified. VitNea, APR,L The last post from Constantinople has brought us no interesting news from that capita, except so.re details in regard to the insurre6tion of (0:idol e•-• chab, a name which, in Arabic, signifies th: Prop:- gator of the I.i,Lt.—According to these det..ils, he number of the partisans of tliis illini"e amount a ready to nearly 150,030, mostly Arabs. He has formed a council, composed of Sc;sieks or Chiefs, whop have joined him with their hordes. He has already' published several . manifestoes, in which he an nounces, that he wishes to e'tablish the Matto :mean religion in its primitive purity. The wi.oie extent of country between Ptlediaa, Mecca, and Bassora v has submitted to him. Towards Aleppo he has experienced an obstinate' resistance from some of tne Scht..ic.s, who had a numerous party, but he found me ins to beat and disperse them. Abdul Wechab is now 'endeavour ing to extend his conque,ts towards Egypt, and w gain over the I3eys as well as the Arab tribes or that country. It does not, however, appear, that the rebels have yet made themselves masters of any place of importance. Medina and Mecca are still occupied by the Turks. The Ottoman Miniaer has sent to the Governor of the latter a numerous train of artillery, which he had requested, as well as artiklery-men. A part of tine troops in Natolia were to proceed with all spe,xi to Bagdad, where the corps destined to march against the rebels were to assemble. • TURIN, MA? 4.., EXTRACT OF ATROCLAMATION BY Gt... MhMOU. " Citizens, ill-disposed persons arc busy iii .circii- Laing the most calumnious and perfidious reports. Attempts arc made to Make the people believe, that they may•confidently look for the return of the for mer order of things, as if French valour had la boured for the period of twelve years, only to see it self stripped of the fruits of its vi.lories, as if the wise and enlightened pOlicy of the magnanimous iiona parte could be sepposed to retrognide a singic step. Those ill-minded persons tell you, the Admiiiistrator- General is endeavouring to re-establish order: he is repairing a part of the ruins With which the brigands had heaped the face of Piedmont he is anxious that wise, enlightened and dispasSionate men should fill places of trust and power. Above all, lie ear nestly endeavours to promote. the re-establishment of, morality, of decency, and rasped for the public morals; therefore the Administrator-General aims at restoring the ancient regimen. Can there be any thing more insiduous, and at the same time, more absurd, than such - insinuations and suspicions ? Citizens, let it be alWays present to your recol lecticn, that you now form an integral part of the ' Ftench Republic ; that as long as I shall be nvested with the power entrusted to me by the First. Consul, will not allow any individual to interrupt die tran quillity of the '27th division: pay no attention to those shameless men, who daily invent rumours to which they themselves give no credit, and thus take advantage of your credulity. Believe me, you will do well, in every thing that concerns you, to rely solely on the magnanimity and generosity of Bona parte." VIENNA, APRIL 29. • Every one is anxious here to divine the state of the negotiation betwixt France and England, by • the external conduEl of the Ambassadors of these Powers to each other, but without effect, as their reciprocal politeness and harmony has not been in the slightest degree altered. MADRID, APRIL 16. The news of the prospeet of a rupture betwixt England and France, sunk the state paper at Cadiz, to tio per cent. Intelligence of a less alarming nature raised it to G 9. Here, as in England, dextrous stockjobbers raise or lower the Funds, just as tt suits , their purpose, by reports of peak or war. . - q • _..........111