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ATI% N e at mid e , mfr. It Lodui g rout 1"eno , • prat thou, it, # t less the eel I ' L odi] •f t Yea' to Psi the tine thei 11 illtJ Itat the gui Dtt wh re; Ls 'At for la• en fel •n to • fol sit e F. 7 • tt li tl II • It to a It be of to of tie IVII ,t. tN rh, kr led ;;.t. itifb Ilse the 3410 K r ti:. ed..* to thin wer ern- tuna eta et on. rlv. r. a th -up t Pr p th r A Co V*. • 3 , 4 :44 J . • "t= Til E .47' le ES. DRURY-LANE. ATI. Nielo-I)evinia of Ventral ; or, The pret , 0.? .St. Mark's, weft re-produced last night, ga d the last act made as iioemsting as the two tin nier. The plot of it is as follows : It appears that fur twenty years a friar, called Lodoeieo, her been confined in a subterraneous dun you, in consequence of his having threatened to 1.0. av the Prior's secrets. In the adjoining cell easel it coufinc , l ; but Lndocieo has wrought au speuine through the party-wall, and has also iliscort;eil in re)2o/ICS dungeon a titivate door,which, though age prevents Lodooieo'n passing through it, Vessel succeeds in forcing, and escapes.— the mean while, the Prior orders the Ab kis to draw Jusepha from the prison, where the has been confined, while she was report ed to be dead. A last attempt is made to s‘duee her to yield to the Prior's wi hes ; hut ,fr..pAa resists all temptation, and is on the point of being reitored to her prison, whim, in effecting lar escape through the garden of the Utr;...:les, Fzioei hears the cries of his mistress, and rushes to Ler assistance. howevt.r, pursned by the p r ior, with his 4mo:unlit-ix, and the lovers are en the brink of destruction, alien Father Miehners timely arrival fissure's their safety, and the ruin of their persecutors. Mrs. H.SIDDO ft ea port of Josephs has been mnch increased iu pathos, and the applause she received was unbounded. Mr. ETR,E was very iinpressive in the part of Iwnlowido. Veronica, partner of the guilty Prior's projects. was see:aided by Mrs. Mu- Due, with every effect it would, admit or; and the whale performanCe was received with the most rapturous applause. Much praise is due to Mr. Lewis for the readiness with which he yielded to the wishes of the public, and sleet* the Managers for the very correct state in which this piste was last night produced. The Theatre was crowded in every part, and the piece announced for fetere represeutation, amidst repeated !tunas and bravos, and we have no doubt but that it will have a con siderable run. The Romance of B. heard followed, with all the attractions of spectacle, 41116• sic, scenery, and dancing. TOCATIAR•IItYTAL. DUIELTN. On Tuesday evening, O'Keeffe's musical farce of The Poor Soldier Introduced two candidates for public favour in the characters of Dernsot and Darby; the first, Mr. Duerr, was formerly known to the citizens of Dublin as an opera performer of considerable ability; he, however, retired from the stage, and for twelve years ha. been only known in private life, and in this situation has also, we understand, had the good fortune to be mach respected ; on this nigiit he once move veered the dramatic ranks, and was received with all the expressions of an old friendship. He was very happy in his swigs, particularly the Brown Jag, which he gave with much truth, kidgment, and effect. It was the first ap pearance of the seemed Gentleman upeo say stage, and this was evident frees his sstyreae etnharraos meat. We usiderstand the great glare of light, and the injudicious, bbt well-intentioned plaudits of the house, overpowered him so much, as to pre vent the display of those comic talents, which the rich humour of his eount?mince would persuade us he was indued with—a countenance resembling, al- Intillt in all its lines, that of Paasows, so long the delight of the London audiencr.—Timid aci d em bArras.sed as this Gentleman cvttletitly was, it would be implausible to pronounce upon his claims to public patronage. EDINBURGH THEATRE. Szturday sennight The Belle's Stratngens was re presented to a very full house, in a style of excel lence we have very rarely met with. Letitia Hardy. in particular, wsii most admirably perfo-incii by Mrs. Evert*. from the Dublin stage, Where, as well as at Bath, she has been t great favonrite. She is a very handsome figure, with a beautiful face, a speaking eye, and a charming voice. She seems to possess every qualification for genteel comedy ; nor that only her forte, being equally fit for the serious and sentimental; ne was evident from her after-exhibition of ENO Rosenberg. At the end of the Play she spoke a very neat Address, alluding to ker being in Edinburgh when a child, when her mother was a favourite singer here.—To her other secomplishinests, too, she adds those of ringing sod deacing, in a superlative degree. Mr. Uwe xit, as Diseireare, and Mr. Rocs, as Old Hardy, were very happy, and several of the other characters were well performed. The Marchioness of Dowssutaa bail a select party, last night, at he► house in Hanevarmquare. The Earl of BauyMoaa returned to town yes terday front Windsor, and in the evening enter tainea Lord Fotzv. and several other peruses of distinction, nt his house iu Sackville.4treet. The Duke of BEAUFORT, the Marquis of Wen carrel', and Lord G. Soattasav, ars ssPected this day in Grosvenor-square, front Oxfordshire. Lord Caaatxoros left town on Sunday for his seat iii Buckinghamshire. Earl NresvotearAnn left town yesterday on a visit to the Earl and Countess of JUNE,. at Os teriv-park. The Cogntess of Currusts is returned to her house in Mill-street, Berkeley-square ; her Lady ship is nearly recovered from her late indisposition. and hikes dilly morning ride. Died, in Rutland-square. Dublin, aged 86, Mrs. Dar,y, widow of Jane. DAMN of Dunoasille. county Galway, Esq. and daughter of the late Right Hon. Sir RALPII Gone, of Bakis,'', county Fermanagh, Bart. On Thursday night arrived at her house in Portland-place, 'Mrs. PAXTON, on her way. AS we are informed, to Sillmouth, there to pass some time with Lady WILLOUGHBY, the niece of her late husband. Madame CATALAN; arrived in town, nn Friday last, and set off,) esterilay morning, v. ith her family, for Bath. where she int.nds to spend (we of three months, daring which time she is to give several Subscription Concerts, ou the largest scale. WANTED. A neat inve:itive Genius, to devise a probable ac count of the it.ssassination of BoLumen upon his entrance into the, city of Madrid. A third striug to Lord C AIITIAII 6 / 1 1111 .1 1 two stringed' bow. It need be neither O; position or Ministerial. If tough and lasting, and made out of sninething between, so much the better. A new edition of Pinkerton's Geography, to chew that L•sbon was the nearest pla►e to the theatre of war hi Spain, and of coarse the point at which a British force should be landed to drive the French screws the Pyrenees. A strength • g plaister for a weak-backed Ad ininistratiou. Some ingredients, congenial with a British constitution, would be very desirable in the composition. A speech for the opening of Parliament, to shew the military talents of Lord CASTLEREAGH, the canal experience of Lord MULOILIVE, the diploma tic powery of Mister CAN MlNfi, and the liberal and enlightened policy of Mr. Procevst. The dtlusidn of " No Popery" being quite ex posed, a new hoax upon the credulity of the public, unit a skilful operator, will meet with encourage ment. Mr. !Natter, the celebrated conjOrer, may tilid a benefit in attending to this hint. A goad puff, for throwing Spanish muff int* the eye. of the people, will, upon theme* principle, b. a very desirable aemisition. A Literary Scavenger, to throw all the filth he I can collect from his owu dirty,presnises, upon Lord GaEstert.tx, Lord Gitsr. Mr. PON 40N8Y, Mr. SZERIDAM, and the other leading Members of 'Op position. A corps of Se Avengers. if not exorbitant in their &Meads, will be sure of employment. An ingenious Artist or Logician, to prove that ' The Edinburgh Review is aLuayloyi opposition print. Application for this service to be made to the Scotch Trading Company, who conduct The . Morning Post. Loan MANNERS esd 01 LIBERTY of Out PRESS. A motion was made in the Court of Chancery. Dehlin, for an attachment agaiust an Attorney, for publishing in the newspapers the proceedings of that Court in reversing the decree of another, as it east reflections urea some of the parties, and intro duced matter winch was hurtful to their feeling.. His Lordship said he was proud to find the pro ceedings of Courts published, and he wished to we a great deal more'Of them. as they answered most salutary purposes. It sbewed the people how to guide themselves, when similar cases would mem.; and, if Judges ac ted wrong, the proceedings ought to be published. He, for his part, wished carry decree he had, or would make, wav in every news paper in the kingdom ; if the Press were to be . God knows where it sould end. g iitch language does honour to the head and the heart of the Noble and Learued Lord. Motion refused._ Onviwnrcc±nt kb received an account that use of our miti.tdiotts in the Mediterranean has made an attack on the harbour ott Diatnante. of the butte riesof which it obtained vsissession, and captured not lees than 33 vessels laden with Neapolitan con- tributioiss. Rh. NIASESTY'S ship Aurora was spoken with on 17th September. off Jamaica, in company with three English and three American vessels, which had been captured by s French privateer, otlTortup, earl recaptured by the Aurora. Extract of a letter from Captain GLENDMitoo. of the ship Montague, (WO Elsitightirg, 47th November, toO• It is with much heartfelt sor row I have to iutnrin you of the file of the ship aivistague ; she was captured and burnt on the 24th inst. off Falsterborg. I wrote you last from Malnioe Roads : we sailed from thence on the CM inst. under the same convoy, and in the afternoon were attacked. off Drumm, by oe gun-boars; we kept them at bay all the day very well while we had the wind ; but at night it fell quite maim, and our vessels being ungovernable, we out boats, and towed and warped our ships during the night into shoal water, on the Swedis h coast, our ship and a brig touched the ground abaft, keeping the frigate between us and the gun-boats. At day light I I made the signal to the frigate for assistance to help us to tow our ship, which he did not answer ; about 9 o'clock the frigate got a small breeze, but instead of protecting her e4nvoy. she set all the sail she could, and ran away from the gan-boats, leaving half her convoy to their mercy. which Isere every one captured. Finding 1 had no means to save the' ship from capture. um the means of defending her, (having only one round of powder left), and the force within gun shot, being a schooner, a cotter, and four gun-boats. and haring our boats out, I ordered the hands into them. to try if we could not get to the Swedish coast. The mate and 14 men in the long-boat soon gave up, hut being determined they should sink my boat before I would be cap tured, I with much difficulty escaped with 7 bands, and arrived here this day." On Thursday. the sth instant, the Regiment of Oxford Loyal Volunteers assembled to elect a Commanding Officer, upon the resignation of Col. SnaLeors. This meeting having been appointed by Lieutenant-Colonel Colson a fortnight bcfore, that the sense of the Regiment might he folly taken, was numerously attended. nearly 600 Mem bers being present. The Casulidates who had pre viously announced themselves for this distinguished trust were Lieutenant-Colonel Curio*, the senior I officer of the Regiment. and J. L. Locum ART, EM. one of the Representatives for the City in Parlia ment, but who had never beloaged to the Regi ment. Upon the ground, Captain Do mu.% of the Light Infantry, wools() put in nomination foe the ceotmand. The votes were taken in writing, one by one, as the Regiment stood in line, by the Captains of Companies, and the result was, that Colonel CURSON had 331 voices, Mr. Loretta'? 159, and Captain DoMeto 41, so that Colonel Cuasor was chosen by .a very consideruble ma jority. LAW fNTELLIGENCr. dot;ILT OF Kifid'S 103.4.14,Gaistmaatt, Dec. 12. Sittiroge at Nisi Prins, tirfore Lord Chic/ Justice Et.ereaunoveu. • COAPI.IA! . I24rid TURNKa V. WI LTSLItiIE. esid ttEsTEtt his Wife. This was au action brought to recover the amount of goods sold turd delivered by the Plaintiff's to the Defendant, Hester Delany, before her marriage with the Defendant Wiltshire. Mr. atattOW stated, that the Plaintiffs carried on a distillery for the purpose of distilling spirit*. They had served the Defendant, Hester. before her euvenaut with IVittshire, with liquor to the amount of 1131. She kept a public-house. the sign of the Blue Anchor, Butcher's-row, Radcliffe-Crates. A person of the name of Pope, whom he uriaerstood to be the son-in-law of Mrs. Delany. was the Com misaioned Agent of the Plaintiffs, to get them cus tomers, and sell their liquor for them. There had been a Crimmission of Baukruptcy taken out agaimit him, ma he was, at that moment, an uncertificated bankrupt. The Learned Counsel observed. that Ire'understood lie was to be brought forward as a witness for the Defendants, to prove that the liquors were got en his account. He hoped he was'ruisin formtei, and thut no such deliiice would he set up ; for if it was, it could only be supported by perjury : as he would prove that the PlMirtiffs lower knew that Poor lind env other employment or business at that period, than as their Commissioned Agent. The Jury would hear the testimony of the wit nesses on both sides, and it was for them to decide which of their testimonies 4served the greatest cre dit. Me then proceeded to e e enuire the wariesses. John Tower. a canna., deposed. that 'he kers die 'Plaiiitilts in Febreary, 1807. and that he took a hophend of rum for them to the Blue Anchor public-hurts,; it was a Mtt. something that kept the humor, but he did trot 'et:lineal the name ; she asked a man in the tap room td . help him down with the spirits; he took a permit with him, and left it after him ; he was hogged if he could recol lectkhether he had brought any thing else there. John Thompson, Clerk to the Magistrates of the district of Radcliff-cross, deposed, that the De fendant, heater, was licensed for the Blue Anchor in September, tent; ; and that Pope was licensed for the same house in September 1607 ; he only knew it by a calendar or memorandum that the Magistrates had for their owu infortnatien. Israel Ramsden, Surveyor of Excise, deposed, that in February, 1807, be surveyed the liquor the Blue Anchor public-Weise ; it was then kept by Hester Delany; he only knew so from hearsay : there were thirty-three gallons of loriudy, seveuty ;phony rum. and six widow. of [hi:lends gin, the per:uits for whirls came from tire P:aintiffs'; he ooh knew the liquor came from the Plisiotiff: by the eetinits. Lord ELLIN/011010R observed. that this evi deiice did tint prove any thing . • Mr. C; k *SOW said, he wou ld examine Pope, and he -would hare his evidence noted down. Henry Pope deposed, he was employed by the Plaintiffs in December, Isetti. as a Commissitin Agent to procure customers for them, and to scll their goods. The Defendant. Herter, was his mother-in-law. He gave the Plaintiffs an order from her to send her four dozen of wine, he never ,gate other order fin her ; the neat wits fur hint. rielr, inTebruary. for brandy, rem, and gin ; he told the Olinda& he had taken the house. Mr. eitameow said, although the last witness had sworn his client out ut 1001. yet he was entitled to Ow automat of the wine. Lord ELLavaotwuco dimcted the Jury to find a verdict for the Plaintiff for the amonnt of the wine, e1.`103. ; which they accordingly did. LOTUS V. IIICI:MAN. This was an action to recovn damages from the Defendant for ill-treating the Plaintiff's loose. The circumstance,: werearat the Plaintiff kept a livery *table, and was a dealer in horses. In the month of July last, the Defendant, an upholsterer , wishing to visit sonic of the fashionable watering places, called at the Plaintiffs stables to hire a horse. The hostler showed him the hacks gene rally let out, which he declined having, but asked to look at some of the horses that were for sale.— The hostler acquiesced, and the Defendant fixed upon a very fine horse, which the Plaintiff had re fused severity-five while:is for. The hostler was doubtful whether be should hire him or not in the absence of his emitter. Tire Defendant told him he was a friend of his nia,ter, and he wished for hint, as he could pass bun as lire own, and he would take die seine cm* of him as if he were his own— the hostler complied, arid the Defendant agreed to pay eight shillings per day for him ; he went to Brighton, Worthing, and I..eares, and on the ‘26th of July, he sent him house, after having rode hini that day forty miles, with his legs all cut, lame,' and so much emaciated. th..t if he had been put up to sate he would not have brought lob is defence it was sirged v thut although the horse was a fine figure. lie heal been made up for sale, was quite washy, and writ to do any work. The Jury gave a verdict for the Plaintiff for 211. the amount of the horse's keeping for .20 weeks, the time that elapsed before be was brought to the state the Defenslant had received !hisn unitibt upon bound wiles small road Cuptail quarter, navy. out ter ships ni<cies MUN ibe tint for Mr. Oar Yesterday. ia the Court of Common Pleas, Lord Chief Justice M•asrtrit.s got through a great nomberwr causes in his list, not one of which was of the slightest interest or iusportance. On Wednesday M.t, between tight and sine o'clock its the missals* twowillains matte ass attempt to strip the lead from Mt. %111.1.1.01.5 . 16 house, now building near the Glad*. Portsmouth; a 'watchman had been previously plated there, but he had eh twitted himself only ten minutes for refreshment, when oa h;s return he at on a piece of timber for ■ considend de time, and hesrd no noise abate' cr ; as he afterwards walked near the house, a piece of tile tel: on his hand. awl he heard something like mor tar falling, when he drew back, and although it was very dark, he saw somethiug in motion be tween the ridges of the roof, he immediately le velled *his missket (which was loaded with large slugs) and tired ; two smell instantly teapot oft the roof oa the scaffold, and running round to the title of the house slid down the pries. The watchman flied at them with a eistol, but without efferi.— They had taken the tales out halfasny alon i ; the lead gutter, and had partly fulled K up. Oa a it very Mr. Donald cougregution Bute, Esq. sue pursuer isauslikur Unmoral an;! *el rumoured pursuer Lite tion Or rCiaset just;c virrv . upou Jtulgea opinioau, Inanity, of any Manta: The studies' of two. or three boys were afterwards emceed, wile* a pollitive amain:Hid against the use of gunpowder bad been violated, and when that violation Anne in part from the ungry state into which the atiuds of the boys had been previensle thrown Ly other eatises,-- Discusaieus, acts of violence, and the expulsion of some offenders concerned in them, termitatted in open rebellion. Bet, alter the expulsion of seven misguided youths, two of whom have sittre Lan lAirdoeed, the disturbance was quelled, and the au thority of the learned, judicious, and humane ter, is happily re.establislied.--(Waraieksltire Ad• vertiser.) EDINBURGII, Dic. I. -..... 0 ... COURT OF SCFSION. hi Tuesdiy fait, the Court determined a case very 'marry natter. Ir. Donald .Artl-er, the pastor oft dissenting gregation at Port liatinatyee, in the 'Amid 4 ~. te, Drought set action 'against John Campbell, 1. of Southall; upon the ground that the latter ' thanan, on dee . %Atli-of October.. 1611.5. while . l'Arthur westrelehrutieg divine service if. the - tst of his congregatiuu, had vitdently 'twisted )ii his person, forced him on huard a ve.Jelef I And for Greenock, and having lauded bitn et few ;es from that place, had, after coutininghim in a all inn during the night. marched hits aloes the 1* 4 as a couimois felon, and delivered him to . • ptaia Tatham, the reguhiting . pßicer for thief ti atter, as a fit person to serve iii His Majesty's '' l ` . ry. That officer eceordingly (as the pursuer fur. i z rr stated,) sent him immediately on board the" . • • ' ,ariereUe frigate, which speedily conveyed bins , I Lor tile jurisdiction of the Scottish Courts. Al. -. • being detained for tire weeks ea beard different ps of war ) and stifferitig, .s he alleged, ev..-y I "t • 1 acme of indignity and hardship, Mr. ;NlrdArldt ur a dischat:ed, h r express order of the Lord. of e Adinietlty. and furnished with a certificate, • , at he was never again to be impressed into His • . , ;nests s service. The setwasoas concluded against Mr. Campbell, i r ttoool. damages, with espenees. 'Alv. Campbell, in his pleadings before the tiros itDINARY, denied several of the moittaggeirratiz• .. 0 reumstattees of the ease.—ln particular, her- _ • t gesl, that the pursuer was .in the dpnsetioe sti.i. 4 milaiilling immoral end eedltunsedoestree•Sikehnelltihr • I A ~ as a fit object of the impress, having been delia* 4 !' i ' employed in the herring fishery, and beins.=' tquently a sasfariug Wail, and that, eater _ d 1 ireutvistanets, seeing bees fide as a justiele eff ease, he conceived himself fully eutitled ta.dor , de Net him to Captain Tatham. • The LOAD 011DINSIX1r. (Lord Meepoweenn) conounced an interlocutor of considerable length; 'i I dudiug, for the reasons therein stated, the whole trocersling scandalous and unjuitifitible ; Tepel- t ing the defences, whether founded on the puree. , die having once been a seafaring man, or un the re- 1 , igious doctrines he is said to have taught. or on s tI t .he seditious speeches which it is stated that it was 1 rumoured he uttered ; and further finding the 1 ;comer entitled se 1031. sterling, as a aokreiset he 1. use wrung he suffered ; together with isdemailleit- • Lion of the expenses incurred tor hiss. porsonelly . . er otherwise, in oistaining his deriver's**. and ea- u'dj E . c ,. o f the Seco Di;b4lP,'lrliCraltiv"iliWi" . . 14'' 1 d, , pe , iies ti of process. Mr. Campbell presented a ' petition oiliest this , jud,tment to tlie whole Court, to which answers , wi-re nestle by Mr. hisitrthat; and the camas.. ea upon these pleadings adirietel oseeTeeedily.bp Ike opinions du the p0int......a.,, : ,; - ' ~,,„, ,` ' •• ... " The sentence of the. 171111111.111412,PW 411.- • LI armed with .. r .,... 7 . - • 4' •b• ''.'. .. . .' ,• , 1 . 1 Liesits Finless,. tedseems•witolixl*' •it ' ..41; holionrable ettuation of Aidediseld: ''.. Secretary to hut Exoellasseyr ffut - - - ' ~ ' the Gaveruqr, end. e,' . ., , • .. ts ' - • ' ~ 1 • tacos, has carried hie pedestrian -1 "/"'„ Ll'''' / 7 .. t , 1 - sultry regions of - the torrid none.• _ •JOUPPIaI • down a transatlantic biped. of great sbleaatlOty iu ; that islisisd, i who dared him to the eerier* ander the disaulesetgady, to su European, of a venital • sun, at its Metal/nu height. for the hondur; how- ever, of Englund, after a two hours' burst. freest the edeets of which he has not recosexed, the tropical hero was oltiiged to acknowledge the 1, superior prowess of his invincible ant/trews, used . . to relinquish the struggle, onside to stew! ;wk . • • the chasuptou of Britton vaulted tutu Ins d / 1 untwisted, and ga ll oped otitis, course in st ~ and good spines, to the sonsaieltineat and at listm g thin of every 10441041er. The friends of Lieute Feirinan with nO donht„ be pleased to hear, that in colvemeence of the Governor having expressed his disapprobation of such violent exertion, in a West India clime, fearing the conss-quesice would be fatal to one, if not Beth---Ice. the Lieutenant, has premised his Er:cogency, that he will tint ongnge in any thing. of the kind agent, durime his abode in that Island, though he himself decernot feel ilse l' leait ill effect from such exercise. aseesimmosemesei • . , The I lititcsle re Eiection is fixed for Monde, the liAlt hist. , . ' On Wednesday mornings while It boy lime eft* : P . ploy d in sweeping the chimney of a hove in Greengate, Sulfur% Manchester, another phinesey, •r - . which comMuiriested - with the one be was in. . , caught tire, and before the • ill-fated putt? eheld : • , receive any assistance, be was unfortunately) Buffo. eased by the Eire and smoke. Part Of the chimney e was obbged 'to be taken down before the tody could be found. What a pity it is, thee ::.is perm- ' cieus and dangerous betimes cannot no entirely i d I. dispensed with. . , . We ate desired by a neighbouring and Well-in- e a formed Clergy man. to assure our re dens tat the ; I representation. which we took from - a Lesion pa- t per, of the late dieterhenees at Darrow-School. is d very imperfect and inaccurate. The dispute ori- • I • at gloated •in Dr: Ilerten's 'cletertuititetou to take of away from his Monitors the powersof italics-41g. at I their Above-time punishment with a cane upon • . ie their offending sehnol-Nllows---a power which had it pt been recently almscd, with eircumsesures of Aierfti- II dw ing severity—a power. for which the young ILleted lei m tlemeu had no other plea than Usage, not name- -- moils!, and the toleration of which rovild reflect it, little credit on the vigilance, Fremiess, and hu- • a inanity, of any Master. The studies of two. or 1. on three boys were afterwards npeeerl, whets A positive t.