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EDINBURGH THEATRE. The Italian Opera was attended by a crowded and brilliant audience, on Saturday, when Madame CATALAN' di:played her extraordinary talents more successfully than ever, and left us iii doubt %skillet her singing and acting are not equally admilnlik in the comic as in the serious Opera. We cannot imagine a finer contrast than she A-Albite% in the tragic Queen, and in the play fnl country girl. Powers so various are rarely found in the same ac tress and never, as far as we know, were Were united in the singer. To speak of rir ti cu l ar ex cellence in her performance of Sat.:: day would.be to mention every recitative and every song allotted to her; but her Seen Regina was given in such an style as to have all the charm a novelty. .or St ao performed hi: part with his usual ex .+ ace, and gave the greatest pleasure to every 'l::i.Vl.ll* and judge of music ; ;virile Signor MIA li- TESI gave the comic part With great felicity and humour. Fie is a delightful bati . e,and,more chaste ;:id amusing in the fanatic(' and frau/Wane thna any pedireser we hive Well. ST. CE ILIA.' • On Titeednys the Anniversary of the Catch Club, in commemoration of St. Cecilia, wee held at the Priiice of Orange, iu Canterbury, which was attended by several of the iuhabitents, and s huge po r eo u of visitors from Vitri Otld parts of the county. Upwards of oue hundred persons sat down to a very excellent dicier, which was concluded by the puce of " Nos 11 obis ilontiste." In the course of the day, many excel legit sonic., 5041 toasts were given and drunk ; also the healths of several public cha racters p went, to r.tiell they respec.ively returned appropriete thanks. la the recent:. the company were entertained by a selection of music, from the Orchestra, in which the taste and judgment of the perihriuers, contributed with the uuited tasties t/Oen,. 01 the worthy Chairman, Mr. C. Delman. th: nu. ; !:nut the dey, in preening the character of th • So. iety, which has at all timer been dietin gnashed tin its harmony and unanimity, and which hai eel.lnii prevailed in a ;renter degree, than on present occasion. Among the many respect able Members preseet, were JORIf EARLS:ad ED WARD TAY Loa, 13sqrs. Members for Canterbury ; T. GODFREY, Esti. M.P. for Hythe ; WILLIAM HODGMAN, Esq. the Mayor, Sheriff, etc. mmumweessumeeste The Earl of CNATIMII is expected in town this diy. The Earl and Countess CIIIOLIIONDIELET • will give n Arend dinner, to-morrow, at their house. in Yk .dilly. 'nutmeg Pewees, Esq. who wu dangerously ill for some time past. at Newmarket, has been pronounced out 4f duo r. The Countess of Essex was yesterday rather hotter; some hopes ate eatertatned of her Lady aba p's roomy. Sir IILMILT and Lady lasersoe arrived, yester day, at litunsm's Hotel, from Leeds. Lady Pilaff, has taken a house iu Heitford street, ?Na}-fair, and will remove into it nest week, from New Norfolk -street, The ilunours'ule !Wank:cr. Dariatoir. is ex pected in town, mouth, from Drummond Cattle. GRUM, the actor, formerly of Drurv-lane Thea tre, and well known on provincial haerda,"Bied a few days ago at Nottingham. He was the father of Mn.s BELLAIIT, who performed last season et the Haymarket Theatre. Mr. H. SIDOONr is preparing a new Das& tor Drury-lane Theatre. If it should be as adlosasfil as his Comedy of Time's . Tell-lair, neithei he :for the Managers will hare reason to complain. A petu!aut fellow, maintaining his opinion upon a pciint in tile gauge of whist, exclaimed, I can shear it you in Hoy/e;" Imo.' which 4 Cockney re torted, " Sir, you mistake—you must mean wise s., r We are sorry to learn that Mr. CoLMAN has been much indisposed! he is, however, much bitter, and the public aro,likitly soon to kuow that his Dra matis powers are in full rigour. The Vountesc of CillAlVAtit continues very much indisposed. Her Ladyship is not considered out of danger. She is confined in Mr. Gainitiwuou s hawse in Brampton. Yeeterday ulterior:mu. Mr. CuaaLLs Lose left the Pay Office, Whitehall, oh visit to Lord Bnair 'mamas, in Cambridgeshire. The Right Hon. Lord DOOLEY, with his nittal uifcerrt, has sent 25 guineas towards complet ing the Dispensary in Birmingham. His Royal Highness MONSIEVR arrived, last night, at his house, in South Audley-atreart, from Lancashire. Lord CoLERAIN arrived, yesterday, at his house, in Gletkester-place. The Dowager Lady PETRI% came to town, yew. terday, from her seat at %Vinton, Middlesex. At no part of the season, in the absence of the PrttNca, has Brighton boasted a larger train of No and Gentry than at the present period. The sander the &dile direction of Mr. FORM. , eniainne their attractive 300 raishiouables graced the Castle Itoossis. on Mon day last, with their present-, among whom were— Lord and lady Monntnerris Lady Catherion Annosley, !Cady C..Erott, Countess of Cl onmel, Viacount Lady Caltburpe, lion. Visa ('althorpe, Iloa. Mu Mrtioa. ley I , ple, Lady Peso and M.llll Turner, Dovart Lad) Moyle', Lord Coleraine, the Hen. Mr. 13)tig, he. ike. A NJOrtSITIIII haring mentioned, with surpri,e, that a milk-white here was lately wen in Susse•— •' La." esphtined his son. 1 have seen twenty milk-white hair upon inc Granny !" On Saturday last, their Graces ti.e LORD LIED. Tr.rusr, and Duchess of IticitnNn. a 'lib La.ly ItIAMY LENOZ. and suite. returue.l to Dublin from Brllinter, where they had been on a visit to Lord and Lady 'rant. and were met by the ARCUIIII 11140P of Deana. the Countess of NOI:M•NTON and family, Earl and Countess CottYwon.v.i. The principal Nolnl'ty and Gentry in the neighbour hood were alsoesiterbiined at Dditmter, daring the shit of the' Viceroyal pulp •?e. . V i s : 4' r7.4 19?„,... 1 , f bri:;----' - . o„ CD -. GI SCILLY. Extract of a letter fr dated Nov. 14 " This day were released, and sailed with a lair „T.! fro,i, the different hiatours, more than 1041 ve,sels that were driven hither for shelter during. the late preiailing easterly gales. Amongst the number were minty - transports returning from France, after landing the troops, &c. taken from Lisbon. Many of the masters of which, say, the want just such another job, having had presents made by those they conveyed, to the amount of two or three hundred pouotis each ; the very sailors had monel or less articles, made of silver and golal. This %hews it was only the name of a search for plunder that took place, as the common soldiers, they say, welt possessed of 1110 Te or less each. ICo wonder then the inhabitants of that ill fated country should be enraged ; they had ample cause for sacrificing Frenchmen." SPANISH SliEre AND SHEPHERDS. The Spanish sheep, which have lately arrived in HO eonntry, camp 48 a Isresent front the Grand Junta to His Ma jesty. Th•re were too mot ; ion of them died on their Journey ; their skies Kw, arrived within these few days.— Tliv,s that have arrived alive, are at Kew sod Rlchniund, and art thriving very well. Thirteen shepherds cause over with them. •His Majesty, with a princely muoidoince; has gores . directions for them to remain to this country as long as titer like, at his expense. They arc .put under the care of Mr. be inlet, His :Majesty's principal gardener, who liss al lusted to them • house. called the Cull-him,e, situated at the upper end of the Queen's-garden, uear Hyde Park Corner, elute they prefer sleeping upon straw to beds. T, , ,3 to! bourses attend them, to procure their fond, and assist is cooking, dm. They here • pound of . meat amw provided for their dinners and 'tippets, and are not 'kissed if the meat is nut very fat ; they have it cooked in their own way, and, in (mural, eat the enormous quantity of a perk of onions at a neat. Au old sailor, who uwientande the 'penal) lan guage, has been procured, as a companion and interpreter to them, sad, by his assistance, idle , every meal, they stasilup, join their !lauds, sad pat thew tom together, while they sing Gsdarre the King. also sing a Spanish national air.-- The old sailor is fue.ished with money lo conduct thew about Lentil°, and skew them such exhibitions and ceriaMtieis es may be must entertaining. They were highly amused and astonished at Wertminster Abbey, sod the curiosities to beams in it. 1 hey walk the streets with their crooks in their bands, and their grotesque appearance always attracts lls• notice of the passengers. FOUNDLIA G, HOSPITAL a Can a women tenet her sucking chilli, the! she should not beet etenpannon on the beta abet ;womb !"-- intials, db:llf. elm ver. 19. Mr. Et:neon—Please to Accept t.,r i•trinks of the adult foundlings, for • the kitid wane a. in which yea noticed the memorial their sorMi Lam since prw seated to thst (inerrant of the+ etindfittic Hospital. ft is with particular pleasure they now. itifiwai you , that the result of a sent rt.Jehtt ifid t lrss, prc-role d to the Court by one of tne ‘ioyernors, has been highly gratifying to their wishes. .1 ha Board hat. tog weed. that such mothers atr..ateint..inett better and industrious characters, Aunt he permitted to see their children, previous to their peitig,apprell ticed out of the hospital; and also to visit them at the places of their apprenticeship, With the ap probation of their respective toasters or mnstremes. In consequence of Am peMikings-, Ste, it may be hoped, that those mothers who have liven impelled to part with their infant offspring, through neces sitous or other circumstances, will earnestly avail themselves of the indulgence now offered, of at taching themselves again. to the interests of their children. whose welfare in life, we trust, they will feel an object of their solicitude and attention; and not, its has hitherto been the lot of those injured children, neglect and desert them for ever; as it' they were consigned to their graves instead of a public charity, to be brought up, and in a short time sent into the world, to think and to act for themselves. Yes, for the credit of human nature, we hope, that the barheroup and unnatural prac tice of parents abandoning theirchildren to all the dangcraand vicinitudes of a merciless world, will now erase ; for surely no mother, however poor, or other wise situated, can be so thoroughly destitute of humanity. so wholly insensible of the ties of human nature, its to cast off her child for ever, without the least remorse of conscience, the least sympathy of soul for the solitary situation of her exiled off spring ; knowing that the unoffendiug innocent could be guilty of no wrong, to deserve an eternal banishment from its mother, end not be allowed even the common gratilicetion of a knowledge of its parentage, or to whom it owes its being. -Surto cruelty. such injustice, we may now hope, even the permits of the Foundling Children will nut be giulty nf ; and we 110* earnestly exhort them to return to their children in clue time, in order that parents and children may mutually assist and pro tert each other in this life, and hope to.enjoy peace and happiness together in the next. lam, Sir, yours sincerely. AN ADULT FOUNDLING. On Tuesday, the Rev. Jour+ IlaToutht.olt, clerk, A. 111: Wste collated by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of EIETEIR to the vicarage of Kenton, in the county of Devon, void by the death of JouN L 0( IMP, clerk, the last incumbent thereof. The Proprietors of Covent-garden Theatre have at length found it necessary to remove from the King's Theatre, owing to the vast number of privi leged persons connected with that Theatre, and the abuse of their rights,, if rights they are, by substi tutes. Besides, it was found too inconvenient to mix the regular drama of this country and the Ita lian Opera, in the same place. The Proprietors, it steins, are confident in their expectation that the new Theatre will be ready at the usual time next season. The size of Mr. COLMA ti's Theatre will orcusion a great falling off in the receipts, even though ItiXpell4V is to be added to the admission to the pit, and the price to the other pliers is to be the wine as at CoVeist-gardeti. Testenlay forrtioeus. a genteel-looking man took huchney coach in the neighbourhood of 'hiker. street. Portinan-pginire. and ordered the coach- WOW to drive is the Edgware Road. When the coach had got to the turnpike, at the l'orksliiie Sti nun, time toll-inan demaudeal his toll : lleeeiving no maser. the coach steer was opriltd, when. la mentable to mitt,. thvy found the Oelitiesions srsdrefilig- in his blood, with liu bred nearly severed frau% hi. Lodi. lie was bairn to the iiiii7y-la-bonue litfirtusry, where he lies far the Co:notes Inquest. lie tied got a twitch and some abcut I-4W INTAELIGENCE. COURT or KIN(..s in:Null—No., as. Lord F.l.o.sAsaultatiall ,at at %isi Prins, this usor ,„ before the Court met, bru hotihng meting occurred. THOMAS NAIRNE. This person, convicted of per cid whose recognisance hart Leen estreated for his tion-ap pcurdnte, to receive judgment upou ti late meet sion,appeared this day is Coma, awl craved further tune, in order that he might itistruct . Counsel. flue Court indulged hint till to-morrow, CRIMINAL INFORMATIONS. Mr. GARROW moved for a Mile to *hew cause why criminal inGainatiouii should not he tiled against certain' persons, cons-factors, resident in the city of Norwich, for a conspiracy which has had the effect of raising the price Of corn in that city. Of those personale gaveln a list, and named, iu particular. nisiesi ho had been the most active upon this occasion. hie made thia application upon the affislavite of some respectable uthehitanb of Norwich, who therein stated the tneuuer in which the buying and selling of corn had been there usu ally. carried on. They set forth. that all kinds of corn had been usually brought to market upon • Saturday, and that the constant practice had beeP to pay the sellers of it iu ready money or in Bank paper, either immediately. or upon delivery of the corn, upon the Saturday following ; and that the farmers generallyliold by sample. Upon the gad of Octoloos • lad, there *mitered in %Ise Awry:lac Mercury, and IVoriciei Chronicle papers, much err culeted in that pert of the country, an advertise ment, stating, that at a metting.ot eura-dcalera and others, interested in the consumption cf gnus, they had come to a resolution not to purchase any corn et the market of Norwich. upon any othle terms than one mouths' credit, from the day of.dletieery l The effect of this conspiracy, he argued, wita to prevent corn being brougnt to that tuarket, as the fanner* naturally preferred, taking their grain to soy tither, *here they could mein* the former terms: he* bserserer. did not snore for informations against all those who had altitude(' that meeting, or rigged the resolutions, but merely against those who had been particularly active in carrying them into execution. Lord thought that such a com bination auacuipt corn dealers would certainly have the ettect of enhancing the price of corn, by pre venting the corn growers bringing their *tot It to t at particular market ;aid although any individual might lawfully come to any rtsolution or deterini o—tiou be chose, yct as a combination Ead been en t, red into, it might bee proper subject for discuissiou. At all events, the grantiug the rule would enable tne Court to discuss the•aubjeet, or praveut the ne cessity of discussion, by putting an end to a thing which ought to tir discouraged. Rule gninttd. • Mr. t. Lillak: intimated to the Court, that he should, during next term, move for a rule to chew why a cr 'ea& infor m ation should not be tiled against John Brown, for an improper exercise of his authority, as a Magistrate of Norwich, for 1: as a vagrant, Susannah Parlous and her child. fle had as ject : he on be enabled taiatit be might thereby give the party timely notice for next _ ANN WINDUS. _ This girl, who had been cortvicird of perjury, is this Court, in the month of June last, in having given false evidence, in a trial,_ in the Cosset of Common Liras, (GREEiI if...FINCH), for an assault, evidently for the purpose of enhsincmg the dasnisgeS to the Plaintiff; was this day brought up for judg ment. . The evidence was read over, and also several af. fidavits on the part of the Pefentivuit, as to charac ter. After which Mr. Setjeant Berr was heard in her behalf ; and Mr. Gaztaow for Mr. Finch, the Pro secutor. The Court, on account of her youth, adjudged her to pay a but to the King of one uhilling, wit! be committed to the custody of the Mar.hal for three ealendat months, and until said tine shall be Paid. COURT OF COM: PLEAS. The Court of Common Pies did not produce any thing, yesterdey, at all interesting Wow readers. POLICE. ---- - On TMOsiay waselet, He Surveyor, Bricklayer, Carpen ter, and the Chairman of the Committee of payinz, for the perish of St. Clement's Deo*, attended before Mr. Cs io consequence of • bat. of imlictaiest bar* been Paned 'gaunt dens at the last Middtmeallemisea, Ear a neonate is sloppiest up the ttioutrairMare er the Strand emend montlit, fur the purpose of Malaga* howwell, See Mr. Slammed, the eonfectiouer, adjoining the Crowa sad Ascher tavern. Mr. Collier, the vows-clerk, &Oilseed for the Dcfenderis, and observed, that he tioniglit the geetlemen who had pre ferred the hill of indietuseot ismet he toed Mr. Crit•ii•st mid, that hi had been applied to months since, by n number of persons, ',sweetie( the Diligence, sod they thought the whole p.nash were mad, that they hail not iodseted loos inner. Mr Gmbh, the Solicitor, was present, and observed, that if he had kept a carriage, he would have indicted at Its own expense. Mr. Collier replied, that whoa leave was eves to dig tha well, there was not the least iilewarat the Pattie woottl ew peeienoe any incuovenience, from the etien of • INI•IIIDO• paling, or leave w=wistirovis rre been mated. TIM disagreeable eireunistasers that had meshed from it, were ritirely owing to uuforessiewood osovvirialite accidents, such as the killing in ottlie groom% digging too very wrong spring, so much so, that now the well was complete, it was from twelve to Arleen feet deep of wider, a n d if this cannot be prevented, the well would be rendered witless, although it hail cost Mr. kluessard *scrod and, when he began the work, it was only estimated at about im•IL Mr. GR•111%1 held them to bail, themselves in tool. and two sureties web in Sianpaitt, ut the Cavan anal Aaehur tavern, arm ono of their trail. A boll helooging to )r'eauv• WILLIV!IIONs farmer in Airyhrsiniung, iss the pariah of 01tt Luce, and toroth• of W loan, t few days ago strayed issio the neigtahouring Tartu of Craig, powittaed by. ALLiat. ban DOVIII.A9, who apprehenditi and pounded the bull, for trespass, but eisateud of put tiog the animist into a byre oe proper place. put him into so old mill, where, for want of food, he scrambled up ass out .stair in the mill. and be came to much entangled in the machinery, tlisit he 'tided iiimsalf. Thu matter has tined ite tray tato the SlierdConit. F• PRiSOV A 131.3 .= 4 .f•• Correaprnsisese hoween the Earl of H•eseiceit Prrotto,Alteuitit, Esq. M turpecling Pglers Abuse* trelark • rrreit muoteit St. Jroies's.speare s July 4,110 e. ' St it.4lheviii4•ioltserved, in a report of your speech en Mr. Stieridati's motion; dpou Satutelny last 4 respectia 4 the state of the prisons in Ireland, and the tee:tont-m.of the prisoners, that some refer-` once had lwen made to a report which was delivers . ed to the House of Commous above three veasse ago, iu consequence of a motion of Lord Fienr, Petty, (of which no copy has hien preserved), - 1 it tie :emery to state to you the cerctienstatiebe under which that report was made to the abscise. At the sittings iu Dublin, in the winter of ISOi. the Counsel for one of the prisoners costaphainisil • to the Judges, that the prisoners in Kelmainhetn gaol'were ill-treated; and that their situatio n wits, eu many respects, such as to require e%eisnittitien and r-dress. Lu consequence of ties statc:ricnt. Mr. Justice Daly, one of the Judges of the Court of King's Bench, who 'tad bees sitting on the CUMMINS:On to hen the above complaint was 'untie, informed me, that he immediately visited.the 'tat son ;and that though he foeutd there was no grostuil for a charge of ill treatment, there were some - Fir- 1 suausteinces connected with the comforts of the fp-. , j souers. which required attention and in consequence of this communication, L &serial" the Chief Justice of the King's Reuclr . to make a' . regialav visit of tim.pri.on. ottor Judger as he might choose to select ; and requested, he would make a report to me of the situation of the prjsooetti. 9f the general state of the prison, and of the conduct of those who had the stiperiutetisi-t 'ace of it. The Chi e f Justice. accordingly visited the prison. the county gaol of the county Of Dublin). accoeOpanied by two ef the ethse. 'Judges ; Justice Daly not being . able to cce company lifui from . il lness. They examined the prisoners, tetperioteadeut, and gaolers, upon oath • not only those prisoners who were con fi ned uncle; Chief Secretary's warrants, in act which authorised the deter persons, but those who were transportation, or who had fora voluntary transoortatic seritttion were Dwyer, sod • The Report consists of a Justice, suggesting opine all cbuifort of the prisoners, 4 evidence taken upon oath. was officially transmitted bury, then Secretary of partment, before not ha Rouse F the eta for I ReliOri Willi iin medp wee andiriutriG. but' 4111 pso e w itit the 1 ' ollie I,Ord, Wild) liesserpekieesbirly drawn toit. I am very sorry that ill; CPP3t i ofleltie2Perts which received iii Nbabasmort i• papers in slis'ehstEL nod diet I efulluatSnsus ounioate it to you at at ; hut as lee Report wei printedin April or ay. 100 S, !tor • piss ose of the•euembers, it is impossible to stippose thet.sometowie of it shoiild uorecist amongst the printed papres of the 'Hedge of.Cununons. I so persuaded ti et when you funie perused die Report of the Chief . 3teitisclef lrelaud, tbsd the other '1 Judges, upon the state of, Kilmembam prison. in lends, you will be convinced that the 'investigation was not, as you are reported to have said, a snugly and closely managed,' but that it was conducted by those persons who were most competent to in vestigate the grounds of complaint, and in the most proper and honourable manner. it is untscissary for me to say any thing of the character of Chief Justice Downes ; for he is a Ann, who, to every qualification necessary to his high situation, adds the utmost humanity and kind. nee of feeling. But I feel it an act of justice 40 another person, who is absent, to ray, that from s ry thing I have heard of Dr. Trevor, frOklllittleill' , .! who were acquainted with his conduct saillillll,o6-‘74 ter, and from the different Ge n tle men w h o h e ld 011. office of Chief Secretary, during the time I eat Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, there was no to suppose him-guilty of harshness or severity when the inquiry, to which I am sorry yos harem* an opportuuity of referring, took place, not else et the charges against him appears to have beets proved. I remain, Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant, Hsanirtate.. , P. S. I need not say. that von are at liberty to . make any nee of this letter, which you may think just and proper. TO TR& ItIGHT 110N.THERABL OF HARDWICK/I. MY Los o-0., my return to town, 1 received • the letter with which soar Lordship has heels pleased to honour sin, on the conversation in the House of Cannon's, ow Saturday, respecting the prison abuses in Ireland. Wholly ignorant of the particulars ef the Report alluded to, and even of the existersierbf the Report itself, I sin the more obliged to your Lordship for the information with which yon have beta pleased to favour tne. I do not believe any doubt exists in the mind of any man, even,. in the minds of the petitioning sufferers, I sin lure none ever existed ih mule, that the integrity and maxims of • Lord, Ilard wicke's Administration in Ireland, so far as de pended on himself, were, in the true spirit of all public trusts, wholly influenced by hie private vie tan, and were • tenni exception( major. Stocere ly believiug tine—sod sincerely believing that the conduct of the British Government would, in other s dehigat.-d tuitions, be more pure, if its au thoritiee were not tabooed by its remote stud Imhof , . situate Officsr... allich I Wye often witnessed, I hare taxis extremely desirous to have the affoged grievances its Ireland fully and openly invest gated As they are at pre-e, t circulated in print, expres. sing myself-tea I did in the House on a former oc casion—' if truly stated, the treatment of these prisliters is a dishonour and a disgrace to all oi vilized Government.' I inn not acquainted with any one of the Petitioners —ray olject is to reacne the British Gore' insect from all imputation iel