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'="-.70 , I.CELAND. • • =ME .., THEATRICAL INTELLIGENCE. CO VRNT-G A RTIV% Ertrad of a Lever from Dublin, doted 25th jam. " I received your's this day, and am very Sorry the English should entertain such ideas in regard to tLe loyalty of the people of Ireland. Our tumults here had not the least tendency to rebellion ; it was the unfortunate peasantry who quarrelled amongst themselves : the gentlemen of the County of Tip perary and Limerick, in order to keep down the price of labour, had encouraged the County of Clare men and Kerry men to come into labour ; this the natives of the place could not relish, and determined to extirpate them : in consequence, they committed many unjustifiable outrages, whipping some, and cutting off some of their cars. Tl•e only gentleman that I can learn suffered, was Colo nel —, who had employed a number of the Kerry men, exclusively ; the natives broke into his house and destroyed all the furniture below stairs, but some gentlemen, who were on a visit, defended the Staircase, and saved Mrs. and family, the Colonel being from home. 'These feuds spread on to Limerick, the people of which were very much alarmed. by anonymous letters intimating that they were all to he massacred ; these letters were found to be insidious ; however, these dis turbance.; gave a handle to a certain description of men, more violent than prudent, to represent the country in a state of insurrection and rebellion, and they made arOcatidn to Government to have mar tial law proclaimed : amongst them who were most . itrenuods for this measure, was the famous F—, who you may remember flogged poor W—, for having a letter in his pocket written in French. Go vernment have acted with great discretion ; they considered it was a very improper time to irritate, or proclaim tlec country in rebellion, and first sent dnwn Judge Downs and Baron George, who were accompanied by Lord Donoughmore ; they itivesti sattd the matter, and many of the delinquents were taken, and sutrered accordingly. The Lord Lieu tenant's Secretary went down since upon the same business. Government, lam told, has gained great alplause by their wise conduct in this affair." Mr. CA UL Firm) (for such, we understand, is the gentleman's name) made his appearance, yesterday eening, at this Theatre, in the Character of Min let, and was received with loud and continued ap plause, by a crowded audience. phis gentleman has, it seems, played at the Theatre belonging to the Plc Nie Society, and be reflects great credit up on it. His figure is genteel and becoming , though somewhat slight. - His powers of voice are, unfortunately, limited, and he has to correct the exuberance of his anion, and to acquire ease and dignity. By stooping forward so much, and con stantly inchnins his body, he lost mulch of his height, and injured the graceful effbct that would have resulted from an erect carriage, and greater firmness of deportment. In performing the part, no one of our best tragedy heroes could have dis played a more correct conception of the character; and, in many of his scenes, he was able to make his execution keep pace with his conception. In the two last actr, his voice failed hiM, and thence he could not give the ranting part of the scene, where Randet leaps into Ophelves grave, with the necessary force and effect; but, upon the whole, he evinced consummate judgment, and was very deservedly listened to with almost unexampled attention. With the necessary correction of those errors, which we have taken the liberty to mention in this article, this Gentleman cannot fail to succeed eminently, if he means to make the stage his profession. His man ner, throughout the character, had more of origi nality in it than we have lately seen in any per former who has ventured to come forward, for the first time, in a public Theatre, as the representative 'alone of the most difficult of all Sii K.EbPE A ax's cha racters. The Mails which arrived on Tuesday further cor roborate the statement we made some time agn, that an arrangement is negotiating between .the Ba tavian Government and the Prince of ORANGE, by which the latter will receive an indemnity for the 1o•s of some of his property situated in the Dutch territory. It appears that this indemnity will be paid one part in actions on the State, and the other in money. - - - - A r.ew method has been discovered by M. Brug natelli, of expeditiously obtaining nitric ether, by distillation, without external heat. On the 15th ult. the Legislative Body at the Hague resolved that the Batavian Rescriptions should be changed into State Obligations. 'The plan is not exactly known, but the principal outline is sail to be, that to a rescription of 10'JO florins, 8O) florins shall be added in ready money, for which shall be given three obligations, each of 1000 florins, to bear an interest of three per cent. at least. In conse quence of this determination, the Batavian Rescrip i ions have falln to 60; but they find many buyers at that price, and will probably soon be higher. It is reported upon the Continent, that besides the public Convention lately signed by the Mediating Powers, secret articles have been entered into upon various other points. It is observed, in confirmation of this opinion, that the new Convention trenches upon the arrangements made in favour of the ELECTOR. of BA VAEI A, without assigning him any reparation whatever. It is said that Austria has formally agreed to the ereftion of Tuscany into a kingdom, to the extension of the French bounda ries in Italy, to the annexation of Parma and Placentia, and to the interference of France in the affairs of Switzerland, though contrary to the treaty of Luneville. It is certain at least that these objects have given rise to discussion; and it is pro bable that some Convention will be concluded, to santclion and acknowledge what leas been dotes CONCERT OF ANCIENT 31US1C. This elegant Concert, the first for the display of Musical excellence, was last night performed in the Great Room of the Opera Mouse, before an au dience, as select as fashionable. It was raced by the presence of their MAJESTIES and the three elder PkINCESSES. We have already so fully anticipated the performance by our description of the Rehear sal, that but little is left to add upon the subject.— We have only to say,that is was as complete in every respect as the arrangements made by the Noble Lord CHESTERFIELD, the Steward, promised.—On no occasion has Mrs. BILLLNGTON appeared to more advantage ; she was finely in voice, and sung every Air in the most exquisite style.— There was scarce a song she sung hut was encored with the universal acclamations of the company present. Her extraordinary powers were most dis played in the Recitativo of " sacked priests," and the attendant Air, " Farewel ye limpid streams." They were listened to with the tnost enthusiastic rapture, and drew forth plaudits, such as we have scarce ever witnessed at the exertions of any vocal performer. Mr. BART LEMON, whore absence at the rehearsal we noticed, resumed his proper situa tion in the Concert, and added a considerable de. gree of interest to the general performance. His abilities were most prominent in Folio's celebrated Madrigal " Since first I saw," in which he was as sisted by Mrs. BILLINGTON, Mr. : Hatinisox, and Mr. KNYVETT. It was truly a treat to the ani.t teurs. The Quintetto of Doni pace afforded scope for the exettions of Mi I —.SS 'ANA NT, Miss CILOSR IL, and Messrs. H A RILISON, KNYVETT, and BA RT LE t,N. Mrs. BII.I.INGTON sung Polio Marie in a manner better, if possible, than at the rehearsal : it was some miuutes before the plaudits ceased. His MAJI:hTY seemed particularly delighted, and was most active in his expressions of admiration. We need only add, that the Chorusses were given with more than ordinary effect, and especially the grand Hallelujah Chbrus. The QUEEN appeared uncommonly delighted with it. We must render justice to Mr. CR AME.II, the leader : we never heard him play in a more spirited style—The Concertos went off with inconceivable eclat. In fact, we may say, that never was there a first Concert executed with more accuracy, or that imparted more genetal satisfaction. Among the company the principal persons of dis tion we observed, were the Lords CHESTERFIELD, SALISRURY, DARTMOUTH, UXBRIDGE, and their Ladies and Families. Many of the Directors, in cluding Lords DARKLY, GREY DE WILTON, Fos: rEscuE, &c. &c. are not yet arrived in Town. "I he KING was dressed in his military uniform of scarlet and gold ; and the QUEEN and PRINCESSEi were in them full dresses, the same as at a Levee. The QuELx appeared highly delighted with the Concert. The attendance of Subscribers, considering it was the first night, was even more full than could have been expected : !old afforded an assurance that the Concert will be patronized, during the season, wits' the liberality it ni.nits. The Literary and Philosophical Society of Net-- castle has lateiv proceeded 'to constitute a Lecture ship on the subjects of Natural and, Experimental Philosophy. It has been lately asserted, that Woo r.rt's cele brated pneumatic apparatus was the original inven tion of John Rudolph Glauber, as may be seen in the English edition of his works, London 1689. A French and Arabic Lexicon, in small folio, ihr the use of those who visit the Levant for commercial purposes, will shortly be published at Paris. Mr. COLMAN'S new Comedy is in an advanced state of preparation, at Covent Garden Theatre. The Catch Cht6 held their third meeting on Tues day, at the Thatched-house Tavern. Among the company were, 'Earl SPrNCLII, JAMES ADA ms, Esq. M.P. THOMAS MOHDZRT, Esq. W. B. MARTIN, Esq. Temexe West_, Esq. J. WEYLAND, Esq. J. GOSLING, Esq. Mr. LOW:IDE% Mr. GRLFFITHS, &c. Twelve of the Prisoners to be arraigned on Satur day, undei the Special Commission for High Trea son, have petitioned the Treasury for money to enable them to conduct their defence. The Trea sury Solicitor, in answer, has informed them, that, subpoenas shall be furnished free of expence, but that no money can be granted them. Colonel DLO A a n did not sign the petition. It has been stated in all the public prints, that Mr. MIDDLE-I . os had been elected a representative of Ipsu 144, without opposition, in the room of Mr. CHIC E TT, deceased. The fact is, that no election can take place till the meeting of Parliament, as no writ can be issued before that time. This and the three next months will be chiefly occu pied in parliamentary business. The Minister has much of hew plans of revenue and reform to propose in the House of Commons, and Lord GRENVILIA and his little band of able supporters, are expect ed to keep vigilant watch over public measures. - The first division that takes place on any public measure which creates warm debate in either House ' of Parliament, will chew the strength of parties, and disclose the secret of their constitution and numbers. Previous to the recess, divisions have been cautiously avoided in both Houses. The New York Cincinnati Society, are about to erect an Equestrian Statue of bronze, to the me mory of the late GEO. WAsirteorom ; 30,000 dol lars have been voted to defray the expnce. Petitions have been already presented for the repeal of the Tonnage Duty from the following ports :—Londen, Liverpool, Sunderland, Burling ton, Whitby, Blyth and Hartley, Scarbrough, South Shields, Plymouth, kirkaldie, and North Shields. Others have been signed at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and at Wells, and the representatives of Hull, Lynne-Regis, Poole, and several more places have been requested by the ship-owners of these ports, to support the repeal of the duty. Brigadier General CAR MICH AET. has received or ders, as Colonel of the first West India regiment, to join that corps in Jamaica, for the purpose of accompanying it to Gibraltar, where the two first regiments of black troops are to do duty. The most probable motive for the apparently strange measure of bringing the black coips to Europe is, that, in the present state of affairs in the West Indies, and particularly in the French islands, it is not very safe to keep a strong force of blacks in those colonies regularly trained to arms; and, in case an opportu nity should occur, not less likely than the labour ; ig negrocs to join in a revolt which their partisipa tieu may render fatal. M ANSI ON-H OUSE. ~;•~+ 74,•:' SPORTING INTELLIG.ENCE. • We arc just favoured with the following List of rive Handicaps for York, Saturday before the Au gust Meeting, 1803. Sweepstakes of Fifty Guineas each, half forfeit, last three miles. Such owners of Horses, &c. in this Sweepstakes as approve of the Weight, are to signify their acceptance before the Ist day of March next. THEN TOUR YEAR OLIIS. st. lb Orville, by Beninbrough 8 7 Duxbury 8 7 Beningbrough's Colt out it. lb. Ch. Colt, by Standard 7 12 Bay Colt, by Traveller, darn by Fergus or Jupi ter 7 12 Walton, by Sir Peter 7 12 Ch. Colt, by Walnut, dam by ilounleAtix 7 10 Joseph, by Ormond. 7 9 L'Oriont 7 9 Sir T. Gaseotae's ch. f by 81122-Jrd 7 9 Sir T. Gascuignies con, by Beningbrough 7 8 Colt, by Traveller, out of Faith 7 7 Conjurer, by &MlT brough 7 7 Tankersley, by Overton 7 5 Mr. Pieties My, by Be noixbrough 7 3 Ts, or no lace. of Lardylla 8 7 Sir John, by Stridc. 9 6 Sparrowhawk, by Bra z.ird 8 5 Blue Devil, by &nisi brough 8 5 Stockton, by Gabriel 8 2 Ashton, by BaningsroughB 2 Primro-7ebytkiiingbrough out of a sister to Congi : lotion 8 1 Pipylin. by Sir 1 Ch.Colt,by B'aingbruugh dam by Ruler 8 0 Lord Balhaven's colt, by Baninghrough 8 0 Young Eclipse 7 12 Five Subscribe S'ITURDAY IN THE. AUGUST MEETING, 1803. Sweepstakes of Fifty Guineas each, half forfeit, Four Miles. Such Owners of Horses, &c. in this Stir cepstakes as approve of tlit! Height, are to signify their acceptance before the Ist clay of March next. St. ih Agonist..c 8 10 Dick Andrcigi 8 9, Kill Devil B' 9 Haphazard BB 9 I.ifttium Vitr 8 Cackfighter 8 6 Chance • 8 6 Lutait • 8 4 Hyaxiiithus 8 4 HighlAudfling 8 2 Quiz 8 2 it. lb. L Strathmo7 w.'ntit h. 8 2 Aiwa.) 8 1 Drver 8 I Ct nnamon All egrante Fic!dfare ....7 10 710 Sister to Guun• 7 9 Mialcy Muluck 7 8 Sophia 7 3 Bagman t3 9 Five Subscril or no Race. DREADFUL FIRE. An alarming fire broke out last night, at twelve o'clock, in. Falcon -court, Fleet-street. It com menced in the attic story of the printing-house of Mr. HAbIIITON, in consequence of a spatic acci dentally falling among some papers, and thence spread with astonishing rapidity to the adjoining houses. The court being very narrow, the engines could only play upon the burning houses from Fleet street, on the one side, and the Inner Temple on the other. It raged at one o'clock with astonishing fury, but from the great exertions of the firemen, its rage seemed to be a good deal subdued Uefore two.—lt was impossible, however, from the situation of the place to ascertain the extent of the damage up to that time, but we should' fear the court was entirely consumed. The terror of the inhabitants, in a neighbourhood in which the houses are so close as to form almost a solid mass, may be easily conceived. Wnen this Paper went to press, the fire bad not communicated to any of the houses in Fleet-street, but though it Was considerably reduced, they ap peared to be in imminent danger. A.boy was run over by an engine in the Temple, and was cerried to the hospital In a very bad state. We did not hear of any other personal injury. POLICE. _ t: `~' John Clark was examined by the LORD MAYOR, charged with stealing the furniture of a tent bed stead from his master, a broker, in Moorfields. It appeared that the prisoner had taken the property to a pawnbroker in Fore-street, to pledge. The shop man suspected he. had stolen the things, and sent for an officer to take him into ceitody. ne prisoner nude nnich resistance, but was at last safely lodged in the Compter. The prosecutor swore to the pro perty ; in consequence of which the prisoner was committed to take his trial for the offence at the en suing Sessions. On Saturday the following melancholy and truly calamitous event happened in the Medway, opposite to Mr. Horn's Platform, Chatham : Mess. Edward Wright, serjeant at mace and gaoler of the city of Rochester ; Uriah Nower, son of Mr. Nower, coach maker ; Thomas White, plumber, both of Roches ter ; and G. Piguenet, of Chatham, having made a shooting party down the river, in a vessel suitable to the occasion, returned about eight o'clock in the evening, and having lashed their vessel to another at anchor, put off for the shore in the small boat or skiff, when unfortunately, on pushing off, the boat immediately upset ; there were in it, besides the above, two lads who went with•them to manage the sails ; these reached the vessel in safety.—Piguenet, after having swam round the boat some distance in search of his .friends, ind used every exertion for their help, at length reached shore, where lie was re covered. Nower and White were not seen after the upset of the boat, and Wright sunk, after having twice caught hold of a rope which Pignenct had given hini.—The bodies have since been found. Thomas Pa'ne, since his arrival in America, has been wholly involved in political disputes, and has not spared the character of the late General WASH.. ixorotz. In one of his letters, he remarks, (upon General WASHINGTON'S omitting to interfere for him with Robespierre) " that the icy keart of ingrat tar in whatever breast it is placed, has neither feel ing nor honour ;" but the following letter of Mr. JEFFERSON has served to wipe away the re proach, and done justice to the mass of the people of America You expressed a wish in your let " ter to return to America by a national ship. Mr. " Dawson, who brings over the Treaty, and who " will present you this letter, is charged with orders " to the Captain of the Maryland, to receive and " accommodate you back, if you can be ready to " depart at a moment's warning. You will, in " general, find us returned to sentiments worthy of " former times, in these it will be your glory to " have steadily laboured, and with as much effect " as any man living. That yon may live long to " continue your wefts! labors, and reap the reward of " faithfulness of nations, is my sincere prayer ! Ac " cept the assurances of my high esteem and diction " ate attachnunt.—Thom AS JEF F emus." ..7 13 ..7 11 ~: ;: . L lir INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING's BENCH, GUILDHALL, Fits. 1. Before Lord EL LEN BOROUGH. ROBINSON FRENCH. This was an action on a Policy of Insurance on the ship Chester, to commence from the time of her loading at and from any port or place on the coast of Biazil, and from the 17th of September 1800, until her arrival at the Cape of Good Hope. Mr. ERsKINE, as Counsel for the Plaintiff opened the pleadings in this cause, with stating, that the ship in question had originally sailed to the Cape of Good Hope, from whence she proceeded with a valuable cargo, the property of several merchaats, to Rio de Janeiro. A contract was there entered into, on the part of the captain and the owners of the vessel, with Don Pedro Alvarez, a Portuguese merchant, the purport of which was that the cargo of the Chate,Ald should be delivered to two small vessels, belonging to Don Pedro Alvarez, in a cer tain latitude, where the goods were to be paid for in dollars. The Cherterfeld was to take in a loading of copper and tallow, and return to the Cape. On the arrival or the ship at the appointed latitude, she was captured by his Majesty's shipD.;omede, Capt. Elphin stone, and taken possession of as a prize, on the grounds that she was suspected of trading with the Spaniards. This, however, was not the case; she had done no more than any other fair trader would have done. She was trading with the Portuguese, who were on terms of amity with Great Britain, at that time. It would be urged on the part of the Defendant, that Captain Elphinstone had an un doubted tight to capture the vessel, as she was car rying on an trade. The learned Counsel hoped he should be able to prove, by evidence, that the Plaintiffs had not been engaged in any transac tion contrary to the justice and equit) of those rules observed by all vessels on such an occasion as the present; and he had not the smallest belief but the Jury would see. that the Plaintiff had every reason to expect a verdict in his favour. The principal evidence was Mr. James Worlock, the supercargo of the Mgt-tie/di he stated that he sailed from Rio de Janeiro, and was on board for the purpose of delivering her cargo to the owners. On the 12th of January, 1800, he entered into con tract with Alvarez, in consequence or which he was to convey the cargo to certain vessels that were to meet him in latitude 34. s'outh; and to know those vessels When they might appear in sight, he had va rious signals by which he was to distinguish them. On arriving at the entrance of the Rio de la Plata, the Cipertecfia/d was captured as an illicit trader by Captain Elphinstone, in the aortstdf. The witness had ho knowledge that the goods were consigned to the Spaniards, nor was be acquainted with the real intention of Don Pedro Alvarez with respect to their dispbsal. Mr. brooks, the Captain of the vessel, corrobo rated the last evidence, with the addition that Cap tain Elphinstone sent an racer, who mustered the men on board the CLerterjeld,. and inii6ressed several of them to serve on hoard the 1) omit. From several other witnesses it appc4red that the sl4 had sailed to the river of De la Plata, to deliver up her cargo to the small vessels that were to be there to receive it for Don Pedro Alvarez. Mr. Glass, as Counsel for the Defendant, con tended that the Cketterfuld had actually carried on an illicit trade with the Spaniards, and thereby had forfeited the benefit of the policy. He conceded, that the supercargo, MortleCk, knew the goods were goiN; into a Spanish port, as he would prove that regular signals had been made by him, tb com municate with the Spanish vessels that were to take away the Cargo. A letter had been sent from Don Pedro Alvarez, at Rio de Janiero, to a person on board the CbeJteild, who had sailed as an inter preter of the Portuguese language. It was in these words— " Tr; Dori WMARONE, " Sir,—M son as you get to the place appointed, and yen meet toe vessel:, you will request the Ca2tain to reduce trio small packages. By the first uWortunity you will scud the let ters to the place appointed. Recommend the master of thcs Spanish yewti to lcec p the sailors in etler—thcy must sty they are Portugue4e It is necessary to destroy me pspers that pass between us, that nothing may appear to dis.:..ve: our business." This hater was proof positive that it was known the cargo was for a Spanish port. 'I he situation in which the aesteofrld was found, being nearly 125 miles up the Rio de la Plata, surrounded with Spa nish setaements, did not leave the least doubt bat her intention was to trade with that nation. . Would Dein PedrD Alvarez have appointed to send his ves sels with no less than 132,000 dollars on board, if he had not been sure of his agreement on the part of the persons be had engaged with. Upon the whole, it was evident, the Plaintiff had been concerned in an illicit commerce, by which the shin had become seizable, consequently the benefit of the policy had been forfeited. Lard ELLERBOROUGH summed up the evidence, and directed the Jury to decide upon those appear ances that had occurred to influence their judgment either in favour of the Plaintiff or the Defendant. The Jury returned a Verdict for the Plantiff. Da- maces, 1911. 12s. COVilt OF COMMON PLF k 9. Before Lord ALvAN PTOFFAT AND OTHERS V. DLETRLCDT9F.N. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 251. the amount of a Bill of Exchange. The De fendant had given the Bill in question to a Mr. Warry, who had paid it to Mr. Cox ; by whom it had been paid into the Plaintiff's Banking-House. The Bill by some accident was lost, of which all the parties were duly apprised. '1 he Defendant was applied to for payment of the money, but he re fused, and this action was brought to recover the amount. The Defendant's Attorney took out a Judge's summons, for the Plaintiff to shew cause why upon payment of the 251. the Bill should not be delivered up to be cancelled: this could not be complied with. '1 he Defendant, therefore, still persisted in his refusal to pay it. A bond of indem-' nity was tendered him, but it had no effect. Upon the trial he endeavoured to maintain that he bad paid the bill once and ought not to be called upon again ; in this, however, he failed. It appeared he had originally promised to pay it, provided the Plaintiffs would have discounted him a bill for 2001. which had two years to run. When the Defendant found his proof of paywsnt of the debt was insuf ficient, he contended the Nintiffs ought to be non. suited, because the Bond of Indemn4z was not signed by all the parties in the firm. t his objec don was overruled, and a verict was given fur the Plaintiffl. Damages 251. IPlaintiffs. Damages 251. ..4 -• • Id' ~~; I .16 61 ~4