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HAYMARKET THEATRE. Mr. FAA lITOW appeared last night in the charac. ter of Vapid in " The Dramaii.e It was the first ti m e he undertook the part at this Theatre, and his effort was crowned with success. Ile entered completely into its spirit, and expressed it with ease an.i vivacity. To please an audi ence in a case where their minds were impressed with a perfeti recolleribon of the talents of Mr. Lewis required no inconsiderable share of ability. Mrs. Ginas was a charming Marlowe. Ample j•tstice was also done to ail the other characters. Exchanted Mood does not lose its interest by repetition. It was again received with unbounded applause. WEYMOUTH, 3u Lr 27. The King's German Legion regiment of Light Horse left this place on Tuesday morning for South • ampton. During their long stay here their conduit has been exemplary, and relleAs great credit on the Officers and men; consequently their departure is to be regretted by the inhabitants at large. Two regimen s of cavalry and four of - infantry are said to be under orders for this place i tamediitely this strongly ildicates that His Majesty will honour Wey mouth with a visit immediately after the proroga tion of Pat liament. Every preparation is made for the reception of the Royal Party. And we arc happy to observe that the public repairs of the long no ;• splanade go on rapidly. In short, things begin to assume an appearance that the torn is again a corporate one. Our market is well sup plied with every necessary article of provision, par. tieularly with all sorts of fish; and the town may fairly be said to be pretty full of company. MARGATE, 'Via 25. The roads from Gravesend to Cosheath and Bar ham Downs have been crowded all the brt weak with soldiers and baggage waggons. Indeed this has prevailed to such an excess that I thought, in my journey hither, that I was travelling through a camp. This place fills rapidly. In many of the Vlotels there if not a single vacant bed. The Th•a ire opened on Friday ; and on Saturday evening Mr. Russet. 1., of Drury-lane, played Oefaciass, in which part hewas loudly applauded. In a few nights he will go to Richmond fora short time. Four men of war and some frigates are lying off this place. You may be sure that with such neighbours, we are not much afraid of the French. LELDS, Isar 28. A suspicious person is now larking about this country, and was seen at. Liverpool on Thursday and Friday sennight, who is strongly suspe3ed to be the noted hi.Cabe, the friend and confident et the late Lord Edward Fitzgerald, in all his re bellious a2s. He assumed the name of Robert Wo.riore, is about five feet four inches high, be tween thirty and thirty-five years of age, and, like the man above alluded to, contrives to change his dress frequently, the better to disguise hims He left an old trunk at Liverpool, containing the clothes in which he was at first seen, and has decamped dressed in a very long old fashioned sin gle-breasted coat, having a collar very much peaked, and lined underneath with white, black cloth wai coat, dark mixed coloured knit pantaloons, dark stockings, and strong new leather shoes unbound and tied, a new che.:k shirt, with a yellow cotton handkerchief about his neck, a short cropped brows. wig divided before, a coarse hat, nearly new, and a stick with a small handle in his hand, so as to give him altogether the appears ice (..1 a travelling pedlar. From what we can Jeans, there is every season to su%:),:a that the ab.)ve described fellow is a spy in the service of our iiivtterate foe; it there fore becomes a duty ii.eu nbent upon every honest Briton to aid in his detection. We sincerely hope that a man of so desperate a charader as MiCabe is known to be, and so inimical to the public peace, will tun long dude the vigilance of justice. The Dublin Papers of the 26th, artived yes. terday, 'ay—" On Saturday morning last, Mr. Justice &Lt. brought to the Castle, Iron; the county Kildare, two respea ibk farmers, charred with c,r responding with traitors, resi•.lent in Paris, who had been banished this country by act of Parliament; which act makes such a correspondence a feLny of transrinrtatirin for life." On 'llursdav ►a ; ,t; 13,000 men cnclmpel on the eutraah of Kildare. An order has bent received by Lieut. Colonel .13Asvvr, of Norwit.h, to put is requisition 70 wag gons, with seats ►lung across, for the speedy con veyance of troops, in the event of the landing of the ' lO Kmy• A similar order has been receivel by Lieut. PAI r &soot. It a o from an a c count l a id befre the loase w ears Commons, that the amount of the per. r L t aent duties ~f customs outstanding in Meat 1. roan was, on the sth of April, 1803, .9221. 14s. 1 Id. Amount of temporary ditto for *l!‘ 5,2481. 11x. 11.1. Amount of permanent dtt bon the sth of April, 18(}4, 716,0681. 16s. 11d. An town of tcraporary ditto, d 3,7681. 6s. 10d. the followipg particulars are just received from lk tally Bay, rtespeaing Gcuttor. CROSSLRY, the al Lorne; of notorious memory. That on his arrival there he first kept a slic-p for the silk of all kinds of goo.. 1; at Sydney, in which shop lie continued three or fintryears,m.d from thence rerni veil to Hawke'. Lurr, where he now keeps a farm, and is supposed possessed of considerable property ; but as usaa!, not being satisfied in any situation. and hankoziag after gain, whczlier by fair rr.c.ins Ar fnul. he a about ere Ring a brewers fur the rale of strong aud bei: g anxicus to follow his old pr:le:ice in tl: • law. is now engaged in a law-suit with s r au, a praaitioner in physic, re :Pee..mg a hauoe w he and the Donor purchased at lati.ci v 11.uurroos, anot:ter convict. It is equally trux. that jug before he left the shop at b.) dr.,•y, t being s‘iiling to pay his just debts, dr: creditors obtained execution, and sold hu goods. A. to poor BA all 1N....T0N, he is still a lanitic, and I.ls a mail t 9 attend him upon all occasions wherever he goes. MIDDLESEX ELECTIOU. Sxvttcrit DAY.—Bute Candidates were excee.l - :alive in canvassing since Saturday. Sir Francis Burdett, in particu!ar, adapted Poor Rich ard's advice, " If you want your business done, go yntirself." was observed during the early part of yesterday, entering the houses of such Freeholders as had nut poiled in St. Giii4sisarish, with a nume rous populace after him. lhe SLl:C:as ' atter.di:ig his exertions may be judged of by the following state of the Poll, as announced at five o'clock : For Mr. MOiwaring For Sir Francis &Avg . . . Majority fqr Mr. Mainwaring Nn sooner were the noimbers declared, than the mob evinced a violent s7irit of exultation, clamour, as usual, resounded, and a piece of artillery was fired nine times ; a circumstance that occasioned great surprise, as the report was one:petted. Si. knee heir; obtained, Sir Francis came forward, and thus addressed t he auditory: ..... . " Gentlemen, the result of this day's poll suffi ciently agrees with the hope and expeittion I che rished, when I addressed you some time since. It cannot but justify every apprehension, on the part of my opponent, and we have only to continue I ,nr exertions, to insure success. " Gentlemen! independent of the state of the poll. I hare the satisfaction to tell you, that I have forty votes uopolled, some of which were &limited to, and others came too late; but, when I consider what has been the result of the objeßion to those votes, I feel confidence in asserting, from the de claration of the Sheriff, that what remain will be established. I wish to address those Freeholders, who have arrived at the hustings too late to poll, and express a hope, that they will not think of encountering a like inconvenience, or of being baffled ; but cm: up to-or rrow, and awn their rights, and our viaory. It is by per severance alone this event is to be determined, without it, no solid belief of success can be enter tained; by perseverance we shall be wile to vin quish the enemy we contend with. and this day's poll stands a Irking teitimony to the observation. that when the Spirit of Liberty is este ted, it will conquer corruption. We have our country to serve upon this occasion, and all your exertioris are neces sary to defend its independence and liberty (Orece! braes ! loud hu:zw!) ; and, I trust, for the spirit of the county, tlst each man will come forward to promote the common cause—a cause for the freedom and good of all. (Ilassza! hassza I) I have to state to you, that, so exhausted is the powttr of your enemies, they have this day had recourse to their body of reserve, rope-puller: and ira-ri ters, while our brave volunteers remain in lint, firm and un broken, and have scarcely been put into mot oo— (Brace ! owl els:aimed from all parts .f the treed, with dares of ripp!aese !) I think I moy state, toiler the siltation of the poll, if undue idiot-nee had not been exerted, I should now have the sense of the county of Middlesei in my favour; but, under circumstances sa auspicious, I beg you will not look on this as a vidory, until finally attained, nor relax rur exertions more than I shall do. I now take my leave, with thanki ig you for your noble condo& upoo this occasion ; and with addressing myself to those Freeholders who have not polled, hoping and trusting they will come at an early hour to morrow, and the succeeding days of the poll, ani insure our viR pry." (Lead applaut,slanwsl f r wet teats). - - - - Mr. M.AlNrraarBo then came forward to speak ; but the Wising and tumult forced him to leave the hustings without being heard. Among the company on the hustings were Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan, and Mrs. billingtou. l'he Candidates proceeded to town amidst the usual scene of cheering and displeasure. CROWN AND ANCHOR TAVERN. SECOND MEETING OF 111 F. lIIIRDITT'S FRIENDS. Yesterday evening the friends of Sir F. Burden met at the Crown aid Anchor Tavern in the Strand, for the double purpose of celebrating his success on th it day's poll, and to coiner' additional measures fOr securing his elenion for the first eJonty iir the kingdo tri: . _ At half-past six the great room IVAS opened for the reception of the company, and about 250 Geutle men took their seats at the different tables— LoH DUNCANNON IN ThISCIIAIR. As soon as the cl.oner tables rare cleared, the Noatz CHAIRMAN gave as a WASt—. •e Tilt E.• C1A11 . 4 %luidlaex•—tn.l tsar they, ha the C4J.Ce of the.. K. preeeostatiees eras coestot their own cliputy, and their eou.tty'e fteedoas." This toast was drunk with the same enthusiastic applause as at the I.lst meeting. Lord Duricarnfos then said, that the purport fcr which they w..rc met would not ad:nit of long speeches. He would therefore, without further preface, propose the health of tt S. F. Burdett, the *Arm then or Ituartnttr ; th• and r- It nt reoi•ter of norrio add the aos.ftor of Lott cry's frredom ; only he ►c (teemed wild t!.e wte...tii 04 viet d., iO the utasent c.attc.st." '1"!:is toast was trra-4 cordially and universally drunk. arhilst the Inusl..st plaudits. Sir F. liventrr then rose, and spoke to the fnl low'nx purport Gentlemen, when I had las the hanuur of addressing you, I spoke in the lam gtr:tge of hope. Aler the very :naive exertions you have since =do, I now speak in the language of cuntislence. Alter tare state in which we now stand, by this day's poll, it would ill become me to desire you again to an with adivity. You have already shewn so forcibly your willingness to do so, that I should be ashamed to repeat the request, because I cannot, from this patriotic specimen, have the smallest doubt but that your efforts will be uni formly and unremittingly exerted. I have only to return you my most sincere and heartfelt thanks, for the proofs you have given of your fixed ana steady attachment to the geanine principles of the old Constitution of kngland. The con dud of my Noble Friend in the Chair, will, I hope, sh.rw, in the most impressive aild convincing manner, to the nobility and gentry of this ties ar:. happy country, that then greatest glory must ever consist in a regular and uniform defence of the tights and ptivileses of the people, and that their greatest seem ity depends also on the sense principle. I shall follow the example of my Noble Friend, in assuring you that I will only detain you for a few moments, in order to consider the system which they are so strenuous to support. It you look to the state of the vivito., jou will (Ltd that all is lost from the weight of an enormous taxation. America has been lost to this country merely from the inotdioate and unnatural appetite there was in this country to tax without control!! American produce ; Jamaic t is now in a state of jeopardy from the same cause ; and Ireland, after the p.tyment of a million and a half, was no better than it was before; a country in which they may at least be suspethd to as i n t h e same way which it had uniformly hitherto done. Gentlemen, I wish only to remind you, that the present Minister has not only deceived the people, but he has since deceived the crown, and every one who has been comiefted with him. I am sorry, Gentlemen, to think that I must soon leave you, and I am sure you will not have any objeaion to my so doing when I inform you that I am obliged to forego the pleasure of your company in consequence of an engagement I have made with that truly worthy and independent chit raCter, Mr. Alderman Skinner, for the purpose of consulting and devising the best means to gain a superiority in the present Poll. I am therefore happy to return you my most humble thanks for the ac=tivity and zeal you have shewn since our last meeting, and I wish to express a hope you will con tinue the same. I will only add, that it behoves the first county in the •kingdous to endeavour to chose men who will place a proper check and con trout on that profligate and extravagant Minister who began his career by deceiving the people, and. who has since, without the smallest hesitation, pro ceeded to deceive the crown, and every one else who would put the slightest e0n52,: , 1ee in him. I call, therefore, on the people to crush this system of corruption, pride, and oppression, which that hateful Minister first introduced, and which, by his artful tricks and wiles, he has almost succeeded in perpe tuating. I feel myself happy to return you my thanks for your very kind and arrive services on this occasion; and I am truly happy to point out to you, that while we have nothing to gain by the issue of the contest than the public favour, they have every thing in view which, in the remotest degree, can add to their own private interest." This speech was received with loud and enthu siastic applause. Major CAR - minim? then gave as a toast— " Tim Volunteer , obi:rt.! public virtue h,4 saved %%elf country fru.n the evil of a military govelannsa." _ _ _ _ Mr. MADDOX then proposed the health of the Noble Chairman, Lord DLNCASNOPI ; which WAS drunk with three times three. amidst the loudest plaud:ts. Lord Duacamsom returned thanks for the ho nour done him in drinking his health, and assured the company he should be proud to standin that si tuaLion in:which his Hon. Friend had described him, u a defender of the Rights a the People, whose cause he should always be happy to advocate. (Lead 11;philOSSS.) Mkt Houses of /lowan!, Rustril, Cavmdislt, Percy, and Petty , said limy they preverre in weir full lostse the lowao.,re they have ante, *Wilily atteionl by their attachment a. 4 to the rights uf else P.uyk " This WAS a toast most enthusiastically received. The Noble CHistestas then give as a toast. ". A loos pupa ett.oig pull, and a pull a:tug:thee." _ - - This was drunk with the loudest applause. Mr. Curroao then rose and said, that after the toast last drunk, it became necessary to concert the means by wuich that pull in all its bearings should become effectual. He advised the gentlemen pre sent to disperse as soon as possible, in order to com mer.ce In active canvass for the present evening, to forward the poll to-morrow. He was in no doubt of having a very great majority in favour of Sir Francis Burdett ; Ira he was well as sured, as soon as that appeased, the adverse party would give in, and depend on the mistakes, er rors, or perhaps crimes of the assessors, to obtai:i a majority on a petition to the House of Common., which he was sure they would resort to. He would. therefore, advise his Hon. Friend to keep the poll open till he should obtain a majority of at least 4 or 510 votes, that this litigious disposition might have no avail. He recommended it most strews ously to proceed immediately to the business of canvassing, and to bring down their votes to the hustings as early as possigle. The Crams as then gave as a toast, Mr. For, and the Wtug InttreJt of Enhand i" Which was drunk with the mcnt enthusiastic ap plause, amidst loud huscas. Major CA kririt 10 HT then gave as a toast, " Every man co his otoroo, for kitirlet 4uri netory." Which was drunk amidst the loudest applause, and followed by the separation of the company. Lord Dunce:mem, on quitzang the chair, was loudly applauded isn- the very sliguin id, yet modest manner, in which he had discharged the dinios at- tached to it, and quitted the ro..ui amidst a thun der of applange. At nine o'clock the company was almost entirely Gone, and nothing could exceed the 'harnio:ty and uaanimity of the mese ing. About 031 Freehot ders, in the .I,terest of Sir F. B Ult• DLTT, breakfasted yesterday morning at the Crown and Anchor. from whence they proceeded to Brent ford. Lord W. Russzxx was expos:fed to be of the party. but was prevented by particular business. A number of people were assrabled in the Strand, the whole morning, cheering as they passed. Yesterday evening, while the populace surround ed the Crovi anti ANeher 'Awns, a gentleman, sup posed to belong to the Navy, and ressding, as we ua derst4..d. in Arund:l-stztet, dressed up a dog in blue ribbons, at which the populace took offence, and gave it;ru :sme abuse. He withdrew for a me meat, and teturned with a brace of pistols, which he snapped in the midst of the crowd, but most fortu natel'• neither went off. He was then surrounded. and, after some resistance, is the course of which he received some cut, the head. was brought bJore the Magistrates in Bow.suect, who, after a lung ex amination, comnrtted him to Tuthill fields This day tbe LOIID Mayoe will hold a Cmrt rf Aides rota to r-ceire the answ.•r of W. Du ss v Esq. Sheriff elm% and afterwards a Court of COM. hum Comical hat the dispatch of paths business. LAW. COURT OF CHANCERY—LINC,M.N'S INN, Jut r Er pArlr MARGARET De MANNLVILLE, nd CA RO. Lull TUOMAS Di MANNIVIILLE, au Ittfan , s , her next 'ilea, &id ahem. The Lord Chancellor having asked. if the parer; had agreed upon any terms, in consequence of h advice on Saturday, Mr. RichArds told his Lordship Oat they were about coming to an agreement up.n the sulrjekt, and requested his Lordship would allow it to stan.l over till to-morrow morning, which was accordingly granted. RAM. OF STRATHMORE V. ANDREW COSII6IIOD BOWEL Mr. Ptomain applied for leave to set down this cause for a rehearing, during the present sift ngs. , He said, he was confident his Lordship would grant the application, upon hearing the circumstances of the perenlant. He had been upwards of l 8 years confined in the King's Bench at the suit of the Plaintiff, and thus kept out of a very cnnsidereble estate, and several large sums of m may Jul to hint. The Learned Counsel then cited w.:ver firirn the Pralical Register in • .ipport of his applicati which. he contended, was entirely %shish) the discrv. tku of the Court; he mentioned a C.lit before the House of Lords, where a decree was pronounced behind the back of the opprisite party. The LORD CHANCILLOR observed, that this was a very unwarrantable manner of speaking or that House ; he recollected the Case alladed to perfatfy well; but the parties had full noti;:e. He turther observed, this was a most irregular way of apply ing to the Court...and it was with ;he greatest posi.• ble indulgence that he then heard the applte.tim at' all. The application should have been made by petition far lih.-nty to present a petition to set down the Cause, whereas no pehion whatever had been loded. "Ille Lotto Caaweet,trra thon direeted C.at both petitions and the decree should be laid h•.'ore andire wruld see, by to-morrow, upon w: at groan& this application wa, made. PAItRICIDE. The following are the principal Cats whith peared in evidence, on the in-snest !mid u-soo t re body of Joseph Oldroyd, on W.. thsesday ens; I'.nrti (lay, the IRth and tiOth inst. before Edward Brook, Esc,. Coroner, at Wakefield: • Joseph Oldroyd, who was about 70 year. of age,* resided in a small cottage at ?tlantborpe Cron, rear Wak•:field, with his wife and sas on them omits); of the 19th inst. this unfortneve old man went as* usual into the croft adjoining the cottage to :assist his wife to milk; he complained of !wing ard r upon their return to the house, they cis .nd t!;:rir soi* (who had a cancer in his neck) ; the , 14 man at the request, and wi•li the .issistance of his, wife, went arol laid himself down, dressed as Le was, on a bed in the parlour. His wife says, s! immediately after went into the garden to nacho currants, leaving her husband and scut its the Loose the road to the house lay throngh this garden. ai.f no person could go in or out without beiog seen by her; after remaining in the garden about four hours she returned into the house, where she found her son, his bleeding had ceased ; she called upon 7 ye hits. band to enquire how he did, and if lie would has • Irs bre:ski:A ; on receivoig no answer, she Itiokt?l into the parlour, when the son informed her his (h. i ;her was gone out, but he (14 nut know where, as his bleeding, he said, prevented him from att.isid ing to it. Ile mother then searched the croft :lid adjoining bleaching premises, but without socheh s and cn her return acquain . e.i the son with her flu; . less se irch; he ols.oved (wit: et t attending to wit.t Was said of his fath r) that hi mse lf was taint st bat s recent bl e ling, and would go and gee .t clime-. Almost as soon as he had left the house he called out, 44 Mother, I have vial my Caber dead In a fit!" Guilig immediately to the cherry-tree; shit found her husland set u pon the ground, q u i t e J. ; his head leaned aganist a tree, aid as the de- t pew,/ oa.b, with a cord Wan* h•s neck, one t rat of which was tied to the cherry-ra w. Her in trait *. Iwty the card anti it was not aft r ..gds f ro hired. TO the Jury, who visited and nti u e y ester. a .cf t; e tree, it appeared im aissible fort he 171 :nt 134 htlng himself h Son t. as the bole .1 the tree ova* ant above four fee in heS and wile of the br smiles were of sit intent st e t ;tit to support the weigh; of a ma", n .r was the twanch, so erh;ch the cord was said to hay !beets (*sashed, in the it isc rub bed or bruised The son declared vnltint tr;'v to the Ju-v (theugh apprised thrt berg unJet acr rainal char 'te hay no occasion to an.w o Any que•-• 9 tit .t there was iso cud round Uts father's n. and that he was sure he mad not hanged him -r, a, t • ewer/Jive would not bear him. }Ls fisofher. 6 ”vev:r. per siste.l is her ells ea ion. Tie body appears to have been found about twelve o'clock at noon. and no meriti. ioadt of it until sit in the evening ; the son a. ten.. d that no. thoi.; should at any time b' said :shout his tatities u i nely dea h On search tig the parlour. where the old IT an lai 1, there wt> fun d a calf's codar nt s two I u .s, and about t it c' es of cord to ir, which apire.:, a`save been rto y fastened to 4 post by a I urge nail, about 'ryes' feet from :'. 4 ; ground ; on 'unties search, a c Int about twat y a• Jt long was toua .1, which, *hen co spared with that attached to the cella.. eviiletzly emu - awed to have been cut from it. With this . ord. &taloa this spot, the horriJ deed is supposed to have be. .t pesper.ste The surgeon,who examined the dead body, ft .ultd on the back a continued serf. a of btu's:a. apparently made by struggling violently against th- post a here the cord was hung; the thi : hs, &c. were in a state too shocking for description ; around the neck, but particularly on the left side under the ear, there were marks of a cord haying been pnred with the greatest violence. The %site ot this 'l.:4ted old man positively declared on h-r examtn 'non, that she ore ti knew her husband and sou to gnarrel ; but it al p • ;red tivo the clearest evidence, that she has rep- atedly said, that when the son's weeding fits came on, he was like a mad man ,th t he fiequently seized ',is father with the mostdi cod Jr• p-cations, and she was afraid would one day is, , er r .tt.er a pattern and mina e lon conti vtd fur too .lays, the Coroner's Jury returned verdieOf mar/se, agamst I • he rm. er:io was co-n- it - -d to 1 GIL Castle, to 4iilcs Lis trial at the eastuai assizes. I, at tin even w.:es. w OE 110 raw, h 'rout. Iresh f the est in hia4 Piet 4c,rta 2011. tends Ana rbail Thu• rem at the tl .!.e 0 *.' 1.411 11 t 1 PI t hitt) :~~~''l ticav ‘ll re rov co rowdo pr' Iprot' ndr Val: 1 8.. I ti