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THEATRE, 1 1 DRURV-LAN2. Last night the Comedy cf The Hecruitine Ofree was revived for the purvise of introducing Miss DuscaN, in rod e attire, to a London audience. 'There is no chataeter reiAino more judgment in performance, than that of Syteis. 'lne great difficc.ity consists in making it lively and entertain ing, without diverging into impudence. In this at tempt, Miss Duaicas was peculiarly succeisful. -ier figure frilly answered the expeClation formed of ie. She appeared as mach at home in the dress of a dashing brick, as if she had never worn a petti coat ; and there was a fascination in her look and manner, that fully justifies' Rowe in preferring her to Captain PY:i.n‘. In her first seen:. with Rose, she introduced a beautiful panted,: air, which she sung with such sweetness and mate, as called forth the most raptiimus applans.t, and an universal encore. Miss Mii.i.tori was very successful in her delineation of the innocent but shrewd Rose, and displa:ed her fine presents with great naivete and humour. Mr. Dowroti, as her brother, gave a well-finished pi atire of the 'honest rustic. Mr. COLLINS and Mr. Maynews, in the recruits, were inimitable. We always regret to see Mr. MA.' ?news removed from that s,lll,re in whist) he is so well calculated to shine. Mr. BANNISTE.2, in Capt. Roses, was very entertaininA , ; he dressed and looked the charafter extremely well. The whole performance went off with great spirit. me house was very fashionable and crowded. The enter tainment was Rib:7rd Cerise de Lion. Mrs. Mors yam was in fine voice; she sung the beautiful air in the first aet, in her best style, and received the. mnst unbounded applause. The attraetion of the piece does not appear to be in the least degree di in;nished. FASNIQMACI.F. A Mt' US. Getieral and Miss Rainsford, irorn Teignmnuth, Dorset. Sir; Abaham and Lady Hume, to their house in HdlAtreet, Ina& Worinleybury, near Che.huot. I', Cal . ert, Esq. and Family from Kent, to the London Hotel. Ltriel 3rd Lady Langford, to Berkelrsquare, frnm boor Lady P-ieeval, and Lady C. Lindsay, to their house in Clherish.treet. Bevk holm Farbes, Esq, '" fr=kiargh, to his house in Fit:roy alism. . and Mrs. Thomas Goad, from their seat in Suffolk, to BMW; lintel. G. Bernard, EN. front Worthing, to the Stable Yard. DEPARTURE. ' • aa• Mrs. Tyrwltit Drake left 14Ikea kieskal.pailard4l. for 'rosowry east at A nerskam. :;SESOUS TO AND FRONt IRELAND' Tee ItISOROV6II. From Dublin to Liolyboottroilow.S. Mr Joyce, Mr. Mack. THE ussatnct. FIIITI Dagin to linlvhend. C Creurart. Col. Dr Corriere, Caps. SArrint, Mr. Jaunby, A• . , ('ipt ant kin. Kam, Idrut. Cartsow, 6Lni Kep i Sullivan, ilia'', C.pt. Whits. rut lILSDattOUGII. Falin to Dublin :14 yt and NfrA. F.lfington and ram; ly, Mr. IT \l'• !Ara lienry Fit:rook, Lady TI• r,,y d, Mr Toneek, .IN. and Niiss Willson. THE traitnnt. FrnmNd7lr.JP D u bli,%-..N 9 111: Welds, Mr. H,II, Mr. Zing, C pt Wuubetored. We ate intern:lel that Her Royal Highler' the Princes, of Watt.s received, in the course of Tues day, a letter from His CIES rv. It it very 01- titrally supposed to relate to the happy interview on the preceding day, between the Ktsu and the Prince of Watts. Mr. Fox returned to the fluke e.f BLD au., at Woburn, at seven k ni Tile;;Liap , morning. The reels were so admirably executed at Guildhall on Friday last, several of the tltiflirany went home. Luetaant, the celebrated Aeronaut, is, %le under stand, now in London, under the assumed name of INCI ,T. The Earl of LA ',oar r will, on Nfontlay next, pmcced to Bath, where he has taken a home for three months. Front the rapid and dwpid quality of the porter now in a c, the advance in price is very properly illeiLritt•rpg am dead. Born re r re in sending TaMen to enenunter the p'a:ue in Spain, has given a rare instance of the ntionia. forLajor Scorr WA aim: and family have renewed their lodgings for three months longer, at Brighton. the Earl of Ai A Lmasver left town on Tuesday, 'or hie seat, near flenley, Middleser A. Sir. Day is the Steward of the asseml , !:._; at .iiar Inn, Maidstone ; and Mr. N;.1;• u,ll o zive hall on Tuesday at the sign of the Sun, in Wal- Neorth. There is no n•sv Farce forthcoming at Driry I.anc, entitled Tbe nee l'etwneer, as yesterday an n•mitced in a anw.c/4 print. Lord AMllt't ST left town yesterday, on a visit to Lady AM KLas-r, at Montreal, near Seven 0 tks. t: err. The publicans have resolved to raise the porter. We wish they would teirit it to car"?' a head. In the case of the stolewrosvh, mentioned in an other part of this Pawn., Wean, the officer, was very properly sent in pnrsuit of them. Colonel Ct..Clisi..itti& will leave town this day, for a few chi's. The E.rei,e Corps arc lull of spirits, and threaten to make a Fait of Boa*? a RTE. Captain CHATFILLD left town yesterday, fur his seat at Mitchain, in Surry. The obi .41/i1.6 will, no doubt., all support the Au thor who has provided them with Mastrimcma. Y...sterday, the Royal York Mary-la-bonne Vo. hinteers dined at the Crown and Anchor, Strand, where ranch harisony and conviviality presided, till a late hour. Di r; e; est, lb Lc, L I TON, and others, attended, and amused the Corps with a variety of particularly the Coirry Song, which enu merated the variottk reciTtions the enemy might expea in the different Shires in the event of their landing, tspeiienced nabouaded applause. The same corps will fug for a silver cup on Monday next, !Oval by Lord Nidue Kisco, QueeN, and Rov AL FAMILY, and Pet/scab( Watu, were drank with three times three. INDI,I. - V[TRACT or A LETTLD, DATLD TN GISNCIIAL WEL• LESLEY'S CAMP, DEC. I, WM. My former letter gave you the principal events of our viftory : the number of the enemy killed and wounded is much greater than was first supposed ; there is reason to believe that tray amount to near 5000 meu. &mica's Sepoy> are dressed in the same manner as ours, reel jacket; with facings; his artillery blue and red ; the whole of their turbans are like those of the Bengal Sepoys with a peak in front, on which is the name of the battalion. One brigade, and which was particularly noticed at the battle of Assaye, had green jackets with red facings. Several brigade and battalion's order 4 books fell into our hands ; from them, as it appears, that duty was perfedlly understood in Scindea's army. Among the brigade staff is a captain who signs himself " B. Grant, Brigade Major." Tier books in which this signature occurs were taken at Assaye. CEYLON GAZETTE, December 2, 1803. Lieutenant Maurice O'Connell, of His Majesty's 51st Regiment, commanding :it Puttam, made, on the 30th ult. an incursion into tile Candian territory, in the neighbourhood of that fort, at the head of sixty sepuys and invalid malays, laid waste a consi derable extent of country; burned and brought away a very great quantity of grain, and Arvka nut, winch the inhabitants had been for some time colleding there, for the use of the Candian Govern ment, and destroyed the provision of salt, which they had laid in for the consumption of two or three years. The loss of the last mentioned article is irre parable to diem, while at war with us. The whole of this expedition was concluded with a degree of judgment, secrecy, and vigour, highly creditable to Lieutenant O'Connell, and the brave troops under his command. Captain Robert Blackall, of His Majesty's 51st Regiment, commanding at Negambo, returned yes terday front an i ncursion into the &ven Costes. He had reached Netty Polly Gardens, the °Nett of his march, with little opposition, excepting from the A•nided state of the country ; but the stores which had been collecied there, had, for the most pail, been carried away. Barracks for a great number of men were, however, burned ; together with the re sidence of the Dissawe, who had fled to Candy, on the approach of nur troops. William Boyd, Esq. is appointed Superintendant of the Pearl i,hery . Nicholas Satinvirex, Esq. is appointed Vice-Trea surer to Government. The sending of Rouatiorivicce in such haste to Madrid, and of Lasses to Lisbon, proves that some decisive measure has been determined upon with re sped to Spain and Portugal. Bort • ARI e will no longer suffer the former to remain at race. and 1301:11NONVILLE is probably the bearer of the /vi per& Decree. He has an excellent Ally in the PRINCE of PEACE. The m:ssioo of LASN LS to Lis bon is probably to require the Portuguese Govern ment to shot their ports against us, in the event of a war with Spain. It was stated some time ago that a Court Martial was to sit en Lient. Been e, of the Royal Westmin ster Middlesex Militia, in consequence of his own earnest exertions. Tuesday the result of the trial was made known in General Orders, issued from Head Quarters at Colchester. Lion. Buten has been acquitted of all the charges. and the decision Len acquiesced in by I lis AI esry. The West Middlesex are on their route to Har wich, there to be quartered during the winter. Circular letters from the reffifsers of spirits aad brewers were yesterday exhibited in every part of the town, among the several Publicans. Those from the former announced a farther rise of Is. 6d. per gallon upon gin, and those horn the latter, a rise of I Is. per barrel upon porter, amounting to 11. I3s. per butt, which will produce a rise urn porter, from this day, of from sd. to lid. per pot. This intelligence excited a good deal of surprise and discontent, particularly among the lower classes.— The hop crops, we understand, were never more abundant. We are happy to find that Wheat suffered a re duftion in price yest,rdAy, and is expened to be still lower. Fifty puncheons of rum, and other goods, have floated ashore at Aiierdevy, about It miles beyond Aticrystwith, Cardiganshire, from the wreck of the of Wales West Indiaman, lately lost on Wicklow Sand-hank. The whole WAS seized and conveyed into the interior by the country people. Early on Tuesday morning last a ship was seen cif liappisburgh on fire, and continued burning for some time. As no boat could be got from the shore, it is feared all the crew have perished. The bottom of thi.. vesA has since been towed on shore. Considerable alterations have lately taken place, and arc now making, within the citadel of Hull the train shade has been much enlarged ; a part of the old artillery has been dismounted ; and travers iag guns (which will point in any dire tine) have been substitutzd in their places, facing the Humber. We understand that it is in the contemplation of Go vernment to croft a range of stables within the ga-- ri,on, tor the accommodation of the horses belong ing to the artillery, which now are and may br here after stationed at that place. Yesterday morning, as a carman was backing a cart laden with goods on the Three Cranes' Wharf. a horse, following the tail of the cart, was thrown into the Thames and killed upon the spot. As a labourer was loafing a tobacco cart yester day, upon the Custom House quay, the tackle broke, and a hogshead rolled over his feet, and crushed them in a dreadful manner. He was taken to the Hospital. A few days since Mr. MATTHEw SINE rlom, linen dra per, of Cheapside, was married to Miss CLARKE, daughter of Mr. CLARKE, silversmith, of Bridge street, Blackfriars, London. And on Friday last, as the above gentleman was riding on horseback with his father, at Nowton, near Bury, in attempt ing to open a gate, the horse being spirited, leaped at the same, but not clraring it, tell with his rider, who had the misfortune to have his arm broken, and collar-bone dislocated ; but we are happy to hear tie is in a fair way of recc7ery. L.IIP INTELLIGENCE. COVET OF KING', BENCH, Wrsrmingran, No•. 14. DUELLING. THE KING R. RICHARD lIIIINSEL PHILIPS, ESQ. Mr. GA R ROW prayed the judgment of the Court upon the Defendant, who was tnund guilty, the sit. tings after last term, of " Sending a letter to pro voke a challenge," to the Prosecator, Mr. IL G. Thomas. The pat tienlars of this trial we have laid before our read.:rs at full lengli in our paper of tile 2d .luly last, and the subsequent muttons in those c'f Thursday and Friday last. The original cause of the dispute between the parties was relative to the late contested eledion for Carmarthenshire, on which occasion the Defendant had been a candidate, and resigned in favour of Sir William Patton. In the course of the contest he had employed Mr. Thomas in some money trans adions, in which the latter did not succeed accord. ing to the Defendant's wishes : this produced a dis cussion between them, in consequence of which, the Defendant wrote two letters to Mr. Thomas ; in the first of which he tells him, „ that he had behaved like a blackguard ;" and, in the second, gives him to understand, that he should expand to hear from him upon the subject, and should pundually attend his appointment. Vie Defendant's affidavit was read. It stated, that at the time he wrote the letter to the prosecutor, his mind was hurt and irritated, to a great degree, at some part of his condatt. He bad uaderstood that the prosecutor had written a letter to a Mr. Jones, wherein he expressed himself in an unhand some manner, relative to the Defendant, saying, that he had pulled the nose of a friend of the De fendant's, and would do the same by him. He fur ther stated, that he bore no animosity whatever against the prosecutor ; and in conclusion said, he held the rank of a Lieutenant, in the Royal Navy ; that he then had the command of the Sea Fencibles, in a particular distrii, in Carmarthenshire, and if he should be detained, by the sentence of the Court, from his duty in that quarter, it would be highly in jurious to the service. The latter part of this affi davit was corroborated by one of an Officers. Mr. CLITIORD, on behalf of the Defendant, then moved for an arrest of judgment. He grounded this application, not only upon the affidavits sworn upon the first application, for an information, and the affidavits now read, but also upon the declaration itself. The first count charged, his having caused to be written a challenge, to fight a due:, in form of a letter ; the second, that he did stir up and provoke the Plaintiff, with intent to fight a duel ; the third, that be did send a hater to challenge; and the fourth, that he did wickedly and malicion,ly stir up and provoke the said Thomas to fight a dual. Upon the first three of these counts he had been ac quitted ; and upon the &stall, found guilty, lle then contended, that the Jury must find their vet din upon some count or other; and he observed, that so fat it must be allowed, the verdict was a wrong one, in as much as the intent to ff,:ht had not been proved, and therefore the finding upon that count was erro neous. A solicitation to commit a misdemea nour is in itself a misdemeanour ; but the intention of the party to commit a misdemeanour, and the so licitation not taken with a fair mind, must appear. The Learned Counsel then adverted to the analo gous cases of subornation of perjury, and a man burning his own house, in which cases the intention of the party must be clear. Lord ELLENSOROUGH observed, there was no question as to the intention of the party ; that bad been already found by the Jury. Mr. Cr. ir roan then stated, that in the former affidavit Mr. Philips had sworn that he bad heard Mr. Thomas was of a quarrelsome disposition ; and, from the letter to Mr. Jones, he might have applied for an information against Thomas. He then quoted several other cases from the books, where it was a question, whether a challenge were a misdemeanour or not ; and also where it was laid down, that it was a tendency only to a breach of the peace ; and concluded in observing, that it was a very necessary ingredient in a challenge, to spew that the party intended to fight. Upon these grounds he submitted to the Court, that it was not a case where judgment could be pronounced. The Court granted a Ruk to shew cause, and or dered the Defendant to be committed ; but, by the interference of his Counsel, who stated the import. ance of his duty, and the necessity of his attendance on it; the Court admitted him to bail. THt [IMO V. THOMAS. Mr. ABBOT applied to the Court to dispense with the personal attendance of the Defendant in this cause, when their Lordships were about to pro -1 nounce judgment upon him, on the grounds of his 1 being a very poor man in great indigence, and of the sentence of the Court having been mad. use of as a threat f.ir the purposes of an eleCtion In this Lase, the Prosecutor was the clerk of a Mr. Herbert Lloyd, an attorney, residing at Car maithen, and on going to the Defendant to serve him with a cake, he, the Defendant, beat him with a stick, but no serious injury was done. The indiansent was first preferred at the County Borough of Carmarthen, and the Defendant gave notice that he would suffer judgment to go by de fault ; it was afterwards moved into the Court of King's Bench, and the Defendant was advised to defend it. Upon the trial much contradidory evi. dente came out ; the Defendant, however, did not attempt to arraign the Verdift ; but this was a cii - cumstance of some weight in his favour. At that time there was a contested eletion for Mayor ; parties ran high, and were distinguished by the appellations of :I red and t/ir The Defendant belonged to the latter party, and Mr. Herbert Uoyd to the former. One Davis, a nephew of Lloyd's, was a candidate for the Mayor ship, and the latter applied to the Defendant for a promise of his vote, which the other refused.— Since the trial was had, Lloyd was again tamper ing with the Defendant for his vote, and sent him proposals in writing, that if he would vote for Davis, he would not move for the judgment of the Court. The Defendant was a very poor man, was lately obliged to compound with his crejitors, and could not bear the expence. The Court granted a Rule to skew cause. THE KING O. THI COMMISSIONECS Of .llt 'MANOR OT WAKTMLD. Mr. Pact shelved cause against a Rule of m,7,. dames, obtained last term by Mr. AINITIL, to be di- • . . /TIM to the Commitsione:r. . make and sign an award. in n vicar/to execute le )ses of his rrtirt e iltitefeeitti of the lands of t,ie manor. The:ground:. fyn wßich the tOrmer motion was mutit,•^..*re•apiez thou& • vit of one Fenton (one of tle• •••is to whom . . were to be made), who si .to a ate ;tit 7E' ment had passed in the yea : '9l, ••• • suns to be appointed Comtnission.e menu of the lands of the mailer of '• aket.eld of tythes. Tile first of those Com miesionte *et-. nominated by his Grace the Duke of I -ed.... heirs, the second by the lite Earl of StaiThrd u . heirs, the third by certain persons therein named, the fourth by a majority of the whole. A certain portion of those allotments was made to Dosrtor Ba con, Vicar of Wakefield, who had the power at leasing them given to him by his Grace the Arch bishop of York, which leases should be signed and enrolled its six months. Do et tr 13 icon was a very infirm old man, and in a bad state of health, so that the persons who were about to take those leasesa were in great danger of losing their interests. 'f he affidavit further st tted, th:st several appliatians had been made to the Commissioners to m tke the award r but they refused, without giving any reason what ever for so doing. Mr. PASKE then stated, that the matters of thie affidavit were very sufficierely inswered by that sworn by the four Commissioners now aaing. It stated. that the aet of Parliament was passed in 1793, and not in 1791. 'Flee from the year 17 93 to the year 1803, they were unable to proceed, in consequence of the death of one Cornmiesioner, the inability and infirmity of another, and the removal of a third to a distant part of the country, ee that the only sui owing Commissioner was Mr. IVilliain Whitlock. The Earl of Stafford having died, and his tviil being dis puted in a suit in Chancery, pending for many years, a circumstance well known, caused a great delay in the appointment of one Commis stoner, nor were all the Commissioaers appointed until the month of January, ISO). Since this new appointment, the multiplicity of business before them was scarcely credible ; they had to value al: the old lands; the variety of their meetings, and tlx number of claims, were immense; the latter amount ed to no less than Q 034, of which 798 were already disallowed. The draft of their award was before very eminent 1 twyer of that tasty t -fr. Hay wood), who had delayed it a long time in cosse queue: of its great length, containing -lOW sheets 01 brief. They further stated, they had made ever exertion to get through the business, and were two willing to make a separate award for those Geode Urn applying against them. as it was utterly im possible they could have made the whole of thei award by this time. Upon these grnunds, the Cur missioaers prayed the indulgence of the Court, i granting them further time. Mr. Noose, on the same tide, observed, !hey lea a great difF.culty to ascertain and distinguish th lands which were freehold from those winch ever copyhold tenures, and in completely had they bee mingled together, that it WAS IMO' customary to tai copyhold and freehold leases together- • Mr. At NST ; a, in %vent of tee rule, 'vas proceet ing to spew that the Commissioners had horn of negleek ; when he was interrupted by Lord ELLEN aortouon—t• Let the ptrseatTie enlaripki rill nort Togas. and let t:te Ct ter et then sl*w to the Ceart, in nidul tart " been employed. and what they have • mean time. 'Pais is a duty not to b t aril • • and let the Commissioners know. that if iS, - nexleel any other persons sutler an irreparable - jury, they are answerable for it." CONIM: PLEA 4. Ss;:ings at Nisi Priur. TlRoltt.ll v. Gonna... This was an action by the Plaintif, a workin jeweller ' in Richmond-buildings, Dean.itreer, t recover from the Defendant, 41. I s. 9d. the Arrtot2: of her note for Indg'ng and millinery furoishe by the Plaintiff, and 'l2l. for the use and washin of house linen, his property. It appeared i n evi dente, that the Deteadant was a young lady of th town, and took the lodgings for the purpose of re ceiving the visits of Gentlemen, with the knowing! of the Plaintiff. Ser"vant Hrsr, as Counsel fc the Defendant, contended, that the contra& In the lodging was void, being for an immoral par pose. The Jury gave only a verdiet for 31. 7s. 10d being the amount of the work done aad goods tut nished to the Defendant. POLICE. gni -.7 1 sort-stemr The scholars of a boarding school, in the neigh bourhood of Kensington, lately purchased a nia ber of game cocks, and out of school hours the: have been in the constant hs.bit of going to a cer tain place to fight them, where the crowing of th cocks, the huzzaing of the boys, and other Doi* occasioned by it, so extremely annoyed the inhabit ants near the spot, that they complained to the Ma gistrates of Bow -street, who applied to the Master e the school, and he, with the most laudable seek man an enquiry how the boys had become poieessed o the cocks, as they hag contrived to keep diet praaice of keeping and fighting them a secret from him. The boys described three atop they had purchased them of ; and it being suppose< they had not become possessed of them honestly Bacon, the Captain of the Box-street patrole, and several others, were dispatched in pursuit of them, and they, at length, :raced then, out, and appre hended them, and found in their possession twelve game cocks : upon which they were secured, and on Tuesday evening they underwent an examination before Mr. Woe° and Sir WILLIAM PARSONS, and the Puhlic•Oflice, Row -street, when four of the cocks were identified by certain matke io their legs, as having been stolen from the neigh.: bourhood of Chelsea. The others are supposed to have been stolen from the neighbourhood of Ken sington. The men were committed for trial, on charges of stealing the four cocks. Margaret Cos w.ll / was yesterday sentenced by the situag Magistrate at Ouidhall, to hard la bour, for one month, in Bridewell, for stealing a gown, the property of Mrs. llsovnea, in the hoar of the latter in Gray's-inn-lane. k