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. THEATRES. DRU a Y-L•Ns. Last night the comedy of The Busy Bad was per formed at this Theatre. Miss Dr/earl was prevent ed by indisposition -fnpm performing the part of ?Ni :redo ; and Miss MELLON kindly undertook it, and acquitted herself with great v.vacity and spirit. After the Play, a new Pantomime Ballet was per formed, called Old lieroquiu's Fire-side. The Airs were accompanied on the Harp by Mr. W kite e Kr. It consisted of one Ait, which embraced the domes• tic employments of the Harlequinade family—a son making shoe:, and a daughter spinning, when the Gelid appears, and brio ;s Tinge to her aid; when several transformations take place, and H.:di-gain appears in the different stages, from the cradle to manhood. Little BYRNE looked and danced beautifully. Tha nrm,,c is extremely pretty, and the little pi-.:c^ was very well received. The house was very crowded, aid the holiday folks ap- Fared in high spirits and good humour. COVENT-GARDEN. nig:a a new Ntelo-dranutic Pantomime, in ?Au Act., entitled Ibriegria (trick:elver; ep. Tke Gn.mc ua.i the M. if, was brougnt out at this Thea tre. The piece is written and invented by Mr. T. Dianin, and produced under the diteition of Mr. YaaLLY. The Dances are by !sir. BOLOGNA, jnn. The following are TUC PILINeTrAI. Albe.t J•ita'sraso..vmd Lover), . . Mi. nrunton. 15311 Ch“ SUTair. to . . Mr. Blanchard. Ascoodeus (the Desil o.itwnSt , cks, deeper, Mr Atkins. Miners, Nies,rs Kmg and Jeiries. . Mr. M...ag•. !k! . Day.t. tauosa of the Gtmaiee, . . . . Ju.l4, PA) TOMINIZ CHARACTCRS. ITaeequiet. . . . . . . Mr Bologna, Jun. Scarsonoucta ','Szerant to A%a:•), . M:. Dubois. La..dkeal, Mr 11010171.1, goo IJulul'.Fether), M. I. Bologna. Dr. o.i.sgra4o, Mr AbOott. Culumbana, The incidents of this piece are conveyed by al t-mate speaking, singing, and pantomimic, aaion. The scene of the first a& lies in the mines of Po tosi, where Albert is coufined as a slave, by the se verity of :hero, a Spanish miser, who, wishing to mar 7 his daughter Jab,: to S!0101" Ftv ?kW, con inns the arrest of A Mee, who is the young lady's law. iued lover. The piece opens with a view of the male, here Julia, attended by &who and Cy lapshrire, tomes to seek her b.ullshed lover; hark; escaped in in:as apparel from her father's house, and stored .!erself with means to purchase his re lease. The diseiesure of the riches she carries about her hei..g overheard by some of the miners, they inform the keeper, whose rapacity prompts him to seize the lady and her companions, and Appro priate the intend:d price of Alb, res enlargement to his own use ; on 411Krt's spirited resistance of this conduct, he and Yirbe, with their friends, are seized and wits ever, circumstance of insult and . • • iir-^antan tf 1 .e genii of • her attest) dical ~...val, which is held ir. a recess, tormeti th every brilliant produce of the mine: the habits of her fairy courtiers are composed of all that is beautiful and T e pl end rnt in the mineral, fossil, or tuhmarine world. Among others, she summons a genius, call ed Quit-Vita", who relates the hard care of the above mentioned lovers, over wh.sse safety he has been ' watching, ano intreats pr...ver to give them effcfbial a‘sistance. The giv•tti and her agents transform Qaa. Ist' ;:er into Hart( ; every mineral endow. sng him with his rculiar colour, dower, and prvertics ; thus created, Harlequin is commission ed to serve and proteCt the levers until they shall Lave surmounted their difficultiet. Their de liveracce from the mine is effefted just as Janie tuber and foppish lover art ye is pursuit of her. Harlequin (who becomes enamoured of Dr'ie'r at tendant, and changes her to CaNieshrar) conthiCts Albert and Julie - 1)y a magical conveyance into Spain, where they are pursued by their opposers through the usual routine of pantomimic ad ventures, tricks, and changes. lo the house of finthie Sour" . the father of Julia, by acci dentally releasing the Devil on two Stickt from his old confinement in a glass bottle, obtains friend to assiA him Against toe supernatural agency power vested in the crutch of fvoodretr becomes superior to the art of the n.otley hero, the lovers arc at length setird and recondufted to the mine, when they are again relieved by the Queen of the Gnomes, w h o assert, her power upon her ow l , territory—finites the lovers, rewards /envie, and reconciles the adverse natty, who ((in clude their adventures in a Fairy Palace, worthy, tr,rr its spiendour, to be the residence of the Queen cf Diamond.. The Author ha. • prime rind to throw more interest into the texture of the piece, than is generally at tempted in a mere allkquinade ; and the alternate iatradighon of dialogue and ailioa adds to th.• ef feet of each. Some of the principal transformations are, a large glrbt. of quicksilver to a fairy—an iron cage to a splendid car j a broken bridge to a 'loop ; a publican's sign to an eagle; the mine to an ..nett count-y; a brium: to a seiftion of itself, in which i.thabitants of each apartment are sLewn in mi. .ture, of mechanical figures (a 4 Faateerioi), r. ac:ohopany a descriptive chaunt given by St et. as a oxvoyard. There arc also a number of '"?ter scenic deeep:iwis execiited by Messrs. Port- Witirstolz. liottooar., Stott; kc. - —he Overture of this• piece was grand. and the music altogether new and full of variety. The scenery was beautiful beyond description, parti• cnlarly the change from the mine to the wren of the Gasnre's grouts, and the Fairy's palace, which was brilliantly adorned with serper.t:ne cade!, sparkling stars, &c. &c. The geLeral changes were ed with in enmity. The dances wire light and e t ; and the dresses. wnicll were it general superb, well adapted to the &Net of Aaton. The characiers throughout were well tilled. pArticairly those of Nrrirquie. &who, •nomPaelS Also. and Coturaiina. ". he Piece was scceitred, and winnowed for topet:llos with un• - ..uunded applause. 11, SIGNORA G ALLA On Sunday morning early, the celebrated Signora CALLA died, at her apartments in Chelsea, in the 81 st year of her age. She was, some years since, a peif.srmer of considerable celebrity on the stage of the King's Theatre, and she was the last of H A snci.'s scholars ; and that celebrated composer composed several of his most favourite airs expressly for her, both in his Operas and Oratorios, in which she , an:: with great applause, and appeared so lately as the year 17;17, in Mr. ASHLEY'S Oratorios, at C ,, veot Garden Theatre. After quitting the stage, she re sided as a companion •vith the unfortunate Miss Ray, and was in company with her at Covent Gar den Theatre the evening she was shot by the Rev. Mr. FLECKM Being thus deprived of her situa tion, and not having made any provision for ha de clining years, she has subsisted entirely upon the charitable donations of her friends, and a benefac tion she annually received from the Royal Society of Musicians. TO nu.; EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. Ste—You will oblige a constant reader of your Paper by inserting the following, in v..ich I am sorry to state the loss of His Majesty's siap &Dade. after riding at anchor in Torbay, the night of Wednesday, the 19th instant, in a most violent gale of wind at east, and parting from every anchor but one. About ten o'clock the Thursday the gale at that time increasing, they cut away the main and mizen masts, ran the ship on shore at Gudrirgton Sands, near the Naval Hospital, about a cable's length from the spot on which His Ma jesty's ship renera6le was lost. At the moment the ship llloßde parted from her last anchor, every man belonging to Brixham was in the streets, ready to apply themselves in the most advisable way for saving the lives of the men. They took three of the best six oared b rats, and, w'th the assistance of what horses could be col leted, which joined them on the road, so one hour from the time the ship parted, they ran the boats to the sprt, were she lay, a distance of four miles and a half; and, although the sea was at this time most tremendosis, they volunteered their services to take out the ship's company, which they accom plished. A Mr. Leith, Lieutenant of the Nemess.., who was at this time with fifty men saving the re mains of the Vesse , iide, in the most handsome man ner went himself into the first boat, desirous of go ing off with them ; but the Brithan, men being better acquainted with the management of their own boats, and united to being commanded by naval officers, were t,arful of a difference in opinion, and desired .:*aa to leave her to them alone, which he did ; and, in about two hours, every man, wo man, and child, was brought ashore. who wished to quit the ship, the rest remained until low water. Had this ship remained in the bay two hours longer, it would have been so late a tide, that she could not have come so near the shore by a quarter of a mile, and the sea breaking in such a manner, and fearful no boat could have gone near her. During this service I was on the spot, and saw no dispose. Lion in any of the Brixham men, although 51i)0 osmium to mite the least article : but every coun tenance bespoke a desire to serve the distressed, and informed the Commanding Officer, Lieut. Leith, that if he considered they could be of any further service, he might command them, who were all toady to a nun. Nie, Sir, I cannot help expressing my surprise and regret, on the penic.l of a Paper the next day, to see those very inch accused of a want of humanity, by a'person as Officer of the late Ve neralL-. It should be recolkaed by this men, that tare night WAI so dark when she was lo,t, that they themselves knew not the land the ship was on, al though the yard arms %ere not far from it; and that several ships, indeed, I believe, the YeneraGre, hailed others in passing, to know how the Berry Head bore from them. As such, it was impossible for the Brixham men to see the sitnation of the Vc ffer44, about five miles distant from them, even had she been in a dire Linn to be discovered by the people of Brisham ; but, where she lay, not from fire houses in the place, or on the pier, could she have been seen by day-light, as :he was then in the bottom of the bay ; nor could the guns be heard from her, as the wind was ; could they, no one would have supposed them signals of distress, but firing for the boats, which is often the case when the fleet sails so late in the day. From what I have seen of these people, I believe it one of their greatest virtues to exert themselves in saving the lives of others. I have, more than °ace, seen them perish ir, the attempt; and often quit the shores amidst the cries of their wives and children. I ant certain, had the neas of the remereAle reached them that night. •the cry would have been general. and every boat which could be procured, manned aid sent to her assistance. But, I believe. no one on shore knew it until ne ir day light. Indeed, although a merchant ship, rf 300 tens burthen was on shore between the pier and Berry Head, no ot.e knew it until the crew of this vessel came themselves on thore at Bricham, and reported it; although this is in • direaion which must have been seen by every one, were it not for the darkness of the night, and it ap pears she was on the rocks at nine o'clock ; about tne same time as the Ve”erable. It is true, for the want of education, and being brought up in small lilting vessels, their bluntness often condemns them in the opinion of others; and, although they border a little on the mule, I assure you, Mr. Editor, they have not the gift of seeing in the dark like horses, and that their acal principles are as good as most, who, though of more liberal education, are less secured from the language of the paragraph in serted in a Paper on tnem. I supposed it to issue from below the gue-room ; but should it not be the case. and is the fruits of the wardroom, if that Gentleman will give his name who is the author, be will be replied to in plain faits, by o.se who, if proved wanting of humanity, will deem invalued. As having .• press of business which demands attention, and but a plain tradesman, you will eacuse imperfeators. So I conclude, in haste, Your humble servant , t isane. Dec. Mr. WILO^N, Masser of the ii,est:z frigate, eons mande.l by Lord Panay, is eat of the uaostunase otEcers who have trod at Barbadoes et the yellow fever. IRELLIIVD. ocatia, DEC. O. There are a ermsiJerable number bf coasting ves sels in °or harbour, laden with grain and matt, as also salted and dried fish, with sundry other ne cessary Articles; likewise Dungarvott sloops, with Apple anJ black potatoes. There are likewise ves sels from the coast of Wales and the West of Eng land, freighted with Portland stone, oak bat k, aul oak planks, fish, salt, &c. and, moreover, a num ber of colliers. On Tuesday lair, Lord Cathcart set out from Galway, on his return to this city . The poor inhabitants of the neighbourhood of Cartt.n will have to regret the death of their illus trious benera^tor, during the approaching Christmas. Ia th•! lite time of the Duke of Leinster all their wants were supplied—but where is now the hand that will relieve them? Mrs. Creswell is not dead, as has bet n reported ; she is, however, in a delicate state of health, and for the present, has quitted the stage. We feel great satisiaetion in having to announce, that the murderers of Johnson, the blind man, of Simpson's hospital, and of Mallow, his comrade, are, ptobably, by this time in custody. l'his discovery is to be attributed to the lendable promptitude in the duty of his office, of our Superintendent Magistrate, Alderman Alexander, who, immediately Ate/ the horrid deed, dispatched a chief peace officer, Mr. ' Logan, and a petty constable, named Jordan, to the north, in quest of the atrocious offenders. Mr. Lo gan has been enabled, we bear, to obtain a charge of the foul crime against Mrs Johnson, the wife of the deceased, and a man of tile name of Boyle, who is supposed to be the monster who adminis tered the poison in the fatal cake. An examina tion has been had from a woman, who has de "posed that Mrs. Johnson confessed the tad to her, of pros iding the poison, aid that Mrs. Johnson said, at the same time, she much relented the dia bolical contrivance, shortly atter she gave the poi son to the person to administer, but too late to pre vent the direful deed. !she and Boyle have fl d from Donegall ; out the last letter from Mr. Logan, the clod peace-cificer, states a certainty of his being able shortly to overtake them, from the closeness of the pursuit he was then making.—Duldia Journal. THE LATE CAPT. HUDDART.—WE are happy to learn that a subscription is about to be set on foot for the destitute family of the above-mentioned un fortunate Gentleman; and we have no doubt, that in the abundant benevolence of this capital, a case of such deep and affecting di.tress will find more than a temporary relieh We hear, an English Company of Shoemakers have been induced to form an establishment in this city, who can import shoes and boots from their country, and sell them here at per cent. under the price charged by our Dublin shoemakers. such are the consequences of avarice and imposition. Colonel Faulkner's new regiment, consisting of 1,603 men, was inspected in We Pnee-is Park, on Thursday last, by Sir Charles Asgill, who, on pass tog them, was pleased to pay the highest compliment at their handsome and soldierly appearance. 'I bey are a fine set ef young men. We understaLd that a plan has been adopted by Government, which, at the same time that it will produce the grea•est advantage to the public service, is calculated upon the most just and beneficial prin ciples to individuals. An addition is to be made to every Second Battalion of the Regiments of the Line of Ten Boys per Company ; they are not to be less then five feet high, nor inure than sixteen years of age ; they arc to receive a Bounty of Half a-Guiliet, and the persons who recommend them to the regiment are to receive Two Guineas. The hoes are to be clothed and furnished with necessaries; a.id are, in case of sickness, to be on the same footisig as other soldier. ; but they are not to do duty till they are of sufficient age and strength. The new Toptg Roiczor, Mister BiNwat.t., who recited Cidliar': Ude me Ike 1 2, 1511011 S with so much applause, a short time since, at the Chester Theatre, is only eight years of age. The first discovery of his abilities was the performing the charafter of the Dike of lurk, in the Tragedy of R i ng Rickard the Tird. lie delivered the speeches with so much energy and feeling, as to produce universal and en thus:Astic applause from a crowded house. His father is a respeftable aftor belonging to the Chester Theatre, who is determined to pay every Attention to cultivate his genius, and to improve his education, but thAt he shall LUX attempt any principal charailer till he is ten years of age. Mr. WIATCAR, brother to the celebrated breeder of cattle, alighted from his horse yesterday at the door of a tea-dealer in Gracechur,.h.sereet, and We7:s :no the shop to buy a pound ,•f t:'d. In 1115 abstisc the sadJle was stolen from ud lior.e's back. A Noble Duke, whose chief delight is in making the Poor about him as happy and comfortable as possible, last week gave orders to purchase One Hundred Sixteenths in the present Lottery, ard reeled his Steward to buy them at ten different Offices, and distribute them to One Hundred dif ferent Childaen in the neighbourhood where be lives. Yesterday morning, about six o' •losk, a fire broke out a: a bird-cage-maker's, at W.:-end New Town. tac;n : 4 the London Hospital. which com municated ;r,a China shop. and which set tire to Mr. 80 , . se's house and shop; on the appeara oce of the Ere, the drums beat to arms, when the olun teers repaired to the place to keep off improper person:; the engine belonging to Mr. Li 's distillery revs the first that Arrived, and then the engines belonging to the different Insurance Offices poured in very tact; the flames were subdued with great difficulty, the houses bring very old and dry, but most of their contents were destroyed. In pulling down the condemned houses in front of St. Clement's church in the Strand. a stack oi chimnies built of brick, which seised four of them, wasleft standing. It contained twenty fire and as of a pyramidic a l fi gure taperini to the is t c o e i: w Yesterday, about three u . clock, p. it fell scd. deftly down. A man, who was working at its foundation, had just time to save himself in a 'auk close to it. Yesterday mornir.g. about two o'clock, a. sae. the house in the same range. w'nich stood at the corner of the Strand, also fell suddenly with a tremendous crash, but fortunately also without doing any injury. 1••^ -- , • . NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. DEAL, Ore. V. S tiled this morning the Leopard man of war, Rear-Admiral f,r-uis ; rlnd, , itnon and I mai it frigate*; and several gun-brigs on a cruise, cif the French coast. Remain in the Downs, the /search, Antelope, .4r. dent, Cevlor anu lulterihe men of war; Jamsire fri gate; Orestes, Cur'ecv, Alert, Harpy, and Dar: sh.ops of war; "'alumna, Yes/trims, and Devatintion L a mbs; Mosinee., Tteller. Bouncer, and It.:d gun-brio ; and a fleet of armed sliips.—Wind Easterly. neat, DEC. e 4. On Thursday last, the lfercar!,, Martin; and the Tito,,, Hudson, both from this port, for Tonningen. put back, from severe frost, and a stress of weather; the former has returned with the loss of an anal(/' anal a cable ; the latter, with the lint of her fore• mast, bowsprit, and both anchors and cabin-, whilst riding oil Heligoland, yesterday seionight. Th• Trllo , e was obliged, in crossing the soa, to he taken in tow by the convoy. On the same day, the Amisialor, Hitter, Shields, and the D. Vratl, AC/., lrom Gixen, in Spain.b,ab for Totiaingen, put into this port from the same cause which obliged the , above two vessels to re:urn. A letter from the owner of a vessel just arrived, from Smyrna, states, that when the vessel left Gila. raltar, on the 17th ult. the Captain was told by the Pratique Master, that the town an,l garrison were tl:en in good health, not a single death having oc curred for some days. FROU LLOYD's LIST. GRA'. aiaa o, Da.c. 25 thc Johanna, Floreriakth Com ; lame, J.xsea, from Ani•tei4am ; Juno Cert., C.l.,rk, from Cat”e l / 4 ' • Jam Dlfirot., two Dar. ; JIC .!)11., S no•ele, from Plapeoburg ; Cairo, A b 41n.•, from il•arneo ; kid, Taylor, hong Meibina I Bee. Daniels, bon Palermo; Carman, from Op-into; Link. of Bronti, I.ane., from ; Duckewiteld, 1).2u5a., fr , ro Sortmou ; NVSVa. ; and :be Diana, Hay.nais, from Demerara. THE SPEECH OF MR. BARON FORTESCUI, U• THE RIGHT OF TIM KING TO TIM OLIAILDIANSMIP Of Ills aaano-eattlallins My Lords—This is a question of mat ivy% portance to the v. hole kingdom, and I am core ,t, for the better discussing it, to divide it into two artiy because it has been so done by some of my b-e. , sri, though I should have thought, that if the K • g the marriage of his grand-children, of Dees !op con , equence he had their edocatinn too. " 1 will then consider, first, w:iether the Ki.-as has the care and approbation of the trar-iage cf Prince Frederic and h's oche- grand-child:en. and ' whether of right it belongs to His Majesty, as Aims of this Realm, or not f. This stuijea, touching the power of a grand. father, may be treated or either as a public or • private right. It has been treated of pretty mock as a private riAit by the two Judges that differ, and by the Counsel foe the Prises al Wales, With I • thir.k is an error in the foundation of their argument. For it ought man:festly to be treated as pu pa/hews, such a right as our law-books express it to be fro 1 off •safca rei palace s'e'at, and that makes it me King's prerogative, and that is the King'. inherit.. ance, as King of Clis realm, which is too great a point to be governed by the narrow rules of private property. Now to treat this otherwise is irjurious to the Prince himself, god all his children. O.!. law books say he is esteemed as one nearest dr. King. So it has been determined in full Parliament, in .he case of the Prince of Wales 'n I ferny the Simil'e time. And in his pntent, which was made by sue thority of Parliament in 33 tient! VI. the introJac. tion of the patent is id ipraw, a e,-.,..istieue• j*eit ans. tur taro eel sega 7.01.414 . 44 m, 4144 ,, • /west ,ots st that, in the eye of t:.r thy are to be reckoned but as one person. " It is, for the same season, that an Aft of Par liament, which relates to the Prince, i , a publi. law o which every body is to take notice, be -'use. what . ter c wicerns the Prince concerns the King; and whatever concerns the King concerns evvry sulijed in England. 'llse aft, therefore, which relat s to the Duchy of Cornwall, has bi - ..en held to oe a pub lic law. Now, let us set what is said in my lord Coke's 8 Rep. called :4. Pri.for's Caw. Speaking of the Prince, it is said eueeercq ,rigs. R ev , m y na . ft eflfetair Noe INT , ono can OSO 'Gr . . SO sees Lord Hobart, who was the Prince's Chancellor. II b Rep. 226. " It is for the same reason that it was hie!! ma son by the common law of England (beformleny statute) to compass and imagine the death the King's eldest son and heir, who is generale made Prince of Wales, though now born Duke of Cornwall (but is not so of a stallateral heir to vie Crown), and . this offence i., called e.imen Itar Abje.istas—a 4 n est that hurts the Majesty of the King himself. It fel lows then, that as they are but one pi non rn law, so in point of law they are sari pursed to have but ore will in relation to the e location, ma.-riage, and ma. nigement. of he grand-children. And the i'rince of 'alas, in point of law, is supposed in es evy to concur with His Majesty. which quite • and destroys the distinaion in common grandfather, father. and son. N,w the he is Panne Pens, he is al u Pares: Nepetam, rent of his grandchildren, as Lord Coke the King's irphew to signify his gr todson, the Latin egos, which signifies birth. 3o • of a Queen consort, she is the first wife in , dnen; Qacee, in the Saxon langu.age,sienifyir And therefore, be team.% of excellence, it name for the Ki.:g's wife, who, crinictrs ' private capacity, as the private wifeAL subjea, she cannot sue or be sued grant to pr from her husband: but then es in bee pubic charatter and capacity as 1 can sue and be sued Isy herselt. and mat s, nd from the King her husband, by her pre' and anciently she !sal a great ir.esy. Now, ' this caw much Essay he argued item tb: appellations of the children of the Rols. In history they are called C Adren of t ea. id, and all Of them born hinces and Pri.sc lan.', before they had any'itle, and al* ofthem gab acid Queens. re petntia, and ro.4y one slay r rig • Se:oon calls them Heirs &spar fnt ~f e. E . ? ..isd. •es they are called so in the Parliament lP'4ll"l.4."4 with th. won,. . - • —•- i i c•rly to subset* Penes at King, us , rpollons. pa- exiviinAs • a)so from in the eaut . 1 n the ifyirg w I. V it was e r het `her codil.non e'. nut e,...5t Ou es. she ' • g. taet• 10 r, 1 disk, it foes w.a ' • C. - 3 if tnj 14 4 4.24 er -3:70_ ve,; I 1,0 fti,u l TIT{ Su% Pot Died r. rd ring 1 :: ?(' I I J. I'OI