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"''F' 7BBE• TRES. COVILUT. 0 ARDEN. The Tragedy of R:cliard the llird was List night performed at this Theatre. Mr. Kssi ass played r h, o ,a, and gate op the arduous character of Airhord to his rivaft Mr. ( - wise. In• addition to these two great sources of i»tc.i est. the house had to boast the novelty of a new Kilz Haley in the person of Mr. H Alioa set. This gentleman appeared about seven years ago, upon these boards, and was then c onsidered a young actor of considerable promise. His time and talents have been since principally de voted to the Dublin Theatre, of which he has been the chit f minient. He has been equally remark able for the amiability of his private life, as for his attention to his public duty. In Comedy he has held a distinguished rank; but Tragedy is bis forte, and his OBarien has been always considered a finished performance. He is a good ri 4 ure, above middle size, and well proportioned. lbs voice is full, clear, and modulated, and his ..lion appropriate. The chavader of the feeble iknry afforded but little scope for a display of talent. Mr. H cog Ave imparted to it all the interest of which it is capable, and met a flittering reception. la the scene where he reproaches itsehard, he was uncomminly impressive, and displayed great feel ing and powers of expression. Mr. Cootie's Ri resold was given in his usual style, and consequently no room for novelty bf observation. The popular farce of R. Me W;rod followed, and was received with a tumult of applause. DRVRY.L.A\E. The House overflowed At an early hour with an elarant audience; attr.t.fted by the fame of Miss DUNCAN'S Lad!, Tca 71e It was her third appear ance in that character. The pleasure. which she excited was amply repaid with thumlers of applause. ty lr • TO ruu c. be dr in 1&t ek to el du .• i IC cl a it KILKENNT, OCT. 9. The Court of Comus has been established here for a fortnight pact, and we aie all revelry and rout, and jollity and joy. Our s have gone oil with great telal. Rothe is ous• Rosclus. Richard Power was taken iil a few days b, fore he commenced. This WAS a main-branch lopped of'; but there were candhlates enough to fill his parts ; and w, , have had Peers suing to play even the pans of footmen. We have three pays a-week, and the intermediate nights, concer and balls. Miss WA steia„Mesdames •-litchcock, Mq:ullough, and Davidson, are our ,-n-..;see. T Cooke leads the band with Atwood, tb' remainder of the Orchestra, arc Gentlemen, Musical Amateurs. The play-house is every night a hot-bath, crowded with beauty and fashion. At least, a hundred coac:tes left town, with eseir conep ny, for wart of lodgings and places in the boxes ; Cu,' the pit :s at box price, and three rows of the gallery are inclosed with the green. boxes. Counsallor Lyster is an excellent Falstuf; he played many scenes superior to Henderson, ana ha. not his equal in Sir Anthony Absolute and Colonel Oldbott Rothe's countenance strongly marks the various passions as they rise; his anion and recitation are critically correti ; but he want , serength of voce for the higher tones —Hi, Hot "air was the worst of his archtv..r. lam not sot prised at it—it being a charaßer all rant, boo bast, and ransense. Lord Nt.oirjoy play' f the Primer if Wiles in the place of Richard Power, ei..i supported the eharaaer very decenly—tor Lon! ! His rn.rked attention to his s:ep-rnother is a high trait in his charafter, and evinces an amiable disposition andgma bean. The Countess of Clare and Lay Asd.d came late to our play-lionse on Sa turday hight, and, n ith great difficulty, bad room made for the.n, after standing during one aft in the box-lobby. Tie stage.-drusses are mag,tiificent, and eirttutau is aridly adhered to. We have not to com plain yf " Caw' , long wig, flowed gown. sad I onuor'd .71114." R. Langrishe is a capital Sir Pei( r Tra-it and T IC Oft j his son bas the Weeds a good AaOr about hitn. .abd Humphrey Butler Ilse h.eu a ertat ac cession of s•rs. oath to the company in low comely. Tighe's Moan u Mrs. Bryan, wile of Mr. Bryan, of Jenkins tows, lately a Captain in the Guards, gives a ball to-morrow night, and cards have b..en profusely sent about for it. Jenkinstovrn house is old-fa shioned, and though it comains a great many room', they are Mall, but, for this occasion. a framed wooden house is ereeked, with a lesillroom. capable of containing with ease above three hundred per son;; and a number of cooks and coefeetioners have been for some time employed, preparing refresh es- ors ar.d slipper. There are great expedations from it: curiosity is on the tip.tue ; the long old avei.ce and road from Dinan bridge Ale to be illu rnm.r.,:d wi:h variegated lamps, and it is to out-do all that a a.. 1 out-daings of this country. I .rsl Dlsart, who Ise most promising young on. beman, is prepariag to set of for Osforsi, where he pope es to remain for three years. until he takes out his degree. lam happy to find, that at a time w:sen the reins (1 may say) are thrown loosely on his neck, he has an eye to future accomplishments. lir mill be seventeen next February. There were :above eighty bills of indiftment for assaults fnund at our County Sessions last week. My political barometer augurs well. Mr. Lee, Member t'or Waterford, is here, attending our and concerts. Rumour says, that the Earl oEor:tbs.:id will shortly be married in E,pgland, CO a hl•ss Clerke, whose present fortune is 6,0001. a year, with a reversion of 16,00C1. a year. On Thursday weer, the Prot:Hemet, of Whitehaeer, from Ittmber, in Ireland, having on board forty nice horned cattle, for Marypott, was stranded on Robin Rig Bank, in the Solway Frith, where she was he all ; and, next tide, wax drifted upon the beach of &ekfoot. Twenty-one of the e.ittle, which were standing updn the bodi.'s -4 the remai:l - with only their heads above wi;er, wcte O. out alive, and of these four shed s,:on after they %ere rescued. Fortunately, no human lives were lost, as the men took to their beat, aud got s.ue .m shore. Same night, a fishing Lou, belonging to klaryport, with four amen on board, foundered off Allonhy ; two of the met), Jou.: H•LLIDAV, and 11stoct. Douksir, were drowned t the other two were most providentially saved by doatirs to lard lq-Ja their oars. RUSSIAN SQU4DRON. The fr,llowiug is au Extract of a Lett , r from a Captain iu the Russian squadron to hi: brother in .Eilinnurzh, dated K.,,ris badta, August 25. O. S. 1804. ‘, I embrace the opportunity of writing you a few lines with the captain of a vessel bound for Leith, who has been obliged to put in here some days ago whit our squadron its a very hard gale of wind. Fortunately for us, we had a harbour under our lee. Although there was not one person in the squadron who was acquainted with the coast, we were obliged to bear away amongst those inhospitable Swedish rocks, without pilots. and luckily gut in safe, except our cutter, which lost her masts. Our situation was truly alarming, being all upon a lee-shore in the Cattegat t and had we remained at sea that night, as: fleet must have inevitably perished. 4 , We go into the North Sea, to cruise on the Dogger Bank till the 15th September 0. S. and then return to Russia. The newspapers will pro bably inform you of our squadron, but as they are not always coma, I send you a list of the ships, the Admiral and Captains names. The place we are in is called Kongsbacka harbour, behind Nid dingrn light-house. m the Cattegat, a vet y good harbour ; but the pilots never come out, as they ex pea more from plunder than pilot money. Rear-Admiral Luhrsuk, Commander of the squad:mi. Ships Plumes Guns. NDhalal ;Nag ship) 61 Capt. Hamilton. Prince Carle 64 Ogilvy. O'hthintin ,64 —..... Malcel. S;IlelliVII 44 Rnunilling. Tiles* Sehurodeit 44 --- lt , adnolf Dispatch (catt,r) .18 Koiliotsuff, " The cutter goes to Russia, as she has lost her masts." DOVER, OCT. 15. The Firebrand gun-brig, Lieut. Maclean, stood into nur bay List night, having mistaken the South Foreland light, teeing deceived, it is said, by some light on shore : t.e mistake was not discovered. until she struck on some sunken rocks, called the Mole Rods. which went thriugh her bottom; the crew luckily sa7ect,t.heir lives in their boats, and the wind coming to `Mow fresh southerly. the vessel went all to pieces; two pieces of the wreck are in the Bay. and %ell be r rived on shore next tide, but few articles of consequence can be saved; the Bou logne flotilla are in port, and our squadron sailed, some to Dungmess. and the remainder to the Downs. This day the lit battalion of Cinque Port Volun teers tame of permanent duty; much to the credit or t.a men; the drills, kc. have been attended by much grantee numbers of men than at their common parade. Yesterday afternoon the battalion went through the eighteen Ira ireuvres, in the Maison-du- Dieu nelo, in a very steady manner; they made a very good appearance ; and this day, having pat aded to church, amt heard divine service, they were dis missed from permanent duty. The wet weather haring set in. renders it very wet and dirty in the camps ; the barracks for the men, it is hoped, will be soon fidshed, kir, it is to be feared, that much sickness will ensue. TUNBRIDGE IVELL' 4 , O r. 14. The office of the Master of the Ceremonies at this place broi l ; vacant by the resignation of A. Fo rums !NCI' A ea, Esq. in consequence of his being ap. pointed the Paymaster of the Nottingham Militia, in excellent situati in, which is worth at the least a clew 3001. per annum, is open for any gentleman. The company being, perhaps, the most select in the kingdom, and the Wells tree from that noise, bustle, and confusion, which prevail at many other watet ing places, hold, out a must excellent retirement for any gentleman who, feeling himself qualified for the duties of the °dice, wishes to relinquish the gayer scenes of the world, and spend the latter part of his life in such a salubriot:s and delightful part ut England Two gyntlemen, we have hciid, are cam VASSIIIg ; one an officer ii the army, the other an eminent attorney of the place. Ti.,, eleaion will be at the Upper Rooms, on Thursday nest. The Wells continue fill i and lively; the company in general •tay much Wes than formerly. Many houses are engaged till January. Several families have returned, and are returning, from the coast, whence the late high wends have blows almost all the visitors. Among our arrivals for Olober are, Leif Tempe, the Bishop of Hrtrusl, Fa , l apt °met •gs 1106orossigh. Mr and Mrs Bond. Mr. awl Mrs. iterrerl, nun. Mr. and Mr.. &reverie, 1114, J. Capper, and Mrs. Capper; I Capper. Esq. :owl Mrs. Capper; \lt.s. J. earn i ,h,.ti, Mrs. f.aut.)u- %I L.rekhart, Pelham. Re) WAl•er, Wen. train, Cot. Str. Are. . I.sse, the artist, meets with such success here, that his stay wiil be proiongesi for a corisiJer able tune. 'Rte North Pevensey Legim were yesterday re viewed on Ashiawn Forest, by Lord Siterrart o. They have acquired an high state of discipline, through the great care and attention of their offi eet ; and particularly of Captain H eve ems, of the Rifle Regiment, who has been fur some time their aljuta it. The grouni on which they performed their manoeuvres, is very high, and open behind. it commands a view of the long extenaed waifs Kent. Susses, a,d Surrey, and even the bilk • - •1 Hampshire. On their right, the South Downs, ris ing with majestic grandeur, seem to form an endless wall. In front, the beams of an autumnal sun, and the air clear as the water from the rocks of Wales. revealed to their tight the Bay of Pevensey, so renowned. and so fatal, in the history of Ent:- land. Ea:h man, as he saw the ocean. clasped his piece, and swore never to let the French Irsorper live on the British shores, whilst life remained. The Sesastss was at the head of his corps, and great lumbers of visitors from Brighton, liourw. and the .Wells, contributed to enliven and animate the scene. At a preparatory review, on Monday last. Sir Joan %lacy/mai/3s, who Is Captain of the Frank Corps in our Legion, through the slipping of the hinder legs of his lama., fell; fortunately, no bones were broken. He rode home afterwards; but, we are sorry to say, that be has received so moth in ward ir.jury from the fall, that perhaps it may be a comidemble tins Won: lie recovers it. EDINBURGH, OCT. 11. HIGH COURT 4W JUSTICIARY. Yesterday the High Court of Justiciary met here, within the Etchequer Court-room (the ordinary Court-room bring under repair), for the trial of Rich ard Mendaant, of Howgill, near Annan, now a pri soner in the gaol or Edinburgh, who had been instill ed at the instance of His Majesty's Advocate, for the crime of forgery, or at least of uttering forged notes, knowing the same to be forged. • After the indiament had been read, the Prisoner pleaded not :rake, and his Counsel declined offering any preliminary objection to the relevancy of the accusation. But from the terms of the indiament, it occurred to the Judges that a question of law might possibly be agitated in the course of the trial, which might occasion considerable embarrassment to the Jury, if the case were remitted to their ver dia, without a previous discussion and decision upon that question. The notes alleged to have been tbrged or counterfeited, were the 51. notes, of date 2,1 February 1401, which had been issued by the Banking Company at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, commonly called the Newcastle Bank, of which Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart. and others, Are partners: and the Prisoner was particularly accused of having, upon the 4th day of Fe bruary last, er upon one or other of the days of that month, or the month of January preceding, or the month of March following, ullered or needed, or tented to Ls tattered or vended, to one Thomas Arm strobg, a number of the forged notes, including seven stores, specially descnbed by their num b ers , or one o; more notes, hearing one or other of these numbers, he (the Prisoner) .8 knowing the same to be forged, fabricated, or counterfeited. in imita tion of the promissory notes issued, as aforesaid, by the said Banking Company, at Newcastle." The in diament, however, contained this additional state ment, viz. o for which notes, and particularly those numbered as aforesaid, or one or more of them, so uttered or vended to the said Thomas Armstrong, you received, or stipulated for a veduallr rontiderotton from him :" which statement induced the Judges to suppose that the present case might p,-rhaps afford iforoduaion to a question, which had been agitated a few years ago, hut which had not then undergone a solemn decision, namely, whether convietion of the crime charged in the indiament could follow upon a proof, that forged notes had been issued by a person knowing the same to be forged, to another person equally aware of their fiaitinus charaaer, instead of being passed as genuine?— Without giving any opinion upon this question, the Judges present (Lord Casio, Lord Ctn. ame, and Lord Meanowsana) severally expressed unwil lingness to send the ease to a Jury, if there was room for any such general question, before having the same thoroughly discussed and solemnly deter mined ; for which purpose it occurred to their I.nrd ships, that the question ought to be argued in printed papers, under the title of Informations; and that the Counsel should endeavour to ascertain the understanding and laraaice of the Courts in England upon a point of so much commercial im portance, and as to which one rule certainly ought ' to be observed throughout the united kingdom. Upon hearing the suggestions of the Court, the Loan Aovwc art stated that the fad, which he ex pedecho bring home to the prisoner, certainly was that of issuing the notes described in the indiament, not as genuine notes, but avowedly as forged, and for a rice below their apparent value: and his Lordship most readily acquiesced in the suggestion of the Judges, that the question to which they had alluded, ought to be finally decided ; because th's would undoubtedly be a proper subjea of consider ailed for the Legislature, if the law should appear to be so far defeaive, that persons might, with impu nity, sell forged notes by wholesale, and, by the temptation of profit, seduce others, at the risk of their necks, to retail and circulate the same, in de fraud of the public. His Lordship observed, how ever (and the Covet approved of the observation), that it would be proper to introduce an additional question into the information about to be prepared ; because it was expead, in the present case, to prove, that some of the notes which the prisoner was al. leged to have sold to Armstrong, avowedly as forged, and at a price below their apparent value, had been afterwar Is passed by Armstrong, as being genuine, and of the full value which they expressed. If this additional fad should be established, whatever might be the fate of the gen-ral question before no ticed, his Lordship proposed to maintain, that the prisoner, who could issue the notes for no other pur pose, and under no other expeaation, than that of their being re-issued in defraud of the public, was, in the eye of law, concerned as art and part, in the ultimate uttering of those notes, and consequently liable to the punishment which this might infer. Accordingly informations were ordered, upon the relevancy of the iadiftmcnt ; and the diet of Court was adjourned till the Ist of November next. We understand that the papers and books of the society of working shoemakers in Wakefield were seized on Monday last by the Constable ; and Davd Stephenson, one of the Committee, and George Kr,ter, the Clerk of the Society, were committed to the Moose of Contains; by WILLIAM DAmSON, Esq. This subjea is to undergo a legal investigation. The late Colonel Benin, who made so large a fortune, with so f i'r a chamaer, on his arrival in Ireland, looked at different Gentlemen's seats, until he saw that of Mr.Cnoc c at Painstown, near Carlow, and hearing it was to be disposed of, he waited on him in town, and asked his terms for house, land, furniture, wines, &c. Mr. C. replied, his agent was in town, and if be would call on him at four that day, be would inform him. At four the Colonel went, and instantly acceded to the price proposed by Mr. Coot c ; and the next morning left town, and was pat into possession of every thing. In a short time after, on lockir.g over the furniture, to see what was not fit for use, he observed an old shabby oak or walnut is st of drawers, which he instantly condemned as unfit ; but, on its removal, in g sld and bank -notes, near t'.oool. was discovered, which be instantly conveyed, with a polite letter, to Mr. Cools, observing, it never could be his intent to dispose of such a mat ter as this—and if, through hurry, anv other thing was overlooked, he requested be would -laim it ; in consequence thereof, Mr. C. requested some family piaures. • si . . COLCHESTER, Ocr. lg. OF' AB-iENCE. • GENLIi AL OCDEIS.—CIRCULAR. am Spiced by - Lieutenant Gimeral Su ..1040 Craig, to ac quaint yew, that inn - insulin...et. of a reiweseitatimi 113,41: be him to the Commander in Cinci, lie ha. received Ills 12,14 Highness's apprubatirei tn rant 'leaven( absence, and , scertaia limitations, to the (Mfic.miot the Militia Regiments 'erring in the district under his cantruaed. 'tlie situation of the country renders it absolutely i s ee e s e ury that this indulgence should be reamed with much prentution, and should be confined to case: of real business, or urgent ne ccisity ; and that in every instance there should rernaM rfl; /settee in each Regiment, at least half its Fi..lit Officers, and two-thuds of the Capeaiusand Subaltern Of6cers. The Officars, who are indulged with leaven( absence, must hold themselves in cinstaitt readiness to juin their respective Regiments, on the shortest possible notice. In consequence of this communication, and the netrictiori under which thu Lieutenant-General is placed, he expects ne application for leave of abience will he made to him, but ia strict conformity to His Royal Highness's orders. (Signed) R. M. GORDON. The 9lst regiment has replaced the 42d, which lately left London on its route to Livcrponl, where it is to embark for Leland immediately. Rumour gill says, that the encampment is to be broken up on or before the 20th, bat no official communication on the subjel has yet transpired. - - NORTHALLERTUN ME LTISG. THI:RSDAY, OCT. 1 1. Sweepstakes of lOgs. each, with 2Ogs. added, for three years old colts, Sst. '2.lb. fillies, est. Two miles. (4 Subscribers). Mr. N. b H.dison's Koty filly, Prirmila, by Dripini, a: of Eliza, by Alfred J. Jackson) Lord Strathmore'. br. colt, by Sir Peter, oat of Prim r..os,23 dam N. Smith) . $ 4 and stol on Pri s cilla. W o n easy. Sweepstakes of rrge. etch, for hunters, Vlst rode by Gentlemen. Three miles. (10 Subscribers.) Mr J. Irotto.N. grt.y twee Confitteur, by Lielmoi, dam hr Podure .b. Mr. Asker) . . 1 Mr. R. W Petrie . ; bay mare, by Reat!,.. (rod.: by Major Drade, . I • 6to 4 and C. to lon Confessor. Won very easy. FRIDAY'. The 501. for three an.: four-year olds. Three-mile heats. Si - T. Gascoirac's bay cost, by .iir Pete*, 3 yrs. old, 7st illo. 3 1 1 . . . . - ... Mr. W. HAtchinson's bay colt, by Piptto-, 3 yrs. OA% 7,t.b;b. . . 5 S It Mr. Brandiansfs Adam, 4 yrs nld, Bst 51b. .R 4 3 Lord Scanhrugh's bay colt, Cc...u,a.u, 4 yrs. old, e t. slb. . 4 9 4 Mr. Walker'. Sir Sidney, 3 yrs. 7.t. 51b. •3 S dm. SPORTING IN TELLIGENCE EXTRA.. NEWMARKET SECONIt OCTOBER. 11.E.ETIINGI. UODIDIT, OCT. 15. Lord Saektrille's Inchakter, B.r. 411.. .pt S.r S4.sa4l's St .1., B.t. 11b. IKTOSI the Plat. 1110 p. TNQRSD•Y. Mr Wilton% Sutelv, ••t. llb. ag.t Mr. Melloties Sulks, bit Anugus, 6,t. 91Z). acre.. the Oar, lOogs. _ -, Saturday, at the Public Office, Shadwell, a youra; woman., of the name of Danesty, made a very serious charge against a young man, of the name of Sot tv•a, for having a design en h er haslit.-, at tended with some very aggravating circumstances. ' On this charge. for want of sureties, he was committed ' to take his trial at the next Quarter Seasons. The ; angry juir soon relented, and, returning to the Ma , istrate, solicited his release; producing a licence ; from Doctors' Commons, and another from her 0 priest, declared her determination to marry him; and at last prevailed on tha Magisti ate to exchange !, the chains of the law for those of wed/ach. into which happy state they yesterday morning entered, at the Parish Church of St. G.nsr o - , e's in the East. Sumo:sc.—Oa Wednesday last, the coachman of Lord Ls Dssrrwcsa cut his throat, at his Lord ship's house, at Meteworth. Kent. The (*moiler's Inquest sat on the body, on Saturday, and returned a verdict Lunacy. No particular reason can Le as signed for this rash aft, except that he had been in - kind of melancholy habit, ever since the loss of Isis wife, who died about seven months ago. On Tues- Jay he (hove the coach to Cozheath, whet e hit lady went to see a pity performed by the Officers in camp there, and did net return till between two and hree o'clock on W:dr.esday morning. A hair-dresser, in Bet wick-upon-Tweed, named Huila, had one of his hands so dreadfully shatteted by the bursting of his lowli..g-piece, st•bilt- out spott ing yesterday se'nnight, that immediate amputation was deemed necessary. A person has, within the last few days, been en deavouring to circulate considerable quantities of base silver coin in Hull; the pieces are chiefly shil lings, of a tolerable appearance, but remarkably light. Many of them have the impression of one or more small letters stamped upon them. We hope the offends will not escape deteflion. Seve ral counterfeit five shillings Bank of England dol. lass are also in circulation ; they are well executed, , hut are easily deteaed by wanting the dot after the X in Rex ; they are only washed with liquidated silv-T, which wears off in a very short time, and ex. poses the copper. Wednesday, pursuant to a sentence of a Coen martial, three seamen were flogged round the fleet in Ilamoace and Cawsand Bay. (Lie, a vows man of good conneitions in Ireland, ha: wild and dissi pated, had entered for a seaman, received 100 ladle , for publishing seditious songs amongst his sli t company. A second received :zoo lashes for t' serting from the Cam4raen, of 41 guns, and enterl on board the Sirius, of S 6 guns, and receiving b V bounties; and a third for mutinous conduft, receive 2.5 lashes. They were all sent on board ..a.:1 1 1,1, ship to wait for cure, and then L 3 receive the re mainder of their punishment. The present Wonder.al Lottery Wheel cuctair 3of 20,0001. lof 10,0001. 3of 3.0001, of 1,0001 and 6of 5001. HOWNStY and Co. 2:i, Cornhfir will sell until to-morrow morning nice o'clock, was ranted undrawn, as under, Tickets . 191. ISt. Halves . 101. Si. Quarters . 31. 3s. Eighths . Yl. 12s. Sixteenths 11. ris. 6d. • The thanes of obtaining a Capital Price in tli present Lottery is five to one in favour of the put chasers more than in 1793, and onat.fifth kis in ',lir, Such advantages as these cannot be pawed unnoticet N. B. 10,000 i. First-drawn Tomorrow Marnan:. and 9%1,0001. First drawn ea the Eighth Day, an only Four Days to Draw. ~,.. J . k, t j. visit t iebaci td il:s IVvrb4 red t!. ! Irn %% 11 aid led c, Lord ;ARI, Rood Y, a►, W I 'WIdCII e, Gru • 4:1 'C.: ~ f Y.. ;.1:. ipoa 11, t! N chi ),allt ir~r 'on