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I 7ttit i- THEP R E. COVIO1N•CAllOIN. Last night tote comedy of The Provokes Ihrband, A "'wary to (Amnion, was performed at this '1 heatre. to iiirroditce Miss SMMI, in the part of lea to a London audience. This Lady is an earns of much provincial fame, and we do not hesitate to pronounce her possessed of great talents, though the part was not the most happily chosen to display them to advantage. She is a good figure, middle-sited, and about twenty-five years of age. }ter countenance is very expressive, and not unlike t he KEMIIL .tier voice is strong, clear, E tol d well modulated, and she appeared perfes!lly at he , ease , and complete mistress of the business of the stage. Comedy, however, we should presume. is not her fort , . She had an abundant flow of spirits. but she wanted that winning elegance, and polish. 4 delicacr, that distinguish the fascinating woman of fashion, who, with all her foibles, inspires universal love and admiration. In the last scene with Loi.d Tow+, she displayed much judgment; and, if the melody of her tones did not sink into the heart, they were, however, given with energy. Why Mr. Kt MIME should bring forward all the fair can didates for theatrical tame, in the character of Laft# Towan, we do not pretend to know. One would be almost tempted to conclude, that he is anxious for an o ppnrtur ity to shew himself to a full house in Lord Towak. His performance of the charaEler dis plays some excellent points of offing, but they are net sufficient to comp'nsate for the dee& of Ms monotony and sombre appearance. Surely it is not necessary fur Lord Towaly to whine in the tone of the .446 e de per, or to present him self like a brae of the century before the last, ia a stiff long-skirted suit of embroidery. Miss 5•1 :sit feeling, no daunt, the peculiar bent of her powers, judiciously requested permission to break CoLi.las s Ode upon the Paesiont, and here she shoe.' with lustre. The transitions were marked with great discrimination. tier tones and ataion were most happily varied, and suited to the pa"i"n, :nisi her • ante manner wonderfully forcible andiftr. Nii Dcii. ,. .rwe ever came more fairly be fort se Nu preparatory puffs announced her arrival in town. No mercenary plaudits an *our,ced her entry on the stage. The applause which she received was loud and universal, but it was the just tribute of an elegant aid canani audience to superior talents. tier dress in Lady Town& was handsome, but not judicious. It ou;ht to be a pat of taste and tashicn:. All the oli:er ch.irafters sere wel. supported, and the piece wont off with tea: eels,. TO HE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. Ste—We are often told of the immoral ten dency of theatrical establishments. I had gene roily considered it as the overflewi g of puritanical hie, until I was thoroughly convinced that it was true ; and it proceeds principally floss' the custom of admi.tance at half price. It seems to he adopted, to att:'Aa women of a certain description, who, of ....lira., are to attrad a crowd of young men, whose su c:icci is to meet them. ir..Al be asked, how will you fill the house? I wilt answer, in the first place, for the hon , air of the alt, tlist, ie this wealthy metropolis, we should / were het, that moneymaking is the end of the establish meet ; that 't the Theatre closed for the season, and, we ti ost, was profitahie !"—and that, among a mil lion of people, it is difficult to fill a honse, without ho 'dirt cal eneetoragesent to all the Incise women and rakes in town. I blu.ll, when I recollect the im pression which foreigners receive of our mannere.in v siting the Thearres. I would, then. suggest to the Managers, that, were prautice laud aside, and the Tubby closed, :sod the amphitheatre somewhat c mailed, instead of the noisy low company, they would find the house resorted to by people who are desirous of obscrvirg tl.e play, and the merit of the performers. Let the women of the town go to their proper rendezvous, or come, not to rule and dis turb the house with more noise and bustle than ever was heard on the Stock Exchange. It it were permitted ab hook doreri, I would ob serve, that in Paris, yes, in that immoral city, as we are told, of twenty or more theatres open every night, there is only one, The Abl.tansiee, where the women of pleasure are ever suffered to chew them selves, rn I body ; and, even then, though in the Patois Royal, they have been obliged to quit the lobby, and betake themselves to a kind of gallery is the lobby. In the great theatres, if a woman of that kind were even to hang her shawl over the boxes, the audience would compel her to quit the b9pel much less would any one be suffered to speak during the performance. What is the consequence ? The dramatic art is there never considered an immoral one ; it is dignified, and rendered worthy the atten tion of men of literature, and women of taste ; and, from the ma/del:city of their stage, and the decent conduft of the audience, exhibits a specimen of good manners, which, to my mortification, I do not find here. I fear, sir, I speak to the winds ; hut, surely, my countrymen will not abandon their charafter for good sense and sound reason, when addressed on a subject which influences the national taste and mo rals? It is to be hoped the Managers will make one attempt to revive an art evidently falling into dis grace, principally because the audience, under the p-eseut evils, must be composed of people, whose rssions alone must be addressed to call attention, while the voice of true criticism and chaste taste is drowned in the plaudits of buffoonery. CENSOR. A letter from Guernsey, dated September 23, says---“ We have just learned, with regret, that the Corsican is not now likely to make an attempt on our firm little island. fie assured, that in no quar ter was there more complete preparation ; never was man more beloved than our Governor. We L've a fine militia, and very staunch, and a formidable army of regulars in garrison : it consists of the 2d battalion 39th regiment, the 2.1 bana l) ,n 44th`reginsent, the 2d battalion 61st regiment, the 2d battalion 67th regiment, the Ist battalion b7th regiment, and the sth veteran battalion. By the zeal of the Officers of these regiments, and the alive superintendance of our first and second in command, on the island, these battalions are all now in the highest state of discipline. Most of them muster 6 or 800 men, and the 87th have 100 as fine lads as you would wi►h to see." novER, oei. 1. Yesterday evening the Tribume f. igate came into these Roads, to take two pilots on board She car ries 3ti guns, is one of the finest v-ssels of this de• scription ever seen, And is altogether app:.inted in .1 most superior manner: the dress of her crew, who consist of 200 hands, is very remarkable. Every man welts a smart round japan hat, with green in side the leaf, a hroad gold lace hand, and the name of the ship painted in front, in capital letters. A black silk neck-handkerchief, with a white flannel waistcoat, bound with hlne ; and over it a blue jack et, with three rows of gilt anchor buttons, very close together, wi , h blue trowsers. Sec all of a much su perior quality to that generally worn by common sailors. Every man also wean a broad gold flag on the little finger of his right hand ; and, without exception, each had a watch, with silver clllin and seals. The boat which came n sh ire, v..ere the merriest crew I have ever seen ; and the very few moments they remained here, th•y made pretty free with the rum bottle. lam informed, that on board, each man has a regular set of breakfast and dinner service in his birth, with mmy other con veniences. not enjoyed by even the . generAity of petty officers. This is one of the fortnnate ships which was stationed in the West Indies, and captured sn many of the Spanish galleons, and other rich ships belonging to the enemy. I understand the crew re ceived a dividend of near 2WI. per man, of their prize-money, when they were last at Portsmouth, and committed many extravagancieF., charafteristic of a British tar. They came last from Cherbourg, and have been added to the fleet under the com mand of Commodore Sir Sidney Smith. After taking her pilots on board, the ft6igne proceeded to her station off Bnulogne. • --• • - Alderman JAMES VArce is the new Lord Mayor of Dublin, and Messrs. Banc/tee farad 'lrrocia the High Sheriffs. Yesterday me:fling, at seven o'clock, His Royal Highness the Com .4 amaze, e-Ciarer, s et i l l{ for Chatham, to inspeh the new fortifications, lately completed there, and likewise the troops that are there. This morning, at nine o'clock, the Duke of CA'e sa:ooe '.will inspect the 2d battalion of the Crier stream Rotai merit of Foot Guards, on Boyden Hill, in Hyde Pa-k, previous to their mounting guar al, for the first dine since His ROI( S. t. hit AiNESS was apvinted to the command of the Regiment. Windsor is in a sta - .e of preparation for the return of the ROYAL FA Ina v. Toe Royal Horse Guard , ( Blues) are preparnsg by field-days, under Colon-1 Doman. The Cavalry Barrack will be enlarged, so as to accommodate the wenle of that fine regiment ; so that the troops hitherto quartered in Stainer, Egham, and Windsor town, will now be withdrawn. The Stafford Militia are expch •here again, in a few days, from Pottsmoath : they now muster 1,350 men. On Monday, the first division of the Royal West Ntiddlesex Mill ia, commanded by Culonel Nrcuo ss B AILEY, marched from Hull, on their route for Bristol; and were followed by the remainder on Tuesday, and yesterday. The parties detached to the batteries at Paul and Stallingborough, were re lieved, on Sunday, by others from the Warwick Mil tin. Great numbers of horses, adapted for the cavalry and arti!ler y service., have, within the last few weeks, been porch ised on account of Government, in the Holderness distria. 'rhe demand still continues brisk, and the prices of those useful animals, parti cularly those of the abore deecription, have, in con sequence, experienced a considerable advance. The number wanted, we are informed, is about 10,000. On Thursday law, the Norwich Ride Corps having completed their period of permanent ,boy in Norwich, dined at Chapel-field-house, when an elegant sabre was presented to the Major (R. M. BACON. Esq. ), in the name rf the Non-commissioned Officers and Privates, as a token of their attach ment to his person, and their approbation of his condud, both AS an Orficer arida man. Mr. Taos. Cut's°, who was deputed to deliver the sword, con cluded a very 'appropriate address to the Major, in these words Most fully convinced you will never draw it from its scabbard, but in the cause of justice, of freedom, of England, and whatever destiny may await our land, take this as a pledge, that with and by you we will stand or fall." An anonymous Correspondent says, " It has been ascertained, that upwards of 15,000 men volun teered their services from the Militia, more than could be accepted under the late Ad ; and it is understood to he the intention of Government, to order a further reduhion, which will be the means of adding at least 10,000 men to our disposable force. The Militia Establishment will then be as great as it was at the redudion, in the year 1799. A new or ganization of the Militia is in contemplation, so as to assimilate that service with that of the Line, with respeCt to the promotion of Officers, filling up va cancies, &c. &c." Orders have been received at Plymouth, for the Bedford, 74 guns, late a prison-ship in Hamoaze. but now in dock, to be fitted up diredly, as a defence ship, and to proceed to Weymouth, to lie off that harbour, as a guard-ship ; she is to be fitted with jury -masts, and to have very heavy carronades mounted on her, for the purpose of defence ; her complement will be about 100 men ; and, if occa sion require, she is to be fully manned with the Sea-fencibles on that part of the coast. A letter from Qaehec, of the 23d August, says— " We are badly a, at present, in our province. We have neither Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, nor Chief Justice; and, to crown our losses, General Hue Tea, the Commander in Chief of the Troops in both Canadas, died the '2lst inst. of the gout in his stomach. He was an excellent Officer, and a good man; and, by his death, His MAJESTY has lost a zealous aid honest servant. the command of the troops devolves on Lieutenant-Colonel Burris, of the 6th Regiment." Three of the Floating Capitals in the present Lottery were drawn on Monday. and all divided in Shares among the Public. It is obviously the in terest of every person won wishes to have a chance of the Three "rweirty Thousands, Three Ten Thou sands, he. &c. to make his purchase immediately, lest he should be disappointed by any of those Ca pitals coming up - 10-morrow, which is the Second Day of Drawing ; more especially ,as it will be but half a risk, the blanks being entitled to 101 each. • POLICE. SOW-IT WS?. WADER Or. Mg. RLIGIST. Yesterday illOrni!lg, Mr. Ga an u resumed the investigation of thi, horrid deed. Two gentlemen gave es ;deuce at considerable length, respeebay els connelion of the parties ; but they had no know• ledge of the murder. Mr. Ferguson, the executor to the deceased, attended the examination. Neither of the Prisoners were brought to the Office. As soon as the common business of the Office was gone through, Mr. Ge HA M, attended by Mr. SrarFol:D, set off for the deceased's house, at Dock Head, :o endeavour to gain more infarmatioa They continued there until night. Several peruses of the neighbourhood, male and female, were ex amined, but their evidence has not been suffered to transpire. The bed of the river has not been yet searched for the pistol, as the tides have wit an swered in the day time, and a ship is now lying off the place. Last night Mr. Git Ail ass, attended by Mr. .11'AirORID, returned to town. Hopwood, the patrole, continues to sleep in the bed every night with Mr. Patch, at the Brown Bear puhlic-house. Mr. Patch is very restless at night, and talks much in his sleep. The parole and he dine every day teiew-site. He eats heartily, and appears in good health and spirits. He drew 20% horn his banker's, on Monday, for his support. Sa•NSTON•HOUSe• Yesterday, the Stewards of a Ilene& Society, called the Laudahll Master Tradesmen, attended a further hearing at the Mansion-house, en a charge of unlawfully expe..ing one of their members, who had been confined as a lunatic in a mad-house at fiethnal-green. The feels of the case were stated in our Paper of Thursday. The man had been (-le prive.! of the allowance paid to sick. members, without any cause assigned ; and, on aaplicatien being made to the Loa o ANOR f r redress, the Stewards refused to submit to his decision, alleg ing that the case did not come within the jusisilic tioa of a Magistrate, as the rules of their society. established by a. of PaliAinent, direaei that ail disputes between any member and the society, should be settled by arbitratii n. Upon the hunger ex +ruination, the LORD MA voa postpmed the hearing, in order to consider the Aft ie . Parliament upon which they proceeded. It was now his opinion, the case came within his jerisdic tion, as the expe lled member was unable, from his situation, to appoint at bitratiws to do hint justice. It appeared, upon the w: tile, that the unfartunate lunatic had been considered a burden to the ciety, and that they took the readiest method to get rid t,f him. The Lotto Mayo ordered them to pay up his arrears of allowance-money, and to place im again upon the books of the Society. - • NAPLES, Aro. 13. EXTRACT or A LETTER. Yesterday, at ten o'clock at night, the eruption of Vesuvius, of which the eartlopiake seemed to be the forerunner, rrs- place. We were going !o visit thi Crater, when the cries of the people, and a vo lume of flame, informed us tha! tho volcano had opened. The f.sva precipitated itself, io sure Se.. condi, from toe last peak of the Mountain, and r , sk a direnion towards the valley situated between Torre del Greco. and Torre del l'Annunziata, two towns on the sea coast beyond Portici, and seven or eight miles from Naples. " We set off immediately to see this wonderful and trem-ndous Phenomenon nearer. From the place of our departure we saw the whole mine of the lava, which extended already two miles from the Crater to t 1.2 houses that join the two towns.— The sight was the most magnificently frightful that could be seen. 1 contemplated she cascades of flame poiir4g from the top of the mountain, and shod ti-, e‘l at seeing an immense torrent of fire ravage the finest fields, overthrow homes, and destroy, in few minutes, the hopes, and resources of a hundred families. o A line of fire marked the profile of the moun tain ; a cloud of smoke, which seemed to send forth, from time to time, flashes of lightning, hung over the scene, and the moon appeared to be pale. Nothing can ad.rquately describe the grandeur of the scene, or give an accurate idea of the horror of it. As we approached the spot, ravaged by this river of hell, ruined inhabitants having quitted their houses—deso lated families trying to save their furniture or pro visions, last and feeble resource—an immense crowd of curious persons, retreating, step by step, from the advancing lava, and testifying, by extraordinary cries, their wonder, fear, and pity—the frightful bellowing of the mountain, the frequent explo.ions which burst from the bosom of the torrent, the crackling of the trees, devoured by the flames, the noise of the walls falling, and the lugubrious sound of a bell, which the religious of the Camaldules, isolated on a little hill, and surrounded by two tor tents of fire, rang in their distress. Such are the details of the frightful scene to which I was a witness. " The moment we arrived, th, lava was crosslr.,:: the great road below Terre del Greys. To see it better, we got into a beautiful house on the road side ; from the terrace we saw the fire at no more than fifteen paces from us ; in a minute we descended. and, twenty minutes afterwards. there semained of the house but three large wails. I approached as near as the heat and flow of the curreat would per mit me. I attempted, at different times, to burn the end of my handkerchief in it ; I could only do it by tying it to the end of my cane. The lava does not run in liquid waves: it resembles an immense quantity of coals on Lire, which an invincible strength had heaped up and pushed on with violence. When it met with a wall, it colleend to the height of seven or ten feet, binned it, and overthrew it at once. I saw some walls get red-hot, like iron, and melt, it I may use the expression, into • the lava. In its greatest speed, and on an horizontal road, I reck oned, that the torrent travelled at the rate of IS inches a minute. Its smell resembled that of iron red ". • --- On Tuesday last, WALL ER itUDWILL WRiGH F.lq. Recorder of Bury, arrived thee from having been Absent,in the cipa:ity of His MAJcsr Ar's Consul to the Republic of the Seven Islan4s , upsvArdt c.f two yearQ. -- ^".rr-so• , r , -, --. . . SPORTING .. NEWbf Amor.r FIRS 40 e : , .dlitlft METING, 1,03. IT:lid , * s'i ... , CT I (Flrtt Year.) One-churl ni a Sabortticat of l'Sga each, for 4s r. old Cry .sita. crriag 64. nth .4.0., bet Oa. 1)- 1.... . Shit-en Subw-rit.e. 4 M.. \I-1.i....'s h. f LAI. illoi‘igh - . Irani F...-,1 br. e rear Peter - 'like ot G•Aftinti's hr. (...P.t!iste - \lr. L i.ity.k.'s hr c }Lotard - - - 4 I. • ' (;iffi, 4 114 e• b. e. Apicuort - - • M, Wa w - in's ch. c. Sort. - - - dr Fly , . t. I it Lady lirough-6 to 4 apt CLit Paer-2 t.s I apt Pelisse. Sweeprakes of 100 p. each, Is. ft. for 3-y: rid Fillies, carry iiig kat. ?1,. each. H. M. Sir C. Bunburv's b. f Lydia, be Whiskey - - 1 Sir F. Standish's sister to Duabiry - - - 2 Duke of Grafton's b. 1. D 0 4 ,14.1, by Waxy - - 9 Lord Grosyenor's br fby Sir Peter, nut of Isibellla - 4 Lord Grosgeoor's br. I. by 44 Peter, oat of Squire Teazle. dam - - _ - - Pa Mr. Lake - s sister to Parisot . - -al Mr. Watson's h. f. by Coriander, out of Fairy, 'y "Tidily., A Mr. Humphries's f. by hussar', .o of Berininaroie. rhi in 1141 Two to 1 apt Lydia—'.. t i I apt Sister to Du %bury ...-5 to 4 apt Dodulia. . . • _ _ - t - - 5 Somoctakt. of 10 'lr. each, h. ft D I. Mr. LakeN c. I.vn. a=rc, B.,uard, out of Rote, BK. 51b. 5 Mr. Wyndham's T.,llhoy, 7-t 61u. - - 2 Mr. lioworth's Punhco, 711. - I' 4 ti.c to 4 0 $ Lincetre. Lord Grrovenor's Atiocourt, •vs.t Mr. Ladbtok" austs-d, Sat. eat', It. M. 1 +hits. h tr. — . .;. , crett to Scr I Aglnco.trt. Mr. It Boyces Br, owornt o rec ft. Imm Mr, Ma. DiAlor,tlst. old C.,urse, 1011- It. ft. _ . The Stewards have adju igri the D mcaster Re newed Stakes, run there un Wednesday last, to bo give-n to af , rcia. Yesterday, in Covent-garden Mar kat, several men were ezarcising themselves, thmvii"g a raven pound weight; but none of them beinl RINIe to pitch it farther than about ten yards. . Ail a"ret , : that no man could exceed a dorm, at farthest. A very wall dressed slight young man, by chance passing by, alleged that he cou ld t hrow it winch farther. and offered to wager half-a-crowe, that he would throw it sixteen yard.. In an Miran., the sing Georges and the Ki .g William. 2 "irtc: d c'r the !op of a box, close by. ThA beta were a.l es ode, ar .1 the ground measured. The young m=a s nod at his post, with the weight in his based, sad ibex lad. of the Market were ezulthrtly ci - mgra elating. each other, on the pl 1•-itre they wend have in spending their winnings, ne hurl.-d it s • o .i-g into the air, said sent it a consitterafee dist. c be ..d the mark, cleae thri,ugh the to:. of one of t.te wriodeir sheds, at th • out aide rf- ahsre the old women usu illy sit, and rr a ;rim. For tunately, there was no person in b ts-1 at the. time; had, balms the adosiseed i s-nes:ars well reeaver th •ir surprise, the • alr c ßt .r t halt-crowns into Lis pl , -Ite!, lutd.wi,ht .gth men good morning, la i r art-d is great yt ee Snaos re-measured the grows w i'stothiss.denthiesi • att. it was a seven pound weigia. ; ' tr. be ..re come to any determination, whether t se .tr fairly wen or not, one of them, more a i 'AS companions. suggested, that the youne ma.. . !!tt cash. were, at that time, ha supoosed. Ab.aut the middle of Piccadilly. The gent.y acknowledged • the truth of the terra: k. and seaarated is s leore On Monday - se'nnigl z. the serrate t, yof Tr. Scuozzetataa,of Well-binase.nearLee.L.cum • 1..0 a most vi.ilant outrage, by nearly killing an eiJe. y female servant, with wooer he was left Lithe .souse, in the absence of' :ha fatuity. It ;: .unposed, he was induced to oae--r. • ts • dreadful ere.vent himself being deteeded tit a ail of raas his master's desk ; for, on a 'trade , when he heard the doer of his tellow-servarit's Ised-rosin c p• ", an, and, with a hatnincr, beat her on the he.id .• . ye: r cruel manner : F roTi.lenti4lly be WAS ala ••1 the approach of a girl at the buck-g ite, was was la the habit f corning to the house ; on • rin out, and ioid the girl, that thieve; had beer, in . h e house, and hid murdered BLTTY. Tle girl honied away in a fright, and that/oars-mince woman h„ving had strength to go to the door, bolted i-. t• as secured herseil from further violence; . n is alb •11' time, got to a ni ighheuring house, covered wiin blood. A Se•geon was intincuiaiely sent ior. found her skull traEtared in two places. For sieve- al days she was c n,idwed in very great althger, but hopes arc now enter aimed of her recovery. Tun boy, whose name is PI t,, Atitiames, and *ho is about fifteen year. of age, absconds. 1 as soon as 'a3 found himself likely to be discovered. Thursday evening, the Hon. and kight Rev etre Lord Bi hop of BRISTOL ve-y nairowly escaped being shot by a ball from a pistol, S -a iaf in Lower Collage-Green. Bristol, by a boy w ro was amu - lig himself. The ball entered t'-e dining room window of the Palace, au 1 via such a di e&ion a. W onid, most prointliar, hate rei.mitrAtiof his Lordship's ar istence, had he ant providentially risen from Ms seat a few minutes beture. The following shacking accident Farpened. no Moods}. at Cliaring, in Kent. As Grottos G set- VILLE ISIAIOH•LL, hsq. was out a partridge-sr t ing, and reaching over the muzzle of his g..n to gather some nuts, the piece unfortunately went oil; and, melancholy to relate, that Gentleman, whilie death is greatly to be regretted, was killed upon the r un e Yesterday afte-noon. between three and lone o'clock, a fire broke oat in the chimney of Mr. Poem's house, in Eagle -court, St. John'.-lane ; the fire soon communicated to the adjoining tiro:set, 1 at was happily extinguished, before any material da mage was sustained. A great nornber of engines attended, among which we particularly noticed tile Sun Fire Office. Phoenix, Globe, British, London Assurance, and Westminster. Yesterday evening, about wefts o'clock, t'w body of a new-born infant male child, was found ni court. called doesihole. sear Wiadmill-sire:t, ha; - market, by some children at play thee:. It WAS wrapped in part of an nIJ coarse apron. A coasi derable wound was discovered in its head ; but the death is supposed to have been occasioned by stra gUlAtioll, as the neck was bin's.. It is SllppOwd have been dead about three hours, as It wan n .t quite cold. The body - was take , . to true Red Li, it public-house. in Windm il.s.reet, and atterwAs . s conveyed to St James's %Visit:louse, by the B. • rile murder is supposed to have been t colunitteit try a man, who was seen immediately before the Jr...i. very by the children, who found the dead b dr. and whom he desired not to be frightened at *of thing which they might see. :1 , 1 , , ; iTI