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I _ -- T -, .-.n.,. ,- . ~. #.,.,..,'.. V i 61:-Zr,,iT-ir A-0 .1 0 1 c :. --‘,;l7;7NS:+.\.. •g. IP ou. -- THE COURT. Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, Ilia MAJEste arrived at the QUREN's l'alace, from Windsor, where lie was received by t:it• t)ttkes of It'oatt, KENT, and CUMBSELAND. At two o'clock 1111 J MAJESTY held a Private Levee, which was atteml ed by— Tim Lord Chancellor, the First Lord orate Treasury, the turd Prriddeut of the Coutted, the Lord Petry Std, She First L 0 4 ,1 of the Adurraity, the President of the Ll.mcd o.f Trade, the Secretaries fur the liutue sad Foreign Duttart smuts liar Chancellor of the Exchequer, the P rts i.t ru t o f the 11:med of CA' introit!, the Secretary at War, the Com ,,...inderla-Chief,' Generals Cole and Drummond. mid 'dlr. *u.tiritt, the Portuguese Ambassador. The following had the tumour of being presented t is M A)EsTY 17:ijor:Gameral Cole, upon his return from Sicily, by the Ambassador. .11.9orICan. Drummond, upon Wean-Ind f Gibraltar. Mr. Claims, Chrirr d'A !retires of Ilia 'loyal Ili;:buesa the Prime Itege.st of Portugal to the Court u. airily, by the l'ortuguese Ambassador. ills MAitstrt icstve santliesseci to the LOU) CHAN CELLOR. the Duke Or POILTLAND, soot the rest of the Calsiuet Musistera prevent ; to Sir D.tvtu Dt.NaLts. About seven o'clock, Ilia Nitor.:try set off fur W iutisor. - • - TH E A rR Es. MAY-111ARZEI1 Last nizlit Mr. Dtwowses errs My, Pur round hug of the Forest, WAS performed, fur the ninth time, and attracted a most brilliant uud crowded audienee, who expressed, by repeated plaudits, their approbation of this elegant. and intereatiug Piece, and of the advairublis perfortoance of , Sltrsrs. Yousra and Joicts, Mrs. Gtovtati end all the other performers. licr Royal Highness the Princes rat W A 1.1V4 sat in toe Miiiittger'il box; awl bee Royal Uighur., the Ditchemi of Yo&K. ACCOM' pallied by three Ladies and a itecntlinuam, were iu the Iliusn's box. Her Royal Highness was dressed in white muslin. and wore a white satin cap, with a *teeth of dowers. There we also iu the‘Hle lio%es, the Coeutess of Wsuietcs, the !Ina. NV F.; IYALRY POLE and family, and several other persuas oI distiottion. ctux• . _ Mr. ARNOLD'S interesting Opera of Up Wiltiiihf, wji v.:ry well tatellllctl 1:1.1•I iii - jiL, • I'lir lo,xe, dm playert mud' faah.tm. Mr. PHILIPPS'S tSri•OHDO or his soup, duet, aid glee. received the most un bounded applause, and the evh..le piece went ult . with great %writ; Mr. 11134;vii.t.E's hew grand ballet, IVie Aaboh, followed, with its usual eclat. ..----..—.. . The Earl and Countess of SELKIRK left town, yerterilay, for their seat iii Scotland. Viscountess DustiaNsient will entertain a select party, this evening, at her house iir ti:•afton-street. Vomiters Dowd:on. SP/Pit:Ea arrived, last night, at her house in Jenny's -street, from Si. Alban's. Viscount end Viscouiatess DUDLEY and WARD burg taken an elegant house at IVorthing, for the reason, and left WWII II few days ago for it. Lord awl Lady NlAlta are gone to Bally- Ireland. The Karl and Counter of gave a gram! dinner, on 'We.l.ieslay, at (Merle,. Park, to their Hoye' Highnesses the Dukes of You .1111 Cos enusur., Lord . Fouto, the lion. nEaKEL.6Y CkA WWI, Colonel TH:n41111, Mr. Cntecrsatlue, Mr. Cox, aux! Mr. NtiartisY• Ludy MARY lANDity is gone to pass the sum nine at her seat, luimsay Cotta A e, near Cheltru barn. Sir HF.NRY MILUsttY, Rart. will shortly lead to the IL aecoin e lisheil Mie s Jinn Tuesday Countess Calve.% wai safely delivered of a son dud heir, at the house of her Slcaile Con sort in Charles.'street. Berkeley-s4mire. Her Lady ship mid the iidicit lire kali 111,0 y teat) well. hUotaloy, the Lairi aril Countess of CAllnert and kft town for their spit, The Wilderness, in Kent, fur tile erasing. Yesterday morning the Nolte Earl :sine to town again to unclad !its Ma- JILsrY. PioNAEARTE says his Isridges over the Danube are all coluplete, Init we trust that there is nut uniong theui a Bridge. rf Lodi. The Fart of I:laforlvAfEl has recently purchas ed the demesne of Herkhasupsteud Castle, in Ilerts, at the prier of 45,0001. • lira Cute, of Nurfolk, has had no less than one a thousandl bushels of hawthorn berries sown the last Spits*, to raise quick for his intended new iuclo auras in that county. . to the town of (Jlverstnn there is a dog, which has been taught the manual exercise, which he goes through with the greatest promptness. His ma noeuvres are performed with a small hazel rod in stead of a musket. Thetford Wool Fair, on Saturday last, was inns: noneeroudy and respectably attended, but very lit ile business was done; Mr.COKEolfered his South .lown wool at 4 gs. per tod, which did not, however, ai•Il at that price; but he said that he lassl•previ ,maly been offered 41. We are also informed that Jl. 17s. was given for a flock at the fair. Capt. ASILKW again displayed his agility, Thur.- star, on the Twickenham road, in a quarter of a unit face for 50 guineas. The het was, that the Captain did not do the quarter of a mile iu one minute and . :de secoudo, but he went off at score, mud performed the match in five secuuds less than the given time. A Gentleman of the name of Howe started on Saturday last, at Clare Common, Sousersetshire, to perform the Be ec LAT match, of 1000 miles in 1000 boors, for u wager 0(300 guineas. The pedestrian walks over a piece of the Common from his own door. lie is a stout athletic mail, but betting is coosiderably against ..knother foos-raoe match is made for 1000 guineas, wears Jots ca, who peeforesed a wonderful match wAtsettat IYattiAtas, oo the Ilereford road. and a poison of the name of Epseuetos. The match is ht miles, and is made betake place at Newmarket, .lathe list of Augast. The whiner is . hacked to go t distance ia 43 Miuutes. . MR. Fh3UJi'J PIS Lt.ICL. TO tit 4 EDITOR 01" fill. 111(111S11 ettE.SS. "I ♦N NOD ORATOR, URUTLS principles of liberality on which your Ira~t to conducted, have eintudalesied nie " Albeit unused to the writing wood," to request your in sertion of a fsiv stiletores ou an article which ap prams! in THE BitlTlSii Piteis of Friday last. I. al;tide (0 Mr. Hook's Peefuee to his farce—Ka/MT no larder. That Gentleman's private quarrel with Mr. Liirpent, (fur it appea..s Ile is 1114 1 11 y irri titled, in consequeote of wi.at passed at their in terview), awl the abuse which :le has thought lit so liberally to bestow on The Licenser, bec.iii , e he dared, faithfully, conscientiously, and, to the hest al his ability, to discharge his duty, du eat con stitute the puha on which I particularly wish to address you. flu these topiri, however, I WISH, current,: talons°, mike a he remark, tirst ! would oliServe, that, in all probability, it will lie decided by a Cutirt of Law, 11l the, ensuiiig 'ern?, whether a Dramatist May, with impaiiiity, intro duce a speech into hi s pie ce , - f or the marred pur pose of ridiculing any individual. For my own heart, Sir, I cue ace au very great crime (supposing what is asserted to be the fact) in Mr. I.arprnt's embraced the doctrine. , of diethodirrisn..... No doubt he made his election coolly and dispels sionatety—siul as lie is, 1 should supplier, a Gen tlemen of liberal education, it strikero me that the pri staples of the sect to whicii lie is uttacheal,vannot he so wicked, norms absurd, as Mr. lloolt would fain incite its to believe. If Mr. Larpent have built " u little tabernacle of his own," waving the benefit, which not IA few contend for, arising from the mul tiplication id places of Divine Worship, no turn I think, can, fur a moment, with propriety, arraign, or even sneer at, his right to indulge his rehgioua propensity at his own expense. Of ttai, too, very °ltems when a poor matt is unable to gain a coadortablesituatiou in his parish church, he is happy to find u relite hi one of these" lip le tabernacles." That a religious man should be unfit to perform the functions ache office of Licenser, 1 totally deny-wa man, tinned with religious prin ciples, is, in my opiiiioii, the most proper. Such a man will not permit the ;Aloha: initial to he vitiated by irreligion and obscenity. It would lustre been well, had a religious man hero, ab origine, appoint ed to the office. Aloch of the dis4mitilig matter which disgraces many of our old plc. a. would not, in that cube, have shocked the ears of modesty--and, by fimiliarising youth to the representation of vice, rendered it callous to the reality. The wit of such pieces does nut compeurate for the mischief they a...! likely to produce. " But," says Mr. Hook, " how perfectly improper is it, to select such an Officer from any panicle/dr sect of people ?" Thia, Sir, clearly militates against every religion. Would Mr. Hook have the Licenser selected from innongst that most despicable set of anon—the atheists?— Mr. Larpent, bs imphcrti al, is styled, " a eouci-it ed, consequelitial, tad man." But, tat the specimen Mr. Houk has given of their interview, nothing, I think, appears, which can bear him out, in thus op plying the ter; first epithets.—The last 1 have ever considered to claim reverence and re.pect--certeile ly, it is nut a lit subject for reproof d. 444 %a/vett know whet irritable being within are. The fondest mother cannot be more attached to her chil dren, than they to the literary offspring of tai tr No matter how mach in fault, were be to th. elan who attempts to correct either. It es a crime which cans ant hue forgiven, and, shoolil tile prevent inota,at he unfavourable to vetii; , •anci---matier a ltd inetai refulituit.—What ! deti.et error iii a piece so per fect es mine ! 'Tis unpoasible--eavy, u j iafereNt, or privntes pique—Kir suntething- - the. 7 -hos influ enced the decision ! Wliat intoi• i,le What overbearing conseqwence.L.-Hine ills larhry mir. Now, Sir, I proceed to that featur: of The Pre face, to which illy attention is mare partii•iitav • V called--that spirit of intolerance renic:i so decide: by characterises it. When u 111441 sits 41044 , 11 to revile an entire class of people, a whole sect, en amuse, rea sonable imil moderate men naturally hunk for some thing more satisfactory t lam mere asrentioa. Any per son ivtio will descend so low, may cal k:1411111 t i, vox et praterva nail: The amktors, however, may, pi,r hairs, imagine, that the individual shat ertg deserves the epithets more than he who is abased, In ale feuding the part of Apollo Belot, Mr. Hook sets out with stating what lie calls" a notorious fact"— bin which, *Glorious as it is said to he, I never heard before-w." That the !Vletliodists endeavour, by every means, covert stud open, In overturn the Esta blished Church;" anal then conics a ridia olous story, stated us as a positive fact," tending to prose, that every nerve is strumed, in the infancy of their children, to irritate their minds against the Kegular Clergy. These notorious noel positive facts, given on the ipse rfirit of Mr. Hook, are then assumed as a fonielution for accusing the poor Methodists of iersecatios andfidselioad; and, then, far.uuth, " the lash if ridieule 1111144 lit applied to their backs, ill prertfetlCC to the assassiii-like stab of the dagger, to wind, the cuivarrlf;• Methodist would have no objection to resort !"—lf this be not written in the spirit of persecotion, 1 understand not the inclin ing of the let ! —I I ere (Mr. Hook acting as ja‘ke, .jars, au.l exenitioner,) a body, I must con . tend, of religious and wasilisposed hicroons, is aroused of the, most atrocious crimes—persecution. falsehood, and athirst fir the blood of stick of their ft•ilwn.sobierts as think ditlerently from then. on re /ifiuos a -bjects--They are camel ed without trial -,111(I then cnines the lash ofridirole--vert..i ly a very inadequate punishment fur such flagrant iiiiquities.—Now, Sir. what is the fact? simply this—The ;Methodist, coneeiiing his view of the Gospe/ niostianitionatit with the Sacred Wiitings, einkavours, for the benefit of stieutkaid, to prtmul gate it—and Ire considers the subject of such vital importance. as it Certainly is, that every occasion should be embraced to inculcate those precepts which he conceives necessary to salvation !—That he takes any improper mode to disseminate thosi doctrines, I assert, in the most unqualified manlier. is fulse.—lt is equally false that Ms feel aria:es from any desert to overturn the Established Religion.-- His wish to make cooverts flows from a moral. eat from 44 political or ambitious cause:—lf any assertion lee not true., let the accuser • bring forwiirel 'wools of its falsislioil. Vet haps Mr. hook i, not aware. that there are estubbtlinients in Irelend, for the express Impose of rearing the chiiikan of Cathai, parents in the Prot es t an t e0th.....,..y e a „I....buse never beard any soroasitei thrown out comet diem Srminnfirs for tionaersiou ; and why should the exeici,e-of this pnneiple he thus allowed, wit Wont ci ?usury, in oue religion, noel yet he.Thausideted croutind itaanother ? We must naturally tonclude-.o " That is the Cuptain'y hat a chsiorick Nord, ' - " Mails, is the SpAii.r, is flat Glaijoheal !'' The book of natnreh is open to ull.—l 1 elocidat. ing the various phealmsella which appear, 'fall 111.11- Yidadi embrace , oualiystein of tihilioulphy, in prefer eine to another, end endeavour to prove to his neighbours that the system to which lie IS atteelSeti is right, who, in justiee, -can stand forward to !dame him ? Why should not the same tolerance he allow ed in religion, particularly as the sitoject is of so multi greater importance %Vital some degree of surprise I lutes observed Mr. Llltant's eri admirable" . E.ssays un Methodism Tinted in The Pigface. "Mot having Frail those Essays, 1 in not competent to decio..• how far they are entitled to gamin:tiers. But or this I urn sure, that, ou the present ov:sedum they are iiitroduced to no purpose. as relating to the case IN point, either rueful or ornamental. lu truth, we are told, abet every person was well acquainted with before— " That a stems, fruitire in the Methodist's charac ter, is the Awe Vim, fiChillg. " --11114 strong feature, however, is 1144 1.4110111t . 41 '0 tile illietkidiald j It has pre dominated in the infauey or every religion, from the• earliest ages of Clieistiiiiiity to the present day.-... However, Sir, as Mr. Plant writes admirable, cri tiques on plays nod phiyeri, as a ell 1411 admirable essays, perhaps the author of ItVing no Murder. conceived that a little well-applied flattery might• disarm the severity of criticiain.— 1%6i certainly is generalship. Mr. Hook would do well to recollect, that the Methodists are not the only religious sect; some of whose Miiiisters rosy be accused of ignorance. I have kaowit many of the Clergy of the Established Church, who possessed no more learning than their Methodist brethren, mid haul not half their piety. I have also seen some of those " inspired tailors , and illuminated cobblers," whom Mr. Hook so much detests, whose knowledge of the Scripture* was truly extensive, und whose reasonings partook of the benevolence of the Divine Word. If. io sneakisig on such subject+, they manifested a de gree of enthusiasm, it was certainly as excusable as that which I have more thao once beheld displayed by die admirers of Shakespeare, in detweitaing on his merits. If it please these meo to devote their evenings to religious exerciser, public or private, I alo not think that their conduct is less acceptable to the Divine Being—of less benefit to die state— ur of less service toeheir families, than if they had passed their time in * playhouse, attending the performance of coy of Mr. Hook's pieces ; or et a tavern, criticising them. And I certainly am of opinion, that any of . those despised iudividuale, who have ti me stifficient to devote to the composi tion oft moral disrourie, however iarlegmit the language may be, are perforating an octant in least as praiseworthy, as he who, though blessed with wit and leariiin.r, sacrifices his time' it. dramatising some of the delectable stories of Mother Game, or Daddy Gander.' ' In conclusion, we are informed, that " whatever is written in Killing no Murder, against the Me thodists, was written from a (-en:fiction of their fallacy, their deception, their meanness, and their proinneaess t " and we are hlso told, that " weee it possible, he (Mr. Hook) would publish some fume dotes of the Gospel Preachers of St. George's fiehls. and some circumstances, likely,- by proof, to display the true character of the Methodist." Now, with respect to the first assertion, I really think that a subject sif bill-11 inagoitinle, as " the fallacy, deception, meanness, and prVasietaess," of . this uninerous body of people, deserved a more ceteusive mode of exposition, than a petty character in a petty farce can anbril. But, Sir, I should not wield, r if this Reirgims Censor, iniviug taken this I tv!!;itei of leerying one set of people, should pursue a sianiar mode u praising another. Anil, at some future pciao4l, Ilex ups, we may see the religion to wh,:ii he is attached, defended, on the stage, by a sec.htd Anuirife,—But, " Nos tali aosiliu, cal= Jetensuribas Wtia " Rsligio eget." As to the possibility of publishing scandalous anecdotes, it is evilest that that possibility is com pletely it. Mr. Hook's power, if lie have any such to narrate. It is not less evident, from the spirit of hostility which pervades his Preface, and particu larly from the note, relating a circionstance, said to have occurred at Howland Mill's Chapel, butt which, in fact, is completely untrue, that, did he possess suet. anecdotes, he would be highly grati fied in making them known—and I have no doubt that he is sufficiently acquainted with the temper of the times, to be well assured, that, althossish the priuting such eircumstaucre might enhance the priu.e of his hook, yet, so happy are the irreligious to indulge themselves iii reading slanders of that kind, that the extent of the sale, in coosequence, would lucre than coinpensate him--L must, there fore, conclude, that hie rielSevieS no such anecdotes— :sad, if he even did, they could bat expose to de testation a few worthiest individual.; some of whom are to he found in every society—lint the great hotly oh Methodists would still remain misulheel— and the principles of their religious belief still coo. tinue inicoutroverteii. I shall now, Sir, conclude, most fervently hoping that this country y never agaiu behold a return of those days, whet. religious opinions shall he ppr sued by the spirit of per , rcution.—Cniversal trite ration is one of the greatest blessings a. eiii esto perpetna! May we never permit it to lie ifc stroyed by those, who, trader the mask of liberality, are, in fact, themselves, the worst and most iota , lerant of bigots ! TH.:01 . 11111.US. laly to, ieeo. • A clerical character in the play of LW, I 'ire.. Oa Saturday evelistig last, near twelve o'clock, as Mr. B. of the Custima-lioner, alai it frieml were going across Chielehuret Coe ttttt on, Qin the Tiger's tired, ' !where they had ditied, to 1411 adjoining fins, they were attacked by three ill-looking renews (stir was observed to he its a drab great etptt). viol Mr. B. was rubbed of o parcel, cootaillitig his wearing ap parel, anal isundry ether valuable sole les; his frame] was severely beaten, in endeavouring tm r.acue 4dr. B. who is, with the itasistaocr of th e Lio.-street Officer*, wail% every pusiade search after the of fenders. , L 4 COURT OP CHANCERY, JULY 19. • s s PIPER v. Ut:Sli. Sir SLICURI. ROMIILLY moved, that the premise* .. and stuck in the pleadings ruentiuutd might be sptit; intd the prnduc.• of mooch wile lie brought 7 . Court to the credit of thecisuse. The part' • entered Otto a partueralup to carry on the b hominess; timid disci reentents erising ill coutlieete ing it, the bill was Glob b dissolve the partnersip, and for an recount between them. A raceiver traria:- appointed to curry on the lu i. nes.' in the interim, , for their common benefit. It aas now :afros', up. WI the affidavit of the Defendant, that the tone:44ls were iinw in u losing situatiou of above .tot. a-week, as neither party would advance more money for carrying tin the business, and there was no malt whercwith•to brew. Ale. 1 hitt', fur the Plaintiff; objected to the ennsetinenees which the exitense of a aide, before the Master, would be fraught with ; espem iilly us his client hood already priseurcd an advan tageous putrhun-r, w hum the Defendant rirctird. Coy ar—" If the parries cannot agree till a prt son to sell, the Master certainly nine, as 'wither • party can be obliged to advance money fur the per • lame of carryin; oil the business. The order to be with o ut prejudice to any question between the parties." 11011RoCKS V. JIPP. LORD CIIANcELI.JR" I have read over, with attention, the further affidavit of Mr. Jupp, and, I think, I mhy entertain a reasonable confidence, I shah be tinder no necessity of making any order as ligaind him. I hope, upon better consideration, lie ail( see the necessity of conforming strictly to tny former order. With respect to theyouss;; lady, I shall say nuthimr 11,01 V at present stottitts c. cof.a.ss:. The Loan CH ANLELLon--" In this cantle I wish to lie answered, what 14 the extent of the'retief intended to he sought fur ? I canoot think of en painting 110IIIIOg morr is inteutleds • If the parties (1111 COIIIC to an agreement that they are to continue tenants in common, ni perpetuity, all instrument for that purpo4 should be so drawn up, upon a reference to the Master. If that could be done, it might settle all future disputes between them ; and, in that case, I might consider of the propriety of appoint ing a Maiiiigir, but which I cannot du, if nothing more is intended." Sir Sexvar. Roars t.t.Y expressed the readiness of the Defendant to azree to a rat:tem:a to the Muster. Mr. HART claimed for the Plaintiff the right of reference to the perspns named in the instrument between the ware. Coot r—••• That w the (ideation in dispute Lei. tureen thew. Let me Immo, ' u i they agree to a reference to the Mamba " COURT OF KING'S BENCU, mon ltd., JuLY 19. Sitting: at Nisi Prigs, before Lard ELLE:6IOIOI:QX aria a Special Jary. ZA Mr. GAZIOW stated, the, wits an action to.reco. ver 40001. the value of a cargo of gout skies issue Nlogadore in thirliary, which hail been purchased by the Defendant, nom the Plaintiff. The cargo hail not b en rem..verl from the warehouse it) wisith it had been stowed, at its first arrival, mad wisseb was unfortunately consumed by the late dm at Bit.. hurigate ; neither of the parties lied insured the property. Mr. Lanigan, clerk to the Plaintiff, proved the sale of the cargo, and that the reason given by the Defendant for his not removing the skins was, that he could nut get them stored so cheap, as the rest of the warehouse was only his. per week. Mr. ATTLIIINI.V.44exIiZAL, in defence. contend ed that it was necessary. to constitute a regular sale, to have all the bales opened and the skins counted. Solornen Sidac proved it was the custom of the trade to open the bales, and count the skin*, before the sale was • • Mr. AimweH, the owner of the warehouse, de posed, that the Defendant called on him to inspect the skins, and informed hint he had purchased them, and actually took sway eight bales. This Witness confirmed the other u, to the custom of the trade. Lord ELLEWBORVVGa observed, that a constant custom in a trade must always deeitle the terror of sale, without a specific agreement hod been entered into as to the form of sale, which hail not been done in this ease; under those considerations, he era:, of opinion the Plaintiff should be called. Tier I'laintfraas accordingly—Nonsuited. Imam.= SURREY QUA R7'ER-SESSIONS, JL:LT 19. COT/What JAI &mon, altos Ilantilroa . ‘T9 , 4 it.- dieted for stealing a quantity of brass and from the premises of Messrs. Brent, in the Com mercial-road. The facts being brought hemp, to the Pill:Myr. he way found pilty, and sentient ea to seven ye:as' transportation. George Parsons was indicted For stealing, from the person of a gentleman, mimed Ferguson, a pocket-book, containing eight pounds m bank note.), and several withitoroada. "the Prosecu tor suspected the Prisoner of haring robbed him, and was about to seize him, when he gave rip the pocket-hook, with its contents. He was found guilty, and recognised by the Coon 44 an old of • fender, pan returned from transportation. Ile was sentenced to be transported for seven years. John Robinson wee indicted for having felonious ly appropri steel to his own use, it quantity of hand bilk, which had horn intrusted to him to deliver la the public, by Mr. Ellistna, the Propiietorof the Koval Circtl•• the Ca %fauns nhaerved. that the pi:toner hat! been errontiee.ly italicised at common hew, hht should hai l been indicted limier a particular sta tute of nen y the stb; he eta, in cemmaptenee, dupritte4. Cardinal 15111 s was indicted for embrireli, • sum money, the property of his entp.l itigyrt sad Puroet. On the pave prolieriltitiii, it wn, weevil, that the Primmer" hien !appointed by • tfr. Bina, • labouring meter:. It en, his :Int). to Itt.cp on exact account of the somber of clsaldrowi of coals clelisettli st 'eta . • .