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COYA NT-GAR DEN 7 TO THL EDITOR OF TOE BRITISH Strt—ln 'permit irericaiseal isidientimp., I h ear obartreii size circumstance a Madame Cata engagement at the New 'Theatre a eislieet a caoat *wonted cLecussiou ; anti the bitter 'malevolence et one soile, and the rarcastic retort► of the other, prove, that both are actuated by a considerable degree of party violence. Unknown to this fair Lady's champions, unacquainted pith her Mots, the discovery of truth and jastice is tny sole object. “ It feat des spectacles clans Its grandes sidles"— olmetrwed a illuionopher. wh•se talents are much Ices prohletustical than his prmeiples; ntnl, 1M pro. .0:14.51 us • nation advances m luxury, the theatre totetimes more important. Thu,. at the beginning ut the otueteetith century ! , how much more regard se/ is the edifice of Covent-Garden, than the iiwg. aladnont "Globe," which witnessed the rising efforts of out Shakespear. I only make this remark, to 'scos• toy troahlin4 you with these lilies, on subject wh,elt might else appear trilling cud mu important. The opponents to the iittrovirsetion of • foreign siager ou uof stage., draw their cunclustoos from the fullnsvta,c ar,ouuents by such conduct. atm. talent 1.4 , hw • ouragerl ; that we deprive the people of itiniistmenta. iu »Inch alone they can take any ?Maw: and that we destroy the nationality of our Theatre. '('bete, I think, are the principal objections made on the siihject; wh,ch , as I hope I bare stated with perfect rimless, I Abell proceed to examine with candour and moderation. If it could he proved that native talent was dia. conreted by Madame Catalant's appearance. uo farther reasoning would be rrquivite to determine the. que.timi ; hut no such ennscr i iience appears to me dedueuti/e from it. Was tlie genius of !Li,- molds diminished by viewing the cait4ons of Ref ? Or, do thp Claude. of Mr. Angpristein form soy obstacle to the etrirts of a Glover. or a La porte? Oa the contrary, by at once dieplayiug the eacellener.:inti the reward of art, new facilities, mud nrw inct:eqieots, are oTere , l to emulation cui it is very eertiiin, that th., moment an English emigre W4ll 411$4.Threrrd. 151414 to Catalani. such e person would clam) and receive equal t-neourege mew. In Britain we may boast, that it is not the opi nion of the few that can secure success, howees r it may influence it. The free unbiassed sense of the majority Is indiepensable to tis apprdisition. Hence, if the second olijection was well foamiest, the plan presumed might be esteemed a national grievance. Wert music introduced to monopolise the stage, all Englishmen would resist such an :Attempt ; butt when it is only meant to diversify it. the case is very different. ;lest,les, as operas are already aa totidiseet among as, and es foreigners have already Met, not merely sutf,:mnee, but applause, before an En4lish sudience. thwpresent ruse is not so very unprecedented as its opposers would wish us to he litre. If, by sane arbitrary engagement, Madame Catalain was priihibited front appearing on any but the King's Theatre, would it not be justly esteemed a most scandalous and illiberal act, which prevented the industrious mechanic, the ingenious artisan, the hardy veteria, and their families, from partaking the amusement atforded by her talents I almost adore Shaitspeare, and I shadd he one of the first to throw down in;. gaurittit against any party hold eitou.,:h to invade his reign. But, though so such :id-ire our first of tragic Poets, I am not potch a Q as to entct the lists for the swirlier' , whom b taAte has placed near his throne. Who dare, to vr.rrt, that the boards, so long the scene of pantoiniinic pageantry—and the roof, so often echoing all the artillery of our last importation of blelospralues, will not bu dignine.l by the tread of loveliness, and the voice of melody ? To those, who, without prejudice, have seen and heard Catalani, both as an actress and a singer, she will appear an ornament to our national theatre. Talent, unrivalled as hers, must be always delight ful, hot it acquires still more influence, when con tamed in a form so lovely. Ch non trove rimy - idle ove I•erswde. Must we nut fed arluitratioit, when, to this beauty is sided the unaffected grace nf and the gtslar union of talent to son apparent unconsciousneas of its pusseaton ? Are we riot reedy to eiclaim— Nrsa sets' tr4lor. Kos Gip, ear. • ne Les• For a degree of admiration so very romantic, I shall attempt, Mr. Editor, no other apology, than the signature of Jovs;rsis. If you Judge this worthy of insertion, I 0)411 of fer you some farther thotights upon the subject. There never was any report ruore contemptibly r;diculons, than some malicious and mischievous persons have in vain taken pains to spread; 110111111. 4tiug, that the Gent:cowl) who composed the Coin nutter fur examining the accounts of the Theatre, Were privately intereateil iu making their deusion. These are the mean subterfuge, of a defenceless C4llae. A most distressing circumstance occurred, on Monday at a gesitlemmia's house in Gower `:rest, Bedforil-square. The house•iii•sid, who had writ lately married to a coachman, who lived in Gower's-Mews, against her parents' content, drown- NI herself in • Cistern, is the beat part of the 6.14 e, . -.Pro.%A.L ..-. TRE. $ iron MPG NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. 949. • wenvrsD•r, OCT. 1. Mr. Pass 's Bo;rash, brat NI.. Shakespeare's Discount, ast. 71b. cach.—Twu•yr ui.l Course, :ow. 11 to I un Ltuir.,sli. Sweepstakes of goofs, cat li, h. f. sat. 41b. taach.—Ab. !.f. IA Jersry'a Rubin D. of Graftwes e. Japan fuSe pawl forfeit ...0 to I on Robin. Fifty Guineas, free for any horse, kc 4.r. olds carrying fat. alb i 5-yr olds sat. Mb. i 6 yr. old. In. 111 b. sod agedpst —II C. Mr. I ...e.4 b. c 'Fonda*, 4-yet. old Mr. IS'illianso's eh. f Gift, i.yrs. old Su C. Turner's trl. c. Gaudy, airs. old Su' C. Ituebnry's b. f. Ague., 4-yrs. old IA Jersey's b. 6. I..anstao, aged . 3 to I UN Tumbler. One-Third of it Sillist-riplion of 250 'ltch, fur three-yr old cults, carry tag sat. 9th. a n d fi thes sat. lint. 1) I. subscribers the same as on Taeaday. D. of Graftan'a b. c. P..pe .. Five -ere drawn. PHLICA% Ilow•sTßeet. On Siouan', four men went into a mathematical Matra. 'Utile-make.** shop, so the seightiourbood of Leicester equate, and asked to look at some of the artieles whiela were for sale, but went away without chasim: auy thing. Soots after they were gone, two valuallie compasses were missed, and that W. 3/ no doubt entertained but the four men had Nolen them Information wee given at the above Office, and a dew-notion of the suers being given to aoung Crocker, loe arm t.. St and, in halt aa hour, &comity bad four mess , aultsfcalio, 'heir atberiptlyli, at the Oilers, two of whom eve 'worts to as Dein of the party in the lollop, when the c posers were stolen. Yesterday they ender. went • ereond examination before Mr. Brno, and were cow. witted ln . trial. Otetwe-leaLL, OCT. S. James 11.1Ithears, • Cottage-house oilier' belonging to Pin Mew, ehogrd a Woman minted ilorni.”.. with robbing Won af two firs-pound, soil four ene.pound notes. 'fbc l'emocto. ter stated, that as he was pawalig alaug 'Dooley-street, in the Borough, o:t tVedneaday evening, he wits accosted by the Prisoner, whom be imeoutpaided home. In the comae of the sight, liuervver, be one , e.l his rompautou ; and, et the same tune, on feeling in hie pocket, nits. sail what he rotisidered as a greater les., his leoffey ! tog the sound of a 'IOW' in the lower part of the boom, it "(tarred to him that probably souse of his Wei were en. livening the tame of the instrunteut ; be therefore dre,seil httimelf, awl went down stairs, where he discovered hi..foci. 16e. 0 4::, with two or three of bee companions, dancing term. lie persuaded her to ret.re with loin again, and informed het of his loin,. ►he to part rinifemieri heroic a Latiorleil4e where the notes were, dui advised luso to i t• aite himself rosy till the morning, when be would certainly find thew ; in the TWON1111;, Isowerer,ela denied haring any knowledge of there; this &Mal site repeated before the Magistrate, s tying, that the Prosecutor ti a. very Itae , b intoxicated when he weal home with her, and had io Holes about SHINS hilly committed fur ti VIC E. ti EtiA L Tuesday sit'nuigbr, his Grace the Lord Lieute nant, the Duchess of Rtatuose, and suite, arrived in 'Crake fonn Killarney, and were received at the Castle by the l'rorust and Corporation of that town, when an appropriate Address was delivered to Its Grace by the Recorder, the Ilonoarable Justice DAT. After the LORD LIGUTGMANT de livered his answer, the Provost presented his Grace with his freedom in a gold box. The Itrearter then added, that he had it in com mand from Sir EDWARD DENNY. the Lord of the Manor, to express to his Grace, that he felt upon this occasion, with increased poignancy, the infirm health which called him frosts home, that he begged to concur with his breth-en sif the corpora tion, iu every token of devotion to the best of Kings gad of respect for his representative. Their Graces and party, and a select assemblage of the neigh bouring Ladies and Gentlemen, afterwards partook of a sumptuous collation, provided for them by Judge DAY at the Castle, consisting of every delica te of the season, and at five o'clock his Grace set off for Ardfert Abbey, to dine with the Earl of GLAVDORR. Their Graces and suite were most 'ph adidly and hospitably entertained at Ardfert Abbey, by the Earl and Countess of G r.s mime.— eilliesciv night there was • grand h4ll in honour of their Graci s, to which most of the rank and fashion of the town and neighbourhood were in vited. At Illite o'clock no Tliiireday morning, his Grace took his departure fur Newcastle, the scut of W. T. Luca, E.g. Mr. SCOTT, the Messenger. died in con sequence of a fever he caught at Walcheren. The vacancy o,:cii,ioned by his death. was, by rotation, in the gift of Lord CAITLERIRAGII. and his Lord ship has given the appointinent within these few days. A shocking story is in circulation, respecting • Genticinan of large fortune iu llampnlwre, which Cr sincerely hope is not true. Yesterday re onight, as several soldiers were pak..ing through the town of Leicester, by • stage coach, on their way to Nottingham, the place of their birth, by virtue of a furlough granted them to visit their friends, and for the restoration of their health, in consequence of the illness brought on by the hardshios they endured in the Expedition against Walcheren, one of them exclaimed to his comrade, iii • very joyous manner, that be felt himself quite well, all sat once; but, alas ! almost instaiitly afterwards, dropped down dead. A lady who had the honour of a distinguished rank in the Amazonian Legi at Saragossa, and who escaped from thence at the Wine of the cur ender, has arrived at Cadiz, where she has met with a reception suited to the heroism of her cha racter. We wirlerstand, with pleasure, that she shortly proposes to pay a visit to this country. ‘Veditestley morning died, at en advanced age, Dr. BULLOCI, D. D. rector of St. Paul's, Cuero.- Garden. This valuable living is in the patronage of his Grace the Duke of BEDvoao. Tuesday sennight, the following gentlemen met at the Dublin Satiety's Douse, Slid were sworn in ■s Commissioners for improving the Bogs in Ire land Valency. J. L. Foster. J. S. Roche fort, and R, Griffith, EN.: Sir S. O'Malley, Bart. W. Gore, Esq. lion. H. Blackwood. and H. Hs 'mitten, E. Of the . shove eight members four are related to the Right lion. J. Foster. is follows J. L. Foster, his nephew; J. S. Rochefort, souther nephew ; Mr. &Griffith, another nephew, by rear ; riage; sod lion. 14. Blackwood, brother IS his sou in-law. The shove it;, it is true, commence .heir labours without a salary ; but as soon as the thing is set completely-in motion, they arc to be liberally paid mit of the piOJll6; purse. INUPPEPOII COMMON COLINCIt. OttMien 1. The Loan MAToit haring taken the Nair a• little past twelve o'clock,. the Court continued fur near two hour s in die dispatch of private booSoesi. A petition for impiovillg and widening the end of Lombard -street, nearest the Munsion-house, was presented by Sir Jolts Essicti, from the inhabit ants, tit.. of the wood. in which that street is snowed ; and, on hin.nuttion, referred to the consi der:4,Mo of .the Coral:Ottawa City Lauds. Tile Special Finaitom Cossitaittee tasesented • repik respecting the expenses of the 13ridgehouse Linda Committee, and reaininending sundry re gulgtious to be adopted, &could any of the Com mittees of the Corporation make application fur ail increase of their alhoWance; which Mill read, and unanimously agreed to. Several other reports, from the various Commit tees,, were presented and agreed to. The nest Court was appointed for the election of a Collector of Rewrote Market, to the place of George Tlootiousedisttineiell. THE aUItILE.S. Mr. Sheriff Wont) claimed the consideration of the Court to the motion he had intended to make on their last meeting, hut which he had then been induced to withdraw, on account of the more 'tonne diately presaing nature and necessity of appointing a Coininitt.e to draw up the Address to His Ma jesty. He now, however, in consequence of the misurance given him by the Court, wished to urge bis claim to have his motion discussed, before any other lousiness was introduced; and this, he cow caved, would be the inure readily tlitireded to him, whet' it was considered how much the propo sition he loud to make affected the honour, dignity, and fame, of this great city. M Wamotatt btypoited the pretensions of the last speaker. Mr. Hansom, before proceeding to this, wished to suggest a single Resolution, which could OCCW• 61011 too debate, and would not occupy their time two minutes. lie then proposed . . , That the Court should agree to a Resolutitni, expressive of the gra tification the Corporation would feel, if the eleven Regiments of City Volunteers would accompany them to Church on the 28th." .~,; To this it was objected by Mr. Alderman aeon nigrßE, that, as a Committe would he appointed to armoire the proceedings of the day, it would be wrong in the Court to interfere beforehand, iii whist would he entrusted to their management. After some farther uliservetieos on,,the same side by Mr. Box, and a reiniva 3 / 4 *infra tientlemau. w - hoee name ee dill not Irani. %hat the Volunteer Regiments of the City had dwindled almost to nothing : the motion was, for the present, withdraws. Mr. Sheriff WOOD then addressed the Court.— He never enjoyed greater pleasure in his life than on the present occai.ion ; not only on acconut of the nature of the prnposituni lie had to make, but be cause he hoped to have an unanimous rote sit itri favour. The honour of the Corporation was. w his opinion, engaged to carry the motion which he would, in conclusion. have to lay before them, in opposition to that which had *trendy iwen carried; contrary to their honour. A Ge.iileinan iii the Court had. on a former day, made use of expres sions which were a libel on their character—i\ hen he asserted, that if the members had to !my for their own dini.er, there would be a very thin at tendance on the occasion. he trusted, fee their credit. was not the ever. With regard in the better application of the money belonging to the. Corporation, he had turned the various modes that presented themselves in his mind. Whether to apply it to procuring the freedom of citizeils--4 men belonging to their own tinily, now confined in. prison for debt, of which hr at this moment knew two itiatances—or whether to expend the sum in the' erection or a school for the education of the children of poor citiateris—neither had escaped his attention. But. co the most ta.tture cousideration he could give the subject, and the result of conversations with south persons, for whose opinions he had the highest tespcct, he had thought it best to submit his present propositiol. He concluded by moving, " That an moth of the Resolution of t►e Court, au the 2Gth September lest, as relates to iltunftriationa and a dinotT of the Is mammy, having 'seen carried eon• teary to the rid etandin: order of the Coon Land that it would be news in tariorann with the ft:elittcs of His M.jell?, ■nd consistent with the thriatty of tint Coati, to have sii:t• able Alias-house erected, for the reception of old and their widow; time rendering the NADlVersury, not only of the tuth year since the aeers,non of /lie 51ajeety, bet the same day in every after year, a day of rejtjeiug auJ jubilee to thoitaauda." Mr. MARRIOTT seconded this minion. Mr. BELL gave credit to the worthy Gentleman for the motives which indu c ed him to offer this position ; but he was wrong, in his mode of bringing it forward. In the first place, it (night to have been in two distinct motions, instead of one; mid, edly, the same objection which cal urged as rendernig the resolution of the Ann of September nugatory, might, with equal justice amid force, be urged against the resolutiou now pro. posed. The 28th *betiding order was as effectual in its operation against the one, as the 3141 was against the other. Mr. S. Dixon agreed with the last speaker. that the motion ought to have been in two parts ; and was surprised, that, with all the considerati (((( the Gentleman behind him (Mr. Wood) had given the subject. and all the conversations lie had had upon it, such an obvious matter should nut have struck him. That this motion should be popuhir he did not wonder, us to he charitable was so congenial to every good mind; but yet he could not see why being dieritalile was to prevent their dimming toge ther. There was no necessity to do away the din ner. If any good could be done, let it be proposed, and he was sure that neither the Corporation col lectively, nor the individuals who composed it, se parately, would be backward in subscribing towards carrying it into ef f ect. Th. Court insist remeinber that they had agreed to celebrate a festival, amid, without any abuse of good things. he saw no ob jection to their enjoying them of this occasion with all proper festivity. Voles' the Corporation (hard together, it was impossible for them to continue to gether in corporate capacity for the day; amid, with out doing this, they would he defeating their own intentions. It had been endeavoured to ascribe party motives to those who promoted this design. He relieved the imputation to be most unfounded; for his pert he would be ashamed if any he arty (no five • ...- could have aciwited • Sett eat too permniient to require their conduct to• be dedereed from tiflden sources. They lied a. grand= Sovereign, sWill was to express their re ...spvet-for his virsineeeide pay their tribute to his uniformity during! #l.,long reign—iiniformity its ood—t.fiat they were desirous of weenie; togeiiter oirdto eppirrtited ay. On such an occasion, st be came thtihnbe 1 , 1154 the charge of party motives with indignation. They would not, he trusted, kir such a stratagem, be diverted bona plyin- A e their re spectful tribute to their which neither had, not email hare to do with any administration that ever existed. If the mover of this quest•rni commenced a subscription for the object he had tit view, at the dinner, when they were ell in good 1111 " mour and emoymg themselves, there was no tar that lie would have to depart with an empty purse. lie concluding by noticing the thounessof the bench of Aldermen on the discussiou of the Jubilee Quer. tion, in the last meeting. He was surprised, that, fill such an occasion, the four Members for the City should be absent; one of them employed in settling playhouse accounts. He trusted, upon re. con.ideration, that the worthy Sheriff wouid not press the present motion. Mr. Aldermau GooDee•cds thought the too. tion might, with great peopriety, he totertsinen at this moment. In either chile, whether the Court agreed to this, or chose to abide by their last teen. lotion, they might du so proiwrly, by suspending the shim:hug orders which were urged against them. As to the necessity of expressing their loyalty by eating and drinking, there might he some differ mice of opinion. In whatever way they should • leonine to celebrate this dry. it ought, in his Dpi. Dion, to be lastmg. If the fends of the Corpora. tion were to be appropriated, the question was aim pl.y, what was the b e st m o de o f appropriati o n! There might, perhaps, be some objection made to the plan proposed by his worthy friend. nu ac. count of the Nude of the Corporation ; bat be could state, that, were it agreed to, there were 'several companies willing to contribute largely tea. wards it. accomplishment. Sorb a measure would add to the fame of so respectable a buds. It hail pile to the public that they would not dine at their own individual expense; bitt he trusted they would evince a very different ai.d• while they did honour to the Sneed' 's metiwo, also de Irouour to theinselies, by potting their baud. in their own poi kris. He tiwn adverted to the kind of loyalty. pole:steel by Creullrfnen en the other side, and secueed them of tiornducies the wool " and rendering it a monopoly In bow (low' all opposition, or the expression of ilittereuce in opinion on any of the subjects they introduced and supported. There bed hero no charge made against the morals of the King ; why then were they to be se.peeted of want of re.pect to MO The only diti'erence was as to the arrangements I. he made on the cley - appoilited for an mindere son, and the mode Orapiplying • certain, proponion of their funds, whether - bra dinner, or for a chars. table poetic—. Mr.JAc Ks miressed. gam the lt now • toted). ! moot of the Corporation to who{ and drinking. the lint impression made on his initial was, that / there stilt be aif Y» But now he did not see the mete:rite of eneeertrarify expending their foods in such tvuestiner. He, for otie, en a moo of freliug mid of spirit, could not accept of a dinuer et the expense of the Corporation. He agreed with the mover of the present qesestmo, dust there were many better modes of celebrgting the day than is 41 . g together. Ile was disappointed wheat that Gentleman, after enumerating the various moths that had presented themselves to him, did not state what objections had mitten in his mind to that iiinde winch pointed at the relief of prisoners. Among the JIM'S, this was a principal feature •r Jubilee; and to met the prisoiier and the empties free was railispetisahle on the occasion. Mr. Jacks then referred to the report of the Committee for the relief of ;tenons cesi•iied for smelt debts. which stated,. {flat, withiu a few years, 14,000 had been liberated, at the rate of SO. Ilk. each, thereby giv ing joy to families, amounting in number to 96.000 and upwards. Tire snot they worikl expeod its a dinner, if applied to this more honouralde purpose, would, at the rate of three guineas each, restore three thousand prisoners to freedom. This, there fore, thiingh hr we. sorry to object to any inepoiii. tom of the worthy. Sheriff, was, in his opinion, a more charitable way of appropriating their funds. than any other that could Ise des - wed ; rind tie must therefore move an amendment to that caret. He then noticed several objections that might he urged to the vote let erecting almshouses. Ihe great expense of' building, at the present tune, we. one ; that tbey could not see the end of the expense to fe recurred, -as another; and the consideration hose often the original designs of the donors in such matters were lost, and their charities converted into jobs, was a third, and ..cry material objection. to the adoption of the motion. He concluded by moving, in order to supersede the motion of Mr. Sheriff Wood, " Thar it Inlaid he mere seeeptable to God Almiebte, sad to the paternal (echoes of the Kin, to approprnate e certain ears (to be hereafter agreed es) to Ilse reinter of priwuers etatifiacd foe small delta , oe the approaching Jubilee." The motion concluded by recommending and calling for individual subscriptiosso, foe the seine excellent purpose. Mr. Box condemned the brat motion. r too on defined. lie wished the dinner to be provided at their individual exlesise, es it could not be sup. plied tram the Chamberlain's Office. .11114.1.1 t volving it in great embarrassments. He had made inquiry on the subject, and found that the whole sum in the Cheinberlisiii's hands. at this neetielei was t,9031. for the amount of which thee were ad roitly sufficient claims. Would thee; them for • few hours' enjoyineut, coiisent to take away this money, and perhaps' leave the salaries of their of. ticera in Meer, and other demands unpaid?— He, for one, could never agree to do so. Mr. Sheriff Wooer, w summer to the ob,ervag tions which had fallen from Hr. Jacks. eat...l, duet he had thought it unnecessary to go into the detail of' his proposition at first, and had rather waited to ascertain what might be the 111 . 111.11 of the Court ellen its general tendency. With respeet to the litreyation of prisoners, it had bees his opinion that His Majesty would graciously consider their caw, and relieve thr:ru. This matter he therefore ktt, to se p r roxe ce r te au p d likelywhet opposites/ to him ••• b e - . _ • 4' 9 41, • I If 4 I f k • F • • ) / r, • : t ; f r • 4 • I t • • t • , r e ▪ • 1 a A •' ft t ' • 6 1 4 • If r- o '• i• 1 4 • It a r. 4 IM I• le r 1 1 1 1 • I! ✓▪ t ro rt It a mkt bt las!,atarii if any psrty 'no- I what •lipoured to him a more proper and likirly 'aided Iwo. The estesk•ible eb- veils, to be prod active of vest service to the War. 1