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L • •• -• • 17 .11 h./ . '"' - „j , \- 1.4 THEATRES. DIVIIT•L ANL The new Cnme ly et The Scheel fee Friends, was again performed, last n;ght, with increased effefi. At every representation it elicits new beauties t and possesses so much variety, that it most always please. The .11,c:wig &natty followed, and claiinivd its share of public favour. The house was crowded with fashion at an early hour. Coy P.ll T-C AR DEN I.aor night. Miss SMITH appeared, for the fi-st time, before a Loud )11 Audience, in the character of Elena, in the tragedy of Piza..o, and gave a further proof of the versatility of her talents. Miss SMITH'S perfo: mance of the charaCter was chaste, and not deficient in energy. In the scene with Pizlrro, where she vows revenge, the passage where she says, will I can do, he knows ton well; but what I shall to, he has ”t a, le,wo,' was dAlivered with good emphasis, and received the appr-thation of the !Raise ; the chataeler was well Ir -' . ornied, and met with general Approbation. Mr. KLNI DIA was, as usual, great in Rollo. His Royal Hgiiiiemi the Pi ince of WALLS still continues at his Pavilion, at Brighton, where His ROYAL HIOIII4EO, w.. understand, means to spend the approaching festive season. Yesterday morning, the Doke of CA M BRIDOF took an affectionate leave of Their MAJ EST ILS e nd the Patscessss, at ‘Virdsiir, previous to his settinA off for the Continent. His ROYAL. Hiciiiirss ar tiv.ed in town about three o'clock. Sir HUGH Da La v M rLa has taken the house lately occupied by His Royal Highness the Duke of Gi.oci -1.: es r se, in 'Toper Grisveticr- street. General Jolts Moose Bowera lel• town yester day, for his seat, Whitewalth.ira, Perks. Lady Hawaessuav left town, on Tuesday. for Coombe. Surly. The Earl of Mime arrived nn Tuesday, at his house, Low.r Grosvenor-s.r,rt, .ram his seat, Aviiigton Park, near Winclvoter, H out. The Marquis of Bucaioosissa give t gran I din- Per on Tuesday to the Marquis if HY.AIbFOI r, Earl TAMPLE, and several other Nobility, at I,As nuuse in Pall-Mall. The Dowager Countess of BUCK* Id ON a MSNIR e, had a card par y last evening, at her, house. Grcs venor-place, at which was the Dowager Countess of KINGATON. The Duke of May. HESTER dined yzsterday with the Duke and Duchess of Baoroau, at their hew in the Stable-yard. The Duchess of GORDON, it is said, has taken Mr. A issow's house, in Si. James's—iquare, which is well calcidated for the accommodation of her Grace's elegant parties. Viscount SIOMOUTH is expected in a few days, at his house, Clifford -street, for the season, from his mat at Richmond. Great festivities are (wetted to take place at the Marquis of SALISBURY'S seat, at Hatfield, this Christmas. Bond-street, yesterday, was visited by many fashionaks, amongst whom were, the Duchesses of BEnroeo, DEvonslilse, and Masicursr,s; the Countesses Of HA X11:4 ,TON, CARDIGAN. CONTEO• DAM, And CLERMONT ; Viscountesses Cesareans. and Sucit.ev ; the Ladies Bea wont), CAR9fisis DAUER. and HAWKE. Mr. BODY, formerly a qiiarterman in Portswiith Dock-yard, and since foreman of the shipwrights at Plymouth, is appointed master-shipwright at Falmouth. Mr. lino yis now Mr. Sem:B464y. The Duke and Duchess of Sr. At ',mei arrived last night, at their house, Stratford-place, from Cann bridgeshire. The Duke an 3 l)nchess of Meows,' Ise are ex po:fed from Chiswick this da;, to their house, in Piccadilly, for the season. Sir JAMES Gs ARA M, Bart. arrived, last Tuesday, at his house, Cavendish-square, frorn his seat, Ne tlierby, Cumberland. The Duke and Duchess of lis.oroao intend leaving town, this day, tor Woburn Abbey. The Countess of H A ItRIPKITOM dined, yesterday, with Lady MEE son en, at her house, Whitehall. The Opera-House was elegantly attended on Tuesday night. Mr. Ba•NAM and Mrs. BILLING.. ros were in fine voice. The dancing was in the very best style ; and the whole performances loudly applauded. There will be a grand ball this evening, at Maid stone, in aid of the Patriotic Fund. The stewards are, Jogs Stow s, Esq. Mayor, Ca*ain J. A. CE•a tuueovEn, and Mr. Rosear Pore. To those who wish to pay a last tribute to the me mory of our late departed Naval Hero, it must be trely pleasing to learn, that the Right Rev. the Dean of the Cathedral, in which his remains are to. be deposited, has patronised Mr. P•or.. Vicar-Cho ral, in the publication of the burial service and an them to be performed on that solemn occasion. Mr. Rice is going to launch a handsome barouche. Captain Paisince, a very light tandem, on double springs, and yellow harness. Mr. Coc aina N, a light carriage and harness.— They are, at present, the gaze of Bond-street. Lord ARCHIBALD HAMILTON, the lion. ARTNUR UPTON, Mr. T. Sussman, and Mr. Bvso, were akaiting on the Serpentine yesterday. Amongst the Nobility that were airing in the Park, we noticed the Dowager Countess of KINGSTON and BLCICING. AMMER ; the Earl and Countess of Cf.xamunt ; Viscountess BunEav ; and the Earls of Dvsarta and ikaayssuite. His Excellency the Pnavuounse Au sass* oon ha,i high mass performed on Tuesday, at his chapel in South-street. in honour of the birth-day of the Qaeen of Put - renal; and, after divine service, gave a grand entertainment et his house, Audley-street, to the Dukes of Omission .iud BRIM, Countess GARES ZUrt. CJII:lt Ds Peony, and several of the Portuguese Nobility. The tablas were laid out in A magnificent style, and *bonged with the choicest viands, served up on gilt plate, and lighted by or-inolu branches, and a Grecian lamp, filled with frankincense. ; • • The approaching public funeral of the illustrious Nelson, and rhe ;emendation spoken of, as intrude ed to the family of our departed Naval Hero, barring allowably engaged much of the public attentiaa a Ann sketch of the most important dramatists's relative to the last Public Funeral, kc. deemed in this country, viz that of the great Earl of Chadians, may not he unacceptable to our readers. On Monday, the 11th of May, 1778, this great Statesman and gamine Patriot, departed this life, at Hayes. in Kent. Tlse intelligence of this melee ehnly event reached the House of Commons white it was sitting ; on which, the late Colosel Barre, spontaneously moved an Address to His Majesty, to give orders, that the remains of the Earl of Chatham should be interred at the_ puhlic 'manor which was seconded by Mr. T. Tsawasheuds Lord Sydney.) An alteration of this preposition was attempted by the late Mr. Rigby, that the erec tion of a monument, at the public expence would be a more durable and appropriate mark of respe& to the Noble Earl. The result of this was, that an Address was voted by the House, including both propositions, via a public funeral, and the ereetion I of a monument in the Collegiate Church of West .' mintier. On the 13th of May, the House of Commons, on the suggestion of the late I .ord J. Cavendish, and moved by Mr. T. Townshesol, addressed His Ma jesty, to give orders that A 10-ting provision be made for die family of the late nail of Chatham. In son sequence of this, a Me sage was presented from His Majesty, on the 20th. stating the Royal com pliance with the request of the Commons. By the grant of annuity of 40001. to the " heirs of the body of the late William Pitt, to whom the Earl dom of Chatham may descend," payable out of the Civil-list revenues. 'this was etrAtially f 01. lowed up by the Commons, who voted, that the same should be paid out of the Consolidated Fund ; and the same day tb' sum of `20,0001. was voted for the payment of the debts of the late William Pitt, Chatham. The city of London was not backward in mani festing its rest and veneration lor the mem n y of this truly gr man. On the 2en of May, in a Court of Cast eon Caunc.l, a petition was voted te the House of Commons, pre; ing, that the re mains of the late EJTI of Chatham may be depo sited in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul ; and the Court afterwards resolved, that its members should attend the funeral of the deceased Earl, in their gowns, atc. The petition was duly presented to the House of Commons, and ordered to lit on the table. Oa the 26th of May, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, of the City of London, in Common Council assembled, voted a petition to His Majesty to the same elle& The words of which, praying His Majesty to give permission, n that the remains of the said Earl of Chatham be deposited in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, in the city of-Lon don, is order that the noblest edifice in your Ma jesty's domieions, may become the depositqty of the remains of one among the noblest of yoor sub *Jetts." The royal answer on this head was not pro. pitious to the wishes of the city ; it intimated, that .ts Parliament had ordered a monument to be erect ed to the memory of the deceased Earl, in West minster Abbey, it was deemed proper, his remains should be interred therein. Tne resolution of the Court, for the Corporation of London to attend the funeral in their formalities (thoste,h the permission of His Majesty was notified ia the klernberancer by the Lord Chamberlain), in consequence, we should presume, of the refusal with respeft to the place of interment, was rescinded. 'The Court of Common Council, however, subse quently, as a mark of their veneration for the de. ceased Emil, ordered the credits° of a superb Ceno taph to his memory, in the Guildhall of the City of London. In consequence of the Address of the House of Commons, preparations for a public funeral were accordingly made ; and, on the 7th and 81.11 of Jura, the body of the Earl of Chatham lay in state in the Painted Chamber (a very large apartment contigu ous to the old House of Lords), and. on Tue-day, the 9th of June, at two o'clock, the funeral promo siou took plate from the Painted Chamber, through Westminster Hill, New Palate Yard, part of Par liament-street. Bridge-street, and King-street, the Broad Senduary, to the %Vest door of Westminster Abbey, Nothing very remarkable or splendid was eshi bited in the procession. It was led by the Higb Constable of Westminster. Neither House of Par liament attended. the usual display of badges, armorial bearings, &c. of die deceased, was made of course. The banner of the barony of Chatham (the first Peerage of the Noble Earl) was supported by Colonel Barre. The Dukes of Northumnerland, Richmond, and Manchester, and the Marquis of Rockingham, in close menrning. The body was borne by 8 men, covered with a black velvet pall, and under a calsopy of black velvet, borne by 8 gentlemen. The pelt was supported by Sir G. Saville, Mr. Dunning (Lord Ashburton), Mr. Burke, ;Ir. T. Townsheud (Lord Sydney). The pidure of Bri tannia, weeping over the arms of the Earl of Chatham, painted on sarsnet, was carried imme diately after the Body. The Chief Mourner was the Right Honourable William Pitt (in the absence of the Earl of Chatham, at Gibraltar) ; his train was borne by Peers, assistant mourners, one of whom was the late Marquis of Lansdown. Lord Viscount Mahon (Earl Stanhope) was the Second Mourner. The Procession was closed by the ser vants of the family, in close mourning. After the burial took place, the service being read by the Bishop of Rochester, the Procession returned to the Painted Chamber, in the same order. We have the pleasure to say, that His MA MT 'S ship VV, tory has at length got into the Downs ' • she went round the South Fuselend, at nine o'clock, Tuesday morning. 'the remains of Lord Neesorr will be removed from the Nine, to Greenwich, in a brig. Forty-four gold plates are preparing for the eisCi ; the corner ones are to have a represertation of tare stern of the Sarlyesef engraved upon them. The SeLlostf,of, 112 guns, was one of the Spaeish ships moaned and captured by the Captain, of 74 guns, Lori Neesoe's ship, in the memorable engagement of the 14th of /cloudy, 1797, of Cape St. Vincent's. . . • LAM, lirrlialleiret. . ' Treight. Under this agreement they traisie : - • 1 i --............. ' ceinside seer ti ~?,pleVtl,4l6 In J . . .'t COURT OF CH AN.A.RT, Dee. IS. • the Plairtif peewee' the ship /epee/. freighted Lir tee framds of the Def.,1.14.“. sod NVIDI/LESTOM V. lIISCOS. , SICC.W,.IIIIOI. Some short tie sioce, the comm. •,:i . The Court was chiefly occupied this day on hear- . for ine,c,irion the c ee i x e., serw eeries e to 219 i 13s. ing the argentents of Counsel. and the reading of I was paid._ by the enerchaus wee freigeted i 'se ship venous documents in this cause. which was a hill I to thefDifinsdant. and the Plaittrie theo clustea a 61ed against the Plaintiff, in order to compel him to . have g the half of that sum for eel tiered' 1 ...1 a specific performance of an agreement for Site per- ..., ,e r ,i , t..... ....e.ru.Att r•• 4sed to k my ; hut . ••• prevent 4 Inelham pi . _ an estate. We shall, however. Itr this law-suet, offered to glee him 641. aed /rave d :lie forbear to state the circumstances lit the easy, with tem. The Plaintiff would not accept this sen, as ey have not hitherto appeared to be otherwise and commenced his adieu. , interesting than to the individuals concerded. On the part of the Defendant, several Vkimesses LOAD Ream:terve men omens V. us 'remises were celled. whe Fewest .hat, preelow. .e nepeeze, }ANIONS. Millie. took place in October, lift, the ?Until' sad On the within of Mr. Rom leer, the (nether pro- Defendant aetel under this agrecosent. The dupe endings on this important case were deferred until employed were neutral ships, and the Defeedeeee , the seal after the next Term, in order to give the not tieing acquai ited whe the German :aegis .•,e. Plaintiff's an opportanity of amending their bill. was obliged to Allow the Piaititiff, fro wa 4ir r7Okii . --....../.... Je vv, half the prefus to treated tee boohoo, le COURT OF ICING• 1 isF..Ncit, Gen.oaass, Dar. It. was also gives ie evidence, that, it the commences meat of the peace, there b-iag ne f oteer t aecessity tit64l: " Mai P o r n i d ' u s e, e t r a 7 .le L i r e d c. EL Lg " ° ` ° ""' of employing neutral vessels, Mr. Smith infermed the Plailitile ;lett there was ;mend of • t,le itiglCOMeat j SISSON W. TOM L INSON. and that for any other ships pioce-ed by him, ime This was an adion brought by the Assignees of was to receive. instea 1 ot Lilt' profi s, only from Robert Palley, a bankrupt, tinder the direetioa of one to five guineas, according. i o the size of the the Lotto CM ANC r L Los, against the Defendant, as vessel. This, as it was stated in evideece, vra. after the endorser of six tells of exchange, amounting al- a little c,onsideration, auented to by elle Plaieuffe together to tiewerds of 25001: but. in Joinery 1002, the ship Posies geiag, pare. It ',speared, on the part of the Plaintiffs, that cured by bin, he now insistedon bait the mutes the Bankrupt, and the house of Walker, Mattis. The Learned Coensel, at either side. exerted Mr and Co. merchants, ar 11n11, were in the habit of the utmost for their respedire clieras; and Sir accepting etd passing bills for their mutual accom- JAMI LS NI A NNE SILLS). in etaerving on the evidence. modatien, and the Defendant, after some perms, left it to the Jury to consider, as there was I con• slur, was prevailed upon to endorse the acceptances tradition, whether they would give more crietit to of Walker, Meeis, a. J Co. being the bills new in the evidence of the Plaintiff or Derendeet ? twenty controscrete When the Acceptances of Palley the guineas WAS paid into Court to cover all demeads bankrupt became due,ehey were all regularly paid After about ten minutes censiJeration, the Jury by him ; but W.tlker, Melee, aid Co. having fallen gave in a verdid for toe ['teeter, d images 1091. into insolvent circumstances, their bills were dis'ao- ILO. 6d. but one of the Jarymen having puelicly noured. The questing was, whether the Defendant Jeclered, that the verdin was contrery to his cede had received inch notice of the non-payment of sent and eperobation, they were agile& dirsinri to these bills as to make ! ins liable thereto t take the evi levee into consideration ; And. hatzlig It appeared in evidence for the Plaintiff , that retired for about half an hour, returned the saess from various convetee eeis between the leetendent endiet as before: and the Bankrupt Paley. he was fully aware of the 4 insolvency of Walker, M.t;',l9, Anil i.e. sod even en- Tax A TS.--Th• death oldie ever to-he lernewe Mediately s ..iseti :cnt to l'a!it.! bilis .J c .wing ci;:e, ed lewd Net.som Las given in reiversal imeulse to heealked 01 ;hie, Leine tv:paid. atitish •e, 'eta. Never was there a ronmei t. whoa On the part of the Defendant, it WAS contended, the talents of the Poet, the P iinin, ana e, e Squirm: that he bad not due notice of the non-payment of had so proud a subject for tee Deo es. nisei oi their three bills by Walker, Mac, and Co. And the respedive excellence. Whatever set yes no cons*, Defendant himself, by ci eer ot the Chancellor, crate the fame of the imni otel Hero of the English was called as a tew.es. to prove that these conver- Navy, deserves the leaiouseratrouage of his admit-- 14605' were entirely upon another subject. ire; countrymen. In titre triumph of that meat But it Appearing that the Defendant bad coo- e s . oinrxr.der, every Briton most and hinwe ir 1,0. hoed his knowledge of the note-element of these ured and exalted. Poetry has already poured er.t bills. a veraid was found fur the Plaintiffs, in the Its tr ~... ec i.l i.is praise, and Set. ture ii about sum of 25061. to lend lex slow, ttenagh derablei labours, to e SO DSC LA TORRE One ASo'l'll2ll, V PARKES. him earthly immortality. The refueining otter ant This was an issue from the Court of Chancerl to ties not been ungretetul. One 4' t:.• most el-feint try two goestious, viz. Whether the PleintiEs or tributes that ever the Painter and a gra-et Mere their lawful Agents were in possession of certain prose:reel, to the memory of exalt d welt-. isse-s bales of goads on the sth of J anuary, 1805 ? and, in the course of nest week, from the Repository ne • secondly, whether they bed a right to detain these Arts ( Acees se 4 N••ea), su the Strand. All the deo goods for motley advanced by teem ? tingitishee achievements of the iromortel ei51.50!4. The Pleinteffs w .rtspeeethic Spanish ma- mr , iixivids , i 4, this ig d' ... rt. , e.ik it. mu. chants, residing in this metropolis, and were in the Berate tirice pieces it within the reach of tne genuine habit of dealing with !sue Velere who also traded patriotism of the land. . to Spain, but hid lately become bankrupt. Veleri A few days ago (after an absence of ,we've used to export a quantity of goods to Spair ;hut s) the Bishop of L. AII•DA and family ateistea at ode Paving money to purchase. the Plaintiffs tie- Saskden Palace, Suffolk, on a visit to tee Bishop of talked him sufficient to make his siterchawei SO se' Leacoes. His Lordship, with his usual atfabßtty, cure which the bills of lading were map out in teeir called on alt bit old parishionen, who received 'tame. The certificate of the Spanish Coniul Wall deer beloved friend with every mark of rasped also obtained; and the Plaintiff did not endorse The Rev. ,IICH•111) W;Ltissm, M.A. Cb•plaiß over the bills of lading, until they were perfectly to the Earl of Meta*, Reaur 04 Great Houghton. ,satisfied the bills is 6iese transaftiens were duly ac is Not themptonsiiire. of Markiele, in Leicester cepted. But the goods were always sent to a con shire, and Vicar of Peddingusn. Bedforeshire, is signet in Spain, nominated by Valeri. In the coarse collated by the Biseop of Lumens to tee Prebend of this trade, 40 bales of goods were shipped °A or CinoriryafLoagfeed eianoe.in Linceln Cat edral. board the St. Jane Baptiste, for Spain, and the bill the sentence ot the General Coact-Marten:, Leif of lading, as usual. made out to the Plaintiffs. Be • at Chelsea, on Colonel Sir Jowls lees's", of the Feist tween the time of shipping these goods arid the vex. London Militia, having tenniolficially noticed reeer sel editing, Valeri became bankrupt, au embargo day mornitig, the regiment estemikel. nide: .111 tie. was laid Item Spanish ships, and a contest arose be at the Artillery Ground. at twelve o' it), le ts ree!ivel tween the Commissioners, Messenger, and the Plaint their Colonel, who is relessee from his armee And ifs, as to the possession of these goods. A peer- ordered to return to the cernmand of his corps. The ,inn was presented to the Chancellor under the Lieutenant-Colnnel, Major, and other ()Accts. who Commission of Bankruptcy, and his Lordship di are to he dismissed or displaced, were not present. rented this issue. The regiment marches, this day, to elioolwich, to The evidence of John Peter Larodi, formerly complete it; period of duty there, to relieve the clerk te Valeri, proved these fats, and further, that g oval West London. the Policy of Insurance of these goods, lay in the A cluel was fought, on Tuesday afternoon, on hands of the Plaintiffs, as a further eeceriiy. ' Woodwerd's Grew. near Canby-00k, between Mr. Upon his cross-examination by the Sue tete-wee, M. P. a brewer. and Capt. - Y. of a volunteer corps. Gauss AL, he admitted, he never had seen the goods ne j e town . . t h e patties exchanged thou;wichnot in question in his life, nor did the Ciinsignees abroad injury, when chair friends interfered, hut without 4- render any account sales to the Plaintiffs. Valera led, end. on the second fire, Mr. I'. was setioasly was a Frenchman, and to prevent detention by any of the British cruisers, the bills ot lading were made wounded in the right arm. On Feeley *eerier., a most atrocious reedier. sets out in the names of the Plaintiffs. These bills were committed on the Malebo*" road. bv new /Maim, made out by the diredion of Valeri, who carried on on the of a labouring rta.;., nen* . 1 'Vita tale a contraband trade with Spain. M•arte. who was walking from Maidstone t i Itts- The Defence set up was, that Valeri carrying on chester. Neer the turnpike-gate, placed at the este"- a contraband trade with Spain, and being a French ing of the Rochester and nip thatn-reads, to Maid man, masked these goods, to protect them from de stone, he fell into the cony of two seen. Iti'l tension by British cruisers, by prevailing on tbe whom he walked a considetelee clistauce, coeversing Plaintiffs to lead their sames to the bill et lading. with them, utterly unsuspicious of their pr datory The son of Vallee was called to prove this state designs; about • mole and a half from Tray -town. meat, and that the goods were the property of his they =Alertly fixed en bins, and took from his father alone; but pockets 51. in notes, some silver, and a watch. Not Lord Eeesasoaotson considered that the bill of cement with this booty, their proceeded to to e er lading was made out to the Plaintiffs, and se in- violence, most inhumanly stripped him of every donement made thereon by them ; for this 101 of article of tlothieg he had alma him. except his lading, the Plaintiffs bad given • valuable consider- stockings, and left him naked, and noosed to the anion, and they had a right to detain the goods is severity of a cold, inclement eight. with no twos nestion.—The Jury therefore found a adid for oh. rt of relief, except from toe charity of sennoterse the Plaintiffs. The poor fellow arrived et the Royal Genrge• in -.ere— COURT OF COMMON PLR Mt, Res L s.- D ec . If . Troy -town, half dead with cold. tie • s them furnished with clothes, and suet with suet t.eatacizt Sittings at Nisi Prier W J ore Sir ANIS lef •sistsaLD. as his pitiable situation required. aaaaa sea w. sutra. . On rhursdey right lest, about half after sine This was en adios on an agreement. brought to o'clock. one of the toulest and most atrocious d ads recover 1091. 16s. 6d. the half of the commission, was perpetrated at Hadleigh. Suffolk, that te , uos for procuration of freight dee to the Defendant, he lie has ever been acquainted with.—As Mr Lac., having procured the ship. Facile-officer, ei that town, was silting hp his dre- The evidence nit the part of the Plaintiff went to side, engaged s writing. he was fired at by satao proves that the Defendant, who was a ship-broker villain, with a pistol, who had marked the ituatima and underwrite', had, a considerable time hack, en- in which he sat, either by peeping through the win tered into an agreement wit!, the Minnie, who was dowohotter, or the key-hole of the door. wh'n the a foreign Jew, and dealt in the ship-agency line.— ball penetrated the wiedoweihueer, and struck him The former was to procure freight, and the I icier on the right arm. without doing him any material ships, and they were to divide between them th e injury. — Ih e inhabitants et Hadfeigh have offered a two and a hag per cent, received for procuring the reward of 4001. for the discovery ot the offeder. 011 ! U