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W" -- THEATRES. OPSRA-11001111. A new ballet, called Le Merchant d'Esclares, ett la Felt an Serail. was produced here on Saturday night. The dancing was in the best style. and employed all the talent of the establishment. M a ilessidieelle MILAN'S sustained the principal characti.., end received the huitonr of an aware. in a ilium executed in the French 111.11111 rt, wherein „ w it, of airt , ig'ut added tt. charms to the moat ,:rac.s of tine accompli-lied sl iiii.er. The hour of connuencement was an long the piece was tint brought to a conclusion at twrlie o'clu. k, and lie curtain fell abruptly, according to the este. blotted rule of this theatre. The ballet will plea...! M u ir on a rep teition, when it will twve the advan tage of a regular conclusion. DRURT-LANE. Thr new tragic-comedy of The Dwarf of Naples gilrttrir.i a large and elegant audience on Saturday V.; Atever may he our opinion of the general M ot. iif e piece, the principal character, that of M u l ov . the dwarf, is certainly as well calculated to draw out Mr. Kese's extraordinary powers as any we hare sera him undertake. Hu exertions pro duced the deepest sensation on the house. and gain ed the most rapturous eptilliuse. Mr. ORRERRY'S Gan was au excellent performance.—The splendid scenery mid well-contssed inechintry of The Cas• sir o f Wonders, which was the afterpiece, received, with the performers, the treed of ample and me rited approbation. OLYMPIC THEATRE. This elegant house is crowded nightly. The ing were in the lig of company who visited it in the course of the lipt week Earl and Conatess of Word and party, Lord Montagu „„„i hwnly , M r . Wil.usf and party, Mr. Askew and family, Mr. Carry and party, ibrd Rea and party, Mr. and g r a, asrolun sad family, Ma. Hock end party, Mr. Pocock and party, Mr. and Ms. Piatirylonil family, Sir IL Phillips, awlp Mr. *ter and party, Mr and Mrs. Granville and party , L or e and Lady H. M. Howard avid family, Nr and m ria , ping and ',arty, Mr. and Mrs. Kidsnan and 14-naly, Mr. anAre. W. Mitchell and party, Mrs. Hyde and priy. Mr, ant Mra. Thompson and party, lire Marston% and plarrhiouraa e Chaisson's.% and party, Mrs. Peckham and ( un it y , Mr Jail Mrs. Ailers and party, Mr. and Mrs. Pon twin°. "distally, the Danish Ambassador and party. Lord AN A ,A r rod iparty, Captain Worthington ant; party, Sir W. c ow ers sad party. agreat vocal treat is expected at the Drury las. Theatrical Fund 'dinner, next Friday. will b That „it favourite of the public. INCLEDON , e ((((( mg the professional contributors to the harmony of the day. A work is publishing as written by Dr. SYNTAX, jn the hope that it may be supposed to be it omit ovation of sa Vie Tour in search of the Pieta ,' nin e' by Dr. SYNTAX. We have reason to know this is nut the case ; on the contrary, we are 1104,1'1.4d to say, that a second volume of the origioul and much-admirer Mot k. published by At:Kramer+ w, will soon appear, as we doubt not, to grattly the public. *rite mien Iy-recognised Earl or HUNTINGDON, during the last week, took possession of his recently recovered estates in Leicestershire and the adjacent vuunties. Several persons who had purchased parts of the domain from Earl Noma., and had in con sequence bathe and cultivated under the belief that they bad freeholds of their own, have been greatly perplexed by the appearance of a new proprietor.— Otareforel lilereurg.j Tt,e Committee of the !louse of Commons, to whom the Petition of the Loudon Clergy r2epecting their tithes, u regulated•by,certain Acs, w.te re ferred. have made their . Report, stating, " That the Petili.iwrs hud *swami the allegui:ous con. tuiNed its their Petals*: Nottingham Aoises finished on Wednettley af remot'. The calendar Was very heavy (54 pri sinter s fur county. tied Mae), lint poly Wm. Thomp son, at ti red far nihilistic D. Illiceutsci of 741. no tie highway at Wilfued, is left for execution.— :;eveitteett others were condemned to death, but re prieved. At the above '*sizes a horse cause was tried, which was of some interest nut may to the potties concerned, but also to the public, it being rather a new case, inasmuch as the animal was what is termed a high blower and unt a roarer, and for that complaint the Plaintiff; Mr. Wtt. IN uaAm, of Stamford. returned hint to the Defeo stem. hies GroaGE DOWNING, a farmer mar Shef field, dad brought his action under the warranty of soundness.--A great number of witnesses were examined on both sides, and the trial lasted nearly a day. The Court and Jury considering the fault to be an uumundisess, the Plaintiff ebtameri a err. r: ct for the price petit fur the horse, and the amount of his keep mince the time of purchase, in July last. - Seteev Isete.—The exertions making for the permanent relief of the,distressed inhabitants of the . Scilly 1-lauds mew prove gratifying to every frivol of humanity. Fur this puipose, we under mined. it is intruded to establish fisheries for catch iog and ciniug I rv , mackerel, piletards, &c. ai uular to those en the coast of Cornwall. In the mote hair, the poor and destitute are supplied, by the beisevoleut Committees, with such provisions .rid clothing as they appear severally to stand in ered of. To aid in this charitable work, the hu minify of the putiliC has been appealed to, and, we Artist, With happy effect. When we recollect with uliat promptness British liberality was exerted in favour of the poor Itiosidoa and Germans. dur ing the late destructive war, we cannot doubt but that th e sam e ge nerous spirit will now manifest it self for the effectual relief of oar unhappy brethren on the St illy 'stouts. The remains of the late Mr. Bever were interred in Brighton church.yard on Monday morning. .qtr J. :11, BARKATT, Esq. end other re opeitable individuals, otteuried the funeral. A great poitiouof Ins property is bequeathed to pour relations in GeriDWl,. Moeda) , morning the remains of Major-General Timms,' Tatar Tait, commanding Officer of Artil itry. iu the City of Dirblin, were conveyed ler newt of a troop of horse artillery, followed by a vsst number of attillery irt,d other Officers in car "ges. from Strplwa-utrert to the Neon.home D.ck, where the was placed, with military c . rtriiii:nial, board a packet ,for remo v a l to Sco:Lud, the native, laud of this esteemed and touch regretted utficrr,. )NR. KE4N AND Tut - . AUtIIOR OF THE ITALIANS. TO THE EDITOR OF Tlll BRITISH PRESS. KIN has not disowned the letter SM. there fore, reltictatilly obliged In believe, that it eniatialtd form hintitelf, satinr than from one of ideate enemies who, roil scion. of their own insignificance, are ever active in their maitre wynetst celebrated chancier.. Its fart, I really thimeht that some one hail msnmett NU. KVA*4 . II name, fur the moisture of doing him the shert tool little injury of a day; instead of which it appears to he his ono, soil the i",i;.ry enwst lad fur years ! Cireumsteutial evidence. Mr. EDITOR, is sometimes far better than positive. Mr. KEA* knows, anti every ono most know, that I cannot. by any association. have poritire proof of what passed, many months aws, in prirate cunvrr.ntinn; but the following exteart from a Newspaper of Ibis itav, for tuities such a fortunate commentary on my lest, that I think no 'moment will be esteemed necessary to prove, at least, the probability of my *meanest. I have stated, in the Tragedy of The Italians, that a Gen tleman having sent a letter, relative to a Tragedy lie had written, to Mr. Ke.alt, Mr. KEAN returned for answer, that unless the entire in t t ceutered in the character designed fur Iron, it would neither snit has reputation nor the in terests of the Theatre that it should be accepted. This ass. mom Mr. KEAN dealer; and yet it does t unfortu nately happen, that the very Gentleman who told me this, has, in The Champion of this day s giveu the following statement : " The letter sent to Mr. Kw( indicated that there were two characters in the piece, as it that stood, either of which might be so written up as to render it the principal ; and Mr. Keivil was requested 144 say which of the two he would prefer, that it might be written accordingly. Mr. KEAN, without wailing to sec the bin.. wrote hack, Unless the elsorarterallotted to me is the chief object of /he Ploy, it will not he consi.tent with my reputation, or the interest of Drury-lane Theatre, to accept if.' Now the chief object was to make a good Play ; and the story required that the three female and two of the male charactera, should be such as would require gond acting, though the author was pre pared to Rive ronspictious prominence to whichever of the latter Mr. KEAN might most alTeet." If, after this confirmation of what I have asserted in one Instance, Mr. KEAN should still deny the substance of our conversations, 1 shall think myself justified, much against my will, in putting him to a test, tient which his better judgment most recoil. And yet surely the man who is not to be bettered upon his word, is not to he believed upon his oath ! Hitherto, in the midst of many difficulties and injuries, I bare been fortunate enough to command a considerable por t' of ecivonal respect; and lam proud to say, that, to the hest of my belisf, I have never lost a single eaten D. But I hire public notice to all my ft iends, nonserons and respectable as they are, that I shall have a contempt for any inn• of them, who may, hereafter, shake me by the hind, if I do not come successfully out of this controversy. And I now call Nom the more active port' of the Swn-Cossaorree of last year, not only to lose all friendship for me as a man, but tor the sake of public justice, fur the interests of the Proprietors of the Theatre, and out of rtspect to the ac knowledged talents of Mr. KEAN, I call upon them instantly to cstate forward gull convict one publicly of a falsehood, if I :on wrong in stating, that Mr. KEAN, previous to hi■ journey into Scotland, gave a distinct and positive pledge, that moiling MI his part should prevent my tragedy from succeeditig The Jew of . 1 / a lto, and that tau, without cans reference to compassion*. Thai Mc. Moons:, when be found the conduct of Mr. KRA"( was operating to my disadvantage, might, two or three monies afterwards, plead the great expenses I had been pot to, sod the loss its time and money I should sustain, if, after the solemn pledges that had heed given, my Tragedy shout 1 mit be performed, is very possible. For having lung been in the habit or ►eading SENIECA Mud 80ET111.311, I felt no shame in confessing to Mr. Mootte ; nor do now its publicly eoufes-ing to the world—that, from seve ral persons nut keeping their eugageineam with me, my truly excellent wife, my children, and myself, were, fur the time, in great comparative want! From the second mouth of my marriage up to the mo ment to which 1 am writing I have beets visited with such a series el afflictions as are, I think, scarcely to be paralleled in the annals of private life! But lam too proud to excite even the sympathy of the public, much less the compassion of Mr. KLAN. I sin also too sensible of the beautiful ed ges et adversity to repine; though it would be miracu lous, thud I nut, sometimes, feel impatience and disgust. Mr. KEAN, I understand, is occasionally in the habit of doing generous actions to persons of his own profession ; but fur him to presume to the consequence of exerting coin passion towards me, would have been a subject for my ridicule, were I nut so far advanced in the knowledge of human nature to know that ridicule is the weapon of de generate minds. By the more active portion of the SUBCOMNITTEE, I, of course, meals Pry►R MoORE, Esq. Member for Coventry, and Colonel INIUGLAS, sit Yurk.place, Baker.street. These' Gentlemen are of high consideration in the country, and I call epos' them, as men, and as Gentlemen, to do that jus tice to Mr. KeAN, whi,:h I should wish, were I placed in Mr. Kilts's situation, to lave administered to myself. Should they he silent, their silence muss, of course, Ise construed Mr. _KEAN slates, in his unfortunate letter, that when lie real my worst of all bad Tragedies, the only feeliugs It netted among the performers were uncontrollable laugh ter. sad pity fur the author ! Now, this is either a curious fact. or an alarming eccusatiou. 1 ane therefore, revolved, that the piddle sleuth know the actual truth or untruth of this assertion ; and 1 call opus' Mr. RAE, Mr. Pore, and Mr.. GIOYE'at, to state, pubiiclo, in a hoiiy, and with as Utile delay poAvildr, whether they did Of did Ind commit that runt dim:rare:el outrage on privet:: feeling, of which lIIII.P/AN Ms roundly has acc u sed them•'. If they slid, the world will hive is MIT criterion by to judge of them ; If they did not, something better than my assertions will he afforded to the world, by which they may judge the veracity of Nlr. K THE AUTI H ►R OF TH F. PHILOSOPHY March 21. 1419. OF NATURE. • Mr Kt:* n m o destly says, " Mr. P. SiooßE excited with time Airily soy personal compassion fur Mr. HIRAM, i• consequence of which I undertook to act in his play." t The exc. llent Mrs. RARTLEY awl Mr. WALL/4A Me In America; but I 11111P•I them to tale the earliest opportu. , bay of fwvoissinc me with their Icitiniony likewise. The Earl and Countess of Notattr.st: lately gave • splendid ball and supper at their seat, ~.v.iissex, to a numerous party of the Nobility and Gentry of the surrouuding neigh bourhood. TmEC.r.r.stor.—A larger assembly of ,Clergy men uoc. expected at ,Exeter Cathedral on Friday morning than had been witnessed withitt.the me mory of the oldest inhabitant of that city. All the bent iced Clergymen tit gliout the two couoties of De ‘ von and Cornwall, to the amount of about seven hundred, had been • ited to attend, for the purpsse of proceeding to the election or t wo per sons to lie their Representatives in the Er element ical Peril:intent, the convocation which constituter one of the three estates of the 'Mtn. The candidates are, the Rev. Dr. FISHEfiII, Preben dary 1.)1;N NI4. and Dr. Rutin ; and it was expected that • statement oof the i t dringements which have been mude tit varnnn tights and privilego:s of the Chngrch would he brotigist forward, and excite very considerable into.rest to the public I, purtieu larly among the clerical pelt of the community. SIR JOIIN LEICESTER'S C.41.L1.71:V. We have already 1111 two occasions, t' e opening or Sir JOHN Lucca rEft's Pictures of British Arnie., horn,- tistioiro.v to the liber.ll tool inetrintie views or this Iron of the Fine At ts of nor rumor's, ut:a al pt toiled the jna WWI 111.' , 111• l 4 t.ikro of throwing his Cullrctian, wider oterokary regolotionx, often to that part of tltr loi l a ! ie which mose feel a direct iider ,, ht in the ietozr,,* of the Art% from a knowledge of their nifluelice upon society, and winch has ohm the be 4 means of pro fiting by the example set by the dietitignisheil 11 , V1Itt of the Gallery, and emulating it by an en conragemeot of the Painters of the best winks of our country. We have already alluded to the new works of Mr. lit b•roti and Mr. Cot.i.trs, which Sir JOHN LricEsTEA has not only the advantage of potowbi• log. but, if we are not misinformed, the merit of having commissioned the Artists to paint. HIL TON'S Picture is exquisitely beautiful. Improve ment., we are aware, have been suggested in some of the executive parts of it, but they are trifling in comparison with the general merit of the work, and we should tremble at sreitt the Artist employed to retouch his first execution. It is a beautiful poetical Picture, not the least merit of which is. that it immediately preceded the admission of Mr. us it Halal Academician. _ . 'rite Gallery colnt:tins a number of landscapes, by Mr. TURNER. They are in the Artist's best style, and the greater part painted expressly for Sir JOHN LEICESTER. The views in 'f d bley -pa k, the country residence of the Hon. Baronet, are finely executed. The scenery is picturesque, and the aerial perspective full of excellent effect. . . Mr. Tuomegores Children, and dead Robin. — The Artist has here puurtrayerl, with delicacy and tenderness, the simple subject which gives a name to Ins Picture. The colouring is good, and the ex pression forcible and appropriate. (To es continued.) AhCTIC DISCOVERIES. The Gazette of Saturday night Announces the Prince Regent's approbation of th• following scale of rewards propcwed in a Memorial from the Board of Longitude, taken into consideration by his Royal Highness in Council on the gth inst. viz.— I. To the first ship belonging to any of his Majesty's subjects, or to his Majesty, that shall resell the Solicitude of 110 (leg. west from Greenwich, or the mouth of Heal nes or Coppermine River, by sailing within the arctic circle, 5,0001. ; to the first ship, as aforesaid, that shall reach the tongingle of 130 deg. west from Greenwich, or the Whale Island of Mackenzie, by sailing within the arctic circle, 10,0001.; to the first ship, as aforesaid, that shall reach the longitude of 150 deg. west from Gret nwirh, by sailing west wards within the arctic circle, 15,01101/ ; the Act having already allotted to the first ship that shall reach the Pacific Orean by a north-west pa.sare the fit!, reward of 20,0001. 2. To the first ship, as aforesaid, that •hell reads to 83 deg. of north latitude. 1,01101 ; to 85 deg. 201001 ; to 87 deg. 3,0001.; to 88 deg. 4,0001.; the Act having sires iy allotted to the first ship that shall reach to, ur beyond 80 deg. the full reward of 5,000/. His Majesty's ship Spey arrived at Malaga on the iCith of February from Algiers and Mahon, with an Algerine Envoy on board, bearing presents fur his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT. We congratulate the inhabitants of Oxford and its vicinity on the reduction of the price of breath three-pence in the peck loaf, which has taken place this week, although no new assize has been given out ; the reduction in price is a spontaneous act of the bakers, to prevent the intrusion of the trade from the neighbouring towns, I bakers having lately brought bread to marl:et at a reduced price. (Oxford Herald.) Thr Committee of the House of Commons ap pointed to try the merits of the Nottingham elec tion, have decided in favour of Lord RANCLIFFE, who therefore remains the sitting Member. It is impossible to describe the scene in Nottingham on Wednesday in consequence of this victory of Lord IFLitscurFt's friends; the very large market-place was so cram full of people, that the Judge of As , size with great difficulty got Cirough on his way to Derby. A coach which strived late in the after noon at Nottingham, brought an account that Mr. SMITH'S friends in London had taken advantage of fee days which are allowed for pre►enting amended petitions, and had again petitioned the House.— This cast a serious damp upon the revelry of Lord RANCLIFFE'S friends. ----- .-- The commerce of London still continues very languid, but the markets of the continent chew signs • of improvement which will, no doubt, be benefi cially felt here. The foreign exchanges keep rising; the improvement, in the course of the week just ended, is from i to 2 per cent. and bullion has fallen very nearly in the same proportion. Gold is now 4/. ls. and standard silver ss. Ad. the ounce; dollers have fallen to ss. sd. but as their value de pends on the commercial demand, they cannot he quoted as bullion. On the Stock Exchange him& ness has continued fiat. The price of the funds was rather declining till Friday afternoon, when, in consequence of numerous purchasers appearing in the market, Consols for the account rose suddenly from 74t to 74!. Saturday morning they opened briskly at the latter price, and some bargains were dune ut 7.11 ; the market afterwards became lan guid, but nothing was done under 74t. and at the close of the day 74! was the price. Money con tinues plentiful on the Stock Exchange, but Ex chequer bills remain eta discount of 2s. Wednesday morning se'nnight a fire was disco. vered at the Nunnery._ in At anelagh. near Dublin, which continued the Chapel of that Institution, as also the Priest's vestments, communion-plate, Sic: The damages are estimated at upwards of 1,4001. Some engines arrived, too late to save the Chapel, but prevented the extension of the Aire. James Gibbs, aged .19. is committed to Hors ham gaol, to take him trial for cutting the throat in two places, and attempting to assassinate a son of Mr. GIBBS, game,keeper to Lord RE LA ZOUCji, all he was going to Cootham Common. The youth is in a very weak state from the lose of blood, but is expected to recover. The Prison says he was Ilying in wait for another young man. with whom lie had a dispute on Sunday evening, about some $ irks. TdR CIIASE. The Piinee Regent's *Ong hounds wet this 4.iy, at 11:rres ; soul no F.ulay, at 11,11 !louse, bstviceo and NlailleriliAntl; each day at 1.•11 o'clock. It.J..lbtG, los honnda mecl ii. 3, il.y, at Kingswood /iatr•; at 4....5e1; S.tta.•!..). at Chipsirs4 The Cad I'.- , rx fox hoanils rnrrt 0..1 clay, at Great Ilinribrv; Tim , .•1 at Reas'ey 11 ? ..1 , 1 ('..r•'a. 31 t^u. Mr me►t this dec. at itcz.) , lg h. (Most+) hound , orot Ih.. cl;.y, ■t the Itsis ; Today, at Waltham l'u :tt ltat IfcloCk tat.ll CHARITY NI:11 BONS. Y►sterday a Charity Sermon in aid of the Associated Ca- Baulk Charities for the. Educating, Chrthoig, cud Apr/1)- 0 61 We the all of Pour Catholics, ■nd Providing fur Destitute Orphans, was delivered by the Rev. J. Jones, al the Bavarian Ambassador's Chapel, ‘Varwiek-street, Golden aquare. At an early hour the Chapel was crowded to Caress with Nobility and respectable person•, rind the street Was hued with Gentlemen's carriages. After the lillOWar ga W a s delivered, a collection was made to the amount of 2001. The mass was celebrated by the Rev Mr. Wilde. Messrs. Nalili, Garcia, Burke, Leonard, and others were in the choir *missing with admirable effect. Sermons fur the promotion of the same benevolent oliects were delivered at the Portuguese Chapel, Grath-street, Grua• senor-sew ire ; the Spanish Chapel, Spanish-place, Mooches. ter.iiiiiare; Sardinian Chapel, Duke-street, Lincoln s•lnn; and at the Catholic Chapel, White.street, Muni fields. At each many persons of th , tioetion attended and contributed most liberally to the Charities. CAMBUIDGE. MARCH 17. The Rev. Samuel Lee, of Queen's College, is elected Pro cessor of Arabic, on the resquation of the Rey. John Pal mer, B D. of St. John's. This Gentleman., who has been long a literary ornament to Shrewsbury, and has lied fur his patriots the venerable Archdeacon Corbett and the learned Doctor Scott, was put in nomination by the Hon and Rev the Vice Chancellor, and elected by • majority of 9to 4. Mr. Lee not Ir.ving been at College the time usual for taking his Degree of A.M. re quisite to his Mantling for the Chair, • Grace passed the Senate to supplicaie for a Mandamus from the Prince Re gent, which was graciously granted by Iris Royal Highness. The documents on which the Grace and the Royal Alanilate were obtained, were ample t c rij am i l iplq o f M r . Lee's extra ordinary attainment• in the Oriental langnages—via. • list of the various ()lien's! Works which haye been completed by Mr. Lee, or on whirls he is now engaged ; with copies of testimonials from the Right Hon. Lord Teignmouth; from Dr. Wilkins, of the East India House Library; from the Oriental Professor (Shalispear); from Jonathan Scott, Esq. LLD.; from Mahommed Shaulth, sof Sheroz, a Persian Gentleman in England; from All/seeder Nicoll, A.M. Bod leian Library, Oxford ; mad from Mirzah Kinkel, Teacher of the Oriental Languages at the Hon. East India Com pany's College at Ilaylebury. POLICE. --.m.-- MANIIOS-110U116. FORGERY. Saturday David Hayes, alias Johnston, alias Anderson, alias O'Hara, was filially examined upon • charge of tittering a roved Batik of England note for If. The Prisoner W4A one of those persons who had been tried at the 013 Bailey Sessions in January last on • similar charge, and acquitted. David Graham was in the situp of 31r. Ross, tobacconist, in Caunon.street, on the 19th of Farnarc, when the Pa wner came iu and asked fur half a poisiol of tobacco. In payment, he tendered a If note, and being ado,' his name and address, he. gave David Juleiston, j 3, The witness wrote upon the note the name and address given by the Prisoner. It was soon after discovered to he a forgery. On the 11th Mid the Prisoner, accompanied by another man, again came to theshop, and asked for a quar ter of • pound of tobacco. Ile held in his haud what ap peared to be • note, but before he had time to present it, Miss Rosa charged him with uttering that on the 19tb of Fantasy. At this moment witness came in, and the Prisoner was io the act of folding up the paper he kid in his hand. He denied that he was the person who passed • note there, and that he had ever bee., in the step before. The witness bad him secured through means of an officer accidentally passing. His companion got away. Tao of the daughters of Mr. Ross confirmed the testimony of Gra ham, cud stated, that after the note hail been discovered to be aforgery, inquiry was made at 13, Dowgate.h3l, but no such person as Johnston was to he found. The officer who took the Prisoner in charge said, he searched him, but found nothing in his possession. When asked his MUIR% he gave David Hayes, and said that he lived at 13, Gee's-court, Ox ford-street. Witness went there, and (mold his story so far trite. It was • miserable dwelling, and a wretched looking female was found in it, lying on the bed. Oue of the Bank inspectors said that the note was a forgery in every respect. The Lord Mayor asked him how he could tell so readily, and whether there was s classification of inspectors, that is, some for one, some for five, and others for fifty, and une hundred p 1111 l id notes The witness replied that all the inspectors were compe tent to decide upon the • least, as well as the highest, note ; and that none were classified fur particular slims. The Prisoner denied, in the most positive manner, that he was the person who passed the note, or that be ever bad been in the shop of Ross before the 11th instant. He was asked whether he meant to persist in stating his name to he David Hayes, and told by the Solicitor to the Rank that it was not too late to avert the consequences of giving • false name. He again repeated it was Hayes. The Solicitor Hien informed his Lordship, that be wished the opportunity to be thus afforded the Prisoner, because he certainly had been tried at the Old Bailey iii Jatitiary un der the named O'Hara. The Lord Mayor endeavoured to impress the thing upon the Prisoiier, but he persisted in his staiteuicut. He was fully committed for trial. QUICEN.SQVARE. The coachman of Lord Yarmouth was on Saturday brought up on a warrant, charged with assaulting the sentinel in Bridges-street, Strand, on Monday night. It appeared the moldier had been on duty at Drury-lane Theatre, and bad orders to prevent carriages taking up where he was placed. .When Prisoner drove up, he told him he could not pass, but the other 'rigged his horses, and the pule of the carriage struck the soldier iu the breast, and knocked him int? the kennel. The Magistrate advised them to settle the matter aani. caLly. _ _ The lust letters from Antwerp mention that 300,0001h5. of coffee hitl recently been purChmieil there on Dutch awl U imburgh accounts. At a public meeting in Chester, on Monday, it was revolved to petition Parliament to erect abridge over the Conway, in order to facilitate travelling to Holyhead from Chester, Liverpool, Man Cheater, and London. The Catholics are meeting all over Ireland to thank the Protestants for their liberality. 'arid the Protestants are meeting to deserve the thanks of the Catholic,. TAM, College has determined upon an Anti-Catholic Petition, four spinet three. The junior Fellows were not allowed to vote, yoang men ',being fond of novelty. On Monday last four of the Coltesmare (Pe xoloahire) pock of hounds . yew ponmied and died in the field. Flow this errtrsordinary accident *rose is not sacertained : it is thought that they must • have picked up the poironjii Nortsry Weed. EXETER ASVZES,II.iticH W u Ware Mr. Justice flotoy and d Special Jary. CONVICTION FOR BRIBERY AND COr.:IUPTIOfq. THE [ISO v. SIR MANASSErI LOPEZ, Batt. This was an initictineut of rather a singular but highly isisportuut stature. It charged tit! lle•• (rodent with having, by himiself, and by remain 'gent*, corrupted arid Isr.bed several of the elector* • of the borough of Graserporsiscl. Mr. Serjeant Pet,r, ripened the cap on the iri;'t of the Crown, which he Ili-scribed se one of the 'isnot important eau's ethic!. lord ever preaessterl its e lf to the ensierderation of a Jury. insportaott the Learned Seujeaut said.'as it regarded the lads vidual—importasit as it regnriled the pnblie *rule rest, and the purity of the Constitution. Here w..• a person of immense wraith, applying that ecalils to the most sutwuriby purports. Herr was emiduct which struct: at the very root of that greatest blessiog of our Coristitutiou, the freedom of eleciSlii. The subject of reprerentation hail keen much &seemed ; various were the °piteous entertained upon Out globe j• ct ; but all must ewer, .hat the best way of pre rerving the plushly of representation was to t! it severely arts like these with which: the Llefeurlaut stood cleaged, it. every instance in %sled, dire should, by good fortune, be detected. 'll he s o ,- rough of ( iiaitiomind (the Learned Serjeisot cow:. oiled) coneolied vutress, claiming uhi.tl right to re•peet of helm: freemen. In N4lnetUbtf. 184, a ni•eting hues le•iA ten Sir 31. Lopez sod a 11144'1 of the worse of float?, who would hr called as 4 t‘itil.,s—ll,Llre hei:ig a voter of Cr:lmpound— and the object iifthe tot-cting being tc adjust term. for bringing Sir NI. Lopez to for-the borough. Tlus was to he effected hr a Liao of .2.0614 to thr luau yealiy s gift, and the prim of their votes. lo to the evideuee of Mr. Home awl other wmtlentem the Learta-d Seljea:o would produce letter. Gatti S.r :11. 111111,t which could le,,ve iic doubt upon the nature of tic.: ui•aCl tin. A number of letters V/CT! I!,e:i read froia Sir M. Lopez and friers Mr. [loot. builCllor, addressed fur the most part to Mr. William Hoare. Cy these letters it appeared that Mr. Hunt was the con. fidential solicitor of Sir Manasseh Lopez. sod that be wire the agent employed to manage the busie ness of this election—diet 2,Q001. was to be twist upon securing forty-five voters. That the 2.0004 was to be a loan ; and to he paid bv Mr. Hoist. After expending cowiderable sums it appeared that Sir M ai sessels Lopez felt rather insecure as to his interest. Mr. Teed. the present Petitioner/or Grampound, paid a visit to the borom:11, /sod Sir Manasseh Lopez declares iii one of M. ietteirt. Oat far from being alarmed by Mr. Tred's journey, if that geotlecein would place hits in the .ituatiois iii which lie stood before cemmencement of the newel:dim), he (Sir M.) would resi b sen his interest to him. Oise of these letters, in which, speaking of the electors of Grampoinid, Sir 31. Lopez says. " If they can find any gentlemen who will pay them better, they may trap-fir tlitir services to him" —and another, i n which Sir M. 'writ be shall 'not be put to the addilional expense of a dinner to the voters—excited considerable mart 'meat. Win. Hoare being examined by Mr. Giutelee. swore flint he was an Alderman of Graissisouud; that in November 1814. he aria to London, and saw Sir M. Lopez at lii4 lio4lse in 411ibigion-litreri ; that he gave Sir M. a letter of introduction from Sir John Perritig ; Sir U. said he heard there war an opening to the borough of pa . 4 ..1, wid that he should be coining divan *mei, and would are witness on tae lin-loess; that Sir 31. Lopez re quested Inns to consult the rest of the magistrate. and free/lieu on the subject, and unite hiin word ; that witness then told Sir 31. that the electors must be satisfied, and 2,000/. would be necessary for that purpose ; that after he returned to Grailipound be wrote to Sir 51. on the subject, sod received ass answer. Its the begionisig of December, lie use:. Sir 31. at Plymouth; that he went with him to Mr. Hunt's office, where he saw Mr. Hunt; that lie then explained toSir bl. Lopez, iii site presence ui Hunt, that the freemen wanted 2,0001. and that Sir M. said Hunt should come down; that Hunt was at Grainpouird twice; that oil the first oc casion he did riot see so many of the creenseil at he expected, and only staid a few hours; that he filter wards met Hurst by :topmast meut ut St. A ustle, tied Hunt cause again to Gratupoutid, where lie bd \V about 40 of the freemen ; that lie told Ilnot that the freemen expected 50/. each ; that 11 stud that could not be—that they could have onus each; that Hunt then desired him (sviiiies.i to seed the voters into the room (a room at an tau': nor by one; that he did su ; that Hunt's clerk, 31;„ Hoe was in the room, and John Brown, a voter. whits witness left it; that Symons was not iierothiced et this time; that he saw Sir Misinessels Lope sortie months alter, at his seat near Plymouth, th.,r Sir 31. then said, , 4 j have secured Symieis ; I have done something fur Inns here—(touchii leant of his WO.) 'rise he afterwards ion use.: Allen, a voter. to Hunt, who did not *rein tat-hum , to receive him, as they had already gat a ni:Jority. On being cross-examined by Mr. ADArg, ite that when Mr. Teed and Mr. Lambe, las solicit.", Caine down, he told them that lie had a letter from Sir M. Lopez, in which Sir U. traid he would refill:. Apish hi* claim to any gentleman who woidd du better by the borough. That as he was loukitg for Am letter among others from tube surd, "I will look fur it ;" that Mr. Lambe thin took all the letters, and idol lie wou:d return them, that they had not beers returned ; that he was Noxi ous to have theus back, lest people 'honld issippie lie had sold them. When Hoist came to (4.1111- pound the second time, and *drives sent in the freemen, one by one, he did net see any one receibe any money. Q. Did you receive any money ?—A. Yes. 1 11 1 .1. Mr. Justice HOLROTP—" I ought to tell you, you are nut bound to answer any question which gamy criminate yourself." Mr. At:raps- 4, 1 now put the question again— Did you receive any money 1"..-Witues•—" 1 sly not choose to answer." - Mr. Teed (examined by Mr. Serjeant Pelt.; said, that he was an usitiscorsaftsl candidate for(irain pound last election. arid was at the present bunts .r a petitioner. That in August. J 8.17, 'he veceiveo from )suss Watts. $ voter of tiirampouud. paper eontaioing the MONO of the voters, teto.i.:4 rI • 1 1. AIO P Ii 4 1•74 lysi ge'S lay. :led rt ly lon., Vice. Hims a at, Oat. NO, and tsex. :VT r At I) tJ kr Mr. isf. y itqc Kier, lated - Igh. 00 4 ' Ol ersul e*esit •, ea ally. ii for from re. the N, oil MAX ant ( ' Mold inrn. ars et rg lk * tele r 40 / l lt og'