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trawl' Will eas is ~llieL p iectileace or and on o t it 'object witnesses were examined nt the bar. ohket of 'big proceeding is. to obtain proof t!ist the electors of Penryo had participated in the kilter!, of which the sucressfol candiihite was &- d eo ' l uilty by the Election Committee, nut, for which k was ordered to lie prosecuted by the AT- TitINEY.deIIIMAL. The !louse was engaged in ,his proceeding until a late hour. when the Cum. ~,t oe was adjourned to this night. To this night el.o GrtrkiFFl.L . ‘ !notion was putt off. but w ill, w e presume, be allowed to have priority of all other ratters, _ The Paris Papers of Sunday lisve arrived.... The projet respecting the transit through Al µ►rr was adopted on S4ttirclay its the Chamber D e putirr, by • majority of 104 to P 9. O the previous day in the same Chamber, M. IKE SATO submitted • proposition for •meliorating t he condition of dramatic authors, and securing the rights of their widows and heirs, Ile at the ca ne time gave notice of his intention to devolve plan in one of the nest Secret Committees. Th e Royal sepulchre, containing the remains of Queen MATILDA, wire of AVII.LI All the Coil covrnr, st Cum which was deitroyed in the Revo lution, lois been lately rebuilt, and the remains of tl►e Qur•u rrphiced there with all appropriate pomp and selemnity.—..The Duke of ROHAN hes signtivd to his NIAJEsTY his intention to enter into the Eccleshotical state. The five per Cent. Consols were on Saturday (iti! f,; Bask Actions 1,500 f. New (flouts Nitre to the 23th March contain 11. e following curious paragraph t —lilt brim( un tlerotrod that Rur.ia lies relniquislied to tlw United States all her right to the countries on the Pacific o rran . moth of the 56th degree of north latitude; purl that Great Britain rrlittqui•hrs all hers to she tame countries, after the ten year/ stipulated in the I.,te Twain, with respect to a certain portion of them, the United States will stow patties; a territory embracing fifteen degrees of latitude in the l'acifiu Ocean." ------- Yesterdav a Court of Directors WAS held at the Dist India House, when the following __ C As somo il de t s took leave of the Court previous to th parting for their resiwetive destinations, via.— Princess Charlotte of Wale", Captain C. R. Gribble, and Marquis of Welliagloo, Captain J. Wood—for litogal direct. _ A letter from Weymouth, dated May 11, says— " Passed by last evening the Hon. East India Company's ship Perseverance, 11. TEMPLE.. Esq. Commander, from China. Passengers from the Cape or Good Hope, Lady DAS/111'00D and fa. only. The Purser landed, and proceeded from the Crown Hotel immediately for London." Bank Stock fell on Tuesday 10 per cent. The fall is ascribed to the two Reports which fix s lia►it to the inordinate profits of that eatal►!i•bment. It is material to revert to the situation of Bank Stock before the restriction of 17!)7; it was then at the met 140. and the dividend 7 per cent. ; but since then the intresse of interest and frequent hnuu>rs have raised the value of tire stock to near 300. In res•oning on the fall of Bunk Stock, it should he vcollected, that one per cent is only 10.. on 2401. and that the felt, therefore, alwaya appears greater than it really is, being equal to about 3 per cent. in the Corm)ls. Colonel J. BLADIN TAYLOR having been rom. pelted by ill health to resign the rerresentistion of ilythe Parliament, an active canvass has com menced for a young Gentleman, the son of a Lon- Bai.ker, supported by Col. TAYLOR'S friends; a pnwriful opposition is, however, expected to be made to his pretensions. The New Cut fur the Tumid snider ground from the Medway at Ltochester, to Iligham, is slow .proseruting at the former place, and upwards of sixty IMMO% besides a number of for-ta, eve employed thereon. Report tar Ike when com• pitted, it is conjectured. that it will he piwi.thle for a steam boat to be employed from Nlatdbtutie to London. Noissich Corn Market, on SAUraity, PNlllliitel: large supply of samples of both Wheat and Burley, which declined in price about 2s. r coomh.- 3wre was an unu.ual large show of Jean Scots rod homebred cattle on the Dill, chiefly of the former sort, and the hoggets occupied not only the common pm, but a ',umber of extra ones were provided ; four or five puns contained lando, for which to Ws. a lwatl were asked; some Descit rattle were also noticed, and a hew new forest ponies. There are two retaliators for tie vomit Great Ribbon to be given away in consequence of the death of the Duke of ikeehiucii, timely. the Marquis of LOTHIAN and the Earl of FINS. The Marquis of QuLEsissunw is appointed Lord Lieutenant and Colonel of the Militia of the Comity of Dumfries, ia the room of the late Pole r 4 ALA CLECCH. The following Gentlemen were yesterdAy r , dled to !lit degree of liarri,ter-at-law, by the noia. Society of Lino° : F. natty, Erg ; C./. A 'tory, Esq ; J. H. Darrtll, Esq ; P. inanlet, Esq.; am) C. S. Left% re, tal. - - - On Tuesday, the nth inst. the Lottery coo. int-nerd drawing. %Own Na. 4,68, was drawn • Prise of Twenty Thousand Pounds; and T. BISH world have felt great pleasure in having mild this Ticket to some ant of his ousreruus Fro lids. It was nu sale at his office, :V.l 9, Charroperuss, till Four o'l'lnr k the abort Afteruurni, •hra, out baying bet n nit It cirtl br any fortunate Purchaser, it was reigned with sixtecti other uuwld TicLels to the Contractors. The Lottery adll Borah drawing Fotoav, 21st of MAY, •heri ALL the fellowiog Capitals must he drawn : ONE Prise of .... 00,000 Money ONE Prise of '20,000 Consul" TWO .... Prises of 2000 Noney TWO .... Prises of .. • • 1,090 Mune, FOUR .... Prires of .. • • 500 Meer, EIGHT .... Peluso( .... 2 U :Worley. &e. &c. Warranted undress's 1 Orel: mid Shares are selling by BLSH, Slock•hruker, 4, Curnliill, sad to, Chariutcrose. • -.t r .\ 1 r.., •; • - N \- -1 1. AZ . • • • *AP • _ e, • ql 11 • 0„, • ORIGIN.Ii PO Krnr. THE FOLLOWING LINES NV,RC WRITTNN, AS WC VIDERSTAND, RV MAJOR TOTTIVN, ON THE RACK Of TIIC LETTCR Avsouscrn THY DRAW! or MAJOR SCOTT WARINU, AND SIRTURNED IMMV.DIATELY Major SCOTT MARINO, What wearing mid tearing 'lslas thy fortune to undo o Tor thy injiir'il friend, Ham taca, What blimps and what basting% On thee did the Common., bestow. Walt thratrical rage Then cent from the stage The 'Major • termagant sues! And the If day {Vas* quiet affray TO the storms and the tempests of—thspiteg. By time grown name tame, i'rt with taste still the same, Ile set kat matrintoui4l fcasting; Amd leads to his heti The Bose, white and rrtl, Of the calm and the beauteous—Earle-a. Tien re , t One, kit's! creature! Fur um er from Nature ‘Trre reeling% more warm snit sincere; And no rye—nlico gmir— When it looks on your stone, put shall give to Stint WARING a ICU. FASIIIONAIJLE P.41177E3. Twe Marchioness of Staffied's grand assembly, we are authorised to stare, will take place ou the 341 of Julie, instead tif the it Is, as isteraleil. The Darla Derby gave an elegvat entertainsmnt yester. thty to the Directors alb. Aurirnt M nine and a large part, of distinction, at his Y.ro•e in Grovresior squatc. Earl Venda,'" had a Jinni.' potty ye,teritay, at his house in Grosvenor-tar Bre. Earl and Countess Normanhy will entertain a largo poorly of distinction, on the 221 inst. at their house In SeDawar place. The Earl of Bicarlalhane had a select pasty at dinner yes. terday, at his tumor ro Pask.laite. Lord Holland had a dialler pasty yesterday, at Holland, house. Lord Castlereagh will give a grand pat liamentary dinner on Souslay next, at his lanntw in St Jamev'soluare. Lady Ducie has issued rank of inVit3tlalli for a grand assembly ton the 20th instant, at her I sr in Dovir-striet. lady Grantham had a fashionable party au Tuesday even ' nog, ■1 her Is .use in St. James's square. Lady Charlotte has issued cards of invitation for a grand ball, no the 7th of Jour, It her elegant 'evidence iii Stratford-plate. Lady Langford opened her depot mansion in Berkeley. square yesterday evening to the fashionable world antis a grand rout, which was attended by upward■ of 300 distill gnisht fashinnahles; the whole suite of apartments on the drawing-room floor were Iteautifittly illuminated with mag nificent cat diamond lutists, bell-lights, &e. Mrs. Chaplin will give a grand hall and supper this even lag, at her house in Welberk-street. Mrs. Palma Bold will have a grand musical party on the Isth noel. at her house in Hark y.sircet. Mrs. Weld) has issued cards of invitation for a grand ball and suple•r, on the 17th lust. at her residence in (Hau -1 cester-place. The Duke of Yoni is going on favourably to wards recovering from the effects of his broken arm. Ilia Royal Highness takes the exercise of sulking, and sidiug in a single horse-chaise. 'lie Duke of RuTLairo, the Earl of JERSEY. and Lout Foul!, have left town for Neamarket. Sir MARX Shags, the very worthy Member for the City of Ywk, is said to he about to visit the Contisteut for some mouths, on account of indis position. Mr. INCLEDOII has been so gratified with the success of big engagement at the Surrey Theatre, that he has presented Mr. MISR'S %ill% a night's performance without remuneration, and renewill his contract till the end of Mrs. MouNTAIN's at tractive performance... 77e Heart of Luthints increases in estimation on every repreeentatiou. stud is this evening, patronized toy the Counters of DAIL. LINGYON, mod many tither Noble Families. The York Company of Comedians are about to lose their chief attractions. A Miss DIDEAR, who was the hetoine of that stage, is about to enclose her. ii,ll within the pale of niatrituony; and o Mr. Fn.- TER, of ' , Wit in how Collledy, I. removing himself to the Scarborough Company. But they say so many are the ch4tige. 111 the London Companies, *here new actors appear on one night, and new pieces on another. •' I e'rr to retort* to Loellaber use anarr, ll that nothing tam be so open as the present tbeatti• cal matkrt. Thu Uri:wiper/es are now esbiliaing in serious proeinciel towns Ili EnAland, auJ in lusur pine/ are tel.ihit.,,g for the benefit of publ.c charity. But it Pettus •onrrtwlly sweet', iu Cie lar►goage of the . 1 . 114 &II were not fur the name of rid iv,. it etptilil be lunch less fatigoing to walk." Tlie Public Vehirles on the Great Northern Road µill continue dill/elide to the Wet* or s Safety Coach. They affect to prefer an occasional over turn, coil the factlttt• or g ettio g mt.d ihrot‘in g out parcels, to all the adwantagra of fecurity. Tue Tot/.—lt is stated, we believe on good Cu' hot air, that Mr. W A crkftrated horse, Black hrek, is broken down, soJ has nitrite(' a way for its- Grim lior4es to distinguish thvmyelyes. Among the snanierous bets nos Mr. iiircittr sos's r er, formatter, IM•te Was our of a hovel Elia. racier ut j‘lingide. r lieving bet eight hundred nil fir issgs to r leg 1.1 mutton alpinist the yeti...llllBller. Tl.e rate of the releloqted stock of I)cyon Cattle and S , autlidown Sheep. the proyeriy of (; E TAI our, E l . cf Tenovlr (;tiiiisig, iu (;low:torts- r s'ore, on WI siesilay n u ll 'l•huisday I tit, uttrat•ted most oonsvFniis ussenarlage of highly rrrlrrt•table breeders, and ugriculturaliris, hunt a ll puha the t rcrllence of the Inred produced great competition rmono the Ini)err i end }lie bid+ogi cuinittioessily run tarry high. TILE DUKE AND DUCHESS 4W KENT. We Ore happy to say. Ilor I)arlmil of I RMT con. tirmv% to soijoy very excelkesit health. ler Royal Ilcalineas combines to rid• not every rioy ri phaeton, and is drove by her Royal (:nn•ort, who observes the ►ame care mod attention toward. the Duchess, at lie did all the way upon their startinz from Gerisouly till their arrival in and alighted at Kensington Palace. On Tuesday, noon their return to Kensiogton 1 1 ,ilace, their Royal nighties...a had choirs, and sat in the walk in the east front of Ilse Palace, when Mr. Illitutt, the cmiclunaker, exhibited to them a curiously con structed tehiele, called the Velucimarripede, or phaeton in miniature, calculated to carry three persons. The centre or body of the carriage is ►apposed to he for is female ; the front i. for a gentleman to it on a narrow saddle to guide it ; at the back is a small dickey lotto:101m hind %sheets by machinery. It went a mile in three minute., ►r,d it could be kept up with ease at she rate of right miles an hour. Their Royal Ilighoesses expressed their sistowslimeot a.. .I gratification at the ingenious cootiivance of a %chicle to carry three persons without a horse, particularly at the sim plicity of the construction, and the case with which it is worked. It only weighs one hundred pounds. The Princess FEODOIII, the daughter of 11w Duchess, was at one of the windows of the Pala(' to view Ihr exhilotion. The Duchess and the Princess FeoponE are studying the English lati. gliaAr srry closely; they now Fpeak it very "IL -- The Princess, attended be her GaVertiere, walk daily in Kensington-gardros, &C. ANNUAL SKIM OP PUBP: MERINO SHSEP. The company assembled yesterday at Mr. Sad. ler'. Yard war mote uooerou• than weal ; we re gret hating found SO frw• pellia of weep biscuit for the prettottins ; but she animals exhibited *hew that great. Improvements It re been effected in the en s.e 4, wit hoot degenerating front amt . /beim of tool *lnds is peculiar to the Spanish sheep.— Artmog the coutps.:t• we noticed— lard Danel tin. J. S. S.•bricht, Rut.; Mr Gerard Neel, Harr ; C. C. %Writ. rn, M ; John Flow. £.q ALP ; C. T. Towers, 1 7 ..9. suit many nth, rs of Ike distinguished breeders of Merinos. The rieces of auperfene blue Merino cloth, made from the flock of Lord Duntla. stud IL Hudson, Erg. were much admired by the company. A flue French stallion was to the c•om pony, which C. C. Western, EN. brought lately from France, to breed from. The Judges had not decided nu the premium•, nor were •uy label. *tuck up whru our iepu:ier left the yard. TO THE EDITOR OP THE BRITISH PRESS. MAY 11, 1619. Stn-I'a the debate upon the Poor Law Selllelllelll Hill, t ill the flutist. of Commons, tin the 10111, Mr Huskissou is reported to have said, " No! the least of the 'emits .if this Ilill was, that it would prevent the great expense mill litiga. lion now but common in asserting right of settlement." If Mr Hush hsuo would take the tioultle of inquiring of any, or all. of Ike practising Barristers at Quarter Sessions, they would inform him that, instead of lessening litigation, it seute.l n.rieasr it lenfrld, as must he nbvipus to (very per. sin who has given the subject aloe attention ; for as Mr. !:. I Am!, most aptly ober rat al, "To give the Irwyers a new Act of Parliament, was rather a strange way of dimiuiyhwg their practice." Mr. C.:toting observed, " He thought some attention might to be paid to the features of the Rill, which was the fruit si three years tabour—a labour pecultai ly uagraciuus,•fir it exposed the individuals who had nuttertakeit it to more re monstrances than suggiations" Surely, the Committee sin the roor Iww111•0111d 10 . Ver have silt three years in inatin lug such a Rill; fur, although slant in its form, yet it was fraught with dreadful I 10 a great proportion of the lauded property of this kiogaloin, more especiaily in the ins "ciliate vici iiii y of populous towns and a lensive matrufaci. toriev. And whist could the realm:a of the Hull t•xpttt more, than remain:tram - es awl lselitious to the Legislature, from th'use person, who forei.aw that their landed property must Ile annihilated, if the Bill passed into a law, widen it ilia slightest compeusation held colt fur 111 r injury that must raw! The wfferitig suggestions to a Committee sho Ihnd item sittiug large years, would probably have bred emisi• dared. at least, as impertinent, and, of course, little ht. treaded to. Mr. F. Lewis proceeded to say, "That if the present Rill passed into a law, it modal have the effect of operating as a sestriiiiat u; site principle, now I.m tierally practised in mauufarturing parishes, of partly plying the wages of hour out of the parish rates," Surely, Mr. F Lewis well knows Ilse illegality tit• such a prat tire, and 'hit it rail re. desire no new law Its remedy as duns.-swan a habit, which, if persisted in, 1000 lead to ;he mast fatal consequesica a. lie contendu," That it was consonant with eve. y principle of justice, that the parish that had gained by ti n • industry or 'corps of as individual, should he at the expo re.e of norm tailllllf bins in silliness or age, and remarked /Lreibty 011 the Critelli, of tearing away a man in Isis misers/ from those with whom be hail been accost iiiii eat to associate." To lists I ha• - e only Its observe, that for more than forty years I hare byre is Ilse habit of employing a mow roils set sit laboureta in Ilse insprovalllVol of my ratable, and Lad flat. level mys.lf *till some reasonable remuneration for slt large SUM , I had expended; but I t•onfess I never thought I wjaelf snider obligitions to those who sold their lakutir to I me st Ilse 11glie-1 rate they could obtain, and fair whirls they very naturally did as little as they could fur the lily re. ceireal ;si iUri n ly !Ina may be considered as least us reel. prlleal. As to Ilse profit salosined by the ' , drone of others its the expen d iture of yin the improvement of land, I ant sorry to say it is a react I have still to final out; hot this I (bat I arn payiog a brim and increasing pour-rate sits the large capital which I have expended iis the expt'sSi d improvement of my lauded property, %elitist the drolly re mains in Isis accustomed place. A COUNTRY GENTLEMAN. A singular instance of animal ecnnniny hal lately been observed in the garden of I;OI3VRT FOOTB, Ch o ritoi l .pliter, Kent giro linnet has fi lmic ,' it. nes t i i , the head of a riiiiliftmer, and daily continues her incubation on four eggs which it contains. Sir Titositts TYRWIIITT 111411 lately visited the Dartmoor Depot again, mild it body a convicts IS expected there, to walk up granite fur the new erections of Lundy anti Milford. The price of enter loss considerably declined in Somerretshire, owing to the present profuse uppear- Amer of apple lilsohoms throughout the county. A respectable farmer of North IL7urry last reek offered 'army hogsheads of prime ctzler for 40/. and a still fordo r reduction of price is expected. Pears and dollies are Itkrly to prove an abundant crop; and though the viall-l'ruit freer have been partially in. Jared by snare late Irpsto, a good bearing is in general esidvitt, 711EdTRAS. onunr•l.4vr. The new meloolronit wit repested latot slight, mitt vvelit off with erhal. The house preoetiteil r roll and el.-gent appearsure. ov NT•GAnta.N. Fretlotfi), a tragedy. from the Iwo of the Rev. Mr. M ATV N, of tho aorressfol author of Bertram. *44 144 ht produced. The ?•eene la lain in Staitz-dmt—amt the initicipal characters are flit,. Mr. YOUNG. Corot th'ealoylorg ... A•Pliwtr Mr. C. Kr NI DLL. Berthold Uribla The plot is of the horrific kind—of that de script 1111 l which has, of late. tisitrned on our stage the place of the natural mid the moral. Feedolf.p, a patriot, whose name it the subject of praise throughout Switzerland. on a so dden re ti re s f r om th e b us y !monis of inept, ■ud hides himself in his paternal residence in the monotones. Fur many years lie has maple a confidant of Berthold, a mis.hlepen wretch, allow horrible form is the tenement of a firnd•like mind. Fa edolfu introsts his daugh ter Cril.ln to the case of this villain, its they journey to wards hi• castle. A dreadful storm overtakes them on 'Hir way, and Uriltla would have perished, lint for the in. t. rpositirm of a stranger. Thu stneurer is afterwards dis covered to he Adilmar, the beloved of Crilda, against whom Fredulfo has long cherished the most implacable hatred. Scarcely has he succeeded in saving the daiighter, when the inunineat danger of the father is amionnetal, and he hastens to his rescue. H,,sucerrii. in his effort—hot Fr-dolfo— t he generous Frednlfip—who is esteemed a miracle of virt use— lii• moment he behold. his deliverer, hastens to pay the debt of gratueole he owes, by an attempt to as mate him ! Ile is prevented—bot the unfortunate youth is made I I isoper, and is cosifilied in a &summit. Fredolfie, at first, meditates his desiturtion—lint he ultimately relents, and directs hi. Prime NI mister. Berthold, to five the pri - spun r. Berthold, who detests the semi:lance of a just seinen, r• monstrates with his master on the fully of such a proceed ing ; and, from their conversation, counecteel with some mi. pimeatory matter which is afteswards introduced, we find that fredialfo had murdered Wellingherg, the father 6.f the then Austrian Governor of Switzerland, who had dishonoured los wife, and that his hatred to /Wilmer arose from the rip eirmstience of his having hero drawn to the sped where the murder wasconimitted, by the cries of the victim Though A(1111112r was, at the time, a mete boy, he elidesnapored to rescue the party assailed, and ►eceived Fredolfo's dagger in his breast. lie had ever since been persecuted by this pal nut, who 'Not list him transported to a forrign clime—hot the alhirr turista of a I. as hardy nation hod no • halms for 15,.,,, and, in spite of oppositioc, tie returned to his "'montane-home." It appears 111.1 t lie has signal': al himself "at tilt awl to hut, when he would faits lay the trophies or Ilia valour at the fret of he was Spurned by leer stern fat to-r In spite of the at guments of Bert hold, who, deformed as he is, cherishes a passion for Unlike, and, of course, detest. his rival, Fredollo enniinands the liberatinu of Adilmar. It is nut why Fredolfu has made Berthold his confidant—the repo situp yof his dearest secrets. But the slave takes advantage of the power which his knowledze of Freplolfo's crime arras lion with, and lie demands the daughter's hand, as the price -f the father's security. The proposition is received with liarror—but, when kredulfie finds that supplication, even spit his knees, has no ef4ct on Ills "COlllll'll . * coons• nay," he has recouise tu violence; and the inform lisle dwarf would on the mumetet be strangled, but sudden visit from Count Wellingberg, the Governor of So itzetlsorl, aud son to the Sublenisii whom Feedulfo had assassinated, prevents him from effecting his 'purpose:. Wel lingberg cumes to demand the band of Crildit—but he is, assuredly, the most extraordinary of wooers. He commences his suit by insulting the kilter—and, when his 'proffer is refused, instead of entlesivoitring to ►oullie the dai i ghter, he lavishes on her terms of reproach awl seoru. " With that, more WOllllll3ll out," and, to prove what a chivalric lover Wellinglierg is, he endeavours to assassinate the father of the lady, abuse limed he seeks, on& r his owl, roof. roiled in Otis, he prepares to depart—hot is 'lvied by Berthold, who unfolds le bini the secret of his father's moister. Wel lingberg feels no pleasure in the idea of having an oppor•- lunity of avenging Isis father's death, hot receives the set ref wills joy as affording the means of placing Urilda within his power. l'redulfo is dragged to prison, whence he us rescued by Adilmar, who incites the Swiss peasaiitry to rise in his c tear. 11-Tribla is left behind in the confusion, and takes sanctuary in a cathedral. She is pursued by %Velliug berg, who, reckless of clerical denunciation, seises on her, ecru at the altar. Fredolfu now enter., accompanied by patriot Swilzers—but, perceiving the danger in which his daughter is placed, at the c :nand of Wellingherg he dis misses his followers and throws down Isis sword Adilmar now rush,. forward, and, after some parley, he slat,, to secure the life of who is still in the grasp of Wellingber;, pee. scuts bis sword to the persecutor of his, mistress. Welling berg receives the weapon—and" horrible! horrible! must horrible!" plunges it into the bosom of his unarmed rival! eitulfn repays this Ireaelwry by staLbing Wrllitiglwrg—and Frilila dies on her lover's body. It is a pity that Mr. 5141. TURFY( dish nut devise 'Ural' •means for the 6 raking off" of 1 2 11.41016, who had confessed himself guilty of murder. This would have rendered the alaughter.house scent complete. IVe re we to form our judgment oh' the existing state of the serious drama in this country, by a re ference merely to the number of tragic pieces which have, within a very few sessons, been produced, we should he led to suppose that the genius of tragedy had newly imp'd her wings, and that she was more capable of taking bold, and lofty, and vigorous flights, than she had, for a long period, been equal to. But, when we examine the generality of her rlfoi Is, we find that the reverse is the truth. Her pinions are, indeed, more variegated, since those " noclean birds," which brood is the thsiversities of Gerinasiy, have contributed sonic of their feathers in decorate them : hut they are not so passer. fill us they have been—they c.sritiot soar the pitch they have been wont to do. It wmild almost seem that the noble, the simple spirit of legitimate tragedy—that spirit which pur sues the passions through all their tortuous workings —that spirit which is wildest by a a!rict observation of ll:nine, and whose object is the just delineation of natural diameter. as it is developed in history, or 11l it displays itself before ns—lias wholly evapo rated—or that ►f it exist, those who have the power to nurture, endeavour to destroy it. flow else can we account fur the texture of most of our modern tra gedies—into which " all hideous, all misshapen things," are forced, without rule or application; as if it were only necessary, in the composition of a tragic &emit, to congregate, iii the smallest possible compass, the greatest possible quantity of hor rid incidents and deplorable characters?—lt is in vans to say, that such is the taste of the age. That it is not so, is clear—first, because we have trot yet learned to despise SHAKSPEA RE, or °TWAY, which we infallibly will 40, whenever such tragedies ur Frerluffu become popular—and next, because we have lord the pleasure of seeing several pieces of Out description, treated with the scorn they merited. Mr. MaTußte seems To have supp'd full with horrors — Direness is familiar to his slauglaesous thoughts." Of his four principal male charscters, three are vil lains—a proportion not to be found, we believe, in any other play. Their principal business, through five long acts, is either to imprecate curses eri t'aar - selves, or on others—except when, fit parieryrr t nl benatv ! they describe the loveliness of I'ir tyfe's daughter. Several of the scenes its wh.c't Uribla appears—those scenes in which she srippli. rate% the dwarf, or fiends her sorrowing form her,re Wellitigherg. and, in return, receives from rrr b the most galling insults — are 41 revolting to moral, as they are ilis-,zusting to in ii.lv feeling. We e d i t . not sawaril praise to Mr. MATURIN On any one ',writ connected with this tragedy. Ilia plot is impro bable. ever) to the extreme—his rharariera art in manner for wh.irli no sufficient motive can be a-- signed—his dirtinn is it'll ited—lii• incidents Hie monstrous—awl, ass to moral. we lo lieve lie t,ever thought it was neer...l7 that a traKic di 8111il SllOlllll impart n deep moral lesson. tie cannot bay claim to originality. lII* Fredulfu 101 a bad imitation of Air hilicard Mortimer—awl 1 1 $1,, Bur- Mold and Wellingherg are rtiffiaris of the roil. school, loaded with all the dank vices, but dia. playing mine of the grand and mtged groin., which distinguish the orilinals. The perforst exerted their utmost powers in support of the play. Miss O'NEILL was very often on the stage. buff the character of firi/da afforded hut few ripporto.. tribes of signalizing her.elf, or moving the afrectiores of the audience. In the prison scene with 1.0 father, she introduced one or two touches if pow nature, which were worth all the rest of the Out. racier. Bertha/4 was supported most r fficiendr by slr. YsTt.s, whose talents are. rim% TN public esiimatioti. The ellaraver was, we hose reason to believe, written fur Mr. K EA:S. It is a part of that cruel, .4ingtiiii;ory, morelentieg description, v,lnch 'I r. KEsN Caen fininite Cut twr collating to the life—awl, after him. we do not know any Gentleman on the stage, who 1' 1 1114; 110 it greater jostler? than Mr. VATts ra stirred it. lie expressed the galling bitterness, mid cow arillv fern- city of the cliarscter, with greit force. 11 , is 14 very much applauded. Mr. l'uvNG'S „do/J . ,. g ild the Adibnar, of Mr. C. K t:mgLe, the approbation they received. The tragedy was heard, till near the end of the last act, with great patience. Bost, when / /dd. mar feel by the hand of Wrllingbeig, the le-surest lutist forth, s. it., untameable rage. The uproar continued even while Miss IlituNTOn was speak. / ing the epilogue. Mr. CONNOR rudravour.d. in yam, to unce the piste for repetition—and, as it is not mention-it in the hills, we suppose it wilt not be again performed. PROLOGUE, CRONEN NT R. EGERTON. il'ho has not heard of that romantic clime Where. ihroted in wildness, Nistnrc reigns soldime? Wheie the young peasant, 'mid Creation'a shock, Slumbers in peace upon his cradle-rock, And 11.1 the lightnings flub, and thunders roll, To danger educates his ardent soul, Till the full spirit, Dow in 'ears mature, A• int own mouutain-torrent, grand and pure, Worships the spot where Dep.)lists. fell, Where Fate and Freedom wing'd the shaft fo, Britons ! o'er such a scene the Muse lo.titgot Rises ',joking oa her plumes of light, Proudly assured to every bosom here The soil of Liberty is nobly dear! Yet is not war her sanguinary therpr, The Statesou.n's madness, or the Warrior's dream , The sad vicissitudes of mortal weal, The pangs that all have fell, or yet may feel, A daughter's anguish, and a father's fall buil, is our theme to.night. Of Nature's call What human breast, till life's last awful hour, Pettier the echo, or disowns the power ; Nut for his theme, hut Muse, the stranger crap, Nor dreams of plaudits if he wins lint seats. EPIVXIIJP, RT.CITID SY 141!.9 BRUNTON. (Speaking as catering ) isTaw for my part—nay, frown not on the sn, Good gentle Critic, smooth that ruffled brow, Prvth- the lightning of your wrath delay, Until you've beard the little /'re to say. A few wears since_the t a to on i g cone b y , I.i;:e malty others, thri we know out why— 'Ube Tragic Mtete, I'm told, was jitolg'd by rules From Nature drawn, not gathered from the schools , And if she howled the heart had nought to fair From the fool's seolT, or pedant's look pert re. Our censors now a different mode pursue, )lnr always yield the lailtd•WreS l ll 14 lot re' due. Stone, with heat brows and most portentous laces, Spy not deft cis the author meant as grates Deed.ess the while, amid their work of slaughter, That the best pearls lie in the deepest water: Whirs their sty so mplial to a juke, That sober reason beenis to Bum a yoke! And so to ease it, and produce a Ira, They make the Bard a whetstone to their wit'. True or online—no matter—they must say A few smart things ab o rt him and his pl.y. For 'totiold he bard if [bey, for ('antlou.'s •ake, Most balk improurpfms it look weeks to ma't.-: Thus twit our Poet dangers ',waits to shun— His Scylla ignorance—his chary bdis fan ; Yet well assured that there are many heir From whose just judgmeet lie has nought in fear, In whom, with kn o wledge suit a task rt tint Heave'n's choicest gift! a noble heart is joineri— And all encouraged by the ;.r.418 unit PIO.? Volitliaafed from lam fair husunts and bright r)ca-t- Tomisirrow night Ile will re-spread his sad ((.rant ye, kind Dest Mica, a favouring gale!) talismanic art revive the slain, And dare the ruck and whirlpool o'er again. If the Eunuch* who attend, guard, mill torment the fair Circassial, were given to widerstat,tl 111.4 every Black, as pion us he puts his foot Etigll ,l l land, is free, they might begin to sliest mete liberty Okla the lint fruits of their freedom in 4 manner not very congenial to the feeltor of their lord and master. At the great fair held a few days ngo at I).lrhilg, ton, in Yin Itshire, the *hew of horses was very great, end many of the horses very capital ones. A num ber of dealers attended, but out many of them frt , ii: town. The greys were the colours chiefly selected. The collection of Scots cattle was uncommonly large, and bought up very readily, from the early and abundant 'Jimmie of grass. GAOI. DiviPt.uttc.—A very commodious and beautiful addition, according to report, is about to be made to the House of Correction -it Wak‘elield, where all the convenience* of inspection by the gaoler and the classification of the prison...is kir been attended to. The plan glee!, conies from the pencil of Mr. fitart., architect, of Ponca...ter. Notwithstanding the reported extent of eittigra.. lion to 4enerica, the jucrease of poptilatioit is sis great in almost every town, that the chnichea wilt now scarcely hold half the iishaihitmoit• who .ould attend them, and who in consequence are un•ible In attend divine worship, to they would utlicra its al.! 10 04?