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NEW ROOMS, HANOVER-SW:IRE The Seventh Ancient Concert was held lost night at the above rooms, undi• r the direct of Earl ForrasccE. The selection iv.is judicious and grand. Mrs. VAUGHAN exerted Iler voeul powers with the happiest acct. iu" 'imic unto Mese yel lab Sands :" and was very mauh upplatukti in the Chorus— Ilirk! bark! The watch-clogs bark : Hear hear The strum of Chanticleer." A Qnartettn, by Mrs. VAUGHAN, moil nos TRA vis,, Messrs. II AMMON, and J. B. " the bee sacks there lark I," was admir,lrfy ctreuted, tud encored! with rapture. A recttative (Cosi hilt dice,) by Mrs. fitt.t.t !scrum, gave great to an elegant tend numerous company ; amongst whom were Their Royal Illieltliesses the Mikes of C 23116. 4 44. and 'scot ,• Darken of Dorset ; urritiuness of Tun ',shred ; Eurl Mount Norris ; Vurount and Vise ountess Aulderuek; Laid sad Lady Teumpleteua. POPs'iRY. • A TALE OF HORROR, ... atoll " THE MOCK NRWSTAPT.III," IRV TOR AUTHOR 011 , " ALL ter AA DEDICATTO TO MR. LEWIS AND MR. SCOTT. A man once felt on a certain night, As he gies'ii aloft at the ninon, That he was put in a lucky plizlit, By a roven that drupp'd on him in its flight, Wbat was not a pleasant burnt. He did not hart, when the boon did fall ! And his tam did nut fear denote ! Aud be did not utter a sintle sytall ! And lie did not turn any ,olour at all ! Am, Aar did not rut too thrum! ' Mrs. FREKMANTI.Z save u grand rout, kit tPght s at her house in Great Stanhope -street, Mayfair, which was attended by the Duchesber of Nog- THUNDER,. AND and LP.1:134, Nlarcinonesbes of STAFFORD, lIIIIADFoRT, SALISBURY, DOWNSHIRE, TOWNSHLND, and nearly all the [...tuitional)les in town. The Earl and Countess of DERBY, and Lord and Lady STANLEY returned yesterday to their house in Grosvenor-square, from the Oakes, for the season. Countess NEasna will enliven the fashionable world with a grand brill on the 3d of May, at her house in ( in lierland-pl ace. Si, great was the eelar that attended Mrs. Jolt- DAN'S performance of Letitia Hardy at the Buth Theatre on Saturday last, she was ;ad need, by par ticular desire, to play it at the Bristol Theatre on Monday, on which occasion she attracted one of the most splendid audiences ever witnessed in that city. There are some parts of Ireland through which, when a •raveller emptires the distance to a certain town, he receives for answer, so many miles and a little bit ; but it generally happens that the little bit .illitiiCser titan all the miles. This appears to fie the Cale of Colonel Goatioa's plot of ground at Chelsea. 'rite one rood, in the eyes of the Sur veyors, was larger than the four acres. Lady CATHERINE. 'furter Lotto commenced her caieer in the fashionable world on Monday night, in Grosvenor-agitate, with a splendid ball, which her Ladyship opened with the Marquis of TWERDADE.—Her Ladyship is highly accom plished, and possesses an immense fortune. The Baron de RoTTENBURGH, of the ssth regi ment, is a celebrated rifle officer. Indeed all the /tatted-burtais are allotted to excel in rifliag. The whale of the Earl of Caaatirma's tine pro perty iii Donsetshire and Sorbersetshire is to be sold, in consequence of the late unhappy occur rence iii his fumily.—W e also nutlet-tumid his Lord ship has cut off Lord PAGSr with un annuity of two thousand sod the remainder of his immense fortune he has settled upon Lord P--'s fainily. Colonel BEAI/MoNT will give a grand dinner on Saturday, at his house, in Portman-square. Earl FORTESCVF: Advil a grand dinner yesterday, at his home in Grosvenor-square, to their Royal liigkill•%ol.l the Dukes of CAMBRIDGE and Ccst 'MANl), Earl DARNLEY, the Dean of Wisp sott, the Hon. General &WU, Sir•A. STANHOPE, and Mr. BEitaldtv. All loyal men most rejoice in the rejection of the Dublin Paving Bill.— The clause prohibiting the sale of tripe its the streets, was certainly a blow aimed m4einst the vitals of the Constitution. The infant son of the Earl and Cuuntesi of JER SEY will ha baptised an Sunday, at his Lordship's house in Berkeley -square. His Royal Highness the Prince of WA tug will stand Sponsor. We have authority to state, that in the advertise- Dien' of That 'ravt.ott's Memoirs of Mrs. CLARKE, in which T. GODDARD'S name appears US one of the publishers, that his name has been used by Mr. Taco, without his knowledge or consent. A new inelo dramatic Pantomime was brought Out, last we k, at the Dublin Theatre, called Rocloaie aid Rotiltla. Mr. V sestrrsafs Burkigls is matched npinst Mr. PAT M Bultrauls, ut the iirst October Meet ing. for 4,0 guinea*. The Duk. of RUTLAEO'FI horse Snowdrift is matched against General Cense r. anit's rizahlt, for ton guineas, at the nest Newmarket July Meeting. Thursday morning a d Del was fought near Shoot cr's-hill, between Captain L. of the Royal Artillery, and Captain B. a Naval Officer. residing in that neighbourhood. On the second shot Captain L's ball entered the right shoulder of his adversary. Their seconds then interfered, and the dispute was settli:d. The ball was soon extracted, and Mr. H. is recovering very fast. Strre Tunt'stNo POUN DE may be gained by 1 . 6 !much we of a single ticket, and in proportion tor shares, at Bisit's old-established offices, 4. and 9, Charing-Cross, where tickets :old shares are selling. To-morrow is the second lily of drawing, and the first-drawn prize above isi. is entitled to Fern HUNDRED WHOLE 'l ii among which there is already a 5001. l'iitc. 11. • • LAW LVTEI,LIGENCE. . _ COURT OF CHANCERY, Warns HATMAIREET-TIMATRE. sto:tat4 aisti °rheas r. ellOßGllit COLMAN, me. This was a motion grounded on a Lill dISJ , sod an anawer put iu m this Case. S.r SAMUEL ROMILLY moved on behalf of Ale..rs. Morris, Winston, and others, proprietors of woe half of the Haymarket Theatre, to relative the 13efentIont, the proprietor of the other half, from the chief niatia4einent of the Theatre, 'you the alleged ground of his inability to fulhl the du ties of his situation, in consequence of his lkin•• confine:) for debt hisig*, pra.on ; au] fur the Court to appoint another person in ICs stead, who might by his iirisonal ai.il exertions he able to do more ample Justice to the situation, and that thereby the Theatre wilald le delve a , ; :eater benefit. 'Elie Learned Con is e l stated, tiat the bill set forth, that the. Dch-meant was w the tear 1.404. sole propnetur of the Thea tre ; lie became v:iitoarraii.ed, and sold four-eighths of it to the Plaintiff., that malice that pi:nod he hail agaio become embarrassed, and hind not giveli hi+ wasonaut e to Site theatre, by abets locales the property' and interest of it had decreased, for want of an active iwrsoio at it. head. It was also alleged, that the Defendant bad entered into a treaty with Mr. Harris, ru t in' for of the late Co ven t-G ar d en Theatre, to 4 i.pose of to him, his cosiowily of Vie j Africans. for I,lool.althou 4 h he might have 1,100;. frono the prop:sewn' of iht: Ilayutarket Theittr,.; said also, that he hail stopped the performance of a popular piece, called The Critic, which they had p:ayed for three nights last season, touverfinaing houses. Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY contended, that these were sufficient grounds fur the thsmimial of the Defendant from the unuagemeiet. Mr. Hater, Counsel for the Defendant, stated, that this application was premature, as by a deed of agreeinelit between the parties, whin :my dukr enee occurred, it was to he settled by arbitration ; no arbitration had taken place, mad until there h id, and they could not decide, that Court had no cool lance. AS to the charge relative to 7'hedfrieans, the Defendant admitted in hisaniswer, that he was offired 10001. for it from Mr. Harris, and he should have been much more beitefitted by accepting it, than he was at 11001. frous the Haymarket Theatre, for he, as half Proprietor, had to pay 5501. of the mohey. The Defendant in his answer admitted, that he prevented The Critic from being perform ed ; it WAS the production of Mr. Sheridan, and he received an intimation from him, void it was dis pleasing to hint that it should be continued to be performed. The Learned Counsel conteoded, there was no good reason for the' dismissal of the Defendant from the management, for iustrad of the property having decreased, it had increased.— It Wild so admitted in the Piaintiff'r bill, for they allowed that shares which only brou.;ht 35001. in the year 1803, were valued in tate) at 50001. The ciri uinstance of the Pluintitrs being emnined for debt could be no ground for his dismissal ; his Lordship had decided it otherwise is the case of 'Taylor, the Manager of the Opera House, who had attachments anti outlawries itgaist-a him. The Cour. held it in t h at case, that he c odd not be d *missed without it was proved the interest of the Opera Ilonse hal eu.lcred from his neglect. Ile felt confident his• Lordship would be of the seine opinion them particularly a, there had not been any iiijury attempted to he proved; he trusted therefore his Lordship would dismiss the application with costs. Sir SAMUEL ROMILLT replied, in an eloquent speech replete with argument. The Loan CHANCELLOR oh4erved, that it was a case of such difficulty, that he would take a few days to consider it Lefore he gave his judgment. COURT or KING'S BENCH, Vrtsrotiessa, Arms. I. This being the Brat day of Term. the Judges came iii procession, dressed in their state robe.. The Court .at at one o'clock, soil were employed for an hour iii hearing nail justified. The ATTORNIII-GEWERAI. moved for a Rule to chew cause, why a writ of A/nada/ass should not issue to elect a Mayor fur the borough of Saltasli. Rule granted. THE /LING V. TUE COMMISUITNERS OF COMM:NIA TIoN FOR TUE LONDON DOCEM. The ATTuR3EY-GEN6RAL shewrd cause Spina a Rule ponied lust Term, in this cause, why a writ of Nandatnirs should not issue to the Commis sioners of Compensation, to compel them to ap point boar or more of them, to inquire and assess what compensation should he made to Messrs. Funcom and Breads, for the hiss rif their business on a piddle sufferance wharf, which liii.iaess was destroyed by the erection of the London Docks.— The Learned Counsel stated, that the Rule must be dismissed, as the Plaintiffs had purchased the lease of the premises from Mr. Thomas Breach, after the London Dock Act had been passed.— They therefore could not be entitled to compen sation. The person whom they purchased the lease from, had made an affidavit that he sold the inter est in the wharf, keeping to himself the interest that should arise from the compensation, fur if lie had not sold it on those conditions, he might have had a much larger sum for it. The AT TORN EY-GENERAL contended, that this was sufficient to keep the Commissioners from mak ing compensation. There were two claimant., and until it was decided which was entitled, it was impossible for the Commissioners to act. Mr. PARKE and Mr. MA Ralf ATT, counsel for the Plaintiffs, contended that the Plaintiffs having paid the sum of 79501. for a ten years lease of the pre mises, which had become entirely unprofitable since the opening of the docks, were entitled to Conlpen sation ; and they would never have given so large a sow, if it had not been inentiolied that they would be entitled to a compensation, if their trade were stopped. The COUKT w a of opinion, that the nsanilamito should be made out in the name of Breach, and that there should be a person appointed to settle between him and the Plaintiff, after the compel). satiou had been assessed. Mr. PARKE said he was perfectly satisfied with the dec:sion of the Court. The ATToRNEY-GENER•L stated he was not em ployed bj Mr. Breach, so could not answer for has -..~.,, 91 4,7 11 ennkent. lie was informed be was at present at Mtn; mid if the Cuurt would leave their urder open for a week, there might be au answer obtained from him. The Court consented, and it was accordingly ordered. • COURT or COMMON PLEAS, Aram 19. BANTON C. HANSOM AND OTHEI'L Serjcant BFAT Moved for a rule to ahem cause why a new t:ial should not he ;;ranted iii this ease. The action had been instituted to recover a .um of money for the keep of horses employed in a stage coach hum London to Hastings. There were a ourolser of Pioprietors to the roach, aguind the whole of whom ttc! Plaintiff sou A lit to r. cover, it heiug a partnership e and the Judge who tried the. cause at the last ii,sizes, being of opinions that the Plaintiff had a right to rccorer, lie had ob tained a verdict. Tiic Leariod Serjrunt con:curled, in support of the rule. that the credit was given alone to HAliettil, amid that. iu cases of partnership, where credit was git ea to one party only, suck par ty alone was responsible.—ltule granted. CAtWEII.I. f 7. COALS. This action, which w.ts tried last term, nrigiouted in the warranty nt a horse, in which • verdict had been given for the Plaintiff for 301 although the horse war valued ut only The Jury gave the, extra 101 iii consideration of the keep of the horse. whieli Nlr. Serjeant ONSLOW contended they had no right to dr , sad entitled hiin to a rule to slims cause why a new trial Amish) ant he gianta.ll, and the verdict set aside —Rid granted. r iTrirrreFFClPM"" . It. P -W g 1 :1 `•_ j) V s ,s,, 01.1) LGIII.EY, Araii. 19. William Wright wtia iiidieted for stealing n lea ther harness !needling, and other articles, late tile property of Mr. fitraiishaw, deceased, i.l the ware rooms of Messrs. Witistanley, auctioneers, in 11'u -6.1111 Mews. The •Prisoner eas in the employ of Messrs. Win stailley, and was detected by au officer, who avei dentally saw h:::: iu the act of selling the us ticks at en old iron shop. He was found rainy. The Cl/11310/1 SKIJR•NiT, who toed liim, after emu orienting un the °di. liCe. as coupled a ith breach of trust, passed detittillee on bitlt to be publiCly whipped. Williaw Brreffird was indicted for stealing two quires of paper, the property of Joseph Harris. The Prosecutor is a tallow•chandler and soap. boiler, living in Brood Wall, Citron Church, and the Prisoner au exciseman and bookboaler, em ployed in his former capacity to visit the Wall, in which the Prosecutor resides. The latter harsug missed parcels of paper out of his conntiug-house at different times, did, for the purpose of detecting tile thicf, on the 15th of March, write his name and the date on the inside of two quires, which he left with the rest of the paper. On the night of the 16th, the Prisoners:erne, between eleven and twelve o'clock, to inspect Ids premises, and in the morn ing early he the paper. Suspicion naturally fell cis him, as there had not been any other person there but ; and a search warra n t hariog beets procured, the Prosecutor, accompanied by two Officers, proceeded to the lodgings of the Pi iu whole! bed-room they found the paper so marked. atom with selltr more. Tim Prisoner to los &Jaime attempted to in sinuate. that the Prosecutor had been in the ha bits of defrauding the revenue, sod that this pro secution was set on foot for the purpose of revenge for his vigilance in preventing such frauds. These allegations the CUMAIONSIIWEANT, who tried the Cause, sifted with the utmost patience and perspicuity, the event of which was, that the whole appeared wt love:luso of the Prismier's, for the purpose of prejudicing the Jury in his favour. They, however, without the best hesitation, pio nouncerl him Guilty. The CoantoN St.AJF.ANT then, saner commeut- • ing on the atrocity of his conduct, first, in the commission of the crime of winch he a:IS clearly convicted. under the sanction of his in which such trust must of necessity be reposed iu and nest, the aggravation of it by his attempt to impute latch a conspitacy against those who r ave their testimony, l.iueeederl to pas.' sentence ins him, which his present conduct demanded fur the safety of the community, in order to rd it of one capable of framing such au unfounded charge, which Wit% that re should be transported to such part as His Majesty should think fit, for the space of seven years. The following is the %tidiest of the Coroner's In quest held at Kennsare on the 6th inst. before J OHN WELKE!, Eel. Cormier of the county cit - Kerry, on the body of the Ker. FlT7utliaLD TISDAI.I., whose sat.guinary and cruel murder has been so usurers sally a subject of horror end sou ow : .• We bud that the sad Rev. Fitz.zivald Tusdall, was wil fully, wantonly. and bailhuost..l murdered, on nrriinut "(hie weal as a loyal and active Wigeitrair, by Michael Abp./4y, and an serotsplier as yet unknown ' as the aurennog uf Sun day she Ali of March last, on Ins way from Bantry to !Leaman, to performs divine service." A singular discovery oi . a robber was made on Friday night last, at the Eagle Inn, Hentou, Herts. Mr. PviesEtr, a draper, at Ktrightnbriilge, stopped at the house in question, on his way to London from Stamford, and on retiring to his bed-morn, he by mere accident ripened the door of a spa.-ions closet, where he beheld a man, who, however, did not offer violence, nor had he means so to do. An alarm was given. and the man was secured. He had been in company with Mr. PEWSEY and some London riders, at the house in (titration, iii the evening, where some settlements in cash hid taken place. The man was taken before II Magistrate on Saturday. and he was recovissed as having robbed a Geutleman at on Inn in Lincolnshire on the preceding Tuesday, to which county he was conveyed. We yeeterday stated, that the works for the building of Colonel GORDON'S hOtNe, at Chelsea, had been discontinued. The Colour' has since ad vertised that the report to is wholly without found ation," and that ouly the sate of the house has been chunerd ;" Iveving, no doubt, the walls and chimneys just where they were intended to be. Now, if Colonel Gottitiosi will just condescend tp remove the whole, along with the foundation, to the one rood generously assigned to the public, and leave the four acres to the hospital. the public will begin to think a little favourably of the galloon Colonel. -.'-':-'-` 1;'• ~ ~ ~; ‘2!. , SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. • • NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING, 1 wormsAw •11.1t1L IS. 14 Jersey's Laurette, sat. ;11b. beat Gen. Graseenor's May, est. Acreisa tbe Flat, wets. b. ft. 1., to 4 on Laurette. ftwtepstakes of loop. each, h. R. Lord Sackvillc's Pnwpero, meal, eat. 91b. rec. R. Mr. Payne's liddrusb, est. 91h. beat Mr. Vansittart's Cur rycomb, eat. 91b. Two year old Coins*, 'Jogs. b. 11. 5 tit 4 ou Stakes, ■ Sysepatikes of tongs. each, h. ft fur ' 'colts and Ylha rising 3 yrs old, colts vat. 315. 61W1 Vst. It M. Nr. Wilson's ch. e. Wizard, by Sorcerer fir J. Sheiley's Cock Radio his. C. Bulibury's c. Pair-Star, by Whiskey, out of Giantess it U. of Grafton's r. Japan, by Trasopatur, oat of Scotia 4 15 paid forfeit. The Judge could place but 4. 6 toe as Wizard. 6to 1 apt Cock Robin. IA Luwt her's Pelisse butt D.ofGrafttre's More:, eat each. T. M. M. Soap. b. ft. ti tu t apt Pelisse. 1.4 Luirther's Pelisae, eat. 71b beat D. of Grafton's Mil. tattle, est. 11 su-yr old Course, 104411. 6 to C apt Pelisse. The Claret Stakes, of itoo+,s. each, Is. ft for.colte and Allies rising 4 yrs. old cults e.t. 7lb and bikes , sat. ells. D. I. D. uf Grottos's Vandyke Sir Sit..e.i'a Clinker Mr. Darwin:the'. eb. f Laurel L.af .. 3 it paid fOtleit. II to 111 es Vandyke. ta is 4 apt Cooker. The King's Plate of mugs. fur mass, 3-ymar olds carrying ant. 41b. a-year olds Wit. alb. 3-year whir yst. nab. to. year olda anti aged, Inst. Last 3 M. 11113. C. Led Grummn's b. f. Ptrintr, 3 yrs 01d......(Wa1ked ewer.) 3 were drawn. Fifty Pounds by subscription, fur 4.year olds 7st gib. S-yr. onto sat 31b. fi.r. olds and •g.-d, sat. 716. LON II M. of B. C.--Non•eulneritters to pay sp. autratice. Mr. Shalieveara's be h. Sir David, aged Mr. Wyndltam's b. Is. Canopus, 5 yes old - e were drawn. .to 4 us Campus. Geo. Grease:toes Itilleingu, 7st. 71b. beat La C. H . so. menace's White noir., est. sib. Acrues the flat ihup. h. It. Mr. C 's Beau Nash, est. sib. at.yt 114•24 Coley Kna,rry, by Dust ttauxute, tiaL J3lb. Tao-yr Ai Coarse, loo's. Oft by cuoseut. -•- --- • CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE. Wednesday last, us s was belonging to the Vic tualling Office, Chatham, was walking along with a 101. Racneater bank note in his hand, for which he war going to proeure change, a young goat, be longing to the Agent Victualler, which approached unperceived, made a sudden spring at the unte, ran oil with it in her mouth, and devoured it in an Ousting. The man, alarmed at the lows he feared he should sustain, stood looking at the goat, in in-. dent apprehension, till he saw her trap upon • cask, iiint lie quietly dawn to chew the cud. The geatk man to whom' the note belong..d was made ac quainted with the circumstance, communicated it to the agent, roil asked permission to ad minister some oil, which he expected would cause the animal to disgorge the valuable morsel, she hail so unexpectedly masticated and swallowed. The propositiou was rejected by the agent us useless, but he instantly adopted a more efficient mode of conduct, by immediately sendiug for a butcher, and causing the unfortunate goat to be slaughtered ; at the same time giving particular di. rections that tio part of the contents of the stomach should be thrown away, without being very narrow.. ly eetretted. The stomach of rheum:tat was earn fully taken out and examined, but not the smallest particle of paper was obi...liable, although not snore than a quarter of an hour had deleted after it hail been eaten by the goat. The search was about to be given up, when a man, who had been picking amongst the half-digested food, with a sharp-punn ed instrument, at last drew out what be thought was a very small piece of paper; it was rolled ex. tsensele close, an,/ was out thicker than very thin t paestoreau : on putting it into water, and moving ,g about, it at last unfolded, and proved td be a • pout of the note, about the size of a sixpt nce ; fur ther produced a few more pieces, which were .infolded iii the nine trimmer, and nem placed on piece of paper ; all that could be discovered, however, dal not amount to a fourth part of the ' note. 'the pieces were presented to :Vlessrs. Day and Cm to whom the circumstances were related, and they very handsomely paid the value, to the great joy of the poor fellow from whom the note had been taken. The Jeas,—, of Leith, was captured bttweea Malta and Sicily. on her horn...ward voyage. Sir JAMES BILCO4COMB and Co. havethe pleasure to acquaint the puhlic theyshared two of the (Vous* Prizes drawn yesterday se'ailight, viz.--. No. 3,611, entitled to 1,000 Tickets. atid 9,123 drawn a Prize of .ei0,040, both in Sixteen Sixteenths. The First-iiniwu Prize a!,ove 151. to-morrow, the itg inst, will be entitled to 500 Whole 'rickets. winch mac gain 50,000 guineas. 'rickets and Sham, warranted (indrawn, are selling at their Liceused Offices, No. 11, Holbert', 37, Coruhill, i 69, Strand, and 31, Ilaymarket. Nine o'Clock, to-innrrow morning, the Lottery will begin drawing at (7oorier's.llsll, and the first. drawn Tii•ket •hove 151. will be entitled to 500 whole Tickets, which may gain 6.0,000 Guinea* in Capitol Prizes only.—Those who wish to place themselves in the Road to Riches, arc intreated to apply before Niue o'Clock this evening, at litsh's Office., 4, Cornhill, and 9, Criaring-truss., where Tickets and Shares are selling, waininted drawn, and terry Prize sold by him will he pa.d.1.1 demand. Realize your wishes :—posttione it not hat hare a chance before nine o'clock to-morrow moot ing, for Fifty or Sixty Thousand Pounds—it really is too good. to lose prasamiaing—it will be theJast trial y ou oisa oulke,Warraisted undrawn Ticket, and Shares are belling try flossiest . and Co. at their old established State Lottery Mice., 2ti, and St. Margaret's Efill, 11.wough ; and no where f.ondon ou their itccount. Notwithstanding I,OAO Lottery Tickets were . gained by the first-drown'prise shave Ist. on Wed nesday se nnight, SOO mere Whole Tickets will be possessed, in like manner, to-morrow; an attains farost capable of acquiring, in principal money Prizes, upwards of 70,0f1u1, though hut three days more remitio of the dnifisin,t. from this rt.. t object, and .the efurnces iudeperdent of it, of par t 'Li t igating of the eiteral immense Capitals still in the Wheel, it is htrdtr possible to suppalt that way Ticket or Shire will be found unsold after thistly. • fi_ • i • I ' 1