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FROM LAST Nrcarrs GAZETTE. Da6lin Castle, N0v., 1804. Hi : , Majesty has been plea And, by his Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Ireland, to translate the Right Rev. Dr. N ithani.:l Alexander, Bishop of kilialoe and Kilfenita, t..) the United Bishoprics of Down and Coefvfoil;•Vacant by the death of the Riglit Rev. Dr. Willi Int Dixon,late Bishop thereof. His Majesty has also been pleased, by his Royal Letters Patent, to promate the Rev. Robert Totzen barn (commonly called Lord Robert Tottenham), to the Bishopric of Killaloe and Kilfenora. EIN.CTION OF A TEMPoRAL PEER OF IRELAND pursuance of an Ad passed in 'he fortieth year tif I lis Majesty's reign, entitled, •' An AN to regu late the mode by which the Lords Spiritual and T e mporal, and the Commons, to serve in the Parlia ment of the United Kingdom on the part of Ireland, shall be summoned and returned to the said Parlia ment," I do hereby give notice, that the Right Hon. Dapre Earl of Caledon has been chosen, by a ma jority of votes, to be the Peer to sit and vote in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom, in the room of Robert Earl of I.eitrim, deceased. Dated this 46th day of November, 1804. Liattitic PC, Clerk of the Crown in Ireland. CITY BUSINESS. Batato.—Yesterday, the LORD MAYOR ordered the price of bread to continue at sixteen-pence-half peony the quartorn loaf wheaten, and one shilling and three-pence household. To-morrow his Lordship will hold a Court of Common Council, to eleet, by ballot, two Clerks to the now Coal-market, and a Clerk to the Court of Requests, in the room of Mr. JOHN LEACH. The ballots to begin at one, and close at two o'clo:k in the afternoon ; and to consider a motion, that such Members of the Corporation as were removed from the Port Committee, be discontinued as Nominees to represent the Court in the West India Dock Corn pny—and that the Members appointed to fill up Va cancies in the Committee be Nominees to represent the Court in the said Company ; and that the Town Clerk do return their names to the Company accord ingly ; and also, to consider a motion to rescind the resolution of the Court, of the e st of February last, declaring non-freemen ineligible of being dilllnd to any office or place in the gilt of the Cot- resdon &c. &c. Its Lordship will proceed to busioeas at twelve o'clock at noon precisely. Wats C zsza.—The meeting of the Whig Club pßiptday evening being the first in the season was Mt *sly attended. particularly of the most im psenhatlmembers. Mr. By so was in the chair ; and on his health being ill'ank with that of Sir FRANCIS Bumper r's, he took an opportunity of entering into an explanation of his condo& at the Middlesex 71445, ad of observing that the letter published by Mr. Matt.isit during that Eleetion was without Lis knowledge or concurrence. Manton-House —Yesterday a drover was sum moned before the Loan Ala volt for refusing to pay the Collettor of the City Tolls for sheep passing through to the London Markets. The ColleCtor *rased, that several drovers had resisted paying the toff for sheep, under a stmlitlaltion that they had iicr right so to do, although it had been colletled mom than thirty years. Mr. HUNPMILVS atrcn led as Solicitor for the Plaintiff, and stated, that his tiient had no objeCtion to pay the City their demand, pro vided they would thew him by what power they de manded it, and produce their Charter by which they colleSed the toll on sheep. The Colleflor acknow ledged that sheep were not mentioned in the Charter; but that colleSing a toll per score on sheep was an usage sanftioned by aidary LORD Ma oa,who issued a warrant for the purpose. The City Solicitor was sent for, who told his Lordship he could not enforce the toll, and the Drover was dismissed to the joy of several of his profession, who attended his Lordship's decision. DILAINRGE Or LAND.—Mr. HART, a resident of Little Houghton, in Northamptonshire, who for se veral years past has made draining his business, is now employed in an extensive drainage, near Arun del. in Sussex. the mode he pursues is that of making one covered drain, only, obliquely, instead of the numerous parallel drains usually made use of; and, what is very singular, he has for these thirty years past adopted this mode of draininz, by using the spirit level, and boring for springs, though, till very lately, nothing of that nature has been in ra tite. though frequently written of. The work he is now engaged on may be seen within half a mile of Arundel Bridge, on a farm rented by Mr. Osaoas, of Leominster. The work which he has performed within these few years, in Sussex, for Lord Roam's. SNINCER, at Woolbeding, and WILLIAM( S PIPINTZ, Esq. at Cowdrey Park, has given great satisfaftion, and been attended with little expence, in comparison with the advantage derived from it ; and it can be ascertained that land in Northamptonshire, which would not, before drained, bear a pointer to range over, has for thirty years past grazed oxen ! In addition to the works thrown up along our Eastern coast, for its defence against invasion, Go vernment has, within the last six weeks, contra.Fted ler the ereaion of hots, at Bexhill, sufficient to contain S,OOO troops. Those for the privates, which aceononodre thirty-two men each, are nearly Enished ; and the whole, ss hen completed, will cover about thirty acres of ground. The quantity of straw used in thatching them was so great, that the contractors would have experienced some diffi culty in obtaining it, had they net been assisted by the Earl of ASHIII: &YUAN, and other considerable land-owners of the neighbourhesoe, who liberally allowed their teaants to furnish as much as they could spare, contrary to the conditior.s upon which they hold their respeCtive farms. The above huts are in part occupied by four bat talions of the k irises German Legion, and to which, it is expeaed. the sth batulion, now stationed at Horsham, will s'aortly remove. On Thursday. Friday, and Saturday last, the ti Battalion wt the 92.1 Regiment c-mmenced their rzarch freers Weely Barracks. on they route to f. - verpool, from whence. they are to em b ark in- nie diately for Ireland. the is expeCted to tot r:- placed by the this FJOS, now at Colchester. THEATRES. A-110USE. OPER The charming serious Open of II "lii). ! fis dcl L'Amnre Fraterlto, was performed last night. Mrs. BILLINGTON was in fine voice, but the hon.', we are sorry to say, was but thinly attend,:d. So pre valent is the passion for novelty, that Ro,aus takes the lead of even the BILLI NCTOY. But, when the great world fills, this magnificent theatre must be the favourite temple of taste and fashion. DRURY-LANE. Mrs. Cow itv's elegant comedy of The Relle's Sle4tatem WAS performed here last night. M.s" Dus:c vv was every thing the authoress intended the fascinating Letitia Haydn to be. Every heart beat in unison with the thrilling sweetness of her song, which WAS loudly encored. The house was full, and the company elegant. Aleiriatsmy followed—Mrs. JOEDAN and 4r. eleg ant . ts - rox were uncommonly in teresting and lively. COVENT-OARDEN. THE YOUNG ROSCIUS. The Young Rorciur appeared last night in the cha racter of Nor.e,l, in Mr. Hest e'r interesting Trage dy of Doestas. In this charaifter, as in that of ildrear, he does not appear until the second He does not re-appear until the fourth ; and the fifth a& consists of only one scene, in which, until in the agonies of death, he is called upon for no exraordinary exertion. The part IS, therefore, judiciou-'y adapted to his strength. Too heavy a burthea is not imposed upon him, and the audience feel a sort of assurance that they are not by premature enjoyment cheating the promise of their future hopes. This i. a consideration of no mall importance. The public m.y be allowed to feel a prisperty, an interest, in that which appears destined to '-e the ornament of the age. to i;ive a colour and completion to life and marals. The public do feel that interest In every company, from the highest life to the lowest classes of society, the most tender concern is hourly ex pressed lest so much labour may endanger his health and constitution. The part is also well suit ed to his age. A w.:11-grown youth of 14 may well represent :I youth of 18, the age of Norual, without claiming too much from the delusion of the steer. The part, therefore, was judiciously chosen, as well with respea to his tender years, as his pecu liar powers. The doors, as upon the preceding days, - were besieged at an early hour ; but, after sin o'clock, there was no crowd or pressure for places. Those who had not taken places, were aware that they could expel no accommoda tion, and, consequently, were deterred from mak ing any struggle Those, of course, who had secured seats, enjoyed them with, perhaps, much less inconvenience than is usually felt upon the night of a new play, or any other case of ordinary e Tee tation. The Play is interesting, and was, upon the whole, well cast ; but that 3 :sone Norco! was every thing, and every other character nothing, was mani fest from all the occurrences of the evening. Even after the curtain rose, a murmur of impatience ran from box to box. It was all anxiety until he ap peered, and then a thunder of applause announced the pleasure of the audience at beholding him.— His first scene did not keep pace with his great name. The celebrated speech beginning with " haw ia Nome . has beets much admired, and is familiar to every school-boy. It has been considered a judicious ap peal to the audience, to prepossess them at once in favour of the aZior. It breathes a spirit of chivalry, blended with modesty, that cannot fail to please.— Yomee Ro-c•ol, however, appeared in it only an or dinary Atlor. Ile was nothing above the common size, or level. In part: of it, he might be said to be faulty. particularly in his delivery of these lines— .. 1 left my father's house, and took with me A chosen servant to cambia my steps : Yds trroVisig wits g orvnic his wairrr" We have not been accustomed to hear the last line delivered with in much indignation. The noble, generous spirit of Norval, ought not, perhaps, to feel so much resentment at the cowardice of a ser vant ; but, then, it must be considered, that he is " a tho,en servant," and that the passage ought to be strongly marked. as Gfeturinor afterwards takes advantage of it. In the long speech in the Ith where we nest find him giving an account of his tutor in the art of war, he displayed all the fire and ani mation of a youth speaking upon a favourite subjet; and here, as in the former scene, we observed no extraordinary grace or beauty. But, as if all this were meant to take the audience by surprise, and heighten the beauty of the succeeding passages, in one moment he enraptured the audience, earned the avenue to every heart, and searched every vein and artery, by the exquisite force, delicacy, and feeling, displayed in the fallowing dialogue : "!end R. Why dal this 'oldie in a desert hide This*. nus:itie. goat should have greed a camp Mir. Tau too at !mat leaned. Unhappy elan! Returning honer/snit 1)7 Messina' rwt, Loaded with wealth and honours bravely won, A rude and ti.iiserous captain of the tea Faiteill a quarrel on Mai. Fierce dim fought: Tiro stranger fell, and with his dying breath Dertlaid his name and I.neagt. Mighty poser The soldier cried, Mo enwiwe ! ! 1.1.1 s rt. ill. Mother ! Yc•—•nf the s.tine parents bora ; His un:y brother. Tney excimrsed forgiveness; And happo is no smOut wait he dot ding ; For male deaths has the suriivur Lone ft To what mysterious woes are mortals born I.s this dire tragedy were there no more Unhappy penons Did the parents live Nor. No, the, terra dead; tied &-O. had OW4 their tees, Befer•, their son LW shed his trother's There was scarcely an eye horn which a falling tear did not bear witness to the strong emotion which he excited. The words, 6 , Oh nut brother." " Navy 1. my mind was he that died." " Kind Neortn dad clued their (Tee," were delivered with that pathos and feeling that melted every bosom They excited an enthusiasm in the house, of which no words can convey an adequate idea. —He was entirely in possession of the audierce. They had lost all controul over their passions, and expressed their delight in loud and reiterated burs:s of IC clAmatinn. —Filial piety, in the expres s ion of which. he stands pre-eminem, could not be more beautifully expressed than in the conversation which fdlows with Lad, Randolph. H:s eager enquiry into the circumstances of his birth, and respe:ting his father, was full of genuine interest and feen,g. Never did nature present a son in Inure captivating colours. " Who am I then ' " Who ws% father And then, when he finds his father dead, the ten derness with which he turns his enquiry to his mo ther. and bewails her sorrows. was irresistible. Upon this ground he can have no rival. The expression of filial duty is hisfe, tr. Wherever it constitutes a leading feature, whether in Acluler, in Norval, or in Freder,c4, his success is certain. From this, until his great scene with Glenaluoie, was a blaze of beauties. He mar ked every passage with taste and judgment. New beauties Appeared in every thing he touched. "The blood of Douglas will prole& itself:" and again " To he the son.( Douglas is to me I ohel aance enough Declare my birth, A:A in the 6011 171 seek for farr;and itstune." These line; were spoken with great energy. The pride of noble birth breathed la every word, and was finely mixed with the martial fire of the youth ful waurior. But hitherto, it may be said, he had only to express a single passion. The warmth oaf filial affection, martial fire, and the pride of birth, are all that have been yet required of him, and they are not commingled, but succeed to each other. He is a youth acting a youth's part- a brave, gene rous, spirited, and affe&ionate boy. The scene with Glenaloon is of the most arduous class. It re quires a great variety of talents. He has to struggle with, and pourtray contending passions. His bold and dating spirit is fired by insult and indignation; anger, contempt, and prudence, alternately prevail, or contend for vitiory in his breast. The following speech to Glenalrom was full of modesty, grace, and dignity : " Sir, I Iron areuetoon'd all my days To heat and speak the plain and simple ouch . Aral thoolla I hate been odd that there are na-ri, Who borrow frenti.lop's tongull to s;wak their at .:n, Yet in such language I am little Therq.ne 1 Awl (.lenat ems t;rr An rowel, Aithourk it ...waded kleeku,." The inflection of his voice, and the irony with which he pronounces the concluding lines,were won derfully fine. Loud and prolonged applause dezlared the admiration of the audience, and the extraordi nary powers of the actor. Indeed every line to the conclusion ef the scene deserves particular praise. The contempt and indignation with which smarting from insult, he says to Glees/eon— t. te'l thee—w hat thou art. I knew thee well." The spirit with which he challenges him to fight, and his speech to Lord Randal" when the latter in terferes and parts them, were all finely conceived, and beautifully expressed. They were equalled, however, if not exceeded, by the spirited and noble air with which he concludes the quarrel and the aft, in the following lines : " Think not so lightly, Sir, of my resentm , nt. When we contend again, our strife it nertal,“ Hitherto we have seen him rising above himself in each succeeding scene ; in the dying scene he tops the climax, and leaves all his former exertions far behind. His attitude, when he comes wounded upon the stage, from the contest with Lord Randolph And Wooalooa, with the two swords in his hands, was fall of grace and dignity. Nothing could be more animated and noble. The same grace and dignity attended him, in the agonies of death. This part of the scene was also managed in a way pecu liarly his own. On the moment of expiring, he makes a convulsive effort to embrace his mother ; but when raised half way from the ground, his strength forsakes him, and he falls lifeless upon the stage, in a direction opposite to that in which he rose ; thus evincing, in the gasp of death, the in vincible ardour of Erial affe.h on. Thunders of ap plause closed this scene. High as public expeas tion was raised, the performance exceeded it. The Play is in itself of more interest than Barba• rainy, and the nein; R.ee.es was more ably seconded by his coadjutors. Mrs. Li rc tt r I EL n was a very good though not a perfect representative of Ledo Randol,eh, All the violence of gild was given with aderpiate force, but she has not s iftness enough to expre+s its agonies in the breast of so fond a mother in so dreadful a situatiou. When she exclaims, a. gab! we " pal( Aar West." She should be examining his face with trembling anxiety ; but, at the time Lady Reudolpi last night pronounced these words, she had not seen his fea tures, his face being turned away from her, 1 Ask ing towards the as,ailants. Mr. Coosce looked and played Gleaalron well. In the scene, however,where he insults and chides Yollllg Nerral, use thought, as seeking to be natural, he became too familiar and colloquial. Mr. Musa a v's Lord Randolph, and the other char-them were well sustained. •Ilie pit, as on Saturday and Monday nights, had a black and dismal appearaice ; very few females bad courage to venture into it. The boxes, however, were very brilliant, and displayed a full proportion of female beauty and fashion. It may not be amiss to notice, that the Scotch bonnet, which young Norval wore, did not fit him. He was obliged repeatedly to raise his hand to settle it on his head; the interest and delusion of the scene must of caurse suffer by the circumstance. It is said that an Expedition is in preparation, from which Ministers expea the greatest sneer's. It is to consist of a strong Naval and Military Force' and the latter will be commanded by an Officer of the highest reputation. A Gentlem to, who came over in the same packet that brought Mr. Waosr, A rr, states, that he tound great difficulty in embarking at Iltisum, from the severe frost, and the quantity of floating ice ; he says. " We had a quick run out of the river, but, in getting to sea. had contrary winds, and a heavy gale, for near forty-eight hours, beating our pas sage the remainder of the way. The frost had been very severe at Hamborgh : on leaving which place, many unpleasa it rumours were afloat. The frog had closed the canal+, and the Elbe no longer remains na vigable. I came by way of Tonningen, where there were several British ships; the 7nasters of which intended leaving them on Monday last, from the fear of being frozen up, should the severe frost continue. It was said that a Military Commission was sitting upon three houses at Rotterdam, which had large concerns with England their books, kc. s eized, and erassining." LAW. . . COURT OF KING% BENCH. WMI4INIIIIII, Dec. 4. Sittings at Nici Pea's, before Lord EL LINSOItO AK. ASSAULT AND BATTERY. POTTS r. Gsis.vr. In this action the Plaintiff was a Milliner residing on the first floor of a house, No. la, Bond•Strect, tha sla:d lover part of which were occupied sr the i ant, who was a Ladies Shoemaker. it appeared that the Plaintiff had some garden pots in her windows, which she was in the hail ha bit ' -ming Own -..ioclowk .c of watering, and generally over-runt the water streamed down upon the shop wind, in consequence of which the articles in them receiv ed some damage. This annoyance induced the De- fendant to nail some hoards against the window, which were afterwards removed by the PLintifr.' who placed hammers, pokers, and other domestic utensils, in their stead. The boards were again re- . stored to their first situation, and the Defendant threw the several implements, which the Plaintiff had g• t out, in at the window, one of which srtnrl- 11:r apprentice in the arm ; is consequerica faintoiss, hystericks. contusion, ft.c. ensued. The parties were brought before the Migistra:es at Marlborough-Street, and this action was afterwards p osecuted. A Surgeon was to have proved the injury sus- rained, but the Learned Counsel dispensed with' calling him, so that no material injury was proved • to have been done. The Jury returned a Verdict for Forty Sbilliugs. DEFAMATION. • !RICHARD O. LENN. This waist anion for slanderous words made of by the Defendant to the injury of the V/ charader. • ; The Plaintiffis a publican, and kept the GM*" Inn, at E; - ,field, and the Defendant is a tolls's**. fist, and clerk to Messrs. Pidgeon and Dime s; merchants. It appeared upon the dired eaausiaa-, tion of Miss Maria Prichard. the Plaintiti's danglialig• that the Defendant called at her father's !:oust: one day, in company with :another per-on. and said hit called to settle his account, when the Mimi:: desired be would walk in, and it should be paid ; ately after they had some words, she could not say. what provoked them, but she hear i the Defendant tell the Plaintiff—" You are a rogue, and a and a swindl-r you robbed rue of a cask of brandy." On her crow-examination. she said het father had ordered a cask of brandy through the Defendant, Mesas. Pidgeon and Dixon t but, in conse quence of unfort.,nate circumstances, her father fa;led ; she did not understand what was me-int by a Reari.s account, but her father gave his note in part pa - in:sent for the brandy. which note was never taken up, ~or the brandy ever paid toe. Lord Eitutoraortouort told the Jury. that 1t ; charge did not amount to that of felon ; there were seasonable grouods for the us:ng the expression, and the PlakiiisvardiallK - fore, ?unsuited. 4 ASSAULT AND BATTERY. DCGOkt, D. HOLLII4•6 4110 •tsorrea. This war an anion brought by the Plaintiff. Who ,• was a labourer, and kept a lodging house in flit.! Giles s. nainstthe Defendant, Q l ,: asiwar iewsoae- - - perfnmer. and his. • man , I opposi•e aeignotauso It appeared from the evidence of some of Plaintiff's witnesses, that one night, between eleent tlll#ll 4 . and twelve o'clock, as old sailor came to the-Plain tiff's to look for lodgings, and the latter, not being able to accommodate him, desired he should go; away. As the sailor retired, he stumbled again* the window and broke a pane of glass, upon which the Plaintiff ran out, and took hint into custoo at the s.t:nc moment the I)efewlant" came npa sired him not to use the man ill, and gild he wo bail him out, if he carried him to the watch-`sonse,' and then, without furth.r provocation, he at the Plaintiff, knocked him aown, dragged him trir the hair of the head, and otherwise abused and be* him in a most violent manner. Mr Vincent, surgeon. wh, WAS also a foreigner, • stated, that he Attended the Defendant in the mouth of June, when he had a hod on his thigh ; he at tended him again in July. about the tine the assault was said to have taken place, when he appeared to havean inflammatory eruption, general y terned St. Anthony's Fare, both of which arose from a bad ha bit of body, hut was not, by any means, the effea of a blow, or any violence. He gave a certificate, but it WAS not produced. The Jury gave the Plaintiff Is. damages. ASSAULT AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT. JONES r. HINKLILY and ornAas. Mr. ERSKINE stated, that this was against one Hinkley esd Sanson, the latt-r well known by the nick name of the Buil" . f f the Welk, and w'.obad frequently been celebrated amon7st the heroes of pugilism. The maul: committed was a most vio lent and atrocious one; and though this Defend ant might think he had a right to battle with men, yet it did not follow that he was to use the fair sex in the same way. The Defendaats had dragged the • Plaintiff, Mrs. Mary Jones, who was an unprixedied woman, to a common wa.e's-honse, where she was imprisoned a s•: hole night, and natal twelve o'clock the next day ; and direeted, that no hail should be taken for her ; iu the way to the watch house they heat her, broke one of her fingers, and otherwise abused h-r. Mrs Mary Harper stated, that she knew the Plaintiff Mary Jones, who lived in St. Catherine's lane, Tower-hill. About nine o'clock at night. en the '27th of August la.t, she saw the Deiendants, Hinkey and Sanson, who asked one elartha How ard, what she had done to his ( I laiikl .y's) wife they then laid hold of the Plaintiff, dragged her along the flags without cap or shoes, and fiarced her to go to the watch-house, where she was cootined, and the next day was so ill as not to be able to stir • her aims and body were black , and her linger broke On her cross examination, by Mr. G •ZROW, said, the Plaintiff was a decent, respeetable, working woman ; she could not tell how often she had been in the watch-house ; she never said stet • was to have a new gown if she told a d—d good story ; the Plaintiff •• as not mortally drunk, nor did she know she was in custody for rnhhing a sailor; but she admitted the Plaintiff was an unfortunate girl of the town, but did tot know she was called by any nick name, nor .11.1 she know the complaila A not :es 4, DC D! ult G a y Insi We- iniffil W iiii of i lie maid ) th•r lb* disk IP a I If al• K tilt fl-. hate 'Atha- r, /4r. VOW, Irg. b um*, ea to 'nut a few we. rite.: ... of sites, mowed At the s foot le Sir house ty of irling- il lag A•[N- Like of ward, n yes ght in i 4 r ra, o'. Ut thr br:ng nu:- of the )ve Mt 3,c :3 a 1t )ILlif Vary. ;Itssel Hart ims tt.. npar,• ht- , cl; wanes ose of 11X)rt her I 7 ,:: ,