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TIIRA rftt.s. CCFN r -tl4 Vaster Berry, last rini t, sust ai ned the charafter of Aimee In several passages he commanded the warm applauses of rha ; ! , I.IL his exertions were too violent to allow him to play this arduins part throughout with effi-sq. In the latter seenTs his voice failed him, and he became exce , ,sivdy boarse. In the beginning of the last aet. An at tempt was made to assail him with a volley of hisses ; but rbe interruption of the mil -contents was feeble and short-lived. Miss SMITH f'aye to .7td,e much of the tenderness, of which the charader is so distinguishedly capable. The proce , sion in the fourth ad, to the tomb of the Capulets, was ex tremely grand. The effeitive strength of the Theatre was displayed in a procession of more than So performers. The farce of " IV. hti Nifht," succeeded the play. Until half-price the HMIS* was not full. Grua?: THEATRE. On Monday night, the new Comic Opera, called Der MarDsehreter (The Mountebank) was performed at this elegant little Theatre. The fa mily of the SCH I RAIERA never appeared to more ad vantage, or were more warmly applauded. The new Ballet of Affion, called The Flemish Fair; or, The Soar for Lore, was admirably performed by the jure-ile dancers, and received repeated plaudits; f i n ~ease was full ; and, with massy other fashion. sables. we observed the Right Hon. Lady 15111)131T NOUVERIL. To•morrow I ler MAJMITY will hold a Drawing Room. Among the last arrivals at Brighton are—.. Tr* Ra•l and Lounteis of LiQtel. 11. Hire MT i. Forsyth, Air. and Mrs. Wattehod, Mrs. Spencer, Lady Calaphell, and M. Macleod Mrs Paciou and family have arrived in town from Brighton. Brighton boasts much fashion still. An elegant entertainment was given there last week by Mrs. Foam ANqus, at the North Meuse. Sir James GANDINt.a is expeeted at Kt eau AN'S Hotel. this d.ty, from Oxfordshire. From r. r greet ran tire Tavel/en' have hid at Drury-lat , r, many .t the performers are already sop,. fW nt. I'. N 4 3id ANIELL, Esq. has launch-d a fashion • ht landau baron. ' e, from the i nach Mann failtov, \eve Bond street. Mr. Ly nem, Aso, a new double : indem mg, and yellow harnes., e DorJess BOLTO% had a party, last even ing, at her house, Cu - metier-square. The Marquis of LAHOSUoVIINE will give a grand dinner, lien Saturday, at Landsdowne house, Berkeicy-square. Major SCOTT W•RING is indisposed, at BED. Hisia's Hotel, St. James's -street, and intends leave g town, in a few days, (or Brightor., for the benefit of his health. Mr. Mist:paean left town. yesterday morning, for Cambridge, to attend the elefition. The Duchess of Goaonts and Lady Cm A I. torte LitNoa arrived in town yes:erday, from the Marquis of Co itsw•LLleS seat, near Bury St. Ed mund's. Cmateropitea Coerce, Esq. attired, last Sunday, at RittSoisa's Hotel, from Ash Grove, Kent. General Tacecit left town last Sunday for Ire land ; and C..lonel Gitosvcson, for Chfnrdshire. Dneter Hume entertained a 'etre* party at din ner yesterday, at his Is.ube in Groavennr-street, in e?uding the Lord Bishep of Ccottr. ter. Right Mon. JAMES F1TM.11.41.1). late Prime S. 'jeans of Ireland, the Hon. Gatutue Koos. the Rev. Dr. Gt. esse, and Astscitaos Monne. The Hon. Mrs. Ws wn ti A it gave s grand Concert, seder the direiftion of Mr. Lta ore, at her house. in Portland-plate, on Monday last, to a sole f party of friends ; among them were -1.1.rd and Lady &sten, Earl and Connten of Effingham, Dowager and Carat's. lA' xmade, Ladies Roth's, H way, S. Wraghes, D. Snach, Dali iig, and Licks; 11.,150 1 . of Winchester, and I/Inn. Mr, Walpole. &c. Madam BIANCHI and Signor BIGHI sang seve ral delightful songs and duets. The novelty of the evening was a trio.concertanti for three French horns, never performed in this counts y before, by Messrs. Leanota and Master Jonason ; it had a charming effect, and was universally admired ; as all:. a MS. sestettu, by Messrs. Ca star s, Le VlDalts, LINDLEV, Nloa,m, and Sitiesn.. Lionttv gave a concerto in his best stile. The Earl of Deese came to town on Monday morning. from the Oakes and, at three o'clock, letaened to dinner. The Marquis and Marchinneis of S ctssentr will come to town on Friday, for the season. Vi.entint Ca 'woe NZ had a soled dinner-party on Meedav, at his house. N.anhope-street. The Hon. Brigadier-Central, and Lads CATH A alr C Stew %111 T, arrived at KI a cst•H's Hotel. last Seturday, from lteiard. Mr. Pore has been again prevailed on to change the penerf for the trei , ..'esn. and made 114 first ap pearance, on Monday evening, is his favourite part of Claehe. at Covent.Gai den Theatre. where he has not appeased these three years. rfighneu the Duke of Casten:nue. the Marchionesses of Heat:mote and wg,..i.L9 Le v, the Countesses of I-Luitincoros, CLAP!, Cs a ni ece. and Da 111 MOlll , and Viscountess!), CA ST I 11.. ataaon. Cyanoses, and SHOULY, were at ti.e Opera last evening. The Kinn hal' been pleased to grant the dignity of a Baronet of th- United Knights) of Great Bri tain nod Ireland to COAIIILLIC BROHMEAD, Esq. Prigasher-General of Lis M &Jeer V ' S forces, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. On Saturday se'nnight, 1 lis Royal Ilighness the Dake of Cell o arrived at Gloucester Lake, Weytrionth ; and, on Monday evening, he honour ed wit h Lis presence the Subsctiption Vocal Con-. tett, under the direction of Mr. ida 'talent on. who hes. for some time past, conducted them here wth the greatest applanse. Among the cornp4cy as sembled, we no t i ce d L a d y E L • 2 A errili SPENC/it. LadyCesot ine BA RRA Lady I I',toOUSIA BLI:11. Lady CaO4.Gl KA Alf, Lady 11•!1•.* BLAIR, and several ether Lashes ut diatioguished fashion* Nom.. J 4C013 IN ICX EXPOStI). We yesterday promised The Courier a dressing It will be a fashionable one, for it will rather prove an expoiaire. As we shall probably have to revert often to the subjeCt, we hope some general and pee. paratory observations may be allowed in our first article. The Jacobins in this country have given out, since the usurpation of the Child and Cham pion of Jacobinism, that their valuable race was retina. 'chic, however, has proved to be only a rase de guerre. The condua of the French troops in Ireland, under Gen. Hu st laza r, probably suggested the idea. They threw themselves down upon the ground, and affeßed to be dead, until an opportunity offered to rise suddenly upon their opponents. 'I he Jacobins have successfully encountered the unwary and unsto.peaing here, with the same success. Some of them have pretended to he dead ; and others, at feeling to be not incorrigible, have aetually sprouted into loyalists, staunch supporters of the crown, and most affettionate friends of the Treasury. The assas sin is always more dangerous than the open foe, and hence many of these alive citizens have dune more in disguise, to bring the Government into contempt, than they were ever able to effect by their direft and avowed hostility. The Courier print has been to them a must useful auxiliary. Superficial observers were astonished to see a paper, cradled and nursed by French regicides an& Revolutionists, suddenly become a preacher of loyalty, and transferring to Mr. PITT, and his friends, the fulsome adulation which it used to bestow upon MA it cr, DANTON, and Routsr teen E. Apparently this was a great change; a total reformation; but it amounts, in reality, to little or nothing. Its former abuse of Mr. PITT, proved ineffi..ient to its purpose. Its recent support did him no service. The grand objet of The Court . - r, for some time past, was to prevent that very Ministry, which is now so happily formed ; to sow jealousies and suspicions bttweri Mr. PITT and Mr. Fox, and to vilify and degrade the latter, in the opinion of to • world. We wish to know, what there is in ' :eh inconsistent with the origi n d sedan ir • princes and doftrines of The Courier? l'he rank of a country is alss s s measured by the talents Aral charaeter of those whom it calls its great men. Vau have men only to lessen these great men, or any c ..lerable portion of them, and the country is degraded in r!se eyes or foreign nations. If the most red-hot Jacobin had been thrown by one of the most furious eruption► of the revolutionary volcano, from F a•ce to England, he would not have been consider,d a , tnnieseiving of the fraternal embrace, if, on his return horde, he should he able to state, that he had laboured to degrade the country, by daily libels upon the greatest men in its population ; that, undeterred by the dread of rillory, or imprisonment, he had anxiously soneht to dis tram, divide, and weaken them ; and that, seizing the critical moment between the formation of the present ministerial plan by Lord GRENVILLE, and its sandion by Ills MAJESTY, he hazarded a hair breadth escape from treason and sedition, by repre senting that very body of talents, which forms, at this moment, the administration of the country, an abjea. sordid, hungry crew, met together, not for their country's good, but instigated by the lust of places and pensions, and ready, before they had taken their seats in the Cabinet, to quarrel about the division of the spoil. Could he have done this, he would have deserved well of France and the Di reflory ; and been, perhaps, admitted to the honours of a National Sitting. But, then, to encounter the shame and disgrace of apostacy and tergiversation, is surely a proof of the sincerity of the reformation of The Courser. Indeed ! Was there then nothing to compensate this shame and disgrace, in the ad vantages accompanying them? Was it nothing to tins Condudlor of The Courier to be introduced to the Treasury ? to be admitted to an audience of the Treasury Clerks? to boast a confidentral intercourse with persons in the confidence of Government ? and vouch its own speculations to the world upon au thority ? It may be said, that it may boast the same authority to-morrow ; and, so it will, if counte nanced by rte new Ministry ; but, if not, who will believe it ? The means and the power of delusion ate gone. From these preparatory observations, we now come to the point. There never was a question on which the country was so unanimous, as a Ministry of the constitution and form of that whirls has just received His &Giesec's sanftion. It had the approbation of Mr. PITT. It has the appr sbarion of the country. But these are not its only recommendations. It is not only the best, but the only Ministry which, by the death of Mr. Pure, can be established with any prospeet of suc cess. Even the enemies of Lord Gasovicte and Mr. Fux do not pretend that any other could be formed, under the present circumstances. If so, why has not The Coarser presented us with a ccatreprojes to Lard GazSIVILLe'S arrange meats t Why has it not exercised its ingenuity in devising a scheme of Administration for the pre sent critical junftute, composed of materials differ- :-.--- nt. from sealed by Lord CRiNVILLIt ? The present Adnonistration being nor merely the best that can be formed, but the only one ; and, besides, anxiously experle4l by the ccuntry, it i, the duty of every good and loyal subjea to rally round it. But what does the Condu nor of The CourierP He throws a fire-brand into the Cabinet. He says. the matte to a system and Nlinistry, composed of such discordant particles, should be, " Dircnrd, hors. moan, not understood." Before the Ministry re ceived His MaJtsrv's sanaion, The Curler stated, " that the Glum'''. cas and the Foxires had so completely disagreed, that the new Ministry would he fornied without including Mr. Fox." Since that statement has been falsified by the aflual form. ation of a Ministry, including Mr. Fox, The Cuu rier has struggled to divide it by jealousy and sus. picion. Regardless of inconsistency, and indiffer• en: to the means, could it accomplish the end, in one passage, The Courier says " the FOXITU must as an under part to the Gassy! ccts, who brought them in; and without the Creerivicce party to correti and restrain the FOXITTS in the Ca. binet, their sitting there would be a source of the greatest aLt . rm." In another passage it con tradi.ls its own assertion, and says, that " in the present Governmeit, constituted as it is, Lord GnEnvlcte CAR be but a cypin.," and " the Fox party in the Cabinet is more numerous than the Gsa%vicce." This assertion, in its number of yesterday, it attempts to prove by the following division : The GRANVILLt PAITT.---LOett Grene.l:e, EArl Spencer, Mr Win4harn, Earl Fitted'him. The Fox P A ot Ty +l4r Fnx, Mr. Grey, Lori Mari Petty, Mr. Erskine, Earl Moira. The ANDINOTOR PARTY Siimoutla, Lxi Ellen borough. The Courier of Saturday says--a. In the mean time, we shall Rivera praCtical example of the doe• trine we have so often recommended to others, by supporting the Ormernment in these perilous times, when the support of every man is ne cessary to strengthen it, when unanimity never was more desirable." Is this distribution of the Cabinet, which appeared in The C0911,r of yes terday, meant as a practic:l illustration of the pr;:lciples which it avowed on Saturday ? Or did it entertain a lityeting hope of Minis terial favour on Saturday, and was its yetter day's attack upon the Cabinet ,:ictated by disap pointment and despa i r? But this is not the only inconsistency of The CO IfiCr• On Saturday it boasted, •" Measures we prefer to men." Is then a Cabinet, formed of the first rank, talent, and experience in the country, incapable of that liberal and enlightened policy which the Conductor of The Courier avows as the rule of his conduct ? This modest gentleman takes a philosophic view of thing but Viscount SIDMOUTH, Lord Getsvi Luc, Mr. Fox, and the other Members of the Cabinet, are poor, narrow, and selfish beings, actuated en tirely by personal feeling, split into little partie;, and who can see nothing but through the medium of their prejudices and passions. The Members of the Cabinet look only to " men ;" the Editor of The Courser, more liberal and enlightened, prefers " roes. fling. " We have not yet discovered any traces of thi4 preference. He objeds to Mr. Ehtev as first Lord of the Admiralty, 0 because he will carry Earl St. ViscEar's system into execution ;" adding, " the Earl himself is, it is said, to take the command ct the Channel Fleet ; and the brother of the man, whose death in the service of his country has just been announced, will of course be removed from a command, in which he has .h.cv.-n such distinguished skill and science " The system which Mr. City means to pursue is not yet known ; and as to the reproach thrown upon Earl Sr. ViNetNT, nothing can be more stu,iid, illberal, and false. Earl Sr Viscznr is the friend of Admiral CoahwAt Lis, and it was he who placed him in the command of the Channel Fleet. But is E.trl ST. VINCENT an incapable commander? and in his seleaion of Admiral Coisisw•Ls. is and Lord Nat.:ors. did he prove himself destitute of pene tration ? Lord ELLEN/10E01;6Y is the neat subjeft of Tie Cvarier's attack. The atlmissi-m of Lord ELL triaotools," it say•, • is wholly indefensible in every constitutional point ~f view. The Chief Justice of England is to become (as Ch et - Ja:ire) a Cabinet Minicerl!! That is, he whose duty it is to administer justice in mercy, on offenders against the State and its Ministers, is himself to be a party in each such CASZ that awaits his judgment."— We never read such nonsense. In case of appeals the LORD CHANCELLOR sits in judgment in the House of Lords upon his o•.vn decisions ; and vet we have not heard, that Le ought not to be a Peer of the realm But this is not all. The Editor of Tke Cymric". knows nothing about the duty of the LORD CHILE JtSEICE of the Coves. of /i/HO'S Basco. The law comprises the province of the Judge. Mercy is the prerogative of the Crown. .~ =- - But the prerogative of the Crnwn, and the Trost amiable attribute of Mal •stv. u of no consequence when they itand it, tie way of an av 4 , 7 k n Lnrd Ettensosoi en. We have not ro at present farther to exp.se the ribaldry, tad.el.ood, and cc,n tradiElions that pervade the columns of T From the rage and taw of it• Co3d•ldor, we consider him a man trirnt:d out cf a gond birth— the Treasury, for instance, and straggling for 7e admission ; now trying the windows, now forcing the gate, now flittering the porter—and, having found all fail, crying out „ fr,• mod in hopes that the inhabitants, in their fright, may throw open the door, and give him an opportunity to steal into his old apartment LvDl.4. soutiv, Dona !!!!. Extras of a letter from Lieut. Ross. cointnanilieg the Hon. Company's cruiser Queen, to William T. Money, Esq. Superintendent of Manne, dated Mus cat, May 4, 1805 : if On the 90th of April, about twenty leagues to the Northward of Muscat, an attack was made on us, by a large franker, and two dows, one of which carried ten guns, with swivels, and the three filled with men. I have to regret, that alter being engaged with them for an hour and twenty minutes, they were enabled, although much shattered, to get elf with a light air, which was barely sufficient tir admit of the Queen', steering. I beg to intorm you, that every part of tht crew, Europeans and natives, behaved in a very spirit'd manner, an-f that from the very steady fire ke • lip by the arti:lers•-men and sepoys, the eneti y were imnied in their attempt to board us. I bee als rto mention LArlit. Hall's conduct on the occasion, as being extremely active. as was Mr. Robson's (a vo. lunteer) ; and that I am indebted to Captain Sewn. for his support in directing the small arms, and for personally rope ling the enemy's boarding. I am happy to state that the only damages re ceived by us, were cie .epoy wounded, the sails and rigging a good d: al cut, and the main-maw wounded by one c.nnon and several mtis'at shots. From the state the toemy was in, I have reason to think their loss most have been considerable, scat eely a shot was filed further than twenty yards, and all raked her. The elefatcant, which has joist H , Tived in the Downs, brings intelligence that the British troops were ern'ealkteg is the Elbe and the Weser. On intellizence of a change of Ministry reaehirg this place, several bets sere made, respelling the continnuce of the war. One Gentleman took 200 guineas to return two guineas a week until a ..,fi. nitive treaty of peace aas signed. Fifty gui ras were also given to tenon 10.), it the preirminat ei of peace were signed in twelve months.--o( 44. vents, r. The Committee formerly anointed to procure sebscriptions for erecting. ito Glasgow, a statue of Mr. PITT, have resolved, that the literal sums 'd read), subscribed, shall he immediately colt, tied, and subscriptions opened for a fen hundred porous more that will be wanted. The Kim" has been pleased to constitute and ipgoint Sir Berme Groome s Kitt. Assuage SLIME, THOMAS HAMILTON, JAMG Bnlrk JUR,. DOCOL•11, Burs. and JOHN H•RNES‘, 1) actor of Physic, to be His M is Commisioners for condatting the Transport Service, for the Care of Sick and Wounded Seamen, and for the Care and Custody of Prisoners of lVar. The Kise has been pleased to grant untro loom STEP HI xs, Clerk, Vicar of Chewton Mendipp, in the county of Somerset, i.is Royal Licence and Au thority, that he and his issue may (in compliance with an injunftion contained in the not will and testament of sir Rome r KINGSMILL, late of Sid montnn, in the county of Southampton, Batt. Ade miral of the White Squadron of His Mtissee's Beet, dated 13th April last, and out of grateful re spect to his memory) take and use the surname and bear the arms of KIMCIMILL only. with proper dis tintlions ; such arms being first duly exemplified ac cording to the laws of arms, and recorded in the Heralds' Office. The /Cleo has been pleased to grant onto Henan' CIONWLLL, of Muntham, in the County of Sasses. Esq. Rear-Admiral of the Red Squadron of His Majesty's Flo et, and I. Ma a r Caosseratt, his wife. His Royal Licence and Authority, that they may (ia compliance with an injundtion and proviso in the last will and te stament o f WI I. I. IA 14 Ft ANLL aND. late of bluatham, aforesaid, Esq. deceased, dated 14th March last, and in testimony of their grateful respe.l to his memory,) take and assume the surname of FR•NKLAND only; that he the said Hamer CaOMWSLL may bear and use the Arms or Femme- LAND; and that the said surname and arms may be taken, borne, and used by J•sus Hussy Color %yeti, their only child, with proper disindoons; such arms being first duly exemplified aecoreine to the laws of arms, and recorded in t h e Heralds' of fi ce. Several of the lucky adventurers, who experienced the opulence of Fortune's wheel, on Monday lut, are engaging deeply with a fresh stock of chances for Friday's drawing; well knowing, that every number drawn en that day must be protheßive also of sure gain. and may produce them, moreover. more considerable fortunes than they acquired on Monday. The present moment is, undouhiestly, of great interest, and will, most probably, induce a demand for Tickets and Shales beyond the ability of the Lottery market to supply. No. R,339, drawn the first Day of Drawing, a Prize of Ten Thousand and Twenty-two Pounds. was sold by Hoarisev and Co. in the following Shares, two Quarter, one Eighth. and six Ste teenth.—The importance of the present Lottery is manifest by the First Day's Drawing. The chance of the Capital Prizes was obtained without risk. Every holder of a Ticket or Share drawn on the first day, will receive more than the prime cost and may renew the same chance for the Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Lays of Drawing, with advantage. lloa riser and Co. 26, C Charing-cross, and St. Margaret'. fro will continue to sea undrawn Tickets . so lent as they can be p rocure d, i n great and at a.lt lowest prices. )rassing, wait Cornhal. rm. Borough. e' s and Shares, / grtat 'Ninety,/ • / P4r4V ~ GA~y a, as ; ter ! A had • SS wed i et , tare of bY tit kra,, ;hy g( leltel WI" ►.s, Üb. ;out 1411 the old a of late