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lc - Niumseß 6260. NEW TRtATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. EXTte, THIS EVENING, THURSDAY, December 26, his Maieety's Servants will act the Tragedy of GEORGE BARNWELL. The f Tboroughgoed, Mr. Powell; Barnwell, Mr. Thompson; done at George Barnwell, Mt. Cooper; Trnemen. Mr. Barnard; Blunt Mr W. H. Williams. Millwood, Mrs. W. West; Maria, Consery MimsSmithson; Lucy, Mrs. Greer. ence tI7 After which jfrst Hine), a new Comic Pantomime, called very a GOG AND MAGOG; public Or, HARLEQUIN ANTIQUARY. With nen Scenes, Music, Machinery, Dresses, Tricks, and °win Embellishmeats. assn Robin Goodfellow, Mr. Fitzwilliam ; dog, Mr. Sampson ; Lair ?dam, Mr. Highloan; Harlequin, Mr. Ridgway ; Pantaloon, L. Mr. Bartlett; Clown, Mr. Southby. Columbine, Miss Tree. L'Xf Boxes, is • Second Price, 3i. 6d.—Pit, ss. 6d.; Second boy Price' as—Lower Gallery, Is.; Second Price, ts.—Upper let Gallery, is. ; Second Price, ad. et Flaw for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Spring, at the Bes-01111ce, in the R tondo, from Ten till Four, where Family U Boxes may be engaged, and a Private Box had nightly ; also I of Mr. Huokham, of Bond-street. To-morrow, The Dramatist: Vapid, Mr. Marva—mad Old sad Tenni. On Saturday, The nosy Daidyy and Old and Yoneg. • . 'THEATRE ROYAL, EVENT—GARDEN. . mous EVENING, THURSDAY, December 26 will be acted the Tragedy of DOUGLAS. Lbrd Randolph, Mr. Egerton ; Glenalven, Mr. Yid( Norval, Mr. Mason ; the Stranger Mr. Bartley. Lady R dolpb, Mrs. Faucit; Anna, Mrs. Yining. After which will be produced (Ist time) a new grand Cr Pantomime, called HARLEQUIN AND THE OGRESS; Or, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY OF THE WOO . Ogress, the Fairy (afterwards Pautaloon), Mr. Br •Prinee•Ageff (afterwards Harlequin), Mr. Eller; Abr *Mee (afterwards Whirligig), Mr. J. S. Grimaldi ; °ribber, Porter to the Castle (afterwards Clown), mater the Sleeping Beauty (afterwards Columbine Brissak. Boxes, ; Second Price, ss. ad.—Pit, ss. 6d.; Price, as.—Lower Gallery, es. ; Second Price, 1.1 Gallery, is. ; Second Price, 6d. To:nsorrow, the Play of The Stranger. The Tragedj .of the Earl of Essex is rehearse' be performed on Monday next: The Earl of Essex ready; Queen Elisabeth, Miss Lacy; Rutland, Kelly. Positively the LAST NINE NIGHTS of JERRY, as the new Burletta of GREEN I or Tom sod Jerry's Tour, will be producer January 6, Ists, in a style of accuracy hitbsrtu unequalled. ADELPHI THEATRE, STRAT THIS EVENING, THURSDAY, 1 11 slid during the Week, will be pre/ brated Out end Out Classic, Comic, Op, Moralistic, Aristopbanic, Lucalic, Analyti Panoramic, Camera Obscuratic Extravag Fan, Frolic, Fashion, and Flash, in Three TOM AND JERRY OR, LIFE IN LON'S Corinthian Tom, Mr, Wrench ; Jerry I Reeve ; bogie, Mr. Wilkinson ; Jemmy Hoe. Dick Trifle, Mr. Bishop ; ,Sqc Buckingham; Primeat, Mr. Elliott; (/ Tartar (Constable of the Night), Mr. Jack (the Gas Light Man), Mr. Cha Mr. Paula; Dusty Bob, Mr. Walbour Mr. St. Albin and Miss Simpson. Aft Kate, Mrs. Baker; Sue, Mrs. Wayl rnersley ; Mrt.Tattar, Mrs. Daly; 110 After which will be presented an en mime, callef HARLEQUIN'S H • OR, WHO KILLED Rinaldo (afterwards Hartequi Gray (afterwards Pantaloon), (afterwards Clown), Signor Pa Columbine), Miss Simpson. In the course of the Pantomir Mill. • Boxes, 45.; Pit, Is.; ; and the Performance to cum Seven. NEW OLYMPIC THEATR SIT PHIS EVENING, r Tomorrow, and Sat the 63th, eatb, and 67th ben JOAN Joan of A Eed of Act 11. The C After which a grand T Operatic, • Comic, Mc' One Act, called THE TW In Scene H. the Fao goners at work. To which will be adi Pantomime, which HARLEM: OR, THE FAI With Now Music, Dances, Dresses, a/ any former product' Harlequin, Mr. G Cygoetta, aftcrws after wards Pentair Clown, Mr. Had' Lover, Mr. Sulk Miss E. Scott. Grand ['Airy F Vine, and !dim Stage. The Doors furmence comr Pit ts.—Gaile This day is ASEW LIFT Work of tt Printed fields: Sc N. Haile: Mr. Duel) much by h' ri fir call. WI C ca o T rf NUMBER 6260 NEW TRtATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, THURSDAY, December 26, his Majesty's Servants will act Ow Tragedy of GEORGE BARNWELL. Tboroughgood, Mr. Powell; Barnwell, Mr. Thompson ; George Barnwell, Wt. Cooper; Trneman. Mr. Barnard; Blunt Mr W. H. Williams. Millwood, Mrs. W. West ; Maria, Miss Smithson; Lucy, Mrs. Orger. After which j first time), a mew Comic Pantomime, called GOG AND MAGOG; Or, HARLEQUIN ANTIQUARY. With nett Scenes, Music, Machinery, Dresses, Tricks, and mbellishmests. Robin Goodfellow, Mr. Fitzwillism ; dog, Mr. Sampson ; Magog, Mr. Highman ; Harlequin, Mr. Ridgway ; Psntsloon, Mr. Bartlett; Clown, Mr. Southby. Columbine, Miss Tree. Boxes, ra • Second Price, 3i. ad.—Pit, ss. 6d.; Second Price ' at —Lower Gallery, Is.; Second Price, is.—Upper Gallery, is. ; Second Price, ad. IPlaoes for the Boxes to ho taken of Mr. Spring, at the Box-Ollce, in the R 4unda, from Ten till ?our, where Fiala, Boxes may be engaged, and a Private Box had nightly ; also of Mr. Huokhem, of Bond-street. EXTitACT FRG, DATUM The funds closed done at 88 50 after ' sevinence arrived i mince the price. The very active, however, public that war woul owing to such atteml ssurance to the coot, rain their former ground li:change was very hours, but the tran , fers teusive2 The English . vested by them in French tends to support the 1\ liftmen here ao bold the French Funds Tbey have expected it in vain much longer , where a sun•►-'- To-imorrow, The Dramatist: Vapid Mr. Elliston--sand Old sod Toarm. Oa Saturday, The nosy Dady,and old sad Yeaag. 'THEATRE R 017, 44 _ mous EVENING, THURSDAY, December 26, will be acted the Tragedy of DOUGLAS. Used Randolph, Mr. Egerton ; Glenalvon, Mr. Yates ; Norval, Mr. Mason ; the Stranger, Mr. Bartley. Lady Ran dolph, Mrs. Faucit; Anna, Mrs. Yining. After which will be produced (Ist time) a aew grand Comic Pantomime, called HARLEQUIN AND THE OGRESS; Or, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY OF THE WOOD. Ogress, the Fairy (afterwards Pantaloon), Mr. Barnes; I Prinee - Aaoff (afterwards Harlequin), Mr. Eller; Abnab, his *quire (afterwards Whirligig), Mr. J. S. Grimaldi ; Grim °ribber, Porter to the Castle (afterwards Clown), Mr. Gri maldi the Sleeping Beauty (afterwards Columbine), Miss Brissa. Boxes, ; Second Price, as. fid.—Pit, as. sd.; Second Price, sa.—Lower Gallery, vs.; Second Price, is.—Upper (hitery, is. ; Second Price, Gd. To:nsorrow, the Play of The Strange r. The Tragedy.of the Earl of Essex is in rehearsal, and will be performed on Monday next: The Earl of Essex, Mr. Mae ready; Queen Elisabeth, Miss Lacy; Rutland, Miss F. H. Kelly. obtaining 5 per cent. sore to vest it io the 1 quite true that Freachtuear Wed a few thousand - Positively the LAST NINE NIGHTS of TOM AND JERRY, as the new Bulletin of GREEN IN 'NANCE, or Tom cod Jerry's Tour, will be produced on Monday, January 6, 1613, is a style of accuracy and splendour hitbortu unequalled. ADELPHI THEATRE, STRAND. PHIS EVENING, THURSDAY, December 26, and during the Week, will be presented the cele brated Out and Out Classic, Comic, Operatic. Diderclir, Moralistic, Aristopbanic, Lucalic, Analytic, Terpsicheric, Panoramic, Camera Obscuralic Ettraysgenza Burtetta Fan, Frolic, Fashion, and Plash, in Throe Acts, called TOM AND JERRY; OR, LIFE IN LONDON. Corinthian Torn, Mr, Wrench ; Jerry Hawthorn, Mr. John Reeve ; Logio, Mr. Wilkinson ; Jemmy Green, Mr. Brown ; Hon. Dick Trine, Mr. Bishop ; 'Squire Hawthorn, Mr. Buckingham; Priment, Mr. Elliott; O'Boozle, Mr. Salter; Tarter (Constable of the Night). Mr. Daly ; Cribb, Mr. Lee ; Jar* (the Gas Light Man), Mr. Chapman; Billy Waters, Mr. Paulo; Dusty Bob, Mr. Walbourn. Principal Dancers, Mr. St. Albin and Mias Simpson. Atilt:ea Sal, Mr. Sanders. Kate, Mrs. Baker; Sue, Mrs. Waylett ; Jane, Mis; Ilam- Ineraley ; Mrt.Tattar, Mrs. Daly ; Mrs Devis, Mrs. Bryan. After which will be presented an entirely new Casio Panto mime, called HARLEQUIN'S HOLIDAY; • ou, WHO KILLED THE DOCI Loaf& (afterwards Harlequin), Mr. W. Kirby; Grim Gray (afterwards Pantaloon ), Mr. Daly ; Justice Hangall (afterwards Clown), Signor Paulo. Juslinn (afterwards Columbine), Miss Simpson. In the course of the Pantomime a View of Brixton Tread Mill. Boxes, 4a.; Pit, ss. ; Oallery, is. Doors opened at Six, and the Performance to commence at a Quarter before Seven. NEW OLYMPIC THEATRE, NEWCASTLE-STREET, STRAND, THIS EVENING, THURSDAY, December 26, Tomorrow, and Saturday, will be performed, for the 630, <Mb, and 67th baste, the celebrated Melo-Drama of JOAN OF ARC. Joan of Are, Mrs. Egerton. Eed of Act 11. The Coronation of Charles of France. Altar which a grand Tragic, Terrific, Horrific, Heroic, Operatic,' Comic, Melo-dramatic, Burlesque Parody, iu Gee Act, called TILE TWO GALLEY SLAVES ; In Scene IL the Fac-simile of the Tread Mill, with Pri soners at work. To which will be added (first time) a New Grand Comic Pantomime, which has been long in preparation, called HARLEQUIN AND THE CI GNICT ; OR, THE FAIRIES OF THE SILVER LAKE. With Now Music, Scenery, Machinery, Tricks, Changes, Dances, Deesses, and Decorations, exceeding in splendour any former production at this Theatre. Harlequin, Mr. Goadby (his first appearance en this stage); ' Cygnetta afterwards Columbine Miss Adcock ; Ilumpo, afterwards Pantaloon, Mr. T. G. [ dower; Jumpo, afterwards Clown, Mr. Hartland ; Benasker, the Sorcercrr, afterwards Lover, Mr. Suttee. Sylpberina, Fairy of the Silver Lake, Miss E. Scott. Grand Fairy Ballet, by Miss Griffith, Miss Ilibbert, Miss Vine, abd Miss Romer, being their first appearance on this Stage. - - The Doors will be opened at Six o'Clock, end the per. formance commence at a quarter before Seven.—Hosea ss.— ?it Mi.—Gallery Is. This day is published, price is. sewed, or Twenty-Ave for One Owned, ASERIOUS CALL to DEVOUT and HOLY LIFE. Abridged from the Abridgment of the Original Work of the Rev. W. Law, A.M. By A LAYMAN. Printpd for J. Nun), Oreat Queen-street, Uncoltl's fun' fields : Sold by Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers'-court, and N. ilaiteb, Piccadilly. A WOULD-BE BIGAMIST. Mr. Lawson, formerly minister at Kirkmahoe (adjoining to Dumfries) was a most worthy and respectable character, and moth beloved by all the country round, but more particularly by his own parishioners. Once, about a Martinmas term, st farmer's servant in the parish, a foolish young fellow, called on him. and told him he had a great mind to get married, • Very well, John,' said he, • there is nothing wrong In that. Who is the happy woman you are going to make your wife?' •• Oh? Sir,' said the lad, • I am rather at a loss just now, and ealled upon you to give me advice In my present difficulty. Them are two young women whom I love nearly alike: one of them I would prefer a little, end only a very little, to the other ; now what I would ask of you, Sir, is this, might I not marry the , . both ?'—' That,' said Mr. Lawson, • according to the law of this country•, is not allowable: hut do you think both of them are willing to take you for a husband ?'—• 0 yes,' said he, • I think I am pretty sure of that.'—' Very well,' said the minister, ' marry the one you like best as soon as con venient, and in two or three months after you may come to me, and 11 will .ee what can be done about getting you the other also." That was done accordingly; but for a long time after wards there was no word from John. At last it happeued, on a beautiful day in the month of April following, that Me. I Lawson met his old acquaintance, in a narrow lane, driving a cart loaded with hay. The lad barely touched his hat, and wished to push on.—' Stop, stop, John,' said the minister, I wish to speak with you.' • What do you want, Sir ?' said John• rather tartly. • o,' said Mr. Lawson, ' you never come back to consult me about what you spoke of some time ago.' • What was that,' said John, very hastily. o,' said the good man, ' you were to speak about taking another wife.'—• An other wife, Sir!' cried he; • 0 sad! 0 sad! I wish you would rather loose me from the one you tied me to ; will you just stop a moment, and see what shins she has made me with kicking,' and with this began to loosen down his stocking, in great haste. ' Hout, trout John, cried the minister, • we'll see these another time ;" and so rode off, folly sadsiled that John thought otte wife was enough, and rather too much for him. in trade as we do, place . - very want of enterprise which pioduces investment in Government Securities, to a certain extent prevents its reaching such a point as to make the rentes avail able at a very high price, because what individuals are afraid of doing is done by Societies, who find capital so valuable that subscribers obtain from 5 to 20 per cent. for the use of their money. There are fifty ways of investing money safely in Paris, to produce 6 or 7 per cent., and therefore it is highly improbable that the Funds should ever reach 100. Many of the re ports which I alli.ded to yesterday were repeated upon the Exchange, but without effect. The Funds were not lower yesterday than on Tuesday, for on Tuesday afternoon, at five o clock, they were done to some ex tent at 87. I have already informed you, and I did it upon undoubted authority, that the King of FRANC& has for some time been in frequent communication with DE Casts. This seems a mystery to some people, who thing that DE CAZ ES is not a man of talent ; but he has had talent enough to persuade the KING that he is so, and that is sufficient. If Louts had his own way, DE CAZES would, in lees than twenty-four hours, be called to the Presidency. His MAJ ESTY is very well aware that the world thinks less favourable of the moyeas of the Ex-Minister than he does, but this endears the Duke to the Sovereign, who.% imagines that he has more discrimination in distovir. ing his talents. The last time that the Duke was with the Kinn, Madame D— was present. " said Louts, " what do you think of him ?—west pas an homme de grauds moyens—l brought him tor ward ; but for me his talents would have remained in obscurity." DE CAZ es at any rate knew how to flat ter his master, and that is a great point in a Minister. Louts is known to write a great deal, and to write well. Whenever any very striking pamphlet, on the right side, and by an anonymoas author, was pub lished, DE CazEu heard it pretty generally reported that the KING was the author. The little comedy, called La jamille Glinet was thus fathered upon the " Father of his people ;" and a romance, in which it is recommended to unite all parties, had• the same fate. The hero of the romance, who is sup posed to be a fool, recommends the plan, and says—. " See of what a galled is composed —how different and 'unpleasant arc the ingredients separately, and how acellent together." The KING was flattered in hav ing the idea of the Ballad ascribed to him, and laughed when he heard that he had a new title—l'honone a la lalade; but them was a little gaucherie in supposing the sallad-maker to be an idiot. This was soon felt, and the KING declared to every body that he was not the author of the book which DE CazEs had ascribed to him. Public opinion is, if possible, still more positively pronounced against war; but it is generally thought that the Government desire it. There is, however, one obstacle which speaks decidedly against its probabi- lity—" Who is to pay the piper?" Russia cannot, Austria cannot, England will not, and we all know that France cannot. The French Ministry have, indeed, attempted to humbug the nation by pretty stories of their resources, but it is out of their power to go to war without a great increase of taxation, which cannot take place without serious danger to the exist ing dynasty. It will be ludicrous to most men in England„ t to hear that M. de Sr. CRICQ and the Mi• niatry boast, at this time of day, about the balance of trade. M. Sr. CRICQ pretended, in the Chamber, that it was in favour of France, in the proportion of 90 millions of francs upon a trade of 400 millions. The Count de VA u BLANC, in a work published this week, on the other hand proves that the balance of trade annually, viz.—the excess of exports above the amount of imports, is only three millions of francs. Two days ago Sir SIDNEY Sinra called at the British Embassy, and in his way met the Duke of Wm: wrozow ;—they entered into conversation, in the course of which the Duke emphatically said " My dear Admiral, you may rest assured that there will be no war." You have heard that a new political work, called the Regulateur, was seized at its second number.—l have attempted to procure the first to send to you, but such has been anxiety to procure it that the last was sold for 40 francs, although the publishing price was not half so many sous. Letters from Copenhagen communicate the extraor dinary fact, that the merchants there are shipping barley and oats to the port of Konigsberg, the late harvest having proved so very unproductive fur these sorts of grain. Not only are the complaints great in Hanover re specting the very low price of corn, but it is said, such is the depressed value of butcher's meat, that, remote from large towns, cattle are slaughtered for very little more than the cost of the bides. A correspondent informs us, that not more than half an acre is sown to wheat in 14 estates in the parish of South Tawtoo, most of them being un-, tenanted.—Ereter Gazette, Dec. 21. NORFOLK MEETINO.—In compliance with a requi sition signed by several hundred "occupiers of land, tradesmen, and others affected by the severe and unpre cedented distresses of agriculture," the High Sheriff of Norfolk (Sir R. P. Joonztt, Bart.) has convened " a County Meeting of the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and others," to be held at St. Andrew's• hall, Norwich, on Friday, the 3d of January, " for the purpose of taking into consideration those distresses, and the best means of relieving diem." . Post equivocally denied. He never laid out a penny for Any such purpose. Mr. Daiscou, said, that it was totally unnecessary for Alderman Nugent to enter into any defence on the subject.—(Hatr, hear.) Mr. J. B. Fitzsimons then rose, and after address ing the Guild in strong terms of abhorrence at the atro cious attack on his Excellency, moved a Resolution expressive of the detestation the Guild entertains of the outrage committed at the Theatre, the perpetrators of which he looked on as assassins. This Resolution was seconded by Mr. Glascock. On being put from the Chair, it passed unanimously. A Committee was then appointed to prepare an Ad dress ; they retired for that purpose, and returned in about an hour, when Mr. Glascock read an Address, which the Committee had prepared. It was unanimously adopted by the Meeting as the Address of the Guild. Mr. Gtascocx. moved the thanks of the Guild to Mr. Johnston, Private Secretary to the Lord Lieu tenant, for his spirited conduct on the occasion of the outrage committed at the Theatre, on the night of his Excellency's visit. This Resolution was objected to by many Members of the Guild, on the ground of its being out of order ; several voices exclaiming, " it is not in the Requisition." Mr. J. B. FITZSIMONS seconded Mr. Glascock's Resolution. Mr. WILLIAMS said, that if the Resolution was pressed. he would move as an amendment, that the thanks of the Guild should be given to Alderman Maley. Mr. FITZSIMONS said, that he understood this trick ery, but that he would be sorry that Alderman Dar ley should be made the 'scape-goat:of a party. Mr. WILLIA MS. said, that Ise was Wit a Member of the Corporation, and heOltr. Williams) did not un derstand trickery. He moved, uan amendment, that the thanks of the Meeting should be given to Alder man Darley, and the other Police Magistrates who acted on that occasion. Mr. FITZSIMONS observed, that a little reflection might suggest to the Gentleman some reasons why he should not press the amendment. Alderman Sit VTII submitted to the Meeting, that if it was objectionable in point of form to pass thuse Re solutions, the Guild might act as the Common Council did at the late Assembly; that is, postpone both Re solutions to the next meeting of the Guild. This suggestion was acted on by the movers and seconders of the Resolution and Amendment, both of which were withdrawn. Mr. FITZSIMONS moved, that the Master of the Guild should wait on Mr. Johnston, in order to aster tain when his Excellency would be pleased to receive the Address. Alderman NUGENT said, that he would write a let ter to the Secretary on the subject. It was urged, that it would be more respectful to wait on Mr. Johnston for that purpose. Alderman NvotaT again observed, that he would write. The Meeting then adjourned sine die. 'OTHER. [From the Cork Advertiser of Friday last.] MORE INCENDIARY OUTRAGES. tertain. DESTRUCTION OF TITHE CORN IN THE LIBER TIES or Coax.—Yesterday morning, about three o'clock, a party of Whiteboys, mostly mounted, and some armed, went to the house of the sexton of the parish of White Chuich, in the North Liberties of this city, whom they swore generally to answer different questions, the first of which was, whether he had any arms, or knew any person in the parish having arms; whether he served any processes for the clergyman of the parish, or had any processes or decrees by him. They then swore him particularly not to have any thing to do in future with the cle,rgyman's tithes ; on whica he asked, if he did not, would they allow any one else ; he received for answer, they would not, if they could prevent it. They then demanded fire, which he, thinking they wanted to light a pipe, got them, and having ascertained from him, that he had nei ther pitch nor tar, they made him take the fire between two sods of turf, to a neighbouring hag gart, where one stack of tithe corn was lodged, which they immediately set fire to, and which, though very damp from the late rains, was in a blaze before he had time to return to his own house, not a distance of 200 sards. Fortunately, it was the outer stack ; the di rection that the wind blew in, saved the remainder of the corn in the haggart. We noticed in our last the burningof corn, tee. the property of a farmer near Ballinhassig. The incen- , diary spirit, with all the demoniacal feeling attendant' on midnight or matin work, is abroad, and we regret to say, that whilst it has hitherto kept its wanton ra vages in the distant parts of the county, it more im mediately threatens the neighbourhood of our city. The following fresh list of outrages will put our readers in possession of the state of things in this part of the Island : [From the Milesian Magazine.) On Thursday evening the house of Arthur Morcott, Esq. of Hermitage, near Doneraile, was attacked, and a demand made for arms, but having been disap pointed, the insurgents threatened to set his haggait on fire, for which purpose they procured a sod of turf from the kitchen fire. After a short time they returned, and said, that in compliment to Mr. Norcott's ann, they would not do it at that time. Their numbers could not be ascertained. On the same night, the house of Benjamin Creagh, Postulant—l wish to become a freemason. I have read much about it, and if I can be satisfied upon some points, I shall embrace the profession of ma sonry. Brother—Sir, you are right ; it is the most honour able association upon earth ; no man should omit the opportunity of becoming a mason, if in his power. It makes him another man in respect to his feelings to wards himself, the Deity and mankind, and the feel ings of the Deity and mankind towards him. Postulant—These are serious inducements to con firm my purpose, but I wish for more than assertion. When I see those points proved my wavering. will be corrected, and I do not doubt hut you will do it readily. Proceed. Brother—el shalt dear up any doubts you may en- Postulant—Pray is masonry more ancient than Christianity? Brother—lt is more ancient than Christianity. Postulant—Do you think a man can be made a better man, and more acceptable to God and man, by the aid of masonry ? Brother—Masonry makes a man what Christianity should make him. Postulant—l am therefore to understand that Chris tianity in its conceived perfection can be assisted and improved by masonry; that loving God above all things, and our neighbour as ourselves, is not enough ; and that masonry can go further, and make the law of GO be better fulfilled. Brother—lf a man be a good mason, he is the per fection of human nature. Postulant—ls he a better man than a good Chris tian, who lover God above all thieve , an d his neigh bour as himself? I would not wish for greater per fection. Brother—That is the characteristic of a good ma son, philanthropy and morality. Postulant—Then I apprehend every good Christian is a mason, though he does not know it, like Mo liere's man, who was talking prose all his life, though he did not know what prose was. Brother—A good mason cannot be a bad man. Postulant—lt may be so, but that is a negative me rit. I thought masonry was a refiner of Christian mo rality : a rectifier of the spirit inculcated by the Chris tian scheme ; in short, that Christianity, when run off in the alembic of masonry, lost the empyreuma or burnt taste or essential oil of the system, be it Chris tian, Jewish, Mahometan ; that it made a punch for all palates, and took more waters than before it was distilled into its charming neutrality. Brother—l say a good mason must be a good man. Postulant—Do you pretend to say a good man is made a better man by being made a mason ? Brother—No ; but if he observes the rules of ma sonry, he is fortified in his goodness, and masonry binds him stronger to his ties of social obligation. Postulant—Can a man who loves God above all things, and his neighbour as himself, be bound down by a harder penalty than that by which the Christian Religion binds him, when it assures him neither the adulterer, &e. shall enter Heaven ? Brother—You would not talk of masonry thus if you understood it. Postulant—Nor would you equivocate thus if you could make me understand a better way of being a good man than the way I find laid down for me by Christ in the New Testament. I fear masonry is like the elixir for making men who are in health better; and that death is oftener the consequence than a cure of that disease, which shows itself by eating, drink ing, sleeping, and feeling their good effects. Brother—How can you revile what you do not know ? Postulant —I do not revile; I only say that Chris tianity will make me as good as 1 wish to be. You seem to wish to improve Christianity : it is like put ting spectacles on every nose we meet. I fear, like masonry, there are more blinded by your illumination than made to see their way better ; it is wearing a sur tout coat in the dog days. Brother—Masonry fortifies the good, and deters the bad. Postulant—lt may fortify the good for aught I know, but how it deters the bad I know not ; for I do not know a man stained with infamy that is not a mason free and accepted. I never hear of a Mall'S being degrad ed for public crime or private villainy by freemasons. I really think brotherhood amongst you is rather ne gatively manifested, for you bear criminality with bro therly forbearance, till it reaches you individually ; for he a man what be may, he never ceases to be a mason. Brother—That is all his own fault, not the fault of masonry ; we cannot alter man's nature; if they are bad masons, so much the worse fur themselves. Postulant—This is cant. Does masonry make a man better than Christianity makes him? I fear it makes him worse, for I never saw a good man made better. I saw many good men made bad men, and I never saw a bad man alter, unless for the worse, by masonry. Brother—That is not the fault of our brotherhood ; there are bad men every where; even amongst the Apostles there was a Judas. ' Postulant—Yes ; hut it was not Apostle society made him a Judas, and when he became a Judas, he was turned out of the lodge of Apostles. Do you . - you are never found planting on a barren soil. or reconciling Swiss and Swede. Your object is to get money and fools, and to tern both loth, pro fit of the unprincipled members of the order. The oath, of an Orangeman is plausible ; so is the oath of an United Irishman. They are the most simple set at words ever strung together ; yet out of them spring daggers, fire, faggots, orange lillies, pikes, and anniver , sary murders. Masonry, I fear, is the oldest and most plausible scheme for enrolling fools who enlist for home service, but when they once join the reg&- ment, they are drafted wherever they are wanting, •and if they refuse, are shot for mutiny. Brbther—You seem to know as much es if you were made. . Postulant—l know nothing more then the genera!, scheme of entrapping fools for the interested views of crafty men. I judge the tree by its fruits. Brother—The best men in society are masons. Postulant—And there is not a miscreant in society that is not a mason ; it promises so much, that al though prohibited by the Roman Catholic Church 4 every adventuring character amongst them commences his reprobacy by becoming a mason ; shall I resit some of them for you ? Brother—lf you did it would not disgrace the in' slid tution. Postulant—l wish not their disgrace, but I wish not to be fooled out of my money, for you will not make me, as the cant goes, for nothing. Suppose I was a mason, and, like a thousand brother masons before me, I was put into the dock for any crime, what good would result from my brother judges, brother jurors, and brother gaolers, about the court being masons? Brother—Nor should there result good to a man who disgraced his obligation. • Postulant—So my disgrace upon the order leanly felt when I have brought myself to helplessness then I may cry in vain, " Pity me, at least you, Olt I my friends, pity me ;" and, like Jeremy, I may lament in vain. The money I gave to be a brother would make a now-silent brother lawyer plead for me, though I was a villain. I now give the sign--no one sees it in the dock. Do you call this humbug? Had I committed the greatest crimes ; had I lived in open adultery, starved my wife, nay, murdered her; had I robbed every body and individual who trusted me, I might still sit a master mason, I would be of the Grand Lodge unreproved. Does thin invite to masonry ? Brother—You assert what is not ; no infarnomt cha racters are allowed to be masons ; our order boasts the most perfect characters, fit to be adduced as ho nours to human nature and to all the cardinal virtues, men who are without equal. I shall name them if you please. Postulant—l like the phrase "honours to human nature and the cardinal virtues ;" I shall borrew front you, and I shall speak of disgrace to human nature and the cardinal virtues, and of men who are elites to aver, thing human and divine. Do you think . any moral society would admit into brotherhood • • • • • • ", and thousands besides that I could same, all freemasons ; in short, name me a public Villain who is not a mason? • Brother—Name me a public villain who is not a Catholic, or Protestant, or Presbyterian ; is it their religion that is to blame for their villainy? - Postulant—No; but they leave their religion before they embrace villainy; and masonry seems never tno embrace them cordially till they have renounmed all That all religion inculcates. Religion disowns rim, bacy, but masonry never disowns till the culprit can - not pay. There is a rule for expelling bankrupt bre thren, but no notice is in writing amongst them for expelling a.bankrupt in honesty or honour. Dees as..y lodge-book record the expulsion of a rich man for se clueing a brother's wife, or for swindling a rather, tic for killing a brother in a duel, or. even quat i fled murderous way ? I fear not. You c *me is the fact so. Were not Mr. 0. and Mr. L. brothers, and did one mason in Dublin interfsre in that fratricidal matter? Brother—Become a mason and you wilt see thinr in a new light. I cannot explain mysteries to yte,. but you are entirely in the dark upon the btasisese. Postulant—l shall never pay five guineas for yteo illumination, where a farthing.candle in my . Christftl,, lantern makes me walk as secure from dir t mad da , ,• ger, as you can with your fine masonic gas-light yours. - mem ESCAPE of FIVE PRISONERS PEI tit 1, XERICIC GAOL. On the morning of Thursday last it Was diseovered that t following privateers had made their escape from the New Cos: . 4 Gook, vim. s--Denrid Leaky, sea. Jelin Owen, Patrick Cake , . and &Mild Reedy who were capitally convicted at the ks• Anises, for the abduction of Miss fkold, but judgment retpite , i for the opinion of the twelve Judges; and Dena Doody, pat off his trial for the murder of Buckley, the Crown witness. An inquiry was immediately instituted before sorb Members r , t the Committee of Superintendence as were then in town, sae., it appeared that these men had been secured by the turnkey; ~, the ward at night-fall ou the eventag before, and when he retail,. ed to open the ward at daybreak, he found the outward door the building open, and the lock hanging on the harp, withmit having sustained any injury ; the interior doors leading to the ye! s remained locked, but a bar was cut and forced in three of th en .. so as to admit of the passage of a man through, and the doors i. the five cells in which the prisoners had been coedited were eye . . and the locks remaining without the least ieiury. It further appeared that the men had made their way through the privy into the sewer, and, having effected a pomp bf r, - moving the masonry on one side of the grate placed to secure i., they link forced their way through the are& of the anter out side the gaol wall. It was manifest that Einistaaee mart have been given from the outside, and that the preparadi. far the escape matt have occupied a considerable lsngtY of time. • 'Me vigilante nod exertions of the police are ttareariag to IFNI 04 atm.—Limerick CAromiele. ( 7 - _ - . . • • • ' - ' • .. .- - v • ---- • - •"4"..: 10 4V-.....0- . - -....14. • --" 4 '.-- -.1.-r - • . 4 .. • RT 'Celli' .. .. • tfit‘Sit:- I I L : -1 11 ...A Cti : 0. • . IP laii •V i . F • ' 0 • ....., b Lir littl, A) • 1 1104 - ) Mk . - • 1 ...--/_, 1 ..../_, je L ,2) 1,31) ••‘'‘ ig). I; -; '''!i f" - •-, . i. _ ... . i . . 41, • ••?0( .44 , ,‘,. " _ -4,,.„,,tae _,,' I.',I:CLC;IAT . . 1 ~... ...._ . , , .•• . : •,---...-- - 4 . . • . .:)0: secs ' - • ! •ti — o! • 'r ' • - • , _ _ „ ' • ' • _‘12411111.1.111161.116 . ; LONDON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1822 0 . iii -, 7 . . •1; " ., .. -, ammediammaisa..••••••=llmo•••••=l , ----- ....e.M.MaiMaiMI#MI . . r .. . . QMA PRIVATE LETTER, IRELAND. Esq. was attacked for arms, in the same neighbour- ever expel a Judas from your lodge? Pasts, Dec. 19, lett I•', . 1 : •••-.01.•.....- hood; but this party being also disappointed in their men are allowed in a society, it makes me salmi ' - • —aro.---- We extrliet the following report from the Dublin search, they, threatened to destroy his property, par- charmer of the body. ! T; I yesterday at 88, but they were Morning Post : ' t t hiceuylarlyi wouldf he cll."ad not arms " against the next time Brother—There are bad men in Christianity / 94,s i - r the regular hour. No hews of On Saturday a Meeting of the Guild of Mer-that does not disgrace the purity of the quistisok,. I in the course if the day to inflii- ch an t s was h e ld i n t h e G u ild H al l , Well i ngton- We have b een f av o ure d w i t h th e f o ll ow i ng ex tra c t s c h eme . M asonry i s founded upon Christisp. perfec. . . , e agents of certain Ministers were Quay, for the purpose of c o n s id er i ng t h e propr i ety from a respectable co r r es p on d en t : — tion, tl,e love of God an d o ur neighbour. DONERAILL, WEDNIIIIIDAY WZG.MT. Postolant —S a d men are. reprob a ted a nd diSostll4 j , r, 'in attempting to persuade the of p resent i ng an a dd ress to hi s E xcellency the Lord " , •.'. . . Ad be declared, and it is chiefly Lie u t enant , regar di ng t h e atroc i ous outrage wh i c h ' 'Ns part of the countr y is in a bad state, and from every religious association of Christians. TIN*. Ipts, and the absence of any of fi cial to o k pl ace at th e Th eatr e, ob Satuiday, the 14th while I - write, there is a fi re tirning, apparently about Christian religion is perfect in itself, and man canoe. intrary, that the funds do not re- instant. a mite on the road f r o m thi s t own t o 'M a ll o w, n o do u b t be b e tt er t h an i t ma k es hi m. A s to your maeonry, I the work of incendiaries. '' mind. The bustle upon the Stock- At half-past two dclock Alderman Nugent, Senior suspect that it is a trick meant for the use of states- We are concerned to find, that three of Mr. 14- men and cunning rogues ; they form an associatioss y considerable fur three or four Master, took the Chair. The Master stated,.that in fern were not, by any means, ex • con g equtenee o f t h e l ii itisess o f M e M eet i ng. h e wou ld rents Lane's sheep at Coolmore, were plucked of built upon principles such as leaguing to serve God their wool by some - miscreants, on Monday nightlast, above all things, an d y o u r ne i g hb ou r as y ourse lf. ish hold firmly, and as the capital h o ld t h e 11. 1 11 open f or h a lf an h our. Th e M aster leaving the poor animals in such a state of lacerated Iltis is what Christianity binds you to du; and tun- s 'rench funds is great, their firmness then vacated the Chair, carcass, as to o give but little chance of their recover- soary, aveiling itself of the principle, forms a society Market. Them are some Eng- At a quarter past three, the Chair was re-taken by ing the barbarus treatment. How much it is to be to do this—swears its tuenibers that le, they will do what Ad as to hold in anticipation that the Alderman. • f will, ere long, be at par..-- The re4eisitienalt.he " was was then read regrett e d, t hat t h ese nightly_ depredators do hat spare ,by Gbd's special grace, alone they can do--entorta .... this a long time, and ma 1 awes...heir best frieteehrlier ittrteltiftrtrlttgry se. money for initiation, levies a tax on you for coatinu- • 'er. It is not here as in : i l d ect by the Clerk of i ~ li‘jt s l. 4 , • ... ; ••••1, 0 • ....- • , - The Master a t tires* the Meeting, a n d s t a t e d th e lected a man who more entirety devotes his saipk ante in the body, swears y o u to sec r e c y, a nd i taut - eapitat, and the difficulty of object for which he had called the Members of the means to the comfort of his poor neighbours, than the makes by-laws t h at bind you to whatever they mean t. in any way, 'induces its posses- G u ild t oge th e r. Th e worthy Alderman mentioned proprietor of Coolmore. you should do, for th e i n t eres t o f th e more cunn i ng i a Funds, even at 4 per cent. It is that it had been said that he had Subscribed fur the > , men amongst them. If your scheme be to better man- ;chola', when they have accumu- purpose of sending persons to the Theatre on the CURIOUS DIALOGUE BETWEEN A POSTULANT kind, why have you not a lodge for admitting paupers? id francs, instead of venturing it night: of the outrage; this he most positively and un- FOR FREEMASON ORDINATION AND A No; every man .must pay.for being a mason, and, '.• place it in the Funds; but that equivocally denied. He never laid out a Denny for BROTHER. Jesuit-like, you are never found planting on a barren , ' a ': , ..„ i