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I I MR. J. P. ICE3ffiLE AND SILIKSPEARE. s' Adding to clouds more clouds." Roam entl Juliet, Act. I. Scene I. iItTOR—I am told that Mr. J. P. Kew- st.s intends, nest winter, to produce one of SiaAt atcAs.'s ?lays, at Corent•Garden Theatre, with some notable embellishments of his own invention. %Viva they are, Sir, you will not easily guess ; and, when von are informed, I think you will, at least. smile ; for my part, when I heard it. I could not but " laugh outright." Not to keep you any longer in suspense, Mr. J. P. Kestet.c has invented a new sort of ilauels, which are to make their dant in TherfPßlW%is To succeed, in a high degree, a man should exercise his genus according to its pe culiar qualifications. Mr. K.'s success has come ipiently been, as we understand, very considerable. ]titer all, there is, perhaps, no great novelty in this Invention; fur SH AWL AVM'S ogler Commentators have been exceedingly bountiful to him in this very atticle. Yet there is something, it must be con fessed, in this mode of i!lristiativ an eminent Poet, which tickles our risible ribs most provokingly ; and the clouds of Mr. K. will certainly have this decided advantage over those of other elucidators or exposers of Sit AKs that they will, at any rate, possess tome tub:lance in them. While these gentlemen are that ingeniously congregating their clouds round our Bard, permit me to endeavour to remove one or tact OLD Nice.. " Vila MOM, thou writ eel -:nok*-1 even in thy birth Nem y Maws of It',.idsor, Vol. 5, p. 209. Reed'. F.J.t . 01 O'er-loord, that is," says Srscvsass, " slighted air soon as born." This interpretation, to use a, commentator's language. when handling a brother is nonsense. Seriously, the meaning is very dd . - fereeM . ls, CLANvIL, among the narratives of Witaseataken up and convicted, either on evidence or confession, one of them is made to sal, that she had not bewitched, but oter-levi'd the party; and CLaNvia. enters into an explanation of the differ ence in the degree of fascination. Perhaps ;tried is only a corruption of the Northern word vvarlock, signifying wizard, and that in the Heraldry of Demonologists, he was a person of inferior tank to the witch. See the same expression in The iferehoal of Venire, p. 509, on which no thing is said. This authority is indisputable ; and Wireor MA Lost." according to HORNE Tootes Ittanniserating ejaculation, Die. P. 11. will do sell to note it, and " give the Devil his due." Boole, take you tint marks of bet; the eolour a hire hair hetaht, age, tr.* warrant of tier virginity"; and dip, "fit dm loin givsmses,shissli hew lteriers." ?Mew, VI. 21, p. 313. Over the doors of the courtesans, in ancient Rome. were what they called Mules, which cut. Weed the price of their favours. MM.% LIM A hav e leg occupied the chamber of Luise*, Juvases. eb , erves, Ine4si:a j ysitca• " But to the pur pose of the above quotation. I shall cite a curious Satire of this sou, preserved by Ator.Lontus Ti eirs " e•tireingste Toi•risos dr/a...merit mediae Shas dohs,. put/ti popao patella ad itneulea solider." What Sr sev vs gives from an old prose romance, let° t.se same elfed. " She I,atb beer. Lweel bt him flputitlime, V. lt, p 494. No explanation is given of the word relied. It alin.fiesfielee, deceived, imposed epos, in any way, for Any purr cse. In Suffolk and Norfolk, to 0-.4 day. it is customary to r..1:1 strangers, a: they still term k. A LonJoner, far iartance, tomes into a room wish a gilt watch-cham ; one of the party imme diately praises ft. as the most beautiful gold chain he ever saw ; the visitor says, that it is net gold— tae other persists—end a bet is made, leaving the d-eision to the company;—they instantly give it in favour of their friend. the " Jockey of Norfolk," and the loser is said to be ',wad. A private letter ttum litigt.tam, dated July 50, stet,--" Last night a foot race was run bets een Mr. But ke and Mr. Derby. for 501. a side. At half part nine the two Gentlemen came, and the grc.und vas reesemed from Donaldson's Libraty to the Blue and Buff houses, the distance of fifty yards. Mr. Berke teak of his shoes, and both pulled off their (sits. Mr. Burke won the race: but Mr. Derby ant being satisfied, he challenged him again for 501. ant*, which was swim by Mr. Burke, by ten yards: at:eta:oda they jumped over the rails for five qui. t•oi a side, senich was scan by Mr. Derby, who sv . is the layou t i t e i n j ump i ng , t h oug h not i n runottig . 'lra* morning the sea was pettedly calm, and the hathere were eery numerous. The donbcs were in fill em e lnyment. Lord Ilollanci's children are Pone to Loudon. Great sport is 'spelled at Lewes - - otrow—net bed to be had there." A Whim Pal it says—" We are always ready to admit every advantage this country derives from her connees..n with (item Britain; and contemplating rte hire .ran of money paid by the Globe losur. bac* Covnpany since 'best vatablisbment Isere, with *" any of 1 litian to any claim. tegethee wish their rintmdm.m tat ti e 4m4 hie inaorence, we are free to " 4 t tine's, dans to every confidence which wealth mid vity•laality demand. It has paid, in the Las: . 1 " 1111 . a.lzilll." ; !me. tureen. hem Peden for L. - ndoz, is L 141) Ina of Nimbus!. A grand Match of Cricket commenced on Mon day, between nine Gentlemen cf St. Alban's, with Lord F. Beancletk and Beld a m, against eleven Gen tlemen of Rickmansworth and Uxbridge, for 500 guineas a-side. The match concluded on Wednes day as a tie game, and the bettiir, on both sides, is, on this account, rendered void; the present is the only instance of the kind wlich ever occurred at Lord's Ground. The following is a correa statement of the differ ent innings : lIICEMANSWORTN. TINS? Mr Bud I l7 13 Lord F. lierucLik. Shackle l4 B. Do. Pontirax 0 B. Do. Stevens 4 R Beldam. Young t B 'Lord F B. Webb Lord. 9 Run out. Capra.. OB. Beldam. Clarke., II B. Lent F. B. Hoare ....1 Not nut. Timber 0 B. LOl4l F. B. Byes 41 IT. ALMAN . I. MST 110311 Mat. Aislabte 0 C. Young. Beldam 23 B. Pootlf.ill. Lord F. Bnaucletk $ H. Webb. Mr. Lambe Seabrook. 1 B Do. Oote i C Newman... .1I Do. Vandermuland 0 B. Tont.fax. Lawa (I B. Do. Biddle Byron... 0 B Timber. Byes I 55 II IeEI4•IIIWNS TX• Iltf..ON 0 INNINGS. P.ntifas l4 C. I.•nd F it Hoare 0 Leg Ixfnre Wi,ket. Shackle - Budd. l'i B I aid F B. Webb 34 H. Se.ihrook. Young 0 H. W-1,1.1,71, Stevens Lori II R. s,terbolt. Cavite 0 C. Lambe, Teinlrer. Carl. o IL Lod F. L BYel 0 Total l3 •,-";" r- -- 4. ST 'Si *CONS memos. llosbrork . 9 IL Lord. Newman OC. Shackle. Belden 19 C. HO.Nr. Lord R. 12 27 H. Webb. Ai•labie 2O C. Cape!. Lambe., 2l. Timber. VaArrmuland ON. Ditto. Oille HMI* .. 2 N. Puntifax. Laws 0 B. Ditto. Myron 4 Not out. Spa... 5 --, Total, AI DREADFUL ACCIDENT. - _ __......--. A letter from Wellington, dated July 26th, con Gins the following disagrous account :—On Friday, the II th instant. as some collier. were at work in a pit, 151 yards deep, belonging to John Bisliton. Esq. and Ca. at Snedshill ironworks near this town, one, of their candles came in emits& with a quantity of hydrogen gas, mixed with atmospheric air, and caused an explosion, which severely burnt rig t or nine men; bat fortunately the whole Are in a lair way of recovery. On the Monday following, si-- . petal others were employed in repairing the air. rap in the same pit; some of whom had ascended i six others (who had previously extinguished males for safety) were in the aet of a,crnsinn. in the chains and one irons the knot of the reps, when, unfortunately, the current of hydrogen front the pit, blended with the air of the Atmosphere, was blown by a brisk gale of wind in coma& with a fire that bad been left, inadvertently. burnirg about three yards to leeward of the pit.head, ai d caused an explosion which proceeded down the pit, towards the source of the hydrogen. involving the miserable colliers in a volume of flame. At the moment rf the combustion, they had ascended up wards of a hundred yards, and one of the poor I. I lows, preferring instant death to the acaten is of his pains. made an effort to disengage himself from the chains, and precipitate himself to th, bottom, but failed in the attempt ; another fainted from ex treme pain, and a as brought up hanging by his legs in the chains; four others came up in the usual sitting postage; and the man who was sid'og erect upon the knot of the rope, miraculously retained his hold, though his clothes were entirely consumed, and his body scorched all over, and reached the surface in that position. On being disengaged at the pit.heAdhy some persons, whrm the noise of the explosion h 4,1 brought to Wtness this truly affecting scene. one of them, iti a delirium, arising from excruciating pain and terror, rushed homeward in flames ; the others. more Weeded. required to be carried to their abode. Five died soon after, in the greatest agonies, and the other expired this day. Two widows and some children remain to lamei.t their unfortunate exit. The other four were unmarried. The explosion blew the caps from their heads forty or fifty feet above the surface, and r-....01iica a great part of the timber framing of the pit to a state of carbon. Some penu lt s who were in the vicinity of the pit at the tune, saw, previously. partial ceenbastions take place between the fire an.' the pit-head, which proves, that the hydrogen was then deficient in qiiantity. or not sufficiently blended with the oxygen of the at =sphere. no produce a general one. Had they re moved the fire immediately (and it is probable there was sufficient time to do it in) the :.ccident would not hare taken place, and the men who Lave just studs into the silent tomb, might have rernag.ird many years !cwr toeful members of society. The accident is oser and irretrievable. but we hope its terrible consequences will preclude a similar one i aril that no collier or mow with hereafter be so unmindful of his own safety, as to make a fire near to a pit containing hydrogen gas, or aadpiter, as they generally (though wrongly) term it. We are happy to inform our readers, that this ilsy no new vessel, 41' veuel YAM:: hat ot.t !seen employed during her last voyage to t h e .4,, Trade, will be ailqwed. by law, to eiesr nut at Jny of not for slaves. tot ti 4 coast of A.tic L / or INTRLLICENCE. COURT OF CIIANCFRT, Ltricocis-Irm, JULY 31. Ea-pirt- C,AaN EH, a Lunatic. This alms an application, by petition, which the SoLiciron.Gerienar. and Mr. WSTRECAL con sidered to require the special interference of the Court, under all circumstances. On Tueslty last, Mr. Henty Cranmer, a gentle man of cons:cfnable fortune, and near 90 years of age, residing in the county of Essex, was touni by a Jury, in the usual way, to be a lunatic. For some time he had been under ate influence of a Mr. Winston and his wife, who had insinuated them• selves into his good graces, and, at last, entirely lived with him. When Winston was summoned before the Jury, for the purpose of being examined, he appeared before them like a maniac, in a most extraordinary dress. He wore an immense iron trmchenn be his side, ar.l a brace of pistols in his girdle, but notwithstanding his strange appearance, and the evidence be gave, the Jury found Mr. Crea mer a lunatic. Mr. Winston, soon afterwards, was committed to Chelmsford gaol, for an.assault upon one of Mr. Cranmrr's tenants. The next morning his wife, who hod formerly been a servant in the tastily, took the lunatic the back way through the garden, and contrived to have a post-chaise ready at the road- side in a back lane, and brought him to London ; hut where, or to what part, is entirely unknown to his friends. This was dune in the most impudent and gross defiance of the authority of the Coutt. The Committee, the Learned, Counsel observed, had not been completely appointed, but the Master had made his Report, and it only lay with the Court im mediately to confirm it. By the Rules of the Court, the lunatic was always considered in custody, from and after pronouncing the vet dial, and at the com plete disposal of the Court. There were two ways of proceeding in such cases, either by an order made upon the party to deliver over the lunatic to the Com mittee, or by Haocci Corpus. The CHANCLI.LO4 direded a reference to the Master, and an order to deliver over the custody of the lunatic to the Committee. lie bad no doubt upon what he ought to do in such a case, and should there be found any difficulty in serving the order, he should then take such a course as would make it available. to_n c sive, r. LOCO POWIII. This was a question upon the construaion of eer tain words, in the Will of the late Lord Powis, respeaing some devises of real and personal pro.' perty to youoiger children, as mentioned m our raper of yesterday. The Avvoanev and SOLICITOR•GCNIIIAL, on the part of the Defendant, entered into a long and 1./earned argument, which was wholly uninteresting, ,except to the parties concerned in the cause ; after which, Mr. Pzaciv.te was heard, at some length, in reply, in support of the Will. The Loeb CHANCaLLOR, after a few observa tions, deferred his final decision of this case, until Saturday, that he might, in the mean time, have an opportunity of looking into the cases upon this subj ea. KANT ASSIZES. . M a IDITCIIft, JULY 30. CIVIL SIDE LLOYD v. 1a11414. This was an affirm for an a+saul►. The Plaintiff' is a lime-merchant, and the Defendant a Captain of Pencilsles, at Dover. It appeared. by the evidence, that the Plaintiff had arrested the Defendant for a lime bill, in consequence of which the Defendant had conceived a grudge against the Plaintiff, which he took an opportunity to revenge; for, on the Fast DAy, he met him at a fish shop, at Dover, and when h.- went out, immediately followed him into a lane. leading from the how.. The Defendant had, in his company. a brother of his. who was a Mid shipman ; And, as they passed the Plaintiff, the De leadant slipped off the pavement, or, at least, pre tended to slip off the pavement, and drove his bro ther Against Mr. Lloyd. The Plaintiff immediately asked Captain Fa'sian, if he meant to do that on pur pose ? he answered that be did, and world give it him for hating arrested him. He did accordingly give him a severe beating. in which he closed up both hi. eyes ; and, as the Surgeon stated, left him in imminent danger of losing one of them. It was also in evidence, that Mr. Lloyd was, at that time, in a very bad state of heal:h, and qu;te unable to cope with Captain kabiao, who is a very power ful man. Mr. Serjeant Barr. for the Defendant. made a very ingenious speech, in whir'', be stated, that the t!AITARS sustained by the Plaintiff was very trivial, and that he had hrookit it upon himself by his own intemperate language. He quoted an expression of Lord Eldon. upon a case of a similiar sort. which was tried before him in London, in which that Nolde Lind said-=. That if a Defendant colas: scot keep a tie', tongue in his bead. he must not expect that his teeth si.ould keep their station ;" and added, he ►hould prodnee evidence as to the confine of the Plaintiff. He accordingly called the brother of the Defendant, who was in his company; he stated. that his broiler slipped of the road by accident. which inadvertently drove the Witness against the Plaintiff Mr. Lloyd asked, if that was dune on purpose! His brother replied, that it was a mere accident. Mr Lloyd %Rawl forward. and, puma* his list in his brother's face. said, he was a liar, and that it was done on purpose; and he c , .minned this abuse, until provoked the Defendant to strike bim. 'I he Conniel the the Pluntiff, in his telir, dwelt on the peobabilitios of the evidence adduced oa the other rde. The Lean Cult, Dation observed to the Jury, that the way to elisci.urage paltry a. Ic is ol assault Mfg to give sidisturial damages, when trey were really 4%66,811/k-4w, and heavy damages in tiffs a , ml aggravation t he then reespitu,ated the evi. cleat, in this case, and left it to the Jury to say whether the Delin4ant bad not ailed rentarist an. real provecnti , ,n, but f-oen revengeful motives, ai, having been arrested be the Plaiatiff —Verds3 I. the Platruilf—Dareitur by Name. Arty(' The hoolkas. 74e..„ whidh froff , the Metitteriesten. lett I.Ard Cott tettwatto ratLe es the Sth We. The S. enietds hove etillit sail of the bee I. Cadge, mid ills sane ausibet it Cat %basses. MONTIILF ACRICIII,TUR4t Aaron. • . FOR 2171. r. • _......,-- Having experienced, during the Later oatt of the we much w-d, wilt frequent 'Maude r worn., end tortenetelt the heaitiest and most forward crops of Worst Neaten down rn.ny situiria dt, an I will be ma'' • jurcd, should not dry weather alon - follow; the team; .111 be both trouble-tome and expendra. Oats'in general easy by expected to turn ton a fide crop, Buddy has much improved, but that grain coming in Me growths, the pr,eluee, ott thonhing, will be coned le a'ily I ened Pea ill most edentate*. into.* a bad crop, in unto their have totally fai ed. Field Beene lave fared somewhat better s and sue be exp -cud to yield toletably well. Po-ratios, improve meal, an I seem to h..-tre mt overeat Vie check th-y mot with, rnu the elltrest of the season, .ies to after they w • e prattled. The aver.ige price of ce , r owner, throughout Eng- find /Old Wad, is, 82s. 5d.; of Marley, 38.. 10.4. i aud at -9alt, 6d. The !fay h.rye.t, in the Ciuteties4l4-o.nt from the MetMe pits, has bent much impeded by the late frequent shorent; asst in some of the low. meadow., Is ge quaratitt.3 of flay ere spoiled. lo Sr James's Market, H.y (steles from 2-. to 01 I sad Straw, trotu .11. ti's to 21. li.. The Turnip. recently corn, that work having beers pro formed twice in m toy extensive chstrtcts. may "041 he ex ported to stand fur a crop; and in the early lane of the !waged mg month in the Fen ro.anty, the btoolieg of land toe Cote. • seed. was finished, and sown to a great extent; the Colmeed left for aced, looked well, end the weather at that time was fa. mutable to the Fen and Wa-h Grate. The Cloven and winter Tare., which were early fed, as mown, grow fast, and afford exCelkut keep. The recent iroprnem.-nt of the pastures. ha. been (avow. s'ile to the daitty man and grail., ; and at the late fair', Lease Cattle, Store Sheep, and Milking Cows, havoomewhat sd. ',toted in price. In StuthSrld Market, Beef fetches from 36. 10d. to ss. 4d. per stone; Mutton hum Se. lobe ; sad tart ftorn 4s to Ss. 4.1. Cart C.Ato ' bred in that Fen% and yawls freak Howe', 1111 farmers' Wads, are much in request by the dealer., sod Omaha g ad prices ; inferior torts, since the great sale, in cones mience of the reduction in the cavalry, are scarcely dispense• bie, but on very low terms. At pretent little Ms ine,. is does. in the Pig Market. excepting iu mull stores for the dairy. LEWES CATTLE SNEW; Jut'. 31'. This meeting was numerously attended by get tizmen farmers, nobility, and gentry. l'he Earl of Egremont, who sent a present of a fine buck, was in the chair, supported on the right by the Earl of Chichester, 'and on the left by Viscount Gage, Sir Jahn Sebright, and Sir John Dalliwond King. The company dined at the White Hart, in Lewes. The greatest harmony arid cittyriviality prevailed. The fist toast was, The Kilt eel reitrtilerlion, with, threit times three; then followed Nis gavot ilighneve P.-inre of Wttos, the I)eke it/Bedford, Vercerte Gqe, and Mr. tilman, of G!ynn, which were drank wet fervor, by the company. It was kill past saves when they separated, after adjudging the followiu prizes : The Cup, Wee 10111. far the beet twolear old sea, 14 Ditto for three-rear old d'dto, Mr Copps. Ditto for four-ywat old ditto, Lnrd Gage. Ditto for two-rear old I Itifet, C•loard tieurten. Ditto for thrimsyeat old ditto, Mr. Oman. tto ter Use", Mr. Alpe, Dittofor .11111 , ..f1a old "oath-Domeßattl,itr T Estelsy. Ditto for terrier bid ditto, Mr T. Pattierseabe. Ditto for three-year oh' ditto, Mr. Ham-bet. Ditto for tiro-year red flock ditto, Mr. T Santry. Ditt fa three-year old Flock ditto. Mr !darn.' ar. Prises (or be.t pen of It Sorth-el Cup-ova' ire five Mr John Initial. Secerid ditto-ioto Mr. Thomas Third ditto-oro Mr S.,* , _ -.- I iscw, Ditto f• r Soar, alatio. Mr filerara. Tina Prig. for Prove, Mr. Sa x by. Sourod EMS% Mr. T. Pa twornba. POLICE. 1110111-STIMIT. On Wednesday night, Hopwood, the piateole. ar• rived in town, from Blistol, with thsabeth loser in his custody. charged with feloniously stealing linen, to the amount of between 401. and SOL the pro• petty of M-s. Thompson, a laundress, of the Nar. row-Wall, Lambeth. Yesterday morning, the Prisoner was betoken before Mr. Reap for examination, when it appeared that she was employed as a servant by the Prose cutrix, who sent her with the linen, to the shove ' amount, to take home to different persons, oe Same.- day fortnigh: ; but, instead of which, she converted the lines to her own use, and set a for Brim& Information at the robbery kre;ng given at the Office, the Officer traced the Prisoner to Beistol, where he recovered tie id,' the whole of the pro perty, which he found at pawnbrokers' and other places. The Prisoner was Committed for further ezami. nation. Yrstcr.'ay se'nnigbt, carry is the morning,. then mansion of Cour &SY Isimertsern Weestwortre s - Esq. of Woolley, near Wakefield, was discovered to 'be on fire in the newly-erefled part, which burnt with the grcate-t fury till near six &dock, win it was got under, with the ass;srance of Mr. HoLotwoevit's and ore of the Wakefield engiies. Nearly the whole of the very splendid apartments is the newpart of theminsion is destroyed. The denser done is estimated at not less thee 3.0001. We ender. stand that the premises arc insured in the Son Fire Office. The family were at York at the time, Mr. WrINTINOSITII being on the Grand Jury. We are extremely sorry to add, that a large stone fell en three men who were assisting. two of whom are so much bruised, that their lives are in danger. On Sunday, the fith ult. abeut. ten o'clock in the evening. while the (*roily were at topper, the ' house of Mr. Lexow, et 'f oor.ingen. was discovered to be in flames. and is about two horn was regal! burnt to the ground. In the cellar was k Idrie quantity cf wine and "kits, which, on coshing fire, made the conflagration .truly dreadful. Very little of the property was *swell. The house `of aka. Comptroller of the CI:i40:113, adjoining, together i with the greatest part of she furniture, was 4,0 dr. stroyed ; and the time. eat only pseveeted Item extending xl;eur ravages edii farther, by Fulling down the next home. Ills whale of the damage 'Revealingly great. W educed& w se' attire. dw Cnenmittee of Ilrlega of the Methodist Soc.eties. conuntoord the r farces. .ngs at the Old Chapel, in Leeds, to arranire the huenessof the trotting Contervneo, which assembled t est/stay Th. .o.n a exortkd t.. he unusu.by •• v.ng during lOW neat forts ca. as nu•ntnrs r :be brie y. tr..az canines pats re the k!niJon., siorally mend, exclu.iee of the Preachers, wine hun I:edd or venom. it is supposed, Will lie pressat on this netnews.