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zA / • 400. • . , • 0 . Z iee ) „ f t: '„/ ••;,_ • . 44f S. • 1 . • •t• * , • 4•10. N. 411 4 4 -• 17 4 11, I.* , t . 4t. .A 4, . • • • . •!- .•••••••••• ...•••••••• .•• •• - f •-• ( • • THRA TIMMY A PRURE-1 ! A N Tuis EVENINO, SATURDAY. Def. 4 3, big Scrvants will perform toe Open of TIIE I.ORD OF TILE MANOR. Sir Jelin Conic..', Mr. Galtie; YUYIIt Contrast, Mr. Dur ward ; Haabley, Mr. T. Cooke; Truemore, Mr. Bribe's (hi* 3d appearance in 'hat character) ; I.a Nippy, Mr. Harley; Ralph, NIT. Knight lianclie, Madame Vestris ; Sophia, Miss ; Peggy, Mils Potty; Moll Flagon, Mr. W. M. W it. !tams. After which. the favrinrite Extravaganza called GIOVANNI IN I..ONIJON. Ihm Girst a tini, .I,IA 111 , VI st ria ; Leporello, Mr. Marley; Mr. Florentine Foorkia, 114 a-mud; Mr. Deputy English, 'Mr. Gallic. Mr, biol. ell", Miss Colul I ; SI ar C1 , 1.1b1a11113, 4491111Utit, Mlll% PtIVCV ; Mrs. EngE4l. Miss F.ilsrard.; Mrs. Dsabirindry, Mrs Dobbs; 6.111111111 K FIEU ; Mrs. Wand. The Doors wi;l Ire opened at Flalf.past Six o'Clock, and the Performonei a 4.11P.1C11 CCe111112: emanneacr st Seven. Boxes. 7s. ; Second 2s. 611.; Second Price, Gallery. 2a.; be.coutl Price, Ir.—Upper GanorT. le. Serond Price, 6.1. Places to he takes Of Mr. ko6wr.ll, to Ilse Rotunda of the 5a10,,,, of the 'Fora ire. i vale P.n.•n earl only be obtained for the Evening of Itoilwi 11. ct he Itox-Olbee. 1.1 Cori:e Musical Pier e, in two porta, will be pro in ate ‘s days, called Giovanni in Ireland. Ttles.l.y, .1/111, Shore—arier herb will be produced the Chri.im Pantomime, tali tl Ter North-west Passage, or Hart. gain Ls !IMP 411 X. Ott WrIlllellItly; the Tragic Play of P:earrn. Ti, 14-1:11)%1 1., Ci ENT-G.4IIIIEN. T I -US EVENING, sAT(Tit[)Ay, D ec . perforoird I)raula of I ENRI QT.:A*IIIE; Or, I'ARIS IN THE OLDEN TIME. Mr. .11.1-ready ; Sally, 11r. Egerton; G I Ir.le,leat, !dr. Faa et t ; Enc. he de 131,1 m, !Ir. C. Kent_ Fr. 41. ri , k Si. Leos., A!)hott ; 0 . 1)ourorl, Mr. Cuss ; I.", NI,. Co..ryc . G.rcaia, Mr. I)4.ritßrt ; Jo. I le,•• 1..r.:.111. llorrusre St. Milli Greene; Clo t :Me .Hiss Betiont ; Louisan, Miss Love. To wlicb *Oll,-I:Odra r aer M.l,...lrania, in two &els, called -- . 2 • THE WARLOCK OF THE clanroial.d, Mr. (\moue; Al& In, ri, MAster /Soden ; Ait aftw om.e, Mr. Fall.); 5.01.1,e, Nit. Blancher': 'I he Id I,,ek ui the Glen, 51, .11.'otett. 5112. Feucit ; MJaiii:l, aomoot ; 512u.r, Sler:onz. Plums for the BOXY,. to he !Om, of Mr. Blandon, et the 11. 1-st t, ftem TYll lilt Four. A' luny he 1,:ol for the Sea,ono, or nighily, of Mr. Hr2lidota, at the 11,.2.(n1iev. Boxes, 7s ; S: rood Prier, 3e. ad.—Pit, 3e. fid ; Second Price. •2s.—Gallery, 22.; Second Price, le.—Lloper Gal lery, la.: Second Prier, el& boors to Lr 'venni at lialf.p2et Six o'Clot k—dhe Play to Levis at Scv.m. On Turs.l2y, the new Tragedy of Wellere—After which *III he ibretlorkd the new 6,21..1 and Comic ('Lacunas Peo tmoime t o I.d Ilarlequin and Friar ur Ihe lirazen bead. Ou Wedorsday, raw() : 51r. Yeuglerhoff. r Ng Tliarsday, Sltu4spt art's Comedy of 'twelfth Plight. SOIREES A MUSA NTLS. " The Law allows it."—yiliakspearr.) iIE i'tj MAC ;Ire feMltt . I'llolly iiklorine(l, that it MI NLX I'. Deceniher 2fi, the TIIEATn r. RDYA t. ENGLISH (r".'Llt lIOUSE, STRAND, WILL OPEN. l'A RT I. AN A DOR FSO, To hr spchrn by the K,ive of Clubs —Than. tramps.) " We musi speak by the lard."— , lllsmlet.) Art , r which, an entirely New Kerr. aliment, to he called tyrrslDE AND t Nsi DE: Ott, A CAV.sE AND IFF CUTS. At lb. ri..l of Part 1. a Vocal Entremets, by Mr. J. Smith, Mr. Gotilden, 11r. Kent, 11r. Phillips, and Mr. From:horst Miss 1. Stevenson, Miss Gcorze, &e. &c. fart I . _wpl he d e hvori .1 an entirely new spa:down of • Lertoie on 11. (Ws, und er the •rile vl DOCTOR FAUSTUS IN LON DON. At the rim. lusimi of Part 11. will be presented an Har monic ()Us Pod, Ida ; co,sist int; of Swigs, Dnets, Glees, &c. by the abllttl. (1 Yoralios. Par s t lll—;Vitt be ili,olsved (for the first Rim) GUY FAWKES. Mrssrs. Little, •msII, Smaller, Minor, Less, Low, Short; Mrs:lsm. a l'efstr,•liay, Ste. . 1 / 4 r. paws a l ien Xl , l, the rtirormance to begin at Seven—Second Puce at Nine. The Tlteatre wiil be cottipli.ti ly iwarratil by the iutrodue. tics of lame Siovcs ',nail. the P.t and Nitels. LAST NIGHT OF Tiff. BIIIILEITA OF ERRORS. A DE1.1 . 111 TII EAT It F., NTI:A N I). Ry Antlooroty of the !tight lion. the lAI,II rIIIIIS EVENING, SATU!WAY, I),-e. ui 3 , %%01 be presented oThe 12th tome), an entire New Melo-I:hams, in three nets, eons ;o 11 ZA`N.ISK OP., THE roßlitcss AND TUE MINE. Zsmoßlo; 1, Mr. Como-.-sal; Ede inski, Mr. Waikons; Us pssk i, Mr. Lee; 11aKootzi, Mr. Canniolo li ; l'oer, Mr. Cowell ; Orlon', Mr. Callahan; gm: uoolf, 11r. J. J.1!101. ?Mrs. Way let ; PuGua, lli s Yale.; i'htlJ, Jlns B. , henn. After which 11l time' a New M tlooolo4it al Extras's. gsties, in three sets, footaoh-ol on th-yoleto's (:wordy of n AsophtiryonA , tor the Two 50..0f00, ol uittErrA (H: Emtons; OH, .11.9'1T FAL AN 1) A I.CM EN.A. Immortals :—Jnpiter, Mr. Walton, ; Mercury, Mr. COWPII ; •oleno, Mr. Cnllsltnn. portal.:—soda, Mr. %Volkoloooon ; Tlanio. Mr. Collier. Ateno , :ni, Mrs. Tennant ; Plordra, Bhp. Mt) leti ; Itrumia, Nlr,.. Daly. To con , lutie with the florletra of %MO'S TO FATHER 11 E Mandeville. 11tr. J. Jones; B.IIY Homo. Mr. 1A1116°4011. Charlotte Oldstock, Miss Yates; Baron., Muss Mealy. On 'luroolay oral will Le or.eluced a new splenoltil Pan tomime, calkd Doctor Synths ; or, Mirlettu in's Adventures. ------- It IL CA NI ['BELL'S I. 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Loads, : Printed for Wark, Kingsbury, Parbery, sad Allen, Leadtull ill street. CAPE OF (MOD HOPE. IThe following report hak been transmitted by Ceptain Fairfax 'Moresby, C.B. of his - Majesty's ship Menai. to his Excellency She acting Governor " Remarks o• the Rivers and Coast between Cape Recife sod the Wash of the K.ioltahaeao t with a ralte , der tle ocriatiou of Port Wiflebetb, Algae Say. aosther►r Africa. " Cape Recife is situated in latitude of 34.02. S. long. '25. 39. E. of Greeowicb. It Is a low rocky 'mild; the breakers extend one-mile and a half into the sea. The coast from this point runs N. 32.'.V. four miles to Beacon or Rocky Point ; off this Point lies a bed of rocks, but. sufficient water for ships to pass within a small datogrrous rock, over w h ich the pia breaks in had weather, bearing from Beacon's Point W. N. by compass, and Cape Recife S. tW. This rock iv a small pinnacle ; we fee. qmently tried to heave the liotiarpott the top, bat never had less than 30 fret. She. of large homage should therefore Rive Ileacon's Point a good birth, in aporoaching Port Eli,. sloth. " From Beacon's or Rocky Point, to the land iug-place at blarkliam'a Cove, is N.W. by N. by compass, nearly three miles ; sand-hills, covered with hush. Immedi,itely over Markham's Cove is Fort Frederick, at present the only laud-mark by which a stranger is guided to the anchorage, and this from many positions is tint easily distiogniahed ; but a pyramid. about to be erected as a private memorial, half a mile to the south-east of Fort Frederick, will Aloud conspicuous to ships approach ing the hoof. " Front Niarkham'a Cove to Fera►a's River is N. 13. E. by compass, nearly four milts ; between this point and Beacon's Point may be considered the anchorage of Port Elizabeth; the water deep ens gradually from the shore ; the bottom is hard sand, in which the anchors hold well. Where merchant ships have generally widwed, the ground is not so clear as further out, arising from ... me. tams anchors that hzve been left; but should Port Elizabeth ever become a place of commercial con sequence. chain-moorings, or even anchors of a 1-irger size, with chain-cables, should be laid down for those ships that wish to approach near the shore, for the purpose of loading or unloading. The expertise would not be very great, and a small tax for such an accommodatio.s would be cheer fully paid. " 1 du t.ot make this remark from the insecu rity of the hay, for I consider it at all boars equal to Table Bay, and fur six months very far its su perior. " His Majesty's ship Menai lay off Port Eliza. beth from the 291 h of April until the 45th ofJuise, 1820. During that period there were only two days we could not cominumcate with the shore ; with a S.E. wit d a swelled sea rolled to, but never any high breaking sea. Ships have, from time to time, rode during the whole year in this bay, and some of his Majesty's ships have rode out the heaviest south-east gales that have been known. " Had I my choice of trusting ray ship for the year round to Torbay, in England, Palermo Bay, in Sicily, Table Buy. or Algot Bay, I should, with out lir:Oration. prefer the anchorage off Port Eliza beth, Algoa Bay. " Front the Ist of April to the tat of September, the wind scarce - ever blows from the south-east ; and, calculating upon the average number of days that ships can communicate and carry on their COM• rnercial occupations, Port Elizabeth infinitely sur passes Table Bay. " In pro if of what I have said, not a single ac cident happeued in landing the settlers from Eng land (•rho amounted to 1,020 men, 1107 women. and 2,032 children), from the period of their arrival, in the middle of April, to the day of our departure. the 25th of June. It its true, that two small coasters were wrecked last year. on the same day: but if their loss is attributed to the right cause, it will be rather to their want of good tackle, than the force of wind ; even from these vessels not a man perished. " No ship should anchor nearer the shire until the bay is cleared of suchurs than t i fathom., with out they have chitin cables; thus, in considering' Port Elizabeth a sale anchorage, it may naturally be looked forward to as a point to where the cor-t• nig trade of the colony can be carried to au exten sive scale. Between Port Elizabeth and Table Bay the anchorages are numerous. and there are few masters of coasting vessels in England, Hol land, or France, whu have not hourly more dinigers to encounter, mid more difficulties to sur mount than the trade front Port Elizabeth to Table Bay. i " As the export port to the Isle or France, &e. Port Elizabeth is admirably situated ; and as it place of refreshment d unlit; the winter months. few seamen would risk their ships in Table Bay. ur en counter the delay in heating up to Simon's Ely 1 With a north-west wind, *hot Port Elizabeth al- fords much tamer access. and articles of rtfresli• urea at • more moderate price. " The bay abounds in lisle, and this will he soon one of its most important exports. Fresh- wstEr there is abundance of; at the expense of a few ' hundred rix-dollars it might be carried to the beach in a stream. vatic:testily strong to water any num ber of ehips. " The thermometer. during our stay at Put 1 Elizabeth. at noon. vsned from 66 to 59. The 1 nights were cool, the morning air fresh and nom. grinding. High water at full and change, 3h. 40 ra. Tide floes about As feet. to F ' River is closed at the month by a i 1 bank of sand. except at spring tides. and is not worth notice ; from hence to the mouth of the 1 Zwaitkops, is N.E. by E. half E. ; two miles to the shore, sanity and Hat. The surf rolls in much ' higher with every sort of weather, than at Port Eh zabei il. " The Zwartkops. In lat. 33. 51. 24. S. long. 25. 43. 30. E. is a river of the first cousequeuce. if Port Elisilseth should coalition to flourish. From the accompanying survey of it, the capacity of its water is evident ; and L have little doubt, that when commercial sesain shall stimulate the merclimit to mmerpriae, the ZWartkops will be found capablY of admitting ships of considerable tonnage ; in fact, there is now in the river the remains of • Dutch ship of 400 tonsord there were but few days when boats could not have come over the bar whilst we remained et Port Elizabeth. Ships may anchor oft the Zwarts kap to wait for tide; but Ido not consider it so safe esthe anchorage off Port Elizabeth. " From the Zwerikops to the Kuge River, situat. ed in jet. 33. 47. 19. S. long. '25.49. so. E. is five The with a flat sandy beach. The mooch of this river is closed, tind the water peculiarly milt, that flows into a small lake; .fromitence to the Sunday River is tea 4. 33. South •nine miles. The mouth of ibis river is situated in lat. 33. 43. 00. S. into:. 25. 32. 30. E. of Green "rids. Betweesr - this point anti Cape P.ecife, may Ist leremminated A twin Bar. . ionte Sunday "River runs into the s close to remarkable rock, which 1 Ii tee dello/unwed R, ~!•;: Monument, in remembrance of a tine )01,011, a midshipman of the 'Venda. who peridwil with three seamen, in the execution of their duty whilst sot veying the coast. " Oil its northern side the bed of this ric, r is deep, but the surf beat* with violence over area bar across its mouth ; and, as here, the coast is ex posed to the constant rolling swell, little e:..ince of its ever being useful to commercial porposes btfos. There are limes when beats can enter or leave Sunday River; but from its moo it cointeesices that wild inhospitable coast, that refuses shelter to any I I elms of shipping. G 0 The island of St. Croix. in tat. 33. 47. $O. S. I.ong. 25. 36. 50. E. lays S. 57. 59. rest of the mouth of the lint, 3i miles ; and S. 71. In. W. from the mouth of the Senielfty, six miles : it about 21 in circunirerence. Aanilier small rocky island. which I have called lii•ralon's lale. Ivy. S. 46. W. of St. Croix 11 stile th•tout, and about lof • mile in circum:eience. Off the mouth of the Ruga, S. 2.3drof a mile, is the island of Jahlel, about the seine size as Llrentuit's Isle. Round these islands there it good aoctionage ; and, in the event of necessity, a ship sought find partial shelter near St. Croix. These islands are ioliabiled by immense members of seals, winch at times literally cover their surface, " The coast, from the mouth of the Sunday River, rolls to the eastward towards the tiojes -111414'1l River. The mouth of tlist river I tint not cytosine; from reports I leceived, it dud not appear to merit attention. " From the Bosjesnisn's River, the coast conti nues the minenews of appearance, sand-hills covered with bush. " The Bird Islands are alone visible along the whole line of coast. " The mouths of the Karega and Kasoiska were nearly doted, s ec.lc stream alone miming over a bed of light Emil. The winter torrents, no doubt, will at times fill the beds of these rivers to a great extent. Further raatward is the Kuwie, • river that promises fairer than any I have visited (ex. ceut the Zerartkopt) at some name time to admit ships over its bar. Like all the other rivers 1 have visited, it receives its inland stream into an exten sive sandy basis, Traits which it forces its wry through a narrow channel on its eastern side, into the sea, not wider at low water than twenty yards ; this meant runs in a S.S.E. direction ; the surf broke across a bar about a gust t7r of a utile from the entrance, but not violeut, and at a low tide there must have been several feet of water. What leads me to expect inure from this . river than the others 1 have visited, is that the water appears deep close to the shore, and there are two extensive beds of rock. which bore by compa.s S.E. by S. from the river's mouth about two miles and • hell. If there is anchorage under these rocks, ships might perhaps be able to wait the convenience of tile be lure they attempted to enter the river. " The next appearance of a river to the eastward is the Kleine Xlmeden, which lies, apparently at times. three outlets to the vet ; but they were all closed when I saw them, and I suspect are only at spring title., or whets the mountain waters come down. " From the Kowie to the Great Fish River's mouth, the coast has a more werdstit appeorance, the sand hills are covered with luxuriant bush ; but there is not an inlet or curve of any sort that offers shelter for slips. The surf rolls in high breakers along the coast. " The country at the month of the Fish River is open, interspersed with picturesque ravines, ge eritlly clothed with bush; when I arrived, the wa ter was ut the lowest ebb. From the S.W. side a sand-bank projects to within twenty yards of the N.E. side. .The current was running through this channel slowly into the sea, and I could trace its stream gradually decreasing in breadth, until finish ed in a point, making the mouth of the river form the base of an equilateral triasigle; front this point part of the ebb is thrown bock on the flat beach, runs to the westward, and finds an nutlet close to the rocks, on the western side; et this spot the wa ter appears deep. At the breadth of ten yards the sea did not break successively. but at times these was art interval of live umlaute., wheal • b, tit could easily have landed ; but when it did break, it was with treble the violence of the constant roll ing surf along the snot before the river's mouth.— The entrance of the river E.S.E. suit IV.N.W., the stream inclines is little to the S.W. after pass log the extreme point where the sea broke with vio lence across. " The position of the Fish River may be eneily ascertained at sea, in a fine day, by sonic distant hills of an undulating form. bearing N.N.W. lifer compass ; these hills are then between the ravines through which the riser flows. " The Great Fish River, at particular season% swells to a considerable height ; at these times, from the violence of the current, no shipsoe vowel could possibly enter; bat when the comers have ceased that filled its bed, the river becomes a mere =land for several smiths in the year. I mut•h 4 whether the strength of ester would turn n think the water is sufficiently deep in admit ships to anchor ar the river's mouth. As the tide mite the serf increased. hat at dead hoe water there west have bees erverel fret on the b.r. Not the least resspeentnee of .hifting *lid or rocks were observed sroors l ist tl►r bro.kers. The lend on the western bnnk ufthe Fish Wirer, 'mar on illnulho Asian!. 'vino( ■ rich black earth. *UN 116 crovering of luxuriant pa.tuve. " i crupietll this river at the first ford from tit... sea. shout six miles ; here the swims meanders through a chop •ud bushy ravine. Vi a • Led our horses down on Friday tbtf 13th of May, tu! were near an hour in xteicending. When we rescheil the hank. the tide .had sot sufficiently re cusied to admit oar crossing; iu tin hour it war -elected, Awl whoa Air side w••.yrerfectty au4, tissue was but a vary smell fresh water stream. • " From hence to the Becca, we continued in an E.S.E. tirecti•tn; we crossed the beer at a foul where the tide reaches at spring« ; there *ams scarcely stay !Flitter in its bed. F this I;oid to the mouth of the Berea, is shout six miles. I re rosine,l here to witness the effect that time chit and flow of tide hail uzz the bar. The atrc• . utt runs I , ltll the sea; is not more at ;ow wate► duet 12 or 14 fathoms across, hut deep. This liver bids fier to admit coasting vessels from the follow ing rimiest-- _ . _ • " The water clear of the tires mouth appears deeper ; the mouth is so nar►ow, sod the river oo coots , ell, that the tide is more rapid than at the Keiskaliarna, or the Fish River ; the breakers are slot more then would he expected at a depth of tight or ten fret, and resembled what is gencraliy - oven of riven,' mouths that are known to be novi gable ; the co.el, however, is still ■s inhospitibie as what I have hitherto seen. From the mouth of. the Reece to the Keivkaliama. is shout fifteen miles ill an E.S.E. direction; there are several sisal! otreains, up sirlych the sea flows live or six miles at spring tides ; but the sea rolls in high breakers along the coast. " The first view of the Keiskaliama is the most flatteiliig to those who visit it Int the reason 1 dill. viz. ' to ascertain whither it was open at the mouth, for the purpose of commerce.' Au extensive betas of water receives the 'island stream ; the eXitrior points between which the Keiokaliaisia flows. when its bed is full, hear from each other N.E. by E. and S.W. by W. about one mile distant; but this bed can only be full when the muuntaia torreuts are the cause. It was nearly high water when L visited it. the mouth of the river then about 70 or 80 yards across, the Arrow running south into the 'ea, str•oir and deep. Part of it is forced hack atoug the shore, ►imilar to the Fioli River, hut the greater ran runs close along the low rocky shore, forming► the N.E. point: its breakers were here, evidently, slut so • sucerosive, and 1 do not despair of there being a channel at high tides for onion vessels; but the wildness of the coast, with the flat that readies a utile and a half or two Miles seaward, blight the hope that this river eau ever be constanty open to the most enterinissug trader. It is not at present. nor. calculating upon probabilities, can ever be the resort of the Kiug's ships ; the tides are too feeble, and of too little elevation, to serve any great purpose; about seven or eight fret was the highest could decide, by the marks on the shore, that the tides ruse. 1 remained until low water, the river then did not exiased forty yards in breadth. Tice raviue, through which the Keiskahama serpentines, runs in a N.W. and S.E. direction. The entrance may be known at sea in clear weather by a range of mountains in the interior; one otanditig by itself, tilling in a conical shape, flattened at the top; and ■ short distance to the eastward, another high mountain, forming three distinct elevations arid falls; when these mountains bear N.N.W. they are on with the !Wok:Amcor. The N.E. point of laud, close to winch the river flows into the see, is low and rocky, mooing from a remarkable little green hillock. detached from the one where the bank begins to rise ; the S.W. point is a sandy hillock. Along the coast the sand is covered with bush, through which, at different places, it is visible. •' fleeing given an account of the rivers between Cape Recife and the Keiskahams, [shall close with this general observation :—That from the straight ness of the coast, few ships will ever venture to up proach them ; that although they are geuerally call ed rivers, they are mere streamlits, when not filled by mountain torrents or heavy rains. It is tree that the Fish and Kriskailiaina Rivers, close to their the, appear magnificent sheets of water; bu., se I crossed the Fish River six or seven mile• from its entrance. almost dry-lOoteit ; the Recce, without wetting my shoes ; and, as L am told, the Kt lake hams has a font at so tioally short distance from its mouth, they ate in themselves but strearnltts ; the tide does out rise sufficiently high to make them. what they are called in England, tide-bar boors. " If. therefore, trade is ever carried on. it is my opitsiou that by Part Elizabeth, or time Zwartkop s alone, it cau Im effected wish security. •r We have. from time to time, heard of maiiy ia ineutable shipwrecks between Cape l'Aguslas avid the Kteskehassa; nu doubt the greater poet of these would have been avoided had a light wattled the mariner of his danger. The expense of erecting a loginsitostoe en Cape Recife ■nd Cape l'Aguiloo. would not be very great. and the expense of light iiig them very trivial. How willingly every uts‘ags. tor to and from India would contribute to the ea pease of these buildings. is well known ; aud:if but one ship had Weis perserved by such a beacon, that i has batted bet crew mid cargo on the sandy shores of Africa, it would pay fur years (if moray alone is to he considered. aud rot the life of ansii), the ea pease of a light-house. . 4 FAIRFAX blossom'', Carina(' if his Ibbiat's sky Ni.ena a WA Jefy, lOW "°"0