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~. PROLOCUE TO ORANLI, J 1 Spoken & MR. BANNISTER, jtIII. tLe 1 - Ln. , ;ur . 441,e LORD JOU . N TOWNSLIEND Tno' rigid Truth, in narrow bounds, confine The tame Historian's limited design ; Tho' hence the . col i d Philosopher may draw Sage thixims, founded upon Reason's law ; Not so the Poet checks his bolder fires ; '• Dull is the Bard whom sober sense inspires ! .The unshackled Muse disdains such vulgar rule, And claims prescriptive right —to play the fool. Shall then fastidious spleen with critick spite Presume to censure what itfears to write ? Shall captious wits, to illodern Genius foes, The rich I mprovements of the Stage oppose Thu. public palate, saucily 'tis said, . Glutted with dial, is on garbage fed; And soon, cry these Alarmists of the Stage, . (Who hope the mischiefs that their fears presage) Soon, one and all, Box, Gallery, and Pit, The Stage itself, will loathe the name of wit ; Day after day, our Speare Dramas cramm'd With heavenly spirits, or with goblins datnn'd,— Of tame - extravagance a cumb'rous mass, That batten brains on patient fashion. pass,--- BY low Phantasmagoria -Farce debas l / 4 1, The dull Lyceum of degenerate taste! With these, a flimsy, flippant tribe combine, — A uthors,—who blush to throw their pearls to swine ; _ Vain of the triumphs of rejrfltd Plays, , 'And talents, never mortified by praise Flumbly who vaunt, who haugh - ily confesi Their tasteful toils uninjued by success,— ' Seldom insulted by a three-days-rim, And complimented often with—not one. • Who, lur'd by dreams of posthumous applause, With Preface-pertness re -assert their cause ! 4r, rash forestallers of disgraceful fame, With bolder zeal anticipate their shame ; Glow-worms of Wit, expos'd to light, they fade; - • But shine and sparkle in their nativb shade f Their boast, their proud distinEtion, no to please, Hooted and hist, they calmly sit 'at ease ; While conscious Genius happily supplies The impartial justice that the world denies. We modest Play'rs, by your protection nurst, Who hope the best, yet always fear the worft, Prudent we venerate the public voice : 7 'The Standard of our jud gment your ch o i ce. In truth Uis ~.cur Pieceto-night may brave the cr i t i c h ost; , RANIA is bUt•half a glNst ; Of fairy form, but not of ;peat? Mu!, A living vision, warns with vital blood ! Critics, ungentle Critics, be polite ! 0, if not fond, be civil the ifro night ! The comes the test ! —then comes I.7itania!s danger! Then —when the Lady is no more a stranger THE THEATRE. Druty-Latte. . • R. PorE appeared for the first time last night at . thi s Theatre in the charaEter of Othello. ln present state of the Stage Mr. POPE is certa i nly an 4 6 ; 1° ,1 Who is entitled to a station on the 11,311-aser,Lsaa . O He has so often , performed Othello that no • however: tt n can be necessary on the occasion. He, , • more tU--- in passages may be , said to have sustained it with th at ~,4 ° . usual success last night. The sentr:le'grit°,lred strong expression of agony and re. he gave with considerable effect. Those o f the tender kind we thought were expressed with rather too 'much softness and ,bo had used his . dearest action in the tented effeminacy for a hero ueld." Othello, however, is supposed to possess great sensibility, as well as honour and courage, a n d as PO P E . gave tli whole of the part with energy end spirit ; it would be invidious indeed to dwell , .upon what ; if erroneous,r was trifling compared with :the general eof his performance. He was re ceived With a very cordial greeting on his entrance, and excited much applause throughout the , parr: - '. Biki,ivytytortE, for the first time, performed /as . o, 20d.t•in Our opinion, he has seldom been more mis taken- in his conception of a part. His manner was marked by flippant gaiety and quaint familiarity, ‘vitl2. hardly any indication of the artifice and subtlety of the charaaer. He delivered every so lit°(l°Y as. if he had been speaking a serious Pro logue, not as.the workings of solitary cooitati6n• 0 . . Miss Blocs assumed: the part of Desdeinona for the first time, but . did not represent it in such a manne r as to render it very prominent on the dra- Inatie canvas. She was too uniformly solemn and artificial. ihere are some beautiful touches of play c - fulness, . simplicity, and pathetic tenderness in this very interesting part, but they were obscured by 1 air of gloom which overspread her ptrformante. . - IVlrs. PowEee, much to her Credit . , took the part °f Emilia, a part below her rank in the Theatre. 411 she had to say she delivered with ptoper chit,- ti °n ; but she stood like a statue at the back of the o'erstage, during a violent scene between Othello and mi stress, though she afterwards commented what -h a d passed. up- The Tragedy was not well attended, b u t the •Arter Pleee of Urania drew a considerable increase of tiffs• ltors, and was much applauded. , 4:3 (?arious D lie h—A _____ dispute l ate l y took place in between a Military Man and an Apothecary. lile. Soldier insisted upon satisfaCtion from his ad versary, and appointed a meeting next morning Ain the Boil de Boulogne. The next ing the poth ecary waited upon his antagonist morn before the 'lour appointed, and said to him, with great cool ness, ...Yd u are a mili 1 e' a m edical, man— You-tindethand th e tistar y, eof the sword and istol—l "rii-only acivainted w i t h d rugs. You are' the chal. leuger, therefore I have a right to chuse my wea- Pori. ' Here are two Pills one is poisoned, the -then is not. Do you chose one and swallow it, 4 nd I will swallow the other." The Office r l aug h e d ‘'Cry heartily at this proposition and tey breakfast together very good , friendsh. sat down It is Somewhat whimsical, says a Punster, that 1" of the S ecretaries of a kyia ,4: e .z.in_Hospi ta l s h ou ld ~ L414e4 :iiu-whitt, - REPORT, COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. is. THE KING v. RICHARD- HANILEY. The ATTORNEY GENERAL said, that this was the Case of a ConviCtion on the Stat. of 24. th Geo. 111, Cap. 44, Sec. 5o ; the Defendant, Rich. Hanley, otherwise called Little Dick, had been committed in execution of his sentence, which was, that he be confined to hard labour on board the Hulks, and this was a considerable time ago, , .but he had been, in Newgate ever since, because y ,the Keeper of the Hulks would not receive him, alledg. ing as a reason for his refusal, that as the Defend ant was sentenced to pay a penalty of 5001. he did not like to run the risk of his making his escape, by which the Keeper would become subjed to pay the fine. This conductin the Keeper of the Hulks, the ATTORNEY GENERAL said was a defiance of the sentence of the Court, and such as was not to be endured, and theiefore his Motion now was, that the Prisoner be now brought in, and charged in execution of his sentence. He said, he moved this on the authority of the Case of the King v. Kernan, which he said, was in point, and the Court granted' the same sort of Motion exaelly as that lie was now submitting to the Court. Mr. Justice LAWRENCE' asked if the Keeper of the Hulks had had any notice of this Motion. The ATTORNEY GENERAL said, he had not, but that he had refused to take the care of the Prisoner. Mr. Justice LAWRENCE said, he thought it would be as well that the Keeper might have notice of this Motion, that he might have an opportunity of coming before the Court, who would hear what he had to say in this Case. Mt. Justice GROSE said, that as the case stood, he could hardly conceive how a doubt could arise upon the propriety of the Motion, because, if this Was to be endured, a criminal, in collusion with a creditor, might get himself placed in a situation where he was subjet to civil process, or, perhaps, penalties,. which, if he was sentenced. for a mis. demeanour, might defeat the purposes for which Judgment was pronounced upon him, and escape punishment, a thing not to be endured. It was- not easy to guess what reason -the Keeper had to alledge for not obeying the order of the Court, on receiving this Prisoner : however, there was no harm in cau. tion, and giving an oppoitimity of hearing what the man had to say. _ The case to which the AvfoßNEy GENERAL had alluded,' was one in which there was no Argu. ment, Therefore notice might be given to the keeper of the Hulks when this Motion "should be made again, which was agreed to be..made on Thursday next. THE KING "v. D.I'LEOD. MG SCOTT said, the Defendant, Allan M'Leod, stood charged, now in execution in Newgate, for two Libels, one by that Court, the other by the House of Lords. Two Informations were exhibited against him by His Majesty's ATTORNEY GENE RAL, one for a Libel, charged with being, done to ex cite an hatred against Lord Clare, and to cause him to be assassinated :—The miler to stir up the people of Ireland, &c. to resistance against Martial Law. The Motion was, that a day may be appointed for the trial of these Informations, on the ground that they have been already set down, and the De fendant. had received three notices of trial ; to pre pare for which the Defendant had subptunaed Lord Camden, Lord Pelham, and Lord Castlereagh : Had been obliged - to forego an. engagement he had with a - Bookseller, upon finishing a - literary wotic, for which he would have been entitled to • re ceive 'vol.—That these notices of trial had been countermanded from time to time, without any rea son assigned to him, or any that he can discuver, Sze. —by which he is reduced to liVe on the - prison al lowance„and now feels the extremity of distress, &c. The Court observed, that in: ordinary Cases, wherea Defendant wished to have a trial, and the Prosecutor declined to bring it on,, there was a method by which the Defendant ,might have his trial, that was, by carrying; - ,down the Record by prorraso, so that if the Prosecutor . did not ap pear by a - given - day, the Defendant gave notice to the Prosecutor to produce clic Record, and he would be entitled to an acquittal—but in this Case, the Defendant would do well to be advised whether he would move the Court for leaVe to do this, after perusing the Case of the King v..Dydej in the 7th Term Itep. 661. - -, • fl-IE KING 41. sTOoDART. This was a Prosecution against the Defend. ant, who was Aid.4le-Camp to General Garth, and he stood charged with assaulting a Gentleman who was Manager of the Ipswich Ball-room; a Gentle man of fOrttine who kindly took this office for the accommodation of, the polite inhabitants of Ipswich. General Garth and the Defendant bad tnin sub. scribers to this Ball-room. The General entered one evening at a side door, and one of the servants of the Prosecutor ventured to approach the General, and remind hith that his subscription time was ex pired, and the season had arrived for its renewal-; upon which the Defendant went tip to the Prosecu tor and hastily resented this behaviour in the Door keeper, arid insisted upon it; that the Prosecutor should .answer for the misconduEt of his servant.••— The Prosecutor disavowed all intention of offering the least offence either to the Genetal, or to his Aid-de-Camp, the Defendant, and proposed an ex planation, but the Defendant lost his temper, and offered him the indignity of pulliv him by the ,nose ; upon which this Prosecution was' instituted, and upon which the Defendant suffered Judgment to pass by default. All the circumstances of the: Case, of which this is the outline, were fully discussed before the Court a considerable rime ago, when the Defendant was committed to the King's Bench Prison, and he was this day brought up to receive the Judgment of the Court. The Defendant alledged, that since he was before Ole Court in a former Term, a reduaion• had taken place in the military establishment to which he lit longed, and by which his income had been reduced to nearly o ne h a lf o f w ha t i t f ormerly was ; that he .was under peremptory orders to join his Corps, and that most absenc e f ro m it would be a tte n d e d with the - serious consequences to himi , . . . Mr, justice GR6SE slid; that ih w as a raa which had been already coriununicated to the Judges, and had been considered in zhe Judgment they were about to. prOnounce;-;—The Learned Judge then,de:.. livered an exhortation to the Defendant, in Which he contrasted the vain and foolish heat 'hy which men are'hurried on to Duels; which are murder, with that true courage . .which enables a man to set aside the ill-founded o inion of the. dissolute as un worthy of notice, a nduits:himself calmly *in society, and appeals to Laws when insulted, in stead of taking the Law into his own hands, &c. The Learned Judge went over the whole case, and reprobated the conduit of the Defendant in many parts of it, and .then proceeded to pronounce the Judgment 91 the Court, which was, in addition to the imprisonment he had already suffered, which was several mont4, he, be further imprisoned in the custody of the Marshal of the Marshalsea of that Court (the King's Bench Prison) for four calendar months, at the end of which time he was to give security for his good behaviour for three years, himself in 5001. and two sureties in 2501. each, and that he be further imprisoned until such security be given, Scc. SMUGGLERS Edmund Davy, William Dunk, and William Kennard, persons convicted of obstructing Officers ' of the Revenue in endeavouring to seize a very large quantity of smuggled spirits, with between 50 and too armed men, whose ca. .e was a desperate one, most of the circumstances of which we gave on a former occasion, when the Defendants were brought up and committed, came now to. receive the Judgment of the Court, on which an excellent address was delivered by Mr. Justice GROSE, but for which we are sorry we have. not room at length, we must therefore only give the leading .parts of it. The Learned Judge observed, that the Defendants stood convietcd of a .charge of assaulting an Officer of the Revenue, and of obstruding him in the due execution of his duty. On this complaint it was grievous to observe the numbers which had lately come before the Court.—lt was painful and even shocking to recoiled, what mischief to, society these events produced. They began by defrauding the Re venue, and proceed from one step to another, until they become at last regardless of all Law, whether of Morality, Religion, or the Law of the Land, by Which they became fathers, bad masters, bad ser vants, bad subjects, and bad men.—ln the desperate pursuits to which Smuggling leads, they;became care less of property—they took away their neighbours' horses, broke down their fences, and became des, perate. They went armed in defence of their ille gal pursuits; and he was sorry .to say, when neces sary for their purpose, they, without remorse, put to death those who obstruded them—to such cor ruption of morals did those habits of Smuggling lead, and yet such was the fate of those who followed that mode of life, that the labour which they necessarily underwent, was far more than sufficient to earn an honest and comfortable livelihood by fair pursuits. It was true some of them became rich by a misera ble sacrifice of health and comfort, to anxious and fearful nocturnal watchings, and, at last, perhaps, to be overtaken by the Law.--It was only far a time that even these persons were successful, since they were almost always sure to fall a sacrifice to Justice in the end Men might become occasionally, rich, but it was almost impossible in a society well regulated by Law, .for them to continue possessed of their wealth, if they did not aeqUire it fairly, the Laws which such a Society must necessarily have for its own protection ; must bear. upon property so acquired. SO that of those who became rich, for a while, by illicit conduit, there were few; indeed, who did not, at last, find their -doom: in the con tempt of mankind; poVerty and diSgrace.—ThiS was the first view to be taken di the effect of Smug; gling, and the evil whiCh it produced to society. The second consideration was, that this practice, which, for a moment; made a few individuals rich, increased to an enormous degree the burthens of the State Upon the honest and industrious, who must, by their labour, and their suffering, make. up the 'defi.; ciency in the Revenue which these practices created. Of all the cases that came before the court, there were but few Misdemeanours that were more alarm ing than Smuggling was-;-and ; of those cases, fpw more alarming in their kind than the present one— . Here were from so to too men, 'in . the dead of night, when the sober and peaceable, and honest part of mankind were at rest, coming forward in their illicit business, offering bribes to those whom they hopedito corrupt, and holding out terror to those whom they despaired of bribing.—Every thing that could aggravate a case was to be found large gang (linen, headed by a person pro fessing to be the Owner of a vessel and its cargo—a number Of boatS ready td land the goods-=fires on the adjacent hills to convey the proper signal for those at sea---4torses in troops ready to carry away ihegoods when they were brought on shore-=then in bodies to assist in packing.—Under suOb circum stances; it was not Wonderful that the Officers of the Revenue could not either seize the goods, or render any thing like a Correa account of them.— All these Circumstances of aggravation belonged to the present case ; but here the Learned Judge could not help observing, that much credit was due to those who had the manageinent of this Prosecution, for the judicious seledion which they made of the'ob jeCts brought forward: That all persons concerned in such a scene as this, were guilty persons, was beyond question; but that there were shades in their guilt, was beyond a doubt also; and the most enormous had been seleded, and although all 01 them. might be punished, yet those who had been brought forward, were fitter objeds for punishment than the miserable labourer who had no advantage from this iniquitous traffic, but the pay of the: night; which; he understood ; was one guinea, every working. man in the village of Rotte:ean might have, on this occasion, provided he lent his assistance' in this wicked business. Edmund Davy was' the ringleader here, and the Alledged Proprietor of the Vessel, and the Goods on board-, as well as of the horses. He was therefore properly seleded in this Prosecution. The other twoe Wm . . Dunk and William' Kennard were the most alive in this desperate mob; and' upon a view 8f their conduct, the epithets which they had applied to those who resisted theme were _perhaps as' descriptive of Hitt. seifei; ihtefidett thetii in efi; " rascals; robber§, murderess; tidd VillaittB;" theSfr were epithets which they applied to then who did their duty under the Law, but which -better liecahie themselves than • those; whom they calumniated.-4 There was one fit subject; of animadversion, upon which, he said, he MuSt touch at this time, peared that a person who kept a public-house ,hear the sea coast where this scene took place, had been In the habit ofgivingidgings to these desperate Smug.; &cis; and the Magistrates of the County with a care and circumspeelion which did them honour, had taken from that Publican his licence. The Learned Judge then censured the mode in which these DelendantS had offered matter for mitigation, because it went to arraign the prOpriety of the Vcidift; which Was perfectly to the satisfaaion .of the Learned Judge before whom the cause was tried, and which Ver_ diet waS perleCtlyconsciencidOs; and no 'doubt, jti:su Nor was this pradice to be tolerated ; for if it was, the Trial by Jury Would. lose its charatler. The season for all such evidence was at the trial; for the Jury were the.only judges of the credit that was due to Witnesses. Taking all the Circumstances of these Defendants' case into consideration—hoping that the Defendants' children might profit by their example—and trusting that the County of Sussex would be satisfied that the _ LaW will fall heavily upon such offenders, the Court did order that the Defendants, and each of them, be imprisoned in the common Gaol for the County of Sussex for one year and six calendar months in addition to tht punishment they had already Suffered; AMERICA. BOSTON, DEC. 17. Ta E Inhabitants of this Town were again alarthi: ed by the cry of fire, between two and three o'clock on Wednesday morning last, and with con sternation perceived that the flames arose from al.: most the same spot as the fire of the 17 . . th inst. It began on .the wharfs contiguous to Fore,street and after consuming a number of stores, shops, and other buildings, it spread to the neighbouring houses in Pore -street, and threatened destrulion to the whole North part of the. town ; but by the unceasing exertions of the Citizens; it was happily and Proliidentially arrested in its progress, after it had swept away about fifteen dwelling_hou , ,eS, and is many buildings of other descriptions. It is pretty generally believed that this unhappy event was the result of premeditated villany, as the fire, at an early, stage of its progress, was seen bursting from several buildings, not contiguous to each other,.at the same momen% The sufferers in this dreadful calamity are Manyi and their losses severe. To the dreadful list of devdstation, lye have to add the loss of two valuable Sloops Which,lay at the wharfs, and on account •of the shoalness of the water could 'not be removed. • One of them, the Charming Mary, was owned by a Mr. - Ulmer, of Thomas:: town ; the other; the 'Sloop Franklin, Capt. Samp.; son, of Barnstable., bound for`M , At-York, with ail her cargo on board) entirely consumed. The circumstances attending this fire, have e. cited a great degree of alarm in the public mind. The Selectmen' have ;offered a large reward for the discovery of the inten:liaries and it is to be hoped that every villain So abandoned aal depraved, wi.l be'deteeled and brought to `r uniMnent. Of the immense property lost at this fire, not more than io,ooo dollars were insured. The authors are sopposed to be United Irishmeni who fled from Ireland, and French Negroes from a - 16 French Islands. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM MALTAi DATED rcov. 16, Inscrip'tiiins•iiltirninateci at the Festival celebrated at Malta,as . a, testiulonir of the gratitude Of the inhabitants to ,His MAJESTY fot having glade Malta a free port " giokcio TER7.IO e Padre Primis di' Catlene : • .. • i'oi di Dazii Liber4 .I\4:uta grata: Liberty di Cotrimeicio' § Data a Malta grata; „ Da Naziobe libera e Massimo. Ai 5 lioleinbre, !For A LTRA. f'adrede popolii, Gioxoto TERzto, Libertil di Cdrnmercio, Diede a Malta grata. Ai 5 Nov. 801 • Libert4 di Commer6o; Dona a Malta gratai Di Nazione Liuera e Mass;Ma. Ai g Nov. tBOl. te The town was illciminaied, Te Deurri sung,; the ships in the liathours and the batteries The MerchantS gave entertainments; and Mt; Ctimit.ES MAtfiCt, the first Merchant; gaVe most splendid dinner to Lord " In the evening His MajestY's.CiVil Comthis:. sioners for the Government of Malta and Gozo gave a Ball. The four Cities and CoUntry Town were illuminated, and particularly the Theatte, at the expence of Mr: MATTEr." Died, on Tuesday morning last, at her house iti St. James's-square, Bath, Mrs; FR ANC Lo k, widow of the late GEO. Lo'w TH'Ert., Esq. of LOWrther Lodge, in Ireland.—ThiS Lady Was an heiress, and daughter of CriAMB E BRAD 1 , 1 Po izSONB Y, of Ash.:grove, in the sanie kingdom, and grand_ daughter of the Hon: Major. General. Hal4tri Pox, SON BY, who was killed at the Battle Of Fontenoy, on the r ith of May, 1745 , , and was brother to the first Earl of BisgoitOu 7 —Sheis succeeded in her estatesby her eldest son, GEotiot Lowrkiri,-Esqd Robert Derit, of the city of York,. miller, a persOh of eonsider'able property, was last week found guilty, at the •Quarter , Sessions of that City; of stealing three dead rabbits; from the shop of a poor . woman, and sentenced to . be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for twe ;rear?, ' t• Ell