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It has been re ported that the Dover Company of Comedians is to appear at Sandwich, which is hardly to be expected after so positive a prohibition of the Mayor against theatrical performances. It is but justice to add, that Mr. and Mrs. FAUCIT SATILL are both very goed Performers, and were mach almired during the Margate season, and that, from all we hear, the Sandwich Com pany in general were judiciously selected, and possessed of correspondent ability. Mr. F. SAVILL himself is not only a good actor, but a Gentlemen of taste, learning, and of dramatic as well as of theatrical talents. Mr. FAUCIT SAYZLL respectfully addresses the town in ge.. neral, and those inhabitants in particular, who have done him the honour to patronize and approve of his efforts to, amuse them during the usual Dramatic Season in this place, which is now, at a moment's notice, closed by the following MANDATE FROM THE MAYOR. " SIR-I do hereby give you notice not to act, represent, or perform, or cause to be performed, any interlude or enter tainment, or entertainments of the stage, or any part or parts therein, at, or within the town and port of Sandwich, in the county of Kent, from and after the day of the date hereof; you not being authorized by law so to do. And that in case you shall, from and after the period aforesaid, act, represent, or perform, or cause to be performed, any interlude or entertain ment, or entertainments of the stage, or any part or parts there in, at or within the said town and port ; you will be proceeded against according to the form of the statute in that case made and provided. Hereof fail not at your peril. Given under my hand, at the town and port of Sandwich aforesaid, this twentieth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three. " DANIEL HODGSON, Mayor. " To Mr. FAUCIT SAVILL. • In which legal notice there is a manifest want of the proper formality, and the main point Secundum form= Statuti is left out. That no one shall act for " hire, gain, or reward." There is no law, (which perhaps may not he Known to the framer er this notice) against persons acting gratis, nor is it in the power of any Mayor, however authoritatiye, to pr e vent it. M any Schools are at this period getting up plays which they will act without asking his permission, and this, as well as many other private Theatres, could have been opened, as such, without fear of his authority ; those words therefore should have been in serted, as they constitute the sole point of illegality in the Act ; this lapsus however in legal technicalities the Performers excuse in others, which candour was not extended to them, in the al leged want of talent in their profession. The Mayor, it is understood, asserts that they had not his authority ; in reply to which it is stated that it was asked, even before he entered into office, and not refused. Nay, the very time discussed of the Company's stay, including the Christmas holiday's. It is true his remarks -during that conversation tended to prejudge their efforts, and before they arrived in the town he made use of the expression —" That they would not be patronized." They have been patronized—were nightly pa tronized. Is it then because they are not approved ?—or, be cause they were too highly so ? or to make room for anothr Company, their efforts are prematurely closed ?—These are questions must be left the town to answer,—as the writer has been taught to beware of the wealth and influence he has to contend with,—he must therefore be on his guard, for " Truth is a Libel, and not to be spoken at all times." The Mayor was petsonally applied to by me for the honour of his name and customary patronage on some particular even ing best suited to his convenience ; among many other expressions, he remarked--" I shall give you my name out of charity to the poor wretches you have about you." To those who have with unbiassed judgments witnessed the efforts of these poor wretches, I would refer, — was this remark Liberal, Gentlemanly, or ? This is another question I must leave, as I cannot myself reply to it. However, from these remarks I addressed the following letter : " WoItSHIPFLIL SlR—Enclosed, 1 send as you desired, a List of Plays and Farces for your selection, and beg to express my sense of acknowledgment for the honour of your patronage, if granted (as has been annually given by the preceding Mayors of this town,) as a customary compliment to the legitimate Drama; which even his Majesty does not think it beneath him to sanction. But, if as expressed yesterday, it was merely from motives of charity to the poor creatures so destitute of merit which com prised my company, (and whose efforts were prejudged, 'ere they themselves arrived,) I beg in their name, and in my own, most respectfully to decline any patronage dictated by pity, and elicited by charity. " With regard to the private characters of the persons com prising the Sandwich Dramatic Corps, as far as my knowledge extends, they arc unexceptionable ; nor can the profession de grade the inherent principle of the individual ; for their public merits as actors 'tic for the town to judge, after witnessing their efforts'". " As to myself and my capabilities to conduct a Theatre, 1 was several years a Member of the Covent-garden Company,— have had the Management of a London Theatre ;—am now the Patentee, and have conducting one in the neighbourhood instituted by Act of the Legislature, and under the authority of the King's Letters Patent ;—hisve yearly also the sanction of the Bench of Magistrates at Maidstone, granting a license for one at Greenwich, &c. &c. " The manner of your addressing me yesterday compels me to add, that in birth, education, and I hope more,—in feelings and conduct—l shall always define the gentleman. I conclude by trusting that you will not misinterpret my fore going sentiments, which are only dictated by those Peelings which induce the very worm to turn when trodden on.' "If I have given offence—l regret it.—lf my Company really fails in talent, I trust that your liberality and candour will induce you to judge them by that infallible rule by which we should all judge each other, with charity to human failings. " With every sentiment of respect, I subscribe myself your obedient Servant, " J. FAUCIT S4VILL." To the Corporation, and the decision of those Justices who have since sanctioned the Mayor's Mandate, Mr. F. Swill most respectfully also submits; though lie regrets it was formed without allowing him the honor of being heard ; yet he firmly believes from no individual among them should he have re ceived that language which called forth his Letter to the pre sent Mayor. Indeed he has reason to believe that it was done as a point of form, and to uphold the office which no one venerates more than himself; yet he has been personally assured by one Magistrate at least, that he " approved of that his, Mr. F. Sa- • The Town has seen,--has judged, —and has approved, therefore, though driven from it prematurely, Mr. F: S. has the satisfaction of knowing, he bears with . him the general approval of the inhabitants ; and bows to the tjgt he has not deserved. ,M NUMBER 9784. ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, December Bth, 1823. NAVAL HALF-PAY. TO avoid the inconveniences and delay which has sometimes occurred in the Payments of Naval Half-pay, by the irregular transmission of Affidavits. the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of His Majesty's Navy, residing within the United Kingdoms, and receiving their Half-Pay through Agents, are hereby desired to transmit their Affidavits to such Agents, within a month from the ex piration of each Quarter, so as to enable the Agents to re ceive the amount due vn the days regularly appointed for the Payment of the respective Ranks. J. W. CROKER. wEsT INDIA DOCK COMPANY. 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The Scene of theiMurder, with the Gig in the Lane. 3. The Pond in the Garden, into which Mr. Weare was first thrown. 4. The Pond at Elstree, in which the body was found. S. The Stable, with the Deceased placed across the horse. • 6. View from the Cottage window, from which the Deceased is seen being drawn along the path of the garden. 7. A Ground Plan, taken by order of the Magistrates. These two Sheets of The Observer will be kept on sale until the last day of January, at the Office, No. 169, Strand, London, where franks can be had to send them to any part of the United Kingdom, free of charge. DOGS.—A Correspondent says—" In some of the Cantons of Switzerland you do not see a single dog at large unmuzzled. If any are seen without a muzzle they are imme diately destroyed. Would not this be an excellent law to be in force in this Metropolis ?" Whether this suggestion could be in generally acted upon or not, it might at least he usefully applied to the dogs that run befcre Gentleman's carriages. Persons in the streets areirequently attacked by those useless animals. SUN. THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1824. vial's, proceedings, and was glad to find that he had the spirit which hehad evinced;"—nay, more, bad promised a subsequent patronage, and selected the pieces. This Gentleman's name is sacred, and the circumstance is only noticed to shew that Mr. Sa vill's conduct was approved of even in the Magistracy, and many other instances in the town could also be evinced ;--yet the stand ing alone in this contest, without a single friend to advise with, or assist him, is more than he as an humble individual is able long to support; yet surely no liberal mind can blame him for re sisting (so far as is in his power) what he feels to be an act of oppression. Mr. Savill could adduce that the gentleman who has prema turely closed his season was waited on by him with another of the Trustees of the Estate, of which the Theatre forms a part, —knew of his intention of taking it,—and read his agreement with Mrs. Clark for a one month's season ; had he then stated that it was his determination to bring in another Company, Mr. F. S. would have resigned it o.i the instant; on the contrary, Mr. Savill was informed by the other mentioned Trustee, that as long as the estate remained in their hands, - the Theatre should be his ; what plea then can the one Trustee urge for rendering null the faith reposed in the assertion of the other made in the name of all ? Why 3,,a , him eo vaend money in decorating the Theatre ? Why treat w't! 'him persc:=ally as to the time of its being kept open, and :i en at one moment's notice close it, and deprive 20 unoffending iedividuals oftheirbre2td ? Wasitbecause of their want of talent? The town has professed itself satisfied with it. Was it in consequence of my Letter to the Mayor ? His own undeserved epithets drew it from me ; for I was ad dressed more like a common beggar than a respectable indi vidual, and to argue was useless when the one party engrossed' all the conversation. Was it in consequence of the advertise ments at the head of my Bi;ls ? They were only placed there in self-defence ; a prejudice having gone forth to my injury, and that of the Company, and surely common justice allowed me to ask the town to judge for themselves, they did, and decided that the opinion of a few should not guide the multitude. What ever was the cause, I was closed without any stated reason, at a moment's notice, and in the middle of the season ; and how have I deserved it ? Instead of attempting to be personal in my address, I studiously avoided it; nay, more, when from a proper feeling I refused to act the Farce The Mayor of Garret, which was bespoken, from a fear of any allusion being intend ed, I substituted another, and probably lost the Patronage in consequence ; does this look like a feeling on my pin towards personality ? yet even this, and the Latin quotation which bears allusion to the circumstance, have been urged against me, either from error or ignorance. But it is useless to argue fur ther; what I have to contend with, no individual so circumstanc ed could overcome; convinced of this, I boat to the power that --, but cannot crush The oppressed J. FAUCIT SAVILL. This brief Statement will be concluded, with a remark on the hardships under which the professors of the Stage suffer, more than any other body of people ; which has been aptly defined, in that memorable Speech made in the House by the celebrated Lord Chesterfield, on the first introduction of this Act by Sir Robert Walpole (the then Minister), prompted by private pique, and by the strong influence of party only, carried into a law. " One of the greatest blessings we enjoy, one ofthe greatest blessings a people can enjoy, is liberty. But every good in this life has its alloy of evil. Licentiousness is the alloy of liberty. It is an ebullition, an excrescence ; it is a speck upon the eye of the political body, which I can never touch but with a gentle, with a trembling hand ; lest I destroy the body, lest I injure the eye upon which it is apt to appear. If the . .s. - age becomes at any time licentious, if a play appears to be alTbel upon the Government, or upon any particular man, the King's Courts are open ; the law is sufficient to punish the offender.— If poets and players are to be restrained, let them be restrained as other subjects are, by the known laws or their country; if they offend, let them be tried as every EngliAman ought to be, by God and his Country. Do not let us subject them to the arbitrary will and pleasure of any one man. A power lodged in the hands of a single man to judge and determine without li mitation, cnntroul, or appecl, 33 E. s.irt of power unknown to our Laws, !.iconsistent- `. :!ti , n. It is a higher, a more absolute power than we trust even to the King himself." Summum Jus—Summa Injuria." 'Therefore the greater the Power, the greater should be the Moderation in the exercise of it. " Potentiana cautis quam alca'i u O^Slhls tutius baberi." TAciTus. " capit illy facit." New Inn, Sandwich, Dec. 23; SUICIDES. A Coroner's Inquest was held on Saturday last at the Boar and Castle Tavern, Oxford -street, before THOMAS STIIILIATG, Esq., Coroner, on the body of Anthony Caldares, a waiter in the house. Sarah Cooper, a servant in the house, stated that the deceased had lived some time in the huuse, - in the capacity before stated ; he had formerly been in a respectable line of business, but becom ing much distressed, lie had failed, when his wife and himself were oblted to go to service ; he had;however, been in pretty good state cf health, excepting that at intervals he drank rather freely, which was supposed to have been occasioned by his dis tressed situation, and his intellects werein souse degree injured, occasioned, it was supposed, by a wound he had received in his head. On Christmass-day he drank a quantity of brandy, and nearly a similar quantity on the following day. On Saturday morning she was rather alarmed on hearing the deceased cry out from the kitchen, and on h as tening there she found the deceased apparently in a fit, and a cup standing near, contain ing some oxalic acid. Medical assistance was immediately procured, but before it arrived lie was dead. William Lamb, a waiter in the house, gave nearly a similar testimony ; but stated that the deceased had been latterly very different in his manner, frequently in an outrageous, and some times in a desponding state. Mr. Dean, a surgeon, of Oxford-street, opened the body, and from the appearance of the stomach, he was of opinion the oxalic acid had occasioned his death. such a quantity had the unfortunate man taken, that it had mixed with his blood; the bottle also which had contained it was wholly emptied. It was intimated that other evidence was ready , if necessary to be called, to prove the deceased's insanity. The jury, how ever, expressed themselves satisfied, and returned their verdict —" That the deceased poisoned himself by taking a quantity of oxalic acid, labouring at the time under a state of mental derangement." Another Inquest was held the same day, at the Robin Hood, St. Giles's, on the body of Alexander Mackenzie. From the evidence, it appeared t deceased resided at 28, Church street ; he had lately been much distressed in his mind, and on Friday night last he put an end to his sufThrings by hanging himself. Verdict—lnsanity. CURIOUS FOSSlLS.—Captain WARING, R.N., discovered, on Tuesday, December 9, in a slaty part of the blue Has ledges, west of Lyme Cobb, Dorsetshire, a fine portion of organic remains.— The part which has been cleared is particu larly beautiful ; and there is no doubt of this specimen proving to be that of some rare an tediluvian animal. On Wednesday, the 10th, MARY ANNING, the well-known fossilist, found east of the town, some remains, which, on ex amination, appeared to differ widely from any which have been before discovered at Lyme, either of the Icthosaurus or Plesiosaurus. It appears to have a very long neck, which being at first concealed by the has, it was supposed to resemble a turtle ; since its perfect arrangement this is not the case, and we have reason to sup pose that nothing of the kind has ever been found. On Thursday the 18th, MARY ANNING discovered another animal in the blue lias, the bones of which have not yet been cleaned ; it is conjectured to be a specimen of the Plesio saurus. The Rev. J. GLEED has, found some thing similar to the last mentioned animal. (Dorset County Chronicle.) AGRICULTURAL REPORT . FOR THE COUNTIES OF SALOP, WORCESTER, AND STAFFORD, DEC. 31, 1823. The extreme mildness and dryness of the early part of the month, has been highly favourable to the Agriculturist. The ploughing and sowing have not met with any serious check during the month. The Gelds retain much of their verdure, and the entire absence of frost and snow has en abled the farmer to keep his stork out consider ably, later than usual. The early sown Wheat continues to look very well, and their roots hav ing taken deep hold of the earth, severe frost will not now materially affect them; a great breadth of land has been prepared for Wheat this season, the mildness of which has given the dila torysfarmer (and we have too many of that de scriptiOn) an opportunity of getting his seed into the ground in fine order. The latter part of the month has been rather humid, flooding the low grounds, and preventing .much work that now wants forwarding. Turnips begin to run very much, and are getting rather scanty in supply, the sheep stock being numerous, and turned into them early this season. The practice of steaming the hay for milking cows is gaining ground, and will soon be more generally adopted. as its advantages are more known. One truss of hay soaked, and given with the water tepid, entices the cow to eat the hay arid drink up the water or tea greedily, and keeps up the milk in a surprising manner. A consider able saving is made of the hay, and an additional quantity of milk is obtained, amply repaying the trouble. The show of fat meat, this Christmas, has been the finest seen for many years, the meat being not only fat, but having plenty of that de scription which leoks well on the table. The price of Cattle, as always at this season, has ex perienced a little advance, but this increase does not profit the farmer any thing, it merely goes to swell the already overgrown profit of the butcher. The Grain Market generally has experienced a little rise; not from any deficiency of supply, but merely from the spirit of speculation, which, looking at the political horizon, fondly imagines it perceives a few dark and angry clouds congre gating, and which, it hopes, may burst in a storm that may disturb the present peace and tranquil lity of Europe. *.' AUSTRIAN LOAN, LTC,UIDATION 31tITI5K This loan, which so long by anticipation occu pied the attention of the money market, was yesterday brought into circulation, and the terms announced under which the sub scribers are to participate in the contract. The contractors are the houses of Messrs. Baring, Brothers, and Co. ; Messrs. Reid, Irving, and Co. ; and Mr. N. M. Rothschild. The amount of the loan is 2,500,000/. sterling ; and the whole of it, we understand, will be appropriated to the purpose for which it is avowedly wised, no portion being reserved, as at first stated, for the service of the Austrian Go vernment. The price at which the subscribers receive their shares in this loan is 82 per cent., which is to be paid to Messrs. Baring Bro thers, and Co., on behalf of the contractors generally, in the following manner : 10 per cent. deposit to be paid on or before the 12th January. 25 - - - 12th February. _ _ 15 - - - - - llth March. 30 ~ - - - - 12th Ap r il. 20 - . - - - 10th May. The per tentage above-named is on the money, and not on the stock; and the respective payments, therefore, on every 100/. stock will be as under : 10 per cent. to be paid 12th January, 3 4 25 - - - 12th February, 20 10 15 - - - 11th March, 12 6 30 - - 12th April, 24 12 20 - - lOth May, 16 8 £32 0 The bonds will bear interest at five per cent. per annum, from the Ist November, 1823, payable every six months, and a discount at the rate of four per cent, per annum will be allowed to the subscribers on anticipating the payments of the respec tive instalments. Twenty-four coupons or dividend warrants will be attached to each bond, which are receivable at Vienna on the Ist of May and the Ist of November in each year. An arrangement has been made, however, by which the subscribers may receive the interest during the first 12 years, at the counting-house of Mr. N. M. Rothschild, at the fixed exchange of 10 florins the £ sterling. The bonds will be all of 1.000 florins, equivalent to 1001. each, but the scrip receipts, which are to represent the bonds until all the instalments are completed, vary in amount from 2,000 florins or 2001., to 50,000 florins Or 5,000/. Annexed is a scale of the scrip receipts to be issued by the contractors : Florins 50,000 - - being - - £5,000 sterling. 25,000 - - - - - 2,500 . 20,000 - - - - - - 2,000 10,000 - - - - - 1,000 5,000 - - - - - 500 3,000 - - - - - 300 3 2,000 - - - - 200 The terms of this loan, combined with the great abundance of floating capital in the market, appear to have been consi dered highly favourable by the dealers in foreign securities. The scrip to be issued on the 12th instant bore yesterday a premium of 5 per cent. The Magistrates of Hertfordshire have ordered some alterations in the Town-hall of Hertford, to afford better accommodation to the public at the approaching trial of Thurtell and Hunt.— The Jury-box has been raised, to obviate the in convenience felt by the pressing of the crowd in front of that place on the former day. A desk has also been constructed in front of the dock for Thurtell, at his request. He says that he shall have to make many notes during his trial, and that it will be convenient for him to have some place upon which he can arrange them, as he shall have to make references when he ad dresses the Court in his defence, which he states it is his intention to do at considerable length.— No alteration whatever is visible in the conduct or demeanour of these prisoners. come again." PRICE SEVENPENCXO LITERARY NOTICE. The SPAE-WIFE, a Tale of the Scottish Chronicles. By, the A UMW', of " Annals of the Parish," &c. . . The above long-p rom i se d N ove l h as at length made its appearance, and while introducing it to the notice of our-readers, we have many,apologies to offer for not haVing takers an earlier Oppor tunity for our remarks. We know of no man more likely to occupy an equal share of popular at tention with the "Great Unknown,"as the prpsent Author, Mr. GALT. To a nice discriminatiowof character, he adds a correctness, and occasionally an elegance of manner which stamp his Novels as very little inferior to the productions of that mysterious personage. The scene of the present work is laid in Scotland, about the year 1436, and is intended to describe the progress of the conspiracy which ended in the merciless assassi nation of the unfortunate JAMES 1. The charnc ter which gives the title to the Novel, is " Anniple of Duriblane," a half-frantic fortune teller, whose predictions (which by the way are to the letter accomplished) serve to interest the reader, and to develope the story. The Author has evidently bestowed great pains on the cha racter, and it is but just to say. that it is success fully drawn. With all our recollections of the masterly delineation of "Meg Merrilies," we must allow Anniple her full share of merit, and ac knowledge the skill of the pen which pourtrayed her. There is, however, considerable resembl ance between her and the character which we mentioned, and were we not assured that Mr. GALT voluntarily submits to the privation of not reading the Waverly Novels, from the fear of in sensibly falling into the style in which they are written, we should be uncharitable enough to suppose, that in the perusal of Guy Mannering he had not overlooked the character of Meg Merrilies. For the reason, however, which we have just stated, the resemblance must be purely accidental, and from the scene being laid in the same country, and from the language and manners being precisely similar, was per haps unavoidable. The Earl. of ATHOL, the manly and intrepid Lord JAMES, and the fiend like GRAME, are a. well imagined and repre sented in the Author's best style. It is in the de lineation of character that Mr. GALT excels—his acute conception and vigorous execution of his va rious heroes place him in a rank little inferior to the author of Waverly. The beautiful Queen (the idol of the ill-fated Monarch,) is so well drawn as to cause regret, that she does not occupy a larger portion of the work, aad we select the follow ing passage in which s! first appears:— " At the time when the Lady sThilla entered the garden. her Majesty was standing,rith that renowned maiden and gen tlewoman, the fair Katharine Douglas, and very gaily attired, as her custom ever was, in order that she might, by example, teach the ladies and dames of the realm to acquire those habits of courtly manners which are put on with the gar ments of ceremony. Her golden hair was gathered within a net of pearls, adorned with a precious ruby, and many a sapphire and emerald. On her brow she wore a chaplet of red and white and blue feathers, sprinkled all over with spangles, and intermingled with jonquils and. sprigs of broom ; around the fair enamel of her neck was a golden chain, from which depended a ruby shapen like a heart, which, as it lay on the ivory of her bosoin, seemed as if a living fire had been taken from the altar of true love, and laid to beam and glow in that beauteous place. By the one hand she held her robe of lustrous satin loosely up from the dewy grass, and with the other she leant upon the shoulder of Katherine Douglas, smiling on the flowers'timidly peering from their buds, as it were to see if the spring was indeed The Lady Sibilla thus introduced, is one of the most prominent characters in the story. She is, perhaps, rather too strongly drawn. We are not overfond of those strong-minded young ladies who, in the violence of passion distort the natural loveliness of their features, that their admirers " wonder how they ever thought them beautiful." A contemporary has, we think, made an unnecessary objection to our worthy, but somewhat rough friend, the Laird of Glenfruin. This is to us among the best drawn characters, and the objectionable peculiarities of his dia— lect, 'completely identify the uncivilised Highland Chieftain. We have, upon the whole, derived considerable amusement from the Spae-iTzfe, and have every reason to congratulate Mr. Galt on its production. We have said so much respecting his skill in the perception of character, that our readers may possibly imagine that to be his prin cipal merit ; it is but just, therefore, to acknow ledge his ability in the construction and deve lopement of his plot ; and of his descriptive powers, the following extract (with. which we must necessarily conclude our notice) may be given as a favourable specimen " The day was grey, still, sober, and mild, without sun_ shine or shower ;—the winds were asleep, and almost also the waters ;—the birds were mute, but not with sullenness, and they shook the crystaline drops from the impearled leaves, as they busily pruned their wings, likegentler villagers preparing for church in the holiness of the Sabbath morning. The skiei were not darkened with any cloud, but the mountain tops were hid in a resting mist, that hung like a canopy, lowed - almost to the tufty hills of the little islands in the lake. It was a morn ing, when the lowing of cows and the bleating of lambs heard afar off, mingling with the bark of the shepherd's dog, seem tuned and musical ;—when doves coo on the windol sills of the solitary, maiden, who never listened to any other note of love, and who feeds them with crumbs treasured from her frugA supper ;—when daisies lift not their golden eyes, but hangtheir heads, as if drowsy with some delicious excess ; when bees pass from bloom to blosom in silence ; when the chimb butterfly, that never spreads his wing but to the sun, rests as - quiet as the pea-flower on its stalk under'the leaf that he has made his canopy ;—and when the voiceless snail, in his satin doublet; stretches his eyehorris from side to side on the dewy sward, as if he wist not where to taste first, like a sable-vestured clerk at a banquet : in south, a season of quietude' and taw, when wary grimalkin, looking out at the cottage door, and fain to pass to her lair beneath the bushes, often Mits forth her foot'tek feel if indeed the soft lair be too moist for her furred delicacy.