The Sun. — London, England, 1831-01-14 00:00:00

I lII NNER TO THE LORD ADVOCATE AT DUNDEE. cha'n Friday a public dinner was given, in the New Ex- Reading.roonis, to the Lord Advocate. Thee. e-114Lre 4 : 40 0 g ent l emen present. Provost Balfour in the The cloth being removed, the usual loyal toasts were d runk with all doe respect ; after which the Chair t u p ro posed th e h ea l t h of the L or d Advocate, who re., '' • „ man l , ll 4ll th anks in a most eloquent speech, from which we cr,set the f o ll owing 1 .? " °cc befor e y ou a L or d Advocate of Scotland, not professing liberal and popular opinions—not merely raand asserting his love of economy and Reform, th at 7ll ° see a Lord Advocate who has been promoted to i~agi'tation for no ot h er cause , t h a t h e k nows or can d ' st a ! il e , except that the whole of hit past life has been Rated to supporting and endeavouring to promote these It; clh i g ets• It is no wonder then that such a spectacle .serf if not altogether without precedent, should be aisub doti'r co ngratulation and delight to those who lair, ag their lives, patronised these objets, and for a . con . 1 114 ' , rabi c part of them, under obloquy and suspicion, ni t : i led the same principles. In me they only see tieC ri wi e oyiehol of the great changes which hare of e h - Place in public sentiment, and the progreru, va te t-O " °Pinions which most of them nurtured in pri• P i wh en it w as occas i ona ll y d angerous to avow themlnions are avowed by the t ilm.r u ulc• They see the time now arrived when ,4 ) , o • Government of the coun th,Twhen the S overe i gn hi msel f , the generous, the brave, 'IPPY, and th e popu l ar S overe i gn o f t h ese realrris,is e 'eir reformer.—(Much cheering. ),—When the rights, f t 'uffr ages, the cares, and the wishes of the great body ' People a re not mere l y ac k now l e d ge d b y t h e a d m i-- aad t l t, but f orm , i n rea li ty , t h e fi rst o f t h e i r cares " ~,71 ' nes, and co ns tit u t e th e ver y b as i s o f the system p, l4 th their Government is founded. No man, lam will now venture to deny that the Commons of Parliament ought to represent the sense,. the if;', l 4l the opinions, the feelings, nay, even the prejudices, t Y 'neb now exist, of the great body of the people.— Cour ; •• -"tinned ch rin )—No honest, intelligent, and think 'f 41g a rn , do ee not g' speak of the minions of corruption, a• lpr liklane bigots, , hom all reasoning would he thrown net hie ;,‘I:4Y"--can ever believe in his heart that the wasteful Tb e "Peuditure of v e inone wrung from the hands of the poor, re 113,. can be tither laudable y or justifiable. Honest Whigs and ary I"' I'll°°t Tories have always been united in a wish for Re a t 441; What, lam p , rsoaded, they differed about was the •erdi ct i ' l 7 or the practicability of the means by which it o 13 7 1 : ' th;;, Pr° Posell to be obtained. But these fears and tki,;elll:ces vanish in the knowledge that Government has °t'" trench Dees its own hands the questions of economy, re acted; q,) --e n°, and Reform. On questions like these no P ing ih,„verntrient can be neutral. If they are not for them, sane" , x ll ntist be against them; and their expected resistance Abrt; ih'Verates the feelings and adds bitterness and violence to un h a tt e d q: v 7' lr ts of those who support them. But when the ' but 4° 'necit not merely yields to the wishes of the people, • i '!'eets or goes before them on the subject, instead of n t "'on being reluctantly wrung from them, no ap tlnd,er ;f re ay! n 'i'n of evil consequences can he entertained. th va ?f, g , a, Navin ventured to claim your indulgence, only in so far • itiiziarn i dentified with the system of the Government, I 1:95 ,0 trie" , , t ; 4 °W, perha 9, be excused for saying something ts, l " 41 prais e or explanation lanation of that system; but in the rty t: tit°:,,,little Words " e lconomy and Reform" the whole defi ,Pa and eulogiurn of the system is comprised.—(Cheers.) ntus t 4t are the twin stars which must illumine the tri ° 6 - Y,.. a nd perilous course on which the Government is now 1)11.'"ng-these are the dazzling gems which they have yet ti e b 4 ictl aloft on their forehead—the amulets which they have try t° o re th e i r i nv i nc ib le arms—the spells and phy tie:e4-,nr`e'i in the potency and virtue of which they go forth 'lee tumult and corruption conquering and to con hlig„Z,theoe are the true supporters of their proud em 'sii I s -the lion and the unicorn—which uphold the the 'feinos shield of Britain—the buckler and the banner of ta,, tl :e. The representation of Scotland has this advan all L I , ' 4 a moment like the present, that it is admitted on . th er 7 4 l to he indefensible. It is a representation of nei °or t h e 'wealth, the intelligence, the . enlightened opinion s , nati on ac tual will, nor th e prejudices or passions of the 1 4 1)1. 1 .s -1, 11 these elements being necessary . to form a true the , - : °t ation: while nothing more opposite to these than (ch ;' ° \ t ing system in Scotland can be imagined.— Perty ee : )-- -Scottisli representation does not depend on pro ') - h 4; : n tvlligence at all ; but on a of hocus pocus, N 1 , 1 %n, in the burghs, certain bodies called Town reprfus, consisting probably of thirty . persons, elect the otiy"teOtative of fifty thousand; and in the counties d rUle a Ne a l reCardeti is a bit of parchment with a wax an 1 1. tio tt of a PPended to the bottom of it, certifying the posses , t b s t, hut, o f a l'°4l iffy --- fo rty-shilling freehold of old extent, or a Taloa "0/. Scots, registered in the cess-book o f th e de(Langhter and cheers.)—lt does not follow the ( h i l r e of this parchment should have an acre, or even h a t hat 'r o Z th f . ull of earth in the county; and 1 believe of la l ', 11 411 ) . „ third or one-half of the county electors in kho ild i" i 'ces do not possess either the one or the other.— d O-3 so eci l 't2eas-weeniei,erf.) Gentlemen, I believe that Government ; 9 11 '"ast, and that it has formed a firm resolutien not to e r ' w er f l e ''t(l4li,oor'lidelePublic money wantonly or unnecessarily. No deft $ of ar Zp si e n n e s , e .ti , r f e o s r w m il e l r e splendour, will be any longer he gathered to the vault 1189 atee" th f• Capuleta. No soonsuch revolting spectacles will to ot P ' lll4, e ° th offend us at that of beholding men, for no thee 'ttvice whatever, and from one generation to ano- P ° cketin g of 7 000/ or of 4,5001. a year, War th the % d .. ' " service to 5 ,4° , ° e oll ,_ gof famines, who do more real $ ktra id ei'lue°llgood, are famishing on half as many pence.— cot tio shish '".) Economy and Reform are the two pi ars eaio' d 1 114, oa t 1 . ." 1 , 51 v system is founded, the cardinal prin otto t 1 :lf• on - it w i n e leb the Government rests . its claims, and puts elsir4, f 'sh es:untry for trial, demanding a patient w. an ., d h f t a i i ie r ed t be c,blOOZ, .he the two great arteries through ,c , o lee _ l ie h eart _., .he land finis its regular . and salutary h way to ' Rnich it sustains, and which by its own vi al utd ) ..l, Lorows it back ain to the extremities of the "- Meal', and cheerinag.) !ot re nveni" i on of ale on Wed- ; pe dal otb, )er to' 't 22d ' l otions f ge" j id be cn ar °emit - :, o urtg rne ntgr on the sse re• nd the ivote 1), the m i ai " I So ivg i" sbovf The ficisot he i''' emV,‘ him' an of the , noot 'ustie ° b the to l e i : Ivor" --_--. - ka t , " e Perceive that those eminent fine cutlery rp ing' 1, illacturer _ i je' ave been %, ,Messrs. SANSOM and Son!, of Sheffield, r heir Cutlers to their Majesties, King . WlL thy nlerei Queen ADELAIDE. This appointment is not a 0 , - - lo ws _ .c v gr,,,,i,u_l-Lary distinction, for their MAJESTIFS have been [is Ij or ten s i ve ° Y P e ell to accompany the appointment by ex 11tno,i it! re „ , u.lers for a variety of articles, many of which have t' °° , ''''Y been executed by those spirited individuals. !cri'l This he , r no • ill . ) 'Ort n , a rrllng the LORD MAYOR, the RE be or, ( :ou neii ' and other municipal officers, assembled in the ki, Cutotni Ch other Guildhall, in order to hear the KING'S v ilek legitne:l44 read ; after which the usual Oaths of Al , l'or ' &C ' &e., were administered to the Body Cor _6oo bora t e ' a . % also to the constabulary force. This business ` it able' uffie,,,F t e'l despatched, the RzcoRDER and other judicial to ,I_, retired to the Old Court of King's Bench, in order tijoe f I ` , Patch th e btai tess of the Adjourned Quarter Sessions. r , iii o ' , , I- Ll , O/ 0 , T ''' '0 °' %de l l o ,. "`•"---JOIIN WALTER, High Sheriff teo , I , St 0, f " I re, has appointed a county meeting, to be held 1 l'" P °4 e of . nwn- ball, Reading, Monday next, for the pur tioning ti ' l raking into consideration the propriety of peti 4presnt eLegislature on the present defective state of t . he thieft av arron of the people, and on the numerous mis tLe p„ ' grievances resulting therefrom. And also for licf n ,J9ae of obtaining a rational, practical, and efficient 14011;,,,doitin,tli:felection of fit persona to serve in the Com- Parliament." I" LATE Wh en t; RULER OF TILE POLES.— qer rn 'e her Duke CONSTANTINE was travelling in rogress POLES.— be t a r , o be on one occasion, weary of the slow p lo t t , New! the post-boy repeatedly to drive faster, b e dil P'"Po%e ; lie then threatened to shoot him if iqg g • "t quicken his pace. The postilion persisted in hill: e n !.nn at hit own rate, which so provoked the Grand 1p0t,...1425 h e ( i re _ a w pistol and shot him dead upon the CAl,ordn's Journey from India. ~ eN3 n f c4-4IN: RosB.--Two accounts of the pro - 1 - 11. w aptain Ross's exploratory voyage have reached tc, . 1 , e give them the une _ c as communicated to us.. .According ;(lay i n a count, Capt iin Russ was met with in Baffin's ie Aug ust 1 R hair, , 829, where, having suffered damage ditr- Ivretkof weather, he fortunately was enabled, from the nurthwar a Greenland ship, to refit. He afterwards steered 'eco li d , and has not since been heard of. The other Iliraven:rer_ePresents. our adventurous Commander and his i l tes bw_as having been • forced back to Lively Bay, in , 4critn6 where they spent last winter. —Jameson s ur f ,b - la, . . , . -(VCW Ph i losophical Journal. 4 1.11 j Of A / nquest was held last night at the house nri ti* ALLBRIGIIT, 36, 13ridgehouse-place, Newington, Ilarnllllttldi taitihtduyder Mr. Cm -ARIES KINGSFORD, aged 28, who terminated ' his existence by taking r lir bej n ac id. It, appeared that the deceased was, a short !niekt.d ehei',e,r,gaged in dissecting a putrid corpse, when he 'e that . n nger, and the pain very soon became so in !inail , it brought on a fever, which confined him to i?Nwe",l3o,me weeks. Ile never perfectly recovered, and n . _ n arlay lie committed self-destruction. The fol• 5t;41751 found in the deceased's hand -writing :—" Mr. N 11,10,1141, Messrs. WILLIAM S and BETIIII.L, 11, Lin illark_i(a..l:fields, and my cousins, T. and C. KINGSFORD, e .k. , l..... U . , _ er ser i ld my corps e to Guy's Dissecting-room.— v diet, " Temporary insanity," P fri,v, 1 on' ( . 0 ~.. 'eD. I. 01 ",ic : tic 10 ), or GC COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND left town yes terday for their residence at Kew. The Spanish and Mexican Ministers had interviews with Vi.COlint PALMERSTON yesterday at the Foreign Office. Prince TALLErnasn, the French Ambassador, I,fi town yesterday for Brighton. . _ _ The President of the $o ird of Controul, and the Pay master of the Forces, visited the CHANCELLOR of the Ex CHEQUER yesterday, at the Treasury. BRIGHTON, JAN. 13. Their MAJESTIES drove out yesterday, in a carriage and four, with outriders, and returned to the Palace at four o'clock. .• Prince LEoroLn walked on the West Cliff, and rode through several parts of the town. Count and Countess MUNSTER and Sir HENRY SEATON had the honour of dining with their MAJESTIES. Colonel Fox arrived at the Palace yesterday. On Monday last the LORD MAYOR gave a grand entertainment to several of the members of the Cor poration and some of his private friends, and on Wednes day he entertained the members of the Royal Entertain ment Committee. In the Court of Exchequer yesterday morn ing, the Cuter BA RON announced his intention of retiring from public life. It may therefore be presumed (as an Evening Paper remarks), that the arrangement by which it was intended, on this resignation, to restore Lord LYNDHURST to legal office as Chief Baron, will now be completed. A ward meeting of the inhabitants of Far ringdon Without will be held to• thy in the Inquest-room of St. Andrew, Holborn, " for the purpose of petitioning the KING to extend the Royal mercy to the misguided per sons capitally convicted under the Special Commissions." DEATH OF THEHON. MISS LOUISA KING. —.With feelings of sincere regret we announce the death of the Hon. Miss LOUISA, KING ; youngest daughter of the Right Hon. Lord Viscount LOIS.TON, in the 19th year of her .acre, at Newcastle, in the county of Longford, where sbe bad removed for change of air, after a partial recovery from that distressing disease, the pooping-cough. By this distressing dispensation of Providence the Noble Lord and his estimable family are plunged into the deepest affliction. —Dublin Paper. Dr. PIIILLPOTTS, our new Bishop, made his public entry into Exeter thii day. About one o'clock his Lordship was met, opposite the workhouse, by the boys and girls of the Blue or Bishop BLACKALL'S School, where the elder boy delivered an address, and, according to a plan recently introduced by Mr. Rum (the Ap paritor), they were arranged on each side the carriage, and attended it to St. John's Hsspital. Here, at the house of the Rev. Dr. COLLYNS, Head Master of the Grammar School,: the Bishop was received: by the Mayor and Chamber, who accompanied his Lordship to Broadgate, where he was met by the dignitaries of the Cathedral, who, preceded by two constables with maces, vergers, &c and followed by the Apparitor, was conducted to the Pal ice, where his Lordship will await the mandate for his consecration, which, if it arrives to-morrow, as expected, the ceremony will take place on Wednesday.—Excter el/J..7yd. The forthcoming Satire, by the Author of " Pelham," entitled " The Siamese Twins," is, we under stand, of a mixed nature, consisting partly of the singular perplexities arising from the inseparable connection of two human beings of opposite minds and tempers ; and partly of ridicule of existing manners and personages in divers classes of life. The Twins (supposed to have grown rich and retired from the toil of exhibition) become the "lions" of the day—are patronised by Lady JEllSEY—introduced at Almack's, Holland House, the Court,.&c. The work will contain also many references to late events—the ac cession of the new KlNG—the change of Ministry—the impostures of ST. JOHN LONG, and other themes of con versation. The following requisition for a meeting of the inhabitants of the North Divison of the Lathe of Aylesford has beer( numerously and respectfully signed :—" We, the undersigned, owners and occupiers of property, within this district of the county of Kent, viewing, with the greatest satisfaction, an Administration pledging itself to act upon liberal principles of Government, and declaring its reliance to be upon the confidence and support of the people, respectfully and earnestly request the attendance of the inhabitants of the North Division of the Lathe of Aylesford, at the City Repository, Rochester, on Tuesday next, to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning the Legislature in favour of a Reform in Parliament, as a measure that will be most conducive to the real interests of the country." PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS.—At a meeting of rate-payers in this very extensive parish, some time since, a Committee was appointed to inquire into the abuses of the Select Vestry, and they prepared a state ment, showing that the expence of supporting the paupers in the workhouse amounted to 7,6521., but that the sum actually charged to the parishioners by the Vestry was 13,4.75/. The Committee also complained of ether charges which they considered had been improperly made. The statement of the Committee was taken into consideration at a meeting of the Vestry some days since, and they pro mised to institute an inquiry into the allegations of over charge ; and that when Mr. lionnousE's Bill shall have been printed and submitted to Parliament, they will give it all the consideration which their duty to the parish may require. NEW TELEGRAPH.—It is proposed to esta blish in France public telegraphs, for the conveyance throughout the kingdom of communications between mer chants and other persons. A new telegraph, consisting of four lamps, and of course capable of being worked day and night, has lately been invented for the purpose. By a recent experiment it appears that in ordinary weather this telegraph can communicate between three and four signals a minute—that is to say above 200 an hour. 200 signals comprehend above 500 words. It is practicable, therefore, to forward, in an hour, at least ten communica tions, each of 12 or 15 words ; a number sufficient for important intelligence, when brevity is indispensable.— Literary Gazette. FERDINAND THE BELOVED.—I almost fancy you will suppose I am jesting when I tell you, that while -- and I were walking last night in a very extensive garden, about a mile from Madrid, to which all the world has access, we met, in the most distant and retired part of it, that most redoubtable tyrant FERDINAND VII., who is supposed in merry England scarcely ever to trust him ,self out of his Palace, and never without all his guards at his heels ; he was walking accompanied by a single gentle man, and not a guard within a mile of him. All this is truth—plain truth; and I could tell forty other things as incredible. I have seen much of Spanish life, in all ranks of society here ; and from an introduction I obtained through , I have gained a great deal of informa tion respecting the KING, QUEEN, and Court ; things which, though in themselves of little value, give zest to a honk, and are much prized by a certa;n class.—From a correspondent of the Atlienceum. CONVICTS AT WINCHESTER AND OTHER PLACES.—The petition on behalf of these unfortuate men from the pariah of Clerkenwell, was signed by upwards of 2,000 householders, within six hours, and was presented by deputation to Lord MELBOURNE, Secretary of State, yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock, who promised to transmit the same immediately to the KING. On Monday evening, about eight o'clock, two barns full of barley, a barley-rick, and a wheat-rick, the property of Mr. JOHN RAXWORTHY, were set on fire by an incendiary, and entirely consumed, at Upton Lovell, near lleytcsbury, Wilts. DREADFUL SUICIDE. —Yesterday evening an inquest was held at the Duke of York, York-street, Mary-la-bonne, on the body of Mrs. AMELIA KIGIITLT, tire wife of a solicitor residing at 10, Cumberland-place, New-road. It appeared that the deceased had been sub ject to epileptic fits front her infancy, which produced im becility of mind, which was aggravated by a series of misfortunes which she and her husband had met with. All their goods had been sold off under an execu tion, and for the last twelve months they had neither bed nor bedstead, but slept on a mattress. On Tuesday last the deceased seized a razor, and cut her throat through the carotid artery and windpipe. She was only in her 28th year, and had twice before attempted self-destruc tion in consequence of the reverse of . fortune ; a s h ort t i me only having elapsed since her drawmg.room displayed an organ which cost 300 guineas. She brought a large for tune to her husband ; but when the execution was put in, all her wearing apparel was even seized. —The Jury re tarned a verdict of " Temporary Derangement, occasioned by extreme distress." IMPORTANT THEATRICAL CAUSE. VICE- CHANCELL OR' S C 0 URT, JAN. 13. PATENT THEATRES—Mr. ARNOLD'S PETITION. The argument on this subject was renewed this evening in the Vice-Chancellor's Court, before the LORD CHAN CELLOR, the VICE- Citasweririou, the CHIEF JUSTICE of the COMMON PLEAS, and Mr. Justice hams PARKE. The Souccrort-GERP.rtAr, resumed his argument in favour of Mr. Arnold's petition. In reply to Ivitat had dropped from his Lordship on Tuesday evening, he could assure the Court, that he had not been fishing for the secrets on the other side from any idle curiosity, but be cause, whatever impediments were to be thrown across his path had been studiously concealed, and because he felt that he could not satisfactorily discharge his duty to his client if he were net able to force the other side to reveal what their case was, or unless he could induce his Lord ship to order them to produce their case ; or, at all events, to afford him the advantage, in reply, of commenting en their silence. The position which he had endeavoured to force on his Lordship's attention on the previous evening was, that two distinct patents had originally been granted by the Crown, in order to insure to the public two distinct Theatres ; and, in fact, it might he said that thoee patents only amounted to a patent of inhibition towards the rest of the world. It there fore appeared clear upon this head, that any alteration of the spirit of those patents would be their viola tion ; and if he could show that that had frequently taken place, he conceived that the arguments on the other side must necessarily fall to the ground. But it would appear, according to Cibber's account of the matter, that not only were those patents altered with the consent of the Crown, but that there came a recommendation from the Crown, which amounted to something very like a com mand. If, then, this was correct, what became of that part of the petition of the present patentees in which they put forth that their patents were so inviolable that it was not even within the power of the Crown to infringe them ? On this suiject, however, he should find it necessary to refer the Court to a work, which might, in theatrical mat ters, be likened to " Justinian's Institutes" in legal mat ters ; and as he knew that this latter work had been lately urged very forcibly on his Lordship's attention on a sub ject which hardly seemed open to it—being neither more nor less than a question concerning the three per cents.—he had some hopes that his theatrical Justinian might be of service in informing the Court of what some of the facts and the principles of the case before it were. In Cibber's Life, that author observed that the rival establishments thought it wise to buy hint on the principle of his being a scarce commodity, and they therefore gave him thirty shillings a s i veek ; and yet, notwithstanding this, the corn pany was so far from full, that they were obliged to beat up for volunteers in distant counties. Betterton and his party were afterwards honoured with an audience by the King, who graciously dismissed them with an assurance of relief and support, and they were in con sequence empowered to act for themselves ; to for ward which a new theatre was built at a considerable expence, which went by the name of the Little Whig. In another part of the same work, he also stated that it was thought right to consult the law authorities on the sub ject; and they were of opinion that no patent could tie up the hands of a succeeding Prince, if he chose to grant another. That, in fact, was the whole of his (the Soli citor-General's) argument ; for Mr. Art old's petition did not put his claim as a matter of right, but merely prayed for it as an act of benevolence on the part of the Crown. And, after all, what did the pretended inviolability amount to? Originally two patents were granted for too distinct theatres ; but, in 1682, the two patents were joined toge ther iu distinct violation of their purport and intent ; and this not for the; benefit of the public, but in order to insure a more effectual monopoly. Thus, then, they had a complete answer to the petition on the other side, both in point of law and in point of fact. If it was true that one of the two patents had been suffered to lie dormant for nearly a century, how could it be urged that they had never been violated ? And their Lordships would find that it was on this very argument that King William granted a patent to Betterton. But what was the next step in consequence of this ? Why, that there were quar rels without end between the parties, and that in the time of Anne the patentee was absolutely obliged to succumb to the mandate of the Lord Chamberlain; for on its turning out that the patent was exercised in a way un - palatable to the actors, application was made by them against the patentee to the Crown, and the Lord Cham berlain was applied to to redress their grievances. The step which the Lord Chamberlain took was to send an injunc tion of silence to both patentee and actors ; and obedience was thought to be so absolutely imperative, that the theatre was shut up immediately, the actors dispersed, and the patent was not revived for seven, eight, or nine years. What had the other side to say to the inviolability of pa tents after that ? In the time of George I. the same sys tem was acted upon, and no manager could be found then who presumed to talk of the inviolability of his patent. In that reign a patent was granted to Steele; so that this thing, which, it was contended, was inviolable to all eter nity, went through all these numerous changes in the course of the very first century after it had been granted ; and at length so little store was set by the right of patent, that the theatres were found playing with licenses. What, then, were they to think of a petition which did not rest, as Mr. Arnold asked, on the ground of the goodness and benevolence of the Crown, but which absolutely came for ward to state that the Crown had no power whatever to comply with the prayer of the counter-petition ? Nor let it be said, that, in stating this, be was bringing for ward a hypothetical case; for he meant to contend, that he had rather under-stated than over-stated the nature of the petition. When they came to consider the circum stances connected with the prayer of Mr. Arnold's petition, they were bound to look at what was the state of the town now and what it had been when it was deemed that two patents were sufficient to supply its wants. Let them consider for a moment how enormously the po pulation had increased, and then deny, if they could, that such an extension of the numbers called for an extension of the means of amusement. Nor was the increased amount of population all that they had to consider : they had also to take into the account the increased taste of the people, and the additional relish that had been im bibed for theatrical entertainments. Nor was even this all. Let them regard for a moment the extensive suburbs that surrounded London in every direction, and recollect that a family now, through the improved condition of the roads, and the improved convenience of public and private ve hicles, was able to go to the theatre from Highgate or Hampstead with as much facility as they could have formerly gone from Charing-cross. Surely it must be for the public that he was speaking ; for it stood to reason, that if the increase of the population did not justify the increase of the number of patents, Mr. Arnold's project must fall still-born to the ground, and produce him no beneficial results whatever ; all that he could hope to do in such a case would be to play to empty benches, and his musical performances would assume the shape of a wall lecture. But the petition of the patentees of the large houses, stated, that it was the great expence of spectacles and other shows that involved them in, such ruin, so that, with the greatest exertion, they were hardly able even now to hold their heads above water. As a matter of feeling, no one would be insensible to such a statement ; but in this case, what they had to look at was, what would most benefit the iaublic; and indeed, if such an excuse avers once to be ad mitted, it would become, in the hands of an art ful monopolist, a most successful argument for re sisting any possible increase or alteration in the con dition of his patent. But the real fact was, that a great deal of the distress felt by the managers, and still more of the annoyance felt by the public, was owing to the want of competition. Let them once have competi tion, and the public would no longer have to sit in houses which made comedy worse than a farce, and turned tra gedy into bombast and fustian; for, unless the actor pos sessed the voice of a Stentor, and the muscles of an Ajax or a Hercules, it was beyond his power to make any im pression on the audience. Surely such a state as this was not a wholesome state of timings ; and, what was still worse, it was produced by this very monopoly that the petitioners were praying might be continued. For why was it that the house was built so large ?—simply b eca u s e the population had so increased that, were it smaller, it would become so crying an evil that there would be no re sisting a change; and, therefore, in order to have room at all, they were obliged to commit all this outrage on com mon sense and common propriety. But a vast number of calamities were set forth as likely to arise from enlarging the number of patents. Now he could not at all admit that all these calamities would happen, or that they were so great as was pretended. In the first place, who was there who would take upon himself to say, that in their full season, when Parliament was sitting, and when the world of fashion was in town, that there was not room for a third theatre, especially if that third theatre could live, as was proposed by 3 t l bn r a . tat Arnold, übnyde r which being . conducted the pen , r o es na t inure national ra tionaltheatresPl4Were sinking? But p er h aps i t m i g h t b e sa id that this plan would be so successful, that the other theatres would he deserted. That was quite another affair:; naa and he could not wish for a better position to show how necessary competition was for the purpose of supplying the public with that quality of amusements which they ha 1 a right to expect. In hie opinion, so far from in juring the two theatres .that already existed, the granting I of a third patent would serve to purity their piesent mis takes, and render the whole more generally attractive. At all events, 'Mr. Atrchd must go upon this principle; for unless he did, it was griite cleat that he would he a beg gar in five years ; and he (the Solicitor-dearai') there - fore trusted that, on both public and private groiiti4s, their Lordships would think that ills client was not to be debarred from that grace aid ftta-ettf of the Crown for which his petition prayed. Sir E. B. SUGDEN said that he followed on the same side. He apprehended that the question before their Lordnips rase, not whether Mr. Arnold was to have the prayer of his petition granted hire, brat whether the Crown had the power to grant that praj. - ef. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that that was the ques tion, only somewhat more general, to be understood. Ge nerally speaking, it was whether any of the conflicting rights and claims set up by those against the prayer of the petition were such as should preclude the Crown, either on the ground of the petition or else, freen acceding to its prayer, if his Majesty on other grounds was inennt.d to comply with the prayer of Mr. Arnold's petition.—(The Vice-Chancellor whispered the Lord Chancellor.)—He did not see why, as his Honour stigraested, he should not read the letter he had received on this subject it was from his Majesty's Secretary, and ran to the followi4 effect :—" I am honoured with his Majesty's commands to transmit to your Lordship a petition from Mr. Arnold to open his Theatre on a new plan, provided his original license of placing through the year should be restored. The Lord Chamberlain having declined to decide on this proposition ins consequence of a petition to a contrary effect being presented from the Patentees of Drury-lane and Covent•garden, his Majesty is desirous that your Lordship should take into your consideration both those documents, that you may advise his Majesty whether Mr. Arnold's proposition can be acceded to generally without any violation of the assumed patent rights of the two Winter Theatres." From which it would appear, that this did not preclude from their consideration, whether any increase of patents was inconsistent with the patent rights which had already been granted. Mr. HARRISON was desirous of saying something on the point of expediency. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought that the Learned Counsel had better state his whole case at once; for he had had a communication which justified pins in saying, that Isis Majesty was desirous that the whole case should pass under revision. Sir E. B. SUGDEN observed that on the question of ex pediency the matter assumed an entirely different aspect ; and he did not know that he could do justice to his client in it, because it involved so many questions. It was im possible for him to argue his right without incidentally touching upon his fair claim of equity and expediency ; but the general question of the expediency to withhold or grant a patent for playing throughout the year was quite another matter. He, therefore, should withhold his argu ments on that head, unless the case on the other side should require an answer from bins ; and in that case he trusted that his Lordship would allow them time to pre pare themselves before they were called on to reply. The LORD CHANCELLOR—CertainIy ; there shall be no surprise; and I should think it was rather the interest of the other gentk men than your's to examine into expediency. Sir E. B. Suonlitc--::He felt some difficulty in knowing how to address himself, as a lawyer, to the case now before his Lordship, for he would frankly confess that he was not aware of one-twentieth part of the case ; and such facts as he had were meagre and not vouched for. In the first place they had to consider in the abstract what was the right of the Crown over a subject of this nature with re spect to what had already been granted or might he granted. Then they had to consider the nature of the patent already ,:ranted, and that naturally led to the con : sideratiou of the acts done by the parties and the Crown from the time of Charles 11. down to the present period; and then he should make a few observations to show that the grant was not on the parchment on which it hail been originally written. On such it subject as this it would be in vain to look into law books, because it was coeval with the power of the Crown itself. In Lane, p. 26, which was an information against Bates in the Exchequer, it was laid down that it was a prerogative in which hitherto there was no prescription, for every prerogative was as ancient as the Crown ; and in this case it was evident that the right must ever remain, for the purpose of putting down, from time to time, such abuses as crept in. Could, then, a man, who held such a patent, thus lay claim to it as property ? No ; it was simply a purchase, or rather, a sight that allowed, instead of giving the power to do the thing itself. The Learned Counsel proceeded to say that it was almost nonsense to think that these patents were such as to prevent any future Monarch from exercising that con troul that was really necessary for the preservation of his subjects' morals. Might not the Theatres get into the hands of the dregs of society, the most immoral characters, and even children, wino would be perfectly incompetent to manage the Theatre in such a way, as to conduce either to the amusement of the visitors, or the good keeping of their morals. Would his Learned Friend, in supporting the opposition made by his clients, go so far as to say that a monarch, who was, indeed, specially appointed to guard and protect the manners and morals of his people, could not, in consequence of a grant worded in a most illegal manner, and depriving future Monarchs of their preroga tives, remove assurances caused by the possessors of those grants. The Crown, however, he would not say, had a power over the actors who performed in the theatres. Cer tainly not. It was the theatres themselves that it had un der its controul ; and he contend e d th a t it cou ld e i t h er re movetedi e or the augment, as was necessa r y ; f or t h e i r d angerous great amusement which they afforded. In Queen Elizabeth's time, a great number of the best actors then living were taken into the Royal service (which, by the-by, was no disgrace, or forfeiture of independence), clothed in a livery, and in some measure considered as sub ject to the authority of the higher officers of the Royal house hold. This, however, was not absolute authority ; an d i n o geri who had b een gu il t y of suede some casenou soned in consequ ence , n obtained hi s di sc h arge . sret contumacy,a ir n i s actor a bea named s n ri Corpus, Do was g e ip ar This, however, he only mentioned to show that it was not in the power of the Crown, and never had been considered as such, to restrain the actors in a mere t h an or di nary way, or to possess an exclusive (exclusive of th e r i g ht o f succeeding K 440 power over the The a t res . S o i t was that he considered the patents, which set up that power, not worth a farthing. No Monarch, he would lay down as a truism, had a right to bind his successors in any act. In one of the patents the extent of the area, on which the Theatre was to be built, was not to exceed forty-seven feet square. But the taste for the drama had greatly in creased since the time of Charles the Second, and weak must be the Monarch who could suppose that he had power enough to limit the amusements of the subjects of i sid e ) b ut an exc l us i on o f future Monarchs, and restrain their theatrical t as t e t o a few feet. And what was this grant to two Th ea t res ( as it was set up by the opposite other Theatres and o pp o rtunities fir gratifying th e p eo pl e . If Charles the Secon d made a grant t o a certa i n i nd i v i dual a that his pres en t M a j esty could not make a g rant persons to do s i m il ar t hi ngs ? r nd r, hist to r et assigns, oeti,deer d p enabling them t o d o a certa i n th i ng, could it be n The Luny CnAreceer.ost—Certainly not, but then the second grant must not he made and acted upon so as to oc casion injury to the first franchise. Sir E D WARD said, that he knew that, and one of the questions, supposing he was not successful in his other arguments, on which, however, he placed great reliance, would be, whether or not a grant to Mr. Arnold would be injury W the grants made by Charles the Second. He said not, as he contended there were plenty of persons to benefit each of the grants. Ile, however, was only argu- Counsel,proceededto aftergive ing the abstract right o f a monarc h to ma k e grants, to the prevention of his suc cessors exerc i s i ng t h e i r preroga tivsslight history h fo is r to s ry of ome te e u in this w ay i n which th e statute of the lOth Geo. H. cap. 22. was brought in. I t prov i ded that no person should play without he had auth or i t y f rom t h e Ki ng or t h e L or d Chamberlain, and cl ear l y s h owe d t h at never was t h ere any intention to restrict th e power o f t h e Ki ng. H e t h en sa id that he should snake a mos t mater i a l o b ject i on to t h e pa oe.The point, Lea tents in themselves. ']'pia Wild what they monopolized, and as such came under the famous Act of James 1., which declared that no person should monopolize any trade or manufacture, but that all the King's subjects should be at liberty to make, sell, or buy them. It would he contended, however, that the theatre, or the occu pation of a manager, was not a trade, and that it was a mere matter of amusement, in which buying and selling as to make profit, did not take place. He apprehended that the contrary was the case. The manager paid car penters, painters, musicians, and a number of artizans, &c., in order to bring out those dramas and entertainments which the public paid a certain price, that yielded profit to the manager to be admitted to view. If, then, Drury lane and Covent-garden did this to the exclusion of other persons, he contended that they monopolised, and that the patents were perfectly void under James I. In the famous card-playing case it was contended, that the cards being for amusement, could not be considered as articles of trade or manufacture. It was, however, proved, that the ma terials, —ea, were bought and sold ; that they were made the subjects of trade, arid consequently they were held to come under the denomination of trade. The Loup CHANCELLOR said, that the grant made to the College of Physicians was held good. Sir EDWARD laid, that was before the passing of the Act. He then proceeded to say, that the patents were give❑ by Charles the Second, in consequence of the name . rous play-houses that wets ~et up in and about London, much to the disadvantage of the riblic morals; and that it was clear the patent was only fur his Rfstime, and given .fd do swziy with the other house. The expression., " and these ttiid alone shall be opened for the representh tion of Tragedy, Corned,' ) or cll.)/ dramatic piece whatso ever." It did not say no Mot:ft!: hereafter shall have any the theatres but these ta-o ; and he theitfote should con tend that illegal construction could be put titioti the words, and followed L'p; _ _ LORD CHANCELLOR—We ail .7now we must not take as text what a Monarch alone puts down. Sir EDWARD said certainly ; and went on do o e that King Chalrles's intention was apparent, as the latter Wottls would preclude anat other theatre, let it be Winter or Sum mer, from opening.: 'this, hoWelter, had been done con tra:T to the word s . fbernselVes of the pafet:t, as the Olympic, for instance, had represented dramas. The Italian 9pera had done the same some time back, and insisted on its right to perform Italian Operas, which ceded to it, by a treaty between the patent theatre race it. It was nothing, they, Sttt a mockery for the patentees to make their present oppositiott. It was stated by Cibber, tlmi, in I liS I, a junction of the theatr..s took place, which was reCOntruended by his Majesty himself. It was agreed, in fact, between KiPiFrew and Betterton, that the two patents should be united; at-d considered as one. at profits of the theatre were to he :!!'Shied. Three pounds, each day that a representation of any fft,:intsk took place, wcte to be given to Killigrcw, his heirs, and assighr, for the patent whin he had given up. From this peti tion on the other side, it appeared thut this junction had continued for one century, during which the other theatres opened, in consequence of such union. Whet was the effect of this union ? He should say abandonment—ron usal itself being abandonment. In Coke upon Lyttle ton, it was :mid that there was an implied condition in all grants of franchises, although not expressed, that they should be duly executed, according to the purposes of the grant. 13ut be would contend, that the patents had not been used according to the pprposes rt!...ich they were granted. In consequence of some complaint Made. of the violation of Crie agreement concerning the house, :king William had granted atiother patent to Betterton, and so had other theatres received patents for twenty years each time, on which he would sty, that they had been acting for some time. What then became of the monopolizing patents set up, which had been acted against for a long time ? Why had their importance not been called into question before; or why did the proprietors bring them forward now, and expose their worthlessness and illegality, when they might have been considered, by being concealed, of great value ! Sir Edward was here stopped by the LORD CHANCEL- Lon, and asked how long he would be before he concluded his speech ? The Learned Counsel said three quarters of an hour. The LORD CHANCELLOR intimated then that it would be better to adjourn, and stated that he had then received papers from the Lord Chamberlain's Office, from which it appeared, by a petition sent up by Betterton against the patentee, that the incorporation of the patents had taken place in 1692. Mr. 11ARRisoN said they had applied to tho Lord Chamberlain's Office for all documents connected with the patents, and were told that they had none. This petition, which Sir Edward had also alluded to, they knew nothing about till the evening. It teas a most material point to them. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the petition had been hut just found, and was immediately sent up to the Court. His Lordship then said the Court would not sit again till next Tuesday, during which interval plenty of time would be afforded to both parties. The Court adjourned at a few minutes past ten. PATENT OF THE WINTER THEATRES. While a question of so much interest to the theatrical world is under discussion, it may perhaps be satisfactory to our readers to see a verbatim copy of the patent granted by CHARLES 11. to DAVENANT and KILLIGREW. It is as follows : " CHARLES the Second, by the Grace of Gun, King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c., to all to whom these presents shall come greeting. " Whereas our Royal Father, of glorious memory, by his Letters Patent under his Great Seal of England, bear ing, date at Westminster the six-and-twentieth day of March, in the fourteenth year of his reign, did give and grant unto Sir WILLIAM DAVENANT, by the name of WILLIAM DAVENANT, gentleman, his heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, his full power, license, and authority, that hei they, and every of them, by him and themselves; and by all and every such person and persons as he or they should depute and appoint, and his and their labourers, servants, and workmen, should and might lawfully, quietly, and peaceably frame, erect, new build, and set up on a parcel of ground, lying near unto, or behind the Three Kings Ordinary in Fleet-street, in the parishes of Saint Dunstan in the West, London, or in Saint Bride's, London, or in either of them ; or in any other ground in or about that place, or in the whole street aforesaid, the❑ allotted to him for that use ; or in any other place that was or then after should be assigned or allotted out to the said Sir WILLIAM DAVENANT, by THOMAS Earl of ARUNDEL and SHARES', then Earl Marshal of England; or any other commissioners for building, for the time being in that behalf, a Theatre or Play-house, with necessery tiring and retiring rooms, and other places convenient, containing in the whole forty yards square, at the most, wherein Plays, Musical En tertainments, Scenes, or other the like presentments might be presented. And our said Royal Father did grant unto the said Sir WILLIAM DAVENANT, his heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, that it should and might be lawful to and for him the said Sir WILLIAM DAVENANT, his heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, that it s'sould and might be lawful to and for him the said Sir WILLIAM DAVENANT, his heirs, exe cutors, administrators, and assigns, from time to time, to gather together, entertain, govern, privilege, and keep such and so many Players and persons to exercise Ac tions, Musical Presentments, Scenes, Dancing, and the like, as he the said Sir WILLIAM DAVENANT, his heirs, executors, administrators, and assign, from time to time, to act Plays in such Houses, so to be by him or them erected, and exercise Music, Musical Presentment•, Scenes, Dancing, or other the like, as the same or other houses, or times, or after Plays are ended, peaceably and quietly, without the impeachment or impediment of any perso❑ or persons whatsoever, for the honest recreation of such as shall desire to see the same. And that it should and might be lawful to and for the said Sir WILLIAM DA VENANT, his heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, to take and receive of such as should resort to hear and see any such Plays, Scenes, and Entertainments whatso ever, such sum or sums of money as was, or then after, from time to time, should be accustomed to be given or taken in other Play-houses and places, for ttie like Plays, Scenes, Presentments, and Entertainments, as in and by the said Letters Patent, relating thereunto had at large, may appear. And whereas we did, by our Letters Pa tent, under our Great Seal of England, bearing date the 16th day of May, in the 13th year of our reign, exem plify the said recited Letters Patent, granted by our Royal Father, as in and by the same, relation being thereunto had, at large, may appear. " And whereas the said Sir WILLIAM DAVENANT hath surrendered our said Letters Patent of exemplification, and also the said recited Letters Patent, granted by our 'loyal Father, into our Court of Chancery, to be cancelled, which surrender we have accepted, and do accept by these presents, know ye that we of our special grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, and upon the humble peti tion of the said Sir WILLIAM DAVENANT, and in con sideration of the good and faithful service which he the said Sir WILLIAM DAVENANT has done unto us, and doth intend to do for the future ; and in consideration of the said surrender, have given and granted, and by these pre sents for us, our heirs, and successors, do give, and grant unto the said Sir WILLIAM DAVENANT, his heirs, exe cutors, administrators, and assigns, full power, licence, and authority, that he, they, and evtry of them, by him and themselves, and by all and every such person or persons as he or they shall depute or appoint, and his and their labourers, servants, and workmen shall and may lawfully, peaceably, and quietly, frame erect, new build, and set up, in any place within the Cities of London and Westminster, or the suburbs thereof, where he or they shall find best accommodation for that purpose, to be assigned and allotted out by the surveyor of our works, one Theatre or Play-house, with tiring and retiring rooms, and other places convenient, of such ex tent and dimensions as the said Sir WILLIAM DAVENANT, his heirs or assigns, shall think fitting, wherein Trage dies, Comedies, Plays, Operas, Music Scenes, and all other Entertainments of the Stage whatsoever, may be shewn and presented. And we do hereby for us, our heirs, and successors, grant unto the said Sir WILLIAM DAVENANT, his heirs and assigns, full power, licence, and authority, from time to time, to gather together, enter tain, govern, privilege, and keep such, and so many Players and persons to exercise and act Tragedies, Co medies, Plays, Operas, and other Performances of the Stage, within the house to be built as aforesaid, or within the house in Lincoln's Inn Fielde, wherein the said Sir WILLIAM DAVENA NT cloth now eaerciee the pre , wises ; or within any other house where he or they can within our Cities of suburbs thereof; which te of our dearly beloeed brother, ar e , io) a dn t t cloeiorie.imfiaitAatc\Evs,,fheosDr: Westminster, k t bi Ineleam of t:hr p nutober as the said Sir WILL/ AM DA YE NANT, his heirs or r l o: a .rimr K vt" a haenj and shall consist of such assigns shall, from time to time, think inert ; and such persons to permit and continue, at and during the plea sure of the said Sir WILLIAM DAVENA NT, his heirs or as signs, from time to time, to act Plays and Entertainments of £hr State, of all Ports, peaceably and quietly, without the impeachment or impediment of any person or persime whatsoever, for the honest recreation of such as shall de sire the same ; and that it shall and may he lawful to and ft'r the said Sir Wteereeet DavaNater, his heirs and as signs, tt, take and receive of such our subjects as shall re sort to see Of hear any such Plays; Scenes, and Entertain ments whatsoever, soh sum or sums of money, as either have accustotnably been given and taken irr the like kind, as shall he thought reasonable by him or there, in regard of the great expence of the Scenes, Music, and such new decorations, as hare not been former) , used. " And further for ve our heirs and successors, we du hereby give and grant unto the said Sir WILLIAM DAVE-. nant, his heirs and assigns, full power to make such al lowance, out of that which he shall so receive by the act ing of Plays and Entertainments of the Stage as aforesaid, to the Actors, and other persons employed in acting, re presentitig, or in any quality whatsoever about the said Theatre, as he or they shall think fit. And that the said Company shall be under the sole government and authority of the said Sir WILLIAM DA TEMA NT, his heirs and assigns; and all scandalous and mutinous persons shall, from time to time, by him or them, be ejected and die aided from playing in the said Theatre. And for that we are informed that divers Companies of Players have taken upon them to act Plays publicly in our said cities of London and Westminster, or the suburbs thereof, without any authority for that purpose. We do hereby declare our dislike of the same, and will and grant that onlythe said Company, erected and set up, or to be erected and set up, by the eaid Sir Vs ILLIAM DA VENANT, his heirs and assigns, by virtue of these presents, and one other Company erected and set up, or to be erected and set up, by THOMAS KILLICIRENY, Esquire, his heirs and assigns, nod none others, shall from henceforth act or represent Comedic:, Tragedies, Playa, or Entertainments of the Stage, within our said said cities of London and Westminster, or the suburbs thereof; which said Company to be erected by the said TIIoMAs KILLIGLW, his heirs or assigns, shall he subject to his and their government and authority, and shall be styled the Company of us and our. ROYAL CONSORT. And the better to preserve amity and correspondence, and that that the one may not encroach upon the other by any indirect means, we will and ordain that no Actor, or other person employed about either of the said 'theatres, ejected by the said WILLIAM DA VEN A NT and TrioetasKalicaEw, or either of them, or deserting his Company, shall hereceived by the Governor, or any of the said other Con pany, or any (ether person or persons, to be employed in acting, or in any manner relating to the Stage, with out the consent and approbation of the Governor of the said Company, whereof the said persons so ejected or de serted was 3 member, signified under his band arid seal. And we do by these presets declare all other Company' and Companies, saving the two Companies before men tioned, to be silenced and supprereacd. Amid for a much as many Plays, formerly acted, do contain several pro phane, obscene, and scurrilous passages; and the women's harts therein have been acted by men in the habits of women, at which some have taken offence ; for the pre venting these abuses for the future, we do hereby strictly command and enjoin, that from henceforth no new Play shall be acted by either of the said Companies, containing any passages offensive to piety and good manners, nor any old or revived Play, containing any such offensive pae.ages as aforesaid, until the same shall be corrected and purged by the said Masters or Governors of the aniil respective Companies, from all such offensive and scandalous passages as aforesaid. And we do likewise permit and give leave that all the women's parts to be acted in either of the said two Companies, for the time to come, may be performed by women, as long as these recreations, which by reason of the abuses aforesaid were scandalous and offensive, may, by such reformation, be esteemed not only harmless delight, but useful and instructive representations of hu man life, to such of our good subjects as shall resort to the same. knd these our Letters Patent, or the Enrolment thereof, shall be in all things good and effectual in the law, according to the true intent and meaning of the same, any thing in these presents contained, or any law, statute, act, ordinance, proclamation, prevision, or restric tion, or any other matter, cause, or thing whatsoever to the contrary, in any wise notwithstanding, although ex press monition of the true yearly valne or certainty of the premises or of any of them, or ofany other gifts or grants by us or any of our progenitors or predecessors heretofore made to the said Sir WILLIAM DAVENA NT, in these pre sents is not made; or any other act, statute, ordinance, provision, proclamation, or restriction heretofore had, made, enacted, ordained, or provided, or any other matter, cause, or thing whatsover to the contrary thereof, in any wise notwithstanding. " In witness whereof, we have caused these our Letters to be made Patent, witness oneself at Westminster, the fifteenth day of January, in the fourteenth year of our reign. " By the King. " HOWARD." THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE. (From the Lincoln and Newark Times.) On Friday,..as we announced, the assembly was to take place at the Town-hall, and as we intimated the Duke of Newcastle was expected to attend, the expectation roused the feelings of the indignant Blues, who had received at his hands such " crying wrong ;" and before the evening com menced nearly 400 torches were distributed in the town. His Grace passed through the town incog. in the evening, on his way to Bromley-house, Stoke, the seat of Sir Robert Bromley, Bart., with whom he was going to dine, and who had a large party to meet bis Grace. Horses were ordered front Mrs. Lawton's, to be in readiness to take him from thence to the Town-hall. By nine o'clock Muskliam -bridge wa s the rendezvous for above 200 of the Blues, who had, either directly or indirectly, been visited with his venge ance and persecution for acting honestly; and their feelings were additionally raised in consequence of the committee having refused to give coals even to those who had voted for Sadler and Wilde. At nine o'clock a carriage arrived, which was instantly stopped, but being full of ladies was allowed quietly to proceed ; next . in succession was the car riage of Mr. Fillingham, who promptly announced his name upon being asked whether lie was the d—d Duke of Newcastle. Hundreds cried out "Itis a good thing you are not, or your carriage and you should have gone over." Presently another carriage, in which was Mr. Norton, of Elton, arrived at the bridge, and on being stopped and questioned, he was at first violent, and his servant struck one of the crowd, upon which his lamps and windows were broken ; but Mr. Norton disclaiming the act of his servant, he passed without further molestation. A ruse de guerre was now practised : it was reported that his Grace had gone by way of Hawtsn, upon which the mass hastened to Newark, but he did not arrive until nearly eleven o'clock. Still they waited for hint ; and upon his arrival at the Town-hall, and alighting from his carriage, torches were thrown at him, and one lodged in the collar of his cloak, which they sa'd was the compliments of the season ; hut he escaped without further molestation. Upon his alighting from his carriage he was protected ky the posse of con stables, and Mr. Bell, the chief constable, placed himself in the van: upon the arrival of every carriage, numbers cried out " It is the boroughmongering Duke; Burke him ! Burke him!" LOCH LEVEN.—Most of our readers will re collect that operations were commenced some years ago for lowering the surface of this classic and beautiful sheet of water, so as to increase the estates lying on its Northern bank, and drain some other lands which have hitherto lain in a marshy state around it. These operations having at length been completed, the business of reducing the water was commenced on Saturday week, under the auspices of Mr. Mows, of Kirkaldy, the acting superin tendant of the works, and of Mr. JARDIN E, of Edinburgh. Immense multitudes were assembled to Lehold the spec tacle; and at two o'clock the sluices were raised, and a prodigious volume of water was allowed to escape, will, h rolled down the channel amidst the crashing of the ice and the cheers of the spectators, amongst whom not a single accident occurred. By this improvement I,otio acres of land will be recovered from the lake, and several thousands of acres of marshy soil will be made perfectly dry, rendered capable of the highest cultivation, and will form one of the finest tracts of champagne coun try in Scotland. The lake, which, after its partial drainage, will still consist of six square miles, is now placed under the complete regulation of sluices ; ?lid the manufacturers on the Leven will be ensured a constant regulated supply of water, and will thus be ensued. a t all times from the stoppage of their works, which in most years occurred during at least 60 days , occas io ned partly abundance wiater.,Edinlne r g h rap er. by a want of water in summer , an d p artl y by a super.