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Or THE THEATRE ROYAL, CO VENT GARDEN. of the great actors of his time were the subject of, imitation, no attempts of that kind were ever made respecting him ; a proof that his acting is founded on truth and nature. He does not, how ever, appear to have been always treated with impartiality, as many characters have been with held from him, which would haVe rendered him, still more prominent on the theatrical canvas; and have afforded him new claims to public fa vour. He is now one of the very best actors of his day, and would have stood high in the proudest period of our dramatic annals. It is with no less pleasure than truth that we can also turn to his domestic character, and find him still acting with exemplary merit as the husbabd and father,: the affectionate relative, and the sincere friend. We know not precisely at what period he entered into the marriage state ; but it must be univer sally admitted that his choice of a partner for life was marked by the same good some and correct taste which characterise p,:a fessional exertions, having married Miss Dc Camp, 'a lady of congenial talents and attainments, and *deserv edly high in public favour as an accomplished actress. There are, we believe, four children, the offspring of this union ; the elder of whom, according to report, already manifests promising signs of hereditary ability. But it is not only as the actor, the scholar, and the gentleman, that we are to view the character of Mr. C. Kemble ;—He has displayed literary talents, which if they had been employed in original composition, would have added fresh laurels to his character. He gave a spirited translation of. " Le Deserteur" of Mercier to the public, judi ciously altered, and adapted to the English stage under the title of " The Point of Honour," and another piece, also a translation, entitled " The Wanderer," which introduced.the perils that at tended the flight of the Pretender to the throne of this country, under the designation of a Swe dish Prince ; both of which were very success= fut dramas. Mrs. C. Kernble has also shown her literary skill in several little pieces translated from the French, and in an interesting and amus ing comedy, entitled " Smiles and Tears,".partly founded on Mrs. Opie's celebrated tale of "lea ther and Daughter." Our restricted limits compel us to close this biographic sketch ; but we cannot conclude without expressing our regret that, in consequence of some difference with the Chief Proprietor of Covent-garden Theatre, Mr. C. Kemble is not at presentengaged there. We do not pretend to know the grounds of this difference; but we may fairly say that if the Manager should ultimately lose so excellent an actor, it will appear that he is not duly sensible of his own interest, nor sufficiently attentive to the taste and judgment of the pub lic, so constantly evinced in Mr. Kemble's favour. change his course, and flow back again from Westininster _to Henley Bridge, • we shall believe that the Queen is return- - ing to a due sense of her domestic duties, her private honour, and her public station." The next libel was published on the Bth of April. and was as follows Queen has been declared guilty of adultery by the highest tribunal in the coun. try. The Queen is degraded, and her name excluded from the Liturgy. The Queen •ias admitted the justice of all this, and has taken the price of her shame. In short, the Queen , has fallen into oblivion, and had she one spark of decency, one feeling of remorse in her Whole composition, there she would remain. But no : callous, heartless, and hardened .as she is, she is malting great and frightful struggles to be received into so ciety ; knowing her assurance and insensibility, this does not at all surprise us, but that two respectable women are -to be found to aid and abet her in her monstrous 'efforts to demoralize the country, does, indeed, fill us with wonder —Party feel ings, we all know, carry men great lengths; but we never did suppose that they could have led, or rather driven, Lord Jer sey, to have suffered, and Lord Grey to have ordered, their re spective wives to visit a profligate woman, who haS been de clared guilty of adultery in open Court, &c."' In the Paper of the 14th of May, the following alleged libel appeared :—" It is a'fact, incontrovertible, that we never noticed any female whose name had not been previously printed in " The Times" and " Chronicle," as associates and supporters of the Queen. In ana lysing those Ladies' sharacters, after they had volunteered thesis for the sake .of the most abandoned of het sex, we did justice to ' the thousands and tens of thousands of modest and unpretending • females who shuddered at the vices and profligacy of the Queen, anti who, but for our salutary explanations, might hist been in duced, by the. high .sounding titles of Duchesses and Countesses, to have wavered tin their belief of the Queen's guilt, and have been betrayed into the infectious vapour of Brandenburgh= house. At the success of our efforts in the cause of morality, we' rejoice ; and we promise our readers, that every woman who is bold enough to brave the contaminating association with the Queen, and whose name shall previously appear blazoned forth in the papers. as her companion, shall in like manner be exposed and laid open to public inspection, public obloquy, and public contempt." And the last alleged lthel'appeared on the 27th of .fay, and was in the following terms ' under the head " King's Theatre :"—" Cold, however, as has been the recep tion of the Queen at other placei, where, as Mrs. James, she ventured to sit amongst decent women, the mortification she neglect and silent contempt gave her must have been light com pared with the pangs which she must have suffered when she heard the cries of Out, out r s --` Shame, shame !'—' Be off Get. out !'—which were loudly and unsparingly shouted forth by the husbands and brothers of the. respectable females present. That she felt this marked and positive reprobation of her scandalous life we fully believe, for she got away before the end/of the second act of the opera. If her Majesty was suffi- Ciently sober," an insinuation which the Learned Coun sel said, was as foul and as base as it was utterly false, " when she came to the house to remember what hap pened while she was in it, she will perceive, that how ever hirelings in a one-shilling Gallery may be inclin, ed to cheer wantonness, and support profligacy for pay, that in an assembly of women of virtue and men of honour; \she, must not shew her face." Upon some of the passages of these several publications, the Learned Counsel commented with marked indignation. if the press of this country, so conduct-. ed, were directed against the Government, no Government could stand against it ; and if, on the other hand, it were coun tenanced by a Government, a more odious, a more cruel, or a snore atrocious system of despotism could not be established against the liberties of a people. He should leaVe the case to the calm and sober deliberation of the Jury. Thc publication of the libels by the defendants was proved by incontestible evidence. • After the libels had been read, The SOLICITOR-GENERAL shortly addressed the Jury, ad mitting that they must find the defendants guilty, they reserv ing to themselves such topics as were open to them, in mitiga tion of punishment, when brought up for judgment. The CHIEF JUSTICE summed up the case with strict im partiality, and The Jury immediately found all the defendants Guilty. IRELAND • r , (From the KILKENNY MODERATOR of Tuesday.) CONFLICT between ,the MILITARY and the IN*YR.:- GENTS in the COUNTY of LIMERICK. elly SIR ASTLEY COOPER and Mr.GREEN will begin their COURSE of ANATOMICAL and SURGICAL LECTURES on MONDAY. the 2ist of JA NUARY, at TWO O'CLOCK. pro.. and dant &void rase lays, Nothing becomes ill, that he would well.—Suns. The world is naturally desirous of knowing something of the private lives of those who have contributed to its amusement and. instruction : and this curiosity is, of course, proportioned to the merit of the several objects, and to the value of their respective services. The gratification is still higher when it is found that great public talents are allied to meritorious qualities in pri vate life; and such, we may venture to assert, is peculiarly the case with the subject of our pre sent notice. _ _ A. letter was received in this city yesterday THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, r-,y the Authority of the Lord Chamberlain, 'mat itathkeale, stating that a detachment of the 42d Rayal Highlanders, lately quartered 'here, came up a ar• .7 nights since - with a large- body. of the insurgent peasantry, in the.. vicinity of that town, • when an ,;agagement took place. rte. N MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7th, 1822, and every EVENING during the Week till ;further notice, ASTRQNOII CA L LECTURES, 'atter were defeateg. with the loss of five killed, Illustrated on Splendid and Oriainal Instruments, • By Mr. GOODACRE. t Poxes. ss. —Pit, 3s. —Lo«erGallery, 2s.—Lipper Gallery, 1s I . l ooss open at Ha lf-past Six; the Lecture begins at Seven, Land ends a little before Ten o'Clocl‹.—For fur:hex - particulars, 'see the tii!ls of the day. 10, Pant on•street, Ilayruarket. • and 17 wounded. Not of the military, we are happy to say, was wounded in the action, of. - which we shall probably be able to communicate ample particulars in our next. This is the first PROCESS to PREiTENT . MILDEW in every KIND of engagement which has taken place between the CANVAS, inatietit lie r fit' HEMP, FLAT. .07'M-71;1'0N MESS. S. BROWELL And,CO. A 3, Alder manbury, having had their Inveotion haitmured by thorough examination of the Society of Ship . Owners of Great Britain, and Mr. COCa; its Secretary, having on the I Ws October last acquainted them, " That the Committee (from " th e evidence laid before them) aro perfectly satisfied that ", the Ihvention possesses the valuable quality ascribed to it, "and consequently that it is of great impprtance to Ship " Owners in general ;" beg leave to acquaint the Shipping Interest, that Sail-Cloth of various kind;, which haie under gone their Process, may he had of Messrs. Chalmers anti Guthrie, Idol-lane, Tower-street. Each Bolt is ,barked by a red stamp with a Crown surrounding the letter B.—The low price of ss. per Bolt (or lid. per yard) occasions an -cxpence nut exceeding in any case 5 per cent., for every Ship of what. 'ever size, upon the whole colt of the Sails. King's troops and the peasantry in 'this still dis turbed quarter of the country, and its result will probably strike a wholes - orne terror into those in-. fatuated marauders, who have so long been able to conduct their schemes of murder and spolia tion, without any effective check. The writer of the communication alluded to, 4 a non-commissioned officer of the end, and lately left this town, to join his regiment at Rathkeale. with !ated ;cot ork- After some observations connected with his jour- • ney hence, he says— Abotlt five miles beyond Adore, three fellows stopped our car, and one of theni having seized the horse, the other two looked closely at us. They seemed disappointed in the object To T. TAYLOR, Esq. No. 9, New Bridge-street, London. taut, of their search, and, after ►ome conversation among themselves, we were allowed to pass, I suppose they were looking out for some of the witnesses on the late trials, who would, no doubt, have fallen victims to their revenge. Seven fellows were brought into this place on the day before yesterday, for attack ing Captain Brown's house, at iSlount Brown, within two miles of,this place." ed wa I the the ap- Just as we were preparing for . press, we have been informed that a banditti, amounting to two hundred, assembled last night in the neighbour- very titer such hood of Crusheen, and fired on the police there; What their object was we have not been able to but it is said their design was to aid a tenant in carrying'away his property, to deprive the landlord of his rent. Seven prisoners have been brought in and are now under examination before Major Warburton.--(ibid.) [From the FREEMAN'S J 0 URNAL of Wednesday.] The Lore MA - vote has issued a Prochmation, roh .:1111y PALACE COURT, JAN. 4. GAMI3LING. lIOLLOWAY V. *EAGER. calling on the inhabitants of this city to nate their houses to-night, to testify their joy. at the appointment of the Most Noble the Mai-Livia Wellesley to the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland. THE CO3I3IISSION. . *** We are indebted for the foregoing account of a distin guished ornament of his profession to the last number of the EUROPEAN MAGAZINE. From what we know of the subject o this Memoir, it-appears to be a correct account, and we heartily join with the Editor of that respectable Miscellany in express ing our surprise that the public should be deprived of the talents of so admirable a Performer, in both provinces of the Drama, a Performer, indeed, who is unrivalled in the versatility of his powers. Yesterday, at 2 o'clock, the lion. Justices FLETCHER and Juin ; accompanied by the 14.14 ht Hon. the Lord Mayor, in state, opened the Com mission in Green-street. The city cavalcade was , attended with the usual ceremonies. itted Mr. Justice FLErclicu, hi a short speech, cou- r., a icer, aber cr's mink alli%, )use, Illn re ;Otter also Ider. ode(' con. was )ar ties tr a Pi-Ltd LES, eet, the aut aisle pea ter acid the :louse ,of a Phm. !once, John burr, late! ter cf Pxoss, 17U1, lghfer %rife Of hwimemalwM• —..,..—.,. SUN . - PION OU RED( SLR, IEBEG leave to inform you, that ever since the year 1790, I hail been itilicted with the , Lues Venereal, Prescribed from its obstinately resisting every course sit medicine r, res cribed by the artist eminent of the faculty here, .and on ' a.ergoing severalsevere courses of salivation, and twice dis -1 e v, harserc from the HOspital with little wuuld appeir to - e the mast inveterate nature. In tic spring of last year olsorder bad got. to such a head, as nearly to put a period • m yexistence—l bad a large ulcer on the crown of my head, on e Cu eac h arm, and my legs were bruise twit in a frightful man ner; my right was dreadfully painful, and had been in a ' t ( ate of u l cerat i on for the last seven years ; my left had also co hrg . e nodes an it, was very much discoloured, and gave excruciating pain, particularly when warm in - lied, as warty to deprive me of rest ; in this lamentable state, I recommended by Mr. J. Thompson, (who received . so greata cure by them, here), to take your Leake's Patent Pills, cheep I bega n t o d o on t h e 2f i t i t o. May; i n th e c o urse of a f" 'rttlight 1 began to receive benclit,—in littlo more than a nlonth th e u l cers on my head and arms were soun dly healed 7en after, the sores ois thy legs healed also; leaving, how % r, consid era bl e discolonration in the skin, and pain in the ue of the left, which, by-the blessing of God, an a litt It th n en e c , r o Pe'severance in yc;ur invaluable Medicine, sithsiled ; the di slie':slug, the skin regaining its natural hue, and you r pains gradually going off.-1 thus became, by totmer ad ric e and medicine, perfectly free from all my, estoriren?ipti-a-►nPdianUs—have r e covered my former spirits a cid a n' become Jolly and fat, in which state havieg ite months, to the astonishment of all who knew i 4, case fiir bed , y am at a l oss i n what terms tw express my grat i tu d e , b u t this a o s f po o s t! s s ibk irs , ulfering mortals, to make as I shall on every occa sion; in so ;Win g you greatly oblige, Sir, your grateful, obedi e nt , very humbl e servant, • ALEX. 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Sold wholesale and R `es etail, in London, by Wright ' l '9, 46, Fl ee t St ree t ; B arc l a y a n d Sons, Fleet Market ; :e -,,)erY and Sons, St. Paul's Chinch Yard : Sutton and Co. Bow 'llnrell Yard; Sanger, 350, Oxford' Street, oppOsite Bond s treet, Evans and ' Son, Long Lane, Smithfield Johnston, 'reek Street Soho; Butler and Sons, Cheapside ; Godfrey 414. Windus, Bishopsgate St reet ; and by all Country Vendors, 4t Is. 9d. per Box. -* sk i ' It is necessary to• in form the public that ,KEAKSLEY'S :The only original and genuine Medicine, and has been pre- Ote4,by them fo: more than thirty years. ; We lately noticed the seizure at Ramsgate, of n, ship Hope, bound to Van- Diemen's Land, with settlers, on account of' having on board a greater number of passengers than allowed by 'lo, and the distress in which they were corise quently involved ; which having excited the at tn tion of Sir WM. Cuims, Bart. J. A.‘WARiE, B q. M. P. J. BUTTERWORTH, Esq. M. P. and ttherindividnals, petitions, stating*the circum 74ttices- of their deplorable situation, were .for yarded to Earl BA TH U RST. His Majesty's Go i'ernment, with unexampled liberality, taking „ .. 4 . to consideration the peculiar nature of the 'se, have since determined to grant a free t,'lssage to Van Diemen's Land and New South ;ales, to the whole of the passengers, who are `q'sirous of thus making known .the benevolence 411 anifested towards them.-- 7 (Kezz.tirn Gazette.) Mr. CHARLES KEMBLE is the youngest of the. male branches of a family who have been pre eminently conspicuous. in the profession which they adopted ; and the names of Kernble and Siddons will always be recorded in the histocy of that stage, which their talents have essentially supported, and their superior excellence adorn ed. Mr. C. Kemble, we understand, was born at Brecknock, in South Waifs, in 1778 . ; which town has the honour of having also given birth to that distinguished ornament of the stage, his sister, Mrs. Siddons. His parents had long been engaged in the theatrical profession, and . were equally esteemed for their dramatic talents, and the propriety of their private conduct. Charles re mained under their care until the age of thirteen, when he was sent for education . to-the college of. Douay, in Flanders, where his brother John had been placed many years before for the same pur pose. After remaining about three years in that seminary, in which he acquired a competent knowledge of the French and Latin Languages, he retutned to this country ; where his father,- reflecting on the uncertainty of the theatrical profession, had determined to procure for him some appointment of a civil,: or mercantile de scription. This destination, however, was little suitable to his son's inclinations; and conse quently, after an experiment of about twelve months, incited by the success of other parts of his family, he resolved to try his fortune on the stage. His talents, at this period, promised to be rather solid than shining, and his theatrical ambi . - tion was therefore discouraged by, his parents,- and his brother. He was a very handsorrie youth, and his person altogether appeared calculated to embody the idea of Torn Jones, while, his de portment was rather open and manly than grace- ful and 'engaging. The theatrical impulse, how, ever, could not be restrained : he quitted Lon. don, and, we believe, placed himself under the protection of his brother Stephen Kemble, then the manager of several country theatres. After some preparatory tuition, chiefly with respect to deportment and the business of the stage, for his own good sense gave him a full perception of character,,he made his first essay in the gart of Orlando, iu Shakspeare's Comedy of " - As You Like It ;" when, according to report, he per formed the part with so much judgment and feel ing, as to receive considerable applause, and from that moment his fate was decidedly fixed on the theatrical profession, and he remained under the management of his elder brother at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and the other places within his theatrical circuit-. At length, Mr. S. Kemble, though deriving essential support from his brother Charles, liberally conceiving that his talents were-worthy of protection in the metro polis, recommended him to the. managers - of Drury-lane Theatre, where he procured an en gagement, and made his first appearance before a London audience in the humble part of Mal colin, in the tragedy of " Macbeth." His classi cal attainments-and gentlemanly character soon attracted the attention of the late Mr. Sheridan, who saw that his talents were ripening into ex cellenee, and therefore gave him due encourage ment. The part of George Barnwell was next assigned to him, and lie performed it with such feeling and powerful expression, that Mrs. Sid dons, who represented Millwood, declared that she was hardly able to do justice to her part, on account of the sympathy which his.svell=painted distresses impressed upon her mind. We cannot pretend to trace his course through all the cha racters which he assumed, and in which he dis played such conspicuous merit, that he soon be came one of the chief favourites of the public, who testified their respect for his talents by a warm greeting whenever he appeared. He was soon after the hero of the Haymarket The atre, and remained there for several seasons, under the management of the Younger Colman, increasing his reputation by the truth, force, and variety of his performances. When his brother John Kemble quitted Drury-laneTheatre, and became a proprietor of . Covent-garden, Charles naturally followed his fortunesl and thOtigh pre cluded from the higher range of character's in' tragedy, yet on several occasions, when he ap peared in any of those characters, it was acknow ledged that he displayed first rate abilities. But Mr. Charles Kemble's ppsKers were by no means confined to tragedy ; for in the genteel and spi rited parts of comedy he also appeared to very great advantage,ancl proved himself to be one of the best general actors on the London boards. His Prince of Wales, Falconbridge, and Benedict, were adin7irable specimens of histrionic truth, taste, and spirit. His Young Mirabcl, in " The Inconstant," was another proof of comic grace, ease, and elegance, that was highly applauded ; while in tragedy, his Hamlet and Jammer were critically correct, and deeply impressive. In fact, no character, as the phrase is, ever " came amiss to him," arid in all -he displayed the judg ment of the scholar, and the animation of true genius. One circumstance peculiar to hiS style of acting deserves to be moticed: Though'most LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S - BENCH, JAN u ARY 4. • LIBELS ON THE LATE QUEEN. TILE KING V. WEAVER AND OTHERS. This was an indictment against'the defendants, Thomas Ro bert Weaver, Thomas Arrowsmith, and Win. Shackell, for publishing in the Sunday newspaper, called " John Bull," five several libels of and concerning her late Majesty Caroline, Queen - Consort of these realms. • • The , prosecution was conducted by Mr. DENMAN, Mr: BRounixiar, and Mr. TINDAL ; and the defence by the So- LICITOII GENERAL, Mr. PULLER, and Mr. CHITTY. There were but three Special Jurors in attendance, and the rest. of the Jury was- composed of talesmen. The - case was called on, a little before four o'clock in the afternoon.' Mr. DEN MAN, in an able and eloquent address to the Jury, opened the case for the prosecution. lie said that this was an indictment which his' Learned Friend, Mr. Brougham, and himself, in the discharge of their duty, had caused to be pre ferred against the defendants on behalf` of her late Majesty, whom they considered entitled as much to the protection of liter feelings anti reputation,as the meanest of the subjects ofherßoyal I husband. In consequence of the lamented death of her 11:lajesty,-1 those official 'situations which his Learned Friend and himself had held, and which entitled them to a different station at the bar, had been discontinued, and it not suiting the pleasure . of those who had the distribution of professional linnotera to con-. tinue their rank, the honour of conducting this ProSecution had devolved upon himself, instead of his Learned • Friend, end not from any supposition • that his Learned Friend had withdrawn his sanction of the prosecution, or froni his wish to throw into much weaker hands that duty whiCh belonged.tohiniself. They •had found,it to be their duty to bring before the Jury for their • consideration no lesa than five pubhcationsawhich they could not abstain from doing consistently with their feelings of respect and attachment for the dead, or with a proper regard to the public justice of the country, or with the least attention to the . first interests of society. - The Learned Counsel, after stating . the proofs he should lay before.thejnry to convince them most satisfactorily that the defendants were the publishers of the Paper in question, proceeded to, read. the different libels; .and comment upon them in energetic terms as lie went along.--. The first libel -was pulAshed in the paper of-the 25th of Fe bruary, and was contained in an article upon Mr. Wilherforce, in the following' terms : —" We cannot bear that the only House in England in which a shameless Woman is to be receiv ed with honour, should be the House of God, and that the only place in which her name could be pronounced without besita- , Lion and a blush, should . be before the table of- the Lord."— " Amidst all the frightful • conseqiiences which have followed, oranay follow this unhappy discussion about the Queen, it is a consolation to think that it has at least had the good effect of unmasking the pious, the patriotic, and the literary pretensions of Mr. W. Wilberforce, who will be known to-posterity as the saint of the 19th century, who wrote a book against cards and playhouses, and published a speech for admitting a woman-con-. victed of an adulterous intercourse into a station of distinction and honour in the prayers of the church." The next libel was published on the 11th March, and was in the following terms:— " We should' be as much surprised to see figs growing on a briar,', as to see sentiments of- duty, propriety, or modesty in the Queen. - • For what purpose she thinks fit new to assume these qualities, we cannot guesS, but we can tell her that the re sult will be to'disgiist the public ten times"more thanber vio lent, undutiful, and seditious conduct has hitherto done. We think it unnecessary to add a syllable, more, except to en treat our Readers to keep their eyes fixed on this new ma noeuvre, and to be ..on'tbeir guard against what the charac ter and principles of the Queen convince us is but a new de vice of mischief. Whenever we see Old Father Thane's. This was an action to recover 101. on a btll of exchange given to the son of the plaintiff by the defendant, and accepted by him. The facts of the case were shortly these Joseph Holloway, the son of the plaintiff, kept the sign of the Green Man, Ship-yard, near Temple-bar, about 111, months since. The defendant had gone to the house, and joined a party at cards, but being rather - overcome by liquor, Joseph Hollo way, the landlord, sat down to play with him, and, as stated, won' 101. The defendant then gave. him a bill for 151. which was renewed, and -subsequently a bill for 101. was given, de ducting 51. The Learned Judge, in - summing up, expressed a hope that publicity would be liven to the case, as it was one that most particularly called for it; and he trusted that it would come be fore the Magistrates. Here was a landlord sitting down at ten o'clock, in his own house, and playing until four in the morning at cards. By his own shewing he had won seven pounds from the defendant; and looking at the case in the character of a Ma gistrate, he should certainly say, that such a man was unfit to again obtain a license. • The Jury consulted for a few minutes,. and then found a ver dict for the defendant. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS. FICTITIOUS TIILATRICAI. OlLDERS.—Yekerday Daniel . Roach was ; indicted for defrauding llirs. Wolf of 4s. by a false order.O the boxers at Covent-garden theatre, on • the 23d of December. rThe proseentrix deposed that the 'prisoner applied to her, and offered her two double box orders, signed Lascellas, for 4s. She paid him that sum,., but - was refused admittance on presenting them to the doorkeeper at Covent-garden theatre, who told her that no such person as Laseellas belonged to that establish ment. She was oblifred to pay for the party who accompanied her, and she'causcd ate prisoner to be indicted for the fraud. The prisoner, in his defence, said that he received the orders at .the Stock Exchange, from a young man who occasionally gave him orders for the West London theatre. He also got orders frequently from gentlemen belonging to Covent-garden' theatre, because he was . printer to the 'theatre ; and he should not have sold these elders had he been.aware they were false ones. .He then •called several Persons, who gave him a good character, but said he had been lately in great distress, Verdict Guilty. AIII3TAN told the prisoner that the defence he had set up aggravated his case very much, when he knew every word he uttered was false • and that he , had been an old offender and practitioner in this species of fraud, which subjected him to transportation ' only for the humanity of the prosecutrix, who recommended him to mercy.—He was sentenced to three months imprisonment in the House of Correction. Henry Wilson and JohnTarmer were indictedfor attempting feloniously to enter the cellar of John Jervis Kerr, Esq. at his house in Mount-street, Gio4venor-square. Mr. 3 usTnj; stated the case for tie prosecution: Wilson was in .Air. Ken's service :„ some suspicion being ex- . eited by his conduct, he was appreheuded, and he.threw a num ber of skeleton keys and a file into a sink. Plank the officer, stated,' that he asked Wilson how he came . by the skeleton keys, and he replied, that Farmer had given them* to him, but that . they only intended to take the wine out of the cellar, for which Farmer .had, agreed to give him half-a crown n bottle, .a.id that they (lid not mean to touch the plate. This witness also proved, that when Farmer was apprehended, he sent an officer to search -his lodging, and shewed Partner some skeleton keys and a file that were found in his box, which he acknowledged were his. Mr. ALLEY addressed the Jury for Farmer, contending that there was not sufficient evidence or his conviction. .• • The Cii.par6iitx charged the Jury, that if they believed the prisoners had agreed together to rob the wine cellar, and had in pursuance of that agreement done any act whatsoever, they, were both equally guilty. - - The Jury, after a .short consultation, found both the pri soners guilty. The Court .took time to consider of the pu nishment. LAMBETH PAL 3C E—This . veherable edifice has sustained great damage during the late tempes tuous weather. The cellars and lower apart ments were flooded to the 1u of several feet, and much of the furniture and wine were de stroyed. gratulated both Juries on the lightness of. the calendars. The country, it was said, was in 11, very agitated state at present, but the list of cri minalS about to be tried spoke sufficiently .for the loyal. and quiet state of the metropolis. It was-. true there were alarms—reports of the arrival of. thousands—but he would say again, the presentta : lendars gave the lie to these alarms and report*. In Limerick itself, said to be the scene of so much disquiet, it appeared from the result of Commission, conducted by the most eminent ta lents at . theiriSh Bar, that no conspiracy existed against the law or religion of -the country ;,but that the exaction of tithes, heavy rents, changes. in the currency of the country, and other sudden. revolntionsovhich had not been foreseen by wiser men, had made the wretched and ignorant pea santry Hy in the face. of the laws of the laud.- The nocturnal visits they had made were confined to no particular class—they had insulted no party ---they had made no distinction in the objects of their.depredations. T,he special commission had done much good, and every thing which had been expected from, it, he believed, would be re, alizt-d.—As to the particular. functions of the Grand 'jury he was addressing, in the present state of the calendar he did not think it neces 7 sary to take up the public time in adverting .o them. The gentlemen were all experienced in the practice of their duty, and no doubt would - discharge it diligently and worthily. Coax, DEC. 31.—The peace, quiet, and stz-. curity of the - county,"are at present undisturbed, except by the groundless alarms, malicious false hood,;., and the authority given to the fabrications of interested and unprincipled persons, by the unnecessarily severe ,measures looked, for by the meetings now holding so generally in the county. CANTERBURY, JAN. 4.—The 4th Dragoons ar.., rived on Monday at Tilbury,from Romford, and shortly after commenced their embarkation' on hoard the Berwickshire and Duke of York -East ludiarnen, for Bombay, under the immediate perintendanee of Col. Sir A. Christie,. K. B. which ships arrived yesterday., in the DoWns. This regiment hai particularly. distinguished it self in every engagement during the Peninsular war,. and the hedges upon its standards prOve thevarious battles in which it has been present. A finer body of Men, nearly 550 strong,.h4-, - , never yet been seen.to enthark for India, add the order and. diz,ripline ; displayed upon the oe. cssion refieets thejligbestcredit upon Col. I.)Lbf.- biac and the °filters u.uder his cornmand. !;.