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Closed at 93 f. 80 c. sank Stock Neapolitan Fi ve per Cents 1655 f. —. c. 761 f. • 411 'etlange on London—One Month 25 f. 50 . c. Three Months 25 f. 35 c. th A & . l e of Norfolk Papers has been received 13 morning, but not of a later date than those received yesterday, consequently they do not contain any information. W e in refer our . Readers to an interesting article °l4 Paper thi s d ay, re l at i ng t o th e H OLY AL ti I LICE. It comes from a valuable correspondent, t o -11041 we have been indebted for several -rr ner articles on the same subject. The views . ad intentions of this same HOLY ALLIANCE are at Present wrapped in deep mystery, and 4ttir4 lY texcite the attention of all Europe.—lt a kind of I nst i tut i on o f a nove l an d anoma lous) but certainly not of an alarming, nature, for the Memb ers must have too muc h goo d sense t o 4 llP P'se that they can venture to adopt any Anac:asilr es that w ill b e revo l t i ng t o th e o pi n ions fe elings of man ki n d, or th a t will intrench u 414 t he independence of other States. h e disturbances in Ireland are rapidly in treasing, and are distinguished by all the fea tires of atrocity which formerly characterized esYste ln Of outrage in the disturbed districts. as rrt "e Perpetration of murders, or attempts at h sassiha tion,—conflagrations,—the destruction of f°4"s--the maiming of cattle, &c. &c., are of e quent and alarming occurrence. In some a ti b uarter s, the Gentry are again beginning to alid °4 thei r res id ences, an d t o see k re f uge i n li ce b3w ns, abandoning the open country to the centi 'us devastations of the infatuated peasantry ST- L o d e out AT To vox, &c.—A very violent storm out h ere on t h e 19t h S eptem b er . T owar d s leo p a shower of ra in f e ll with extraordinary vio teC ac companied with loud claps of thunder.— underbolt fell and struck the fort of La- Pr ou t le ? Where it made one victim, and was near th e el lig one of the greatest of misfortunes—for d,r`ktylosion took place a few feet from the pow ski r t ", i e st) where was deposited at the time a con dete,;„a'lle quantity of powder. After a loud tol, - " a tion, the ball fell in the shape of a great sta ld 4l ; tk of fire, on an unhappy soldier who was Thi s - i n g sentinel outside the draw bridge of the fort. L a "fortunate soldier retired into the sentry fall t ° shelter himself from the rains which tries.with extraordinary force in these coun his o The bolt st ru ck the brass clasps on Small k collar,—thence it descended on a , o f at the man had at the button hole n ati 8 2 . „ -at l and was broken in pieces ; then after n h7 as sed between the coat and the belt, fe ll ; i ," quite black aboveovithout either . the ?IL i l)r t '''e buttons suffering the least injury, it Iclrto:, -° t he sea, which was quite near. The un the C at e Matt f e ll qu it e d ea d, without exhibiting S ide b east c ontusions. His musket remained at his to undi sturbed. T wo o th e r soldiers who came I°ock e e f r) and were near the sentry box, were 41e f vp - ' d own with the same thunder bolt. lte they 'as brought, and after an hour's suffering ki lled wer e Perfectly well. Two people were hY the lightning within seven or eight t° tea °f Toulon.—On th e roa d from T o ulon t° lhLe an unfo r t una t e coal-dealer is supposed \ tas ' e perished. His mule, laden with coal, ItheraTried away by th e rain into a torrent, Was s - 'vas drow ne d.—At Marseilles, the rain chier".' l eavy that it has done considerable rnis 'ktroointhe tow n an d its vicinity : hail-stones of a ati b p r ,.. l uorY magnitude fell with great force, e most o f the glass in the windows. t4h, otterilan zsc h e C o urant of the Ist con. the. following article "\v ii ;s",, l) ti t4 ,in C. Van GELDERN . , commanding the ship ir,:o_7o , tP,orts that on the 31 . st of . Au *ust last, ten miles Ptli3b °f Cadiz, he was fallen in with a i 'schooner carrying a I I 'o 3 o%Pendant at her mast head, and manned by 80 hands. 17, 3 'ted h e el's from the schooner came on board of , him, and 44 v . p li n where he c from and whither he was I;ound. o,d 111 R: 111 , swered their stion; he inquired who they were, Laq ilvtl;`, they wanted - qu an e d was' informed in reply, that t t a h s ey a c t ratii%ii . : l l l l .eir power to 9 make him undergo i the samefa eeyen -4:41d, aL" hi ch they had capta redon sunk preceding ; tl 43ra lecl completely plundering,. had k the crew they 411 f lum take with him. They added, that a few /4 thi e-9 17 te ' they had sunk a brig with every soul on board. - Nv' DIE then took on board DI men, am_ ong - " 4 lz n a captai n i a " n s d mate, all Spaniards, who had left sed a2t4thi eousrisl ship, they were taken." 1114LTAit, SEPT. 6. Yesterday afternoon a two frigates, and a brig, sup -I)\lttl't,,t43 he French, passed the Straits from the "oori n —rt anean. The Salisbury, Guild, bound I to Was boarded in Cadiz Bay, on the night 41 41 -fi'."th bit. by five men from an armed boat, ,t 1 (1 4 , - : et a scuffle between them and the master I "ato r - s ` e w Of the Salisbury, three of the depre 'Oar th er e made prisoners who were sent on or ls, t t-e Constitution Spanish ' frigate, and put in T IIF is n n'AsTirE.—The keys of this once terrible P Ntl z - I t e the United States, the property of qeh' e " AsuiNcr-roN ) one of the heirs of the .e rai. I ,,S AN etid:9ll4aY PANATICISM.—In the village of I '4 ' Nassau, a woman has murdered her Coi t a hildr en. She perpetrated the horrid act l her e b" b lued, and declares that she hoped ord er 31" h tto Provoke h er h us b an d to kill h er , in „rig e d -- 't he might be brought to trial and tlv as the murderer. had this taken place, rtirt let t l i i s at e T if ident that ;hey would . all five have er • t s met in Heaven. She regrets that th 1 13 an has been disappointed, as she says, M L, l 4as4. e" kith hl!sband's want of feeling.. The 'ne wihich this poor woman is afflicted °Per S e tch belongs to the age • — (Uerm x. 22.) THE KING. Yesterday afternoon, at five o'clock, his AIA JESTY left Carlton Palace in his travelling carriage and four horses. He was preceded by two outriders, and followed by one servant on horseback and two in the dickey. The carriage left the Palace by the Park entrance, and travelled through St. James's Park so unostentatiously, that the workmen in front of Buckingham House were not aw-...re which branch of the Royal Family it was that passed. It was generally stated by them that it was the Duke of CAMBRIDGE. At the top of Constitution Hill and at Hyde Park-corner, how ever, his MAJESTY was recognised, and the KING was greeted by the persons around taking off their hats as the carriage passed. The KING went through Hyde Park, thence along Kensington, where again his MAJESTY was partially recognized, and the passengers thereupon making their obeisances to their Monarch.—The KING was dressed in a dark-coloured coat, buttoned up close, according to the cus tomary mode of the Royal Family, and he had on a black handkerchief. His MAJESTY looked uncommonly well, and appeared to be in excellent spirits. He very graciously bowed when recogniied at various points of his journey by portions of his people. Both the carriage windows were down. The KING was accompanied by two Gentlemen, one of them, a young Gentleman, wearing mustachios. The KING passed through Brentford, and proceeded to the Royal Cottage, at Windsor, where his MAJESTY purposes to make a short stay. - • .01 , , 1 1l as 4 3:E . i ' . - 0 , . f.--' #,-.'• ' ...., - - -4 F.l.a— -• jel„,.ir.,, 4 ...0.1. ,-, • AIX .eir • ,L t . ., •- . 1, 4 r o 44.kki,i, ... •,•,,W411.:,...,- ,;'," !-, 'ff.. _2 `•---.....,:= - f ,: .t.trult2"-Te' . . e iN .0.9 - ii.e,s , • , n . 7 ..., 1.1:11P ',,,-; 10 d:67 ?4C . h. - A ANN lt , . "S,`"•l - ---'--- , cib,:;' -E4.-• --i- -. ..). 4 f r o 3 t; ARRIVAL OF THE DUCHESS OF KENT. Yesterday afternoon, in consequence of a letter having been received on Monday last by the Governor of the Tower, stating that it was the intention of her Royal Highness the Duchess of KENT to arrive at the Tower,with her suite, from Ramsgate on Thursday evening by a steam-packet, preparations were made by the Deputy Governor, during the absence of the Governor, and the inferior officers, to give a proper reception to this illustrious Princess. At half-past three o'clock, the 2d battalion of the First Regiment of Guards were ordered out on the Tower Wharf; the various officers of the Tower were in attendance near the King's stairs, with the Commanding Officer (Col.Wynyard) and a Guard of Honour. The Ordnance barge, with rowers dressed in scarlet uniform, was in readiness to bring the Princess, on the arrival of the steam packet, to the shore. The Tower wharf and every place adjacent, whence a view could be bad of the river, were crowded with spectators, who wished to have a view of the person of her Royal Highness. At 16 minutes after five the Hero steam packet was observed floating with great rapidity up the River, and on its arrival at the Tower, the Captain guided the packet close to the side of the Tower wharf, so that her Royal Highness and suite were able to step from the packet to the wharf. On the landing of her Royal Highness and family a Royal salute was fired, and the troops presented arms ; the band played God save the King. Her Royal Highness was dressed in a purple pelisse, white satin bonnet (cottage shape), and black veil. At twenty minutes past five she proceeded_ over the draw-bridge leading from the wharf to the Tower, entered her carriage attended by two other ladies, and, with her suite, immediately drove off for Kensing ton Palace. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Countess of Essex, from Englefield-green, Berks ; J. W. Stewart, Esq. at Blake's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Sunning dale, Perks ; Hon. E. Foley, at Greillon's Hotel, Albemarle street, from Edith-park, Herefordshire ; Miss Knight, at ditto, from a tour; D. Daly, Esq. at the Royal Hotel, St. James's street, from Paris ; .Mrs. P. Duff and family, at ditto, from Scotland; Hon. Mr. Gage, at Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, from a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. Pole, at ditto, from Paris ; Mr. Coke, at ditto, from a tour ; J. Hemmings, Esq. at ditto, from Scot land ; Mrs. Coke, at ditto, from Derbyshire. DEPARTURES.—W. B. Ponsonby, Esq. from Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, on a tour; Hon. B. Craven, on a tour; George Thompson, Esq. from the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street, for Hants ; Mr. and Mrs. Wainswright, from the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for Oxfordshire ; Chas. Malpas, Esq. from ditto, for Newmarket; Lord Hawke, for Woomersley ; Lady Bayning, for Chislehurst, Kent. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, OcT. 3.—Arthur Barron, Esq. and Francis Goode, Esq. Bachelors of Arts, of Trinity College, were on Tuesday last elected Fellows of that Society. Select preachers at St. Mary's Church from October 1822, to May 11',23 October - - The Hulsean Lecturer. November - Rev. J. Lonsclale, King's. December - - Rev. T. Chevallier, Cath. January - Rev. T. Shelford, C. C. C. Lord Bishop of Peterborough, February ' '1 Lady Margaret's Professor. March - Rev. G. Skinner, Jes. April - - The Hulsean 'Lecturer. May : The following persons were ordained by the Lord Bishop of Chester, at the Cathedral of that city, on Sunday last:— DEACONS—Robert Bullock, B.A. St. John's College, Cam bridge ; Nicholas Germon, B.A. Oriel College, Oxford ; John Malsbury Kirby, Queen's College, Cambridge ; Napier Dun can Sturt, Christ's College, Cambridge; Richard Burton Pid cock, 8.A.. St. John's College, Cambridge ; Robert Riland 3lendham, B.A. Wadham College, Oxford ; Anthony Auriol Barker, B.A. St. Peter's College, Cambride ; William John James, B.A. St. Peter's College, Cambridge; James Har greaves, B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge ; James Streyn sham Master, B.A. Balliol College Oxford; William Astley Cave B. Cave, B.A. Brasennosei College, Oxford; Oxford ; Richard Baty, Edw. Freeman Parsons, Christopher Blencow Dunn. PitiEsTs.—Robert Myddelton, M.A. Clare Hall. Cam bridge ; John Leigh, M.A. Brazennose College, Oxford ; Peter Hordern, Brazennose College, Oxford ; William Armit stead, B.A. Brazennose College, Oxford; John Hampson Johnson, B.A. Lincoln College, Oxford ; Oswald Fielden, M.A. Brazennose College, Oxford ; Aaron Browne, B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge; George Salt, B.A. Christ Church, Oxford ; Thomas Henry White, B.A. University College, Oxford ; William Taylor Birds, B.A. Queen's College, Cam bridge; James Turner, B.A. Christ Church, Oxford; John Grisdale, James Todd, Charles Smith Coxwell, John Clay, John Allen Wedgwood, Joshua Clarke. The Lord Bishop of Ely will hold an ordination in that city on Sunday the 3d of November next, On Sunday last, being Michaelmas Day, John Ingle, Esq. was sworn into the office of Mayor of this borough, for the year ensuing; and on the following day the freemen dined together on the occasion at the Town Hall. The Duke of Rutland ho noured the company with his presence. EXETER, OCT. 2.—Yesterday the Rev. John Moore, M.A. Archdeacon of Cornwall, was instituted, by the Lord Bishop of this Diocese, to the Vicarage of Otterton, in Devon, on the presentation of the Right Hon. Lord Rolle ; void by the death of the Rev. Thomas William Shore. Sir THOMAS LAWRENCE has lately painted a picture of the KING. His Majesty is represented reclining on the curvilinear arm of a sofa, in an easy and graceful attitude, and in the plain elegant attire of a fashionable drawing-room. The very sofa, we understand, is an exquisite creation of the pencil ; and, what is not usual with this excellent artist, the minutest and least important parts of the whole picture are finished in an elaborate style. The Equestrian Statue of his late MAJESTY was on Monday elevated on its pedestal in London-road, near Liverpool. It is of fine bronze, but of a tint less dark than Nelson's monument ; is of the size of life, and an excellent likeness of the late King. London-road was crowded the whole of the day with spectators. Last week a girl, 7 years old, named Kay, residing at Outwell, voided not less than 200 pins. It is sup posed slie swallowed them three years ago, while at school. POETRY: "Ma= Though thy eye, lore, be bright As the meteor that glanceth,— Though thy heart, love, be light As the feather that danceth ; That eye may be gloomed, Ere one moment, with sorrow, That gay heart entombed Ere the lapse of to-morrow. Though thy breast, love, be fair As the white snow, wind-driven, — Though thy breath, love, be air, Sighed from flow'rets in heaven ; Ere the morn the grave clay That cold breast may be clothing, And e'en love turn away From thy sweet lip with loathing. Though thy voice, love, be sweet As the soft swan when dying,— Though thy foot, love, be fleet As the antelope flying ; That tongue may be cold Before one instant's warning; Those fair limbs be mould Ere the sun of the morning. Then come, love, while here Let us bless'd be in blessing ; 'We've nought, love, to fear, Nchile caress'd and caressing. Then, I swear by this kiss, 'We'll leave nothing to sigh for;— If we die in such bliss, 'Tis what angels would die for. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING-ROOM, OCT. 3.-STATE OF THE ODDS. NEWMARKET POST SWEEPSTAKES. 2to 1 agst Augusta I 3to 1 agst Gustavus. 3 to 1 agst Reginald DERBY. 4to 1 agst the Emily c.,5 by 16 to 1 agst c. out of Aladdin's Orville • dam [4 to 1 agst Bro. to Moses 2.5 to 1 agst Troy Bto 1 agst c. out of Elizabeth 6to 1 agst Ld Exeter's four. OAKS. 8 to 1 agst Si! fter to Sultan. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, 1822. 1 THURSDAY OCT. 3. The Town Plate of £5O, for t hree-yr-old colts, Bst. 711). and fillies, Bst. 31b. D. I. Entrance sgs. Mr. Wyndham's b. f. Twatty - . 1 Mr. Williams's b. f. Emma - - - - 2 2 to 1 on Twatty. H. R. H. the D. of York's Electress, beat IA Verulam's Va pour, Bst. 6fb. each, A.F. 50gs.-6 to 4 on Electress. The King's Plate of One Hundred Guineas, for four-yr-olds carrying lOst. 41b. five, llst.611). six, 12st. and aged, 12st. 21t. R.C. Mr. Wyndham's b. c. Centaur, 4 yrs - . - 1 IA Clarendon's b. c. Alasco, 4 yrs - - 2 Mr. Hunter's gr. c. Gustavus, 4 yrs - - - dr Mr. Smallman's ch h. Spring-gun, 5 yrs - - dr Mr. Batson's b. m. Luss, 5 yrs - - - . dr Mr. Cooper's b. c. Lory, 4 yrs - . - - dr 4 to I on Centaur. WREXHAM RACES, TUESDAY, OCT. 1. A Sweepstakes of 50gs each, h. ft. for three-yr-olds. Once round and a distance. Sir W. W. Wynn's b. c. Belmont, by Thunderbolt - 1 Ld Grosvenor's bl. c. Holywell - - - - 2 Fifty Pounds, for all ages. One-mile heats. Mr. Benson's br. c. Picton, by Smolensko; 3 yrs 1 2 1 Sir W. W. Wynn's Belmont - - . 2 1 2 Mr. F. L. Charlton's ch. h. Plumper, 5 yrs - 33 dr HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. The Surrey Fox-hounds will commence the Hunting Sea son on Monday next, when they will meet at Worms Heath, at half-past ten. PEDESTRIANISM. The match to Maidenhead induced another adventurer to try another pedestrian feat to Shonfield, a mile from Reading, thirty-nine miles in sir hours. The pedestrian started from Hyde Park at one o'clock, yesterday morning, for 200 guineas of his own money. He is an Officer in the Army, and the event was a failure. He did seven miles in the first hour, and more than nineteen in three hours, when he began to tire, and laid down for twenty minutes. He reached the 33d mile in six hours and a half, and•was unable to proceed from lameness. THE THEATRE.—In consequence of the re cent death of Mrs. TWISS, the sister of Mr. CHARLES KEMBLE, the tragedy of ✓enice Pre served, in which he was to have performed the part of Jalier last night, at Covent-Garden Theatre, was postponed, and the comedy of The Clandestine Marriage was substituted. The comedy was altogether so well supported as to deserve a more numerous audience than at tended it. Mr. RICHARD MARTIN, M. P. for Gal wayshire, who has rendered himself so popular by his bill for preventing cruelty to animals, as well as for enforcing its salutary enactments, sailed from Liverpool for Dublin last week, in the steam packet. Mrs. BONN, who has lately gained such popu larity by her performance of Queen Elizabeth, in the new play of Kenilworth, is shortly to make her appearance in that character at Liverpool. Sir ASTLEY COOPER commenced his course of Surgical Lectures yesterday, at the Theatre of St. Thomas's Hospital, to a numerous class. He prefaced his instructions on the technical part of the subject, with some very just and forcible re marks, addressed to the young men, who com pose the great majority of his hearers, on the ne cessity of diligence and application, and of economy of time and money. He observed, that he remembered the time when he had wanted a shilling, more, perhaps, than any one whom he then addressed.—Sir A. COOPER is supposed to be in the receipt of a larger income from his profession than any professional man of any description in Europe.—On Tuesday Mr. ABERNETHY began his course of Lectures. The Governors of St. Bartholomew's Hospital have prepared for him an enlarged and commodious, Class-room, upon an excellent plan ; the seats are elevated so that every Student can see well, and at the nearest possible distance. A desk-board to each seat, like Professor Hope's, in Edinburgh, will be an additional improvement. , ANECDOTE. —A young woman meeting a Learned Doctor, in the square of a certain town, asked him where she might find a shopkeeper whom she wanted. The Doctor gave the fol lowing direction :—" Move your pedestrian digits along the diagonal of this rectangle, in a line perpendicular to the earth's equator, till you arrive at the junction of the two sides. Diverge then to the left, at right angles—Perge for about fifty paces in that quadrangle, and you will have ocular demonstration of him, standing in an orifice made in an edifice for the purpose of illu mination." THE WINTER THEATRES. HISTORICAL NOTICES of the WINTER THEATRES COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. Covent-garden Theatre was built by subscrip-1 tion, under the direction of Mr. Rich, in the month of Jan. 1731. The sum of 60001. had been obtained towards its erec tion, and a design for the building was prepared by Jas. Shep pard, Esq. which met with general approbation. It appears from the public papers that the Crown was at this time in treaty for Lincoln's-inn-fields theatre, to use as an office for the Commis sioners of the Stamp Duties. In Feb. workmen began to take down several old houses on the site of the intended theatre. It did not rise, however, with the rapidity of our modern theatres; for it was not until the September of the following year (1732), that it was ready for decoration, in which month we find the following notice in the Whitehall Evening Po3t :—" We hear that Mr. Hervey and Mr. Lambert have been for some time employed in painting the scenes for the New Theatre in Co vent Garden, and that Signr. Amiconi, who painted the Lord Tankerville's excellent staircase in St. James's-square, is to shew his art in the ceiling of that theatre, and in order thereto hath prepared a design, in which Apollo is represented in an assembly of the Muses, who are dignifying Shakespeare with the laurel. And as the several hands employed are stated to want some further time for completing their undertaking, we are informed that the theatre in - Lincoln's Inn-fields will be opened in a few days, it being now determined not to act in that of Covent Garden, until the decorations are quite finished." The magnificent arched entrance from the piazzas, destroyed by the fire of the last theatre, with columns and enrichments of the lonic order, was erected with the rest of the theatre, a few weeks afterwards • and the newspapers mention the theatre as completely finished in the November of that year, and that it was to be opened on the 27th of the month, which took place accordingly, when the following lines made their appearance : " Thespis, the first of the Dramatic race, Stroll'd in a cart for gain, from place to place; Ms actors rude, his profits came but slow, The Poet he, and master of the show. To raise attention, he employ'd his art To build another and more costly cart ; New asses he prepared to drag the load, And gain'd the shouts of boys upon the road— Awhile the gay machine spectators drew, The people throng'd, because the sight was new ; Thither they hurry'd once, and went no more, For all his actors they had seen before : And what it was they wish'd no more to see— The application, Lux,* is left to thee." Mr. Harris (who had then become sole proprietor of Covent- Garden Theatre), found it necessary, in 1782, to raise the roof eight feet, and to make other alterations to benefit himself, and accommodate the public. It was then that the Theatre was adorned with those genuine ornaments in the Grecian style, , which have since given place to strange substitutes of painted boards, which we have witnessed in subsequent alterations of this Theatre. Comparing the exterior of the theatre, at this period, and in deed its interior, with the present large and magnificent build ing, it must certainly be acknowledged to fall vastly short; It was, notwithstanding, according to the ideas then formed of theatres, an elegant building, and much better adapted for hearing and seeing than our great modern theatres. The stage was roomy, and possessed every convenience, and the scenery and machinery were the production of the first artists. The present house arose in consequence of the late destructive fire here, but the interior of the old house had long before been re built, that it might vie with the new-built Drury-lane Theatre erected in 1792. Its inside has been once or twice altered since the building of the present house in 1809. The decorations of this season are merely the customary ones which take place on each re-opening, and cannot be properly classed under this head. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. To enter into a detail of the various alterations of this Theatre, from its building in the time of Charles 11. by Kil ligrew to the present time, would far exceed the limits of a newspaper article. We shall merely state that it was much improved in 1762, by lengthening the stage, enlarging the boxes and pit, and rebuilding the galleries. The managers, (the principal of whom was Mr. Garrick) intimated, on this oc casion, that nothing under full price would be taken at the performances, which caused a contest between them and the I public, which was not ended without great difficulty, and by the final concession of the proprietors to the public demand; and half price was accordingly again taken as usual. Very considerable alterations were made in Drury-lane Theatre some years subsequently to this disturbance, viz.— before the opening of the season in 1775, and which added greatly to its consequence. Frequenters of it before that period describe the interior as being very little better than an old barn; but the reader may himself form some idea of it from Ilogarth's prints of the Laughing and Crying Au diences, which are intended to represent the inside of this theatre as it then. appeared, with its meeting-like chande liers, sconces, &c. as that of the riot at Covent Garden Theatre, about the French dancers, near the same time, does that of Covent Garden. The alterations at the period alluded to, consisted in raising of the ceiling twelve feet, the removal of the side-boxes, and substituting of others supported by slight pillars, ornamented with looking-glass, and the open ing of new passages to the boxes, from- Brydges-street, where a handsome new front was erected next the Rose Tavern, still remembered by numbers, of which there are also several gra phic representations. These improvements seem to have en titled it to that approbation which it received, until entirely re built in 1792, of which we shall give a slight account:— The Old Theatre being generally supposed, neat the above period, to have arrived at that state of decay, which rendered the safety of a crowded house at least problematical, the proprie tors determined to entirely re-edify it, on an enlarged and mag nificent plan. In order to do this, they hired the new Italian Opera-house in the Haymarket, for theatrical performances, in 1791, while their own theatre was in . progress, and an ad vance in the prices of admission, of 6d. in the pit, and is. in the boxes, took place, as it was said, to reimburse the extra ordinary expences of the measure. The corner-stone of the new structure was laid on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 1792, with the usual cereniony of depositing coins under it, &c. and the work com menced with great alacrity. The plan on which this - theatre (which was the one before the present, and which was destroyed by fire in 11108) was rebuilt was extremely magnificent, and pos sessed every facility of accommodation. It was almost a square, a grand piazza was intended to run round three of its sides, but two sides only were completed, which were, however, well worthy of admiration. It was entirely cased with stone, and nothing, we think, could excel the interior in lightness and elegance. Its dimensions, and other particulars, were given in the Gentle man's Magazine for 1794 (the year it was finished), and are as follow : " The New Drury-lane Theatre contains in the pit 800 per sons,. the whole range of boxes 1828, the two shilling gallery 675, and the one shilling gallery 308 ; total, 3,611, amount ing in price to 8261. 6s. There are eight private boxes on each side the pit ; twenty-nine all round the first tier, and eleven back boxes ; twenty-nine round the second tier, of which ele ven are six seats deep; ten on each side the gallery, third tier; and the boxes in the cove are nine on each side. The diameter of the pit is fifty-tbree feet ; the opening of the curtain is forty-three feet wide, and its height thirty-eight feet. The height of the house from the pit floor to the ceiling is fifty feet six inches." * The name by which Ricir, the then proprietor, was pecu liarly known to the public. CONFUSION AT PARSON CHURCH'S CHAPEL— Wednesday evening last, according to notice, the Baptismal Ceremony was performed upon thirty adults at the above Cha pel, in the Borough-road.—Soon after seven o'clock, the place was literally crammed, when the seats at the back of the Cha pel gave way, and a vast number of persons, men, women, and children, were precipitated to the ground from an immense height. Many persons were contused by the accident, but not materially. The following anecdote is related in a German paper, perhaps with the design that the conduct of a former Sovereign of Prussia, with respect to the Stadtholder, should be a lesson to the present how to act towards the King of Spain ; for where the Holy Alliance is in full vigour, it is only by insinuation that a liberal opinion in politics can be given :—" Count Hertzberg earnestly endea voured to persuade Frederick the Great that he ought to lose no time in adopting vigorous mea sures in consequence of the situation in which the Stadtholder of Holland was placed. The King heard him patiently, and replied,' If I had always followed your advice, I never should have had a quiet day in my life. The Stadtholder is j the servant of the State, and is therefore bound to obey the Constitution. I can do nothing for him but give him good advice. It is not for me to interfere' in the internal affairs of other I countries.'", THE ARMY. Two Companies of the 15th (York East Rid.. ing) Regiment of Foot marched yesterday from Hull for Manchester, where they will arrive on Thursday next, the 10th instant. One Squadron of the Bays has received orders to march from Leeds to York, where it is expected to arrive on Monday next, the 7th instant. A Squadron of the Third, or (The Prince of Wales's) bra. goon Guards, has received orders to proceed from Carlisle to Newcastle-on-Tyne, where it is expected to arrive on Wednes day next, the 9th instant. One Squadron of the First Dragoon Guards will arrive at Manchester from Sheffield to-morrow. The ship John Richard, of 369 tons, is ordered to proceed from the River Thames to the Isle of Wight, in order to re ceive Detachments belonging to Regiments serving in the Me diterranean, and convey them to Malta. A Volunteer Cavalry Corps is about to be raised, composed of Gentlemen residing at the west end of the town, on the same principle as the Light Horse Volunteers. An offer of the command has been made to a Noble Lord, who has acceded to the request, should it meet the approbation of Government. The East Devon Legion Yeomanry Cavalry, under the com mand of Colonel Sir John Kennaway, Bart. completed their term of training and exercise at Honiton, on Monday last. The military appearance, and soldier-like conduct, of this fine body of men, excited the admiration of the inhabitants ; and their excellent state of discipline is highly honourable to the military talent and unwearied attention of Captain Basleigh. A Ball and Supper were given on Friday evening at the head quarters (the Dolphin), which were very fully attended, and dancing was kept up with great spirit to a late hour.--( Exeter Flying Post, Oct. 3. ) MERCANTILE SUIPPING. DEAL, OCT. 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrived and sailed for the River the Sue, Lloigde, from Oporto; Louisa, Wells, St. Yin cent's ; Desire, Carron, Oporto. Came down from the River and -sailed the Arethusa, Haley, for the Cape of Good Hope. PonTssiouTif, OCT. 3.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the Hum ber, Johnson, from Jamaica. Sailed the Isabella, ISPNeiI, for Charleston ; Hibernia, Dyer, for London; Acasta, Cuthbert son, for ditto ; Aurora, Young, Leith ; Arno, Proctor Shields. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 2.—Wind E.—During last night and greater part of the day there has been a great deal of rain, and from the appearance of the atmosphere we may soon expect the wind from S.W. 'FALMOUTH, OCT. 2.—Wind S.S.E. to E.—Arrived the Enterprise, Haskin, from London. Li vEitroor., OCT. 2.—Arrived the Scipio, Drummond, from Virginia - sailed 20th August ; Glyde, Adams, from ditto ; Nightingale, Shannon, from Buenos Ayres—sailed 20th July ; KelsiekWod, Porteus, ditto ; Orbit, Lennox, from Campeachy—sailed 23d July ; William, Fraser, Richebucto— sailed the 18th August ; Kite, Baker, Bahia ; Fearon, Rowe, 31aranhani ; Pandora, Dixon, Barbadoes ; and the Ayrshire, Sierra Leone. THE MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, OCT. 4. There have been few arrivals since last Monday ; the sale of Wheat was dull, at last market-day's prices : very fine and dry samples of New Wheat is the only sort on demand ; of Old, very few good samples appear, which cannot be got rid of even at a reduced price ; every description of Barley went off heavy ; Beans and Peas fully support our last quotation ; Oats had but a limited demand, and the price the same as per last. SMITHFIELD MARKET, OCT. 4. There was a good supply at market this morning, but not equal to last Friday ; the sale was very heavy of all descrip tions of Cattle, in consequence of which the prices are rather lower. Beef 2s Od to 3s -Od I Veal Illutton 2s Od to 2s Pork Lamb 3s da to 3s Bd. NEW POLICE REGULATION.—At 10 o'clock on W T ednesday morning, the entire Police estahlih ment of Union-hall was examined by M. SWABF.Y, Esq. one of the Magistrates of that Office, who was pleased to express his entire satisfaction at the discipline, order, and attention that were evinced on the occasion. - MADAME SAQUI OUTDONE.—At the entrance of Isabel of Bavaria into Paris, wife of CHARLES VI. a Bavarian fastened a rope from the top of the tower of Notre Dame to one of the houses within the Change Bridge ; he descended (lancing upon the rope, with a lighted flambeau in each hand ; he passed between the blue taffety curtains, orna mented with large golden fleurs-de-lis, which covered the bridge ; he fixed a crown upon Isabel's head, and re-ascended upon his rope into the air. The Chronicle adds, as this was done in the night, he was seen in all parts of Paris and its environs. On Monday, the 16th ult. at Whithorn, in Galloway, James Connoehar murdered his own infant, under circumstances the most distressing and peculiar. He married a srvant girl some time ago, who, it is believed, took him for a livelihood, as he was stricken in years, and had amassed a sum exceeding six hundred pounds, which report adds he always kept in the house, with the character of a miso gamist, and habits most wretchedly miserly. During his wife's kpregnancy he had often been heard to say, " That he did not now whether she was with child, or whether it was a toad or baby ; but if the latter, he would soon put an end to its existence !"—His wife was safely delivered of a fine boy, ~at the Isle of Whithorn, on Sunday morning, the 15th ult., and When shown the child, he took and kissed it. Next day, however when the strangers were gone, he went to his young; wife, and asked for the baby till she should turn herself in bed.' He then took the child up stairs, and inhumanly murdered it by compressing the throat. In the mean time, the mother hear. in.. the infant scream, ran up stairs , weak as she was, but before she' could burst open the door, which her husband had pre, viously bolted, the little innocent was no more. A precognition was taken by the Sheriff-Substitute, and the unnatural parent was committed to Whithorn gaol.—( Glasgow Paper.) On Sunday night last, or early the next morn. in g, the parish church of Whaddon, in this county, was robbed of two old damaged bells, which had lain on the ground boor of the tower for several years. How the sacrilegious. ras cals entered the church is not known, as, in the course of the :Monday, when the bells were missed, all the doors and windows were found secured, as usual, by inward bolts, and the lock of the great south door. That the property was taken out at the north door, and put into a carriage at the gate at the north-east of the churchyard, is clearly traceable, and at 3 o'clock, a cart, heavily laden, was heard passing along the village street by several persons, and was seen by one, (it being then bright moonlight), which was afterwards, it appears, driven down a bye lane, end across Kneesworth-field, to the old north road.—On Sunday afternoon, a farm-house at the same village was robbed of 3!. in silver, and a valuable silver watch, whilst a female belonging to the Ranters, was holding forth to the great delight' of hundreds of gaping men, women, and children. And on the previous day a theft was committed at the vicarage -house, by a vender of matches, who having cun. ningly waved the property, evaded detection.—( Cambridge Chionielc.) _ . LUMINOUS INSECTS.—The luminous property of many insects forms a notable part of their economy. The glow-worm and the fire flies of Italy and the West Indies are known to every one, at least by reputation. In the glow-worm there is a receptacle of the luminous matter near the tail. The elater noctilucus carries its light in four places ; two in the thorax, and two under the wings. Ilence this creature is most brilliant when flying. The light is so bright as to serve, when very near, to read the smallest print. in St. Domingo, it is said, they were formerly used - by the natives as candles, as they are in many places for nocturnal ornaments. There :s a pleasant story related of Sir R. DUDLEY and Sir T. CAVENDIM having been ter rified by these , lights, which they mistook for those of a detachment of Spaniards, as the land crabs, from the noise of their march, were, on another occasion, mistaken for a body of cavalry!