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AM Ai A ll' V k CO:VC Li Rt AA . 1) 41.5,i 21 411.8 L. new Institutioh of this kind hat been retently introduced to the Fashionable World, under the conduft of joHN ttic Ft, Esq. and HzuesY GRZ. VILLR, Esq. It sho u ld b e ment i oned, to the ho. flour of these Gentlemen, that the undertaking is intended as an agreeable amusement for the higher circles, at a time of the year when all regular Con certs are over, so that it will not interfere with the interests of Professors' or the Theatres. On the contrary, though the Performers in general are to be Amateurs, they mean to avail themselves of the assistance of Professors. The whole of the Musical Department is to be under the direekion of Mr. SPENCER, who, we understand, is himself to be at the organ, and to conduCt the Concert. There are to be six Concerts and Assemblies during this season, and they cotranence on Monday the z Ist inst. and are to be repeated every succeeding Mon. day, till the completion of the number. The whole is to be followed with a cold Supper and plain wines. Glees after Supper. All Foreign Ministers, and a certain number of Musical Professors, are to be Honorary Members. The Meetings are to be held at the New Rooms, Hanover. square, and consider ing the very respedable perso ns who are concerned in the undertaking, it pronaises to become one of the most agreeable and elegant amusements of the kind that e ver en j oyed the attention of the higher circles. The following is a list of the Lady Di. redresses of this Fashionable Association, and under such charming auspices, it may expea to proceed With the must -flourishing success The Dutchess of Devonshire Lady Longford The Dutchess of Marlborough Lady Palmerston The Dutchess of St. A lhans Lady Dartmouth The Dutchess of Leeds Lady Buckinghamshire Lady Melbourne lames Lady Clifd en Lady Lady Lady Percival Elizabeth Spencer Lady K enmare Lady Lamb ert Lady Westmeath A POETRY. Ah ! 'midst th' uncertain things below, How oft we witness FRI ENDSIRIr 's transient po w'r'i rriendship, that many a year in strength shall grow, itclentless Fate has blighted in an hour ! Absesee is said to be the tomb of Lova, Where languid Fancy will no 2ww'rets strew 1 And oft,- alas, will sad experience prove, La the same temb is FRI XtlnsFl j P buried too. 'yet, s.vhilo I still can see thee grace the Stage, Absence can ne'er subdue my frie Since all th at elevates tke Poet's page Thou kiloW'st so %reit to dignify and feel. Tat THEATI.E.—The Comedy of All .;tt the ,Wrong, was represented on Thursday night at Drury- Lane T heatre.—Witotrowrox and Miss DE CAMP gave ludicrous died to the charaders of lir Jahn and Lady Restless. Mrs. JokoAres vanner was not quite refined enough for Belinda, but she made "Vie Rrneads in comic spirit. Mr. H. JOHNSTON h'. hardly easy enough in B ever l e y, hut he gave e ie4lous so li c i tu d e of the part with a ppr o . Prime fervour and a g i tat i on .—l t was some;.vlizt Prim to see B e li nda left so often i n the Park by liefl elf, though seen there by her lover, !rr father, and her friends. Surely it would be decorous to let a footman attend her. everlejlt was a l so strange to see andi hi s friend constantly walking in the same place with their hats off. . These may be trif_ lin e , remarks, but they refer to absurd omissions. he Fair Penitent was at represen te d l ast night Covent Garden Theatre with great effect. XEMRLE suiiported ihratio with moral energy ; 10 d manly feeling. COOKE was solemn and pa.. theti c in Scio lto, and Mrs. SI DpoNs displayed all the pride, rage, anguish, arid tenderness of Calista, with her usual excellence. C. Kg.r.taLE was gay, Without affectation, i n L ot h ar i o; and Biturrrox a ruore respedable Altanzont than is commonly seen. The joint benefit of Mr. d .H. J prov e d last night a bumper anT h . M e rs Comed oHNsToNo y was The _School_ Jr o Scandal, in' which the former played . Cstttle,rl, aid Mrs. H. JoitNsToiv Lady Teazle. A full nut s of the Loyal North Britons attended in unit of Mr G 0 ,..._ ''' gled very liberally, in permitting Mrs..ILLINCTom tO new Opera, .for GtAssiatit. ppear for t h e f ist t i me , i n a is very deservedly a f The li‘thetter 'Public. ' however, The The with Prop r i etor 0 f th reserves Il keno di o Proseerpinelor T ues d ay n i g h ts , af House very wisely as so be aut if u l and splendid a work will probably tender thotie nights as w attradive as t h e Satur days, which have always had a predominant influ ence on the Fashionable World. W e must aga i n res. tify our sttrprize, that so fine an Opera, of Inn • sic, sce ne ,.. , y and performance, should have bee n b • in point o.__r_ rought forward in so correct a state in so NZ t a Period. But Mr. GoOLD, like Marquis ha s s4 tw i l' e t‘T, is a good Captain-General, and he ° xttilent Field. Officers in Messrs. Jew ELL. • and KELLy. b It GRAs sIN4 it is sa id, c l eare d a t h ousan d gu i neas y he; -- enefit on Th urs d ay at t h e O pera H ouse. R When W ttovcarox, in performing Sir John • en ten s on Thursday night, said, as an excuse 'for getting into conversation with Beverley, ~ Pray, Sir i__ I will the re re be a change of Ministry ?" the . P°- - P il lar feeling on the subj e ct was t est ifi e d by a v e ry loud plaudit. WENtLirt tit very succes s fully appealed to the Au ditece on Th urs d ay , i n excus i ng Miss,De CAMPo m the encore. of .a very difficult Air in Of Age _ „To-morrow, by saying i n c h ara tt er , " L a di es an d Gentlem en , my fellow.servant has worked hard to-ni g h t, and hopes you will let her rest at present.' , Mils Du CAMP had indeed exerted herself very much as a Lady in the Play, and a 1 1 / 4 itilts. Maid in the Farce. P ut .--Somebody i n t h e Green-room last night at C ovent.at r d en Theatre, noticing the venerable g r , hairs which COOKE wore in Scio/to, observed, that the Afton had now better wigs than in GAR_ RICK'S time: " Yes," said a punster, " but not so 1 00 (1 a call." • Pillar of the Law very naturally employed the me taphysical langudge " Giants refresh'd," as the l)itAession are much enii , riened by a Refresher, i.l .1i:: D Pti N o: 1 1 . A Landscape.—J. F.A.istfc.roN, R. A. lc is with much pleasure that. we witneis the re,, turn of this Artist to the Exhibition, a s he appears to be always solicitous to copy Nature in her ge nuine simplicity. This Piaure has not only that simplicity, hut an air of venerable grandeur in de sign and execution. The castle is an interesting piece of ruins, and the rocky projelions in front ate bold and striking. The whole of this work, in colouring and general effea, impresses the mind with a dignified tranquillity. No. 57. Portrait of Lady F. yonscmby, as Rebecca.-1: On E, R. A. We congratulate this Artist on his improvement in the representation of female graces. This is one of most successful efforts in ,that respect.. The attitude is unaffeled, though perhaps the Lady al. together has too modern, an air fur a Scriptural cha rkter. The colouring is in harmony, and the w hole is painted with great force, but without hard ness. The Artist has shewn an uncommon degree ef mechanical dexterity in representing the pitcher. The whole is beautiful and picturesque. No. 74 Portrait of a Gentleman.—Sir W. Brno HEY, R.A. A very good likeness of CH•AaL ES SMALL PY E US, Esq. a Gentleman weal-known in the political world, and whose poetical talents entitle him to great respea, though they were unluckily employed ►n celebrating the v►rtue and wisdom of a fore►gn Potentate, whose eccentricities began to appear at the same moment with the elegant but unmerited panegy tic to which ,we have alluded. No. Ito. Portrait of j. P. KEN:BLE, Esq.—T. LAWRENCS, R. A. This Pi lure has merit, but we cannot consider it as the happiest which the Artist has given of Mr. KEMBLE. It is by no means a becoming resem. blance. The features are hard, and the left eye seems to have an, essential blemish. There is an appearance of affided contemplation in the attitude. The colouring, particularly of the coat, is by no means pleasing, and the whole is broken with scat. tered lights, The Artist must bestow much more attention on this PiEkure, to render it an adequate re. pre:entation - of the original. zzt. Portrait ofjAms CURTIS, Esq.—T. LAWRENCE, R. A. There are few Portraits in the room that will ex cite more pleasure than the present, as it exhibits a very good likeness of a Gentleman very well-known, and very much esteemed. It certainly is a little too bulky altogether for the person of the original, hut the likeness is strong, and the Piaure is one of the must Tirited and masterly works of the Artist. L A ir REPCPPe COURT OF K.ING's BENCH, THURSDAY, MAY 3. THE kiNGV. EDWARD EPTT. This was the unhappy boy whose trial, on a charge of perjury, we before reported ; he was found guilty, but recommended to mercy ; on account of his ten- der years. Messrs. JERv Ts and RICHARDSoN having ad dressed the Court in mitigation of and the ATTORNEY GENERAL, on behalf of the prose cution, Mr. JUSTICE GROsE delivered the sentence of the Court, .which was, that he should pay a fine of one shilling, be imprisoned for twelve months, and kept to hard labour, and that he should continue in custody further until such fine be paid, THE KING V. JOHN LOCKER, JOHN LOCKFR WAIN. WRIGHT, AND ISABELLA WAINWRIGHT. In our Report of the proceedings in this Court, on the zzd of , February, are stated the circum stances of this trial. The Defendants were found guilty °fa conspiracy, for contriving the elopement of Miss Mary Pierce, a young Lady under age, - for the purpose of procuring her marriage with John Locker, a man in mean circumstances, and about sixty years old. The two first of dick , Defendants now appeared on the firor of the Court. Mr. ERSKINE produced an affidavit, which de.. posed to the dangerous situation of the health of Isabella Wainwright, anti a note from Sir Walter F.r a nhar, and Dr. Watson, in order to excuse her attendance when sentence was pronounced, and he assigned as a precedent the case of the' King and Kilner, when the Defendant did not appear. Lord ELLENBOROUGH agreed that the matter should stand over till to-morrow. THE KING ''✓. WILLIAM WESTON ; V. THOMAS AND 'WILLIAM TEAGUE ; WILLIAM SMITH; V. JC.. SEPH GRAINGIE; AND V. RICHARD POWIS : Were cases in which the Defendants had been guilty of obstruaing Excise Offi:ers, in different parts of the country, while in the execution of their duty. All of them were ordered to he committed, and to be brought up the last day of Term. CHELSEA OUT-PENSIONERS. ME following OrJer, relative to an extension of the Out.pension allowance for • Invalid and Super annuated Soldiers, has been lately circulated through out the Army : " Hr.re Guards, .4Pril 23, 1804. " The Comm a NTIER in CHIEF directs it to be notified to' the Army, that Hr s .MAJESTY has been graciously pleased to order it tube signified to his Commissioners of the Royal Hos pital at Chelsea, that hereafter Soldiers discharged from any, of the Royal Garrison Battalions, with especial-recommenda tory Discharge, as being disabled from futther Military Duty, either from length of serv,ieeS, or from wounds received in the service, shall be in all cases allowed the Out-pension of Nine pence per day ; and it totally incapacitated by infirmities or wounds from providing for themselves, that they shall be al lowed a pension of One Shilling per day. " His Royal Highness is persuaded that this recent in stance of the King's benevolence towards his Troops, and of his gracious consideration for their comtbrt in old age, will be attended with its due effeann the minds of the Soldiery, 'and impress them with the liveliest sentiments of grati. ,rude and adeaion towards His Royal Person and Govern. meat. " By order of His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief, " HARRY CALVERT, Adj. Gen." Monday the Governors of the Original Vaccine Pock Institution, Broad-street, Golden-square, held their annual meeting at the British Coffee-house, to read the report of the last year's proceedings and prattice. - Lord CHoLmotilDELEr, the President, was in the Chair the early part of the evening; and Lord PETItr, one of the Vice-Presidents, the re mainder. Among the Resolutions were, Ist, That the Report written by the Physicians, Drs. P E.t.a so N, Nixit and NELSON, .containing a continuation of the investigation of the Laws and Agency of Vaccine Pock matter, be printed. idly, Th:a the: Thanks of this Meeting be given to the above Gentlemen for their able Report, and to the Medical Establishment in general for their respective gratuitous ser vices, particularly to THOMAS PA YNE and 101-11 , 1 HEAVI SIDE, Esqrs. the Treasurers, as well as to other Officers. After dinner Lord PeraE explained very fully the objects of the Institution, and to what extent they had been accomplished. It appeared, he stated, that there was a Register of Observations made twice a week for about zzo weeks, viz. from Ja nuary 'Soo; that the number of subjefis inoculated, i. e. zOOO, did not constitute the principal utility of the Institution, but the long continued, uninter rupted observation no where else to be found. That it appeared that above twelve thousand parcels of matter had been furnished for the Public, and it was fairly estimated that not fewer than sixty thousand persons had been vaccinated from this matter, be sides an incalculable number from those so vaccin ated. That notwithstanding their expenses from the change of residence, and from pecuniary losses , on a loan, &c. there was a surplus . of 5501. stock in the funds, besides a respectable balance in the hands of the Banker, and yet many personi had re_ ceived assistance who were in distressed circum -Istances. Hence he concluded that there was not to I be found an example of even nearly so much benefit i at so small an expence, viz. little more than 3001. a year. That although the present annual subscrip tions, principally of one or two guineas , were quite adequate to the expenses, yet, as it must be sup_ posed that many of the supporters could not be per. 1 1 manent, it was hoped that the friends of the Insti tution would recommend it to the benevolence of others, from the curliest thus given, that they would , he applied efficaciously, yet eeinitnoically, by the 1 present` Managers. THE KING V. GENERAL I" ICTON. An Indiament has been preferred against this Officer, which states, that he being in authority in the Island of Trinidad, had by means, and under colour of his situation, caused and procured to be tortured Louisa Calderon. It states, that ropes were fastented round her wrists, that she was thus raised up, and afterwards let down upon spikes, on which she was suffered to remain with the pressure of the whole weight of her body : this was prac tised from rime to time, and in this horrid state of agony she was suffered to remain for two nsiputes at each interval. Mr. DALLAS, to whom the defence of General Piaon is confided, on the 420 Geo.lll. c. 45, applied for a Mandamus, in order to take the examination of witnesses on the' Island. This Statute is similar to the a th Geo. 11, which empowers the-Court of King's Berteh to issue its Mandamus for a similar purpose, to the settlements in India. Mr. DALLAS moved, on ground of the record, without any affidavit, and he assimilated the present application to that in thescase of Stephens and Agnew, Esqrs. to which we.had occasion to advert yesterday. If, however, the Court wished for an affidavit on the part of General Piclon, no objeaion would be made. Lord ELLENDOROUGH—" In the case of Stevens and Agnew, both Prosecutor and Defendarfts applied for writs of Mandamus, and both consented 'that they should issue. If you produce the affidavit, you may mention the case to.morrow." WALLACE V. SMITH. Lord ELLENBOROUGH dzlivered the judgment of the Court on this case, in which the \Vest India Dock Company were concerned. Application had been made on the part of the Company to set aside the verdid, and to enter a nonsuit, on the ground, that the notice required for this action in the i Sch and 1 , 85 th sedions of the Dock na, had not been satisfied. The Chief Justice now declared the opinion of the Court, that the Defendant to this Adion, who is Treasure' of the Company, had a right to the benefit of such notice, and not having received that notice, the Rule was made absolute, by which the Plaintiff was nonsuited. Mr. Justice Gstose intimated his wish, that some Gentlemen of the profession, connected with the Dock Company, would look into this Ad,os, with out amendment, it might create infinite difficulties, and some degree of oppression. Mr. ERSKINE ' on the part of the Company, said. they were willing, on this occasion to waive all costs, and to refer the present. Adion, and others which had been commenced on similar grounds, to arbitration. FRIDAY, MAY 4. Mr. DALLAS renewed his application on behalf of Governor Pidon, for Writs of Mandamus to have proofs taken at Trinidad. He supported his applica tion by the produlion of an affidavit, which stated that there were certain witnesses residing in Trini dad, whose testimony is material to his defence, on the trial of an indiament lately found against,him fur alledged cruelty towards a Spanish girl, named Louisa Calderon, in Trinidad.-7--A conditional Rule was granted. A King's Messenger was on Tuesday last com mitted to Tothillfields Bridewell, charged on the oath of a whitesmith with having endeavoured to prevail upon hint to make a key to one of the official boxes in which dispatches to our Ambassadors at Foreign Courts are usually conveyed. On Thursday several matches, made by the Of ficers stationed at Cantetbury, were run for on Barham "Downs. In the evening there was a grand Garrison Ball, given by the Military, at the Assem bly Rooms, in that City. The trials for the annual Joh were run for at Old Wives Leese, on Monday l ast , which were won by a Serjeant of the Detby, and a young woman of Throwley, D. DOMINCO, THE 10110V:111g ettcrs, which ere written lay Merchant at Cape Franc:ois• to hi:, P, A ct u er in F riki ce, and which, in the progress of a Prize Cause, were! deposited in the Vice Admiralty Court of jathaica, serve to spew in the roost marked manner, the hor rible tyranny exercised by the French-Gov,ernruent of Saint Domingo—a tyranny which, in the itt-: stances alluded to in the subsequent documents, kysts not only without excuse, but was aggravated by circumstances of peculiar atrocity. , The unf,t tunate Merchants who were subjected to it, had been alltired to Saint Domingo by the prospect of the re-establishment of that Island. They were afterwards utterly ruined in their private circum stances by the total failure of all commercial spe culation, and yet under this severe pressure and suf.: fering, in addition to the most complicated evt:s,, the French General was not satisfied until, by the most abominable extortion, he had wrung from them nearly their last dollar. At the Gape, the 26tb GacJer, 1803. Death has seized me, my good Sir, my heats is broke and compressed as with an errgine ; and s o great is the oppression I feel, that my blood circu, lates with - difficulty. This day, is a day to be noted in the annals of St. Domingo, as the most unfor.: tunate which this ruined Colony ha's undergone. Yesterday at nine o'clock in the morning, Of. titer of Ordnance and two men brought - me a letter, stamped, " Genetal en Chief ;" and as any thing that comes from that quarter does not foretel good, I could not help being alarmed. I opened it, and found an order to deposit in the Public: Trea sury, in the course of two hours, joco dollars, lot the pressing wants of the Army. The Officer asked me if I was ready to obey the order of the GenerA I answered that I would consult my means. then told me that he would leave his two guards, who had orders not to quit me. Soon afterward se veral Merchants came to toe, each of them accom- pilled by a guard, to inquire if I was in the sime situation as they were ; they were conyinced of it by seeing my guards ; and discoursing together, we soon/found that we were eleven in cumber, who were assessed to supply 55,000 dollars. Several were only taxed with aaooo, but the difference was made up by those who were rated at 6000. • Consternation was painted on everyone's face, and asking one another, " What are we to do ?" • Some thought it would be proper to go in a body to speak to the General, others to send him a memorial, staring the impossibility of paying, at least in the space of_two hours, such a contribution, at a mo ment when commerce was entirely•ruined, and that for a year past every body had been losing, and no thing remained but goods to offer. It was at leng.h agreed, that without presenting a memorial as c rn ing from them all, each individual should repre eat h;s case, and send it to the General. I sat down and wrote a very temperate letter, in which I unfolded my situation as having a store filled with merchan dise and no market. I offered to igiee them all u p to his disposal. I recalled to his mind tic numerous pecuniary services cur !tonic had terdared to Go vernment, in more favourable times, when it was less difficult to assist the public cause, that', at a moment such as this, when every one was destiente of cash. I sent with the letter ; he foueal the General and gave it to him ;--" lie re -does this letter came from ?" " it is a letter fr m Mr. —, of the house of --, Sec." The General then got up, threw the letter at his head, and threatening him with his fist, told hint, " Be off, and tell Mr. to take care of himself ;" made him a boe,e, and brought back my letter. - The time was passing; I had oniy two hours, and did not know what to resolve : at last came the Ordnance Officer, - who asked the if I had com plied with the ,General's orders ?—" Nor. yet." " If so, I have orders to take you to prison."-- I requested of him to allow me at leasr.the time to ca ll o n my friends for the money : that 5000 thillars were not so easily found. He answered that, he would take upon him to allow me that delay ; but at the exniration, ii I had not the receipt fionn the Treasurer,' he would be necessitated to execute laes orders to take me to gaol. lie gave me till half after four. In the mean tirrae, I sent to the Trea surer, requesting hint to inquire of the General, if by paying part of the sum, I could not obtain some time for the remainder. His answer was, that he was forbid to receive any - matey on account : that the 5000 dollars must be paid, ksr I must go to gaol. He was even astonished that they had transgressed on the delay of the two hours mentioned in his vi. derv. At the stated hour the Officer came, and I not being able to shew. the Treasurer's receipt, he was going to carry me . to gaol ; but I immediately sent the Treasurer my bond for 5000 dollars, payable the next morning ; and he was kind enough to send me his receipt. At the sight of that most fortu nate paper, the Officer congratulated me on my having escaped going to gaol, where I was ex peded, and told me I was at liberty. lie took his men with him, who never had quitted ate, and did not even ask for a fee. This was one heavy burthen . from my shoulders, but another heavy one remain. ed, which was the. fate of my ten companions in misfortune, who, unable to make up the sum im. posed upon them, were carried to gaol, except Mr. formerly a partner in the House of --, who, by a particular favour, had obtained per mission t 6 make a part payment, and a delay for the remainder. Among those detained was Mr. Clerk, who, at his departure for Anne. rica, had left him a power of attorney to icondua the business, consisting only in the receiving of the house.rents, which were to be deposited with Mr. --, the Treasurer, who was the confidential. Attorney. This Clerk not having received any rent, could not pay the first faulting. Mr. —, a very ancient Nerchant of the Cape, a friend of the General, through whose house his private business was tranaaded, was among the number of prisoners. ,He it was who showed the' greatest sang fro; tvbe told the bearer 'ho carried the order, " Go, and tell your General, that when the brazen horse shall feed, I will give him the money."—That saying was repeated to the ,General, and made him fu rious. Another individual had incurred - his private an nne a lty, and upon hint be revenged himself in a