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THEArRE. Ha"market. TUE new C ome d y entitled Guilty or Not Guilty, repr esented for the fir,t time on Saturday l a this The atre , i s the acknowledged work of Mr ast t. T. Di ti D I N, who has brought forward many Pieces at Covent -G ar d en Ttieatre that have been well re ceived by the Public. DRAMATIS PE&SONZ. Edmund Rigid, . - - Mr. ELLISTON. Major Corslet. .. . - Mr. PALMER.. Lord Ri gid, Mr. ARCHER. ' - 11r. Balance, - - .. Mr. CHAPMAN. Charles thilallee, .. - - Mr. PALMER, jun. Sir Harry Pointer, . .. - Mr. DE CAMP. WiiiiiiM, - - • . Mr. TAYLOR.. Titus Triangle, - - - Mr. M AT - I - I.IM S . Lady Rigid, Mrs. T. WOODYALL. Mrs. 13alance, : Mrs. WA R D , Nancy, - - . Mrs. Grass. opoia Pointer, - . - Miss WOUOF A LL. Miss C orslet, - - - MI S S G RIMANI. The scene of this Comedy i s su pp ose d to b e at a few miles from London, Major Corslet, who had served in til e East means, anti Balance, a Merchant, who ha;l known him ire that rio.rter of the world, had retired to the county lies, hue, y town whe re t h e scene it', though old friet i d s ,'l la d been estranged from each whet- some time. It appears that M;" Crsiet had been st duced to on h e r a;d father's house, that M r . B alance had been too strong in his 'DPl;usition to parental anger. Hence arose toe (I,l,tritl. They are reconciled soon after the open- ingio of m the 1 ) .1., but the same round of difference divcs the again. The Major, however, is very fond of his daughter, and very anxious to hear of her, as she had been absent more tha n a year. She rooains admission into her father's house dit soon disc overe d thst she had not been betray and is was supposed, das , , but seczetly married to a it son. The oth et ma i n b ranch of the Fabler elate s to the fatuity of Lo -d Rigid, whose s'i having committed s o man n is s uspe it e d o f y atroci u he is e xc l u , e d f t om al intetcoutheo withs actions, that is fath. Edmund Ri g id i s b randed With the impuhtation er of .co,vardtce, aid with having attempted t tn he hono of his other.in-l aw . H e theretore lives i n a kind ur of infamous seclusion, at a mit, place called t h e Her age, contiguous to the family mansion. Lord Rigid is naturally anxiou s to reclaim this profligate 507 , , and conceives that a matria.7e between Edmund ' anzi Miss puOuce Poi tend to nty., a 'Wald of L or d Ri g i d, might r a re f ormation. Sir .1-larr J Pointer the Y igid oung Lady's bother, on t h e road to Lord R's, fo r the purpose s tops at t h e of efFeding this unio n , tow publi c lib rary of the n, and while he is chartering wi neighbouring th Titus Trz '"S les the Librarian, a h lei id of various Cadings, hi s four horses, m w ot hic y h m lo xture been kft with i s I P.larto n at tho door, take flight, and run away With i his sister. Sofil , ia -Painter is resc ue d from im lov mnent dao ~e r by Charles B a l ai;ce, who fails in e with lie;, and woo is equal': 'en obi-E} o f at _ rachtneht with the young Lady. Lord .4oci Lady Rigid stop ,it the Library soon a f ter this accident, d coldly thank Charles Balance for having rescu ed,. e thel r Ward, Out Sir harry, :bough a wild spr i g 'a : "' l 'i9n, is g rate f u l f or the preservation o f h is '''''''''' "veer , —4- ...rve4 evuurs. to. rottiOie a marri age b e- Charles Balance and .Sopkia. A dispute at tees !Von this suojed between Lord Nigid and Sir Harry, :n `which the latter receives a blow. is of ev , urse the A challenge e,nsequeuee. In tto mean time , Major C orslet discovers t;l4. .Ecimund /?.. w i..i is late Man who h a , married his kiaug s eer , under the as real sutned name of Wilson. Edmund has concealed his nam e even lrom his wile, as his own was so intarnousthat it was too odiou s for her to have con_ to any union with ~ i in in his own chaihcter. The Major cnalienge• Edo,and, -Vho will n.:t fight, but stands ready to receive LI, adversary's fire. This firmness, however, is resolved into cowardic.:, and the suspicion is confirmed by the discharge of the pi tole which, it appears, when Laid liigid and Sir Harry come to aaion, wa s not loaded. Hence the filial re, atd which induced Edmund to stand betwee n his father and Sir. Harry is considered a s an addi t i onal proof of cowardly caution. At length Edmund enter s upon his vindication ; Le states, that at Colle ge he had been witness to a fatal scene of b.luod.sited lin, whi c h h ad de,ermined him against duel g, and he had borne the sto, of th e parties concerned picion of bein g one from infamy arid rui n , , H to save a f e ll ow stu d ent with d isgrace, because, e had quitted the army after canin g his adversary, he had retuned to hazard that life in a private quar rel which he though t due to his country. The pis tols, it appears, were only charged with powde r by the Ntijir's servant, to prevent mischief, but Ed.. Thus he ?nand had supposed they were loaded. Clears himself from die imputation of cowardice. The next great charge against him is, that of hav ing at!cmpted the honou t of his mother-in-law, but i . r is proved that Lady Rigid was formerly the ob 3e? of Edmund's attachment, and that, on acci ml ar'raillY meeting ed his lath er, he ra her, without knowing she had and his father comingher, upon the spot at th e v er y moment , from his hand, n ven g eance, which Ed mun d forced who hurried and i s supposed by the servan ts , ' t o the place, to have assaulted his Either. Edmund, Proudly resenting the unmerited obloquy thrown, upon his name, had hitherto dis. tlained to vindicate his character against the unjust prejudices of the world. Thi s exp l anat i on satisfies " a,li ould P a rr es , Lord Ri g id consents that his Ward be in:irried to Charles Balance, the Major is re concil e d to his dau as us ua l ghter's marria ge , an d t h e Pi ece, ''!e , concl u d es with general happiness.—There , some scenes of simple courtship between Wit. "ain, the servant of Charles Balance, and Nancy, a cotmtry girl. There are also several whimsical 3eenes art:3 . lllg from the intercourse of the motley Libratiao and the different characters, which well relieve the pathetic parts of this Drama, --- The mystery that hangs over the charaEler o. lidinund, Obviously gives the title to this Play, but Clough he exculpates himself from all the charges against him, it does not satisfaaorily appear how he came to have so bad a reputation. The moral 'f the Piece is to shew, such are t h e prejudices of t d wi .•lt world, tha t a man may hav e his charader brand th the imputation of.the worst vices, even for those a t)le lions which hr. have t h e i r foundation in virtue. li Fi i 3 deriye.Y. from a tranllated Novel called The Reprobate. It is by no mean., uninteresting. On the contrary, there are some scenes that are very affetling. The part of Edmund is well conceived, and might have been furnished with a larger scope, to the ad vantage of morals. The rest of the chargiers have nothing very new ur striking, Triangle is a sort of 011apod, or Dickey-Gossip. Corslet and Balance are common charatters of the drama, but are well managed, so far as they are engaged in the piece. The sentiments are natural, and the language al. together is easy, spirited, and correft. The only objetftion on the part of the audience was direCted against the discharging of the pistol, as it was not known at the time, that it was unloaded. The Aftors in general acquitted themselves very well, 111ATTuevvs was the great comic prop, and he displayed so much grotesque humour, that he stood in no need of his absurd wig, which was like nothing but what is seen in a pantomime. The part of Sir Harry Pointer Pointer was tolerably well performed by Dr. CAMP. By the way, this charafter is not consistent, for when his horses take flight, he is more anxious for them than for his sister, yet after_ wards quarrels with his Guardian, and risks his future hopes, in order that she may be married to Charles Balance. It is, however, a good sketch of the careteas dashing Bloods oldie day. ELL ts-rotc was impressive and manly in the charaCter of Ed. mund. Miss Get IMANI give interest to the part of Miss Corslet and Miss WOOD FALL had unafFeCled tenderness in Sophia. The Piece was very well re ceived by a numerous audience, and it will probably be of much service io th- Theatre. PROLOGUE. WILITTSW BY THE AUTHOR or THI. COMEDY. sPOKXN BY MK. PALNISR. WHT.X Spring to Surniiler ripening dwelt the day, And bids the vegetable world be gar ; when London windows every where disclose The fragrant briar. and the blushing rose; While ev'ry gate their balmy breat►r receives, We venture to put forth our annual leaves. A Nursery this, where flowers of ev'ry hue Depend for future growth, and lite, on you ; You, who the opening buds of efforts spare, And ripen merit by your fost'ring care ; Wnate'er may flourish here. 'tis yours alone To claim the geu'rous harvest, all your own. In hopes removal may not cause a blight, A trembling scion we transplant ti? -night From Covent Carden, on that spot just placed. And by the sunshine of your favour grae'd If from its stem no evergreens appear, Yet has it hlossom'd more than once a year ; Nor will it suffer for the change of air, Your liberality - is—every where. Rear'd by the genial warmth your plaudits give, Still by their aid the Poet fain wou'd live. Then ii luxuriant shoots he chance to bear, Or barren spots oti:md you here and there, Let not, untimely nipt by critic frost, For some poor branches all the tree be lost : As skilful Carel'ners, while there's hope of life, Before the axe, apply the pruning knife. This were superfluous, did not custom ask Tue Prologue, ere we venture on our task. Proceed we then to trial—that permitted, With justice here we fall or sand acquitted. EPILOGUE. WRITTEN BY THE SAME AUTHOR. SPOKEN aY MR. ELLISTOrI, AS A cOUNELLOR. TOY Latile.i, I yds, and Ge'mmen of the jury, This cause yet finisri'd, I assure ye: Counsellor Critical, who thmks with Moves ro shew cans.: against the .kutr.or's plea ; For we can prove, and that, with ease, infore ye, These seet.es are stolen rroiii a weri-known story; rind all the sorrows you heard me relate, In ev'ry inaik the ReprGbate, Who for low characters has search'd each hovel, And taken this here Play from that there Novel, If every Scribbler thu, his subject onus's, They'll act next in the Temple of the Muses : While the Minerva Press, with count gain, At Leatienhall, will rival Drury Lane. Besides--this Musa. you tnn,t to prison send her; I've euidoiroe that sn..'s an olu (Sender. And first I call, ier wickeu p-raipks to shew, A very worthy low— t hecinego ! Conte into Court. " el, vat lOU vant wit me ? " I'll shwear de truth, • . ..rver it may be." " You know this Poet ?" " know !pin ! I'll engage " He's a great roi,ue—lie ort•n4. t me on de Stage " Against ma vill, along mit an old d Ftor, " And a young shfemale, ip a bed-room lockt her " Alone wit me—l, mat have got a vife, " And never did such things in all mein life. " I told 'em plain enough, ven all vas done, " I'd take de law a.t,p of every von ; " I'll have such damages I—But shtop a bit— " Vere viii it come from, all vat I shall get ? " Poor poets pockets are so long in filling, lley hardly know a guinea from a shilling." " Where's Matthew Motto ?"—" Here Sir, ear.= nobis.' " You keep an inn?"—" I do —sic non vubis." " Well, Sir, your evidence; but take good heed, " We can't accept the Will here for Me Deed. " Your inn 's at Oxford ?"--" No, I beg your pardon, " I am, earl bone, Sir, at Covent Garden. " Noll prosequi---1 am come to sue " The prisoner."—" How did lie injure you ?" " How ? Suaviter in mode, Sir, he came " Last sine die, with sticks, staves, and flame : " My friends insulted ? , --and, Sir, I'm no joker, " Burnt all their boxes with a red-hot poker. " In short, in spite of all he may advance, " Behaved quite Hon/ suit qui maly pease." " Call Peter Pullhaul !"—" Vast, my lads, belay " I know the lubber that has launch'd this Play ; " And he'd palaver you, that lie made me " Sail in a Cabinet to Italy. " To serve a foreign Court, as if to be " As how that you'd believe a British Tar " Would fly his Colours, while his Icing's at war ! " No! while Old England calls us to our guns, " On sea or shore, ye, John Bulls, never runs. " And as for Frenchified grave Lords, d'ye see, Ve does'nt wally Emperors, not ve." I cou'd, with many more my cause support, Of Characters well known to all the Court : But Ge'mmen, I contend, unless some flaw Appear in the Indictment, law is—law. And evidence is strong, and fadl is fact, And you, I needn't tell you how to act. To prove him guilty, I have done my part, If, trying to amuse you with his art ; And beg most earnestly—l hope I'm right, He may appear again next Monday night. THE OPERA.—The Opera of La rrg;ne del Sole, was represented on Saturday at the King's Theatre with undiminished circa, and before a very splendid audience. The Duet was, as usual, en. cored. The new Ballet of The judgment r? f Paris was received with very great applause. The Mu_ sic is of the very first order, for sweetness of melody, richness of harmony, charaaer , elegance, and ef. feet. The first Aft is, as we have sa id, ent i re l y by STRIBELT, and is del ightful. The second is by WINTER, and it is the most pleasing M us i c he ever composed. The third At consists of STET. BELT'S Nielodies : nstrumentect, as the term is, by WINTER, and both ar e entitl e d to great pra i s e. The Ballet altogether is a very interesting Piece, and the story i s well expa n d e d and divers itied• The Performers ore admirable, EA;er REPORT. COURT OF kliiG's BENCI-1; Mkit W. C. iLUNKF,TT, Eso,. 4./. WM. COBBETT. Tug Plaintiff is the son of a Clergyman, whO has' acquired rank in the profession of the Law, and some time since received the appointment of Soli citor-General; in Ireland. Prior to the dissolution of the Irish Parliament he was Member for Charle. wont. The Publication for which this Action Was brought, 'appeared in The Political Register of the Defendant, of the Jodi of December last, and the objeet was to recover damages for Defama. lion. Messrs. ERMINE, OARRoW, DAMPIER. and NowtAtio, were Counsel for the Plaintiff; Messrs. ADAM and RICIIARDSoN, -for the Defendant. Mr. DAMpI ER having stated the Declaration, Mr. EasKINE addressed the Court and Jury on behalf of the Prosecution. He explained the nature of the jurisdielion in cases of Libel, and defended the Government of Ireland under Lord HARDW I CK E. He said, the principle was, what was so well re commended, " Be to our virtues very kind, " Be to our faults a little blind, " And fix the padlock on the mind." Mr. BuRKE had said, with respect} to America, that we were sending out an Angel of Peace as well as an Angel of Destruttion, and the doubt was,which would prevail. Lord HARDW cicE had employed only the genius of Peace. The occasion of this Libel was, the concern the Plaintiff had in his legal capacity in the trial of EMMETT; here was no ambiguoas votes, all was plain and obvious ; and it nor only injured the honour of the Plaintiff, but, in these perilous times ,: posed his life to conticual hazard. The Jury cannot " minister to a mind diseased," but it could and would, by an hones' raid, give some reparation to the injured, and proclaim the justice of British Law. In this Libel, a single ball is not employed, it is a sort of cannister or grape-shot, hurled around to do the utmost possible mischief. If the Libel were true, we should draw a curtain before the Plaintiff, and hide him from the world. The questions for the jury were simply these : Is the Defendant Proprietor of the Paper ? And next, is the extra& on the face of the declaration libellous, as it respets the Plaintiff ? —A thousand poniards were unsheathed to revenge the death of EMMRT, and this inflammatory address was calculated to direet them to the heart of the Plaintiff. Mr. JAMES POLE produced an Affidavit respell. ing the Proprietor of The Political Register, as re quired by the 38th Geo. 111. c. 78. and also de posed to the purchabe of the Paper containing this Libel. Mr. CRowv, from Ireland, delivered in the ap. poroment o 1 tne Plaintiff, under the Great Seal, as Solicitor Gen , rat, and other documents. Mr. WICKHAM identified the inuencios, as appli_ cable to the Plaim:fr. Mr. BARNFTT g 1%,e testim'•ny, that Mr. PLAIN- KrTT assisted the Attu, ney.Gencral, Mr. O'GRA DY, during the trial of EMMET. Mr. FOSTER deposed to toe Plaintiff's sirtirg, and speaking Es Me.nber of rho Commons of Ire land, while he (Mr. FosTen) occupied the Chair as s!rok.r. Mr. LowtviNT then read the matter charged as li bellous, parr of which we introduced into our Law Report on Friday, commencing " From a rate tuo " &sty of nature," and ending with " loyalty in " suited." The Writer then proceeds thus : "Of " Lord KENYON, therefore, (Cmucluous moat well know), it never could have been believed, that lie himself would lead such a character forward, in. truduce him to the favour of a deceived Sovereign, clothe him in the robes, and ioad him with the emo luments of office. Lord KeNTON mast have known, that a Noble Duke, for having toasted, at a drunken club, in a common, tavern, to a noisy rabble, " The Sove-re;gnt . y of the People," was struck by Hrs MA JFSTY's command, out of the Privy Council, and cie. privet! of all his Offices, both civil and Militat v. .11, therefore, any man were to be found, who, not at a druken club, or to a brawling rabble, but in a grave and high assembly ; not in the charafter of an inebriated Toast-master,but in that of a sober Con. stitutional Lawyer, had insisted on the Sovereignty of the People as a first principle of the English Law, and had declared, that by law an appeal lay from the decision of the Tellers of the 1-louses of Parlia ment to that of the ' Tellers of tie Nation;' and that if a particular law was disagreeable to the peo ple, however it might have been enaeted with all Royal and Parliamentary solemnity, nevertheless it was not binding, and the people, by the general law, were exempted from obedience to such a particular law, because the people were the supreme and ulti mate judges of what was for their own benefit ; Lord KENYON, if he had been Chancellor in any kingdom of Europe, would have shrunk from re commending any such man to the favour of a Mo narch, while there yet remained a shadow of Mo. narchy visible in the world." Mr. ADAM seriously complained of the unfavour able impressions towards his client, which the pow erful eloquence of his Learned Friend was intended to produce. He quoted again the familiar lines employed by Mr. ERSKINE, and entreated the Jury to apply the first two to his Client, and the last to themselves, to prevent the inflammatory effect of the poetic imagination of the Counsel for the Prose cution. He said, " Cursed be that verse, how smooth soe'er it flow, " That tends to make one virtuous man my foe;" and, however unfortunate the Defendant might be, he considered him chat virtuous man. The Plain. tiff had continued in his honourable post, and had suffered no injury; so that none of the fatal conse quences suggested had been the result of this in cautious Publication. He added, that Mr. CoE nETT was not the Author of the Paragraphs : he had put no Justification on the Record, and the Jury must assign some damages ; but he trusted they would not he such as, from the poverty of the De fendant, would consign him for ever to the gloom of a dungeon. Lord Et.t.rNBOROUGH.—^" This is an Anion for a reparation in damages for a civil injury. The Defendant's Counsel has admitted, that the preliminary proof has been adduced, and no justifi cationappears on the Record. The quality of the i Libel s to b e corlideteu,',-And the measure pf the da. haie • tt to 1) - 2 - a'pp . oitiored, Yost bill ra'k or. t consideration the antecedent trial; oii‘whi'cli the 1 4:, fendant has been convicted ; the present, only re. Spe6s the reputatinn of an individual. The of the pUblic to speak of persons in situa tions; mUst not abridge the rights of those who oc cupy. such stations. You will contemplate rl'c cte_ gree of Malignity in the paper, and you will recol, lee, that the damages are not to be reduced by the poverty, nor to be -enhanced by the wealth of a Defendant. The rule by which you are to be guid ed is, the magnitude of the injury to the Plaintiff. You will relied what will compensate to a man for this species of degradation, in the eyes of his fellow citiens, and of mankind. That it is not true, is admitted, I take the principal gravamen to lie in that part which commences, that viper whom my father nourished ;' and it seems hardly possible to depid a person in mere odious colours than are here employed. It represents the Plaintiff as an illu,tri ous Poet has described the common enemy of human being, as both the seducer and the accuser of man_ kind. That part which respeds the parliamentary condua of the Plaintiff, -is of infinitely less malig nity than the keen attack on the private feelings here so wantonly conduled. The Plaintiff is a man in a public charkter, exercising a great public duty, that duty invidious in its nature, and he is repre sented as behaving in a manner which indicates that he has abandoned every feeling of our nature, and ' in the whole drama, Justice was confounded, Hu manity outraged, end . Loyalty insulted.' These, Gentlemen, arc the circumstances of this. case. It is for you to say what compensation tit;, Plaintiff shall receive from the Justice of his Country. Whatever you may determine, no dcuht, «ill be satisfaanry to the party aggrieved ; and, with these Jew obser. vations, I icase the decision to those to whom, by the Constitution, it is snleiy referred." The Jury withdrew, and after tile absence of about half an hour, returned with a vetdid for the.. Plain. tiff—Damages loo:. SPIRTING INTELLIG_: CE. GUILDFORD RACES. TUESDAY, MAY 22. His Majesty's Plate of zoogs. for 4 yr. olds, and upwards, four.mi!!:. heats. Sir H. Wilrnmson's Walton, by Sir Petcr,4 yr. old r 2 1 Mr. Martin's Ench2.ntress, 5 yr. old - - 3 I Mr. Ladbroke's Rumbo, 4 yrs - - 2 dr. WIi:•NESI)AY. Fifty Pounds for 3 and 4 yr °iris, two-mile lieats, wa.s won at two heats by Mr. Durand . .; b. t. Miser Cuiner, by Don Quixote, 3 yr old—beating two. THURSDAY. Fifty Nuncis for ell ages, four-mile heats, was won at two heats by Mr.Ccventry'si. Lama, by Pegasus, beating ScVer4i. CORN EXCH/iNGE, MAY 28. To-Dyk- the Market is but thinly supplied with Wheat . , in the morning it appeared on the advance, but not having brisk sale it closed heavily ; Barley fully keeps its price, and good MAL is dearer, as arc B,!ans ; not having many arrivals of Oats, t! ey are n , ,ted full r;. per quarter higher ; 'Flour at rio variatiur. Wheat 2,6 i a 40s a.,sis cd ' Tick Beans -27 s a 34s od Fine ditto - izs a 54- cd uata . :9s a z.,-, - t 2.::,,, ,-,d Rye - - -23 i a 27s od Poland ditto 2.5, a ziia cd Barley - -21 i a 265 od 1 Rade Se,:d - - , 36. L',. 3 , 1 Malt - 5.15 a 67.5 rA ' 1::::, - .... Fleur -39 s a .17 0 1 Wilite Pease 34s a 4is °di Seconds 34 3 a 39 GI Beans - - 3_o a 395 od Chairmen of the Sr. Pancras Committee has been inforru!d by the L,lel Lieutenant of the County of Middlesex, that the tender of service made by the Gentlemen of that Parish to Government, through the medium of his Lordship, has been most gra ciously 'accepted of; but that th?y could not be allowed to nominate, or recommend to the approba. Lion of His TAajesty two Field Officers, unless_ih-v had at least 360 eiTeßive men. That number is now complete, and Mr. THoM? 'ot, of Holies. street, Cavendish-square, is chosen Lieutenant-Co lonel, and Mr. DAVID SCOTT, jun, to be Major. For some time past a mid:lle-aged man, respeeta bly dressed, has been calling at the Oieen's House, making enquiries if the King had kit any messages for him, and if the Princesses had left any messages for him, in answer to some he had sent them. On Friday morning he applied again at the door of the lodge, and became so extremely troublesome, that one of the Gentlemen Porters in waiting placed him in the custody of Tour:rend, the Officer, who lodged him in Tothill-fitids Bridewell. On Saturday he was examined before Sir RICHARD FORD, when he proved to be a man who is deranged, and has been in custody several times. He was ordered to be detained. _ _ In consequence of the crowds of persons attending at the Bank, for several days past, fur the purpme of getting the old Dollars exchanged tar new ones , the Directors applied to Sir RICHARD FORD for some of the Bow-street Officers to attend, to pre vent the de w 11 , 1 r o e d a a r t e i al s of the waysu desperate i)o r t th e gang alert : of 2 n i'ic d k. o n pockets, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday last, Maciminus, Townsend, and Sayers, attended by order of Sir R. FORD. _ _ A man was lately taken up in London by the. Bow-street Officers, and carried down to Ipswich, on a charge brought against him by the Parish oC fleets of that place of having deserted a pregnant female, who, with her future offspring, was likely to become chargeable upon them. The man con sented to pay 281. provided the receipt was signed by all the Officers, Bow-street Runners, &c. This condition was cimplied with: the man has since laid information against all of them, for signing a receipt without a stamp. The penalty is zoi. fut each. A few days since a private in the Army of Re serve, quartered in the Isle of Wight, being about to be punished for a misdemeanor, informed the Commanding Officer, that her sex rendered it im possible for her to undergo military chastisemect. She was ordered to be taken to the hospital and ex amined, when she proved to be a female ; though she had served unsuspeaed in the ranks for upwards of four months. Thursday evening, a Gentleman in a post-chaise, was stopped on Blackheath, by three foot-pads, armed with sticks, who robbed him of his watch, and Bank. notes to the amount of 81, with which they roadc their mar.,