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THEATRICAL ItEGISTE.It, Performed Last 4Vight. • " . Tur.yrrtr..- 7 ,-LAgnw.e. After which (first time), Les pegnisenivnts Amoureot. C o vENT-G4‘anccr.---The T)arat, Mr. Toting; Alexina, Miss& Bhoth. After which, The Magpie, or the Maid, THEATar: Exot.tsn fieEnA-Hotr - .E.—My Uncle. After whicli i A . rtaxerXes Arbaces, Mr. Horn ; Mantlune, Miss M. H. auggins ; to which was added, Don Juan. MAILS. ARRIVE:ft—ILI:O)On, IGottenburgl, I Harnbargli. Du E—t Watertora. PRICE 0 THIS DAY AT I" tank StOA, . . per Cent. Red • 7 ')U a Per Cent. Cons... • • s: 1 " 1 . 4 per Cents 3 Per Cent. Navy Ann...shut STOCKS LvELVF. O'CLOCK. Bank L. Ann.....lgi 9-16ths India 8c!nti5,....985. 100 s. pr. Exch. ...Bs. lls.lur. Cons. for Account,.. 77i 'TIG/I WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 4 minutes atter 5. I Evening, 29 minutes atter 5. THE SUN. lOLEM QI IIS nicEße r.u,sum AUDEAT LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, ISI 7. We received this morning the Paris Papers of Sunday last. They give accounts from Lisbon, of the 7th tilt. but contain nothing new regarding the Conspiracy. They merely comprise the De cree of the Government of the 31st of May, and the Order of the Day of Lord BERESFORD, dated the 30th of May, which have been already pub lished, and also a Proclamation issued by the Governors of Portugal, addressed to the inhabi tants of Pernambuco, announcing the orders given for the blockade of their Ports, and exhorting them to return to their allegiance. The following are Extracts " PARIS, JUNE 29.—Yesterday the King gave a private audience to General Prince de Hohenlohe. " M. M. Compte and Dunoyer, authors of the Censeurs who were to be tried before the Tribu .rial of Correctional Police on the sth July, ac cording to an Ordonnance of the .Chamber of Council, have opposed the execution of the Or donnance, and appealed to the Chamber of Accu sation of the Cour Royale. " It is said the King will return from St. Cloud to the Turneries on the sth July, rather sooner than was expected. " The Prince de Talleyrand arrived on the 22d instant at Bordeaux, on his way to the waters of Bar eges. " The depcit of Spanish Refugees, lately estab lished in the llth Division (Bordeaux), has been • transferred to Poitiers. " Literature and science have sustained a great loss in the death of the Count de Choiseul-God her, Peer of nance, Member of the French Aca demy, &c. &c. He went for his health to take the waters at Aix-la-Chapelle, where he died sud denly of apoplexy. " The American squadron at Marseilles sailed from thence the 16th inst. FRENCH FIVE PER CENTS. Saturday, " LYoNs, Jo Na 23.—Joseph Lourd, called Deschamps, convicted of forming part of the armed body at Brignois, having fur its object the overthtow of the Government, and to excite Frenchmen to take up arms against the King's authority, and who was condemned to death by the Prevotal Court, suffered his sentence yester slay morning. Twenty-two persons, accused of similar crimes, are to be tried to-morrow." We received 'New York Pryers this morning, but not of a later date than those of yesterday. " NEWBURY PORT, MAY 27.—An extract of a Letter 'from a Gentleman at Newfoundland to his Friend, in this town, dated May 7, says—` The poverty of this place, and of the whole Island in general, is beyond that of any former time ; there are at present, not less than 3000 souls maintain ed in this place on the charity of the rest, and the bounty of Government. A vessel which arrived at .Bull's Bay was forcibly taken by the mob, and nothing but the interference of the Government, `with the aid of the military, cOuld rescue her from the starving populace. The failure of the harvest last season, and the general stagnation of business since the peace, are the causes of these troubles.' "—(Commercial Advertiser, June 5.) " Captain FRITH, of the schooner Delight, ar rived at New York in 13 days, from Kingston (Jamaica), informs, that the French brig Lazarus, from Havre-de-Grace, bound to St. Domingo, arrived at that port four or ,five days before he sailed, with only her foremast standing : she bad been boarded by a privateer schooner, and robbed of the principal part of her cargo, consist ing of dry goods and jewellery, &c. Alter they had robbed the Lazarus, they cut away her main mast, and ordered her to steer to the Eastward, Which they did for a considerable time, till out of sight of the privateer, and then altered lie. course, and got into Kingston."--(National Intelligencer, June 4.) ADDINGTON, last night, came forward in the House of Commons, and made hispro mised explanation on the subject of theconfine ment of the EvsNses, and that explanation must have been completely satisfactory to all whose minds are not heated by Party feelings. It ap pears that Evatis, on the '2lst of February, sent a Petition, by the hands of the Gaoler, to the Se cretary of State's Office, mentioning to whLf it was to be transmitted, for the purpose of having •it presented to the House of Common 3. The very next morning, however, the Petitioner thought it expedient to desire that it might be sent to Mr. HARMER, his Solicitor, which was done accord ingly. This same Petition, which was at first to have been presented by Lord COCHRANE, was afterwards presented by Mr. BENNETT. One of the allegations therefore, vie. that this Petition had been presented through the proper channel, but bad not been noticed, falls to the ground, since the Petitioner himself withdrew it, no doubt con ceiving that he could have it presented with more effect through a different channel. It appears also that the Prisoner, instead of being denied paper, pens, ink, &c. another of the erroneous charges, had been abundantly supplied with them. It was also alleged that be was confined in such a manner as to endanger his health ; but, .according to the statement of Mr. ADDINGTON, who is not of a character to make false assertions, he was al lowed free room for air and exercise. As to his having been put in irons immediately on his arrival in prison, it was proved to have been the constant usage of the place when persons were sent in under such charges, but that they were immediately taken off by order of the Se cretary of State, the moment that he heard of their having been put on. Another erroneous statement was, that his relations were denied -access to him. This charge also was satisfactorily disproved, and indeed the whole of the charges appear to have been wholly untrue, or grossly exaggerated. Besides in any real grievance the Pri soner had the remedy in his own power, by ad dressing his complaint to the Secretary of State, who would immediately have ordered the Gaoler to he dismissed, if he stood in the stay of_ such appl;cdtion, and should be' found to inflict any wanton severity. The Opposition side of the House,, it seems, indulged themselves in much laughter on hearing the HonourableMember state that the Prisoner had a fine view of the Surrey Bills. Did they think, then, that the Prisoner would have been much less gratified in viewing the beautiful scenes of Nature, than it he bad be held from his window Modern Reformers actively employed in making au equal partition of the Land, according to the Spencean System ! ! ! The 3 per Cent. Consols opened this morning at 761, and rose to 751. The Reduced opened at 771, and rose to 74. India Bonds rose from 105 to 107. It is generally expected the Funds will rise considerably higher. MR. I'ONSONBY.—The latest accounts of this Gentleman state that be is better, but it is by no means likely that he will soon be able to resume his attention to public business. The knowledge, talents, experience, and liberal character of this Gentleman, render him a powerful supporter of Opposition, of which he was indeed to be consi dered as the Leader, since none of the Party were qualified to dispute his pretensions. If Opposi tion were always composed of such characters, the encroachments of Power would always be checked, if ever attempted, and 'Ministers would have the satisfaction of knowing, that they would not be crossed in the career of their duty by petty cavils, frivolous inquiries, peevish objections, and the vexatious pretensions of narrow-minded up start ambition. Mr. WETHERALL.—There has been a report that this Gentleman is about to retire from the Bar. We are assured that it has no foundation whatever. But, no doubt, we may apply the words '.f SHAKSPEARE to some of his Rivals : " Thy wish was father, HARRY, to that thought." Letters have been received direct from Bahia to the 2d of May, at which time every thing re mained tranquil and unaltered. Pernambuco, by the last accounts received at Bahia, continued in possession of the Insurgents ; but, as might be naturally expected, considerable divisions had taken place amongst them. • CITY BuslNass•--Yesterday a Court of Alder men was held at Guildhall, when the Chamber lain and Bridgemasters were sworn into of fice.—John Thomas Thorp, Esq. attended, and was sworn in as Alderman of the llT;ird of Ald gate, tin the room cf Harvey Christian Comte, Esq. resigned,—Frances Desanges, Esq. citizen and dyer, attended and gave bond to take upon himself the office of Sheriff, to which he had - been elected on Midsummer-dev last.—Robert Wilson, Esq. attended and informed this Court, that he had paid into the Chamber his flue, to be excused set ring the office of Sheriff, and intended to petition the Court of Common Council to accept the same, and discharge him from such election, and hoherefore declined giving bond to take upon bitit the office, The Court therefore directed a precept to issue for the election of a Sheriff in his room.—The Raters of the Company of Watermen and Ligl►termen at tended, and were sworn in. Thirty-two bars of gold, weighing upwards of 4000 ounces, were sworn to as foreign, previous to exportation, n. w. BEAUTIES: OF NIASSINGER. obi.and antique song— . .• . /‘lctliuit i .Oit it it id relieve niy paccron mu 'More than -light airs anti recolltseted terms Of these iiiost brisk and giddy-paced times:— , CUele, but one verse. Tree'lth . Night, Act ii. Scene 4. We have announced our intention. to .assign a portion of out liseellany to the productions of the Press, whether.as revival; of worhs ofestablished merit, Or orieffnal .publications of : .the present time. We have alteadv under this head tak,en an ample view of the new tt ambition of : Itar /ENE's, ,considering_it as a very grdat acquis.ltion fo:. the Britkh.Public, and.'w,c shall peti,:eed,. as occasion serves, in noticing a work whic.h (foes so touch honour to theTt anSlat or , ,Dr.vat re o Ns.- 7 --We now dra w th e at I ention of our ii.d.et s to a work (het is calculated to bring into fainiAar notice the high own old sterling. Poets.. 'Vu merits of one of our Mr. WlLLtaat GarFotto ,the public are indebted, in his BAVIAEI and MCEVIAD, for the extinction of a species of . affected Poetry, of what was styled the DELLA CRUSCA SCHOOL, which his vigorous. Muse drove from the confines of Taste, ,never to' return. We are indebted to him also for an admirable Ver sion of JUVENAL, which has passel through two Editions, and is, we find, speedily coining to a third, coupled with a Translation of. ?cams, from the same learned, strong, and act ire pen. But the public are under more obligations to Mr. GiFrottp, for he has given us two Editions of the works of-Uta.aileGEß, whose text he has restored, as far as, it was possible for it to ire restored, by the efforts of learning, sagacity, industry, and pa tience, • and has not only given us a most valuable Edition of the works of RE N JONSON , but has C freC tqfilly vindicated the character of the venerable and injured old Bard from the attacks of contemporary malignity and posthumous ignorance. litit it is time to advert to the work before us. This work comprehends a SELECTION from the works of MASSINGER, intended as a class hook for the use Of &Awls, and for our parlour windows, into which the youth of both sexes may look without the fear of seeing any thing that may outrage mo desty, or taint the imagination. It must-be con fessed that this venerable Dramatist was too often inclined to fall into the loose taste of our ances tors, but as the present work truly says, " the charge is exaggerated ; but even allowing its truth to a certain extent, may .we not ask whe ther SHAKSPEARE is not guilty of a similar fault ? Yet who looks on his immortal works with other feelings than those with which all men of true taste view a naked statue ?" Still, however, we cannot but wish that former times had been more refined, and that we could enjoy the effusions of wit and humour, and rise to the heights of Poetry, without meeting any' thing to excite disgust on the way. Great care.seems to have been taken in . the present SELECTIONS, all of which are arranged under distinct teads, and they afford many pas sages of impressive morality, descriptive force, and poetical beauty. The work indeed; alto gether is a very amusing and instructive MatatiAL, and fully justifies tfie revival of this author's works by Mr. GIFFORD, even without tie coa sideratioo of MassisiGga's great merit as a dra matic writer, in the skilful construction of his plots, the truth ~ad vigour of his sentiments, anti the variety, strength, and accaracy of his cha racters,, in reference to life and nature and the " age and body—form and pressure"—of his time. We therefore particularly recommend this selection of the beauties of an admired Writer to the attention of our younger Readers. The Cita tions are introdaced by a sketch of - the life of MASSINGER, derived, of course, from Mr. GU- I FORD'S valuable and comprehensive introduetitn 1 to the dramatic works of the author. BR! lISH INSTITUTION. The nocturnal Meetings at this place, owing to the liberal kindness of the Governors, has render ed it, on Tuesday evenings, quite the Mart of Fashion. Last night there was a numerous as sewt4lage of the fashionable world, and of well known Artists and Amateurs. It should be men tioned, to the honour of the fair Visitors, that they evidently do not meet for the purpose of mere chit-chat, but direct their eyes to the graphic treasures which surround them ; nor can it be wonderful 'that, as the Rooms contain the produce Lions of RAPHAEL, of REYNOLDS, not his inferior, Considering the scope and intent of their respec tive powers, of the vigorous works of OPI . E, the landscapes of \VILSON and GAINSBotiOUGH, and some admirable remains of HoGARTH, they should attract notice, and rivet attention. We have not sufficiently noticed the works of the late Sir NA THANIEL HOLLAND, whose name of DANCE stood high in the world of Art. His Portrait of GAR- Elm in Richard, which adorns this place, is identical in resemblance, striking in characteristic truth, and is besides a valuable .work of Art. The proprietor, Sir - W, ‘V. WYNNE, it seems, has libe rally signifiell his consent to have a better engrav ing madifrinn it than the old illezzotinto,which by no means renders justice to the admirable original. The fine figitre of ORPHEUS, by the same Artist, is conceived in the true spirit of poetry, and paint ed with force and beauty. We cannot avoid no ticing the, portrait of the late venerable Lord CAMDEN, Whith also does honour to the pencil of this Artist. The two works of DonsoN, an Artist who lived in the time of CHARLES the First, are particularly intitled to the notice of the Colinois sear. It is said that this Artist was in a very low situation, but was drawn from obscurity, and raised Into distinction, by the liberal zeal and con tinued patronage of VANDYKE. We reSitnie our attentibn to this Institution, as it is so grati fyingiti itself, and so honourable to the,genius of departed countrymen, as well as to the taste and patriotism of its enlightened Founders and Patrons. The rapid rise in the Funds since the present favottrite Lottery was contracted for, by adding near ten cent. to the value of the Prizes, has pro portionally increased the value of the Tickets, al though the price of them yet continues at Eigh teen .Guineas. The Drawing will coothamee on IVednesday, the 9th instant, before which G. CARROLL. trusts his Fiends will f.your him with their commands, at his old-established Officcs,• 7, Cornhill, and_ 26, Oxford -street, where No. 7,735, the last Prize of 30,000/. was - , sold in Shares.. s. [ n NtV. Et(TRACT 01 , A LEVIER FROM THR Aa%NT :O LLOYD'S . .Vi' LISBON, DATES) JUNE 18. " The Asia Grant ;3. from 13a'ngal and . Rio Ja— neiro, which arrivetl here 10th itrst., wPi‘.attrielt . ed on the sth Hem, about 0 leagues coast, by an Insurgent, PriviateA;r,'ship rigged, and t,iei . ced for 20 gun s , which he fortimately heat . off, al thotigh:she was sail to be manned 1:10 140 men. When Cie ships ; met, the privateer hoistid American colours, and afterwards consisting, of, hiue, ; and Hoe. script, ; she sent ia• boat with dfficers .to examine Cie .esict Grafit:e's papas,, and subs.equently. ordered the Captain and papers on bfiarct the „riyateer, and atter permitting die Captain to return to his ship, separated.; but in the night came down-again, and helnre daylight ran close to the Asia Grande and. ordereditertobeave-to„, and attempted to,board., which was prevented, and an .action, ensued, ,the result. of, which ,was the preservation of die //aid Grainte and her vainahle cargo." DEAL, JULY I.—Arrived, and nailed for the River, the Peter Ellis, JOHNSON, 11'001 New York ; Bus:iris, FRANKLIN, from St. Lucia ; llelena r BATH GATE, from ,Montserrat; and the Success, from Jam*a. Passed through the Downs, for Philadelphia, the Bubona, .GARBUL, flOlll Am sterdam. . , ,PLY MOUTH, JUNE 30. --.Arrived the Ann' Akv art, from Gibraltar, and is underquHrantince. FALMOUTH, JUNE 29.--Ari•ibed the Thomsts., BRAITHWAIT, from London for:Quebec, and the Lady Melville packet with a mail from Lisbon, iti ten days. . HARWICH, JULY I.—Artived the AutklanA packet with a mail from Cuxhaven. TO THE EDITOR OF THn SUN. SlR—Oliserving in some of the Public Papers Of Saturday last, that the Parliamentary Report upon Mr. EvAties Petition contained a remark of -Mr. H. ADbINGTOI4'S on my thanks to Lord SID MOUTH, I shall feel myself obliged if you will do me the favour to insert my Letter to his Lordship, and the Answer thereto, that my friends may not misjudge my principles and conduct, which I desirous to be regulated by consistency on -all oc casions, as I am equally desirous to do justice tc. every individual, however high or low their sta tion, or of whatever party they may be. I pro fess myself to have been a Spencean pist, _therefore a friend to truth and the human race, and think every person entitled . tu my &Into; who are inclined to leSsen the asperities of power; or the anxieties' of the 110 m an. I atn, Sir, yoUr most obedittft Servant, • No. 5.1, Wych-street, June 30, 1917. JS. WATSON. (COPY.) • TO VtSCOUNT LORD SIDNIOUTI-T. MY LORD—.t variety of manuscript papers budonging; to me having been taken possession of by the Police Officers, when they entered my son's apartment in Hyde-street, anti Mr. Stall - old doing the sonic whea Le took me tutu eust cdy,l gitall be obliged if your Lordship 1611 have the goodness to coovey my request to the l'rky Umet% that they will direet die same. to he restored to my possession. I make the sonic request for the oitiries detoineil,l under stand, by orders front 6overnmcat, belonging to me, aU which 1 bad luiltished to my son, which, I an t informed, aro in the Warehouses of the Ciranland Dock. I beg leave to take this opportunity to return your Lord ship my sincere thanks for the :ittertion is en to toy curious requests thiring my coniiinunent in the Tower. I am, toy Lord, your Lordship's ohtt ient Servant, 34, Wry - eh-street, June 18, 1817.. JS. WATSON. (cort.) - • TO MR. JAMES WATSON, 54, Wych-street. Whitehall, June 19, 1317. Slit—l ant directed by Lord Sidm Uni.l to acknowie4e the receipt of your letter of the 15th instant, which was deliver ed this morning, and to assure you, that every part of the request coutailied in it shall, as tout' us possible, be com plied With. I am, Sir, your most obedient humble SOtani, J. H. ADDINGTON. ENGLISH OPEHA.—The Lady who performed Polly in The Beggar's Opera, last night appeared as Mandane in Artaxerxes. Her name is BuGcm, We wish that her name were as melodious as her tones, though " a Bose lay any other name would smell as sweet." Her voice is good, and she sings with skill. Her tutor is Mr. HottN, whose own merit in ../rbaces spews how well qualified he is kw instruct. She was well tacciveci, and appeared to more advantage. The whimsical Operala of My Uncle, and the grand Action, Don Juan, also went off with success. l~tt:cu oar.--Flee following we arc assured is an authentic statement of the accident which recently happened at this place :—On Thursday last three Gentlemen, Captain CIIALCRAFT. of the Ist Life Guards, Mr. 13CiDDOCK, of the 7th, and Mr: taosE, of the University of Cambtidge ; Met wittx rather a serious accident they were driving round the Steyne in a curriele with a pair of fiery bloods in the carriage, when the horses, by so4ne accident, became unmanageable, and dashed ott with furious speed, and coming in contact with one of the corners of Dar:ALDsoN's Library, Captain C. vas dashed out with such violence to fracture his leg ; Mr. ituDnoct( leaped out, but cut his knee in a dreadful manner ; Mr. Ard 'lncise sat still till the horses, approaching the Cliff, ran over the leading horses of a waggon, when he made his escape behind, and was per , fectly unhurt. Mr. Ruupticm and Captain CLIAL4 CRAFT are doing well. NAVAL, ViRTY.---- , Tne Captain of a Greek vessel, and his crew, astonished the inhabitants of Mar - - seilles' a few days since, by carrying the cargo o , t their stir' esset, consisting of rice, to the market , place, an stributing it gratis to the iyOor, may easil) supposed that their customers inA creased - hoe I, when the circumstance was made known ; and t.tveral other cargoes might have beet speedily dispGsed of on the same terms. 'Phis act of charity end munificence on the part of these humble, tint worthy individuals, while it does them treat honour, exhibits in a striking turtuner" the influence of the Christian These poor men were caught itt a drreciliti storm in t Mediterranean ; am! having betoken thentseives tci prayer, according to the forms of the Greek church. they made a %ow to give their cargo to the poor, if Providence should he pleased to spare their yes , set and their lives, for the sake of their wines ind families. 'lite storm abated, and they gained Marseilles hi safety, where they rigidly perform• ed their vowe