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London, England, 1808-10-08 00:00:00

FABLE.

Amor* (Grad Duke ofTrrrs,lvauis, Laving heard much
in praise of Elisars, daughter to the Sovereign 01 Bulgaria,
send* Ornald, his confidential friend, to snake proposals of
marriage is btu name.
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thwe-id has no accomplished but ambitious sister, named
Mica, who has never Met: seen by illwarie. Oswald sends
home the picture of lea foster, instead of that of the Princes
Alisstra, to his anaster, who becomes enamoured of the por-
trait, rod seeds War.* to his treacherous (timid to hasten
the tuarriage. Ostoold emielesies his usgociatiou, and de-
parts from Ifulpria with the Priticess, but by a pretended
rencoutte math a iVallathrim banditti, be puts to death all
those of I:tisanes retinue aho had men lier fare, it haviug
been the custom for ladies in Bul,taria to appear always
veiled in public ; and leaving the Princess to the care of two
ruffians, in a ruined palace in the Forest of Hermanstadt, he
decks his sister with the royal ornaments and dress, and car-
roty her towards the Court, under the assumed title of Princess
Balgaria.
The true Maass having succeeded in softening the hearts
of 100 ferocious guards, sad essaying (rum their intentions of
murdering her, lads shelter is a little Ms um the burden of
the forest. To this Lode sliwarw Wino Usiess, the
pretended Princess, bating met her in be plogress towards
his capital. Oswald and L'lrice are disisiaytd at seeing their
victim, mod by their threats and artifices prevent the affright-
ed Princess from discoveria4 She experiences a vari-
ety of adventures while thus situated, and particularly at-
tracts the notice of :Remo, who already begins to dis-
like the haughty medtur,s of sad to wish he Lad out
so hastily been fascinated by WI picture. In the mean
time, Zan:dams, one of Edition's escort (a Dislikes** and a
friend of her father, the Bulgarian King), having escaped the
fate of the Waiter's, other attendants, arrives, on his way to
Hermmistadt, at the inn, recogaissa his Sovereign's daugh-
ter under her disguise, sad having Weird Ossualers COO-
Gdalli (Ka, k) to coatis, part of hie caste's villainy, Le
throws himself at Mienrie's feet, wad amen &wed and
[Unica. die testionoay is set at Arse believed, till two rut.
liana, who were to have dispatched Shiers, are bresght iu
*ippon of it, awl a diamond etc meat, which Urns bares
aethereettaii tueves=imeret soma by Slerrsee, aid produces an
info real Princess. The con-
spirators are peikhest=leitsserit is suited to Elitura.
The nada eismteatity of the beekeeper, Bead, his wife
Gerlredttawil Oda yrs Alias% farms the lighter pail of the
piece. Aims, origasiag Deers to be one of his own reek
in life, losbes loft to her, aid assists, innocently, in adding
to the esibeeresepstats she is perpetually thrown Mtn, by the
novelty awl 4boyer of her disgnised situation.
This piece to Mr. SILLPFINOTON'S play of The
Mysterious Bride, compressed into two acts, with
the adventitious aid of pretty and appropriate
tuusic, some pantomimic action, and every assist-
ance of the Managers and decoriq ; awl, • stn the
exception or Mr. and Mrs. IL Slithgtitt. teas better
performed than at Drury-lane Theatre. It was
heard throughout with much attention.

Yesterday morning lb. MAJEsTY, the Duke of
KENT, Princesses SOPHIA, AUGUSTA, and AMELIA,'
accompanied by Lady Hulce, General FITZROY,
and Colonel Tar toa, rode in Windom Great Park,
and returned at twelve.
The Queen and Princess ELIZABETH took an
airing to Frogmore, ate.
The Puke of Ciosnainak was yesterdayinorn-..
Mg on a shooting party, in Richmond Park.
Mrs. Grooves is performing at Liverpool. This
actress should he ahrsys attached to the London
boards, as a comic actress of superior merit.
The Opera of two acts, written by time late Mr.
TOBIN, and which, by his express desire, was to be
set to music by Mr. Sumas, according to reports:
was lost in the ruins of Covent Garden Theatre.
A few evenings since, Kitten, of the Circus, rem
ceived a severe wound on the hand from a broad-
sword, while engaged in a stage coinba!, and his
arm is at present in a useless state.
The Countess of Gt7II.FOAD came to town, last
night, from Windilrilon, to Sir Feast ts BUR-
DETT'S house, in Piccadilly.—Mr. HORNS TOOKE.
was nearly in the same state as the day before, ut
the tine her Ladyship left Wiinhlcdon.
The Earl and Countess of ESSEX arrived, last
evening, at their house in Hill-street, from Casino-
bury.
Mr. 11. JbHItsTOH, we understand, does not re-
turn to the Dublin Theatre. Mr. liotwsts
suines his situation of Manager, and the new en-
gagements are, Mr. Linv is, junior, and Mr. lit D•
DI ST.

Mr. MAZZINGIII ii employed on a serious
Opera of Mr. ItEt s, for ti.e Covent-
Garden Company.
Vissountess SUDI.BY had a seleeteard-party, last
e her house iii Dover street.
Then Countess DowagerSPENcsm is expected in
town, next week, from her seat near St. Alban's.

The Duke of MONTROSE is daily expected at his
house, in Grosvenor-square, from Scotland.
The Hon. Mr. WARD is preparing to leave town,
for Portugal.
His Royal Highness Momstcus arrived, yester-
day, at his house in South AuiHey-street, from
Gosfield.
Mr. Justice MAYNE is arrived in town from
Ireland.
The Countess of Airr.Estuaw is expected next
week at her house in Seytnour-place, from Wilt-
shire.

The licenses of Vauxhall, Astley's Amphitheatre,
and the Royal Circus, were rime...ell yesterday.
Mr. and Miss HOLMAN were to take leave of the
Shrewsbury Theatre, on Wednesday list. Mr.
HOLMAN was to play Akrender and Petrnehie, and
Miss HOLMAN Stearn, to bur father's Alerander.-0.
The perforinances were for her own benefit.

.. is erment that FAL4POX and the Arra- -
MO-ruing. The performances were for her own benefit. and-
DIA a • eidMiTal/re.;ct; end tto
seder his command may harass him, and The Streatham, Captain Dst.s, outward-bound, Last week his Highness the Duke of Clt.oti- performances altogether were as creditable to the
tender such an operation very difficult. In Cute- arrived at Rio Janeim, the 17th July last, having mute paid a visit to Mr. asd MIS. CHAMP- taste and judgment of the Directors, as flattering
lour, we ree, too, that at various places on the sprat er foremast no badly that it could not be NET*. at tpreberdieigh, where, after viewing the to the talents employed. The bend was the large-t
t fis at sea. Captain ALE hoped shouldbe beatifies of that charming place, he was entertained
"'tot.. between Gerona and Barcelona, the French fishD he ever assembled in that town, and consisted of near
hue bees attacked, and driven with I as well ale to proceed to sea by the 25th July.. at dinnerinu style of superior elegance, and
withafter- two hundred performers. the whale lad by Mr. Ca.
k 1.5 iliegnme, from their
positions. If
we The Streatheas left Iles MAJEWTV ship Leopard, wards returned to Bath.
.much. gratified the HER. The town of Birmingham is represented :
tilt the Spanish narratives, may crc- and the following shps, on the 10th July, reception he met from his worthy 110=t and hostess. extremely„ ull of company. Among the most dis-
aml wc.see no reason to Earl St. riseelli, Capt. *MASON ; Bengal, Capt. At the Ordinary at Oswestry races, last week, a tra :
utuisheJoare, the Marquis of lILRTFORD ; Lath
9161'6°3 their authenticity, whatever exaggerated Smart: ; Jaw. Ilwehess of Garden. Cansaott ; gentleman, well known in the sporting woad. un- of AyLgarDaD, WAawics, and
dertook„ for the trifling sum of seven shilling`, to CaAyEa ; Vi.count Duut.tir and WARD; Lords
accounts NAPOLKON may publish of the success of Harriett, wcu; liaddart, NtssErr.
his arms in Catalonia, his hold of that province con- The 14w19 Jose Dwattrrs, EERFuItD; parted com- eat three quarts of custard in theshort space of two WlLL.m.insy DC Uanalt, BRADFORD, and Cat.
minutes, which be performed, with apparent ease. 'THORPE; Sir CHIA Rt.'s SI/anat:sT; end ethers of
bhii solely in the 'ant on the Ist June, and the Indus, 'Wta.Twww.
• .vunte:svion of Moutitiy, and on the 23d. in IQ seconds under the given time. fashion aud distiLstion.

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POUCH.

isClLDnat.t., oCT.
ASP:Ai .
sksr, musicatinstrumeut maker, Cornhill, was
charged with e tttttt nit.oig • violent assault on nerd.'" per-
UMW, shop-kespas, in Long-lane, last night.
Griffiths stated, that W kept ',cook's shop, in Long-
time. Last night, about tea o'clock, he heard is noise of a
stick running across his shop-windows ; he thought souse
of the glans had been broken. He weiit into the street, and
asked the Preitlller why be had endangered his windows
/lc replied, fin fun, and he would do it again ; their braw
dished a stick of Herculean size, performed the same
operation on the windows, and produced the same kind of
mune. The Winless gild; told him, if he did nut desist, he
would apply his foot Cu a errtain part, where there would
not he auv Ammer of breakiwt hones—the Prisoner imme-
diately lifted up his bludgeon and struck him. The Wit-
ness's wife ranse one, aiiil be gave her a taste also of his
shilltlu --His next door neightiOur, Mr. Keefe, a haket,Taene
out, awl observed that the Prisoner had u; .l his window
in the same say. The Prisoner immediately struck him—
his wife rain: out, sad she received a blow from the stick,
which rut her forehead in a desperate manner. The Pri-
soner still euntioued striking every person he could get at.
gibe watchmen were afraid to go near I At lad a
;entlemaii rushed on him, and by his superior strialgth
overpowered him, and 'lodged hie. in the watch-house.
Kerte, hie wife, and setei al other persons, corrobo-
rairil the 'above tiratimonv.
The Pristmer, in Ids defiaire, said, that be thought the
If aortas were the awressms; he was a little flushed with
wine, found himself surrounded by a number of persons, and
le wing cousideratile property) shout him, did make use of
his stick to extricate himself lie lost his watch, hat, and
stick in the scabies
A Qesker Gentleman said, he came up after the affray,
bad from what he could learn trim the tfitunses, they
were to blame io the Milt instance, and the firstlfitness was
m a state of iutioxiestion.
The Coostable of the Watch declared that the first \fit-
ness, and every one of the wiier IVituessts, were perfectly
A Gentleman then canoe forward, and stated, that lie was
lac person who seemed the Primmer at the risk of his life ;
he tired sixty yards front the "place where the affray 'hap-
pened. The conduct of the Prisuoer was so outrageous, that
it brought him out of his house ; he was atritiag every one
emend him, sod, front the site of the stick, he was afraid he
•tnight commit murder ; it was with some difficulty that lie
could arcure him.—He was astnuished that any Gentleman,
in the garb of a Quaker, would come into a Court of J uatice,
and speak abet was not truth. None of the pedant that hail
b.vo Minted were the least intoxicated, fur persons iri
einattiusts of lift, moat ltsidd hear better cliatactersowthey
list ken housekeepers (WV a length of time, and were highly
ouspected is thriv usigithauchrmd. The Quaker Gentknian
• tame op al* tiro Array was over, sad, by an improper later-
Illikacia, was awls agitating the affray anew.
The Worthy Al so mimeo,' said, he ism ferry earl stir-
' riled to see • Gentleman, la the station of life the Prisoner
was, broviss before Wawa so disgaruftil a charge • a person
w/hu assitt to be the preserver instead of the breaker of the
ruler. Ile would advise him to try to make it up with the
Pr weldor", by giving them wow compenindion, if they
would he satisfied with that kind of atonement ; if not, it
would he his Maly to hind him awes to Mite his trial at the
'ffivadans, and if it caste before a Joey of his coaatryinen, the
Court would be more severe on him than they would au an
ignorant person, Übe Unsegregated with a full knowledge of
the extort of the afflict.
The Prosecutors were satisfied to. compromise the matter,
sad went old of Court and adjusted It, when the Prisoner was
ditehargeil. •0•1•STIllr ET.
Y. sti rday, flew:6 Pommes Wokowato, roma tlw oldest.pick-
pockets shout town, was limelight Irefore J. Y e acs, Emit the
Bitting ktvgialtitte, nn a eharge of tolibiug Jasipes of
his watch. The Prosecutor, who is a piddlean in Long
Acre, was returning home, on Tisunsday aright, about twelve
o'clock, through 'Shire-lase, Temple Bar, accompeated by
his nth, when the Prisoner eatf• ether istea,•wisti were
la company with hint, assaulted him, 'aad in the sniffle he
last his wands ; the Prisoner, erbota be had seised at the
int onset, was rescued from hing,•afiti, with his two cons.
plaises, ietreated into an oysterithop on the spot, the door
of which was immediately abet against Cook and his wife,
aho in rant applied to a watchman to obtain cuitince
and secure the robbers ; while Cook was gone to frt. h au
(Writer, leaving bus wife to watch the house, two of the
villains left it, hot just as he regathell,Towiread, one of the
How-street outvote, came by, m01'11164614 op°. barflig
mittance into the house, took the Prisoner into custody.
'Etie inasit r and mistress of the 'orkilleasebtat behaved ex-
Windy ill to the Prosecutor int MS wife, std abound
entry ditto...4oa to conceal the relllifis:"
The snasterappenrcil befwie the Mashildste, arid-was se.
thrtly rem intended for his had rollitott?'" :
The Prisoner was cusuniitte4 far the liigheray gobbevy.
He is hut lately returned from Bilearillep, wines its bad
been for several years,• as a convict, for
ea *Was ellence in
the cuanty of Derlee
islgineelffsmseta
Last Wednesday night, a fishing. smack was run
down by an iiiikiiown vessel, oil Rye, awl imme-
diately after milk; but the hands on board were
fortunately picked ul, by a haiku% bout, that wit-
nessed, the disaster.
Dr. Catca roti, who went out sonie•l•onrc n,"els to
Peterslnirgh, at the request of Flie llstiteatAL MA-
JESTY, and who has sines. acted as Physician to the
Court,. is said to be on his way home. It is not
improbable that CAUMINCoURT has insist's' upon
his dismissal, and that the LisrEatia was reduced
• to such a state of abject submission to his will, as
to be incapable of resisting thisinsultingdemnoil.
I)urini: lust week a considerable quantity of
snow fill in the counties of Derby and Cumbet--
land. It was a severe frost at the saint time in
Lancashire ; ice of a considerable thickness was
teen.

Avery singular and highlyWrirereating experi.
• sant to the public, is trying by Mr. Hirm, who
resides near Laiicaster:—lie got in an early crop
of barley ski., grummet., which, from its sowing to
getting in, IV:I. nniv ~!veti weeks. He ploughed
the land on wivrit it grew with all possible speed,
and then soweti the same with barley again, and it
bail, within these few dor, the appearance of a very

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excellent crop.
Saturday last, a girl of the name of Solent*
WEAVER, about 6 or 7 years of 'age, who had gone
into the fields at I /ownside, nr the parish of Rock-
well, Soineretehire, to pick blackhernes, was missed
by her parents. A diligent search was made after
her, by several of the iiinglitxmra, till LI o'clock at
night. without effect. In the course of their search,
they round a deep pit, covered user with brambles
and long grass, from which, many years since, lead-
ore had hero extracted, and to which they were led
by the barking of a dog belonging to the father of
the child. The grass, it appeared, had recently
been trampled upon ; but the lateness of the even-
ing deterred those who were in search of her from
descending. lu the 'morning. however, they re-
. turned, and two men were let down with ropes;
when, to their great astonishment, the child was
found in one of the lanes leading from the pit,
standing upright and free fmin letting, excepting
the little hurt she had received in scratched
with the brwiubles. The presioratign of the child
was still more remarkable also, is her having retired
: into the lane, as the men in their descent rolled
• down several large fragments of the rock, which
must otherwise have inevitahly,deslied herto pieces.
She remained 14 holstein:low pit.. Its depth is up-
Wald.) of 100 feet. •

POETRY.

THE CaNTRAST.

Extract from a Poem, includiug comparative views of Bri•
fain, Spain, and France, at the present moment. By
S. G. PRATT, Ell4l.
Foil many a blood-stain'al year its course had run
Ere men diviu'd from whence their wrung. begun:
By turns Owned, &alerted, sedued, caress'd.
Flatter'd, cajoled, corrupted, and oppress'il
With specious sheers of Freedom mew ainur'd,
And now with real Slavery albua'al :
Falsehood, ambition, .1-spit e-, all their alto ;
Th' assassin masted beneath the liero's name !
The solemn treaty, and the banquet gay,
Insidious each, as each might best betray ;
The cheated world enstiar'd by' an embrace,
To fix its axis on an upstart race ;
Empire on empire hurled, and throne on throne,
By robbers, bent to make that world their own ;
Till kingdom after kingdom sweltd their pun's,
And privileg'd the Monsters to devour !
But, broad and general while the ruin spread,
One grierons nation ruse, as from the dead;
Vets from its ashes, as by heav'n's command,
In fire it rose, the Orem of the land '
Yet, ah ! it was not the tierce meteor's glare,
That burns awhile, then dissipates in air ;
'Twee not the maddening ferment of en hour,
Nor meaner struggle fur a change of power ;
'Tway not a sordid, mercenary race,
That move to battle with a hireling's pace ;
Nur the phoned contest that from party springs,
New partial strife of vet inferior things ;
Nov yet the multitudes unlicened rage,
That fur vile gold on either side engage
No; 'twas the innenet, which all Nature draws
T. one supreme and univereal cause,
That touches at a chummed points, the heart,
Wakes as to bliss or agonising *mart ;
That rocks the cradle w heed eur infinite lie,
Throbs in each pulse, sad breathes is eery sigh ;
That guards the dwellings whore our loves reside.,
The father's transports, and the matron's pride;
And in the forms of parent, child, or wife,
Endears the sweet affinities of life.
Yea, 't was the attraction which, wherc'erare roam,
True as the polar needle, points to flout;
All that can bind us to this world uf ears.
Chief wince of eery joy, of ev'rr pray'r ;
Nay, all that soars teepee this mortal span,
• Avid lifts the nobler hope.' of favour'd man—
Oh ! 't was the magnet, abme earth's courted,
Which to sublimer regions draws the soul ;
Ascends, wide forte divine, the blest abode,
And, finding there its centre, joints to Grin !
What tho' of no avail the potent law
Which thus from earth to Hesen, from man to God, can
draw ;
What the' renonned, disdain'd, by thee arch foe,
Natalies thread peat, who seer its force can know ;
See how it rashes thro' each swelling vein,
Filled with the blood of glory--breathing Spain !
See how it kindles Into gen' roes dame,
Mod eery hero arms far more than fame !
With speed of thmight to each congenial abort,
As if a seriph., wing'd, the tidings bore,
Flies Ile• electric spark unasumber'd ways,
Speeds as it moves, nod gathers to a blaze !
The brine Galficians catch the holy fire ;
Astoria, Murcia, Arragon, respire ;
F.stremailura, Lew, Biscay, join,
And, prostrate anthems, as by breath divine,
Leap into form, like stoma in the hum
When anarchy uhey'd tb' Almighty power ;
When, from confusims, beauteous order sprang,
And the harmonious spheres with plaudits rung.
Ye virtue-prov'd sad heav'n.appointed heat,
The world's new wonder, and your coautry'e boast,
To you the high-plumed gluey is soaped,
To give the proud example to mankind.
In hum like these, when foul Corruption's art
Has ply'd with balky bribes the struggling heart;
When oft' the trusted soldier has bees stained,
Whole armies sacrific'd, and empires drained ;
When ',amain heroes bare to ruffians grown,
And sold at once their country and the crown
In treacherous tunes like these, it's yunr's to thew
The sta'esman'e wisdom, and the e arrive', glow ;
Thr stern disdain of interest, and of sway,
And all that kids the yielding mind astray ;
Brave, win., and loyal, generous and just,
You hold the reins uf goverummit iii trust;
TIN) pried to fill e'en a deserted throne,
But make a captive prince's wow; your own,
Myriads faithful subjects to
His rightful require and defrauded power,
Your stets, }antr deughteir, het one pious aim,
And pant to 'share hereditary fame ;
Ertl their descent from an unconquer'd train,
Or them who row more glorious from the chain.
Yes, ye rrinember what yonr records tell,
%%lien the proud legions with Sempronius fell :
%that then was Spain let the fierce Mour declare,
\Oben great Pelagin led his troops to war;
I.usitanin'a heroes took the field,
W Nile vanquisli'd thousands to their prowess yield ;
When th' imperial mistress of the world
San his choice cohorts in confusion la artd ;
When her two Scipirom, dreadful in their ought.
And Asdrubal but ill mobilized the fight ;
When from the walls of was sought
Tb' expectrdtriumph,wieh no conquest bought ;
Ventilate wanquish'd, and in chains appeaeal,
And Christian banners acre by Christians reared
Frond Rome ! thy eagle dropp'd the tuw'ring crest,
And e'en thy Hannibal was sore oppress'd ;
Thy bribes, thy arts, thy arms, were 4/11 withstood,
Ard thy a maths staiii'd with the republic's blood.
Spirit august of latritanies chief,
Great Vitiates, fared for prompt relief,
Spain's brave deliverer! from the skies look down
On a loved amatory, and a cause thy owe.
Oh, may the nierery of thy deeds sublime,
That rise triumphant e'er the wrecks of tune,
Still breathe a portion uf thy godlike fire,
And that iiiiperirhable glow iuspin.,
Whose chaplet looks more fair, as aye roll,
To deck the warrior, whose undaunted soul,
Whose heed, hand, heart, and long.endairoi; toil,
l'herish'il the laurel, but contemned the spud;
Still prudent, tho' magnanimously brave,
Courted the virtue's wreath, or captives grave ;
Sparn'ot mad Ambition's false and wild applause,
And raied his standard in a rielitcons cause;
Ardent to reap the harvest of the field,
The first to cumliat, but the Iwo to yield ;
'I be Mot to hope the bloody fray would cense,
Embrace the foe, amid Mess the laud with pen-s;
Charred by Be effect, forget the cause of shale,
And, prompt to aid the nrontnities of life,
Improve each grace of natare and of art,
Exalt the genius, and refine the heart.

Stafford races commence on Tuesday next, the
till instant. For the gold cup, of the value of 100
guineas, to be run fur on the first day, nine capital
horses are named, and five for the three-year old
stakes on the same day.—For the purse of 50 gui-
neas, en 11'ednesday, with 10 guineas for the se-
cond, a great number of horses are expected ; and
ten are named for the CiivalryStake4.—On l'hurs-
dar the handicap plate of 501., added to a sweep-
stakes of 5 guineas each, with 10 guineas for the
second, is expected to produce snitch sport. A
great deal of money has already beea hazarded on
the Hunters' Stakes of to guirs each (17 sub-
scribers), also to be run for osv Thursday. Tnero
will be a great,•r uniuber of good horses at these
races than have been seen at Stafford fur half a
ceutury.