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London, England, 1803-01-26 00:00:00

THEATRICAL INTELLIGENCE.

Mrs. JORDAN being prevented from pia% irg by
the illness of one of her children,
Mrs. e Loy
rzformed the character of the Widow Bclinour, in
Mr. Murphy's pleasant Comedy of the Way to Keep
Him, and did it ample justice. This Lady's Comedy
is obviously so superior to her Tragedy, that we
wonder the Managers do not see the difference be-
tween the two, and confine her to that walk of the
Drama, in which she appears to so much advantage
ui She reminds us of A sGrosi, and cannot faiito
make her way, with credit to herself, and advantage
to the Theatre.

The following private letters appeared in a Paper
of last night.

HAGUE, JAN. 21.

On the 19th instant, Citizen Szstortott. Le, Am-
bassador from the French Republic, presented to
our Government, in the name of that of France, a
'Note of Remonstrance against the proposed conver-
sion of the financial rescriptions, payable eight
months after the peace, into perpetual annuities.—
The French Government disapproves the measure
exceedingly; and insists, that the Batavian Go-
vernment shall fulfil its engagements to the holders
of the rescriptions. The Batavian Ambassador,
at Paris, had, before this measure was publicly pro-
posed, sent notice, that it would not be dissatis-
factory to the French Government. The French
three'tory, when in power, had taken two millions
of those rescriptions at 23 per cent, Those have
been lately withdrawn, and sold on the Exchange
at Amsterdam. Having lain for some rars in the
desk, they were particularly known, when produced,
Isy the freshness of the paper.
It is understood, that Mr. Vies had made some
mistake in regard to the answer of the French Mi-
nister. The rescriptions are now rising in value.—
They have been sold, siace the note was presented,
at from 66 to 67 per Cent —The house of BosK
at Amsterdam, had ostlers (on the very day on
which the Note was presented), from the House of
IfoonzatiosvtN and Co. at Paris, to make pur-
chases of the Stock to. a large amount. It is pretty
well known for what prsons in Paris those purchases
were made. _

We have information from Brussels, that all the
ckmi-brigades of the French infantry, both light
infantry and troops of the line, are to be completed
to tire number of 2,800 men each, by a tonn-ription.
The regiment of cavalry
Sand dragoons are to be
wised each to 600 men : the horse chasseurs and
hussar regiments. to 800 men each. The corps of
cavalry and infantry of the FIRST Corsut's guard
will also be reinforced with an addition of 600 men.
There is a great activity of manufactere now ping
an in the cannon founderies and the arsenals at..
Douai, Metz, and Strasburgh. The Minister of
War has given orders, in all the Belgic departments,
to raise as many recruits as possible for the colonies.

Wlajrr-General LVZNOX presided at the late Quar-
ter Sessions for the city of Chichester.
It has been stated that Mr. Prrr, on the last
Birth-day, was not distinguished w4h a royal smile
—a time there was, w:len Mr. PITT'S own smile was
more an objca of ambition than that even of Royal-
ty itself.

The Earl of I)w:omit moan, in preventing the
proclamation of martial law. in di.: counties orwA.
=ford and Tippera: y, by his personal and spirited
exertions, {leservos the warrru:st thanks of his cone-
n-ys and if other Noblemen :nut Gentlemen were to
fellow so laudable an esaruple, their efforts would
save that part of the United Kingdom from all the.
horrors of a m Glary reFsrm
Mr. KENIIILE, on his return from Spain, is or-
pected to have added so stror,, a somhre cast to his
serion; countenance, that all his admirers long to
sec him in the Grare-dii(zAr Iffnr.
The Due de BERkYp the Earl and Countess of
BUCHAN, Countesses of BALr:ARRAS and Lotr.,.x,
with many other p:rsor.s of distinaisn, graced -
maxi's Concert, on the I.lth inst. at Edinburi;!-:,
with their presence.
Lord INVERUILV has been very active in end .a-
souring to recover property plundered from a wreck,
at Rattery-Head, on the coast of Scotland; one
man, charged with that offence, has been sent to
Aberdeen gaol.
Mr. Cot Nr apes new Comedy has been read in the
Green Room of Covent-garden Theatre. CooKE
Ass a part in it .admirably adapted to his talents and
manners. The Piece is said to possess uncommon
merit, and to abound in interest. It is not yet
The new Play, announced under the title of The
nether/3 Hero, is an Historical Piece, founded on
the story of Sir WILLIAM WALLACE. It is written
on the model of Cot stAN'S Batik of Hexham. We
have heard it ascribed to Mr. H. SiDDCISS.

Mrs. JORDAN'S eldest daughter, We are sorry to
learn, continues in a very doubtful state, Mr.
lioLcaorr's comedy, therefore, waits in suspence.
Mrs. JORDAN plays one of the principal characters
m it.
Mr. GRIMALDI, the whimsical Clown of Drury-
-I.ane, is so far recovered from his late serious in-
disposition, as to be enabled to resume his profes-
sional drolleries.
The new Othello, at Covent-garden Theatre, was
hisled by some private enemies' but the favour of
the public will, we hope, make him Cordele of it.
We lately observed that a veteran Duke, with
whom Dv. Atom is said to have dined, wanted no
other apparatus than a pair of bright eyes to an•mate
Isis Grace, and a late amourous adventure justifies our
observation.
Lieut. Ctorrost, of the 24th Regiment, was the
officer lately robbed and ill-treated on his way to
town from Woolwich.
We are informed by. a Morning Paper, that
Tommy MOORR is preparing a piece for the press,
which is to be read at the next meeting of the Blue-
Stocking Choi. This information we have every
reason to think erroneous; and we hope it is not the
effect of malice or envy, that a Gentleman of super-
lative genius is distinguished by sti. diminutive a
Title. I'se, if that is alluded to, cannot constitute
genius or respectability.
The following seven sail of the line, of 74 guns
each, are to have arrived on the Jamaica sta-
tion, to reinforce the squadron under the command
of Rear Admiral Sir J. T. Duccwoßrn :
Cumber,and, Theieus, Be lerophon, Vanguald, Elephant,
Cr.,Lahi Cringes.
It s settled that in future the Packets from
tnaica are to call at Crooked island, with a Mail for
Bermuda and the Bahama Islands.

ORIGINAL POETRY.

THE CREATION OF EVE.
(F-ararted 6q permisiod, from Dr. D.tßwilec TEmrte t)
NATURE, wh.ei ail! he pithlish.cd ui u few Ddr.)

" How short the span of Life! some hours poestes'd,
Warm but to coel, and active but to rest
The age-worn fihrt.s guadiel to contract,
BY repent:on pakied, cease to act;
When Time's cold hands the languid senses seize,
Chill the dull nerves, the lingering currents freeze;
Oteaiiic matter, unreclainfd by lade,
Reverts to elements by chemic strife.
Thus Heat evol it'd from some fermenting mass
F. \lianas the km/ll:rig atoms into pi;
Which sick ere long iii cold concentric rings,
Condensed, of Gravity's descending wings.
" But Reproduction with ethereal fires
Naw Life rekindles, ere the first expires;
('all's up reoascent Youth, ere tottering age
Quits the dull scene, and gives hint to the stage;
Bills on hit cheek the rase of beauty Wow,•
And binds the wreaths of pleasures round his brow ;
With finer links the •441 chain extends,
And the long line of Being never ends. •
" Self-moving Engines by imbending 'rives
May walk on earth, or flap their mimic wines;
In tubes of gists me-curial eralunins ri.e,
Or sink, ihailient to the incumbent skies;
Or, as they touch the figured :sale, repeat
Tne trice gradations of circiimfluent heat.
But Raproductiou; when the perfect Elf.
For ins from fine glands another like it:elf,
Gives tile true character ref life wet setae,
Anil parts the ereaaie from the chemic Ens —.
Where milder skies protein the nascent ',moil,
And earth's warm bosom yields salubrious ford;
Each new Descendant with superior powers
Of sense and motion seVetiS the trannent hours;
Braves every season, tetiants every chine,
And Nature rises on the wings Of Time.
" As Life discordant elements arrests,
Rejects the neelous, and the pure digests;
Combines with Heat the nit:mating mass,
And gives a while solidite: to gas;
Oig.wic forms with chemic changes strive;
Live but to die, and die but to revive !
Immortal matter Waves the transient storm,
Mounts tern the wreck, unchanging but in form.—
" So, as the sages of the Fast record
In sacred sy:nbol, or unletteed word;
Emblem of Life, to change eternal demn'd,
The heauterms form of fair .1 rioxis bluom'd.—
On Syrian hills the grateful [(tinter slain
Dyed with his gushing blond the shuddering plain ;
And, slow-deseerid Mg to the Elysian shad.',
A while with PittlSEetlNe reluctant stray'd ;
Soon from the yawning grove the bursting clay
kt•stor'ci the Beauty delighted day;
Array'd in youth's resuscitated charms,
And young Dione woo'd him to her arms.—
Pleased for a while the assurgent youth above
Relights the golden lamp of life and love ;
Ah, soon again to leave the cheerful light,
And 'ink alternate to the realms of night.
" hence ere Vitality, as time revolves,
I.eaves the cold organ, and the mass dissolves ;
The Reproductions of rile hying Fats
From sires to sons, unknown to sex, commence.
N •ve buds and bulbs the living fibre shoots
On lengthening branciree, and protruding mots;
Or on the (ether's side (ruin bursting glands
The adhering young its nascent form expands ;
In branching lines the parent-trunk adorns,
And parts ere long like plumage, hairs, or horns.
" So the lone Truffle, lodged beneath the earth;
s!:Gots from paternal roots the tuberous birth;
No stamen-nia!es ascend, and breathe above,
No seed-Iran :eves by female love.
From each gaung tree, for futnre buds design'd
Organic drops e.xsude beneath the rind ;
While these w:th emir-envies nice teernet
And those with apt propensities unite;
New embrvoa fihrile round th: trunk comhinet
whit qua k ein'araee, and form the living Erie •
Whose cluine and reatlet at their ace's b:rth
Seek the dry air, 6,1 pnerce the humid earth.
"So safe in waves Vo!vnx dwells, •
And f.ve descendants crowd his lucid cells;
So the male Polypus parental swims,
And bran Ching in:hnts bristle all his limbs;
So the tuna T.enia, as he prows, teolongs
j lie flatteti'd farm with young adherent throngs;
Unknown to sex the pregnant o;-ter
A. d'coralsitiseets build their radiatt shells;
Parturient Sires caress their infant train,
And heeren-born Storge weaves the secial chain;
Staseelsive Lirtlii her tender cares combine,
And suit a:Leticia.; live along the hue.
" On angel -wings the (resit es: Foot) tleertsle,
Rem nd her fond broods her silver arms she bends;
White streams of milk her tumid Lamm swell,
And on her lips ambrosial kisses dwell.
Light joys on twinkling feet h •fore her dance
With playful nett, and momentary glance;
Behind, attendant on the panged plain,
Yetmg PSYCHIC treltsis with CUPID in her train.
" In these lone births no tender mothers blend
Their genial powers to nourish or defend; .
No nutrient streams from Beauty's orbs improve
These orphan babes of solitary love ;
Birth after birth the line unchanging runs,
And fathers Inc transmitted in their sons;
Each passing year beholds the unvarying kinds,
The same their manners, and the same their minds.
a; *netting successive buds decay,
And insect-shoals successive pas; away,
Inereas:ng went: the pregnant parents TeX
With the tumid wish to form a setter sex;
Wlease milky rigs with. pure anikosial food
Might charm and cherish their expected brood.
Tile potent wish in the productive hour
Calls hi its aid linaOhiation's power,
O'er embryos thruegs with mystic chirm preldet,
And sex from sex the nascent werld divide's,
With soft affectiaos ivaruni the callow trains,
And gives to laughing L4ve his nymphs and swains ;
Whose inieg ing virtues interweave at length
'The mother's beauty with the father's strength.
" So tulip-bulbs emerging from the seed,
Year after year unknown to sex proceed e
Er.:while the stamens and the styles display
T'lCif petal-cuttaint, and adorn tne day ;
The beaux and beauties in each blossom glow
With wedded
.ioy, or amatorial woe.
Uemarried Aphides prolific prove •
For nine successions unieforat'd of love;
New settesatextswith sober passioin sating,
• Breathe the fond vow, and vino with quivaing wing.
" So erst in Paradise creation's LORD, •
As_ the first leaves of holy writ record,
From Adam's rib, who press'd the flowery grove,
And dreamt delighted of uatasted love,
• To cheer and charm his solitary mind,
Euclid a nevi sex, the MOTH EE Or MANZIND•
—Buov'd on light step the beauty seem 'd to swim,
And stretch'd alternate every pliant limb;
Pleased on Euphrates' velvet margin stood,
And v:cw'd her playful image in the Hood;
Owh'd the hie:- flame of love, as life began,
And smiled enchantment ors adoring Mart
Down her white neck and o'er her bosom roll'd,
Flow'd .n sweet negligence her lock: of gold;
Round her fine form the dim transparence play'd,
And show'd the beauties, that it seein'd to shade.
—Enamour'il ADA SS gaz'd withfond surprise,
And drank delicious passion from her eyes;
Felt the new thrill of young Desire, and press'd
The grace ut Virgin to his glowing breast
The cuirscious Fair betrays her soft alArin4,
Sinks with warm blush into his chiding anus,
Yields to his fond caress ;sin) wanton pta„
And sweet. reluctant, amorous, delay.


•

LAW INTELLIGENCE,

COURT OF KING'i BENCH, JAN. 21..

ROREITSON V. FRENCH.
Mr. ERWIN e moved that the Nonsuit might be
set aside in this cause, and a new trial granted. It
was an action in a Policy of Insurance on the ship
Cher/ern/an, bound to Africa, South America, and
back to the Cape of Good Hope. She was insured
on a prime policy, commencing the 25th Match, and
ending the I7th September. The assured meant that
this adventure should have been at no time uncover-
ed ; they did not know what progress the ship had
made, or whether she would complete the voyage
within the scope of the policy ; yet in order to be
certain that the ship and cargo should not be un-
protected, they had determined that in point of time
she should be insured, and in point of place that
there should be no deviation, they had therefore
caused this policy to he made. Before he stated the
terms of this policy, he would humbly submit cer-
tain general rules with regard to the construction of
policies, which had never been departed from :—ln
the fit ,t place, a policy of insurance being a com-
mercial instrument ought to receive the largest in-
terpretation. This was so much the case, that they
received the same construction in courts of equity as
in courts of law ; in proof of this assertion he quoted
the opinion of Lord Hardwicke in Henkle v. the East
India Company, reported in Ist of Vczey. The se-
cond rule was, that a policy of insurance in its print-
ed form being frequently unequal to meet the vari-
ous contracts which became necessary to the insur-
ance of ships and goods ; the written part always
controuled the printed part. The third rule was,
that policies of insurance had two objects ; one with
regard to the ship, and the other the goods. Every
thing was to be taken, railendo tingulit singulis ; what-
ever related to the goods referred to the goods, and
the same with respect to the ship.. Having pre-
faced these observations, the learned Counsel pro-
-ceeded to state the terms of the policy, and the na-
ture of the case. He had not proceeded far, before
the Court observed he had said enough to entitle
him to a rule to show cause. The question seems
likely to prove interesting to the commercial world ;
we shall therefore give a full report of it when the
arguments of Counsel are heard on the other side.

CUTHBERT V. SWINNEY.

Mr. GARP ow moved to discharge the defendant
out of custody, and that the warrant of attorney on
which the execution was founded might be delivered
up. He stated that the defen lint, about six months
ago having occasion for the sum of 25/. applied to
the plaintiff to le .d it lino—he did so. Shortly af-
ter, he wanted a sum of 75/. for which he also ap-
plied to the plaintiff to let him have it, which he
agreed to. The defendant was to give his warnee
of attorney to pay the whole debt of MO/. in six
months ; but he was to rely on the plaintiff's word
of honour not to call upon him till after the expira-
tion of a year. The defendant was to pay at the rate
of 10s. a week for interest. He had regularly paid
the 10s. a week, and within these four weeks the
plaintiff had applied to him for an advance of the
usurious interest, and he had atcordiugly paid 21. for
four weeks. Notwithstanding this, the plaintiff had
thought proper to enter up the judgment, and take
out an execution for the whole sum.
The Court granted a rule to shew cause.
RVAIM 4. itatiNStll. •
Mr. ERSKINF argued against a rule obtained by
Mr. Gibbs last term, for discharging the defendants
out of custody, under the 38 Geo. hi. c. 5. sec. 9, by
which Aliens abiding in this country, who had quit-
ted Fraice in consequence of the French revolution,
were exempted hem being held to bail. The de-
fendant had been arrested upon a bill of exchange
he had given In England in lieu of a bond he had
signed in France. He had given the, bill Unconsci-
ous of his privilege from arrest under the Alien Act
upon the bond The learned Counsel contended,
that the bill of exchange constituted a new cause of
action arising in this country.
Mr. GIRDS, in support of the rule insisted, that the
bill of exchange having been given for a debt con-
tracted in France, was completely under the meaning
of the Act, and therefore that the defendant was en-
titled to be discharged.
Lord ELLENBO ROUGH, and the other Judges, re-
gretted they could not construe the Alien Act in fa-
vour of a poor emigrant who, perhaps, when he im-
prudently gave a bill in satisfaction of the bond was
ignorant of the law protecting him from being ar-
rested upon the latter security ' • they were, however,
unanimously of opinion, that the bill the defendant
had given; formed the basis of a new contract, which
rendered him liable to the laws of this country.—
Rule discharged.
w4llllt EN, qui tam, v. WICK'', E.
Mr. ER litt IN r moved for a new trial in this cause.
It was a question upon the construction of the Act
for the regulation of the admeasurement of coals.
The point M issue was, whether the admeasurement
by the bushel, prescribed by the statute of 12 Anne,
h'ad not been repealed. After long arguments by
Counsel on both sides, it was determined that the
statute on which the action had been brought conti-
; nued in force, and consequently that the present suit
V/ as maintainable.
• The event of this suit determine! upwards of twenty
causes depending against coal dealers, who here been
guilty of unwarrantable practices.