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been inlebnad Inv vary acceptable fragnac oh ut
risme, f,,ine :Slays. Bitch end Co ; the 1.01.4.1016 Tavern , the
Cats of London 'I arern; the New Lo.ntou l'avern 1 and 144
Lowden Calf .e-liouw..
The .ems ahead, coileattl have been partly dttbutar,l on the
preelwe of potatutm, which have newt dottibutel to those
irtitotWata who have fansitws, wan nn ineihs lent the ',rico.' al.
/*mance of fourteen nioncos of Weal per day ; an4.l nit seal.,
iti.kh have loses disinbul al in sera;luo.•.t.ton to the Hey io
the owe,' turtle. Small ao.nehate been elven to several
destitute persons on th... tie 1113.stri, Jl:Jainet
sates have bean tn.n!e to the helps o. win,' and ehddreu tf
perms" le ewohnemeot. I.t • few c.ex, asso.tain.e has been
'faro to make up the autot.n., 'tees •-ary to compound adieus
flit debt; Mei in this way, I .ur w. re lately hbemt.j
he 11. lie. del whentilef 11$14 alio' Line bean &wood hot an
latisfulite period.

TH E BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
MONDAY. Dtcasisza 23.

Dispatches were received. yesterday, at the Ad-
miralty, from Lord Cow ronwooo, dated on board
the Vitae, at sea, on the 13:h of Ortlober, at which
time his Lotdsh.p's squadron was all well. Dis,
patches were also received, yesterday, from Lord
Galan/Lt. dated off Ushanr, the 21st inst. His
Lnr ft -et was all well. The enemy had
made no movement.

An account was received list evening at the Ad-
ruirilty, of the arrivsl of the Prticess Aags sea pick-
et at Falmouth, on Friday, with dispatches from
Malta and Gibraltar. Our &et off Cadiz was all
well on the c.:4th last ; it coasisied of the Atlas,
bearing the Rig of A.Jrniral Navas; Glory. Zca-
lo, y, TrrriVe, Magnificrat, Rev, ngr. Fallw, Alias-
, Courageter, and Scout brig.

It linv:ng been ascertained that the Russian a
in the sus are not only blockaded there, !nit ac-
wally not is a condition to put to sea, the squa-
dron of Rear-Admiral °TWAY, which had been so
lm; ready fur a start at St. Helen's, is broken up, as
we stated in a former paper. Of the vessels that
composed it. the folilwing are the present state and
destination:- rie filar is gone to Chatham. to be
pail oif ; the Vatiauf. to Itlyinntuh, to be docked
the Mar: is gene to Spithead, to he repaired ; the
Superb and .spencrr will jobs the Channel fleet, when
the wind is fair ; the Noma has cared to join the
North Sea squadron ; and the Hertak remains at
St. Helen's.

The Lan India Fleet, under convoy of t ht.Sur-
reillank, Sir Gcosos Cou.ita, had not sailid on
Saturday from St. Helen's, being still detained there
by contrary win,ls. The mp'i2e, Capt. Hoare.
with the convoy for the Mewteiranean, has been
also detained At St. Helen': by the same cause.

On Ssturday afternoon, the following intelligence
was received at the East India liou*e, b► rapt.
MAIA WA 011140, who came passenger in the ship 'ha-
rry, Capt. Cott.ims, from Bombay, viz.—

T.e ar-ived at Cork the 17th instants
with the Me:Hy:tit of Ely, from China ; left Bombay
the Si of August, with the Carmarthen, Ross; Sir
Sierken Lvsaivrez, GRAY ; and And Sfrtnevr, F Li-
mit:o, Sailed from the Cape the beginning of Oc-
tober, leaving there the Sir Nttphen Lurninatan.
Sailed fium 3t. Helena between the Bth and 12th
November, %sit!) the folliming ships, uutiar convoy
of His AJ EST 7.6 ships Lien and Sr. Alban's, viz

From China—Per...crag Captain Tweadale ; Rnyal
Captain Patterson; Crencester. Captai.; lia'kett w As-
mann, Caplan WtdiefbUTll ; Giattoo, Captain Hall.burton ;
lidarg.tis ..f E!y, Captain ; Thames, Captain
Riches; Neptune, Captain liochairon ; Moron, Captain Rich-
Ands°. and Fort William country
From Borriloay—Carmarthen, Captain Ross; and Earl

Spencer, Captain Ft niur ; a SiroatilA 1. 'gate, (

The Traven and Marg4is of Lly patted from the
fleet, on the 10th inst. off the IVestern Islands.

We do not believe that the Spanish frigate which
wag left in company. is a new prize. She is, in all
probability, the same which was captured in the
River Plata, and having afterwards proceeded to St.
Helton, toiik her departure with the fleet.
At the time the Trager, took her departure, per-
tea tranquillity prevailed in India.

The ship John Paris 4, Am vzd At Penstnce, from
Lim% which place she left on the 21 of September,
states, that about the I Skis of Attgust, the first Res
cotyst of the dcfeat of the British troops under she
command of General WHITELOC&S reached that
place. The joy which the stews of out disallow mad

disgrace excited was seismal- Rejsieings, lapse-
tedeured` in their grand,* and extant, took Am
throughout the city of Lima and the suhutbs; fear
ties meetings ware' hold in the public squares and
places; and the illuminations were continued three
successive nights. The detestation of the English
name, arising from the accqunts which had reached
Lima before the arrival of the sfahe ?arab, of the
pillage and barbarities committed by our troops
oison their taking possession of Buenos Apes, was
manifested in the most ardent way by all ranks of
people ; and as it was expeded that the capture of
Buenos Ayres would be followed by an attack upon
Lima, birth was the spirit of the inhabitants, that
no less than twenty-five thousand volunteered for
the defence of the place. AVlien the Ja4a "'wish
left Lima, there was only one Spanish regiment of
regulars in the city.

Notwithstanding the disgraceful catastrophe with
which our expeditions to the River Plata have been
attended. we understand it is the determination of
Government to send out another early in the Spring,
for the reduaior of Monte Video. Its objea will
be confined to the possession of that place as an
inlet to our different branches of commerce, and at
the some time a Proclamation will be published, of-
feting the people at large the aid of Great Britain
as a guarantee of their independence, should they
choose to constitute a power, free and detached
from the Spanish Monarchy. By the possession of
such a post as that of Monte Video, without any
miltaty interference or operations in the interior,
the trade between the Brasil. and the River Plata
might be rendered highly prodatve and bene-
ficial.

Dispatches were received on Saturday from Sir
Stoney SMITH, dated the 9th i wt. at which time
the gallant Admiral had resumed his station off the
Tagus. The Russian ships appear to be it dread
of an attack. They had proceeded higher ap the
river from the place wl)ere they had been at anchor
when ti.e.Portuguese fleet left the Tap..

We have received American papers to the t6th
last. An article dated Washington, November
I ti:h, says—.' Yesterday the Hon. Mr. Iv OK stated,
in the House of Representatives, that he wished the
galleries cleared, and ear doors closed, bolted, and
barred, as he had some highly important matters to
communicate. The House having gratified his
wishes, he observed, that Mr. Easetss, the British
Minister, had recently transferred stock, possessed
by his father to a large amount in the American
fends. and in consequence proposed the following

That prwri,i n ought to be made by !ow, forbidding all
transfers of eight of action, mid all monies, and other pro-
ven., either peal or i.enoiral, to nr ry any subject of the Crown
ut Great Britain; anal also forbidding any Citizen or Resident
, the Unitcd Stems, paying any debt or demand to any such
subj. ct "

" 1 can only !eve you the monis of Ti. National Intelli-
gence! upon tho subject nuivemal sentiment (says the
Paper) .55 inireserveilte expremeit that such a step, at such •
time, •at improper.—Not a side. Member supported the Re-
uuwy
bat all censuini its improdence."

We have received packets of pspers from Anti-
gua, chwn to the 29th 09ober, frem St. Chris.-
topher's to the 29th of September, and frora St.
Vincent's to the 9tst of °Sober. They however
furnish no intelligence of particular interest. The
alarming prospet of a scarcity, which prevailed io
most of the islands, from the anticipation ,of a
war with America, had subsided, as a number of
American traders had &rived with abnadance of all
the usual articles.

Recent accounts from the West Indies, directly and
indirectly from America, have taught us to expect
an immediate attack upon the Danish Island of St.
Croix. Letters, dated the 16th ult. from that islands
have been received in town, which con& FII the pre-
vious accounts. They state, that the island was
threatened with an atteck by a British squadron
171til troops on board, and that, to the absence of the
Governor, who had returned to Copenhagen in
consequence of• indisposition, the officer next in
command had declared his intention to make every
possdsle resistance. Some symptoms of discontent
having been manifested on the part of the militia,
he expressed his determination to place them in
front and the regulars in the rear, with orders to
fire upon them should they fall back when the at.
tack was made. It was generally understood, how.
ever, that no effectual resistance could be made.

We have received Madrid Gazettes to the 10th
last, inclusive, being a day later than the reported
time of the entrance of the French troops into that
city. They are silent as to that event; and canoe-
warmly no mention is made of the massacre of
3,000 inhabitants, said to have taken place on the
occasion; and which, if true, it is passable would
have been in some manner alluded to. The only
Article worthy notice contained in these Papers, is
the lollowing (Arran from that of the 9th, dated
Bayonne, Oct. $O-0 Field Marshal Doe Panne

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ROSktlien DB Ls Illultralenaingsdellad by the
Court of lipsia to receive the Fres* Aron,
rived here the Mir inst. to compliant the General
in Chief, Juno: ; a corps of dragoons also wield
here yesterday, and set oat today for Spain. Th:s
morning likewise, the General in Chief, with Its
staff, departed for that kingdom, and at present
there is net any corps remaining here.
The second Army of the Gironde will begin to
enter is the middle of November, and will contiit,
it is said, of 21,000 men."

The Gaseete, of Saturday night, .reeorda sewed
gallant altions fought in the West ladles, ems rid.
eulatly by the Winefilr Coils paeltet.

The Jupiter transport, pirt of &Wind Car. b.
row's expedition, which sailed from Portsmouth on
Sunday se nnight, ran agiound. She had on board
about 150 of the King's German Legion. Th.
troops have since been removed out of he►. They
will sail in a few days to join the expedition, with
two transports which have entrenching tools or
board, under convoy of the Lively, Captain *Kir-
LLY.

The Danish West Indianian Mersa, frost
Monte Video, bound to Copenhagen, tidal with
tallow, hides, copper, and bark, is mot into Potts.
mouth by the Flrtaiear. Capt. Sill Ir TM j and the
Carolina, from Fignera, beand to Guernsey, lad*
with wheat, is sent in by the Siclikeis, Cape. Twice.
IN MR.

There is now no doubt that Pa,Hameln seill awe
for the dispatch of business on the Elet of January,
as notified in lhir geutte. The CIII•Niellt.LOB of
the EICHZStUaR has transmitted the usu.l circular
letter to his friends, requesting their attendenee es
that day.
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L o Cheshire regiment of militia around*? maws
for Portsmouth garrison. to supply the place of tha
2d Somerset. who are to remain at Salisbury.
Last week the Danish prisoners on parole. at
Reading. left that town. on their raters to Des.
mark, being included in the capitulation of General
Pav assn. which provided that the prisoners on each
side made before that dune should be restored.

pimp? ondestboth.coadialreasdaatima of Gederal. "444 instab=selletakeves
understand that a Court Martial will be held upon
charges alleged against General Sr. Jona, relative
to a late battle which tool place in India These
will be followed by the trial of two soldiers. Wear
ing to a regiment employed in the affair of Copan.
haggis. The crime alleged against them is the
enormous one of greedy assaultiog two Danish fo.
males, and having tempest their husbands to wit-
nets their outrage.
A letter, dated Port.au.Prince, Dec. 6, says—.
"Pay tow's army had a severe rencontre with time
of his antagonist s(Cnittermin a), a few days since,
near Vt. Marc. He compelled it to retire with cm-
siderside lois, and in the greatest confusion. Among
the slain were two renowned Chiefs (a General and
a Colonel). of the Artibonites, from whose party
meth danger. has beta heretofore operatively!.
Gen. Lew toes still remains in the fell poseession of
Port de Pais, which is in the very heart of Casts-
o es territories; and it is expelled that St. Mare
will very shortly be united to the dominions over
which Parton at proem presides; that town, how.
ever, it earreneely well fortified, and may take same
time before it is reduced; bet there is ao doubt of
the result being favourable to Patton."
The expo/Sitio. of a sotteet foe she vacate emu
for the city of ',innate in Parliament has subsided.
and the Earl of Maxaeitovoo, of Methleyarork.
in Yorkshire' is expelled to be chosen without
opposition. Mr. SULLIVAN. who was last semis
confidently expeeed by his friends to oar limelf.
has decl.tref that be does not intend to oppose tr
candidate conarfled as the Earl of Mix eonoebn
is with the noble family of which the deceased
representative for Lincoln was a Member. The
Earl of Max uneaten has been canvassing the city
of Lincoln since Mcn.dly, and has been flatteringly
received. Lord MILTON, and others of hit distils.
guished friends, have met with the sum success is
their applications to the aemenitism defers.
Arse. a... Captain Steetionk w the /Was, the lei
ship of Admiral Caputo Juba Meia, le rho Caws-
fiat; Captain Gregory, to the Friars's; Cajal. Sage
(Janis, to he a Port.C.aptain, and to eistensaail the Sir Ifrowele
Drake; Liostiniant Jamas tit Kuwait, of the ASO, Leaseasat
Joseph Hoy, of tlio Louisa tender, see Liaigllaillt
ton of the Clyde, aro promoted to be Cotesnondon. Mr.
Leonard, late of the thaiiinots be Penes of the Ceram, bah&
ing at Gkeonironirs yard, at fitchosor I and Mr. Misty.
Secretary) Clark of the be Pusses a the
The Rim° has been graciously pleased to give and
grant onto the Most Honourable Fa a acts Savants
CONWAY, Marquis of Hertford, Earl of Hertford
and Yarmouth. Vlllooollt Estuenater aald bras
Conway, of the Kingdom of Great Weida. sod
Baron Colmar of the Kingdom of helloed. one of
His MA.IgeT Most Honourable Privy Callas
Knight . Elea of the Most Noble Order of the
Garter, Ike. and to 'saes SI. A A.llllll, Man:him/es of
Hertford, his wife, daughter and coheiress of the
Right Honourable Coast as Is o tam, leee Visestent
lawtse' of the kingdom of Scotland, dematede His
Royal License and Authority, that they may to
compliant, with an injunktien cattaited b she last
sill and testament of the said CIIMILIS Via-
Catlin !awls, deceased. beariat date the Mb ol
June, 1777), take and use the setsame of lab as it
before their present surmises of Sayssows amiCon-
wee. and also write the said strums@ of Inithatr
before all titles of honour; and that he the mid
FnaIICIS Self Mini* Cromer. Marquis of Hatteras
may also bear the arms of IsoaAss quarterly with
those of Baritone .and Colmar; provided the
same be first duly exampfilTied according to *slaws
of arms, and recorded its the Herald's Oface. other.
wise His MA) are" mid bonne and permiatio
to be void and of none died.
Fcw buildings in :laden have ever swelled
greater attention than watt' is now paid to that mag-
nificent truants is Skionerostreet,which is=la
for the grandest hotel in Europe. Thou sof
passengers daily gam on it with noises surmise drat
admiration. When it is considered that this gaped,
!mow is only one of the numerate Capital hismist
the depending City Lottery, it may easily be DM-
ritited what a general interest for admits,* es
Scheme mutt excite.

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THE RCTAL FAmar.

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Friday being Christmas-Jay, the solemn Festiv.4l
was observed by the 1174Y•AL FAMILY. with the
meal solemnity In the morning, at half past eight
o'clock, after His MA lIST ir had attended to snme
dispatches. wnich he had received by a Messenger
from Ministers, early in the morning, he left his
private apartments, and went to tte room where he
always meets his family, previous to his going to
the private Chapel, where the Queer:, their Royal
Highnesses the Dukes of KENT, CUMSERL &tan,
Scull, and CA/113,110G', Princesses AUGUSTA,
ELISAIIILTH, MAST, SOYMIA. and AMELIA, were
in waiting to receive him. They accompanied him
tothe Armoury Room, now used as a chapel, the
chapel having been•fittest up as a Concert Room for
the I:tte grand entertainments, and not reinstated.
T;le morniogservice was read by one of the Minor
Canons belonging to St. George's chapel, after
which the sacrament was administered by the Arch.
bishop of CANTLARUNT to the ROY•L FAMILY.
They then retired to their apartments to breakfast,
and, at half past tea o'clock, the ROYAL FAMILY,
Intended by Ladies W•LDEORAYI, ELY, and
Cri•Nt.sv, Miss GOLDSWORTHY, Count MUNSTER,
Generals Frrznov and Damn, and Major Pares,
heard a sermon preached by the Rev. Dr. Comma,
from the First Epistle of Paul to Timothy, the first
chapter and fifteenth verse:
" This is a faithful same, and worthy of all acceptation,
that Christ Jesus came into the world to sato sumer., of whom
1 WO chief."
After the service, the ROYAL FAMILY returned
to the Palace, where His hl are Ty dined, at one
o'clock, and the rest of the Family at four.
Yesterday morning, His MAJESTY, the Duke of
CAMBRIDOIt, Princesses AV011•T•, SOYMIA, AM/.
ate, and MARY, rode to St. George's Chapel, ac-
companied by Ladies ELY, C , and CARO-
LINE W•LDIIGIATI, General Frraitorr, and Major
Farce ; and heard a Sermon preached by the Rev.
Mr. Lone, from St. Paul's Epistle to the Hebrews,
Sd chapter and 3d verse :
s• How shall we serape if we tureect so great salvation ?"
After the Sermon a favourite Anthem of HANDIL,
from the 93th Psalm, was performed. It is acid to
be from the New Publication now in hand from
li•No et., by Mr. Simeon, of St. George's Chapel,
and Mr. PAO*, of St. Paul's.—After which His
Islaaesre returned to the Palace.

COUNTESS DOirigOitli OF MOUAT EDGE-
CUMBE.

At friar o'clock. on Saturday morning died, at
her house, in Upper Grosvenor-street,
Countess Dowager of Mown. Enciscusrat, relict
of the third Lord and first and mother to the
present Earl. Her Ladyship was Miss Cities 's.,
only daughter and heir of Dr. John GI
Ishii was Archbishop of York. Her Ladyship's
remains, we understand, will be interred in the fa-
mily ♦ault, at Mount Edgeceinhe.

The last arrival. at Bath are—
Lai si reinbrote,C "intim Ilicoeberiy, Lord Bolingbroke,
Led (ilend.ee, Lady Hughes, Lady C. lien.lereck, Han. CO5,
siso Guidon, Hen. Cu'. Vain*, Hon. Mr. St. John, Hon
Mr. Handecit, Hon. M:11 Herbert, Hon. Miss Rodney, S.r
J sod Ledy Sheffield, Sir Jolla Duhize, (icaerei and Mrs.
tedireles.

llet Dachas, of St. ALIA m's appeared in close
warning. yesterday, tor her aunt Lady Faaecu
Totten ac us.

Mr. Suaatbax dined with Lord llottaaa, yes-
terday, at Holland-House, Kensington.
Newry evil Julia and Lte .8/And tie/ were per-
formed at Covent-Garden Theatre. on Saturday
ave..ing. Miss S/111111 and Mr. C. Kenna
filled the parts of the love-sick Hero and &ram
with much excellence ; and (,e Blind hog proves,
that Mr. Hams did not mike a Mind Bargain
with the Author.

The Court opens—the Lawyers take their seats—
examine their b.igs—take a pinch of snuff—blow
theta noses--struke their bands—adjust their wigs—

A•eA14.114 NIWL AND was the son of a baker, we
are inclined to think his mother was a datter-eraman,
from whence he learned to biller bi. dread to such
good purpose.
There are sight public balls announced in Lincoln
and its Eteighbowbuod tor the ensuing fortnight;
also a long main of cock, between the Nottingham
an Litteulnshire ger.demen.
Mr. Kenai.' is so much affeaed with an asth-
matic complaint, under which he has labouied for
yeas, that he has been ordered to the country for
the benefit of the air. Mr. H• lists; jun. at present
eunduets the management of the stage of Covent-
sardeu Theatre.
The venerable Owersom made his debut, alter
an absence of fifteen years from the Limerick stage,
List week.in the cause of friendship, in the part of
Dennis Brilaniddcrj, in the comedy cf Jials Bill, for
the benefit of Mrs. Nl•N•is A v4i.

G. JOHNSTON, Esq. M.P. is daily expetled at his
house in Hanover-square,l from Brighton.
lhe PORTUGIOLSt AI4BASSADON, and several of
the Foreign Ministers, dined on Chrisrrnas•day with
Lord HOLLAND, at riolland house, Kensington.
The Malcom and Mars.hione►s of SALISBURY
gave a grand dinner, on Chrisnlas•day, at Hatfield
York, to A huge party of No►ility.
The Countess Dowager ot Essex left town, on
Fthly, for Cashiobury Park.
Pie Honeymoon and cila Resenies were per-
formed, on Saturday evening, at Drury-lane Theatre,
to an overflowing and elegant audience; they are
both pieces of such value, that the lumen increases
with repetition.
The Chapel Royal of Portugal WAS very fully
attended on Christmas-day. Prince and Princess
CASIALCIIIALA were amongst the Nobility present.
Lord MUL AAAAA &DJ ta oily removed to town
on Saturday, from Fulham, for the winter season.
Mr. MELVIN lett London on Saturday for Dab-
lin, where he is engaged on the most liberal ter nis ;
and where, Irom our knowledge eit the sense and
good taste of a Dublin au.ficnce, we have no duvet
fie will be a great favourite.
The Ball we mentioned on Thursday as Mr
Hatunaues, was Mrs. Ha liaison's, and t e young
ladies who afforded so much delight. were all Mese
Hiotalson's scholats, and saveiat DI Weal SIBIRED
years of age.

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inquire the news.
Gas. Purcell v. Maenamara.—Counsel opens
the case with • gentle andante affil ~e—new move-
ment— ressoraso—he warms—Allure mashrato—
wAtmer—illlegro Staccato—impassioned —4...cd.sno.
This is called Etommice.

Overture to S,,surasside.—Smooth and simple their
dy—douish of cracked trumpets and kettle-drums,
braying of bassoons, and squeaking of old duict-
mei s.

The opposite Counsel answers—Aliegro—io a pas-

sion—ronfursese.

A so/o, by a fierce fellow, who travels with his
fiddlestick over a huge bass viol, at the sate ul 15u
bars a minute, tearing the music to tatters. This is
called hunt.
Judgment against the Defeo slant.
hros—Wbo killed poor Robin, who attired poor Robin
'bras I, aid slit rook, with say b.g book,
was 1 killed peer Roe. R.
The Court breaks up.
Soil— I' ba oils eaine tiot, and as. abaut.
The Clients disperse.
Song—The docks and pew they all grim eve,
fat de rat do ral de, &e.
The curtain drops—the ladies retire in their
red cardinals.

Sony—There was an old woman mated up In a blanket.
In rehearsing this parallel, Mr. Editor, I have
alternately roared myself hoarse, and sung myself
asleep. I have alternately ailed the Serjeant-at-law,
and Madame C t at the Opera. I have
&Le raataly astounded and delighted my neighbours',
broken piano's, and cracked my lungs. But I have
not laboured in vain. In my warm anticipations of
future improvement. I have sometimes almost
convinced myself that music will in time be brought
to such peifeaion as to supersede the mrcasity of
reading and writing, and that ese. y lurid of social
In:etc:arse will be sonduited by Bak. Ikl4e, and

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M. 4 DAME CATALAN! act! LORD E-41.4!. !:•Oundc, and ceeen'ed in solos, duets, trial, and q •
Sets. Prom the present rage. Sir, for the Ars Mu-
Mr. Erwroa—l was composing a new chime ta:
.siaa, and particularly the Italian Opera. singing
Teipte Bobs and Bob Majors, for the Bells of St.
might he introduced wtth great advantage, par-
Clement's Church, in the Strand, to welcome in the
tleulari.y into our ..ationl assemblies. When a
Christmas Holidays, beginning with " Ding, ding,
Pantry gentleman, a boisterous Member of Ow-,
da," and ending with Miss DUNCAN'S long,
shim), was one day roaring out in the House of
MI," in The Honey Moon, when all the hsrmony ref
Comm ms, " Where will you get money for this
nay soul was destroyed by reading the followieg
expedition ? we're will you get money for 'that ?"
dreadful sentence:— the great Lord CHATHAM, then Mr. PITT. 'whore
" Fur my own part I would not give five shillings to hear
administration he was attacking, enemas/ ei'o
~'the
Madame Catalani slug far • month "..-1 Ole the Lord Clan-
cellor's speech in the report of the case Waters tr. Taytor, in folkis ing song- -
Tee BatTur Pilafs of '214 Nov. last. Gentle st.ejAerd, tell me sphere, tell me where?
lam very well aware, that Church Music is more This song, the burls of which the famed Orator
congenial with the tones of the Court of Chancery, executee with great taste, walking at the same time
and that the Italian Reeve,. accommodates itself bet- I out of the House, threw all the members into
ter to the taste of the King's Bench, Where Lawyers a roar of laughrer, and bate down all opposition
jangle in tune, without a bar rest, and apparent more successfully than the most elaborate and elo-
discord is often nothing but real harmony. It must quent speech. Need we more than the example of
also be admitted, in favour of the judgment pro. such a Master, and the authority of such a name,
nounced on Madame CATALAN!, by such high for the introdudion of a Siang into the House of
authority, that as civa wore evidence is nct usual Commons I—No doubt Dotter DWORMAN, the
in the Court of Chancery, vocal music is cf neces- Honourable UCNNIs Browse, and TYRWHIT Joao,
shy rejeBed ; and I must confess, that I have never might find it difficult, perhaps impossible, to war-
heard that one of Mrs. Bteetecrom's, or Madame ble in the sweet strains of a CATA I. Al 4 , or a Bri.
MA a •'s, or any other favourite Singer's notes, had xisotos j but, in such cases of physical necessity,
been ever traced on the margin of a brief of Chance- instrumental music might be substituted for vocal.
ry Pleadings. I have often read, no doubt, such A member of this description, instead of wagging
language as this--. 4 My Lord, I have a note of this his tongue, might ,be allowed to flourish a fiddle-
case. My Lord. I have a note of that." But I stick ;by which means, if he said nothing to the pur-
never understood that the most famous of the Plead. pose. he would at all events " discourse most eld-
ers at the Chancery Bar ever had in his possesArn quent music," which ii more than can be said of
a single note of Madame Cav•easi I. Neither in the majority of the House at present. They might
the petty bag,nor in the Hamper, vulgarly called the moreover sound their own trumpets, without being
Hanaper-office. lam confident. was ever ary such obliged tethe reports of Tut BRITISH PRESS for an
note found. But, Sir, knowi:g a Court of Justice immortality, or subjened to the censure of egotism.
as the Mantuan Swain first knew Rome, merely by I am Sir, yours,
report. I had,, like him, formed strange notions, Gun" Hall' SI'4PKIN QUAVER.
and fancied a wonderful analogy, aympathy, re-
semblance, and coincidence, between the repre.enta-
tion of an Opera and she hearing of a cau-e. A
Bill in Equity consists of the charging part, the
irony, and the interrogatories. In the Opera, irony
too often supplies the place of wit ; interrogatories
may be fouad in the dialogue ; and the Managers
will admit, that no Opera in which Madame C
T ALAMI performed, was ever deficient in the charg-
ing part. The Story of Orpheus moving stocks and
stones by his melodies, never appeared a miracle to
me ; for often have I known English woods and
castles vanish before the charms of an Italian
singer. C s may, with as much ease as Am-
pies*, at any time convert her crotchets into bricks,
and her loaves into mortar ; and as to the fable
of &Urn, carried so the shore by the dolphin, l
always considered it as merely typical of some
poor cast-away gudgeon, who was saved from
a Shari by afebrardai in the Court of Chancery.
But, Sir, to come to the parallel between the hear-
ing of a cause, and the representation of an Opera:
The House opens—the musicians take their seats
in the Orchestra—open their books—tune their fid-
dles—rosin their boas—sound their horny.

WINDSOR THEATRE.

On Saturday evening, the favourite play of The
Honey Mooa was performed at this Theatre to a
very elegant and numerous audience. Miss Dun-
CAN was advertised for the part of
.7eitiann, and
the Bates were greatly taken ; but in the morning
of that day a letter arrived from -ber, signifying
that she was obliged to play thetoame part that
evening at Drury-lane Theatre. The Manager
immediately waited on all those Ladies anJ Gentle-
men who had taken borer, to acquaint thews with
the disappointment ; but, with a liberaliAr for which
persons of fashion here are so remarkable, very few
places were given up. In consequence of which
every Performer of the company seemed determined
on using his utmost exertions to please so genarous
an auditory.
Mrs. MIMI' undertook the part of girVano, and
went through it with great spirit and animation. She
gave it a degree of point and keeping, in many of
the scenes, which *hewed her to be an adept in her
professiun, and she was accordingly crowned by
repeated and loud plaudits. Mrs. Da wr an's Ye-
Imre was very arch and lively ; and Miss CIIAM•
/Litt male Zamora a very interesting part. Mr.
Mow !toes bake was a very chaste and correct
performance. Mr. Da Lyon did great justice
to, and was much applauded in, Rolando--
and Mr. BROWNa mask the part of BoPhatar stand
highly prominent in the piece. His impassioned
scenes were given with great force, yet with all that
classic correctness for which he is always conspi-
cuous. His colouring, though rich and warm,
was never either harsh or gaudy, but the lights and
shades of the pi lure were artfully blended, so as to
produce the best effetl. In the scene with Lanepeds,
in ~he 4th alt, he and Mr. Git.semr, who is a very
excellent Comedian, kept the audience io a conti-
nue.] rosr of langhter,and received rsiteratedplaudits.
As Seal No Supper followed the play, and was very
we I performed ; particularly the part of Dorothy,
by Mrs. D sTON, who is an actress of great excel-
lence in that line. In short, the whole perform-
ances went oil with the greatest edit.

HUNTIIV6.

MR, GEE'S HOUNDS.

The hounds ef Mr. Gat, of Baddtugton, in Surry,
went out on Saturday. They were accompanied
by a line field of upwards of 40 sportsmen. They
soon put up a hare at Banstead, but lost her after
a sharp run of three quarters of an hour. They
had not been trying long for another. when a boy
cried out "'stele away." The huntsmen immedi-
ately laid on the hounds, bat the scent was so cold,
they were a good deal at fault. In a little time,
however, they put up a tine hare, had a view hal-
loo, and ran her breast high for some time. After
a fine run of nearly an kour, she took into the Earl of
Ma air's plantations at the Oaks, ran round his
Lordship's house, close to the parlour windows,
and off through the plantations. where she was lost,
to the great alnappointment of hounds and horse-
men.