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From fie Correlpondeokx. Der. 31.

A proclamation from General Loison, the Gover-
nor of Westphalia, threatens the inhabitants with
very severe punishment, for attempting, with arms
in their hands, and sounding the alarm begs, ke. to
raise the country against his troop.

WAss•w, DEC. 21.

It is kn 'wn for certain that Marshal Aug seats
has passed the rives Ura.ta. Maishal Souk p..sseil
the Vistula near Wysogrod. General La Piesse has
entered Plonsk. and driven away all the en. my's
partisans. Marshal Ressieres' cavalry arrived at
Bakal on the 18th. The advanced guard of thi•
corps is at Sterpe. A good number of Prussian
hussars are taken, and the right site of the Vistol.
is iotirely cleared of the enemy. Marshal Noy
entered Rypin on the ; he supports Marshal
Re,sieres, and is himself supported by the corps
under the Prince of Ponte-Corvo. Marshal Ka.
m-nskoy, who is 7S years of age. commands the
RU441114. his probably owing to the experience of
this General. that the Russian army has not yet
IN:mined itself by any rash undertaking. General
Michelson, it is said, entered Jassy on the 2:)th ult.
Bender, it is saiJ, was taken by storm, and every
soul put to the sword.

'nom THE MAINZ, DEC. 27.

Reports say, that before the arrival of the
French at Warsaw, a number of persons, sus-
peeted of being favourable to the enemy, was
banged.
sassun, Div. 19.
This place has been bombarded tor ten days.
The garrison defends itself with great vigour.

VPFkil •UITRI•.

On the 2tith of November. 67,000 Russians
passed the Dniester, and entered Soroko, a uistrd
of Moldavia. Twelve thousand men were seat
against Chocaim, and twenty-6ve thousand spins'
Jassy.

CASSLI, Dec 28.
The following Proclamation has been addressed
to the Hessian soldiers :

" Evil minded persons, as I am informed, leek
to excite you to aas of violence, under false pre-
tences. Soldiers, I was authorised by His Ma-
jesty the Emperor to make you the oiler of entering
into his service--it rests with you to accept or re.
fuse i!. Never shall any men be compelled.—
Depend upon what I say—l speak nothing but
the truth.
" LAGRAIIGI, Governor General of Hem "
" Carrel, Dec. 24, 1205."

EUIIECE, DEC. 31.

"lho following , notice has been published by
authority The city physician having learned
that a rumour has been circulate in public of an
epidemical sickness prevailing in our hospitals,
namely, the Aux, he hastens to tranquillize the in-
habitants, by assuring them of the falsehood of the
report. The French and Prussian hospitals are in
the very best stale of health, and there are no dis-
eases existing bet aweeng a few iudividuals."

;taut plc. 30.

A traveller, who left Croostadt en the £Bth
says, the Emperor of Russia intended to go to the
army immediately after the Erupt-Nis occouchement,
but that tl.kr Senate bad expressed their wishes, that
be would hot leave his capital.

MOTI/0, Dto. 17.

The French have thrown bridges over the Vis-
tula, in spite of the difficulties opposed by the great
breadth or this river, which, in several places, is.be-
tween three and four hundred fathoms broad.

r &UM TVS simmt, DEC. *7.

Accurding to the Public Papers, a Russian Ge-
nes-al has arrived at Vienna, with proposals of un -
pomace.

Lt)N DON,
MONDAY, JANUARY 12.

As serious apprehensions have been entertainei
respelling the safety of the Expedition under the
command of General CIAUPUND, we feel the great-
er pleasure in being enabled to communicate intel-
ligence of its progress. A letter from Lisbon,
dated 27th December, says :—" General Ca ay.
luau's Expedition passed Madjra on the 7th De-
cember, all well. The ohject of it was not then
known, but it is probably destined against the Mau-
ritius, which has been a source of great annoyance
to our East India trade. The Maui itius is an island
of the Indian Sea, about 400 miles East of Mada-
gascar, lying in the latitude or 20 and AI deg. South."

We have received a series of the Hon &ugh
spendesten to the 3d instant, inclusive, and some
Duch Papers to the 2d. 'They contain she 41st,
42d, and 43d, Bulletins of the Grand Army. They
state, that on the 11th a corps of Marshal Da-
vossr's army crossed the river Bug, and established
itself at the village of pomikuwo, where it repulsed
a Russian division with some loss ; that a bridge
had been thrown by the French over the river Na-
rew on the I3th, at which date the Russians were
advancing from Grodno, and that Bon 4? • ars had
arrived on the 17th at Kutno, in his way is War-
saw. Bow aaaaaa continued at Warsaw so late as
the 24th, and yet such are the accounts of the mill,
tary operations of the French up to that date. The
Hareburgh and Dutch presses are now completely
in the hands of the French Government, and made
as much subservient to the views of Bo , •s
the press r f Paris. When, under such circum-
stances we find so little intelligence, we may fairly
presume, that the French have little to bout of, that
they have not, in fail, been able to accomplish any
err •rpriae .of moment since they arrived at War.
saw. Two causes have been assigned tor this ap-
parent inadivity on the part of the French troops,
this halt in the brilliant career with which they
opened the campaign. The concha& of the Rue-
mans in cautiously avoiding a general battle, and
wisely failing back upon their own supplies, thus
concentrating their own torte, and drawing the toe-

`my farthet Irma home, has principally contribute'
Ito this effect. Indeed, it is us itself, taken singly,
sufficient to account for the result. The redufaioa
of the French army, by disease, has been gist
assigned as the cause of a salaa.Atiaa is
military operations of the French; and we own, tha:.
we are not the less disposed to believe it on account
of any contraddion which it has receicel m
Foreign Papers. Had there not bean some foenda.
lion for the report, it elms not appear hose it hoetnir
necessary to state, in the 41.1 Belleti.i, that tr
weather was uncommonly faroarable, when it ;:
notorious that the last Moilth Was very rainy on tt•t
Continent ; and to anuouncc,on the alleged authori!,
of the city Physician of Lubeck, in an article, Int.
the 31st, from that place, that the French and Prue.
sian hospitals are in the very best state of health, Elfi
there are no diseases esisting bu: among a
dividuals. At the time 1+;!iell 13(iti as.a.as ait
souring to augment his army in Poland, Is) :c.•
foicements from every quarter, u is highly pr....te
that they bh0.1.1 believe that the hospital; are ta-
Iteahhiesr places in the world, Out the seasons bat
:hanged at the command of 200APARTZ, and that
Autumn, in Poland, commenced, last year, is the
middle of December.

Goverment on Saturday re:eived dispatches from
014 Mediterranean, brought to Plymouth u» f butt-
day, by the Fer.mt guis-btz, Lieutenant Heat
The Ferucid sailed from (..•bialtar on the
aid passed through Lotif Cotttatowooo's tl:et on
the :list.. She was also charged whh disparci4es
from his Lot dship.
The Spanish fleet, which 'nail for some raw srn
in the outer-road at Cadiz, ready to put tU be.A, ttaa
again gone into the inner bartamt —not choosinz to
risque an amion with our squaion, whirls wasand
their motions closely.
Two Messengers, the one English, sal the ether
Russian, have arrived in the Ferve.t. by vie
former, Government received D:spatc.tes (tom S'ir
Stories, Sairm, transmitted by Lord Coteau.
wood, contai..ing an account of milita: y opera-
tions in Calabria. They state, that the Masse had
surrounded >4 body ut K rig Josses.', tri.ops, and
taken about 300 of them, with two general ofaztrs,
and several pieces of cann3a. 'rue enemy were
overpowered by superior numbers; and this ad.
vantage was, we understood, o.u.dited witlinat a
battle. By the Masse is meant the population of
Calabria, that has risen against the French Usurper,
and remained faithful to its lawful King.

There was an etror in our account of the sub-
staace of the new regulation re.ti aining neutral
trade with France. 'the Ord T, which we hive
copied from Tie Gazelle. only prohibits neutral
trade from one port to anoth.r of France, and
those countries under her controul. Of course, u
we stated on Saturday', a neutral vessel may not
only trade direfl to an enemy's port, but she may
also re-laad that, and export enemy's proSttc.e, not
contraband, to any neutral country.

A report prevailed on SAturliy of the capture of
Monte-Video. Wre have nut bcea able to vice it
to an authentic wurce.

The iralsimpLot Paskei, from Lisbon, ia arrived
at Falmouth, in nine days passage ; the rein4u t I Eil.
sake. packet, from Falmouth, arrived at Lisbon oft
the'l24th ult.; the lavd.:9 frigate, from England,
arrived there on the ?...kb ; and on the f2l.filt His Ma•
J •.$ ship Nente:is, with the Newfoundlund ships
from Oporto Bar.

Yesterday, we received a hoar from Jersey of
the 4th inst which states, that is, veral Fiend) pri-
vateers were then cruising in sight of St. llilier's.
Admiral Seteatwo is the Officer sent otit to su-
persede Commodore Sir Hume P 0,11411, in h s
soccessful command.
We have seen accounts from different West In ;is
islands; they all agree in representing the Islands
as more healthy than usual at the present serials-
The appointment rf she 'Puke of Nom roe st-
nett c am 0 to be Colonel of the Royal Horse Guards,
iu the 1130 M of the late Duke of RICK/110ND, is at,
pluncei in Saturday night's Greene.
Go-einmmr, it is said, have it in contemplation,
to establish passports between England, Scotiontl.
and Ireland, the same As during, and for some
after, the Rebellion in liJa, as many dangein..,
persons have lately gone over to the last mentionsd
part of the United Kingdom.
In addit;on to the late unpleasant accounts from
the Carnat.c, we are coneetned to state, that the
dissatisfaCtion manifested by the Native troops on
the Madras establishment, particularly at Vonore,
has encouraged some partial in urralions amongst
the Pi,ligars ; and that Rao Gmaerei, a C 1.41 of
consideranle talent and entetpriie, who was dis•
tins ed the service of (finest, in consequence of the
late Tr-sty, by which he was declared an enemy to
the British Gcve:naaent, has assembled a considerable
horse in the Western Hills, and has spread conatet na-
tion thrnughnut the neighbouring provinces. Ailo-
thea body of insurgents, canne.led with Gyms Ti. ap-
pears, by accounts from Deadigal. to have advanced
to the Southward. There is no calculating on the
mischief likely to result from the recent wairtoa and
criminal order for depriving the Sepoys of their cast
marks; neither could any ineasuse have been devised
more effigivally to estrange ths: loyalty ar.d attach-
meat of dem people trona ovc Gout 'totem.

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THEATRES.
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°TIM A-HOUSE.
The attractive influence of Madame CATALAst.
evinced itself. on Saturday night, in a crowded and
brilliant audience, at this theatre. The company
were, of course, much chagrined, on their entrance,
by being presented with the following handbill :
gtxo'i Toce.Tite Catalani„—January 10, 1817.
The Managers of the Opera House, most respectfully inform
the Nubility and Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the
Pnblic that Madame Catalani has been suddenlg semed with a
violent cold, sore throat, and fever --She as confined. to her
ter!, anti totally incapable of performing. The Comic Opera
of II Principe Di Tarento must neecomrily be solicituted.
Madame Perini, who balm indispor.ed, has kindly undertaken
t• ; eiform in it. The indulgence of the Subscribers and tt.e
is Inc* earnestly entreated fur this unexpected change
o?frd.
In a little Cunt., however, disappointment sub-
.lcied into concern for the fair sufferer. She caught
her cold at Covent•garden 'cliea,re, on Thursday
night, in stopping to see the pantomime. The comic
or ,A proceeded, and, Madame Pkltl NI, evidently
' bD .raring under indisposition, displayed mach talent
as an actress, but omitted her songs. The whole
weight of the piece, by this means, rested on N ALCM
and SI130:41, who severally exerted themselves with
great sum c.. NALTII, as usual, was rapturously
we're'. and received unbounded applause. Mon-
sieur and Madame 1)t s yes and PAR ISOT gave
every pocsible effect to the DitersiAement and Ba
His
llet,
and were honoured by reiterated plaudits.
Royal Highness the Prince of Wr. LES entered his
box, during the second act of the opera. His arri-
val was announced. by the pleasure that appeared
in every countenance. Every eye was turned to his
box. His Royal Highness saluted his numeretts
friends in the most gracious and condescending
manner, and shortly after withdrew. His Royal
Ilighneis the Duke of C A 14 BRIDG¢ was also present.
in the brilliant circle were—
Trot Duke and Duchess of viontroce, Duchess of R.ox-
borgh, and _IA.' Mariner., Esq. the Duke and Duchess of St.
Allan's, Duke and Duchess De gastric', th:r Marquis and Mar.
ehiunete of Larisdown, the Marquis and Mareitioness of Staf-
ford, the Marchioness rrf Headfort, the Marquis of Abercoro,
the Eel and Countess Spencer, Lail and Canniest of
Camden, Earl and Countess of Sewn, the Countess of
Cardigan, Earl ant Crannies; of Cfonmell, Viscount and
Viscalintess Castlereagh, Loot and Lady George Caren
dish, deed &Irene. Ludy liladtweed, Lady Calthorpe,
Bar Charles and Ltd, lto•ase Broughton, um Partugurim Am-
bassador, Count Peliff, Colonel and Mrs. Beaumont, Colonel
arid Mrs. Ford Bowie, Ma;or and Mrs. Lee, and Mistreame
Methuen, /nailer, F.veret, and I. Pritchard, Esq.

. _
CHRIST.W.IS FESTIVITIES.

The Earl of Cultssearreto's beautiful seat, at
Drsdby ILU, Derhyshim, was enlivened, during
the Halidsys, by the generous donation of an ample
supply of roast beef and plumb pudding. to the sur-
f rounding neighbourhood, with an adequate quan-
tity of ale.
The Earl of Ems's hospitable seat at Cathiobury
Park, was also a place of great mirth. The famous
old vat, named Old Postith Hospitorty, with the
• wino t, No Waste IS Want"— Brewed! the 24 of Feb.
ISM art:fuse/ much joy amongst the surrounding
neighbourhood.
Druminorsd Castle, Perthsliiie, the seat of Lady
Pier's, was a continued scene of joy. The sus-
rounding peasantry, on christrnas-Day, were re-
-1 galed, and went home with hearts full of glee
In the evening, there was a Ball at the Cattle,
• which was opened by the lovely Miss Daum-
' novo, to the favourite tune of Earl liwre's iweicoku
Selland.

Yesterday morning, His Maitsrr, Princesses
Atrousr a, Soelir a, and AMELIA, attended by La-
dies M•ceeasr teen and WYNN I, rode to Saint
George's CiAttel, Windsor, where a Sertrion was
preached by the Rev. Dr. MARsoAst, from the .sth
chapter of St. John, Stah verse. The Royal Party
afterwards rode back to the Palace.
Mrs. Ile•VI&OIST intends giving a Children's Ball,
on Friday next, at her house, in Portman-square.
Sir Joust and Lady CAL LEVIDEA have arrived at
their house, in Mansfield-meet, from Preston Hall
House, Edinburgh.
The Marquis of LANSDOWN will give a grand
dinner, at Lanrdown House. an the 1 dth inst. in
honour of Her Moo est v's birth-day.
The Duke and Duchess of Bea uro r are expell-
ed in town, neat week. to 4tteuti the Court, at St.
James' , on Her MAJESTY'S birth-day.
Lady Pears, and the Hon. Miss TISUlliiI•11D,
are expeeteo, in the course of ten days, at their
house, in Grosvenor-square, from Drummond
, Castle, Scotland.
Hyde Park was yesterday, notwithstanding the
intense coldness of the atmosphere, very numerous-
ly attended by pedestrians and equestrians. The
carriages for med a double row from the gate of Hyde
Park to that of Kensington.
Madame CATALAN! is attended by Dollor
RLCNALLT, a French Physician, of great celebrity.
sir Jona and Lady NEWPORT arrived at their
hoes:, in York-street, St. James's, on Friday, from
The fashionable world are divided, for this even-
ing, between Mr. KENNY'S Opera, at Drury-lane
Theatre, which embraces the whole vocal and
comic strength of the house, and Mr. Kest sees
Lingo, at Covent-garden Theatre.
The Duchess of Becuswicst has declined visiting
England, for the present.
"the Margravine of Aeseaett has lost her life-
%tont of 2,0001. per annum by the French having
pct cl themselves of the Margraviate, out of
which the King of PRUSSIA p.tid that annual pen.
sion. The Niers, eying, however, has realised an
estate. of more than 10,0001. per annum out of the
ravings of the late Margrave's lite-annuity, which
he obtained for the surrender of that principality.
The famous, aril so much talked of, ranting
Match, between the Manchester mare that woo at
Sunbury a few d.tys ago, and another mare called
Phenonween, is to take place this day at Cambridge.
They are to start on the road to Huntingdon, and
fs miles, and then return the same chsrane..—
M...,:r .linusestels of pounds are betted on this hu.i-
sess. II the koovring ones, and a great many
•• yesterday to be present on toe occasion.

MR. LtIDL At

On Friday night, about ten o'clock, Mr. Cross-
land, the Solicitor to Mr. Ludlum's btother, went
to the Public Office, Bcw-street, with the Lord
Chancellor's warrant for securing Mr. Ludlam,
under the Statute of Lunacy ; having learned that
Mr. Ludlam was oeenpying a house in Tenterden-
street, Hanover-square. Adkins :LA Bacon, who
were in attendant*, went with Mr. Crossland to the
house in enterdee-slrlfet- They knocked at the
T
door, and inquiimi (or one of the servants; they
were answered by a man in tfte house, without open-
ing the dnor, that he was not at home. 'they then
inquired if Mr. Ludlam vales at home; the man said
he wee not to be spoken with, and refused to open
the door. The officers said they must see him, and
if the deor was not opened, they would break it
open; they then heard a great bustle of several
persons in the passage, Fastening the doors and
windows, and in a short time several men appeared
ie the belcnny of the first fi sot, and desired the of-
ficer s to leave t!,e doer, which thy refused to du
the men in the balcony then spruce a rattle, seve-
ral times, very violently, which t r.:ight a !ember
of watchmen in the front of the house ; the men in
the balcony gave charge of the officers, saying.
they were attempting to breek into the house; and
the watchmen were about to force the officers to
the watch-house, till they at length convinced
them who they were; when the watchmen sold the
men in the house they would not take the officers
into custody, except they n.°01,1 come out of the
house, and go to the watch-Yeeise, to make good
their charge, which they declined to do. The Offi-
cers remained some time longer, endeavouring to
' gain admittance; but finding all their threats and
fait means fruitless, they left the house, not deeming
it prudent to attempt breaking it open without the
special authority of a Magistrate..
On Saturday morning the Offieers represented to
M. Reel), the Sitting Magistrate at the Office,
what had happened, and the state of the ease.—
Mr. Rears, in consequence, direaed that the War-
met originally granted by the Loan M•eten, and
backed by him, should be resorted to, and that a
nuniher of Officers, well armed, should go with it •
and, in case of a refusal to open the door, and
there being no doubt cX Mr. Ludlam being in the
house, to break it open. Mr. Helder, ope of the
City Marshals, who was in possession of the War-
rant, was accordingly applied to ; and, about one
o'clock, Mr. latelder, and Messrs. Adkins. Rivett,
Pearkes, Cerpmeal, Taunton, R. Limberick, and
Lavender, went armed with loaded pistols to the
house in Tenterden-street, where Mr. 'Ludlam was
supposed to be. Pearkes went forward singly. and
'mocked at the door ; he was answered by a stabler
boy from the area, who asked the Officer what he
wanted ? Pearkes replied, he bad brought a letter
from Mr. Vandercotab, Mr. Ludlem's Solicitor,
and he wanted to see him ; the boy went into the
kitchen, and• retuned with an answer, that Mr.
Ludlam could not be seen ; and, on the boy'. re-
turn to the kitchen, the dcior and windows were
fastened, and a note was heard in other parts of
Parkes gave a signal that he could not ga;.n ad-
mittance, and the other Officers came to him. They
gave some violent knocks at the door, when several
men emensinto the balcony. and dem:ended of the
Officers what they wanted ; the veneers told them
who they were, and whet they wanted. The men
'demanded to see their authority, the Officers sliew-
ed the Lord Chancellor's warrant, but told the men
they could Oct reed it where they were, and re-
quested them to come down and open the ditta, or
they must he under the necessity of breaking it open.
The men replied, they ehould not; and that Mr.
Ludlein was well taken care of, as he was
under the management of too of Dr. Mouroe's
men ; they then went in, and shut the whitlow.—
The Officers then endeavoured to break open
the d em• with an iron crow, but it was so well
secured, that they could not accomplish it ; they
were, therefore, under the irecessity of borrZiwing
some large hammers, and other weapon', in the
neighbourhood ; but even with these they could not
break it open. They were, therifore, obliged to
have recreant to other expedients to gam admit-
tance ; accordingly. several of them got into the
area ; they endeavoured. in vain, to hteek open the
kitchen door, likewise the windows, as they were
secured with strong iron bars, es well as the shut-
ters; they endeavoured, by ir.treatics and threats,
to persuade au old woman, whom they discovered
in the kitchen, to open the door ; hut she said, she
dared mot;
,she assured the Officers, Mr. Lrielem
was not in the lower part of the house, and that
she had not seen him tor above an hour. La-
vender at length contrived to get a standing in a
cell of one of the parlour windows; and, by force.
broke in the sash nnd 'hinters, and gained admit-
lance
into the parlour; he immediately 'went to the
street door to let in the other officers, tut he could
not accomplish it, the door being double locked,
and the key taken out; he, however, described the
part of the door where the loc was, and the other
officers soon forced it open. All the officers then
entered the house wi:h pissoli in their heels, and
preceded to search the closets, beds, chernnies, and
every part they could suppose it possible for Mr.
Ludlam to be concealed in. They proceeded to, the
top of the house, where they found a trap-door, lead-
ing to the roof, and discovered that the ehwhol the
oky-fight had been removed; they were botery
high from the stairs, and they eduld not for some
time find any thing sufficiently high to enable them
to ascend to them, till they discovered a ladder con-
creted behind a bed. On forcing open the trap-
door, a great quantity of rubbish, books, Sec. fell
upon them, which they had no do_ribt had been placed
there to impede their pursuit of Mr. Ludlam; they,
however, got upon the roil, by the sky light, and
traced footsteps in the peters, which they had no
doubt were Mr. Ludlam', • they copinued their
pursuit upwards of an hour,!during which time they
entered ill the houses in 'renterdeuestreer, Hanover-
square, and Oelord-sweet, that had any eonneetten ;
but all the inhabitants denied having admitted Mr.
Ludlam ; the officers were, eh-relate, obliged. very
reluctantly, its give up their redcap pursoit.e.
Duriro this extraordinary attack ot the of4cera,
sever ii hundred Formes were assembled in the street
to see the event. While the officers were seerchaag
the house, they discovered mat Mr. Ludlum
had just shaved himself ; h.s deals shirt aced boo.

were before the 6re,laewise tw4,straiglst waistcoa7.
There were two female servants, two children. Se-
veral male servants, two men, said to be. sent there
by Dr. Monroe, to take care of Mr. Luellen, and 4
Mrs. Ludlam, in the house ; all these persons made
considerable ridicule of the 'Officers, ar.d put them
at defiance to find Mr. Ludlam ; particillar)7 Mrs.
Ludlam. Pearkes observed to her, that he was
only a few minutes too late, on the night Mr. Lud-
lam shot at Mr. Peacock, in the London Tavern,
se;tire him. Mrs. Lir !lam replied, she knew
that the consequence would have been he would
have bad his herd blown off. As the °Meets were
about to leave the home, an Officer, f:rn Marl-
borough-street Office, entered the hnu.e, to take
Mrs. Lnellam mum custody, to answer a c!-:argt made
againic her at that Office ; she, in consequence, set
off in her czrri tge to Marlborough-street °lce.

JAN. iO,

COICERT,.
Miss Parke made her fast appearance this season ;
and snug Ttt tn' abandunnt °veto," an air that re-
quires a voice of uncoMMon comp iss and
with great sweetness :our apparent ease. In the se.
cond. aft, she gave a M.S. Potacta (her owl, com-
position, we believe), in a highly finished and ani-
mated style. There is not before the public a
more accomplished female perlormer than this
Lady. Independent of her vocal talents, she is an ex-
cellent theoricmu.itian,and a very fine praelical one,
ow time piano forte, harp, and lute.— Bulger's Con-
certo on the violin, was greatly admired; his second
movement was loudly and generally encored —Miss
Sharp sang an Italian Air delightfully.—Migrath
was particularly happy in pantie &IL: irAtionia,"
and an English Ballad by Cern, from the opera of
Thar Tiauctiera; and Morelli drew down bursts of
laughter and applause, in two at his hest Buffo, Airs.
We were much di,sappointed at Bennett's absence;
upon inquiry, we karst that that promising Vocalist
I
is confined with a severe cold and hoarseness.

DUBLIN. JAN. S.

PRIVATE CORIViStUNDENCE.
Since Lady Cloncurry's Crier. Coo. noil,:ng has
occurred in the fashionable world worth coonnu-
nicating to you, until, the announcement of the
to,etridge of Feiward Lees, Esq. with the Countess
of Auntsley. The marriage is said to have taken
place previous to the departure of Mr. Lees for
Lisbon, for ihc, recovery of bis heabh, to which
place the Countess is now preparing to, follow Lim.
This is the lady who has the curliest with the pre-
sent Ear: for the, family estates, as the widow of the
late LAO, his brother ; whose heirs 417,pute
legality of the marriage, on the ground that her
Ladysiiip had a htuliand living• at the timo it took

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place.
The history of this Lady is very interesting. At
a very early age, she w.ircied a man in the bumble
stat;on of a gardener ; and, it is said. whilst be was
living, entered into that Lappy state tsgait; with a
privat3 in the Llownshire Militia, commanded by
the late Earl of Anne ley, still a passionate ad-
mirer of beauty, though long past the grand e.'inr:c-
terie. His Lordship wit captivated by a glaiice
irons the eyes of this bestwiful lady-; her hnsbana's
promotion follov.ed of course. In a short time
after, the lady appear. d, Pallas like, in military (us-
tra..t—the helmet on her head, the lance in its rest,
and her vest the uniform of the regiment. The most
eminent masters were employed to cultivate her
mind, and improve the natural graces of bar per-
son; and she is now a most beautiful, accomplished,
and amiable woman. Ater her marriage with the
late cart, she had two sons, who survived their
father, and "whose cause she now defends.

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The report of the surrender of Cattaro is wholly
unfounded.
A great number of Prussian prisoners have ef-
fet-ted their escape.
There is no certain acconnt of the surrender of
Graudentz, Calbetg, cr Breslaw.
The British Minister at Vienna has established a
post coromprication between that City and Enlace',
by the circuitous route 'of Riga. That c•lantiel
most, however, cease with the navigation of the
Baltic.
A house has been engaged at Hamburgb for the
Duke of Meciti.arrauacii Scuvrcein. The Dere-
dirary Princess of Sass Vh'st at Alt will reside at Co-
penhiigen.
Die Marl6es', j•RVIS; and the t ii:flbeth, Davis,
from Gibraltar, have been saptcred off the "tack of
Lisbon, b! a Spanish privateer.
• Me Qeterral Hunter, M' NAILS, from GT.ellOOl,
for Demerara,. ho been carried sold Corktiuta, by the
MM.
The boxing match, between Gulley and Meer,
the leader or tire Jewish bruisers, will not take
place ; as Petione refuses to fight, unless he be re-
warded with a considerable sum before sagas, ie.
The trial of Captain Davis, of the Guars, on
charges exhibited against him by Col. Bea tearyaw,
is tweeted to finish this day. The Court Martial is
sitting at Chelsea.
A letter from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, dated the
7th instant, says:—" The French seem not to have
trumpeted forth an empty threat, when they promised
to inundate the ocean with their privateers ; for this
port end Sunderland have experienced already the
seeds of their piratical warier*, in the loss of
'torn twenty to thirty sail of colliers, coasters, and
others, ort their passage betwixt here and London. I
have jiisl,:arned. that within this week past, no less
than toorteen have been seen by the pilots on the
coasts of Northumberland and Durham, and on
Friday last a heavy firing was heard from Tyne-
mouth, which coatinued an hour and a half, and is
supposed to have been caused by an engagement
with a Berwick smack, and one of those pirates who
are hovering on our shores."
Ovvivs.--On Wednesday last, Mr. FAWARD
How 44444 s, jun. of %Velem, near Chirbury, in Sa-
lop, shot a dog utter on the river Cemblet, which
weighed !21b. and measured from the head to the
tail four feet. There ere Ow now at Gunley, near
Chirbury, two tame otters, taken, when young, from
use said gives.; they are s I tame, that they will fel-
low the servanb to the spout when washing, and one
was a voracious as to setae a living toad and devour
it immodhusLY.

ATMINSTER SERNPONS—Jar. 10,
Jelaiinn. Rogers, a professor of the Black Art, was
brought up under the Vagrant AP, upon an in-
formation exhihited against her by eertrn young
women, who had been :defrauded by her art:. To
one she promised a husband before-she reached her
'2oth year, rich, handsome, and tall.; and, to :m-
-other she promised male friends itrabundanee.. ot-
serving also, that her greatest enemies through life
would be those of; her own sex. She took money
from bath as the price of her prophetic lore, and
was surrounded at the time of her dieinarans by
symbolical devices, which, tie said, esaabled.lin• to
look into tile womb of time. it happened, however,
unfortunately for pea-tic justice, that there wet a
4atal objeftion taken to the information, and she was
discharged, in all probability to repeat her imposi-
tions upon thr: unwary.
Nan'om Thom/Aim, a man well educated, re-
r.peClatily ccnneete 1, and bred to the profession of
the law, was imiiSted for conspiring with H'illison
Hewett, a soldier its the Guards, to commit a. 4-
te;t able nrime.
After the exam7natian of %Valiant Con...tea:nisi:,
Cnn'table of St. Julia's Parish, who was the un'y
Wheless pro:Ali:La on the part of the prosectsticr,
the Prisoners wet... pet mitred to make th:ir'elefen‘e
and Thompson, in a very erieigetic a.:d
manner, addressed the July. lie stated, that ore,
though be had, for the greater part of his life
waded through accumulated misfotrinos
affbitions, yet, neither the recollection of his put
sufferings, nor even his apprehen•ions of the punish-
ment consequent nn Lis convidlion, were half so,
agonizing to his feelings as the gloomy aaticipation.
(should he be conviCled) of the obloqay and con-
tempt mcessaiily entailed on a most respettable fa
may in Yorkshire. of which he was a meniher.
After a short constitution, the Jury fou.id both,
the Prisoners G.o/tr ; and the Court sentenced.
Thom?fron to six month's imprisonment, and to,
stand in the pillory, at Charing-erns,, within the
first month of that period. Hewett was sent: need
to three month's imprisonment only, on account a
hiss services in tie army.
W1Y1410.1 Jones, servant, was cond.-lee of loring,
on the 17th of November, ohtain-d from Mr.
Goodal, watch-maker, of Brydges-street, Covent-
garden, a watch, the property of Mr. Smith, of
Chelsea, under the false pretence of lick& Sle.
Smith's son. He was, however, ileteNd by hie
own indiscretion, and caught iq the a 3 nf inquiring
at another watch-maker's fora watch left these by
Mr. Smith ; this watch-maker having been peel
vionsly acquainted with the above circumstances.
The Court eiltencad hi:a to transportation
seven years.
A soldier was indifted for stealing a hat, the pro.
•ci Drurs-Lane The'atre; as us-d in the titter.;
ridence

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tainment of Tclo ; but he was arpOrrraf, :he try'
not substantiating the charge.
A Elthy wzach, named Rennet!, WAS f'a'ir;: tad of
indecent behaviour to a young WOMALI. who served
in a pastry-cook's shop in Prince's-street. He was
sentenced to three month's imprisonment in the
House 'of Correition.
The Sessions concluded 01;4 day
1' "7'7 - • s
Sattyday, at Union• Hall, J. Hasdon was again
examined on suspicion of trilarcimiring old Mar-
Titecos; ire Delwrch Hermit. It appeared, that
the Prisoner being lately in liquor at a public-horse
in the Borinagli, and quarrelling with a companion,
threatened to mut der him, as he had done old VIA r-
views ; on thi, he was apprehended ; hut there
being nO regular proof of the crime, he was set at
liberty.
On Tuesday last, Piet, rd &ode, alias St4n4n, was
detected stealing a bo .k from a shop in Swallow-
-s,reet, and on his person were found thirty-two
Pawnbrokers' duplicates, for books pledged within
the last year ; beside: several others, out of date.
The Magistrates cf the Marlborough-street Office,
committed him for a further el imination, t;11 Mm -
day (this day), in order to give the bookseller; an
opportunity of claiming their property, when a list
will be produced cf ail the books pledged by him.
It may be information to some, that she vegeta-
tion of small esculent plants C.Ol be promoted, in
may season, in the following curious manner In
a shallow dish, half filled with water, lay a piece of
flannel, upon which strew the seed of the pla..t in-
tended to he raised. It wail take root in the flannel,
and come to perferiftion.
A singular and desperate battle was fought on
Thursday morning at North Shields, between
two old soldiers, one of whom was an Irishman.
—As each of them wanted an arm, it Could not
be czne3ed that the ookir srmire was so scientifically
eit,played as to please an crviteur of that fist arr.
Both stumps and fists, however, were el:Tomah
employed, and the battle at length terminated fa-
tily to the gigantic Hibernian, whit% Mc-tiling a
kick, accompanied with a shove, from the stump
of his antagonist, though little more than half his
size, fell to the ground, and btoke his leg.
Mart —The enormous sum of 50,0001. may Le
obtained bj the possessor of the First-drawn Tither,
and 3,127.4. can be gained for Twenty,six Shillings:
thus, by abstaining from a few bottles of wine,
which may give ti,e' held:sae, or deferring the pur-
chase of a muslin gown, which may intail the
Rheumatism, you may he made comfortable for
life. Who is there then so unwise as not to call at
Caws ea's, No. a, Charing-Cross, before the Wheel
goes round, and add another Capital Prize to the
Hundreds he ha, already sold.
To gain Riche; is obviously the wish and rine•
pal nhjeet of the world in general; but how to pos-
sess wealth odd my is the grand des:del-a:zoo. Can
the whole tribe of Schemers propose any mode so
speedy as that of a State Lettery ? Within a minute
atter Ten o'clock Toemotrow Morning, several
fortunate Individuals are likely to participate of
20,0001. to which the very First-drawn Number is
entitled. Adventurers will see, therefore, that they
have net a minute now to spare, to obtain quail&
kations for so inviting an °Ned.
Remember ! Remember l—To-Mormw Merlin
the Wheel goes round, with a certainty of Twenty
Thousand Pound, ; likewise rosy had, ''hasty
Thousands. Twenty Thousands, Ten Thotakandr,
Five Thousands, &c. at Homage and Co.'s State
Lottery Offices, 26, Cornhill, 52, Chariag Craw,
and St. Mar.tarees Hill, 3orough. Noe. 33.979,
and, 42.569, Prises of 40,0001. were sold by
Ho ItISBY and CO.