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BRIGHTON, Jumr 6.

This Theatre opened to a good House, on Satur-
day, with uncommon re/at. The Entertainments
were. TAP Haftem-eases, Tarnplievate, and a Ballet
Dame, The Theatre, and part of the Scenery, have
bees repainted by Messrs. Lurie° and Timmins,
*ad have an elegant appearance. Batrercis and
his sister performed the chat-attars of .the Dike and
Jeliassa, with much Judgment ; the latter we were
'particularly pleased with ;, she gave us a pale& and
finished perfurmance'of the changer. We prophe-
cied, two seasons back, that this young lady would
noon be at the top of genteel comedy ; the applause
she received frnn a most elegant and judicious au-
,: direct last night; has confirmed our opinion.
ree_whole of the evening's entertainments were
nedt ilimidn3ed. The company is a very wind
1111111 h,
Lurtwo, who is certainly the best Dancer
ever appeared en these boards,. the R•rcu-
- Alierlesiss and Bexotma, woe, as they deserved, very
tt & applauded in the Ballet of Williams mad
Ilta comma, cellist of. . •
Malik . rts......Powett„ Sweet. geese, lac
James. MOWN Mtn, 'Course. Witrsa, Bologna,
Woodhouse. Rated. Teti Csrif.si Weod, Poulson, are s
Aim &union Mrs J. Mira'Nfam es nit. M. lAN*,
Nan. Irvin. Mn. Drapes, Mr. tawny. Mir ILatchfonda, Sfisi
&e. -
The Races ere expelted to be very greatly at-
tended ; they begin on the 93th inst. The town
rapidly filling. The Patrice is expeded at the pa.
talon on the 22d.

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Yesterday morning, His Mestsyr. Prineonet
Ass et.t•„ arid AVCUSTA, attended by
Lady Generals Ganeu and Fttzsciv. Colo-
laeh CAMPSILL, TAYLOR. and DrSalOW, rOrit oat
in Windsor Great Park, and fettirued to the Cas-
tle about twelve. owing to the rain coming us.
Their MAILSVI as had a concert in the evening.
' Mr. Fox bad a good night on Sunday night he
• was said to be much better, yesterday, to the ea-
. Meta= ingeiTSVII after his health. Dr. VAOOIIIAW.
who attends him, said he was better yesterday than
he has been since be was indisposed.
Sunday evening, Windsor Terrace was not se
numerously attended as usual on a Sunday, owing
to the dampness of the weather.
The Earl of Da 'Theorem arrited in the afternoon,
• wad walked on the Terrace with Their %I AJZSTIES.
Ho Lordship left Windsor yesterday morning. •
The Honourable Lady GaOaGIANA BULallalr,
and the Hon. Mrs. Lnuowoavii, have arrived at
• Choluntham.
t? Mr. Matunson's benefit will take place on
Wednesday neat, at the Bristol Theatre; Mr.
Weenies, an amateur of that city, will perform
. JeLrene in Tie Drente Pep, on the necasioe.
The East and Countess SPENcs a arrived in
tovm, jesterday rnornii.g. from Wimbledon.
Mrs. Lucy LONG had a selcet pasty, last eves-
,t,ing, at bee house in South Audley-street.
• The Duke of Gosnost. Capt. Fctstistes, and
the Hon. 1412.ELPHINSTOSIa, dined yesterday with
Lady Peens, and the Hon. Miss Daunting', at
their house in Grosvenor-square.
Chat Las Lotto, Esq. left town, yesterday, for
• Suffolk, for three weeks.
Mrs. PIoSOU gave a grand music and supper
puty, last evening. at her house in Hill-sweet,
Berkeley-square, which was attended by upwards of
etme huudred Nobility and Fashionable.. fhe sup-
per rooms were Laid out in tlse fair hostess's usual
style of elegance. After the concert. dancing cnra-
weeneed, and at two o'clock the ebmpany sat down
to supper. It was an early hour this morning before
they departed.
Air. Lswit, of Covent Garden Theatre. was to
make his first appearance, for there nine yeas. at
the DuAin Theatre, in the part of the Copper Cop.
tens. cn Wednesday
The Queen of Paulus A, the Dukes of Baveswice,
and Also aaaaa uati-St CI.I ta. and Dupre ohs other
persons of distiudioa, have arrived at Pyrmont.
The Hurowgate Theatre will open this evening;
Mr. S. KISMISLI is engaged for three nights.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Stetsons are now prrforming at
Cheltenham Theatre, with great. applause; they
male t!...ir eiebet in Sk/lock and Porno, and have
since phtyed the Dale a..d Jawed, and ././T., and
Bei...,eler.e. They will be soccee•ed by Air. BAN-
atcraa and Mrs. CHARLES KISS at
S'S R. B. JOHNSTON Daft Lady Jeans's Own ;
I?. Witsouoitair, Esq. M.P.; Mrs. STOVeII and
; and Mr. and Mrs. SIAAW are dridking
tl r r..ners at Scarborough.
The Doke and .Duchess of LEEDS; Dr. MILVeII ;
Mr. l•ncs,rsov and family ; Mr. and Mrs. Moa-
von and family ; Mr. and Mrs. Waist! and
family; Mr. and Mrs. Bstt. and family; and two
Alin 'tortures; are gone to enjoy the beauties of
Recker.
On Tuesday night, their Graces the Duke and
Duchess of Bit:truth) honoured the Theatre-Royal
in Dustin with t'oeir presence. The audience was
the most crowded and fashionable this sesson. Mr.
Ettitron and Miss Matc•ticar sc;iported Othello

Desdoileme with their ehArafterit;i"c excellence.

Mr. .TOONSTOStio of Drury-lane Theatre, is now
sn D.rblin ; his visit is merely for the purpose of
:Tending a few days with some particolar friends,
piev:ons to his going to Belfast, where he has
a most advantageous engagement for twelve nights.
A Liverpool Paper, speaking of Theatricals, says.
"Miss Dssc all, in the Wtdo7 Betniumr, had all the
rtgoisife gaiety and animation ; but in such charac-
ters as these, there is still a great deal too much of
the romp in her demeanour, and a certain hot.dessis4
air, which used formerly to be thought utterly in-
compatible with the representation of a lady of high
fashion. flowerer, she contrived to introduce, in
the fourth ad, a lively and pleasing air, which ...he
sang without music, in such a manner as to disarm
all ciiticism, and propitiate the kindnoss of the se-
verest cynic. Miss NORTON, in the part of Mrs.
21.e.avre, was as elegant, unafreded, and interesting,
as could be wished. This young lady is rising ra-
pidly into public favour."

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LdW IN7ELLTCENCE.
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COURT 3F KING'S-BENCH, Waseutottatqate I.
&War as Nisi Pries, Drape Lord Chid ye:l;a EL-
Lenspeeecten, end • SPCCIAL JURY.
PElietittON e. tassacarox.
This was an inue from the Court of Cbancenr,
to try the question, Whether the codicil of a will
was made and executed subsequent to • the can-
celization of a counter-part of such original will ?
This ease had been twice tried before, and now
came a third time before the Court for a final in-
vestigation, and occupied upwards of five hours.
It appeared, that in the year 1799, the deceased,
Smith Owen. F.sq. made a duplicate will, in favour
of the Plaintiffs, in which he devised v Considerable
sum to a Mrs. Carey, then an inmate of his house.
In the year 1803. be went to France, and after a
f:w month's absence. returned to this country, and
made some alterations and erasures in one of the
duplicates, which he afterwards cancelled, leaving
the counter-part in its original state. Both parts
lay exposed, and were tossing shout his library for
some time; and after his death, were found together
in a sort of lumber closet, in that apartment; Im-
mediately after his decease, search was made, and
the codicil in question, was found locked up is the
drawer of his library writing table. •
From these circumstances, it was contended, on
the part of the Defendants, that when the testator
cancelled and destroyed the one pan. he meant
thereby to have destroyed the whole; and Sir V.
Gives, as Counsel for the Defendants, argued at
great length upon this point.
After a long investigation, the Jury retired, and
soon after returned a verdia for the Plaintiffs,
establishing.the original will, and finding that the
codicil was made subeeqdent to such caocelisation.
stoutest. C. LOhG.
This was an anion beought by the Lessee of the
Corporation of the City of London, as Alien Porter
of the port of London, against the London Dock
Compary, to try the right of Alien Porters to load
and unload the goods of aliens in the port of Lon-
don. at the London Docks. as stipulated by AA of
Parliament, and the Charter of Charles I.
After going bite some evidence of ancient
custom, and the boussilarim of the Corporation, it
was agreed to tore the question into a special case.
upon the constmeion of the Ads of Parliament and
the Charter-party ; and a verdict was, accordingly.
entered for the Plaintiff, inkjes!! to the future
opinion of the Court upon such case.

THE LINO v. DORSPT.
This was an inditmeat for perjury. in an affidavit
to !sold a pasty to bail, in an adios for 1001.
The parties in this Cast have already been more
than once before the public.
When the cause was called en, the Prosecutor.
Mr. Wm. Roevellet, appeared is person ber..re
the Court, hand-cuffed by his left hand, and in
custody of the Gaoler of Ilchener, on a charge of
forges'', for which, we understand. he is to be tried
the ensuing assizes. This is the person who pro.
scented Mrs. Barnett, for felony, at the Old Bailey.
on Saturday last, when chat lady . was acquitted.
He stated to the Court, that be had received a letter
from his Attorney, late last night, intimating, that
he would not be further concerned-in the cause, and
saying, be would send him his briefs and fees this
morning, neither of which bad been as yet dose.
He wished to retain Messrs. Jekyl and Reader, and
under these circumstances begged to postpone the
trial. The Court diretrd him to make an affidavit
of these fads. which being done, and Mr. Reader
explaining that be had received his brief on his way
to Guildhall this morning, the Court postponed the
trial till to-morrow morning.
The Counsel for the Defendant stated. that Ile
bad no objeftion to this, as it was by no means the
wish of his client to obtain an acquittal by surprise,
or want of due preparatioa on the part of the Pro.
Steiner.
The Marqnis of Blandford, Mr Hope, and several
other persons of rank and respalrabibry, attended as
witnesses en behalf of the Defendant.
Mrs. Bartlett also attended for the same purpose.
•reammemeesn
OLD BAILEY SESSIONS—it:CY 7.

Pretest, tee RECOILDLIt and iteverel ALDIRION.
••••••••
William Mertfrel was int:Med for fraudulently
embersling the suns of 31. 9s. 9J. the property of
Mr. Richards, a broker. in Brokers'-row, Loag-aere.
It appeared in evidence, that the Prisoner was a
com-not, porter, and was employed, on the 10th of
April, by the Prosecutor, to carry home some
goods to a Mr. Harvey, a schoolmaster, which had
been purchased by him. The Prisoner was to re-
ceive the money for the goods, and, for that pur.
pose. he got a bell and receipt from the Prosecutor,
for ij. 9s. od. Mr. Harvey, when the goods were
b'ongbt to him, paid the money to the Prisoner, and
toot the receipt ; but the latter never handed it over
to elle Prosecutor, who did not see him until the
tOth of May, when be by chance met him in the
street, and took him into custody.
The only defence the Prisoner made. was, that he
last the mndey ; but the R ccoaoca observing that,
if this was true, it sbould"not have prevented him
from going back to his employer, and telling him of
the accclent, the Jury found him Gantry.
.friar Saner, alias Pressen, a notorious swindler,
was capitally isdilled for stealing three silver table-
spoons, two desert-spoons, one gravy-spoon, four
salt-spoons, and several articles of wearing apparel,
the property of Anne Thornburgh.
It Appeared that the Prosecutor, who was a
widow, kept a lodging-house in Devonshire-street,
Qoeen'w square. In the beginning of May last, the
Prisoner came to her house, an.: took a lodging.—
He represented himself to be a Mr. Preston, an
American ship-owner, who had just landed ;
and said that, as soon as he settled /!is affairs,
he would glee her a reference for charafter
to I.is banker. On the morning of the 18th
of May, when the servant woman got op, she
fiend the street dour open, and iostaatly alarmed
the family. It was then, on examination, found,
that the sideboard in the parlour had been stripped
of all the plate. and also that several articles of
wearing apparel had been taken. The Prisoner was
the only one of the inmates who was not present ;
he had gone out early that morning, and never
again returned to his lcdging. Every inquiry was

made after him, but to no Impose, until the Pro.
neuter, about six weeks after, saw him in Horse-
Monger-lane Gaol, where be was consmitted, under
the name of Jones, for another offence. Von* of the
goods could ever be traced, and the case entirely
depended eh this circumstantial evidence.
The ft 'coact an, in his charge, duly observed on
the prevalence of the crime; and, after relatiwg the
dilinietpeints in the case, desired the Jary, on the
whele,. to consider whether the circumstances were
not Lcillcieotly wrung to induce a belief that t,se
Prisoner was the. person who com:nitted the rob-
bery ? hut, •at the same time, he wished them to.
consider that it was a capital offence, is the value
of the goods was infinitely above forty shiiliigs.
The Jury, ia a short time, returniAl a verdiet of—
Guilty-Death.
The Rseoabaa then pronounced sentence of
Death, on
Jame, Woodhouse, for stealing in a dwelling-house; Mary
Anne Ryan, and Martha Duele, foe uttenog counterfeit
money—benne before convicted for a similar cremes; Jobe
'noes, iglus Preston, for stealing is a dwelling-houss ; and
Aorta Tyler, for a film offence.
Two were ordered to be trinitorted fee ft:tartans gears.—
aft.eo for vegan ; an upswatelt of twenty were Seittalieed ts •
differoat peiiudsuf impoisonment.

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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS,
PICIC Foci( rrs:
Yesterday, Bill Sc,wares gang of pickporiett, in-
cluding himself, Ilia Ade, alias Cestewdear, and
Dirk Halianl, who Were deteitd at the Marquis of
Lanalown's Masquerrals, sad conviaird Wises
Nir. Boon and Sir Wm Liar Paasoas, as repined
thieves, were brought before the Court, for the cos-
firmation of the convi&ion.
Mr. A at, for the Prisoners, took an objeaion
TO the convietion, as in reciting the preamble to the
A& of the 42d of the present Log, seder which
the Prisoners were convieted, the word' “ mar"
was omitted.
The Coon over ruled the objeaim, as thaw is a
very proper clause in the Mt, which malty that no
eon vißiga shall be quashed, we acegiat of my in-
formality.

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The case proceeded for sane time with the evi-
dence of Captain Townsbend and the Offscsrs of
13ow.street, the particulars of which we gave oar
their conviUies k Bow-street ; bat 11110ther giskie°
tion was takes. that the cortvittion stated. drat die
Prisoners had been cowhand before Ntenot as
Hawn, and Sir WILLIAM PAISOMS, without stating
that they were Magistrates for the County of Mid-
dlesex. This the Court felt themselves obliged to
yield to. One of the Magistrates pointed oat
another material error in the conviaion. yid. that
the Prisooere were convicted. not being able to give
an account of themselves; whereas. that was not
what they were charged with. They were charged
with being reputed thieves.
The Court. therefore, very reludiantly. were ob-
liged to bit these notorious chareilers loose upon
the public agars.
Mdirgaret Sullivan was (entailed of uttering a
counterfeit shilling, in Drury-lane. This being
her fecund offence' she was sentenced to two years
imprisonment in the Horse of Corm/lion.
Swirl Casmilegt was nomad of st shales of-
fence, in tittering two bad half crowns, no the 10th
of June, to different persons, io Shaiweil. He was
sentenced to one years imprisonment in the House
of Carrolton.

TUB 141131 ASTON&
TO THE EDITOR.
Sta—in your Paper of this day, you state that Miss
Hannah Aston's body was found just where the
fatal accident happened, and that they were both
hi:tied on Seterday.
Miss Aston's body was found on Thursday after-
Loon. near Chiswick, about three miles from the fa-
tal spot, by some Gentlemen, in a boat; she was
standing err e, among some rushes, with her head
entirely above the water ; her hair was quite drys
her bonnet hung round.her neck by the strings.
The Gentlemen called to some men, who were near
the place, bobbing for eels, and, with their assist-
ante, brought her to Hammersmith, to the Black
Lion, where the Jury sat on the body on Friday.—
Mrs. Aston, the mother, came home from the coun-
try on Thursday afternoon, about an hour be.
foie it was known that Hannah's body had bees
found. Hannah was brought home, the coffin be.
ing screwed up, on Saturday morning early. Mrs.
Aston bad not seen either of her lest daughters. It
was generally believed, at Chelsea, that the funeral
would take place on Sunday, as none but their
frien.ls were told when they would be buried.
About four o'clock, they set out (Torn Mr. Aston's.
in ; there were two plain hearses,
and one mourning coach. a very unusual sight. in
which were the mourners; and by tne time they
got to the church, there were about 400 persons
colleaesl. The Duke of Gloucester met the pro-
cession in aseyne-walk, and made some inquiries,
with the answers to which His Highness was
much affeEled. After the service in the church,
the coffins were again put into the hearses, and they
proceeded to the burying ground. The moment
the gates were opened, the ground was nearly hlled
by the persons assembled, above SOO. They were
both interred in one grave, eight feet deep, Ann's
corm being laid on Hannah's ; the coffins were
covered with black cloth, and white furniture.—
They were followed to the grave by the ruoutner►,
being their inconsolable father. Mr. Aston,
and his eldest sun; the neat lan, and the eldest
daughter's husband. Mr. Asbell ; and M:ssrs. James
and Wiliam Paian, two intimate friends. This
affeamg scene drew tears from the eyes of a great
number in the burying ground. the Aston family
being very much respelled in Chelsea.
Sloactay, July 7.

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On yesterday seenniglit, in a Court in Chapel-
street, Salford, a young min, rather decently ap-
parelled, committed a most unprovoked, unmanly.
and violent assault, upon tie person of a youthful
female, whom he beat and braised in so shocking a
manner. as to throw the unoffensting, but helpless,
vklim of his brutality, into a fit. to which she re-
nsaired for upwards sof three hours. and consider-
able doubts were entertained of her recovery, but
which, we ars: sappy to add, has neatly been ef.
feded by proper medical assistance.