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FASHIONABLE DEPARTURES FRONT TOWN.

T'i^ H•m. James Stewart, for his seat in Hampshire.
Mn.r Lao Antwne, for illgifor4ihire.

Th:-re is no truth in the report that one of the
Rnyol Dukes is ill at Brighton. The Were cf
WA I. es, and billies of CLARENCE and Sussts, were
there in perfe& health on Saturday. His Royal
Highness the Prince of Wars and his two Rota!
Brothers return to town oa.Thuisd ty.
The Countess of Haretsic roN and Lady A.
STAN HOPE paid a ski:, yestooday, to tha PI MCC'S o:
\ aLLS, at Blackheath.
On Wedn•sclay last, at 111Metpioliiilby ipectal
licence, 11. the Rev. Joao Stassibtfiloo, A. M.
Brigadier Genet a I the Hon. WILLIAM 1-11•1Lalt WAS
married to Miss MARY SUNDERLAND, secoei &ugh-
ter of THOMAS SI NOERLANO, P.:sq. of that place.
The Earl and Countess of KEN WON r, Lady
Las' No roe, and the Dean of 'foam, are at Chet.
tenham.
Wednesday last, arrived 4 W A !AEI% Fiend,.
Edinburgh. Prince' CA RINI fres and Comm %lore
AZETTO, from- Sicily. The Duke of 'Mos r aose
left the same place, f it London' •on that day
Lord acid Lady Husain- andfamily hai'e return-
ed from their excursion to the' Liaises.
The Bishop Of I ILRLFOIIO4 MISS CORNWA I.L, and
Capt. and Mrs RICKLTS, arc now at Tenby. •
Admiral and 'sirs. PHILLIPS, Mr. PRATT, and a
long list.of fashionables, have arrived at Swansea.
Mrs. 811 LINGTON and Mr. H A itstisos have paid
visits at Meccas, the seat of Sir Gwent. Co xisw std.,
Bart. ; at Foxley, the seat of H. Patel, Esq. ' • and
G.rnons, the seat of Cul. Cotraitext, on their
route to Aberystwith.
l's:iss I IaRVEY, the beautiful and accomplished
daughter of Captain LUAU-HARVEY, of the :Loyal
Navy, was married yesterday morning at eight
o'clock, at St. George's Chapel, to Lova,
Esq. a Gentleman of large Canine in Shropshire.
E..tl TEMPLE came En' town from Coxheath Camp,
to give the Bride away. Colonel Gaosyteoa at-
tended upon the occasion as the friend of the hippy
Brideg• oom.
Mri. MACDONALD, wife of the General of that
n tme, and daughter of M. SEMONVIL LE, Amhassa-
d,ir at the Hague, died at the ag! of twenty.two.
She was first married to Gen. JuLOEaTf who WAS
killed at the battle of Novi. _

HCNRY JAW% Esq. has returned from W;
Northern tour to his seat Runnington PLIc., H::ti.
The infant on ;if a Middlesex FreeW lder x•ec
baptised on Sunday in St. Gesori.!e's Church, I lin-
OVer-S(lllAre, by the name of GEclitGL Fitkalt
FR CNicls BUROLTT JONES BLACKBrItt4t.

The elegant Theatre at Dock. nzar Plrtnouzh•
unJer the dir,!aion of Mr. thous, the Manager.
has co,t I,iratl. anslii;mtards.
Pi CA 110 played every night at
during the stay of the k.,try.t.)t. Ihe house +i•.:;'
every nigh!, but it uulotlunately bolls oaly fig•••
1000 to 1200 francs.

Mr. Sr stint/ KEnitt appears, on s touter. at
the Bath Theatre, in the charater of Sir Jv4s
F•Alaj:
Lan week the Strafford Battalion of Volunteers
marched to Ingastrie, and, after going through their
esetcise, had the honour of dining with the Earl anJ
Countess Tat.sor, the lion. EDWARD Moat:E.
TOP, Gm. Gam:nate, and several other pertan`
of di,tini'Hon.
On Thursday last, a superb ball and supper were
given at Kelso, by the Bowmen of the Bottle,
which were attended by almost the whole of
beauty and fashion now in this country. Amt.;'
the company present, we remarked their Graces*
Dub and Duzhess of Roxnusum, Lord and lads
DCLAVAL, Lady CARIILOir, Ladifl4l Amami* a:.!
SUSAN CARILMTIIII, Lord Tv acomstat., Sir ...'""
B. RIDDELL, Sir H. IL MArrielliiALL, Sir GI •
Douot,as, Mr, BaAttr., M. P. Lord Mt:tro's “:•
mily, &c. The company assembltd about e.gi
o'clock, when the "merry dance" commencA a: •
eras kept up to an early hour next. mornies.
St Ards of IGO sat down 1.0 supper. ,

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' 'THEATRES.

natfalt-t awe.
Miss Dune AN'S drhut last night, in the character
of Lady Tea:le, at this Theatre, forced, as it were,
the theatrical .Cason, ant carried it forward, in hue.
test and appearance, to the maturity of the depth of
winter. Long bcfore the cuttain drew up, the
'louse c,verflawed with a splendid audience, and on
the way to it, nothing was heard but the murmurs
of the disappointed in seats, consoling themselves,
however, with the hope, that upon some other
night they Should be more early in their attendance,
and more fortunate. The appearance of the inte-
rior oilseed still more strongly a case of great ex-
yeast; sr. All was impatience and anxiety to he.
loaf the new Lady Tea:k. This sentiment was not
the uff.pt ing of caprice, of artificial address, or love
of novelty. Miss DUNCAN is not new to the stage;
and, hay.ng played this season at Margate, cs ith
extraordinary eclat, all the visitors of that gay place
have since their return dwelt with delight upon her
merits, and excited the curiosity of the town to an
extraordinary degree. Thunders of applause from
every part of the house accompanied her triter ; and
the first impression which she made marked her de-
cidedly for a favourite, possessed of all the powers
that enter into the composition of the first order of
theatrical excellence. Miss DUNCAN possesses a fine
person, with an expressive countenance of the Roman
cast, admirably adapted for the stage. Lut face
and person ate but secnndary qualities. In an
aaress of first rate excellence, we require all the
%%inning gracefulness of ease; fancy to conceive
pure idea of the original charades; and ju fiament to
embody that idea, and fill it up into a perfect and
polished likeness. The candidate of last night
boasts all these general requisites; and in the
great and commanding quality. in that which
sets off every other recommendation, and for the
want of which no other qualities can compen-
sate; we mean the voice; Miss Dust tam has
no rival but one upon the stage. It is full, cl"ar,
mellow, and of great compass. Her diunciation
is pure and coned, her tunes are finely modu-
lated, and have all the delicacy of polished life and
manners. in the first scene, her manner was rather
languid, and her voice took rather a sentimental vase,
This, however, soots appeared to he only the result
of the novel), of her si. coition, and the embarrassment
necessarily attending the tumult of applause with
which she was greeted. It scarcely deserves to be
calls f a defeEt, as it set off to more advantage the
spirit and vivacity displayed in the subsequent scenes.
the scene where Ales. Candour, Lady SlieClaVell,
ails tur their friends into ridicule, tithing could
be more chaste and playful than her mimickry. In
the sc. i.e where sate wheedles Sir Petra and ends in
quarrelling wi h hi:n, nothing could be mere arch,
lively, and phayful than her raillery. In this scene
also she g ire a specirnen of her vocal talents, which,
while it pi oeasuie strength and compass ofher voice,
shewed, that. she sings wish taste and science. It
would occupy more space than we can afford to fol-
low her through the whole piece, and detail the beaa-
tie, of a performance which was marked, from be-
gin:iiitg to end, with unanimous applause. In a
general view of her manner, we faecied that we
saw in some passages a lik.mess to Mrs. JORUAN ;
in others, she remissded us of Mi.a F
but they were neither so au-nerous or stns .g as to
sulaeat her to the charge of imitating. She bears
every mark and stamp of an original. consulting
her own judgment, and lifting from her own im-
precsiont. Certainly so fair a candidate for pub•
I:c favour, in the first-rate charaaers of fashion.
able life, r thas not presented herself for many
years upon the London stage. We did no: exaea
much aunt Mr. MATHSWS in Sir Per, Trerk.
That Gentlernaa's forte is in Low Comedy, and
it was .lCing him mu th above his level to make
bins tt e reprosebtative of a British Baronet. Mr.
blasifews burle qued the charafter, bu' 1 e con' !
not pray it. %Ir. Ecusrom was easy, lively. Ltd
vented in Char it ; aria :vans tole. L. N gave all ?Le
interest :o Afo,i . of which a crara3.l ,so slig .ty
tosche4 and possessing so little that is sits ing,
0111 be sat pbse.i sat ptible. Mae DUNCAN'S se-
cond appearance was announced with three loud
and distiiid bur ts of applause.
COVENT-041OLP.
Mrs. Sim:sox& appeared at this Theatre last night.
in the charaaer of titled, in the.frag-dy of Rimers.
Her looks, we are happy to say, retain no trace
of recent indiscsition, and his e mire was marked
by reiterated refs of applause ; a well earned
tribute to those wonderful talents with which she
is so highly gifted—her Lkiee is certainly a very
faultless performance. On Mr. Kestates Rella
we mint bestow a more qualified praise. It has
Put defects, as well as great beauties. Mr. coot:
played Pi:erni with success.

The Xing of N• es was not only compelled by
the French to dismiss General ACTON from his Mi-
nistry, but to forbid his residence at Court. lie now
lives retisvd on his estates in Sicily.
The Boulogne flotilla are all gone into port. They
do not appear to be at All sager to give us Another
°Pllurtanity of diwaring ourselves, and fading, as
the opposition writer. SAY, in an experiment to es-
t the most effedual nio,..e of annoying their
t .!illAs, at their anchorages in front of their ports,
toder protsaion of theit land butteries.
Oar squadmn remains iu the D. iwns, but the
shird, are gettirr, in stores And provi.ions with great
atpedition. Lord KEITH WAS At Deal on FgidAy,
kitting the requisite orders, and enforcing the neces-
sity for aEtivity and dispatch.
The Sell!) Bo EOM, from flavannah for Charles-
ton, is detained by use iartame frigate, and cull"
toherniiida.

The jaws, Berta', from Jamaica for Bristol,
sePlNted from the fleet in the Gulph.
The &perm, - from Dantsic, is full of
water in the (teeen's dock at Liverpool.
The report of Sir A. S. Hs m motto migning
his situation of Corn pt oiler of Ki \'l aa ssT Y'S Navy,
as account uf ill h::.11:/a, we 11.17:: the pleasure to
+tate, is entirely wiihnut foundati..n, as that worthy
and resprcted cha:actcr 11.. a boi.n so well for a
considerable tiny. 1-k is flaw on a visit at the Right
Hon. Gtißoe Rosel, from whrnce, i.t a few days,
be win oroce.rd to town, and rtsome his situation
at the boars!, at which be hats pit-side many years :
and which statiAn no C.:.'e,ttlurran ever filled wias
inure !molar to himself, or service to his country.

couNrr OP SURREY.

ADJOURNED SESSIONS.

SESSIONS HOUSE, HORsESIONO FR-LANE,

MONDAY, ocr. 8.
Before the Chniratuo, THOMAS Ev ASCE. Ere. and the
JUST IC is of the PLAco:
,for that COWily.
ASSAULTS.
Sergi Arratermerh, a Jewess, About forty years of
age, stool charged upon two inJietments of violent
assaults ; the first upon Mrs. Ann Saunders, and
the second on Miss Stash Saunters, her daughter;
by previous agreemeet of the Counsel on either
side, both insliameets were tried together.
Mr. L sws, a most able end a hes ited speech of
great length, stated the case o t the part of the
prosecuti .n.
. The first Witness called was the Prosecutrix,
Ann Sae iders. wl» state 1, th it se • • as the wife of
James Saunders, a maker of rollers for Spanish
lest ter-dressers, ant re heed at N.i 8, range
Reed ; the Prisoner was ner near ne ghbour, end
of the Jewish persuasion ; on the 28t:i .1 January
lot, as Witness's son, a boy of Abler if een rears
old. was coming horn'. with some rollers, he was met
by the son of the Prisoner. Mo es Arrowsrnith. and
another boy, who both begee to heat him and
iise him in a cruel nierner, the la ter hold-
ing him down, while Vie !evince held a ham-
boo ca or• over his head; t'..e Wit •ess, ..tanned
fer the safety of her cAds ran nut with her u'ne
bridle in her he'll, and dire den J to slime
Mos• s, it he struck her son; she, at the same time,
taking the bundle of rollers out of his listed At
this moment. the. Prisenei Jetted nut of her risen
hou.s, d the Wisner.' by the e•roat. with one
and dragger her head uni'r her b nom,
while with the other she bat her most violee.le
ab ut the body; but perticula ly and 1' toe breasts,
and treated her net. wise in a m se brute'. out-
raeerets, vi dent mesteer. She did vete.: her
cap, iore her e tr.rings nut . 1 her ears. and her s ,awl
trims off her nece there th cap WAS produced in a
most tattered condition, the e ir-rings !woken in
many pieces, arid the shawl meat in several
She continued :'.as violence fer some time, till the
Wisnest was released by one Catheriee Kirby, who,
with great d.fficulty, loosened her from the gheintic
grasp of the e'risoeer: sue was brirright home, wel-
t-mg in her bloed; the skin Atli Ash were torn out
of her neck, by tne ~dons of tee Prisoner, amt she
was upwards of thine weeks boo: e she recovered
the injury sh • had sesteined. .end conl.l neither eat
nor drink with royfatedri, tor Nom,. time.
On her ernsi•ex, amiU Alin 1 by Mr. Nleilotis, she
sail. she never so eck Moses Ar•ows'ilitil ; she
threatened to do so, end he.d the umbi elle over hi,
head; she never did call tke Pri oiler a good-for-
nothing b—cli ; nor did she ever say, the the Pri.
terser wanted ro 'eke her boy's life, es site did CA•
therne Kirhy's ; she certainly did not get the Pri-
soner's finger i her mouth, as she w •iild not defile
it w.te su h n tstines• ; en! it my persons wove she
did so, they were perjurel She had no surgeon to
attend her, but WAS ill for three week; : re•t• posi-
tively never struck the Prisoner at al: ; tooth her
hands were engaged with the u.n irelle and bitedle
of ro lers ; and the Prisoner lieJ go her so fist by
tb• mrei, dart ab- e toll not taLtimir :/v;sclf, tilt
Cath rue Kirby came to her ashstance.
'Vim Prison le who was a large, masculine woman,
of a very dauk countenance and comelesion. here
exhihitei her left a: m : the hand wss most horribly
Jisfiguted by the evil, and the fingers were dis•orted
and apeeered • ontraCied she thee dept.') ed her
right arm, and held her ringer. in such a mouser as
to snake them also eepear disabled.
Sus inne Roberts, the neat wit nes., stated, that she
heard the noise nt th boys fighting. and saw Jamey
43r piss ecinor's son, receive a blew on the forehead,
treble, swel cd it to a great size : she afterwards saw
the Prisoner commit the violence already described
upon Mrs. Saunders, And kit the mark of her three
fingers upon her neck. where she tore away the skin
anti flesh ; Mrs. S. was taken home reeking in blood,
her cap, ear-zings, and shawl, torn in the manner
they then appeared in. On her cross-examination,
die said Mrs. Saunders never struck the Prisoner; she
was very ill for some time after, and she did not see
the Prisoner's finger, nor any mark of a bite on it.
Catherine Kirby, who was an opposite neighbour
of the parties, corroborated the testimony of the fore-
going witnesses ; she releasiel Mrs. Saunders from
the clutches of the Prisoner. As evidence on the
second indietrnent, she stated, that in about a quar-
ter of an hour after she had so released Mrs. Saun-
ders, her daughter, Sarah Sounders, the Prosecutrix
in the second indiament, came to the door with a
bacon of water iti her hand, and as she was crossing
the way to speak to the Witness, Moses Arrow-
smith, and his mother, the Prisoner, followed her
close behind: the Prisoner struck at Sarah Seun-
eters behind her back with her pattens, while Moses
held up the stick to ward off the blows, but seeing
his mother so desperate, he went Amery, declaring he
would interfere no further: she then struck Sarah
Saunders a violent blow in the face with the Ting of
one of her pattens. and laid her eye open : she con-
tinned beating her about the head and shoulders till
she fell down senseless to the ground, and in did
state was carried into the house by the Witness's
husband ; she remained some time in a acne of in-
sensibility from the loss of blood, and was with some
difficulty recovered. On her cross-examinetion, she
said she never heard of Any chide having been held
before she Prisoner by the Prosecuttix, nor did she
ever hear her accusing the Prisoner of being a coiner.
William Kirby, the husband of the former Wit-
ness, corroborated her testimony.
Sarah Saunders, the Prosecutrix, in the second
indidment, a very pretty, genteel looking young
lady. about 18 years of age, with a most ingenuous
countenance and correct deportment. also corrobo-
rated the testimony of most of the other witnesses
for the pmsecatioa ; on a beautiful blushing cheek
she pointed ont the mark where the ring of the pat-
t-n had struck ner, which had been a dreadful gash.
She also stated, that the Prisoner had the full use of
411 the fingers of her left hand, but not o! her thumb.
On her cress-ex imiiietion, she positively denied
having nit the Prisoner's finger, and never defiled
her tongue with tne indecent cep:lesions attribused
to her. _ _

Mr. Moat's. in a very able and learn-.I st tte.
meat, tlotendeJ the prisoner. on the groom!, the
the quarrel Lad origntarni frim the cataral vit4ll of

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the mother to proteft her child from insult and
abuse; that the abuse and violence had been mutual;
and, that the prosecittrix had a:It:ally bit the pri-
sta T's hand through and through. •
Margaret Patten, a child of thirteen years old,
was first called, she had been a ssirvant of the pri.
soners for five Weeks. She saw her mistress and
Mrs. Saunders together; :Vbs. Saunders gave her
mistress a push, and then struck her ; Miss Saunders
then came out, and also struck her mistress, and she
returned the blow; of limb. Sarah Saunders bit her
mistress through and through the lame hand.
John Smith, a near neighbour, stated, that he saw
the quarrel between the boy.: Mrs. Saunders soon
after came out, and struck the Prisoner several
blows; he did not see the commencement of the
business.

Ann Harrington saw the Prisoner struck twice;
she also saw Mrs Saunders come Out of her house
with a chain ab .ut her arm, and another about her
kg ; she shook them at the Prisoner, and said, they
%se,e the chains she was taken in to Guildhall for
coi •i tg. Sarah Saunders also abused her, and called
her most op?robrintts names, and swore she would
have her life; and he heard Catherine Kirby say,
that if she ha 1 a faggot, she would put it under the
Psis .ner's petticoats, and burn her for a witch.
Sits in rah I.lthop, an upright, elderly, single lady,
salted, she hid no acquaintance with any of the
palsy ; it was the first time she ever took an oath,
and she Ctrtainly saw Mrs Saunders strike the Pri-
s met. She then give her own ooini in of the seve•
nil patties, and tol.i a long story totally foreign
from the question.
On her cross-examination by Mr. Leos, who
asked her of W.liit persuasinn sae Was sae said she
WAS a Methodist, hut had been b-rit in sin as well
as he was. She was not married, nor was she a
widow, else had always lived a single life; arid be-
fore God and that congregation, what She had said
was the truth.
Mr. Laws then called all the witnesses on the
part of the prosecutirm to contradl3 the evidence cm
theism of the Prisoner, and the Prisaner's
calle,l his Wit,.e,res to reply.
Mr. LAWS, in a very ingenious ,peech, went
through the evidence on both sides : he ,iiiimadvert-
ed on the very partial and unconneeted testimuay
of t to Prisoner's with-s,es, and the fairness and un-
contradraed evidence on the part of the prosecution;
he observed two very material iin'ts were wanting to
make the chain of the Pi isoner's evidence comple,e,
namely little Moses, who was present at the whole
of the transanion, and the Doiaor, who attended the
Prisoner when her hand was so had, neither of whom
Was produced.
The Cita [sham charged the Jury, and after a
short consultarinn, they brought in a verdiCt of
4,rtlly on both indiaments.
The Court then sentenced the Prisoner to pay a
fine of Gs. BJ. upon each indiamenr, to he imprison-
ed fourte.n days, and find security in 2001. for her
future good behaviour.