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COYA NT-GAR DEN 7

TO THL EDITOR OF TOE BRITISH
Strt—ln 'permit irericaiseal isidientimp., I hear
obartreii size circumstance a Madame Cata

engagement at the New 'Theatre a eislieet a caoat
*wonted cLecussiou ; anti the bitter 'malevolence
et one soile, and the rarcastic retort► of the other,

prove, that both are actuated by a considerable
degree of party violence. Unknown to this fair
Lady's champions, unacquainted pith her
Mots, the discovery of truth and jastice is tny sole

object.
“ It feat des spectacles clans Its grandes sidles"—
olmetrwed a illuionopher. wh•se talents are much
Ices prohletustical than his prmeiples; ntnl, 1M pro.
.0:14.51 us • nation advances m luxury, the theatre
totetimes more important. Thu,. at the beginning
ut the otueteetith century!, how much more regard-
se/ is the edifice of Covent-Garden, than the iiwg.
aladnont "Globe," which witnessed the rising efforts
of out Shakespear. I only make this remark, to
'scos• toy troahlin4 you with these lilies, on
subject wh,elt might else appear trilling cud mu-
important.
The opponents to the iittrovirsetion of • foreign
siager ou uof stage., draw their cunclustoos from
the fullnsvta,c ar,ouuents by such conduct.
atm. talent 1.4 ,hw•ouragerl ; that we deprive the

people of itiniistmenta. iu »Inch alone they can
take any ?Maw: and that we destroy the nationality
of our Theatre. '('bete, I think, are the principal
objections made on the siihject; wh,ch, as I hope I
bare stated with perfect rimless, I Abell proceed to
examine with candour and moderation.
If it could he proved that native talent was dia.
conreted by Madame Catalant's appearance. uo
farther reasoning would be rrquivite to determine
the. que.timi ; hut no such ennscriiience appears to

me dedueuti/e from it. Was tlie genius of !Li,-
molds diminished by viewing the cait4ons of Ref-
? Or, do thp Claude. of Mr. Angpristein form
soy obstacle to the etrirts of a Glover. or a La-
porte? Oa the contrary, by at once dieplayiug
the eacellener.:inti the reward of art, new facilities,
mud nrw inct:eqieots, are oTere,l to emulation
cui it is very eertiiin, that th., moment an English
emigre W4ll 411$4.Threrrd. 151414 to Catalani. such e
person would clam) and receive equal t-neourege-
mew.

In Britain we may boast, that it is not the opi-
nion of the few that can secure success, howees r it
may influence it. The free unbiassed sense of the
majority Is indiepensable to tis apprdisition. Hence,
if the second olijection was well foamiest, the plan
presumed might be esteemed a national grievance.
Wert music introduced to monopolise the stage,
all Englishmen would resist such an :Attempt ; butt
when it is only meant to diversify it. the case is
very different. ;lest,les, as operas are already aa-
totidiseet among as, and es foreigners have already
Met, not merely sutf,:mnee, but applause, before an
En4lish sudience. thwpresent ruse is not so very
unprecedented as its opposers would wish us to he-
litre. If, by sane arbitrary engagement, Madame
Catalain was priihibited front appearing on any but
the King's Theatre, would it not be justly esteemed
a most scandalous and illiberal act, which prevented
the industrious mechanic, the ingenious artisan, the
hardy veteria, and their families, from partaking
the amusement atforded by her talents
I almost adore Shaitspeare, and I shadd he one of

the first to throw down in;. gaurittit against any
party hold eitou.,:h to invade his reign. But, though
so such :id-ire our first of tragic Poets, I am not
potch a Q as to entct the lists for the swirlier',
whom b taAte has placed near his throne. Who
dare, to vr.rrt, that the boards, so long the scene
of pantoiniinic pageantry—and the roof, so often
echoing all the artillery of our last importation of
blelospralues, will not bu dignine.l by the tread of
loveliness, and the voice of melody ?
To those, who, without prejudice, have seen and
heard Catalani, both as an actress and a singer,
she will appear an ornament to our national theatre.
Talent, unrivalled as hers, must be always delight-
ful, hot it acquires still more influence, when con-
tamed in a form so lovely.

Ch non trove rimy-idle ove I•erswde.
Must we nut fed arluitratioit, when, to this beauty is
sided the unaffected grace nf and the
gtslar union of talent to son apparent unconsciousneas
of its pusseaton ? Are we riot reedy to eiclaim—
Nrsa sets' tr4lor.
Kos Gip, ear.• ne Les•

For a degree of admiration so very romantic, I
shall attempt, Mr. Editor, no other apology, than
the signature of Jovs;rsis.
If you Judge this worthy of insertion, I 0)411 of-
fer you some farther thotights upon the subject.

There never was any report ruore contemptibly
r;diculons, than some malicious and mischievous
persons have in vain taken pains to spread; 110111111.
4tiug, that the Gent:cowl) who composed the Coin-
nutter fur examining the accounts of the Theatre,
Were privately intereateil iu making their deusion.
These are the mean subterfuge, of a defenceless
C4llae.
A most distressing circumstance occurred, on
Monday at a gesitlemmia's house in Gower-
`:rest, Bedforil-square. The house•iii•sid, who had
writ lately married to a coachman, who lived in
Gower's-Mews, against her parents' content, drown-
NI herself in • Cistern, is the beat part of the
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TRE. $ iron MPG

NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. 949.

• wenvrsD•r, OCT. 1.
Mr. Pass 's Bo;rash, brat NI.. Shakespeare's Discount,
ast. 71b. cach.—Twu•yr ui.l Course, :ow.
11 to I un Ltuir.,sli.
Sweepstakes of goofs, cat li, h. f. sat. 41b. taach.—Ab. !.f.
IA Jersry'a Rubin
D. of Graftwes e. Japan
fuSe pawl forfeit ...0 to I on Robin.
Fifty Guineas, free for any horse, kc 4.r. olds carrying
fat. alb i 5-yr olds sat. Mb. i 6 yr. old. In. 111 b. sod
agedpst —II C.
Mr. I ...e.4 b. c 'Fonda*, 4-yet. old
Mr. IS'illianso's eh. f Gift, i.yrs. old
Su C. Turner's trl. c. Gaudy, airs. old
Su' C. Ituebnry's b. f. Ague., 4-yrs. old
IA Jersey's b. 6. I..anstao, aged .
3 to I UN Tumbler.

One-Third of it Sillist-riplion of 250 'ltch, fur three-yr old
cults, carry tag sat. 9th. and fithes sat. lint. 1) I.
subscribers the same as on Taeaday.
D. of Graftan'a b. c. P..pe ..
Five -ere drawn.

PHLICA%

Ilow•sTßeet.
On Siouan', four men went into a mathematical Matra.
'Utile-make.** shop, so the seightiourbood of Leicester-
equate, and asked to look at some of the artieles whiela were
for sale, but went away without chasim: auy thing. Soots
after they were gone, two valuallie compasses were missed,
and that W. 3/ no doubt entertained but the four men had
Nolen them Information wee given at the above Office,
and a dew-notion of the suers being given to aoung Crocker,
loe arm t.. St and, in halt aa hour, &comity bad
four mess, aultsfcalio, 'heir atberiptlyli, at the Oilers, two of
whom eve 'worts to as Dein of the party in the lollop,
when the c posers were stolen. Yesterday they ender.
went • ereond examination before Mr. Brno, and were cow.
witted ln. trial.
Otetwe-leaLL, OCT. S.
James 11.1Ithears, • Cottage-house oilier' belonging to
Pin Mew, ehogrd a Woman minted ilorni.”.. with robbing Won
af two firs-pound, soil four ene.pound notes. 'fbc l'emocto.
ter stated, that as he was pawalig alaug 'Dooley-street, in
the Borough, o:t tVedneaday evening, he wits accosted
by the Prisoner, whom be imeoutpaided home. In the
comae of the sight, liuervver, be one,e.l his rompautou ;
and, et the same tune, on feeling in hie pocket, nits.
sail what he rotisidered as a greater les., his leoffey !
tog the sound of a 'IOW' in the lower part of the boom,
it "(tarred to him that probably souse of his Wei were en.
livening the tame of the instrunteut ; be therefore dre,seil
httimelf, awl went down stairs, where he discovered hi..foci.
16e.04::, with two or three of bee companions, dancing term.
lie persuaded her to ret.re with loin again, and informed het
of his loin,. ►he to part rinifemieri heroic a Latiorleil4e
where the notes were, dui advised luso to it•aite himself rosy
till the morning, when be would certainly find thew ; in the
TWON1111;, Isowerer,ela denied haring any knowledge of there;
this &Mal site repeated before the Magistrate, s tying, that
the Prosecutor ti a. very Itae,b intoxicated when he weal
home with her, and had io Holes about
SHINS hilly committed fur ti
VIC E. ti EtiA L

Tuesday sit'nuigbr, his Grace the Lord Lieute-
nant, the Duchess of Rtatuose, and suite, arrived
in 'Crake fonn Killarney, and were received at the
Castle by the l'rorust and Corporation of that
town, when an appropriate Address was delivered
to Its Grace by the Recorder, the Ilonoarable
Justice DAT. After the LORD LIGUTGMANT de-
livered his answer, the Provost presented his
Grace with his freedom in a gold box. The
Itrearter then added, that he had it in com-
mand from Sir EDWARD DENNY. the Lord of the
Manor, to express to his Grace, that he felt upon
this occasion, with increased poignancy, the infirm
health which called him frosts home, that he
begged to concur with his breth-en sif the corpora-
tion, iu every token of devotion to the best of Kings
gad of respect for his representative. Their Graces
and party, and a select assemblage of the neigh-
bouring Ladies and Gentlemen, afterwards partook
of a sumptuous collation, provided for them by
Judge DAY at the Castle, consisting of every delica-
te of the season, and at five o'clock his Grace set
off for Ardfert Abbey, to dine with the Earl of
GLAVDORR. Their Graces and suite were most
'ph adidly and hospitably entertained at Ardfert
Abbey, by the Earl and Countess of G r.s mime.—
eilliesciv night there was • grand h4ll in honour
of their Graci s, to which most of the rank and
fashion of the town and neighbourhood were in-
vited. At Illite o'clock no Tliiireday morning, his
Grace took his departure fur Newcastle, the scut of
W. T. Luca, E.g.

Mr. SCOTT, the Messenger. died in con-
sequence of a fever he caught at Walcheren. The
vacancy o,:cii,ioned by his death. was, by rotation,
in the gift of Lord CAITLERIRAGII. and his Lord-
ship has given the appointinent within these few
days.
A shocking story is in circulation, respecting •
Genticinan of large fortune iu llampnlwre, which
Cr sincerely hope is not true.
Yesterday re onight, as several soldiers were
pak..ing through the town of Leicester, by • stage-
coach, on their way to Nottingham, the place of
their birth, by virtue of a furlough granted them
to visit their friends, and for the restoration of their
health, in consequence of the illness brought on
by the hardshios they endured in the Expedition
against Walcheren, one of them exclaimed to his
comrade, iii • very joyous manner, that be felt
himself quite well, all sat once; but, alas ! almost
instaiitly afterwards, dropped down dead.
A lady who had the honour of a distinguished
rank in the Amazonian Legi at Saragossa, and
who escaped from thence at the Wine of the cur-
ender, has arrived at Cadiz, where she has met
with a reception suited to the heroism of her cha-
racter. We wirlerstand, with pleasure, that she
shortly proposes to pay a visit to this country.
‘Veditestley morning died, at en advanced age,
Dr. BULLOCI, D. D. rector of St. Paul's, Cuero.-
Garden. This valuable living is in the patronage
of his Grace the Duke of BEDvoao.

Tuesday sennight, the following gentlemen met
at the Dublin Satiety's Douse, Slid were sworn in
■s Commissioners for improving the Bogs in Ire-
land Valency. J. L. Foster. J. S. Roche-
fort, and R, Griffith, EN.: Sir S. O'Malley, Bart.
W. Gore, Esq. lion. H. Blackwood. and H. Hs-
'mitten, E. Of the .shove eight members four
are related to the Right lion. J. Foster. is follows
J. L. Foster, his nephew; J. S. Rochefort, souther
nephew ; Mr. &Griffith, another nephew, by rear-
; riage; sod lion. 14. Blackwood, brother IS his sou-
in-law. The shove it;, it is true, commence .heir
labours without a salary ; but as soon as the thing
is set completely-in motion, they arc to be liberally
paid mit of the piOJll6; purse.