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London, England, 1821-02-08 00:00:00

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DUBLIN. FEBRUARY 3.
We are sorry to state that Mrs. JOHNSON was
suddenly taken ill la-t night while performiue the
part of the Maid, in Killing no Murder. She
screamed riolently, and fell apparently lifeless; she
was carried off the stage, and Mr. 1311DFOID come
forward to request the assistance of Medical Gen-
tlemen prevent. Twu or three Gentlemen imme-
diately proffered their assistance, and the audience
with characteristic good nature, instantly directed
that the performance slintod cease, lest the cont•.
nuance of it should interfere with the riecesiorry at-
tendance upon Mrs. JOHN/ON. The curtain was
accordingly drops, and the house emptied in a few
minutes.

THEATRE ROYAL.
Last night the Tragedy of • 'Mello was performed
at the New Theatre. 'rite attraction of the night
was the lago of Mr. FREDORICIL JONES, and it
proved a very powerful attractive, as the Irons, was
both more fully and fashionably attended than on
any previous night of representation, if we except the
overflow of the &at night. On Ihu Gentleman's
entre the very loudand cordial greetings with which
he was received, beEpoke the kindly disposition and
praiseworthy interest which his fellow eit;zens
en-
tertained fur his success. The figure of Mr.
Jonas is well shaped and masculioe. Ins counte-
nance handsome, intelhgeut. and flexible. The
applause with which he was honoured throughout
was most devolved.
At the fall of the curtain the applause was un-
bounded, and Mr. HUMBY came forward to au-
trounce the play fur to-night, but was prevented
by a general call for Mr. JONSII, from all part* of
the house. Mr. JONES crone forward, and was re.
ceived by the loudest greetings and the waving of
ha's. As soon as silence was restored, hr spoke
nearly as follows, amid frequent interruptions of
applause:—
" Ladies and Gentlemen—ln pursuance to your
desire, I have again the honour of appearing before
you, and permit me to take this opportunity
of returning my most sincere and heartfelt
thanks fur the reception which you have this
night given me. Believe me, I shall be ever
proud of the excessive kinduers which my fellow.-
citizens this evening hive evinced towards me.
Permit me now to know what it is you may desire
Of One ?"—" Othello ! Othello ! to-morrow," re-
dounded from all parts of the house. Mr. Jos gs
then said, " Before I can reply to your request. 1
must consult the manager." Mr. JONES theu re.
tired twilit Mr. FAIMEN, by whom hr was led 4.111,
and alter a few minutes delay, Mr. FAltßitsi
trounced Mr. JONES for logo oil Monday evening,
amidst the must enthusiastic cheering. The pub.
lie will thus have air opportunity of again witness-
ing this Gentleman's excellent delintution of this
character. If we were to point any thing in his
perl,rinance that did not *Niror to us quite perfect,
it was a diffidence very crrditable to himself, which
prevented him fully rittuioing a free szercise of his
powers. lle possesses, we are perivarletl, even
more resources then he displayed last night.

The Duke of CLAIIENCS, and the Princesses
AUGUSTA and SOPHIA, si*it.:4l lilt KING on Tues-
day. at ins Palace in full-ruall.
Ye.terday the I)ukeof You and the Princess
AUGUSTA visited the KING.

Yesterday the Duke of YORK and the Princess
SortitA triqtett the Princess AUGUSTA at her apart.
manta in Buckingham House.
The Duke of CLAaeNcE dined on Tuesday and
yesterday with the Duke of Yon‘.
Tuesday the Disclies+ of CLARENCE took DU
airing iii ber carriage in Hyde l'ark,
The roam behind the royal box at Drury.
lane Theatie was exhibited last night to the private
friends of the Managers.. sit the same stale its which
it *as prepared for his MAJESTY oil Tilletddy night.
it is a square, with a lofty vaulted root' iii the shape
of a cupola, from which i• suspended a hirge cut
glass chandelier of the most elegant and delicate
texture, 'rim beautiful piece if workinatiblup Mr.
EhusTurt 'mends fur his hall-room tit Leamington.
Ilia MAJESTY rested iu Iles room uhiiiit eighteen
Inmates before lie entered the rottl lot.. Every
sort of refrealintent was prepared, but lit, MAJESTY
declined to partake of This room, which is
fitted sip in u 1111U14 deg:lld mai tustrlut style, is
divided front the box by u small iiiterinediate
apartment, tile whole furnnog a complete suite of
rooms,
The Rev. T. B. Mounts having undertaken to
p•I km. duty fur the Curate of Bristol, used the
tillowing form of prayer brittle the termini :
" Let us pray fur all Christian Princ a, and Go.
sod esittcholly tar Grtage our Silverrign —Says
slid eltfrutl, tic beseech Slier, Almighty Gud, our graciuus
thletsl Canaille. May thy protei nog VOlrer bbtl (r es
all thusecis; may thy gracious Israitr litres and preserve
her; mud tn..), thy holy spirit guide and direct her."
Alter the third Sunday lie was :stowed by one
of the Vicat's gamily to otnit her MirjerWis risme,
which he found originisied in instructions front the
Archbishop of Cantu' bury. and OH Ilia repeatiog the
words a fourth little, was informed II:at another
prison would take the duty. I.le in consequence
twice wrote to the Arclibishop..toquiring the DORM
of the iolursuer. stud the precise charge, but ob-
ta;mll act aus4 cr.-4 Bury Paper.)

.114 W MTILLUGENCE.
COURT OP XING'S lElf,
WRDNOORAY, Fealtatative 7.
.16,4 free..
JUDGMENTS.
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THE KING C. TILER.
The Defendant was brought up to receive the
Judgment of the Court for publishing Pantea
Theological Works.
Mr. Justice BAYLEY pronounced the sentence of
the Court. which was, that he should be imprisoned
three months in the House of Correction, Cold
Bath-lields, and ut the expiration of that time to
enter into recognizance for 501. to be of good be.
haviour for three years.
THE KING V. CARTWRIGHT, WOOLER, EDMONDS,
AND MADDOX.
Me. PRIMIDERGAST addre.ard the Court on be-
half of the Defendant Aladdin, in support of the
rule fur a new trial.

Mr. Edmonds (one of the Defendants) then ad-
dressed the Court at considerable length. He
avowed that he was a Radical, and gloried in the
appellation. He cautioned their Lordships, that
public opinion would review the judgment which
they should pronounce.
Mr. Wooler apologiszd to the Gentlemen of the
Bar fur having brought so important r queurion
before the Court with such wait Means as lie was
prepared with, on his own part. He contended
that the affidavit of the Mower of the Crown-office
did itself furnish an arguineirtin favour of a new
trial. He had sworn that it was the practice. when
he first came into his office, to strike the Special
Juries by inserting, at hazard, a pen in the list of
freeholders; but that lie had lately changed that
practice, and lie How selected them by an exit-
ruination, or hulking over the names. But he (Mr.
Woolrf) coctended, that the practice at first in use
was, to say the least of it, as good as the one which
the Master hail since adopted. But allowing the I
right of the Master to exercise a sound discretion,
it was still incumbent on him t.i shew that lie exer-
cised it, and that it was a real boienfide immaterial
act. The Master for a considerable tune struck the
Special Juries by what vine certainly as impartial
mode. Why was that changed ?—Mr. %Voider here
recapitulated the circumstance, of his former oppo-
sition (in the case of the King against himself) to
the parties striking the Juries f a list of only
240 mimes for the Special Juries of London, and
obliging him to adopt a list which contains d all
who were liable to serve ; so that previously to that
period the Master struck the Juries in an impartial
mode, though fiom too limited a number ; but at
the time that illegal limited list was struck out of
his hands, hr then had recourse to an improper anode.
This he mentioned to the Court to shew the unindif-
lerency of the Master of the Crown-office. But had
te exercised his discretion in a mintier which the
Court would sanction ? When objection was made
to fourteen mimes on account of the parties having
served on the Grand Jury by whom the hill was
found, the Miter, instead of exercising his own
diseretiour, had guided himself by the discretion of
the Solicitor of the Treasury. It was therefore net
sufficient for that Officer to scene be was iudif
(trent, when be so acted as to warrant suspicion.
He had been advised that Ole right of challenging
the array was undoubtedly flieDerendirin's; that
was for their Losciships' decision : but if it was
their right, certainly it never was claimed on bet-
ter grounds. He understood that a Jurymen,
should out he asked any question tending to his
discredit. The Lord Chief Baron hid allowed
; the Common Jurors to be questioned, hut wound
not suffer the Special Jurors to be exainioed in the
same way ; though sorely that question whir h
would Hot bring a Common Juror into contempt
roust be equally applicable to r Special Juror.
Mr. Vl'ooler was proceeding to observe an the wer-
blielitig the array--
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said, it appeared
that in thst respect nothior, hod been dotty in this
instance which hail not always been done. The
Baronets had precedency which they were entitled
to uccordiog to time teirour of their patents. It was
stilLopen to Mr. IVonler to address the Court ou
that point, if lie thought it material to his case.
Mr. IVooler, alter what had fallen from his
Lordship, declined addressing the Court on that
head. In cosiclurion lie observed, that the Court
would, lie trusted, on a review of all the circum-
easiers of the case, see that the Defendants had
good grounds for the objections which had been
prised, and would order the rule fur a new trial to
be wade absolute.
After a short consultation—

The Loan Cour JUYTICS .aid, that the sub-
jects discussed before them on the present applica-
tion for a new trial, had not, with the exception of
our topic, been much canvassed of late. It ■p.
peered. therefore, to hint, to be due not only to
the parties, but to the athnittistratiou of public
justice Vallee what was stow decided might form a
precviletii), to he fitting dirt the matter should be
considered before they cause to a decision. Fur
himself lie would say, that he should give his best
attention to the authorities, and ►hould decide se-
cording to the couscieutious opinion which he
should form, aithout paying way ternl to the
threat of public opinion which had been held out.

This morning the Prisoners who stand committed
on charges of felony will he removed Irons die
several gaols in the City of London and County of
Middlesex to Nrwgsie, preparatory to their taking
their trials at the ensuing 5C.814111.1. at Justice Hall,
ill the Old Wiley, which commences on %%franca-
day next.
The Sessions of the Peace for the County of
Middlesex s►ll commence at the Sessions-house,
Cielkonwell-Irmo, 101 l Tuesday nest, when the
tiiuls of trartroris and others out on bail for
matters of assault, nuisance, and misdemeanor,
will be proceeded on.
Barcelona letters, dated 23d ult. mention diet a
pirate, or privateer, had fur souse time !Jest infested
the upper part of the Metliterianeim, and captured
several vessels. A King's cutler, belonging to the
island of !viva, had just captured her near Tarra-
gon*, by boarding her. About thirty were killed,
and *eyelid wounded ; but the cutler only lost too
men. The prisoners have been convict! to Va-
lencia.

o.rpoith tilvitfruistry, FE attaßT 3.

On Saturday the following degrees were eon.
(erred :
Roaster i• Cioil Lote—Rev. J. D. Coleridge, Banjul
Colter..
akistar. 4r Arife—Oawskl Fri Aden and Edmund henry
Prosy, Broortoooor College.
naelltolors of Avis—Jobs F. Moor, Riocenornie
Gnrd Connanonwter ; Rev. Mares* Armsipmg, Trimly Col.
lege ; R. 11. BOUtoe. ti4oHlrrst of Chritt Clisirelt ; James
Stuart Murray Anaemia, Seloular of Bellsol Cellcge.
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• aMEXPL E CHASE.

A match, fors stake of tbn gitieteas, took Omer nn *M.
flay. b►tween M . Ahbut and Kennet-11e,, In ride horses
boas fide their properly, across a rimiest comas, twenty-
ant setter, in a straight direction ■n a bird could fly. The
grunted was from Captain Ilasketrs •ills, two nodes from
arrrartril Cross, to Hill House, near Vfokiaitliam.
Mr. Abbot won the match in one hour and fortraeven
making sever leaps of magnitude in hie prottro-so.
Mr. Kennett.ley's horse failed at a trap of a eh Hitt of four-
teen feel, and had to go three miles round. He was more
than ewe bum,* doing the match.

BURGLARIES.

It was stated few days since, in a ►eport from Marlho-
resigh.iitreet 4)Hler, that inlay burglaries hail been coo..
matted on the Uxbridge road, and amongst them were the
bowers of M . Manton and Parker, at Southhall, fur
which two men and two women have Siren fully committed
for trial, together wills a publican in Otiforil.street, for rr-
criving part of the plate stolen from Mr. Parka'. house.
Fr.. the •igiiaare of the Officers in tracing out the rob.
!wry, the Pi-isomers are Proc.., to have been acressari►s in
two other burglaries, one at John Penn's, En) Stoke
Park, near Wimlsar, and the other at the hollAe of
Mr. Calvert, M.P. Property st.den has been traced isl time
pue►essiou of the Primmer•, hot as ■ develop omit of the
ciresunalseces of the cane might in the present stage of the
exansinatiows prevent the fu►theraoce ofjostice, wv forbear
catering Mtn particulars.
Another burglary was committed at the hintose of Mr.
Twining, the tea-dealer, at Hampton, on Saturday night last.
The thieves must have been several hours in the house, as
they look away every portable article; they even took
the silver edges off coolers, &c. and left the plated part.
Mr. Twiniug heerd a noise in the house, but supposed it to
be the hotter.

DA RING ATTACK BY THE RESCUE GANG.
On Monday night last a somber of convicts were removed
from Neergate, under an escort of cavalry, and in passing
Meng Illiaeltfriars.road the caravan in which they were cut,.
Mired holiest for a few minors, in order to 'inhume the drag.
dais from me of the wheels, after passing the di tlivity of
ohp bridge; lei this short interval some daring symptoms of a
rinacerted plan to rescue the Prisoners occurred, bat which
aid out succeed. The chai.e which followed the caravan,
mid io which was Mr. Brown, the Keeper of Nesgate, was
attacked with large stones, which entirely demolished
all the glasses, but fortunately did ito either mischief.
The retort was attacked in the like manlier, and nue of the
taddiers mooch hurt by a large stone, thrown by a fellow whom
be lkiamelf saw in the very act, but in attempting in strike
the villain with his lance, his horse leaped aside, and the
fellow escaped among the crowd.
Amon the convicts were three of the fellows who were
teamed 'a short lime since front the police officer, while
marrying them hunt Marlborough.street other to Netegate,
and it is suspected that the same gang were concerned in
this daring outrage.
FROM TUESDAY NIGI.I7"S GAZETTE.
DIVIDENDS.
March 1. J. Gates, of Grimetone, Norfolk, farmer, at four,
at the Crown Tavern, King's Lynn.
March 1. J. kletwingion, of King's I.ynn, Norfolk, money.
scrivener, at eleven, at the Crown Tavern, King's Lynn.
February 27. J. E. Gyleti, of Sbureditch, Middlesex, oilman,
at ten, at Guildhall, I. 100.
February 10. J. C. Hyde, of Co ion. place, New road, Middle.
sex, apothecary, at test, at Guildhall, London.
March 3. N. Arnold, of Hernias-street, St. Katharine s,
Middlesex, victu.ller, at ten, at Guildhall, London.
February 27. A. Doull, sen. of london•street, Greenwich,
Keut, and of Williatn.street, Bridewrll Freciete, Lethal,
plumber, at eleven, at Guildhall.
Sebruary 27. P. B. Junes, of Iltrmingham, hardware-mann-
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roamer, at twelve, • t Guildhall,
Fl bevary 47. Writ. Derry soil F. Dewey. of Ilse Albion Cool.
wharf, Christ Church, Surrey, cual.merchants, at ten, at
London.
&bleary 27 J. Rummy, a Ipswich, Sitfrulk, otaltsler, at
twelve, at the Bear and Crown lan, Ipswich.
February 27. S. Coates, of Sunderland-near the. Sea, Dors
ham, grucer, at eleven, st the Bridge leo, Bishop Wear-
smith.
February 27. J. Slorkey, of Brimful, cheese•fartur, at oar, at
the Raninier Tavern, All Saint's-lane, Bristol.
March t. S. Stead, of Clough [louse Mills, Hudilersliehl,
York, corn.f.ictur, at three, at the Stratford Arms inn,
Wakefield.

March 6. R. Eilvert, of Bath, liiten.draprr, at use, at the
%Visite bon 100, Broad.street, Bristol.
February 28. J. Strafford, of Scrooby, Nottingham, miller,
at eleven, at the Crowa Inn Bantry.
March 2. Win. Crossley, of Lkoneaster, York, joiner, at de-
ers, at the Eagle and Child, Cont.bruueh.
February 23. Wan. Clarke, of Sheffield, York, master.
bidder, at eleven, at the Commercial Lou, Shef6elJ.