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London, England, 1820-04-14 00:00:00

EXTRAMIDINARY StAGE EXIT.

On Saturday evening • performance was given at
our theatre by desire arid under the patronage •f
Mr. Lambton. When that gentlemau entered the
theatre, be was received with loud cheers both within
and without the house. " Scots who hoe" was play-
ed by the orchestra, to gratify a call which was made
for that tune. This was very properly succeeded,
after some scenes of the first piece had gone
through, by " God rare the King," for it was
slot to be imagined that Mr. L. came to a place
of public amusement fur a political purpose, or that
he had any other motive in so doiug thou respect for
the inhabitants of the town. A call was afterwards
made for "Scots robs hoe," to be sung, and •
Geutle►nao, wham Mr. De Camp had announced
as the only performer in the house who could
sing, came forward said began. He h►ad just
finished th►e first two hues, however, when some-
body, whether the new singer's good or evil
angel we know uot, pounced upon him, and hurried
him off the stage. Perhaps it was a fortunate emit,
fur • young man making his first appearance in a
theatrical storm, was not very likely to come up to
the enthusiastic ideas of those who raised it. We
understand that an immense posse of constables
were in mediums in the Town's Court, from which
circumstance it might really have been i►rsagined that
Mr. Lainbton was suspected of ail inteution to put
himself at the head of those who might be at the
theatre, and proclai►n the provisional government
that the riotous eases or the spies of Glasgow had
announced. It would have been much more be-
co►ning if the constables with their chief had them-
selves attended the theatre, without tit h !r their staves
Or their politics. A proper respect to an opulent
at►d mauly gentleman can never be derogatory to
any dignity, or compromise any New-
castle Paper.)

A few weeks ago Mr. BAKER, of the Bath
Theatre (formerly of the Carlisle and Dumfries
Theatres), moat generously saved • drowning man,
by leaving his bed in tire middle t.f one of the cold-
est slights of this severe winter, and going into the
river, at the iintnineut peril of his own life. This
noble action excited the particular attention of the
Chief Magistrate of Booth, G. E. ALLAN, Esq.
who, after ascertaining the facts, act ou foot a
private subscription, for the purpose of making a
handsome purse, as a reward to Mr. BASEL A
considerable sum was soon collected ; as elegant
box, silver gilt, value 7/. 17s. 6J. was purchased,
in which the residue 75/. was enclosed. The
Mayor, having convened a
.meeting of the sub.
scribers at the Kingston Rooms, presented Mr.
BAKER with the box and its valuable contents.—

Mr. BAKER returned thanks fur the donation in a
modest manner. and was evidently much 011CfCOUIC
by the flattering testimony that had been paid to
his deserts.

Thomas Forester, a blacksmith. and his wife,
are in custody here for further examination on a
charge. the husband of having manufactured pike
heads, and the wife of selling them. It is said they
were made and sold merely for the sake of pining
a livelihood, irsith9ut any improper motive. An.
other account is, that the person for whom the pike
was made (for it is now said there is only one) is a
foolish fellow, who gut it made for his awasemeat.
—(Nerreastle Paper.)

Wednesday morning, at • ginner other eight o'clock, the
Ave fulkuritig delatiqueuts forfeited their loves is the Old
Bailey :—J An Bird, aged 21. and Grove BIN, so (bro.
then), for • burglary in the harm or Mr. J. Wiley, of Pet
ham, sad stealing thereto • variety of 'articles plate;
Beery Wkas, Jolla Smith, and Clarke Harriet, ler suer
lag a greet .umber of forged Dotes. They were ell lee
piing wee. The Iwo Binh had for a weisoldeeside time
marshalled a peg or desperate fellows, who ist‘eled Naas-
smeremith, Fathom, sad dine vintages. The malefaelore
were isdrodeced to the Hall a little hekeee tight Admit.
The tee brothers embraced each mime semi allketiereately.
They were sees .alined le the sealreold, mod • dew mi-
mes &veins to raper, *key were hietiedW lake eleraity,

Till

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[From an ,Ereeing Pqw.) • I •
The following is an abstract of • letter releived
from her Majesty the Queen of England. -dated
Itutne, the tGlIt of Mirth, containing a ototemeot
of grievances, experienced during her readapt., on
the Continent :
" Daring my residence at Milani in csiesequeace of the
infamous behaviour of Mr. Omptirda (he Wrist bribed my
servants to Warne the traducers of my character); use of
say English Gentler/um challenged him; the Austriars Go-
vernmeet see off Mr. Ossquede. I wrote myself to 'Hie Em-
peror of Austria, reqtestiug his proteetiosigainst spies, who
employed pewee to introduce iseelvee title my butisr, and
particularly into my hitcher, to frOOPOSI the dishes prepared
fiw my table. I never received say answer to this letter.
After this I was obliged to go into Genially. to Mail my re-
lative the Margieviae of Saileu, and the SI argravine of Be-
troth: the shortest road for my rehire to Italy was through
Vinton, and I took that read with the Mattering hops tat
the Emperor would prolate me: arrived at Vieseia,l doomed.
ed public satisfaction for she public insult 1 had experi-
enced in Lombardy; this was refused was sad • mew issolt
was offered. The Emperor refereed to meet me or to scrept
my visit. I,oed Stewart, the Enlists Ambas;atior, heels;
received • Fetter from me, informing him of my intertion
of returning by Vienna, mad of talking peeeseao• of his
house there (all it is the custom fur Foceign.Ansionanadors to
receive their Prillitrialla tat., their booms, when travelling),
absolutely filmierl me his bowie, left the town, and retired
into the cusuiry. lewd Stewart afterwards wrote a very im-
pertinent letter to me, which is sow is Me. Casing's bands,
as I sent it to Eaglasid. Fiadiag the Austrian Government
so much infloenced by the English Ministers, I old my villa
on the lake of Como, and smiled myself quietly is the Rue
man estate.. I these end elth great civility for some time,
and protection' agaiset the orb Mr. ompord.; but from the
moment I became Game of Eogliod, all civility ceased.
Cardinal Cossalvi lies been much iullaercod since that pis.
rind by the Baron de Ryden, the liauuveriaa Minister, oho
succeeded Mr. Ompteda, decreased. The Baron de Ryden
has takes an oath lover to acknowledge me as Queer of
Ragland, and persuades every person to call toe Carl/lime of
Brunswick. A guard has here refused me as Queers which
was granted to me) as Priem* of Wales, became so rasa-
metrication has been received from the British Govern-
ment, anuounising Mgt as Quota. My messeeger was re-
neged a passport for England. I also experienced much
nitwit from the Court of Teals. Last year in the mouth of
September (I was thee traveltiogineognille, seder the name
of the C 0111114.811 of Olds) I welt to the cordless a she Ans.
trial...mates, to the first small tows belongiug to the King a
Sardinia, uu my way to meet Mr. Brougham, at Lyons, as
the direct road laid through Veda • 1 wrote myself to the
queen of Sardinia. isforiniug her that I could not remain at
Torii' being anxious to reach Lyme, as soon as possible,
and also
that I was travelling Incognito • 1 received so an.
ewer to Ibis letter. The Postmaster at &maim the small post
town near the country villa where I then resided, absolutely
refused me post horses; is coasequence of this retessi, I
wrote to Mr. Hill, the English Munster at Turin, desaaading
immediate satisfaction, sod the reason for such as iasolt.
Mr. Hill excused himself epos the plea of its being a leis-
anderstendieg, mid told me that post hones would be is non.
dines. whewever I should 'claire them. I accordingly set
out end arranged to go through the lowa of Turin as sight,
and only to stop to cheep horses, but I received positive
orders sot to go through the lows, bat to proceed by • very
circuitous road, which obliged me to travel almost the whole
sight, ie very dangerous roads, and prevented me from
reaching the post tows (where 1 should have passed the
night) till five is the morning, when by going through Tu-
rks I might have reached it by ten o'clock at night. Visa-
ing so much difficulty encoding my travelling, I thought
the most proper mode fur me to pursue would be to acquaint
the high personages of my iateution of passing the winter at
Lyons, or is the oeighbiserbuod of Lyon, previous to my
inteuded return to England in the spring. I addressed a
letter to the French Minister for Foreign Affairs Mformiag
hiss of my inteutieus, sod also that 1 wished to preserve
the strictest incognito; es notice was taken of this let-
ter; mid one addressed to the Prefect of Lyoos, met with
like contempt; Ia fees frees the 7th of October to the
leth of January, the day I embarked from Toulon for Leg-
horn, I received so much hook from the Germ-none and Pre-
fect, that I almost considered my life is danger, uoprolect-
td as I then was, is such a country; souther motive is-
rimed me to leave it—Mr. Brougham could mot Si the period
fur meeting tire soy where iu Framer. 1 have intern to
Lord Liverpool and Lord Castlereagh, demanding to have
mg name inserted in the Liturgy of the Church of Elegised,
and that orders be gives to all British Ambemoders, Mi-
nisters, and Consols, that I should be received sad octants.
leaned as the Queer of &seised, and after the speech made by
Lord Castlereagh is the of Comesuas, is answer to Mr.
Brougham, 1 do sot expect to experleacs further insult. I
have also demanded that a Palace may he prepared &wary re-
ceptiuo. FAlrlard is say reel home, to which I shell immsdi.
stely By. I have dismissed sty Wiwi Court, remission only
• sufficiemi number of penman to aoudad we to Buglasid;
and if Buckingham-house, ilarlhorosigis-hose, or any ether
Palace is refused me, I shall take • house is she c.ualry till
my friends ca. Bud a Palace foe me in Lowborn. I have sent
• messenger to Luglasd to make the proper arratigentesits
for that perpose."

EARTHQUAKE AT WALLAJAHABAD.

TO THE EDITOR or rot MADRAS COURIER.
•
Rios—lf you think the following moment of • slight
shock of an earthquake, felt here last night, worthy of a
place in your valuable miscellany, it Is, I asters you, muck
at your service.
It was about tea o'clock p. is. I had mot bee. is bed many
minutes, before I was alarmed at hearing a confused
swim or rumbling, Not mistake the approach gr some heavy
vehicle over a rough pavement. I must mention, Ora, for up-
wards of half an hour previous to this period, the little wired
that had refreshed us duriag the day alertly subsided, tbs
atmosphere breams examsively close sad sultry, most re-
markably so, eve. for this climate. The lightning was very
vivid and roach forked, swearing both tu the eastward and
southward, accomposied it intervals by loud claps of
threader. The moos, which had, from its first dwell, a re-
markable halo, was mew entirety obscured by dark clouds,
renderiag the partial illeustiostio• of different sheath' by
tie lightning still more awfully terrific. It was nearly
half an hour after Ike first alarm, whets I was again startled
by • repetition of Abe fere.: worm, Abets. the wham-
seen was now much louder t this lasted for • few seals,
where I felt my bed suddenly moved with • leagtheued
undulatory =otiose, the horrors of which it is impossible
to describe. All the doses, as well as window-shutters,
were violently agitated, the walls of the barrack appeared
to rock, and a large heavy fume standing is the sett room,
was thrown from the wall with some force ; during the
period this shuck lasted the whole house was agitatodood
appeared 'retries to and fro. 1 must confess I felt corroder-
ably alarmed, sod pictured to my issagisatiou the dreadful
calamities occasioned by the great earthquake at Lisboa,
sod faacied that these slight shocks might .sly be a prelude
Is an tipsily terrible catastrophe. This last shack was suc-
ceeded by a most wildest clap of thunder, the rain al the
same time falling is torreuts. Fahrenheit's thermometer we
several degrees previous to this pberroutesa, which, Weed, as
penally remarked, has at all times hetes preceded by a
great designees I. the atmosphere, particularly is tropical
climates.
The only damage I have as yet beard of, that accrued
from the shock last sight, was the destrection of a temporary
wall at tire N. E. rad of the uses resat of the Royals, which
fortunately was °sly partly erected, Weeded fur a deflate
against the weaklier of the approaching missions. Prove-
deutially no lives were lost, although several of the mew we-
rgilds were &kepis( seer the spot.—l have the h.usur to he,
Sir, your meet Weediest Servant,
Waliajaksfraid, 04.3, 1111. N. Q. B—Y.
P. 11..--Sleuuld I by dram bear of the direction In which
the shocks proceeded, se slimy hottest mischief being dome,
I shall not fail to laves you, if I perceive, by the
tisa of Ibis berried deseriplies, that my iefeematiese is
seceptabk.

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EARTHQUAirg AT CORL

Between the hears of two and three o'clock on
Tuesday morning, • shock of en earthquake was
sensibly felt lit Cove, Abide. Illidleton. and the •
neighborhood of the harbour's mouth. We have
had a minute detail of the circumstances at.
tending it at Cove. from a Centime's of the
highest respectability, residing in that quarter.--.
At about half after two o'clock a noise was heard
like the rumbling of a heavy carnage, accent.
ponying which was a very sensible shaking of
the hotter, bed, and furniture, which fasted about
eight or ten second.; during the lime of its conti.
nuance, some of the servants of the house state that
they with difficulty preserved themselves from being
shook ont of the bed—in particular a nurse. whose
.attention to on infant rendered her more liable to
such an accident. Immediately after the shock,
water was dashed against the bed-room windows,
in such quantity as to convey the notion that it was
thrown at the glass out of vessels. To some per.
sons the noise which accompanied the shock resem-
bled the report of a great gun.
At Haulbowline Island the sensation was veryter-
rific. The watch-house there is built with immense
masses of limestone, many of them weighing some
hundreds; these appeared to the persons in the
house shook in sucli'a manner as to ereete fears of
their tumbling down, and made thecii run into the
open air and fall prostrate. At Abode, opposite
Cove, the noise heard was sifen as resembled the
firing of cannon. and many there, bat for the early
hour. were inclined to think it proceeded from the
morning gun in the harbour.
In the town of filidletois the shock wits not less
severe than in Cork harbour. In one house a bed
was shook so viokiitly as to cause the person
who lay iu it to jump up, under en impression
that the am under was giving way; the water.
jug was thrown en its side, and the cover shaken
off a teapot which lay on a shelf in the bed-roons.
, Many persons thought it must have proceeded front
sense explosion of gunpowder. at Cove or Spike
Island. and fora great part of the dry were most
anxious to hear from their friends there.

One Gentleman with whom we have conversed.
and who resides in the im nediate vicinity of this
city. stases that though he did not experience the
quaking of the shock. he nevertheless heard the
accompany noir, which he at once recognized as
extraordinary.
The mere probable conjecture is that some more
violent shock hiss taken place elsewhere, and that
details of some dreadful calamity may be doily
expected. Previous to the account of the awful and
deltructiveturthquake which laid Lisbon in ruins its
the year 1755, like sensations were frit in Cove.
and the entire coast a► that side, and we await with
no ordinary anxiety to learn if any parts of the
Continent have suffered under • like visitation at
present.—/Cork Mercantile Ch►ewiele, April 7.1

CORR, APRIL 6.
A smart shock of an earthquake was Ghat Cove,
Spike Island, Midlrina, Ballynacurra, ■nd in se-
veral other parts of the country its that direction,
on Wednesday morning. We have received the
following letter from a very respectable Gentle-
man, giving some particulars, and have conversed
with others who frit the shock :

It would appear that ■ smart slow& of se earthquake was
felt is this tows, and at Ballynsesers, a mile bete*, between
the holies of two sod three is themeruiwg. It lasted for a few
mooed& Though I slept is the tows, I did sot feel it myself.
I have had it from several respectable families, sod from
many of the lower orders also. All agree that it was a sea-
miles ikey weer felt before. Several told me that the
beam said beds were agitated, sod some quite alarmed. Owe
lady of peat veracity informed me, that she distisetly beard
two vessels fa the bed-room strike ageism eat* other, sad
that the 'Geffen chained their polities. Several persons had
been awoke from sleep. A vialeist explosion of pispowder,
if sailleleistly mar, would, in my mind, produce
the same snootier as that above deseribed. From the walls
sf Sallineellig me passible *fuel mold. I apprebesd. be
produced here. If, usterteostely, say secideni of the hied
huppesed at Spike Island, it ceetaisoly may be felt here. I
am sot aware if there be any depot of the kind at Niamey.
I Oust that iso magasioe of way ship at Cove has exploded."
In addition to the foregoing, we le•sru that a si-
milar shock was experienced, about four o'clock
this morning, at IHaulholitte. where several persons
were obliged to prostrate themselves on the ground.
not being able to preserve so erect posture. f
the agitated state of the earth.