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London, England, 1820-09-21 00:00:00

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TNRATRR•RUYAL, COY RIV7eGA RD RN.

I.IIIIIS EVENING. THURSDAY. Sept. 21,
will be perforate 4, is two acts,
THE BEGGAR'S OPERA.
Capt. Mactseash (b 1 renwiftioatig. T. Croke;
_remintlll.
Mr. Blom Isar.l; .1-A•101112 Mr. ; Filch, Mr. Comer.
Sirs. Pear haus, Mrs. venom ; Lucy, Mn. C. Ketehle ;
Miss G.sgyse (of the Thiptrea Kuril Bath sod Dublin,
Ming her sena appearance *a this Stage).
Afro which, the Grand Belk,, in two arts of
JOCONDE; Or, LE PRINCETROUBALIOUR.
Chancters--Le Prince, Mom. Luebooque ; Los
es., Mons. Rollin, Fib; Abend*, Mons. Tommie; Le RMS.
he, Mom. Hollis, Pike. Matbilde, Mlle. Milner; Jen-
note, Mlle. Elise • Mille, Mlle. Yaks; Uwe Jewett Post*.
rile, Mile. ; Uwe Jester Payment., Mlle. Hollis.
To cosielude with the Farce of
THE WEDDING DAY.
Durhryr the recess the Theatre has been entleelinew de-
corated and embellished.
A soperb central Chandelier. on • novel principle, and
completely ventilated, has ham: cometromed by Mr. West.
Onetime& Lustros for Wasdislits, swerved die Dews
Circle.
A new Drop Curtain, from so ovigieel design, has ben
panted by Mr. Petit.
A Private Ana may be had Cu, the Semen, or nightly, of
Mr. Brandon, at the Box-Offror.
The Doors will be upend at Halt past Six &Cloth, and
the Play begia atle,en.
Boxes, 7s ; trend Price. 3s. 641.—Pi1, 3s. tat ; Steomd
!5..-4;011en, ts.; Second Price, Is.s-Upper
levy, Is.; Sealed Price, Id.
Places fur the Bowes to be taken of Mr. Breeden, at the
Box-Oniee, Hatt street, from Ten till Four.
The Miusegeaseut of this Theatre have mime& for • li-
mited .umber of sights, the Principal Dancers of the Opera.
House.
On Saturday, Shakspeare's Comedy of Errors.

THRATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.

TIIIS EVENING. THURSDAY. Sept. 41.
will be perfermr.l
A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER.

A Iler which, • new Connelly, in Meer at4l, celled
DOG DAYS IN BOND-STREET!

The Principal Charariers by Megan. Terry. Baker, 0:-
tarry, J. Russell, Barnard, Williawy Mn. Pearce, Mn. WM-
insun, and Mr*. Mardyn.
Tu conclude sigh the Comedy of
EXIT BY MISTAKE.
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Roland, Mr. Ten;;Jae iirsa,ll,lr7Wolimos; Rattle-
trap, Mr. Meredith ; Restless Abeert, Mr. Barnard; Horses,
Mr. (taker; Pigeos, Mr. Hammond; Crockery, Mr. J. Hiss.
sell. Mrs. Matcher, Mrs Pearce; Mts. Nark's, Mrs. Kea-
ilall ; Harriet, Miss Leigh; Prattle, Mrs. Baker.

•.• The Public are respectfully informed, that, according
to tlw c=tablished arrangement, since the term of his Ma-
jesty's license hal been extended In this Thee'', Second
Price will be taken daring the Last Month of Performasee :
this Evening therefore, until the close of the Season, the
Prices will he &Minim:—
Flint Pricc.—Boxn, 61.—Pit, 3s.—First Gallery, 2..
Second Gallery, 12.
Second Price—Boxy, 3a—Pit, Is. Ad.—First Gallery, Is.
—Second Gallery; tad.
Second Price will commetice every Eveniog precisely at
Nine o'Cliiek.
Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Massinghara, at
the Theatre.
A Private Box may be had, nightly, by application at the
Box Office.
The Hours to be opened at Half-past Six o'Clock, sail t►e
l'crformauce to begin at Seven.
Tomorrow, Guy Ministering, with Tessin mule Easy.

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BANK OF ENGLAND, Screwed= Id, late.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the
GOVERNOR 111114 COMPANY of NW BANK of.
ENGLAND give Plain,
That a GENERAL COURT will be held at the Berk,
so THURSDAY NEXT, the 214 ieeteet, et Eleven
o'Clock is the Yorenooo, to consider of a DIVIDEND.
which will also be 016 C of the QUARTERLY GENERAIA,
COURTS, appoieted by the Charier. ' .
ROBERT WEST, Secretary.

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BURGESS' NEW SAUCE for geoeral put.
poses basin given such great approbation and the
Esmond for it einitesmiag to iscreasr, JOH N BURGESS end
SON beg most respretfolly to offer this their best acknow.
ledgusems to the Public for their liberal poirmage of the
sown its utility sod great comasinite in all adobes has
recommended it to the Nast distiogoished loonies eon.
amigos, who have ail spoken highly in its reessismeadatioe.
—it is prepared by them ON LT ; tied for preventing din
appollistemet to families, all possible are has tees resort
eil to, Weigh Wide beide aided epos) the cork with their
Firm aid Address, as well as rime label hdmag their Sipa-
Ink without which it mamas br cor.
Miff WIMP= and IWO aohillished nod much
imeneml NIONSCE of AMBOY, mutinies to be pm-
posed by the sher the sans asamier that has gives the
greatest ratiofaetioo fur assay yews.
Wareham', IST, &rood, corner of the Fampatepo, Len
don—(The Orlgiaal Fish-fiaace Warehouse.)

UNDER TEE PATRONAGE OF Till ROYAL
FAMILY.
OPENED, at N.. 147, Stesowl (o'er rwIAMMAI'I
Hoeft), tionot sad mimesis, waganotruce fir
the wholesale sad retail Disposal of VILINGI LACE, to
iltch Ow' FamlibiooMe Weld is earnestly hotted.
G. F. VIALIECI sad Ca. gratefully setrantrAge tbe
cressin Minnie of their Friends, whit* has leired a tm.
waist from APS, !braid, iaJirpeossble. It may be proper
Si, reassilt, tin O. F. V. soil Co Is.. tM ~Mein Point-
Oen to itaiwifisteee this celebrated, article; that so other
Lam will mown perfectly clear after rammed washing; that
it is sealed with the Pate tees' belting, G. F. U. sal Ca.
sad the woo* " by the Queee's atitharity," asil sM salt'
lie depended so as moire, I. Laelest, it their Nene, or
a their Arms is the tatowirf•
Carious Imitation of Pitied, Rrssstla, aid Ohm Forrigo
Styles, with every Discriplin of Lap ow Ohs wow priimlpts.

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serving-mace,. of Mora st 4 Sr
likl12:
humble le Mb • i/All hi. sousietoi
Feat to all odergi.' ter 'there might be edit& if*
poor suitor, erith satiosis leek end depooted
mien—the fliceei fed Vif his brief astAiwity, elbow.
irig hia betters, end pomilsly fiat benefactors, oat of
the road—the peen 4 rifest, who might a beite#
benefice—the prowl %win. 'slid Meet a rent of
church lands—the rob* flier. why wee to solicit
• pardon for the *aim he had inflicted on his
li4hli.urs—the phasidoes4 foleklio. who come to
seek vengeance for that whieft he had himself re=
tried d; Besides, there feed the asissteling and chil-
No/item of guard" pod sehliers—the dispatehing er
messengers. cad the Ogilvie; 3hems-s.the tramplie
and neighing of horses witheet the gate--the
ink of etas, end reading Of plumes, end jhogling,4l
spurs within It. Gs shorti it was that gay and spleilvi
did confilsion. in which the eye of youth se's 'H
that is breve teal bnlltitat, sod that of emanative
much that is elostbtfel. dramas!, false, and beliefs..
hope* that will Deter be gratified—prueeives which
soiN sewer he folllllool-latilk in -- flab.
attlity-sud insolence is dist Sr
bounty."
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The object for which Roland was di •
Edinburgh by Gletidinning was to be opt
page 'to Queen Mary, at Castle. hi'
interest of the Reseal Memo. Miser atteetinta.
Lady Mary illeasieg and Csilseoima Lean. Ix*
of her own selection. To Lachmehea seesselingly
our hero is sent, with the Lards Lyndessy and
Ruthven, when the hapless Queen is forced to sign
her abdication of the throne.
The portraits of these Noblemen...id shine of
Murray and Morton, are worthy of Vandyke; nor
is the limner less happy in the Lady of Lochmaben,
the mother of the Regent, whose hatred of Many is
aggravated by her legitimate descent—a living re-
proach to ha amour with James V.
' But the highest effort is the character of Mary
herself. After all that has been written upon that
subject. it appears as fresh and original as if un-
touched by other hands—. powetful, natural, and
exquisite perforiasuce. The traits. however. ate so
blended with the greater portion of the book, that it
must he read to give an idea of their captivating
nature. We shall only select what raw be intelli-
gibly separated :
" Her face, her form. have been so deeply its
pressed upon the imagination, that, even at the die.
tance of nearly three centuries, it is unnecessary so
remind the most ignorant and uninformed reedit
of the striking traits which characterise that re-
markable countenance, which orals at once to

combine our ideas of the majestic, the pleasing,
and the brilliant, leaving us to doubt whether they
express more happily the Queen, the-beauty. or
the accomplished woman. Who is there, at the
very mention of Mary Stuart's name, that has not
her countenance before him, familiar es that of the
mistress of his youth, or the favourite daughter of his
advanced age ? Even those who feel themselves com-
pelled to believe ill, or much of what her enemies I
laid to her charge, cannot think without a sigh epee a
countenance expressive of any thing rather than the
foul crimes with which she was charged when living,
and which still continue to shade, if not to hlacken
her memory. That brow, so truly oleo and regal
—thren eye-brows so regular and graceful, which
yet were armed from the charge of regular insipidity
by the beautiful effect of the hotel eye's which they
over-arched, and which seem to otter a thousand
histories—the nose, with all its Grecian precision
of outline—the mouth so well proportioned, so
sweetly formed, as if designed to speak no-
thing but what was delightful to hear—the dun.
ple chin—the stately swan-like neck, form a coun-
tenance, the like of which we know not to have ex•
fisted in any other character moving in that high
class of life, where the actresses se well as the actors
command general and undivided attention. It is
in vain to ray. that the portraits which exist of this
remarkable woman are not like each other ; for
amidst their discrepancy. each possesses general
features, which the eye at once acknowledges as pe-
culiar to the vision which our imagination has
raised while we read her history for the first time.
and which has been impressed upon it by the nu-
merous prints and pictures which we have seen.
Indeed we cannot look on the worst of them, how-
ever deficient in point of execution, without saying
that it is meant for Queen Mary ; and no .sonall
instance it is of the power of beauty. that her chiming
should have remained the subject tint merely of
admiration, but of warm and chivalrous interest,
after the lapse of such a length of time. We know
that by far the moat acute of those who, in latter
days, have adopted the unfavourable view of Mary's
character, longed. like the executioner before his
dreadful task was performed. to kiss the fair hand
of her on whom he was about to perform so horrible
a duty."
Perhaps we cannot pourtray her better than by
copying a passage of the audience given to the ad-
verse Lords. Lord Rutliven reads the deed of
renunctation :-...
" ' And is this all my loving subjects require of
me, my Lord ?' said Mary, in a tone of bitter irony.
• Do they really stint themselves to the rosy boon
that I should yield up the crown, which is mine by
birilt•right, to an infant, which is scarcely more than
a year old—fling down my sceptre and take up a
distaff? Oh. no lit is too little foe them to ask....
that other roll of parchment contains something
harder to be complied with, and which may more
highly tax my readiness to comply with the petition
of my lieges.'
.4 • This, parchment,' answered Ruthren. in the
same tone of inflexible gravity, and unfolding the
instrument as he spoke, 'is one by which your
Grace constitutes your nearest in blood and the mast
homierable and trustworthy of your subjects,
It
Jams*, Earl of Murray, Regent of the Kingdom.
dark/ the minority of the mum King. He
aler bolds the appoiatmeet of -the times
Cousieil.'
I* The Qom' gam • sat se shriek, end clapping
lir bier esgetber, radioed, . Coin the mow •

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apt wf hie. quiver mot of my brothct'e "LT
Nero I looked for his return from Frante osiy.
•t least say reediest, chance of dehreenace;
And yet. whets Ileartithat he load sesurneil the
mikernment, I teemed be would shame to isield it
entity name.'
*1 • I ulna pray your answer. 111.itim. said
Ituthwil• • to the demand of the Ciouocil.•
'•The demend of the swirl the glove-.
rathef the demand of a set of f f)bet4. 00104.
tieWt so divide the spool they have seized. To %nu
a demand, and seat by the mouth of a trait's, sow.•
kelp, hat for my ernmanisli mercy. .hould 1004
sauce have awed nn the city gates, Iklary of Scut -
lewd has no tonsillar
" • I truss, Madan; said Lord Ruthreu. 6 iiiv
unsceepuible to your pis sense will not add to •
jaw andlimey of r solutioto I t may Income 'oil
to eceetitibet that the death of the minion, Nigro.
tot ills bathe of Ruiliven its head and leader.
Zifatlieei, 'bete Worthy than a whole province of
wile arcoplients. died its exile, and broker-
I tensted.
eatte4l,hte clitseitegkied het bands on ha fare.
iliattemehit het ens: as the table. stooped Omen
Isheed ad wept se bitterly thin the tears sweat
to llailreseir way in streams between the stint.
aid eked& 'Sitters with which .he endesvoured to
conceal thins.'
f• • My Linda.' mid Sir Robert Melville. • !bid
is too much rigour. Under pier I-lordship's favour,
we came hither. not to revive old griefs. but to find
the mode of avoiding new ones.' • Sir Robert Met.
vale,' said Ittitheen. 6 we best know for what per.
pose we were delegated hither, and wherefore yen
were somewhat' nuneceseirily arid to attend us.'
• May. by banal,' said Loral Lindesay. ' I know
not why ere were cumbered with the good Knight,
finless he conies in place of the lump ul sugar whit I.
'pothreass put into their wholesome but bitter meth-
Laments, so plesse • froward 'breaths. la-
bour, methinks. where men have the reins to make
them swallow the physic otherwise." • Nay, n,
Lords,' said Melville. • ye best know your oai. •
secret instructions. I conceive I shall best obey
mine in striving to mediate between her Grace and
toga.' •Be silent. Sir Robert Melville,' said the
Queen, arising, and her face still glowing with agi-
tation as she spoke, 6 my kerchief, Flem•ng—l
shame that traitors should have power to move me
thus. Tell me. proud Lords,' sheadded, wiping
away the tears as she spoke, • by what earthly war-
rant can liege subjects pretend to challenge the
rights of an anointed Sovereign—to throw off the
allegiance they have vowed, and to take away the
crown from the head on which Divine warrant hails
placed it ?'
aa a Madam.' said Millirem I will deal pleility
with you. Your reign, from the di.mul field of
Pinkie-clench, when you were • babe in the croon.,
till now, that ye stand • grown dame before ns, hath
been such a tragedy of losses, di , civil dissen-
sions, and foreign wars, that she like is not to be
found in our chronicles. The French and English
have, of one consent, made Scotland the battle-
field on which to fight out their awn ancient quar-
rel. For ourselves, every man's hand loath been
againt his brother, -nor bath • year pawed over
without rebellion and slaughter, exile of Nobles,
and oppressing of the Consumes. We may endure
it no loniser ; and, therefore, as a Fritter, to whom
.Cled bath refused the gift of hearkening to were
"eineusel, and on whose dealings and rejects WO
blessing loath ever descended, we pray you to gira
way- to other rule and governance of she land, that
• remnant may yet be sawed to this distracted
realm'."
An incident connected with Roland's sword niti.
mainly decides the Queen, and site signs the dueu.
memo.
" • My Lords; said, Mary. with inexpressible
grace and dignity, ' the evils we cannot resOt we
must submit so-4 will subscribe these parchmen.s
with such liberty of choice as my condition permit%
me. Were I un yonder shore, with • fleet jennet
and ten good and loyal Knights around me, I woola
subscribe my sentence of eternal condemnation, es
goon au the resignation of my throne. But he's.
in the Castle of Lochleven, with deep water aromol
me—and you, my Lords, beside me—l have na
freedom of choice. Give me the pen. Melville, and
bear witness to what I do, and why Ido it.' • It
is our hope your Grace will not suppose yourself
conpelled, by any apprehensions front us,' said the
Lord Ruthven, ' to execute what must be your
own voluntary decd.' rbe Queen had already
stooped towards the table. and placed the parch-
ment before her, with the pen between her finger.,
ready for the inspettant act of Signature. But.
when Lord thitherto had doneepeaking, she looked
up, stopped short, and threw down die pen. • If;
said she, 6 I am eapected to declare 1 give away my
crown of free will, or other than 'Weaver: 1 am com-
pelled to renounce it by the threat of worse evils to
myself and my subject', I will not put my name to
such an untruth—not to gain full possession of
England, France. and Scotland, ell once my own,
in possession or by right.'
' Beware, Madam,' said Lindesay; and snatch-
ing hold of the Queen's arm with his non gairiir-
trued hand. he pressed it. in the rudei.eu, ..f 1.4
p•rsiou. more closely perhaps than lee was himself _
aware of-4 beware how you contend with those
who are she stronger, and have the mastery of ycur
fate.' lie held hie grasp on her arm, bending his
eyes on bee with a stem and intimidating look, till
bath Rudman and Melville cried shame; and
Meese, she bad bitbeete remained in • state of
apparent spatity, bad made astride front the door,
as if to isterfeen, The redo Betas then quitted
his held, &twig* the confusion which be really
felt at basting Weird hie pussies te ash extent.
worrier • settee .end apoteleptemos auntie. . The
Queen ieminediMiely bora. with to **premiss of
pain, bete the ens Mite he hod impede ,by
drawing op Asa deem of im re* end it orppeoword
' that hie romp bed 14 the people eserlo Me imps
Germ epees het ilrido..." My (teed,' Ike mid, • ma
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