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London, England, 1809-12-05 00:00:00

the Private Boxes : with respect to the prices, he
contended, that the Proprietors were not, under all
the circumstances of the case, warranted in raising
them, because the large profit they drew from the
Private Boxes completely covered the additional ex.-
pence which they had been at in the erection of the
Theatre. To the Private Boxes, he said, there ap-
peared to him to be objeCtions of a still stronger ea-.
ture. In the .first place, he should contend that
they were illegal ; that the Proprietors had no •
right to exclude the Public from any part of the
Theatre, merely for their private emolument.—
The other objeetion he had to the Private Boxes
was of a moral nature. Having enlarged very
considerably upon these points, and upon the right
which every individual has of expressing his appro-
bation or disapprobation in a public Theatre, Mr'
Serjeant BEST adverted to the particular case then
before the Jury. He stated, that Mr. CLIFFORD has
not been guilty of any offence, that he had not com-
mitted any riot, but that he merely had worn a paper
in his hat, with the letters 0. P. written on it. The
Learned Serjeant then contended, that in cases
where aftual riot had been committed, a Peace-,
Officer, unless he had a warrant, had no right tá
take up any person, except he was in the ati of riot-
jug, and on the spot where it was committed ; now,
in the present case, he said, Mr. CLIFFORD had not
committed any riot, but even if he had, the taking
him up was illegal, because it was not done upon the
spot, or at the time when the riot was supposed to
be committed, but some time afterwards, when Mr.
CLIFFORD was leaving the theatre. Having ene
larged upon these vatious points, Mr. Serjeaiit BEST
called Mr. EDKINs, who was at the Piay on the
night in question with Mr. CLIFFORD. We have
not time to give a detailed account of this Gentle,
man's evidence : he proved the fait of Mr. C 1,11,101117
having been taken to Bow-street, lnd positive',"
stated that Mr. CLIFFORD had net, during‘ the course
of the evening, been guilty of any riotous condurt it
the theatre. This w 44 under exarninPt
tion when we left the Court.

Mr. ScnAw, the Messenger, is gone to Plymouth;
for the purpose of escorting the Persian Ambassador
to town. His Excellency is accompanied by
.Mr,
MORIER, Secretary to Sir HARFORD JONES. A house
has been taken in Manchester-street, for the aeon.n'
modation of the Ambassador and his suite.
An Expedition is intended to be immediately ser4
11°
off for the capture of the Isle of France, which bag
long been a harbour for the enemy's privateers. in t
Indian seas.
It was the Hon. William Waldegrave, brother la
the Earl•of Waldegrave who was charged with Lot'
Collipgwood's dispatches. He - has since been pro.
rioted, in consequence, to the rank of Commander.,
Yesterday we received Letters and Papers fro a!
Lisbon to the 20th, which, though not later in dal
than those noticed in our last, furnish some additicn° •
intelligence. •
The accounts from' the army, we are hapPY tc°
state, represent the sickness •to have considerably'.
abated. A Court Martial was ordered to be assern"
bled at Lisbcn on the 2011, for the trial of certaicl!
military offenders. An account of the destruatioa
, of the French squadron and convoy from Toulon
had reached Lisbon on the 20th, and had occasional
great rejoicings in that city.. We formerly stated
that all the Officers of the Portuguese army on leave
1 of absence had been direEted to loin their corps.."'
The following is the order to that effeEt, which
reached us .yesterday in a private letter :
LISBON, Nov, o.—The following order has been
posted up and made public here.
Don Antonio Soares de Novonha, of the Counci l °
the Prince Regent, Lieutenant-General of tb°
Royal Army, Military Governor of Estranl3'

dura, Ste.
Marshal Beresford, Commander in Chief or the
Army, hereby. orders that all Officers who may 1•30
at prewnt on leave in the city of. Lisbon, shall re'
turn immediately to their respetlive corps.. At the
same time it is notified, that,..not-vvithstanding this
regulation, furloughs will not be ref Used to suet'.
Officers as ask them on: urgent grounds, provided
that the motive be not the residing in this City.
Such Officers as are on furloughs, granted by Mar'
shal Beresford,are here required to present the same at
my head-quarters. In order that this regulation 113,31
come to the knowledge of all whom it may con:
cern,. I have dire&ed it to be posted up as signed
by rue.

ANTONIO SOARLS DE NoR0:110'
tlead.quarters at lantdas Verdes, Nov. to.

On Wednesday afternoon last, about 4 o'clock'
the Rev. W. MosELEY, of Hanley, Staffordshire,
was shot at, while standing by tl.c window of til°
parlour, on the east side of his house; providetr.
tially he was not hurt. This is not, we understafw°
the first attempt that has been made to do him sod
lasting injury.
T
he British Tar transport arrived at PortsmOtll
on Friday last, under jury masts. She sailed fr°l.l;
Halifax on the. 25th October, under coniroy of-1,111j,
Majesty's ship Squirrel, Lord Wm. FiTz,itov, ‘49
he
eight other light transports. They seir.rated
morning of the 3d November, in a most tretnend°t:t
gale of wind, whe,n she carried away her forerna:
by the board, main and mizen top-masts, and hocp;
sprit, and lay a wreck upon the water for four
ino
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and nights, during which time the gale cont
any
with a violence never before experienced by
ea
the fleet. The frigate, near foundering, was oblig_re
to part with a number of her guns. Three shir`,ec
missing, and the crews of three others fro"ne:a
were picked up by the fleet, their ships avid
foundered in the same gale. the
A fleet of 64 vessels sailed frov, Oporto, the
10th ult. for Great Britain, under ca!')
• )1
Fylla; the cargoes consist of 1:!,4; 8 pipes .o•
4713 quintals of corn, and 4303 buNes cott6