The Sun.
London, England, 1802-02-22 00:00:00

-tilL OPERR.

Zes's Theatre.
The serious Opera of Etfr;da was repeated on
Saturday night, to a very crowded audience.-7
Atnt sung with her usual excellence, and received
the applause she merited. ,Her last Duet, withvIGANONI,
v
IGANONI, was a most finished and charming
Krformanoe.
Glitikup made his first appearance in the Di.
vertisement. He is a rine figure, astonishingly ac-
tive, but by no means so graceful as LABOR I
tie is a great acquisition, at this time, to the
Theatre,

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The 13•alle Of Iria folios d, itti
d, considerably _
proved Icl the assistance of GIRAUD. We have
still to lament the absence of the charming PI-
Itisot.

The House was atiended by nearly all the Beauty
and Fashion in town.

THE THh.AnES.

Dr.ury-Lane.

g our o se
In offering b r vatic ns Upon the places of pub-
-1
.
ale amuscmina, it is always an unpleasant task to be
) tinder the necessity of speaking in terms of censure;
but we shouid be guilty of a derelidion of' our duty,
' 14! we did not animadvert strongly upon the shameful
. ] ulannii iti which some pieces are brought forward, and
I,_
tne-unpardonable liberties which some of the per-
d tertmets take with the Public. We have he-
i; • had
qt!Ctltli y occasion to observe, that after the first
i or second season of a new
piece, very few of the
Charaders are sustained by the original Performers l;
this observation applies very strongly to the Chil.
,-' drrtt in the Wood, which was aded (if we may use
i that expression) on Saturday night. The part of
1 4ir Rowland was originally allotted to BARRYMORE,
1 AO performed it very ably ; it was afterwards
given, for whai reason we Rio noz know, to CORY,
t : 'and it has now descended to Mr. CAU Li I E LD, who,
1 Lib his happiest efi.orts, does not rank very high in'
•t 'llls p.,,ofession; but who on Saturday night, from a‘
cause 'that •', w;a4, obvious to the whole House, was
scarcely able to °utter a sentene of his part, and
1 i tot only contrived to destroy the charader of Sir
-
Rowland, but rendered all the exertions of the
other Performers in their, scenes with him, useless,
particularly those of yOiing vt
...4:lNts.rtx.• Th'!
4udience, which was by means numerous, ex-
resssd their neatindignation-i petty strong terms, and
fwe hope
.it will have the effed of securing them
rom similar insults
of
Thefor the future.
part- Lada Helen was originally performed
by Mrs. PowttL, the
on Saturday night byn by Miss DE Ca?, and
Mr 3, SpARKsi, We. m
should be
: ~Wworry to hurt the feelings of the last mentioned-
ady, who undoubtedly, in her line .of Charaderss,
is a , -
ierY respeEtable Actress, but who. is totally-
iunfit for such parts as Lady Helen, .These-changes
n the representation, , and this inattention, not to
wt a harsher term) in some of the Performers,
( tirelY destroyed, the tiled of this interesting
~.1:- fter-Piece, as well as of the excellent acting of
ii tlNtsrett and Mrs, BLAND.
1, %v:- A,. t W
at OUiti be Unjust to close these observations
Itho
1 or ~, txpressing our admiration of the abilities
bh.LuL,te% seer 101SELEY, who performed one of the

Covent-Ganteni
ThiS .
e le*Pl Theatre had a crowded audience to Love rn
Waz.,eze OTI Saturday last. Mrs. BILLINGTOIi
g ~,. : •
apoa-u—at'slY in voices and was of course, highly
'ad" ~-,r• Ill's popular and pleasant Opera is
test of
il omi.-4-4-q well supported at this Theatre) and need
ar the
comparison-.

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1 tonsid '
ering how adverse the projeaecl hew Play-
house, i
"n the Fashionable World, would be to the
tegular 'n'
Fashionable
it seems very strange/
name of Mr. Stki ER I DAN, jun. should that
upon
appear upon
e
the List of Managers ; but we understand, that the
Moment Managers
was convinced of its ten:
. , dency to ilinreAlie property of his father; he with
C drew ftorn ri ' -
' . . • - le 91Cern.
.
The.. s°Ecier. P.r.:34) iting the representation of all
. t riAY:i orr-A'...7trage at Vienna, which introduce_
oupposed the
4., oirzts, gobizns , and scenes of i•oadsh might be
ed,
copsNktence of an importation of some
la G
late ?raft:aloft from this Country, if
ny erman Writer should have thought them
worth translatiln.
We are glad to And that some of the good old
rived b
fashiDas of our grand-mothers are about to be re-
,
with y our modern Beauties. The bib and nicker,
a little variation and improvement, were ex-
. hibited a
ble few nights
a fashiona since at the Opera House, by
young female, whose beauteous and
graceful figure would render captivatin any foim
• of dress, however antiquated or preposterous.
Much has been said against the Slaverrade, and
it is devoutly to be wished that such an odious
i traffic should he broug
tenht to an end, if that end
national
, could be accomplished consistly with
... policy, and those complicated interests which at
1. present prevail in the commercial Intercourse of
.; . different States i but we have only to look at the
• ,
condition of a
thatneighbouring people; and we may
plainly see
*rarer horne, the rickve-trade has been brought
..
EMIGRATIONS TO AUFRICA.—We have repeat-
, etliy mentioned with concern the extensive emigra-
lions.wilich.!mvp cif late years taken place from the
'United .King4oin to. some fa' America ; and have noticed.
B.s,which occurred to oar knowledge of the
extreme ,wretchedness to which many of these credu-
lous people had been in consequence reduced. The
following advertisement appeared in one of the New
York papers of the t sth January :—.
"..4.IYENCIi."
" 'Eight and a half years of the time of a healthy wench
n'r sale : she is honest and sober, and
, ota family generall understands the work
y.—lnquire, &e."
Our correspondent observes, that on inquiry, he
found that the being whose servitudenwas thus offer:.
rd for sale, was a young Scots woman, who sailed
*with many others from the Clyde to improve her
fortune, and who, as is most common, had lost liberty td defray the expences of her passaze.
I

PAW REpe)RD.

COURT OF KING's BENCH, Fin. 26.
BEFORE SIR. JUSTICZ LAWRENCE: AND A SPECIAL JURY.

CONNOR 'V. SMALLS AND OTHERS.

THis was an Aftion for an Assault, brought
against the Defendants, as Captain and Mates of the
Walsingham East Indianian, for flogging the Plain.
tiff, who was a Charter-party passenger on board.

Mr. ERSKINE, for the Plaintiff, stated him to be
a most meritorious old Soldier, who had long served
his country, and for his good condiift had been pro-
moted to be a Serjeant of Artillery. He once had the
good fortune to save the life of that" gallant Officer,
General Abercromby, and was, after a of long
hardships, returning home from India to 'rest and
quiet, as a Chartered Passenger in the Ship Wal-
singham, of which the Defendant, Smalls, was
Captain. Mr. ERSKINE stated, that the cause of
his being flogged, for which assault he now sought
reparation in damages, was because he refused
to fall in the ranks and exercise with small arms,
a thing which, as a Passenger, they certainly
had no right to compel him to do. And while
Campbell the Mate was dragging him to the
shrouds, his wife interfered, upon which lie d—d
her far a b—h, and immediately knocked her
down at the feet of her husband. Also, that while
he. was undergoing the punishment, he earnestly
begged fur a draught of water, which was refused
him, and when they had finished, they compelled
him to fall into the ranks, with his back mangled
and torn, exposed to the burning rays of an Eastein
Sun.

The material faEts, as stated by the evidence, was,
that on the isth of April the men were ordered to
fall into the ranks, anci exercise with the great and
small arms. Mr. ERSKINE stated, it was on ac-
count of its being the Captain's birth-day, but that
was not the fart ; 4nd the Defendant insisted it was
in pursuance of orders he he had received in Bengal,
as the Privateers from Mauritius infested those seas.

The Plaintiff's witnesses stated, that he on that
day was sitting on a gun between.decks, when he
received orders to fall into the ranks. He said he
Was a passenger, and had no right to go to.quarters ;
that he knew his exercise already, and would fight
if the ship was attacked, Lieutenant Campbell
then went to the Captain and complained, who or-
tiered him immediately to be flogged. Campbell
then returned below, and told him he should have
a good flogging. The Plaintiff's' wife inter.
feting, he knocked her down, and dragged the
Plaintiff to the shrouds, where he was seized up,
and received four dozen lashes with a thick cat. He
begged for water while he was under punishment,
which was refused, and he was compelled as soon
as it was over, to fall into the ranks.

Mr. Gra us admitted that a Verdi& must go
against his Clients, but said he should lay before
the Jury such circumstances as must reduce the
damages to merely nominal ones. He then stated
thatAlte Plaintiff and 23 other soldiers had been
put on board only three days before, and that the
Officer who delivered them to the Chief Mate, told
him to have a wary eye over them, for that they
were very mutinous and refractory, particularly
the Plaintiff, Connor. He also stated, that when
the Plaintiff was ordered to quarters, he not only
refused to go, but used very indecent language ; he
d—d all the Officers, said the Captain was an old
woman, and that if the ship was attacked, he might
defend her himself; and when on deck he behaved
with great insolence to the Captain himself, dar.
ing him to punish him. It would also appear by
• the Plaintiff's discharge, that he was dismissed as a
seditious character, and unfit to remain in India. In
.short, his whole conduCt was so mutinous, that the
Officers, all but Mr. Barker, the First Mate, thought
it necessary. to leave the deck and arm themselves.
Several Witnesses were called, who having prov-
ed these fads,

Mr. Justice LAWRENCE told the Jury, that wan-
ton insult was always a ground for heavy damages ;
but, on the contrary, circumstances might operate
in mitigation. He then remarked on the conduct of
the Defendant, which he highly blamed, and left
it to the Jury to consider what damages they would
give.—Verdid for the Plaintiff, damages foble

C9IIIMON PLEAS, F. tg.

ASSIGNEES OF JACKSON AND HANKEY 41. THE SHE-.

RIFFS OF LONDON.

The Sheriffs were merely nominal Defendants.
The Adion was brought to recover the value of
goods seized under an execution at the suit of one
Jones 4 after the owners Jackson and Hankey had
committed ads of bankruptcy,

The defence was,. that whatever alts of bank-
ruptcy might have been committed by Hankey, one
of the partners, died not affeCt the other partner
Jackson that the only aft of bankruptcy alledged
against Jackson before the date of the execution,
was, his ordering himself to be denied to a creditor
of the name of Lowe (who had sent a message to
him in the course of the day to be his bail for a
debt of too guineas, and was refused by Jackson).
This creditor (to whom Bcol, was due) called him-
self in the evening, and Mr. Jackson (although at
home) ordered himself to be denied, The De-
fendants' Counsel endeavoured to persuade the
Jury, that the ohie& of the creditor's visit was to
induce Jackson to go bail for him, and not to de-
mand money ; and that Mr. Jackson denying him-
self was, rather that he did not chose to be. pressed
on the subjed of giving bail for Lowe,, than for the
purpose of avoiding a creditor coming to demand
money.

The Learned Judge stated to the Jury, that al.
though the contra& of one partner might bind an-
other, yet an aft of bankruptcy committed by one
partner did not involve the other partner (inasmuch
as an as of bankruptcy was in the eye of the Law a
species of guilt) ; that if the jury believed that
Jackson denied himself to Lowe as a creditor) it
was clearly an aft of bankruptcy in him, and they
must find for the Plaintiffs ; if, on the other hand,
they believed that the objeEt of the visit was not to
demand money, and that Jackson did nut deny Biqa_
sclf 10 Lowe on•tliat account, they should find for
the Defendants,—Vcrdia for ilaintiffs, damages
24701.