The Sun.
London, England, 1803-09-13 00:00:00

THE 7 HE ATRE,

Coven!. Garden.
THIS Theatre opened last night for the Season,
with the Comedy of Speed the Plough. . The Co.,
Medy has been se often represented, that no comment
is necessary on the Performance. The only change
was the appearance of Mr. CHARLEi lcrias Le, in
the part of Harry, instead of Mr. H. J 0111,15704
Mr. C. Ksmat.s was received very kindly' by die
..
audience on his entrance, and he supported the cha.
rater with due spirit and feeling. ,Alurl9,p.i was
very diverting in Sir Able Handy. , yoitz . ,L, ' :
The Farce was The Devil to P1,,,,w.,1fic1i., ',vas
chiefly supported: by the merit of Mt4;130'5:7"eu.!
Mrs. MILLS was but a poor copy. of iVirs. jug AN) '
in Nell.
beauty- :,: • ,:
• e have
The Theatre, the alterations of which . A
already noticed,' made 'a very near, :striking an,.
elegant appearance. : It wears',
.indeed, the entire
face of novelty,' and its lightness, .siniplitity, lava
Public. The frOntisPiece, Or grand drop scene, will secure it the general approbation of die
re.
presents the King's Arms painted' with great.,•
splendor, underneath whiCh conspicuously. appears .
ltivant Rex et .Regbitz." I •'' •
The House was much 'better attended than is'
usual on the first night, and the Pit was crowded
soon after the opening of the doors. - 5
Wing Occasional Previous Address, to the Play, FAWCETT delivered the
follo'
'of the; Theatre: . - •
written by Dr is Dm, ' .

ReFiuromm,dywhelsip;ii, Camps,
„.I,(aarte.r Summer
i, litre ai 0101r5
Proud of my mission, by the c•ener.al tent, '
To bid you welcome to'cli RotaliTent' •
To hope this'favour'd field you'll gaft review,
Where many a battle,will be foughtfor you
To.hope you'll often greet, as heretofore,
With golden smiles theCovent-Garden Corps.
In.Patno's Gazette, perhaps, our Mirlien°
Has advettis'd some change in its Command • .
Has told yon, here a fav'rite'ehief you'll Plitt, •
Pier another Favourite resign`d:
And our new Captain we salute with pride*
Since, by your judgment, he's aliprov•&astrieLa! • .
.
Yet duty, each impel 4rvi,
'!mot•
•To speak of him who lately rul'd 5<;34.14; , t
Who, ihol tic quit a irenClicon for
His mirthful elibris still shall ask your'itailts:;
And hold, while,honour'd here with approbation,
.His post of honour in a privaite,station. •
'Henceforth, when Music shall essay the strain, •
With all her hest lov'd Songsters,in her train;
When gay Thalia shall, alternate, court
Your smiles bedcck'd with fipw'rs of Rolfe sPort,„
In laughter's interval, at times.you'll hear,
Melpomene petition for a teat. •
Thus Artists render vivid tints more bright,
By blending shadow with opposing light; • ,
And faith oar Artists, through past days Othiat!!:.'.
Have tuil'd, your warmer patronago
Shou'd you approve their
Haply, each morn, some Modish Dame may saYs •
" John, take a side-box"—" There's no room below,:
" No room at all t —Oh, then Pm suro.l'll go
pr Pa
pains to
ttiongmaat;:t:lll:rwg a
yD: r.

" 'Tis only empty places one avoids,
" So, John be sure we call to-day at Lloyd's;
" Where every body runs to give their mite,
" And, for a wonder, all are in the right."
Then Speed the Plough, let's join with heart ;01104
Lords, Ladies, gentle, simple, sea-and land ;

Each castle, village, city, ship, or town,
Shou'd form a dab to knock Invaders down.
And ever may we boast this House brim full
Of Friends determin'd to support joHN.BULL
And should his desp'rate foes our fury brave,
We'll chaunt their requiem in a loyal stave.
(Tirstr—" THE 34AND.")

If the French have a notion
Of crossing the Ocean,
Their luck to be trying on dry lank;
They may coma if they like,
But we'll soon make 'cm strike
.Att,‘
To the Lads of the tight little Island.,
H.uzza for the Boys oldie I itilanci, v „I;
The I?rave Volunteers of the Island r, .
The fraternal embrace.
I f FOCS'Wf 'a- in this plaFe,
WWII present all the Aran in the Island.
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They say stzeitettlishoPsi
To. vend hroad.Lloth and-sloPsi • .-••
* ' And'of Mereluintslhey callus 4-sly
But tho''*war is their (lade,
What afrAirt
Ta soy he'll ne'er sell 'ent, the Island
They'll' pay pietty dear ,fitr theist:4'l'a ;
If fighting. they want in- the' I alld'
We'll shew 'ern a-sample, :-* • •
Shall 'make an exattili, "'.
all'i!vho dare bid for`the4slinfl.

• 111.
If met they shou!ct be
By the Boys of the Sea,
I warrant they'll never cOrne..nigh land : •
If they do, those on land •
Will soon lend 'cm a hand '
To foot it again from the Lsland.
Huzia I tot the King of the Island ;
Shall our father be .rol:p140t his'island?
While his Children_can fight, ..
They.'ll stand up tor his right, . •
And their own, to the tight little Island.

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vocal Performer on Saturday ev..ning a't I)rury..--
Theatre, is a pupil of Con m r, ~ very good music4rl
who has long been in this Couoiry. ' 1.: •
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The Receipts for EMERY'S Benefit at .the ..-"fr
pool Theatre, am,)unted to 3001. rs. 6,... ;:1111 co'
Mrs, GLovstes, on Wetinesd:6`. I'" "gtj-e
WILLIANI of GLottc.' I,.e.rtitt. honoured the .1 ;too.
with his presence, 36+1. we

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DUBLIN, SEPT. 9.

COMMISSION INTELLIGENCE.

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PWATE CORRESPONDZ4VCE.

Felix Rourke, Jelin Kali,,, and Jobs AffCan,
otherwise Ill'Kerma, found guilty on Tuestiay and
Wednesday last, on testimony of Mahaffy- and
Ryan, were this morning put to the Bar tu re.
ceive Sentence. Rourke Was first called on in the
usual manner, to know why Judgment of Death
and Execution should not be had against hint 1--
He made a short speech with some flippancy,
making a solemn appeal to that God before whose
throne he must shortly appear, and protesting his
innocence of the charge on which he was found
guilty, or of ever having shed a drop of human
blood himself, or by advice or connivance contri.
bused in any manner to have injured a neighbour
tither in person or property.
Baron GEORGE, in a concise anti most pathetic
exhortation to the Culprit, took a clear review
of the depositions on which he was convicted,
remarking particularly that the most childish
credulity could not be deceived by the species of
fabricated . testimony advanced in his defence,
which tended as forcibly to his conviction as
the depositions of the Witnesses for the Crown,
whose evidence was incontrovertible, and in
etreet critically supported by the weak and N.
lacious deception offered by the persons whom
he selected to. prove jin alibi. , Of five unfortu.:
nate persons, hurled into the presence of their
Creator without time, perhaps, in this world, to
expiate those offences incident to human nature
in its most perfett state, some fell by his merci.
less hands, so that no doubt can affect the public
mind, but that he was nut only
.a confederate in
a system of treason, and a series of those san.
guinary and horrible atrocities which ensue from
at, hut was a priuse instigator, and conspicuous
leader among other deluded pewits% with inflamed
passions, who are so inconceivably deluded as to
promise themselves kingdoms, states, wealth, ho.
nour, and power, by the instantaneous commis.
*km of crimes, at which human nature, in any
degree less depraved, must revolt. lie, there.
fames implored him, as he valued his humor.
*al soul, nu longer to persevere in the weak
and. profane attempt to I,lindfold his God by the
same wretched and Iniquitous trick, by which it is
evident that he and his unhappy confederates have
hitherto contrived to deceive His creatures.
Zillits and M'Ca, were hardy enough to perse.
',ere in their denial of the charge, not only after
this affetting appeal to their associate, but after a
particular address to them by Baron DALY..
Baron Gsnace, with. evident emotion, pro.
itounced the awful sentence of death on all the cut.
prits, by hanging, embowelling, and beheading
them.,

loarth bows was put to the Bar, on a charge
of High 'Treason.
The Parsee Seamier stated the case for the
Crown.—The Prisoner he represented as a person
who received the King's pay, by employment at
the Ordnance Stores in the Castle.yard.
After the usual preliminary evidence of the exist..
ence of a Traitorous Insurration on the night of
the 23d of July,
Edward Wi ICON, Fsq. proved, in addition to his
usual testimony, that he saw in New-street, in
the County of Dublin, persons armed with pikes ;
apprehended some who confessed to him that certain
pikes which he had taken were in their hands.
Lieutenant Doughis,•of the zest Regiment, proved
the attack made by she Rebels on his guard, near
the Coombe, in the County of Dublin. The Re-
bels were principally armed with pikes, and a
few with blunderbusses and pistols ; part of his
Guard, while resisting this attack, were in the
City, and part in the County. The Guard
was composed of three divisions, consisting of 27
men in each—they faced in opposite diredions, to
wards Francis-street and Meath.street—and the
armed mob with whom they were engaged, he be.
lieved, amounted in number to hear 400.
William Narrow, a boy in the thirteenth year of
Isis age, said, in reply to a question by Lord
NOR auay, that he had been educated, and taught
his prayers—knew the nature of ass oath, and
that a person who swears false will go to Hell ;
worked in the Ordnance-yard with Captain God.
frey, and is an apprentice to his father, Thomas
Harrow, a smith, who works in the Ordnance.
yard; saw the Prisoner the night of the raw,-
or when the Rebels broke our, in Three Stone.altey,
one end of which leads into. New.street, the other
into the Toddle; about twenty with him had pikes;
saw the Prisoner at the bar with two pikes upon his
shoulder, and with another hand holding his apron;
saw two Persons leading the party, dressed in green
• with military hats and feathers ; when
toictontnti:
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when
he
epersons he called his father
of his father' called, he stood at the door
house; would fur hearing that Government
his father,meorps of pikemen, he observed to
these were the new pikemen out of
the Castle.yard ; on which his father was going
t° beat him, saying, these were rebel pikemen ;
told his father at the same time that one of the
labourers at the Castle-yard, meaning the Prisoner
at the Bar, was among them ; saw the Prisoner on
Monday morning after the insurredion, working
'" the Ordnance-yard ; did not then know Pri-
80net's name, but told 'Mr.. Hanlon, the Tower
Keeper, at the Ordnance-yard, the circumstance to
which he deposed.
On cross.examination by Mr. 114'NALLY, the
Witness further deposed, that when he saw the
Prisoner in the manner described, it might have
been about a quarter after nine o'clock, and not
'very dark ; one of the armed party, as if in reply,
when passing by the door at which the Witness
Stood, said, of we will give you (ale-canyon to-
morrow."
nonzai Harrow, father to the last Witness, cor.
roborated that part of the testimony respeCting him.
.134mArd, Clerk of the Checks at the Ord.
nance Yard, deposed to his knowledge of the Pri.
loner at the liar, as well as of the last Witness.
Ceari-txamined.— The Prisoner brought with
111" a good charader from a Mr. Blood. Prisoner
teemed a sober man,

ox !lanes, Tower.keeper at the Castle Yard,
so;purted the testimony of the boy, with resneet to
the informations he gave him against the Prisoner
at the Bar. Witness communicated these matters to
Major SIRR, who said he ought to be examined.
The Prisoner when charged, seemed somewhat con.
fused, but said that he would appear whenever they
sent for him to be examined.
Mr. M'INIALLY, in the defence, said, he would
not impeach the credit of the first Witness, but
would impeach his infallibility as to the identity of
the Prisoner, a particular on which an adult might
be deceived.
Eliza Walsh lived in Ormond-market on the
z3d of July ; the Prisoner lodged at her house ;
came there at half after six o'clock, cleaned hitnself
and went to see his wife, who is a wet nurse, at
the house of Mr. Cousins, an Attorney, in Mar-
court-street ; returned about half an hour after nine
o'clock ; wore a brown body coat ; her husband
lay ill that night ; knows the Prisoner to be an
honest well.coniluded man.
Cross.examined by Mr. PLUNKET—the Prisoner
was not in the charaaer of a lodger who paid for
his accommodation, he was merely a friend whom
she permitted to sleep with her apprentice boy ;
Witness is a distant relation to the Prisoner.
Anne MiKeon deposed, that her husband is a
cooper, in Liffey.street, and she keeps a meat.stall
in Ormond-market ; could see and hear almost every
thing which should occur in the stall of the last Wit-
ness ; saw-the Prisoner at the Bar about half after
nine o'clock; sat on the same seat with last Wit.
ness in her stall ; went over frequently herself;
spoke to And joked with the Prisoner, who re.
mained there until eleven o'clock.
To questions from the Bench, the Witness
replied, that she usually asks what o'clock it
was, but could not tell any other particular
occasion or any particular time besides the night
of Insurreilion when she asked what o'clock it
was; head of no disturbance ; asked Doran, the
Prisoner; that night, what o'clock it was ; tip.
ped him on the shoulder for the purpose ; the Pri.
soner tarried a watch.
Michael M'Nemara swore, that the Prisoner
went to bed at Walsh the butcher's, about eleven
o'clock ; came into his master's stall at half after six
o'clock ; went out and returned at half after nine.
On cross-examination, Witness deposed that
he himself went to bed on the night, of the z3d
of July between eleven and twelve o'clock ; the
Prisoner had been in bed about an hour before
him.; Prisoner ! usually goes to bed about nine
o'clock. He heard his mistress say, when the
Prisoner came in, that it was half after nine
o'clock; the Prisoner came home in a brown coat,
his common. 'working dress; there was some ditre.
rence in the dress which he wore about halfafter six
o'clock that evening, and that he wore at half after
nine o'clock, but could not tell the difference; Wit.
ness heard about the latter end of the night, that there
was a rebellion in Thomas.street ; his mistress heard

the report of the rebellion, and communicated it to
the Prisoner after he went to bed ; the Prisoner eat
his supper, which his mistress brought to him, about
twelve o'clock that night, at his bed's side ; cannot
tell whether he had an'apron on that, night or not ;
generally wears a white linen apron on returning
from his work.

Julia Harney, cook to Mr. Cousins, of Har-
court-street, who lived at Digge's-street on the
night of the 23d of July, proved that the Prisoner's
wife wet-nurse there at that thae. Witness swore
that the Prisoner came to her master's house on th,tt
night about seven o'clock, and remained there until
nine. Witness being ctoss-exatnined how she knew
what o'clock it was when the Prisoner departed from
hrr master's house,- replied, because a lady who was
with lift mistress had a watch. Her mistress came
down stairs to bury a bird, and after the funeral ce.
remony, the mistress told her that the lady said it
was half after eight o'clock. The Prisoner officiated
on this melancholy occasion as sexton and grave.
digger.
Colmar Kell), servant man to Mr. Cousins, de.
posed to •the hour of nine o'clock, when the Pri.
sonar quitted his master's house, on the night of in.
surretlion. _

Creiraxambied by Mr. PLUNK Er.—Q. Do you
underitand of what disorder the bird died ?—A. I
du, very well—the cat killed it; the Prisoner had
been previously feeding the bird with worms ; wit.
ness beard of the disturbances that night ; when the
prisoner returned to the house next morning to
breakfast, he mentioned 'to witness that be heard
only that morning of the disturbance, and that Lord
Xilwarden was murdered ; believes his mistress
would come to Court if she conceived it necessary,
as she has a great regard for the Prisoner.
David Courtney, a Yeoman of the Stephen's.
green division, gave a good charafter of the Pri.
boner, while he lived with him as a servant, from
the year ;79+ until 1796 ; lived with him after.
wards until May ISos, when he was obliged to
discharge him for drunkenness.
Joseph Blood, a youth of about 1 6 years of age,
who has a place in the Castle, gave the Prisoner a
good charatter; was recommended to him by the
charaeler he received from Mr. Courtney.

joim Houghton deposed, ,that the Prisoner, some
time previous to the battle of Clonard, in the Re.
bellion of 1798, lived with Mr. Nangle ; Prisoner
gave the first intimation of the approach of the
Rebels to the Witness's father and brother. His
Licher considered him a loyal man, of which he gave
him a certificate, and has no reason to doubt he is
now otherwise, except from the present charge, but
has had no intercourskwith him for a considerable
time hack.

Airs. Barbara Cowin: heard when the bird was
buried, but was not present ; identified the Prison.
er ; she gave him the bird about half after eight
o'clock, and desired him to bury it ; did not bee
him that night afterwards, but is certain he remain.
ed to bury the bird; thinks he had not an apron on
when she saw him.

The first Witness was again called and examined
by the Court—he identified the written examination
he made before Major Sirr.
The Soucurort.GENEßAL here observed, that
from certain circumstances which appeared in evi.
dence, they were willing the case should go to the
Jury, involved in doubt, and that on such doubt
they might acquit.

, .
Lord Not ISVR Y said, in the written informations,
he swore that lie saw several armed men to the
amount of between three and four hundred, but gave
parole testimony dirthly to the contrary. He being
the sole Witness to identify the Prisoner, the jury
must therefore acquit him ; but his Lordship ob.
served, that the written informations were expedited
with all the flippancy, at least, of a clerk, but it
must have the huniane died which the law intends,
with resped to the boy, lest there might any oblo.
quy attach to his characier,
• •.

Aquitted.—The Jury universally expressed, that
they had no hesitation in believing that the boy con.
ccived he spoke truth: '
After a very eloquent and feeling Address to the
Prisoner by Lord IsIoRBUILY, on the superior excel-
lence of those Laws which the Insurgents of. this
Country wished to overturn, 'and to the humanity
of which the Prisoner, most probably, owed his
life—the Bench bad altered their minds, and in con.
sideration of his charatier, particularly in one good
and loyal ad during last Rebellion, • they would
dismiss him, and leave him to the suggestions of his
own principles of gratitude, for his future good con,.
due, without requiring bail, which they first in.
tended.

Yesterday, at an early hour, the different Corps
of Yeomanry belonging to the metropolis and
the adjoining districts, to the amount of about
nine thousand, assembled in S. Stephen's-green,
from whence they marched to the Fifteen Acres,
in the Phcenix Park, when they took up their
ground on allignements previously arranged by
•otder of. General DU NN, Inspe4tOr • General of
the Yeomanry of Dublin Distrift. The appear.
ance of His Excellency Earl HARDWICKE in the
field was announced by a Royal Silute of twen-
ty-one guns, discharged by the Castle Artil.
lery Yeomanry Corps ; a general salute of the
whole line immediately took place, after which
His Excellency, attended by most of the Gene-
ral Officers of the garrison, passed the entire
line—Officers in front, men carrying arms, &c.
then taking his station in front, the Line open.
ed, and formed into Companies, passed in or-
derly, and afterwards in quick time before him.
He appeared to be highly pleased at their num-
bers, and the regularity of their appearance.—
On the line forming again, a general salute took
place, the Artillery firing as before, twenty-one
guns, when His Excellency icft the field, and the
different Corps marched off.
The Countess of HARDW I CKR, and a great num-
ber of Ladies of Fashion, graced the field with their
presence.

The amount of the receipts at the Liverpool
Theatre, on Saturday se'imight, at least fool. are
to be appropriated to the Patriotic Fund at Lloyd's.
The Play and Farce, Macbeth and High Life Belau
Stair:, were performed by gentlemen of the army,
navy and the town. Macbeth was personated by
COLQUIT, of the Ist Regiment of Guards ;
Mac,lolf, by Mr. Jsavts ; Malcolm, Mr. J. DUN-
BAR, SAI of Sir Gro. DUNBAR ; Banquo, Mr.
VIINA,OLES ; Rosse, Capt. COLQUIT, of the Royal
Navy ; Duncan, Mr. DIISACULIER ; Lenox, Mr.
1341430 N. The Gentlemen exerted themselves with
great circa : and the timidity and alarm, naturally
attendant on a first appearance before so large an
auditory, were dissipated by the consideration of
the noble and animating cause fur , which they had
so patriotically stepped forward to public notice,

A numerous Meeting of the Deputy Lieutenancy
and Noblemen and Gentlemen of the County of
Edinburgh was held at that City on the 6th inst.
at which it was resolved os that the general spirit
which animates the minds of its Inhabitants ought
to be encouraged to the utmost—that the voluntary
offers of service should be transmitted to His Ma.
jetty for acceptance, and every facility given for
having the Inhabitants speedily trained to the use
of arms."—We admire the spirit of these proceed.
iags, and shall he curious to know how it will be
received by the di/hew/en/mg policy of Ministers.
The Lieutenancy of the County of Dumbarton,
have been under the necessity, in consequence of
Lord HOBART'S Letter, of reducing the Volunteers
of that County friim :422 to 64.3.
The quota of Volunteers prescribed for Kinross.
shire, is only 210. A much larger number had
come forward,

The Lieutenancy of Ayr have agreed to order one
Thousand Stand of Arms in aid of Government, for
the use of the Volunteers in that County.

The Workmen of the extensive collieries belong.
mg to Mr. EISKINE of Mar have made an offer
oltheir services, in whatever mode they shall he
judged most useful for the defence of the Country.

A considerable number of the inhabitants of Alloa
have also offered to aft as Volunteers under Mr.
EILSKINt, jun. of Mar; and through the whole
County more Volunteers have offered to serve under
the different Gentlemen of property titan can now
be accepted of under the great limitations made in
this useful service. It is indeed very much to be
regretted that such generous offers are rrjctted
through the whole of the Island.
Among the earliest offers made to Government
of voluntary services, in case of Invasion, were the
Quarriers of the Easdale Slate Company in Argyle.
shire, (with go boats ;) and the Colliers, Salters,
and others employed by the Halbeath Company in
their Works in Fifeshire.—The offers of both were,
to he trained as Pioneers, Sea Fencibles, or in any
other way in which their services might be most
useful, in defence of their Wives and Children,
their King and Country.
During the last week several parties of the Army
of Reserve have marched from the garrison at Win-
chester to join those regiments for which they have
volunteered; the Royal Artillery have received
about too choice men all fine young fellows. The.
88th Regiment is recruited with about Soo men
from the same garrison.
The eretlion of the Barracks at Truro, in Corn-
wall, is to be proceeded on immediately, and the)
are to be completed by the end of November.
At a meeting held at Brackley, in Northampton.
shire, on Wednesday, it was resolved to raise in
that Sub-Division, nine Companies of Volunteer in.
fantry, to consist of 6o men each.