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PUVIIY LANT.—I,Act iii ht Mr. KERN performed
rh n wee of sh le. ii, in the Aferclumt of Venice :
Mr. K.'s first entrance and last eXit, was, as usual,
msrk-e,l with great applause, and all his favourite
recnenised, and enthusiastically distinguish-
ed. Mr. Rae was an excellent Bassani°, and the
Portia of Mrs. BARTLEY deserves to be noticed with
praise. The house was crowded at an early hour.
C"vc'. r-GanDEN.—Last night a most crowded au-
dience assembled at this Theatre to witness the re-
presentation of ?he Gameder. The character of Mr:.
Beverley was for the first time performed by Miss
• O'NEILL., and in a manner that we have no doubt
will insure its frequent repetition. The talents already
displayed by this Lady naturally led to the expecta-
tion that Mr:. Beverley would meet in her with an
nble and effettive representative, and in no respect
was that expectation disappointed. This, indeed, is
by no means adequate praise. The character, with
ail its difficulties, was supported throughout with a
conception, a feeling, and a pathos that rivetted the
attention of the audience, and repeatedly drew from
them the loudest applause. Miss O'NettL entered
completely into the spirit of it, and acted up to every
idea that can be formed of it by the most judicious
critics. In one or two instances she might be thought
to fail in energy, but in all the pathetic part of the
character, in all of it that interests or affects, the feel.
ings of the audience were entirely with her, and gave
a testimony not to be mistaken of her excellence as an
actress. Her scene with Staidly, where he endea-
vours to seduce her affections, was admirably ma-
naged, nor could there be a better test pt her talents
than the manner in which she repelled his advances',
and his calumnies upon her absent husband. In the
concluding scene she was equally great, nor could
any thing be more in nature than the hystetic laugh
with which she quitted the stage. As a whole, this
perf ,rmance undoubtedly greatly adds to the already
deservedly-high reputation of Miss O'NEILL, and the
loud and universal applause at its close, testified those
feelings on the part of the audience, which had been
still more unequivocally evinced in the course of it
by emotions, the excitement of which afforded the
best proof of the powers, the judgment and the dk-
crimination of the actress. It was, in truth, a display
which at once deeply interested the heart and satisfiqxl
the judgment. Mr. You'ta played &verky with'
much discrimination and effect : he was well received
throughout; as was TERRY in Stuie/ey, and Aesop.
in Lewson. Mrs. EGERTON played Charlotte in a man-
ner which deserved and received marked approbation.
The Play, on the whole, was well cast. The curtain
dripped amidst loud applause ; and the announce-
ment cf its repetition for Friday appeared to give ge-
oeral satisfaction to all parts of the house.

The Amateur of Fashion, Mr. CoATES, acted the
character of Romeo, at Scat ford-upon-Avon, on Thurs-
day last—the house over Rowed; and it will, perhaps,
be needless to observe further than that this gram ze-
snits perfonatel in his aural style
L'ESTRANGE went to visitNar. LEE In a mad-house
Mr. Las tsays-he,) I fear you do not know Rae;"
—u Not know you?" says the Poet—
" Custom May alter, men and manners change,
But f am 6ttlieuvacel.se and yen are still L'Estaannt

The statement was incorrect which mentioned the
damages (46'15,((10) in Sir FL Mimonav's case as un-
precedetued. bard CLONCURRY and Sir H. Wahnos-
LEY both recovered verdicts of £20,(X)0. The al-
lusion to two instances only of 410,00 Q being gives '
is equally calculated to mislead. That sum has beeni
given over and over again. it was recovered by Cap-,
tain I'ARSLOW 0789), Mr. MARTIN* Lord Ennis,
Lr.rd BORINGDON, and a vast number of others.
COCJCING.—A main of seven battles was fought on
Ititlor.day at Midgham Pits, between Surrey and Sus-
sex, which was decided in favour of the former.
Bolaso.-The report of a Committee of Avs,al ar:
(with Jacesoa) haiing declared the late battle to
have been unfairly fought, is untrue.—Aeowv:a worthy
has received the purse, and is matched to fight Pratin,.
a baker, who beet him on a former occasion.
ROYAL HAMT.—Tuesday a numerous assemblage,
of Sportsmen were collected at Sthke Green, where al
line deer W 46 turned out, which went off with great
swiftness across Captain Vyse's Park, and through the'
enclosures by Mr. Brown's nursery, where he crossed
the Bath mid, taking towards Slough; thence by
Upton and Chavery, where be crossed the fields t:
when, coming up to a very large ditch, most of the
leading -....;.:Ttsmen were prevented from following the
sport, and it was st length taken near Sir C. Palmer's
seat at llawney, after an excellent run of two hours.
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to any port of London as usual. For particulars of
prices, see advertisement, front of this Paper.
Saturday last, there was a.great,depression in the
prices of grain' in Norwich Market: Wheat, unless
very Ene, could not find buyers ; the prime sold at
.4306. per-comb • barley at a reduction of is. per comb,
was a ready sale, at 161. to 13s. lid. superior samples
gns. oats, is. to 136. and grey peas 20s. per comb.
Notwithstanding the badness of the weather, there
wirs.a tolerable clew of stock of all kinds on the Hill.
The Scots drovers maintained high prices for their'
ga2loways and runts,. The pens were pretty well
auTed with sheep and pigs, the latter sold very dear.
CORONER'S blQUEST.—Yesterday an Inquest was
befit at the King and Queen,Camberwell, on the body,
Wi)liam Marsh, a labouring man, who was found
suffocated on Monday morning, in a ditch, in Brick:,
fteldiane, Walworth. Mr. Hadien, cow-keeper, for'
whom the deceased worked, deposed, that he called
at his house on Sunday evening, and appeared much
inebriated.; he told him he had got.a better ;job and
mould not come to work in the morning; witness
Rave him a candle, the night being very dark, and
cautioned him not to go across at the back of the pre-
mises, which way he afterwards went; did not hear,
any thing of him again until morning, when he beard
he was found, as above described, in this ditch, which
asas on his way home from his house ; he' was about
70 years tad. Verdict.-Aceicletual Death.

LA!? INIELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING BENCH. DEC. 14.
VORSTF.R v. SN, W.
Mr. TrNDLE stated, that the plaintiff in this case
was the Captain of a West Indianian, and the defen.
dant was a Gentleman re,iding at Greene ich, The
present action was brought to recover tine ge•ineas,
as the price of a turtle furnished by the plaintiff to
the defendant. The turtle weiged 63Itee and was
'charged at 3s. per lb. He should prove that the
turtle was delivered to the defendant's order, at the
Waterman's Arms, at Greenwich ; and that the de-
fendant, on being afterwards called on for the mo-
ney, acknowledged having received it, and that it
was a very good one. He, -however, declined paying
for it, because the plaintiff's servant brought no writ-
ten order from his master; and on his calling again,
the delendaet refused to pay 'at all, saying he had
never lind the turtle ;orif he had that it was paid
for. If he sleuild prove these facts, he should then
be entitled to a verdict.
T. Upton, who was waterman to Captain Forster
in 1812. Witness took the turtle to the Waterman's
Arms, at Greenwich, as directed by his master, and
left it there for Captain Snow, the defendant, princi-
pal Harbour-master. The mark of the weight was
on the belly of the turtle, namely, 631bs. Witness
believed this mark was put on in the West In.lies.—
The turtle in question was lively, and in as good
condition as any he had ever seen of the same size.
Some time after the witness was employed by the
plaintiff to call..et Mr.. Snow's house for the money
for the turtle. He saw Mr. Snow, who acknowledg-
ed having received the turtle, and that it was a very
good one ; but told the witness he must call at his
office, near St. Catherine's, and he should be paid.—
Captain Snow then said he thought the price was
rather too high. Witness afterwards went to Saint
Catherine's, and saw the defendant at his office.—
Defendant then objected more pointedly to the price,
and declined paying for it, saying he would himself
call on Captain Forster, and pay him.
Mr. said, le had no other defence to offer in
opposition to this evidence, except the great impro-
bability of a person of the defendant's respectability(
refusing to pay for a turtle if he had 'actually had it,
and the positive assertion of the defendant that lie
had. neither ordered, seen, or tasted this turtle.
Lcrd Etersisoanuott.—" We must suppose, Sir,'
that the defendant has bad other turtles since, and
that the recollection of former turtles have been era-
dicated from his memory by the superior flavour of
the latter ones. That Ss. per lb. is a reasonable price
many proofs might be adduced at a little distance
from the spot where we are now sitting. There is
no doubt the turtle was delivered, and therefore the
plaintiff is entitled to your verdict."
Verdict for the Plaintiff—Damages- R 9. 9s.
Costs 40s.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DEC. 14.
BLACKETT V. DE MANY.
This was an action on a breach of contract. The
plaintiffs were owners of the West India ship called
the Heroine, agairit the defendant, the owner of con.
siderabie estates at Jamaica. The plaintiffs sought
to recover a sum of 41621 for the loss which be had
snosined, in consequence of the defendant not hav-
ing, as it was alledged, performed her part of a con.
tract, which was, that she would freight his ship with
the prodstee .of her estates. it appeared in the course)
of the trial, that an agreement of the kind had beenl
entered into in ISM, by Mr. Ltishington, as agent
for the defendant, and the ship in question was taken
up in the country for that purpose ; but that subse-1
quently, on a later voyage, the defendant had told
Captain Osborne, the Master of the Heroine, that she,
would not transmit the same quantity of sugar in his
ship as on the precedicg voyage z the *risk was tool
great. That Osborne said in reply, he had a friend]
in the island, and he would provide a freight fro,ns
some other estates.
The Jury found a verdict for the Defendant.
WESTON V. NINIPSON...
This was an action brought by the Plaintiff, a
shopkeeper, near Oxford Market, to recover 470, foe
lodging, board, &c. supplied to the Defendant. la
May last, the defendant stopped at the plaintiff's
door in a coach, and alighted, most elegantly dress-
ed, to look at his apartments, which were then to let.
.She approved of the first suite, and agreed to pay
two guineas and a half per week. The Lady repre-
sented herself as the daughter of an Officer from
India, and referred to a person she ,called her man
tusiaess, residing in Park-lane. The plaintiff, stru :
wish her ease and polished manners, felt satisfied that
she was really a woman of rank and fashion, and
declined making the least application to the persont
she had named. Two days after, she rock possessioa,i
attended by a maid servant, whose looks were not'
those of modesty. The Lady herself the neetannra-
ing took a promenade in the Park, and returned to.
dinner on the arm of a Gentleman, whom she intro.l
dated as her brother. In the course of eight or nine
',days fallowing, Miss Simpson brought -home .one'
Gentleman peed em,. and the plaintiff began to think
she had rather too many male relations. The blushes
of the Lady were also heightened occasionally by AI
superabundance of ea:lg,, which, added to certain eir,
pretssive glances darted at the beaux, produced in the
minds of the plaintiff and his family (regular church-
going people) an idea that all was not right. The,
want of morals on the part of a Nabob's daughter,
in their estimation, could mot be glossed over by,
wealth, and when their own reputation was at stake,
Ai further delicacy an the question was unnecessary.
They had resolved to recommend her, very politely,
to remove oat of their humble residence to a more
exalted station, on the tare supposition that she had*
too much levity: when a discovery of certain inex-
pressible circumstances occurred, and the Lady was
completely unmasked. She had been in the habit of
passing &the bottle with her male visitors,; and on one
occasion was found tete-a-tete with her supposed brother,
in a situation not the most creditable. The plaintiff'
immediately turncd her out of his house ; and it,
I afterwards appeared that,the Nabob's daqghter was
no less a person than one of the most familiar God.,
desses of Titchfield.atreet. lie had never received'
one shilling of his money, and was compelled.to
bring this action.
The defence, ,that she Was a married wastiam, and;
that her husband was a warrant offscer in the navy,:
was clearly made out by evidence,; and the plaintiff,;
under all the sircunastanees, swas Nonsuited.