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While the Play of .Richird Id's is rtprefented
it. now is at this Theatre, it muff continue to
command full honfel. Mr. COOKE IS doubtlefs
heft .Riebard that has appsated in London fince
clays of GAUICK and Mrnnsason. In Come
slies of the Play we Via he never was furpaffed.
We may inftance the Soliloquy, beginning with—
• 'Twas her cacti& to avoid met'r the laft fcene
with Lady Aiiie j the whole of the IVth Ad; and
fame part of the Vth. At the fame time we fear
that be dues not put forth all his ftrength iti tome
rots of the character. Like Mr. KEMBEE, he is
fond of negleaing the Metre. He might imitate
Mr. lEsseact with a better !Sea in his judicious
• he for he is fometimes fo quick in Ina replies,
;jbat he appear: as if he had !cost them by heart.
In Toni
of his cadences we would differ from him,
We think. he fhould fpeak in a commanding tone
when he lays, 4, Unmannered Have ! *and thou
where I command." He utters thofe words in an
int tive fenfe.
Mr. BE made too much of Terp. He
appeared more as a Spm., ker than a Narrator.
The part of Hen VI. was never more correaly
and feelingly played
, than it was by MURRAY. Of
Mrs. LivoisiELD Lady Anne, we cannot fay lets.
Her powers of voice are very ftriking. Pops did
great Juflice to Rkhitiond. The whole• play indeed
is well raft ; but we are lorry to fee the Lard
Mayor of London exhibited in a manner more cal-
culated to excite ridicule than command refped.

By the appOhnment of the Right Hon. Mau-
RICE }ITZGEEALD, Knight of Kerry, to be one of
the Lords of the Treafury in Ireland, a vacancy'
occurs at the Revenue Board there, which, it is
Laid, will be filled by one of the ROWLEY family.
Letters patent have been paired under the Great
Seal of Ireland for promoting the Rev. GEORGE
de la posh BERESFORD, LL. 1). Dean of Kilmore,
to the united Billtopricks of Clonfert and Kilmac-
duaglf, void by the death of the Right Rev. Dr.
MATHEW Younc, late Bifhop thereof.
The KING has been pleated to dire& that the
Marines be immediately augmented five corn-
panics. This augmentation, which makes the
number of the companies amount to 540, increafes
tech to 140 privates, leaving Rill too fupernume-
raries.
It is raid, that the Lords of the Admiralty have
in contemplation to recommend to our Sovereign
to augment the number of Field Officers of the
Marine Corps, and alto its retired or invalid efta-
bliihment.

......
It appears by the Adjutant-General's returns,
that the number of troops in the pay of Great Bri-
htin on the 24th December, 1800, amounted to
168,082. The Marines, being in the Admiralty
department, are not included ; but that corps,
confining of 23,370, encreafes our effedive mili-
tary force to 191,452, exclufive of the numerous
Volunteer Corps, which do not receive pay from
Covertunent.—The Military Ellabliatment of Ire-
kW, as Rated by Lord CASTLEREAGH, on the
loth of February, ppears as follows :—Regulars
4039, Militia 27/104, and Yeomanry 539557,
amounting to 126,500, which makes the Military
Ellabliihment of the United Kingdom 317,951
men. The Naval Eftablifliment comprifes s 20,000
men, including 21,870 Marines, which latter are al-
ready taken into account; but Bating the failors, on
account of the late imprefs, &c. at too,ooo, our
force will be found to confilt of 417,952 men.
A letter from Stockholm mentions, that the ob-
icet of the King of Swirostes journey to Peterf-
burgh is to form arrangements with the Imperial
Paul. to the following elicit :
" t. A Treaty of Armed Neutnlity by Sea.
" a. A Treaty of Commerce insween Raffia and Sweden.
3. A Convention, by which the Emperor of Ruffin and
Majetty agree and bind thernietws allays to adopt untioesa
meafures in tistir politial relations with ►rance, Aultria• and
Leglold."

A letter from the Hague, dated December 37,
Lys One of the lateft letters from Paris Rates,
that peace is already finned between France and
Auftria, and that Me prefence of General SIM sect-
lORTEM at Paris would contribute particularly, in
concert with the Court of Berlin, loon to fpread
the bleflings of peace all over Europe."
It was on Saturday reported that advice had
been received front India of the total defeat of the
army of &INDIA, with the lots of ao,ooo men.
We are extremely lorry to learn, by private let-
ten received yefterday, the confirmation of the
death of Mr. Brno, a coufin of Mr. Wiegman,
who was killed in the battle of the lath near Salz-
burg. This Gentleman was a Volunteer in the
Anitrian fervice, and a great favourite with the,
Archduke Jolts about whole perfon he was chief.
lY employed. -about Brno in his scal fur the ter'
vice ventured too far beyond the general line of
aaiun, when he was met by fame French Chafreurs,
eho cut him to pieces.
Alxlallah is not the title which Mum,. affumes.
He calls himfelf Afloat:hi.
Tile Bilhop of Liscoxe has received a letter
from Mr. Profeffor CARLYSLI, of the Univerfity
of Cambridge, informing him, that he has era-
mired the Library in the Seraglio at Conflanti-
nople, and that it does not contain one menu-
kript in the Hebrew, Greek, or Latin Language.
Signior PAIC4L C 441 LLiz, the firft violin at the
Madrid Opera-houfe, lately performed at the
Theatre de la Republique, in Paris. It was a con-
certo of Ms return which he attempted for his firli
tray • but he was Co much billed, that he ran
aury'from the oreheftra.
The fined Fos-chace of the prefent feafon was
run by his Grace the Duke of GRAFTON'S hounds,
n Monday fennight ; they nnkennelled their for
Fakenhant Wood, in Suffolk, run him alnioft
without check to New Buckenham, in Norfolk,
where they killed him in the firft Ryle, after a
thace of four hours and a half, over between fifty
and fiety miles of trying ground.
The following melancholy accident took place

NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

FALMOUTH, JANUARY to.

Arrived this evening the Fty {loop of war, with
the following Ihips under convoy—Ceres, TODD ;
Scarborough, SCOTT; Betfey, HOOPER ; and Hind,
Crrunp, for Bengal; Hamilton, HUNDSEAN, for
New Providence ; Aurora, LAWSON ; Racier,
WILSON, Nelfon, ELLISON ; Governor Dalzel,
Meamett ; Nafrau, MILES; Anderfon, Mom.tv ;
and a fchooner, —, for Africa.

Alfo, the American ihip Bolton Packet, Capt.
STRONG, from Cowes fur Philadelphia, with falt
and Geneva.

Returned, the brig Pollard, BROWNE, that failed
for Naples with the Malta convoy, which the left
this morning off the Lizard, and it is fuppofed
they would weather the Scilly Iflands.

Late this evening arrived the MARY packet,
Captain THOMPSON, in 24 days from New York.
No packet had arrived there horn England. The
only paffenger was Mr. PLACE. Wind S. by W.