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London, England, 1825-04-21 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLItiEACE.

PLTatoutn, Aram 19.—Wind X.S.E.—Arrived off the port, the
Edward Guesnell, IlAwEins, from New York for Havre. Arrived
the Mountaineer, —, from London for Van Dienten's Land.
Sai'ed the Wanderer,--, for Cadiz; and Vertumnus, Loan,
for Quebec.
Potersaroont, APRIL 20—Wind W.S. W. blowing strong.
Arrived his Majesty's ship EU*YALUS, from the Mediterranean.
Daft., Aram 20.—Wind W.S. W.—Passed by at the back of
the Goodwin Sands, the Asia, EASTWIOE, front China for llam-
burgh ; and Catrina Anna Helena, Gaunt:, from Surinam for Am-
sterdam. Came down from the River, and remain, the lion.
Company's ship Royal George, Ramouts, for Madras; Sir E.
Paget, Guar, for ditto; Elizabeth, for —; Wilheltnina,
Jomasicarn, for Tenerife; and Seaman, BRONX, fur lioortleaux.
MARGATE, APRIL ?O.—Arrived off here, in tow of a steam-boat,
the large ship Columbus, outward bound.

A Meeting of the Silk Trade took place yesterday,
and acme Resolutions were agreed to, expressive of a
determination to watch narrowly the proceedings of the
Legislature on the subject of the Combination Laws. ,

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A new tragedy, entitled Orestes in Argos, was pro:
1 duced at Covent-Garden Theatre last night, from thel
pen of a very ingenious writer, now dead, of the name
of BAILEY. Mr. PETER BAILEY WaS a man of consi•
der.bse talent and literary acquirements, th,ugh he way
known to t!'e Public oily as.the author of a poem
c died Sketches in &. George's Fields, which had not so
much success as its wit and cleverness merited. In
the present tragedy, he has evidently • consulted So-
PIIOCLES, EUHIPIDES slightly* and perhaps ALPIERS,
who has one or two plays on the same subject; but all
this is done with the taste and freedbra of a scholar and
a gentleman ; and for many of the best points in his
piece, as an acting play, be is not indebted to any au.'
thorny that we are aware of. The story 'Tens (as Mr,
BAILEY commences it) with a dialogue between Electra,
and i...lytemneara, in which the f rtmcr, who is made at
sasse by zEgisthus, upbraids her mothei, and :afiter-:
wards the usurper himself, with the murder of Aga-
memnon. In the second act, Orestes arrives with Pg-
lades, both disguised as Ambassadors from the King of
Phocis ; healing an urn which purports to contain the
ashes of Orestes, against whom "Egistkus has long been
plotting, but who has been killed, by accident, in a
chariot race. The first scene in this act, where Electra
meets_ the strangers at the tomb of Agamemnon, is
woolen with great spirit, as to dialogue, and considera-
ble knowledge 4 dramatic effect. The command of
the Oracle of Delphos has been, that Orestes shall pur-
sue his purpose at Argos without making himself
k, own. After he discovers his sister, theteiore, and
evc n when he sees her in agony for his supposed death,
he forbears, in obedience to the gods, flora disclosing
him elf; but when he hear, that the daughter of Aga.
me roam is reduc d by 2E,ist/tus to the condition of a
slave, his indignation overcomes all pruslet.ce and re-
collection, and his ev..lamations against the tjr •nt ter-
!nitrate in die avowal 4-4 his real character. The main
bosine,s rf the p ay—the reve.,ge to be taken upon
"Egisihus—i hen proceeds. Orestes and Pylades ate
intioducest into the palace; the I triter presents, as lii'
credentials, the rine (hum Orestes' tinges) which had
been the wedding gift of Clytemnestra to.A..zamemnon,
and .lEgist/tas rejoices in the supposed destrosti3n (it his
foe.. In the midst, Itowever, of his transports, a slave,
arrived from Phocis, di,coseis the true character of Pie
,pretended messengers; Orestes then defies the murderer
of his father; tells hem that the urn over which I,e has
been triumphing c,tntaiiis the ashes of his own sun,
Itlyrtillus, whom he, Orestes, ha; put to death ; and,
.scorning all mediation by hismother or sisters, is borne,
.with Pylades, away. to execution. The arrangement of
the act in which this takes place, the fourth of the play,
is clear and ingenious; and in what follows, the author
has to meet the difficulty of Urestes, for his disobedience
to the Oracle, being doomed to destroy his mother. This
incident, which is a nice one, is accomplished by bring.
ing about Clytemnestra's death in a general tumult and.
confusion. 'An insurrection among the citizens of At.:
gos breaks out at the place of grates' execution; thl
prisoner is liserwed, and the mass of the people sidle
with him. ./Egisthms flie;, and is pursued into the pa.
lace, where Orestes slays him with the very sword•with
which Aganietnnon had been murdered. He then hears•
from Ppludes that, in the heat of the conflict without,,
he has struck and slain Clytemnestra. And• the piece
clicludes with the incident, at which lEscustr.trs,. in
his Eumenides, takes the story up—with the despair of
(treat's, and his imaginary pursuit by the Furies. Upon
the whole, as regards arrangement and stage effect,
Mr. BAILEY'S play is the best modern one that has been
done upon this subject. It is very well acted, as re-
gards the principal characters; and there is some
scenery in it tuperhir even to the custom of Covent.
Garden. Miss LACY'S performance of Electra is excel-
lent, particulatly the first scene, in which she upbraids
Clytemnestra, and the subsequent meeting at the tomb,'
where she weeps over the urn supposed to contain the
ashes of her brother. Mr. C. KEMISLE played Orestes
with great vigour and spirited conception, and divided
with Miss LACY the arplause of the evening. The pro-
logue was dull, but the play itself was received
throughout without a dissentient voice. It is clearly a
wo. k of considerable abilities, and its success (from the
melancholy circumstances under which the author died)
would be peculiarly opp rtune. It was given out for
repetition with general applause, and we heartily hope
it may prove profitable to his family.

It is rather a singular circumstance, that the body
of Captain Pitcher was at last discovered by Mr. Smith,
who was piloting the Yorkshireman steam vessel at the
time the fatal accident happened. In consequence of
the reward of 151. offered by the friends of the unfor-
tunate Gentleman for its discovery, several watermen
had been searching for it, both night and day; but on
Sunday, as Mr. Smith was piloting a brig up the River,
when just above the Folly-house, he observed a corpse
floating, and gave an alarm to a waterman, who took
it up, when, to his great surprize, it proved to be that-
of the lamented Gentleman..
At the Gloucester Assizes, F. Mansell was sentenced
to one monslt's imprisonment, for the manslaughter of
Israel Cosier, in a pugilistic contest at Leckhampton, in
which the prisoner officiated as second.
A proposal is under consideration by,Government,
for an improved system of conveying the foreign mails.
The plan suggested would extend to our most distant
possessions, in every quarter of the globe. It is calcu-
lated that the rapidity of conveyance would be such as
to produce an average saving of two months' interest
on the aggregate amount of foreign remittances. Three
years are required for completing the arrangements
necessary for establishing a general communication
wi:h every point from which foreign mails are received.
Bias mum. Luck. I ! ! —We always rejoice when
we hear of a Lottery being drawn; for then we are certain of hear-
ing of Bun selling large Prizes; and we are also certain of hearing
they are well distributed. s For example,—only look at the draw-
ing on Tuesday, 12th Instant, when he sold a £20,000, No. 7,034,
in Sixteen Sixteenths, and be also sold Ten other Capitals, all
drawn the same day. We regret to find Lotteries are so nearly at
lan end, or we should recommend Bun to take out a Rood for
selling Capital Prizes : hi will have but few more opportunities of
Ishewing his close connexion with Dame Fortune, yet few as they
svill be, no doubt he will make the most of them; and we antici-
pate his selling the Two £30,000 Prizes and other Capitals, which
are in the new Scheme, to be drawn all in One Day, neat Month ;
and we augur this from his well known success in selling -430,000
Prizes as be not only sold The First £30,003 ever dravfn,—the
Last £30,000 ever drawn,—the first time there were Three of
£30,000 in one Lottery, DISH SOLD THEM ALL!—and
next and only time there were Three, he shared and sold TWO
OUT OF TILE THREW—and in the short space of Three
Months, viz. October, November, and December last, he sold Two
Prizes of £30,000, Nos. 2,478 and 15,756, and Three Prizes of
£:20,000, Nos. 699, 15,301, and 15,558, besides 28 other Capitals,
which, were distributed all over the United Kingdom.
Yesterday, the fortunate holders o! ilw.Ticket No.
8,185 (Class 13), drawn a Priv: of £20,100 in the Lottery just con-
eluded, which was sold by Emit, at his liridsh and Foreign Stock
Office, 2, Corolla!, were paid their full amount.—April 21

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MANCHESTER, APRiI. ti.
The Limn hAs been ail day in a ferment; at the eh-
nOunceniert of Kean's appearance this e;,ehing in
ilkhaPt. The generality of the ft fl •cting part Of the
town did not so muCtl blame the actor as the Manager ;
for after the former had passed the orde.tl at Mary,
lane-, it was not to be expected that he would haesii
finch he•itation in preenting himself on the boards of
a provincial theatre. Hit this outra,;eotis insult on the
part of.the manager to the perple of Manchester will
pot, cannot be easily pardoned. Nothing short of ari
O.Y. row was etrected ; and a placard was posted alk
over the town this day, describing, in terms of strong
reprobation; the conduct of the of Jett of attack, whom it
characterised a mischievous and shaMeless monster!'

Evening came, and as the hour of perform me drew
near, every prec rution was taken by the authorities to
prevent a breach of the peace. Several of the most
active of the police were posted ah but the tireatre, and
Mr. Lavender. the Deputy Const.able, him;t if was it!
attendance. The house WAS pretty ; i 'deed, th,
upper boxes, pit, and gallery, v.ry much so; the love:
boxes, however, were not more than half full : i.i these
there were only/velem/es one of whom, who was well
known, was turned out of the hose,. -

There were about a dozen milliners an:l cook-maids
in the upper boles, which, together with about as rn:ny
washerwomen trod factory girls in the pit, were all tie
females in the house. The great majority of the au-
dience consisted. of strangers, spruce warehousein.n,
and apprentice boys. 'Dive were very few persons
whose years might alf.,rd a presumption that they wire
the fatheis of grown-iip families. When the curtain
drew up, the peiforn ers were assailed with hissys, and
"cries of (yr, ?ft; and the first scene-was quite inaudible.
In the second scene, KERN made his appearance, and
the words—

" Now is the winter of our discontent"
seemed to have bee:, the signal tor a general uproar.
A general hooting and hi ;sing commenced, inteimin
Fled with cites of shame," and ;, 4:--off;" while others
clapped, and vociferated-4. Bravo, Aran!" %it!' all
their might. The apprentice boys in the front of the
pit (who had evidently bee:t packed there for the pur•
pose) waved their hats, and bawled ig Kean Jro ever !••
M mock morning." The tumult continued for nearly
ten minutes, during which Kean miule many low obei-
sances, and several ineffectual attempts to obtain a
hearing ; he at length went tits otigb the scene in dumb
shew. After a little time, order was partially restoteJ,
and the play was suffeted to proceed ; but the recur-
rence of certain passages was ever a.,d anon the signal
for disapprobation on one part, and clamour on the other.
The words—

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" And am I then a elan to be beloved?
Oh, monstrous thought!"
And those in the scene with Lady Anne—
,. Upon my life! she finds (although I cannot)
" Myself to be a marvellous proper man !"
were readily caught at by the audience. When the
curtain fell, the clamours for Kean's appearance were
loud and incessant, and he at length came forward and
stammered out some few words which were inaudible,
except to the apprentices in the front of the pit, who
shouted out once more oßraro, Kean f'as he retired.

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On engulfing this day—at the Secretary of State's
Office. 16r the Haile Dekmiritnent, we have been in;
formed that; in ansetinenca inine 6mniutficatiOn on
the subject 'nf this Gentleniaill'C:ae; the Secretary of
State, last night dil)atched to- 11a.st4ii, a respite during
hii Maje%t)' e. .
SiIORTIA6 INTELLIGtN' C E.'

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NII*MARKRT FIRST SPRING MERTING:

TUSSItA KPH It PARTICULARS.
AlthoUgh the attendance: of Noblemen and (uteri, high is the
sporting circles was not numerous, the Conitse presented a more
lively appearance than op the former dayi, there being a greater
number isf Ladies and equipages prepent. .
His Rcyal Highness the Duke of York, the steady l!stroii of
these liacet, again honoured the Heath with bin presence.
Af:er the Races a great number of the turf visitors 'Misted to
the Itace.ground, vihere a fine shew of'horses were at exercise,
and on the ring being formed, tofu brisk betting. ensued.
A got.d deal of conversation 'pr place about Rufus and the
Derby, some of the speculators present expressing doubts about

the half mile of tip-hill which he lig to encounter ie.* that Stakes;
his baekrri, however, and many good judges, consider this of mi-
nor imporz, but entertain fears that if Mr. Udny starts his colt,
must lose Buckle; there is, however, a possibility that Mr.
Udny will Field Buckle to the Duke upon receiving so small a sum
as his stake. If such an offer be made, it will no doubt be ac-
cepted ; sod thus the issue of the Derby will become a matter of
course. The :allowing is a statement of tht running fur the Stakes,
of which we yesterday gave an account;
Ist Race.— NI at ch , 200 soy. T. C.
Pigmy !the Pawn filly) took the lead, and was winning in a can-
ter,,when, all at once, she swot ved on ila cords, Irons which
• Buckle, with all his abi ity, could not keep her, flogzing and main
strength being alike unavailing ; Conviction, of course, came up,
And won by more than a length.—Just as they got within the cords
. nd3o to I that Pigmy won in a canter.
1-.7d Race.— Sweepstakes of 100 soy. T.Y.C.
Verbina took the lean until over the new ground; she then 'stop-
ped, as if shot, when Girouette took the lead, followed by Tanta-
dins and Ifeleuus ; but, as usual, when she had dime pulling she had
done running; and Tarandus and Ilelenns came out, challenged,
and usage a beturtful race home, llelenus winning by half a neck.
• 3d Ram...4,000g5. Stakes. H.
Avery finely disputed race. in running down Abingdon Mill
Bottom, Addy appeared to be winning, but Miniature slipped by
him, and won in good style by a length or more.

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41hRace.—The King's Plate. . li.C.
Tiara jumped off, took the lead, aid nude good steady running
all the way, until they got into the Well Bottom, and there An-
tiupe ~eeined to be at a winning pace, Buckle pushing Tiara bard
along; laced it wail thought by many she would win: but as they
mounted the bill to finish, the heavy weight she carried gave the
advantage to the filly, who let slip and won in high stylva.: The old
snare ran much better than was expected, having been turood nut
for two years, and bred one foal.
The betting left off at the following odds :
MAV:ti, Flamm-6 to•all on Bizarre agst Grenadier.
DIMWIT'.
112 to 1 agst Webb
16 to 1 agst DFfsanee
20 to 1 ag*t Cain
051$.
I 7to 1 agst Pipyllia
9 to 1 agst.Duke of York's

7 to 4 apt Rufus
9 to 2 apt Muleteer
6 to 1 agst Legacy

7 to 2 agst Tontine
7 to 2 agst Aline
7 to I agst Pastime

6i to 1 apt Memnon
It to I apt Cleveland
14 to 1 apt Androgens
17 to 1 agst ltedgauntlet
18 to I nit Homer

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20 to 1 art The Alderman
10 to 1 asst Cow lion
40 to .1 avt Rothelan (taken)
40 to 1 apt Daredevil

WITIMIDAY, MIL 20.
lA. Exeter's Athenian, Bst. 71b. beat Mr. Stonehewer's Glpset,
Sgt. First Half of Ab. bl. 100.—Won by two lenvh4-7 to 4 oa
Athenian.
31r. W. gdwardes Wildwood beat D. of Grafton'• Armida,
Bst. 51b. each-, First Half of Ab. dl. 60 soy.— Won by a length
—2 to 1 agst Wildwood.
Sweepstakes of 10 soy. each, for 2 yrs old colts, Bst. 51b. and fillies,
Sat. 21b. T.Y.C.

lA. Exeter's c. by Comus . . . 1
Mr. Stood:levier% hr. 1. by Soothsayer . . 2
Four others started; the Judge placed but 9.—Won by a kngth—
even on c. by Comus; 3 to 1 agst br. f. by Soothsayer.
lA. Exeter's Palais Royal, est. 31b. beat Mr. Lambton's Sper-
maceti, Vat. 71b. D.M. 200, b. ft.—Won by half a length-5 to 2
apt Palais Royal.
Sweepstakes of 100 soy. each, h. ft. for colts and fillies; colts,
est. 71b. fillies, Bst. 31b. D.M.
Mr. Wortley's ch. f. Carmelite .
lA. Warwick's b. c. by Crecy . .
Won by a neck-6 to 4 agst Carmelite.
Sweepstakes of 100 soy. each, h. ft. 3 yrs old, A. V.
. Batson's Serab, Bst. 71b. . .
D. Page's Silkworm, 7st. 21h.
Grevilk's Hajji Baba, 7st. 611..
Wortley's Egyptian, 7st. Mb.
Won by half a length.-2 to lon Serab.
£5O by Subscription, for three yrs old, 7st. Sib. four, 84t. 111 b. and,
five, 9st. 41b. B.C.
D. of Grafton's ch. f. Pucelle, 3 yrs old
lA. G. H. Cavetidish's b. e. Furbisher, 3 yn old
Won by three fourths of a length.-7 to 2on Pucelle.
MOSTYN HUNT MEETING.

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A Cop. value Ten Guineas, and Forty Guineas in speck, given by
Sir Thomas Mostyn, llat:t. and 10 guineas to the second horse, for
horses, Sec. not thorough-bred. Two mile heats.
Mr. Foster's ch. g. Hercules, 3 yrs, Mt. 51b. .
Mr. Root's bay gelding, :s yrs. old, lOst. 10Ib. . 1 111
Seven others started, but were not placed.
A Sweepstakes of 10 guineas cach, h. ft. for horses,&c. not tberousli
bred. Gentlemen riders. Two miles. (12 subs:)
Mr. Worrell's h. g. Falstaff, aged, 12st. 91b. 1
Mr. Molony's to: m. Madge Wildfire, a:snd, 12g. stlb.. 8
Seven others started.

FlRM—This - ing, at half-past three o'clmck, a
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_ morning, _
dreadful fire broke out in the house Air. Davis, a
hair dresser, 58, Holborn, which burned with great
violence, and notwithstanding the prompt arrival of the
different engines, and a plentiful supply of water, com-
municated to the houses on each side, occupied by Mr.
Gray, seedsman, and Mr. Harwood, Wyman, the backs
of whose houses being chiefly composed of wood, were
soon in flames, which destroyed those and one or two
houses in King't Head-court. The fire also par tially ir.;.
jured the houses of Mr.'Pratt, trunk-maker, and Mr.
Sprattswill, tailor. The front of the house in which
the,fire commenced fell into the street, and we are sorry
Ito state much injured Mead, the Foreman of the Hope
Insurance Office, who was carried to St. Bartholomew's
Hospital with his leg and thigh broken, anJ skull dread-
lolly fractured: The houses of Mr. Gray and Mr. Hats
wocd are completely_ gutted, with only the, fronts
standing ; the different engines are stiil in attendance,
and playing on the mint. We heir most of the pro..
perty is insured.
Between one and two o'clock this morning, a fire
, broke out at the Flying Horse public-house, kept by
Mr. Nelson, near St. George's-Church, in the Borough.
and for some. time threatened destruction to a number
of small houses at the_bark. which were chiefly com-
posed of wood. By the timely arrival of the engines,
however, and there being a good supply ce water, the
flanks were extinguished with- ut extenditig further than
t‘o some stables adjoining, Which, with the premises cf
Mr. Nelson, were burnt to the ground. .
• At an Inquest held yesterday. at St.... Bartholomew%
Hospital, on the body of It man who had 'tliOd rather
suddenly from erysipelas, several Gentlemen who
were summoned on the Jury questioned their right
to •er‘e; but the Coroner told them It vias peremptory,
a tl the husine.4.roceeded.

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