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London, England, 1801-10-20 00:00:00

kEADING SCHOOL PLAY.,

Saturday 114/hi, and the two preceding nights,
the young Gentlemen of Dr. VALPY'S School per.
formed their annual Play : The Play was the Se-
cond Part of King Henry Y. altered from Shalc-z-
-fpeare. The alterations proceeded from the judi-
cious hand of Dr. VALPY, and were of a nature to
compr:fs the whole,.to bring forward the force and
luimour of the principal charafters, and to fopprefs
all fuch parts as are not confillent with the ftrieefl
delicacy. Some new (perches alfo were incerpo-
rat, d evidently alluding to the late circumftances
o- the country, and tending. to animate the exer-
tions cf loyalty and patriottim. Great firefs has
been laid on a French army, which landed in
Wales, to the affißance of the rebels, but finding
no fupport from them, and threater ed with a for-
midable oppofition, were obliged to re-erubark.
The Dramatis Parfait wcre as follow :

ring Haley - Mr. LORING.
Henry Prince of *ate. Mr. Wnwetw.ionr.
rime John of Laneafter Mr, CRE3rIGNT.
niece of flies-/ ..,
Mr. Tr 10AN.
eefter -
Areibbillop of York Mr. Eras.
t ari of Weitniortiand f Mr. CAR R.
Lord Mowbriy . Mr. NICHOLAS.
Ldrd Hafting. Mr. W. T. LOTZDAT,
Lord oder plaice i. ,hir. Wass.
Morton - Mr. LOVLDAT.
Gower - Mr. W.ANDREITS.
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Attendants oft the Chief} Mr. c. .
ODII
Juhiee
Sir John Falftaff .
21ardolph -
Pans

Mr. A m es.
Mr. Falters.
.Mr. C. Afars.

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- Mr. Elwell.
Yaffe - Mr. A. B. VALI.T.
'Hake UAW . Mr. SIIUTIII.
. Halal=• Mr. CAINE!.
bavy . - - Mr. Loacomari.
Fang . - Mr. Entire.
Snare .. Mr. BALLEINE.
Mouldy - - Mr. ANDIMTS.
Shadow - Mr. CHA NOL/R.
Wart - Mr. WHITTON.
Feeble • - Mr. T. Logone.
lulled(' - - Mr. CIIEBTER.
Holt& Ctilekly - 1114 HAwitts.
Prologue - r. Lout it 0.
Epilogue
it is with pleafure that we witnelled the fpirit
and exertions of every one of the performers.—
They fully fucceeded in fupporting the ellablithed
credit of their little Theatre. It would be injullice
3190 to make particular mention of the principal
actors, and to pay them that tribute of praife they
fo well deferve.

The part of Henry IV. was fullained by Mr.Lo-
-.rva with great dignity, and the celebrated fpeech
of the dying Monarch was given in a faultering
tone, and with an urraffeeted pathos, that found
their way to the heart of
:every hearer. Of the
Fringe of Wales we may fay the fame thing. Sir
Yobs Fayiyr was reprefented jug as he is drawn :
the company were kept in continual laughter at
the original drollery and unprincipled pleafantry
of this agreeable libertine. But nothing could be
more extrilitely pourtrayed than the charatter of
!Tiffin? Shallow; not a tingle feature, not the mi.
r:aeß lineament efeaped the difcriminatMg judg-
ment of the performer. The incoherence and rffil.
plicity of the Janice, contralled with the Knight's
knavery, produced an effc that was highly gra-
taying to the admirers of genuine humour. The
ifsfYi !.4trici/y was a faithful and animated like-
The Recruit, even contrived to diflinguith
!t7nfelves, and entered fo thoroughly into their
:offtrent eharaetcrs as to convince as of their ca-
, reity u!enever a greater fcopc may be given to
heir talents

But the bell encomium that could he paid to
ih6r endeavours is what they have already re-
rtived, the unbounded plaudits of a full, polite,
.nd intelligent audience.
iie dreffes were in the coßtime oldie 27;e, and
enec both fplendid and appropriate. They
R e klieve, More conformable to the fathion
tht times than thole of the London Theatres.
The fernery was moßly new. A Gothic Cham-
ber r,roduced a fine effea, and a drop leen,: of
t;ic mall beautiful defign and happieli execution,
(,''s great credit to the abilities of a young artill
r •;:;,4,1y tiling to eminence, Mr. W. Haystt.
c afways happy in affording our (lender
of arplaute to winuever has tor its objea '

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the promotion of rational entertainment, and the
infpiration of a relifh for the liberal arts, efpecially
the Drama, being perfuaded that a good talk is
no mean auxiliary to virtue, and that it is at leaft
neceffary to think jultly before we can at rightly.
The late performances have not only this tendency,
but come further recommended to us under the
amiable form of Charity, as they were prefented
for the benefit of that excellent intlitution, the
Humane Society.
There were a Prologue and an Epilogue made
for the occafion. The Prologue, we underfland,
came from the pen of Mr. I've, the Poet Laureat.
It confifted of appropriate alluflons to the circum-
fiances of the times, particularly the Peace, and
concluded with an elegant compliment to the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, (Mr. ADDINGTON). The
reception it met with bore honourable tettimony
that it was •not overcharged. The Epilogue was
a niaaerly compofition, in praife of the purpofe to
which the profits of the Theatre are to he applied.
It exhibited in an imprefGve manner the nature of
the inaitution, and pleaded the caufe of humanity
with a flow of verfe, a warmth of imagination,
and a fwell of fentiment, that did equal honour
both to the Author and his rubjed. We believe it
to be the production of Mr. BOLLAND, a Gentle.
man educated at Dr. VALPY'S fchool, and much
diftinguifhed by fume fuccefsful academical exer-
cures. We hope to be indulged with copies of both,
and to be able to prefent them to the Public in a
future paper.

The BUVIARROW, of 14 guns, Lieut. NI C HOL-
sow, arrived at Plymouth on Saturday Zak. He
wmt into Brea harbour, and landed with a flag
of truce from the Hon. Admiral CORNWA Lus, for
the French Admiral VILLARET, Port Admiral at
Brea. Lieutenant NICHOLSON was received with
the greatelt joy, and experienced the molt polite
attention from all ranks of people. He dined the
firs day of his landing with Admiral VILLAR ET,
Madame Vittaxxv, and fuite, with whom he vi-
Cited the play-houfe, and afterwards attended a
ball. The fecond day, Lieutenant NICHOLSON
dined with Admiral DON GRAVINA, the Spann
Admiral. Before his departure, Madame VILLA-
Rtr prefented him with a morocco purfe, contain.
ing a fmall, but highly finifhed, bull, in white
enamel, of BONAPARTE, Chief Conful, under a
convex glars let with (liver, as a token of her ef-
teem for the Britilla nation, and the happy return
of peace. She fent by the SUWARROW, as a pre-
fent, Come hampers of fruit for the Hon. Admiral
Cntawattis, then off Ulhant. Lieutenant M-
c Hoisow fpeaks in the higheft terms of his recep-
tion at Brett. He left in Brett water a fail of the
line, of which 6 were three-deckers. The batteries
were peculiarly arcing, and well provided with
forges for heating (hot.
By the Lifbon Mail which arrived yefierday,
we have received letters from Lilbon of the sth
The French army was on its return to the
interior of France, and it was expeded that the
Spanifh territories would be completely evacuated
by the Republican troops before the end of the
prcfent month.

The troops encamped at Mufrelburgh and Dun-
bar k their tents on Wednefday. The La-
narkihire are to be quartered in Muffelburgh, the
Aberdeenihire in the temporary barracks there, the
Du mfr iesihire at Dalicrith, and the Nottingham at
Dunbar, Dunfe, and Kelfo.

On Saturday the loth inftant Trevenfon Houle,
rear Redruth, the feat of THOMAS KIVELL, Efq.
was ftruck andconficlerably damaged by lightning.
—lt was attraOed by the chimney, and entered
one of the rooms of the attic about three feet
above the mantle-piece, which it ripped from off
the wainfcot, and broke in pieces. The flails then
fattened on the bell-wire, and divided ; part of it
went through all the rooms of the attic, defcended
over one pair of flairs, ran through a gallery,
where it met with the bells belonging to the ad-
' joining rooms, fubdivided into all the ramifica-
tions of the bell-wires, and was concluded through
every room of the houfe. Some of the fluid was
concluded into the laundry, to which it let fire,
but was happily loon extinguifhed. A portion of
it defcended from the place where it entered into
the belt hadiging room ; here it feparated in three
direftions on the bell-firing, part of it ran towards
the bed, fattened on the bed-rod, fluttered in ()rivers
one of the ports ; the bed-clothes were tolled all
over the floor, and the furniture of the bed entirely
d ttroyed; it then defcended by the wall under the
plaifter,and found a vent, in two places, in the parlour
blow. It continued to follow the bell-wire in
every direction, till it arrived at a fet of bells in
the palTage on the ground-floor; at the fame in-
Itant it entered the kitchen in two places, threw
two maid tervants, who held infants in their arms,
on the ground, thattered the chair on which one
was fitting, and darted through the oppofite wall.
Some of the eleiftric fluid entered the parlour where
Mr. Kivell, his wife, and fitter, vete at breakfaft :
ran round the room on the wire, knocked him from
where he was fitting near the chimney to the other
end of the room ; glided through a cupboard
where it broke a valuable let of Engin china, and
forced its way out through the wall. The damage
it has done is confiderable, having broken all the
windows in the front, and lifted lome of the win-
dow frames ; and the paper is materially injured,
as the lightning has dilcoloured it; in fome places
it has diverfified it with a variety of colours, in
others made it quite black. The wire in many
parts is entirely lured, efpecially where there was
a twill, which it completely flattened, and gave it
an edge like a penknife ; where three or four wires
ran on together with knots in them, they were
Itraightened out and melted into one mafs. Provi-
d;:ntially the family received no injury; Mr. K. his
fakes maid, and infant, experienced fomething
Ike a (bock. The confternation into which the
family were thrown is better conceived than de-
fcribed. In the multi of their alarm all quitted the
houfe through the windows ; but a (errant, who
:Cemed to be fattened to the fpot with terror. No
other fentiment prevailed among the family than
that the end of the world was come, or fome great
convulfitrn of nature, which would (weep the houfc
from its fouudatioo.

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REJOICINGS FOR PEACE'.

We have already given. feveral poetical effufions
complimentary to M. arro, and in which the
concluding words of each line were made to rhyme
to that Gentleman's name : The following which
appeared in a window at the Weft end of the
town, though not In complimentary to M. OTTO,
fliews no leis felicity of rhyme— .
Thanks to Lord HAWKESBLIIIY, and Monfieur OTTO,
For the glorious peace w:.:ich now we've got. u,
If Britain loon don't go to pot-o,
Then blels'd indeed will be her tot-o.
The Provincial Papers are filled with deferiptions
of the rejoicings which have taken place on account
of the Ratification cf the Preliminary Articles of
Peace, to the almoll entire exclufion of all mifcella-
neous news, except what is copied from the London
prints. On no former occafion has the tide of po•
pular rapture appeared to rife fo high as on th.:
prefent, nntiatured with any improper political
prejudices. Loyalty, liberality of lentiment, and
union of opinion, feem to be every where the or-
der of the day.
Monday fe'nnight being fet apart by the inha-
tants of Maidenhead, for celebrating the Ratifica-
tions of the Preliminaries of Peace, every perfon
in that town hailed with rapture the return of a
bleffing fo long a Granger to this country. The
morning was ulhered in by the ringing of bells;
the Affociations, Cavalry and Infantry, were out,
and paid every poflible honour to the glorious
occalson. In the evening the whole town was
very handfomely illuminated, and many houfes
difplayed elegant and grand devices. Fire-
works were let off, cannons fired, and every other
demonfiratian of joy was e xprelfed by the inhabi-
tants, whole countenances beamed with rapture
at this great and good event.
The Illumination at Totneson Monday fc'nnight
was truly beautiful, the decks, mails, yards, and
rigging, of Captain CUMINS'S Blip, the MERMAID,
being beautifully covered with lights; the crew,
about feven o'clock, brought her dole to the
Bridge, in order for thole the Captain had invited
(a numerous and genteel party) to " board and
ground her." By this " grounding" was meant
toafling and drinking out of a large bowl of good
old Port, rn in which the Captain floated a handtoc
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model of the (hip, illuminated with (mall tapers
till the was caught by the lwel.—During the time
the Captain's crew, with cannon, accompanied by
Captains WINDEATE and Roceas's Volunteers,
kept up a continual fire, which was followed by a
difplay of fire-works, &c.—a Serjeant of the Vo-
lunteers was unfortunately much hurt by one of
the cannon's buraing.
The fame day, at Weymouth, the York I-Liars
and North Devon Militia were drawn out,, and
fired airy de joy, on account of the Ratification of
the Preliminaries of Peace. Captain HORSFORD'S
corps of Volunteers alto fired a feu de joyr, previous
to which they affembled, and drummed out with
every mark of difgrace through the town, one of
the privates, for nun-attendance on the days of ex-
ercife, upon which occafiQn Captain lioassoto
addrefred the corps in a very appropriate fpeech,
obferving that he felt great fatisfattion in laying
this man had been the only one who had tweet
ed his duty fence the formation of the corps.

Purfuant to orders from General SIN COE, the
molt animating military exhibition took place, on
Wednefday !aft, at (even o'clock in the evening at
Plymouth, and throughout the weftern
The Plymouth corps marched from thence at a quar-
ter before fix o'clock, and then formed with the
Dock corps upon the extenfive lines of Plymouth-
Dock, viz.—Royal Artillery, Royal Artificers,
zgoth Regiment of Foot, zd Royal Surry, zd Royal
Lancafbire, tft Devon, and Royal Radnor regi.
ments ; Plymouth, or Prince of Wales's Regiment
of Volunteers, Plymouth Blues, Lai.gmead Volun-
teers, Major Ju elates Rangers, §toke Artillery
and Artificers, Stonehoufe Volunteers, BARLOW'S
Dock Volunteers, Captain NELSON'S Dock Greens,
and PH IMPS'S Dock Blues. On the Citadel, the
Royal Invalids ; and at Maker Redoubts, the Bed-
ford Regiment ; Cawfand and Kingfand Royal
Artillery ; in all upwards of gOOO men, under
command of Major-General ENGLAND. A fignal
rocket being thrown up from the main guard, a
roar of artillery commenced from the battery welt
of Mount• Wife, which continued round the lines,
and was anfwered by the guns of the Citadel, Eatt
and Weft King's batteries, Mount Edgcumbe bat-
tery, and the redoubts at Maker ; after which the
troops, by corps, fired a volley in the air, in ccm-
pliment to the Britifh army in Egypt. A fecond
rocket was then thrown up, on v hich a fecond
difcharge from 250 pieces of cannon was fired, on
account of the happy return of Peace, which was
fucceeded by a moll excellent treble feu de joie from
the troops and volunteers on the Lints, the Citadel,
Maker Ffeights, &c. &c. After this, all the French
prifoners in the 7 p-ifon fhips in Hamoaze gave three
hearty cheers.. The troops and volunteers return-
ed to their refpeaive parades ; and the Plymouth
Volunteers and Affociated Corps, after their march i
to their own parade, fired three excellent/au de
joy in the air, with three cheers. The night be-
ing very gloomy, the blaze and roar of artillery
had a very fine etfea. Several beautiful mu-111)a-
-rencies were exhibited, and fume exc. ut fire-
works played off. The whole bufinefs went off
without the leaft accident whatever.

SOUTNARITTON,OCTORFR tB—Our town has as
yet 101 l but li:tle of is gaiety, and what has tended
to enliven it is, the recent intelligence of returning
Peace. Lail Tlinrlday night, there was at the
Long Roon s, a moil fplcridid Ball, and Suppl„,
in commcmaratii n of the above happy event ; up-
wards of tgo of the N .bility and Gentry tat down
.t 12 o'clock to flipper, and Mr. MARTIN the Pro-
prietor provided an ample repaß. The interior
of the Rooms WAS lbeautifully illuminated with
variegated lamps, interwoven with wreaths of
flowersandevcrgrecns, which had a moll charming
deft. Mrs. Siuooss concluded her engagement
on Friday evening ; the has played gime Short,
Mrs. Haller, Lady Randolph, and Mrs. Beverly, to
overflowing !macs, and with her ufual eeLti.