Star.
London, England, 1803-01-24 00:00:00

771.E4TRICALS.

DkU2Y-LANE THEATRE.—The only novelty at
this Theatre Friday night, was the performance of
lachim9, in the play of Cymbeline, by POW I IL, eke
BARRYMORE, in which charafter he appeared to
great advantage, particularly in his firft interview
with lmogen. Throughout the fcene the refined
hypocrite and the bold libertine were delineated
by the hand of a mailer. In the fubfequent fcene
(the bed chamber) lie was rather too rapid, and
did not fpeal: in a fufficiently fubdued tone of '
voice for the fituation ; through the reft of the
play he was very fuccefsful. The Poe cc in Pcfl
humus and ',nen were particularly intereaing, as
ufual.

Saturday night the Theatre was uncommonly
crowded to witnefs the reprefentat:on of the Beeux
Stratagem. Mrs. JORDAN appeared as Mr.r. Ssllea,
and Mrs. Ilmtt.ow as Dorinda.

Covent Garden on Saturday attracted the public
by the new Opera and the new Pantomime. Both
performances gave great fatisfa!lion.

THE EMARCHIONF.SS OF AIFRCORN'S THEATRICALS.
—For fome weeks the topic of converfation in the
fafhionable circles of higher lift, has been the pre-
parations making at Bentley Priory, near Stanmore,
for theatrical reprefentations ; and it was expected
from the liberal expenditure going forward, that
every thing as far as regarded fcenery, dreffes, and
decorations, would be on a fuperior kale. This
expeaation was not difappointed ; for all the dif-
tinguifhed vifitors at the Priory on Friday night
(about r2o) have fence fpoken in terms of the
higheß encomium, not only of the feenery, dreffes,
and decorations, but of the finifhed Rile in which
each individual charafter was fupported. A great
critic, who was relent, obferved, " that it was
impoffible for the charafters to have been mote ju-
dicioufly caR, even in a profeffional corps, under
a veteran manager." The Prince of War.ss raid
he was never better entertained. The performan-
ces were Mrs. INCHIALD'S lively Comedy, " The
Wedding Day," and " Who': the Aloe ?" The cha
rafters in the Play were thus caR :

Lord Rakehod

DRAMATIS PRISON= :

- - Mr. WILIAM/ MAW:IC/CU.

Sir Adam Cord& - - Mr. Jo3crn MADDOCKS.

Mr. bilillden

Mr. daft

Mr. LAWRINC C.

• Mr. PCNISTOn LAMB!.

Lady Autumn - - Lady CUAKLOTTZ LINDIAT.
Lady Conteft • - A LADY of PAIIIION.

Mn. Hamford - - Mrs. lowa Karamir.

Hannah -

- The Hoo.Mits Doreen.

Attendant,—Lord HAMILTON and 140111CLAODI HAMILTON.
Lady Conto was admirably fupported. Her
Ladyllsip fang—ln the Dead of the Night, charm-
ingly. She was encored. Lady CH•RLOTTS
Ltansay pourtrayed to the life th affectation and
abfurdity of Lady Autumn. Mrs.
„loos KKK a t.s, in
Mrs. Bamford, evinced all the delicacy of manners
intended to be conveyed by the authorefs ; and the
Hon. Mifs BUTLER, confidering the trifling part
allotted her, acquitted herfelf with er/a:. Mr.
JOSIPH MAI:MOCKS reminded the audience of the
veteran Kum, fo fully did he enter into the fpirit
of the part. The lively manners and eafy gentle.
manly addrefs of Lord Rairkaid could not have
been better depicted than they were by Mr. WIL-
LI/1N MADDOCICS. Mr. PINISTOII Lamas, and
Mr. L4wasiice, likewife, did full jullice to the
parts allotted them in the drama, and the Lords
Halal Lvov were cont derably above mediocrity.

In the Farce Mr. Wit. MADDOCK{ played the
pan of Old Doll:, with original humour, and Mifs
Burcre, in Mifi Diary, had much merit, and was
highly applauded. The other charafters were fut
tamed by Meffrs. P. and W. Liras.

The performances commenced at nine o'clock,
and ended at twelve, when the company fat down
to an elegant (upper, and continued at table till
three o'clock.
The Saloon of the Priory was appropriated for
the Theatre, being well adapted to the purpofe.

All the fcenery, which is very] beautiful, was
painted under the dirdlion of an eminent anal,
for the occa (ion. The curtain fcene is uncommonly
grand ; the defign architdlural.
The inftrumental band in the orcheflra, with the
exception of two Italians, confined of araatears. and
their performances gave not a little eclat to the en-
tertainment.
The Prince of WALts fat on a Rate chair, ele-
vated, covered with erimfon velvet, elegantly em-
broidered with gold, in the centre of a femi•
circlet around, benches were placed, covered
with cufhions, and in the interior, chairs were fet
out. The whole forming a biautiful little amphi-
theatre, fined up under de &melon of the lovely
hotter', to whom is due the credit of the whole un-
dertaking.

Among the dißingnithed perfonages prefcnt,
betides thofe already mentioned, were—

The Duke and Duchefs of Devonlkin; Earl and Gent& of
Welimorelaad; Earl and Counters of Eifel ; Princelsod Prin-
ces Portugude Ambeador, M. De Llma ;
Martin/rite& of Ely; Vifeount and Wray:tell Melbourne)
Earl Clarendon; Vifeount and Vifeountefs Caftleteagh ; Lords
Poky, Owns, and Lydian Gower ; Lord and Lady Cranky ;
Lady Umbels Corry; Lady Markt Cavendiet; Lord and
Lady George Cavencilik ; Sir Charles and Lady Atilt ; Lord
and Lady Amherft ; General Graham ; Mr. and Mrs. Sheri-
dan ; Mr. Thomas Sheridan ; Lord Alvanley ; the Has. Mr.
Howard. atc. &c.

All the guells Dept in the priory on Friday night.
It is one of the molt fplandid mantions in the
kingdom, both with refpea to the number and
fpacioufnefs of its apartments, and the elegance of
its furniture ; the windows are • very numerous,
and mollly of Rained slid's.
The company who went from town all dined
there; the cloth was laid at four o'clock. The
Prince did not arrive till five o'clock, and an hour
after dined with about so, who were too late for
the firß dinner.

On Saturday afternoon, about Ave o'clock, the
Prince fet off for town, and the greater pan of
t►e company followed.

MAS,trER4DL

asrrEHAVEN, JANUARY w.

On the ril init. there was another Marquerade,
by the Ladies and Gentlemen who computed the
vifiting party at Brayton Houle: after which the
company anneajled but (upped in their dryfa.—
Sapper being ended,. a gentleman, lubited as a
Bard, fuddenly role up, (as if infpired), and re-
cited the following ODR—which, our Readers will
fee, forms a abort RiTROSPIICT of the Entertain-
menu uhich had preceded it :

Part I,

The Gods of Greece, to foliate Man,
HAS each,were told, a favourite Plan;
Decidedly 'twas Juve's Opinion
Nought would delight him like Dewsisoirs
And MARS, at PM PR'S Dcfirc,
F.iiilow'S the World with inertial Fire,
There Gifts alone foon won the Heart
Of ev.ry future BONA CA RT C.
Scion ['torus, lithe Tele he true,
Open 'd the Mines of rich Pero
Then Wealth and Pover, together join'ell,
'Were the chief Aim of Hell Menkind.
A rocio, though a beardiefs Boy,
Knew Wealth might Harmony deliroy t
The Gads themfslves, he fated, could not control
'• The Man who has no Mufic in hie Soul."
Gay 'lace uus then his Thyrfia Shook;
But Ve xu I, with bewitching Look,
Pronne'd their Influence to combine,
And fent down Music, LOY?, and WIN,.
'Tis ours to prove, on this aufplcioui Day,
Thole precious Gifts have not been thrown away.
Part H.

fix fle, DIANA! Gadder' bright
Wrapt in [tarry Frame of Night
Let thy jocund Nymphs be free,
Welcome Mirth and Horan,.
See ! Lag Harry bolds with Eats
Pow'r unlimited—to pirate.
Kerr of Array.. will prove
Chaftity the food of Love.
Strait-laced Pirgie, why fo coy f
Why conceal the heart-felt Joy
" Live to Love, and fan the Flame,"
Says yon Fortier-tailing Dime.
Brairg Girl: ye oeed not alum—.
Wenches. who but beg for Fun.
Bragging P 4.1, loudly bawl
" Fate and Lucifer, take all."
Thou (mould deign to (mile)
Wilt forget thy i• Fortunes vile."
Here the Jovial Britt* Ter
Steers his Veffel from afar
Printer, deck'd in fable Hue,
&mart, Maauliiii, and 7.-ie
Lasghterionvine Push, appear ;
Light-beell Hisr!rfris, draw neer:
latierbiaaa. Vas Ceder. Na.,
Modell Prig • qt? gam,
With the tam d Astseseras.
" Hither, hither, this way bend;"
All ybur kind affiltaneeleod.
Part M.
Tanned Teri and Spaniel Dm.
At oar MAIKVE unite in nee;
Bereft Secret to bripart,
PLOTV. as allow the heart.
Tuneful daughter of the Nine,
GaAs, fins the foog divine;
Then patent thy bowl at Ira.
Ricker than Palliates' Aram
Minting In the mazy dance,
See the Graces now advance ;
One in Tartan plaid wrd,
As a blooming &WO Moil;
One in Powy's Wreath to mine;
One like playfel Calandear.
. let net FOLLT to be dull ?
Panesuait's cep is nearly fall;
Wbere no pollen harks oaken
Drink it eilt, my beauteous Queen s
Drink tie Toalb—let nese r
Here's Altars eel Afeste,fteZead Wane.

BRIGHTON, yisuitßr 22.

A large party of fafhionables partook of an tie.
gent entertainment on Wednefday evening, at the
Rev. Mr. TILT'S, on the South Parade.
Awe...i.e.—Mrs. and Mrs LLOYD, Mrs.inne.
sow, Ste.—Dar•artiss —Sir C. W. House
Bono tiros, Sir IL &HAIM, Mr. DAVIDSON, &Co
The Bonaparte packet, with ten paffengers, fax'.
ed for Dieppe yelierday.
The Patecs's hatters threw off yellerday near
the Race.hill, and after much excellent fport, con.
quered and deftroyed a brace of hares. 'llse lilt
was Ratted in a furze field near the Race Stand.
which, with aftonithing leetnefs, eroded many tre-
mendoully Reep hills, snaking towards Rotting.
dean, when fuddenly turning. the terrified animal
recroffed the Downs, defeended into the Lewes
turnpike road. took a circle round the Brighton
Barracks, again made for the hills, and was at
length overtaken by the deep toned pack, within a
few yards of the furze field from whence the chile
had commenced, after a revere run of at leaf} la
miles. Very few fportfmen were in at the death.
The field was refpe&ably attended.
A few evenings ago, as Meffrs. Hoots, Wont..
GER, and Bases. were proceeding in a poll chaife
from Lewes to the New Inn, at Seaford, which
houfe they had left on the preceding morning, they
halted to take refrefitments at the Bridge Houfe at
Newhaven. On their re.afeendeng the chair(' the
driver clofing the door after them with more than
common violence, the horfes took fright, (prong
, forward, and turning to the left, croffed the bridge
at full gallop. when inclining to the left, they took
the road to Seaford, and defied every effort of the
poßillions to overtake them. Melts BA 14 Rs and
Wootoea, at the extreme rilk of their lives, hay.
mg fucceeded in opening one of s'..e doors, threw
themfelves out of the vehicle, an both of them
were confiderably, though not dangerontly hurt.
Mr. Hoon. not altogether approving of the con-
dub of his friends, coolly kept his place, and,
what is truly angular, the borfes at length. from
long habit of Rapping at that fpot, halted at the
door of the New Inn. where Mr. Hoop alighted
in &fey. It is fuppofed that the horfes reached
Seaford from Newhaven, which is between f,,u.
and five miles dillant, pang every objea, and
turning every corner with as much apparent e ,u-
-tion as if the poftillion had been with them in
ibmcthing better than ten minutes. The road, it
should be noticed, is very bad. and require.
Idriver to condo& a carriage that way with
IrttTel rifle and di/Beaky. '

INTELLI;;L.At.E.

COURT 01' I:lNG's BENCH, JAN 2:.

THE FIARQ,IS OE HERTFORD AND OTHFRS V. THE

I,lltl Balsrm. ASD

This eatife engaged the attention of the Court
:Ina iota, chit ing the whole day, and, therefore,
t! :twit of the Pager will only admit of a general
derctirtion of it
Mr. E, in a very eloquent fpeech, opened
t:ie pi untiti's calc, explained the nature of it, the
ineieles on whi• h it was funded, and the evi-
dence he had t' torp..rt it. It was an i The dire led
by the Lord and the cptenion was,
I% (miller it i, neccllhry for the prele.rvation and
pi.,:caion of tl.e lands, in Sudbui it and Orford
whit the Hamlet of Royden, that the Cca
wall,, t iv( r walls, Irwin s, floices, and other fences,
of and bliniriging to Lanthern Marthcs and King's
Mailhei, Ihould be fupported, maintained, and
kept in repair ? 'l'itere was another iffue, not of
fo much importance, namely, whether Lanthern
Mart es and King's Niarfhes were a mutual pro-,
teftion to each other; and whether the intervening
wall was a wall of proteaion to each of them ?
The qadlions which this proceeding brought be-
fore the Jury were of very great importance, not
only as they applied to the individuals having pro-
perty in theft: dintias, but to the whole iiland we
inhabit, from the principles embarked in the trial
of this caufe, and the application of the evidence
to thofe principles. This iffue was direfted by the
Lord Chancellor, in confequence of an application
made to his Lortilhip to fuperfede a Commiflion
of Sewers, which had been granted and Wiled
under the Great Seal of Great Britain, proceeding
on. the joint fat of the Chancellor, together with the
two Chief Jutfices of the realm. The Commit:
fioners of Sewers being armed with a very high
jurifilietion, it was thought beneficial that fuch
commit dons thould not if ire as of courfc, but on
materials being laid before thole who are juflly
confidered to be the molt competent judges—the
Lcrd Chancellor and the two beads of the judges
of the kingdom. The Chancellor alone. has the
jurifdielion of iffuing it, as it is an infirument under
the Great Seal. He alone can fuperfede what the
Great Seal has given ace to. The Chancellor
conducted himfeif with great propriety and will
dom, in fending this before a Jury. When a Corn-
miffion'of Sewers is ordered under the authority
of the Great Seal, it does not follow that the
Commilloners of Sewers have a right to tax indi-
viduals, though inhabitants within the fcope of
their local jurildiCtion,if theft inhabitants have no
intereft, or receive no benefit, from the works
which are crated. It may be eatily put on the
record, as it frequently basheen done, and brought
into confideration before the Court of King's
Bench ; and therefore it occurred to the Lord
Chancellor, When he caw a contention between
thefe diltries, as to which of them ought to bear
the expence of die works neeelfary to prevent the
inroads and incurfions of the fea, to fend it to this
Court. Tite proprietors of the two dairies of
sudburn arid Orford Marines fay, they receive no
benefit from the walls and fences of the two dif-
tries of Lanthern and King's Martha. being kept
in repair, and that therefore they ought not to pay
any part of the expence neoefTary for keeping in
repair thole fences ; and this was the queftion to
be decided by the Jury, after hearing the whole
of the evidence on both fides. Commiffioners of
Sewers are alveoli as ancient as the law ; they
arife out of our iiifolor fituasion,furrounded as we
are by a raging element on every fide. So early
as the reign of Henry 11. the Chief Juftice formed
a code of laws fur the regulation of fewers ; and
Lord Coke obferves, though they apply princi-
pally to ebofe particular parts, they throw great
light on the red of England, and thew the Judges
.the nature of this proceeding. The nature and
principle of the proceeding is this—the lands of
England, and indeed the lands throughout the
globe, next the lea, are comparatively of little
value ; they are generally not very much worth
the protceion of thole to whom they belong; and
therefore thole, whore lands lie next the fea, might
be taxed beyond their value anti beyond their in-
well, in keeping out the lea; and if they alone
were to be burdened with that expence, they might
rather choofe to abandon their lands altogether to
the fury of that element, than to expend more
money than, perhaps, the whole fee fimple was
worth ; and the fea, if left to itfelf, might snake
future inroads, which might never be got rid of,
but might extend its influence to different parts of
the kingdom ; and, therefore, to prevent dick ter-
rible inroads, all thofe who may be in any way
interelted in keeping out the fea, mull contribute
to the repairing of thole fences that are necefffry
tor that purpofe. This is for the benefit of the
whole inhabitants of that part of the country. It
is one of the moll enrious considerations in nature,
how a.... fea, it not lepelled, goes oo in making
inroads and ineutfloos ia particular pine Ls. The
t;.-.111-ea:l extremity of !Lc Aland rrdents a molt
awf:l and wontleti.:l ce,.:.dcf.:tton, when you
come alor the le., till you approachll'in-
eieel.
fins Ice, or ra:oer you do not fee, where
ancient Wincheltca, frith its tw_nty-eight parilh
churches, now rcduced to nit', Rood in the time
of Henry liL In.the year I:ss tt wad buried in
the ne-an, anJ, in the reign of Elizabeth, (hips of
the line were capable of riding there at high water.
If yca Jo not Itop the fen, in the beginning of its
..nrroachments, you cannot answer for its future
co,oferpie riya is the univerfol mouo
to he rt•C•:: red.
'11:: v.•:tnel; examined was Mr. MAI, a
furveyor. .1- le merely proved the accuracy of the
flan troth which Mr. litikiue bad token his defcrip-
t:rn of the place.
Mr. Longhorn, the harbour mailer, defcribed
t!!•7 time at which it was high water in the river
tyre 31•01 :a the ; there were two hours differ-
• •e. I:- r olEett dt he marches being overflowed
i tic ti:c h-ach ; the waters
•,.1 tl.e of Orford, and the people,
:•it iii sun.c '1 whole of King's Marl, and
Lootl ••,n Mar flu e one entire flied f:f
r. T:.e water r-ithet: .a both horn the river and
ka

The Rev. Mr. Connor corroborated the Rate-
s ment of Mr. Erfkine, as far as related to the ef-
feels of the inundation. He was of opinion that;
' if the fea wall was not kept in repair fo as to pro.'
teet the beach, the whole level would he loft-to
the fea. He laid the beach was not a fufficient•
protection without fences to break the violence of
the waves. He thought if there had Leen a bale
wall a little dihlance from the beach, it would
have prevented the coidequences of the form in
1791.
The next witnefs was a farmer, who had confi-
derably fuffered by the inundation ; he defcribed
its effeels ; he frill he was upon a riling ground
with his flocks furrounded by water ; he remained
there till a boat came to his relief; he was of opi-
nion, that if the lea wall was not maintained, the
whole level would, on fume future convulfion, be
defrayed.
Several other witneffes were examined, all of
whom fpoke to the fame effeft.
Lord EL LINBOROUOH then ohferved, that fo
many witnelles on the part of the Plaintiffs had
proved, that if the beach was not kept in repair,
the adjoining mayflies mull he conhiantly covered
with the fea, which would rife to its level, that he
thought it would be very difficult, indeed, for the
Defendants to refill fo much proof.
Mr. GAR ROW, leading Counfel for the Defen-
dants, contended that his Clients ought not to
have been included in this Commillion of Sewers,
which had been granted on the application of the
Marquis of Hertford. He Malted, that the De-
fendants ought to be taxed to no part of the ex-
pence neceflary for keeping in repair the walls and
fences of Lanthern and King's Marfbes, on this
gr.rund—that the Defendants, without doing any
thing more than they themfelves could do, by pro-
tee-ling themfelves by their own fences againil the
water, were in a Hate of filch complete and per-
-1 feet fafety, that they cleared nothing more, and
that nothing more was neceffary to their fecurity.
The Plaintiffs had produced an inftance, in the
year 1791, of an extraordinary convullion of na-
ture, that might, or might never happen again ;
at that period an inundation was not peculiar to
thole marches, but even the gowns and wigs of
Counfel were shoat in Wehnunfter Hall. No ar-
tificial work of man could have guarded againft
the effe& of fuch a phenomenen. He contended
this propofition, which he was to fupport l2y evi.
dente that if all the walls and fences of Lanthern
Marshes and King's Marflies againft water, were
loft and (wept away by the fea, the Defendants,
in the common courfe of nature, would be per-
redly fecure.
• The Noble and Learned Judge thought this ra-
ther a bold propofition.
Mr. Goldbura, Superintendant of the Piedford
Level, in C,ambridgelhire (about 300,000 acres of
ground), had, with other engineers, Purveyed thole
mettles, and were of opinion, that the repair of
the beach was not necelfary to the Defendants'
marshes, but only beneficial to the Plaintiffs. The
reafons upon which they grounded this opinion
were, that any quantity of water which could
come in through any breach of moderate fire in
the beach would either be drained off immediately
by the river Ouze, or would be effedually refilled
by the walls of the Sudburne and Orford Marthes.
This opinion being diredly contrary to the opi-
nion of the Plaimiffs' witnefes, and it appearing
that thefe witneffes, (although Ikilful furveyors),
had not lived in that part of the country,shad not
witneffed the former foods there. and were not
acquainted with the ftrength of the tide in that
part, or the probabilities of its making extenfive
breaches in the beach, if it was not conflandy
repaired.
Lord ELLIIIIOROVC 11, in the conrfe of thetrial,
took occafion to obferve, on that part of the di-
redion of the Court of Chancery, which hated,
that the Judge before whom there Ales were tried
should be at liberty to make an indorfement of
Ipecial matter on the poftea. His Lordfhip ob.
ferved, that he had no duty call upon him, but
what the iffues upon the record calk upon him.—
Thofc iffues his Lordfhip read. He had no direc-
tion but the record. He had an objection to tieing
called upon to tnake any indorfement upon the
poftea. If any thing came out in evidence upon
the ifie that was effential to be indorfed, he might
indorfe it on the polka; but the Jury and he had'
nothing to try but the iffues : they were to exa-
mine into fads as they had a bearing upon the
Mites, and not to hunt after projects ; that would
be going out of the province of Court of Law.
He was bound by the record, and by nothing but
the record. The Jury were alfo bound by the
record, and by nothing elfe. They were not
fworn to try any thing but the iffue joined between
the Parties. The Witneffes were not fworn to
;peak to any thing bat the iffne, and if they fpoke
out of it, they could not be indided for perjury.
So that any eztrinfic matter which might be ex-
petted to be indorkd on the poftea, was matter of
which he WAS not bound to take notice ; neither
were the witlreffes fworn to (Peak to, or the Jury
;worn to decide upon it; for thefe reafons his
Lordlbip fail, lie fliould be abfternious aboutfuch
indorfements. Nor would this ultimately produce
any inconvenience, lince the Court from whence
tilde iffues came, might have the infpeetion of his
Mites, where every material thing (worn to would
appear.
The evidence being gone through, his Lordfliip
expreffed his opinion decidedly, that the keeping
this beach in repair was neceffary for the preferva-
tion of the defendant's marlhes, and that therefore
he humid be bound to contribute towards the ex-
pellee of it. lie formed this opinion from the
!evidence of feveral of the plaintiffs' witnefes, re-
fiding on the fpot, and who confidered that the
plaintiffs' marthes mull fhr.rdy casereit with
the lea, if the repairs were not kept up. Should
this happen, it appeared to him, that the breaches
originally made mutt increase by tinsc, and the
country which was fo much under the level of
! high water mark mull be i!nindated. He alfo
I thought that the opinion of til.,fe engineers, teem-
' eel the molt conlanant to rcairn and cep-fiance,
who thought that a (*ample a An, which now far-
. rounded Ll.: defendant's matines, would not be.
that cafe, Nang enough to refill the whole

preffure of the German ocean. As his Lordthip
was proceeding to faun op the evidence,,
The Jury expreffed themlelves perfe&ly. of his
Lordthip's opinion, and found a vertita for the
plaintiffs.
And, therefore, the Commiillon of Sewers which,
has ilfued, including the Decendants, will preceed ;
and, as his Lordfhip, in his obfervations to the
Jury, flated,if any perfon thinks himfelf aggrieved
by any order of the Commitlioners, lie may, by
writ of Certiorari, have that order removed before
the Coot of King's Bench, who, in the mean
time, will Ray all proceedings on fuel; order, and
dire& an iflile, its order to try what is necetrary to
he done, and how far loch order ought to be car-
tied into execution.