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The traducers of the QUEEN rejoice at the division
of yesterday morning in the House of Commons.
That Ministers should be able to obtain a majority
on any question affecting the stability of their situa-
tions, is, however, no way surprising ; for, on any
division involving this question, it mould be.absurd
to expect that any persons should be found voting for
their own personal exclusion from place and ernolu-

'mein, which would inevitably be the consequence
were the present Ministers forced to retire.—But the
traducers of her MAJESTY met with what they wished
the Public to believe to be impossible, a direct avowal
from Mr. BROUGHANf, that all that fell from him
when defending her MAJESTY was conformable to
his own undisguised convictions.

Mr. ItitotTottAm's situation as the Advocate and
Adviser, not only made him acquainted with facts,
but gave him admission to the secret consciousness
of the Illustrious Accused. The voluntary and un-
solicited declaration of such a man, in such a situa-
tion, would carry with it decisive weight if the subject
were still in doubt. How much more satisfactory,
then, is it, when the idea of establishing legal guilt is,
given up, and the only hope that remains is that of '
tarnishing • the private conduct by the affectation of 1
debasing suspicions ! That Gentleman, in the course
of his speech, addressed the House in the most so-
lemn manner (and it is proper that the Declaration
should go forth to the Country and to all Europe),
to the following effect : 1

It is fit I should now discharge what I call a debt of justice
to her Majesty. I know it has been invidiously and malevolently
asserted, and most industriously circulated, for purposes which
must be obvious to every man, that my expressed opinions of
ber Majesty's conduct are not the same in fact with my own
conscientious conviction. It is necessary, Sir, for me, with that
seriousness and sincerity which it may be permitted to a man
upon the most solemn occasions to express, to assert—which I
do now assert in the face of this House—that if, instead of an
Advocate, I bad been sitting as a Judge, at another tribunal, I
should have been found among the number of those men who,
laying their hands upon their hearts, conscientiously pronounced
her Majesty—' Not Guilty:—For the truth of this assertion I
desire to tender every pledge that may be most valued and most
sacred. I wish to make it in every form which may be deemed
most solemn and most binding ; and if I believe it not, as'! now
advance it, I here imprecate on myself every curse which is
most horrid and most penal"
It would be difficult to descriLe the earnest em-
phasis with which this asseveration was delivered,
the deep interest with which it was listened to; or
the enthusiastic and general cheering by which it was
greeted. Throughout the whole of his speech he
was unanswerable; and however little conviction it

might afford to the adherents of Ministers, its im-
pression will never be effaced from the mind of the '
People out of doors. But what cares Lord CASTLE-
REACH for their sentiments? In one point his Lord-
ship was strictly correct in his statement, but griev-
owly out in his inference. He knew, he said, that
the People of this country, when they had time to •
reflect upon any question, would, from that innate
love of truth which at once ennobled and distin-
guished them above all the nations of the earth,
never fail eventually to come to a just conclusion.
And from this his inference was, that, by and bye,
they would approve of the conduct of Ministers 1—
But it so happens, on the present occasion, that the
great body of the People who, by the bold, unblush-
ing slanders of the QUEEN'S enemies, had been led to
take up unfavourable opinions respecting her MA..
JESTY'S conduct, having had time to reflect on these
calumnies—having had time to examine and weigh
the evidence—the conduct of her enemies—the pal-
pable conspiracy formed against the ,QUEEN'S life and
honour—the foul, dishonourable, hateful, execrable
conduct of her enemies .have gg come to a just con-
clusion" on the question, in spite of all the tricks and
base artifices that had been employed to prejudgb the
question and poison the public mind: and the con-
clusion they have come to rests on such evidtnce as
will near suffer them to alter the opinion which
" their innate love of truth" has led them to form
respecting the want of principle by which the QUEEN'S
enemies have been, apd still continue to be, actuated.
The Motion of Mr. JOHN SMITII, Member for
Medhurst, for restoring her MAJESTY'S name to the
Liturgy, comes on on Tuesday next, u hen we shall.
no doubt, bear some sapient reasons why (though we
are commanded to pray for all mankind) the QVILZIII

of E.toLAYn ought to forth an exception,
argument against it resolves itself into ,
mous assumption—that the KING'S Adviser,
right and the power to set aside, as nug;
minent Christian commandment, at the
that these very men can maintain (when ,
any particular argument) that the Christian
is " part and parcel of the Law of EV?.
One argument used by Ministers agai
table Motions, namely—"" Your object i!
us out, that you may take our place"—..1
on this occasion ; for Mr. SSIITII has d(
whatever change may happen in the A,
he will not take any office.—And the
holds with respect to another Motion, of
MABERLY gave notice—for Economy, Retrenchrog;
and the Repeal of the House and Window
which is marked down for the 20th •
Member for Abingdon having likewiie
he will not take any office, whatever
occur in the Government.

We are happy to understand, that ,
W2S perceived that the advertisement on
the Victualling Office, for American floul

general dissatisfaction to the British
and that the measure was likely to be
fore Parliament, a notice was .sent rount
chants, that they were not to offer theii
that British flour would be sent out b,
to our foreign settlements, which woul
per officers, be previously kiln-dried.
tention on the part of Ministers to the
does them no small honour; and as tin
Farmer in a late instance, as to the dra..
export of hops, have been so readily attended
are induced to hope that success may
to their ulterior expectations.

The Paris Papers of Sunday arrivt
and those of Monday this forenoon.
It appears now pretty well ascertained
explosions were nothing mote than part
to agitate the Funds by exciting apprehensions
the stability of the existing Government.
depression of the 5 per Cents. was in fact:
the first promulgation of the circumstance
and thus, before the Public had time ti
quire, the blow was struck and the frai
complisheA. In a very few days confidence
stored, and ever since the Funds have
on the rise.

Had any reasonable ground been lair
ence of a conspiracy against the Roy:
alarm would have sunk deeper into the
public creditor instead of being so soon
whole demeanour of the KING, in relation ,
has been of a nature very much calculated
the apprehensions of the credulous.
lightly at the first, and in his Answer
dress of Congratulation, declares mere
" the event was less serious than it
considered."—Neree, to whom there
to impute an active share in the plot,
in Paris in 1814. He entered into a
a mercantile house there, but had a dispute
and withdrew from the partnership.
he gave himself up to stock jobbing,
which ruined his fortune, and is sul
driven him upon the late desperate e:

pairing it.
According to the latest accounts
the conferences had not yet comment
they to begin till all the Ministers h
Plenipotentiary from the King of
petted among the rest, as also the M
HIALVA, Ambassador from the King
to the Court of France. A Berlin artil
of January states, that the King of
only repair to Congress in a certain case
the declaration of war), and when hi
be indispensable for signing the d. fine
Congress. g 4 The period," it is added,
jesty's departure is so much the more
is impossible to foresee when the negociatiou
have air ived at such a degree of maturity
An article from Milan, of the 25th
" Everything that is passing around
nounce that war with the Neapolitans is
upon. The Austrian Police here watches
greatest attention every person who is
cupy himself with political questions.
particular are the special objects of
Some interesting information is gives in
Papers, respecting the war in Albmia.
by an article from Constantinople, that Ai
has defended himself so successfully and
many destructive sorties, that he has not
tained his ground, but induced his assailan
the siege, both on account of the loss which
experienced, and of the great deserrn winch
vailed in their army, and to encamp at
shores of the lonian Sea. Amongst the .
ployed by this bold and crafty Chieftain to
and terrify his enemies, he is said to have
British flag, to lead them to suppose '
reinforced by English troops. Accounts of
date from Trieste confirm the above. The!
that ALI had obtained considerable ad'.
that.the siege had not only been raised, but
besieging army was entirely dispersed.
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Ito carry on and terminate the war.
An article from Madrid of the 26th January, says,
Ive enjoy here perfect tranquillity. Strange re-
on have been circulated during the last three days
evecting Portugal. It is said, that the Nobility of
!t Kingdom wish to assemble as an Upper Cham-
ii, to place themselves in opposition to the Cortes.
not rumours, however, are believed to be destitute
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COURT OF KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)

LIBEL AGAINST THE QUEEN.

when the Court met this morning, Mr. PARKE ap-
lied to the Court to have the Rule enlarged which
las obtained by
Mr. BROUGHAM on Saturday last,
aynst the Rev. R. Blacow, M.A. for a Sermon he
...ached at St. Mark's Church, Liverpool. The
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Learned Gentleman stated, that the affidavits and
form of service could only be executed upon the de-
fendant at Liverpool, yesterday ; and, consequently,
ir was impos,ible his answer could be obtained so
early as the Rule directed. His application, there-
fere, was, that the Rule should be enlarged for a few,
days, so as to give time for the necessary instructions
from Liverpool.
- - -

Mr. Justice BAYLEY.—" Let the Rule be enlarged,
and Mr. Brougham infm med of it."

7116 XING V. SIR FRANCIS BURDETT.
When the Court was full, the ATTORNEY-GENE-
PAL moved for the judgment of the Court upon Sir

FRANCIS BURDETT.
The worthy Baronet had just entered the Court,
accompanied by Mr. 110BOOUSE, M.P. Mr. FYSCHE
PALMER, M.P. Mr. I.3tocatsTAFF, Sir ROBERT He-
llo, and several other friends.
Mr. SCARLETT then put in two Affidavits; the first
from Sir Francis Burdett, which set forth, that he

bad been a Member of the Imperial Parliament for
tweoty-four years, and had uniformly been an advo-
cate for a legal and Constitutional Reform, which he

openly avowed, and felt and believed to be essential to
thestability of the Throne, the vigour of the Govern-

spent, and the contentment and happiness of the People.
That his invariable object had always been to effect

that Reform by such means as would prevent the in-
terposition of popular excess of any kind. He had
always conceived that the right of Petition was a
sight sacredly recognized by the Constitution, and in
&exercise of which the People had a right to pro-

action, and not molestation. The Affidavit further
gated, that the Honourable Baronet, when he heard
of the fatal affair at Manchester, felt it to be a daring

military outrage, directly attacking the right of Pe-
tition, and one which urged him to call upon his
constituents to come forward and protest against

such an outrage.
The other affidavit was from Mr. Harmer, and
merely went to chew that the Honourable Baronet
could not have sees Lord Sidmouth's approbaticn of
the Manchester Magistrates at the time he wrote
that letter.

Mr. ScARLETT then rose, and made an admirable
appeal to the Court in behalf of the worthy Baronet.
The Learned Counsel set out with stating, that, what-

ever might have been the political differences sOich,
at particular times, he might have had with Sir Fktn-
cis Burdett, yet it was utterly impossible be could
loot upon him the less on that account, as a man
of the first importance to society. There never
was, he said, a man upon whom die public at-
tention was more fixed, or the public affection more
concentrated. Sir Francis Burdett might, indeed,
be said to be a man from whom a friend was never
alienated on account of political differences. In all
the relations of life, he stood disinterested, honour-
able, and illustrious, and for twenty-five years stood
erect amid the admiration of his country. Through-
out that long period his. conduct had always been
open and avowed. His high birth, his splendid
fortune, his illustrious talents, his education placed
him, by common consent, first among the first
rank of the Gentlemen of England. His life had
been a public one—it would form a part of the
history of the country, and would be reverenced
by impartial posterity, when the judgment of his
contemporaries should be reviewed with calmness,
and divested of political passion or prejudice.—
On no former occasion had a British Court been called
upon to take cognizance of a case more important,
et with reference to a more distinguished mai. The
Learned Counsel then entered, with great force,
into a detail of all the events connected with the
Manchester Meeting, and ably defended the letter
which Sir Francis Burdett wrote in consequence
thereof. into whatever warmth of expression the
lion. Baronet might have been betrayed, the letter
indicated no feeling which an Englishman should
not be proud to hold and bold enough to avow.—
The Learned Counsel made a noble appeal in be-
half of the value of a free Constitution, and in re-
probation of a military despotism, and declared, that
whatever was the fate of the proceedings of this day,
Sir F. Burdett would stand high in the estimation of
his country, and in the judgment of mankind.
Mr. DENMAN followed on the same side, with great
force and eloquence.
Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. BLACKLURNE, and Mr. EVANS
were heard at great length on the same side. The
latter animadverted with the greatest warmth upou

the whole tenonr of this case, and defended Sir FRA N•
CIS Buitozyr vpon a wider latitude of political, sen-
timent than any of the Learned -Gentlemen who

• preceded him.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, at a quarter before two
o'clock, rose to reply, and as he will be followed by
the SOLICITOR-GENERAL and other Counsel, it is not
likely that judgment will be pronounced (if at all
this day) until a late hour.
The. moment it is pronounced, we shall stop the
Press, and give it to the Public.

It was as late as,half-past eleven o'clock on Mon-
day night when the KING, accompanied by Sir 13.
BLoomrmo, left Brighton for Carlton Palace.
The Princess AUGUSTA and the Prineess SOPHIA
vi,ited the KING on Tuesday, at his Palace in Pall-

Mall, as did the Duke of. CLARENCE.
The Duke of CLARENCE dined on Tuesday and
yesterday with the Duke of YORE.
Tuesday the Duchess of CLARENCE took an airing
in her carriage in Hyde Park, &c.
Yesterday the Duke of Yonx and the Princess
AUGUSTA visited the KING.

Yesterday, Viscount CASTLEREAGH and the Count
MuNsrea had audiences of his MAJESTY.

Yesterday the Duke of Yonc and the' Princess
SOPHIA visited the Princess AUGUSTA, at her apart-
ments in the King's Palace, Pimlico.
The Earl of RosscrN arrived on Tuesday, at his house in St.
Jaynes's-square, from his seat in Scotland.
The room behind the Royal box at Drurylane
Theatre was exhibited last night to the private friends
of the Managers, in the same state in which it was
prepared for his Mnitts.ry on Tuesday night.
The Duchess DE CAZEs' assembly on Tuesday

evening, in Portland-place, was attended by upwards
of 100 distinguished fashionable,.
The Earl of FOItEMONT gave a splendid fete on
Friday Lest, at his magnificent seat, at Petworth, in
Sussex. The supesb chateau, the gardens, and the
piece of water,-were illuminated. The seven rooms
on the ground floor presented the most magic spec-
tacle the eye ever witnessed. The ball-room, sixty
feet in length, and twenty-two feet high, was lighted
by chandeliers and histres of peculiar magnitude and
brilliancy. The walls of this apartment were deco-
rated with paintings and mirrors. The ball.commenced
at ten o'clock, led off by Colonel WimottAst and

Lady JA Put LItNNox. At half-past one the company
adjourned to the supper-tables. Two of the principal
rooms contained three tables each. The banquet was

the most sumptuous entertainment ever given ; it
was arranged wholly on massive plate. The tables
were adorned with all the racing cups which the
Noble host had won during a period of twenty years.
About 150 sat down to supper. There were present,
'the Duke and Duchess of RICHMOND and the Ladies
LENNOX, Lord CHARLES CHURCHILL, Colonel and
Mrs. Pyrza.ARENCE; also all the Nobility and Gentry
for many miles round.
By letters from Corfu, of the 2d of January, we
are informed that Sir THOMAS MAITLAND left that
island on the 26th December, on board the LARNE,
for Ancona and Rome. By a Proclamation, issued
previous to his departure, he states, that his absence.
will be but of short duration. The only other subject
of interest contained in these letters is, that notwith-

standing the Lord High Commissioner's absence, the
prosecution instituted against Count NIATININGO, the
richest proprietor of the Island of Zante, is still to be
continued. Count MATININGO'S offence is the having
signed a Petition to the Russian Government, com-
plaining of the infraction of that part of the Treaty
of Paris in 1815, which regulated.the Government of
the lonian Islands, and which was addressed to that
Power as having been party to that Treaty. The
issue of this affair excites considerable interest
throughout the Islands.
The following is an extract of a letter from Rome,
dated the422d ult.—" A strong column of the Austrian
Army is seeedily expected to pass through our ter-
ritory. Several persons have contracted with the
Government for the subsistence of those troops. Ac-
cording to letters from several towns in the north of
Italy, it appears that the Duke de GALLO, who had
in the first instacce been stopped at Mantua by the
Austrian Commandant, had received permission to
continue his journey, in consequence of his stating,
that he was summoned to Laybach by King Fee-
DINAND himself. But, at the moment when he
reached Got itzin, a courier arrived there with orders
to prevent his farther progress; and to place him
under the superintendence of the Magistrates. We
learn that he is to be conducted to the Neapolitan
frontier, under the escort of an Austrian Officer.—
We can no longer procure authentic news from Na-
ples, except by private letters. It becomes daily more
manifest, that the Journals of that city have been pro-
hibited from giving an account of the proceedings in
Parliament. The Minister for Foreign Affairs had
apprized the Parliament, that Prince CIMITILE, not
having been able to obtain the favour of an audience
of the King of ENGLAND, had quitted London to pro-
ceed to Laybach, whither, according to the Minister,
he had been invited by the KING himself. The truth
of this last assertion is much doubted. A letter from
General PEPE, read in a Secret Committee, contains
strong complaints as to the want of cartouches and
muskets among the troops and Militia appointed to
defend the Abruzzi. The Agents sent to‘falta and
Corfu, to procure muskets, had been ordered by the
English Governments of those Islands to depart in-
stantly. It was pretended that their passports were
not in due form. The PitiNce REGENT had submit-
ted to the Parliament some slight remarks on the mo-
difications. proposed in the Constitution of Spain.—
Though drawn up in a style extremely circumspect,
they excited some stormy scenes; and in the evening
hired gangs went about the streets, exclaiming, * The
Spanish Constjtution or Death 17
Monday, L. Goltze, aged 50, a German, and clerk
in a German house in the city, was found dead in his
bed. A medical man pronounced that he died of
apoplexy. A Coroner's Inquest returned a. Verdict
accordingly.
Smrt.e CliAcE.—A match for a stake of 250 guineas took ,
place on Monday, between hlessrs. Amin and KINNIIISLIIT, to',
ride horses bona:figle their property, across a rugged country,
twenty-six miles, in a straight direction, as a bird would lip
The grsund was from Captain irasterrist villa, two Miles from
Gerrard's Cross, to Hill-house, near Wokingham. Mr. Amos
won ;he match, in one hour and forty-seven minutes, making
mem leaps of magnitude in his progress. P.ir. lincrtritssaree
horse faikd at a leap of a rivulet of 14 feet, and had to gothreo
miles round. He wis more than two hours doing the match.

THE KINGS MIT TO COrENT-GARDENI
THEATRE.

The reception of the KING at Drury-Lane on Tues-
day, must have been grateful to the feelings of every
loyal subject, of whatever party he may be. His re-
ception at Covent-Garden Theatre last night was not
less enthusiastic. At an early hour crowds of people
assembled in Bow-streetf Hart-street, and other places
contiguous to the Theatre, and remained there till the
gates were openial (which was earlier than usual), when,
they rushed forward, and placed themselves imme-
diately in front of the Pit anal Gallery entrances, com-
pletely blocking up the thoroughfare from the Piazzas
to Bow-street, and at six o'clock the Box entrance was

besieged by a crowd, which filled the great portico,
and reached into the street. In the meantime, the
assembled multitudes without were busied in obtain-

ing situations from whence they could best behold
the Royal cavalcade; every lamp-post and other erec-
tion, from which they could calculate on obtaining a
slight glimpe, was occupied long before the appointed
hour, by persons who, braving all the inclemencies of
an unusually cold evening, maintained their places
with an ardour and perseverance which nothing could
damp. At about a quarter past six o'clock,. a de-
tachment of the GI eaadier Guards, in their white

gaiters, &c. and a number of the Yeomen of the
Guard, marched into the Theatre from Hart-street,

where the Royal Family usually enter at, and took
their stations in the passage through which his MA•
JRSTY had to pass to his Box.
y. Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Yon and
LARENCE arrived first in the same carriage, and un-
accompanied by any military escort ; they were re-
ceived with loud huzzas and plaudits, amidst which
cries of " The Queen, the Queen!" were occasionally
audible. The Royal Dukes entered the Theatre under
a royal salute from the military, the kettle drums,
&c. beating the roll all the time. Their Royal High-
nesses were dressed, the Duke of YORK in a Field-

Marshal's uniform, and the Duke of CLARENCE as

• High Admiral of England.
His MAJESTY left his PAlace in Pall-mall at a quar-

ter before seven o'clock, in the same State as he -went
to Drury-Lane Theatre. The Royal processsion pro-
ceeded up St. Martin's-lane, Long-acre, to Ilan-
'street, and entered by Prince's-place. The streets
were thronged through. which he passed, and the
spectators greeted his MAJESTY with great respect.
In the first carriage ...Ire Mr. MAstr and two
others of the KING'S Gentlemen Ushers, and the

Exon of the Yeomen of the Guard in Waiting. In

the second carriage were Sir HILGROVE TURNER, as
Groom of the Bedchamber in Waiting, Sir WILLIAM
CONGREVE, as Equerry in Waiting, Master PAGET,
Page of Honour, and Colonel DANCE, Silver Stick.
In the third were the Treasurer of the Household,

the Comptroller of the Household, and Sir WILMA xrt
KEPPEL, as Master of—the Robes. In the fourth
were the Lord Chamberlain ; Earl CATHCART, the
Gold Stick ; and the Marquis of HEADFOET, as the
Lord in Waiting. In the fifth carriage was his MA.
JESTY, attended by Loid ST. HELEN'S, as the Lord
in Waiting, and the Duke of MONTROSE, as Master
of the Horse. His MAJESTY appeared in excellent
health ; he wore a Feld Marshal's uniform. An
elegant new carpet was laid from the Ktso's carriage
to the stairs. Two large candles, in silver candle-
sticks were provided for the I,ord Chamberlain to

light the KING.
Mr. HARRIS and Mr. CHARLES KEMBLE, two of
the Proprietors; Mr. EtweErr, the Stage Manager ;
and Mr. JAMES BRANDON, the Box-keeper, were in
readiness to receive his MAJESTY with every mark
of respectful duty ; the three latter in full Court
dresses, Mr. HARRIS in mourning ; each with two
large candles, in silver candlesticks. The entrance
hall was lined with the Yeomen of the Guard, headed
by Lieutenant COLEMAN.
The KING proceeded directly to the Royal box;
and on his being -perceived by the audience, the
most enthusiastic acclamations burst forth fi om all
parts of one of the most crowded audiences that
ever was beheld ; the noise produced was so excessive
and powerful, that it was heard at a considerable
distance out of the Theatre. Every means was re-
sorted to that ingenuity could devise to express their
feelings of congratulation to see their SOVEREIGN in
public : every person standing.
Among the means resorted to to express delight,
was a handsome flag displayed by a Gentleman,
from the upper boxes, level with the lower gallery,
opposite to the KING, with the folloWing inscription,
handsomely gilt Long live King George the
Fourth, Hasa !"
These rejoicings continued for several minutes,
and were repeated at the end of every Act; the sig-
nal was " The King!"—Directly as the curtain
drew up the whole of the Performers came forward,
and sang GOD save the King, in which Miss NVlLsosi,
of Drury-Lane Theatre, lent her aid, leaning on the
arm of Mr. DURUSET. On its conclusion the curtain
fell, but was almost instantaneously raised again in
compliance with the loud demand for its repetition.
The Opera of Twelfth Night then proceeded, and
appeared to afford much pleasure to the Royal Visi-
tors. Miss M. TREE exerted her vocal talents with
particular and successful anxiety to please. After
the Opera Rule Britannia was called for, and exe-
cuted in excellent style, bitt-the audience did not re-
main content. GOD save the King was again called
for, and again sang in the most impressive style.
The Pantomime now commenced with all its bustle
and activity. His MAJESTY appeared highly amused
with the scenery and transformations. When the
curtain fell, GOD save the King was again called for,
and his MAJESTY withdrew amidst the most enthu-
siastic expressions of joy that ever shook the walls of
a Theatre. The Duke of WELLINGTON sat in the
Stage box on the side of the house opposite the KING.
During the evenipg, the Police were stationed at
both ends of Hart-street, to prevent the intrusion of
carriages (except such as accompanied the KING),
and we regret that an accident rather serious in its
nature took place, owing to an unfortunate misun-
derstanding between them and the military. When
his MAJESTY atrived, an order was given to force
all persons back, to afford free access to the car-
riages; but one of the Bow-street patrol, who had
lost his staff, refused to go away until he found it,
when one of the foot soldiers felled him to thesround
by a blow of his musket, and inflicted a dreadful
wound on his temple. The man, on receiving the
blow, immediately ran in at the Stage door, and was
taken from thence to a surgeon's shop to be dressed.