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DaAT., YAM. 20.gmmlo the Tottenham convict
opt for Sheerness, to repair her redder, which was
• isiored doting the late gales ; also .the whole of the
hemewerd.bound for the .River:; and most of the
ootirerd-bound that sailed yesterday, have coati
beet again.—Caree down from the River and remote",
. the Marquis of Wellesley, Sherwood, for Greuadra.
Five o'CLoci.—The Norfolk, Eclipse, Med i• wa
fandSSyS, and several btbers, outward-bound, have
sot pet back.
PORTSMOUTH, Jaw. 20.—Arrived his Majesty's
ship Favourite,. from the Downs.
FALMOUTH, JAN. 18.—Sailed the Duke of Marl..
borough sod Lady Arabella packets, with Mails fee,
Lisbon ; Mirqnis of Salisbury packet, with Mali.
for Gibraltar gad Malta ; Swiftsora packet,. Caddh,
with Mails for New York ; Lord Hobart packet%
James, with Mails for Jamaica • and the Date&
ship Java, for Batavia.— Arrived the Latona, Loris,'
from Demerara.
•MARGATE, JAN. 20.—A brig, said to be the Noe.
too, bound to Surinam, got on shore this forenoon
on Fairness Rock. If the weather continues fine it
is upected she will be got off out tide'witbost muck
damage.
KiNo'sTELtess.—Signora CoRRI made her second
appearanee last night, in the Opera of Le Noses di
Figaro. She was more at ease in the character. 01
the Countess, aitd diaplayell her vocal powers with• a
cloidence highly satiafactery to the company, who
were numerous and elegant. •
CoVENT-OARDEN.--10 consequence of the absolves
of Miss Sternum, who has left town to attend !awl
Derby Concerts, a Mrs. Gasurcx took the part if
Lucy Bertram last night. This Lady has loeg.
been known as a singer. On this ocessioaelte met
with a very flattering reception. In the song of Oh!
hush thee Babe, she was honoured with an encore,
and indeed throughout, file acquitted herself area is
the satisfaction of the oedipus.
DRURY-LANE THLATRIL—MISS SMITHSON, an
actress from the Dublin stage, made her first appear.
ance last night at this Theatre, in the character of
Letitia Hardy, in the Belle's Stratagem. This
Lady possesses a face and features well adapted to
'her profession. The part selected for her debut is
one of considerable hazard : it requires great va-
riety of talent, feeling, and self-possession. The
situation in the last act, where she says to Doricourt,
before taking off her mask, " This is the moat awful
moment of my life," is one of the most touching
and critical in which a woman could possibly be
placed. To these trials of power Miss SMITHsON
brought considerable ability. Gloat allowances
ought to be made for the effects of the fears insepa-
rable from a first appearance. Under these disad-
vantages Miss SMITHSON gave a very interning
sod delicate representation of the character.
.—She was most successful in the third act,
where she pats on the country rustic,—so much
se, that we suspect she would appear to more
advantage in that line ; her song, though not very
happily elicited, was marked by a happy naivete
•of wanner, that almost repaid us foe the deficiency.
'The majority seemed to be highly gratified; she was
honoured with several rounds of applause when
curtain fell, sod much satisfaction was es
when she was announced to repeat the character on
Tuesday neat. DOWTON played Hardy with infinite
whim; HARLEY was amusing in Flutter; STANLEY
did not do so much as we impeded from him in Bori•
court. The other parts were well filled up, and the
Flay for the most part went off very well.
Ssua SiTUATIOIUL—It is not generally known,
that a Commission, ender the sign-manual of the
PRINCE REGENT, fer enquiring into the duties, fees
and emoluments ~f all the Officers of the several
Courts of Justille in Scotland, was issued nearly
three years ago.—The Commissioners are, Sir Itair
CAMPIELL,_ late President of the Court of Session ;
Sir LAMM MONTGOMERY, Baronet, M. P. ; and three
other loyal and learned Advocates ; all of whom
have salaries from the Public Purse, with an esta-
blishmeut of Clerks, &c.—This Board have been
more than usually active. They have actually made
two Reports of their proceedings, and in the last
they state, that they have already discovered that a
'saving may be made in the establishment of the Court
of Session of 14041. per annum, immediately avail-
able! This sum will, however, go but a little way
towards the expence of the Board, which cannot be
espected to finish its labours in less than tea tem.
The Commissioners are all young men, with the ex-
ception of Sir hair who is Chairman of the Board,
and which he considers as an appointment for life.—
(Scotsman.)
Mr. PETER Gina; who died last week,- has long
been well known in the counties of Suffolk and Nor-
folk, as the Proprietor of The Bury and Norwich
Post, a Paper distinguished by its firm and consistent
avowal bf the principles of Civil and Religious Li.
betty, in a place noted for aristocratical ignorance
and pride. Perhaps there is not a county in the
kingdom In which the rights of the People to chose
their Representatives is so little esereised as in Suf-
folk. The People hear of elections, but they knee
nothing of them. Every thing is snugly and quietly
atanagetfai them, and there is no need for them to
take any trouble about the matter. The representa-
tion of Suffolk is a compound of family intrigue,
Ministerial influence, individual patronage, and cor-
porate corruption. The Corporation of Bory is no.
furiously venal. " Loaves and fishes" should be its
motto. Yet, to the honour of M r.G.none of these things
Moved him. In a close borough town his voice was
seised for Reform—in the atmosphere of Toryism,
be breathed forth the refreshing air of coedits.
floral Geodesy. He neither temporized nor trimmed :
He neither cooled the. smiles, nor feared the frowns
df the great, but kept on the steady and even course
of a consistent Patriot. By his family, the loss of as
affectionate relative will be keenly felt; by his
friends, that of a wartn-heerted and generous comps-
Dion : end by the Public, that of an Impartial and
upright Joornalist. The death of such a man wookl
at all times be widely and severely deplored, bet at
Nee present period, while such efforts are made to
corrupt, intimidate, and enslave the press, his toes
will not easily be supplied,
Miss KELLY'S attraction at the Dublin ?heat'
maid to equal, if not farms, that of Mr. litaattsbais,
last is that city.

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The Duke of Pitsjamos, says a letter from i
is the great grandson of the Doke of Berwick, whr;al
die nageral son of the Doke of- York (afterglow*
James IL) sue Arabella Churchill. Ile emigrated
at the coonsescemant of the Revolution, and joined
the army ofithe Preach [Maces is Germany. Afl.
tee that army was disbanded he went to Engles&
*here be married Miss de la Foeche, the maternal
inter of Madame Bertrand, Woo was a Miss Dillon.
180 refereed to France under Bonaparte, who, on
ascending the Throne offered him the place of Chem.
beelaio, which the Dike of Fitsjames refused, under
the protest of having too small a fortune. After the
Restoration be was created a Peer of France by the
King, oo the 14(1 of. Jane, 1814. In 1815 he fol-
lowed to the King to Ghent. Since then he has been
intimately connected with M. De Chateasibriand, with
whom he has always voted in the Rousso( Peers.
A Paris hotter of the 16th inst. says,' seeersi tom-
athlete of Peers have assembled within these few days.
Their deliberations turned on the means of pre-
ventlog the Ministers from striking that lightly noble
Peers, as they have done three in 18 months, in the
cases of him De Telleyrand, Chateatibriand, and
Fitsjames. They attempt, from this circumstance,
to create an esprit de dope, and flatter themselves,
with drawing over to their coalition Peers who ary
koows for the moderation of their principles, but
whose self-love is rather touchy. Many plans U,
talked of on the supposition that the King will fed j
himself obliged to dissolve the Chamber of Depot*. j
The Chancellor M. D'Ambray, it is said, is pre-
paring, with this view, a work on the grand Political
toad Judiciary Bodies, of a nature to enable Govern-
. meat to supersede the Chamber wkhoet concussion,
-at the decisive moment. We are informed, likewise,
that Count Ferraud is occupied wil'. work of the
same kind, in which will be collected, all that refers to
the ancient project of the organization of tours Me-
ssier,. In fine, it is said that the Parliamenutrions
are joining, to form, with the same object, projects
for the organization of provincial Assemblies. The
distressing circumstance in this case is, that a very
great number of Deputies are aware that these plans,
or if you will, these reveries, are in agitation; and
finding themselves thus threatened in their political
esistence, their disquietude and discontent must be
calculated epon.
The discussion en the Law of Recruiting opened
yesterday in the Chamber of Deputies. Three Deputies
spoke against and two in favour of the Project.—
: Their speeches were very moderate; one of them
only eacited attention by an attack on the Ministry,
I mean M. Josse-Beauvoir, hut his diatribe was lis-
tened to with dissatisfaction by the majority of the
Chamber.

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Sesiona-Haeir, Old Bailey, Undue. lan. a
Till TPA *OM 11016 WV LOBO II 41/00. AND /MEN
HD mattnir's JDOTTICUI, PRESIDING AT 11115 COOItt
QT 5/PITONS MOW HOLM/ AT THE OLD SAUCY.
We, 'the Grand Jury of the City of London, bat-
leg_reportad the several Bills. of Indictment presented
to es in die form, and being informed by the proper
olicor,thm no other's are forthcoming, do wait upon
the Court for the purpose of receiting our discharge;
at the same time, we wish to observe the great plea-
sant we have derived, in perceiving thee no bill has
bon found by us for murder, nor any one of a crime
OA peculiar atrocious nature circumstance very
gratifying to the Jury.
In the progress of one duty we visited the prison
of 'gewgaw, and especially directed our attention to
the state of that prison ; and we lament to record,
that from the great hides of Prisoners, it is hardly
possible to keep them in a state of wholesome demon-
nest, a circumstance we deeply deplore, as potting
together all description of offenders, en evil easily
obviated in the opinion of the Jury (and in which
opinion they are borne out by Mr. Brown, the
Keeper of the prison), if more space could be allotted,
whereby it classification of the Prisoners might be
, effected to the evident improvement of their health,i
alleged, and morals.
The vast number of juvenile depredators in con.
linernent, and the melancholy circumstance of four
being seder sentence a death in the condemned
and in irons, the youngest only nine years of ago I
and the oldest twelve, connected with the circum-
stances of very many of them previous to trial asso.
ciating with the profligate, burdened, and abandoned,
presents to us the Idea of the improbability of a reform,
which a more judicious and attentive confinement
might produce.
The deplorable situation of the male prisoners,
with respect to clothing, particularly the juvenile
part, made a melancholy impression on our minds.
Many were without shoes and stockings, others
without shirts, and one almost in • state of naked.
nets—circumstaoces we eurnestly recommend !o the
consideration of those who arrange antdmanage the
general business of the prison ; and we are of opinion
bat the general health of the prisoners of both sezes
would be materially improved, if an allowance of
soap was granted for that purpose.
I In visiting the infirmary, the Grand Jury feel
great pleasure in anitistmeing that every necessary
attention appears to be paid to the sick, and those
in a convelescent state, and to the general health of
the prisoners.
We farther beg leave to state to the Court the
petifying pleasure we received in witnessing the es.
leftions of Mrs. Fry and the ladies who so kindly as.
list her in attending to and instructing the female
prisoners, whose reformed deportment, and cheerful
acquiescence to their wishes, demonstrated with.*
force no language can doses ibe the affection these on.
fortunate women entertain for these humane, intelli-
gent, and active females.

JOHN GANN.
Furman of the .;rand Jury.
EXTRACTS TROU TUC HON. MR. REM NETTI 4 P tIICPIILET

ON THE STATE ON NEWOATE, ADDIRSSED TO TUE
CDIORDN4:24scu. AND LIVERY OF LONDON.
14 aged abet the saDsoatory sy ales it
alone that 'which might to be permed; end the first
step to be taken in it is, In the earliest Cher of guilt,
so to separate and to class as to wake the objects of
legal detention, or criminal punishment, better for
the moral discipline to which they have been sub-
jected. It is for these resume that I tall upon you
to admit of no delay, to hear of no excuse ; but to
insist open your Magistrates tad Representatives
adopting some officinal plats to give to their prisons
that reformatory &tweeter, which the well-being of
society demands from their hands.
64 Io respect to the women prisoners, e great and
important change for the better in the mode of con-
fining them bas taken place. They are not now the
tried, and untried, mixed together ' • those under
sentence of death are placed by themselves : but even
here the convicts and fines are not separated. Girls
of the tenderest years are associated with the most
profligate characters. On the 20th of December last,
there were 97 female prisoners in Newgate, 17 only
of whom ware for trial. The greatest proportion of
the tried were convicts; one of them was only 11
years of age ; and of the «hole number 18 were
under 21. The humane and excellent management'
of Mrs. Fry, and the Society of Friends, has placed
this part of the prison iii a state of comparative ea-
cellence. The disgusting scenes that formerly oc-
coned there have ceased. But the system, even as
it iv, cannot be persevered in, and the benefits of
this meagre and limited classification preserved, if
more room be not given ; for the numbers now are
nearly equal to filling the space allotted to them,
and 170 women have been confined thereat the same
time. No praise of mine can add weight to the tri-
bute of general applause which Mrs. Fry end her
Committee of Friends have received from all who
have witnessed their efforts.
64 Those who visit Newgate mast be satisfied, that
mach good has been done ; not indeed, by rules anti
m6016114)05 emanating from the Prison Committee of
Aldermen, bat by the exertions of individuals, who
have devoted their time to the reformation of At vi-
cious and the relief the of distressed. The necessity
for their labour, and the praise bestowed on their
benevolence, is not flattering to the regular legitimate
managers of this prison. It the regulations were
as they ought to be, and places of separate confide-
meet provided for the different classes of offenders, sc.
cording to the plans new universally approved of,M rs.
F. would ha we found half her task performed. She sight
have stimulated the idle to industry, instructed the
ignorant, reformed the profligate by precept and ex-
ample, and consoled the 00forIODSle ; and she cud
her friends would not have to lament that their la-
boors are rendered comparatively of little rise, from
the absence of those means of classification which are
essential to the success of any plan of rational re.
form. The want of these means was strikingly il-
lustrated during my visit to Newgate on the 20th of
Decetnber. I found two convicts among the untried
female prisoners; and, span enquiry why they were
placed them was told they were too bad and aban-
doned to be kept Talk their coreposions so that the
*punishment inflicted epos these profligate and coo.
Tictod f.h!s woo to place lbw, out by tbemselvoll