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F sou the intelligence received by the Tow,
the re-occupation of Ferrol and Coruna* by the
French acquires increased probability. The de.
feat of VANEGAS I. certainly more serious than
was at first reported. The letter of Marshal Most.
iota is at once complimentary to the military
character of the British, and illustrative of the
wretched falsehoods that have so liberally been
cast upon the French. Lord WELLINGTON and
CUIESTA are understood to he mutual accusers...
we repeat, we should like to see the account of
CUESTA.

THE Paris Papers bring na news. NAPOLION
has nut returned ; '• it the Papers contain a state.
meat of the abolition of Monachisns—of Monks
and Nuns in Spain, which will seat King Jostru
immoveably ou his new Throne.
The reported peace between France and Arne.
?kali mentioned in letters from Halifax, in Nova
Scotia.

Jusicza.--Teeaday next is, we understand,
the day appointed for receiving the Report of the
Jubske Committee. At the last Common Coen.
oil, turtle add venison, triumphed over reason
land consmon sow; but we have beard a
report, what we hail with joy, that poor
reason and common sense have rallied is
the Gosnetittee, and finally defeated turtle sod
venison. What share the trorthg Baronet, Sir
IViLuAM, had in the discussion (if such be the
fact) we know not, hot we tremble for the ail.
tens, in announcing that there is considerable dam.
gcr of losing the dinner.

COVENT G.4RDEN.

trams natural that the Proprietors of the new
Theatre should exert themseiva to prepossess the
public in jib favour, and with that view, several
*erriptions of the exterior, and interior, of the
building were sent forth to the world ; written, if
not by themselves, certainly tinder their inducers.
Of these we selected two, but without itiTectiug
to give them as the results of oar ono observa-
tions. Innumerable remarks, 'applauding, and con-
demning the construction of the and the
conduct .1 the Proprietors, have appeared in the
daily prints, but, with the exception of laughing at
the sculpture, as it is ludicrossly termed, on each
side of the portico in Bow-street, we refrained
from blaming, or approving by anticipation, that
which we had not seen, If, therefore, our sett.
events, after having last night carefully examined
the interior of this 'theatre, and the accounted&
(ion for the various classes, for whose amuse.
znent it met, or might to have been constructed,
should be displeasing to the Proprietors, they,
will at least admit, that we have not at.
tempted to prejudice the public. The Ad.:
Tertisement, anuonneittg, that the Theatre would'
open yesterday, attracted, as was expected;
an immense isnititude. So early as two o'clock,
the assemblage at the Pit and Gallety entrance
ender the Plans, was considerable ; at three it was
eery great : and lung before the door was opened,
the crowd was immense. On the Bow-street side,
the two iron gates were besieged about the same
time, and soon after four, the crowd became impa.
tied— a rummer was circulated that the door of
the Pit which fronts Bow-street, would net be
opened, which excited considerable dissatisfaction,
qui Mr. Brandon was loudly called for, to state
definitely, whether that was the fact ; malty hun-
dreds had beat waiting at that gate for
hours, upon the faith of the instructions in
the Advertisement, and no attention being paid
to their inquiries--the chain by which the gabs
was fastened, at length yielded to the efforts
of the people, who thus obtained admission
to the area surrounding the Theatre. Of the
multitude thus admitted, one part immediately
planted themselves at the door of the pit, opposite
to Boa-street, while others proceeded round the
south-east corner, and took their stations at the
first pit-door, in the space where the pit and up-
per and lower gallery doors are all nearly toge-
ther. At length the door under the piazza opened,
and immediately after, the pit and gallery doors on
that side. Those who had entered treat Bow.
street, in vain waited at those doors—the other Pit
doors were opened, but they remained closed. The
dissatisfaction .f those who were at the Bee-street
door at length manifested itself, by the demolition of
the lamp, which was effected by a missive apple. At
20 minutes past 6 that door was opened, and, of
at least .100 persons who had been in waiting from
three o'clock until that hour, not more than ?A
entered the Pit. In fact this trick epos the pub.
he was a necessary part of the plan of the open.
lag, fur without esaggention, it may be safely "-
meted, that both the pit and the galleries were
Jure than half filled before the doors were opened,
for the admission of the public. Hiredolgt
ars were, as heretofore, on similar
stationed in every part of the house, not except-
ing the Bocci, into which the Managers had
not even bad the decency to preserve appear-
ances ; for these agents were there peeinedy'dis
tiognishable, by a conspicuous variety of esksur in
their MUMS. The number of performers sp-


Pelldltle Snap fAa andience, in different
of the Inns% late good humour, was eel in
to that of eke clappers—there was, howefkirl
withstaailag the umber of these perforates
their less lighting than we have sometimes
The 'citifies in the Side.boxes, Pic, and Lower
Gallery, were numerous—bat nothing serious
happened. The Boxes presented one monoto.
nova scam of male auditors—the number of
ladies was so inconsidesuble, that the Theatre
resembled that of Athenst so far as related to
the absence of females. The private alias An-
nual Boxes (to which both Galleries, Pit, and
the perennial Boxes almost consentaneously is.
neatly applied the ironer term of Anneal
Br—els), were not all filled; for after repeated
attempts to ascertain .the number of the happy Ate
who carelessly weeded their limbs at perfect
ease in this privileged circle, and to whom
the presstire and inconvenience of the perennial
part of the audience was a subject of mirth, we
could not at any time during the evening count
more than 100 of these listless Annuals.
From the Pit, which was of course cramasea4
the coup d'ail greatly surpassed in beauty every
description that has appeared. The brilliancy*
the lights was exquisite; and so judiciously are
they imaged, as to be without the stare that has
generally been supposed inseparably connected
with the quantity of light necessary to illumine
so large a room. The elegance and lightness of
the !mitres extorted the admiration of even the
must discontented. The roof is painted to imi.
tate a dome—of which the Rotunda of the Bink
of England may serve, though imperfectly, as a
comparison. It is light and beautiful ; but disfi-
gured by a contemptible lyre in the apex or centre,
which has in it too much of that insien ificance which
the French express by the word pellte. Immediately
beneath the roof is a circular line of low arches,
reseeibling the blank arched recesses in the anks
of a dwelling-house, passing quite round to each
side of the Stage; these appear designed to convey
au idea of support ; and the erterneleffect to the
spectator, is as beautiful, as is disgusting the in-
kraal effect, to their luckless perennial inhabi-
Visits. Of these pigeon-holes or mouse-traps—by
which names they are already, and will hence-
forward be pernsanenag designated...the five
centre peep-holes compose what is now called the
One Shilling Gallery, beyond which the three
front seats of the Two Shillings Gallery be-
neath, project ; as also do the upper side Bores,
-Which are separated from the Lower Gallery
only by a wooden screen, painted crimson, and
surmounted with gilded spikes, which, however,
do nut- preclude conversation and intercourse
betweeo the persons in these Boxes and in
the Gallery : in fact, but for the side screen, the
Gallery and upper side Boxes appear to be one
and the same. From the pigeon.holes, elevated,
as they are, and thrown back, it is obvious, that
the senses of seeing and hearing, are not violently
affected, by what passes on the Stage. The Two.
shillings Gallery, contains tea ro Is of benches,
and a back bench. In the front row between b 0
and 60 persons may be jammed—three rows of
benches, as has already been observed, project
beyond the Upper Gallery, and are certainty as
pleasant seats as any in the House. The nett three
rows, ars greatly inferior, the Upper Gallery de.
secluding very low—the pillars by which the front
is supported are square, cased with wood, and of a
size which greatly inconveniences those behind ;
but the five beck rows are absolutely intole.'
rabic. The declivity, from the buck to the front,
is very steep, so that the spectators at the
back of the Gallery have a very imperfect view
of the Stage ; of which, some ides may be formed
from the circumstance of those in the back seat,
being unable to see more than the legs of those in
the beautiful Bridge Scene. In the Two Shillings
Gallery there is not a single light, and when the
audience stand up covered between the acts, all
beneath the Upper Gallery is darkness. Tile
back seats are literally as dark as the street at
midnight. The " Annuals" are immediately be.
heath the Two Shillings Gallery, and the upper
side Boxes, and occupy the entire of that circle,
which is the third. In number, they are twenty.
eight, besides two on each side, over the Stage.
doors. The sides of these snug retreats are
radii, the fronts of which tend to a central point
on the Stage, of which each box commands a view.
In the interior of these " sanctum sanctorunie,"
our profane feet have not found admission. We
understand, that they ace all what is vulgarly cal-
led private, and that to each, is an approach
through a private anti.ohantbcr, furnished with
every accommodation fur convenience, lux-
ury, and indulgence—there, the weary, whose
delicate frames are exhausted by the fatigue
of viewing the performance from a chair,
my, in the security of extreme privacy, hide
them " from day's garish eye," and repose
io soft indolence between the Acts, or during the
performance, on a conch, with which indispensi-
bk convenience these delicious Boudoirs are re.
spcctitely furnished. Happy people of England,
where all are equal, where privileged distinctions
are unknown, where every spectacle is equally ac-
cessible to all, where no distinctions exist but
those, by which the less operknt are enabled, by
an inferior price, to choose the station most suit.
able to their finances, or economy !—nay, where
eveu the Monarch is wont to seat himself on the
very same level with his subjects, and scarcely
to assume a superiority by which ho can be
distinguished from them!!—To construct this
annual, privileged, voluptuous circle, the Gal.
!cries arc contracted, darkened, and inconve-
nienced in a degree that is scaededout, and
calls most loudly on the people to resent. To
deny the fact is impossible—those parts of the
Theatre, as well as such others as were not, from
being privileged, inaccessible, we examined—and
the Galleries are reduced in size and convenience.
That the abolition of the Upper Gallery has long
been meditated, is well know n.—lt was even once
attempted...but as that attempt failed, they
have now come as near to it as possible.
—As our object is at present description,
wo shall not dilate upon the subject of the
diminution of the galleries—we reserve that for a
future period. Suffice it for the invest to say,

STATMfAN.

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that the patent—legalised Monopolists of Covent
Garden Theatre have granted a sub.viossopely of
one ea' lire circle of the Theatre (which ought to
, have been accessible to the whale British people), to
..168 individuals, which is the whole member that
tneesimenualprivadee ere capableof containiugithitt
for these 28 private Boxes, which are inaccessible
to the public....(an imperials in imperio)--
tbe proprietors, if the reported rent of 400
Ohms be correct, receive annually upwards
of 12,000 Guiness....and that the Galleries, in.
, stood of being greatly enlarged as they ought
have base, are materially diminished, where.
by the people of Ragland are injured, in-
sulted, and deprived of that enjoyment which
it were the soundest of all policy by every
means to facilitate and increase. Is the lower
Boxes and the Pit, we do not find any thing
remarkable to describe; there is in fact no essential
difference, but what alteration there is, it is plea-
sant to state, is for the better. Ip elegance, in
splendour, and in neatness, the present Theatre
we think pre.eminent. The access to the Pit is
convenient, and the intermediate approaches to
the Boxes, are truly superb. The painted crim-
son curtain above the stage, is stiff and clumsy
—the folds appear rather to be temporarily
pinned up, than gracefully suspended. Of
the scenery, we are convinced, nothing ap.
preaching to equality, has been yet exhibited in a
British Theatre. It surpasses all that we have
ever seen ; and in every quality that can produce
perfection, of which deception is certainly the oust
pramiuent, it exceeds what might have been rea.
rowdily deemed practicable. The illusion of
the scenery is absolutely perfect ; and, sposking
generally, of the interior view of the Theatre,
it may be pronounced the most beautiful
that has been constructed in this island.
That it cannot claim equal praise, with re-
' speet to cenvmdence and accommodation, (al-
ways excepting the privileged circle), we con-
fidently aver—for the convenience and accommo-
dation of the people are diminished..-they are
sacrificed to the cupidity and avarice of the Ma-
nagers, who have sold, fur the gratification of a
few, the convenience and accommodation which
ought to have been open and extended to all.
The popular, and indeed national tunes of God'
Sere the King, and Rule Britannia, judiciously
opeued the Entertainments of the evening. If
any thing could have put a British audience'
into good humour, it would have been the
successive performance of two airs, the one ex.
pressivo of affectionate respect for a Ma-
i starch, whose character as an individual, is
dear to every subject over whom he reigns—and
the other, of that paramount ascendancy on the
Ocean, which is conceded by the world to the
inhabitants of the British isles ; but the accost-
;panisnerst the asidietica convinced us, that last
night was not the season of harmony. 1
At length the bell tinkled, and forward came,
arranged in the costume of Macbeth, the promi-
nent character of the night, Jous Petra, Kan-
ei.x, Esq. ; for a moment he was greeted by sp.
letups, which, although it came, as Buckingham
map is Richard, " From some followers of my
mein, planted at the lower end of th' hall"—we
Seedily admit to be not greater than his merit as
se actor—to this instantly succeeded, a burst of
moecration, of the system on which he has acted as
II Proprietor and Manager. From the motion of
his lips, he doubtless delivered the Address, of
which we have given a copy, but that it was not
beard by any human creature but himself, if in.
deed, he did hear himself, we are morally car.
tail, so tremendous was the roar of disapproba.'
tion ; a few persons, here and there, but mod
conspicuously in the Pit, where we were
'laced, waved their hats. Mr. Kawet.s bowed
deist humbly, and cast around imploring looks for
pity, but the audience was inexorable, and at
ft* he slowly retired, amidst a volley of his •
and execrations, surpassing any this
see feet rd. The rising of the curtain, male
for a moment, extorted some slight applause, I,oi
on the very first entrance of Macbeth, there was
a salute which shook the House..." hisses; of
of; whoop; no inspositioss ; no extortion ; doseig
with Private Boxes; no snug retreats; Ix:
your prices, and raise the cielings ;-..
the Galleries) damn your pigeon holes." In
short, it was Chaos let loose again. During
the first act, in the side Boxes, both sticks, fistss•
and lungs were brought into the line, and the
Gens'men in the party-coloured cravats were
active in discharging their duty. The tumult
abated on Mr. Kanames going off the
Stage, but on his entrance redoubled. The
disapprobation was incessant, and increased pro.,
digiously oat Mr. Kr:dime's appearance in the'
Second Act, when some Gentlemen in the Pit ad.
dressed themselves to him, " John, do you bees
to feel any aiches to.night ?" On his exit, the
audience spared the rest of the Performers, by ai
abatement: of vociferation, bet that did nut ap.
pear to arise from kindness to them, so mediae
from a desire to take breath, for the purpose
of chewing more vehemence lu their displeasure
towards the Her 0...." Ilow rascally the Pit is
filled," exclaimed several. When Macbeth ap.
peered with his crown oil, a general and prodi.
gious howling was set up—some imitating the cry.
ing of children—some that of women in hysterics
—and one person in a box excited much mirth by
imitating closely the barking of a huge mastiff....
In the Banquet.seene, which was beautiful beyond
the powers of delineation on paper, or expression
by words, an attempt was made to support the
performance by applause, but even here, the Not.
Contents had it. This was succeded by a fight in
the Pit—then " a Ghost !...a Ghost," cried se.
moral, by way of address to Mr. Keusble.....at the
sight a Banquo's itell done, John
Kembk," said several—" You are really fright-
ened now—you never played that scene so well
before."—(Off! of ! off!)—but whenLadyMac.
beth dismissed the guests at the banquet, the uproar
became more excessive than ever. In,the scene of
the Witches singing " Welly by Night," the au-
dience triumphantly sung a stanza of the song-
6, Witte tie ow. ray wise de blew."
Then they echoed ironically—
" Hobble i bebbk.leil nod freebie."
" Wan NNW we threesome apis."

The uproar bemuse it last So "Joker, that the
cooperatively few wile wished tat tapport the per.
feemaoce gave up: the contest altogether, and the
discontent. became dearly total. One Gcnitletnaa
in the Pit recited Meceeth's words—'
" Oat, end, brief candle,
Life's hat & walking shadow,
A poor player, that grub and frets Iwo hour opoe the stip,
And then is bawd no wore."
Here was vociferated " Old prices ! old prices
--No Private Boxes...No fornication at the
Theatre—No band-box Gallery;" which pro.
ducad such confusion in the Pit that the audiened
disregarded entirely what was passing on the stage,
and turned to scenes more interesting to them,
which were those of several scuffles in different
parts of the Pit and Buses, and when the curtain
dropped, there followed a triumphant shout of I'A/-
content, which might have " torn hell's concave."
In the farce of The Quaker, Mr. Ltsvor met
some tokens of personal favour, hut nothing to
divert the determined purpose of expressing ge-

neral discontent.
The whole performance being over, a prodigi.
ous cry was set up of " Manager ! Manager!
John Kemblc ! John Kemblel you have p:,..ked
our pockets, and you arc now ashamed to look
us in the face."
Three Magistrates at length appeared on the
Stage, and a fourth (Mr. Bond, we heard sense
exclaim) peeped through one of the side door..
One of the Gentlemen took a paper, out of his
pocket, which was said to be the Riot Act, but
was not read. The appearance of some men in
military habits in the Upper Gallery induced the
Gods to descend...they all dropped over the front
iota the Two Shillings Gallery.
The tumult and uproar continued tilt a late
hour. At one o'clock the Bates were crouded,
and it was not until two that the House W 4/
cleared. But wo are most happy to say that uo.
thing like a riot took place, nor was the slightest
damage committed in the interior of the Theatre.
The Proprietors and Managers must, from the
opening specimen of last night, be convinced that
neither the increased prices nor the Private,
which they base so ingeniously termed Annual,
Boxes, will be tolerated. The Individuals who
inhabit those Privacies will be subject to incessant
intuit ; for the people have really got Into their
heads certais grass ideas of possible accomasoda.
ddtion, which they will not be scrupulously deli.
bete in announcleg.
I.' The prices must be lowered, and the Private
'eons opened the public, or the Managers
nig *depend upon it that the tempest of public
liadignation will not subside. If the Proprietors
thrown the third circle of Private Boxes and
Blear anti.rooms into Public Boxes at the price of
SALIh.A.ntIINEA for admission, the public would
tame thatiked them, and instead of 16$ they would
then have contained at least 420 spectators.—..
But the public will not endure, nor is it fitting
that they should, the granting de sub.monopaiy
'by the Proprietors of an origin,tl monopoly
.--granted for the Wait of the public at
large. Were the present circle of Private Boxes
to be tolerated, we might expect the next year to
see the appropriation of another and another cir-
tie, and so on, till all was sang, close, and
private, and our national Theattes, at length
inaccessible to the 2EOPLE of ENGLAND.
OCCASIONAL ADDRESS,
On the Opening of the
NEW THEATRE-ROYAL IN COVENT-GARDEN,
sprairasa HI. MM.
drop* by Mr. ZEMBLIC.
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Arts lie early Oreeci; and in a terh'reus age, .) •
~. A wretched tumbrel was the Actor's Stale t
The Muse. with cheek reelied in pensive shame.
Bluited foeher wand'rers from the path to fame.
Embylessprane.-ead storm'd, as Warm,
His ommtry's possums. like his country's foes.
Rough from the battle, tmin'd to vanquish men,
E'en as Mt sword he a fielded, 90 his pen.
He miaow the haul. the trembling seem appealed,
And gave so quarter to the batman breast.
Yet, Sfte improvesant nsarled the soldier's sway.
And tinge‘with tact!
.tirtelintives fa his lay.
4
Thee ant (the cart overthrown),
Famed by rude pleas, a 'beats* was known
C'd by the Homes, it overspread the lawn,
And light no scenic drew appear's' to dame.
But, ail Melte, when Sophaes appearid.
'Tim than die Drama's Majesty wee rear d.
'Whim and degerators came i—thele beam
Waal The millrace the lofty Peet meet :
The Way Peet bele.'
ssigeinnot e
tbe brains So
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Naterh l
That
den's
springs from various parts I
" Aad Minor" needs the Meter Arts.
Male the opisodoar of the seams--eed hoes
The thalembelltsh timmette t--
Dance. music,
All that give aelltPll44ol:24aelde—
atogoornoght the s fres Onset insprsvid die pion
At lest the Same maim liktrope ran.
Our scene Dow due atalliflinked offs
The
Thw am:reSh;tiltheswpeatmliStar7athatg6vero babsepriseljt:htrbulithirooomorerel ;
And
Per this oar FabrielP4asith we, Uptight.
Figures scorn threadbare. maseohers grovre Wk.
Noyhasoix from her ashes shall arise—
Sink to oar t houetiteas sparrows to our ayes I
No naked truant be cksak'd anew,
Tn tell that lire which cheers remains es toe I
No—let a Briton now to Britons speak,
Ills cause is strong, although his language weak s
We feel, with glory, all to Britain due,
And British artists rah% this pile for you
While, maims as ors parer, Isere we stmt.
To nosed ebarbe as of ear lane.
&did oar Bethke, heavy ear slimier r
We rest our deka et yet* else :
What ardour ptau a Melee's mate to nine.
A natlee's Ilisesdity repays.

Friday sennight, Capt. John Smith Newelia
was committed to the Southgate prison in Exeter,
by the Mayor of that city, for stealing four Bank
of England notes, valise 61. the property of Bans
Peter Pctcrjcn, master of a vessel in the Danish
service. The parties had slept the preceding night
in a two-bedded room at the White Lion Inn.
Exeter, where the prisoner contrived to purloin
the property of the foreigner, while the latter was
asleep. The Prisoner is a yonng men of genteel
appearance, and a supernumerary Captain in the
Cornwall Artillery Local Militia. He is well
known in Plymouth and Dock, in both which
places be has contracted debts to, a considerable
amount : be is also accusol of drawing a note on
a brother officer, without his knowledge or con-
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MIDDLIZSR.Y SESSIO VS. •
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Yesterday the Sessions of thC Peace fur the
County of Middlesee commenced before WIL-
LIAM MAINWAIII,IO, Eq. and a respectahl...
Beach of Magistrates, at Hicks's Hall, Clvekeit.
tell Green.
The Grand Jury having been sworn and cliarg-
TA in a handsome address by the Chairman, pro-
ceeded to the business of the Session.
Almost the whole attention of the Court was
occupied by the trial of petty assault causes,
scarcely any of which would afford the least pub-
lie interest.
Sarah Gi.s3on, an ahle-hodiA lady about fifty
years of age was inlicted for two assaults-on the
persons of 'Airs. Susannah Putter, and a respec-
table young woman named Sarah Knight, respec-
tively.
It appeared in the course of the evidence, that
the Defendant, who is by trade a straw hat maker,
and resides in Mount-street, Grosvenor.eqOare,
was employed by Mrs. Potter, a respectable
- tradesman's wife in Tavistock-street, Covent-gar-
den, to alter a bonnet to a fashionable shape. Its
the performance of this piece of service, however,
she completely mistook Mrs. Putter's directions ;
and the latter went to her shop, accompanied by
Sarah Knight, to complain of the error. The
Lady of Straw, not chusing to hear the well.
deserved remonstrance of her customers, was
pleased, without any provocation, to put both el.
olently out of the shop into the street. Mrs. Pot.
ter and her friend, with great difficulty, regain' d
the threshold of the door, when the Defendant im.
mediately made a sally upon the advancing party,.
struck Mrs. Potter, who was foremost in the
ranks, a blow on the bosom, the marks of which
she retained fur three weeks afterwards, and gave
Mrs. Knight a blow en the side, perhaps some-
thing lees violent than Gully or Gregsom might
have pat in, but sufficient to impress her prowess
in pugilism.
An attempt was made to show that the first is.
unit was given by the prosecutrixes, but it having
failed, the Jury found the Dofendatat
'Flue Court sentenced Iter to pay a fine of 6s. Bd.
for each offence. .
The other eases ware totally uninteresting.

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Bo w.Yr !META— frilliem Thoescb Scarroit -Also
yesterday brought before Mr. RtAD, the Sitting
blagistrat., oo suspicion of having brokeit into
the house of Tho:nas ilardwicke, Esq. No. 53,
lierners.street, Oxford-street, and stolen therein
various articles of plate, wearing apparel,
,and a
new hat.
Mr..Hardwicke stated, that his house was tub,
dewing smoky repairs, and that he with his Ira.
only were living in the country, two servant.wo..:
mien being left in care of the house in Batters.
street. On his coming to town on Thursday mew.
thing last, he found the front parlour window
broken open, and on examining further, discovered
that his plate closet, souse chests of drawers, a
barest', and other places, had been violently
opened, and their contents stolen. The servants
who slept at the top of the house did not discover
the robbery till five o'clock on Thursday mornbig,
when one of them came down stairs, and found
some matches and other things lying about. She
also found an old hat, that had been left in the
place of the new one, which was missing. This
hat, from vitriol's marls and 'particulars painted
out, Eliza Williams, the othefsetvant, said she
firmly belies ed belotiod to the Prisoner, who was
a painter, in the empleyment of Mr. Cobbett,
.of
Bedford street, Coveut.gartlen, and haul been St
work in the house for several days previous to tblel
rubbery ;. it appeared that he had also drank tee
sr ith the servants, and had been making some in.
quirks respecting the situation of the .wine cellar,
some rifest% of drawers, and ether places of se.'
curity.
In come/pence of these circumstances, sidtiOd
to Ids not having come to his work since the rub.'
, nor having applied to his master for his
-111nages, fur the days on which he had been at work,
'Suspicion naturally fell.on him, and he wasappre-
hended. Ills father was also apprehended en sus.
piciun of having been concerned in the burglary,
as he was seen in the house, without awy apparent
business, on two different days preceding the rob_
bery. lie was, however, discharged, as there
wasseet sufficient evidence against him to warrant
his commitment.
Pearkes, the Officer who apprehended the Pri-
sealer, said he attempted to ruti.away while he was
conveying him to the watch-Ito:ism
Mr. Cubbett, the Prisoner's master, stated,
that since his aliprehension he understood, trum
several of his other wink men, that the Prisoner
was a notorious Clracter, and had been nit board
the Milks fur sorneetreisce similar to that for w!ikli
he was now in custody.

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The Prisoner, ifl.l;is defence, merely urged the
ijusiiec of detaiiiing him without more positive
proof.
Mr. P. s:.to wak of opinion that the charge
against him was foitadrd on very j. 't grounds, and
deemed it eves** to commit him fur a further
examination. _

Herrings of a gbod large size have appeared in
the Moiay Frith, and aru brought to Inverness
market iii abundance, and sold at 6d. per score,
The :Marquis of Ls msoown's Gothic Castle at
Southampton iecarrying en with spirit;' and yet
*e question whether part of the work will last
until the *hole is finished, another settlement
having lately been discovered in the advanced south
wall, and that weighty mass of masonry is pre.
seated, by props, from burying in ruins its beg-
garly neipthourhoud. This iminense nth-shit:mu
pile is 4Urroundcd its every direction by dirty ca-
bins, not► valuable frpm this continuity ; and the
only passage in it, is through • line not more
than eight or nine feet wide, so that it is probable
the necessary avenue to thr Castle will now cost as
much as the building. There is uot, perhaps,
within 20 miles of this place, a spot in every re-
spect so ineligible for the purpose to which it has
been converted.