The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-11-25 00:00:00

MRS. G4LINDO AND MRS. SIDDUVS•

Several of Iles newspapers, have been aksoltitelf
erwwded with " eetracts"frum the pamphlet of Mrs.
GaLtwoo —that is, with wire copies of many of
the letlera of Mrs. Slogans, whose head, mid
heart, hare alike received the due tribote of praise
and homage. Whether the devotion of the
" valuable calm"?' of malty of these papers
was grateitous, we shall not enquire a we, by no
means, wish to be understood as insineittnit a MA.
chat that such was the fact—there seesite.l, hove.
ver, an eatraordinary degree of readinctt on thin
occasion, as the extracts &neared its toe !tlording.
Papers, en the very day succeeding that on which
the pamphlet appeared.
The transactions of private life are not the seba
jects to se hich we wish to appropriate the columns
of this Paper —hut the dispute between these Ladies
having now become the daily ',abject of newspaper
' commentary, we otay be ',ermined slightly to no.
lice the cootroversy. That the tai noon* awe IP
nut in the interest of the Kemble family, is of
deal, from the dismissal, by that disinterested and
patriotic Print, of the substotce of the pain.
phlet, with the concise decision of its being replete
With libellous metier—% hiie it gives a studious

display of thug epistolary effusion-4, so cridslabla
to the head and heart of Mrs. !ifooofirs.
The letters in Mn.s GaLttoo's Kimpblet sre

have read, anti, viewiog them as unpremedit Ited
composition‘, they are certainly entitkl to rank

with the epistolary correspondvoce 411 other isel!..
*located ladies—but we cannot perceive any of

that pre-eminence whit h calls fora cemi,liwent to
the head of Mrs. SI DDONS.

When Dr. Jungsoit, after a vehement strip.
ment, in which he denied the atitheoticity of thu
Poems. of oAsian, was s4ed, if he bt lieved that
any man tiring could produce inch a poem 1—
" Yes, Madam," was the rei•ly of the Doctor;
66 many men, many women, and many children."
Such, in our opinion, arc the letters of Mrs.
SIDDONS: they are correct, and alternately lively,
grave, or affectionate, as the subject requires—but
there is no transcendent merit by which they are
entitled to he distinguished from the drrsions of
other individuals in the same rank of society.
Mrs. Stomas's has enjoyed, thrirtighout her life,

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opportunities of literary aegoireonnt so pre -enti-
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neni, that these produetioirsare certainly-nu/ saw.
passinal w OP! exl)eciations which ;eight reasonably
have hen furtnAl•by the public.

The unhappy difference, st bich hs probably eimp
bittered the existence of both these L t,lies, is its.
sidled in considerable niyvery. Mr,. GALINDOt
after stating her situation 1:1 early life, elates bet
acquaintance with Mr. Claw D and bet intro.
duction to Mrs. SIDDONS, Dublin, where that
Leidy. proposed to appear in the character of
Haosirt ; to enable her to sustain 'As filch, soma
knualedge of fencing was deemed rewsisite.
Of this art tIr.GALIVDo VAS a professor, and up:
sin that occasion, the master of Mrs. Stpoosts,
" srAo could not be instructed shile any person
looked on."

This cieenntstance, and the inces•ant attention
of Mr. G. to Mis. S. excited painful emotions in
the breast of Nirs. G. We know the farce taf
jealudsy—we know that

" 'riles tight its air
66 Are to tar jeatuas rolaratatiuell WM/
66 As praub Huly Writ."
We therefore pass °sera number of trifles *Mak ars
given as 66 circumstantial evitleo ce" of Mru.S.harlog
deprives! Mrs.G. of the society ol her lord. TuWards
the conclusion of the painpulet, Mrs. G. reduces
her accusati.ni to a 'pee l& etisrge against Mrs. S.
of " li.ivilig used every art to gain Mr. G.'. rake.
66 lions, and detach h:in from tne, while yogi et
66 the same time professed the greatest friend,liip
" fir tug." In support of this charge, Mrs. C.'S .
assertions respecting the behariuur of Mr. G. dyyd.
Mrs. S. at her house at Paddington...4 scene at an
in a currirle in Leyland, naturally mita
much curiosity. On these points we can torn no
judAnient. If Mrs. G. has made these speciAc
charges, ra ithout having it in her power to prove the
facts, her conduct cannot be too highly censured.
But if, on the other hand, the facts should be
substantiated, her case is male out.
An indiscreet friend, it is sail, and we believa
justly, is more greatly to be dreaded than an
avowed eit;irty. Of this we Ittivc a priptf, in a
Letter, wh.ch appeared this morning in th:' slmpla
Print. dui daily puffer of euveut.Gardeti sad
the

The assei lions in this letter, signed reritw,
may ur may nut be true—that the letter is fuul►sh
we ktsor:•.-and such, we conceive, must be the
opinion of the Very party in whuse &Imam it WAS
written.

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It is ineptted to Mrs. G., that Mr. G. was al.
ready married when he became acqua.nred *ids
her—that he bad a wife and three cc:dared in in.
digeot cirrumstatices—that it was shameful under
those circumstances to ride in a curriele...that it
was a princiiile of Lord KNICTUB, ihst ever) per.
sun coming into Court Kith an irCusation of the
nature of Mrs. G.'s, should cleric into Court
with clean hands--th4t Mr. Veritas believes Mrs.
SIMD .ms to he virtuous-4nd List these letters are
published fur the purpose of etturting money.
Thu public *ill natur.illy ask, how the allegations
of Mrs. G. are related by this letter. li is red.
%unable to presnine, that if the assertions in the
letter are founded in fact, Mrs. StODON6 coeld
not, in an acquaintance of emir y ears, be ipso.
rant of Mrs. G.'s real situation. And yet Mrs.
!.;IDDONS had no scruple in maintaining a *Lin
friendship fur Otero years *ith Mrs. G, during
hich she received that lady, and Mr. G. at her
house, on terms of the must intimate footing. If
this letter is published (or the purpose of con.
'hieing the public of the falrehoud of Mrs. G.'s
charges, it must inevitably tail of producing any
such
The gagging Act is mow carried into a fuller
effect tll4ll ever could Lave been expected even by
the ALAIIMISTII:-0110 Gentleman has been nelil
to bail Inc mocking and snee:in...r, and two whets
have since been obliged to give boil fur caliottiog
i the audience fo be silent.

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C P 1 S or At ITS
or MR. KFAIRLE ANI) 0111F.RS,
IN AVIPORT OP Tut; !MOTION AGtIYST MR. CLIP.
UTlll.3li, rust A CO MUM RACY.

inure litt LIP tater., ;read niaseilvstrert, filooms-
in Cie County of Ali ldlcsrx, raupare, raiketh oath
ol siith; that he is tine .of tap Prop. ietors id t►e New
ficitre Root. C.oent tinretc:z, in the said County of Mid-
d:r.t•x ; and that on the Irate rEatre Royal, Covent Garden,
d.astroyed by the a►.tnth of Septemh-r, one thow- .
sand eight hum Ired and. eir:ht, the firoprielar.., with all pos-
sible expedition, caused the said New Theatre to be erected,
ith every acconomodetlion for the Pobtic, at a vent great
expence, with new SCOW., dresses, and decorations. of every
descri;itioo. And this Deponent further suith, that on ae-
fawn of the very large sums It money expended, the Pro-
prietors, am! Nl:soagen., were wsder the nee-vino of rairtag
14e privet of a, n;,•ioa, to tire Base•, sand I'it, of the said
Theatre—to wit, one shilliux advance, au the admi-sion to
the Buses nt whole price, and sixpeace advance int the
ndati.sion at half price—and sixpence:advance oil the admis-
sion to the l'it at the whole price, but no advalwe on the ad-
ini.si•m at half price--and certain additiroal Boxes were M-
t•d up nod let re persona who were div.insed to-he ACCOM-
IeujtTLD with the same at ao annual rent.
J. P. KLNIIILL.
situ in Court ei;s h day of No*: 1809.

the l'ourt.

Joseert flt.a +instates, of °ranee-street, Red Lion-
squire, in the thrum: of Uiddleset, Gentles us, nahketh oath,
mid shills that he is P ea.). pier at the New Theatre Royal,
Cavent-(iardem. in the said County, and that in the month
of September lah, the Proprietors and Nlanagers of the said
Theatre, caused public notice to be given, in the Daily N eus•
papers, an 1 (stet rwise, of the intended opening of the said
Theatre, rm the Lighteenth (lay of th.tt month—with an ad-
dress and appall to the Public, that 01 account of the very
great espehee in erecting of the said Theatre, with the addi-
tion of New Scmiery, Dresses, and r)m-orations of every de-
siiptino, the Proprietors and hinnagers were under the ne-
cessity of rah ing the pt ices of admission to the Boxes am! Pit
of ths• said Theat hit) one shilliug advance on the ad-
mission to the Bore. at full Price, an! sit-pen, e advacee on
the adasiolon at half-ps ice—arM sixpence advance on the &cl-
inks:on to the I'it, but no advance on the adinhsiiin at half-
pi ice. Ana this Deponent lint:ter saith. that before the opening
of the sail 1 beater, and imotediatcly after, and doe* to this
ti tic. divers articles and letters have appeared in several
of the Daily Newspapers, calculated and ilcs4ned, as this
Mponent believes, to excite persons to asstnisle in the said
Theatre, and by furre, clantonr, and riot, to came the
Drimatic Performanas to he put a stop to, unless the Pro-
priatom and Managers world abandon the prices of admission.
That, on the said eighteenth day of heptember last, the said
Theatre was opened, for the repte.sentatioa of P
his lays, Tragt•-
die-, tnedieSaisd other Theatrical and Stage ['circlet:stances,
ith such adistintml prices to the finish and I'it as aforesaid;
had immediately on the dohrs heir.g opened, a groat number
of Persons a-smithied in various parts of the said Theatre,
Kiln canducted themselves in a most disorderly. reintriltvort,
va.l riotone snag:see, some of whom hulled down and dears-
it , od th door, of the Roves, nod continued making a great
raise end riot, v ith cries of " Off : Ofd: 141—No New
" Peters !.-0!-/ for Ener :** dining the %hole, se
greater put or the l'ertiwnsance, so that but a snail port
tilt resit could be heard : and a great number of persons were
:h.cinbletl on the outside of the said Theatre% making a great
unise and dis:urtsa:a•:•, as Dr;poileitt•lattlt hcen ilifonited, And
Ir Ihirs. A3l this Deponent further saith, Cm, on the
,nereediii4 nights, the said • lite:tire Was opened, and a
escat imbiber of pet•soto assembled during the whole of the
p srformonres, ant: made a great noise, and riot, lir sleighing,
hallooing, hooting. hissing, graining. barking in imitation of
dogs, with cries of " Of! off! of! No New PrierstildPrices
far ever," accompanied be blowing of horns. and trumpets, so
that but a smltii part of the perfortnanre could be heard, and
'nine of those persons tore up the covering of the seats in the
Pit, rut the 1/Map of the doors, and did other damage to the
said Theatre. And this Deponent further saith, that these
rh•!t h tying thus prevailed for as succeeding nights, the
P. oprietors and Managers determined to cline the said Thea-
tre on the 2M day of heptember last for some time, awl it
was shut up areenlingly. And this Deponent further south,
t 'lit during the time the said Theatre was sa shut up as afore-
aul, the accounts of expenditures, and rd crap's, for the
list sit yenrs of the said Theatre, were submitted to certain
(knifemen, for the purpose, through them, of
satisfying the Public, of the necessity of rhisistg the prices
of aikethoion as aforesaid ; and that in consequence of their
einetinution. and report thereon, the Theatre was re-opened
en ednesday the fourth day of its-tuber last, at the same
a 'raneed prices. ansi a great number of persons assembkd in
different parts of the said Theatre, a..d during the Perfor-
mance therein, made a great noise and riots, a ith the fan
shouts, hissing., groans, hallooing, and hooting, a ith cries of
" Off! Off! Off!—No New Prices!- -Old Priers fur Ever!
%o Priests Bezel !"—Witil numerous other expressions
therehj e.rriiing others in the said Theatre to rushy, riot,
aid disorder, so that but a await part of the Peformance
.•ised he heard. And this Deponent further saith, that the
-aid 'Cheater has continued open, from that titre to the
present; and fur some few nights from the re.opsnive there-
nf, on the -aid fourth day of October int, from the noise,
riot, and disturbance. as aforesaid. during the dramatic
performance, hitt! • or no part thereof eael I be heard ; but,
6.3 aftfrarards there was little or no tiaterruption to the per-
t e-sn.hahh, and the audience remained nearly quiel, and the
dramatie performance was hertrd,• until the persons coming IN
at lull 'prior to the said Theatre, were admitted, when noise,
Few, aa.l disturbance of a similar nature, commenced by a
somber of persons who came in at half price, into the
• ha Pit, for the purpose of tumult and riot, as
ii•pnisent believes : and joining together in a parts,
hen in the said i'it, battening, singing, laughing,
zhianine, hissing, with cries of " Off. Olf, Off, No Neer
I'; ice.; Old Priers fur ever, No Private Boxes," using
born., trumpets, whistles, eratchmenh rattles, dustmen•
and other noisy hetruments, during the rehtiainler of
the performances; and an other night-, the like ;mber of
persona stueneling at half-price, coming in a party with the
Letter: O. P. (meaning, as this I/eponeut belicret, Old
Prices) its their hats, and on their breasts, and immediately
.iostueneing the like disturbance, nud riot, snakier mock
caning abwit en the seats, ;smiting each other about,
and pushing each other with great three, mid in a body, upon
p:vreaile spectators of the dramatic performance, rearms' of
them forming in a !lady, at the npprr end of the Pit, and
rJ hingdoun to the lower, and transpling on those who would
•sot get nut 'if their way. And this Deponent further saith.
that neon several when corotab!es, or other ',cue-
"fseer4, have entered the Pit, aid other parts of the said
"I flea:re, runt endeavoured to appreketM persons who have
been artively eurtged in the said tomults, and riots, and
hive yelled, nrid apprehended, or wir sir them, that
twiny netters, a ho here also erg aged in the said tumults,
n"rt hay, re-kted the said oath:thighs or peace oillrerh
and have amually beat, and Gueed them out of the
said Theatre, and rescued the person or persons they
hides apprehended, or endeavoured to approbearh as Ohre-

said: and that am several occasions, after the dramatic pi-t-
-ransms-es were over, the persists, who had worn the letters
0. P. in their hats, and had been engaged its the Imamlts,
and riou as aforesaid, have takes the said letters out of their
hats, before they have tptittea the Pit of the said Theatre,
is order, as Ikpou •tai believes, that they might out be reeog-
tti•+ed. and have departed in a body, iu order. as I)epduent
believes, that they might, by their numbers, and strength,
deter the Constables. and Peace ()dicers, from apprehending
them : and that many of the said persons, have exhibited pa-
per-, or•placards. wills various ieseriptions, and wearing the
letters D. P.as aforesaid, and as I)epnnent believe', tor •the
purpose af crcilin; and encouraging a determioation, by
and isambsr', anal by tlninnutott opposition, to compel
the Prnprietors ba relinquish the demand of the increased
prices of adenissien, and restore the old prices, and to snake it
impossible for the ordinary exertion, of the cis il power, to
preserve the peace in the said Theatre: and this Deponent
believes, that there has nut been any genuine expression IJ
opinion on the dramittc pieces tepreseuted, which have been
all pies-es which have before received the sanction of public
approbation, except, an entertainment exhibited on the or•-
cn.iou of his Majesty'sentering on the .ianti year of his reign,
called The Jollier, which was performed, from the keenly-
fifth of October last, for several alights ; nor, on the acting
of the Perforat•rs, bat a certam evilest/tic hostility to the
Theatre. And this l)epament further smith, that the riots,
and tumults before-usentionod, have bees conducted, by per-
sists who have come to the Pit, and other parts of the said
Theatre, night age. night, a 4 this Deponent believes, for the
sok purpose of tarault and riot. AA tails I)epoueni further
saki), that severest persons have been taken into 'custody,•ou
account of their having been en,enged in the said' riots, and
found bail foe their appearance met the last Session, held, in
and for the said city, and liberty of Westminster, against
some of 'chum, bills of ialietment were preferred and
I found at the said Session, .an or about the tacenty-stoerdh,
and toosaly-eighth days of October lad, and some of which,
have been removed by Certiorari into this Honourable
Court, and are now pending, as this Deponent you been
issforined, and believes. And this Deponent further mith, that
the said riots lave continued every night of the performance, '
from the said eighteenth day of September last, and are
nightly commilled, so that hut a part of the dramatic per-
frirmaace can possibly be heard, to the annoyance of the peace-
able part of the audience, and to the great damage stud loss
of the said Proprietair,, and Managers. And this Deponent
further seith, that on or about the tr.•eesty-sirlh day of Octo-
ber last, advenisetueasts appeared in the Public Newspapers,
stating as follows, " 1 hat subscriptions far the assistance of
" persnos, coosidered as unjustly prosecuted by the Proprie-
" tors and Manager, or Coyest Garden l'heatre, arc received
" on account of the Treasurer, &c." and which said adver-
tisement concludes with " The Public are respectfully in-
" formed, that a Committee will hcnppolnted in a few days,
" to investigate the claims, of such iedividuals, a: may consi-
as tier themselves entitled to assistance ;" and that in many of
the daily Papers, between that day, and the day of making
this affidavit, isdiertisements have appeared. soliciting
the like subscription ; and there hate appeared with the said
adiertisements, notices of the receipt of sul►vriptions, with
/la signetions and observetions. (airflows to the l'roprieters and
Nliumgers of the said Theatre, and exciting the Pabli:. to per-
sonal niolonte towards John Philip Kimble, one of the said
Proprietor and Managers : anal from all is Ilia, he, this De-
ponent, believes, that a conspiracy of a great number of per-
sons path been formed, and duth still subsist, to compel, by
nightly tumults, riots, anal other mean.', the Proprietor! of
the said Theatre to reduce the prices of ndmi,sion to whet
they had been, prior to the !menhir down of the old Theatre.
And this I)eponent fersher smith, that. he belieies, that by the
`said nightly tumnits,nnel riots, many p.eareabk, and
pose, persons, ::re deterr-erl-fiTnat atillsding the said" 711haire,
from fear uf pe.s•soal violence. And this Deponent appre-
brods, that if a stop is tint put to the same, that very dan-
. gerons, if not Mat, consequeuers will ensue.

Swam in Coed. thi• 20th
JOSEPH GLASS INGTON.
day of Kotember. 1809.
By tbe (;oort.

It is said, that three persons, holding highly
lucrative situations in the Irish Post Office, have
received notice of dismissal. The imputed offence
consists in their having made untrue returns of
the income of their situations, and thereby ena.
bled. themselves to receive a supposed annual de.
ficiency. A fourth, not in tl►e se:ret, made a
true return of 11501. income, and thus the detec.
tion of the others was occasio►►ed.

I• At no period of our history was there known.
sach,stores of wine, brandy,. hemp, tallow, tim.
bet., Ike. as now crowd our docks, quays, and
warehouses.
'1 he Lady addressed as dear Polly, in the let.
ters of Mrs. Si onoNs, has beau Kir confidential',
ff iend and companion for years, and is the daii,h.
ter of the late 'turf who was Pro.
prktor of the York. Theittre. Mrs.. Gam Du's
maiden name was Ggvcti. Sim is respectably el.
li.ll in Ireland.
ELOPENTVlT.—liand.bills have been circulated
about the Metropolis, offering a reward for the.
discovery of a young Lady of 18, the daughter
of a wealthy distiller, who doped from her dwel-
,
ling in the vicinity of St. Martin's-lame, on Suit-1
day last, with a private soldier. The Lady took
with her about one-hundred Ptionds, and she made'
of when she was supposed to have gone to two
with a married sister in the neighbourhood.
Om Tuesday the Court of king's Bench decided
the cause of the Earl of Lixoscy against the;
Trustees of the late Duke of A ncarrcii, in fa.
your of his Lordship, by u hick he becomes pos-
sessed of his ancicot family property of lilting-
toil, near Stamford.
On Monday, the '2oth instant, a grand match
of single-Wiek was played at Andover, iti Hump-
shire, but ween the IVittshire and Somerset men,
which was won by the (araier, they haring gained
the greater numb 4 of biokui heads ; however,
by some mantel's ring they did not receive the prize
of 20 guineas.
A younglatly, of the name of Soars, the daugh-
ter of Mr. Sows, a mealaian at Sheltie) Mills,
Surrey, was drowned in sight of fort two sisc•rs me
Monday last. ,he was leaning user a rail at the
mill,head, when i! gave tv.iy, and she teas plunged
into•the water. She wns in a mom, sit counted
in one of the large wheels of the nit!,, and her
body was racked in pieces, ,n first wily part of
her remains were found. Tile (I.•CclOEd was 17
years of age, and the pride of her f
A battle will shortly take play- betwixt Ni-
cholls, the Bristol man, who heat riWi at Black-
water three years ago, and Richman the black.
The latter received a challenge (roll Nicholls,
which was a..cepted, and the coitte,t st PI take
place in a fortnights Nicholls is lather the fa.
rostritc.

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Prat III'ATESNIAN.

THE PRIVATE BOXES.
Mn. Ent?ott—The public justly reprobate the
introduction of private bores, as an encroachment
up~n their priviligts, and an attack upou their
mur.tia ; but it appears to use that they
_have yet
to learn that these European Harems aro support'.
ed by a tax upon themselves; that the debduehed
Peer, or profligate Plebeian, who occupies them,
,pays but half the value of the,e uselcs. and exiteu-
, sive innovations, while the public arc dragooned
into the payment of tho remainder. 'VIto follow-
ing calculations and observations will, thiak,
put this fact beyoud the possibility of doubt, and
convince a tiscertaing public that the annual re-
venue derived frow a circle of public boxes, is
double that derived from the private tier ; and
that it is to make up this d ficieney that an ad,
cancer! price is exacted lot their admission.

Anil first, as to the open Boxes,
The lumber of theta hi each circle 46
The number of ',crumb each a ill contain 6 .... 14.

The total number of per.iorn
The rate of ad.uis.iou to each

S1)1184

The produce of each night
i :H uigliti of perfornutuce in a men are 2t/s1
The annual revenue ,,C210

As to the Private Buses,
They are la number 4B
The sabrcriptioa to each i> gated to be per amt 4tAl
• .
.The annual revenue

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Thus it appears, that the difference between the
revenue produced by a circle of open boxes, and
the private circle, is 14,4401.
Now let the subscription to a private box, viz.
1001. be divided by '2OO, the number of the nights
of performance, the product will be 21. per night
for each box, holding siz persons, which is just
Gs. %J. each person.
The private circle has two staircases, and a
lobby common to itself, but inaccessible front
every other part of the house. The grand stair.
case is truly magnificent, and the lobby fitted up
with much greater elegance than that which is
open to the public. The corridor leading to the
boxes is covered with matting. The boxes are
fitted up fur the reception of six ier'ons only,
but behind each of them is a small dark chamber,
the dimensions of which are si.c feet in breath, and
nine in depth ; these boxes, as well as the chum.
berg, or anti.rootos, if they can be so called, are
carpeted, and no luxury is wanting that expellee
could furnish.

Surely this statement %ill warrant the following
conclusions :

1. That the Manager has expended considerable
sums of satinet , and sustains ma annual loss of
.11,0001. in a part of the establishment, with
which the public have nothing to do, and from
which they are altogether excluded.
Y. That by raising the price of admission to
the public at large, he seeks to reimburse himself
fur the expettre he has unnecessarily incurred, in
prosiding superior accommodations fur 156 us/li-
vid/sell.

3. That were these Mixes tales drottn and lifted
up for the reeepti,oi i f 1.2 per4ons each, the in-
crease of income u onid obviato any necesily of the
advance of price.
4. That these boxes are at present supported
by a tax upon the public, and that should the
public ultimately acquieBce in the extortion, the
private hoses may then be said to be supported by
voluntary contribution, with as much propriety
as the Middlesex Hospital.
K.. 94. • A FELLOW CITIZEN.

The Plorer sloop of war, which has arrived
at l'lymouth, fell in with the Coqfiance passing
ap Channel from the Brazils, and received on
board from the latter a Naval 01110er, charged
with dispatches from Admiral DE Cooney ; and
a Gentleman, said to be Lord STasoloroato's.Pri.
Tate secretary, charged with dispatches f.o:n his
Lordihip.

The positions of the armies in Spain were,
about the middle of last month, as follais a
strong division of The cnetnyN force was at To.
kilo ; and NIORTIEttia d.visions had joined in
the neighbourhood of Plasencia ; the Spanish di..
vision of Estren►adura had its head-quarters 'at
Delcytosa ; those of Marshal Beat:group at Castel
Branco ; the English army occupied the positions
of Muntijui Puebla, Talavera, and Badajos, be.
ing daily reintirced by troops from Portugal.
The Duke del Pa ROUE itml General Bat.t.asrcitos
are supposed to have entered Salamanca ; they
took, in the neighbourhood of that city, a con.
voy, and many carriages intcoded to carry away
the sick.

The Opera-House will open early in December.
A new actress, Madame LI tt..AxiNt, is engaged as
principal singer for the Serious Opera ;lame
BIANCHI is engaged fur the S..riois and Comic
Opera ; and a principal female singer foi th-
Comic Opera is engaged from abroad, to join the
Company in February. the principal 'rotors for
the Serioui Opera are Signors Toast t2/.l:tx anti
Si novt ; the other principal iiigers Matlinie CA L-
nElt I vr stall Cut.ar,t, Signors N A Lou, Roy, DI ND,
And nE G 0 V.\ • MI. r.r EICSIIELL is Laster
and Director of thy Orclies ea.

On Tuesday afternoon a pilot belonging to Ply-
mouth, named Mason, was employed to work a
foreign vessel up liamiraze, just at the time the
U.sntlirt gun.biig was working down the harbour;
both ships accordingly came in contact, when Ali. 1
son, in order to save his boat, which was along-
side, jumped into it, with the intention of going to•
the other side *of the revel ; unluckily, however,
he had scarcely descended into the boat ',ken both
ships closed, nail crushed the poor fellow to death
betsreen their !hies. Ills death must have been in.
stantaneous, as every bone in his body was lire_
rally pulverized. lie was a widower, and has lilt
a large family.

On ‘Vedneads, evening, between the bows of
Urnr and seven, the house of Mr. Mit.xv, M. P.
for P‘onfret, in Yorkshire, N". I+, linltim.stecet,
Piccadilly, was broke upeu and rubbed.

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L. 41 VOIR LLIGH.NOS .
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COURT OF OF Klncrs anscH.
Friday, November '2l.

This was a day fur heariug special arguments is
oases; several were beard, but iii the unly on•
that was in airy degree of public interest, judg-
ment was deferred.
The subsequent motions were all matters of
course.