The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-12-15

| No"Ahi5 hSii, anu OlnerS, our natural-0Orn
SUBJECTS, that no such letters of naturalizati-
Oh, or certificates Of citizenship, do, CT can,
In any manner, divest our natnral-bcrn sub
!ects OF the allegiance, or in any degree alter
,he duty which they owe to US their lawful
sovereign. But i'll consideration of the en-
ror into which such mariners and seafaring
men as aforesaid may have been led, we do
hereby publish and declare our free pardon
TO all such our subjects, who, reEentinp. of
the deiusi0n under which they have acted,
shaii Immediately, upon knowledge of this
our Royal Proclamation, withdraw them.
serves from foreign service, and return to
their allegiance to us; and We do declare,
that all such our subjects, who shall continue
IN the service of foreign states, in disregard
and contempt OF this our Royal Proclamati-
ON, VIII not only incur our just displeasure,
Out are Liable to be proceeded against for
such contempt and sail be proceeded accord
lngY; and we do hereby declare, that if a
ny such misters of ships, pilots, mariners,
seamen. shiP-wrights, OF ether seafaring men
(being our naturai-born .subjects) Shall be
taken III any foreign service by the Algerines,
or otRer Barbarg powers, and carried into
slavery, tney shall not be.reClaimed by us as
subjects az Great Britain:
And we do further notify. that all snch
our subjects as aforesaid, who have volunta-
rily entered, or shall enter, or voluntarily
continue to serve On board of any SHIPS of war
belonging toany foreign state at enmity with
us, are and will be guilty of high treason
And we do by this our Royal Proclamation
declare, that they shall be punished with the
utmost severity Of the iaw.
Given at our Court at the Queens Palace.
the sixteenth day of October, one thou
sand eight hundred and seven, and in
the forty-seventh year of our reign.
God save the king.
Dreadful .1ccident-As the curtain was
letting downon Thursday night last, at Sad
ier's wells Theatre, to prepare for the water
scene in" The Wood Damon" quarrel com
menced in the-Pit, and some people CT. ed out
tight" The exclamation was mistaken
Tor cry OF &c fire." 1t was benefit night,
and the house was crowded The efect OF
suchan alarm may be conceived, but Cannot
be accurately described; every part was ter
roi and confusion; the people in the gallery,
Pit, and boxes, all pressed eagerly forward
TO the doors, but could not obtain egress in
TIME to answer their Impotence. The pres
sure was dreadful those next to the aven-
ues were thrown down and run overly those
Immediately behind, without distinction of
age or SEX OF those quite in the rear, some
became desperate, and threw themselves from
the gallery into tine pit, and from the boxes
upon the stage. A horrible disccrd of
screams, oaths. and EXPLANATIONS, reigncd
throughout. On the exteriour ofthe theatre.
the scene was not less dreadful; at every door
and avenue might be seen people dragging
out the audience, whose strength was eXhaus-
ted, and who were unable to effect their es-
cape, but had just strength to gain the pas
sage, or been forced forward by the crowd be-
hind Not less than fifty women were faint
ing at the same time, i'll the inside and ON the
outside OF the house. The performers, who
had not heard the exclamation that excited
this alarm, came forward on the stage, full
ofastonishmcnt and surprise at the scene be-
fore them, and some of them catching the
alarm, ran away in their dresses In this
frightful situation, the manager came forward
with speaking trumpet, and assured the au-
dience, that there was not the slightest dan
ger or cause for the alarm that there was no
fire; that he conceived the alarm was excit-
eddy set ofpick-pockets, for tho purpose Of
committing dcpredations; that ore ofthem
was then in custody. At this time about two
thirds OF the audience had effected their es-
| cape from the pit and boxes, ard about one
halt IRON the gallery. The rcma ming COM
pany i'll the pit and boxes recovered consider
ably from their alarm; but the assurance Of
the manager had not the least effect upon the
people in TIE gallery. Finding thc crowd oct
clearing away with a rapidly ecual to their
impotence, they conceived that their cgress
was obstruCted, and cried cut that the d ,ors
were fastened. The Manager declared they
| were not, and continued to assure them that
there was not the slightest cause for alarm
They were not, however, to be satisfied !;
they broke the sides of the gallery, and thus
forced their way into the house, and down the
private passages. 1eOGpersons were in the
| house. OfthCse we lament lost their lives
They consisted chiefly ofwoncn and children,
who leapcd from the gallery into the pit or
we're thrown downt the gallery stairs. Among
them were two beautiful girls, supposed to be
sisters. The IS bodies were lying in the
house. Many more it is feared, have been
killed; as IN every direction might be met
men carrying away women and children in
their arms, with broken bones, or apparent
fly lfe'css. Two men, suspected of being the
promoters Of the alarm THAT Jed 20 this dread
I full catastrophe, were lodged the same even
| ing i'll Clerkenwell Bridcwell. A Mr. Dob
I son, OF CoieHan-steet, gave his address to
MIR. Dibdin, one Of the managers. and promis-
ed TO appear against them Tor riotous bcha-
viour during the whole evening. 1t was i'm
possible for the managers, by any diligence,
/ to have pevented this accident every thing
that men could dothey did to arrest its pro-
gress; they few to every part Of the house to
inspire confidence, and convince the audience
fcf hei, q Al, ..t.s.