A new piece, in three act...
The Times, 1824-12-04T00:00:00

A 11ew piece, in three acts, called Thte Life of arl Actor, was produced at the Adeiphi Theatre on Thursday ni,ht, with com- plete euccess. Mllr, Kean has now only a limited engagement at Drury- lane Thcatre. He is to play twenty nights, ant he is to have 1,0001. for them; anig he Is to plIy three other nights to discharge the ar- rearrof last season. If he takes a benefit, he imakes a specified allow- ance fortihe houste. The dramatic veterani, Mr. Kelly, is said to be engagedt in arranging for the press materials for an account of his life andi tinmes. COAI.S.-We understand that plans for no less than five Colliers' Docks at the Isle of Dogs have been delivered into the offiee of the Clerk of the Peace, preparatory to the meeting of- Par. liament.-viz., Dlr. Baker'x; Air. Rowland's; the West India Dock Company; MIr. Resnie's; and Air. Fortune's; but we op. prehend not more than one, or at most two, will be carried intc effect. The estimates of the four first are from 500,0001, to 600,0001. each. The fifth, which is that brought before Parlianment by Air. Fortune in the year 1813, was then estimated at 200,0001. It is, however, saiti that in consequence of the redutction in the price of la- bour and materials since the restoration of peace, the cost would not now exceed 150,0001.-Evening paper. The destructioni cause(d on the coast by the overflow of the sea near Portland is tremnendous; the whole of the Esplanade lias been swept away; and one entire village has shared the same fate. The loss in property is estimatedl at between 30,0001. ant1 40,0001.; and by the latest aecoelnts it was uncertain as to the pre. cise number of lives that have been sacriftced. During the late storm, the vicarage-house at Soutthieigl, in this county (Sonmersetsbirc), was conipletely destroyed by the wind, but happily no lives were lost. Mlr. Thorn, of Seaton, a tenantof T. Al. Charter, Esq., lost fihLy.two sheep, drowned in the marshes, andseveral neighbours, sheep, colts,&c._Taniton Couiricr. A DUEL.-Oii Friday morning, at an early hour, a meet- ing took place at Green-hill, between Henry Baldwin, Esq. of Kin. sale, accompanied by Jonas Alorris and Richard kiungerford, Esqrs., antI H. Baldwin, Esq. of Miount PleaLsant, accompanied by Alassey Warren Lsq. Mir. Baldwin of Mlount Pleasant fired at lisa antaRonist, whose pistol missed fire. The parties were ir5tercept- ed by the police, whom they eJuelet i with the greatest difficulty, in consequencte of their hotses being scattered about the hill; andl after a gallop of ab6Out three miles, they speedily repairetl to adjust a point of honotir on Quarry's Alountain. An exchange of shots bav. ing taken place, they were again interrupted by the police. How. ever, we are happy to state that a reconciliation was effected. The parties shook hands? with a mutual promise of burying every thing unpleasant in oblivion, and of meeting in ftiture on their fortme halbits of friendship.-Cork Afer.anttile Chronticle. MwIteRDER.-On1 Saturday night last, a mrturdcr was coin- mnitted near the Tennis Court publc-house, at UWarnmley, about four miiles from Bristol. A man named Isaac Galden, a waFgoner, had caused the horse of one of his neighbours to be pounded; this man was in the pablic-house drinking, when several others came in, some of wltom began to throw tobacco-pipes at him; this led to further quarrelliig ; and ultimately when (Jailen left the public- house togo home, lie was way-laid, knocked dolvn with a large pole, and one of his inhuman companions stabbed hiln in the forehead with, a large I"rencii clasp-knife, the blade of which was broken in the blow ; they left hint a corpse. Seven men have been taken up as accessories, viz. Robert 1England, Mlarlc Whiting, James Caines, Thomas Wilmot. TFancis Britton, Isaac Britton, and Samuel Pea- cock. A Coroner's inquest sat on the body, aud brought in a verdict of " Wilful murder against 8everal persons unknown." EXECU7 ION AT YORX.-On Tuesday last Morris Canz- field and Alichlel WIhite were executed behind York Castle. They were convicted at the last York assizes of a burglary, committed in the Newton toil-bar house, near Wakefield, in January last, at- tended with tlec most cruel aggravations, the burglars having beat and otherwise ill-used the poor inmatesof the heuse. After the pri. soners had been convictetd, theio counsel took an objection to the franting of the indictmrrent, antl contended that the property stolen, being the receipts of the toll-bar, was not the property of the prose- cutor, who was the keeper of the bar, but of the lessee of the tolls in consequence of whicih, Mr. Baron Hullock, who trietd the cast', respited the culprits until the 30th of Novemiber, in order that the qmtation might haC the consideration of the.Judges; who determined that the indictment was correctly drawn. About a fortnight ago an order was received by the U1nder-SherifF to put the sentence of the law into execution; and the prisoners being Informed of the fact, they immediately, although they fully anticipated a reprieve, began to prepare for their latter end. Both of them were Iris inen, and of the Roman Cntltioic religion ; consequently they were attended by the Rev. Benedict Raymcnt, of Yorkr,vho paidl the most unremitting attention to their spiritual welf:are; Camfield was 23 years of age, ana White onlv 21. [Advertisement.]-The -inprovisetrice, by L. B. [~ A thiird edition, with engravings, ohf this popular poem, in small 8vo price lOs. 6d., is jiust published by Hurst, Robinson, and Co., Y0, iChap- side; and 8, Patl-majl. 1Advertisemrnt.l-Thie Proprietors of Thte Biographical Diction- ary of Mfsicians and of' Tre Foca'l nilthology beg leave respect- fully to intortm their friends and the public, that both the above works are ready for delivery at their house, 11, Bell's-buildings, Salisbury-equare, Nleet-street * also at Longinian and Co.'s, Pater. noster.row;, and all;ther book and Fsic scillers. !rhe New Rio- graphicol Dictionary/ of *Musician1s (in two tlick volumes octavo, price 21s. boards) contains .'j,00p memoirs and notices, out of wilichi nesr:y 200 are original. 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