Sir Charles Long had an a...
The Times, 1824-11-30T00:00:00

Sir Charles Long had an atddience of His Majesty ; I E )UC198S OP .LoasaTEi.-The report of her Royal -Highness's health yesterday was-" Thc Dtacheaa had passed a badaiight., and wvas not! so well to-day." The Princess Sopliia vlsited'her Royal Highnes3 yesterday. A SuqplebMst to. Sdt. srda;y's Gazette contains some .farther.extr'tsafromn Iiindlan despatches, which, however, do not cotrp down. to'a later period than the 2d of June- less recent by a fortnight than those which we, have already published. The number of Spanish emigrants its this country has been increased by the arrival of about flfty more from Gib- raltar, whence they were sent by the Goverlar, who paid a small sutn for their passage to England. They are all in a state of extreme destitution. The Brighton suspension pier seemns to have stood firmlyduring thielate tremesdous storms. A correspondentinforms us. thlat it has just paid a dividend of 6 per cent. The East India Company's ouitward-bound ship Princess Amelia arrived in Anjier Roadson the 9th of August. The Thames and Orrwell also were in Anjier Roads on the 10th of August. AMSTERDAM, Nov. 2C.-By a letter from Captain Reus, of the .driana Jacoba, dated Naplea, gth Inst., advice had been receives by the NeeherA-nd Consusl thlere from the Dutch Admiral axt Mlahonl, that thle Algerines had com.menced hostilities against the Dutch flag; and thcrefore recomended Dutch vessels not to sail without porotection. ANT;VERr, NOV. 26.-Thc basins at Antwerp, famous for the admission of ships of war of 80 guns anti which have hither- to been very iinperfcctly cleared of the mud collected in thiem, are now emptied by a steam mud-vessel of 7-horse power, and will hencefortl again admit ships of any draught of water. Letters from Tangiers of thc 27thi ult. state, that the eveningbeforc,the Governor, in obedience, ashe allegedl, to orders re- ceivel from his Government, had sent an araed force on board thie PortnaszLao Sardlinian vessel, then at anchor in that port, and taken possession of her. He at the same time directed thc actiig Captain, ..nd the chief part of the crew who were on shore, to be seised as p'isoners of war, in consequence of which the Consul-General of his Vajesty the King ot Sardinia caused the Sardinian flag-staft' to be taken down. The MLoors seem at present te have but two decked- boats of about 30 tons burden each in the whole empire ; but later accnunts froni Tangiers add, that the Government are endeavouring to purchae some vessels to arm against the Sardiutian trade, and that they intend imlrmediately to fit otut a small felucea of about 30 tons for that purpose. DnUItY-lTANE TsHEA rixe.-After thoe opera of Der Frciechiltz, a very contemipnible afterpiece, thouglh designated in the bills a grand oriental drama, was last night produced. It is entitled, Iafed, flte Gheber, or Tlte Fire Worshippers, and was ostentatiously proclaimed, to be lounded on Mr. Moore's beautiful poem, of nearly the same title, in his poetical romance of LaI& Rookh. rf we had not seen thCe wvettisemnent, we never could have imagined that the author of this piece of impotence had read Blr. Moore's work and vwe are now charitable enocigh to suppose tbht he never did; for it is only by indulging in that supposition, that we can account for such an utter aberration from thc sentiment and fecling bK which thc poem of MiIr. SsaOf O ., onnciclld. In 0cso ,o;ntm* pro, t G n,,Gm4,wc,.tAVlgu Vlr tII dratna (if such a thiing deserve the name) to the deo aetnete, the author is at variance with Mr. Mloore; and the farther he recedes from hims, the farther he banishes himself from taLste and sensi. bi2ity. Gi ood scenecry, well-arranged processions, music tastefully selected, and eVCn the assistance of good actors and actrcsses (w`a class these last as Mr. Elliston appears to do), could not miake " the nauseous draught go dtOwn." It create'd stupor in the first act, but thiere was, at the ternination of the second, a very lively re-action, and a noise most unwelcome to a player's and we may add to an au- thor's, ear, was very generally heard through the house. It id a great pity that thoqe who undertake the converting of Sc,tt's novels and Aloore'3 peems into dramas, are gifted with a tihculty diametrically the reverse ofthat whichi distinguishe(d lfidas. The basest matter, touched by hrim, became gold, the best niat. ter, touchedl by tiemm, becomnes as worthles.s as the piece performed last night. No fault Is imputable to the actors and actresses. Wallack, as the G,leb6er Chi4f, TeTrr, as the TrnitDr to his sect, .-arley, strangely drawn in as flzdlFdaien, and Dlrs. lVcst, as the sensitive tlaughter ot'a barbarous chief, alt acted well: but when a piece is deplorably stupid, the bestacting in the world cannot make t succeel. You might as well attempt to resuscitate a dead mian by applyingsal volatile to his nose. COv ENrTGAaDEN; T .&-rii.E.-Thle trag.edy of Isahel/a was repeated at this house last night, and to a fuller audience than on the first nibhtof its performance. Mlrs. Sloman played well,and Mr. Charles Kemble with considerable efrect. The tragedy of Co- vent-garden is looking up. Eria-ftnti-For "astutiate," in our dra- matic notice of Saturday, read " aculeate." IVc can state, from the very best authority, tliat the re- port so industriously circulated in London and elsewhere, respect- ing Miss Paton's marriage with Lord William Lennox having taken place in this city, is pnsitively false. We have a letter in our posses'ion, which proves mest clearly, to our conviction, that the mtisrepresentamion must have originated in some interested I rierarter.-Oxford lerald. Wrhen Lord Ratnelagh was Paymaster of the Forces, there was a very awkward deficiency in his accounts. Some officious per. son whispered it to the King, that it was m.ore than probable it was orca-:ioned by the expensive buildinz tic lEarl was then carrying on at Chelsea. The King told Lrrd Ranela:gh what had been hinted. " Will your Majesty he so good," replied he, "a sw to tell tihe next that saysi 8o thatt this is inipossiYle, because not a fatrthsing of the moniey I an laying out therc is yet pail." *Ve are inforited that the Boardl of (Custoins have rc- rFolved to sift to the bottom the charges m-ade against certain in- dividhiala possessing borntmgh interest in this county, of selling places in the Cuistonis, &c., and to prosecute such individuals as lay be found guilty ef suck corrupt tiretices. If all connected vith CJornish boroughs, who have sold their influence, with those enabled by their sstuatons to pbtain places under Government, should be prosecuted, the Crown lawyers may anticipate a glorious harvest.- lWest 2, items. On Wednesday, pursuant to requisition, a meeting of the MNlerchiants, Bankers, Manufacturers, and other irihutbitsants of Glasgow, wmas held in the Town.-Hal, for the purpose of conisider- ing the best meian-of ereotinga monuinernt to James Watt, in Glasgow or its vicinity. By two o'clock the room was nmtlerously and respectably tilled. I\r. Maxwell, Al. P. for Renfewshire, was presenlt, On the motion of ,Mr. Henry Monteithi. the Lord Provost was called to the clair witb grcat applause. A resolution was moved for opening a subscription, to accomplish the obbiect in view. The resolation was carried, after a series of able sp-eehes. justly eulo gizing the genius of Mir. Watt, had been delivered bv the followinig gentlemen :-Profes%oc Jardine, DMr. Alonteith, Ml. P., Mlr. Ewing, MVr. William Smith, Dr. Thompson, DIr. HIenry liouldswortih, and Dr. Ure. An Act was passed in the 4th of Isis present Majesty for punishieg with transportution for 14 years tie receivers of stolen guels.before the principals hiave been convicted. The first person tried under tbig-s .t wa2 a mn named Daniel Griffithi. Ie was charged with having receitvii -a BPnkote to the aiioulit of. 1001. fronm a voung woman ealled StlPoeU,woell knowing. that it was stolen, &s(iB -I'lt bad stolen it from-one rhomas M'Kiunou; but Ohe was inot to be found, and therefore Griffliths was put to the bar by him.,. self, before thc Recorder. A convicdoni took place, and he was transported for 4 years, id oabjection having been made to the con. ftetion by, tbe counsel,for the prisouer. Stiff Poll.hasing wished to accompany hier foiend, no longer thought proper to corceal herself, Sho W~sY gpdn aftcr apricitded, tried, found guilty, aiud disposed of in a garulrrtinanner.- At -the latter end of last year a nian, named.. Plembernon, was trie. under the same act, for recciv- igi stolbri property. The ptincipal vwas not apprehenided. remi. .er*' Was ctonvicted. Ai.' Brodrick, for the prisoner, object. ed thrt.the decision under the act of Geo. IV., fr punishing rcc ceiveri withoat convicting tfic principihi, coulInotbesustlned. The point was Teserved by Mr. Arab n, who tred the easc for the considerlhdion of the twelve jtiges, wh0o d&cided in favour of tbe oh. jectfori, and a pardon- was immediately iient dondi to Peinberton. r tr. Baron Hiullock, irt his 4drcs1 to the Gc,anil Jury .at Y.or,-b. served, that.e st ctwas not available. Grifithis, of cotse, althoa,h certainlyguilty of tIe, offence *itbx-hich lie.w charged, Is been punished conmary to law, and is entitled to pardop. ,. e rmdecatanI that the. iecessary instrument is to 'e transusittedtoNewXosth *lWalcsa.n thc vessel whih earries out-the next batch of convicts, ani.. the act is-tobe-repealed or amended nextsessaion of Ps liatnehi. I On the returi, of, XM1r. HarrinetOo, of r ontllitO,, Rhss; vsith a friend &-t1 nnm of Frbdling frr q tlib, fightat Wr4iwicl,on ., taurdaynght"n a ingl iiose qaiQdtficy'.by somce tnean.s-gb oat- offthe rad atLenthamu.hill tbrni,x uailes .froin. D ventrv, when. the*ehaise wvas precipitate3 down a bank of 16 feet and Abfr.. Frodlinwssheilekd -adli .'s 'on the s lIl. Harritglor, who *ddriyifig,- hd snei leg and one thigk broke, bedde3bolidg nso ch bruisedjehat there are to hopes, of-recovery. Themnight.as dark, aid was severail hours- befite: teaccident thr-knov. 'r Frodhinz vas a deviPl'meifter on ci5trma,rcsidinginl foss/olI,steet, and -" hfas lett- w youngxni1y-no*orphnsg ;;...............