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'fyp Sept. if. wiralty felthfeth iflfi- off is on eto inborn pany with two or three Spanilh 1 $iS theatre opened laft for the feafon, Humerus THEATRE. COVENT-G ARDEN. of.

on to; the late demand made by hjs Excellency the Marquis DE 5 a paffport to -quit to at- wibute little degree ill njour oh his part, rattier" than- to any pofitive orders, he has received from his Court to leave England. The pacific difpofijioris, manifeftpd ori the, part of our MinifterAo preferVea good ujKis with are probably not exactly coincident with the wifHes of his Excellency, who may perhaps tism'k been too long and that his -quittirig the kingdom" niay accelerate therbufinefs. above, has not furprifed thofe who knfcwM.i iAS CASAS at Napies and Venice. Our is determined to do nothing which may- widen the breach, and excite ill-humour; l-zoA it was ttf difpofitlctn of friendly terrps that Lord and Lady GRS 1 paid a to his, Excellency laft week, as if no paffport demanded- non-arrival of any Mail fromCorunnd, although the wind has been fair, excites fbme appre- henfion, left.itmay have on the other fide the wateiv--. r'The pufMifrrsTER going to Paris is expe to-mprrow or Thurfday.

General ABERCROMBIE is gone to Scotland to ftttle jfoine private affairs, from whence he is ex- oh the aoth.inft. and. is to re-embark tit of next' iiipnth" for. the Weft Indies. It is fappofed that he will with Admiral BLIGH, is to relieve Admiral PARKER with five fail of the The number of troops to be embarked -this is' ftated to amount tp Without difeiiifing the' delicate.

queftion, which the; fubject or the PR.PCLAMA.TION of the. jOFEi -iriferted-in of Monday we are apt to. believe that it is one of thofe productions which are. fabricated at Paris issMter names, to ferve -the purpofes ofthe prefent Rulers of France. 'Perfbnsitquainted with the ftyle of the Roman Chancery-do Hot recognize it in the above perform-.

atiee'i on the contrary, they perceive in it technical belong to the new Revolutionary 'ianftuage of France'; an erroneous, application of a Ifaiahi totally unconne -with" the infer- drawn from it," and fentinients diamemcally ercpofite'to thofe of VI. Moreover, the Proclamation is dated the- 5 th of July, and there are fe- vera! letters in tpjvn from Rome of the 25th of that month, written by perfons, particularly chargedTvith whatever the iaffairs of France, which do not make the leaft, mention of this pretended Proclamation- letter, of which the following is a copy, coh- famlng commercial information of much import- -3B was American Mr. KING ta American Conful Mr 18, Baker-ftreet, Sept. TO. DEAR I' have juft received a letter- from Mr.

Mo dated AUguft 28, in which he informs me, that in confeqiience of the publication in the Gazettes, of the letter Minifter of Foreign Affairs to M. BARRELEMI the Aijibaffador at. he Had applied for orders-were ilfued for the feizure of neutral and had been mfbrmed thnt no fuck order nuas ijju.ed that nonesuch he iffued, in cafe.jjje- Brifjjh diQ'not authorize the feizure of our parts is. tHe.fame With'tharwhich the Public has accuftom- elW, if -we except that qf formerly afted fo which' he is fucceeded by; j. not fpeak very favourably of" Mr.

proyement in the arduous of Hamlet. He 4. retains too much of fysfaftidious to make the. part naturally interefting clofet fcene between' him and Mrs. POPE in the was managed in a judicious and The Doldrum went off very merrily, and Helped to diffipate the gloom-which the tragic effufions of ourimmortal bard rauft ever diffufe over minds not completely callous to fenfibility.

The Performers in general obtained a very hearty welcome. 1 ALTERATIONS in THE-HOUSE. To that kind of alteration in a Theatre, which has for its only object the. emolument of the nager, hot the accommodation of the audience, we muft ever be inimical. In point of view, increafe of Ipace for the reception of the Public, however well defigned for their eafe, may, inthe end," prove very prejudicial to art; for Nature's Journeymen" may be fo completely thrown into the back ground as to caufe but a faint impreifion on the feelings of the major part of an audience.

Such was the cafe at Rome, wheii i the moft accpmplifhed profef- fdrs of the art, Were at their zenith. It was then no i eafy matter to gratify the eye by the moft laboured action, or to catch the ear even with the powers of a Sientor. r- The alterations which have taken place in Covent Garden Theatre do notexpofe the Manager to either of thefe imputations. The accommodation of the Public has been his chief objeft, and in carrying this laudable purpofe into effect, he has incurred great and certain difburfements. The Perfonner is ftill at liberty to hold the mirror up to nature;" and it will be unneceflary for him, while the Theatre remains within its fent limits, to ftrain the voice, diftort the countenance, or model the Sdtion according to the regular ftandard of Pantomime.

Within the place, of reprefentation, the only enlargement that has taken place the boxes. Three rows are added to feven of the center boxes in the fecond and third, tiers, which will accommodate about 150 perfons more than laft feafon. This addition, will, when the houfe happens to be quite full, produce between 40 and 50I. Without; much much- mote has been done, and it has been doiK 'for the public convenience only. the left fide of the entrance into the Boxes in Bow-ftreet, a pleafant waiting-room is cohftrufted for the reception the half-price vifitors at half affer feven, till ithe regulated time of feeing the performance.

The Piazza entrance is enlarged to double the fize it was before, and is in every refpeft much mere commodious. Even the Loungers have not been neglected room to trifle away in confequenc'fi of the apartments formerly appropriated tc private offices and to the Beef Steak Club being added to the lobbies behind the Boxes. Every thing has beeg done for the cleanlinefs of the houfe, and- -the alterations are altogether very judicious. 1 SHIP NEWS. SORTSAfOUTH, SEPT.

1 1. Yefterday his flap Adamant' -Mediterranean, having, under her ftlips and with Miffionaries for the prp- Gofp'el, ideftihed Otaheite, and otiher Iflands on-the Pacific The Unicorn WILLIAMS folu tion cutter' brig, Lieut. Columbine, failed this on a cruize. 'I Suppofing that this information might be ufeful to thofe concerned -in dU 'r (Commerce, I have not. delayed communicating it to and wilhyou; to be fo obliging as t6.

let it beknown to fuch of our Ceynfrym.en conc as you may meet'i'ith. lam, Sic. KING." Johnfon, Efq. Conful to the U. S.

A. The firft Number of the Ephemerides titierairesi et Religieujgs lately publifhed at Paris, records the following facts Hi 1189, Sept. Maflacre of the Jews in London. 1409, Sept. 3, Maflacre of the French at Genoa.

1758; Sept. 3,. AlTaflTination of the King of Portugal. Sept. 3, Pfefcntation of.

the Conftitutional Louis XVI. 179s, Sept. The Ami dei Loix of the '6th in ft. ftates pofitively, thatthe EXECUTIV-E DIRECTORY HAVE DETER- MH-rgp. TO INVADE PORTUGAL General SCHERER, an officer of talents and experience, has, It is faid, beeja appointed to the command of the French force deftjned for that; enterprize, which is to confift of men.

Ifcis added, that he has received his iinaj orders-of departure. Thei French, they plunder Italy and the and fhifts to the We-hope they will be paid in their own cpin. That the French armies may be certain of ceivin 'g pfomi(efd' feward -without-any delay at- pacification they are promifed the precife fum good Louis d'Ors, to be the Inn keepers, feljeved pf burthen and as much enriched as is ptofligate and fhame- lefs generalmcajiffe, and 'Pairlia- jnent mW at laft interfere, Is. it. not.

a fhame that every fax we pay to the Stat? is thus impudently upon us, by the avidity 'of individuals? are- to continue to impofition, letit be altogether taken by the 7 -uer, for. tile public TKe price of the beft- sPool, are 59s. 6di 1 to Houfekflgpejfc 42s. to 46 Mr. LAMBTON Lady ANN and their family, who had; embarked in the river, for been detained by contrary winds, and have put into in the lile of Wight.

In going down the the veflel ran aground in Erijth Reach, near the place where the Middlefex Indiaman was loft. Cpnfidering the life a certain Woman of Fafhipn leads one would be aftoniihed how flie keeps'up her Jjealth and fpirits; that is, if one did not know that her health is Rouge, and her fpirits Brandy, Mr. and Mrs. HASTINGS are expected at Teignmouth, on a vifitto-Mrs. TICKEI.L.' Major WORTHIKGTON is fliortly to receive the hand of that beautiful widow.

Lord MANSFIELD has bequeathed in one codicil the fum of fix: hundred thoufand pounds. This money is placed upon mortgages. The Drefs Balls at Southampton are given up by confent of the fubferibers. The Promenades are preferred, and the hours of dancing prolonged. Brighton is fuller of people of fafhion.

than ever ftrange as it may at firft fight appear, the abfence of a certain Gentleman has contributed to this, cir- cumftance. Doubtlefs, many Perfons of Quality avoided the danger of being thought, to take part in.family diflenfions. Mr. THELLUSSON who now puts up.for the INDIA DIRECTION has had a more fuccefsful can-, vafs in the City than any Gentleman ever had before. Commercial men naturally eipoufe the caufe of thofe whom they think will do credit to their choice, as well as ferve their interefts.

It has been always conuderedfhat there were too few Gentlemen of bufmefs in the Direction; aad as an opportunity now offers of placing a Gentleman in it who is not and highly effeemed, but who has all his life in the moft extenfive branches of TheMerchants have determined to ufe their utmoft endeavours to make Mr. SON one of their Reprefentative We mean nothing difrefpectful to Mr. AR or fo the Gentlemen who efpoufe'his Both are highly refpectable; 1 but-it certahdy is a matter de- ferving high conftderation, that fo many Nabobs fhould have feats in he Direction, and fb few Mercantile Men. A due proportion of both feems moft ufeful to the common intereft. While it is neceffary to have the afliftance of Gentlemen have knowledge of India from a long refidence among, the natives of that country, it is alfo-fit we fhould converfant in our home who poffefs a large ftake in the country.

Mr. THELLUSSON is therefore the object of the' choice, of the Proprietors on the enfuing election; The body of Sir JOHN VA UGH AN wko died in the Weft-Indies, landed ou Wednefd'ay morning at Plymauth, from hif.Majefty's fhip Minotaur, I iof 74 guns, and conveyed in a hearfe to Chudleigh. CHRISTIAN, Chief Mutineer on Board his Majeftfs Ship extraordinary nautical character has, at-length, tranfrnitted to England of his conduct in his mutiny on board the a detail alfo of his. fubfequent after obtained command of the fhip, in which after vififingjvan Fernandez, and various iflandsin South America, be was fhipwrecked in refcuing Don Henriques, Major-General of the kingdom of Chili, from a fimilar difafter; an event which, after many perilous circumftaaces, led to his prefent lucrative eftablifhment under the' Spanifti Gorernment in South. which he was ahout to fail when the laft accounts were received from him.

In his voyage, which he has lately publifhed at Cadiz, we are this enterprizing mutineer, that the revolt which he- 'headed on board his Majefty's: fhip Bounty, was not afcribeable to any diflike of their commander, Captain BLIGH but to the uncon- boYAL -We have already had the fafisfactipn notice the fpirit pf emulation which parts of pf the COMMON CAUSE agdinft a- foreign energy. The-Getitfcmen who fornai the WAKEFIILD Corps of on the. firft of iari INV A- s.idNi voted the fallowijjg Addrefsi-wWcp we have have ho by. many other Bodies of We, Corps of Royal "Wakefielfl Volunteers, with invariable 'loyalty to your facred Perfonvanda firm attachmeftt to the Conftitution do manifeift our indignation at the threats of ourinveterate ens. mies to invade this and wc now ftaiid, enrolled for the defence of this -town anfl neighbourhood, only, humbly beg leave to tender our fervices, in cafe of invafioni.

ih other pact of this kingdom, where your Majefty, may require in defence of our Country, and io iuppoxt -of Dignity." order of the Corps, JER. NAYLOR, Captain tie, GreHadtecs. Wakefield, Sept. 1796. SALISBURY, SEPT.

12. William Beckfordi Efq. of Fonthfll, the materials for a building wpiideribl and utility; It is to confift of a tower, bs Beacon, near Fonthil, the lbftieft fcite ia qiierablepaflion which he and part of the tius neighbourhood: It is to have a fquare fhip's crew entertained for. the. which i -feet within the the '-bade, Otaheite ftill held out to their.

voluptuous imagi- z8o feet high, with a lantern at the top, fo that it nations: It is but juftke," fays he, "that I will command a view of hear'80 niiles -everyfwsj, fhould acquit Captain Bligh hi the moft unequivocal! and the lantern be feen by night at a "greater dif- manner, of having contributed in the fmalleft d'e- lance. If is to be fiirnlfhed as an and, greeto the promotion of our confpiracy, any notwithftanding itsimmenfeheight, is'to befdeoa- harfh or- ungentlemanlike condua on his part fo ftrufted as that acoach and fix may bedrid wiA far from it, that few Officers- in the fervice, I am j' eafe' and fafety from the the topi art! doWfif perfuaded, can in this refpect be found fuperior to again. This fttipendous work, will pi-obatjly produce ftronger claims upon thegratitude ploy 1 hundreds of the neighbouring 1 for neat and attachment of the men whom they are appoint-'fen years. ed. to command.

Our mutiny is wholljrtobe-afcribed to the ftrong predilection we had contracted for liv- Yefterday the Coroner's Liqiieft fat- at tSe Lioa ing at Otaheite, exclufiveof the happy difpo- the firfon-of the.inhabitants, the mildnefs of the climate, herfelf ln Wildernefs-lane, Salifbury-court, ou Sun- and brought. and. the fertility of the foil, we. had formed certain day morning laft, and brought. ia thehr yer 'tender tonmZliom, which banifhed the remembrance of 1 Old England breaits!" Afterde -i Harlow BumF on Friday kft, was fcribing the feizure, and fecuring of Captain Bligh's ftocked kinds of lean; perfon in his cabin, Chriftian thus concludes his i they were offered at prices-much account.of-this During the whole olb demanded at Barnet.jhe pKceding of thistranfaftion, Captain Bligh exerted-himfelf i he Graziers were mchned to the utmoft to reduce the people' to.

a fenfe of ha lttle bufmefs was done, except their haranguing. and expoftulating.rwith^^H 0 them, which Wed me "to aflume a degree of fero- ho pff freely at high 0 1 Tile hop -picking has commenced nearly all the hop-grounds of crbps- city quite.repugnant to my feelings, as I dreaded the effect which his remonftrances might produce. I Hence feveral: times threatened him with ftant death, unlefs he defifted; but my menaces were all in.vain.' He continued to harangue us with fo much manly eloquence, that I was fain-to will not be fo fhbrt as had been expected. Fine hops are, however, to be Wednefdaylaft, an aged.woman, iiamed: ANNAH WATT was brought before the 'Magiftrates, of call in the dram bottle to my aid, which I directed Edinburgh and co nvl a of fteabng be ferved round to my Thus heart- enediand'encouraged, we went through'the bufi- nefs; though, for my own I muft acknowledge that 1 fuffered more than words can exprefs; fi-om the conflia of contending paflions; but I had too" far to recede; fo, putting the. beft fece nl two mbnths elapfed aft ifmefs, I ordered the boat to be cut adrift, 9W IA OF gone on the bufinefs; a houfe: This old matron ftands at the black book'm the Cpunbil firft ance there "being in May, whenfhe'was victed of ftealing bottlesj and Sentenced to.

i ment in the Houfe of Correftion for fix mpnths? fter her another theft, for which Vore fhip, heite!" and fhaped our courfe back for Ofa- fhe wasdriimnied thfough the city and banifhed. Her attachment to the metropolis, howeyer, duced her return, predilection to At the laft. Buckingham Affizes came on trial formercouffes, as readiiy prompted her: b. try between Mr. BROOKS, farmer, of Emberton, Plain-' agam ki fhe was detected, -cPrivicted, privately tiff, and Mr.

S. NEWMAN cornfaftor, fgfedi-and once more aU that Defendant. appeared evidence, that the ha en could, operate" -tiff had fold; the defendahtMi loads ofwheaf at hef butM fhe petfifted in adding TT i. but the nnces bemp- reduced -foon I black' catalogue of her crimes, market price but the prices being reduced foon after, the defendant would not receive the wheat, alledging that it was an unfair bargain. Thejury, however, to the fatisfaction of the Cou'rtj decided the validity of the giving a Verdict in favour, of the that the defendant fhould pay the full price of the corn, with all ccfts of fuiir.

In the night of the 19th of Auguft laft, Mr. William Eggar, ofHillFarm, in the pariflipf Bentiy. fome pages in Her have kept pace with her years configned to cohfiheitientlaJBride of 81, that, the 'prifori? walls may reftrain trpm further committing thofe 1 it 'wpold. appear, the' injunction of the law was unable to. ep- When me heard a lift of her former depte- datibns, read oVer, ftie folemnly objected to one of Hants, hearing hisdogs bark, more violently fold the ufual, got up and called his men to furrounjdVthe I crime fhe was taken, up buildings: Mr.

Eggar himfelf a loaded piftqi went to the ftable.in which his beft team of hpr.fes ftood, he founo! two of their anfl- long tails cut off, and a third begun upon. On feafch- ing, Mr. Eggar.difcovered the villain who had thus attrocioufly disfigured his horfes, and was about to plunder him of his property, concealed in. 'affr hole: he was. immediately fecured-, and upon his perfon were found a large carving knife, tinder box, matches, The above, however, was only, a part of the robber's depredations, for to the cart- houfe was found tied a jackafs, With a fack containing the manes and fails of five horfes cut from the team of Mr.

Knight, of Coxbridge, the fame night. He was taken before Sir Thomas Miller, of Frqyle, who committed him to Winchefter gaplfor trial at the next affizes. At Salifbury Market, on Tuefday laft, Wheat fold at from 2I. 16s. to 3I.

4s. Barley, il. 10s. to il. 14s.

Oats, il. to 4s. Besns, il. 18s. to 2I.

4s. per quarter. Average price of Wheat per bufhel, 7s. '6d. At Devizes, on Thurfday, Wheat fold at from 3I.

to 3I. 10s. Barley, il. 13s. to il.

16s. Oats, ihzs. toll 6s. Beans, il. 16s.

to 2I. 4s. per, quarter. Average price of Wheat per bufhel, 8s. ifd.

At Warminfter Market, on Saturday, Sept. 10, Wheat fold at from 3I. 6s. to 3I. 14s.

Barley, il. 12s. to il. 14s. Oats, il.

is. to ih 4s. Beans, 1 1. 16s. to 2I.

Average price of Wheat per gd. At Wells and Shepton; Mallet, butter fold at pd. per pound, and the neighbouring farmers and dairymen fell it in common to the jobbers at 8d. Thurfday morning a boat, laden with gardener's was bverfet near Putney, by- running foul of a Weft Country barge; happily no lives were loft. The goods, with the boatj were funk.

Laft week the ground for theerection of near was contracted The. quantity is ioui; acres, lyiug on the South Side of Hare-Dean Sbving, as good a fituation as could be chofeii for tiie purp; ficieut foi They are. to be cpmpleated, we iff 'hec'ourfe of fix weeks, and made fuf- tlvc accommodation of 1000 men. in a hufbahd, threw'his hat and yyigifftKe 'PE NA i STAJT VT 'WedMfday, ia'ta'fptecial Seffions, 'held; Moffatt, of the "pe- nalty. the'deftrUctlorr ef game, ration- of the 1 trates lot At.the' iarhe Overfeers pf the the penal fum baftard childtp be conveyed zb mile's from the' mother, Scci in "the cafe of nurture made and; On Gentleman of Creed-lane, took his fon (a boy about 16 years old) on avifit to an uncle at Tooting- dinner the boy wasXuffered to go into the.gardehby himfelf, and" feeing fpme fmall I red berries which were pleafing to.

the eye, he unfortunately tempted to eat of them. On. his; rer turn to the hbufe, his father'and uncle perceived, his face to be very red, and being afked if he had eat.of the berries; he confefTed it. His face continued red, and began to fvvell; his father returned home with him and gave him anemetic, when it appeared; he had eat about 20 df the'berries. delirious lingered till five o'clock oh Monday mornings and died in the greateft agohy.

COEN EXCHANGE, 'A We haibuta fmall fupply of Endifh Wheat this morning, yet the fale was heavy, sind prices declined 4s. to pbr'quar-' terjhaving few buyers. We had but few" arrivals Barlerr and Malt, that fine Samples held their prices much, as law. week: Fine-Boiling Peafe fcarce and rather dearer, Hard'Beans fold freely, having few at-market. Oats pretty plentiful, the fale very dull, and.

prices full 6d. per quarter lower thanjaft Monday. CURRENT PRICE OF GRAIN Eng. Wheat 46s. to 56s! Fine 60s.

64s. to 65s. Rye 203. to Barley 23s. to 27s.

Fine 37s. to 40s. Hog Peafe 28s. to 31s. to 44s.

Fine' Boilers. 36s. SufFolks to 46s. Small Beansi 26s. to 29s.

Ticks 2ji. fine to 2 Oats'135. to i6s. Fine 17s. 'poMds to 19s.

'6d." Total quantity of Wheat fttfd 5500 44s. 6dl. lower than laft week..