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r.\NNAH REPUBLICAN FBi&iiRlCK 8. FELL, cin rRiKm 1 pap*r %$—cumUry &j,‘ pzr annum, UtabU is iBVAtcr. J jVc.ot and ntw Ad^crtikrnienU appear in itti p»prrs—an*! *t».pt by 0rtUr oak./fl iffxicmo run the imsjr/u arn'kiicAS’] ',ETTKilH FROM EMGLAJYD. no. xvrr.—[Concluded from yiittrdty ] 1 you a.k r>e if no opposition ni m«i!e «-ith- I tl,.; unlit ol parliament to prevent the odinus j-ii.eof winch I hare been (peaking, from be | carried? Petition* we.-e coming forward to >t the passage of the act; but it waa tarried rh the home .if lord*, and the house ot com. with a rapidity as if the sSfeiy of tlie Uate dtd upon it.—Time waa scarcely allowed roaaing it —<)n the morning of the day on li&i'lhc hill finally pasted, there was a meeting ic common hall, of the lord mayor, the alder- > and the livery of-Coodon, to petition parlia- nt against the suspension of (lie Habeas Corpus t—1 happened to be passing; wnen 1 saw a id collecting! and entered witJi it in a moat Jtaeiiui* and lofty room capable ol hohling about |i)Ai pe-sons. It waa crouded to exoeaa, and 1 Va« ill the miilat of this maaa. After the mayor mated the meeting, a Mr. Kavell apolteabout 15 ninutea, and rend certain resolution*. all of which ►•re atterarards unanimously -carried.—He was allowed by Mr. (Yailhroan at Considerable length; id in the course of Ifis observation!, made some e. e strictures on the conduct of air William Ois—« member of parliament from the city— I who set behind him with the unblinking front of II hi- most high fsd London alderman.—Never did |.I witness more astig froid, or more cnllrcted in-.. Ipn ltnce. than in this turtle fed alderman and 1 roe mb* r of parliament— this timeserving finder I strapnrr of the ministrd. Mr. Waithman was I succeeded by Mr. Hunt, of v^i'ise name you mis t f hive heard.—He was received with come hissing 1 tnd much applause; lor you must know, the pen- plr. Ut all public meetings, claim the right of his- 1 *eg, shouting applaudingand condemning, whom icy please ami when they please, w hile a man i addressing 'hem: hence the interruptions are r fr\ ipieiit; and as circumstances seem to justify t yon will hear cries of—no, noi never; off, off; go on, go on; doW-n With himt liear him; with clap ping nf hands, snd lard hissing —Mr. Hunt stood ‘■mm; and after silence was Obtained, delivered liis speech in a way which I have seldom heard, and . which gives him a fair title to the character of an orator; his sentiments were bold, dignified and minly: he declared hit firm attachment to the constitution of the realm; and be also declared Ills determined resolution to resist all encroach mints on it: he cap feted, he said, to be made tine of trie earliest victims to the cruelty ol ministers lifter the passage of that act, to pttition against which they had mett but Ibis, he said, should no) de cr or prevent him from <J*'ing his duty. The pt tition was read and unanimously carried. " )• was presented to parliament the same evening; but it shared the tame fate with others. While the tragic drama of the suspension of the *T I chess Corpus Act was carrying on in parliament, the town has been amused and disgraced by the conduct of the m W'gers of the two principal the atres. They have tnfled with the public, whose sarvaiits they are, and in whose smile* they art basking. Each tlieatrk Was anxious to engage a young man of promising talents, and both wcr<- nnwitling to g*vc liiTb’if'fitir compensation —Thus In: was band ed like a shuttl-.cock from one to the other; engaged with In..h; and for two nights performed at neither; feigned indisposition, and disappointed the public. This enraged John Holt; and oil Tuesday, last when lie appeared in (tali ard the 3d. at .'Cnvent Garden, the theatre, it is said, presented a scene of roost horrid confiidon— ■ no part of the performance could be heard — The '.people wou'd.not hear any apology from Mr. ' Fawcett, the manager, or Mr. 'tooth, tlic culprit. This was not rev?ngc enough for an indiscreet act Tor which he had made a must tervilt apology in the public prints, and in hand-bills posted aD over the town —He hoped his improper conduct waa forgiven; and last night fie again'appeared in the name character.—I was in one of the front boxes; ami long before the curtain rose, the war com rjencedt—it raged with most violence in the pit anJ upper boxes. As soon as the curtain was drown up, it «n the signal for a more hideous -siproar; and if all the damned souls in Pandemo- niun, I tad been let loose, I could not have fancied a more inf.roal noise—it was made up of elap- ipipgof hands,’stamping,'bawling, whistling, groan ing. hiding, shouting, ami, in fine, with every va riety of discordanP sound svhich the imagination could suggest, or which would be gratifying to a turbulent audience. The play commenced, but it was all dumb shew; a mere pautomine; not .a word of one of the actor* could be heard. After it hail progressed through the first and sceohd act. a placard was brought upon the stage, written in large letters, and presented to the audience:— "Mr. Booth claims your silence, to explain and So apologue." The populace would not hear him, and the play W.'S carried though every act, amidst the wildest uproar of confusion, such as savages delight to tliike in a war dance, or in their drunken revel ries. Ilefore the conclusion of the las; act, ano ther placard waa brought upon the stage. Which Mr. Paftcett accompanied, leading in Mr Bootli like* condemned criminal, ft had cn it these words; ion.—'Those who can get no farther than within JJ lte being, literally cowed wtth'Uohd.— fortimate >0ld ,b * d0 ° r ’ ** '***"* ** peeota ^J Mr Hicks,- the .magistrate having inquired You would hardly expect to hear of such tram I l’ ow be came in that wounded state, the action* as have disgraced Covent Garden rEeatreJ.prisoner asserted that wound teas given tiii« v<*ek, *o ricxr tliccourtlypklsceof 3t. Jap.cs:T by a iruQcheoD of "one of tijc’ constables, but I Ull you, ihit the n arer you art to the] which they uiQStjfotitivety denied; and it “ * h * abroad w . u, ‘-' waa their opinion; he hail received ‘t from the .pole of the hackney-coach *hich bo and ether* hat! stopped in Drury-latie— fashions, think (itappeanto me) it hononbloatso I Xite raa»istrate directed the nearest sur- to copy their Tices. Thus it spreads from man to , # B * ent f„ r . aM l Mr. =Cule. in Srf&Sr& Charles-*treet, C&»eiit-g*r<fen, attend, d , _ s-- ■ i"-' C _ 11 sL.. I - 1L a I wtisl n w>s tvsivsn/4 mr.ssaiifl I f 1 f h I* f 1M ! 11 1( court, tlic more does vice stalk abroad w : Musliing front; u-.alloyed unannealed and uu^aunt- ed Tne court lends a sanction to it; and the in-. ., fsrior orders in society,ti aping tbtir manners and j and other* hat! stopped iu Drury-Uue.— inmga demolition of all the moral attributes. mm .-.v: — fohkigjy Exrncrs. London’, March 5. WEBTMljntT£IQKLECTIOir. ard examined the wound, in the public office, in the presence-5l" the magistrate, and declared it to be a'very severe wound, bufdid not consider the bone to be injur ed or fractured. He'wis of opinion 'lie v/nuud had been inflicted by a blunt in Public Office, U. tv-street.—Riots, etc. strmnent J. J. Smith, the constable, Mr. Uirnie and Mr. Hicks, the magistral. a I showed him Iris truncheon-staff, and asked were in constant attendance during the tvliele of Wednesday, and continued till midnight, assisted Mr. Stafford, the cliicl dlerk,-making arrangements and directin; (he officers, the, Conductors, arid the numerous j, trtiea of the patrol and Parish constables, from -different -parts, v/ith x him if he thought it had been given by that or one like it. He replied, he thought it had. The magistrate allowed him to pro ceed to his home with alldue speed. Sixteen-others were brought up by dif ferent constables, and were positively sworn to, and having been jctively engaged -V.W* prCSe f. Ve the P ea< ? vt l ** e c ' t J r ’—I in various outrages: some of haviug pel- All theirexcellentprocauuons and arraog- tcd | ord SeftotTand his friends, some mcn(s Were, however, insufficient, owing I hreakiog window* and others of inflicting to the incalculably violent and ihisctiie-1 violent blows with bludgeons. Several vous ntob that was collected. The magis-1 „f the prisoners were ordered to find bail; ■ rates frequently went among the crcwd, I gome were discharged on their promise to particularly abont the time ot the close «f| appear when tailed upon, and five, were the poll, snd afterwards, tor the purpose »f| (.QmTMfteft;—Among the Utter was a fel- (jui llingthe riotous proceedings in Henri- |<, w 0 f t he name ol J. Mitchell, who is sup- itte-street. In the execution of this duly J posed to have attempted to murder, u —i 1 ^jj gg ft ow | e3j #t Bernharii,»onie days ago. Several were committed fur picking pockets* Queen-square—Mack on Mr. Lamb’s house.—Yesterday,Thomas Holeand VViii. May, young men about the age of 20, were brougnfto this office, and eeatnined^be/'ore \V. Felding, esq. charged with being ac tively concerned with'mrob-who attacked the bouse of the honorable Mr. Lamb, M P. al This they were as*uiled with great violence, and experienced some personal injuries. Mr. Biniir was struck on his breast wilba stone; Mr. Hicks receivd a blow on hi* head whiph knocked olF Iris hat; Mr.'Stafford re ceived a severe injury on his hack. Sal •non, the conductor hud a brick and a tile thrown at him ivliileon duty in Henrietta street, near Mr. Lamb’s committee room, his left arm was disabled for a short time by the blow. Another tile aimed at his head, and which he avoided by atooping, at-Whitehall, oq Wecfyiesday night-— Iris mob consisted of ' at‘least 5000 per- loll on the left arm of a young gentleman] s „n, ssoen and boys, and .seemed to be who was standing near him, and who ap-j provided with stonesand bricks for the oc- parently in great agony, exclaimed that I casion; howevrr, as soon ai the turbulence h'» arm wasjirokc^ Richard Westbrook, j the multitu.leJjegaL.tfL manifest itsell '* ““ K " in C’ovent-garden.at an early honr of the day, an, attack on Mr. Lamb’s house was naturally articipated, and-proper measure the patrol and gaoler, is disabled in his right arm, which was cut open, and gome if his'fingers are broken. Nichotls, the conductor,'was very much injured in hi» taken to prevent the outrage. side from blows inflicted by bludgeons— Ellis, the conductor, had his face cut in se veral places by the handles of brooms; the pegs which fastened the brooms to the sticks, remaining in them, tore the The prisoners being called on for de fence, said they were lookers on, and hail uot in any way interfered. . Mr. Fielding said, persons of any sense would not follow such a inob on such un flesh most shockingly. John Lrevill, al occasion. A person of respectibilitv would patrol, had his left shoulder put out from , t a || t j mei rat hergo to his home, than be the attack upon him by several Irishmen, S een amongst such a multitude, tliet Sts Uwttliia«» u .<i*»ii<l# Inaank f'-Lt nmninn t*I J in Henrietta-street. Joseph Champion, a pitrol, was attacked by some Irishmen were committed, Wednesday afternoon, as F. Rentin' who cut his head open With bludgeons,j poor | ab „ u ring man, residiug at 17 Pefer Francis Murray, a patrol, received an in- fitree t, Golden-square, was stand Wat the jury in hi. side from « large stone thrown ( i 0 „r of the honorable Mr. Lamb’s commit- ai liim with great violence. Richard Lim- tea room, iti Henrietta-street, Covent gar be rick, a conductor, received a violent den, he was struA in the mouth by a brick bruise, and Ins (kc was cut open from the bat , thrown by a ruffian in (he mob, which '° r »vi ° ? rS * &ton j'. ■ _ I laid open a considerable-part of his check When the-crowd in Hennetta-street, and knocked him down. In this situation was acting with the greatest violence soon ; le was kicked and trampled on til! he was .fierfiv.'.ictock, Mr. Birme collected nearly insensible, for noVther reason thai: and he d-d a very numerous party of offi- mefelyr that he was suspected to bc’favour cers, and for a time cleared the street. IIlg Mr. Lamb's cause" He lies now dan The high bailiff being a public character ! gerously ill. He has ajsifeand tour small was soon lecogmzed oy the crowd, as was children, who are depending on his labou Mr. Lamb, and ‘‘Lamb : Lamb!” etc. was f or their support. ' vociferated by the numbers, who followed I them, no doubt for the purpose of commit-1 non -rax lsitoox iroxaixs caaovicti:. or xaaca • I have acted wrong; I have made public apol- ogv; I throw mj self upon tbe mercy of Kngli>h- tnen.*’ Them was no mercy For him; foe -• . 1 ■ ii * the opposition -witli wide ccrberean mouths, full loud, and rung a hideous peal.’’—And the unruly spirit was not tp.iieied for rome minutes after the curtain drop ped. During the performance other placards were thrown from the boxea into the pit. and some Suspended from the former. I noticed the fol lowing: “Hear Booth, old Drury. No prosecution. We pardon him. • Tbe pit forgive him.*’ Against him was exhibited: "Roll vj. Booth. Verdict for the plaintiff. No lying toleratesk At the expense of talent. No tricks of managers— Booth is their tool. Another.— “I* he to be crammed down our throsts? Booth is setting the public opinion at defiance When Richmond said in the 5th act—we are all bis friends—there was great applause; but there ■was an immediate reply—"ye*, wc arc all friend to Richmond ** Such is the conduct of Englishmen on an occa. ■jaw unworthy their serious notice: such is their determined spirit of resistance to what they deem an insult to their fibenlity.- and yet, they quirt ty submit to tbe conduct of a more deliberative body ig parliament, and suffer a bill to pass which endangers tbe liberty of every individual id the community. Strange inconsistency*" stupid ’ufatuatiou! blind insensibility to the dangers which await tnd surround them!!! The conduct of the people at tbe theatre was no: confined to the middling ranks of society, (of .lie lower there was few or none) font spread-il- teffinto the dress boxes, and infected every rank. Tin* is what the Londoners call s row,—-perhaps an abbreviation of rnuv—a highly fashionable as seraUage of well-dressed people; at which there are generally more invited than all the rooms can 4wlc; atd tips it <juu40cotoe of itile ud fiwb- ting acts of violence upon tbrir persons— Fortunately, Mr. Birme was near the spot, and having learnt the cause of the ghuui- The public could not fail to remark, that the speech of Mr. Hobhouse from the Hus tings was literally the same in all the pa circular, ami be ilispu \v7,Th I** i h " f,th V *. h . OUM: 1,1 1 moment wheh the rabble in hi* interest Whitehall, where he aruv.d without ex-1 ln fl 4rtte( | bv th „ internp , r , t , i, ariaQgue3 0 Deriencine anv nersonnl ininrr. I s j f p r#ncls Burilettandhftuawlf.trarabreak lug into the commit teahouse of Mr .-Limb, ingof “Lamb," with great promptitude of . It^w« cin ordered a numerous partv^f constables to t | ier efo r e the words of it cannot follow Mr Lamb-tbey 3>d su, and -ver- (cd by that gentleman. We hat took and surrounded that imnt. eiiian.wi.im I - .* «. .. periencin® anj personal injurj. When Mr Lamb was in Covent garden .„ ot., - church where he took refuge from the host-1 a ,, d were perpetrating murderous attacks :ngs, Mr Birme advised that he should I „„ every gentleman .who supported him. leave it, and proceed, from the back door, I Mr . Hobhouse did not hesitate to ascribe with only one private triend, and proceed across Bedlurd-st. Bedford-court, May’* buildings, etc.; by pro v.ite inannei be would _ fury ol the mob. The honorable'gen tic nun, to the whigs all the atrocities of of the dav What shall we think of a person who, in the face of the riot that he had provoked casts it upon hit o, ponnet? And what, it like manner, can be thought of the honors however, did not pursue this prudent I ble Baronet himself, who ? in that scene of course, but went out of the church with ' Mr Morris, the high bailiff, and paraded, trm in arm, down Bcdlord-sti eet and Chand'is-street. Mr Bunie and Mr. Hicks sat in the evening at the office, to hear charge* against those who h id been detected in outrageous and riotou- conduct; a numer ous assemblage of officers, constables, conductors and patrols, was kept at their lUpusal, in case of their assistance beiiq, equired. In the course of the evening the magistrate* received information fe ver and fury gave his followers, a hint of the conduct of a most respectable trades man, whose eyes had been opened to th* levelling and destructive doctrines of the Rump, and who had consequently left bin side? A more pointed denunciation of an in- lividual was nevet made, and it Was fortun ate for Mr. Storch that this house was not in the direct line of tae rioters. The mischiefcoimnitted in differentparte ol the town was considerable. The house of lord'Castlcreagh is for the time, render- . - . . , , ed uninhabitable;, the front of Mr. Wis- different parties ol rioters, amongst them hart >, premises was completely dcmolish- ZJTl. * “ ««>;«fc* same destruction took place at oe.e as .,sr. ...snai.s nouse ... cd; am | the same destruction took place at Ooventry-street, whose windows were , he committee tnom* in Hennetta^treet. broken, and another at the house * f Icd | in Park . P i ace , at the British tavernVand at the Newcastle coffee house; but what was still more horrible, the gentlemen Castiereagh, in St. Jame.’ square, whose windows were also broken. Another mob at the coffee.house in Newcastle-strand, wnere one of M Lamb’s committee a*sem- Died, broke a great portion of the frames. The mob proceedi d to the bouse bt Uu men, the officer belonging to this -ffice, iu Hollis-street, Claremarkct, and demo lished the windows of his house. To all these places parties of officers were des patched with all possible speed. Two men were *oon alter brought into the office liom the Ncwcastle-street mob; one ia the custody ol John James Smith, the consta ble, who stated, that the prisoner was the principal nun in exciting (lie mob to riot and disturbance; be end-avurefl to per suade him to leave the street, and to go peaceably away, but he ti Bated his admo nition and advice with contempt, challeng ing him or any of the officers, to fight— The prisoner proceeded with inoti towards Claremarkei, and from thence to Drury- lane, calling out “Hobhouse for ever r’ and in Drury-lane he stopped a hackney coachman, insisting on the coaohriian call ing out “flubhouse fur ever!” The prison- «’* appearance waa most thvckiug, his who appeared an horseback to shew respect to the succesful candidate, escaped with difficulty from being murdered; and yet, with all this staring Mr. Hobhouse. in tbe face, he presumed to charge the employ ment of ruffians on (<»«■ wings! Rank Issues.—In thehouseof commens. on the 2d March, Mr. Baring in answer to a question, said that he had no hesitation in stating; that the bank had not discon tinued their discounts, in consequence-of the meeting of tb« secret committee,' on the contrary, they had since extended their accounts. The bank wouhl nut change their course of proceeding until the report of the secret committee was made; and then they would, bo? to the decision ol parliaments - The catholic - ijuestioh >* again fo be brought before parliament.- . The estimates of the army 'services for the year 1819, have been printed: It Ap pears that the total amount is at 6,582^021 12*. 3d, -f On the 1st of March a sermon was preafiicd ia Nile-street chapel) Glasgow, for tbe benefit of the Edinburgh mr&simirj society; anti among the money was found three rlerant gold mounted brooches. The Loiitluu Monitor of February 28th observes, that “Cohbett, in hi* last Regis- ter, insinuates, that there are persons in America, who have in agitation a plan to ups.-t the ‘borough villian*’ and paper cut. rency, by inundating the country with for ge.d notes." London’, March (. > “ "Hit City, uiie o’clock.—“The panic of Saturday on the stock exchange continues this morning with increased dismay. In dia Bonds, which a few days ago were at 90 shillings premium, have been at 20s exchequer bills Imve been sold at from 1 to 14 shillings discount, and consol* f< money at 72 1-4. Still the market cou tinue* dull and gloomy. The great sel lers and speculators continue this morning to sell with uubated vigour fiome res pectabie have been purchasing. Stocks have at times recovered, have rallied’* lit tle; they have soon been again beaten down below their former lowest price. Some of the accounts of' settling have beqp held over till to-morrow, others to the 5th of March, the day on which certain of the funds shut for the dividends; and there are persons who speculate on the stocks being still lower. ‘•The accounts from Manchester and Liverpool this morning arc very favoura hie. At tlic former therefiave been some forced sales of cotton, at a low price, but no failures that we hear of, nor do we be lieve any are expected. From Mauches ler the account* are highly favourable— The manufacturers wc are assured, are go ing on most prosperously making a deal of money and nq failure* have taken place. “No failure* took place in London last week, at leastbone ot any importance; we heard of none. So far then the affairs in the commercial world wear,a favourable appearance. We must remark their un favourable appearance lias only arisen since the institution of the parliamentary committee on the bank restriction. From all we can learn, we do not be lieve there is any other foundation lor this panic in tiie city except the sinister reports sent forth of what has occurred and is occurring in the parliamentary se- cnet committees on the bank restriction.— Some of these we have ascertained to he quite groundless; others are obviously rid iculous; but while the committees sit <t is certain a violent fever will exist in tile monied and commercial world." London, March 2. The City 1 o'clock.—The assurance of the-Chancellor of the exchequer last night, that cash payments would not be resumed in July, and that the bank had not nar rowed its discounts, hail, i.u the early part ol tliismorniiig, a favorable effect on tbe funds, but they soon languished, and at 1 O’clock, were as fiat as they were at the conclusion of yesterday’s market. As the bank has not narrowed' its dis counts, and yet the funds have fallen cou- siderably; is the assurance of the non-re- sumption of cash paymeots in July do not raise them; the speculation* in the city are that other cause* exist for the fall, and tl}p non existence of those causes first sta ted has ratheran unfavourable effect, since, 'if the email discounts at the bank had occa sioned the fallal these blight soon be remo ved, the stocks, it was supposed, would re cover. The general and. strong inference there fore, is, that (he minister intend* to raise < loan by funding. Several great capitalists, known speculators, have been, and con tinue, selling stock without faultering and as there is every appearance of a scar city of money, it is supposed they lock up the bank notes to effect their purple, that the ministers shall be obliged to (mid at very low price. One of these capitalists it is said, caa hold 800,000( stock. Wc agree with a ’Morning Paper, that if the ministers were to make a loan of ten mil ion-, the funds would recover. It he were to deny that he would make any loan they would rise highly. The speculation is that He must have a loan of thirty mil lions, and this depresses the funds great- Pahis, Feb. 27. What took place on change yesterday,, is a proof of the sensation produced, by the proposition to (he chamber, on the minds of mercantile men; a class so nu merous and so interesting to the capital.— The rente fell to.68fand subsequently to 57f. 10c. few purchases were made; wheh some individuals came and announced that the propositions ofM.de Barthelemy was rejected, by a large majority, and in an instant, and by an electric shock,- as it were, numerous purchases ro9C the rente to 6Sf. Immediately afterward* it was lecidedly ascertained, that.the news was a fabrication, and the rente fell again-to 67f 10c. A great number ot petitions ha tie been gned in all quarters of Paris, soliciting the chamber of deputies not to sutler any alteration in the law of elections. Seven. f these petitions will be deposited on the bureau of the chamber ol deputies to-mor row, by M. M. Ternant, Lafitte, and Cas- imir rerrier,‘Deputies of Paris Ac counts Iroin Rouen state, that similar pe titions are signing there with equal eag erness. Holland, ft.'Johnston, and H. KmiVci were etnplbyed, and . that in the last act Kean dies. t We have thus told our readers as much as we know ourselves, after attentively listening to, and watching, the play dut- ing the peiformanc.e. The disapproba tion of the aadienre commenced in thfe second act, ami went on increasing to the end. Then the uproar was furious, and became calm only while Mo. W. West spoke the Epilogue, which was sufficient ly singular m it* way; namely, a sort of bookseller’s catalogue of Miss Porter’* nove's. When Alts- \V. retired, II. Johnson came forward to announce the play for n : >etition; alter many fruitless efforts to render himself audible—lor the theatre was crowded to excess, and the noise was tremtndou*, lie bowed and re tired. It was easy, however, to perceive that the audience was nut agreed on the interpretation to be given to this mute ges ture, and the tumult continued with little intermission til' the band commenced the overture to the new musical farce; the sound was overwhelmed in an instant; two attempts were theu made to begin the farce, but in vain, the performers were pelted from the stage. Tlie delsy and re luctance in the manager, who had been re* pea ted ly called for during more iliau half an hour, were disgraceful. The audience were kept tn a state of riot for neaily three quarters of an hour, and two impudqnt attempts made to compel the progress of the farqe. At length it suited Mr. Stephen Kemble to appear, and he was rece.ved, very properly, with a burst ot ‘indignation, and' with something nof so proper, namely pelting from the galleries. The stage was strewed with oranges and orange peel. The temper of the house could not render for a moment doubtful tLe sort of assurance that was required, the dut\ of the manager was plain and obvious, .d nothing remained but to comply with » good grace. Mr. Kemple addressed tbe bouse, nearly as follows:— ••"Ladies and Gnticinen.—It ia for yoii to prescribe laws, and it is our duty to. obey them; I cannot but regret tlie failure of this piece; we have, brought forwaid seveial novelties this season, all which have been honoured with your approba tion; we cannot therefore for an instant doubt of your kind disposition toward* us: this tragedy, since it has not proved equally fortunate, shall certainly be with drawn.” With this declaration which ought to have been made at ’lie falling of the cur tain—nay bi-fore, lor the cries of Off, Off, were nearly unanimous after the third act, the audience were satisfied; they took care, of course, when the larce began, to reward the performers by their applause, whom they had been compelled as the only mode of obtaining the end in view, to treat with temporary marks of tluir dis pleasure. DRURT LAME THEATRE. A new something, which the bills called tragedy, was performed last night. |t was tne production of Miss Jane Porter’s pen, a lady who has written, we believe, some pretty novels. We have no hope of giving any idea of the plot of this tragedy, if any detail could be required of a performance that has run its course. We can only mention that the action lay in the daj9 of the Swiss strug gle Bgtinst the Austrians, that its princi pal Scene was the canton of TJoderwalde, and that a Swiss chamois hunter, the' des cendant of a noble family, a lover, a pat riot, and a warrior, was Kean, and was the hero* that Glover, Mrs. Weit ROBBER'S TAEEM. Nohfolk, April 16. The two notorious robbers, viz: James C. Scott, alias Emmons, and JVathar.iel IVey, who broke gaol in Washington City and fled on the night of the 17th February, and for whose apprehension a reward of 600 dollars was offered by tlie marshal of the District of Columbia, have been taken up in this borough and committed to gaol. They had been but a short time here, when they were accidently recognized on Friday night last, at one ot the dancing assemblies in the rear of the Exchange, by Thomas Long, of Lincoln -county, (it. c.) who had teen tbe gentlemen before, having been present at their trial in Washington, fur breaking open and robbing the store of Mr. Samuel Fttztiugh, of Georgetown; and being apprised of their escape, he (much to hi* credit} immediately went and coin- municated the discovery to the mayor, who ordered Cherrj, the constable, to accotil, pany Mr. Long to the place where he had seen them. Some delay having occurred in finding the constable, who was out with the watch, when they arrived at the house, the company had all dispersed and the doors were closed, it being then past 11 o’clock. The next night the constable went again to the same house, and affect ing to be intoxicated, threw himself care lessly down in a corner, where he remain ed lor some time unnoticed, when he saw a person come in, who, from iiis appear ance, he took to be Way; soon after, as it had been preconcerted, Mr. Long entered, and seeing Way, he presently introduced him to Cherry, who with somewhat less politeness than lord Chesterfield prescribes ■in such occasions, touk his new acquain tance very soberly by the arm and march ed him off to the mayor’s office, whence, after he had got his despatches, ht waa escorted to pnsou. Scott, it appears, had taken a trip into the country, and did not return until after! is companion was committed—when leel- ing nu inclination to prolong his stay in Norfolk he made a precipitate and rather a clandestine retreat in a boatto Lambert’* Point; bat our police «-fiicers were so pressing, that they could not permit him to depart so unceremoniously; they traCeil him to his hiding place, and literally hunt- ' ed him out from among the bushes and thickets, and brought him bark to town, where lie was accummodate^tavith lodgings at the public expense, as bis companion had been before him. On Tuesday, they -were both brought out for examination, by tbe mayor and one ot the aldermen. May made an attempt to deny the charges alledged against biros but Sc-tt, (w ho is an Irishman, and one of. , your off handed dashing fellow*} exclaim* eil—“Pooh! what’s ,*.e use of hetwring the magistrate?*Sure doesn’t Mr. Lone ' there know all aOout us, and more too?*’— Then turning to the mayor be made a can* did confession of all the villainous ictl which he and his colleague bad been? engaged, and convinced the court that * more finished pair of scoundrel* con.'d not be fouud in any part of tbe ivorld. They * «er« Hdi ordered flick to |osi
