Alzora and Nerine followed, and the entertainments concluded, at a late hour, with a pantomime called Midnight Revelry-The accommodations for the audience at this theatre are very well arranged. The three tiers of boxes are disposed in the amphitheatrical form: the two lower are painted of a fawn colour, with crimson octagonal compartments, enclosing imitations of white bas reliefs, and varied by the alternate mixture of gilded wreaths. The frontispiece of the proscenium, with the appropriate heraldic arms, is neatly executed. The upper boxes and gallery front are adorned with a tolerable chaste imitation of a Grecian sculptured frieze. The ceiling, in its compartments, har 1918. May 11 to 16. May 18 to 99. monizes agreeably with the rest of the house. From the centre, a large and magnificent cut-glass light is suspended, with a number of lamps of a bulbous form, of ground glass, not of gas, but sufficient to exhibit the transparency and prismatic colouring of the pendant crystals. The way from town to this new place of amusement is direct enough; but, as the Waterloo-bridge Company have taken an interest in completing this Theatre, they should also take care that the road from their bridge be lighted; and, still more, that the footpath, for a part of the way, be better fenced against the accidents of persons in the dark falling into the marshes. PERFORMANCES. Trial by Battle-Alzora and Nerine- Frial by Bartie-Alzora and Nerine 1818. May 25 to 30. Banished Brother-Alzora and Nerine POETRY. A HIGHLAND HUSBAND'S GIFT.* FROM A MS. IN THE M'GREGOR FAMILY. W WEAR thy Mountain's diamond, fairest! In thy waving hair; It will noblest seem, and rarest If it sparkles there; For only this dark gem can vie With those brown tresses' burnish'd dye, Thy wedded love would living be. Or hanging on thy ear, dearest, And when a stranger's hand thou meetest, And thou shalt lute and tablet take In bower or chamber for my sake; And it shall teach thy pen to shew For it has spells more deep and strong LINES V. WRITTEN AT THE TOME OF MY MOTHER. MY Y MOTHER! at thy hallow'd name But angry storms, and sweeping wind, How thought should speak when speech is Not her softness e'en can soothe me; true. Then hide it in thy breast, dearest! If it be pure as fair, When to thy heart this gem is nearest, The Cairngorm diamond. Her bright beams but serve to tell, Thou, who 'bove this world didst love me, Liest within thy charnel cell. Pale grief hangs upon my brow, Disease has stol'n health's rosy hue Mine eyes are dim, and life is now With ev'ry joy fast with'ring too! Year ending 5th Jan. 1808.... 74,925,306 1809.... 1812.... 91.602,344 1813.... 63,025,93€ 1815.... 60,060,239 1816.... 99.306 343 1817 93,920,055 1818...124,996,427 43,605,982 Note. The records of the year ending 1810.... 92,812,282 the 5th January, 1814, were destroyed by 1811....136,488,935 fire. Meney raised by Poor-rates, or other Rate or Rates, in England and WalesFor the year ending Easter, 1813 1814 .... ........ .£.8,646,841 8,388.973 Money expended for the maintenance of the poor £.6,676,105 £.6,294,583 £.5,418,845 324,956 332,663 $24,596 Maintenance of the families of militiamen All other militia charges..... Expenditure for church rate, county rate, high way rate, &c....... Number of Persons permanently relieved by the Poor-Rates, not including the Children of such Persons Total amount of sums assessed to the property-tax, in and for the year ending 5th April, 1815 .... .... Total amount of the estimates of the annual value of the property on profits, upon which said assessments were made. Average poor-rate in the pound, on real property, for .£. 5,117,354 ........51,898,423 England.. .3s. 2d. ......3s. ląd. Total Number of Members in Friendly Societies, whether Parishioners or not→→ An account has been presented to the House of Commons of the number of persous convicted of crimes throughout England and Wales, of persons acquitted, and of persons against whom no bills were found, during the last seven years. The general inference from this document is the great increase of crimes during the period specified. In 1811, the whole number of commitments is 5,337; in 1817, near 14.000; in 1811, the total number of persons convicted was 3,163; in 1817, 9.056. Convicted of burglary, in 181, 76; in 1817, 374. For crimes connected with counterfeiting the coin of the realm, in 1811, 94; for the same in 1817, 263. For having forged bank notes in possession, in 1811, 17; in 1817, 100. It appears, from the accounts just presented to the House of Commons, that the amount of the sums paid by the public to the bank, as a remuneration for receiving the contributions on loans, independent of the annual expense of management, from the year 1793 to 1816 inclusive, is 397,0864. 7s. 3d.: that the number of notes discovered by the bank to have been forged, from the 1st of June, 1812. to the 10th of April, 1818, distinguishing those from 11 to 201. and upwards, is one hundred and thirty-one thousand three hundred and sixty-one: that the total expense of prosecutions for forgeries, or uttering forged notes, from the 1st of March, 1797, to the 1st of April, 1818, amounts to the sum of 148,370! 9s, 3d.: that the nominal value of the notes, of which payment was refused, from the 1st of January, 1816, to the 10th of April, 1818, is 74,760.; and that the nominal value of forged notes paid by the bank for the same period, which was afterwards recovered on the forgeries being detected, amounted only to 751. To show the great and alarming increase of forgeries of Bank of England notes, the whole expense of their prosecutions in the year 1797, was only about 1,500.; while, in the first three months of the present year, it amounted to the enormous sum of nineteen thousand eight hundred and ninety pounds. A paper, laid before Parliament, contains the following estimate of the sum which will be required for the purchase of land on Hounslow-heath, for the exercise of cavalry :-Purchase Money of 300 acres, 12,500!.; a compensation for Great Tythes, 1,000l.; Expenses of Act of Parliament, Law Expences, Trees to be purchased, and the expense of inclosing the same, 1,500,-Total, 15,000l. INTELLIGENCE FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. TH SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1818. HIS Gazette contains several abstracts of Acts of Parliament which relate 10 the penalties incurred by all Artificers and Manufacturers, subjects of Great Britain, who have from time to time gone into foreign countries to exercise their several callings, contrary to the laws of these kingdoms; such penalties likewise extending to those who are any ways concerned or instrumental in the sending or enticing Artificers or Manufacturers out of these kingdoms, or in the exportation of the tools and instruments used by them. TUESDAY, MAY 5. Member returned to serve in Parliament. Borough of Yarmouth in the County of Southampton-John Leslie Foster, of Collon, in the County of Louth, in Ireland, Esq. SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY, THE 5TH OF MAY. WEDNESDAY, MAY 6. INDIA-BOARD, MAY 5. Despatches have been received at the East India-house, addressed to the Secret Committee by the Governor in Council of Bombay, of which despatches and of their inclosures the following are copies and ex tracts: Extract of a Report from Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Hislop, Bart, to the Governor-General, dated Camp at Charwal, 26th November, 1817; enclosed in a Despatch from the Governor in Council at Bombay, dated 1st Jan. 1818. My late despatches will have informed your Lordship, that Lieutenant-Colonel Adam's division commenced crossing the Nerbudda on the 14th, and Brigadier-General Malcolm's on the 16th instant. The first was on the 21st inst, near Rasseen, the latter on the 23d at Ashta; and on the 24th and 25th (as contemplated in my despatch of the 31st ult.), the movement of these columns, and of that of Major-General Marshail, which was at Saugur, on the 21st, would expel the Pindarry Durrahs from their late positions, and the country they usually occupy; but every account states that they were prepared to fly, and would allow to our troops but little chance of coming up with them. The 25th instant was intended to be named by me as the date on which the positions of the Pindarries, all above 80 miles in advance of the Nerbudda, would be reached by oor divisions, and the event has verified the calculation, although the troops were directed to advance with every expedition which the difficulties of the country to be traversed permitted. Extract from a Despatch from the Governor in Council at Bombay, to the Secret Commiller, dated 1st Jan. 1818. By the accompanying copy of a commuBication received from Brigadier-General Sir John Malcolm, dated the 26th November, your Honourable Committee will be informed, that a party of Mysore horse, ander the command of Captain Grant, beJanging to Sir John's division, had surprised Talym, a post of the Pindarries, in which Walub Khan, the adopted son of one of the principal chiefs, was taken prisoner. (Inclosed in the preceding.) You will be glad to hear I have completely succeeded in my little enterprize against this place. Captain Grant, with 1,200 Mysore horse, after a march of 34 miles, surprised it yesterday a little after daybreak. On my arrival at Shujahalpore, I sent a reinforcement to prevent the escape of any of the garrison, and particularly of Waleb Khan, one of Setoo's favourites and adapted son. On my coming here this morning, I found the party, which, including the Kahar, were 10 or 12 horsemen, and between 50 and 60 infantry, had opened the gates of the Gurry, and surrendered at discretion. I have, after, disarming them, released them all except the Kohor and 2 Jemmadars. Cheetoo is now beyond Najghur, but I have a report that ke has left his families in the vicinity of that place; if this is confirmed, I shall move in that direction. Extract from a Despatch from the Governor in Council at Bombay, to the Secret Committee, dated 2d January, 1818. We have great satisfaction in transmitting to your Honourable Committee, enclosing a transcript of a despatch from his Excellency Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Hislop, to the Most Noble the Governor-General, containing information of a signal victory obtained over the army of Mulhar Row Holkar, on the 21st of December, by the first and third divisions of the army of the Deccan, under the personal command of the Lieutenant-General.—This intelligence was communicated by Major Agnew to MajorGeneral Sir William G. Keir, and by him transmitted to the Resident at Baroda. this important event we take the liberty of offering to your Honourable Committee our most sincere congratulations. On Camp, on the Sipoora, opposite Maheidpoor,* MY LORD, Dec. 21, 1817, Five P.M. I write from the field of battle, on which I have the satisfaction to report, for your Lordship's information, that the army of Mulbar Row Holkar has this day been completely defeated and dispersed, by the first and third divisions of the army I have the honour to command. This result has grown out of the failure of our negociations with the Government of Holkar, and of the repeated acts of aggression and insult which we have experienced since our advance from Ougien on the 14sh inst. Under these circumstances [ felt impelled by every sense of duty to my country and to your Lordship, to vindicate without further loss of time the honour of the Britisn name. Brigadier-General Sir John Malcom is now in full pursuit of the fugitives, with the greater part of the cavalry. The camp of Holkar, and a number of his guns, remain in our possession. Our loss, I fear, has been considerable; though, I trust, not greater than might have been expected on such an occasion. No officer of rank has been killed. I shall to-morrow have the honour of transmitting to your Lordship the details of the action, with returns of killed and wounded, so far as it may be practicable to collect them. In congratulating your Lordship on the important issue of this day, I can only add at this moment, that the conduct of the gallant troops who have gained the victory has been such as to realize my most sanguine expectations. I have the honour to be, &c. To his Excellency the Most Copy of a Report from Lieutenant-Colonel Scott, commanding a British Detachment at Nagpore, to the Adjutant-General of the army, dated Camp, at Nagpore, 30th November, 1817, with an Enclosure, also transmitted with the Despatch from the Governor in Council at Bombay, of 1st January, 1818. SIR, I had the honour to report, for the information of his Excellency the Commanderin-Chief, on the 26th instant, that the troops under my command had left their cantonments the day before at the requisition of the Resident. They took post on the hill of Seetabaldy, which overlooks the Resi * Maheidpoor is situated on the river Siffra, or Sirnoora, and is about 25 miles North of Ougein, Scindia's capital. |
