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since the time we had last heard her; and her science was, if any thing, increased, and she acquitted herself with considerable talent throughout.

The comedy of The Miser followed, in which Mr. Farren performed the part of Lovegold for the first time. He dressed and looked, conceived and personated the miser to the life. He selected the part for prominent display with a judicious eye; and he never attempted to make a point without succeeding; and the whole performance went off with great applause.

OCT. 14. This evening, Miss O'Neil appeared as Mrs. Haller, in The Stranger. This is, perhaps, the most truly affecting, and certainly the most faultless of all her performances.

OCT. 20. A new serious drama, in three acts, was performed for the first time, entitled, "Proof Presumptive, or The Abbey of San Marco.".

This piece is taken from the French, and has already been made familiar to an English audience by Mr. Dibdin, at the Circus, where it has been acted, with some variations, under the title of "The Invisible Witness, or, the Chapel in the Wood."

of his secret, demands her hand in marriage, hoping thus to bind her to eternal silence. Her father consents, but she annihilates the hopes of Romani, by avowing her marriage. He then threatens to put her child to death if she bretrays him. Her husband is suspected of the murder, and, during his examination, Romani, seeming to fondle her child, continually threatens by his gestures to destroy it if she discloses what she knows. In the end, the child is snatched from him-the truth is discovered-Alberto dies of anguish and remorse, and Romani is reserved for public justice.

The dialogue is frequently very animated, though never remarkably bril liant; and the incidents, if improbable, are not so much so as to prevent a lively interest being excited by the developement of the story. Upon the whole, it went off well. It was much applauded in its progress, and general approbation, which was disturbed by a very few dissentient voices, prevailed at its close.

The actors were very successful.

She

We are very happy to congratulate the public upon the return of Miss SoThe fable is in the favourite French merville to town, and upon her engagestyle. It commences with an act of ment at Covent-garden Theatre. atrocity, which a variety of circum- made her first appearance on Wednesstances seem to prove has been com- day evening, Oct. 21, in the character mitted by those who are innocent. A of Bianca, in the tragedy of Fazio, murder is perpetrated near the Abbey Miss Somerville is an actress in the line of St. Marco. Just at this time Ernes- of Miss O'Neil, and second only to her. tine seeks the ruins to meet Vinancio, She has, however, yet to learn to modeto whom she is secretly married. Her rate declamation; and in the tender child accompanies her, and she witnes- parts neither to lose her voice, which ses the act, and has the affliction to is sweet and musical, nor wholly to conknow her brother Alberto is the accom- ceal her face, which those who have plice of the assassin. Romani, the seen it once, cannot but desire to see murderer, finding she is in possession again.

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gave a varied and delightful treat of music and merriment, and the following farewell address was spoken by him at the close of the performance.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, "As I have frequently the happiness to make you laugh, I scarcely know how to present myself on so melancholy an occasion as that of bidding you fare well. The Proprietor, however, having deputed me to perform the funeral obsequies of the season, you will, I trust, excuse me, if I should not acquit myself on so solemn a business with the usual and becoming gravity.

"The Proprietor, Ladies and Gentlemen, has redeemed the promise he made at the close of the last season. He has exerted every effort to merit a continuance of your favor, and has been amply repaid by a season of unprecedented prosperity, notwithstanding the serious drawback which the strength of the company has sustained, by the long and severe illness of Miss Kelly, who is now so happily restored to us.

"In less than four months, no fewer than thirteen new pieces and revivals have been brought out; and it is no

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"Thus encouraged, the Proprietor desires me to assure you of his continued efforts to conciliate your favour; and though the unexpected limitation of his English Opera Licence to four months only, has shackled his means of providing you amusement, he trusts, that this theatre may still be kept in your friendly recollection; and that without infringing on the supposed rights of patent monopolies, he may occasionally be enabled to invite you here with such performances and exhibitions as the law allows.

"The Proprietor, Ladies and Gentlemen, tenders you, through me, his warmest acknowledgments; and in my own name, and the names of all the performers, whom you have so kindly honoured with LOTS of applause, I beg to offer you 'LOTS' of thanks and 'LOTS' of good wishes, till we meet again."

PERFORMANCES.

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Sept. 26. Rendezvous-Blind Boy-Amateurs and Oct. 1. Devil's Bridge-Ditto.

Actors.

20. Ah! what a Pity !!!-Rendezvous-Amateurs and Actors.

29. Ditto-Amateurs and Actors-Rendez

vous.

30. Jealous on all Sides-Rendezvous-Amateurs and Actors.

ROYAL CIRCUS, AND OCT. 19. This evening terminated another prosperous season of this illegitimate Theatre, with legitimate performances; when, at the conclusion of the second piece, Mr. Dibdin came forward, and thus addressed the audience:"Ladies and Gentlemen, "After a season of thirty weeks, in which almost as many new pieces have been stamped with the sterling seal of your approval, I have again the honour to offer my respectful acknowledgments for the favor of your countenance and support during a period of competition, when the unexampled number of from 12 to 14 established places of entertainment have at once courted your protection.

"One evening of performance only intervenes between this and our opening at Christinas; the remaining interval shall be, as heretofore, most stu

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2. Lionel and Clarissa-Boarding House. Bull's Head- Rosina - Amateurs and Actors. 1. Artaxerxes Rendezvous Rival Soldiers.

SURREY THEATRE. diously and industriously occupied in preparations for your future amusement and increased accomodation.

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My worthy friends behind the curtain,—and no Manager could ever boast of kinder assistants at his back than I have,-desire me, Ladies and Gentlemen, to express their gratitude for your generous attention to their benefits, the effect of which has never been exceeded in this, or any other establishment. The brilliant prospect before me this evening, is as highly gratifying to me as it is honorable to a person I value as a worthy private friend, and a meritorious public individual. We all join, while taking a respectful leave, in wishing you health and prosperity, and that every good you have bestowed in the Surrey Theatre, may be doubled on yourselves."

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Ere the four stars looked from northern skies,

Or the sons of the West were rovers, The voice of his Sire he remembered not, Nor the greeting by brothers spoken; His home and his kindred were forgot,

But he knew his first love's tokenAnd the sound of his lost Therida's name On his ear like the breath of the southwind came.

For we who live in the bright full moont
In her rainbow hover'd near him,
And we kept in her crystal halls a boon
In the lonely hour to cheer him :
Then about his pillow of snow we stole,
And we gave to the eye of his dreaming soul
A mirror that shew'd the fair array
Of the loveliest hours that had pass'd away.
In the folds of our silver light we keep

The joy that is lost too fleetly,
And we bring it again to bless the sleep
Of him who serves us meetly:
We watch his bed, for we send forth all
The souls of men from our crystal hall,
And the music that dreaming mortals hear
Is the distant choir of their native sphere.
We watch the maiden's funeral rite,

Ere the snowy cheek is shrouded, To take again the spirit of light

That lived in her clay unclouded:
And we waft it away to our realms unseen,
Under icy arches broad and sheen,
Where a thousand gardens of lilies grace
The frozen Pole's eternal base.
Woe to the ear that has heedless heard

Our midnight song of warning!
And to him who wounds the azure bird
We send in the cloud of morning!
He shall see his gallant vessel near

The boat of the ocean-spider,
Its mast shall seem but a May-fly's spear,
And its cable the down of eider;
But when in the slumber of peace he lies,
That boat to a rock of ice shall rise;
When the gale is mute, and the hour is dark,
It shall hold in its chasm his rifted bark.

This adventurer, when found at Spitzbergen by his countrymen, had forgotten his native language, and remembered nothing of his family till his wife's ring was shewn to him.

+ The Arctic Moon often remains a fortnight unchanged.

Till the mighty Serpent* has unfurl'd
The emerald folds that clasp the world.
But he who blesses our holy light

With a pray'r to them that guide it,
Shall steer his bark thro' the mists of night,
Though a whirlpool yawns beside it,
We will build for him our rainbow-bridge,
From the torrent's gulph to the mountain's
ridge;

His bark shall pass where the sea-snake's fin
Is not slender enough its way to win;
And our light of love to the darkest pole
Shall follow and bless our kindred soul, V.

FROM THE Portuguese, OVE roving o'er a flowery mead, When as the god, with amorous play, Exhausted on the margin lay, The young Marilia, arch and wild (Full well she knew the vagrant child), From covert close had eyed his sport, And as the wily maiden thought, That backing in the tranquil day He dreamed the listless hours away, With soft approach the turf she trod, His quiver stole, and left the god. Now did the neighbouring Fauns appear, And at the theft, with wanton jeer, Quitting the grottoes rude retreat, Triumphantly their joy repeat. Cupid awakened at the sound Of laughter, wildly echoing round, Soon as his unarmed state he knew, He thus addressed the jesting crew. "If in my hands ye dread the smart Inflicted by the venom'd dart, Full sadly ye the force will feel With which she arms my deadly steel,"

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ABSTRACT OF

FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. THE Secretary to the SOCIETY of disease do not appear to have been relieved (Signed as above.) Oct. 4. "The Queen continues in the same state. Her Majesty has had some refreshing sleep in the night."

TGUARDIAN'S for the PROTECTION by it."

of TRADE, has stated by a Circular to its
Members thereof, that the persons under-
named; viz.-

JAMES SOUTHCOMBE, Egham;
STURGESS, No. 8, Northampton-

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(Signed as above.)

Sept. 29. "The Queen has not slept quite so well the last night as in the two preceding ones. The symptoms of her Majesty's complaint are much the same as yesterday." (Signed as above.) Sept. 30. "The Queen has slept well in the night; and her Majesty is a little better this morning." (Signed as above.)

Oct. 1. "The Queen has had several bours sleep in the night; but it does not appear to have produced any material change of the symptoms of her Majesty's disease." (Signed as above.)

Oct. 2. "The Queen has again had several hours sleep, but it does not appear to have produced any sensible effect in the state of her Majesty's complaint."

(Signed as above.) Oct. 3. The Queen has had several hours sleep, but the symptoms of her Majesty's

(Signed as above.) Oct. 5. "The Queen has had several hours sleep. Her Majesty continues much the same to-day as yesterday."

(Signed as above.)

Oct. 6. "The symptoms of the Queen's complaint continue much the same, though her Majesty has had several hours sleep in the night,' (Signed as above.)

Oct. 7. The Queen has had another good night, and her Majesty appears this morning to be refreshed by her sleep..'

(Signed as above.)

Oct. 8. "The Queen has had a good night. Her Majesty remains in the same state as yesterday.' (Signed as above.)

Oct. 9. The Queen has again rested well, and feels herself refreshed and comfortable this morning." (Signed as above.) Oct. 10. "The Queen bas had several hours sleep, by which her Majesty's strength appears to be in some degree recruited." (Signed as above.)

Oct. 11. "The Queen was less comfortable yesterday afternoon, but her Majesty has recovered her ease by another good night's rest." (Signed as above.) Oct. 12. "The Queen has not had a good night, and her Majesty feels a want of that refreshment which she has lately derived from sleep." (Signed as above.)

Oct. 13. "The Queen has passed a better night than could have been expected, from the uneasiness under which her Majesty laboured yesterday." (Signed as above.)

Oct. 14. "The Queen passed the whole of yesterday in comparative ease and comfort, and slept well last night."

(Signed as above.) Oct. 15. "The Queen continues in the same state in which her Majesty was yesterday." (Signed as above.)

Oct. 16. "The Queen has passed the whole of yesterday in a state of greater ease than she has experienced during a few of the preceding days. Her Majesty has had a good night, and appears refreshed by her sleep." (Signed as above.)

Oct. 17. "The Queen continued in a state of ease throughout yesterday, but her Majesty has passed a less comfortable night, The symptoms of her Majesty's disorder remain the same as for some time past."

(Signed as above.) Oct. 18. "The Queen has had some bours sleep, but her Majesty's disease is not diminished." (Signed as above.)

Oct. 19. "The Queen has had sleep in the night, at intervals; but her Majesty's disease remains the same as yesterday."

(Signed as above.)

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TREATY FOR THE EVACUATION OF FRANce.

In the name of the Holy and Indivisible
Trinity!

Their Majesties the Emperor of Austria, the King of Prussia, and the Emperor of all the Russias, having repaired to Aix-laChapelle, and their Majesties the King of France and Navarre, and the King of the kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, having sent thither their Plenipotentiaries, the Ministry of the five Courts having assembled in conference, and the French Plenipotentiary having made known, that in consequence of the state of France and the faithful execution of the Treaty of Nov. 20, 1815, his Most Christian Majesty was desirous that the military occupation stipulated by the fifth Article of the said Treaty, should cease as soon as possible, the Ministry of the Courts of Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia, (the names of the Powers you will see are placed in the alphabetical order), after having, in concert with the said Plenipotentiary of France, maturely examined every thing that could have an influence on such an important decision, declared that their Sovereigns would admit the principle of the evacuation of the French territory at the end of the third year of the occupation, and wishing to consolidate their resolution in a formal Convention, and to secure at the same time the definitive execution of the said Treaty of November 20, 1815, their Majesties named (here follow the names of the Ministry), who have agreed upon the following articles :

Art. 1. The troops composing the Army of Occupation shall be withdrawn from the French territory by the 30th of November next, or sooner if possible.

Art. 2. The strong places and fortresses which the said troops now occupy, shall be surrendered to Commissioners named for that purpose by his Most Christian Majesty, in the state in which they were at the time of the occupation, conformably to the 9th article of the Convention concluded in ex

ecution of the fifth article of the Treaty of Nov. 20, 1815.

Art. 3. The sum destined to provide for the pay, the equipment, and the clothing of the troops of the Army of Occupation, shall be paid, in all cases, till the 30th of November next, on the same footing on which it has existed since the 1st of Dec. 1817.

Art. 4. All the pecuniary arrangements between France and the Allied Powers having been regulated and settled, the sum remaining to be paid by France to complete the execution of the 4th article of the Treaty of Nov. 1815, is definitively fixed at 265 millions of francs.

Art. 5. Of this sum, the amount of 100 millions of effective value shall be paid by an inscription of rentes on the great book of the Public Debt of France, bearing interest from the 22d of September, 1818. The said inscriptions shall be received at the rate of the funds on the 5th Oct. 1818.

Art. 6. The remaining 165 millions shall be paid by nine monthly instalments, commencing with the 6th of January next, (Note-I formerly by mistake named the 26th of December, of the present year), by draughts on the houses of Hope and Co., and Baring, Brothers, and Co. In the same manner the inscriptions of the rentes, mentioned in the above article, shali be delivered to Commissioners of the Courts of Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia, by the Royal Treasury of France, at the epoch of the complete and definitive evacuation of the French territory.

Art. 7. At the same epoch, the Commis sioners of the said Courts shall deliver to the Royal Treasury of France, the six obligations (engagements), not yet discharged (acquittés), which shall remain in their hands of the fifteen obligations (engagements) delivered conformably to the second article of the Convention concluded for the execution of the fourth article of the 20th November, 1815. The said Commissioners shall at the same time deliver the inscriptions of seven millions of rentes, created in virtue of the 8th article of the said Convention,

Art. 8. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications exchanged at Aix-la-Chapelle, in the course of fifteen days, or sooner, if possible, in the faith of which the respective Plenipotentiaries have herewith signed their names, and affixed to it their seal and arms.

Done at Aix-la-Chapelle, the 9th of October, in the year of Grace 1818. [Here follow the signatures of the Ministers.]

We have found the above Treaty conformable to our will, in consequence of which we have confirmed and ratified the same, as we de now confirm and ratify it for our heirs and successors.

[Here follow the signatures of the Sove reigns, with the specification of the differ ent years of their several reigns.]

Aix-la-Chapelle, Oct. 17, 1818.

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