01. 110 . 11 . 4 NIARCII 15. of his talents) of Mr. Dow - roN's cheeks, and the angry posture of hi, wig, to the tossing about of chairs and tables, to the turning in of NVIs DUNCANS to,fs, but, above all Lb the two bottles of port, and the mutton-pye, of which Dr. Truckle disposes in the gd act, with a hastim-ss of appetite that reminded us of Jerry Diddler. The characters of this l'arce have been known to the Public for more than a century. With respect, however, to Dr. Truckle, we canmot but remark, that if a hoary personage like him,whatever may be even Ms vices, were to heve been that drawn forth in the days of Lacedemonian e lee e , with such a reverend feebleness of knees, and with the tremor a ge tire; his tongue, with even na other claims to respect, were he iiave ken thus represented worried by the cane of a puppy, aid per pecuted into drunkenness by a jesting servant, we do not hesitate to say, th;a the author who could have brought forward such a scene, or the actor who could have shared in it, would have excited more indignation thin could be expressed in billies. The offences of an old man ought, to he enormous before humanity craild laugh at his af lictions. r are not much acquainted, nor in truth are we deeply smi• ten with the temes which musicians are pleased to impose upon the little dexte ef their ate, but with respect to the music of this piece, there is very litt!e of it that we are desirous of hearing a second time. The eriteser seems to have rested a great part of his hopes upon the ability f the singer, and from what we have observed, it is pretty plain to us, fait any possible combination of notes may he almost certain et ap rleuse if it be terminated by that very tormenting part of execution which is called a shake: There was one simple ale by Miss Du er N, ardbecause it was simple it was dclighttul, but it is not new, we have frtqucntle heard it h< fore, in comieiny with some poetry of rather hunt tie origiu, beginning with the words— Arrah, Pa,ldy, you garder, You're like a Highlander, For want of a treeches. There is a certain expression in the look t.f Miss DUNCAN, and a ?arcing archness in her manner, which cannot fail to please, but w;th oJt rucaning the smallest offence, we must say that her features are not Aufficiently tender to accompany either the chaste and trenibiing refu sais„ or the swooning seductive compliances of love. THE .NATIONAL REGISTER, SPORTING. BEII'ING ON THE DERBY, OAKS, AND ST. LEGERS' STAKES. DERI37.-5 to 1 agst Mr. Hewett's Manuella. 9 to 1 agst Comus. !O to I agst Whitburn. Oas.s.--6 to 1 apst Mantlella. C to I agst the Duke of Rutland's. It: to 1 agst Gem Grosvener's. 1000 to .2.3 agst Mantlella winning the Derby, Oaks, and St. Leger's. ST. Ls.cnt's•-11 to I„agst Manuella. 12 to 1 agst Mr. Beckwith's. USEFUL INVENIION. To the Gentlemen concerned hi Breweries and Distilleries, and the Proprietors of Iron Mines and Founders in general. O ViTLEMEN—Beinz constantly in the habit of viewing minutely the 7:Ad i uus inventions, applications, and improvements, of all ela-ses of seen, whose mutual endeavours reciprocally turn to the aid, comfort, and advantage of earls other ; but amongst all the discoveries hitherto reduc e d to practice in. the useful arts, I cannot record a'i ioventUot of gre.:ter importance, to any two classes of 'pen, than the patent erioned JONATHAN DICKiON, Engineer, of Gravel-lane, South v.a k, for Tarim 5 improvements in the construction of 'runs, Coolers, Vatts, aed Barks, u se d i n t h e process o f B rew i ng an d Di st illi ng. The first plant of this genius having been unfortunate to meet w;th such a nourishing soil in Messrs. Hodgaon and Co's. Lhstilt ry, that it has now diffused its influence throughout the kingdom. As these uten tils, according to Mr. Dickson's construction, is made entirely of iron, many hundreds of tons of which has been used for that purpose for some.. years p as t, an d t h e b ene fi ts wh i ch t h e B rewers, and Distillers, de rive from the Usg of iron utensils ire almost incalculable, in ma--/ instances "TAvn 4 here mentioned; suffice it to say, that they are constantly takin the common utensils and putting up those of Mr. Dickson's construction. Now, .it is evident, that both the above class of ITI . en will annua ll y d erive great and important advantages, mi d all throughfrom the medium of this Patentee. Lam in the habit of travelling North to South and from East to West of the United Tiog . .l , _feel a li vely, pleasure in beholding genius protected slid merit re ,`"(l'.ll; but, cont rary to t hi s I h ave l ately olaservi -d , i n severa l Oaf:, s, 5t,1,1,(, rights of thi s P atentee i n f ringe d u pon by the connivanet-! of a few . '" r e lud.viduAli. This Patentee considers .t bematl: li.m to preci- 173 pitately issue prosecutions against those who have been infringing upon his rights, but should they persevere, they will ultimately meet with that punishment which awaits all those who contemptuously trample upon the laws of their country, and who con s id er i t no cr i me to p i rate the merit and violate the rights of their fellow men. It is to the respectable part of the aforesaid classes of men, whose nu merous favours he has experienced, that this Patentee looks forward with an expectation of reward, for the anxiety, trouble, and expence, it has cost, in bringing this business to the perfection that it is, and opening a channel whereby they will be mutually benefited to a vast event, the one by selling vast quantities of iron, for a purpose hitherto unk'iown, and the other by reaping a still greater benefit in having the use of it, as delineated by this Patentee, who, under these considerations, may be dealt with as an agent, hoping to be liberally rewarded by the one party, and strongly supported by the other; and also continues to rective orders, and punctually to execute any 4:pantie) , of the aforesaid utensils, at his Iron-foundery as usual. This Patentee's endeavours will be found, not only to benefit a 'ew individuals, but, in a national point of view, will be found to be one of the most important discoveries; first, by setting aside the use of a foreign article, now almost inaccessible, and that of native growth so much wanted for other purpose's, and substituting in its st, ad another most wholesome material, solely extracted from the bowels of our own native soil. A PROMOTER AND PROTECTOR OW TUE USEFUL AITIo London, March 14,1812. LAID INTELLIGENCE. in the Court of Chancery yesterday, Sir .s'autuel Romilly applied on the behalf of the defendants to dismiss a suit which bad been pending before the Court for upwards of twenty•seven years, and that the mo nies lodged in Court to the credit of the Calve should be paid out to the parties entitled thereto, there not havin been any proceedings on the part of the plaintiff for agreat length of time, and the property being very considerable. Mr. Lupell, for the plaintiff, prayed his Lordship to postpone this order fora few days, stating that the plaintiff's Solicitor bad died with in a fortnight, and the Gentleman who had succeeded him had not time as yet to look into the papers, and ascertain the merits of his case. The LORD CILANCRLLOR granted the indulgence asked for three days, on condition that the party should undertake to speed the cause, if it was found he had any merits to support it. This is an instance of the great evils arising from the facility with which Solicitors are enabled to delay proceedings in Courts of Equity on various pretences. POLICE. GUILDI-1 A T. L T Yesterday a fellow called Thomas Lewis was brought before Sir Ww. Cuis'ns, accused of an attempt to extort money from a Lady on Hol born-hill, on Friday evening. Mr. Coxe was passing along the street when he perceived the prisoner earnestly demanding money from a lady who curried an infant in her arms. The fellow had his left arm suspended in a sling, and was holding the remains of his hat in the right, threatening the lady, to induce her to comply with his demand. The witness and a'watchman secured him, after a kuid of scuffle, in which the prisoner wivhied his supposed lame . arm with astonishing activity. Sir Wm. CURTIS committed him to Bridewell for one month, at the expiration of which he hoped he would issue from its gates amore spectabl.: and honest man. On '1 Lusrday, a person, calling himself George Durtsing, was brought by one of the Police Officers, before the Sitting Magistrate (Le!o&s. TUN), on suspicion of having stolen two picas of lead pipe, which he was carrying tied up in a handkerchief, between eight and nine o'ciock on the preceding evening. The pour fellow, is his defence, said, he lived by the scanty pittance provided by chipping hearth-stones with an old knife-blade, and the remains of a hammer; understanding that a quantity of old stone, fitting for his purpose, was thrown publicly out from some buildings undergoing repair, he went, and while picking forth a few fragments, he found the old pieces of pipe in question. The little hammer, and relic of a knife, were the In4truments with which he squared his hearth stones, and which he had tied up sepa; ately fr,:ni the old stones, carry ing the whole upon his shoulder when he was seized. The Magistrate informed him, that it was extremely improbable any lead of the description now before him should be publicly thrown out amongst old rubbish, and unless he could prove how he had procured it, in a better way than he had done, he would be under the neces sity of fining him in forty shil:ings. Dunning represented it was utterly impossible for him to pay forty shillings, and was remanded back to confinement, accompanied by Ina old knife-blade and hammer, and his baggage of stones, to earn his iiub• sistcnce until be shoui,l tii.d some \ proof to establish his character, or pay the tine. Wednesday jam7s Taylor, a very fine boy aboAt 16 years o;d wa-; brought bef)rc the Sitting . W, ts, Bart ), c!:i