George, &c. Whereas it is humbly meaned and shown to us by our lovite Mr James Fennell, late of our Theatre, Edinburgh, now residing in Edinburgh, that in the month of July last 1788, John Wilde, ... John Clerk, ... James Gibson, ... James Campbell, ... Thomas Cuningham, ... William Dallas, ... David Cathcart, ... William Andersone, ... John Hagart, ... James Young, ... William Inglis, ... George Robertson, and Mr Alexander Cuningham, ... having conceived a groundless prejudice at the pursuer, ... on ... the tragedy of "Venice preserv'd, or a plot discover'd."