Star. — London, England, 1802-06-16 00:00:00

Pttts, JUNI 13.—The Mitiliter of the Marine and Colonic) has given notice to navigators that the light houfe of (Mend has been rocliabliilied. It is fituated to the north of the town, at the ditlance of fifteen wiles from the bottom of the dyke, and of t to from the weft extremity of the port. Its elevation, above the level of the f ea , is eiglal feet. The Definitive Peace was publilbed officially at Madrid upon the 4th of .May. Te Deum was rhaunted in the Royal Chapel, and there was a Gala at Court for three days, with the ufual VI E N NA, MAY 29. —The anfwer which the Hun garian Diet has given to the propofals made by his Imperial Majefty, Rates in fubftance as follows: " The Dict is perfuaded, that under the prefent eircumaances an augmentation of the Hungarian troops is not necefrzry ; it however contents that all the National regiments (hall be completed to their full complement. It decrees an increafe of public contributions in the proportion of two mil lions of florins; on the other hand, it demands the free exportation of all Hungarian produitions, a better organization of the National Militia, and changes in the fyftem refpthing money, which ha; hitherto prevailed." HER limgEsTrs FETE AT FROGMORE. The charming Friegiven by her Majarrv, and eondulted by the Princefs ELIZABETH, took place on Monday in Frogmore Gardens. near Windfor. Mr. WyArt. was engaged to plan out the build togs, Ste. which he did with great tafte. The Princefs ELIZABETH, whole tafte on this occafion deferves the higheß praife, went down fromWindfor Caßle to Frogmore at twelve o'clock to make the neceffary preparations ; and at two the Nobility and Gentry invited began to affemble. About half-part two, the bugle horn of the Prince of Wales's regiment, which was on duty to keep off the !crowd, founded as the fignal of the ap proach of their MAJIST I E s, and to give the com pany notice to prepare for receiving them. Their :NIA J r. ST Its entered, ufhered in with martial rnufic by the hands of three regiments, and found wait. tag for them about three hundred of the principal Nobility and Gentry, molt in favour at Court, who had been invited ; among whom we noticed— Their Royal Highneffes the Dukes of York, Clarence, and Cumberland. Prineeffem•-Augulta, Elizabeth, Mary, Sophia. and Amelia. Her Royal Highnefs the Princefs of Wales. The Prineefs Charlotte of Wales. The Duke of Cloucefter, and Princefs The Ladies in Waiting on the Q ueen an B d al aceffes, and the h.des du Camp of the Royal Dukes. And About too perfons, among whom were the following Nobility : Duke of Portland Lady C. Jenkinfon Duchefs of Boecleugh Sufan Ryder Michels of Dorfct Gertrude Villiers Duchefs Dowager of Leeds Jane Dundas Marquis and lidarchioneis of Hobart Saliibury Georgians Cecil Dowager tfarchiooefs of Bath C. Dame Marcy-is and March. of Bath C. Finch Dowager March. of Donegal Two Lady Montague's 1 Marquis of Lorne Three Lady 'rhymes Count:ft of T.Jabridgc Two Lady Grevilles Beverley Two Lady Harris's Buckinghamftire Two Lady Pagets A boyne Capt. and Lady C. D-orisam Earl and Count& Radnor Mr.Grevihe and Lady Manf- Effez field Chatham Lady G. and Mr. Bufteley Morton Sir Wm. and Lady Pitt Mount Edr Hon. Major Gat. Forbes eumbe Hon. W. and Mrs. Weft Mansfield Mr. and Mrs. Druz Grofveaor Harrington Mr. and Mrs. Froemande Harcourt Mrs. Draz Baronet, Howe Mr. and Mrs. A. Stanhope Frincds of Orange's Ladies Mr. and Mrs:G. Villiers Vikoum and Vircountefs Dun- Mr. John Villiers gannon Mrs. and a Mifs Ficidings Lord and Lady Walfinghatn, Mifs Tow:Amid and three Milk De Greys Mifs Goldfworthy lord and Lady Boil= Mrs. Egerton Sudley Two Mifs Irby's Thomond Two Mils Onllow's Cardigan Two Mifs Hervey's Henley Mils Legge Warwick Mifs Dishy Balkdey Two Mifs Eden's 1 Malmeibury hills Brad miell lliaditock Mifs Vyfe G. Thyone Mifs Dallawood J. Thynne Mils hid= Bruce Gen. and Mrs. Harcourt H. Fitzgerald General Gwynn Cathcart Garth Auckland Cartwright Lo:. 1 St op ford and Lady Mary Manners ford Braybrooke • Wynyard Carnarvon Thornton Hinchinbrook . Lieutenant Colonel Stewart, Binning , (Ride Carps) Douglas • Lieutenant Colonel Stuart, !'`larks Bentinek (18th Light Dragoon:3) :Aw.Somerfct Colonel Mmabatho's, Fred. Montague Spencer Arran:At Colonel Whithara Craven Thomas James Murray Bligh Manners Gray Peterfliam Paget Aurelio, Beauckrk Fanner • Somerville Stoyford Fir:harms Coze Hinton Lambert Arthur Sonierfct Cheney Whitworth Cooper `N. Bootjack Wynyard Torrington Lumley LA, Caroline Waldowave C. Fitzroy (larks Smola (keel& I 'a raw Dormer Major and Mrs. Seymour I Iwer.orrl Ma Deibrow I la vekc.bury Price I Iverpool Cart. and Mrs. Grey II Sullivan Cay.c.on Legge C thenrille E. Capel Mary I' =flack ' B. Capel I feria Parker Mr Brod:non •%. M. Stanhope Charles Cathcart nuLn Percy Berkaley Paget; Her Royal Highnefs the Duchefs of You was prevented by indifpontion from attending. His MAirsr , t was circled in the Windfor uni form. The Ladies being drcEcd according to their kr+aelf. inllead of the mai rules of Court cti. general drefs was fprigged muffin or long cloth, l with chip hats and °finch feathers, or edged with feathers, or lace caps, lined with blue or yellow. There were a few Spanifh cloaks to be feen, trim med svith lace. The Princefs MARY wore one.— The backs of the gowns were worn full, and fo were the tops of the &eves, which were tight round the bottom, trimmed with lace. Gold arm lets were much in ufe. The Princefs of WALES was the only Lady who wore a bird of paradife plume, of extraordinary file and beauty. Her head drefs was a gold and filver muflin turban, which hung low down over the !boulder. Her petticoat of - white 111 k, with a gold and fiver muf fin robe over it, with full plaits behind. The QUEEN was in a plain main drefs, trimmed with lace, and fo were aU the Princeffes. There was a profufion of diamonds. The Gendemen were, with three or four exceptions, all &did ill mili tary, or the old Windfor uniform. After their Neje:vies had converfed a little with the Nobility, and walked about the Lawn a few minutes, they proceeded to dinner, which was laid for 24.0, exclufive of the ROYAL FAMILY, in five principal marquees ; the centre one, for the ROYAL FAMILY, opened into two others for the Nobility on each fide, fo that their MAJESTIES could fee the whole company at dinner at once.— There were feveral (mallet marquees for the pur pofes of the dinner. The marquee in the centre, where their MA. JESTI es dined, was fitted up in the Afiatic (lyle, with four beautiful lanthorns fufpcnded from the top, and decorated with chintz furniture part of the fpoils taken from the late Tippoo Su ltan ;on the top of the building was difplayed a flag, with the words, May the King Gym for ever ; each corner, it being of an °flagon form, was ornamented with a large filver crefient ; the other tents were in a direEt line, fo that their MADE: rtes had a diiiind view of the company. The ground-work of the table frames confifled of trophies, rural views, emblems of hu(bandry and agriculture,fuch as !beep feeding in green paftures, lhepherds playing on their oaten reeds, all emble matic of the return of ,Peace! The ROYAL FA MILY and Nobility were feated under a corridor of artificial Rowers, drawn up in felloons of white and flyer gauze, the pillars of the Corinthian or der, being entwined with wreaths of laurel, and their fummits bouquets of rotes and every kind of flowers. The dinner was ferved up in the &II flyle : the deffert, which confided of pines, melons, grapes, cherries, &c. was furnillied from the Royal Gar dens. The ROYAL FAMILY dined off a fervice of gold plate, and the wine was drank out of gold cups, poured from large flyer gilt flaggons ; the com• pang at the other table were regaled from off a fervice of flyer. In the paffages leading to the rooms were moon light tranfparencies, painted by the Princefs ELI ZAYETH. The Paixca's band, the Duke of YORK'S, and the Duke of GLOUCESTER'S, played during the dinner. God few the King was Tung ; Rule Bri tannia, and the favourite glee of All the brave Birds that eer I fie, by Corporal Crofton, Mr. Pat terfon, and a Private of the Guards, in a ',Fry good Ryle. The foldiers on duty, in honour of the day, and to comm , n,urate the Peace, wore boughs of lau rel in their caps. The dinner did not laff much beyond an hour, as it Teemed to be the general with to take advan tage of the early part of the afternoon to fee the Fetes. As loon as the ROYAL FAMILY role from table, the company followed, the Gentlemen, as well as the KING, walking uncovered. Their MAPS. TIES were arm in arm; and the Prince of ORANGE chaperoned the Princefs of WALLS. The whole, condu.fted by the Princefs ELIZABETH, proceeded to the gardens, the fcenery of which is fo diverfified and beautiful, that new profpeds occur at every dozen yards. The defign of the Princefs ELI ZABITH was to enliven there fcenes with living objets and droll charaders : with this view the company had not proceeded far, when th:y were met by Mr. Fawcctt of Covent Garden Theatre, dreffed in the charader of a floymakr, who fung a fong fuited to the feafen, and complimentary to their Mai am Es, with which the KING feemed to be very highly gratified. Palling on, the company came to a Gothic building, the remains of the houfe in which Mr. Page, one of the charaders in the play of Tie Merry Wives of Wiadfor, aaually refided. Part of the walls now (landing were the walls of his houfe, and the the P rinceffes have had fitted up and ornamented in the Gothic (Lyle with much tafte and beauty. Here their MAJESTIES were met by Mrs. Mattocks, of Covent Garden The atre, Cireiled as the matron of the female fchool, which her MAJESTY patronifes, and accompanied by all the girls who atually belong to it. The children firmed flowers before their MAJESTIES as they approached the Gothic pile, and the fcene was at once pretty and affeaing. Mrs. Mattocks fpoke an ode complimentary to their MAJEsrirs, and to the (If Eves benevolence, after which the children retired, and their MAJESTIES entered the Gothic building, where tea and coffee were pre pared, the company taking tea and coffee on the lawn, where chairs were let out for the Ladies, but molt of them, and the Gentlemen, flood, or walked about; and their MAJESTIES coming arnong them, little Simmons, of Covent Garden Theatre, appeared, clreffed as a female ballad finger, with an old foldier's coat on, and an old petticoat. He fang a very droll fong, at which the KING laughed heartily. Having taken tea and coffee, their MAJESTIES and the gutits continued the tour of the gardens, and the next new objet was the Royal Standard on the Mount, in the Moat, guarded by a party of the Guards. Here the Eton boys, in their Montcni dreffes, rowed boats along the theet of water, music playing all the time. The &ft of thefc boats was a very large and beautiful one, be- I mging to tl.c boy., called the Sovereign. The lioys Iti it weL e in a feet of naval drefs, very hand- Ti.is boat was 14lowet: by others of a fmaller fir.e, ' all filled with Eton boys. The aquatic gal.; was one of the fined figlits of the day ; and the iate tea was heightenceby the parents of many of the young men being among the Royal Vifitors. From the water, the Prince& ELIZABETH led their MAJESTIES to the Flower-garden, where Fawcett again appeared, dteffed as an Englifh Sailor, and Tung a fong to the tune of Hearts of Oak, with which the company were much gratified. Proceeding onward, their MAJESTIES found a fmall tent, in which Mailer Byrne, fon of Mr. Byrne, of Drury Lane Theatre, and Mrs. Mills, of Covent Garden Theatre, danced. Mailer. Byrne, a child of only five years, was dreffed as Cupid, difguifed like an Arcadian, and was much ad mired by their Mays "sites in as: feu,. Mrs. Mills was equally praifed, as a fairy, in the little fancy dances which they exhibited. The next fcene which ftruck the promenaders was a Toy-fhop, or rather a tent, and Mrs. Mat tocks as a German peafant, miftrefs of it, felling her wares. This chars ter and fcene were dii played at the Q . 3 . I,IEN'S particular defire. Here was a fort of a lottery, or raffle, as at Margate. The company drew little poetical billets, which entit led them to prizes, and thefe Mrs. Mattocks dif tributed according to Fortune's frolicks. The poetictdmorceaus and the prizes gave rife to much mirth and whimfical remark. After all the dramatic wit and fun deputed from Covent Garden had played off all its artillery, their MAJESTISS were entertained in another part of the garden, with a company from the Royal Circus, brought down by Mr. Jones. In this groupe was Matter Saunders, who firft performed upon the tight rope, and afterwards on Itorfeback. Mr. Porter alto gave a comic exhibition of the T.t;lor riding to Brentford, in which he introduced the famous horfe Turk, whofe fagacity excited much admiration. His MAJESTY was to pleafed with this performance, that on its conclufion, he afked with teeming regret," is it fo foon over?" Their Matlrrizs and the company now ap proached the extreme point of their tour, where a (mall Rage was ere red on the lawn, and Fawcett, in a modern drefs, delivered a loyal addrefs, writ ten by young Dibdin, which was very loudly ap plauded. He alto fang the Picknickery tong, which has fo often been encored on the public - Rage.-- In the courfe of the tong fpeaking is introduced— Pawcett gave as a toaft, " Her gracious Majefty,. the IQL2EEN, and may the number of her years equal her virtues"—this excited a warm burft of applaufe. At the conclufion of the fong he intro ducedlines to this effelt, " If GODfaves our KING, why our fnug little Mud will ever be happy and the people free"—this produced a burn of ap plaufe fo loud as is feldom witnetred in fo fele& an audience, accompanied with huzzas and cries of kayo. His MAJESTY felt the compliment and betrayed evident marks of emotion and delight. In returning to ,Frogmore Houfe, the Princefs ELIZABETH did not fuller the journey to become dreary. Several amufements were alto provided on this occafion. Among the mon ftriking was Mrs. Mattocks's fong, at the gypfey tent, in praife of the KING ; and the dialogue between her and Mr. Fawcett, as Hodge, with her humourous dcfcrip tion of the loffes and ditafters the met with on the illumination night, and the different places the went to fee, canted a general burft of applaufe.— His MAJESTY laughed heartily. The moR particular account that words could convey of rural retreats, would give but a faint idea of this fylvan fcenel-Shady retreats, grottos, bowers, and a Hermit's cell, with all the furniture with which hiftoric truth, or poetic fiEtion fur nith it. There was the " mofry couch, the frugal fare :" on the table were (par ornaments, and a human full; and in one corner was feated, a por trait of the venerable inhabitant, that without clofe intpellion, might pats for the original. The benches at the entrance were of mots, and the humble dwelling was formed of clay. The fombre reflations infpired by this fcene afrumed a more placid and cheerful hUe on vifiting a Dove liouji, fituate near to this retreat. It echoed with the fond cooings of two beautiful turtle doves, and the netting enclofing them was the work of the Princeffes. A little farther on the curious eye dif. covered a cottage, not in the abfurd, but too com mon (Lyle of fathionable cottages, mingling art and nature, but in real runic parity. Its furniture confined of a breakfatt fervice of plain ware, a milking churn, and every requifite for a runic village maid. An aggregate of chalkand !tones terminated this walk.—lt was an imitation of a quarry; its rude and undigefted front formed a beautiful contra[ with the neighbouring embellifhments ; and to in create the wildnets of the (cent as well as with a view to a moral leffon, was a lee-hive, with its little colony of inhabitants, all employed in active indullry. The trees and ihrubberies abounded with nightingales, black birds, and red-breath. Thofe who had not tickets of admiffion had an opportunity of teeing the family through the lat tice work which enclofed this pavilion. The com pany were feated on cottage chairs. The entrance was an awning with variegated lamps, fimilar to Vauxhall. Soon after this, when the company nearly ap . proached Frogmore Honfe, they were met by all the performers, tinging along, or rather a finale, to the tune of Oh the Roan Beef of Old England." And here, about eight o'clock, ended the fcenes of the garden, which certainly were as entertaining as any with which a company could be amufed for a fummer's afternoon. When the beauty of the grounds and richnefs of the fcenery ; the high rank and fplendid drefs of the company; together with the theatrical talents exerted are confidered, the Fete mon b • allowed to have been one of the mole agreeable ever beheld in this country. After arriving at Frogmore Houfe, the company proceeded to the Ball Room, which, from its fcire and appearance, was termed the Grove, confining of a temporary building, in figure, and principal ' materials of &Ohne, refembling a barn in the cx ,tenor, and in the interior embellaments, a bower 'or green-houfe, and furrounded with a fence of wicker work : flowers and a•-nh s of all kinds were lamps, formed iratv felllow, et-i (act •1- , i;te , , mixed with the foliage and o.lwers, pa ghiceo a pleating effca ; C. C. were ititro,lii‘ed g i l'Az centre ; and flags, on whir It were painted C.: tro phies of war,were infpend.d fiont the beams which Supported the root. The , :oripatty alfcalthled at eight o'clock, their MAIF.SI its entered a few mi nutes after, and fl,co the ball was orcm.d, with " Sir David Hunter flair," by The Prince .•i Orange Princefs of WaL3 Marquis of lath Princefs Auettifta Marquis of Lorne Prima', Mary Earl of Morton Pr :noels tirathia ral of A hoyne Princefa So.,,hia of Cloneefttr Colonel Stnplord Lady Thy nne Lord Charles Bentinck lady Soriterfet Lord James Murray Lady A. Thynne Lord W. Bentinek Lady C. Jcnkinfon Lord E. Somerfet Lady A. M. stantope Lord Stopford Lady M. Montague Lord Binning Lady C. Soluerfes Colonel Cooper Lady Paget Colonel Thornton Mita Harvey Captain Durham Lady M. Thynne Captain Keppel Lady C. Durham. The company danced in two lets, of Ixteencou• pies each ; the lift mentioned, compofed the irit fet. The Princeffes ELIZABETH and Ara FLIA old not dance, the former, as condu&refs of the en tertainment, being occupied with the fuptrintend ance of the Fete, and the latter had not rcthvered the cffed of a late fprain in her foot. Tne Princefs AMELIA fat during the whole evening, in conver fation with the beautiful Lady DutsoANNoN.— • Their MAJESTIES looked in high health, and were, during the whole day, very aff.ible and attentive to the accommodation of their guelts. Isis MA. • JESTY entered into a long converfation with the Duke of PORTLAND, , Lord HOBART, and Lord AUCKLAND. Only four dances took-place; the fecond was, Lady Har,iot Horse; the third Sped P!, Pvsigh ; and the fourth, The Cosrdeje Su:Lyda:O. About ten o'clock their MAJESTIES rei ;red from the Ball-Room to Frogmote Houk., ah:•re they took fome refrefirments and wine as fupper. 'f he• company imagining they had retired, acre mcdtly preparing to depart ; but they loon found their MAissriss had only given this kind familiar hint to fuel' of the gueill as whiled it, to take fome re frefhments alfo ; and accordingly, feveral proceed ed to follow the example, without making a re gular fupper or interrupting the dancing ; and their MAJESTIES returned to the ball room. Soon after eleven the dancing ended, and their Majcs- TIES, after half an hour's converfation wiih company, departed. As the ROYAL FAMILY re turned in their carriages to Windlbr, the three militia bands of mufic prefent (truck up God fret the King; at the conclution of the mufic all the company retired. It was one o'clock before the whole of the carriages could get up. Order was p .eferved among the crowd on the outfrele of the gardens by the Prince's regiment of Light Horfe. The foot fuldiers were flationed on the infide of the Garden gate (where the tickets were givenin) to prevent the intrufion of improper perfons. Two other parties of foidiers were placed between the garden gate and centre of the grounds, which formed the principal li:ent. Half a dozen perfons milled in at the door of the Palace, when the band entered. One of them was turned out. Tao thoufand tickets of admittance only were if - - filed, but it is fuppoled that in the outer grounds not fewer than four thoufand perfons were prefent. Their MAi es CIES and the Nobility walked round the gardens in an inclofure, formed by a dittant circle of military, to prevent their being.crowded. .11110 by the perfons who gained admiflion. In the evening the gardens were illuminated from the trees, by lanterns of tranfparent paper, of different colours, fufpended by ropes; and, to gether with the beautiful illuminations of the rut: tic ball-room, the whole recalled to the mind the (dories ,of enchanted ground. Military lined the avenues between the houfe and the ball room, and were ftationed in various other parts, different bands of mufic playing the whole d y. The weather was retharkably favourable for the fete. The Princefs of WALES flept at the Cagle; but the town was fo full, that neither a bed nor putt honk were to be procured. Several of the Nobility flept at Slough, and other Inns in the neighbour hood. Wheat, Oats, and every other fort of Grain, were particularly dull in fale this day at Mark lane, at the prices of Monday Taft. In fad, hardly any buyers appeared at thefe prices. Yefterday the LORD Mayo& was attended at Guildhall by the Bakers' Company. His Lord fhip ordered the price of Bread to be railed half an affize, or one penny in the Peck Loaf, to com mence tomorrow. CHARLES GRANT, Efq. Collator ofthe(toms at Martinique, is named one of the CommitKoners to the Ifland of Trinidada. Lieut.-Colcnel Ru• TbiERFORO is appointed Surveyor-General. We are forry to hear of the lofs of the thip GANGES, Capt.THOMAs SCOTT, on the find called the James and Mary, proceeding from Calcutta on a voyage to Co!nmb-. She had all fai!sitt when the unfortunately liruck, and was totally loft.— The lives were happily laved, but no part of the cargo. The increafe of the half pay of the navy is, we underiland, in the following proportions :—Ad mirals, an addition of Los. a day, making their half pay 31. per day. Vice-Admirals, p. a day, making their half'pay amount to 21 los. per day; and Rear-Admirals, an addition of ss. making 25.6 d. per day. The first fifty l'oft Captains are to have us. a day : the fccond fifty los.: and the third Bs. The fird. fifty Commander', Ss. and the red 75. The first moo Lieutenants gs. p. wards: the fecond too°, 45. 6d. and the remaoi dcr 45. There is likewife an addition of los. rer month to the pay of warrant officers. Yederday two hackney coachmen we-e brought; to Bow•flreet, charged by a Lady and 'wit daughter, with furioullf driving and racing w:;• 1 each other in Newport-Itreet, by which m4 a ns ne overturned, and greatly hi uifed them. The parties were bound over to proiecute at ..ne next Sefliam for Warniniter, and both coac'anen wet: .. • g i