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THE COURT. Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, His MAJESTY ar • d in town front Windsor, escorted by a party light horse. At two o'clock His MAJESTY held a private Le st the Quetri's Palace, which was attended by The A r chbishop of Canterbury. The Lord Chancellor. The Lard President of the Cnuneil. The Fast Lord of the 'l* reasury. The Three Secretstie. of State. Firit Lord of the Admiralty. pbe Master General of the o,daJusee. .r;.• Lord ChsaaherlAn. Tt , Chief Governor of !aka. Th. Judge Advocate. fla! eftlabridge. L•iida—shoinervale and Ileathfield. 'the &shop of Durham. brr S. Cotterell. , octal Gordon. Lord Alto t o had an audience of His MAJESTY, had the honour of being introduced to His Lots - ry by Viscount Howtee, upon his being ap ..inted Governor of India. His Lordship, at the me time, took leave of His MAJtaT T s previous to is leaving Vogiand The Bishop of Duets >r laic before His M FITT his late Charge, &livered to the Clergy of his • tome. His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, and after • Aids gave private audience+ to the LORD Cu A ti• CE1.1.01, Earls Sarttcea and Miami:toe, and Lords lL Lit and HOWICK. At five o'clock, His MAJ CST V set off on his re yarn to Windsor. POETRr. On seeing a striking Likeness of the late Mu. Dutton, paint ed by Mr. Mitchinson, from her Remains, at the particular I ai Site (a the Family. lionoria' , : fled ! ales ! that lovely face, Which once could Loven fire, and Stoics warn; MA !aft the Artist not one charm to trace r Of a!! that I.eautiioll that lifelea form! Ah ! hapless choice! where now are three bright eves, Winch heamd intelligence wherein they shone! Those lips and cheek+, which wore the ruses dyes, And where is Dow tae mimic of her tongue ! All rifted, raeag'rl. by Death's ruthle-s dart, ills icy hand haiti pluck'd the fairest ftrir; And planted thorns in ev'ry frehnp, heart, That mourns departed worth, and owns its pow'''. Y•t dill those friends, of so much good ber.Jt, Find in the Artist's hand a blest ft source, S' , Ven on his eaneas now her smilers are O'er Death he triumphs in his pened`i Piece ! 43•94treet, Beth. W. Yesterday. Lord GaaavtiLs entertained the r, A cittAtla of the Esemequae. Lord Auckt. A ND. Mr. WICKR•Ii. Mr. VeNSITT•iIT, and several ethers, with a dinner. The Kiri and Countess of CARDIG AN will give a grand dinner, next Friday, at their house in Lower Grosvenor-street. Lord and Lady 13avettio arriveJ, on Tuesday. at their house in Great Stanhope-street, May fair. from Honingham, near Norwich, for the season• The Hon. H. PAKENHAIi will leave town, in a few days, for Cambridge. Lady Maul' Bowt.av had a selea end party, on Tuesday evening, et her house in Park-street. Amongst the comp my were the Earl and Cnilliten of CARDIGAN, Lady Smarr. Lady MARY Cooa, and Mrs. Itoniewm. Lady CAIOI.I/411 DAMER had a card party. on Tuasday night, at kw house in Park Line. The Marchirriess of Htsnroire g a y e a f am ily dinner, last Sunday, to the Dowager Cout.tess of 1.0h0r,,a0, Lady A. Wat.t.Essav, and the Hon. II.VACKINHAM• Lord and Lady Bina eLev are erpeded, this clay, at their homy, in Great Stanhope -street, Nlay-fair, frora their seat, at Barun-bill, Anglesea, North Wales. Fashionable Atrivals yesterday:— Th. thfflowsw. John Spencer, at his Loos- in Burlington st,,h.t, from %Vs/mautt ; Eltrat4 Holland , Esq. At hi+ hon.!' in Grovamnr-place, noun Cheltenham ; General Crash), at Staireenaft lintel, film hit seat in Stisaex ; and Mr. and Mrs. 1) Abe, from their Pat, Breses-Hrentwood, Essex, at their house in Mortimer-street. 'fiie Eail of WIST2IOIMAND and Sir ARTILY" 'PAGES are gone on 2 V;iit to Lord REMOLLS2•I2, at his seat in Suff,lk, and will return to town to- Viscount and Viscountess Dunter and WALD are not expeaed in town from Himley Hall. Suf. tor.hhire, until the beginning of March. The Earl of Uaeeioae left town, yesterday, for Windsor. The Marchioness of DMPIEO A L bad a grand music party, on Monday night, at her house in Davies .street, which was attended by several aMil• tent s, and a treh•B party of Nobility. Yesterday, the payment of His MAMTY'S I loilithOlj, to Michaelmas quarter, took place. he Qrficers of the Chatham Division of Royal Marines have just put up, in their new mess .roam. at the B ?track, a poi trait of the Earl of ST. V INC it r, for • vhich. at their request, his Lordship was pleased to sit. A meeting of the Royal Society was hell on Thursday evening, which was attended by forty- Woe members { when HUMPHRY Days-, Esq. was 4.1 .4ted to 'slimed the late E. W. GRA Y, M. D. as Seei..tet y and Member of Council. Mts. W. Ertistiat, d-divent Miss Sites, of Covent. Cerd.•u Theatte, hes performed the Matrhid , ,sii, in 7‘..e T. , ,tteliert, his Pickle, in e Spied Child, lat A.ll-e, in Ads thrt and Orrill. and Me reuse. in The 7); at the Newcastle Theatre, with un s.doninn sukcess. Ihi Glace the Duke of NORTIICIIIIIIMAND pres:!,,ted the Churchwardens of Saint Martin's piri,h, with fatty pounds, .ror a dinmr. A charity seem w.{s preached on Sunday week, at the pat ish church, and they applied the stoney to the charity. THEATRE. priely-tANR. Last night, a new Comedy was produced, c rllea from the pen of Mi -s Lee, the success ful author of the Comedy of The Chapter •1 (kali, and the much-admired Conte, bury Tar , . The high estimation in which this Lady has been held by the public, and all the exertions of the performers, who embraced the %Olnle comic strength of the -house, could not, however, save the piece from the most decided disapprobation of a crowded and ele gant audience. The opposition commenced in the first ad, in consequence of the length of the scenes, and the total absence of interest or humlur. In the fourth ad, the patience of the house was ex hausted, and Mr. WROUGHTOI4 came forward, and intreated the audience to permit him and the other performers to fulfil their duty, by going through their parts, when they should submit to the deci ' sion of the house. appeal was received with applause, and the audience remained silent, until some disgusting absurdities in I,aeltt Mareloz•e's conduct in her dressing-room, provoked a renewal of hiss ; but when Mr. BaNNurea, as a drunlen Admiral, was introduced, it is impossible to ,fe , scribe the indignation of the House. The cr:es of Of! 101 Do drireade the Nagar, resotin led from all parts nt it, and the up, oar eid nor rease until the fall of the curtain. Mr. W row . ..us-ow pr-sented hiin•eif, and was assailed h , Tres. At knob, he ohtamed a hearing, whe•. ice S4l !, that the .is in obs.iience to ti eir de,ire, had with & t,,e piece Tot principal charaders in this unfortunate coml.:Ay, were as : Lord WeHwy", . Sir Harry. . . &multimedia, . . Admiral, , Lady Morali,ve, Laura, Etlig)2l. Adelaide, . Tiptoe, Serra . . Mr. VV• .iinsrnpr. . Mr Irt.sts.' , N Mr. h. St uuons. Mr. tlimbi,TLll. . • Mr. DscAmr. M•is rut. Mr•. Fi croomis. Ws MS • At. Neal, Ws Mast. Mr.. H• 'LOWS. As this piece will never appear before the piAlie again, it is nut necessary to enter in 11 detail. We shall only men. ion the parts tha, gave the greaten utFence. in addition to that of Oa d►rnbns Admiral: Lady Alamos,: was a female Lord Oa*, without tha interest of the original ; Mrs. H. sinuous, a lovely young heiress, was made. con•rary Crthe rules of all delicacy, to avow her love for Lord fretwon, the father f Sorsoferctli, . who did her the honour of accepting her 'nand. Idi-s Du NC A N, the wite of Sir Warr', whom he had ;eft in France, app•ats first in the d.sguise of a French Abbe, and is imposed on the old lade as A Coojt.ror ; and, io the last scene, to display a very beautiful die", when she 'setts her husband by assignaltri, for the purpose of discovering herself. It appeared as if the author thougin than the number of charaCter; iltrothiced would compensate for the total Awn.-- of interest, pathos, and humour ; the attempts at tae Inter would Lave been only tolerated in a Pantomime.; such as two servants quart citing aboet 'delivering a letter, when a 'i pi tears it in two, givlag a piece to each. So willing were 'the a iease let applaud, that an allusion from Miss Poe:4 to t:.e fa►hion of the d .y, "That she had no• pockets," was received with three distinft plaudits The Prologue, spoken by Mr. BARTI.CY. was very well received ; and Miss L,pI3ICAP4, in the Epilogue. was loudly applauded. His Royal Highness ilie Duke of Kea?, and a lumber of Nobility,. were present. On Tuesday afternoon, what is called the Rocket house, at Woolwich Warren, was discovered ro be on fire, the gates of this arsenal were immediat-ly closed, and by the exertions of the artificers and la bourers inside, and playing the engines kept on the spot, the conflagration was extinguished, without doing any material damage. The Indians and Afart., TAYLOR. from Gotten burgh for New York, is I.ut into Rhode Island, with the loss of sails and other damage. Yesterday aftt.rnoon, as a hoy belonging to Mr. COLEMAN. stationer, in Conduit.street, was going across Oxford-road, with a parcel of books, of the value of twelve pounds, he was accosted by a gen teel looking man, dressed in black, who told bins he was coming atter hits for the books; and wrote down on a piece of paper, to fetch a hook entitled Sir Sider, Merdow's Art of Riefitig, and to return im mediately with it, as the Gentleman whom the books were I ,r, was going out of town On the boy's return with the book, he found he had been robbed of his parcel. What is very singular, about three weeks ago, another Is It, belonging to a respeetable bookseller in Bond -street, was defrauded of a book, Sir Stilrey Afratlrto'l Art ,f Rini s, value two gui neas and a halt, in the same manner. From the very starting of the present tottery Scheme,did the two superior Capitals of 30,0001. each. fix the attention of the world of adventure. How mach their interest must necessarily be increased, in eonseqii rice of their still remaining both at issue, after tour day's drawing, may easily be conceived. The fa& is, they engross general conversation ; and the more especially. as one of them is ordained for the First-drawn Number on Wednesday morning next. Circurrauat.cea, to say nothing of other Ca pital Prizes in the Wheel, alone sufficient to exhaust the Lottery market, betoo; Wednesday, of every purcbaseable Ticket and Share. A MOST a AAAAA sine COILCUMITANCE...—NrOS a Capital Prize drawn oa the Fourth Day the Wheel, therefore, is truly valuable it is not only Thirty Thnnsand Pounds for the First-drawn Ticket on Wednesday next, but there is another Thirty Thou sand Pounds to draw ; likewise 20,0001. 8,0001. 1,0001. and 3001. Prizes. 'tickets and Shares are selling by Ho apses , and Co. at their State Lottery Offices, 26, Cornhill, 52, Goring-Cron, and St. Margaret's•hill, Borough, warranted undrawn. Thirty Thousand Poundi certain for the First drawn Picket the next day of drawing, Wednesday, 4th February. There is no instance to be found in the History of Lotteries, of so rich a Wheel as the present, viz. Two Prizes of 30,0001 each, 20,0001. and Two of 5,0001. each; also Four of I.GOOI. and numerous other Capitals, &c. The undrawn Tick ets and :Mates are on sal.: at Hooves sad Co.'s 0: 13, :v4 Corrshill, Oafot3•strat a anti St. Janes's ow. L. 4 1 07 INTELLIOEirar. ..WIN•li COURT OF Cil A NCERY...-JAN. 28. Er-parse THE SURREY GRAND CANAL COMPANY. This was an apelicanon made by the Surrey Canal Cnmpany, for permission to pay into Court 5.i01., the purchase-money adjudged by a Jury as qeivalent to the interest which several persons pits seised in an *pen common, through which the Company thought necessary to carry their canal. 'I his was resisted by Couesel on she pert of the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, who is Lord of the Manor, and also on tie* part of ;he persons possessed of the right of commonage, on these, different grounds : I st, That the condition expressed in the A•A of the 41st of the King, had never been com plied with, stating, that each of the persons seized of any right, or interested in any portion of ground, found necessary to be broken up fur such naviga tion, should he separately dilated to attend the sit ting of the Jury on the valuation of their interest in the said portion or land. 2dly, That a special pro vision in that Aft would be, by breaking up this land, violated ; which enieled, that wherever a road or way crossed the intended cut of this canal, the Aft granted no permission to break this road up. To that Arguments, drawn from the provisions cf the Mt itself, the Solicitor-General added another; that should tire Surrey Greed Canal Compeny be permitted to pity into Court the sum in question, they would proceed of emerge to take possession, and convert the land to whatever purposes they thought fit ; while the Archbishop and Commoners would never be able to draw one penny of this Wl cit.r-rated purchase-money from the Accountant- General of Chancery ; because, from the smallness of the sum, and the many claimants thereto, it would be totally swallowed up by the expences necessarily attendant on the ascertaining their respeelive claims before the Masters in Chancery ; which claims, it was almost impossible ever could be ascertained, as the land had never yet been separated into lots, proportioned to the Ripe of Commonage of each individual, though an AR had some time ago passed; Tee such a proportionate division. The LORD' CHANCELLOR observed; With regret, the. frequency of late AFts of Perhatneut, relative to public purposes of defence, canals, and even estates, encroaching on the Constitutional right of property in the K Mee subjects ; and thought that ail Ads, in the least en:roeching on this great prin ciple of right, should be censtrned as strictly as possible; sirce it was this assurance that the subjea's property would not be encroaehed on, without the most urgent necessity, that had hitherto made the people bear, with such patience and fortitude, the many grievous burthent, from time to time neces sarily laid on them. To prove a that this bad been incau tiously done, be would only remind them of the decision of the King's Bench, on an action lately brought by a person, whose house, garden, and every other convenience o: comfort to his declining years was levelled. to the ground, for the purpose of erefling a fortification near Portsmouth ; yet the Court, in pursuance of the A& made respecting the Defence of the Coast, only adjudged him a trifling annuity for t!:e time it remained in the possessrou tit His slajesty's Forces, without gee itmg any equivalent for the damage, nay, oonefile:e demo lition of his comfortable residence; this was a growing evil, aid certainly should be prevented in time. As for his part, he could endeavour to com bat it, by construing such Acts, in the widest sense, whenever such construction would favour the sub jeer's sacred right of property. He had also to Lament the rnisenievous and too prevalent custom of late Acts, making the Chancery Court not only th- Bank of contested property, but also requiring the Court to dispsse of this property, in such a man ner as may be most productive to the real owner, when slain: may be established. This practice, it persisted in, would unavoidably throw SJ greet a weight of business on the Court, that it could not possibly attend to any other object. He then ob served, that from the seemingly doubtful nature of some clauses in the Acts made relative to this Canal, st would be his duty to revise them wite attention ; till this cud be effected, lie would reserve his opinion of the case in questioa. COURT OF KINGS BENCH, %Vcsrmleserga, JAn. 23. CONSTABLES ol.' THE NIGHT. GENERAL CLAVIRING R. DEAN. Mr. GA RROW, on the part of the DefenJant, moved to set aside the Inquisition in this case, upon the ground of excessive damages." The fats shortly stated, were these :—The Plaintiff passing through the Haymarket the night, happened to see a coach• man, of the name of Caller, beating a woman, who afterwards turned out to be his wile, in an unmer ciful manner ; he interfered, in oiler to prevent misehiet, when the assailants suspended hostilities against each other, and fell upon the General, Who called the watch to his assistance, and all the parties were brought to tl.e watch-house. The General gave his charge against the Coach man, and the Litter returned the compliment, by charging the General. The Defendant was the Constable of the night, and that being only his second night of acing in that capacity, he was al most wholly unacquainted with the duties of his mice ; however, the charge being made on both sides, and the Constable having no autbor:ty, either to accept bail or discharge the Prisonisrs, General Clavering had no alternative, and thereture prepared to content himself with a seat at a very good fire, provided by the parish ; but some persons belong ing to the watch-house (not the Defendant), in sisted he should not stay there, telling him that there WAS a bed np stairs, if he choose to pay for it ; it no:, he must go into the black•hole ; the former the Ge neral declined, and was ativalty thrust into a place, only intended as :s receptacle for riotous and ill-con dueled persons, where he remained the whole of that nigiit. The neat morning the parties went before the Sitting Magistrate, at the Marlborough-street Police•office, and the Coachman having made pre per corcessitias to the General, so far the business ended. But. continued the Learned Counsel, the rage of these parties was then turned against the Defendant. as Constable of the night ; an a,:lion was brought by General Clavering against him, and upon en Inquisition taken before the Sheriff, the Jury gave a Verdi: of 1001. Damages. He admitted that the Plaintiff hid been treated in a most WIC- • :. feadeat perseoally ; he pleaded leirigaorinee of his duty, and expressed a wish that the oush.ess should be investigated, and some regulanoos adopted, which would prevent and check in future such coe dit& ant suc:l impositions in watch houses. He had no doubt that the General very properly meapt to make an example of such peruses ; but so LIT'S! thi . • Defendant was concerned, he was ready and willing to make every atonement in his power to the G 1 e neral; he trusted the Curt would not see his Cr dug in stmt a light, as in justify these heavy da mages, witch mutt inevitably be hisouin.. t Mr. Justice LAWS LISCIS ObSetTed, that this was by no means a slight offence ; turning a gontlematt into a culprit, and cramming him into** hiatt-hole for a who're nig:it. was not to Le patted over with a slhtht puOihraent. Mr. G•ILIOW replied, that he felt the olsserva lion the more strongly, having been onto in a simi lar predicament himself. Lord EL tau SOROLP;I4 It may he a very large sum.for him to pay, bin:a very tiiffing remuneration fur a person of General Clavetiog's situation in life to receive, for such an indignity, in being thru a into a place only intended for common felons. I don't know any sum that could soothe my feelings upon inch an o:curreace. He should have tried the mercy of the Plaintiff before he came irsio this Court." Mr. SC•IILITT, on the part of the Plaintiff, said, that his client was ready to abide by any decision their Lordships should make. One fart, bt.wever, he begged leave to notice, which was, that a Gen tleman was in the watch-house at the time, who, though a stranger to both parties, knew General Clavering's person, told who be was, and offered to become his bail, but this was rejeArd by the Offieer. The rule was accordingly refused. 110RotIr.H ELECTIONS. Mr. DA m Pica obtained a conditional rule for a gnu T.:arranto against the Rev. John .1. Howell, call ing upon him to shew cause why he exercised the privheges of a free burgess of the Borough of Bak al). By the Curter, it was necessary that a ma jority of the Burgesses should determine upon the ad mission and swearing of any person essitning a right of freedom in that Borough. In the present case, there were the. Mayor and five other Burgesses pre sent. Three of the Burgessses were against his ad mission, and the Mayor and the oher two were in favour of it. The Learned Counsel hinted, that this transa&ion took place in contemplation of some elec.. tianeering purposes. FOREIGN COZY. Tit( 11910 O. WY. PHILLTPI6 The Defendant, in this case, was brought up from the Gaol of Werw:ek, in order to tender veil for his enlargement, bein: charged with making csunterfeit money, under the followinn ercutnetances The Defendant was a tuntoti-maker, residing at Birmi. , gharn. and upon the 14th of Deeembor het, in consequence of information ',store Mr. W.lcocks, a Magistrate of that place, the Police Officers re. paired to the premises of the. Defendant, where they found a large bag, with a comiderahle quantity of counterfeit coin if the Ksng of Prussia. calied graskint, some fiers'ied and VAMP unfinished, toge ther with a quantity of implements, dies. stamps, ice. used in coiaing b use money ; some coccealed, some half-fini.hed. and more in the rough sure, amount. ing to several hucsdred pieces. In-consequence of . waich, the Fri oner seas apprehended, and commit ted t.) take his u iii. Mr. Guarato, for the Defendant, observed, that this on'y amounted to a misdemeaaeur, and was, there're, a bailable offen:e. He then said, that his affid.vits gave a full a reason for the coin lining found on the Defendant's premises; as he stated, that a persm in the town owed him a grudge, and had sworn to be revenged of him ; one day, while he was from home, the wife of such person (as sworn by his own servant,) came to his work-shop, and left the bag, with the coin and the implements in question ; as to that wh ch was con cealed, he who:ly denied any knowledge of it, and could account for it no other way than that it must have been there, before he took the premises. Mr. GAR mow, for the Prosecution, said, that he had sufficient cause to warrant the Court in not permitting hail ; bat he should only then trouble . their Lorddaips, in order to save time, by stating, that he had ample 2111.1tiViti to shew that the per sons now carted at his hail, were totally insu.B:ieut. Tree Court considered it a case of great suspicion, and very fit far the investigation of a Jury. The Defendant was accordingly remaadei. At 2 o'clock, Lord Ecriessonouon sit at Pries, when a few causes, of no public interest, were disposed of. •MI. al C-1.0" On Tuesday, C—, one of the print:pa helpers in the King's Mews, was ordered to go with ' the horses, on the day frilowing, to meet His Me• • jesty coming from Windsor. He replied, he could not go. fear. Parker, the Principal Clerk of the King's stables, sent for him, and insisted upon knowing the cause ; he confessed that he had pawned and sold all his litery, including his stars „ Clothes, alleging that he had peen compelled to do so from not having sufficient to tumor t him. Mr. , Parker threatened to prnstcute him, and he went a ' avay. At two o'clock he was seen in Lis ,stables; but not afterwards, until between nine and tea o'clock yesterday morning, when he was fOIL1•1 iq ; the hayloft, weltering in his blool, in consequence.' . of hi, having cut his throat with a penknife. Life • I still remained, and a surgeon was sent for, who said • it was inicos.ible he could live; and, we understand. he died about lour n'et.ck mesmimoommisame A Ere broke out a littlz before chie.o'clock !rester. day taunting, in St. Margaret-street, Cavendish.. • square, in the house of Mr. Son erre. a vender or • mineral waters. "l :tie Armes spread tar the aeljoin. ' • ing premises of Mr. M i,irgr;culttiral mole." taint-maker, and upwards ot an hour items-"d be- • • fore any mator conid ba procured, ester friar a • patent pump in strop ot the latter. The Thor," where the firs broke out was completely destroyed, and that of Mr. Mareorlsv coffered partially ; ai • did also the premises of Mr. raotise, bricklayer, us Castle-street. This ass the ezrem of the damage. Another fire broke oat, about the same time. at the house of Mr. Souris. in•Pitr street. Tottenharme nowt-re:ad, wh4h destroyed the tater:or- ,