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By Order Othe Orect ir, J. ROYI.E, Secretary. Count WrDti,L FA isi.SINO, late AmSastsdnr And Plenipotentiary from Denmark, arrived at I;,ansensnuth, in Scotland, on Thursday, from Lon dun, with tis family and suite. He will take his k ...age to N away is the Aeishmien &Jensen, the Liu fair wind. Mr. Gazes+ wool" gave a grand dinner, yesterday, at his house in Andieraqoare. to His Royal High ness the Duke of Yo aK. the Duchess of Gus oo N. the Duchess of Ricassosso, the Marquis of Hear ts's', Lord Geoeoe C•VIKDISH. and several other Nobility. The Hon.lonel Poessosiv, and his amiable bride, will leave town next Thursday for Ireland. A daralaiira appears to be a tat .Cog disease. It has made its appearance among the new Ministers, mid the whole Parliament, it is said, have caught the infertase. Mrs. Siouoss resumes her place at Covent Gar den Theatre, this night, supported by Mr. COOKE, in the absence of Mt. Kau ate, who contiuues t.iuch indisposed. The Hon. FltallgitCK PCHISONST will leave town nett Thursday for Petertsoroug',. The nett Ladi. s' Vocal Conceit will take place on Monday sennight, at Lady C•itatesorotes, Whitehall. All tho Atakora deny the new Ballet; and all agree that the Greet Ogre is a UnlenfOlil prodogion. The Hon. Gloms PONSONaY, iitthisfdir bride, are 'veiled in town next Tbur:Jay from Ireland. The Earl of Orietorrn arrived yesterday at /sic aor's Hotel, from Llkenny C tale, Ireland. The Masquerade at Argyle-street Rooms, on Friday nest s is wetted to be the best arranged and most elegant public entertainment ever given in London, and will embrace all the fashion, cast., whim, and variety, of the fashionable circles. We understand several of the most beautiful daughters of Hibernia intend assuming the dress of Prieeeet Glerriee. so elegantly described in Miss Owe:atom's Wild Irish Giel, at the ensuing Ku. querade. The Duelieu of Roxamicto, anJ Mr. Maws eat, entertained a 'AM party at dinner, on Monday, at their hen*" in Portman-square. Sir EOWA ID LLOYD, M. P. arrived yesterday at his house in Grosvenor -sweet, from his seat in Ox fordshire. Madame C t left town, - yesterday, for Bath. The Earl of Davey gave a gran! dinner, yester day, at his house in Grosvenor.sqii4re, to the Mar quis of ST Alfloit ; the Earls of &Willi., S►aNcie, FUIITISCIJI, Jenny, DARNLLT, TANKERVILLIE, CARVSFORT, LAUD aaaaa and Roast. ye ; Viscount Howica i Lords Gaassvamt, Hwy PaTTY, HOLLAND, and Eames. Lady Hs arwao.'s grand rout, on Monday sight, was numerously attended. Lady Vaamun's grand ball aid supper, on Mon day night, was given in a style at great elegance, and was attended by nearly three hundred Nobility, k being her. Ladyship's birth-day. The circling glass wenernerrily round, and the company did depart till a late hour. Mr. H. Jonosrou was to perform Douglas and Ruggeri/le, on Fri. lay last, at the Dublin Th:atre, for his own bon-fit. Mr. and Mrs. Kti4lll.a, Mr. CHALWILItS, and Mr. and Mrs. HILL, performed Recitations, Songs, Duets, St.:. at Ltv..rp,sol, on Saturday last. Mr. and Mrs. HILL wire then to proceed to Rochdale Theatre. Lady THIODQRta CR ADDOCE gave a farewell en tertainmast at Brodie Cibtle. (4141.1tt4 ‘ putparatory to her Ladyship's return :o ErtglAnd, its Wolter last. l'he Bishop of OiSORY arri►ed yestail.sy at Ns aov's Hotel, from Itel4nd. • His Grace the Archtlichop of Duatim has ar rived at FENTON'S Hotel, horn Ireland. Loll and La.ly Sourasurrlis arrived, yester day, at their mother's house, the Dowager Lady Sou TN AMPTON, in Stanhope -street, May-Vasr, twin Northamptonshire, where his Lordship has been on a hunting party. Her Ladyship's aecritrhevittre will shortiy take place. Mrs. Bursas, better known as the (bete of Co- Nrent.garden, gars her testimony at the Westmin 'flier Committee, yesterday, with a firmness and 'spirit that would not have disgraced a Ronan I:l,.trers. Kunst's Opera of False Alarms was, last night, lina.uir e d with an elegant and crowded audience. it Drury-Lane Theatre. Mr. BRAM/ill received the most unbounded applause in 6. A Mottle 'ad a ;" as did Miss Duncan and Mrs. Mountain, in sweet music; Svoitact was in good spirits. aud gave her full support to the piece. The Woad 04 , nea continues most pleasingly terrific. Tile wonJerful Durham Oz, which has bean in ell pasts of the kingdoms was killed at the Crown- Jun, O e f or d, on Wednesday last ; it weighed thirty score per guarteu. Tice Right Hon. Lord CREIVI has given a do nation of lilt. to the School for the Blind, in Li verponl. .iperegler, by lb: miletamme. that won' the Sweep stakes of 200 As. rich, beating Perfaugas, Breese, mil Lucile-44 at Newmarket, on Monday, March 30, is the property of Mr. C. Warm, who bought . hint back again of Mr. Mai Lists, in December last. Smoggier never was the property of liis Royal High "'the Crioceuf w.css, or of Mr. Dawes Roo- C LIVE Z. . r~•. . *, . •1 rtR 4ORDIN 4Rr SQUAD SON. An Extraordiniry Squadron bas recently made its appearance within the four seas. We have re t tired official accounts of all its movements, but their great length does not permit us to give them, except in detail from day to day, as follows: NO. I. Arrived in Treasury Harbour. a squadron of 10 sail of small craft, consisting of brigs, loggers, smacks, and raw.h•rats, of various sizes, as follows : The Par'Lod, an hosptal ship, formerly a large Dutch skipper, very old , and craze in her timbers. The Careerras4, a Ling fishing-smack, with a false sliding keel, and a bow-sprit upon a new construc tion. Slatlwas remarkable, during several seasons, for her success in catching p/eires, ids, and gagreet. The flisoke+bery, a light vessel, of the same dais and description of the Castle ; nsed for some time past as a guardship, off %Winer Csstle. The *ill-Jacobin, a neat row-boat, formerly used as a launch to the Pitt man of war, and occa sionally as a plcasure.boat. The Chancellor, a small vessel, not much larger than a cock-boat, formerly a Grtineaneln, employed in the Slave Trade ; laden with a cargo of vine. gar and c,m l sustibles ; consigned to by A set of merchants, at Northampton. The Camden ' a heavy dull sailer, formerly on the Irish stAtion. The Wedmore/Ind, a light bomb-ketch, formerly on the same station. The Mu!grave, a state navy barge, recently fitted up for offensive operation, with along gun in her bow. T:re Chatham, a , hewy vessel, but without tackle or rigging, and almost water-logged. The llf,,slreek, a large lumber veuel, having a great number of cases on board, with the contents of which we do not pr 'fess to be acquainted. Several of this squadron cruised in concert a few years ago, as attached to a large and powerftll fleet, but were dispersed in a tremendous storm, in which the Pitt man of war ran a-ground, and was wreckad upon the Catholic Shoals. Some of them, ;n that occasion, shared the same fate as the Pitt, btu were afterwards got off, and laid up in ordi nary. The Wooliari and the Hawkesbury, were taken in tow by the Sidisaalls. It appears, that tit-y have ben recently colleifted in Portland Race, from whence they have be-n conduited into the Treasury Muds. Their passage to this haven, where they idly fancy no storms can fret them, was most miraculous. A heist breeze sprung up from the Isle of Vanity, which threw them upon the Shoals of Impotence, Imbecility, and ignorance, where, summoning courage from despair, the cre.vs made a last effort to keep their heads above water, and fastened upon the rocks of Bigotry, Religious Strife, and Persecution. These places had been laid down in the charts of all experienced political Ma riners, as the Scylla and Charybdis of mode-n times; as dezeitiul . quicksands, pregnant with destrudion ; but to float a few minutes upon the sur face, was every thing to a few desperate land lubber., who, committed to A traubletl ocean, and without rudder, chart, or compass, felt it a great objet to gain eves a momentary respite from total ruin and shipwreck. They, accordingly, availed themselves of the assistance of the Melville Cattle, formerly a King's ship, but lately engaged in same piratical expeditions, and shrewdly suspected of being a smuggler. The Melville Castle was originally a first rate man of war, serving on the India station, and afterwards employed in the unfortunate expedition to the Bidder. She some time ago fell in, under false co , lours,with the Whitbread privateer, which, mistaking hrr for an euemy, dropped into her wake, bore up, and beat in her stern completely. The Whit bread continued to pour in her double-headed grape and car:mister-shot, and did not cease firing, until the Pitt man of war, shooting between them, made sign il to assure t'se Whitbread that it was a waste of ammunition to fire any longer, and that the Me/eitir Castle, thus battered and torn, must go to the bottom. The Witi'bre z.l, upon this assurance, ceased firing, and made sail it cter some other smug glers. This afforded the Weill: Caetk an opportunity to get up a jury -mast, and having afew Scotch plaids and ladies' petticoats aboard, the crew contrived to nsake a sort of sail of them;and a light breeze springing up in her favour, she effejed her escape to the Ork• neys. Having there, in the course of last summer, undergone an entire repair, both in stern and bottom, with a new copper-sheeting, she sailed about autumn for the Downs ; and having a thorough knowledge of the inlets and outlets, the shoals and quicksands, the. windings and turnings, the monsoons and trade winds, the ebbings and El ravings of the tide, the bear ings and distances, the hurricanes and storms, in the perilous navigation between the Queen's Palace and the Treasury Downs ; the Melville Cottle, after ate had colleted this litle Squadron in Port. land-Race, proposed to convoy am in their voyage. and the Squadron gladly placed themselves under her prountion. (N.,. 11. to-,nurreir ) .... ~ +~ L;11, INTELLIGENCE. COURT Of KINGS BENCH, Vr EITMINITCIII. Am; 21. Mr. Gas sow moved for leave to file a Criminal Information against Ir. Williams, an Attorney of Monmouth, for conduct, as the Learned Gen. tleman was pleased to express, of the most atro cious and scandatms nature. lie could nut cite any precedent to their L krdslsips ; for, in truth. St was a caw without precedent. lie rude ibis appli cation ou behalf of J. %Al mini,, and art.rral other Gentlemen, who composed the Grand Jury of that county, and had nut to complain of a hasty ex pression, made use of in a manient of irritation or disappointment; hot for persevering in a calumny levelled against all these Gentlemen c‘,llioniv,ely, as forming the Grand Inquest of the County. The fan. were as f )lluw—Mr. Williams, having pre ferred an In liiiiment against a peistui of the name of Eatrcry, presented it just at thc mormnt when the Grand Jury weld going to dinner. The Grand Jury had beer. called upon to dine w' i b the Judges, and ;Tun breakinn up, gave notice, that they should return to the Grand dory-mom at 7 o'cloie, to proceed with the businesi Wore them The In diament presented by Mr. Williams was one of considerable length; and the Foreman, upon looking at it, told him, " that the Jury were then obliged to attend the Judges, but would return at the hour already mentioned." At the time appointed, Mr. Williams was sent for, avid told, " this the Grand .fury were ready to proceed with his Indiftment ;" to which he answered, " that he had several Wit nesses to examine, and one of his principal I,Vitnes set was tone some mites distant. and could not be back hat night," The Grand Jury having dis voted of alt the other business before them, waited upon Mr. Baron Tilosttsos, (the Assize-Judge), and mentioned this circumstance to his Lordship, who im.nediately dtsch iroed them from any further attenclancz. Upon this, Mr. Williams made use nt some very shamelul and gins. language against these Gentlemen ; he said he should make Them all know what they were about; it a most istackguard proceeding of their's ; ii he could punish them he would ; and similar expressions, which he repeated in the open streets of Muntut•uth. He also told the Clerk of the ledtatrents, that they had done the job ; he was shame:Ay used Ly theme and lc. twilit charged taiem - with being in collosion with Mr. Philpot, au Attorney, (win., hal been lance the Court a few days ago.) He r: x fal - ..wed the Clerk of the Inshartsents to Hereford, aIJ there . preferred a fresh indiftment, and frequently re- peated his charges agaiitsz the Grand Jury ; at the same time declaring, that he supposed they would apply to the Court against him ; but he was not at all ashamed of whet he hid said, nor the least afraid of the consequences. . . . Lord ELLENCOROUGM—" Yon have laid abun dant grounds before the Coat, Mr. Gart..w, for granting a rule, in the fun instance. so take yuar rule to sLew cause." MITT V. SCHOLEV. This was an aetion against the late Sheriffs of :Middlesex, utson a return of narlla Bono, to a writ of Jeri ferias, issued against the genie, bc. of Mr. Coleman, in the Theatre, Haymarket. The cause was tried the Sittings after List Trinity Term (as mentioned in a former Paper), and a vercLa taken for the Plaintiff, 'Oka to a question at law. That question came before the Court. this day, upon special argument. The point to be decided was, whether, under the circumstances, the return of Mad 150,14 was a good return? and this involved a ques tion of considerable importance, namely, whether goods held tinder an equitable interest, were liable to he taken under a writ of iferi fades! It appeared flat Mr. Coleman had assigned his interest in the Theatre, and the issues and profiU arising there from, to Messrs. Nield and Fladgate, in trust, to receive such issues and profits, until a debt due by him to 'hum shonld he liquilated. Mr. MAaily as. r, for the Plaintiff, contended that this was such an interest ail brought it within the legal title, tangiLle by process of law, and liable to the claims of judgment-credit...rs against all others. Mr. RICMAIDSOK maiwained the opposite posi. tion and the Couit consideting it a case of con siderable importance to be settled, deferred their judgment until a future day. Mr. Matav ATT. On b !),If of Thomas Attorney, exhibited crticles of the peace against William Curry, a Marshaleen Court 0:11:er, com plaining that he, the Examinant, having been em ployed by one John Green. an old Mind man, to sue Curry upon hi• prom i ssory note for 391. and having issued a writ, Curry gave notice of bail ; in consequent- of which it became the duty of Exami nant to inquire the sieffic:ency of such bail ; and having done so, he soon alter met Curry, who grossly abused hint for making inquiries aft r his bail, sad swore he would do lor him in twelve months i these threats were afterwards repeated, but the time of destration was then limited to six months, and then he swore he would beat Exanii. uant that instant, but no ad of aCteial violence took phice. .The examinations went on to rate, that in consequence of these threats, St:. tltt, Ex tminant was daily in dread and fear of receiving some bodi ly injury front Curry, Lord Ee.t.swaonouoe—st The conduit of this person is certainly highly reprehensible, but the threats are at so remote a period, and no pa lona' violence having been committed, 1 do think, that however fit and proper a case it might be for us to consider upon an application for an attachmint f it contempt, yet I think it perfretly innocent as to the terror the party might suffer under such threats ; and, theiefore, I am of opinion, that we cannot make any order upon these articles." It is difficult to say, whether the singularity of ige occurrmee, or the impression it has made, is the greatest : namely, that ot every one of the thirteen .Theses of the 20,0b01 Prise, at the eommencemert ot the present Lottery, having been sold on the day immediately Preceding the drawing. This much, however, is certain, that a considerable number ot persons have deferred, since the first day's drawing, their purchases ..t fresh Shares ot Tickets omit the present day ; from an idea, that the same coatis,- genuy may happen tomorrow morn o i ," rx respeillivg ch :Let-asm s eutided also to 20 a • - ' • " Olt tea B.tixrs or Brrau. FROM FMB ZOMIMOSIISO, °MUTTS OF MANCH, lel Translation of the Civeulistaolk ir ßeport of, Ho Itseellavey the t'titeral in C's ton Beansipeii, relative to the battle of Prussi as. Oa the 25th Jan. (6th Feb.) [broke up from Lands. berg with my army, which, in consequence of various rho "rhntents made fo.rn it, was ()ley 70,000. strong. The Frenc'l army, which cor.sisted of the five corps of Mateta°, A tri;•treati. :ionic, Murat, Day MO. and 11. y, which, in the (venting, was joined by Berns* to te,amounsing to 904;00mea.followed me closely, skirtnitl,ing cot.titinally whit my rrar.goard, which consisted of nits brigades of 'Generals Starlit/ff. Ba. gavoust, and rareay de Folly, under command of l'ri;.ce B.sgratl ion. W:..an I art'vel ;It Prussian r.y!aa, I caused nay army to t.:ke a p•-si.i:m at some distance behind the town, but ordeied my Tear-guard to sake the posts assigned it in face of the enemy, to rote& the match my heavy artillery, which I was bruising from Wcrrisdorff, by a private route. considerably circuitous, p srly to awaid some bad roads anti partly to tact:lir:ye the march of my colunpas. At the same time I caused the town of ?nisei/en T rims to orcopied by Gen. Barclay, and sad sons, reverent% of the Bth divison, to the suppsiek of the rest-? Hard; this reinforcement enabled Gianni Marknff to take a Erm po-Ation and weft a bakery. The enemy did not neglea to follow Ganeeig Mar.. kol a and while he sent out his A MGM dined the march of "Three drryntr saliseseme lei* the heights occupied by General Markoff. latter sent hi; sharp-shooters against the enemy, add fired on" them with his field'-pieces ; hot astthic*totossed insitficient. the regiment of Pao, sod the 'eerie ment of flophie attacked the enelnY weds eta 'hey*. net, and dispersed a column. The =and column was defeated by the resiment'of Pearibe , B2l dra goons, and almost ent.rely destroy:err •TrAt third column was tut down by the lire of war' inkiltery, under the twave Colonel .lermolofFi The mesa? now began to fire on our lire with artillery, AM Id march against it with four c•A•trazt, while a Mtn iiirehesi against our left vrofig. anal ersdeavouroi to take it in flank. As the resitnetts of Pilot( and Sophie were ton weak to Oreverlt this, they retididisl or der& to retreat, while the reement of Ma(cost.Gre ' nadiers, and tke '2lst regiment of Tigers (Chitiseurs) supported by the regimen: of body currassites, the Kargopol and logernanland regiment of dragoons, and the Eliz.ibeth;Tod husrars, advanced' to the a:tack. The four reglinents of cavalry attacked sward in hard the. enzmy's Cavalry, which mica- Toured to turn our right wins, and killed WI great number. The Ustt-ri-t of the Bth divisinre biltd the enemy in respe3 on our left wins, and the-Liam regiment of fulmars attacked at the same titeW with grtat setters. Ilnugh Vie el-my w repulsed at all plat& he hirntAt on every ride, sod threlleded to cut off those of our tro-ts which had advanced far - that'. I there: are elm/sanded these to fall back, that they as well as the eta division, and afterlrards the whole rear.riard, mien retreat throwgh Nus siln Eylau, and join the main body, which Was car ried into execution in the following manner: The .sth. 7th; 01... b; and /srh, 'fotitait tree lines, of waieh she second was only a single colon= ; the 4th and 14th formed the reserve. The bight wing was commanded by Lieut.-General March how ; the centre by Lieutenant-General Baron' Von Sicken; the left wing by Lloatenant-General Count Iron Claretmanah sad the whole advanced-B=dd by the Psinee Beseeching'. The whok of the crialry ender the commend of Lisatenant•Geseral Prince Gallitzin, covered the two wings ; a part of it, how. ever, was with the line. The heights, is frelet of my van, were occupied by our batteries. Osllleall Barclay, and the flying artillery of Colonel hews loll, which had covered the retreat of the tear. guard, were still in Prussian Eylau; bat presently the enemy advanced against that town wish is greet force, that Gen. Barclay, though he had achieved prodigies of valour, was obliged to yield 10 superior somber', and retreat. As soon as 1 perceived this, I sem the SA divi sion to his support. It marched in three caimans, overturned all before it, and retook the town by storm. In this attack, the enemy stiCred a very great loss, though he hal planted cannon in the streets of the town, and fired on as on every side, from the winduws of the houses. General Bar i clay, on this occasion, was sevvely wounded its ice arm. Afer the night came on, and the enemy had entirely ceased to fire, all the troops from the town, in order to collea my whole tome us the other side for e general a:tack the nest day.— But to secure myself against any alarm in thendght, I placed 4110 4th tlivi,ion„ reinforted by the tegi. meat of Archangel; between the tiown'oad the ain.y. at the same time I wish Irew thli detech_d-eorps of General Barclay, to the nett. under Genetki 3a. gavoust. O.t the 27th of Jimia-y, hof Febrparyf. at five in the morning, 1-torm/d two columns m the midst of mr position. and g 're the comment, cf them to Li-nramsnt Gee rat) Doccoeoff ; while on my left wing l placed •a 31 column, consiunig of the division of Count Kameasky, while the brigade of Gerer al ?deka filled the Spate in nay lines which had bred left by the 7th division placed in the column. At da:r break, the gamy ad vanced thus' the town, and I • -nt some regiments of Yagersatgainet him At the same time I observed, that between the town and the heights, on which were batteries of the comity, there we-e several French columns, which, as well as the batteries, threatened my centre. I immediately ordered my battalion to dired thine fire as well against the enemy's artillery, as ar s amst the troops defiling out of the town, by which the French colurims were obliged to halt. On another side, the Feetselaseavalry, which hat attacked General Tout:allow, tin his right wisp yr.., repelled by the fire of the artillery of (*rat Siemer,. The enemy made himself ouster of a village situate on our right wing, and appeared to threaten our right 94nk with a considerable fotee ; I, however. 19011 drove him nand the village with the 24th regiment of Yager*, and some other sharps shooters. In the mean rime, we sal other fresh me. lumns Of French guards come out of Melton Eylau, which appealed to iwend an attack as my tight wing aal centre. Gen. Toutachkow dimly ordered Maj , ,r.g.meral F.lck to advance with s 1 711 1 r 7