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fifty, in - Park, ice blemish Race., Catalans 4 t` CO6l. Colebrook., ' - the cession MRS. .BERISSFORD • vied on Monday last, at Tunbridge Nell, after a long and painful illness, Mrs. BERESIORD. wife r.f the Hon. and Wry. the Archbishop of Tussr, in Ire- Lind, and mother to,Mrs. PRE, TOM, Mrs. SF.wei.t.„ Mrs. Aamsr ROtla t Mrs. THOIII All Hoer, and Miss FRANCIS, unmarried; she has also left two sons. Clergymen ; the youngest married to a da 4 ,hier of the Earl of Tainteevic;.e. This Lady was second daughter of' the late Sone FITZGIspow. Eaq. and sister to the late Earl of C.La ea, Mrs. GROTE, late Mrs. Jar ray as. and Mrs Ti ANT, mother to I.rady Don ar.s.v. Mrs. RENE:mop was a woman of very strong mind, highly improved by education; ber manner commanding but pleasing. and every arrangement in her house and family bespoke her Rood sense; it might be considered a little care, with an excellent dictator at its head, where magnificence and economy were mo►t Hap pily blended. Mrs. Beessroan was forty-four years a wife, and a most interesting rumple of conjugal affeuion ; her daughters were all married at very early ages, and have proved the most amiable of wives and mothers, worthy of the do mestic and virtuous habits they we:e educate! in. —She will be long regretted by her family and friemis. s catj • .1 '4s, • Is 4 ca n. • r 711F.4711d. HAYMARKET. Mr. YOUNG'S go-inger, last night, attraßed as tie- nt audience His delineation of the part display- g reat judgmonk sled he gave it all the delicate m of which it is so peculiarly susceptible erre hart participated in the sorrows of the A pet h r epe, and acknrwledged the force of th and nature in the exquisite performance. His s n a i l s were crowned with unbounded applause. M rs . LiTCHTIELD is sn a'tre:s, not only of e ngth and energy to excite a forceful interest i m passioned characters, but of considerable versa- • 'ey of powers. She is not, however, the Mrs. Haller of Author. The beauty, the gentleness, the meek- ed charity of IV's. Haller, interest the audience em the opening of the first scene. Her blemish forgotten in her contrition ; her broken sighs, e , indescribable sorrow, her poignant regret ~ the happiness which she hes lnst by her . ;seeti d j % s .nrc into the heart, and awaken all s (alias's. Mrs. Lire:MELD does not leash se p a rr; nor can her strong. clear voice be adulated t' express, with full effedt, the exeini- • e saftners and tenderness of Abs. Heller. The: Mn. Pore wit, and the present Mrs. H. SID- -110 is, :he most interesting representative of the , rsaer that the stage bas produced. 'De Hay was followed by a Piece in one AS, •itleil Mosier Mad, which had been perft rrn .d. inn great success, on Thursday night, for the he- f t of Mr. MA T TNIWS It is, we understand, the odunjon of Mr. Hoot. jun. the Music by Mr. ,nos, sen The *ornate, music, and songs ne raptureusly receive - and the sings red. The technical musical expressi.ms Marsh at, produced continual bursts of appl.tuse. H e On Wednesday. Her Mar:STY 40 the Pater: is spent the day at Frogmore, and received a l•ft party of Nobility and persons of distindion as They amused themselves with walking the s rirdens, and w'ewing the whole of 'hose *gerful ? remises. The bend of the King's Own attended, and played in the drys luring the stay of Her Medcsry and time masses, which was till past seven o'clock. just time to receive His Majesty ripen his return m atte.J:rig the Court at the Queen's Palace. Th e 1 3 .i. , ce of Wat.ss's apartments in the Lower .ge, Winlmr, are undergoing a thorough repair, being sew beautified ; they are likewise to be furnished. in the Lmost superb style, by com- •, • OI His MAAS/ Y. The Doke of Poiert. ern began to remove yes- -ay hum the 011 i ial House in .Downing -street, hislate house in Piccadilly. Mr. List, of Drury-lane Theatte s is said to the anew of M. I siCLSDON'S Voyage In India. The Canterbury Theatre has bad a great acquisi- n this week in Mr. Dowrow. Mrs. Gsovert played The Widow, C4eerly, at Li- pod, on Wednesday last, with much success. The lion. Miss Daum moan, of Perth. has given ice in the eotch papers, that abs will allow no eienl i oNofinz on her mores. Mist IN:NSAN folloWs Miss SMITH at the Margate fore. Malone Catalani, Mr. Scut.cy's Chesnut filly, fy Mr Were, won easy at Tramore Race., • ty of Waterford, on Saturday last. Catalan: t matched against Moll Sprsggias, for Monday. o 4 on Mol. Mrs. Satitillas left town, yesterday, accninpa- , Viler son, on a visit to her friends in Hemp- re. .1 Saturday last, Mr..l. IMMItTOMIt Was to peT••• Penni. Herigroddery, and Cllr-Por e. Pengrine. •e Cork Theatre r. M cLv,a played flesteene and Captain rflielaei. wear Worth Koosiog and The Invisible Girl, on •rsdey, at Birmingham Theatre ; and Teriese//, 04 Things ore, last night. Ou Monday nest. he perform Charts toady, in '1 he Blind 11,rgaia, HAALLY ' s benefit. 'try arrangement was yesterday made for the ,rn of the fluke of PoisTLA ND, front London Litrnde, ior two months ; bur on account of n-arrival of information Irons the Expedition, Midi Ministers were in lit urly expadatinn, we • , raart his Grace has determined on not leaving don till the long-looked Inc news arrives. ▪ Amick Races commenced on thursda I, and vet y 1 sport is exprded. Sir CHA V sr have the satisfadion to be informed. has ▪ led to officiate as Steward, in the forint nf the Colonel rts maxi & who is gone with his ti- • tto Ea nos Ayres. The pre/reran-cis indi- t I brilliant assemble& of all the leading cha- t • in the country. • Races are fixed for Wednesday and • 'stay, the 23d and $4 - h of September. Is tr be! it•ed !in of Sir GO:I2GL and Lady • sesta., died on Sunday at Tunbridge Wells. • week Mr. PAULL suffered exceedingly from • Ste fever, and an inflammation in his leg ; and, cla n ••e of air Was considered essential to his • ' l rry, he has quitted Brompton nn a visit to his at Wolseley Park, in Staffordshire. manufaduie of plate glass, ornamental • ware, with some elegant fancies in that way. el carer in so great extension and perfedieri in iy intim as at present, and indeed for some Ps.t. In Waterford, in particular, these works sl uee4 brought to a superior degree of excel- 'l us al •- • • mi to imi ta tions of she best porcelain and t . n , sneradures. ri. Thursday the Prince of Waxes's corps had a tR -.aster of about two hundred and fifty, in SI 4 Z'i Mews, and matched to Hyde Parks re they had a grand field day, and went through sa otson s of bush-fighting, &c. &c. highly to attain of Captain Guam., who had the hl and the other officers ; the light com- et 'Titularly distinguished Itself. st Thursday last, the Right Rev. the Lord re f1 ALISSURT IllStitlited the RSV. WILLI AM Cl to the vicarage of Colebrooke, ft on the presentation of the Venerable the a " Chapter of Es sTaa, void by the cession ter ' rsuitaisa Bassos. . . FOATHILL SALE. This attrinive rounior, closed on Mont y last, with the retures Inc! pirzeiain. after 14N , '11 . .! days, attended througliniit by 411 the ra.,k And opu lence 1.1 the al °cent counties. The crner c l was great, and each v•as the scarcity of beds, that coots gers let their hovels for one and two guineas a night. • 'the audinu was conducted in a very excellent man.. nee. The amount of the sale must exceed 20,000 pounds. • I'he two oiabres, by Vernit. were pur chosed by Mr. Llwln. at 350 guineas. Ihe Porlf.is. by Mr. Jeff.ories, at 370 guineas. 7ha Raphael,, by Mr. Walsh Porter, at 100 guineas. The thin,. by Romney. at 200 guineas, by Mr. Evmmysr. The modern pittures sold high. The Lalrvie, of t!,,a Va. tican, bought by Mr. Paul, at 6611. The China prodoced enormous prices. The Cabinets. with Hag' milton's Paintings, were piorchased by Mr. Oakley. The mirrors produced near 30001 Three qt them sold for 400 guinets each. This distinguished edic t Rea is now dismantled of all iu interior elegance; and is to experience demolition next atnotts. being 'dyer used for sale on detail, and is top; b not Ijicely produce more than 20.00 01 . tha3b. seeded by tow late Alderman Beckturd, at au expense exceeding 130,0001. r, IfrORTHI.VG, Avousr 25—Sin p. a. intro. di chit- Her /Ural High:sets the Princes Charlotte of Wales took a tide, this evening, in her baroucbe avid four, en the Arnndll Road, atet.oled by the Dowager Lady de CI Rod. tia ir'clack re turned to V. rrwick House. The company on the Sands was very isomer nos, there was the usual display of donkey-Lai is. 'Nem have been A great many excursions ou the sea the whole of this day. The company, at this place, is very nimercus, and many are obliged to take a?trtmertrs a t Broad- Water, a mile and a quarter troas this place. His Excsalency the Portuguese Ambassador, and suite, arrived, at five o'ciocis this afternoon ; he. has taken his house for three months. The Russian Ambassad'ir is also here. The I . heatre, Cos evening, was very fashionably attended, and the performances wrist of with great applause. In the Farce of ratrqine eied Ursa'. Mr. Trotter, as D'eLewis., received weld deserved approbation. as did Mr. Purser's thief, Miss De Comp, as Primers: 14Igraine, was very much ad mired. Am osgst the company were the Duchess Dowager of Manche►tar. Earl Chamois&ley, Dowager Lady Pere, th. Portugue.e and possstan AmbA4sadors, and several persons of thstirodtion. Ayoub. , r. The morning is very fine, and the bathing. machines ate in motion ; the company on the Sands is my ounsernus. Lady Dudley and Ward was mounted on a black horse covered with a white net. attended by two servants. The Earl of Dor chester. Earl Chnlnsondeley. and Lord F. Mon tague, took a ride to Arundel Castle. Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales waked on the lawn in the front of Warwick House, and went into the sis4rquer which is placed near the hevise ; after which her Royal H'ghnrs. tonic a ride nn a donkey round the lawn. Visc-innt and Vis countess Sudley arrived this morning from Bognor Rocks, and dine this afternoon with her Royal Highness at Warwick House; and at six n'ctock will return to Bognor Ihe Earl and Countess Cholmondeley and a selea par:y will dine this even ing with the Earl of Dorchester. Lady Caroline Darner is indisposed Her Royal Highness the Pirtle cosi Charlut.e of Wales, it is expeeted, will take an excursion on the water to-morrow, previous to her Royal Highness's departure on Monday, it the weather should permit. There was a toot-race on th- Sands this morning, between two coachmen, tor five gninzas a-side, to run one hundred yards. After the first race, which was a dead heat, they ran lour more heats, increas ing one bundreJ yards each heat ; when the last heat. which was five hundred yards. was also a dead , heat. These two champions, it is expeCted. will be lucked by some of our spotting gentlemen to try again their agility. The play next Friday, for the benefit of Mr. Purser, will be Tile J'aspicuras Husband ; Ranee, by Mr. H. Siddons ; lever, by Mr. Purer. At the end of the second 241 Madame Dussek will per form on the harp ; and Mr. Purser will sing The Breslin of Wortbits: ; and will conclude with 41 7th if My.terry, in which Mrs. H. Siddons will play On Saturday night, or Sunday morning, two persons, (the Lather and son), were suffocated, in a sloop, lying opposite the Parade, Waterford, by a stone coal nie, and having their hatchways closed down. The soa-in.la* of the elder nearly lc..st his lite by thesame cause, but hopes are entertained of his recovery. A few m inch , ' ago, a man shared a similar fate in Waterford river, and a second person, alio. who survived for a considerable time, has since died in e )rk of the injury sustained at the sane period. 1 4 0LICT. Cult. if A LL . Catherine Thomas, a wretched-!coking Ojai, about 40 years of age, with a still more wretched, hiking infer: in her sums, was brought befue the Sitting Kagistrate...., Sir MATTHEW 13i.f.Aff A IN- Knight. charged with feloniously stealing a piece of printed calico, the propetty of Mr. linen-draper, in Cheapside. It appeared, that about seven o'clock on T:turs - evening, th.• piece of calico in question lay at the shop door, piled up with seveeal tither pieces, and the Prisnner was observed, ity a young woman passing aceldentally a' the time, to take up the calic), and run away with it. The young woman immediately gave the alarm, and the Prisoner was pursued and tikes; with the calico under her arm. When called upon to account how she became possessed of the prcperty. she said she saw it lying in the street, and picked it up. She was fully committed for trial. and the parties bound over to pto•ecute. —This wretched woman. we ut derstand. has lately returned from transporta tion, 13r a similar offence. An old man. 75 years of age. was also brass,* before the blegtarate, charged with taking indecent liberties with female children. In compassion lier his age and apparent infirmities. he was discharged for the present, ly reprimanded by the Aegis trate, and warned not to repeat such praCtices in future. MANSION-NOWE. A gang of Jews attended upon the nation of t•ne of their rtrsaasion, who WAS brought before the Lotto MA Yon yesterday upon a charge of picking th pocket of a Ditch Jew, just o rr i ee d t:oro the Confine:A, tor,ifly ignorailt of the English ienguAgc ; hit interpreter, an Eng lish Jew, seemed net quite expert or satistnlory in his inte,:preation of the tAtcts and cliarws ; by reason of which the Officer of folic •, who is Jew likewise, bad an opp.utunity of stating, that he had found the pocket-boon of the trueiga Jc .v in the posse , s , on cf a gang of Jew thieves, whose haunts die Jew Officer of Police stated himself to have been previously well aequiimed with, and said th-y had thrown the pocket-honk befqee him, in the r he represented before the Lord Mayor ; in such a manner, he added, as left him no poem of distinguishing from *MA of the thieves it had Littlest. The charge was, that in addition to a great number cf mernoran d •ms. there had been 151. cash in the pocket rook when stolen ; bat the Officer stated, that he had foiod a person to prove, that no money whatzver had been in !•110 pocket-honk when stolen; and added. that the Prosecutor h.'d so acknowledged upon being menaced with a prosecution for preset.- ing a f the charge ; upon which the Prosecutor (au was sworn against biro) ofirred 'he Officer a gtvnes if he would let the matte: drop. The Jew Utficer of Police, in addition to t• e toregnii:g testimony,• deposed, that the Pr'esec.i..ur had not any passport, and was an alien recently a7r:ved in this country; waa chola& . - TM Lord Mayes, nn finding this to have bees the case, ordered the Prmnutor to he committed to the Poultry, and notice t) be given at the •lien (Mice. sow seater. Yesterdly, Bye' Eosin, the pretended Messenger, was brought before JOHN N sacs, Esq. the Sitting Magistrate, for exam nati a, when a new chav we, mai a Ai t .4 4 .4 !urn cf uttering a tarred 1341 of Exchange, purporting to be accepted by 1/4, 'lnapt Ruspi ll i , with An intent to defraud Mr. Patmore, jeweller, of Ludgate MI. Pater Patmorr, a jeweller, or Wrote-hill, said, that on the 5:11 :mt. 'the Prisoner came to him, iu his shop, at..l looked Oaf a gold watch, a gold seal, and a gold key, arid agreed to purchase them for tea guineas; attJ, in payment, tendered a bill of ez.hange for 101. 10i. purrrting to be drawn upon, and accepted by, t% it,,atn 104pioi, of Pall. Mall, dated London, July 3, Mai, two mouths. Mier date. ',the Prisoner said he was a King's Megenget, and Oat the bill wis tip ~ n Mr. ilarip.ni, the dentist. of Pall-mall. and tiers h• ing hut one M that name in Pall-mall, he had nu dooat !pat it was the Cheese her, and accordingly took the Ina in payment. Richard Gipps, An appr.•'!ice to Mr PA:MOSO, ccntirmed the abi+vz, and said, that in about a week 4f . stwards, the Prisoner came to bin in the shop, aii.s ►aid lie had broken the tnain-;!ring of the watch he had purcnased there, :rn.l lett it to belrepaired. and requested the loan of another watcli, while that was repairiNg ; he accordingly le:.t him a silver watch. Taiisitoo, the officer, produced the watch he found upon the Prisoner. when h , : apprehended him, which proved to be the same the last Witness lent him. Um Chevalier Ruspini attended, and said hi. Christian Dame was hat tholomew, and he resided in Pall-Mall, that he has a son whose name is ‘Villiant, but he dues not resiJe with him, or in Pall Mall And after carefully inspeaing the Bill of Exchange for 101. 10s. dated the SJ day of July, 1607, and the accepunce of it by William Hospini, he is eon vtneed it is not his son's hand writing. The accept ance being in red ink, and the Prisoner having said he was pre.ent when his son accepted the bill in his haase, the Chevalier positively swore he never kept any red ink iu hi; house. aad that he never was preseut when his son accepted Ibis, or any other bill. Tne Prisoner was committed for further exam:- nation. _ _ Auout a fortnight since, the Prisoner attempted to obtain a Meszenasr's medal from Mr. Gilbert, the King's goldsmith, who makes all medals, tinier a pretence that he was a Messenger, and had lest his meclal to La repaired two years since; since which time he had been nut of Knglana ; but Mr. Gilbert being well acquainted with offic;al men and customs', soon discoveied the deception, and turned bias oat of his house. eesweisememeaseaew Upaards of 200 fine fellovr, have volunteered from the kart Devon regiment, and nearly three hundred from the North D.ron ; they hsve moitly gore into the 11th loot. Of she Bricks regiment, quartered in Eteter, mote than 130 have ahead) , volunteered tor the 14th. It is expoded that the first Royal Lanca►Lire will turn cut a very large proportion► but the communication has not yet been made to them. ~..,..•••." • " . w•••- .••••- - :, 4LifßAft . • Yetterclar an alarming tire"ltri.ke not in a new. built hbger, belonging to -itttsrs. Scott and J. , rJan, builders and catpfiners, in K-stun-street, Great Ciaroui-street, R.usseli-sTiare, BA in less than half au how, the inside or ftese premises. end the i.ig nee it.use, bil ingiiig to • Mr. Knight, were. onto eiy coastimed ; a‘id n r the WAN ot kWh.- • buttes, iront and rear, riimOted in with a err meudoes Cfasil. About eight o'clock is the 1130,11. !urA. two ot the carpenters whil WSW employed let the tLe miter we amen were ewer s ! , made a fits in the kitchen, for tote purpose of pre -1 paring their {trial/last, wieirb, by tome onforesere ' acciJent, ennimuni:rzi with ; parcel a shavings, and, in a tai m me,,ts, Cie whole was is *smw., and there being a strong westerly wind at the wales they aro* spread t h•;uie, and lankier • Was saved OUC of eit. ler but a bed belonging to si pr.cir wmchni , a, who took rare ot the pr•ntisas IMO° Mr. Knlcht. The hem,. 14 which the lire dpi ' broke use:. was nearly loisl:ed,aad in the as ul pro paratinn f,r a tenant; and Ana is must nrdi nath &It 4 , .ruary ens of the owners, went the .r P . ,rfv/tt*d•Y az the Alba n s fire Iziuranc: Qifice t. , no 'Le Par r , )02 of 10SUriag the pr e s, but wa a .., I° o 140 "'s Coe Cloaks havi ng left the Office ter the ..• 1 day. "l'be other b use w.s completely frothed, , and the . poor watennan, W.th 4IS true and three lOoldrah, were pat i n to t a k e care of the premise until,they Ciouid be tenanted. The watchman had not long gone. to bid. an, when toe fire broke out, Jiffi :arty awoke by his oiler Who b 4,1 been only Cure days brought to bed. The fire was an ra i ns., ems of the chil.teen was severely Isar* in Cie arm bet,:re they could elle@ their neaps. . The Aabio n 6i e engine, .11J some iitiiers. awnded; but the high wind, together .vitls a difficulty in woo ' r curing a supply of water, prevented their Asa% y with any eff,et for a considerable time. Several houseb, on either side, well in an unfinished state. and nit a!, , ,w e six, includii.g those burnt, ant of , near blz'y houses in the street, were in a hallaible;ve eondl•iqn, it being a new street. the building of which only commenced last spring. , sivitailrefk DUJIHAAI Al LIS IA —............„ i ' There are probably but tow individuals wow living itquainted with the history of the manufac- Lture •of Durham hlastard. Prior to 1720 there was -. .no such luxury as tnu,tsrd , in its presen t fo r m , at it owe moles. At that time, ti:e seed was only coa ',me t zti ',mended in • mortar. as coarsely separated t a fte integument. and in that rough stase prepared for use. iu the year I have mentioned, it occurred to an ell woman of the name of Clemeres, resident at Durban% to grind the seed in a mill, and to • pass the meal throut:h the several processes which . are resorted to in making fl.iur from wheat. The stet* She kept for many years to herself, and in o the period of her ezclusiee possession of it, supplied 1 the principal parts of th: kingtintn, and in par:ems - I lar the metropolis. with this article; and Georges .: the First st imperil it wiih fashion, by his appsoval. -- I . . Mr.. Ciemenu as regularly twice a-year travellellkai to London, and to the principal towns thrtughnlii"' Engl a nd, 1.0 orders, as any tradesman's rider of 4 • the resent day; and the old lady certrived we . pick op, not only a decent pittance, but what then thougl-t a tolerable c o mpetency.—From woman's residing at Uur:iam, it acquired chemist of Durham Mustard. • '.. The letter sen: to tne Lusty 01A Y ore on Tuesday 4 evening, from the Admiralty, codtained an applied.," Linn to his Lordship, w back an impress warrant 4 for t'w. City. The Navy is said to be greatly in , want of hands. Sir RICK A MD ST iIiCIRAN is 'Weed in town from Plymouth, and had en 'lluraday a long interview* with the Board of Admiralty. The Hews, frigate, Capt en Score, is to carry GefiVral Sir J.% MLS CRAiC, to gorth America. ;T f fte 2d Heavy Diagoons of the German Legion, commenced Viet march on Tu,isdsy, trim the Isle of 'New, Sandwich, and Deal. for Camberwell, Greened/h. Deptford, and tit, towns in the vicinity of the metropolis, preparatory to their being re 'hotted. The 'Scl (King's own) Dragoons, are on their match from gusset for Cristertiuty, where they are ezpe9vd to arrive, in tour divisions. on the 2d, 3d, 4th, and sth of Septemb:r il at. The Ild Dragon ( i uArriS (nr Queen's Bays) are ordered to occupy the cart i.rcnts quitted by the . Scl Dragoons at Chichester, .Irtindel, and that vici nity. which they are espeCted to reach about the litli of September. Tu.s.laY evening lA% two thoughtless young rolunteers. returning from drill in the Mews, fired off their mnikets on their en.istnee into Castle-stir. t; the horses h a ci al,waggnn. palulog at the :moment, took fright,and,can for ttttt 4, against the shop win dow of NC Ncrta..cutler. in that street. which, they altroat•dernolished ; and two ladies, who were ' . enfortnisetely close by the shop, were r ly cut and bilked; they woe conveyed home, almost wirhoor hopes of receviiry. A garden, shoaled in Rottington-lane, near Can terbney, having been . f late repeatedly robbed, a person was appointed to watc.h it on Sunday night : when about midnight, a villain entered the premi ses, and soon commenced his drepredations, by gathering some pNch-ii ; his a:”:-.ris being observed by the other, he 1-velle3 a musket, and threatened to shoot him, but was prevailed on to desist, by the entreaties of the villair, who impl-'red mercy on his knees ; he, however, no tooriarortm his antagonist off his guard, than he knockedkim down ; and after se verely bruising him, made hit. escape, leaving his -hat la the Raid _.n. We are sorry,,to learn, that no discovery has yet been matte. •t On Wednesimy, a G-ntlentan dressed in black, without powder, ' - advanced in ve- Ind i-- eliaed to be corps., ton coach, stagiposeit, !torn Kendal, tr. to going tidier into with as apopteaii minutes. He ittatdvto the nea \ in alaritet-street, He Fal proper and upwards, ' t . • f'~ 0 ,~s 1 • A /.4 4 d F . 1 1 Tr. the Lakre in Weetvsoeeland. and an Surry or Kent. was suddenly seised eic fit, and Fed in the space of a f e was conveyed, with the utmost dis- learTst vorgegison the road. which was at, Herb, where the body now hes. ry about him to the amount of Si. s besides a silver wools, said a serious