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FASHION% DUCHESS OF ST. ALBANS' ROUT. • ' Tl:e Duchess of St. A LRAN;, a principal leader in the fashionable world, gave her first elegant party this season last night, at her house in Bruton -street, to about three hundred of the first rank and fashion; the stairs were covered with crimson, arid the draw- ing-room, which was most elegant and extensive, was lighted up in the first style, with side lights and girandoles. In each corner of the room there was u bronze figure, supported upon a pedestal, elegantly gilt, and furnished with lights of great beauty. the middle drawing-room and breakfast-room were very brilliant. 'Fie company began to w semble as early as nine o'clock. Among the 11.s1.:on __ able visitors we noticed the following : Royal Illightte.+ the Pri.u. 2. of Was.t.-. Larl.—Morra, Stan!ite,m, Craven. %entreats—Lincoln, Card;gan, Carhampton, Roseberry, Harcourt, Sefton, Chrtimel, Ttin'canine. IlrisroNlVP--ftatteivel, Wentworth. I isconnwers—L) , ,nne, Allau, Wentworth, Loftus. . J. rd.—Villiers, Gwydir, Macdonald. lorPer—M. Coke, F.. Seymour, A. Harvey, L. Palke, S. Galbway, C. I lortiby, two Towntibendr. General Piggot. Major Lnft tit. C4eneit--Townshend, Stewart. Captains Fleming. Alcurr....tfarrPy, Mletiornld, W. Harvey, Compton, Orby Hunter, R. Flndwon, P.;lham, Bankey, Creinetos. alistrearta--Pi g ut, Moaner Pitt, Convert, Jorikinwmi, D;rn dam, Berry, Hincheliffe, Broderick, Chapman, I l•-rtin d, Orby Hunter, Jackaon, Honeys/find, Cox, Fielding, Benno, North, Freeimmtle, Sydney, Thoinpon. Musa—Down, _ Cmyers, Resebeiry, Byng, Jenkimmn, Sydney Mitchell*, Chapman, Allan, Hoticywirid, Stewart, Cnx, Bennet, North, Freemantle, Hovey, Fllrrker, [Alto>, B ;les, Thompson, Clements, and Craven. Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Princesses SOPHIA :►nd Alm's, attended by Generals GWYNNE and HARcovar, the Hon. Mrs. HARcouar and the Hon. Mr. VILLERS, took an airing on horseback, in Windsor Great Park ; they went up the long walk, through the plantations, and inspeded the different works and improvements going on, and returned to the lodge about two o'clock. Her MAJESTY and the Princesses AUGUSTA, ELIZABETH, and MARY, attended by Lady CuAs- LOTTC, WYNN, and Mrs. DRsx, took an airing to Frogmore. Yesterday being her Royal Highness the Princess MAR T'S Birth-day, the bells (t indsor and its vicinity were rung as usual on the occasion. This day their MAJESTIES and the PRINCCSSES Will come to town from Windsor, to which place they will nut return till Friday next. Two piaures, by the celebrated CLaunt, painted expressly for the late Duke us liuviumr,, have been purchased by Mr. As G ERST El W for ruht thou 'and pinta, !-1 he subjefts are, a landscape and a sea-port town. A Provincial Paper says, Lord Dot•Gras's gar den, at Bothwell Castle, has been recently broken inw, and completely defivrvere,'. Sir Joan kloax's eldest s.n is dangerously ill at his father's house in Arlington-street. Earl CAMDEN left town, List night, for the Wil derness, Kent. Mrs. VILLIERS' Rout, last night, North Audley street, was numerously and fashionably attended. The Countess of DERRY has announced her ele gant parties for next week, by the issue of 500 cards of invitation. The Earl of Uper;ft-Ossonv arrived in town on Sunday, from hi) seat at Farnling-Wood, North ampton. Mrs. GR SH A SI'S Music, this evening, in Gower street, will be attended by all tire amateurs in this metropolis. Lady C sit alp:Gropes Rout, in St. James's-place, and the Duchess of Sr. ALBANS', Bruton-street, at tracted the attention of the fashionable world last night. Captain MACNAMARA quitted BLAKE'S Hotel on Sunday evening last, and has taken up his abode with his Brother, in Baker-street, where he will re main until he shall be perfealy recovered. Sir JAMES ST. CLAIR ERSKINE has taken an ele gant house, No. 60, in Harley-street. The Earl and Countess of CASSIL LIS, Lord KEN NEDY, Lady ANN, and family, arrived on Thursday last at Edinburgh, on their way to Cullean Castle. On the same day J. LINDSAY, Esq. and Lady HE LEN LINDSAY, left that city for lieland. We are authorized to contradk our account of the marriage of Gkaeci: BAILLIE, Esq. of Devon shire-street. A Jennerian Society for the gratuitous inocula tion of the A accine, has been recently established at Exeter. The Earl of Furr: A r. presided at the Spring Meet ing of the Navan Farming . Society. Lord BoLTON is appointed Vice-Admiral of the port of Southampton. - - The Countessof Bet vie tat, ri-4 oast the beautiful DOLLY BLOOMFIELD, died on Saturday se'nuight. Lord MELVILLE entertained Mr. Annum-rot: and family at. Wimbledon on Saturday. Lord Et esti is.voN it is a candidate for the repre sentation in the Scotch Peerage, vacant by the death of the Earl of ABERDEEN. Sir HENRY VANE TEMPEST took possession yes terday of his house in St. James's-square ; and Mr. Sr. GEolos Cauts lataa and family removed on the same day to Salthill, where they will remain till a suitable house shall be prepared for their reception. The Hon. Tito 61 As COY ENT a v entertained a large party of friends, on Friday last. at North-cray place. He also gave an elegant dinner to all his tenants, on their paying the quit-rents for his ma nors, which had been in arrears fur many years. In the evening there was a grand display of &re works. icount C A art ro* gave an elegant dinner on Sunday last, at his house in George-street I lanover square, to the following select party cf friend.: Marquis of Et sr, Earl and Countess of Kittosrmr, Lord Hevcamsuts, Sir LICH MAD and Lady A. CANON, 3cc. 3cc. The Duke of No R foi.e will entertain the Prince of WALE% and a large party of Noblemen, at his house in St. James s-squAre, on the 3d of May. The Hon. 1 . 140 II AS COV rscav left town yester day, for the Newmarket Races, to be present at the celebrated match between his Sir jobs and Mr. Dawsue's Gulliver, a young horse who never run bell". The knowing-ones have offered 7t0,1 in favour of So. jobn. EAST INDIA INTELLIGENCE. CIVIL ArroiN INIFN'r; CALCUTTA, Nr',V. 8,180 e. Pi,ter Spt-Ite, Ey. &pis,. 11i-oiler :he &..rd of Trade. John Tarim, Esq. Seec.ild Ntember, ditto. W A. I.datonstosto. Eisq. Tbird Nleuaber, ditto. J. N. S.!aly, Su sal:l,las, . • Robert Rieltardion,rmt. First Assistant to import Warehouse. Chatlva Becher, Erg. :lead Aisibtant tO Export Warehouse ks.per. Charles Sayley,Esq. Head ANsistant to CommerciAl Re:ident, page a. John Tayler; Esq. Second ft:lard of Trade, to 14: E .k.nt Warehouse-keeper. It Appears that the regulations relative to private trade had been received by the Governor-General, as a copy of the regulations was published at Fort William, 18th Nov. 1802, in which only three ships that were taken up for the expedition to the Red Sea arc allowed to return to Europe, on terms agree able to these regulations. IMPORTANT NAUTICAL INFORMATION. Extra, of a Lemer from 1 1 :e Comment/in: o . feer et the Molurcar, to the Governor-Genuul is Gowned, dated Aug. t 9, 180'2.. "The ship Banzalore, Capt. Lynch, was wrecked last May, on an unknown shoal, in lat. 7. 38. south, long. 120. 45. east, about 11 or 12 leagues to the northward cf the island of Mangeray. This shoal was laid down in old Dutch charts, but has been left out for some years past. " His Majesty's armed brigs Anthoy»a and Mongowe arrived here on the 1 eth Nov. from China ; they experienced very boisterous weather, which obliged them to cross over from the coast of Cochin China, to the Straits of Balibce, and through the Solo Sea. They discovered a small island, and shoal of rocks and sand not laid down in any of our charts. "Observations of the iinsboyna,lat. 7. 52. N. long. 113. 7. E. Observations of the Monzoose,lat. 7. 51. N. long. 11.3. E." CALCUTTA, Nov. 22, 1802. Account of a ledge of rocks, discovered by his Ma jesty's ship As rogant, the Dover Castle, Asia, and Ad- Ra;tsier, in company, 23d Jan. 1 8012 :—" Four hours min. P. M. saw the appearance of breakers, bearing N. N. W. distant about half a mile ; brought to, and sent a boat to examine them, which returned at half-past six. Having found a ledge of coral rocks, with only six feet water on them, ex tending a quarter of a mile N. E. and S. W. the soundings round them two and half, five, eight, and twelve fathoms, at a cable's length, and twenty-five at about a quarter of a mile distant, latitude 5. it S. longitude 113. 0. E. per Chronometer. The above situations may be depended on, as the time keepers of all the ships agreed, and the island of Lubeck was seen at noon from the Asia': mast head, bearing S. S. W. ; and we made the island of Salumbo next morning, our run to which agreed very well with the above longitude. The reef is not laid down in any chart, and being in the track of ships going through the Java seas, makes it very dan- "'emus." Letters from Bnmbay state the China export markets as uncommonly high, particularly for nan keens ; which was at the rate of 120 dollars per 100 pieces ; the Chinese had colleeted considerable quantities of very excellent cotton in their Southern Provinces, on which account cotton was in little or no demand.—Borany Gazette, 27th Odober, 1802. It is not in our power to give any well-founded opinion on the probable issue of the important events that may be soon expedcd, as the result of the pre sent critical situation of Mahratta affairs, we may be allowed briefly to remark that the two hostile chieftains, Scindcah and Holkar, seem at this mo ment ina Rive ; hut in Poonah it is thought a despe rate conflid will soon take place. Poma looks with great anxiety to the issue of the supposed pending aftion. Some merchants who have left the city, state that heavy contributions are now exalting, so great is the call of government for money.--Ibid. BOMBAY GAZETTE, Nov. 3, 1802. roortAH. Accounts have been received hove, that early on the morning of Sunday, 214 Oitober, a general at • tack was made by Holkar, which was well sustained by Scindeah's infantry, who at length giving way to the battalions under Colonel Harding, decided the fate of the day. A general confusion ensued in the army of Scindeah, and it is said upwards of 3000 men fell in the action ; the guns, baggage, Ste. fell into Holkar's hands. Capt. Dawes, com mander of Scindeah's infantry, 1.211 in the execu tion of his duty ; and Colonel I-I:irding also, in the moment of viitory, to which his conduit had greatly contributed, received a cannon shot in the shoul der, which was mortal. Holkar's loss is about 1000. As this severe conflict took place within a short distance of the city, the general and affright is not easily conceived. - Government is in treaty for the purchase of the ground on which the Naval Hospital stands at Painington, near Torbay. Resistance to the impress service has again dis played itself at Sunderland and the parts adjacew., where huge mobs hal,. colloaed. NNW. INTELLIGENCE. POSTSI4OI.:Tif, APRIL 23. Remain at Spithead, his Majesty's ships Gramput, of 5) guns, Admiral Lord Gardner, and Captain Cauifield ; Ravel, of 74 guns, Captain Williams ; Excellent, of 74 guns, Captain Nash ; Puissant,, of 74 guns, Captain Bo wen ; Calcutta, of 56 guns, Captain Woodruff ; L., Sybille, of 41 guns, Captain Adam ' • Ataxia, of 40 guns, Captain Oswald ; Thalia, of 38 guns, Captain Moncur ; Aisle, of 3ti guns, Captain Wolfe ; Regular, of 44 guns, Captain Presland ; Expedtiqn, of 44 guns, Captain Wilson ; Attrora, of 28 guns,„Captain Malhon ; Allignfor, of 26 guns, Captain Captain Taylor ; Arrow, of 30 guns, Captain Vin ce:a ; and Penguin, of 18 guns, Capt. M'Farland. In the harbour, his Majesty's ship G/adiai/r, of 44 guns, John Holloway, Esq. Rear Admiral of the Red Squadron, and Lient. Connolly ; Royai Serve regn, of 100 guns, Capt. Curry ; Bri.'annia, of 100 guns, Capt. Kittoe ; Windsor Cattle, of 98 guns, Captain Durham ; Endymion, of 44 guns, the Hon. Captain l'aget ; La Tope e, of 33 guns, Capt. Lake ; Galatea, of 32 guns, Captain Heathcote ; Eurydice, of 21 guns, Captain Malcolm ; Ckichester, of 44 guns, Captain Spear ; and Starling, of 14 guns, Lieut. Guyon. In Dock, repairing and fitting fur commissioning, his Majesty's ships Queen, of 98 guns ; Bar i /cur, of 98 guns ; Ajax, of 80 guns; Montague, of 74 guns ; Scaborte, of 38 guns ; Pbenix, of 3ti guns ; and Decade, of 3ti guns. APRIL 24. Remain at St. Helen's, his Majesty's ship Am phion, of 32 guns ; and Pigmy, of 14 guns ; and at Spithead, his Majesty's ships as before. Majesty's ship Calcutta, of 56 guns, Captain WHodriff, has fired a gun, and ir.ade signal for sailing, but will not yet be able to proceed to sea, as it has come on to blow strong a: W. by N. DOVER, APRIL 24. Arrived La jam Eugenie passage-vessel, Capt. Lamy, withhis Excellency I.e Chevalier D'Anduaga, the. Spanish Ambassador, and suite. The Express packet, Capt. Dell, sailed last night in great haste, with Mr. Shaw and Mr. Dressing, King's Messengers, with dispatches ; also the 'luck. land packet, with mail and passengers. Sailed this morning, the Brit;th Fair packet, with his Grace the Duke of Bedford, suite, and Sir Charles Featherstone. Arrived the Perfeß Unhn passage-vessel, with Lady Elizabeth Foster and family ; the Rcnommie, with Lord Mcntague, Sir Charles Douglas, lid Lord Ancram ; and the ilwo Friends, Gillutt, with Colonel Phillips, and Lieut. Charles Rooke. BERIVICK SECOND ELECTION, TO& TUE PRESENT SESSION OF PARLIAMENT. On Monday s'ennight at an early hour the gentle men were on the bench and after the customary forms Col. Hall opened the business by addressing the Burgesses at some length, upon the conduCt of his opponents in depriving him of his seat for the ob servance of a custom which had been pradised up wards of forty years in the Borough at eledions, viz. issuing tickets of entertainment during the canvas : and because some of the Freemen, instead of spend ing them in public-houses, had, perhaps, purchased shoes and stockings for their families. He also stated, that many of the Burgesses who signed the petition against him, adually did not know what they were signing ; but though he could not sit as Member at present himself, they might always de pend upon every exertion of his for the good of the Corporation, and begged to offer a Gentleman for their choice, Mr. Sitwell, who said a few words. Mr. Fordyce next addressed the Freemen, and at some length also lamented that, by a political jug gle, he bad been deprived of that satisfadion which he had flattered himself would have continued dur ing the remainder of his life ; hut, mortified as he had seen, his fellow. citizens of Berwick might al ways be assured of his gratitude for the honour they had done him, and had no doubt of their support when he presented to their choice a Gentleman so respedable and gallant as Major Allen ; who said, that if he was so firtunate as to be eleded. every attention would be given by him to their interests. Sir John Callander was nominated by B. R. Grieve, Esq. and seconded by ('ol. Forster, who recommended him as having served them faithfully two successive Parliaments, and hoped they would chew their independence by making him their choice, and that they would prevent themselves from being bought, sold, or transferred. Sir John Callander said he offered himself as a plain independent country Gentleman, unconnected' I with any party, a firm friend to his King and Coun try, and eve!) , thing dear to them ; that he had done his utmost to serve Berwick during the time he had the honour to represent it, and no instance could be adduced where application had been made to him by the Burgesses, either colleElively or in dividually, that he had not served them to the ut most of his power. Colonel Ord, in a spirited and manly speech of some length, vindicated his character from some aspersions of the opposite party. An unjust opi nion, he said, had been propagated that he was an enemy to their rights ; but he begged to be heard while he declared there was not a person on the bench that would do more for their just rights than himself. He would not follow the disappointed Gentlemen through all their moanings and lamenta tions for their loss, but would recommend Sir John ('alhwder as a gentleman worthy of being a Re presentative for the town, and intreated them to re sist the attempt of one interest to send two Members to Parliament, or else they would prove themselves to be a completely enslaved Borough.—Repeated and loud interruptions were made during Mr. For dyce and Col. Ord's speeches, and a warm alterca tion took place among some of the Gentlemen on the Bench. On Tuesday evening, about an hour before the close of the Pull, the Mayor proposed to adjourn the Court till next day ; but to describe the clamour and uproar this'produced is impossible. The friends of Mr Sitwell and Major Allen were loud for the poll to proceed, as were those of Si: John Callender for adjournment. The poll was at last suffered to proceed, and about six o clock finally closed, when the numbers were, for Francis Sitwell, Esq. 341 — Alex. Allen, Lsii. 31 a-Sir John Callender, l-Lrt. 306. The two first grau.e:acu %ex,: of rouse le , clued JuZ j elekit J. OLD BAILE r. MONDAY, APRIL 25. Afore the Honourable Mr. justiet HxATit, Mr. Bared THOMP6O/4, Etc. FORGERY ON THE BANK OF ENGSND. Peter Gregory was indicted for forging and utter ing as true a Bank Note for the.payment of one pound, with intent to defraud the Governor and Company of the Bank of England. Ana Gooday said, she keeps the HAmpshirellog, in Rosemary-lane. On the Ist of last March, she kept the Boar's Head, in Exeterstreet, in the Strand, where the prisoner came and drank some liquor, in payment tor which ha asked if she could change a one-pound note ; she said she would, and desired him to . put his name on the tack of it ; he threw it down on the table, and tile witness called her sister to fetch a pen and ink ; who did so, and placed it by the prisoner; she did not see him write his name to it. The note was some time after stopped at the Bank ; and the witness asked the prisoner if he would pay it, as she was sure she had received it from hiin ; she after wards, went to his shop, and he gave her goods ...- stead of the money. Cecilia Whitby corroborated the last witness. Thomas Glover, Inspeetor of Bank Notes, said, that Mrs. Gooday and the prisoner came to the Bask to look the note which bad been stopped ; the prisoner loused at the name upon it, and said it was not his hand-writing ; he said he had not passed a 11. note to Mrs. Gooday ;. if he had given any, it must have been a 21. note. ... Wihiani O'Loughlin said he was a groom to Mr. Trent ; he knew the prisoner, having sold him some old clothes. On the 20th of July last, wit ness went to Ireland with his master. On his return he renewed his former acquaintance. His master took lodgings in Bond-street, and the prisoner called upon him, and said he was sorry he had not seen him before his journey to Ireland, as he could have given him something•that would have been of great use on the med. Witness asked him what it was ? He said, " I'll tell you to-morrow." The nett morning he came, in company with one Warren, and witness went with him into the cellar ; he there pulled out a 11. note, and asked witness if two like that would have suited him as well as those which he took to Ireland : witness supposed they were good notes, therefore said, " Yes,' He then said he would give him twenty such for ten pounds ; witness asked if they were safe ? lle said, " Perfealy so." Three nights after the prisoner came to his stables at Portland-mews, in company with Warren ; he went up stairs, and Warren stopped below, and pro duced some notes, which the witness had in his hand when Gregory came down. There were nine teen 11. notes. He asked Warren who made them ? he replied, " I made every part belonging to the plate myself, and Gregory filled them up." Upon which the prisoner said, when he was sober, he could forge any man's hand-writing in England. Witness observed that the number of one of the notes was badly done ; on which the prisoner pulled out a good 11. note from his pocket, and sheaved him one with the number wrote in the same manner, observing " If they do them. badly we must do the same." Gregory soon after called to borrow 1:el. • and witness told hint if he would give a promissory note he should-have it; on the 17th he brought the note on Mr. Phillips, of Huni.,erford-market ; anti witness gave him a bid of exchange for 151. on a banking-house in Dublin. The prisoner some time after came to the witness at the Westmoreland Arms, the corner of Portland. mews, and a conversation took place ; in the course of which the latter offered him any money he might want ; Warren said he would give him 147 of the notes, which he had in his possession, for 401. and would &duel the 151. lent to Gregory. Witness asked if he should be safe in passing them ; the pri. soner said he had passed twenty of them in Vane. hall-gardens in one night ; another time, at a dinner which he had in Highgate, he had taken in a farmer by giving him five of them in change for a 51. note. Witness again met them at the Worcester Arms, where they gave the witness 501. in one-pound notes, and said, that when they went out to pass notes of that descripLion, they went at night to, a public.. house, where they usually retired backwards, and there deposited them, fetching the same away one by one, as they wanted them. Gregory told the witness, a short time after this, that he had passed a note to a publican, which had been stopped at the Bank, with his name on it, therefore he hoped that no papers would be kept by his friends that might lead to a discovery, and if the witness had any, to destroy them immediately. Three weeks after Warren brought 97 notes to the witness, and said that he had broke the handle of his machine, or he should have brought many more. Witness said he had not passed those he had already received, and would not take any more, in consequence of which Warren went away in a passion. The witness said, he had paid for the notes which. the prisoner had brought to him with his wages. Ctoker, a police officer, brought the machine which b•e had taken in the prisoaer's house, into, Court ; there was every thing necessary for forging the notes. The Engraver to the Bank eiam'oeed the notes, and said they were all forged. William Hart, a helper in O'Loughlin's stables,- corroborated that witness's evidence. Mary Wheeler, the Landlady of the Westmerfe land Arms, proved the prisoner's having been these in company with O'Loughlin. Mr. Trent said, he had paid his servant O'Lough , lin with a note on the house of Messrs. Colville and Co. Dublin. O'Loughlin on being again eramined, said he had been induced to turn King's evidence by the per. suasion of Sir Richard Ford. Several persons gave the prisoner a good cha racter. The Jury retired for half an hour, and on their return pronounced the prisone.—Cirslt) of utt,ring the Note ittolvilis it to le forged. ) / At the lat?. Pontefraa Sessions the cloth supery sore delivered into the magistrates the account of the number of broad and narrow cloths milled :a the West Ridin; of that county, for the last twelve. months, when it appeared there was a decre.tse is broad cloths of 13,046 yards, mid an increa , e ia narrow Cloths of 190,2.20 yards.—Of broad, tt.e yards manufaaured were e,tiSt4o46 ; of nasrow„ 4 . "f" ■ iffm A .