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retire. By this time Major-Gen. !knis h id landed at Skoresh 41,1, and march post en the left of the line; and the Prjp. \ Matta having obtained passports. and their route to Colding, were received honours due to their rank, by the bri. gu ards, near Fredericksberg, a royal palace mile of Copenhagen. 24..xt day,the I Bth, g unboats renewed their attack upon our but the latter, assi,ted by a Istigsde of which took the enemy in again , driving them into the harbour. The iving disembarked on the preceding day under cover of two brigades of the man Legion. moved this day to th-ir 'iall•itteliberg, and Jagershnrg, whi, h ipi..d on t! e 16th by the infantry. On. Danish gun-boats again attacked, and tven back, and our frigates and brigs elves of a favunrab:e b r to ad the harbour. within reach of throwing the city. On this day a division of t:ie poi, ander the orders of Brigadier Ge is, took the post of Fredericksworlc, by a Miijor, who. as we st rted in a capitulated with eight hundred and offiers, wit's a fonndery and &pot of powder. On the 20th a patrole having it a corps of cavalry and infantry hair tint of Ro.skelde, a squadron was them, which charged and put mem to dig 16 or IS men killed. and taktog and 29 horses. Here we find the first, material .inference, between the accounts of last week ; which that Roeskrelde was taken by OLD troops howe►er, from the (Awn% that the rot taken, but, on the contrary, that our recei►ed by a heavy fire of infantry, ;ced them to return to their quarters. it, the Earl of RObSLYN ' S brigade On oa the Sou:hern side of Copealhagen. I;,er part of Kioge flay.; and Brigadier ves brigade on the Northern side of SkGreshud. Notice was given, that passports would be granted ; great pro ide in completing the work.; for a Urge, 1g the battering train and stores ueces . purpose. The other principal features a:crunts do riot differ materially horn ly before the public. received letters and papers from ILI. 21Ith last. Ile is telligence fr,u Den , they cns tiin, is not later than that brought last week by the Hamburgh . appears from them , that ther e w as n o Holland on the 27th last, but it is very that it has bees laid on before this time. Saturday night Mr. Cat we and Mr. Nye, the Ntt,sensers, were sent off with dispatches . Admirals at Falmi nth and Plymouth. Letters of the 3d wit. from Virginia. men that by an order of the Executive. t..e two 01E awl three seamen belong ;'g to 'he Alet ,mpus tti• e, who were detained. had :Rea released, and sent beard one of the British squadron. Hamburgh papers, to the 23d, state, that the peace of Tilsit has excited universal joy through out Russia, and yet not one particle of the terms has been suffered to transpire. It was ex pelted, however, that some not,fication would be nude upon the subje. B .l on Monday the 3d of August, cn which day a grand Fife was announced at St. Pe tersbutgh, previous to the departure of the Roy at. La sttae from that city for their summer resi. denee. A letter from Dresden stat s, that the whole Saxon Army is to be newly organzied, sad placed under the command of the French Marshal Nay. If this be tad, it is only the forerunner of sonic important eiianges in the- po litical state of that country. Much of Rom *- tan kmdness to the King of Sezouv has beta imputed to an expedation of procuring for his binther Jritots the hand of the Princess Aunusr A. As the rej;•ttinn of the ntfa must have mortified his ►anity, it 1141 prohahiy changed his policy with re sped to that Passel. The territory of Dantzic is to Ix- extended two German miles, which are equal to eght Ergh.h ant:s round that city. It was ori ginally limited to two French miles. This extension tr territory has given great joy to the inhabitants of that city. TLe whole Dutch% army was colleted on tl . e I halt, in the Camp at 'Geist. Theta .ate several private letters in circula tion from OS era on board the fleet off Co ftihrigen, wirier contain some interesting par t'. oiat•. An extrad from one on board His 71/11 J.lll'i ship IL*, dated the 21d, says-4- We are now lying within four miles of the Crown bat t:tirs at Copenhagen ; they have no ships out, except one line of battle ship in the mouth of the harbour, and one frigate and three block ips. Our army are all landed safe, about 30,000 ele:), whose advanced post is about two miles from the gates; they have got a masked battery of ten 2!-pounders and one mortar, which I understand is to he opened this afternoon on the enemy ; we have walling to do hut with our boats ; the enemy made ,croe the night before the last on our out-posts "h 'don° men, in which we had only inn°, but rt drove them back again and killed several; on .1 side we have not as yet met ary loss of conse "'trice• 'The army italic forty waggon loads of .ramunitior., destined for Copenhagen, three nights tack, and yeste day took fourteen nsoie , it is sup gnscd the bombardment will take place In the course f!vi days, and it is not czpeded to hold out hag." ' . • _ i , A 4 " •`' , • c 74 8 A P' • MRS. SUMBELL. L4TR MRS. WLLI.S. " The fair report" of this lady's inimitable Unita ti ns, riven, on Tuesday last, at the Minor Theatre, in CA thrrine.street, has excited so much puhlic I uriosity to once more beheld this favou rite actrecs in those scenes in which she has so often delighted the town, Chit she has been pre. veiled on to give her imitations once more in Lon. don, b!.fore her return to her residence, where she !i.ts for some years lived, in Yorkshire. 'rhos., that have wttnessed her l r b., in Foe r e's farce of The eadwollatt ea, her 8.4 frt. in Ihr Chao. r uf Arcasels, her Mate!, in Ma, and her ever.lifr, in The Agre•nble Siorpritr, with all the first-rate characters in tragedy, will have rear pleasure in seeing Mrs. SOSISKI.L not only in full prhsession of those talents. bin an interesting copyist of Mrs. Jowoas, Mrs. Nionons, Strott ACg. and many other eminent performers. Though as , ailed by " the sting, old aercut outrazi out Aslant ," this interesting lady has preserved her spirits unbroken. Yesterday mnrning His Ma'as's, the Duke of CA 14111111atir, PtiIICeSatS!%ISOUSTA, MAST, SOPHIA. and Aster.% A, went to St. George's ChApel, Wind snr, attended by Ladies Poui IT and J. Ttsvaas. Generals CA It reinscr and Fiszitok, and braid a sereon ny Dr. DODSWORTH, from thi s r.,th of St. Ma;isew, and 15 II verse, afterwards return. stl to the C - Aile. 'fife Connfes• of H•avtonroo entertained a s.:lect party lasi nignt at her owe in the SfAhle-yard. St Ja.n.s'a Palace, which was attended by the Dn•sess De CASTRILS, the Countesves of liaaav moan and Ste row. and several of er rhe Duchess Dow ger ol fZcrr.Aon is at S.,tr , hor.Aigh, where her Ladyship infends remaining' un till N.ivemher. Lady Gsoitos CAVENDISH, and tile two Mis.es C+vlro ii •Tr l / 1 0, na S4ziitJiy, in town, tforn l'..a.ftbourfie, awl dined at the Do. nets Dowager rif t: rt. atto's hnu.e, ta eet. At five o'clock, her Lad,•-•hip ei.d her uwauie daughters proceeded to Lathermuss. t.. meet G..usair CAVANDIAH, who arrived t' sere oft Saturthy from a Slur througli Derbystity. Mr. SHSAIDAIE left tow°, lass Thin-silly, on a visit to the Dm. Mr. liaartn, at Cie thrx, on a shooting party. The earl and Countess of Essex returned, yester day morning, from Hatfield lark, to Casniouury. and enfertai cd at dinner The Nlariut. 1., Ni.echwnese Sali.bary, the Lvbe.G. and E. Cec,l,(iNiLral Mos Rue, .k. sod Ws, Freemso tle, Mr aml Mrs. StAUlithie, Mr. W 1.M.11, and blr. and Mr,. Charles Lenz. • Lord HARROWOV is at his beautiful seat at Son don HAIL Staa'ordsl•ire The Coontess of dcwsze is enjoying the beauties of o,rerlry Park. accompanied by a select patty of friends. The F.arl and Countess of Clew. utmost av are etpefted w-morrow at their hou .e in Piccadilly. from Worthing, and will proceed to their seat in Norfolk ti .r the sho,,ting season. Ltdy FOLLY is esp-dted at her house in Hill sireet,lierkeley-square. on the 24 h liii•tAllt• Her Lady.hisp . a,ivachrguat ?)ci qg shortly exp•Cte.l. Madame Git •sso as. after a s sort stay in this coun try, is returned to tile Co.itinent, and, according to re,u goo'. to Paris. to assist at the approaching festivals in that gay city. Mout.s.s, an old lay urite at our Italian Opera. is engaged as Primo 1141, to perform next season with C ATs•L•t4l. Madame CAT AL ANI is at last engaged at the Ops•ra next season, and for the comic as well as the •rious. but with condition to strim no where else. Her engagement was not settl...l wh en' Cie arp.utrci for Ireland; but the rygoctation was atterwat ds con tinued, and the terms ultim .tely and recentiy agreed upan at Dubin. !Sir. Yours iaerformed Penrautl,r4 its The Whet/ et Fortson', on Saturday ognt. with ;pea. success; but we still think his If wad , I in iintains sup-1.41 , y ; it is a perf irtuance of the first ord.er, and places him on an equaicy with any usher paloriner ou the stage. T. W. Coat. Esq. M. P. an, the H'in. Lay ANDOVFI Dices, patronise Miss POUCHSE'S Ceti. Le: t as Norwich. '1!;4: new Lincoln 'Theatre will open on %Vedas,. day next with Cle Comedy of Towl and Conn, the company are selected from toe provincial Tb. arrev. .Mils JACZION has obligingly consented to eng two airs at the Lincoln CatheJral. on Sunday s'en night, I.r the benefit of the coo al y tio iotal. Mr. ratty was taken iil rii!Jenly, in Dublin. on Wednesday la.t, and could not pea/urns is the Opera that night. Mr. Re COLDS is already prepated with a new Comedy for Cuvent•garden Tneatre, which will probably he brought forward my early in the season. He will then have full leisure. betnre the season is over, to wind up his accouots with a IMO/ Farce. The Theatres are not to open this season so early as usual. It was originally intent:ht! that Drury. lane should open on the 151 th, Saturday next, and Covent-garden on the 14th. But in consequence of a letter trent Mr. H•• is to the Manager of Drury lane, the arrangement which had been arinAuncesl by circular letters to the several performer is now altered --Covent-gardea opens on the 14th, and Drury-lane on the 11th. The Erne has been pleased to nominate and ap point Sir JOHN bi VAST, tart. to be one of the Ba rons of His MaaatTlea Court of Exchequer in Scot land, in the moons of Sic Jere Diiievetti.g, bait. resigned. 1 he KIN• has also been pleased to nominate, con stitute, and appoint Sir Genets Att.itekt,idsos, dart. 11. be Cle , k for the Admission of &nuts, in ScotlAnd, in the room of Sir JOUR STu ART, Wit. resigned. '1 tie Rev. G. T. Noes, A.B. son of Canaan Noes. Nots., Esq. M. P. for the coup ~t is collated by the Archbis'iop of C A Bury to the ealualle vicarage ut kistatiltato, in Kent. ifrORTRING. Sritasiiia 41. This town continue; very full c a hew families have left the place this week, but a great many nidre have arrived. Among the depar:et, are Ertl Cholrhondeley. Admiral DoagliS, ae. kc. The arrival-. are, Viscount Cfil4,ll. Lidy Glyoi, Mr Latham, Mr. Hope. dm. We expedt some sport on the sancta neat week, such as . poney races, a jinglitz march; and a race of donkeys for a purse l'he Theatre this week has been very well at tended; Miss &infield's benefit. on Monday evening, was very full.; the play was The Soerre,der of C - his I Purser sang .• The Be7uPet of Worthing ;" and the entertainment of lioriaa followed. Mr. Sid dons, in Lowder de St. Pierre. and Mrs. H. Sid dens, as ,lil'a, were very much applauded, and very deservedly sn ; ylf.Harley, in O'Currol. was en eottti in his songs, and 1 inly applauded in the farce of /tetrad. Miss lianfield sang her songs with great taste and effea ; and, io Tire 1,44 4 , lniqier, Harley told the lung story about the rescue of with ss much humour, it almost con vulsed the house wish 'laughter ; it is to be repewed. Amongst the ctsgustes that gr.ieed the Ivan were, Lady Hamilton, the whole of the Cholmondcley t unily, the Duchess D wager of Manchester, a.aily C. D caner, Lady Petry, Vis countess Clirden. Lord Dudley and Wald, the Earl of Dorchester, Lord Montague, Sic. ace. M•s. H. Siddons's den, fi. will hr on Monday new; the play will ne Hasn't:. w:t. • Pawl and Vitginia.•-••• fi a am and U'&/Oa, Mr. and MIL H. Siddon, ; tie Grow Dixerr and I)4,ln,nque, by Wherry, who is engaged from this place to play all the first comic business at Glasgow, by Mr. Beamont, the Ma nager. Mrs Spooner's library, list night, displayed the gteatest show of beauty and fashion, I believe, ever seen at %Vol thing ; is WA, 611 crowded that they were obliged to Fomonade un.ler the portico, before the liarary. WhiCh was MS cleared before eleven o'clock. l'he dash.nie Mr. D. the torn-chandler, ha, left us, to the great sati.:a.•Tion of tinny of nor you .g beatnieb. ior nn:a they can promenade the without hang stared out of countenance by that puppy in gram. • Lot, ',oats to 114;1 gate h • at to their post tired s of Dome but on th lei it the city ring hap the hono ed a el gstardssr bic h is half a milt two le„, g li " cut. • ge ; but I tJW, .pounders, ve 1 in re ded in dril shy having , ed, Skireshard, u His ing rig% Getman sk i rt:rsatCharl icy d brew °cusp'. ny IV 11. the D, dries • :. I thein•el, ft a cr :tho the I i• I!, into the I small Legman sal Memos, mnisn,fed by 11 , nut paper, c ty men and o of earn and pun pitnl that ea seen in f against the fi.r, leaving tee prisoner s, 11 , 4 only mat • the witilh :t:r stated, th, • t swans, he late WAS not °cps Wert IC 1 latch ir.J.cced in the :at, t • rearked on t a the upper AC AA 4 AA at city, at SI to more Nur was made rii in landing ty for the! pit the A already b We have re. d to the elltl ark, Which tt hiel was brot pers.—lt epi ricoargn in Ho probable that it On Saturday Admiralty M. to tne Port Ad, Letters of tine, that by ar c.rs and three gate, who were a beard one I Hamhurgh peace of Dit/OHION, J t.Pr. 4. This day the Southdowu r rir took place nom the Pence's Cricket Groan!, which was admirably well adapt-d to. the occaiion. fhe day was also ex( eclingly favourable, ar•.d a great many Fashion ahl s were thereby indu:cd to a•teod in carriages, on iiorseb.lck. or on loot, to witness a scene so novel in this csait The c runty of Sus-ex. The sh of sheep 41/.04 immense, there being computed to be abut 12 000 of the teal S.sothdown breed, none other being admitted. ['he best price paid for the Ewes was t ken guineas I tar Lambs. '23 shillings;' an I for ilams, 'ran two guineas a hail to three ga•aeas I'h•y ge:.erel of the very first q .al,ty, and the sates were pretty rapid. It being intended to mike this fair annual, ever! farmer 'who brought his sheep upon :tie ground pant at the rate of five shillings per hundred, in order to establish the fair. and to defray the ex penses thereof. In future this expensi- will n'•t he ii.curred, as every farmer will ne allowed to bring his sheep Ire:: of expn.e to ibis annual fair for vile, provided th-y are entirely of the iautbdown breed. A few horses, cows, and , ,gs, were also disposed. r.t ; and several turners produced samples of corn. Various booths and tents, or marquees, were milted sound the spot. -- • -- A Gentleman, or Messenger, was sent off from the Foreign Uifice, .in Saturday evening. with dis patches to the Commanders at Copenhagen; he likewise took with him dispatches from the Lords of the Admiralty. It is said he took an author:ty to he admitted cra board Admiral GA '4 II ER'S ship immediately on his arrival, and to have au interview with tt,e Admiral. The 18th Regiment of Light Dragoons, cam mande t by ties Hon. Captain STEUART, will be review 41 at Rumford. on l'hursday ner. by Hii Royal Hi.rhness the Cost:a an tosr-itr-s:ater, after which •t s:i:nptuous entertainment will be given to the Officers. A letter from Constantinople, of the date of the 20th UM., says, ihst the Divan had been informed that the drit•sb Cab. et ha.' disapproved of the con duit of Mr. Astaurneor and Admiral Duce- W..ItTN. Mlle had sent off Sir AftTHva Place t.. make en cilmtory over tures. His commun., a t u . n was taken into c• nsa ration by it Privy C ;ltoCi, het at the hotbe of the :dour, .Ind in which it was resolved not ti receive the new Ambassador. A message was accrodita,tly s-..t to him. to prevent him from entering the capital. He Also received notice, that no pr .position from his Court would be listened to too the English had entirely evacuated Egypt. and withdrawn their cruisers itiini 'hit pact of C:•• Mediterranean. This condad 0:1 tile psrt of the Divan, it is saii, has been ping:, ; en irely through the influence of 51'86'1'14,44 who not only t!treateliest, in case .Lny rsenur was sheen to English, to leave th. 4 :ity, but also to excite the Janissaries against the pros tit Government of Turkey By this means he cape:led to intimidate the Divan into an ad. Trion of the views of France; fnr the Ja .issmies may be justly e , nsidered as the pi nein Sovereigns of Tui key, and they are entirely under ill* infidence of the French Ernissaries. `remiss,* Pacts* hrs been appoint:li Grand Vi wer. tie is held in great esteem by the Janissaries. over whom he is Commander in Chief. Prince Kira airs, the new Russian Ambassador, aimed at Vienna on the llt ; t.lt. Count azu now,nv, the forrwr Anshabsador from the C Lrt of .t. Prtershurgh, and the French Ambassador, Ckeral ANDRIC/SSY, hive nit seen each outer since the intensgoiice ht tile peace ; nor has tile Pros -61.1 Nlinibter met the General. We an well assured t`..l. 's Ministers at Vienna and bt. retirsotugh, have exerted evety possible effort to cense the Commercial Ag•nts of those t mitts now in Great Benito to be rtcallsd ; and als wet a the expolston of all tintidi Age's!' tsotn kasuta s Russia. Re. The same system. we have reason to know, his been attempted at Lia ison ; M Juin, it miy be presumeti. that DO effort will be spared to effoi the slismisston brais:l AKebts trout every c toital and pact at which the Freaca iaßaCt.6l: roads. a..,•011••••••••••• •11 "r" . "7 -7 7 FQy%CI; , • , ears , tm Tv Toeing G -ntlenfoot of eonseqoance, of thle oa?e of nelt ant Alien, Were brought before t h LORD '4,IATOR, by the two City Marshal ;, charged with disorderly concluet et Barthel •mew Fair, of the nig it preceding, and with treating the Marshal! with much abuse and coAtecript, while itenifitig • the duties of their office. • The Gentlemen were at'enderl by s third. Who had been it: t! tit company an the Tube bit wag not Mended in the charge. . , .• • ' They stated. that they had hied grossly ill treated and calumniated by the Marshals, whom they were determined to prosecute. at all events, After giving sureoes to appear at the hearing tee ttial of the present .',age, which they now offered to dn. The LORD Maio. said, he would accept their own recognizance ; but one of them being Under age. his recognizance could not he accepted. Mr. Holt, in an able and dignified speech, stated, that his charaeler, as well as that of his companion, 'sir. Allen. were shove the reach of any sertaus in- ' jury or unfavourable irhpression in the circle of • c•ninettions, from the unprovakel aggression of any Officers of Justice, %rho could be capable of trance . Pressing the limits of their legal authority. Hi added, that the gemlemon vith him, not included in the charge, WAS a branch of ao highly -respeaable family, well known to hi- L odship, and that that gentleman would be believed as much al any Officer • of Justice He could not help admitting, that he felt, for the first time in his life, degraded, not so much by the arrest, as the rudeness and insolence attend ing it, and still more so by the lose and vulgar con- -- den of some of the Assisting Officers on their way to the prison, by exulting iu the vietory they had obtained over some of the Sirens, the epithet which they applied to them in their vociferetioos on their way to the Poultry Counter. Thi; sort of conduit WRa not only unnecessary for such Officers, but highly culpobl-, and taanifeoly against the law of the land. There was no breach of the peace even pre tended nn the part of him or his companion t they were incapable of it ; but the Officers, wantoniug iq their Atithry icy, while exceeding its legal limits, ha 4 broken the peace. and incurred merited and sever* punishment. He observed, that Bartholomew Pair was a low and litd:croos place ; and admitted,•it was unfit for his place of ente•tainm et; he was sorry to have gone there, alrlougo i• amounted only to an eurnvie,, acl of levity. lie would, how. ever, cnotend, that as that Fair was pterelairrltdby • his Lordship. under a charier, and the law of Rog land, he had its much right to go there, it he wishes! to descend to it, and see an exinoi•ion of any kind; or to go to the hop whither he was poifsg, when tirtjustly taken into custody, as those City Marshals had. to appear there, or to see such exhibitions. Mr Aden made a short and sensible speech, to the like theft ; after which, the L 40.0 Al A VOR gaol, he was sorry to see such young geotie men in -itch a sitoati-,n ; but it was ohsolutery ne cessary, tar the public every, that the Officers ute.uld.. be supp ree.l. The Ofliters were perfeetty *ohs: - at the time, said his Lordship, and rot, g onlemen. ad. mit that yAI were in your cup• If persisted in, he said, on both sides, you strati have full oppo. tu may to carry it further ; but I must take your locos nisances first (the third gentleman offering to bad " , Ir. Allen, the minor.) to this stage of the Istniness Mr. Kirby asked the gentlemen, in a low voice, would they speak a word povate wish Mr. Nalder to which they con *en eJ ; and he liberally forgave the offence given to tom, personally, which was stated to have been . very pinvoking ; and they were discharged without returning sus Court. TYTHEs. 4 ' Mr. Reader, as Counsel tor the Parish of St. He. len's. tinhopsgete, appeared to oppose the claim of the Iteso rend Mr. Cooke, reetor of that parish, to an augmenta ion of fythes. fails claim. as stated in a former paper. was made under te• stunts of Elizabeth, and the parishioners reeiecet •t be the round that For the last century a •Ate was Paid to, ant accepter by, the successive radon., as soll as by the present claimant, which they sew:tended must be conclusive against the refine. •L'he Lose MA Y . oa stated, that Although, in this case, his jririsdicss tem, as Lord Chancellor of the City of London, was edrinteJ by both parties, and was unquestion able; yet, as a bill of discovery and relief, would become necessary. and the usual court tot such bills was toe Court of Chancery, he would grant his permission to the parties litigant s , (as they desired) to resort, in the first instance, tekthe High Court of Chancery of Crest Britain. for the equitable adju dwation of this gr-at cause. although originating within his itomhitatile juristliaino. l'his is the first jodicial settlemeoi it an absoiute paramount juris diction in the LOl4 u Mavos. quite mosque R a. A Gate-keeper at Hyde Park Cur aer summoned the driver of a cart, from East Afton, for evading thy payment of toll. After going a little into an examination of the circumstances, the Masts riser es, finding the 0: incipal evidence absent, post peeled the matter ill a future day. The pa: ties. with the owner of the cart, a very respeaable forns r. retired from the Office. Soon alter they retu noi. and it iti4seated t master had prevailed on the driver to ack i'orledge the Ina, who allowed that he had tiw - Colleacir ; notwithstanding which the gwe ke.ipei Very honourably forgave the fellow the pwalty, by staying farther progress, on his paying part irly of the expenses, the other generously insist. d on bearing part himself, and de. slitting his onkel to he merely to cutivn.ce such people of their error Tne Mecostita t es, in high terms, extolled his conduit, and thouget him worthy of a Meer *Owe twin, hoping it would have a good effea, at least on person. wishing or attempting to evade the tolls. A man was committed as insane, under the aft passed in the present reign, for taking due and proper CAM Oi such unfortunate persons, to take his 7 I , A roan named worthm (Jof was also committed for re-examination, chat ged, on suspicious of sr" ing worsted and ether st , ticles, the property Joseph Oliver. I Cr.at r.umheis irawortsitare been reel taken Up for the Baltic. ibloarttl of theca arc fitting out at Depuncd. Of steal. r of Mr. recently an now