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r" ... -~ F.tsthoiv. MS. MONTAGUE EuNcan'firs BALL, AAktr• ST3FET. On Friday evening last this I.ady gave a Ball and B..pper to above 1.)00 of the fashionable world. The ! )farm appropriated for the ball-mon), being the front and back parlour, were chalked in the fo lowing manner, •is.—ln the centre an Imperial crown, and on each side a ball Pen, with dancing figures, musical instruments, &c. and at the lower end we observed a star, with festoons, tee. in varie gated lamps. The ball was opened at eleven o'clock By Lord DLPPLIN and Miss Boacovia, to tL•e c‘ilebrated tune of .2. Ka* Red, followed by Capt. Flemori-.4 LAdy C. Jenkinsan Mr. I'.llst,ll.b.on L...dy S. Yana Lard Forbei I.idy C Paget LuntTe Lady M. Paget, &c. &e. The company sat down about half-past twelve o'clock to a cold collation, served up in the front drawing-room. It consisted of sandwiches, tarts, .&c. At two o'clock the dance was resumed, and was continued with spirit, until morning was ftr advanced. Among the fashionables present were— rar4—Stanhape, Mountnorris, Nfacclescse!l, and Aboyne. ficauiolois, and D Front. —Grinistun, Fnrh4, , and Famottth. loorJs--Wallien t rharn, P. , tslet ' Bradfuni, RrAybmok, Ran . diffe, Grenville, Levason, Lcutshati, Dupphn, (;races, %V. and C Itnniact:. Sirr—T. Leittimil, R. Capon, .I.llarrincon, F. ll:wkins, M. Ridkv,and 11V (,corral Thc.nitim. Golowle-1). Cannßey, Rob-rts, I(oll, and Ltun Caphirka--ILarvey, Flemming, kinr, and Ilorliarri. Mese , skind, Baker, F. Dani , ls, Wil!.raltams, A. bo wen, Lu•bington, A. Thoniton, Hales, B. Paget, Wi.stern, Hens = , king, Ilav, Pneoi, Courtenay. Wow), GIMIftII, ktett, Tuwer, Ml's, 11;bersow,Thellusson, T. Thellunan, Pat strati!, Pipe, Neville, Town•liend, Abdey, Andrews, Jenkinz son, Dtlredll Piarre;.i.rint, and Pcrcy. • Cesu.stnes;—Forttscue, Ik irlgewater, Liverpool, Mountnortig, llacclaifield, Harcourt, Chinning, Uxbridge, Westmoreland, 4:4snaarivii, 31KI TAnkerrti c. and G-,sford. Ladmo--E. Foremen', L. Harie.y, Lawington, Perth, A. L. Stunderi.„ Fikiiboonigh, C. Jinkinson, Lushington, F. Sunimmszt, W.Jce, R. Butight-n, lt,Wilun LiVoid, Bayning, Rent, Tanker/int., M. Parke., Harr'.ogton, C. and M. Pag t, Ridley, S. Vane, two Towi.silencis, two Mershanis, Bost° Arnhem, W. B;..ntinek, A. mid M. Belinttr, and M. Fell gambe. Niarrsies--Baker, Beni, Steer, Conyers, \Vilbuliams, Thompson, I)orien, MJLa , We.,t, K. Thornton, Knee, Slostyti, Fitzhugh, Cieevey, Smith, Mont.iguc; Stroud, Bciiyon, Brown, RuSerts,Duary North, Webb, Thai:non, Cotton, Hotham, and Stin Madam e 31taare--Ey-g, Stour, Harvey, Conyers, Wilbraham.% Thom p• am, Peashall, l~gb . Lo•hintou, Ruhr. Rirhakilk, Wake, Boughton, Grimnon, Ibbetsno, two Tounshends, lent, tit.llrr , Antonini, Colcin.u% Dewitt, Payne, LockLut, Slurry, Rksiley, Bu.carcu, and Lk vkaon Gov. cr. Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, attended by General GssYNNV, Equerry in waiting, rode to the right of Ascot-Heath Race-ground, and there ailet the Earl Of SANDWICH and a number of gen tlemen sportsmen. At half past ten o'clock the Royal Deer was turned out of the cart for the day's diversion, and the weather proving fine, the sport wail as good as any Hunt this season has afforded. Her isIAJLSTY and her Royal Highness the Prin cess Aucisr a, attended by Lady CAROLINE DOL.. M.Za, and other attendants, walked to Frogmore, where her MAJLSTY and the Princess amused them selves in the ganienc during tho morning { . Her Royal Highness the Princess ELIZABETH, attended by Mrs. 10RAX, took an airing in a phae ton in the Great Park, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Princesses SOPHIA and AAIELIA on horseback. Yesterday about one o'clock the Princess MAIN 1:001C an airing in the neighbourhood of Fulham. This morning their MAJtsrits are expeaed at the Queen's House from Windsor. Yesterday morning three Messengers arrived at Windsor wi.h dispatches from Ministers. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the Treasury, which did not break up till four o'clock; Aso a Council of the Board of Trade was held at the Cockpit. which was not over till tire o'clock. Last night Mrs. FREEMASTLE gave an elegant Rout at her house in Stanhope-street, which was at attended by all the fashionables now in town. Mrs. WEDDLE'S Mubic, Upper Brook -street, and the Countess of Po i:TAMOUT H's Rout, Lincoln's-Inn field's, were very fashionably attended. Sir G. ►SHEE gives a grand dinner, this day, at his house in Berkeley-square, to a mica party of fiends. Sir IV. EAGLE Wm. BY gave a dinner on Monday last, at his house in Argyle-street ; and in the even lag Lady WEL' v had a soled party of friends. Contrary to the usual custom, Mr. MOOIIE, the successful candidate for Coventry, desirous that the people might resume their labours, had the chairing deferred to the day immediately after his ele:tion, ;..nd although but a few hours were allowel to pre pare, the procession was attended by many thou sands. Mr. Moose and his friends afterwards ad jaurned to the Castle Inn. The Duke of RICHMOND arrived at Brighton on the fret of April, but his Grace did not go upon a 1 - 2,l's errand. 4 Sir R. HEAVE and Sir W. Gs ARV have taken up their residence in Jerrryn-street, for the season. The Miss C &NE s took possession on Saturday last of their rit:w house in Tenterden-street. Yesterday the Right Hon. Lord HirrentNson, after being made free of the Worshipful Company of Salters, proceeded to Guildhall, accompanied by Sir Joii Es.mr.s, knt. and the Master, Wardens, and Court of Assistants of the CemFrany, to be ad mitted to the Freedom of the City of London, voted him by th,: Corporation, for his eminent services in preserving the important colony of Egypt to its an cient possessors. Mr.. Coe:gaga Lam, in a very handsome speech, communicated to his Lordship the lesolution of the Court- of Common Council, when he was sworn into the Freedom of the City, and afi terwards presented with a sword of one hundred guineas value ; and his Lordship returned the •fol towing answer : " Mr. Craatetretertr—i have received many honours from my Sovereign and my country, Out prise none more highly than the asa.kef rte;iect which I bays, through you, received tido day from the first commercial City in the itorld 1 still cherish a hope that Peace may continue; but should the am bition of a peel enemy again sac us up to take arm•, to pro test every thing that m dear to us, I trust l shall ever be reedy. to dm bargee the duties of any iituason I may ►e entrusted with, and prove myself not entirely unao:thy the favour. be stowed on ina by my Sovereign, and particularly by this great CAT" • •~ The ingenious and learned Professot Zif this Science, whose interesting le&ires we have nide:- Toured to convey an idea cf, yesterday renewed his discourse and experiments. He observed, that he h id unveiled some of the properties of Galean!sens and shown in whet manner they diifered from those 'of Electricity, and in whet they coincided with that power. Galvanism, like Eledricity, required the same conductor and non-conduaors; and, per ha s, might ultimately be found, that it was a sort of rimy, the modification of which constituted a distind principle. By Elearicity every part was'at once acted upon: not so by Galvanism; its action was slow, and only a small distance from the point of contaa.--After a variety of experiments, for the purpose of ehewing the comparative powers and properties of Galvan ism and Eledricitv, he remarked, their effects, with regard to eeimated matter, were extremely unlike. Galvanism, in this resped, had a specific action en the muscular and nervous system; by the applica tion of this principle, that action was induced which threw the muscles and nerves into a state of active animation, by its powerful stimulus. The decapi tated part of an animal evinced proof of a living principle. He stated, that the result of the enquiries on this astonishing science, proved the very great importance which might be expected to be derived from the application of it, in cases of suspended ani mation, where there was no corporeal derangement, but where the component parts of the body were competent to the performance of their respective animal functions. it should be his province, in the course of this and subsequent lectures, to trace its effect in restoring animation, suspended in conse quence of drowning, or being exposed to an atmos phere where the pure air was excluded. in the present lecture he should, preparatory to other and more importan- experiments, show the ef fect of Galvanism on the muscles of animals, after they had remained suspended a considerable time in atmospheres, supposed to be instantaneously de struCtive of the vital principle. He observed, that in cases of hanging or drowning, the cads upon the animal economy were perfedly similar; when ever the communication of pure air was with held, death, or at least apparent death, soon ensued. Dance it had been the object of medical men to re store animation, so suspended, by means of exciting muscular motion. Galvanism afforded this happy medium ; for, upon applying it, it had been found every mode of the human frame, exposed to its in fluence, was instantly put into a violent state of agi tation. To determine the truth of his theory, with regard to the power of Galvanism on the muscles, in cases of animation suspended by an impure atmosphere, he should immerse the limbs of a frog in different gases, such as the carbonic acid gas, the hydrogene gas, the oxygen gas, and nitrous gas. The Ledurer accordinely, by the proper chemical 7-0- cess, first filled the receiver with the carbonic Acid gas, and suspended in it the limb of a frog, which had recently before been taken off the animal ; he left them to the operation of the impure atmosphere, during the space of twenty-five minutes. He re marked, that the carbonic acid gas was one, the effea of which soonest destroyed life, and, as had been supposed, every principle of animation ; but the truth of this supposition, he should disprove, by the experiment he was about to exhibit. The Lecturer having taken out the frog, after it had been so immersed, and applied the galvanic fluid to it, the effect was nearly as strong as that produced upon it before its immersion. The infe rence of the experiment, he said, was this ; that many persons, who had become victims to the in fluence of carbonic nitrous, or other noxious and life-destroying vapours, might, by the means of Galvanism, have been recovered. Though life apparently seemed destroyed by the operation of a carbonic atmosphere, yet it was evident from this experiment there still remained an irritability of the nerves, and a muscular vibration, which Gal vanism was capable of arousing into action. If the carbonic acid had destroyed that muscular anima tion, it would have been in vain to have applied the galvanic stimulus; but as it was evident, it did not destroy it, so it was equally evident, that animation suspended by vicious atmospheres, might, by the application of Galvanism, be resuscitated. He re peated the same kind of experiment upon the limbs of the frog, immersed in the hydrogene gas, and the nitrous acid gas ; and, lastly, by suspending them in inflammable air, which, he observed, Wr.s of the most deleterious and deadly nature of any, and had been supposed to cause instant death. I his notion, which had been taken up by some of the most learn ed men, was now entirely disproved; for it had been ascertained, that animals which had respired oxygen air were capable of being revivified by the irresist- Me impulse of the galvanic fluid. The Leeturer having made these important ex periments, and accompanied. them with observations stilt more important, as they held out the certain hope of those casualtieswhich haVe heretofore affect ed human life being counteraded, proceeded, for the instruaion of such of the company as had not at tended his former ledures, to repeat some of the ex periments we have already described in our pre ceding papers. He brought in the head of an ox, which had been cut off from the animal about half an hour before, and placed it in the middle of his tremendous and powerful battery. Whether it was owing to the muscles of this animal being larger and stronger than those of the animals on which he had before made his experiments, we will not pre - - stone to determine ; it is our province only to state to our readers what was the effed produced. The died was ten times greater than had heen produced by the former experimentse Upon applying it piece of the Galvanic metal to the mouth, and another to the external part of the cesophagus, the whole head was thrown into the most convulsed motions ; it al most produced a sensation of terror to see the enor mous head of such an animal thrown into such vio lent and strong agitations ; its motions absolutely shook the table on which it was placed ; it exhibited all the symptoms of that animal when in its enraged state ; its nostrils seemed inflated, its eyes glared, the pulsations of the muscles of the temple were beyond conception violent, and imagination almost conceived that these incredible phenomena would have been succeeded by a dreAdtul roar; so pow erful was the agency of the fluid upon all the mus cles at the same time. One oldie company, a gen tleman, whose name we know not, but who had re peatedly in the course of the lecture put a variety of Iquestions to the ingenious Professor, asked bins . a. • • whether similer,e.Taas were pmducel by the plication of the stimulus to entire animals ; they were dead ?. The Leaurer answered in nffirmative, and informed him of the result . an eipetimeat upon a dead horse. He stated, that by the simple application of the galvanic - tali, ow. at the head and the other at the extremith:s of that animal, and bringing the two pieces of mer in contea by a wire, it immediately began to kir' tee most violent manner,so as to render it dangere is to those who stood near it, and not even the force of two strong men could counteraa the action of the dead beast. Tlie Lecturer now applied his sti mulus to the tongue of the ox, having previously drawn it from the head, and fastened it to the table by driving through it the ends of a large pair of compasses. Upon applying the metal to the nerve communicating with the tongue, the head made many and repeated efforts to draw its. tongue back into the mouth, and at last succeeded in violently jerking the compasses out of the t:tble. When these surprising experiments were con. eluded, the Lecturer proceeded to shew the corn plrative power of Galvanism and Electricity, by suspending a spiral piece of bell wire in a receiver tillA with oxygen gas, or inflammable air. The wire was set fire w ; and certainly no eellibition of the pyrotectical art ever gratified in a greater de gree as beholders. A vivid flame run up the wire, consuming it as it went, and sendirg forth sparks resembling those in that species of fire-works called a flower-pot. The globules which fell from the de composed wire, on the china plate on which the re ceiver was placed, were of such intense heat, that they melted the enentel, and forced their way through the plate Such were tho experiments which accompanied this day's leaure. The Leeturer said, it should be his objett, in his next lecture, to prove the power of the Galvanic principle in the restoration of animals which had been drowned. The company &parted, highly gratified with the experiments they had witnessed, end the informa tion they had received. ----- LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY. LINCOLN'S-INN HALL, APRIL 5. In a Cause Petition, brought by the London Dock Ccenpany, praying that certain sums of money aaached to their concerns might be paid into this Conn, the LORD CHANCEL Loa took occa s:on ea observe, that it had for some time past been the custom of persons engaged in undertakings of more than ordinary magnitude, to m ike similar petitions, and that the praaice increased every day, and became troublesome. If, however, it was ne cessary such applicatier,s should be continued, his Lordship did not see why the Court of Exchequer should not also be addressed in common with the Court of Chancery, or the parties might apply to the Accomptant General of the Bank, who would be ever ready to transaa their business, without making the smallest objeCtion. POLICr. MANSION-HOUSE. Yesterday Elizabeth Levy, and another woman, cha'ged on Monday last with having attempted to destroy a new-born infant, were again brought up for examination before the Lord Mayor. In addition to the former evidence geveu upon this charge, a woman, named Sarah Isaacs, carne forward, and stated that .he knew the prisoner Levy and her daughter ; also of her having formerly had two chil dren, which were both conveyed away in a manner that left room for a suspicion, that she had de stroyed them; from the impression that such had been her former conduit, the witness, with others in the neighbourhood, agreed to watch her pro ceedings, having learnt, that on Sunday last, after Miss Levy had been delivered of a child, in the most private manner, without even the assistance of a midwife, or any person that would have been ne cessary upon such an occasion. It was late in the evening, when she was observed to come out from the house, with the . infant in her apron, with which she proceeded to a sewer, and was stooping down, apparently with an intention to make away with it, but was prevented by a boy. Ihe witness had often asked the prisoner about her two former children, and had been told, that they were both taken care of by their father, Mr. Norman. Nofrnan was calkd ; he said he was an exciseman, and he had known Miss Levy seven years ; he had lived with her the greater part of that time, andhe believed the child which was the subjed of the pre sent inquiry to be his, as were the other two, of which suspicions were entertained ; one of them he said, died a week after its birth, and the other in about.a month. FL:denied having had any knowledge of the birth of the infant found with the prisoner when he was with her, which was on last Saturday night • he then gave her a two pound note, and had not been at the house since. Two persons, how ever, proved their having seen him at the house on Sunday afternoon. His Lordship said, that the charge brought against the prisoners appeared to bear evident marks of foundation: it was apparently the most horrid transadion that had ever been brought before him, and he was determined to make every enquiry into the cause of the death of the two children above mentioned. He therefore ordered the prisoners to be re-committed for further examination. Yesterday the Master and Vs ardens of the Bakers' Company waited upon the Loan Mavoe, at the Mansion House, to set the Assize of Bread ; his Lordship having examined the hlealwcighers' Re turns, ordered the Assize to be continued the same as last week, viz. 91, Wheaten, and 7: Household Quartern Loaf. To-morrow the LORD MAYOR will hold aCourt of Common Council in the Chamber of the Guild hall, for the dispatch of business, and to declare the vacancy of the Office of Comptroller of the City. Mr. WI 1. 1.1 WOODFAI,L is again r. candidate. for the Office of City Remembrancer. The success of so able, intelligent and deserving an individual, would doubtless give pleasure to the public at large, as well as to a numerous train of private friends. A letter from Rotterdam, dated March 24., says : " Notwithstanding the hostile demonstrations and preparations making in all the ports of England, the expedition equipping at the mouth oldie Meuse for Louisiana does not stand still. The embarkation of French. troops for that colony proceeds, and early in April they may all be on board the transports ; every thing indicates, that the expedition will sail immedi ately afterwards." le of the Poem entitled !a Pit f • The Commandant and •! of Senegal and it: Dependeneat, to the Matitier of tbe Ma ins and CaG h kr. Senegal, 15th Nivose, Janugry 5, vezr 11 of the French Republic, One and indivisible. I have the honour to transmit to you the annexed correspondence which passed between me and lonel I..razer, Governor of Goree, since my arri val at Senegal ; it will enable you to understand in what manlier this Governor tor his BriLannic Ma jesty seems to elude the su rren d er i ng of the island. of Goree, even after having inforrna me that he would immediately tix on the day when the sur render should take efied. Not being aware of the motives of such an ex traordinary evasion, I thought it my duty to ac quaint you with it, as soon as it raised suspicions in my mind, and I have the honour to inform you that I have dispatched for the purpose to Rochefort, the galley La Legere, as the surest and speediest means of conveying you this communication. Health and respth, BLANCHOT. Gth Pluviose, January 26.—Since writing the above, I rece:ved a letter from the Govemcr Goree, which I transmit to you. The Commandant of Senegal to Colonel Frazer, Goner , nor of the Island of Corer. Senegal, SU, 30. GOVERNOR, I havethe honour to annex to the present the orders of his Britannic Majesty, relative to the giving up of the island of G'oree ; as I am charged to take possession of that : island and its dependen:ies, Commissary of the Republic, I request you will name the day when we may put into execution the orders of our respeOive Governments,,a day which may suit us both, when the French garrison may succeed to that of his Britannic Majesty. I have charged Citizen Montfort, who is the bearer oF his Britannic Majesty's dispatches, and of my let- • tees, to enquire at the same time whether you be authorized to return the salutes k ith an equal num ber of guns? He will also assure you how eager I am to avail myself of this circumstance, in order to have the honour of seeing you, and of passing a short time with you. Allow me, Sir', -to recommend to your kind ness the officer -who hands you this, while he re- • mains at Gore. His charaaer is well known to me, and he takes the place of my aid-de-camp on the present occasion. Picase also to accept the assurances of my real esteem and most perfed consideration. (Signed.) BLANCHOT. (A uue Copy.) BLANCHOT, Governor of Senegal. To bis Excellency General Blancbot, Commandant, &V,-. 41 Senegal. SIR, Gorre, Nov. 9, 1802. I have been honoured with your letter of the 6th Brumaire, (30th Oaober), acquainting me that you are authorized, as Commissary of the I..rench Rer public, to take possession of this island ; and also the bearer of the orders of his Britannic Majesty, relative to the same objeO. I shall be happy to give up this place to you, as soon as the arrival of a transport, which I expeEt shall furnish me with the means of conveying away the garrison, provisions, &c. The arriv.,l of this transport cannot be distant, from the measures I have taken ter this purpose. . As soon as the transport shall arrive I shall have the honour of writing . again to you, fir the purpose of fixing a day for visiting this island, conformably to the orders of our respective Governments. I am sensible of the obliging offer you make of communicating. with me verbally through the me dium of your aid-de-camp, M. de Montfort. Your salute will be returned shotfor shot. Permit me to congratulate you on your return to a Colony which you have been able to maintain in regularity and order, during so loog a war, and to assure you of the Rlcasure I should feel in forming an acquaintance with you. I have the honour to be, With the greatest resped and consideration, Sir, your s' Br.c. JOHN (A COITat 1 ranslation) Commandant of Senegal, BLANCH° T. The Commandant and Administrator-General of Senegal • and its Dependencies, to Colonel Fra,er, Govern -r for his Brivnnic Majesty of the Me ey - :.;oree. .3 GOVVOORs Nov. 29, 1802. Mi Citizen _ tontfort has transmitted me the letter • which you have done me the honour to write to rne. Tne uncertainty which it presents respesting the day when we shall be able to carry into effect the orders of our respeaive Governments, has deter mined me immediately to dispatch the corvette L'lmpatient on a mission, ulterior to that of obtain ing possession of the Isle of Goree, and to employ for this objea a gun-boat and a galley belonging to the Republic, which arc now here under my o: ders. I join Citizen Arnons, lieutenant of the navy, commanding L'lmlaticnt, in itquesti::g, that you will give whatever necessary assisiar.ce he may stand . in need of in the road of Goree, where he is to take •in wool and water. As the arrival of the transport which you expect might create such a delay in the execution of our - respeaiVe orders, as might perhaps subjea us to , ; reproach which we do not merit, I have the honour to observe to you, Governor, that we may consum mate the taking pcssession of the Isle et Goree, be fore the arrival of this vessel, by observing all the . precautions which can secure to you the objeas • which are hereafter in view. Ov,e of the vessels, %inch I shall bring with me, might be employed in carrying your garris,,a to Siena Letn:e, and ano ther might convey yourself, and a certato quantity of eff.ufts. I request you to take into consideration this proposal, and to inform me of your determi nation. Accept, Governor, the assurances of my eensi bility and gratitude for the obliging and &stain:: article which condula your Ester, aal believe Ine• ,~ ) t r -- V•Peror . "... 7' — '.llF ir ' ' ' . - - - 5 ,-- T--.7 - Ary- .... .t, .; .• .." , • , :, e ap- FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. 4. iff...n- :1 the PARIS, APRIL 2. i . It of ---..-- / tatted, Madame Bonaparte h.fs had scmc attacks of fever c me- for some days past. / miti.:s The Co,liuls Cambaceres and Le Brim have dis- 'i( metal confirmed their parties on the 'I him:days. ick in Twenty thousand copies have already been sold , )Vt. .