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F4Slllr V. Marchiones of Mssproftr p.n., on Thursday ereniq last, her first grind Rout this season, at her Isoti‘e in Stanhope -street, May Fair, to Above 500 of the first nobility. In the spleadii cirzie were Ha Royal Mt/ohm's tho POnCe Of W Puetagoesu Atubliasdar. Duke of Leilatut. 111.•quie of Lson. Eerls-4.imert k, flaroWay, Maunt.tor Moyne, Carlisle, Lnnitford. aid Vandal's. ria•eriotk—Fslinotath, Maynard, Graves, Crauley, Dusky, and Pnotruse. I.ord*-11 Petty, A 2Tarniltott, Percy, St. Helens, H. 14 *cc, 04-ol.ron, Jriat W Rureell. Moron Rolle evtaiWali, 11 DaqhWralrl, and .1 Shelly. l:ewerr ls—Ta.lw , Thornton mad Ca, awn. Colonel \V Stratford. Cipt.uo thors Methrten, I'. ?Methuen, Laurie, R. Walpole, Soil, Stewart, Clive, ‘lositgoniery, Cockerel', Kull, C. Cravat', Barren, G. Catalt6eltl, liaminerdey, Ilatumeraley, P. Niethurts, Cornwall, Moore, E. IrValtole, (:Inver, Qqqi tt II vary, and 1.ew... orw.--N.irthumbertaml, ontrrea-,1 ...ulster, and Bolton. War Tl , .rtford, and Ra Ih. C...artas.e..--Kammare, Limerick, Garb:4le, LlVVrporld, I tar moon, Mounttsonl., Cork, Scrum, Dow.wer Seittm, Ux brAge, Longford, Kingrou, Antrim, itoicherty, :tad F. lisessneterses.—Newark, Co-fael, and !Mathew. ledies—M. Perry, Carrington, F. flair . .., Northwirke, Sous..rtora, (.. Thward, Somme's, Iliabott, Warrelt, }loud, E ' P r.v, DooKlas. C. D.ua'a4. Tarikervdic, Reuu.at, Jen kinson, A. M. Strnhope, Croftutl, C. Paget, Cornwall, t's..tkw, two Thyunes, Perreval, A. Stewart, T. King, A. Harvey, M. Printr.a., C. Iloward, and W. R•terel. Mistrewerltobinanit, lklethoen, Coleman, S. Wortli, Shelly, Reneun, Clements, R. Walple, Soley, Stratro , d, Cockerel', King, Baryon, S.litool, Ro bots, F.. Walpole, Rinke., Fitaherbert, and }Toward. Mire—•w, Stnithg, two (.!nlem.us, two Shelly's, Richard:, natter, Clements, Thr , glai, Fitzroy, Wingtields, Ilarvey, Ct..fton, Cornwall, and L. (Mower. MRS. CI.I Horn On Wednesday evening, the above fashionable Lady had a seleft party at her elegant house in Brook.strect. About eight card table , : were set out in the splendid apartments contiguous to the draw. ing-room. The company were assembled by eleven o'clock, and about twelve an elegant petit soaper was served up, of which the visitors partook. Among the guests were, the Countess of Bum ra NA MSHIRE, Sir T. and Lady CRAWFORD, three Ladies PEncevat, —MAYER, Lady VER NON, Sir JOHN RTDDELL, Lady CUNLIFFE, Sir Jong and Lady &tonic:in, Lord and Lady Am ntarr, Lord and Lady Swims, Colonel Gt.vritc, Captain Gm AnA sr, and Lady CORNSWALL. Kans.—Martin. Thornton. Crawfmsl, Jones, Joddrell, R. Walpole, Jekyll, William., Batten, C. Ntuagrove, Cox, 11. Cox. and Donien. Jfi,eressts--Hinde, Mills, Burdett. Allingham, liarford, Codriftenn, /Awl:Tote. Sawbridge,Jodilrell, Batten, 1Walpol; X. Walpole, Tighe, G-altam, and Dorrien. Mines—Sawbridge, Bassett, Joddrell, Knox, Carter, Stanley, Cornewall, and Loftus. The Prince of W ALES, with a lame i , party of fa thionables, dined yesterday with the Duke and Du chess of Devonsttint, at Chiswick. The Hon. CATELL CR WIEN, returned from the Continent on Monday last. Mrs. ST. GEORGE Cauratimo's ball on Monday light next, will be the most splendid this season. SOLOM Ares third subscription ball will be at the Marchioness of Si v's to-mortow evening, at Ler Ladyship's house in Arlington-street. Yesterday evening Lady PERT Fare ball at her Louse in Hertferd-srreet, after which the company adjourned to an elegant supper at 12 o'clock. In the company were Lady LIMERICK and her three slaughters. The Right Hon. the Earl Of GI ANARD has been pleased to appoint the Rev. H. HI Gins, of Nun eaton, one of his Lordship's chaplains. The Gilodwood Races will commence on Tuesday melt, at the Duke of Ric mostes seat. General 1A1 44 034 the Steward to the Race Course, sets off this day preparatory to the meeting. Sir CitAitt is Aso! I. r, will not set off for Ireland to take the command of the Western Distrift, for fen days. His re.idence is fixed for Mountshannon, the 'seat of the late Chancellor the Earl of CLARE. Lady AsuILL will follow in the course of a few Meeks. Mrs. lIILLINCTON, it is said, renews her engage ment for the Opera next season. Vt A NON goes to AST T. F. V'S Silver S:ar, is considered a species of at: Phlosopher's Slone, it brings su much gold into the tr:aniry. The Circut receives, as it deserves, each night, a large share of public patronage. The early season has never been so auspicious for the Summer Theatres ac at present. The enter tainments however at Sadler's Wells are so very superior they would triumph over any obstacles. The Earl of PEMBROKE, Lord MAUI/BURY, the Non. Mr. RYDER, Sir P. and Lady AYLMER, Sir Joins LESTER, Admiral WEL LT:SI Ev, Colonels MARSHALL, AYLMER, alld HART, are among to last arrivals at Bath. The remains of the Dowager Countess of CHAT HAM, will be interred this day at one o'clock, in Westminster Abbey, in the same vault in which the Earl, her late htu:mitd, was buried. The hearse, Etc. will be met at twelve o'clock at Kensington Gore, by the carriages of Mr. Purr, Lord GREH• VILLE, Earl of CHATHAM, and a large cavalcade of friend;, which will proceed in procession to West rniuster Abbey. Mr. ARGERSTEIN has recently purchased the two finest pictures by Aerie, ever painted by that great artist. They originally belonged to the Duke I k Botaws-i, who was the patron of the artist; and the work: erliibit all the fire of genius, animated by gratitude, fir the protection which he had received from that nobleman. The pictures are considerable in size, and as fresh as if they had just issued from the hand of the artist. They have been concealed thirteen years in France, and were se cretly brought over to this country , otherwise, it is impossible that such etquishe works should have been suf f ered to escape from the Consular Republic. Mr. Ancaa)r cis gave for these ad:nit...ll)le pictures, which are companion . , a price that dr.ntres the magnificence of his own taste, as well 4 , the pze rynurnat merit of the composition's. • . aritr.; arwr he hl thtl glass break ; he immediately ran out and seized h;rn, and brought him into the shop; upon searching him, a knife was found with the point of it turned, evidently by the operation of in ' setting it between the glass- and the frame, in order to force the pane out. He had no doubt whatever as to the prisoner's having broke the glass design edly, and that his obje& was to have stolen his pro perty, if be had not been timely interrupted. The prisoner, he said, fell on his knees, told him it was his first offence, and that he had never been before any magistrate in his life time. A Patrole coming by, he delivered him into his custody, and he was immediately taken to Bow-street, where he no sooner appeared than he was recognized as a person who had, not above a year, returned from transpor tation. The prisoner in his defence, made a general avowal of his innocence ; said that his breaking the glass was accidental, that he had no intention of stealing any thing, and that upon being charged he made no resistance to following the prosecutor into his house. Upon being asked whether he had any witnesses 'to produce in his favour, he said he had declined applying to any, fearing least the affair should conic to the ears of his father. It appeared by the answers to some questions put by the Chairman, that the prisoner's father was a tradesman of respectability, but we should be ex tremely sorry to add to his feelings by the exposure of his profession and place of residence. It turned out that lie knew of his son's delin quency, but had not thought him deserving of his coining forward to say any thing in his behalf. The Jury pronounced the prisoner guilty. Ralph Martin was found guilty of stealing a loin of pork, and ordered to be imprisoned two months, and privately whipped. He was admonished that the future indulgence of his larcenous disposition, would be attended by a public whipping, if not by punishment of greater severity. There were a variety of other trials for petty lar cenies, but the circumstances were of a nature too insignificant to merit detail. 'I he Foreman of the Grand Jury appeared in Court, and stated that two indk'lments had been submitted to them for distill& crimes, which ap peared to have been committed by the same person, but the delinquent was described in the two india ments by different names. In one he was described by the name of Furnace, and in the other by,the name of Fumes. The Foreman of the Grand Jury observed, that both the charges against this person were, from what appeared before them, of so atro cious a nature, that it would be a deep sub . ica of regret, if in consequence of any error in the indict ment, .he should escape Justice. Himself, and his fellow Jurymen, had considered that as it was evident one of the names must be wrong, there was a probability that both might be so, and they thought it a duty they owed the public to mention the circumstance to the Court, in order that the mistake might be reaified. The charges against the prisoner were nothing less than that of stabbing a watchman, in a way which, had he not been strongly clad, must have occasioned his death, and also striking another man with an instrument of violence. It would be, said the Foreman, a source of infinite regret to them, if, in consequence •of a misnomer such a man should be let loose to renew his aggressions against the public peace. 'lie Chairman and Justices highly commended the prudence and caution of the Grand Jury, and direled the necessary enquiry to be made, as to the prisoner's real name, in order that the indiaments might be amended. ' We trust we shall not give offence in suggesting the stria responsibility attached to those officers on whom the duty was imposed of preparing the forms of- the charges exhibited against delinquents ; and we beg leave to refer them to some very severe re marks and animadversions, which were a few years ago, on an occasion nearly similar to the present one, made by the late Mr. * Jte,:ice Buller, at the Old Bailey .' POLICE. MANSION-HOUSE. Thursday four Master tradesmen waited upon the Lord Mayor, and thanked him for the order which his Lordship sent with Mr. Nelson, the Deputy Wa tei-KailifF, for the liberation of their apprentices, who were impressed on Monday last, as they were going down the river to amuse themselves at Green wich. In the course of their address, they detailed the particulars of the great trouble and inconveni ence which they experienced in the present case ; and insisted, that :they being Freemen and Livery men of London, and their apprentices being bound for the freedom of the city, the latter were not liable to be impressed, and that consequently the condua of the press-gang, who had so impressed them, was a violation of the rights and privileges of the city of London. The Lord Mayor answered, that he should be always ready to protea the liberties of the city of London, and commended the Gentlemen for their exertions upon the present occcasion. VNION-HALL. Yesterday the master of a press-gang was brought before the Magistrates sitting at this office, charged with assaulting William Workley, a Police-officer, and striking him a severe blow over the head with a cutlas, which occasioned a deep wound. A boy, who saw the transaaion, stated that about ten o'clock on yesterday morning lie was passing by Bridge square in the Borough, when he saw the press-gang come up, consisting of ten men and the prisoner, who immediately laid hold of the complaiciant, and demanded who he was, and if he had been to sea. Workluy answered, that he had been to sea, but would not be forced to go again by a press-gang. He was then told by the prisoner, that he must go on board the Tender, to which the gang had orders to convey him. The witness then went up, and told the gang that Workley was an Officer of the Police at Union-hall, and that they could not take him. One of them, James Bennett, immediately gave the witness a kick. The complainant then attempted to run away, and several of the gang laid hold'of him; anti while they were in the struggle, the prisoner lifted up his cutlas, which was in the scabbard, and struck Workley a blow over the head, which cut through his hat, and occasioned the blood to run down his face ; after which he was conveyed away. Ile Surgeon was next examined, who had been pad upon the occasion ; he stated, that he had -OM the wound which had been given by tte pti 1111111rs it was a deg cut, from the side of the head Ali- "4 , 3 r ~... _ _~. d{ilf~i to the temple—if the weap:4l hut not been confined in the scah6ard, it would have killed the man upon the spot—the wound in its present state was a dan gerous one, and might prove fatal, if the man was not taken care of. The prisoner in his defence alledged, that he was employed by Lieutenant H---, in the impress service, to procure men for the navy, and that he had been ordered by that officer to take such sea men as he should meet passing by the foot of the bridge.—When the complainant passed him, be detained him, and demanded if he was a seaman ; he said yes, and behaved in a contemptuous man ner. The prisoner asked if he would enter ? Ile declared he would not, and attempted to run away, on which he gave him a blow with the cutlac. Th prisoner affirmed, that he had done no more than he was authorised to do by the officer of the gang. The Lieutenant stated, that he had ordered ' the prisoner to attend at the stairs of the bridge, and to press such seamen as should pass by, and carry them without making any noise or dis turbance to the Tender ; the witness said he was much hurt at the conduct of the Prisoner, ant that he had behaved contrary to his orders. The Magistrate said, that the prisoner had exer cised the authority reposed in him in a scandalous and cruel manner ; he had also departed from his duty, by going with the gang to Bridge-yard, when he had been ordered by his officer to proceed no further than the Bridge-stairs. He was imme diately ordered to he committed to take his trial for the offence, and the complainant was left to the care of the Surgeon. r Jamci Bennet was also ordered to find bail, for having assaulted the boy, and the names of tho whole gang were sent to the Admiralty, with an account of their condua. On Tuesday last, the.children belonging to the Sunday School at Chelmsford, consisting of up wards of one hundrA, dined at Mou!shun-Hall, at the express desire of Sir l-lxNa v ST. JOHN MILD. !KAY and his amiable consort.—lt is impossible to recount the number of charitable donations which this benevolent Lady has distributed to the indi geot poor of this pansh, and that with her owrs hands, however remote their dwellings. The aged, in particular, have experienced her bountiful good ness ; their wants have been supplied with food and raiment, and the latter days of their exigence ren dered comfortable by the fostering hand of their benevolent patroness. We arc informed, that Mr. WENST EN, a gentle man extremely well known in fashionable theatri cals,, will make his appearance in the course of the present season at Covent-garden Theatre. Messrs. PITC H lES, at — Northfleet, have receiveti orders to proceed with the completion of the Eagl,, of 74 guns, now on the stocks. Robberies begin again to occur in different part> of the French Republic, and they are attributed to the great number of Conscripts, who prefer the pe rils of a life of outrage to the service of an arbitrary Government. Many are well armed, and they are said to be concentrating in the mountains. The Grand Judge is reported to have written on the sub jed to the Prefeds and the Commandants of the troops, in a stile not to be exceeded by the most vio lent Revolutionists. The Lord BISHOP of LONDON has issued his notices for a general confirmation and visitation of his *diocese this year, as follows : Wetlitrut iy, April 27, at St. Paul's—• Visitation. Thursday, April 26, at St. Paul',—Vantatiun. Friday, April 29, at St. Martin's in the Fields—Visita'ion. Monday, May 2, at Chrit Church, MiddliNcy.—Visitation. Tuesday, May 17, at St. Alhates—Visitatiori and Ct./flirt:At tam. Wiiinsday, May IS, at Stoctford—Visitation and Confirma tion. Thorsdry, May 19, at Walili,n—Viitation arid C'onfirmatioo. Friday, May 20, at Datimair—Visitation and Confirmation. Saturday, May ;; 1, at Halsted—Visitlition and Confirmation. Monday, May 23, at Colehestn--Visitation and Coni 4 rmation. Tuesday,. M a y t,!4,,at tJo....lehestr—Visitatiou and C on fi rmation . Wi'daesday, May Lin, at Mittl,:y--Cunfirmation Friday, May .27, at Nl:ddriii—Vtittatlun and Confirmation. Saturday, May 28, at Chelms:b:d—Visitatioa and Continua 1101). Monday, May Da, at Ongir—Conirmeinn. Tuesday, May .31, at Rayleii:il—Cunfirmation. Wednesday, June 1, at ren tw uosl —Viiitation and Conh.- !nation. Thursday, June £, at Rumford—Visitation and Confirmation. I The following Address, signed by every mspal able merchant and inhabitant at Gibraltar, was pre. sented to his Royal Highness the Duke of KENT, on his approaching departure from that place. May it please rtir Royal Highness, We the inhabitant; of Gibraltar beg leave once more to ap proach your Royal Illltness, with those feelings of regret. which have been called forth by the immediate prospect of rout Royal H;glinescs:umporary absence from this Garrison.—ltowr ever short that absence may be, or however necessary fur the public service, it cannot but be sincerely lamented by us, W whom every day and hour of your Royal Highness's (Astern meth afford additional reasons for gratitude arid satisfaction. The numerous sacrifices of health, time and labour, which art unremitting attention to our welfare and poi:purity have SO long required of reir Royal Ilighitess, are too well known, and gratefully acknowledged, to suffer es to. hazarVa wish which might be inconsistent with the convenience of your Royal Highness=, or the dctnands of public duty. Whenever these important consideration; shall permit the re turn of your Royal flighness, it will be a subject of joy and con gratulation to us; and we contentourselves, in the meanwhile, w th the expression of a actions, ardent, and affectionate at tachment to your Royal 'Ugliness's person and character, which neither time nor distance can diminish, and the assurance that, while we still remain (as we trust we shall do) the objects of your Royal Highness's protecting care and solicitude, those ex alted virtues which forth the ground of our future reliance, are not less the subject of our admiration, than the benests wo have already experienced are the just motives of our wiceasiug, gratitude. To which his Royal Highness was gracious)i pleased to return the following ANSWER. C ENT LEM r Anxious as lam to expert - 4 my warm acknowledgments for the very affectionate manner in which you have addressed me, on my approaching departure from the Garrison, I feel myself quite at a loss to find language sufficiently strong to convey all would wish to say on the occasion; I shall tittirofOre only as s, f.e you, the impression made upon me by this flattering mark of sour attachment can never be effaced. it having ever been, from the moment of my assuming the command here, my first object to promote your welfare and prosperity as far as my judgment could guide me, and the means, in my power enabled me to do, it is a subjuct of infinite pride and gratification to me to find that I have succeeded in gain int,' your good will, and in satisfying you that I have never been uninitidltil of those duties, which, as Governor of this felt the good of his Majesty's service required roe $o it.rfur.n. Absent or present, as long as it is his Majesty's pleasure that I would retain the honourable situation I hold here, it will be my ptrticitlar study to prove to you the attachment I feel for the repeated marks of atfectiim I have uniformly received - your hands, by zealously attending to every point that can, tribute either to your comfjrt , or to the protection of your 101.5 and property it study to prove to you the attachment I feel for I marks of affection I have uniformly remived at by zealously attending to every point that can cor.. r to your comf.Prt, or to the protection of your per. Dperty. 1 1' „ v • irtzt r -,4 • - 2M.L. WEST.4II,VSTEIi SESSIO7,-.. GUILDHALL, KING•STREET, Atom 15. nu- oar. WILLIAM MAINWAnuG , rsq. Alevaiider Lovell was indiaed for privately steel itt, from the person of one Ad.tm Huntley, a pocket handkerchief. The prosecutor could oily swear to the loss of his handkerchief, in Covent-garden, on the 17th of May last; he did no t see the priemer take it, but a witness, of the name of Thomas Paine, distinetly swore that he saw him take it out of the prosecutor's pocket. He immediately in formed Mr. I luntley of the circumstance, and Mr. I luntley proceeded in pursuit of him and took him. Upon his apprehension he drew a knife, threatening to assail his pursuers, if they did not let him escape, but he did not venture to use it ; the fads of the case were too plain to admit of the least degree of doubt, and the Jury, without hesitation, found hint Guilty. The Court, in consequence of his being an old offender, sentenced him to transportation for seven yeers. Immediately after the Chairman had pronounced ' sentence, the prisoner most aielaciously pulled something from his pocket, which afipeared to be a tobacco-stopper, and threw it at the Jury, and at the same time made a blow at ;he head of the keeper of Tothil-fields Bridewell, and insolently ad.!: essing the Court and the Jury, said they might all he damn ed together, since they had (lone their worst. He was ordered to a place of iecurity, where lie will have ample time for relleitiOn. Thomas Won was indicted for obtaining, by false pretences,a legof mutton from James Gray, a but cher. It appeared tee: the prisoner went in the name of Mrs. Ann Ellis, the matron of the work house of the united pelishes of Stint Giles and St. George, Bloomsbury, and sey: ee; that she had sent him, the prosecutor delive.em! e to him without the smallest suspicion. It however turned out that Mrs. Ellis never had given iiim any direetions to obtain the article from the praseeutor, and conse quently that he could only have been aduated by a fraudulent principle, and an intention to convert the leg of mutton, he had so surreptitiously obtained, to the inordinate gratification of his own appetite. It was stated by Mrs. Ellis, that the prisoner had first come into the workhouse in a state of ill health, but that he soon recovered, and endeavoured to make himself useful in every way he possibly could. Till this affair he had borne an extreme good charac ter. He was a very clever man, and had acquitted himself, while in the workhouse, much to her satis faCtion ; he had not left the workhouse above a week before this unfortunate transitaion took place. It was with regret she was obliged to appear against him; for a man more unlikely to commit such an action she hardly ever knew. The prisoner, who was really a young man of particularly decent appearance, was called upon for his defence. He at once admitted it, hut he said that the prosecutor had delivered him a bill for the leg of mutton, in which he had charged at the rate of two-pence a pound more, than by his contra& with the parish he was entitled to. This bill the prose cutor had contrived to get destroyed, fearful lest it should be proved as a - faet not creditable to him. With regard to the offence for which he was under prosecution, he was compelled to acknowledge it ; at the same time lie had committed it under circum stances of derangement ; which not only applied to the state of his finances, but of his mind ; for he was at the time, not only extremely poor, but in a state of intoxication. This, however, he knew was no excuse; he said, he had honourably served his Ma jesty in the capacity of captain's clerk, on board a man of war, during the greater part of the last war. He had been in several aections, particularly in that of the memorable Ist of June, in which he had per sonally exerted his courage, and had had the misfor tune to see his brave captain fall in that noble con test. But for that event, he would no doubt have appeared this day, and borne testimony to his cha rader ; he thought that, as lie had known Mrs. Ellis, he might nrake use of her name in order to procure a dinner, and he had done it with a less re morse, as he really meant to make restitution. It was his first offence, he had never been in his life time a moment in confinement, for any crime, or suspicion of one, either on sea or on land, and he sincerely trusted, that this, his first lapse, would be treated with lenity by the Court. lie added, that he was persuaded he should have no difficulty in obtaining employment from several captains of his Majesty's navy. The prisoner was found Guilty, and the Court or dered him to be put aside, while the measure of his punishment was taken into consideration. yobs Doe;ington was indided for fraudulently ob taining the sum of three shillings from Mrs. Mat tocks, by false pretences. From the evidence of Mrs. Mattocks it appeared, that her husband was the steward of the York Hospital, and that the pri soner on the day mentioned in the indiament came to her and said, her husband had sent him on a message to Westminster, and had direeted her to pay him three shillings for his trouble ; she accord ingly gave it him without the smallest hesitation ; but upon her husband's coming home she disco vered that the prisoner's story was a mere fabrica tion, in consequence of which he was apprehended. The prisoner had nothing to say in his defence, fur ther than that he was in want of three shillings, and that he had made use of this deception to procure it, firmly intending to repay it the first opportunity. He had been a soldier, and served seven or eight years upon the Continent during the late war, and he had the certificates of the Colonels under whom he had served, which, if the Court would hear read, he was ready to produce. The Court observed it could pay no attention to any written charader ; if the officers alluded to were in court, and had any thing to say on his behalf, they would be heard. It appealed that this prisoner who was a stout good looking young man, appa rently able to gain his living in an honourable way, had actually, since the last war, received a small pension from Government. The Chairman observed, it was a most shameful thing that fellows who were living on the public bouuty should be going about the town defrauding credulous people of their money. The Jury returned a verdid of guilty. George Edwardt was indieted for breaking the windows of a Mr. Denman, with intent to steal his goods. The prosecutor stated, he kept a shop in the rand, opposite the Adeiphi, and that he observed the prisoner standing at the shop window with some ' thing in his hand ; he watched him, and presently