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BRUNTON. Auousr 24. The abtence of the Prince is c.nsiderably felt here a lready ; although our company increases, the ral lying point is g' e. The Theatre is well attended ; last night, by desireof the Hon. Mrs. Calvert, Tlx Prowled Husband, and I ke Devil Itr Pny ; this right, by desire of the Right Hao. Lord Charles S.unerset, Ske Sloops to Conteer, and A Tile of 'biters/ I anJ, on Friday, her Grace the Duchess rF Marlborough will patronise the benefit of Mr. Blanton. READING, Mom - 22. Yesterday the Mast Noble the Marqsis of Bland ford gave a grand fete. in his park at Whitenights. near this town. Marquees and a temporary build were raised in the park , for the acco m modation ddike company invited, which consisted of a 'sam ba of his Lordship's friends, the officers of the First R ea ding Volunteers, and a great number of the in habitants of the town. About four o'clock, the Vo jueie•rs arrived on the ground, when the Marquis loo k do cnnunand. and put the corps through a number of evolutions, wtach they performed in such a manner as to gain the thanks of Isis Lordship, and the avaLtve of the spectators. The m litany cart cites being finished, the Marquis conducted the offi cers to Lis table, and the company retired to the rorg . m a, where they regaled themselves with a cold cal!Ation, consisting of every delicacy of the season; while a most excellent baud played a vs. rift, of popular tunes. Tea was afterwards made, and the evening conch:MA by large libations to the health of his Lordship and the Noble House ~1 Marlborough, in the choicest wines of every kind. The Volunteers were amply supplied with refresh ments ani strong beer. Soon after nine o'clock the company br-ke up, expressing then delight at the festivity of the entmainment, and their grati tede f r the amiable and polite condescension of their noble host and hostess. IVORTHINO. Aims? 2s. H er Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales, atm:l:led by 1...,+y de Clifford, came mi the sands at hale-past ten this morning, to Lathe. Her R•ral I liOntert WAS in her carriage, with two see. irons behind. As soon a• the carriage arrived near the maciine, all the comp :ny that were walking out on the sands surrounded the Royal carriage. ani saluted her Royal Highne•., who returned it ati,lvlitv. Her Royal Highness, afrer I:tithing, returned 0 Warwick HOW,. The bathers were eery nurn mous, the deligh , ful sands e.f Worthirg being in inviting. The Licli..s .ere enjoy the pleasure of the briny deep more than at any ether watering place upon the coast. 6v/oral el Cheat are expert swimmers ; one of them, in deed. a very fine woman, so completely an adept in the art. site rs called loamy Direr. This morning sire swam en her hick, and beat water, &c. with die agility of a dolphin. Several might be Inn alto daiic;ng about, as much at their ease as 04 krrq Pyle A wire party went out in a pleasure boat. bat wet ohl•grd to return. on secount of the rain. Lord and Lily Dud'ey and W ird arrived, at twelve o'clock, in their travelling earring and lone. at their moist, near grarfOrd ' S Library. Amongst our company at this place ate. the Duchess of hlanctie•ter, Earl and Countess Chnl 'at rideity, the Earl ni 1) .rchester, Viscount Mi llen, Lewd Montague, Dowager Laxly Petrel Ladies Meudaent, Harroveby. and W. Hamilton; l A4miral Douglas, General Johnston. and Dr. Sampson. Oitr late arrivals are, Me. duggin, Mrs Shel don, Mn. Custmicr, Mr. Hose, ‘irs- March. Miss Cavanagh. Lady (,instead, Mrs. S' aer y, Mrlb. Halsey, Mr. and Mis. Sh-phard, Mrs. Trylis, Mr and Mrs. Gmrtinn, Madam Bianchi, Majqr Thrirrtnn, And Mr. who sports an elegant curricle and pair of greys, and is attracted here by We lovely CIIAIMS of a West India Merchant's daughter. . _ sriv co. i-us fi , ll was caught here, last Friday. is a v ; it cAlled, the Creek, or Man Blood- Jae if,. It is of the shape of a toad in the body. ev.tly :he same size, with a head five times lasger than the body, a mouth like a puree, and eyes in the poll of the neck. with eight tait.s e.ch I v, .uskers, with which, it it slusuld fasten spots .ny p.vt cf a man's body, the fishermen toy it would suck him to (loath, bi fore he could es ulcers. himself. Whim alive, it is of ir.if lu"S CO. Ilke the cameleon, acci,rding to the lit in thick it is seen. g pl ue a y; 4 lifs it evenin g o. is, or, Trip d li e e s ir e Beth g n i f ; o. in ; . w cl h r ci rs. H Siddons plays yrdia ; buy, by Miss De a:: p; to conclude with 7ie War iv - Winds°, , ". 6 ti > *.ir. 0 xberry ; and Joba Lamp, by Mr Pui • Hob gieat source of Itere. in the course th d,y. is Mr. Stiff,' Unary. which viiiited by the Fashionable:. Mr. Stafford has rovided a hand. which plays in the evening. There ill lie a /Lai and Concert, to-morrow, at Mrs. Ba n's, New lon, under the patronage of the Countess which Master Pio Cianchettini, a y serer >nal-. and a hall old, will perforna,with osistance of Nl:s Dusi. k. The afternoon has :and out fine, .nd the numerals Eferialcs are now ' io their carriages. He* Loyal Highaess the Princess of Wales will re Worthing, meet Monday, for London. _--....--- U. Narth Hants Militia. at - Gosport, no Steur- I 'l leiteareig commer.ced volunteering to serve in Le Ltr.e. r AAAAe T RION Tn. PIPVIPIICTUS 01 AN Aut. !can Winne A eta : —As to Foreign Intelligence. we hall aat imitate some of the Lendow Prints in their rofessions m this 'aide. Some of them do not t:irt,le to emi.mitnit.ate that they receive their utiles Mies by M A NOW Celt PirinJ —that they Iv- Inner! out F.rtariatues ii tris4Ang :: . p--and that Inv t t, no. pn , ntlents on t h e Coutin-nt are in po.- -.nn ..1 e •kmg of Gyg-e., by *hich they can VK" them-el . /es sweisild e , and penetrate into all iri% of 11. t CAttlfstu—th i r they have engage.' rulfb,r of 1..% cches in Lapland. kelporilic "^ broom. ks, aad outstrip the velocity t f air-balloons... 't Inv, have engaged a ntimber of woodcocks to g II " "' intelligence rutin the Northe rn COllOll ici L. bi lleatrg el winter, kc itc. POLICE. Ye terday Evan Evans was brought before Jon Ni a es, Esq for re•examination, charged with steel ing gold seals, to the value of nine guineas, from 'Mr. Rogers, a goldemith, of Charing-cross, under pretence that he was a Messenger belonging to the Secretary of State's Office, arid that he was sent by Mr. Nepean, the WTI of Sir Evan Nepean. Molyneux Hyde Nepean, of Fig-Tree -court, Temple, attended, and said he was Sir Evan Ne pean's son, and knew the Prisoner ; lie positively swore he never sent the Prisoner to the strop of Mr. Rogers for any seals, or direfted him to come to the Seeretaryof State'soffiee with any, from Mr. Rogers or any other person; and further said, that he had not seen the Prisoner for five or six years part. • The Prisoner was committed for further examina tion, when it is expeaed several other charges will be preferred against 'giro. It turns nut that this fellow, since his dismiesel from the Admiralty as a Messenger, has worn his medal, and passed for a Messenger in London, and variods parts of the country, and obtained goods by this means. He travelled in post-cbaises without paying, borrowed great caAti, &C. &c. e queerly assuming the name of Mr. Shaw, and other respeflable Messengers. When he belonged to the Admiralty, his extravagant dress and mode of lay. ing were the subject of conversation. He was asked, once, how he managed to afford se many new clothes? He very compo edly answered, that he did not pay for them, and never intended it. His introduftion to ti e employment of a spy upon the Corresponding Society, arosef from his being a prisoner in the King's Bench, and a c..mpaniwn of Martin, the Attorney, who drew up toe Resoiuta passed at Chalk Farm, at a rneLiang tat the Csi re spon. i g Sueirty ; at this time the Piisnnees wile went to Sir Evan Nepean, at the Secretary of State's Office, to give information of the political cabals held in the prison. and what passed at them; the Prisonet fret nding to he a zealous fraud of whit was passing In the Corresponding Society. lie has been a baeltrupt since he was di►missed from the Admiralty by Earl Spencer. ' Joseph Slant ey, a boy about eleven years of age, was charged with feloniously stealing a watch. the property it James Cronin, of Lumorr-court, Seven Dials. fif.monger ; and John arantry, the father of the boy, was charged with receiving the same, Wowing it to be stolen. Lydia, the wife of ri e Prosecutor, said, that on Thursday se'nnight, between seven and eight o'clock in tne everting, the saw the boy coining out of her hack parlour; she asked him what he wanted ? he replied, her hnshascl had desired him to get bins some tobacco. In a short time after this, a watch was missed from the room. Ge-rge Donaldson, the Constable, said, that on Mon;Jay rrt..rning he went to the boy, and asked Ens where tt• • tishrnonfter's watch was The boy denied any ki.owledge of it; but on bein4 trireatened by the officer, he acknowledged that h;s Whirr had it. The officer then went to the father, and on switching him, found LOC watch in his lob. • Tl:c Prosecutor denied having sent the boy into the /3"711 where the watch was, for tobacco. The boy and hi fatter we: e both committed for trial Mown 1V,,'.,, a Kew m.ige Coachman, was brought up for re-enminarion, charged with strafing B ink Notes to the amount of Ga. ti,e property of William Lingard, of the Roebuck Inn, .l'urnham Green, from a box in a draws; in the Bar Tt.e box which con' .ined the Bank Notes was found, soon atter the robbery, near Kew Bridge, where the Prisoner was seen ti go der- 414 after he Mt the Prosecutor's house, and several other suspi cious circumstances being proved against him, he was sully committed for trial. 41111ILDil&LL. AUCTION FRACAS. Yesterday, two respeßOie looking ram, between ♦0 and 50 years of age. of the names of Page a•nd Prearbare, were brought its custody, before the Pre siding Magistrate, upon a charge of rict and asau it. It appeared that the Complainant, oi,e klar wood, kept a wart-room, in Skioner-street, where he sold goods, on commission; and in the evening bad an auelion, by candle I , ght. Mo7iday night, while he was in the ad of se-Ling moslins, and ntner article■, by auftion, in his sale room, in Sk.nner. street, as usual, the Prisoners came in. and after one of them (Page) had bid for a piece of muslin, and it was knocked down to him, he refused to take it, and abused the aultioneer in a most gross manner ; saying he was in the service of Government, and had authority to stop the sale if he pleased—they were a parcel of swindlers, and they shonld sell no goods there." The other man (l'erthshore) also abused the auftioneer. called him " a swindling rascal—lie would knock his jewish eyes out," and wing other like abusive expressions ; and upon a re monstrance, they both ass suite.' the auctioneer and his wife (a pretty your.g woman) and struck every one who attempted to interfere. In consequence of which, the aulion was put an end to for the night, and some goods materially da maged in the course of the riot. The Prisoners were, with much difficulty, and after some hz.rd blows on both sides, secured by the persons present, and lodged in the watch-house. The Chimers, in their defence, denied that they bad struck a blow until they bad been previously as saulted by the aucti 'neer, his wife, and some other persons present. One of them (Page) had bid (or the muslin. which was knocked down to him, wit - out his intending to buy ; and when he wished to return it, tire auctioneer abused him. lie turned eat to be a Clerk in the Sick and Hurt Office. and was a very respeßable looking man, about titty years of age. They both declared they could produce a number of witnesses to prove the fallacy of the statement made on the clher side ; but no persons appearing cu their behalf, and several persons cor roborating the statement of the andioneer and his wife, as to the violent and outrageous condo./ of the Prisoners. the Presiding Magistrate, Sir Wm. &out 4 u, Knight, said, bat a case at more =pro. yoked violeoce and outrage never came before hint ; be, tteretnre, ordered the parties to be bound over to prosecute, and the PrUotters to be committed to ga•tl until they sh:mld find bag to attend and take their trial the east Sessions. warroawriaatteti. Wit's,.. Stanton, alias Plrferd, a private in the West London Mititia, was brought before the Ma. • e gistrates, yesterday, Charged witfastealioß ahere.' pewter MI, the property of Neal, M'Penteton,; pui,:a:an, in the neighbourhood of Maorfielals.— The d;sh was foond in the Prisoner's pearassios, doubled up together. The only novelty in this case wan, the Publican refusing to be bound over ti prosecute, after he had I given positive testi:nony of the felony having been consmatted in his house. Kea an hour elapsol, be fore he wnald consent, after repeated remonstrances , by the Magistrates, who urged the consequences of his refusal. Their Worships were about to eamosit him,for contempt, when he at last complied, with the greatest apparent reluflance. The Prisoner was fully committed for trial. ..hh , s Ealing, a boy about nine years of age, was brought before the Magistrates, cLarged by one of , the Masters of the work-house, with cutting and de moping :he web of some carpets, which we t , in the I loom, In the aft of manufafturing, at the work. house to which the belonged; while the work people were at dinner, he having previontly hid behind a water-cask, took the opport Joky of cut ting all the webs 'iltitriVi'not only thereby. destroy ing them, but creating a delay of near a fortnight, before the loom can be set to rights again. This was the third time the same boy had been before the Magistrates for similar offences. When asked wha' was his motive for doing so ? the boy answered, that be wasted a holiday, and he knew by cutting the web, he should be some days without any work. After a severe reprimand from the Sitting Ma gistrate, he was ordered to be sent to Bridewell for fourteen days. Y•NIION•NOO$L. FORGERY. This day, • yneng man, about eighteen years old, was finally examined under a charge of surgery, tortnre the LOtD MAY on. His real name is Joie Cents, but he used the name of Poled at the tim: of presenting the check for forty-nine pounds, by him produced and uttered, knowing the same to be forged, to the banking-house of - )lessrs. Prescott and Company, Threadneedle-s:reet. Iniadon. The At of Parliament enafts, that the uttering any of the negotiable instruments or securities herein de scribed, knowing the same to be forged, is a capital felony, without benefit of clergy, equally with the aged commission of the crime of forging itself. This unfortunate young mat had represented himself at the Banking-house, as then the menial servant of a Mr. Soane, is John-street ; whereas he was at that ' time the servant of a Mr. Ridley, 0:1-roncbant, in Lawrence-lane, London. 'lle C:e;:t of Mess s. Prescott and Co. a Mr. Grease, detained the Pri soner, and called one of the servants or porters of thanbeibse, tsmil he had sent to John -street, where Mr. Sean, lives, and learned that the Prisoner was not his servant ; on which be was taken into caw tody. The Prisoner being this day called up :o account for the manner in which he cone by this check, on the back of which the name of John Phillips (as far as we could observe) had been in doned, stated, that he had obtained it from the person indorsing the check, but that he neither knew his name, nor where he resided. Mr. Boone being called, swore ice Prisoner never was his servant. Mr. Ridley, the real master, was called, and swore that the Prisoner ha;, for the last 18 months, lived in his Service ; bet, SA being shown the ift• Jorstnen: nn the check, said, he never MIN the Pri soner wine, and, of course, could not depose that the i“dinsine t was his hand-writing. A Mr C iffiins being called, swore, that this check; piirplrtiog to he his draft on the Bank of Messrs Prescott and Co. was nit of his hand-writ ing, n n of •:•y pe , son connefted in his business, as he nnily believed. Theto , in Maros, after a long and mature de liberation upon this examination, and after herring the master of the Prisoner, upon oath, as to the charafter and good condu!l of his servant, whom he admitted to nave sent a few times for checks to the Banking-house of Mes.rs. Prescott and Co. wine his had kept money heretofore, toll the pri soner that he must produce or find out t se person who indorsed and delivered the check to him ; and the Prlioner ref itiing to describe and aecount for his perfeit knowledge of the person who io toned and delivered the check to him. his Lordship ordered hint tots. finally committed for trial at the next emu ing Seislons. A finir evenings tinoe, as Mr. RtcattaN, of New Palace Yard, Wettmiaster, was coming out of Sad lrr's Well:, he wa, hustled by a gang of nine daring • pickpocket+, and robbed of his pocket-book, con taining a 101. Note, and some valuable papers. About four o'clock iu the afternoon of Monday last, a most daring robbery was committed in the stables of T. Leann, Esq. one of the Divisional Magistrates at Hampstead. The depredators broke into the stable, and carded off saddles, br;dles, and every other portable article of value they could find- They were afterwards seen on the Hampstead road, carrying their booty openly in a sack. Last night's Gazette states," that on the night of the lath inst. the guard-boat, commanded by Lieut. CAM , belonging to Its MAJESTY S ship ?Plate 11 If Orange, then lying in the Downs, in endeavouring to take possession of a large smug gling ten-cared galley, the crew of which w e r e i n the aft of landing goods, without payment of duties, on the beach, near the town of Deal, was fe loniously tired upon from muskets and motketoons. by the crew of the galley. and also from several persons assembled on ilselduch, who were assisting in landing the goods, whereby Mica ail. Timis rots, Coxswain of-tint guard-boat, was killed, and two seamen dangesously wounded ; and on the Co m:mile, inquisition. taken on the batty of Mtenaas Tutsaaron. a verditt of Wolfe! Murder has been ' found by them against persons unknown; His Ma• J egT v, for thebetter discovieing and bringing toots tire the persons concerned in this murder, promises his most gracious pardon to any one or more .if the offenders (except the person or persons who &easily fired) who shall discover his or their accomplices, so that any ono or more of them may be apprehended and convieted of the offence. And as ■ further en couragement, the Commissioners of His MAJssr v's Customs offer a reward of listen Hundred Pounds to any one of the offenders (except as before ex cepted). or us any other person who shall appre. bend, or cause to be apprehended. any one or mote of the said offenders, to be paid by the ReceiverGe• natal of His biiu us T's Cutouts upon conviaion." ~..- TO THE fplroß OP.Tfig BRIT/Sil PRESS. Walser, nlar D•tl. Agra& 2R, 1114. Alt—Some Of the .Nearspapers havitg give* It very pullet re?re:entatinu of A tranvia:ow lOWA took place in this et4igbhnurh , tod last vr-4 Ifm induced Sprsand the-LAl:swing p trtied wraith Ara striely true:— A FAIR TRAIlt* Abort Koski ek, is the night of tessolip the itth leo a row-galley, I aded w:th coot &bald g r ids, WA.% eta dyke Deer Deal Ca.(l.„ by ■ blot lAtlatirl Ig t. Ad oi.al moin's thigistain, the l' , inees of Change, Captain Herten go tip boast meting the • 1404 a mob of Orley * s..strbittleth and eel/ the beach. t.. oppose. Vie awe sw the I-Sof etieuitihs of his duty; maly of theee rekle wire armee *lib Miregellitil and ponds. Some toesgueinom were first p at the P,inens of OrAvago's boy*, and then a risat:sar of vastrgoets, th • whole of were diseliair I later h..r, when the ercwari, an fic tive and valuable 11..11•(• • vr•a Abet dead, and three eeessen woo-last to eors.eguthice of being thul oveyowved, tlaie hoet's eves were rosayellrd to retreat, end the smoggier. pro. •••dfi in rIIUISIII4 the 4/Alg...rely on shore. Tilue• beareateman of 'he IC:ne's ivy bee been mnniatovel, while sepperting the last of hie country, avd lit the execution of hi. duty, by men call' tg themselves Pictish yearn .5,1 .4 up ward. of one those ind of whom am exes,terl tom serving its the i4 .ry, in the town of Dolt on!y, by the eery fareeseeesest tilos outraged and int.ilt•el ;•.4 ,- 141•Sw • 1181 32"11 : 1L8 ' L 440 r We menti'wed in a fornyr paper, that in rental., ing the earth, some ruin s w e r e l a t e ly discovered the heights at the back Diver. They are situate , on one of the highest spots of ground, near di& centre, between the Eistern and Western heights., No traces can be fou id in history of the original streture, and of cease there are various conies.. turn respe&ng what it has been, T. at foun4aa . lion is of a circular form. about twenty feet diameter, with a piece adjoining, at the East end, nl twelve feet square. Some persons, broce, infer, that they are the ruins of an old minaret, or watche • tower ; others, foucding their opinion epon soma bones and coffins that have been dug up, ear ceive that they are the ruins of an old chinch. Olt Sunday last great numbers from Dover and its viola, nity being attracted•to the spot, the military dam*, fit to erect a paring round the place, to keep Arabia! inquisitive. This has ea.::ted sonar disco :tent awes the people, as no ptiol:c works are carryeag OS immediately upon the spot where the rains are situste, and r.o cause has been assigned for this re fusel to gratify the innocent curiosity of the people. - - - FIRS AT COITif4IOI DoCK-FARD. • t. The SOSticiflos circumstances tinder which share at the hemp warehouse is Chatham Duil-yer6ll. pened, induced Lord Hawkesbury, as Secretariallir• State for the Home Depaitosont, oldireet Mr. ant, ) .the Magistrate . iselongtog.-to o..o.artett, to go iii• Chatham to iniestigaie the Susine.s in a a. rypartfelleir lar merinos.; ace!' in coarquen;e the 'shrivel,. Mlle Mr. Staff..,rd, the Princ:pal Clerk at Bow -street, off for Chatham. CM ...N,Vel i nesd.y evening, io a ',:OK chaise. They proceeded in' the.r os.rnanatiee noonday and rtiJay. with the wriest:um, wore. houseman. and other persons who had any know. ledge of the breaking nut of the fire. They lea-ned that no petson had been in the svarehou,e for wee. rah days previous to the fire, ear had she deer been o;iened. riol7l a 3 the information they could obo lain, there is no doubt bet the warehouse was wilfully set on fire. -The whole of the investigation is before Lord Hawkesbury. Every measure that vigilance could suggest has hitherto been exerted in vain to discover the perpetrators of this diabolical attempt. In order more elfeetually to prevent the recarreacs e a similar attempt. the Gouda have been d rubled. A go ird-boat rows from one end of the dock-yard to the other, during the night—all egress from the lower gate of the dock-yard is denied to any per. son of whatever situation—and no person. not even those belonging to the yard, will be admitted into it after nine o'clock. The Ges,ite of last night contains a Proclarna. tine, relative to the above fire. It states, •• fiat from tie investigation which has since taken place, there is great reason to soaped that the said bedding was wilfully and maliciously set on fire by some evil disposed parson or persons, at pre sent unknown ; and that His Martyr v, for the better eppreheriding and bringing to justice the perpetrators of the auociou. ire, is pleased to pro nose his mast gracious puJon to iy-iy one or mote of tho offenders (except such as aaually set fire to the said building). who shall discover hi, or their accomplice or !accomplices, so that they, or any of them. may be apprehended and co-miffed. And the Lords Commossiotiers of the Admiralty offer a reward of 500 L t) any person (except such as were eifuslly concerned in the off:nce). who shall ay.. prebend, or cause to be apprehended, any of toe said offenders, to La pad on the eonsidbee of any one or more of them, by the Treasurer of His Mai UT it's Navy." Arrived, at tS'atatfortl, on Friday se'anight. the Wallis end Mery p=eitet. from the Down., with a detachment of the titith regiment. under the C•fD. man,' of Captain MILL.. She enennt•rvd a very severe gale. in whi:ls the Seasael, of Ikli.ford was steady lost, having shipped a he Avy era wu.ch threw her on her beam enl6; another vessel yaks also in the same pale nearly lost upon the Welsh COI 44. Yesterday the LORD M•YOR ordered the Price of Breed to be reclined Half an Atsise. wlii,h wi.l CONNO-111:0 tomorrow, When Ole Quattern Loaf Maass will be sold for illd. and kiouvhold 9 d. A person in the neighbournood of Lewes, who `reps bees, and derives much amesement hear life mode of massaging thers, on watching their mo tions. a tow weeks since. observed. th it they made freepost returns to their hire. very heav:l; lateen with the fruits snit indu,rey . and. in order to fa cilitate their ears ice, placed • sloping from the ground to its apertures but saris akerwarde found that bit stock gradually diminished, w ; th.ret beteg able to accuuat for the diminiat.on until at length, by keeping a tenting( Almost conataiitir nen the have, he discovered the enemy, wlrch pr..ved to be a large TuaD than hast mar:fled ap the aecii city. Jed uy taking socenvand at the mouth or the hire. devoured many r.t the busy swarm as thee ap proached it. '1 be dee-roaster. of coruye, in• kme revenge ut th • itwy aa.ailA..t. arid has sure na4 so same to complain of the reduttion o. his - :1