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REVIEW. 1307211, AUG. 22. Yesterday, about six o'clock p. fa. His Royal High ness the Duke of York arrived here on horseback, from Barham Downs camp, where he had been re viewing the troops; he alit!llted at Wright's Ho tel and Ship inn. where he dined with Generals pandas, Monte, Nlanningham, Hope, and several other General And Field Officers. This morning he proceeded to review the troops here, and inspea the Castle and works at the heights; the Dover com panies of the Ist battalion of Cinque Port Volunteers assembled at their usual place of parade, at seven o'clock in the morning, and marched to the North IVall Meadow, at the back of the Castle, where the other troops assembled also, consisting of a detach ment of the Royal Staff and Artillery Corps, the Orford Militia, Leicester, Middlesex, and Surrey ditto, the Volunteers, who mustered very strong, the whole bet ween three and four thousand men. The Duke came into the field about eleven o'clock, when the line, at open order, presented arms, the dif.z.:ent bands struck up, " God Save t4e Kist :" a fter which the ranks were closed, the troops formed open columns, and marched round both in ordinary and quick tame, in a very steady and snldier.like manner. When the troops had come upon their original ground they wheeled into line and saluted ; after which the Duke quiued the field to view the works at the Castle : the troops then formed a en lum of subdivisions, and marched home. The field was too small to admit of any of their usual mancetivres being performed, and WAS crowded with all the fashion and beauty of Dover and its environs. The Duke, after taking part of a cold cola don, set off for Sandgate, and to-morrow reviews the troops at Brabent lees and Shorn Cliff. THEODORE, KING OF CORSICA As this singular chandler formerly intertsted the public mind, it may not be unacceptable to those who are acquainted with the history of that extraor dinary man, to learn that the overseers and church wardens of St. Ann's, Westminster, have orde-ed a Dew monument to be erected to his memory, the old one being deteriorated during the repairs lately mace on the south quadrangle of the church. The inscription which marked his tomb is to be retained, namely, . . . . - Near this place is intend Theodore, K of Corsica, Who died in this parish, December 11, 17iri, 1. '103 ,141 1 de ate leaving the King. il.mrh Prison, By the benefit of the Act of I.,sdvency; comequeece of which. lie regkte-ed his kingdom of Corsica For the use of his crcdltors. The grave, rear teacher, to 3 !elf and begors„vi'ley But Thendor t:t s metal lear,,, ? Fre polled ite bean., on his living head, Ileat.iir'd a kingdena, and denied hem bread. EXTRACT FROM M PELTIER'S AMBIGU. Allele extrafied frum " ne Bee of the North,• of the 10th Au; , .st, Ibo 4. JCL! 30. The Count de Lisle, who was to quit this city the .6th of this month, did not set out until this day for Grisdno. A business which waall have astonished the city sad Warsaw, if, unfortunately, it had been carried into esec , ition, had delayed the departure of that PI inee. lie Las had complete proof that some in dividuals who now inhabit this city, have sought not only his 'We, but that of bis family and servants. No kss than an #tternpt has been made to poison them !tli with arsenic. The Count de Lisle hat received all the pooh, and drawn up a p; wee, L-4-bel. and the whole has been put into the hands of justice, which will probably prcceed against the offenders, if they have not already escaped 'from this city. We have seen here the original protest of Louis the XVII ith, against every thing that has been done, and is doin7. With the exception of one tritlislg omission, it is the same as that we have read in the Menitettr. LUTA& IRON TNT °LICE OF LAIGIIILN TO A. M. AT 515$NA. M. the General Ecgoevilly, having given me an account of the readiness with which you have under taken to inform your Government of my wish to be employed in the cn•trse of this war, and of the par ticular regard which you expressed to him upon that occasion for my person, I feel a pleasure in de claring to you, that 1 deeply Lel this mark ‘d interest es your part, and I have not lust a midpent to re run you my sincere thanks. It is therefore with full confidence I shall repeat to you that which no doubt Ger. LcqiieviEy has already communicated on my part. 'lnc abs - dine nullity in which 1 vegetate, while the road of honour is open to so many others, grows •every day mere insupportable to me. I wish to give year generous Government proofs of my gratitude and ()I my zeal. I dare to hope that the English think me worthy to combat with them our implacabl z enemies, and will permit me to share (heir dangers and a portion of their glory. Per sßiv horn all motives of private interest, my reque.t has 9.4 for its °byte a rank in your army, rot an hoisourable commission. It differs too muc'u from that which has been made by the raFr.:.crs of n,v f im.ly resident in En.lland, not to altnv :roe to ono n iin a well-ground sd hope of a more happy issue. You se ill oblige me, Sir, by strongly enforcing rhis differ. nce. It is undoubtedly our itcreil duty to serve, until death, our cause and our iawftil king; but it is also a pressing and dear o4yeit to me to serve my benelaaors, and to '!ar%r then a proof that r.:v gratitude is as real .:s it is disintereard. This deice has long had a place in my heart, and becomes every day more ardent. Do ma, then, Sir, I prey you, the pleasure to inform me confidentially of the meilas which you think most advantageous to attain my • , bjeel, and be 'soured of my gratitude, as well as of my ri vatt esteem, and dietiuguished ci nsideration for you. L .k. II Ds Bova eon, Due. of Enghiss. ken:at. IN El -,^ froratz of Bad en , FrS Is, I1)4. ' Aecnlin:s from t!ifrerent contineatal cities men -5'4 that the French Minister,. are putting the erns t hvir Master on their hotels. %N h.tt bloody em hlern this is We are not yet informed, which is to be the ch araßeristic of the greatness cf the arum*, the • dignity of his empire. EIOCR.1P;11 . MRS. CORNELIA. TAL CIIIIMATM PRILSTESS or FASHION. When destrudive arouseinents steal among so ciety, in deb ince of the guardians of our morality, it is necessary to hold them up to public view, for the animadversion of such as are likely to sutler from its influence. Vice needs but to be seen to be &Mated And admitting this principle, every attack upon our rational manners is better reskted by exposure than suppression. It is no extenuation of vicious anions to say they arc upheld by Fashion. Blindly to fol low chit changeable divinity, and enter with her in to her paradise of fools, is seldom the way to a happy end, as many miserable men can at this moment testify, The lady we are about to delineate was this god dess; her orgies were the heaven of the dissi pated. At her fane, the libertine could indulge un interruptedly in ephemeral gratifications. With her, the voluptuary might aspire to the zenith of his wishes; and the thoughtless bacchanalian drown his few intelleds in the most costly produdions of the vineyards, or, without apprehension of a spy upon his conduit, revel away the night, and insult the blushing star of the morning. Mrs. Cornelly, the subjed of the following me moir, was by birth a Garman, and at a very early age became is public singer; she was the delight of Oresden, and in high estimation at the imperial court, from whence she went into Italy, and soon acquired, ur.der the best masters, those inexpressible graces, for which no country is so justly celebrated. About forty yenrs since, she came to England in the suite of a British nobleman, who had promised her his protedion Being of an enterprising spirit, pos sessing a good understanding, great knowledge of mankind, and of specious manners, Mrs. Cornelly presently contrived to raise herself into public notice, and obtained the patronage of the fashionable world to all the amusements her taste and fancy could suggest. She had now laid the foundation to her fortune, and to make that desirable objea complete, opened a magnificent temple in Soho-square, and called it after the name of her first benefactor, Car lisle-house. Her splendid scenes soon became the favourite resort for the nobility and fashionables within the metropolis. She had so diverstied, and so well contrived 11.1. amusements, that no public place could pretend to rival their attradion, and she was now in a way of prosperity beyond her most san guine expedations; but not contented, like the fool in the fable.with her golden egg every day,she killed her goose to seize at once upon immensity. In addition to her already unrivalled brilliancy, she introduced Harmonic Meetings, becoming, at once, a competitor with the managers of the Opera, who took the alarm, and strove by every means in their power to couaterad the successes of so tormidaide a rival. A part of her friends presently withdrew themselves, and those attached to the interests of the Opera ma nagers on the ruins of the old Scareir Vivre Club in Pall Mall, raised the new Coterie ; subscriptions came in from elevated quarters to support this new temple of fashion and pleasure, and in less than three weeks their fund amounted to four thousand pounds ; Chin Hughes was made their croopier, and Captain Harry C--s• they placed at the head of the treasury. 'this was the first shock, an I Mrs. Cornelly felt it; bet, like a sklliul general, forced for a moment to retreat, she soon rallied her forces, attacked the enemy in the most vulnerable part, and gained a complete vidory. The lady smiled upon the treasurer. Mrs. Cornelly re joiced at the success of her plan, but her ex ultation was of short duration; for the Opera ma nager, enra t qed at the defeat, lodged an informa tion against her for unlawful proceedings before the Bow-street magistra-es; in consequence of which, no tice a as privately sent from Sir J. Fielding to Mrs. C. acqwainting her that application of a serio is nature had been made respeding the imp-opriety and unlaw fulness of her amusements, recommending her to re. gulate her conduet in future, or Mrs. C. would hear from Bow-street in another way. From this conde scension on the side of the magistrate, the lady con s 'tailed she might deal, with safety, the card that ge nerally turns tip a trump. A purse was delivered to a trusty friend, with a letter addressed to Sir John Fielding, Knight, requesting his acceptance of the sum within, and that his worship would be pleased not to be too severe in looking into the con duit of a defenceless woman, who only endeavoured to gratify the weal by, the high, and the fashion. able, and from whose amusements the lower orders of society were wholly excluded. But Fielding was incorruptible; and, instead of accepting the purse, sent his p 9., at a most unfortunate moment, for the promenade was just begun. The variegated lamps for that night were doubled, and fed with a most delicious perfume, equal to Egyptian luxury, WiIOIC pleasure prepared the banquet for a Cleopau• : Clot of the earth a fahric huge Ruw like an exhalation, smith the snood Of dulcet estrinthente, and voices tweet. From the arch'd roof, Pendant by subtle magic, many a row Of .tarn lamps and biasing cresseta, fed With Naphtha and Asphaltos, yielding light As fr ios a sky. In the middle of the area was raised a capacious bower, composed of vine leaves and artificial roses, in the centre of which smod as altar with a flame thereon. At a signal float the band a large group of maskers, composed of gentlemen performers horn the theatres, and others, entered like Comus and his crew. Mr. Vernon sang an Anacreontic composed for the occasion, the rest the chorus, and thus the first scene ended. The company were superb and numerous. the masques whimsical, and every thing in the highest tame. At the top of the walk was a hermitage, from the side of which issued a real cascade; from this recess Guadani, the sing er , came forth, attired as the hermit of the cave ; his song was charming, but, alas! just in the middle of his quavers, the po iice officers entered, and bore him off in a manner so theatrical, that the company conceived the attack part of the evening's entertainment. However, Cuadani got bail and was liberated, on a promise of never appearing again as a public charaaer in these Soho amusements. But to return, the bacchanalian crew bad been joined by Lord Liuletoo. Mr..l)4isey • • • Walker, and Mr. Fitzgerald, and commenced the third aa by approaching the altar where the flame was burning; each man held a torch in his tight hand and a goblet in his left, and oa a signs'. being given PI - the dance, they suddenly thrust in their torches, which were quickly lighted. The revels then h-gan; their cups overflowed with wine, and what with their singing. dancing, and drinking, no thing could be more ridiculous or displeasing ; how. ever, hal they contented themselves to stop here, no notice had been taken, but there was no method in their madness they all. as if moved by one im poise, rushed from the bower and flew to the square. It had six tick five o'clock, and along train of Calvert's drays weregoing on their occasional duty : the baccha. nalian masques fell upon the drivers, beating them with their lighted flambeaus till a general engage. ment ensued, the guardians of the night were gone away, the noise increased, the inhabitants were alarmed, up went the windows, and though at that early hour all was mob, riot, and confusion ; vic tory, however, declared in favour of the knights of the bung, who play d their parts so well w i t h t h e i r horse-whips, that istzgerald and WaPter were corn. pletely flogged out of their shoes, for they were seen retreating down Greek - stre e t b are -f oote d, an d as fast as their legs could carry them. My Lord lost a jeweled repeater, of 100 guineas, and the men in twilly armour drove away in triumph; and many of our young gentry and green sprigs of no bility got a drubbing, that probably they may re member to the last day of their lives. To return to the temple; by this time the company had disappeared, except a few young men of (panty, who had found their way under ground, and con tinued drinking till nine o'clock. Nothing could shame the inebriety of these deluded fools ; a .d tho' the sun soon put the variegated lamps out of coun tenance, yet nothing could shame these inordinate topers. Perhaps few noticed the beauty of the ere& but the conscious shame which the lamps confessed, upon the apprcach of the great luminary of day, was very pleasing ; they diminished in their lustre as the sun advanced in his. It was a good moral for those who chose to adopt it. The reputation of Mrs. CorneUy began rapidly to decline, and the Pantheon opening in all its splen dour, now put the period to that Lady's conse quence; her cre liters began to grow clamorous, and she was at length obliged to relinquish the con cern, and seek its concealment a refuge from legal prosecution. She remained in obscurity for many years, under the name of M rs . S m i t h ; an d h ere our Readers will no doubt learn with surprise, net un mixed with risibility, the strange transition in her fate; for she who had been so long the ',ad(' of 4. shwa, became literally the averia:eadant Qf &sacs, fur she kept a house at Knightsbridge, and was a vender of asses teak. In th i s situation she still retained a desire ofresuming her former pursuits, and for this purpose ornamented a suite of rooms in order to have occasionally a pub lic deiesme for people of fashion. The manners of the times, however, were changed ; her taste had not adapted itself to the variations of fashion ; and after much expence employed in gaudy and frivo lous embellishments, she was obliged to abandon her new scheme,and find out an asylum from her creditors. She had a son and a daughter, to whom she gave all the accomplishments of modern education. The son was tutor to Lord Pomfret. He wasp very amiable man and an excellent scholar ; this gentle. man allowed his mother an annuity till his death. The daughter is still alive, under another name, has long been patronised by come noble famili^s, who knew her mother in better days. The Lady Cowper left her an annuity, and her musical talents still procured her an easy introduetion into the best circles, but the unfortunate Mrs. Cornelly ended her life in the Fleet Prison. Such was the fate of this once celebrated woman of fashion, whose melancholy exit holds forth warn ing to imprudence, for with common discretion the might have closed her life in affluence. PIIILIDELPIIII, !wit it A wretch, who has been in the pranks of going from house to house with biscuit for sale. was de teded in a theft yesterday morning, in the following singular manner :—G o i ng i nto a - hatter's near the drawbridge, and ending no one in the store. be most impudently picked up a hat which lay on the coun ter, and put it into his basket (a very large one, which we may suppose he kept for this especial purpose) ; but in his hurry to be off, did not observe that a ball of twine was attached to the lining of it. He had scarcely left the store, when the owner came in from the parlour, and, without seeing any person. observed his ball of twine in motion on the door ; upon going to the door, he had no difficulty in tracing the clue to the wretch's basket, where be not only tvund his hat, bat several sets of knives and forks, which the villain hal but a few minutes before stolen from an ironmonger the very nez: door. Extras of a Letter from Honduras, dated sth of July The 'blind sloop is appoii:ted to convoy the sh ps from hence, and to sail on the 25th in stant." All the vessels belonging to Newcastle, concerned in the Davis's Straits fishery, are arrived safe, and have been very fortunate. MATist I . I Uuss.—james Wood and johe C von, two mate, men, were, yesterd.iy. brought lief. Te Alderman CLARK, who sat f.r the Loan MA% are, charged by a Gentleman with taking from him more than their fare. It appeared that on the morning of the 13th inst. this Gentleman employed a boat from the Temple Stairs, to convey him and two ladies to a Margate boy, then under way, which ,they did not overtake until it reach e d the New Crane Stairs. Ihe ladies went on board, and the gentleman returned to the Temple Stairs, when they charged him eight shillings, whereas 2s. 4d. was their fare. He also complained that there was neither name nor number on their boar. Cotton denied he was a Waterman, and said he only lest his boat to Wood, which was fresh painted.-- They were told they had incurred two or three pe nalties ; but, it being their tint , iffence, they only paid ten shillings each for the overcharge, which they were obliged to refund, and pay all the eapencea. A baker was fined thirty shillings for exposing bread tor sale short of weight. THE T4JU. . YORK, TUe{Dillf; ACCOST RI, 1604. • - [cirayitruea J • Sue pstakes of ,50gs. each, 20gs. ft. colts itst. fillies st. 101 b. Last Mae and half. M c Norton', b c. Quid M . W. I.3c'. •t. Regubette tra.. '•.t.r...'s b. C. by Sir PCier • • • • Mr. Walton 's '. eby Overton . . . . . S., Gsscoigne. be. f. by Sir Peter . . . pd Mr W Walkers eh. c. by Overton . . . • p 4 Mr. W. b. 1. Nannette . . .• • • poi d Mr. T. Robin-me. Illy roll , brother to Belie toe . M.. Irvin's bay filly, by verton . . . Sweepstakes of togs. each, for two-ye-ar olds # colts • tist. fi,lics ist. 1 21b.—Two-year Olds Coarse. Mr. W. S. W. 11 - metes br. f. Mi. Iloittpips Troth Mr Mellish% True !triton Lord Fitly/divans% dark bay colt . . • • I Laid Darlin4too% eh. C. ..... Nlr. fide,luit'slll-mesty . Coll Cup, 100 gs. valne, by subscription of iftga; each ; three-year ulJs (est. gib. four-yen odds 101 b• fiVe•year olds Bst. 51b. six-year old, :Ind aged 814. 1216.—Three and four.year old tidiest(' be allowed 21b.—Four Miles. Strathnior..'s Remembrance., 4 yrs. old . Mr. C. 2..syloan's Susan, 4 yrs. old • • • $ Sir II T. Vora s aig4lll4/. 6 yr.. old . , •2' Mr. Mellish% b. e Little Jwy ' 4 yrs aid • - . • 4 Lot i liarliageou'i b. c. hr Ormond, 4 yrs. old . . Lord Darlington's br. cby Busaard, 3 yrs. aid . • 6 Mr. Garforth. b. f. 7.4%3 yrs old . . • 7 Mr. (laiforth', grey colt, Evandor, yrs. old . • pet Mr. Rubins bother to 11'.47e Woe . . . pd Sir M. M. Sykes did not name. Fifty Pounds free for all ages ; three-year olds 5.4. 41b. four-year olds 7st. 71h. five-year old: sst. Mb. six-year olds and aged Bst- 121b.—Mares fillies allowed Jib. and Maiden hon.es, &c. Four Mile Heats. Mr. Hodgc.n% Stretch, 4 rn. 014. . . walktd over Duke or H. 1.11.11010 .Cll. C. 4 yrs. old . . • . dr S.r 'f. Gasc,igott's Tooos, rs yrs. aid . . • . dr Sir R. Witor's b. c. AuCluitaPer, 3 yrs. old . . . dr Sir 11. William...Ws gr C. Sled nir, 4 yrs. ei'd • • dr Mr. Horner's b. m. by Weasel, Q yrs. old, beet Mr. Hornsey's f. by Delpini, 4 yn, old, a fee tiler each.—Four Miles.—Mr. Horny staked L'Ogi. to 100 gs. Tuesday last, the brother-in iaw of the Kings.. land DoAress was conviAed in the sum of 401. for selling cyder without a licence. Carmarthen Assizes, last week, proved a maiden one; there not being a siogk prisoner for trial. Wednesday evening, as two young men were crossing the fields tiom Peckham, they were stopped by several fellsiws near the Kent road, pretendhu ! :o be a press-gang, which alarmed the yr.ung men very much ; they took their watches from them as a p'edge that the► would meet them the nest morniryz at a public-house in Kent -street, where they went with some friends, butt the villains never kept their appointment. This is an old praelice, new revived, to intimidate people to the easy surrender of their property. _ A Gentleman in Ever, about 70 rears or ages was charged before a Magistrate, by his house keeper, about SO years of age, a few d iys ago, with violently attempting to rob her of her chas.itv„ for several hours in the dark. Sweating po.itivety to ;lois fad. .he accused was held to bail in the re comisances of 4031. to appear to the chargead as sault at next Chelmsford Assizes. - Last week a blin I man appeared in Sunderland, and tools a genteel lodging, calling himself Due. CAN Geer (a native of the Highlands), pretending, to be the same person to whom 'WINS C.e Poet addressed a song under that title. He is canvassing for a colleition of Loral Songs. Ste. written by himself, to be published is York, price 10s. Gil. us boards. He has waited on, and received part of the subscription-money from many of the pi incipal families in that town and neighbourhood ; and has also idea in several tradesmen there to a consider able amount. He is a tall, well-made man, dress..l in th:ckset pantaloons, bouts, a waistcoat, and light drab coloured spencer, but no coat. He plays on the violin, and talks remarkahly fast, parvcu larly when speaking of his honourable conneSiuns. He hired a servant and a gig dating his stay at Sunderland, both of which he con ri. el to dismiss without w..ges or hire. SIN4CL AS Occealtenca.-01.1 Baron LAS, tLe miser, was requested by a relation to pur chase a particular Ticket, No. 1 . 4.068, in the Lot tery, to be drdwa in the year ISO 4 (but which was Sold some few days before). The Baron died on the I tith of March following, and dr! Nimber was the First-drawn 1 icket on the 24th, aial, AS such. entitled to Twenty Thousand Pounds. The Baronet representatives, under these circumstances, there fore, published an advertisement, offering a reward of 1,0..01 to any person who might have found the said Ticker, and would deliver it up. Pay ment was stopped. A wholesale linen-diaper. in Cornhill, who had ordered his broker in boy him ten Tickets, which he deposited in his chesty on copying th.t numbers for the purpose of examining them, made a mistake of one figure, a - .. 1 called it 14,165, instead of 14,066, which was the 40.0001 Prize. The Lottery being finished, he sent tire ten Tickets to be examined and masked. "lo his utter astonishmcnt, he then found the ellOr of the nuns. her copied on his paper. On his demanding par ment at the Lottery Office. a caveat was entered old D'Aocii. acs's executor ; but an espianati,a takinglplace, the t!..),00a1. was immediately Thee fad i. writ kneon, and ought to be a cautiou to the public, not to destroy their Tickets and Shales till they have carefully examined them. In the State Lottery, to be drawn the 4.t0 of Next Month, are more CA/ loaf Prizes to the small quantity of Tickets their any former Lottery. Three Tires'', Tbtu, •nd Posha Three Tea Thiuso,d Pos.Ad Pr :es. Three Fi.e auawdl To oqi fryer, sad se Pri•e k>s ibun 201. We beg leave to remind thine persouewho do tbt wish to lose the opportunity of realising ai, lode• prudence by purchasing 'one of the above Capic: Prizes, that Ticke:s and Shares are rrer on :lair all the Licensed Lottery Offices, at the foriowiti, Pr:ce : Tickei . . . 171. 18.. OJ. Le If L 9 11 01 1.1; ,tl. IL 2 7 0 Fourth 4 15 0 I s.xletoth.. .1 S • In consequelce of an manual demand (and onI) 2%,F000 7icket.' 7 , a speedy rise will artainly takat plisse, being the only Lotte:y to be draws du, yeAr. es , I Pd t Pd d Pd Pd 1 • tl 1 i t. ( td to' 1' P.d ; • t. ; t • P 1; •. . er dr t dr II r • ir b. 1- 4 or , o ' t a It r ir it se la at . /11 I 'l 4 1 1 r- t t- on • as • • 's • • , ad • • 1, y- in rn IQ it I yl ad I cf all A i d Le- r .at 1 1 dy kaa a r I 44 Hers If f the