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h is lent f r this :erc he,r Y.A. edit kit. eon• I .t Id at !mut t Oft lel4e ship i le • imee to to it;on nvet.l >her, nag v, nq Celt?, it li,C b •- r r - The ng Io cnc iquiry in of $ CIA iun to • 7 • - ROYAL F.4.111Lr. . • WP,THOOTH, SEPT. 24. Last evening, the Rove,. FAMILY honoured the *etre with their presence, to see The School for k o dd, for the benefit of Mrs. Ctstastes and Miss Feeeworro. This morning, about seven o'clock, His MA hisTY took his usual early ride. Her MAJESTY d the Perecessrs weet, soon after„ in two car to Mrs. Beeroa's house, on the Pier, to see s.hip launched from Otkeo's Yard ; the Dukes of wince and SLASET followed, on horseback. temporary platform was prepared for the ROY A F. oT y. Soon after they bsti taken their places, ship went off the stocks in a very grand style. . r .ye eras a number of persons or board, who I the ROYAL FAMILY as she wa% entering ....ter, which was echoed by the *rowsls on the The Duke of AND arrived on just in time to see the launch. She is a ',vessel, to eatery 400 tons. She is the property Mr. Witt's, of Sutton Points. On her main k reparations ate made for twenty-two 6-pound s. An nfrr:et's guard attended round Mrs. Brx o's house, during the stay of the Roy At. FA tLY. Mrs. Bl'vroti nrepared a sumptuous break st fur 'NE II iv a,. Gets rs, of which they partook. her c hic:., Her Manses , and the PI incest VIA -IiFTH, attended by the Countess of ILCHEST ER Lade Bu, KLCY, returned in t heir carriages. The .L.er Plasm's', and the Dukes of CA dlas runt and tsars, walked to the Esplanade, where they were tby the Qum( and Prince s Eta/n - Fn. His LIJESTY coming in sight, from his morning's ride, e stlio:e of the ROYAL PA uI v went into the Nige. it, on after eleven o'clock, the ROYAL FAMILY :a on hoard the Royal Yacht. The Earl of CHESTERFIELD and family leave us morrow. BROAD-.TAIRS, ScrT. 24. ntiling can exceed the gaitres and festivities of ;‘ ;harming spot :we are ail m:rth And glee This av he con',idered a week of .fors.—lt commenced a grand bail and supper, given List night at .catt's Library, by the Hon. Colonel ri.NbiER ; • Guards, the life anti soul of our society. Th e nr:rarre began to assemble soon after eight. o'clock, ae wi.:( 1 1 time, until nine, we were continually zdre.l by the arrival of frr•sh beauty. At nine • , ..i., the first dance was led of by Ca. Faass teR Lady Asir Lircosav, followed by nearly easy couple of elegant dancers. At twelve, the yet-halms were thrown open, mei an abundance good things crowned the hospitable board;—it 'slated of the firs: delicactes the season could .irce. At one, tire merry dance was resumed, kept up till a late hour. I assure yr,a, we st-pa. ed with much regret, fully impressed with a ly sense of the great attentions of our host, me sole nbjed seemed to be to render complete happiness of his gu:s:s. Such a constellation of u:v, elegance, and fashion, has rarely Leen wit sed, certainly never before in this ist.m.i. B, aerating a few, you may form souse idea of the :elience of oar parry : tit aid Criumers, of Linn , ick, and ton Ladies Perry, Lady I :::rra., and the Lilie.lopdsay, Lord Lindsay, Lae, LUI4IIII 1.1; VSCOthlt and Ycluuntras Allen, and tire :No Miffs ~s, Lard Rutbre.l., Miss SininAtime, and Mimi M. El. =44000, Lady Graham nerd M.....s Graham, Earl Lau+, aid ~, I Ayhner, Sir charlft, Lady, and hi.ti B .t.gidtr.r. 1, and !Mims LAM., !Of :00 Mr!. Crithbers, Mr. aro Mrs 4.,!!1, Mr. and Mrs. kilackAaw, Mr. and Mac , inalev, C.d. Mr.. (Jarboe, Id;rsirs. rdshugh, II .g !..s, a:4 F.irststrar, .i. Stnpagi and Arcustr4,B;. Gaiddins Ade ,, , r"ege Cot" ,1111..e5, ded.k: As. - - Tito Dowager Countess fireeeta gave a grand mei-. last Saturday, to Earl and Countess SPEN- I, Viscount Atrimaise, and a nnmerous corn y, at her seat. at St. Alban's. Lord Gwvnin is recovering slowly; he is at- Jed by Sir %VAL TS% Fa actwiatt. The Earl of JILISEY is much better. Mr. Coals has a large party at his seat, in Nor for the shooting season. The F.arl and Ceuntws Sr escea are at their t, at Wimbledon. The Earl and Countess of ;NI aesel LLD are gone Ramsgate. The Earl of CAVAN will leave DVRIOID'S Hotel, day, for Ireland. '•!t. and Mrs. FITZGIBBON tcill leave Neitox's twat Sunday, for Cheltenham. km DoSor Cott and his Lady left St. A L'S pet yesterday, for -South NVales. tninTIIII FP &ZIOt arrived at the St. James's note, rrday. pie karl of Essex left Cashiobury yesterday, on a to the Dowager Countess, at TeJJington. The Countess of °JOINT.'" has left her seat, Wo -house, Rucks, for Cheltenham . i. Has itisoe, Esq. t gone to his seat at Heath, &edit) ire. ' Theatre at Bristol will open next Monday. night Covent Garden Theatre was crowded, e Mr. K MILL'S Pcaru.i.lwk, and Mita LUPINO, kw dancer ; she is very young, and performed lease. Mr. Beards and his family appeared to t advantage. • e German Theatre was full of elegant corn / last night. 'rue new Opera of the he Sevi‘c, performed and much apnl iudea. M a s ter F. ` , kcal, in The bruceArg Peasant, in tl.e Farce dr Ortolan!, kept the house in conttnued bursts itughter. He may most justly he called the 110 4rialt. The Pautominie Dance was also :i y applauded. 14 e re-opening of the Winter Theatres has in measure dissipated the gloom that hung on the Inc mind ; but the performance that commences Menday next, at Coopers' Hall, far exceed, 'crest and Cf.& the most splendid effotts of lil'az.no. Thor:. a f..munate speOator, may, in m "U, he raiv...,ftn opulence and independence • magic •ti went) , I hotisand Pounds prin. 74 " nay." acerrnolme:f by the harmonious el oftln•swilt NesseLsr4o. which have hitherto c , 1•.1 in reriderteg the Lotter) the most maul* the plibiie tatettaiatufrata. . ,~~ • F • CO RONEII' INQUESTS. , ASSASSINATION' Yesterdey. JIINNETT, Esil. COTOner of the county of Surrey, and hes lequest fury, aftennspea. ing the body and premises of Mr. Isaac Blight, ship breaker, of Greenland Dock, Deptford, who WIS shot on Monday evening last, proceeded to the Acorn public-house, in the neightnierhood, where they took the examinations of the following Wit nesses: I lester Kitchener, the first Witness, deposed, that she had been nearly two worths servant in the house in which the deceased and his family lived ; as also Mr. Robert Patch, who had formerly been his foreman. Her examination lasted upwards of three hours and a half, and embraced a variety of extraneous matter, as well as some preliminary cir cumstances, which we shall forbear to det.til in this place, as they come more frilly in the deposition of another more important Witness. Her mistress and children, she said, had been for some time at Margate, and, after Mr. Blight went to see them in the morning of Thursday last, Mr. Patch, who remained at home, ordered her to shut the win dots up at half past six o'clock in the evening, whikh was three hour; eerier than the ordinary time, observing, that he had beets disturbed on other evenings, and wished to gn early to bed. This being done, he ordered her to bring him six-penny worth of oysters; and, on her return, he shewed her the marks of a shot whi .!) had been fired at him, 1 through the window-shutters, and which he for tunately escaped, as he h io,e.ned then to be sitting out of the chair which I.e ordiiiarily u.ed. On Monday last, the deceased returned from Margate, and 'drank tea in the evening with Mr. Patch ; after which they went out, and on their return, had two glasses of grog. They were then sitting in the in ward par lour, Mr. Patch having changed to that,from the first parlour, ever since the shot had been fired at him. about half past eight o'clock, Patch came hastily into the kitchen, Calling to her for a candle and the key of the compting-house, saying, that he WAS ill in his bowels, and seamed to retire to the nece..sary. She described, that what they called the compting-House, had` been nee formerly, but was then only a room leading to the necessary, to which there was no passage from either of the parlours, hut through the end .sed and pallitadoed yard, separating the house from a little narrow ffig-way, which seas called the road. :alt.:heard Mr. Patch shut the door of the compting,hnuse after him, and also that of the privy, bet he had scarcely done, when she alto heard the report of a ' pistol or gun ; on which she screamed mit t ' and, running to the Parlour, saw Mr. Blight making towards the kitchen, ant el - claiming, that he was shot. She then ran to the parlour di.or, and, in her alarm, shut it; hut, in bar attempting to return to the kitchen, beard Mr. Patch knocking and calling at the parlour door, which she o?ened to him. He was then unbuttoned, holding up his small clothes iu his hand, and asked her what was the matter? When she answered; that Mr. liiight had been shot; lie desired her to run and call their neigh bour. Mr. Frost, and if he should not be at home, 0 go immediately for the surgeon; and then went into the assistance of Alt. Blight. After a long an I street exatniaati.m, she persisted is sweariue, that from the rime that had elapsed between ch's sbuttieg the ptivy-D oor an dt tete repent of di: 'stol, it he could not have tim e to tome round the. y to the parlour to discherge a pistol, nor was theresime for him, if he had dine sn, to hare gone back 0 the necess try and have returned from it, an soon as she heard him knocking at the door. She never saw any fir-arms in the house, but there was a pair of niVOI bags for a long thine hanging in the kitFlovn closet ; but, from apprehension, she never eeamined whether there were any arms in them or not. The deceased, she said, died on the evening nt the next d my, and was, as sue supposed, about seven or eigin and forty years of age. Mr. Patch was a wisiowa• ut about three or four and thirty. The Witness herself was a dame of between 50 and SO years old. The next Witness called, was Mr. Frost, whose testimony did not materially affea the merits of the case. Mr, Jones, a surgeon, at Deptford Dock-yard, deposed, that he was called on the first alarm, to gether with another Gentleman of the same pro fession, and advised that a gentleman of the faculty should be sent for from London. He remained with the deceased till he expired ; and had no doubt, after a due examination of the weitnd. which entered at the belly, passed through the duodenum, and went out at the back, that it was necessarily the cause of his death. He did not hear the deceased express any suspicion whatever of Mr. Patch. The next material Witness was a man who had been employed by the Jury in the morning, to ex amine the necessary, and who produced a pistol ramrod, which he found lying on the top of the soil; but, it did not appear that his researches went £r tar as to aicortain whether or not the pistol, also, may not be discoverable at the b3ttom, or some other part of it. After this and some other evidence had been gone through, it became a question with the Jury, whether they ought not also to have tf.e deposition of Patch hims3lf ? and, after some close deliberation, they determined in the affirmative. Robert Patch deposed, that he had been for some time ioreman to the deceased ; and, on tha 16th of July last, had purchased of him the business, stock in trade, and also the house and furniture ; but as the present lease had only two years to run, and as Mr. alight bad offered to use his influence to get it renewed, it was agreed that he and his faintly might reside upon the premises, as usual, until that s'iould be effeaed. On Thursday morning last, about four o'clock, Mr. Blight left home on a visit ; r his wife and family at Margate, and the Witness accompanied him to Deptford High-way, where he iett him to wait for the arrival of the coach, and then returned home. In the evening, about half past six o'clock, he ordered the maid to fasten the shutters, which closed on the outside, observing to her, taut he had been disturbed on former even ings, and proposing to go to bed ; but he was pre vented from doing so as soon as he intended, by the arrival of Mr. E:di hie, a c.ipp3r-manut . aeturer, of Ru theriiithe, who drank a gia,s of grog, and re. maiued about an flour with him, Atter his de partute, lie sent the maid for six-peony -worth of oysters, but alto had only been guns a few mo mints, *leen he heard, en the outside, the explosion of a gun or pisaa : the aomeats of which pear- ' mated the window-shutter, broke the sash at the lower part, and alsts the I o part of the Venetian blind, which it shattered. fie was at the time lean ing nn the table. seppo: tin;; his cheek on his right hand, and received a :.evere clap on his left cheek. from whit, he supposed to be a splinter from the Venetiareblind, which fell just near to him. and, in a short time after, be found the ball also lyin about a yard from the window. He then :mmedia'ely ran out into the yard, and, seeing a strange man and his wife passing by, asked them if they hal seen any one go over the pallisadaes, or passing along the road ? and they answering, that they had seen no one, he asked them to go in and witness what bad happened. They advised him to send for some neighbour, and the maid being returned by this time, he sent her for Mr. Frost, one of the former Wititessee, who came, and, expr".sing great alarm, said. he had no other advice to give hint, than to keep a watchman. rhe maid then observed, that she must ga for can dles, as there were none in the house, and it raining :it the time pretty harJ, air. Frost offered to accam modate with somef. ir the night,and to quiet the appre hensions of the women,Wiiness agreed to accompany them. On their way Mr. Frost asked hint if he had any fire arms in the gouge ? to which he answereJ, that he had a pair of small pocket pistols in some of his boxes; but had no ammunition. Mr. Frost offered to lend him some, but he declined it, saying, that he trusted he should be safe when he went to bed, us there seemed to be no intention of robbing the house. The pistoL alluded to, he said, he sup posed to be still iii the house. .They were, he be lieved. one, in each box, but he had not handled them these two } ears. They had screw barrels. but were of too small a calibre to admit of such balls as those which had been,fire4 at him and the deceased. He had not seen the pistol-bags which hung in the kitchen till yesterday, when they were shewn to him, and he never perceived that the dee ceased had any fire-.arms is the house. He wrote an account of what had happened to the decased, who retaraed Itom Margate at eight o'clock, on Monday morning. In the course of tl:e day, they consulted on the circumstances and the Witness proposed to keep a watchman, to winch Mr. i ßlight ohjeated, that he would find it too expensive. Mr. Blight, however, thought little of it, nbserving, that he supposed it might have been an accidental shot from the river, and thus the Muter rested. The deceased then told him he was going to London that morning ; and the Witness observing, that he had also business there himself, the former said that he should he back again by 12 o'clock to dinner, and tae Wit ness might go there afterwards. Mr. Blight re turned At the time appointed; and the Witness leav ing him with Mr. Graham and another at dinner, went himself on the same horse to London. and returned in the evening. He araiilc tea with the , deceased. and afterwards a glass etch of grog, when the Witness feeling and complaining of a pain iu his bows's, the decease i advhed him to try so.ne burnt brandy ; but this medicine he declined, mail he saw whether he should not get rid of the psis wataout it. He then went to the kachea, leaving the parlour door open, and taking the candle arid key with him. he went through the farmer empty house ; but had no sooner seated him self on the necessary, than he heard the explosion of a musket or pistol. and running, as he was, found the parlour door shut, which, on ha knocking and call ing. was opened by the maid, who exclaimed, "my master is shot." lle then desired her to go for Mr. Frost and a surgeon. She refusing, he propose-1 to gn himself, but that she aka obs:ruaed him in. lan/ling him, hawerrer, resolute, she consented to go ; and, cn rushing into the kitcaen, he found the deceased lealing, with his head supported on his arm, upon the dresser, who immediately cried our, "Oh my dear Patch, lam a dead man." He then asked him where hej was hurt ? when the de, ceased put his hand upon the wound, atter which he supported him into the parlour, where the stir ' geon and some others soon afterwards arrived. In the c-urse of the evening, the deceased read to him his will, which he brought with him from London, and iu which he proposed to alter only die name 01 the Person who was appolnted executor in trust. In bit progress through' the yard, he did not per ceive any person, as he had the candle before him ; but it was easy for an assassin to escape over the paling, as there was a quantity of wood piled up against it in the inside. In the course of their c versation, respelling the danger of not having a watchman, the deceased said, that he did not know of any more than two enemies he had—one of the name of Webster, with whom he had been va lamer ; and the other, of the name of Clarke, a waterman, of Deptford-yard, who had frequently I attempted to strike him in the walk. The C.:maitre then, very summarily stated the substance of the evidence, and the Jury, after a short deliberation, brought in a "wain of—Wilful murder against some perms uninewn. l'he deceased, as we stated yesterday, was him, self a man of opulence, and has left a widow and son and daughter, both of whom are amply pro vided for by bequests from deceased relatives. Inquests were taken yesterday on the body of the driver of the Brentford stage, who was I killed by the breaking down of the coach, in Pic cadilly, and of the glazier, who fell from the second Boor of a Coffee-house, in at. James's-street ; in both c sees, verdicts were given of dcreeksinl Deur& On Tuesday an inquest was taken at China Hall, on the body of the unfortunate man who was stabbed on Saturday, when a verdift of Wiyed Murder was given against Samuel Startiaa, The avidity with which Tickets and Shares of the ensuing Lottery are purchased, can only be aura. buted to the unprecedented excellence of its Scheme, in its display of numerous Capital Prizes, and the powerful attraction of 3,000 Benefit Blanks, which will completely secure to the Purchaser a Benefit of 101. for the fist three days of Drawing at least; and, as Monday next will be the first day. nu time sheuld be lost. Adventurers, therefore, baste and buy; you may have at present the greatest choice both of Tickets and Shares, in all the vaned Thou sands, and at the very lowest prices. at J. JOHNSON and Co.'s old and truly fortunate Licensed State Lottery-Of:Le, No. 3, Pape's Cornhiil, London. OLD BAnzr SESSIONS-Sur. U. • -•'• ffelel &fere the lICCOISOLa, the COSSIIOIO SALMI:ST; .and sew eel Aldermen. John dial-tom was put to the Isar in a strait waist coat, capitally indieted under Li re Eel. ee eon otre H., Act, fur makieg en assault on Thomas Derbyshire with a certain sharp instrument, and infifeking a wound on his Mee and shoulder,with intent to kill and merder hi m. Ia a second count, he was charged with a like offence, with intent to disable him; and, in a thins, to do him some bodily harm. To this indielment the Prisoner pleaded no , Guilty; and, isecoreing to the form kid down by law, said be would be tried by feed and his country. He then addressed the Recoanee as follows i-4 4 My Lord, before I enter into my defence, I w mid wish to b- released from this (looking down at his strait Waistcoat). They suppose that I am a madman, but I Cal assure yo3l* Lordship I ant eerfeelly in • • my senses." The R. CORDER said. there was ant the smallest danger of the gentleman hurti , g any person, and ordered the. strait waistcoat should be instenti y taken off. When this was done, the Prisoner bowed and stood composed. The Clerk then told him he sees to challenge any of the Jurors he pieased, when they came to be sworn, and before they were sworn. Prisoaer-4 , I do not intend cileilenging ere of the Jurymen; I am perfeelly content with any e rn. tlemen." 'the Jury being sworn, the Frisoner said, " If the evidence taken before the MA GIST I! ATE, at Hate ton-garden, is read over, it, iscorree, and will save tee Court some tine: and trouble!' The Recoloie said, he was bonnet to hear rho etas from the Witnesses, end could not allow the evidence taken before the NIA a :sr Karl to tie read. The Prisoner said it wee merely to save time, and then leaned careless:y against tae si to of the do:ic. He then calie i for a glass of weter, and heel ig got it, wished his mouth several times, eand drank some of it, taking, at intervals, a rge ;inch snuff. Thomas Derbyshire, a post-boy, d eyed, tied he drove for Robert Read and William i yes. or Car liale-mews, Bedford-squate. Oa day eve-nine. the 13th of this month, the hostler rows the Red Lion. 'Tottenham-court-road, came his Ma to and hired a chaise and four, and on sadd e-Lose. for a gentleman who Was to be taken pat the Red Lion. At half past ten o'clock at n; r, the chaise was at the Red Lion, he drove the edine-horees e and his master, Robert Read, dro the wheel horses About eleven o'cl.>ck, the .i.oner came up in a hackney-coach, and having got into the • chaise, ordered them to drive to tie ead of H .v, Heverstock-tell. When they got there, the Pri soner alighted, and went into the ornate. In a short time, he returned with 4 soldier, and leen hav ing got into the chaise, the Prison :r desireil them to turn reeir horses, and drive to Harn?,tCal. SOM. objection was made to this by head, as the cheap: had been ordered for H ninslow ; and the Pris ..re said to. the soldier, here, take my sti .k, amid t meet the rascals. The soldier d d not do es he deeired him, and the Prisoner got out himself, and pee tag Wi ness several violent blows. He then went to Read, and served him the same way. The Pie, soner then got into the chaise again, and oreered them to drive to Hampstead. The Witness said, any vAere he pleased ; and the Priiioaer desired them to stop at Mrs. White's, in elemetstead. When they came there, a young woman, who was standing at the door, seeing the le isoner. knocked violently, and celled out to the p.ople inside the house, not to open the door, sayiug, " Don't let him in, he is come o take Slily away." The woman then ran awe-, and the Prisoner asking her what she meant by eerie; that? followed her, but not being able to overtake her, he returned to the doer of Mrs. Weite's house. A gig, belonging to a Mr. Clarkson. stood near the door, with Mr. ..'s sere van: in it. The Prisoner ran up to it, and dregged the servant out; the man, after seta:ltem for s o me tame, ran away, And the Prisoner ran after Idm as fait as he could, until they were nut of sight. When the Prisoner returned, the Witness was standing at Mrs. White's door, and asked him whether he lied caught the young man he ran after ? The Primmer made no answer. but seized him by the coat, and cut him in the lip with a keife he had in his hand. The Witness then caught hold of hi, arms, and they struggled for a short time, in the comae of which, the Prisoner cut the Witness across the left shoulder. ' l'he Witness then called out to his master to come to his assistance, or he would be murdered ; and .is mister, who was at the other side of the horses. in stantly c irne, and seized hold of the Prisoner's right arm. The Witness, as soon as he saw an oppor tninty, pet his foot behind the Prisoner, and trip; ed him up. They then held him on the ground, u, tit the Cunst;bie came, and took him into cu•tody. On cross-emminetion by Mr. G u Re EV, as Counsel for the Prisoner, he said, that the cut on the shoulder was about six inches in length. but not very deep he received it during the scuttle, and it is not quite well yet. •fhe cut on the lip was very slight, and he could not say that the knife was open in the Psi" soner's herd, when he cut him at first, Question by the Prisoner—" Wiien the trooper came up, did he not say, from seeing the manner I Was treated, I will see the gentlernea righted ?" Answer—" He did." Pr isoner —• • Aye, he promised great things ; bolt when the battle came, he ran away ; ne was not steel to the back-bone, though he was a •ery :all man too." Witness—•" Certainly the soldier said he would see the Poisoner righted, and ran away when he heard the cry of murder, ►ut he iris all the time very drunk," Prisoner—sf He was not pot-:anent. at all events, and would not stand when he thought there was any danger in the way ; however, when it comes to my turn, I will tell my own stui Robert Read is master to the tot mer Witness, and drove the wheel-horses on the 13th of this month. When the chaise and fourwas ordered, it was to carry the Prisoner to Hounslow, and a man was sent there on the saddle-horse, to order fresh horses to be got ready. When they came to the Load of Hay, Ha verstock-hill. the Prisoner had some discourse with the Landlord, who asked, whether the post-boy, should get any thing to drii.k ? Prisoner said. he would see them shinned first. Witness said, they had sums rough conversation, when the sold.er came R im