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CA'ARTAGE§ FO r. Tilt F.XfPEROI OF MOROJ",CO. Four carriages of singular elegance and beauty have been mad: here, lor the Esteems* of Moisoc co, by the order of the houses ?dm!' Mactots, of Haydo'n-sqoare, and Go to•tte, .of Friday-street. They were finished yesterday, all but some small part of the barter= .and are expeCted to be shipped to-morrow or on Thursday. Three of them are made by Houtotecu, and the other by THORP. They are all on one plan, and have the same gene. ral style of decoration, varying chiefly in the pre daninant colour of each. The body of the carriage is, in fad, the same as that of a post-chaise, only it is of a size to hold no more than one person. It has two wheels only, and shafts like a single horse chaise, and is intended to be drawn by a sin gle mule. It is hung very low (about a foot and a half from the ground), is very light, and elastic. One of the pectdirities of these carriages ic, that they are painted, ornamented, and varnished all over, the very top being painted of the predominant co lour of the body. The prevailing colour of two of them is crimson relieved, one with green, and the other with sky-hlue. That of another is green, re lieved with crimson. Flowers (more especially roses), peacocks' feathers, stars, and other decora tions in painting, are scattered over them, and executed with uncommon excellence. I'he mountings are entirely silver, and are at once sim ple, rich, and elegant. In fad, there is no. thing gaudy ab o ut these carriages but the vari ety of the colours. 'Chen are no decorations of antis or inia,rial crowns on any part or the carriage or harness. The wheels and shafts are highly var nished and gilt, but are entirely free from carved ornaments. The inside of each carriage is lined with the finest broad-cloth of the prevailing colour of the carriage, with very rich silk lace and fringe, a silk curtain running round the top of the carriage to a certain depth, and nio,t elegantly festooned. Each carriage has two lamps in front, in the manner of a post-chaise, the frame be ng of silver. The harness is the most beautiful ever seen in this country. It is of the native colour of the leather, richly studded with silver, and relieved with coloured morocco leather, as an edging. The head-pieces of the bridles are cut in a style of much holey, and great elegance, and profusely decorated with silver. In a word, these carriages may be considered as good examples of that great perfeCtion to which this branch of our manufadures is brought. The new candidates for Middlesex, according to repay, a►e, Lord Vittiams. ----Pixsev, second ROC ' Duke of NoRTUYNLIZILAND, Sir Fats. CIS BURDETT, and Mr. Elliot, the Brewer. On Monday lag Mr. Joust Wokk•LL Gimes. A. B. late of Ealmund Hall, Omni, was Heeled Junior 1. ell •w of Hertford College. It is • rd Pt T LIMN AM is soon to lead to the .1,41 the beautiful aadaccompliiied Miss Lars's, oof Perth. E t:1 of Ct.worst.t. wiU shortly lead to the libyrnvnt....: tart, 1...4.4 if A MOT Gasmu.t.s. the se cond d ilighter of the E.ol of WaII,WICC. The Lan of Mora A is about to be bottom. red with the fair band of that rich and beauti ful heiress, the Countess of Lovoors. The nuptial ceremony is expeaed to take place at Vise , tuntess Sitar et's, in Grosvenor-square, in the course of a few da) c. The Lady is in her 22d year ; she pos sesses one hundred thousand pounds in funsled pro perty, and considerable freehold estates in the North. On Tuesday last, His Royal Highness Prince WILLIAM of GLOUCESTER, and suite, arrived at St. Domingo, near Liverpool. .Saturday se'nnight, their Graces the Duke anc. Duchess of Aux nukGl4 armed at Fleurs. On pan ing through Kelio, they were greeted 'ay the accla mations of the town's people, and the ringing of the Abbey bells. Recent arrivals at Harrow Si: Mark Mssterat.a Sykes, Lady Modortaan Sykes j RM. Mr Wheeer ; Cahoot and Me. Chapala'; Mrs. Cur. ten ; tiir Abram sod Lott. said two Miss Maus; Mi. Payne Mt. ..d Mn. Whyte ; Mt. Gauss. Mr. hratats,of the Theatre Royal, Corea-Gar den, arrived in Dublin on Tiesday last . Mrs. Mourirsis was impeded yesterday at Hufl, in her musical tour. Mrs. Bit Linoron is engaged for the ensu:ng Musical Festival at Salisbury. Mr. lect.toox, now a wandering melodi,t, pur po,es visiting Salisbury in his tour. Yesterday se'nnight, the whole volunteer force of the county of Renfrew were reviewed on the Green of Glasgow, by Mr. Nl.scnowA Lt. of Garth land, M. P. Lord Lieutenant of the county. Colonel It Lion. of the t Stli regiment of foot. is appointed by His 24,0 cs r Y to command the Volun teers of the Isle of Wight ; and Lieut. Col. Kalov to be luspeaing Field Officer. General Ainsus, Colonel of the 13th Regiment of Foot, died on Saturday morning. Foor-li *Ca —On Friths. last a fact-racc rs run 1. • •••• ween Lord FILLIARIC iIf2IIITISCK and Cie Hon. ...._. t ssu li•csoari, for the sum .of one hundred •••• Ihe ground chosen Was between the se t • ' ..r.d third milestone no the Edgewat e mad. r•.'parted about thin in the afternoon, and the . a as eery closely run. for sonieth'ng better tha u lia.t the way, when Mr. Halloos°. owing to his sa- Mrmt strength, gained co,:siderably on his antAgn.. wsz, whom he lett at a great distance behind. Mt. H. ran the mile in five minutes and some seconds. and the bets at the close were two to cae iu his fa vour. Sunday se'nnight Captain Dsv is, of the Post- Oaice service, and his lady narrowly escaped being drowned in Falmouth harbour, where they were sailing about in a boat, which was riversct by the Captain's climbing to the top of the nia ,t to dear a Lig which had becotn entangled. Alter heulg a long time in the water thaw were taken up by some boats which put nff from the shore to their a •istance. Mrs. Davis's doaths in some di-gree :vied her ; but the Captain from his et .rts to v was long under water, and alter bring wore on shore was for some time considered dan gerously ill. Mrs. D. experienced the etfeas of hdr in in' kat conrulsiciai s but was of eerwise tua- Ewt. !AWING MATCH. Yesterday afternoon an excellent rowing match took place upon the Thames hetween the following . four oared cutters, viz. the Venus, the Albion, the Pew, the Aurora, the M o the Diana, and the Mars. The pi Lae was a silver cup, to be pre- . shnted to the miaor by Mr. Soloman Chambers, Ilhahbuilder, and the proprietor of the Roe Buck ;while -house at Milbank. The successful boat of each of the three first heats, was to row a fourth for the prize. The first and second beats were from Mill hahk toßatecsea Bridge, and back. In the first, the Jima was victorious. 'PheAtilichi won thesecond. The next two were from Millbarilt to Westminster Bridge and back. The Areern had shot ahead, and turned the arches of the bridge, long before the others, when suddenly she was hoarded by an Excise Officer, who put the broad arrow, the usual mark of seizure, upon her : he was proceeding to seize the boat for nut having her licence with her, whra be was put over board to the 110 small amusement of the speiftators, who were highly incensed at his inter ference at so critical a moment. Having made his way to the shore as well as he could, the boats then proceeded on their trial of skill, and in conse quence of this accident to the Aurora the Fame won that heat. A dispute arose as to the boats which were entitled to row the fourth, which was argued with great spirit on all sides; and after varioas deputations and disputatious, it was agreed, that the Aurora should again try her chance instead of the Fame. The Venus, the ilairh, and the Aurora, then started together ; for some minutes the l'enus took the lead ; and, by the time the boats had reached Westminster-bridge, the con test became doubtful, aid continued so for some time, when the Venus Aaron got foul of each other, within a stone's throw of the winning -post, from which 'hey were not extricated, till the Aaron: had passed the goal, and was declared the conquers. The parteh then retired to the Roe- Buck, where, with a cheartul glass, they drank to the success of the Aurora. The Prize Cup was a large massy one of silver. Te shore was crowded with spectators of every description, and the river was speckled with boats of all sizes. Nothing attracted our notice equal to the fanciful taste of a number of female rowers, who " Featheed dlr.r oars with such skill and dexterity, " They charmed each heart and deliened each eye." ENGAGEMENT WITH IHE TOULON FLEET. By the Lisbon Mail, we have also received ac counts of an aiion between Lori Nehon and the Toulon fleet. The first accounts received of it at tached to it a considerable '•grey of importance: it appears, how ver, by the lates, letters from Gib raltar, to have been of little moment—the French having cauttou,ly Avoided' going to any great dis tance fmm the protedion of their own hAtteries. We subj in the different accounts. " MARIMIT LES, MAY 27. We yesterday had some accounts of the Toulon fleet, by an Imperial vessel, which arrived from Leghorn, and which saw them engaged on the evening of the 14th, with Lord Nelson's fleet, con sisting of seven sail of the line. The Captain and two American Gentlemen, who were passengers on board, say, that the Trench fleet s consisting of eight sail of the line, and three frigates, was steering &lout E.S.E. under a croud of sail ; that the British fleet, of seven sail of the line, appeared to be gain ing tact upon them, and four of the headmost ships were engaged at sunset, and during the night thcy heard a tremendous cannonade." " onsat.ras, .1015 4. " This morning, the American ship, the Heart of gok, Capt. Jackson, arrived here from Marseilles, in right days ; the news she brings is highly inte resting from Toulon. do On do morning of the 24th of May, three of our hue of battle ships sto.nl dose in with the bat teries of Toulon. and commenced a heavy file upon them. Provoked at this insult, the French Admiral (la Touche 1 reville), seeing that none of our fleet besides were in sight, immediately slipped his ca bles, and pursued our three ships with eight sail of the line, the wind blowing fresh from the North West. After pursuing them about three leagues from the land. they perceived the remainder of - our nett coming along the shore, in full chace of the French. About four o'clock a running fight com n-.enced. and, by sun-set, five or six of our ships were engaged with the enemy, and, during tM whole night, a tremendous cannonade was heard, u if the Beets were in close anion. . . " it blew extremely fresh at North West that night and the two following days ; and on the even ing of the Qtrth, no tidings of the French Beet had then been heard at Toulon. The utmost apprehen sion and anxiety prevailed there for their fate, as, after tints cle:oying the French Beet out of port, And getting between them and the land, it was not suppzisci his Lords.iip would easily part with them again. it The above acconnts were fully confirmed at Marseilles, by a vessel which arrived there on the 26:11 (torn Leghorn, .which saw the two fleets in aaion at sun set, on the tith, the French steering for Corsica with a crowd of saiL Either five or six ships of the British were then firing at the enemy— one of them a three-decker, with au Admiral's flag, supposed to be Lord Nelson, was close up with the enemy. "JONI 11. 8 , The GiGralier, of 80 guns, commanded by Cap tain Reeves, arrived this morning from the fleet off n, whids he lef: on the 31st of May. By the Gil n:har, we learn that the French fleet did come out, as was reported, but did not dare to go beyond the protection of their own batteries : Lord Nelson, however, immediately resolved to attack them dose to the harbour's mouth, and Admiral c..mpriell, with two ships of his division, got into allion with thetas, w:ten the whole !•tench squads on immediately recited into Toulon." Thursday morni.rg a detachment of the 4th Dra gnc•n GuarJ%, the Royal Cornwall regiment of .411.! the PcnJcnni•, Penryn, and Truro 'uiun. teer r,,iments, wrr brigaded under the command of Major General WILVOID, OS Deunis down, about three miles from Falmouth. Thu whole amounted to considerably a►ove 2000 men. A well-planned sham fight took place, and afforded much amuse meat w a larzc ASSCLIabIaZe of sprctators. LAW - 17411LtLIGENCE. GUMLDH..►I.I., JUL• 9. Sitlin4-s before Lewd ELL! ;460 {CATCH gad d Strad ~• _ _ KUTCH'S/VWI v. TIIiNWITIDII. This was an attlion against the Defendant as gua rantee of one Harrison, for the recovery of alrout 30001. being the amount of bills of exchange, ac cepted and paid by Plaintiff for Harrison. It appeared that Mr. Harrison had been form Ay a manufacturer of earthenware in Staffordshire, and was also concerned in a banking-house: having_ changed his agent, Mr. Whittenberry, son-in-law of the Defendant, the Defendant recommended him to the Plaintiff, representing him as a man of very con siderable real and personal fortune, and assuring him he might have every reliance upon his punctuality. In consequence of this, the Plaintiff accepted bills for Harrison to the amount of 30001. The De fendant then advised him not to accept any more for him,informing him that Whittenberrybad entered up judgment on a Waroant of Attorney, which Harrison had given him. It then came out, that Harrison was a very distressed man, and had be come a Bankrupt. T Plaintiff, therefore, brought his adion against the Defendant, as it had been through his false representation he had been led into the business. The Defendant sought to prove, that he had re ferred the Plaintiff to other persons for information relative troche property and general circumstances of Harrison, but he had declined such reference. The Defendant also sought to prove, that the Plain tiff was well acquainted with Harrison's insolvency. This, however, being secondary evidence, and Lord ELI-EP:110V OLGIi observing to the Jury, that the question for them was, whether the Defendant made these representations deceitfully, and for the purpose of leading the Plaintiff into a credit which might be injurious, and to what amount. The Jury found for the Plaintiff, 1,0601. Bs. I d. being the amount of the sum proved. due upon the bills. OARRELLS r. THE BANK OF ENGLAND. This was an aftion to recover the amount of a Bank of England Note for 10001. It appeared that the note in question had been the property of one Nowlan,a Bankrupt, who lia.l stated so the Corn mis3ioner s of Bankrupt►, that ).c had lost this note along with several others to a very considerable amount in a Mail Coach ; for this and various other prevarications and miscondrift, the Com missioners committed Nowlin to Newgate ss here he still remains. The Jury found a verdi& for the Plaintiff, 10001. COMMON PLEAS.—GunmeAu., Ju*. 9. Sating/ offer Term, Before Sir J A NIES MANS, I ands Sperial Ary. ROIPARTS AND ANOTHER V. TVSTIAN. The Plaintiffs, Messrs. Robarts and Curtis (Bank ers), brought this affirm on a Promissory Note for 271. 193. accepted by the Defendant, who pleaded a tender .of that sum into court. This case ap peared somewhat singular. The Bill having be come due, it was presented by one of the Plaintiff's Clerks for payment, at the house of the Defendant, who derirel the bearer of it to call again, or gise him change for a 301. note, as he had no small notes ; the Clerk being unable to give change, the note was taken away ; and about five o'clock in the afternoon, the Defendant went to the Plaintiff's with intent to take it up. It happened at.that hour the Clerks were posting their books, and the De fendant waited for some person to attend, until he w.ts out of patience, and loudly called to them, de siring they would give him his note, and take the money, which he laid on the counter. His re monstrances were, however, of no avail; one of the Clerks told him, that as be did not take up the Bill in the morning, he must wait their pleasure. The Defendant, exasperated, d---d them altogether, and, exprosing his detcrmii ation not to wait,went out of the office. The next morning the note was present ed to him, and he was given to understand that half a crown was due for noting, which he refused to pay, alleging he had offered to take it up. The noting, however, proved to be a mistake on the part of the Clerk, who had no authority to demand any sum on that head ; and the bill was again pre sented as not being noted ; but the Defendant, not understanding such to be the fait, still refused to take it up. It was, therefore, put into the hands of an attorney, and the Defendant was served with thy copy of a writ, after which he went to the At torney, and offered to pay the Bill, if free of all charges. A'4ES MA pis', e n, after the evidence had es tablishe.l the shove faits, observed, that the clerks in the Plaintiff's house had condufted themselves improperly ; and if such cases were brought to be tried at arti ?ruts, the panics must suffer for want of good manners. The Plaintiffs were nonsuited. cAtt4sroso r. HORE. This was an aEtion to recover the value of several firkins and half firkins of buuer, which the Defend ant had not delivered ansor.g a quantity deposited on his wharf by the Plaintiffs. It appeared that the butter came from helstid in a vessel named the 1110. ill', and was landed At the Defendant's wharf; but Afterwards stowed in a warehouse belonging to one Connelson, who, it was contended, was the only person responsible thr the toss. The receipt of the goods was produced as given by Connelson—and the Jury gave a ver dict for the Defendatst. OLD BAILEY, Jrn 9. Yesterday the Old Bailey Sessions ended, and the Recourse* passed sentence of Death upon the following Prisoners : yosi7.4 ysasse, for Forgery I Naw Laois, and yobs kaker, for uttering Forged otes; J.La NereA, and Thar.:: Demi, for Burg lary ; Charlotte Wright, a young Air!, eleven years of age, for stealing a 51. Bank 7s,ote in a dwelling honse ; Perna: Rider, for a Higl.way Robbery ; and Timms, Bwantll, for 1- orgery. Fourteen were sentenced to transportation, and imprisonment for petty offences. The behaviour of Jac/ bcs, the young man who forged the indorsement of Mr. Brown, a merchant in the city, evinced much agitation, ar.d be was obliged to be supported while the awful sentence was pronounced. The other prisoners were greatly afefted by the buTTVTI of their situaiion. *MGR AMICAL A NECDOTTIS Of Harry runlet, commonly called Duke of ton, King of Vine -street, and Governor ol I.4mb th Marsh, a well-known public character. who died lately in the above neighbourhood, and whose re. mains were attended to the grave by a great n,yri ber of persons whom his bounty had made com fortable. Parsons, the comedian, speaking of the subject of the following particulars, frequently declared with the greatest gravity, that he would rather expend a crown to hear I larry Paulet relate one of liawke's battles, than sit, gratis, by the most celebrated ora tor of the day. There was (said Parsons) a man ner in his heart-felt narrations that was certain to bring his auditors into the very scene of action; and when he described the moments of victory, l have seen a dozen labouring men. at the Crown Pyblic house, rise together, and, moved by an instantaneous impulse. give three cheers, while Harry took Breath to recite more of his exploits. This man, whose love for his country cannot be excelled, was, in the year 1758, master of an English vessel in North America, and traded up the river St. Lawrence ; but being taken by the enemy, he remained a. prisoner under Montealm at Quebec, who refused to exchange him on account 'of his extensive knowl dge of the coast, the strength of Quebec and Louisbourg, with the different soundings. They therefore came to a resolution to send him to France to he kept a pri soner during the war, and with such intent he was embarked .on board a.vessel ready to sail with dis. patches to the French,Government. Being the only Englishman on boar!, Harry was admitted to the cabin, where he t entice one day, that the packet hung in an exposed situation in a canvas bag, for the purpose of being thrown overboard on danger of being taken : this he marked as the of a daring enterprise; and shortly after, in consequence of the vessel being obliged to put into Vigo for PrOc• ViblOOS and intelligence, he rut his design into exe cution. There v WeTe two English men of war lying at anchor, and Mr. Paulet thought this a proper op portunity to make his meditated - attempt ; he there• fore one night, when all but the watch v. ere asleep, took the packet out of trirhag, and havirg fixed it in his mouth silently let himself down to the water, and, to prevent being discovered, /looted on his back to the bows of one of the English ships, where he secured himself by the cables, and calling for as sistance was immediately taken on board with the packet. The captain, charmed with his bold at. tempt, treated him with great humanity, •Ind pre him a suit of scarlet cloaths trimmed with blue velvet and gold, which he retained to the day of his death. The dispatches being transcribed nroved to be of the utmost consequence to our affairs in No th America, and Harry was sent with a copy r f Laos' post overland to Lisbon, from wNence he was brought to Falmouth in a sloop of war, and immediately set out for London. Upon his ar; lea! in town, he was examined by proper persons in the administrat'on, and rewarded agreeably to the nature of his sersi-e; but, what is must remarkable, an expedition was 'n stantly formed upon a review of these rhspa- h and our successes in North America, under *,`, and Sounder:, ire in come degree to be attri'. , lts I to the attachment of Harry Paulet to the interests of his country. For his services the government rewarded him with the pay of a lieutenant for life, which, with other advantages, for Harry had ever been prudent, he was enabled to purchase a vessel ; here Fame takes some litorty with his charaaer, and asserts that he used to run to the French exist, and now and then take in a cargo of brandy ; but, he that as it may, Harry was one morning returning, when the French fleet had stole out of Brest under C.,n fins, while Admiral Hawke was hid behind the rock of L'shant to watch the motions of the enemy. Mr. Pawlet, loving his country better than his cargo, soon ran up to the British Admiral, and de manding to speak with him, was ordered to Flake his vessel fast and come on board ; upon his telling Hawke what he knew of the enemy, the Admiral told him, if he was right, he would make his for tune ; but if he had deceived him, be G—d he would hang him upon the yardarm. The &et was in stantly under weigh, and upon Paula's dire:lLn' to the mas:er (for hewas an excellent pito:). the Bri tish fleet was presently brought between the enemy, and their own coast ; and now the Admiral erlere4 Paulet into the vessel, and bade him make the he.i of his way; but Harry begged of the Admiral, as he had discovered the enemies of his country, that he might be allowed to assist in beating them. This request was assented to by the commander; an 4 Paulet had his station assigned, at which no man could behave better ; aad when the bolle was over this true born Englishman was sent home covered with commendanuns, and rewarded with that which enabled him to live happy the remainder of hi. life. Mr. Paulet possessed a freehold estate in Cornhill, London ; and, respeaing the good he did with his incurs., there is not a poor being in the neighbour hood of Pedlars-acre, who does not testify with gra titude some aft of benevolence performed for the alleviation of his poverty, by this humane, heroic Englishm.m. On Wednesday, a farmer's servant, at Leopard, sear Worcester, took up a gun which was left by his master, not in the least aware of its being loaded. when it accidentally went off, and unfortunately shot his fellow-servant through the head. The Brrbeckes Mmurr, of the 12th of May, con. tans the following article : u By the American brig Sally, from Baltimore, which spoke the French privateer schooner, Ge4end Eraeql, on Saturday last, off Denude, from Gua. daloupe, bound on a cruise, we learn that the Mari. toroash packet, which was taken by this privateer, did not surrender until she had twice sustained the must d,.sperate attacks of the enemy, and gallantly beating her off each time; but that on the third at. tempt, the enemy succeeded in boarding, and at length carried her. Oa board the packet twenty were tilled, including three passengers and Captain Butt, and seven wounded. The U. ~crd L, (which carried 14 guns and 95 men)) baJ one Lieu tenant and eight men killed, and t h e Captain and fourteen wounded. She informed the Sago, that Was going to cruise in the latitude of th:, oildn I, in i hopes of falling in with the next packet, at J y tee the Captain of the Sally a London Paper of the t ; Ala of March."