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^m•~~ M OF THE CLERGY. YeOffaly the annual Performance for the Benefit F the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy took lace•in St. Paal's Cathedral. His Royal High !is the Duke uf SUSSEX, as one of the Stewards, atered the Cathedral about half-past eleven clock. The Royal Duke was received at Temple lar by a party of the London A rtilles y Cor p s, outmoded by Colonel Ls Nlesiottrit, who escort him to the Cathedral. It being half an hour tore the time th ey performance was to begin, His ,yal Highnes shewn into the vestry. About tvislite o'clock the LORD MAYOR, accom •ed by Aldermen PRINCE?, Attistev, and HUN oft, the Settle's, the CHAMBERLAIN, his Lord ip'sChaptain, and all the City Officers, entered c Church, and were likewise shewn into the estrv, when they, with the Archbishop of CAN wtevav, the Bishops of Lou oom, DURHAM, DICON,CISILISLE, Barn and Wexts, Oxman, ;sloe N oe wicu, and s everal other Church Dig judo, 'forxned themselves into a grand procession, fidlowed the Duke of Sussex into the Choir. is Royal Higline.ss placed himself on the Dean's t, the Rev. Ba.hops on his left hand, according ..4k seniority. The Loco MAYOR hi his seat pdsite, .nd the rest of the Corporation on his left nd. As -'+s they were seated, the Land struck d u with the Ovei•iire to k,%ther. The regular rch service for the .' •y was then read by one of he MMus Dens; in the -:nurse of which were rug Hseuxt., reelfsngen I e ileum, the Gloria atri, the Hailtirjeis Chores, and ..n Anthem com ,.sed by Dr. Boyce expressly for ' . •;s charity. The verse and solo parts were extremely veil sup. orted by the Rev. Mr. Well and Brous • , xn ; ad Mr. PAOR acquitted himself with great abs 'ty, a non art Ike Ktni of Wary, accompanied on taii nimne r by Mr. Tiros. The Rev. Mr. Weis's voice was heard to great advantage in•the anthem 1 as also Mr. V AUGH client sermon was preached by the IICSR ; after which, the Coronation ierformed. The whole concluded of LONDON giving his blessing. was extremely well tilled, and we vould have been crowded in every lic were aware they could gain ad ying a small contribution. s and friends of the Charity ad bane Taylors' Hall, where a sump s provided for about two hundred, of the Stewards. At five o'clock •os tonic the Chair, the Duke of :;bishop of TUA M, the Duke of GRANTHAM, &e. on his right lett h Ind, were the Archbishop of nd the other learned and Reverend , av , • of those whom we have men- Bi.,hops of WINCIIESTtIi and lto• .7.111 i of W...st MINSTER and Wit:n ot EH toowaTEß, and Aldermen .IGHTON, FRANCIS ItIYINGTON, Non Nebit, flonnse, was sung by a emen from the band at St. Paul's. • toasts ware- given alternAtely by 0.0. Archbishop of Cas e King followed, by Messrs. VACOWA ■ Total acr., cc:4 ma• Ved• f sJA!, s 1,10. rAec• cve:y 4 1 , ."i Itt et, WAI IrY 1 , 1 littt,ll 1.4.11.0 0. !la PAO& Hn Maietty the Q u e,,,. The 'lnlet and Pourer* of Wales, and the rest of the it••yal The Cerseration of the Sons of the Clergy. The Lord Mayor, and Prosperity to the City of Lond The Haire Saisex—,which was drank with enthusiastic His Royal Highness aror, • and said it was very Nattering to him that his nartle should he so well received by such a very respealble So ciety. He was extremely happy in finding him self aging with his Noble Friend, the Duke of &prom the Archbishop of Fu sr, Lord Gllatini AM, and the Archbishop of Cet:r re MIRY ; the latter he congratulated on his late elec tion to be president of the Corporation. '!'here could be no doubt but they were ailing in a good cause, became it was that of the Clergy, who were such m essential part in our Constitution, and they • taught us to be thankful to an over-ruling Provi dence for all the good we enj.:yed. His Royal Highness concluded an appropriate speech. with as suring the meeting he should be happy to afford the Society any assistance in his power. The Lone M xvoit then gave,— The St. wards, in.! thanks to them for their entertainment. Sewn aher eight o'clock the Lorin M•voa left dm Chair, and the meeting broke up. The Colts:non at the Dour of the Church, at the rehearsal As 'fin-Aar, amounted to . L. 5S 6 6 • Yr-ter.lar Ptid 7 . 6 At Merchant Taylors' Hall . 6bl 6 6 9110 6 As the Artillery Corps were conduffing the Loßo ?A roe from St. Paul's, Colonel Le Me•ustea was thrown from his horse at the gate of the church yiusl ; but, we are happy to add, he tee2ived no material injury. Earl Moll& left Elinburgh on Mond,iy morn ing for London. He was expeAed to return in about a fortnight. Sir CHARLLI MIDDLITM now Lord Baanast, and First Lord of the Admiralty, was born and educated in Dundee. His father, Roo CRT hl in toicrom, EA. was. in 1736. ColleAor of Customs at the port of Dundee. The Marquis of Lattsnowit's extensive 'entailed estates, both in England and Ireland, amounting to more than 3.5,0001. per annum, devolve on his eldest ac,n, Lord Wvconse, now Marquis of Lamsoowtt : Fe tat i t 10,0001. per annum, and nearly 100,0001. in $ if, are willed to his other son, Lord HENRY • V ?tr. By the decease of the Marquis of LANS. rri %, s th , :re is a Blue Ribbon to be disposed of. It it observed that the establishment of the French empire has exercised a remarkable influence on the army Daring the Revolution, the troops spoke with enthusiasm al the republic, one and indivisible. the Die eeor y . &c. At present, every soldier boasts of having an Emperor for his Sovereign, and lie *ever omits any opportunity of saying aloud, " 1 serve His MAILSI Y, the Estramoa of the Feettest." The same alteration has taken place with regard to the ii.scriptions on the houses. Over the doors of all the offices of Government, is t:eit the eagle, and above that, the Iniperial crows. potapp- mrso FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FROM THE DUTCH PAPLR',. - 14ACIUC, APart. 10. Yesterday morning, about hilfpast seven his Excellency M. Schimmelpeimindc, with li:s ( ori son and children, arrived here, and immed;atel took up his residence in the Palace called the Old Court. At half past nine, his Excellency gave au dience to various persons, and received their con gratulacions on his accession to the high dignity of Pensionary. At half past one, his Excellency was conduced into the presence of the Directory of State, before whom he took the oath prescribed by the Constitution ; after which the Direaory of State laid down their posts. This was notified to the pub lie as follows: " The Pensionary of the Batavian Republic, Rutger Jan Schirramelpenninek, hereby notifies, in that quality, that he has this day provisionally taken the oath prescribed by the Constitution to the Presi dent of the Direaory of State ; and that, in pursu ance thereof, after the dissolution of the Direflory of State, the Government of the Batavian Republic is constituted. Moreover, that M. C. G. Hultman has, by said Pensionary, been named and appointed General Secretary of State. " Done in the nape, April 29, 1805. (Slued) SCHIMMELPENNINCK." To-day, in the Legislative Assembly, a letter was read from the Directory of State, dated the 29th instant, communicating that his Excellency the Pen sionaty had, at the appointed time, appeared before them, and taken the prescribed oath, and that they had afterwards resigned their posts, inviting the Le gislative Body to follow their example, by dissolv ing their Assembly, and to intimate it to the Pen sionary by letter. The President of the Legislative Body, having made a speech suitable to the solemn occasion, declared, in the name of the people, the dissolution of the Legislative Body of the Batavian Commonwealth ; and that intimation thereof should be givett to the Pensionary. To-marrow the Diplomatique Corps will re ceive an official communication of the new order of things. Nearly all the constituted high Colleges here have paid their compliments to the Pension:try. MAY I. Extraa of a letter from J. Lobe, Batavian Con sul at Cadiz, dated April 9.—" "Fhis afternoon the Toulon fleet appeared off this bay, consisting of 11 ships of the line, 5 frigates, I corvette, and several advice-boats. The Spanish squadron is teceiviag troops on board, and will probably join the reach to-morrow morning." By a decree of the Pensionary of the Republic sf yesterday, the following appointments have been made:— Secretary of Foreign Affairs, M. Van der Goes; So,:retaty of War, Mr. G. J. Pyman; Secretary of 'kale Affairs, Mr. H. Van Stralen. M. 1 1. Van Etoyen is provisioaally charged with the Navy department. All the before-mentioned persons will this day take their oaths, and enter on their respeaive offices, ear is, APRIL 29. F rom T o g- --t:te, that his le, ; ( " : I . i • " ' 1 . ' ..nt at four o'clock in the ..aetning, and tenit• I the interview lasted several hours. Jerome Bonaparte arrived at Lisbon on the 31 inst. and intended to set bff for Paris on the 6th ur 7th of May. The army assembling in the celebrated Plain of Marengo will consist of 30,000 select men, which are to be reviewed by his Majesty the Emperor. A letter from Madrid of the 13th ult. inserted in the Le3d:it Gateur, el the 3d, says, that the futtlon fleet first stepped off Carthagetra, to Ise joined by the Carthagena squadron ; but that as the squadron would not be ready before the expiration of 48 hours, the fleet proceeded on to Cadiz. The ac counts of the amount of the French and Spanish force correspond with those which have already I een published. The Spanish ships are the Arzo nlmt, and Repieel, of 80 guns ; Ter. idle and forms, of 74; America and Lepasa, of (i 4; and the Made-' , roa, of 34. The number of Spanish troops is 2230, 1170 infantry, and the rest artillery. •FRIL 30. Bonaparte made his public entrance into Tuna on he 24th. French Funds 58 3-10. 101/LOCHIP, APRIL 5. The convoys hound to our ports come in with the greatest ease; two have arrived from Havre within month, consisting of flO lA. Two divkions of the flotilla, the one from Ostend, the' other from the Scheldt, fell in with the English, beat, and pur sued them. PALRASIO, APRIL 10. Lord Nelson's squadron arrived yesterday in our moorings. At midnight one of the ships had a com munication with the land, and an Officer came to call up Mr. Afton. A report got ii.to circulation this morning that the Toulon Fleet had sailed. and that its destination was Sicily, and that Admiral Nelson proceeded with all speed in pursuit of it. 1 his evening we are assured that the French fret are dircfting its course for Egypt, and it is said that several mercantile houses have received the most positive assurances to that effect. _ The new BLACK Et.? crina of St. Domingo has postponed the ceremony of his coronation, till the conclusion of his campaign with the remainder of the French troops, under General FIRRAN U. Fhe Imperial Crown has, however, recently arrived at Cape Fianynis. It was made at Philadelphia, by 11 French At ti,t, for the very moderate price of a car go of coffee. The inhabitants of Norway have lately begun to gather the Iceland moss, which grows in most parts of that country, and to employ it more generally. It is said, that this vegetable produaion may not only be employed for food, hut likewise for dying ; and that it forms a good substitute for hops, for brewing. A new Literary Society has recently been esta blished at Paris, by the name of the Celtic Aeademy. The principal objea of its labours is to continue those inquiries which have already been made, con cerning the primitive languages, and particularly the Celtic, which is enn•idend as the most ancient in Europe, and which is still retained in the dialeEl of the lower class of the iahabitartts of Bretagne. LAW INTELLIGENCE. court 1 01 LING'S BENCII. WESTMIN' , TEII. MAT 9. PF.R.IITRY. Tlit KING C. Perot, arm TYE KING V. CRRECE. The Defendants in these two cases were tried the Sittings after last Term, at Westminster, and con viCh•d of perjury,,,,,haviog voted upon the late Mid dies,x Eleftion for Sir Francis Burdett, under feign ed names, were this day brought up for judgment. As we have given full reports of those trials in for mer Papers, we do not think it necessary now to go into detail. Lord ELLENBOROVGH having read the reports of the trials; Mr. ERSKINE, on behalf of the Defendants, said, he had little to offer in mitigation of punishment, he had not been retained upon the present occasion. but having been Qounsel for them on the trial, he begged leave to make a few observations to the Court : he considered the present eases not at all like those where the Defendant had been convitled of perjury in giving evidence in a Court of Justice. In such cases, the oath was always administered with so much awe and solemnity, that the Witness must be willingly and premeditatedly perjured. In the ' present cases, the oath was administered in the harry and bustle of a popular eleftion, without any so lemnity at all attached to it ; and, in such a case, a party might criminate himself without any wicked or unlawful intention. The Sotictroe Gen ER, t. and Mr. GA RROW. on the part of the prosecution, thought these cases were not like the common cases of misdemeanours ; but it was very important to public justice, that exam ples should be made of these Defendants, particu lary when it was recollected, that no less than thirty indiftments were on the records of the Court for similar offences, all springing out of the late Mid dlesex eleaion. It had been said, these Defendants had committed this crime unawares, in the hurry and buAle of an eleetion ; but, they contended, these persons not only committed the offence, but repeated it—they not only boasted of it, but, in one instance, had complained of not having received a sufficient sum of money as a reward for their per juries. The Court, after a short consultation, ordered them to be re-committed, and to be brought op again for judgment on the 25+ instant. Colonel John Gordon Sinriair was committed to the custody of the Marshal of the King's Bench. un der an attachment, for not paying a sum of money, pursuant to the order of the Court. The greater part of the day was occupied in hear ing law arguments, of no public interest. D:4latches were received on Wednesday from eie Channel fleet, brought by the Beagle, which left it all well last Monday morning; the enemy at sin gle anchor, ready to put to sea, and our gallant sailors impatient to meet them. A vessel from Charante, arrived at Plymouth, brings an account that a ship of the line and a fri gate have got out of Rochefort, with troops. The Jaion,Manstn ; and the Somerset, NMI", from l i overpool, for Surinam, have been taken, re , taksio, arri e • • arrives. ns cou s_!tytte, ..as spore vino ur a darter about fifteen leagues from Tory Island, who put on board Captain PRINGLE, of the Nile, of London, from Liverpool, bound to Riga, which vessel was captured on the 25th ult. off Barra Head, by a French brig privateer, of 16 guns, anA 100 men, out five days from Dunkirk. She bad also taken and sunk a brig belonging to Sunderland, the -, of Kirkahly, bound to Riga, and a brig belonging to Clyde, from Liverpool, for New Brunsufick, supposed to be the lifetiv i , Capt. SCOTT. Mr. Bosasiquez, to whom the sedation cause. Hooker v. Spencer, brought on at the Lewes As sizes, was referred. has made his award, and given one hundred pounds damages to the Plaintiff, and without any relation whatever to the maintenance of the child, the fruit of the Defen.iant's illicit love. When Pius If. visited the Imperial Printing Establishment, at Paris, he was not a little surprised on being shown there, 152 Puler Nosierg, in as many different languages and types. Maecsa, the In spalor of that Institution, is about to prepare this polyglot collation of Pager N.atera. for publication. M. lite r etstir, the inventor of a new musical instrument. called, 1 ile Mttodica, not long since gave a public conceit at Copenhagen, greatly to the satisfaction of the public. His invents°e is pa tronised by people of rank and opulence.. lhe greatest advantage of this instrument consists in the prodation of the rrereeptdo and derrcyrcnds. In tone, it bears the greatest resemblance to the organ ; but its notes are not so loud, and far more agreea ble ; for which reason, it is much better suited to common apartments. It is best adapted to music in slow time ; and is played by a particular method, which is soon acquired. The in. entor has it in con templation to establish a manufactory of these in struments, each of which, at present, costs at least 300 rix-dollars. The lately deceased Couniellar, Haunts. of Norway, has bequeathed to the Norweg ian Society of Sciences at Drontheim, not only Isis library, manuscripts, &c. but likewise a sum of about twenty thousand rix-dollars. Conformably with the regu lations of this Society, its revenues are employed in promoting the study of Natural History, and in defraying the expenses of tours undertaken for that purpose ; with the exception of one-third, which is appropriated to the increase of the capital. In 179, the sum of 8000 rix-dollars was left to it by another private individual. Besides this, the library. which, in 1781, consisted of 12,000 volumes, has been augmented by the collations of several native Literati. M. BEAUMONT, a prisoner in the castle of Fried richshafen, at Copenhagen, has made five different kinds of paper from straw, four of which are whits, and the other yellow. From the trials made of this paper. it appears to be equally fit for printing, with that in commas use. The same man has likewise produced a specitten fur bank-notes. The peculiar property of this invention consists in a coloured in scription, in the paper, and a coloured ornament round the border. Besides this, there is a stamp made in the paper, and a great number of other embellishments. which resemble the impressions of enslaving', and app.rar alike 011 boa soles. NAVAL INTELIJOLNCE. PORTSMOUTH, MAY a. Arrived the Lela frigate, and the Sitlay pin brit, from off the French coast. Sai f•d. His Majesty's ship peiluv Geeree, or 98 guns, to join the Channel fleet ; and the Peder, gun vessel, on a cruise. His Majesty's ship his has made a signal for a convoy to Newfoundland. This day an embargo was laid on all shipping is this post. Wind N. W. PLY 401 , 1 11, MAY 7. We are anxiously looking out for pews from the Mediterranean, where, report says, the 'combined fleets are returneJ. The arrivals, &c. since my last. have not been worth communicating. Arrived from Portsmouth His Itlaj ..y's ship Aryan; also the and llo..•., armed vessels. Sailed the W I IdSOF Coale. Arrived from the ticet the Neptune,. of 98 guns, and the Dolphin tenier. The British &Ice off Brest is now 21 sail of the line. i FALMOUTIII, MAY 6 A line of battle ship passed up Charnel this aven. ing, under a press of sail.—Wind Westerly. °FAL, MAY R. Arrived the Tnlwnter• and "frriwr gun.brigs, ant several others from off the Fiench coast, and r - main in the Downs, with the rest,of Hia ships &c. as per last, and several outward-botmd ♦essels.—Wind W.S.V. INDIA. TOOT-WILLIAM, Ilex. 4. A dispatch. of which the following is a VIM , ' has been this night received by His Excellency the Nl•xst Noble the Governor-General, from His Ereelleney. the Commander in Chief, and is published for 2,eire ral information. TO HIE 'sett Laney THE MOST NOBLE NASSIVIE MTLLESLZT, GOVEMNOII•43IIIOEIAL/ Bcc. MY LORD, have much satisfiCion in informing your Lord.hip, that since my arrival on thi. ground, 1 have .e.wived of Jestrunt Ran Holkar, with the remains of ois esvalry, having crowed the Jumua at a ford in the •winlty orlitalmhma. The flight of Holkar out of the Dona`, has bona noun rapid a sod, by every account, the number* that %offered ou the 13th instant almost exceed belief ; nuinlarra t.f w ...Mad are still with him, and niany others have been left 111 the 'Macre. The enemy is said to be proceeding to Doeg 71 shall lobe we time in rejoilivig the army before tl.at plaoe. 1 have the honour SO by. my Lord, Your Lool.h. h i't nioilt faithful !rumble wevant, G. Lift. Head quarters, Utah, Moe. 14, 1504. • C•LCUTT4II, DEC. 17. Letters received from the camp at Galnah, sruhe 20th ult. mention that the forts of Chaii.:ote sod Galnah, lately captured by the army under the command of Colonel Wal}ace. are two of the strongest places in India. Chandote is irn t ,revahla by nature, and Galnah extremely farmed:ol l e both by nature and art ; we are, howeer, extremell sorry to find that the cousttey exhibited all the mi set ies occasioned by the ;"and that a vii • • • • 4 1 11 Gt• sews is vh • - . On Talky bot, the Rev. Weave/ By _ Sidney College, Cambridge. lotely appointed M. ter of Harrow School ; and the Rev. C. T. Hasso: noTE, were admitted to the degree of a D. the former by Royal Mandate. Yesterday at noon, three boys in a wherry, were run down, near Barking Crick, by a loaded collier, as she was tacking about; immediate as.istancew.s given, when two of the lads were saved. the other sunk,. was drowned, and dragged foe without effcB. , „„ I The .bsrants of Bristol Hot-wells have, Ivies very Ispirit, offered one hundred guineas re ward for the discovery of some miscreant who has disturbed the peace of their neighbourhood by anonymous letters. One hundred and ten valnable horses, many of them stallions of the first breed and celebrity. se lefted in various parts of this country ; some Eng lish cows, a few dogs , and a number •f game cocks and hens, were sent out to Russia, in the fleet which sailed from Hull on Sunday list. On Friday last, Jan 1)n", alias Gorden, convia ed at Lewes Assizes of the wilful murder of the bastard child, and who had been respited from time to time,_ on account of derangement of intellect. was executed at Horsham. She had been, for the last week, in a sound stare of mind ; and, we un der.tand, conduded herself at the gallows in a man ner becoming her unhappy situation. A Boy, only 13 years of age, from a provincial Theatre, has appeared as the Curiae Rewire, anc h really made good his claim to the appellation, if the title of a Racier may be applied to one lineof ad. ing ; but, as it is allowed to Master Bz.-.•••v, who only performs in tragedy, it ought not to be denied to the suhjed of this remark. He is, we understand, perfedly a self-taught genius. His voice is strong, musical, and of a very peculiar charaeter ; his face and manner extremely expressive. and he evinces as strong and judicious a conception in the humorous cast, as Master EtYTT does in the serious ; and the Managers of S,dlet's Wells have been very for. tunate in obtaining such an object of public curso-,ity. NETT MONDAY, iO,OOOl. floasser and Co. beg leave to remind their friends, and the public, that the present Grand State Lottery commences drawing on Monday . n..t Tickets and Shares are on Sale in great variety of numbers, and at the lowest prices.—N. B. Prizes paid on de. mand, whether a 201. or a 30,0001. at their Office, 26, Cornhill. Many calculate that no more adventurers acquire opulence in a Lottery, than just the number of Ca pital Prizes; whereas, if the Capitals in the present momentous Scheme should be sold in Shares, as in the two last Lotteries, many scores of individuals will suddenly rise to wealth and independence. Do such - - consider that the two 3c,0001. Prizes with nearly little only . cord( dreds s no less . astaber. I ~~ calculators consider that the two 3u,uttin. es may alone bless above thirty Sharers with ly Two-Thousand Pounds each; and for so a stsloilio• from each as Twenty-five Shillings ! Suck is the Lottery which can pessent a fortable competency, not to a few, but to bun. sof adventurers, which opens on Monday, wits :Is a Prize than 10,0001. to its very arst•dzaws •