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This amiable young Nobleman, who devotes so much of his time and fortune to theattical a o• me _ irnents, is an strlateitr by birth-right. His Lord• s hi i ds father and smother, when Mr. and Mrs. Cos Rotors, erefted the elezant private theatre, at their villa, in the Phoenix Park, near Dublin.— The very difli ult natt of bay Aforlo.th was that in which Mrs. GARDINER wished to excel. Nature had cast her in her happiest mould : a most penetrat ing eve, a countensnci: equally capable of display ing the most fascinating sweetness, or the blackest desp.tir ; a strong mind, cultivated by a knowledge of the world, and the most elegant society, with e very possible acq.iired accomplishment. In a verso few months she had arrived at the summit of perfe:ti•in in the highe.t walk of Melpomene.— Mr. Gael:stew: was also an amaicoir ; he played 31. :c derb, and genteel comedy ; hut did not gain the celebrity of his l.tdy, whose promature death pot an end to those amusements the present Viscount has resumed with so much splendour. He has had se veral designs submitted to him for a superb theatre, to be rafted in the neighbourhood of his castle in the North of Ireland. Vscountess Net.son arrived on Saturday last in St. J.tmes's-place, from Bath. The Duchesses of DEvostsuirte and MAN CNESTEP, Marchionesses Wet.i.tsr.ry and HEAO• roar. the Countesses Poss.'s,. Cosy' amass, a- I CL ANCILIT V. Lady CANOLINE Dania, and Lady 11..wita, were among,t the numerous fashionable visicsrs of Bond-street yes'erday. General D N possesses a most Stentorian voice. He is called upon the Continent Field Marshal ti ,u Mr. CCMsPRI AND is writing another dramatic tribute to th:• memory of the immortal Nci.sum.— It will be brought forward a. Covent-Garden The atre. The PORTVGUEIE ANINISSADOR gave a dinner ye terday to ,evertl fareigli gentlemen, at his house, South A udlev-street. A Mr. John December has been recently preferred in a volunteer corps. This i., no doubt, a seasonable appointment. The Duke and Duchess of BEAUFORT will leave Blandford Pack, next Saturday, for Badminton, Gloucestershire ; where they intend to pass the Christmas, and expel Lady Ha arrow ay to kiin them. The Patriotic Fuld hare voted a Vase of the value of 5001. ornamented with emblematical de vices, and appropriate inscriptiohs, illustrativ! of the transcendent and heroic achievements of the late Lord Viscount Nensora, to be presented to his relict, Lai) , Viscoultess Ncr soN. Viscountess Surma v had a card party, List even ing, at her house, in Dover street. Amongst the company, was the Dowager Lady DE CLivroay. Mrs. BsLs.tworow, it is said, will close her Intl s'cil career, at the end of the next season, at the Opera ( louse. This would be regretted by all lovers of harmony. Miss Mti.xots and Miss Dut4cars are called" The loe.rerableg." Seven levers have lately wiscarri4, in attempting to draw them to the Tempi,. of Hymen . The Earl and Couetess of CLERMONT are ex pedled in a few days from Brighton, to their house, Berkeley-square. His Grace the Duke of Disvenstmit, we are happy to state, is much recovered from his late indisposition. Lady Pear is, and the Hon. Miss DRUMMOND. are expeSe_t in the course of next month, from Drummond Castle, Perthshire. • The Royal Westminster Volunteers, commanded by Colonel RunEarsow, will go to Westminster Abbey this day, to hear divine service. A wag, on hearing that a piece was withrawn in consequence of the indisposition of Mrs. Mo Tarn, said, it was impossible that this charming afress could have put beefed in any thing. Viscount CAseigstActs's house, in St. James's square, is nearly finished ; the apartments will be or namented in an elegant stile. Wilma ACOTE, jun. has been chosen an Assnciate of the Royal Academy. His talents, as a sculptor, fairly entitle him to this distinnion. Mr. SKR/ rIAGTow, the acknowledged author of 7'he Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, hopes to find her trowned with hap. Town Mailing Theatricals oo on with great spirit. Lady SHAw commanded The School for Seamed, last night ; tomorrow night, the Gentle men of the Bear Club, desire The Marto Moon, with The Poor So , dier ; and, on Saturday, Mrs. LARKING desires the week to close with Laugh wires you Can. The reitier find fault with Mr. SKIT/INC:1 OP'S de's , . It is to he hoped they will allow his new drama to furnish him with a new suit. The Marquis of Towaisis min, the Loan Li eV.. TENANT of the county of NON rot.K. the MOH SIIIRIFT, Lord BA Y NINO. Lord Wonemotise, the Hon. Colonel HA Re.nn, the Hon. Colonel Woos nous'. Sir JACOB HENRY ASTI. EY, Bart. and Ty l as 41 WILI raw Cone, Esq. are appointed Stewards for the grand ball, to be given at Norwich, in ho norsr of the glorious viclerry off ('ape Trafalgar. When the Emperor ALEXANDER was at Dresden, he was shewu a ssonden cup, which his great an sestor PET/111 rile GREAT had turned with his own hands, and made a present of to AU3Ufrub 11. King of Poland and Eleslir of Saxony. What was most remarkable was, that the inscription on the cup WAS Peter Ahalowitz C:ar, fec;t, a 12 /Yoe. 1705 ; and, on the 12th of November, IRO,, the cup was presented ti his illustrious descendant. Last Friday, Captain Su r r Kra's Yeomanry Ca valry were insperfted by Colonel Lion. hut the day being very unfavourable for parade and the display of discipline, the CuL-inel noon dismissed theta with his aporobatory thanks. They were afterwards entertained with a dinner he their Captain. at Constr.place, near Lewes ; where, After paying pro per reyect to t h e Rosy Sod, a subscription was pro po ed in aid of the patriotic fund at Ltovo's, and Aberally suonorted, by a cnllection of Sitti Gui neas for that laudable purpose. r A I .' VIqCOUNT MOUIVIJOY. LIT IvrFLUGENCt; COURT )F KING's-Iskt4eii, Wormilesten, Dee. 4. Sittings al Nisi Prime. Gerore Lord ELLEnuououeff and Special Juries. USURY. SPENCILLY, Q ai Tam, 9. OF.PIER AL DC WtLI OT. This anion w.ss hrcughr by the Plaintiff; to re cover the penalty of treble the amount of the sum advanced upon an usurious ttansOinn. 'rite SOLICITOR-Gt:sta it.. for the Plaintiff, ob. served. that this was a case in which most etr.r- mous interest had been extorted from the Marquis be Champ•nrnnac, and was equal to twenty titnei, at least, of the h.gal interest. It had heel) end.. e• vowed to fix thi.. as a gambling partnership, and equal share of profirs ; and, because of the magni tude of orverest charged, it might be sup posed it was the case ; hut he would chew the fad was otherwise ; and, extraordinary as it might ap pear in this country, where a usurer never thought of taking half so much, yet he would prove it actually was the case. The Margds dc Champownnas was then exa mined as a witness, through the medium of an Inter preter, and his examination lasted near four hours. He stated, that, about three years ago, he first knew the Defendant in London. 11e borrowed 5001. from him, through the medium of a friend, whom he at first declined naming, hut who afterwards turned out to be the Marquis do L. rsendeau ; for this sum he paid interest, at the rate o 9), per enon-)1; he also borrowed 3001. for the loan :.f which he !said .51. per mouth ; he also teir' - rwed of :I'm 2,0001. 1,4001 of which was in louts d'nirs, for whi hhe paid interest of It ,01. per mem!: ; he afterwards paid •ff some of these sums, and there remained behind, in his hand:, Innis d'ors to the amounc of 1,2031. for which he paid, I,lst at the rate of 501. and after wet 's at 601. per month. There were other sums which .he had from the Defen•litar, upon the same terms, not neceeidry w st..te at tarp.. On a very lung a.id afillOUS CrOSS•eXa!Tii by Mr. Ease tee, lie denied that this was any tb.,,,g of a mercantile specul nicety in tvoich the Defend ant was to participate in the profits; he had been a considerahl. dealer in jewellery, watches, ttiakets, gold. pieta, es. ice. ler the aurmase, if possible, of retrieving the property he had :ost :a France b- t revolution, and, in rwePtr to itay his cm 'llion, he a fr sniVed he had earn' dnl, in the hope t accuaseitino a sum of money to discharge their dein as ; be had not two bags of louis-d'ors besceg leg to the Defendant; only .roe, containing sight hundred, which he returned to the Defendant, vhd desired he vanild keep them • het he dilnied having advised hire not to carry ;Mtn with him into toe country he afterwards sold them to a pet son wnom the Deiendatit knew. I •Vhert he was arrest:d by the Derendant, he admi•ted, that perhaps ile hal said settle soothing welds to ll' , and made use of tome expressions of gratitude to wards him ; bat, when asked, had he not sustain. cued the Defendant not to bring him heft tee the Magistrates in Bow.stteet, as a Swinii-r ? lie start ed up in a paroxysm of rage and incitgna-t sn. .nd addressing the Court, in broken English, told :,is Lordship, he had had the honour to be the NV sister to the late Kind or France, and could not suffer such an indignity. 14- appeared Amos' :,verco ne by his lecher, and most veh amenity sad positively denied any such circumstance taking place. Josephine Moi te4u, the :muse-keeper of the last Witness, stated, that she was the person votes regu • larly paid the interest upon these sums so unriowe by the Marqu s, from ao: Del alciant ; and, inn e instance, paid 1141. which appeared to he the extat stipulated interest, for some of t lose pecific SUMS. Mr. GAIIIuW ; on her cross-examination, went into a long account of the dealings and trade of the Marquis, from which he derived little wislietion ; he osserved, that the Marqui was a very general dealer, who bought of the emigrants, because they most sell, and sold to the Er4glish, because they were fouls enough to buy. However, in the sr gtiel. the Learned Counsel was not able to ascertain from her evidence, that there were any commercial part nership dealings between these parties. She admit ted she had been examint d, not on na , h, before the `Magistrates, at Bow-street, when toe Marquis ab scon•led ; and that she the.' denied any knowledge of his abode, as she considered herself bound not to disclose tamili secrets. Some attempts were made to examine the wit nesses, as to trantaaions of the Marquis with the Count de Schulenberg, in order to Thew what was the !Marquis's general mode of dealing with him and other persons, respecting the loan of money, an I the manner of paying those sums which the Plaintiff endeavoured to make out as interest.— After much argument by the Counsel, Lord Eccra auaouois considered it an attempt to mix the mat ter of a fernier cause, by introducing irrelevant mat ter into this. which he could by no means permit. Mr. EitSIC Is e, then, for the Defendant, observed, that the General and :ilarquit. were both men of rank ; and to which of them belonged honour and integrity, the event of the present cause would de termine. If the fatfts could be true, on the part of the Plaintiff, he must be one of the most exorbi tant extortioners in the world. After some observa tions cn the evidence, And the enormous expence of trying this anion, which, he stated, was only instituted against the Defendant, to harrass and per plex him, the real Plaintiff, he said, was a car penter, in \‘'ills,street, where the MAlquis had taken shelter, when he ran away. Sevetal witnesses were called to disprove the testi mony of the Marquis ; and among others, the Mar quis de Cotentin, Count Bertrand !e Niolville, Minis ter of Marine of France, in the year 1792, just previous to the revolution, Count de Berchene, Compel Combole, and other French Noblemen and Gentlemen ; some of whom stated, that they had sten the Marquis de Champowitaas when he was wan sted ; he then cleaned he had nothing left but 601. And his watch; said that the General n as a brave and generous man ; expres.ed great shame, sorrow, contrition, and disgust, at his ot‘n condod ; and su; , . plicated the General, not to bring him to liow-street, exclaiming that he was, for ever, a ruined man, and would spend his latter days he a prison. All these witnesses agreed, front these, and other circum stanceso that he was not a man to be credited on his 041 k. Atter an able repiy to etiJence by the SoLicttoa- Gana AL. mut being five counts of the declaration. This cause a-tmm.•need trial about eleven o'clock in the morning, And thl t•erdiiEt WAS not returned until near seven in the evening. SHERIFF'S COURT, Dmetmaga S. !TINA ET r. TAME. SH %KM% \RE GALLERY. Mr. Matav•T stated, that the Defendant, a mo deller, in Leicester-square, haring obtained the great prize in the Shaltsp.are Lottery, which entitled him to the gallery and its contents, hail, by the recom mendati:m of Mr. Caldwell, an eminent artist, and General Melville, ap!.'ied to the Plaintiff, an auc tioneer and bookteller. in Piccadilly, to sell the same by public auction, and Er accordingly consi , nted in do so; the Defen lant was desirous of knowing hi-, terms. and the Pt-iiitiff appointed a meeting to ,e , tie the same, when tie parties who had introduced th. Defen.l.tnt to Plaintiff accompanied him. Plaintiff, on being asked what he should charge, in the roost liberal manner said, th.it he felt hitnsulf so much obliged to the Defendant, foreuvi.ig employed him in the business, that be would rather leavr: it to Lim- self, after the sale, to reward him a:crir,ling to lit exertions. flowerer, Defendant declined this, And deidsed to come to an arrang-ment, and proposed to P+l the Plaintiffs per cent. for selling; to this propo sal Plaintiff assented, declaring that he was more than satisfied, and Defendant desired a written memo randum .tf the terms ; Plaintiff drew the same, and Dsfendaat asked him how much he should he allow ed to buy in, grater? Plaintiff said 40001. Mr. Barney, the artist, who was present, said, be thought that sum .on large. and it was eventually settled at 30001. and f Defendant chose to buy in all above that sum he was enly to pay two and a half per cent.; and if the premises were sold by private contract, Plaintiff was only to have 501. for all his trouble, and to pay the pii:Juee at all events within three weeks after the sale. Defendent offered a counter memorandum to the Plaintiff. hut '.e declined taking it, saying, that if at any time the Defendant 'tithed to retrael from it. be would only charge such a sum as the fitee auctioneer in London should say he was enti tled to. llefenJent let eared eimself per ctly satis feed; and said, that his haS heard a most respectable bstraeter of Pleintid, and o deabt that he .euld eve him satisfaction. Plaintiff advertised sale, in the several princ.pel newspapers in the , kit g loat, and paid eve necessary attention to the usiness However, the Defendant, for some enknewn Tees° 1, thought propee to be uissatisfied with tee Plaint and sent him a letter tem the 22d of ...psi', after he had atece ten weeks as his auetioneer, saying re had employed Mr. Christie, ael de ch seeing Plaintiff; wry) was, of course, much hurt At such unmerit••d treatment ; he sent a letter to the D•eendant, expastilL ie?: with him. and celled on hint pereonally. l'wn m'st reap table men al., caned on the Defend:hate the one a clergyman,who, being absent at his living, could not Attend the in quiry before the Sheriff; the other, a witness wham he should calt ; atid they .sled Defendant why he WAS dissatisfied ? he could assign no reason, and merely said that he %vivid net sacrifice his pre pe-ty, and that Plaintiff had charged him five pet cent for selling en- huildieg. instead of one and on ldf. The learned Ceunsel cnntinued, that he would prove that the charges of Plaintiff were lea b,. IM. accerding to the agreement he find made, than the regnlar per cent Age, and that his conduel was most bendier/le ; and his having had an offer of 15,0001. for the whole, by privet. contract, which was mare by upwards of 40001. than the ameunt of the sale of the paintings by public auc tion, by Mr. Cht istie, and the subsequent :We of the building by private contract by that gentlemen ; who cent holy had, in his letters to the Plaintiff. on the preeeat oecesioo, shown himself a man of liberality ; And that instructions from his Client we:: Anted I im in the observation, that the Defendant sad d efined taking less than 25,0001.; he conclud d an Aisle speech by saying, that he did taut ask the Jury f t any damages on account of the injury the PI ,intiti ha f received, by being cap Ised to pubic censure, this sale being taken from him by Defeo ,ant with out any reason, and his feelings being bur, he only aseed a reconipence for his trouble, and that he • should he p ose the aettial expence he had suatAineJ in advertisements, catalogues, &c. and he had to !amen., teat the damages in the Lleclaration were not laid at a higher sum. Several w.tcesses were called, among the rest, Mr. Barney, the Fiettre-Master at the Fti yal Aca demy, Woolwich, who retouched the several paint iege in the gallery; he prov .d the aieteerr at, and the liberal offer mad: L ) t otiattiff ; se erel other witnesses e"mpletely establislte I the various p is mente in the Petintiff's bill ; and Me. Willock„ most respedlable auctioneer, was then called, who said, that Plaintiff's agreement with Defendant, wes most fair and liberal on his part; and, as to his knowledge of paintings, he c mid not but adm;t that he se mild have aged as Plaintiff did, by having re course to the assistance of some eminent artist; he knew the Plaintiff to be a very re.peetAhle and de serving man ; he had been entrusts I with the Mar quis of Donegal's sale ; lie had afted in the pre sent instance most honourably, and had been used very ill ; in his opinion, his demand was most mo derate and reasonable. Forrest, partner with Messrs. Skinner and Dyke. corroborated NIT. NVillock, and declared, that Plaintiff': conduct was very !theta', and his charge moderate. Mr. Squibb also supported the Plaintiff's claim, and spoke is to the fairness of his conduct, and the justice of his charges. Mr. LAMES spoke at some length for the Defend ant ; he contended, that Plaintiff ought not to be paid more than twenty or Chitty pounds for hi., trouble; the learned Counsel seas very haepy in his allusions to the gentlemen of the hammer ; enJ, at the conclusion of an entertaining speech, said be would not call witnesses, but be would put up to • Plaintiff's bill ; and, for his trouble, sly ten pound to begin with; he saw a gentlemar bid twenty pound—thank ye Sir! Mr. Manlier, at a bold bid der offered four score ; but the gentleman was toIJ, the lot was knocked down. Mr. 34 Y a, the Under Sheriff, charged the Joey, observing, that the Plaipthi had completely slut- OLD BAILEY SASiNAB -D ffehl before Mr. Artier Gau .e, Mr. Baron GIARAI4 the Lotto Ma YOK, the Racoatita, add a newer*** Bench er A i Dee se [N. Mar,/ FrthOn, tfary Anne Mo►..an, and Elite:helot Weiler, were capitally indided, for stooling one ilk shawl, value two guineas, privately, in the shop of Thom is Lloyd and George Hyde. Thomas Lloyd deposed, that he was in partner ship with Mr. Hyde, and that they were in the haberdashery line, in the parish of St. James. On the 4th of November, between two and I . ‘ ur o'clock, in the afternoon, the Prisoners W them avid .vlorgon, came iuto his shop. The I utter asked, whe ther be had a bonnet that would suit the former, who WAS an elderly venmon ? The shop, at this tine. WAS hill of company, and these ten Prisoners went into an inner room, with a youeg woman corn at tended his shop, ter the purpose of trying on bonnet. which they had fixed on. Shortly it'rec this, they sv.ott away without having made any put- Joise ; and, in c msecrie-ce of a:: observation of nue of the persons in his shop, he was induced to oursue them, though he hod not before the smallest i lea of hsv.ng lo.t Any thing: He overtook them in St. James's-street, in company with Elizabeth Walker, the other Prisoner, and, with the assistance of some of his friends, broueht them all hack to his shop. While they were there, a silk shawl was peoduced to him, which he was infnmed was foiled on one of the Prisoners, and lie instantly knew it to he his property. The Prisoners offered to pay him any sum he pleased for the shawl,..but he refused to compromise the matter, and sent for a constable. Thomas Bristow pursued the Prisoners, in com pany with a Mr. Pope, who had been sent after them ay Mr. Lloyd, an saw Wilson and Morgan go into several shops, constantly ',toying Walker outside the door. They at length seized them in St .lames's street, and brought them back to Mr. Lloyd's shop. ('he prisoner Morgan, when she came there, immeo (Feely ran into the back shop, and calling out, in a 1 ud voice, st What is it you charge me with r' en deavoureo to throw the shawl, which she had in her muff, on the counter, where several dosen of the tame kind lay. The witness, however, just as she took it out, wised hold of her h. ad and deteifted her. Several other witnesses were then called, whose evidence went to corroborate the iii is already stated. It also appeatei, that Wilson, the elder of the two women who went to look at the bonnet, represented herself as nurse to a nobleman's lady, and stating that her lady wished her to look very smart, gave direaiuns for a handsome bonnet to be made for her. The Officer ;minced the shawl, which was iden tified h 7 Mr. Lloyd, az h;t property . _ The Ptisoners. their defence, den'ed the charges, and called some witnesses, who gave tiers good characters . Mr. du.tice GROS► summed up the evidence. and if•er explaining the different shade of guilt in the fence, eor,clu •ed by sayi 1g , it was fot the Jury to consider, whether they were guity of staling iui vatoly in the shop; as, if they had any doubt %, I thi !eve& to the privacy of the theft, they should give •he priso7ers the hen. fit of it, and only find them guilty oldie larceny. In a few moments, the Jury returned a verdift, Guilty of stealing oaly. Mery U. vi, wa. indifted under the same Ae as . the • rmer Prisouets, for steaiiiig eleven pair of silk stockings, privately. in the shop of Martin and Rem., haberd asherq, in Oxford-street. It appeared, that on the sth of Oftober, she was observed coming out of the sh, p, where sh- had purchased same trifling articles, and having &sipped A pair of stocking,. was followed and apprehended. The Jury, however, as in the former case. found the prisoner Gni ty of the minor ofrence only. The o'er, LAW, from London. is lost at New. faunal ,nd. The Lura. nem°, ts, from London, for the South Seas, was all well at Rio Janeiro, on t:te 4th of Außti.t. And WAS to sail the tun dAy. In company with the John and Jamt R. 1 be iftbodie, Us I sc, from Car lilr for London, is lost at the back of the Ide of Wight ; part nt the C/Igo saved. 'rhe A/•, , teziona, Iv -;, frim Africa, for Charles ton, has been taken, re-Liken, and carried into Ja m tica. Yesterday, Captain BLACK*3OD, Com-nand-r of the I.atro,l4s fripre. attei , le4 th. ,Thiir.ftv, and delivered to their Lordsnips the ~.ck ens.gn, broad peoshiut, &c. of VA french nom of war rf 4 guns, one of tl e t • .rn'ained iquadrm, which blew up during the Aaiun of the '2lst of Oc- Warr, Care Trafalgar. This being the day appointed for a piihlic Thsnltsgiving to solemnize our Naval Soccasses. divine service will he perfomed in most of all the churches a I chipels F.nol Ind. St. Margaret and St. John't volunteer c rps a ill Mee", this clay. at %Vesiniiii,:er-H dl, ssrt.2-i a wanks giving sermon will he preached by the Revcr:ad .vlr. Dicitirs, their chaplain. Captain HAWKER'S Cerhpany of the Royal Ar. tillery, quartered at liaddington, is ordered tor fo reign service. Lord BLAVNEV, Lientendnt-Cnlonel of the 89 ft R4srient, arrived in town yestrr $ ay. His regi ment has arrived in the I.) , .wns from Ireland, and of course his Lordship is on his way to join it, being a part of the Lirce immediate:y to sail from this country for foreign service the espeJitiota will be under the command of Lieut-nant-General FBA:•CIS DESEDAS. It is supposed that the entrance ef the French int• Vienna would not h.tvc taken place in soon, bad tot Pr;nee MURAT. as he is tailed, imposed upon the Ad.crian Prince At:Lasparto, by a . impudent f 01.,. hood. The Prince Li been order t i der>tisla the bridges at Vicuna; but a cour er w„.• sent to him from Prints Min esit, info-nu tg 1 ,,;(.1, that the Preliminaries of Peace had bre', signed betty pn the two Powers. Prince At:gas/tele aecor.lingtjt left the bli.V:s standing, and the French pasted the DAnubs mnclltAtely, 'Lord Ettercaonnuon summed up the evidence. t.lt.hed h7s demand, and no evidence seas offered The Jury retired; and, after a sbort consults on, n impeach it. returned a verdift of 25,20 0 1 for the Plaintiff, T•.e J .ry found a verdict for the Plain ifF r being treble the sums stated to have been lint in 12,1 l' 3J. the f .11 ~,...—q rrAis demard. of t!.e 1 7.4 she the ot to of a ISIPT, tale.