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1. - ROYAL FAMILY. On Friday morning His MAJESTY, accompanied by the Dukes of CUI.tettl.AND .od CA~I It Itinu E, the Princesses Sop and Aucia a, attend: .1 by Lord WACSINGIIAM, Sir H. 11. NI ALE, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. lie u t.EY, and Mr. V i FOZIWY and„il number of other at.enciant,, oak an airing 00 horseback, and honourzil tae Hm. Mr. and Mrs. Wesr, at their :::at at Ct.lhani- Ca ::ye, near Henley, with a morning visit. Lkr MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES, a—rsied by Ladies Iccits4 tea and G. Bo Y, followed in three carriages. The ROY AL FAMILY, after partaking of wane reFieshment, and yiewir.g 6, se beautiful premises, returned to Windsor Castle to dinner. On ilic an ival of Their MAJESTIII4, the Prince of WALE'., the Duke and Duchess of Yona, and the Duke of C L ARLNCE, were in waiting to receive their Royal Parents. The sensation of the meeting of the whole of the ROYAL FAMILY, attei th.a separation, is better con ceived than described. S' , an after the meeting, •: heir MAJI.STIts and the Pairscvsses; the Duchess of 1 . RI, the Prince of WALLS, and the fire itoral livaLs, sat down to dinner. kUI At •:C'NT. On Saturday morning, soon after breakf:st, wt. MAJESTY, accompanied by the Prince of WAres and Duke of Yoe c, with a number of attendants, rode to the right of Ascot Heath Race Course. where the Fail of SANDWICH, and a number of Gentlemen sportsmen, were waiting tlyr arrival of His MAJESTY to turn Out the ilersr for clic day's di version of hunting. Intinedkit2ly on the arrival of His Maresrv, the deer was turned out of the cart Their Royal Highnesses tle Nile. of WALLS and Duke of YORK then took leave of His MaJturr v. and returned to Windsor. His MAJESTY proceeded with the hunt. The deer, at starting, ran with great swift:leis across the Heath, by Swioley, to wards Bagsitot, taltirg his course to the left, mak ing a double back through the inclosures by Cobham, crossing the Forest towards Hartford Bridge, taking to the left, through the Bogs, by Frimley, toward:: Guiliatord, where he was taken, after a run of near SO mile>. His MAJESTY kept up with the hunt the while of the way, and, when the deer was taken, His MAJESTY had about I 9 miles to ride to Windsor. It was* truly gratifying sigh: to see His M AJ ESTY and the Prince of WALES riding together to the Race Course—they were in close conversation the whole of the way, and, at parting, the PkINCE took the most affectionate have of its AJ EST Y. On Saturday mornin.!, Her >ivesrv, accompa nied by the P:ince of WA Ts, the Nuke of Yofte., the Princesses AUGUSTA, ELIZABETH, And MARY, took an airing to Froginore. The Princesses SoPHIA and AMELIA, attended by Lord WALSINGH•II, Sir H. B. NEALE, Anti SE lieu' other attendants, took an airing in Windsor Great Park. On Saturday afternoon, the Duke and Riches; YORK left Wiudsoi for Oatlands. l'he same time, the Duke of Ci.assuct left Windsor for Bushey Park. The Prince of WAI.ES was expeSed to leave Windsor yesterday afternoon. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Earl sad Countess of Bely.. Jere, and sister, from Ire land, to Milked Hotel. Std.ittd, Eq. M. P. for the comity of Dawne, from Bath, at Bent's HAM I..):Adag,n Co,oite.s of Ltican, and M.sa Bingham, from Ted• ao oral. to her Louse iii St. James's plate Ve.coont P e rry, from Rogoor, to hu house iu Hertford ' street. - Duchess of bottou, fr Rogoor, to her house in Grosvenor squaw. The Kato has been pleased to nominate and ap point Commodore SAM ism. Hone (a Commander of • the Sicilian Order of St. Ferdinand and of Merit) to be one of the Knight's Companions of the Most Honorable Order.pf the Bath. The Earl of ! . .foiaA and suite left town on Satur day for Edinburgh. The Pigot Diamond has been purchased by Bo- NA PARTE. It is intended to form part of Madam Bo saris arc's necklace on the day of the Corona tion. All the diamond, in France are not consi dered sufficient to give eclat to that ceremony ; and orders have been given to buy up diamonds in Hol land and England for the occasion. Grantham Assemblies will commence neat week. We are extremely happy to find that, previous to the breaking out of the fever at G:braltar, Commis sioner &may was led by his public duty to Malta; am!, by the last accounts from that island, he was in perfeet health. Hoicsorr his a Melo-drame in preparation. The music is by his daughter. The Duke of Rox BURGH leaves town this day for Bath, where he has taken a house for three months. Lady ALGUSTA Mcaaav went to Ramsgate last week. Lady STYLES left PENSTONE% Hotel, Cork•streYt, on Saturday, for her seat at Mailing, near Maidstone. The Countess of Nlatisricco's accasichemeal is shortly expected to take place. An express arrived on Seurday, at Lord Viscount CAIFTLEREAGH'S house, in Upper Brook-street, an nonneing the death of Lady GEORGINA Cato:two, his i.ordship's sister. Her Ladyship died near Bangor in Wales, of a rapid decline, The Countess of losmorms ity and the Hon. Colonel Sratra IT, Lady GEORGINA'S mother and brother, were with her at the time. On Wednesday last, die 14th instant, died, at his seat at Noaon, near Lincoln, in the 75th year of his age, the Right Honourable Gsoitor, Earl of BGCaIr.GHAMSHIIF, Baron HOSIET of Blick ling. His Lordship is succeeded in his title and estates by his son, the Right llononrable Rosear Lord liosaite, late His Majesty's Principal Se eretary of State for the Department of War and Colonies. DESIALINSS was proclaimed Emperor of HAYTI on the 15th of September. 'the rejoicings con tinued three days, the illuminations three nights. This measure mighu perhaps, have been hastened, in order that Gissat,stscs, being an older Emperor than the Corsican, might take precedence of h►m among the Sovereigns of the world-13os A parrs not bring strictly so until after his Coronation. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. WLXFORD, NOV. 12. I deferred answering your letter, until I could do so both from my own observation, and from inform ation which has never failed me, and I have to thank God the country was never moie tranquil, and likely to continue so. I think Government can n•it be too watcaul, yet, I am convinced, they ire queofly get false information. There are pikes found now and then. Some time back, a small box was found in an island in the Bartow. As soon as I heard it, I was convinced they were put there for the plirpo,e of information, as they were not made since the 23d of July. The other day a few more were found in Mr. hay ricks ; a good cause for alarm at a distance. I should not, or do I pledge myself as to the faft ; but I most firmly believe they were never placed there for the purposes of tebellion. Perinanent pay is a material advantage to a set of nien who have now almost forgot how to labour. It is said, the people of Ireland are only waiting the arrival of the French to rise in a mass ; I do not believe it : since the execution of Emmett, they de test them ; and I am informed and believe 50,000 would have then joined them, when 1,000 would not now. At all periods and in all countries there are villains ; but of what avail is the disposition of a few in comparison to the mass of the people ? There were a few farmers taken up in the county of Carlow the other day: I rather think it will come to nokling. A fellow, whose name is —, and went by the name of the K—'s Cyr, has turned informer ;—a great villain may do some good, and I believe harm also—at the time he was aftive in swearing and organising the country, pre vious to the '231 of July, I got information of it, and pursued him from -- to -- ; but though I passed him on the way, from want of knowledge of his person, he escaped me, as he did also Captain —, to whom I communicated my intelligence : and he never, from that period until now, came forward to give information. ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY. Yesterday, a Charity Sermon was preached at St. Margaret's Church, Lothbury, by the Rev. John Owen, M.A. and a colleaion made in behalf of this beneticent, and national institution. The test was taken from the 103 d Psalm, ver. 4. Who sareth thy life from destrraion. On this he argued, that none had a right to throw away that life, which none but God himself could give; that nature herself pro claimed the truth of this, as many, from having lived dissolute and infamous lives, being hurried away by the recollection of their crimes, and being about to precipitate themselves into that eternity. Ross which there is no redemption, just as the precious jewel is about to fall from the casket. the soul itself, recoiling at the dread abyss, has enabled them to dedicate themselves to that God, whose laws they were im piously about to break through, and to become good sub e, in that society they were about to quit , and, still sore, to diffuse happiness through that family to which they more immediately belonged. In another part of his discourse, he observed, that the adva , itage to be derived from this Society had spread itself from pole to pole ; that even now the tawny Indian beyond the Atlantic, and the swarthy African, were feeling its influence through the advice and apparatus transmitted to them by the Humane Society; that on Tuesday last no less than thirteen persons had been restored to their friends and to the nation ; that in the course of thirty years, since the e..tablisiiinent of this institution, and in the limits) extent of population. in which it had existence, near 3,000 persons had been recalled to a second life ; that he could point out a Gentleman of the Faculty, who was present in church, and who had received distingui,hed marks of favour from the Society for having brought to life two still born infants, who may one day be an orna ment to the natiln, and who now are a living comfort to the otherwise wretched mother. He closed his discourse with a pathetic address to his fellow citizens, to contribute their aid to the support of such a laudable institution. We gave on Saturday, an account of the open ing of the Wapping Docks. Our reporter left the place at the time the workmen were proceeding to lift the sluices, and the effeets which he described were ouch as must have followed; but, on trial, it was found that tic iron-works were corroded, and consequently could not be raised so as to admit the water to the eztent expelled. The Earl of KAI LIE was on Wednesday last elated one of the Representatives of the Scotch Peerage, in the roam of the late Marquis of Twits- DALE. On Saturday we received a Private Letter from Rotterdam of the 14th. It ,tats, that all commu nication between England and the Continent, by the way of A msterdam, Rotterdam, and Cat wyck, will cease on 'he 28th, as the French have given notice, that they will not respell German certificates :titer that date. The French had begun, on the 11th, to pay domiciliary vi sits at Rotterdam in search of British manufadures, and the French Consul at that city had been arrested by order of his Government, and sent to Paris un der an escort, upon a charge of facilitating their in troduElion into that port. Two houses had circu lated letters, stating, that British goods would be admitted upon payment of a very large bounty. These letters were communicated to the French Go vernment, and are supposed to have been the only cause of the above measures, and the domiciliary visits had, in consequence, ceased. The notice for the 211th, it is generally suppoia!d, WAS given to extort money from the Dutch, and therefore, it is proba. ble,the communication may colair.ue openafter that period. LAW. COURT OF KlNG's BENCH, WgiTICNSTEII, Nov. 17. Mr. ERSKINE applied to the Court for leave to file a criminal information against the Rev. John Buckworth Hearne, a Clergyman, residing at Blunts coutt, Oxfordshire, who, unless ha could give some account of his conduit, appeared to have been guilty of a most shameful and diabolical proceeding. About tour years ago, Mr. Thomas Smith, the gentleman on whose behalf the application was made, became acquainted with Mr. H. ; they were both married men; their wives constantly visited each other, and they were altogether in great habits of intimacy. Upon one occa , ion, while Mr. S. was absem trcim home, Dr. H. called upon Mrs. S. and asked her to go home with Lim to Bluntscourt, and on the way asked her whether she was quite settled at her residence, and some other questions relative to her pecuniary affairs: he then advised her to get a settlement irom her husband, as an affair of consequence would soon be disclosed. He after wards requested she would join him in the book room, and there he again pressed her to get a settle ment from her husband as soon as she could ; and intimated to her, that he had been spoken to by Lady Price, wife of Sir Charles Price, to decline all future intimacy with Mr. S. who was not proper company for him, either as a clergyman or as a man; he kept low company, and when in town slept at improper places; he further added, he had received two anonymous letter, upon this subjea, one purporting to have been set itten by a man, and the other by a female. Mrs. S. then asked, who the person was who had told Lady P. ? He then, having enjoined her to secrecy, told her, that Mr. Arnold, Lady l'.'s Law Agent, was the person. Being a young woman of delicate and refined ideas, she was much surprised, and asked, if there was a lady in question ? to which he replied, he wished to God there was. She then asked, if it was a child ?to which he made the same reply. She was then greatly alarmed and distressed, and could not think what he alluded to. Some time after, notwithstand ing the caution, which, he said, he had received from Lady P., Mr. H. came to pay a visit in his usual friendly way ; a conversation ensued, relative to the pedigree of one of Mr. S.'s blood horses, and while he went to his study for the Racing Calendar, Mr. H. took the opportunity of slipping a letter across the table secretly, into Mrs. S.'s hand ; she left the room to peruse its contents, and found it was signed Simon Pyre, addressed to her by the appellation of " My dear little Friend," cautioning her against making use of any unguarded expressions which might discover their former conveisation, assui ing her, it was horn his regard to her mother's dying request, who enjoined him to take care of her, that he thus interfered ; again urging her to procure a settlement from her husband, and concluded in re questing she would commit the letter to the flames. On her return to the room, she took an opportunity of speaking_to him, and told him, he ought, as a friend to Mr. S. to communicate the information he had received, and if he did nut, she would ; at which Mr. H. appeared much alarmed and greatly agi tated. The next time she saw her brother, Mr. Eccles, she told him What had transpired, and he communicated it to Mr. S. who felt it his duty to bring the matter before the Court, and seek that re dress and exculpation of his chars/bee which he con ceived himself entitled to. In Mrs. S.'s affidavit, she stated, that she had been seven years married to Mr. S., during the whole of which time, they had lived in the most perfeCt harmony and affeCtion, nor had she ever the least reason to doubt her husband's regard, or to suppose lie was of the disposition Mr. H. wi,lrcd to infer, as she believed his intention was to insinuate, that her husband was guilty of unnatural propen sities, for the purpose of alienating her affeilions from him. Mr. Arnold, who was a most honour able and respeCtable man in his profession, when applied to, expressed his utter astonishment, and de clared his ignorance of any such transaction. It was also sworn, as to Mr. S.'s sleeping at improper places, that one time he and Mrs. S. came to town, on a visit to a friend, Mr. Rodman ; there happened not to be a bed prepared, and his wife slept with Miss R. while he went to Hatchett's Hotel. This was the only reason for that part of the insinuation, Lord ELLEMBOROUGH asked Mr. Essitins in what way he meant to frame his information ? he replied, as a libel and misdemeanour. Lord ELLLNIOIOOOI4..—" It may have been a very proper and dutiful communication on his part. and his outward appearance to the husband, to prevent suspicion, was very natural. It is too equi vocal, and by no means sufficiently stated in the affi davits, that he thus aifted for the purpose of alienat ing the lady's affections from her husband, by a statement he knew to be false. I am therefore of opinion, that the Court cannot grant a criminal in formation—but the party injured may still have his remedy by indiament. '—Motion refused. On toe motion of Mr. GA IIIOW, in the absence of the ATTORNLYZENItit•L, Thomas Philp and Join !lone, two smugglers, were brought up to receive the Judgment of the Court. They were conviCted, at the - last assizes for Suffolk, before Mr. Baron liotritAbl, of assaulting Benjamin Barns, an Excise Officer, and obstructing him and another Officer in the discharge of their dut y .—lt appeared that the Defendants, in company with 13 or 14 other persons, were carrying of 30 casks of gin, when they were overtaken by the Officers, and, after some op position, eight casks were seized.—They were sen tenced to six months imprisonment in Horsham gaol. Loosest V. mms. Lord F.t.ttzsioaoyon informed the Counsel, who had argued the question in this cause, relative to the legality of an inquisition to ascertain the value of 13;.ds of the Plaintiff (which we reportedon Saturday), that all the preliminary points were not before the Court. Before judgment was pronounced, it was necessary that it should be stated, that Government had authorised its Officers to take possession of the land ; that the Sheriff had been called upon to issue his warrant; and, in short, that every necessary step had been taken ; for, should it appear that there was the least irregularity in the proceedings, the in quisition would be illegal. Mr. Easemsa said, he was sure every thing was regular ; but, should it be otherwise, the Plaintiff would be better pleased to have his land again, in the state it had been taken ' from him, than the 14,000 L which had been award ed to him as a compensation for it. -^ FROM SATURDAY NIGHT', GAZETTE. Admiralty 05cr, Nov 17, 1804. Cory of a Letter from Commod re Heed, Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ship , Ves.eis et tie: I. , eward ' Is'ands, to William Maraleo, Esq. doted on board His Ma jr,tv% ship t lie Centaur, Botbodoe., Sept. I, 1804. SIR, In sending you Captain Shipley's account of the boats of His Majesty's ship Centaur, cutting two privateer schooners out of Basseterre, Guadeloupe, it scarcely needs comment on the great gallantry of Lieutenant Sibley, the other officers and men, and they deserve my warmest praise for the cool and per severing condud they exhibited under sa s evere a fire from the enemy's numerous batteries; and the judgment of Captain Shipley in sending them at a proper moment, aided the successful termination of this business without much loss. I have the honour to be, &c. Sad. HooD. His Majeety'sship Ceutlur, off SIR, Guadaloupe, July JI, 1 804. I have to acquaint you, that. last night, Lieutenants Sibley, Outridge, and Pearce, and Mr. Lloyd, Mid shipman, with four boats, accompanied by a propor tion of petty officers, seamen, and marines, all op lunceers from His Majesty's mand, made a successful and enemy's privateers in Bassetern bringing out, without an air , name unknown, of two guns, mounting six guns, pierced sixty-five men on board, most killed, drowned, or eiparn on sls fire of grape and musquetry, batteries and troops which lincd Lieutenant Sibley's spirit a ducting the attack, I cannot and he speaks, in the highest ficers and men under his esteemed the fastest sailing loupe. and has been uucom Though 1 am under the necessit of the killed and wounded in r' mark, it is smaller than might expeded. His Majesty's ship Elizabeth of Liverpool, from taken by the Decide ; and the Grecian ship St. Nikholas, Guadaloupe. I am, &c. (Signed) To Commodore Hood, &c. &c. Li,t of kill and Robert WWI, seaman, kille,l ; slig:itly wounded; Peter Marya . ,n Wolfe, James Daniel, seamen, be Enemy brought out wounded. PRINCE OF WALES'S COUN•... Carety The Riffle.' of those who wove Couneil of His Royal Highnois t. Royal Higlines4's Council-Chamber, day the 12th day of November, in reign of His Majesty King George , of our Lord 1804 Ti.ontav Graham, of Penquke, Esq. Samuel Stephens, of T.egenna Castle, Esq. William Hums, of Camborne, Esq. MILITARY PROMOTIONS. Csinsainioas stood by the Lord Unsteadiest e .• the Ono, qf Somerset Yeovil Subdivision Volunteers.-wLiettasnant Cdomol the Ham. Thomas Fame to be C.oloool. Mogi Itommushow 0, Mot Yeomanry Cavalry —Fourth C Fnwke, Req. to he Major. Dated July 27, 1803. Volunteer Infanty.-dlosmere and Cbydon.---Sir William Mi - dleton to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated Aptil 12, 1804. Blackbourn Hundred —Samuel Webber, Esq. to be Lieut.- Colonel. Dated Sent. 24, 1804. Richard Csnwright. Esq. to be Maier. Datill iv above. Hatsrnere Rangers-s William Fero, Esq. to be Major. Dated December 14. 1803. Itiabtielge Hundreds-William Matthew, Eaq. to be Lieut.- Colonel. lllated February 11, 1804. Homy Simne, Eq. to be Major. Dated 00. 31, 18133. B. -lucre, Wrentham, and Wangford.-wAicbard Gooch, Esq. to be Maur. Dated Sept. 24, 1004. Wee Ofce, N. 17, 1804. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Gitardt.--Charies Stroller, Cent. to be Cornet, by purcha.e. itico f romotod. 7th ditto -Henry Tweedy, Gent. to be Come, by purchase, vice Elwou,l, who rehires 18th Regiment of F00..-Brevet Lieuteoai.t Cob,el Piths& I.PDegherty, foam the 69th root, to be Lbuteliaid , Coiond without puichate 131 ditto -Lieutenant-Colonel Jamey Losack, from the 92.. Foot, to be LieutenauteCilohel, vice Hall, who reran:. or the half pay of the 20th foot. 9th ditto -Lieutenant Colonel Charles Donneian, from the York Rangers, to be List -Cid. Brevet ' • 5711 pro ditto, Limn. Colonel George Miller, frost the Foot, to be Major, without purchase, vice O'Docherty, pi motel in the 11th Foot. 74th ditto, Brevet Major Malcolm M‘Pherson, from the 770 Foot, to be Maior, without purchase, vice Wallace, pro motel in the 80th Foot. 80th ditto.—Bremt Lieut.-Col. William Wallace, from tit 74th Foot, to be Lieut Col. vim Harness, imposed. 8 lit ditto —Lieut. Cesar Cob:lough, from the 18th Foot, t be Captain of a Company, without purchase, vice Anderson appoinurd to the 88th Foot. 824 ditto.—Licut-Col. Georg* Smith, from half pay of tit 20th Foot, to be Liest.-Col. vice Losock, &Twisted to tk 2.3 d Foot. Ist Garrison Battalion.--Lieut. Col. Henry Cityler. Von hi. pay of the 27th Foot, to be Lieut. COL rice Beckyrkk, wil exchanges. 4th Battalion of the Line —Major Charles de Reinhold so Lieutenant-Colonel, with temeiraty Rank. Major Du Plat to be Major, with temporary Mok vice Reinhold. Herm Goordi, Kew 15, 1804. ORDERS. Several Officers recently appended to Second Rattalior of the iml-rmentioned Regiment., having lieglefled to Sin the rev-floe battalion., in rim/wont! to the General Order of tt 4th September last, the Commander in Chief has commando that all such o‘ficery shall hereby be mimed to proceed itnillt diately to join their Battalions at the Pieces specified in the ft lowing Lot ; and 11 is Royal Highness comments it further t be declared, that he will lay the names of any whom. abies on the lit of next moot% (the came of whims absence sha not be satisfactorily aetwunted for to the Commanding Of& of the Battalion) before Ills Majesty, for the Purpose of the being superseded Command of His Royal lliffhak the Commander in Chief, HARRY CALVERT, Adj. Dmaval. lst Foot, Hamilton (Nnrtb Britain); 4th dime, Heade= sth ditto, Horsham ; 6th ditto s Liverpool Ptlit ditts ; 111Palt•• Geld ; Bth ditto, Richmond (Yerlabire) ; Ildi ditto, Shallow 10th ditto, Mold ; 14th ditto, Dimmable; 15th ditto. Beg borough ; 21st ditto, Ayr (North Ilkilleis); U - ditty War ham ; 24th ditto, Warwick; 234 b dlete, Teerfah ; dill Glasgow (North Britain) ; 81st dims Comer ; sag mit Launceston ; 36M ditto, sapwood 1, BM Bee% Lbabiek 40th ditto, Touiltim ; 43d alto, Beetwougasse ; dig" 4,n Mansfield ; Sith ditto, Citememeer ; 51atilinae, ilimetiftbridg 524 ditto, Banbury; Stith diet% Vainbeaa a 19th din% Chests field ; 62d ditto, Devisee; 684 ditto, Bury St. ; 71 ditto, Dumbarton; 724 ditto, Peterhead; 73d dine, illesairo (North Britain); 82d ditto, Horsham; 83d ditto, Her Man 87th ditto, Fromm; 88th ditto, Dumfries (Noah Broom: 89th ditto, Chippenhasn ; 90th ditto, Abergammar 91 ditto ) ; Crier (North Britain); 96th ditto, Llariyardovey 's ship under my cots- td gallant attack io the erre-roads, Gaadaloape. air of wind, a schooner. zuns, and L'Elisabet4 I for twelve, and baying >st of which were either s shore, under a dreadful try, from the numerous ined the beach. and judgment. in con- tot too much commend ; it terms, of the IsMve of- orders. L'Elizaiseth is privateer out of Guide. manly fortunate this war. cessity of enclosing a list in the boats. I r.iiist re- ;ht reasonaiily have beets chip has recaptured the om the Coast of Africa. I detained, on siispizion. ilas, with produce, from CONWAY SIIIPLZT. nd wounded. I ; M. Blythe, t master'. mat", an Jame. Thompson, [nee redly wounded. Two of the OUNCIL. Nov. 12. 1104. I:orrocier!. • nominated for S:ieriffs by the tite Prince of Wales, at His her, Somerset Place, or. in the riity-frith year of the trge the Third, gad is the year