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ML. fair, Ftsw- LIFERPOOL, Jas. 5. ...-.....mr.... MASQUERADE AT PLUMS'S HALL. fad. : ifis t Oat ; 111A ol se in is incer. ri~ate Par: ani look- are tn. Ige, I gait ;Tenor- Lai! at 1117; al Ma- at tl'e red m side rda) :5 spin a pak: Lath ‘i or, 11. e e - fees. fore to its its ,t• red a.. 4 n • i.. ~,,~ Si, .1 ir• r"- 4. d with • !rat Els , tion was A hfasqued Ball and Supper, on a most superb sa le, were given at this elegant and hospitable man ton Wednesday last, by HENRY ROBERTS , Esq. nn l hich was att e n ded b y all the fashionable world in thisr neighbourhood. The company began to col feet about half past nine o'clock, and in a short time, the rooms were crowded by a most brilliant assemblage of nearly 200 persons. The front gateway, next to Waveetree-lane, was surniounte.4 by a star and an appropriate device in coloured patent lamps. An awning or covered way Was eieCted from the gateway to the portico of the bisase, which was splendidly and tastefully lined with •colours, acrd illuminated by a great number of Limps, the whole length of the passage. At the ex anity of this awning the company were successively received by their hospitable entertainer unmasked, and ushered into the great hall. Four porters in royal liveries, with bag wigs and gold sticks, attended to receive and conduit the company from their car riages.—The hall and the two lower entertaining rooms. which communicate with each other, were thrown ion one, by taking down the doors, and this elegant suite of apartments was elegantly decorated will a r ariety of bronze figures admirably executed, and a profusion of ornaments in cut glass. The Shropshire Band in full uniform were stationed in the awning, and amused the company with seleft pieces of music during their entrance. Among a great variety of well-dressed and well. supported chataCters, we noticed the following : Mr. IL BEN sou, as Den Quizalie, and Mr: P. Dear sort, jun. as his faithTul 'Squire, Sancho Penchi:, Were particularly conspicuous and strikingly charafteristic. Deese adventnrers, in descending the great staircase, happened to encounter the redoubtable Baron Midi,- cheasen (Mr. S. Rice MOND), who, amazed at this unheard of prodigy, which surpassed the most mar vellous of his adventures, thought proper to decline the combat, and suffered the Chevalier to pass in safety. The Baron was attended by that renowned Polish Knight, Count Slabberwacky (Mr. R. Plc KER - Jan), who shewed himself worthy of his illustrious Chief. These Gentlemen were afterwards ,trans formed into a Starved Author and his attendant Puff, .in which they acquitted themselves with equal address, and distributed some appropriate verses. Mr. JAS. GREGSON and a Lady appeared as an honest Farmer and his Wife. They were dressed with singular propriety, and supported their cha • acters with much humour and consistency. Mr. LARSON and Mr. LLOYD, as a Lancashire Peasant and his fi - ffi, were equally fortunate, and spoke their prOvincialdialeft with most ludicrous accuracy. Capt. Coaquirr, R. N. as a COVIMR* Giel,discovered all the requisite archness and simplicity, and after wards, as.a Rhyming Butler, displayed a happy mix ture of dry, humour and starch pedantry. Mr. Brace assumed the charaCter of the famous Signer Polite, arid announced to the grotesque crowd about him, his exhibition of strange birds and fierce wild beasts, in appropriate hand-bills. Mr. S. STAN I NORTH and a friend personated two of the tribe of Israel, and spoke their uncouth dialett with striking exactness. 4r. JOHN Glikescir, as an old English Garen. looked extremely iukU and was deemed with to admirable attention to eatemie. Capt. floaros, as Mau Pnseilla Tomboy, displayed all the hoydenish freaks of a lively romp with excellent e*'e&s, and among other feats of vivacity, jumped on the 'sack of Seaeho's mu, to the great alarm of the honest 'Squire, and t he great diversion of the surrounding groupe. Mr. Jos. CROSBIE was dressed in the eesiewe of a Fren.:4 Marquis de la viedle eour, and was very characteristic. Mr. A. AIKEN, as an Old Maid, displayed the prudery and majesty of stale virginity with excellent effeet, to which his sublime figure and awful aspect greatly contributed. Mr. Rosser Ha re tron was an excellent Quaker, and Major AY LMER was a well-dressed Chineie Man darin. Major BROOKS amused the company for some time as a Gamuts?). Girl, and afterwards exhi bited his 4 , lengthened form" (in the spirit of lurus • riots lucendol in the character of Nobody, with most striking effea. Mr. aVESTOI4, and a Lady who accompanied him, appeared as a Venerable Matron and her protegee, with great decency and propriety. Mr. GALA'', as a Maid &trent; and Mr. W. CORR r L, as an Hanoverian Peasant, were extremely well sup ported and skilfully dressed ; and Mr. R. Gar Avis and Di. M'CAatNEY were entitled to the same praise. Among the Ladies a great number were entitled to distinguished mention, but we have not room to enter into many particulars. A Balled Singer de lighted the company by her sweet arid pathetic strains ; and a Arcgro Girl was conspicuous for the elegance of her dress, and her management of the guitar. A groupe of Gaftsit's ; a Lady in the attire of a yowl Oficer t another in-the emblematical ar ray of Night, and several Flowr Girls, lVitehes, displayed much elegance of embellishment, and eiaraaeristic propriety. Many other charaaers, quite as well sustained as those which ane larised, we have omitted to mention, *fp were so well clic= as to elude deeediell s and may MMus, no es caped our ellwarundp, ip pima of the crowd Abe* When mowtta asoposy were some what shamed by the sodden appenranee of a press :dogg i sh* embed wade the crOwd, and carried of use of tile sling Mae to the supper rooms up stain. The rut of the moray sees followe d, and at one o'clock 170 persons set down to supper at seven tables, commodiously arranged. It con tained every delicacy of the mon, with the most exquisite soups, sweetmeats, ke. aad the dishes were moldy disguised in various fantastic and pikuresque farms. The wines were equally various and ex cellent. After sapper, parties for dancing were formed in the two lower rooms, and about 110 couples stood a in each. A small room behind was fitted up, and anpplied with sweetmeats and every sort About four o'clock the company began to depart, but the rooms were not cleared till after six. On the whole, it seems to be universally admitted, that this was one of the Most splendid and best con ducted entertainments oI the kind which has ever been witnessed in this neighbourhood; and the corn , pany departed highly delighted with their evening's amusement, and with the attention and politeness of their liberal host. . . MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, .T 7. 3efore WILLIAM MAluw•Puto, E.q. Chairmad, a-id the Ja3tices of Me Peace far that County. ASSAULTS. jabn Fentatt, a labouring man, was ind; led for an assault with intent to commit a rape upon Sarah flehreden, on the Ist of July, 1801. The Prosecutrix was a tall, thin, oil NV ImAn, of a meagre face and sallow complexion, and appeared about sixty years of age. She stated, with the greatest volubility, that, on the first of July, 1801, she was in a coppice g ithering weeds, in the neigh bourhood of Hounslow, when she felt some person leaning very violently upon her shoulders : on start ing up she found it was the Defendant, who made use of very indecent and improper expressions, and proceeded to treat her with great violence, declar ing he had long wished to embrace her ! she imme diately screamed out ,1 Murder !" and, upon the approach of some person coming to her assistance, the Defendant made his escape over the adjoining stile, and got clear off. Upon her cross-examination by Mr. Gun Nsv, on behalf of the Defendant, it appeared that the par ties were near neighbours, and in habits of intimacy, since the period at which the assault v. As committed; and that, at the time it did occur, she had made no complaint whatever against him, nor taken any proceedings at law ; but, in consequence of some late bickering% between some branches of theii fami lies. she had now prosecuted l:mi. Mr. Gs:away chiefly rested his defence upon the great length of time which had elapsed, since the as • sault was committed ; the improbability of the story told by Cie Prosecutrix, which, when her appear ance and age were taken into consideration, was contradietory ; and the connection which had ever since continued between the partiek, until broken by late disputes. He then stated, that the Defendant was a poor, industrious, labouring-man, with a wile and large family, wholly unable to bear the ex pence of defending this indiament, but for the kind ness of his master, by whose assistance be wa. ena bled to defend himself. The Cta•IRMAM, in summing up the evidence to the Jury, highly reprobated the condua of the Pro secutrix, in thus resorting to a Court of Justice, for the purposes of private quarrel. The Jury, after a short consultation, returaed a verdia of acquittal. William Shepherd and Beojantin Del:melt, two po lice constable., were indiaed for an assault upon John Monk. The Prosecutor, who was a scavenger by trade. stated, that he had been supping along with six of his men, at a public-house, kept by one Jeffreys, at Mile. End, and, as he was returning home, in com pany with four of them, about two o'clock in the morning, he was met by the Defendants, who were eke Constables of the night, and asked- him and his companions, who and what they were ? to which he replied, they were Gentlemen—upon this, he received a violent blow from the Defendant, Dowcett, which knocked him down ; he was thea dragged to the watch-house, where he was cruelly used. Upon his cross-examination, he said his men were more inclined to sleep than to drink ; they were all sober, nor did he hear the constable desire them to disperse I •he made no distriebatice, until they Ill treated him ; nor did his men rush into the watch house and rescue him ; but he adinitt:;cl, he got a gallon of beer in, which he paid for ; and which was shared among all the parties in the watch-house. On the part of the Defendants, some Watchmen were called, who stated, that the Prosecutor's con duff in the watch-house was very riotous and abu sive. It was further urged, that the Defendants were only discharging their duty, in apprehending persons at that hour of the night, particularly in that neighbourhood, where many burglaries had lately been frequently committed ; Therebeingno evidence direaly against Shepherd, the Jury acquitted him, but found Dowcett Upon the suggestion of the CHAIRMAN, the par ties shook han ds , declaring they had no enmity to each other ; and Dowcett was then fined three shil lings and four pence, anddischarged. Ardiedle Beating was contralti' of an assault up on Jane Lewis. It appeared that the Prosecutrix had been a work woman to the Defendant, who, having accused her of speaking ill of her behind her back, she denied the charge ; upon which the Defendant seized her by the hair, dragged her about. and beat her inlthe face till she hurt her nose so much, as to cause a great effusion of blood ; she afterwards boasted, that she knew all the Bow-stieet Runners, and de fied her malice. afretba Pestle was can:ailed of an assault upon Thomas Hinchley, the elder, and Thomas Minch ley, the younger, both Excise Officers. The partici. were near neighbours, and, in Au. gust last, sonic words of abuse happened to pass be tween them, when the Defendant threw a pail of water upon the younger Hinchley ; in consequence of which, he contraaed a violent fever, and subse quent illness, which had nearly ended in his disso lution at the moment that the elder Hinchley inter hired on the part of hi. son ; and one Lyndon, the reputed husband of the Defendant, Martha Posten, attacked him, and, in the sequel, the father and son were worsted, and retired with black eyes,bloodv noses, and scratched faces, as the lady had been ve ry expert with her talons ; Lyndon was also india ed, and the two Hinchleys were indiaed in return ; all indictments were therefore tried together. Martha Posten and Lyndon were aaaciaed, and sentenced to pay a fine of Vs. each. The Hinch leys were arguatera MUSIC AND DANCING. yaws Keegan was inclined for keeping a disorder ly house, with music and dancing, represented as nuisance. The Defendant in this case was a nated chara.er, in the neighbourhood of St. James's, for upwards of thirty years, and resided in a court in Duke-street, St. James's, where a room on the first floor was ap propriated to the purposes of music and dancing. l'he admittance was one shilling each person; and it wes generally frequented by Gentlemen's servants, and women of doubtful charatlers, who concluded themselves in a riotous manner, to the disturbance of the more peaceable neighbours. The Defendant was blind, and could play the fid. die tolerably well. Several Witnesses were called, and, among the rest, a servant of Lord Falmouth's, who proved .S . 1 .. that the Defendant was the owner and occupier of this dancing-room, which was open every sight in the week, except Sunday. The Defendant, when called upon for his defence, fell on his knees, and threw himselt upon the mercy of the Court. He said he was a poor blind man, And his wife was a poor deaf woman ; they thought no harm in what they had been doing ; but, it the Court wuuld be lenient in its punislinwnt, he would never do so again.. The CH Al ItS4 AN desired him to consider on what conditions he expe:led to be let off, and said, the Court would take his case into consideration. GUILDMALL SESSIONS. Yesterday the London Sessions were opened by the LORD Monk and Sir WILLIAM LLIGHToS being Plow Monday, the only business done was swearing in the parish constables, and receiving pre sentments of the Inquests of the different Wards ; a great many persons were presented by the Inquest of Portsoken Ward, far' carrying on business, they not being free of the city. The Inquest of Tower Ward presented a nuisance in their Ward, of bar rows containing fruit which obstru&ed the passengers on the foot way. They were told that their beadle should take the barrows, or any other nuisance, to the Green-yard, and summons the owner before a Magistrate, who would fine them ten shillings for every such offence, agreeably to the Pavement AEI. Two persons vote bound over to prosecute from each Inquest, at the expence of the City. CORONER'S INQUEST. • • • Yesterday an inquest was hcld before theCosonrit, at the Ship Tavern, Charing X;ross, to examine into the cause of the death of Eleanor Tranfield, who was found on Friday last, drowned in the Bason in the Green Park. It appeared, from the evidence of Matthew Tranfield, landlord of the Triumphant Car public-house in Piccadilly, near Hyde Park Cor ner, and uncle to the deceased, that she bad lived with him as servant ; that the deceased was in the habit of getting intoxicated, during which time she behaved herself with a degree of violence, approaching to madness ; on the 22. d of November last, she went out of the house in the evening, and returned in about twenty minutes, or half an hour, in a state of intoxication, and was reprimanded by her uncle for being so : shortly after she went up stairs and cleaned herself, then came down to the parlour and took some ten, and on being spoken to for getting herself into such a state, she declared she would go out of the house, and went accordingly out and sat under the shed at the front of the house, crying with passion : she was brought into the back parlour by her uncle, and advised, in a very gentle manner, by him and Mr. Sutton, who gave evidence to the same effed, to go to bed and rest herself ; but she refused, and still continued crying. Shortly after; she took her oppertunity and went out of the house : her brother followed her, but could not prevail on her to return ; since that time she never was heard of until found on 'Thursday, in the Bason, in the Green Park. The evidence of Mr. Sutton, and the brother to the deceased, a boy of seventeen years of age, went to the same effect ; and also that she had, when about twelve or thirteen years old, received a very severe bruise on the head, occasioned by the fall of an iron gate on her, which made her at times ap pear flighty. It was her brother who first identified her from her clothes, she being in such a state that it was perfedly impossible to recognise a single feature. The Jury, after viewing the body, which was quite in a state of putrefaftion, returned a verdid of—Arcukniel Deal!, 6y DroLning, not having any evidence that she threw herself into the water. A most superb Installation of the Knights of the Garter will shortly take place in St. George's Cha pel, Windsor, to which the Knights will proceed in most superb and brilliant procession. The Earls of WIPICMELSEA, CIIIESTDiI ILI.D, and DART MOUTH, are fixed for Garters ; and the Marquis of A sae coati and Lord Ay 1. ESIURV, are rumoured to be nominated by Mr. PITT. for the other two. A letter from Oortco, dated December 12, 1804, says—" Three or four vessels, a part of the fleet expelled from England, are arrived off the Bar, under convoy of His Majesty's schooner Mallareoh." A fog unusually thick prevailed at Ports mouth last week. On Wednesday, the Prince of Weir', of 93 guns, was led out of the harbour to Spithead, by a drum being sent from the ship, and beat at the different buoys, when the atmosphere was so dense; that she could not be distiuilly seen even when passing the Platform. Vice-Admiral Sir R. CAI DI s has re-hoisted his flag on board of her, and will sail shortly to resume his command in the Channel Fleet. A melancholy instance occurred the other day, which spews the danger of leaving gun-powder within the reach of very young people. A son of Mr. Pei:sae, of Finchley, of twelve years of age, having obtained possession of a powder-horn, was shaking it over the fire, when the sparks unhappily communicated to the powder, ant an explosion took place, which has injured his hand in such a man ner as to render it uncertain how far he will recover the use of it. Fortumitel hi, father happened tai be in the country at the time, who conveyed him immediately to town. where the best medical as sistance was procured. Dcet..—On Friday last a meeting took place near Plymouth, between Captain G— and Lieut. R----, both of the Royal Navy, when after ex changing shots, happily without effes.g, the seconds interfered, and amicably adjusted the dispute. The following is said to have been the cause of the duel : Lieutenant R. had dreamt, three successive nights, that a certain number would be a Prize of Twenty. five Thousand Pounds in the ensuing Lottery, which he mentioned to Captain G. but never intimated any intention of having that Ticket; he, however, wrote up to his Agent in London to procure it, who found the Captain was before hani with him, as he had got it the day before, and refused to give it up. By the intercession of the seconds, it is set tled that they are each to have half the Ticket ; and, as they are both very meritorious Officers, we sin cerely wish they may have one of the numerous Capital Prizes with which the Scheme abounds. DUBLIN, JAN. 3. WP have the pleasure to learn, that 11l , ship Thssiderer was on Saturday I"st get off at Bere Island, where she had gmondeJ, rides safely at anchor in deep wawr, Besides the powerful squadron now in Bantry there are Br:tish ships of war cruising off al head lands from the Shannon to Cork harb•ur , A notice was posted up on Monday at Exchange, that the Lords of the Treasury Monday next, draw bills on London at par, From the instructions lately transmitted ferent Brigade Majors of Yeomanry in Ireland, lay the following extraCts before our readers: " You are to receive from each Commanding Officer a report of the charafter and conduel individual in his company, and to impress mind the necessity of immediately removing such there be) whose principles of loyalty are ful, whose conduCt has been irregular and disorderl? or who shall be unfit for service, if called out; ano you a►e to consider this article of your instruCtions as one of the most important : and to the full R e Line execution of which, his Excellency will e the most particular attention. " Such Members of a Yeomanry Corps, it a pratnice not to attend the four days month appointed for exercise, unless they from sickness, or unavoidable fineness, to fled, are to be considered as non-effeCtive, anti to discharged accordingly." The Diamond frigate has sent into Plymouth Infreta Caries, Spanish corvette, of 16 guns , men, nut 33 days from the Havannati, and with dispatches for Corunna, which she threw board. She has on board about 120,000 and other valuable articles. Before she the Minium?, three of her men were killed. On Tuesday last was laid in New-street, the first stone of the new Chapel, for the people called Methodists. The building. be large and commodious, is intended to pleted in the ensuing summer. The provincial corn markets are without teri:.l fluttuations. At Cambridge, and SOT places, there is a slight reduaion in the wheat, but cats and barley are nearly - ceding week. The Vice-Caserataoa and MAYOR base issued a public notice, forbidding :dl to pass through that city between the haurs in the morning and live in the afternoon. At the last meeting of the York Humane Sir WILLIAM MILNER, Bart. PreAtient, it that sixteen persons hal been rescued from ing within the last year. A child of about three years old, son WHITLEY, of Lostwithiel, was unfortunately on Wednesday last„by the accidental discharae of as fowling-piece. The charge entered his -. and he languished about four hairs. Sunday evening, as the chariot of Mr. of the Crescent, Minories, was going along Conduit-street, towards the Foundling, eight and nine o'clock, the fore axletree broke, threw the sioachman and footman off, who wet the bor ; the coachman escaped unhurt, but footman was taken to Bartholomew's Hospital, a frattured scull. About nine o'clock on the morning last, two gentlemen of ! lull, returning f tingham in a post chaise, about a mile from the latter place, the driver discovered lying by the road side, apparently lifeless. immediately put into the chaise, and taken Newland turnpike-house, and medical - procured from Hull. It proved to be Mr. STEPHENSON, of Cottingham, who was home on horseback from I:ull, when this happened. The cause of it is unknown, • sorry to say, that Mr. STETHENSCIS ill ever since, that he is unable to enter versation. On Wednesday se'nnight, in the afternoon, daring villain, by means of a false ke7 stable belonging to Mr. RICHARD LIS r Old Mower Public House, Leeds, and slaugtered fine mare worth above twenty guineas, ' her to the heart with a stablebak. An alarm was spread on Thursday se'ro the evening, that a man had fallen into near ihe ood-market. Salisbury, and • sons immediately searched for him, as darkness of the evening would admit s, search being ineffeaual, it was hoer! that had been unfounded.—James Huhn', of was missed from his home on the followin; it was known that he had been on bo - ' that city, and the search was in diligently renewed ; it WAS, however. ing till Wednesday last, when the body fortunate man was found floated closer opposite to KlaK'S dairy-house, on ampton road. Mr. WHIT Al APISH, one toners for the county. held an inquest nesday ; verdia-...4reidenfal Death. HUN trade a tucker, aed had resided at Wil forty years. It is said he was enquirini to the Chough Inn ; and it is conjectured the darkness of the evening, added to been drinking, he mistook the r.,ilc of those which fence off the pavement Market, and inadvertently plunged in. is very rapid, and, whilst the person w swered his enquiries was calling for asst. was in an instant carried under the arches, was impossible to give it. It word* from the numerous accidents within years, that the canal, where it runs street, should either be totally covered additional rails, so as to prevent the one so fatal recurring again. In that child of a dragoon fell in, and was female servant of Mr. ItAIICE it'll in, s considerable distance, and very narrow' similar fate ; and two children who I have been taken out by a tradesman. resided a few months in that sitliatioa. be noticed, that the bodies of drowned at different periods been taken up at the where that of HI'NIT was found ; and might be concluded at the time that tt had faller. in thereabout, ,from what I curred, it appears probable that the pelted to some of them within the city. s M ij?`7' 9 ff the piste , , *ld r*Ow • lantry gays off all the dont- ;he Royal- would, on T. • Ito the dif- `4 • - ?eland, we ' t Less: mmanding •*;'' Jo of every k ress no his I • didanirogseoua y doubt- disorderly, ra f d 1 instru&ious ie full And will expea , who make 1* ys of each it are absent e be certi- • • r, and to be 'mouth the ins and 155 and bound thaw over- -00 dollars, e struck to ) ed. .reet, Yeah. 1. ! e use of the ; which will to be corn- out any ma- some other the price of Al the pre- I . 1 of Oxford ' •,.. . 1.11 ours of MaPil !arse Society, • it appeared rum drown- ~ 1 ;on of Mr- lately killed schari,e of a is side, and '• CAI YCIT t i mg Lamb's- g, between I. r broke, and tiro were ins urt, but the , . 4. espital, with n gof Friday • : • C from Cot- e and a half vered a man ss. fle was taken to the al assistance Mr. Rostat as returning this .wcident n, as we are has been so ter into con- e ::, "°ngCnne entered a oaTtl, of the daugitered a by ab!-.ing x'nn;glit, in to the canal, d several per- s well as the • t of; but the hat the alarm , of Wilron, ollowing day ; i business to conreroenee vet, unav Ail- t • dy of tho on- en ti e a the SIIII- - of the Co- ma on Wed- Attar was by Wilton about • . iring his way . • red that, from to his having I the canal iv in the r.. , A! the 5,,••• Lin n who 11.4.1 o • assistanc•:, , rches, where i indeed proper, the last four Is through the d over, or have e possibility of sat period, the drowned ; tha o . 4 was* hvpwe: carrieds siohs c n fal l enaass also oad have to only n o a e a the same place nJ Although it these persons • t h lnow accident r. •