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• FASHIONS FOR APRIL. What can we say of Fashion, at. a time when every thing wears such a artlire appearance' all our merchan./s des motifs are out of spi , its, and err belles of fashion touch in the tents poi amens, in comm . } uer.ce of the mourning for thelate Queen Dowager of rftl4ill. A raw of consolation is however, ad tii niswri..l, as the young Ladies are allowed to wear w crape et m uslin d•csses at a ba i l, and dra"perits of white , er:net or seta:, with an Etrascaw boidet at whits bugle: over them, cut inuttmely snort before, with an amazingly long train, and trimmed round its/ow:in and sleeve:, with the same border to ap „, 41 , 01 ,d, jet tiara beardeas, &c. on the head, with neek• Wes, ear rings and other ornaments in black. White gloves and show: but at all other aisembliet black cape, pulite siuslia, netilyisobroidermi with beg es ; turban of black vel vet and crape, beautifully ornamented with set Imagoes and bail:. Mark -.rape hats, ,huwOreil with bugles, trimmed with an Etruscan bonier, and black ostrich feathers, are much worn ; gat torus:+still hauls the preioinits ince, and nover were .0: mach the 'age. Matey white turbans are visible, with Mack Kl. tseuta. Mou,...itig will not be touch attended to of a Samna-a, thoagla no colours will appear; but white dr.-or:, with bleak hats, clanks, spencers, kt. will he much wirti. gnawer chi :a hats, lined with black velvet, will be p-rfvetly p open. The looter, or Larry lieu, with black plume awl stoop, are very itiinp , e and'elegant, end have a very luvenile a,cearanee • FASEHONABLg AR ft,iNGEMENTS THIS WEEK. THIS DAY Duke of Graiton's dinner, Picceduty. Marei.iodeu. ot Abercern% pa,tv, Green greet. D,,, ager L a dy liarewned's rout, Pam:mu-square. Lady Given's nut, Arlington street. Greed hel o' the Cr.irrii and Anchor ;seem, Strand. Lady Huine's rout, Htl greet. Mrs. Montague Burg.iy nes tour, Raker street. Tt )-)40111WW. t Counts., of Cartint's rout. Whig Clab's rand dioner, Crown and Anchor, Strand. Grand ball at Willis's Rooms, B i ag-rtreet. WEDNSADAY. Cowes. of P"rtrmorith's rout, lit,c3ln's•lnn-6el Is. Cutout...a of Limerick's tout, Mau•fteld•struet. Lady Carringtou's rout, Vlansield.street. Coonteo of Carriatoptu mut. Itruton-street. TH(fRIDXY. _ . _ bar ?Weimar, vocal roccert, AlSsmarletrect. Ms Mentsgues gout, Portrrisn•sgiare. M. P. Andrews's rout, Cie-colonel gg,w Lord Cawierwei's dinner, Upper 11-ook.st met. Counters gsf /C impress's rout. Mrs. Staalopeit tout. FRIT) %Y. Ls& Carrengh•nN mut, Stet,,n -qtert. Cuuntc=s MdcArtai •%.• rood, Curt ~street. Mn Glynn's rout, Cumberland-street. SATURDAY. The Tad of bereltioilwarsaisiee'sdttner,Grosvenor-pleee. LeetliaC dinn er. Duerntng street. Sfr. Knox 's do,ner. Gr,,well"r• street. • On Saturday morning 'HS MAJESTT,-,HCCOM panied hr Generals Fix - 28'ov and MANNERS, took the diversion of stag hunting ; the deer was turned out at Stnke Green. and, after a run of about three hours, he was taken at Salt Green. Princesses tiOltti I A and AMELIA, accompanied by the Hon. Mrs M' .EC cos, took an airing on hot se back in Windsor Great Park. Her MAJL;TY and the PRINCESSES took an airing to Frogrnore. Yesterday morning the RONAL FAMILY, accom panied by Generals Fivzsov and MANNER*, and the Earl of Ux amino!, w ej te l St. Georges Chapel, and heard an excellent mon by the Rev. Dr. COOKSON, from t h e i2d Ch apter of the Gospel of St. Matthew and 40th verse. After Divine Service the ROYAL Fa omit took an airing to Frogmorc. Lord Souviriturrosi left THOMAS'S Hotel on Sa turd.iy, for Portsmouth. The ATTORNE Y GENERAL of Ireland arrived in town in Senrday. We are happy to state the Duchess of DEVON SHIRE is rapidly recovering from her iadispus;tion. Her Grace &complaint has been bilious. Hyde Park yesterday was crowded with fashion. Her Royal Ilighoen the Princess of %Yates WAS there. The Comedy of TA,. Wharf I f Birtedrie was pei fanned en Saturday night, at Covent Garden Theatre. Mr. Restates Prnraddeek was an ad mirable performance, and received continued ap plause. The Yvon: Rarrias performed the part Gf Handet, at Driary-lane Theatre, on Saturday night. The house was as full as possible. Major Bauer, of the 39th, has left town to join his regiment. General ACE L ANL) left town on Friday. The Duke of MA:scour tit kit coon on Saturday resting. Viscount CASTLEIIIAION gave a dinner on Satur day, at his house in Upper Brook -street, to t h e Duke of &loaf Rose, Marquises Comm A Los and HERTTORD, Lo r d s H awEssauav, NIHLONALE, BROWSE. G. Savuoun, HiNcturiaßoort, and Cre ael.ol INters The Opera was extremely full on Saturday nig:it. Disu•ves WAS not able to resume his part in the ballet. Mr. BEAMAN withdrew himself from Covent- Garden Theatre on Thursday. The letter which he wrote upon the °reason, and was read upon the stage for the satisfaCtion of the audience, was as follows : " Mr Mra , ant presents hit curti %won. to Mr filaudoit, and begs h. inin,in him, that he ha. g IIIII,CII twin She Theatre Royal, Covent Garde', and ime request: Mr ErWIAOII will CAUSE HIM to be wade kuowo u. The Hon. WILLIAM WELLESLEY Poi. etaertaio. • ' ..• LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, S4TUIIIDAT, MANCH 30. GUARDIANSHIP. SLY MOV R D. ROSTON. This case, of which we Raveso full a report in our Paper of Saturday, wis fur:her argued before the Lou) CHANCILI OR this day. Messrs. Rustic v, FONSLANQUE, and HART, were heard at great length on the part of the Plaintiff. Their arguments were nearly the same as we have already laid before our readers; the principal points relied upon were, the misconception of the Master in the intention of the parents ; the number of testamentary papers which had been laid before him ; the present situation of the infaut, and the consequences which might follow in the event of a removal.—His Lordship had to refleft what were the real in tention of the parents. In adverting to this, lie said, " Suppose, for a moment, Lady Horatio, forgetting the high jiidicial situation of your Lordship, had imposed silence upon you, and, with the irresistible eloquence of a dying mother, considering your Lordship as the father of a faindy, had implored you not to remove he r i n f ant child from this her second mother, in that language re lated by the Prince of Wales, in that affecting nar ration which no human eloquence could exceed, or render more impressive than the plain and simple manner in which His Royal Highness had related it ; could your Lordship resist such an appeal ?" He considered it the language of both parents, for, although Lord Hugh Seymour did not die for some time after, yet his Lordship could not conceive Lady Horatio would have done this, unless she had the full sanction and authority of her husband. This position was established beyond all controversy, not only by the joint and uniform declarations of both parents, bat, above all, by the declarations of Lord Hugh Seymour himself, sworn to by Mrs. Butler, immediately previous to tier leaving the West In dies with the other two children, and a very short time before his Lordship's decease. He, therefore, contended that it was clear the parties applying to remove this infant had wholly mistaken the real in tention of the parents, and it must be from the most wild and extravagant suppositions that his Lordship was then called upon to remove this child. He conceived that his Lordship, in his own conscience, onght not,. and, with the greatest respeft, to use stronger language, could not be justified in caiflrming the Master's Report, by removing the infant. Mr. Foe at. garnet followed, and, in a very able address, adverted to the difficult and delicate duties his I. , Yrdship had to perform in this ease : he consi dere I it was necessary his Lordship should have not only a heart to feel, but a mind to understand, in order to pronotwce upon the real wishes of these noble parents. The Master, he insisted, should not only have enquired as to this Point, but he should also bare enquired what was the condutt of the party who haJ so obtained, and still retained the posses- sion of the enild it It was the lot ~f most children to have an equal portion of the affeaions of the pa rents amongst them ; but it was the peculiar bless ing of this child to enjoy the sindivided afreftion of one who took upon her all the cares and anxieties of' a parent ifor,it had been distinaly admitted,that the conduit of Mrs. Fitzherbert was exemplary towards this infant. The Master, however, came to a very different conclusion, and, belt re became to that con clusion, he should have even hazarded his Lord ship's displeasure, and suspended his judgment, be fore he ventured to disturb that which he could not restore. Mr. HAAT, in a most argumentative speech, chiefly condemned the report of the Master s as not being sufficiently full. The ATTOM lON GENERA L, in opening the case 'on the part of the Lari of Euston and Lord Henry Seymour, admitted he had expresses' great appre hension at the beginning of the case, at has friend, Mr. Erskine's, having an opportunity of reply; from the nature of the proceedings, the several topics connefled with the circurnstaneex of this case, and what he had already heard, he was strongly con firmed in that apprehension. The addresses which had been made to his Lordship, were direded not to his reason and sound judgment, but to his Lord ship's heart, in order to awake feelings of a more delicate nature, and lull those by which alone his Lordship should be direcled. He, therefore, felt it his duty to remove his client's case and his Lord ship's judgment, from those trammels which were even at that moment preparing for them. (Mr. Erskine was taking notes.) The question WAS not only important to the parties, but to the kingdom at large s the principles which were to he iromul gated by his Lordship's decision, were to be the fu ture guide of all modest and considerate Protestant parents, in the religious education of their children. If his Lordship thought the religious sentiments were to be inculcate(' at an early age by the present purpose; he did not mean the scientific or hypo critical sentiments, but those which were to be the guardian and monitor of the conscience, those which were to watch every aCian of the mind, and dire& every principle of the heart. Those wese such his Lordship 11;0 to determine, either in the confirma tion of the Master's report, or the continuation of the guardianship in Mrs. Fitzherbert. The task was a painful one ; the duty was necessary. The litigant parties were scarcely to be distinguished from each other, and the motives which urged them to contend this question, were highly commendable in each in dividual. It was a painful consideration on the ono band, to stand in the way of the wishes of the near relatives of the infant; but, having acceded so much to one party, he could not but support the claims of the other. The Learned Counsel then alluded to the affidavits on the part of the Defendants, from which, he contended, it appeared, that the real intention of the parents was by no means to give up their claim to the possession of the infant to Iffts.Fitzherbert, her residence with that lady was merely intended as a temporary residence during her earliest infancy ; but they were too well aware of the importance of an early religious education, to allow her to remain der the care and guardianship of Mrs. Fitzher vt, when she should attain to more mature years. sey never would have given her to Mrs. Fiszher et, being a Roman Catholic, and run the risk of her rig led from their own religious persuasions : he slated, however, the condua and motives of that y, in the present instance, refletcted the highest sour upon her charatter, He then considered the Master's report, which, Mr. EASICIWE had eon, plainest, had too slightly passed over the codicils and other particulars reap! ing Lord Hugh Seymour; he referred to several items in the schedule annexed to it, by which it appeared that the fortune of the infant would amount to upwards of 2.5,0001. when she should come of age : he ileac enumerated the several relations of the infant, and described the difs feresiP degrees of affinity. Het Grace the Duchess. of Gloucester was her maternal grandmother ; the Princess Sophia of Gloucester was, her maternal aunt by the half blood ; the Earl of Liston her ma ternal uncle, and Lord Henry Seymour her paternal uncle. These last had proposed themselves the guardians of the ihlant, and it was natural for the Master to consider them al the most prop-r persons, initead of appointing one who was no relation what ever. He had duly examined all the evidence, and finding these two noble persons associated in the guardianship Kith Lady Horatia, in the original will of Lord Hugh Seymour, he reported accordingly. This will was made at a time when Lord Hu -'h was in the full vigour of life; he w a s go i ng i n the tervice of his country, and contemplated the events of war, by which he might be deprived of existencr. It was with this view he had associated those Noblemen with his beloved wife in the event of a second marriage, and it was quite clear, had he 1-,:r death, instead of marriage, in contemplation, he would have made the same dispositions. On the one side, there were a great number of maternal and paternal uncles and aunts, who claimed to have the care of this child ; on the other side, the party was seeking tai keep her divorced, and sepa rated from all those Noble relations, with which she had been blessed. These were the grounds on which the Master had made his report. With re spelt to Mrs. Fitzherbert's obtaining the custody of the child originally, it was necessary to observe under what circumstances she was delivered to her ; Lady Horatia was in a declining state of health : on the eve of her departure for Madeira, the child was scarcely a month old, and incapable of imbibing any impressions. This he conceived certainly did not point out any intention in the parents, that she should remain under her care. He then adverted to the affection and inlimitted confidence that had always subsisted between Lady Horatia and her sisters, the Countesse.of Euston and Waldegrave, and was proceeding to draw some conclusions upon this point, when the Loan CHA•I CELLOR observed, that he was under the necessity of attending a Council, and would hear the further argument of the Arroet.or GENERAL at another time. The AT TORNEY GENERAL had then been speak ing near two hours. Estls Romney and Radnor were on the bench during the whole of the morning. SURRY ASSIZES. KINGSTON, NIAKCiI 29. Tile KING V. JOHN PiACOCK. This case, which has long excited a very consi derable interest in the Borough of Southwark, arose out of a most lamentable circumstance, the loss of life of a fellow -creature, named Michael Coleman, who died in Guy's Hospital. It appeared in evi icnce, that on the day laid in the indictment, the deceased. who was a working man (a labouring dyer), was in Montague Close, in the Borough, near where he lived. That the• witnesses, George and James Mitchell, who have something to do in the latnp-line.were passing that way and saw something like a squabble : they came up, and they distinctly swore, that they saw Mr. P. strike the deceased three times with one hand, holding at the same time a sheathed bayonet in the (Alter. They perceived a min to fall apparentlysenseless, and, corning up, Mr. P. requested their assistance to remove him to the Crown. which is opposite : he remained there part of the day, and was after wards taken to'Guy's Hospital, where lie died on the Monday morning following.— The Coroner's Inquest sat on the body, and re turned a verdift, that the deceased died in conse quence of a wound he received on the back part of his head : upon which the Prisoner was tried. The evidence for the Prosecution being closed, the Learned Judge called on Mr. P. for his defence. Mr. P. then entered into a very ingenious defence of himself: he rebutted, in moet forcible terms, the evidence of the Mitchells, and animadverted with severity on tl)e moral and political charaaer of one of the witnesses, who, Mr. P. asbetted, was conried ed with those meetings which had ended in the un timely fate of Colonel Despard and his ill-fated as sociates. Mitchell ' at the close of the defence. made a most violent and outrageous reply ; but he W. 46 turned i.tit of Court. After the Learned Judge, with the utmost impartiality, summed up the evi dence, the Jury acquilted the Prisoner. SATURD•Y. At three o'clock the Crown business ended, with the Learned Judge', pronouncing sentence of death on six men and one woman, none of whom were left for execution. CROWN SIDE. In the case of t h e King v. Moore, which was a bill of indiament for assaulting And beating a Mr. Oxerby, his brother-in-law ; Mr. GAR stow, as Counsel for the Plaintiff, stated the parties to be brothers.in-law ; that the Defend ant was a Major of the Loyal Mitcham Volunteers, and had most rahouroady knocked down his client. Serjeant SHEPHERD made an excellent address for the Defendant, and contended that a constant irritation was kept up by the Plaintiff, for the very purpose of producing a blow such as alluded to. The Plaintiff and Defendant were going down the town, the Plaintiff, as usual, said in derision, "To the right about wheel ! march !—Pheugh !" The Major walked up and said, "Do not insult me! for if you continue to do so, I shall knock you down." The Plaintiff, putting his fist in a hue with his own mouth, pushed his face forward with that that sort of gesture that can only be offen.ive ur conceived by those to whom the st.ult t 4 .tffered. This produced a blow, and he did not mean to say it was a slight one. The Learned Serjeant called Witnesses to prove his statement; and Mr. GA 11 tow, in a nowst animat ed and humorous speech, that convulsed the Cdurt with laughter, replied. The Learned Judge (He A r 11) summed up short ly, and the Jury found the Defendant Gaully. -;~ TP!!", I ; , ~y...~it ."..7, I • tr• . • Not Tr' • Mr. EDITOR, 41-••• 'fha general diffosioe of literature, Whiele the establiibment of the art of printing has efetqed, a class of men formerly ftnicnowe k now laer.ome powerful engine of either bent Ar injury to the state. An important and imperious duty is conse quently imposed on those intrusted- w:111 the Go verament of the country, to take such measures as may best secure the benefits, and evert the i:.;orit-s resulting from tl:is vast and still increasing source of either good or evil. As faithful guardians of the public welfare, the, cannot be indifferent to the canduet and fete of:he numerous and ton generally unhappy hely of Mess denominated Literary ; who, from various causes; are driven to seek a precarious abd scanty ;neat from the employment of the pent and wrbOfo in the immense mass of diurnal and periodical publica tions, contribute to form the publie opinion upon almost every subject of onguiry, m red s social, and political. That disappointed and suffering reins should often burst forth in complaint and inveetive against that constitution of things under which is is starv ing ; and that penury should tend an earee the sn: licitations of venality and corruption, and plead any cause that will afford beeadlto the hungry ; cannot at all beeereuderti at ; the . subjtet of nxtonainent is, that ssergernenThould noti in vers: more evident degree, acebininedate their- condua to these fm portant changes in the stare:of society. • The illaerrous names Opt now appear in the ad vertisements of ,the Lidiasy Fund, are, 1 am willing to hopk, indications that this sithieel has at length obtAed seme port in of the notice it so highly demands : the patronage of the heir apparent, and his noble coedjmers, must enable the work of mercy in which they arc engaged, to contribute most essentially eao the welfare of the state. That this is no vague or unfounded opininn has already been demonstrated by one of these distin guished and comp tssionete statesman. ":'he Earl of Chichester, then Lord Pelham, when secretary in Ireland, doting a period of the utmost distraction end drger, found that most of the daily Menem* of Duolin was hostile to the Government ; his en lightened and comprehensive mind suggested a re medy ; he introduced himself into several respect able Literary Societies, became a member of same of their most distinguished bodies, and, as an high officer of the Government, indicated a desire to al leviate the miseries and promote the comfort of lite rary men. The effect cure - wiled the wisdom of the measure. Many who ha.l thrown by the pen in despair, or concealed themselves in sullen retire ment, now resumed their serion in the ranks of literature. The press was rescued from the rasp of party malice ; the partisans, of distffecti n were answered ; and the public opinion directed into the channel of loyalty and true patriotism. et , This Noble Lord appears to have aft r • the • same principle when he held the seals or ems department, by subscribing to the Literary lund, and taking an active concern in the condadt of that* -1 4 excellent restitution. Was this example of judicious policy fidlowed by other great officers of the state, it might pro-loco the happiest effects upea our periodical hter .tnre, by holding out honourable and independent meats, if support and comfort to the veterau and di.%:ti)led votaries of the pen and the press. Whatever may be the foibles and errors of literary men, ingratitude to their patrons and friends can not in general be Laid to their charge. The Court of Lewis XI V. owes its celebrity mote to his mu nificent patronage of literature than to any other cause, .I'be same excess of sereibility, that leads - neglected writers to censure with severity, adds pathos and energy to their graetiele. And as dee last Anniversary placed the Heir Apparent attire head of the Literary fi'und, I now hope to see the patronage of the House of Brunswick celebratesl in the animated strains of literary gratitude : and a British Ministry, led on by a Somerset, a Chichester, a Spencer. and a Moira, not confining their efforts to the punishment of crime ; but ioloptiog the more effectual method of prevention, and converting the effervcscence of neglect and disappointment into the genial glow of gratitude, affection, and patriotism. Ea. am. NAVAL INTELLIGENC::. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 29. Caine in the Perrece►ence, —, from Bristol, for Cork.--She WAS captured on the :23,1 instant, by the Conifance French privateer, and retaken by the De cade frigate on the ‘2sth. Arrived the Herristatie, hfa xtn ; and the Sophia Brous, from Barcelona ; and the Deux Freres French lugger, in ballast, taken by the Nile lugger. V ne•t., MARCH 30. Wind S W.—Arrived the Chichester man of war, and the Boatlto sloop of war, from vie westward, with convoys, which are sailed for the River. Came down from the River, the Admiral Gard ner, —, bound to the East Indies; and the Ocean, for the South Seas. Arrived the Treuty man of war, from Dunge ness; Arta.dne frigate, from Portsmoirth ; Alert, Ammon, Speedy, and the Greece sloops of war ; Fury bomb ; POrlirer, Wrangler, and several other gun brigs, from off the French coast. Saturday. at half-past two o'clock, an East India nian, of the largest burden, was launched from BA R. to A P n's yard, Deptford : she went off in the grand est style, without any accident or impediment. A :e'en party. of fashionables had A somptueus enter tainment, and afterwards a ball. A robbery took place on Saturday night, at ten o'clock, on Ealing Common, n•ar the sigh mile stone from London, on the Uibrisfee road. A gen tleman reforming with his son and daughter trona town to HanweU, was there stopped by two tout pads. One presented a pistol to the ireutiernan, and robbed him of his watch and m•, :ey ; the other took from the son his purse at the same time. The former appeared to be about twenty five years of age, and was clearly seen by tta lamps of the carriage ; he was dreised in a drab great coat. 'nuke,' like a post-boy, Andean be 41111101, tified the other looked like a labourer. • •