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r mei pre the vent time the h its g to hun. ; to and Jung ;joy ,r the , 1. 1 “. Et of voths r ' 01'0 , aught heard r bar. reheo. Times :Ilion, Abbe Ithers, France of the in re d/lotif le few ; the hel ng V at gni nsaned p tr/LEI, Adnn. nsaaed, cents. an au. me. tiled on by the ! Clear. to have f ulnas nbazkk'd ~ amp) there men, Itlaj -, , attend o mpletot .. nd d, co 1 the Lot. I d at the Ate Lout k 411 f: pe got of "Ombra e ander Jo c•;m~ •• ~affcju•...P ,cr -nye IT - - 4 ) 6 1 dot S. aio coiurri s; U I TLO co ncr r. Last night, the second of this Concert was httenaled by a numerous and elegant company. Nearly 200 persons of fashion were present. Miss LAltic4Al l , a young Lady apparently a hoo t fif teen, termed a considerable part of the attraction of the night. I ler voice is extremely melodious and plaintive; and, although she sang with that modesty which always belongs to genius at its first outset in the tatter of any art, she sufficiently spewed that she had made the art her careful study, and that she possesses that feeling and dis crimination which alone can subdue its difficulties. Her voice and judgment want nothing but maturity to make her a most successful singer. Her face and figure are interesting; and she will be an acquisi tion to the stage, we do not doubt, if that is her destination. She had two Airs in the Concert— Angels (by Handel). and Whilst with Village lauds (by Shield). In both, particularly in the second, she received the loudest applauses. A charming overture of Pleyel, given with great deli cacy and taste, introduced the first part of the con cert; and a concerto on the piano forte, by Mr. WOODMAN, finely played, preceded the second. Three or four of the pieces were encored, and none more deservedly than the Sapti/T Onk, which was sung by Mr. BURROWS The Mr of Tees Resti was given by Mrs. Coast, with great sweetness. It was with difficulty she could proceed with it, for the impatience of applause. Between the First and Second Part of the Concert, refreshments were served in the rooms adjoining the amphitheatre, in a most elegant style. These MOMS were excessively crowded. MASQUERADE. After the elegant entertainments of this kind that we have had the pleasure of descl ihing, we confess ourselves at a loss to do jihtice to this satire on InaS. ererade memory, for in no other view can we con sider the entertainment under that title at the Pantheon on Tues.lay night. Amongst its very few attendants were a miserable Oet,;:iaa, who looked as if he mourned the want of a dinner more than the loss of his Fora niler ; a wretched Orten, two dumb Spaniards, who stalked about in silent gran deur; a Draymaa, who was extravagant in his praise. of C , feerfe entire ; and a Mulkis Alan, who cried hi , muffins and rang his bell to the tune of " IV/0 waits of." The fascination of the night was two W-rricirbire Lams, who, for vivacity of manners and elegance of figure, did not yield the palm to those who are celebrated in SK • KSP Zit aes juhke. They were accompanied by a tight Wamicksbre Lad, who appeared to monopolise the kind looks and gentle wishes of all the fair part of the motley es semhly, and the envy of his own sex. Yesterday at 12 o'cloclr His M —AJESTY, aecomp 'trued by the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, took au airing in his post Chariot to Kew. His MAtt,iv was followed by the Quees, and PeincEsses, and Dukes of KENT and CUMBERLAND. The Royal Party returned to the Queen's house ax three. The Band of the Guards have received orders not to play on entering the Stable-Yard Gate, in complimset to the Duchess of BEDFORD. Lord RE A V is dangerously indisposed at his house in Condui t-streer Lord KING will be shortly united to Lady Es r ER To eruct. E. eldest daughter of F.arl FOR r Lieu E. The Duchess of YORK is in a very delicate state of health at Oatlands, where she is attended by Dotior P BASSO , . The Earl of Porryisovis entertained a large patty last eight at his house in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. This is the first time thousands of lads of spirit were not ready to volunteer their services in the Ministerial Phalanx, and that the Commander in Chief has been forced to press men into the ranks of the Treasury. The Marquis of HUNTLEY is, if possible, more popular than ever among the military in Scotland. Elie Nan's cap, worn by our fashionable jidit ts, Fa challenge to their Romeos to meet them at riar I. Avs a ,NCL'i cell. A law report of yesterday states, that Mrs. CuAM• bias and Capt. CAULFIELD live TOGVENZE/A sera asrE beds. The cushion donee, the favourite dance of the Jews in Passoror time, appears to consist of only two mocenanis, kissing and crossing. The Marquis of WELLESLEY'S friends expect he will be honoured with the vacant Blue Ribbon. The New and the Old Opposition are to he con solidated into one body, under the title of "The Glorious Co-operatron. ' Mrs. HLBERDEN had a concert last night at her house in Pall Mall. Great preparations are making for Mrs. FITZ MLR BERT'S splendid route this evening. Yesterday the fire-men belonging to the Royal Exchange Assurance Company paraded Cheapside, St. Paul's, Ludgate-hill, &c. &c. preceded by a band of music. Their new dress is very handsome, being bright green jacket and waistcoat, and plush breeches of the same colour. Silver and gold badges, with silver and gold hatbands. The senior officers wore their badges fastened to the waistcoat by purple ribbon, suspended by gold and silver chains, in the style of the LORD MAYOR'S. Mr. PITT, in forming his new squad, goes upon the brigading system, and mixes Volunteers, ‘'e terans, and Recruits, all in a mass. The fashionable morning lounge now is the Ex hibition of Tulips, at Chelsea ; where La Joie is Davey, the 1 ulip for which 2001. have been refused, continues to aural amateurs from all parts of the kingdom. A Dublin paper, meaning, no doubt, to pay a compliment to the Countess of H* al) wncs t, says, 44 Her Ladyship left this with the good seams of every body." At a late Agricultural Meeting in Irelaad,a Widow Brody was adjudged the prize for the best MP. It cannot be said of Bo AAAAA r e as of other Despots. that he cannot bear a Brother near the throne. It appears he cannot bear one thies, the. On Monday last, the 21st Light Dragoons, com manded by General TA KELT ON, arrived at South ampton, from Ireland, where they have been serving four years with great credit to themselves, and highly to the satisfaSion of the inhabitants of th rt part of the United Kingdom. It is generally under stood that they are soon to be embarked for India. tAW INTTLLICLiIC3. GUILDHALL, WARRUDA? Mat it Sli &fore Lord Ebt.tirlioltoooll. PARKER 4. KELL ANT) °EMIRS. This was an atlion of Trweet.and Conversion. The Plaintiff had some goods coming up from Bath, by the waggon, and sent a porter with the usual re ceipt, to the Swan, St. Goes's, where the waggon sets up, in order to get the goods; the Defendant. Bell, a Police Officer, hiving personated the clerk of the waggon ; and, as was alleged, in concert with the Plaintiff's wife, obtained possession of the re ceipt, and under that got the goods. He then sent for the Plaintiff, took him into custody. as the re ceiver of stolen goods, and brought him before the MaNistrate at Hatton-garden, who, after a long ex. animation of both him and the wife, committed him to gaol for a misdemeanour : he was afterwards dis charged. Some goods were returned to the Plain tiff, and more given to his wife; hut there was no evidence to prove they were the same goods that had been described to have been in a chest, which came up in the waggon. Mr. Gaitaow stated the case for the Defendant ; he said the Plaintiff was a horse slaughterer, and that some short time previous to the transaCtion in question, the Plaintiff's wife went to sell some gold rings, at the shop of one Goodwin, in Holborn, and the person who attended the shop, recognising the articles to have been part of some which had been stolen out of another shop belonging to Goodwin, in the same street. she was detained till she should account how she had come by them ; she said she had got them from her husband, who bought them from a person (the thief, Mr. GARSOW said). This gave rise to the idea, that the goods coming by the waggon we!e also stolen • and it was agreed. a Peace O ffi cer should attend at the Swan, when the goods were demanded, upon which the Plaintiff was taken into custody. The Learned Counsel observed, this was not an aft;con for false imprisonment, but of never and Conversion; and there had been no legal evidence of conversion adduced. He would prove the receipt WAS aftually given to the Plaintiff's wife. who got back the goods. One Co.ter, a parish constable, and Chapman, a Police Officer, were examined, and deposeJ, that the receipt was given to Plaintiff's wife, in his presence, and that she had got back the goods ; but it not appearing that those goods men coned to have been in the chest were returned, the Jury found a V:tdiet of 101. for the Plaintiff. !AMUR R. PICKHRKRING. This was an aCtion brought by the Plaintiff, who is an attorney, to recover a balance of 241. from the Defendant. It was stated that the Defendant had called on the Plaintiff and told him his son-in law had been ill-treated, and he would see him righted ; he then gave him diretlio .s to sue out a writ to recover 31. for the son-in-law, and signed a kind of order or Warrant of Attorney for that pur pose. A young lady, Miss Anna Maria Carpenter. was produced : she deposed that she was present at the time Pickherring gave the directions, and si,med the order for suing out the writ for his son-in-law • that atmer asked him for a guinea on account, and he promised to send it ; that he called several times on Farmer to know if he was going on with the cause, and that she delivered the bill of costs to Defendant in Odoher last. Upon her cross-examination by Mr. Glass, she said she was not clerk to Mr. Fat. mer, but only on a visit at his house, and generally sat in the room when he transacted his business ; knows all the Courts Mr. Farmer praCtises in, and heard he was Pro.honotary of the Five Pound Court at Whitechapel. Upon Lord ELI EP:BOROUGH'S examining the order er Power of Attorney, he found it was with out a stamp ; it therefore could be neither a Wa:. rant of Attorney or legal Agreement, and could t o be produced in evidence. The Plaintiff was non suited. Some other undefended Causes of no moment were tried. His i ordship will sit again in Arr:i P, ias at Guild hall, on next Monday se'anight. MIDDLESEX SEsSItYNS, HICKS'o HALL, Before WILLIAM MA INWARING, Esq. the Bench of Magistrates. PERJURY. Messrs. IBla,b, Sansens, and Porsteboait, eminent Bankers in Lombard-street, were indided for wilful and corrupt Perjury 'the assignment of the same was, that Nathaniel Tanner, having become a bank rupt for 3,1481. the Defendants petitioned the LoanCeANCCLLOI against granting this Certificate, on the ground, that they had put in a claim of 3,0001. in addition to the above sum : in making affi davit of which, the Defendants were accused ch Perjury, no such claim having been made. Mr. FIRLDING opened the prosecution with stet ing, that the case was of importance to the public and the parties : the Defen da nts were men of opu- lence ; Mr. Tanner had formerly been in the same situation, but by misfortune had lately become a bankrupt; the best of men, he observed, might be a bankrupt; after which, his Certificate was to be obtained, and it it was obtained, he was then ahle to meet his creditors and friends like an honest man. Undtr such circumstances, Mr. Tanner was desirous of obtaining his Certificate, and by a petition from the Defendants, that Certificate was stopped ; they male affidavit of having put in a claim before the Commissioners. Unfortunately the assignees appoint ed under tire commission were dead, but there was another way to supply this evidence, and to prove the Perjury •; the claim, if made, would have been on record, but on the closest inspedion, no such thing was to be found, there was no entry made of the papers that would describe the transalion, which the Jury would look at with suspicion, and taking it into their consideration, as well as the evidence he should lay before them, they would be inclined to believe the Perjury brought home to the Defendants. Mr. John Charnock, Secretary to the Bankrupt office, produced the affidavits of the Defendants, stating a claim of 3,0001, when the commission was taken out the 21st of March, 1801. Witness received the same from Mr. Bresdale, Solicitor to the Com missioners. Mr. Blowfteld produced other papers relative to the proceedings under the commiffion, watch Ire received front Mr. Bresdak. Mr Bresdale, formerly Solicitor to the Clmmis sinners, remembered giving the 3:Man's to Mr. . . Glowheld, but could not say what had been done to them since they were out of his hands. At a se cond meeting of the Commissioners, witness remem bered a claim being made by tie Defendants of 30001. He saw it lay. on the table before them. Witness executed the affidavit on which the charge of periury was brought, and stated the proof of the claim from his own knowledge. He made a mistake concerning the claim believing it exceeded 3000/. therefore wrote 3000/. and upwards, and the words. " and upwards," were afterwards struck out by his client. Witness was ready to prove the De fendants did make the claim. Mr. GA R aow, after the examination of the last witness, addressed the CHAIRMAN, observing, th evidence for the prosecution had proved the claim was made : the Court therefore had only to dismss a case so disgraceful to the Zrosecutor, and he hoped it would sever be brought forward again un der any different circumstances. Mr. fleantrio confessed there appeared some thing like mistake in the prosecution. Mr. Mainw*alno expressed his surprise how the parties could bring such a charge in a Court ofJus tice, unsupported by any evidence. Three respeCt able men, as any in London, he observed, had been prosecuted. and there was not the shadow of a doubt as to the fairness of their condwa. The Jury honourably acquitted them. VIOLENT ASSAULT. Laurence M'Carty, a gentleman residing in North street, Red Lion Square, was indided for assaulting John Mayha. on the 19th of last January. It appeared from the evidence, that the Defend ant, a Purser in His Majesty's Navy, had lately married, and having occasion to furnish a house, called on a Mr. Alin; a Broker, near Finsbury square, and purchased various goods, which were to be sent home ; accordingly on the 9th of January last, Mr. Aliff went with the furniture, part of which was carried by the Prosecutor, who is servant to the Broker, and the rest by a porter named Tickell. When they got to the Defendant's house, the things were placed in the ball, where Mr. M'Carty came to thrust the broker and Tickell into the street, locked the hall door, and pot the key in his pocket, after which he said to the Prosecutor, who was left within, "You rogue and vagabond, how dare you come into the hall with these thiags E" He answered, "I am but a servant, Sir,and have gone by my master's dire lions." "By J—s." replied Mr M'Carty, " I'll have your life. if you do not in stantly take them out of the house ;" the Prosecutor asked how he could go out with them, as the hall door was locked ? to which the other said, " He should take them over the wall at the back of tit house ;" a proposal the Prosecutor objected to, tinder the idea of being shot by the neighbours, as it wa< then dark. On his refusal to comply, Mr M'Carty ran up stairs, returned with a pistol in each hand. and emptied the priming out of one of the pans into the other: he then presented that he held in his left hand close to the Prosecutor's head, and snapped it, but fortuitately it misse. fire : on which he struck the Prosecutor a severe blow on his head that in- Elided a deep wound; the latter begged for his life. and prayed the other would not kill him. Mrs M'Carty, who was likewi•e in the hall, endeavoured to quiet him, bat without effed s ha still swore he would kick the Prnses-utor. On some body having knocked at the door, he thrust the Pro secutor down stairs, and said, " Go into the kitchen," which he did, and while he was going, Mr. M'Car ty struck him on the back with the muzzle of the pistol. In the kitchen, which was covered with water and dirt, the Prosecutor was dreadfully afraid of losing his life. Mr. M'Carty went down to him, continued to threaten him with the pistol in his hand, and asked if he was not an Irishman ? He answered " Yes, and was not ashamed of his coun try." " How then is it," said the other, " that you did not know an Irish gentleman of spirit would biow aPtr man's brains out. that wanted to impose upon him ; it was a fortunate thing for you the p.stol did not go of, or by J—s I had taken the roof of your skull off." The Prosecutor remained for several hours in this situation, and was at last taken into custody by a constable, who had been procured by a smith's boy, sent from the Defend ant's house for that purpose. Mr. M'Carty was also taken to the watch-house, where they searched him, and took both the pistols out of his pocket, which proved to be loaded with ball. On the part of th • Defence, Mr. ALLY called a woman servant of the Defendant's, who stated, that her master had no pistols in his hand when the Prosecutor was detained, and that the assault had been committed by the latter, when he brought the goods ; her evidence was, however, *ialpable false hood, deteded by every part of the case. The CH A I am to observed, there was no ground to • justify the violence committed; and the Jury with out hesitation found him Guilty. - The Court sentenced him to pay a fine of 501. is OLD BAILEY, INionasuAT, MAT IG. The Sessions commenced this day at the Old Bailey, betore the RECOILDII4 and Judges UAtoss and (;itaii sm. Robert Clayton was capitally indieled for stealing . its a dwelling-house at Brampton, in the parish ot St. Mary, Kensington, six silver table spoons, va lue 61. ate property ot Charles Incledon. The servant of Mr. Incledon stated, that on the 9th instant she had laid the cloth for her master's dinner; that shortly after she went down to the kitchen, where she had not been long, when she observed a strange man walking in the court-yat.d, in the front of the house. Entertaining some sus picion concerning him, she ran up stairs, saw the door open, went into the parionr, and missed six spoons, which she had placed on the table a short tom! before. She tan out and gave the alarm to some painters who were working at the next house ; she pointed out to them the prisoner, woo was at some distance rig'. Tiles , pursued, and soon took him into custody. On,: ot the painters found two of the spoors, and another font-, upon the prisoner. Mt. Incledon, being called, swore to the proper ty. and said they were won., al. He also said, ) had been in the house, and went out a little before the theft took place. The Rauminse, in his charge to the Jury, ob served, that the Prisoner was charged in the in dietment, with a capital offence ; for it was by law a capital offence to ..teal out of a dwelling-house "` • • tif.. ••••• ^ above the. value of 40s. The Noiecuttie said, that hie prop.ety was worth 61. It he was above to pur .ha .c .;x spoons from a silver •s nith, pernap• ire mast gibe that sues for their, on a: count of the fah its, the cy; .- tern, and the workmat.solp ; but Mete the Jury were iinly to eitesider the intriestc value of the silver; and perhaps. some of them were better ledges iin that subjea sit i Mr. Incletlon void be. The qii:stion then would be, whether the silver stolen was worth 40s 0 te of the Gentlemen of the Jury requested. Mr. Incledon to stand up Again, and asked him if his door was open at the time the robbery teak 'dec. Mr. Incledon said, it certainly was ; and he mutt take Warne to himself for having gone out and se gle led to shut not only the front door of the house, bit even the parlour door. The Jury then found the Prismate of •l ing to the •-allse of 395. which takes I say the c ,etal part of the charge. It appeared in evidence, that when the Pris ner was taken, a reit of currant jelly was found in hit pocket; and that he could give no account of the i.ause of his having had sucn a thing in his possessl. •, Thema, William! and Yore Null were india, d for having burelariously entered the duelling house of 'homes Eldridge on the night of the *th inst. The Prosecutor keeps a public house in White cross-street, St. Luke's. On the night in question, he and his wife went up stairs about eleven o'clock, in order to go to bed, after fastening all 4 !e•es. *s'aile Mrs. Eidridee was undressing het se f, a d fore the candle was put nut, the -ash of the sal tether window, which turned on hinges, rid which had been shut up close, without being fastened by any b it, was pushed open, and a mast put his head and shoul ters in; but on seeing her, pulled himself back immediately. She was sure this mats was the pri soner, because sht had seen him that very day at her house. The prisoner had got up to the window upon some tiles that covere d a building attached to the house. Mr. Eldridge mid, that as soon as he was alarmed by his wife screaming out, he got out of bed, went into the street, and saw the man and the woman (prisoners) standing close to is house. Two nights before that, between twelve and one, he saw them lurking about near his dbor. lie had them taken into custody. The Prisoners declared they were innocent, but called no witnesses. The Jury found them Noe G a ily. Marie 'porker, a girl only 14 years of age, was tried and conriaed of stealing '25 yards or cotton, which hung outside the shop-door of a linen draper. Judge GRAH•S: tom: th:s opportunity of censur ing the negligent and improper conduit of shop keepers in placing their goods io a situation so pub lic and exposed, that there was a constant tempta tion held out to the vicious and the indigent to be come thieves. The linen-draper said that was a common custom among people in the trade. Sir Nests Goose said, the custom was a great public nuisance, which ought to be put a stop to. Mars Walt, who had lived as servant with a Mrs. M tg4ll, was tried for seating two silver spoons, and two gowns from her mistress. on the 26th of April; e trly on the morning of whic't day, she left her place without giviny any reverts , : notice, and offered the things to be pawned. The pawnbroker, to whom she offered the spoons, kept them in his possession, while the Prisoner said she would go to fetch her mother; and afterwards returned them to Mrs. Ma gill. The two gowns were taken in pledge, by another pawnbroker. To this pawnbroker the Judge refused to allow his expences. The Jury found the Prisoner Guilty, but nut capitally. SUICIDES. A melancholy instance of self-destrutflion occur red yesterday. W illiam Ellis, a young man, twen ts-two years of age, the son of a respe&able grecer in Holborn, terminated his existence by shoot" - himself through the head ; the circumstances whit h led to this fatal and dreadful ail, it is said, originated in an attachment the deceased had formed to a young woman, whom his family did not esnsider a suitable match for him. Between eight and nine o'clock in the morning he breakfasted with his father, during which a quarrel took place or. the sub3eft allu ded to, and the young man rushed out of the room, ai a patently in gt eat anger; bit no suspicion was enter tained of the horrid design he meditated. Within a short space of time after his departure, the report of a gua was heard, and the alar.ned father rushed to his son's chamber, which presented a sight too distressing to describe. The unfortunate youth lay lifeless on the floor. It op ears, he had taken hi s rifle piece, the muzzle fwh ch he placed to his left ear, and touching the trieg.v the puree wet t off and the ball went through his head. Surg.ectos - were instantly sent for, and came with all possible expedition, but assistance was useless. The Cor - ner's inquest :s summoned to sit upon the body this day at the Red Lion Public Haase. The deceased belonve.i to a corps. Yesterday morning, about five o':;tsck, a voting woman alssait seventeen years of age, Ift her servitude (the Smyrna Coffite-hmse, t. James's-suer. ), and proceeded thrmagh the Palace into .he Park, when the sentinel addressed her, saying she was paying an early visit.— She proceeded on without taking any notice, to the Green Park, where she was observed by two per sons in Piccadilly, to walk gradually into the Bairn' and was seen no more till near seven o'clock. She was taken out lifeless, and conveyed to St. Martin's Workhouse. There was nothing found in her pockets, but in her bosom were deposited some !tat:pence wrapped in a piece of white paper, on which was written Fanny White, Lambeth." It is reputed she committed this rash a& in conse quence of haying beer. married (a few days only) to a man who af-erwards proved to have a Wife and family. It iveuld be well it' the bacon of water in . the Green Park were inclosed with an iron railing t similar to that round the ('anal in St. James's Park, : as it would prevent misforturps, accidental, and : - I sometimes wilful. he 1/owAao Mooaa, Esq. of Muoresfort, in the: county of Tipperary, was on Monday sennignt killed by a fall from his horse, immediately after muuntiug, for the purpose of going out to dine.— I lie bat left an amiable wife, now is England, and numerous family.