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Lu Yesterday, anon after twelve Flie Ma- Jute at. iced at. the 4,lukeres Palace hum Wind sor ; he was reeeive.l he the Dukes or YORK. KENT, CUMBlitt.L.4 awl CA eIItRID,4%. A little after two o'clock AIt,RSTY l.e•hl a private Levee, which was attended &y The Arelihisb•tp d Csoter'isry, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Preside it Albs Cottrell, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord .'tits Fresenry, the First Lard of the Admiralty, the President of th • Hoard of Trade, the th.ce Sccreisries of. State, the Cis me7..iior Esehr.pier, the Co 1 , 04 . c1er-in- Chief, the Lord Cliain'terlein, the Lord Steward of the Mosseheld, the Aostriso Ambassador, the Recorder of tondos, the Llti't.ts of Bedford and mouir o se, p i e Dar guinea Wellesley sad favistork, Earls St inaforl, Winched. sNi, end Patilet, ',to wait:3); Lords Rolle sod Chalon, Sir F . cotterel, Colonels Erne, Jackson, Smyth, (Keane!, and Gobbino. •Ine fallowing h.td the honour of being presented to His ::Issrwilr • The Prince De Stahremberg, eons h 7: haling appointed E tr.)+, Batraurdinary and Minister PleamotclitiAiy front 7imperor of A..tiria, by ltr. Cloniog, and conducted by Sir Stephen Cottrell, as :Waster of the Ceremonies. Ri s Fzeigie./ey hitl a pe.vAtt• Audience of Ms Majesty, and delivered his credenttals ace vdinely. lAN Clinton:upon coming to tin title, by Lord Rolle. The SI dont. of T.tristotb, 'you his Coming of age, by the Duke .4 BeJtord Co!und rant, of the soth Reg;toent, upon his return h o w, Spain, by the Earl of Westmorland. !mmienant•Cotoitel Smyth, upon his promotion in the CA:stream Regirseol of Foot Guards, by Dr. Smyth. l.icoleon.st Colonel l'Cotmet, of the :::•1 Regiment, upon evanualso, a al bring appointed LicAttenatat.•G4verour of Pen Smith Wake. ...tentenaut-Cettonel 'eckeoo, upon his promotion in the 01.0.tstresie Regiment of ens* Guards. I.l.•autptiat.Coloorl Gulthiss of the Lith Regi men t, e p os his tieing appointed tbat Re4itocut. .t.taiuts n1.14.:51AY took leave of His Ms atiSTY, prev•nos to his leaving England, upon his Erebastor to Sprkiii. • fits Siastrery held a Privy Council, at which the VEl:oftnEii of Lorruorr• attended, and made his Bentirt of the twelve convicts capitaiiy convicted et the last Old Batley Sessions, it nen lite MAJESTY, with the advice of the Privy Council, was pleased, we tindristaitil, to order them ill to he reprieved I:•riug h:s Royal pleasure. Ctts vi Assume gave audiences to the Duke of Pontos ela the vest of the Cabinet Ministers pre / sem, Ampler IVeLLEstetr, end Sir DAVID Dina- D 53. ' 4R4 ND Jr DEVONSHIRE HOUSE. - - Ye terrine, at ei4ht o'clock in the evening, the H .11. Mr. Leas, 1,1111 of Lord Vise. kir.csovatilts w:is married rq, special licence from the Arch. . CAN rt&BURY, to Milts Li: JIBUN t, a ward of tare Doke of Davonsmax. The preparations for thf!eerevonny wire in a most superb style of Tire grand suite of apartments were 1)141164de lighted iso far the lira time these three ye:irs. The Pseverend Mr. PREDY, chaplain to the Countess Downer Sri:NCR', performed the ceremony, in the grand Lick drawing-room. liia (irate the Doke of pure the Bride away, and Viscount Mcr.autmeit attended his son on the occasion. The two Miss HOWARDS were Bridesmaids. An elegant end select company were assembled iii the evening, including Its Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, Eurl and Countess CuWPIIII, Viscount and Viscountess MELIMURNE, Viscount and Vi.rininteas MOILP6/11, Lord and Lady G. CAVSNDieII, Lady E. Barren, and Keyes ral other distinguished personages. The new mar ried pair will go to Bracket Bali, to pawl their honey-woos. I CONCERT. 'Die eleventh of these Cinieerts WAS hell last night, under the direction of the Earl of Wturoti. 'mil was attended lay nearly the vi:loie of the Sub scribers. - . Yesterday the Cabinet Allinistnvis dined with the Duke of Pouliot ND. Hi, Royal Highness Monstkua left town yes terday for Ailitabirl. . This day Mr. Pc:NT:gam will given grand dunk r at his house ia Park-lane, to Marquis WEL &WAY, and a tIUMITOUS party, Let , l ROLLS Al ill give a• grand dinner to-day to Lord NI nt.oRAVE, and a imniernils p art y. Ou Sunday, Lunt •114rtaowny will give a grand dinner to a numerona party. Mrs. JORDAN'S Benefit at Bath was the greatest, ever known in that city, although the weuth-r we. extremely unfavourable, and the time what is eres• sidered the dead season. Lord and Lady FoLET gave a grand dinner yesterday at their h lose ra Berklay-square. to Lord and Lady 11. and Lord R. FITzORRALD, Lady Dn, itiovsa, Sir WATKIN WILLIAMS WYNN:, Mr. Cl/LMONDELEY. and Mr. fiIItISIMILL. , I The Artist employed upon Mrs. CLARKE IS re:salved to avoid every thing that could Ibug 4 est an idea of her faux par.—He confines himself merely to a bust of the lady. Amongst the elegant company who inteltd to visit Epsom this day, are Lord and Lady Fot.ET, Lords R. and CMARLIVI SOMERSET. Colonel and Mrs. Brairmisam. Mr. Owe% charge against Lord CASTI.KRIAGM did not surprise in.. We have long thought that it was all Dickey with his Lordship. The Countess of Eunz's (arty, last night, was attended by iipwsrils of 100 .Nobility : • The Earl of Essitl, we are happy to say, is nearly recovered from his late indisposition. His Lord ship left tow!, yesterday for Cashiobury, and vow . be riiitvd this day by Earl FORTS:wile. A ffete-fanglel heir has launched a carriage all green, in opposition to Fir. OmBALDLiTuIt's tsar)/ Bird. It is tailed the Greta Linnet. 'rime Ditches Dowager of Rtrre,•mri it hubs possd at her house in Saeltrifie-street, with a nil.!. Mr. KEUBLE arrived iii Diiblin on Friday, from England, and was to make his app earance , fur the first time these five years. at that theatre, on Mon day night last, in the tliaraeter of Penriadock, the Whrel of Pirtywe.—Mr. Licstar.r. is (1,4.1g4'd for 12 nights. 1 . .. • • • . OLD nAILEr. •• wzbinpAy. This day the Sessions commenced :here before Judges Goose and Geauso. • Joel Ware, Mona* Mimi', alias Lacey. aria Anderson, and John Faller, were indicted for bar. glarmissly ,breakiug and entering the house Richard Jones, and steallug thereto about seamy pounds in motel.. two mourning rings, two finis. pieces, and other articles hip property, on the aught of the it3d April ; and David Ware (the fa ther of the first-named Prisoner,) was at the same time indicted for rece,ving one of 111, time-pieces, kunwiug the same to have been *totem The. Prosecutor keeps the public house called the Black Dog, iii leaditig to Bethnal Green. Ou the night laid in the iiiiiietinent, the house was secured in the usual inawier, previous to the family retiring to rest. and in the icorning the wisidOe-sliutters appeared to have been forced open, and the bar rifled of the various 'snider laid in the iudirtment, cod which were carried off.— Upon the alarm being given, the track u f a wheel. barro v was traced to the house of Joel Ware, et some dismoce iu the iseiAhbourhood, who, with the Other two, moiler with an aeciamphee of the name of Randall, wits detected in the act of dividing the spoil, and secured. It appeared irons the evidence of Randall, that the three prisoners set off from Joel Waie's howl. about one o'clock Of the morning of the 4ld April, for the purpose of committing the robbery in Jones'. house. from wheace they returned About half past L grithQ wheel-barrow, loaded with halfpence oud other articles. He had been sent by them in the morning with one of the tiow pieces, wrapt up in a cloth, to the house of David Ware, where he left it, without giving any accouut of it, and where it was found by the officers. The prisoners made ins defence, only David Ware called witnesses to his character, particularly Atkinson, one of the officers employed iu securing the prisoner., who lived in his neighbourhood fur many years, and who gave him a good character tar honesty and industry. The Jury, after summing up of the evidence by the Learned Judge (Goose) fouud the three pri soners Joel War,, Hoban, and Fuller. guilty, and David Ware, not guilty. Richard Inns was indicted for sts.aling a sheep, the property of William Matthews. The Prosecutor is a labourmg man, resiling in the neighbourhood of Fincliley Common, upon which he is in the haled of keeping a few sheep.— Some time, in the latter end of Mater!), lie missed one of Clem, and heard nothing of it till lie saw the skin in Hatton-garden Puhlie-otfice, which he uleatified by the mark of his brand W.ll. and which 111411 so constructed as to present the same letters when turned upside down. The Prisoner, who was a servant to hlr.Grimaldi, of the Covent-garden Company, and who has a residence at Finchloy Common, was detected by selling six sheep-skins to a dealer tu skins in the neighbourhood. in whose custody some of them wererecogitized by the marks to have belonged to some of the neighbours who hod lost sheer, and the Prosecutor's, egoism/ the rest. Souse joints of meat. not cult up in a butcher-like manner, Vete also found in an out-honse of Mr. Grimaldi. ortlehish appeared to lit to one of' the skius. The Jury found the Prisoner guilty. ••• There were five other indictments spinet the Prisoner, at the prosecution of the respective owoess of the other skins, one of wham was his master.' but it was not necessary to try him on them. The Calendar for this &Alias had few or se crimes of any atrocity—not One charge for eturdet. CLERENWELL SESSIONS...MAT 17. • :7-- - • atootiritut V. isr.sofssist.D. The day was wholly occupied with as of a trifling nature ; the our which attracted the most notice Was the case of Mrs. Bloorrifield - aganist her Itu.hau•l. It appeared in evidence that this lady married the Defendant in the yea► 1702, but that a separation took place a few months after, since which period she had been .iviiig under the protec tion of her brother, upon u small property which she possessed. On the 25th of January last, while she was sitting at her music, the Defendant came into the room, and without any provocation look up the music stand, with which he brut the Pro secutria, used very opprobrious language, and swore he would do for her. The Prosecution was stated to have been instituted merely to secure peace iu future. Oil the other hand, it was stated to have proceeded front u vindictive spirit, articles of the peace having been exhibited against the husband in February last, and for which he had entered into recognizances for WI. The assault, however, having beta substantiated, the Jury 'l/- tut-aerie verdict of Guilty. and the Chairman held the Defendant to bail iii his own bond, for tool, to attend the Court to receive judgment when called upon, as the best means of affording future secu rity to Mrs. Bloomfield. The Prosecutrix appeared to be Arent 3S years old, and was genteelly elreswil in white; the has hind, a very respectable looking man, seemed double her age. The Dover sessions fore goal delivery enm inruce this day week : two prisoners, who had been confined, one of the name of Craib, from the Isle of Thanet, for sheep stealing, and another for stealing linen, contrived on Monday night to make their escape. On Sunday, one of the swans in St. Jaines's Pnrk produced tax young ones. Site has since attacked men, women, and culdren, in the most furious tn: r. As one of the Greenwich coaches was pansies over Westminster-bridge )estertlay, 'fly vouch loaded, the perch broke, :me! tin• passengers were nrscipitateil with great violence to tie Several of . theist were much hruived. t /fir poor to an, a savor, was so morn hurt, that he was sill sole to walk. De was taken in the arms of to o men to a h o use near the spot. The retrains of the Rev. CU 411411 POT/ITS, brother to the Co 66666 CAS Dowager SPAIICER. were removed, on Monday, front her Ltayship's house ht Jertnyn-sleet, St. James's, to the mostly vault, in Berkshire, I.r interment. Der Ladyship's ride" Is:other, WILLIAM POYATT. Esq. died on Fridite. • .;. • SVPRIIIIII. • CALCUTTA, *he. NU DEit. The first trial that cause on, was that of Captain William Sheppard, ~,dieted fur the murder of Cap tain Phillips.. The following reported thy' trial, we copy from The thrisaris. The prisoner was brought to the baifiisedc , hearing yheinclictioent reed, he pleadbdlleat ghlik; A jury was then inaprinaelllnf, and a tlfysitairseee oar the,part of the Cionn were examimed by the Court. Clioyfun Bearer deposed—that one dal, in the mouth of October last, about six in the evening, he wits ordered by his master, Capt. Phillips, to bring Bird him red jacket, and to attend him with a han dier,. It was then. dusk. Capt. Phillips mounted his horse, and, attended by the is itiiess with the lan. thorn, proceeded nut of the fort, through the hospi. NI gate, and rode wwarriathe plain. A hearer in t he service of Mr. Smelt likewise accompanied them. Ilia master itt length halted under a tree, the largest its front of the hospital : and ordered the witness to go to anot;ier trce at a snort distance, where he should find • gentleman, to whom he should deliver Capt. Phillip • compliments, and say that he was come. He accordingly went to the tree, end found a gen tleman, attended by a Portuguese servant, mid some bearers. The gentleman asked him, who be was ? and on his replying that he was Contain Phil. lips's bearer, the gentleman mouuted his horse, and accompanied by his servants, attended him to the spot, where his master was waiting. Some conver sation then passed in English, which the witness did not understand. The strange gentleman dismount ed, and, after measuring twelve paces along the ground, called to his servant in Hindostauee for his pistols, which the servant accordingly gave, him. Caption Phillips's pistols had been carried by Mr. Smelt's bearer, from whom Captain Phillips bail taken cue of them. while on his way across the plain. This pistol Captain Phillips already held in his hand. By his master's order, the witness then placed the lauthoru on the ground, precisely in the middle space between the two cumin:tants. Some conversation then took place in English, which he did not understaild, and immediately de sired him to get away. Ile accordingly turned about, and was in the act of waking off, when in the . same instant, lie wasstopped by the report of the pistols. Foos the loudness of the seated, he be lieved aing two had been tired, thoolifirtine reports were so simultaneous, that he could tioaailistinguish them from ean'a other.—He immedisitely turned round, and saw his master stretened on titeground. The other gentleman cam s up . and ?taring felt Capt. Philli ps pulse, directed his people to place hiss iu the parakeets. He theta mounted his horse, and proceeded towards the fort, followed by the pe latikeeri and attendants. He tir4 west to his own quarters, which he entered, and then, returning immediately, directed the bearers to carry the pa lankeen to Dr. Orr's. The gentleman, however, did not accompauy them to Dr. Orr's, nor was he afterwards seen by the witness. In the course of these transactions, the witness had no distinct view of the strange gentleman's face, WO/ should he now be able to recognise bun. if he saw him. The wit ness attended the palaukeen to Dr. Orr's, who was not at home. They then proceeded to Captain Phillips's own Tarter*, and set down the palan keen to the bottle coattail. Presently the Siedar hearer Caine. mild openiug the door of the palan keen, found his master lying dead. The witness also looked into the palenkeen, and saw him dead. Upon this. the Sirdar bearer went to inform Capt. Philiiiis'a friend, Mr. Smelt. who happened to be dining in the fort. Mr. Smelt presently arrived, amosupenied by several other gentlemen ; they looked at the body, and. perceiving it to be per fectly lifeless, ordered the servants to carry it up stairs, and lay it on a bed, which they accord ingly did. lu answer to a question from Mr. Strmdell, Coausel fur the prisoner, the witness said, that he hid not know whether the strauge gentleman. after their,teturn to the fort, went to calf Dr. Cheese, or not. In answer to • question flop the Bench, he said, that lie saw a wound in Capt. Phillips's forehead, Lind the blood streaming down his breast, while he was lying in the pulanknen ; though, in consequence of the hurry and contusion. occasioned by the accident, he had perceved neither when he first weut up to Capt. Phillips on the ground. The next witness called was Peter de Cruz. • Portuguese, Steward to Limit. Col. Hardwicke. This witness deposed, thet he had known Cep'. Sheppard, the prisoner, for a considerable time, having seen him occasionally at his master's house. About a quarter past 5 o'clock, on a Saturday evening. in the mouth of October lest, he received ' an order from his master to go to Capt. Sheppard, who had some business for him ; he went accord iugly, and was desired by Captain Sheppard to attend him. Captain Sheppard then loaded his pistols in the presence of the %vitae's, and directed the witness to put them into his palankeen, and likewise to get into the palankeen himself. Cap tain Sheppard then mounted his horse, and the witness followed him in the patankeeu. It was now about ail in the eireoing, the night had set in, and they had no lights with them. They pro ceeded out, through St. George's gate. to a blight ed tree near the Hospital. There Capt. Sheppard dismounted, and ordered his syce to look under the tree. and .see if there was any person there. The syce did so. but could find no one, Captain Sheppard thou mid to the *anon. " I sin going to li g ht with. a grat t eman ,—ro u mast observe ,and recollect what we both say." This was the tint intimation of his purpose. which Captain Sheppard had given to the «moms. hi • few initiates after,* Witham was seen corning across the ground. The hisicalehre who earned it, came up and said to Cup tain Shepianl, that hi. master *MAIN' Min : Captain Sheopard and his attendants then went, as related by I. diothati, towards a green tree, close to Kidder pore rued. where the witness saw • a gentiessan,., • whom he did not then know, ,butisiltem lee after w.irds learned from the servants to have been Capt. Phillip*. On going up to lam. she gentleman ac costed Captaiii Sheppard. ponying, " is this 'yost friend whom yens brought with you?" mearmigose , the witness understood, the wanes hhohltir• %TO), this Captain Sheppard rejoined, n none of your pp- sofeace. Sir, upon the ground." The other servadtil were then orlereil W go away, but the witness re- . I - sr-1 •-•- nsaintd. Captain Sheppard measured 10 Incest (not 12. as etzted by Chuytun.) Captain Putiftpe , likewise paced over the ground. and on WM"' iug to his station, said, •' It will do very well." Opt. Phillips then asked the witness," When the moos would tire?" to whit h he replied," About I o'clock." Capt. Phillips then said, " Moottlig it. terjlarktinst, it all the same to me." Upeii Caw: 'ShiPpard Otetertesl os " We shalf ber able to see enclesalices facer by the light of the latithootn." which he riciiiiestlor'atiswer, 's It willdo very scell.W The witatiatiwaitliti standing betwreto the partied, 'with tht datrtlpro iu Per band. Captain .PhilliPtiasked his antagonist what was to be- the signal /sataliciiiit. Sheppard proposed that it should be given by keveilisit the huithorn. The witness accordingly stood by, with the Loaliorir raised to his baud. He saw both pistols presented; and, .04 soon as the parties told Ilan tliey were readv,lie dropped it, as directed. They tired precisely to • Beater; and at the ssme moment Capt. Pstillipe fell. The witneen went up, mud Raw that the belief load entered lus forebteul. Capt. Saepptird tikes wise earns up, and said, "Are you brut ?" Bet Capt. Phillips neither spr;ke nor moved. The hi... dy was then put into the patarikero; mid COUVergi towards the fort. The witness quitted it at the Artillery Barracks, and went home to Colons' Ilardwicke's. Mr. Strettell then aged the witness, whether the words used by Captain Phillips, shun 1 4 e salad . ' Captain Sheppard, if h e h a d brought his friettil with him, were spoken in a taisitting and tesulteig manner? To this the witness rephed iu toe wait - ;native. The next evidence adduced was Arthur Saseft, Esq. of the Hon. t;onipuit'a t'ivil S. rviee. The witness stated, that he lied been intimately ac quainted with Capt. Phillips, that their aertaira. mace commenced about six mouths ago, t u t that be knows of the differetice winch subsisted between Captain Phillips, and the Prisoner at the her. Bets ing asked by the Court whether he had ever inter fered in the quarrel? he said, that he had interfered a little, at Capt. Phillips's request. Ile waited en Capt. Sheppard, on themornin4 of the slay, on which the duel was fought, but did not recollect partieto. lady the convening 101 i which passed ;Capt.Sheppwrd appeared tie hihi so touch enraged, and art lunch bent on meeting Capt., Phillips, that he th•tu,':',.t it would be 'mete" to make any attempt at ion elhatieu.—Ou being 'asked by the Court, *the. tb4or. .he had any Teatime to suppose, that the wish for a meistingsswas Mutant on the pelt of qtyassia Pikitlips the tensile said, that he did not robo t s I 4.teselloo s lay.Str s Henry Russell. "In the co urse of ypur coeur e r s ati o n with Capt.Sneppard, did you leans any purticialate s regarding the origin Of eaten: of the quarrel?".. Witness-sus /Adak * acme particelars were men. tioned." r • Sir H. Russell - " State to the Jury what passed between you." Witness--" I noticed to Capt. Sheppard some expressions, affecting Capt. Phillips's character, which Copt. Sheppard had tattered at linen. Bad- • he's table ;—to which Capt. Sheppard replied, that he did not recollect luiviag used any such ex- • praetor's." Sir Henry Russell. "itis of the utmost consequence that the Jars alMuld know the whole of the conversation, which passed between you and Captain Siteppard.—You went to Captain Seep peed, did you mot. with the intention of eedreveur ing to effect a reconciliatiou ,P [The witness nßni -6ed his asseat.] It was a highly laudable purpose on your part. You hoe not e,t stated, however, what proposals you conveyed to Captain Sheppard. nor how you commenced your conversation with him on the subject of the quarrel." Witness " I told him, that I waited on him, by CaptaisrPhiltips'is request to say. that, ea Cap nun Sheppard hod wit him w challenge, he erns r ea dy to meet him--.l'n this Captain Sheppardre plied, that he had not been able to procure a Se cowl }•-•11e had asked several of his friends to go oat with him, but they had all refused. I wiriest tine by UO means to go cut without one." On further interrogation by the Court. the wit. nem said, that the • igket part of the conversa tion, which he recollected, was that above noticed, touching the expresskins mad by Captain Shep pard at General Baillie's table, which the waists, stated to Captain Sheppard to have been highly detriniental to Captain Phillips's character. Tii.2 expressions were to this effect :—" that Captain Phillips's conduct in separating trent his wife hail beets isifamoos."—The witness thinks, that nothing further passed on the occasion. Sir Ileury Ilussell. This is realy very incoms prehenteble.—You are deputed by Captain Phillips to wait upon Captain Sheppard. in consequeuce of a challenge which Captain Phillips had reeeited from him.—You go to Captain Sheppard, for ti.c purpose of endeavouring to effect a reconciliation, and then, Sauteed of entering Os. the subject. which had given occasion to Capt. Sheppard's challesige. your conversation is exclusively canlined to canines expressions used by Captain Sheppard, *hick were ctkulated to provoke a challenge from Captniii Phillips. Cats you recollect nothing that led to the mention of these expreesimis ? some other --.'io n must certainly have passed in the brat .] .d • instance." - Witness. 4. I have no recollection alley thing furder." Sir Henry Ituseell. .. Did as aceessetsatiou pass !seta-esti you, respecting the cause of Captain Sheppard's challenge ?" %Vetoes's. a Ido ant recollect any." Sir Henry Russell. .• Inu went to Capts . as Sheiipard, with the view of esideavouriag to ISA il kt up the quarrel. Did you make say attempt to that .effect ?" IVitoess. • • 4 Captain Sheppard spocurc.l :4 muck enraged, that I thought n would be to lis, . • PWPIPPr• . • lent I-lanrj lltes4elL. .. This is al! very usii.stel -liptele fo the Court. Flout the whole evideacer which we hells heard hitherto, it would were. that the prcrivossion had been gieru by Captain 5!...ip.. . . pied; ysi•l:sptaktiehepparri is the party a:6° , lmA* . , the challenge ; en Captain Shepiserd appeased. to you to be so much - irritated. that you can . .. Jared all atternpts it aniciliatiou hopeless. From wliwel did' yoe info+. that Captain lillepvard was in t 1.0% stets of tit:tattoo ? Was it from his gestures or lona • . . • . . . - ..... OA ?,,i - ' 1 5. - : . ',. ; ' 1 4.. d. ) 7 vo.. 1. ( . ..( 5. -- ,--- ;: -.„,.....VN , 1 i .., . `%* - 1: i n -re , ''' . % ~.. THE cOUtt T. •