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ave nn *OPAL FRAmr. nburi4 ley cut in eze CZE , cry iau EA: IV% Ty Era- ala[R. eatOZS'y af. incirma- r.s Ca and R. one, niva; •. MO4 31 A hn re to rery of Ca. , (orbit t liar 3( ;inn lour rt to ....1. ic2.l h.! sit; y rwIL ire t :•, of t:a. knot sa- nt him. to hare lazy in c.. Do itternr: het the, )eit. e ling •.• r wijl-1 imenl• Ja I !, (h. •I 'l c , all .• vote Lnrkb rvi"rol rce th R ..m ; ~•~ trtt! ri nCe. of q.,li WEYStr)ETII. OCC. :6. esterd i ay the ROYAL PAary had 3 most charm ing aquatic excursion. The weather was remarkably fine, and the ships stood to the eastward. A very s trong breeze arose, which detained the Royal Yacht at smseveral hours later than the time His )f AJES r y was expetted ; and it was with the greatest difficulty Sir I la aav BURSA gm NCALE could :each the shore of Weymouth: ilte wind was so s: tong, that some if the ships did not arrive till eleven o'clock. The rest were driven so tar to sea, that they did not re turn till between six and seven o'clo. k this morning . Last night the comedy of ens has his Fault, and the burletta of TOM Th were, by command of Their MAJESTIES, performed for the benefit of Mr. and Mrs. FA Sheri. Some apprehensions were entertained for the safety of His filairsr sr, as he bad not arrived on shore at the time expelled. On the entrance of His MAJESTY into the Theatre, the audience were quite rejoiced to see him, and he was received with a burst of applause. The whole per formance went off extremely well. This morning, about seven o'clock. His MAJESTY, accompanied by the Generals and their Staff, rode on his beautiful charger to Rodney Pool Hill, and reviewed th • Flying Artillery lately arrived : they are a fine corps, and well disciplined. On the arrival of His MAJESTY upon the ground, a Royal Salute was fired. The various evolutions, the same as praetised in aaual battle, then com menced ; the advancing and retreating were per ' formed with very great corteaness. His M J LST v, the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, and all the Generals, spoke in the highest terms of their steady and sol dier-like conduit. The whole gave general satis faation to His MAJESTY, and His MAJESTY was pleased, through the means of his Aid-dc-Camps, to return his thanks to the Officers. This morning, the Princess SoPHIA of Goouc so us bathed. Soon after breakfast, the ROYAL FAMILY pre . payed for sea, accompanied by Earl PAULLT. ford WALSINGHANII, Lord CHARLES SIUART, Lord Iltmoi s avt, Ladies (;.1 Bocict.ry, EXSKINE, E. Tu'vio,:., W. PAULZT, and Mr. PITT. This morning the Earl of Lissa'frac left this place for London. Mr. P►TT is expe3ed to leave us to-morrow. KENSINGTON P.ILICE. This pleasant and corweniens Royal Residence, among other improvements, is to he enlarged by an additional wing. Report states, that it is to he the alxxle of the Princess of W A Les ; and that all these repairs and preparations are for the reception of this Royal tetrant The LORD CHAMBERLAIN has given up his apartments it. the Palace to the Hon. Captain Pa (AT, SOB of the Earl of UXI3dIDGE. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS IN TOWN. La(fy Caltlarape, from WYTtilillg, to her hoot._ Lt G•o-vc mmr. square. Hun. Mr. Monson, from ILartoo, to hbt father'. boom-, Seskitour FASIIIOXARLE DY.PARIVRES PROM Wow!.. Mr. North, to York 11.)toc, With, upon a viiit to hi, father, the Iligboia of Wittelt,ter.• Ltd M.icartney, from Carz in street, to hi. Villa, Chis wick. Tile Duke of Montrose, to ".!• - ntloc Cattle, Stirling The Ilichess of DON ET and lord return tins day tram Ditchiej Park, to their seat near Sev , -11 CAtics, in Kent. The Earl (4 D.Gitv has arrived at his seat at Sher'rorne Castle, horn Ireland. Mr. CA:at:Lt., the hanker, late of Lcmhard street, has taken a hops: in Chuges-str, et, Pic cadilly.. - Loyd Dovcrtas will retr..tin until Clui.tmas, at Bothwell Castle, Scotland. "11;e Sarre) , Subscriplion Pack of rot TT-r a nds, late ;y Mr. Snow's, are now under the mirage. meat of the I lonourable Mr. NE\ 11.1 v. 'Their hunting thys are fixed fur Mondays, l'hutsd.;ys, , and Sazntdays. The Lady of General Duisa, accompanied by another fetnalo, wt re overturned it, the General's carriage, last Wednes.hy, backvirte.sTre-t, tin. PoitunatAy none of the Lasin.: re,eived any other injury beyond watt was otc4sioned by their fright. . Amon7 the favourite dances announced for our svintrr bats, arc the fic. demne Jr,. the Pi. At (1..• .;•erid Neenah,, and the Conbe•Don... '.lac. M AssF v has a set/riven , from the venerable Marquis, of 12001. a year. She has not yd eloped from him. Report states that Lt:ctry BONAPARTE has fallen in lave with a beautiful Hibernian, from the banks of the Shannon. Mr. ‘VROUtaITOI4. the Manager of Drury-lane Theatre, is gone to Liverpool to recommence tlus zw,tociation with roe." , R,isr,‘e, or rather to s:•ttle .• dispute respeeing his engagement. ATFORD, Manager of the Salisbury Thr. tr.., has obtained the grant of a permission to per form with his company at Gibraltar. Tie dinner given on Friday se'nnight, on the pre sentation of Colours to the Ludlow Infantry, in Oakley Park, the seat of Earl l'ow's, consisted of a thousand pounds weight of beef, eight sheep, five calves, twelve hams, twelve tongues, sixty couple of Jowls, numerous venison pasties, and raised par tridge pies, with a great prolusion of puddings, damson, and apple pies, there being no 1- , s than cart load of apples used in the latter article. On Thursday last, issies Mim‘a for the third time, sworn into the t .ice of Mayor of the borough of Thetford for the year on which occasion a very elegant chimer was c oven at the T own -h a ll, at w hi ch were present Lord 'Jou!. rirzitov, Lord REA V (COlOO,l of the Loyal North tritons), Sir Whs. A t TII A Al, &c. &C. The desert, which • as very grand, receivi-4.1 ;In additional flavour, in conseivience of its being serveJ tip by the well known fair Pomona of th it town. As a mark of erns for the e:orthy Mao , ear s the h o, Lid, Voluntee7s arten•ird. and r:: e. ;i she eort;:laity, by playing stverai their accustomed excels-ace. LICENCES. Yesterday, the Justices for the Tower Hamlets met at the Court House in \Wileluse.square, for th ,, purpose of granting Licences in the said distria for the ensuing year. Among others that were ap plied for, _ Mr. Asdey, jun. petitioned their Worships to grant him a licence to perform those kind of enter tiiiirnents at the Theatre in Well -street, Wellelose squAre, which be usually performs during the sum rm:r months at his Amphitheatre, over Westminster Bridge. As soon as this application was made known; Dr. Thelwall rose, and, after a few prefatory words, presented a petition to the Magistrates against granting the said licence to Mr. Astley, jun. The petition was read from the Bench by one of the Magistrates; and the general purport of it was, an obje&ion to such entertainments, as strongly and deeply injurious to the cause of morality, and highly incentive to the commission of all kinds of vice ; viz. impiety, fornication, adultery, thievery, robbery, burglary, and almost every other crime to which heman nature has ever been supposed to be instigated by the arch enemy and deceiver of man kind,. Mr. ALL tv, the Counsel, was also heard against it, and made a short 2tgument on the general words of the Stat. 10 Geo. 11. which prohibits plays, operas, farces, or older exlertainments of the stage, without a licence. The Magistrates were, however, of opinion, that the law had long been settled as to the operation of the general words of that statute ; and as the petition was founded only on a general supposition of the tendency of such entertasnments, without any evi dence ct . such consequences having aaually result ed from them, they granted the licence to Mr. Astley, jun. ; there being twenty-three for it, and only ten against it. INTENDED DUEL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. SlR—An incorrell account having appeared in a paper of Saturday last. respelling a meeting which was to have taken place between Mr. Bolton and Mr. E. Brooks, I feel myself called upon to state the Gas to the public as concisely as the circum stances will admit: After some discussion on Tuesday the 9th inst. between Mr. T. J. Parke. as the friend of Mr. Bol ton, and myself, as the friend of Mr. E. Brooks, a meeting was demanded by the former (it being then five o'clock in the afternoon), and was fixed to take place in three quarters of an hour, at the east end of Mather's dam. The time and place were proposed by Mr. Parke, an dac ceded to by me. He h.tv ng agreed to be guided by my watch, as he had not one with him; Mr. Brooks and myself proceeded to the place appointed in a hackney-coach, and arrived at the north-west end of the field, where the dam is situ. aced. at a quarter before six o'clock precisely ; the darn is not one minute's walk from the place where we alighted, so that we were at the ground cer tainly at fourteen minutes before six o'clock, and proceeding down the eastern side of the dam, where we could command a view of every part of it. We remained on that ground for the . apace of one hour, without seeing any thing of the parties we expected. We then returned to Liverpool. in the same coach, which had waited for us, during this pet ; and a few minutes after my parting with Mr. Droiks, in order to see Mr. Parke; the littgisuntei interfered, and bound over the different parties. Should it be necessary, I have testimony of an unquestionable nature, to corroborate the above statement. (Signed) IL MAXWELL, Lieut.-Col. Livlr,.noi, 05. 1804. CORONER'v IA QUEST. Yesterday, an inquest was held at the Goat public house. Pall-Mall, before Aa THONY Get 1., Esq. Coro. Der. upon the body of Mrs. Aln , gareg 114 m, who threw herself out of an upper wiad.ow, in Pall-Mall Court, on Monday night List, of which we gave sane account in our pa:oer of yesterday. It appeared, upon the evidence of Rebecca Bates, a servant of Muoray's, of Pall-Mall Court, who was son-in-law to the deceased, that the deceased had been fo.. many yeats is a state of childhood, or derangement of mind, and had frequently made use of very incoherent language, imagining she was con fined in a strange pl.!ce, and desiring to be permitted to go home. About three weeks ago, she took fits, and was quite deranged in mind after them; but for this last fortnight, she was growing better, and on Monday evening (the night of the fatal accident), she appeared much better than usual; she was fie rittenily in the habit of getting out of bed, in the middle of the night, and would so lose herself in the d irk, the servant would be obliged to get a light, art put her to bed again. On Monday night last, she was put to bed about eight o'clock, which was her usual hour; no one saw her afterwards, as it was not usual to go into her room, after she went to bed. While the deponent and her fellow-servant were at their supper in the kitchen, about half pot ten (o'clock, they heard a groan in the street, and upon running to the hall door, they discovered the deceased, suspended by the iron rails, in a most shocking situation; they procured help, and she was immediately taken off, and carried to her room. Mr. Philips, the surgeon, was sent for, who instantly came ; she was fully satisfied the deceased did not know what she was about, when she committed the deed. Mr. John Philips, of Pall Mall, surgeon, stated, that he was called in, about halt-past ten o'clock on Monday night. lie found the deceased in bed, with her garters and stnckiogs on, which he under stood was her usual custom. Upon examination, he found her left thigh very badly fraltured, and took nut several pieces of bone ; she had a large wound in her roin, which was occasioned by a spike she !la.( Et;ira upon ; and also a compound fraCture in two parts of bet left arm ; she was sufficiently sen sible to complain of her wounds, and frequently cried out for help ; he intimd her past all assistance, and remained with her until she expires!, which was in about an hour and an half after the circumstance took place; there was no doubt whatever, but that the i'j•try she had sustained, by falling on the spikes. WAS the cause of her death. The Jury, without hes;tation, found their Vcr. d;it --Thqt the :rat deranged Ix ru.*J ci Ilse Lime of te,wiog her"lf oat of Ms bitedow. P . 01,10 E. OUBLIC.OFFSCE. BOVY-STPZET CNILD STEALIN(i At a late hour on Tuesday night, Catherine Gar diner, an', aged woman, was hrought !More IsTs- C!101. AS BS)Nn. Esq. and Sir WILLIAM PARSONS, charged with decoying Daniel Jones, an infant only tour years of age, away, .with an intent to veal his clothes. The infant's father is a master bricklayer, and 'asides in Newcastle-street, StranJe On Tuesday evening, between five and six o'clock, the infant was at play with a number of other children in the neighbourhood sA his father's house, when the Prisoner went among them, kissed and shook hands with most of them, and they all ap peared willing to be sociable srith her, except Daniel Jones, and he was very shy of her ; but she paid more attention to him, which was occasioned, it is supposed, from his being dressed better than the others, but he was very shy of her : she asked him to go along with her, but he refused ; she at length took him up in her arms by force, and cov,•red him over with her cloak and gown; he screamed and cried very much, but she endeavoured to console him, by telling him she was going to take him to have some cakes, ,but which did not pa cify him, and he continued to scream and cry so much that it attraeted the attention of the persons paging, and among them were Mr. Stock, a tailor, and neighbour of the child's parents, who very properly interfered, and desired her to let the child go, but she refused, saying the child's crying was no business of his, as she was the mother of it. This dispute, and the child crying, attracted a number of persons rou.id them, and it being near the Navy Coffee-house, Mr. Maurice, the proprie tor, came out, who likewise recolleCtel the child, and knew the parents; but the Prisoner, in the most im pudent manner, persisted that the child was her's ; but this dispute was soon put an end to by Elizabeth Dale, a servant of the parents, accidentally passing by at the time, and claiming the child, when it was taken from the Prisoner by force, and Mr. Maurice insisted upon her being taken to the Office. What_ adds to the depravity of this unfeeling wretch, according to her own account, she has had ten children. She was committed for further examination, on a charge of stealing a great coat, white frock, flannel petticoat, a shirt, and the shoes and stockings which the infant had on. Yesterday morning, Henry Iroottfor4 Ricisivd ffillioto4 and John Car, were brought belnre Ammo Ga.tit u. Esq. under the Police AA, charged with being reputed thieves. It appeared that the Prisoners were observed on Tuesday night. by the link-boys attending at the Haymarket Thea tre, during the performance for the ben e fit o f M r . Bannister, to be hustling several gentlemen who were comiag out of the Boxes I who very properly gave information to the constables belonging to the Theatre, and, by the exertions of Gregory. they were all secured. Anthony, the officer, recognised Woodford to have been concerned in hustling Hammersly's clerk, some time since, and picking his pocket of Oxford bark notes, to the amount of between two and three thous an d pouudis, Tbe_sanseafficc-,-recs.goLett Mi llard to be a reputed thief. Adkins, the officer, said he saw Cole tried at the last Lent Assiz:s, for picking a !tent kman's p oc k e t o f hi s p oc k e t-b oo k, at GreatlsLirlow Fair. It likewise appeared, that they belong to Bid Seetner's gang of pickpockets, who daily Infest the streets of London; and it gives us great sand:4lou in being able to state, that they were all committed as reputed thieves. MARL BOILOUGII•STILEET. Yesterday, at this Office, Mariq, a black female servant charged her mistress, a very elegant look ing young lady, with robbery and assault ; she stat that Cies:,r, her black fellow -servant, when leaving town with his master, gave his trunk con taining his clothes into her care, and that Mistress in sisted on taking it from her, and sent it away in spite of her; upon remonstrating with her, Mistress struck her and used her very ill. The young lady in her defence said, that she ha,l taken Maria out of charity ; she had been a negro slave, and discharged by her late mistress, without any friends to recommend her. She had had seve ral letters from Czsar's master, directing that she would send his cloaths, as he did not know how long he should be absent, and wished particularly that Cesar should have his livery; when she was about to follow these direltions, Maria abused her grossly, refused to give up the trunk, and threatened to swear a robbery against her, if she took them. The Lady was then discharged, and the Magis trate, having given the black woman a severe repri raand for her ins.lence to her kind mistress, advised that she should b.: paid whatever wages might be due to her, and be dismissed. Boston Papers to the 17th of September, furnish no additional faits respecting the state of the nego ciation between Spain and America. From St. Do mingo it is mentioned that General I con duets himself with more policy than his predecessors LE CLEMC and !Iceman' @eau, and that he is tolled ing French troops horn various quarters to strengthen the district he holds. lltssat iNss, on the other hand. II:55 sworn not to leave French or Spanish soldier alive in the Island in :he cburse of a month ; and the warfare is likely u , be attended on both sides with circumstances nut less shocking to humanity than those which have already stained the history of that unhappy colony. Lieutenant-Colonel HA a or, of the Loyal White chapel Volunteers, means to add a Rifle Company to that respectable Corps. The Officers are to be ballutted for by the members composing the Com pany, who have a book in the Orderly Room, in the l'enter-Ground, Goodman's Field., to receive signatures. A great number of respectable Jews about that place have made offers of service. Monday morning the Maidstone, :Medway, Cran• brook, and Staplehurst Volunteers as.:emblect npon Coxheath, and were there brigaded by Lieutenant- General the Earl of CHATHAM '1 he Hoe being formed, was covered by the Maidstone Rifle Coln • pany extended in front, and after going through se veral movements, under the direetion of Major-Gen Lord G•ot, each Corps retired to their respeetive homes. The LORI, Li turvs•Nr, Major-G nerds FINCI4, TVIORNTON, and Hay, were present on th,: occasi• -, n, and the %%hole expiessed much satisfactiun at their appearance. TIIE TURF. NF%VkAkKEt SECOND OCTOBER MEEiiNd TUSSDAV, LlCT ,, ttli 16. Fifty Pounds for 2-yr. old colts, carrying Bst. 21b. Fillies Bst. 2-yr. old C. Mr. br. c W Warty ' out of Re.:ruit'a darn . 1 Mr. 1..w14 , 131. h. 1. sistnr to lfannihal . 2 Ni. C 11 inbi.r)'s b. c. by Magic . . Mr. lowortle. br, c. Tramper, by Whiskey Mt J. Ethvaril.'s Sr. f Jessamy, by D...4pirsi Gen. Snarrow's L. e. Fthonr, by Truni,Jater . • Mr. Warcd,'s br. c. Caplet, by Overton, darn by Mark Mr. Mellish's b. c. Tetotum, by Hambletoniau. Mr. Galway's b. c. by Young W.or.d,,ecker Mr. Lake's br. c. by Whiskey, out of a .cater to Telegraph. . The Judge could place only three. Thirty to IS agst. Waxy —l3 to 8 ag st. Magic-6 to 1 agst. Fathom-10 to 1 agst . Capias. The Second Year of a Renewal of the October o.it lands Stakes. B M. Mr. Wyndham's Marianne, 6 yr. old. Sat. 101 b. . 1 Fa F. Staorlisn's brother to Stamford, 4-yr. old, B.t. :Jib. I Mr. Hlworth% Julia, 5 yr. old, bst 41h. ::: Mr. Lake's Giles, 6:yr. old, lliti.2lb. . 4 D. or Graftutt's he. Nic, 5-yr. old, 7st. 81b. . . Nine to 4 apt. Marianae.-4 to 1 asst. Julia-9 to 4 apt. Giles-5 to 1 agst. Pic MC. D of Grafron's c. by Pot Sos, out of Minion, Vit. sib. best Farcmont's e. Dismal, by Precipitate, out ut Tag, Sit. Access the Flat, 2 )op. h. ft. Even betting. Mr. Wastell's Lumbago, Ist. flh. apt. Mr. WiWei C. by Waxy, out at it earwer dam, 2 yrs. old. ;St. o yr. old e. 50p. A dent Five to 4 on Lumbago. Mr. Ladbroke's f. ',river, out of Frdt a low', ree. fro= Mr. Braitthwayt's e by Pegasus, daiit by Eltiawglo, Bat ca:b. Two yr. old c. 5Up. b. ft. 0 BURY, Ocr. Our Fair, notwithstanding the disadvantage of the times, and several nato.e.trd local circumstances that operated aainst it, was last week well att e nd e d. The Plays and Balls had their share of support ; but the Musical Festival by no means met with the encourageMent it deserved, although the abilities of the several performers, particularly the female vocal ones, Miss Parke and Miss Corey, are highly spoken of; and received, as they merited, the most un bounded applause. Novelty is the great source of atm:adios on these occasions, but their frequency of late years has much tended to diminish tip effe.t in the country; and those :who pass flinch of their time in the vortes of the metropolis (where they are often satiated with Oratorios and Concerts before the sea son is elapsed) are but poor supporters of them ont of that meridian, in which a display of dress, mote than a taste for music, is frequently the prini..ry tab jea.—lndeed, there is every probability that this species of amusement would answer batter in the second than the first week of this generally wells frequented mart. The Assembly Room, whys is fitted up in a style of taste and elegance not infetiorAn any in this country, made on Friday night a mon brilliant ap pearance, and was nearly filled with company, up wards of 315 being present, which was within twenty of the number on the same eveniag last year, one of the Ittilestnights ever remembered. Among those of rank and fashion were olsserveal the Duchess of Grafton and three daughters, Marquis Cornwallis, Earl and Countess of Bristol, Lord and Lady Louisa Brisme, Lord and Lady Hinchinghroke, Lord and Lady Castlereagh, Dowager Lady Templetown, and her daughter the Hoes. Miss Upton. Lord and Lady Rous, Lord Waldegrave, Lord John Fitzroy. Lady Mary Penfold, Lady Charlotte Goold, Sir Thonno and Lady Cullum, Sir Gilbert and L.tdy Afleck Sir William and Lady Rowley, Lady Blake, the two Lady Gages, Sir Charles Banbury, the Dean o: Worcester and Miss Onslow, Mr. and the Hon Mrs. Singleton, Mr. anti Mrs. Gooch, Mr. and Mrs Jerningham, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Smythe. Mr. ant Mrs. Acton, Mr. Howard, &c. &c. and in shot every person of consequence eonnedled with the tows and county. The balls, however, were not regu fated with their usual exaktness, owing to the ab sence of the two Stewards, and no persons snpplyi nf their places; from which cause, through the defec tiveness of a proper introdueion, many a bl.aomin; fair one had to lament the want of a partner in th sprightly dance.' The Earl of Bristol was so highly gratified wit the elegant simplicity of the New Assembly an Supper Rooms, and with their conveniences an accommodations, that he has, with great liberalits given up the share he had in them as a proprieto: and ordered his subscription of 31,1. to be paid t the fund for furnishing and fitting them up. Miss Parke, with Mr. Nield and Mr. Sale, ter kindly volunteered their services for the benefit 4 the charity•schools. at St. James's Church, on Stu day morning; and Miss Corey followed their e: ample at St. Mary's, in the afternoon, which toe siderably aided the colle3ion. Last week was married, in Cambridgeshire, JA GORDON, a Serjeant in His Majesty's se Miss NANCY Pi i CRS A, with a fortune of • Miss P. Wds in the constant habit of attending evening parade, where the tine figure and marl appearance of the Seajeant, added to the adro• ness with which he performed the military m niziivres, made a deep impression on her tend ai.d unsuspecting heart. She was not hing in di closing her passion to him : for one evening a fries of her's called the Serjeant from Parade, and a quainted him with her inviolable attachment. T gallant son of Mars, who had fought and bled the defence of his country, anticipated the envi pleasure of spending the remainder of his days the arms of beauty, ant: in the enjoyment se 4: metric and conjugal felicity, and immediately ekes .rich the proposaL The first-drawn Ticket yesterday morning, N 9,362, entitled to 10,0001. was sold in one Half a eight Sixteenth Shares, at the Office of Sw ire a. Co. in tie P9altry, where the Ticket, No. 19,008 • Prize of 1,0;.:01. in the present Lottery, was also w in Shares. tempts ion of the pment I.ottery ‘Vheel too mmy manifest advantages to be misted 21,00 J,, for the first-di-Awn Picket neat T.lesd; Three of 21,000 t. two of 5,n00,1. two of I,eool. of Isiond comparison, there • being of three Drat: tog 1)1:-I. As long as Tickets Sh can be ;:roc;:ted, Iloafssav and Co. No. : Imse Wein uu Sale. r. !ot. !St (.. e ptiol duna g owere,, ) !fl 1:4 11J; &there 3 , hot. ;iilaf•; e H;';• Pape% to e:e