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3RIGH7'OIf, Auourr 12. To give a description of the interior of the Pavi gen, is not within the limits of a letter. Tim deco rations are ill in the Egyptian style ; the beauty of the lustre., the refletllion of the tii:rrors and the Fir:l - of the illuminations, and the playing of the band, attra3ed such crowds, that all the avenues were filled with speaators. The dinner was in the usual style of magnificence. At ten o'clock the PRINCE, th • Itiv •a. Duxes, all in uniforms, and the whole Rov St. PA wr v, entered the hall-room, which was honoured with the presence of every rersnn of dis tinction here. The Duchess of Miser. nosonon, Mar chioness of HEADFORT, Earl of PETER BOROUGH, and Lord VILLIERS, in addition to those I have . 0 often named to you. At nne o'clock the supper was annon nced, which cons sted of every &bogey the coon could produce. The decorations of the tables .I. nr ed the greatest taste, nor were the arrange ments without doors less judicious: all the avenues were guarded to avoid intrusion from those who did not attend the hall. It is computed eight hundred fashionable! were present. At two o'clock His Roy AL lirottnrss retired. and at four the rooms were cleared. In addition to the usual band, the Prince's played all night at the Castle ; the town wis one blaze of light ; the most conspicuous were Mr. T*4 A nsolo's library, a beautiful transparency, end the letters G.P.W. headed three columns, en circled with coloured lamps ; hir.W t Lxes's library ; Mr. BARRAN°, the fruiterer, South-row, Steyne ; tbe castle, play house, coach afi , es ; indeed, every person vied in the b:illiancy of their illuminations. A brilliant star, with 4. Long live the Prince of Wales," was the prevailing device. Nor must hlrsiGLOlat's ball and supper he forgot; it was given at the Golden Cross, and nurrer oisly attend ed by ail the Naiads ant Tritons of the place. Good hit moor and conviviality prevailed,•though some ill natured wag, who could not get admittance, thrust the head of a poor &Mary through the window, who added his musical sounds to those of the fiddle. Kitty ladies were refused admittance to the ball at the Castle, from not having confirmed to the rule pre scribed by the Master of the Ceremonies. The head dress was a wreath of flowers : the hair Grecian ; and a comb with the Prince's plume co the back. TUESDAY. This morning beautiful ; and crowds of battlers ; one gentlemen, swimming _with his hat nn, has drawn many s,nvot•ators. Mr. ELLIST:JN i; expect ed to play Sir Edward Mortimer, in The Iron eked, hete to-morrow night. At three o'clock, this viter rmon, five finn.lreA iif the Gloucester Militia assem bied on the parade, with their canteens and great coats, and tot med in marching order • the Earl of &MISTILY was present. His Royal the Duke of Cis A ENCE, accompani‘,l iiy Earl CR A vLs, then arrived, when the troops were m o died to Ma:- borough-field, followed by ten pack-horses, a cart filled with intrenching tools, and an empty wag gon. They immediately pitched thirty-six tents, then struck them, pm them into the waggon, pack id up the tools, re-loaded the pack-horses. and t eturned to their parade within half an hour. All the troops Isay, orders to be ready at the signal yon ; the Ar tillny are to proceed to the battery without the form of rausterin4 at their usual parade. All is ac tivity and promptitude here. The Earl of BA It v siosE give a breakfast and concert this morning ; there was some delighful singing; he also has a din ner party. The &eyne is very •full of company, and the music playing over DoN•tosoa's Library. The Robe of Csaar%ce and the Duke of Ma et.- /JROUGII wet; watOug together. The Pa 'see has a party at the Pavilion to-day; he Las been out airing. Captain Et.tis and his beautiful bri Ie ; and Mr. CORNWALL ELLIS.' his brother, arrived here yester day, in two carriages and four, and were at the bail. The Cygnet siring of war sailed for the Downs in th • night. Mr, Lt. iJitosroti gives a grind dinner 'hit 4:13y, SOUTHEND, Au.. IS. This place is at present so full of company, that visions find it very difficult to procure beds either h-re or in ;'htsolirin:,.., villages. The weather is deli:tie Inky line, and draws out all the beauty of the alace. Mrs. bi 'Alp:nos has arrived here on a visit to Lay HAMILTON on the Terrace. "Et earrare pares, et reap ,vl-re paratse. • They were at the Theatre last night to witness the representation t.f " Inkle and Yarioi," *. Lo eat goarsels, and " Who's the live?' in which the per formers eseTted themselves very successfully. At the :hi of the play, MTS. TROTTEN, who performed the charaiter of ‘Vevai with infinite spirit, intes sk: •d, atter the song of Goa Sage the Cog. a couple of additional stanzas in compliment to the birth-day of His Royal Highness the Prince of WA ca.— msi k of respeet and attention was highly ap plauded by the audience. On all such occasions, the pet I„• in-rs ate very much i idebted to the kind ness of L sly 11A i.cos, who omits no opportu ni•r r.t te.ilfyinz her approbation, and the audience are of case se too gallant, not to enlist with alacrity, under the batmess of so lovely a leader, and excel lent a judge. Mrs. Enter:am, of whose talents some speak very loudly, is this evening to deliver, at the Assembly- Room, her Gleanings of Amy, consisting of Read ings, Recitations, and Songs. The company will, no doubt, be very numerous, as this Lady's perform ance is patronised for this night by Lady HAMM- TnN, as well as many other Ladies of distinction, whose appearance would at any time be sufficient to attract the attendance of even a more numerous suite of Beaus, than are at present at Southend. The heat of the infant comic 110 , Clitt engaged here, was last night announced at the theatre here for to-morrow. The parts he is to pet form are those ofJr6ef and Lingo. After the entertainment at the Assembly-room this evening, Lady HAIIILTOU gives a ball, at which will be present the greatest part, if not all, at the taskonable visitors. Amsngst the late arrivals are, Lieutenant Colo ad DuitNroao, Mrs. BILLINOTON, Rev. Mr. W•- ty• Rev, Mr. OLIVER, Mr. MISIZT, Mrs. Batts, MLLWAID, &c. kc. • RULICIL PtiLIC orrice. 113W-STMT. DUELLING. A few days since, the Baron D'l-nbert, a Fr'• ch Naval Officer, exhibited articles of the peace against !lenry Gardane and Emilien Manelti, two other French gentlemen, for challenging him to fight a duel. The Sitting Magistrate, understanding the cause of dispute to originate about public affairs, issued summonses instead of warrants. The pirties did not attend, agreeable to the sworn oases, host their attorneys did. This was nat satista 'Tory to the Baron. On Tuesday, Mr. BOND kited a warrant for their apprehension, which was gives to loth my to execute. Yesterday, all the parties attended be fore a full bench of Magistrates, consistin•; of Messrs KINNAIRD, ROSIsISON. ItZAD, end NAISH. The hearing occupied from one to three o'clock, during which time much recrimination passed nn both sides, boils on charges of a political, as well AS of a pri vate nature. They were attended by their soh. citors, as well as•a number of friends. Lord Minto was among them, and stated hiss knowledge of the parties, and that it arose from the surrender of Toulon to this country. The Baron, upon that occasion, as well as several times since, bad rend ned particular vices to this country ; hut his Lordship considered him of a very irritable tern per, and he had been frequently involved in ahsputes. His Lordship spoke particularly of his kit Arledge of Henry Gardane, havieg transaaed 4 d-41 of bun nest with him, and consideded loin ♦ery harmless' and mild in his temper. His Lordship likewise spoke in favour of Emitien Martelli. The Magistrates, after a very foil and patent hearing of the parties, and their solicitors, both in French and Esglish, thought it ri.eht, from what came out, to hold all the parties ta keep the peiece, themselves in Qiiol. and two sureties in 1001 cads. Lerd Minto offered to be hail far Henry Ctrdane and klmilien Martelli not being provided wi:h a se cond friend, his Lordship observed he knew his fa mily very well, and would, if agreeable to the Ma gistrates, likewise become bail lir him, which was, of coarse, eccep:ed. The Baron's solicitors were admitted his bail. ..... The recrigni ;antes were ordered by the '.l tgis trate: to be returned 'he first day of next Term, in the Court of King's tiench. PICK"OCK FTg. In conseciaeoce of tvery assemblage of cool pany being et peeted at Vauxhall Gardens on the Prince of Wales's Birth-night, Mr. Perkins, the Manager, engaged Anthony, Rivets, and Donald son, to attend, to prevent depreda ions by the dar ing gangs of pickpockets. In the immense crowd that was colleAed round the Water-Kate, about nine oieloik, they observed a fellow, a well knovin charatier, named Junes Hent alias Butler, whom they apprehended, and took to the Vauxhall Cage, the rest of his gang m ade their escape throitgli the crowd. A Gzntleman, who was in the Gardens, said he had his pocket picked, had notice to attend the Office on Tuesday morning ; but he not appear ing, Mr. 841415, the Sitting' Magistrate, ordered him to be sent am hoard the. Tender, but he was loom! to he toe/ ola to he admitted. Yesterday he Was, in consequence, brought to the Office Again, when Mr. KINN•IIID, very properly, committed him as a refintei thief, ender the Police Aft, to Horsemonger-LineGaol. This fellow was brought to the Office on a similar ehartte on the last Queen's Binh-slAr, charged with heing con cerned with two frma'e pickpockets of the name of Blakeman and lentlal. The Rev. Twos. PKIEST IL Y. of fleacham, was found guilt', of a libel on the charafter and memnry of the late Rev. STYLEMAN, at the late Norw7ch Assizes.. According to account; which Dr. Di Ca moo, of Vienna, has received from the E:tst Indies, no less than 143,810 persons have been vaccinated there between the Ist of September 1804 and the 10th April, 1804. The Rajah of •I'atigore is a aeadnis supporter a vaccination. and the Devan of Travan core has himself submitted to the operation. Amoig the vaccinated persons were 4141 aramins, 41.806 Malabars, 10,926 Mahometans. When the Scheme of the present Lottery seas sub, mitred for the santiinn of the Lords o f t h e T reasur y, they observed that it er .s " Perfealy satisfastory, and very iageninas."—Thie opinion has been since !oily ratified by the public approbatina. Last Sunday afternoon, the son rt Mr. Vt Kt, an cmi tent grocer at Brighton, went with some com p:Li:ions to bathe near Chichester, in which piece he WAS serving an apprenticeship, and was untortu nately drowned ; was just seventeen years of age, and a most promising young man. A travelier, who resides' in Spain at the time the yellow fever was raging these, assures us, that of all the birds, the sparrow alone had fled the houses in fraud with that contagion. Even the choicest food. was incapable of enticing them to such houses, they left it untouehed. 'in the contrary, other birds, not possessing the same initial, perished. The stay, or the return of the sparrows to a house, was, therefore, the surest sign that it was free from the yellow toyer. Tuesday morning Madame J caws(' lox paid a visit to the Bank, accompanied by a Gentle man and a Lady. She was received with masked attention aid politeness, and shown through the va rious offices. The name of the fair visitor becoming known, some hundreds of persons assembled to see her return to her carriage, which waited at the front of the building. The spectators were, however, greatly disappointed in not being permitted to see her face, which she concealed by her veil; and no sooner Was she seated in her carriage, than the blinds were let down. We and estand that the great chain of feignal towers, or tizlensible posts, bedding in the south of Ireland, under the inspedion of Major G-n. Ps It+ t, are nearly finished, and that the hifinwing are al ready comphee. via. in the county of Kerry • Bolus head, Brea-head, Great-blaskets, Sybil-hea d, Bally david-head. and Kerry-head ; its the county of Claret Khocknagaroon, rlags-head, Ballard and Loops-head; that oo Mutton.island, situated also in the county of Clare. between flags-head and Bal. tard, building by Mr. Maher, will be complete in few days. Hags-head is occypied by a detachment ender a naval officer. Th 2 post on Hog-island, in the river Shannon, when built, will complete the chain of guatd houses is the Liteesick Distridt, LAW 11VTELLIGEKCE. COURT OF CHIINCFKI---Wanna•u4r; AUGUST :4 _ _ DRURY-LANE THEATRV. SIR RICH ART. TOAD, GiAli AM, end 0 [Writs, T NtIS— TRES far catain of the Rs 'ATER% or DRVIY-L4IIII T 22212 19.14 e PROPRILIORs awl MANAGERS of lie sow. This petition was preferred by the Plaintiffs, and prayed that they mig:it be at liberty to enter into, tike possession. and (Urea the management of the l'heatre, accotditg to thr t..rms-of the trust deed, executed an the 14Th of June, 1793. Mr. It teas au-, oft the part of the Plaintiffs, stated, that the °lie.% of this petition was. not to make any alteration in the order of his Lordship, made in this cause, but su-rely to allow the trustees t-. have the benefit of that part of the deed of the 14th of 17;6, where it is agreed.' that the• property and management of the Tim tees should. he, under chi:tuns:am:es, vested in them, instead of the present Managers The order m tele by the Court was, that the deed of the 14-th of June 17•J'1, sb .trld be rartied into effea, by which the Proprie•ors were to have the management of the Theatre, re% n-eipg to- the Trust:es or the Renters appointed and--r the deed, a power of assuming the management, if ir were hat sati-fannrily executed by • the Proprietors. I'he in ler oli- • stated, that 401. 16 .. nig ht should he p.tiJ by the • I'.e.tsta . ,,t, out of the pmt's of the house, into the Bto s, for she purpose • dis:•harging the arrears due to the Renters—and if the profits of. ono season did n-a 411-. w it, then, that it should be made good in the nett. Pursnant to this order, in 184, Mr. Saybrook r..•k of the Theatre, hut no part of the 401. a-might for the Rtnite-s pai.l into the 114ek.., In con sequenee of this, a meeting of the Vrnstees was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, in the Strand—and it was there resolved, that, in conse cptence of this der tult, they should tak , ! the ma nagement of the Theatre into their own hands, ac cording to theystionlation in she trust deed. A no tice was then setved on the Proprietors, stating. that the 401. a-night had not been paid heo. the Bank, , •.parsuant to the order, and that 10,0001. was then due, which if not settled in some manner, this application woul-1 be mad-. Nn arrangement having taken place in conseq ,once of that notice, this petition was preferred, the sun of '22,0001. being now due, for the purpose of getting the management out of the hands of the Proprietors; the receipts of the Theatre nut being so much as they might be, if better cimdigled, hot not, as Mr. Rich ads stated, meaning to inter, in the slightest degiee, that the order made by his Lot.' lrep was not as judicious and as correct as, under the circuinstahces, it possibly 1 , could be. The Loan Cat A %CRC Lot said he was err grateful for the approbation the Trustees were ptased to e w es* of erns tinter; but lie could assure all the par ties that he a.tsheartily tired of the management of Drury-lane Theatre. Mrt Itsces A OS, in continuation, said, that if this order was naJe, there was no doubt but his Lord-, fano wtsuid be relievel from can in tree httsiriess. here was, in his opinion, no doubt of the justic- of the &man f s the manner in which the /wore was condi' 't f, ea ied Ca itloudly ; ce: ta:i.ly. he said, some of turn' v•no weru uht the list before the persons wit ..114de t; i. application, had been paid their &matt ls, but the plaintiffs, or rather the persons fur sotom they applied, were not in conse quence of that ..gre step larther asivanced towards the receipt of their mores!, as the dotes of others, who w !U. else higher on the Wit' of creditors than they, had increased In the same proportion as the debts of those who had been paid off had ; so that though Three were now fewer incumbrances befoic them, yet their debts wore touch greater that% they were when the order was made. The Plaintiffs wore p-rsuaded, he said, that i: the management Was taken out of t 6 hands itf the Iverson who held it tor some time back, the receipts of the house would be infinitely greater than they bed been for a considerable time back. He did net .wish to say any thing harsh of the gentleman who were Defendants, with respeß to their management a the funds of the Theatre; but he could not help observing, that it was not very useful to the charac ter, as well as to the funds, of a theatre, to raise the hopes of the public and of the renters, by advertising to bring forward a new and beau tiful piece, called• The Etery nreLav, and, after going to an immotiseetpance for scenery, dresses, and de. cora:toils, navel to bring it forward, and at one and the same time disappoint the public and waste the fonds of the the ere. The Loin CNA scaLLoa said, he supposed Mr. Rictisecti thought that Sir Richard Ford was the mow likely person to bring forward fort; R ICH• DS concluded by saying, that the prayer pt the petition could be allowed without de stroying the order, and that, as nothing as yet had beers paid to the renters, they had instigated the trustee* to make this application, 'being firmly r loaded that it would be fur the hen lit 01 the theatre, and for all those who were concet ne 1 in .t. The Loan 044NC:tittle that the circum stances of these remers not being paid could not he accounted a `reach of the order, as woe of the other incumhrancers who were before them on the lit were still unpaid. He had taken every pains in his power, and, ilter giving the subjea as much consideration as he possibly could, had made the order, which he thought best for all parties, but it appeared now that some of the parties were urn of the same opinion ; in consequence of which these trustees prderred this petition; and, though they do not state any :Ostia:lie misapplication of Le ino. yet they want to take the man vrnent out of the hands of the proprietors, without J:sturbing the mier, though the whole basis of it was that the pro prietors sh odd be the ma , agars. The principal ground of this demand is, that the receipts of the house have not been so great as they might have been with be:ter maitagement. He did nut himself know much about the receipts of a theatre, nor had been at this house more Ilan on. e in the cnorse of Last winter, and he should imagine the receipts of that night could not he found faith with, for the house was so full he could scarcely tun in it. It mismanagement was the ground of complaint, that ought to have been iiistindly stated in the petition, and as eo such thing was mentioned, he did not think he ought to interfere. However, if the par- ~-.,,n 70 1 ties did not like this, thii, must nnly tilde and sot ~ v tier, if they ;Lre and then file a 6111, whir; l wia brilig nil p,•rs+•^,S cnicernei hots in th• of l a-vi new Theatre 9?1 ne the Court. Mr. Rice ARDS hoped his Lo.d.hip would not re. main of this opinion, as if' thintes wet.: to go trt in the manner they hid done, the renters would he compelled to take such steps AS the law would al low ; the consequence of which would be, that the l'heaue• must he ruined. Mr. Tilsowee, op the same side, urge I the ne cessity of granting the prtyrr of the. petition, on account of the small receipt; of the hoitte, and AS, after three years trial of the present TISAII Neut.' not one shilling had been psid to the renters, he coos chtled by saying, that whatever mix it he the opi. nion of the Court, the Trustees wished that the renters, whom they repres:mied. shook' he Wormed of it by his Lordship. as, if it was contrary to the prayer of the peition, nothing but the order of the Court would m tke them believe, that it was not for their benefit to have the management is their own hands. The Loan CIIAMCEL 4011 said, that as to the re• ceipts of the holm, which W 44 b 4) great a cause of c0rnp1..r..., the en.ire.y depended on who would hear of slid' . performer as .Taster ; And as 10 disturlAing th, nr .er he had male, by grAnting the prAyer of the petition, it wAs ies firm mat if it Wa% disturbed, the concern must he roria...l: how. ever, he was 4waue is diJ out bind them, if AI wiohed to set it aside. Mr. Wtnve, an the part of Harnaiersly *psi Co. Bankers, in Pall.inali. w i .cse .-it •rests were eir,tre.dyt reserved by the (mkt, agrird with the Piauitiis, that the receipt h*d barn 'mann than they Might to have beef, and hoped, that the pistrion would b. ail. wed. Mr. Wcrifse.ev., on the part of the executors of Mts. Na who had an annui:r of 501. a year on the Old 'Theatre, anJ whose claim st saes cm the list, also supported the peietiori. His Lordship' order, he s.id, consisted of nia-teen artiA.4„ aod the vehick, settled by the Costa. was an ex. elleht one. and wrund, if it had "seen prop,oly wed. !lave dose very weil. and no doubt woulsi have arrives' at the end of itA journey, :nu unfolteitateir 1 -, V his chem. it was AO baJly 1111.1114,!1. cast it tift)44? /WM at the fourth stage; so that M' .. sun's Li-vi rile* were oat in the sli: 4 !itest &Tree hectefited, as they were not to have the advantage of it nit is it arrive," • ;t the sixth. Ha hoped, h:r.vever, that hi , . Li: :ship would, at all events, direct some in'uiry toss the receipts of the house. The Are mote GnifanAL, on the part of the D.tfenda.its, wished to know whether there Was guy occasion for him to tiler up the time of the s.:oirrz ? he in hat did not we any arguments he had •t , an swer; but it his Lordship ttiou;ltt there vs. Any necessity, he was ready to proceed. The LORD Comic' tea was very willin7 to give up as much time as the case required, bot he did -ot think this, es it now stood before toe Csurt. loos cif such a comp!icated oatmeal; to holuce b: in to spend the whole day at it, And by that means postpoote tatulaass of 4sser pairem s Thee soother in %which' des bovines stifild WA , as his LJlSi.bip Said. ref atlY as fallow;:—fin the true of the old alerts., rice° were several meumbrances on the prop:oty ; but, notwithstanding these, new pat•nits were oranted, and it fun ! WAS raised tot the pnr?oSe of 4nildiog the new 'I Iteatre. It was en unfortuaate circumstance that the potent did not confine the another of renter, but allowed throe who bottro *share to divide and sob-I vide it into as many parts as they these: ht proper ; hence crow the great. ::i.fizlot f of bringing all the parties before •the Colin. A vast pumber of people embarked in this concern, as it was at Rs the time quite a fashion to have a share is Drury-lane 'I he ore, and a gr: I deal of goofs.. siva ret;zned Aniting theta for a considerable time, until, at length, the deed of Jnt.e 1793. on which the present appli•tation is made, was etc; cutest. This deed vested the right of noinagernent in the proprietors of the Theatre ; but if the/ did not comply with all the provisions made !n it, then gave liberty to the Trustees of the Roo Car goers, who were consieuted by it, to enter And take the management in their own hands. His Lordship here cerserved, how ertraord,s.iry it was that so many resoesa tide per, ens could b_ found wilii.tg to undertake this trust, and also to become trust—e of the Turnpikes (toads, and things of that nal tore ; it appeared to him as it they did lint kuoar when they emharked in the trust they were haute to the dell!' as well as to the profits. --. His Lordship a intimate! : In the order he hail made, And whfch kept pace with the deei, asi first person to be looked to was Lis Grace the Dalt* of Bedford, who owned the land on which the theatre was built, and who has ot, as yet. made a lease, nor. of course, will not, until the arrears of tent due to him are paid off, and the rent for the tu. tore secure !. What right, he would ask, had 'be present petitioners to complain that nothing had been paid to them, when this demand,' w'Ocli un doubtedly mho be paid off first, is yet ansati•fied Ten pounds a n;e.`ir, for every night of perform. one!, is the extravagant rent paid for the ground on which the treatte is hullt ; this was mo br set apart out of the profits of the house, together with Lil. a night to pay off the at rea:s item article was 41. a night ordered tot* set apart for th• taxes. The nest was for arrears &Slit to the osor pet formers ; and certainly these renters could not expea to he paid. un it those who were to induce Ow matey into the house were* satisfied: 101. a ri,;ft we 1:1 agent fur that purpose. The nest wee fol. a night fur renters who had claim prior to the deed of June, 179:3; and so they went on in the different grata. lions to the eighteenth article, and then followed a clause which the Court ioserted. that if these could not be made good in one season. then that they shoal l be, as far as possible, m.de mood the next.' The order then stated, that the right of the trustees should not be affected, but that they should be at liberty to apply to tae Court to set aside, or vary, the order, in such a matmer as shout) be judged ne cessary, on a true view of the interest of ail parties. From these meta*, his Lordship said, he thoight the trustees could not have any right to ask biro to vary the order in such a in:tanner as that they should have the possession in pseterence to those who had prior _ cl aims aid field it contrary to the interest of Ini the Duke of 13p fiord and the Woo. incumbraucers. In this Petition there was no aliegatain of trii,oe- A nagement, and all that it stated is, that certain per! ■