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LADT PERTH'S BALL AND SUPPER. On Tuesday night, this lady gave a Grand Ball at her house in Grosvenor-square, to 200 of the for Nohilitr. The staircase was lighted by a most su perb branch, supported by a very fine bronze fi,ure In the center of the hall-room was a grand Egyptian lamp. The whole arrangements were ~m at e with the taste and splendour that always mark her L a dyship's entertainments. The dancing con nsted of minuets, contre dances, and Scotch reels. It WA% ^mmmenced by Sir Sinsitv SMITH and the Hon. Miss DRUMMOND, her Ladyship's daughter. At three o'clock, the company sat down to supper, which was laid on three long tables, and served on the finest Dresden china. It consisted of hot de licacies of every sort, cold viands, confeCtionary, and ices in pro: . usion ; the company were not all separated at five o'clock the ensuing morning.— AmQngst them were, The f) , el•• 4lnd Duchess of St. Alban's, the Duchess of Athol, Sfrehiotirsti•r of Ileadfort, Salisbury, and Ahercurn.—Mar cit.s..ri Worcester and Waterford.—Earl of Aberdeen. - IC .intei,e. of Euston, holey, Malmesbury, Mount m g , cunt r, flarrington,Bererley, Warssick, and Chotmondetey.— Lorl• firantharn, Stook, F. Heomlerk, Hodituv, 11. Stewart, rivrt,i.•bruolce, Priairrne, G. Illotiodurd, and H. Petty.—,l4- d.e-Carrtrigtnn, E. Munk, M Naslor, Torn:she:id, M. Flex or, E. Grerille, Longford, A endS.Caroenter, S Bniiev, S. prey, H Ste.wart, end C. Viper;—Messrs. Sheridan, King, Upton, Drew, Drurom.itid, :stcntspre, Q Dick, Cavendish, fletty, and the Young Roscitis.—Mirt resumer C:i.wirs, Drum:nun:l, Stanhope, Thompson. and Letty.--Muorr Therntsoort. Sey auto., Drew, Drummond, M mit, Elphinrton, Poole, Ha milton, Butler, Murray, and Fordyce. Yesterday His MAJESTY dined with the Princess of WALES, at her house on Blackheath. In 0 e evenitig the ROYAL honoured the Concert for the benefit of the tioy4l, Society of Musioans with their presence. The Duchess of Goa UON was prevented attend ing Loslf PERTH'S Bail, on Tussday night, by the death of Lord GEORGE I.LN woz. The French every where introduce the niked fashion;, the Revolution being hostile to old &bag. The Duchess of DEVONSHIRE continues much indisposed. The Critics, who find so much faiilt with the vista of the Yean l r Ro•citie, must be highly pleased with the eiativialcsi Archer of y-lane. The Marchioness of A !MECO./ RN went yesterday to the priory, for a few days. Lord and Lady Li L FOIL o are expelled at Barr's Hate!, to-morrow. Lady I fume has announced a grand rout at her house, in klill-street, for Norway next. The report of General Late', recent defeat in India will not hold water. Colonel &mei' and Captain Fuxxott, of tire 98th Regiment, at rived at 's Hotel, from the Isle of Wight, last evening. Viscount Howe arrived last night at his house, jn Seynata,sr-rreer. The Commissioners of Naval Inquiry have order ed a *4414 heel for the Maciiie privateer. The Duke of MrsacoesTEß arrived from Kim bolton Castle, last evening, at Nrtoe's !Intel. The Riv. Mr. S• 1 ENT and J. SARJ ENT, Esq. M.P. are exp .dell at IStEPOT'S Hotel, this day. The last India papers announce a grand Lottery at Leak-now. Mr. ATKINS, Mansger of the Belfast Theatre, has returned to that town, with a cargo of ne's per formers, to commence his sotruner campaign. Boa se Asti likes high sounding titles tOr himself; but the title of Pemi.mary, he thinks, may suit the head of the imparemhed Republic of Holland. Mrs. Cate Ekl 'II party last night was postponed. on acc Lunt of the indisposition of one of Ler children. Mr. PA RK it's company open the Circus, at Li verpool, on the lit of April. Their last performance at Edinburgh was by the desire of Celorel Posson av, and the Officers of the Sth Dragoon Guards. The favourite air of the combioirig chorus singers is tt No Song no Supper," and vice versa. The Academy of St. Petersburgh has purchased for .5,000 roubles the cabinet of conebeho/oyie of the celebrated Cassinirz, Professor of Natural History at Copenhagen. A watchmaker of St. Petershureh having con structed a musical instrument which he calls a Me chanical Orchestra, has disposed of it by Lottery, con sisting of tio,oon tickets, at a rouble each. The widow of a poor Protestant Minister was the holder of the fortunate ticket, and the Ess P LILO It has pur chased the prize for 10,000 roubles. The pupils of Mr. BURNEY'S Naval Academy at Gosport are getting up fur their annual rhetorical 'exercise, a truly classic drematic exhibition, foond ed on a memorable event, in the Grecian history, and now first adapted to the stage, from a cele brated F.nglish poem, by a Gentleman of Ports mouth. The Prologue and Epilogue are to be fur nished by literary pens of th., vicinity. This day the Loyal Whitechapel Volunteers will meet in the Tenter-Ground, Goodman's-fields, to perfed themselves in the new manual and platoon exercise, preparatory to their being inspected by Brigadier-General CARRUTHERS, the beginning of nest month. The Vino o' Rome, which has so long afforded a treat of the rarest kind to amateurs, and made the Patrons NIA in the Strand a most fashionable place of resort, is not yet closed. Saturday next is fixed for the removal of this celebrated ; it is to hgive place t o one more grand than any hither to ex ibited, and will embrace, among other objects, View of Mount Vesuvius. Died lately, in Dublin, Mrs. Se A a es, formerly a very favourite actress of that City, both as Miss Asissioae and Mrs. Sr Ain't's. She had a remarka bly sweet voice in singing and speaking, and a most interestin; countenance and impressive manner.— Cloriae o , in T.ie School .1:4. Enders; Louisa Date'', m The W est Indian; 1.4.13, Frances Toaelisioat, in Tie Belle's Sevreavai The Wane Broth,, in the farce of Tit , . fruit Widow; Cherry, in The Bros: Stw.ttaii: Anna Loath', in The &/d Stroke for a 'rift., are a few of the many pans in which this 1447 excelled.- _ ROYAL. SOCIETP OP MUSICIANS. - - The Oratorio of Sepsis was performed last night • at the Hanover-square Rooms, by the command of His MAJ es - r v, for the benefit of the Royal Society of Musicians. It is one of Ha n et.'s best pieces of this class, both in the words and the music. It was performed about twenty years ago, at the Opera House, for the be4fit of B tcr,• since which time, until the pr• sent, it has not been repeated. Last night it was honoured with the presence .of Their MAJ Es rt rs,the five Pa i acasses,the PriticeOf WA Les, the Dukes of Cu mazer. an: Kis r o Skissex, and Ca ra art D e. The room was crowded, and i# Sup posed to have contained 700 .persons, at a guinea each. • All the principal singers belonging to the Concert of Antient • Music, gave their support, Ars it last night, with the - additiou of Signora Gm AWN', who was in fine voice, and received the most rap turous applause. The general effea, homever, which materially,dePends upnri,the grandeur of the choruses, iris , much impaired, in con,equence of the absence of the Chorus Singers belonging to the Antient Concert, who are considered the heit in London, but would not attend without remuneration, which the Dird/ors have refused to give. Many of them are re,neaable tradesmen,. and they think it hard tube called on to sing gratis, for the benefit of a society in which they have no interest. Every exertion was made to procure sub stitutes, but in vain. The ASHCAN'S were applied ' to, and they consented, but their chorus singer, re fused to go. The full Choruses were of - course mere semi-choruses, being only supported by three or four of 3 part, exclusive of the principals. The appearance of the orchestra was, however, complete to the eye, a numlser of dumb singers being provided to fill the vacant seats. PUBLIC 711EATRICALS. S:ATIONAI. THEATRE. A new Piece. intitled The Tenth Report, is in pre paration, And will shortly be produced at this The atre. It was originally inteii.hd by the Author for a Force, bus being lately submitted to the exami nation of some shrewd critics, they thought the fable and incidents were more in the way of Tragedy.— The Piece has been got up at great expence, and refleas much credit upon the liberality of the Ma nagers. Tip, Scenery is very grand, but it betrays marks of .141 . , handg. End of tht Ist Aft, a Scotch Strathspey to the tune of " Moue!, in both PocLets," by Viscount M— and Mr. T—r. The following extra& m.iy serve as a specimen of the dialogue. ACT I. SCENE Pifer Mrs. BUSY and Mr. lit?: Mrs. Ba l —Mercy on me, the tenth Report, I hrar of nothing but the tenth Report. Tile inva• sing and Bnnapatte, are both hid aside for the tenth Report. Surely we cannot have lived so Imi in the commercial and fashionable world, to b , tol d now for the first time of the tenth Repast. I was last eveaing at a party in the west end of the town, where, I am certain, I could not have heard 1-wer than 500 Reports . . Let rue see, tee intrignei with the Serpent; that was the first Report, and most a-saredly, if Adam had any friends or neighbours, he must have heard mote than the tenth Report before he lett Paradise. Mr. Bus-I'lllllw ! Mrs. Busy, what are you about ? Übe l'enth Report is a catamaran. It's a blunderbuss of enormous calibre. It contains a charge of many thonsand pounds. Noble Vis count, who has distinguished himself in the navy de partment, and Wdi present in the Atuick upon the Boulogne flotilla, declares he dreads its explosion more than the thunder of all the batteries in France. Ext,r Mr. Cusnt S,•,iron, Curinitir.—Scandal and C itamarans. The Tenth Report is a 6Gd, it is a Bill of Lahrt,twat against the honestest man in the country. It con tains the most unwarrantable churgrs.—lt coutaim sr .-.1 counts— Mr. Bei!.--Aye, and such discount: as will puz zle your arithmetic. Enter SPR-r, a deaf and dumb boy, he &dons the parties away. EEXtlilli macs. DUBLIN, MARCH 21. A new arrangement hss been made for placing the Yeomanry in Ireland on exercise duty for two days in each week. They have been for some time past on permanent duty for four successive days in each month ' • but the season of the year, on account of agricultu ral occupations, rendering this plan ex tremely inconvenient to individuals (the days for duty being fixed from Monday to Thursday inclu sive), His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, with his accustomed wish to accommodate the Yeo manry of this kingdom, as far as is consistent with the public service, took they circumstances into consideration, and altered the plan accordingly. One of the weekly exercise days is allowed to be Sunday, provided the time of parade does not in terfere with divine worship ; and, from the increas ing length of the days, it is expei!ted, that the Yeo manry will improve very fast in discipline. Two gentlemen who had a quarrel the night be fore last, at the Theatre, fought this morning, when one of them was killed on the spot. MARCH 2 4 2. This morning, between two and three o'clock, the guards and people at the Castle were alarmed by a tire, which broke out on the staiis, between the Register and Yeomanry Offices, in the lower Castle Yard. Immediate assistance was procured, and the fire was foi innately conquered, before it had time to spread, or do much mischief. l'he whole range of building, of which the Treasury Offices form a principal part, would have been quickly enveloped in flames, if the accident had not been discovered so soon; for the part of the stair-case which took fire was situated in the rear of the building, and the flames would not have been perceived by the centi. such at the gates until they had burst forth through the windows. A man and his wife, who slept in a room nearly over the spot, were awakened by the oppressive heat, which was communicated through the wall; they fortunately got down bet .re the stairs were rendered impassable, and alarmed the guard, who, with buckets of water (for the engines could not play on the plant), in a then time totally ex tinguished the fire. SUSSEX digiZES. r • NOttsiailt, 14111C1 25. SEDUCTION. HOOKER V. SPENCER. The Junior Counsel opened the pleadings, and stated, that this was an anion to obtain recovery of damages for the sedihflion of the Plaintiff's daughter. Mr. Serjeant SHEPPARD, in . alweiaiiiitent and im pressive speech, detailed the circumstances of the case, and animadverted on the several points with great force and feeling. He began with observing, that this was the aflion of a distressed father, brought on the account of the sedation of his daughter, by the arts of the Defendant, from the paths of virtue, and fisr the violation of the neatest and dearest feelings of the human heart. He had to present to the Jury a case of the most aggravated wickedness that they could well conceive. It was the case of a man who had been received into the fa- mily of the Plaintiff as a 3d (fiend of the most intimate kind. He had been .rnitted as the !amiable suitor of the gill whom he had seduced. He had ken the acquaintance of the Plaintiff from hi; youth ; and having, by his attentions, fixed and ri vetted the affeetions of the Plaintiff's daughter, he had availed himself of that affeCtion in a luckless hour to seduce her from the ways of virtue, and she became pregnant by him. While she was is this state, he had the injustice to abandon her. and to marry another woman. The Def:ndant. who had thus conduCted himself, was a Quak.:r ; but the Learned Serjeant said he meant no imputation upon that class of men. Their tioacines must certainly inculcate the praeice of morality and virtue, and their ecterior affeded more than usual decorum. By so much, therefore, was the conchs& of the De fendant the more aggravated, for it was an addi tional aggravation t r burr rw the garb of sandity tro cover and conceal our vices. The Plaintiff and the Defendant were both persons in the middling classes of life, but also of rank sufficient for the Plaintiff most poignantly to feel the wound which had been infiided upon him. The Plaintiff was a clock-maker, residing at Lewes. and the Defendant a basket maker, residing in the same town. The parties had been acquainted many years, and he was instrufted the Defendant had long shewn a partiality for the daughter of the Ylaintiff. He had addressed her when she was no more than the age of ld years ; but lr.r parents thought that she was then too young for the marriage st in., and delayed their consent. however, followed which was na tural to be expelled ; they received into their house. without suspicion, the mm who was considered as the affianced husband of their slaughter. At the time at which he perpetrated his infamous purpose, the g rl was not living at home with her father, but at the house of a Mr. Wheeler, in the same town, into whose service she had gone on account of some loss in his family. And here he would just call the at tention of the Jury to what he cousidered, under ,the convixtion of his Lor4ship, as the law of this COW This action was given to afford a recompense for the supposed loss of the se vices of use daugh ter. In measuring the damages of this supposed loss of service, the .Jury were tint re , traine ! to con- I sider the mere aduid Lasso/ servim but were at Li berty to give damages for the injured feelings of the parent. Tue smallest services which a child rendered to its parent were sufficient to support the anion ; even the services of duty and affedion—and the late learned and revered Chief Justice of England (Lord Kenyon) said he would presume those ser vices, without proof, from a child to a parent, in order to support the adion. In fa& the AaiOn we; founded upun a fiction of law, and, like all other fictions, a law was meant to be the means of etfe&- ing nem:anti:a justice ; for it was meant to secure the safety of the best and dearest of all human inte rests, namely, the interest which the pa vent had in the virile and moral condud of hiss:,ild. There was, indeed, a case from the Northern Circuit, but it differed materially from the present. There the girl had left her father's house, aid declared it was her determined purpose never ro return again to it. This having taken place before the sedirdion there complained of was effeded. the Court, upon that distindion, held the adioo would not lie. That rea soning, however, did not apply to the case before the Court. While the girl was absent from the guar dianship of her Lather, in the house of Mr. IViteeler, as he had stated, the Defendant had free access to her. And why should he not ? He was the friend of her father's family ! He was her honourable suitor He was more—he was her affianced her ! He was, of ail men, the man most interest ed to protect her. for he was the man shortly ex pected to become her protedor for life. He, howe ver, abused this confidence, and the unfortunate girl fell a viaim to his persuasions—she merited pity, though not guiltless, for who could tell what were her feelings? It might happea, at a moment, for such moments there were in ►ife, when human na ture could not always withstand temptation. The parents knew nothing of this sad event, for some time afterwards, and the first knowledge the mother got of it, was from the Defendant himself. If he had given this communication with sorrow and contrition, and had wised to make the only atone ment then remaining, he would have done well. 11 he had professed a desire of receiving her to his arms as his wife, before a busy and meddling world could have become acquainted with her error, he ' would have acted a manly part, and would have merited forgiveness from those he had injured. The mother received the communication as might be ex peded, and heaped many injurious terms upon his head—but what mother, in like situation, would not have done the same? He did, however, pro fess his intention of marrying the girl he had thus seduced, and though he made the communication in gross terms, yet, said the Learned Serjeanr, had he acted as he ought, we should not measure the language of a man in subordinate life, with those who have had the advantage of a better education. Bet let the Jury judge, wnat must have been the aurpnse of this family, when they heard that the Defendant, notwithstanding this eromise, had mar ried another woman, and another woman too who made the same accusa i sn again , e him, and whose friends had compelled him to make honourable reps { ration to, her. That, however, would Ise no excuse I to aim in this aftion, nor would he, surely, have the audacity to urge it on this occasion as a defence to the present action. But this w.ts not all 'Eh •re were other circumstances in this case .of a most ae4rartt- Mg complexion ; 'ashen this girl found herself preg • ,t.. '1 pant, and communicated LIM-circumstance-to hiM, he advised her to do that which must. sink a man to the lowest abyss of infamy ; and Afttrve irds, by way of degrading and wounding the feelings of the fa ther, he had the impudence himself, to go to the parish officers, and tell them of the stare of this girl, and advise them to look out for an indemnity to the parish. How could language find means of ade quately describing the conduit of this profligate Defendant? who to the cruellest of injoriescouhi th•ts add the most wanton of insults ? He •was, how. ever, told to-day, that this young libertine would attempt to defend himself, by attacking, alai at tempting to dishonour the former cliara3er of the girl he hid thus deliberately seduced. If he should prove any atch of depraviiy on her put, subse quent to her ruin by him, it must influence the ac count against him, for whim it was owing that sl.e had fallen into infamy; for, before the time that the Defendant perverted her mind, be woul• show that her condutt was unimpeachable. What must be the feelings of the wretch, who could tans attempt to , blast the female he was the first to dishoooni ? If her coniltief now were as bad as the worst prostitutes that walked the streets of London, it was no de- 4 fence to the man who first allured her from the ways of virtue, into the road of vice ; on the contrary, it ♦ery much aggravated hi► crime, by displaying all its most heuribie consequences. foe Learned Setjcant added, that as we walked the " wide world," and saw scenes which mug make • the feeling heart ach, when conternplatiu.g the rnisee ries of the ruined females who wandere 1 houseless • through the streets of the town, even though they had been lia:f way meeting their own ruin; yet what ought to he the concs& of a loan who was ,' trusted AS the bett guardian of a female's homor a yet violating the sacred trust, had destroyed that virtue which he was bound to defend ; who, instead of cherishing and protetting. had driven forth hit charge as an objed for " the hand of scorn to point. its slow and moving finger at," who but for him would have been as pure and unspotted as the babe ' which she bore him. Money could make bat rate_ reparation for these injuries; but it was the only oat which the law could give. He should therefore call for serious damages against this libertine croaker, • which might restrain him from seducing the affee.- lions of young women, and rtrinir.g the peace of honest families. He would call witnesses to prove the case, and should the defence which he had hinted at he attempted to be set up, the Jury would ' look at it with eagle's eyes, an 4 telt their disap probation of it lay the amount of thei, l'or o although this unfortunate girl might escape being an objell of general scorn, yet she must be one of general pity ; and, next to beinr a mark of general - scorn, that of be'ng one of gene; sl p:ty w.ts the next worse situation in the prevent state of the • world. The Learned Sesjeant having concluded, Mr. Justice Itoorce ,aid, he thought this was a case which had better be heard out •,f Court; thirlaht a proper persoo would be a Gentlernaa t.f tie B r, and if the• parties agteel to it, he - would name the ; arbitrator The Counsel con•enins ? Mt. _Boplaqujit was naa.ed. • Yesterday sennight, an ~quest tau held at RUT bury. Gloncestersaire, bcfwe W. Te ton. Gentl•- • man, Coroner, on view of the !soli of a male infant, about eight days old, who was accidea tally poisoned by a ueleterious drug being ad- 4 , ministered in mistake for magnesia. the eircu-n -stances of this melancholy ca s e were as loan* t woman was sent to a shop in the neighisi.;.iritooli. to , purchase a pennyworth ot' magnesia. with winch .r.r. was regularly served ; but a packet of rat 7 having been placed on the counter, diretteo .; gentleman who had ordeted it, an several _ being in the shop at the time, it was not at ti.e tent observed that the woman had taken the packet by mistake ; and being a stranger, unfortunately ;'.e could not be recognised. At night, the nioiher de sired a boy about seven years of :^e, who could r.ct read, to open the parcel, when she tos,k a small 'quantity of the powder And blended it wit'il rhe 146' !lanes pap, which occasioned its death iL a very short time. No blame whatever could attach to the person who sold the magnesia; and the accident '.was solely to be attributed to the gross ignoranc:. of the poor woman, the packet having contained B lain printed direttions.—Verdier, Did by poison ianacently Allwiaiaered. CORN.EXCIIANGE, WOOSSIWAY, MAPCO 27. The su ,ply of Wheat here today b conci•r-ble, being chicly remaining sammes, and (vr come m; rake, the I itt! ^ tiqe old I .tch au• cu rr,m,y other goa.itiw.attrn• i 1 h. ary sale at les. ; enonl)antric about Iws per Q. 11-c , o.y h hears sale at this sea•um, ear-phut ter . rime 1,...r0p1e5. Owing to 6 . 1 public ,waste bawling a demand ror Beans, ',my nensus dear, though plentiful. Them ere many fresh arrivals of Fn reign Oats, but they are not yr. quoted krer.... Finn, g •at plenty ; that, and :he prive of other articles, at filth dif. femme. CURRFN r ?RUT. OF GRAIN.._ . _ Whelt .6,;• 00. 934. . rise do 940. 102 0 .... i lye.. term 60. Ori Barley 4l* 440. Od. I M tit 74s 1104. C t. WllBl.l'oBo 42.. 4ds Od Gres Pe*; 41* 47* 04. 1 444 W. Trek t 1.311% 41. 47' .It. Te. 144. , 47.. (id. Paleo-M .....14. 29 64. R..7* 5e.d...;.. 42 47' M. ri.w• tr,.. Od. '; • • i2► SUS 0.1. Yesterday morning, about tan o'clock, a ma t war seen floating in the Serpentine aiver, in Park. He was taken out, and appeared to have been in the water some time. He had an a hixec coat and waistcoat, mixed stocking pantaloons, halt boots; seems to be about forty. Nu trim could be found to whom he belongs. The hod-, is removed to Mount-street workhouse, until the Jury sits. The Pleasures of Imagination Realised," is a favourite toast. It too often proves, hriwever, no thing more than a Nora. Yet there is one subjed, and which frequently occurs, from which numerous persons tind those pleasures substaiitireel ; and who are the lockful Candidates in I. oretrit's WHEIL. What a theme for those ecstatic thought. does the present great lottery Scheme afford ! P 47•4 of Fort, Twtsry, andeven 111411111 TY TOM:O9OW POUNDS, not only d-.vell on the imagination Adventurer, but will iaevitahly fell ' lot, in a few %veils, of many of then joyfully toast, thrnnghrut their uus sratno Lot CERT of • : LP, iIIITY KlTlAtiall of evvry 11 to the happy them. who may ✓ lives, 'be glop- ha life Lt. tt'Ll