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ROYAL PAWL?. WEYMOUTH, SEPT. 23. _ _ AISC th.r the well ;Atit nip.). k in- d me r .e:ure ,o, to re, to {IN to t e IA Ap. cloy- lonet s, to Uce, Ea is lay; tat son !Sur- her e in get,: oily. Irrey Lord rg ht. oi, bap [Loa- h of ~da~ . • r, J::. Mtre, a Ji .4 1 ! • by o Le c s • s d.•' 4.1111 Fir.: Yesterday afternoon, His MAJESTY:accompanied by the Duke of Youq inspefted the pickets on the parade, and the troops marched past them on the sands as usual. His MAJESTY, the Duke of YORE, all the Gene rals and Aid-de-Camps, then walked for some time or. the Esplanade, when His Martsry returned to Gloucester Lodge. In the evening, the Earl of thee:on e gave a grand ball, at the Royal Hotel; Their Mk:F.3I'ILS, and the ROYAL FAMILY, honoured it with their p re sence. As early as seven o'clock, the great ball roorri was full of beauty and fashion. The Royal visimrs departed about eleven o'clock, highly pleased. The Theatre last right, owing to His MAJI sr v not commanding, could not boast of a crowded house, notwitl.starniing the attraftion of the new Farce: the Play was The Stranger: Sao oroen's • Steamer; NAYLees Solomon; and PALMER'S Preis it, were strialy what the author meant : The Gay De ,rimes followed, and the public were not disappoint ed in the great expectation they had formed of it. llsoess, us the poetical landlord, Pegasus Pi, A ar-eon, displayed a fund of humour; NAY LE It, in Nehemiah Ikm, blended the putitan and shewman in a capital and kept the house in a roar ; PALMER, in Sr, Harry Poppinja;s, gave us a judicious representation of Bond-street fashion and gallantry; Miss GRANT played jenny Slumps admirably. His MAJESTY has command. d The Sasaitious Husband, and The Gay Doi ivers, for Wednesday. About ten o'clock last night, the Duke of Yost: and suite left this place for London. 'I he Duke of Sussex intended to have gone about the same time; but post-horses acre not to be got. and he was obliged to defer his journey till this morning. This morning, before six o'clock, His MAJESTY bathed in his warm sea-bath ; before srcca be was on horseback, and tock a short ride on the Dorchester road; but the wind proving very cold, he returned and rode for some time upon the sands, and then through Weymouth to the Lodge to breakfast. After breakfast, His MAJESTY and two of the rsINCESSES went on board the Rood Sort reign yacht. There was so strong a gale of wind from me N.E. and so great a swell, at the time His MAJESTY took water at the Pier. that all persons present were as tonished at His MAJESTY'S persevering in going on beard. His MAJESTY seemed greatly pleased with the tossing of the barge, much more so than the Farness's. The ships saluted as usual, and the barge had many ups and downs before it reached the yacht ; at ten o'clock, however, they were safe on board, and they and the ship were soon after out of tight The wind continued for some time to increase. Her MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES took an airing . 11! their carriage., (male Lulworth Road. Arrivals at the King's Head— H4ll Mr Butler, Mr, Sts ling, C M. Thompson, Esq . 24r. Andruwa, Alderman Lher, 5,4 Lady. , MILITARY PROMOTIONS. The lion. Gen. Fos will leave town to-morrow, for the Isle of Wight, horn whence be will pro ceed to Gibraltar, to take his station as Lieutenant- Governor of that garrison, in the room of Lieute nant-General Sir Titoism' Tames, now on his re- Hun to be Governor of Chelsea Hospital. Major-General B , who tided as Briga dier-General of that garris rn, is also on his way home, and will be succeeded by General Daum motto, who is also on his return from Malta. General DscarllOND will be succeeded at Malta by General RA usAv. who lately left England to take the command of that Island. BEigaldiel6lElleriiSCH4ll;l7; B. Bovoicrom is appoi.,ttil to the command of I.Linchester, in the room of Major General Basso*, removed to Liver pool ; and Lieutenant-Colonel Huai. BAILLIE, In qeding Field Officer, in the room of Lieutenant- Colonel Ihrrcisissou. Brigadier Fiassea is at cached to the Brigade. A report is in circulation, that Lieut. Walnut., who was confined in the Temple at Paris, has been released ; but on what conditions we have not yet learned. Mr. MA Ronan, under Secretary of State to the LORD LILLT S of Ireland, has arrived in town Iran Dublin Castle DetachM;nts of troops from regiments in the neighbonrhood, under the direttion of able and ex perienced Olken of Engineers and Artillery, are now employed in strengthening and repairing the forts and batteries along the Flats of Essex. The Duke of Yon it has ordered an alteration to take place in the firelock exercise, or rather the revi sion of a former system, for which prrpose some re laulations will be forthwi t h i ssue d. Th e c h anges re te principally to priming and loading. Litters Iran Deal, of Tuesday, state, that the numrrous armed vessels, of every description, driven by our cruisers into Calais harbour, where they ate crowded together, constitute the right vin; of BON APA nres flotilla, and are commanded by tae Batavian Admiral Velment, who, during tt.e last easterly wind, always accompanied with A g, on the French coast, stole away with them Ostend, where they had been kept blockaded by our squadron, since last May. Their present :•:stination cannot be Calais, but Anibleteuse or Lotalgne, at which our ships will probably prevent their arrival, as a heavy tiring was heard in the di /slims of Calais, on Tuesday morning, and the day brtore, supposed to originate from a bombardment. --During the who!e of Monday, the wind was N.N.SV and of course blew into the mouth of Ca- Larbutir, which, being very narrow, and only sw:ended by Fort Rouge on the right, may easily be -'preached, and considerablyannoyed byour bomb et...h. Tuesday the wind was more to the north ., ard in the Channel, or rather inclined to the east ; ;r1: a - , it continued to blow on the French shore, : 01 the wat: r 4 lint clear ; the firing could neither heard nor teen distinaly in the Downs. The toast our Calais is, however, very shoal, and the `, 'ad :ming ver y hi g h, it i s p ro h a ble that our cruisers to approach sutficicntli near, to operate etrea upon the enemy. These circomstanees v '" 4 therefore, probably save the French ettne4 7c...d s ft ons skarrutt ion. EAST INDIA ItOUSE. A Quarterly Court of Proprietors was yesterday held at the East India House. After theusealferms,tie CH Alltt4 A (the Hen. William Elphinstone) rose, and acquainted the Court, that the Diretgtors had, on the 27th June last, come to the resolution of recommending to the Geiter.4l Curt to concur with them, in permitting Mr. James Henry CasamAjor to return to Madras with' his rank in the Company's civil service ; and the Chairman also stating that the A& of Parlia ment required that the same should pass by way of ballot, in consequence of Mr. Casamajor's having been absent from India above fire years, it was agreed that a ballot should be taken on the question on the sth of next month. A letter, written by the Chairman and Deputy to Lord Castlereagh, was then read, requesting the sanaion of His Majesty's Ministe:s to such mea sures as might authorise the Court of Direaors in paying the tax on the profits of the Company, out of their ordinary outgoings, without deducting the same from the dividends to the Proprietors of Last India Stock. Lord Castlereagh's answer to the above letter was also read, in which his Lordship stated it as his own and Mr. kitt's opinion, that it could not be done without an express AEI of Parliament for the pur pose, and hinted at the impropriety of urging such a crestion at so critical a moment. fhe CHAIIMAN then rose, and stated that he was sorry to inform the Court of the- renewal of hostilities in India, with the Maltratta Chief, Hol• kar ; but it was with pleasure he could assure them that there did not appear any probability of its being of long duration. A letter from the Government of Bombay, dated in May last, which contained the only intelligence received by the Directors on the subject, was then read ; this letter stated very• little more than what has been already before the public through private channels, viz. that in consequence of the encroach ments of Holkar, the Governor General had thought proper to order hostilities to be com menced against this chieftain: the particular was of aggrevion were not mentioned, as no dire& dispatches on the sullied had been received from Bengal, the communication having been made from General Wellesley. Orders had been issu ed for the British truops immediately to pene trate into the province f Maliva, and General Wel lekley was about to depart front Bombay imme diately, to resume his situation. above the (lhauts._ The Cli Alla AIA th,n called the attention of the Court to the remuneration lately granted by the Court of Dirators to the Captains and crews of the China ships, who so gloriously signalised them selves in the aElion with Linois. The unanimous Resolutions of the Court of Di reetors were accordingly read, in which the Court's thanks fot their gallant condua were handsomely expressed, with the remuneration granted to the Commanders, Officers, and seamen, for their ser vices on this occasion. The CHAIRMAN then paid the highest compliments to the several Commanders and crews, for not only defending themselves, but even potting to /{;ht a fleet of ships of war, purposely sent to bring them captive into a French port; and, after a very able speech, in which he stated, he was convinced that the Proprietors would not think the Direanrs had gone too far in remunerating the services of these gallant heroes, who were resolved to conquer or die, in defending their property; he concluded with observing, that in consequence of Captain Sir Na thaniel Dance's ill health, that Gentleman was not able to take advantage of a favourable voyage, which the Court of Direants had complimented him with ; and it was therefore the intention of the Dire lots, as soon as they should meet again, to grant a pension of 3001. ter antral" to this gallant Officer, for his long and meritorious services in the Company's service, which he so nobly wound up by his unrivalled vi Cory over Liaois ; and stating, that he felt perfealy confident, that when, at a future time, he should have the pleasure of laying such a Resolution before the General Court, the Direaors would receive their entire approbation. Mr. ROCK then rose, and observed, that though he was decidedly of opinion, that the remuneration panted by the Direaors was well merited, yet be wished to know how the Court of Direaors con sidered themselves authorised to give away 50 or Cso,ooo pounds ? To which the CHAIRMAN replied, in the most satisfaaory manner. On the rise of the Court, Sir Fa steers BARING begged leave to call the attention of the Court, for a few moments, to the situation of Captain Timins, who had likewise been complimented by the Direc tors, with a favourable voyage. and observed, that the same necessity compelled him to resign the voy age. Sir FRANCIS concluded with observinip that he hoped the Court would also consider Captain Timins in consequence. No further business offering. the Cit•tam x de clared it to be a Quarterly Conn, summoned in pur suance of the Company's Charter, and moved the question of Adjournment. On Saturday morning was launched atDover, a 20 gun sloop of war, burthen 352 tons, built fur His Ma jesty's set vice by Mr. loms limo, an eminent ship builder at that town. She is named L'A4liate. hursday, the Amerkan ship, Swam, sailed from Dublin for Philadelphia, with a valuable cargo and a number of passengers on board. The D , amond, .1 A lin Nasal r, master, from Dub lin to Limerick, was driven on shore at itossglass, in the dist, id of Strangford, early on the morning of the 4th inst.—the crew all saved. As the vessel is laden with ordnance stores, a guard of yeomanry has been placed upon her. The grand Meld-day and sham-fight of the Bri gade of 110, al East India Vooluntestts, on Saturday next, is to be entirely under the command and di re.'lion of general Gitosverion, who, on the con clusion, gives an entertainment to the Field-Olfisers. Should the day prove fine, this military spedacle will be extremely brilliant. His Majesty, the it,:w Emperor of AUSTRIA, has lately sent to his elder dead:cr. the Emperor of Mo rocco, a superb litre of chrystal. valued at 2,500 dui xi. This pre.,ent was accompanied with a namber of gold v....tchea, valuable snuff boxes, rare stuffs, and a large supply of fine liqueurs and re. served frui:s. TILE 177R1P. DONC%STER, mustoar, ?arr. Ells Majesty's five of 100 gs. free for all horses, &c. four-yestr oldl to carry lOst. 41b.-6ve-year olds Ist. si -yeir olds I Ist. —and aged I 2st. ?lb.—One Four-mile Heat. Str II %Wham: • C. Sr r. Sowlong, 4 gni. rolot . . Mr. Welhunor*4 br h by A'.lok Tho.Pr, 4 yr , g. uid . 2 Lori I>ulingt on% hr. c Doon , -.04..r, 4 tn. 0 d . . . dr Mg BrAndling% b to A:004 o, g; . . . dr 10 to I on Starling. Sweepstakes of `2lgq. each, for then two year olds; Colts Bst.—Fillies 7st. I Ilh.—Two-year Oids Cow se. Lord F.tv.yi!liarn'i dart h e be 114m!)1..toisian . 1 1...ril 11.6net.0.' , b. r by 11.t.1.61. toms.) . . Mr. W. N. W I:,%ett% llorcio;.c Tat Mr. coa t anion Mr. Melli.h's ell e. 11 ri e.tv .5 to 4 against liewetl's blare, the winner the last favourite. MATII WP.LTF I STARES. Sweepstakes of 20gs. each, fen' horses that had never started at the time of naming, to carry I 3st. and to be rode by Gendemea.—Heas, two Miles each Mr. iiirl••••• pr g Msddleth 'Tire . . . . 1 1 S. I.u.nley% by Ove•ton . . . 2 2 Sir H. T. Vane•. gr. g. I loirert DuaJr . . . . DONCANTEC TICE HANDICAP. Sweepstakes of SOgs. each, h. ft.--Two Miles. Lord Fttveilham's Unite , fist 3lb 1 Mr. Sitwell's Pr . rlirr, itt 9lb 2 L or d porhoxwo's Doncaster, 70. 111 b. . . . Sufi T. Van?',CockGjlrt• r, Rat. ;11, Mr. C. Nort”res Sir Harry Diroodale, 7,t. 61b. . . Mr. Childers's Louisa, dal 10111. . . • . .p 4 I I to 8 against Pipylin ; 2to 1 against Orville. Lord Fitzsolha:o's beg Mr M7lli.le, Stockton, 209 r. each, to carry est noeach, Four M.:es. - . , • 2 to I on Orvalle; ' a good itace. Lord Darlington': Haphaz..n.L M. Sib. beat Mr. Garforth's bay horse fravdltr, out of radii, ist 71b. 2COgs. p. p. Four Wirt. 2to I on Haphazard. The new regulation for keeping the populace from the Course during the time of run. nit g, by 'givirg notice by the ringing of i bell en the Horses being saddled for each heat, has been success fully enforced, and will no doubt be followed on other Curses There was a genteel company on the stand. Betting is nearly even between Sancho and (laid, for St. Leger's Stakes to•monow. GENERAL ORDERS. BOARD Ok.' The following Official Letter has bees circulated through the Army : " law Sept. 111, 1804: With a view to aswitaiti whether there are any and what number of men in Regiments of the Liao and Militia, who from age or illfiffirt/el are at present unit for duty, and, from litt:e prospect of regaining their strength, may, to a certain de gree, be omsidered as not effective for s.:rv:ce ire the field, the Commander in Chief desires you will camera Board to be as sembled in me.) brigade in the disukt under your orde.i, tsts sitting of the General Officer C3olMillti , ng the Brigade, a Pr.. stehmt, and any number of Field Olken you may judge exp Mein hen : The Bond will e.ll :or the attention of tire Revinental Medical StaTOffuers with whose assistance they will proceed to inquire into the eases of any men who are not in the habit of the regular performance of their regimental duties, or who ire considered onesual to marches or other fa.. tigues. Men unht for duty, farm ace.dental hurt, Illness, or other tratoi rot cause are not the tibial' of their investuption but the cases adios; who have been fee a amid:rabic period in hospitals, or are returned on sick furloughs, wtl fall patio,. lady under their cogobance And His Royal Highness ex peas that from the information dental from the Regimental Medical Staff Of f icers they will be enabled to form a tolerably accurate judgment as to the probable chance of each iudividuars competence to the performance of military AMy. (Sign vil) " HARRY CALVERT, A.G.' " Itrad-pwriers, CA-Amer." In obedience to His Royal Highness's instruc tions contained in the above letter, Lieutenant-Ge neral Sir James Craig direas the several Officers commanding brigades in the distrids under his or der, to assemble the Board therein mentioned, the first convenient opportunity, and report their pro ceedings to him. The Board is to consist of a Field Officer of each of the regiments composing the bri gade ; and where there may chance to be only one regiment under the command of a General Officer, he will then cause the Baat d to consist of two Field Officers of that regiment, in conjundion with him self: TOTHE EDITOR OF THE BRITISHPRESS. Sta, Have you ever heard of any person in London, who has lost a little boy We have just now in our possession one of the finest boys I ever saw—who was sold by a wretched beggar-woman to a chimney sweeper in Burlington. From various circumstances, 'tis impossible he can be her child ; his manners are civilised—quite that of a Gentleman's, well brought up. His dialett, that of the South of England. He has fine dark eyes and eye-lashes, and a high nose; and is one of the most engaging, charming children, I ever saw. He appears to be about four or five yeari old. Any person wishing to hear further particular., or can give any intelligence re speaing the child, may apply to No. 4, Devonshire street, Bishop's-gate-street. Yesterday, at the Public Uni,e, Hatton-garden, a master baker, on Saffrun-i: 1% was charged with receiving a large goantity of floor, to the amount of 401. the property of Mr. .1 - %, baker and mealman in the Borough. It appeared, that the Prisoner recommended a friend, as a tit person to keep a baker's shop for the piciecutor, at Kings land Road, when he betrayed hit trust, and m )red all the flour to the shop cf 'be Prisoner; after which he went to Ikvizes, in Wiltshire, from whence be was brought back to the office, where he was ex amined with the other Prisoner. Several witnesses giving testimony against them. they were both fully committed to Newgate fur trial. Yesterday morning, about three o'clock, as a watchman of the name of newer was going his round, in St. John -street, Smithfield, lie discovered a genteel young female, hanging from a railing, at the corner of a gateway, not above tour fret in height; she had twisted all the ribbons of her bon net, tied to her handkerchief, to make a cord of ; she was apparently dead when he cut her down. lkidor FORTZSCL L. in the neighbourhood, was sent for, who bled the unfortunate woman ; she was im mediately taken to the hospital, without hopes of recovery. LEGION op Nomouß. LES ON DIT, OR RUMOURS. (From Let Now:less to Main; Makedor SOds, Year XII. or July 19, 1204.)' 0,; itd (rumours say), that a Female'Leginn of Honour is to be decreed, and that the model of her sex, Her Majesty, Josephine, the first Empress cf tht: French, is to be proclaimed by a SOWN* C3llloe isl, the proreßrix of this Order. Wise are to be all the grand Officers, we have not heard with the ex ception of Madame Bonaparte, the mother, their im perial Highnesses, the Princesses Joseph and Louis Bonaparte, with their Imperial Highnesses, the Princesses llacchiochi, Santa Croce, Murat, anti Burg. hese, Commanders of cohorts, are said to be Madame Lucien, and hiadame Jerome Bonaparte, Madame 'i'alleyrand, Mad. Tallien, Mad. Recamier, Mad. Rancour, and Madame Ilarnusat. Madame FleL hault is to be the Chancellor, Madame Geniis the Secretary, and Madame Such' the Treasurer of the Female Legion of Honour. Every lady, who has written or intrigued for the revolution who bets frequented clubs, who has married Sant-culottes, t' has been divorced from noblemen, who has denounc ed is:oc:ats, who has sung at the feasts of the Goddess of Reason, or preached in the temples of the Theophilanthropists, who has bought natiooal • property, or squandered away bar patrimonial es. tares, who has isSed as ail-de-cott a to generals , or as a mistress to the officers and soldiers, &la*, a Member of the Female Legion of Honour. Oe die (rumours say), that Madame Conte ) Ma.' dame Dugazon, Madame Du Lannois, bladadto. D'Estaingville. Madame St. Hilaire 'sladarne Lamin a , Madame Augereatt, Madame Ge;xneuse, Madame . Menou, Madame Jourdan, and Madame Fouche, have presented petitions to obtain cohorts. Oa din (rumours say), that the decoration of the Members of the Female Legion of Honour is to, be a star fastent dto a tri-coloured garter over are' left knee, with the inscription pies weirs; and that; in future, the dress-gowns, yoricalts. or chemise, of female Chevaliers, are only to :each four iodic" above the knees. They may wear drawers i but thia must be of tri-coloured mudin. Os die (rumours say), that the chapters of thie! order areto be held in the Pavilion of Flora k yr ea; Castle of the Thitilleriet, and in the Falai, Royal.; Their reception will take pl.rce on the'L rperor's Coronation Day, and they will receive their &tort-. tioas from the Emperor's own hand, in the Palaiif Royal, in the 'presence of all the female; lid invas 'Of that place, and of the neighbOuring street. '14.! dame Lucchesini will officiate pontifiCally„ 4 . be the first foreign Lady who obtains Etri=' peror this order of Revolutionary Hollow. lireil mit gni real y peace ! BRIGANDS. • • * 1 O They Alencoa. under the Id, Val M. Cavalier, Colonel of the Gres k ited:wee, hav ing information that thte WAS a band of bri gands in the neighbourhood of thistown, took pip. dent measures to be informed of theitansteds. He was told by his spies. theta* very woe night, gang intended to pillage the bones of the veidove trrdirn Badoire, wfiere Colonel Cavalier *ro w duced, secretly, Lieutenant Elvois, with the Hens d'ormes of the town of Alancqn, who laid than. selves in wait, both in the house of Madam Bourdon and in its neighbourhood. As some as it was dark, the brigands entered the home. saying that they were sent by the Prefee to wet& if** fuse money, and to see whether any coiner; wens there. A sack with money was given them, which they emptied upon the table. At thin instant the Lido. ter ant made his appearaate with his pas errors, at whom the brigands .fired Arithout wounding any one. The gems framer fired in their turn, one bri gand was killed, another wounded, and • • third made his escape. AU the others were taken, and carried to the prison of Alencon. These brigands have long been the terror of the coungy. , Iq ,the time of Robespierre they were all members • *a. volutionary Tribunals, and Committees..mulmthe most aaice patriots of the reign of terrorism, *min which some of them, by plundering men of preporty. made immense fortunes, which they emomdeeml away as quickly as they had acquired. In 17p&. 1797, sod 1799, when the terrorists bored Strain to usurp power, they sent threatening lettere to ovary person they suspeaed to possess any money. aid required a certain som under pain of death. &Mu were weak enough es be intimidated to emurillata. but their letters as well as their reesipts are. ommlla the hands of the special tribunal wooed Wp them.—(Javrad illeerers.) A curious wager was decided a short time ism by a baker at Wethersford, in Sufulk, wbo under took for a bet of one guinea, to drive bis boar half a mile on the turnpike-road Weems that plate sad Horsebeath, and to ride him back again within as hour. which be performed with Mee to minutes: On Tuesday last, a labourer at Mr. Misreads timber-yard, near New-Crane, Shadweli, trader took, for a wager of a gallon si beer , to carry four tea-foot deals up a ladder, to the top of a timber pile. As he was ascending, the end of bis load streak aga.nct the pile. whlrs he fell dawn. He was shockingly bruised, and expired in a few 11141111ta I be has left a wife and a numerous family. It was nor, as reported, a worthy Aldermen's Barber who obtained the Prise of Ten Thousand Pounds oo Monday last, the first day of Drawing ; but, with pleasure we assure t h e Pub lic, it was pre. seated by the liberal hand of a Gentleman; high in office at the Bank of Englaml, to his Barber (w ho r has received front him one Sixteenth Share is every Lottery for many years past, as a reward for his ; punctual attendance on his employer). The prize has been paid in 46risetties Newloodio. NEXT SATURDAY Will le Ike Saved we of Dreqving ; And. it is remarkable, that, on the same day, last year. Ho INS 31r and Co. had the pleasure of seusng. in Shares, No. 535, which was &awn a Twenty Thousand Pound Prize. A RICH WHEZL. Three Prises of Twenty ThrsuAnd Pounds. Too Prises of Ten Thousand Pow ds. Three PiYtw of Five Thousand Pounds. Fine Prises of Oita Thousand Pim ds. Evight Prises of Five Hundred Pounds, Ilk. &e. N. B. Tickets and Shares are selling, warranted =drawn, at HOU4SiT and Co.'s, 26,