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C4NTERBOR Y, APRIL 26. Tuesday last being the day appointed for pre seutiug • sword to Citiatuiu Sir Thomas Staines, w ren by the Geotle.oeo of Thane, an ele,lant di nne r on the occaaiou was provided ut m a, 'lntel ; after the cloth was removed, and the health of the King, Queen, and Royal Prouty, g iven, the President, (D. Jarvis, Esq.) rose, and, in an eloquent addresa,recapitu Weil the varions splen did acts of valour performed by Captain Staines, particularly last year, iu the Bay of Naples, against a very superior force ; he concluded with promot ing the sword, and giving the health of Captain Sir Thomas Staines, which WRY rapturously ap olmclerl. Sir Thomas, in a speech replete with ..„A„ty a nd good sense, returned his thanks for the honour conferred oil him, and stated his resolu. non to pursue that line of conduct which had pro cured loin such a distinguished mark of their &fem.—The meeting ass most respectably at teudeel by the Gentlemen of Thanet, and coaduct. el with the greatest spirit and harmony. An ap propriate glee was sting by three Gentlemen of Thane, which was received with great applause ; and, after many constitutional toasts, glees, and „ A pp., which added to the exhiliration of the day, the company departed, highly gratified with their en tertainment. Tuesday the Easter plata was run for on Bar ham Dawns, by Mr. Hawkins's b. h. Mr. Del mar's hr. h. and Mr. James Abbott's b. na.; the liner of which was distanced; the other two aifoule , l very excellent sport, and the plate was won by the former.—lii the course of the afternoon, a bye match was run by two horses, but, we la ment to sly, that, after they had gone over the coil e, the loriag animal dropt down, and iustaotly txilred. POETRY. THE KISS. IMITATION OF •N ACRZON. Eliza, kiss nie fasl.sad sweetly, The peewit monieat is our own; Tone, the spoiler, flies so fleetly, Joy is past %samosa as house. With more fervour love ! and warmer— Hot so to; ly—oot so rola— Youth and Love kiss thu., my chamber, Chill caresoce leave the uW. Now, whet' tune mud tide tutting, Tempt Os to eistatic blob i Let us, lips to lips unitime, Brest\ our wolf iutu Ma kiss. Sweet delirium ! warmly throlliug, Tam' my veiws II feel it roll ; tueast sit► panful pleasure filling, While is rapier. swim* ley well. TEUTHA. Thursday*. Ma'arra, the Dukes of Yount and Canaan/ill, riiiiCONIRS AUGUSTA and So— PIIIA, took On siring iu Windsor Great Park, ac coinumtied by Lords Sr. HELIX'S and ARDEN. General. Da BUDR and Fs rzaus, Colons' T•IN LOA, end Lady CAROLINA COLLI6I4 and returned ,to the Patter at twelve o'clock. The Duke of CLARE ems left Windsor on Wed ne.day evening, and the Dukes of Sussex and CUMBERLAND, so Thursday afternoon. Mr. Saareinneou arrived in town, about a week since, from Southampton, where be has been resi dent fur the- last four months. The last arm/141A et Cheltenham ere The Earl of Suffulk, Dowager Lady Doually, Lally Hare. wood, Lady Lucy Erskine, Lady Teresa Deane, Sir John 11 )1elliore sad Lady Smith, Sir Wm. Oakeley, Hon. Captain Duncan, R. N. Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Bowen, Ham. Mr. and Mrs. Trench, Geo. Mathew, Hon. Col. Plunkett and family, Gee. Erskine, Major-Gen. Disney, Major-Gen. Sherri tt, Ma jor Gen. and Mrs. Maxwell, Cul. Macdonald, Colonel end Mrs. Mitchell, Col. Barry, Cul. Drumusund, Major D'Arey, Major and Mrs Daniell, Major O'Brien, The Most Rev. the Dian of Christ-Church, Rev. Dr. Bendy, Dr. Fitton, Dr Bros ae, Or. Julia Jalaill. , ol, Rev. Richard sod Mrs. Rolfe, Pas. Mr. Hohmann, Rev J. V.s.sse, Rev. R. H. Asher, Rev. I. M. Twins; Rev. Mr. and Mai Brunton, Capt. Bowyer, p M'il ti.ms, pt. Moh wr, Capt. Deadbeat., Capt. Honey, Capt. Julonson. On Tors , .lay. the 27• h Mora the foundation of ti.aCastie of KiLitman, belonging to Captain Mait l.n.d, was laid, in pi esence of James Gil leseie. Esq. architect, Edinburgh. attended by a large party of Isdiss and gentlemen, residing in the town and relhhoiirhood, besides w vast coucourse of specta tars, collected from this place and the surrounding c Lary. A masonic procession, which was very clowning and respectable, assisted by the band of tie Cum, or lid Regiment of h•tfeshtre Local Mi b,iss proceeded bum their IMhe, precisely at 3 o.do, k, and reached the scite in about half an hos: afterwards. lieveiol gold, silver, and copper e; .s, ail of the reign of Ills 'mascot. Nlajestvi along won a ropy of rde Edinburgh Evening Courant, sal of on Edinburgh Almanack for the year 17110. " , rle inc!o•ed within a glass 'phial, hermetically *Wed. and deposited in a stone. The ceremony 441 concluded with a solemn and appropriate flyer, delivered by the Mew. George Campbell, 1 . 1 . U. Senior Minister of the borgli. The leP;. , ietor, accompanied by s number of his rn.i. , ls, assembled in the Crown Inn. win-re they P't.•nk of a sumptuous dinner, given iu honour of The utmost festivity and conviviality pre. ; a variety of imitable anal constitutional loots were drunk during the evening. The curs- P-ay separated ■t a late hour, deeply impressed anh those sentiments, naturally inspired by sn.•h , ssession. This strum ores when 6.tishrd, will oue of the largrat and most magnificent seats im the county; built upon a consincuuus and an ell ,iterl situation, it will embrace a prospect, truly eoiniini c an d delightful, extending from beyond Lomond hills ow the west, to below the ws.rr ou the east, comprising a distance, exce leelity miles. • Sc,.. decree sit ellastris. 1 h.. cantle, with du every tarry, aad eirenr‘ima. W 4ll . (foss succecdttig wats. czciie be t auLotto Abon SPORTING lIITELLIGENCL NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, Inn. THURSDAY, •tra t. 46. Gen. Grosvenor's R entaquin, est. beat 141 F. Bentincl's Ai mole, 7,4 I Ills..—Twoir obi Connie, 25p. 5 to 4 agst. Ramequin. IA Saukville's Deceiver best LA Grosvenor's Plover. sit. 71b. each —Ab. M. stoup. 610 4 on Deceiver. Major Wilson's Juniper, est. elb. beat Ld Seckville's Bus tard, est. 71b.—Acrues the Flat, loons. _ . S to 4 00 Juniper. Mr. Wilson's Cambric, 7al. :lb. beat D. of Grafton 's Char eo4l4 SM. dlb.--.TWO•yr. old Course, sore. Even beitlim on Cambric. Produce Sweepstakes of -20ogs each, h. R. colts, sst. Ib. ; fillies, ust. D. M. Mr. Luke's c by Sorcerer Sir F. Standish's e. by Mr..Tessle Mr. Lake's f. Miss Hob Mr. Northey'sf. by Sorcerer pd Mr. Lake's I (dead) by Sorcerer 4 101 as Mr. Lake's illy. _ _ A Subscription Plate of snl. fur 3-yr olds carrying 611. 71h. ; 3.yr 01.14 Wit. Mb. ; 4-yr olds Oat. MU,. ; Syr olds gut 416.; 6-yr olds and aged oat olh. D Al. Mr. Watson's gr c. liinhaliire Grey, 3 yrs old 1 LA. Jersey's b. e. Jeremy, 3 yrs. old g Mr. Ginldard's ob. f. by Sorcerer, g yrs old • 0 Mr. Iltiworik's b. f Angiolisi, 3 yrs old • Mr. Lakes h. c. Carillsk 4 yrs old Ld Groovenues eh t Aatunia, g yrs old o Mr. Ehres's b. e. O. P. I yrs old Capt. Halfendeles ch. c. Sir Edward, 3 yrs old ... 0 Mr. Donveries b. e. Discount, 4 yn old o Mr. Cravat's b. c Itramlenbargli, 4 yn old Mr. 5i11V4114 . • br. e. Auctioneer, 4 yrs old D. of Grahou's bl. f. Charcoal, 4 yrs old dr Mr. G. Boast's b. f. Gratitude, 4 yrs old . .... dr The Judge could plies bat a. • "-- -- sto 1 agst. Yorkshire Grey-5 to a kgst Jeremy-5 to - I agst. Antonia. Sweepstakes of sags each. D. I. Mr. Vansittart's Burteigb, sat. nib.. Sir W. W. Wynne's Mademoiselle Presle, sat. 71b. I Ld Jersey's Laurette, dst. sib 3 IA F. Beutinek's Persian, 7st. Mb. pd 2 to 1 apt. Burleigb.-.Eves bettiog as Mademoiselle Preele. Sweepstakes of toots eaeb, b. ft. Ist. 41. Ab. M. Mr. Ladbroke'. e. Mr. Edward ree. ft. IA Lowther's e by Wetter Pd Ld Jersey's e by Sorcerer Sit C. isesbery's b. f by Whiskey, rec. A. from Mr. Thorn hill's b. t by Harabletosioa, oat esels.—Twoir oW Course, mop. h. ft. RAPORT FROM CONMITTSIS ON SIOLVNRAD ROADS •ND HAIIS , WIL (Ordered, by the Home of Onnsams, to be printed, alit Mardi, Ism) The Coin 11l i l tee appointed to inquire into the state of the road front Shrewsbury to Holyhead ; into what itaproveinenhs or alterations may be de sirable and practicobh- therein for the convenience of travellers; and into the state of the funds arising from the turnpikes thereon, and their expenditure; and to report the same, with their observations and opinion thereupon, to the House ;--and who were instructed to extend their inquiries to the road lead ing from Chester to Holyhead ; and also to consider the state of Holyhead harbour, the sums expended, and the sums necessary to complete the same ; have, pursuant to the Order of the House, exa aniued the matters to them referred ; and have agreed upon the following Report : Your Committee, ceasing the comparative im portance of an inn:abate Report upon that port of their instructions which requires them to con sider u. the state of Holyhead harbour, the slims expended, and the sums necessary to complete the same," have turned their more immediate atten tion to those objects, and having made such inqui ries therein as appeared to them necessary ; find, That in the seveion of 1808 a grant was made to His Majesty by Parliament of a sum of 10,0001. towards improving and securing the said harbour : That no part of that sum has been expended upon the harbour That with a view to facilitate the intercourse be tween London and Dublin, as well as for the pro tection of vessels navigating the Irish Channel, your Committee are of opinion that much im provement is requisite and practicable in the har bour of Holyhead : That, according to the plan and estimate of Mr. Renoir, annexed, the expenses attending such im provements will amount to the sum of sixty-seven thussund eight hundred and sixty-two pounds ; which sum your Committee are of opinion will be necessary to complete the same: That it will be requisite that a Bill should be in troduced into Parliament for the purpose of carry lug into execution and effecting the iniprovetneuts necessary. -- ESTIMATE _ _ Of the probabk expense74l;idding• Pier at Holyhead. ex tending 6:14 feet beyond the Perc►, mad formiim a swt, and excavating part of the interior harbour, agieeably to the plan proposed by the Elder snares of the Trinity. House of Deptford Woad. To i 590 rubm yards of masauryons %web Rock, L. s. d. 245 To 750 ditto, 2im 750 1 o 76;0 rabic yards of masonry, as on inside quay of Jetty, aOs 11,505 To 20,099 cubic yards of rabbis lilliag, mi. Cal 3,643 12 To 67,40 cubic yards of • larger Mae of rub bk, for semi& stone. so 16,017 10 To 26,474 cubic yards oaf cuwriog, M. 10,329 1 . 2 To lA, cubic yards of mown, eat — To 2,336 cubic 'awls of paring, 45 5407 3 To earnests bar quay wall MOO To 25,1014 cubic yards of earth is mishualaneat for mad to be taken out of the harbor, gs. a,5 to Tu 5,940 cubic yards of rubble stuns bar stops of ditto, 35. 641 6.9 10 -. To forming read aerials • tow poem of I•ad by the Customhouse too To 12,340 cubic yard* of sassiug for rued on the west end of the barboor, - . To i,os•• collar yards of rubble stone for *kora of ditto sod road, 3s 14d - Parchuse of Salt Islasid and hod foe road .•••• • 3.500 Cunt toe %Kies L 67,86* - - The celebrated PAUL haw FIELD, who is said t ha e atoll hat.-ly at Paris in indigent circumstances, was a native of Cheltenham. His family was re spectable, but ant rich: His father was a builder, ;and, amongst other hostiles erected by him, was the large house in that town, used by Miss MUSICIAN as a buiarding-house ► he was ■ man of considerable mechanical ability, and there are some of his tables stall Rana' ig in that neighbourhood, of very in genious workmanship. On PAUL. BENVIELP . S re turn from India, wine years ago, he was supposed to posses', near half a million sterling. To ea' EDITOR of The BRITISH PRESS. Slit—The important and interesting •Report of the Lords' Committee of Secrecy,. ',WU:shed in your Paper of t24tli 61,4. dildote* infr.r.nation on the sith.fret of the Bank of England mid Country Banks, that deservix the rat-talon of the public. The Order in Council of the 21/ It of February, 1797, end the-subsequent Acts of the which have restrained the Batik of England re.iii paying their notes in specie, alyear„ from this It. - port, to have bean mewnirt a of ex peal ency. diet ,red by the peculiar state of this minor v, owl of on the breaking out of this eventful war. was threatened by the French, and the alaim or seeing the Sams-Culotta landed on our shores, to hoist the red flag on the dome of the Bunk of land, caused the timid and the ignorant to call for extraordinary supplies of pecie, to hoard, its a re source in the last extremity of danger ; to this ef fect, of what I ever considered its an alarm un worthy of my countrymen, wits added, tit the mine time, the real and pressing want of specie from the failure of some Country Banks, the circulation of whose notes hail spread over the North of England, to a very considerable extent ; and the vacancy cc califmril by their being suddenly withdrawn the great wheel of int. rind exchange, ill which they had been the principal spokes, it was mice.- sary to fill with other materials ; and the demands erf the country for specie seem to have ev:erded the anprftfee sf the precious metals. Mr. Thornton observed (and it is self-evident) that, in proportion as the commerce of the country increases, a greater capital is necessary for (Wry tog it on ; and it is no dubious proof of snereu.ing commerce, that time number of Bills for navigation% and canals, passed in the lour years preceding the war, was thirty; the number passed during the four years of the war, was sixty-nine—more than double in number; and further, that the .um au thorised to be borrowed for Junking these canals and navigations, was in the first four years 2,377,2001. ; and in the last period 7,4150001 ; which is more than three times the amount of ca pital employed for the conveyance of produce sad manufactures. I may venture to assume, that, as the commerde of the country increases, and requires a greater ca pital for carrying it on, there will also be required more currency for the purposes of exchange; ■nil, as tar as analogy may be admitted to Illustrate, the increase of canals, navigations, and inclosures, im plies an increased demand for money, in paper or specie. On this principle it may he argued, that, in the year 1797, there was a real increase to the demand for money to carry on an increasing trade ; an actual defalcation in the supply of currency, from the failure of the Newcastle Banks.and thealarmists' (of all others most urgent) demand for specie; un der these circumstances, it was judged expedient by the Government of the country to interfere, and, as the most obvious means of preventing the fur ther spreading of these mischief,, to make the notes of the Bank of England legal payment; there by only confirming, by authority, the credit which the responsibility, solidity, and actual property of the Corporation. had already acquired and de served; a claim which I know no reason to die. regard at present, as their responsibility is mina paired, sad their property considerably increased; that doubts of the flank's ability to meet all their engagements are confined to • few, I judge, from the gre6t advance in the rim of Bank Stock, and the increase of their annual dividend ; the latter justifying. and the former expressing more forcihly, than any language I can use, the firm, untbaken, and increasing confidence of those most compe tent to judge, and most interested in judging right. It appears from the pamphlet of Sir Philip Francis. K.B. that the price of Bank Stock, in 1797. was U 271; in 1809. ISO ; and that the dividend has been raised from 7 to 11 per cent. besides sundry bonnsses. I cannot admit these. nor consider any other circumstances that have yet bent stated, as symptoms of insolvency. It has beeu lately contended, that, notwithstand ing the flourishing state of the Bank of England, their notes are depreciated, and one Gentleman has actually published, what he calls the per centage of discount on Bank Notes, calculated on the price of standard gold per ounce, the excess of which, shove the mut price, is considered as an actual disr.ount on paper : the calculation is made with much ingenuity, and the table dots credit to the industry of Mr. Mushet, but is by no means conclu sive ; the saute doctrine is asserted by Mr. Reseda. in his pamphlet, entitled The MO Price of Brillion, o Prof of the I lepreciation of Bask Notes, and is adopted by tame of the Reviewers ; it is briefly denied in The Gentleman's Megnsine, for Fe bruary. and combated more at length, in A De fence of Bank-Notes, by Mr. John Grenfell. The arguments on both sides being before the public, I will only add one, that has not yet been noticed. It has lately been stated by a Member of Parliament, that the number of British ships employed in trad ing to the ports on the Continent of Europe, ■re only two thousand, while the foreign vessels amount to more than four thou-and ; the latter prefer gold and silver to any other commodities, en account of the facility with which these metals pass the Foreign Custom-houses, where British menu (miners and col 'al produce are prohibited ; or, if they return is ballast, they will at least take their freialit on spec e. This, which is one of the evils of the present CHI N tni tour war, contributes to en hance the price of gold. It appears, from Mr. Grenfell's Defence of Bank-notes that there was no considerahle advance ou geld, till some time after the exchanges between London ■nd Amsterdam, Ramburgh and Paris. had fallen below par. It is well known to every Merchant on the Royal Exchange, that excessive it•pwnations of produce from the Baltic, and of corn and wine from France, occasioned the falling of the Course of Exchange with those places. To those who argue, that the unfavourable state of Foreign Exchanges. is owing to the alleged de. preciation of our currency, there is an answer, which, I think, every unbiassed mind will deem sufficient, in the actual advance which has taken place in the Course with Hamburgh. during the time this question has been under discussion ; that Course, ethic!). in October last, was sm. Gd. is 31s. per pcund sterling, in the present mouth of April ; and, I will venture to predict, that, as our debts due to the Continent for foreign merchandise ins port. d, see glidingly oriseheresda the Coarse of Exchange will continue!. advance towards the intr. without any reference to the circulating mediu.o of the auuniry, whether it be in metal, or notes of the Bank ~ f F.ogland. The superabundance of paper, which is noticed. with mach poti,t, by Sir Philip Framie, is inaltra. stated, without any ground bei :g anig. ed, on which it (WI ap ! :e.r how ruttii•!l the amount ex swim the progressive demands of yeti interim' coanneice: nor is this complaint, if fouvde 1 in fact, mute legaine,t the Bank of England, than is l ca.n..t the rin meruns pne or batiks, now estelilistirti in every town in the kingdom, which are out all entitletl. to the Sallie deg'''e of credit, nor all conducted with i:.e acute discretion. __l sin. Sir, Your obtdieut Servatit, Lumlors, April J 7. MLIRCATOIL. /AVIJLST An Imiuritt was held. )e,terday, at the Catch and Ilur.co., is St. Martin's-lane, by AMTMOKY CELL. Esq. on the body or Mrs. Anna;#4..ria Ken.,rrley. whn died ea l'utuday laetA in Cause. ti,iieuce of being dreadfully burned at her Wage id St. Nlartin's-cunrt. Mr. Rohert Rowney, a Cl.'rk to Mr. Reinterley, ...lid, that lie slept on the ground-floor ;0.1 Tuesday morning last, about half-past one o'clock, he was awak-bed by some noise in the house ; the witness ran up stair.,and, between the first and second floor stairs, he met Mrs. kennerley, who was running down with her clothes on tire, sod .he excietuird, tt Robert, assist vie." The MittICIM went into the rim fluor back-room to get some clothes to wrap round Mrs. Kennerley, who followed him into the room ; out finding ally thing, he attempted to get up the draiving-ruout carpet, but it was nailed to the fluor ; then with his hands he tried to extin guish her clothes, which were burning very rapidly, in the attempt he berried one of his hands; he next ran down stairs to get the counterpane off his bed, and ran again up stairs with it ; he met Mr. Benjamin Ford, who had been *binned by the noise ; he desired him to take the counterpane, SA to go and wrap it round Mrs. Kenner!. y. The witness opened the street-door, and called in some persons that were passing at the time, and desired them to render assistance; they went up into the second floor bed-romn, and found one side of the bed in flames, which they extinguished. There was a cluitilestick close to the bedside; there was no candle to it; it appeared to have been burnt down to the socket ; the witness sent for Dr. Tho mas, and also to Hitomrimith, to inform Mr. Kennerley of the melancholy accident. The wit ness afterwards went up, and assisted Mrs. Ken nerley down stairs, and laid heron his bed. Sbe did not give him •Ity acconnt how the accident happened, and appeared perfectly sensible, mad in dreadful agony : the akin was completely off her hands, and several parts of her body face was also very much scorched. Mr. George Benjamin Ford said, he was a sibiptios - man to Mr. Kennerley ; on Tuesday morning 411 he ass awakened by the smell of fire and some seise in the house ; be ran down stairs undressed, and met Mr. Borgne,' on the first stairs. who gave hint a coun. terpene, and told him to go into the first floor beds room, and throw it on Mrs. Keunevley, while he went to call assistance; the witness found Mrs. liennerley on a mattresas 014 MAUI tin tie Ali kead there being no other bedding in that room ; he wrapped the counterpane round the deceased, and extinguished the fire; she appeared to him rely much burnt, but did not speak. A gentlewoman entering the room to resider assistance, the witness went up into the second floor, to see if the flee was out; part of the bed clothes had been burnt, and some clean linen was on the bed, and a candlestick was by the bed-side, burned qnite black. Dr. Thomas said, on Tuesday assuming last, be tween two and three o'clock, he came to Mr. lien. Heeler's house, in St. Martin's-cotrt, and found Mr...Kennet ley on a bed on the ground floor ; she was consplaining of excessive Laic; upon examina tion. be found she was dreadfully burned in the trunk and upper extremities. It was very clear that her death was inevitable. mid lie directed his atten tion to give her present relief. She expired about five o'clock in the afternoon of the same day. The deceased was perfectly sensible, and as knowledged the great attention that had been paid to herby every one present.—This Jury returned a Verdict //tridental Death. On Monday, the 16th instant, the following Gentlemen, Graduates of the Unive►sity of Erbil borgh,tvere elected Members of the Royal College of Physictsne, of London :—Doctors Tuos. BROWN. G. DENT. W. MAson, B. F. 04TRAM. We Bkomibr. At the Anniversary Sermon on behalf of the Aey lum for the Deaf and Dumb, which was preached on Sunday last, in Bow Church, Chrapside, by the Reertend Dr. GISRILARD ANDFEWS, Dean of Canterhitry, before his Royal Highness the Duke olGfoticcsrea. the Lord Mayon, and She riff'. of London, sod a crowded congregation; inch was the effect of hi• eloquent and affecting dis. c•.uree, that the collection after service 'amounted to upwards of 1501. The Bile), lox hunters, last week, presented a very elegant silver cup to Mr. J. East.ll, fir the mastetly style in which he has conducted the Iw•x• den hounds for the last nine years, having it,lled more foxes each season than any pack of hounds to liekiogdota, having hunted only twice a week. A young math residing at Fulford, near York. last week atrended the execution of a wo;pai►.la.l four raw" for foreery in that etiy, and sews so af fected by the 18,4 fisl :.tottr, that he went .beimir hang.-d hems, If io his en.v-hnti.e. The new Low°ln post-coach was robbitt ht.t week me: between Prterbornu i eh D.eporg. The gam • on. hatopenutu to he on the toech•in.% w tit the CU 'LI/. ill man. a man not up be.nud, and cot the rope, by :i• wheels the luag.m« we. fastened on the t.it ; when, mowing alter the eonch to catch wavy Mao* as it - • - dropped; hr we- ,hscovreed by s parortmer benning , •• • sumo of the lugtvg.• Gal , . One truol, •cutibeining property to a oui.oterai•le an:nicht. ltelottgmiL 111 t4,,enger, was found tin e.t morning in a teen Ise two hn:s, emt far from the soot, with thot-ottout k•.ocked nut and the coottota gene. - ,