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QITEA'' If IRTY-D.4r. g er M A ISO Y'S Dlrth-day was celebrated yester , evening, at Windsor Ctqle, by a Concert, ani Supper. The Concert was the Oratorio It commenced at about nine o'clock, A most escellent orchestr?, including Madam:! ',scut and Miss "L'EN N rr, from London. Th e ,isy wa s ushered in with the rin g in g of hells, „ ,...h e whole town was 'all bustle from an early with the a rrival of the visitors. who rontinued i from the adj,tcent country and London, a rine then w hole of the day. Ilis Royal Highness p rinc e of AVs.tr s paid a visit on Sunday for a 4o:t time, The rest of the ROYAL FAMILY were .. t „ t , The dancing commenced in the ball -1,3/11, which was most splendidly fitted up for the eccasioa, at n ine o'clock, and continued when our err:ss came away. The Ball Room wts crowded w i l l. ; Nobility and Gentry. Tile following may s ot.: as a specimen of the dresses. HER ROYAL HIGIIN W , ESs E PRINCESS OF ALEs TH tS Aitai, was dressed with much taste. Her train consisted o j v hile misuse, richly rinbioialered wtth topaz add cm.raide, Jew ix!, miser leimie. Th. mantle over it erm •rry mignifie re. , the net, citti.ey nc.e, richly embroidered to ore ip o ,,,t d k ai train. Armlets of diamotids--alie diamond , round tie nvit, a xltdfaiwn do(c ertei. Her Royal i lightiebis Lothhos was compose 44.notsels and Gushers. TIER ROYAL HPAINESS Tlif DUCHE - ,S OF YORK Wore a onus ono p•tticott with a long train, and gu:d femse round tae *atom, a /hart gold nuptin dress over it, laity crooreid-red down the front and ',fond tne bottom wills rids shoulder deters aorl waist covered with thanioods ; head ed.% &stomas and katbers. TIE MARCHIONYSS OF TOWNsHEND. itot rued dreg of Nottingham lace, embroidered Fri! sego. 0r . k.5.:41 14284 With a superb l antique border of tame, tea a rich white satin dip; the same bonier its a p• rt &own the Goa, tied op with silver tassels; %Lott Ma. r odke sleeve:si. silice--ibead dress, bandeau ‘t.r.lipasis, with use :odors COUNTESS OF POUI.ETT. An:lte sweet dress, richly ornamented ♦ith silver and cLactvnd•. LADY S. IPOOLETT. .White Islet's] net tastefully tnuatued with silver, and o ne worrerpood. I.ADY C. SOMERSET. A 'aliment)* Are;", atiangled with silver all neer, mid Virus. we 5-lilt . moo 1 the &evil pod pytamirt-..gi0d,,, ' ,l e i n IIT:1 in irritation of &I ‘rquesit...--Slunt Mtmetlitire bleeves, Iflr.rna MAnineAte, ai wali as the b. 47. Head drier, ban• den:, t. c mesron a rflaisie, with nine ..tatlsers. LADY GEOAGE THYNNE. A tei..e crape , Iress spangled witltaileer, with a ,tri: tiie bottom, and pyramid down the tront---,lsort •'ervel to corresiruut ; Head.firess limielcau r 3 WI;:. invented P.,iiv•An bud dreo of uncommon e nor. v, Iwo, lig a on et the back tiart of the head of arti• Leal fat 8.14, ts4h an olev..te.l wreath in the front to meet tits tr:.4—t.te itair p.a sd hetweeo the wreath and the net. 'LADY MARY AND LADI CAROLINE THYNNE. Witty eripe .hort :!root, a 1'.13)711ia, worked with tizriga (e n Alariaapitt) all over, with a rich ba.dar r..rr t spontl._ LADY k evixtso etapP, seettroidered with I•oid apneas, with as an, tile bonier—gold n , t Fleeres, bandeau a rdspeAe. TWO MiSS couRTNEys. most elegant and unparalleled Jtem of a new invention, end ru.t stydreib..wa tube a e.,44.a5:e of shoe eiVe. with • tieh etzleedery In patent seed poads in salvia. with a breed eue,rod wr.,athe of gowns in panda. a.I wound tiler ut .1 eat buth.ni of thc ,osttlr-lat. The witraths finished on tt./ tint.) the wait, ..iv art 3 fleCTell to C‘aresixamt. Read hitirely of d,ac:oada and fathers. Thu die". is g Ivelty and most eo:t:y of any that eats be ise reeee.t. RD Y.if. A C ADEM r. Diu. 111. N o . 157,—p ve rea;r ,!f" Mare. • By R.A. Ti,is is not only the best Portrait in the •present esiiibition, but the best that has been painted since tie death of Sir doom A Rtvrietns. Tbe colour ing is rich. sl , !cp-toned. and harmonious. and the le Pidure , o excellent, that the iikeness, g.rod as s but a secondary consideration. We congta s..; the Artist upon his great improvement. 129.—Portrea of Mrs. Afanising sod Child. By Hoteese, R. A. This is one of those tenderly-coloured Piftures which seem more suited to a drawing-room, than an ethltilion ; yet, its effect in its present sittiai;en is extremely beautiful; and, while we are looking upon richer hues stem meretricious. It is one of the best Portraits in the room. No. 14.—A Sleeping Troy. W. Owir, A. This . 1 , a picture of great merit, the attitude of the chill is ime..mmon. but yet excessively natural ; he is entirely asleep---the colouring is very beautiful. This is Ovrents best 'skive- No. Bath. Rowan Nurse sand Ch+ld. H. Tu.- arson, R. A. This is a beautiful idea, well designed, Ant badly . executed; the pitgure looks like a dilated sketch : the hands of the woman are too small, and cannot have beer ,sainted from, r.ature. No. SS.--Lady Maria Fair. T. Prtits.res. A. .This portrait is painted with great care, and pos. glues considerable merit, blended with some defects. The clingy purple drapery is not a favourable relief to the neck and face, and the total want of white gees an appearance of dirtiness to the whole pic ture. No. fik—Ledy norring.ton; T. PIIILL ITS A. The remarks upon Na. 33 wal apply equally to ' this Picture. No. 79.--Periraii 19 . Matter Soi:k. J. Horrtna, R. A. A charmingly coloured piaute, but the legs are not correaly drawn ; the drawers ought to have the appearance of folds, that the marking of the form might be more distina. • No. s2.—Portrait qf the if.,,. C. J. Far. .. J. Oris, R. A. A very strong likeness of this most distinguished cliarad. r, Lut not one that is entirely satisfactory ; it is somewhat vulgarised. No. 39. —Stilwinn eta Inteit's COMM* H. HO V• Ak th A. A very pleasing composition, in which all the fitzures are naturally employed, particularly the NYmoii, who is delighted at having discovered that S.4rinn still lives, by the pulsations of her heart; Cie c , louring is not good, and the hands and, lea, with hardly one exception, are too haze. LAW. COURT OF KING'S BENCIII, %It'ssemte ~,,, M,r 20 . JUDGMENTS. Tilt KING V. PASSINON AM EVI EDWARDS. The Defendants in this case were convicted, the sittings after last term, at Westminster, of a con spiracy against W. H. Forester. Esq. after a trial of 16 hours, of which we have given the p trticulars, AS far as delicacy would permit, in a former parer. The Defendant, F.dsvards, was this day brought up for judgment ; but, in consequence of the ab sence of the other Defendant, Colonel Passingham. he was ordered to be committed to Newgate, and brought up for judgment the first day of next term. THE ICING V. BENJAMIN MOOR!, MG. The Defendant, in this case, is the commander of the Mitcham Volunteers, and owner of a cele brated Botanic Garden, near Sutton; he had been convicted of an assault and battery upon his bro ther-in-law, and was this day also brought up for Judgment. Ihe Prosecutor, it appeared, had for many years been in the habit of insulting the Defendant, when ever he met him. The patience of the latter was at last exhausted ; and, upon meeting the former, some altercation took place, at which the Defend ant was so much provoked, that he struck the Pro secutor with his fist, which was the foundation of the aCtien. The. Learned Judge (Mr. Justice HEATH) who triel the cause. instead of making a full report of the trial, as is trend, gave a very favourable extra& from it, in behalf of the Defendant. The Court, after a short deliberation, ordered that he should pay a fine of six shillings and eight pence, and be discharged. TISR ICING W. SA %UAL GULLIVER andOTNtRS. The Defendant Gulliver was convicted the list assizes for the county of Dorset, before Mr. Baron SUTTON, for assaulting Lieutenant Johnstone and other persons belonging to the impress service, and for rescuing a man who had been impressed by them, and preventing them trom impressing ats °diet, contrary to the Act of Parliament. The pressgang had entered the town of Dorches ter, at an early hour is the morning, and having impressed one man. were proceeding to impress another, when the Defendant, accompanied by se veral other persons, surmunded them, and com pelled them to set the man at liberty. Several affidavits were read on behalf of the De fendant, from all of which it appeared he had lived in that town, for upwards of twenty-five years, during which period he had maintained a most ex celleet character, and hada wife with six children, solely dependent upon him for support. Mr. Justice Genie. in pronouncing the judgmeio of the Court, expatiated upon the heiatisness of the offence. of which the Defendant stoad convicted. He had nut only acted in direct violation of the law; but when the Officer had shewn his warrant, under which by law he was entitled to act, he was not soitfied, but persisted in compelling him to relin quish his duty. Under ail the circumstances of tie case, therefore, the Court found it necessary to make an example of him, in order to convince Others that the laws were not to be violated with impunity. His Lordship then sentenced him to six months im prisonment, in the common gaol, for the count y of Dorset, eat tome G ROBERT OSMOND. The Defendant was conviQed before Mr. Baron TeosePSON, the last assizes for Devon, for having a quantity of naval stores. belonging to llis Majesty's Jock-) ards at Plymouth. in his possession, contrary to the adt. Several affidavits were read on behalf of the Defendant, from which it appeared that he was upwards of 65 years of age, thirty-five of which he had been employed in the dock-yards at Ply mouth, and had always borne a most excellent Ora rater. He had a wife and children, whose whole depeodance for support was upon him. Messrs. EAST and Mocetro for the Defendant, urrol in mitigation of punishment, hi, long service in the Dock-yards, the good chameter he had sustained for so ma..- years, and the heavy expence he had been put to in consequence of this prtvecution, by which he had been not only stripped of what little property he was possessed of, from Ins many years labour, but thrown an outcast upon the world.— They further submitted, that it appeared upon the trial that the greater part of the stores, found in his possession, consisted of old cast off articles of little or no value, and the remainder were short pines of canvas of little or no use. Mr. JERVII. for the Prosecution, observed that lie was informed the Defendant was possessed of several houses in the town of Plymouth, which were five holds, and that he war by no means the distressed man he had been represented. Mr. Jetty to., who had condu&ed the prosecution, said, that the pillage which was carried on in the King's Dock Yards was so enormous, as to baffle all attempts to prevent it. and loudly called for the interference et their Lordships, to make examples of persons committing such offences. The Couto directed that he should be committed to Newgate, and brought up again on the sth slay of next term; in the mean time, that he should m Ike affidavits with respect to his property, and other cir cumstances. CRIMINAL INFORMATION. THE RING v. (WIRES. Mr. Gortaow moved to make the Rule which lie had obtained for a Criminal Information last term, absolute. The Defendant was a Lieutenant of the Navy, and commanded an armed cutter, which came into the harbour of Dover with the yellow flag hoisted ; an indication of performing quarantine. lie came on shore, when the Collator of the Port. Mr. Ben amin Fuller Stone, met him. and remonstrated with him, upon the impropriety of his conduct, in conse quence of which, the Defendant wrote him a threat ening letter, with intent to provoke him to fight a duel. v t., on behalf of the Defendant, after stating the several circumstances of the case, said, that he was not prepared to shew cause against the Rule in any way but by expressing in the fullest terms he was able ,to prove the contrition of the De fendant in having offended against the laws of his country. After some observations by Mr. C It sow, the Court were of opinion that the Rule shoela be made absolute. Lord Et.r.missoancon observed, that the contrite spirit of oh, Defendant ss-onld have its due weight when heahould be brought up to re ceive.tht judg ment of the Court. at ‘Vhen their Lordships had disposed of the several motions before them ; Lord ELLex BOROUG is gave notice that in future these motions for new trials in country causes, in which the Plaintiff's had obtained verdiets to a Loge amount, should have the preference ; those of Lon dna and Middlesex should stand as usual. At three o'clock his Lordship went into- Nui Prtur, when some causes of no moment were dis posed of. COMMON PLEAS, MAY 20. TAYLOR V. ■ASR. This was an adion for money had and received, tried at Guildhall in the Sittings after last Hilary Term. It appeared that the Plaintiff had agreed to pay the Defendant an annuity of 1001. a year, in consideration of certain apparatus and ingredients for brewing, which the Defendant had obtained a patent for, and made over to him. Four hundred and fifty pounds had been at different times paid to the Defendarr, on account of this grant ; but the Plaintiff then finding out, that die Defendant was not the original inventor, and his patent not a valid one, commenced this aftion and obtained a verdia, suhjea to the opinion of the Court, whe ther, in point of law, this money should not be re turned, the Defendant having imported no substan dal advantage, the invention not being original, I but, at the tittle, in general use. Serjeant BAYLEY. for the Plaintiff, argued for some time in favour of the verdict, on the ground that the money had been given, and no value re ceived in return. The Court was of opinion, that the Plaintiff had received the value of his money, by the use of the apparatus ; and it was agreed that a nonsuit should be entered. r. c. the bf res mct S'. ELLIS V. MORTIMER. This was an aiion on a enntraft tried the Sit tings after last Term at Guildhall, to recover thin) , guineas. the value of a horse delivered by the Plain tiff to the Defendant. It appeared the Plaintiff had agreed to lett the Defendant have a horse for thirty guineas. and to give him a month's trial. The horse was accordingly sent, and. in:aimut ten days after, the Defendant told the Plaintiff, that he liked his horse r.:ry well, but he did not like the price. The Plain tiff then said, he would not take less than thirty guineas for it, and desired him to send it home, if he would not give that sum. In eight or ten days after the horse was sent home, and was immediately sent back again. the Phintiff considering the De fendant had agreed to give the thirty guineas for it by his keeping it so long after he told him that was the Lowest price. He therefore ►rought his aelion, and nlitaitied a verdid. Serjeaitt Sii grata° obtained a conditional rule to set aside the verdia, and have a new trial, which Serjeant Rest opposed. The Court, after hearing the arguments °a both sidzs, were 6f opinion that as it was an action on a contract, which allowed a month's trial, the Plaintiff could have no right to re cover, unless the horse had not heen'sent home un til it expired, which was not the case. A new trial sr -anted. (az gi The Select Committee of the Rouse of Com mons dosed their enquiry into the conduct of Lord Viscount Metvitte and Mr. Atex.,tinaa TROT. TER on Saturday afternoon. They met yesterday to deliberate upon their Report thereon to the House, which will probably be snide to-mor row. Considering the importance of the sub jea matter of enquiry, and the extent of the examinations, we have reason to believe that the Records of Parliament can produce no parallel to that Report, for dispatch, which the energy and unanimity of the Select Committee bare enabled them to produce. The examinations will•be found mostinteresting, and fully detailed for the public 54. tisfaftion. The ships that lately attempted to come out of Brest harbour, are described as having been full of troops. On • Wednesday a petition was sent up from Wakefield against the Corn Bill, signed by mote than 3000 persons, to be preset:reit& the House of Commons by Mr. WI , AItitIFORCE. General Gages being appointed principal Corn m•ssioner of the Military Expenditure Commission, it is expefted that he will setaln the Lieutenant Government of Portsmouth, and that the Hon. Major-General Priers will succeed to the com mand of the garrison. ELECTION.—At the close of the Poll at Coventry, on Saturday last, the numbers stood as follows : For Mr. Milts . . . 233 Mr. Parry . . . 216 Majnri.v in favour ur Mr. Mills ~_lt4 A letter front Whitby states. that Governmrrt se. n: immediately 40,000 tons of shipping for t.-an. sporting Russian troops. Scotland has contributed this year to supply her Southern neighbours with wheat, Laying sent no le.s than 10,000 qrs. to London in one week ; that country also exported large quantities of oats last year to Portugal. Scotland escaped the blight last year ; and, besides, has, been making rapid strides in improved culture. Three children have lately lost their lives in Here fordshire, after being inoculated for the smallpox. We hope this information will be a caution to pa rents not to risk the lives of their offspring and their happiness, when so valuable a preventative for that dreadful malady is so readily to be met with in the cow-pock. The Patriotic Fund Committee, at a special meet ing, held at Lt.oyn's Cofee.house, have voted to Gen. Pa avosr, and the officers and men under his command, as a tribute of their consider..tion for the gallant defence of Dominique, as follows :—to Gen. PR EVOS r, a sword, value 1001. and a piece of plate, value 2001. To Major Ncsa, a sword, value SOL and a piece of plate, value 1001. A sword and piece of plate of the same value, to Capt. D'Cona xL.— Thesumof fool. to Capt. C. CA 94 Lt., and the sum of 401. to each disabled man, or who may have lost a limb. Twenty pounds to each man severely wounded ; and lul. to every man slightly wounded; in which are included the Militia of the island. CITY RUS,INF,SS. i .1 A Court of Common Coancil was held at Gqil.l - yesterday, at which were present, fo.ir men, !decor-1:r, Sheriffs, sad about fifty Com moners. The KING'S Answer to the late• Address was read, and ordered to be entered on the Journals. The Tciwn Ccear laid before the Court a lc-tter he had received from SAIIVEL WHIT seams. Esq. inanswer to the Vote of Thanks passed at the last Conk for his conduft in bringing forward the Re solutions in the House of Commons, relative to Lord MELVILIA.which was read, `and ordered to be en ter ed on the Journals. A Petition was presented from W. Ax!, lately nominate) by the Loa D Ma voa to be put in public nomination, on Midsuntmer-day next, for the office of S!ieriff, praying to be discharged bon' the said nomination, bLing a dissenter and upwards of 70 years of age, which was read and referred to a Committee to take into consideration, and report to this Court. BRIGIITON. M•T 16. But very few arrivals of fashionable iMportatice increased the popularity of this town during the last week, though the greater part of the best hia .es are already engaged for the whole of the ensuing season. The Pewee, it is supposed, re-er.l.iveni the town with his presenc^, in the course of the week. Lieut. Rica A *Dam+, of t! le South Gloucester Mi litia, expir2d here of Tuesday last: His remains were removed on Thursday for Intel mart in tl:e fa mily vault, near Battle. . 1..e0 armed schooners, in the impress s."rvice, much to the alarm of the ti.hermer, were off" this town on Tuesday and Wednesday last. On the ' latter day the officers of one of them were on shore ; and two of. the fishermen to be honourably em played in His Majzsl's navy was the ultialate result of their visit. Much bustle has prevailel in the new bowling. greets for some days past ; and many bets are ar ranged for decision there on Tuesday and Wed. nesday next. The hundred beds of the Old Ship have beets fully occupied for some days past. By this it may be perceived, that the Brighton season of Lila:4 is fast approaching. OXFORD. MAY 18. •. Tbe Rev. Gecrge Wheeler, of St. Edmund Ha ll s and the Rev. Mm. Sbermingtou Davenport, of St. Alban Hall, B. A. vi ere admitted Masters of Arts. The Rev. Reginald 131. g's, B. A. of "Frinity Col-s lege, will be admitted Master of Arts, Grand Come pounder. The Rev. George Rogers, A. Chaplain cf- Christ Church, has been instituted to the Vicarage. of Market-Laviagton, Wilts, on tha presentation of the Dean and Chapter. The Rev. L. K. Pitt has been instituted to the Resary of Hinton on the Green, in the Diocese of Gloucester, on the presentation of Wm. B.:!:er, Esq., void by the cession of Thomas Gresley, Civic. • Tie Meerneell, PATTOS, from Liverpool, for Bar+ bad ws, is captured, and carried into Gua!alou e ise The NMI firm L;,, e , pcv a p . i k r e Lisbon, is captured, and carried Into Cot U 11112• • The Tagus, G• i" ca, and the Corm, p,! Cox, from Loudon. an ived at Surinam on the LA Ari:, with four other vessels; they were very mo:la an. noyed the day before they arrived, by the Grind • Ile(5111 and a sc.:lamer, privateer:. leers Cayen-e„ which were prevented horn eaptaiing thein, by. the 1.,14 sloop ut war, who chased them uut of the fleet. lo one strew: on Bolton-le-Moor, the e have lately been no fewer than twenty-five women in that ad. vancect state of pregnancy which reqrii s:.e Lpeetly assis:acceof the obstetric tribe. About a week ago, two of these females were delivered of 12 , yr, in the same house, and within so sh , ,rt a period, that the man-midWifk had scarcely time to peaform his duty vest/'the one, until he was called on to assist the other. Theetwo children were, during the confusion, inad- vertently put into one bed; the consequence was, that nobody could afterwards ascertain to which mother either belonged. Neither rt the mothers could identify her Own Chad, and each claimed the handsome , t. The Picket N0.2,8;5, First Drawn on the Second Day. entitled to 1.0001. was sold and regi.tered at G. Scovv's Fortunate Office , No. /5, New Bond stre-t, where Tickets and Sh .res, warranted un drawn, will continue on Sale whilst there are a left. Next Wednesday will be the Third Day Drawing. Two days drawing of the Lottery are already over. and the only Capital Pi ite yet shared. is 13,001, a Prize of 1,0001. sold in one halt, one quarter, one eighth, and two Sixteerrh Shares. at BISH'S offices, 4, Carnhill, and 9, Charing-cross, whet. rickets and Shares are selling. warranted undrawn, at the following prices e Taber tie. Cs. Od. tos. Os I s ebth 2l Ol. GJ. Quartet.. 41. Os. Sixteenth..ll. ss. od. In the last Lottery, every Ticket was cold before the Gth day, notwithstanding they were so high as 301. per Ticket. In the present Lottery, eying . to the price of rickets being moderate, the sale, since the Drawing began, has been at least three times as great as in the last ; and, as the First Drawn Ticket on the Fourth Day is entitled to. 5.0001. and the First Drawn Ticket, on the Pith Day, to 20,0001. there is not a doubt but every Tiebet will be sold before the Eighth Day, when the First Drawn is entitled to 30,0001. CORN-EXCHANGE, MONDAY, .MA• go. Our fresh arrivals of Whew to day are WO kw, but a good supply en hand, and many niilkrs is demand for tine, ean-ed an advanc. 00 our out rency for thaw wimples, early in the Jar, of Ss. and 4s. per quarter. Pine Mait•na Batley is rath .r wove, and r-adily obtauis our quotation. Malt asiw.ly. Guy Peat. with B .alts of each wort, it short •dipply, and at hi, her price. Oats are in tolerable quantity, whiult, with Flour, l.as but little euetoati.m. CtlatiENT PRICE OF uampt. %Chad.. SU. 6$ 90s. Bitted 44- 504 OA. Fine do Ws. twia 01 Tick Keen.. • ... -9-. 44.. o*. Rye.. Raney .l4a. 41. 04 P.lse.la pe. 724. 04. Rope 5ec4...... tAh. 00!. White Peas 44.. It h 0 , 1 File F . :Mif • • 73 4 . NO.. Grey 444 Od. I Soc , dids St. l)•••