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DONC.4STh:R, SI,T. 22. Na/f--pest Ons o'Cieck, a ne. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Clatence, attended by Col. Leigh and Major Bloomfield, have just arrived at this place. Th.• town has been on the tiptoe of expeCtatinn, and every preparation made for the reception of the Royal Visitors. The West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry, and the Doncaster Volunteer Infan try, arc ordered to attend •n the occasion, this naorniag. Earl Fitzwilliam arrived at Wentworth House front London on Thursday, and will he here this day. Our Races are expeCted to be more nu merously attended than ever known. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has been graciously pleased to permit Mr. Sheardown, Bookseller, and Printer of the Doncaster Paper, to affix his plume in the front of his house in this town. THEATRE. DRURY-LAKE. Mr. SHROUD AWs popular tragedy of Pizarro, *crafted, last night, one of the most crowded and elegant houses we ever witnessed. Mr. Et.t ISTOS'S ilia clear-toned voice, and energetic manner, gave additional interest to the piriltic sp-eches of the heroic Rollo. The audience felt and acknowledged his merit. by continued plaudits. Mrs. H. Sin tows made her first appearance, this season, in the part of Cora, and was received, on her entrance, as so distinguished a favourite of the public might expert, with reit d plaudits ; her performance was most interesting. Mt s. Powatt, in Eivirw, was digibifieJ and impressive. Mr. H. SioroMs was much applauded in /loom ; and the whole performance was excellent. The rodu.ne, decora tions, !cc. displayed the usual ltberali:y of the Ma nagers. Lord Rlveas returned to town, on Monday, from a visit to Their M u Esrits, at Windsor. Monday, being the anniversary of His MsJe.rv's Coronation, the same was ushered in with bello rang ing, guns firing, &c. at Windsor. la the evening Their MaJamas' tradesmen, he. illuminated on the occasion, and also the ?own Hall, &c. The Earl of UXBRIDGE came to town, yesterday. from Exeter -court, Derbyshire, and will leave town this day for Windsor. hems Jouascots, Esq. arrived. yesterday, at his hou.e, in Upper Wimpole.street, from Ramsgate. His Royal Highness the Duke of CAM BRIDGE arrived at his apartments, St. James's Palace, yes terday morning, from Windsor. Her Royal Highness the Princess Crtafti.ory e of W•xxs, took an airing in her harouche and tour, at tire o'clock yesterday afternoon, round Hyde Park, and returned at six o'clock to Brunswick House to dinner. The Marquis of Hest:irons is expe./ed in town, this day. from Ireland. The Countess of How resew has taken an elegant house in Mata - ihester-strtet, to which her Ladyship will remove in the course of a few days. The Earl of Dalt Iv, we are sorry to state, was so mach indisp.i%ed on Saturday, that he could not dine with his illustrious visitors. the Bishop of Sr. ASAPH, with his two grand children, and their amiable mother, wired on Sa turday at Brighton. Lord Pousors ay was much better yesterday. and had three hours sleep in the course of the day. Vis countess HowicE dined yesterday with his Lord ship, and did not return to Wimbledon till eleven o'clock last night. The last arrivals at Cheltenbam are— Countesses St Vincent and Dowager Cloinne:l ; Lair Charlene Scott, Sir John Dore, Hon. Mrs Murry A lost ; Cklontds 111 . mtgonsery, DmitriLir, arid Cliffs, sad INrs. Clife ; Captain J d. Sampson • Mews. •n I Moitreerrei BJt• Peed, dosan q u e s, Jackman, Doniskiegteene, and Swaney; Mese, Xerich, Greenaway, Welton, Linen ialge, W.V.ead, X. P , 4 - s,LarLark' s ,,end Lk'. The Earl and Countess of Dallasite embarked a:. Donagindee for Portpatrick, on Sanriay se'nnight. Their Serene Highnesses the Princes PA V L Fag °tame, and Pyres Gco arse, of Holstein Olden burgh. Fount Hot melt, A.1:I Baron MAI.TZAIIM, with their suite, are arrived at hl.::etnoa's Hotel, Edinburgh ; also, from Ireland, Jona Arai', Esq. of Newton Ledge, and Lady. On Saturday List, at Oswestry, in Shropshire. Hatay Bloats, Esq. of the county Don-csd. Ireland, was married to Miss Hume, eldest daugh ter of Mrli. M HUME ; of Lissanoure Castle. roomy Antrim. Ireland. The fair bride was elegantly dressed in white, and wore a most superb bee veil, the gift of her maternal Aunt, Countess MAC. NT CY ; she bride--maids were Miss Maws and MiN GILOACIAR A Hosts, the bride's Mier. Woansea ate new employed in digging the foundation, k-. for the intended new Tileatte, at ill/dm/h, opposite the Pa r sic c's garden, on ihr new road. This elegantly prejetlel building is to be co rniest in by the Nth of Nwv.smber, and to be corn- Odesl mtnnai y, rkfc , ra..e..l. and fitted with evert, ?as.: teal, Ey the commencement of the ensuinz ire son. 'rho KI N 3 has been pleaieJ, by warrant und e r !lit Royal Signet and Sign Alarms', to give .nd r'uu unto Maor-General Sir Juno bruff 411 '0: k' win= is Nl.iiessr has oomiosted to be of the Knights Companions of the Most Ho n• unable bliiitary Order of the Bath). His Royal iseente aced permission to accept the oils of Count s Nlaida, in Calabria, conferred upon him by Faso DuIAPO the FOURTH. KIN° of the Two Simms. f G.zelie . ldrs. Di tton, who wasl a t e ly kill-d b y s f a ll f rom 'punting car. in Dublin. was wife to Donor Dit tos, of that city, and telia of Fu a ?ILLS, .1114, Coffin! Of Limerick. This Lady had a nar y`"' escape irons a similar fate, sane years since. mesa Daiwa svusedfrii y Lagiab Chiattu-r -1 .. w gratifying to the feelings of Englishmen was museums, n u Satu t iday last. o f e i g h t waggons . " IT.I with Dollars to the Bank of England. Tf4 'J . : , ()twat month, another cargo, containing Nze ?nines, from 3.0011. to 513,000 L will commence .r. iuting by Danis Fortune to those nbe service o. Cr before that day. , . . WESTMINSTER ELEcrrox. r. AIL rF.RCY. Yesterday, pursuant to the requisition of several of the most repeetable Ettglars of the city of West minster, A numerous meeting of gentlemen of that description, in the interest of Earl Perc7, was held at Willis's Great Rooms, King -street, St. James's, tur the purpose of entering into resolutions expres sive of their approbation of the nomination of his Lordship as a Candidate to represent the City of Westminster. About one o'clock, his Lordship, supported by Mr. Whitbread and Mr. Adam, with a numerous train of his friends, entered the room, amidst the general acclamations of the Meeting. After a short pause, George Byng, Esq. Member for Middlesex, was called to the Chair. Mr. WHIT ea eAo then rose to address the meet ing, and prefaced Its speech, by an elegant and just euloo n lum on the charatter o f M r . F ox. H e ob served, that, as the melancholy consequence of that great man's death, they were called upon to nomi nate a fit and worthy person to represent the city of Westminster in Parliament. He was a man, look ed up to as the land-mark of liberty, the safeguard of the Constitution, the bulwark of Europe, and the pride and glory of his country. dills great lumi nary of the age had been snatched from his country, at the moment she was most in need of his assist ance. Rut it would be idle to talk of a successor to such a man, whose seat in the Council and the Se nate must be long vacant. The painful, but neces sary task, he continued, of opening this subje&, and the purport of this day's meeting, devolved upon him. la the discharge of this duty, he would en deavour to support their wounded and sorrowful feelings; and therefore should, in the first place, pro pose some resolution, expressive of their sorrow and deep regret for the loss of that great and illustrious Statesman and Patriot. tie v.ouid next propose a fit and proper person to fill that YJC4i,cy now open by the death of that great man. To speak of the hereditary virtues and honours of the house of Percy, he thought superfluous ; but to speak of a succes sor to Mr. Fox, was yet more so. In speak ing of Earl Percy, at present, as calculated to fill the vacant scat for IVestmiroter, it would be impossible, at the commencement of his pub lic life, that the Eleulors could draw any con clusion ; but they knew him born with the fair est prospeeds, with an education and examples before him, which must naturally guide him in those pac.s which Mr. Fox and his ancestors had long trodden. if he was inexperienced, he was in soma ; but they knew him to be independent, and above all temptation to beti%-y those rights and li bertiesef hiscountr y, which his august family hadever supported. His father had evei been a patriot, and the friend of that great man, whose loss is now so deeply lamented ; could it u.en be supposed, that the son would deviate from the virtuous paths of Isis parent ? They could not taped to find in him a second Mr. Fox ; but he had imbibed the same princi;:les, and if not experienced in years, he had been at least initiated in those principles in his youth ; and if he bad not been able as yet to distinguish himself from his age, he had the example of Mr. Fox placed before his eyes, as a model for him to study. Earl Percy, he continued, would do justice to the Elec tors of Westminster, in uniformly treading in the paths of integiiiy, simplicity, and troth; and was in every respect a Nobleman. fit to represent the City of Westminster in Parliament. Mr. Whit bread concluded by moving several resolutions, ex pressive of the strongest sentiments of sorrow and regret for the death of Mr: Pox, and declaratory of their unanimous approbation of Earl Percy, as a fit and proper person to represent the city of West minster in Parliameat. (Far Mae lieseltsttoiss, see tie front Of die Paper.) Mr. Ettior ruse to second these resolutions. He admitted, that he had not always been in the habit of coinciding in the opinion of Mr. Fox, on many points, but he n vered and resPecited his charther ; and lamenred his death a• much as any man. The hereditary honours and principles of his family he knew Earl Percy poesessed : and (from his 'ask and situation in life. he was conscious his Lordship ' would be found to aZt up to those principles which had distinguished his ancestors in the cause of li berty. Earl Pxscv then rose, and in a low voice (which we regret) addressed the meeting ; having expressed his gratitude to the Elearirs, for their kind inclina tions in his favour, his Lordship concluded,by pledg ing himself to an up to those principles which had rendered the memory of Mr. Foz so dear to his country. The several Resolutions alluded to were then Put, And carried unanimously. After which the meeting dissolved. At the Council, to be held this day. at► Order will be made. to further prorogue Parliament from the 9th of OOober. Tbr alsore of last night contains an Order in Council, revoking the Order of the sth of April, 160 S, by which vessels coming from the port of Cadiz, or (tom any other port of Spain, without the Streights of Gibraltar, lying to the Southward of Cape St. Vincent, were ..joined to perform qua rantine. The Gereete also contains an Order in Council, ofwhich it appears, that by an O r d er i n C ounc il the 15th of August. 1803. Rags imported into the ports of Great Britain, Guernsey, Jersey, Alder ney. gark, or Man, were to undergo special quaran tine; but as it has hien represented to His MA• JEST V, that the subjeaing Rags to such special qua rantine is attended with much inconvenience to trade, an i there does not at present appear to be any re..on to Apprehend that there d. es exist any unusual or infeatous distemper on the Continent of Lerfortr. His MAJIST v has been pleased to revoke and ..c.schatge the aforesaid order. Tie following article is taken from the Boston Paper of the B.h An arrival at New Truk, tr,.m Charlestown, reports, that. oa the 29th ult. a French iqusdrou,consistirg of lout ships of the line. two frigates, and one Nog, was spoken with off Cape H itte. as. steering for the Chesapeak. On the Ist lust this fleet was again spokes with, about 70 miles I rom Sandy Hook, steering N.N.E. The Nz.v York F.dior remarks, it is probable they will sto? at Boston for water and provisions, and thenprouced for Europe." TY rvftic • Yesterday, a very numerous and most respeftable extra-irdinary Meeting of the lithig Club, was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, in the Strand, pursuant to a requisition signed by several of the Members, in consequence of the irreparable loss this country has sustained by the death of Inc Right Hon. Charles James Fox. Abont one o'clock a great number of the Mem • bees attended ; and after some preliminary arrange ments, his Grace the Duke of Noriolk was called to the chair. Having taken the Chair, his Grace requested that some one of the Gentlemen who had signed the re goisition, would come forward and state thsolet of convening an extraordinary meeting of the C lub. Mr. ADAU then rose, and in a short, but eloquent, nathetic, and impressive speech, adverted with great feeling to the loss which the people of England, and of all Europe, had sustained in the death of Mr. Fox. After an eulogium upon that grelt man's charatacr. he read three resolutions for the appro. bation of the meeting. The first was, that inquiry should be made of the relatives of Mr. Fox, in what manner the Members of that Club could best ex press theit affeaion and regard for the memory sf that great character and illustrions patriot.— The second was for the appointment of a Com mittee, to be composed of some of the most noble and illustrious Members of the Club, for the purpose of carrying into effea the first Resolution ; and tie third and last was, That the Members of the Club should individually attend the funeral of Mr. Fox. These several Resolutions were then read from the Chair, and carried unanimously. Atter a Vote of Thanks to the Noble Chairman, &c. the Meeting dissolved. TO THE EDI !OR OF 7'HE BRITISH PRESS. Sit—l request you to publ;sh the following letter, written by a respeetable Clergyman and School master, who was patronised by the late Lord CheJ worth, as his testimony forms a proper and deci sive answer to a paper which appeared in Tie O►acle of thelOth inst. under the signature of John Ball." 1 am yours, A CONSTANT READItiI. In Tbe Oracle of the 10th inst. I, en F 1 iday last, saw a letter signed John Bull," which contains a very injurious Attack on Dr. Parr, for writing an inscrip tion to be engraved on a piece of plate to b.! given to him by the late Lord Chedworth ; and I think it my duty to caution all retders of the above men tioned letter, against the misrepresentation which will be deteeed in it, when I have examined some papers in my possession. In the mean tim., I de clare explicitly, that the inscription imputed to Dr. Parr, was not written by him, but by my tnyelf. Solihull, Sept. 21. JAMIS Ever. DUEL ON RLACKHEATIL [Further Particulars This unfortunate affair took place a short distance from the house of Lord Dartmouth, on the road leading from Blackheath to Lewisham, shortly after seven o'clock on Sanday morning, ; but it does not at present appear to be ascertained whether Baron Hom pesch was or was not attended by a second. He was accompanied by a servant, whom he directed to stand behind a wall, and by no means to be a witness to any thing that might pass between bim and Mr. Ri chardson. Some accounts say, that Mr. Butler Danvers was his second ; and all agree in stating, that Mr. R. fired first, whose shot passed between the Baron's legs, and tore sip the ground to a con siderable distance. The report alarmed a gentle man who was in bed, near to whose window the af fair took place ; he instantly ran down stairs, but was too late to prevent the fatal consequences that ensued. The Baron had returned the fire cf his antagonist, and the bullet entered at one hip, passed in a direa line through his body, and came out o n the other side, Mr. Richardson fell, and the Baron and his servant immediately absconded. Mr. Ri chardson was, with assistance, removed to the Green Man, on the top of Blackheath Hill, almost lileless. Four or five persons, walking near the spc., witness ed the 'whole transadion, not one GI whom made the least effort to prevent it. Their depositions have been taken before a Magistrate. Mr. Richardson is a remarkably elegant young man, about 2b years of age, tall, and of a manly department ; he is a native of Colchester ; he has since been conveyed to London. He lies at the Par- Liment-street Coffee•house; and was much better yesterday. The ball was found in his shirt. Oa Saturday evening, Lady Bolingbroke, sister to the General, it is understood, lodged an information at the Public-Office, Bow -street, as did also some of Mr. Richardson's friends. The officers, on this occasion, as wall as upon every other, were vigilant and attentive to their duty. Mr. Richardson reached the ground before six o'clock, without being interrupted. Baron Hompesch es. caped from Loan, notwithstanding great pains were taken to prevent him ; but he and his friend did not arrive at Blackheath till a full hour after the time appointed for the meeting; the other parties were then on the point of leaving the field. We understand the remains of Mr. Fox will lie in state three days, at his house, in St. James's. If the Prince of Watts does nut attend as Chief Moonier, Lord HOLLAND will. His Lordship yesterday issued cards of invitation to a number of distinguish ed charaders, to follow his illustrious nude, as mourners. They include tee whole of his Col leagues in office; the Duke of Dsvoosmiast, the Marquis of Tavirr o c x , f or hi s f at h er t h e D u k e o f BILDIORD, the Marquis of H•ETINOTON, Earl Peace, Lord W. Rus•st 1., Mr. Hiroo, and Mr. WHITBREAD. The whole number invited amount to about forty. Our reatlets will recoiled, we stated a few days since, that a young man was appre %.nded is the Bororgh, and underwent an examination before Mr. Ga•a..st, at the Public Office, Bow -sweet, in consequence of his having said he knew the man who had murdered the un!ortanate Aunt W..sr. else: Wiseaartoon, in Higler's-lane, in the lit,- rough. By the exertions est Mr. Gas NAM. and the Officers, the man he described was apprehended on 111.enday night, and has been examined privately by that worthy Masisuate. Nothigg material Las transpired. . . OLD ARLEY SESSIONS . William HawAint, a genteel yo year, old, was tried urym an indlt robbery, in assaulting William Ey way, near Caenwond, between Hie:Tate, on the 7th of August I in I , :er, and forcibly taking from hi pound notes, a seven shillings piece his property. William Eyler, morn—stated, named in the ind,Clrnent, he was the road, in a tingle-horse chaise, man on horseback, at a short dista :vas the Prisoner, who imrnediat, from his pocket ; the Witness thou cork it ; he the.: rode up to the him stop, and surrender ! The % what were his commands .1 Ups soner said, " surrender your mot the pistol at him. The %Vitness chosen a very wrong person for I lie was a poor man, and had very I about him than what would pay t! Prisoner told him, he must dais what money he had ; upon shish, out a small canvas bag, and put f order to give part to the Prisoner. having bag and all, which the V There were in the bag the notes stated ; the Witness begged io errancy, as he had not enough so and the Prisoner gave him a cl2l Is her was in a prison ; took the 1 sod promised to repay him on a then rode off. The Witness obse went, gave the alarm, and he w tody by a Parish Constable, names Bryant, Barnet; who being sworn, the Prisoner into custody, not far f, on searching him, found one pii pocket of his coat, aid another is both were loaded, bone only pr: in his pocket a smelling-bottle I powder, and a pistol bullet ; ani pocket a green silk parse, containii Bank notes, one seven-shillings pie and loose. a six-pence ; and, in ano lo lie sh lling and sit-penny piety,. in custody to Bridgers:fan. a Bow-st The Prisoner offered no other number of respeCable Witnesses raft( r. Toe Jury found him Giii'ty—t him so mercy on account of his yt good charaCer. The Prisoner was genteelly does peared extremely &jelled at iris sit cote held up his head throughout] klrealwri Swibi was indhled I the person of Daniel Arnold, on ih day, the 3d of August, near Wapp watch, value 41. his property. one of the lowest order of Cyprias tutor a labouring man there was ing in the circumstances of the wailer was found Gaitry of the larc, Mims ilisa Ray, a tespeC.Abb wcnaan was capitally incliaeti fat nished lodgings, in Bedford-street of curtains and various other art the propertyot 'l. Davis. It appeared, from the evidence c that the Prisoner lodged in the his house ; and p a id - for her lc week. That her aisles, a married in at her apartmeats, and was son ill. That the Prosecutor received from which he suspetled that par had been embezzled ; he appltei for a search -warrant, and brough search the apartments ; they came, window curtains gone; and upon s they found a number of pawn-br for articles corresponding with and which afterwards proved to br The Bow-street Officers prose(' were searching the mom, the Prise in great agitation, almost distratle a knife, with which she attempte but en being a little more com leave to go into an adjacent room, overhead her sayir.g to her sister, " Oh Charlotte ! it it had no:. bee should have been brought to this I The Prisoner made no defen found her Giulio of the capital neatly recommended her to mere] of her good charafter, and her 1 this situation through her sister's i! Xaaneb AffCarey was capitally log a piece of printed 'bawling, shop of Robert Poole, his proper the 20th July last. This was on cases of shoplifting. The proofs the Prisoner was roar:del; but, good cbara3er, which was prove Witnesses, she was recommends by the Prosecutor and Jury. Mary Axe Smith was capitally vately stealing a gold chain and t person of Lawrence Pay, at a ho Bow -street, on the 20th July. ' youth about 17, with all she ap Lobby Lounger, stated, that he with some Mends, at a convivi, night laid in the inibttment ; and he missed his chain and seals (hi which were found upon the Pri residing in Charles -street, of s knowledge. The Jury credited her, and sl away, and was carried out of of the Prisoner was extremely ini manner, for she wet in testes th cited general pity for her sinforte Juan (I'Donettl, the celehratei convided yesterday, was again pi an indictment for highway evil.). the 11S4 of August, on the ro WiUsden Greew. where he was I ping and robbing of his watch as ard farmer, named Luke Cog aw no, stated, that, driving his ea on his return from is 41 het, beta at- sig ht, his daughter being ash was opt by two men armed wit bed him of his watch. and Lis data a- Ite PT on t h e )1:k . artll !i ;r . - C wc:c is!lfo kilere Heleas • .11d i: ~aft.g,l Ka CI • • „e aun' d 11,0' •.?".! • y _ ,_