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, he picler Alinti reiuzel; writ olt das, ‘0,:..1.1 la • equiv.dent b, ellcing rite ad-nionarstiort of / oven: ~‘ortt into our own hands, all ..tt em pts to i mprove thool iurniAltat'on of the cuontry, and render the situation of the Corn ,,,ay sc. ure, w ould be fruitless. By what instroinersts to this to c ;at ? Hossein Reta Khan, and Taz.it r , , -.• iity, nen choice, ore the Mo.eiterg ; th.A . wuuld . j..in ,it an attempt to eanstroul the Arum, or re.1,..:e :he pow c• of 4.1 ins ; end she reetercti.o,:, which mugt lve it,•on V. 7, • Mr, would never be borne by him, but .r a see.et,dTiermiaAtion to embrace the firm oppor tunity ni shation them off. Snell an arrangement, lhertfut, if p-octicahle, woolet only the enmity of the Nabob, the ft•eom and Alma% without destrniring weir means of exe tine it, The festk tower; of , he sup ' g the., itc.sty in the cause, w•.uld he iiielfcient to effect t, ant the consequence ruizht be the firnwr nn,on of all t at,. arinit Engish ttillucuce, and riltinestely a w ar for m intuiting it, Tim Myatt mof &mann Shah, any pack-a event which nair.t riiii:lttish our force in thole, would give „ n eon in hi. ennoky ; inte 11, , nee 0, gilt be witnheld, or Ituetittiedatb:natruni fo-nsit I :dam dangerous tendency. lie eget tined.) THt BRITISH PRESS. ,t ),.0 )4 • , MONDAY, FreqUARY 17. A new Opposition, upon a very narrow scale, is in a state of organisation, and will shortly com mence its operations. Its principal basis is, that t h e r e.ent Ministry were forced upon the Execu tive. The Upper House, according to report, will be the principal scene o adion. Several letters have been received from Holland, with intelligence to the 9tlr4nst. ; none of them that we have seen fdrnisb any satisfaßory information as to the conditions under which Prussia has auemed the government of Ida:toyer. It is mentioned, that rene changes have bees efFeeted in the regency, by Count Scuutesseitc, but they do not appear to amount to the estahlishment of a positive and abso jtre gmyernmenr, instead of a provisinnal one. The recent changes is our Administration were bnnwn in Holland, and had revived there the hopes of peace; so general, in ka, was the cry for peace, that the Grand Pensionary had found it necessary to declare, that the Batavian Government was de sirous to terminate the war, on fair and honourable term.. and that the French Emperor was impressed by lA.. sentiments, and would renew his overtures nhonever his Ilattarotic Mat WY may manifest corretponding - Satnrday, account, reached town from 13 trbadoes to the 3d January, by the Venereble, arrived at Li verpool—the letters by her are not yet received ; Lut we understand, that at the time of h-r • nothing WAS known at aarbadoes of the French equadron, chased, some weeks before, oT the Cana ries, by Sir .1. - r. DUCKWORTH. of new Peers, and a list of the new Minisfrriml Arrangements. which we announced in the course ta tte week. His MAJESTY i-. ezpe&rd to hold a Privy Council at the Quell/4'S Palace, on Wednesday. Saturday morning, the Duke of YORK arrived at Windsor, from town, at half-past eight o'clock, and ' returned again at (oar in the afternoon. After hmakfast, His MAJESTY, the Duke of YORE, PrifICESA•S AVM/STA, SOPHIA, and AMELIA, accompanied by Generals M s and Piraeus!, Cninnel Tar Lott. sic. took an airing, on horse back, in Windsor Great Park. Ye,•erday morning, the ROT AI. FAMILY, writ's panic by Generals rtratito• and Mayoress, Colo- Leis l's v rue, /cc. went to St. George's Chapel, and braid an excellent sermon, presehed by the Dean nf Windsor, from the 10th chapter of the 94 Epistle to the Corinthians, and 10th verse. After Divine Service, the Banat Pete y took an airing to Frogmore. We understand, that Sir Joan Newrner, Ba ronet, will succeed the Right Honourable Joon sire as Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Ire land. To a truly independent mind, he adds great industry, and possesses an extensive knowledge of the various resources and financial system of that c hinter His M•J BST Y has given his consent to the heti al OF Mr. Pitt with mittary honours, as Colonel of a Volunteer Corps. according to the proposition of do I. Hee no, Garter King at Arms. The Earl of MOIRA it is said, is to invered with the command of the Southern Uisuia, com prising Kent and Sussex. T.. 5 Stationers of Dublin have astreed to call a meeting, to consider of a Petition to i'ailiament, for the repeal of the Ad of Union. A letter has been received by a vespeCtable house in the city, from Glasgow, stating, that the Prep tint., Captain %Vision, of Lancaster, had arrived at Tortola. The 11', lawn, was one of the fleet which sailed from Cork in OCtober, under convoy of the frelre , ene. Capt. Wi Leos writes, that alter leaving 1 : 01 k, 17 sail, with the Wulverene, separated from the main body of the fleet; that thee anon afterward} fell in with the French squadron, "hick, ant or the IT, captured 13; and that the two which escar.d were the Neptune, and a ship called the Ruben, from Lanrarer- We understand, th it amoog the reforms likely to be adopted m t'.e Department, one of the first to be carried into eifoa will be a vedtitlias of the cavalt y. I: is cntice'v-d, that the saving vtinje by this redhA:on, will ! , :o far towards defraying C.e exp,ne e of the great it:crease intended.to be made is a e ,I:!er. 1 1;day se'n. ig't ti.e Term Grand Jury of Du' inn , waited ra bit i.xcehoney the Earl of Ha RIP. ~1 the Castl4, when the Foteman. Alder man 411 D. It presented his Exc. Ilene,- with a very vey. atui :address trom that respeelatak- bode, ex p-earive of their regret at his intended departure fr'nrl Chief Government of this country ; to Escalency made an appropriate answer. • •. • .. • • a.. ••• • ..., • • • • "; -or • ~r •A • . THEAMI:S. Cfnn ' t THEATIIIC. On Satittday "night, after the favourite serioas Opera of tfOrnitzt Carriat:t, in which Madame G ASS' P 4 I and Mr. BtilLkAia appeared with their ac cuctomed success, the new grand heroic Ballet, en titled Temeelane et B..j,set, was performed, for the second time, with increased appriebation and im proved ere& M'ns. Rout, at the inventor of this charming mod:it:lion, has, most undoubtedly. se cured to himself the highest degree of reputati-n as a Ballet-Mager. A more magnificent and inte resting sped:tele we never witnessed at the Opera house ; the scenery and dresses are uncommonly splendid and costly, and the niugc is at once grand, spirited, and scientific. The house war fasiiiitnably and elogantly attended. Among the brilliant cir cle present, we noticed the tAlowiog : The Prince of Wales. The Doke, of IC .nr, et-nhrifte, Mmirrote, and Bedford. The Due nt York, Bedrisrd, Gsrdoit, Manchester, De vonshire, and Bawl. Marquasses—Abercorn, Salisbury, Laotilown, Douglas; sad Headfort. Marehionesses--Hentlfort, Wellesley, Lanadown, Bucking hamshire, and Downshire. Counte•set—atiaridey, Harrington, Clare, and &tremor,. Earlt—Motra, Egraolont, bigay, D.linky, and Longf o rd. Bareness—d.• De Spencer. Ladies.. 6 Cosendsh, Hampden, Parth„ raeothrste, mail Sart, Present, Millar. Ta)loe.Sentinck, and Mulvey. OHL:RV-I. Hr. On Staturday night, the Trac e ly of The Reve ve was brought forward, at this l'ileatre, for the pur pose of introducing blaster Be rt v in the part cf Zone ; he appeared to have stc..:it-I it w.-11, and to have a just conception of leis author ; he received much, and merited applause. He was very great in the passage " If you f miss., the world raid call you go,d " Also tue passage conameneimr, 4' , " Tho; .4prst w e Prince, *Yew t` nn t,-et was received with the loudest bnr,ts ot applause. Mrs. Powst.t. looked and played admirably. was impossible to give inure interest to the part "I Lermore. Mr. BARS V monk. as equally Lapp; in illortze; and the whole pelt-it-mince was w irmly applauded. Mr. Kr , sos•'s musical Circe ot M.t,i peony followed ; ", which Mrs. JURI)A4 and 'Sir. ELLISTON k-1 t 1.1•." audience in the :wit pnssible gnnd humour. The house was full, but not crowded. HERMAN THEATRE. This elegant little Theatre boasted a genteel A consile:able company on Saturday night. ss° .i , • forded the interesting family of the 5C1 , 19. ACM! , wares tokens of apprnhation. It is, pcif..ips, the most credi:able, at it is the most just. era ique, that can be pronounced upon the ?eat; niers, to say, that even those who freiTtfmt heatre, and are itnacciu tinted with the lao page in which the dia logue is delivered, are still, by the performance, rendered familiar with the clot, and fail not to be interested and amused 'Hie Optical Ballet, at the cossclusi in, is a novel. inzemilus, and scientitlc treat, that has the dnable advantage of *stun idri"T et tie time, and yielding scope ro the mind, for speculation, rcsearclt, .tn.l :teat, in die after hour. - - - His Royal Highness the Prince of WAI ES xv . :. dine this slay with the Earl of Duacusss se, at his house. Park-street . This Countess of Hams:crow and Ow POITU. amass ANIIMISADON, shined last Saturday with the Marquis and Marchioness of Laosndwrs, at Lans down.bnuse. Earl Cowes's gave a grand dinner, yesterday, at his house, Geotge-street, Hanover-squire, to the Hon. Mr. LAWS, Messrs. CHAILIS and SPLIICLII Cowes's, Mr. and Mrs. Han a • Cowes's, Mr. and Mrs. Dicisort. and Mr. Caowo. The Dukes of Karr, aatiOateasst, Count D'Aa- TOls, and several Nubility. Mind last Saturday with his Royal Highness the Duke s([• sitaalDna, at his apartments, S:. James's Palace. Lord Gwasivit.i.a gave &grand &note yesterday, at his house, Oxford-street, to the Matquis of BUERlsOliabl i , Earl Slums*, sad several othtr Nobility. The Duchess of Bohr's, had a large party of Nobility last Saturday, after the Opera, at her house, Grosvenor-square. The Larl of Cations a re gave a grand dinner, yes terdays at his house, Upper Grosvenor -street, to the Lois Of DORCNRSTEII end S•stiow ICH, Lady CARO LINT WALDCGRARZ, Lord DLAVTONIDURY, lord Ducts, sad Generals Gomm LI. a and 13u o it. The Marchioness of SA aissuay had her first party this season. last evening, at her house, Ar lington-street. In the elegant assemblage were— His Excellency the Poavuovesa Asti•assaoon gave a grand dinner, yesterday, at his house, South Audley-seem. to the SWEDISU and NtAPOLINAN ASIRAtiAIIoRs, Countess DYINHAESSII, Count and Countess DU FRONT, and Counts PiROUi and Ciht.i. His Excellency the Earl of flaaswocca was to hold a levee yesterday, at Dublin Castle, and on Thursday next a Drawing-room, preparatory to the celebration GI Her Majesty's birth-day, which kill take place on Thursday the 27th instant. The Park, yesterday, was full of company. The Promenade crowded with weft-drested Bolos gel Belles, until " the pelting of the pitiless rain" made them fly for shelter in every &reaction. The ride was not so full of equestrians as usual: amongst them were, His Royal Highnees the Duke of Cum scar.artn; the Matqaisses of Aar:worm, HEAD ▪ Woecsaraa, and Dourtaas ; the Earls of Cowtean,B••avuoac,and VI EsT Montt. AND; Lords Viscount C COLUMN. and WILLOUGNSY Ne Banat. Among the carriages we noticed, those of the Princess CNAst.ottt of WALLS; the Duchesses of Davi:seismal. Goaoou, Baoroao, R.iaros, St. Aseso's, and MONTkoSt ; the Mar chioness...sof Flaw DfORT, MULLS!. al', LA NSDOWN, DOWM.MIRC, BUCIUNGN AM, D•,Nants , aid ST•i- CORD ; the Countesses of Ha aattaren, ARR.- • CAMDEN, SITToN, BAIIIIN MOIR, and Coe f:; the Viscountesses CRINOROB, Cs , Casts.- RLRON, Suntcy, and CURZON. Sir R. BURTON, and M. BOWEN, , A ere driving their phaetons and four. LW, INTELLIGEkCE: • COURT OF CIIANCIERIT, Vas. 15.. ;;;1/%O; L :s kr.rt tie M At' &A of the ROLLS, at Lilt can't Into LORD VISCOUNT SOUTHWELL 9. SERKFLIY. Mr. RuSIII.I,V, Mr. Ataxastirs,and Mr. BELL, for the Noble Plaintiff, in this suit; stated, that its Aire was the 'important one over which the Court of Chancery especially presided, of &sluicing a faithful administration in the cases of minors, whose estates were entrusted to guardians. In the latter capacity, the Devisor of the Defendant in this suit had stood, with respea to the interests of two nieces, Catharine and Jane Berkeley, whose orphan in fancy had been confided to the safeguard of as un cle's love. One of these young ladies had become the wife of Lot d Southwell. On the eve of this union, both the wards having attained the age of twenty-one years, it Was proposed by Mr. Berkeley, to adjust the accounts of his stewardship during their minority ; yid after some time spec t in pre paring them, mutual releases were executed by the parties interested. ft had since, however, become apparent, that Mr. Berkeley had not duly accounted for some considerable sums which, it was contended, were the property of the young ladies, his wards: The releases had been signed, on the part of the Plaintiff, without a full and proper investigation of the state of his wife's affairs ; and, to repair the error into which he had thus fallen, WAS the *Ned of this application. A great deal of evidence was here adduced, by deeds and testeetetttarnrapers, in eteminiag whicb, the Court was a long time occupied Mr. Fos ace Ns:6 , E, then. in a s^eech of more than an hour, very feelingly lamented that this applica tion had come before the Coma, grave and conse quential, as, let the result be what it might, it must ;'rove to all rte parties whom it atFeled ; perhaps, to the Plaintiffs it would prove whit af &Sive, should they su,:ceesi in their applicatioo, as its tendency was to vo and the me/n(ly of a deceased and near.relation, and to afFea the.charaCttr of him ender whose precepts their infant minds had ex panded, and by whose affeCtion they had hen fos tered. .1 he Learned Coun.el commented on souse parts of the evidence which bad been adduced. and expressed his convidion, that the charge brought against the renera'sle deceased, would prove to have no r cal foinidation. The Court deferred the further hearing of the case until a future day. COURT OF KING's BENCH, WSiTISIIKSTES, Far. 15. at Nita Prim, before 14e Lord Chief Jastice ELLEHSOSOI'OI. REiCUING A DEsEr.TER. THE EltiG r. sreractot ~tad ot , si IMO. This was an indictrntnt for a misdemeanour and assault, charged to be c ,, m , sittcd by the Defendants, who were beadles of the parish of St. Ann's. Soho: It appeared from the evidence of Robert Kr.ight. Esq. a Lieutenant cf t! , e 144. 1 1 Light Dragoons, com monly called " the Prince of Wales's," that, on the 27th of December, 1804, be was pa'.sing . 14196 "41h-Fkill 4 estase.t., -Sal" set d saw Arthur Ham. mond, the rtosecntor, who •s a Serjeant in the same ;c 1 ••.:1•!irt, pursuing a tsar., and calling out, " stop tk;el ! stop thief ! he's a robber:l a midst- I" &c. the Lieutenant immediately joined in the pm. suit, and the man was overtaken and sered by Hammond, who claimed him as a deserter from the Bth Regiment of Foot, by the name of James Duncan. While Hammond was grabbling with . the Deserter, the Defendants came up, an alterca tipn ensued, a mob collected, and she Defendants struck him en the arm with which lie grasped the Deserter ' when he was obliged to let him go, and he made his escape into a china.shop at a little dis tance ; the Defendants and snob persisted in as saulting and detaining Hammond, notwithstanding they were told both by him and Lieutenant Kiii, ; l.t. and also by Serjeant Burke of the same regiment, who joined them at die moment, and was dressed in regimentals, that the runaway was a Deserter, and they belonged to the 14th Dragoons. Lieute nant Kaight, however, observing where the Deserter had taken refuge, pursued, and discovered him con cealed behind the door of the privy in the rere of the house; he brought him into the parlour, where the prisoner denied his being a deserter, and offered (apparently willing) to go before a Magistrate; thus lulled into a ihn of '.security, Lieutenant Knight went for a coach to bring him before the magistrates at Marlborough -street, and on his return met with two soldiers of his own regiment, whom he desired should accompany him ; when the deserter saw them, he roared out, " for the love of Jesus, don't let them men costae near me I" By this time a great crowd was assembled, aad the Defendants, aided by them, gave the deserter an opportunity to escape ; aad he never has been heard of since. In the mean time, Serjeant Hammond was detained in enstody, locked up for some time in a cellar, and slitterwards brought before the Magistrates, by whom .Ise was discharged. This accouut was corroborated by the testimony sK Serjeants Hammond and Berke ; the former. on his cross-examination, admitted that he was striking the deserter about the head with his cane, at the time the Defendants interfered ; and the latter swore, that he was present at the rendezvous house when Duncan was enlisted. Mr. Serjeant Re.sr, for the Defendants, main tained, that the charge against his clieats was hr no means made out in evidence, or the situation of the parties at the time. The dory, lie WAS Lure, would not be satisfied, that the Defendants had assaulted Hammond, with a premeditated 'mention of rescu ing the deserter, and breaking the pi-ace. Two things were essentially I,ecess.iry to support thie in didment—the proof that Duncan was a deserter from tl:e Eighth Regiment of Poot ; that the De fendants were aware of it, And also knew that t he Pro•ecutnrs %vete authorised to apprehend him Al auc ; all of which proof was wholly absent ; he might hare been oa furlough, and t,o ways liable to be deemed A deserter ; on these grounds, therefore, he contended, that the Defendants should be ac quitted. Several respedable witnesses, however, were culled to their charades., And reisresentad them to be decent, honest, atfive, aid web-conduslted men. Lord EtLestaaottua, in rimming up the eri- ~ .•.•••••••r! . -; -~., ;~ • . . dence to the jury, ob:erved, that there coald fie no . question, fr•im the circianstances of tau:. case, that Duncan was a destruct ; and the iweidlaa ra. fits, and' imprudently, took iipon themselves o• that which belonged . is, • ~ h -• isa . t -s • neir ganef etatrader, that will ;lave us slaw weight when they shall he biutipbt up for jadgrnent. The jayy were only to consider. wl•erhae the altraralans were male nut as their . satisfadiou. ? The Jury immediately found both (bully. A TA:Lovs RUE V. rtEMETeILS COUNT be v.:Raz. Th;s anion was ruolight to recover a bill anwasat ing to 1341 for Vanished in about the space of on^ month, to the llefSaidant. Mr. Nolte stated, that the Plaintiff was 111 Ve•• spedabie taitor, tesidi , .g at the AJet.plli ; and the Defendant was a Danish Noalvnian, flouts Holstein,' ifs Dent:tank ; and, at the time the articles were fur nished, lodged at 0.-moo's 11(44, neat iioor to the Plaintiff, who, being a neighbour, naturally WAS recommend:A. It might seem extraoriliaary, he obseived, that the bill had run up to such an amount, in so short a time ; it was still mare extra ordinary, that (as be wa; informed) this gentle• . man's bills; with other tailor's, had, for some few months, amounted to mote than double that sum ; the fad was, that this gentleman far exceeded the general site in corpulence and stature, and had his clothe. made in a particular and expensive manner ; and when the jautneyman would go to receive his directions, he generally kept him for three or raw hours instrudiag him ; he iilav ordered splendid,li• verses of peen and geld for his servants, Mc. 14 represented filmset? to the Plaintiff to be a mat of great property, and Ambassador from the Emperor of Russia. Fro:n the Adelphi, he went to reside is a fine bowie in Hanover square, which he soan'after I-ft ; Anil when the Plaintiff furnished his bill, the Defendant paid him 5 ri on account, telling him he could not pay the remainder far six months ; at this the former at first hesiumea, but ultimately agreed to take a hill at that time, to be mask payable at same bank-er's in London. Phis bill, he admitted, was draw n by the Plaintiff, but was :sever Aire fothcoming ; and the PiaintAT &scowls% that rbe Delenstain was going' abroad, mid had adnally saipaea himself on baard a Prussian vessel ia they river, marked a wilt against him, and the ship for:, ta.i itely thing driven buck by contrary triads, had him rrtbte.!, when he gave bad, and then wfn,s' aisroad. Mr. Pollard, a very ref peetable tailor, wits can to prove that the charges w- re re:stainable. faara a other Gentlemen of that arnfession •s-re also j.ro4 posed to be called; hut Mr. Gs snow. fat the 04 fesdant, did not °lied to either the c.'uarges amount of the hilt, aid they were nat Mr. GA es , ow, in opening the dative, said, he 4:11 not wish his nerves to be shocked, just after Chris•a, mat, by calling se mussy tailors heCue hint !lc z!istts said, that his client was a Gentleman of 1:Igh rank and large fortune in floatein, is Denmark, and Was then in the alt of disposing of a parr hi‘ est ite in that country, to a Gentleman is the city. for 150,9fa01. He was also negociatiug with Go. hment for the sale of a Lupien of the timbre 'of 'that estate, for the use of the British Plaaya .terjpottntfajM" several "ilsiisianda of ,pbunds; sta tic On: beinlf in e. before he left this kittgdoni, Wished to defer his payments till his return from' belling his estate ; aid when he paid the 501. on =- court, it was specifizally agreed, that he was td wave six aiontas credit for the remainder, aid the Plaintiff ad Lilly drew a Bill. which he accepted at that date; notwithstanding which, the Plaintift afterwards arrested him. Mr. Bur:. the Defendant's Agent, proved the sale of the estate in question, and bar the purchaltai money was to go through his hands ' 50,0001. of which he had already remitted. The Bill alliirledl to was then praduced, and appeared to be dr by the Plaintiff, it six miinths, and accepted b Defendant. paYahle at Mr. Burt's h-use, in :tome. Mr. :tart then said, that the Plaintiff ha o l , agreed to take this Bin ; when he w as ring Oat lOW : , e Lift it along with another of the MM. CR 4 scription, with his clerk, 'to be delivered when apl pliad for ;. but the Plaintiff never called for it. • Mt. Panepo de Bertrand, a Polish Gentleman; was neat called. He said, that he was at prevent a Professor of painting, but hid formerly been a ilrgnet (a Polish Nobleman), and Chamberlain to Stauislaus, the late K;ng of Poland. He knewthe estate of Count De Wintz perfectly well. and had been frequently all over it with that NObie77(2lS it' was 17 miles tong, by 9 miles broad. He had called upon the Mamie', to order some clothes for himself, which were to be included its the Count's bill, and heard him say, tie goods were to be fur- nished at six months credit. Lord E,.teve.socors said, the qnestion was, whether the Plaintiff's bill were demandable now, or at the expiration of six months? and, it was tot the Jury to say, upon the evidence, which they _ thought, under all the air, v most probable. The Jury, after some consultation, Ver. dill for the Defendant. ' ASSAVL THR KING 11. rsascts This WAS an indietrneot for . It appeared that the Prosecutor, torney, And his wire, with - lady, were returning, in ti from Hampton Court, and as Kew, they put the ladies after them. When the Prosecutor arrived opposite the forrroir's street, they saw the Defendant sreAt violence at the door ; he wanted ? and he replied, two women who had gate of the town, and he must si The Prosecuts , r cautioned use of such appellations, befri. he alluded to ; but the other knew thews all very well. he pickpocket, and they were tw struck the Prosecutor, seized di egging him to the watch would, afterwards, have accepted inn but the Defendant proposed introduced to the ladies, person ; this the other slecl his antecedent celdurl. He the Delendsat's Attorneys, • , a :itcurattances, th e most tusultation, found a Ver- :LT.• l i s .CIS t.r.s., ciastr• or an assault. isecutnr, who was an ay. s anatiter friend and hi s the month et July las t . %hen diry had got as far into a coach, and walked 'rosecutor and his friend , •T ' s house in Vs'ardour- efendact knocking with 1.. , r ; they asked hire what ied, he s ivished to see the ne in, they were women t speak to them. sed him against .making efore he knew the persons the: persisted, saying, he he (the Prosecutor) was a two w--res. He they zed him. and insisted on 1-house. The Prosecutor iceereJ of a properlo• ropo u led that he s ' be and make it to them in :tined. as improper, from He afterwards applied to s, on the same subjea, but 1.1. -- ..._-- ---- • " how