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I MR. lIEAVISIDPS fLiND CONCERT. TM- Gentleman lAI a GranJ Concert, in Thursil.iy evenu , g, at his house, in George•s.tcet, Hanover-square. Several charming glees were given, in excellent style, by Mesas. LEANntn, SAI.I, and EvA res. The most favourite pieces were a Terletto. by Madame Sign.o.l4 GRte irrttt and Priv r0,t40, which sr is r.tpturous'•y applauded. Master Carts played 4 charming concerto on the violin ; also a chat ming quinterto for the t Lino-torte. horn, bassoon, hautboy, and clariueet, by Mrs ft ARTOLOZZI. Messrs. LEANDIR. Hot. sits, CIIFIBACR, and CS AMER. The seledtion was excellent. and every arrangement displayed the taste of Mr. Lt.•nosa, who concluded the musical pat of the entertAinment. ,ERT. MADAME GAMHERS7'.s CONC Amongst the Concerts si hid: have taken place in the course of the winter, those of Madame GAU. IN/ it r are distinguished by their variety ; espe. cially that of LE Thursday, where Most of the first protessois of the metropolis exhibited their talent. on that evening..—Madaine GsUrilllOT performed a Solo of Vrovrt's on the Violin, in that superior style of excellence, for which she is sn celebrated. Miss GAUT;iraqT erero•ed a Concerto of Mo zant's. nn i? r Pmnaforte, and was remarkable for the brilliancy •,f her '-xecu:ion. Mr. lisoteiptovnis r•rtortned also a Concerto on the Oboe, which sta. much admired. Signor Mnaatti sang several Comm Songs with his usual effee, as did also M: C. Hostas, &c. Upw a rd. ct one iltindted persons %vele presen., arr.nagst whom were some of !lb , : first rank ar..• fashion. Lord and Lady Doti stsy are g , ne to their bealviful seat at Englcfield Green, to pass :he days. The Duchess of Gassoon, Lad, C. Lsanx, and a larre ra-n• cf Nobility, dined yesterday y i , h Mr. and Mrs. FORDYCF. at th,ir Lord G. TAYLOR has arrived at his mother's haute (the Marchioness of Hcansoat) in Great • titarhope-..m-r, from Harrow. Lady Ptalli and the Hon. Miss DRUMMOYD, will leave town, neat Monday, on a visit to the Lttiy l'nwoontiens. at Richmond. 'f'he Countess of llsitatr y`s Grand Rom will he on the 11th instant, instead of the 10th, the Pilotless of Goanon's grand party having been fixed for that day. The Marquis and Marehionem of Tonsinao )eft town.flast Monday, tor Tapley: , Court, where they intent remairing for three weeks. The Ea.l and Countess Ftraw;LLtAM, and Vis. eco:at MILTON, lilt town, yesterday, for tiltort- Abbey. Lord Focal, leaves town,.this day, for Whitby Court, ‘Vnrcesterthire. I!,.. , D u ky of G ham inws.•o4llOrreole, fee Newmarket. Mr. S. Resale n•tted 2361. at the Edinburgh Theatre last week ; his performance was Frietal. Sir Hvo:i and Lady D. H MILTON gave a grand &a ter, last Thursday, at their house in tipper Gros. senor•sireet, to the Duchess of Gostii,a, Viscount MtLY'LLIC. Lord DUNCAN, HOT. COI. PACKLIMAM, Mr. Fol.svcs,. and Mr. FAMQVHA %SOM. 50110 AN disprrvb much grind taste in reviv ing th Comedy of The Disecrrery, nn her night.— Lad natter is nits of that cast of pans, ia which the emineuily excels. The last Bath arrivals are_ The C , untain of Northesk ; Countess of Guildford ; Lord. -of Mrs , lit:thrift ; Led, Saxon Sir W. LAWINfI So' P. hat • I (oar- • Se John and Lady Mordaunt t See Tts,. runs, Lao.. and 4..4 Pt Alois 31 , r Joao "(Iw's o ; S.r Vscm• adjs. I to!nirl a d Mn, Ye', Colonel Graham; Cu. 013,4 Le-t.. 1; 0.10,10 Cut; ; met Rev. Mr. Smith. Amongst the numerous visitors of Mr. LAM. C t :bonder, we recognised the following do. in:;uished personages:— Th,o km al H.ghnede. rm. Deka of Sussex and Gloucester. 11...ess,alue ae.4rlg Peet. Mee--Chee M...rterr. Hwy reenefetsolieugh, t 0 donee ?tor, mud Thontest.l.reet. 114...ader sad owissi losalas saws, Cava. Mr. Mt.!. ale. 3. banker Moo Linwood. The Duchess of Gonna's had a small party, on Wednesday evtnitg, at her house. St. James's. slum amongst whom we re , t h e D u k e De Blbit viscount and Visconntess CAS ttttt Anti, Viscount Hincsoiesrooae. Viscount Duncan, Lady CHAU -I.3TTE Lsonx, Lady STEWART. Sir H. D. and Lady HAMI Lvov. and Sir F. Sranoiss. The will of the late Earl MACS attic, was open ed a:lThursday. in which is stated his Lordship's wish to Ix: in:cried quite privately, at Chiswick, to which piece his remains will be renewed early next 'week. His exerotors are. the Pauli writ of Isist.•on, the Vtareviis esf Hier rt.a n, General Bessox, Lady lkiszaatutv, and Dr. Hume. Hi* ahlelITVI Yeomen of the Guard, afte r at tending the dittvihittlon of the Royal Maundy at Whitehall Chapel, on Thursday, were regaled with 4a $.4 and i room.. Sir W. W. Wvritir. with his usual politenttl, ordered all the delicacies his see, At Wynstay, al f 4 .. ed, to he lent to the l - t: tel at Oswestry, for the act . mm.xtitinti of she Duke and Duchess of Hon est. I„ tun their j ;arty. rhe b.-Amato c-,:tave belonging to bliss Prtsti i. ostitt • et Dev..nibire, has been eng ag ed for thi•rcsi ence .It her Royal Highness the Princess of WA 1 rt., during tie ensuing summer. h is ex pelted that her Royal Highaese will occupy it in the cove r o f a f e w days. The mi:d and salubrintet air of this favourite stwering phsee, has heen justly cc.- levitated he rlegaut i.e9 of Dr. Downss•s. is f.:‘ Ad:lv r ea eirt,:rn of tit lArasev TrAtir Etc-itrncies the Loan Luster? TTTT and n'oo'ses ot Munro% rs wAre to h , ?vine with their istrwn:-, on T::nts.!a• last, the Art nal Comnie morati,nt, F.r. the tutuilt of Decayed i4usiniars, At ette:Antdada e iii wh-n a Grind Sele&ion "'s to to r1:1f, rrtieJ from she most celebrated tom ir:.uattcos of H rum and HAPDLL. FROM FRANCE AND HOLLAND; Thres .'C 4, .. m. We stop the press to aunnunce the receipt of French Papers to dir 4 29th last, and Dutch Papers to the 4th instant. The fiaouing are the only articles worth notice PA4IS, MANCH 27. The Orestes mid the l' ilarier brigs hare taken and sunk the Enzlish sloop Elisabeth. Captain Silk, on her way from Limerick. 'The Tartar Guernsey privateer, of 10 galls, Capt. John Pardy, and the Guernsey cutter, Lord Nelsoo, of 4 guns, Capt. Thomas Fever. Ninety-one priscm ers from these three vessels have been landed in France. Five per Cents. 61. fr. 60. e. DIAPLPS. MARCO! 4. Marshal Massena set . n t from this on the !Gds. to reconnoitre Gaeta, and returned oa the 28th.— He has sent off a great quantity of artillery for the liege of that place, which is already commenced under the command of General Latour. The mob of Gaeta is constantly fired upon by four gun.hoats. The surrender of the fort is imme diately expedied, notwithstanding the Cnrnmandcr of the place, Philipetal, has declared that he will hold out to the last extremity. It appears certain, that the English who evacuated have withdrawn into Sicily, where they are fortifying themselves and ereding batteries. MACIVIt. Atilt. 1. 'I heir High Mightiaesses, representing the Bata via., Comminwealth, assembled this day, in conse quence of th, it extraordinary convo , at , nn, and, af ter deltberation, adjourned all to-m• rrow at noon. - - E4S7 ER MONDA Y The preparat:ons making at the Mansion-house, Ist the dinner and ball to his gi•ven thete no Monday, by the L,ND M volt, are on a scale of magnificence, never surpassed ; and, we believe, with the etception of Alderman Comae, have never been equalled; the company at dinner, though numerous, will be selea ;the Roe s t. Dctts. and all the Ministers, will be present. The Marquis of Aseloonts left town yester.lay, for the Priory, but is espeCed to return on Monday, to be present.— Lord ALLZANDER GORDO4. WI of the Duke of Connote. is exptAttd at Nraor's 11 ,, tel this day, -from Deaf, for the same purpose. Her Grace the Jpechess of G04D3.4. Lady C. Lsisor. Lady 1). aassit.yon, *nd a large patty of their Friends, in-. lied honouring the ball with their presence. DUBLIN, MAICN 31. LORD HARDWICRE. Yesterdir. Earl Hardwicke quitted our shores, The streets were lived. on the occasion, by the mili tary, and the public esteem and sfeßion were Mit teringly expressed by the very noinerous and re spillable cavalcade, consisting of more than one hundred equipages, which attended his Lordship to the water side. His Lordship previously held a Levee. and about fou r o ' c l oc k set out from the Cud*. Fie nos accompanied by his illustrions succesanr, mingling the bright Maze of his risen sun. with the mild brains of the retiring luminary, and 11 this approval of kindred virtue. and a generous policy, promising a succession of happy influences to the country. The populace, who had been in anxious expeeta 'inn of an opportunity of testifying their resped in their own way, took the horses from his carriage, in biasaau-street, which his Lordship, with much complacency, consented to, and drew it to the Pidgeon -house. On his Lordship's embarking in the yacht, a royal salute was fired. LORD NELSON. On Wednesday morning last, the first stone *bore the foundation of the Obelisk, ere Sing to the me mory of Lord Nelson, in the Castle-green, in the city of Hereford, was laid with mods ceremony. Three Lodges of Masons, the Palladian. RGyal Edward, and \lercian ; the First Regiment of Herefordshire Volunteers ; the Corporation of the City ; and a large concourse of Freemen, assisted on the occasion. In the stone was placed a copper plate, with the following inscriptions on each side : " on this spin era• esefled, by subsciintion„ a Column, in honour of Horatio Ne . ..on, K.B. Vice.Adosirslof the White, Karon Nelson or the Nile, Viscount Nelson, and Duke of Brood, in Sicily; owle t whose command the British Fleets were led to repeated sictories; and, rineeerf occasion. evinced the skill and intrepidity of warners. In the achiesesneet of the lest great •icnoy are, the Conioniell Fleets of France heal Spain, off Ca,.. 'Trafalgar. October Vlst, 11110:*, be was slain by a musket-tun, honourml and regretted by tin Grateful country.. Ott THE atYFISt. 4- 1 The ,as stnn• this C silllTlto %la. Jai Ihe the Malta end liretiiren of the Ps kit a., laudg,..l Free a lid Accepted Masons, on the id day or Arnil. AD. IdUS. A. 1.. bildG Thomas Kir&R.W.M. J.llsis Milk. W S.W. Thomas Downes, %VI W. with the assistance of the Ma.ten and Brethren of the R .yal Edward and Mer7ian Lodges." The ceremony, both from its preise-wotthy ob ject, and its intention to perpetuate the memory of a Hero, whose name is enrolled on the list of our citl. tens, by his brother Freemen, will be extremely in teresting. A few ..!ays since, a dealer at the Isle of Grain, ne ir the Sore, hcmght a small chest • , f tea of a smuggler, when, nn opening the same, to his great surprize, he found two bags of skins, covered with canvas, which contaii:el nine pounds of yellow ore : not knowing what it was, he toot a sample of it to a wh a informed tam that it was gold dust. The value of the prop-rty s.i found. amounted to upwards of 5301. liow it cans: 141:4 the chest, no one can tell. Pol,lcti. rawait.e,aounn-rritarr. elides Mianno^-1 anal Cle.rge Brew*, tl e persons charged with robbing the Rer. Mr. Craven Orde, in the Strand, have undergone a lung private exa mination. It will be remembered, that the Prose cutor was not-present at the exam:nation of Bevan, when he was taken ; and be could not, at the present exmionation, swear positively to his person, although he believed him to be one of the three who accosted him, and that he was the person who snatched away his purse. Mr. Lingham, tailor, in the Strand, swore to Bevan; as having paid him the bill of 181. the morning subsequent to the robbery, which turned nut rt have been a part of the contents of the purse. for clothing to the amount of 111. Duplicates of part of the clothing were found on Bevan's wife, which she had pledged at the shop of Mr. Page, ernbroker, in Sh errar d. street , w hi c h rendered an accomplice. With reset to the prisoner Hammond, the evi. • donee given against him at the former examination, was substantiated by the Clergyman, at *hose house, as before stated, he called himself a Bow street Officer, and charged the brother of hlr. C. Orde with a heinous crime, taking him for the gentleman he had robbed. ft was stated to the MA •OISTRATE, by one of the Officers, that Bevan was old offender, and the Maotsraate recognised bim to he so. A fellow was execut,d some years since, for robbing a gentleman, by charging him with an unnatural crime, and a subscri:stion WAS set oft foot, amongst his brethren, t* boy him a cscilia kc. 23L was collrft-d„ and the pri.nner Bevan was math: treasurer for the undertaking, when he decamped with the money. Hammond was recognised by a Serfeant inthe I ,t fteg:m.mt of Foot Guards, to be a deserter from that corps, for which offence, he had been pu nished. He was stated to be a detestable charac ter in the regiment. The two prisoners, and Be van's wife, were remanded for another examination, on Wednesday next. 'I he panics were bound over to appear on that day, and to prosecute at she Old Bailey. The other offender is not yet in custody. _ _ WARWICK AS.SILAS. At the Assites for this county, which ended on Monday evening. yob. &orris. for having feloni ously uttered in payment a forged five guinea note, pu-porting to be a promissory note of Messrs. ftuf ford and Biggs, of tirourbridge, knowing it to be forged—Samuel Sr.!-tin (otherwise Ashmore), for stealing a mare—.john Kier.. for being at large while under sentence of transportation—Char/es Hill. for assaulting .ind cutting the throat el R. Kesterton. with intent to murder him—R. Grim, for stealing to the value of sixteen guineas and upwards—lo "oh Taylor, for stealing a wether sheep, were se verally condemned. William Wilson, for breaking into the Birmingham Work-house, and sealing diet efrorn to the amouot of 801.—Condemned. The trial of WISHI excited much attention, in consequence of the curious and ingenious instrument produced in Court, that perfor a .ed the *hotter of the iVor!:holi e, when broke into and robbed some time ago. e:ach ins•rument was found next mora- I: jog in. Wil-en's possession , and f ro m t h e test i mony given in court by campetent judges, was the identi cal tool thr.t made such hole. The Learned Junce, in giving his charge to the Jury, declared himself perfealy satisfied, that if a thousand instruments were made, unless this iden tical :ocl, or the part of the shutter also produced. was in the hands of the maker of such instrument, it was altogether impossible for any one to be made so nicely corresk as the one produced, so as to make the same sized hole to less than an hair's breadth. The Counsel, for the Prisoner, finding by the evi dence given in Court, their Client likely to be con •illed, endeavoured to avail themselves for his ad vantage, of a point of law ; contending, that the office from wh ch the property was stolen, was not part of the dwelling-house of G. Hincisliffe, as stated in the indittment, which opinion was opposed by the Counsel for the Prosecution, on the ground, that G. Hinchliffe paid the taxes for such premises : that he had at all times tree access to this room, to transaCt his own private business in, if he thought proper. The Junos then declared, he should consult some authorities on the subjeift, and if they did not prove the point satisfaCtorily to his own mind, be should take the opinion of the Twelve Judges. But the sentence of death pronounced upon the Prisoner subsequent to his trial, is a convincing proof he wa. fully satisfied as to the burglary being correetly stated in the indißment. Joressk Rosu're, for having in his possession forged Rank of England Notes, was sentenced to fourteen years transpertati,n. rinpeu rnle Thursday se'nnight, a Sweepstakes rode by the owners, for the horses that had been regularly hunt ed with the Skidby hounds, wag tun over the two mile Cowie at Beverley, Yorkshire, six Subscribers, but only three started t Mr. H. Seuonswee's brown horse, by Unwind ; Mr. R.. Bann's brown mare. by Spar-roes,- and Mr. Dewitt. FULD'S bay horse, by Yeas' Railer. Mr. SCH ogswAit's horse won easy ; Mr Bent. came in second. Yesterday s'ennight, as a man on horseback was leading another through the streets of Newcastle, the led horse. prancing a little at the sound of a passing drum, was silently but furiously seized on, at the head of the Middle -street, by a bull-dog, which kept its hold for a few minutes, th-ough se verely beaten with sticks by some persons who wit nessed the transaition, and though kicked and tram pled upon by the much-injured horse. The man on horseback was all this time in the most im minent danger. from which he was not relieved till the strength of the dog was completely exhausted. The following curious circumstance happened on Monday the 17th ult. The Allendale fox-hoende pursued a fox for some time on Steward Banks and the grounds adjacent, till at last poor Re nard was under the nece ss i t y of ta ki ng s h e l ter in the Crags ; and the sportsmen, with great opened the hole and secured their prey ; which, upon exa mination, was found to be a large bitch-fox.—She was taken to liisoripfield, where, to the great sur prise of the keeper, on the Pharsday following, she hrought forth six fine young cubs. which are at this time with the mother, and are all likely to live. - • , IN6lw 4PP4IRS: Car : a Letter from th, ;lost .luttouutbir Henry Dundee ;now Lord Vi.count Ide1,111e) to the ..'ha;rtnen, Deploy Cluirman, mei Court nf Ihrertnts of the 1..,.l !nem Com. pony ; on the Indian 14.5 t ,--4•terl tenth o: !utte, 1801. rCooti•irsil from our Paper of Thursda ) last ] As I consider this last head to he of the utmost importance to the whole success of the preresition in question, and, as so many mis.ippreliensions have appeared, and so many misrepresentations hare been held out respeeling it, I have thought it my dot , to state my ideas upon it at greater length flee, I at first intended ; and. upon the whsle, I trust I etay with confidence rest :steered is the convißion. that one million sterline will be attaineble from the ger- loos revenues of India, to co.operete with the other commercial resources of the Company, in producing the lier.eficial results stated to proceed from those resources of Revenue and Commerce. ie.:He—LIT e combined together ; and it only remains to n t. is, that if, after every exertion, and contrarr to ev-'v rational probability, there should he 1:4 deficiency, the inconvenience arising from it to the gametal ,ites j.,et in view, will be obviated by your metering your Government abroad, for the short period that may be necessary, to ply as much of the interest of the Debt in India. by bills on the Court of I breaors, as may he required to secure the o'sjeA of a melees surpins in India, applicable to the rsitt-potei of in vestment. The noly consequence of eoing so timed be, to a very srnall amount, to dime,: 4 the progressive accruing balance of year rail. at home ; but your . peospea of abundant influence i n ,that respen, seeds to be so unequivocal. as to ad mit of no discouragement in the prosecution of A every expedient calculated to ensure tte success of ti.is very salutary measure. " The second requisite is. that the investments from Indies and China shall amount, at prime cost. to four millions annually, in equal proporenns." This does not require any minute explanation, be. yond what appears on the face of the accounts in the Appendix. The difficulty of finding : effi cient sum for the prime cost of such an inveerneet, will chiefly occur in the first year of the opera:: ;n, when it is requisite, by Exports, by Bilis from In die, and by Bullion, to find a aid to your Leeds ' concerns to the amount of five millions sterling. The difficulty does cot consist in any ieactequace of s reviurces at home to make those exertions, het in the c..ans of sending so large a sum, and partite. / larly i •he means of finding bullion to so gnat an amount .1• 2,000,0001. to which amount it init.st, be found, if the full five millions requisite fee the ere -year cannot be got through the merdiem of the ether resources to which I have referred. The im palement of the objeek is so great. no exertion mile Mbemnitted that ea, surmount the alifficul . V s end there is scarcely any erpence that eight not 41 M be incurred, rather than endanger a tailure administering the requisite aid to your necessities in Lea. It would be improper in me. for obvious rea sone to detail what may have occurred to nit on the subjea. Iyis unneessary, for I know you f 1,1 moat able advice on the ruble& from some of yuue own number. You will of course feel it to be nor dirty to represent the importance of it in the most • forcible manner to His Majesty's Ministers, who. upon an examination of the particulars I bare mated. and folly weighing the verrbriMant afearillvalll produce nn the commerce and revenues of the king. done cannot fail to be impressed with a full 401111 C. 1. tien of its being their duty to contribute every aid 1 in their power to set this operation in motion on its firs outset. which is in truth the period when the chief difficulty wall meet% I new proceed to observe on the suggestion con- • tained in the two next requisites. I have before stated, and I trust I Mall have little difficulty in obtaining your concurrence in the two propositions to which I refer. Ist. That it is your duty lied your interest now to make use of the power you possess, under the Ait of Parliament, 37 Geo. HI. cap 31, of augmenting your Capital St:ck by two millions sterling. And ediy, that the money so • raised should be invariably applied to the extinesiee Si your debt in India. The wisdom of this policy is indisputable. both on commercial and political principles; I need not observe to you, who have been sharers with me in the condsn of those transainions which have takes place for some years past, that the principle of our Indian Administration has been, so to combine the operations of finance and commerce, as that they may be mutu.slly subservient to each other. by the revenues of India administering to the Wa..:11 of Leadenhall-street ; and. on tee other land, eto Treasury of Leadenhalestriet administering to ehe necessities of India, when the surplus of t ee ref,- cues of India has become either pertiar y or t .tail• inadequate to the demands created by t:. • -normals expenses of a 3 extensive and corvp' :sited or d r.i,. /i ej to the desire of remitting II large And valtial'- ha vestment from India to Europe. I hare had oe.".i• lion, more than once, to observe, that although I could, without appreltensiun, acqatiesee in the et tension of the Company's credit in India :o an amount unknown before, for the purposes of Wir and investment, still that operation must have its bounds, a n d the debt Inuit not be permitted to be. come so unwieldy. as ant to be reducible to its proper scale, within a moderate period after the re turn of peace. It is impossible. pethope s with per fed c - curacy, to decide the precise posse at which the borrowing for the combined purposes of war and commerce ought to cease t but I believe I do not take a very unsafecriterion, when I contend that the use of the Company's credit abroad for the purpose of cenutiesce coght to cease, when indi viduals find it for their advantage net to lend at A moderate interest, and the public caenot of course be accommodated but at a very extramittnt rate of interest. I con s id ere d s e e state of the empany's credit in India to have arrived at that point. when I elw the debt growing to a rate of interest at le or 12 per cent. an place of 6or ; and in additiee to that, the creditor stipulating for himself A con tinuance of that loan for a defined tenet's of rime, and at a high rate of interest, not less than Ii) per cent. When, therefore, I saw the amouet of debt Let year rise to above ten millions, hearieg interest. and likely still further to iiicrease. unless put a stop to, I th aught it my duty to state to you the pro 'riery id restoring to India, from your Treasury at home, a part of that balance vr:iich had loune its way intro your Treasury - in hugland. ira conergueece ;i Vt'l