The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1806-03-24 00:00:00

THE FORTCGLTSF. AMBASSADOR. The Poarrourss Aran; AAA non gave a snlendid dinner and supper on Saturday, at his house in South Audley•streer ; dinner was laid for twelve, in the great dining patlotir, which was lighted by an E g epti.in lamp, suspended in the centre, and vari -1,1.19 ether lamps, burning incense. In the centre of the table was a silver JV,phtse, a•tcsded by all his p ‘ caiticreallo of Trito';!, Mermaid , * acc. ; on each side were massy gold branches hearing wax tapers ; the decorations consisted of the most curious pastry, Mosaic Temples, &c. Pinner was served on a coma plete service nt gold. The company consisted of, the Marchioness of —ON rci AL. Lady HAMILTON, the Miss DWI( FOk Miss BA PIING'S, MIIVI GOD. ? rev, the lion. Mr. QUIP:, Chevalier Ksaae, the :ion. C. Se emcee, Mr. ltocsas, and Madame G KAStIIII. Yester.lay morning Iris M s EsTV, Princesses Au nt:ire. and Mane. attended by Generals NI ANNULS and FITZROY. Sir ISAAC HEARD. and Major PR IC e. w:rt Sr. George's Chapel. and heard a Sermon by Dr. HALLAM. from the sth chapter of the Ephe aiaas, aad 15tb very. The Fitt ert'aitorte 7ave a grand dinner, yes terday, to a numlict of Noirility. Hrmourable Mrs. Genuine Kau: will give a musical par ty to-morrow night. Sit Wircosoa HUNLOW.E lett town, yesterday, for his sear, at wiagerwortin Derbyshire, where be in. tells nassing a few days, in superintending the gym improvements on his estates. The pleasure grounds have been can•ideralrly enlarge I. Lord end Lady itZNDLISAI A II arrived, last Satur day, at ths ir bona.. Cha- dos -street, Cavendish. 'Thar, from their sear, in Nni folk. Captain LE A 4D. of the 17th Regiment, arrived. last Saturday, at S.rsitsta's Hotel, Ctiffurd-street, 1.•-m Irehtrul. The Duchess of DEVONSOI RC had a very restless night on Saturday; however,' Her Grace was ra ther better yesterday. Her Grace's disorder is bilious ; and we are sorry to state, of an alarming tendency. • Earl Gsosvc'na seems to pursue the sports of the turf with great spirit. A young stud, corsist ing of eight c is and fillies, rising two-years oft:, passed throngh Chester, no Wednesday morning. tr•rn his land,hip's seat, at Eaton, Cheshire, for his training stables at Newmiltket. Th e p e ople of Dahlia eapea the Doke of Ben- FORDYriII not dislike their diets/streets, as his Grace lately resided in the Stable-wet The Duchess of Gosport gave a grand dinner yesterday, to hiardliOllet4 CORNWALL fc., the Hon. and Rey. Mr. WEixestev, Lary Esiatv, V:St'Ottilt 'ITICIIINDROOKP, Lord JAILS MURK AY, 'ns r smotsa and Joni: SirEttv, air. and Mrs. Gs AMT, ar,d .Mite Ito tarp.; and in the evening tier Grace had a party, which was numerously at tended. The Society of Arts eleaed their Officers for the estscting pear, on Saturday, at their huu,e in the Adelphi. The Opera was erowd.4 in the extreme on Sa turday ; the Court mourning east a veil ever its brilliancy. The Opera went off with great eels?. The Trio and Duet were rapturcnbly encored. The Grim: Heroic L.dlet of Tamerkrae et fiaj.,;;;l was received wish increased rinpianse. The Duchesses nl Gannon-, Borrow. anti DORSET, the Earls of Strtow and Baaavaroar, Lords EARDLLV, and BAY and Seta, and Dour and Mrs. Hu tie, were r esent. MA K L A a DE?* Wraetlrtl on Saturday was crowd ed with fashion. -The Antonsaron forlime-Wri mode a nundier Of. juod -hit, and told many Zeno'' truth, that ntturbetless parties are formed to a.ruaxle this s dept tr.-day. Masser Bat r• and Mr. C. lisaaratar divided the applause no Satitrafayl bt, in (cads and -lawn, at Coyest-garden thearef ; theUtise was llMwd4d. The ifesej Masa *waded a crowded house, on F...tardarn.ght, at Drury-lane theatre. • Ur:gists.. is :'re hero of The ratty Thietet. The di re is said fa have all the neatness& Cotm•s, iribelieved to proceed from his tiro. Hyde Park, yesterday, was crowded with fashion. Her Royiliflighness the Princes, CH aator re of Waal's. Princess Si-4mi A ,nt: Ganucrsa es, His Royal Highness the Duke of CUM BERL AVIA, and the latichess of Noir annexe I.•t,D, weri l airing Iher". Mrs. Bastian Ow; Mr. Wttscrtet.r., and Mr. Latin. rv, will provi a hish-r of strength to the S t rioa Benefit ~ f the veteran HAUZZINI, at Bath. The friunclario.- of the New Subscription Library, int , otied to he built in Tyneaisreet, North Shields, is e o r .eEted to be laid in a few days. When finished, it will be one of the most complete buildings of the din tl e North of Einalanth According to esti raa it will cost near 1,2001. at buss Heat oar's hall, on Friday evening, the second Dance was led dawn by Lord Sumo il4wsll and Lady G. Cactt. ; it was composed for tsie orcasiiiii, and calkd Miss lit PLC:MeI /Voltz, in honour of the lair Hostess. The third was The Dwie of Perloi',l Reel, danced with great spirit by Letd .1. Meats AY, and the Hon. Miss Da UNIMOND. Then Oid Br gie ; the concluding dance, before sup • per was, (y' she Roes. At two o'clock 230 persons sat down to supper ; and at Three, Goss'. charming music invited the mow" thineems to the hall-room, where the Hon. bliss Daustonan called for the medley of Tee Millie of Drone, and Keep Me Couto" iewifyLessie, which were danced with elegance, taste, and spirit, by o.e hart of PORT ARI 'MOTOR, Lord H• PETTY. Lord Pnrraßusa , Sir WILLIAM KERR, ether Nobility, and their fair F.:inners. Then fol lowed the favourite dances of Th.- nosey Mesa, La aetieer and Themile the Wood ti'se. This die gAnt Afnusernent concluded with The Earl of Meire's solcona to Sr4laNA It riff half-past six o'clock, on Saturday mousing. when this elegant company be gan to arparate. So merrily had the hour, passed, that it was only the ria.r.fingrred /ewes, drawing Lick the curtaras, reminded them it a•as time to hc • /....,.....i i , c e. , 1:....,,,,k. te ... 1 :10 ~~• .kg.,,--,, ---, . ~.,....,, -,- 9,1 . . Di tgit . CH:11 3 74k Or ?HP 1L71%7H7.7 Or G.IRI ER. - The erroneous report respeling the Duke of Rammer, being to be invested with the Order of the Garter, en iginated in consequence of the deaths of tl.ct Duke ta GLOUCLSM, Watcptis of Ls NSDOVIN, and Marquis CORNWALLIS, clime of the Knights; and itwas supposed t wo of them were vacant, only one of the three having hen giver; to the Earl of DA It r- MOUTH but it turns out, that the Order worn by the Doke of GLOVCSITF.R is not to be disposed of, as on his death it came to the Chapter, he being a Prince of the Blood Royal it died with him. On Saturday His Al AJLITY held a Chapter of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, at Windsor Castle, fur the purpose of investing the Marquis or ST AV. rose with the Blue Ribbon worn by the late Mar quis CORNWALLIS. Between eleven and t*elve o'clock. the Noble Personages who were to form the Chapter, began to arrive at Windsor, from London; likewise the Officers Iselonp,ing to the Herald'sOffiee. The Prince of WA Les art ived at one. His MA.IrSTY, as usual, took his early dint er soon after one o'clock. At two o'clockL , rd S the Lora in Waiting, informed the Principal King at Arms, that His M kJESTY was ready to hid Chapter; and the Knights being previously ar ranged, 'becording to their seniority, they prii - et.d , .. , d in grand procession; th. junior Knig'Hs first, ill dressed in their superb robes. made orpot rely-•, lined with white satin, with the collars a' e 0: der on their shoulders, which had a very grand etre& procoeoied in the following order to the Go - ao.l Piescacc Chamb.or s•••- Eatl Dartmouth. Earl Pertatni,e. Marquis A bercorn. Earl Vlf inch,lsca. The Mike el Beaufort. Earl Camden. Earl Speort.r. Earl Wcim,rland. firs Royal 11 Ernes, the Uuke of Gloucester. His Royal Higbee.; the Doke of C41114640* His Royal Highness the Duke of SUMitll. His Royal 11 , ehiles; the Uuh • of Cumberland. Hot Royl litgiotett the Dok of Kent. His K0va1,1.,-,.test the Duke of ,Clarc3ce. His Roca: liishatets the Doke of York. Rnyai litglinoss the P , ince of Wale.. They were fel . ..need by The Hon. 1)r io.hop of W:ochetter, Pre ate id the Order, who wore a Noielo velvet rob.:, with ztiftl taist:s e ,rd, round h, slioulden, likewitu Cid emblems of Cie lYtdr ht. r.glit 13.. JAN. Douglas, of S ,Ikbury, the Chancellor* the Order. The Holt. aid Rev Henry I, , ege, 13:au of Windsor, the H egotiar. Ilia Majesty's Attu dant , ' nd Utii,ers of 5 , ite. His in his inn robe. of the Order Lord Schee, tits Matter of toe Rohe:, holdin g u. hi, Majesty(o train , A His M A J vsr v took his seat on a superb chair covered' . with crimson velvet. at the head oif a table covered with the same. The Knights then birwed to the SOVEREIGN, and took their sees at the table accord ing to their order. The 805h , ..p of Wit:CH.:ST co, the Prelate et the Order, stood on His MAJISTY'S right band. The Bishop of bal.:suer:v. the Chan cellor, stool on His VIAJSITV'S fe't band, and opened the Chapter. by reading t: - .e B:atata which the Order was ; :Ind afterward, said he was commanded by the Sov rot to in:orrn the Chapter, it was His Royal wish to till up a vacant stall. The Principal King at Arms, standing at the foot of the table, retired backwards into an adj romr., and introduced the Most Noble MarAiols of STAFFORD 10 His NI SJPSTY, who, kneeling oa a crimson wiect cushion, His Ma.tc;r v waved the Sword of State over his bead, and conferred the ho sour of Kii;glithood in the usual form, upon which occasion he had the honour to kiss Ho. AJ y's hand. The Noble Marquis, with the Principal King at Arms, retire.) backwards, buwio,r. The Bishop of SALlSsulty, the Chancellor, then cialleCtel from each Knight, beginaing wit', t: a. Prince of WA Les, their votes, which each ICn:ght had vrriuen upon a fool/cap %hoc of pone', fol:ed in four, and delivered dieter to the Savereign. who examined thin, and instruolled the Bishon of SA Las iSJlty to declare, in his name, that the Nlarq.,l, of Srarrotn..was dale elefted a M-mher of the Most Noble °tar of the Gartir. Earis PcnltltOlte and WINCIILLSES, the two inkor K.lights, with the Priniipal King at Arms, retir.od bowing, and in trodened the Marquis ; the Principal ling at Arms, c 'Trying the Garter :toil Ribband tapes a crimson velvet cushion. Ali of them continued bowing, as they hpproached His MAJESTY. On their arrival at the head of the table. the Prince of WA I. as and Duke of, Yount introduced the Marquis to His MAJESTY/ who, kneeling upon his right knee. His MAJESTY was pleased to place the Garter of the Order between his left knee and calf. The Marquis then mse, and the Bisliop of S strstuar pro nounced the following Admonition : To the honour of God Omnipotent, and in memorial of the Wetted Martyr, St. George, tie about thv kg, for thy Oho Noble G•rter ; wear it as the symbol nt the most illustri• out Orde , , never to i.e (written or laid aside, that, tltrmhni thou I.llAy'st be admonished to ue a • i d itavbtg ee . derralcen a lust war, in which thou sh in be engaged, thou ruai'at stand firm, valiantly fight, and esiecevelit;ly conquer. The Marquis then knelt on his right knee again, when His MAWS* V was pleased to place the Blue Ribband upon his left shoulder ; and, after rising, the Bishop of b• a liana v pronounced the following Admonition : We.o r this Rihhand about try neck, adorned with the impge of th, Messer! Martyr and Soldier of Coirist, St. George; by CIOM imitation provoked, thou nity'.4 sn etworitas pro.. penoiv sod adverse adventures; that, having constantly till quialled the em-mien, both of b.idy and soul, them ris. , :e.t not only receive the praise of th,s transient couslmt, but be crowned with the iialm of eternal victory. Each Knight then shook hands with the Marquis, and congratulated him upon his eleelion. The Chapter being over, the Principal King at Arms called over each Knight's name, beginning at the Junior Knights fin st, and they retuned, bowing to the boycotters. The Precession then returned in tl.e same order as it entered the Chamber. The Knee's Audience Chamber was appointed for persons of distindion, and respeCtable persons, to behold this rand ceremony, and it was crowded. His MA t EST v had a moat sumptuous dinner pre pared for the Knights, and those who assisted at the ceremony. The whole of them attended dinner, ex cept the Duke of Cc tenet and the Bishop of W 1.- eats-rem ; the former being much inch-no, serf, and the latter having a daughter dan c . :erouily ill. At • for o'cleek they rot down to Ma; J FAT y'S dining worm lb s ornanne is on tile table Wefts entirely new, and had been a long time in pre paration, by Mr. BARKPM, of London. There were three very elegant emblematical &viers cf the Bat tle of f'rafalgar, the Nile, and Copenhaen. After dinner, the following toasts wete drank : The Sovere , gu of the Or.ler. P•enti..r finhght Compa!:i The Knights Con, aa; ..f t h !roll !loyal. • His Royal Highness the Prince of WALT!. and all the Rover. DiArea, reve, returned thanks, and drank the healths of the Knights present. The Knirlota Compel:Om The liootht ekfct, the Motelnis of Stafford. The Khieha Ant, Katt Dartroooth. • ' The Offic,ra An t, Orria, the Revorar and The Prelate orthe Order, the Hethop of Vimeheln'••• The Claur•eltor of the Order, the bemires of sAtititure. At eight o'clock the Noble Knights attended Her MAJtSTV'S Concert, to which they had been pre viously invited. In the great ball and steirease 4 the Cant , , el number of the Royal Horse Guard;, in •ftill uniform,were stationed to receive the Knights oe their gnu ance. During the ceremony of tise Chapter, His Majesty wore spesitclet. • TO THE EDITqI? al 7HE HI2ITISII PRESS. Sict-1n perusing your Paper of Mencley, the 17th instant, I observed a paragraph inserted at the in- staece of f 4 A Pt opt ietor of Last India Stock;" the iinportalaue of the subjeet it embraces gives it a just clams to the information it seeks, not only from throe, who are immediately itithareeted with the affair; trarseftions of the India House, but from eve: y ode who f:els a concern in the welfare of his country, with which India is now become Ideftellted ; it may he fairly supposed that there are others het tet gin:ll6e than in) self, oho will, by ;led bye, take up the subjestl; but I surely cannot be cc:l in:et; 14 precipitancy, r.or blamed for je es- miption, in thus tally giving it my sentiments, when I de clare that, in doing so, I have no other motive than that of serving the Public, and that I have no ab strafeconneelion, either with' India, or the India Company. I have read very carefully the Rye-law of the Cmonany„ quoted in the paragraph in question ; it is too cleur and explicit to admit of doubt, and I may venture to say, will not receive a difference in opinion on it; it ordains thet, .• Ever; member of the Com pany who may eel in opposition to the restri,litin it contains, shall incur forfeiture and fine, and be ren dered i,ropable of serviog t.4e Comp4oo in ono ,ffire or place whiftiotrer ;" now, Sir, assuming the fact, that some narsicular meleilr of the Company has been attue'l eniiv'lled on that live-law, and fined its consiquence, and I have Uredifli:ulty in aster:iv, nor goy aprirehension of being conttatfiaed, that such person is absolutely and totally disqualified to serve the Company as one of the*Disibenrs of their affairs, or in any crSce whatever, civil, or nano, and I am digressed to say, tbat he is inconsoetem to vote for others ; pet haps it will he sooe; Allow to add, that if such a pent n, so ditSu l'ified, were eleard a Hitesgor, it would he a breach of tie ie which the dist - 111.- I:s:mi= miginated, and that 11;s eleo:ion woad he aL imi•se null and void ; but it may be re ,toanswerthe thirdprisposition of the advertise menr itt more particular terms, and to aver at I now do, tba't any servants, or members of the Company, wlistaise,theic suffrages to such a person, with a kno edge of ibis ciiciftitstances in which he lentede r e ?oil become equally disqualified with himself. In this opitiioa, 1 4 might he borne out completely by the nature of the case, and the arguments it lute niih-s, but there are other grounds, namely, the 4th section of the 3d chapter of the Bye-Lows of the Company, by which it is ordained, e that if any Di seat, 0, or anyp ficer, or servants of the C. , rnpany, shall be guilty of a wilful breach of any of the Rye. Laws of the Corporation, to %%high any tether spe cial perielty it not annexed, and shall he so judged isy a General Coon, he shall be incapable of hold ing any office or employment in this Government." I will not dwell any longer on the subjea ; if, how. veer, I have not been suffieiently clear, SO as t., be fully comprehended, I shall again trespass on your attention. Vgaez. March 11%, We understand, that Col. MARK Woon, for Gatton, Sorry, is a competitor for the Duke dom Alia Estate of Roxburgh, in Scotlaad. The Earl of Moi RA, Master-G:n2ral of the Ord nance. and Commissary-General Mons,, and suite, arrived, on Wednesday list. at Harwich ; and, on Tharsday, went to Landgoard Fort. to inapee the fortiScations there ; and, from thence: they mein to proceed along the coast. Friday the lit Regiment of Heavy, and the lit Regiment of Light Dragoons, of the King's Ger. man Legion, emhatked for Ireland._ _ The French Ge :orals Itoca.sat,Eau and Bov re have left Yaelty Barracks, upon their parole of honour, for Vyickendon, i.t Somersetshire. General Fit AZCIOS hrigade, consisting of the 14th, 26th. and 9lst regiments, has marched from 0.- pringe and, Faversham to Ash :Old, and hos been !:placed by the Lanark and Perthshire Militias. Revort states, that S,r Joan Monet is :o sue- red Lord Lean, as Commander-in-Chief in It is added, that the gallant General is to be accorn paed by his Regiment (the 52d), one of the fittest t to service. , Admiral Trrotrteostovorr arrived of Rochefort on the 3d instant, in the Prides of with the /Vela, e10441e, Iduslriorrr, Conyeerer, Pallas, and Ateteetr. The Latolle was watching the port ; where there is one three-decker, four 74 gni ships, four frigates, twq corvctes, and two brigs, at single anchor, ready for ICI. Viee-Admiral BIRK EL Ex, in addition to his be ing made Inspeßor of the Sea Fencible,, is ap pointed to superintend the raising of men for His Nisa est T'S Beets, and to inspeet the signal stations ' along the coast; Captain Tata° r is appointed to the Theatre,; Captain H. PICOT, tc, the ellltgeter ; 'Capt. J. Sr Lei %ar t to the N ee .ll orse; Capt. W IN. GA TI.S t to the Zebra; Lieut. Lord J. T OW ristlEN to Li Ville de ildien ; Capt. Rittwioa, to the Hare store ship, which is fitting at Wtsulerich for the Cape of Good Hope; Capt. Cwrx, of the fa totar i„i d , to the rank of Commodore, and to essiumaad the Clyde; Capt. Caorrom. to the Seals ; and I it . :RyGnixT EL4i. its br Fatale Secretary to Mr. Catty, • POLICE'. --..—. . - New-sr sm.. • The er.cupier or a Tanta, its Rathbonr.place, anti his lodger, attended on Seturday. at this Office. in investigate the cans? ore fire, which bad repeatedie.. broken out in the house. It appeared, from the . antia. dence of a fi-eman of the lVestminster tlface,. that the chimney of the house was ma fire. co Thunder . .. morning;. and that at eleven o'clock on the night -,, of the same day, a bed-near-1 and foriiiiiire. la one ~1 of ti•e garrets, were alto oh fire. The occupier and . • lodger admitted, that on Friday night, one of ffeti.. -i servant's bed-rooms was on fire. tap On Saturday after n.inn. about four o'clock, t ~ servant's tern-up hed-stead, in the kitchen, was di . .t 111 . covertel to be in flames ; and, on investigation, -t. ' -• proved to be occasi o ned by some hot embers havi 4i. . _ been put among the bed-lathes, the greater part • i' .. which were consumed; the eery an• burned her ste • severely, in extinguishitig the flames. The perti have very little doubt bet the premises were set • ;`. fire he design each time, by some person or ;sumo Neither the householder or lodger are insineat The parties retired, and are to attend no a tun . day, whoa anothet w tness will be brought turves, i. ' ' 110. We crireuir. --gm. . ._ MAID TON-; MARC9I..ft: .. The Assizes ended here this in,. ii...g, the L:M'C BARON having finished the causesieft oa the Ci Side. CROW D. WEELDE4. . I • This was an. *Alen of asntolt an! - brought by the Plaintiff, gunner of the '1”-!fte East- 1 . L - idiarn.in, uttainet the Defendant. Captain of the same ship. To this the bele:lda:A hid ple-atl ~ that the Plaintiff wds mutinous and di.ri',a,ti-nt, 4 ' and that the battery was infrified for the pte-erva. s' tion of order and subordinaticn nn board the shier. it apeuste.l in evidence, that when the I,ders wit., ' Wag r.ff Crookheven, on the :O:st of Irelan,', the Captain dined one day ow shore, and en his rtrann 0 til!, ship, fumil all the crew dru: - .k. and anteing the rest the Plaintiff, and that the Captain beat him, hpt not in the lariats way stated. Verdi& for Plaintiff, damages one shill:rm. with • leave for Mr. S.ejeant BEST to move to enter 1 verdiet for the Detenc!ant, if the Court should he of opinion that the facts amounted to a meet - of t he justification that the Plaintiff Writ " 1.111:i:1009." • Saturday a report prevailed, that an anion had take* place betw.'on .‘drit ral I noessoinsuou's squadron and a FrenAi force. It is stated that the Matta and Cedar having bean detached by Ad- miral 'Facies BOROVGII, from aft tletch--fert, tea ,in -with an seiemy's squadron of six sell of the line, and were captured after a Reliant resistance ; but _ .. that the Admiral nest slay f II in with the same sqnadron, recaptured the . :atia. and task four of the enemy's cdps of the lire. No accent* of this . event hiv. however, reacted, any of the fit!slie Offi.am ; n itber coeid we trice* how oe by. wheal it was received /V Piymeutli. from whence it comes. Saturday m wiling, at hall.pact ten ci 'cioek. while '-1 ' Mr. Sane co, and two of his men, w re erneilsyed 'in getting some scenery from under fee step of Covent-garden Theatre, a man of the could T hoes f 11 down the tr..p. ft-a:lured his skull, a n broke his leg and Arm : to ..s.is itntniediateiy con eeversolem-Miefsgaseisauipilal. -- .- - •1:::- wider: et ihe late i'L.tcolstsWiloo tit. Ora , last week to the Ilatli General limpttal, the sum of 51. paid by an inhabit.aot of George -strut, for her fcnbearine to prosecute :hi' for leavitig the ce.q. grate i:if e_ure, by which her carriage and horses re. c:ived s inn: injure. It was proposed in a fill Senate of the Voiaers city at Cambridge, on Friday. to-app• • int a Cam, mittee of Seven fileniliers, to consider in what man- , nor they mild best manifest their respea to the meme y of the late CriANCELI.OI of the I ICitE. mita ; but this measure, at once so honour:fah.• to, and so becnmeig the Univer:ity. was Ins- by the up. position of (air of the Members 01 the Caput Tn- subjea of Use Author of liei.ts aeptars,te be revived again wit, new zeal. •it. A 11. ad OH !lA, adduced eh the evidence of whica the ,inject is -• susceptible, and has given to e:ie wield the portrait of the Author, and a fro wade of his grannie hats& writing ; we are, however, to be adJitionaiiv gra.i. fled, by another party, with a fee Aitaiie of tie fe Kneel hand under which he corresponded with his. "tint --. On Tuesday, a Coroner's Inquest was held na .err body of r.I.IZMICT/1 TI1101:T. a young vanniati, I.f Little Sherfi.dd, Yorkshire, who, in a lit of desi, •_•. drowned hsrsell in a pond on Sunday last. The ,1 deliberate manner in which the put an cad to hue ezistenc.• is somewhat extraordinary ; the prima be ing frozen over, she broke a hole in the ice, iub: to admit her head, which she put into the water, and her bsdy remained quite cry. An occurrence is said to have take* place at a , small village in Staffordshire, which mbar, may occasion some inquiry:—A man who hat. lived there some clared, upon his death-bed, that he was hired to set fire to Ilia MAJLAT Y'S :hip the i3o . . ! ae, of 1:8 pies s which ship the public m..y remember to have been Lunt at Spithead, upon her return from the West- ' Indies. where the had borne the Bag of sir d•niu dee vis (maw Earl Sr. Viscese), who. in coon <pence of this mistortune, lost al his ba!tgage and papers. The man, however, has left some docu ments which may, perhaps, throw some light upon this mysterious affair. 0 if Waiter to. Let !—Tisere is a custom. which most likely is peculiar to a small distriA in the western pact of Cumberland. A few days ago, a gentleman irons the neighbourhood of Whitehaven„ ' calling upon a person at his house in Ulpha, was informed, that he was not within ; be was gone to church ; there was " a rePtiPP Iv id r , On enquiry as to the eiranie g of this singular expression, it was thus explaieed. Wheel any assgle earavart, belonging to the parish, has the mistortune to prove with child. a meeting of the parishioners is called, for the put. pose of providizg her a maintenance in some f tinily, at so much per week, (rem that time to a limited time after delivery ; and this meeting (to give it the treater sandier.) is uniformly hoiden in the church; where the lowed bidder has the Asmacriel—And, or. such occasions, previous notice is given. that on such a Jay there will be " a 1i10a114,7 50 W" I Is cf es IC. ef - its , nu, I 0' hey `IA, F• •' lot• • I. • -