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From: the LONDON GAZETTE, Feb. 1, 1803. Irh;tchall, March xo, t 802. Tstr King has been graciously pleased to give nand grant unto His Excellency 'Thomas Earl of Elgin, His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at the Sublime Porte, his Royal Licence and PermisSitm to receive and wear the In signia of the Order of the Crescent, given to him by the Ottoman EinperOr. Whitehall, August zI, I 802* The King has also been graciously pleased to wive and grant unto His Excellency Sir John Bor_ la se, Warren, Baronet, Knight of the Most,Honor able Military Order of the Bath, Rear-Admiral of the White Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet, and His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipo tentiary to the Court. of St, Petersburh, His Royal Licence and Permission to receive ant-wear the Jo. ignia of the Order of the Crescent, transmitted to him by the Ottoman Emperor At,d also to command, that these His Majesty's Concessions and Declaration's, together with the relative Documents, be registered in his College of Arms, : , War.pffice,. Febru;rry t, iSej. stit Regirneiit - ofD ragoon Guards, Lieutenant Francis Aicken, • • 'from thelall.Oay of the 2rst Light Dragoons, to be Lieu tenant, vibe Wentworth, who exchimges, receiving the • 'difference. 4th Regiment of Dragoons, inseph Bidwell, Gent, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Lord Graves, promoted in the Regiment. ; 14th Regiment of Light Dragoons, Coinet Christopher Red.. „issgtott ~ t o Lieiw'nant, by purchase, vice Butler, pro "'rooted in the sd Foot. Celd9rcam Rtv,iment of Foot Guards, Captain George Cot. • fttlm the italf- pay of the Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Pliilt:on, who exchanges, receiving the ditlerence, • 'Fitsign'Clisrles Parker to he Lieutenant, by purchase, vire Ross, promoted. ad Battalion, of the rst Regiment of Foot, Ensign J. W. horn-the 434 Foot, to ht.! Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Crickseclgq, prontitid in the ad :Dragoons. " x3th Regiment of boot, Ensiyn Gorge Wynne to be Lieute reirtt;"tiy purchase, vice Niedows, promoted. Surgeon xvioi m er ra w, fr o m Hail-pay of the Regiment, to he • . • S tareori, -vice Rodgers, removed to the 4th Royal Garrison - •fiattalion. 'ph Ditto, Lieutenant Rogerson NI:10ms; from the 32d Foot, to he Captain-Lieutenant; by purchase, vice Sanders, promoted. j)itto, Richard Sydenhatn. Sooty, Cent. to be Ensign, h ':po yrdiase, vice B only, promoted, , loth Ditto, Lieutenant Marry S. Crattfurd, from the 34tn! Foot, totm Lientnant, vice Moore, Who ekchanges. rst : !),itto, captain PattersOn to be Major, by pur ct ciht Storey, who retires. • • :.S3tis Ditto, Lieutenant Charles Paterson,' front the 29t1i. Dragoons, to hi. Captain, .by purchase; Viee Stewart,' Wheireti'rec: • - J - prrlittOr, - Ert.:ige. Sir rolut Bulkeley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, ; Vice Matthews, promoted in the 17th Foot. „f;;..oreg Drummond, Geut. to be Ensign, vice Sir John • - 34i t kinto,..Lieutenant Rowley Moore, front the loth Foot, • -to he Lieutenant; vice Cranford, who exchanges. .4 0 in ditto, Ensign L, \VI Dampie.r to be Lieutenant, by pur- Vic'e Itaillie, who retire:;.. 44th ditto, Captain Arthur Broill;e to be Major, by purchase,. vice folinstone, promoted in She . 5 4th Foot. Lieutenant , George . AticVicar to be Captain, vice Brooke. Ensign fohn Cleland Guthrie to be Lieutertant, vice Mac Vicar. n ditto, .Licutenant Frederick Campbell, from the 42. d. , .Foot, .to be Captain, by Purchase, yice Robert Campbell, prOmoted in the.tBth Foot. 54th ditto; john R, harry, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, v 1,3: MaLrlonald, promoted. .6001 ditto, Edward .Ernest Gent. to he Ensign, by purchase, vice Philipson, removed to the 6eth Foot. 73 ( i Ditto, Serjeant Major Thomas Rice, to be Quarter- My o ter, vice Murray, promoted in the 4th Royal Gar rison Battalion. As,nstant-surgeon George Garrett, from the half-pay of the brit Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, visa' Boyce, removed to the 4fh Royal Garrison Battalion. 73th Regiment of Foot,: Lieutenant Alexander Matheson to •b e captain, by purchase; vice Smollett, who retires. En ' !ohm 111ackini2ic to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice 1%1 actiougal 1, promoted. Ensign Thomas Robinson , to:be . • 'Lieutenant. by porch use, vice Matheson. Quarter-:Master . john Middleton, from t h e Half ptt of the late 7th West India Regiment, to be Quarter.: Ma.ner, vice Ma'am, who exchanger,. ;.il West India Regirtietit, Emign Peter O'Shaup,hnesTcy, • trom tl tjth Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Guothurpe, - who retires. • ch Ditto, Lieutenant •Mathew Deane, -from Half-pa.y of the' Is'tli Foot, to be Lieutenant. :'l oy,al G.irrison Battalion, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel TrFyrialc Cochell, from lialf.pay:of the Independents, to he c3p,,no, 4th Ditto, Henry Danvers, Cent, to he Ensign, Nice God. frey, replaced on the retired Lilt. Surgepo James Rod ' gv.i, irons the r;th Foot, to be Surgeon. Assistant Sur 'goon John Boyce, from the 72c1 Foot, to he Assistant Sur . goo • sth Ditto, Ensign William Mackenzie, from the. Half-pay rut the loot, to be Ensign, vice Mtu:gregor, replaced ' On the ,Cured List. • Ath brevet Major J. W. Baillie to he Captain of a ern/111;41N, Lietitemoit and Adjutant John Pierce, from thy: 4th kkattalion, to be Lieutenant and Adjutant. Roll's Regiment, Frederick Rosittion, Gent, 'to be Ensign, `vice Dc Courten, who resigns, ,liarev Gen:Amin a':d Yeomanry Crudivy. 'tvinipson jessopp, Gent. to he Cornet, vice Horsley, -4 who . , 4wi r f .v Ger/115,1w, Apid Yomoity.Caya . lcy• Cnmet Infin Lane in be Lieutenant, vice Lyon, promoted. Inworthriont is Mr numfrieshire 4 egirriellr of Militia, Jigned by Icrd Lieutinaitt. Dived Otio'ber 14, Oka. be Major. Charles Riddetl, Esq, Tr) C4ptaills - , f ir Charles Dougl4s, Bart. Thomas Criclt.. tem, Eq. Inhri Murray, Esq. fames 13alantync, Esq. Gt•mge F.l TO I'm L.(301:114111 --..G0 , ..)rgr Lewis M'Aturdo, Esq. Robert M'Keirlic, Esq. Thornas j evcll , qev t t. /tubers Thor burn Geift. David "Aonnt,,c;ent. Ttb tss 4LlotBu•-14(ibert juggAn, Gcnt• 41VA - RUPTC S UPERSE D ',4Thortuts Bond, of Pickwick-Lodge, Wiltshire, nudwer. BANKRI Cohn Boorman, of Fleadcorn, Kenr, tirnber-dnereliant, to•sttr rrodor Feb. 4, ie, and March i 5, at Heven, at (4114114 M, I.tattlen. A tunnies, Mr. Dyne, Serjeant's lon, Fleet srteet„Lontlon •, or Mr. Swittiapt, Cranbrook, Kent. Fisher lackson, Of Basitir,ball-4trt•.et, faetor, Feb, $, 19, and • illareb t 5, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Revers, of Manchester, manufaturer, Feb. r 4, xi, and „I three, at the tar 111am:heater. Attor. „. , • , Tantiold-eourt, 'FL:triple ;pr Messrs. G. avid W. Nall!), :‘ , lancliester. Loward'toy, or Iflyrnoutli-1)ock, draper. Feb. 4, at one, lc, nut March ti, at tvelve, at Guildhall, London. At.: t...rney, Mr. Phipio, Werwiek,-square, London. Iola) Icifery, of tirrstol, Cutler, Feb. x 6, t 7, and March ts, „, t ~!cvel), at the White. Hart ton, Briatol. Mtornies, Mr. D.aliel ;dill Son, 'lrmo! ; or Messrs. Pearson, I'' einple, 'London. John Garwood, of Royston, IfertftircLshirr, vio Lia ij er , F e b, g, mid Mlich 1;, tOi , , ilt, Guilcitthrl, London. At- Atv, , s:;r4. Syr!), CurrierV.llall, London. et V isrir'j't,l), CO,ll-(1CalOr, Feb. 24, 2i, and lk.L.ri;tl lc, at one, :It the Eav le and Child Inn, Warring tuh. Aztoir.-4, Mr. Leather, lyarringtolt, I)IffII)ENDS John I3UT tlCll, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, batter, icveh ) at the S kesptar Tavern, Newi:astie-Upon a ' 1 vi,( Hugh 14araill, of ( . 7 -tit:mon-street, tondoni iiiken ;ipt,r, at teti t at I. li iz. aild George Burgess, of v r it tol. I," /10'44 r. ..1- It • Feb. *I. Thnt. O'ltsi4 and Vandeville, late of Bristol, merchants, at twelve, at the White Hart Inn, Bristol. Feb. 2.3. William Gevers, of Mount.row„ Fentortville, stable-keeper, at eleven, at Guildhall. Feb. 22. Adam Scott, of.Workingtoni mercer, at tei, at the Green IDragon ' Workington. Feb. 23. William Taylor, now or laic of Eltham, Kent, dealer, at eleven, at Guildhall . Feb. 24. Peter Drinkwater, of Manchester, and Thomas Dakeyne, of Darley-Dale, Derbyshire, corn-faaoti, at eleven, at the Star Inn, Manchester. March r. Richard Goldsmith, of New Bond-street, em broiderer, at ten, at Guildhall. Feb. 24. john Green, of Hunslett, Leeds, maltster, at eleven, at the Hotel, Leeds. CERTIFICATES. Feb. 22. William Farmer, of Walsall, Staffordshire, grocer Christopher 'conge, of Liverpool, merchant. Peter hope, of Liverpool, merchant. MAILS. DUE French ,o . - - - 2 liainburgh o THE SUN. lOLIIM QUI& DICIRS VALIUM AUDIATI LONDON, FEBRUARY 2, 1803. On Monday evening Hem MAJESTY had a Card Party, consisting of HE R MAJESTY'S particular Friends. HER MAJESTY'S Band attended in an ad. joining room, and played several pieces of Music selthed by His MAJ ESTY. Yesterday Hts MAJESTY gave an audience to the Hanoverian Minister. •In the evening HER MA• J ESTY had a select Card Party ; the Band attended again, and played several Pieces seleCted by His MAJESTY. A Morning Paper says—" We understand the French Ambassador, General ANDREOSSY, through Agents in the City, has contracted with British Merchants far a large quantity of Shipping, to con vey French Troops and Stores to St. Domingo." This evening the performance of the Concert of Ancient Music will commence for the season, which will be honoured -by the presence of THEIR M. jEvri Es and the 4INC assas. Negotiations are said to have been opened between the Ftench Republic and the new KING of SARDI NIA, the object of which is, the cession of the LIAM of Sardinia to France, for the Dutchies of Parma and. Placentia. The Hereditary PRINCE of ORANGE is, it is said, about to resign his claim to Fulda, to the LANU CRAVE Of HEM-CASSEL, who, in teturn, is to re. sign to him the County of Berg. The East-India Ships Windham and Walpole, now at Gravesend, will sail in a few days, having on board Detachments of the Royal Regiment of Ar. riflery, and'Corps of Royal Engineers, for the Island pf Ceylon. THE OFFICERS ARE, Per Windham—Lieut..Col. Desbrissay, Captains Colebrook and Worseley, and Lieutenants Grant, (Winston, and Su:- Miens, of the Royal Artillery ; Captain PAns, and Lieu. tenants Henderson arid Wade, of the Royal Engineers. Per Walpole—Lieut.-Col. Brydges, and Lieutenants Gossett and Ellieombe, of the Royal Engineers; Captains Rogers and Napier, and Lieutenants Cowper, Alms, Gordon, and Mallctt, of the Royal Artillery ; and Mr. Hobbs, Mili. tary Draftsman, untier Lieut..Co-I. Brydges. Letters received yesterday; overland, state that the Lord Nahon and United Kingdom arrived at Madras on the loth Of July, and at Bengal on the 27th 'July. TheCireszeester,Perieverance, and illnwid Castle, sailed from Madras for China on the zoth of July. The Marchioness of Exeter left Madras for Northern Ports, on the tst of August. The Thames, Widmer Castle, and Canton, left Bombay for China on the 16th of August. Sir Edward Hughes and Earl St. Vincent ar rived at Bombay from England, the former the 29th and the latter on the I +th of August. The Company "s Ships Cornwallis aria EariSt. Pincent were expeaed to he dispatched from Born. bay for England, with pepper and piece goods, on the 19th of December. The Sir Edward Hughes and Travers were to sail for England, from the Coast, about the end of January. _ - • The Herculean arrived at Bombay on the 6th of September, and when unlit&n , was to be sent to Bengal. Yesterday the nig ter and Wardens of the Corn. ..•.. piny of Bakers- waited upon the Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR, - at the Mansion. House, to set the Assize of Bread, when his Lordship, after in speeting the. Reports of the .Meal weighers, ordered the price of Bread to continue the same as last %Steck, viz. ninepence farthing the quartern loaf Wheaten, and aevenpence three-farthings household. Twelte of the Pristmers to be tried, next week.for High Treason, have petitioned the Treasury for a sufficient num of money to enable them to comina their Defence, as the number of 'Witnesses so be sub pmnaed will be expensive. The Treasury Solicitor, in answer, has informed them, that, on application to the Clerk of the 'Court for the Crown, Sub. pmnas shall be furnished them, free of expence, but that no money can be allowed to Them. The Jacobins, it is sAid,' are actively at work in order to form a consiletable concourse, under the pretence of meeting tOr the purpose (4 promotlng Benefit Clubs. Government, however, are doubt less well aware of all their ITlOVelllelltti, Mid Will take efFeetu,al measures for frustrating their artifices and desperate machinations. A vulgar error ptiivails, which .is frequently attended with very tniiclnevons consequences. 'I be Common reople generally imagine that if a bag of corn, a load of turnips, or any thing of that kind, should by accident he spilt in the street, it becomes the property of those who first lay hold of it. The same idea is prevalent on the coasts 7 with regaiti,to the contents and cargoes of such vessels as may have been wrecked. It is, therefore, a pity that more pains have uot been used toprumtilicate the law, and Ice the nrople know, tharsuch depreda wins are as much pliaiit as 44 rsy (Alt: Ailecic2 NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 3c. .ARR IV Et) the American Ship Friel:dill; J O, RICH. ARC GLOVER master, from Philadelphia, laden with tobacco, cotton, &c. bound to London. In coming into Hamm she touched the rocks near the battery at Mount Edgcumbe, but was fortunately got ofF without sustaining any:damage. Arrived the Urania, of Bremen, Capt. WM. GI E RSON, from Philadelphia, laden with rum, to bacco, &c. bound to Bremen, put in by contrary winds ; also the Die Vrow Anna, Capt. H. -M. Tor r, laden with fruit, from Seville , for London ; and the St. Joseph, YIIRRA, from Bilboat4 Lon. don. Sailed the Sirenne, Capt. BOXERS, for London. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 1. PASSED by, the City of' London, LANDER, for India. HARWICH, FEB. t. nits morning the Prince of Males Packet,.Capt. HEARN, and the King George, Capt. Pima+ DEANS, sailed' for Scheveling ; the former with eight Hambro' and Bremen Mails, and the latter with two Dutch Mails on board. DEAL, FEU. 1. Aft RIVED last night, the Vixen, Bloodhound, and Censor Gun-brigs ; the former from Dover Pier, and the latter from Portsmouth. Sailed for the Note, the Thetis, but has since pu back and remains. Arrived from Portsmouth, the Leda Frigate, and remains. Came down from the River this morning, the ship Admiral Gardner, for India, and proceeded im. mediately on her voyage without anchoring. ABERDEEN, jAri. z 6. Duktikto yhe late dreadful gales, the Favauritt, of Sunderland, with coals for London, was drove out of her course, and made the Buchan Coast. She was seen at anchor for several days, off Colliston, with the loss of her foremast and bowsprit, hut for. tunately her anchor held : on Sunday, when the gale abated, she was got into Peterhead Bay. All hands saved. On Monday the .gale increased, and it blew a hurricane,all that night; yesterday - a . wreck came or► share on the sands of Belhelyie ; seemed to have been loaded with flour and coals. All hands perished. By a Letter from Broadland, dared on Monday, ,we have reason to think there has been, another fo reign vessel wreckedrnear.that place, from what is come on shore, viz. a piece of the stern, seemingly of a galliot, marked in large cut gilded letters, " METTA", .imno t 802," with a watch, - several pieces of painted timbers, quite new, pant of a large boat, &..c. TitE Dtrtcttass or YORK.—It is the custom among German Ladies of Her Royal Highness's rank, on every Christmas Eve, to selet certain objeth of charity on whom to bestow their munificence ; but her ROyal Highness being on the late Christmas Eve at Bath, the custom of her country was neces. sarily postponed to some future day. On Sunday last, twenty poor children, who have been educated and reared by Her Royal Highness's bounty in the neighbourhood of Oatlands, were, by her orders, brought to her house in Portman-square. At six o'clock the children, preceded by their Governor and Governess, were condueled into the dining. room, in which were the Duxe and DurcHEss of YORK, and a large Company of the Nobility, Who were invited on the occasion. After each of the children had received - from - }ferikoyal ness's hand a suitable present, they sat down at a tahle provided for the occasion, at which they were regaled until eight o'clock ; and on Monday they Were conveyed back to Garlands, in Her Royal Highness's long carriage. Er, OP FltE NT.—A young Lady, highly celebrated for her beauty, and of a very considerable property, eloped on Monday with a Military Officer ; but from some inattention of the Lady, in leaving a letter in her apartments, she was pursued by her Guardian; and the chaise breaking down on the road, the amorous pair wcre overtaken. A severe conflid ensued between the young Gretna Adven. • turer and the Guardian, the Lady assisting her gal lant paramour, who would doubtless have proved the vktor, and carried off his fair prize in triumph, had not the interference of some neighbouring Con. stables been .demanded. This re.inforcement de. cided the fate of the day, and the Captain was in the end.obliged to abandon the contest, and make th e best retreat he, coin 1. Mr Is Atte P. o' is corning forward with his new Edition of our f .gteat Dramatic Poet. What. evef Mr. Rr E A may. present to the World will al.. ways have the -recotninendation of good sense, unaffefted literature, sound judgment, and unwearied diligence. ; ',Whin the late Mr. BACON was modelling a Bust of Hts MAC r the•KtNo asked hi m "If h e h a d 'ever been aft' of the Kingdom ?" Upon being „4rprwitrett•in the negative, His MAJESTY said, " 1 •ipl,glad 'Of it—you will be a greater honour to it." 'l - Lt pratiice amongst the discontented French Ge. ' petals and.Otticers_of 'voting to their Cooks .Sauce. p a w tif fienotri., to their Valets Combs if Honour, to Walters Napliqt of lionotir, &C. &C, must he felt a:. a severe s'are;ikm nn rfirb YEW' MUSICAL FUND. Ost Monday the New Musical Fund, patronized by the PRINCE of WALES and Dolce of Your had their Annual Feast at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, in the Strand. At five o'clock betwien three and four hundred Professors and Amateurs sit down tt) a capital dinner, Mr. SstAar, the Tteg surer, in the Chair. After dinner the usualio cal Grace of " NON Nabis Domine," was sung by the whole company, and had an astonishing cifet! from such a numerous assemblage.— The cotnPitni was then highly gratified by.the following Glees, ece. and a new Ode written for the occasion, Dr z HAR R I NGTON'S (of Bath) Invocation of " COW OM noble Souls" was . sung by Messrs. DloNtrut KENRICK, and DANItY. A Comic Catch by the same Author, called " The Alderman's Thumb," burlesqueing a city dinner, was sung with great effect by Messrs. EL LIOTT, DIBBLE, and SAW t'* It was.wiversally encored. Mr. G. T. SMART': MS. Glee, which was performed at the late Meet ing of the Glee Club, which received, universal ap• plause from the Members of the ClUb, 'was sung by Master PRICE, and Messrs. SMART, ELLIOTT, 30 3 DANBY (the two latter Gentlemen had - never seen the music before). It was received with enthusiastic applause and encored. The foll Owing Ode was then sung : Written by T. Nt citots, composedty Wit iTAXEIt. RECITATIVE. Another circle Time has roll'd away, And now presents another Festive Day; Sweet PsACL he brings once more to charm.tbe soul, Bending to HAAatoN v's sublime Controul, While w.nr, reliev'd, exults with joy immense, • Stnilingodl - leav'.n's first born—as a/svot.su ea I Ma. Mitt.aovaxs. Raise the Voice to measur'd Song, • Such as drew the Spheres along, And sooth'd the Sigh, and dry'd the Tear : Wake the soft Cit cit. LAN Chord; Not a Cadence, not a Word, But Hcav'n itself may stoop to hear. What is all a Miser's Store ? What are Kingdoms won by Gore ? The TYRANT'S Pride, the VICTOR'S Std 1::!, Ills that fly Rt r Lacr rotes Touch, That wound the tender Breast too much, And gloom the Haunts of social Life. SESTETTO. — Masters Pates, LttITON, and Messrs. rt- LioTT, Hums, HAAT, and Mwtoultas• Be't ours, ye Pow'rs who rule in Realms above, To live with blest Humanity and LQVC. RECITATIVE.—IIaster PRICK. For Mt aril prepare the festive Board By , TEmelt A Ncs.gracid, by P L tir Stor'di Yet keep unheard, and far froth View, Rude B A CCU V s sad his reeling Crew. s ol 4 o . — Master Pit ;pi, Suns of bright APOLLO'S Art, Skill'd to melt the stubborn Heart, Let it thiu' the Reiihns be known Fat LNDSIII? here bas , fix'd a Throne, And still (what Mattes , smiles to know) Invites to sooth a Neighbour's Woe. Proteded by her lib'ral Hind, Source of Comforts thro' the Land, Babes unborn shall lisp the Their; Age record the Task supreme, As MERCY smiling stoops to knave We meet to soften Human Woe. ~ CHORUS. An 'Tis the Hind Of Piiii:TTHROPY lhtens Pitnth d Kings, when they raise it, th. Virtues shal l him,- The Music does great credit to Mr, W HI TAIL4I who is a young composer. It was received With great applause, Mr. G. I'. SM4Rr presided at the Pianoforte. The celebrated Glee of " Strike the gal it /raise of Bragela i " composed by Mr. SrEvstrtt and adapted fur two Performers on the, Piano-Porten the words from Ossian's Poems was sung with de. lightful efrefl by Masters PRICE, Lisirost.,.. 4l4 Mr. M 11, BOURNE ; it was, as usual, universally en cored. Mr. G. T. SMART, and Mr. LING/ P!' presided at the Piano.lOrte. A number of other charming Catches and Glees were sung. Mr. DIONUM entertained the company with se* veral excellent songs, as did Mr. WALNER, iv" gave "Crazy Jane" and 14 The Storm" in a veil capital style, in the former he was deservedly cn‘ cored. The following Toasts were given The Lovers of Harmony. The King, Queen, and all the Royal Family (but two)' with-three. - The Prince of %Vales and Duke of York, the Patrons 4 the Society, with three. Harmony and Concord throughout the world. Success to the ensuing Coma. The Chairman addressed the company and settee they were met to celebrate the 17th Anniversary of the New Musical Fund. It gave him infinite pleasure as one of the Foundirs of 'the Institution to see so numerous and so respedable an assemblag e of the Honorary Subscribers to so laudable an In• stitution, assembled on the occasion, and on which account he felt it his duty to lay before them 1110 statement of the money that had been receive d] and the expen di ture s i nce t h e esta bli s h men t oft' Society, The sum total received during the seven teen yens was 7:301,.-the major,part of which had been distribut e d i n re li ev i ng t h e wants o f t heir gl" , tressed brethren, their wive s , wid ows , an d orphan ' s The number of claimants on the Fund last Y e l .. amounted to about one hu n d r ed, b ut not withstantl. y ing these num erous claimants, et the profits of last Concert wer e so great that they enab led to add 3001. to their s t oc k, an d truste d, by t h in attraftions of Mrs. BILLINGTON, Madame Sop' RACE and Mr. BRAHAM, they should be as E r b" cessful this year. H e state d t h e rea di n ess which the Profession in general stood forward to assist charitable institutions, and they looked 11 1 )C is the Public for support to their Institution.---t% address was received with great applause. Honorary Subscribers, and thanks to them for diet' company this day was next given. Lord Postaits-r rose for himself and his Will s ' Subscribers and re tu r ne d t h an k s i n a neat speeer,s e and said he should always b e rea dy, to exert tams!!! in the cause of the Society. Hi s L o rdship gave i t_u s g health of tie Chai t man, wh o i n re turning tha" ► said, he hoped the day might be the worst Of the ir lives. Success, to the Royal Society of Musicians, and thank s to thc•Meinhers who have done us the honour to dine with to-day. The meeting was honoured with the company 9 1 ' _ r