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Count WrDti,L FA isi.SINO, late AmSastsdnr
And Plenipotentiary from Denmark, arrived at
I;,ansensnuth, in Scotland, on Thursday, from Lon-
dun, with tis family and suite. He will take his
k ...age to N away is the Aeishmien &Jensen, the
Liu fair wind.

Mr. Gazes+ wool" gave a grand dinner, yesterday,
at his house in Andieraqoare. to His Royal High-
ness the Duke of Yo aK. the Duchess of Gus oo N.
the Duchess of Ricassosso, the Marquis of Hear-
ts's', Lord Geoeoe C•VIKDISH. and several other
Nobility.
The Hon.lonel Poessosiv, and his amiable
bride, will leave town next Thursday for Ireland.
A daralaiira appears to be a tat .Cog disease. It
has made its appearance among the new Ministers,
mid the whole Parliament, it is said, have caught
the infertase.
Mrs. Siouoss resumes her place at Covent Gar-
den Theatre, this night, supported by Mr. COOKE,
in the absence of Mt. Kau ate, who contiuues t.iuch
indisposed.
The Hon. FltallgitCK PCHISONST will leave
town nett Thursday for Petertsoroug',.
The nett Ladi. s' Vocal Conceit will take place
on Monday sennight, at Lady C•itatesorotes,
Whitehall.

All tho Atakora deny the new Ballet; and all agree
that the Greet Ogre is a UnlenfOlil prodogion.
The Hon. Gloms PONSONaY, iitthisfdir bride,
are 'veiled in town next Tbur:Jay from Ireland.
The Earl of Orietorrn arrived yesterday at /sic-
aor's Hotel, from Llkenny C tale, Ireland.
The Masquerade at Argyle-street Rooms, on
Friday nests is wetted to be the best arranged
and most elegant public entertainment ever given
in London, and will embrace all the fashion, cast.,
whim, and variety, of the fashionable circles.
We understand several of the most beautiful
daughters of Hibernia intend assuming the dress of
Prieeeet Glerriee. so elegantly described in Miss
Owe:atom's Wild Irish Giel, at the ensuing Ku.
querade.
The Duelieu of Roxamicto, anJ Mr. Maws eat,
entertained a 'AM party at dinner, on Monday, at
their hen*" in Portman-square.
Sir EOWA ID LLOYD, M. P. arrived yesterday at
his house in Grosvenor-sweet, from his seat in Ox-
fordshire.

Madame C t left town,- yesterday, for
Bath.

The Earl of Davey gave a gran! dinner, yester-
day, at his house in Grosvenor.sqii4re, to the Mar-
quis of ST Alfloit ; the Earls of &Willi., S►aNcie,
FUIITISCIJI, Jenny, DARNLLT, TANKERVILLIE,
CARVSFORT, LAUD aaaaa and Roast. ye ; Viscount
Howica i Lords Gaassvamt, Hwy PaTTY,
HOLLAND, and Eames.

Lady Hs arwao.'s grand rout, on Monday
sight, was numerously attended.
Lady Vaamun's grand ball aid supper, on Mon-
day night, was given in a style at great elegance,
and was attended by nearly three hundred Nobility,
k being her. Ladyship's birth-day. The circling
glass wenernerrily round, and the company did
depart till a late hour.
Mr. H. Jonosrou was to perform Douglas and
Ruggeri/le, on Fri.lay last, at the Dublin Th:atre,
for his own bon-fit.

Mr. and Mrs. Kti4lll.a, Mr. CHALWILItS, and
Mr. and Mrs. HILL, performed Recitations, Songs,
Duets, St.:. at Ltv..rp,sol, on Saturday last. Mr.
and Mrs. HILL wire then to proceed to Rochdale
Theatre.

Lady THIODQRta CR ADDOCE gave a farewell en-
tertainmast at Brodie Cibtle. (4141.1tt4‘ putparatory
to her Ladyship's return :o ErtglAnd, its Wolter last.
l'he Bishop of OiSORY arri►ed yestail.sy at Ns-
aov's Hotel, from Itel4nd.

•
His Grace the Archtlichop of Duatim has ar-
rived at FENTON'S Hotel, horn Ireland.
Loll and La.ly Sourasurrlis arrived, yester-
day, at their mother's house, the Dowager Lady
Sou TN AMPTON, in Stanhope-street, May-Vasr, twin
Northamptonshire, where his Lordship has been on
a hunting party. Her Ladyship's aecritrhevittre will
shortiy take place.
Mrs. Bursas, better known as the (bete of Co-
Nrent.garden, gars her testimony at the Westmin-
'flier Committee, yesterday, with a firmness and
'spirit that would not have disgraced a Ronan
I:l,.trers.

Kunst's Opera of False Alarms was, last night,
lina.uired with an elegant and crowded audience.
it Drury-Lane Theatre. Mr. BRAM/ill received
the most unbounded applause in 6. A Mottle 'ad a
;" as did Miss Duncan and Mrs. Mountain,
in sweet music; Svoitact was in good spirits.
aud gave her full support to the piece. The Woad
04,nea continues most pleasingly terrific.
Tile wonJerful Durham Oz, which has bean in
ell pasts of the kingdoms was killed at the Crown-
Jun, Oeford, on Wednesday last ; it weighed thirty
score per guarteu.
Tice Right Hon. Lord CREIVI has given a do-
nation of lilt. to the School for the Blind,
in Li-
verponl.

.iperegler, by lb: miletamme. that won' the Sweep-
stakes of 200 As. rich, beating Perfaugas, Breese, mil
Lucile-44 at Newmarket, on Monday, March
30, is the property of Mr. C. Warm, who bought.
hint back again of Mr. Mai Lists, in December last.
Smoggier never was the property of liis Royal High-
"'the Crioceuf w.css, or of Mr. Dawes Roo-
C LIVE Z.

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rtR 4ORDIN 4Rr SQUAD SON.

An Extraordiniry Squadron bas recently made
its appearance within the four seas. We have re-
t tired official accounts of all its movements, but
their great length does not permit us to give them,
except in detail from day to day, as follows:

NO. I.

Arrived in Treasury Harbour. a squadron of
10 sail of small craft, consisting of brigs, loggers,
smacks, and raw.h•rats, of various sizes, as follows :
The Par'Lod, an hosptal ship, formerly a large
Dutch skipper, very old, and craze in her timbers.
The Careerras4, a Ling fishing-smack, with a false
sliding keel, and a bow-sprit upon a new construc-
tion. Slatlwas remarkable, during several seasons, for
her success in catching p/eires, ids, and gagreet.

The flisoke+bery, a light vessel, of the same dais
and description of the Castle ; nsed for some
time past as a guardship, off %Winer Csstle.

The *ill-Jacobin, a neat row-boat, formerly used
as a launch to the Pitt man of war, and occa-
sionally as a plcasure.boat.

The Chancellor, a small vessel, not much larger
than a cock-boat, formerly a Grtineaneln, employed
in the Slave Trade ; laden with a cargo of vine.
gar and c,mlsustibles ; consigned to

by A

set of merchants, at Northampton.
The Camden' a heavy dull sailer, formerly on the

Irish stAtion.

The Wedmore/Ind, a light bomb-ketch, formerly

on the same station.

The Mu!grave, a state navy barge, recently fitted
up for offensive operation, with along gun in her bow.

T:re Chatham, a ,hewy vessel, but without tackle
or rigging, and almost water-logged.
The llf,,slreek, a large lumber veuel, having a
great number of cases on board, with the contents
of which we do not pr 'fess to be acquainted.
Several of this squadron cruised in concert a few
years ago, as attached to a large and powerftll fleet,
but were dispersed in a tremendous storm, in which
the Pitt man of war ran a-ground, and was
wreckad upon the Catholic Shoals. Some of them,
;n that occasion, shared the same fate as the Pitt,
btu were afterwards got off, and laid up in ordi-
nary. The Wooliari and the Hawkesbury, were
taken in tow by the Sidisaalls. It appears, that
tit-y have ben recently colleifted in Portland
Race, from whence they have be-n conduited into
the Treasury Muds. Their passage to this haven,
where they idly fancy no storms can fret them, was
most miraculous. A heist breeze sprung up from
the Isle of Vanity, which threw them upon the
Shoals of Impotence, Imbecility, and ignorance,
where, summoning courage from despair, the cre.vs
made a last effort to keep their heads above water,
and fastened upon the rocks of Bigotry, Religious
Strife, and Persecution. These places had been laid
down in the charts of all experienced political Ma-
riners, as the Scylla and Charybdis of mode-n
times; as dezeitiul . quicksands, pregnant with
destrudion ; but to float a few minutes upon the sur-
face, was every thing to a few desperate land lubber.,
who, committed to A traubletl ocean, and without
rudder, chart, or compass, felt it a great objet to
gain eves a momentary respite from total ruin and
shipwreck. They, accordingly, availed themselves
of the assistance of the Melville Cattle, formerly a
King's ship, but lately engaged in same piratical
expeditions, and shrewdly suspected of being a
smuggler. The Melville Castle was originally a first
rate man of war, serving on the India station, and
afterwards employed in the unfortunate expedition to
the Bidder. She some time ago fell in, under false co-
, lours,with the Whitbread privateer, which, mistaking
hrr for an euemy, dropped into her wake, bore up,
and beat in her stern completely. The Whit-
bread continued to pour in her double-headed
grape and car:mister-shot, and did not cease firing,
until the Pitt man of war, shooting between them,
made sign il to assure t'se Whitbread that it was a
waste of ammunition to fire any longer, and that
the Me/eitir Castle, thus battered and torn, must go
to the bottom. The Witi'bre z.l, upon this assurance,
ceased firing, and made sail it cter some other smug-
glers. This afforded the Weill: Caetk an opportunity
to get up a jury-mast, and having afew Scotch plaids
and ladies' petticoats aboard, the crew contrived to
nsake a sort of sail of them;and a light breeze springing
up in her favour, she effejed her escape to the Ork•
neys. Having there, in the course of last summer,
undergone an entire repair, both in stern and bottom,
with a new copper-sheeting, she sailed about autumn
for the Downs ; and having a thorough knowledge
of the inlets and outlets, the shoals and quicksands,
the. windings and turnings, the monsoons and trade-
winds, the ebbings and El ravings of the tide, the bear-
ings and distances, the hurricanes and storms, in the
perilous navigation between the Queen's Palace
and the Treasury Downs ; the Melville Cottle,
after ate had colleted this litle Squadron in Port.
land-Race, proposed to convoy am in their
voyage. and the Squadron gladly placed themselves
under her prountion.

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L;11, INTELLIGENCE.

COURT Of KINGS BENCH, Vr EITMINITCIII. Am; 21.
Mr. Gas sow moved for leave to file a Criminal
Information against Ir. Williams, an Attorney of
Monmouth, for conduct, as the Learned Gen.
tleman was pleased to express, of the most atro-
cious and scandatms nature. lie could nut cite
any precedent to their L krdslsips ; for, in truth. St
was a caw without precedent. lie rude ibis appli-
cation ou behalf of J. %Al mini,, and art.rral other
Gentlemen, who composed the Grand Jury of that
county, and had nut to complain of a hasty ex-
pression, made use of in a manient of irritation or
disappointment; hot for persevering in a calumny
levelled against all these Gentlemen c‘,llioniv,ely, as
forming the Grand Inquest of the County. The
fan. were as f )lluw—Mr. Williams, having pre-
ferred an In liiiiment against a peistui of the name
of Eatrcry, presented it just at thc mormnt when
the Grand Jury weld going to dinner. The Grand
Jury had beer. called upon to dine w'ib the Judges,
and ;Tun breakinn up, gave notice, that they should
return to the Grand dory-mom at 7 o'cloie, to
proceed with the businesi Wore them The In-
diament presented by Mr. Williams was one of
considerable length; and the Foreman, upon looking
at it, told him, " that the Jury were then obliged
to attend the Judges, but would return at the hour
already mentioned." At the time appointed, Mr.
Williams was sent for, avid told, " this the Grand
.fury were ready to proceed with his Indiftment ;"
to which he answered, " that he had several Wit-
nesses to examine, and one of his principal I,Vitnes-
set was tone some mites distant. and could not be
back hat night," The Grand Jury having dis-
voted of alt the other business before them, waited
upon Mr. Baron Tilosttsos, (the Assize-Judge),
and mentioned this circumstance to his Lordship,
who im.nediately dtsch iroed them from any further
attenclancz. Upon this, Mr. Williams made use nt
some very shamelul and gins. language against these
Gentlemen ; he said he should make Them all know
what they were about; it a most istackguard
proceeding of their's ; ii he could punish them he
would ; and similar expressions, which he repeated
in the open streets of Muntut•uth. He also told
the Clerk of the ledtatrents, that they had done
the job ; he was shame:Ay used Ly theme and lc.
twilit charged taiem -with being in collosion with
Mr. Philpot, au Attorney, (win., hal been lance
the Court a few days ago.) He r: x fal -..wed the
Clerk of the Inshartsents to Hereford, aIJ there.
preferred a fresh indiftment, and frequently re-
peated his charges agaiitsz the Grand Jury ; at the
same time declaring, that he supposed they would
apply to the Court against him ; but he was not at
all ashamed of whet he hid said, nor the least
afraid of the consequences.
. . .

Lord ELLENCOROUGM—" Yon have laid abun-
dant grounds before the Coat, Mr. Gart..w, for
granting a rule, in the fun instance. so take yuar
rule to sLew cause."

MITT V. SCHOLEV.

This was an aetion against the late Sheriffs of
:Middlesex, utson a return of narlla Bono, to a writ of
Jeri ferias, issued against the genie, bc. of Mr.
Coleman, in the Theatre, Haymarket. The cause
was tried the Sittings after List Trinity Term (as
mentioned in a former Paper), and a vercLa taken
for the Plaintiff, 'Oka to a question at law. That
question came before the Court. this day, upon
special argument. The point to be decided was,
whether, under the circumstances, the return of Mad
150,14 was a good return? and this involved a ques-
tion of considerable importance, namely, whether
goods held tinder an equitable interest, were liable
to he taken under a writ of iferi fades! It appeared
flat Mr. Coleman had assigned his interest in the
Theatre, and the issues and profiU arising there-
from, to Messrs. Nield and Fladgate, in trust, to
receive such issues and profits, until a debt due by
him to 'hum shonld he liquilated.

Mr. MAaily as. r, for the Plaintiff, contended that
this was such an interest ail brought it within the
legal title, tangiLle by process of law, and liable
to the claims of judgment-credit...rs against all
others.

Mr. RICMAIDSOK maiwained the opposite posi.
tion and the Couit consideting it a case of con-
siderable importance to be settled, deferred their
judgment until a future day.
Mr. Matav ATT. On b !),If of Thomas
Attorney, exhibited crticles of the peace against
William Curry, a Marshaleen Court 0:11:er, com-
plaining that he, the Examinant, having been em-
ployed by one John Green. an old Mind man, to
sue Curry upon hi• promissory note for 391. and
having issued a writ, Curry gave notice of bail ; in
consequent- of which it became the duty of Exami-
nant to inquire the sieffic:ency of such bail ; and
having done so, he soon alter met Curry, who
grossly abused hint for making inquiries aft r his
bail, sad swore he would do lor him in twelve
months i these threats were afterwards repeated,
but the time of destration was then limited to six
months, and then he swore he would beat Exanii.
uant that instant, but no ad of aCteial violence took
phice. .The examinations went on to rate, that in
consequence of these threats, St:. tltt, Ex tminant
was daily in dread and fear of receiving some bodi-
ly injury front Curry,
Lord Ee.t.swaonouoe—st The conduit of this
person is certainly highly reprehensible, but the
threats are at so remote a period, and no pa lona'
violence having been committed, 1 do think, that
however fit and proper a case it might be for us to
consider upon an application for an attachmint f it
contempt, yet I think it perfretly innocent as to the
terror the party might suffer under such threats ;
and, theiefore, I am of opinion, that we cannot
make any order upon these articles."

It is difficult to say, whether the singularity of ige
occurrmee, or the impression it has made, is the
greatest : namely, that ot every one of the thirteen
.Theses of the 20,0b01 Prise, at the eommencemert
ot the present Lottery, having been sold on the day
immediately Preceding the drawing. This much,
however, is certain, that a considerable number ot
persons have deferred, since the first day's drawing,
their purchases ..t fresh Shares ot Tickets omit the
present day ; from an idea, that the same coatis,-
genuy may happen tomorrow mornoi,"rx respeillivg
ch :Let-asms eutided also to 20

a • - ' • " Olt
tea B.tixrs or Brrau.

FROM FMB ZOMIMOSIISO, °MUTTS OF MANCH, lel
Translation of the Civeulistaolkirßeport of, Ho Itseellavey
the t'titeral in C's ton Beansipeii, relative to
the battle of Prussi as.
Oa the 25th Jan. (6th Feb.) [broke up from Lands.
berg with my army, which, in consequence of various
rho "rhntents made fo.rn it, was ()ley 70,000. strong.
The Frenc'l army, which cor.sisted of the five corps
of Mateta°, A tri;•treati. :ionic, Murat, Day MO. and
11. y, which, in the (venting, was joined by Berns*
to te,amounsing to 904;00mea.followed me closely,
skirtnitl,ing cot.titinally whit my rrar.goard, which
consisted of nits brigades of 'Generals Starlit/ff. Ba.
gavoust, and rareay de Folly, under command of
l'ri;.ce B.sgratl ion.
W:..an I art'vel ;It Prussian r.y!aa, I caused nay
army to t.:ke a p•-si.i:m at some distance behind the
town, but ordeied my Tear-guard to sake the posts
assigned it in face of the enemy, to rote& the
match my heavy artillery, which I was bruising
from Wcrrisdorff, by a private route. considerably
circuitous, p srly to awaid some bad roads anti
partly to tact:lir:ye the march of my colunpas. At
the same time I caused the town of ?nisei/en Trims
to orcopied by Gen. Barclay, and sad sons,
reverent% of the Bth divison, to the suppsiek of the
rest-? Hard; this reinforcement enabled Gianni
Marknff to take a Erm po-Ation and weft a bakery.
The enemy did not neglea to follow Ganeeig Mar..
kola and while he sent out his A MGM dined
the march of "Three drryntr saliseseme lei* the
heights occupied by General Markoff. latter
sent hi; sharp-shooters against the enemy, add fired
on" them with his field'-pieces ; hot astthic*totossed
insitficient. the regiment of Pao, sod the 'eerie
ment of flophie attacked the enelnY weds eta 'hey*.
net, and dispersed a column. The =and column
was defeated by the resiment'of Pearibe,B2l dra-
goons, and almost ent.rely destroy:err •TrAt third
column was tut down by the lire of war' inkiltery,
under the twave Colonel .lermolofFi The mesa? now
began to fire on our lire with artillery, AM Id march
against it with four c•A•trazt, while a Mtn iiirehesi
against our left vrofig. anal ersdeavouroi to take it in
flank. As the resitnetts of Pilot( and Sophie
were ton weak to Oreverlt this, they retididisl or-
der& to retreat, while the reement of Ma(cost.Gre-
' nadiers, and tke '2lst regiment of Tigers (Chitiseurs)
supported by the regimen: of body currassites, the
Kargopol and logernanland regiment of dragoons,
and the Eliz.ibeth;Tod husrars, advanced' to the
a:tack. The four reglinents of cavalry attacked
sward in hard the. enzmy's Cavalry, which mica-
Toured to turn our right wins, and killed
WI great
number. The Ustt-ri-t of the Bth divisinre biltd the
enemy in respe3 on our left wins, and the-Liam
regiment of fulmars attacked at the same titeW with
grtat setters.
Ilnugh Vie el-my w repulsed at all plat& he
hirntAt on every ride, sod threlleded to
cut off those of our tro-ts which had advanced far -
that'. I there: are elm/sanded these to fall back,
that they as well as the eta division, and afterlrards
the whole rear.riard, mien retreat throwgh Nus-
siln Eylau, and join the main body, which Was car-
ried into execution in the following manner:
The .sth. 7th; 01... b; and /srh, 'fotitait tree
lines, of waieh she second was only a single colon= ;
the 4th and 14th formed the reserve. The bight
wing was commanded by Lieut.-General March-
how ; the centre by Lieutenant-General Baron' Von
Sicken; the left wing by Lloatenant-General Count
Iron Claretmanah sad the whole advanced-B=dd by
the Psinee Beseeching'. The whok of the crialry
ender the commend of Lisatenant•Geseral Prince
Gallitzin, covered the two wings ; a part of it, how.
ever, was with the line. The heights, is frelet of
my van, were occupied by our batteries. Osllleall
Barclay, and the flying artillery of Colonel hews-
loll, which had covered the retreat of the tear.
guard, were still in Prussian Eylau; bat presently
the enemy advanced against that town wish is greet
force, that Gen. Barclay, though he had achieved
prodigies of valour, was obliged to yield 10 superior
somber', and retreat.
As soon as 1 perceived this, I sem the SA divi-
sion to his support. It marched in three caimans,
overturned all before it, and retook the town by
storm. In this attack, the enemy stiCred a very
great loss, though he hal planted cannon in the
streets of the town, and fired on as on every side,
from the winduws of the houses. General Bar-
i clay, on this occasion, was sevvely wounded its ice
arm.

Afer the night came on, and the enemy had
entirely ceased to fire, all the troops
from the town, in order to collea my whole tome us
the other side for e general a:tack the nest day.—
But to secure myself against any alarm in thendght,
I placed 4110 4th tlivi,ion„ reinforted by the tegi.
meat of Archangel; between the tiown'oad the ain.y.
at the same time I wish Irew thli detech_d-eorps of
General Barclay, to the nett. under Genetki 3a.
gavoust.
O.t the 27th of Jimia-y, hof Febrparyf. at
five in the morning, 1-torm/d two columns m the
midst of mr position. and g 're the comment, cf
them to Li-nramsnt Gee rat) Doccoeoff ; while on
my left wing l placed •a 31 column, consiunig of
the division of Count Kameasky, while
the brigade of Gerer al ?deka filled the Spate in
nay lines which had bred left by the 7th division
placed in the column. At da:r break, the gamy ad-
vanced thus' the town, and I • -nt some regiments of
Yagersatgainet him At the same time I observed, that
between the town and the heights, on which were
batteries of the comity, there we-e several French
columns, which, as well as the batteries, threatened
my centre. I immediately ordered my battalion to
dired thine fire as well against the enemy's artillery,
as arsamst the troops defiling out of the town, by
which the French colurims were obliged to halt.
On another side, the Feetselaseavalry, which hat
attacked General Tout:allow, tin his right wisp
yr.., repelled by the fire of the artillery of (*rat
Siemer,. The enemy made himself ouster of a
village situate on our right wing, and appeared to
threaten our right 94nk with a considerable fotee ;
I, however. 19011 drove him nand the village with
the 24th regiment of Yager*, and some other sharps
shooters. In the mean rime, we sal other fresh me.
lumns Of French guards come out of Melton
Eylau, which appealed to iwend an attack as my
tight wing aal centre. Gen. Toutachkow
dimly ordered Maj,,r.g.meral F.lck to advance with

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