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7VACIUDGE WELLS. SLPTEMOCt 2.

".•he death of the Earl Jesus has cast a
om ~vet every thing here, but it begins in some
measure to wear away. By that event we have To.t
the young Countess of Jilts FY, who had promised
:o patronise every amusement that would promote
isiocent mirth, gaiety, and elegant society Her
.di is as amiable as she is lively ; and in good
=We and affability resembles her mother, the late
s ery amiable Countess of WCSTMOREL AND. LadyJ FN.
- sr ,s to nave given a public breakfast the morning
•.,11 ss,ng the melancholy event ; balls, concerts.
we•e slt ir. contemplation I and, although her Lady-
sal, may not return, we live in hopes of some other
fair eremite coming forward w.th the same laudable
intentions. There never were more Nobility and
Gentry at the Wells, than this summer.
Lady ',islet:me and her lovely daughters left this
an Saturday se'nnipbt, and were replaced by Lord
Ankles and his family ; Mr. I3AGLNCL, M.P. Mr.
SANDERSON. M. P. and family, are residents; also
Mrs. PisIICIVAL and her daughter, who is amiable,
accomplished. and extremely pretty.
Our Theatre is very neat, and the perfornaers
ve-iald not di,grnee a London Theatre. A Mr.
Sly NOVI is the Romeo of the company, and a Mr.
Da cvos has played several of Mr. Lewis's parts
with great success. Miss DRAKE IS a very excellent
performer, and possesses sn much versatility, as to be
not only thei.se lady in comedy, but a famous heroine
in tragedy.
The donkies are in high bloom, and in groat de-
mand.

CIII I HAM, StPTEMISER 3.

On Friday morning, the right wing of the First
Battalion of the Gnats,' marched at six o'clock. in
clesequence of al exoress which arrived late on
Thursday night, bringing orders for their imme-
diately proceeding to Deal.
On Saturday, the left wing of thesarne regiments
marched for the same place.
Orders, by express, were sent. at tl e arise time,
to the First and I bird Battalions of the First Gu ads,
at Deal, direeting their immediate march for Lon-
don ; the toilers were received at six o'clock nn Fr -
day morning; and though many of the men were
harvesting, as far distant as eleven miles, they were
called in, and the first battalion began to march at
halt-past twelve o'clock, and arrived at Chatham
Barracks, by forced marches, on Saturday; the se-
cond battalion arrived on Sunday afternoon.
On Saturday evening, an express arrived,with or-
ders to stop their further march, it not being neces-
sary fir them to attend the funeral of His Royal
Highness the Doke of Gloucester. as it was at first
ititended they should, in consequence of an altera-
tion in the funeral ceremonies.
On the day of their departure from Deal, the
Officers were to have given a very handsome enter-
tainment to above 300 of the Nobility, and resident
'knots near the coast, and had provided every ele-
gant luxury that the season affords, together with a
desert of most unequalled delicacy. They had had
cooks, confeditioners, Om from town, preparing for
the occasion, for some time, and had ejeled a build-
ing for the reception of their friends. The alacrity
with which the troops, both at Chatham and Deal,
proceeded on their march, proved the very high
order in which tney are kept, and evinced the most
complete proof of military management.
On Friday evening last, the family of Mr. Letter,
of the Fountain, in this town, were in danger of
being totally destroyed. They sat down to take
their tea, and were about to drink it, when it was
casually observed, that it was curdled : it smelt
strangely, and, on examining, they found a thickish
white sediment deposited. The kettle and its con-
tem& Were taken to a cliymist, who, on an analysis
taking place, found the water to be strongly impreg-
nated with sugar of lead, and a quantity of that
drug was at the bottom of the kettle. How the
deleterious mineral Wall introduced, has not yet been
discovered.

On SAturdAy, the Northumberland march-
ed in here, trom Ospringe, to do the duty at the
Barracks; but, in consequ-nce of the orders re-
ceived by the Guards, their services were not want-
ed, and, on Sunday morning, they re-traced their
toimer route.

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DOP/ER, Reit r. f..

strrsiKv r rs rho nu.%

At eight o'clock yestr.-rday evening, the firing of
sir guns from a cutter in the roads, announced the
arrival of this gallant officer in the Di4ye•.ce revenue
cutter, from R imseate FT, was brought en shore
in a pant-w:it•-ry, and rec-Aved by a further salute nf
three gnus. He was accompanied by several Navy
Officers, and retired. for the night, to the York Hotel.
This morning, at an early hour, the two eundsnats,
nexely consitii:?ed by the dire lion of Sir Sidney.
were brought from their moorings, to the mouth of
the harbour, for his inspe'lion, and for the purpose
of making some further experiments with them.
They are. I suppose, upon moth the same plan as
those lately tried on the river Thames; hut, as they
may differ in some respeed;, and are on a more ex-
tensive scale, a short description of them may not
be unacceatable. •I'hr one is called the Cancer, the
other the Greoei. The Ceaec► is forme•l of a galley,
about 4R feet in length, cut exaelly in two, from stem
to stern ; those two parts are joined to the ends of
five pieces of timber, which cross them, and are
made secure by braces of iron : upon these five
beams is raised a platform, in the centre of which
stands a three-pounder, rea.iy mounted, with am-
munition-boxes, &c. the wheels of this cannon
stand in a groove, upon a sort of frame work
which runs mat some feet beyond the bows, so
that the moment the vessel is rile ashore, the can-
non can he landed, and instantly put in use. In
the centre of each of the two extreme beams
which joie-. the two half-galleys, masts are fixed,
each of which csrry a large square sad with proper
rigging, a foresail projefts from a boom which is
seed to the frame. There are four rudder,, one to
each extremity of the half galleys, two only of
which are worked at a time, by a cord connected
with a larger one in the centre, and man Iced by
a person on :lie platform. These ni iders can
be •hip;•ect c: unshipped in a moment, and the
half-galleys being equally s!-..irp at both cads.
she can be run back or forward At pleasure
The half-galleys are decked, with e• -nt holes cut
along each, large enreigh to admit a roan's holy ;
to the mouth of each of which is fixed a canvas hags
painted so as r.; prevent the water nenetrating, with
a running-string in the top ; in these bags the sis-
t:•en men, ss 'lO put at the eat, s .1, ifiemselves. a•nd
tie them anove their tiros; -his inefficiently lashes them
to ?lit boat, and preveets their being washed over-
board. Resides these six-re.i oars, a d the nthei
persons who manage vie &c. this vessel is ca-
pable of holding fifty soldiers. H•t sides are en-
tirely lined with cork. so that it is imrou.sible in up-
set her ; and, in a heavy sea, it passes neer her with.
out &ling any injury, except giving use men %set
jackets.
The other boat, the Gewni, is of the same con-
sttitainn, hit much larger. with this difference, she
is formed of two entire galleys, fastened together
a. the Cancer, with 16 holes in each galley, or the
rowers are inside the other ; the 16 outside men row
with oars, while those at the inside are furrished
with a sort of spade, in the shape of the p. Idle of
an Indian canoe; the blade made of iron ; and a
space is left between the platform and me galleys,
for the men to wrirk those paddles. This instrument
is useful also in clearing away the sand or gravel, to
facilitate the landing of the cannon. 'he Gras;ni
also carries a six-piainder, and a proportionate num-
ber of men more than the Cnarrr. Those vessels,
when heaviest laden. draw rely 18 inches water, so
mit they are most useful in running into shallow
places, and landing cartoon with the greatest expe-
dition. _ _

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Fire ("Clock. p. m.
At one o'clock, Sir Sidney Smith, accompanied by
ijor Clu'lley, of the limit k Militia, and some
moral And military orficers, went on bnard the Can-
cer, while the rest of his part v got nn board the fie-
ste ,and, being then flood-ti le, the wind at N. Nh.
they proceeded out of the harbour, steering a S.W.
course. Roth tie Piers were crowded with com-
pany to witness this interestin spedacle ; a number
of racers an I their wives; and, in short, all the
etgaates of the town were assembled to beheld the
brave Sir Sidney ; while the oldest inhabitants of
this, his native placri, hailed him as the ornament
and honour of their town ; many remembered him
a hal- boy, and he recognised his old friends, as he'
pa -s:ci through diem, with the greatest kindness and
Sir Sidney's flotilla (as I may call it) was attended
by a ten-oared galley, and the Diligence cutter; hav-
ing stood for some leagues out to sea, they tacked
aid sum." before the wind; here one of the greatest '
perfeßions of those boats was tully displayed. They
ran be.ore the wind with the greatest rapidity, out-
stripping even the cutter and galley, which are the
swiftes• sailing vessels we have. While Sir Sidney
was prattising those movements, L'Utilite frigate, of
38 guns, belonging to the Boulogne squadron,
passed in full sail, from the Downs for that swims ;
and when she came abreast of the harbour, fired a
gun for her pilot ; soon after, the Desperate gun-brig
hove in sight from the Downs ; this ship was ordered
to attend Sir Sidney, and had on board twenty
privates of the Royal Artillery, sent from Rams.
gate, to work the gnus on board Sir Sidney's boats.
All this, added to a most beautiful day, and a distind
vies of the French coast, the mop d'art made the
s:ene enchanting. Alter trying those boats in every
way which they could possibly be managed, through
the whole of which they appeared to work with
great ease and convenience, the artillery fr on the
Desperate was put on board them, and several shots
were tired in different diredions, without hawing any
visible appearance upon the vessels ; they were then
brought into the roads, and run on shore, on that
part if the strand inhere the brigade dually parade,
near to the cottage inhabited by Sir Sidney's aunt.
The cannon were landed in a moment of time, with
the greatest ease ; and sere: al shots Acing tired by
way of experiment, they were again, in an instant,
shipped, with the most apparent ease And expedi-
tion ; and while Sir Sidney and his party retired to
regale themselves on shore, the boats were brought
again into the harbour to their original moorings. I
understand it is the intention of Sir Sidney to gn
to Ramsgate in them to-morrow, wind and weather
permitting. Admiral Lord Keith was to have been
of the party to try these boats, but from what Caul:
the gallant Lord's absence arose, I could nut learn;
hut ain told it is his Lordshp's intestion to meet
them at Ramsgate.

SPORTING INTRtaGENcE.

F:fIHAM RAI

TursCraY, wt. 3.
A Gold Cot•, of 1(h) puma. sahie, anil 116 M sne
sube:nntion of 10 gainer's each for all are. (the second hone
GI receive luck has stake), t.. carry th- Cup
weights, trig-3 yrs old 64 .Ih. 4 ,rs old 7st /OM 5 yrs
old Rst lh 6 yra old Bst and aged 94. One four.
hest.
Sir C F.l-serw, aged '.
Mawhey's Mir 011.1er .
Mr. W inters Houghton Lae .
Mr. Laihrooke's Potty-no . ,
Mr. Gratitude . .
Mr. Ifo is Qn•a . . . . .
Nine olh••r hersz4 were melte% het AA not run.
S -sett to 4 011 tho 2 to I against Q...t (ay.-write, 6
to 1 against the winning horse, 4 en 1 410.., Mn. Coiner.
to I against Hmightots Law, 4 to I against P,.ispetu, and 5 and
sto I against Gratitude. A famous heat Isr.tween the four
horses. Qiiit made play the second heat, and 'tinted at a nob
from the winning pent, whilst leading the whnle.
•I'he Noblemen end Gentlemen's rate of 501. forall ages.
Lord Earryerwe's b. e Little John., 5 yr.. 9st. 6'b . 1 1
Mr. Richalson's b. g Lerunn-equeer-tr, aged, 8•t. 111 b. 3 dr
Mt. Itranthersette. Snuthton. 3 yrs. old . 4 dr
Sir Joseph Mewbos's br. e. Heathpolt . 2 2

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Lein in.squeeser wss the fivoitrite at starting, lout he was
bulked in the Int.', and just saved h's dotarke. 3tol on
Little John' after the first heat. The second heat was an ea.
traordinary gond ono.
The Anessesi of the morning drew together at groat an
assemblage af per-oii. on the Course as ever was witnessed on
a similar evasion Many, however, retired home full of dis.
apiieintmeit at the enotintied rain whkh fell duriog thereto.;
others found amu.ement emhnee the F.. 0 tables, which er-
num.tous; while others enjoyed themselves in the company
of rime of the hooves of the hid, via Bekheri, Wards Gully,
Jones, l•fhele, &c.
BOROUGH-BRIDGE. M ETI --i(Continoed )
TRIDA Y.
The :41. fat alt aeri. Three mile heats.
,Lard fkrtineton's hr h. he Ormond, 1 yr. 011, Ilk 31b. 1
Mt. Lonsdele. b c Sir Charles, 4 yrs old, 7st. 12Ib lame.

CITESTERFIF.I.I) MEETING.
wtosLsnay.

The Gold Cop, valu. 60gs, a Sub.eription of sr ',eh, for
tl,e-e,,•-er olds and upwards. Four miles rl2 Subseriberl.)
Mr. Sirw-Il's b. (. Goosecap, by Moorcoelc, 3
an u4l, bet. . walked over.
IN, 501 for two V. If Wel. and upwards. Tommile heats.
Mr. (Instep's bay cult, Skylark, by Morrcock, 4 yrs old,
11b. . . 1 1
Mr. Iliehani,m's tr. f. Woodbine, 3 yrs old, 7st. .
Mr. Kirbe• b. ( El zsbaill, 3an old, 7st. alb. . 3 3
Mr. Sals..dess's b. e. 9 yrs old, 7at 510. . 4 4
Trivisoa V.
The 51 for thre r and upwards. Foor mile heats.
Mr. S.twr r. b. f. Gotas Morocuek, 3 y.s old,
6st. lb. . . 1 1
Mr Rielwrlton's b. f Woodbine; 3 yrs old, Cat. 211,.

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Mr Gl"iii.'• 4 c Skylark, 4 rc old, 7.t. 121 b. . 2 3
Sweepstakes of 10g6 e ,ch, for all !get. Pno miles, (7 Sub-
icobem )
Mr. Gliownii*. b c. Ckylark, by Moorcnck, 4
yes od, 7s• Ih. . 'Hired ovcr.
Sitsr.4l%. pony beat Mr. Fyrfs bar poney, tat.
each. 131-tanc bOgs,
Mr Sowell'. old noner, 60. 7lb treat Cain. Short'a ponel.
sst. 71b. Distance-in, begs.