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1E BRITISH PRE 3Si

LONDON,
MONDAY, Avutt.

DISSOLUTION OF PARLIANIFNT.
a.ter having paused awhile upon the

iks of the Rubicon, have det-rmined to take a
ige. The threatened measure of a Dissolution
larliament is resolved noon. This day and Wed-
at-e both mentioned as the was of this im-
Ant event. We are inclined to think that the
volition for that purpose will appesr in The
stir elf tomorrow At all event:, we ear
re with positiveness and precision, that a Disso-
iin will take place withiu a Fe,/ days. The new
i4ment will meet agait; in the month of July,
sit 1 );- a 12w weet.s. This determination of the
users vi.ts universally known in the political cir-
; vette day. Expresses were in comeq•aenee sent
to all parts of the United Kingdom ; and the can-
is iu this metropolis assumed a more alive ap-
- Mr. HANISCY '1 and Sir C. Patca's Ad-
itisements for the City of London, are given in our

mance.

it page Our readers will rpcollen that we have
ifortnly asserted, as our decided opinion, frnm the
birth Le the prr•ent Ministry, that they must
ild of the present Parliament, or resign their

ices: rti.it the arty chance of continued existence
;a, they had. wa: the increases strength that

t be posAbly derived from a general Eieet,nn.
to neur• r f tint eapeZted strength it d scribed in
int, of Friday. the 4th inst. in the

(lowing words:—

" There are in almost all boroughs, cities, and

ern in many counties, certain persons, from Dukes
down to shtykeepiii s, who, from situation or effirt,
alo:r.: an aireadancy arno7g the Eleetrirs. Th-se
rers irt will t;c.t stir with their troops, till they it i I
make their assistance a grey favour, for which they
took to a return. The freasury knows them all ;
er, if it dors rot, they take care to make themselves
k o.vn. *file Treasury sendi to request their
assistsnce, or they off ,r their assistance ; in
einur case the consequences are perfellly under-
st d. 13 this way it is that the Government De-
patments, but the Treasui y, in particular, possesses
rich an :ntluence in a General Eleclion, and lays
the Cardidates under such obligations, compelling
than, in point of he toor, for there is w:.at they c ell
honour, even in these infamous transait'strale, to TMe
through thick and this with the Mitiiit.:rs who thus
assist them." Tie alsrve pasiiiiTr is an extra& from
Lie Colour of the 4e, instant ; we dare not give
it as our own original sentiment, and should not
Lee ,ourage to have stated it, had we not found
it as the avowed creel of the Ministry, in a
Print entirely devoted to their service.—But
then is not the soltt temptation to induce Minis-
ters to adopt this bold measure. They have been
but too successful * rising a religious Cl4lllllll
through the land, the grounds of which they
know are false and illusory. His present 'Ala-

Jest 's reign has been a series of concessions and
kindnesses to the Catholics, many of them of ten
times the solid value and importance of any thing
prop:h.:a by the recent measure ; And yet it was
I..ereed for the sagacity of Mr. PIItCSV L to
d.scaver, that in bestowing them, an attempt
was made to swindle the KING'S cosnscience ; that
they vit,lated the KING'S Coronation Oath ; that
the Church was in danger, and that nothing but His
powerful interposition could save it from be-
ing swallowed up in the overwhelming tide of
Popery. Pie Ministers feel and know, that the
popular clamour which they have raised up-
on this deceitful and hollow ground, is tran•
sitory and uncertain; and, therefore, that they may
:live the full benefit of the delusion, it becomes ne
Cr scary to dissolve Parliament, before the eyes of the
an! is arc opened to the fallacy praflised upon their
nod rstanding. Were the dissolution of Parliament
to be deferred to the 2; th of May, the period
mentioned, the popular freer would have
3;:nt itself, and Ministers would have nothing to
depend upon but the influence of corruption,
I', en:teSly stated by Mr. CAMINO'S Print,
11 the extras which we have quoted.—
its of the new Ministers have assured us, that
t:..! may dissolve the Parliament when he
We do not deny His MAJZST v's right to
(!'-' so, but we de not believe that any King ever at-
tempted to carry the exercise of that right to the
extreme. By this, however, we are given to under-
stand, that if the new Parliament, which will meet
in July, shall not appear more friendly to the Mi-
ni,ter, that it istu be dissolved at the end of four days
or four hours, as suddenly as the present at the end
of four months. When a man is very strong,
very h-althy, young and vigorous, surrounded
by frien Is, and good and atilt physicians, he may be
excused for indulging in some little excesses; but we

do not think, looking to Europe, looking to Ame-
rica, and looking to the Catholic feeltig in Ireland,
that this is a time taking liberties with, and
trenching unnecessarily upon, the British Constitu-
tion.

We have recrived Paris Pipers to the 19th inst.
containin! the Sixty-ninth Bulletin of the Grand
Army, dated Finkenstein, the Ch. It does not
present any intelligence of the least importance,
and could afford nothing new, as we had been pre-
viously in possession of accounts from Finkenstein
to the 9th; at which date the French head•quarters
were at that place. The Paris paper; are silent on
the suoj-ft of the battle, said to have been fought
upon the Passarge.

His MAMTV is expeded in town to•day.
Yesterday morning, His MAJESTY. Princesses
Auniusda, MARY, SOEFIIA, and AVALIA, walked
to St. George's Chapel, attended by Generals
GWYNIOE. DE Burn, Fi IZROY, and W.A.
TM/HALL ; Colonels TAYLOR and DEseitow ;
La-
dies DAMIR, WirweE. icc.; where a Sermon was
preached by the Rev. Mr. Busse, from the 3.1
chapter of A. and 19th verse. Afterwards rode
to Frogmore, to dinrer, and returned to the Palace
at three o'clock. The and Princess
11F.TH had Divine Service pertn•med in the Chapel ;
afterwards rode to Frogmcre, and returned with
His MAJESTY. &c. _ _ _

Saturday. Prineess MARY completed her 31st
'Var. on which ocrasio the Doke and Duchess of
Yoa K visited Their Mai ssT I s , and returned to
town on the night r f that do.
Papers from New York t the 16th, and from
Philadelphia to the 19th last, arrived on Saturday
N. thing far they was known respeEking the American
Treaty. which continued, at these respet9ive dates,
the sui jet, of puhi c diselission in these respiglive
cries. Of 2.5 articles which at ccntains, '29 are al-
lowed to be unexcep
On Tuesday, the Duke of Ptcoruno took his
departure, fr,tm aecompaeied by the re-
gret and affeCtion of a people, ro whom his mild
and conciliating virtue, have endeared him.
The Duke of Illicit worts, when swearing into
office, at Dublin Castle, was dressed to a General's
uniform. Al er the ceremony, he returned thanks
for the att-taion and celerity with which matzers
were cnnclufki.

A strong force is immediately to be sent to ths,
West Indies. Five r-girneur., amongst which are
the 13th and 26th, are to embark from Deal ; and
two regiments, suppnsed to he the Bth and 50th, are
mentioned as coming from Ireland for the same pur-
pose.
The 6,1 i Regiment. 1200 strong, is to proceed
immediately to Gibral'ar, whither, it is beli,ved,
the I nth will follow ir. On their arrival, the 42d,
and another now there, will go to juin the Sizilian
Army, under Gene,al c.
fhe Font Guards and it!fl • Corps are to receive
a considerable augmentation.
It is supposed roar a dis,olution of Parliament
will immed;ately take places and wv.. have autsority
in state, that Mr. WILT IAM MELLISII will ce.-
tainly stand for MiddLsex.
Saturday, at twelve o'clock. a Cabinet Connell
was held at the Fora. n Uffi:e, virticn was a;ten,ied
by all the Cabinet Mil,i tens, except Earl Cassette,
who was indisposed. she LORD Cosauctitua
unexpedlestly leit the Court of Chancery to attend
it. An appeal in the Lords of the Councl was put
ci:f its coasequence
The Loans of the Angtaaxry have appoisted

Sir Hosts Pets•st to the command of a smao
squadron so guise off the Continent, in the
River, dce. with A rOV•QZ C • rnaubbiun.
The Hon. Cantos Ketox. it is said, will succeed
the Earl of Guam MI% as Clerk of the Hanaper, in
Ireland
Mr. Navitzz will succeed the Hon. CAvi.Nvissi
BRADIII•Mb as Teller of the Exchequer, in Ire-
land.
Mr. Herter ALLICANDLII will proceed shortly to
the Capz of Goo.) Hope
The KING ha. hero pleased to constitute and ap-
point the Right Hon. FRANCIS Lord Ns 'qui. to be
His MaJastr's High Commisiioner to t' e General
Assembly of the Church of Scotia. d --(Gazette.)
The Ktmo has also been pleased to c institute And
appoint Mt. WILLIAM Otiose, jon Advocate, to
Int Sheriff Depute of the shire of Roxfargh, in the
room of Mr. WILLIAM OL,vIR, rep gned.—(/Sid.)
Letters were received in town on Saturday from
on board the British squadron off Rochefort, dated
the 40th inst. They mention. that the French
squadron, so long prepared for slippng out of that
port, as it was supposed, on a buccaneering trip to
the West Indies, have, within a few days. been
entirely dismantled. It consisted of five 74's and
one three-decker. rho crews were ordered on shore.
and encamped on L'l D'Aiz, for the pu-pose, it
was imagined, of learning the use of arms, and
being sent with the conscripts to the army in Po-
land. Our squadron before Rochfort consists of
She Cesar. of b 0 guns, Admiral Sir RICHARD Sraa-
Galati j the Mars, Datepl. losiactors, Rt 11,11V0. and
Spersiats. besides frigates and cutters.
A report is in circulation, that the discovery of
some late transitions is ewe of the Public Offices,
has induced a Member if the House of Commons,

to pledge hunt& to move an Impeachment, next
week, ;against a very distinguished charader, who
is wpposed to be implicated in those transactions.
Lieutenant W. Cowles, who commanded the
boats of the Gelded, with 5 officers and 70 men,
and took the Lyme, of 16 guns, and 161 men, on
the Ist of List January, has been promoted to the
rank of Commander in His Mijear v's Navy,
on the express application of the Lords of the
Admiralty, to His &ugs V, to enable them
to make the promotion ; there being an Order of
Council against any Lieutenant being promoted
to the rank of Commander, till be had served two
ye.irs, which Lieutenant Cooklse had not done, by
several months. When this brave officer fought
this desperate anion, he was there times beat off in
los boat from the Lynx ; when, in addition to t'.e
lois of one of his legs, in a similar brave idiom ne
recelvej a wound in his thigh, above the former

MASQUERALth ARGYLE-STRLET.

On Friday evea;ng, the First klasqnerade, this
Season, rook place at the FAsbiqaable
It was attended by upwards of 600 persons of the
first distinEtion.

In the hall was suspended a Grecian lamp, and
the alcove, in which the band of His Royal High-
ness the Duke of CASIBRIDGIS was stationed, was
hung with variegated lamps. The staircase was
lined with crimson ; on the entrance ware arches of
laurel and other evergreens, interspersed with
artificial flowers; in the centre of tl:e window
was a large star of variegated lamps, surmounted
by an arch of artificial flowers. The company en-
tered into an anti.roem, which was laid out with
refreshments, hung with gauze drapery, wreaths
of laurel and artificial flowers, and lighted by
girandales and side-lights. The great ball room
floor was chalked out with emblematic figures ;
and lighted up with six balloon cut•glass
chandeliers, and twelve wax lights in -each ;
the Orchestra was lighted up with Grecian lamps,
the front of which was ornamented with muslin bor-
ders, interwoven with wreaths and rosettes of artifi-
cial Bowers; the Royal Boxes were equally bril-
liant. On the right is she l'arkish Room, which
was hung with blue drapery, furniture to corte-
spond. The Prince of Wa La.'s Harmonic Room
was laid out with six ronnd tables for 100 persons,
lighted up with five Grecian cut-glass chandeliers.
In the Grove and Billiard Rooms, supper was laid
out for 9n; and in the Supper.rnons and
two adjacent rooms, covers were laid for 70.
In the morning Promenade Room were laid
seven long tables, with supper fur two hundred.
This room exhibited a scene of unexampled mag-
nificence. On the entrance, the eye was struck
with the appearance of twenty arches, com-
posed of laurel, tuner evergreens, and rich arti-
ficial flowers, each arch about nine feet high and
seven wide. intersp-rsed with variegated lamps,
and lighted up with wax livhts, in silver candle.
s• ieks ; the new supper room corresponded with this,
where coven were laid for one hundred. The
dancing cimmenced pret::elv a, twelve o'clock, and
I continued without intermi.sion till six, when the
company deputed, highly delighted. Great praise
is due to Mr. St ADC, of Fringes-street, Cavendish-
square, under whose direftion the ornaments were
made. Among the company we observed the fol-
lowing Nobility and Gentry :
aistcni,.nes= or Winchester. fa,cy Domino; Nibs 'We!by,
£ •, C. 11; Mrs. I.ydvard. Tape N;;.mata; Lady Amcot,
D. nino ; Cos i•e=s of Bu.ktrigna.nthire and Mr. Ellison.
Ucai and Dim Meg:ars; G.umrs, Bligh, sickly Old Miser;
Miss 3 liteawertli, • Nun; Capt. Seret..aha.l., a Friar; Hon.
L. Stanhope, as Sancho ; Sir W. W. Wynne, Domino;
Caps G. Cnopetr, Fe. 01 the 14th Century; Countess Gal-
Ivrea?, fancy laeitii..o; Countess Iltorslyit, duos; Count•te
Co spar, sun; Cn.satess of Ha:to-nom dirt° ; N s &mold,
in a beautslul fan .y Dorniile of light pink, coveted with silver
arniainvirs; Duke of Cantbridge; M !trawls, Ballad-singer;
Vi.euutrirs Percent, Spanish Officer; Mr. Nutr,n, Ne-
e • tune r; Lady C Gresife, Nun; Ms. Chnlmon.leley, an
Oil Wu...au 4 M Km, a Highland Offsets; Coin Mi Breen,
• 11...1a Mater j Captain Manny, a Sailor; Disc de "roil
• Pepper, an Austrian If us•ar ; Mr. St. John, an Oxford
Scholar ; Ca..i Harrington, a trammed; Countess of Choi.
minders r, fancy dress; Nrs.Clarkwii, Vestal Virgin; Miss L.
J Mr. Willet, an Old Woman of the 16th
c• ith ho. a, &c. ; Mr. Attars.% a hoping Gig fey,
w cutlet. Ac ; Duchess of Beascort, a Nun; Mr. Marken,
as Death, with Intimations, drc. (a MO4 excellent character);
Sir. Sow ray, a Jew Ped:ar. wh.ch be maintained wilt great
au e.os ; Sir James Kadd!e. an Old English Baron; Made.
minion* St Jules, an Italian Nun; Mr. Hunter, a
Dolor ; Mr. G. Heath, an Old Match Woman; Mr. Mort
lord, a Cbsd.hopping C iuntryir an ; Mr. Haney, • Harlequin,
cipital; Mr. G. Wynne, a Waggoner; Lord Chartley, a
S a.. 1•11 Chief; Lady, G. Morpeth, a Nun; Nine NPCIwal,
• d Mem Samford, Gypsies; Major Daniels, a Turk;
Mr. Williams, a Gingerbread-Nut-man ; Mr. A. lioublitn, a
Dutch Merchant; Viscount Newark. a Sailor; Mr. De Hen-
ning+, Gypsey, Child, &c.; Miss Badey, a Spanish Lady;
Mrs. Settee', a Servant of all Work; Lord 13 L.Giwar, a
Friar ; Lord Clinton, a Drunken Sailor; Mr. W. Sterling, as
I..sdr Pentw.sie, an excellent Claracter, and most admirab4
.0-. p .rted; Ea., Cooper, as a Spa nish Count; Count Cowper
tea. attired in a beautiful fancy Domino. Lord Henry Moore,
a Mu-sidman ; Mr. Wyatt, a 3-ggarinan ; Pane., Eitsilwas,
as a German Count ; Lord Petersham, an Arabian Chief; Mr.
ThumasMellish, a Footman.
The Durhess of Rosati itGit and Mr. JOHN Man-
umits, will give a grand dinner to-morrow, at t'le.r
house, in Portman-square, to a lards parry of No-
bility.

Lord and Lady Caura wll give a grand dinner,
this day, at their house, in Lower Brook•streec,
Grosvenor-square.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Lawsnowv
gave a grand dinner, last Saturday, at Lansdown
House, to the Earl of WINCNELSBA. Viscount and
Viscountess HA utopian. Lords SAINT limas's and
PLTIERSH•II, Admiral Bairincit,Admital and Mrs.
C•saractt, and Mr. H. Lsica.
The Proprietors of Drury-lane Theatre have en.
tered into articles with Mr. Et Livros, at an ad-
vanced salary, for five years.
Mr. HRAINCOTE settles 60001. On Miss SEARLE,
and on Thursday next will add his name to the gi:t
Madame Car at tit sang sr Ratzzint's Concert
at Bath, on Wednesday. All the neighbourhood,
for many miles, welt present. She was greeted with
loud and reiterated plaudits.
The at tradions of 7.4 Wood Damla suffer not the
least abatement ; and Mr. Lawn has the satisfaition
of keeping the Prnprieters of Drury-lane ra spree.
Lady Ei.tior will give her first grand rout, this
evening, at her elegant house, in StJatnes's-squa-e.
The Duchess of GORDON received. on Friday
morning last, the melancholy news of the death of
her Mother. Her Grace has been confined to her
bed-chamber ever since, and would not even see her
daughter. Cards were, on Friday morning, issued,
to postpone her Grace's party in the evening.
The Earl and Countess Foal* tscus gave a grand
dinner, yesterdiy. to a large party of Nobility, at
their house in Grosvenor-square.
'lle Vocal Concerts, under the direllion of Messrs.
HARRISON, B MAN, and GIZA TOKILI. closed
a most successful season, on litiday evening last.
The number of Subscribers from the printed list, is
770, including four of the Roy At. PRlNcts, an.l all
the principal N.Asility who have been in town. Ihe
attention to the amusement, and the convenience of
the visitors, has afforded the greatest &misfit/lion ;
it is seven yt ars since the present Condullor
revived there elegant and rational amusements.

!PP,

"MVYWNIFMNW

■

LA INTELLMENCE.
COURT OF CliesmAßT, Aram IS.
Af le looking ma ss n • addreed the Chen.
i nFeemb
cellori and informed bim that. id conselnence of his
having heen desert,d by his le ..„.1 advisers, and not
being in a condition to fee Cosmos, 1, '.e w isle': whol-
ly yearly the means his inluties demanded. the •
patty was about to state the rettnre of those injuries,
when the CIIAMCILLOR very human-IT told him,
that if he would draw up a short statement of his
grievances, and give it to one of toe Officers of the
Court, he would la at it, and see if any and t-hat
red,e-s he was entitled to. The party thanked :4
Lord hip, and said he should convince bim that he
was entitled to the justice of that Corwt.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Wars' , Ar, eg.

Mr. GA eaow moved for a Writ of Manch/nes to
be diretted to the Mayor, and other superior OiL-
cers of the Borough of Nottingham, requiring tnem
to proceed so swear in Mr. Lewis Alsop, a Corn-
mon•Councilman of the said Borough, who bad
been duly elefted, according to the Charter ; but
had refused to take An oath, tendered to him by the
Mayor, requiring him •o keep secret the secrets of
that body, so far as the same were not inimical to
Church and State, &c.

He contended, that this oath was c ntrary to the
Charter, and would not therefore take it ; and the
Mayor refused to admit him unless he would do so.
Lord ElLte..actovoti said, he saw nothing in-
congruou. with the Charier, or inimical to the
State in this oath, and the rule was accordingly re-
fused.

hci ig the last ciy for justifyiisg bail this
term, the Court was occupied the greater part of the
morning in this way.
Tne Court rose soon after twAre o'clock, and the
Judges of the ri.speflive Courts ri•asaud to the Es-
chews. Chamber to hear the arp,usrents of Counsel
with respeii to a point of law reserved for their opi-
nioo, in theca:* of Frederick Smith, alts Henry St.
John, can.rsaed at the January Scssions of stealing
a 300!. Bank-note privily from tie person of Thos.
Berth It. The result will be commusiicatsd to th•
prisoner at the ensuing Sessions, hot is not suffezed
to transpire publicly.