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MRS. FAIRFIELD'S BALL ♦ND FOL•T.

This elegant lady gave a ball and rout on Thms.
day evening, at her house in lifelbeck-street, to a
large party of fashioaables, amongst whom,

The F.atlof Wigtoun, Lord Gra, tly, the Lu,tl Mayor, Cr
Edward Dryden, lion. Mr Pelham, Mr Mad..., and Mr.
Price; Lady Rich, the Lady Mayutan, M'os Claatwodl, she
Miss Milfords, drr. &c.

At two o'clock the supper-rooms were, thrown
open, and displayed an exquisite treat of every de-
licacy of the season ; some excellent songs folkwed.
and the cognoscen:i deservedly applauded. "Tlie
Weed Noes Wild" of the beautiful MiS S TTPHEN•
SON, of Qceen's-square, whose delightful "nth:lags
ala Mountain gave exquisite delight. Atter Kip.
per the dancing re-commenced with the once re-
nowned cotillion, and terminated about seven o'clock
with a Lonnie Caledonian air.

His MAJESTY has been pleased to appoint Mr.
CCOPLIt, of Windsor, one of his Pages.
Yesterday, at two o'clock, a C.binet Council was
held At Lird HAIAILOW3Y'S 04. e, at which wet
present the Duke of ?oarsstay, Lord 'llawaas-
guar. Mr. Pt TT, ICC. The Rtlisl A N AmlAlll.looa
Attended a considerable time.

Yesterday, about twelve o'clock. His MAJVITY.
the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, the Quecx, and tla
l'n Inc? sirs, in their usual oeder, took an airing cis
the Uxbridge road.
Yesterday the Dukes of Cum ar IMAM u and Ca*.
wainGE dirstid WWI the ROYAL FAMILY.

'l'he Prince of WALES will not visit &Visa
early is the next week, as WAS expel:lel

The Duchess of Re T L AND, the ermine", of
acouar, Conotess of WILTON. Lady Vesizos,
Lady CECILIA JOHNSON, and the COUIHMS of C.tc.
DIG so are among the tashionables Who are osakiag
brilliant pteparations for the Birth-day.
Mrs. LITCHFIELD'S BeGII6C. on Wednesday. sT2S
honoured, as the benefit of such an Aflress deserves
to he, by an audience of great respectability.
'llia great an/ grind is now the order of the Jay
in France, except in the case of the fleet to invade
England, which is still fiery properly called by the
do/comfier of the/Witte.
The Russian General Ifirrun lately arrived, is
said to he an excellent morflmeh.
A paper of yesterday fin,:s great fault with tie
charity school mtstrevirs for wearing black laced
cloaks and white muslins. What would the writer
have said, had he seen the maids
As EIGNAPA•TE has chosen a roaming among *he
officers of his new household, we may presume be
wishes to keep the peace.
This is the time of year when nafrre releases
its prisoners. A Bill to liberate poor debtors would
of course be just in season.
It is a curious fa& and worthy of remark, tits[
the actual duration of the Republic of Frame has
existed so long only as jail to equal Me duration ti ;.;.e
ConsmoneveaitO in England, which was eleven yeas
and four months to a day, if the commencement of
both be dated from the death of the Kings.

It is not Mr. T. CJIMPZZLI., but Mr. PA .c.
who has written the poem of "Cvpid turned
leer," that accompanies the beautiful drawing. Li
one of the Pulp:cassis.

The Races on Lexdon !leads, near Colch,--ter.
on Wednesdsy and Thursday, were nunicrou,iy
attended, and Afforded most excellent sport.
Ascot Races are expelled to *Wird moth sr.• t
next week. Several capital horses are entcred --
The Fail of Sasuvricis is the Steward.

A servant in a house where Pa ev ; t, a celebrate
French a:tor, f equently visited, requested hu . •
procure him a ticket of admission to the
Pa eviLLE gave him one. The aetor called a 1 '4
days afterwards, and asked the servant hew hr
liked it Very much, he replied; the lattice is vtrf
grand, and so are the decorations ; as to the gentle-
men and ladies, they were dressed most tuner:de.
But what do you think of the attars Oh! fee..
as to the actors, they conversed together about the'',
own business, and yea know that did not concerntne.
On Thursday evening a man called upon Mr.
Elea, a farrier, at his shop, near the Old Hats, to
the Alton Road, when a dispute arose, and the
man gave Mr. E. a violent blow on the temr:‘,
which caused his immediate death. The Mall WA
secured.

About twelve o'clock, on Sunday night last. t'-'t
Methodist Meejing House in Cherry-stree, fir •akr•
ham, was broFe into by three vrilAins, sump lei 4'l
the purpose of stealing the mouey coneacat is tut
evening; but being alarmed by the watchman. tim
of them made their escape. and the tl. v. 300
HAYViOOth an old offender, and a wand si tea
deserter from the Royal Marines, way Pad COP
ceded in the gallery and taken to our prison.

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IXTR ACT
•lOM TUB Woli( or CITIZEN MIIII4.

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M. B pressed me to consider of a plan
which might be submitted to the King's Council.
j complied, and in three days transmitted to him
the result. in the first part of the memoir, I treated
of the means possessed by the republicans, of making
themselves masters of part of France. I told the
English that the committee had informed me that
the plan of the General, in whom they had placed
their confidence, was to seize upon the towns of
Besancon, Dole, Auxonne, and Dijon, then to effea
a rising in the adjacent departments, and to form a
camp at Auxonne, where all those might rally who
wished to escape from the dominion of Bonaparte.
The Swiss might be induced by our emiis..ries to rise,
and to cut off the natural communication between
the army of Italy and the Government. All the
neighbouring powers were to be invited to behold,
without alarm, this movement, which would give
libtrty to the whole world, and deliver it from the
influence of the First Consul. In the second part,
'pointed cu' the measures that would contribute to
rally the Count de Lille's friends in other
P°r • •
its I invited the agents to condua them.
selves with the greatest circumspeßion towards
the republicans, in order to facilitate the accommo-
dation which I proposed after% ards to effeet be-
tween the chiefs of the two parties. I advised the
Royalists to make the utmost efforts on the coasts, to
ware thz advantages they could in the south,
and to take such measures as to join the republicans
under the walls of Lyons. I advised them not to
think for a moment of La Ven&e, which, being over-
awe" by England, was incapable of molesting us.
Proclamations, pamphlets, writings of every kind,
were to announce and pave the way for all our
oaerations. I desired to be sent to the right bank
of the Rhine, where I could manoeuvre at pleasure
from Switzerland to Holland, and I offered to att
under the English Minister or Commissary, who,
from his situation, would be the most proper per-
son to dire ft our movements.

M B , being perfe&ly satisfied with this
plan, went and presented it to the Minisser, M.
Pelham. Upon his retui 1, he told me, that the
latter ha 1 promised to inform him when it should he
examined, and some determination adopted. Three
weeks elapsed, without receiving any intelligence
concerning it. At length, M. B , one day,
shelved me a letter from M. Shee, Under-Secretary
of State, who requested him to call at his office.
1 went, at the usual hour, to learn the result of the
conference. I found M. B— animated with
the most sp'endid hopes. He sheaved me a parcel
of bank notes, from which he took 501. sterling,
which he had lent me a month before. Ile then
gave me 101. sterling, and Ios. making ten guineas,
which he told me I was to be allowed monthly, till
the moment when the Government should think fit
to make use of my great resources. My plan had
been almost unanimously adopted by the Council.
One point; which was particularly recommended to
me by the Ministers, and which M. B urged
very warmly, was to keep the matter a secret from
the French Princes in London, and particularly frosn
the Council of him whom the Emigrants call " Mon-
sienr." This Council was then composed of the
tr,hop af_Assas. Dzithiel„ Vs/ID:, and a Swiss Co-
lonel, called the Baron de Roll. Under these cir-
cumstances, this secret became to me a very oppres-
sive hurthen.

Henry Lariviare called upon me, in compliance
with the views of the Prince, and with a confidence
which seemed to airlift him : I read to him all that I
had written and projecled, for the re-establishment
of the throne. I know not what report he made to
the Prince ; but it does not appear that what he said
concerning me was believed. General Villot, hav-
ing ous day found me at Lariviere's, took occasion
to ask him, if he supposed I would accept an invi-
tation to dine with him? This proposal gave me
pleasure, on several accoants. I resolved to fill his
imagination with the idea of my resources in France,
that the .opinion of my zeal in the Royal Cause
might be impressed as much as possible on the
minds of the English. I was not f 0 weak as to
imagine that, dining between Villot, a General of
Louis XV ill., and a Norman, lake Henry Lari-
Titre, the conversation would turn only on the plea-
sure of becoming acquainted with me ; I anticipated
the questions which I expeded I spoke largely of
the necessity of finally terminating this revolution,
by the only method that was capable of settling
every thing. I said something concerning the part
was able to take in the great and glorious affair—
the restoration of the King—and te.tified a great
desire that the French Princes would place some
confidence in me. 'to my advances General Villot
replied with airlifted politeness and confidence. He
appe,,red persuaded that, taught, as I must he, by
experience, I seriously intended to assist with all my
power in the restoration of monarchy ; but be cau-
tioned me to be upon my guard against the English,
who never endeavoured in earnest to re-establish
the throne. He told me in part what had been
agreed upon between the English Ministers, M.
and myself, to prove that he had conneflions
en whom he cculd depend in the public offices.
The only method, according to him, of making any
progress in the great design which I proposed, was
to aft in concert with the council of the Princes.
He therefore proposed to me, to go the following
day with him and Henry Lariviere, to the Bishop
of Arras, with whom we might agree upon some
plan for our future operations. Henry Lariviere,
Seen our return, told me that Villot was an in-
sneering man, who wished to appropriate to
birristlf the merit and the profits of my scheme;
that I. ought to be on my guard against his ma-
nceuvres but that he should be there, and would in-
form me of every thing that could interest me.
This conversation produced within me emba-ras-
lell reflettions. Was not Villot, who, while he ap-
lured to serve the French Princes, was likewise a
seNfor the English, charged by the Letter to try
fax I could keep a secret ; and was it not to be
w zealaPiiit.irehendthead' that it
they were made acquainted
lit testify for our ex-princes, they
t'ldd conclude I was tbeless disposed to follow
ti
blindly? One refl-Etion removed m yuncertainty.
Isr▪ e English always held out the restoration of the
I therefore, it I disclosed my purposes to the
"gm• "
sof the royal party, I could ercuse my indis-
m-i aby allegine my zeaprisitil for that cause ; and
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'Ha ove t e more vely that I hal no
-"usSoll of be ir.a: ing them to Bouara:te. On the
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other timid, my apparent confidence in the agents of
Monsieur bound the latter, in honour and cotifid-
ence, to support me; and, after a mature consider-
ation of the subjed, I did not think that my con-
neetion with the royal party would destroy all my
credit, whereas I should evidently be ruined if I
had that party against me. After having mule
all these retleCtions, I wen: to the Bishop of Arras
with Henry Lariviere. Villot had arrived before
us. Ile had arranged with the Bishop the plan of
our conversation.

The author then gives an account of his inter-
view with the Bishop of Arras. After laying down
as a principle, says he, that the restoration of the
King could he effeeted only by the cordial and
loyal union of faithful royalists and amended re-
publicans, I endeavoured to establish the necessity
of bringing about a sincere reconciliation between
the two parties.
I desired that the King, the Princes, and all
their agents, insead of dwelling incessantly on the
evils of the revolution, should endeavour to make
every one forget his individual wrongs, and to re-
move all idea of vengeance to be apprenhended ; to
declare they were surprised that greater evils had
not ensued from the terrible convulsion produced by
the new ideas.

his in vain, I added, that proclamations are pub-
lished, promising not to touch the property of those
who shall appear disposed to second the return of the
king ; none will place confidence in this kind of en-
gagement, by which statesmen have, never been
bound ; the sales vrhirh have taken place must be ra-
tified by aets, and n.: by empty words; it is ne-
cessary that you, Sir, and M. d'Ecars, should buy
thc'estates of the Clergy. By complying with these
preliminaries, a combination between the Royalists
and the Republicans would be facilitated, and this I
engage to undertake ; then my plan of a Counter-
Revolution would speedily he accomplished.
The Abbe listened attentively to the details of
my preparations on the Banks of the Rhine, in
Switzerland, Holland, and particularly my disposi-
tions for an attack in Franche Comte, the Jura,
Burgundy, &c. General Villot said, that this plan
had excellent pans, and that by combining it with
that which the Council of Princes had in contem-
plation, considerable advantages might be derived.
The Bishop said, that the attack designed by tl.
de Latouche (Citizen Meltee's sirname) was an ex-
cellent disposition ; that the Republicans who had
been seduced, and would return to their allegiance,
might relytipon having nothing to apprehend ; that
none would be punished but regicides, and those
who, in the clubs, had preached up plunder and dis-
obedience to the orders of the King. With regard
to the others, they might be easy ; and if there
were any of the former description, who should as-
sist in promoting the restoration of the lawful so-
vereign, they should never be disturbed, or should
receive a sum of money to go and live where they
pleased. As to the national property, it would be
taken only from those who had been guilty of
crimes during the revolution, the others would be
required to make up in money the value of the ef-
feels which they had obtained at a low price in as-
signats. For this purpose a scale was to be made
of proportion and depreciation of the assignats.

MKT D'ENGHIEN.

iVIILI•L SERVICE TOR THZ DUEL 13/ ENGIIIIIII, •T

JERSEY.

Morn L'Arn gr.u, by PcLYstaj

His Excellency, General Gordon, Commander t 9
tLat Island, havi..gi slain:Led the old French chapel
at tne town, St. Fieloir, to be opened for this occa-
sion, a solemn service for the repose of the soul of
the Duke of Enghien was celebrated the 16th last
:nonth. The ch::;:1 was decorated in a decent,
though not pompou, manner; and the Governor,
with the piinc.pal civil and military officers, and
a number of ladies, attended, and mixed their tPa s
and regrets with :hose of the loyal French subjesls,
residing in .lersey, woo yet continue faithful to their
God and to their King.
I he preacher, Abbe Philibert, Curate of Mesnil-
Rainfroy, pronounced, at the age of 70, a sermon,
composed in a week, which does honour to his ta-
lent; as an orator, his piety as a Christian, his fide-
lity as a subje&, and his sentiments as an individual.
He chose for his text :
Ne quacluarn tit mori Jolene ignaei, mortuus est Abner.
Ord aticut to4ent (elete, curate tilts miquitatts...4eg. n.
rap. 3. v. JJ. et 34.
From these appropriate words he took an oppor-
tunity, in relating some traits of the Duke's military
career, to shev that a life of honour and valour must
finish with glory, even upon the scaffold; and that an
assassin may stab his vitlim like a coward, but that
he is unable to prevent himself when dying like an
hero. In a just comparison between the murder of
Louis XVI. and that of the Duke of Enghien, Abbe
Philibert observed, that the former was a national
crime of an enslaved or delirious people, whilst the
latter was a cool, premeditated, and barbarous a:I of
a single ferocious individual, committed against all
justice, as well as without any necessity or provo-
cation.

During the sermon, the preacher complimented
General Gordon and the Duke of Bouillon, who
both were present, in a flattering hut merited man-
ner, on their atchievements as warriors, on their loy-
alty as subjeas under the best of Kings, and on their
liberality in their respeCtive places ; places, which
they oc:upy so much to the honour of themselves
and to the advantage of their country.

LITTER WRITTEN ■Y THE ORDER Or HIS SERENE
HIGHNESS THE PRINCE Or CONDE, CONCERNING
THE PERFORMANCE Or THE FUNERAL SERVICE,
COMMANDCD BY THE ENGLISH NOBILITY AND
GENTRY, IN THE CHAPEL OF ST. I' altiCIC:
" Wanstead, May 17, 1814.
The pisrticulars which you have given me, concerning the
Solerrin Service for the Duke of Enghten, which the English
(mused to ha celebrated, hay; iii a lively manner, atfetlet
The.r Serene illighnesse. the P, ince of Conde and the Duke or
Bourbon. The concern, which persons so distinguishol 31
you mention, with the generality of the English nation, take
in their mitfirtunetc, on this cruel occasion, has made upon
they hearts an tinpoKsion, that time can wryer deface ; and
which shall airways excite their meet lively gratitude.
By order of His Scam Higtosio. the Prince of Conde.
" Count b DUL'iS."

TILE Pinryst.,ANti CATO. ,
trte,..cr FROM THL STMIZT GAZZTTZ, NZW
POUTV WALLS.

Captain Flenders, late Commander of His Ma-
jesty's sloop isti,eseigatot, and Mr. Park. Command-
er of the s:iip Cato, arrived at the Government-
House, at half-pa:t three in the afternoon of the Bth
instant, with the following disagrueahle inte:ligence,
as communicated in thefullowang