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London, England, 1807-02-18 00:00:00

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e.donet Fanenort, Cuirintanitei of the Garrison.
/va Cid. %Mame. Capta:n Winton,. and Lieutenants
litanishin and 2,Ad Nate Infantry.
Captain Mules, tdeutenanu U'Re.ily. Smart, and
Ist Hansa !dant'''.
Lieutenants F.'s and Popham, 69th Reginicrd.
John S S. S-non,lNAry Pay.oastor.
Man.Doonty Cornotioai of isms.
ttLitut iington4. tlith Native Infantry.
Ca!e, Conductor of On:mance.
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Captains Ramos, and 14:i achlan end I.lrut. &lite:all, of
Niajclty. 69th' nerdy..
Frew Sutl to bell of the Instanced'. wore ..led.

On Monday the contest for Worcester finally
closed, when the numbers were as follow :
For 111 r On-Man "V4
For Mr Atiertoit •• • ♦t3
IM4onty in favour of Mr. Canino.. —.291
Ye%terday the 1,.0m0 MAYO& °leered the Price of
Dread to tis continued as last week.

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ARGT LE-STR It ET FASHIONABLE
INSTITUTION.
On Monday night. this elegant place was opened
to the fashionable world, with a grand contort of
vocal and instrumental music. High as public ex-
peslation had been raised, by the desesbouimt at-
tempted to he given of the arrangements and deco-
rations of this superb scene, it far exceeded the
must sanguine. Every arrangement that the most
refined taste could &date, aided in the execution by
themost approved artists, was made, for therocept ion
of the visitors. The grand concert room, which was
the Temple dedicated to Harmony, was lighted by six
brilliant Grecian lustres, suspended from the ceil-
ing, which is most beautifully painted in emble.
matical devices; at the upper end of the room is a
gallery, most exquisitely finished, whist; is appro.
priated to His Royal Highness the Prince of W• cis
and his Rovaa. Ritornelli., and their party ; the
orchestra fronts the gallery; and rows of seats, co-
vered with crimson cloth, are arranged in the lower
parr. To the right of .this grand room is a meg.
nificent apartment, the doors of which were thrown
open, and added to the grandeur of the scene. It
is called His Royal Highness the Prince of
WALAS'S Harmonious Dining-room. It ism; amigos
in taste and elegance. This splendid apartment
(roots the billiard room, which is also well calcu-
lated for that purpose ; it has, on its entrance, the
appearar.ce of an arbour.
Mr. WEicusec was leader of the band, which
! included the names of Acne, MOUNTAIN, SMUT,
C. LINDLEY, SPA/31110W ft, DWAOONITTI, and
the LEANDIIII. The vocal performers were, Ma-
dame BIANCHI. S;gaor &soar, and Madame Ca-
rAisAN to The seleaion was Italian, with the escarp.
tion of a beautiful du-t on the violin and violoncello,
by Messrs. WRICHSEL and LINDLEY. by 'AMWAY.
Madame C i's execution of "Si la Pious,"
with the Bassoon Ooligato, by Mr. Houses, was
an astonishing display of voice and execution, and
was rapturously received by a most brilliant corn.
pany ; ronsisti-g of
Hi. R., al 14,gbaaoss the Prince of Wales and the Duellers
nf York, Pri-ace Esterbs'a., Dulars de Bea, the Du, hews of
G artgor and Balton, the Iblare.aas a. d Mare4aoliess of Stafford,
toe Man, ~.a and sfaretatese.. of Vlaraterfotd, Marquis and
March.' .ens of Lausdown, Stow. of Wendhar4, kart and
C auntess Cowper, Earl and Cones,'. Carnarven, Earl and
Countess ISelion, Vim:aunt C Less D•wager Al-
bins Bu-kialelteandaire Easl of Stew, booager Countess of
Jer.sy, the Cl:antess of H,rdwieke, Viscountesses Ca-tleriegh
and Isd•-•unurne • the Lad,. Laaa•lorat, lie.esiurd, 1.. Gore,
Aniaott, M. der:tinck, Nall, Smash Burgos, Char Latte Gee.
vase, C. Gould, E. Teak, drew, Clamps, cud Tentoletowis ;
Levi Brooke, Load an, Lady Saywand-Sele, Lady Hyde Par.
Mr.. Mthtere,. :14,11.14, Mr. Areauld, the lion. Wee
Drummond, an., 1... Mtsties Johnstone.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Watts re-
tired at t,..lve o'clock, and the Duchess or YORK
at one Company, after the Concert, sat down
to , .ids, and several ( ;entiernen repaired to the Rd-
Room, and aid not break tit) till past two
Refetshnooos of all kin& •r! -re served to
the Company. who were highly delighted with the
pe,formancr of ref:wattle CAT 41. Atli. Thee were
nearly 500 Fashianables present.

His Royal Highness thP Dike of Y•teß enter.
tained a seled party r.f Nnblla, at dialler, yesterday,
at his house in Stable-yard.
Arrivals at Kiercaast's oe Monday:—
General Payne. from 3.'h ; J ,He EIIUAIL C. EA
and Family, from Essex ; and Joan Coins, Ea&
M.P. from &mini ire.
Sir Wipseccia iu.t.ogs gave a grand dialler,
yesterd .y, at his hoube, in Alhernarlostreet, to the
Earl and Countess CatM.Met/CIALS V, Count De
room r, General CAMP Messrs. Cogs, JOHN
DUTTON, r 1100443 SHE tIDAH. and .SMITH
The Earl and Countess CHOLNIOHDRARY gave
a grand sliver, last Mt.nday, at their house, in Pic-
cadilly. The tables were set out for fotty. and
abounded with every delicacy of the season.—
Amongst the company
flue Duke of Argyle, th. Oaks and Duchess .f Richmond.
the Duchess oft ittn; the. Marchioness of S.Jhrhury, and
the Lathes G. awl E. Cecil ; Fad and CnuntessC.teitec; kart.
C•tuniess, and bewager Countess of Jersey ; the Hon. Mr.
and Mrs. Villiers, and t_!aptaitt and Mrs. Wen.
Earl FirzwiLgia NI, we are happy to state,
is perf.-11:y recovered from his late
ia-
di{positive ; his Lordship issued, yesterday, up.
wards of five hundred cards of thanks, for the nu-
merous inquiries.
Tile Countess of LOUDON and Morse, we ate
happy to state, was rather better yesterday.
The Countess Dowager of Luc am, we are sorry
to state, is dangerously ill. at her house in St.
James's-place.
Lady Et.tZeIITII Mew will have a seled as-
sernbiy of Nobility, this Evening, at her house in
Lower Berkeley-street.
The Hon.' WILLIAM WARD, M.P. arrived,
yesterday. at his house in Cnesterdeld-street, from
Her

:inky, Staffordshire.
Sir HYDI Pause, we are sorry to state, is very
ill, at his house in Great Cumber Lind-place.
the Earl And Countess Sreitcsa continue very
rauch indisposed, at their housst in St. James's.
Lady Lusts( is much better ; her Ladyship in-
tends giving up her house in Argyle-street, and re-
siding in the country.
Joist' Paw aserort Rots, F..q. gave a grand
dinner, last Saturday, to a large party of friends, at
KIIIMPIAm's Hotel. Amongst the Company were,
the Earl of av moat:, Lord C. SPENCSE, and
Messrs. LOVETT and WALLACE.

Mr. and Mrs. TH0:441 Hart, gave a grand
dinner, yesterday. at their boils., in Duchers-street.
Portmau•s.luare. to the Marquis and Maicnioaess
f WaraaFoao. Mr. and Mrs. BiRLSPOILD, Mr.
and Mrs. Do'nit, and Miss thetticat.

Yesterday was married, at St. James's Church.
the Right Hon. Lord Elinor, to Lady LQuisa
Liens, eldest dsughter of the Earl and Countess
of Das r mourn. The ceremony was performed
by the Hon. ar.d Rev. Eowiao L►oor, Dean of
Windsor, and uncle to the bride. As soon as the
ceremony was performed, the happy pair set off,
in a chaise and four, with out-riders, for Sandwell,
in Staffordshire, where they will remain a short
time.

SLAVE

A _general Meeting of the West India Merchants
and Proprietors, interested in the Sl.4ve Trade, PAS
6rld yesterday, pursuant to public notice, at the
Lner'on Tavern, in Bishopsgste-stract.—Nearly
2JO were present.

Mr. VEVAYNFS in the Chair.
The Minutes of a Standing Committee, appointed
at a former Meeting, being read,
Mr. L Y ALL, Agent for Jamaica, rose, and ob-
served, that the Meeting having heard the Minutes
of the Committee, of which he had the honour to
be a member, it must have been remarked by them,
that the business to which the Committee called
their attention, naturally divided itself into two
puts; first, they were to take into their consider-
ation the ',minus steps which had already, or ought,
in the present circumstances, to be adopted with re-
gard to the Slave Trade ; and secondly, seriously to
deliberate what means ought to be resorted to, in or-
der to obviate the very great difficulties under which
the Proprietors of West India produce laboured.
He wished those two questions to be considered se-
parately ; and before he proceeded further,lie begged
to know which of the two the meeting proposed
to consider first? It having been unanimously
agreed on, that the Slave Trade should be the sub-
sea of their coosidecatioa fine. Mr. Lyall proceed-
ed, and gave a circumstantial narrative of all that
bad been done in that business. He felt, he said,
greater anxiety and uneasiness at the moment he
was addressing them, than he had ever done dor-
hig the whole course of his life. Whatever his
own personal interest might suffer, would. com-
paratively, be disregarded by him ; but when he
refieled upon the public legal station he held, and
how many individuals he represented, as Agent for
Jamaica, he was deeply impressed, on account of
the interest they had in the measures which it had
seemed proper to the wisdom of the Legislature to
adopt. The Bill for the Abolition of the Slave
Trade, it was well known, had passed through one
branch of the Legislature, by a great majority;
and it was needless to conceal, that it could not be a
matter of doubt, that it would pass through the
House of Commons, with an equal, if not a greater
majority ; and that, consequently, it might soon he ex-
petted to become a law of the British Empire.
This he deprecated, in the strongest terms ; and
represented it as fraught with consequences which
it was almost impossible for any language to de-
scribe. It involved in it, he would be bold to say,
the most essential interests of the Planter, and of
every one who possessed property in that part of
the world ; and it would have a very bad influence
on the Negroes themselves. Conceiving themselves
to be altogether free, a spirit of insubordination, a
dislike to habits of industry, would naturally be in-
troduced. which, if it did take place, would com-
pletely ruin our West InJi s Colonies. He con-
cluded, by informing th- meeting, that an attempt
had been made to be heard by Counsel, at the Bar
of the House of Peers, whilst the Bill was under
the consideration of the Lords, but that, after their
Lor.hhips had heard one of their Counsel (Mr.
Plumer) they refused to hear any thing more on
the suojea. Nevertheless, he thought it was
clearly their duty to make another struggle, and
though he was not sanguine in his expeaations,
still he was of opinion, an attempt ought also
to be made to be heard by Counsel at the Bar
the House of Commons. The second read-
ing of the Bill was to take place on Friday ; but he
understaod, from high authority, that it was not
probable that any division would take place till the
following Monday. The Standing Committee had
prepared a Petition, and he moved w That it be now
read by the Cie: k."
Being almost the same with that which had been
presented to the Lords, it was agreed to, and was
signed by those who were present.
.11r. Gsoaoe Hinter (Member for Seaford)
went over nearly the same ground with Mr. Lyall.
He mentioned, that he bad conversed with Lord
hiowick on the preceding evening, and his Lord-
sh.p had given him unequivocally to know, that it
wee. Isis firm in:ention to give the Bill all his support.
Mr. Lvat. t. then called the attention of the
Meeting to the situation in which West India pro-
duce was at the present time placed. The quan-
tity of sugar at this moment in Great Britain was
unprecedented. The amount had been laid before
Parliament, by Lord Temple. some time ago; but
another fleet, it was well known, was on its passage
to this country, which might add from ten to
twenty thousand hogsheads to what was already
on hand. 'l•he case of the Planter was cala-
mitous in the extreme. The great objet, however,
was, what were the best means by which the
planter could be relieved hom his present mutation ?
Three ways had occurred to the Committee: in,
That sugar should, by the authority of Parliament,
be employed in the brewery and distillery. 2dly,
That the present high duties on sugar, &c. should
be lowered, that the consumption might be in-
creased. Sdly, That liberty should be granted to
the Colonies to export an equal number and pm-
dace, in neutral bottoms, with what was imported
from America.

Mr. H ismer, after observing that he was on the
Committee appointed by the Home of Commons to
report on Lord 'Temple's Bill, respecting the use
of sugar in brewing, was sorry to Mform them.
that use Report was far from being favourable ; it
did not, however. exclude all further apulicati in.
Mr. Ease, standing Counsel to the West India
Dock Company, stated, that the exports from Great
Britain and Ireland to the West India Colonies, in the
year ending 1805. were above 5,500,C001. and that
the number of seamen employed amounted to
17,000 during the same year. fie recommended a
manly representation to Government, and read a
long paper, pointing out the necessity of doing O.
Mr. LIAM/It:TOM was for a more plain and vi-
gorous representation than Mr. East.
Messrs. JOHNSTON mad M•aa rt said a few
words. After which,

Mr. hilletllT moved various R.rsAntions. which
were almost an echo of what had been advanced bj
the different speakers.
The Thanks of the Meeting were unanimously
voted to Mr. Bossnquet, for the very ereetlert let-
ter he had printed on the subjea et the West India
Colonies. He was, at the woe dose, requested to
allow the Meeting to prir.t it is any rn.umer they
might Judge props ; wl.ich was readily granted.
The Mert*o