The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-06-29 00:00:00

THE DUtIIEiS OF 114k111.50ROUlIFS ROUT.

The Duchess of Ma al. straouou gave a grand
Rout last aight, at Marlborough-House, Pull- of ill
We never saw so great a profusion of the most fra.
grant and beautiful shrubs and flowers, as were col-
lected to adt.ra this very magnith-ent Mansion.
All the hot-houses and green-houses of Sion-Hill
ware stripped of their sweets. Six waggons
fall of them arrived in town yesterday, eel
taste and fancy were immediately set at work
to dispose them to advantage in the various apart-
ments. They consisted of orange and lemon trees,
in lull bearing; myrtles, roses, sweetbriars, pinks,
cloves, carnations, &a of the rarest species and the
most exquisite beauty. At about half-past eight
o'clock, the grand painted hall was opened for
the admission of the company, and exhibited one
of the-most delightful green-houses that fancy
can conceive. On every side of it orange trees,
rose trees, flower pots, kc. of the greatest
luxuriance, enchanted the eye by their varied
tints, and perfumed the air with their sweets.—ln
the front of it was a most brilliant star of varie-
gated lamps, with festoons of the same.—At the
door was stationed a running footman with a large
silver Mom, dressed in a short crimson petticoat,
striped and bordered with silver lace, a crimson
sash and jacket, with a most superb cap, on one side
of which was a huge bunch of natural flowers, and
on the front of it a large silver plate, with the arms,
titles, and atchievements, of the Marlborough family,
elegantly engraved.—On each side were thirteen
servants in waiting, dressed in state crimson liveries
embroidered with deep silver lace. This hall is
hung with the works of the first masters, and the
cieling beautifully painted a/ fresco.—The com-
bination of paintings, shrubs, flowers, festoons
of variegated !amps, rich liveries, kc. had the
most brilliant effea imaginable. The Milanese
minstrels were stationed in the grand gallety,
and played, during the whole evening, the
most favaurite airs and pieces. The lower part of
the house only was opened for company, and pre-
sented the most magnificent suite of apartments we
ever saw. Leaving the hall, and turning to the left,
you enter the anti-chamber, enriched with the finest
paintings and aims n; damask hangings. The carp
d'eil was rather grand than brilliant. Next
to this, are the first and second drawing-rooms,
most. splendidly lighted up with side-lights,
lustres, and girandoles. The third drawing-room
displayed ll goatee taste and beauty. file hens!.
in do s were of dove-colon-etl damask, the paintings
most exquisite, and several stands of the rarest
flowers bed around their grateful odours. The
next si, soment was the erand saloon, hung with
crimson laertask, and lig t tni up with a most bril-
liant ]ware -a the t .-ntre. From thence you entered
a large caul c responding -rich the grand
saloon, in han-int,., an, I presenting a ti to display of
paintings. Nts: s the damask room, fitted up .o a
similar style of ornament. Among the paintings,
is the celebrated Rt. NEN ei Wife. B 0'11: figures,
antiquerstatues, and goldeo bra-ches, also c.filtrst.
buted their aid in the embelltsliment of this
charming room. The grand drawint,oroom closes
this magnificent suite Here are the celebrated
paintings by Roues, that once belonged to
Cuaet.rs I. Tots apartment was the must su-
perb of all. In this her t;race -mended the a home
evening, to receive her company, is sihich task
she was aSioiSted by Lady E. SP SNCEN, list
Grace's youngest daughter, whose beauty, ale.
ante of dress, and polished manners, excited ani-
•st sal admiration. I'he apartment to the rigl:t of
the 1).1 near the grand .taircas was laid nut fin
refreshments, consisting of a profusion of the fiu st
sweetmeats. Thetwo s cow;, axis w reappropri-
ated to carriages, and the grand co at yard before the
hail was only accessible to cliatrs, the fair owners of
which entered at a separate door from that by
which those were aamitted who came in ca..: iages.
The }cite leading into the Park remained open by
royal permission for carriages to pass into the Park
during the whole evening. The Dachess and
Lady E. Sr caeca were dressed with elegant sim-
plicity in plain white. The dree.es were chiefly
white, with veils upon the head ornamented with
gold oriental borders. The company amounted to
bout WO, including—

The Prince of W.Jes.
Prinre Wahani of fa ,urester.
Th. Sr •ri.ll A iliba,ml.a.
e—Grlft-n, B-rri.
ntiche,, —Lend, Galan, Bolton, and Neethumber',ad.

Earls.. At mt worth, Athlone, Stanhope,
P.' nDrok , ‘turetuil, tipper (hoary, Harewoud,
Sefton, D. too nth, Ch. lone I, and G..l'u.ay.
hom•-•ses..-13...wag. r Bath, Salsbury, Headfurt, Bland-
ford, aid Nelleaiy.
Cou.nesse..— .V..rolzow,Clan'n:, s ,'i wag :r Baeltingha.n.
Cisr, Wentworth, roil, Athlone, It ..sesuerry.
Ila rington, C De Damn:tun, f.'s Tan
kerviile, Seoul, Dow..ger Aq.b.iruhani, Ch.l.hon•
Gmsv .it Cam tvon, Rath ur,t, I Sarrinoutla, Carysfurt,
C1,..1111 !1, L•ye., Ch..t!..trii, and F••liester.
Viscaunt--.C.an' y, Clifton, R..n.• ash.
V,senunie.se.*--B.2yning, CI Eden, Newark.
Kiterdtasti,H St. win:Etch°, Amherst.
Sirs—...C. R. hosigston, C Pei.ce, S. tiinne, 11. Dashwoud,
C &Sloan, C War:
Ladle.—•C 1.-.•asox, A. Cumb,el..it Grantham, C...f..hn •
son, N S •nr. r, 'lwo Emelisis. Sehright, A.
A.1.1.-y, F RateLlfe, 1)./wag Amherst, M. Primrose, A. M.
Stanhope, Viurnys, Three 1 henries, Evelyn, LouKlale, Heal'.
Cote, Hollywood, Kn, nett., G. Cavil, M. T.ltor, two ISeres•
fords, Stewart, L. Stewart, Croft, Bishop, Dundss, M.lllll
Deli., E. Lotto., De Clifford, A Birk, E Pelham, Lambert,
Aintiero, F. Sooler,er, .1. I ek, lii. wink,., I'etre, %Val
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1t...m.1A, Tenter len, Fi.tger....d, Crultun, A. Ludlow, and
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LAW INTF.LLI3ENCE.

C OF KING'S RENCII, WESTMINSTER, Just 23
BLl,re Lord EL LEN aolcouon am! a Special

THE KING r. ROOSIts /Pa OTH V ES.

This was an indietment agai..st John and Thomas
Rogers, Mark Simonds, and IVilliarn Morley, for
an assault upon Thomas tludson, the head game-
keeper at Osterly Park.
It appeared th :! the Defendant, Mr. Timmits
Rogers, a respeCiaOle farmer in the nvigh!giurhood
of Osterly Manor, was in t!t. haLit of ..hoof
h.tres in the ground. about that qit liter, for whieVt
he had the usual privilege. One evening, as he
was riding through the Park, Hudson, Ilk Prose.
tutor, attempted to obstruCt him, and insisted he
should not pass through the gate, nor interfere w.th
the g ,me. Up m which, Thomas Rogers said. he
would ride over him ; and, clapping spurs to his
horse, rode dirt:illy against him, and tumbled him
into the ditch: Midi, n struck Rogers and his horse
with a knotted holly stick. The laver then
from his horse, seized the stick, and having
wrenched it out of the other's hand, beat :.inn so
severely as to break the stick on his head, and :Hake
the blood flow plentifully. While these parties were
so engaged, the other persons who had come into
the field with Rogers, seven in number, three of
whom were Idefendants, joined in close combat with
the under game-keeper, C-Jrnelius Browne, and out
Savoury, a person belonging to Osterly Park. Hud.
son, finding he was getting the worst of it, snatched
a double-barrelled gun out of Brown's hand. and
presented the but-end of it at Thomas Rogers, in
order to keep him off.
When the Prosecutor, Hudson, was cross exa-
mined by Mr. GA alow, he admitted he did strike
Thomas Rogers first ; he said he would know Mr.
Morley again if he should see him ; and several
gentlemen in Court being pointed out to him by the
earned Counsel, he said " None of them was the
man.' Upon Mr. GAKIIOW'S pointing out one
gentleman in particular, the Witness swore positive-
ly he was not the person ; but it turned out that he
WAS the identical Mr. Morley, and a tepeeable hop.
merchant in the Borough. The Witness insisted he
would; know the man, and described a person to-
tally different from tiiat gentleman.
Cornelius Brown, the under game-keeper, swore
he saw Hudson getting oat of the ditch, and Ungar
sf;ately Thomas Rogers rode ep to him, and cried
out " Now I'll d., for you." There were seven per-
.oas altogether with Rogers, and there were but
three upon Hudson's striking at Rogers and his
horse. Rogers alighted, seized the stick, and beat
Hudson with it till he broke it, and brought him to
the ground. 'Me blows viLr.:2ll given on the head,
:in.! he was all over a pre ot blood. The Witness
'l..n took the stick out of Rogers's band, or he be-
lieved he would have killed the other ; and indeed
he thought Hudson was dead, for the blood was
flowing all over his coat. He admitted he had
struck Thomas Rogers, but it was with his open
Lind. He also descri'aed Mr. Morley as a stout,
last; mans and when that gentleman was pointed
Jaz to him, he swore positively that was not the per-
son. He denied being one of the persons who
beenght Mr. Morley out of his bed at eleven o'clock
at night under a Judges warrant.
A surgeon residing at Isleworth was examined ;
he said, he was sent for to dress the wounds of the
Gamekeeper, and found one of four inches long and
two inches obliquely deep in his head : if the blow
had fallen straight upon the head, a fraCture in the
skull must have been the consequence; he did not
pronounce him out of danger for four days, and was
under the necessity of attending him for some weeks.
Mr. Ease IN E was proceeding to state the Defen-
dant's rat ; when
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Mr. Gass interrupted him, by saying, he had
been empl.tyed by the Trustees of the Manor of
Osterly, to conduft this prosecution; that it was by
no means their wish to injure the Defendants : and
if Messrs. Rogers would engage not to molest the
grounds of °stet ly Park in future, they would not
even ask the costs of the *Rion.

Mr. GA aa ow stated, that he was concerned for
one of the Defendants only, Mr. Morley, and as he
had not been identified by any of the witnesses, he
must be acquitted. He further said, he could have
proved that Mr. Morley was coming to town in the
mail coach when the transaltion happened.
As the assault was proved, the Jury found the
Defendants, John and Thomas Rogers and Mark
Simonds Guilty, but acquitted Mr. Morley.