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Generals—Oitiittiewc, Manners, Wickton, Gurton,l3ert.e,
Belfour, Duud.z, Wi!toil, Weniyis, St. Juhii, tl,bcr, and
Matthews.

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:av: an..l Saecd.

Ma"pr Perkin..
Captains---liowarti, &felon, Towers Digl.y„ Murray, and
Nome.
Rev. Dr. Siemer.

Mr-isieurs—KnowleP. IVatom, Hey m•hl4, Cormlbe-
Hawk•My, TA!...)ot, i auwkc, H. Wynne Fuller, Milk m,
Wm. Dumf.'', 'Trevor, Limner, Gordon, Option, Favaner,
• GWVille, Wyper, bests Ftneman, C. York, sod Omer's.
. The following Presentations took place to his
. MAJISTV
Mr. Talbot, SecctLity to Lord Whitworth, on his return
Ina Fuoce.

Count Zeznilike, by the Imperial Ainbauartor.
Ur. AtigitaLt, by ius Leber, the Sp:wish Ambimador.
Captaia ft ~v44c41, 42. o..neral mAnncrs.
• General Wi&AM, by the Marquis of Huntley.

Sir I lungerford I lOACins, by Lid Tcmple.

EiLsign S'otton, by Gen.:rdMiinoees.
Mr. !teary Wynne, by his brother, Sir Vt. atkin William
Wynne.
Mr. Ifaiske, by his tither, Lord Ifavoke.

The Levee closed about a quarter before two
o'clock; after which his MAJESTY held a Privy Coun-
cil, which was attended by the CHANCEL...OR of
the EXCHEQUER, Lord HOBART, Lord PELHA NI,
Earl of CHATHAM, Earl WLSTMORELA ND, and
Aaalsoros. The Deputy Vice-Chamberlain
attended the Council on special business.
About tw o'clock the LORD MAYOR arrived at
St. James's in state, attended by his Chaplain,
Aldermen ANDERSON, BoYDELL, LE Mrsuateit,
CUILTIS, LAMER, Flowsit, PERCH•RD, LEA, the
Recorder, the Sheriffs, the Chamberlain, the Com-
mon Serjeant, and all the City Officers, and a num-
ber of Commoners. Soon after their arrival, his
MAJESTY, being seated on his Throne, received the
Addresses of the City from the LORD MAYOR.
His Lordship had the honour to kiss his MAJEsTY's
hand on the occasion, as did each of the Aldermen.
After His MAJESTY had received the Address,
he gave private Audiences to Lord Pm. it Am, Lord
HOBART, Mr. A.DIHNOTOI4 Marquis of HUNTLEY,
Earl SCARBOROUGH, Lord 'lldoi.Eswovni, and Ge-
neral MarniEws. At a quarter before five his
MAJacry returned tu the Queen's House to dinner.
This day her MAJESTY will hold A Drawing
Room.

PARISIAN FASHIONS.
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Apple green is the favourite colour fur the taffeta capotes.
They are also of dark green, rose, canary, jonquil, and lilac.
The perkale capotes are also returning into favour. Some
milliners use a cotton net, upplifuni upon either white or co-
loured Florence, in making capotes. We see undress bonnets
of white crape, ornamented with transverse stripes of very
bread ribbon, plaited In wolf's teeth. It would be diffictilt to
my which is the more common trimming, ribbon cut and
rumpled into a bench, or trimming of wolfs teeth. Yellow
straw hats with a very broad leaf are still worn. The newest
ribbons are sergcs and satins. Crops are still the fashion. In
the nape of the neck, and rin the back of the head, the hair
should not be so long as eight days growth. It is only per-
mitted to grow towards the crown of the heed, when it is
eraped and collected into a bunch. As the frills constitute an
essential part of fashion, they every day appear in new forms.
The newest are puffed very full. They sometimes make a
part of the khu-chemise.—The Jewish tunics and round rubes
a¢ generally white. These two kinds of dress admit of a great
deal of trimming. The eleganta of the first order wear a co-
hered handkerchief, pendent from the neck —lt is sometimes
silk, sometimes painted cambrick. This loose handkerchief
is so essential a part of the toilette. that they sometimes wear,
besitUrs, a white hmbilkerthief. The waists are very lung, in-
deed as long as when whalebone boddices were in fashion.—
Some jeweller; oricament the backs of the golden cambia ith
baskets of flowers, made of feathers of rich plumage, glazed
like the lids ui toothpick eases and sugar boxes.

On the Kino's birth-day, it is usual, in every
Theatre in Great-Britain to pay the proper tribute
of loyalty, by singing God Save the King. We
were astonished, therefore, that the whole vocal
strength of the Opera House did not come forward
after the Opera was over last Saturday, to gratify
the audience with this popular Air.
The Ro v•t CIRC vs was last night most fashion-
ably attended. The amusements at this Theatre are
of the first description. Mrs. PAR KER is a star of the
greatest brilliancy ; her aging is the most chaste and
ptoetic the stage can boast of. The novelty this
place produces, ensures the greatest success; and
we conceive it well merited,for no Place of Entertain-
Meat, in our opinion, can be more ably conlucted.
Prince WI LLI•bl of Gt.occasT as, instead of con-
tinuing his tour through Germany, has received or-
ders from his Mkt xsry to return immediately to
rt4gland. The 4owthya frigate has arrived at Cur-
haven, to take his Royal Highness home.
The Ifferewy, in. the Downs, is to proceed to
3eisey, to be Alder the orders of Rear-Admiral Sir
JAwsts SAUMAllito
dlat ' suede to the Admiralty
mFuerous,
expedition

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intbletit olits ihiYarr, .
the Lotb M. to*, Aldermen. 'and
Common Onutril of the City of London, went. in
procession, attended by the Sheriffs, Mr. R est Est-
ee Aticea, and other City Officers, from Guildhall
to St. Jaines'4, and presented the following Address
to hit, MAJIS r • on the Throne.

TO TIIE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
The hurnb!e Address of the Lord Maroc, Aldermen, and
Conimootis of the City of London in Common Council as-
sembled.
May it phrase your Majesty,
Sc, rur Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjeeie, the
Lird Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of Loa-
th') in Common Council assembled, beg lave to approach the
Throne, at this important crisis, with oily renewed serotimenrs
of fidelity and allegiance to your Majesty's Po,rson, Crown, and
G avern meat.
We we fully persuaded of the necessity for the dec".iive and
dignified itiessitneradopted by ye+ or 7s: ojesty, by j!.e reeLll of
Your. Majesty's Ainhassad fn: •, Fiance, and the vigorous
posture of defence of the Unit. d Kongdom to repel the designs
of that Government, whose inordinate and insatiable views of
restless ambition are manifestly directed to overthrow the glo-
rious Constitution of these realms, and give a ii.ortal stab to
our existenre as a free and independcut nati an. The justice of
your Majesty's cause, and the moderation of y•err elaimi, must
be kit and aeknowlesird by every surrounding Power; and
we are convinced that the brave and happy people of this land,
conscious of the purity of thair freedom, and the inestimable pri-
vileges they enjoy under your Majesty's mild and paternal rule,
will with one band and heart reisolveto defeed and maintain them.
Yo or Majesty's faithful Citizens of Loudon feel a grateful pride
in tit:. s urance of kindred loyalty throughout your Majesty's
I &minion% and are deeply sensible of the eminent distinction
they are invested with, by this opportunity of testifying their
Isielity and attachment to their beloved Sovereign. It is our
earnest prayer that every blessing may attend and prosper your
Majesty's zeal and exertions for the welfare of your people ;
sad should substantial peace not be -ttainab'e hut by the deci-
sion of the sword, may the calionitie:: of a war not to be averted
be lost in the success and glory of its atchievernents.
Your Majesty's faithful citizens cannot, however, refraiii
from expressing their satisfaction at the disposition manifested
by your Majesty, of availing yourself of any fasorable rcurn-
staw_e of terminating the subsisting differences, whenever it
can be don.. consistentiy with the honour and dignity of your
Majesty's crown, and the security and welfare of the British
empire.

Signed, by order of Court,
HENRY WOODTHORIT.

To which his MAJESTY was pleased to return the
following most gracious answer :
I receive, with great satisfaction, this dutiful and loyal A.
dress from my City of London.
My endeavours to preserve 'peace, have been unhappily
frustrated, by the restlesi spirit of aggrandisement which actu-
ates the Council of the French Government, but I trust, the
united and vigorous exertions of the nation at large, in sup
port of the just cause we are engaged, will, under the protec-
tion of Divine Providnee, enable me to mtintiin the dignity
of my Crown, and to defend the rights and interests of city
people against every aggression.

CHRIST CHURCH, SURRr.
Having, we trust, amused our readers by our ac-
counts of the proceedings of this most agreeable
and cordial parish, it would be a pity not to inform
them of the success with which the recommenda-
tions of the Committee of the House of Commons,

with a view to reconciliation between the parties'
have been attended. It is necessary to observe that
there have been frequent requisitions on the part of
the inhabitants for a Vestry to be called, in order to
take into consideration the repairs of the Church.
—Yesterday, however, a Vestry was convened to
settle a Poors-rate, and that business having been
finished, the parishioners, who numerously attend-
ed, resolved to avail themselves of the opportu-
nity, and either have the subject then discussed, or
the Vestry adjourned until a future day.
One of the Church-wardens foreseeing the storm
that was gathering, wisely took care to keep aloof,
the other found himself hemmed in by an array
through which Ajax himself could not have pene-
trated. As soon as the business of the Poors-rate
was settled, he declared that the purpose for which
the Vestry had been called was at an end, and no
other business could be pro.ccded upon, and there-
fore by his mere authority he had a right to adjourn
the Vestry sine die, without consulting those who
were prescra. This observation was succeeded by
hisses, and a general expression of indignation. At
this moment the Clergyman, halxited in his canoni-
cal robes, rushed through the throng, and in the
name of his Ordinary denounced vengeance for such
a profanation of a temple of worship. Hisses, be
said, were the mode of expressing disapprobation in
a theatre, but were unbecoming in a Church; and be
was determined to hare the whsle parish cited be-
fore Dodors Commons, in order that they might
undergo the utmost severity of ecclesiastical disci-
pline.
The leaders of the parish ireisted upon their tight
to have a vestry for general purposes—,, Send me,"
said the Church-warden, "a requisition for a vestry,
and I will consider of it."—" No," said the pa-
rishioners, a we have sent you requisitions before,
and you have refused to pay attention to theta,
therefore now we hare got you here, you shall
either promise to call a vestry, or we will ad-
journ to a future day without your consent." They
appealed to the Vestry Clerk, who assuredthem that
the question of adjournment ought to be put to the
Vestry at large. Accordingly one of the_parishion.
ens proposed that they should adjourn till Monday
next, to take into cousideratioa the repairs of the
Church, and for other purposes. •
This motion was carried unanimously, and was
entered in the Vestry book, and sigma by every
person, present. How many were present, at is int-
possible to enumerate. • .
The inhabitants will meet again .of mewap
Monday next, when a debate far more millirem* ,
them than any that possibly can arise on tht4ece..
rah question of war and peace, is e
_epOed, tit *se
place. We much regret that neither Mr. Pitt Oi
Fox are parishioners.

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• • *)UTIFIWARK ELECTION,
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YeSterday the Poll • commented about the same
tune as on the preceding day, and, notwithstanding
the heavy rain that 1111, the friends of the Candidate
readily came (onward to give their votes. The po
closed at four o'clock, and about five. the ;umbel
ware declared by the High Bailiff as follows:
For the flight Hon. Cenrge Tie .-ney 749
For Sir Thomas Turton - - 756

Mr. TIER/4E V then addressed the populace, with
stating., that he had but very little to express, fur-
ther than his thanks, for the honor they had done
him, by their attendance; and to advise them to
retreat out of the rain to a place of shelter, as that
was of more consequence to them than any words
he could make: use of. He observed, that he had
been successful in the day's poll, having obtained
a majority of near double the number of votes more
thaii on the preceding day. The worthy Baronet
on the Hustings had said, at the close of Tuesday's
poll, that he, (tile Right i lon. Gentleman) would
be glad to blirow twenty votes of him ea Wed-
nesday ; it, howevtr, had turned out to be rattier
an erroneous calculation, which was the more to be
wondered at, as the worthy Baronet was a good cal-
culator. With respect to the votes in general, near
two to one were given in his favour is all the pa-
rishes except St. George's, from which a majority
had been obtained against him of two or three ; but
that circumstance was nothing to speak of when lie
came to consider that many of his friends had been
prevented from coming by the showers of rain
which had fallen, and that the Baronet's voters had
been induced to come from that parish by a shower
of half-guineas, (Huzza listsza I) This was a fad
he was assured of; and as soon as the necessary evi-
dence could be procured, he intended to bring ac-
tions for bribery. He did not mean to say the mo-
ney so given was the Baronet's, but k was the pro-
perty of the Baronet's friends. If the Right Hon.
Gentleman had employed the Captain to contraLYt
for votes, at that day he should have obtained a
sufficient number to have carried the Eledion ; he
had made no overtures or contrakas whatever, his
friends came forward to support him from principle,
and not interest. lie would not detain his friends,
many of whom he saw in the crowd, that had come
too late to give their votes, by speaking longer,
provided the worthy Baronet would not make a
long speech ; he therefore had only to lament the
weather had proved so unfavourable for the business
of the poll, and that his friends had suffered so
much from the rain. For the honour he had re-
ceived by their votes, he expressed his thanks, and
requested they would step forward again to support
him on the following day—not to vote for him as
an undue Eledor, which he had been represented to
be by the worthy Baronet, whose friends had distri-
buted half guineas (the populace continued hiving
for some time), but as a Candidate whose design
was to be eleded by honourable means, without dis-
tributing bribes for that purpose.
Sir 1 HONIAS TIIJILTON said, although there was
a majority at present against him, he had a greater
fund of votes to bring forward than the Right
Honourable Gentleman, and he trusted he should
be able to afford him those twenty votes which had
been alluded to. With respell to the expression
made use of by the Right Honourable Gentleman,
stating, that he was a calculator he did not ac-
knowledge himself to be such ; the Right Honocr-
able Gentleman had been calculating for some time
past, to obtain a place in the Treasury (loud bursts
of applause front the spectators) had given up his seat
in Parliament for that purpose, and now appeared
again as a candidate to be elected by undue interest,
(Huzza likzu !) and the influence of Govern-
ment. He denied that any money had been given
on his part, to induce the voters to come forward in
his behalf from the parish of St. George, or that
any contrails had been made for that purpose. He
observed, that the People ought not to be hummed
by the assertion to that end, made by the Right
Hon. Gentleman, who had also expressed his igno-
rance of coutrads, but it would appear that he had
contradedtobecome Treasurer of the Navy, (Huzza!
ifuzza!) And the people would judge of the con-
trails he would make now he was in office. (Long
and repeated plaudits). The Right Honourable Gen-
tleman was supported by the dependants of the
Government, and it was his triumph, and ought to
be the triumph of the public, that he was placed in
a situation to oppose him. He called upon them, as
tree electors, to maintain the freedom of election,
by coming forward to support him, in order to des-
troy undue influence. He did not wish to detain
his hearers any longer than was necessary—the Hea-
vens had proved extremely inauspicious to their en-
deavours to serve him ; the rain descended fast, anu
to make long speeches would be cruel. He returned
his thanks for the inclination they had shewn to en-
counter the different hiconveniencies which they
must necessarily have met with on such a day as
that, on account of his interest, and concluded with
remarking how necessary their votes would be on
Thursday, when he had not the least difficulty to
believe that they would conceive it their interests to
step forwardforthe purpose of preserving thelibt.rty
of eleilions, and file independence of the Constitu-
tion.
Mr. T I r.aw E v said, he was compelled to say a few
words further in answer to an expression nude use
of by the worthy Baronet, relative to the interfer-
ence of the Government in procuring him votes.
Hs could say, with strict prOpriety, that Govern-
ment never suffered a fairer election to take place
than that; he therefore thought observations levelled
Ai per in high official situations were extremely
improper, and the conduct of Sir Thomas Turton
highly censurable.
The C211466rPt then withdrew, and the hustings
were cleaved. At that part of Sir T. Turton's
speech, where he alluded to the interest which Go-
verment might take in electing Mr. Tierney, some
person who stood behind him laid hold of his coat,
with intent to pull him off the hustings, which be
resisted, mita his frienets owes and conveyed the
person who offered the insalraway.
The following venal ant to be Prepared for com-
mission at P 4111410111 r 'as possible :
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Capt.
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liras , T. O'Nett..
Mouelirren 16— t1A..0,..
Arc's l6 ..-.... , .4ii. Capt. E. KING.
Vices@ 10.0- apt Ulpsv.
Cortill GITIARO, frai the Pr ore of Wain,
app to the Dryo4 vice DOULTT, find Capt.'
et7ll/11 !n ointedu, regulating officer at Exeter, to the Pram.
of belt.

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COUCT KINgSa I, cartr.Dlr Ita4v a.
• . Blare Lord ELLENSOILOCC:t.
itwtss V. warm.
This was an aCtion fir assault and batte-v, and
else imprisonment, brought by the Plaintir, Asher
vas an Attorney at Law, to recover daaitg:s of
.he Defendant, the proprietor of a very eel:Air:red
imblic house called the Cock, at Temple stir. The
case, as stated on the part of the Plaintiff's Counsel,
was a very violent tine. It *as supposed that the
Plaintiff, after having soberly and moderately finish-
ed his porter cos 1 brandy and water, had peaci•alil
retired, giving three pence to the waiter, and ci;
wishing the landlord good night. and that in
turn for this orderly and good cnndn&, the la!: '
lord had, without any provocation, rushed out
his bar, beat the pacific Attorney, dragged him iait
of die house by the collar, a:livered him over to th.:
watch, and finally had him committed to the Comp-
! ter upon an unjust allegation, that he had conuni:-
ted a riot in the Defendant's hose; all this was in-
ferred, and the injury the Plaintiff had received was
stated by Mr. Erskine in the most glowing co-
lours.
The Defendant had pleaded, first, that the Plain-
tiff had assaulted him; and secondly, that he had
conduCted himself in a riotous manner, which ren-
dered it necessary to turn him out of the house.
Upon the cross-examination of the Piaintles own
witnesses, die real plain faa appeared to be nothing
more or less than this :—the Plaintiff had been keep-
ing it up till the watchful bird, from which the
house derived its name, had twice done salutat:
to the morn •, it was be:wcen two and direct o'clock ;
and what added to th., impropriety of the Plain-
tiff's intemperance was, that it was a Sunday morn-
ing. At such an hour it was net a: all surprising
that the Plaintiff should have forgot precisely the
number of glasses of brandy and water he had
drank, and he insisted he had drank less by one
than the waiter had charged him widi. The waiter
maintained the accuracy of his reckoning, upon
which the Plaintiff persisted he was mistaken, and
attempted to beat it into him by those manual and
praCtical arguments, which few Englishmen, howe-
ver low their situation, chuse
.to endure with pa.
ience. An Appeal was made to the Landlord, who
said, he would as soon believe his waiter as he would
the Plaintiff, at the same time notmeaning to make
any refle:tion on him for being an Attorney.
The Plaintiff, irritated at his veracity being put at
issue with that of a common tapster, declared it was
only the Defendant's being at the bar proteeted
and that, if he would not demur to coming out, he
would treat him as he deserved. He then proceed-
ed to make a noise and disturbance, upon which the
Defendant was compelled, for the sake of preservinz
the peace of the house and family, to proceed to
an ejeetment ; and for that purpose, having gently
laid his hands upon the Plaintiff, he succeeded its
getting the Attorney on the outside of his house, and
then very wisely fastened his door to prevent hi r. -
admittance, and delivered him into the custody of a
faithful guardian of die night, denominated a watch-
man, who. carried him before a constable of the
watch, by whom, after hearing the charge, he was.
committed to the Poultry Compter, where he laid
perdue till the next day at noun, when, upon depo-
siting certain symbols, as a security for his appear.'
ance before the Magistrate the next morning, he was
released from incarceration.
This appeared to be the whole of the case.
Mr. GA ititow, who was counsel for the Defend-
ant, proposed, in consideration of the confinement
the Plaintiff had suffered, to withdraw a juror.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH was of opinion, that the
Plaintiff's riotous conduit, at such an hour of a
Sunday morning, was a justilicati6n of what the
Defendant had done. His Lordship also thoug;ii,
that the Plaintiff's threat to the Defendant, in case
he came out of his bar, amounted to a challenge.
Mr. Gartaow, though he clearly might have ha I
a verdia, adhered to his first proposition, and a ju-
ror was withdrawn.
The Defendant and his party, elated at their vic-
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' tory, prc ceeded to the Cock in triumph, where no
doubt there was plenty of crow;ng in the course or
the evening.
The principal part of the day was occupied in
causes of the most. trivial nature ; the above was
the only one we were able to select.

COURT OF COMMON PLF-I.qi Junl

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Before Lord ALVANLEy.
114AsTILKMAN V. LONGMAN.
This was an anion brought by the Plaintiff against
Mr. Richard Longman, a distant relation of Long-
man, the well-known music-seller, to recover the
balance of an account between them.
The defence was, that a partnership existed be-
tween the Plaintiff and the Defendant. It appeared
that the Defendant, who had been the journeyman
of Longman and liroderip, in Cheapside, had en-
tered into an engagement with-the Plaintiff to make
piano-fortes of different qualities, to which the name
of Longman was to be affixed as the maker. It
seemed that peat complaints were made d sor.le
of these piano-tortes, in consequence of their being
made up of wood, and not properly seasoned ; they
warped, and were incapable of emitting those sweet
sounds. of which those instruments properly mane-
fthured are capable. The concern was of course
a losing one, and the Plaintiff alledged that the De
fondant was indebted to him in the sums for
this anion was brought. The sole question was,
whether a Partnership existed or not ; there W.t
much contradiftory evidence, and the cause p! ~
ceeded to so late an hour that we are unable td
state the result. Ie is not very material, nor should
we have mentioned the subjea at all, except for the
purpose of informing those amateurs,and particularly
we Ladies, that when they are about to isurciiase
Piano Forte, they ought not to depend entirely
upon the celebrity of the Name anted to it, as the
maker must recolleo that it May .have been made
a fourth cousin of the same name, or by thee:
who have assumed it in order to give bad bums- •
meats the currency of good ones.
The SOLICITCIa GEN;aaL succeeds Banta fle•
re•bis who retires, and Mr. Das. LAS sines lka4 a tie
iOLICITOR GteElt At. ••
The antral circumstances a thcaltp ilteletwera
Box AlkiseTe and the Russian 4ambnesador at i
we understand, from good authority, to Ile these r
('he latter having requarted the release of some of
. the English detained in Frame he as anrweve,i-
fery abriahtly by the Fitter Cesare t.—M.bs soar
r vs, (fairer. BONLIP /art iinmealiately turned
aud hothing further passed upon the =Skit

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The applications that are made to the Admiralty
for letters of marque, are exceedingly numerous,
and are compiled with, with all the expedition
postltile.
The Magistratts of Bruseels have received an offi-
cials:mice, that Bosseearre expeBs to arrive in that
City ois the l4tlfilet. ift is to be accorapanied by
CZAPT At. the Moldier of the Intel-kir, who intends
ko examine all the manufaaures of Belgium.

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