The National Register.
London, England, 1808-03-06 00:00:00

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- A erten deelregat very new in its arrangement, has
Misty been sdopeatia Waal!; A Plffe Lottery is formed
by a Club,• sow asauding 100 persons, who, for a certain
'Sates wt, are ;stilled to draw lots for a number of rich
.fatutersi daughbin ; and to whomsorrei the prize is drawn
it matters sat, but that party are bound to support the for-
tunate winner, aisdo body, sulliciest to accomplish the pur-.
.poser via instantly ready to" put him in possession of his prey.
la •tuating a purpose so perfectly savage, no barbarity
is !aspen, it the unfortunate woman have strength ofpei
lion, and resolution of mind, to struggle against long conti-
nual violence. This practise has now arisen to such a height,
that many of the more opulent farmers are providing hus-
bands for their daughters at the age of 11 and 12 years, in
order to secure them from violation.
&wrest vors.---On Tuesday evening a voting Lady, in the
Borough, High-street, of much respectaiiility, and posses-
sed of an ample fortune, eloped with a Naval Officer, who
a few days ago arrived from Plymouth, on a visit to a
near comiection of the fugitive.
A dashing spinster of forty-five, eloped from the house of
her father, a retired soap-boiler, in Tottenham Court-road,
on Tuesday night, from the window of a first floor, with a
recruiting serjoant, belonging to a regiment of light dra-
goons. The Lady possesses a fortune of 6001. per annum,
and she was originally the playmate of her paramour, whose
father was a shoe-maker in that road. No tidings have as
yet been heard of the fugitives.

THE COURT AND WORLD OF FASHION.
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Trig COURT.
Wednesday 'lts Mau:errs, arrived at the Queen's Palace,
and held* private Levee. The following•had the honour
of being presented to His MAJESTY :
Lieutenant-General Tarter
venter of Berwick; Lot."
Colonel Herbert, on his
the county of Norfolk ;
appointed Captain of the.
HIS MAJESTY held a Privy' Council, to which Colonel
Herbert was introduced, and sworn into his office of Lord
Lieutenant of Norfolk.
HIS MAJESTY gave audiences to the Cabinet Ministers,
and afterwards set off on his return to Windsor.
We are happy to have it in our power to contradict the
report mentioned in several of the papers, that His •Ml-
- sight is again so much affected as to render an ope-
ration necessary. So far from this rumour being true,
the KING'S sight continues rather to mend than otherwise.

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IIY DE PARK.
The flattering appearance of the weather promises us this
day a brilliant dkplay of Fashion, and of Equipage, in the
Park ; the keen n iiitry wind being more conducive to the glow
of health, than the patent bloom of the various Pahricaleurs
des Cesnietigues, we may hope to meet our fair countrywomen
under English Colours. Here w ill be lessons for the Moralist,
the Philosopher, awl the Mau of Ton; the first may see how
fast some are driving to destruction ; the next may ruminate on
Droth and Pleasnre, which put all upou a level, from the
Dutchess revolving in the Ring in her gay Chariot, to the
sprightly Sempstress or Milliner, dashes along in the Motley
Crowd, anxious to see, and ambitious to he seen;--Whilst the
last may obserse how many buttwis of his waistcoat he may
venture to open, without infringing on the regulations of the
fashionable Barometer; and ma) perhaps, be able to ask her
flying Ladyship, " ilow she liked the last Opera? --This will
n Aurally bring on a half-debate on the Harmony, which prevails
in the Musical World, on the contested claim of the Concert
singer, and on the shocking hardship of an un-musical Chan-
cellor, or a Jury of Goths and Vandals, being admitted to de-
cide tot the merits of those, whose Votes are considered as equi-
valent to so much Sterling English Child. Such are the promised
Delights 9f the Day—" Nair nous verrons."

'arleton, upon his being appointed Go-
nd Setcy, upon coming to his title ;
is being appointed Lord Lieutenant of
Earl MINIM Ltigecombe, upon his being
e Band of Gentlemen Pensioners.
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