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house (taken)
Been bcttiug between Fits-Orvilk and Brother to Magi-
strate, for 300 gutueas match at Newmaiket.

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The betting-mom we. tbiuly sttesded, awl but few bets
made.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN. DEMIBIR 22.

On Saturday night, at two o'clock, the inhabi.
tants of the Castle were shinned by a sudden cry of
" Fire !" when it was discovered, that in the draw.
log-rooms of the south-east wing of the gaud front
now nearly finished, the destructive element had
commenced its ravages, and threatened the Jr.
atroctiou of the emote new building. The fire, it
seems, was occissunied by the airing of the rooms
before the hearth stones and grates were set. There
was a large quantity of coals and turf, for that
purpose, deposited in the centre of each room, to
which had the fire communicated, it would have
been scarcely possible to have saved this valuable
edifice. By the great and unremitted exertions of
the Officers and privates of the 93d Highlanders,
the fire was extinguished before it had done much
damage. Among the former Major Gordon, Cap-
tain lowan, and Ensign Sutherland, were parties.
larly attire.
We have to announce, with deep regret, the
death of Sir Humpliry May, Bart, of Mayfield, in
the county of Waterford. He and his Lady re.
cently went to France, but his progress through the
country was arrested by that event.

We regret to barn. that on Tuesday night
the Honourable Montagu Mathew, one of the
Representatives in Parliament for this County,
bad a serious paralytic attack, at Castlefogarty, the
Meat of Thomas Lanigan, Esq. near Thudes. We
have some satisfaction, however, in saying. that
gentlemen since arrived from that neighbourhood
bring intvlligence, that the Him. Gentleman is in
soave degree better.—(Cluswiel Paper.)

ST NICHOLAS' BAY HARBOUR AND CANAL.

A Court of Directors. and an half-yearly As.
senility of the Proprietors of this Company, were
lit Id at the Guildhall in this City. pursuant to the
Act of Incorporation, on Tuesday last ; when,
among other matters, the Deputy-Governor reported
that, in compliatice with an opinion entertained,
that a more eligible point of communication with
the Thames etc! Medwey might be obtained by a
canal navigation from Nagden Creek to this city,
he had employed an able engineer, Mr. Thomas
Telford, who had attentively surveyed the laud
upon four different lines—the first in a direction
from the above point, rounding the foot of the
Boughton Blean hills, through Old Wives Lees, to
Shalinesford-bridge, and from thence by the
valley to Canterbury —the second, from the
same point. over Dargate Common, through
the ridge of the Boughton Blean hills, North
Flishopoten IVood, and Saint Thomas's hill, to
IVestgate Court—the third, by relinquishing the
lust line to ‘Vestgate Court, mud fixing its
termination near the lied Lion public-house, on
the Whitstable road—the fourth' line, that of
tonsil% down the valley to the north-east of
the above public-house, and terminating on the sea.
shore at Swab elide. In reference to the two first
lines, Mr. Telford observes. that the first being en-
cumbered with four miles of tunnelling. besides
iiiiich deep cutting; rind the second having two
miles of tunnel. a. ul•o much deep cutting, with
360 feet of lockage uhowe ordinary high water-
-411,4 rk. and in tech case a doubtful supply of lixier,
they mein to involve much greater difficulties and
expense that. the apparent intercourse will jiislify.

With respect to the two latter, lie observ.s, that
both these lines, by terminating near the Red Lion
public-house, leave the communicAtion with the
city of Canterbury encumbered with three miles of
laud carriage nye; very hilly ground, besides a coin.
partitively greet lockage, and a very doubtful blip.
ply of water ; and these circumstances induce him
to suspect, that all improved laud conveyance to
Whitstable. or even to Nagden, would supersede,
or an far divide tl.•: business, as to 'coder it uniid-
visable to incur the expense which either of these
imperfect projects would create.
tinon the whole, he concludes by observing,
that if a regular water conveyance is desirable to
the city of Catio•rbury, it will be must prudent to
reconsider the plan origiustly projected of proceed-
ing by the natural valley to the sea-shore of St.
Nicholas Bay. and endeavour to discover a more
fivourable point for the construction of the en-
trance from the sew (and which, it is thought, may
be found near Reculver). And if this could be ac-
complished at is moderate expense, the city would
then be effectually accommodated, by an open
canal, with a small lockage, and a certain supply
of water.

Tile further considenoion of this important work
remains suspended until the result of an applica-
tion to the Commissioners for a loan of Exchequer
Bill, shall have been ascertsiued ; in the meats
time, it may oat be irrelevant to add, that the ne-
cessity and utility of au harbour, on that part of the
coast abuse alluded to, become daily RION •pparent,
and are acknonlet4rsil ems by those who were an
the list instance its stroligest oppiments.
The pions and Nectiong of the above lines were
merle by Mr. Grist, of this city, end order the di-
ecrimi of !Mr. Tel tont, who has expressed himself
much satisfied with the accuracy and the tihility
with wit: ch they are exec uted.—Wentish Chrortick.)

SHEEP SKINS.
Polled, Bs 6d to Ile 6.l—Duane, 51 6d to 6. 6d.

PAGRANTI:V of QURZN ELIZ.4I3E:II.

Paid ifentaner, a Gorman, who travelled in
EaKland in the reign of Q. 111.11 Eliz4betli, gives
tlie following account of the dress and 'node of
living of that Prince:sok. The original ►eo.k. which
is in I,auin. is now extremely rare. A tr.mAilitio
of beveral curious extracts was made by Homer
11'all►ule

" We arrived next at the Rowel Palace of Greenwich. re-
ported to have been originally built by Humphrey, Duke of
Gloucester, and to have received very magnificent
from hewn VII. It was ber•e Elterbeili, the present goeri,
was born, and here she generally result +; partici' arly its
summer, for the delightfulne►s of its siniatori. We were
admitted by an order Mr. Rogers had precinct' from the
Lord Chamberlain, into the Presence Chamber, hung '
will,
rich tapestry, and the fl,•or, after the English fashion, strewed
with hay, th gh which the Queen cominwily pasties in her•
way to the Chapel : at the dour 'total a ;:emir-matt dre.ard
in veleet, with a gold chain, whose oilier was to introduce
to the Queen any person of distinction that came to wait on
her. It was Sunday, when there is usually the greatest at-
tendance of nobility.
" In the some hall were the Archbishop of Canterbury, the
Bishop of London, a great number of Couesellors of Stole,
Officers of the Crown, and Gentlemen, who waited the
Queen's arming out, which she did from her own apart-
ment, when it was lime to go to prayers, attended in the
following manner
First went Gentlemen, Barons, Earls, Knights of the
Garter, all richly dressed and bareheaded; next came the
Chancellor, bearing the Seals, in a rich silk purse, Isetwreri
two, one of which carried the Royal Sceptre, the other the
Sword of State, in a red scabbard, studded with ifoltlat
Mears de Lir, the point upwards. Next came the
Queen, in the sixty-fifth year of Ler age, as we were
told, very majestic; her face oblong, fair, but wrankted
her eyes small, yet black aid plea.aut ; her nose a little
booked ; her lips narrow, and her teeth black (a defrrt
the English seem subject to, from their too great use of
sugar); she had is her ears two pearls, with very rich drops;
she were false hair, and that red; upon her head she had a
small Crown, reported to be made of the geld of the cele-
brated Lumehourq table; her bosom wa■ uncovered, as
all the English Ladies have it, till they marry; and she
bad on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels; her hands were
small, her fingers long, and her stature neither tall nor low ;
her air was stately, her manner of speaking mild and obliging.
That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls
of the sire of hams, and over it a mantle of black silk, shot
with silver threads; bee train was very long, the end of it
borne by a Marchioness ; instead of a chain, she had an ob-
long collar of gold and jewels. As she went along in all
this state and magnificence, she spoke very graciously, first
to one, then to another, whether foreign Ministers, or those
who attended for different reasons, in English, French, and
Italian—for, besides being well skilled its Greek, Latin, and
the lattguages I have mentioned, she is mistress of Spanish,
Scotch, and Dutch: w►oever speaks to her, it is kneeling ;
now and then she raters some with her hand While we
were there, W. Slawata, a Bohemian Baron, bad letters to
present to her, and she, after pulling off her glove, gave
him her right hand to kiss, sparkling with rings and
jewels, a mark of particular favour; wherever ►he turn-
ed her face, as she was going along, every body fell down on
their knees. The ladies of the Court followed next to
her, very handsome and well shaped, and fur the moat
part dressed in white ; she was guarded on each side by
the Gentlemen Pensioners, fifty in number, with gilt
battle-axes. In the anti-ehapel, next the ball where we
were, petitions were presented to her, and she received them
most graciously, which °cautioned the acclamation oft Long
live Queen Elisabeth!' She answered it with, s I thank you,
my good people.' In the chapel was excellent music; as
soon as it and the service was over, which scarce exceeded
half an hour, the Queen returned in the same state and
order, and prepared to go to dinner. Rut while she was still
at prayers, we saw bee table set out with the following
solemnity :
" A gentleman entered the room hearing a rod, and along
with him another who hada table-cloth, which after they had
both kneeled three times with the utmost veneration, he
spread upon the table, and after kneeling again, they both re-
tired. Then came two others, one with tbe rod again, the other
with a salteeller, a plate, and bread ; when they had kneel-
ed, as the others had done, and placed what was brought
upon the Wile, they too retired with the same ceremonies
performed by the first. At last came an uninaried lady (we
wore told she was a countess), and along with her a married
one, bearing a lasting-knife, the former was dressed its white
silk, who, when she bad prostrated herself throe times in the
most graceful manner, approached the table, and rubbed the
plates with bread and salt, with as much 'mem if the Queen
had been present. When they bad waited there a little while,
the yeomen of the guard entered, bare-headed, clothed in star-
let,.with a gulden rose aeon their backs, bringing in at each
turn a curlew of 24 dishes, served in !slate, most of it gilt;
these dishes were received by a GeottlCUlall nt the same order
they were brought, and placed upon the table, while the
Lady taster gave to each of the guards a mouthful to eat of
the particular dish he had brought for fear of any poison.
—During the time that this guard, which consists of the
tallest and stoutest men that can be found its all England,
being carefully selected fur this service, were bringing din-
ner, twelve trumpets and two kettle drums made the hall
ries; fur half an hour together. At the end of this cere-
monial, a number of unmarried ladies appeared. who, with a
particular solemnity, liked the meat off the table, and con.
veyed it into the Queeu'a inner and more private chanibt r,
where, after she had chosen fur herself, the rest goes to the
ladies of the Court."

The Sallie traveller, it appears, attended to sports
as well as pageants. He gives the following account
of Bartholoniew Fair :
" Every year upon St. Bartholomew's Day, when the fair
is held, it is usual for the Mayor, attended by the twelve
principal Aldermen, to walk in a neighboassitig
Upon their arrival at a place appointed for that pur•
pose, where a tent is pitched, the mob begin to wrestle
before them, two at a time; the conquerors receive
rewards from the Magistrates. After this is over a parcel of
live rabbits are let louse among the crowd, which are
pursued by a number of boys, who endeavour to
catch them, with all the noise they can make. While
we were at this shew, one of our company, Tobias
Solander, doctor of physic, had his pocket picked of
his parse, with nine crowns du Weil, which without doubt
was so cleverly taken from him by an Englishman, who al-
ways kept very close to him, that the Doctor did nut in the
least perceive it."

The billowing is his account of the fitting up
of the Chamber of Parliament :
" In the chamber where the Parliament is urually held,
the seats and wainscot are made of wood, the growth of
Ireland, said to hare had that occult that all
?clamors animals are driven away by it."

The Christims %hew of horses at York was not
attended by many London dealers. Horses of a
superior kind, adopted for the carriage, bought at
high prices; but such were calculated for the
saddle ou the road were not much inquired after,
and there was no demand fur any to supply the
cavalry, whose own horses are now to he disposed of.
Amongst some of the evils which the disbanding
of a part of the military and the navy hits produced,
is that of a number of forged passes, carried about
by women, pretending to be the wives of si+ per.
sons, amid which the constables and overseers of the
different parishes have no means of detecting, as
they cannot know the signatures of the Command-
ing Otterr atid tile Magistrates aim may have
granted them, and by which means lunge toms have
been ttaudulently uhtnuted 1 difierent town.
ships, titimy of which hare suffered to much, that
it will ire dig rmis for a Persoot Mai with a putting
pass, t 4 obtain fetid in future,

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