The Sun.
London, England, 1807-06-09 00:00:00

THE HON. MRS. PILLTERS' 11211SVERADE,

Given on Friday evening in North Andley-street,
has created -much conversation in, the fashionable
world. • The party was. originally intended to have
been only a rout, but many of the nobility and
sentry of the first • rank 'and 'respeaability having
nua4 the most-pressing entreaties to Airs. V. to give
a Masqued Ball, the Lady„ in compliance with the
wishes of her Itievids, issued tickets to the nurnber
of 700. To accommodate others who Might wiser
come only. i.n tull dress, about 300 additional Cards
were sent out ; thee together exceeded 1000, and
the company assembled at half past ode o'clock in the
morning- amounted to about 110(1 The prepara-
tions for the fete were in. a very extensive`style,•:-
The long avenue, or preteriT, from the back
front of the house to the alCove) was covered in-;
and the, trees were illuminated by means. of varie-
gated. lamps being interspersed among, the branches..
A' temporary 'collonade was, ereaed, which ,was
likewise illuminated,' for the pdrpose of giving effect
to. tke perspe#4..e.. In the open area,. forming another,
part of the zardens, were introduced a great variety
of brilliant star:sand festoons, The beauty of the in-
terior olthe bourse, it is impossible to:Convey-an idea
of by any. escription, either uport close earnination
or perspective. The' Mansion is, of great extent.
Ten elegant •rooins. were throiiin 'open at eleven
o'clock; .each of these were fitted in. a style of the
most expensive decoratioti-atid taste. 'Grecian lamps;
of unrivalled beauty and elegance) together •witiv
illuminated alabaster vases) the latter - containing
perfumes„ enriched each ailarttilent. In. a tied-.
ful kind of • druidical' temple were stationed - the
celebrated band of Milanese Minstrels, wherein'
they- played during the might, „On the' drawing-
room floor is a very noble consetvatory. This btiild-
ing was' very tastefully illnminated with tar*. l'he,
following were among the principal actors in this
happy scene: • • • -

The Duke of Curtailer/40ms a Cartlitorian Friar, unn-task-.
ed ; his Royal Highness's disguise wa.. so .complete, that
notwithstanding the many broad hints he gaVe, pal ticularly
rabis brother the of Cambridge, no One knew num.
He retired as lie cats in, unit nawn, The many pertinent re-
marks made by this. Mask excited universal curiosity.-.
Mr. Valentine tones, and Mr..illackbirrn, as, Mate acid
male Dwarfs, were good Masks ; their appearance in height'
did not exceed three feet; the dikuise consssted, of immense-
ly large -chsks; and wigs of suitable dimensions; the Lady
wore a hoop., Hon. Mr. Pole, was the repreSentative of a
High German Doctor, illiterate and -itssurning ; Mr. nisiteth
, was his doable, in
.cvery raped. .M 1. Windham, as a Ma..
gician, was a good mask I- Lord Spen.cerChichester ware a rich
Highland dress ; the tartan bonnet was very superbly orna-
mented. Mr. tones was an old -k.aglish. harm ; Mr, Ord,
a Turk ; Mrs. Ord, Polish ; ccsiuit Kowa:troy, a N teach
Valet, an. excellent Mask; Mr. 'Lawrell, a decrepart
batichee Countess of Galloway, a Swiss Peasant ;
Hornsby, as Mtss I.iiher, the Female .Rosclus„ was arigexcel-
lent character ; Capt. Edgctl, a hair-dresser afterwards au:
Old G entietrian, both equally appropriate. Ihe lovely Ars.
Berkeley eager, as Mary Queen of Seats; Mr. Grant, a Very
tall -Old MaiWn Lady ; and Mr. Hale, as an Old Lady, but
of another description. Lord -Hawke Mrs Walpole,, 1194-
blon, '11... Grosvenor, H, race lieckiford„ Wort rey, Paget,
flanks, and Conyers, Spaniards.. Lord Courtney, an Old
Lady; Sir lames Strange and Capt. Holmes' boils tine
Ladies, in tire A:drily: costume of the presentdays Mrs.
Charnpneys, as Youth and Age, a double terriale Mask, re-
presenting 'the two extremes ; the one ortissed in blue and
silver, the other in brocade silk: - Col . Thornton, as a Baron a f
Ancient ; and Mrs, Ti'. as Mary Queen of Scots. Laid
Charles Ilt-tirick was at the head of a groupe at travelling
Gypsies j. Lad) Mary llcntinek was the principal-Sybil. The
Laciies Percy were Nuns. Mr. Mrs, .i.oute, were an
honest Yorkshireman and his Wire, on a first visit to London.
M. Banks, a Tailor, Mounted on his Shop-board, equipped
with; Shears, &c. wa.s.a very good mask.

The following d6tinguished Personages likewise,
appeared en manue, viz.

Printe Esterhaty.
Puke or Beaufort.
Duchess of Beaufort.

.EARts—Eustein, Rivers, and Mansfield.
Courvrtsses Euston,Galloway, Beverley, Portarlinglou,
Mansfield, and Cork.
V isco UN TS -,Morpeth, Dungannon, and Primrose.
Viscountess Morpeth.
Louis —Cal*, Lewisham, Say and Sele,, E. Somerset,
Keith, and Macleod.
LADI xs—E. Percy; j. Percy, H. Cavendish, Cahir, E.
Somerset, C. Finch, G. Wortley, Redesdale, Say and Sele,
De Roils, Dowson, Crew, and Macleod.
COLONELS—Shaw and Osborne.

Major Thornton.
CArl A INS;--Chester, Paget, litigell; and Bride.
ML3SRS. Huokhain, Frere, Cooke, Lomax, Steele,
Dash wood, H. Neville, Micklewaite, H. collYetst l'rank-
' land, Fane, C. Moore, F. Lewis, I tby, Banks, and H4litax.
Mt aitsst s—G. Villiers, Steele, Paine, Webbe, Eteld-
ing. i3eadou, Montalieu, and Rigby.
sus —St. Julie, Steele, .C. Grimstone, Corupwall,
Towushend, and Hussey.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, • the Princd
and Princess Castelcicala, ; Marquis anti Marchioness of
Salisbury,' were among the company Kmi,were unmasked.

OXFORD .VNIERSItY.—A very extraordinary'
event has just. taken place, in adjudging the Prize
given by the Duke of PORTLAND, as Chancellor of.
that University, for the best English Prose Essay,
to the Bachelors, or Members above four years stand.
ing, and not more than seven. These Essays are
sent to the Registeri-with the nanesl,ealed up; and
the Judges having' proceeded to examine them, una-
nimonsly agreed on the decided superiority of one
out of nineteen that had been sent to them,. Upon
opening the names they found it had been written
by Lord GEORGE • GRENViLLE, second• son to the
Marquis of BUCKINGHAM, who had started for this
Prize,. under the belief that though he was an ,Under
Graduate, yet it was competent for him to'offer his
Essay in competition with. those who were so 'Much
his seniors. ' This question being nestr, was refer.
red to the Heads of Colleges•; who 'have- decided,.
that the Statute does not petinit aa.TUtider Gradu;.
ate, not of Bachelor's standing, to write for thii
Prize in competition with his seniors ; and; in' con=
sequence of this decisionp.the Jiidget proceeded •to a
second examination• of the &Says, aired have adjudg-
ed it to the second best .ekercise; 'and a' correct
statement 'of- a transadion so` I;erk. creditable to a
young' Man of only eighteen years old, has been -a6:
livered by the Vice-Chancellor:is honourable
testimony to his abilities-displayed in this compdsi-
tion,
which,, though adjudged the best, has, under
these 'circumstances—which are entirely ne.i, • and
unexampled in the Uni.yersity history-4*d ,of the
usual- prize or reward ! ' -•; ,
bt. Da ',MANDE, the celehratud' stronoinct7l,,
died at Paris on the 7th of APill;aged 776'. By
will he ordered his body to be dissetied;" and his,.;
Skeleton- to be. plated 'UT- the lAuseua of NatUro
History. • His relations; hoWevei;• regardless of this'
injunction,-caused him to be iriteol funeral,
was attended by the :Membeis olifte"National."
Institute.

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IIXTRACT orA Lifietincost A serast-Pftt,. wflo WAS.
OK BOARD THE AJAX. AT Tllll TtiklE Or HB.s TAK-,
ING EIRRA, TO HO- WIVE AT EGLOSHANLE, CDRN..

WALL.

My clear wife—i have been spared by the assist-
ance of the Althighty, to write you a few lines ;
though / have bad so many trials, that I* did not eki-
pect to escape throiigh the all but the Lord is all
sufficient. The 14th of February was the most dis-
tressing day, I ever experienced,
.I.i:eating htit death,
appeared before my eyes. 'lt -was at half past nine,
P. M. (awing I suppose to the Pnrser'g Steward
being drunk), that the. Ajax took, tire in the bread:.
room, and, before eleven that night she was, biirnt,
As it was fOred she would blow up, nobdats could
venture to assist 'us ; but sonic person had. provi-
dentiallk 'turned the .cocks and 'drowned the tnaga7
• zinc : She did not blow up till four the next Mora,'
ing. In less than twenty` minutes after the fire
broke out the ship's company were forded into the:
ocean, which
.soon became the grave of most Of
them. Our bdats could not begot otk; and all the'.
Fleet were obliged to leave 'their stations, the near-
est,being Compelled to cut their cable's, as many, of.
the Asia s gars: were leaded.' Thank God; this. did .
no hurt. was the last pUrspn that left the Ship ;,
and the prticulars. of my escape will, I ant. sure.,,,,
affea you tenderly. When the bat tain found.
it in vain to endeavoul' to :e?ttinguis4 the fire,' he
desired. every
.man to leave" her in the best
manner that he conic% to. preserve his life. I
saw no way to save toystAr; ev6ry think was:
iii flames, -and I unable. td-sW:4M. In tltis dis
tress, the 'L'64. Was: on my side., I went on the
poop, and got down the stern tackier, where I found
One 'of Our Marine Officers and' two boys Ire
trained there till the rnizen4opsa't yard 'was' burnt
down, which happening to corn stern, I jumped
into the- watei,.. gained the yaro,,?_,,wl .sotztLggt some
distance froni the Ship. -Eut I-had, however, scarCe
, room to move for dead birdies :boating elk eyely-sikre
same' sinking, and -otilc-rs, .e3t.peaing im'share the
• same fate. .1411 t nO*llg, Of:All that
I saw; you and the; 4pa; ichildven woke, the curly.
thing my thoughts-.wen
.on. in my extremity:.. The:-
. worst is yet to come sbOlg now at.„sotne-,clistatiot.
fforn the,, Ship, the :she drlfted astern,.
:came athwart the, and overcvbettne! in; fire a'nd
.srnoke, falldf the main-yard drove me It Prn
my hold an4!s4nl. me under, watpr.„. , I lost my senset
several times; for thd fire, was furious}, and ate,.
smoke overtow,ering.,' I:hdastfointh; b,wevet,. to
recover the yard,. which bygood4ock bad not drift'
ed, Whorl; the smoke cleared away 'I endeavoured.:
to„get astern;,, but when I. carne Under the quarter
the melted lead was running,ott, and I was alike. t 5
he burnt bor b.q.4'aYingbeen many times under:
water; my wet conditiqn.yrevented its doing me
ap‘y hurt.. Getting.,,furthet, astern, and -rnAking
great the TlPPutercr's .boat a length came to '
my assistance, after, having been:in the water;about
.art h,ourand a half. was,not until three in the
Morning. we i'c'fle,he.4.the ship,. where I arrivettnaked
and half dead..; Five poor spiels. had.previously died
host: picteq ;AS tcontinup still OW
board the Munder;er, whieb, with six Sail of the-
Line, 'on the I gth: 'weighed anchor. and passed
the. Dardaueltes,; being. the, firsk k.:nerny's Fleet that
ever made the attempt since the memory of man,
This celebrated passage is strongly guarded both on
the European and Asiatic sides by batteries, sup..
posed to mount-300 pIeCeS.QI cannon pf au immense
calibre, as the proved to our. cast—for we bad. some
of their shot lodged in the .Ship. that measured five
feet and half round. They are pf stcmei
,and
“ruck the-Standard, 64, that weighed 'more than
seven hundred weight. People may thinkji
but'they may.- depend.updit the truth Of it.

A few days hack a remat Utile
,circumstance oc-
curred near Dover, in which the hand of Providence
seemed particularly to. have interposed. Two girls,-
one of whom had the care of a_ child, went for a
walk with it on the heights, At the
_back of the
town, 'when irnpredently setting it clown .near the
edge of the Cliff, and' going .a small distance from
the spot, the child, 'in OttpOng to rise, and the
ground being on the decline,.telled:ever..; no assist
ance of course, on their part, could he rendered, As
the,Cliff,was nearly perpendieolar, ;With very little
growing on it ; however, on, their going . round,
Which. was a. considerable distance, they dikevered
the child suspended by its lethes hanging to a jl
shrob which grew out of the Cliff, from whence it ,
1.
was wit)) great difficulty liberated,:Without having,',
received any injury. , .
Sunday afternoon, as two or. three Irish la-
bourers were passing by St. James's Market to their
lodgings in Market-lane, they were ridiculed by
Sortie butchers, who were sitting on their stalls in,
the Market-place, with the following expressions ;
" Hurroo, Pat, when did'you hear ft-Om Sheelah
" Which way did the Bull run ?:' ‘‘ Go home to
your potatoes !" AccoMpanied‘bY• shine other very,
foolish expressions. 'The Irishmen.; not willing to
put up with such an =merited insult, retorted the
abuse, which in •klittie time came to' ticri.vs-- The
Butchers, being more numerous, had, at the COLT
mencement of the.affray, the best of it. The alarm
flew to each end of Market-lane; which Is almost
entirely occupied by the natives of Ireland : both,
men and women, armed with bludgeons of -every
description,- such as broom-handles, broken -chairs,
pokers, tongs, shovels, &c. ran to the assistance of
their countrymen.. The 'butchers were likewise in-
creased in number, when the contest was renewed
with redoubled fury by.botb parties, and lasted about
three-quarters of an hour, at which time the pave-
ment had.received a vast effusion of blood. The
Parish Beadles and Constables were sent for ; but
Were not able to stop the riot until the combatants
had beaten each other to that excess, that from loss
of blood they were obliged to consent to a cessation
of hostilities, at which time there were'about, nine
or ten' Stretched in the street for dead. We hear
that there were. above twenty taken home very
dangerously wounded; and eight with fractured
skulls, hrokbu legs and arms, carried by, the Beadles
to the Middlesex Hospital. Two of the unfortunate
Men.ciipoe survive, having their sculls' battered in
such i'manner' that. Ms egg could be cencealesi
•fiach- .
.36,0O1) gnarters .:of Vcit4 were imported
frOm theolntineAn'duritig tin, iast wei*, and:aboa
;:4".,-06t)-dt-ifaitc4:7' • "

St. IAMES's HAY MARIcgT, jun; 6,
Hay, 31. Ss. od. to 51. to. od.—Avor. 41. los/od.
Straw, it.- 14s. od. to 31. 35: od.--Aver. 21, di. 6d.
WHITECHAPF.I. HAY MARKEV..
Hay, 41. 4s. od, to 51. MS. od:—Aver. 41. 124.
Clowr, 51. p. od. to 61. 6s. ocl.—Aver. Sl.= TO. 64,
Straw, at. 12S. 04. to 31. Ss, cd,—Aver., 31. osft; 9d,

COAL.MARKET.
Ships at Market. ". Sold. .
' lune 1, 57 Newcastle - 41 at 4ts od" szs act
6 Sunderland a at 43s (td; 465 91
' t eindas ' at '345- -pd —s
3. ,16 Newcastle ' 13. at std 525 690 i"
6 StindLtland 5 a; 4x4 9. - 465
- • 2 Stone at 53s cti —1 P4:14
. s. 3 Newcastle at 435 64
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