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London, England, 1812-07-25 00:00:00

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:I-[fuse Commons.)
DICL A RATION OF THE, MEMBERS OF HER MAJESTY'S
• • COUNtIL, RE-TECTING THE STATE OF HIS MAJESTY'S
HEALTH : MADF ON TB E 4TH OP APRIL,
64 We the underwritten, &c. do hereby eclare and
• certify, that the state of his Majesty's health, at the
time of this our meeting, is not such as to enable
him to resume the personal -exercise of his Royal
Authority.
1“-That his Majesty's bodily health is as good as at
r any of the periods of our former Reports.
. that his Majesty's mental health is as much dis-
-gilered as it has been dining any part of his Majesty's
fodisposition•
"That all the Physicians in attendance concur in
thinking, that his Majesty's final and complete reco-
is extremely improbable, and they do not expect
it; but they also concur in stating, that they do not
• entirely despair of it,.
(Signed) Ari“ C. C TUAR. 44 ATLESFORD.
44 E. EDNOR. 44 ELDON.
44 lInNTnosE. ELLENBOROUGH.
• 4. WINCIIELSEA. 44 W. GRANT."
(A true cupy, CIItTWYND.)

DECLARATION OF THE MEMEERS OF HER MAJESTY'S
COUNCIL, RESPECTING TIIE STATE OF MS MAJESTY'S
' 'HEALTH ; MADE ON THE 4TII OF JULY.
" We the underwritten, &c. do hereby declare and
certify, that the state of his Majesty's health, at the
time of this our meeting, is not such as to enable his
Majesty to resume the personal exercise of his Royal
Functions. •
"'[hat his Majesty's bodily health is as good as it
was at the period of our last report.
44 That his Majesty's mental health is as much
• disordered. as during any period of his Majesty's in.
disposition.
,6 That the hope of his Majesty's ultimate and
complete i ecovery is diminished since the period of
our last report ; but that such recovery is not abso-
lutely despaired of." (Signed as above.)

'• WINDSOR. Jul( 24.—Yesterday, about 3 o'clock,'
the QUEEN and PRINCESSES arrived at the Castle from
London. The Princess CIJARLOTTE dined with her
MAJESTY and the. PRINCES'aES soon after four o'clock.
After dinner,. tUe QUEEN :lad PRINCESSES went to
Frogmore. The Princess Cirmitorrk took an airing
hi her phaetqn and pair, thr9ugh the Great Park,
V. Virginia Water, anJ Eghamhand, in her, wzy back,
Ca)led at Frogmen', and diatflc tea astd coffee with
:the 9taztiN ittiOsia!:cESSES, and accompanied ber M.
acarrir,fid:tbe Ptin:cEsbEs back to the Castle. q't
ua& aild -PautcessEs went this morning to Frog.
Girtkns.
ROYAL TOUR.—His Royal Highness the Pitimat
RECENT is preparing for a Summer tour through the
Narth.west of-England. .His ltoy3l Highness will
be accompanied by the Duke of CL A R ENC E.
The-Countess-of EUSTON and Lady HARDY have
returned to !El-Va.:id from Lisbon, with Admiral and
Lady E. BEM( EL EY.
Thursday evening the Countess of HARDWICKE en-

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tertamed a numerous party with the perforthance of
a FrepFlt Islay, in her elegant little Theatre, fitted tip'
• at her; hOuSe in: st. James's-square. The Duke of
York'i,Bond atcended in full uniform, and played.in'
the Greori-acriani, between the acts, and .in the Mill
:dairinatipper, 'after the ploy was over. The Puma.
_ eacquz..r, thipkys l-il CLiZIENCE and CUMBERLAND,
-.. land a nume us list of Nobility, were present.
- . Mrs. WELLest.ar LOG PALE, to the great joy of
• that family, is reported to be In the family way.
• l'EtnifMt the best character's at the Masquerade, at
Vatixhilli'.on..Monday night, were the Duke and
Duchess of ARGYLE, at giftsits. ,
The Public' are new excluded from the beautiful
grounds of Clifden, for the same reason that has told
against them elsewhere—because many of the taste-
,less rabble have committed depredations, in return for
1; the favhur of admission; and have defaced whaPthey
could not carry away.
Thursday an unpleasant fracas took_ place upon
Change, between two Gentlemen; one charging the
other with the ;eduction of his-daughter-in-law, un-1
der very aggravating. circumstances. This affa;r will,
shortly he brought hafore.a Court of Justice.
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• HAYMARKET THEATRE.—A new Comedy, en-
titled .The Fortune Haider:, .%N.as on Thursday night i
produced at this Theatre.. It is the first dramatic
essay of a very young Author, a Mr. HEWLETT. I,
—ln the plot of this piece, a young and accom-1
plished • Lady, falls in lobe, at first sight, with a I
! drunken fellow who insults her in the street ' • she is
rescued from his' rudeness by his friend, whom she l
never saw before ; this friend accompanies her home,
and is deputed the next morning to invite the insulter 1
to make his apology, viva voce. Again, a female
.fortuae hunter is baulked in a runaway marriage ap,
pointment, with a.character .of•the same description
of the other sex.; and on her rotrcat is met by;
Footman dressed as a Colonel,.whom she instantly it•
solves to marry, and the match takes place accor-,
dingly. This scene was altogether too extravagint
and farcical for any thing like legitimate comedy.
-The spirit belonging to the. Pray, is evaporated in
the first act ; it was, however, received. with pia* I
• dins, ovetpowcring opposition in every part where a •
stand could be made, and ultimately given Oa for
' repetition amid great clamour, in which the appro-
=vers had perhaps.:the advantage. The Piece was I
'repeated• last night,'and some judicious alterations
were made, but it met with a very unfavourable re-
ception. .
Lord Chief Justice ELLENaontivon closed the busi-
-ness on the Criminal Side, at noon, yosterday, at
Chelinsford. Judd, who had long been at the head
of a notorious gang of pickpockets, was convicted of '
being one of the ruffians who had hustled and picked
the pocket of a parson of a purse, containing Is. at a .
' pugilistic meeting. As soon as the Jury returned
. their verdict, he began an abuSive harangue against i
.the witnesses who appeared against him, and 00 ,
being reprimanded for it, he uttered some audacious'
'expressions to the Judge himself. He was sentenced
.- to thinsportation for the mutual course of his Ho.
' • . • Tuesday evening the house of Mr. Snowden,
pawnbroker, of Fore-street, Plymouth-dock, caught
tire. The ' fire was quenched with little damage to
:t!le extcriet of, the' house, but the interior was, con-
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saterably damaged.
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THE ARMY.
The-
Reyalliferieneth Militia have removed from
Granard to Kildare.
Saturday se'nnight the Ist Regiment of Aberdeen.
shire Local Militia, commanded by Lieutenant Co.
lonel FINLAsom t and the sth Regiment, commanded
by Lieutenant Colonel Toss BR, were reviewed in the
Links, at Montrose, by Major General the Honour,
able DAVID Lgsue.
The time appointed for the training of the Royal
Stannary corps, now at Plymouth Dock, expired on
Thursday. This corps (artillery) have been exercised
at the great guns, on the lines of Plymouth Dock,
during their training, and are not not less distin-
guished by their expertness in duty, than by their ge-
neral correctness in quarters. For the last eight days
they were employed, by detachments, in firing from
the batteries at the Devil's Point, at a floating ,mark,
placed on the bridge, or reef of rocks running from
St. Nicholas' Island to Redding Point ; have fired
with great precision, and have repeatedly struck the
object.

A considerable number of soldiers are to be en-
camped in bbdies between Inverkeithing And Perth,
for the more safe and ready conveyance of prisoners
of war, who are daily expected from Plyniouth to
occupy the new prison at Perth, which is now almost
ready for their reception.

EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER, DATED LISBON, JUNE 29,

6g From General there seems to be nothing
new, since he took up the position of Albuera, where
Marshall Souvr (possibly thinking the ground omi.
nous) is said to have left him, and returned to his old
quarters in the neighbourhood of Seville. I hear too,
that Lord Wrt.LIAM BENTINCK has landed in Catalo-
nia with .5000 troops from Sicily, so that the greatest
exertions seem to he making to• reinforce our army in
every quarter. On Wednesday last the .sth Regi-
ment, about 900 strong,*marched up the Country ; it
is nit known whether to join the Eat' of WELLING-
roIa or Sir ROWLAND HILL. Yesterday they were
followed by tha 38th, who were to go in boats up the
Tagus as fat as Valada, and there receive their route ;
the same day the sth went, they were replaced by
the arrival here from Gibraltar, under convoy of the
MELPONIENE frigate, of the B`2d, and they are ex-
pected to be off in a day or two after being to-morrow
inspected. The sth and 38th were dispatched at so
short a notice, this usual ceremony was omitted.
" In addition to the MELPOMENE we have had the
following arrivals here in the course of last week •:—.-
NIOBE frigate, from Madt•ira, with General MEADE
on board ; on Saturday Vice-Admiral MARTIN, the
new Commander-in-Chief on this station (to which it
is said Cadiz is to be added) in his Majesty's ship
ACASTA, of .50 guns; two days before the IMPE•
rusux, 74, came in from a cruize to receive Admiral
MARTIN'S flag, on board of which he yesterday
hoisted it from the ACASTA. Yesterday tovarrived
the WANDERER sloop of war, with a convoy of artil-
lery horses from Cork, and to-day the" DOTTIRELL
gun-brig, front Vigo. These all remain in the
Tagus with the BARI:LEVU, 98, Admiral BERKELEY,.
Captain Sir THOMAS HARDY (both which, with all
their suites and families, return home in her as soon
as they can get ready) JASPER and VEsra (• FVEs•rm.)
gun.brigs."

Tuesday forenoon the London and Edinburgh
Company's smack, Trusty, Captain BALL!NGALL,
arrived at Miller's Wharf from Leith. When working
up Yarmouth Roads on Sunday, the•l9th July, bee
tween twelve and two o'clock,.P. M. she WAS most
incautiously fired into from the frigate DESIREE'S
boat. Upwards of thirty passengers, and a detach-
ment of the 29th Regiment were'on deck at the time,
and a ninsket ball entered the thick part of the upper
railing, which it perforated more tYin an inch, and
where it still continues. But fcr the intervention of
the railing, it must have unavoidably killed or woun-
ded one of the people, who stood exactly in the way,
in the discharge of his duty. We trust that the
cause of this apparently wanton exercise of-authority
will be most minutely enquired into by the Lords of
the Admiralty—surely the lives of his Majesty's sub-
jects are not to be spotted with in this manner.—ln
the mean time, much praise is due to Captain BAL-
LINGALL for the spirited remonstrance which he has
made to Government on the subject.
Tuesday sennight, one of the caissons on which
the pier at the Troon Point in Ayrshire is built gave
way, and the whole of the building upon it, and a
caisson to the length of 37 feet to the west of it fell
into the sea. Happily this accident was not attended
by 'any injury to the people employed.
A lady was yesterday accidentally precipitated
from a gig in Fleet-street, and was so much injured
by her head coming in contact with a waggon-
wheel, that she was taken up apparently lifeless.
Wednesday I'. Heat/ a porter at an Inn, wascharged
at Hatton-Garden Office, with beating and kicking
bis wife in such a barbarous manner, on Sunday last,
as caused her rdeath on Wednesday. He 'was com-
mitted till the Coroner had mate a report on the
subject.

Monday night last, Mrs. Gladwin, of Hanwell,
was alarmed by her female servant knocking at her
chamber door, and saying she strongly suspected
there wcre thieves in the house, from the dog bark-
ing,violently, and other circumstances. A light was
procured, and, on examining the lower part of the
premises, the kitchen window was found open ; one.
basket packed full of plate and other valuable arti-
cles, and another full of-china, &c. No violence
had been used to the premises, nor could any trace
of the robbers be made. These circumstances caused .
considerable alarm ; and, on Mrs. G. examining her /
property, she discovered that she had lost several ar-
ticlessot plate and other property, and, in conse-
qttence, gave information at the Public Office, Bow-
-street, when Taunton, after hearing a description of
the circumstances, gave it as his opinion that there
had been no robbers at the house, but that it was a
scheme of the servant who had alarmed Mrs. G. and
challenged her with having stolen the property that
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was missing in strong and positive terms, when, after
' some hesitation, she confessed that she had pledged
it with Mr. Nichols, the pawnbroker, in Old Brent,
ford. Yesterday .he underwent an examination at
Bow-street, when the pawnbroker produced the pro,
perty, and identified the prisoner as having pledged
( it. She was committed for trial.
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