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London, England, 1824-05-03 00:00:00

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LORI) CU. MR OFVWE, MAY 1, 1824.
Notice It hereby Elven, that the 'Ett4tt will hold a Drawiny-rown
at St. James's Palace, on Thursday, the 13th instant, two o'clock,
to celebrate his Nl.sarsrv's Birth•day.
R.B. The Kni-hts of the several Orders will wear their Collars.

RFCaI. tTIONS TO •P O!SSE6VEI) AP 'tit P. COURT OF ST. .IA,ILS'S.

The Ladies who piopose to attend the Drawing-room, tof: held
on Thursday, the 17,th instant, arc requested t•• bring with them
two cards, with their names thereon written--...c to he left with
the King's Page in Attendance hi the Prerence indict., anal the
other to be delivered to the Lent ;n Waiting, ..7,1,) v. ill announce
the name to his Nliorsav ; and thcve Ladies wIH; are to be pre-
sented are hereby informed, it is absobitely nesyssaq that their
names, with the came of the Lady who is to present them, should
he sent in to the Lord Chambetlain's OffiLe on Wetinevtlay, the Ll:h
of May, before twelve o'n!ocl . :I order that they miy be su'omitted
for the KiNn's approbation:; it being his llArzszv's command that
no presentations at the Drkwing-r,,rint shall hereafter he made by
the Lord i:i Waiting, but by the Lady whose name, with that of
the Lady u. he presented, stall appear on the card, to he delivered
as before directed, correspandi:tz wlth the names sent in to the
Lord Chamberlain's Office.
No Lady can be recaived by his MAJESTY at the Drawing-root,
but in conformity to the ielove Regulation-4.
The State Apattments will not be open far the reception cf cont-
p.iny coming to Court until one o'cloc!r.

_A.
I•'JR THE WEEK.

rMu r:VENI, u.
The Conntess of Escrx's h.di, !fill-street, Ber'ieley-quare.
Prince POLTGNAC'S grand entertainment, in Portland-place.
Lady Ilot.i.axo's concert, Piccadilly.
Earl Gowzies party, llamilton-place.
Air. and Mrs. Ddrrcuct.i.'s party, Charles-street, Berkeley-square.
Sir Gnonn at WA RRENDER'S party, Whitehall place.
The Earl of WESTMORLA ND'S dinner party, Grosvenor-square.
Mrs. Titostas CHAPLAIN'S rout, Grafton-street.
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY'S dinner party, Lambeth-Palace.

TO-MORRO;V.
Captain PAnnti'► ball on board the Ueda.

ZDN'LSDA T.

Earl Fomrrscry.'s grand dinner to the Directors of the Ancient
'Music, in Grosvenor-gipare.
Almack's grand hall, Willis's-rooms.

THURSDAY.

The Duchess of Nourneataantaam's first grand rout, Northum-
berland I louse.
The Duke of Wrm.istorost's grand entettainment, Apsley House.
The Hon. Mrs. 0. PNILLIPS'S hall, Hill-street.
Lord and Lady KING'S party, Dover-street.

YR WAY.
Viscountess Masques hall, Admit-illy.
Lady ItAvt SIGH'S hail, Grecn-street, Grosvenor-squart:
3ilr. S. NIC 110LSON'S coucert, Portland-place.

SC XDA V.

Mr. and Mrs. ECM RLAN'S party, Sr. James's-square.
The Common Sense Book (No. 2) will be published r)Ti
Monday, the loth instant, price Four

THE Nrinr rTl.l:n:tt.e was on Friday
appointed to the vacant scat in the King's }lynch, ill the room of
Lord Chief Justice Brsv.

The Ea: I and Countess of LIVERPOOL arrived in town
on Saturday night at nine o'clock, from Oxford.
The Earl of BATHURST has appointed Mr. CROTCII a
King's Alessenger, in the room of' ?Ir. MArns deceased.
Friday three of the patients contrived to escape from
the back of St. Luke's Hospital, by the assistance of t!ie
sheets of their beds tied to each other and affixed to a
pole, and by which they de,cended into the gardens of
the Peerless Pool Baths, and made their way into c
street ; here they separated, each taking a diffeteor.
toute: one of the three, a gentletnan highly counectc.l,
bent his steps to eards the George Inn, in the Busoug'.,
where he applied at the booking-office, to secure a pia..?
by.the Maidstoee coach. The wildness of his manster
exciting the suspicions of the book-keeper, the pitipre.
tor, Mr. Schofield, was sent for, who being perfectly gat
jail of his histoi y, instantly recognised him, and he was
detained un2er eolous pretences while a porter was
dispatched to the I-lu3p:t:.l, who quickly reunited with
the above intelligence. Assistance wai then applied to
secure him, hut at the raome::t the party was about to
pounce upon their prey, who was lounging at the inn
gate, a Gentleman connected with him, named Crowton,
happened to pass on honeback, whom the fugitive no
sooner caught sight of, than, winged with fear, he fled
towards Sr. George's Church with incredible swiftness,
followed by the Miicers, whom be completely distanceJ,
till, arriving at the Bricklayers' Arms, in the Kent-roa.l,
a distance of a mile and a half, he stumbled, and, has
pursuers coming up, he was secured, after a nn.,,z d.
perate scuffle, reviring handcuffs to be resorted to,
and was conveyed back to the Hospital in a :Uiteli
The (Alla two have nut since been hear' d of.

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