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Laft night difpatches were fent off from the Ad-
miralty, to be forwarded to Admiral Coanwexxis,
off MAIM
Lord CAMDEN was at the Admiralty yefterday and
had a very long interview with Lord Maxvixxe.
Difpatches were yefterday fent off from the Ad-
miralty to Lord GAILDIIIII, at Cork.
The crew of his Majefty's late (hip Vex Elam.. are
ordered to be paid off and turned over to other (hips
that may be lhort of hands.
Government has at length doled its contrad with
IMr. Bovrow, for an immediate coinage of copper
pence for Ireland. Inked of the Crown and Harp
on the reverfe, as the former Imperial Arms of that
Kingdom. the impreffion of Britannia will appear,
'like the coinage of England, emblematical of the
Union ; and, as a Rep towards equalizing the coin-
age, twelve, and not thirteen of there pence, are, in
(future, to be the change for a Raining.
M. Feriae' 3 Tenors, clerk in the French trearury,
died on the t 91.11 left November, at Paris, aged 88.—
He left behind no lefs than ten widows, though he
was a bachelor until 1792. In his will he declares he
never intended to marry, had not the National Con-
vention pallid the law for rah divorces. He leaves
to each of his widows an annuity of s zoo livres (3014
as he lays they were all equally dear to him. None of
them is yet 3o years of age.
T . Dimity-Len a.—Laft night Matter
Bum, or as the Play bill continues to call him—
" The Yen! N G Ros curs "—drew another overflow.
lag audience to this Theatre, to witncfs his fafci.
nating performance of Tom Nerval,in the Tragedy
of Douslas.—Every time he comes forward, he ap-
pears to be more and more mellowed in the general
Wind's of the fcene, and to elicit frefh beauties, in
particular palliges. The applaufe of yefterdey even-
ing was, as dual, enthufiaftie. The Theatre exhi-
bited a eery briiiient difplay of Ladies, and a number
of Fathionables, diftinguithed for their tafte in the
elegant Arts.
The critics may fuppofe they have done ample jot
lice to the allonifhing talents of the Youna Roscrus,
but he cannct be raid to have had a fair trial by his
pars until the laldayt.
Lord BACON -:ompared tall people to hooks of
three or four lloreys, the higheft apartment of which
is always the worn furnithed.
Coo KE, the blind failor, who was robbed fume time
back by another, failor, appointed to attend him to
his own home, and whom he afterwards profecuted
to conviai,n, has had the good fortune to recover
his fight by Galvanifro.
His MAJESTY has been gracioufly pleated to grant
to MATNAW Garosom,of Liverpool, upholder (who
this year received a 1.01.1 Medal from the Society a
Arts, Manufaftures, and Comment, for his conner-
(inn of articles after a fire to valuable purports),
his Royal Letters Patent, beating date the 4th day
of December inßant, for his invention of a Method
of cleanfing Feathers for Beds, and Wool,
Down, and other the natural covering of Birds and
Animals, fiom their Animal Oilas , into
rende r the molt
them per
fed manner, and in fuch a way
mote healthful, fweet, and plesfant.
Dust.—On Monday fe'nnight a duel was fought
near Gatelbead, iu a place known by the name of
the cti.arry Field, between a Mr. C—, of
head,, and and a Mr. T--, of Newcaftle. in confequence
of an altercation which originated from the latter
Gentleman having (touched a letter out of the hands
of the former. This affair
ba might have been att
ended
d
with ferious eonfequences, d not the &cond.
care to load the piftols with powder only. The Gen-
t'emen having taken their Rations at is paces., ee-
eh anged fires ; when. by the mediation of the fecon ds,
ta:b declared hinsfelf fad. The renconttre af-
forded much diverfion tithe fermis. who could
fcat,:ly refrain from laughter at tilt. fearful
much was
made by the oppooents; but how much was
their merriment increafed, when. after a reconcilia-
tion had taken place, one cf the opponents/erne/A
affirmed, that he heard a ball buzz pail his left ear,
and by the found could fwear it came within half a
yard of his petfoa 1.--Tyar Ifercirry.