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London, England, 1811-08-31 00:00:00

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THE KING.

" WINAVIt CASTLE, AUQUST SI..
" There is no material alteration in his MAJEsry's
symptoms to-day. (Signed)

" H. HALFORD. " M. RAILLIE.
w. HEBERDEN. "R. WILLIS."
This Bulletin, like most of those lately issued, re.
later to his MAJESTY'S mental state ; but we have rea-
son t hope that his bodily health is considerably im-
proved.
WiNusoe, AuGusr SO.—Yesterday evening, the
Queen and Family went to Frogmore Lodge to tea,
and walked in the gardens, &c. till eight o'clock.—
This morning, their Royal Highnesses of KENT and
CAMBRIDGE, Princesses AUGUSTA and SOPHIA, took
their usual morning's airing on horseback in the Great
Park, from ten till half past twelve o'clock, accom-
panied by Lady ALBINA CUMBERLAND, General WIN.
YARD, and Colonel TAYLOR.—The QUEEN and Prin.
cess ELIZABETH took an airing to Frogmore Gardens.
—Arrived to the QUEEN, at one o'clock this day, his
Royal Highness of CLARENCE and Lord WINCHILSEA.
ANOTHER LETTER.—This morning, at six' o'clock,
his MAJESTY rose, and walked about in his apart-
ments with great cheerfulness for almost one hour;
after which, he partook of rice milk for breakfast.—
At twelve o'clock the exercise of. walking 'was re-
sumed, during which his MAJESTY appeared in good
spirits, occasionally conversing with those whoaccom-
panied him, and exhibiting scarce any symptom of
bodily decay.

A large fleet is about to sail with reinforcements
for Lord WELLINGTON'S army from Pórtsmonth and
Plymouth.
It is said, that it is in contemplation to erect Bar-
racki for the Guards near Chelsea.
General Gowetz, late Commander in Chief of Fort
St. George, is in the fleet just arrived front India.
The Leyden, of 50 guns, armed enfiute, Captain
CHSTHANI, is arrived at Portsmouth with General
LUMLEY on board, and, we regret to hear, in very bad
health. This gallant Officer is one of the heroes of
Albuera, where he commanded the cavalry, and has
repeatedly distinguished himself in Portugal, in South
America, and Egypt.
A great many Officers have arrived by the fleet
which has just come Its from India.
We hope in no long time to present our Readers
with an account of the important expedition which
has sailed under the command of Sir SAMUEL AGM-
MUTT.

The Brune frigate is arrived at Plymouth, from
Lisbon, with a small convoy of transports.
Major-General Howonnt, of the Artillery, the
Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel ROBERT DingoAs, the Hon.
Lieutenant-Colonel KINO, and several invalided Offi-
cers, are arrived from Lisbon in the Marlborough

The answer to enquirers at Kensington Palace, yes- packet.
terday, was, that his Royal Highness the Duke of Lieutenant-Colonel SILVERTHORPE has been promo-
Sussex had had a good night's repose, and was in all ted by the Regency to the rank of Colonel in the ar-
respects considerably better.
mks of Spain, in consequence of his great exertions
Wednesday night, Admiral APODACA gave a grand
entertainment to the Duke del INFANTADO and several on various occasions.
Spanish Nobility, at his house in Duke-street, St. 1 The 42d Regiment were yesterday landed at Til-
James's. • bury Fort, amounting in all 900 effective men, lode-

NAVAL FETE.—On Monday last a most sumptu-
ous and elegant entertainment was given on board
his Majesty's ship MONMOUTH, in the Downs, by
Captain HYDE PARKER, to upwards of 90 persons of
the first rank and distinction in Deal and its vicinity.
Amongst the company present were, Admiral and
Lady LI;CY FOLEY, Lady C. HOWARD, the Earl of
l'oeraearsoTors, and Officers of the 23d Dragoons,
General Wit.soar, Captain and Lady AUGUSTA BA-
K ER, Captain BINGHAM of the LITTLE BELT, Capt.
WlNTuoap and family, Mr. and Mrs. E. IGGULDON,
Mrs. JoHN MAY, and a long list of others, composing
the principal families in the ,neighbourhood, Canter.
bury, tee. The company sat down to a very superb
-repast at six o'clock. After dinner the dancing corn-
menced, and continued with the greatest spirit till
sun-rise. The ship was decorated all over with flags
and colours of every description, which had a most
pleasing effect, and at night she was illuminated on
board with a profusion of lamps, suspended amongst
ciak boughs and laurels, the whole surmounted by
the initials of our most gracious SOVEREIGN, and a
crown, most splendidly executed. The choicest
wines, ices, fruits of all sorts, and every other deli-
cacy, graced the liberal and cheerful quarter-deck;
in a word, the entertainment was the nicist splendid;
ever witnessed in the Downs.
GRAND FETE Cuaserente.--Yesterday, Lady C.
°
TILN EY LONG and Miss LONG gave a grand public
breakfast, accompanied with a ball and supper, at
Wanstead House. This, though not upon SO exten-
sive a scale as the last grand fete given at the abave
mansion, was very magnificent, and not less re-
markable
for elegance and fine taste. The principal
dining rooms and tables were richly ornamented, and j
laid out in a superior style of elegance. Covers were
laid for one hundred persons, and at four o'clock the
company sat down t a most sumptuous repast, con-1
sisting of a. profusion of the most rare and delicate
viands, and delicious fruits in season.
When the spirits of the company were sufficiently
exhilirated, they retired to the lawn in the rear of the,
house, where an extensive platform was e:ected for a
doable set of dancers. His Royal Highness the Duke
Of KENT'S band attended in full uniform, as well as
two other bands, and it was not until the heavy dew
began to fall that the company retired to the ball-
room, which was fitted up and lighted in a most bril-
liant style. The festivity was kept up until six o'clock
in the morning. Among the company were—
The Duke de Berrie, Chevalier de Suza, the Earl and Conn-
fess of Harrington, and the younger branches of the Stanhope I
family ; the Earls of Yarmouth, Morton, Winchilsea, and En-
niskillen; Earl and Countess of Harrowby, the Marchioness
Wellesley, the Miss Wellestrys, Lord Dillon, Lord Sacivedie,
Mr. and Mrs. Orgy Hunter, Mrs.'rhompson and the Miss
Thompsons, and all the fa4lionables now remaining in town.
HAYMARKET THEATRE.—The Fair Penitent was
last night performed. Mr. HOLMAN, in Horatio, ex-
erted himself with very considerable success. His
conception of the character was good, and his acting
very superior to any thing we observed in his Jabier,
nr in his Lord Townley. He seemed to be desirous
of making bimself heard in this piece, and this more
than any thing else contributed to the success of his
performance. ausxos's Lothario, and the Aliamont,
were precisely that which was required to make
the frailties of the reluctant bride appear in the least
unfavourable light. &idea was played by Mr. EYRE,
with snore than his usual judgment. Miss HOLMAN
performed Ca/ista in a manner creditable to her under-
standing ; but the part is by no means suited to her
'powers. Her concluding scene, however, where she
is filled with contrition for her follies, was admirable
—we have never seen a better delineation of profound
mental wretchedness.

Upwards of 3000 fashionables, as well from the
East as the We,t ends of the Town, attended the Na.
v.ll Fete at Ranelagh, Millbank, on Thursday night.
An Hibernian was apprehended at York a few days
since, charp,ed with having :even wives living ! On
*being called on for a defence under so extraordinary
a charge. he said, he thought it was a sin and a shame
see so many young women without husbands as he
tad witnessed in the North, and from motives of
eharity he had been induced to act in the way he did.
/Je wought with the old adage, that 4. Charity covers
a multitude of sins ;" but he found the Magistrates
were nOt .tifficiently tharisabk to admit his film. They
eon:mined him for trial.
. Saturday as William Taylor, a fine boy, about six
ye.its old, was coming from Dineey to Oxford to
~!caool, he left his companions unperceived, and going
to the side of the river slipped in and was drowned.

pendently of 100 left for recruiting parties and sick
at Musselburgh Barracks. •
His Majesty's sloop of war ZZPHYR, having under
her convoy the transport with the 3d regiment of
Buffs on board, from Dartmouth bound to Dover,
passed up Channel yesterday.
The 2d Somerset Militia has marched into Dover,
where the transport N, with part of the 3d regiment,
or Buffs, arrived yesterday afternoon.
Last week the Westmeath Militia arrived in Cork
from Dundalk, where they are to embark for England.
The Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel UPTON arrived at
the Horse Guards on Thursday from Cadiz.
The rapid movements of the British army in Nr-
tugal have left us in much uncertainty as to its real
position. The following extract of a letter explains
the cause of this unexpected activity. It is from an
a'ficer on duty in Camp near Abrantes :
" Dispatches have arrived, intimating that every thing is again
in motion, owing to the enemy appearing in great force in the
North of Portugal.
I have been up the whole night, forwarding supplies to the
different Divisions of the Army, and removing the sick. The
following is the alteration that has taken place :
" The 7th Diviaon at eas•ell.i Branco.
44 The Ist Divi.ion at Vila Veiha.
44 The 4th at Niza.
" The S:h at Castello Branco.
" The Sd at San Miguel.
4' The Prench indicate an intention of moving towards Opor-
to. The td Divkion, with our Brigade of Cavalry, alone remains
on this side the Tagus.
We understand from another quarter, that the duty
up to the 13th of August, had been extremely haras-
sing, and particularly to the 11 tit Light Dragoons,
which had been employed in watching the motions of
the enemy, at fifty miles distance from the Head-
quarters.

We have received Dublin Papers of Wednesday
last. They state, !hat within a few days Catholic
Meetings would be hell in the Counties of Dublin,
Down, Wexford, Sligo and Monaghan.
The following is the opinion of one of his Majesty's
Counsel, on the Proclamation of the Irish Govern-
ment, in answer to a question put by the Protestant
Mayor of one of the first cities in Ireland :
- a If I had not read the Proclamation, and the
Chief Justice's Warrant, I should with great confi-
dence have declared it to be my opinion, that, under
' a sound, legal, and constitutional construction of the
Convention Act, it is not illegal to assemble and ap-
point Delegates bonafide to prepare a petition to the
King or to Parliament ; or to publish notices of such
election, or to act bona fide in the character of. Del-
egates for such purposes, and such purposes only.

" I should consider the provisions of the Conven-
tion Act as levelled sokly against Assemblies, asso-
ciated under pretence of petitioning, but really and in
fact having other objects in contemplation, and pur-
suing such objects ; and I would not infer the illegal
motive or pursuit from the mere delegated character.
" And if I doubted as to this construction fr,pin
the mere perusal of the preamble and enacting ean-
ses (which appear to me to he very rsiascure)'all doubt
would be removed by the last section, which provides
that nothing herein contained shall be " conctraed in
any manner to prevent or impede the undoubted
right of his Majesty's subjects of this realm to peti-
tion, &c." I should consider this priviso as leaving
the right and the exercise of the right of petitioning
precisely is the stood before the Act ; and knowing,
as'l do, that the appointment of delegates might, in
many imaginable cases, facilitate the exercise of that
right, I could not but consider that right as impeded
by an universal and unqualified prohibition to exer-
cise it through the medium of. delegates.
"Such still coninuts to be my : and I can-
not relinquish it upon authority, which, though high
and respectable, is not judicial or binding ; and the
grounds of which I cannot even imagine.
" I consequently would not advise a Magistrate to
disperse any body of men assembled to elect delegates,
such as I have described; and, if any information up-
on oath should be produced to him against such per-
scns, I would not advise him to grant any warrants
to arrest them, unless such facts (as would warrant an
inference, and not merely a susp'cion, that the per-
sons so delegated had other objects in view) shall be
positively and distinctly sworn to."

NAVAL priALLIGENci

EAST-INDIA SHIPPINLI.
Yesterday the hombward-bound Indiamen arrived
safe in the Downs;
The Astell; an extra ship, Lord Keith, and Diana,
sailed from Bengal the 13th March.

The Ocean and Venus whalers arrived with the
India fleet off Bridport.
On the 21st July the ship Fleteher, from St. Sal-
vador, joined a fleet, and parted company for Liver-
pool the 26th August.
The Hugh Inglis and Phenix had arrived in Ben-
gal from the Matiritius ; the former the Bth, and the
latter the 9th of February.
The extra ship Monarch was left at Madras, it
having been deemed necessary to repair her before
she returned to Europe.