The Princefs Royal:-Her Highness's train and body were of a yellow ground, with an embroidery of purple and filver, with medallion ornaments. The trimming was compofed of yellow rofes, fweet peas and lilacs; plumes of feathers, and festoons of large fpangles, very fuperb and rich.— The petticoat was a plain, white luftring.Her Highness's head-dress was very brilliant ; and confifted of diamonds, feathers, and flowers of filver. The Princess Augufta's dress in body, train, and petticoat, was like that of the Princess Royal; the trimming was different; the moft peculiar decorations were the Royal Oak Boughs which her Highnefs wore they were formed in green foil, with real acorns. A chain of feftoons, formed in green and filver Ipangles in an oblique direction, are alfo to be noticed;-the other decorations were of bouquets of pink rofes, foil and festoons. Her Highness's cap was ornamented with a wreath of filver flowers, and beautifully rich with diamonds. Princess Elizabeth.-Her Highness appeared in a body and train of green and filver; the petticoat was white luftring; the trimming was formed of embroidery, foil, pink roses, and plumes of feathers, difpofed with great taste and beauty. Her head dress was of diamonds, foil, feathers, and red roses. The Princeffes Mary and Sophia were in robe coats; that of the Princess Mary was more adorned than ufual; the trimming was of green, purple, and filver. Duchefs of Gordon.-A purple crape body and train, with a yellow crape petticoat, trimmed with fine lace, and broad stripes of purple, embroidered with stones (which had the effect of diamonds), a profufion of diamonds in her cap, mounted with variegated grafs, in the file of the Queen's. The Ladies' head-dresses seemed to correfpond with the other parts for tafte and elegance, especially the cafque, whofe nodding plumes feemed to speak the wearers refolved to conquer ! Many of the ladies wore Circaffian fleeves, trimmed with fringe, which had a very good effect. Purple, deep blue, and light green, are the prefent reigning colours, and very much worn by the gentlemen;—but the ladies feem quite loth to quit the pale blue and pink.. The dreffes of the Ladies were in general extremely elegant, with little variation in the form; the different trimmings and appendages, nevertheless, gave to each the appearance of novelty. The Gentlemen, with very few exceptions, were more than ufually plain in their atture. It was nearly feven o'clock before the whole of the drawing-room was cleared, BALL. The Ball-room was by no means, in point of number, equal to what we have formerly noticed-Within the dancing circle, there were, however, the ufual number of fair candidates At half paft nine o'clock their Majefties and the Princeffes entered the ball-room, preceded by the Officers of State: the overture of Sampfon began playing on the entrance of the King, and continued till their Majefties were feated, when the minuets began and were danced in the following IN FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. Vienna, May 10. the subsequent accounts received from Prince Lichtenstein, of the late attempt to ftorm Dubicza, he bestows great commendations on the bravery and ardour of the Auftrian troops, declaring, that had not Major-General Schlaun, on whom the command of that detachment devolved upon Major-General Khun's being wounded, been mortally wounded himself, he would certainly have forced his way into the town. In the general action, which followed this unfuccefsful attempt, the Turks advanced fo near the bayonets of the Auftrians as to be able to reach them with their fpears. Neither fide feemed inclined to give way, till the arrival of Major Schubirfch, with a fquadron of the Kinsky Light Horfe, when the Turks were totally routed, The lofs of the Auftrians in the actions amounted to two Lieut. Colonels, one Captain, 117 Non-commiffioned Officers and Privates, and 67 horfes, killed; and three LieutenantColonels, two Captains, four Lieutenants, 391 Non-commiflioned Officers and Privates, and 67 horfes, wounded. Ten Privates were miffing, and two pieces of cannon were taken by the Turks during the attack. The lofs of the Turks is computed at upwards of 900 men killed, and one Turkish ftandard. Advices from Lieutenant- General Fabricjus, who commands the army in Tranfilvania, mention, that on the 2cth, 26th, and 27th of April, feveral bodies of Turks, amounting together to 2500 men, attacked different parties of the Austrian troops, posted in the neighbourhood of Terzbourg; but finding they could gain no advantage, they retreated, leaving 46 men killed, whilst the Auftrians had only two men lightly wounded. Frequent fkirmishes alfo happen between the Auftrian Volunteers pofted at Grozka, in the Bannat, and the Turks, in one of which the former lately made twelve prifoL. Gaz ners, and took a standard. Paris, May 13. Great commotions are rifing in every province, little fhort of rebellion, in confequence of the King's orders of the 8th inft. at the Bed of Justice held at Verfailles, The Parliament of Thouloufe, the capital of Languedoc, have declared in the strongest terms, they will not conform to the King's regulations. The Comte de Perigord, of one of the first families in France, and who commanded there, has been expelled the city for endeavouring to enforce the King's commands, and the gates of the town are kept VOL. XIII. fhut against him. Two regiments quartered there under his command, are likewife withdrawn from the garrifon, as the commandant did not chufe to expose them, knowing that fo fmall a force would be totally infufficient. He has written to Court defiring a reinforcement of 10,000 men, without which, it was his opinion, that nothing could be effected. Vienna, May 14. The letters from Semlin on the 7th inftant give no certain information of the Auftrian army having paffed the Save; nor has any account been yet received here of the fiege of Belgrade having been commenced. Four fquadrons of the Waldeck dragoons marched from hence on the 6th inftant, to reinforce the army under the command of Prince Lichtenstein; and this morning one of the feven battalions of infantry, deftined for the fame army, alfo began its march. It Paris, May 16. new topic at prefent engages the public converfation, who have almost forgot what pafs'd but a few days fince. It is a petition and address from the Clergy, at the head of which are two Archbishops, feven Bishops, and a prodigious number of dignified Ecclefiaftics, which were delivered to the King at Verfailles on Thursday laft. alludes to the prefent fituation of public affairs, and particularly to religious matters; broadly intimating at their fears, if any alte ration is made in refpect of the public national faith, confeffion, &c.-The King re ceived them very graciously, and gave for anfwer, Le Roi s'avifera; "the King will "confider of it." Intelligence from Thouloufe contains an alarming account of the difaffection of the troops fent to that part; in particular, the troops had peremptorily refused to obey fome The inhabitants had orders of the Governor. fhut the gates of the city, and have taken up the pavement, expecting that other troops would be fent, and that a bombardment would be the confequence. Paris, May 19. The Chatelet, a Court of Justice of Paris, after fitting almost 36 hours, have unanimously agreed to the following Arret. May 16, 1788. This Court deeply affected on feeing res peated acts of authority against the different feats of Magistracy of this kingdom, the feat of Justice invested by armed troops, the liberty of fuffrages wantonly violated by arresting and committing Magiftrates, who could not be perfonally refponsible for deliberations effentially distinct in themselves, Magistracy tfelf debafed, and all order overthrown, unde a Monarch who has declared, that he never never would reign but according to the tenor of the law, and whofe beneficent intentions are the fure pledge of the happiness of his fubjects; confidering that the edicts and declarations, reported by his Majefty's Attorney, have not been deliberated upon by Parliament, who have a certain, undisputed right, acknowledged by the Monarch himfelf, to addrefs their remonftrances to hum (a right they cannot poffibly make ufe of at prefent, on account of the forced suspension of \their functions); this Court declare unanimoufly, that they cannot, and ought not to proceed to the reading, publishing, and regiftering the faid edicts, declarations, and orders.-[They allude to the Arrets in the late Bed of Juftice.] The King's Officers of Justice, after having peruted the above Arret, have adhered to the contents of it. Rennes, June 3. A Courier Extraordinary, who arrived from Verfailles at 50 minutes after ten o'clock laft night, has alarmed us exceedingly. The dreadful blow was against the Parliament. The Members of it had, after the finishing of a decree dictated by their zeal for the country and respect for their King, retired to reft; but the young citizens watched for their fafety. After the arrival of the Courier, the troops put themfelves under arms, and Mr. Picquet de Meleffe, Provoft of the Marthalfea, was fent for, and ordered to carry the Lettres de Cachet, which he refufed to do, and defired his difmiffion; they then threatened to imprison him, when being perfuaded that if he refufed another would execute it, he acquiefced, and departed greatly agitated; but overcome by grief, he fell down imoft dead, and is at prefent in great danger. The Members of Parliament learning what had happened, affembled at the Prefident's; 500 men immediately furrounded his hotel, whilft the other troops ftationed themfelves in the streets and croflways. The people then affembled, that up their fhops, and fell upon the foldiers, who patiently fuffered their blows and infults, and feemed ready to bear every thing rather than dip their hands in French blood. The Magiftrates of the country parishes offered their affistance; but the Members of Parliament appealed the people, and refufed the offers of the villagers, only telling them to be prepared. The Parliament then told M. de Thiars that he must he answerable for all the blood which would be fpilt, upon which he withdrew his troops; the tomult then ceafed, and the Members departed, This morning the Lettres de Cache: were carried to them, which the Magirates unanim ufly r. fufed to receive.They are ftill flembled. The Commandant Shuddered, they lay, at the people's cries, and wanted to give up the bufinefs, but was hindered by the Inten lant; 50 000 Bas-Bretons are ready to march, 10,000 of whom are furnished by the environs of Rennes, whofe mode of fighting will afton fh the regular troops, as they are armed with fcythes, fixed to long handles, mary ufe fufils, and they all ufe a f-ck, fomething like a short quarter-staff, with great dexterity. Different accounts have been received of an affray at the Hague, which took place in confequence of the French Ambaffador's fervants refufing to wear orange cockades. One of them relates that a domeftic of M. St. Prieft, acting in his own defence, chopped off the hand of a Dutchman with his fabre. The confli&t grew fo violent, that the burghers were alarmed, and the military were commanded to interpofe, which they did, and terminated the contention with fome difficulty. The King of France has fent a memorial to the States of Holland refpecting the fixth article of the treaty juft figned between Great Britain and Holland. The French are afraid left, by that article, the English are bound to act in concert with Holland in cafe an attack is made on the territories in the EaftIndies belonging to the Dutch. A proper anfwer has been returned by the States of Holland to the memorial of the King of France, affuring his Majesty, that the article alluded to has been mifrepresented, as nothing inimical to the peace or prosperity of the French interefts, is even implied in the treaty with England, unless hoftilities fhould be actually commenced; in that cafe, Holland and England are reciprocally bound to act in concert for the benefit of each other. We learn that the famous Paul Jones is arrived at Petersburgh, and has been appointed Rear-Admiral of the Ruffian fleet, which confifts of 16 fhips of the line. The British Officers in the Ruffian fervice have prefented a memorial to the Empress on the appointment of Paul Jones, in which they state their determination not to ferve under him. At the head of this memorial stands the name of Admiral Greig. This information was brought by a veffel that was 28 days on her paffage from Petersburgh to this country, and is of more recent date than any which has lately been received from that quarter. An exprefs is arrived from Bruffels, containing the agreeable information that peace and confidence were happily restored between the Emperor and his fubjects in the Auftrian Netherlands, and that the most perfect harmony prevailed in the Low Countries, between the Government and all ranks of people. MONTHLY MONTHLY CHRONICLE. BLANCHARD made his thirteenth experi- the proceffion, and the fides being open, ment on the 5th of May, at Bafil. He afcended, in the prefence of the Margrave of Baden, without the ufual boat, his wings or parachute, owing to an opening of about fix inches towards the equatorial part of the balloon, which prevented its being completely filled. All his efforts to raise the boat or basket being fruitless, he tied four of the ropes at the bottom of the aeroftat, and in that manner mounted the airy regions; after an excurfion of half an hour, he difcovered a defect in the balloon, when pulling the valve ftring, the valve unluckily gave way, the inflammable air began to fly, and he was hurried down about two hundred fathoms with a Violent rapidity. His feet received the first impreffion, but by good luck he received only a fprain in one andle. Mr. Winter, of West Malling, Kent, undertook, for a wager of 20l. to go on foot from Maidstone bridge to London bridge and back again (near 70 miles) in 16 hours: he pe: formed the journey in 14 hours and 15 minutes. May 15. A caufe was determined at Guldhall before Mr. Baron Hotham, w herein a Mr. Lintz, a clergyman, was plaintiff, and the Rev. Mr. Gillespie, of Cripplegate church, was defendant; the action was brought for four pounds twelve fhillings and fixpence for performing, during his the defendant's illness, divine fervice twice a day, by his request, from the 16th of September till the 27th, befides eight marriages, feveral chriftenings, and a number of burials; when a verdict was given for the plaintiff for 31. 12s. 6d. It came out in evidence that the ufual fee for reading prayers was 2s. 6d. and upon Sunday mornings 5s, and all other offices 2s. 6d. 19. The following diftinguished Perfonages were installed at Westminster, Knights of the Bath: Lord Rodney, Lord Heathfield, Sir Alex. Hood, Sir Robert Boyd, Sir Charles Gray, Sir John Jarvis, Sir Wm. Fawcett, Rt, H. Sir G. Yonge, Sir F. Haldimand, Sir Arch. Campbell, Lord Viscount Galway. The Knights proceeded, dreffed in their collars, and other infignia of the Order, from the Prince's chamber to the Abbey, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Duke of York, in his robes, and infignia, as Grand Master of the Order, on a platform erected from the door of the Houfe of Lords to the Abbey. The platform was erected by means of the moving hofpitals of the ingenious Mr. Wyatt, (fee p. 301) which formed a covering for gave a full view of the whole to the popu lace. Her Majefty, accompanied by her Royal Highnefs the Princefs Royal, the Princeffes Augufta, Elizabeth, Mary, Sophia, and Amelia, went privately to the Abbey, and were feated at the fouth-end. After the Knights had gone round the Abbey, her Majefty and the Princeffes retired, and went to Buckingham-houte. The inftallation, and proceffion back to the Prince's chamber, was concluded by two o'clock. 20. COURT of KING's BENCH. Strathmore againft A. R. Bowes, Efq. This was an iffue out of Chancery, to be tried by a jury. The iffue was, whether a deed of revocation, made by Lady Strathmore, conveying to Mr. Bowes all her estates and honours, was obtained of her Ladyship freely and voluntarily, or by durefs? This deed was dated May 1, 1777, that is, little more than three months after the marriage. A great body of evidence was adduced on the part of the plaintiff, to fhew the uniform improper conduct of Mr. Bowes to Lady Strathmore, from the very day they were married till this deed was executed. On the part of the defendant the defence fet up was, that Lady Strathmore was incapable of being entrusted with her own affairs, and any restraint that had been impofed on her by Mr. Bowes was intended for her good. The jury, after a trial of upwards of 12 hours, found that this deed of revocation, figned by the Countefs, had been obtained by durefs, and confequently void, a verdict being given for the plaintiff. 22. A draft of thirty couple of hounds from Meynell's pack were fold at Tattersall's for 311 guineas. His Grace of Bedford gave 77 guineas for five couple. James Dodfiey, efq. citizen and stationer, paid his fine of 400l. and 20 marks, to be excufed from ferving the office of theriff of this city. 23. As Mr. Crefpigny, fon of the member of parliament of that name, was paffing through the city, meeting a body of the guards with fixed bayonets going to the Bank, he stood on the kirb ftone to let them pass, when feveral of them joftled him; and on Mr. Crefpigny's remonftrating at fuck treatment, one, more furious than the reft, ftabbed him on the cheek-bone with the fixed bayonet, by which he was dangerously wounded, Nanz 25. The 25. The Knights of the Bath elect gave The whole of the entertainment was un- The mufic began at eleven, and ended a little before one, when the ball commenced. At half past two the company fat down to fupper. The demand for tickets was fo great, that eighteen guineas were offered, and refufed for admiffion. Many were fold for 30 guineas. About half paft two the dances began, but from the heat of the weather, few feemed willing to enter the lifts. Twenty-five hundred tickets were given out, befides the Knights' and Efquires who were admitted ex officio, The junior Knights of the Bath pay all the expences of the Inftallation,' &c. On the prefent occafion, this being divided amongst eleven, it is computed to amount to between 7 and 8ool, per Knight. 28. Sunday laft the King, Queen, and Prince of Wales, were prayed for by name, and the rest of the Royal Family, in the ufual manner, in all the nonjuring chapels in Edinburgh and Leith. The fame manner of teftifying the loyalty of the Scotch Epifcopalians will alfo be observed in every part of Scotland, in confequence of the refolution come to by their Bishops and Clergy. 29. The St. Euftatius caufe of Lindo against Lord Rodney, &c. was heard before the Lords of appeal, who fully confirmed their former fentence in favour of Lindo, with full cofts. Thus is this long contefted caufe finally determined. This afternoon as the Princess Elizabeth was fitting in her apartment, her Royal Highoefs was furprized by the abrupt entrance of a stranger of mean appearance. The Princefs, extremely alarmed, precipitately quitted the room at an oppofite door, and related this extraordinary circumstance to the attendants in waiting. Mr. Millar, one a of the pages, immediately went to the palace and feized the man, who refused to affign the caufe of his being in the palace, or by what means he obtained admittance. When brought to the lodge, the porter afferted he had not the most remote recollection of his entrance or perfon. The intruder was then fuffered to depart, but in a fhort time returned, and in peremptory terms infifted on being introduced to the Princefs, "That he night pour out the ardency of his paffion, and at her feet prefs for an equal return.” He was then detained, and information of this fingular occurrence difpatched to Lord Sydney. On his examination before the Magiftrate, he faid his name was Spang, by profeffion an hair-dreffer. Evident marks of infanity appearing, he was committed to Tothil fields Bridewell, until further directions, and ordered to be kept in a separate apartment, and treated with the utmost tendernefs. It is fuppofed he got over the wall in the Green Park into the Queen's gardens, and fo entered the Palace. June 2. The Stadtholder has banished for life two clergymen, a Lieutenant-Colonel, and fome others. 5. Mitten, a private of the foot-guards, was taken to the office in Bow-street, and examined on the charge of wounding Mr. Crefpigny, when he was committed for the mifdemeanor, but afterwards bailed. The foldier means to bring an action for an affault against Mr. Crefpigny because he struck him with a switch for elbowing him off the pavement. In the dead of the night between Tuesday and Wednesday laft, the inhabitants of Bere Regis, in the county of Dorfet, were alarmed by a fudden and moft dreadful fire, which raged with fo much violence, and fpread with fuch incredible rapidity, that in a very fhort fpace of time almoft the whole of the town was reduced to afhes. Forty-two houfes with all the contiguous buildings, and almost every article of property, were entirely deftroyed. And one poor blind man, whom fome friendly hand had removed out of immediate danger and left, was unfortunately furrounded, and fell a victim to the flames. 10. The following are faid to be the circumftances of the Refignation of the late Chief Juftice of the Court of King's Bench. This morning Lord Mansfield fent a fervant from Czen Lodge to Mr. Montague, the Mafter in Chancery, at Frognal Grove, near Hampstead, requesting that Gentleman's company to dinner. The anfwer returned was, "That Mr. Montague had come home the preceding evening from London ill, and remained then indifpofed." The metenger returned back, preiling Mr. Montague's attendance on bis Lordship, who had fome material bufinefs to communicate; upon which Mr. Montague replied, "He would wait on the Earl in the afternoon." 66 At five o'clock the mafter went to CaenWood-Lodge, where he was introduced to Earl Mansfield, who was alone. "1 fent for you, Sir, fays his Lordship, to receive as well officially, as my acquaintance and friend, the refignation of my Office; and in order to fave |