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Bells Weekly Messenger (Newspaper) - February 24, 1799, London, Middlesex Had exceeded the Grant of or. Deputy Keteri adv Effot tie Nee us de Fri eyed of face Hub Terv 4u a a e3 9ruiog thereon. Street or. moved tahe previous question which upon a division wast embed forthe question 23 comm orders tellers against the question 2p�fcd&j$r,v 3 or. Powell presented a Yery elegant piece of penmanship executed by or. Tonkins being a Tran a crypt of Admiral Nelson s Leiter to the lords of the admiralty on the t common Council. Or. Q a the stave Al Price that at the next court he hound my be tvs of a petition to the House of commons be presented similar to that presented the 26th of May i git Pray Ftfe a repeal of the local duty of 3s. Per a Hildroa on coals brought into the port of t Fri a East to Fla House. Wednesday a court of direct prs was held at the East India fio Iise when the following commanders took leave previous to departing for their Respet five destinations " i ,. Captains w. Fhon san of to Etc lord Thurlow j c. Drum mond of the Grattan Henry Farrar of the Fry briton j James arms to pfc of Arti Hughes sir c Mitchell of the William put a. Cumberlege of True clan ship George a run of. Of he Boddam George Ridenh my of the Walrer cart stat and t. C. Murray of the Preston Captain Heuy Wilson was sworn into the command of rely. J Malcolm gave it her h6$g on Forf it. 5hioness Ort Salit Buty Yate Rahv began Stoin lord a s. Private concert a of buy filter Chang of visitor was kept up Between the Maln a hotness a Ute and that of or. Drummond inst Faith Whity notwithstanding the various of thet Evenin red with any Ari Beauty. A night Westt a a Ojo Tulej ii a &4h6ob�blpiwbfil Friday Hail not been seen Tor a Long turn few com dinners Toi concert from conceits to routes fro it routes to balls and suppers the nobility were he tried Tift their legs j a Campaign among the rebels of Wick 4ow could half so " a Large party of noblemen and gentlemen Are on a visit to the Duke of Bedford at Woburn Abbey and last thursday being unfavourable to the sports of the Field they amused themselves with a foot race by the honourable Charles Fitzroy who undertook for a considerable sum of Money to run 25 Miles in four hours. On account of the weather the spacious and extensive gallery round the Abbey was fixed oh4 for j the race the distance carefully measured and the number of times round it to compleat 25 Miles was calculated. Soon after twelve o clock he a started for about three hours and a half he continued his course with great regularity and it was supposed Voith sfteul1 and Earp such event to have completed it within the Tine after which he found himself so completely exhausted As to Force him to give up the attempt. His exertions excited considerable interest with his Grace s Noble tests and Many bets were made on the event. Blig to Tower All sails Down Oritta seven next finont Ngop yes t. Seis in again and Tuv the ice a bran three leagues Distant without Tel Ruhe a cd a i in jigs gift Elfr by until eight at night. cleared Awa i re or Ayed 5f possible to make six in the a War Toner Tab Einerw Itji ice Una be go the boat a flurried a boat Antn we endear oed a Tiwi Job by a o it Jeri be Wai footed to Coffee to , r tit a Hote tattle of Toff where we Elbe freq Haye to t the Rob under for the wll Kly messenger. Or. Editor happening lately to turn Over a collection of your the above ships Are ordered to get round t6 ports Vable papers i was struck with the importance of in a i in i tie Subj eco touched upon by your correspondent " an englishman in Bis letter which appeared some time ago and was thence led to consider 1s Mouth with All possible expedition Friday a court of Pire is is held at the East India House which adjourned at six o clock. A. W order Masuji Qumie yes Prince Edward is to be created Duke of Kent and Prince Ernest Duke of Lancaster. Lord Gower in to be called up to the House of Peers by the title off Arl Gower and Viscount Tren Tham of Tresham Hall in Staffordshire. A new catch club ha9 lately been established by the Prince of Wales which already consists of a great number of members of the first consequence. We Are Happy to contradict the report of mrs. Fitzherbert s death. The letters from Bath yesterday morning gave the most flattering Hopes of her recovery. The Hon. Henry Grey who lately perished with Many others on Board the Cazle Sloop of son to the of Stamford. He died in the 23d year of his age. The Union of the Duke of Rutland and lady Charlotte Howard is rot so near at hand As. Has been re-ported.-7-Nis Grace has certainly paid every polite and due attention to thar Smial be Young lady but he is said not to have Ever yet declared his love. Captain Thompson the Gallant commander of the Leander is about to Lead to the hymnal altar miss Raikes of Gloucester Niece of general Trigge. A number of splendid galas have followed that lately Given by the Duchess of Gordon. On thursday night lady 1 Empleton gave a grand Ball and supper at her House in Portland place to a select party consisting of Between two and three Hundred chiefly nobility. The Duchess of Gordon and lady Georgina were Ladyship who is one of the most elegant and engaging dancers we fear will Hurt herself by that charming amusement she is excessively fond of it and incessantly practising. The marchioness of Waterford and the two ladies Beresford were also of the party and lady Elizabeth Howard of course the Duke of Rutland who notwithstanding the reports of some newspapers will in the language of Alderman Curtis make " a speedy match and Mary Bentinck and Charlotte Grey he ladies Susan Ryder and Mcleigh the hostess s daughter lady Harvey lady Harrington lady Milnor and her Beautiful daughter lady Townshend and her comely daughters together with the pretty miss do Greys formed the front ranks of fashion and Beauty. Of gentlemen the Prince and Many others of the first distinction were present or. Thompson the Gay and fashionable mrs. Thompson gave a grand route at her Hause in Aud Ley Street in wednesday night. Prince accompanied by Prince Ernest called in Ami remained there some tunejlf6�. The iflf6rmatj�n wa6 As follows ,. K a the Proserpine frigate arrived at Tzeli sound on and Insi Anil took on Board a Pilot named John to presented to re Elbe and came to a 1 Anchor within the enhance. Two Days after was seen on Shore Lymm Heligoland in s Rea distress and. The three Days and nights following was constantly re Ririe signals of distress with her Topmast 6trti a the direct Cdr of the Post of ice at heli5 and or Drof Derick told me that " no Hoat nor 9e?l could get to her to Sta Icera d Ort the 9th inst. The ice being the without she could no longer he seen 1 " tie Pii Nuss of Wales packet Captain Anthony deaf pm that sail d Xii her irm a a in out i went let tithe Elbe on the. 2d instant Tut tiny k of n in a More about her. I remain 11, your most obey lint servant. " Thomas Hearne re or , Esq. To Roll us in i invite letter on the same sub left contains als a report of the of of his majesty s ship l Spiegle of i , Captain Hooi Iler and several merchantmen j ctr which , no authentic accounts have been received " Yarmouth feb 20 " Captain Tearrie of the Prince of Wales packet k returned Lii j m ring a fact Landing the out Yard mails. Fie a rough it n be Hack great apprehensions Are the safety of the Proserpine frigate having or. Grenville Ori Feo act j she fired signal guns of distress for two Days along the oppor site coast ahas since disappeared. It is also said Gliates Piegle Brig is lost to the northward and that few of her Crew Are saved. Ten or twelve sail or Mercl Royit ships belonging to Tais port have been lost during this dreadful Stormy Winter Ami two or three Tak,en." t the it our readers pay judge accurately of the situation of the Proserpine frigate when last seen from Heligoland we must observe that this fend is fifteen leagues from Cux Haerr so that the Proserpine frigate when inst seen must have been at least eleven or twelve leagues Distant from that Harbour. It is said to be a certain fast that or. Grenville always expressed the greatest repugnance at crossing the sea. Or. Kiihn the messenger who was dispatched twp Days ago to Yarmouth to ascertain the Exa account brought by the Prince of Wales packet re peeling the Proserpine returned to town this Forenoon and we 1 Are Happy in being Able to say brings such an account As leads to the supposition that the Proserpine May have safely reached Cuxhaven. The vessel that was ashore was not known to be the Proserpine and might More probably have been any . It is with much concern we state that an account was on tuesday received at Lloyd s of the capture of his majesty s ships orpheus of 32 guns Captain Hills and the Fox of 32 guns Captain Malcolm by a French Squadron in the East indies. We do not understand that any official account of these losses has been received at the admiralty but in the City no doubt is entertained of the fact. We stated in a former paper the detention by the victorious of 74 guns in the Liast indies of a ship having 100,000 dollars on Board and of another ves Sel likewise under danish colours by l Noiseau of 36 guns and that both were expected to be condemned As prizes., the examination of the papers of these vessels have developed a system of traffic highly injurious to the interest of the Indian company j and Likely to involve in the effects of its discovery persons of the first commercial consequence in Britain. It appears that these and several other ships navigating the Indian seas under the Flag of Denmark were the actual property of merchants of London and their English connections in India who by themselves Anil agents have for a considerable time carried on ail extensive and lucrative Trade which the charter of the India company denominated illicit. The court of the purport and tendency of the Foll wih j sued to in half pay officers " to officers on half pay. A War office sept. 44, 1796, " All officers on the half pay of the British establishment resident in great Britain and Ireland Are hereby required to transmit to the Secretary at War within one month from the Date thereof an account in writing of their age past services and present places of abode and such As think themselves from age of infirmities unfit Tor further service even in this country Are to accompany their reports with sufficient vouchers of their inability and the causes thereof. The officers resident abroad Are to make their reports in six months. Tember 1796, have been punished according to its Niit tee has been for sortie Days and continues to be Tenor i shall Only say in conclusion that if half closely occupied by this business pay officers be bound by any new set to obey the a a i he i Rani ports that a re now engaged by govern bit Rary mandate of a Secretary at War then Hast the ment 10 cd Rry convicts and stores to new South Wale Crown a standing army and a standing army too of afe t0 he freighted to proceed to China after perform old and experienced soldiers which in of every Man who styles himself a by lion a 1 no the above service in order to bring Home cargoes Otty an the East India company s acct int. " he re no Ftp War now lying at Plymouth Are intend by Rej Jour to form a Squadron Oil the coast of Lauvil

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