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Bells Weekly Messenger (Newspaper) - February 24, 1799, London, Middlesex ?2 Bell s weekly messenger feb. A. The commissioners of sewers made a representation that the expense of the sewer in Bridge Streer had exceeded the Grant of parliament upwards of 1000. F or. Deputy Leekey moved that the. Same he defrayed out of the chamber and debates arising thereof r or. Waithman moved the previous question which upon a division was carried. For the question 23 commoners 2 tellers against the question 20 commoners 2 tellers majority 3. Or. Powell presented a very elegant piece of Pei Roan ship executed by or. Tomkins being a transcript of Admiral Nelson s letter to the lords of the 1admiralty on the occasion of his Victory Over the French Fleet off the Nile. Thet Hanks of the court were Given unanimously x to or. Tomkins for the same. Or. Deputy Rowlatt was appointed a governor of the London workhouse in the room of the. Late Deputy Brogden and m r. Luke Hodgson was appointed a governor of Brulee Ami jct elem hospitals in. The room of or. Wheeler not in common Council. Or. Grif the gave notice that at the next court he should move that a petition to the House of commons he presented similar to that presented the 26th of May 1792, praying a repeal of the local duty of 3s. 4d. Per caldron on coals brought into the port of London. East India House. Wednesday a court of directors was held at the East indu House when the following commanders took leave previous to departing for their respective destinations captains w. Thomson of the lord Thorlow c. Drum mond Gretton j Henry Farrar of the True briton j James urn ston., of the sir Edward Hughes sir c. Mitchell of the William Pitt j. A. Cumberlege of the Manship George Palmer of the Boddam George Bonham of the Waimer Castle and t. O. Murray of the Preston. Captain Henry Wilson was sworn into the Cem Mand of the Warley. The above ships Are ordered to get round to Portsmouth with All possible expedition. Friday a court of directors was held at the East India House which adjourned at six o clock. Rated the Public Prince William of Gloucester was there for an hour. Or. Malcolm gave a grand entertainment on Fri play night a her House in Manfield Street. The marchioness of Salisbury also yesterday began her easter routes and received nearly seven Hundred personages. The Prince who had dined it lady Milner a called in on her Ladyship. A a Fly came from lord Huntingfield s Price concert and a Busy interchange of visitors was kept up Between the marchioness s is Ute and that of or. Drommond Smith which notwithstanding the various attractions of the evening vied with Ary in splendour and Beauty a night of such Bustle in the fashionable would a Fri Day has not been Een for a Long time froth dinners to concerts from concerts to routes from routes to balls and slippers the nobility were hurried off their legs a Campaign among the rebels of Wick Low could not be half so fatiguing i a Large Parry 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 2$ Miles in four hours. On account of the weather the spacious and extensive gallery Ronn the Abbey was fixed on far the race the distance carefully measured and the number of time9 round it to compleat 2� Miles was calculated. Soon after twelve o clock he started for about three hours and a half he continued his course with great regularity and it was supposed with Speed and eafe sufficient to have completed it within the naval intelligence. Supposed loss. Of the Proserpine frigate a Tratt of a letter from Captain Hearn of the Prince of Wall packet to or. Warming ton agent for the packets at Yarmouth. Sea of who Patett or mute time after which he found himself so completely exhausted As to to give up the attempt. His exertions excited considerable interest with i Grace s Noble guests and Many bets were made on the event. For the weekly messenger. Fashionable. Prince Edward is to be created Duke of Kent and Prince Ernest Duke of Lancaster. Lord Gower is to be called up to the Plouse of Peers by the title of Earl Gower and Viscount Tren Tham of Trentham Hall in Staffordshire. A new catch club has 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 Hon. Henry Grey who lately perished with Many others on Board the Yeazle Sloop of War was son to the Earl of Stamford. Year of his age. He died in the 23d of the Duke of Rutland and lady Char Tofte Howai is not so near at hand As has Beer Grace has certainly paid every polite he due attention to that amiable Young lady but he is said not to have eve yet declared his ride Captain Thompson the Gallant commander of the Leander is about to Lead to the hymnal altar miss Raikes of Gloucester Niece of general trigger a number of spa did galas have followed that lately Given by the Duchess of Gordon on thursday flight lady Temple town gave a grand Ball and supper at her House in Portland place to a select party consisting of Between two and free Hundred chiefly nobility. The Duchess of Gordon and lady Georgina were Ladyship who is one of the most elegant and engaging dangers we ear will Hurt herself by that charming amuse meat she is excessive or. Eds Oft happening lately to turn Over a collection of your valuable papers i was struck with the importance of the subject touched upon by your correspondent " an englishman in his letter which appeared some time ago and was thence led to consider the purport and tendency of the following order issued to half pay offi ers a to officers on half pay. " War office sept. Z4, 1796, " a 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 j a the thereof an account in writing of their age past services and present places of abode and such As think themselves from age or infirmities unfit for further service then in this country Are to accompany their reports with sufficient vouchers of their inability and the causes thereof the officers resident abroad Are to Mike their report s in six months. " should any of the said officers neglect to pay due attention to this Public notice within the respective periods above limited they who be considered As otherwise provided for or dead j and their names will be struck off the half pay list accordingly.1 the above of a which was inserted in the Public papers and entered in Maut orderly books appears to be in direct Contrady Ftika to a decision of the twelve judges of England which was supposed to have set tied and defended the situation of the half pay officers. In 1785, a court martial that was assembled at the horse guards to try a major general not in aftu3l service being doubtful of its competency adjourned its proceedings and submitted to the twelve judges tie question 2 whether major general Aas an officer on half pay could come under the Cogoni t please to inform their lordships the Post masters general that of tiie 14th instant the Day after 1 failed from yarn Ottok i was chased by a frigate from eight o clock in be Mons until one in tiie afternoon before she answered any private Nal the text Island bearings s. E. Distant j Tajc packet then beset with ice the whole Day and at night was obliged to lower i alls Down until seven next morning 15th inst. Set sail again and the ice feeling three leagues distinct without its the packet then of Biog Little Way tit ii eight at flight. Werft the Tec feared away i solved if possible to Nake Heligoland and at six in the More. Ing of the 16th info. Saw its Light bearing packet then beset with ice of Tail to in the Forenoon when 1 got tie mails and landed with very great difficulty at four o clock the boat returned inboard when we endeavoured to return Bat there was so much ice wat obliged to come to an Anchor close under the Shore at Heligoland where we expelled to have lose the packet and All our lives during the whole night next morning the 17th inst. 1 went on store As no Pilot would come on Board to assist us and to get All the information pot sible of the Proserpine frigate which the Day before they informed me was lost. The information was As follow u the Proserpine Fri rate arrived at Heligoland on and inst and took on Board a Pilot named John Boack proceeded to the Elbe a d came to an Anchor within the Entrance. Two Dayr after was seen on Shore from Heligoland in great distress and the three Days and nights following was constantly firing Sig nals of distress with her Topmast struck. The director 6t the Post of fico at Heligoland or Broder Frederick told me that no boat nor vessel could get to her assistance and on the 9th in the ice Bing three leagues without Heligoland she could no longer be seen l the Princess of Wales packet Captain Anthony Deanc that sailed with her from Yarmouth went into the Elbe on the id instant but they know nothing More about her i remain sir your most obedient servant a Thomas Hearn Robert warm a Tom Esq. The Folly Wing private letter on the same subject contains als a a report of the los majesty s ship be Spiegle of 16 guns Cap Ain Boonlert and several merchantmen of which however no authentic accounts have been received " Yarmouth feb 20. In Captain Hearne of the Prince of Wales packet is returned this morning after Landing the outward mails. He brought none Back. Great apprehensions Are entertained for the Bate to of the Proserpine Friere having or. Grenville on Board she fired signal gun of distress for two Days along the opposite coast a d has since disappeared. It is also said that l is Piegle Brig is lost to the northward and that few of her Crew Are saved. Ten or twelve sail of merchant ships belonging to this port have been lost during this dreadful Stormy Winter and two or three taken. That our readers May Jud Stace rarely of the station of the Proserpine frig3te, when last seen for Heligoland we must observe that this land is Tif. Teen leagues from Cuxhaven so that the Proserpine frigate when last seen must have been at least eleven or twelve leagues Distant from that Harbour. It is said to be a certain Fafe party an lady to so r. r Beth Howard of Cuvrk the Duke of Ruth and who these Kwh ears taken place a what was for of Emp my mercy considered As fundamental parts of our cons to Nown standing the Lre Porti of some a Spapen will a the language of Alderm Curt make " speedy match and soon. Mary. Bentinck and Charlotte Greville ladies a pm a tet and Bleigh the hostess s daughter lady Harvey lady Harrington lady Milner and her Beautiful daughter lady Townshend and her comely dad her together with the pretty miss de Greys formal the front ranks of fashion and Beauty. Of gentlemen the Prince and Many others of the first distinction were present in he Gay and Fashjon Awe mrs. D route at her House in auday night. The Prince a nest called in and remained Derby looked much i prow slender As when she Capri a these vessels have developed a system of traffic highly of injurious to the interest of the Indian company and Likely to involve in the Effes of its discovery son e persons of the first commercial consequence in Britain it apr ears that these and several other ships navigating the Indian seas under the Flag of Denmark were thea ual property of merchants of London and their English Connexions in India who by themselves and agents have for a considerable time carried on an exic we a 11 t it in Tensive and lucrative Trade which the charter of the and whether any of the officers j India company denominated Lihcit. The court of directors which has formed itself into com Mitzee has been for some Days and continues to w closely occupied by this business. The transports that Are now engaged by government to carry convicts and stores to new South Walek Are to be freighted to proceed to China after performing the above service in order to bring Hurne cargoes of Tea on the East India company s account the men of War now lying at Plymouth Are intended by report to form a Squadron on the Coain Tot Ireland mercy orc Taerea As Nagu Nencki a tuition it in Fet impossible but our military system May have suffered some innovation. I should therefore be much obliged to any of your readers who May be better informed than i am if they will Tell Ine what is now the Law As far As it relates to the Point in question ? who my have disobeyed the order of the 24th of september 17963 have been punished according to its Tenor i shall Only say in conclusion that if half pay officers be bound by any new set of otay the arbitrary mandate of a Secretary at War then has the Crown a standing army and a standing army too of old and experienced soldiers whih my be called Forth without the authority of parliament. The h h question is momentous and deserves the consideration of every Man who styles himself a briton

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