and about two o'clock, when the arrival of their Majefties and the Princeffes was announced, the lanes through which they paffed was formed by fix or feven rows in each of the apartments.

His Majelty palled through this avenue to the Drawing-room, noticing the perfons of fashion on each fide, but without stopping for converfation. The Queen fpoke for one or two minutes to almost every perfon known to her Majefty; and the right fide of the laft anti-chamber was nearly occupied by ladies, with whom the converfed feparately, and with great affability, for fome time.

The Princeffes Royal, Augufta, Elizabeth, Mary, and Sophia, followed her Majesty.

The Earl of Aylesbury led the Queen; an Officer of her Majesty's Household each of the Princeffes.

The entrance to the Drawing-room is by three doors. At thofe on the fides the company enter; the central door is only thrown open for their Majefties, or for perfons of the Royal Family; the Officers of the Houfehold stand on each fide of this, and the Marquis of Sabfbary, as Lord Chamberlain, attends at it when their Majefties país.

The Drawing-room filled immediately after the arrival of their Majefties, when the King remained on the right fide, and the Queen on the left, very near to the doors, and without approaching the throne.

The crowd was then fo great, that many ladies were more than an hour in paffing from the doors to the circles, not diftant more than four yards, and fome, unable to fupport the fatigue, went away without reaching them. The preffare was chiefly on the fide of the room occupied y her Majefty, for there were the Princeffes, and as many ladies as could approach them, forming not fo much a circle round the Queen as a lane extending on her left, as far as the Princefs Sophia, the most diftant of their Royal Highneffes.

The Duke of Clarence entered the Draw. ing-room at five minutes before four; the Duke and Duchefs of York in about ten minutes after, and the Prince almoft inmediately after their Royal Highneffes. The Prince, and the Dukes of York and Cla. rence, after paying their refp.&ts to their Majefties, went to diftant parts of the room, and were furrounded by circles of their friends. The Duchefs of York, during the fhort time the ftayed, remained with the Queen, but her Royal Highnefs, foon after her arrival, became indifpofed, and, having walked into the fecond anti-chamber, fainted away. Hartfhorn and water were imme、

In decorating the petticoats, embroidery appears to be coming much into fashion, with much novelty and elegance of defign. The prevailing colour, if any one predo minated, was coquelicot.

Her Majely-according to the ufual cuftom, was dreffed with fimple elegance; her cap was a turban, the caul of coquelicot fatin, covered with fine blond, beautifully ornamented with wreaths of roles.

The Princess Royal.—A very elegant cap of crape, and fine blond, with pink rofes and white feathers; the dreís ornamented with wreaths of roles.

Princefs Augufta,-A turban of white fatin and crape, ornamented with fine blond, and white oftrich feathers, in front a white beron feather.

Princess Elizabeth.-A turban of white crape and coquelicot fatin, ornamented with fine blond and white oftrich feathers tipt with poppy, and in the front a black heron feather; the dress decorated with coquelicot flowers, and green, with gold, filver, &c.

Duchess of York, on this first occafion, was magnificently dreffed, it being her first appearance at Court on a Birth-day. All that art could accomplish, as well in elegance as magnificence, was difplayed; and she looked most brilliantly in every fenfe of the word. Her Royal Highnefs's petticoat was of white crape, interfperfed with jewels in the form of ftripes, trimmed round the bottom with a wreath of pine-apples fet in brilliants, and richly festooned with mofaic crape, edged with fmall wreaths of the fame. It was fastened on the left fide with a fuperb diamond bow; the train was of crape in gold, and the boiy Nakara fatin richly fpangled.

The jewellery worn by her Royal Highnefs is fuppofed to be the finest collection in Europe for a lady's drefs. It was a necklace compofed of a fingle row of brilliants. Aftomacher of three feftoons of large brilliants, and taffels, and a very deep fringe of brillints hanging from each festoon. A pair of fleeve-bows, with large taffels. large diamond feather for the head-drefs. A pair of very superb single drop ear-rings, prefented

A very

prefented to her by his Majefty. A fan, entirely of diamonds, with an ivory mounting, the fticks pierced and fet with brilliants in a mofaic pattern. The outfde fticks are fet with a single row of diamonds, and very large brilliants faften the fan at the bottom. The shoes, of purple leather, were ernamented with a running pattern of brilliants from the toe to the inftep, and a row of large diamonds round the quarters, with a fringe of diamonds hung fo as to play with the motion of the foot.

The other Ladies moft diftinguifhed by their dreffes were, the Ducheffes of Rutland, Leeds, and Dorfet, the Marchionefs of Salisbury, Countefs of Mexborough, Mifs Cravens, Mifs Dundas, and Mifs Coutts.

GENTLEMEN.

His Majefty-A purple cloth coat, very richly embroidered in gold, and lined with white fatin; the waiftcoat of white fatin, embroidered as the coat, and richly fpangled over; the defign new and fplendid.

The Prince of Wales-was, as ufual, the best dreffed Gentleman at Court. His Royal Highnefs wore a carmelite coloured velvet coat and breeches, extremely elegant, and very curiously embroidered in filver fpangles and coloured ftones and foils, in various devices, enriched with Brandenburg loops, intermixed with different coloured foils, and ftones of various colours. The feams were all covered with rich and elegant embroidery, to correfpond with the fronts; the other parts of the coat were embroidered in mosaic all over, with filver fpangles and coloured foils. The buttons were of ftones, fet in gold. The waistcoat was of filver tiffae, but fo enriched with embroidery, the fame as the coat, that the ground of it was fcarcely perceptible. It was trimmed with brilliants as a fringe. The coat cuffs were the fame as the waistcoat, and richly embroidered with brilliants, forming the handfomeft drefs that ever appeared at Court.His Royal Highnefs wore diamond fhoe and knee buckles; a diamond ftar, George, and garter, and the diamond epaulette which has been fo much admired on former birthdays for its coftliness and elegance. His Highness wore likewife a diamond (word.

The newest and best dreffes were embroidered à la Brandenbourg. The Officers of the Army and Navy were chiefly in their new uniforms.

The Dukes of Leeds and Montrose, the Marquis of Salisbury, and Earl of Altamont, were alfo among the moft confpicuous of the Nobility for their attire.

Near fifty new carriages, most sumptuously decorated, glittered on this day; the

Marquis of Donegal, Earls Thanet and Chefterfield's, and Lord Craven's, were among the most splendid of thofe belonging to the Peers; the magnificent vehicle of the Prince of Wales deferves a particular defcrip

tion.

THE PRINCE OF WALES'S COACH.

The front pannel of this beautiful state coach reprefents Britannia in her chariot of war, followed by Victory hurling thunder on her enemies, On the hind pannel is Fame, lighting on the earth, proclaiming peace to the world. The off pannel reprefents the infancy of Britannia, nurfed by Amphitrite and the River Nymphs, and the near panne the maturity of Britannia.

The ground-work of the body is gold, powdered with acorns, and fprigs of laurel.

Above the paintings is a deep border, where the Arts and Sciences are reprefented by the various employments of Genii; and on the carved work on the body are hung fmall medallions, charged with the heads of thofe Kings who were taken prifoners by the first Prince of Wales. Round the top of the body is a gold border, compofed of the crols and fleurs-de-lis of his Royal Highness's coronet -at the corners his filver feathers, and at the top is placed the coronet and cushion, furrounded with a carved laurel.

The carriage is a fweep of carved-work, confifting of feftoons of flowers, foliage, &c. on which are hung oval medallions bearing the badge of the order of St. George-behind are his Highnefs's fupporters;-the step is Hercules ftrangling the Nemean lion. The box is covered with a hammercloth of ftriped crimfon velvet, fringed with gold lace.

The infide of the body is lined with ftriped crimfon velvet, adorned in the centre with an oval ftar, and his Highnefs's feathers; the curtains in feftoons are mazarene blue, The doors open fringed with gold lace. with a new invented fpring, but the glafs must be let down before they can be opened.

THE BALL.

The Ball Room was crowded foon after eight o'clock.

Their Majefties and the Royal Family entered about nine o'clock, and the minuets commenced in the following order:

Prince of Wales-Princefs Royal and Princefs Augufta.

Duke of York-Princefs Elizabeth and Princess Mary.

Duke of Clarence-Princefs Sophia and Princefs Sophia of Gloucefter.

Prince William of Gloucefter-Duchefs of Montrofe and Lady Sufan Gordon.

Lord

Lord Morton-Countess of Mexborough and Lady Sulan Levifon Gower,

Lord Elgin—Lady Henrietta Thynne and Lady Ifabella Thynne.

Lady Charlotte Brace.

Lord C. Somerfet-Lady Sufan Thorpe and Lady Mary Collyer.

Lord Millington-Lady Julia Collyer and Lady Elizabeth Lambert.

fpots of coquelicot ribband.

Mr. Anthony St. Leger-Lady Ann Fitzroy and Hon. Mils Har. Townshend.

After the minuets, the nine first Gentlemen in the lift ftood up, and danced with the Ladies of the first rank one country dance, when their Majefties and the Princefles retiring the ball broke up.

The Ladies' head-dreffes were in general plain, neither rifing high, nor ornamented with many curls. The diamonds were chiefly in pins, though fome were diftributed in wreaths of leaves, and a few were in folid bandeaus. Small feathers of filver and of diamonds alfo appeared.

The caps were marrow, the height about three times as great as the width. Crape,

In the evening, at the ball, as the Prince of Wales was talking to the King, he felt a fevere pull at his word, and, on looking round, perceived the diamond guard of his fword was broken off and fufpended only by a fmall piece of wire, which, from its elafticity, did not break. The perfon whom the Prince fuppofes to have made this impudent attempt, was exceeding genteelly dreifed, and had much the appearance of a man of fashion. The diamonds on the part thus impudently attempted to be stolen, werg worth 300l.

NEA

OCTOBER 7.

TEAR Camden, South Carolina, Richard Champion, efq. late Deputy Paymafter general of his Majefty's Forces, and proprietor of the china manufactory at Brif

tol.

14. On board the Diana frigate, on her paffage to America, the Countess of Effingham. She was daughter of Metcalfe Procter, of Thorp, near Leeds, efq.; was born 27th September 1745, and married to the Earl in October 1765.

Alfo, lately, in Jamaica, Charles Bryan, elq. aged 91.

Mr. Alexander Macneil.

Dr. John Moncrieff.

John Hendley, fenior, cfq.

Mr. John Boggs, merchant.

Mr. James Wear.

James Lawrence, efq.

The Rev. Sir Inglis Turing, bart. Rector

of St. Thomas in the Vale.

John Weft, efq.

Nov. 19. At Jamaica, Thomas Howard, Earl of Effingham, Governor General of Jamaica, and a Colonel of the Army. His Lordship was born January 13, 1747

27. Richard Heaton, efq. of Denbigh. Mr. Samuel Becket, of Thorn, near North wich.

8. At Ormfide, Weftmoreland, William Whitehead, efq. late of Antigua.

11. At Handfworth, near Birmingham, Mr, Langstaff, of Trinity College.

13. At Macftricht, General Count de Maillebois.

14. At Chatham, John Williams, efq. Clerk of the Checque in the Dockyard, and Mufter-Master of the Chatham Division of Marines.

15. Mr. Charles Gurney, builder, Southgate.

At Florence, Peter Matthew Mills, efq. of the island of St. Chriftopher's.

Lately, Thomas Blean, of Norley in Che fhire, aged 102.

16. William Mellish, esq. of Albemarleftreet, formerly Receiver General and Cafhier of his Majefty's Customs.

Ralph Dutton, efq. of Billingford, near Elnham, Cambridgeshire.

17. The Rev. John Cofens, D. D. Mini fter of Teddington.

At the Five Ways, near B★mingham,

Mr. Thomas Lee, Attorney at Law, in his goth year. 18. At Moulins, George Anderson, efq. Late of Madras.

At Harefield, near Uxbridge, Mr. George Kyte, fecond fon of the late Dr. Kyte.

Lately, at Twickenham, Mr. Sterling Gilchrift, Surgeon formerly of the 3d reg. of dragoon guards.

At Fern Hill, Berks, Lady Knollys.
Captain Auguftus Dumarefque, of South-

ampton.

At Winchester, in his 92d year, Mr. Thomas Lipscomb, formerly Surgeon and Apothecary there, and Coroner for the County of Southampton.

At Norwich, Mr. John Armstrong, who, a few years fince, went up in a balloon from Trinity-Hall Clofe, Cambridge.

The Rev. George Newton, Rector of If field, near Lewes.

Lately, Mr. Lewis, Woollen-draper, King-fireet, Covent-garden.

20. David Andre, eiq. New BroadBreet.

Captain James Barford, aged 79, of the Royal Navy.

The Rev. D. S. Shift, High Priest of the Great Synagogue Duke's Place, aged 71.

The Rev. Matthew Moore, aged 84, upwards of 30 years Rector of Barningham, near Greatabridge, Yorkshire.

Sir Alexander Dunbar, of Northfield, bart. 21. Henry Fletcher, efq. at Tottenham. At Haftings, Suflex, Mrs. Gladwich. John Eliton, M. D. at Innerkep, in his return from Ireland.

Lately, Mr. G. Holland, Proctor, Register to the Dean, and Clerk to the Dean and Chapter, of Hereford.

22. Mr. William Chinnery, fenior, writing-mafter, of Gough-fquare, Fleet-ftreet.

At Cherington, in Warwickshire, the Rev. Charles Willes, youngeft fon of the late Lord Chief Juftice Willes, Rector of Whichford and Cherington, Prebendary of Wells, Prothonotary of the Court of Chancery, and Justice of Peace for the County of Warwick.

William Parminter, of Playford Hall, near Ipfwich, gent.

Mr. John Norman, merchant, Lawrence Poultney-Hill.

Lady Bishopp, widow of the late Sir Ce cil Bishopp.

Mr. James Bridge, merchant, of Liverpool.

Lately, at Mauchline, in the Prefbytery of Ayr, the Rev. Mr. William Auld, in the 83d year of his age.

Lately, at Bridgway, near Plymouth, Mr. Henry Bird, formerly a fhipbuilder in London.

23. At Dudley, John Finch, efq.

At the Crown Inn, Slough, Jofeph Wiicocks, efq. Son of the Bishop of Rochester,

At Lyndon, in Rutlandshire, in her 92d year, Mrs. Barker, relict of Samuel Barker, efq. and daughter of the Rev. William

Whitton.

Lately, Francis Gawthern, efq. at Nottingham.

Lately, Mr. Gilbert Langdon, of Wood-, bury, Devonshire, Surgeon and Apothecary aged 83.

25. At St. Giles's, Norwich, in his 37th year, the Rev. Henry Harrington, D. D. Prebendary of Bath and Wells, Rector of North Cove with Willingham, in Suffolk, Rector of Haynford in Norfolk, and Affiftant Minister of St. Peter's Mancroft, Nor wich.

At Tewkesbury, John Pitt, efq. Cham berlain and fenior Alderman of that berough.

Pennell Hawkins, Surgeon and Page to the King.

Mr. Thomas Barrow, Alderman of Windfor.

At Dublin, John Bennett, efq. fecond Juftice of the Court of King's Bench.

Robert Mofs, efq. Barritter at Law, aged 78. He ferved the office of Mayor of Prefton in 1768.

Lately, at Deptford, the Rev. Dr. W. Wilfon, Vicar of St. Nicholas in that town. 26. Mr. Thomas Wilton, head lettercarrier in the foreign department of the General Poft-office.

27. At Hadley, near Barnet, in his 77th year, Dr. John Monro, Phyfician to the United Hofpitals of Bridewell and Bethlem.

Lately, near Lagny in the Isle of France, Monf. Pequigni, author of a work in praife of the famous Francis Xavier.

29. James Witley, efq. Adjutant of the late Grenadier Guards.

Mr. William Cook, Attorney at Law, at Liverpool.

Lately, of a malignant fever, M. Berquia, celebrated on account of his Treatifes on Education.

30. At Craigiehall, in his 82d year, the Honourable Charles Hope Weir.

Mr. Hooker, Accountant of Excife. Mrs. Gentleman, wife of the Rev. Mr. Gentleman, of Kidderminster.

Major Baggs, well known amongst gamblers.

Edward Noble, esq. Alderman of Southampion.

Lately, Richard Heaton, efq. Barrister at Law, Bedford-fquare.

31. Mr. John Ellis. (See p. 3.)

Mr. Robert French, tallow-chandler in Barbican, Deputy of the Ward of Cripplegate Without.

Jan. 1, 1792. George Moorwood, efq. Alfreton-Hall, Derbyshire, aged 73.

Mrs. Chatterton, at Bristol, mother of the unfortunate author.

Edward

At Ely, Thomas Gotobed, efq. HighBailiff and Justice of Peace for the Isle of Ely, and Commiflioner of the Lottery.

3. At Marchetter, Kempe Brydges, efq. formerly of Bedford-ftreet, Covent-garden.

Mr. George Sainsbury, fleward is the Marquis of Salisbury.

John Troughear, efq. at Freshwater, in the Ifle of Wight.

Mr. William Davenport, printer. He had Mr. Bowyer's legacy of 301. per ann. as Greek printer.

Mr. Nicholas Francis Beckman, Fashion. treet, Spitalfields.

Peter Bury, efq. Canterbury, aged 67. Lately, the Rev. Meredith Jones, Rector of Bexhill, Suffex, and Prebendary of Chichefter.

5. John Peckham, efq. Patrixbourncourt, Kent.

Mr. Percival, fenior, banker at Northampton.

Matthew Plunkett, efq. Greck-freet, Soho.

Alexander Longmore, A. M. at Iflington, aged 73.

Lately, Mrs. Ford, relict of John Ford, efq. of Lincoln's Inn, and fifter of Wilbraham Bootle, efq.

7. Mr. Richard Norris, Surveyor of Chrift's Hofpital.

Paul D'Agremont, efq. John-ftreet, Adelphi.

8. William Price, efq. Charlton, near Wantage, Berks.

Samuel Woodham, efq. Green-street, Enfield.

9. Mr. Hope, packer, Leadenhall-ftreet. Mifs Crawley, eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Crawley Bovey, bart. of Flaxley Abbey, Gloucetter fhire.

Gabriel Stewart, efq. Paymafler of the Marines.

At Cotterel, near Cowbridge, Glamorganfhire, the Rev. S. Gwinnet.

Lately, at Warrington, the Rev. Arthur Barron.

Lately, at Granby-houfe, Briftol Hote wells, John Hale, efq. of Chudleigh, Rears Admiral of the British Navy.

11. Mrs. Catherine Patrick, at Bury. aged 83, grand-daughter of Dr. Patrick, Bishop of Ely.

At Bath, the Rev. William Filbridge Arnold, one of the Senior Fellows of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

G. H. Bobart, efq. Alderman of New Woodstock.

72.

The Rev. Joseph Heacock, M. A. äged

12. Mr. Shaw, a fuperannuated musician, at Bath, father of Mr. Shaw of Drury-lane Theatre.

Mr. Jofeph Jackfon, of Salisbury-square, Fleet-ftreet, letter-founder.

Lately, at Ryegate, Mr. John Hinton, Surgeon.

13. Allen Simmons Smith, efq. at the Spa, near Derby.

At Brighthelmftone, Charles Scrafe, efq. aged 83.

Mr. Jofeph Huxley, mafter of a veffel from Liverpool to Philadelphia.

14. Mr. Horncastle, ftationer, New Bond-ftreet.

Henry Bufby, efq. Charlotte-freet, Bloomf bury.

At Donnington, in the county of Lincoln, the Rev. Lewis Powell, Vicar, and near 40 years Minifter of that Parish.

15. At Stanford-hall, Leicestershire, in his 26th year, Sir Thomas Cave, bart. one of the Members for the County.

16. William Scullard, efq. Manfel-ftreet, Goodman's fields.

Mr. John Rivington, bookf.ller, St. Paul's Church-yard.

At Edinburgh, John Erskine, efq. Ad

vocate.

17. James Eyton, efq. Chief Cafhier to the South-Sea Company.

At Bath, the Rev. Dr. George Horne, Bishop of Norwich.

Lady Jane Gordon, fifter of the late Duke of Gordon.

18. Mr. Crefwick, Teacher of Elocution at Kensington, He was formerly an Actor, and performed at Covent-garden, in 1761, the character of Beau Mordecai, in Macklin's Love a la Mode. He afterwards belonged to the York Company, but of late has been wholly employed in teaching clo cution, and reading lectures.

At Oxford, the Rev. William Lawson, M. A. Fellow of Magdalen College.

19. Samuel Campbell, efq, Stanhopestreet, May Fair.

21. Mrs. Eleanor Wall, only fifter of the late Rear-Admiral John Harrison.