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Monthly Chronicle.
. Thc Ambassador , in the course of his harangue to his Majesty , took from the Secretary of the Embassy , his letter of credence , and kissing the . sanw , presented it to his Majesty , who immediately delivered it to Lord Grenville ; and , after his Majesty ' s reply to the Ambassador , he presented to his Majesty the " Secretary of the Embassy , and the principal persons of his suite , all of whom were received most graciously by his-Majesty . The Ambassador then retired , making again three reverences to his Majesty he withdrew from the audienceand was reconducted with the same ceremony
as , to the Little Council Chamber , to rest himself till her Majesty was ready to receive him ; of which notice being given by one of her Majesty ' s Gentlemen Ushers , the Ambassador proceeded to the Queen ' s apartments , and was received at the door of her Majesty ' s guard-chamber by William Price , Esq . her Majesty ' s Vice Chamberlain , aiid at the door of the room of audience by the Earl of Morton , Lord Chamberlain to her Majesty , and so conducted up to her Majesty by the Earl of Morton , William Price , Esq . and Sir Clement Cottrell Dormer . went to the
The Ambassador , after his audience of the queen , drawing-room to pay his court to their Majesties ; and having previously desired that the Royal coaches might not be kept in waiting to carry him back to his own house , returned home after the drawing-room in his own coach . ^ Besides the Turkish horses mentioned in the foregoing accoun t , the Ambassador brought as presents : To ihe king—A pair of pistols , the stock and barrel solid gold ; and a goI 3
dagger , with belt ornamented with pearls and diamonds . To the Queen and Princesses—Chests , containing silks embroidered with gold ; a plume of feathers for the head dress , supported with ahand of solid gold , and the feathers encircled with diamonds . ¦ To the Prince of Wales —Chests of silks . ] Feb . 3 . The Prince of Wales gave a grand concert and supper at Carlion-house to their Majesties , the House of Orange , the Princess Royal , the Duke ami
Dutchess of York , Dukes of Clarence and Gloucester , all the junior princesses , and Princess Sophia of Gloucester , and a select party of the noblesse of both sexes : — previous to the concert the king went over Carlton-house for the first time . As they passed through the Great Hall , the band of music belonging to the regiment of Guards played the French air of " Ou pent on etre mieux qu ' au sein de sa famille . "—( " Where can one be better than in the bosom of one ' s own family ? " ) Their Majesties , and the other Royal visitants , withdrew about one o ' clock . -, On ibis visit his Majesty , while viewing the apartments , and on his entrance and departure , was attended by the Prince bearing a wax candle .
4 . One Dunn , of Sermon-lane , Doctors Commons , shot a watchman dead at the door of the house where he lived . The blood-thirsty half-intoxicated villain , had been previously loading and firing off pistols , and threatening destruction to the watchmen in the neighbourhood . The deceased , knowing nothing of his frantic and infernal purpose , went up to him , and without-ceremony received the contents of -A fusee in his body . — The coroner ' s jury sat on the body on Thursday , and , after an investigation of the circumstances , brought in a verdict of Wilful Murder against Dunn , who is consequently fully committed to take
his trial . 7 . Landed about one mile to the westward of Shoreham , in Sussex , nine masters of vessels , seven English and two Guernsey and Jersey men , who made their escape in a French boat from Quileboeuf , in Normandy . These men give a particular account of the vessels they commanded when taken , and where carried to in France . Their information is to the following effect : four of tliem were , for the last four months , in the prison of Bourge Achard , District Pont au de Mer , and about six leagues from Rouen ; and the other five were at Bourge Therould , about five leagues from Rouen : that since the death of Robespierre , both thev and their crews had ' the whole district to range in , and were allowed
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Monthly Chronicle.
. Thc Ambassador , in the course of his harangue to his Majesty , took from the Secretary of the Embassy , his letter of credence , and kissing the . sanw , presented it to his Majesty , who immediately delivered it to Lord Grenville ; and , after his Majesty ' s reply to the Ambassador , he presented to his Majesty the " Secretary of the Embassy , and the principal persons of his suite , all of whom were received most graciously by his-Majesty . The Ambassador then retired , making again three reverences to his Majesty he withdrew from the audienceand was reconducted with the same ceremony
as , to the Little Council Chamber , to rest himself till her Majesty was ready to receive him ; of which notice being given by one of her Majesty ' s Gentlemen Ushers , the Ambassador proceeded to the Queen ' s apartments , and was received at the door of her Majesty ' s guard-chamber by William Price , Esq . her Majesty ' s Vice Chamberlain , aiid at the door of the room of audience by the Earl of Morton , Lord Chamberlain to her Majesty , and so conducted up to her Majesty by the Earl of Morton , William Price , Esq . and Sir Clement Cottrell Dormer . went to the
The Ambassador , after his audience of the queen , drawing-room to pay his court to their Majesties ; and having previously desired that the Royal coaches might not be kept in waiting to carry him back to his own house , returned home after the drawing-room in his own coach . ^ Besides the Turkish horses mentioned in the foregoing accoun t , the Ambassador brought as presents : To ihe king—A pair of pistols , the stock and barrel solid gold ; and a goI 3
dagger , with belt ornamented with pearls and diamonds . To the Queen and Princesses—Chests , containing silks embroidered with gold ; a plume of feathers for the head dress , supported with ahand of solid gold , and the feathers encircled with diamonds . ¦ To the Prince of Wales —Chests of silks . ] Feb . 3 . The Prince of Wales gave a grand concert and supper at Carlion-house to their Majesties , the House of Orange , the Princess Royal , the Duke ami
Dutchess of York , Dukes of Clarence and Gloucester , all the junior princesses , and Princess Sophia of Gloucester , and a select party of the noblesse of both sexes : — previous to the concert the king went over Carlton-house for the first time . As they passed through the Great Hall , the band of music belonging to the regiment of Guards played the French air of " Ou pent on etre mieux qu ' au sein de sa famille . "—( " Where can one be better than in the bosom of one ' s own family ? " ) Their Majesties , and the other Royal visitants , withdrew about one o ' clock . -, On ibis visit his Majesty , while viewing the apartments , and on his entrance and departure , was attended by the Prince bearing a wax candle .
4 . One Dunn , of Sermon-lane , Doctors Commons , shot a watchman dead at the door of the house where he lived . The blood-thirsty half-intoxicated villain , had been previously loading and firing off pistols , and threatening destruction to the watchmen in the neighbourhood . The deceased , knowing nothing of his frantic and infernal purpose , went up to him , and without-ceremony received the contents of -A fusee in his body . — The coroner ' s jury sat on the body on Thursday , and , after an investigation of the circumstances , brought in a verdict of Wilful Murder against Dunn , who is consequently fully committed to take
his trial . 7 . Landed about one mile to the westward of Shoreham , in Sussex , nine masters of vessels , seven English and two Guernsey and Jersey men , who made their escape in a French boat from Quileboeuf , in Normandy . These men give a particular account of the vessels they commanded when taken , and where carried to in France . Their information is to the following effect : four of tliem were , for the last four months , in the prison of Bourge Achard , District Pont au de Mer , and about six leagues from Rouen ; and the other five were at Bourge Therould , about five leagues from Rouen : that since the death of Robespierre , both thev and their crews had ' the whole district to range in , and were allowed