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CTer, wai very summary. The 

 only questions put to her, were her 

 name and quality. To the first she 

 answered, that her name was Phili- 

 pina Maria Elizabeth Helena, of 

 France, arid htrr quality, she said, 

 was aunt tci the king. This asser- 

 tion was sufficient ; she \va» imme- 

 iliately declared guilty of conspiring 

 against tlie. republic, and executed 

 llje same day. 



JUNE.' • 



4th. As Mr Clarke's staije wag- 

 gon was passiiig along the road 

 near Burstivll, Leicestershire, it was 

 overlorned, owinor to the horses 

 takingtright at a peacock, and three 

 valuable horses were killed. 



6th. "A fire broke out in a room 

 adjoining tlie laundry at Oatlaiids, 

 the seat of the duke of York, which 

 burnt with ?reat fury for nearly an 

 hour and a half, when it communi- 

 cated to the grand armory, where 

 arms lo the anifiunt of y'CXJOl. were 

 totally destio.ed ; and had it not 

 been fur tiie activity of the neigh- 

 bouring inhabitants, the whole of 

 the house had been leve'led with 

 the ground. The whole damage 

 is estimated at SOOOl The duchess 

 was at Oat!:indi at the time, and 

 beheld the dreadful conflagration 

 from her sleepmo- apartment, which 

 is situated in the centre of the man- 

 sion, and from which tjie flames 

 were prevented communicating by 

 instant]) iievving down a gateway, 

 • over which the winged joined to 

 the house. His majesty visited 

 h T highness on Saturday morning, 

 and gave the necessary orders for 

 clearing the ruins, pud rebuilding 

 tbe wmg of liie house which had 

 been des.royed. 



lOih. lord Chatham carried the 

 account of lord Howe's great naval 

 victory (see Appendix to the Chro- 

 nicle) to the Opera, and just after 

 the second act it was made known 

 to the house. A burst of transport 

 interrupted the Opera, and never 

 was any scene of emotion so raptu- 

 rous as the audience exhib'ifed.when 

 the band struck up Rule Britannia. 

 The joy continued for the whole 

 night, and at intervals the acclama- 

 tions of triumph drowned the per- 

 fiormance. Morichelli joined in the 

 general joy, andGod Save the King 

 was sung by lier, M jrelli, and Ro- 

 vedino. Not content with this, the 

 spectators seeitig Banti in abox, she 

 was called on by every voice to sing 

 God save the King! She chearfuUy 

 obeyed the summons, came on the 

 stage, ond the transport of the night 

 was .crowned by her singing the 

 song. 



The duke of Clarence went to 

 Covent-garden theatre, where he 

 communtcatedthejoyfulinteHigence 

 to the manager, who ordered it to 

 be announced to the house, which 

 was accordingly done by Mr. Inde- 

 don. The music played God save 

 the King ! and Rule Britannia ! 

 which were loudly applauded. — • 

 Lord Miilgrave and colonel Phipps 

 in the mean time went to Drury- 

 lane house, and informed the ma- 

 nager of tbe glorious achievemenrs 

 of the British navy, which he order- 

 ed to be aimouuced to tbe andieuce 

 by Mr. Suett. The music and per- 

 formers joined in the loyal sounds 

 of God save the King ! and Rule 

 Britannia ! which were loudly ?p- 

 plauded by the wh le house. TliC 

 event was celebra.ed throughout 

 the night by the ringing of bel's, 

 firing of cannon, &c. and this day 

 at nuon the Park and Tower guns. 



13 th. The 



