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forged, or counterfeit character 
of a servant, shall forfeit the sum 
of forty pounds, or be kept to hard 
Jabour, without bail or mainprize, 
for three months.” 
94th. A conflagration lately 
took place in Paris, which will 
furnish the friends to chivalry with 
new arguments against the French 
revolution. The archives of the 
Order of St. Esprit, and the ti- 
tles of nobility enrolled in the 
convent of the Grand Augustines, 
with all the registered proofs of 
nobility, were publicly burnt in 
the place Vendome. They amount-. 
ed to near 600 immense folios. 
At the conflagration was seen the 
once illustrious Marchioness de 
Laferier, herself bearing her for- 
mer titles, and throwing into the 
flames the honours of her ances- 
tors. 
A new invention of making a 
cable by means of a piece of ma- 
chinery just erected in Portsmouth 
yard, the construction of which 
is very curious, has been submitted 
to the Board of Admiralty. By 
means of this engine, which is 
put in motion by sixteen horses, 
twenty men, wholly unskilled in 
rope-works, will be enabled to 
make a cable of dimensions for 
the largest ships in less time than 
two hundred men can make one 
according to the usual method. 
29th. Mrs, Hobart’s long-looked. 
for and long prevented fashionable 
dejeuné was given yesterday in spite 
of the weather, All the first nobi- 
lity and fashion about town graced 
this téte. The Prince of Wales 
came first, and -precisely at one 
o’clock. Between 400 and 500 
persons were present. The break- 
fast lasted from two till past seven 
o’clock, - . 
The leading personage in this 
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entertainment (which was obliged 
to be confined to the house on ac- 
count of the weather) was Mrs. 
Bristow, anear relation of Mrs. 
Hobart. This lady has long resid- 
ed at the Indian court at Lucknow. 
Dressed in all the magnificence 
of eastern grandeur, Mrs. Bristow 
represented the Queen Nouradjad, 
or the Light of the World, in the 
Garden of Roses. She was seated 
in the large drawing-room, which 
was very beautifully fitted up, on 
cushions in the Indian style, smok- 
ing a hookah, amidst all sorts of 
the choicest perfumes. Mrs, Bris- 
tow was very profuse with her 
otto of roses, drops of which 
were thrown about the ladies’ 
dresses. The whole house was 
scented with the most delicious 
fragrance. The company on en- 
tering were all introduced to 
Mrs. Bristow by Mrs. Hobart. 
Young Keppell, the son of the 
Margravine of Anspach, was dress- 
ed in girl’s clothes. He was in 
the character of a Celabrese, and 
sung some charming French songs 
with M. le Texier, who was in 
woman’s clothes as a ballad-singer, 
and played on the fiddle. A lady 
was dressed as a Savoyarde, but 
could not be distinctly heard, on 
account of an intolerable large 
mask over her face. Mrs. Bristow 
likewise sung. Each lady had a 
lottery-ticket given her by Mrs. 
Hobart on entering, and -each 
drew a prize. The Duchess of 
Rutland drew the second highest ; 
but the gross let, or first prize, 
never went out of the wheel. It 
was, after the drawing was over, 
presented by Mrs. Hobart, on her 
knees, to the Indian Queen Nou- 
radjad. The breakfast of course 
consisted of every thing that «was 
choice and good, and .every jper- 
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