CHRONICLE. 
son seemed to partake very plenti- » 
fully of it. The fruits and wines 
were delicious. 
Diep. Lately at Honselife, in 
Luxemburg, Mr. Horlach, a na- 
tive of Russia, author of a History 
of the Reigns of the Russian 
Princes from 862; and a Genealo- 
gical Account of the Imperial Fa- 
milies of Russia. 
JULY. 
Mr. Foster Powell, the celebrat- 
ed pedestrian, left Shoreditch, Lon- 
don, on Monday morning, the 2d 
of July instant, a little after twelve 
o’clock ; got to Stamford the same 
night at eleven; to Doncaster on 
Tuesday night a little after twelve; 
and arrived at York Minster on 
Wednesday, at five minutes past 
three o’clock in the afternoon. He 
set off from York, on his return to 
London, at thirty-eight minutes 
past five the same evening. After 
sleeping at Ferrybridge, he arrived 
at Doncaster on Thursday morning 
about a quarter before nine ; and 
after taking a refreshment, pro- 
ceeded on his return, amidst num- 
bers of people who accompanied 
him out of town, and got to Gran- 
tham the same evening between ten 
and eleven o’clock, where he slept. 
Early in the morning he pursued 
his journey, and arrived at Shore- 
ditch-church, amidst the acclama- 
tions of thousands, on Saturday at 
thirty-five minutes past one o’clock, 
being one hour and twenty minutes 
within the limited time. 
2d. Lord Lauderdale, attended 
by the Right Honourable C.J. Fox 
as his second, and General Arnold, 
with Lord Hawke as his friend, had 
a meeting near Kilburn-Wells, 
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to terminate a misunderstanding 
which it was found impossible to 
conciliate. Lord Lauderdale re- 
ceived the General’s fire unhurt, 
when, his Lordship declining to 
return the shot, the seconds retired 
for about ten minutes, and the re- 
sult was the finishing of the affair. 
The noble Earl, upon being desir- 
ed to fire, observed that he did not 
come there to fire at the General, 
nor could he retract the offensive 
expressions; if General Arnold 
was not satisfied, he might fire un- 
til he was. A like rencontre took 
place a few days before, between 
the noble Earl and the Duke of 
Richmond. 
In the court of King’s Bench, 
before Lord Kenyon and a special 
jury, an action was brought by the 
Countess Dowager of Cavan against 
Mr. Tattersall, as proprietor of the’ 
Morning Post, for several false and 
malicious libels against her daugh- 
ter Lady Elizabeth Lambert. Af- 
ter a hearing of two hours, the jury 
brought in a verdict of 40001. da- 
mages.— George Rose, Esq. brought 
an action against the printer of the 
Morning Post, for a libel inserted 
in that paper the 13th of March. 
last. The jury, which was special, 
gave the plaintiff a verdict, with 
100]. damages. Another action 
against the proprietor of the Morn- 
ing Post for the same paragraph, 
received the same verdict. 
15th. This day the Recorder 
made his report to the King in 
council of the prisoners under sen- 
tence of death in Newgate, convict- 
ed in May sessions; when the fol- 
lowing were ordered for execution 
on Wednesday next, viz. T. Gort- 
ley, for feloniously personating Da- 
vid Ramsay, a proprietor ot 23001. 
three per cent. annuitiesin the Bank 
of 
