May,] 



CHRONICLE. 



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left there the four ships destined 

 for the Arctic Expedition, all 

 well, and were to sail in the course 

 of two or three days. 



On the evening of May 2, the 

 Duke and Duchess of York gave 

 a grand entertainment at York- 

 house, St. James's Palace. Be- 

 sides the Queen and Princess 

 Augusta, there were present the 

 Prince Regent, the Duke and 

 Duchess of Gloucester, the Prince 

 and Princess of Hesse-Hombourg, 

 the Duke of Clarence, the Duke 

 of Kent, the Princess Sophia of 

 Gloucester, and several of the 

 nobility. Her Majesty was sud- 

 denly taken ill about ten o'clock, 

 while taking tea : she felt herself 

 so very unwell that she wished 

 to go home instantl)-, but neither 

 her chair nor her carriage were 

 in readiness, her Majesty not 

 having ordered them till eleven 

 o'clock ; and it so happened that 

 there was no Royal carriage in 

 readiness. Lord and Lady Castle- 

 reagh, however, who had just 

 arrived, offered the use of their 

 carriage, which was accepted, 

 and the Queen got into it, accom- 

 panied by her daughters, the 

 Duchess of Gloucester, the 

 Princess Augusta, and the 

 Princess of Hesse - Hombourg. 

 Expresses were sent by special 

 messengers, to call Sir Francis 

 Milman and Sir Henry Halford, 

 who repaired to the Palace in a 

 short time. They remained with 

 the Queen till past 12 o'clock, 

 when they pronounced her Ma- 

 jesty better, and Sir H. Halford 

 was deputed to convey the in- 

 telligence to the Prince Regent 

 at Carlton-house. The indispo- 

 sition with which the Queen was 

 80 suddenly seized was a spasmo- 



dic attack. Early in the morn- 

 ing the following bulletin was 

 issued : — 



" The Queen was a good deal 

 indisposed yesterday evening ; 

 but her Majesty has passed a 

 good night, and is better this 

 morning. 



" Fr. Milman. 



" Henry Halford." 



A melancholy catastrophe oc- 

 curred on Saturday, May 2, near 

 St. Agnes island, Scilly. Four 

 men had put out for the purpose 

 of fishing, to supply their families, 

 when the boat sunk, from some 

 unaccountable accident, and 

 three of tiiem were drowned. 

 The other was shortly afterwards 

 seen on a rock by some men 

 passing in a fishing-boat. They 

 exerted themselves, but in vain to 

 extricate him from his perilous 

 situation. Whilst waiting for the 

 ebb tide, they conversed with 

 the unhappy man for upwards of 

 two hours. He informed them 

 of the fate of his companions, and 

 entreated them for God's sake to 

 save his life ; but a tremendous 

 wave suddenly swept him off the 

 rock, and he was seen no more. 

 They have all left wives and 

 children to lament their loss. 



The following address, by the 

 Jews of Leipsic, to their brethren 

 of the same persuasion frequent- 

 ing the fairs at Leipsic, has been 

 published in the German and 

 Hebrew languages, and exten- 

 sively circulated throughout the 

 continent :^ 



" It is notorious that Leipsic 

 owes its internal prosperity and 

 riches to its commercial gains 

 alone ; without its fairs, this city 

 would be at the most an insigni- 

 ficant country town. The moat 



numerous 



