२ tress Billingtone; but Monseigneur le Duc vas prove to de satisfaction of de Conseil, dat Mistress Billingtone she was ver excellent Protestant; vereupon de Conseil he vas say dat vas ver autre chose. I am, Sare, vid consideration de most parfaite of your ver humble Serviteurs, June 8. LOUIS RAGOUT, Chef de Cuisine, et Interprete en Chef to MINISTERIAL DELASSEMENTS. [From the Oracle.] EVENTS have most satisfactorily proved the truth of Lord Castlereagh's celebrated assertion,that the Ministers of this country are upon a bed of roses!" The manner in which our present Go-vernors contrive to withdraw themselves from the cares and fatigues of office furnishes the strongest and most complete proof of their superiority over their dull and plodding predecessors, who found themselves obliged to give up every faculty of their minds, and every moment of their time, to do that which their suc -cessors perform, without denying themselves those enjoyments of social life which furnish the best sweeteners of official toil... Mr. Canning, in moments like the present, goes and amuses himself in Leicestershire; whilst Lord Westmorland takes charge of the Foreign Office! Lord Mulgrave attends picture auctions; at one of which, within the last month, we had the pleasure of seeing him three days running, from the hours of twelve to four, carefully noting down the price at which every article was knocked down; and the Admiralty is then left to the valuable superintending care of the well-known Bobby Ward! Lord Lord Castlereagh unbends his mind from the cares of the War Department, in the fascinating company of Madame Catalani; and the Office is then left to the care of-itself. How much at their ease ought our countrymen to feel under such Ministers!!! June 10. A FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY, [From the same.] "Let him paint an inch thick." TO Picture Sales how anxious Mulgrave skips, More pleas'd with painted than with real Ships! Wherefore then, Fortune, place the Noble Lord, 'Stead of the Artist's, at the Sailor's Board? Why give at Charing Cross * supreme Command, When his best views are centred in the Strand †? · In pity change; th' experiment's worth trying, That Albion may come off with colours flying, June 17. PAUL PALLET, THE MUSICAL MINISTERS, [From the same.] "Nero fiddled whilst Rome was burning."---JUNIUS, CAST ASTLEREAGH bends at Catalani's shrine, ANTI-QUAVER. Admiralty Office, + Somerset House. INTELLIGENCE INTELLIGENCE EXTRAORDINARY ! [From the same.] By Permission of the Society for the SUPPRESSION OF VICE AND IMMORALITY, FOR THAT NIGHT ONLY, On Monday next MADAME CATALANI will have A CONCERT AT THE GREAT ROOMS IN ARGYLL STREET. Leader of the Band and First Violin-Lord C-GH. Many of the first Performers are engaged to give their assistance on the occasion. During the Concert, the following Pieces will be performed: "A poor old Woman of Eighty."-SONG-Duke of PD. "Though my Comrades I despise."-SONG-Mr. CG. "Have you any Work for the Tinker"?-Lord E--N. "Bah! bah! Black Sheep."-SONG-Lord E-n. "I ne'er was bred a Sailor Boy."-SONG-Lord ME. "A Soldier I am for the Ladies."-SONG-Lord 'M- -E. "Give me a Halfpenny."--BALLAD-Lord C-M. "When I have a Saxpence under my Thumb.”— CATCH-Mr. R, Mr. SB, Mr. S-s BE, and Mr. H- N: "The Rent of Moulsham Hall."-A New BALLAD, written and composed expressly for this occasionSir H. MY, Bart. "How sweet's the Job that meets Return!"-SongMr. Ss B- -NE. "Amidst the Roses as I lay."—SONG-Lord "The Adder with a double Tongue."-SONG-Lord CGH. "Turn, turn, oh! turn."-CATCH Lord CGH, General CD, Lord S-K. "Mr. Speaker, though 't is late, I must lengthen the debate!"-CATCHMr. Hs BNE, Sir T-s TN, Mr. Bs. "Discord! dread Power!!!"-GLEE-by all the Cabinet who have voices. "Great A, little a."-SONG-Mr. A-T. "A Little Old Woman and I!"-SONG-Mr. P———L. "Old Woman, will you go?"-SONG—Mr. P—L. "My Father was a Pedlar."-SONG-Lord HAnd they set up a Calf, A Brazen Calf."-RECITATIVE-HANDEL.- The whole to conclude with -Y. THE FAVOURITE CHORUS OF "Bless the true Church, and save the King." As performed under the Direction of Lord Gr de W- -N at the Concert of Antient Music. June 20. VIVAT REX! MR. CABINET DINNER. [From the same.] R. Perceval's dinner has been long the subject of conversation in the polite and political circles.It took place on Wednesday last, at his house in Lincoln's Inn Fields; and we have great pleasure in communicating to our readers several particulars not generally known, connected with that elegant entertainment, which was unique of its kind, and where the wise men of this nation were induced to unbend and lay aside their dignity, while they enjoyed "The feast of reason and the flow of soul." This dinner had been in contemplation from the day when Mr. Perceval entered upon his new offices; but, as it was likely to make a great noise in Lincoln's Inn Fields-nay, in all the fashionable circles, and, through the medium of the Foreign Ambassadors, might become the subject of conversation at the dif ferent Courts on the Continent, it was necessary to proceed with deliberation in the arrangement of a matter of so much political importance. When the company were assembled before dinner, nothing worthy notice occurred, except a laugh at the expense of Mr. Canning, who took from the book-case what appeared to be a French tome of Jean Jacques Rousseau, but which, on being opened, proved to be a volume of Capel Lofft's Law of Evidence! Mr. Perceval was observed to step out a few minutes before dinner, for the purpose of placing the different dishes on the table in the order previously arranged, and opposite to the respective chairs intended for the guests, according to their rank and offices.-Dinner was then announced, the guests were scated, and the dishes uncovered-when the company was surprised by so many proper things in their proper places. Before the Duke of Portland were placed a number of fishes of different species, with delicious sauces of every description, sufficient for His Grace and for the rest of the company.-On each side of His Grace were seated Messrs. Rose and Huskisson, who alternately relieved the Noble Duke from the trouble of carving, and supplied His Grace with ipecacuanha lozenges. Lord Eldon was gratified in finding himself opposite an abridgment of Bacon and a dish of Kyd, and made a most favourable report of Mr. Perceval's Coke. Before Mr. Canning were arranged several little plates of foreign cookery, prepared by Jacquiere and Escudiere for His Secretaryship's palate; Mr. Per |