The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1807-12-28 00:00:00

... THE RCTAL FAmar. a Friday being Christmas-Jay, the solemn Festiv.4l was observed by the 1174Y•AL FAMILY. with the meal solemnity In the morning, at half past eight o'clock, after His MA lIST ir had attended to snme dispatches. wnich he had received by a Messenger from Ministers, early in the morning, he left his private apartments, and went to tte room where he always meets his family, previous to his going to the private Chapel, where the Queer:, their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of KENT, CUMSERL &tan, Scull, and CA/113,110G', Princesses AUGUSTA, ELISAIIILTH, MAST, SOYMIA. and AMELIA, were in waiting to receive him. They accompanied him tothe Armoury Room, now used as a chapel, the chapel having been•fittest up as a Concert Room for the I:tte grand entertainments, and not reinstated. T;le morniogservice was read by one of the Minor Canons belonging to St. George's chapel, after which the sacrament was administered by the Arch. bishop of CANTLARUNT to the ROY•L FAMILY. They then retired to their apartments to breakfast, and, at half past tea o'clock, the ROYAL FAMILY, Intended by Ladies W•LDEORAYI, ELY, and Cri•Nt.sv, Miss GOLDSWORTHY, Count MUNSTER, Generals Frrznov and Damn, and Major Pares, heard a sermon preached by the Rev. Dr. Comma, from the First Epistle of Paul to Timothy, the first chapter and fifteenth verse: " This is a faithful same, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to sato sumer., of whom 1 WO chief." After the service, the ROYAL FAMILY returned to the Palace, where His hl are Ty dined, at one o'clock, and the rest of the Family at four. Yesterday morning, His MAJESTY, the Duke of CAMBRIDOIt, Princesses AV011•T•, SOYMIA, AM/. ate, and MARY, rode to St. George's Chapel, ac companied by Ladies ELY, C , and CARO LINE W•LDIIGIATI, General Frraitorr, and Major Farce ; and heard a Sermon preached by the Rev. Mr. Lone, from St. Paul's Epistle to the Hebrews, Sd chapter and 3d verse : s• How shall we serape if we tureect so great salvation ?" After the Sermon a favourite Anthem of HANDIL, from the 93th Psalm, was performed. It is acid to be from the New Publication now in hand from li•No et., by Mr. Simeon, of St. George's Chapel, and Mr. PAO*, of St. Paul's.—After which His Islaaesre returned to the Palace. COUNTESS DOirigOitli OF MOUAT EDGE CUMBE. At friar o'clock. on Saturday morning died, at her house, in Upper Grosvenor -street, Countess Dowager of Mown. Enciscusrat, relict of the third Lord and first and mother to the present Earl. Her Ladyship was Miss Cities 's., only daughter and heir of Dr. John GI Ishii was Archbishop of York. Her Ladyship's remains, we understand, will be interred in the fa mily ♦ault, at Mount Edgeceinhe. The last arrival. at Bath are— Lai si reinbrote,C "intim Ilicoeberiy, Lord Bolingbroke, Led (ilend.ee, Lady Hughes, Lady C. lien.lereck, Han. CO5, siso Guidon, Hen. Cu'. Vain*, Hon. Mr. St. John, Hon Mr. Handecit, Hon. M:11 Herbert, Hon. Miss Rodney, S.r J sod Ledy Sheffield, Sir Jolla Duhize, (icaerei and Mrs. tedireles. llet Dachas, of St. ALIA m's appeared in close warning. yesterday, tor her aunt Lady Faaecu Totten ac us. Mr. Suaatbax dined with Lord llottaaa, yes terday, at Holland-House, Kensington. Newry evil Julia and Lte .8/And tie/ were per formed at Covent-Garden Theatre. on Saturday ave..ing. Miss S/111111 and Mr. C. Kenna filled the parts of the love-sick Hero and &ram with much excellence ; and (,e Blind hog proves, that Mr. Hams did not mike a Mind Bargain with the Author. The Court opens—the Lawyers take their seats— examine their b.igs—take a pinch of snuff—blow theta noses--struke their bands—adjust their wigs— A•eA14.114 NIWL AND was the son of a baker, we are inclined to think his mother was a datter-eraman, from whence he learned to biller bi. dread to such good purpose. There are sight public balls announced in Lincoln and its Eteighbowbuod tor the ensuing fortnight; also a long main of cock, between the Nottingham an Litteulnshire ger.demen. Mr. Kenai.' is so much affeaed with an asth matic complaint, under which he has labouied for yeas, that he has been ordered to the country for the benefit of the air. Mr. H• lists; jun. at present eunduets the management of the stage of Covent sardeu Theatre. The venerable Owersom made his debut, alter an absence of fifteen years from the Limerick stage, List week.in the cause of friendship, in the part of Dennis Brilaniddcrj, in the comedy cf Jials Bill, for the benefit of Mrs. Nl•N•is A v4i. G. JOHNSTON, Esq. M.P. is daily expetled at his house in Hanover-square,l from Brighton. lhe PORTUGIOLSt AI4BASSADON, and several of the Foreign Ministers, dined on Chrisrrnas•day with Lord HOLLAND, at riolland house, Kensington. The Malcom and Mars.hione►s of SALISBURY gave a grand dinner, on Chrisnlas•day, at Hatfield York, to A huge party of No►ility. The Countess Dowager ot Essex left town, on Fthly, for Cashiobury Park. Pie Honeymoon and cila Resenies were per- formed, on Saturday evening, at Drury-lane Theatre, to an overflowing and elegant audience; they are both pieces of such value, that the lumen increases with repetition. The Chapel Royal of Portugal WAS very fully attended on Christmas-day. Prince and Princess CASIALCIIIALA were amongst the Nobility present. Lord MUL AAAAA &DJ ta oily removed to town on Saturday, from Fulham, for the winter season. Mr. MELVIN lett London on Saturday for Dab lin, where he is engaged on the most liberal ter nis ; and where, Irom our knowledge eit the sense and good taste of a Dublin au.ficnce, we have no duvet fie will be a great favourite. The Ball we mentioned on Thursday as Mr Hatunaues, was Mrs. Ha liaison's, and t e young ladies who afforded so much delight. were all Mese Hiotalson's scholats, and saveiat DI Weal SIBIRED years of age. • ..... inquire the news. Gas. Purcell v. Maenamara.—Counsel opens the case with • gentle andante affil ~e—new move ment— ressoraso—he warms—Allure mashrato— wAtmer—illlegro Staccato—impassioned —4...cd.sno. This is called Etommice. Overture to S,,surasside.—Smooth and simple their dy—douish of cracked trumpets and kettle-drums, braying of bassoons, and squeaking of old duict mei s. The opposite Counsel answers—Aliegro—io a pas- sion—ronfursese. A so/o, by a fierce fellow, who travels with his fiddlestick over a huge bass viol, at the sate ul 15u bars a minute, tearing the music to tatters. This is called hunt. Judgment against the Defeo slant. hros—Wbo killed poor Robin, who attired poor Robin 'bras I, aid slit rook, with say b.g book, was 1 killed peer Roe. R. The Court breaks up. Soil— I' ba oils eaine tiot, and as. abaut. The Clients disperse. Song—The docks and pew they all grim eve, fat de rat do ral de, &e. The curtain drops—the ladies retire in their red cardinals. Sony—There was an old woman mated up In a blanket. In rehearsing this parallel, Mr. Editor, I have alternately roared myself hoarse, and sung myself asleep. I have alternately ailed the Serjeant-at-law, and Madame C t at the Opera. I have &Le raataly astounded and delighted my neighbours', broken piano's, and cracked my lungs. But I have not laboured in vain. In my warm anticipations of future improvement. I have sometimes almost convinced myself that music will in time be brought to such peifeaion as to supersede the mrcasity of reading and writing, and that ese. y lurid of social In:etc:arse will be sonduited by Bak. Ikl4e, and • M. 4 DAME CATALAN! act! LORD E-41.4!. !:•Oundc, and ceeen'ed in solos, duets, trial, and q • Sets. Prom the present rage. Sir, for the Ars Mu- Mr. Erwroa—l was composing a new chime ta: .siaa, and particularly the Italian Opera. singing Teipte Bobs and Bob Majors, for the Bells of St. might he introduced wtth great advantage, par- Clement's Church, in the Strand, to welcome in the tleulari . y into our ..ationl assemblies. When a Christmas Holidays, beginning with " Ding, ding, Pantry gentleman, a boisterous Member of Ow- , da," and ending with Miss DUNCAN'S long, shim), was one day roaring out in the House of MI," in The Honey Moon, when all the hsrmony ref Comm ms, " Where will you get money for this nay soul was destroyed by reading the followieg expedition ? we're will you get money for 'that ?" dreadful sentence:— the great Lord CHATHAM, then Mr. PITT. 'whore " Fur my own part I would not give five shillings to hear administration he was attacking, enemas/ e i 'o ~'the Madame Catalani slug far • month "..-1 Ole the Lord Clan cellor's speech in the report of the case Waters tr. Taytor, in folkis ing song- - Tee BatTur Pilafs of '214 Nov. last. Gentle st.e j Aerd, tell me sphere, tell me where? lam very well aware, that Church Music is more This song, the burls of which the famed Orator congenial with the tones of the Court of Chancery, executee with great taste, walking at the same time and that the Italian Reeve,. accommodates itself bet- I out of the House, threw all the members into ter to the taste of the King's Bench, Where Lawyers a roar of laughrer, and bate down all opposition jangle in tune, without a bar rest, and apparent more successfully than the most elaborate and elo discord is often nothing but real harmony. It must quent speech. Need we more than the example of also be admitted, in favour of the judgment pro. such a Master, and the authority of such a name, nounced on Madame CATALAN!, by such high for the introdudion of a Siang into the House of authority, that as civa wore evidence is nct usual Commons I—No doubt Dotter DWORMAN, the in the Court of Chancery, vocal music is cf neces- Honourable UCNNIs Browse, and TYRWHIT Joao, shy rejeBed ; and I must confess, that I have never might find it difficult, perhaps impossible, to war heard that one of Mrs. Bteetecrom's, or Madame ble in the sweet strains of a CATA I. Al 4 , or a Br i. MA a •'s, or any other favourite Singer's notes, had xisotos j but, in such cases of physical necessity, been ever traced on the margin of a brief of Chance- instrumental music might be substituted for vocal. ry Pleadings. I have often read, no doubt, such A member of this description, instead of wagging language as this--. 4 My Lord, I have a note of this his tongue, might ,be allowed to flourish a fiddle case. My Lord. I have a note of that." But I stick ;by which means, if he said nothing to the pur never understood that the most famous of the Plead. pose. he would at all events " discourse most eld ers at the Chancery Bar ever had in his possesArn quent music," which ii more than can be said of a single note of Madame Cav•easi I. Neither in the majority of the House at present. They might the petty bag,nor in the Hamper, vulgarly called the moreover sound their own trumpets, without bein g Hanaper-office. lam confident. was ever ary such obliged tethe reports of Tut BRITISH PRESS for an note found. But, Sir, knowi:g a Court of Justice immortality, or subjened to the censure of egotism. as the Mantuan Swain first knew Rome, merely by I am Sir, yours, report. I had,, like him, formed strange notions, Gun" Hall' SI'4PKIN QUAVER. and fancied a wonderful analogy, aympathy, re semblance, and coincidence, between the repre.enta tion of an Opera and she hearing of a cau-e. A Bill in Equity consists of the charging part, the irony, and the interrogatories. In the Opera, irony too often supplies the place of wit ; interrogatories may be fouad in the dialogue ; and the Managers will admit, that no Opera in which Madame C T ALAMI performed, was ever deficient in the charg ing part. The Story of Orpheus moving stocks and stones by his melodies, never appeared a miracle to me ; for often have I known English woods and castles vanish before the charms of an Italian singer. C s may, with as much ease as Am pies*, at any time convert her crotchets into bricks, and her loaves into mortar ; and as to the fable of &Urn, carried so the shore by the dolphin, l always considered it as merely typical of some poor cast-away gudgeon, who was saved from a Shari by afebrardai in the Court of Chancery. But, Sir, to come to the parallel between the hear ing of a cause, and the representation of an Opera: The House opens—the musicians take their seats in the Orchestra—open their books—tune their fid dles—rosin their boas—sound their horny. WINDSOR THEATRE. On Saturday evening, the favourite play of The Honey Mooa was performed at this Theatre to a very elegant and numerous audience. Miss Dun- CAN was advertised for the part of .7eitiann, and the Bates were greatly taken ; but in the morning of that day a letter arrived from -ber, signifying that she was obliged to play thetoame part that evening at Drury-lane Theatre. The Manager immediately waited on all those Ladies anJ Gentle men who had taken borer, to acquaint thews with the disappointment ; but, with a liberaliAr for which persons of fashion here are so remarkable, very few places were given up. In consequence of which every Performer of the company seemed determined on using his utmost exertions to please so genarous an auditory. Mrs. MIMI' undertook the part of girVano, and went through it with great spirit and animation. She gave it a degree of point and keeping, in many of the scenes, which *hewed her to be an adept in her professiun, and she was accordingly crowned by repeated and loud plaudits. Mrs. Da wr an's Ye- Imre was very arch and lively ; and Miss CIIAM• /Litt male Zamora a very interesting part. Mr. Mow !toes bake was a very chaste and correct performance. Mr. Da Lyon did great justice to, and was much applauded in, Rolando-- and Mr. BROWNa mask the part of BoPhatar stand highly prominent in the piece. His impassioned scenes were given with great force, yet with all that classic correctness for which he is always conspi cuous. His colouring, though rich and warm, was never either harsh or gaudy, but the lights and shades of the pi lure were artfully blended, so as to produce the best effetl. In the scene with Lanepeds, in ~ he 4th alt, he and Mr. Git.semr, who is a very excellent Comedian, kept the audience io a conti nue.] rosr of langhter,and received rsiteratedplaudits. As Seal No Supper followed the play, and was very we I performed ; particularly the part of Dorothy, by Mrs. D sTON, who is an actress of great excel lence in that line. In short, the whole perform ances went oil with the greatest edit. HUNTIIV6. MR, GEE'S HOUNDS. The hounds ef Mr. Gat, of Baddtugton, in Surry, went out on Saturday. They were accompanied by a line field of upwards of 40 sportsmen. They soon put up a hare at Banstead, but lost her after a sharp run of three quarters of an hour. They had not been trying long for another. when a boy cried out "'stele away." The huntsmen immedi ately laid on the hounds, bat the scent was so cold, they were a good deal at fault. In a little time, however, they put up a tine hare, had a view hal loo, and ran her breast high for some time. After a fine run of nearly an kour, she took into the Earl of Ma air's plantations at the Oaks, ran round his Lordship's house, close to the parlour windows, and off through the plantations. where she was lost, to the great alnappointment of hounds and horse men. Mr. FER,MO3.'s HOUNDS. This Geptleman's fire pack of hounds will be brought up, this week, from his seat in Oxfordshire to Epsom, for the purpose of hunting there durir. the remainder of the season. File Gentlemen ot Surrey expel much sport, as Mr. F'sa most will turn out a great nutrrer ot bagged foxes. The hounds are ot the first mettle, and in high condition. Colonel the Hun. Wu. Ftrzao• has disposed of his beautiful pack of hounds to his Grace the Duke Of BEDFORD. for 500 guineas, to the great regret of all his neighbourhood. The Colonel hunted them himself, and, from his polite and gentlemanly behaviour to the company who hunted with him, as well as to the °wears of the property, cod their tenants, over Whose grounds he sported, he deserv edly gained thcir esteem, and both ha and his hounds were and are very popular. the reason the hounds are parted with is owing to the Colonel's bad health, which was very much impaired during the campaign in Egypt; tin C lone' sulfas ♦ct y roods from au asthma. SITOCKINO AccroENT. The necessity of estreme from for the pri. serration of young children from the fatal efeffs of fire, has recently been exemplified by many fatal instances. We are sorry to say, we have another to add to the melancholy list. On the inotning'of Wednesday last, a child of Mr. BUTTON, cellar, et St. Paul's Church-yard. between three and four years 'of age, being left by a servant in a rocas. where a lighted candle was placed on the hiarth a close to t• e eats approached so near as to set its eothes orr'fire. The father and mother of the infant beingArst alarmed by the cries of the little saffaer. hastened to its assistance, aid extinguished the flames 'by rolling it in a carpet.. The feelings of the parents may he conceived, when they beheld ,the srftscle which their cb:ld ierbihited, with this eyes totally destroyed, and otherwise dreadfully disfigured. After languishing in this condition about twelve hours, death happily relieved tLe poor lirlr vitalist from the torture which it must hare en lured , The vertlid of the C'rroner's 1 r gem, hell on the following day. was, Accidental death. POLICE. sow-STaCtT. JUVENILE IMM:rite. For some time past s I robbi ries have been committed in the town and neighbourhood of Islington. and a patty of boys have been suspeeted to be the offenders. Information of this haring been given to the parrole who have the care of that distrid, they have been upon the lo.ik out, but mide no discovery until Saturday, when a boy, about 14 years of age, was deteeted robbing the garden of his own parents, an industrious coup!., wha reside in Lower Islington. He was given in charge to Lock. one of the patrols, who brought him in the evening to the Office, when he noder• went an examination before Mr. GRAHAM. He made an ample confes.ien, in which lie stated, eat he was one ur a gang of eight boys, about his own age. Their Ca;.tain was a boy of the name of Ay', a plaisterer, who, for his superior address in planning robberies, and his knowledge of re ceives of stolen goods, was chosen to fill that station. The crimes siiaich they had committed were of a petty nature. inch as robbing shop-win dows and yards; but they hod grander things is view, and among them was a plan to 'break op•.n the house pf a dlr. Dawson, for which purpose they had made preparations. A chisel and other impk. merits for house breaking, he said, had been pro vided for the execution of tl.is enterprise, which were produced before the Magistrate, having bees found hid no ler some ashes, in pursuance of the in formation given by the Prisoner to the Officer. Mr. Gaauar, feeling how hard it must he upon . parents to cons, forward to prosecute their own child to ernvidion, ordered the Prisoner to he sent on bond the tender. and directed ti.e patrole to look alter the rest of the gang. On the 8:h of Wilber, a fleet.of 19 sail, ships and brigs, was seep in latitude 56, 14, longitod • 2, 07, by one of our cruisers, upon his lee-Seani, standing to the southward. In the evening the cruiser lost sight of them. The Costumers de Ri,, Gousa Lets, from Rio de Janeiro. is detained by the Pbe,ais, of Guernsey, and sent into Cot k. The Tams* frigate. Capt. A.. 1. GIIMITHS, is appointed convoy from Portsmouth to Guernsey. On Tuesday the Hon. Gsciaos Gage, Resident Commissioner of the Navy at Portsmouth, art ived at his house in the Dock-yard, from Alnwick, North u mhet land. Lord Bustoosasn, son of the Earl of WeSTMOR. LAND, arrived at half past eight o'clock, last night, at his father's house in Grosvenor-square, from Gibraltar. His Lordship was prevented from go. ing out to visit his friends, by indisposition. The Marquis of ELT is arrived in town fib= Ireland. J. M. Notifies', Esq. of the Royal Navy, is appointed Regulating Captain at the port of Lime rick, in the room of the late Captain Wa issue-roe, and has taken the command of his distria. The Earl of Den cv turned out a deer, on Satan. day, at Addington, near Croydon. After a severe run of two hours, he was taken in Kent. His Lord ship returned to the Asks, at three o'clock, in hie postehaise and four. Early on Friday morning, tl.e house of Mr. La sin o. shoemaker, of Aylebury.sireet, Clerken. Well, was broken open, and robbed of several ar. titles of plate, a quantity of wearing apparel, and ether property to a considerable amount. Georg: Russell, a working jeweller, was on Sawa day fully committed for trial, by the Magistrates of Hatton-Garden Police Office, charged with steal ing some gold wire. of the rake of 31. belonging to his master, Mr. GLSNNINO, of Holborn, jeweller. The frequent depredations antis kind have induced Mr. GLIM NINO to persist ifs this pr:secution.—A Person of the name of Pollard, also a working jeweller, was br.sught up on suspicion of receiving the stolen articles; out the evidence not being suf ficient to warrant the Magistrates in committing him, he was discharged. ANOTH as CON nT.—A letter from a gentleman, dated Crantits, Orkney, October 30, says:—" Last night I observed another comet. It was nearly vertical to this place, about eight o'clock. The nucleus is fully as large to appearance as the o:her comet, which is also still visible. This new comet is very large and distina. It appears to be on its approach to the sun, will probably be ♦isible for a considerable time, and seems to have mewed, since I first saw it last night, about two degrees." A Lady of fashion, in the vicinity of Portman square, whose condad has hitherto been deemed ie.. reproachable. and who has appeared in the first circles of fashion. absented herself on Wednesday morning from her husband's house. with a young man who had for some time been employed by him as an Amanuensis.--fhe injured Gentleman re ceived intelligence of the circumstance while he was in D. ury-lane Theatre, and immediately pursued the fugitives as far as Healey. where he lost all traces of them; they having proceeded from that town across the country, on foot 1 The' Lady haul deserted three fine children ; and, what is most ea. trzordinary, her condud to her pal-Anwar. who is only twenty years of age, has been invariably narked by the greatest contempt; she not even I permitting him to dine is the same room with her. .