The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1807-01-14 00:00:00

FASHIONS FOR JANUARY'. The Court Mourning ending this day, WP, in compliance • eiir promise on the first of this month, lay before our f...rnale readers, the Fashions, as they appear at the first houses • , 0 ,,,. We must, however, admit, that until the celebra• t bon of Her Majesty's Bnth Day, Fashion is never seated on be throne, to issue her arbitrary rnandates to the Beam Monde Flowers of every kind will be worn, particularly natural, sa d Feathers also. The prevailing colours will be brown, scarlet, green and yellow, mounted on bands of ►lack velvet Tire Knight's plume will be much worn; it consists of nine Ostrich feathers and a Heron plume —Silver grey, light pink, and dove, will be the rending colours fur this month.— The present walking drew is dove.colour:d velvet, er Kersey mere mantla, trimmed, and caps to correspond—Veils ~ f silver, gold, &c. &c. or of materials extremely clear, ►nand with satin ribbon, over a satin cap, ornamented with frosted epees of white, or any good candle light colour. White satin hussar caps, with swansdown and silk tassels, the lame form in silver chambery, ornamented with silver laurel and silver tassels; coloured satin caps are most elegant with dark fur; hat caps of satin, .kc. with ustruh feathers, have a good elect fur the Opera. Gipsy cloaks are ►till la Uel w orn. Scarlet My t tippets, trimmed with swansdown; also of white satin. There is lery little alteration in dresses. Turkish robes are still in mints; the cottage dress retains its place. Shut silks, oflight co'ours, with the dsvet trimming, and vel vets of the same err much admired. The leopard Min is more Houceile than tasteful Of b•earning. THEATRE. DRUIST-SANC. Last night Mr. Keutsy's new Comic Opera of False Alarms; or, My Casuist, was again performed, with, if possible, increased success. It has under g-ne some very judicious compression. To form oily idea of Mr. lilt SHAN'S execution in the beauti ful song, Saida Smile se a Tear, and the effed of his accompaniment on the piano (rata, it must be heard ; he was last night, as on the prece.iing, rap turously encored. Mr. Diorivsi begged the indul gence of the house for Mrs. Mott:crams, who was hoarse from a cold, but wont attempt her st.sigs, in which she was extremely successful. Miss [)1:<. CAN, Signora STORACC, and Mrs. BLAND, were equally happy in their respedive parts. Mr. BA N- Sisrsa ' s humourous description of M ojor AP Ph, rson And Moss Lesoinit Scout, was I,llldll enrorrd, amt kept the house in continued bursts of laughter Mr. ?Excel., in Gabriel, was chaste, humourous, and entertaining. Mr. Waounovos, and Miss POPE, possess so much talent, they must Always please.— The most sedulous attention has ben paid to bring this Piece, with all the Plat which it merits, before the public. The house eves Homed with el-gant company, at an early hour ; and Mr. WROUOISTON announced it for future representation, amidst peals of applause. Yesterday, His MAJILITY. accompanied by the Pa tacessts. Earl of Mace wrist.o, Lend ST. Hl asses. Col. WM* THAW, atc. took an airing on horse back, by Cranbourn. The ROYAL FAMILY will come to town, this day, and it is expelled they will remain till Friday se'nnight. His MaiLar v will hold a private Levee and Privy Council, at the Queen's Palace, this day. The drawing-room, on Monday, is exptiled to be very splendid. His Royal Highness the Duk^ of K NT came to town, yesterday, from Kensington Pakce. His Royal Highness the Duke of Ct • a EFCC will come to town, this day, from Bushy Park, and re turn in the evening. The last arrivals at Bath are— The Dnn of Bristol and Mrs. Parke, lion. Mr. Dawson, no, Mrs. Rochefort, Sir John Durbin, Su C. 11 , ,tha,n, Admiral Holloway, Gan. Lloyd, Col. Parke, Col. Filrott, Col. Main, Col Patilett, Col. Riddle, C.I. Allen, Col. I:er-ti ll-idl, Col Coghlan, Col. Mrs. and Miss G - .ldie, I..Leu: -Col. Dolbc,A, Major Durbin, Rev. Ds. Taylor, Res. Mr. and Johnstooc. Mrs. DICKONS is engaged by Mr. Coaas for his Concerts at Edinburgh. A new lace is now in great repute among the Paririan Eiegantre I it is called " The IVe6 of Awing." and Mrs. SHILRIDAPI, and Mrs. Wi t.mor , re town, yesterday, from the seat of the Hoe. ,No, at the Hoo, Hens. :arl of DORCHESTER arrived, yesterday, at in Park-lane, from Milton Abbey, Dor and MA.tme Tore are arrived in an vessel at Dover. larquis 4 f Aneacoau came to town, from the Priory, and returned in the .arl of Mote A gave a grand dinner, yester - house in St. James's-street. to several of inet Ministers. and Sir THOMAS SUTTON. Countess Cowry'', and the Dowager cf Strrov dined, yesterday, with Vi— Viscountess Mataocapi a, at their house, Caaociat DABIRR returned to town, yes from Windsor. Duke and Duchess of NORTHUMBERLAND, 1 and the Ladies PERCY, arrived List week at mberland-huuse, from Alrwick Castle. Dowager Countess of Sereoa arrived, last • her house in Hill-street, Berkeley-square, ,ce Farm, near Windsor, for the season. Marquis of Dormoist, and Mr. DURNA M. have arrived in Edinburgh, from the ' lreland. Earl and Countess of Aseaneem have their Christmas with the Marchioness of at the Priory, where there has daily numerous asktiriblage of Nubility, and A Concerts hate taken place. and Lady Euziistrit Wu; T n left town Sunday tor the Hoo, Hertfordshire, the seat Hnn. Mr. Beano ; and on Monday morning 'kid to their seat at Sluth-Hill, Bedfordshire, imeattrettunins to town to-morrow. ••• . • ARGYLE-STREET ORGANIZATION Or THE •RoTts-st sir [STA BEMIS( EN r. • FFROPRIATED TO THE USE AND AHUss , :E%Ts 0► THE 'HONER ORDER OF SO CIETY. PATRONS: Ills Royal !betimes , the Pruner. of WALES. H 3 Royal Ilughnoes the Duke of YORK. 11. s Roe al Mich:less the Duke of SUSSEX. His Royal H Omen the Duke of CAMBRIDGE. The Government will be vested in the Patrons, the Patronesses, the Institutor, and the Direetor ; with a Treasurer, Secretary, and Assistants. The Patronesses hold lists for ten names each ; and the folllwing Mode is recommended in order to supply them immediately, and as attended with the least trouble : Each lady, who holds a list, to name, in the first instance, two ladies as subscriber.; each of whom will recommend another lady, and every lady will nominate the gentleman she wishes to recommend. By these means the list will be immediately filled, without trouble or delay. None but Subscribers can possibly attend the Wetings, except on the last night of the subscrip tion, which will be a Masqued Ball ; to which two hundred Non-subscribers will be admitted, by tickets to be issued by the Subscribers. Every lady or gentleman on the lists as Subscrib ers to the Evening Parties, may nominate as many Subscribers to the Reading Rooms (subjeet to the approbation of the Committee of Management) as they think proper. All funds to be paid to the Treasurer, by whom receipts and tickets will be issued. NEW ROOMs IN ARGYLE-STREET. /11191111 D Tul 1.010 CIIIIIEIEI L The constant and triterated complaints of numer ous persons of rank and fashion. th the metropolis is destitute of some scene of amusement, where taste and refinement may occasionally experience gratifi cation, unalioyed by the inconveniences attending places of 'uvular resort, !-Ave long been heard with out being relieved, and their justice admitted, with out their cause being removed. In consequence of a convietion, that an establish menrembraciog &lefts of utility and amusement, must be supported by the warmest patronage of those who have felt its necessity ; an elegant, spa cious, and commodious building has been purchased, enlarged and decorated, with a view to provi.le a sphere of aiftion, where persons of rank and distinaion may et jny society without interruption. Ihe building, by its pecular and novel construc tion, is adapted to the corre& display of every species of rational, elegant , and polite entertainment. The Concert, the and the Assembly, regulated by the stritlest decorums of polite lite, and enlivened by novelty, will vary the attrathons of the place, so that the Subscribers may at once partake the better amusements of a public scene, with the ease, the comfort, and the convenience of their domestic so cieties. The objets intended to be submitted hereafter to a sei-A circle are numerous and important, at pre sent they are necessarily confined to Six Night's Pri. vete Subscription, nnder the immediate pattonage of His Royal Highness the Prince of W A tilt, Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of YORK. the Duke of Susisit, and the Duke of CARIBRIDOL, and several ladies i.f high rank and distiniction. The Evening Amusements will consist of varieties in the arts of Music and Dancing ; and Suppers will be given on the nights of the Bills. Five Hundred Subscribers, and no more, will be received, by the ladies wen hold the lists, and none can be admitted unless tnrougli the channel of their recommendation. Lady's Subscription . . Tour Guineas. Gentlemen . . . Five Guineas. For a lady and her daughter . Guineas. The first eight will be on the first or second Thursday in February, and the following Thursday of each succeeding week. The most distinguished performers are engaged; and the celebrated CHERI:RINI is now employed in Paris, in composing original Mtr,ic, expressly and exclusively for that department of the P4 , i tetlo. **, The Boxes grated ate for the accommodation of the Rovas. FAMILY. Mr. and turned to ti Mr. BRAN The Ear a his house, seuh ire. Mr. p 2 y , American t• The M esterday, evening. The Ear day, at his the Cabine Earl am • Cc.uatess c count and Whitehall. Lady C frn J, The Du • the Earl as .5 Northumbr is The Doi &radar, at 11c.rn Suite The M at ~ of Largo , North of ht The La passed the Alcacarts 1 . been a nui Id several Cm le Mr. and last Simla of the Hon proceeded and intend I. MORNING READING ROOMS It has been frequently a suhjeet of surprise and regret, that m ..isure which affords an opportunity to ladle:, as well as to gentlemen, of visiting some scene of fashionable result. where all the Daily Pa pers, and other Periodical Publications are regularly, laid before them, and which has been found so highly attraftive, even in the motley society, and in the confined accommodation of the various Watering Places, should never have been adopted in the me tropolis. Societies of this description, frequented by men only, are to be found in every part of Lon don ; but no reason has ever been assigned why ladies should be excluded from the benefit of such establishments. _ _ . It is a part of the Plan of this Institution, to pro- mote so desirable an accommodation. on an enlarged and liberal scale ; and, as it is equally desirable in this as in every other department, to adopt the most cautious measures for preserving a 'AM society ; it is requested, that the LOW: who subscribe to the Evening Entertainments, will undertake the nomi nation of those, whether Ladies or Gentlemen, who are desirous of subscribing to readign-rooms. *l s t:" an elegant Morning Assembly will be es tablished, which. from the size of the rooms, need not be contined, at present, by any limitation of number. The plan proposed. is to open the rooms from the first of February, to the eod of August, daily, from ten 01 five, when all the Daily Papers mid other interesting Periodical Publications will be found in sufficient numbers fur general accommo dation. ••• The Subscription One Guinea per Annum. LITERARY SOCIETY. It is also proposed to form a Society of Belles hung. composed of Noblemen and Gentlemen, eminent for their talents, or their works ; for their taste or their erudition ; for their accomplishments, or their love of learning : such a body of men, be ing associated with the general establishment, and diffusing round it the lustre of science, cannot tail to give it that real distils tiara, enlarged y. aid various enjoyment. which is the ultimate aim of the Institution, and which has for many years been the favourite objeft of the Institutor. MIDDLESEX 5R,9310N.9.--hx. 13. Before WILLIAM MAINWA RING, Beg. Chairman and a attrae , :ous &nth of Justwes of the Peace 4r M. County of ftlitiJitter. Charles Flowers, alias Charlt; Triatbled,n, was in diaed for a misdemeanour, in breaking into stOggs belonging to the London Dock Company, with in tent to commit a felony therein. This prnsecutidn was instituted by tl•e London Dock Company under the folloe ing circumstances : Several depredations having been committed at these docks about the month of 01oher last, the Company place•i a guard to water, and, if possible, discover the perpetrators, About eleven o'clock on the night of the 27th of that month, the guard heard the noise of hammering outside the stores; he went out, and the moon shining bright at the time, he plainly discovered four men wui king with pickaxes, &c. at the wall of the stores ; he immedi ately sent one of two little boys, who were along e•ith him, to give the alarm to the next watchman ; upon the latter springing his rattle, three of the men made their escape over a high wall, and at the same time the Defendant advanced towards the guard and watchman, from the spot where the others had been at work. He was taken up, but afterwards released. In three days after, he was brought before a Magistrate, and obliged to give bail to stand his trial. The premises being after wards examined, a pickaxe, an iron crow, and some other tools of the same kind, were found, and up wards of nine tier of the bricks had been removed, quiet: sufficient to admit a man through ; but fortu nately, a cask of tallow happened to lie exaßly at the breach, which prevented an entrance at that time. Mr. A tr.! T, for the Defendant, made several ob jedions to the !rrin of the indidmen:, in point of law. He contended, that the indidment, in the first place, should have set out the mines of all the per sons composing the London Dcck Company, prose cuting under this indidrnent, in the same way as an indiflment prosecuted by a parish, always set out the names of the Churchwardens, kc. specifically as the prosecutors. He further conmnded, that in or der to constitute a burglary, wit intent to commit a felony, it should appear that some part of the man's body had been within the premises so broken open s but in this case no such tan appeared ; and therefore the present indidment could not be sus tained. Mr. Serjeant Bess., for the Prosecution, answered the objedions of the Learned Coun•el, with his usual ability, and the Court was of opinion that the indict ment was properly framed. Mr. A LLB , " then entered into his defence, upon the fads; and, in a very able argument, insioed, that from all the circumstances of this case, the fair inference was, that the Defendant most be innocent of the charge alleged against him. In the first place, he was a man of some little property, and, of course, could not have been supposed to be driven to the secessity of committing a felony for his liveli hood. He had lived for many years in the neigh bourhood of those docks, and held some ground immediately adjoining that part where the men, who escaped, bad been at work ; and the /aft was, as he was instruded, some depredations having been committed on his own ground, he was there at the time on the watch, as well as the servant of the Company. His voluntary surrender immediately, and attendance before a Magistrate three days after, without any attempt, upon his parr, either to conceal himself or to abscond, were still further convincing testimony of his innocence. Some witnesses were called to his charader, and the Jury, after a short consultation, brought in a Verslid of Gitiky. SURREY SASSlONS—HonsamoNata-LANE. FIRST DAY. L"M GRANTLEY in the Chair: His Lordship, assisted by Lords LESSIC and Wm. Rus.st.L. Sir THOMAS Ttntrove, Sir ROBERT Boa *Mr, and the other of the Surrey Magistrates, opened the Court, at ten o'clock. As is very usual on the first day, tla.t only material business was the swearing; in the Grand Jury, and recording the presentments of the High Constables ; the rest was merely going through the routine of passing the Treasurer's and other public officers' of the county bah and accounts, which being all got through, the Court adjourned till this morning, at ten o'clock, when the Traverse Jury will be sworn, and then proceed on the trials. A private meeting of the Eleaors of Middlesex. in the interest of Sir FRANCIS kit:apart', was held yesterday at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, in the Str4nd. Sittings appointed in Middlesex and London, ►e fore the Right Hon. EDWARD Lord Er.iatiso. ROUGH. I. /rd Chief Justice, Sec. in and after Hi lary Term, 1807 : IM rants. MIDDLESEX. I LONDON. 1 Wednesday . . lin ft Thursday . . . Jan. 2MI Monday . . . Feb. ft Wadne‘day . . lab 4 Tuesday . . . ---- 10 Werlncsiay . . --a II •MO TF.11.4. Friby . . . Fer 1 i Saturday . Feb. 14 The Earl of CALIDON and Colonel Aitxatrnsit attended yesterday, at the Sessious-house, Clerken well, to give evidence balare the Grand Jury, against his Lordship's Swiss servant, whom we ha►e had occasion to mention so often lately. Bills were found at the prosecution (1 his Lordship, and also of Mr. AL111414011. Next Sunday Evening, the Rev. W. R. Cowes', of Peeleiam, will preach, at Saltres Hall Meeting. a Sermon, in behalf of the Humane Society; and we are assured, that a number of the Ch,ldren and oth:rs, who have been providentially restored to Life, by the Medical Assistants of the above In- Eitution, will attend Divine Service, which begins at hall.past six o'clock. Yesterday the State Lottery commenced Draw ing, when No. f.'4,490, the First-drawn Ticket, en titled to 10,0201. was sold at Messrs. HA1•10, Music, and Co.'s Office, Royal Excliimge, in one Half, one Fourth, one Eighth, and two Sixteenth Shares Tickets and Shares, warranted undrawn, are selling as above. The second Day of Drawing will be on Thur►day, the 22d inst. and oo the Mon dry following. the First-drawn Ticket will be en titled to 10,0001. Oe r DURLLY, Jas. 9. _-_. -r Yesterhy morning, at five o'clock, Castle-Coale. the magnificent sent of the Earl of Bebncre; in the county of Fermanagh, was discovered to be ma fire. The fienls burst out with et.nsi.lerable fury is the back-kitchen, and rolling in volomes thronch the Windows of that apartment, eAib'ted to the astonished inhabitents, the first notification of their danger. The alarm was soon g , ve,!, and the inha bitants of Enniskilb n, as well .t of Cie edjacent neighbourhood, were almixt immediately in mo tion. Several detachments of tro• pa from the town► cf Enniskillen, with Colonel Wardrop at their ne,d, in a few minutes arrived at Castle-Coole. In three hours they succeeded in supprossin?; the flames. A large reservoir of water, within the bn ly of the home, and the circumstance of the basement story beii , g arched over, contributed to this happy result. 'The tire was first observed by the cook, who slept in a contigu.ms apartment, the kitchen was then in.tc• cessibles it was Heed with lath and plaistrr, diked to strong uprights ot wood, which were all in flames, and the crackling of which gave the first alarm. Such was the intenseness of the Barnes, that all the metal utensils of the apartment were melted totally. the damage done, we are happy to say, is incon siderable. This noiile edifice was erefted by the late Earl, and cost 1500)01. It is built of Portland stone, with two great fronts, each 300 lest in length, and is the most magnificent private house in Ireland. CONWAY PERRY. We have been favoured with the following ea• traft of a letter from Hnlywell (Wales). After de scribing the unfortunate circumstances attending the loss of the boat, with which our readers are al ready acquainted, the writer gives the following as an acctu ate list of the persons who were lost : Pew Allison, belonging to tht hots. of Heard and Bel, PAW- chants, Liverpool. John Guaira). Curb. idle, Staffordshire. John Hunt, Eq. his atidr.s. at J. fieud's, Dallaat OfKcs, Thomas Tipton, the guard. —.Carpenter, a sun of the guard of that name, etteaing front ach.rei num Yorkshire. Richard Edward:, smith, Holyhead. Ch.irles Marrison, Limerick, tr,land, not yet founli•-his trunk picked Up. FFAntp. R gale. Conway. Thomas Hughes, Thomas R hefts, Owen Janes, sod John Rernoldi, Boatmen, Conway. Saved.—ltoberts, tant.er, 11-i:head, bp the ass;itance of the mail bag . . A Loattilan,by the aviistance of a tronk. Our readers will perceive. by the foregoing list. that with the exceptiwn nt Messrs. Hunt and Hay. rison, the unlortonate men who were drowned, were natives or at least inhabitants of England. • _ _ _ PICKPOCICAL One of these depredator., who 'belongs to a gang of pickpockets, and who daily infest the principal streets at the west end of tae town, was dete'led in Picking a Gentleman's pocket, on Monday afternoon, in Bond-street. The thief, who , :e name is .he Lsotr, one of the most . desirons of the present day, was seen malting th e attempt by a young man who was passing, and he in.me.liately alarmed the Gentle man, who detected the fellow with his pocket-book nearly out of his pocket. The Prisoner was imme diately taken to Bow -street, and fully committed for trial. BURGLARY AN!) RORBERr. Neither the vigilance of the Police, nor the reward offered by the aggrieved party, had been able to trace even a plum of the , ake. ^r a dreg of the wine, stolen from the Twelfth-Night Cupboard at Covent. Garden Theatre, until an appeal had been m:cla the wisdom of Alptier Goof, , whose necro powers commanded Harlequin to kick them into applewoman's wheelbarrow, and the Clown to ble them out into a mist of darkness, where tlloy were lost in the fog ; until time, aril a fresh spelt from the magnanimous Enchantress, caused a dis. covery in two of the neighbouring apartments, to the no small gratification of the children of Apollo. Mr. Mite oe, one of His MAj ssrv's Messengess, sailed on Monday morning from Harwich, is t h e Prince of Walls packet, for Heligoland, with dis patches for Lord HUTCKiNIOId. The arrangement is at length comp'e o .d for the family of the late Mr. Fox; under which Mrs. Fox obtains a pension of 12001 and Miss Witt.° may, his natural daughter, /001. per annum. Oa Wednesday, the 31st of December, AcstAN ssa IHAVALTas, belonging to Paisley, nct twenty years of age, walked from Perth to Paisley, a distance of 71 I milts, in 17j hours. He left Pettis at seven o'clock in the morning, and arrived at Paisley at half past twelve. He came by the way of Crieff, and walked in his boots site while way. Bases.—No Court of Alderm-n was held yes terday, the Loan' aros, afier inspening the Re turns, ordered it to continue at the presets: price. Mr. LUDL A NI. it is now ascertained, efefled his escape, on Saturday, by a dangerous leap from the roof of a house to that of another in Tcaterden street. The F-flows cf the Royal Society have bcen summoned by their President to meet at Somer,o place, on Thursday evening, 22d instant, in or.i.r to MI up the vacancy made in Council, by the death of EDWARD Witt GMAT. M.D. and also to choose a Secretary in the same Gentleman's place. Sir J. Banxis circular letter on th;, occa sion, his been accompanied by " The Kledion List ot the-Royal Society, 1n07," at the head of which * stands the name of " His Sacred lelpjrsty King GIORCII M. Patron," followed by that of " His Sacred ?dainty Cnsisetsew VII. King of Den mark." 'i men, to our great astunishmen . , follows, " His Sacred Majesty Maxima:en Jeserm King of Bavaria !" and " His Sacred Majesty Fat- DeRICR CHARtas WILLIAM. King ct IVirtem berg!" This is a recognition of the revolutionary titles of these two crowned vassals ot Run AIPARTS: both of whom are virtually in e state of war with this country, after having driven two of the Kisski's Ministers from their trespeetive aside ties, via. Mr. Dallas. from Munich, and Mr. Stases& SNIT*. from Stutgsri, in obedience to Nare‘ton s mau -1 date. 3