The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1808-12-12 00:00:00

' S .iaa 3i the troops which Sir Jong STUART had sent to co-operrte with the Patriots in Catalonia. The transports were tnet on their passage by a frigate, tri,ll fresh instructions front England, in colts.- (invitee of which they returned, and the troops re ,. .m. 41 their former quarters at Atign.ta, &c. Sir .taus SrliAar. we 'War, was preparing all expedi ton fur the re-capture of M. Datisolown has been I:Catted from his em im,s) at Palermo. %%re have received intelligence from the Islam' of St. Domingo to the latter end of October, by which it appear , , that the army of CUCISTOPUE has been reduced by his neap PETION to a very inconsidera ble force: CIIgItTOPHF., it was supposed, intended to escape, with the treasure he had amassed, but there was little Five of his effecting it. On the itidi of October, Captain ImoLsnaLo, of the Dcedalits frigate, was off !4t. Marc, and went on shore to consult with Preto zr, who was in person before thut fortress, with soot) troops under his command, preparing to take it by storm. On that morning Cll4lSTnelle's troops, being nearly destitute of provisions, inade a ,orttc, but they were repulsed with cousitlerable loss. The Dadelui captured, a few days before, the Lord .Malgrave, Capt. GOODALL, carrying a flag,. as Admiral of flay ti. She had oa board a quan tity of provisions,und 150 of CHILISTOPUE'S troops, proceeding to St. Marc, for the relief of that place. ' The reason Capt. Isiaturtel.o assigned for the rapture of the Lord Nolgrove was, that she ass found cruising on the high seas without having any papers on board. The English sailors were im pressed, the black soldiers put on board a vessel in tem pally, and the ship, with her Captain, sent to Jamaica. With respect to the remainder of Capt. Csiousi.L's squadron, consisting of three ships, it was generally belicvtd they had been captured by Pt: men's naval forces, as they were not to be seen in Conuivka. Port de Paix, or auy of the harbours belonging to Cimino/qtr., where they had been previously at anchor ; besides, three vessels of their description were seen iu the Mole, the rendezvous ' at PF.TIO N'S squadron. The Pert brig was dis patched by the be dales to Cape Francois, front •hence the ilhigrere had sailed, to inform Canis sonar of her capture. The Black Chief wail ex tremely indignaut at hearing the intelligeare, and inquired of the Master if he come there to mock him, by first capturing his ship, and then coming to tell him of his misfortune. Fourteen French privateers, fitted out and be . tonging to the port of Samane, an that part of St. Domingo oreu!iie..l by the French, had of late eonimitied considerable mischief in the seas in that quarter. They had captured 9.4 British vessels, and carried them, irito SWUM& The Iliretalns, - Pert brig. Flying Fish schooner, and some smaller ofrips of war, were preparing to storm the place, fur the purpose of recovering the prizes. It had, however, been made very strong, the crews of the privateers having raised batteries upon the heights, to oppose any attack made upou them by the British. ♦u expedition vras fitting oat it Jamaica far the 'rinse of going tikhits.t the rite• of St. Domingo. isnsommossomooims The Channel Fleet, wilier Admiral Lord Stet, has sailed from Torbay, to resume its station of Brest. His Humes ship Prawn, with a fleet Luder convoy, from Porutuouth, :.r,i►eJ at Cadiz ou the Cid November. The Neptaae, —, from London, for Hull, has put iuto Yarmouth Roads, diswasted. Letters from Stockholm mention, that the Kist) was in negotiation with the merchants for a loan of 15 million. of enable him to com mence the next campaign with effect. Ge nem .Count Tu cast) , late Russian Ambas sador at Paris, and who *sternly(' the EMPERORS at Erfurth, is named to the command of the Rini:ion armies in ‘Vallsclita. It is uniler.tood that he ne wk:kited at Paris the plan, for the dismemberment of Turkey, afterwards agreed to at Erfurth ; and that he is now appointed to carry them into execu tion. !Views. J. 04IIIPZIL. J. Banns, and W. Bun /ELI., were returned, on Saturday, as COM U3Oll Councilmen for the Ward of ramngdon Without. We have received a letter frets Heligoland, a the 17th, with the Hambitn 4 li and Danish of the V.4th, and several German tjazettes. The news by them is of a pacific nature ; Saxony is red.icing her military estahlishment, anJ the recruiting sertice iu Bavaria, which had been pressed with great activity, has been nearly suspended, and the errant ing parties recalled, partii.o.irly from the Tyrol.-- The French troops to remain to Germany are stated at 100,000. Of these. vorpw- rrit rt.". Friday, Mr. —, a Jew, arrayed hie serval, Jose ifs. Meter, a very pretty interesting gide 19, with having paCene4 lais property, to the amount of eel. The girl, on twirl; inter rogated for bar detract, replied with much pandas and rs prew.on—" Su ninny (:entleioen being present, It caret nor many straggles before I tan dare to bring forward the only plea I have is extenuation of levy efFenee I cease ta Mr. --, a tinniest, virtuous, and iimorent Mere she aurpt Ait(er4 )--Ile seduced ow. I afterwards retired to Croydon, where I mixarro d." Mr. " This is utterly fake ; 1 never had any connec tion with her." Jane Illsthsws--" How mach worse Mr. -- (steads be. to lee, I ant at a loss to karts. Notwithstateding the teudersinis of osr conitectiou, he Las repeatedly abased and beaten me—(lad eroureseav from. Genihtwiee pewit.;—[ have been his slate, washed (ordain, and ckane I his boots. I have provided dinners, which I sin out now paid data and it was under the impression that I m.gbt be allotted to • reimburse layout - , that 1 pawned the property iu ques tion." Mr. tt She never provided a dinner Ow sae i 1 dragr the seduction, but eoefess 1 hav e b ee n acqu ai n t e d troth bet." Mr. NAOMI, the Sitting Magistrate, expreseed WNW with sus prise--tt Astonishing ! Five minute, wince you di aled any tiounectiou with bar whatever ! What ant Ito thnilt of such inconsistency ! If One should be perwhtted to go VA trial, you may justly anticipate a assure reprillna..4 instal the Judge on the Bench. Men who connect illmuntelvea their maid servants must expect to he robeisid. hidecig, your case none, 1 would, rather than appear is graceful situation, coast ut to loss, mil °sly the Of my house, but the tumor itself. 1 clatild My .it awe, • but the task is too illumine. Let the girl be sitschtrgalnew Which was accordingly done. BRITISH SUPPLIIS TO SPAM' The following is an acvount of the total Stillovlies (sent and ordered) of the d..scription uodetsine6- tioned, fur the Spanish armies, as trun.initted the COA NCR!. Los of the liseu NQUItIt to the ',oats MAYOR, and revl at the City Nlecting, yeatterda,,, by Mr. RowcaorT Suits of Clothing for 91,400 men Cloth fur l3w,oo', do. g 141,400 ns., Great Costs Cloth fur Great Coats—. ....... Shirts Sheeting .... tara,oseryare. Calico - iteu,ntalt Linen Shoes as assay as can be procured. Or the above articles, the following have been ere. toally forwarded to Spam, at ditiereat tones : Uniform* complete fur Cloth for ditto somata,. Linea and Calico ooo,oo. yards. Great Coats • 3;790 She. to • sa.uoa Shoes 7 50190 Pair state, Letters from Kosiingisberg of the bth thin the furniture mid other property of His Pastas' sus MAJtorre, *hid) We, on it. way to Berlin, is conscynersor of the French having promised to witlidrue their troops from the Prussian territories W la. brought hack, the French haring declared the* thew do not intend to esite.vite then immediately.. The Diana, ; and the Ann, --, for Lotto don, have returned to Diamond Bengal. leaky'. The Cee/on, frour Bengal, got a ground, and ie.' Mr. Cut, mowing / lint ht• new-horn - ...... bald-street workhouse. Friday t...niug, about o'clock. one of Mr: Plialvan's was.get., witi4:ll had just arrived att the me, ill IVued-street, was robbed, while ilk* sasvoner was making some adjustment 111 the front or the w:lgun, by a thief cutting open the back part of K i attsl. stealing thereout a package of ruosideraLlaealue. with which he got oth uts. rercabed. Ahont our o'clock on Saturday a how war Odes ont of the shop in Addle-stree', where parcels are booked for the lireastearl errand -cart ; lerst which, fortunately, did Lot contain articles of any caul. derable value. A gentleinan of great taste, who has repeatedly visited me. laut.sistr's inimitable and unparalleled performance at the Lyceum, in the Strand, thinks it is but common justice to thus publicly declare, that of all the enternii ttttt mots and agreeable alusesw• meate in this great city, his stands toreenoat—shia Sleight of Hand is beyond any other yet exhibited; and as to Mioi l'ouso, her agility on th e Sl ac k Wire•surpasses any thing before done in t . et rays alarms, as well as please., in the highe.t dgr dhe whole c pany present for her safety. Thursday evening. between the flaina of wiwe and ten, as Mr. of Webber-row, Clack. friars, •iais returning home, he was ttrippiril as the wall of the Asylum, by two footpads, oaf! a • keno held a pistol to his head, while the other robbed him of his watch and money. Mr. Hut. %olive the alarm the moment the villains had quitted digit. hold, by calling out, " Stoo thief," but they sm. vertheless Irfrected their escarp*. To-morrow Morning, Nine o'Clock, the Lottery bqins Drawing. There never we. so intereaf:ng a Chance in any Lottery as the present. 110 a x,tvir and Co. have experienced an extraordinary destin•rtl tor Tickets and Shares, and presume there wit' be very few (if an left for Sale after To-rnorrow.—.. If a supply is iobe procured, the Public will be Sure of receiving the same at HORNIBT and Co.', Offices, itli , Cornhill, amid St. Margaret'. nd, and Ina hack. r. Canis, a baker, in Mount-street, on Friday ins lass, found a Wombat At don,. wiliph ,gt he intik-fined had been left by mime of lig and contained some hot rolls ; but to * surprise, upon examination, lie found lira si Dorn child, which lie safely deposited iit-btreet twarlthninr.. • f • "14 I. w 0 MI% •••• • . 4 4 THEATRES. DRURY.LANE. On Satu r d a y n i g h t t h e Opera of The Siege of Belgrade was pei termed for the first time this sea son. Mr. Realism, in the pert of the Seraskier, did ample justice to the beautiful music of STO RACE ; Milli% LYON, for the first time, sustained the part of Catherine, with much credit to her,elf, and pleasure to the audience. Mill K111.1.Y *as the substitute, in Lille, for Signora S roatce.aml gave fair promise of becoming a very lively and excel lent performer. The whole Opera was well per formed, and received unbounded applause. The after-piece of The Three Gad the Deace followed, in which Mr. ELETSTON displayed the versatility of his talents to the satisfaction of one of the must crowded awl fashionable audiences of the season. H 4 MAR[ET. On Saturday, the Operatical Drama of The Exile was performed at this Theatre, with increased: applanse. It was followed by the new farce, called, The School fur Asithors, in which 111es.rs. MUM DEN, JONEs, and FARLEY, excited much lamihter. Miss NORTON and Miss LOGAN alto performed their parts with good effect. This was the sixth time of performauce of this farce. It appears to gain more and more upon the public, and promises to become a lasting favourite. The pit and gallery were crowded to excess at an early hour, and the boxes were completely tilled at half price. The smallness of the Theatre, compared with the Com pany's late place of performance, is tuition itedly a great advantage ; as it enables those who attend solely for the wirpose of theatrical entertainment, to gear and jusl.e with more precision and accu racy of the merits of each individual performer. Yesterday morning, His MAJESTY, Princesses AUGUSTA, SOPHIA, and AMLLIA, accomaaaliell Lv Lady Cato Lisa WALDEURAYE, Miss VYSE, athil General Frrzatiy, rode to St. tieorge's Chap, I, and heard a srrmou preached by the Rev. Mr. Dimly, from St. Psul's Epistle to Titus, chap. ir verse 10: " That tbey way adorn the doctrine of Curl our Saviai:r in all things." They afters/urns returned to the Palace. On Sat:trday the Duke of VURK waited on the Kivn, at Windsor, on huatlle•s, and af:eroards rode out with Hii MAJ►STV cud the OF S. In the afteruoon hi• Royal llighnes, went to Oatlanclr. Lord FOLEY arrived in town, on Saturday, from Whithc-Court, Worcestershire. Loral and Lady Ittaaowar intend to pass the Christmas holidays at Stosiontoill, Stafford :dine. The Marquis and Marchioners of LAN.Dows left town, yesterday, for Southampton U- - !le. The Countess-11.mager of SEFTOW Will It:ilVe town, to-morrow, for Bath. The Duke of Dcroastitmc gave a grand dinner, yesterday, at his seat at Lliimisock. Lady Poi_Ly presented her Lord yesterday wit.- a sisawmiheir, at Ms house in Hill -street, Berkeley square. The PORTUGUESE Allll.ll/SADOR gave a grand dinner, yesterday, at his house in South Aui!ly erect, to a numerous party of tuguese Mr. Hatizzirsi will have his usual tenet% at the new Assembly Rooms, Rath, 011 Christmae Eve.— Mr. BRAMAN will lend his powerful aid, and Sig. nose STomicr, for the last time in public, delight her admirers. The most splendid preparations are making for Lady litivise PWlTV . socCOMelieMent, witich is :Joon ly .e.pecteel to take place. Mr. Yon PI G comes forward, to-night, at the I lay mai ket Theatre, in his favourite part of ',gnarl, wiluell attracted soch crowded audiences, sii.l re ceived sorb unbounded applause, on his first ap iesinore on the London Loaril,. Madame CATAL.IIO4I arrived in teen an Friday lot ;and she sets otf this atorning, with her family, for Bath, where she intends to spend two or three months, during which tune ske is to give several sule.r ription concerts, on the largest stale. Mr. Lowts's Drama of Versate comes forward, this night, with an entire new last act, in which Cl.ll- , %Aerobic additional interest is given to Mrs. IL SIDDOIIIII . 4 per: of Josepha, and Mrs. Mums l'OlllP3l fora and as the Abbess, so Often mentioned, Lint not produced in the former representations. Lord and Lady PORCHESTER have arrived at 7ilr. Molar:Ws Comedy of 7berns and Country is in preparation at the Haymarket Theatre. Wa iintierstand it has undergone an entire tit is east :.. Mr. Kerne resigns Reuben to Mr. Yor a, Mr. C. Kamm& the part of Plastic to Mr. Jua Ka, Mr. Mum DiN will till that of Trott, Mrs. C. lila oi.a that of the Hon. Mrs. Weitroy, and Miqii Noa- TON will be the substitute fur the Countess CRAVICN. On Wednesday week, a dinner was given at Beverley, Yorkshire, by General Vasa, to the Officers or the Star, General BgacteD, Colonel of the 34th foot, Mr. McLuso, late Aid- d e-Cam p to _ _ Kn•nt (miters, Ai, Cornhill, and S t . M argaret '. H i l l ; • at 100,000. Of these, 40,000 are to Occupy the Gen. Francson. the Field-Officers from Hull, &c. MURR A Y S. ROLL. Borough. coast of Use Baltic, Stralsund, Lubec, See. under The Earl of WeicraoatanD will leave town, This was an action by the assignees of one Diaconal allowed on • Lottery Sharet.--Every the command of General MOLITOR. A corps of thi s d a y, for Apthorpe, where fiis Lordship a ill be Lovell, s bankru_ta. who had been a baker, for Purchaser of Shires of Tickets, ainoun.i ii ,. to Fi e . , • like force, und e r Mardi's' DsßousT, is to be sta- joined by a numerous assemblage of Nobility, who dour sold to the Defendant. Pounds and urards, will be allowed a Iliscouuts Coned in Honor e r, Magdefoirgh, Bremen, Sec. and intend to remain there during the Christmas hole- The delivery of the arti c les was . proved by the at J. W . ' Fortunate Office. Ili, Connt', the remainder, under Gen. Ou oi Nor, at Bareutb. days. ' servants of the Defeutlent, and lie himself was ex- where Cirpital Prizes to a large moonlit have bode Orders were received, on Friday, at Portsmouth, Mr. Inoxany'sperfonnances, on Saturday night, annued to prove the balance remaining e}ne on the recently *oleo Shores.—The Lottery begins drat.. to debark. with all possible dispatch, the troops were honoured with the loudest and most iiiiiversial font of dealings of some years staudin; : ;, amounting ing. next Tuesday, with superior udva ii i. r.e a to any which were on the point of sailing for Spnin.— applause, by a crowded and brilliant andiencc.— to 361. former Scheme, viz. 2 new Prizes of 500 Ticket* • -":,, The transpoits, with the 3d and 4th dragoons on The dexterity with which he cut off the cock's head The defence set up was, that the debt had been each, besides 4of .t 20,000. 2of .1:10,000, 2of baar,l, were accordingly weighed adiore, and the was only equalled by that with which he produced discharged by the acceptances and payments of the es,otro, &:::. &c. Ike. dellerketion was commenced. They formed a hue the suit of baby-linen oat of the egg. Defendant, which were put in and adinitted, and Iliac or Etiotaso.—Friday. at one o'clock, from the Point along Sallyport and Soutle.ea We understalid that his Royal Highness the iipoit which the baukropt uuderweat a very long tire of the Lottery Cot 'snorters attended at the • - Beach. The horses were cast overboard, to swim Prince of WA t L 49 the uniform patron of literature Icrow-examination, in the course of which it ap- Bank, to receive front the Contractor the one thou- . t.., ... 4 ashore. Never did ; ••en Portsmouth present a more and the bee arts, has gracional c r condescended to peered. that the pernicious practice o f an i n t er - mud Tick e t s given in the pres ent S c h eme to the busy s cene --all was bustle an d co a limestone nsion in the l a y t h e of Covent - gee en Theatre. The change of what is called accommodation bills, had public. The Contractor delivered to the Commis. 'I exertions to clear the transports, that they may inauguration will take place on Saturday next. His long exi s ted between the parties, for the support of smilers tite Tickets, in four par..ela, of 150 in each proceed etiipty to Spain, with all possible es- if oyal Highness will he attended by god MOIRA. their mutual credit, but they had no a ppli cat i on to parce l , who carefully. examilied the minibus, awl s pedition, for th e p ur p ose o f bringing away OW Colonel MsMsnou, and other distinguished per- the commercial dealings. countilig rad, parcel, sealed them up with the seat troops. Similar orders, we understand, have sonars; the Grand Oficers of the Masonic Two witnesses were also called to prose the of the office into two parcel. of 500 ea c h, m ar k,,, R . t hero sent to Plymouth and Falmouth. The pub- Lodges will also attend ; and it is supposed that bankrupt not to bir worthy of credit OK his oath, the one A, and the other B, and deliver e d them to lie, we believe, will revive no farther evidence to the precession will proceed from the Freemasons but they failed in the attempt. Mr. Ha4E, the chief cashier of the Think, for the satisfy them that Mimsters consider the late re- I Tavern, Great Queen-street, through Long-Acre, The jury, under the dir ec tio n o f t h e Learned fortunate holder of the tint-drawn Tick e t a b ove verses of the Spanish arms in Spina irreparable . and B ow-street, to the site of the intended theatre. Jt ni.t, found it verdict for the Plaintiff. 151. on Tuesday next, the 13th iustant. LAW lATELLICENCE. COURT OF CRANCERY, Ltreeer's•[rr, Dec. ie. MLBW.TED O. COL. WOOD. The LORD Ctistreetton stated, that he had read the aniwer in this cage ; as also the letter re lative to one of the conditions, and was of opinion, after reading it repeatedly, that whatever should become of the case ultimately, there were at present strong grounds to suspect, that it was connected with political matter, with which the Court was nut entitled to interfere. lie carried this the length of saying, that if Sir Murk Wood had con veyed the estate to Mesatter, be never could have gut paid for it in that Court ; and he thought that the care •tauce of the couve)aure of time bit of hind cut of the burgh iu question, instead of hying part performance of the agreement, showed only what the nature of the agreement was as to the laud that was the burgh. This case we noticed before, us relating to an exchange of lands between the parties, upon certain conditions, oue of which, although not expressly stated, appeared to relate to parliamentary influence, and so it appears to Mile been viewed by his Lordship. WILLIAMS R. MORGAN. This was an application made to the Court, to compel a Mr. Harris, the father of a young lady, a Ward of Clutucery, to wake a suitable provision to his daughter, she having eloped with a young gen . tleinan, also a Ward of that Court ; although their joint incomes, at present, were not above 1001. *-year. It was alleged, that the father being in the kuowlege of their intended elopement, and not taking proper means to prevent it, was, therefore, liable to provide for his daughter, although nailer age. suitably to his income. The LORD Cruses:m.oa, this day, said, he thought it would be right to refer 10 the Master, to ascertain whether the parties had been legally mar ried. Mr. Williams, the guardian of the young allowing, iu the mean time, maintenance, as hour the husband. If they were fousid to have been legally married, then the Master should next inquire what may be the amount of the Lady's Inr tune.so as to determine what should be done in re gun! to it settlement to both of diem. Ile ass of opinion, t hat one of the Cler , yinen mentioned in this case had conducted himself very properly, in refus iog to marry these parties, on arcing that the noy was only seventeen, and the girl but a year or two old-r. This was slot the case, however, with re gard to another Clergyman, whom he should not name, void he had stated more iu his affidavit.— A Itlion. z i; hy the act, nn Clergyman be allowed to marry without a previous residence having hero sa tisfi.ettirily established, yet it appeared that the Clergyman' alln.led to had married them the very day they came into the parish, a thiirg which has never been excused in regard to a %Vara of Chan-' eery. As he could not go the length of conic it. Mr. Harris, he should reserve all further Pro ceeilimos uutil the result of the Master's itwieiay, was known. COULT OF KING'S BENCH, GritouALL, Ouch N lIARGAI'Ii MACIOCE'S- -. • -4: OVIEL V. unwire. This was an act brought by the Plaintiff, who is the proprietor of the Princess of Wales Margate packet, against the Defendant, the proprietor at the Royal (isarloite packet, for wilfully running foul of his vessel, and for doing him considerable damage. Mr. GARROW Stated the case to the Jury, and. began by remarking, that in ancient tunes the citi zens of London could take a voyage to !Margate for halfst-croten, but latterly the proprietors of the pac kets had formed themselves into a company, and ob liged the public to pay 7s. rood les. (M. for their sea trip; acting, he supposed, upon the same principle that the law Mr. Mitcheuer dial, namely, that as the Margate visitors came out with a determination to spend a certain sans, the sooner their gooney was gone, the sooner would they r.tiorn to their business and their shops. The Plaintiff, however, did not be long to that company, end of consequence a little jealousy and ill-will was felt towards I . lie bad tutted up his packet in a very commodions style, arid, being a moral niau, had. provided for those who were not sea sick, and were well enough to read, a very moral and entertaining library, in somuch. that the vessel kart been called the Evan celical H9y. But the great annoyance was, that it sailed taster than any of the other packets, and nn the di. stated to the record wag making head against tin• Defendant's er.o.el, in the river Thames. below Gravesend, when, in making a tack, the Defendant purposely ran his vessel bump against the Plaintiff's, ou:4 did her considerable damage, throwing the rosengers into great confusion and alarm. The Plaintiff, therefore, sought reparation by the present action. Witnesses were then called, all of whom, on the part of the Plaintiff, imputed the collision to ail fulness and malice ; those for the Defendant said it was purely accidental, and could nut base been avoided.. The Jury, bowever, found • verdict for the Plain tiff—Deniages Five Poulin,. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, GUILDHALL, Dec. io R~•