The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1807-04-28 00:00:00

GRAVI)coNirfr.RT. _ _ The first Monday Coneet r, under Mr. S A Lomom, was given last night, at the house of the Marchioness S r 4 'von n ; every arrasgement accorded with the tas e and magnific-• ce of her I.4clyship The prin cipal vocal performers were, ”ilitinte CATALAI4I, Madame Pt artcui, Signor NAt DI. and Signor Rion*. Madame CAT At. sNI ',7.44 in fine voice, and astonished her hea• cry by her r ipi 1 execution, corn. pa s , of voice, brilliancy of t.. 1 and astonishing t akte. Signor NAt,nt and Madame BIANCIII Te ce;ve,l great applause in a favourite &Imo. Minor RION' Was also extremely successful in an air by Witaxaa. There were present.... Her Ravel High ie.* •he Po •c....f WIL•i; their Ito* High . et.q4 the Mike% O(SUCNeit and Ctotibrvige; Prince Eeterhet ra.sc a 4s ; the Dukes of Orleans, De Berri, earl Do C..znes; the Duke ul ANryle the Duehese of Balton ; yifbrzhion-44,4 of SAleithirr. Hertford, Bath, gut Down4l4lb. ; ett Co ttttt e•s•-it of Cie lean, Seft Talbot. Fortzseuo, and Curvier ; the P., lupin.° Antolutdor, and eereral of the Who &Ability. MR. BANNISTER'S BENEFIT. Drury lane Theatr- oyes flowed at a very early Dem list eveniaß, so anxious. sore the pahlic in pay their kihnte of respell to the public merit and pri vate worth of their favourite, Mt. BANNISTER. Mr. BRaNAM was in fine yoke, and intstochked several of his mnst favourite M whist he was rapturously 'newel Siglora STogAsis was in fine yoke and tmirits, and gale her song, in her happiest manner. Mr. BANNISTER was extremely successful in his comic essays, to amuse his friends i and the evening's entertsinments went off with all the mirth and good humour that uslally attend his exertions. ORIGIA'4L7P4Tar tilt W“lrs or TPIE DAY. itch mt harnue'oa 4tivaa ISO fvfle bright bays, A•nun I the Pafic, on high and hetoggya ; Tra se•tann .o bits woh hoek.kia torPacitas, Qt ptanet-g Maeda, gliaoate the Muth has lieltem; The rmpty carrocatronaLing on baNini, Drai.byt tho 'leant cham near "1 h a m,.(1 S. father to gain of stealth a store. That lONA out stag Arive a coach and four. DAY'S Etolootafiee, of a rer,nf eslonlion of NIGNIT, dprii 2,5, 1807. ul /tom-, telt the eauoo, W: 1, c tntrate Natete's laws The nigh should, at titre Ike' of yeas, Extend to Wes. es teeth aPpeat Quite .tesoce heaved to at, the amino. That disc cquhteett , think ot %itch creation. gamma Woo-retie AD, EA+ M.P. will leave town, to morrow, for Bedfor.lithire. Viscimpt CASTLE!. AGII gave a grand dinnor. 7.- erday , to several of the Cabinet M in i sters , at hi s ) 0 use. in St. .1:4 mes's.square. We tut and Countess of r 011.1 t t.l VIL I. e wll give randclioner, to.mori ow, to the Earl and Countess Dan ev and several other NAility, at their ire in Privy Gardens. .ord and Lady 1144twoon will give a grand ter, to-morrow, at their I.uu;e in Hanover are. .*.ie Earl and Countess of Deasy will give a .rid dinner, next Sunday, at their house in Gros. .eirequare. N. AirtEW hail a grand rout, last night, at her :-.. in Winspole.street, which was numerously tied. 'AI -usable Departures yesterday, in consequence .e Dissolution of Parliament t— , :Awl nevonont, fir Umiak, Narthurnberian.l; Sir i Milianke. and Sir llama" Li.tdail, fur Durham • G. •.ara Dawn +vine, Cy IN: SAilanrl; Sir ff. DairynipleFla• ~ a , moo Colonel Gran:, s o ., o f Si : Jame Grail., tog.scos. Goodwood Races are fixed for the 6th, 7th, and Ilth of May. The friends of the Minister, having enganed all the pow horses, not one hack could be obtained by Opposition on Sunday for fi r e or went,. Lt 1) Ea Loor's grand root, last night, was very numerously attended ; the grand suite of apart meats was splenlidly lighted by magnificent dia. mo . ai-cut gla,s lustrts. The company did not begin to asseinble till near eleven o'clock, and con sisted of the first Nobility in town. The F..rl of DALCNISE ill is expelled in a few days, at his house, in l'ark.lane,frnm Milton Ablier, Northamptonshire, where hi; Lordship has been on a visit to the Earl and Countess Firzwtt.i.s 4 st. Viscountess Caart.stuaautt bad her usual grand party, last Saturday, after the Opera, at her house is St James'...square. Aa Elegy upon a Lady who had been twice ister r rd. an! left .fairteen eleito•eq. in an Irish Palters be .... thus.. , Adieu. sive*: Maid." The 1) ike of GOSUOSI intends, in a few days. ;oing on a tour through Oxfordshire, and then to Rath, where his Grace intends passing the suinuacr. The Marquis of H intends giving up his hints- in Charles -street. Berkeley-square, pre. rims to his leaving town. An artist advertises, in a Provincial Paper, that 4 ' he' teaches French and f.oiciag atter the true PA tisiron /wait." The Duchesa of Connote will hare no more parties this season : her Grace intends leaving Lou n lii a few days for Scotland. The coati; of her mo ther. I.ad) Maravoit., is the arigred cause. Vi , count and Visccuntet.s HlNCHltriaaaoctleff town. yesterday, for Huntingdon. The Duke of GORDON. and his daughter, the Du.tio.s 01 Ricnmonn. left town, yester.i•n On a •1,11 to the Marquis and Marchioness C4.: \ KW•LLIS. at l ultort, Sotrolk. Her Grace is gone to take leave of her ::Inidhle Wove, previous to her &par tur.: for Ireland, which is expelled to take place in the course i f too day.. The remains of the Hon. Colonel FA Nil. brother to the Earl of ViIiSTSIOSZLADIO, and rote of the Gi r l"' ni the Bircchainber to Hui MAJtST Y. were Int'efe• in the family vault at Apethorpc, in North antronshiro, on 'lllunday last:, EX I'AJORIVNARr SQU.iDRON. N . .. (C nclUlledj We gave, on Friday, some particulars of the dreadful engagement between the British Fleet and the Eztraortfinary Squadron, under St. Stephen's. It was attended with a pbennernewsn that may rank among the most wonderful in nature. During the anion the Extraordinary Squadron was enveloped in the thickest fog that ever fell upon the earth ; shadows, clouds, and darkness, rested on it ;° while the opposing fleet, although only a few yards distant, was illuminated by the purest and most brilliant rays ever emitted from the fountain of light in its meridian splendour. The fire from the British fleet partly succeeeded in dissipating the clouds, and as they began to disperse, the Extrant. dinar, Squadron became oc c ail onally visible through the dismal gloom, and presented a most shocking appearance. One would suppose that every shot had told, for every vaesel discernible in the mass, bore marks of havoc and desolation. Flags of digress were llyin4 in every direction, ,nd in many of the ships the crews had quitted their guns, and ran down below in despair. The whole Van Division, consisting of the Ceetiareegh, Capt. ST ILWA ; .he ridqedier, Capt. PRICK/rat ; the AideJactaiia. Capt. Ca muse; the Rose, and several others, had their heads completely beaten in, and lay in a heap, ail wrecked together upon the rocks of Bigot• y and Stateerift, while the great body of the scinad:on were aground upon the shoals of Delusion, and the moving sands of Apostacy. The lag-ship had something flying from her top-mast, which, at a distance, appealed to be the Cap of Liberty; but, upon nearer inspeaion, it proved to be the Cap of 'oily, and there was scarcely a ship in the whole line that did not fight under false colours. The British Beet, on the contrary, appeared in ex cellent or•ier grid cJadition. Not a single vessel had sutF.,:ed in her hull, mast, sail, or rigging. Their signals were all well concerted and arranged, and ebeyscl wi.h prompricada and precision. 'fbe gale, it Is Mir, VIA{ not favour4Wei but still, having plenty of sea-room, and every ihip sound in timbers, and worked by a well-disciplined ..new, they suffered not the slightest injury or -nconveni ence. la two or three instances, enemy's Gre recoiled upon themselves ; and Clair guns, being all pointed in the dark ; .1, consequently, without good aim, it is not surprising that they should have done mere injury 14 themselves, than to the British flzet. It may excite some surprise, that with all th'is su periority and advantage, the British tint did not capture the Extraordinary Scoadrou ; but R wit be remembered, that the great Ns.l.iON, though commanding a squadron super i , ;r to the enemy in weight of metal, as weil as in discipline, courage, and experience k was unable to take the Boulogne flotilla. Fhe fact is, the fire of the enemy was scarcely silenced, when a strong wind arose groin a height, calleJ Speaker's Chair, close to Table Bay, which completely divided the two lines, and the tide ebbing with exuaorilinary and unexpected ve locity, left the Blitish fleet, at the moment it fancied itself afloat, completely aground. There they were when the dispatches came away, and there they will remain until the returning tide. In the mean time, the Captains of the Extraordinary Squadron, which, as we stated in a former Number, was to Windward, by holding out promises and rewards for exertion, prevailed on the crews to work it into the King's Dock and Treasury Roads, where it is now ativcly employed in repairing its damages, and preparing fur another cruise. With intent still more to strengthen and increase its force, orders have beat issued for building an immense number of new vessels, among which are the following, at the undermentioned ports : Two Frigates, at Harwich. Two Ba p, at Dublin. 'Twe Date, at Dov,r. Two Datw, at Cork. Two &loop', at Vol ti.nouth. Two Gu n-4r.gg, at &ht.,. Two Bugs., at S..utiumpton• Two Dirt°, at Ilatin.a. . Tom gagers, at P,y mouth. T• o Cogito, •t ti .e. &e. This is only a small vriioa of the new vessels, the keels of several of wilds have been already laid down in the above ports. It will be seen from the list, that the Extlisoldinary Squadron are more anxious about elk-timber, than the size, streogth, and value of ;heir vessels. It looks as if all they wanted v es to r . !itt-number their oppuni not to beat them. • It is, however, very well known, that they will nut be able to aitgnietit their force to the extent which they hope—as in s ,me places the docks are pre-occupied, and in others the workmen either stand out for extravagant wages, or have aaually entered into the service of Lt.eir opponents. It is also well-known that most of the timber which they have provided is rotes*, and that they have no crews with which to man them, hut a sort of Swiss, that are really to tight for either tide, and never fail to desert the sinking vessel. r . • ur Iznisuansc,:. ct,uRT 07 KING•S BENCH, Wastwiinns, Area h Tilt XING, v. 110111tItT CRAM %VT. - _ The Defendant, who had formerly been an As. siiita..t at Mr. Barrie', school, at Hackney, was bet tAt up for judgment. having bem cnnvited of assaulting and beating the young son of General Lyman, American Consul ; as billy reported in our Parr f the 19th February last. The Afternoon , G , for the Defendant, said, his Client was in a most unfortunate situation, deserving the commiseration of all who knew him. His situation.at hest, was not likely to lead to much opules.ce ; but he was, in consequ ence o f t hi s trans ation, quite thrown upon the world. The circum stances in his favour were. that he had received his education.at that school, and from his good condua, was afterwards made an Assistant ; and it appeared from the evidence of all the boys who were examined upon the trial, that he had at all times condutted himself with the utmost humanity and gond temper towards them, lie was far from casing any re ft-etion upon the Prosecutor, but could not help saying, there was a gond deal of misapprehension on his part; arid it appeared the notion of the manner of education in America, was quite different from the mode inculcated in this cottony. General Lyman had direttled that his son should sot receive any bodily esastisertient ; and certainly a more retulant unruly hide boy, was never placed under any mas ter. The General might have considered this a ease not fit for a prosecution. The master was in a very bad predicament, horn the obstinacy of the boy, for when be had heat him to compel him to do a thing, it would not have been right to let the buy conquer him by that obstinacy of dispos:tion.— He did not press the contradiaory evidence upon the trial, becalm the boy's father was present but certainly the account he gave was widely different from the story of the other boys. Lord Est. etc Donovan — 0 The great aggravation of the case, was the son of cane he used. He might have chosen another mode of punishment." Mr. GA 11110 W, for the prosecution, urged the feelings of the father at the appearance of the boy's body, when he returned tram school. He admitted that the boy arias the moat provoking of all provok ing boys, but put it to the Court, whether this was a 'roper mode i f entler,:on or note It was for their Lordships to say, whether in so important q case tor the , there was no: .: :-. , .cPs,ity for bringing it benign the Cat::: r.•'-•• ? Mr. Justice GR.3: . ' • ~ f 2:.e tnat tbe only luestion • y prc• parr -,t to he Jury was, whet her this was a pro r n.ode of pnoishment ? and they were of opiniur., ..sat it exceeded the bounds of moderate cor 'talon. The boy had behaved exceedingly ill, and deserved severe correftu.n; but the first thing a mas ter should do, Was not only to command his own limper, but teach his scholars to moderate their's. There were, however, circumstances of great mi tigation, and the Court had Oct forgotten the ex cellent character which had beep r ven of him. For them reasons !be Spurt direaedne should pay • fine of aud be codunitted uutil such fuse be paid. The Defendant immediately obeyed the sentence, and was discharged. At one o'clock Lord fillen`xwough sat at Nei Prim', when several causes were disp..)sed of, among which tLe only one of lowest we. the following: USURY. AI.DRILW This was an attion upon a Bill of Exchange, drawn by Robert Ayr.. in f of one Sharp, cid accepted by the Defendant, Wilson, tor 49M. The regular procts of hand-writing. ac. being made, the Areas pee.Gssaa•r. closed the case on the part of the Plaintiff. Mr. GAR tow, for the Defendant, said. he should proceed to state this case from his brief, without any comment. In the year 1906, Major Ape bad the misfortune to be artraeted by one of those moneylending adve:tisements which were every day to he seen in the public prints, and applied to No. 17, Ludgate-bill, where he found Mr. John King, who, with his usual philanthropy. proposed to raise the money upon bills of the description of the one in qiieetion, at the rate of 5 per Cent. and one per Cent. Commission, per month; but Maj.n clvre refused to do business with him far more than 101. per Cent. which being agreed to, he delivered over to Mr. King 50001. of those bills, to carry into the world, to raise the money'on. Out of the bill of BM. and one of 4001. he received back about 1001. and never any further sum out of the whole. The Lear .red Counsel then went on to enumerate several other advertising money-lenders. who, he said, now carried on business in this metropolis, for. or in partnership with, the said Mr. King. He also quoted the matrimonial advertisement of Mrs. Morris, who procured wives and husbands with por tions. &c. at the premium of two and a half per Cent. upon completing the match. all of w h ic h. be said, was under the auspices of Mr. John King. If this was not the case, the Auorney.General might coetradia it by calling that gentleman. It appeared in evidence, that Main Ape having some large claims upon Governtrar ot, and warning an immediate supply of money, he was introduced ta Mr. John King, and prcpwed to dispose of these claims, but he advised him to draw the bills as al. ready mentioned. The 8.115 were drawn by Mr. King, and were, when accepted, handed to him to turn iato cash, for which he was to be allowed at tile rate of 101 per cent. The ATTORM&Y•GSMIRAL, is reply, said, that Eowever vitiated these bills were in the hands of the parties who framed them. yet, as against a Ostrecjfie hider for a lull and valuable conside.-ation, the sta• tote was not available. Lord ELLII4.IIIOUOI4, in charging the Jury, left it to them to consider, whether the Ball, in its original formation, WAS made for an usurious con sideration t and whether the party was to be paid a >um beyond 51. per ccut ? Atid if the Jury were of opinion that the Delendatit had knowingly lent his name to the Bill, antecedent to its coming to the Plaintiff's hands ; and was also acquainted with this agr-em:nt, then they should had their Ver di!! for the IX fendant. 'FL. Jury imrarictrately retutued a Verdift for the Deterviant. • • • : f 4TROCIObS'•MURDER AND Ronnaßr. f r. On Thursday last, about three o'ctock in ti - ie af te.rnoon, Alexander Williamson. topensan to John Cnrson, of DaJwhat on h.s way from Delmfries to F.'irkcecfbright, stopped at DrumjAn. in the parish nfiLialguasien, to ionic upon Some cattle, and hay ing tone about al:tarter of a mile off th.• high read for that purpos-, he wis mos; bar bar , u sly murJered by a pistol shot, and thereafter rnhhed of a letter, c , .ntainirg a bill upon London for BOO'. his ',well, a puree containing some sliver, ant several papers. 'Ube ball entered ahem an inch from the spine. frac tured one of the ribs, passed t .I...nigh the heart anJ breast, and was only coy by th ment of the breast, when found by Messrs Laing and Shortbridge, surgeons, Dumfries, who opened the body. Mr. Fertusson, in Drurnjohn, seho was going to join Vs illiainion at the cattle, heard the ir.ot, and saw the n:urderer rust away ; he immediately returned home, and dispatched his yin a:id cep. rant, upon horseback, in search of nit.; ; at the same time they alarmed the whale iteghbenrhoosl, whu all with the greatest alacrity joined in the pur suit; and, in about ad hoer or little more after the murder, a man was discovered concealing himself its a ditch, within a plantation in the lands of Lokhend. He was apprehended, and the letter containing t;me bill, the watch, the purse and silver, and papers of which Williamson was rubbed, found upon hints, together with a pair of pis:o!s. the one loaded and the ott.er not. The man calls himself Maitland Smith, stocking-maker, in Di.mfriek ; and he tra velled from near Cargen toll bar to Kirtgantion in company wan Williamson. Smith loa Leen corn. mined to Litieudbright gaol. On Sunday. A bnip'9, the flow.streest arrived rn town with three witnesses. to air .1.4 v 'or to iientify tfle person of the well-kaov.n Ara 4c ( 24 i1, who is charged on suspicion of haviior 1110/"71 a parcel from the York COI h. Cilittii;'! 't; tot , . and bilis, to she amount of 42001.—M5. Ca.% as ses LAIN, of the White Hart, Uttozeier, identirleet the P:isoner as the man who got l , r,e otr tiie stolen owes arse:sunted at BeLt's lisiik, in tire: tow .1. when he (the Prisoner) signed U J. Watreo as hit name. He was, in consequence, committed to Newgate for the forg. ry and the robbery. Mr. CHATS lILD, of EIT)SW3rtfl. &suet, whh Was wounded by a shot from a gnn discharged at bins by a footpad, as previously noticed by os, we are sorry to add, has completely lost the UPC °ibis left hand. /tames, the garderer, of Clapham. having re. e-Yrini a conditional pardon for transportation fo: 1 .re to H ,zany Bay, has been removed from the _•:•• iol io the Reirilmsnos balk at Woolwich. •' nuanat•reot.—This o-iglnai and curio out Book, • • • a Natural History of Quadrupeds. so long out of print, has b•ea agAin pat to Press, and in the course of a few weeks will be ready for publication. To the admirers of Natural History, this book has been ern:teem:l one (AS al! 11110114 I , llb. aka •it our hingolge. not only on account of its adturacy and the number of well-authenticated Anecdotes, ellustreice of the habits of the Animals it describes, but from the peculiarly beautiful figures of those animals, cot oa resod, which ernbel lisa the work. This edi.ion has been carefully pr.n•ed and correßed, and the vacant spaces its each page furnished rut with some add:t:twal mew Vig nettes. The Ticket, Nn. 24.305. as first drawn on Thurso day last, moiled to 20,0801. was sold in one Half. one Quarter, one Eighth, and two Sireenths, by Messrs. Bekaa:scone and Co. Joint Contraftors for the prese , z Lottery, and Proprietn s of the Lucky Lottery Oifi:es, No. 11, Holborn. 57, Cornhill, and 38, H a ymarbet, who solicit an immediate attention of the Public to Saturday next, the 2J of May, when, as la. the first drawn ticket will be entitled to 20 0401.; and by whom Capital Prizes in the Lot teriis for 1 1 •05 and 1806, were sold in 267 deferent Shares, amounting to upwards of 15X.0001. and where the first 30,0001. and the last 23,0001. ever shared. were sold. Tickets and Shares are now on sale, and Prizes exchanged or paid on demand. 26. Cornhill ; 32, Charing cross ; and St. Mar. gem's-bill. Borough. Hoaosev and Co. respe3- fully acquaint the Public, that on Saturday next the First-drawn Ticket will be entitled to 23,0001., and all the 'rickey drawn on that day will be Prizes. The Firstotraven on the Fourth Day will alas be 20,0001. ; ant on the Filth and Siath Days 10.0001. Tickes and Shares, warranted undeastru, are selling on the lowest MEM, and the: Prizes paid on demand. Eighteen individuals have already gain"d an ia. dependency for life, from two Prizes only, in the present Lottery; but when it is mentioned that the wheel is so uncommonly rich, aftar two days draw. ing, as to rwsess t"7O C 2 pizals of 20,0001.; four of • 10,0001.; four of 5300 i. ; eight or 10:;01. are. to bow many scores of individuals ham yet a certainty , '•nost of sharing its unprecedented opulence—nay, a Corn tdventurers, at least. will in all prob tbility participate of t'e 20,000 i. Prim to the first-drawn Number on Saturday next. Gesso EvanTl.---The First-drawn Ticket, No. 16,787. in the present State Lottery, and which dis tributed to the Public the Sum of 40,0001. was sold in °se Qaarter, one Eighth. and ten Sixteenth Shares, at. loan es. Pans r, and Co.'s, Cornhill,Oxford-street, and St. James's street. On Saturday, May 2, the First-drawn Ticket will be entitled to 20,0001. independent of any other Prize ; and there are nu. meroas Capitals .et ia the Mittel. Also, reel Ticket that may be drawn un the above Day, will b.! a Prize. A few dayt ago there was an account Oven of blood-sucker worms coming off by the m.iuth of a child aged veep ; t'iese vermin ii•ed IS days.in cold water, duriog which time some young ones appeased in the bssou the site of hairs three inches long. Another chid has vended a mend worm. 12 inches, of the TlMltit kind ; it is full of young. which Is plain to the human eyc. The last child had hren .41 Sad variouly tor 'tinny years, and no medicine had reached the malady, until Dr. Gain. ell's Worm Medicines were tippled. The also's.' rtsay be feel. 4, Long Acre, with reference to the Pati:nts who voided' them. Dr. Gasowee is con sulted tour dais sae alas w.el. fie= I to 4 as 1.(..* I I