The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1803-04-12 00:00:00

1101 AL lIUNr. . . Yesterday mornin7, at half past nine o' c lo c k, His Majesty, attended by Geflerals Gwynn and Manners, rode to the right of Ascot Heath, where they were met by the Earls of Sandwich - and West moreland, and above two hundred gentlemen sports men, and as many on foot. Tht• day being re rnarkably fine, the sight was grand. Soon after ten o'rlock the lioval Deer was turned out of the cart for the day's divcrsion.—At first setting off the deer, which is very famous, ran with great swiftness across the race-ground towards Sunning-hill, taking to the left through Mr. Cratchleg's park, and through the wood and inclosur_ to the left of Winkfield plain towards Wavill and Breeknell, leaving South hill and Swinley to the right, by Tower-hill, where he made a double to the right and run with great speed towards Bagshot-heath, where numbers were obliged to give up the chace. In the course of this famous chace there was a distance of about three miles between the first hounds and the last ; the day being warm, and the deer running with great speed. ORIGINAL POEFIZT. EPK;i: A CIS. THE rowEa OF ItICIIES. The wealthy f )01 can hay:: no fault, Fer what 1; %.n.e and worth but sorry? Hi: dullest jr.t is Altit .Ourest jittc hnncy. THE OLD MlsLk'S MANSION. 11* Vick or 5t.131 within the house, 13.4 t, crvaking, seem to b•g , a sous : Veit Led its..if Ix i-rtd~le+t seems, Aid vent. it. woe., it t.litch'd, in screams. THT iESCEI API AN sTATF WtTII ?WWI TO SER. TENTS, TAINTED AS AN APOTHECARYS alt:N. The-e serpents Symbols are, nu doubt, And to the shop a-kin! The ini.iges are Owed without—. Thi: poison lurk. within. ON A VEIT TALL FOOL. Gond Mewl, as you increase in ralhscu Your head 'CCM. to increase in sosuibiess For God's sake, stop ; or much I fear Your nob will wholly disappear ! TILE FATE OF GENIUS. How oft i 4 Genius, fed w:th noblest rar, Domed, like the Eagle, to a narrow ca;:. Yesterday morning her MAJEST r, accompanied by the Princess AuousT A, took an airing to Frog more. _ _ _ - _ Her Royal Highness Princess ELIZA lILTIr, at tended by Lady CAROLINE DORMER, took an airing in an open plizton, accompanied by Prin cesses SorulA and MELI• on horseback, attended by Major Dzsasow, by Engelfield-green, and through the plantations in the Great Park. Yesterday about one o'clock the Princess MARY took an airing in the neighbourhood of Hampstead. We are happy to say her Royal Highness is so far recovered from her indisposition that it is her inten tion to go to Windsor to day. Dury Lane Theatre resumed its entertainments ?tat night, with Tit Hero of the North, and Love and Magic.—Both pieces were well received. The house is never crouded on Easter Monday, the at tention of the public being engrossed by the sum mer amusements, which commence on that day. john Bolts F,reride was last night, as usual, well attended at Covent-Garden Theatre. It was fol lowed by the Divertisement, which was lately brought forward for Mr. Ltwts's Benefit. It con sists of several favourite songs by Bit AllA M, INC LE DON, &C. &c. and concludes with a Masquerade Scene, which affords that favourite and lively Aaress, Mrs. ta, an opportunity of displaying her operatical powers to great advantage. The lively little Miss Sims, late of Covent Gar den Theatre, made her first appearance with great alai last night at the Circus. The Opera from the pen of the Laureat is not likely to be brought forward this season at Drury lane theatre, but will most probably be one of the earliest novelties in the next. Lord ST. V iNC ENT'S family have all left town for Lis Lordship's house at Brentwood, in Essex, ex cepting his Lordship. Mr. PITT arrived cn Saturday at Mr. Lopro's seat at Bromley, in Kent. where he will remain during the holidays. There was a grand fete on Thursday se'nnight at Eglintoun Castle, in honour of the marriage of Lord lIONTOOMERIE. The YORK Concerts closed on Friday the Ist of April, and have been fashionably attended through out the season. Among the vocal performers who gave infinite satisf.atiun, were Mrs. CK APM AN and Miss NV ATER& The press was yesterday very brisk. A great number of men were impressed on the river, on their way to Greens ich sports. The men of wars boats ware very aftive. Mr. Gooao, after passing some days at Lord GeiLDFORD'I. near Dover, embarked on Weo'aes day last for France. to complete the necessary engagements with performers for the Opera neat season. Since the commencement of the Revolution, the French have found leisure to execute very credit• able translations of some of oar principal and most difficult Authors.—Young's Night Thoughts— Thomson's Seasons—Milton's Paradise Lost, &c. &c. There is now fur sale in Paris—" Walpole's Historic Doubts, translated by Louis XVl"—The Will of Louts XVI. printed on one large folio sheet, is now the most usual ornament and tapestry of the numerous hook standings which stretch alorz the Boulevards, from the Rue de la Loi to the Place de la Con:orde. In all the Salons Litteraires (pub lic Reading Rooms) are to be seen—the Lives of the King—the Queen—and Madame Elizabeth, the bang's Sister; the Princess Lamballe, &c. This breatl.es a spirit of literary toleration worthy of remark. The Will of Julius Cesar, and the use made of it is Shakespeare, might have once sug ested some alarming hints ; but 44 the Age of Chivalry" is indeed past—nor is their now an An thony so make the very stones of Rome rise up and mutiny. MANSION-HO USE. EASTER BAIA.. Yesterday the Lord Mayor, accorAig to the an cient custom, went in state to Christ - church, pre ceded by the boys of Christ's Hospital. As it *as an exceedingly fine day, the appearance of the pro cession was more than usually splendid. The fol lowing was the order in which it moved from the Mansion.house, and arrived at Christ-church : 1. The Strevt-keeper and Constables to eleu. the way. 2. The City Trumpeters. 3. A Marshal. 4. The Scholars with their Masters and Bencliet ; the boys intended for naval service, carrying emblems of the differ:lit branches of suitable knowledge in which they are educated 5. The other City Marshal, with the Marshal's mill. 6. Thu. Lord Mayin's Footmen. 7. The Lord Mayor and Lark Mayoras.: in the State-coach. S. The two Mice. Price, with the Water-Bailiff, whoie duty, nit this ocenbion, ii to hand the Lady Mayoresi into the church. 9. Mr. Alderman Skinner, Sir Jnhn William Ani Sir Richard Carr Glynn and Lady, Pcrrvu, Pritchard and Lad:, Ainsiey, Roascriift, T. .' • li and Lady ; Lee and two Ladien, Sir John Rie•e, Recorder; Richard Clark, E.g. Chamberlain, and his; La.lr ; Mr. Common Serjeant (Sylve: ter), and all the other City Officer;. After hearing an excellent sermon, preached by the Lord Bishop of Winchester, they returned in similar procession to the Man,sion -house, where a sumptuous and magnificent dinner was prepared for their entertainment. DRESSFS. Ttie Ladv Mayoress appeared in the procession elegantly drvs•red in white ant.kilver. The two Mit4e: Price wore dr•Niei of purple and %dyer, nrna ntented with s i .ancks, and heatl-d:esstz of silver netting corateil with feathers. L Welch wure a dress of muslin and go:d, ornam-mted with ii.ancleg. The Illuminations, arranged, we understand, on an original idea of the Lord Mayor himself, un,l:•r the immediate direction of Mr. Patrick, had an et- feel the most splendid and the most elegantly mag nificent 4)f any of this kind that we can remember to have ever seen. In the centre of the Egyptian Hall was a balloon-figure of a very large size, with a car, flags, &c. to illuminate which more than a, thousand small lamps were added to those which, on former occa,ions, enlightened the same apart ment. In the balloon were seated figures emble matic of the Military and Naval Forces of Great Britain, one bearing the standard of England, the other the standard of the Volunteer Corps-of which his Lordship was Colonel. This truly grand and superb speotacle was regarded as a master-piece of ingenuity by every person present. The balloon, the car, the very ropes, were formed of lamps adapt ed to produce the most lively and pleasing effect. The eight pilasters in the saloon were adorned with various devices, such as wreaths of lamps, and of ar tificial flowers intermixed, &c. The center ornaments were a Temple of Peace, with green glass and gold, with a glory on the top, and a Cupid hovering over, with emblems of the blessings of Peace. On each side appeared four large naval pillars, six feet high, ornamented with me dallions of the different Admirals who distinguished themselves in the British service during the late war. On the top of each pillar stood a figure of Britannia holding the standard of Great Britain. The pillars were surrounded with the flags of the neighbouring nations, intended to intimate, that we arc in peacea ble intercourse with them all. _ _ . On the centre tables were two large Naval Tern. pies, ornamented with flags, with the likenesses of uur Admirals, and the implements of war reversed. On the side-tables were two temples of the sun, each 7 feet high, ornamented in a very handsome man ner. On each side were trophies of war with the implements reversed. The parterre was in a style of uncommon neatness, paying a compliment to his MAJESTY, and to the nations in amity with us, in beautiful devices. The whole of these devices were executed by the taste of those eminent confec tioners, Messrs. Hoffman. The dinner was worthy of the well known elegance of Mr. Birch, under whose direction it was furnished. The ancient BARON of BEEv was elevated on a high frame, at the end of the tables: a carver stood near, demolishing with the greatest dexterity and activity, to satisfy the wishes of such of the guests as retained the genuine old English taste in good eat ing. There were also sonic very attractive models of ships of war in pastry, two feet long. Among the Company at dinner were The French and Batavian Ambassadors, Lord Ellenborough, Blunt Thompson, Baron Graham, Lord Bruce, Lord Ca nn...rum, Lord Dc Blaquire, M. Pintails, Mr. Corry, Mr. IViistiliam, Mr. Erskiae, Miles Peter Andrews, Esq. Wm. Mrinwarir.g, Esq. Sir Walter Sterling,, Hart. 3ir Francis Ba ring, Sir laugh Inglir, But. John Roberts, Esq. Lady Carring ton, :old two of her beautiful dmighters. The Ball was opened, in the Ball-Room, at half past nine, to the tune of Sir David Hunter Blair, but the place was so crowded the dancers met with great interruption. As the Company moved away or became thin, they proceeded with more spirit, and continued the dance until a late hour. The Lady Mayoress sat in her state-chair, at the upper end of the room, surrounded by the Aldermen and their Ladies, the Recorder, ac. More than 4000 persons were present. PUBLIC "IMUSEMEINTS. SADLER'S • \V ELLS. This place, from its antiquity, being the oldest priviledged Theatre in the environs of the Metropo lis, seems to be resorted to with a degree of venera tion, and something bordering on duty, which en sures it always a full house at the commencement of the season. It has never, within our recollection, been negligently conduEted ; but the present Mana gers have certainly surpassed their predecessors, and made such improvements as must recommend to the favour of the public. TOViNSEND and KING are certainly great acquisi tions to this scene of festivity. They both sung ad mirably. Signior GIOVENNI BAPTISTA BELZONA, called in the bills of the day, the PATAGONIAN SAMPSON, exhibited feats of most extraordinary strength. He with apparent ease balanced seven men, who could not have weighed less than half a ton, and carried them round the stage without any appearance of distress ; he is a fine figure. Miss GA irrEN, in the dance with the skipping rope, displayed a degree of agility with which every beholder must be highly pleased. In the after piece of the Caere! Mr. Cie MANI, as the clown, appeared to very great advantage, and displayed talents which the public, no doubt, will properly appreciate. The new managers have certainly used very me ritorious and liberal exertions: the scenery was new .~ • and elegant, well devised; kid created with un comfnim taste. The audience were trcrybighly pleased throughout, arid, lifter reiterated plaudits, went away in the utmost good (tumour. ROYAL. CIRCt'S. In our range of the public diversions, which have hailed the approach of Easter, we were next led by curiosity to visit the Royal Circus, a place which, during many of the former seasons, has been the scene of infinite amusement. It is expected that at spetlecles of this description novelty should be the foundation of the representations offered to the pub lic, for they are in general of so unsubstantial a texture, that without such recommendation very little can be said in their favour. We cannot re port that the Managers of this amphitheatre have given themselves much trouble in producing new subjeas for the gratification of their holiday midi tars. Somethiu:.; more than an hour and a half was occupied in the performance of a Grand Ballet called the Fatal PraliNion, announced in the bills as the 99th representation. Banquets and battels, love scenes and murders, damsels and assassins, palaces and prisons, are blended together in such hasty confusion, that the spatator scarce knows to what to direEt his attention. This was followed by feats of horsemanship per formed by an equestrian described as the youthful Highlander, and certainly the agility he displayed is entitled to every praise ; both the horse and the rid , :r received all the applause they were entitled to. To give a regular account of the remainder of the rrtormances, wouiti be a vain attempt, they con sisted of a lyrical addrel, from Paddy Bnll in his potatoe garden. We could Lot but remark the very uncommon dearth of genius and originality in the music of the different drama's (if they arc worthy of that name) which in the coarse of the evening were successively brought forward. We were sur prised to hear music announced as new which had been familiar to us for years; and passages out of the overture to the Lady of the Manor and the Battle of Prague, supplied the deled of the Composer's ge nius The whole concluded with a Pantomime called the Rival Statues, a title most truly de scriptive of the rerfOrmers in general. In the course of it the author, or inventor, has, we think, very injudiciously thought proper to satyrize these discoveries of science, which ought to be held too sacred for the application of such buffoonery.— Elearicity and Galvanism are by no means pro per subjeds for the absurd ridicule of a minor theatre ; and however the coarse satire exhibited at the Circus last night with reference to those sub jects, may draw down the applause of those who filled the benches of the gallery, it cannot but ex cite the contempt of men of sense, and bring the place altogether into disrepute. The House and Amphitheatre has undergone little or no alteration, further than having been newly painted. The Pit and Galleries were crouded to excess; but the Boxes, till half price, were not filled in the same proportion. ASTLtY'S ROYAL AMPIIITIIEATRE. The performances at this place of amusement commenced last night before a numerous audielice. Previous to the drawing up of the curtain, Mr Asr v, Jun. came forward and informed the house that in consegnenceof the indisposition of Madam 7danse who was to perform a principal chara6ter in the en tertainment of Zelico. he was obliged to solicit their indulgence in accepting the Ballet of the Caledonian Revell in its place. The ballet was received with the most flattering approbation. The scenery is beautiful, and the dancing would do honour to any theatre. The next entertainment was the Ilarle quinade called Silver Star, or the Mirror of Witch craft. It commences in a similar manner with Love and Magic, performed at Drury-lane Theatre, and the author seems to have made that piece his model. An old abbey in ruins, with moonlight, is the first scene, and a powerful Magician enters, accompa nied by a number of witches, the whole of whom dire& the fantastical lover of Columbine to pur sue her without fear of opposition from Harlequin, whose enemy the magician is. The Pantomimic hero is however protated by the Goddess of the Silver Star, who is seen in her palace (which for the beauty of its appearance, and the elegance of the scenery is admirable.) By her power she occa sions Harlequin to emerge from a globe, that is seen making its revolutions. She presents him with a magic sword, and directs him to pursue his mistress ; he accordingly proceeds to the house of her father, and gets in at the window by a rope ladder, which he causes to rise from a chest ; the Clown pursues, and in his way contemplates a look g-glass, from which arises an evil spirit. The scene then changes to a cave formed by ice in Greenland ; the Clown is observed swimming in the sea, and is shortly after thrown upon land by a huge whale. A variety of other adventures attend Harlequin and his pursuers ; the most of which impart all the entertainment such species of acting are capable of affording. The Piece con cludes with the union of Harlequin and Columbine in the Palace of Silver Star. The house is very splen did. It overflowed at an early hour. It was said on Sunday that an overland dispatch had been received from India with important intelli gence, and that a messenger I:ad been sent with the contents to the ICING. Never was the weather more propitious for holi day pleasures than yesterday. Carriages of every description were put in requisition on the Greenwich road. A more animated scene than Greenwich park we never witnessed. Mink and good humour were the order of the day. Captain MACNAMARA was not so well last night as on Sunday. All the caulkers that were discharged lately from Portsmouth Yard have been invited to return to their former situations. Hasler Hospital is ordered to be put on the same establisment as during last war. Frances Lawrence of Durham-street, Strand, mo ther of the person lately conviaed at Queen-square Office, was yesterday brought before PATRICK CO L quHous, Esq. when several improper devices and papers relative to Lottery insurance, were produced by the Officers, and the case proved to the satisfac tion of the Magistrate. She was ordered to be con fined two months in Tothill-fields BridewelL This prosecution was carried on at the instance of the Society for the Suppression of Vice. .3 L.;W lATELLIGENCE: di.1.1.1... ••••• ittGll COURT OF CIIANCEitY, Asti It. Before Lord Chanedkr E i.DON. IN THE 31 ATTER OF HINTON, A P T. A perion crf the name of Johnson presented a petition, praying , that Thomas Robert Mawley, a Solicitor cf the - Mut, might pay certain costs in curred in consequence of suing out a Commission cf Bankruptcy against Mr. Hinton, formerly of the Old Bailey, printer. It appeared that Mr. Johnson had deposited a quantity of copper plates and paper with Mr. Hinton, who, from distress, had been in-; duced to pledge the articles. Mr. Johnson was obliged to sustain considerablelosses in redeeming tile articles so pledged ; and it was afterwards referred to arbitration, to ascertain the amount of the suns the bankrupt was hound to reimburse him. TNr arbitrators awarded Mr. Johnson to be paid a sum amounting to above lout. The petition then sweet: on to state, that in order to detroy the effed of this award, Mr. Mawley sued out a commission of bank ruptcy upon the petition of a Mr. Pearce, under which Mr. Pearce and the petitioner were aprointed • Assignees; that debts were proved to the amount of between 300 and 1001. but that nothing had ever been recovered of the bankrupt's estate, except two sums, one of 601. and another of 71. sums which were inadeqnate even to &Craving the expellee cf* the commission and attendant c.arges. That the petitioner had been put to various costs, in consequence of the bankruptcy ; and it inferred that Mr. Mawley knew at the tine he took out the commission of bankruptcy against Hinton, he was not possessed of sufficient property to defray the expence of it. It therefore prayed that Mr. Mawley Might repay the petitioner the costs he had been put to, in consequence of the bankruptcy. The Lord CHANCEL LOR observed that a mea , nre whichhad been proposed tohim last week by Lord Re desdale as necessary to be adopted in Ireland, was ro less necessary, with regard to this part of the United Kingdom. That noble Lord had informed him that it was a common pradice in Ireland for commissions of bankruptcy to issue against persons, who, so far from having property to tiktisfy their creditors, had not sufficient even to defray the eypences of the com mission ; in consequence of which creditors sustain ed a loss even beyond that of their debts. His Lordship therefore wished, that an Ael of Parliament should pass, requiring solicitors when they sued out a Commission of Bankruptcy, to make affidavit that they believed the Bankrupt was pos sessed of sufficient property to render such a pro ceeding an ad of prudence on the part of the credi , tors. His Lordship added, that the citcum..tances of the present case proved, that such an Ad of Par liament would be equally applicable to the plaice introduced in this country. Ile entertained doubts how far he was justified in ordering Mr. `•la«•ley to pay the costs, as the petition did not pray -hat the commission should be superseded. Had it doae so, he was of opinion he should have ordered it to have been superseded at the expellee of the solicitor, and that he should have dirthed him to have paid the costs, which the petitioner had incurred in con sequence of his suing out a commission, where there was no adequate property. He wound, how ever, order, that the business should stand wcr for three weeks, that the petitioner might take• legal advice as to the propriety of amending his petition: In the mean time, he hoped Mr. Mawley would consult his own interest, by doing what the justice of the case required, and prevent any farther ap-. plication to the Court. He felt himself compelled, in the present stage, not to grart the prayer of the petition ; but he certainly should not allow Mr.. Maley any costs for resisting it. A solicitor of the name of Hamilton received a severe censure from his Lordship for 'presuming to present a petition to the Court not couched in those technical terms which the ordinary course of prac tice required. His Lordship said he was perfthly astonished when he perused it.. However agreeable and perhaps proper, a statement of faEls se. deco rated might be to the public eye, it certainly was ex tremely impertinent in a Court of Justice, and he therefore trusted that Mr. Hamilton, as well as every other solicitor, would in future avoid present ing petitions to him of such a description. Mr. Hamilton humbly begged pardon, and as sured his Lordship he would hereafter abstain from indulging in such flights of fancy. His Lordship sat with indefatigable industry till a late hour, determined to get through the whole of the. Bankrupt Petitions, which he accordh,gly did. Isoursrs.—The Coroner's Inquest was, hell yesterday at the Bricklayer's Aims in Mourt-street, at half past two o'clock, on the body of M. THARINE ADDERLEY, W::0 died in consequence of her cloaths having caught fire on Friday night last. In evidence it appeared, that Mr. Paddington, Car penter, in the said street, on coming into the house: when the alarm of fire was given, found the de ceased lying on the floor-cloth, at the parlour-door, encompassed with flames.. On beholding this me lancholy sight, he dragged the carpet off the par lour floor, and rolled Mrs. ADDERLEY in it, which succeeded in extinguishing the fire, but not in saving the lady, who languished until six o'clock on Satur day morning, She was attended by Mr. Chevalier, of South Audley-street. Several other persons wen• examined, whose evidence agreed with the above. The verdia returned was—Ar‘idental death. The Coroner's Inquest sat on the body of Mr. Tou L. MI ti, at his house opposite the Life-Guards Barrack, at Knightsbridge, at lour o'clock yester day ; and after the. most minute investigation, re turned a verdiet that he died by the visitation of God. He was in the 70th year of his age. About ten o'clock yesterday morning, as the ser vant of Captain ELSTED, of the Royal Navy, was driving his master's curricle and pair, turning from Bond-street into Piccadilly, one of the traces loosened, and touched the horses legs, who being very spirited, plunged, and ran with the greatest violence till they came near the Star in Piccadilly, when the carriage upset, and the driver was thrown to a considerable distance ; this was or.ly a momen tary check ; fur, with the curricle turned upside down, they pursued their career, and were not stopped till they reached Princes-street, Leicester fields. The servant, we are sorry to add, received by the fall a very dangerous conmion on his head. The curricle was broken to pieces. *, ■ I I ~ `_ ri L_ ~` I • - " _"_,~ =