The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1803-04-08 00:00:00

P.' P.. 1 Sil/71 —..-. \.* mi l Mrs. WrneLz gave, o n T ay evenin, -, last, a grand Concert, at her house Upper 13ropl:- slrset, which was attended by upv.4,ii-ds of two hun dre.i of the most distinguishes! plsonages in the 1 ingdo:n. Mrs. Hrsusss *sit cit..liO.ted the Con:. I any with an air of I - lasni.r.., 4' He tats slespi6eil." '1 he fine, full, rich tones of Mrs Ii are admirably odapted to HANDEL'S MOsiC. Mr. SsfA L L and Mrs. )lI%OWARSH sung several Italian Duenet in the first styie of excellence ; a!so a fine new Terz-tto, by CV.I A RUSO. Amon:; the Company, we noticed_ • Dm. h , ors—Nmeatinther:Avd Alia It +lwo Xfsa laionow of Witichecet. Coisau-is Corlhde. I:i.e.:mad Fitchar:i.s. I tot els--Watkhoutte, II /rewsi-wi, and Pear. twilit a--Woilell o ll4e ' A I eatiley, Eliminorougli. G. Howard, 1.. Strityln, S:iiii-rton, and Douglas. • Dr. 11I:513 1.1 qt. • I:4 m A Stanley. Mc crs.—Kilet, Fitaltugh, nary, Douglas, Smith, Phipps, Jeunittg, Atom: , v, Slorant, Audi hank. libprresott—Tl•...,e. , son, Buller, king, Fitsluigli, Douglas, Smith, (71tolmtieultie7 Phipps, Dudley North, 'chafing, Sian kty,Firil, anJ liehhenien. ebases--Peaci , Wofklkou...", thme Farquhar', 'loran Wy combe, Pi:ilium., Jennings, two Aueuisue=, Stanley, and Far pasm. Yesterday morning his MAJESTY and the Prin cesses So Pii a A and A'4Er. I A, Attenticd by General GwvntcE, rode on horseback through Bever Park, Snnning aceotrretnied by thc Prin cess :.1 !zs rit in a photon, attensh...l by Mrs. Ds.ss ; from whence the Princesses returned to Winds,sr, and his MArtsiry continued his ride by Vi rg inia Water, and inspected the different farms in the Great Park tat near three o'clock. Her NIAJEST V, and Princess AUGUSTA, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Hautoesr, took an airing to Frogmen, and walked in the Gardens, where they were i thwd by the Princesses ELITARETti, Seem.% ) and arra.r.4, after retuniiag from their ride with bis MAJESTY. Her NIAJLsrv; and the Princesses returned from Frogmore to the Lodi;.: between two and three o'clock. Yesterday, about one o'clock, the Princess MARY took an airing by Kilburn and Hampstead, and returned by the New Road. Lord and Lady CASTI LUCA Ml ' Lady L. COREY, Colonel and Lady C. Woov, the Marquis of WA. E aro ito, Lord COLE, and a large party of fashion able friends, leave town this day, for Stanmore, the seat of the Marquis of Assaco R N. To-morrow the Earl of MANSTIELD'S holiday parties will commence at Caen V% nod. Sir Jolts and Lady Miter, and the Miss CR A BEERS, left town yesterday for Randall's Park, Surrey, the seat of Sir Jails COGHILL, to pass the holidays. • Mr. WALKER, of masquerade celebrity, left town Dsterday, on a visit to the Earl and. Countess of ERRY, at Oakes. Earl and Countess of MoutivrinaßlS and family left town last night for his country residence near .Earng. The Duchess of CUMBERLAND lately passed through Genoa on her way to Rome. Lord CARRINGIoN has tone down on a visit to Mr. PITT, at Waliner Castle, and Lord ALVAN LET spends part of the Easter Holi.tays there. The congratulatory Address of the &uniting Ministers about London to his MAJESTY, was un lae themselves. It passed, we arc told, amani ta/AU 1:y. *llle last fashionable arrivals at Brighton are, Lnrd Riv xitsos Le, the Hon. Mrs. Say moult, Sir HENRY Pstro3r, and Mr. J. M. LEon.—"l'he -departares—Lady B••LIFORD, Mr. T. KKNIP and family, Viscount BARRINGTON, Sir JOHN HONEY WOOD, Mr. J. FR ANT, &C. Grey sarsnet lionise, with broad white lace round the bosom, loose sleeves to the wrist, a loose festoon from the shoulder, trimmed with lace, cot tage bonnet, hued with pale blue, Spanish cloak, of grey or white sunset, blue or grey shoes, is at pre sent a fashionable morning dress. The mo .t fashionable full dress consists of a petti coat of white silk; vest of silver muslin, made in the Circassian style ; *short sleeves of white silk, bor dered with spangles, and looped up to the shoulder with silver twist ; a broad white lace made ph in to 'the arm beacath. Tucker of broil v.-hite lace, or handkerchief of fie4i-coloured crape, spangled, and crossed over the bosom. Turban of flesh-coloured Persian, with a diamond crescent in front, and small Turkish feather. The hottom of the petticoat bor dero.! with flesh-coloured silk net, variegated with spangles. White shoes, pearl necklace, pearl brace lets, and zene. Mrs. MutarrAts sings this night at the Manches ter Oratorio. Mr. Nloc,r AI :4 kids the twind. The Duke of Qv at N.; az al tr, in his late illness, ex. *cute,' a will, for the first time in his life. It con sived of eleven sheets of paper. Mr. Bssvtot, haalcr of the French Govern. meat, accompanied by two of his chief clerks, at-- 37111'd in town on Saturday last. Ile is come ever, it is said, to trona& some financial business wi:h our Ministers. Perhaps IM. • r CoNsta., anxious to show srrupuloas pu4auality in the execution the Treazy of Antic/3, thinks proper to pay, at Ir.tst, apart of the large sum which 1 ranee owes to tl:i. country, for the matntenauce of her prisonets. The Dmhess of GOP DO sun continues to in: the most constant visitor of NlaJame BONAVA CUE, and the rep.,rt still continues of an intended match be mmen the fair Lady GEORGMA, and the young ELAM 114%11.4%0:5p the son of the wite of the Ftesv Co :nu L. Captain CArt rump is engaged at Covent-gar den theatre for next season, the Dl:xi of YORK, we understand, having previously given him his per mission to sell out of the Guards. He is to have eight pounds per week, and a benefit ; and we have so doubt of the success of this promising young am, from the proofs he has already given. Madame RECAMIE it, for a con.id , rable time, con dulled to iNitertain the Enllish in Paris with great politeness a.id hospitality, but they at length obliged her to put. au end to her usual parties. When about 110 persous were invited, which were as many as her hottie could well accommodate, at least 160 of these were generally English. But they, not content-. ed with their own reception, wc:e eternally intro ducing r.l.itions and friends from England to an assembly Uhkh %%as all the rage, and be=rg urdhle to hold this any loager, with that civility add polite peso so itatnral to her, she has found herself coat. +ellai. fear the present, to give up her publit. partici. • PirAL b UEL. A fatal duel took place on Wednesday morning. Colonel Montgoinery mounted his celebrated rey mare, and actornpanied by a Newfoundland dog,' named Wolf, set off to take his ride. After visiting the different streets of fashionable resort, the Colonel took a turn in Hyde Park, where unfortunately en lonel Montgomery's dog quarrelled and fought with a dog belonging to Captain Macnamara, of the Royal Navy, an officer as amiable in private life as highly distinguished in the service of his country. The colonel alighted, and it. may be presumed, frem a wish to correJ his own dog, mad.: a lash cf his %ship at him, but happened to bit the other dog. The Captain, in a tone of ardour, demanded the rea son, and a very warm altercation ensued. A place of meeting at Cb.,a/Z-Farm was instantly appointed, and instantly repaired to by both, having previously ordered their savants to follow them, each with a case of pistols, upon pretence that they were going to fire at a mark. It was merely by tccident, and not from the etiquette of duelling, that they were accompanied by Sir William Heir, who had himself lost an arm in a duel with Sir Mar cus Somerville about seven years ago at Athlone. The dispute took place at five o'clock, and the parties were on the fatal ground before seven.— On getting out of the hackney-coaches in which they went, they walked six paces from each other, in opposite di-es!tions, and then turning round, fires exaCtly at the same instant. They both fell, but the Colonel never rose again ; the ball entered his right breast, and went through his heart. He was taken into Chalk-Farm house. Captain Macnarnara received a ball in the lower part of the abdomen, but in an oblique direaion, so as not to penetrate the intestines, or affea any vital part. He rose from the ground, and regaiiied his coach. Mr. lienvisidc's attendance was immediately procured, but his professional skill, however great, could be cf no use to Colonel Montgomery. . A hearse was sent yesterday by Mr. Byng. Mom , ber for Middlesex, the brother-in-law of the de ceased, to Chalk-Farm, to bring away the body. A long altercation took place between the under taker who was dispatched for the purpose, and Mr. Rutherford, the-landlord of the house. The latter refused to suffer the corpse to be removed, before the Coroner's inquest should have pronounced their Verdi& The undertaker produced a written order which had been delivered at his house in Bond street, by order of Mr. Byng, directing him to go with a h earse and shell immediately, and to bring away the deceased. This order was not, however, at tended to by the Landlord, who refused the persons so sent admission ; and at five o'clock the hearse was waiting for the arrival of the Coroner. It was not known at that hour whether the Inquest would be held last night or this morning. Capt. Mac namara was brought to his lodgings at Blake's Hotel, Jermyn-street, where he now lies danger ously ill. Macmanus, the Bow-street Officer, is stationed there uaii Captain Macnarnara shall be forthcoming, to answer the consequences of this melancholy affair. Colonel Montgomery was also brother of the Marchioness of Townshend, and of the late Mrs. Ileresford. He was, a few years ago, well known as the tkulle of the late Duke of Hamilton, from his likeness to that Nobleman. The last accounts from Vienna state, that their Imperial Majesties were shortly expeaed to set out for Prague, where they will witness the ceremony of the znarriaf . F.e of his Royal Highness the Grand Duke. Their eitmrsion to Italy will not t.ke place until after their return from Pr ate. The same at counts mention, that the Emperor of Russia is, in the beginning of June, to visit the Crimea, and .se veral other Governments. The state of the negociation is still preserved a profound secret. It is easy, however, to see that things are now coming to such a crisis that it can not long be so. The opinion seems to gain ground, among those whp, we think, possess the best menus to enable them to form a cermet judgment, that the matters in dispute will only be settled by an appeal to arms. Several iedividuals, deeply in terested in the issue, have proceeded to Paris, to wind up their transactions with that city, from a thorough conviaion,that a delay of only a few weeks more would expose the property they have there to ,the danger of being placed in a state of sequestra tion. A few evenim since, a womin went to visit a __.. evenings prisoner in the King's Bench ; when drinking tea they disagreed, and arming themselves with knives to decide the quarrel, the unfortunate wc,man re ceived many stabs in her body ; in the last the knife was broken between her ribs. Medkal assist ance was immediately had, yet it is dottlited whe ther her wounds will not prove mortal. The whale. bone in her stays broke the force of the severest blow. Yesterday morning the soldier who used to sweep the road near Orchard-street, Portman-square, died in a fit in the open street, without medical assistance, and was eyposed to the public view for some time in that situation. The body was afterwards taken to St. George's Workhouse, Mount-street. A child, sir years old, was run over by a car riage yesterday evening, in Berkeley-square, but though the wheel passed over the infant's head, he received no material injury. At the Lancaster Assizes, which ended on Wed nesday sc'nnight, in the cause of Massey against Az:lna - rota, which had excited a considerable de gree of interest in the town of Manchester, a verdict was given for the Plaintil—Damages 20001. The number of persons tried at Lancaster for mans:asighter, it is much to be lamented, ltas in creased in a rapid degree within a few years:— Nine were tried at the late assizes, four of whom were conviaed. Two of the latter were burnt in the hand; in order, as was emphatically observed by the Judge (Sir GILES RooeL) that they might catty back with them into that part of the county from whence they came, those ignominious marks which would shear the detestation in which. their conduit was held by the Court. On the trial of Thomas Fielding, for the above offence, his Lordship, in the strongest terms, ex pressed his abhorrence of the inhuman manner of fighting in the Southern part of that county. He observed, that if a man has brought his antagonist to the ground, and then Licks or strikes him, whilst the vanquished person lies in a state of insensibi. lity, such an ad of brutal ferocity constitutes the crime of murder ; and, upon conviZliou, he would not hesitate to leave the person for execution, with , out the least regret. - , FOREIGN IIITEL LICENCE. ' - .1 ,- "4 • • , • • •*, , Apait, 4. Yesterday a deputatti from the Elefloral Col lege of the Department d'Eure et Loire bad au audience of the First Consul. General Ilaraguay d'Hilliers, President of the College, addressed the Firs: Consul in the follow ing terms:— " CITIZEN FIRST CONSUL, AmidA the general tribute of thanks which the gratitude of France is eager to pay you from all quarters, deign to accept that of the Eledoral College of the Department d'Eure et Loire. The Citizens who compose it, after having performed in a short session the dies imposed upon them, feel solicitous to manifeFt 'o you their warm and unanimous thanks for the good you have done, and for that which ) - ou arc preparing to do. " Go," said they to us, " go, wait on our First Magi strate, that chief, the pride of the French people, the restorer of the national glory, and of the public morals ; still greater, if pdssible, in peace, than he was formidable in the field of battle ; tell him that he is the only ohis?ez of our best wishes, atd of our fondest hopes ; lay before him the tribute of our re spat and of our aTeaions." " Citizen First Consul, accept the'exrressions of these, sentiments : entreat your happiness to this universal affi.2:on of good rn,m, of the true friends of the country. Fathers devote their hearts and hau:is to your service ; they answer for those of their children. May you long continue to enjoy the 'rood you produced, and only leave to a late pos terity the care of your apotheosis." A decree of the fh'ith March has been made which ord2rs, that provisions de•lined for the we of the French navy at any. of the six ports of Dunkirk, Havre, Brest, L'Orient, Reche fort, or Toulon, shall be entirely duty free ; that no provisions or commodities of any sort, destined for the use of the navy, shall be dr, any pretext, atter their appropriation to naval uses, converted- to a different purpose, unless in very extraordinary cases to be particularly explained ; and that the benefit of this exemption shall be equally extended to every other port of the Republic, at which Government shall at any time order an armament. FROM TIIE FIikSCIL PAPERS. BRUSSLLS, MARCH 31. The town of Antwerp is to present to Madame Bonaparte a diamond aigrette, of great .beauty. To the Eirst Consul a grand fete will be given on the Scheldt—in magnincence it will surpass all that have ever been given is Belgium. The prepara tions at Ghent, for the First Co.laiil% recepiion, are going forward with the greatest activity. The guard of honour which -is forming there for the Con sul, have at its head several cflicers of cavairy, for merly in the service of the Emperor, who have left the Austrian army to take up their residence in their native country. At Brussels every exertion is making to give the Chid Magistrate a suitable re ception. The inhabitants, in conformity to the in vitation of the Mayor, are painting and whitewashing the tionts of their houses. BRUSSELS, APRIL I. A battalion of infantry of the garrison of Brussels, a battalion of the garrison of Mechlin, and corps froM that of Louvain, set out on their march two days ago, in order to proceed towards the frontiers of the Be avian Republic. We are assured that other corps of troops will immediately pursue the sane diredion. However, we learn, by letters from Breda, that the bead-quarters of the French aux iliary troops, in the pay of the Batavian Republic, now in that place, expel to receive orders to pro ceed to some other place. These dispositions, how ever, kill depend on the result of the negotiations between the French and the English Governments. No workmen:can be found at Brussels ; they arc all employed tither by the constituted authorities, or by private individuals, on the preparations making with the utmost celerity for the reception of the FIRST CONSUL. STUTOABD, MARCH 25. According to letters from Bale, a great number of troops are expeded to march from the interior of France to Italy; the greater part of the French troops now in Switzerland have a similar destination. The state of affairs betwixt England and France is said to have determined the First Consul to assemble a considerable body of troops in the south of Italy. The Generals of division Klein, Pully, Chabot, and Verdier, as well as the Generals of brigade, Flovella, Quesnel, Milpaud, and Leoseire, have :et out for the army of Italy. Other Generals arc also to march to that quarter. According to recent adv ices the Hospodar of Wal lachia has purchased the retreat of the troops of Passwan Ogluw, by paying three hundred purses. VIENNA, MARCH 2). Their Imperial Majesties are to out in a few days for Prague, where they are to assist at the ce lebration of the marriage of his Royal Highness the Archduke Grand Duke. On their return from Prague they propose to go to Italy. They will vi sit Venice, and pass from 'thence to Trieste. There is an expectation that they will also visit Naples. Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held in the Chamber of the Guildhall ; at which were present the Lotto M.‘vott, seven Aldermen, Re corder, and a great number of Commoners. The Lo it n vox, in a very handsome speech to the memory of PHIL4pWYAT CROWT HER, Esq. the late Comptroller, dectmed the vacancy of that office ; and his Lordship hppointed Thursday the 21st inst. for the elation of another person to the same. The Loan MAYOR laid before the Court a letter from Admiral RANIER, stating his having commu nicated the Resolution of this Court, in returning thanks to Rear-Admiral BLANKET, the Captains, Officers, Seamen, &c. of his Majesty's ships of war, for their eminent services in conjundion with the Army of Egypt on that station, which was read and ordered to be entered on the Journals. The Loan MAYon presented to the Court a Re solution of Thanks from the Royal Jennerian Soci ety, in return for the donation of 5001, voted at the last Court, in aid of that institution ; read, and or dered to be entered on the Journals. The Loan MAYOK declared the situation of Painter to the City vacant, by the death of Mr. Simpson ; and the situation of Mason vacant by the tesignation of Mr. Deputy Pi der, and ordered the to be 611sd up at this nest Court. ifILIT.I.R r illiT , , The important establishment of a grreral . of war is not confined to uniting in the game . . i theictureledge derived from the experience *et .; AA wars ; to disseminate et encourage useful ire . tion and instruction relative to future wet <:, . ; entific operations ; it relates to the gencrif L • the Republic, and the detailed topography e .',..)4 . i f ' , - i conquests, and it gives us that of nrany nely ; re • i • ing countries ;it urges the examination, t •• e 1 • who are praekised in the art of war, of .7 4 which may become the theatre of it ;itis tf e,t: ) , .. 1 of those useful labours which are promised an rt. in the topographical and military memor lisped under the auspices of the Minister of '. • Already the first number has developed the 1 . - 4 of the principal operations in use for the cony tion of charts, the second has been consecrator. '4 historical and military works ; the third, whin: * .00 . about to appear, contains, with the theory of ti e mode of drawing charts and plans, a general r . • , e e 4. • I ' view of the topographical works of the differte • i • people of Europe, followed by a catalogue of the best charts. The fourth, which they say is in the i . . press, is devoted to military information. This rapid succession, proves the abundance and 4 f , ) riches of that mine, which, hitherto confined to the . scrvice ef Government, will now be explored for .• that of the army. The third number is preceded .' e 1 by a preface, which exposes, with precision and j ~e, clearness, the state of our knowledge with regard to the art of raising plans, of the authors who have • i treated upon it, and the motive of the contents of the memorial, with reference to this subjetl. Some .• k t: , observations on the utility of topography naturally i lead to refieetions which arc offered in an interesting . point of view, with regard to the utility of certain ~ information relative to voyages, and the imper- , 3 tance of topographical works to science, comme.rce e and politics. l' . Of the advantages of perfeet topography it states : i " No one profits so much as the military Man. Arletor of combats; sometimes called to the .sue preme councils, where high considerations are de- bated rei:ttive to the disposition and defence of the frontiers, where these warli':e plans and operation; ,4' are traced out, on which often depend the fate or : ', empires, and the destiny of nations. What light ' • ! ; can lie throw un these grand deliberations ?—what precision can he engraft upon the adeice he gives; if his view does not at once embrace the relations of . ' the vast zone to which it is to apply, by means cf , rivers, mountains, roads, garrisons, and armies, ) and dispositions of tutelar of offen.,ive operation ?- 1 low can he comprehend the vast theatre of his con- ceptions, if topography does not assist him, by sub- mitting to him a reeuced but faithful image of it? o At times descending to the field of 'uattle, ire . what inquietude and fatal incertitude will he be, if after having formed a general idea of his position, he cannot meditate on , a picture which offers him not only a general view, but details sufficiently pre- ( cise to shew him what he has to hope or fear—a pic- ture which shall represent to him not only the pesi- tion of his enemy, but shall partly develop to him the objeel of his movements and the secrets of his faults ? e Thus when the voice of war is heard, with what avidity will he contemplate those whom it calls up- • on, and obtain at any price, the topography of the - i countries which are to become the theatre or the ob- P . jest of it ; but when the leisure of peace has not been i employed in its slow and useful labours. it is often to be regretted that only false or incompl 'te notions are obtained relative to those countries which it is \ • il , ) ! , most our interest to know." The chapter on the Theory of forming Charts • , and Plans, conveys precise information as to the dif- ferent instruments to he employed, and the manner 1 . t 4 . , of resolving problems, which emanate from the use ~ of them in their different applications. It is an ab- bridged manual, bat complete for the geographical i` engineer, charged in the course of a campaign with , this kind of duty, as well as for every soldier who by exact operations would exercise himself in those ,' ' kind of studies, which are aided by the approximae i tion of others connected with them. 1, The general review of the topographical works 1 before and after the middle of the last age, the epoch of the grand chart of France; projeeted by • toe Academy, and direCted by Cassini, succinctly i• o : presents the state of the topography of the ancients, , as well as of the middle age. It afterwards em- 1 . 1 braces the different States of Europe, and examines i. .. the origin.of the art, its produelions and its produce. Such a labour cannot but become the centre of the . i' t most rich and numerou,s colleßion of topographical i .1 works ; and all those to whom such works are use- ful will be infinitely pleased at an establishment which thus analizes them, and remarks whatever ; i appears on the subjea worthy of confidence or freed '' e • • from error. ~. . • , ICLOPSTOCK AND GLEIM. , 4 When le eo psi - oe e heard ofGe et m'sindisposition, il • , he dispatched a friend of his in Quedlenburg to Hal- C berstadt, to enquire after the state of his health. t This friend communicated to Gleim the olic& of his mission, and received from him the answer, that he %. , would liiinself write to Klopstock. The following is a i copy of the letter; and it cannot fail of proving ac- i /: " I ceptable to leaders of sensibility, to observe how the i two oldest Poets of Germany loved each other in V ' , their lest moments. , Halberstadt, Jan.l4, 1803. 4 , • Dear Klopitock ! I am &flag: and, as a dyi,ig nan, say, l t 1 that we, in this life, have not lased enough for and wits each. 4 other; in the future, we shah repair this deficiency. My Muse i has conduct .d ine to the brink of the grave, and still coin:iota, .1 • with me.—" Peons iy . old Gkiiii on his death-bed," arc now • copying neatly, for a few readers. A copy of Night Poems I 1 ▪ now send to inn Klopstock, as I think that he alone wilt had nothing iniptiPer in it. It is too painful foe tne to dictate •' it . ' more. Salute the friend of yonr heart, and those who keep me . in remembrance; the three Iteimarus's, our female friend at 1( 1 , Ham, and all those who love my Klopstock. " Gtetw" , "P. S. I have given ordi•rs to be buried in my gardenaso 1 Rotund the grave staid, in marble, the urns of some nt my de- , ' : 1.4 e par ted friend.. My Aunts and Nieces bcg to be tetnehiberiad to j their KlukAlock." ____— . The LANDGIZ AVE Of HESSE CASSEL hat caused ta i. be hired, for himself and suite, at Brussels, the e first storey of the magnificent Had Axe Primo ifs o; • , Galin. Some other Frinre, and several Foreign Officers, have also secured apartments, and have if hired them far the wltole time of the stay of At . . . Fruit Coriact. 4a that dry. A seeteisete and beater Le tiful hotel, rem that vhich 4us be i s ECtlitii by -: c 1 the Ft met Comers, it destiaold for the lelincitettediei 1 Miier-ile-c.usip,wlia trill 3casciaqatia. • \ •. • t V , I • \ 1 . t i , ./ • ' -.."-- • '