The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1807-03-30 00:00:00

Nib/ PA kg This place of fashion ihle resort was not so cros y!ed, yesterday, as on the reeeding Sunday, so m any families of rltssinetion hawing left town in the holidays; and the coldness of ti e day prcv[inted the hiliday.folk from displayipg their gay attire. The few Ladies who did appear, were wrapped iu their ve l v et pelisses, •.vith the adlitinn of muffs and tir rig, heating miwe the semhlaore of December, than the approsch cf April, the harbinger of wring. In the ride were Her Royal Highnest )rwccss CHAII..3ITt of WALIII, in her barouche four, atten led by the Dowager Lady Da Cris.- ; bis Royal Highties the Duke of CUM. A pst.stso, on horseback; the Duc'tess of Saint. A , ..4.4'5, in her vis.isvis; the Earls ct Coweaa, Ersiroe, and V7itsrisortat•sin, were on horse hack. Amongst the four-in-band were, Sir Joms Isom, Mr. &mon, aud Mr. Cox. As the L i ner Gentleman had cleared the Park Gate, lie baruuche came in corttaa with a hackoey coach, when bntli carriages were upset, but neither tbe company or the driver were injured ; Sir lonia LADS came up at the monsee.t, and rendered all the assistance in his power. There was a complete stop pet to all movements for some time, from the num- Oer persons who assembled. Mr. Cox'scarriage was put slues injured by the accident. Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, Their MA. .113 ri es, t':e Dokts of Ksor Ali CA msitioce, and ti.e Num/ Its ; Ladies MACCLEAITIILLD. hive. • T. as 14 Cu.' SEA LA, ; Misses Go LDSWORTI4V AA Erne T , Ale 4 Lord Somaavittes Count Mup. :IA ; C;e:,erals De Bone, j,•kr►. a, and Firzsoy ; losf t_ht Pews and Colonel 'carton, went to the Royal Chape!, in Windsor Palam ; whets Their MAJUMS and the RoTAt %MILT received the Sacrament, adrainicered by the Atchbishap of Canes! ewe v. Afterwards went to St. Grorge's Chapel, and heard a Sermot.by Dr. 1141.1.4,4,4. nm the 15th chapter of the Ist Corin thians, anti ts2d verse. Lord F.A.ar left town, yesterday, for New market._ The Earl and Countess of CwoLsiostostAtt to w ained a parr♦ of twelvt?, at dinner, on Saturday. at t .r • house in Piccadilly. fhe Earl of Bseavoloas left town. tut Sault 'fat tiNewmarket. T . Earl and Countess of CAUDICIAN gave a diner. yesterday, at their house la Upper G ,, sveno. 'stem to the Larl of Saanwtcn, Lord WALSIIII3II4Y. General Gssevit.se, Mr. FINC.,' aadieverai riches persons of Jistinelion. Mr and sin. reeve's entertained a tele& party . at dinner, on Saturday. at their house in Bet kelers sv Ire; amongst the company were the Mart:sob and Marchioness of LANSDOVIII, Viscount and Vis suurten Hayrosw, and severs) other Nobility. A Lady of grelt military influence. sad Ch 4 se powtaia great mash has Maimed a asey blow dird ter 7, to the tune of 'Ports Orrt.onewl Gen g, es pprsie fair; To she Li/I/Pm ad Ofwg with mt. , The last Bath Arrivals are— La.h (lode, Hon. Me. reertoei, Hon. Mrs. Hattergh, Sir P &len, Gis. Iliaresurt, Line GI. Solesriek, .icharsan Rev. Di Taylor. Dr. Unionise, Dr. A. Dimples. Dr .. twee., Res Mk. said Men INlManon, Rey. Mr. WM sew, Ray. Mr Rolm's, Caen sad MA. Triffernabeere, Capt. Caps P.rkar. Kilter BAITT if'S profits, for three agghts's per friensaoo at Boston Theatre. amounted to Mil. IR:. 6J. lie declined accepting Mr. ROOLITSOIeI funkier proposals for Wisbech, Peterboro% &c. es he was immeJtately going into the North fur the whole of the summer. The Doke of Nusrose permits his fine Gothic mansion, at Arucclel, to be publicly viewed twice a week, ald hat, in the most con lesceuding manner, made 'hi; indulgence known in the country. Last week a hall was given at the Fountain Inn, Sheerceu, by Capt. BALL. of Ow R. N. to a large party, at which were res:nt Atimisi Rowley ; Cororni.sworters 'lope and Brown; Cara, Ball, Cir• t , aw, Dunbar, Pelley, Young, Via, Dasharmel, Spence, Mackenoe, Re)n..lla, Andrew, Ylleat, ate ; Colt Cliielleatee and Railcard; Marie Noma°, &c. &c. Sir JonN and Lady 241swvosv will remove, this w from York•street, St. James's, to St. James's- Mr. W. N. W. HawaTT has sold his bay colt, Sow, by /Paqsz 4roa i b, nut of Eliza. by High ri‘ing 'ince years nisi. with his engagements. to I.sisd Morison, tur 2000!. are evening in the last week, Nlrs. Vieco, a widow tidy, of Burwash, Su.sex. in the 95:h year or her age, danced down a coutrry dance of ten couple, wi:h a degree of spirit and vivacity which convinced those ve - ho witnessed it, that her dancing days were by no means (met I Mr. Htt.4 and M7s. ArciNs are to g'•re a 'Vocal Comet t, at Glasgow, on their return from +G.cennek, on &Inn Jay. tir. CNA' Lis Kass st.e. it is said, is ergs;-d for the after-seasnn in Dublin ; rep-rt has not an outineed the • 'A he is to take. Mr: Kiser l.as purchas*l Rea a revolts. 137 3..'!'r; • firtom. by St. 4ioarge, and f.lto, tty Su. P./. - G r. iota Hils3ll. • Mrs. Ot.oasison.. i hewn Miss Grottos, reta:na her etnphy die Ne York st !gel she was to pet -141111 Lady Cria.i4e ISrvrir e , ?, bong The lam As and perform Kily rm , . in the fats/ of The Li m e r”bt. the 2J of F,6 :um,. for the beuetit et Mr. &Lassa o. • Lttely died, at Clifton, ELIZABETH, Dowager C of 1.1..v0, r..1.:1 of Lis Grace the late ..s.np of Teals. an.l Earl of Mayo. Thi. II • ; was Ai.. !loans, dangnter to the late Lady v.. 5131511, sod ester to me late Earl of ("Lan _ 1.1,94 'ent happened io Earl FiTZ .7 4. t le ? bnri . on Friday se nnight. Whitt the • di w.:ie in cl-:aie near rlic•mbury-bill. Mr. •a 'rat, of eat Uriv,ersity of Cambridge (ion of iinaki • BIG, bonier:, of Lind on), was Off/W.l " L"w , e, , aeie kicked in 1.- Hy in the forehead, .arrived uut 4141 W Mitrath, THE PATENT RAT TRIP. A great House in Westrollaster, situate neat the River, has, within these few days, evinced svrnpt ars of being infested with RIMS. They have been tracked in their movements from one side of it to the other, principally in the direaion of what is called the Treasury Bench. They are neither Nor way Rats nor Water Rats, bat a species of Land Rats, very fond of rotten Boroughs. These vermin are a;it to make their appearance about the time of a change of Ministry, in consequence, we presume, dins being the season of a plentiful distribArin of loaves and fishes Some of them have been known to enter St. Stephen's Chapel, as poor as church mice, where they have soon become as plump as the weazel in the fable, and never since found their way out. They possess a most voracious appetite, and, by an extraordinary instinct, attach themselves to every new Minister. The cawile-e, ds and .Inere.pail,, g , with which that Gentleman Is supplied, are con sidered the cause of attraCtion, and not Oil of Rhodium, or other vulgar rat•catchii;g device. A Gentleman, who had long and successful praslice its the art and mystery of rat.ca ching, during the Ad. miairtration of Mr. Prrr, but lett AI business when that Gentleman went out of office, has within these few days resumed his ()make. Apply at the GLoCOE and Rosa, Palace-yard, Westminster. The KING has been pleased to appoint G nom: r Earl of GALLOWAY, to be Lieutenant and Sheila . Principal ot the Shire of Wigtown. The Kama his a 1..) re •n ?lc .ed to appoint Tiro was of Sesician, t • be Liruiceitant and •;t ir rifr Principal of ,ne St:krar:ry Kirkc't The '‘een pleased to ap r iint A cat• &ALI) Colquxt.Ls. h.sq. Advrcatc, to be Hi. /de nary's A voc.te in Scotland. Mrs. and the Misses KItWAN, the wid w and daughters of the '-• 1) . Ri.wAN, who so often, I so ably, and so et •qu in y. advocated the widow's and the orpoan's cati•ir, Dublin, has got a pension from Governmi at of 3001. a year. It is much to he downed if any future Scheme will ever equal in interest that of the present Sone Lotteiy. A suffieiens proof is its very eimerior number of great prizes, since the capita': are al most the sole n:j.fts of consideration with the vs. runts degrees of adventuress. No wonder, then, that tour capital nixes of £0,0091. ; f or of 10,0001. ; four of 5,0001 ; to say nothing c: ten of 1.0001. and twenty of 5001. should now prove so powerful and universal a magnet. Toe near approach of the drawirg of this rn.-me..:ous scheme considera bly adds to the force ot its attraftton. On S Ittuday highs a fie broke nut in the King's Bench Ptison, which was happily got tan ter by the ezettions of the prisoners, without any material in jury to the building. About eight o'cloek, Lott i-vrfiiiip, a silk ware house, in Maiden•lane, WorLf-Arect, Cheapsi te, was broke open, and a great quantity of goods, packed up by the intenaed depredators, ready fur conveyance ; but by some means they became alarmed, and departed without their booty. About twenty convicts were sent off in a waggon yes.erday, at two o'clock, from Newgate, to Ports me ut. , where limy are to embark for Botany Bsy. A young gentleman, the son of an Esquire at the west end of the metropolis, died on Friday in con sequence of a wound he received in a duel near Hounslow. on Thursday se'nnight. His advet sat); was a Lieutenart belonging to a Volunteer Corps ; and on au iuquiry into the cause of the death of the young man. it appeared that he challenged the Lieu teaant twice previous to the meeting, and was wounded it the thigh by the second fire of his op ponent. Verdia—Meeil.egherr. On the IMb instant, a meeting took place at Tut. femme, Ireland, between Lieutenant BlSid ARK and Captain Quita /I Am, both of the 4th battalion of the KING% German Legion. The parties drew lots for the first fire; Capt. QUIMHAI4 won, and fired at Lieutenant BISM•It It, when Lieutenant B. shot Capt. Q. who immediately expired At the Derby Assizes, Witham 'fatter was found gaittn of murdering Mrs. DAM and NU,' Roe, of Parwich, near Ashborne, in Derkyshire, by mixing poison in the ale they draak. He was executed on Friday sehmight, when lie confessed his crime, and said he intended to poison Mr. Dakin. Ratsri Sia!Tor./, aonviacel at the Northampton Assizes of giving poison to his wife, was executed on Monday. The girl be cohabited with, aged 17. was Omitted an evidence against him. At the Lancaster Assizes. Fraricoit Fiesdard, and Ambrose Margin, were found piny of unnatural crimes, and received sentence, of death. There wets to be tried three persona for murder ; thirty for various robberies; ten for dealing in forged notes; . 3 for slaying; and 7 for iniiatural crimes! A foul attempt to murder a young women in a field, situated near the road from Luton in Bedford, last week, was timely prevented by the driver of the Bedford stage waggon. The waggoner had oh s treed alight in the field at twofer o'clock at night. i and curiosity led him to it. after basin loosened a mastiff dog tram under the wiggon. He found a in in in the field do,;goig a hole ; and On his ask • mg what led him to wink at so late an hour ? tfse fellow advi.edthewaggoner to mind hisown busine s, He drove on his team a few yards, when he met a woman with a box and bundle under her arm, but she also refused to satisfy him where she was going. File driver, however, observed her cross a field kid in` towards the nun who was digging, and cari osity again led him to the spot with his mastiff dog. The min and woman conversed together a short time, when the former exclaimed, " raw mess die;' and thew a pistol from his pocket. The wag go• er rushed on the fellow, and the mastiff seized him, wiiiist his master pinioned him. The remelt, wish d to depart, but the waggoner took them both to Bedford, where the prisoner was examined and commit's' for trial. The 4/0111411, it appeared, was • bar.maid at Bedford, and was pregnant by tl.: prisoner, and she had FM. abourber. 4A -LAW COURT OF CHANCERY, icii i ill Lqrd Chancellor Eamon sat, this mw;ning, for the purpose of going Judgment in several case• which stood over for Goal decision; among which were the follow ing : SOUTHEY V. LORD SOYRRVILLI• This was a Bill filed against the Defendant, the heir at law of the late Ln:d Somei vire, for an account of the issues and pridits ct certain lands, belonging to his estate, called Fitzht-ad, in Somer set:hire, and also of certain other personal property, belonging to the testator, which likewise came into the hands of the Defendant Upon the death of the late James Lord Somer ville, the Defendant became his heir at law ; and, in that charaeler, took possession of the whole of his property, real and personal It appeared, however, that by the will of the said James, he devised cer tain specific lands, called Broadfields and G-ates land, which comprised a part of one of hi estates in that county, to the Plaintiff. for file; and he also devised to him the use of the mansion-11-mute of the came estate, together with all the furniture, plat•, &c. which was kept there for ace and ornament, for life, from the time of the de ith of she fe,tator. The Defendant, however, entered into possession of the whole, in his right as heir at law; had convert ed the furniture, plate, Ice. to his own use, and had :o disposed of a part of the plats ; is conse quence of which the present Bill bad been filed. The !AMID CUANCILIOR, in pronouncing judg ment, adverted to panic ular parts of tilf he said it was impossible for him to fulfil the inten tions of the Testator. He conceived, however, that the Plaintiff had a right to go before the Master for an account ; and also, that he ►hould have the use of the rnansion-hoill;e, plate, furniture, &c. life, .t:,d such parts of the Litter, AS had tore sold, the v,,itie thereof should be paid in by the Defendant, to be laid oat in proper securities. LONDON GAZETTE. RILVII V. tYRIL and sreause. This was the ease of the King's Printer, se lont vnoing in this Court. The Plaintiff having, intly with tv.o other persons, the appointment of King's Printer, and consequently a moiety of one-third of the profits, agros.d to depose of his share to the De fendants, for About 1,0001.. per annum, it being re presented to him by them that the average value was about that amount. At this time the Defend ants were engaged in this extensive concern, and were perfeftly acquainted with the nature of it, the amount of expes.ses, profits, Ike. The Plaintiff soma afterwatds discovered that the ismes and pro fits -7F . .his business far exceeded what had be, n re presented to him ; that, tor some years, upon an average, it yielded about 6,61,01. per aanurn, and for the last three years previous to fili:.g Lit bill, the average. Pte - .'ant of ,fits yielde.l 13,000 i. per anre• !", ;heist.:, commenced a suit in this C by filing his Bill for an account and dis. .overy, and praying, that the origirktpretmeat should be set aside. To this - Rill of . mplaint the Defendants pleaded, in bar, ihi said agreement; and the Plaintiff replied, that the plea war mot good. in as much as the agreement was void. t;eitsg wads under fraud and misreprosantatios. . - - The LORD CHANCILLOR observed, that the great ohjed of this Bill %Rai, that the Plaintiff might have an account taken, and the Defendantsissid pleaded, in bar, an agreement. It was there/ l ire for the Plaintiff to shew that such agreement i was void by fraud and misrepresentation; and the' only charge of fraud stated in the Bill, was a fraudeleht misre presentation. is oer6u. The Defendants were in the possession of the busin.ss of the office. and knew very well what they were to receive, what t'.ey were to expend, and so forth. His Lordship, :10w ever, thought it that kind of nice point in which he should take great care how he decided upon its particular merits ; it was not like a contras for a sale, but the Bill was filed for an undivided moiety. This agreement was entered into, the parties know ing exceedingly well what the premises were worth, and what profits they yielded ; if, therefore, the Plaintiff was to be shut out by this plea in bar, the Court would also be shut out from doing justice between the parties, or baying even a jurisdietino to exercise. For these reasons, his Lordship was of opinion, that this was mest particularly a ease where the party should not have the advantage of his plea in bar ; he therefore direled, that the plea should be set aside, and the Defendants should put in a tall and satisfaaory answer. At the rising of the Court, his Lordship intimated to the Gentleman of the Bar, that as His Maj sty had been pleased to allow the Seals of Office to remain in his cetsufly until His Majesty's arrival at the Queen's House, on Wednesday next, he should have ample time to consider the few remaining cases which stood fir judgment. and deliver his opinion upon diem in the early part of that day. BOW CIRCUIT. MASOSTONC, ?MCI; 26. James Wats, a soldier in the artalery at Wool wich, was tried for a violent assault, with intent to commit a rape, on a young lay, the dwighter of a respectable gentleman at Cnarlton. This was a most atrocious case. As the young lady was passing, on the 4th of Januaty. from Woolwich, through Hanging Wood, she was attacked by the prisoner, who drew a knife, and threatened to murder her, if she made any noise. She, however, struggled, took the knife from the ruffian, and contrived o make her escape. He was soon after taken up. He was roma gall. and sentenced to t..eo years imprisoa- WM. WiViera Warwick and John Coghill, the master and mate of a vessel, the Apollo, lying at Deptford, were found guilty of stealing a puncheon of brandy, which they found filming on the river, the property of Hu Majesty, and nhich they emptied into bottle,. At halt-past eleven, Mr. Justice Haar is pro nounced sentence on the peisozwes. Twelve re ceived sentence of Death, of whom ihairew Saes leek, for murder I Br.lamin Plissiaer, John Spio:,o. Caarlts Vett, and Jai/ Javaje, tor the burglary at Wrotham ; and Jots Devilry, Mr Uttering a .urged seaman's Power of Attorney, were left fur caeca tioa ; the others were reprieved. lATURD•II% 811/10C14 U. ( This morning, at twelve o'clock, aadew toc, a pneate la the Getman Lerna. oral VIP. • •.• rated on Pensingdna- fleatlL foe th reurd•ir of Thrmasin Ward, in ilik Isl. of Thinv.. Thr Pi• ~,•nser profetted tie Catholic iigion. and w, Of fended td Atie scallqd by i Pri .t. appratince was much al!eirerl Sint! The els;i of his trial ; be then aPpeiricl a stoat; attileCe, rid a - ginons young man ; hut when at the place . I:a ci. tion, his whole frame seemed broken and e !eb:edt He prayed 7vi:h great fervour ; Init,otrap;; t he per I,tkd to the lasf ih d-nytng his eit. Wr . lag Oe time iruprnhahte fife which he ir-1.1 ots his apprehension,haMely, that :a* anorher trials knock the svim'in down, .;.ho pare ':'nn het lied k-rchief7 ; said he was a Hur.gariair bylsrth, and that lie h.d served in the Aus.rian prosy hoc being taken priioner Ivy the Frencl, Ae nez• served them. Hewas in the arrerundtv . • IN-' rover, from svh•zh he &stirred, and entercd ii to the Bri , ish Leese. After he Was tnrned of; he gave ere couvellitre 'fragile only and seemedfal mediately to expire IR eherip. CIRCUIT COIL d I :SPuN DENCE. ra•Latt. ta 411 CH 414 1807. Oar Assizes corimenced ou Nlondry. before Ba ron Sutra and JtJge Fcarcuem, sents little or rio business in the Crown Court. Yesterday, bctose Jury, all Protestants, and Judge Fletcher, came on a trial fur Defamation, in which William I'nd:l Jones. was Plaintiff. and Bernard Shaw, a fendatir. es proprietor of A paper called Me Cent kiscro,..r. The damages were Laid h wlien.wfter a trial which lasted seeert hose , the ey withdrew for about half an hoar. and broiled ill a srerdie, `'4ol. the latter sum of 2501. were taten to ind--muityXr. Jones for the expenses of two former trials. wzitroan, as A ems Ilk This day. Wal.ens F7etkine was put to the bar, and pleaded Goat, to an indicment for havi n g Bank Notes in his posaission, tanwing t •n to be forged; he was in consequence eenter._ to be transported for life ; and for want of prosecution. sequined of the captrat charge •ni, was the een sequence of a compionsise which nad been previ oasry entered into by his Counsel, and the Counsel hr the Crown, who, with gin-at humane r only consented, but us.d their um st e•.'-. . • 4 11n induce the Grand J.uy to rind such a bil• ' the Prisoner. as se..uld e.;.atile them to tr-e die from the offe.i.m.. 414:1 at toe same Lim.: r.: the unfortunate man's lite. When Mr. FLmi. pleaded Grill, he dr. 'that be did, it, not from a conseiousuess. from a persuasion that sty man who was :a ti. Witr,e.s against him would swear any t. • :tg serve Lis owe liarkaa he was a person vr: - .3 hF.d nizJe a trade of fnrging hank nc:zs vir many years. Baron Gaelic( said, he would :se very -.v.or:g pleading Grsky. if be was reAliy innocent, and vised bias to consider what plea he TVould pet in his Lordship theft' offered rl let/Se trial erased for Monday,' in lardie that site .Priioncr might Laic' an opportunity m consult Iti*fsiends Mr. I.leuring, said. he had consulted his friends, c il ; red Lii; t matter maturely ► end would plead tocembe-laree, sittelise calendar if extremely MM. 4in Monday, there is a man to.be tried fur niprder. The dodge* {cave this for Waterford. an • • 1911.011te11, Iff• Ica 22. CRIM. CON. 11111111tT r. MURPHY. The anion in dos cause came on to be tried, en Thursday last, at the Assizes of Dandaitt, bet , )re the Hrn. Justice Foe, and a Special Jl:ry, cotrsl.o.ed of Gentlemen of the first rap, .ftability, in the County of Louth ; Sir Edward 13ellew, Bart. Fore man. The dam 'get were laid at wool. The Plaintiff, John - Henry, of Retteidstown, EN. the Reverend - Murphy, Vicar of Sta bannon, Defendant. . . Mr. Dusts opened the ease on - die part of the Plaint f; in an elaborate and feeling address to the Jury, and stated the enormity of the Defendal..'; conduft, to his friend and beriefaEt-r, in the rut pathetic terms; who, nrtil the ill•fi:ed period of as Defendant's residence in his neigh',ourhood, a jo t d every domeuic comfort and happiness; and, to idd to his infamy. was himself a niarried man with a family of children. The Learced Counsel wept At great length ir.:o a review c.f the baseness and turnis tusk of the Defendant's mind, in deptiv:ois, a it. spetalsle and worthy man of the affedions of the partner of his car-s, and the mother of his children. We regret not befog wale us follow the learned and pioquefft Counsel through his most admitahrst speech. Several respelAbie witnesses proved, that . Mr. and Mrs. Henry, prior to tl,e Defendant's inter course in his Luse, lived on terms of ustisuAl lows and affeaion. , Other witnesses were pro limed, wllia depered. that they frequently sow the Defendant take rows. . rentable leb, rties with Mr,. Henry, ia,onsi<rcac with, and degrading to, the ch.re.ffer of a virttn.us woman; and that the Detendatr, in the whence Mr. Henry, frequent's) , visited her at unseasonable hours. TSc evidence given by the above witnesses, was nearly conclusive of a criminal cc,onex.on besween the parties ; but then guilt was proved in the clearest manner by a yowl; Gentleman, who w.. a tutor ia the tarn.ly, whrie testimony, oq his sifter and crosoexansioation, we deem wholly unit for ,T - • the public eye. The Jury retired fur a short time, and binuht in a verdn2 for the Manta, 40001. dasnag.e, and 6J. costs. On Thursday last an Ir.qui,ition was held at the Lion Publicshouse, MA•rienbead, on the Is./dy of J. We're, who was Mood dead in his be 1 she pi( - ceding morning. The deceased was s.irva t to a Lady earned DIAN, and braving bad a diS i ttltt with his wife, whnnt lie bad very reeentl ) mauled. he went out, saying he wculd nevertee her ..gain. He ten we. t to the Lion Public-bon" dt....k .ome liquoor and went to bed. The neat in. in ng when tie servant called MA' to breaktne, i u• s tuund ead. It was tit ()pinto.' of a pentebs4.4l/1 man theLthe deceased died in an ap plea; it. and • e Jury brought to their Verdlit—llual the Yserieisew •.! f Ihe fell aeh