The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1808-01-21 00:00:00

TIIEATRE. DRURY-LANE. Mr. I. SIIIITII, of the Liverpool theatre, made his lebat, at this theatre, lnst night, in the part of La -enzo, in the Opera of The Cabinet. He is of mid ih• size, and full in his person. Ills countenance S prepossessing, and his voice powerful. lie was very well received, and encored in -' Let Fame tunnti kr Trtastpet," and another song. lie fully answered the expectation of his friends, and will be i t n acquisition to the theatre. Mr. BRAHAN was i fine voice, as was Miss LYON. Signora STORACE, ad M. BANNISTER, as Noretta and Whinuicido, ere lively and entertaining. The house displayed brilliant audience ; amongst whom were— Mwrettitwiessas of Salisbury and Wellesley ,• the Conn ism Spencer, Bridgewater, and Barryiunre Vigenggsess astletsegb Ladies Wilson and G. Cecil. Yesterday, Her MAJESTY and Princes: ELIZA. VETS honoured Lady CHARLOTTE FIN with a morning visit. The Duke of SUASEI dined with Her MAJZIITT and the PRI NCESSE3 _ . . - • On Monday the Prince of War.ts went in the carrier with Her Mkrzwrir and Princebs AuGorra, froaitst. JillitCleB Palace to the QuEzies, to dine. The Duchess of YORK and Princess CHARLOTTE WILLIS dined with Their 31 ansrira and the PRIMCMS es. The Princess CnAittorrs of Watt' wag not at the Drawing-room. on Moriay, as trroneously stated in several papers. Her Royal Highness merely aecompanied Her Wis.reenr in her carriage from the Quer.x's Palace to her private apart ments in St. James's, and *hen Her MAJESTY went to the Drawnig-room, Her Royal Highness returned to her house in Warwick-street. His Royal Highneli the Duke of Sussix, we are extremely sorry to state, was taken very ill, at three c'elock yesterday morning, at his temporary residence in Albeinarle-street. His Royai High- ion was lost night considered somewhat better. His compkint Man attack of the asthma, to which his Royal.Highmais is sehject. Sir Allll/11AM and . Lady Hums entertained a se lect party at dinner, yesterday, at their house in Hill-street, Berkeley-stpuire. The Countess of CIiEST:ItrIELD attended dk IVlLlssrv's party last night. Her Ladyship , kil. bore town next week for Derbyshire. Viscount and 1 isconntessCassoams entertained a select party, last night, at their house in Stanitope- Street, May-fair. Sir JOHN NEWPORT, Bart. and Lady NNWFORT, have arrived at their Louse in Downing-street, from Ireland. Sir NATHANISL Duartirtes.o and Major-Gene tat WARD were at the Drawing-mm[4on Monday, i sx the celebration af , lrier Mi s t sir ' s birth day. r Oa Monday the Earl of Mlnuros gave a grand dinner, in honour of tier MAJarred birth-day, to Lords RADSTOIA. Rivesus. and STOPFORD. Mr. ININDAS, and }ler MAJwirt's Equerries and GOD rjellleit in Waiting. IHis Ro.fal ilt.;hnese the Prince of WALES has had the Ited-(louse, Pall-mall, lately inhabited by Admiral PAY Nr, fitted tip in a in2:lt and handsome style for hi.i brother, his Royal Highness the Duke et SuasEt. . It is expected the new play . at Dairy-lane The atre will make good its hide, avid that the actors will find sometlutig to die. Lord ER.ifi INE gives a grand flintier, on Satur day, to his political friends, at his house in Lin coln's-inn-fields. His Grace the Duke of Noacota entertained a party of friends, yesterday, at his house in St. James's-square ; and to-morrow he will give a sumptuous entertainment to fool GRENVILLE, Mr. i,ollsolllll`, and .' the other leading Noblemen and Gentlemen of his party. Mr. Caervar entertained a select party at his house in Park-place, St. James's, yesterday, with an elegant dinner. Yesterday Lord I-JANKE:SAUEY and Mr. CAN alas: gave grand dinners to nuinerons parties of the Meml,ers of the Houses of Lords and Commons, when they read his MAJESTY'S Speech to theta. The Ea! cud Countess of Eisix arrived, yester clay, at their house in Hill -street, Berkeley square, from Cashiobury-Park, and dined with General Ross, at his house in Saville-row. Mrs. H. JOHNSTON'S dress, in The Belle's Sires tnifem, was most expensive in its decorations. The draw was pink crape over white satin, but the fringe awl tassels were studded witlilloneys and other bril liant 'tubes. Lord KEIT/4*9 bridal knot was tied by hip per& enla7 friend the Rev. Mr. LLOYD, Chaplain to his Royal HiKhnens the Duke of Ctuaauca. They lea weathered some rettgh piles together, and it was his Lordship's, wish that Mc. LLOYD should steer him into the haven of inatrituour. The Duke cud Duchess of ham/Farr ar rived yesterday ut their house in Grosrenor-square, frout badminton. The Coitnte,q of CARDIGAN had a aelest party, on Tuesday night, at her house in Grosvenor street. Lord anal Lady CHARLES SOMERSET have taken an elegant house in Breton-%trevt. The Hon. Lientenant-Colonel Gatmseox, with his Lady, (the only daughter of the Earl of Li vaawooe), arrived atlissonch on 'Thursday last. Wed/wet/lay lase, Sir JOHN CouaTery Hoer- WOOD, Bart. gave to the imor of the parishes of Waltham 4,4 Eituatead, in ke it, two fat bul locios and fifty loaves of bread. The Rer. Wtt.t.sam Oars, of Caius Cambridge, was yesterday se'neight elected a '- htor Ftilow of that aoriety. PATILWY, NIWCASTLV4ItItTFT, STILAIDe.— I This Theatre has accumulated at fund of pleasing and elegant amusements, which no former :iceman or ether Theatre ever equalled in one nigher repre- Scutetie n ; we ocean the mush-epooovt.el and noble Ceinten-Dance hy eight Horses; ih olea;ant Spec tacle of Captain Cook: the fine Biding ; and the emelt.. Pantomime of I-if. , Iv ; are to he ptiforned this evettinp. THE COURT. Yaikvday, at two o'clock, his MAJESTY held a private Levee, at the QUEEN'S Palace, which was attended by The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, the Lewd Chancellor, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal the three Secretaries of State the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord of the Ail;niralty,. the President of the Board of Trade, the Master-General of the Ordnance ' the Speaker of the Horse of Commons, the lord Chalubcrlaiii, the Lord Steward ; the Dukes of Montrose and Portland ; Earls Grey, Aylesford, Witichilsea (in waiting), Chatham, Ba thurst, Camden ' Westmorland, and Dartmouth; Viscount Castlereagh ; Lords Hastembury, Hcathfiald (gold stick;, hlulgrave Hutchinson, Arden, Brownlow, Bolton, Eldon, and littr;lsersh; the Dean of Windsor • Major-General Si, George Prevost; the Rev. T. W. Blumb erg; Messrs. Villiers (groom is waiting), Fawkener, Canning, Perceval, St: Leger, and Abbott. The following had the honour of being l►teeented to HIS MAJESTY : Earl Grey, upon his succeeding to his title.—The Noble Earl delivered to His Majesty the Order of the Bath woes by the late Earl. Lord Hutchinson, upon his return from his Mission to the Court of Prussia. ford Browulow, by Lord Arden, upon his coming to his title. • Mr. St. Leger, upon his being appointed Vice-Chamber lain to her Royal Highness the Pelmets of Wales, by the Earl of Dartmouth. . - - Lord Bolton, upon corning to his title, by the Lord Chan cellor. Lord Burglwrah, by his father, the Eat of Westmorland, span his return from Sicily. The Rev. T. W. Bloniherg, upon his heing appointed Clerk of the Closet to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales . _ . Major-General Sir George Prevost, upon his being ap pointed Licutenant-Governor of Nova Sonia, and Coin slander of the Forces, with the local rsuls of Lieutcisaat-. General. _ _ . The Archbishop of Yoac did homily before His MAJESTY, upon his being elected to that See. HIS MAJESTY gave private audiences to the, Archhisimp of CANTEISUILY, and the Cabinet Ministers, and held a Privy Council, at which the Sesser:a of the House of Commons at tended. At which time His 111,tmurry's Speech for the opening of the Sessions of Parliament, this day, was taken into consideration. The . Archbishop of YORK w introduced and sworn in a member, and took his seat at the Ho nourable Board accorningly. MR. CANANINW'S BOX. On Tuesday evening a Messenger lost Mr. CAN.. NIDIU . S official Box, with office paper) in it, by leaving it in a ha.•kney coo( a, in St. James's-street. which drove off, noconicions of the precioito de- posit. while the AlestOliger, unfortunately, forgot the number of the carriage. A lady, who culled* back icv-criach on Tuesday sight. in Coekspur okeast, to mu none from the Opera, found * box in it. of which she has sent us the following description : A tight deal box, loose in t:se joints, with brass hinges, sdalkto, and damn contents. but highly sarisisked miff Amy. it is seemed by small padlock, with a secret spring, which dies open to the touch, and discovers the intetiot. consisting of a litt'e nest of papier nisekee dravfers ; contents as follow : No. I.—A new. French Creasmar, and Bowyer's Royal Dirtionary, abridged, French and English, with two French merviees in manuscript. No. it.—Two old numbers of The Asti-Arabia and a long string of purls and epigrams upon set crust distinguish.xl personages of the resent day, includ ing. Viscount litumoullt and)ord 11 - lAwlEmot gr. —Thep:nu-without wit. ind thcepigraess without point. No. Essay upon political. national, and mental vigonr, energy, and activity. illnatrated by a series of examples front the works of lflonsieur Ragoet, Maker of the Fire-works at Vauxhall, and from the new Pantomimes at D:Airy-litue and Covent-gi, den. No. large quantity of Rose-powder, for decoying rats. No. 5.—A few candle ends and cheer.. parings. with some tarts, acids, and biuers, with a label an nexed, containing the following inscription : , Doses for TALLEYR AND and Bo r , or, The True Balsa of Gilead, for hivigoirsttag a British consti tution." Should the above descriptiou answer Mr. CAD- W I NG'S box, it will be restored to the owner, on ap plicatiou to Mrs. O'Suam, Pope's Heed, OLD TURN STYLE. LORD ALEXINDER GORDON. Friday morning early, the remains of the Hon. Lord Menem= Gonlcra arrived at the New lea at Aberdeen, from Edinburgh. At one o'cloct, by . Inritation of the Lord Provost mid Magistrates, the . principal inhabitsots of the town, together with the Profemors of both Colleges, sad the Military Officers, met in the Town Hall, whence, after bearing an excellent and approriste prayer from the Rev. Dr. Skiereff, they proceeded with the corpse to the utmost extremity of George-street, a distance of newly a mile All the military iu town were oat, and heed the streets through which the procession paned, the different beads playing pieer• Of Sacred Mimic. Minute guns were Seed bum the battery sad Castle-hill, sad the differeet hells tolled in rotation. The whole procession was conducted is the greatest order, and had a moat 'Orme and Illeirichoty appearance. His loss is aunt generally incretted, as was strongly manifested by the numbers who were seen in tears ae the procession pared the streets. We tioderstand, that the hoik will be depox:ted in the family barying-ground, within the ancient Cathedral of Elgin : sad that a &tub. melt of the 421 i Regiment are to perform the lint reclaa chitty marks of respect, by firing over Ins grave. The Milano _prize is this year adjudged to Mr. Joux NORMAN PICARSON, scholar of Trinity Co llege, Cambridge, for his Critical Essay on the Ninth Book of Bishop Warbartom's Divine Legatioa of Moses. Monday the Captains of the Men of War at Sheerness Pert and Chatham, dined together at the K Inn's Head Tavern, Rochester, to celebrate the Anniversary of Her MAJESTY'S Birth-day, Ad miral Wsue, Commissioner Hors, the General of Marines, &e. were, by . invitation, guests of this loyal party. The third battalion of the First Regiment of Frot Guards marched into the North Infantry Barracks at Deal, on Monday night and Tuesday morning, under the command of Colonel Camp bell. The Barracks were in extraordinary good order, having undergone a perfect purification, anti the bedding being exchanged for new, is consequence of the contagion of the ophtfratnie: Airn LAW IlirtELf:idaNCEP.• COURT OF CHANCERY, Jiu s . ao. The Court were occupied Ciid day in bearing arguments upon Bankrupt Petitions, but nothing of any public interest occurred. OLD BAILEY. JAIIVAitY sO. A DIAMOND CROSS POUND. Edward Owens was indicted for defrafeling Mrs. Crousher, of Brompton, of a gold watch stud a the pound Bank note. Mrs. Cronsher, a Ist' between Go and 70 years of age, deposed;lfiitt on the Jd of December 40;4 at the corner of Hyde Park • she was accosted by the Prisoner, whq appeared to be a res pectable fanner; he expressed Isis ,surprise at the unpreye 7 silents sin,* lie was last in London, about 7 years ago. (The 'length of absence was a fact, as he was just retornest from transportation.) He said he had a son, who kept a grocer's shos, No. 15, Bread street, Cheapside, but he, the Prisoner, would not live in the city, if any one would give him a house for nothing ; asked if she knew whose house that was pointing to a house ; she answered, she believed it was the Ranger's. He isnmedi - ately stooped down, and picked up a par cel an brown paper, saying to the %%fitness, as you are in company, you are entitled to half; Witness answered, that she wished the right owner had it ; he replied, so do I. but if I had not picked it up, some one else would." He was going to put it in his pocket, when the Witness expressed a wish to know what it contained, so as the right owner might be found. They were then opposite the Green Park, and the Prisoner proposed they should go into the Park and examine it, as it win a private place. They accordingly did, and sat down on one of the benches, when the Prisoner opened the brown paper, cud produced a Red Murocco Pocket Book, from which he took a piece of paper, and handed it to a stranger to read ; it was a receipt for 3101. fora Diamond Crewe; he then took out a anal I red Morocco case, and was going to open it, when the stranger said, he thought they had bette retire to some house and settle the business and he would accompany them, to see the' old lady righted, to which they inxitsiteiced : the Prisoner said, he thought it •.would not• answer to go into a Coffee-house, but theysind bet •ter go to some small public-house. Thep &tied the Park, and brought the witness to a publio4wmee in Duke-street, St. James's ; they got a preeirte room, and the Prisoner *hewed across, apparently a diamond one. The witness proposed that the right owner should he found out, and it retained to him. The stranger said it would he very wrong, as some person would own it that it did' not y be f lz a to, and the (owner would certainly have it ade in the newspapers next 'fey. He then obserred, that the Prisoner ought to leave thirty or forty pounds with the witness, as a security for her *here in the cross, antil the next morning to which the Prisoner Acquiesced, and leardliiThad a Mend in Pall-Mall who metal him 501 aid he would go mad get 401. of it. He went, and left the Stranger and the Witness together : in about half an—hour the Prisoner returned, apparently quite vexed, and said he could not get the money, as his friend was not atrhoine. The Stranger then proposed for the Witness to take the cirotis, until ten o'clock next morning, and to leave Solite money with the Prisoner; Witness said she had but a. 01. note about her; the Stranger then said she,,had a wash, auras she appeared a lady of 140 te s sieltsres spettability, he could not think the Prisoriee could hwie'any objection in entrusting her with the cross. . She then gave the Prisoner her !gold watch, and 14 51. Bank Note, and he handed her the cross, telling her that she must deliver up the cross, at ten &dock in the morning, when he called for it, and then it should be valued, if not advertised. He took her addres4, and gave her his address in retain ; viz. Mr. Wright, No. 1.5, Bread-street. The stranger also gave his, Mr. Jones, NO. 15, John-street ; and advised her to go home, ama lock the cross up, before she went into the city, lest she should lose it. On the next morning, tne Pri soner not calling on her, as he promised, she Made some inquiries as to the value of the tram, and was informed it was not worth one pound, it being paste. She immediately applied at Bow-street Office. and, on giving a description of the Prisoner, an Officer informed her, if she would entrust her self with him to Leicester-fields, he would find him ' • and that his name was not Wright, but Owens, who had just returned from transportation, he having been transported for the same kind of crime before, and supposed he Feld Iscoun his old tricks again. She went, accompanied gy tht' Offi cer, to Leicester-fields, where she saw the Prisoner, and pointed him out to the Officer, who took him into custody. Charles Iluraphries, a Bow-street (Meet, de posed, that on the 4th of December, he took the Prisoner into custody, Mrs. Cronsher haying point ed him out . The Prisoner said he knew what the Lady wanted, it was a gold watch; Witness an swered, he had got what he wanted, and he must go along with him ; brought him to the Brown Bear public-house, in Bow -street, and searched him; found a silver watch, two Bank Notes for el. each, five for el., five for five guineas, and seven shillings in silver ; he then brought him be fore the Magistrate, who committed him; went round to the porn-brokers in search of the watch ; had a suspicion that it was at Bentham's, the pawn-broiter, on the top of Holborn; called there twice; but he denied it; called a third time and found it. The witness produced a gold watch, a 51. Bank Note, a red, Morocco pocket book, ands cross in a ease. Mr. John Wilkinson, jeweller, deposed, that the eross might have cost a guinea, but the same kind could now he pu for seven shillings. Mr. Thomas Rex Est, Clerk to a Navy Atiit, t'rthat he paid the five pound note to Lob ediseaulield, on the sth of October. Colonel De Beaufield deposed, that he paid it to Mrs. Crousher. Mrs. Crousher identified the watch. 'The Prisoner nude no defence. The Jury, without hesitation, found hint Crafty. ffinaas Rawlins, both deaf and dumb, was indicted for stealing a silver watch, coat, waistcoat, breaches, a pair nf sioves. and a pipe topper, the property of Thomas %Vanilla% in the Coach and , . . ffitee • ptiblic house, Fen-greet, in the parish of St. iike;. he si , :is found Guilty of stealing to the vpJe of 395. • r. Nicholls, atshitant teacher far the Flitinaue Ili *tution for he care of deaf and dumb, attend ed as interpretex. It was surprising with vii!lat facititr they answered and undenitomf each other; the Pnwarier wrote with expedition: The Ittcoartnit, sifter lie was found guilty, oh strved, that although the Pi'..oner was draf,eud dumb, he was a very dangerous renew. It was got the first time he had been tried there for the like °fireflies. That most praise-worthy institution, for the education of deaf and dumb, had brought him up, and had been at the expense of binding him apprentice to a respectable boot-inakei • and his father, who was an honest poor man, was t eed and ashamed: of him. lie further added, that he never was at so great a loss us to know what to do with him. EXECUTION. Last morning was executed, in the Old-Bailey, Alm Almond, tar the crime of fbegiug the will of a working man, his acquaintance, appointing hbn self sole executor, and receiving, at the Bank of England, under that will, 3001. stock, the hard earned savings of his friend. Of course, the lows fell ou the Bank of England, which became his prosecutor. Almond had heels many years inspec tor of the lamps for the parish of Saint James, by which he might have maintained himself by meow of honest industry. According, however, to his own confensiou, a habit of drinking, and eons:- good idleness, drove him to the commission of the crime for which he has suffered. The unhappy culprit has left behind him a wife, far advanced lit pregnancy, who has been in labour in the work house of St. James's ever since site heard of the order for her husband's execution. In his lot is terview with the Sheriffs, he acknowledged the jWii tice of his sentence:- and expressed a lenient hope that his example might operate as a warshigho others. It was ,41te Rev. Gamma*: Ilse Deuteron*, Vicar of Beodsworth and Rawmarsh, and formetty. of Dolicaster, who was lately drowned off Bidde ford. He was in his 45th year, and the yomagest s9u of the late. Archbishop Dettmisono. We stated on Monday, that £lOO,OOO had beta put on boned the Surma/lama %gide at Poelsearrolh, bound to the &mils. It was conveyed hues LOSe dors by the ports/month stage-coati, wbii ems hired foe- the exposes purpose of carrying it, to the exclusion -of paseeogers. Them were five coke he • the boot, and five in the hack, each coutaitriag Pbt. tugnese can. eis the amount of £lO,OOO. It was escorted t a Gentleman belonging to the Bank, and a Bisv-street Officer. The WiiiinumMeaming Bosses, from ILoadon, for St. Mitt's, yea 4Y-sw e ll on the eth of Jartl, in Let. 40. L ong 10. 30. smith twelve other v .~• that had parted company--foss ,His Ma reSTY'a Astrea; they were in hopesof falling in with thefts again, it being , tine weather.. - The Susanseds, .R4v Damn°, of and for New Brunswick, was driven on shore on the 16th Oct. , last, with bee other vessels. • The Navigation, ---, from Gibraltar, bound to London, and the Peggy, in ballast, are captured by a French privateer, the former is carried into Duokirk. The Harmony, —, from Bristol for 'Alford, is totally , lost on Berry Island, crew loved. The Endeauour, Dontoaa, from Messina for Li verrol, is lost on the Point of' Garlock, in the High Kole of Scotland. Several of the crew were so worn out with fatigue by the extreme bad wea ther, as to be ' imaginable of getting on deck, even when warned of the danger.—One had ,Ihsch praise is due to Captain Dltsmoan and his Mate, f or their persevering efforts in endeavouring to preserve the ship, without any other a• aoQe whetever, either at the pump or working the vlwel. Although much reduced themselves when the Eri demotic drove on shore, yet they then toed while little strength was left in affording relief to their fellow-sufferers, and succeeded in getting two on shore, onewf whom died immediately after; the • remainder perished below.—Captain Dessitratt was the last of the survivors who quitted the ves sel, he was much bruised against the rucks, and greatly fro s:shitten. We are glad to see that the intended imposition of the London Post-masters is likely to be prevent - ed ; a meeting in town is propoped for that pur pose ; but what, is of aiof leas consequence is, that the tun-keepers at the that stage from London have engaged to ran at the usual farm. It will, of email*, be easy for any person intending to leave town, to 'write and order horses to take him the first stage. A Pigeon Match took place on Finchley Com mon, ou Tuesday, for 20 guineas, between Mama Karr.and Ricosansor, known shots. The ties fired at eleven birds each, and Mr. so nine and hit one. His adversary killed seven, sad lam two birds out of bounds, by which ne lost the match. Thomas Spence, of Paisley, a perms 60 years of age, ran, upon the Glasgow mod, on Tuesday se 'might, from Paisley to Ghtwow, with a boa upon his back, weight,being a distance of 71 miles, in the ipace 0f.67 minutes. The engines; have been constantly employed, since Friday last, to drain off the inundation occa sioned by . the gale and high. tide on Tbussclay last, in the vicinity of Sheerness. .• • - For 'sway 'Lotteries paste itbse-beert the custom of the Contractors to lia_particalar days for Draw ing the Grand nixes. fsaiing they might be drawn too soon : this induced the vautious to postpone purchasing a 'ticket or Shore until the previous day ou which such Prite was. to•be drawn. In the pre. seat Lottery, it is resolved, that there shell he no day tixed upon to deteennoe any large Prue; leaving it (as i. should be} all terchance. NORICUM and Co. beg leave to point nut, that those who waited for such particular days, will row lose the benefit to be derived by the present Scheme, if they do oot purchase before the Drawing begins (the Nth of March), as, on that day, a variety of Capital Prises may be drawn. novices and Co. solicit the favours of their Friend's and the Public on the present ` the; old estahliolitd ,Slats Lottery Cross ; and • I sent nerssion, st their old established en Offices, 26, Candid' ; 22, Chouists- • d St. Margaret's-11in, Borough.