The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1804-08-30 00:00:00

• .- ROrAL 'War. WEYMOUTIT, RCO. Pfoucisy evening, the Rov•L FAM n. Y ho loured the Theatre with their pre)ence. The pieces commanded were, the Comely of The S 11,,, ! hg r r ; the Scotch Ballet of Donal, I and Pcuy ; sld the Farce of Miar Od,her Terns. The part of (;,, t irrnar 11.-wetall, in the Play, was performed by Dawsom ; and that of the Ifrdrzv Cheer/n, by ;q r s. FAR a Kt 4. The whole of the charaEters were extremely well supported, and this popular play uent off with great eclat. In the Ballet, Mr. MlL :is, in the charaCter of the Dranken Footman, in -I.,!ticed a comic Pas Seal, in wooden shoes ; the of this performance highly amused. The FAMILY were received, on their entrance into the house, with Gud Sa e she ?Go:, in which the t':!lole audience joined, which was extremely crowded; t he came mark of respea was shorn them on their ' g oing the house. The attendants on the ROYAL FAMILY were, furl (Jinn tone, Geller:llf CARTWRIGHT, GAli CH, , •d Firzso v. LidiesWirav ARo and TurNxt. Vesterday the Ror AL FAMILY sailed in the Royal ,:•••(• ,, a yacht : on their leaving the fort, and on tide return. a royal salute was given. They landed abut five o'clock. . . . . morning His Mss es r• was on horseback by seven o'clock, to inspea the 2d division of the St.tt tadshirc Militia. Between two and three o'clock, the Rov A L FA• Silty sailed in the Royal yacht for a cruise : they Bud a very fine breeze, and by three o'clock they were quite out of sight. The following are among the last arrivals at the Royal Hotel: Earl of Uabridge, Loot Lady Rid4lo, Sir Charles Ilhinpfyldo. Colime l of the Sialf.a:itsliiro Militia, Culoitel Lee, at the &inter - tot /4411,.ia, f .sne, of the S,merset, en!onel Sneyd, and C.. 1.• lel St L -rr, the Rev Mr. and Mn.t St John, Mr. Harria.i.i, Sir Junev, Mr. and Mn. Wtr pa, Mr. Welsh, Mr. Whiteniol„ an l Mr. Somers C .z. A PARISIAN BZAU. After a little round on horseback, in the Bois de Boulogne, a petit mai►re alights at 14:mot.' t's, the stuaurateur, upon the Boulevard ; goes to take coffee with Madame HA soy. laments the loss of Ross. who used to give him so good a dinner; runs to the "lheatre Francais to see die Secret 31arriage ; and, without listening to St. Pa •t, regrets M o Ls, whom he never heard; gapes with tales, goes to take sorbet with G MICR!, thence flies to meet his p.rty at Frascati for he has promised to spend the (vexing at midos44l with Madame —. It is there he will dance, that he will chew his dark green or burned coffee-colour coat. It is there he will gain all hearts and charm all eyes. In a word, it is at midnight that he will begin the day. A PARISIAN -BELLE. Ltstivt ?—Madame.—Bring me my branch of oak —Here, Madame—Form it into a diaJem, or turn it into a wreath : make haste, it is half-past ter., and I must open the ball.—'lt's don:.—My ear-rings ?—Which ?—Don't you know, my bobs ; and my robe—Which do you choose ?—hly new crape robe), trimmed with ru.)si and ivy ; my stock ings with open clocks, and my green slippers. Ah ! what execution 1 shall do.—Mind, l4serrt, this is the most admired half-dress. A w"man of 114 ion, r. hen she is young and beautiful, should be dressed as a dryad or a howeel,ed. Sir FILANCIS Bcaosry yesterday entertained a tiled party of his fricids at dinner : there w•as a very fine turtle dressed on the occasion. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex has taken up his temporary abode at Carlton-house. until he can be a:commodated with a suitable resi dence, in the neighlsout hood of some of the fa shionable squares. It is understood, that he does not intend to occupy the house that was fortwrly eniaged by His Royal Highness, in Grosvenor square. . . The Lord Bishop of Low non has instituted the Rev. Mr. I luxury, to the Living of Heston, in Middlesex. • Tuesday sennight, the Birth-day rf the Marquis of K.:Logi& WAS celebrated at the house of his fa ther, the Duke of LEI WIT EL Ihe Hon. C 1. net Ss-swans is espeited in town this day front Wry mouth. The Earl of LAODATII, and his beautiful daugh ter Lady E. MAT HEW, have joined the gay world at thlitenham. The Earl and Countess of Uasainoa and family :.:e returned from Weymouth, to prepare for the ia:ended nuptials of the Hon. General Naar with Miss G 4l USTON, daughter of Viscount Gm sisrom, %silk!' are expeac.l to : ike place in a few days. VISCOU'I GRI r m and family return to town Irons St. Alban's, this day. The late Lord F. Cs v Lis r Hies house, m Charles strset. Betkeley-square, is repairng and beautify- TnR, to bec, woe Cie residence of the Hon.Wtct.lA ss CAVINDISS. M.P. Miss Dolma/11 has been offered an engagement at t:l•et theatres. London, Dublin, and tdinburgh, 4 :e : ill candidates for het favour. _ _ Miss Mcmaca has been recently united to Mr. a vespeetable young artist. The 4orappc !his lady stewed she wi.uld never prove alit. At the recent fruit feasts, the Richmond Chem',, the Lancaiter Melon, have carried away the trstprizes.. _ . Ttie Cockney Sportwitten are preparing t)r et . .4:: shooting, upon Saturiay next. We advise go-,I people in the suburbs, to lock up their s ducks and chicityns. _ _ . . i is said that Bois APART! waits fox the Equinox v.:nv.ide nu The sun will Ellen be in biro', and --seq iently there wi;i be some chance for restoring 1: - .* lost le/este of por..cr in Europe. s. •:.ques. for co;Lirs a:A bands. are more El able then aver, isni.-.nz ire Parisian cc-pinks. N • • seer than ice era t eer used. _ e hippy to find t'tat Messrs. Itc N AS' I t and t t isAve oeett so sArcessful in their exhibition •, %r of at P.snorama. in the Strand. • ' -•: etd it A.;,i he kept open some time . . J gralify the public taste, which naq been eti.need by personages of the first distinc •• • • tare witnessed the beauty of this elegant • 17, INVASION. DOT SR, AUGUST 27. The cutter mentioned in my last to have been sunk off Boulogne, was the Constihnivi, as was con jeattred here; the master, Mr. Mowle, came here this morning : he says that the cutter was within half gun shot of the shore, engaging a gun brig of 12 long guns, and two lugger-rigged yachts, painted with white bottoms, green sides, and richly gil: ; they were supposed to contain some officers of great distinction; when the cutter's guns, which Mere short carronades, 12-pounders, were near enough to do execution with grape shot, the lugger lowered all their sails and masts, and rowed in as fast as pos sible for the shore ; the cutter, following them, re ceived a 13-inch shell, which fell on board bctween the companion and sky-light. went through her deck, stove a.scuttle butt, and went out of her runt the hole it made was so large, that all attempts to stop the water were fruitless ; they hoisted a signal of distress, and in a few minutes several boats from the squadron came to their assistance, and took out all the crew unhu-t ; one boy was standing sear where the shell fell, handing a cartridge; he was Ic-ocked dawn with the wind of the shell, blot received no further injury. Notwithstanding some thousands of shells and sho: were thrown, 'he da - sze do se to our squadron was very small. The ierevotahri frigate was struck by a shot, which %%n incl•%l three mein, and an eight-inch shell fell no board the I larpy brig; it went tironAlt :he deck, Xi:lc.: one man, and broke a beam asunder, which lu:kily tore out the fuse, and it tell into the hold : iote of the men in stantly took it in his arms. and put it into a bucket of water. Several of the ships received shots in their sails, Scc but no more lives were lost. Seve ral of the enemy's gin vess:ls w , -re dismissed, and nn doubt but many lives were Lou, they being full of troops. It is supposed by several officers of the squadron, that Bonaparte was there, and perhaps might be in one of the yachts mentioned above, as the enemy's vessels never cam_ out MO near our squadron before. Mr. Mowle I:ft the squadron yesterday, at which time the enemy continued to send nut More vessels, and the lormerialiit and Ledo were cannonadi•ig them. Notwithstanding so many were at anchor outside, the appearance of the masts v:ithin the pier did nct appear to be thinned at all. Sir p. at.—By some persons just come in from sea, we learn that the firing off Boul,gne is rents , . es! ; but it is too thick to see any of the cruisers. TOLICSTONE, AVO. 28. From nur.heights we could yesterday perceive a honer fire off Boulogne than prevailed on Sunday. The fire yesterday began about ten o'clock in the forenoon, and lasted till two About one it was at its height. The French glut-boats spread out along shore, and some of them went out so far to west. ward, that they got out of reach of their batteries : and could only be covered by flying artillery. The wind changing, some of them were caught by our cruisers, and Nell peppered; several conic' be seen driven ashore, and many ne a he harbont ran on shore at low water, to wai: the return of the tide to again inn p , rt. Several were seen going back into the harbour, and we suppose most of them have returned by this time • but this day being very hazy, we cannot see the French coast. There was some firing again last night attest' nine o'clock. As the French gun-blats ventured out more on Sun day and yesterday, more both in number and dis- tance from their shore, it is supposed they were urged on to do something like meeting u , or that they were encourged by the sinking of our cutter to be bolder than usual ; but wevoutd see that they were heartily sickened, and we expett accounts of considerable mischief having been done to them. The details we cannot know here, though we could see the general result. Yesterday certainly was the warmest day that Las occurred off Boulogne. neat, •corsr 411. I have this moment learned that a lugger arrived lee last night ft( m our squadmn off Boulogne, with intelligence for Lord Keith on board the Meneeeb ; but, as no regular communication has reached the shore, all I can learn is, that on Sunday night a considmible movement was made by the French naval force in Boulogne harbour and roads; and that in consequence our frigates. gun-brigs, &c. immediately stood as close in shore as possible, and attacked the enemy's flotilla with the utmost vigour and effect. When the lugger left the fleet, the engagement was become pretty general; one of our armed cut ters (the C.ns•aee.•bn) was sunk by a shell from the batteries, but only one man was wounded, and the whole crew were saved by the boats of the fleet, and conveyed on board a frigate. A gun-brig had lost three men killed, and one wounded. Further particulars I cannot at present learn. This day the carriages for conveying t!-.e troops i are to be ready for the nspeetion of Government. An Evening Paper says—' , Government, in the contemplation, we suppose, of an immediate at tempt on the part of the enemy, have hcrun to re move the French prisoners from the sea coast. A division of them were landed the Jay before yester day from the prison-ships at Plymouth, anJ sent to EtliCT a.td :.they places " It did not pro4ably occur to the wrier that Excer is upon the Meer Es, and oot more than ten miles from the sea. Copy of a Letter from Captain Awe A sr, of His Majesty's ship Nerides, to Messrs. Btessmer anJ Wllit; LLOYD'S Coffee-113use. Loci 3:1 : " His Majesty's Slip Nauti c , Aug 27, 904, 66 G • " Plymouth hcunl. • It is with much sat,fact.on I a quaint you, that His Ms jetty's sloop (Hole my ronintatul, on the Oth instant, re , ajo twit! the es:nal lap the Wilhite Heathrow, hate Demo rare, frr Liverpool led^n with eon in, sugar, &c pro you already know that the Wt ham Heath...its was cap. torn' ..4 the 4th Ina by L.- tacncralAugereau, Fre tch priva tact, ,/, 12 gic.s and 111 me., ; I have only theref r • ti inatir,ll altio..:h tile enemy la 4 d d oval their oh :le (arc-, tire, dot nut Fro t lisorw,r• owl !,r coofiret, in the 1:i ti• i of the Wsi 1, big mi n , a pawc..c., a. 4. lee sn-r. .. r i6ll , ed—the a4ate, moth-a paseeie..r. 110 • %Oa era ■ rh• F....c.i Pr u 2.la4c:::Ji.lorieJrs that the :irivater •ufated .ula.i:rabis to firer had he• Ciptain and five th• t e ose Lut, fom other ts. Ia .1 rrro Tea t urn i , 06 , 6 Was tit.iCh greater 1 .111CCM.y !Tr , •he Mat being r‘.inciv don troent the privateer. It wo..ad ..»e g.ven me touch pie .tere to have lib:wed a mzn so hrg.t.: Were if all be .s by all wheeze left beh (S.gried) 0 6 ALDUAM." GUILDHALL. Avow 29. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. An aclintmmvnt of the Sessions was this day held before the livionoxe ) Alder meft, and Sheriffs of this city, for the ptrpose of discharging Debtors and hearing apvals under the late Insolvent Ad. The Keepers of the several prisons iu London, Middlesex, and Surry, made returns Upoll oath of the number of persons in their custody f or debts not exceeding 15001. each. Mr. Nixon, the Warden of the Fleet prison, upon making his return, observed, that it contained two lists, the 'me of the primi.ers in his custody previ • ous to the first ot dantutry last, and the other of those vim had been removed from other jails by habeas ecepu., and who, it aplieared from the re ierns, had beets in custody previous to that period. He also stated. that he had omitted the name; of 5 prisoners, whom he :hd not feelhirmell justified in re tu,ning, as they had gone out of the liberties of the Fleet nce January, and therefore could not b- con sidered as coming within the meaning of the MI. The Rtcoxnee told him that he was perfealy corred, and had shewn in thi., as in every .other part o f his contact, the stria•nt propriety. His Lordship then discharged the Grand Jury till the 10th of September next. Tile prisoners from Neergate were then called. W !ham Sheville app:ied to be discharged; but having been formerly convicted of a fraudulent con spiracy. and his sentence remitted on the express condition that he should go to sea, the Court were of unanimous o?in ion, that under filch circumstance., he was no- an object fit to receive the benefit of this A. He pleaded, that he should have gone to sea, but was since detained fur debt; however the Court was decided. John Windsor, another prisoner from the same gaol, wit discharged. Of the prisoners from Ludgate Compter, three were discharged, and one remanded, having taken the benefit of the former Att. Ten prisoners were discharged from, and one re manded to, the Giltspur-street Compter. Seven were discharged from, and two remanded to, the Poultry Compter. The prisoners from the Fleet were then brought up t the first on the list was Col. Hugh Antrohus, against whom a detainer for a large sum had been laid since the Ise ofJan last : he declared most so lemnly, that he did not owe a single sixpence of the debt, for which he was charged ; he also begged to be informed, whether his half-pay was liable, as he had not returned it in his schedule Tire RLCORDLN told him, he must at least prove, that the debt for which he was detained had ac crued previous to the Ist of January last; and, as to his half-pay, only the arreari, were liable. He was accordingly remanded till to-morrow. • One hundred and five other prisoners were brought up from the Fleet ; eighty-five of whom were discharged, fifteen objeifted to. and sixteen re manded for further examination. Mr. ALLEY obi:Red to the discharge of one M'Alpin, on the grounds that his deh:s e::ceedesl 1.5001. the original debt being 15001. and a large arrear of interest and costs had since accrued due : be argued very largely upon the legal cons:maim of the Aft ; but the matter was decided by tate Warden producing the Prit"ner's discharge for the whole of the debt. and stating that he was only de tained for the Jailor's fees. The Court adjourned to this day, when the causes which hare been opposed will be determined. Lord Mat-rit.ta, while at Margate, had a confer ence with Lord Kuril, who case on shore for the pureose L , - _ . . _ The Prima, Raksou ' from Anhalt, is arrived at Plymouth ; she saw on Thursday evening last, off St. Alban's Head, a schooner privateer, with two captured brigs in company, steering S. S. W. St. Alban's Head bearing N. W. distant tour miles. The Nephme, of 9S guns, arrived at Plymouth on Monday from the Channel fleet, which she left all well on Saturday last, In its station off Brest. No movement has been observed among the enemy's ships since the return of Admiral GANIIII•UMIL to his old position. Letters from our squadron off Ferrol state, that about the time when the Brest fleet attempted to steal to sea. every night fire signals were observed to be made by the Frenai ships in that harbour, and that th•ev were ready to sail at a moment's notice ; no officer was permitted to sleep on shore. and every preparation seemed to indicate that they intended, and had orders to sail, and were only waiting for GIiNT Mistimes divi%ion to data a junc.. Lien. from these and other circumstances, our officers coneude, that the Mediterranean was tile destination of the French Admiral. The postscript of a letter from Sandgate, dated the 27th inst. says, " 't he wind is trund to the ; so that if it increases, our vessel, must lure the French coat. I have heard s.lme more firing this morning, but the atmosphere has been so heavy, I have niA teen Able to make soy farther ob•.ervatinns." ‘%e learn that the Board of Admiralty has come to the cieterminatlf n of adding some companies of cannoneers to each of the three divisions of the Royal Mari •es. Such an improvement in our ma rioe artillery, we are confident, would be attended %yin the greatest advanta:zes. When the impetu as•ty of our naval lightning shall be siirefled with precision, its effea must be irresistible. Several vessels have, withio the last week, hewn examined at Deptford and Woolwich, as to their fitness in being prepared immediately to serve as fire vessels ; s nue of which have been fixed on. A very general report prevaikd on Tuesday, that the islands of Guernsey and Jersey had been at tacked by the enemy. Upon the most respe.lable authority we can state, that there was not the least foundation for the rumour. His Excellency Lord HA at:micas is to !twice. this day, the troops which have been encamped on the Curragh of Kildare. they are supposed to amount to Moen thousand men ; and as no place can be better adapted for mituarr =oeuvres, great ex. peetations are for rued of the tanntficence of such an exhibition. Hy a sudden mate from General St co[,Ni the 21 'oniefset regiment marched un Wednesday night from Plymouth, fully equipped for service. with bl rounds of ball cartrilges, and their light baggage. The heavy baggage is to go alter them. naßrs Atm. tg. At Ipswich' ,Lain' b Fair, which commenced on Wednesday there was not so large a quantity of stock as has been =teen in some former yea6l nor were the prices equal to the expedations - of tl,e growers, considering the great plenty of feed, and the almost universal promising appearance -of the turnip-crop, throughout this and the adjoining counties. On the above day, the fair was set very late, but for about three hours towards the cloie, the sales were v.ry brisk. On the second day it was set earlier, and a considerable numler of lane's were sold upon equal terms with the preceding day, but to wards evening there appeared a total' stagnation to the trade, which cid not arrive again during the ceeding day, and a large quantity weed driven home unsold. The prices va , ied very much, but the Earl of Bristol's and Mr. Arum:. Brooks's wc thers (!calf-bred Leicesters) certainly tnpp'd the whole Fair ; the former, under the judicious manage ment of his Lordship's steward, Mr. Shillito, ob taining 2,1. and the latter as high a price as C7l. per score, and were both generally allowed to be ertremt:y .aridsome, as we!l as in fine condition. Mr. LaNe'lesteet (Barton) sold for 235. Mr. How ard's (of I , ,,rnham) Southdowns, which were also in very high condition, obtained 25.. each. and Mr. Pawry's (of Lidgate) 2is ; Mr. ...eon's ewes (of Barrow) of the same breed, produced 17s. 6d. —The South-downs of Lord Albemarle (who had 83 :cote at tbe fair) obtained 201. per score for the we!hers. Mr. Wolton's half -bred South downs (of Playford) were sold for 19s, fid. and Mr. Cot ton's (of Kea rave) for 19,. ; Mr. Derisley's (of Croxton) half.breds produced 14s. 6d. Thus much for the sere-fashioned breeds introduced into this and the ne'ghbouring counties, of which it is almost treason, anumg agriculturists, to speak slightly ; n-vertheless, one circumstance was parti cularly observable, that by far the greater propor tion of Norfolk, were sold than those of the South down or mixed breeds, the former being readily dis posed of, whilst those of the latter kind, especially if not in first-rate condition, and suitable tot the botcher, were driven home again. The Bristol Volunteers, togetlpr with the united Clifton and Westbury, have received orders to pro vide themselves with every thing necessary for (Anil service, and in case of alarm, will immediately march to Marlborough. In consequence of which. a general inspedlion of the Corps took place t o Monday. Yesterday a woman of the name of Cap., who bad lived in Webb-square. Shoteditch, was committed, node- the vagrant aft, for having defrauded a num ber of females of all their fu,sc cash, under the pi o mise of disclosing future events to them ; a..d assuring them that they should not only have hus bands, hut rich ones : not finding their hopes realised, they lodged an information against poor Caseesetre. Two genteel dressed women went. a few days since, to the shop of Mr. Bownit rcu, Linen.draper, Sltddle-row. Holborn. The shopmen. haying some suspicion of their belonging to the light fingered tribe, civil'ist de.ired them to withdraw, to .v! i h they replied with torrents of abase. Nee, the Beadle of it. Andrew's, passing at the moment, rect g ised the jeer over, and conceiving that their shaves had amall •rrt a ed in a short time, took the liberty of nqiti7irg i An the cause. ss hen, to the ;frit joy of the metiers, they were delivered of Inns- eight yards of ptinted cotton. We understand tb y have been examined, and committed to Newgatat for trial. The spirit of malignancy which has so Inn" pre veiled among the boot-makers, has again mar ble- ed itself with redoubled vigour, by a continued riot dur ing ths last two dap. Oa Sunday last, a very cern siderable body of makers and closers assembled in Oztord-road, and disturbed the laid of the inha bitants. by a ge.eral conflia, in which a very con siderable number of them were dreadfilly cut and maimed. The rioters were at length disturbed by a strong body of the Po:ice ; but the *rakers kept in anion, and committed the most unwarrantable outrages at the houses of several of the closers during the day. On Monday they assembled and repaired to the house of Healy, a closer, in Henrietta -street, Mary-la-bonne ; where a mob of several hundreds collefted, rid swore *ids bitter inyeetives against any man who dared to obstruft their progress, i sub,:uin the machinations of traitors, informers, Ste. uigley, a closer, who lodges in the house was their first °hie& of attack. whom they maimed so dreadfully that his life is desdaired of. The interference of the Police stag. nated their diabolical pu-suits, and prevented further depredations, by securing one of the ringleaders, a maker, of the name of Bova. A number of per sons, a hose faces were very much cut and maimed, fully establi.,hed the charge against the is , ;goner. and Le was commi:ted fur trial. The fate of Quigley is rwt at present kn Awn. _ The Niagigrate reprobated, in very strong terms, the proceedings of the m.tkers in general. Head trusted, ti%st we ref:earns , spirit which prevailed among tiitm svgs sulesidel ; but as it now stood, every method world be t,ll:rt to secure others of the leaders, sell.) would be mxde :in example of, by . - the must severe pinishmcnt. N'i.Cii, 07It'.IIILL.—Lorrtxr biccriusLLED. • 7 ben- ,1• 1 ‘• t,. t freareetw "Ago anal Pre,dr. Th-re P , see. cf Tem 7 /*low's!, 1 1 ,4,4. I 7 beer Friars (1 4 Fire Tnirrqrrnd Puesos. lloaN•ar and Co. nespeaiuliy acquaint the No.. 4 it bil:ty, Gentry, and the Public, that re never was a State Lottery, since the first blislynent of Lltteries, that afforded such bel t cial chanc.s as 4 I the present, which begins Drawing the YU: of next : Month Clubs and Societies will not fail to take advantage of so grand a Scheme. It is, b.siies the only Lottery to be drawn this year : at:d, when ever that has been the case, many instances may be . adduced where there have been more rickets shared, , t before the di awing commenced, than the whole number of Ti.krts contained in the present Lottery, exclusive of the number sold in whole Tickets. t Hoviisr and Co. take the liberty to Kate these fads, in hopes to prevent their friends from delaying their purchases, which must lead either to total di.. appointment, or, at Iraq, to very great increase of . price. Gray's by letter or cancer executed on the .. same terms AS it present.—N. B. All prises, whether of Rd. or 40,uottl. paid on demand. I I 1 . 1: 1 4 U