The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1804-09-07 00:00:00

I P FOREIGN IRTFLL(GEJ'CE. (nom THE FR!: NCH rAPERc.] M1.M...M1 pacts, A ?S. A Uttar front Rouen isf the lath neetions the fol lowing shocking accident ; A harvest nsan was reap ing the wheat in the neitthbourhood, accmnpanied with his wife. who suckled a young child g when wo►king she laid •he ehild down upon some whiptf. The husband, tired of hearing the continual cries of the child, *et elatedly t Id his wife to take it up and feed it. On going towards the child, what was her terror in observing a serpent entering the mouth of the innocent babe I She att►mpted to draw it out, but it was too late: the child sea. already chocked. At the cries of the mother. the father joined her, over wit• has her with reproaches. and, in the anger ex cited in him by his paternal tend item, he struck this unfortnnatr woman with hit sickle in sue! , a :runner that she fell down dead upon the corpse of her child. The wre►ched harvestman, in despair ft:e a crime disnesed by hit heart, went immediately to Rouen, and auteadered himself a prisoner.—(Jvcraa/ de Paris ) Now peatinlars hay. been pnblished conceiving the devastations ceasiosed .n the department of the shine and Mote (CobLentz) by the terrible worm of the Id Th.rittidor. The river Aar, in three hours, nee ffiorp.five feet. This toners swallowed up for. ty-terse villaget Twenty-two leagues of the coon try (si t .six miles) are entirely 'uric under a titian. tin , of stones and rots, of which the thickness has been calculated to be at least twelve feet. The vil legm have disappeared. and nothing but sand, inhales, and stones. ars seen in their place. All this country of twe7ty-two leagues is entirely ot so , agriculture. The damage is immense, and estimwed to many millions. The Prefea and the Chief En gineer ire retuned to Cohlents. after the inspeainn they have made on this unfortunate country. Some habitations are to be established is t::e vicinity of those destroyed. for the few permits oho have had the good luck to escape the bur of the torrent. Sir hundred workmen are pet in repisition. and oil, begin to wort as soon as the harvest is awn —(L. PerAtictiele ) On the list inet. terrible murders were commit ted iathe sown of .La Rocha* of which the 101 lowing are the particulars. • magi man from Paris, of the name of Dubois, aged 14. and a de ar:to from seret.il regimen, desiring to take ad. vosiar of the Isapstial amneity, was loigei 1., two day b , the wi.:cio Desuapiere. "fersrards Sve O'OOE4 in toe istwousg. he left his chamber, entered the hitches s mid with four wounds from a knife s tolled the servant maid. He then sawed the bed room of the mistress of the honer, drew suJileniy Open the curtains of her bed. and with the UM , knife gave bee th:e wounds in the breast, and thiee. others in the fine. After a long resistance, this un fortunate woman expired upon the flo-ir, to whic. the had hoot dragged. A young girl of 14, lodge. there from charity. at the cries of her benefaaress, went to her assistance, but on seeing her weltering in her blood screamed out aired. The assassii, threatened her with the same fate. if she did not give him the keys, and chew him the drawers where the misery was kept. The young girl refuod wit• sot oar. aid made efforts to rai•e up her bessfata tress. She would have paid for this generous ea on with bet life, had not, by one of those accidents which often overturn the projects of crimes. the knife of the massif, in dispatching his second vic tim. bent, and when be attempted to make it straight for killing the girl. broken to pieces. Without arms to strike the rang person, he dragged her by forte to her room. and was busy carrying away the plate, when a woman of the neighbourhood, who had heard the cries of the deceased, began to knock at the door, demanding immediate entrance. The murderer. frightened, then jumped through the window, bet was fortunately pursued by a gun ems who took him, and delivered him over to jos. tice.--(Ciej I. Cabinet). A Clergyman, officiating in the Church of St. Gerais, disappeared in the beginning of last week. Three days ago he was found in the river, near the bridge pf Notre-Dame. Several wounds on his • body move that his death was neither voluntary ' see seciiental.—( Hid). The Minister of the Marine Department is Im peded back on Thursday or Friday nest. Letters from 9t. Petersburgh mention, that the .festivities for the nuptials of the erince of Saxe. Weimar. with the Grand Dliche, Maria, are to continue foe six days. Several presents have been distributed, and several p-onsotions announced. Gant ffiotochubey has received 100,000 roubles, and the W a r Minister 80,000 roubles, as presents. Prince tarakin. and Count Rom anent - . have obtdned so/4- - Maw of great worth. Prince Gallizin has been decorated with the Order of St. A nne , j t h e floce•Weinsar Count, Marshal Baron Wolixozen, arida the Wee of Alexander Newski. The here diary Price hm. besides, distributed among the r'oortions of both um% gehi boxes. dialwlnd-rirr• medallions, kc. at. Now itilllAllacks have been pabli•hed frr the yeat IS; of worm it is supposed. that the report of the lieptthlican Alrnanaek being !ail abide is within* , foitntlatina, at least, foe this year. A letter from Copenhagen. written by a French tra►eller. says. " Three ships of the line and one fiats are nuw building here, in the old dock yards. The people in Denmark are well satisfied with this augmentatioi of their navy. which aug• meats every year by successive and regular con structions. In some few years more, the Danish navy will be one of the most formidable in the north." 7 1 1 1 LE 131 , 14T1611. P tiE3S• LON FRIDAY. SEP l mesa 7. The new title, assn nrd oy the Emperor of Gra il Aviv, rug,. I.les fhe autentitxt of every pi Ii vie I circle. The art. w•ements that may be supplied to accompany it, are the subject of various conjeaures. In all t' is spec n'ation there appears to be bnt one opinion re:pi:air% the motives which may have in duced the Ester .oa tu take in errairr4inary a .ter. All agree that it is a weak, impoiiise, and degra,j ing measure. Three HansSurgh Mails ar.: niw due, and are hourly expeatel. Their arrival nil, no &l ea throws 'me new light upon this interestt..g sul►jra. At Evening Paper of ye tetday states the irriral of a allsNiiia thEcet • f Nigh FA k on itioniay, said to be the bearer of some important arrangement coneithled between the three Northern Power, by which they engage to employ .heir united friers against *palm C, for the purpose of rindic i.g the inargr ty of t :croup Empire, and pun:sl.- ins the murder of the Duke .1 Essonica. We In not know what credit is due Li this report, not being able to trace it to any a ,:h..ntic snurce. A respettable house in the city received with the klaussnigh Mail of Wedne day. information that se veral -.tout privateers ; re fitting out at Bourdeaus, Names, Marseilles. Antwerp, and in the Texel, in tended, during the winter, to injure our trade in the European as well as the Indian seas. Six priva teers, from 32 to 4.1 guns. will be ready to sail from Bourdeaux b..fore the Ist of ORober, supposed for the tau Indies, and four privateers, of 24 guns. are nearly complete at Nantes. destined, AC. cording to report, to rei itorce the numerous Frenc:i pirates, who swarm around our West-Lt .:is s-ttlements. At Marseilles. six other privateers, from 12to 20 guns, were, in the beginning of last month, at anchiu near the Chateau &If, waiting for aa opportunity to steal away for the Levant, whilst another squadron of priest= ens, under the command of the famous BL AtAUAN. are equipping at Ant , weep. and in the Dutch ports, intended to pillage our trade in the Cerman Sea, and in the Channel. Mese particulars are written by an American Gen .leman. who is now at Hambureh. and has lately peen travelling in France and Holland. This preda tory w. rf ire is more congenial with the charafter of the Chief of Bs igands. BOMAPART t, and his plun derers of the Continent, than regular naval battles, or engagements. - According to a private letter fmm Lisbon, dated August is, received by the last Mail, General SE oast, Alit was espeded there as Ambassador, in the room of Gen. Lasses, who has gone to take a com mand in the army at Boulogne. The usual number of stoops maintained by Den mark is 70.ASM, and about 33 ships of the line.— Those of Sweden are 48,000, and 30 ships of the Inc. And, according to a corred return, which we have seen of the Russian army, made up to the Ist of January last, that Power has no less than 308,230 soldiers. Its naval farce, some time ago, was 'edits of the line in the Baltic, and 12 in the /Mack Sea ; but we believe the number has been lately increased. Au carnet from a private letter, dated Frankfort, August 11, says, w Two French Generals have ar rives! at Ilamburgh, and little doubt can be eater tainel of their nuertiorts, atter the treatn.ent of Bremen. Several waggon., going to Brunswick fair, have been seised by the French ; and. unless Dukc of But sswict can remonstrate with tt tett, the whole. the value of which is consider.° i , must be lost. The King of Pm t.sst a's Agetrs base ?iv a the most safsfaaory assurances, that the route then igh \Vestphalia shall not be molectd 5y the French." _ _ _ fhe Wande.er of th: 24th gives a translation of the ruder yublished in the London Gazette for the blockade .of the French ports. with the following peevish c••mment, in a note : a This blockade is a matter of in tifercnce to France ; it will be much more disadvantageous to England. Every thing that tends to derange crmmerce, and to fetter its circulation, is more burttirl to England than to France. Its impotence to do us hurt induces it to adapt a thousand measures, each more extravagant :timber. It is thus that it was guilty od an egregi.•us folly in blockading the Elbe and Weser. by which it has sustaire4 m o re i.jiiry than we could le; re done to it. Tiie system of blockading. how ever. entirely on iete iide, amounts to this : Breasse sit of sear oath P, vace s will 4eve no nor: re! powers at mt." itorAr, E43llLr. waymouTti. SEIPTIAISEN 5 Every thing was ready, yesterday. fur the rec.'s• tinn of the Roy Al. FAMILY at Portland Island, who landed thete about half past ten o'clock. As soon .Is the Royal barge appeared all the ships hoisted their colours, and when the ROYAL FAMILY passe:, the. fired a salute ind struc their colours: the batteries 'observed the same ceremony. Soon after the carriages for the ROYAL Faulty landed at Portland, Her MAjeSTY and the Pal Is cEsstb, in two carriag is, and His MAJESTY and suite, on horseback, to ,k a most delightful excur sion almost round that beautiful Island. Their :%lAatsTits returned to the Castle, where they eat down to a most sumptuous dinner, at which every .1 ilicacy or the season w..s served up by Mr. Rice lhe inhabitants crowded to see their Sovereign from all parts soon after dinner Their MAJESrIaS and atten d m's went on board the Roma, Sovereign yacht, took ss-veral trips in the offing, and about six o'clock re turned to 'Weymouth Lodge. This morning, between s:t and .seven o'clock. His MAJESTY taint out Of the Lodge and mourted his saddle horse, and. with his attendaot% rod: oi the camp, and inspeeted the brigade of troops, under the command of the Duke of Cablar*LAND. liii slaiesrY returned to the Lodge to breakfast; and soon after ten o'clock, the ROYAL FAMILY went on board the Royal Barge, accompanied by the Duke af OtICILSTrft, ant the Princess SOPIII• of GLOUCESTLR, steered by_ Sir li•allY 13Valt•IID NEALE, to the Royal Yacht. At the time the Ito Y s L FAmts v were going on board. the regi ments stationed here were in the as of being re viewed by the Royal Dukes, and engaged in a sham fights and the R yd Balute f the ships in the harbour. sounded like a general engagement with the evemy This morning the Princes Auctsr A bathed. l'lse Duke of Gitivcrsyse, and the Prineess iorui • 01 Gloucester, did not arrive here till a tate Muir List ni;;ht. Arrivals at ,he King's Head : %Ir A.lw.n. Mr fr Mr. S nitli and F•nail., Mr. J Ki.gtoa. Fa+ /e.,. Mr. Int Mhs • NI- al do. Hog es Mr an IM •. Cau nt,clc. Two M. • ea..Lata Steward, C•inain Mitesals aid Mr Hunts. Arrivals at the Royal Hotel, S . r . 4. it .t limn , tets the Duke u( •;icht....l H t Rowel gh..e4 P i sc -4 &team d t;loacester. Mt. eatt 4r. Ws. Juan, titateral thrott, awl ( Foster. SHAM FIGHT. THE ST JANIk:S's VOLUNTEERS. Yererd iy, at nine o'clock, this excellent Corps marched from Portland House. Piccadilly, to the Grand Canal, Paddington, under the command of Colonel MONCIC, and were joined by the Duke of York's Royal Mary-la-bonne Volunteers, com manded by Lord DUNcAr.NO's. The htiiness of the lay was a sham tight, in which the French were re presented by the former, under Colonel MONCK, as their Commander in Chief; and the English by the lauer, with Laird BANSUItY, Brigauier :eneral of the &strift, u their Commander. The Load-'n dismounted cavalry soon after joined, and proceeded to the third bridge upon the canal, which we: to be the central pint of the scene of anion. It had oven strong'y fortified by the French, who were drawn up in formidable array, with two pieces of cannon, &c resolved to prevent the passage of the e.nglish army. In this situation a very severe en gagement took place, attended with various fortune, until a mine prepared by the English exploded. when tit_ enemy abandoned their position, and re treated to the fields. to which they were pursued by the English, and a sort of skirrnshing, or irregular fight, was maintained with great vivacity. Mean while the artillery and cavalry followed along the main road towards Harrow, until they came to the Mitre, near Wormwood Scrubs, where the French had formed upon the bridge in a strong body, with several pieces of artillery. This position, however, WAS soon stormed by the superior gallantry of the English, and the enemy fled for shelter to the thickets. They rallied, however, soon after, and kept up a very brisk firing, which enabled a corps of them, with a part of their artillery, to take pos session of the Upper Bridge and fortify it; but they were soon dislodged by a detachment of the corps do reserve of the English army, which. assisted by a squadron of cavalry, pursued the enemy in his I retreat. At length the enemy were driven from their positions upon the several bridges along their whole line, and the English squadrons having joined, they completely surrounded the enemy and made them prisoners. In ibis last manctuvre, the ca valry made several excellent charges, and greatly dis tinguished themselves. The battle being thus decided in tasour of the English. the two lately contendinp armies, captives and conqeerors, became friends, and sat down to dinner at four o'clock; after which they set out fin London, and arrived at their armoury, in I)iitortr's-place, about eight o'clock. Ihe Mut!: t of the Canal presented a very animated appemeß,e the whole day. Nothing could have a m, re de lightful efrea than the variety of skirmishing, A; :c.: as it was by the tiner.ess of the day, and the beauty of the scenery. The Westminster Cavalry marched from th. , King's Mews yeaerday at four o'ch•rk, under tt'e comtnand of Major Twisrsc, and had a grand fici day in Hyde Park, where they went through various evolutions with great spirit and precision. Orders were on Friday last received for the Wor cester Loyal Volunteers. to hold themselves in IVA. diners t ma-ch at an how's notice, upon the first certain intelligence of the enemy appearing cn the English coast. In compassion for the House of Austria, we hope Bassnaayswillstop, and t assume y new ti tle ; Ceeanse, upon the pr.nciple arossed in the im perial Patent. of estahlislii perfes eqoatity of rank," Austria is bouid to g nn with him. lf, in one of his vagaric.., be si• 411.: cast his es es to t East. he may clue to imitate the coo preien iveoess of the Eastern stile, and, like tl.e ONA No lit crt+lo ' Claim to be Brother to ftre Svc end lir .11.4..' -.- What planet ~ u l.l f triii.h a title of :trial imp rt &nee for the E j cr.r of AusT eta, we kttiaw not e A'POSTRr. THY. NEW Yr kit'S GIFT, (From tat French a A. Mousy) OT OLD IDS. Pour teinwieser.lt 1111d1 411114 triA, dY ribrillectr, de me., awe Jc 01.4 • &once •cc ..sure es Non pis doodle. 'a rule', 4r. Menagiaaa, p 397. T. 9. To spew my lave, my I' ANA v dmr, With all my sold, with all my heart, I give thee for a gift this year, Not tidiest lace, sot ribbaild smart; Nor sweetmeats rare, n .r turd. doves, Nor essence sweet, ■or rile pomatum, Nor cloak, nor gown, Bser low's, nor gloves ; Such things are base, and much II hue 'em. " What then ?" thee cry' t, why I do give . 0 FAUST ! hr men hir than good, Who cant net if I die or live, And never an in giving mood ; I give Mee. Lows—Ah can I due? Yes, 6 191 no kritir* bear the evil, Though thou acrt fifty times more fair, I give thee, FAIIII7-.4• the Devi. t• • Goldsmith has, "drams erlogeodedgnent, incraged this idea in five stanzas addrri.erl to a -nYrovarei 14ning, i n g nw . stmt, Covent Garton." There are aho some oth-r which probably originated from this piece of M Mvug t , where a fair lady, after saying—. Don't give me this, &a% give me that," concludes " But, give me, if my heart youi'd win ; " Give me, my ineti—a ktg r#* !" MR. AND MRS. OLIPHANT. Mr. Otte , and his amiable Consort, shortly before the present war with France, left EriglaA, to make a tour upon the Continent, and ur.fratu. n rtely happened to be at Paris, when all the English there were made captives. Of this number, Mr. end Mrs. Otte larr r were sr•nt to Valencienne ; (torn whence they w-re removed successively, by order of theCorsicao Usurp..r, tovarsousotht•r places of irr.pri sonrnent. These treqiient eianges•and tedious stiffer. i. much imp dr d tell 1, XT . S belltb, and oh. liged bin to solicit leave to travel to the Sou•h of France flr its recotanr. H obtiined 116 te qu••st, he set clt, . • ; Jby Mrs. 01.4114 NT; inJ. Irwin their artivin,at fittest, had the good kr tune to retake their ernspe from that land of slave: y, on board a Russian vesseL They .;, Aer 4 tedious passage, last week, Mt the coast of Cornsval, and returned to town ye terday. • Lord Kt twaentx will remain 3 few days in town to complete his sti..l of horses, after which he will proceed to Ireland. Sir Joss B. Davits will set ont in a few days upon a tour through the West t gland. Lord J %Mrs AIIi:IRAT. ILI: Hun. Cs. !iIMPI/.1".n, and Jolty STIRLING, are appointed Stewards for me ensuing Perthshire I.ant. The Emperor of !be French will soon be one or the 01,10 st Emperors in Europe. There are at present 01112' gws older than himself. Two c-r t necnt :crenate. vita were very Aire men for the opposite caadillares at the late Brentbrd Eleflion, are now very good friends at Margate, where ,hey have both agreed to wear the tree bite only upon the tip, Of their ewer. Boy has given up the trade of tarots making, and is new become a Ttlc Farocr. Mr. PITT is upon le visit to Capt. Lamb, ne_r Rye, from whence he is watching the ay.:" shreps's clothing upon the opposite coast. T re ceentana gossips declare, that the charming Lady C. Towsseaso will shortly be made a Bithop. Colonel Baiter and Captain Swats, of f e West Middlesex Militia, arrived in town yester. l4V from Cotheath, at Hickinbotions's Hotel, Jerm : - .• street. . Mrs Tiromesore, of Hereford-street, is in trey F for the Marquis of ABLItCUSI4 . I noble mansion a Grosvenor-square. Nine thousand pound. are 114 sum demanded by his Lordship. Governor !hoots also arrived at the same Hotel, from St. Helena. General Srew sor arrived in town yesterday from Barham Dawns Camp, at MitAsess Hat: :, Jermyn-street. The two Misses Mean will leave town in a fey days, upon a visit to Mr. Wirisonau at Farslara !louse, Suffolk. The Matquiss and Marchioness of Tuomo:aa will leave town to-morrow for Taplow. rear Maida.- head. Report says, that Mrs. Estes is erigiged frr Drury Lane. We hope it may prove well founded. Miss Dt.tiCAN has renewed her engagement's the Margate Theatre for eight nights. Th: Woodmen Arden held their annual me:. ing on the Anil uk. The silver arrow was ss by THOMAS FEAT eußsr(iers, E.g. the btigie the Rev. J. Dr: KL. In the lottery, Miss MOLA 0 drew the viden bugle, and Mrs. H. Getuss tle ; ;21.1 arrow. fhe en.ding Northampton Mnsical Festival, wh.' h Is to take place the latter end of next month, t• r onised by Earls SPINCLR, NORTHAMPToSt P NIT LILT; Lords STOPIrORD and Lii.roito ' ATTORKIII•GEhEII•L, Sir W. DOLIES, and a mt . •• ber of other persons of diwinftion. Mrs. Secos::; Miss Mt:SC.4Y, and Messrs. HAIIIIWONS, BAITLEMATI, are the vocal performers. Tunbridge Wells is much crowded th's with genteel company; but it seems •hela.h,on : more retired than gay, and to get much ••,' • vaee parties. A well dressed, genteel lockieg • - man, was, two days ago, taken off the Pr,.nic;.a..r. by Townsend, iund Co. for what: reason we car.: .. learn. It is said h;s name is fl AN' . The Pa sioit AMA in the Stt:and <oil continues; ' principal place of adritital:. a ;a tie dar !MC; as Islessr,.. RI mines and B•exca i are Cu: their Vita of Ft,iNte' with ruc:r exqtrisite tat:e, hope it will continuo receive the pat:Jinise Pa th , of