The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1805-03-29 00:00:00

HE B MIS P l lEsS• LONDON', FRIDAY, mAgem G arra Sir laki. , , CotAici, Sir Jones STU PAT, p;,;eit'ral V r oloN. yesterday took le tve of His n, and v. :l set off this day to assume their m inds in the s.._ret expedition. General Ts LSON j , , .o serve in it; and Brigadier General St. ADZ ~:1 removed from the Eastern to the South -, : Di,tti,!l, to supply his place. If we may d i : trom the forward state of the prepara. tile armament is upon the eve of sailing. smouth is the principal point of rendezvous. embarkation of the troops commenced there on •a a y, and will finish this day. They will be read by the Dragon, of 74 guns, in which ship re Join Casio and suite will embark. The lip from Portsmouth, on their passage down bond, will be joined by a strong corps from iymouth. Two companies of the Royal Ar tillery, pd the Slit Regiment of Foot, 7.50 rank and file, E c barked at the latter place on Tuesday , on board . :1 crampons. They are in the finest state of ;pie, and went off in high spirits, accompanied rah the acciamstions of thousands of speCtators, rho cheered them from the shore. The expedition 'certainly destined for the Mediterranean. The Ilamburgh Mail due on Wednesday arrived t night, with letters and papers to the 23d. Thew ,tents, though not important, arc not destitute of wren. The affairs of Egypt appear to be in a try distrafled state, and Et.r t Bay, our late Visi. or, is once more making a figure in that country. It is now certain, that the New Emperor of Aus vs; • will shortly meet the New Emperor of Faakc e, in Italy, and there receive the fraternal embrace from is Jacobin Majesty. It is reported at Paris, that e Rochfort squadron is gone to the West Indies, ut the good people of that City arc no better in formed upon the suhje& than ourselves. Yesterday morning His Maim v gave audiences attic QvLEP's House to the Duke of You, Earls DiRTIIOUTH, AV LISTORD, CA VDtV, and CHAT RAN; Lords MULGR AVE and Hawk - rano:ex ; Sir, Juts CRAW and JO/114 STEWART, atid General Vrssox. The three latter took leave of His MA.. 'LITT, previous to their taking their commands. Yesterday a Court of Dir. aors . Was held at the East India House, which adjourned at six o'clock till this day. Yesterday a ballot was taken at the East India (louse for the eleaion of a Direflor, to serve till April, in the mom of SrerweN WILLIAMS, Esq. deceased. At six o'clock the glasses wer• finally dosed, and delivered to the Scrutineers, who, at tall past eleven o'clock, repotted the numbers to be as follow: James Pattiwn, vt 1001 John Jaek4..o: 1;: F9 whereupon Janes Par wisos, Esq. was decl.tted duly ele&ed. It is rumoured, that a detachment under Colonel SHEPHERD has been defeated by HoLe•re . A private letter from a correspondent in the Me dilrranean, dated the 2d February, contains the following paragraph: " Egypt is eager for France, only more, far more earn. for Great Britain.—The en ;here is English, English, if we can !—But hair (in opposition to tarbana) at all events." In consequence of the resignation of Mr. M.Dn w. ALL. of Logan, a new election for a Member of Parturnent takes place in Wigtonshire. A keen contest is expected betwixt the lion. Colonel Sr cw •IT, and Major M•xsecte, younger, of Monreith. Taosas PLcuste, Esq. Barrister at Law, on Tuesday took the oath of qualification before the Logo CHANCELLOR in Lincoln's inn nail, upon his being created a Welsh Judge. The election for a Member 'for Knaresborough rimed 00 Monday Mr. BEL L ASYSC polled the greatest niunlier of votes, but those votes being deemed illegal by the Returning Officer, Lord Dun ca ruarim is (pro t, ',yore ) to be the sitting Member; but the inhabitants of Knaresbomugh intend to pe tition Parliament against the return. The greatest rektularity prevailed during the elation. !lie Princess ELIZA, to whom the Principality of Pionibino has been given, is not the Princess Bo an inset- but Madame Baccroc In consequence of Government soliciting the Free Burgesses of Newcastle for a part of the rown Moor to encamp four thousand Infantry on during the ensuing summer, the Ste Nards of the Incorpo rated Companies held a meeting on Tuesday night, Purposely to take into consideration the above soli citation, when they agreed to admit Government the use either the ground within the circle of the race-ground, or that which lies to the West of it, having the choice of either to their determination. On the Seth, at nine a. tn. the Neptune, of Dun dee. W. Fun.av master, laden with bale goods for Liverpool, struck on a sunken rock, near Fifeness. became water logged, and soon afterwards went down in very deep water ; her top-mast only being discoverable at ebb-tide. The crew were saved in the boat. Vessels have been engaged at Crall to attempt to weigh her, but their success is doubtful. /..7Preveyente, 44 guns, now laying at Plymouth. bas not yet received her letters of pratique. as she came dired from Gibraltar, five weeks since, and brought several families of that garrison. who had been ill, but were now convalescent. An order (from the Privy Council to the Public Offices, for those who can get vouchers from medical men of theii being in a way of recovery, to be permitted to come ashore on certain rsstriaions. was received there tan Tuesdsy, their clothes to be very stalely examined and fumigated previous to their de bar kation. 1.1. LADY LE DE SPENCER'S GRAND BALL. This Lady gave an elegant display of her refined taste and hospitality on Monday night, in one of the most splendid balls, and most sumptuous sup pers, the fashionable world has produced this season. The house, in every resnea worthy of its noble possessor, the PRaMICR BARON of Evil... Latin, has every capability for accommodating the most ex tensive circle, which, on Monday night, consisted of 400 of the first rank and fashion. It was ar ranged as follows The Hall is hung with the finest paintings, and was brilliantly illuminated by a superb lamp suspended in the centre. Three beautiful vase lamps, arranged upon the stair-case, augmented this blaze of light, and conducted the visitors to the scone of elegant festivity. The brilliancy of the Ball Room might amaze even a youthful Poet's fancy : Clara micante awn, lianaraisque imitante pyropo. The cieling painted by the best masters. — In the figures the Cupids ere predominant. The disposition of one of them is uncommonly in teresting. Ile holds the grand lustre to enable his brother Cupids to take sure aim at the fair visitors as they enter his domain. Each pannel also boasted its branch of the most exquisite beauty. The floor was chalked in appropriate devices. emblematical of the music and dancing of which it was destined to be the happy scene. Three rooms were appro. printed fur supper. Three tables were laid out in the first and the third ; the second contained but one. They were all splendid. Taste and fancy were exhausted in their embellishments. Among the most admired of the frames, was a model of St. Paul's in pastry. The lights along the middle of the tables were sustained by nussy silver branches. The supper consisted of every delicacy the com bined powers of art and nature could supply, the rarest viands, the most delicious wines. In short, Plenty poured her horn in every part of his Lord ship's Mansion, while taste and delicacy dire fed her hand. The ball had all the advantages of an excellent band. .tnd was opened by Lady L. FITZROY and Lord F. BeAucceac, to the tune of Speed the Phorgh. The dances that followed were -24. Pr sic* Edward', Fancy. ad. I'll to tk• you be fain to f011..w tne. 4th Lauretta oth Lady Mary Eciatinck's Fancy. At half past one the company sat down to slipper, and while they enjoyed the ri' d'a'a, re in the culi nary irt, a capital band of wind instruments, under the dire tion of Mr. Jon Ls, charmed their ears with the most popular airs. In the splendid circle present were— Diclvrises—St. Alban's, Athol, Grafton, Montrose, and 'Belford Tite Mlichroness of Salisbury. Ccir.ites.e..-43owaser Buckinghamshire, Euston, Carrier von, Oxford, Camden, Westmoreland, Chatham, E.sex, Er rol, and Harcourt. V isenunteraes--Sidney and Castleresgh. Ladire.—S. Fitzroy, Monkton, Dt Clifford, Thestodosia Darker, Tow oshensl, Fitzroy. C Paget, Carringtun, Marsham. Home, F Pratt, Ening( rd , Dvnevur, W. Rumiell, C. Welles ley, C. Stswart. A. and S. Carpenter, A. Mitchel, F. Sonter se!, Halton, Perth, G. Cecil, ft 4 Paste, and IS minden. Mstr:ss-s—Stapletoir, Hales, Elliker, Magens, Harvey, Wr.st, and Vrliers Misses —Stap:eton, Hodson, Loftus, !Ken tin, two Grim stones, Hales, two Smith., Hume, Wynne, Strin-y, Bo.tv , rie, Price, Wnght, Eliot, Ellison, an the Honourable Min Drutn- Hi The Duke of Bedford. Marluiss,s---Lnyne and Waterford. Ear,—Westmoreland, Cl.filen, Aberdeen, Chatham, Eo. nokMen, and Cal-don. Viacounts-...Sidney, Caitlereaet, Duncannon, Osaulston, Brooke, and Itorringtun. L,dasssollodney, Langford, Ger mstone, F Meath. lo rck, t;ramirain, F. Whom, G. Beresford, Borringdurr, arid Hy iimm. Stesss-G. Warrender, and Sidney Smith. Ge•raral Loftus. Coltonde--B.rrrowes, Cole, Howe, and Pringle Ca lains—Tower, Hon verie, Br ad for d Mirrors, and Bromley. Musior......Salishury, Grant, Byng, Cavendish, T u a o shend, Maws. E Fdgsr, G. Walpole, Bras ore, Towers, T. I lupe, Douglas, Caswell, Poole, West, Bickford. and Andrews. YenerJay the Princess CHASLOTTE of WALES dined with their MAJ ESTICA. - _ _ In the evening ['heir MAJtSTtES had a sele& party. 'rite Anniversary of the Society of Arts was celeh•ated on Wednesday, at the Crown and Anchor, with an elegant dinner. The Duke of NORFOLK was in the Chair. The Yonne Roscius performed anigtas last night to as crowded an audience as any of the season. It is said the Treasusy netted seven hundred pounds on the occasion. The Chorus Singers, who lately struck, appear to hove been tamed by the helots of the 'Tenth Report. The Royal Westminster Volunteers had a field day in Hyde-park yesterday, under the command of Colonel Japietsson. They mustered about 500. Yesterday the Somerset-house Volunteers mus tered at ten o'clock, on their Parade-ground, from whence they marched to Montpelier Garden, for the purpose of firing with ball-cartridge at a target. fhe corps made a very military appearance, and fired and went through their other manteuvres with great precision. On Wednesday died, in his 6'2d year, MARTIN BL A pax HAWKS, Lord HAVbiLlt, Baron Hawke, of Towson, in Yorkshire; his Lordship is succeeded in his titles and estates by his eldest son, the Hon. Eowasto Haim lawkE, who is married to the heiress of the late Colonel 'lifter' v, of Womersley, in Yorkshire, and has taken the name and arms of HLIVEY, in addition to his own On Tuesday everting the Noolemen's and Gen tlemen's Catch Club had a very numerous meeting at Wit. Lis's Rooms ; WETLAND, Esq. Sir W. L 14014•61, Vica-Presid-nts. E.rl WIEST he KAT II produced a new Glee, of his own composition s which was much admired, and very corre&ly sung by Messrs. H sitarsos, Goss, VAL/014AM, and Sa't, jun. The latter Gentleman's celebrated Batelle duet was sung with unbounded applause by himself and Vauort am. The Hon. Joao Seamen was ad mitted a visitor. Master K eceived a ge neral invitation to amend. Mews Goss ani V•UGH. /At were admitted Members. COMPLETION OP THE GRAND JUNCTION CANAL. That grand line of communication, between the metropolis and the most distant parts of the king dom, which the Grand Jundinn Canal was to ef- fea, was incomplete till Monday last, owing to range of high land, btnween Stoke Binen, and Bbs worth, in Northamptonshile, not being penetrated by a tunn4 or arch, as intended ; bin all goods coming past that piece, have been obliged to lie un loaded, and placed on waggons, and conveyed on a rail-way over the hill, to he embarked again in other boats. On Monday morning, the weather proving very fine, an amazingly large concourse of people were assembled, some of them trom considerable distances, to view the stupendous works at Blisworth Tunnel, and to see the grand procession in honour of the opening of this internal communication by water, between the most distant places. One of the Paddington packet-boats, called the Marquis of nucl ing4ain, was the first boat which went through the tunnel—this was early in the morning. in order to join the other boats assembled at the North end f the tunnel, at Blisw )rth, to form the grand proct sion. About H o'clock, the Committee of the C. - nal Company, who had superintended this great work, Messrs. Praed, Mansell, Unwin, Parkinson, Smith, and a great number of others of the prin cipal Proprietors, entered the boats, attended by Messrs. Telford, Bevan, and others of the Engineers employed on the Canal, and by the band of the Northamptonshire Militia, and proceeded into the tunnel, amidst the loidest acclamations of the spec tators ; the pitchy derkness re the tunnel was shortly relieved by a number of flambeaus and light; ; but the company in general seemed lost in contemplating the stupendous efforts by which this amazing arch of brick-.cork, about eighteen inches thick, in ge neral ; fifteen feet wide, and nineteen in height, withinside, being of an elliptical form, 3040 yards in length, had been completed, between the 10th sf August, 1792, aid the `46th of February, 1801 The height of the hill, above the tunnel, being, fur a considerable way, full GO feet ; for drawing up the clay and soil which were excavated, and letting down the materials to different parts of the works, nineteen shafts or wells were sunk on different parts of the line, and heading. or small arch, was run or formed the whole length, below the present tun nel, with numerous cross-branches to draw off the springs of water, which would otherwise have im peded the work. In an hour and two minutes, the boats with the company arrived at the South eed cl the tunnel, and were greeted by the loud buzzes of at least five thousand persons, who were assembled, and who accompanied the boats with continual cheers as they proceeded down the locks, to Stoke, and from thence to Old Stratford, where one of the boats being too highly laden with people, they ex perienced a severe squeeze against the bridge, and the instrument called a serpent, on which one of the band was playing, was crushed to pieces. Except this, we did not hear of the slightest accident, hut the whole went off with the greatest ear!. The principal company retired t„; the Bull Inn, at Stoney Stratford. and. about six o'clock. leo Proprietors and friends to this grand undertaking sat down to an excellent dinner, Mr. Need, in the chair. After which, much interesting conversation took place on trade and other subjeCts, enlivened by the following Watts : The King ;" " The Queen and Royal ;" " Success to the Grand Junftion Canal ;" which last was drunk with three times three, and the greatest applause.; "The Marquis of Buck ingham :" Mr. Praed, the Chairman ;" " Mr. Barnes ;" " Mr. Parkinson ;" " The Coventry Ca nal;" Ilse Oxford Canal these being Quiets with which the Grand Jun&ion now opens a com munication ; " The Duke of Grafton ;" " Success to Inland Navigation ;" " Mr. Telford ;" The Earl of Bridgwater ;" " Ilse Condueors of the Embankment." meaning an embankment across it valley near Stoney Stratford, intended to preserve the level of the Canal across the same, instead of the locio down on the one side and up on the other, by which boats pass at present. . 1 Mr. Box," &c. ke. The utmost harmony and conviviality pre vailed among the company till near twelve o'clock, when they broke up. All the other Inns in Stoney Stratford were filled with company, and many of the parties did not separate till a late hour. Though the tunnel at Ellsworth completes the line of the canal, and enables boats freely to pass the whole length, yet, besides the embankment above-mentioned, several other works are in hand, or intended in different places for improving the Canal, or rendering it more completely water tight, where the soil is faulty, for removing the dis contents, or avoiding the interruptions of the Millers, particularly in the Colne valley, and, above all, for increasing the supply of water, that no interruption may, in dry seasons, be given to the increasing trade reasonably to be expeded on this essential line ef Ca nal, particularly at the summits near Wendover, and near Trigg, on which last object, the great abilities of Bevan the engineer are at parent exercised. The Duchess of Rutland, a transport, from Malta for Portsmouth, one of the Irree's convoy, was captured in the Mediterranean. and lourne.l, on the tith of February. It was confidently asserted in Dublin, that Mr. pia Al TAN was to be introduced into Parliament, for the purpose of supporting, with all the force of his acknowle tged ability, the Petition of the Roman Catholics of Ireland. It will be recollefted, that when Mr. Pitt con cluded the bargain for the late loam of twenty-two minions and a half, for England and Ireland, he made a reserve of one million more, to be raised in Ireland. Wednesday Mr Burroughs, and some other Gen tlemen, at the head of respedable Irish houses in the city, had a conference with Mr. Foster. the Irish Chancellor of the Exchequer, prior to the bid ding taking place at Dublin Castle, on the tf a of April. Mr. Foster acquainted the Gentlemen, that, in stead of One Million, the sum originally intended to he raked in Ireland, it was now found neceessary to make it one million eight hundred thousand pounds. It was then agreed, that the Contractors were to re ceive for every 1001. advanced in cash. 1001. in the Irish 3i per cents. and the bidding to take plat e in the 5 per cents. ; those proposing to take the least of the latter stock, to be entitled to the 1, an. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OR CHANCIAci, 144uRsc.Ar, MARC, 28. The last seal being finished on Wednesday, the Loa° Cm ANC et, LON was chiefly occupie 1 in hearing es parle Petitions this morning, mostly Hating to references before the Masters, and ordcr, direited to the Accountant Gmeral for tran-ferring sums of money. Not less than thirty petitions were dis posed of, mostly matters of course, and not any of notoriety or interesting to the public. The cause of Nutbrown v. Colonel Thornton, of which we have given reports in former papers, was called on for judgment on Friday last. After some observations by the Loin CM•NCEL LOR, his 1.-:rd ship recommended to the parties to refer the matters in dispute to the decision of some respe&able Gen tleman of the Bar, and the Counsel on both sides acquiescing in his Lord , hip's intimation, declared th..ir intention of recommending such a measure to their respeaive clients. POLICE. ' I M mater-OFFICE, Bow-STMT. A young man, of a very respettable family, has been under a private examination for several slays past, charged with uttering a forged drati for a considerable amount, with an intent to defraud Mess. s. Fnrsters and Lubbock, Bankers, in the city. The toliowing circumstances have transpired : The Prisoner wet t to a Jeweller'., in the Strand, and agreed for the purchase of a quantity (..t goods, md tendered a draft on Mess. Forster, Lubbock. and Co. but the Jeweller hesitated at givin,r, change, as he was not sure it wa► a good one; tile Prisoner ob served, the change was of no cons quence, he would call again the next day for the change, when they had ascertained that the draft was a good one. In the mean time application was made to the Ballet's, and the draft proved to be a bad one. The Monter, according to his promise, called the next day (which was certainly more the cat of a madman duan a rogue) ; he was of course taken into custody. On Monday morning an aged ui...le to the Pri soner, and a very respe&able man. caned upon the prosecutor, and requested a sight of rh^ drafr, for the purpose of taking a copy to make . oa,e to lay before Counsel, which the Prosecutor complied with, but held one end in his hand, when the 01J side man suddenly snatched it and tore it. A scuttle ensued between the parties, but the old Gentleman succeeded in getting it into the fire, aid it was burned ; he was in consequence conveyed to Bew street, when he declared upon his honour it was Cot his intention to attempt to destroy the draft tilithe moment be did it, when the sudden impalse tore came into his mind, that he probably Iliad it then in his power to save the life of his nephew. Yesterday both of diem underwent a final p ivate examination, when the Magi , tra - e being s ~ a sCied with the pruduaion of the draft on the lust examioto. tion, he was fully committed for trial. The uncle was admitted to bail, himselt in 4001. and tWS sure ties in ¶lOOl. each, for a violent assauh upon the Plaintiff. Mr. CONST, who attended for the Bankers, was ctf opinion it would prove to be a misdemeanour. The Duke of Suisse attended the examinations. INQUEST. Yesterday, at four o'cl.ack, an Inquest was held at the Marquis of Urlsie public house, at Knights bridge, on the body of the gentleman taken nut of the Serpentine River the preceding day. A T MIN Y GLLL, tsq. Coroner; Mr. Kirsa, Foreman crf the Jury. The only evidence was, ti it of one Pagan, who stated, that Boeoor, who has the c ., arge of the boat belonging :o the Serpentine River, had direaed him to get a cart and said' .o con voy the body of a gentleman he had tnono ja the Serpentine River, and that he had ',posited . the body in Knightsbridge watch-house, which was dressed in a blue :loth great coat, ' , lsek coat and waistcoat, a pair of woollen late-. loured breeches, and half-hoots. On the little fil ger f '7 l his left hand, was a broad gold ring. In his pot 'ret. white handkerchief with a red hordei, roar ltedG. Isles 6,a pair of speaacles and case, a tortoise • amh, a pair of scissars, and a silver tooth-pick and case, several hits ch paper, so wet and torn that nothing satisfactory could be learned from them One of the papers appeared to be part of a letter, and had the words " Argyle-street-47th Regt. of Foot— assignees—Oglvie." The Coroner addres,ed the Jury in a very able speech, who returned their vet.. dia, " Found drowned in the Serpentine River the 27th of March, 1805." His hoots were cover-. 1 with mud, and the body was taken up about 'lO yards from the shore at the head of the river. Ahout three weeks since a hat was found floating on the river, and by the appearance of the body, it is sup. posed it has been that length of time in the water. The house of Mr. MARTIN in Dalby's-trrrace, City-road, was broke open on S...turday morning last, and robbed of plate to a considerable amount, with which the villains got off undiscovered Wednesday last, the newly-ereaed and extensive brewery at Wigton, belongirg to Mt bx si. ran and Huosom, was nearly destroyed by a fire, which took place in the course of the s-zcond bp-wing i . nly, and supposed to have been occasioned by stove Return to the Order of the t iouse of Commons, dated 12th February, 1805, far " An secynat if all balances due to the public in the hands of JOHN i.xos, Receiver General of the Land Tax for Scot land, at the time of his decease ." Upon the la,t account r, cems I at rho- Orwe, to the 10th o; October 1604, the balance dad +red was L 71. e,l Of which has been Cnoe paid, pursuant to or for Leaving the Balance of . . The same being within the usual permanent balance in the hands or the Receiver General for Scotland, to answer the several orders from time to time issued by the Barons of the Exchequrr in Scotland, to de fray the charges on this Revenue. payable in Scot land, and other services, in pursuance of several Afts of Path 4ment. At a :al. , at A yr on the 15th inst. of the debts due to the late Mesas. DOUGLAS, Fla nom. and Co. Ayr, 95,7111. I Is. 10d. was exposed in lots. Two lots. am untiug r, t 4.11311. IN. 44. did not sell, and fotr lots. amounting to 74,47L11. 14s. tid. were knxked down at forty-six guineas. being somewhat n.u.e than a s! fling for ahundred pounds. . • 4 I