The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1804-08-23 00:00:00

ItOITTF: OF TIIE KM iL FV I fILY TO WEYNTOUTII, The ROYAL FAMILT a spelled to leave Wind scr for Weymouth, on Friday morning, between nine and ten o'clock, cha he horses at Bagshot and Hartford Bridge, wl.: re they will go out of the main road to dine with Getieral Sir WILLIAM PITT, at his seat at High:teld, about four miles from liar :ford Bridge. After taking dinner and tea, they will p-oceed t s Basingst Ike, where they will change hurs^s, and go on to Andover to supper. Heren is et o,..ied CI. Princesses SOPIII• and AM c ia w:11 .leep. %la) tsri Es and the other PtuN cessts will n It sleep on the road, but will pursue their j .:I icy with all possible speed during the • Chat' will change !wises at Salisbury, Wuo;•v tr's Inn, Blandford, and Dorchester; and are expecied to arrive at Weymouth between four amd five o'clock, on Saturday morning. HAYMARKET THEATRE. Mr. ELttstom appeared in The Stranger, last t, with success. The After-piece was a new one, intitled, " The G,1 7 Der , i :sr.," fr in the pen of Mr. CoLMAN. It WO.II I !. _• unfair to ju fge it by any rule of criticism. It w Farce of the broadest kind. It aimed at not'•.••c ?sot to keeo tl:e h use in roar, without ger r...i.; :1 care why or wherefore. To produce t f !, Omit Ai servant, who had been a shew r . ar. : was on every occasion introducing the •• _: ul his profession, working the wires and a to the puppets ; with an occasional growl the beasts in order : this was performed --eat humour by Mr. MATTNEWS.—A Laisdiera by BANNISTER was supported in it style. The scene was Lail at Twicken h gave rise to innumerable allusions to stibjoin ! how are thy Ovum polluted, .1 4 Sugar-haker should, wander, re P.,pe did yonder." . Candy, a Sugar-baker, was also intro : whom it was said— , the Sugar.baker, was very well in the Nap; len risuride reys..ei." t. ISTON wag Sir Ibirrii Porpinpir, a Very h of TOM Shrigeton ; he certainly gave is . agth it would allow. Considering it in • • , \AV should have thought the pi ece _ had 6..ied. Mr. Banstisrla and Mr. Ma.. • ' z were ekenred, and laughter never . conclusion, when the chorus s . a chorus of the r. • • ' proceeded fp , m aU parts of t • . e, csmposed of hissing, and every other ~ of disapprobation. The gentlemen in the side borzt, however, sought to stem the torrent, and ,hed the piece to end it began. The perform • ers kept their ground a crnsidcrable time, but, at length. the curtain dropped. Mr. ELI./TON then came forward, and, with some dif f iculty, obtained a hearing, when ha spoke nearly u follows s " LADIti Joirs anurt.cusii, _ . _ _ " It is not the intention of the Author to force any rive upon you which yon do not approve, nor mine to ask it. I never was refused by an audience to he heard. The piece was got up with haste, and, i defence of the Author, for whom my friendship will c.. Ise but with my life, I will say he had not justice done him this night, and t:,ere are a sufficient Lumber here who have declared their wish to see it performed again " " Hr all means," " By all means,"re-echoed from every part of the how& There were some pretty scenes. Of the music we can say but little, except /tfr. T. Moo NIA ale- Latest Air to the following woids•— • SONG. PCO %S US ?UNCOIL All Twe:—.. A ra 4 rah ha 44 , 1saditeu " Awl% vita t1144,t. p Jor Wh ue Dear..ts are recke:a d dome A liaiand can never b: je.l; )ug, Mr:tare tree is 3- enel:f.ii 3 , 10 Satce De.....rmay'r ini;, u,om I cry, w`. en a'or lad I woull Ariteu ' if 1 et, tr .4( )3• "My Lave, I r t'y ys.p.ar Tiea au 4) , w. 1.1 tie, 1 1 33 ar marred .ors, &e. beautim may v:ell t> a at •angm ; My Ri'anm,l ivat lr .41 ; d•srace • Htr sirtot is never I t !.; :^-, Tic tuom•ost you fact but hat ive ha. not of Irthokhes ; ror, at th.sse who a,• rsl.e to Clair bad, So high etc u l Ite- shooll.rre, They almost have cover% htr head. Than allay, St I am safe fists each comnan ocnsi That troubles a married Mint It ft And, even is cue of Inyasioii, Ive nothing t fear tir my wife. Nay, If Death la the Church Yard had tad her, I shoe shit much weep at my fate ; Bat, Nature so crooked has made her. I'm sure I shu'n't bury her straight. The House overflowed at a very early hour with 4on elegant audience. PEDESTRIAN FEAT. Yesterday morning, a Gentleman of the Temple undertook to walk twenty miles, in four hours, for 4 wager of fifty guineas ; namely, to accomplish the distance by walking from one end of Ilaker-street. O rford -street, to the other, a given number of 11 :nes. He started at two, and by three-quarters 4... r. five p er f ormed his task, winning 15 minutes u 'Lida the time allowed. S potrimil.--Th e following great matchwas made at Itaby Castle last week. Mr. Mt:Luau's bay colt ''" . 4.• by Doff emu.: anc. against Lord DARLING. brow n c o l t , p a rih, n , Years of by Wary, both rising d, to run Lowes on the second day oT races I four miles, fur SOW guineas each, .:Lout/ lurfeit. GRENVILLE CAUSE. NORTH CAROLINA. RALtIOII, JUNE 2j. On Wednesday last, before the Circuit Court held for this distri&, came on to be tried the suit brought by the Sari of Coventry and others, the representa tives of the late Earl Grenville, against Messrs. Collins and Allen of Edenton. The .lury being sworn, the Plaintiff's Counsol stated their title as follows : That in 1664, the Province of Carotin t was granted by King Charles 11. to eight Lords Proprie tors, of whom Lord Carteret, afterwards created Earl Grenville, was one—that in 1729, seven of the 'Lords Proprieters, surrendered their parts of the Province to the Crown—that in 1744, the Crown and Earl Grenville divided the Province, and one eighth part was allotted and set apart for Earl Grenville— that in 1763, Earl Grenville died, leaving Robert, his son, and heir at law, who took the title and estates—that in February, 1776, Robert, Earl Gren ville, died, and by his will devised his estate to trustees in trust for Lord Carteret and others—that in 1796, Lord Weymouth, one of the trustees, died ; the demise was laid Ist, on the title of the surviving trustee; and 2dly, on the title of Lord Carteret; to prove the descent ,of Robert Earl Grenville, the deposition of John Parkinson was read ; and to prove the conveyances between the Crown and the Lords Proprietors, and Earl Grenville and the Crown, the original deeds were produced and read--here the Plaintiff's Counsel rested their case, The Defendant's Counsel then stated their De. fence to be : st. That the rights of the Plaintiffs were lost by the chanze of Government which took place on the dissuluti• n of the lt , .yal Government; that they thereby became Aliens, incapable of holding lands, and this incapacity still exi.ts. 2d. That by the declarati n of Rights, and the Constirution of the Stare, the Rights which the Plaintiffs hart before the Revulution, became vested in the Collective Body of the People of North Ca rolina. 9d. That their rights were taken away by some of the ads of Assembly for confiscating Lin and for opening offices for the entry of vacant and unap propriated lands. 4th That the Defendants had been in *dual pos session of the land since the year t 787, wider a grant from the State, without any adverse claim se, up till the suit brought by the Plaintiffs. To prove the latter, the grant was read, and a statement of fads tending to prove the possession. The Plaintiff's Counsel then tendered a demurrer to the evidence ; and upon the Plaintiff's admitting distinctly on the record that the D e fendants had been in the adull possession of the land from 1 7 8 7, the Defendants Counsel joined in demurrer; whire upon the Court discharged the Jury from further consideration of the Cause. The argument of the Demurrer was postponed by the Corti till Dectniher term. The Counsel for General Davie pressed for the snit brought against him, but the Court dirt-fled it to be continued, nn the ground, that it was unnecessa ry tn'try that till the Demurrer should be argued and disposed of. Thus the truly important question, haw far the rights of Earl Grenville have been affeaed by the change of Government, the laws of confiscation, and the - ads of limitation, is submitted to the decision of anable and enlighten& Conrt.We do not pretend to be acquainted with the legal principles which the event of this question depends ; but we Ratter our selves that the result will be favourable to the inter est of the State. The importance of this contro versy must be obvious tnevery reffeaing mind ; and we trust, that, as the Legislature will be in session before argument will be heard, they will yet kind their assistance to those who are defending her great rights and best interests.—(.lli,croa). ALEXANDRIA, Jo►r 13. Arrived last evening, the schooner General Nark. ?If V, Captain Barry. horn 'Trinidad. Sailed on the 14th ult. in company with the brig Sally, Todd, of and for Baltimore Left several northern 'true's, names nit recolleCted. Two days after leaving port , in sight of the harbour of Grenada, Capt.tin B. was hoarded from a French schooner privateer, by a Lieutenant and six men, armed with long knives, whirs eonduS and language partook of that bruta lity which is a general charaeteristic of these tree. betters. The Lieutenant. after questoning Captain B.'s people as to any money that might be on board, rum:naged his cabin and Isold in search of it, and then tabard him of a fifty gallon cask of rum (his own property), and about 800 limes; he men tinned his iittenri,a; of breaking open a hogshead of sugar, Ind taking out a barrel of it, as a hogshead was ton heavy for his boat ; but while his hands were putting the rum into the boat, the man at the mast read announced a fleet to windward, and one ship bearing down for them, when the Lieutenant ordered his men into the boa:, telling Captain B. as he took his departure, that he was then somewhat in a hurt y, otherwise he would give him an order on his agent at Guadeloupe, for the amount of the rum he had plundered. During this time, Captain Todd, mentioned above, was compelled to hoist out his boat, and carry a barrel of flour on board the privateer, for which he received an order on Martinique. Captains Barry and Todd then made sail, and in about two hours afterwards, Captain B. was boarded by a Lieutenant of the British ship Pnri.kr, of 44 guns, Captain Nash, and treated po litely. The Lieutenant informed, that the fleet which was going in to anchor, were twenty-eight in number, and from Surinam and Demerara, bound to England, and that they and the loaded merchant. men would sail the following day to join the wind ward homeward bound fleet at St. Kitt's. Captains B. andT. kept company until the night of the Y 241 ult. when they were separated by a heavy squall, about three miles to the eastward of St. Eustatia. June '3, at ten p. No. close under the lee of St. Martin's, was boarded from a Dutch sloop privateer, and treated politely. July 8, at two p. w. spoke the schooner Doreheskr. of Vienna, Captain Philips, front Guadaloupe„ for Baltimore. On the 9th, they, with two brigs and four schooners, came into the Capes together. INF.Vf CROSS READii;G.", It is thought that the Middlesex Medina has— run' away with cash and notes to it considerable amount. The new Emperor still continues to inspea the preparations for invasion—small hopes are enter tained °lbis recovery. The tragedy of Othe Ye was last night performed by a party of amateurs—and run over and mangled in a dreadful manner. A French seventy-four lately attacked cre (lour fishing smack,—no CALLS! can be assigned tot rash anion. Captain B.'s dispute with Major C. is said to have originated in a Mose of ill fame—where he had been for the recovery of his health. The gentleman who was lately delivered pf Church -street. White Chapel—has been committed for further examination. A po-r tradesman has lately had the misfortune to be—visited by several people of fashion. In consequence of the rapid sale of Packwood's razor strops—a gentleman yesterday cut his throat in a most alarming manner. The drubbing Linois received from our merchant ships in a late engagement is—tu be continued in our next. There will shortly be a grand dinner at the Man sion house—for bettering the condition of the pour. Among the arrivals at Bath, arc two eminent physicians—the following is a list of the killed and wounded. The flame of an amorous Duke for a certain fair syren—was extinguished without doing any mate rial injury. _ _ _ Mr: Pitt is said to have settled the Ways and Means for another ten yeari war—which he per formed with apparent ease in two hours and twenty minutes. CORHEATII REVIEW. Monday morning, at seven o'clock, the line being formed, four pieces of heavy ordnance were placed on the right wing with the York and Maidstone Rifle Companies and the Horse Artillery. The first Guards took the right of the line, second the Cold stream, third the West Norfolk, fourth the Royal Bucks, fifth the East Norfolk, sixth the Ist West York, seventh the 3d West York, eighth the Maid stone Volunteers, ninth the 23d Regiment, tenth the Cavalry from the Depot, and Capt. Turner's Troop of Yeomanry; the whole under the command of Lieut. General the Earl of Chatham, with Major-Generals Finch, Lord Southampton, and Baird, under him. At eight o'clock, Lieutenant General Sir David Dundas, commander of this distrift, arrived on the ground, and taking his station to the right of the whole, with the above General Officers and their Aid de-Camps, also Mr. Pitt and many other Military Gentlemen, waited the arrival of the Commander in Chief, His Royal Highness the Duke of York, who joined them at nine o'clock and with the whole train proceeded down the line. This being over, the whole army extended across the Heath, and marched to the right of it: in the interval of this movement, the Light In fantry Companies from the different regiments, enelarling to the right of all, formed in rear of the Great Guns and. Rifle Corps, and unitedly became a clistind and adverse body, with whom the three brigades of the line had to encounter, which, in ap proaching, were soon engaged ; but the main body. supported by their battalion guns and a part of the Hoese Artillery, compelled them to retire nearly two miles, and to take refuge in different thick nesses and enclosures contiguous to West Farleigh Green, from which they could not be dislodged, in turn made a feint retreat, in course of whrch, several stands were made, still to decoy the elemy upon the open part of the Heath, which being ac complished, an irregular fire opened the extent of the whole line, supported by the II) ing artillery, from which the enemy was discomfited, and com pelled to take refuge behind his guns ; the Carat; y, at the instant, made a charge, and the whole were surrounded. The different battalions, on their re turn into camp, then passed in review before His Royal Highness, commencing with the left of the line—the Maidstone Volunteers were the first, the other regiments followed in succession, which con cluded the whole. he fineness of the day drew together a multitude of gentry and other spriiators from all quarters, who were highly gratified with the grandeur and military display they had seen. THE LATE MR. O'HARA. Yesterday se'ennight the body of the late Henry O'Hara, Esq. who was killed by a fall from his horse in Piccadilly, was interred in the family vault under St. James's Chapel, bpon the Hamp stead road. The funeral procession advan.:ed to the place of burial from the house of the deceased in Grosvenor•place in the following order: Two Mules on Harsehack. Six Horsemen in Cloaks. State Lid of Feather. attr:idcd by Pages. THE HEARSE, Drawn by six hews, with plumes and feathers, and velvets covering the horses, with pages on each aide. Four Mourning Coaches and four, with feat:ll43.i aril velvets, area pages on each side Four Gentlemen, friends or relatives of the deceasci, in each evaell. The coffin was covered, with rich black velvet, And ornamented with plated handles, &c. finished in the !hand s. )niest manner. The funeral service was performed by th• Rev. JOHN WOOli DUPPA. A grand depot of fire-arms is expeetz.! to made in the town of Bury Sc. Edmund's; a p. non employed by Government being now engaged iu procuring a proper building for the purpose Circular Letters arc preparing to calla meeting of the Freeholders of Middlesex, in the inter: it ot Mr. hisitswasisn, for the purpose ~ f consi,lering of the necessary :neans of securing that Gentleman in his Parliamentary seat. Yesterday, 183 days net half-r-ay was issued the reduced O %cers of His M'artsr v's Land Forces on the British Establishment, a'. the Pay- Office, Horse-Guards, for the period commeacing December 25, 1803, and ending June 21, 1 t. 04, both days inclusive. Ihe body of Mr. S•nt.[a, who was lost cr.:t of a Margate Packet, was picked up esdAy morning by a Whitstable Drudger, and taken t) Whitsta b le. THl l , , Tt4g F. YORK, M ONO. Y, AUOCST 20, 1804. •' rtmeTiNvrt, J • , :••1 • A Sab.cription , f`.?".gs.'each ; tour-year olds 7-t.9lbi five-year olJs gst. Mb. aik-year olds and . aged gst. 1016 —Four-year old fillies allowed 41b.— Four Miles. 1...r.1 thilington'a 1,..1V. tlaphazard, a;ed . . . 1 Mc /1.1a . ..tri11% gr rn. Marcia. Igtod . . . . 2 —. .. -. . . . (Lseoirite.. 7rs._ old . '. • • 1I o.s:!tun'... c 6 c 'Jr Walnut, 4 yrs. r.l:. L.. f I. b. Orville, 5 yrs. nia • . s 5 to 4. pn Haphazard against the livid ; '5 to against Marti',; •,5 to 1 against Lebo); ; 20 to / 4 against easy- • • His Majesty's ;pugs. for all ages: four-year olds lOst- 41h. five-years ilst. 61b six-year olds I 2st. and aged 12st.i1lb.—Four Miles. Sir 11. Williamson': Starling, 041 Lord Darlington's br. r. Doncaster. yrs. •14 Mr. Simpson's Ruelvome, 4 yr. oh! . . Mr. Melli.lev b. e I.iitle Joey. 4 vrs. old Mr. F'it's f. by It 1.0 , 11 a -will, 4 yrs. obi e .1114oiltor.*. t: G yrs. . . - - - - M . Peirs,'t b. L. b; Forgo+. 4 tr. od Si , T. aocuigne;,:li.:n 1 .10e:, 5 Old . Mr liudgioli'd eli. c Shod', 4 yin. old 3 and 4to I against Starling ;5 to and 3to I. on Lo ca.ter : 7 to I against RoJstope; high odds against any of the rest. A g sod race. Pro.i , sce Sweepstakes of 1 ings. each, h ft. for fair-year olds ; 'colts Bst. 71b. fill;es 851. 41b. Those masked that • allowed 31b.—Four miles. O . Mr P , irse's h. c by . 10.1 Ferg . . . . Sir F. stands4lio lir a,lt , by Sir Peter . Lord fitvoilom's ►ay Glly, by Sir Peter . . . 3 Duke of ilsof iltost', ch. .7 ►y %Valuta . . . . 4 Sir T b. 1. Thcophiii.;s, by . Sir F. StoisilicN 'other to Spread E.sie . . • Mr. Wirotworth's ch f Rebecc.i, by Otsitotiel . . 7 Sir F Stantitsh% colt, b. Sir Peter S to 1 against Peirse ; 3 to 1 neither of Sir F... won; sto 2 against the Dnke. A gfrod race. Sweepstakes of lOOgs. each, h. ft. colts Bst. 71b. fillies Bst. 31b.—Four Mc Wilson's Star!in.:, Brother to Hone .:.Mho . . 1 L ...tlDarlineust's by. c. Doncastet, by S.r Peter . . 2 Lard Fitzwilham's by. clt, Ducat. by Cortand•T . . 3 2 to 1 against Starling; 2 to 1 against Doncaster; 3to 1 against Ducat. Never a better race. Never was York fuller Gf company at our Au gust Meeting. This day was extremely favourable, and the ground is getting into excellent condition ; all the Races run to-day, were in a style seldom w i•. nessed on any Course in the kingdom. The match to be rode betwixt Mrs. T—n and Mr. Flint draws an immense crowd of gaiety and fashion to thi. city. The betting 6 to 4, and 2 to 2 on the Lady. SUMMES ASSIZES. aaistrot, AVOCST IS. The Commission for this City was opened last 4 evening ; and this morning, at nine o'clock, I/td ELLEMBOROUGI4 went into Court. The itemiser of causes entered here were only ten, and the whole of little or no consequence. 110ATIS O. PHILIPOT. This was an stetion of covenan• brought agakst the Defendant, for non-payment of rent, who had taken a house of the Plaintiff. upon a lease for five years, at ;he yearly rent of 1001. In this lease there was a covenant, that the Plaintiff should supply the Defendant with as much hot mineral water as he should have occasion for,for the use of his customers. who might come there to drink the waters; and this, indeed, was the principal reason which induced th. Defendant to take the above house ; but, owing to same misunderstanding between the parties, the Plaintiff thought proper to cut eff the supply of these waters from the Defendant's house, for a con siderable time. which prevented the Defendant from receiving those advantages which otherwise ate might have received ; and, for this reason, the lk. fendaut withheld the payment of his rest; and this Eta being proved by the Defendant, and indeed even admitted, on the part of the Plaintiff, to have been done for nine days, the Plaintiff was non suited ; it being the opinion of the Court. that the Defendant was justified in aging as he did. a MANSION-11UUSE. Yesterday the following curious ease came be fore the LORD MAYOR A young woman, who had not been above three months married, was charged by her husband with assaulting him. Being persons of genteel appear ance, and some credit, his Lordship heard both stories with great patience. The young man com plained, that in consequence of his wale's not suls. misting to be confined to home as he pleased, his life was made very unhappy ; that she cause of the present quarrel arose from his refusing to let her go to Peckham Fair ; a place he highly disapproved of: however, the matter wa., as he ilrilight, ami cably adjusted, and they went to bed to perfett love and harmony—but she fair paw's retentment did not end here, for, suddenly starting up in the night, she tore his shirt in pieces, scratched hit legs. face, bre. in a dreadful manner, and gave him other violent and personal abuse. In answer to those charges, the wife declared he had used hrr very ill ; that he half starred her, and. never gay.! her a penny in her pocket; sbe also complainei bitterly of his fatht.r and mother, whh, she said, had don.: every thing in their power sow discord between them—and, lastly, tha: he came home at three o'clock in the morning, in a state of intoxication. lie replied. thaithis lair only happened, lel": he went out with his Corps, he being a private la a Regirneat cf City Volunteers. The Loan M‘vOlt said, that there appeared faults on both - .ides, and adv:,:ed them to Lome and make up Cie ,itturd. I Is , Lordship recanted eleir friend:, wan were present. to Smeltery, •n,( endeavour to accommodate rn liters between them. liester,lay the Let .11.ry fur the Lib-ity of the Tov. er ri.ifei the t tai: shops ab. nt Weil clo,e-squAre, where they found .everat weigh.: and :su res very deficient, siNc:l fLey haf.rker of co2li• selling them under rive n the streets, had his measures ta..n tmm loin !).:.tig consde:ahlytinder the Ntandnrd ene.frli•f; n of ti;l. Car:. was r.tk , Pn down ; pr C'sr ice';-Alley, to visit a butcher's si “pposed by the znas:er ; they acct.,' a.nl went to outer places. -oceeding elev we r: dingly le l him.