The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1805-08-10 00:00:00

THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, SATURDAY. Aucust 10. Orders were yesterday recetrel in Were fion( His Royal Highness the CONI NISS DER in CHI er, for cusp •nding all furloughs and leave of absence in she army, and requiring all officers and soldiers abseil. on leave, to join their respeaive regiments with all possible dispatch. Government have issued orders for the immediate inspeCtion of all the Yco. manry a•.d Volunteers of the Kingdom, together wite the waggons attached to each Corps. Orders were also issued in the cow sc of yesterday, and the day before, to the Commanders of several Volunteer Corps, and from them to the Officers under their con:mand for the purpose of ascertaining their effec. tive force, with a view to their immediate service, should circumstances render it necessary, or for the purpose of improving them in their discipline. Among the cases to which we allude, the brigade of Royal East India Volunteers are ordered upon permanent duty this month by alternate regiments. The 2U re giment, commanded by Colonel Sir Hyatt Itictts, is to take the lead, and will mare)), we understand, Or Chatham Lines, or Chelmsford, next week. Nell regiment will not remain upon duty longer tail fourteen days The Loyal Southwark. Volun lksirs, with sharp shooters attached, so lately en camped at Epsom, are ordered to muster on Tuesday neat at their head-quarters, with arms, clothes, and accoutrements, in complete order, to march immediately for fi .1d exercise. Lieutenant Colossi Al, COCK . , the commander of the regiment. assignees the reason forrthis sudden call, that "the situation of the country requires they should be upon the alert." It is unnecessary re enumerate more ewes of this ki^d. It was also confidently reported last rig`•:, that orders will be issued next Monday for ernbottin g the levy en mow; and that a mesaenger was sent in the course of the day to 'Weymouth, with the necessary orders for His hifansvv's signa ture. These proceedings clearly chew that Gomm. mast have ground to apprehend an attempt on she part of the enemy to carry the threat of invasion into immediate execution. Upon an abstrad view of the Continent, and looking also to the peculiar cir cumstances in which Bon aaaaa s stands in relation to the several other powers of Europe, this is the very moment in which the attempt may be expoded.— But we have something stronger than general rea soning. All the communieatioes, public and private. from Holland, for some time past, concur in stating that the greatest activity prevails in the Dutch ports, and that a formidable force is colleited there for the avowed purpose of invasion. Among the most recent articles of intelligence upon this subject, is the following extra& of a letter from an intelligent Correspondent at Dover, written on Thursday, and iasened in Tfl G s oat of yesterday : " An Aa►ericae ship, about 300 tons bunhen, called die Dispatch, of and belonging to Philadelphia, commanded by Captain Bannies, came into this harbour with the morning lid She sailed from the New Diep, in Holland, en Friday hat, hi a great hurry, in order to avoid the embargo that was •en inward to be laid on every moment in the Mitch pelts I use, in the rough weather which has since paraded, she strict upon the Galloper Sand, and so materially injured her rudder, as to render it thecesi.ary to put in Item to repair the damage. She bin ballast, bound to the Wand of Madeira first, and then to Casten in China for a cargo. The super cargo, who is a very intelligent 'ming man, informs me, that Matt time before they left Holland, 50,000 troops were already embodied Oil herd transports, for the purpose of invading this ontimry; and that 25,000 met, were at Utrecht, and the vicinity, root! for the same purpose. " The above intelligence is eoahrmed, in every particular, by a Gentleman who landed yesterday evening from soother shop, which had made a similar escape from throes. "1 have Just been informed, from a qu vier that I am as.ur ed cannot he doubted, that the Em;sernr NA rnui,,s has hewn at Calais and Boulogne within tin se ten days, as a p.iyare ;cr oon ; no reiniciiir were made, guns hied, nor any more• taken of him than of any other stranger who ..mood there Compare this wirli the rout and bustle which took place at bothla-4 year when he appeared there, and it agrees with all the err nu tonje %Ire; that here.,!! y intends to el , Ice his des• perate attempt ; and that he will do it without giving us any part ruler warning.•• Sortie hate attributed this alivity in the Dutch ports, particularly in the 'Feed, to an eepelation, that the Combined Fleet might probably return to Furnp e North about, and form a junction with the ship; in that port. Its attempt to make Ferrol is a pretty certain proof, that such a course was not a contingency in the contemplation of the French Go vernment. That would be a tedious, dangerous, and desperate voyage. The enemy have no friendly port in the North sea, no choice of harbours, as on the coast's of France and Spain. If they could not snake the Teel. trey would have no place else in which to skulk front English vengeance. Resides, ' if no accounts had been received of them in due tints, our Government, calculating from the length possibly gnu• enforce our fle. be perfeal, aware of all storied to be Bible contingency. son to itpiwekaatl calltiatliatir sleety the Combined nor sleeps. Englund ambition and the an opportunity not lose it from ' , • ' No further accounts were received yesterday of our own or the eneiny's fleets. In a moment of anxious suspence, like the present, conjeNure is al ways busy, and, of course, every possible case within the range of possibility has become the sub . _ _ jed of speculation. From the great damage which several ships of the enemy received in the arflion of the 22d, combined with the course they were steering when last seen, on the 2.,th, it continues to be the prevailing opinion that they meant to pro ceed for Cadiz ; but it is probable that they may have separated, and that the damaged ships may have attempted to put into Vigo. This, however, as we have already observed, is only one of a thou sand conjetures. The Diana packet, arrived at Falmouth, from Lisbon, on the.3d inst. in lat. 45, 51.1m5. le, 15. ( weather hazy ; passed several wane seta provisina casks, hen-coops, pieces of boards, cabin bulk heads, tables, and other furniture, to all appearance only a short time in the water. At seven, a.m. the wea- ther cleared up, and she saw in the N.W. quarter a cloud of smoke, apparently from ships engaging. Such is the report made by the Dmnsa, Moue arrival we announced yesterday. It is more probable, how ever, that the smoke issued from a vessel en fire ; as it seems extraordinary, had it proceeded from the firing of guns, that the Diave should not have heard the report, particularly as she was to leeward, and passed within three or four leagues of the smoke. Admiral Veen cut., who commands the Dutch Fleet, was, after the Revolution in 1795, attached to the Prince of ORANGE ; and, previous to the Kit pedition at the Helder, in 1799, was employed by that Prince to go over to Holland, and to engage two well-known Dutch Captains, nest to Admiral Soffits , in command, to deliver the Fleet to the English—as afterwards happened to Admiral MrrcalLL, is the name of the Prince of OkAllat. Admiral Vcancut was at that time only Captain- Lieutenant. It is with great pleasure we state, that by a pub lic document, signed NoLsoti and &GMT', dated the 27th of July, it appears, that at that time not a single person belonging to his fleet was confined to bed, or even indisposed with any complaint whatever. The convoy under the Tholligisnix. for India—the troops under Sir Davi /I BA a ID, for the Mediterra nean—and the West-India convoy at Spithead will sail together, under a detached squadron horn the Channel Fleet, to a certain latitude. Captain COLVILLE is appointed to command the Sea Fencibles at Margate, in the room of Captain MIDDLETON, made Commissioner of the Navy at Gibraltar. The Magee is ordered to be fitted up for It 44 for provisions at Sheerness, to relieve the IrresistiVe. of 74 guns, ordered to be repaired. Lieutenant CRAUTUR n, of the 54th t, died, the 30th Jane, at Gibraltar, of a woad which he received the preceding day, in a duel with Lieutenant S—, of the Navy. They had unfor tunately quarrelled the preceding evening. La Cerrile, from Porto Cavallo, for Spain, is captured by the Janc,rin privateer, L oll Guernsey, and is arrived there. The Jenverig was medal on the 25th ult. by a large French privateer (what convoying the above prize), and had one man kite/ I and two wounded, after an bouesengagement, after which, the Frenchman sheered off. The three brigades of foot guards are ordered to change their quarters on the 25th inst. as follows: The fii st brigade, under the command of Major- General Wl:ramie, from Deal to Chatham; the 2d brigade, commanded by Major-General Force, from Chatham to Deal; and the 5d brigade, in London, to change their barracks and quarters, as usual. Letters from Gibraltar, of the 7th July, state, that the garrison is very healthy in general. General Fox is something better, but has not yet resumed the command of the troops, which still rests with Gtneral Daum mown. The Canso/son brig arrived there on the sth, from off Carthagena. She left seven mil of the line in that harbour ready for sea, and one repairing. Friday evening last, the Honourable Brigadier- General 'Asti' arrived in Limerick, from Mallow, tai take the command of that garrison, in the ab sence of Major-General PA ymr, who has gone to the Curragh of Kildare, where he is to remain shar ing the encampment, having the command of the cavalry. The Spaniards have begun forming two camps before Gibraltar, about three miles distant : they have pitched upwards of five hundred tents, and they seem to have about 3,000 men in their camps. It is not, however, apprehended that any attempt will be made from the land side to annoy the place. The Royal Cornish Millers, under the command of Admiral LEMON, and the detached working par- , ties, from the several Militias, employed on the Chatham fortifications, are to take possession of the late Military Hospital, now converted to a Barrack. On the bill at the back of Chatham, the fortifications surrounding this Barrack are going on with tonal- Lhoable alacrity : two Martellu towers, it is said, are to be ereeled on the brow of the hill, which will have a compkte command 01 RUChCIDLET and Chat ham Reach. given this little vehi r ile " The space intended for this carriage to run was the table of the Council of Versailles. It was placed at the end opposite to where the arm chair of the King stood. In an instant the carriage set off of itself, the horses moved their limbs, raised them and walked forward, like other horses. Arrived at the other extremity of the table, the coachman, who held the reins, drew them so as to make them turn. The carriage proceeded thus the length of the table, a second time; hut, in turning round, the coachman made it pass between ' the verateire of the King, and the paper which was on the table ; he found the spot precisely opposite 1 His Majesty, and then stopped. Immediately the footman who was behind the carriage, leaped off; a page, dressed en hussard, alighted —ran to the door, and opened it ; a lady descended from the carriage, advanced towards the King, made him a ieofound reverence, and presented a petition, mitedly natural and graceful. She waited just lag enough for an answer; during which inter val the little page played w i t h t h e d oor , wh i ch he rd and shut alternately. Afietwards the lady making a second reverence to the King, ascended .hzr carriage, seating herself on that side from which she could set his Majesty. The hussord shut the door. remounted his step, and seated himself as before; the coachman gave a stroke of the whip to the horses. The lackey, who had not yet mounted, ran after the carriage and leaped behind with much aftivity. The horses turned a third time round the ecrner of the table, again made a tour, still guided by the coachman, who whipped them from time to time. At last the carriage stopped of itself, in the same spot from which it set out, as if it was about to eater the coach-house after having finished its ;curacy." of time di.it Ole enemy might hare , . X , irth alum, %ouli not fai l to retnfo Aar die TeteL The Dutch alga 1161111111111111111111 ' • these difficulties, and cannot be pre• so much agitated by a mere l y p os ncy. There in ererefore, *Very xera• • • lead that the bustle in the Taxer tior every possible chance of a Visit Fleet shall have ceased to exist. The ARM, INkENTIONS, tiIIIPARTII to England never slambers e skriqi‘earre of mechanics in the ni c k- nac k lend is the only rrier between his wa y , is a carriage , m a d e by Ch ar l es E t i enne L ou i s he empire of the ba rdsw and, should Canon. Mechanic in Ordinary to Louis XV. and occur to make the attempt, he will Author of a Work entitled , s Drowns de Meetnitree." n want of prepar at i on . The following is a d escr ipti on g i ven b y hi msel f of th;. GRAND HALL. The Asian Ball for the county of Devon was given last Tuesday at the Hotel Assembly-Room, at Exeter, which was prepared for the occasion in the most elegant style, and honoured with the pre sence of all the Nobility and Gentry in that city and neighbourhood. A greater assemblage of beauty and fashion we have seldom witnessed :—The HIGH &mitre and his Lady, the Earl Foarescer, Lord Viscount Couersma v. and Miss CO(RTENAY ; Lord and Lady BoRRIRODON, Lord and Lady Gramm, Sir STAFFORD and Lady Noaruco-re, Sir Wist.tau and Lady Pos.r, Sir BosfitcHiLs and Lady WREV, Sir ALEXANDRE and Lady HAMIL. ros, General Sisscoe, Generals POPHAM and Tnewsts, with the Officers of their respeaive suites; Vice-Admiral Don, COI. BASTARD, I.ieut!. Colonel GoLots, and Colonel HA VNE, were present. We are happy to state the improved state of His MAJILSTY'S eyes. 'rhe inflammation is gone entirely off from one, and the other is now very little affea. ed. Mr. PHIPPS, the Oculist. is confirmed in his opinion, that any operation will not be necessary. His MaJesry, on having a watch, with minute figures on the dial plate, presented to him, imme diately told the hour. The Margrave and Margravise of ANS, ACH, hive been on a tour round the Isle of 'lbanez. Their Serene Highnesses dined at R.,chester on NVed nesday last. and in the evening set off for their pa lace at Hammersmith. The Exeter Theatre is not content with a RA,ciiss, but boasts a whole family of Rani. Mrs. Sr. Leone, of Covent Garden Theatre, has proposed to raise a corps of Amazons in case of in vasion. Admiral CRAVINA looked very praoe when be saw histwo ships towed away probably for Gramoad. On Wednesday next Derby Razes commence : Lord Viscount TA %MONTH, :And the Hon LINCOLN Sr ...Num% are the Stewards. Should thegassweadieg French land i n K ent, t h ey will fi nd their matches. The Kentishmen were formerly famous fox the long bow. The Ouster season having commenced. BONA PARTE had better not come to England, if he be afraid of shear. Earl and Countess SIMMER, Lord ALTHOR PE, and Lady ANNE Brno, slept at the Crown Inn in Rochester, on Wednesday night, on their way from Margate to town. Lord NELSON having sent away the Pieldr, some persons thence conclude his Lordship is tired of eon provisions. Our rip:antes mounted upon their asses would be very formidable to an invading toe. The jaw -hone of an ass has slain thousands, and the eyes of the fair riders would slay their tens. Messrs. RoneRTSON and Aneoca open the Derby Theatre on Tuesday next, with fat Scihool of Re forms. Mrs Fstess kNT LE, whose cause came on yester ' day in the Court of Chancery. was niece to the late Earl of CL Age. and is the sister to the Countess of CAIAIR and Mrs. CA VLNIIISSI BRADS! 4w. Wherever the Combined Fleets may be, they cer tainly are in the Sir, istrls. One of Lord Nexsotes Officers having observ ed that the Combined Fleet amounted to ,f) his Lordship replied—" The Lion new,- enquires two the smother of (be Sberp." The Dukes of QCSINSEERK• and 111:i.ctatoss, Lord Gillet ae. and many others of the Semi: Nobility, have issued notices for the preservation of game on their respeinive estates. The juvenile Runies, whom Mrs. Toena pi ha; brought forward at Richmond, is a Ma.ter Toots - Lay, of Drury-lane Theatre; a very prsimi-n t boy. The Mri.r.na is the favouritefisot at Liverni.ol. When the Dublin Critics censured Mrs. Sii.PDONs. far wearing Lida. its the hae.met scene of Mechrth. they did not know it was pre, 4ratory :o taking h..r tau jiv-wed. .... IiOY AL ki 1111. r. MOUTH, A I:013 T s Yesterday the Princess A sset la coityletei • Zed year, which etas celebrate I here with i ll , Mai esTuts at the Royal Hotel, to the princip a l „„, ofs°:hned4cou.r.pbaynay gher"en,danednttelrietstnine;nbrouivrin: I) N Y I'. ',,,,, And (;entry. About three o'clock, the ROYAL FA It I Lv we e; ta the 1 - lotel, and rec e i ve d t h e i r guests with their us a ,d -- affability and cond escent i on, and for which they iey in so eminently distinguished. At half-past four the dinner began to ere seised up, and, to the credit of those employed in ilk royal kitchen, the tebles were covered in de s th en twenty minutes, in the greatest order and regol ai .n., There were turtles, venrwin, and every deiicace ta, t ; could be procured ; the most choice wine., a , 1 every thing woe thy a Kingly Banspiet, The hi s ..., table was ornamented with a Gothic C010n,,,., ~,,,, feet high, el egant l y surrounded u• fir !ie,,i,,,i flowers.. Under the ar c h were beaLrifui g!n.: y ssa%. , on pedestals ; the four corners presented th.: eat of the Princess AM EU A, in the parr erre w.irkt t hcnd and foot we re presented v.... 0 b-nrerfu ge m ut Britanni a arid Minerv a , supp ort i ng the lett PA. . The nine prin c ip a l ta bl es were thus oroa !el; The first had fi ve e l egant ornam nts, s't net gh, with beautif u l ornameuts i n f ruit and flowers, be. sides a variety of l an d scapes. The second tale had an elega nt r i c h temp l e, w i th emblern nitre :-s. tf phies of war, and the par terri•ig or sand-s- ar k ....., displayed ; a view of Weymouth and tt,.2 cariy, which was very corredly and ingeniously executert by the artist. This was mach notices!, .illd highly amused the company. The third table had t h ree elegant pieces of music, with devices in catterre or sand-work, most tastefully executed, to answer. The fourth table, five beautiful red glass vases were displayed, with beautiful landscapes of winter ' pieces, richly finished on the parterring work. 03 the fifth table seat, a beautiful piece of Atab...sq lc or narnent ; side pieces to answer. On the parterring or sand-work, the choicest fruit., fl seers, aad bird., were displayed in the most fanciful style. T/e sixth table displayed a very ei..gant grotto, wi:h fountains and s ater-falls. The sand-work dig,!. .d two beautiful fi,.;ures, supporting the letters P A Ac. On the seventh table, were three elegant r:cce of o7larnent‘, six feet high, very tastefully decorated w:th flowers, and the parterring work to answer. The eighth table was a most beautiful set of r!rs vases, decorar eii wit h t h e most choice Arose-, very elegant green glass was on the ninth:, • . the partnering work displayed a var;etty or l'he whole was under the diredion sit , R . IV ATER. of London, and executed by the ii ...1, Mr. Swvitfratin Betwe.m seven and eight o'clock the b ill-r -o was thrown open, and dancing comme ~as i 1 1 continued till half past eleven. Toe Royal 1).., ea danced alternately with their lovely sisters. Their Mai nets% appeared in excelkr he.4l.h and spirits, and were much gratified at st,!.i za; a .g such a numerous assemblage of their loving i ii jeds. At seven o'clock this morning His MAJESTY took his usual ride. Atter breakfast Firs MaJEST Y 4 with A numerous company and several a•tendanrs, sweet on board the Royal Yacht. it,: Messeeger mi l * arrived this morning with dispatches from ,Ntinisters, attended 11,s M A.I SAT • on board. The Melt will wait till he returns, to convey him to I.ondon. Mrs.Citxyzar, the Adjutant-General's lady, and her lovely family of eirldren, at present reside at General II Ait couttr's colage. at St. Leonard's Yale, near Windsor. Arrivals at Luct's Juhu Penn, Eq. Nr. Cor.yst I,m, and James Morraa, ER. NATI') %.4 f. DI: 87. An Account, chewing what has been redeemed of the National Debt. the Land-'l'4l, and irnpettal Loan, to the Ist Augmt, 1805 . Rolrem4l by An.inel . L 55,499.070 0 0 Ditto by 11. per cent per Ann. on Lowe 41.. , 67,50) 0 0 Ditto by Land. rax Ditto by H per cent. per Ann. on ►mp. Loon b 93,767 0 0 Taal E. 120,116.7.37 tr The Su , n to be expended in the ensuing gusrter, is . 1,531,606 4 _ _ • GLOUCESTER EI.EC T I 011...-FIII3T DAT., WEDNESDAY. L9rtl A IL Somerset Mr. Morris • . . . 711 • . . . 74 DOWNSHIRt ELZCTIOPf. —State of the Poll. FILID•T. For Viicoom ectlerraitt For I..‘eutenutt C.lmrN Maasle „ 43/ Majurnty . -44 SATVIDAY. For Iroscount Cattlereagh . • • 611 Lieutegaut C..lonel Melvin , 57 Majoriq . At Der's,. Assizes, which ended on Tuesday last. Mr. IVeh on Bateman, a substantial farmer fff Mugginton, in that county, was cone:Bed of as assault on the person of the Rev. EDWARD WIL MOT. Seersod Ceeirep, a servant of the Defend ant, after the convirßion of his master, pleaded gerP o to an indiament for a similar offence, fae which Mr. BA ram A N was fined 101. and COOPER 51. It appeared in evidence that the Prosecutor, with !is brother, :Nu. hotter WILMOT, Rat were Minting over a fallow field of the Defendant Bala man' t in the month of February last, when they were met by the Deftndants, who accosted them with the most abusive and opprobrious language, and after wards committed an assault on the Prosecutor. The e trned Judge, an passing the sentence of the Conn, observed, that chile was too much reason to apprehend the offence was premeditated ; And It was not even pretended that the gentlemen were do. ing the least possih'. injury, but that the Defendant. Bateman,. had suffered a morose temper to interrupt them in their amusements, and to carry him to very unwarrantable lengths ; that condua so von and improper must be discountenanced; and that the Defendant. Bateman, had, since his convidi-fur thofight proper to apologise for, arii acknowledge, his offence ; that his humiliation CASIC too late. and tha: he should have shown an earlier contsition. cr , nv•l - 710 M. 1 1 . irg. *A • • 'elas' years pe , foil oTeer pbanc a nd 1) last pl. in the L7ll' the pa uineJ who The S It I.GYN t..,1. C. It )aPert . ryt Oa: t: A. 1.1 scbSi 'GOV rem he ; Chg. lig plAy , t eam ttoll ea! int