The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1804-10-22 00:00:00

TIIEATRES. 'soy, I of !I der , , Duc 9th inst. ircle, a rerturri, FrAnce I, :* a r•:. :ongr, v.% '; lcs a'a~ .., y. de C,J. sis Lt. Courts. to St. Paper le e in tht 'at;, t of t::e n ani m;q, IIAI. lea t 4, V . :e Ifl. v( ty with 7 11 A riCt ISth at all the Han hat the fre :; • v..it rs, sr 1 ; rn r • br Mi. rtance. off cri e Hou• us re:- etaidest COW- ir I !JD I mint Li 4r, oa le Jo t ,:n:.l dew - , rn.u- it lit 't I frqn .ipt.iin DIU:RV-LAVE. A new Musical Far-e. called The Dash hut lle `) was on Saturday night performed at this Theatre. The Onetime, which, as well as the rest o f the mosic, is from thdpen of Mr. &rave, pos sesses .en high degree of„pserit, and seemed to pre dispose the audience to give the piece itself a fa yourablzi To attempt a tt miption of this literary abortion would be ridi ,Irius. It has neither plot nor incideot, and is eq u ally divested of point, sentiment, and humour. During almost the whole or the firs: Al, the Play stands still, whilst a Yorkshire, a French. and Irish servant retail a va• r;et Fof clumsy and thread-bare jokes. An at tempt to ridicule the fair Yorkshire equestrian is the principal feature of the Second Aft. In this kiss Di CAMP. as the Wirsiss Daah, smacked her whip, and described the pleasures of hot se racing, hunting, Str. in almost the very worais of addfinch, in 7he Road to Ruin. The disapproba tion of the audience, which had manifested itself eatly in the second scene, encreased with the pro ,sress of the piece, beyond controul, and the curtain ;:ropped amidst general hisses. Neither the vivaci:y 01 Miss 1)e CAMP, the sweetness of Mrs. MOVN.. nor the thrilling notes of Mrs. BLAND, could save .t pirce,which was equally marked by imbecility ,a design and feebleness of esectrion- It is a y bat so touch good mucic And theatrical talents suould have been lost upon so bad a subjca. COVZNT.G•entri. SHAKESPIAReII IliStMika! Play of Kxa Henry . IV. was the attractive Piece at this Theatre on Sa- turday night. M. Kest at. e, in the charaeler of Holepur, drew many tributes of well-merited ap p:allse. In his appeal to the King, he was particu larly impressive, as well as in his interview with Laity Percy, ‘s'lL, %%As well represented by Miss WaDDY. . COOK E, aS Sir John Fa :tali; pour ayed the crafty Knight in admirable style. In his account of the robbery to the Prince of Watts, and in the subsequent part of the scene, he chewed his pawers in this line of ailing, with the happiest effelt, and received much applause. The part of Mero the Fourth was well sustained by Mr. Wawa v. Mr H. SiDoots did not give such interest to the Ponce of Writes as that charader is capable of pro ducing, and was very deficient in marking the Prince's dignified transition to greatness. There was a striking contrast between the animation of Hotspur, and the tameness of young henry. The piece, on the whole, was well performed, and warmly re ceived, by a crowded and fashionable audience. The musical farce of Ilar,:t.,rd Bridge foilowed, in which Mr. IscitooN, in the character of Capt. Fieidear,gained much applause in theadrnired song of Pirating the Lewd. Mr. Mu et o EN, as PeregrileFor, Pitt r, and Mr. EM ICY, as .fir George, were severally en cored in their songs. The parts of Cia-a and Soma were well sustained by Mrs. Ancins and Mrs. MARTY!. The Dowager Countess of NI xx Donovan is gone from Ackworth Park to Middlewood Hall, near B:rn.ley, ler a mon:h. 'Lady \VA.ts and family have left Kent for Ct - nrteen-ha I, near Southampton. M:cS DE CAMeS "%rev 1:1g was the prettiest article in the decoration, to Tnr 1) At Drury-Law s att Saturday night. Lord G. H. CAVENDISH is gone to Lewes, in Fuuex, to take the scmmand of his regiment. h Mill, JA MESON is the ifoka,dhis of the Bath Tkeuire., and Capt. CAULY:LLD the Uclactort. An Evening Print assure, its readers, GiNernment hate received information ' that Leighliq Bridge, In the County o t C ar l ow , has lately travelled Into the Comity ot Kildare. the winter ses..on commences next week at Bath with a foots, and a eir,i; Ball ; also a meeting of the Hsrmonie Societys• at whirls the Duke of Rot atitcm is expecled to preside. Miss !Sint.~ is a great favourite at the Doncaster Theatre, which will close, after a successful selson, or. Wednesday Jong Si ANITUaiII. Esq. M. P. is expeded in rtOwn this day, from Brighton. The Earl and Countess of GLASGOW leave F►.n ?on's hotel in St. James's -street, this day, for their ant in •Desdrishire. The Hon. General Foi is gone to Portsmouth, -to embark nn board the Cvmet store ship, for Gi4- .reltar. Mr. Dfr.vio SCOTT and Emily arc returned from 'their tour through Scotland, to their house in Fitz :toy-square. Lord Pinor is returned from CoxheAth to Bur dington-street. The Right Mon. W. B. PoNsJpi ay is perfealy re covered from his !Ate iudispositton. Marque: ul SLIGO 1141. been lately indisposed in Ireland. The POPE is too ill is stir a fue from home, 5 0 BONAP•IITI: most go to Rome, it lie to kiss the Poet's The receipts of the ShethAil Theatre during the performsr.ee of it young Kreeeses, fourteen rights, sire stated to amount to 14691. Ss —At the I:iver pool Therre, last week, he brought 9001. by three performances, of which sum a third was Isis share. Young Ramis,. Bo • Is, and the Mew oI• Garret, are tke ttrestrirwe (.1 the present day I;ossiping world. Mr. Soirmoss's new Comedy of The n re s ee ., we understand. contains neither an Aramr nor en 1 mama. The Band of Silver Miens have a rand Concert Peterborough l'heatre this night. It is a common praBice for female sharpers to take fine lodgings, and affea style and fashion, for the Pureose of giving false characters to servants. The sinrql 4 j IA-1341 used to perambuldte the streets, as red shanks, lidve become . 1/e.low 1,11, as nankeen gaiters are all the fashion. The parks ofd presented no fewer than seven defeiiet of Miss DuNcax; such is the rage of W e must say, that the Music to the Lord's Prayer is a very st.blime composition, and what every serious person sill most assuredly be pleased with; but the new Song of" err.kr ,4 age ":'& :Awe'," by the Lite R. Russo., though great favou me of the public, yet we bekieve Mr. WA IL &O f , the Composer, has, in the latter pact of the air, borrow ed a little from the Old itd•an on Mir!a te ,i . h 4,1 I r :4; .1)1. ROYAL FAMILY. %VEY MOCTII, OCY. 19. The ball given last night by Earl PouLer, at the Royal hotel, was honoured with the presence of tbe ROYAL FAMILY, and most of the islobaity and Gentry hcre, and for miles round the country. The preparations for the accommodation of the ROY AL FAMILY were in the most splendid style. The ROYAL FAMILY returned to the Lodge soon after tea o'clock, highly delighted with their even in4's amusement, Phis morning, about seven o'clock, HisNIAJLSYY, accompanied by several attendants took an airing on horseback, and returned to the Lodge to bleak fast at nine. Soon af t e r t e n o ' c l oc k, His MAJLSTY, ac companied byPrincess SOPHIA, Lords C ACTI . ea LAGH andWALSI/4011Afg,GeneralsG•arts,Ma t its t aowas t , their Aid-du-Camps, and a number of mints, took an airing, on horseback, its various parts of the country. Her MAJLATY and the Other PHI nctssis, Princess So rut k of GtouctsrF.k, with their attend ants, in a landau, phaeton, and s Iciable, took an airing, and honoured Mrs. flux Eciti with a visit, at her .se.sutiful mansion near this town, calla{ Buxton Hall. Arrived at Lucies Hotel : M ner, Mr Bair, Capt. Brtre, Counsellor Torn- Isms, tie Two Miss ✓Luger, and Mr. Fuse I. oc T. 20. Last night. Their MAJEsTtn, the Paisc UM, ti .e Duk • of Gtoucesr ea, and the Princess SOrld 4 of Glouc-v . r, attended by Ladies Gina aim Buxectv, M. War yarns, Tmerms, Earl Poi•L FT, Generals NIA mt:INOHAX, and GARTH. Colonels DOYL.Z. Ca3.II.BiLL, and Stewats, ho noured the 'theatre with their presence. to see The Marriage Prom re, and the Farce of Pie Prisoner at Large, for the benefit of Mrs. MARGsituss and Miss Looms. I he house overflowed at an early hour, and the Roy A c Fa sr i Ls', on their entrance, were received with acclamations from every part of the Theatre. the performance. were extremely well g..t up, and all the performers went through their different clia rafters with great mutant's : several of the songs were encored. Although it rained very fist this morning, His Majesty took his usual early ride, but returned in a short time. As soon as the rain ceased, His MAJESTY, after breakfast, went on horse back, and reviewed the Dorsetshire Yeomen Ca valry. Her MAJILSTY and the Pep:ems% fol lowed in carriages to the ground. likewise the Duke and Princess Surma of GLOVCSETER, CHUTES, BULRLZY ' WIATARD, and Tar sae, Ge nerals Fivzitov, MAPININGH•M, and EARTH, and their staff. His MAJESTY was received, as usual, with all due military honours, by the corps. The Artillery wer.: stationed upon the flanks and centre, and the whole h,id a very fine appearance. His MIURSTY was highly pleas.d with their discipline and steady condu& in their different evolutions, but, above all, with a very excellent charge which they made. The ground was kept by the Hanoverian Legion. The weather proving fine, a great concourse of people were attraeled. After the review was over, the ROYAL PARTY honourei Mr.D•stra with a visit, at his seat, near Dorchester, where they partook of a most excellent cold collation, which had been previously provided for their entertainment. A sloom appears upon the countenances of the inhatutants n: thus town, as the time draws nigh for tae Royal. FAXIL Y to leave us, their departure being fixed for " , IJriday the 29th mgt. They will pre.cced tram hence to Mr. ROSE'S. att'ufnels house, near Lyndhurst, where they will remain a tew days, and they are expeded to arrive At Windsor on the Friday following. IRELAND. DUBLIN, OCT. 18. Henry G , attan, E.g. arrived in town yesterday, with his amiable family. This revered Patriot and rofound Statesman was, on Thursday last, elegant ly entertained at the Sheaf Inn, Kilkenny, by the principal Roman Catholic inh.thitants of that city and neighho.trhond. A number of persons of dis tinthoe, among whom were Major General Taylor, the Maylr, the High Sheriff of the county of Kil kenny, the o:Miters of the garrison, &c. &c. were politely invited, and attended on the occa,ion. The usual loyal toasts, and a variety of appropriate ones, were drunk with enthusiasm ; all pre , ent were equally cribedar in their sentiments resin, cling the caret, and separated the following murnbse, after passing several hours in the utmost harmony, good humour, and convivial;ty. Friday night, t t pi ismer% made their escape from the gaol of Dowiip trick, among whom weft A. and R. Stewart. father and son, who, at List assizes, were sentenced to be hanged, but afterwards respited until 21st November. the mode of escape was, by making a t,reach in the wall, and descend ing from the upper n.lt of the gaol, by tying their sheets together. At a meeting of the King and Queen's of Physicians. on Monday last, Dr. Jo. n Parcel, 1)r. Patrick Plunkett, and Dr. John Crampton, w: re un animously defied Honorary Fellows of that body. The 15th, 94th, and 96th regiments of toot, are immediately to embark at Cork for foreign service. The CINWOVICNX arrived on Ftiday a! St. Helen's, from the D.iwns, on her way to Piyincuth. The Certerms and Sy/pit have also been driven into St. Helen's Roads, by the late gale,, and new remain there, with several other ships of war. The Havre and Dieppe b 1 pi:Lading squadrons have recently detaine.f, and seat in for ad jzdication, se veral valisalA vesicle, which attempted to violate the blockade of those Kris. The Qd liattAtitni of the Cs: Regiment received rsitire orders to erchaik un Friday afternoon at Catdowir. This day several of the Ride and Light Infantry Companies of different V.ilunteer Corps, go to Woo‘wich, in the baats of the [liver Felisahics, tate purpose ot exercise. A Caurt of mon Council will be l'eld at tu-morrow, to elect Principal Land Sea Coal Meter, vacant by the death EDWARD PARIS'S, £sq ballut tin which will c 'numerics athalf-pna one o'clock, and close At halt-past two o'clock i and ou other business. WESTMINSTER SE.'!'.qONS, 0 , r. 20. A curious cage c:lme forward ihiE day before the Magistrates ; 11EN fey JANILS PVr., Esq. the Poet Laurent, in tin; c!..dir. A Mr. Teat goers (not the pro!ege of 'Squire Al worthy, nor the pupil cf '2l,ii.osopher Square) was charged with a certain an .if immorarty by a dis consolate damsel (not Maliy Seagrins), but Min Dolly Pettyf :re , as t h e f at h er of her illegitimate chi:d. The nymph on lerwent a 1,,:g amination in direa eviience, aid was very minutely cro , s-examined by a junior Barrister, the Advocate of Mr. Jones. From the ten-a- of Miss Pettyfoie'. testimony, it appeared she was a servant in one of the Cyurian Temples, in King-street, Soho; and that Tom Jones WAS at the same time waiter at a porter house in the neighbourhood, from whence the votaries of the said temple were occasionally supplied with porter, gin, and other cordials : and that Mr. Janes WAS the usual attendant with such liquors. The night of the firs' General Illumination for the last Treaty of Peace was the first time the parties saw each other. A treaty was then entered in:o, the result of which was a fine boy. Mr. Jones, in the mean time, found it necessary to rusticate, in order to prevent the pry ing officiousness of the parish officers : and when he conceived the danger all blown over, he returned to town, and set up a public•house of his own. Either the parish officers or Miss Pettyfore got scent of his arrival and settlement, and not sats,fied with the nailing pledge of mutual love, the lady came for ward, and foiled all the interrogative subtlety of the learned young Counsel, by swearing the child point blank to Jones; and,what WAS rather an extraordinary instance, fidelity to her first love : that she had had neither before or since any cohabitation with any elan but Tom Jones, though she had before, and ever since, remainci a servant in the same house. The Justices awarded against Mr. Jones the whole espences of the lady's acroierirment, and 4s. 6:1. per week for the charges of maintaining the child, now two years old, together with the costs of suit. A petition was presented from the wife of Jones, praying the lenity of the Court towards the frailty of her husband, but to no effra ; and Miss Petty fore retired in triumph under the prottiftion of the venerable Abbess, her mistress. MANSION-HOUSE, Ocr. 20. CITY PRIVILEGE ON Tilt MIDWAY. One of the Water Bailiff's Assistants brought be fore the Lox° MAYOR an unlawful drag -net, whc!: he said he had seized from a fisherman on the River Medway, at the Perrolg oyster-bed. The fisherman for some time resisted the seizure, on the gr.: u'sJ that a person belonging to the City of Logic Lin had no right to come there. But the net was taken aw 4y by force; and the Losu MAYOR ordered a summ. s to be isssed to the fisherman to attend, and give as account of his condoft. CORONER'S VESTS. Saturday a Coroner's Invest was held at the Ship Govern, Mtllbauk, on the body of Sosainah Humphries, a young lady who jilt out of a is , at. and was drowned, on Thursday evening, below Clielsea,Reach.—M:. J. Su t l e r state d, t h at hi s mother, the deceased, two whets, and himself, took a bast for a party of pleasure, aed heviog spent the afternoon at Battersea, they were coming home, when the deceased suddenly fell overboard, and immediately sunk. A gentleman, of the name of Sparks, who was of the party, instantly leaped into the water, but was unable to save her, .is she never rose ; and the body was found the next morn ing by some bargemen. This statement was corro borated by other witneses. 'the deceased was a fine young woman, 2i years of age, and was on a visit from Kent to Mrs. Sutler, at Lambeth. She was on the point of marriage with Mr. Sutler, whose feelings may be better conceived than described. Saturday, GEORGE HODSON, Esq. Coroner IT Middlesex, held an Inquest en the body of Etizalse h Woodcock, an unfortunate female, who was burned to death on Thursday last. The Jury having -ll amined the body, which exhibited a dreadful spec tacle, the evidence was called in, by who:n it ap peared that the deceased was upwards of fifty, and lodged in a garret, at No. 4, Lacellet-place, Bro.td street, Bloomsbury. On Thursday afternoou, a thick smoke was observed to issue from the window of her apartment, and she uttered loud screams. An alarm being communicated, the master of the house, Mr. Taylor, and a neighbour named Wallace, ' ran up stairs with water, and at their entrance into the room, beheld the deceased writhing in tortures on the floor, all in flames. With difficulty, they extinguished the the from her clothes, and imme diately sent for a surgeon, who applied every rene-. dy, but their endeavours proved ineffeftual ; her arm was nearly cdosumed, and other parts the body so scorched, that she languished in a state of insensibility, till Ft iday morning, when she expired. It is cnnjeauted ede set her clothes on fire, by lift ing off a satirepal, which was found near her, with broth in it, that she had prepared for dinner. The Jury found a verdia of—Arcr e k n i a l D•ath. An Inquest was also held ontiieb;d7of a labour ing man, found dead on ThursdAy, in a saw fit, the back of Russell-square. The deceased was dis covered by several workmen, with his head resting on a stone. He was quite dea Aat the time, and no one knew his name, or who !se %vat. There was to mark of violence on the body, and the Jury returned Died by the mild:on of God. The price of Dollars has fallen three halfspence each, in consequence of the recent detention of the Spanish frigates. The present state of the Bullion market affords a very favourable opportunity for the lung-wanted silver coinage. On Satui Jay last a Court Martial assembled in Portsmouth garrison, for the trial of Captain BA LOW. of the Worcester Militia. Ihe charges brought against him were, " Disobedience of orders in ab senting himself without leave fmra the Dock-yard, where he Was on guard r and bribery ;" he having in an unguarded manner ofered a few shillings to One a the porters to induce him to admit a female companion into the yard after the gates were locked. I he trial occupied the whole of Saturday, Monday, :rod Thursday. The Court closed its proceedings on Friday at two o'clock. The sentence will not be Irn.orrn until it receives the saaais.a of His Meta. Iv% approbation., F. 12031 SATURI).I) - NIGHT'S GAZETTE. Admire, , 0 • C.'O. Copy of a Letter from Captain Major Juo, if of His at 4 Skop A.;Jacure, to William Mdialz.i, Fag. datzil the 17th inat. Si*, _ _ I beg leave to tran:m:t to you, for the informa tion of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a copy of my letter to Rear Admiral Sir James him macs, EMI. Of this d.str. " I find it my duty to acquaint yon, that yester day, the 16th, in proceeding from Craaviiie Bay, in pursuance of yottr orders, at the distance of three miles I had an - opportunizy rf onserving the five drrvan on shore on the !;;:i ult. by Ma jesty's sloop under my command, and ascertain, d that they were all still there, swamped and bilge 1, with a heavy sea and tremendms vort breaking violently over them." I have the h oi:uur to be, tre. M. J. figNmigni. Frbiteiall, Maw 24, 1804. The King has been pleased to grant into 11.rfard Jotter, Esq. President of the East•lndia Company at Bagd.td, kis Royal LiceitFt and Per to re ceive and wear-the Badge of the Order of the Cres cent, of the second class, which the Grand Signor bath transmitted to him : Aud Also to ordar, th.tt this His Majesty's con cession and declaration, tg-.her with the I re.Ative documents, be registered in hia College of Arms. Atbrirmity Vie, 0.4 . 19, 140 1. Notice is hereby . given, that information has been received at this Office, that on the morning of she tith inst. a Spanish brisantine, called the I:r.wcisco Xavier, E. N. E. Nlarrinex, Master, burrhtn about one hundred and thirty.lour tons, from Ca (but lions Portsmouth of the ith inst.), bound to Ant. were, laden with sugar, hides, and insfgo, came n shore, near Jew's Glut, within the port of Rye. The vessel is gone er.m.ely to pieces, and a very small part of the cargo saved. An article in the Journal de romemerne, e Ralf paper of the 25th Seiatember, says, ti—Jer the head of Amsterdam, 15th, " A very fast-sailing brig. one of the squadron under the coinmand of Admiral Drcitza, at rived yesterday in the Teul ft , sin the Cape of Cov , d Hope, and bring; advire that the Admiral, in a 74 gan shin, and several small ships of war, had sailed from thence with a convoy of six or seven large ships fr an Batavia fur the dif ferent ports of Holland. They were attacked by several English cruisers on leaving the Cape, hitt they beat them off with considerable loss to the enemy." Oo Sa•nrday, a man w r. taken on hoard an out.. ward bound schuyt, named the Denver:fir:. emt:tin JUAN Hi.soxtca BLANICT YON COteYertn VOW. He was concealed in a double cabin. The Captain is liable to punishment, for taking any person rat f the kingdom, without a riplar passport. Being caliel upon for this suspicious behaviour. he ala szonied, and the vessel is deramod urril he shall no siest. The man i i cuu.ssly spea".3 tiociabiy '.nod English :he was I,ent t :lie Aliens' Office, fur. thtr . inquiry. To.mormw, a Vestry is t, be held ac the Pasi.h Church of St. John's, Wapping, to consider of the encroachment meditating against the icier/est of that quarter of the town, by the London Doek Crimps ay, to use or build against the church-yard wall, in ereaing their bouui try wall ; and also to take into considera•ion that clause of the London Duck Alt, which compels the Comnstny to make aid set use bridge in the line of Waiipiiig-street, and also a bridge between the Baum and Dock, at or nearly adjoining, on the line of direction horn king -street. Sampson's-Garden, towards Tench -stmt, and Old Gravel-lane, so as to preserve the certainty of c instantly passing at all times to and through Wap ping. by one of tile bridges. A young lady, possessed of about 40001. lately eloped from her father's house, in the iicighlanur hood of Gray's-Inn, with a young Hibernian, a painter and glazi.ir, residing in the vicinity of Si•ho. The parties met at the l.ue Croydon Fair, fur the first time, and on the morning followin; the lady, elord. The father, after much anxious search. discovered her retreat; hut she refused to return hone, and has since given her hand to the painter. Casa. Cow.--.An affair has recently occurred among the higher circles in Scotland, which excited the astonishment and wounded the morality of the laity, as well as alarmed the piety of the clan: ch. fhe in;s:si es! husband is a P.aronet, who his had nine children by his frail Sp4l:4, end of venom is j MetleJer uf Parliament. The gill ,ot is a veriera'ile Clergyman. The affair will come betoie the p:o,ier Tribunals at Edinburgh at their next Sittings. TT( Baronet has commences his adtion for damages against the reverend seducer, who was a en:ls:ant visitor and bosom friend in h.s family, and a fie: quent gistst at his tahle ; and has also commieriCeCe p nceeding s , in orckr to a divorce from Ms faithless Lady-wand the Reverend Gentleman, in his torn' has corn:is:need his aSion for defamation against . the Baronet, who is a man of 9.000% a year. A singular escape from imminent danger hap pined on Wednesday, to .1. ('lows, Esq. of La 4 kenham :—Mr. C in a one-horse chaise, was Jrivint himself and his lady through Cation, and passin; under a tree which some persons were at that tins. felling, it fell upon the horse, and instantaneous': killed him; but Mr. and Mrs. L. received not thi smallest injury. To morrow Morning, Nine o'clock, must bring forth 4 .2o , oo o.—perhaps_Z'4o,ooo.—pos s i o l , £6o,o'X).—Such a Lcetery-Wheel never betare ex isted. Who will not, then. renew their Chances, or such en occasion ? alit is not very probable that th. like opportuaity should ever happen in any fittur Lottery. Besides, the Price of Tickets and Share is extremely reasonable, and they may he had HOILMISY and Co.'s, 26. Cur-chill, warr.uateci or drawn. The Ticket No. 9,362, as First-drawn on the Se venth Day, entitled to 10,000/. was sold in Ore-Ha' and Eight Sixteenth Shares. at the old Office c Shirt and Co. in the Poultry, where the Ticket No. 19,64. a Prize of 1.0001. in the present Lot tery, was also sold in Shires. The First-draw Ticket To-morrow, being the Eighth day, will t entitled to 20,000/. Undrawn 'tickets and SW. c,ntiont on Sale at this Office.