The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1804-08-31 00:00:00

ItOrdZ PAM!Lr. WEYSIOUTii, AUG. 29 Yesterday was the finest sailing day ever remem bered here; the Royil S.rereign yacht kept close in shore, the other vessels who accompanied her stood across the Channel, almost out of sight. The ROYAL Fa salty landed at ball past five o'clock, and were saluted as usual. His MAJESTY walked on the Esplanade, and remained there till dark. This morning, His MAJESTY was on horseback at seven o'clock, and met the 2d battalion of the Sn. mersetshire Militia, and marched with them to the ground, where they pitched their tents, which corn. pletes the encampment. On His MAJEsT v's return to the Lodge, he gave an audience to Lord PAW. ET, which continued a considerable time. His Lordship arrived here last night. After His MAJESTY had breakfasted, the ROYAL FAMILY, between nine and ten o'clock, embarked on board the Rood S.opercign yacht : they were con veyed front the shore, in an elegant barge, steered by Sir HARRY &mist° NEALE. There was an excellent breeze when they set sail. W.: are so extremely thronged with company, tit numbers of families have been obliged to leave u' fur want of lodgings. The following arc the last arrivals at STACIE'S Hotel Mr. Hibbett, Captain Hudson, Lord Etawkesbury, Earl and Countess of lichertot, and two dauctitirra... FASHIONS FOR SEPTE.‘IRER. The Graham had-dress still remains unrivalled, as we find it has been adopted at every race-ba , l; and the sale cuntinues as great as ever. A duster of small tepsemeolourel flowers, twisted with green, is much worn in the front of the head; else coquelleat, and yel'ow, shaded , vith a mixture a green. 'The hair is elegantly deemed, and has a large lace veil the inn Aver the head llnd shou'ders. TurVaas, of ercry dmicrintion, jeciatione as much the finnan as ever. They are nu& chirpy of Gossamer. Lace Caps, very elegantly fancied, and intermixcd with ribbon, covered with a Lice liandkeicinef or veil, are very pretty fur half-dims, and may be worn quite in dishabille ;m u slin and iialk hats art the style and *haps are so various, that we find it quit* keipassible to describe Chips and straws ate still worn but it is certain, the former have lbe pre-eminence. As yet there is nothing new in cloaks, soencen, or pelisses, the drapery of the hat forming a su'ficient covering m a substitute. There is very little change in the drmem our lie. They are still made very long, the waists short, and cut entreavely low behind as well as before Tie materials for full dress mina be We thin ; but the thick corded cain tricks are men elegant for undress, which are Wade quite up t o the throat, and tied round like a habit shirt. °linty hats, nankeen shoes, and gloves of the same colour, am mot fashion. tvle with them dresses. r Anima is OM:Jr of pearl colour, French grey, and the fashionable brown, with plain laser hats. Ribbons., scarfs, &c. kc. are all of the palest colours. ARRIVALS AT 114TH. The Duchess of Seauliirt, Count WUr:lnanw, Sir Ri-hard Kure, Admiral Gambier, Rev. Mr. M•Cloni• k, Captain Clquit, Mr. and Mrs. De Medina, Mr. and Mrs D. ly, Mrs and Maas Viner and Family, Mrs. and Miss Dunes. On Saturday, the 25th inst. being the birth-day of his Grace the Duke of NORTMUM x X AAA No, when he entered into his 62d year, the bells of All Saints, at Newcastle, rang at intervals several peals dazing the day. In noticing these events. we can not help expressing most ardently our wishes that this amiable and beneficent nobleman may live many years to receive, upon similar occasions, the congratulations of the public. The Duke and Duchess of Res roan are on a visit at the Marquis of BA T ICS elegant seat at Long- Lord and Lady Boa tNGDON left Falmouth on !Tuesday, fot their seat at Salaam. Mrs. B11.1.1 , 1.:10?4 returned in excellent health on Monday List to her residence in Brompton, from .which she will s! only proceed to fulfil her musical ferpgement at Chichester and Harrowgate. A sailor hearing that LOSAPARTE nude his , troops avf/e before him at Oitend, exclaimed " I 'Lew he would bring them to shame at last." On Sunday Sir M. W. Riot air passed through Newt istle for his seat at Blagden. His arrival was announced by several peals of bells. The fashionable female dippers at Dover are dreadfully alarmed, since they heard what wonders may be seen across the Channel, with the help of a spy-glass. It now appears that the fire seen off Boulogne war all smoke. :1 Yorli.hire gentleman has assured us, that the !air r.:rer is not an Hibernian. A correspondent smis us the following account : " Mrs. THORNTON, who rode at York, was barn :at Bendon, near Wakefield, in Yorkshire, la the, estate of the present Colonel BE AV rlsr, rf Bretton-Hall, and is the daughter of a very respectable and venerable gentleman of that place. Fle Was always considered the very best horsewo man in England " This day, TOOMAS. PRANCE BROWN, deputy Recorder of Bedford,wives a grand entertainment at Bogard, to the gentlemen of that ancient Cur :K.,: al ion. Nlr. FosTr.% the Irish Chancellor of the F.:elle •;il=V• we are assured, has taken the linen trade un hinfoiPt -rag care and proreetion. A great improvement is making in Clifford's Inn, behind St. Dune an's Church, by pulling down rite old set of chambers which projeaed into the -''tare, and making a new front to the chambers a +pining. fne RA inst. a grand ball and supper were !'..ven by the gentlemen ot Douglas, and its vicinity. to Lord HEVItY MIJIIRAY, in cottiplim-nt to his I.lrdship, on his late appointment to the Govern ment of the Isle of Maim. Arrived on Saturday night, at Walker's Hotel. I :dinburgh, from London, Mr. and 'Mrs. BROWN. Mr. and Mrs. Rcrsot.iis, and their families, and Mr. BLAU. And on Sunday, at the same place. Ole Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Gs cv, Mi. and 1. td v Fa Possossv, and (h, to Ponsur4ay. 1. All Or a tour from London. The carriage of the Esi ea LiS JOSEPII:7: r. is orna mented with the new impetial Arms 'l he liveries her servants are dark green, with gold lace, red 14 cei waistcoats, and black stockings : they wear hair dreved with bags. lIERTFORD MUSIC MEETING. - On Tu. - sday eveni , ig, R grand Concert of vial and instrummtal music was performed in the Town Hall of Herttnrd, und..:r the direction of Mr. BRIDGMAN. Above 3 1u persons were attracted The perfoi mance comm. - nee i with a G owl 0.-er! un by I lAvos ; this was folLsved by the charniiiig old scotch Song of Da.void, harm o nised as a Gice for four voices, be Mr. Cuero , . of S ilishury, and it was sung by Mrs. SECOND and Mesas. Go's, VALC9 AN, and SALE. jun. in the trite SC •tch S:4IC. Mr. HOLM k.S played J . 'o U,l Mrllls , in, in his hest m inner. Mrs. S ten ND vit is very gre tr in the celebrated *vet dive and air. f • - n Jepiha, re .1 (33 (Wei P,iCet t and Firew:l, %I r . BR IDC: M N played a Conner 10 us (, Ind !'s.,-ul Fork, comptised by CR .1. R. W:til gre L. ex Tiation and taste—arid was deservedly much applauded. Mr. I.IN ottv astonish - ft :he natives witn his wonderful execution in a C mcerio tt• and as notal charmed every 1:e trcr Mr. SALE. j sung a ni.w sant: conirb by r.:,'A r.l.c nr, the .0 ei , mpositia. - 1 and of •t• •. Toe g: - es ul I .hi • , 4, and OA Arago , , It'd , g , •f I n tia! re wi•• unbounded •: : .•y w.Te tiv Mts. St or'., , ;: • , :3,1! S• Lk, tn. The Coneer eon Ise i i!..:miaz It .lian song by it c: RD,; . l y t.„ of every one pies. nt. T :is Ina ti 1-; a I vt.ll h • d w;! 11, i the lower r as, l'un , )ru 'l, Alv ge rror , c..l party from IA: 10l re t t ,rtg TIN%ANT 7 .1. t •er (.., II V .4, t SA t.!`. .I , kl MCSSiS. GOSS, VA A:4 :41;,' Wt. IA ti KNV Vt rr. 1f.4RG,17 1."). On Tuesday we had a 2-and 11 at 11, T. T , Co• 'S. .11‘. TO( m W` , ": y , Tll7 h:vhreil up •••••'t varies tied lamps and p t ai. inJeliers. '.nut So.) ptrsous were p...senr, tv rt “:ks. It front the glorious cort.,inn en l en.iie s variety of charafters, scenes of this ci.t.% ..we 17teir greatest interest. This Masqui:!adt. Wal t , f mine upon too narrow a scale to produce a ..3t effe c t, hut still it ri was cr i wthoot ts aaratti. If it di i not asto nish, it eertai ily pleased. '11:e theatrical ingredients were of superior q , -slits: to any other; h the corn positinn of the motle: entertaiivnent. Among these a Dennis Bredgro.ide ,, , :en.) had lost hiswife, and went about in search of his refiVlte, was r.aseicularly entitled to praise There was 2... rs.ellent C 4l. (tistrer. 1 understand this charaCtr. s.-as supported by a young Gentleman 'tom the .cries IN.Thaps he may filisi his way to the st see; if so, he wilt be an acquisition to the Manager who shall be f inunate enough to ob tain his assistance. 'There was an tedium Queen very lwillianqv dressed with all the finery of the Jay, furnished from her own shop in CratThourn-alley. Her Mjesty looked divinely ; and if may judge from the number of her slaves, she oeitainly rules abroad, as well as at home, with despotic sway. some gentle She,,her.l, and SAldardeurs, looking with fond simplicity at each other, and whose lan guishing mond was much favoured by the heat of the evening, contributed their share to the variety of the scene, aithouith they did not much enliven it by their presence. Upon the whole, it was a plea sant entertainment. 'l here will he another On Ftl day, at the rate of Sc aid. a-head admission, which is expeCted to draw :t bumper. This morning being remarkably fine, Dandelims was the order of the day. The fashionable corps began to put themselves in meths), and every vehi cle for the speedy conveyance of our belles and Amer was put in requisition. Of course our forces mustered very strong. Amorg the kadets were, the Countess of Citotstorints. tv, Countess of Essex, Lady Csitotarst lisettrix, Hon. Mist Etftiserrsost. Lady 1-Isets Late, Lord titer is:C. virtu, Lord Baowetow, Mr. &moo:or:roe, Mr. Boyer, &c. with a host of Officers, many of them of distinetion. The place was uncommonly ani mated. The white muslin, of the ladies, and the scarlet of the officers, with the sun-beams playing upon this moving scene, had a most beautiful effeEt. The dancing was net general, in consequence of the heat of the day. The groupes, therefore, amused themselves in sauntering about. We heard a great deal of firing; and all the company coming from the western side of the coast, as tar as Dungeness, re port the Like children who keep the sweetest bit for the last, I am now come to the point of my letter which was my principal inducement to take up the pen. I am well aware of the great interest which all Lon don feels in the fascinating Mrs. Jo a DAN. She has commenced here with a round of Miss Du cam's characters, upon AS engagement, as I u;:derstand, of six nights, at the rate of 301. per night. On Monday she performed the !Vane in The Svidier's Daughter, the character in which Miss Demcan took her le tee. Last night she played I.rt:tia Hardy in The litile't Stratcreas. Both nights she played to almost empty hose. in the very chi faders in which Miss DUNCAN drew 101 l houses. Are we to suppose, therefore, that Miss DUNG AN is a successful rival of the fascinating Joan aa. and that I mean to commit them upon the ground of emulation ? N' such thing; the cause is en tirely independent of their respective excellence, and is (minded upon a r einciple of honourable and delicate feeling, which I trust will never be extin guished in the breast of a British public. With Miss Doscati, the theatre was in a flourishing state to gratify, one would suppose, even avarice itself. But its success, instead of producing content, only ex cited a desire to render it still more pr.) Waive. For that purpose, at the very moment when Miss Dun is was become an established favourite, and the peblic, as well as herself,thought she was permanently fixed (or the season; her engagement is sudd.inly put an end to, and Mrs. Joao/OS is brought down, not for the purpose of varying the thcatrical course, but of going over tut very paths which Miss MSC AN had trod only the night before. Under thus: cit.. cum-: awes the people here feel for Miss Dusc end a cloud is thrown over the JORDAN star, w hich woulJ have otherwise shone with so much sii!en &tr. gnu we, then, that both ladies have equol reason to be dissatisfied. Mrs. Jou oAS only per !"orris in the plays. Mr. Gasses has The Aleerh-he of It. et night for his benefit, and sap.-s + a bumper. lie is an excellent actor, and is expected t o do ample justice to the arduous charader uf Sktilech. . , GUILDHALL, An' rwr 30: .INSOLVENT DEBTORS Before the Rocottote, At. We. for the pur pose of disehargiNg Debtors sod hearing Apfrestle. Mr. ALLEY applied to the Court that the War den of the Fleet Prison might amend his return, so far as it respeeted the several persons who had gone nut of the Rules of the Fleet since the first of Janu ary last : He grounded his application upon the first and fourth CI 'uses of the present Aft, and contend ed, that althrugh the persons in ques!:in had gone out of the Rules, yet, as they again r-torned, :tnd were in aeloal custody, they came within the mean ing of the a 5, and %ete entitled to the benefit °lit. The Learned Counsel very ably supported his appli cAtinn by a number of arguments. lle stated, that &ring tern] a Prisoner might fo iOO yards from the prison, provided he returned within due time ; that a. loog as the Warden had the controul over his prisoner, he came witlim the Aft, and also, that an ocli,n could not he maintained against the Warden, if the De endant previou.iy returned into his ctr.to dy. He then went largely into the nature and rne.toi , ie of volunt.try and neg:igent escapes; and con:Au•ied, t' At as the ordert had received de t•i •rs tgailt one cdthese persons La whom he was since January last, he ti.ereby acknow did4ed him to heir his ;Ottlall custody. Upun these .: , •unds he submitted, that tie person in question entitled to tie isenetii of the as. _ . Ilectienca Misr' wed, that there never was a c.tse than the one before the Court. The ap, lication was, that the Warden might amend his .t as to the persons who had gone out of the Rule; I tie Fleet. He most properly had applied on the first day for the direition of the Court relative to his taking the oath ; and he observed on that etc cation, as he had done on a former, that from the general charaslter and conduel of the getiticman, he was well convinced he would do nothing but with the greatest propriety. The persons now ap plying. after transgressing the law, had the audacity to state that they were entitled to the benefit of the act, because they had returned within the Rules ey applit el upon very fallacious grounds indeed neither the Warden, nor the person, applying, could take the oath prescribed by the Aet of Parliament. The Warden could not swear that these persons had been in adlual custody to the best of his knowledge and belief ; it any of theat had been seen out, he ought immediately to be prosecuted for wilful and corrupt perjury. He therefore felt himself justified in the judgment he pronounced yesterday , that the several persons in question did not come within the meaning of the aft. The discharge of Daniel Blake and William Smith, prisoners in Ludgate-prison, and late part ners, was opposed on the stoutish of fraud, as they (being shoemakers) had not stated in their schedule that they had any effeets whatever, el. though they had obtained a quantity of goods tram their creditors. It appeared, however, that they aeually had no property whatever, and had been made bankrupts, And passed their tl.ird examination. They therefore were discharged. No person appearing against William Baker, from the same prison, he was accordingly dis charged. The cases of Thomas Moss and Robert Ren shaw, from Giltspnr-street ('ompter, upon applica con, were postponed until the next commission. Colonel Nicholas Boscawen, a prisoner hum the fleet, had been remanded yesterday, his debts ap pearing to amount to more than the Ad of Parka ment prescribes. Mr. Cori% r, as Counsel for the Prisoner, observed that he h a d be en c h arge d w i t h the penalty of the bond, instead of the principal; but he had procured a dodge's order for the reduc tion of the debt. Mt. Nixon, the Warden of the Fleet, observed that the order was incorrect, in as much as it direeed him to amend the return of a hahres corpus, which was not in his custody. The Court, therefixe, was under the netessity of re manding the Prisoner until the next sssions, by which time the mistake was to be reetified. This delay was much regretted, as the Colonel was want ing at head quarters, where he held a very im portant command under General More, and had frequently been enquired after by the Duke of York. Maria Douglas, who was remanded yesterday, w.ts then brought up ; she was a very handsome young vraman, of about twenty.:even years o( : her manners, easy and graceful, were rendered peculiarly interesting, by an elegant mourning dress. Mr. KNM, as Counsel for this lady, observed, that it was impossible Any objea:on could be made to , uch a person ; however, Mr. Cuawoon objeiled to her discharge, upon twrs rounds;g the first was upon the 39th tialiou of the present Ad. which enilled, tha! uo prisoner, who had taken the benefit of the Lords Ad, and had made a false oath, could b. entitled to the benei: of this A. The other grounds were, that she the:: came up, under the name of Nlaria Douglas, and had rm.de a previous affidavit in wsother name. As to the first, he would prove that she had been br.iught up nnder the Li rds' Aft, a d gave in a schedule, wherein the stated she had no property, and swore to it; this oath sea; false, its as much as she had property. As to the second, he would prove that she had sworn an affidavit on a former occasion in the name of Maria Minkwitz, wife of John Baron Minkwitz. Mr. Bishop, an attorney, being sworn, produced the copy of an affidavit sworn by the prisoner, wherein she signed her name Maria MiAwitz : he al,o stated, that she sided herself Baroness Mink wits, wife of John Baron Minkwitz, and he had heard her declare, that sh was entitled to an estate in Norwich of the value of 14.0001. Mr. Egar, on the pan of another creditor, Eliza beth Hay, genticw ,, man, whom he declared he did not know Whether she was maid, wife, or widow, iihjeaed to the prisoner's enlargement, on the grounds of fraud, having under false pretences ob tained furniture, as it were, upon hire, and after s% ar s Nailed them ; the pretences were, that she ;lad this estate, and w is about to sell it, and pay all her debts, but the norer did either ; and upon this pretence she obtained credit. Air. KNAPP observed, that the had been married to the &myth but was then Lying separate from him. He contended, that as she bad been charged in the if • • t e name If Math Douglas. dor auditors should ahids by theft eledion.. The Court remanded "the Prisoner. and direbti that she might again adrertistin both noses. Thomas ItsWs discharge Was opposed by' Mr. Gurney, on the pert of Mr. We t ~wt . his eredi.. tors, on the grounds rif f rau d. He stated, that Mr. Shee had a property to dispoie of, which 'the pri soner proposed to purrliase, telling him ke • had a large sum of money in the Bank of Ireland belong ing to himself, but lodged in his mother's name s upon this representation, he agreed to take the pri soner's bills on bankers in Cork for the property he had to dilm.se of, .ine, in the mean • rime, directed his sister to caution the bankers not to . psy the bills. The RECORDER observed, a difficulty appeared to I.im in the money Lein lodgod iu the Bank in anothcr name, and documents to that purport had bees sheen to the eteditor. • Mr. A 01) the part of the Prisoner, stated, that an awar.l Lad b?co made by Mr. Serjeant OM& LOW, to whnm the matter had been referred, and he had dheaed, that those documents s'ould be givia up to the Pi isoner. '1 wo i , :sans, Mr. and Mrs. Ra...t, were pro duce.i t.• ove his expressi.uss relative to his pro. perry, and his declarations relative to his creditor's also, of his having two gold watches, which he did not account for in his schedule. These Witnesses not being able to swear sufficiently to the fads, the Prisoner was discharged. Aaron Juda, who uas remanded yesterday, hoe ing detainers lodged against him on Tuesday last. which made his debts amount to upwards of 1.5001. WAS brought up. • Mr. Ai. ter, as Counsel for the Prisoner, entered into a very long and able argument upon the e , ,ws strudion of the Ad of Parliament—and contend , that the Legislature meant, that those detain should only affeet the Prisoner previous to the pasta ing of the Ad, which was on the 30th of July, awl nut at any time before the Sessions and return of the Warden. The Court was decidedly of opinion, that the Legislates* did not refer to the passing the Aft, but to the time of holding the Sessions ; lie might, how ever, go before a Judge. The Prisoner was remanded. Ten other Prisoners were opposed, upon fraud awl other groulids, five of whom were discharged, and the test remanded until the next Sessions. . The whole number dissharged this day were, three itoni Ludgate Prison ; two from the Poultry ar.d six (mom the Meet. The Cot; K r then adjourned to the 10th of Sep tember ; on which day the Rzcoao ma will appoint a day specially, for the further consideration of In solvent debtors' cases. PUBLIC-OFFICE, BOW-STREET. aces v. *slaty. Mr. Rees, the celebrated imitator, late of Covent Garden Theatre, has been engaged at Sadler's Wells Theatre, for some time pot, to give his imi tations of the m.sst celebrated Lenders performers ; and on the tint night of his pei lures:ince, he gave imitations of Mr. Amity. Sen. in his exhibition of some Monkeys at his Amphitheatre some year, since, likewise of his made of conJuning the. Horsemanship, his Dialogue with Mr. Merryman, Ste. Sec. He gave it in such a very ludicrous style. that it was received with unbounded applaus-. Former imitations of Mr. Astley having been the sulrjea of a violent dispute begetters Mr Aide', and Mr. Rees some years since , which end e d in a prosecution ; M r . Thomas Dibdin, one of the proprietors of Sadler, Wells, thinking this would be reviving old grievances, and that a might be the cause of enmity betwasn the two Theatres, as it would be supposed the imitations had she Maatger's sandion, restricled Mr. Rees front' giving any more imit a ti ons o f M r. A st l ey, his engag ment with them ; and sent a very hen& some letter, with an apology, to Mr. Astler, dist owning the imitations to have bee 'Oven weds MA approbation, a id that he had restnaed Mr. Ravi from . giving them any more; as he did not eon. sider it a fair subjek for imitation, but an attack upon the min. It being part of the engagenient of Mr. Rees, :hat he was to have a benefit, which was fixed for Wednesday night last, and it was gene. rally understood among Nlr. Reels friends that is. would repeat the imitations of Mr. Astley on that night ; on Tuesday afternoon Mr. Aldey, josh met Mr. Rees in cberns-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, and complained to him of his illiberal endue towards ins father ; and assured him, if he repeated his imitations of his father, at his benefit on Wed nesday •ig ht, he would certainly attend and horse-, whip him. In consequence of this threat, Mr. Rees applied to the above office on Wednes !ay anornier s and obtained A peace warrant against Mr. Astley, jun.. Mr. Astley was not taken is the course of the day. In the evenir.g, Mr. Rees's benefit took place. and in consequence of a recommendation of the Managers, and the advice of some particular friends, he relinquished the giving any imam:sons of MI. Astley, sen. ; and an apology was made pros vious to the commencement of his imitations, that part of them WAS iinavaida'ily obliged to he omit ted. This wa, • nost vialetrly oppa.el by a gnat pin of the au.';e ice; numbest havi.3 come to ti.st Fireatre for the express purpose of hearizlmt imitations Of Mr. Autry, sea. and a most ate riot ensued. It was expelted violence would bet offered to the Theatre; and it was with the peat. est difficulty, the performances were suliered to proceed. Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, the parties sp. pared beioie JANUS READ. Esq. the sitting Ma. gistrate, when, in addition to the circumstances above stated, Mr. Rees said, he, as well as several' others, saw Mr. Ast!ey, jun. in the boxes, and that he was A principal in instigating the riot. Mr. Asley acknowledged he was in the boxes, but denied that he Was siaive in making a rice. The evidence failing to prove that Mr. Astley was a principal in the riot, the Magistrates only held hint to comrntm bail, to keep the peace towards Mr. Rees. Mr. Astley assured Mr. Rees, that if he attempted to ridicule his father on the stage any more, bo would prosecute him under a particular Alf of Parliament, against holding up individuals to ridie cu'e upon the stage; under which, for every offence, he would be subjed to SQL penaliy.