The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1804-10-15 00:00:00

~_ •. FROM SATURDAY NISHT's GAZETTE. Whitehall, Aug. 18, 1801. The King has been pleased. by Letters Patent, under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, to confer the honour of Knighthood upon David Baird and John Stuart, Esqrs. Major.a.nerdJs in the Army, who have reciiived His Maje.ty 's Licence to aece:it and wear the Insignia of the Ottoman Order of the Crescent (of the superior degree), transmitted to them by the Qrand Signor: Ai's' the Order of the Crescent haring been in stit:,:ed by His Majesty's Ally the Gritod Signor, commemoration of the signal and important ser vices rendered to the Ottoman Empire by the glo rious atchievements of the British arms in Egypt, the King has further been pleased, by Wari . ants, under His Royal Signet and Sign Manual, to grant unto the said Major-General Sir David Baird and Sii. John Stuart, His Royal Licence and Permission t bear. in allusion thereto, a Crescent, and certain nth= appropi iate honourable augmentations, toge ther with supporters, to their armorial Ensigns ; the same being first duly exemplified according to to Laws of Arms, and recorded in the Heralds'- Office : And also to order, that these His Majesty's se veral concessions, and especial marks of His Royal favour, be registered in His College of Arms. Whitehall, Od. 13, 1804. The King has been please-1 to grant the Dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Bri tain and Ireland unto Sir Robert Ainslie, of Great Torrington, in the county of Lincoln, Knt. late His Majesty's Ambassador at the Ottoman Porte. and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully b.gotten, with remainder to Robert Sharpe Ainslie, of Market Stainton. in the said coolly of Lincoln, Esq. Ne phew of the said Sir R.ihert Ainslie, and Son of Ge neral George Ainslie, deceised, and the heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten. The King has also been pleased to grant the !lig s:l4 of a Damage of the said United Kingdom to William Burroughs, 7.sq. late Advocate-General of Bengal, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawtally begotten. i4dwiewity.o2ree, QV. 13, 180 L espy Ufa LAW Ron Vice-A‘imiral SurJohn Thomas DOck. wottU, K. 8 Commander to Chief of Hi, Majesty'• and aerial. ea )warier, Morioka, Eaq dared at Po.t•Royal • do ..CJuly,ll3o4. SIR, You will herewith receive a letter from Captain Mudge, of His Majesty's ship Blanche, which ynu will please to lay before the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. I am, &c. J.l'. DUCKWORTH. Blanclbe, off Cwoora, Noah 3 Miles, SIR, 29th tOtl4 Lying -to, under the guns of Sr. Cruz (Cornso I), at four p. xs. I saw an armed schooner standing in from seat as soon as she was hull out I made sail, and aft-r a hard chace, the frigate running ele►en knots under her royals and top-gallant studding sails, at nine p. w. captured the Dutch schooner Nimrod, mounting 4 4-pounders, copper bottomed and fasten ed, and but '2 years old ; she is the fastest vessel I have wet with since I have been is the %Veit Indies, and 'was one of the two schooners that engaged the Fly ing Fish, having then on board fifty melt. I sm, &C. ZACHARY 141.:DC F.. To Vice-AduiUul Sir .1. T. Duckworth. 1 . • c 1 a a ti i t t t 1 • t ' 1 1 1 4 1 1 • • 1 I • i t • 11 1 1 1 a War Ofre, 0411 11, 1804. Mh Regiment of 117.g00n Gu.inlN.—..‘uguatt. Curzon, am'. to be enrn..t, stttui.t 11th Dstto.-..Captaln Plwattl %toekle•, frmi the 4 • - ,11. be without punitasg, rice Nigoby, pr...o”tett to th.• 594 f• or* 40th Dittoe—Major Paid Anderson, front half•pay oI the Lit.. Corsican Rangers, te be Major, v.ce Rcenell, elan excli,..4e.; 411.4 Regiment of Foot—V.•jor Sebr.gl.t %fee br,fotiu the 18.1. Foot, to be Lieutenant.Coltwel, wittioutpuicluhe. STAFF. Maim Thomas ‘farlay, on half. pay of the lit Fuot fluent., to be an hone ling Field Officer of Yeomanry and Corp.. in Ircla,.d, wan temporary rank of Lieutenoit.eo.o tel in the Army, rice Sir Wuliam Orckbanse, mor e ap pointment lao not taken place. sward by the burl7ieurreaidnr She Crusty e 1 Middlesex. Raid East MAdlesex Rcement of Militia.—Thornas Prince, IN. to he Captain. D.ited Sept. V 4, 1104. Women Regiment of %faint —Sir R. Crawford, Lrt to b' Captain. Dated Sept. 44, Min. P. Cooltm in, Gent to be I.l,utedant Dated at James B.atit, Celli to be Ditto. Dated as above. R. Riissett, Gent. to be Unto. I).ted a. shove. Duke of Gloucester's Local Volunteer=.-..l.ieuteitint Valen tineJonim tri be Captain, vire the Lad et Clogenell, re signed. Dated Sept. li, 1404. The Han. William Slceffington to be ditto, vice Thomas 111.gb, F...q frog ed Duet as above Eleign Lock in hi Lwilte.4ll4, vice Foigleßekl, reogned. Dated Sept 18, 1804. Fulham Volunteer: —The Rigbt non Thomas Loot Varmint 12-ntilegh to be Liesucoant•Climel Cominaudant, vice ltdayrick, reagoed. (Fated Sept •.'ll, !Cie. Noes Wi bunt Frederick's Volunteer..—Chad Randall, Gent to be Fiiogn, vice Sinikin, reogn-d Dated Sept. 27, 1804. SeeMerset•Place Volunteer, —Sir Andrew Snaps Hammond, Rut. to be Lieutenant Colon, I•C imutainlant, 'ire Tierney, resigned. Datal Sept. 18, 1404 Si. Cho:lei William 14.1111 e bmghtm Sari, to be Lieutenant. Colonel, vice lIJIT mond, promoted. Dated., above. William Cromwell, IL , I to be Slain,. eiri• Rune, pmnioted. T Ca,82184.-11.1eitte0.10t Jahn Ctc.twell, ace Duncan. rec l ine" Dated Sept. IS, 1804. L'eotenalit Allred Joa.,soti, vice Terry, resigiud. Dated at above. Lieutenant WIIIi ns knight, vice Latham, resigned. IS ty.! as abo% e. Lieutenant Arthur Met*. vice Hays, resigned. Dut.vi as above. To be 1.. •ttionrritt..--F.mie John Finney, vice William Crew wsl, proni..tad. bated Sept. IK, 18C4. FrPign John Fairweather Harrison, viceCresww.lt, promoted DAtcvl as above. Ensign John Thorn... Briggy, vice Johnson, promoted. I.ldted do above. LotligtsCl;arleq Hart, vice K p.nniot. d. flatrA at a'.ovg.. Ge"rge Yeats, vice Morn., I)..teri as above 'Ravi Thomas Avvp Ducun, vice Halnuti, Date•l ao above. -To be Eriiiigni —Jetties Stow : -Gent. vice Fisin-,., promoted, Dated Sept. 18, 104. Walter Hutton, Get , . vice Hatriton, pugnote.l. Dated a. alin-e. . Janet Inglii). Lawson,Oele. vice 116;gs promoted- Dated a. alit.. e. Jamey 1111 cit.?, dot. 'ries 144 , t, promoted. Datrd at above. T. h••• .4,lju • 4.1 T...4.{Tillanani Jobs t . inney, vitae Gio.ge Smith, rt...g..ed Datiii Sept. IS, IMPS. CIIIIIMIIIHOSS 11;rerd ti Hie Ngiesty's Fire Liertema of tilt Ciliate Sant harnpa.n. ' Duke of (..,,,,wee. few Forest Range.;—William Hill, Gent. to to, Atlantan, vice Stl'Liatian, taigned. Dated Aug. SO. 1814. TILE BRITISH PRESS. LON DON, MONDAY, Ocrostrt 15. We have received a letter, dated the 3d instant, from our correspondent at the Hague, of which the following is an extra et :—" The communication with England by neutral vessels, hitherto tacitly allowed to us by our French oppressors, though absolutely necessary to enable us to pay theireztortions,has lately "net with many obstruaions, and, it is even rtported, will soon be entirely prohibited, at least until the final change in our government has been organised, and the grand expedition shall have sailed. The four last bags with ship letters, that have arrived from England, have been seized by the French, and carried to the Camp of Ziest, where General MA a stomr, and the Minister Simonet'. r. r, assisted by some secret agents from Paris, opened every letter. All vessels suspeaeri of coming from or baring touched at Digland, have been rummaged and visited in the strictest manner, both in the Tesel and in the Meuse, to find out English corre spondents. Several persons have in consequence been arrested both here, at Amsterdam, and at Rot terdam, and snail/bills of exchange have been lost or taken away, to the great loss of our merchants. and the great detriment and confusion of um- com merce. Foreigners may perhaps think, that a great conspiracy has been discovered, or a meditated in surredlion prevented, and that they are the cause of these measures of severity ; bat no such thing ; we continue patiently, and in silent anguish, to bear the heavy yoke imposed upon us by BONA.. P AIMS we stiffer, sigh, but pay without opposi tion, because the spirit and energy of our ancestors have been buried with our liberty and independence. Of this the Corsican and his satellites are well con vinced. This was, therefore, merely a revolution. ary-financial operation, to find out sshat money our principal capitalists have s. ill in the English funds, or preparatory to some new pecuniary requisition film France, under the name el loan, to pay the ex travagant ezpences of her foreign tyrant's corona' non, and, as some pretend, the ceremony for the installation of our own new ruler or rulers. That this must be the case few doubt, as all the arrested persons, in opening their purse , ., have opened the doors of the prisons for eieir reception, and the French commercial agents are busy in taking a list of our richest inhabitants, and to gain information of the amount of their fortunes. Emigrations to Ham. ourgh. Denmark, Russia, Sweden, and America, have consequently increased ; and, should Bona. Aare continue some time longer his present sys tem in this country, in sonic few years it mill con tain nothing but tyrants, beggars, and slaves." The state of St. Domingo has afrirded a pretence to the French for committing daily depredations upon neutral commerce in the Vest Indies. The American papers received last week abound with accounts of the frightful barbarity exercised by French pirates and pi ivateers in th it quarter. Nu merous ships of the United States have been taken by vessels fitted out from Gaudaloupe, and plunder ed, sunk, or burnt. The crews have been trcatcd with the greatest barbarity, loaded with chains, and confined in dungeons. A vessel from Jamaica, ar rived on Saturday in the Downs, has brought a copy of the proclamation under which these elCiiit!) have been committed. It will be found in a suiisequeut column. Virginia Pap2rs, received on Saturday, contain rm.: interesting news from St. Domingo. It ap• pears, that the Negro Empero► of that island has been defeated, with the luss of 1,01) men, in an at tack on St. Jago, which was defended by 7,000 Spa niards, under the orders of the French General DE • A Vs. Dess ALIPI &I is stated to have destroyed the city of Monte Christi mid Fort Dauphin, murder ing most of the inhabitants. Early in August, he was preparing to attack the city of St. Domingo, and the posts of St. Jag° and Azn, which were all that remained in the hands of the French and Spa niards. The Negro Chief has declared war against the latter, and given orders to his privateers to ca,s ture their vessels. While all our contemporaries alarmed the town with an exaggerated rqwesentation of a contagious disease at Gibraltar, we stated, eacinti.../y, Govern ment had received information, that it did not exist in the extent stated, and that its violence had a►ated. We have received Gibraltar Papers to the 2d last, which confirm our statement. It appears from them that the Garrison is not mote sickly than is usual at a like period of the year ; and that the fever which prevails there was chiefly amongst the inhabitants, and bore no resemblance to the malady which has occasioned such mortality at Malaga. On the I sth, there were sixty-five inhabitants, and four teen soldiers, ill of fevers. Seven deaths took place during the five succeeding days. A few new cases occurred, but several of the patients were declared convalescent. New-York Papers to the i ith last have been re ceived ; but their contents are not of importance. The Captain of a Swedish vessel now in the River, who sailod from Cottenburgh on the sth, states, that, on his leaving that harbour, the English Packet with ! lie Root Highness MONSIEUR, brother to his most Christian Majesty the King of FIANCE, was in sight. Louis the XVIII. had not then arrived at Calmar, his intended residence; but was daily ex pescled, and great preparations were made for His MAJEIEY'S reception. Five hundred men, of the provincial regiment of Calmar, were under orders to do duty as life guards of the king of Fit ANCE. information is said to have been t _ :eived in our diplomatic circles, that the Cabinet a St. Peters burgh has published a long memori.•• which has been pre:cuts...l to all the Courts of i 'e, and regardeil as CcilliV.llellt to a declar...• war against BON Apa TF, but not against Fr: , C. It is stated to contain all the numerous gi • iitt,:es of Rtmia, against thi , barbarous I. stirper, and public as well as , ecret articles, in treaties between Ft.ance and Rusin, which were only supposed to subsist by th- other European States ; but must now con vince even the Corsican's French slaves, that their tyrant's political perfidy almost elta tis his iaoral depravity; and that as long as he is seated upon his usurped Throne, and his insolence, bad faith, and oppression, are endured, France cannot ex pel peace, nor Europe safety and tranquillity. We have heard it reported, that according to the con tents of this well-written, spirited, and dignified me morial, no Power, not even England and Germany, have been treated by the Usurper in a more treache- rous manner than Russia, nor been, with more pa tience, the dupe of his Machiavelism and machina tions. A Cona of Aldermen will be held to-morrow at Guildhall, precisely at twelve o'clock, to swear into office CI. AUMIUS STEPIitI4 HUMTtit, Esq. to be Aldermat of the Ward of Bassishaw ; also to hear and determine the several appeals against the As sessments made under the Ad of Parlianwnt, in tituled '4 An Aft for the Relief of certain Incum bents of Livings in the City of London ;" ai:d to elett the Se.o chers and Sealer of Leather. A Court Martial, consisting of Generals Fox, Wv NY A RD, BROIt Nalco, and other superior ofliccrs, will sit this day at th I lorse Guards, upon an of ficer of high rank. The Camp at Ridgmont, in llolderness, is ex petied to bleak up in the ens, ting week. The 91st rag:atent is on its march front Sussex Essex. The 42d regiment, now at Colchester, is under orders for Ireland. The 3I st regiment, daily expeEte,l from Jersey, is to reinforce the Eastern Distriet. The ilorse Guards (Blues), who haie been for a length of time quartered at Canterbury, are to march for Windsor in the course of the ensuing week. They are to be replaced by the First Dra goon Guards Several new sloops and win-brigs have arrived in the Medway, during the last week, to be coppered, preparatory w their being commissioned. Letters were received in town on Saturday, from our cruisers off Boulogne, by the 11 , 11 S .71 armed ship, and IL da bomb, arrived in the Downs. Se veral of the enemy's vessrls, which had been driven in by the late gales, wen on Thursday on the out side the harbour, bet they lay secure from our lire. The PrWeil efWalri, C X SI LE. from Jamaica for Clyde, is totally lost on Wicklow Bank, only one man saved: The M T N,' and the Smith Caraina, Srovr,, from Ch.trleston; the Drethert, I IgN DE RSON, aand the Eh uskt h, MANNING, _from i.onJuras, aiwitt4. Deal on Saturday; the Greyhound frigate, same day, sailed from that place 'spun a and the Elephant man of war, for Sheerness. The albnerw cutter arrived at Portsmouth, on Saturday. from Jersey. Letters received from Guernsey, by the fleidissit, COURT, which on Friday arrived at Weymouth, ',- NTT that the island had bun relieved from a consi derable degree of solicitude, in consequence of the gun boats blockaded in Concale, having escaped,. tinder favour of the late dark nights, to join, as is .tared, the. Boulogne flotilla. At Cherbourg, there were, on the 9th, 70 or SO vess-ls of all denomina tions, and aLsint an equal number at Granville and St. Ma10,..5. The Cr , .rs, Penelope-, no s. and Speculator, four stout Letters of Marque, sailed from Cork harbour far the West I iidiei, without convoy. on yesterday se'nnight. 'They .are well appointed ripe ships, and fully able to give the enemy's privateers a warm re ception. We understand the Board of Admiralty have been pleased to approve of the report steads of the great capacity of Cove harbour, for the nreeiving ships of war in ordinary ; and that their Lordships have given orders for converting Haulbowling Island into a Spar Store Yard. The French frigates at New-York, the Diluu and Syisik, got under weigh on the morning of the 29th of August, with an intention of proceeding to sea; but having arrived at Gravesend Bay. and perceiving . the Leander and Cambrian outside ti:e Hook, waiting to dispute their passage, they very prudently returned, and anchored in New-York harbour on the following day. They were at one time within four miles of the Leander and Caesarean, each of whom fired a gun to windward as a de fiance to the Frenchnieu. The principal towns in America continued fire from pestilence at the date of these accounts. • • TITE_ITRE, • 't. • TAU R Y•i. A E . The Comedy of The Fru»der was performed at this Theatre on Saturday night. It preser.i ed two great sources of interest and a inn, in Mrs Jo s D A Violanic, and Mr. Et xisvilffi Dun Felix. The dia. rater of Vi e t s o e is one of the mast amiable and de. licate that the fancy can conceive. H:r high serse of honour, in keeping the secret of her friend, at the risque of losing a lover, to whom she it moat tenderly attached; and the many other amiable traits of this charaeler, require great discrimin a ti on an d taste in the performer, and render it an attempt of peculiar difficulty. The delicacy of her resentment, upon discovering a female in the apartment of Doss Frbr, and her expression of wounded pride, at his jealousy, were never more happily expressed than by the sweet and silvery tones of Mrs. Jirstostr. This fascinating actress has been often admired as the most natural aird unafreded, shit ever trod th•• stage. On Saturday night she was nature liers.•ll, adorned by the hand of thegraces, and in her hap. • - mood. Mr. Eta. isros.'s Dan bilis was an adili,i..!•l,• piece of afting. Perhaps there is ,no Play in the whole range of the English Drama, which so power. fully commands the attention, by the rapid succes sion of its incidents. Love and jealousy alternately tyrannise over the mind of Don Fehr, and call forth every passion, and every weakness, that agitate or betray the human htart. It requires, therefore, great powers, great judgment, and great versatility of talents. To this arduous undertaking, Mr. EL- Lisruto was in every respect eqn .1. In his general dem...maim, he was the elegant man of fa s hion. this little quarrels with rioliotir shested feeling without weakness, and were impa..sioned without vehemence. There were a anfiness in his voice, and a tenderness in his manner, that rendered him tin. commonly interesting. In diameters of this class. Mr. ELL 'snits has no rival urn the London stage. The house overflowed at an 'early hour, with as bra. liant an audit:no: as we ever witnessed in the depth ofthe season. FASIIION thLE ARRIVALS IN TWilt His Roval Highness the Duke of Gloucester. from Lanaster, to his in Upper Crude or-stmt. The Earl of Ulthrid;e, fro n attearling Hu Majery at «-••y -mouth, to I i. boost in Burlington Gardens. Earl Fouler, Arne %V,y niout 11, to his Itnia., in Stratford Plate. Lord Hormel)). float Pottle), to his I.srobe in dnovesiso syn.re . Lard Vukonint Grirnstun and f nsily , front It. Albans, itis G-crorenor-square. Lord and Lady I),,diey and Wari,, front Himly 4141, Staf f .irdikire, to their hau.e. w P ak lane Lady Perth and t h • 'J.-anoint Miss Drutonaoad, to t►er 'wire in Grip.ireitor square. Captain, Lady Jaite, awl Mid Hvr, froza a vidt t• Lard Melville, to Itaices larmrnatra,:t. Lolv A. Corpirriter, kis a tour to the North, to Iva hoos m Park lane The Maiquit of Wlteeford, trots trailed/, to his bow i• i reet . Karl of I. inefor.l awl the lion. Colonel Pokesialoo. fries 1 , e1.in4 to Stevens% 114.4, Clifford-street. The Right lion Ran, I (:..fie, (non Ireland. %b. Mellish, front Bogiann, to the Prince of Males a Mod in Corklint.at.uet. FASHIONABLE DEPARTURES ERDH TOWN Ili. Royal Ilighneoi the Duke of Yolk, ea Saturday, to Oat lands The F. arl of Clniden, on tion to : Mijenv W ,•:t. Tip! rnrl of OrtilOild, ff ,, ln Wake% 111 .tel, oe 1 Iv Earl in Moira in Scotland Lord Melville nut Mr Put, to Weymouth ht re C. Ar, of 1 fanovet- -it owe, to Mottlake.on a visit In MPS. M• 111.111 Lady Sherbo ne and the flottoorakie Mr. awl Mis. nutter. to Sh borne Castle, (aouot.tershire. His Royal Highneg the Duke YORIt rare a dinner yesterday at Oatlands. to Generals WYIh Y A an, Rioter awe, and othercafacers of his Stai r and Mr. G teswooo The Duke of KeN•r give yesterdni an elegaet dinner to General-For, and a large party of Oilkerio at beautdul Villa, Castle Bear 1-611. His Royal Highness the Duke of Gtooctsraa merely stopped at his house in Grosvenor-itreet, ott his way to the villa at Hampton C. urt to meet the Duchess. Mr. PITT is expected in town from Weymouth on Wednesday. The Dowager Marchioness of Si t /roan honour East ,Bourne with her presence ior a "mum. until her house, in South Hadley -street, is prepared for her reception. Itit4i,ili/re voice is at the sunonti. and ni•arly upon mei with M !sic xxoutei.., whose pre is now and in dice; . Mr. has , who is to make his dein/ this night at Covent ardeti m t been many years a irs vourite aaor upon the n stage. Mr. Husicissoa arrived in town on AVednesd and proceeded diredly to join Mr. Psi rat y. mouth. An express was received in town last night with an account that Mrs. DAWK INS, of Portman-squa• e, is dangerously ill at FAIIIII4III. An elegant congregation assembled yesterday in a chapel of ease at the west cad of the sownti but neither the "'rear nor Moses made their appearances although sought for in every diredion. The Car/wares invention is anon ed to be only a new edition of the Gairrovwcirr P.ei. SerjrAnt Cockle is retained in the Pea also dirtier cans::. Some say, that the patty means to file a tishrog Bill in Chancery. Yesterday the inimitable won of St. Clement's Church, in the Strand. was opened fur the st tone these toe months. Th: pipes having andei gime a rI repair, the tones are more full and u5,.10- ou e r, if possible, than berme. Mr. Pe aasos's ea& cution was excellent, sod the Psalms were sektited with judgment. There is scarcely any place of amusement at this season of the year, which, notwithstanding every local incitement, can boast of a Mil auditory, or sufficient number of 'idiots, t remu"e"te the prietors for their expellees and exertions : bit amongst the exceptions, the New Patiossia a, in the .S!,,isd, is indisputably pre-eminent, as the attrac tions of the splendid rim of Berne seen) daily to in creases by drawing thither immense crowds of the most elegant company in the metropolis.--lie Proprietor, we understand, has been prevailed upon not to withdraw the present interesting subjed dur ing the approaching season. T.! fhi ) 4m Yes 2 n)c eel► I Fp Ind pl' SAI W 4l 1011 liv e lost vb, ;us, we Ca tun ple Ml=