The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1804-09-06 00:00:00

ROTAL EMIL T. VIEVMOCTN, UPTEMBER Yesterdty evening, His MAJESTY, attended by Lords HAvresstußv, PAUIRT. and Hinton ; Ge nerals GARTH, CARTWRIGHT, Firzso Y, and MAHNINGHAM, inspefted the Picket Guard on the PArale, and slim after His MAJESTY wa'kei on the Sands, and inspe&ed the Staffo:dshire MilitiA. About seven o'clock, the ROYAL FAMILY went to the Play to see the Musical Farce of lb S ill a, FM, Frolic, and The tbaker. Mr. Iscr.LooN made 11;s first appearance. He sang several verses in God Seise the Klig, on the entrance of the Itov at. FA.. ILY into the Theatre; with the most animated ef. feet. In Roving, he sustained the charade'. of Mr. Belvillr, and introduced the celebrated Ballad of The Thorn, composed by Mr. SHIELD. His MA- JxSTY was pleased to honour him so much as to send General FITZROY to command him to sing the well-known sea song of On board the .efrethosa, in which h was loudly encored. Rosins, was well supported by Mrs. MASOLRLM. In the Farce of Furtnne's F.olics, Rodin Rosighkead was extremely well performed by Mr. Weston. At the end of the first a&, Mr. Isicumom sang Sraverrs's cele brated Description et . a Stern:. Miss Dec AMP arrived here yesterday, and is en gaged at our Theatre for six nights. She will make her first appearance on Wednesday night, when she will appear in the charatter of Lndo nosh, in the Comedy of Tlx Schad for Scandal, and Cerotine, in the Masical Farce of The Prim. This morning, at seven o'clock, His MAJESTY at tended by Gtinerals GARTH, C•RTWRIGHT, MAN• SINCHASS and Pyrzitov, rode through the principal parts of the town. About ten o'clock, Their MAJESTI es, the Pam crusts, Duke of CAW santoz, and all the General Officer., Lords HAWKESDURY, UX•RIDGR, PAVLET, and Morow. Ladies WYNYARD, THYNNE, IL. CHESTE R, and SPEACER, and MIS. DRAB, left the Castle, amidst the acclamations of the populace, for the Royal Barge, which was waiting to convey them to the island of Portland, famous for its romantic scenery, and the quarries of stone, of which our most beautiful edifices are built; the Barge had a Royal Standard at her stern, and au awning covered with beautiful silk, large enough ri cover the whole company, and makes a fine appear ance. The Rov A'. FA mu. v were surrounded by boats, for many hundred yards ; and there was not a boat to be had in or near Weymouth : the ships in the harbour tired a royal salute as the Rov AL FA taw, passed. Vast numbers of people, who could not procure boats, were on the hills and coast, facing Portland, homing, singing Gott Sew the Aieg, and 'hewing every possible demonstration of joy. great preparations have been making for seve ral days past, at Portland Castle, for the tntertail roent of the RovAt. FAMII.T, and every delicacy of the seas.in had been conveyed from the King's kit chen At Weymouth, under the direEtion of Mr. Rios. There was a large platform raised for the ROYAL FAIRILY to land no, where they Arrived in a'iotit half an hour; the carriages for the Qt. tax and ViniCESSES, and horses for His M Aie3r v and suite, were conveyed front Weymouth to Portland, in the ferry boat. SOUTHEAD, SCl ramosa S. 'This delightful spot, so Justly alm;rel by every person of taste, is so ext emely full, that not eve. n lodging is to be had. There is not a house trfort the Terrace that is not full ; and even pre-eagt.:vtb perhaps, by owe or two families in succession, .if:e, the time of the present occupier shall have t xpired. They lett at immoderate prices ; for, so great is the fardrion of the place, that houses, which ii<ei to be Lad for two guineas and a half per week, cannot now be htd under sc-tat or eight ; and were the nrtmber treble what it is at present, they would all be occupied. The Earl of Pomfret, Lady Char t - ate Denais and daughter. .lr. and Mrs. Bagenah with their elegant daughter, who are well known in the fashionable world, are here; and thort;;:i hat many titles, we have all elegant people. The 'rhea' e is neat and pretty, though rather small, an 1 hoists a very grad company of comedians. The Cavalry bespeak the play next Wednesday, and have already found the house not nearly spacious enough to accommodate their friends. 't he Li brary, which is most beautifully situated, is an agreeable resort ; they have several little tames for the amusement of the company. The tfe!el is Aso charming and the only thing to br 7e,Jetted is, that though extensive, it is not tear large enough. CI.VHEJTII, SEPT. 4. We are all life, gaiety, and s;:irit here. On Mon day Earl Temple gave an elegant ball and supper to the or:icerc, amon;.; whom were Lcrd Southamp ton, Genetals Finch, Hay. ixe. 'I he ball pre sented a captivating display of beautiful women of rank and fashion. The military discipline is very ,trill. and the tronps are constantly exercised in v..tions manaenvres, sham fights, reviews, &c. Amidst the hardships and fatigues of a camp, and ;ieparations tor battle, we are not unmindful of f:.e refinements of peace. We at once study the cf war, and cultivate the favriar of the graces. The officers of the guards are building a theatre upon the heath, which is to be opeeed in Atint fourteen days. It is a neat ed:.ice. end viii be very elega:c and commodious in its interior ar rangements and decorations. A balio firm al; ere ling by susscription, is nearly finished. It viol open on the 19th. You nisy: 'Orin an idea of its size, from the nuniher of tiesets to Is issued. They will be 300. Tile several regimews in the camp are expeded to march to-morrow i:sto the different villages in the vicinity, tor the purpose or f min„ a flying camp, and will return in a few da;... Mu. Pitt was here a few days ago, and rode w:thin the lines accompanie.l by several °dicers. Not being in regiment:lls e :le ws, followed by out of Cie dm guaos, and made to tali back. The Ea - a %TA rep i.nant of rn litia, c.mnrnand el h r 1, rd Blume, was r:riew.N.l on the race thr .ond of Hull, on Saturday ; the North 11.1nzo:n, cononsndeJ by Lout Mit.si No rowv„ nn 'rues bty ; the 3.1 L.ncoln, at present elm:l:andel by Lieut. t'„10;14 Kino, were inped a the um: place, ycstesday, by Gener a l MAGI/zeta:L. INgbirENT DRifORS. SESSIONS FOR THE COUNTY OF SURREY. tb* Err. 4. Beforr Mr. Stijeant ONSLOW, awl the Ju ST [CIS of PE ACC for the evenly of Surrey, held fur the purpose of elebrbdrgang Dricurs, cud bears,: rippeelo w&r the Insolami Drbturb' ea. The discharge of Moses Nathan (a Jew) was ;hosed by Mr. JACKSON, nn the part of Mr. Ulas r;son, a haberdasher, residing in the Borough. The grounds of objection were, that the Insole. ent had obtained goods from him under false pre. tences. Sarah Blake, Mr. Harrison's shopkeeper, de posed, that she remembered the prisoner coming to her master's shop, and ordering a large quantity of laces, veils, silk-stockings, and Irisk linen, to the amount of 2381. which, he said, were for a cus tomer, and promised to return immediately such part of them as his customer would not have, and to pay for the rem tinder. Under this pretence he got the goods, but neither paid for or returned any of them. Mr. Harrison stated, that the prisoner and his wife had bought goods from him several times, and cor roborated the fiats stated by the former witness Upon his cross-examination by Mr. MAi !or, be said, he gave the goods on the usual terms of s.de and return, which he admitted was the custom of the trade; that the prisoner had brought those goods to gaol with him, and disposed of them there. Ile refused to take halt-a-crown in the pound for his debt, but offered to take his goods bail again, in full of all that was due to him. Moses Nathan, upon being examined, stated, that he formerly resided in the Miaories, and latterly in St. George's Fields, he had gone to Ham burgh to sell his goods. and I.)st a great deal by a person there; he was arrested and brought to Eng land, and had been confined in the King's Bench Prison, upwards of three years. He offered Mr. Harrison the same paynie:l, in common with his other creditors, but he refused it. He soli the goods in question, for the benefit of his creditors at large. Mr. Serjeant Ossxow said, that he had a consi derable doubt upon the case. Iwo of the Justices were of opinion, that the case was not sufficiently made out; but he thought that the g wds were not obtained in the usual way. The caw was ordered to stand over for furzher consideration. The discharge of Elizabeth Parsons, widow, a ri ost repedable looking old lady, of about 70 years of a g ., was opposed by one Kalmondson„ on the pou.tds of her not having inserted in her schedule a per%ion or allowance. which he alleged she enjoyed from the Chamberlain's Officer he further opposed her on the gm Inds of her having ohrained goods un der false pref.:nee', bus on his own ex Lit id stionhe was obliged to t irre up th:s last chare,-. Upon t exam:nation of tit in4soner, it appeared that she hz.l an allow ince of about 451. per annum from the Chamhet I tel.'s thrice, not as a pensirm, but for aeltual work and I toour. This allow:me she had assigned ovor to Mr. Henry Martin, in consi deration of his haring paid her c , editors Ids. in tits pound, which since had heen off, red to Mr. Ed mondson and another cr, litor, a friend of his, but was rejeßed. Shy Way then remanded for the pal:- pose of amending her schedule, as to the as :,,a ment. DANIEL bIINDOZA, THI PUOILIST. . _ Daniel Mendoza was opposed by Mr. Morris, on tiehalt of Messrs. Stottard, hiewsiin, and Company, Brewers. The Learned Counsel expressed his re gret, that, although much as he ;imited the Pri soner for his pugilistic soence, yet he felt it his duty to oppose his liberation, however beneficial it might be t•.s society, upon very serious grounds: the lit st was, that his schedule was del not having his Let place of re-iJence inserted; and the other, by much the more seriott., was on the 40th clause, for temoviug his goods with intent to defraud a fair creditor. The circum•tances were these: Mr. Men doza, being very successful in his art, had won some cons.d , rable prizes, and desiring to retire front any further contest, he represented his circum stances to Messrs. Stothard, Howson, and Co. who were induced to set him up in the public line, at the sign of the Children in the Wood. in White- Chapel Road. This sign not being quite con sonant with the ideas of Mr. Mendoza, he ap plied to the Magistrates, and was permitted to change it for that of the Lord Nelson; under this sign Isis success was very great, but unfortunately one of the partners of the brewery was not so at. tentive as he should have been to the condo& 01 Mendwa. .1 he Lord Nelson was always at his post, only requiring such repairs as the weather hits made necesrary. MI so with Mendoza; instead of being always at the tap, as Lord Nelson was at the dour, he was cons:a:ay frequenting his old sport of boxing matches. But his clients had to complain of base ingratitude: they had set him up, and he had executed to them a warrant of nttornty. thereby giving them a power over the property in the hcase : he suffered w large arrear of rent to accrue due, the payment of which he put off under various pretences, alleging, that there was always enough of furniture, plate, &c. in the howe to sa-; tisfy it. Upon these representations they were in duced to postpone serving ony princess for the rent, and at last, when they did proceed, the goods were all gone, and the rent remained unpaid. oeorge Pollard being sworn, stated that he had received rent for Messrs. Stothard, Hewson. and Co. from Mendoza, for the Lord Nelson ; that at the time he left it, in January, ISM there was due for half a year's rent. A short time before, Mendoza showed him a vast quantity of goods, con sisting of plate, furniture, ecc. be told him he was in the habit of entertaining bankers' sons and other gentlemen. which obliged him to have all those ac coma:. dations for du m; he told the witness that they were won), 4001. Patrick Casien deposed. that he had levied the sum of 141. 9s. upon the goods in question, but as Mendoza had been a brother officer, he had charged him no tees. NICTICiO7:I WM then examined : he declared he never h.td and• Hate esu•n; six teaspoons, that which Pot l_rd Lad sten he had borrowed from neighboms Thcre -was a great deal of furniture, mattresses and all of w:uch had been sold by the brew:Ts under their judgment ; the only thing he had re tained f ur hinase'd, his wife, and seven childica, was a mattress and floc/ bed. He owed his brother•in law a large sum of money, which he levied on the goods previous to she brewers, and he had.never been at his house after he first left it. He was then asked, had he not received 501. since he went to prison? he answered he had. Q. What have you dune with it ?—A. Ask my children. He was then remanded till he should amend his schedul., as to his last place of residencti. Ninety-two prisoners were brought up Warn the King's Banch prison : eleven were 0pp0...:d, tour re mandedi and the remainder discharged. POLICE. At a late hour; on Tuesday night, a hearing came on before NICHOL AS BOND, and Hu:trea t Esqrs. the sitting Magistrates, at the Public Office, Bow -street, which excited considerable attention to a very crowded Office. Mr. O'Shaughnessy, a re spedable bhoemaker, in St. Jarnes's•strett, sum moned the two Stewards, belonging to ~ Benefit Society, of which he was a m em b er , t, ;l ega lly erasing his name as a member of the .i.,ciety. It appeared, that according to the rules of the Society, it a member was ill, and declared upon the box of the Society, he was entitled to a guinea a-week, during his illness; and if he died, his widow would be entitled to 501. but if he was dete&ed in attending to any business, or gambling, he would be deprived of all the benefits, and be scratched out of the So. ciety. He was charged with both of these crimes; and the evidence adduced in proof wasp that about sit weeks sine!; he was seen using a boot last in his shop, which was the charge of following his busi ness ; and the charge of g a mbli ng was founded on his being area among the crowd, on the first day of the Middlesex Eledion, in Piccadilly, opposite the house of Sir Francis Burdett, and was heard to say, he would lay 100 to 10, he was the sittiqg Member. On these grounds, he was expelled the Society. Mr. ALUM attended on behalf of Mr. O'Shaugh itrea, and, in the most elogaent speech we ever him deliver, addressed the Magistrates at considerable length, on behalf of his Client. He contended, that, in both cases, the evidence had c ,, asiderably fallen short of legal proof; and called wi-nesses to prove, that when Mr. S. was in his shop, with a boot-last in his hand, it was not for the purpose of business, but that there were several men in his shop, behaving in a vety riotous manner, that they attempted to stoke him, and he took the last in to his hand to defend himself, and that this time he most satistaaorily proved he was wrapped up in fl tnnel from head to foot, for the gout, with which he was so much aii&ed, as to disable him from foi 1, sting his business. On the charg e of gambling, be proved, that on the first day o f th Middlesex Elec tion, he found himself a little better of the gout, so as to be aille is walk as far as Sir Francis Burdett's wh,rt he merely in conversation with a friend, L.:I;J it was about 100 to 10 but ha was c •i t t!r • iiember, without mentioning either can names. Upon this and various other quib bit > :he learned Counsel took occasion most severely, but very justly, to censure the narrow mindedness 'ech the condo hors of the Benefit Societies ai:t upon in general, by watching and catching at the most trilling circumstance to oppress a member who has the misfortune to be aflliaed with illness, and ad against them life common informers, with out exercising the least liberality towards them. In this censure the Magisti ates most heartily joined, and ordered Mr. S. to be restored to all the privi leges of a free member. The lEtso has been plea ed to confirm the sen. tenet, of a General Court Martial, lately holden at Colchester, on Capt. Cuts r a sr, of the 7th battalion of Reserve, for disrespeiful conduit to his Com manding Ulcer on parade, whereby he is adjodged to be suspended from rank and pay for six months. His NIAJEsT Y has likewise been pleased to approve the sentence of a General Court Martial, lately holden at Sunderland, for the trial of Capt. Scary, of the 61st, on a charge preferred against him by Major Dov La, of the same regiment, and which has been circulated through the army in General Orders. The Gazette of Tuesday night contains the fol. lowing Memorandum : c irtivt George Wait.: arisen, of the MI Light Dragoons, ts suris.d"d, in consequence of his having been engaged in the Mutiny at the Royal Military College A considerable sensation has been excited amongst the military stationed near East Bourne, in conse quence of the long-established mode of regiments taking quarters according to seniority being annul led by a brigade order. In the instance alluded to, a senior and junior regiment going to be quartered in the same barracks were ordered to draw let for the priority of choke. SrSi HOML POPHAM was employed on Saturday in examining some boats building in Portsmouth Dock on a new constrialtion. The form and par ticular use of these are kept a profound secret.— They are, with several Custom-house cutters, to be under the command of that Officer. During the uftion between the Loire frigate and the Blonde French privateer, a Midshipman had his hat taken off his head by a double-headed shot, without doing him any injury. A code of night signals has been ktely esta blished, and scat down by the Admiralty to the se veral posts on the heights round the coast, and a cordon of ra e.cr G frigates are smioned at col, vcnient wtween whom and the shore a ready communication cm at all times be kept by rockets and variegated lamps. Each house, too, is supplied with a stack of furze, which is to be immediately set fire to on the first appear ance of alum, when a regular correspondence can be carried on by means of different coloured lights; with as much facility as in the day-time. A few days ago, Mrs. Kinasr, wife of Mr. E. KIRSY, nephew of the late Mr. KIRBY, keeper of Newcue, was brought to bed of twins, a boy a.id a girl, who, with the mother, are likely to do Tne place of keeper of the ahove prison is not yet finally disposed of. It does not, as is gene: t.lly sappoted, g o in rotation. Mr. Ake tt WhO SUt;•• Esther, needed his is au exception to that supix.sesi rile; :and as Mr. E. KIROV is a man of excellen: c I:A - racter, and has a family of its children, his ili:nds have no doubt of his bring contirwied in a siwati , n which he has Elkd unle; Lis aged uncle, iv:4lre years, with so mush credit to himself. •. Tiiesday evening, between eight and tine o'clock, several gangs of pickpockets paraded Bartholomew Fair, and annoyed several women -; tdt their pockets from their sides, to rob them or their roperty. A • city officer, seeing their predator? proceedings, in terpose! ; when the villains hustled him, cut him in the breast with a sharp instrument, and otherwise be. and abused him. Being separated• from his fellow officers, who wire engaged with other gangs. he was obliged to give up the contest. Upon the same evening, a man was killed in the , fair; and yesterday, a woman, with an infant in her arms, was forced, by the pressure of the crowd; I. RTIIOI.OMEIV 17ER. •o near to one of the roundabolits, that the machine, which was in rapid motion, struck the child upon the neck. and actually severed its hzad fmm its Cody. A gentleman from the country, who had hear& • of the number of light-fingered gentry tha• attended Bartholomew Fairi was determined to give than Notice that they had nothing td expect from him, and walked through the ft !r vat!) his pockets tnrnrd inside out. However, on his leturn home, he the mortification of finding that the skirts et• nil coat had been cut off, and the still greater of being detained until he got a new one made. A very hot press has lately taken place through out the kingdom. Even the different signal-housel along the coast have been deprived of their hands, many of which are now worked whollr by land men, under the command of a Lieutenant of the Navy. The Royal Marine Estalslishment, under the au spices of the plmeni Board of Admiralty, has re ceived orders to selea from each et the three divi sions of Chatham, Portsmouth, and Plymouth, one company each, to be formed into an artillery corps, which is to be sent immediately to Woolwich; the officers to be selected, arc to study gunnery, cation, &c. to be taught br the maiteis belonging to the Cadet Company; and, when properly in strutted, they are to be relieved by the SAW' num ber from the divisions, and embarked, so that in th• course of a few years, the whole of this useful corps will become Royal Marine Artillery. This plan has been spoken of for several years. A Female Prophet, young, and of genteel ap pearance, of the name of Slrok &slow. residing in Norton Falgate, was yesterday committed from the Public Office, Worship-sneer, to New Pi ion. for trial, at the Quarter Sessions, under the Vagrant Aa, for exercising the iirmirant art of fortune-tell ing on cards, and other devices, by which she drew money out of the pockets of credelons feniales, pro mising them golden harvests, agreeable husbands, and beautiful children ; istit, one of her votaries, find.. ing herself greatly disappointed by the.: dein Je.ll .Homises, insteut prosecution agaiiist this young Hecate. that might I. eve deceived .liscter6 himself. On Monday, the landlady of the Cow ;nib ic-h• aisei at a village near town, eloped with a master car ;miter, of that town. The fair one made her escape tio.n her bed-room window, lenv:ng her husband adeep behind her. The Landlord of the C.:c has heal since advised to set up the sign of the !bras. Considerahle alarm was excited at liidgerrrrne Camp in Holderness, on the evening of Saturday last, between ten eleewt o'clock, by the aopearailea of a fire in the south.qttarter, which appears/to burgs with great fury; for sorra hours the soldiers were kept in readiness to move at a short notice, it hying: by many considered as an ia.ii.:ation of the en my off the coast. The reflection of the flan .. iR the clouds was seen in most past of I lolderness. hhe CAMe is said to have been, the burning of some rape straw upon Sunk Island in the Humber. On Friday night, about half pist nine o'clock, an apprentice of Messrs. Aglow and Po rrse , Grocers, of Maidstone, was sent to Park-house, some little distance on the Rochester-road, with a small narcel of salt. He was stopped by three men, to all appearance soldiers: one of them demanded a pint of beer; t. .e lad, much terrified, gave him tortes pence; a second demanded also the same for him. self, and one for the other—which compelie I hiss to yield up six-pence more, and nagiving it to him, he was knocked down by the thitl/ ; the parcel ni salt being twisted round one of his fingers with j string, was then snatched away with some violence; and they immediately decamped towelleis The boy, very much frightened, returned to stone, and some men were sent in pursuit, huf, un fortunately, no trace could he found, that would lead to a discovery of the dastard!) offenders. On Sunday last, as Mrs. WAS!), of fiensielel, Sus. sec, was taking an airing on horseback, sh.: was dis co runted by the tall of I:er horse; but, beiirg, a sidrit ed woman, she instantly remounted, and rode u Wood's Mill stream, %%here the animal tripped anc threw her a second time, with her foot lunging it the stirrup, in which situation she was diagged considerable distance in tl.•e water; but her foo: for tunately slipping from her silke, she was release( from her peril, before she had received any materia injury. A few days ago, a young woman abi-iit twenty years of age, of a genteel appearance, and mad disord,red in her m:nd, went to the b o n oof .TA sea LITTLE, newcas!le, Cumberland, say,, her n.tm is FRANCES Br. IGt.t ; h.r parents are ALV:t bat u what part of the cauntry she cannot tell: she speak very cod English, and seems to be well bred, ha on a black bombazeen gown and petticoat, an• crape bonnet. Sile has flaxen hair. light blue eyes her teeth a little bl tck, a mole on the foreside o h:T left wrist, and a scar on the outside of it. Sh is of a middle size, very handsome made, seems I. be good natured, Atli 'Adorn speaks. A paragraph h tying been inserted a few days as in Tie Turk Her,.!!, o•lAtive 10 whic:,, t is every reason to btliere, has been stolen tram b parents, it is desired a mistake in it nia. I.e e. , r cite as to his age (lest any one slaiuld be ir.: . is t! ,e in•luiries atter him), fr,..m his being rep:oscine& f the Herold at the as.-,e of 6ve or six years, ssi re: it is very evident, from his speeds, ana esiry (*IN c.rcumstancir, he cannot much exceed the .s b e tour years. He is a rcmartaitsly s lively too; stout made, very handsome, wilts very dart. eft a.id eye-lashes, Ii ,ht brown hair, nitii 4 t War Cull pleniQn net in the Mast sun-burnt, ham when (an tram his being p-rtetly fret troin all vulgar eapra skin) it is ev'deot he cannot have travelled wiLla a beggar.