The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1806-08-06 00:00:00

, • C 17 - BUSINESS. —....—. ..- -. ___ ___' ~ i/ Yesterday, at one o'cloc k . pow= to public requisition, a Common Hall of the Livery of Lon don, was coovened at Guildhall. for the purpose of electing an additional Sheriff for 'London aad Middles , x i In the room of the Gentleman elides at, the WI CollilliOn Hall, who has since declined to wee the Ofko. mit* the•esaal hea,for his es law. 'I he Issollami of &Mali bevietbeseopened with . t.zo in al formalitios. the slums of the following r m were read. as put Is notaistation for the liege of the Livery— r Romerak --1 Soo" borirmamfor ; J. Hunter, merchant Wet; J. Priem" skim, a 3. filevitor. stationer; J. P. Hitt bey, —.... a arrareada, owirraw; tte embroiderer; Peac oats, glownj filmiew, bridle's' a Wane, glover ; Clark, ••••• 11..1 1 Matiamar g sad jos. Ilrarmemeb, dyer. Mr. Whites he thee addressed the Livery, and expeilleed his hope, that the objet for which they weak Ailed forw ard this day was the choice of a Sheriff for the City of Lemke. who should be really avema.llo Nam the duties of that important of. floss and ceeititest to discharge those duties with llisfailts tOlikeeelf, and dignity to so highly respeet- Ail a tastiest la the metropolis of the British Em - There was one of the gentlemen whose names ' • boss just now read to the assembly, and who , lknessid.to stand at the head of those condi ment likely to be the objets of their seleCtion, ~n.=llllr. Symonds. But he could assure the , from communications now in his posses 41110,11ptid particularly from a letter received from Ser. Symmeades physician, that, so dangerous and peorerious was his state of health at this moment, as iertMeder him utterly unable to assume the duties of 4he i station, should he be honoured by chin fhdoe of his fellow citizens, and therefore in. 1 delgehy leave to deediee the eleigion. The fag no* 1 111010fillod would have been stated in the more regu ttfarm of a petition to the Common Council. but Aire was no meeting of that Assembly since „In* Commen-Hall day, when Mr. Symonds wee 4 4 nomination. He trusted, therefore, the of the 'Livery would consider the kalisatiorn he now gave oa the part of Mr. Sy mcesda.'as 'full and timely notice, to prove to diem that be was totally incapacitated, from ill health. , mamma the duties of so important an office ; and deandemshe relied, that the Livery would now think .• it idigla time, after so much money had been ceme nt, %Me 4 somber of Gentlemen (Ilium arvegbnif '!Ai iisieraly) who were chosen. although it was known they wield not serve r to proceed now to the iehrdlion of a Gentlemen willing, ahle. and eligible ' to mime and to discharge the dative of so ins. • peiuint • situation. Such a Gendemmi be would i 'now nave the honour of proposing to their choice ; . a man well !Lawn, he believed, to many of them, .and whom. be was sure they would admit to be a man w eligible. from respileability, and competent, ,frrp hie well-known good understanding, to dis dm fiuseions of that department with honour -en . aid to the choice of his fellovocitizens.— He easebadad, by proposing Mr. Richard Phillips, ,Ikaaioaer. 'lre I //most notwithstanding the very warm • with "skids the last 'peeler had proposed a Gentleman of whom, however, ke km; ambiag, st, ba trusted, the assembly would dolga lb/ favour of following his own though a verfiffilkisist counsel from that of the bandanas who spoke last spoke. and. in so doing, consult the • Mk" Of chair own good sense. The Honourable twises bad thought proper to charge the Livery with eleitiog Gentlemen to the office of Sheriff, for • the mere rimer of extorting mosey from them. ' • Smelt an imputation. he thought, not only indeco - teas it. the extreme, but also totally unfounded ; : sad iamb an insinuation, as, be trusted they would not sow suffer to sway them into the precipitate choke of a person, who, he would not say, might . sot be very respectable, and very competent to dis ' char the duties of the office, for he knew little or i, about him, but who certainly had no claim precedence to so many respeitable Gentlemen, in , • nomination before him ; his name having been proposed this moment fee the firmeime. He 're quested. therefore, the whole list might be fairly through, in order that a fair seleition might be • e, and every man have the opportunity of vet for die person he should think most worthy of t'ifi the** If that choice should fall upon the #nt mentioned (Mr:Symonds). he was 11 . l e r =sim the representation now made by the ' Gendessis who spells lint. if urged in the proper plooltellinselr, WWI doe 'Comma Council. would 1 have its due weight, its exempting him from the ser e viva, without any replace; and that it would not appear, there was any wish on the part of those woo proposed him, to have bins elated, merely for the . purpose. as had been generally charged by the Hominoid* Gentleman, of extorting from him a (Sae. Mr. WasTawat: r in explanation. repeated his i . . former meatiest ; and said, be =old not conceive for what other purpose, except extortion, gentle -crwere *gist. eat foe skein to the office of whew in health, avocations, or distant re . slams, it wee known would asetlnde them from service. Ml* City . of Leo* wanted money, it should be raised sn nine other way, than by elating gentlemen to ofillem, against their will. in which they were =wallet or unable to serve, and thee asslaiog them in large fines, for declining the earosee. The office of Sheriff was one whisk ow gaited some time for previous arrangement with' the panda chosen to El it, as was evident from t h e length of time which usually elapsed between the elettion and the entrance upon its duties. But if the Livery shohld follow the advice of the Hon. Gen tleman who last spoke, in proceeding through the whole list, and continuing to cleft, day aster day, and week after week, gentlemen whom they knew would not serve, merely for the purpose of obtain ing fines from them, the consequence must be, that on the commencement of the next official year, the city of London would still be in want ot l a Sherif. Mr. TATLOCK expressed some so , pile it the proposition brought forward by has friend Mr. Waitnman, for the eleition of Mr. Phillips (a Gen tl.man whose respedability, competence, and eligi bility to the office, he by no means qitestioned) wrier, upon the last day of Eleift,on, he had seemed to support :Le claims of Mr. liranscomb, in whose loom" also the slicw of hands, on that eetasioot ap- I geared so predominant. if the pretensions of Mr Phillips were urged upon political ground, ire could ' nply say there pas no 'vantage on that point, as he believed both candidates held the same principles. He believed, also, that the respeEtability and the 'competence of Mr • Branscomb would not be consi =dered inadequate to the dignified station for which be was proposed ; and even upon an equal ground of pretension on those points, he trusted the claim of seniority would preponderate in favour of Mr. Brans comb, who was ready and willing to assume the ar- duous duties of the office. and to discharge them with honour and fidelity. He therefore begged leave, with the most cordial sentiments of estimation for his worth. es well as of regard for the honour of the City of London, to recommend Mr. Branscomb to their choke. Mr. GRIFFITH very warmly seconded the Teem mendation of Mr. 'Fetlock, and observed, that, for twenty years. Mr. Branscomb had been a member of the Livery of Landon. The Common crier then proceeded to propose the names of the several gentlemen. in succession, as they stand upon the foregoing list, when the show of hands appeared to be obviously pending between Mr. Phillips and Mr. Branscomb. The majority, however. was declared by the Lord Mayor in favour of the latter gentleman, who was declared duly eleited. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, Auonsr 6. The fhenitsee, which had been at 12i in the course of the morning, left off yesterday at I IL being a fall of more than 1 per cent. We believe that:skit 1 . was merely the result of the operations of the market; ' • The recent speculators in stock being.anziaas to sell at this critical moment, with a view to:realut&- n A Messenger arrived at Deal, on Monday morn ing, in a post-chaise and four, from I.lndon, and after waiting on the Admiral. was immediately put onboard the Atrher gun-1n ig, Lieut. Pates, which sailed direlly for Calais. Aa American vessel from Holland, on her way down Channel, on Monday, landed a Gentleman at Dover. He reports, that the whole of the Dutch fleet in the Tezel, consisting of seven sail of the line, thee frigates, and two corvettes, had been dismantled beiote his departure, and that a stop had been also put to the building of ships in the yards. The confident expettation of peace was the cause auigned for this proceeding. We copied, on Monday, a paragraph from a Frankfort Paper, stating nearly to the same effba. The first division of the transports, with the Bri gade of Guards, and the Std and 95th Regiments on board, sailed on Monday from the Downs for Portsmouth, with a fair wind at N.N.E. under convoy of a frigate end two gun-brigs.. Should the weather continue favourable, they will be of Ports mouth this day, where they will be joined by the transports with troops, for some days waiting for a fair wind at St. Helen's. The Glesseev Career, received yesterday, con tains a letter dated Greenock, August I, from which the following is an extra& ;—" By two different vessels, which arrived last night, from Dublin, we have received the following' very unpleasant piece of intelligence, which we sin cerely hope may, by the ne;t communication, bo more satisfactorily explained. The story, as we have received it, is, that upon Friday last, a its moor prevailed in that city, that a discovery had been made of an intention among the disaffeeted, whether on the score of wages, or otherwise, is not exaetly known, to rise in arms, in consequence of the removal of four seginsents of the military, which had just taken place." We have received letters and papers from Dub lin, to the 2d instant, but they are silent upon the subject mentioned in the Gteensek letter. With regard to the affair of Tullamore, we have every reason to conclude that the will be found a corns& following . On the 22d last, four companies of Irish Militia light infantry, the Londonderry, Monaghan, Sligo, and county of Limerick, halted in Tullamore, on their march to their different regiments, from Birr, where they bad been quartered. Early in the evening, a Militia-man was addressed on the bridge, by a boy, who cannot be discovered, and who, pointing to a German soldier, desired the Militia-man to take care of those Germans, calling them, at the same time, by an offensive appellation. —Upon this, the Militia-man struck the German a ♦iolent blow on the head with a stick, which brought hits& to the ground. The German being severely hurt, complained much, and a German Officer seized the rilitia-man, and giving him up to the patrole, ordered him to be taken to the guard-house. This produced some little confusion ; and, unfortu nately, at that moment, the Militia bugle sounded to arms: it is not known whether the bugle sound ed to assemble the men at their usual hour of parade, or in consequence of the interference of some ill disposed poison; but, upon hearing it, the Militia- met: crowded into the strects ith their arms. — A party of them formed, fixed their baynneth 35 rushed up the street towards the guard-lrouens W which the prisoner had been conveyed. One of rim Officers, Captain Jus.zs, of the Sligo. equaled self, without effect, to restrain them, and a Ur ig Maim. (a German Officer, but dressed in a scarlet uniform, and probably not known to be such), drer his sword, ran in front of them, secreted in appeas ing them for a moment, and with the assistance of Captain JONRS, forced them down a lane. There they soon became ungovernable again, and rushed .. into the street in different direEtions, and began to fire upon the German Infantry, who by this tide had assembled is considerable numbers. The Ger mans fought at first only with the bayonet, hut hating made some prisoners, they took their ammu nition and fired upon the Militia. The battle then became general, and several fell on both'sides; but General Le.siwouss, who bed before inefreflually interfered to appease the tumult, ordered out the cavalry charged through the streets, and put an end to the business. During the rcrwrinder of the sight nothing occurred, the pesce being preset er by patroles, and.the militia were ni.u4rod -ssif she next morning by General Dues, (who had been absent upon dUty at Birr) upon their several mutes, with the exception of sub as.he detained upon the charge of their having been particularly afftive. It appears that 25 Germans had been wounded, 8 very slightly, one his since died, another (an officer) is nit .upsetod to recover. Of the militia, 15 are *dirndl** row", sod distal/Boat immediately on Otitis rintoood 111***4104.4 1 ‘ • - It is stinTitifiiain;ibatalseishabitasts of town took no pan whatever /it the *fray ‘, one of them, by mite accident, was cut down, and badly wound ed, by a dragoon, in the charge of cavalry ; bu t t &ere bat been no farther ioterruptiod of the har mony and r o q i-will which had prevailed antece dently between them and the German Troops, with whose gond cOnded they have been particularly well pleased from their first arrival amongst them. We have received Hambuigh , Papers of the 26th ult. being a day later than th , ise brought by the Mail. They contain symptoms of approaching hr.s tilities between Prussia and Sweden. The troops of the former power are increasing and concentrating themselves on the Swedish frontier. The Emperor of RUSSIA is understood to have proposed to His 3wasisit MAJRATY to discontinue tae blockade of the Prussian ports; and it is supposed, if his repre sentations should not be attended to, that he would give his permission for the invasion of Pomerania. It was a general opinion in that • Prevince, that the Prussians would pass the frontier on the 25th.ult. Letters brought Ly the Lisbon Mall, which arriv ed on Saturday, contain the extraeislinary gene, that Bon Atiiitis had required of the King of Seats, to receive an Ambassau, - frees the new. created King of Flirts,. It is also Ito have been insisted, that His CAT notic MAJLs, sh, rid agree to the dethroning of his own das.:hti:, the Queen of ETRURIA, and that he shoat' further consent to the incorporation of four of his provinces with the kingdom of France, viz. Catalonia, Arragon, Navarre, and Biscay ; there by making the river Ebro boundary between France and Spain, instead of the Pyrenees.— The Court of Madrid is represented.as having made strong remonstrances against such unjustifiable me tensions ; but, in consequence of them, it is said, that Government Paper bad sunk at Cadiz to 50 per cent. discount._ Lieutenant General SIMCOR, according to report, will succeed Lord Lags in the Military Command in the East Indies. A Messenger landed, on Monday evening, at Dover. is a flag of truce from Calais, and arrived in town yesterday mwrning. At a meeting of the Officers of the Ist Regiment of Glasgow Volunteers, held at Glasgow on Thurs day last, they unanimonsty'resolved to tender their restnetions, conceiving it impossible to continue their set vices on the new allowancvs, without sub jetting themselves to great individual elopnce. Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Yo aK, CAM- S& IDOL and Cure eta I. A No, at seven ce.clocketn Moo day morning, reviewed the troops in Portsmouth garrison, under the command of Major-General Sir GEOIOR Pri cycler. The troops assembled were, the North York, Nortb Hants, and North Devon Militias; the Ki so's German Legion; Colonel T r r's Companies of Artillery ; and a party of the Waggon Train. The troops went through a variety of manoeuvres, till eleven o'clock, when their Royal Highnesses left the ground, and went to Gosport, to review the troops there, and inspea the Barracks and Military Hospit.l. Their Royal Highnesses returned to Portsmouth in the afternoon, and set off for Windsor. The KIN, has been pleased to grant nnto His 1 V HOWARD, of Corby Castle, in the county berlacd,Esciitire, OFILITHOMAS GRAHAM GRAHAM, both of Lincoln's Inn, in the Middlesex, Esquires, on behalf of Nes. (a minor), second son of THOMAS Of Linton. in the county of York, Esq . Licence and Authority, that he, the said ‘V v action, may take and use the surname sort, and also bear the Arms of Lev with proper disean&ions, in compliance with an injunai ni contained in the last will anti testament of Sir WILFORD LAWN'S', of Brayton, in the county of Cumberland, Bart. deceased ; such Arms being firer duly exemplified according to the Laws of Arms, and recorded in the Herald's OLfice.—(t;a se le. ~. ^X I!, A lit z Lr'll6 o A F Pf - On s h e Ist of A itr•n ;:, the foundati6a `stoner: :Monument to ne en:fierily) thrftteeri, , the memory of L•.rst : hie/lON-twee laid . 7 , t Worshipful Sir John lira-err. .afun T'rovincial Grand Master .slason et • . u, NV ,rd ot Lanarl.shires Mr-tribc • r i' ces.ion, tnether with a nuMein. , tidies and Gentlemen, met in the ...r. arc k at twelie o'clock, where a very, eicellerwand nriate sermon was preached by the Iles. D E , st,t,i, ha , nl l.l, R e iie, of peoc tcn rss;rn St wss A: l . o lr sed eo 's by C t l h ni e rh. G e ia woo, land Vey/fent of Volunteero, and the streets we t* limed by the Trades' .Corps, the .firh Lanarkshire Vo. lunteers, and tl•e Amlersmn and Canal VolnebeA, lire lengrh of the po ee•str m was Considerably more than a mile. It took about i•.a . t an hoar is passing the Cross, and was neatly t bou ts 14 reaching the Green Its route sea , High.sly e *, t George-street, Queen au eet. Trongate. &Innate* —Donn, ; the prncestion, the vessels in the rivet. et the Broonsielaw, displayed their Sag*: and the Id ar . rrr. of Liverpool, Capt. Wilkie, tie,: 47 guts. h e . , M e t • e far every year of Lord Nelson's age at the time et i When {h e foundation stone ass laid, Capt. Wilkie also Royal Salute of II Boas- Notwithstanding the immentre tri-conrse of spec. tators, sepia .sed altogether at upward* of 89,00, the greatest good order was preserved, awl no actin dent happened. In tire alternnim, the Lord Prevent alld Mates trues, and the Committee of si • -wawa, gave elegant entertainment so Sir John Stuart eat suite, in the Tontine. -- - • 4 .ll‘Jest V is !Sward in town tiff' :" 7e On Monday afternoon, the Duke of Yoh. arrived at Windsor, urn his return Irma , rim. uh. Hit Royal Hil ; hriess is exoetted to set nit, thus afteruoou, upon his inspearon of the Eastern Coa.t. The Dukes rf YAt and KENT will he at Brighton at the celebrao n of the Prime's Birth. day. Yesterday, Viscount Horne an 1 a wee parr of friends, dined with Lord fir.o t. Ann. at Holland. hoe" lErnsinon. Her R, yal Highness the Princess of W•tes left town at two lock yesterday alternour, fur 1/81 644 C at Blackheath. Lord Pc:aunts eY, we ate coneernel to rate. cep. tinues very tll.—Visconotess Howie, h e . nimble danghtet, is itulispcsed in conseqemas of tire fatigue of her constant attendance upcu tint The numerous inmiiree* after tie health of Mr. Fox, yeterday, w.re .r.forined vs..• better than on the preceding day. Tuesday .* the day SEA tip .0 for ,he ITO cis of the Duchess ill RoXBURON micas. Wiettri st ha. r move.l ;• • • t!'e I:oUse lonsting to Sir J. o ps OsOs, its 4: -ssrftt. far a LW mri..ths, while his own house, in Pali-Mall, is repairing. fbe Marquis of AMCOR* and soire, and Ha. MILTON Rowara, i.sq. h .ve arrived in the North of lrel end, by ihe way of Scotland. The Dike of Ha is iLTOII, the Marquis of Tine. sumo, and the Earl of Mot- s, have i 11 announced their imention of giving a jubilee to ail their Lack eve in .!',noire. Among ilia last arrivals at Harrogate are-. Lord Sysinny ; Lord Na.ut ~; Han. 'Si,r Genera: and %Us Hamilton • :no al I Ba C or ; ,slooal 'Canino:4ll; Major inrdan taistitin J Wants, Mr. Took; Mr Mrs. and Mao Lasts; .Ir. Mi.. sod Mae Paula; ant: Mr Newt. *The lest areiv ils at Clifton are— Hnn. miry. CkighN r . , End Mrs. M. and Ur. 1340 '.lr aml Mr.. Sata 11, Mr. ant NT:ir Fftror i, Ifr. ...1 at.s. Atkos.on, Mt and ma. ;.ham / eon, nr Oo .ad sair, I Mu lttrsclay, the Rigat Rev. the Lord Bishop of Sa Limit's , arr . *red horn Wind , or, in good health, at his Palace, in the Cl ire of Satisbut y. Oxford Rare, commenced yesterday. A grind Concert and Ball sell be given. this night. u der the patronage of G. F. S r narrow, Esq. Kg!' Shetif of the county of Oxford. Mr. EWES Y was t , ) commence an engmgrment, fora few nights, at the i...tv..rprv‘i Ti.rstre, en. Monday last, in the parts of Prank Oatinall and J.is Limp. me. Hitt and M-s. Armes were to apeear. on Monday night, in use parts or Vlarhe..ili and Pod , ; and transfer and Leonora, in the Farce of !as Padlock. at the I.dinbli :gh Theatre. Mr. Roust!. perfor.. ed the parts of Govrear and Fribile, at the Gloucester l'heatre, on Monday last, for the benevolent purpose of liberating a debtor. -Mrs. MOUNTAIN. and Mr. Intim:tort, it is said, are going to set up a bank, in Duhlin ; tli y r :peel their notes will pass current, and be long considered above par. Irish JOHNSTON& offered to play in Dublin, mete[)' for the gratification of his friends, and a free here fit, but Jones, the Patentee, said, this irscoserri much of the Rt.rney. The Earl se ET is daily exprreled at Skipton Castle, Yorkshire, where sAMe of his *errants have already artived. This Nobleman, who dispense; his munificence on every proper occasion, has long been the patron of Skipton and its neighbotii hood. Mr. and Mrs. H. JOHNSTON have arrived in Dub lin, on a tour of observstion. Ball, at Swansea, on Thursday rsly attended ; the spriphtly ' with great sprit and vivacity the morning, and it was 51T had departed. procession to Church, at Loves. followed by a hearse, which 'term. and presented a coinerd rice. to the solemnity of the occ4- sign. The Manners of the Edinburgh Theatre will allow no poo.h.rs upon their Manor. They lately entered a formal pralsat against Mears. Nett vorr And BAtTLLY, who prop t i ed t o issue their Nei , in opposition to M:. Lass's slept upon his benefit night in that city. fly of Cum- The Subscription Hall I and JAMIS Lin, ,tS numerously e county of ..., was maintained wi . Wirataori . - • early bo w ptt WTIBILOIL.' ~, . ll the company I i His Ho . "i„ Bh-riff 's princes si THOSIAI N identally follows me of LAW.. • gup the rear, ar tWSON only, tit added, not a little, I 1......, S tlint /it 41 anto d F - rot mei ne oi ii e this irtrr ....e Co, is; ;It ho' .4, ' •r, 1 U. It nsa t' es. ha' I: . 4 N• -I.am% by d pe, 1 411. re 0 DE. Wtis ma tj W Higli. a ts t 'its Wet* an iPiiteVo. Da Am/NW% rat siderably Ch i hear 14 ler bout s la us, th-streos, to Inmate', 101 rivet. st M the Ifee• Rues, in. TI ge at the lor tone Mn el% ne of ill he ed of spec. 13 8 9,00, no Aegi% I Magio. sa , g tte 4 ii us.l suite, rs F.