The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1806-11-29 00:00:00

t o :: • • FASHIONS. FOR DECEMBtR. ... I The month of December will c , immeoes, we believes with wrourning for that much.ragreeted end respected Prince, the venerable Duke of arunswick, who, as the brother in-law to our beloved Sovereign, should be m•iurned for as an Uncle ; serf, as such, black silk, with plain !Men, or long lawn, black sl'lt shoes, love hoods, black nrckla , we, ear-rings, fans, and gloves, are the usual Court Mou-Ping; but, on the pelt sant occasion, we shall not be surprised to find the maurn• ing general. In tho forms of dress there is no change since Lilt month, or rather Fashion has not recommenced her reige. 1 11P/ahelweard shawls, at present, are more prevailing than Spen t°. CZ pelisses. The evening dresses are chiefly made with wrorper fronts, and come so high ever the bosom, as to re 'Jude any covering but a tucker. Necklaces and broaches are ( sartiversally worn. The m at rons , w h o consu l t what becomes . . them, wear Inrbaus In dress, and leave to youth and beauty the caps of ribbon, and all the infantine head-dress of the pas.ing hour. Colutleinsm, plain black clothes, steepen, and black rewords. meniseeemose• =s e eesi The Dukes of Yong and Ct•asees dined with Her MAJESTY and the Parse ,on Thursday. In the evening, the Duke of YORK went to Oat• lands, and the Duke of CLA lintel to Bushy Park. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of You, we are sorry to learn, is indisposed. Her Royal High ness's illn ess is said to proceed from her concern for Her Royal Relatives. The Court is expeCted to go into mourning to morrow, for His Serene Highness the Duke of BRUPsWICK. Sir Nitre Srcerizas's furniture was yesterday removed from the Admiralty, to his new residence, in Cumberland-place. The Countess Suomi is indisposed at Bath. The Noble Earl left town, on Thursday afternoon, to visit his lady. Wnstinit Concur, Esq. and family, arrived, yesterday, it their house in Portman-square, from " their seat at Brockley-hill, near Elstree, Hens. '1 he Countess of BARR VAIORS had a 'e'en card party, last evening, at her house in Sackville-street, Piccadilly. The Earl and Countess of JERSLY are returned to Osterly Pink, where they intend passing the Christmas holidays. The Duke of FORT“AND came to town, yester day, from Bolstrode, Backs. the Earl and Countess of CLONMELL arrived, last Thursday, at Tsucts's hotel, in Berkeley square, from Ireland. Lady C•ROLII4L PRICK his been on a visit to Lady A sta Li • CARusssssa, at her house in Charles street, Berkeley-square, and left town, yesterday, for Spring Grove, Richmond. Lord GEORGE Cavern:pint is expeCted in town, to-morrow, from Colchester. Viscount and Viscountess CARLETOW arrived, • yesterday, at their house in Geoego-street, Hanover - square. The Right Hon. CHARLES Loco, M. P. arrived, yesterday, at his house in Hill•street, Berkeley. square, from his seat nt Bromley in Kent. FITE* GODFREY. Esq. is arrived at his brother's bonze in Bedford-square, from Lis seat, at Manning tree Hall, in Essex. The Dowager Lady SOUTH ARIPTON will COON to town, neat week, from Fitzroy k arm, for the season. Sir Fa socrs Eisen:o is expeCteel, in a few Jays, • at his hosts% in Hill -street, Berkeley-square, from L-igh, ia Kent. Tire. Karl an/ Countess of C/1101111 entertained a select dinner party on ELarsday, at the Willie,- oess, in Kent. • The Dowager Countess of At REMAILE is ex peeed daily, at her house, in Berkeley -square, from Quiddeei.am Hall, Norfolk. Joan STIVIFORTN, Esq. M.P. arrived, on Wed nesday, at his house, in George-street, Hanover. square, from Brighton. Earns Ev sus, Esq. and Lady Custer, left tows, on Thursday, for their scar, at Luton Hall, Northamptonshire. Sir RICII•RD•nd Lady Neiter arrived, owThms day, at their house. in Albemarle -street, from F.ssez. General Huss left town, yesterday, for his seat in Korn. Major Gt.anerta has left town, for his seat in kshire. A peragraph which we copied from anvils. r Paper, relative to a Bull Baiting and Prise Fight at Windsor, is, we are assured, incorrea, as far as it relates to the Doke of LIIINSTER, who was not one of the speehators. The last arrivals at Bath ate— The Martyala *att. Earl Via-nu:it add Via. eetinlete Carieloo, .1 MIS C, Lord and 1.4:y Anson, Lori! John Thyme*, Lod %tomfoolery, L...d iS it, ii, Lord j)illeanneo, Lady N., H .n. Mt.ll Ver:diu, NI, VYIa. Thory, Sir s putt, and Sir J. C. Hwpirley. SA VUlti. WHIT OK EA°. E.j. M.P. came to town. t blonday, from South-Mil, Bedfordshire, and si.torned on Thursday. The Duchess of Roxsetou and Joon MANNERS, Eg. arrived s 6 Wednesday night sit their house in Portman-equare, from Chapple-hill, near Margate, which they left last Sunday morning, and slept two nights at the Fountain lan, at s...*•ntethury, Ler Grace being indisposed ; but, we are happy to state, she was mach better last night. Asri.tr's OLYMPIC FAYILION, NEWCAtTt E- Sr nano.—The manner in which matters arc arranged for Public exhibition, have brought this beaittilut little theatre into the highest repute. ' Tho Stage Performances are excellent. particularly thu Comic Dances, where Mrs. P , the God- ' dins of such Dances, deservedly meets with univer sal applause. The She Equestrian Exercises of this week, mutt be scen to la* credited. 'There are twenty tine horses employed in this department, and one hundred persons on the Stage, exclusive cf six teen muaicii.as—All is harmony I The company behind, as well as berme the curtain, are well pleased, —every person speaks in raptures of Caoss s belf Dratukest Premiss, o n fiumlifich, which will be performed Ibis tuning, for the sixth time, in London. ITO EDITQ OF rta BRlrlsti PREsf. Ste—Upon pertitidgqhfr, Cobhitt's aylrr, 4f the 22shiset ands* fFr..agO of mticli iientio s matter, [.was struck at his •baytal attachrupon t biirled 'ancestry" of Mr. Sheridan; and his sr' I mere wanton end unprovoked one on the ;frame and profession of the Players —those perions,.who in his purtreateel cant, he stiles " play-aaors." Upon this two-fold topic, I mean to break a lam with the rednubted Corporal Colsbieta; who, cn th occasion, seems to have forgotten hi:-former occ pation, his moster-roll, and worsted shoulder-kno . It is not my present intention to enter into an inquiry into the .. services of she Sheridans," or th expatiate on'the .. high blood" of our juvenile 00- bility ; nor yet to canvass the merits of Mr- Paull, or the lofty pretensions of the Corporation of Tailors ; neither of whom, in my humble appre hension, have derived, or can derive, much credit or char:l4ler from being associated with Mr Cobbett After having degraded and debased Mr. Paull by his countenance and support —... ; ratve tent•lif (for here, for the first time, Mr. Cobbett appears in the charaner of a Patron) he seems determined to " play rap the devil among the tailors." .. A tailor," says he, .. was not held in contempt by those of our kings, whose reigns added to, instead of diminished, the dominions and the glory of Eng land ; several of those kings having had their names inscribed as members of the Company of Tailors, while not one of them was ever known to associate with players and buffoons !" Why, really, Mr. Cobbett, this is a new mode of propagating runt.. , 411 1 / 1 , 0, by fraternizMg our tailors with our kings. Nor should I be surpised, after this lofty eulogium, that a new spirit of combination should dep ive us of that modest remnant and most indispensible vestte of decency and decorum. All this would have been sportful and ridiculous enough, were it not for the malignant sarcasm thrown out at the conclusion, against both an use ful and ornamental portion of the community, who are at once, the " abstrad and brief chronicles of the time," sad who, according to our immortal bard, should be " used with hd'sour and dignity ;" hut whom Mr. CoShett, in the true spirit of gloomy and morose per-hawser, or the no less fastidious tons of methodistical whine, would inhibit, an by a' bruit erslobrztle, perhaps deny them Christian se pultive. But " witsee SPRANG lola SaaaitaAmsl i r ••--from a playa/tor ; from a person of that pro 'fission (if it can be called a profession), the follow 'ers of which, in our wise laws, are considered and denominated vagabonds " These wise laws, by the bye, were framed in times when Mr. Cobbett might I.have figured as no contemptible fanatic. But, let me tell this rigid moialist, that "in the high sod palmy state of Runic." Roschis was the friend of Cicero ; and that in a more refined peeled, Garrick was the friend and compa 'Mon of Johnson, as moral and severe a cen ter of men and manners, at least, as Mr. Cols . bett ; and who, at the death of that great *Dor, so tenderly bewVed that loss " which had eclipsed the gaiety of nations." Can Mr. Kemble, who, to Mich learning and taste, combines much also of :polished manners, be considered as a . 1 vagabond." when he associates with people of the first distinc ' sod the)' are proud bf his acquaintance Illdt Mr. Sheridan's father was di a player and but Toon," sod therefore the Treasurer of the Navy is onworthy to possess any ra k in the State ; which is the obvious conclusion ; for though Mr. Cobbett has laid down pretty striking premises, be has drawn no positive conclusion. Mr. Slietidan's father was a man of jksedy , if that, in the stria sense of the word, be of any advantage. His grandfather was the bosom friend of the Dean of St. Patrick, the illustriens Swift ; and if he did not bequeath brevet and land' to his posterity, lit ktt them heirs to-his learning and his talents. I confess I am no great admirer or the young Patricians of the present day, nor am I for giving a vote of credit for virtuous totegtisy to the descend.. ants of a man, perhaps ennobled fur ilia baseness ; for, if the old Grecian proverb be true, Heroes telna poises (I will translate it for Mr. Cobbett.) " the sons of great 'men seldom thrive, or come to good," while, on the copiroty, we are told, wills rape eerier wails ',Tsar h ; " the hest nice comes out of an old vessel ;" and surely, the spark• ling wit and flowing eloquence of r..e Treasurer of the Navy, with all his frailt,es about him, is more rich and r acy, than the frothy fermentations of W ham Cohhett. With his rerArfressalionr, as Mr. Cob hew calls his lite iceiptance.of a situation of profit, f have northing to do. I consider him twitted to the place he holds, on the entrance of his patty into powvr, from the. stubborn ititirgricy he evinced for .0 long a period, though steeped in poverty to the very lips," and suffiering rminsfolel privations. It is strange that those who wear glass doublets, are the first to t h rew stones ; and that William Cobbett should so soon forget Peter Porcupine ! To-day for Church and. State; the neat, for Jacobinism and Democracy I I One wind more, and I h.tve chine. Mr. Cobbett is another Diomed ; he wooed* the softer sex. Nor age, nor rank, nor loveliness, proms% it. Though he professes to love domestic society, his wife and children, and " would prefer the son of the robin" to popular applauge, or the shouts of the rabble ; he 'obtrudes his unhallowed insinuations into the re d Royalty, and the retreats of the Moses, with truly brutal malice. Adieu. Mr. Cobbett ; I am ashamed for you ; but I shall follow you step by step—still hang upon your rear—examine you nar rowly—and, perhaps, you may hear from me at Your Manor, at Botley, where, I am told, you rake great aim of consequence, and carry yourself most fastidiously, nom atiatahling your ideated plain ness and humility. Secueue. Rowse', Acts. 23, I fisk. —ear A duel, which it is feared will prove fatal its its consevences, was fought oa Wednesday last, at Waltham Grove, Bucks, between Mr. B—z—a, an Irish Gentleman of fortune, and Mr. N an Officer in the Marines. The go irrel which led to the combat, Aram out of an affair of gonontry.— Me. B. having been found in possession of a lady, the niece of the Officer, who eloped from her friends. in the •icieity of Novb,ry, iu August last. The parties eschang d three fi:es, and Mr. N received a wound in the left breast, which it is feared nail prove mortal. Mr. Ca •staa. a surgeon, cheesed the wound, but cocks scut estraa the boll. liltmisavietAckeitarc ' • • sill! i • - COURT OTIefiRSCERT, Nov. 4=l) Y' • I r' I,4pAß:rlit ov TUE PRESS. . • • • • , Piasicg L . 9, vacs:awaits. This ease, which has been so long pending in the Cant of Omicery, came forward this day in a new shape. The ptiecipal facia which transpired in the enurse of the proceedings, with the observations of Counsel, and the JuJgment of the present Lord Chancellor and the Master of the Rolls, have been he:fore the public in the several statements made in the Daily . isewspepers, as far as their lie nits would permit. For ota report of the proceedings and final judgment, we beg leave to refer our readers to our Paper of the 19th of August last. The SOLICITOR-GIMERAI. this day moved the Court, that the• Defendant, James Macnamare, Esq. and Mr. George Farquharson ; Messri. Orme and Byrne, the two ostensible Propzienots of 7 /is Morning Poii newspaper; and Messrs. Walters and Mecdonnell, the ostensible Proprietors of 'lit Morn ing Ilerdd newspaper, should stand committed fur misrepresenting the case of Purcell la Macna mars, in the newspapers called the Moranta Pere and ne Alornb j Herold. He said----.• This case is not only of imporunce to the suirors of this Court, but generally to the public at large. Ido nut mean to contend, upon the present motion, that any of His Majesty's cubit:els have not a right to pus. littli the proceedings of a Coon. of Jenne*, but quite the contrary.—l think it extremely beneficial that such a right should exist. and I Clink that A great part of the good administration of justice is ia be ascribed to nothing more than the proceed ings of the Courts being laid cpen through this channel to every individual; neither shin contend, that it is incumbent upon such person to shorn it is intrusted to make therit public, that be shall do it with the greatest accuracy. It is necessary to al - a great deal for human it.firmity, and it is quite impossible that they should lie able to take such proteedings without some incorreaness ; but if your Lo r dship ,should find that the mode of conveying information and itutralion to the pub lic is converted into the means of destroying . the charaEfers of individuals, and libelling the due administration of the justice of the country, and if your Lordship should find that one party payma considerathin for the abuse of the Liberty of the Press, and another expels such pecuniary soosidei stints, the Court connot render a more important service to the Liberty of the Press, titan in punishing these parties. The Gentlemen w: o report law-pro ceedings, are bound to do their duty to their em ployers and the public, but they are not to make themselves the tools of designing nien. I shall as derteke to prove to your Lordsnip, that the pub.' lication of which 1 complain, is not only a libel' upon the parties in the cause, but the grossest libel upon the Court itself, tallith I will spew by reading borne of the passages. The Court is there made tn'say, that which it did not, and could not have said. this I will 'Lew, not only by Mr. Ma:manna himself, but by the Gentle man Who took the money for the insertion of it. This account, in the papers which I have mentioned, begins by stating what are supposed to be the lefts . "esf tits case, end then proceeds to give what they Imagine to have been said by the Counsel of Mr. Macnamera, Messrs. Fonbito que and Agar ; neat they state the reply of Mr. f'oublenque, and here they have hirroduced a libel as coming horn the mouth of a Gentleman of the highest honour and in tegrity." The Learned Counsel here read the passages alluded to, from one of the said news papers, in which Mr. Is onblanque is made to charge 'a conspiracy between the Plaintiffs and her Attor ney, with others, eg.tinstJlr. Nlacnsmera. "Then; he continued, "it goes en to the judgment of the Master of the Rolla end your Lordship." hate the Solicit er•General read another passage from the publication, which taas the same in both papers, wherein theCheoaellor is mad° oci profess much personal respedt for Mr. Maenamara, and entirely sed the sentiments he aduaily expiestmd.— " Hese," he resumed, " your Lorasinp is made to pass an encomium upon Mr. Macnamat a. and a cmn pliment is .ilao paid 'tine by the Master of the Rolls, for his candour and humanity. This, I think, no man will hesitate to say, Vs holding up the proceedings of Ore enutt to pit'dic derision arid contempt. It a man were to slate that the Court had paid the highest compliment to the Defendant for his justice and humanity, but that your Lordship had pro nounced a decree against him, he would nut be be. lit this case, however, it comes under the highs authority of your Lordship's name, and was it the fait, this Court world only be fit to aslant nioer justice in Bedlam. Of such description is this publication ; and I shal shear, that it .was ant taken by a person attending by order of Mr. Mac namara, hut that it was written undei his express diFlation. 'llse Reporters to the public Newspapers, not only owe a duty to their Proprietors, bur to the public in general, and should not be induced to accept bribes to betray the interests of their em ployers. The Gentleman who made the report I allude to, was Mr. George Farquharson, who was paid far altering the account of soother Gentleman, who had encode,. the previous proceedings for Mr. Macnamara. This account Mr. hlacrtamara car• ried to The Assiut Poo, and offered payment for its insertina; but this Mr. Byrne, the Editor, with great propriety, refused, and thouAhtit dishonour; able to talc. money for such a publication ; at the same time, he said, he should insert it, provided Mr. Macnanuta would satisfy him that it was a true and impartial account. The four other persons, who ar Pioprietors of those Papers, against whom I move, tare, wi•hout doubt, liable, both civilly and ciimia welly, for any person they may employ ; but I am not disposed to press this application against them, as any blame which can be attached to them, is only for employing a gentleman upon whom they cannot rely. Application was made to Mr. Mae donnell, the Editor of lie Morning Herald, who em ployed Mr. Farquharson to take an account of the law notice:Amp, and in consequence of inquiries, the en igind manuscript was found upon their files, and proved to be the hatid.writing of Mr. Far quharson. And from the affideNit of Macdonell it afterwards appeared, that be had informed him, that being at a loss for some of the proceedings, he (Farquharson) a; plied personally to Mr. Macna mar.i, who gave him sonic papers in the cause, he admitted that several passages ia the account were . . a• oad' to him by attunes''', and time he ha 4 ha4 t c e rtain attfoof .money as a remonem .pirfor )ii k trouble, but denied ever haviog ow. . iltlleed ...bribe," , 'lle Learned Co unse l next a d. : veliesl to „the. affidavit of Mr. Mo rgan , A ttornty.• :, Whollid..ilong with Sit . Purcell, the Plaintit; ' and Mr o ldocolto. been charged with a conspiracy •''' by the Defendaot, and who indiffed Lincoln for geligre o ut aftertvarda abandonoithat prose:lonia... Fools this affidavit it appeared, that Farquhanonk elled upop him, as he said, in consequence of his (Morgan's) calling nn Mr. Macdonnell ; and then stated, that Mr. Macnamara had sold him some .fo part? of the account, and requested h. would give - a favourable repiart of it, and gave him a brief to make it out from. - 'feet he prepared the case funs this and other documents, and afterwards iila tered them undo. the 'direetion of M. Macnamara. .! He then asked him, it he had heard Mr. Fan so blenque's reply ? and he answered, that he was not ~. io Court at the time, but that all was written under the dire lion of Mr. Mac namara, and at his instant -u and remace. ' e Mr. Byrne's affidavit stated, that Fe had receiver: the whole of the manuscript from Mr. Farquharson. A few days after his first application, Mr. Muna. mare again called on him, :tad t rld him he bad etno •3 , ployed Mr. Farquharson, an able Reporter, and wished him to insert his ea:Count. lie offered pay went. but Mr. Byrne rrjefted it i ptirsiiing to io the account, upon his assurarsce of. iti,being a faitawir • one. Mr. MActiamat a's aFfi tacit :stated, that in consequence of many calumnies which had tospeatird .. against him in the pubic prints. he chimed it moms. airy to employ a short-hand writer *this osen o ppalf. he accordingly eng stool Mr. Frazer. who took a. part of the first of the proceedings, but being Msgr. ed to go to Bath, he employed fsfr Fairoaharson, and gave him Frazrr's notes. He denied ev-r Aka taring any part of the account to Farquharson. laka cept the general detail, and admitted he paid hoje for his trouble, but never gave him any bribe. , • Mr. Farquharson's affilaoit stated, theChif had. followed this profession for some yews, and tralwtys . • endeavoured to give his reports with eil mete fidelity and truth as possible ; that net Issmiegato: teaded the whole of the proceedings in chases/Nuke , felt himself inadequate to give a. faitistal itemise . .. • of it ; and being informed that Mr. Macaramee* -- i sin Fad complained of some stater's. io The ifermiqg Hyoid, he met him, and accosted epos% tisel Jed. He (ALacoainars) told him, e waisoost war a friend to the liberty of the prae r to templates ea its defedo or even its mistepresemotions • 'aka affidavit then went on to stare some further MO- versation, which ended in engaging him to site an account. 4 the case, for sirlsiiih he was • -4. but never received. any. bribe.. The o . Counsel Men, having adverted to addit affidavits made by Morgap and Mecdonotll 4 4:3 • ewer to some passages in Mr. Farqiiharsen' several authorities to shew that such a plibliCalinli as the one complained of, was a contempt of ohm Court, and properly punishable. If. therehm o he °asset Ted, this was to pass unnoticed, hi would sok what Solicitor would undertake any cause, if be was Ilk afterwards to be held out as a conspiroter I Titis Courts and their pleadings might as well h.-abie up at once, if persoui who orgy did 'their ditty was not protrded. • i LoaD CHANCILLOII—" I agree wholly with you. Mr. Solicitor-General, inohat position ; but I wish le know if you have such an affidavit as will shave, that "s , Mr FontOanque did-trot make ow of these words f e At the opposite side of the Hall (the Court of King's Berle.), a rule to slow cause is granted, in the first instance ; but it afterwards comes on to be further heard and considered, before an attachment can be granted ; but that. is not the case in this Court s and if there is any one thing more delicate than the liberty of the mess, it is the authority of this Collet to prose- d by attachment. Leery paragraph, then& f I-. which you mean to rely on as a contempt of the Court. you mast have an affidavit of. I might to be very cautious how I ad in this case. I bilo, -' lieve 1 have more reason ro complaio, in this c than any body else, for I have been asked by sous, for whom I have the highest rasped and re. Bard, how I could have pronounced such a decree f You mast shew that this person was present. and heard Ms. Fontslanque's reply, you must also show . that Macnamara was present ; it would tor nest to an inquisition were we to grant attach:lints u light grounds." The SOLICITOR.GICNIRAL-- Then, say unit -, I will-abandon that part of the application. oat take it no your Lordship's owe speech, which I . s at will take upon me to swear to." Loan Ca • 11e11.1.011--." 1 confess I feel very g difficulty in this ease ; most certainly that which w- . imputed to the Court, the Court can take notice ~rs that which is imputed to the Counsel. the COW; cannot notice. I had not sat many days in thi• Cour - , when an application was made to me if)/ o re-hearing of this cause. My Noble Predi?cossor baying taken so mach pains with it, and myself having known the Defe'ndant almost all my blot. for these reasons I thought it necessary to call in the assistance of the- Matter or the Rolla; it is, therefore, not a very pleasant thing to me, that it shookd go all over England, nay, all over thai world, that I was making a panegyric, or passing an eulogium, upon that part of a case which was contrary to justice. I revere that sentiment of she Solicitor-tleneral, that the proceedings of a Court at Justice should be open to every oat to take, lir the iastrudion of the public ; and I know that many animadversions have been mad. ' upon the opinion given by me upon a recent applicatian for an ii.jundion. Whenever a party comes before the Court fur an itijundi in, there • Must appear a foundation for such application, I found the case I allude to (Goa se; p Long man, for publishin g the trial of Lord tlelsolls) bot tomed upon several strong precedents, and I grant ed the rule accordingly ; taut it cannot be said that I passed any judgment upon it ; when the cause comes to a hearing. then it is another matter, and it will then be time en-ugh to anima Ivan upon it. I gel not • the owe who would curtail the liberty of the Press. or deny the right of every man to p.1:111%. VIC pro ceedings of Cants of Justic..; but this he must do all i i correcoy is he can. and at his own peril." Nit.. Prudest's and Mr. Aucs, en the other side, hoped the Court would hear the whcoe of the l'abfication, boture his Lordship would pass any judging:at. This might go abroad; aad, being ssa,a i