The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1806-02-06 00:00:00

THE BRITISH PRESS. J.{ /N: iN, VIUI2.SDAY, Fvuluikkv 6. Yesterday, Sarin afzer twelve o'clock, the Fail of Weetroast•ro, Lmil Privy Seal; the Earl of CAMDEN, Secretary of State for the Colonial De partment; Viscount CAil I.EREAUH, President of the Board nl Controm ; Lola • Y E . Secretary of State Int. Fitreign Affairs ; .tr.d Lord Il•wr es sway, Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment; hid audiences ~f His M ,ress v, at the Queer's House, and resigned their several Mi nisterial Offices. The Earl of CA ?anat.:, and Vis count CASTLEREAGH, had not left the Palace be fore the Earl of Mose • entered. At two o'clock, the Noble Earl was followed by Lord ELLEP•IIO ROUGH, Lord GRENVILLE, Earl TEMP( e s Lard AVIL•ND, Earl SPENCER, Viscount S:IIMOUTH, Mr. Fos, Mr. Gave, Lord H. PETTY (the three latter came in Mr. Gaev's carriage), Mr. WlND m•ss, Lord Mimeo (the two latter came in Mr. WINDHAM'S carriage), Mr. Vast:Lirut, and the Earl of Bucifirtor•rsittae. Lord Etter soitouor had an audience of His MAJESTY, and resigned the Seals of Chancellor of the Exchequer, which he held, pre tropore, since the death of Mr. PITT. Lord HENRY PETTY had then an audience of His MAJESTY, when His MaJesre was pleased to ap point his Lordship Chancellor of the Exchequer, and delivered to him the seals accordingly. His MAJESTY afterwards gave audiences to the follnwing distinguished personages, and appointed th.nt to the several high offices i Lim' Gat/tints', First Lord of iha Trrasury. hfr Fot. Serretaiy of State for Foreign Affairs. Lail Spasm's, Secretary for the Home Deparment. Mr WI , Secretary for the War Department. Mr. threv. First Lord of the Admiralty. Earl Feur Le, one of the Paymasters of the Pereira Lord Auer LAN tr, President of the Board of Trade. V,stotnit St ostot To,. Lord Privy Seal. Lori Mints, Prraident of the Beard of Cootrooi. Lid of BUCK! Ila e, one of the Postmasters. General. Mr. Veins , one of tho Secretaries to t►e Treasury. Earl of Niers A, MastroGeneral of the Ordnance. After His Mutsu had made the above appoint *bents, he held a Privy Council; at which Earls Biota* and TEMPLt, Mr. For, Mr. Grey, and Lord Henry Perry, were introduced, and sworn io members, and took their seats at the board Ac cordingly. The Cooped broke op at a quarter past three tedodt. Sir SrarinN Co TT rTT LL and Mr. Fat:Luisa, attended the Council as Clerks. Earl Seas/tea went immeJiately to the Secre tary of State's Office, in the Treasury, and trans- ailed business during the afternoon. Mr. Gen , likewise went to the Admiralty, and took his seat at the Board. New Writs were moved laic night in the House of Commons for the County of Suffolk, the Ilo rsingh of St. Mawes, the County of Northumber land, and the Borough of Caine, to return Re priseatatives to Parliament, in the room of Vis count BIOME, who has succeeded to the title of MArilliS CORNWALLIS, and Mr. Garr, Mr. WIND* a Au, and Lord HMV( Petty, who have ac cepted places in the new Ministry. The Jacobin Print is almost silent. It confined itsi!f, yesterday, to a weak and miserable attempt to evire discontent in the breast of Mr. Sn moan, and make 11;n1 jealous of his old ind faithful friends. It Areas to consider Mr. SMIIIIDA PI, slighted, in sulted, and treated with the deepest ingratitude, in being made only Treasurer of the Navy. Now it so ti.ippetis, that the salary of Treasurer of the Nary is 40001. is-rear ; that the office is particularly desirable to Mr. LI , MAN, who is always proud of the title of the sailors' friend ; that it is preuliarTy adapted to his habits ; and. abo►e all, that i: is of Mr. Su It ID Ale/ own choice and selec tion. Hew desperate mu►t be the Jacobin Pratt, when it he; recouise to 'itch miserable shifts ! ! ! The Naive' of Capt. Osr i.e, ore of ese outward botti.ci West India fleet, put b.wk Faitooner m Stsoday„ bcirig unable to proceed oil aCtitair I damage. Knell Captain OSTLE parted. on At turd 47, he left Sir Jonia B. WAIIIILPI, with nine of the linz, in chacc of a French fleet, of Linz sail r.r the line, in latitude 4!)..;0. longitude C. nine Iragl.teis west of t:shatit.—Wind S.E. The fleet' was to svindward. Willie Captain Og' t r. was o.: Ipoard the Lena la man of W;LT, to ask Vrmissioar ao- :turn. that % essel was preparing i"r adios', trawl with the two other ships of flu) line Isiitit. ex.ntcd the out wa d • bow(' firer licithl m4:4- B W A • .5 force twelve 34 i 0 1 the a !rne, egccluve of Captain fikTL I. h -ft ta! , tyvnfceta in sizht of each miler.- 0.44 t aza suppcscd enemy wire part of . . • the flea rf Ad:n:s4l ('or.•.t; A: t. ts, who t , as zc en,ln the d.ty hetore, (di Usliant. • 'I he HamSurgh Mail, due yeste.lay, arrived in co . irse, with lettorS and Papers to the Ist instant. A letter from Vieana, o: the states, that there are daily conferences between the Austrian, Rus sian, and English Ministers, in that capital, relative to peace. A Convention has been entered into between France and Prussia, for the preservation of the tranquittisy of the Ninth of Germany. Hanover is to be occupied by Prus,ia, until the conclusion of a general peace. Mr. WICKHAM, and several other Englishmen, were at Cracow, 011 the 17th December ; at Which date, the Russian army, which had been in Moravia, was upon its march through the two Gallicias. The French troops which lately esacuated Hol land, are gone to Brest and Boulogne, to form part of a new army against England. The Hamburgh Mail contains little more that is worthy of notice. A. • We have received some German papers, we be bete, errlusivehi, from which we have extraaed an account of the battle of Au terlitz. It is :in article of interest, as it corrects the exaggerations in the French reports cf that important haul . We have received Paris Papers to the 29th last, and Ditch to the 2d inst. BonAPAais returned to Paris on the 26th, and the Prussian Minister, Count Hauoitwirz, had reached Frankfort on his way to that city. The proceedings, in the extraordinary sitting of the Senate, on th' 23,1, will be found interesting, as they disclose the future views of BOaAPARTI in Europe. He has announced to the Senate, that he has adopted P.Hce EUGENE, his son-in-law, his successor to the Clown of Italy. --vetmss.st—se--- o po. His MAJEST V will hold a Vrivy Council to-mor ►ow, at the Qt:t:..'s Palace, when it is expelled the remainder of the new Ministers will be appointed. Yesterday a Court of Direanrs was held at the East India House, sw.en Capt. ROBERT WA R DI. A W. of the ship 4.1 a, to , k his final leave of the Court, previous to departing for Madras and Bengal. The Court adjourned at seven o'clock, till to-morrow. L'rd &owe, thou7h he has re•.:+sett the Chan cellonhip, still retains the custody of the Great Seals he is accordingly Lird-Keeper, pro Import-. The Duke of BEDFORD has accepted of the Lord Lietitenantcy of Ireland. His Grace will be accompa- Lied, as Chief Secretary, by the Right Hon .W.E r t. o r, and not Mr. El ERSEV, as was fast proposed. Sur. , - other situation is intended for Mr. TIERNST, but. we believe, it is not yet fixed. Lord Minx° is to be Governor-General of Ben gal. The Board of Coetroul is not fixed. Lord RuIIERT SFENCIEL 11 ED be Surveyor-General of the Woods and Forests. It is said, that either the Earl of Coasts/oar or Earl FORTESCUR will have the Mint. The three great places of Lnrd Steward, Lord Chamberlain, and Master of the Horse, will be changed ; but all the interior of the Household will remain. Mr. NoCIIOI. AS VANSITrA NIT will be one of the Secretaries of the Treasury. At thy Admiralty Board, will be Sir P. Mr. 'Ness, Admiral M M t Sir H. B. NEALI, Sir S AMC 11. /loos, and Mr. Career. It is thought that several new Peers will be creat ed, among whom the Earl of LALISEEDAI.E. Mr. Coes, Mr. Anson, Mr. CREWE, Sir W. W. NE, and others, are spoken of. The Duke of Note° LIC is to have the Blue Rib band, probably that which is vacant by the death ot Marquis Cos nwa ws. SirW. Rowney, of Tendring-hall, in Suffolk, has offered himself a candidate to All the vacancy in the representation of that county, by the elevation of Viscount theme, now Marquis Coa nwat. I. is, to the Finns* of Peers. G. Nests, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn, and H A E A Sl4 Esq. have been appointed additional Com missioners in the Stamp Office. Btnnon Seor, r, of Cahiroconn, Esq. is appointed High Sheriff for the county ot Clare; and Cue IST. lIL AND, or Derryquin, Esq. for the county of Kerry. Yesterday afternoon, Lord Ilene v Parr v, after being appointed by His MAJESTY to the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer, set off for Cambridge, to stand a Candidate for the representation of that University, in the room of the late Mr. PITT, in Parliament. His Lordship will return to town on Monday. Mr. Fox, on ha coming to the Bar of the House of Lords, last evening. to present his Noble Friend, Lord Gatsivt lAA's place bill, was dressed entirely in black, and wore powder. This is the first bill Mr. Fox has brought up from the Commons for fifteen years: the last was his salutary bill for the smeodment of the LIST of Libels, which was passed by the Commons in February, 1791. Letters from Holland state, that in consequence of the late high winds, the dikes in the neighbour hood of Amsterdam had been broke,, down, by which the magazine had been destroyed, and in calculable mischief done in the surrounding country. Information has been obtained from a person on hoard the ha/vow/dm French privateer, lately cap tured by the Br Niter gun-brig, that there are now '25,000 men encamped in the vicinity of Boulogne. 'Chat the gun-boats in Boulogne harbour are as completely manned now, as they were when the Grand Army was on the coast ; that there are twelve lugger privateers belonging to Calais and Boulogne, which pat to sea every fa vou-able opportunity, and, within these. last three months, have taken and car ried in fifty vessels, English and Swedish. The seamen of the latter vessels are all taken out and sent into the interior, whirr they are tieated in the same manner as the English, and their cargoes are sold,',as well as the ships. .. .. ~~. ~ ~ - • 41 ANCIENT MUSIC. • The first performance of these Concerts com menced lasi night, at Hanover-square Rooms, un der the direaion of the Earl of Dail - mourn. The Orchestra, during the summer, was taken down, and rebuilt, for the purpose. of lower ing it, as well as improving the sound, in conse quence of a number of the Performers, who were at the top, finding great difficulty to perform,. as well as its being unbearably hot. The Rost AL FAMILY experienced great inconvenience horn its being upon a level with their box ; the whole power of the full band went into it, which is now remedied. The sound is considerably improved, by its being in closed with composition walls, instead of painted canvas. The Directors present were, Earls DART. MOUTH, Darricrav, and UZIRIDGE. The first act commenced with The Coronafim Anthem. A beautiful Monody, by Dr. COOKE, Hew sleep the brave, who sink to rest. Ry all their country's wishes best was admirably sung by Mrs. 13r ccirsovora, Messrs. Harrelson, W. Ktrvverx, and BauxEsmats.— Mrs VA OCR ar sang Tkrrats, ve in veil. vampire." with much sweetness. The male vocal Performers V. ere WWI. HA RR 11011, Ti •RT LEM A IN, the SA LgS, and the Kw/eelis. Mrs. RILLINGTON was in charming voice, and sang the beautiful sung, Scoosolata andel varnehr Ens le affarani e Ira le pine, from taco, with her usu el taste and execution. There were seedy 400 persons of distiatlion pre sent, including— His Roy.l fill.ehnevs the Prinee of Wa'es; flis Royal High. new the Duke c,f Candwidge; Earls of Elfinehan,. Rocking hainthere, sod Pomfret; Coontes.e. of Effingham, Wentertost, and Macartriey , bad and Lady Ettribiiroucb ; 1. , (14 Kelton and Wvolehouve; Lord aid Lady Arden; Lohos, Lustas, Smith, Borges, Dam, R..ntindt, and flaw:mien •' Sir Drumm I and Lady S mi th ; Si rs , D av id Dirml Char!es Talbot, and John Shelly; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Knox; M.s. Home; hies Fletcher; Messrs. Canning, Cal vert, and Fletcher ; and Colonel Coopor. - --- - Her Monts , will hull a Drawing Room this day. The Earl of DER ev will come to town this day, to attend the Drawing-Room at St. James's. His Royal Highness the .Dtake of 1 OSE, at three o'clock yesterday, paid a visit to His Grace the Duke of PONT LAN*. Lady JA►.r LO•:c, and MTS. Loon, dined yes terday with Lady PREICOT, at her house, York place. Sir THOMAS GAOE arrived yesterday, at his house, Edward -street, Portman•square, frofn his seat, Coldharn Hall, Suffolk. Her Grace the Duchess of &tiros°, we are happy to state, is neatly recovered from her late indisposition. His Excelle:. - y, POSTCOCRSE AMR A15•1:101t, dined yestcl.!-:.. wtyh Sir (;it akar and Lady !fr.ATHCOTL, at their house, Portman-square. The Duchess of GORDON dined yesterday with Mr. Foal:avec, at White-Hall. Lord GEORGE. Cev tootle will leave town this day, for Cambridge, to attend at the Eleftion. Lord Rivets arrived at Ntaor ' s Hotel, yester day, from Hampshire. The Earl of OXMANTOWN is expeCted there this day, from Wales. Lady LOUISA HARVEY, and MTS. LLOYD, ar rived at KIRKM AN'S Hotel, yesterday, from Shrcp shire. The Countess of ErrIHOHAn, Lady CIIARLOTTII DUITHJOI, Lady CATHCART, and Lady COTTERELL, had the honpur of visiting Her MAJESTY, at the Qeese's Muse, yesterday. Tde Tracellers, last night, at Drury-lane, were most numerously attend••d. It is rather strange that Mr. Lomb should be chosen to represent the borough of Ln•minster. The Duke of RICHMOND has removed his family and household from his late beautiful cottage at Elms-place, Brompton, to Goodwood, which his Grace means in future to make his principal coun try residence. Colonel Aosrev, of lbsley-house, in the county of Hants, lately shot a cock partridge, with a full and complete - white horsehoe on the breast ; and there is now in a field, near the same gentleman's house, a covey of twelve young partridges, not yet half grown. On Monday se ' nnight, Sir .Touv and Lady CA L L•NVER left Preston-hall House, Scotland, for London. The Salisbury theatre opened on Monday night, with the tragedy of Nato et, and the musical enter tainment of Rosins. A great number of people assembled yesterday, near the QuesN's house, to see the new Ministers. The onotto on Mr. Gaev's csrriage attrafted much notice: it is— .. De Lon eon !air server le Rey" .0 tam Trey glad to serge the [inf" Lord HIR ItOMIT, when at Berlin, paid a visit to the old Field Marshal MotLENtlnar. On meeting, the Field Marshal said, s. You see an old man ;" ts 0," answered Lord HAIIIIOWBV, " Laurels are always zrere." 01. Jot' r re, M. P. is gone from Pcter.Seld, Hampshire, to his seat, Merstham. near Ityegate. Surrey. His Royal Highness the Duke of CLAP:NCI, .n Monday last, accompanie.l his eldest son, Master Genakit FITZ-CLARLNCF, to the Royal Military College, at Great Marlow, where he was entered a Cadet. We understand His Royal Highness the Prince of Wauts, his God-father, who is ever doing some good and munificent action, has taken this charming bey under his proteition, and will &reit his future progress through life. Master Fist, CLAILNCE is very handsome, and his disposition is as amiable as his manners and appearance ; he has just entered his twelfth year. The ball. given on Wednesday se'nnight, at Bushy Perk, we bare since learned, was in honour of his birth-day.— The ball was opened by his Grace the Duke of IakINSTER, who is also God-son ro His Royal High ness the Prince of W %ars, and Miss Sorel,* Fs re- CLAN Lace, a most beautiful gi rl, eleven years of a ge, eldest dau g h ter c f His Royal Highness the Duke of oi-sauce. Fii. The friends of the Earl of Hardwicke have , an nounced to the Via... Chancellor (4 Ca risbr idg that Lordship is a carAidiste for the race of i tigh Steward of tair University, vacant by the death of Mr.. Pitt. • • We have authority to say,. that hi: Gr a ce the Duke of Graildn has. declined vandirng for the phice of High Steward of this University, on the present vacancy, : Jtis, therefore supposed the Earl of liardssicke wail apt! . be opposed—This eleffion is fixed for Wel,:esctatiseit. • The elaßion for a' .pre s entative in Parliament'. in the room of Mr itt, takes place nn Friday; ,4 smart canvass is now carryihg on. The candidates are, Lord_ .Plenry Petty, brother to the Marquis Of Lansdowne, a Member of Trinity College ; Lord Althorpe, the Earl of Spertai's eldest son, of the srame College ; and Lord Viscount Palmerston, of :it. John's College all Noblemen of distinguished abilities. SOCIETY OF ARTS. • Yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, d,e deltion came on at the Society's House, in the Adelphi, of an Assistant Secretary to this Society, in the mom of Mr. 'Pmas Taylor, an eminen t C ree k S c h o l a r, who has held the o'ffice some years, and who, we are sorry to observe, retires, on account of a weak- • ness in his right hani, which incapacit ices him frogs writing. The Canddites were, Mr. John Boon. of Croydon; Mr. Charles Cnmiie, son of Dr. Combs ; and Mr. ‘Villiam Losack : and, from the great in terest which had been made among the very large and respeetable bola) , composing this society, a very full attendance was espeted. At an early hour, John-street was filled with carriages, and the spa cious rooms of the Slciety herame literally crowded with company, among whom we noticed Worm,: V.colint•—eketwyncl artd Niarshain. • Sire—.llohn William Aliderron, Jamb If *sr* Altley, Jame, rkleaalider, Joseph lialik• (President of the Royal Society!, Wi D Frederick Morten Eden, Henry krinieterkt, Ru ern p,, e i e . G eo r g ., thieriplicrus Paul, William Rawlmil„ Matthew Whits Ridley, .1 .ho St Aobria, Fhdra Stepheiaa, Walter Stirling, William Wenn-. aad Fraoci. The Right lion Charles Grerille. Governi.rs—lantes B. UV. nod Joseph Wren. ry Ainslie, Ederanl Riarroft, Charles Barney, Maxwell Gaitiethore, Wiliiarii Hamilton, W Hawes, William Kitchener, Joh. Coat.* Lettscom, Richard Piiwell, George it.,,., Chailcs Taylor, RukaraWillis, and John Wiaterbuttum. Roverends—Thunia. icken, W. II Carr, nap Danl. Anthony Hamilton, C. !limit..., Je ernia.• Joyce, S. P. Par- Rol.ert raison, George Sawa, sail Jaal , S Sunnite:ere. "" ' • Lieutenant Geneial John Watsaw. Catitam , --Georee Gooch mud F. r 4 Keith Jolin Atki. Thomas Jerrie, Jetvoise Clarke iletveiee, M. 1 Edward L. Live iden, and William hioretun Pitt. &pares, Mesars..-sarthut Ming nan d it Animism., imam Atntiii, Julio Bacon, Charles Barker, At two o'clock, exailly, the.glaseet were closed. , and the full gentlemen Oeing appointed Scru tineers, viz. Joseph Colen, John Wilson. Joan F•t. ray, andOeorge Meredith ; they retired, and after casting up the numbers, their report was read by the Chairman, srating the numbers on the poll as follow : Chew: Carats John float. ' re William L•.,ac'k . 7 46a Mr. Charles Combe being called in, accepted the office ; And, at a General Meeting of the Society which took place in the evening, took his place at the desk, on the left hand of the Chairman. • Advices have been received in town, of the death of Su Hcoa PA 1:10ER, Admiral of the White Squadron.. M. Rac,,autte's bankruptcy at Paris, after tl e arrangement of the very extensive affairs of that house. is now reduced to the sum of five millions. About one fourth belonged to Marshal MAssetsA. .The failure ut HIRVAS and Co. and the numerous bankruptcies in the provincial towns of Francefoc casion great distress. On the arrival of the F.mpress Jost, Nina, at Mu nich, she was received at the entran as of the Palace, by the Elector of BAVARIA and the Eleaoral Pittner. The Esse carts and the Princess Aeousta were in the anti-chamber. The Esteems was highly de lighted with the beauty and amiable qualities sidne latter. She shewed her the letter which she wrote conceraing her, to the Viceroy, Prince Ecoene, in which she says, among other thugs, that she found in both the Bavarian Princesses, the loves I and the graces. On Sunday se'noight, in the forenoon. a large whale, with her yowl one, c tme into the bay of Peterhead ; on seeing which, the crews of the Greenland ships there, immediately manned their boats, and went in pursuit. They sneceeded in catching the young one ; but the large whale es caped, with three harpoons fast in her, and carried away also one of the boats. She was a very large fish, about 60 feet long, and at one time came al most into the harbour's mouth ; rising perpendictp. holy out of the water, to the heiizht of above 40 teet. Yesterday se'nniirlit, all the Newbury coach was turning into the White Hart Yard. Newbury, Mas ter Ave s, son of Mr. As ass, et Corrhill, one of the passengers, putting his head out of the window jolt at the time, received so violent a contusion from striking Against the gatepost, as to carts, his instant death. An inquest was taken on Friday, before John RICNAR os. E•q. and the verdiift of the Jury —Acedevtal Death. The present Lottery ht. one peculiar benefit over all others, the public can buy with safety all the time the Lottery is drawing, as every Ticket, drawn in the course of the day, is sure to be a Prize. On Thursdav se`nnight was executed, before the Sheriff of Herifordshire, a writ of enquiry of da mages, in ar anion brought by .1 A was Vete, Esq. against" the proprietor of the Welsh Mail, tor the loss of game, and other articles sent by that coach, from Carmarthen to London. The Jury rave full thong., ; and costs, of course, will follow their diet. It is hoped this nainn will be of advantage to the public. who have had much came of com plaint, not only on account of the high rate of car riage, hut the loss fiespently experienced, particu larly as minim- n Ls a 1, Df at ,t• 0 re )F a- ft' LS. .! , k t