The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1806-02-28 00:00:00

THE BRlTlrfili PRESS. FRIDAY. FEE , UARY 28. At three o'clock yes erday, Captain DOWNM of His MAJESTY'S ship Diomede, arrived at the Admiralty with an account of the capitulation of the Cape cf Good Hope ti, His MAJESTY'S arms. The bells of Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's church were rung ; the Pa•k and rower guns were Lied in honour of the occasion ; and the First Lord of the Admiralty shewed his respell for the City, by sending the following satisfadory communica tion to the the Loan M AY OR : ADNIIiRAI TY - OFFICE, iEI. 27. Mr. Crey has the honour to transmit to the Lord - Mayor the inclosed Account of the success of His M...iesty's forces, under the c onmend of Sir David Baird and Sir Home Popham. " Admira;ty, Feb. 27. Capt 11):+onotan, of Ffis Majesty's ship Di..inerte, arrived this afternoon, wittt dispatches from Sir H. Vr„hatu, dated at the Cape of Good Hope, Jan. 19 " The accounts brought by the Officer 'tate, that the squad ton, under Sir flame Popham's command, arrived of the Cape nn the 4th, that the landmg of the troops was effeaesi en the 6th, and that, after an aiftion on the 6th, in which the Enemy kit 700, and Hn %Mesty's troops about 23 killed and ettainkit, a Capituiati. - in was si;ned on the 10th, by which the cape Tsen rid its dz i rettd.th.i,s were surrendered to His Ma jesty's arms. " General Janten, who eemmen-ted the Eneme'e Terto?e, retired, with the remainder of his Toren, into the interior td the Otuatry. A t , ur Copy. (C rued) "JAMES SHAW, " Mar ason-houre, Ft. 4 Nt4yor. Hai( put Four This event diffused much pleasure through the town, but could nun ea- ite much .urprise. As evi dence that Government ant;e:pated it with cnnfi. dente, we la•ely announced that some large trans. pre, wish prnvisirns, had been sent (torn Ports. in nut) for that destination. A general idea prevailed, founded, perhaps, upon the almost certain expalla. lion of u.er acquisition of this colony, that an unclvr stanchng subsisted between our Government and the Commander of the Cape, and tha' the place would be surrendered without resistance. While we lament the loss of our brave tronps, however small, it is $ matter of congratulation that this WAS not the case. It is much more grateful and desirable to have obtained it by the va'nur of our iurry, than by the treachery of its defenders. 46 evening paper of yesterday announces the re ceipt of a letter from Fahnou:h. dattd February 24tb, which say. :—" Aa account was receivt d bete, this morning, of the loss of His Maksty's ship brectwa, of 74 guns, on the hle of Rhee; only the Cip:a:n and elf men were saved." The N.l. lugger arrived, nn Tuesday, at Ply sitoch, from off Bres• : she has brought an account, which, we trust, will not prove use, of the loss of the Loess frigate, of 5 guns, on the Ssintes. Th- receivei the intelligence from an Ameri can, which is net, we 'snow, from experience, the best authority. The people of the 'fire did not cre dit the report. The fleet which sailed from Cork, nn the even ing of the I fith inst. returned the next dar. except the Squirm' sloop of war. and fourteen s ill, which had not returned on the 23d. The new Ministry has commenced its career well. The Right Hon. the Cu•t.ctt.t.os of the Esc,' s ive*, last night, moved for, and obtained leave, in the House of Commons, to bring in a Sill for the better regulation of the office of Treasurer of the Ordnance. "1 he pradice heretofore tad been," he nai!. " for these Officers to retain large balances of the pohlic money in their hands, and the principal obiftrt of the preser.t measure was, to give the public sufficient security for the due a pplication of such sums, and impose such penalties on non-compliance with the intended eel, as were done by a former cue upon Treasurers of the Navy." He also gave notice, " that the present measure was only a part of the s!stetn he meant to propose far subjeding to similar reiclations, Po-t-Office, the Excise, the Cus t'rilft and every other Board connate,' with the receipt or expenditure of the public money." A ticent regniation in the Office of the Paymaster ll:-7etal of the Forces, is another proof of the 411; ety of the present Government to corret, r .ie manifold abuses which have but too long ex 'red in the expenditure of the puhlie revenue --It had been the pradice of the Army Agerts into their hands the issues from the Pay-Ot t"e, for Staff-pay and Contingencies, whenever tho.e l i •vres were m a d e , a nd to reta i n t h e m one y ; an d i t • is been some time before the several Staff Officers, those to whom it was appropriated. could get tol money out of their possess:on ; by which con e-a, much profit was made by the Agent; ; b e eril set vice considerably injured; and iLdiv duals but too arm reared to :evrtre dift'less remedy these evils, which were growing to an in tolerable height, a regulation has recently been adopted, which ditens, that notice shall be given in rhe Laneon Gac , tte, and the other newspapers, of the day on which issues are made for azy of the hove-mentioned s-rvices. Thus the Staff Officers will be officially apprised of the moment on which they ought to receive their derna. , cl , , :the no excuse can exist fin protracting the payment tJ die several claimants. ii . ' l, o l ? O s , 'lll- 11 , Ti!I• ITRE. vex NI • N TIZATRI. Last night 3 new Musizal Piece, cared tree /3 a lerot vent Srheili, ker (the lilnkrup! Cater), was hrourzhr forward with great success. The story is extremely simple, and the humour turns on a C.d!er treeorylitlz bankrupt, attd when the ens- Somers demand their sheet or boot., he gives them one, pleading that he can only pay fry per cent lie is also the favoured lover of an old .!rte-matter's J.+ ug.trer. The shoe-makor W.ll adtnirahly per med by %faster T!.ie whule perfarm. Arne ex. i.e.! mach mirth, and received continued appl Vise. The ballet of aelion, with com'tats, of The Few; cc ,The Soidierr.r Lose. and Et win au es farce -of WiAlf m ff , followed. The audience was extremely farhJonahle; Lady Dr Di . xsr A WV i LI. r, Mrs. PITCAIRN, and Mrs. %% Ai ruts, were present. On the motion of Mr. ‘VHITIREAD, last night, in the House of Commons, it eta', ordered, " that there be laid before the House returns of the dif ferent dr.:live Volunteer Corps of Cavalry, In fantry, and Artillery, distinguishing each corps, and the names of the inspeeting and other Officers, by whom the returns were signed." A Court of Proprietors WAS held yesterday at the India House, when it WAS proposed to grant a large sum of money to Marquis CostswaLcas, as a mark of their gratitude fur the services ren dered by the late Marquis, his father, to the East India Company. There was some difference in opinion respeßing the amonitt of the sum, a-A it was also suggested, that a part of it shoal! go to Lady Mmes, SINOLETaN. the daughter of the late Marquis. It was discovered, hnw.-ver, that there was an informali;y in the orrice, sum moning the Court, and the business accordingly stands over for a firtirre day. A report of the pro ceeding is given in out sii4sequent columns. Born. MAT. We have received French Papers to the 19th and Dines P.yers to the 23d inst.; Lat they bring no i ':ellfgenct of any iniporrance. A Messenger seas sesterday sent from the Ad mifaltv •ron af.tr the arrival of th: nests of •ne CA AUle the Ctipe of i :op to tilt Minis- Lei-. At t'T tWO 111.13St'S et Pia Itarzaent, Yesterday. Sir ISAAC lfs,Aau , Garter King at Arm., writ the proper Heralds, attended the House of Peers, for the purpose of attending the ceremony of introilozing the Earl of Listmeeioisi a, as an English Peer; Lords Geer:vitt& and Hot t.An were liken ire in attendance, in their robes, for the pu• pose of introducing him ; but the Noble Earl did not arrive till four o'clock, which was too late for the ceremony to Ike place ; it being contrary to a stancling erdcr of the House for a new Member to be intro !aced after four o'clock. The introduc tion will eretefere take place to-day. The eleehon for the &lough of Stafford tomes on this day, viurt Mr. Siet OMAN will be returned without el:point:on. The Hatitiore blonp of war, with the following trsnspnre. with foreign troops on hoard, viz. Nos. 277, 31% 447, 476, Siff, and HO, arrived on Wednesnay, at Yarmouth, born the Continent. The Jodie. BRYANT, from Penzance, for Lon don, was captured off Portland on the 24:11 inst. 'foe Briton, —, from Hull, for Liindon, is captured an., careird into Calais. Tuesday afternoon, thiee large privateers came not of Boulogne, and in the evening captured off Folkstone, three large mitt hantm• n, one la,!en with bale gooos from Limerick, the other wilt' tim!e !sound to Portsmouth, ancithe turd with hemp for Plymouth. • The henchmen pet men on board of each, and were stesriog fur Calais harbour (whici, is full of captures taken within three we k•) when the if Mit, and Urecat gun-brigs hove in sight. The Frenchmen, after settiog fire to the vitae] fron Limerick, tonic each of them to their boats, al.a reached their privateers ; the miter two were picked up, and are safe In Deal harbour. On l'hur,day se'nnight, a Cr.ert Martial assem bled on board His Majesty's ship Eloiant, to tr Lieutenant JOHN Dawes, late of that ship, on chary' preferred against him by the olificers of the said ship, viz. t. Fraudulent and unnificer-like con that." The charges being partly prov-d, the Court (in consideration of the good chataner given to Lieutenant Dawns by some Captains present) only sensenctd him to be severely reprimanded; and striflly admonished him to be more circuinspe& in his pecuniary transaftions for the future. lhe parties who fought on Sunday morning in Stanmore Park were Cap:ain BAIT, immetly of the. Ist Dragoons, aad Captain Com utsos; of the Bth Dragoons. Among the presents made to the British Institu tion, are two pieces of the late eminent artist, Mr. Beiscc, one & Colossal 6,.ture of Ariliteg, tawefifilo tie Lett cf Arise 8, r resented by Mrs. Banes and the Rev. EDWARD Foasr Lit ; t'e other an alto-re premmte.! Ls- Mr Alderman Bur Kitt 1.. The Duke of CLas sr &LAND I.as be -n string for whole length Portt.:ts to Sir ‘Vit.t.tass Bettee•, and to Mr. Wi ts teas, of Bath, 4a Arti t who has been much in Italy, ant who bas formed his style upon the best nri. , eis r.f tl•at country. The San of these Artisu Hs Royal Highness in his Partarnentity Rates. In the other Hillure, the Duke appears in the uniform of h:s Regiment, and an Equerry is seen io the hack ground leading a beautiful horse for His Royal Highness so mount. Both these Peal:es wiil du credit to the Artists. The Pa&ure by Mr. ‘N 11.1.14 us is int..ncled for the City of Dubli•ts A Commission has beta appointed at Paris toes. amine into the affairs of M. Recessive, and their repon states. that, on the tsd of March. 1603, M. Re c AC4.111 possessed a cap tal 01 about MO WatIOCIS , 1 francs, exclusive of monies placed in his hands. detween that time anJ the 13th of November, he sustained a loss of 1,136 000 francs, and, since the last-mentioned period, another loss of 1,3110.(n)0 rants. The Commissiordss are of opinio9, that • composition of 33 per cent. may be offered the creditors, 10 per cent to be paid immediately, •nd ",.le other 23 in successive half-re..by instalments of 3 per cent. each. His MAJESTY dined at Frogrnore 02 Wednesday. Her MAJISTY, being recovered• from her cold, took an airing yesterday moil:Mg, in a carriage a.uf fa'sr, by Etiglefirld Green, acc.mpanied by Prin cesses Limeys-no and M sr. v. Piincesses AnnusrA and SOPRTA, ac:nmpanied by General MANNERS, Count. muss ',and C,,lonel TAYLOR, took an airing on horseback, in IVindonr Park. Yesterday morning the Duke cif CAW BR lose ar riv,nl in town from %Vindsor. Yesterday, the LORD CHANCtLLOR dined with the Duke of Deennsiliat. His Royal Highness the Duke of York will give a grand dinner next Friday, at his house, Purunan squat e. By flys death of Lord Viscnunt Pzev, the Earl of Lis:Lama succeeds to an estate of 80001. per annum. The Duchess of GORDP4 Will eve a grand hall, on Thursday next, at her house, in St. James's. square. The troops recently returned from H de clue, that t'l-y never /4.We,, upon Prra firma, as they were, during the wa d e time of their stay there, up to the knees in d a e and wa d. The last Bath arrivals are, 1.1 , 1 It..ers,Lnrd Baam, 1.04, Wratol, Sir H. and Lady W401:111 thpl.net. e) ., t ie.., Adai al and Mrs. Kauspe. Ca!ossl aid Mr. Niclual.aas,(7.l..stell.l4 Mrs. Noiera tel sod Mrs. Coto. el 11a•fl.rte.-, cyju. -1 sad lir,. Wheals, Co:ame . Lab*, Co'c..,llo.ses, sad Calomel &OWN. Lady Pain/. and the Hon. Miss Decal eons, left tawn, yesterday, in their carriage and tour, with two out-riders, on a visit to He r lt.yal I fighness the Princess of Wenn', arid refuted at five o'clo.k to dinner. llr Duke of Bs/rue:sae and the Marquis of WoociST Er left town last Monday for Btd:rsnton. Earl Firreisciant and Viscount MIVr.:I left ',urn on Wednesday, f,,r Wentwooth-House, near Rotherham, Yorkshire. Earl ants Countess Gosomr to gave a grand dinner yesterday, at their horse, Upper Harley -street. to Earl S.,IIIOWICII, Earl and Countess Conn:sone Viscount and Viscountess C•aegrom, Sir Asu aau Cs.aete, General Sir CIIA sees Ross, ant Miss Bea root ; and in the evening were joined by •he Countess of P inGrO•4 and Lady D•WSOPT. Mr. Ltwn's Tragedy of " 4J. ietaa; or, 'lhr ?raids of a Sv.ele Lyme," is now in rehearsal, at Drury-lane Th-atre, an l will be brought forward very soon. The Young Rosetta, Mr. ELL/Vrol4, Mr. BAes 7211fte, and Mrs. Pow et. c, have the pro. sninent charatiers. The scenery and decorations will be splendid. Ile Gentlemen of the Bath Harmonic Club gave a most su:wrb entertainment, on Monday last, at the Lower Rooms in that City, to all the beauty and fashion of Bath. It was a ball and magnificent supper. The tables were covered with a profusion of every delicacy of the season ; the wines were ex cellent ; and the singing after s.ipper included many approlniate and pointed novelties, amongst which we must particularise two new songs and a duet. Two glees, the composition of the Hon. and Rev. Attoust vs B•P et, were very much admired ; they were accompanied on the Piano Forte by that gentleman. So pleased were the Gentlemen with their entertaiameat, that they meet this day to dine and drink " Meek* awl hopp,err le their Ku tiedr:lt." The Right Hon. the Eel of Lives and Mctvisst, and the Hon. Major Hast.Yzniteon, are President and Vice-President. _ - It gives Us a great degrerof pleatore is having occaiion to ouserve the tame of la illuafrious patron, as that of the Duke of Si.sias. ialiSard to the play fill for the benefit of Mrs. Ctur- TILIIII:Ce, whose husband was ten years E.wn of me Guards at 3:. James's ; on which even. ing she has . arranged 'nee a f un d o f eater tamment. as cannot fail of meeting the appro bation of a generous public. When we medi tate on the exalted sphere in life which this lady held in inciety, and the numerous as of humanity anJ benevolence she has conferred on the nerdy. we have not the shallow of a doubt, that the sane spirit of philanthropy will be placed in regaisiitoo, and thriftier receipts of the hulas* Will be the fruit of a bumper. 'NNW. 71 . _ Lisr INbI4 NO= A General Court of the Preget-tors of the Vele , II di.. Company was yesterday held, pureua t r -s public notice, at the !nth' House. Seen alter twelve o'clock. the Cretonne* hevirte r ken his seat, rose. ausi b.iefly s:ated, that throb j•-41 for came a General se , JCITI Ma., for the pore pose of taking into considetatiesss l'.' non fro . the Court of Direcire s, relative to rhe late MAN • Cornwallis. Tee adverticernent which called the toeethet„ he said, had hinted merely a. the lonia. 1 -ess which was to be laid hc:tote them, an.l hr low t had to inform them, that it was the opinion oi the Court of Dire& •s, attar $ , !7iP consideration, that the fittest meiseol of ackrewledging the set vie• s of the hoe Mercees Corns allis. would be tie Make some -; pet:tinier! compliment to his sum sine. For this purpose they had come to a resolution, which thould 'sr read, and it would then be competent for any Proprietor to snake any motion, or propose Any amendne.tt hr thought proper. . The reseiution was then teed. The party:et of it was, e that in coesideretinn of the Many services - of the late Marquis Cornwallis, is sfetenzi• g test interests of the East India Company, the eintorit of the salary, which, if alive, his Cerdship would have been intitled to, for the remaind r of the year On Tuesday morning His Ma'caw's hounds in which he died, and fur rte e whole lest iesideto started a fine young deer, from the neighbnurh she ul I voted to his ers of Smite, in iluckinghamihire. His Royal High- 1 hie. R. Jaen, N mor e .', that the correspor. nen the Duke of Cu stet AND, and about fit y between thelate Marquis Cornwallis and the board Gentlemen, were present at the starting, wilicidtoct I of Dsreetres, Immediately previous, and subsequent place about ten o'clock. go the time of ho last appuintmen., should be sead. The deer, at starting, went with very great swift- , is was objstled to by some Geritiensteh, on ness across Stoke Common, through the woods and pound. that it was not a sultitel that t.ould oro- inclnsures, Lv Bulstrnde, crossing the country by I d• ce discussion.; and, therefore, there could be no Cashiohitty.Perk, the teat of the Earl of ESSEX, by occasion for reasons the correvondeace. Watford, towards St. Aileen's, where he made a After a short ronveroctirm on the it:hive!, it was. 41011'.it back. and was taken afoot five miles to the at length. aereed, -hat the papers s' (lea be read. as right of Watinrd, after three hours and a half hard that would be •he CA !y cruet ion the Prop i•or •s tad rnnr.ing. The Duke IS Ct . assestLasin followed the to judge by, in agreeing to the proposition of the chase the whole time. Very few of she Sports- .Direttors. men were present when the cher was taken. Most The letters were then read. They commenced of the horses were knocked up. in January, leCee, with the peopled matte ti the The Earl of Ai saweaer, the new Master of the Marquis to go out ag.in so !neer. elk .etsiste,A Hounds, was not present, as expected. ans wer, accepti!.g that offer, was Met, •. an ..1 all the letters received from Pies loodsiii.: iron. the time of his departure from England to the time of his eescrh. In these he descrteed et the .' Comp sny to be ie a very bad state; and s , in foe •st. lire; ive a sketc = f :!se plan he i tended to adept. we .ss to retreve thine This letter was not read, as it was vatted by tee Cliaser..4, that some of :.be plans •ketched cur es it were te..v carrying into 'gra is India, and though the evil which might re ult f's "it their disclosure was very now-, he thou hi it better, if there were no gmelemen perriewa Ay ' acx•ous. net to make them public. Mr. R. J sceson rose for the purpose of sub mitting a re •t on to the consideration of the court. He said :t WAS not meessary for him to enter into detail of the merits of the lase Noble Marquis. His Oriental political career was entirely under their immediate inspettiun, and with so much wisdbin did he reform the different abuses which misted. that even those who felt their incomes curtailed by it, were the first sn ackeowledge hss meths. Old' of the fi rst principles uhkh that Nob* Leediati -1 his lite in Intfia, he should have the teens tit returning to his native coantry, and enjoeing the fruits of his labour. The Hots. Gentleman then went into a statement of the various benefits which fedi. had derived from the services of the Mar ta.s Cornwallis ; particularising his establishraaat of Courts of Jarisprudence, by which he compelled a groper admin•stration of justice, and his regard and attention to the comforts of the natives, as well as the Europeans. It was not necessary, he thought, ter remind them of the military talents of the Noble Marquis. Every pet son .nast remember the 'Pieter? ; gained over the turbulent •Ti.ipo Sultan. Wh e n under vie walls of Seringapatatn, the abilities he ;hewed as a warrior were only surpassed by his conduct as a statesman, and a man who had nothiag else at heart, but the benefit of the Campo!. Nothing, in his opinion, could be more znagnanle mous than the conduct of the Noble Marquis its giving up his share of the prize mosey, to tae Ji sided among the %/liters, who were rathsr dis contented at the loss :hey experienced by the treaty at that time entered into. He then detailed the ' various achievements which had been performed by the Noble Margins ; and After dwelling for some time on the circurnaance of his death, when en deavouring to advance the interest of the Corp. pony, he concluded by moving a resolution, the pot. port of which w as , 4' that the remainder o f tee . lAry for the year in which the Marquis of CeetwiAtig died, together with time year and a half's tar? h..- • sides, should be voted to hi s repreeentstive, attd ai s .. , ttie discount which the Marquis. if he listed. wou'i have been entitled to, on treesinitteng it to England " sir NVel.t.t.ase Byairoweiss concurred in the eulogises+ on the %Larval& Cornwallis; ante after entering into a very lone stud intricatenutenteitt of the increase and decrease of the debt *fed* from which he submitted, that the affairevot /Wits were now in the most flourishing state ; he concluded by moving, as an Amendn.cnt, " that the mosey voted shooid he equally divided between the praise Mar. t oo qui& Cornwallis, and his sister, Lady Marg Single. I ton." , • The CHAIIIMAN. is making KM! obtervedees es the sentiments which had been eieressed by the Hi m . B.ronet (Sir William Burroughs), said, he differed entitely with respect to the state oS India. I as it was his opinion that the affairs of the Company bad been managed in a most extravagant manner. However, that was nut at present before them. but would be the subject of future investigation. With reeved to statements which bad been wade in she Nzwspaaers, particularly a weekly publication, Mat the Compatty were obliged to borrow two millious from Government, and which had been referred to in she course of the day; he said he thought it ne cessary to state. that that moviey was due by G,.vern. ment fur the expence :ncurred by the Compaii., to sending men from India to Egypt. It was also as:maim notion wl37ch was entertained by many, that the Comosny were indebted to Government seven milli ins. This was made cut by calculating the 310,0001. a-year which the Company were to pa r far the renewal of their charter. It W4l to be con sidered, however, that the pa hr= of that sum "as ' only a coitteigency. The table Chairmaie !O !! kw WA the e2.r. k prd :he ad: J ' i