The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-04-20 00:00:00

4POR77NG.

The following Matches were trade last ivek at
Newmitrlcet : '
NEWMARKET FIRST OCTORRit MEETING.
Sir IL T. Vane'. C, erfighter, Bst. 716. against Mr. Wet.
m's I.;gnum Vite. B.t. 61b. Mg.. h ft—Mr. J.
W Ardzll batted Sir 11. T. Vane 13 iftics to 8 on Ligon's' Vita.
PETTING FOR THE DERBY.
7 to 2 araiii-t Broiler to Sttiolurd ; 11 to 2 against Sir it T.
Va rr s Patnot colt, 11 to 2 against Lord Grey'. Sir Peter colt!
5 to 4on Stamford, ag.ast any one; and 11 to 8 these thrle
against the 6.11.

?Olt THE OARS.
4 to 1 against Pamela, 7 to •l against Mr. Lake': )r Sky-
Scrape r, out of Celia, and sto 1 against the sister t Allog-.lnt .

BIRTHS.
On Sunday last, at her tithcr's house in Grosvenor-place,
the Lady ot Colonel Wilde, of a son.
On Thursday la%t, the Lady of John Ellis, Esq. of a
daughter, at his house in Portland-place.
On the morning ot the tvh, at his house in Upper Gros-
venor-street, the Lady ot Sir Robert Peel, Bart. of a
daughter.
MARRIED.

Yesterday, at St. Bride's, Thomas Butler, Esq. Com-
mander of the Hon. East •India Company's ship Rocking-
ham, to Mist L. Priestley, daughter of Joseph Priestley,
Esq. of White Windows, near Halifax, Yorkshire.
On Friday last. at Sir John Sinclair's, Charlotte-square,
Edinburgh, the Han. Lord Polkemmet, to Miss Sinclair,
daughter of the late George Sinclair. Esq. of 1./nista.
On Sunday last, at St. Saviour's Churcn, Southwark,
Robert Bell, of Lombard-street, E•q. to Miss An.i Eivey,
eldest daughter of Mr. Eivey, of Thetford, in the c;•:tinty of
Norfolk.
On Sunday last, at Wells, by the Rev. Mr. Serrel, Mr.
Clutterbuck. solicitor, of Wincanton, Somers-r, to M•ss
Harriet Lax, daughter of Robert Lax, Esq. Knap-fult-
house, near Wells. • •
DIED.
On Sunday morning, Miss Windur, at her apartments
in Shane-street, Chelsea.
Mr. William Kennedy Skipton, son to George Crook-
shank Skipton, Esq. of Berch•hill, near Loadond.:.iy,
Ireland, and late fqurth officer of the Royal Chal lotte East
Indianian, at China, the 25th of Oqober last.
Also, on the 7th December last, Henry Bagshaw, E.
late Company's Civil Sei vant at China, who was returning
home passenger by the said ship.
Last week, at his house, in Dean's Pltce, Lambetb,
Captain Edward Nlainwat ing. late of the King's American
Rangers. This deserving, meritorious, and, we are sorry
to add, unfortunate officer, Lad been upwards of forty years
in the sei vice.
On Friday the t sth instant, Montague Chohneley,
of Easton, near Grantham, Lincolnshire.

On the 9th instant, at his house in W'clbeck•strr;•.
Newsham Peers, Esq. of Ahreston-house, Warwickshire,
aged 77 years, much regretted by all his it lends.
On the Bth instant, at Edinburgh, Sir John Whitefoard,
of Whitefoord, Bart.
Same dAy, at his house in Reid's Court, Canongate,
Edinburgh, aged 72, Mt. Henry Home, Writer to tho
Signet.
Same day, at Edinburgh, Miss Margaret Brown, daugh-
ter of the deceased Mr. Thomas Brown, architect.

PRICE

' STOCKS.

YISTE
Rank Stock 167
;.s per Cent. Red.... 63 51 4.1
3 perCent.Cons... 641 6/ 516
4 per Cent. Cons. 81 fi.s 821
5 per Cent. Ann. .. 1001 11
5 per Cent. 1797. 99 1001 991
II ink 1.. Ann..... 19 :-16
Hank Short Ann. .... 41-16
Imp. 5 per Cent. ...
Ditto Ann

RD AT.

Omninm .... 13; dire.
India Stock
Ditto Bond,
Irish 5 per Cent
Excheq Bills
Eng. Lot. Tick.
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Irish ditty
Bank for Open.
India for Open.
Consols for May

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. AT LONDON-BRIDGE.
THIS DAT.
Morning. . Om. after 12 I Afternoon, ....Ism. after I.

ELEGANT HOUSE, SUPERBLY FURNISHED, &c. &c.
TO be LIT, for TWELVE WEEKS only,
Prim. TWO HUNDRED and FORTY GUINEAS.
Tickets to view and Particulars may be bad of Mr. Bates,
Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square.