The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-04-25 00:00:00

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AIR vstOt‘ft'N IS FOR TIM WEEK.
THIS DAY.
11141 Me se.; of St. 00.1.an51 Rout, Rrutoo-street.
Ltdy asrrinetrut's Rout, Sr. James's-place.
llou. Mn S'illiere Rout, N,gth Audlev-stroet
Mrs. sl:tekb sync's R int, Park—treet, Wes:nunster.
Mr.. ft oboe., Stu ic, R .rkeles square.
L.. 44 Ndwarit'. Dinner. Portroan•square.
Mrs. Graham:. Mame, Gower-Wet-4.
TUESDAY.

Mira Abram'i Mtrie, Park-lane.
Lally Mauves Rout, Jermywureet.
Viscount Carleton's Dinner, Gnat George-street, lianover-
square
Mrs, rtortoult Rnut. New Norfolk.sto•et.

WEDICISDA Y.
Counters Pnresiiinutles
Miles P..s.r A itilrviv.' Clevelanil-row.
Mrs. Riibivin'. Rout, Mbeisnarie-,treet.
Mrs. Pat.'s Hilt
'rift! Dinner, Pnrtman-square.
Airs Blasmes Kuig-str,rt, St..lamees.
Fart of Lirisere!.% Dinner, Ntaiwielii street.
Mrs. Ciatthert's Rlut. it Itn 1 *rare. •
M's. ti..ber': Rout, Ettk•-r 41r: .t
Airs. Cenyeer Private PartF, Mi.unt street.

Queen's Drawint Ron:: , St Janice!.
Duchen of B.,ltne•A Ritic, Grivevenor.villans.
Laity Carrington't lA, St. J nices-place.
canntr.s of Carhampteietc Root. Bruton-onset.
?tin Caniciff and Miss Lt2ell% Concert, Welbeck-street.
Eltot's Rout
ILArI Derby 4 Grin! Dinner, Grosvennr-squam
lad of Kenmares I)Uutc-, Portman-;quart.
rainAY.

!Ms. Sollivsn'4 Rout, Grafton-street.
Lord Grimstme-Rlll, Grovenor square.
Lord r.,kwarr: rsinner, Prortinan-square.
Nfdrs Pet .r Andrrte: Rota, Cleveland-now.
Tail of Limerick's Dinner, Nfut.fieki-strect.
Mrs. Lvon's Party, Stratford-pLseg:.
MM. emetic's Rnut, Upper Seymour-street.
ThraltioPatty, Great Cumberland-save

SATURDAY.
ettrncien's Dinner, Arlington-street.
Mr Cnek..rell's Dinner, iherathity.
Eat uf Kingstnii• Dinner, Wellieck-street.

SVND A Y.
Vecovnt cletlnn'A Dinnr, Great (gorge-street.
Ilfarquis of Blandfot,r4 MUIIC, Piccadilly.
Ifarchioticss of Salisbury's Partv, Arlingtian-stroet.
Cousitess of Ken mar:** PArty, Portui4n—iquare

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Earl of Derby's Grand Dinner, Grnsvennr-square.
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The Marchioness of HERTFORD gave, • on Friday
ovening last, at her house, in Manchester-square,
one of the most splendid Routs this season could
bout of, to above 800 persons of the first. distinttion.
Among the company were,
Ho re oval I lighnesi the Prance of Wales.
Doker--Orleau• Mantis-niter, and Leinster.
Mertpsisms—Hisi:dinrt and Salisbury.
Larb•—t.larrh;an, Carhstnptnn, Lanserick, Glandore, Percy,
Mount!, Stair, Kingston Wincbelsea, Ketunare, Moans-
Idgeeninbe, Digby, Aboyne, Carlisle, Uxbridge, Camden,
biacekssivkl, We.tinnrtland, Mountnorris, and Derby.
Eitesoose—sCrattltry, Olisiner, Marshain, Gosfo:d, Allan,
lkopford, Sydney, ?antrum, Dtuslev, Dungannon, Court-
any, Su-41110.rd, Catiettasi, and Itasiel;gh.
Count Beasiiulais.

Leon De Rohe.
Lard.—rt. Monte, Itartvwood, Glastnn'orv.Batning, Earl-
Bruce, Oslo. Willoughby de Broke, Haddock, Chetwy ad,
ILaeaine. Grandiose, De Clifford, Drnevor, Gstsder, Am-
bient, Nt. Kett. Lercaon,Sumcrville, Villiers, *Buti,thur.h,
nbe:vie, and O'Nerl.
Borringdon, H. Dashwood, J. Riddle, G. Shec,
• Anieek, J. Poulteney, H. Boughton, and S. arm.
Oat rag..—Phipps, Mho, Thornton, and Loftus.
Cokici•—...tvll, Conway, Stopford, Bentinck, Witham,
Cooper, mud Isateyinpla.
Coetaine--Benocti, Harvey, Holland, and Woodford.
Xkspar-Beilingliel4, J. iVeyland, B. Carr, I). Bouve.ie,
Warner, Thompsou, Milner, Wyndham, Stapleton, Colt:-
men, On-low, tinsels, Metheee, Cork., Cox, Dalrymple,
Jenlonsort, kionre, W. Herby, Jekyll, T. Ileneage, Smith,
Salter, Faeroe, Hope, Bailey, Holmes, W. laolmas Milner,
AO, 0. filthier, Dudley North, Faulkner, Howani, Percy,
Rayner, Colernore, Waddington, Deborf, Harvey, 11. Elliot,
C. Hart, Lascelles, Percher, Sloane, Boucherett, Latonclie,
'rehire% Wilbriluim, Robinson, Churchill, Faulkner, Taylor,
reemandr, Warne I.rsann, Allen, Cie:slants, Apsley,
Banks, Vincent, No:uverie, Sloane, S. Sloane W. Sloane,
tiverney, Craven. Warren, two Grevilles, Faulkner, Egerton,
St Georee
Princ a Catlecieala.
•aufort, Bolton, and Northumberland.
!ILirchiesace-es--Ilea4fort, Dowavr of Bath, Downshire,
Salisbury, and Wellesley.
CAM teuts—Do7.ager Sefton, Pembroke, Carhapipton,
Buckinghamshire, Antrim, Bridgewater, Limerick,, Harring-
ion, Liverpool, Msent-Edgccornbe, King.ton, Harcourt,
Xenmare, Dowager of Cork, Uxbridg.., L'itrim, Metrics-
field, Hoieberry, earisarvon, Bentinck, Ald sonugh, Mont-
auras, Derby, and Caratoff.
Viseesoitases—Bulkeler, Wentworth, Cranley, Gosford,
Allan, Sydney, and Newark.
Lories--Dowager Amherst, Clive, Cornwallis, Donglas,
C. Johnson, Linton, E. Seymour, Forster, De Clifford, T.
lurk, T. Bligb, A. Carpenter, J. Howard, Warren, M.
Cokes, Tanercd, J. Austin, C. Dunceinhe, M. Curry two
• Bayning, A. M. Stanhope, two Thannes, C. Jenkiii-
nm, King, Andover, Dowager Petre, Blayney, F.. Alex-
ander, 1.. Curry, Bruce, Cawdor, G. Howard, C. Barham,
Dyncvor, M. taylor, C. Hornby, two Paget', two Towns-
kends, L. Stewart, Clements, Amherst, Tarikerville, Henn:its,
G. Cecil, M primrose Doughton, Euston, Talbot, C. Len-
non, Manthams, J. Bentinck, F. Beresiord, A. Strati eel, M.
Xerr, F. Holland, Sinclair, GreviHe, G. Thvitne, Crofton,
Templeton, E. Wellesley, Sebright, and E. Palke.
Mixtresses—Harrisden, "Jones, J. W.-eland, Douglas, Stitt,
Walpole, Geattlishote, Kimble, Foot, Clarke, Jensen,
Hale, Stanhope, Anderson, A Stanhope, Jekyll, Weddle,
T. Heneage, Smith, 0. Hunter, Holm's, Cushirsgton, Dtel•
ley North, De Gray, Meyrirk, Jackson, Sydney, F. Belitinck,
C. Hart, Clement. Fordyce, &tethered, Joddo Haevev,
Freemantle, I.eraan, Villiers, Poole, I)ufF, Nfaniter.,Birike.,
Bouverie, Fau.krier, D.Jrymple, St. G. Caulfeid, and Fite-.
berbert.
Misses—two Townshmils, Monson, Douglas, Montague,
Stout, 11. Stria, Colin/eau, Perry, Hale, two °newts, R.
Stanhupe, Suri!siv, Hooper Angeriteln, Shears, Dasherrol,
Carter, Smith, North, AIL', Gibbs, two Coon, C. II ~t,
two Ellerkers, Clement:, Fordyce Primrose, Alum, tiro
Anquish's. A. Boughton, Fitzroy, Loftus' Harvey, Moaner.,
Conway, eau Miss Cruftons, Lipton, and Broome.

The Princess of Wat.rs was expeaed at Rams-
sate on Saturday evening. Part of her Royal
Highness's household has been there some days.
The Corporation of Canterbury wished to evince
their respett as she passed through the city, but her
Royal Highness, satisfied, as she must be, of living
in the affediou of every honest breast, declined the
ceremony.

Yesterday, notwithstanding the coldness of the
air, wveral smart claps of thunder were heard soon
atter one cielock, and it continued to thunder in the
vicinity of London, at intervals, during the whole
afternoon. Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens
were deserted,
Mr. Snit I ISWOOD.I famous ox is come to town.
The Aricultural Socii.ty and all the Bret-der' will
immediately pay their respects to him. This huge
animal cost longs.
The difference which had arisen respecting the
appearance of le: t ZSTON at the Haymarket Theatre,
has Bern adjumted, and this Performer has renewed
his eng.igcm;..nt pith the 13 ash Manager for three
7.11111.

aO1•.1L 11U.11.11VE socarr

The Royal Humane Society met yesterday at nine
o'clock, at Mr. Barton's, the Gun tavern in Jermyn-
street. where there was an excellent breakfast pre-
pared at ten o'clock ; the President, Vice-President,
and Stewards attended ; and at eleven they proceeded
in procession to St. James's Church, Westminster,
in the following order, viz.

Mr. Will,ek and Mr. Johnson, Weistrates.
President and Vice President.

Governors, twn and two.
The relieved persons, 40 in numb .r, two and two, with a Bible
iu each person's hand, inscribed " The Humane Society."
Dr. Hawes, Treasurer.
Stewards, two and two.--(.lt wands.
Mr. J. Beatunont, Regi,tei—white wand.

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The Anniversary Sermon in behalf of this Na-
tional Institution was preached by the Lord Bishop
of Gloucester. His Lordship took his text from the
flOth Psalm, verse 6—" Let every thing that bath
breath praise the Lord. He commenced by observ-
ing that the Psalmist had taken every opportunity
of extolling the providence of the Creator. In the
fervour of his mind he had called upon every class
of the animal world to join in the praise of him to
whcm they owed their existence ; that part of the
creation which, though vocal, was irra.ional, could
praise him only by fulfilling the purposes tit its exist-
ence ; they were incapable of expressing an articu-
late idea; but the praise to be rendered ,by man, the
highest class of animals, consisted in the exertion of
those divine faculties, which Heaven had implanted
in his soul for the happiness of himself, and the be-
nefit of his Hlow-creatures. His Lordship entered
into a very learned and philosophical enquiry as to
the nature of organic life, throughout the regions of
air, earth, and water ; remarking, that in every thing
that partook of the animating principle, there were
certain component parts on which depended the
right economy of the vital system. Refleilions upon
this doArine, by learned and ingenious men, had
been attended with discoveries of the utmost im-
portance to mankind in general: in our own times
the principle by which organic aaion was stimu-
lated, had been developed in a manner which tended
to exalt our ideas of the Author of it The disco-
veries of science fully justified that apostrophe of
the Psalmist, " Fearfully and wondettully are we
made !" and proved the assertion of the Greek sage,
who, on seeing a human skeleton, exclaimed, that
it could he no other than the work of a divine hand.
The Author of our being had dispensed the vital
principle, more or less, through every part of the
animal frame, and as the means of the continuance
of that vitality, had so ordained that the atmosphere
should correspond to the nature of the being whose
existence it supported ; therefore it was, that a
change of the atmosphere, adapted to the existe ice
of every animal, produced a temporary alteration
with regard to its irritability. The facility with
which respiration was produced by the atmosphere
we breathe, was one of the most striking instances
of the goodness of divine Providence ; the operation
of that atmosphere enabled man; without any effort,
to exert the faculties with which he was endued.
Were it so ordered that the exercise of his organs
depended upon himself; he might not feel an inclina-
tion for those exertions which were necessary for the
execution of the several works of industrious busi-
ness; hut, by the gracious will of his Creator, he
was relieved from all soliCtude with regard to ani-
mal motion, and was consequently left at liberty to
direff his faculties to other objeacts., His Lordship
having much at large commented upon the various
circumstances connected with corporeal existence,
adverted to those which had a reference to mental
preservation. He observed, there was in the mind
of every human being, from the hour of his birth,
a pre-disposition to the prolongation of life ; we were
born with a pre-disposition to Jove life ; on this love
of life was founded the origin -of those necessary
arts by which it was preserved. It was this princi-
ple which taught us to provide for our sustenance,
and seek raiment and shelter to protect us from the
inclemency of the seasons; it was this principle by
which we were urged to obtain those objects by the
sweat of our brows, the labour of our hands, or the
more a4live exertions of the mind ; influenced by this
principle, mankind were urged to risk the dangers
of the watery element for the purposes of com-
merce and tfansportation ; millions had conse-
quently perished, and among them, many had been
abandoned to death when, perhaps, they were only
apparently dead and their case was merely a sus-
pension of the animal powers. The pre-disposition
to desire life, impelled us, whenever it was in dan-
ger, to have recourse to the means of preserving it;
thus, on the bed of sickness, hope never left the
dying patient while any means of relief presented
themselves ; and thus men, in the overwhelming
flood, eagerly laid hold of whatever came near
them in order to save themselves ; frequently it had
happened, that he who would have saved a drown-
ing man, had been draw!' down b) the person he
would have preserved; from the same pre-disposi-
tion to love existence, proceeded our abhorrence at
scenes of death, and tae sight of a deceased person
was an object which excited painful feelings;
and if considerations of friendship or consanguinity,
or the idea. of what might be our own fate, mixed
with those feelings, they were highly aggravated.
How much, therefore, was it the duty of eery
man, by the exertion of his powers, to save that
lite in others which he was so anxious to preserve in
himseif. How powerfully was he appealed to to
reflcl, when contemplating a person apparently
dead, that probably there were remains of life,
which, by proper applications, might be aroused
into action. That such was often the case, the re-
cords of this society sufficiently proved.
'fne goodness of Heaven, in communicating life
to man, had been further manifested, by implant-
in in his mind the love of arts and sciences.
That principle was not only the source of ingenious
and amusing speculation, but it had proved of the
highest benefit to mankind in general. In other
ages, manufadures, commerce, and navigation had
been carried to the highest pitch ; but it had been
reserved for the present age to conceive, promote,
and improve a system, which had for its object,
the recovering of that animal motion, which,
through external causes, had been interrupted.
Various were the causes by which organic am-
iability, the genial warmth of life, and- the,
principle necessary to vitality, might undergo a
temporary suspension, but in many cases the life
was apparently destroyed ; there was an insipient
tendency to animation ; this Society considered it-
self merely an instrument in the hands of Gdd to
mit those fatidties with which man was endued,

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iiw adituidstring relief to these whe **re ITV-
reittlr the victims •of death..lt. considered that,
however inanimate and
however ghastly might be
the appearance of the objea in whom the principle
of life shamed destroyed, that probably the hour of
death was not come ; that what was inert, migin
be exerted into action ; that what was refrigerated,
might become warm. With what success their ef-
forts had been attended, there needed no other proof
and testimony than those, who, by its means, had
been saved from premature death. His Lordship
addressed himself pointedly to about forth or fifty
persons who were in the body of the church, and
who had been indebted to the Society for their lives,
and thus proceeded : " How beneficial have been
the exertions of this Society ; speak, you, who best
can tell ; you who were in a state of torpid insen-
sibility ; who had become as though you were dead;
say, what were your feelings when waking, as if
from a trance, you again perceived the light of
Heaver., and beheld the friends who were most
dear to you ; do you express what were your emo-
tions when• you found yourselves after death re- II
stored to animation and new life; did not your hearts
burn with gratitude for the beneficence of this So-
ciety ? doubtless you rendered to men that praise
which was due to them ; but doubtless you first raised
your souls to Almighty God, who had endued man
with such infinite powers for your preservation.
Unless the Lord had raised you up such friends,
and had given to the human species such faculties
and dispositions to exert them, you who are now
. rejoicing in life and health must have gone to a pre-
matufe grave ; perhaps, too, at an hour when you
were unprepared ; how thankful then ought you to
be for the mercy of Him, who, by preserving your
lives, through the means of this Society, has enabled
you to prolong the work of holiness and redemption."
This apostrophe drew tears from the eyes of those
to whom it was addressed. Some were so affeeted
they were obliged to be taken out of the church.
His Lordship intreated the congregation to pray for
the success of the Society. He desired them to re-
coiled, that in the course of those manifold events
to which mankind were subject, it might come to
pass that those who had /Alert° enjoyed life might
labour under the temporary suspension of it, when
no effectual relief was at hand, but that which the
Society afforded. Every husband, father, son, or
brother, in fad every relation in social life, were al-
ternately effected by the casualties which threatened
to deprive them of persons who were dear to
them. The subject therefore came home no every
one's bosom. It was consequently the interest of
ourselves, and those we valued, that we should en-
courage this Society; but there was another consi-
deration more generous in its nature : the wealth
and prosperity of the country depended upon its
commerce and industry ; thousands must be em-
ployed in exploring the bowels of the earth ; thou-
sands must be employed in the progress of unwhole
some arts and manufactures in close cities ; and
thousands must be employed in braving the dangers
of the deep ; all those were liable to the accidents
which it was the object of this Society to counter-
act; and, ther..l,re, upon this ground, christian
charity, personal interest, and the love of our coun-
try, called upon us to support such •an institution as
this was • with such a spirit was this Society actuated,
that although it direded its first and most anxious
care to the country which supported it, yet it did
not stop there ; it turned its attention to other climes,
and the inhabitants of distant lands had cause to
bless it. Other benevolent charities had for their
objects to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and re-
lieve the sick ; but the charity of this Society was
directed to the immediate preservation of life itself.
The object of the Society was to glorify God by
cherishing that gift which was the first of all—the
gift of life. Among all the ads, said his Lordship
which could testify benevolence, or show our grati,
tude to Heaven for that life he had bestowed on us,
there was none that could be more grateful to the
Author of it, than to prove the sense we entertained
of that inestimable gift, by cherishing it in others,
and using our utmost efforts for its preservation.
His Lordship concluded his most eloquent discourse
by an appeal to his auditors to support, to the utmost
of their means, this truly glorious, valuable, and phi-
lanthropic institution.
The church was so extremely crouded that hun-
dreds were excluded from admission. We observed
several Noble Lords and Members of the House of
Commons : among the former were the Earls Stam-
ford and Warrington among the latter, Mr. Al-
derman Combo, Mr. Fonblanque, &c. &c. We
know not what the subscription was, but we have no
doubt it did honour to those whose liberality had
been appealed to by the impressive exhortation of the
Right Reverend Bishop.

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General DALRYMPLE and Mrs. SMITH are among
the last arrivals at Brighton.
Lord GOWER, and a large party of friends, dined
yesterday with the Earl of STAIR, Charles-sweet,
Berkeley-square.
Sir lla.aav VAN/ Tarartrr this day takes pos-
session of his new house in St. James's-square, late
Mr. ST. GEORGE CAULFIELD'S.
Ou Friday last died at Brentford, after a few days
illness,• Capt. J. JOHNSON, Paymaster of the Royal
Westminster Regiment of Militia.
On Saturday last died, at her father's house in
Arlington-streeL, Miss Ft!. Lows, second daughter of
J. Ix 1.1. ovvs, Esq. M. P. for Norwich, aged nineteen
years. This lady and her sister dined with the Earl
of PORTSMOUTH, on the preceding Sunday. On
Monday, she complained of the influenza, and ex-
pired on Saturday.
Some days since, in digging for the foundation of
a house in the new buildings, to be called Skinner-
street (Snow-hill), eleven guineas, and six half
guineas, of the reigns of Charles 11. James 11. and
William lIL a Louis d'Or of Louis 111. a nioi-
dore, twenty-four shillings of Charles I. and two
of James I. were found by the workmen.
The Bath Harmonic Society gave, last week, a
splendid fete at Sidney Gardens. Part of the gar-
den was converted into an orangery, where the
branches were loaded with a profusion of the most
delicious fruit. In a deep recess appeared a Bardic
Minstrel in Druidical robes, with a triple harp in his
hand, which was tuned to the melodies of ancient
days. At one o'clock the bands were distributed to
the ball-room and different parts of the gardens, for
the accommodation of such as chose to dance.
At two a bugle horn announced the opening of the
orangeci..ancl the dtpat of ices, jellies, and other
.refreehaacass, which were dispensed with great abun-
dance. All was now sheeifuluess, gaiety, ani
beauty.

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BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
W. H itchen, of Liverpool, merchant.
M. lly mock Livia', of Suutliacll, Nottoigh-insh iv% ehem:st.
VV. Hull, of Upper Kodibtigtoo, Northamptonshire, and L.
ut*Barobury, cow-do:Alert.
IL Konuett, hue of Charlotte-row, New-road, laliddlosex,
upholder.