The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-10-12 00:00:00

EMBASSY TO RUSSIA.

Lord G. L. Gower, and suite, in a chaise and
four, and four postchaises and pairs. with two out-
riders, left town yesterday evening, at 7 o'clock, for
Yarmouth, upon his diplomatic mission to St. Pe-
tcrsburgh. Mr. Ruffe and Mr. Vick, King's Mes-
• s oigers, are in his Lordship's suite. They were to
sleep last night at Witham. and will embark this day
on board the iberikvsi frigate, waiting at Yarmouth
to carry them to Russia. Mr. Stuart, his Lord-
ship'. Secretary, and suite, lett town in the mcrn-
ing, at 9 o'clock. for the same destination. Mr.
Ross, his Lordship's private Secretary, with Mrs.
Rios, and two children, kit town in a chaise and
four, at three o'clock, with two private carriages.
They set out from Lord Mahnsbury's house in
Spring Gardens. It is said, that Sir J. B. %Var.
ren will return in the !bat >l.

Mr. Fosraa sailed on Monday from Deal, for
ANY.l.irgton, in America, upon his dinlomatic
mission, as Secretary of Legation to Mr. Mcaa v.
An elegant entertainment, contisting of turt:e
reni.on, and every delicacy t,f the season, %els on
%fa: Jay given by tLe Rifle Corps, at the King's
!Acid Inn, Canterbury, to Brig-adier-Genzral Mus-
a acsom, Lieutenant-Colonel Wens, 14.4 B 4 K CR,
Esq. M.P. the Mayor, many rf the M:letarr• Of-
ficers, and a large party of the friends of the Corps.
the afternoon was spent with the greatest harmony
and convirial:ty ; many loyal and very elc.i:ea
songs were sung, and mirth and good humo.a pre-
vailed to a late hour.

Sunday, died at his house in Green Park-place,
Bath, aged 73, Gtosas Pact. Nloxcn, Esq. the
lineal descendant of General Gt.., a fiC MONCY. Dike
•.1 ALLEM 4au a. This Gentleman was married to
I. tly AKA UINTA BEKISFOILD, sister to the late
NI :lois of WATIAI.JiILI, and vas tathtr to M•s.
I'. 1..4%505. of an,!:::•. Lady of r.e Rtv.
Gt.s AVLI Hssit, o.' Cie c .ti-ty of Wict,'„.••.-. He
ss as a Gentleman cat the rra:de.t and o-t lishaa
manners, and has rrsi.ied many yt.a-s Bath.
lit the course of the last too. th, pat.:ll:s
have Seen discnArged, cured. tr. m the Fever ilospi-
t.d, in DuWin, and tr.e•.? has been no death ; a
fta, under all the circumstance-, perhaps not to be
paraLeled in the annals of mcclicinc.

colmrr Cqf SURR4Y._

ADJOURNED SESSIONS.

SUSIONS SPOUSE, kIORSENIONGPII-LANt,

THURSDAY, OCT. H.
Plore the rhoirninn, THOMAS EVANCE. Esq. and the
JI.SIICAS of Me PEACE for thal Cuttaty.

FEL(.NIFS.
Vainif Stanley and Irani Smith were indiaed for
stealing two fowls. the property of Mr. liemming.
On the 9th of September last, about three o'clock
in the morning. the l':isoner., along As ith a third
person, were challenged by a watchman, stationed
in Georges.lane, near the prosecut.r's house, at a
gateway leadiog into t! prosecutor's premises ;
when he accosted them. they answered they had been
out of town, and missed their way, upon which he
chteefed them the road ; but wing them separate.
and having some suspicions of them, he sprung hi;
rattle, 4,1c1 they made off. lie, however, secured
the Prisoner Stanley, while the next watchman
seized Smith. Upon searching the former, at tlle
watch-house, they found four fowls, tied up in a
handkerchief, and one ii; each of his coat pockets;
they also discovered two skeleton kis, and a small

rhe,ignfotted Stanley Grti/ty; but recommended
him to mercy, and acquittirt
'The Court sentenced 'fhomas Stanley to Si:
Mieth's latpt-ilonitnnt in the County gaol.
Paul Smith was convided of stealing a qaantity of
coffee out of the warehouse of Mr. 'Thomas Coles,
the younger. Sentenced to Our 31anth'i Itvrisoottnent.
Walnut Cole was conviaed of stealing a wooden
toil, some silver t, spoons, and other article., the
property of Edward Dix. He was sentenced to
Seten rear, trantpuilatia,, and to hard labour so Me
Muse qf Correition is tbr mean ttme.
.rtatet Bootton, a toy not more than fourteen
years old, was convided of stealing a silver watch, the
property of Francis Aspelon. The prosecutor, the
prisoner, and his father, had lodged in the same
apartment fur some time. Having left home on.:
morning in a burry, the prosecutor forgot his watch
under his pillow, and was for some months before he
discovered any traces of it ; at last he found out
that the prisoner, whom he had for a time before
suspeard, had sold it to a y wog man who worked
in the same fa.ory; the theft vas then brought
home to the prisoner. When called upon for his
defeiice, the unhappy, misguided youth, asserted,
that the prosecutor had returned home drunk, and
the next m-ir.iing he fund the watch in the streets
and kicked against it in the gutter. lie was sen.
sentenced to Oae Montro bud del Jar, and then to he
ivately s: hooped, end di-rharged.
.72.(114 Miler, alias Privy, and Aterantler bone,
conviaed under the vagrant aft, and sentenced
to Six Months ImpriJo.-ment and hard Water.

ISSoLVENTS

The several Inso'yew. Debtors who had beam re-
manded the last ti,:ssions, were brought up.
Thomas Harris was opposed on the grounds of
Iwittg. obtained goods upon false pretences. He
Chi been a surgeon and apothecary for many years.
One day he came to Mr. Baron's, an eminent drug-
's*, h der; hasidsonse calariot, aatnmparded by a
Mr. Itichlid Andrews: he told Mr. Baron be wanted
a quantity of goods immediately, for exportation to
the West Indies, and desired he would furnish his
pieces, whicla,he accordingly u . The Prisoner
then ordered more goods, amountii. in the whole to
nearly 4001 in value; when he called for payment,
ate Prisoner appeared exceedingly sorry he did not
came sooner, as he had just paid away All the money
he had, bneviould give him a bill on Mr. Andrews,
who was a gmtletnan of large property, and then
lodged with him: he agreed to take the bill, and a few
days otter found that his goods had been sold to dif-
ferent persons through town. Suspeaing some fraud,
he went to the Magi 'traces at Bow-street,itho advised
aim to arrest the Prisoner; suspeaing he w. 14 a shy
cock he invited him to his house, to V..e the peacr
proclaimed, which was to take place the following day ;
however the Door did not come, but sent a triend.
Expeaing him, he had previously Concealed t :-
bailiffs in the house ; !e then pretended one of his
servants was sick, and requested the Dodoes friend
would send him to administer, by which stratagem
he contrived to have him arrested.

The Prisoner answered, that he had been taken in
by a parcel id:swindlers ; he had surivrei materially
by Mr. Andrews; and the goods were chiefly taken
by Messrs. Castle and Hill, who were his law agents,
and had made him give them a warrant of attorney :
he had been completely duped, which essicd in his
total ruin.

The Coart, not eoucciving the grounds sufficient
to detain the Prisoner, ordered him to be discharged.
Twenty-seven Insolvent Debtors wets discharged,
among whom were the noted pugilist araiel Men-
doza. and Mr. John Locker Waiiiwrii;h:, lately con-
Tided of conspiring to carry away a Word of Chan-
c,:yr ; he was, however, remandi:d till the time of
his imprisonment for that off.ince s'ioulA expire.

The Carieba, MtUr ti No, from Jamaica, for
Liverpool, is on shore near Whitehaven.
The running fight 01 our small crtisrt, with the
Musquito Fleet, contiltued from Have to Cher-
burgh, into which part rn s..t of them escaped ; but
they were pressed so c1.,.51y by the Inge4,st and the
Coartea, that a large gun-brig and slugger were
driven on the rocks uaar Cape 1,4 Vogue, and foun-
dered. One of the sneers states, that one of our
smallest ships of sear chased and fired at lii-aud-
tiventi, of their largs.t brigs, and compares their
running away along their shorts, to a Hock of geese
c!-.nsed by a terrier.

It was reported yester3 ty, upon tl)e authority of
a letter from Deal, that :he P., Hiles, home-
ward-bound East Indiaman, waich we stated
ye‘ttreay to have pa:.s-ci from the iieet off the
C.t,,e, on the !Bth of May, and was sup; used to
have rca for Madaysear, was s-cn just before she
Irted conspanY, in :Le utmost distry.s. Two days
afsera-ardh, a great number ot pieces ot wreck v. ere
tee s„ and it was feared she gone down. It is
5...4 that she had a greeor rstmJC: cf passenasrs
on board than aLy sl.ij ir. ste !It. t.
Yesterday twining, the house of M-. ArKi ssoh,
sthue-mason, Gosweil-strer:, seas broke open, a;•d
to'iLed of a quantity of plate, itc. with which tl.e
vida:t.s, after having regaled themselves with grin•
in the cellar, pude theit aid.

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IXTIACT.ritO3 THE kiwomAS o.4.zrrit, or TUX
23s or MARCH.

Of:NKR/11. tIRDERS.
BY THE COSIMANDESt tK Cllllll.
Ifead•;;u tante neat tio,r4,, 10th Fria. le()4.
The (:).:,ra-ial C:,t-1 has great •atrsfatLun w uirthi.g.
ing his lingti s.•us: of tha..ll,tingoieb..l vertices of the
merit cm,•+! •yed ct utr reJectioat of t:ic fortress of4ivaf ig-u-,
l'll4 L•.•utauan-Culon.:f

The a, nu: and iudginent by %Vitae,
throughout the nintle • f thy, ar.t0,,,1% and import nit svr.ice,
claim ht t:se,leney'fi Lest thi,nit% an.l warinett a:probation.
tie C emh.,ndel in Chief derived great &utile front f.i.su.
to int C.)! e.el WI; et,'s revert u( the .p,.rited and merito. ions
enst•ln et Lruteru.d Lo'.ll.^l. Astv•• and Tavi.
I •r, of Matmt D m :L • And ni sre.h. of tin
and lit of the awls wider their regyeatve

II .r.ectroiey deCae• C .I.mel White to signify to Lieute-
nant Co.i eon Al Custock, and 0th,:414 awl men of the I.t Kw- •
1411 i ; to Lieutenant Cithrii I Ash; Sell CIC
hove at. 1 in •ii of toe YJ Banal tn.., 9th Regiment t w LtelkAy
n F ayaaa, and (Ahem'
and loci of V ;: 11 ot ,tte!i ,
l'Altelegtment; w Majur 1141•Leod, and offturt gad too et .s.
t:, • 'liim,keau Flank Comporhes; and to the ullic-t• aati ine.t
th a dltachnicit of the toll Regiment t elf& >1 pinks
a 3 1....,,hati0n of the r .irit and whir het los 41 f 0,4
oc ant of t..e the-rfulrres, sit +4.4 r tw
which they •tshmitted to •esete lahoor and fitistnti.
t“iU Wood, of Engitmos, Ifs F.XCetlectr t
gt,ady ohl get foe the .t h • esine-d in tht An. of
the place of attaskoaa fur the 114.i1t wigelehacb u • zneksjetre
cuns•ru• t d.

The enmmand -r Chief is I=mi-utterly hags to .tnterthe
valuaLle service. ui Cu: A:till,ry ertyinvei .3 Gael eller. anti
I.), great etf.ct yr xit.:erl Itv the fire or th • b•Vert unt c.r-
OPTIC I.kCe4 4/Ecnl.alv unit waif-able, req-rts 1.•
u:est the c,,w7Creer_ .14 the ArulletTs %h.
officers a.uj tueu ugd.rr brs cum/hand.