The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-11-16 00:00:00

'OITR V.

EPISTLE TO MR. JOSEPfI LANCASTER,
ON 1111 IitiCII•IIIPROV6D STlliZia Or ILDLC•TION.
Devout Apostle of uufru•utkd Youth !
Alined, by thee, to heed the vowe of truth,
What (-minden children to thy kindness owe,
All that of schuohtanglit usefulness they know
Rehm's! iastructur7 of untivall'il fsmsi !
Myriads, unborn, will venerate thy aiau.e;
Clans, yet nnform'd, thy Inc .epts w ill attend ;
And tribes, yet undiselver'd, call theefiread.
The warrior's trophies must in time decay,
Ili, prom' inausokuiu will be swept away ;
Yet, more than brass or sculptited niarble give,
Memory of thee shall never cease to live ;
Fadeless thine hollows, that to lid(' art• 7,1e1.F...
1 ny recompense is treosur'd up in Heav'u.
Since War's proud banners 1113:1 not yet be fin I'd,
Nor Peace return, with blersings, to the world ;
Let Britain count her triumphs on the main,
Or, hopeless, Aght in Portugal or SpaM ;
Let loudly chiefs in murd`rons wars delight.
Aud train their armed myrmidons for fight,
laure, to martial exercise, the brave,
Aud lest' them on to glory, and the grave
'Tis thine, more useful knowledge to impart,
B. lessons learnt front IYar's destructive art;
'Ti, thine to form, by mildary rules,
Thy matchless code of discipline fur schools;
Far noble; triumphs, bence,l is thine jai gain,
Than witness beiges, 'arid their heaps of slaio--
llence, train's' by thee, the youthful vet'rau drums
Aspire to rack, and glue promotion shares ;
Rabid to a 31maitur, he holds command,
Awl drills, {lllll promptitude, his infant hand :
The hat, or elate, to sling, or"spell, or write,
IYhile eac► new exercise yields new delight .-..
Friend of the poor !, by heav'tily love inspir'd ;
In works of wide benevolence
Still be it thine, the infaut thought to train,
And make the rood to useful knowledge plain ;
Still rouse to energy thy well.train'd bands,
fly skilful exercise, and prompt ro:u mends ;
Mill bid the soldier's discipline inspire
Thy pripii's breast with plantation's Bre.
In vain, may wrathful, superstitious foes, •
Thy giant schemes of usefulness oppose;
Foe Mercy's GOD will wojh of mercy bless,
And crown thy patriot labours with success ;
Ilope's eol,no plans will ripen into birth.-
knowledge ,h,dr fill the habitable earth*.
Friend of the poor ! rittemial, though these its.,
To praise thum virtues they Were meant to pmisr,
Or thee address--to helpless youth so kind,
So prompt to aid the hetia-waril march of iniud—
Yet, Imply, ILAN C•WrEK ! thy cosier' came,
Some gified bard may cousecrate to fame,
Arid lad it live in his immortal rhymes--
Belay's' in these--renowled in happic•i times.
Oct. law.

• I•aiah, q. HAIL

S. W.

THE M4itQUIS-6F LAIiSDOWN.

Died, on Tuesday evening, at Lansdowu House,
Berkeley-square, John Henry Petty, Marquis of
Latisdown, Earl of Wycombe, Viscount Caine *MI
CillUdOne. Laion %Vycointie, in England, Earl of
Shelburue,Viscount Vit4-Maurice, and Baron Hun-
kermn, in Ireland. His LortWilli was in his forty-
fourth year. He succeeded his father; die let*
Marquis, in 1803; and the same year married Lady
Gifford, relict of Sir Duke Gifford, Baronet, by
whom he has left no issue, but is succeeded in his
titles and estates by his brothel, Lord Fleury Petty,
M. P. for the Borough of Camtlforil, in Cornwall,
now Marquis of Lausdown.

The Earl or Essex returard yesterday to Cashio.
bury.
Miss GOLDWORTHY had a select, party,latt night,
at her house in Hill-street, Berkeley-square.
Lady MULGRAVE continneo dangerously ill, at
her house in the Admiralty.
Lord and Lady FOLLY gave a grand dinner, yes-
tei-dsy, at their house, in iterkeleyouluare, to a se-
lect party el Nobility. Ws Lordship intends to len% e
town, this morning, for Isis seat iu Worcestershire,
fcr a few dupl.
Earl CAMDLS was considered Letter. 3 exterday,
but trot sufficiently rea.vered to attend ilti M*
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The LORD CnawcabLoa attended the Levee,
yesterday, at two o'clock • the End of Liveuruni.
came shortly afterwards; Mr. PERCEVAL and Rail
BA MUM did not motive until half-pust three.
Lord LOMTNERefine in Lord MU IrrittAVE s carriage.
—The LORD CIRANCRI.LOI and the Arelibishop of
Catstazunav, left the Palace at four. o'clock. The
whole of the Cabitiat Mimiters went uw.iy by lire,
and dined with Mr. PEaeav•t, at hi, house, its
Downing-street.
Yesterday, one of the pail), of the Royal
Horse (Nardi, who were escorting H.s Ms.ss:sre
from Windsor. to London, was thrown from hie
horse, at Colnbrook, and very flinch halt. The
satne horse threw a man, a few necks since. on tin'
same journey, and he is still in the hospital. Afttt
they hail changed horses, one of the light hor-e ran
lawny with his rider, and rode furiously ag.timit me
of His MaJssrv's attendants, which knocked hire
and his horse down ; the attendant sustained very
little i~.jury, and remounted his -horse. The sot-
Aires horse was stopped by the party, which owe
forward, and the mall mounted him sotio, althu'
his free was covered with blood from the wounds he
Intl received.
Dr. CLONN Y. a physician at Sunderlend, has
discovered slid constructed a lamp, upon philo-
sophical principles, which will effectually prevent
explosions of the inflammable gas in coal mince.
Our Correspondent from Aylesbury informs u+,
that the enmity of Buckingham are unanimous in
fawner of Mr. Low/rots, against whom 1,0 opponent
has declared ; he will, in consequence, walk over the
course, and• be the means of preserving the peace or
the county in future, which of late years has beta
too much disturbed.

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THR COURT.

Yederday, shout twelve o'clock, His 111Asorry
armed at the Qtrata's palace, from Windsor,
k‘htre lie wait received by the Dukes of Voila,
Kira, Svsaei, and CAMBRIDGE.

SOOll after two, o'clock, Ills NI AJ6STY held a pri-
*ate Levee, which way attended
The Areithishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, the
First Lard of the l'ressiory,. and Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, the First Lou) of the Admiralty, the Mae:et-General
of the the three Scereterits of State, the President
of the Beissd of Centrum!, the Cuminander•in.Claief, the
PlllO.ll of Montrose mad Portland ; EMI/ Lindsey and Pun-
lett, (le waiting); Lord Lowther; Sir S. Cottrell ; General
Mousing° •tColonel 11LIIIhIun ; Capt. Staines; Mr. Elwin,
end Mr. Herbert, (Groom in wattles.)

The following had the honour of being presented
to MS MAJESTY :

His Grace the Duke of Portland, upon comma to his title.
The Noble Duke at the same tune delivered to Ilia Majesty
the illustrious order of the Garter, worn by his father, the
sate Duke.
Earl of Liodsey, upon coming to his title.
Lowther, upon his being appointed a Lad of the Ad-
r.,,ity by turd NNW-ave.
4/. Hastings Elwin upon his being appointed Advocate-
,lrral ofthe l.rraarl Nati di.

Captaiu Stelae', H. N. swim hie return from the Medi-
earaceast
Major-General Honstoum, upon his promotion.
Liaeteuant-Cultroet Hamilton, upon his promotion.
ills Ms soy held a Privy Council, and gave
sachem:es to Mr. YsacrvAl. , the rest of the Ca—
binet Ministers present, Sir DAVID flutinsa, and
Mr. M. SUTTON, who laid before His MAJESTY the
proceedings of some Courts-Martial. .
About holf-put sit o'clock His MAJEsTY set
toff on his return to Windsor.

THEATRES.

COIENT.GAILDEN. NOV. 15.

We here once more the pleasure of recording
the tort, of a full borne and a dee!' • g opposition.
From the beginning, the pit was tilled, and the
play of Speed the Plough proceeded !ill near the
termination of the fourth act, with very trifling in-
tim-N/Imm The malcontents having tried their
itrength„ by coughing anti 'meet:lig, and finding
themselves in a. pitiful minority, very wisely
teak the hint, and remained quiet, till the
bra-price reinforceinents should enable them
again to trntill!e and offend the public. There
ws, no difference in the cast of the May
from ,t hit we have already criticised ; we have ntily,
theri4isi,.. to repeat our praises of :Mistresses Gibbs
and I),venport, Messrs.MandemJones, Finery,
L. Kein:de, and the rest of the &await persona,
for not sufferin4 the present unfavourable circum-
stances to render thrin careless, but cautioning to
exert their utninst powers to please,atiliti. all the

discouraging tumult *round them. Till the end of •
the fourth act the O.P. men wore confined to one
corner of the pit, and bring kept together, they
looked, as they really were, a mere handful to the
couttsited majority. Feeling the inconveniency
and littleness to which this very visible insignifi-
cance exposed them, they made a bold push, hi.
tater, the acts, to spread themselves more widely
over the pit. In this they partly succeeded, owing
to their acting with concert, and in a body, while
their more numerous opponents were divided,
hid withistrt syinetn. Several scuffles, however,'
onsued, and'inuily persons were forced out by those
who disliked this enhargeasieut of their ground by
the 0. Three new rattles, sprung in concert at
the head ..f the pit, wee the swim! for a general
assault, end the 0. P.'a pushednforward—a gallant
resistance was opposed to this movement, and we
were happy to observe one of the rattles *tiled, and
the person who wielded it,
.dragged from the
Theatre. This discomfiture, in some measure,
damped the spirit of enterprise, end for the remainder
of the night the 0. P.'s connived themselves to leas
dangerous moana of son°, d Ist?. , They once or twice
succeeded in formingarmall ring, and beating with
their sticks on the benches, like so many Cyclops.
This eintorencre, awl a few strange noires, was ell
that marked their future proceedings ; and but
for the success they had, in occasionally creating
a good deal of confusion from the opposition
of othem, their body was too weak to have,
for any length of time, interrupted the per-
formarces. There were only one or two phi.
colds, and these were old affairs. We learned,
that one men wits seriously hurt, in the pit, during
ose of the squabbles that preceded, and that he
was carried out, completely insensible. Severill
women were also so much alarmill, that they were
ohli.ged to be handed over into the orchestra, to
escape the further pressure of the 0. P.'s, in their
attempts to gain ground to the front. The holes
were exceedingly quiet; and, with the exception
of bolding out one placard, in the second tier, we
slid not observe one single act of indecorum. In-
stead of hired 0. p meal, in the front of the gui-
lt:l.y, we were Mewed to see number. of Ladies, for
saute time. delighted with the performance, and af-
terwards smiling, in safety, in their bodes above,
at the row and passions which agitated the world
below. Upon the .hole, then, we hail the symp-
toms of returning trampullity ; which would, ere
now, have be ii restored, had the independent pot
of the community acted with the spirit they did this
night, sod determinedly resisted the encroachments
of thisdisgmetful tiaciaon.

Lost night the Comedy of The Belle', Stratagem
seas performed at ems Theatre. The house was
filled mit an easily hour, and the piece went otf with
'mkt, er.'at. The hriuciprl siaerity of the evening
was Mr. Alstima's Ilitricourt, who appeared is
that cliamocter. for the first time. The zorty, hut
sensibility, the wildness, hut good sense. of tlil.firro
of the perfoimumice, were well sustained ; dm..l the
*triple mixture of French manner., mind 1?.-glmsh
feelings, was forcibly impressed upon 'lie audience.
Mr. MsLYIN's figure woe wrli-adaplyd to the part,
and ins concerion of it extremely just. In time
mad scene, he exhiliited great humour ; not %as lie
deficient its pourtravmog the confusion of au inge-
nuous mind, when detected in time meanness of de-
ception. fibs* Dolican, in Letitia Hardy, dis-
played her mats, posers ; she executed her feel-
biotin plot upon the heart of her loser, with the
utmost judgment and address, amid woe well calcu-
lated to cure bon of his foreign prejudices. Mr.
Lion row did Mt his part would admit of. Toe
others were also represented with a merit which
thew fortis approbation, and deserved it.

LAW. INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY—Nev. IS.
BRUTON SCHOOL.

Mr. RICHARDS mode an application to the LOaD
CHANCELLOR, ID his capacity as visitor, on the
part of the Governors of the Grammar School, at
Bruton, iu Somersetshire, for the remover of the
Rev. Mr. Curzen, Master of said School.
Ile stated, that Mr. Curzen had bean guilty of
great neglect, in consequence of which the school
had suffered much;' that his time was principally
dedicated to the oceupatiou of farming, and to va-
rious amusements, instead of being given up to the
instruction of the boys who wire intrusted to Ins
care. Mr. Richard!, then proceeded to read the
affidavits upon which the Governors rested their
application to the Court : they charged the De-
fendant with neglect of duty, with pursuing the
LAMM:SS of farmitig. to the detriment of the school;
with abaudoning the care of st, *llliotst exclusively,
to his •sun, who was too young 'for such an other ;
with buying and selling cattle at fairs ; and fish-
ing, in company with his scholars, at school hours;
and also with creating a greater nuinher of holidays
than was consistent with the usages of the Comilla-
tiet. lie co9cluded with remarking, (as was stated
in the allidavit,) that the Governors had taken this
step from a sense of duty alone, and not in copse-
spousal of any enmity or personal dislike to the
person who was the object of it.
Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY, upon the same side, in-
sisted strongly upon the mecessity of the interfer-
. viler. of the Court; and said, that, according to the
affidavits, the misconduct of the Defendant was
too manifest to be controverted.

Mr. Hottest, upon the part of the Defendant.
said. that if, io the course of what he had to offer,
any thing should fall from him which reflected
upon the Governors, it should be understood as
not arising out of any instructions from his client,
but as the result of his own retlectious upon all the
circumstances of the ease. lie stated, that the
Defendant had socceetie4 to the situation, on the
death of Mr. Mitchrd, the former master, in the
year 1801, and that, from that period to the year
1806, uo complaint had been made against him.
About that time two sons of Mr. Sanders (one of
the persons upon whose testimony the charges rest-
ed),who had previously gone on very well under Mr.
Corzen's care, were chastised, and, in consequence,
removed from the school; then it was that the in-
quire* became strict, and comidaints were urged
against the Defendant. His Lordship, he observd,
as visitor, had certainly very ample powers ; hat the
Governors had authority to act in the first hist:trio,
and he could not help considering that tiii• Juris-
diction of his Lordship was rather rate J11,4t than
original. He thought it was the ~u,iness of
the Governors to have rentonstrat-with Mr. Cur-
zen, if his conduct did not use. approbation ;
and if the remoustrance in sacceed, to have rt.
moved hien. Affidavits bail been reati to the Court,
for the purpose of establishiug the several charges ;
but he had an affidavit to produce. entitled to as
much respect, which was that of Mr. Comets him-
self, and which went to deny them every ooe.—
With respect to neglecting the School, he denied it
altogether ; with respect to the diminution of the
school, In consequence of his neglect, he stated did
it was, previous to his appointineot, a sinecure. As
to farming, lie allowed that he had some ground in
meadow, and some in pasture, but denied that his
time was, or could, from the nature of it, be con-
sumed in such emphyment. He acknowledged
that lie had bought soon, cows; but stated that
his object. in so doing, was, to subsist boarders,
whom the Governors were desirous of encouraging
at the school. He denied that he had trafficked at
fairs, or indulged, in rural sports, to the prejudice
of his scholars. In addition to this, he read a fie..
position, signed by • great number of his pa-
rishioners, approving of his morals and assiduity hs
a clergyman, and an affidavit from the church-
wardens, to the same effect. lie hoped, that, as
his client had been put to considerable expense.
and even been obliged to dismiss his servants, in
consequence of what he could net help calling a
persecution, and as the parties had petitioned in
their own names, his Lordship would dismiss the
petition, with costs.,
After a reply from Mr. RICHARD!, in which he
defended the conduct of the Governors, and urged
the preference of the many affidavits in support of
the charges, to the one in opposition to them, die
Loan CHANCELLOR stated, that he would give all
the affidavits a very attentive consideration. lie
did not conceive, that the question for him was.
whether the present Master could be continued
with advantage to the school ? but whether any in-
jury resulted to it from his misconduct ? He hoped
to be able to dispose of it in the course of the week,
he supposed by Saturday.

C WWl' OF KINGS BENCH, WPIT?dINITtit, NOT. ;S.
The Court wit+ occupied until two o'clock in
lwaring hail justified. There were more then one
hundred cases.

Mr. BARS E moved to ah►w cause why a writ of
(pro warrant° should not be issued. di dto the
Alsyor of Liverpool, requiring him tw shew by what
:tinhorny he officiated, there being an irregularity
in his election.—Rule granted.