The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-09-24 00:00:00

DUEL.

Yesterday morning, at half past five o'clock, four
Gentlemen entered Hyde-Park, at Grosvenor Gate.
They passed the Magazine, and proceeded to the
Deer PArk, adjoining Kensington Gardens. Hav-
ing crossed the road, they were overtaken by
two more Gentlemen, who joined them, and they
all proceeded towards the new Magazine, upon the,
Bank of the Serpentine. Their motions were ob.
served by the guard upon duty, who soon concluded
that they carne for the purpose of fighting a duel.—
Two of the party stepped forward and measured
out the ground, to the distance of ten or twelve
paces. Two others, the principals in the bu.iness,
then came forward, and. hav;ng taken their stations,
fired at each other. 'lbis discharge had no cffea.
The seconds then interfered, but without succes..—
The parties resumed their ground, and fired a se-
cond time, when one of the Gentlemen received a
wound in the right arm. I'4 seconds interfered,
and prevented any further mischief. A surgeon
who attended the parties,. dressed the wound, tipan
the spot, and the parties proceeded in two post-
chaises for tiounsluse. We understand the parties
upon the occasion were Colonel N. and the Hon.
Mr. B. 'fhe latter was the wounded party.

Curtain DILKES is appointed Commissioner of
the Navy at 11111'liCa. in the room of Commissioner
Sr 'KLING, promoted to the rank of Rest-Admiral.
'lire famous traveller, Baron HUMBOLDT, Sifter a
visit to his brother, at Rom:, intends to travel for
twelve months in Tui key. He does not intend to
publish his discoveries in South America, until he
has finished all his travels, which, his friends say,
will extend to Abyssinia.
The custom of having natural flowers and shrubs
in all apartments, even the bed-room, is now be-
come so general at Paris, that among other servants
with people of Oasts ton. is a very necessary one,
called a wothin door gardeuerp whose only occupation
is to take care of, and arrange flower pots, and
flower pofrierwes, in ertry part of the house, from
she garret down to the cellar. We have heard of a
new married Seas, sin of one of our neirorear riches,
%%hose father, seventeen years ago, was a water
carrier fur an betel. at the wages of nine byres a-
week (7s. tit.). who now spends fifty livres (two
-guineas) a day, be CVICIII and whose stables arc
,:vni perfumed with the most odoriferous flowers,
atained in the .most elegant pots and China
va.es.--f lemma th Peris.l

trim IN INDIA.
•
The rapid movements of the British fro* under
the orders of Colonel Murray, in Guzzerat, have
occasioned the retreat of 1 lolkar's newly-raised
forces in the interior.
Ihe Gwicawar, in May last, was moving with a
body of 3,000 cavalry, to join Col. Murray on the
frontiers, where a considerable camp was to be
formed.

The tmops of *le Berar Rajah have been drawn
towards the ft-tinders of Cundeish :—he enters into
the war, however, with extreme relit :lance :—he
urges his recent severe losses as the occasion of his
backwardness ; but the real cause is, his ft iendly
disposition to any power hostile to the British
tere,

The Peishwa co-operates heartily with the Eng-
lish in the war ;—his political considerations in do-
ing so being strengthened by personal hatred to
Holkari who lately imprisoned a Vakeel sent from
Poonab to accommodate some diferences which sub-
sisted between the two states.

In addition to this powerful combination against
I Tolkar, most of the petty Princes are urged to hos
tility by his rapacity. The Jeypoor Rajah has been
obliged, under threat of military execution, to pay
20 Lacs of rupees to Holkar, in lieu of the mulk.
ghero, a tribute payable to S.:indea and Holkar joint.
ly ; but which the latter. during the late war, as•
sumed wholly to himself.

Some of the Rajapoot Princes. and Chiefs of the
Purvia tribe, tributary to Scindea and Holkar joint-
ly, have applied to the British Government to be
informed to whom they shall pay their tribute, and
entreating its proteaion ; having already resisted
the&emands of Holkar an.i declared that they
will rather incur the dangers and ezpences of a cam-
paign than longer submit to his extortion.
A strong line of forts is about to be formed nn the
coast from Jigat Point to Pultana : and several stout
armed vessels, of pectiliar ciinstruelion, are to br
stationed at the mouths of the Scind and in the
Gnlph of Combay, to prevent any descent being
made on those coasts with a view to assist Holkar,
or any other power inimical to the English.
The recent movements in the Guzzerat having
alarmed the Seicks, a new deputation has been sent
from linrobay to explain the causes of the war, and
to offer renewed assurances of the friendly diposi-
tion of the British Government towards the Seick
nation.

IRELAND.

nuaLIN, SEPT. 19.

Their Excellencies and family were present at
Urbani and Allay's Concert on Monday night.
The Rotunda was filled with elegant company, all
of whom were highly gratified with the perform.
:ince. •

On Tuesday ne't, the Recorder will it for the
purpose of enlarging debtors, under the authority
of the late Inaolunt AR.

The truly honourable and generous condua of
the Dire tors rf the Royal Canal has given every
citizen 9f Dublin a warm and anxious interest in
the success of their works. We have not been free
from this enthusiasm, and our enquiries have ac-
cordittly been minute; from them we learn, that
the Coutretors have undertaken to open the Canal
to Lough Owil, in the County of Westmeath, by
the 24th June next; that, to exped;te the work, not
less than 7090 labourers and artificers are employed
per week ; and that the cars and horses aetually at
work amount to 11 9`2, by the last official returns.
Lough Owil abovementioned is upon the hilh.'st
level of the Royal Canal--it is an inland lake of se-
veral miles in extent, and now supplies three vety
considerable rivers, which run to the sea through
the Shannon and the Boyne.

CORE, ster 17.
This morning. His Majesty's ship the 7oaaze,
Captain Line, arrived in our harbour from Ply-
mouth.

On Friday evening last, the wind being S. S.
W. a cutter came into Courtmasherry Bay, and an.
chored uff the Broad-Strand in about three fohomi,
water, close to a high land, under which she was
perfeftly sheltered f rum wind and waves. To the
observers on shore she shewed no symptoms of dis-
tress, looking as light as it in ballast, and exhi-
biting externally no sign of having suffered any in-
jury from the gales which had prevailed for two or
three preceding da; ; ; at day-break, however, seat
morning, all that appeared above water were her
mast and rigging ; of the latter she was soon strip-
ped by the country people, who crowded about her
in boats.

On the arrival of the nzighbouring Gentlemen,
o:ficers of the ltt:venue, the boats chspersed, And
part of the plunder WAS recovered. She appears to
be the Dart cutter, of Belfast bound to Gibtaltar
with 18 bozcs of soap, L.' of limo, and same tons
of potatoes.
The vessel had been a French privateer, and was
represented by the crew as unsound, and of very
little value.

The account given by the master is, that she was
leaky, and that water increased upon them so fast
during the night that she went down ; though
they were within hail of the shore, and might easily
have procured hands suincient to keep her ft ee.
lameness of the story and the circumstances of her
being guava, have induced the Gentlemen who in-
terested themselves in her preservation to transniit
this account to the public papers, in ruder to afford
the agents of an excellent and often abused in-
stitution. timely opportunity of investigating the
transaaion.—( Weirs-Psi IN !Trot.)

At eight o'clock this morning the tents of the
camp at KilleaLly Hill were struck, and at one
o'clock in the afternoon, the 2Stb, 48th, 15th, and
Stith regimints of the Hue, with the queen's Coun-
ty. South Mayo, and Tirperary regiments of mi-
litia. marched into this city.

CILIUM/CT, 11,1. 17.
Our Gentlemen's Plays comanencc the 94th. Every
lodging has been lett exorlsitauly dear for the fort-
night, during which they are to c.mtinue. It would
be happy 14 the country if the amusement of men
of Task and fortune every whtre u.ok so benev(.l,:nt
a diredion, as above tour handrd ponds were dis-
tributed among the chariLible institutions of this
town, out of the product of last yea's the.suical
perfermances.

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POLICE.' tr.m.is-r)r. P

" • ATrOIF OA RD"'
S'atdfqxy, a cUrious examination topk place, for
the sedelid time, before THOMAS LLLCH, F.sai. the
Sifting' fiPagistrate, at !Eaton Carden, relapse to
the identity of a bay mare, claii-nad by one Gilfurd
to have been swim from him in March last.
Sivetal witnMses, to the number of seven or
eight, iwure positively to several Marls, and she
was by this party traced frtom her original sale, by
Right Honourable William Winnam, who, it
was stated, bred her, to her sale at Dixon's repo-
sitory, which was about tlie time the mare belong-
ing to Gifford was lost. On Cle other han in seve-
ral witnesses swore, that she w.:s bt ed by anothor
person. and had been in the possessi,in of oue
them for upwards of three years : the same marl,
were also sworn to by this sat. The fi it ther • inves•
rigfttion and final decision were postnimed until the
arrival in town of Mr. Windham and a Mr. Disney.

GVILDIIALL.

Saturday several boys were chargetdh;;;;;the ,
LORI) MAYOI, with lying and larking aliout n:-
about two o'clock in the morning, sup-
posed with an intention of stealing parcels from
persons going by the hoys. Those4wirci.coulok n. r.
give a proper account of therusekv.es,, were seat on
board the tender.
Saturday, an obstinate brutal fellw,•of the name
of 441.0411, was charge.* Wii.ll same. vas indecent
assatiltli upon females. He iefusing to corne to any'
accommodation with the injured patties, was Dom- I
:witted fur want of sureties.
Severahunhappy propritates, who had been taken
up in fleet-greet, and Ludgate-hill, were charged
with being disorderly. 0:41 or then' was dressed
in the highest style of fashion, and confessed t.i the
Alderna.in that she had been two years upon the
towii,‘Ra had no (,:her way of getting A livelihood
in the present imt.otce she had been assaulted by
another woman : this statement being fulls corro-
borated, Sir Cnwut.rs Parc e, with his usual hu-
manity, discharged this and another girl, whose
hitsba::3 plead 4 powerfully 14 her; advis;ng
them, at the same time, to change their abaudoned
course of life. The other unharpy teruales he cr-
dered to be committed to Britiewell, 44 order to be
passed to.their parishes. The worthy burr/net, a:
the same time, ob.ei red, that Fleet-str..et was Sq. i:I•
fested with prostitutes, as to be a disg: ace to the City.

MARI 11101101:3m STREET.
FORGERY. Saturday, je;got 7 &Pim one a ytlirig
man dressed in the first style, was elarged wi•h
forting and umring a bill of ex. hangs., with the
indorsement et Lora Foley, with an intent to de-
fraud Messrs Ro..s and Co. Perfumers, flishopsgate
-street. Ee was also charged with obtaining griods
from different trztdetmen, by assumii g the name
of Lord Foley. To the first charge tl:e Prosecutor
could not attend, and he was acquitted of the seco;.d
charge, the testimony not being sufficient to war-
rant a commitment. The Magistrate 'ook baii tut
his appearance if called on for the forgery.. •'

The Court of King's Bench in Gnilelia7l is now
undergoing a complete aiteruion and rept', tan
anti-chamber is fitting up at the back part of ilie
Glint for the accommodation of the Indge. w',/ch
is an improvement long w.nted.
It is said that the Jews in thid erttntry are tr
ing serious attempts to avail themselve. of t..“
extent of tiust tois•rs:ii•i Afforded by the Eiritia:t
Conititutinn, ray en .easourirsg, in the first instance.
to emerge from the obscurity by which they have
always been kept by the illiterate, ai:d td attempt
the promulgation of their religions timets.
heads of the Synagogues in London, Bath, Bristol,
icc. as well as. several npulea individuals of that
sea, have lately had meetings to effect this pur-
pose. They express their wish to he thdt a fro•
per rank may be allotted to them amongst 'ftedif-
ferent sectaries td the kingdom.

J.
An inquisition was taken on Thursday sennight,
at the Buil in Peterborough. before J. Setate.ec,
Gent. Coroner fer the liberty, on the ho ty of •S.
MAIN, an Ensign in the Peterborough Vo:urreer in.
(entry, who, the preceding evening, was tonnd dead
about a mile from Peterborough, on the Thorney
road. On investigation, it appeared he had falk-n
from his horse. and received a viiilent contusion on
the brain, which caused his immedi.ite death Vey--
did, Aceideistal.—On Saturday evening. Mr. Ms tic's
funeral was attended by the Volunteers, br whom
every respell was paid to the memory of a man
whose death will long be severely felt by his fa n
and all who truly knew him.
Yesterday sennight Mr. J. PRICE, of I.7an-
fyllin, was attacked on the Wrexham road, near
Belgrave, by two men on fcxn, who plundered him
of 400 guineas in cash, together with bills, dr.twn at
Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Dolgelley, am ,tintng
in the whole to 60' J. The villains, me satistitit.
with their prey, or perhaps in hope of fin sting rn•ir
concealed in his clothes, absolutely stripped itim of
his emit and waistcoat, and decamped with their
booty towards Vcclestun. A large reward is offered
for their apprehension.
Most of our readers have no doubt he Irdof M s Y
ANNE TALBOT, a female who has served both in the
Army and Navy. and, while in the latter, WAS
wounded in the celebrated cngagernt rot of tl e ;•t
June MS. We are sorry to hear. that this curio
dinary trin.lll..rettnning to town a few days sii ce
a coach from Poplar, was precipitated iatn aholo in
Chnrch-lane, Whiter:lapel, by which accident her
left hand was !stokes', and she was otherwise much
bruised and injured.
The-beautiful and interesting fat. of Pyrentut
and Thisbe makes its atit appearance, as a Grand
Spedacle, at the Roi at A..: 1.141 THEATRE, this
evening, and that. with a variety of other novelties,
for the benefit of Mrs. Angier. To say that the
house promises to overflow with company, is cer-
tainly to anticipate that whiChWill entitle us to but
little praise on the score of sagacity ; the taients of
such an atctresh and so deservedly a favourites
would crowd any Theatre in this kingdom.
Tbit 2tLenistir lie Stale Lettere brio:, DrawOjg.
So extraordinary was the Demand for Shares, on
Saturday, at the Office of H *NARY Sc CO. t:. at
many of their Friends were disappointed in their
purchases. Hoassor & so. beg leave to acquaint
their Friends and the Public, that they have on 34.0 a
farther supply of Tickets and Shares, warrarted un-
drawn. Saturday text will be the Second Day ct
Drawinz.-261, Corahill.

NOTTINGILISI AND LI eN, Sam 20.
Me

Lincoln Races have this year heen more numer-
ously attended than any remembered for a con-
siderable time; the meeting would indeed have been
a mos( sislcndid one, h id 11.1 some of tl,e first Li-
, mines in the county been preveoted attending it by
the death of near fel:monster •flie sport on the
turf was unusually good, and the fineness of the
weather coati ibuted net a little to •he beauty et th..!
scene. On the second day a mach was ioae by
fire following gentlemen, which afforded p trtku-
tar entertainment, and interested man, of the spec-
tat. rs ; they were the Hon. John Mnosom
Lumley, Mr. Talon Sy'ces, and Major Draper.
The assemblies every night were attended by an as-
semblage of beauty and fa•hien. On the first night
the ball was begun by the lion, and lovely Miss
Monson, and the Hon. Mr. Cost, to the air of Lade
Caroline Lee. The following i. a list of some of the
most distinguished personars wha were present :
Ladies— BuLkinghainsh,re' Theodissia Vyner. Mon-
son, neownlow, Ingilby Amcotts. Mistresses —Ber-
tha Chaplain, iy, Boucherett, Massingburgh,
Reynardsnn, Rw•ve, Peregrine Massinghurgh, &c.
Misses-- Iwo Monson:, two COW% three Bernard-
sons, Reeve, Augirsta Ingilby, Chaplain, Harrison,
&c. We cannot conclude this article without
noticing the very particular attention :hewed by Mr
Cost to the company ; the other steward, the Hon.
Mr. Pelham, being prevented attending the race:.
The amusemeats of the week were very agreeably
concluded by a must elegant dajeuni given by Lady
Monson, at hurt 41. on Saturday : the fineness of
the day seemed b• second her Ladyship's polite exer-
tions to render thisfite one of the most elegant ever
remembered.
Bets; eon one and two o'clock the company began
to assemble, and were received by the amiable hos-
tess on the lawn, which was covered with benchia,
garden-chairs, &c. At three, the breakfast com-
menced. Two rooms in the house were filled with
tables covered with plate and china, which contained
cold meat, game, pies, pastry, ices, and fruit, all
in great abundance, and beautifully arranged. On
the lawn were pitched four tents. Under one (a•
large marquee) was a table to hold about thirty jar-
sons, covered, similar to those in the house, with
every thing that was good. The wines were excel-
lent, and all iced. Under another tent were laid
tea, coffee, bread and butter, scraped beef, and his-
cuits, and the guests were attended by several petty '
and elegant mai-ilea neatly marred. In an aajoiniag
tent was a lottery for the ladies, consisting of various
little bagatelles, made by the hostess and her lovely
daughter,. t the entrance of the tent, each Lily
was presented with a ticket by a handsome terrine,
who Atte! nerds distributed to each fair one, the
prize she had been so lucky as to gain. Under ano
ther tent was placed the band of the fah Dragoon
Guards, now at Lincoln, who played many del.ght-
ful pieces.
Previous to the company sitting down to break-
fasr, they promenaded down to the dairy, which i.
esteemed the most beautiful of the kind ever seen.
It contains a remarkably fine colleaion of old elite,
charmingly arranged : the windows are Gothic, and
of beautiful painted glass; besides which, it con-
tains plenty of fine hotter and cream. In this charm-
ing place, to which you enter through a bower co-
vered with creepers in full bloom, were found bowls
of syllabub, and decanters of new milk whey.
As soon as every one had partaken of the elegant
repast in the house, and under the tents, one of the
party (Mrs. T. Curtnis) kindly amused the company
by playing some airs must divinely on the pedal harp:
She was afterwards joined by teen young ladies and a
gentleman ( Miss Reeve, Miss J. Skinner. And WC.
Upplehy), who sang several airs delightfit.ly. About
nix o'clock the M.A,TS. Gows, from London, entered
a room repaired for the dance, and struck up the
merry nine of Sr bacid Mater Blair : The sum-
mons was instantly obeyed, and the lively dance
commenced, which was kept up till near nine o'clock,
when the company dvartasi, highly gratified with
the amusement of the day.
The weather was nacommonly fine, which added
much to the gaiety of the scene. The worthy host
did not mix with the company, being extremely
lame ; but we are happy to hear his Lordship was
in good health. and enjoyed the gay scene from his
windows. Every possible attention was paid to
tare company by Lady Monson, and her amiable
son and daughters. Among the company we no-
ticed the Countess of Buckinghamshire; Lord Itaii
Lady Browniow s four Mr. Costs and two Miss
Cues ; Mr. and Lady 'theodosia Vetter, and Mr.
N'yner, junior ; Sir James and Lady Lake ; Gemmel
and Ili s. Beak ; Mr. and Mrs. Reynardson and fa.
mile ;Mr and Mrs. Chaplin and family ; Sir C.ecil
and. Lady Wine ; Mr. and Mrs. Boucher-eft and fa-
mily, See. &c. Ste. and several officers of the fish
Dragoon Guards.

A large store-ship is to be immediately prepared
for the purpose of conveying supplies to the settle-
ment at New South Wales.

The following melancholy accident occurred on
Friday in Lambeth Reach:—Three young men
went in a boat soon after the military pr cession had
gone up, which was upset by the strength of the
wind and the swell, and the ignorance of the un-
fortunate men on board. There were two other
boats in sight, who immediately repaired to the oh-
jeds of distress, but Infortimately too Ire to rescue
them from the tate that awaited them. On.: cal them
only was picked up ; a second was seen to t- se at in-
tervals, but the roughness of the water prevented the
persons on board the other beats from sav;tig him.
ch.!' were all servants; and the one that was saved
wits conveyed to the house of a medical gentleman
at Lambeth.
On Friday evening, while an ingenious chemist, of
Compton-etreet, Soho, was busied
in preparing some
new explosive compound, lately invented by the
French chemists, the soljnished chemical composi-
tinn exploded in his hand spontaneously t and such
was the report of the explosion, that it shook like an
earthquake the furniture of the adjoining houses.
The vessel, corrti;ning the chemical preparation,
together with a nunther of the apparatus of the la-
boratory, were daybed to innumerable pieces, and
large fragmessta were projofted over the surnitind-
ive compound, and
in the face of the
severely, that his
:ulty.

FROM SATURDAY NTGRDS GAZETTE.
ft' e, sept 21.
sth Regiment of Fort .Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Edward
Baynes, from the 7tittt Foot, to ba Lieutenant-Colonel,
without purchase
6th Ditto.-14evet Liouten•nt.Colonel William Frederick
litgac!aealt to be Lieutenaat C,i'onel. Captain Thomas Ca-
me to lie Maier, vice Machean,
18th Din. ii.Brireet Lieututant•Colunel Henry William Ea-
pin la.:` from the 4th. Foot, to be Lieutenant Colonel, vice
Dengl:r, removed to the 55th Font.
s44h Ditto-Maj.ir Samuel Taylor Popham from the sth
hortalion Reszr,-, to be Major, vice Witten, who retires
on half pay of the Primes. Chatiotte of Wales's nuclides.
441 e.ot Major Charles hfacquortte to be Major,
without pur,hme, vice Stirling, ;um-noted_
bUilt Ditto-Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Fitzgerald,
from half-pay of the Sol Registient of the late Irish hrtgade,
to be Calfyio of a Com.iany.
55th Ditt,...Lieutenant-Coloitel Robert Douglas, from the
18th FOO4, to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
59th Ditto-. Major William Morton Pleydell, from the Bth
Battal.ou of Reserve, to be Major.
60th Ditto-Brevat Lieutenant-Colonel L. Mrsheim to be
Lieutenasit-Colonel, without purchase. Captain John Ho
bertson to be Maior, • Motheim.
71st Ihitu-.Captaiu Will hano Erskine, from the 16th Foot, to
be Major, without purchase.
87th Ditt...-ltrevet Lieutenant-C.-Mond Willi m Gifford, front
the Vith Font, to be Major.
Sd Batt dion of Reserve-Captain Simon Frazer, from the 42.1
Toot, to be Major, vice Pye, removed to the 92d Fu.t.
Stmt Ditto.-Major John Macleod, front half-pav of the P
ems Charlotte of Wales's late Fencibles, to be Major, •ice
Popham, removed t the 44th Foot.
.6111 Ditto-e:Optaitt Archibald Campbell, from the 88th Foot,
to be Majoi, vice Pleydell, removed to the 59th Font.
Rth Dirt-Brevet M ijorJamei Magrath, front the 87th Foot,
to tt,. Mayor, vice Craufurd, removed to the Bth Foot.
Cmianrinonr is the Nlid,ll-s-oc Militia, sis Ned by the I era
levant.
Ronal We-tern Regiment-William Littleton, Gent. to be
Ensign,
Royal Eastern Regiment-Thomas thrvey, Gent. to be Lieu.

Commissions steed by the lord Lientenant of the Curvy of
MidiPesci,.
St JAltleeS Loyal Volunteer—lames Pitt, Gent. to be Lien-
vice Tupper, resigin.d.
The Knightsbridge Volunteers--Ensign Thoma., Jackson to be
Lieutenant, vice Giiff,s, resigned. Roaert Brix. Gent. to
be Ensign, vice Jackson, pruinoted. limes Bieber, jun.
Gent to be Ensign, vie., Keaber,
Loyal North Britons.-. First Lieutenant 330101 Hamilton to be
CA vine Adam, resigned.
To be Fast Lieutenants—Second Lieutenant Graham,
vice Hamilton. Second Lieutenant lising, vice I'.
Ha • litoo, resigned. SOCUIod Lieutenant Grant, vice
Ti.ime, resigned First Lieutenant Robertson, in
the llnie Company Second Lieutenant Latimer,
Robeitson.
Tu b.t Second Lieutenants-4 D. Fordyce, Gent. vice Gra-
ham. W. G Hunter, G.on. vice Irvnig. David Crule,
Gent. vice Grant. A. Mnchetl, Gent. vice Latimer. J. S.
Smite, tient. in the Ride Company.

inihouses-. The burning'explosis
pieces of glsss,erhich were thrown
operator, have wounded him so
eyo.sight is sicspaiiiiii of by the tact