The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-09-06 00:00:00

WINDSOR THE.ITRICALS.

Mr. KE N xut's favourite comedy of The World,
*am brought out on Thursday, and repeated on Sa-
turday, to very genteel audiences, and was received
wall the warmest applause on both nights. The
'esusT,:my exerted to the utmost, and all performed
so wei., that it would be invidious to make any dis-
tinctious.

Dr. Dan Plea. Bishop of Rochester, is to be
traostatisi to the see of ELY, in the room of ti.e
ilouourable Dr.' 'Vogue., deceased ; and the Rev.
Dr. Viocase, Dean of Wevtininbter, is said to be
the new bishop.
!l.'s Grace the Duke of MONTRoss, Lieutenant-
Ceneral Witness, and J. P. GRANT, Esq. of Ro-
tineinurchns, have arrived at forroma's hotel,
Edinburgh.
Mr. and Mn. C. KESIOLE and Miss De Cour
have been performing. with great edot. This night,
only, they perform at Newport, iu the Ible of
Wight.
Madame CAT ALANI'S other eagagemeats will
oblige the Dublin Italian Operas to close en Tues-
day
_next.
Mr. EI.LISTON is still perfonnise at Manchester.
Last night he was to perform Hookt ; arid. this
night, Wolter. in the force of 7%e Cailsison in the
Wood.

Mr. Pore is alarmed for the fate of his benefit,
at Co-k ; and has asiured the Ladies and Gentle-
men of that city, that a free beigafit is his principal
rem nueratina for all he hat laboured to amuse them.
Jr.. H. SIDDOSs wa+ to iktrfOral Zelidy, in Mr.
EinnoNs• comedy of Thee's a Tal-Tak, end Ella
Aoseaberg. on Tinirsdav Last, at the Edinburgh
Theatre, for her own henetit.
The Earl of EisEz intends giving a most splea-
-4E4 eutermiumeat, in a few days, at Cashiobery
His, to the Spanish Deputie. and Suits. The
pr-narations will be in his Lordship'. usual style of
elegance.
Tr,e PORTUDORSR AMBASSADOR returned, on
Suislay evaming, to his house in South Audley-
street, from Wind.or.

Lord 114LLattia will give a grand dinner, next
Sunday, at Holland-bowie, Kensington, to their
Royal Highnesses the Dukes of CLARENCE and
Rear, the STANIAR I)EPUTIES, POITUGUESE
Astanunott, and several Nobility and Fashion-
shim

The remains of LINIy WILLIAM III:SsELL will
be removed to-morrow from Worthin4, to the fa-
mil, vault, uear WatforJ, iu Hertfo;dabire, fur
iuterusent.

Mr. M. floi.mas. of the Dublin Theatre,
are perfori ll iee g kith Mr. CRl4l.* s company, ut Bir-
mingham. Oa Thiirs: thoy played Esser and
Art/and; Alexander and Statira sad
futurday night were Emouunced fur Lord and Lady
Tonally.
Mrs. SIDDONS is annotanceil for the opening of
Covent .girdeu Theatre. on Mou lay nest. It is
!aid she will play Veins. and Mr. YlleNG Rolla,
in N:r. SIIIIRIDAM's Pizarro.

Lord Dimly s tow arrived, on Sunday evening, at
his house in Hill-etreet, Berkeley-oquare, from
Grantham.

Lord F. UIVITINCIL is "%reefed to leave town this
day for Portsmouth. to embark for Spain.
The low arrivals at 84th are--

Sir A. Code, Sir William Grant, Su 3. Bailey, Sir John
and Lady Gums', Colonel and trs. Reins, CAlaart Gordon,
Liratenant • Colonel Campbell, /I aj.ir P wtridge, Wow. Mrs.
Sia Wes Miler, Dnetor Graham, Mr sad Mn. Need. Mr.
and Mr' Site!, Mr and Mrs. P•nton' Mr. sad Mrs Pardo%
In: and Mr*. •Brnwtie, Mr. bait Mrs. G Mr. and lbw
Vinaent, Mr anti Mrs. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Iw.
Mr. HUN TIN..FIELP. the celebtated . ethodist
tlfurtirz.
preacher, ha,, by his warrinze with the young and
beautiful widow of the late Sir J. SANDER)ON, ob-
tained a rich prise.—lle was originally in the coal
laii.niess, and, in allusion to his new Ail uisition of
Wealth, is now culled the Bhp* • .
Hia Royal iliglniess the Prince of WALES is now
on a visit at Haisl.l Hall, Warwickshire, the seat
of the Ma-litis of Iik.r.TIPoRD. i rout thence his
Royal Highness will proceed to the seat of the Mar-
chtourw of DowantiaL, in that neighhouriusa
His Royal IliAliness means to take in his tour
Fi&r,u Castl.-, the beautif4 mansion belong-
ing to Mr. W.ILLMII Pioarea.
Mr. MAILTEIeo Milliken 104 Gardens, at Nor-
wich, have been most successful this season. Mr.
Fimtaaoss, of Drury-lane Theatre, received
the most nubnionriei applause ID all his favourite
airs: nor was Mr. !ILAN CIIAILD, of Covent-garden,
Tess itapny in the comic department. The LORD
I.IIUTLI4IIIfT of the county, Hon. Colonel WOOD-
not:sr.. Colonel PATTI:SON. Major PICTILE, &c.
and mil the principal families in the oounty, at-
tell::.*!. Mr. FIiZSIMMONO was en4aszed for one
eight at Yarmouth, where he ails honoured by the
',vented encores of Admiral Resist., and the prin-
, !ad °Meer* of bib fleet, who had put is theie to
...itee.

LANCISTER Assurs, 15)cri. 1. •
•
Mary Maddorkr our indicted for feloniously
stealing a gl.• Book England note from Mkkoel
Panel!, a letteocarrier, ofManchester, oat of a let-
ter directed to Mary Dickenson, of Ann-street,
Jacksee's-hoildirrs., , tw Silletit, near Manchester.
It appeared that Mary •Dielrensoh receives a
sand! allowance Crow the parish of Branson, in
Northairiptonsitire, and, etr the sth day of last
March, she expected to receive a 21. Bank nob
hum the ellicers'of that perish, which the Prisoner,
who resides in the same street, by some nnaccouut-
able means, got the knowledge of ; and on that
day, at some considerable distance front home, met
Michael Eauell, the letter-carrier, and asked him
if he had got a letter for Mary Dickenson, directed
as above ? to which he replied in the affirmative.—
She said, she was the person, and regarded to
have it ; and asserted that the expected it, and that
there aas a 21. note in it. The letter-carrier very
imprudently delivered it to her. This was
ed by several persons where she got change for the
note. The raSbery was discovered by the poor
woman, Mary*ltickeitsnii, applying to the letter..
carrier fur her letter.—Gaiity.
Mantas Fearing was indicted fur killing and slay-
ing Thomas Johnson, of Manchester, in a boxing
watch.

The deceased was proved to have been the ar
greaser; ao much so, that had not the Prisoner gout
out of a public-house deliberately to tight the de-
ceaaed, in a held, and the fatal catastrophe had
hapliencil in the Judge CHAYDa6 would
only have considered the Prisoner 4ctinireie bia owa
defence.

The Jury found him prilty or lfasulaughter ; and
his Lordship, in consequence of the favourable cir-
catn.tanceb. together with his having a good dm-
ratter, and having been in pinion for three months,
only sentenced him to be imprisoned for one week,
and pay a fine of till.
Jahn Smith we% indicted for a similar offence, in
killing and slaying Benjamin Sager, of Padihatn, ip
the parish of Walley.—This fatal business likewise
took pia...* in a boxing match, at 6 time when the
deceased and the Prisoner were much intoxicated ;
but sl hough the deceased was the aggressor. the
Prisoner's conduct was by no means so favourable
as in the former case. When the deceased was
down, the Prisoner gave him several inhuman
kicks. in different parts of his body, in consequence
of which he Dever moved any more. The bye-
'tenders observed that lie was necked (a term used in
this county, ia their violent mode of fighting, when
the neck is broken). If it had been so, they took
very tough means to recover him ; they took him
up by the head and feet. *ad several men placed
their knees and feet against his shoulders,and other
parts of his body, end pulled with all their strength.
This. however, prattling ineffectual, a surgeon. who
resides so the spot, was sent for, aid he came im-
mediately, but the decea*ed did not survive two
minutes after. The surgeon eant.ied the exterior
of the bode' but found no wound or bruise, except
a cut on the forehead. He proceeded to open the
body, and found a coacassiou of the brain ; this, he
was of opinion. was not the cause of the death, al-
though it would have proved so ultimately ; he
found a rupture of the right auricle of the heart,
large enough 'for him to put three fingers in,
which. he was of opinion. was occasioned be • vita.
7AI ••••
Lot User .s the evertor of the body.
The Learned JUDGE, in summing up the evi-
dence, lamented extremely the brutal and disgrace-
ful practices prevalent in this county of men kick-
ing their adversaries in fights when they are. down,
which was the cause of such numbers of trials for
man.laughter every assize ; and there was no doubt
but the Prisoner had killed the deceased by a vio-
lent kick.—Gmilty of Maaslaaglaer.
t.
RIOTERS.'

Richard Caltierbarit was indicted for having,
with divers other permis, then unknown, stolen two
shuttles, the property of John Molyneux, of Wi-
gan, on the -2e,li day of May last.
Mr. SCARLET attended to conduct the prosecu-
tion. He began by observing, that the disgraceful
scenes of riot and confusion committed in this
county lately, must be fresh in the memory of every
person, by numbers of misguided men, who, oil Se-
count of some temporary hardships, which it was
impossible for human beings to guard against, had
recourse to the mistaken notion of noting to redres,
their grievances, and had attacked the machinery
and men from whom they gained the means of their
very existence, in the most wanton and daring man-
ner; it was out of these riots that the present
prosecution grow. He confessed that be had tonne
legal doubts as to the conduct of the Prisoster and
his companions amounting to felony; if it did, he
believed it was the first of the kind that had been
tried before any of the Judges. The Magistrates
before whom the Prisoner was taken had consider-
ed the case a felony, and had bound the pubes
over to prosecute/accordingly, sad the Grand Jury
had found a true bill ; and it was his duty to state
the case for his Lordship's decision, which was as
follows:—Thy Prosecutor is a w and disap-
proving of the conduct of the rioters, sod fear-
ing his person and property would be attacked by
them, he shut up has house and left it; when the
Prisoner, ir. company with a niunlier of other.,
forcibly broke open the hou.e, and took away two
shuttles. The Learned Counsel entered into a
very learned disquisition of what constituted fe-
lony, and very clearly pointed out the distinction
between taking property to convert to their own
use, and taking property merely to deprive the
owner of the use of it. He instanced, if a man
was forcibly to take his watch from him, and throw
it down to injure it, to deprive him of the use of it,
that -.you'd not be a felony. In time present case he
was afraid the parties could only be mid to have
taken the two shuttles to prevent the Prosecutor
from working with them, that he rui4ht not thwart
their views ; and it appeered that inolent as their
conduct was, they had acted in this case with some
degree of caution: for had they. injured the
machinery, or had there been work in them, and
they had injured /hat, ui.re was a particuLar Act of
Parliament to palillth such conduct.
• Judge Clung:sic °beeriest, that for the sake of
punishing au individual, climes and pounkineuts
must not be colfusvd, and thittioions for damage,
trespasse.. and ininleintaeours, must not he con-
founded with felony. He coutevsed, hethoughtit the
vest like a.usisdenseanout and trespass otany thing.