The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-05-30 00:00:00

AT TUE ROYAL TOIIIL HOTEL, CLITTOIt.

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Earl Dighv, Lord Borringion, Sir M. 1111,ternian, Sir 3.
Allen John.% Sir Francis Ruler, Sir F4wartt Blunt, Den.
Johnson, Cot. rAeknell„ Col. Colin, Major Menet, Major
Matthews Mrs. General Morri.ott, Mr, Ross, Mn. Crew
pi.,,oty, Mn. Trotter, Mr. Dale, Mr. Hume, &c.

♦T TNt enovcasite-Nerrisaf, eicerwat.s.s.
Dean and Mrs. Walsh, Rev. F. Stowed family, Mr.
Adaley and tinnily, Mrs. Faulkner sad family, Mr. Nicholls.
Mr. Church, Mr. bush, Res. Dr. LAI,. Mr. Bur Me_
Shepherd, M sr !Saran, Captain 511Ixek, Lady Mary Wean.
11. m. Mrs. 111..tzet.r, /cc.

I;is Royal Highness the Prince of WILL El is es.
petcd at Brighton in a few days.
The piety of that little marine resort, Rout
dean, is becoming every day more eminent.
Earl of Ca AYES has taken a house for the season.

After so much money and rime spent upon
6, Classical r," it appears from the late pro-
ceedings at the University of Oxford, that its atristy
is still " a question."
Great preparations are making at Camberwell for
the djeams of Mrs. CRESPION r, which will shortly
commence.

The Author of Guilty Or not Guilty? was again
honourably acquitted last night by a Fashionable
Jury before they left the box.
The Vandyke style of dress is exploded, and yet
the Dutch style of beauty is all the rage ; so little
has beauty to do with dress, verifying the opinion of
the poet, who says

" Beauty, when unadorned, i adorn'd the molt."

Time spent in pleasure passes quickly. Ler&
and Lady Vit. tills have exhausted a honey noon
in tea days.
A man advertises for a wife expert in paying of
*hi dads. Mr. PITT had better marry her, to confirm
his claim to the title of the " tint financier in the
world."

A match of cricket was played on 'Monday at
Lords Ground. at which TILaNCY was bowled
out. Mr. T....L1-, we t:tuught, was Caroled oat in
the CeweeNs.

Woodcete Lode, the seat of Mr. DutaNt. was
on Monday the scene of Tort sad festivity.
At one o'clock a Badge:, of uncommon powers,
WAS put into a hope, and atter several unsue‘essfid
:ittempts by other dogs, was it length most gallantly
drawn by Mr. ll..aA::rs's d•.g Bidliy.
Bomar/iv ry's I sto!.at ion has greatly pelletal tbe
q: d.l rm rr. It would be us rev matter to nuke
while the Bear, the Scorpion, att.
ale .11the Zodiac.

WILLIAM TAN AMT, Esq. will, on Friday next.
lead the Hon. Mks PALMAM, daughter of Lord
VA n BOitOUGU, to the Hymet,eal Altar. _

The Eail of' CA LEno;i is expelled this day, at his
house is Arlington-stseet, from Ireland.
Sir WILLIAM and Lady Ct ayTon let town yes.
trrday for Itamsgare ; and Col. and Mil. Nowakp
iur their sc.tt in Cumberland

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The tickets were yesterday issued at Foley-Hon*
for the Masquerade intended to take place there this
night. One thousand seas the number originally
irocnded, Lint from the variety of pressing applies.
tions, Mrs.Tii Lst:ssum has been induced to issue at
additional hundred.

'lle lady who is to make her first appearance ear
the Stage, on Saturday evening next, at Drury...
lane Theatre. in the charafter of Etvira in the play
'of Pvarr,i, is. we understand, likely to prove a star
or the thst magnitude and lustre. tier name ie
MAKIN ; and it a say superior time, fine Waite*
aad ex.:l-mire face, b: requisires for the arduous
profesa-n of an aar,..s. these she possesses is a,
very high cli-gree.an.! gives u r prrnise of Wei
as: carnartun: to the st

We state vet
LietwasTom, tits
before with a p 1
think at the time
purariei such
ever since ticki
One paper cane
swallow it, and
dies t any thin,
Being the origir
ourselves we nu
out incurring th
neighbours.
minions of part
hapitalitn, whe
disiter. Forme

garrets, and im
the most peris
bare been cacti
plight, case, an<
from their chop
ready to subscr
sessforrottea,"
then, they atta
given by Mr. f
raw it is not
bent and mutt
Some persons
nothing but su
diso:ders. T,
therefore, prof
Mr. ',MINCE
French insults
Ltrimcsrou,
fora bit of /
seers, this is
would tear o
give a man 1.

Great Britain
sufficient. L
apprehend, t

LIVINGS TON
of England.

stores plate,
man Empire
a proposal fn
Despot. Ni
emblem of
the bottle is
partiality foi
fraternise wi
the whole F
What will
Lear of this
French philt
fraer-toppei
English no
Editors will
at Mr. Fox'
at the Ten
of pother I

Jar juices
4erf
at his bac
vLile one
ling Mr. I
lashi..; the
charged st

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Mr. I.cri:
P:ris, be c
the Brush

His Rol
a grand di
Dake of
karts of (
Loots—Yi
Cliffo.d. DJ

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We statalrety ianoceutti oa Saturday that Mr.
Lampoon, * American Minister, dined the day
Wore with I party at Mr. Fox's. Little did we
Mink at the time, that we were giving our Contem-
poraries such a hard bore to yak. They hare been
ver since giehiag, gnawing, and living upon it..—
cot paper cannot refi4 this dinner, another cannot
rereffew it, and a thitd which, we thought, could
digest any thing, says it goes against its stomach
leisg the original furnishers of the ji-ast, we flatter
muselves we may help ourselves from our dish, with-
out incurring the imputation of a taste for stic:ag our
neighbours. In the first place. then,' those
.fritfed
minions of party pay a poor compliment to English
h.,,pdefio, when they lay such stress upon a rood
diaper. Formerly, indeed, when writers starved in
garrets, and immortal bards traversed the streets in
the molt perishable materials, this coarse would
base been excusable ; but they are in a very different
plight,case, and condition now; and if we may judge
from their chops and changes, no set of men are more
ready to subscribe to the proverb of "Eaten bread is
smsfordatims." or think less of agood dinner. When,
thin, they attach so much importance to the dinner
givenby Mr. Fox to Mr. LIVINGSTON, we must pre-
same it is not of the present of so many pounds of
beef and mutton to Mr. Liviacisron they complain
Some persons area to see, in a sumptuous dinner,
nothing but surfeits, dropsies, and a whole train of
&Orders. The writers to whom we allude, may,
therefore, probably see, in the dinner of Mr. Fox to
Mr. Livinorror, a series of ignominious peaces,
French insults, and Corsican devices. Suppose Mr.
Lantos-row, seated at Mr. Fox's table, and asking
for a bit of Duck. Aye, says one of these shrewd
seers, this is an attack upon Mr. Drake, the fellow
would tear our Minister at Munich to pieces. To
give a man legal possession of an estate, as large as
Great Britain, a swig or a red of any part of it is
:efficient. Upon the same principle, these writers
apprehend, that a slice of beef or mutton gives Mr.
LIVINGSTON siege) claim to all the locks and herds
of England. A wing of Turkey upon Mr. Lirttro-
troves plate, is a hint for the partition of the Otto-
man Empire; and as to a challenge to bob me/, it is
a proposal for a treaty of alliance with the Corsican
Despot. Need we add, that the eiceliag glass is the
emblem of revelation, and that a hearty zet S. at
the bottle is proof positive of al Gallomanier, of a
partiality for French produltions, and a desire to
fraternise with Champagne and Burgundy, if not with
the whole French Republic. But this is not all.
What will the Paris Editors say, when they shall
hear of this famms dinner ? According to the new
French philosophy, their roast icrf, their fine tadi-
jfesee-topped garter, and their real. fite., make the
English morose, sullen, and ferocious. The Paris
Editors will, therefore, see Mr. LIVINGSTON seated
at Mr. Fox's table devouring freer'', v, like a student
at the Temple devouring law. With every drink
of potter he imbibe: an equal proportion of the
soar juices of the English blood ; every place of
beef adds to his instal strength; and the coal fro
at his back throws him into a fira:.y. Thus,
while one party is roastiag Mr. Fox for giv-
ing Mr. LIVINOSTON a dinner, another party is
&sling the latter for eerie: it. Mr. Fox has been
charged with mellowing French doftrines at TA L.
LTIt AND'S table upon his late visit to Paris; and
Mr. lavinsron will, no doubt, on his return to
Paris, be charged with devouring the principles of
the British Constitution at the dinner of Mr. Fox.

His Royal Highnebs the Prince of WALLS gave
grand droner yeamdAy at Caron-house, to the
Dake of Carcnce.
karts of Ca:ysfort„ Berkeley, awl roues are.
!Anti--Yarborough, Stanley, Grander, Gtastouhurr,
Clifford, Dana's, Sc.
Cotoiirda--Crauferd and WMalinn.
Palk, John Cox HtppeJey, Theenat Mostyn,Ralph
Ililbanke, Joh,' Aubrey.
Messrs....W. Cavendish, James Milne., Melte, Ninth, Joh n
Harason, Erskine, Bryan Cooke, Robert Adsii., I.^-e An-
t"ine, Rattan!. Lann•nec, bonds., Lygon. Tymyhar, Kin-
nard, Ralph Laannon, W. Barbey, lion. Cluck:* Pelham,
John Raine.

Abbe Sicard, the humane inspetclor of the Deaf and
Dumb, whose zeal and talents have penetrated into
Russia, has received from the Russian Emperor and
En:press, two beautiful diamond rings of great va-
lue; they were accompanied by the following letter,
written in the name of Their Imperial Majesties :
Si 1--The Emperor my master, and the Em-
prtss his august consort, share in the general appro-
bation, which your painful labours of consoling and
instrufting those unfortunate beings, the Deaf and
bumb by nature, so justly have acquired you, and
therefore accept the offer of your rears blinaron.
lam also ordered to remit to you the inclosed pre-
sents, on the part of Their Imperial Majesties. I take
this favourable opportunity to express my own ad-
ration, and the great esteem with which you have
InVered me. (Signed) "Eu a."
The water-works at St. Cloud will now play re-
VaTIY every Sunday, during the season, though
espence will amount to several millions. So
lath does our beloved Chief regard money. when he
Int','" that he can give pleasure to the Parisians.
, '-.3‘'eniee, in gratitude for the quiet and Aappinen
lallahitants have enjoyed under the paternal
I.ivernment of the First Consul, pave nominated
Beauharnois, a candidate for the Senate,
1-.1 the First Consul has honoured the choke with
t ri rob tLa Cc- elte de fr.e.'ff.)

• LAn.

coymox PLEAS, GUMDITALL.

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Sidings after Term, 6cfvre Sir J •It CS MANS, lELD.

SATES V. WHITLOCK.
The Plaintiff, who appeared to be the mistress of
a broeiel, kept in Welicloso-square, brought her
aaion to recover 101. of the Defendant, a Gentle-
man of fortune, at P.atcliff highway, for money lent
under the following ludicrous circumstances : Mr.
Whitlock, havirg met with a NE's Davis, was pre.
veiled upon to accompany her to tlit house of Mrs.
Bates, where refreshment and wine were amply
.provided for the visitors. On the morning following,
Mr. Whitlock wished to go away; but was prevented,
in consequence of being deprived of his cloaths,
which were taken away during the night, to pre-
vent his elopement. With mach difficulty, his
cloaths were, however, obtained ; hut, being defi-
cient in cash, the 101. in queition was lent him by
the Plaintiff, to defray the expences he had incur-
red, more than the half of which went into her
pocket, and the remainder to Miss Davis. In sup-
port of the Plaintiff's case, several witnesses were
examined—but Sir JAMES MANSTILLD •Wol.lld not
suffer it to go beflre the Jury, observing, there did
not appear any fair and creditable ground for the
anion.—The Plaintiff was accordingly nonsuited.

WIOLY AND WIFE V. lALTC;I.FE.
This was an aelion to recover damages for an
assault.

Mr. Serjeant SHEPHLIW described the Plaintiff
to be Clerk to a merchant, and the Defendant as a
shop-keeper, to whom the Plaintiff's wife, Mrs.
Wigly, usually went to purchase butter, &c. On the
17th of last November. the latter bought one pound
of salt butter, which she discovered to be deficient
in weight, therefore took it back, and requested
three ounces more might be added. Mrs Metcalfe,
who was in the shop, instead of complying, flew in-
to a passion, and called down her husband, who, in
a brutal manner, threw Mrs. Wigly into the street,
and broke her arm ; a woman, passing by at the
same time, saw her in shit situation, and during the
agony of pain which she suffered, afforded assistance;
the Learned Counsel observed, the unfortunate wo-
man had been much injured, and was entitled to
large damages.
A woman named Collins, and her niece, who were
in the shop when the assault was committed, Cor-
roborated the foregoing statement.
Mr. Serjeant COCK/L, on the part of the defence,
observed. that Mrs. Metcalfe had just recovered from
a state of illness, when the Plaintiff's wife came into
the shop, and behaved in the most outrageous man-
ner: having thrown down a seven shilling piece on
the counter, she insisted on having change for it, of
a particular descriprion, namely, two shillings and
sixpence in penny pieces, sixpence in new halfpence,
and the rest in silver; after imperiously refusing to
accept of any other change. She hid the same given
her to avoid altercatio,i, and went away with mound
of butter ; about eix o'clock she returned with the
same; said it was not weight, and requested it
might be weighed ; it was found to be three ounces
short, and was objeaed to, as not being the butter
bought at the Defendant's shop in the morning, be-
ing of another shape. Mrs. Wigly, however, per-
sisted it was; and said she had washed it, which had
altered its appearance. Being very clamourous,
she was desired to go out of the shop ; and, on her
refusal, Mr. Metcalfe came down, and endeavoured
to prevail nn her to go away peaceably—but finding
all his endeavours unavailing, he turned her out of
the shop without any intention to hurt her ; and she
unfortunately fell over the threshold. It was con-
tended, that the injury she had sustained was acci-
dental.

Sir J Isits NtsmsriEl.D. after hearing sever.d wit-
nesses for the Defendant, advised the parties to
withdraw a Juror—which they acceded to.

GUILIMALL, MAT 29.
Sittisgs before Lord 'EL us noncoms.
NICHOLSON V. WILL AN 'Nei svMrsovi.
This was an anion brought against the Defendants,
as proprietors of the Leeds mail coach, to recover a
compensation in damages for goods which were to
be sent by that conveyance, from Nottingham to
London, and which were last in the carriage. It
appeared, in evidence, that the Plaintiff had pur-
chased twenty dozen of sill• gloves from Mr. Chtry,
of Nouingham, for 581. and it was of great conse-
quence that they should be sent by the first oppor-
tunity, and in the most expeditious manner Mr.
Clury sent them to the coach office at Nouingbans,
with particular direnions that they should be for-
warded to London by the mail coach, it being con-
sidered the safest and most expeditious conveyance;
the person who left the parcel at the coach office,
paid two shillings for the carriage up to London,
which was the price by that conveyance. It appear.
ed, that instead of sending the parcel in question by
the mail coach, as was direned, it was sent by the
Trot 134,0”, a long coach which went some hours
later than the mail, and also belonging to the Defol-
clants : in this carriage the parcel was lost.
Application was afterwards made to the De-
fendant (Simpson) for the value of the goods, or
proceedings would be commenced against him. tie
said tfe was willing to pay to the amount of 51. but
no more; and that in all those cases, where anions
were brought against them for the loss of parcels
sent by their coaches, Mr. Willan defended them.
The Plaintiff had paid Air. Clury for the goods,
and now sought to recover the value of them from
the Defendaius.

The defence set up by Mr. GA.Row was, that
in consequence of a notice posted up at the coach-
office, the Defendants were only liable to the
amount of 51. The notice was nearly as firllows
ir Take notice, that the Proprietors of the coaches
at this Office will not be answerable for any goods,
money, plate, jewels, writings, or any package
whatsoever, if lost or damaged, amounting, to up-
wards of 51. unless insured and paid for at the time
of delivery, and demanded in one month after such
loss or damage is sustained.
(Signed) J. Wotan and Co."

It was further contended, that die difference be-
tween the mail coach and the long coach WA. very
trifling, and that the ODE was as sale a conveyance
as the other.

Lord ELLZNBOROrGiI nbseited, that this was an
atlion brought a3aiibt carrier 4 for compeasation tor
the loss of goods delivered to them, to be carried to
a curtain pla..c; and first, the qualm was, aLe-

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tber they were delivered to be carried by a particular
conveyance ? From the notice delivered in evidence,
the Defendants had limited their responsibility to
five pounds, unless the goods were specially insured.
In this case, they were unquestionably liable to th tt
amount.

A point was then made, " whethrr, under
their notice, the party could be made liable for tne
whole amount?'' And the Counsel on both sides
agreed, that there should be a verdia for the Eain-
till' to the full amount, and that the question should
be settled upon motion.
The Jury, therefore, found, that Ole parcel was
delivered specially to go by the mail c.meh ; and
they further found a verdia tor the PLlintds, of 581.
subjea to the point made.

LOTT v. FLLIOT AND !THUS.
This was an thion brought to recover the value
of a horse, which had been killed, by the wheels of
the Defendant's dray passing over his hoof.
It appeared that the Defendants were eminent
brewers in Pimlico—and as the Plaintiff's cart was
taking in goods at a warehouse in Stretham-street,
Bloomsbury, the Defendant's dray or caravan,
witlythree hones, heavily laden, in passing by, the
wheels went over the hoof of the hone, and com-
pletely separated it from the leg, by which the
miserable beast,
„after lingering a day or two, died.
It appeared that the dray was coming up with the
horses, in a smart trot (though so heavily laden),
when the driver of the Plaintiffs cart called out to
the persons who were with the dray, to take care of
his horse ; and although he hollowed to them several
times, they took no notice, but drove on. The
horse was proved to be worth 35 guineas.
The Defendants attempted to prove that the acci-
dent was not occasioned by the wheel of their dray.
but by a hackney coach, which had previously passed
by the Plaintiff's cart ; but this being contradiaed
by the other witnesses, and•the nature of the injury,
the Jury found a verdia for the Plaintiff, SOL