The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-11-10 00:00:00

THE LADY MAYORESS's

Was superbly elegant, and admired for the richnesz, as well
as siniplicly of its appearance. A crape petticoat richly em-
broidered in silver, with a shamrock r, ground, iv beautiful bor-
dcr of netting over a twi ted wrcatit, ant finished with
rich Venetian fringe with tassels, and rich transparent 'fiver net
sash, interaperect with stripes. of puce reset, edged with silver
rolliu thrown tastefully ever the left side A Imre velvet ro'le
trimmed with Over Tullio to correspond, the sleeves, At. of
elegant fine lace. The Head Dress,, in every urspeft corre
sponding ; rich bandeau of silver, plume of Ulrich and Argus
feather:, coped) lace tippets, and aigrette of chant aids; the
dia timid necklac.. and car-rime were alto very !nillisut. The
nisi mumble was oaruptete:y Irnutiful, and had inor• of eo•
V,1.1y, richness, taste, and clekuit simplicity, to boast of, than
any that his appeared for. length of time.

Between nine and ten o'clock, the Loan MAYOR
and his selea party retired to the court of Exche-
quer, where th, y entitinued to enjoy the circling
glass, the course at which was only interrupted by
some ch:.rming soogs.—The life, splendour, and
gaiety, that prevailed within, formed a striking con-
trast with the fog and darkness of the day upon the
river. Every thing yeas condttfted with the great-
est pmpriety and decorum; and the entertainment,
in every point, parte and rtrtiettlar; d d honoUr
and credit to every one connected with it.

On Monday, a very elegant dinner, consisting of
turtle, game, and every delicacy in season, was given
at the Fountain Inn, Canterbury, by the Officers
of the Canterbury Volunteer Infantry, to the Of-
ficers of the Ist battalion of the Cinque Post Vo-
lunteers, in return for the very hospitable reception
the former corps experienced whilst on permanent
duty at Dover. Amongst the company present
were the NIA TOR and Reconotar of that City, the
WC MAYOR of Dover, Rev. Dr. NELSON (Vice
Dean), Brigadier-General Mos:Tema, Colonel
WM, 3, Major GO R REQUE R, Major DA NI MON 0, and
the Officers of the neighbouring Yeomanry, Rifle
Corps, &c. The band of the Scots Greys played
during the repast; and the loyal and patriotic toasts
given were much enlivened with many excellent and
appropriate songs.
Amateurs of piihsresque decorations, and of sham
fights, executed with boldness and precision, should
go and see the Mein Drame of The al Camivi
represented at The Theatre de Wide, which has no-
thing gay in it, as the scene passes in the midst of
tombs. It represents his Candian Majesty ordering
the British invaders of his territory, after being defeat-
ed, to be annihilated, and buried alive in several tombs,
where they in soldaritea curse their government's am-
bition, and the avarice and rapacity of their coun-
trymen, which have brought them to such an un-
timely end. They foretell that their injustice
in Europe will meet with the same fat.tl re-
compence, &c. The authors of this little ch.:,
d'atarre, which is entirely composed of improbabili-i
ties, are Messrs. (:a 'for and. M ALVIN. The sen-
timents are, however, patriotic, and descry", there.
fore, the applause and approbation of all French-
ten who love their country, and detest its irrecon-
cileable foes.—(Juernal Spettacles.)
According to the report of the master of a neu-
tral vessel, which sailed from the Texel on the 2d
instant, the Dutch fleet, at anchor there. had positive
orders to take advantage of the first opportunity,
when the British cruisers were driven from the coast,
to put to sea. All the Batavian ships were said to
have provisions on board for five months, not only
for their crews, but for six thousand land troops,
grenadiers. light t oops, and gunners. The desti-
nation of this squadron, consist.ng of two 74 guns,
two 64 guns, one tio guns, and one of 54 guns, in
the whole six ships of the line, besides four stout
frigates, and three cutters, if what the officers of the
Batavian ships related, can be depended upon, is the
East Indies, and they expected to be joined on their
way by several French snips, either from Brest,
or, what they supposed more probable, by the squa-
dron blockaded by us near Rochefort, which is
6:11,,wn to have land troops on board, and provisions
for th. same period as the rad fleet. All the bat-
teries at the rlelder continue to be garrisoned by
French troops, bet in oilier parts en the Dutch
coast the guns are served by the Gallo-Batavians.
A French Police Commissary reside, at the I fielder;
and all passes, before valid, are to be signed by
bias, and every ship sailing or entering is visited
exr,asi.eiy by French Custom-house Officers, arrived
lately from Paris.

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.

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COURT or KING's BENCH, Nov 9.
DOE, 0.4 THE DEVISE OF nowrat, v. GIBSS.
Serjeant SHEPHERD moved for a Hale to ,hew
cause, why a new trial should not be granted in this
case : it was an anion in ejestment for a cottage.
which had been enclosed from the borders of Lan-
ton Manor ' • it had been, since the year 1;64. in the
possession of an old woman of the name of Harris,
and, after she died, her daughter lived in it : (lur-
ing the time she resided there, the house being old
and falling into ruins, the Duke of Newcastle's
steward rebuilt it, at which the old woman was ex-
tremely angry : and, during the time the cottage 1::!S
rebuilding, she lived multr some boards, ss hich
ere&ed into a kind of hut, dose to het former ha;si
tation ; when the cottage was rebuilt, she came into
possession, and fur it paid the steward of the Duke
of Newcastle one shilling a-year, as a kind of Ac-
knowledgment, but, in faa, never was out of pos-
session.

Mr. GA RROW observed, she had become a charge
upon the parish, and WAS turned out of possession
on that account.

Serjeant SHEPHERD acknowledged she had be-
come poor, and had been served with an order of
removal, but that order had never been enforced.
Rule granted.
PARR AND OTHERS r. ANDERSON.

Mr. Elmo us moved for a new trial in this cause.

It was an aftion on a policy of insurance, brought
by the owners of the vessel called the Magary
against the Insurance Company. The policy gave
the most extensive range, that she sainild proceed
iron, Liverpool to the coast of Africa, ham thence
to the African Islands, from thence to the West-In-
dian Islands, with full liberty to trade with and
to all places, to land, exchange, and take in goods,
in whatever place she should stop at, for which
there was a premium of twelve guineas per cent.
ur of which were to be returned, if she arrived
in port before the commencement of hostilities.
She sailed on the 24th of June, and arrived at her
place of destination in a little more than thirty
days. While she was steering her course along the
coa;t of Africa, the wind blew rather against her,
which obliged her to keep to sea. Shortly before
she saiied, hostilities were commenced ; accord-
ingly, letters of marque were taken out for her • to
which the Insurance Company consented, provided
she was not to deviate from her original course. As
she was beating off the coast of-Africa, she met
the Sparrow, who was cruising on that station ; the
Captain came on board, and, while he was there, a
corvette with an English prize hove in sight ; the
Afeecuzy, without deviating from her course, took
the corvette and retook the prize. About that there
was no question agitated on the trial. Not long
after a lugger appeared to windward, scarcely more
than gun-shot from her : she hauled a puiut closer to
the wind and chased her for about a quarter of an
hour, but the lugger escaped, and the Mercary pro-
ceeded on her voyage in the regular course, but
certainly she deviated a little: from Africa she went
to the West Indies, but the market there being very
bud, she proceeded towards the Havaisnalt, nil which
plasce she was lost. The question on the tri tl was,
whether she did any thing which amounted to a de-
viation or nut ? in which your Lordship- was -of
opinion that the smallest turn, even though it was
no more than the ship's length, amounted to a de-
viation; but, Mr. East ass observed, if this doetrine
were to prevail, there could not be the smallest use
in taking out a letter of marque; for, by the law of
nature, every vessel would have a right to defend
herself in case she was attacked. He said it was often
the case that an attack was nothing more iu reasity
than a defence ; for instance, the noble and spirited
conduCt of our East India fleet, in bearing down
upon Admiral Linois's squadron, could be consider-
ed nothing more than a defence. The point uptm
which the question turned, was whether a vessel
carrying a letter of marque was not in a different
situation with resped to attack or de:S:nce, from a
vessel that is without one ?

Lord ELLENBUROUUM said, he thought it was a
question which deserved discussion, therefore grAnt-
ed the rule.
TUX KING, ♦T THE PROSECUTION OF REBECC♦

mina, r.StST.
James Minifie, husband to the Prosecutrix, came
into Court, and moved in person for a Rule to shew
cause why a new trial should not be granted ; he
grounded his application upon his own affidavit. the
purport of which was, that when the cause came to
be tried at Guildhall, at the last, Siftings, his At-
torney refused to aa, and he himself was ordered
out of Court by Mr. GAR mow, the Defendant's
Counsel, so that his Counsel had no instruaicns,
neither his Attorney nor himself being in Court.
Mr. G• a aow said, all the Witacs:es were ordered
out of Court ; that when he was about to address the
Jury, one of them said, they were yes)* willing to
bear him far Mr. Best; but that it was one of the
most infamous pro•;ecntions they had ever h.arJ,
and had already made up their minds.
Lord FALL* aoltoacti said, he recolleted the
cause, that the Jury did not believe the oath of the
Prosecutrix, and that even the evidence of her cwn
vrimess went aga:nst her : h.: saw no grounds to
grant a Rule.—Rule refused.

GREGORY r. RADCOCK.
This was a motion made by Mr. Sojeant lirtr, for
anew trial i it appeared, the Defendant, Mrs. Bad-
cock, had taken a house from the Plaintiff, for which
she WAS to pay ten guineas a week; she Dever enter-
ed into possession, but had told a friend of ber'.,
after she came from looking at the house, that she
had taken it for seven guineas a-week. The decla-
ration was laid in ascent/et ; which, Serjeant Brsr
argued, was not the kind of anion to be brought ;
nor was there evidence to support it.
The Court refused the Rule; but said he was not
shut out from bringing a writ of error.

Letters from Mr. Po»•Mat., Naval Storekeeper at
Gibraltar, dated the luth ult. state, that on the ap-
pearance of the malady, he had caused all comma.
nication between the dock-yard and garrison to be
entirely suspended ; that he had also ordered. by
the advice of 1)1. liven, the Physician. fresh beef
and Port wine to be issued to the artificers, with
lime juice and vinegar, the Latter to fumigate their
apartments.

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Monday Major-Ganeral Bed
command of this garrison, and
for London : Brigadier Cliseral
rived here on the same day,shaSt
'Frie Royal South Lincoln MU
the Oid Ltrracks of this town on'
nesd Ay last, on their route for Non
The French prisoners at that ph.
titer attempt to escape, and still cc
Gallcywood Canto broke up )e
Surrey militia marched into the
the various detachments to join tl
giments.
The Royal Berkshire regiment,
into this town on Saturda• and
route to Ipswich. The West %1
passed through, in two divisions, f
The Sussex mi itia marched into
on Wednesday and yesterday, wh
main till further orders. The 'tlst
from, the same barracks on Wedn,
the, for Colchester.
On Wedeesday last, the Bth
marched into Colchester barracks.
On Friday last another of the t
verians died, in consequence of t
ult. In conformity to the orders pl
ness the Commander in Chief, he
tion of Major-General Beckwith,
litary honours on Saturday last.
and trust this will be the last ntel
of (Ilia nature t as we are informe
thority, the remaining five men is
in a fair way of recovery.

American Papers to the .sth
ceived, but they do not furnish a
importance. Nothing new appear
the disputes between Spain and t
It is clear that one of the parth
using every effort to come to a rub
though it is not by any means s
grounds of quarrel can be produ.
merchants have taken place at dif
severe complaints have been all,
which Spain, during the late v
annoyance of American commer
report in. one of these papers ti
NAPARTE hal afttuidly sailed Witt
same ship which I'ves to bring Gen
to Europe. There is little Teas()
there is any truth in this repur
pretty evident that if JEROME
Europe, he will return with all tli
t. lu.v conne.clion" attached to hi
Imperial Brother will have an opp
ing his authority to a.terimplish w
advice had failed in producing:
The brig. which went on shot
on Saturday last, is the Eidrvdi.e
Valeacis, w:th a carg) of brandy,
den. Very little of the vessel is
;vincipal part of the cargo has I:
Tne k;ht colliir on shore in the sant
Ifeadu..et, of and fox Sunderland,
hrThre she was stranded, by two Far
Beachy Head, which put three Frey
the crew of the brig dverpowt red
few hours after she was raptured;
frigates, which was a few miles to
down upon the brig, an! put three
stead of three men she impressed.
that the loss of the vessel was occa
norance of the frigate's men, wl
nately drowned
The rumour of the French haw
possession of Flambargh is unfous.
as much masters of it as if the city
by French troops. So great is
French power there, that no one d.
of the seizure of Sir GEORGE Itu
Harn&slh Corrtlondentes, once an
but now reduced to the degrading
the iiipplenovit,,ry sheet of the M
of Europe, has not presumed eve
transaffiGn.
On Wednesday evening, also"
o'clock, three men, in a cart with
man on a saddle.horse,in company
at the King's Arms Inn. at Aann B
supped. During their stay in the hi
from their conversation and behavit
were going to c mmit some depred
and sent toe Mr. Sin:crummy, an :
that peace ; and they having said th
to that place. in the course of
agreed by the constable, and a nu
bit ants, to sit up and watch for tiff
three o'clock in the morning, LI
there being no doubt but they had
the cart, the constable and his Irk
the King's-Ai ms Inn, and was abt
but the man on 1 orseback put s
rode oir, and made his escape;
junipeil 'out of the can, and ran cd
sited and taken ; the other two
the cart. On searching the car-,
of considerable value. was found
merchant's house, in the city, wiz
they had stolen from a waggon ut
Thursday even ng, they were Laic
and underwent an examinatio ,
l'usinsos, Esq. and they were c
then examination.
Two men were examined befog
strati., charged by BL ACEIRAN ark
patrole, on suspicion of having be
burglaries. The officers apprel
preceding evening in St. Giles s ;
them, a number of picklock keys,:
merits for housebreaking, were I
They are both notorious old oft...
names is Bill Gent/exec They w
further examination.

It must be a tubjeet of much
public, that the interesting View
new Panorama in the Strand,
various occasions called their at
nues open for their inspeeti4 n, anc
in its attraCtions. While the vi .it
rous and resp,•Rable as they 11.4
time past, it would surely be injudi
the present Pifture, however ;tie.'
tere,t c f that which will succeed it,
as when once withdrawn, it will :a
be reamed.

NArAI. INTELIJOENCE.
rorresrotrra. Mov• 3.
Arrived the Medina frigate, and the Matilda
Spanish frigate, of 96 guns, captured by the Medusa,
Capt. Gore, without any resistance. off Cadie, front
whence Captain Gore brings dispatches from Sir
Richard Strachan. She was outward bound, and
is laden with quicksilver. Capt. Gore was pre-
vented from landing with the dispatches, by the
Custom-house boat. Mr T. Mottley, tide. sur-
veyor, took them out, put the necessary quarantine
questions to Capt. Gore (who anchored in his boat
at a distance from the shore), and then he returned
on board the Medusa. Tht dispatches were fumi-
gated and forwarded to London. The ships are
under quarantine. Also arrived the Argas sloop of
war from the Downs ; and Itclicr gun-brigs
from a cruise.
The Ratter sloop yesterday fell in with the Castle-
reagh Imliaman, off the Wright, which was so badly
manned, that the Commander requested Captain
Maw to see him into the Downs; hut, unluckily,
,11111 Rattler ran foul of Castlereagh, and carried
L sway her bowsprit, obliged Captain M. to
r have her, and at a moment when a large French
logger was in sight : her safety is certainly very
l~sestionable. The ill r sloop, Capt. Henniker,
Sas since sailed in quest of her.
Arrived three Russian men of war from the Bal-
tic : they saw the French lugger above-mentioned,
thought it an English one, and did not chase.
Came into harbour the Ganges, of 74 guns, and
the turyihe frigate.
Arrived the Crescent frigate, Lord W. Stuart,
from attending His Majesty at Weymouth ; also the
Pigmy cotter from a cruise.
DEAL, 140 V. 8.
Arrived and sailed for the River, the Lady Cas-
tlereagh East-buliaman, last from Eyemouth ; Plan.
fn, &mit. from Virginia ; Rosa! Soyerrios, and the
Priesess dareds yachts, from Weymouth.
Arrived the Adeaseat man of war, from Torts-
, *smith, and the Vulture sloop of war, from Dange-
seas; and remain in the Downs, with the ships as
tsar last.
P.S. Arrived in the Downs, from the Westward,
a Raman man of war, and saluted the flag, which
was tatornad by the Monarch man of war, Admiral
Lurd Keith. ,

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FROM LLOYD', LIST.
GSA VMS/1M V, WV. 7 ~.11,used be the Adventure, Simeyek
front Norway ; Nile, Greabea, from Memel; Muia Dom
Vita, Reiland, from Lnngsound; and the Jonge Aulcm,
thvery,ftem Harlington. Sailol the Concord, Doading, for
Africa; Hector, Griffiths, for Dublin: Jonge Frow, Aung,
dor Tooniogen ; Ire., Kemp, Oleure Kliiikert, and the
Twe Gebroders, Oaks, for Ftubden.

EXETER, Nov. 7.

On Sunday last the I.ord Bishop of this diocese
)told a rivets ordination in the Chapel of the Blessed
Virgin Mary, within his palace, when his Lordship
adiniued Edward Cook Forward, A.B. of Wadliam
College. Oxford, into the holy order of Deacons;
and the Rev. Joseph Prust Prust, the younger, A.B.
of Exeter College, Oxford; the Rev. Henry Walter
Beanford, of the same College ; and the Rev. Rich-
ard Ellicombe, of the same College, into the holy
order of Priests.
On Monday his Lordshipinstitute.d the Rev. Mr.
Prust to the reaory of West Worlington, in Devon,
void by the cession of the Rev. William Smith, on
the presentation of George Pawley Buck, Esq. and
others ; and this day the -Rev. Richard Keats, M.A.
Reaor of Kingsnymptom. and Chaplain to His
*. Royal Hess the Duke of Clarence, was insti-
luted t Reaory of Bideford, on the presenta-
tion of Geo. Buck, Esq. and others.
Monday last the Right Worshipful the Mayor.
the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop, the chamber, and
the several bodies corporate, with their banners and
gamic. having attended divine service in the cathe-
dtal, in commemoration of the gunpowder plot,
went in procession from thence to the free grammar
school, where the young Gentlemen delivered some
seta pieces of Greek, Latin, and Engli di, which
were much applauded by a very large and respea-
,. akin assemblage. The names of the young Gentle-
,: men who spoke on this occasion, were Misters At-
. thur, Bent, Hundleby, Collyns, klaliagan, Bar-
tholomew, Royce, Phillips, Cole, Arden, Baynes,
Sqnire, Serjeant, Short, Jago, llirtzel, Pinhey,
G. March, and W. March. Masters W. March
and Arden are the young gentlemen to whom the
prisms are adjudged for their Latin composition,
at the Anniversary meeting of the Free Grammar
School Society, on the 19th September last.

Among the manuscripts bequeathed by the late
Rev. Mr. Coca to the British Museum, appear the
following memorandums :
" PITIMIMIOUGH CATIMIBDIAt•-•-.AS to the two
s that were buried here; MARY Queen of
ors was eighteen years after her interment re-
moved to NA estminster Abbey, and a fine tomb
@retied over her grave, by her son, King J• seas I.
But Queen CATHEitise resteth here, under a plain
altar-stone, placed over her by Mr. 'Fay cox ; but
the church Itself is her greatest monument, which
it is said King Hamar VIII. left standing on her
account. Pity it is the like reason had lot prevailed
with him to spare St. Edrnundsbury, ha the sake of
his own sister, MARY, the French Queen, buried
there in his life-time."
". Damns, Essax.—When I was here at Dr.
Coca's induction, they were taking the bones and
coffins out of the old vault belonging to the family
of Seoeseoosa; and putting them into a hole in she
church-yard, in order to fit it up for Mr. Cu is.
watic's family. This made me often retied on the
folly of vaults and leaden coffins. Once in an hun-
dred or an hundred and fifty years, and families sel-
dom last longer, a new proprietor takes possession
for himself ; and the old inhabitants, even of a grave
or resting place, are turned out to make room for
newcomers ; who, in their turn, are se, ved the same
way. It the bodies are put in leaden coffins, these
are sent to the plumbers, with part of their inhabit--
ants, and melted down for other purposes. So that
a man has a better chance to keep possession of his
grave undisturbed, if six feet of mother earth are
allotted him in some obscure corner of tfie church.
yard, than in the most sumptuous vault tis,tt can be
prepared.".

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tN MARK LANE,
It of Oct. v, the Yd of Nor
the new t.

a
786 •u uteri at 7S
7141 at 77
44; --- at 76
1441 ---- At 7.r
1.,n3 Jt 74
--- at 73
10 --- at 71
270 ----- at ;'0
46 at 69
183 --- at 68
InO --- at 66
32 -- at 64
105 at 63
44 •-••-•-- at 62
110 at 60
99 at Al
—Average 791. 1114.
Ilan last Return.