The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-08-22 00:00:00

ROYAL PAumr.

WET MOUFI; AUGUST 20.
We had no Esplanade last night, in conseqiience
of the ROTA,. FAialti v honouring the Theatre
with their presence. The performances were The
and The C,i/Fe. During the performance of
the play, Mr. Ss WIEN Kam at.x entered the boxes,
having just art ived in the town To-morrow even-
ing he will, by comman I of Their MAJ LS I- I ES, play
the charaaer of St' 17. hrs ?idea", in the 1161m-iv's'
ray of lions Henry the Ft) fortit. Precious to the
play, Mr fltmais, the Manager, will speak an
Address upon the occasion.
The attendants upon Their Majesties at the
Theatre were the Earls of MACCitsrteto,
WEst-
tIUNxLAND, CHEST so CI bus, and Pau aEr ; Countess
cur.-raft; Ladies Iluacit.cv and Tsivotte ; Ge-
nitals Fit IIIOY and CA lIITW a 1011 T ; Colonels Stew-
CASITBILL, TAT LON, and Srevtos ; Mr.
VIRSLY; and A number of others.
Eatly this morning, His MAJESTY took a ride to
the camp. _

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After breakfast, the whole of the ov L FA MI.
I V took an airing, but for a short time, on account
of die wet weather, which, of course, deprived
them of their favourite amusement, an excursion to
sea.
After their ride, they took several turns upon
the Esplanade.
Weexpeti Their M MST lES wedding day, the
eth of September, to be celebrated with great
splendour.
Yesterday the Duke of Ct. C 'completed his
fortieth year. His trades people were brilliantly
illuminated. and many a bumper was drank to his
health. which, we are happy to say, is completely re-
established.
The Hon. Lient-Otl. DAMS% has resigned the
Captaincy of the Dorsetshire Yeomanry
Cavalry.
Earl FITz*ILt.IAM has been much indisposed,
bat we are happy to state, is now in a state of con-
v.ilescenee.
Lieutenant Lewis Robe, and Lieutenant N. DU-
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ratios Baby, 01 the 69th itykutry, have been super-
seded.
Ile Astronomers, who lately announced an ama.
tins!, high t,tte, now sly they meant the extraordi-
nary everjfeet, that will be produced on Saturday
right, by the powertul :sandlots of Mts. Joanas ,
at the Haymarket Theatre.
Mr. Asausr has begun to clear the fo.inchtion
for his newthe.itre, near Wych-strut. He piontises
to have it finished in two suicalhs.
The Hon. B. Posisobvir and family still continue
in town.
Lieut. Sideerieer, commanding the Add
has very appropriately cat eat one of the enemy's
vessel;.

LAU RENT.S Theatre, at the Lyceum, in the
Strand, has excited much interest in the fashionable
world.
Lord JOUN Souris's. has obtained a Cornetcy
in the 7th Light Dragoons.
The infant PRINCESS. daughter of His Royal
Highness the Prince Royal of Ossisaw Ks, died on
the Rth of July.
Lord MORN TC AMIE, with three of his children,
landed at Harwich on Monday from Holland. His
Lordship travelled through Italy and Holland as
an American.
Should the Managers change Ow stage into a
narstra, they will save the parish many illegitimate
e'srg►e.
Captain flea:lA/has resigned his Captaincy in the
ft.( yal Waggon train.
Mr. hlct.t.isit brought seven asses with him to
Yoilt Races. lie will find it difficult o match his
euu in Yorkshire.

Count Bitatriociits is still at Brighton.
Mrs. SWOONS concluded her readings at the
Royal Hotel. in Dublin, on Friday night last, and
has proceeded to Edinburgh, to rciume them in
that city.
Mater BETTY has concluded hi= engagement at
York On Tuesday night, he was to perform at
Newcastle Theatre.

Surgeon Slow has been removed from the Light
Dragoons to the Royal Et eglrneizt of Horst Guards.
I'he Grand Masquerade at I:.imsale was condua-
ed in the most judicious manner. 111 e temporary
apartments welt brilliantly ornamented, the masks
numerous, and the majority ot them sugirrted with
spirit and charaderistic humour.
Tiot ::ioocester Theatrical Managers are using
ist endeavours to induce Miss MI'DIL to
deliglit that city for one night. It is said, with
taller temptations, they have offered her twelve
rjjed iaiies full dm ed.

The attraetion of the German Theatre in-
creases with each night's performance. whole
company possesses uncommon dramatic talents ;
but F. :selfless kit may dispute the bays with any
Roirius that has yet appeared, in genuine humour;
—The novelty of the night was a Colter'''. of
Citrtes, on the piano-torte, by Master Pa NOR.*
MO, I 1 );ars of age ; and the Little Pareset, who
danced with her usual elegance. fhe entertain-
ments were, the Opera of Die Drey Freyrr,
enter, (lb ki and Glrich Serb Gera—(Ths
Three SNiturs ; or, Like Loves 1 iie); and the Farce
Drr kettircaung—(The Discovery). The performs
s"ces weitt off with great eclat. The house was full,
b not crowded.
The 15th Light Dragoons, quartered at Sandwich
Barracks, and the Ist Regiment of Foot Guards,
qnarteted near Deal, will he reviewed by His Royal
liii;htiess the Duke of Yuerc, to-mot row.
The cavalry in camp at Weymouth, turned
out on Tuesday morning, at seven o'clock, under
tl.e command of His Royal Highness the Duke of
Cuasses I. so, who selefted detachments from the
15th Light Dratroons, the Getman Legion, and the
Hanoverian a...ivy Dragoons, with whom he
'enure.: the country round Itaddipole, Wick, &c.
ne Fatties sheaved themselves very expert at pr.tc-
Sting skirroishicg, buds-fighting, site. His Ito) al
Highness did not return to the camp caul one
o'clock.

Ata grog. Aida ai
the ball last night at the Castle had some eorti
luny, but Witcss's and Ilsoorr's Auttion Rooms
were the great sources of Attr.uftion. 'Dos mi,r
ing is very pleas Ara, yet showery. Mr DONAU").
sos's Linrery is meth cinwded—Buensno's Fruit
Shop is a:l the I-Av.—Viscount PRI ZRALIAAI and
Mr. Bu ■Kt WC!, thereat 12 o'clock, regsling them-
selves with raspberties and cream.

An important match of Irina/ens Ponies is to he
decided on Friday ; Mr. BURKE proposes to run
two fa►ourite Donify, against ell knelawl, fifty
guineas a-side ; it is expelled the I's milt will be
spe.la&or. His Royal Highness the Dote of Sossr.i
lett this last night, much recovered.
Earl Caavcrs is ready for a sailing match ; he
WAS on the Steyne in the morning, in a green jacket
sand trowsers.
The Duke of NI *Kt somounri rode towards Lewes
to-day, his carriage and servants attending. Se-
veral families h tve arrived. Earl BvsIICELIY and
Lord D A akir.ev were also on horseback.

Mr. BeitlCC is the Pharfse of the day, he drove
his barouclie, with central front springs and four
fine hays, round the Steyne ; he drove his chariot,
with four post horses, in six hours and ten minutes,
from Lond.in to Brighton, which is less time than
that j mrney was ever performed in.
Mr. EDWAILDS entertains At dinner this day, Mr.
Beewec and family, and Mr. KILP‘RTON ant fa-
mily. Mrs. FITZ4E3IICHT is expeded to return to
her house to•morrow. Earl and Countess of Ci.sa.
mos r, and the venerable Lind firwit.our, have beta
aitmg.
A per renege of great magnitude has arrived here,
and his levees are crowded. It is the great 'aurae
that was in London some time since. Every person
of fashion has been to see him.

CHELTENPIAIIf, Auourr 20.

This fashionable place was never more gay, or
more crowded with visitants, than at present. The
delightful Promenade to the Pump Rosin exhibits
every morning a fascinating display of beauty and
elegance ; throughout the day, the shops are nu-
merously attended with liberal customers ; and in
the evening, the public amusements are resorted to
with untelaxin4 avidity.
The Theatre is esrremely well supported ; indeed,
the industry of the Managers, in providing a con-
st.nt succes,ion of novelty, cannot Ire too much
prai,ei, or too liberally rewarded. The I 'We
Rimla was immediately succeeded by the Gcrat
STIrIiUN Kew at.s, who has played some of his
principal charaaers with much success. The two
Beth until; tries have added greatly to the strength
,of the regular company. GATTIL, a few nights
ago, performed Rick, in the After-piece of 1.4,4
Lasgiss at Lorksmitht, in a most admirable stile;
his two songs were rapturously encored. Miss JAMS.
SOS increasts in the esteem of the audience every
time s'se appears; her Amanthrt is inimitable ; it is
hided a true pieture of the unsophisticated Clistd of
Koturr; nor can we withhold Air warm tribute °lap-
probation on her admirable personification of Portia,
in The Mrrrkont of Vr"ice.
Our balls have been well attended ; the elegance
and attention of Mr. KING make every place de-
sirable, that he is concerned in. A great musical
treat is announced for t a-morrow evening at the
Lower 11.0.1111.1. The celebrated Mr. %Yost. r, Mr.
and Mts. Asti e, Madame WEICKVILL, Mr. MA..
OILATII, and Signior Ravzoitio, are announced to
give their assarance.

411,11(G.4TE, AL UST 20.

About seven o'clock, yesterday evening, we per-
ceived a very black and heavy cloud rising from the
North ; in a tew moments the horizon all round he-
came of the same appearance, the water was alallst
as smooth as a looking-glass, and scarcely a breath
of wind blew, when, suddenly, we heard loud peals
of thunder, at about a mile distance, accompanied
by vivid flashes of lightning ; in a short time, the
noise approached much neater, and the thunder
rolled with one continued crash, through the whole
atmosphere. The promenaders on the pier were
now seen flying for shelter ; but before any could be
housed, the rain came down in torrents. In an in-
stant the streets were deserted, and exhibited nothing
but a rapid Hood, carrying every thing before it.
'This continued for near an hour, when again the
clouds began to separate, and the evening became
clear. Several fishing smacks, which went out
with the evening's tide, seeing the threatning dan-
ger, endeavoured to put back, but were overtaken
by it, within about a mile of the shore.
Yesterday being exercise evening, the Xergate
Volunteer Artillery praftised for some time at the
fnrt and point of land on the western side of the
pier, where two 24-pounders were placed. They
fired < • I rounds from the guns at the fort, and
on the point of land, at a entail boat, with a flag,
stationed at about two miles distance from shore to
the northward. A number of very good shuts were
made, but none reached her. This is a very tine
body of men, and appear well disciplined ; their
uniform is bine jackets and pantaloons, faced with
red ; round hats, with white feathers at the side;
each man armed with a sabre.
About eleven o'clock last night it began to blow a
fresh breeze from the N. N. IL and in less than an
hour the gale became 94) brisk, and the sea ran so
high, several fishing smacks, which saikti with the
evening's tide, were obliged to tack about and come
again into port ; the gale is not now s r fresh. and
some of them are getting under weigh. The uno•n-
ing and evening packets from London, are just come
in with several passengers, who had a very hard
night and all sick.
The Prince of °ramie packet. for London, with a
number of passengers, in tacking round the point of
the Pier head, was in the utmost danger of running
right across the small Pier to the North of the great
one, which is ouly visible at low water, in which
case the vessel must inevitably have gone to pieces.
The greatest confusion appeared on board for a few
seconds; the women, of whom there appeared a
great number, screamed violently ; every one run
down to the pier in the greatest apprehension and
terror imaginable; bat, 'intimately. aster rubbing
along sid- the pia forfora few yards, she righted, and
got fairly of, to the sAtoladion of the bye-slanders.

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COVItT OS' k'HANCEnT—Winstsoar, Abaear 21s
Werke,' v. silt WALTER /AIRKH Alt.
The 1..-sti CH 41/CELLO* pronotmced judgment Id
this taus., sorlilch was a bill tiled ha a specific per.;
fiirniance of an agreement, and came befere the
Court on exceptions to the Master's report. His
Lordship was of opinion that the title ro the estate
was rood, and that the Defendant should he come
pelted to take it ; but he did oot think Sir Walter
should pay the costs, as, strietly speairi,g, the title
to six acres had not been clearly made out.
E rimer ill %11, in the tit titer of sit Aw, a finnkrvit.
This Petition *as preferred on the part of the
children 01 the bankrupt, and payed that the com-
mission should be superseded, on the ground that no
oft nt bankruptcy had been committed, and that the
sale of the baokruyt's estate should be set aside.
The A "Twines, (leek,' AL stated, that the COTH.
mission had been taken chit against the bankrupt,
without the slightest pretence to suppose that he
was a trader, or had committed an aft of bankruptcy.
He then stated, fr,m several affidavits, that the

bankrupt never had been engaged in any trade
whatever, and that he had constantly lived on his I
evate in the north of England ; add also, that prior
to the taking out of the commission, he had con-
veyed his estate to his children, e hich was the cause
of this application. The only ssEl of bankruptcy
winch had been proved, and on which the com-
m ssion had been issued, was contained in the de-
position of a person in the country, who lived in
the neighbourhood with the bankrupt ; and stated,
that be heard the bankrupt saying he would go to
America, where he, the bankrupt, heard there wet*
privileged places hi which be would not be in dang-r
of bc.s,g arrested lot debt. As to the sale of the es-
tare, the Learned A rrORPCV GENLIt•L Stated, that
it had been efreClod in the most scandalous manner,
scarcely any notice had been given by advertising,
oat which account there were very few persons pre-
sent besides Mr. Fotbergill, the assignee, his sister,
who was the only bidder, and the attorney who had
is used out the. commission. A few others, were pre-
sent, and when any of them asked whether a good
title could be made out ? the attorney Answered, that
the estate had been conveyed by the bankrupt to
his children ; but that he, the attorney, would
work tto make the title good. The estate was
knocked known to this lady, who was the only
bidder, at 1,3031. considerably less than the value
of it; on which account, and for the reasons before
stated, the Learned Gentleman hoped the Court
would grant the prayer of the Petition.
The Loin C • LLL on, on looking over the
different affidavits, said, the commission was evi-
dently good for nothing, as it was for a judgment
debt, which, on comparing dates, appeared not, in
Loa, to have become A debt, until after the com-
mission was issued ; but as none of the creditors had
joined in the petition, he could cot, in its present
state, grant die prayer of it ; however, lie would
allow it to be amended.

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The loss of the Platy, 14 guns, is confirmed by
accounn from Guernsey ; but the people are al
saved.
The Late:e Nelsen, Capt. LINDSAY, Irons London,
bound to the South Seas, is lost nn the Gallipagos
Islands ; Capt. Lie v, and part of his crew, were
taken WI board the St. Vincent, Cap t. PINKNAN
which vessel was all well off the Gallipagos Island.
on the 15t.ii Nov. with 200 tons of sperm oil.
The Marquis W kunst sr, in consevence of tl e
predatory insurreetions of Mate KHAN, into the Rea
hilla country, &c. had relinquished his intention of,
visiting the upper provinces, till intelligence arri7ed
of the enemy being drivels from thence, and peace
restored is that part of the country subjeift to our
laws and management.
Extraft of a letter from an officer with the Grand
Army at .11hurrpore, dated the SOth January, 1303.
" Seven hundred of is:seiner it AO's hone quitted
the service of that Chieftain, and came into the Bri-
tish camp on the 13th instant, when the serdars of
this body of hone visited his Excellency the Corn-
mauler in Chief, when every thing was settled to
their satisfa:lion."
The following is an extraft from Lord CASTIA-
WON'S letter to the Eledots of Downshire, upon
his declining any farther contest for that county :
" upon &careful inspection of the riigisuy of the *O5, 1%,
in its present most defective state, it Appearifig pmSnbb that a
majority, small, certainly, in it-elf, but nzsertheless sufficatitt
to determine the fate of the eleciion, was likely to remain at
the termination of the poll, in favour of toy Ooortent—a.l have
thought it due to the Freeholders of the County (under the
adirice of my friends), to abstain fruin gout' them fa.timr„
and, a. I conceive, unnecessary trouble, on the present o a-
s ion. 1 must always remember, with the utmo-a gratitude,
the cordial and sallow support I have recite I from a nume-
rous and 111,114 respectable body of friends, in a contest for'
which the County at large were wholly unprepared : and winks
I have to regret that ray hopes, and their eat rtions, have born
in this instance disappointed, 1 cannot but consid,r the re•ult
as the effect of circumstances, and by no means as the delibe-
rate deciaitot of the County."
Some of the state prisoners in Kilmainham gaol,
Dublin, wearied out by confinement, and not hay.
ing the means of supporting their families, have, we
hear, volunteered to go to ADICTICA, on the Govern-
ment paying their expences, which, we ere informed,
has been acceded to, and they are to take their pass-
age in die fist vessel that sails for any of the ports of
that country. This measure is considered as a pre-
lude to a general gaol delivery of all those persons
confined on suspicion of state offences.
The French received a lesson a hundred years
since, which they seem not to have brgotten,
acrd may probably have hastened their late de-
pantile from Vigo. At that period, they received
A total defeat in Vigo harbour, from Sir GEORG&
Rook's squadron, assisted by the Deitch ; to Accrint.
plish their °Neel, they broke through the boom bid
across the bat boor's mouth, and the English took 4
galleons and five men of %Vat ; the Dutch bse gal-
leons and one man of war. Fourteen men of war and
five galleons were destroyed. At the time this was
doing, the Duke of Os MONO. with a body of land-
eel, drove the Spaniards fiorn the castles which
defended the harbour.

The hop-planters of Kent complain of the pre-
sent season as one nut likely to be productive ; but,
it those Gentlemen were to appropriate a very small
proportion of their last two s CAI*: gams AS An adven-
ture in the present Liu: I,y, they would have an op-
portunity, loch ■s is seldom met with, of acquiring
the best crop imaginable, namely. a crop ral Bank
Notes.

iierEiirdzikcL

YORIC AUGUST ACt., NOS.

moNtsail, AI fiecT 19.
Ili; Ilim.lre.l Goin-as, tor .iiis Soave, are four-Year
ends, ar otls, tbs. 6th. six.-yrst olds, Ma.
and ...tied; 19. t .11.—.41.4n
Mr thoferli*: gr. c r..•iid.r. 4 yr. - -
Mr. b c. Quin, h. Sta., 4 ym. old - -
Sir M M br. c f • ftraold. 4 yr% 014 - 3
Hoke of !tamale, b. c. by Weitut, 4 yrs i;ld Broke down
Sir H. Williamson's u. Starling:s yrs old - dt
Pierre's bh. Ferguton, by King Fergus, yrs dr
tilubscripriin of 25es each • four year 4,1, 7st. 9111 lire-year
eidy Fst 511.. sin-year olds and aged, Itst. H3br. hltia allowed
44b.....F0n mil. s.
Mr. Gari•istlil str, f trsta, 4 yrs old - 1
Sir T Gsscriigne's b c by Sir Peter, 4 yrs 04 -
Lord Harlingiool br, h. be ()reflood, 5 yrs. old -
Lord Fitawilliari's bm. Sally, 5 sr.. oil - 4
Duke of Hamilton's b. f. by Walnut, 4 yrs. old -
The Produce Sweepstakes of 11111g.e•Ach, h. ft her roof year
041..; colts list. 71b. follies 8r 41b.--4 miles.
Sir H. T. %-,,,ufa b. c M...ter &:toy, he Si, Peter
Air. Hewett: ch. f. Mtu Eliza Orertun, by Overton -

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Sweep...taker of 200ga ea, it, h. tt .1-t toile awl half.
Lord Ftswillutin's Caleb Q oite 'e.o, Sir Peter, received
Airreit Lose e. by Auibrosio, out of Jessica, and
Mt. Melleh's
Sir 11 Williamamev Fireloek, Ba. Ilb paid ferfe'it to Mr.
Meilish's ist 12lb. luOg.. each, h. ft—Last three
miles.