The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-04-25 00:00:00

BERWICK ELECTION.

You are mis-informed with respect to Mr. A's.
being the friend a Mr. F. as he only became ac-
quainted with him by an accidental introduction
the day they set off for Berwick ; and Mr. S. who
is called Mr. Frs. friend, was certainly so, as he as.
sisted him, during his own canvas last year, as the
conchilion of the Berwick Petition has already shewn;
and if Sir J. C. has been unsuccessful in the late
Election, it is not for want of interest in the 80.
rough, where he is so highly esteemed ; but the loss
of his Election was entirely to be attributed to those
Votes not arriving in time which would have given
him a great majority. The popularity of Mr. H. in
the Town, and Mr. F. has its source in the Fisheries,
in which numbers of the Burgesses are employed.
The writer of this is not personally acquainted
with Sir J. C. but merely inserts it out of justice to
the great charaaer he bears in the world for honour,
integrity, and every good quality that can adorn a
man.

A SPECTATOR OF THE LATE ELECTION.

THE MARRIAGE PROMISE.

The Bath Herald of Saturday, alluding to the
Critique which appeared in this- paper upon the new
Comedy, contains the following observations :
" An ingenious writer in one of the London critiques on the
new Comedy, in blaming the author fur making some allu-
sions to the recent duel, states, " That the only marked dis-
pleasure which the late Mr. Henderson ever received, was upon
a similar occasion at Rath: He was playing the character, of
Faking.; and in the soliloquy upon honour, where he asked
who has it?' and' answers r he that died on Werhodtry; he'
marked the passage with a peculiar emphasis that led the 11,4
dienee to believe he alluded to Viscount du Barry who fell on
the preceding R cdticsday near thateity, in a duel with Count
Rica. Mr. Henderson was in consequence hissed off the
stage.' The circumstance i: perfectly in our recollection, and
must be in that of many of our readers. No disapprobation
whatever was shown; on the contrary, those who were not
conversant with Shakespeare, were pleased at the allusion
which they thought the day at least, was a spontaneous sey
of their favourite comedian ; but that part of the audience who
knew it to be the exact text of Shakespeare unaltered, were
astonished at the wonderful coincidence, and testiried their ap•'
probation in vociferated applause accordingly. The whole
plays for the week were given out, as usual, on Mond iy; /fiery
the Fourth was cast for Saturday, and the fatal duel took place
on the Bth on nithhamptun Down the intermediate
--A Rath audience had ever too much goof humour to hiss
their most favourite actor off the stage, and particu'arly those
nip, knew lie literally adhered to hi: author."

The writer of the Critique alluded to, did not
mean to throw any reflection upon the memory of
Mr. Henderson. That has been reserved for his
injudicious friend on the Bath Herald, who asserts
that the allusion was intended by the performer and
received by the audience with vociferated applause.
We leave to every candid Critic, to judge what
must be the delicacy and feeling of the actor and
audience who could have conducted themselves in
the manner stated in the Bath Herald. Thinking
better of their taste, we do repeat that the audience
did conceive the allusion to have been intended, and
as a polished and refined audience, reprobated it
accordingly.

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A Court of Aldermen will be held at Guildl4ll
to-morrow, for the purpose of swearing into office
JOSEPH BCSHNAN, Esq. lately eluted by the Court
of Common Council, to be Comptroller of the
Chamber, in the room of PHILIP WY AT CROW.
Tuf.a, Esq. deceased, and also for the elediou of a
Keeper of the Poultry Compter.

Lord RED ESD ALE has proved himself a true friend
to Ireland ; he has sold all his English estates, anti
applied the produce to the purchase of land in Ireland.
This proves his confidence in the security of that
country, and will tend to fulfil the promise of the
Union, by inducing the capitalists to follow his ex-
ample. His Lordship is on the eve of matrimony
with Miss PEiteivaL, daughter of the Earl of
EGKEMONT.

The parish of Christ Church, in Surry, is rent in
twain; one half is contending for a new church—
the other for the repairing of the old one.
The Mon iteur contradicts the assertion that has

appeared in most of the English papers respecting
the Grand Master and his Deputy :Laing under
French influence. It denies that M. DE Buss- is a.
Frenchman ; but asserts that he is of an ancient Ita-
lian family, that has for several cehtnries resided in
a town in the Papal dominions.

We have received the New York Papers to the
2‘24 of March. One of them, under date Phila-
delphia, contains the following article: Captain
OAKFORD, of the Stuannah, from Rotten, is the
bearer of dispatches from our Minister at Paris. It
appears that Mr. LIVINGSTON is dissatisfied with his
situation. He commands none of the-respect and
deference due to the station of a Minister from an
enlightened and great nation. This dissatisfaelion,
we understand, has hillced him to solicit a speedy
recall."

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