The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-06-07 00:00:00

LONDON,
SATURDAY, Julia 7.

Lord Renate, PhTly, LA night, aktr.clonr,l f,r
e present, the propise'd tat. ,•:1 private brewe;:es,
id gave notice of his intention to substitutes in its
lace an addition of ten per cent. to the assessed
lies. 1-k nonottnced, at the same time, his in-
mion to bring forward the tax upon private
ieweries next year.

The frigates arrived in the. West Indies, are sup'
reed to be the following. which sailed from
li'Orient 27th March:—via. Li Guerritre, of 48
24-pounders ; Reaaatrite, .lirenee, and the Fels, lie, of
44 18-rounders each. The Navarre sailed in corn-
pa.ny, out Was captured.
rue ships for the first convoy to England. sailed
from Surinam, on, the 22d of April; those from De-
merara were over the Bar the same day, waiting for
the Surinam ships, to proceed to Sr. Kitts.
The Vestal frigate, Capt. Disuse, has taken a
Vrench lugger of 14 guns, and 47 men, off Calais,
and carried her into the Downs. The lugger was in
company with two others, which effated their et-
cape into Calais.
The Hale 'frigate, et-rived at Liverpool, brings
advir.e that a French srotadron, the farce not men-
tioAed. was in February list off the coast of Africa.
We have rat-ived Paris Papers to the 29th last,
anti letters and Papers from Holland to the 2d in-
stant. The acenuots respeSing the mostemems
the French armies in German', are contradiaory.
Some held nut an expenavon, that the French
troops would speedily evacuate the Austrian terri.
triy. while others annonnce proceedings which indi-
cam an int, titian to remain in their old (ratters.
The Paris papers contain intelliaence from 's aides
to the 10. h lan. Ttey are silent respeehno, the pro-
;ess which has been mi3e in the siege of Gaeta.
King Jove!' Vs'it% to make his triumphal entry into
'Violas on that day. According to the private let-
tots from Holland of the 2d, Louis Fin lAPAaTI,
the destined Sovereign &Batavia. is expeCted at the
Hague upon the 1201. The Dutch funds have
fallen enneiderahly since the first annunciation of this
inralligence.
I! is :1.1 extraordinary circumstance, that the
Karl of Eials arrived in England upon the very
day three vrar• on which he was made captive m
France. The meeting of his Lordship, retween his
weather and Lis amiable wife, after so lung an ab-
sence. was interesting and affeffing.
The Bill fcr barter encouraging the staanuf•eure
nf thread lace. in Great Britain, las been pt.nt-.1.
'lnc following are its *nailing clauses duties
OE euitoms on importation rat thread !ace to cesse.and '
new duties to be sobstiteted. Duties to be managed
as former duties. Foreign thread lace to be marl-
ed Foreign thread lace unmarked may be seized
Sods truaarked lace to be forfeited, and the party
fined upon convietion. Persons counterfeiting marks.
to be punished. nu conviaian, by fine. Proof of lace
not being foreign to be on the pet srus ia posiession.
Lace waved, at less than real value, to be forfeited.
FAre.gn thread lace to be imp,rted iutq the port of
Landon onty. Dunes on stamps to be under the
care of Commissioners of Stamps. Dealers i:.
thread lace to take nut licences. The forgery of
stamps to be felony. Unl tensed persons not to sell
thread lace. Dealers exposing thread lace to sale,
to place lentils over their door, stating themselves,
Dealers in Foreign Lace, or Dealers in British
Lace," as the caw may he. An appeal to lay to
the Quarto' Sessions. The remaining clauses relate
to the Illtiotinto reCovery, and application of the
penalties.
A private Letter from Dublin, dated June 2, says,.
" Our streets were, ye,terday, the scene of a must
extramdinary riot. Our University is, you know,
dedicaiad to the Trinity, and that Trinity Sunday
has been always observed es a grand festival by the
Srudents, who, on that day, are treated at dirtn.r with
ennuis: good cheer, and the higher order of them
(ttie Fellow Commoners) indulaed with a certain
qrsyntity of Claret. Perhaps it yas owing to the
latter circumstance. that some of them, early yes..
tdrday evening. exhibited strong symptoms of irre-
gldarity. A body of about thirty, paraded the
meets in theineighlsourhood of the College, armed
with short bludgeons; and though they did not im-
niediately proceed to any gross outrage, it was easy
to see, their forbearance would be of no long dura-
tion. At length. one of them, more daring than his
fdihsws, attacked two or three persons of the lower
class. who ..*ere stanaing near the Statue in College-
Green • they, as was natural, endeavoured to de-
fend themselves; the whir Stodents flew to the aid
" of their friends. and the populace tr,ok part with
their opponents ; a general engagement was the
consequence. College-Green has bean lately broken
up. her the putpose of repairing the pavement, and
the loose stones afforded an abundant supply of
tattle weapons ; these were hurled by either party
at the other with great vigour, but happily with such
bad atm, that not more than ten or twelve persons
in ah have been injured ; some of those. however,
tie, 1 understand, seriously hurt. During this dia.
raceful *erne, many of the Fellows, at the immi-
nent petal (of their lives, endeavoured to calm the
turnalt,- a - 2. to recal the Students to a sense ef duty,
eta 'bath threats and entreaties Were in vain. At
one;tinie. great fears were entertained for the safety
1' asoidior, wan was passing. Not being aw.ire of
.shat was going forward. he got involved amongst
Ste cesalLit•nts. and advancing from the mob, had
wady ruched the middle space between both par-
', Fes, when, perceiving his danger, he mask up a stone
Fit his defence. •.It is to be presumed, that the
r s Aetna, from this latter circumstance. took
an enemy; foe, as soon as he reached their body,
;:ve or *.our of them sets al h.tu, an I forced him
utn the College ; here, h leaver, nor cl the Feilcws
r.• nosed and saved his Iserson from turth.:r v:0-
ialatt. Upon application at the S.Teiime.id.int
**ideate's, it was found that he ha.: dined out,
.a.! only one Mace Osbert. was forthcoming.
jrdes was not left!. Tr until a troop of the lath
e.
• lit Dragnant were caned nut, at WhPle appear-
a. e, Oe Students retired within the College gates.
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