The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-11-29 00:00:00

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THE 4TRE.

DIORT.LANC.
Lott *he, Mss DUSK A for the fixst time. ap-
peared before a London audience, in the part of
The rr;44. Chively, hi the favourite Comedy of The
&Mises Daughter. Her dress was very showy, and
she Soaked extremely well: her Iselin:mance was
tatinal hi the extrema ; and. if at did not possess
the simplicity. delicacy, and naivete, we have been
accustomed to see displayed in the part of the tu.stic
helk, it was a lively and spirited performance,
end Met with much and deserved applatre.—
Mr. Pusses, in fiarethy Quaint, gave a farther
proof of his's:fellows in that line of atling. It was
a chaste and admitable performance. -Mr. Dow-
roe, in the Gesremee. played with his usual excel-
lence. The interesting and amiable Mr. and Mrs.
Mat/het could not be better filled than by Mr. and
Mrs. H. SIDDONS. Miss C. BllliToWt, as their
child, was very successful. At the conclusion of
the play, Mr. Russaa.t. came forward, and said,
that. is consequence of the sudden indisposition
of Mr. BeNNxsrsa, the farce of The Weathercock
could not be performed ; that hand-bills had
bus distributed. announcing the change to The
Lhieg rad ; butt if any of the autlence had
not bees apprised, the Proprietors solicited their
indulgence. The Ballet of Terps chore was then
performed. and PA It ISOT displayed her beautiful at-
titudes with much effeet. The costume of P,,r is
by no means a happy design. It could he much
improved. The house, after half price, was crowded.

Yesterday morning, His NI AJFITY, the Duke of
Yoac. Princesses ALGUITA, Sorrel*, and AMELIA,

attended by Mr. Garvit.c.r, and nth er attend.nits,
rode on horseback in Windsor Park. Her Ms 'ti-
re, and the other PairicessEs, followed in a car-

riate and four.
Yeaterday, the principal inhabitants of Windsor
dined in the Town•hall, to celebrate the naval •ic-

tories.
The Marquis of SALISBURY will this day leave
town, for Hatfield, where he intends to stay till

after Chrinmas.

Col. BAGWELL. M.P. arrived yesterday at St.
James's Hotel, from his seat in Somersetshire.
Momv•ava Bumoovos, Esq. left town, yester-
day, for his seat, Sutton Park, 11?..ifordshire.
The PORTUGUEVI A m BASCADOIt c. in riVo a grand
breakfast next Sunday, at hi<house, Scuch Audley-

street, to several of the Nobility.
On 'Tueiclay, the Ntanchester Choral Society
dote.' at MORTL•ZeS Tavern, Dean-:street. In

ribcage's' of the evening a few excellent solgs and
1111011111,11“) Wag by Mews. Firesi midwife, Pastor,
and linen.
The Right Han. Jong Sierra. M. P. arrived
yesterday, at his house, in Bruton-street, Lien his
seat. in Yorkshire.
La ty Almost.
her hour. Lower
The Oakes. o'

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Cuattaorte HOOP
Thera was a
Ostend, ander patronage
wettest. for the benefit of the Widows and Orphans
althea* who fell in the late glorious vielory, and
the renelpts, after deducing necessary expenees,
animated to 1061. ss. 6d.
A Match was run over Ludlow Race-ground. on
Thareday last, one four-mile heat, for 100 guineas,
betimes Mr. SPIMPPAao's, of Wilson, gelding Saar-
kr. and Mr. Pitman's, of Wenlock, noted mare
Driiia. Bets ran high on Degbdili but she was
distanced.
The Duke of Queues v has munificently
saliscribed another Thodsand Pounds to the Patriotic
road at Ltorn's, towards the relief of the sufferers
is the late glorious action; while Admiral P. !Lu-
men, erbe has had all the rich naval gleaning of the
ladiaa seas, for the last ten years, seems to have sa-
ddled his professional feelings, by a benevolence of
Ektilless.
Yeeterday forenoon, a Gentleman driving his
eateide down Fleet-street, a waggon came in con-
tad with one of the wheels : the Gentleman and his
servant were both thrown out, but did not receive
any material injury.
A singular and awful visitation occurred a few
days ago at Hebden-Bridge, near Halifax. As the
corpse of the wife of a -labouring man lay in the
co En, previous to interment, the afflicted husband
drew near to take his lust farewell—he suddenly
dropped down, and, before medical assistance could
be procured, expired.
On Tuesday night, at eight o'clock. an alarming
fire broke oat at Mr. A s 's, Bookseller, Corn-
hill ; which, owing to the presence of mind of his
eldest daughter, shutting the door, and confining the
Barnes, and the great exertions of his neighbours
and the firemen, was got under, after having totally
destroyed the bed-room and all the furniture. The
cause of this accident was the shameful neglea of
the servant, who, in turaing down the bed. set fire to
the furniture.
With becoming attention to the feelings of the
friends of Admiral Lord Nstsor, and also of the
pablic, the Herald's College will open a book. in
which all Noblemen and Clergymen, desirous of at-
tending the fimeral, may inscribe their names, that
they may be saale the precession. The Prince
of Weiss bas *OW his inanition of assisting at
the cerensosyr
.ead of mane }Be ROYAL HIOMP ess
will be the chief mourner. It is a high and splen-
did tribute of the Mesa A MT Of the Crown to
the gtenteet warrior that the Inspire has produced
use. the hammed Psfaat.sostooen. It has been
thought that it wasid have added to the magnifi-
cence of the solemnity, if the corpse had bean
brought from Greenwich Hospital to the Jerusalem
Chamber, and that from theme it had been con-
veyed In peatanien to it. Paul's. By this means,
bath cities would have coataluted to the mournful
af the some ; but, we hear, it was thought,
=d '
al seism of the yea. the discuses might
have beat immieemiest so Many aged persons, who
—, by prefessiss. soda in the precoutes.

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LAW INTELLIGLivi: .

COURT OF CH .:C KY, N

PARRY u M RRICR.
The Plaintiff, i.. this CA ie. is pryp►mt.l
estate And corn-mills at Merton, in Surrey,

Defendant is his lest e a :,orti.7: of la,
called Brewer's-mead and 1.,i,t1e-niead, which •
'en.•tended to have a tight of watering by iii.a/1.1 •
3 pipes, drawn from ti.e water of the, rivet Wave
flowing through the et-un--nig* of the Plaintiff Is
September. 1304, the Defendant drew off tarps
quantities of water, from what he termed the sur-
plus of that applied to the Plaint:ff's mills, after
the water came to a cereaia height. The
finding this drain detrimental to his property in the
mills, and injurious to the supply ..f the public •
markets; and considering also, that he had no right
to do so. either from usage, or agreement, filed a
bill in Chancery against hiM, and ohtaine-f au in.
jan.lion against his drawing off water from the three
sluices. until the qnestion of right. at issue between
them, should be decided. The Defendant then,
after taking upwards cf twelvemonth, to make in-
quiries. at last brought in his an%veer ; and, this day,
applied to have the injunCtion dissolved, uonn affi-
davits, that he believed he bad a right to draw off
this water from immemorial usage, and firim what
he colleeted to be the opinion of several old inhabit-
ants. In reply to this, several contradidaty affida-
vits were urged on behalf-of the Plaintiff, and a
lease was exhibited, by which the risk of the lessee
was restricted to a tingle sluice.
After the case had been argued at great length,
in suporirt of the injunCtion, by Messrs. ROMILLY
and We r wzawee. and on kilt other side, by the Ar-
TORNLY•GESEII AL and Mr. RICH sips.
The Loa!) CH •31c Lccoa said, shit the principal
difficulty Arnie from the ownership of the mills.
and the grounds through which the river or st -
flowed, being in the same person As to the infer .
memorial usage, he thought it very doubtful whe-
ther it could have existed in the tenant; as, insteei of

being confirmed by the lease then before the Court,
the quantity of water was remitted by it. It was,
however, impossible for him to decide at present on
which side the justice of the case really lay. If
the Defendant had done what he had no right to do,
and what could be sheen detrimental to the pro.
petty, and injurious to the right of the Plaintiff,
perhaps a short remedy might have been had, in
another place, by an attion of damag.s; but be
could not say that he was so good a judge of
these matters, as to state that with confid.,,co.
As the case now stood, he was not sure that it %souls'
he sti,Ct justice, either to dissolve the quahog, or
order it to be continued, till the case could be
de-
termined in that Court ; but what he recommendedl
to the Arroassv-Gatiza•L was, to shape for his
client, the Defendant, a short issue, to be tried else-
where, reserving to the one, the charaeter of as
owner, and to the other, that of a lessee, but coat
fining it to this particular question. In the mean
time, the initinaion should be continued until Lb.%
issue should be determined.

pronouncing judgment
of the Court, spoke nearly as follows ;
" You, Evelyn Pierrepoint Dormer, are to receive
the judgment of the Court, npoo an information
filed against you, for sending a challenge to Robert
Knight, Esq. of which you have confessed your-
self Flrilty. The letter on which you have been
consofted, discloses, that you ate brother to the Pro-
secutor's wife. Had you been put upon your trial,
of the import and parpose of this letter, a jury
could not entertain the slightest doubt, nor could
the Court be mistaken in your meaning. But if
any doubt remained upon your fint letter, the set
cond puts it out of all question; you there desire*
the Court may be informed of your present opinions
of his being a coward, a liar, and a scoundrel. You
here confessed your real intention was to vilify and •
defame the Prosecutor, to treat the Court with cam-
tempt, and defeat the ends of justice. No other
exposition can be put upon those words. Let me,
for a moment, contemplate upon what was your
real intention in writing those letters ; to take away
the life of your sister's husband, and to embrue
your hands in your brother's blood. Although this
may be consistent with the mistaken laws of honour,
it is totally adverse to the law of the land ; and bad
your intention been put into practice, and the fatal
consequences followed, how dreadful would it have
been, when you should stand on the floor of another
Court, to receive the awful sentence of the law,
for a foul and sanguinary murder. It is much to
be lamented, that the great pains taken by the
Court, to make known, and explain the law of the
land upon this subjeff, has been so disregarded.—
In addressing you, as a man of sense and education,
I should have supposed this was not unknown to
you, and this is a further aggravation of your of-
fence. Had your brother fallen a vi Lim to your
unruly passions, how dreadful would be your situ-
ation when you were brought up to receive sentence
for so horrible a crime; this your own feelings can
best describe ; and here I cannot impress too
strongly upon your mind, the mercy, humility, and
propriety of the Prosecutor, who, instead of corn.
plying with your invitation to the field, has left you
to the decision of the law of the land, against whisk • j
you have so studiously and violently offended. That
law will make no delay, in visiting with the greatest
severity, persons who, like yourself, bid defiance to
a Coon of Justice. We are sorry to find, in this
case. no circumstances of mitigation ; your affidavit
contains mouses upon eircumsta ices, which you
say, the delicate situation in which you are placed.
renders you unable to disclose; of such surmises,
the Court can take no notice, and must entirely
banish them out of their con ideration. Taking.
therefore. all the circumstances of your ease into
our consider Aims, the Court do order and adjudge,
that you, for this offence, do pay a fine of SOL to
the King, and be committed to the custody of the •
Marshall of the Manhalseu of th s Court. for 1.111
space of three calendar months, and at the empire.
Lion of that period., that you do enter into security

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, arrived yesterday, at COURT OF KING's-BF.MCII, wuriatisarsa, Roe. st.
leer Grosvenor-street, from Ramsgate.
the Earl of Deasy's seat, in Kent, vise KIMO e. av Kt vs ekuurourt apiece,. &saw
Id& staohn of the year, in overflow ' The berinaint, in ilthica&i, *as isresuifft up to
r, to enjoy the sports of the field. has receive tae judgment of the Court, for sending a
i east over it by the death of Lady , challenge to his brother-in-law, Robert Knight, WAR:
Hoenly. File particulars of this case we have laid before our
a grand Concert on Monday last, at readers, at length, in our paper of Wednesday last.
re the patronage of Sir D i Gs• MAC a- Mr. Justice GROSE, in pronouncing the judgment