The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-01-23 00:00:00

SPORTING.

At the sale of Lord Monson's stud, l.is horse
Easy sold for 600 guineas ; and Srvd, bou4ht at
1,000 formerly, was sold for 400. The best hunter
was bought by Lord Pollitiglon ; and seine by Mr.
Osbaldeston, who is reported to have en intention
of hunting the fox-hounds himself. The country
might, perhaps, hare been as well pleased to have
had a professional bowfin in, as the gentlemen
amateurs amass themselves oftener than the public.
—The frost, however, has, for the present, arrested
the keenness of all sportsmen, and given a respite
to jaded horses and tired dep.
The coursing meetings in Berkshire are reported
as likely to revive their former celebrity, as the.
disputes between Lord Craven and the farmers,
about the preservation of the hares, are said to be
terminated.

The second Milton Meeting taken plate the first
whole week in Febroirr, and the Newmarket one
will have their second Meeting in that month.

Pointy.
A Doctor wee une dm, a great pare,
As If ►e'd been cali'd to souse daagerous Casa ;
How, now ! (quoth ■ frielid) Why d'ye push on so fast.
Do you fancy your Patient is breathing his lasi
Oh no, (quoth the Doctor) but (spurring his mare)
I fear he'll recover before I get t►ere.
Rdenbritige, Jan. 6, int*. R T.

The ball at the York Autembl”rontts. on Thurs-
day. in honour of Her MAJtt7•Ty's Lirtli-day, WU!
well amended by a number of the Fa►luuaablcs of
that city and neighbourhood. The dreasss of the
Ladies were in the and style of elegance anti taste.
The anniversary of Her hlaJtorrv's birth-day
was celebrated in Swansea. no Thursday, with the
usual demonstrations of loyalty. The armed ships
tired royal salutes. and the day closed with • hall
and supper at the Mackworth Arms, which were at-
tended by a numerous and highly respectable as-
semblage of company.
The Duchess of RICHMOND and tine Ladies Ls-
-1,101 will accompany the Duchess of Gosport tu
England, about the middle of March next.
The LORD LIEUTENANT of larmann, accom-
panied by Lord MARCHE and his Aids-de-Camp,
left town, at half-peat eight o'clock on the 15th
inst., on a visit to the Earl of FARNHAM, in the
county of Cavan.

The Earl of HAUTIIGTON remains still ',try
much indisposed wah the gout, at his apartments,
ia the Royal Ilospital, near Dublin.
The Committee appointed at %Yak-field, to dis-
tribute the Jubilee clothing, have given, from the
fund of 4i41., goo blankets, 146 shirts, and 303
shifts, so as to afford relief to 717 poor families.—
The ladies of the town undertook, for the most
part, the making of the clothing.
The LADY MAYORESS of Dublin has announced
her intention of giving • grand Masquerade on the
gih of next month. The preparations see alressly-
commenced on the grandest scale.
The Dublin Society have requested Mr. FOSTILIL
to sit for his picture, to be hung up in their Great
Room. Mr. FosTag has, with genuine patriotism',
granted their request, by consenting to sit to Sir
WILLIAMS BERCRY, R. A. of this city.
Mr. ARNot.o's popular Opera Up all Night,
was revived last eight at the Lyceum. It drew •
most brilliant and crowded house, and went off with
eclat.

Mrs. JORDAN commences a series of five nights,
on Monday met, at York. in the character of
Peggy. in The Country Girl. On Wednesday she
will ploy the Widely Cheerly, in The Soldier's
Daughter. Her engagement will close on Satin.
day.
Madam CATALANI is engaged for ftiur nights at
the Glasgow Theatre ; her first appearance was to
have been on Saturday last, which was prevented,
we are sorry to state, by indisposition.
On Christmas-day, a large company dined at the
house of Mr. Wmt.tast Stuesom, gardener, in the
abbey of Caulbookeneth, near Stirling, alien a large
tart, filled with gooseberries, which had been pulled
that day, in an excellent state, was served up.

We uuderstaud Meer WHEAT Letr has purchased
of Mr. Hamm, of Vingate-tull, near Tadcaater,
three colts ; one by ilatabktoniars, out of Driver's
d.un„ ruing two years old ; one lit Sancho, out of
Driver': dam, foaled lest year; moil one by Skattle,
dam by Carbuncle, foaled also last year.

HOSPITALITIES Or TREDBOAIL—This noble
mansion was, dunng the whole period of Christmas,
the scene of unbounded festivity and mirth. Sir
CHARLES MottGat displayed hi* usual munificence
by amply providing every delicacy in the greatest
variety, for the entertainment of his numerous
guests. who averaged (including their servants)
ithout 100 persons daily. Among the company
were noticed—
Mr. and Mrs. Leigh, Mrs. Daces, Mr. and Mr.. Eld,
Cal and Mrs. [mettles, Cul. and two Misses Molyneaus,
Mr. and Mn Hornfray, Capt. Chaisbre, Me R. M. pp*,
Mr. Prichard, Major Gibbs, Mr. T. and Mr. G. Runs, to-
gether with wane other highly respectable falsities, kc. in
Glearmergaiahme cud 31unnawailashire.

We believe scarcely in the memory of the olde.t
person living has there 'seen such a series of mild
weather at the season, as what we have experienced
for several weeks past, insomuch. that if we may
credit the statements *four various contensporariee,
to the instances of gooseberry and other trees
blossoming and even yielding fruit—bird* in a state
of incubation—owe are informed that butterflies,
reanimated by the genial heat of the sun. hate been
seen gaily flitting in the denied tnraila--stud to corn.
islet! the meteorologic phenomenon, the note* of the
shy cuckoo have been distine tly beard. How altered
now the settle! how changed the face of nature a
frost, a killing frost suecceris ; Oa* liveries. too ten-
der to bear the rigour of the hyping Mao, drop
beneath their branches—the gaudy butterfly no
mere is user—devolution hunts the feathered tribe.
and the echo of the ominous ruck's(' no longer Hlls
the air. Au awful hut iiritrurrivo leasuy
'girded sof the incertitude of humor nature.

LAW INTFI.LIGENCE.

C 3I'ItT OF KING'S BENCH, GuiLunAir., J•vi. 92.

Slita rtiax, hefroe bora E1.1.6N60-
110Utall) and a Sprcial Jury.

?HELPS V ALOGOF.

This was as action brought to recover on a po..
lieu of isiourance, effected on the t aigo of the ship
Margaret and .4nne, while at Iceland, and on her
return to the port of London. It appeared that
the ship was burnt to the water's edge on her haute-
ward-bound passage, and that the rods received
considerable damage. In defence, it was set up
that the ship had deviated from her voyage, as spe-
cified in the policy, and that there was utinecsaury
and unusual delay in getting tine cargo. In the
first place a deviation took place on the 1,4 of Au.
gust, when the ship get under weigh, from her
moorings off Iceland, and went in pursuit of a
strange sail, supposed to be in enemy's vessel. Se-
condly, that the cargo was delayed getting on
ligrd, by a number of the men going on shore to
plunder the inhabitants. It was admitted on the
part of the Plaintiff, that he did get under weigh
on the 15th of August, and gave chase to a strange
sail, but it was by the order, and under the dint:-
non of Capt. Jones, commander of His Mejelty'a
ship Talbot, who sent his First Lieutenant, of the
name of Stewart, on board the Margaret, for
the purpose of getting her under weigh. It was
also admitted, that • certain proportion ..f the crew
were sent on shore armed, not to plunder the in-
habitants, but to protect themselves style gettive
wood. &c. ; but that there was always a sufficient
complement of men left on board to take in the
cargo, as the craw consisted of eti, when 14 would
have been sufficient to navigate her.
Lord Et.t.asooaotiota observed, he was of *pi-
nion, the orders given by Captain Jones, for the
purseit et the enemy's ship, were not such as the
Master of the Margaret and plane was neceasanly
bound to comply with. and of course it made •
deviation in the original intentioo of the voyage.
Under these considerations he ordered the Plaintiff,
to be -.suited, which was accordingly done. .

PHELPS t. PaATT.

This was a wits decided by
the lad. and* uon-sutt

11“11.1ItS

An inquest was held, yesterday, at the Old
litimmiiins, Covent-garden, by ANTHONY GKLL,
Esq. on the body of Mr. Stephen Watts, who shot
himself on Saturday.
George While, the porter of the house, said,
that. on Saturday last, about seven o'clock in the
evening, he went up to the deceased's room to stir
the tire, which he did, ■od observed the deceased
sitting on a chair by the side of the fire, with his
hat on, and the saltness thought he was asleep ; on
turning out of the room he raw a quantity of blood
on the lour; the witness called up the head-
waiter, who. on entering the room, sent out for
medical assistance.

James Jerkins, waiter at the Old Hummums,
said. on Saturday he was called up by the last wit-
ness ; he went into the room and saw the deceased,
who had a woollen leg, sitting on a chair by the
Ort-sida with bis but ost. and.a pistol. which had
been discharged, lying on his right thigh, another
loaded pistol was near him—a quantity of con-
gealed blood was on the floor, and the balls of the
pistol had passed through the right side of the
jaw-bone, through the skull and the crown of
the hat, and reboundtd on the other aide of the
room,where they were picked up. and a piece of flesh
close to one ; the witness said, that the deceased had
slept there for seventeen successive nights ; witness
did not observe any thing extraordinary in his man-
ner and behaviour. As it was the rule of the house
not to provide any refreshments, as any thing that
was wasted was sent for by the gentlemen from the
coffee-housr, witness had not seen the deceased
that day, hut he had been told that he had sent
oat a letter about six o'clock that afternoon ; the
witness was sent to inquire whether the deceased
had had his breakfast vent from the coffee-house
that morning ; en his return, he said that he had
not had any breakfast that day.
Doctor Jones, of the Strand, who examined
the body, aua of opinion, that the deceased came
to his death by the leaden bails that were found in
the room.

Mr. John Watts, a pephew to the deceased, said,
that he resided at some distance from town, and
had not seen his uncle but once in hi. life, and that
was on Friday last, shout one o'clock in the fore-
noon; he was then in bed, and being his firstinter-
view, be did not observe any thing purucular in
his manner. The principal conversation that rather
astonished him, was about the eapenses of travel-
ling, and family expenses. Alvin two years ■go,
he had heard persons, who were well acquainted
with his uncle, say, that his spirits were forced, and
he had not the least doubt hut the fatal catas-
trophe was occasioned by insanity.
Col. M. Frank said, that he had known the de-
ceased ever since his childhood, and hail been in
habits of intimacy with him ; that he was about
sixty years of age. and his tinnily resided at South-
ampton; in the months of July and August last,
the witness was nn a tour round the coast, and call-
ed at the deceased*, house, and observed him very
much altered iii his manners; he was, at that time,
in very great agony, from the effects of • wound
which he had received in America, at the time of the
Revolution, and he had since lost his leg from the
direct of his wounds, which would sometimes break
out ; the witness has observed him burst ant into
immoderate fits of laughter ; b 0 111101 so as to
frighten thome around him. ‘Vitties. said that the
deceased had received several wounds in the head.
while in America. and was once lett in the woods
for dead, land after crawling fur sonie considerable
distance, was carried of for upwards of two hundred
miles up the country by the Indians. Afterwards
he returned to England, and, on account of his
br 'very. was appointed in the Bth, a =welling regi-
ment, and after that got an indepenalient company
lq the Island of Jersey, which, when broken by the
new regulations, ha was appointed Assistant-Bar-
rack-irmester in that ishusd, which entitled him to
the rank of Major.
The Jury returned a verdict of—f.wa•ey, and
• Litladmid vl e. au the pis ail.