The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-05-03 00:00:00

THE COUHT.

Yesterday, about two o'clock, Her MAJISTV
held a Drawinz-roam at St. James's Palace, which
wo very numerously and elegantly attended by the
Antient Nobility, and Families of DistinCtion. It
was attended by the Princesses Ei IZAILTH, MARY,
SOPLI A, and ASIF LS A, the Princess of Wsi
Duo!less ot Ynn.; and Princess SOPIIII• of G 1.01,
MIRK ; Dukes of YORK, CklNt KKR L AND, K EST,

Sussex, •And CAMBRIDGE, and Prince WILLIAM of
GLOUCESTER; the SFCRETAPILS Of STATE, the
Loßt) CHANCELLOR of fiat AND, Archhishop of
CANTERBURY, the Bishop of EJCRHAM, the DEAN
of Yolk, the De AN of WINDSOR, the LORD CHIEF
„TEKTITE of the Court of Common Pleas, the JUDGE
ADVOCATE of SCOT LAND, their Excellencies the
SWEDISH, HESSIAN, SANDINIA'I, NEAPOLITAN,
HANOVER' A N,And WIIITEM SERGI AN AMBASSADORS.;
and there were present,

Diikesa—Somerset~ Atbol, Rutland, Beaufort, Montrose,
Gordon, Button, Devonshire.
Ducheue—iSomerset, Gordon, Northumbeiland, Dowa;ir
Leeds, Devonshire, Beaufort.
Marquirvesv-iliertford, Lorne.
Marchionesses—kbercom, Wadfort,Slipa,Salisbury,Downa
shire,lstli, Staffiad, Donegal.
Earls—Uxbridge, Warwick, Chatham, Camden, Kingston,
Pembroke, Spencer, Westmorland, Winchelsea, Mansr,hl, •
Westmeath, Egientoet, Bo:cherry, Carlisle, Maccle.field,
Chatham, Romney, Chichester. Banbury, Morton, At/Arnie,
Craven, Aylesford, Aberdeen, Mansfield.
Countesses-.-Uxbridge, Cholmondeley, Warwick, Camdea.
Stamford. Del-ware, Pembroke, Fulton, Macele.field, Harring-
ton, D.utm iiith, Darnley, Ilchester, Stamford, Aylesbury,
flardwirk, Dorchester, Errol, Imhoff; Limerick and ter
daughters, Ile, Carlisle. Cardigan, Mansfield
Viscounts—Carltten, Sidney, Bulkeley, Gage, Downe, Cas
deresgh.
Viscountesses—Somerton, Carleton, Denran, Castlereagh,
Crahlcy, Bulkeley and two &Lighters.
Lords—sAshbrook, Braybrook, Rouse, Alvanley, J. Thynne,
G. Thynne, Amherst, Aboyne, Rodney, Bayning, Broom,
Brook, Loraine, Radstock, Billing, Bruce, Rieleutale,
Montgomery, C. Somerset, Harewood, Dorville, Boston,
Somerville, G Cavendish, Harrowby, Barham, Valera, Hawke,
Grantham, D Ikeith, Falmouth, Cawder, H Fitzgerald, H.
Somerset,A. Somerset, Stopford, Seises, and Mulvey..

Cuuut Munster.
Baron Leatna.

Ashbrook, 9 Marshams, Northeak, Bray-
brook, Rouse, F. Hatton, Yarborough, Alvanley, J. Thyme,
G. Thenne, 3 Thynnes, Amherst, ()Masai. Fitzgerald, \Val-
shigharn, Mar., Moyne, 2 Grays, 2 Hamiltons,Shamben,
Honteirs, M Taylor, 9 Percya, Brook, Loraine, Rarktock,
liming, IL and E Townshend, Balkelev, Redesdale, Dinevor,
De Clifford, Canieve, M Sentinel", VernanJMorpeth, Mont-
rimm, D.shwood, A. Cumberland, Smith, Brownlow, Ginn-
tham, Dawkins, L Enkine, Shaw, Somers, Northwiek, C
Harper, Villers, C. Bellasyse, Deering, Powis, W. %Vinyard,
C Luean, Alsf ird, Ilarrowby, 2 Fitzgerald], Batiks, G. Caven-
dish, F. Spent-r, Douglass, Somerton, Campbell, Walpole,
Finch, lirownlow, Cornwall, C. Levison, 2 Yorks, Bishop,
Hall, G. %%Hey, Cavan, ?Jitney, L flronm, Finch,
Rawley, Cotton, Morrison, Rodney, Cawder, 2 Toond-nds,
Calth,rpe, Montague, Fineastle, Trigg, Fitzroy, A. M. Stan-
horte, Selsva, Hales, and Mu'grave.

Admiral Gambier.
Lieutenant Gera•rils—Doele, Hunt, and Abney.
Gensrals—M rrienn, F.l,llile, Doyle, Needham, Paoli, Cal-
vert, Phipps, Manners, and Burton.
Coa•mclt—Tnoinas, Dalzel, Campbell, Howard, Askew,
Drsbrow, Dahey, Cornwall, Herbert, Doran, Paget, Harley,
Farmer and Fane.
Lieutenant Colima, Askew.
Majors.—Shioley„ly, and Letwortb.
Causains—RagersSeld, R. Pirrrepuint, Gill, Herbert,
11,0 alee. fitsseleYs Rahman. *Owns, Torn, R. PI., &ewes, Ir.
Skinner, B. N. Ondow, and Burtows.

Count "kohl.
Si •—.E Isepey, J. Mentor mery, J. Mansfield, T. Trigge,
J. banks, A. Da,hwood. J. Douglas, C I Heard, S.
Scotto, G Conrwall, S Cntterel,J. B.War reel, T. Chirps, W.
Clayton, and H. Clerk.
Doctor Marihatn.
Reyer trod Mr. Legge.
The following numerous Presentations to Her
MAJ LST Y took place:
Colonel Dorien, Major Elty, and Lieutenants Horst and
Abney nt the Royal Horse Guards, by Earl Nlorton.
Lieutenant Colonel Askew, on his being appointed to the
command of toe Gatehead Volunteers.
Lads Charlotte Lemon, by her mother the Marrhionrss of
Stai!ord.
The Earl and Countess of Chichester, on their coming to
their tires.
Mrs. Cnampney by the Countess of Uxbridge.
Mi.' Smith by Lady Smith.
Two Miss Nottbs by the Lady in Wahine.
Captain Herbert, by his blether Colonel Herbert.
f! sptain Horsley, of the Royal Hum Guards, by Earl
Marton.

Couloir% Holston, by Earl Banbury.
Mr. H. %u•nner, by Earl Mort in.
Mr. Va.,outtart, on Ors toting appointed Secretary to Ireland.
Capt.ins Lynn and Stegrait, of me Royal Nary, on their

promMions.
Mr. Jekyll, on his being appointed Solicitor General to the
Prince oi Wales, and King's Couit.el.
Lieutenant General Doyle. on ths promotion.
Colonel Daisy, by General Burton.
Mrs. Luttibridge, by the Canute,' of Aylesbury.
Lady Finch, by the Lady in Waiting.
Lout Col. Holmes, oii his rerun, from Gibral.ar.
Cokeiel Cornwall, by Sir Georfe Cornwall.
Lord Barham, by Admit,' Gunther, on his creati.m to his
title, and being appoi ~red First Lord of the Ad.uiraity.
The Rer Dr. Maieha,n, by Fla Romney.
Mr. Ginkel, by hie Father, F. Athlone.
General Champney, by the Eirl of Uxbridge.
Miss BeckfuiJ, by the Lady 1,1 Waiting.
Mrs Lane Fox, by the same.
Mr. and Mrs Gunn, by Farl Morton.
Captain Hill, by Co oncl Dorian.
Mrs. Marshes, b) the Lady in Waiting.
TWO Mia Hamilton, by the Marchioness .Aberenm.
Captain and Lady &lap, on their marriage, by (Ads B shop.
Captain Skinner, of the Royal Nary, by Earl Morton.
Generil Stewart, 'lwo his return tom Ihdia.
Caoitin Shipley, of the Royal Navy, by Earl Morton.

Major Shipley, ay the wine.
Captain Bennett, of the Royal Nan. by the nine.
Sit Jame= Montgomery, the a..ord Advocate of Scotland, by
th• Duke of
Mr. Sidley, by Lord Roston.
Lord Ashbeneit, by Earl Morton.
Lord Hawke, on his coming to his Title, by Lord G•entham.
General Paget, of the 211th Respnwilt, and Major G •ne-al
Champney, by the Earl of Uxbridge.
M De Rchausen, by Sir Stephen Cotterell, the Mister of
the Ceremonies, un his arrisal to be Ambassador from the
Court of Sweden. _

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Baron stiverbielta the late Amhatiador, took leave of Her
Maiegy.
Lord Hinton, by hit Faber, Fail let

The Du. hess of YORK came in state aboat three
o'clock. attended by Lady ASINK Cut t two SMITH,
in her carriage. Only one carriage followed. with
two Gentlemen—•the other rive waited in ♦ain tot
them. for half an hour. The third carriage enter-
ed the Palace-yard. about ten minutes atter H:•r
Royal Highness, and the attendants followed her in-
to the Drawing-room.
The Drawing-room closed about fire o'clock.

Yesterday, about five o'clock, His Mans Tie sr-
rived at the Qusam's Houma. from Kaye.
to the evening Her kt Ai ury had a selea party•

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MIDDLESEX MEETING.
Yesterday a Meeting, of the Freehnickes of the
county of Middlesex was held at the Mermaid Ina* •
Ilackney, for the purpose of taking into considerl-
rition the gross violations of the law, and the fla:.
grant abuses in the m magement and expenditure of
the public more y, lately dehaftral by the Comm:s-
sinners of Naval Inquiry. "4:
GISOROE Sconce', Esq one of the Shoriff;•,
opened the business by vending the requisition for
that purpose. signed by the Dukes of Norfoik, Bed-
ford, Devonshire, and Northumberland, Thomas
Holmes, Joseph Thompson, and several others.
Major Tustrztt then rose, and congratulated thil
Meeting upon its number and resp,:dah.lity, at the
same time, that he admitted it would be a disgrace to
the county, if aquestion of so great magnitude had not
produced a full attendance. In the husineu before
them they had the advantage of the example of the
Livery of London, and he hoped that the same pro-
prietywhich prevailed upon that occasion,would cha-
racterise the present Meeting. He then proceeded to
uhserve with great force alid energy isprer the nature
of the abuses disclosed in the 1 enth Report of the
Commissioners of Naval Inquiry, A misapplication
of the public money was, at alb times, a great offences
as there WA4 nothing that operated more to endanger
our liberties, than the corruption of men is KWIC',
and the want of confidence on the part of the people
in the Government. It was particularly the case at
a period like the present, when taxation was strained
to the utmost extent to
which it could be carried.
At such a period, it was of infinite importance,
that the people should be convinced that the money
which they paid with so much difficulty, and at the
expence of so malty privations, should not be mis-
applied, and diverted from the public service into
the pockets of individuals. Such, however, was
the abuse which they were then met to take into
consideration, and mark with their abhorrence ; as
abuse the more aggravated, as pradiaed by a man
who had for sixteen years the management of a de-
partment which absorbed one-third of the morey
voted for the public service ; a man second only rs
power and responsibility in the administration of the
affairs of the country, and whose rank and situation
placed him above the suspicion of being guilty of
such miscondud. A great deal of merit was his
to those who had brought these pradices to light,
and the country ought also to be gratehl for what
had been done; but it was impossible not to see
with anxiety, that the tame influence which partly
defeated the attempt to punish it, was still exerted
to screen the delinquent. After dwelling upon
these topics for a considerable time, in a very ahle
and impressive speech, Major Tufael concluded
with moving the first of a series of fdesoLitiout.
which sir our fi reit rage )
Mr. Alderman Ss ur ii ca seconded the Resolution.
Major CARTWRIGHT ',aid. he had proposed Sn'ne
amendments ten the Resolutions; but, at the requel
of some distinguished personages present. he hail
consented to wave them. The meeting, however,
must se.i, that the steps which had bccn taken to
punish the delinquent, An,l prevent the recurrence
of the crime, were nor efficient to the purpose. For
his pare, be thought nothing short of a Partausen-
tary Reform could attain the end, by nurgiog it
of those rotten Boroughs which Mr. 0..-Ice had
t on !mined with so mach force and eloquence.
The Resolutions were then severally put end
agreed to, with some verbal alterations and amend-
ments.
Mr. WAITHII•N apologised for the absence of
Sir Francis Burdett, both from that Meeting and
from the House of Commons, when the abuses
dis-
closed by the Tenth Report were under the sobjed
of debate in that Assembly. His absence upon these
occasions, he assured them, was entirely owing to se-
vere indisposition, and not want of zeal in the dis-
charge of his duty. He concluded with moving
the thanks of the Meeting to Sir Francis Burdett,
for his rublie conduft.
Mr. Ct.' ?MOD seconded the motion, and begged
leave to add his assurance. that Mr. Waithrnan had
truly accounted for the absence of Sir Francis Bur-
dett. He felt it the more necessary chat this should
be clearly understood, as an idea had gone abroad,
that he had absented himself from choice, and not
necessity. He could assure the meeting, however,
that the worthy Baronet's mind was occuoied upon
a subjed, in which his exertions would be folio 1 as
useful to the interests and liberties of the country,
as his personal attendance could possitily have been
in any debate upon the abuses disclosed In the Tenth

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Report.
The question bring put ;
Sir W. Ciiris said, much as he admired the pri-
vate virtues of Sir Francis Burdett, and ready as he
• should always be to subscribe to them, he cou'J not
approve his public condutt ; aod, therefore, he must
vote against the motion.
The motion was then agreed tn.
Thanks were afterwards vetted to other Gentle-
men—for the particulars see the Advertisement
and the meeting hrnlta up.
It appears fiom an account laid before the House
of Commons, that the total number of Dollar
Tokens, i,:sued by the Bank of Ireland to the Ist of
March, 1805, at the rate of Six Shillings par Token,
was 671,509.
The audience having called for a rep titian of
God sere Me Ring. at the Dublin Theatre, on the
2.5 th last, and the music not being ready to pity it,
a dreadful fracas ensued : in which oranges, candles,
and chandeliers, were dying without mercy at Mr.
HJ I. M AN and the orchestra.
Yoroz Romp played Rie4oed last night,
for his ow' benefit, at Drury Lane t heave. The
h:roic part of the ch•trater, and tho love scenes
with Lad, Amts. were given in a style that ranks
with his best perf illy
successful in the di
volence, and ambit
thins for the bank
displayed much
follows, he made
ever, a treat deal k
she field of battle.
/rirhopord in a wa,

And protoned
rhfatre. The
'',ntained a very
wield. The CA??
heart-lane to Wy,
Theatre, and down

rformances f but he eras not equally '1
deep hypocrisy, the cruelty, male.
nbition of the tyrant. His tnatruc.
tie, and inquiries about his armour.
beauty ; bat in the tent scene which
enn impress:on. There was, how.
al of energy and fire in his aftion on
le, and he fill in the combat with
way ss, excellent, it drew down loud
applause from every pun of the
Hou:or, though vo.'t overflowing,
ry large rumen of the fasbionage
'triages extended in two rows down
Vych.stroet„ on t':e rule Jule of the
nen Catherine-street upon the other.