The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-06-11 00:00:00

HAYMARKET THEATRE.

Last night Mr. ELLISTON resumed the part of
.Orterumn ott The Meantaiarees at this Theatre, and
receirod u3botutcled applause. Miss T v eve was
the ApeO, and warhf,:d the airs with her nival
sweetness. It was her first appearance these three
years at this Theatre, and she was warmly greeted
.no her entrance. The Farce of The Village Lawyer
Introduced a Mr. trom the Newcastle
•Flae,gre, in the part of Sheepfare. lie possesses
much comic power, and was an excellent auxiliary
to Mr. Mat News, who appeared to great advan-
tage in his Livourite chara%er of Lawyer yl-orl.
The whole performance went off with great spirit,
and excited much applause.

Viscount HA at POLN will this day receive the fair
hand of Miss Bzowsc, sister to Lady WLDDEtI-
DUANt. After the ceremony, the happy pair will
set off for his Lordship's seat, Hampden, Bucking-
hamshire.
Ycsterdty Lady Smarr min presented the Prin-
cess of WA LLS with a patent paratout, similar to
that ptestnted to Her MaiEsry a few days since.
A yoang Jew offered himself last week tor the
Haymarket Theatre, but proposed, as a sins t0..2 ass,
that he must not be asked to play is The Fiateb
of
Lady ISA DEI LA Dove I. AS will give a small party
on the 14th instant.

The Fire Engines of Dublin are to be reviewed by
the Into MAY OR on Friday next. It is to be hoped
it mil not be a hot day.
Mr. and Mrs. LAIN° returned on Saturday from
;Windsor, where they have been passing their honey-
-41°04, to their house in trinity-square.
Mrs. PARKER, the Goddess of the Straehlpev, is
making the good folks of Dublin "fain is falow
her."

Evening Brasi, is very busy at Edinburgh,
staw*ping the way for Mrs. Si nnoss's eery.
Mrs. Core's Masquerade, on Wednesday, is ex.
peeicd to be one of the most elegant entertainments
ever given. Some of the most superb fancy dresses
are in piepa:dticm.
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The remains of the amiaLle a.sd much-regretted
Mrs. Maass, wife of WILLIAM Mal r s. Esq.
were to be interred on Saturjay last at Bolton Percy,
Yorksltire.
The Olympic Circus in Dublin boasts a Pie-
-110,111.1001 Highland Poury, only :1,1.1.n-recto isarhes
high—and the Belfast Theatre a youug phenomenon
Aaress, only sir fears old.
Admiral Sir JUNN °IDE left town on Saturday,
for Carisbrook Castle, Isle of Wight.
The town of Fllandford has been a scene of un-
paralleled gaiety for the last ten days. The Theatre
and Assembly Rooms were open, and crowded
every night.
All the Widows are in raptures with a new Novel
entitled &Tend Lore."
A dish of Peas, out of the open ground, was ex-
hibited on Thursday last at Dublin, by the Earl of
Howr 14'S gardener.
Mrs. Sir:mons closed her engagement at Leeds
Theatre on Friday last, in her favourite character of
Lady Macbeth. On Tuesday she played Elniea, on
Wednesday Mrs. Nader, and on Thursday Zoro,
with a degree of success worthy of her inimitable
powers.
A grand public dinner, at which the Marquis of
DONNEGAL presided, was given at. Belfast, on the
4th inst. in honour of ilis MaJcsrv's Birth day.
Mr. FAWCeTr,the Comedian, is arrived in Dublin.
Nine Gentlemen of Sir CECIL !Ina°, r's Troop of
Cavalry, with two choice players, beat the Slurring.
ton Cricket Club last week, by 100 runs.
In addition to the Corps mentioned in our paper
of yesterday, to be reviewed by His MAJESTY on
Thursday next, the following are ordered, viz.—lst
Regiment Surrey Volunteers, Col. GAITSKILL ; St.
SMOOT'S, Major POTTS ; St. John'i, Major KING ;
and the British Artificers.
Miss Blown', the young phenomenon at the Bel-
fast Theatre, will perform the part of Miss Peggos
in the Comedy of The Corviro Girl; and Cowslip, in
the farce of The Agreeable SlSlprife, tor her own
benefit, to-morrow night; and recite a loyal address,
in the charader of a Baran Volunteer. This ex-
traordinary child is but six years old, and cannot
read. Her father, an Officer in the Militia service,
reads the parts twice or thrice to her; after which,
her retention is such as not to require a prompter.
Her voice is weak ; but such is the attention paid to
her, that although the house overflows with cam-
parry, a breath cannot be heard whilst she appears.

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COURT 07 KMG'S ORNCH, direLectit, Ants 10,

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e ;iv at Nisi Prius, &fore Lord ELLzugozovon,
aud is Special Jury.

ASSAULT,
• PkYNE V. rieurne.
This was an af.lion to recover compensation in
damages for an assault coremitted upon the PlaM-
tiff by the Defendant, and for Ireacb of the statute
for regulating toe whale fishery.
The Plaintiff in this case was -1 harpooner on
board the Grcenvith whaler, and the Defendant was
the Officer commanding the Ea ypienne ship of war.
Li the month of Ohober, 1803, the Plaintiff was
returning to this country from a vo7age to the
coasts of New Zealand, &e. in the Greenland ship
the Greenwich, when he was met by the Defend-
ant's vessel, near Portsmouth, and the latter sent
some hands en board the Greermirh; and, notwith-
standing the protehions which all harpooners ate
entitled to tinder the statute, and all remonstrances
made on the subject, the Plaintiff, with two other
persons, harpooners, were seized and carried on
board the Angyptienne. Soon after, the Plaintiff, or
hi, brother, procured him to be :arrested for debt
ir:der a writ of copies, tee- ; but the Defendant paid
the amount of the arrest, and detained the Plaintiff.
Immediately after, he threw the Plaintiff into heavy
irons, and had him closely confined for three dayv;
he then bad him tied up to the capstern, and order-
ed him three dozen lit,hes, which he instantly re-
ceived. He then sent him on board the Fairy sloop
of war, commanded by Lord William Fitzroy, with
whom he went to the West Indies.
Mr. GAIIROW, in stating the Case, on the part of
the Plaintiff, expatiated with his usual ability upon
the heinousness, not only of the offence, in the bru-
tal manner in which the Plaintiff had been treated.
but the violent breach of the laws, in impressing pet-
-sons so especially proteet:d by the statute.
Lord William Fitzroy stated the circumstance of
the Plaintiff's being brought on board his ship, the
fairy; he farther added, that he believed at pre-
sent he was irr the West Indies : he was a very proper
man, an 1 had conducted himself so we'd on
several occasions, that he recommended him to the
notice of the Admiral commanding on that static/is,
with whom he believed he then was.

Mr. Errs/time, for the Defendant, stated, that the
whole transaction occurred from the Defendant's
ignorance of the law ; but
L Ird EL.LEYsoROL:GM did not think that was arry
palliation of an offence, in breaking through an Ad
of Parliament, which should be krtovrn to all sea-
faring people.
The Jury, after a short consultation, fauna a
verdid of 3001. for the Plaintiff

On Wednesday evening, Adm:val Mlviacrit
struck his flAg at Portsmouth, and went to Baths
on leave for a fortnight. Sir Ise ac Cnr►tts has
shifted his lag from the Gladiator to the Rojal

Late on Saturday night, Mr. AT tryworrit left
town for Yarmouth, on his way to St. Pesersburgn.
with dispatches for Lord G. L. Gowen. A fast-
sailing cutter was in readiness at Yarmota; in which
he was to embark.
The High Sheriff of the Caunty of Wilts has
called a County :sleeting, to be held on Taesday
neat, for the purpose of taking into consideration
the abuses in the &vend:tun of the Ent money.
The requ'sition to the High Sheriff is sig. ei by
the Dike of Sommtstr, the Marquis of Lain-
Dowtsc, Earls CARNAEYIN and SoFTOLK,
counts ANDOVER and Foutsrons. Lord Pot-
CIICSTYR, Lord H. PETTY, W. H. Bouvrsut, E.
BOUTERIE, W. HUSSEY, and several other Gentle-
men of distillates.

The Ne.-osae, few St. Kitt's, one cf the Cork con-
voy, was taken by a French privateer on the tith of
March, and sent for Gualaloupe ; hot the pi ire-
m tster, throtaft mistake, made Antigua, and gct-
ting on shore ne:u.Corbinson's Point, was taken pos-
session of, and the Frenchmen, nine an number, con-
ducted to Ftisoo.

The following are the regiments of English Mili-
tia now on their march for Scotland :
ti cond West 'rode Cot. Viscount Dawns
N. Lincoln V .count Mitsintown.
Cumbedaud Vosewent lArwther.
Westmoreland James Lowther. .
East Suffolk. Viscount Bootie.
It is a remarkable circumstance, that in a family
is Hull, of seven children, four of them are deaf
and dumb.
Yesterday a workman fell from a scaffold at
a house adjoining Russel-square, and pitched on his
stomach on the iron railing. He was carried to
Middlesex Hospital without hopes of recovery.
About eleven o'clock on Tuesday nig:,t, as a lady
in Saville-street, Hull, was retiring to rest, and had
just put out her light, a half-brick was thrown in
at her window, which hitting her over the forehead,
struck her down, and injured her so. much that a
surgeon was obliged to he immediately sent for.—
The villain who was guilty of this nefarious adroit
could not be discovered. The lady, we are sorry to
'firid, is dangerously ill.
The Lottery draws again on Thursday, and to-
tally finishes nn Saturety next. Should the float-
irg 30,0001. Prize remain in the Wkecl at the end
of this day'a drawing, the Public will be aux;ous for
a chance ; but we suppose there cannot be aoove LO
or 60 Tickets left unsold all the Officer. Such a
circumstance never occurred before.
Yesterday being Trinity Monday, the Masters.
Wardens, and Assistants of the Trinity Corpora-
tion. went down the River in twelve barges, viz.
their own, the Admiralty's, and the LORD MA TOIVS,
with a selea party. to bear divine service at Saint
Nicholas' Church. Deptford Upon their vray
down the River, they were saluted from several
ships and wharfs with a discharge of cannon. As
they passed the Thames Police Office, the boats
belonging to it, to the number of thirteen, were
moored in a line, and the men on board presented
arms, as the aquatic procession mcved on. Mr.
Pier. who is Master of the Trinity Home, went hvr
land in his carriage, and joined the rest of the corr.
pally at! the church. After divine service, the
barges carried back their fare to Tower whist:
where they landed. and thence repaired, in proces-
sion, to the London Tavern, where a sumptuous
dinner was provided. 'The dinner was served spin
an excelleat style, and the wines were a the larn
I flavour.

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