The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-09-04 00:00:00

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THEATRE.
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'IILVMAIIIart.
'Last night, the Comedy of T', Cioodestisie Mar-'
riallf was limn forward at this Theatre, for the
purpose of intiochwing Mr. Fawcett, in the very
difficult part of Lerd Ogtsori ; a part we do not ez-
peel ever to see in the admirable manr.t it
was by the late Mr. Yiro. Lord ()allay is a Noble-
man of the old school. whose manners we admire,
while we laugh at his foibles'. The facilities which
constitute Mr. F %we era 's ez-ellence in the parts in
which 1w is so much adniired„. are adverse to a
faithful &lineation of Lord Osldiy. His interview
with Panay, in the t.ttr-la on, was much the best
of his performance, and received much applause.
Mr. Wiwi-rest appeared in Colton, for the first
time these nine years, at this Theltfe, and was
greeted, on his eafre, with three distill* rounds of
plaudits. Mrs. Gases, in Rear ; and Mrs. Powett,
in Mrs. Heidelbirg, were excellent. Mr. Rae made
an apology for Mrs. Gtovea, whom sudden indis-
position prevented from appearing in the part of
Miss Sterling, and begged the indulgence of the andi.
ence for Mrs. 'far toe, who had undertaken the
part at a very short notice. The Theatre was crowd
ed in the extreme, and boasted much fashion -
Lady &ant., and a large party, graced a side boa;
WINDSOR THEATRICALS.
On 'Patestlay evening, the Comedy of The Hue' at
Law, was performed at the theatre Royal, Wind-
sor, by particular desire, and under the patronage
of His Royal Highness tie` lake.of Catamrinois.
It was received by it very ciplw4o4 awl brilliant au-
dience. with the w.uittest applittse. Mr. Stores,
in Donor PaogloJc, VI As truly solentn, and, at the same
time, highly whimsical. It being a line of acting is
• which he had not appeared before, he gave a strong
fof the versatility of his talents. Mr. HILL
ed Dirk Doul.o with great spit it. Mr. H'Ataa-
Oaays was 'Ply comical in Lord Dribnly. Hot.
also gained considerable credit in Zrkiel Hoinespnis ;
and Mrs. Moms was all that could be wished in his
sister Ciee4. We have not seen a performance go
"off with so much eclat, during the season. The en-
' tertainnsents of the night concluded with God Sere
the King, while the whole autence stood up, and
great numbers )nlned in the chorus. The Staf-
fordshire band, which is of the very. first class,
played 'cleft pieces between each adt of,tise Play and
Faroe, which was Raisin,: the Ward. ruthing could
be more lively and agreeable than the whole of the
evening's amusement.
IMMISIET!
STA AITOR ti PO A'- A YUN, Sere. 9.
Yesterday. about half-past two o'clock, p. wr. his
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. and his Royal.
blusher the Duhe of Clarence, attended by Colonel:
Lee and Major Bloomfield, arrived at the W hite-
:Leon Jan, in this borough. They were received, at
,their Inn, through the tanks of the Stratford-upon-
Alien Royal Volunteers, with acclaims of the star-
'lMllisding multitude. A few minutes after their ar-
/ital. they wore congratulated by the Members of
the Corporation of this ancient borough, preceded
by the Mayor end Vicar; and his Ruyal Highness
the Prince of Wake was presented wish a hex of the
mulberry-tree, planted by the hand of the immortal
• Sbakspeare, winch his Royal Highness accepted
with the greatest condeseetssion, and assured them
it would always be preserved by him as an invaitnt-
rMt relic. Aster the Corporation bad resired, Cap-
e/elf-hint. of the Stratford Royal Volunteers, was
introduced, hy Major aloornfiell, to their Royal
Highnesses; and received with their bagel affability;
send the Prince of Wales expressed his high appro-
bation of the military and marital-like appearance
,of the Volunteers. walch was at towards communt-
cated to tile Officers and whole Corps.
The carving upon the box is deseriptree of the
birth-plane of the unrivalled bard tut the middle
part of tile lid is the coati of arms of the Poet ;
and annexed to it the arms of the Corp,ratioa,
and wriesse with them is a fanciful figure, es-.
promo,e of the tit Genius of the sweet Swan of
Amon." On the dexter side, in the back ground,
is in representation of the Amphitheatre winds was
eretieo upon a mead adjoining the town, at the
.celebrated Jubilee.l7o ; and, on the Sinister side,
is a discern view of the Church. is the chaheel
of which the bones of the cninortal bard undis:
turbad he. On the hoot of tse boa, spa a small
plate of silver. are engraved a few words, expres-
sive et its •' Presentation to his Royal High-
Debi the Prince of Wales, by the Corporation of
Stratford;' and, on the inside of the lid, are
stamped, in the wood. the following elegant lines,
from some emment Author, whose name I cannot
recoliett—
bawit teie! sprung from Shairspeare's hanased ties,
rime QM. a louut insessirtaisty.
Stan Uir.ue ! east u.spire
With kiiid,el ra congenial fire,
The ankle. *vs &Mile new Wissu rarity,
And ua fin nistereary engraft toe Yam
The mulberry weed is of such a mann, that it
will not *omit of the excellency of the carver ; Itow-
aver, its originality will always render it inesti-
Seable.
About half.past three o'cluak, the R.Olll
Mo-
thats, with their attendants, prsweeded upon their
journey to the woble seat of the Alarq.ua of Hert-
ford, neat Muster, in this cott..ry.

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MI MI OF TII7. CREW OF TflF, RIOT
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(rtortl :two Imilretr.'resit Chrorkle.) .
Some week; sin:e. a Avoca and imperial account
was given in the Papers, relative to the untortunate
Captain Porter and crew, while trading on the
north-west COSH. We are now enabled, by Lhe pi-
liteness of Mr. Joel Richardson, who was armouter
on board, to give a corral n irrative of the murder
of Captain Oliver Porter, his two mates, Mr. Lyman
Plummer, and six seamen,, belonging to the sl,:p
takereipe, of Boston.
'The ship kit Boston in Auguat, 1103, bound to
the north:west coast of America, for Olt. purpose of
trading with the. natives. She arrived safe on the
coast in the month of January. 1e0;; and, after
visiting the several Islands, and purchasing Ain't, on
the sth of Jane. I Kin. weighed anchor from Chock.
co., on the N. W. coast, and made ssil. On the
Itth arrived at Mill-hank Sound, and came to An
anchor within musket-shot of the village. Sur's;
after her arriVal, the Chief of the Indians, by al e
name of tiete, came off to the ship, with some moo
of his tribe: and informed the Captain. that the
Caroline, Captain ciines!,
.had sailed from thence
ten days before.'
On the 11th, the Chief came off agaio, with his
tribe, and another nib:. that was there, and traded
very briskly till towards night, when, beconi-
ing very insolent, they...were all cubed out of the
ship.
On the 33th, Kiete and his tribe again tame on
board its the motrang, and seemed much more de-
sirous to trade than before, which Captain Porter
was very glad to see. The chief mate and two of
the ehip's company were then engaged in rippir.g
the main stay-sail in piecos, an the quarter-deck ;
the second mate, pith two hands, repairing the malt
top-sail; two on the starboard side of the main deck,
spinning spun-yarn ; two more on the forecastle,
making menet ; two more on the larboard side 6f.
the main deck, running shot, in the armourree
forge; the cooper was making tubs ; the cook an.
captain's steward io the galley, at their duty; an.
all hands, its usual, employed on the ship's dozy ; t
armourer WAS in the steelaw, and the IsoateWain 10
the cabin ; Captain Porter, Mr. Ratstraw, litselerk
and bit. Lyman Plummer, (nephew of
Lyman. Esq. of Rotten, ship's owner,) were Mandl
ing nn the larboard side of the quarter-deck. ohms*
of the cabin hatchway. The Chief, Kiete, asset
leaning on the rail, and called Captain Pored. to
;ashen the skins that were in a canoe alongside the
ship; the Captain accordingly went to look over the
side, when the Chief, with some more Indians. WA
bold of Min, and gave a shout; immediately all the;
Indians alongside in the canoes, and those on beetkiii
aamed,with daggers, pistols, pikes, and other wesit,
pops, Vented very man on deck, who were Meng
eaprepered for so sudden an attack. A most *Sid.,
ful ass sanguinity contest immediately took pleads'
0b.% after a short but bloody engagement, of about
live minutes, the deck was compietely cleared of
them-
'There *ere abort 200 Indians, it is supposed, mi.
board at this time. They first claggrered Captain
Porter 1 times in the hack, put him in a canoes
alongside. and carried him on shore; and, asses
were afterwards informed by Capt. Smith, of thee
ship Mart, of Boston, who was informed by the
New Heita tribe, WAS by them tied to a tree, in
which unhappy and miserable situation'lse languish.
ed fifteen days, refusing every species of nourish-
ment oilseed him by these savages, occasioned by
his grief at this unhappy accident.
Previous to th;s fatal business, there were 29
hands on boatd ; ten of whom were barbarously
killed, and nine wounded. Among the killed ate
Capt Oliver Porter; Mr. John Hill, Chief Mate;
Daniel Gooding, Second Meta; John G. Rat-
maw, Captain's Clerk ; Mr. Lyman Plummer, Peter
Spooner, Luther L'apham, Samuel Lapham, sea-
men ; Isaac Sammts, cooper; and John Williams,
cock. Mr. Lyman Plummer survived about two
hours after he was wounded. The Cook, who was
most shockingly cut and mangled, languished till
about six o'clock the neat morning.
Among the wounded were Ebenezer Baker, sea.
man, most dangerously. with daggers. he having
two stabs in his left thigh. one in his privates, one in
his back, one in his breast. and one in I.is neck;
Henry Thompson, seaman, very dani„,orouely,
daggers t having one w mind on his right tide, one
on the left shouhl,r, another on the lett arm, and
two or three smaller ones on the same arm, one on
the right temple, and another on the left cheek ;
Ebenezer Writiams, seaman, had three wounds is
his thigh with daggers. two on his back. and one on
the right shoulder with a boarding-pike ; Luke
Bates, seaman, wuundrd on his right shoulder with
a boarding-pike; Joseph Robinson, carpenter,
wounded cm the left breast ; Thomas Edwards,
steward, stabbed on the left shoulder ; Williams
Welker. bad two stabs with daggers in the small of
his back
After the elects were cleared of these sanguinary'
savages, severerguse Wert fired at the village, the
sails were loosed, Stream cable cut, and the ship put
to sea. The same eight she got under weigh, *eves'
large war canoe hove in sight. with about thirty`
Indians in each. In this deplorable coodition, se*
only four otilve hands on board capable of duly.
The following is a mate!! List of the passengers the AloAsielps shaped her course for New Heita ; bet
by the skips arrived frost China:-- the wind chopping round. put about, and stood ill
o,.......4.ssasicrizats W. Serb. .1. Yrtost, erred'. the Westward.
tem hios.arn ;M. L. Rev... Al. and Matter Orwell,. i On the 17th, it was thought time to bury the.
Per 1.5.-50—M.s.k.sriorrei 'towage s.s user chuithre, and i dead, when, after having sewed them up, and gee.
SI ...di 11..,/xl. them ready for interment, prayers were read. They •
re* Aedinf'an— ' G. "V' Mir j. were then buried in Queen Charlotte's Sound.
Ca;Aarg A Casowts-ro. son M ,srer F. W. 11,r.
Yes Lei 11...m.41.30. J. Krge, a... 1 Cyl.•111 Dart, Royal It cannot be ascertained, with any degree of ae-
Nevi. curacy. how many of the Indians were titled in this
Per Scalebbs Castle—. Mr. C. IMatAurnaiito Mr. Encino*,
dreadiul contest; it is supposed, however, that the
Lacy:. J and Log.] ^..Sismtur.
C. c.;. number must have exceeded forty ; for a large canoe
J.. 00..r*, twine easewer, iy ...4.44r. tawny being ender the ship's bow, with about twenty In-
Pe. coattseinint—ign. J. Vasepe.A. discs in her. who were cutting a cable, a swivel and
P., it ..e—Zsesaro Mu.dsky. Rweia,
several muskets were fired into her, and but nee In.
hsi 01 J. Tayira, sue Mr. S. /4-
dian reached the shore.
esorlto nnen.
Csiliti.-sMss. Capon. During the coati:et with the savages, there were
Per Inns' knvalt.-04;a0"11. Bat". 63't. St"l"T•en,, txo barrels of powder unheeded, and a loaded
lash Hetric.ges Ile?* Smy. awl Mr itudJ,rshar. pistol prepared and given to a pan son who coed
re• Wewl io--.llr. K. Wows, Mr. Cs. sod
_e they get into
Masse W L-tisne. r acqr sago the cabin, and siertre to
The ships Nrwitheaffirw• M4cLZOD, and Lord 1‘4., themselves the ship, to fire into it, and blow the
fro. Hormel. OiltWAtd-birtrilJ, arrived at St. He- whole up. preferring to die in that manner, rathar
Ito a the 27th of June. than fall into the bands of inizt tau wrettles.