The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-03-05 00:00:00

OXFORD, Maims I.
On Tuesday lost, the Rev. 3,hn Coliinson, of
Queen's Caect' and Jolai Thompson, 4 DTA-
sese College, no B. i. were admitted Masters of
Arts. Messrs. Win. Michell, of Exeter College;
Chalks Spencer, id Queen's College; Brooke Booth-
by, Robert Phillirnore, Walter Levert, Hon. John
Lygon, Mr. ,Henry Smedley, Hon. George Elea,
Messrs. George Murtay,Frederick hlaster,Jonathan
Blinman, and William Gibbe; Straghan, of Christ
Church; and Mr. Mascie D smville Taylor, of
BresenoseColleite, were admitted B. A.
Thursday. Messrs. Charles Dyrroke, Willaume
and Philip Lake Goodson, of Oriel College ; Thos.
Richard Spence, of Trinity College; and John
Metcalfe, of Brasenose College, were admitted
Bachelors of Arts.
Yesterday, Mr Charles Sharpe, of Christ Church,
and Rev. Edward I'helwall, of Jesus:'allege, B. A.
were admitted Masters of Arts ; and Mr. Archdale
Wilson Taylor, of Christ Church, was admitted
Bachelor of Arts.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
ot.Ystotirti, MARCIE t.
Arrived the romfriat gnn-hrie, the Ehso naet Jane
Mader, and liriMone frigate, of 44 guns, Capt. Bar-
ry, from Cork.
Went dawn into Cawsand Bay, after being com-
pletely refitted, His ..11ajesty's ship Renown, of 74
suns, Capt. Durham ; she is rea'ly for sea, with five
months provisions on board ; His Majesty's ship,
SeileeepAtni, only waits orders to proceed to sea.
The Rapid and Ferret gun.krigs were docked yes-
today, and the buar/Lis =docked.
DEAL, MARCH 3.
Put back last night, the Vary bomb, and convoy,
which sailed from the Downs on the lit inst. (ex-
cept the Lord Naomi. Fame, oitioonstow, , and Asia,
East lediamen, and several American vessels, which
kept out), and sailed again this morning, with a
large fleet of outward-bound vessels, coasters and
fusiliers; also a Peet of transports, having on beard
wart of the King's German Legion, under convoy,
fir Pertsmeuth.
Arrived the Musier armed ship, with a convoy
Warn Falmouth, which are sailed for the River:
the liomber remains in the Downs, with the ships,
as per last ; Indefatigable. Mein, from Jamaica ;
and several other homeward-bound vessels. Also
the Mary "fen, Hammond, from Lishen, in fifteen
days passai.te. The G.oostatron las.rnb has a stnal
fling for a convoy to the Westward; and the
kseort guii-brig, a sige.rd flying for a convoy to the
Northward.—Wind N.
POP (SHOVID, wsecti 3.
Arrieed the Hiroo slop of war horn a cruise;
Afire', Capt. Massey, laden with butter, &c. ; the
-- row. Capt. Steele, fr.'m Milfoid. with iron ; and
the MaTore, Chalk, friim Newcastle, with coals.
Sailed, the D len.d, r gun-brig on a cinite.
The outwaid-huund East lndiamen, still re-
main at St. Wen's.
His Majesty's ship id -mural, this day, came up
Spithearl, and was paid, and is again genii:down
to St. Hilstes.—Wind S. L.

• About the middle of .lanuarv, clieil. at ”adrid,
the celebrated Admital and Captain-Ciencial of the
• navy, Don Juan os LA st:An.L. In conervielicc of
• his disregard of his private 'laciest, lie died poor,
• and Ms widow was in the greatest embarreesment
how to provide a lowral adequate to his rank.
The Petscc of the Peace being infor:red of this,
wrote a lore? to Madame MLA Noir a, in which he
iszpressed his regret at the decease of such a mett-
le:trims officer, and, at the same tim:., informed her,
that he would deftay the exoenccs of the funeral,
which was condo ted s ith the utmost m.ignificence.
The celebrated Madame De M OST MON, the wife,
though not acknowledged as such, of rtie late [hike
of OILCANS, died at Faris at the beginning of Fe-

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binary.
The wife of the Chevalier OCiIIITZ, the Ikl;nister
4 spin to the Porte, who died in Bulgaria, while
ennuring to his post, has arrived at Ciinstantinnple
with the Secretary i f Legation Roosino. The
• "asset in which she sailed, v hick was reported to
have been totally lost. with all the crew, was driven
by the tempest to I ler aclea on the coast of Natolia,
whore she made the shore withnut accident.
• As a proof of the progress of literature in Russia,
it is asserted in the Foreign papers, that in the year
104, fifteen new journals were printed in that em.
.I.le, and 145 new works were published at St.
Petersburgh and Moscow. Amongst the latter,
;41 Were translations into the Russian language of
,'• -se*.--litense's Tristram Shandy ; Rnusseiu's Confessions,
- and his Eloisa ; Hufeland's Art of Prolonging
Life ; and Barthelemy's Travels or Anachars's.
' The lose Mr. Banat, the Painter, whose death
we lately rnentione', was originally sent tut to
Italy, for the purpose of studying the fine arts in
*air great repository, at the ripener nt the cele-
.
*awl LoNatiNn 13u SKI. Tire principal roonem.n:
~f his fame, is his series of six pictures, represerving
, .• the Progress of Society and Civilization among
' . Mankind, in the great mom of the Society for the
Encouragement of Anti, Mann/le:tures and Com-
a,
.anerca, in the Adelphi. The occasion of painting
these piaures, was as follows : An offer ha.l been
made by Sir JostiUA REYNOLDS, and other eminent
painteis, including Mr. bIiRR V, to adorn the Ca-.
A. aitirdral of St. Paul's with religious paintings, in the
Wanner of the cathedrals of Italy. This proposi-
4. Shoo rejeded, on the ground that such ()ma-
i .4 i MOW were inconsistent with the genus of the Pro-
- Sielltant religion. Disappointed in this, Mr. BA nee
offered, by triruself, to adorn the great MOM of the
, , ... Society of Arts, with a series of paintings applica-
Ma to the purposes of that Society. 'She twolargest
, * ippitfures are 42 feet each in length ; rind the work is
iderable that ever
•‘t, of his own
fd. The work
executing. . BANICII WAS.
of Painting to the Royal,
._ the bo,tom of
mothers, and three
and two grand-
-. and one Great
persons.,

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R1.11411K.11:11.E FOX-CH.IOE.

The dartistock hontals found'a rue, one 'lay
weejs, at Prioct • 6 Wood, winch is supp.sed by
sportmen to have inn over mole grortod than :shy
animal they ever remembered. Ihe fox bn kr covet
at half an hour after ten, tan for
1131ln Bushes,Dol 'wildfire, through Whitfield Wot,ds.
Lillington Common, to Thornford Hill and brakes,
to the river by Lent') Ay Green, Us:it:sigh Hoc y combe
Wood, to Loi ghtirton, where the fox turned to
Lewson Wood, through Whitfield Woods to Yet-
minster and Leigh, from thence tokir the new in-
elissures to Armitage, Prince's Woos's:, Grange
Woods, to Revel's lon, where the fox was checked,
and turned through Clinger, to Minter's Plantations,
by Hookliam and Hackham Woods, to Dockland,
Knowle, Armshill, Nlelcombe Park, and Bull• Bar-
row, where the hounds were taken 'din the Jousts.
man, who, with one other person followed them
from Arwishill. The hounds were livsly to the last ;
not so the sportsmen, wh s were obliged, after a
ehace of more than 4.0 miles, in which hard run-
ning, and every variety of minting was seen, to re-
turn from Armshill homi:wards with tired horses.
The hounds did not reach their kennel, at CAttistock,
till nearly eight o'clock at night.

SPORTING 1NTE1.1.16 E-110E EXTRA.

NEWM %ItKET CR VrIN 111:`6.
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Gra:trend.% Meteura, Bat acne.. the Flat, door,. b. it.

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Lord Ghtsstnot4 Jasper, Est 71h. R. C 2088 s A. ft.
NEWMARKET SFCOND SPRING MEETING, 180 G
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h. ft.

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NEwmARgEr SECOND (Iii.:TiOFR MEETING, 1306.
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Groiretio 's Plantagenet, lit. 13.0 Abingdoa ALIe, 20. p.
bft•
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Teuridsy Gr....senor'. Nu sh, est 3:to art. Mt.
Oif she-goes, 7.1. ljla. Rowley's Mile, 200 t.. h ft.
The following are aro made to be run, but the
Meetings and Sums are not mentioned in our
Letter :
Lor.lGr,nverior's Iris,ll4.lClb. against Mr. Lurk's-
All, 64. Abiogrlori's Mil..
I,se4 Giciseenor's Noah, Bst. 41b against Mr. 11c1°.isli's
Luck's All, 8 t. Rnw es'. bite
Mr Aleli.ll's B dale, est. 31b. a; Lord F. G. Os!,r.r,,`„
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Plantizenet,llW.
Lord G osborne's Sokeritition, ost. agsiuit Mr. N 1.41,14.11
Bertile, IR. 2lb Two-year 01.1%' Crouse.
Mr. Messli's 41b agroost Lord Grosvenor 's bay
illy, by Sir POW, taut of Misteme,
Sri iroßt rkrs—Abiniioli's
Mr Pivltr.li aCr. e. Redd*, fe. Stir. dam by Stride, Bit 111 b.
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Mr M•lbbh • b. f. Miss nucleic, by Pgseipitste, out of Didd•
ler% dant, Ilst.

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altogether, perhaps, the most consider;
was undertaken by any single artist,
• - motion, or without hope of reward•
was seven ;ears in executing. Mr.
for some years, Professor of Painting
Academy.
There are now living in a Ttrd at
Church-street. Lancaster, three moths
_lijaugiteiiil two grand-motherx and
4.4 rs .• one,gseat grand-mother,
• In all only four
t-pionem