The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-05-02 00:00:00

FASHIONS FUR MAT.

We exped that the t istallation &Ines, so much admired,
will bruig ostrich &alien into fashion, cpecially as dress hate
a-a generally introduced in all the polite ealembliaa Act
Easter; but, at this moment, turbins are so universally were,
that they seem to preclude over? other head dies. Tiaras ant
much worn by very young ladies; many veils are still visible
in full dre.s.

Morning Dress—chip and straw hats of every description, bat
them of the Grecian .ihspe the most elegant. as well as the most
novel ; those of straw, interwoven with imperial nets, lift ample
and he;:omiug, and ornamental with towers to suit. Slit hate
and hornets are also in fashioa ; the berouche hats reSelntlif
the gipsey, and ;ore chiefly straw. Black lace clnsks,snd sills., lin-
ed with crl curs of ev ry kind; muslin and linen cloaks, lit.ed
chiefly with colours of palelalue, lilac, and era*. and Spanish
cloaks will be much worn this lemon. The dresses are toted,
the same as usual : still made with very long trains, and some
cut tip short in front, and eitrernely long behind. The
Installation is mantle, made of different admire, fare
in graceful drapery front the shoulders, and fastens to
the waist with a diamond medallion. Short rnus'in dresses,
trimmed all round w ith painted !vet border, to ;mit rte rue
varicust, d grass; short dresses of crape, or spangl-d mire sr!.'i
patent lace, einbrit;dered with silver, let in in front and i
round the bottom, are also fashionable. TrUe is :nor. fail I
able for trimming dresses than boned lace. White satin diesste
ell! be worn the wholes of this month. IVhito sarsoct, sprige,ed
lend--s, modem, &c. &c. The morning dresses are with high
Collars, long sleeves, made to the form on Irani, and button enii
behind ; len.) oelis?s, line! with co:ours, are much word; also
colouredspencurscovered with sprigged muslin'.

ANTIENT MUSIC.

The Concert of last night was honoured with the
presevce of Their Ilsf 4sairr its, the Princesses ELI-
2tatiCtil, MAgv, SOPHIA, and Aller.lA. The
Prince of w ALLY at... 1 I lukes uf CCOletel. AND and
KENT. sat in li,e I)irettors brit. Their MAJLSIII.3
arrived at the Rcrar.s ten minutes beforis eight
o'clock. The pe! iormance commenced immediately
after; His MAJUr r having given diredicms that
the performance should be pone through as quick as
possible ; in consequence of which, very few mi-
nutes were allowed for refreshment betaein the
ass. The Concert finished b 7 half pest ten o'clock.
The novelties of the evening were the 1 i.viiah
Psalm, sur.g by Mrs. Bt La.ticoretc and Messrs.
Haaarsor: and W. Ktirverr. It was universally
applauded. The musk to the Hymn was the mine
it:ed in the Greek Church. It passed with very
little notice. It was sung by the same Performers. t
The room was the most crowded of any this sea-

son. French Dukes were among the comraity.

MRS. METUUEIe.S GRAND ROUT.

This Lady gave a grand rant on Tuesday tree-
ing, at 'Awn- Gi-nsvenor Street, to above three hun-
dred of the first nobility. In this brilliant cute

were :
His Royal Hieineva Prinec 'William of GintuteMly.
Tim Poitugu:se An odor.
Cllllol.ll,C‘—Erllntiann. Athburntitm, De Stahl, Camay.
van, Kil ntaili, Urt muuth, C. m o
Liadan—Wal-inginina, IS.inon, Kalov?, D. Dinvevaville,
Wutkliuoic, Hawke, 11 iti:v, Hum•, D
War 4, Jantinh,tal, Roth Httrwmd, H maid, Lsa.
rulinc rar6a4l, Srabr.xnt, and bniatiima.
sn,—Stnnev Smith, L nalta‘n. Lod John Ssabriglit.
Migrass-- dart in Pitt, Corny/anis, Hur,ita), Gray, Ha.
nviton,Sni t the lion. Mni. Knox.
IS-Keiw.:ll a-4 ...ilgu4haa.

This day Her MAJXSTY will hold a Drawing-
Room.
Yesterday the Duke and Duchess of YORK. and
Dukes of CUMICCLASO and Sussex, dined with
I ler MAJeiTy and the Psi,cessrs.
Sir Enw sat) tronn, Bart. arrived in town on
Awicesisertrenar,role-street, t, from his
sMe.oitnjatatitrsattitht:isi, house in
The Dultr arid Duchess of MAILLSOROUGI4 came
t.) town 'Tas,day evening.
Tive Esil of CAANARVJM has arrived in tow.
from his seat in I lampshise.
La'y Pr -TH intends spending the summer at th.
delightful spot. Drummon l-castle, Perthshire.
Arrivals at NIIROI'S Hotel on ToesAsy toes
R IV EU, Sir T3O MAS, Bart.
Cot, and Mrs.
The friends of Visconnt ME t.VILte say it i 4 very
difncult to he fivrring udc and chereeptier
foe Jon, Tia.rfi. Nail have dean herds.
Truiritas.Cnaorsivs, Esq. arrived in town on
Monday from Orchardleigh emotive, Somerset,
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his house in Currort.orreet.
BR4II Akr and Signora STORkee. are engaged to
sing at the Oxford Music Room mat week.
Oritittuday afternoon, as same City Backs %s, t: GO
; the Chinese Bridec at Bsgnigge Welk, it gave way,
and they immersed up to 'heir middles in durk-
I weed and mod, to the great amusement of the
speltators.
The Loan LtSOTIPANT commanded the Play of
H rn, V he Lilkik, at the Dublin Theatre, for Slime
day evening last.
Twelve newly-created Emperors and Emrrewss
of die sooty tribe, yesterday paraded Bond streets
is nrw May• Day clnaths, with which they well
supplied by a humane Lady of Brook-street, Tow
tenham-courtwoati, allow* initials end those of heel
husband, viz. E. G B. were conspiLuoussy dis-
played upon their dresses.
The following appropriate wo.lnurri-nts appear
II in 'Tuesday sight's Gents illiam Dto sur
teed John A'Ait, as an Ensign in the Bath Vol**
tees Infantry ; Jeremiah Petry, Ensign, to :weer(
Jol•n•Sasier, .011
as Lieutenant in the 9e corps* M
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Evil and John Jose, to be Lieutenants ;
Perfore to succeed Ihomas More/! ;
to succeed fhimas Gov ; •William Hew is appoin
an Ensign in the East •l'rner N olunteer
valry. Samuel Firtsc•ird I.as be e-sin,ted in
Yeovill Volusiteer ; ,fiert Thrltst
Jot rph Besrd have been I•itimote..l us the "Mt
Rifle Corps.

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THE COUP.?.
Yeateriay, at two o'clock, His *owe held a
Levee at St. .lamees Palace, which was attended
by the Loan Cita neei.Loa, the CN•scELLoa of
the ExcHriaecit, the Sccarrastas of STATE, the
;hoist A ev at WAR, Archbishops of CANTERBURY,
DioralN, and TSA UA. their Excellencies the lIITE-
THAL, iIESriAN, ARDINIAN, PRUSSIAN, Sweoisn,
N, 41.1 DANISH AMBASSADORS; the LORD
ADVoCATI Of SCOTLAND, the PROVOST of ETON,
ett. I:scaitUEß of LONDON; and there were
present.
eingee—tideushire, Rutland, Athol, Beaufort, an Mon-
hi
4•••••4:11•111.1,11 Winrhelsea, Uxbridge, Malnishury, Ban-
soiy, , Westmeath, Fortnetse, Spencer, Egy.rnont,
At 'an, •;te.rtf,ol, W.Ntnarrholl, raider, Sandwich, Oisorls
gonerti., Ceenown, Warosi^k, Camden, and Chichester.
Cbriteton, Gage, Sidra:with, Balkeley, and
).slihrook
1,,..1-ett•weeohuty, Penrhyn, Delayal, Grenville, Mantuan,
&got, I-farmwife, Bavning, Amherst, Rouse, Hinton,
sef,.a, Brook, H. Stewart. Falmouth, Mulgrave, Yore
Aivanley, Boston, awke, Grantham, Barham, awl
if ilrowev.
NifOrtNolcken.
gishops....Orford, Car:isle, Ely, Norwich, and K.llmore.
Rtddle, A. S. lialUltoll4, J. B. Warren, J. T.
Duckworth, J. Rivers, C. Hawkill4, J. Montgomery,
and
S Cavort!.
hr.
Ganereb—Dorle, Ormsby, Clinton, Askew, St. Leer,
14,,,,N500, Erskine, Morris, Paoli, Greville, Asdi., Stewart,
Peet, end Cham-igety.
Colonel dee, ,h,
bi-jot— Ca bot and Lethbridge.
Caphoi--Shifoer, Raigerffeld, R. N. Shipley, and Ren-
ee% R. 11
Ny..s.r., Les& Frogman, B. Simpson, Courtney, Lie
tun. lion W Elliot, The:lemon, leapt, Ginr,lc, Faulkner,
W. Dirt,. fq, Vansittart, Methuen, W. Dickinson, Pitt, For;
dyer, Ski. sy, De Rrliariseu, Liston.
The following Presentations took place :
Gamma! Stewart, on his return imm India.
•
Captain Shipley of the Royal Nave.
Major shi.,les mr the Loyd in Waiting.
t'ajd..iii lien lieu of the Royal Navy .
Sit Montgomery, the Lard advocate of Scodand, by
the Difae of Athol
Lard Alsanley, on his covn'ag to his title.
Major Talbot, of the Staffordshire Militia—General Paul,
of the lebto Reg. inent—Mid,r General Chammgrty, Com-
mander of a Regiment in Injia, were Enrerally pr,:sented on
the'r trlpetNive Appointments, by the Earl of Uxbridge
Pie bi.liop of Norwich, upon his Promotion to that See,
by the Archhisho,. or Canterburr
Lad Chich-nder, on his coming to his Title.
Mr bidley, be Lord Bost .0.
Meter L ehbridge, be the Lord in Waiting.
L. we Asithrook, by the ..arne.
La 4 tra Le, on Mr diming to hie title, by 11.04 Grantham.
Banal S.lverirjelm took leave of firs Majesty.
3. ,rd Ili .tun, by lib rather, hart
Wdliani 1.11.1 k nem, Esq. on hi. being appointed one of
His
Moiety% Coninihsionnei for siert:tiny the cake of Idle
Adm.' edGrnat 11'.,ain and Ireland
Lori Brrham Lod Sir Charles Middleton), on his bel.l
gusormed First of the Adinirdry, L f Admiral Gambier.
Sir ~rtes Rivers, ni. his return front the West ladies.
About three o'clock, the City Address anteed at
the praying His NIA, EsTT to dism:ss
Via
, count NI %Le t.i. r from his Councils, forever. The
Logo bIAYOa, as usual, came in state. attended by
AV...own SRl'hsk, Let, and HUNTER, the CRAM-
a ;.#l4, "tie Sweaters, Thirty-two of the Court of
Comvnon Conseil, and all the City Officers.
About liaif-past three o'clock, the I.evee closed ;
when His M AJE-T r, attended by the Great Officers
of State, retired into the (;treat Council Clamber, and
Hie MA,IFSTY being seared -upon the If brine, the
REco.cres read the Alitcss. (see the Address and
Ansrer iN a sai•er,seent eatwa).
Ellis MAJESTY then retired to his clowt, then
the ili;hop of NoNsvics diJ homage before this
MAJESTY, on his being appointed to the, See. His
llAJcsre then held a f' ivy Council. when 1/44.1
BAKE' A 4 was introduced by Sir STEPHEN COTTE-
RLLi, and sworn a Menber of the Righ• Honou -
able Board, and took his seat accordingly.
The Recoitotat of Los um% was introduced to the
Council, and made his Report to His MAJESTY of
the conviels under sentence of death in Newgate,
when J. R. Turner was ordered for execution.
After the Council, His MAJESTY retired to his
closet, when M. Da REHM:SEN. the new Swed-
ish Amintssa.lor, who arrived in this country
about eight days since, from the Court of Stockholm
was presented to 1111 MAJESTY by Sir STRPHIN
COTT amt.. the Master of the Ceremonies, when
His Excel. I. etre v delivered his credentials, which
His MAJESI y was most graciously pleased to accept.
His MAJ Rs r v then gave private andiences to the
Doke of MOMITROs7., Earls CAMDEN and CHATHAM,
Lords Mutes Ave and HARROWRY•
Yesterday was a Collar day at Court, which
escaped the attention of the Dukes of Devorisni at,
RUTLAND, and ATHOL, Earls WESTMORLAND,
C , and WiNCHELsRA, and the DEAN of
WINDSOR They were all obliged to return home
for their collar% before they could be admitted to
the Levee. His MAJESTY resumed to the Queen's
hease about six o'clock.
On Monday se'nnight the Earl of SELKIRt ar-
rived at St. Mary's Isle, the seat of the family, near
Kirkcudbright, after an absence of nearly two years
in a foreign clime His Lordship was received by
the inhabitants with every demonstration of that at-
tachment which they have uniformly borne to the
noble family, df which he is now the only male re-
presentative. Next day his Lordship carried a con-
sd Table sum of money to be distributed amongst
the poor.
Died lately in Dublin, Mrs. LATOUCHE, Wife of
the flight HOD. DAVLD LAIOUCHE, aad daughter
of the late worthy Prelate, Dofhw GLoRoE MAR-
LA y. Bishop of Dyomore. This lady had five sons
and five daughters. The eldest was the late amia-
ble and beautiful Countess of LA EssottoucH. The
second was married to the late Sit Nic HOL AS Con-
pat; ant. The third to GEortos Vasty, Esq. Thd
Knuth was the late Mrs. Jet vales: and the fifth is
rwife ofMavatce Ft-ratite Acts, Kist. of Kerry.
ef eldest son is Colonel LATOUCHL, Member for
Crtherlough, married to Lady Cecilia LELlos,
daughter of the late Earl of Mt LTOwN. Mrs. LA-
TOuCH is health was always delicate; and, on the
death of the Countess of LANESSOROUGH, she re-
tired into the bosom of her family, and never
mixed with the world, but in her own house, which
was always the scene of elegant And refined society.
She was of the most gentle. amiable, and placid
disposition, and one of the most accomplished women
cif the day. She will be long regretted by her hds-
hand, family, and friends.

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VISCOUNT MELVILLE.
The Loan MAToC, attended by several of the
Aldermen. and Common Cnuncil, with the City
Officers, procevded yesterday in state, from Guild-
hall to St. James's, where they presented the fol.
low;ng Address to His Mai Est :
" Tao THE MHO'S MOST ExCELEiotT MAJICSTY.
The humble Addret, of the Lord htiyor, Aldermen,
and Commons, of the City of Lood“n, inCuromon

Council assembled,
" al .ti IT rLCAtt Yorte M talltTr,
" We, Your Majoity's omit dutiful and loyal subjects, the
Lord Meyu, Alder.oeri, and Commons, of the City of London,
in Common Council stumbled, beg leave, with every senti-
ment of ditty and devotion to Your Majony's P•rson and Go-
'eminent, to approach your Majedy with iior sincere congra-
tulations on the discoveries which have been made by the re-
-2,sthi of the Coninsiwiroteri. of Naval Inquiry, laid before Your
Majesty and the Other brancnes of the Legidattite, from which
Your 'Majesty must have seen with astonishment and indigo*•
tion, that an eminent Member of Your Majesty's Crevernment,
the Lord Viscount Melville, had been guilty of practices,
which the Repreaentatives of the People, in Parliament stunt-
holed, have declared to be a gross violation of the LAW, and a
high breach of Duty.
" We are 'so-mailed that Your Majesty's royal mind feels it
to be a great aggravation of Lord Melville's palpable, conscious,
and deliberate breach of 1 statute, which he, beyond all others,
WAS hound to observe with stria fidelity, that he had tilled so
many and such high ollLes in the Executive Government, and
was honoured with se large a portion of Your Majesty's con-
fidence.
" The virtues which adorn Your Majesty and which excite
In the highest degree the love of your oresplL, are a pledge to
the nation, that in removing Lord Meted% Irwin Year Mir
jetty's Conned, and ',Tester for ever, the piiniattuent of a
delinquent, however lust, is far less a motive with Your
Majesty than the exam vie held out, that ne Minister, however
favoured, !Mall presume upon Youi Majesty's countenance,
who shad be found to have trampled upon the law, sod to
have disgraced toe illation. with which he had Veen invented.
" The invenigatinn, of the Coinniiisioners of Naval Inquiry
have excited Oa interest and inspired the Country with grati-
tude towards those Commissioners : and, we are persuaded that
Your Mijvsty participate, in the general anxiety which per-
vades ail rank.: for the prolongation, and, it necessary, fur the
enlargement, of their authmity.
" Confiding in Your Majesty's paternal solicitude, that what
is cheerfully contributed by a !oval People shall be faithfully
administer-1, we entertain tne fullest assuraoce that, to Your
Majesty it will be a source of the profoundest sati4eCtioia that
all necassary measures shall be adoseed and pert.ver et in to-
wards 'lie correnion and pudistimmt of roved malyzrtation ;
aid, that nothing will be omi,ted which shall have a tendency
to promote the public coiihrtence in Government, and to in-
vigorate and confirm the spirit, energy, anal union of your Ma-
etty's empire at this Mita:Field crisis.
(Signed by OriPe of the Court)
" HENRY WounTliottPu•
To which His MAJESTY returued the following
gracious Answer :
" I as, fully amiable of your loyalty and attachment to my
!worm and government a vow may rely on my concurrence in
every measure which is calculated to maintain the credit of
ill,. C,I1o1I(V, and to remedy any abuses which may be found
to exist i.i the public expenditure"

NEW-YORK, MAACK IG.

ET CRACT Of A LETTER FROM A GENTLEMAN Of RE-
SPECT 'MITT AT IT. JAGO DE CUBA, TO HIS
MEND IN 'flits CITY, DATED TM 8.
" It is said, that the brigand Negroes are going
to march against the city of St. Domingo. and that
Dessalines and all his principal comrades will be of
the party.
" General Ferrand expeas them ; he has at least
300 tenors of the line, or national guards. We
have also received turther intelligence, that 900
troops hare arrived from France, at Sumana, which
will be at Sr. 1) .mingo btfore the Negroes, if it is
true they intend to go there.
" You perhaps have heard that Dessalines had
s-at one of his naval Ca; tains, and Commandant of
an armed set, o sr, with 25 Negroes. to summon
Porto Plata to sin-tender l'ile Spaniards. preiend-
ing to be much overjoyed at the visit of their French
ft lends, invited the Captain, his Officers, and crew.
to land and partake of an entertainment they had
prepared. The fellows accented the invitation, and
were surrounded by the Spaniard., w o cut all their
throats. except their Captain's, wh m t!;ey sent to
Gcn. Ferranti, in the same vessel in which he ar-
rived but a tew hours befoie.
" This behaviour of the Spaniards gives us rea.
son to hope that they will make a vigorous defence
against the Negroes ; and it will be much worse for
them if they do nut ; for they need not expeft more
mercy, than the other whites who have fallen into
their hands. This, my dear frienii., is the o ily inte-
resting news I have to communicate respefting our
&c."

LAW.

er/iIRT OF KING'S BENCII, v ,M‘T 1

This day being the Essoin day of Hilary 'Perm,
the several Judges opened their respedive Courts at
Westminster, with the usual ceremonies.
A vast number of persons qualified bail, some to
nearly the amount of 50001.
Sir 17,c.. ar Gibes took the usual oaths upon his
appointment to the office of Solicitor General; after
which Mr. JEar L was called upon by Lord EL LEN.
aciaouon to take his place within the Bar, His MA.
jest, having been pleased to appoint him one of his
i Counsel learned in the Law. He took his seat ac-
cordingly.
Mr. WiLson moved for a rule to chew cause
why Mr. Hutton, an Attorney, should not deliver
up certain papers which he had in his custody ;
those papers were the Ecclesiastical Records of the
Consistorial Court of Buckingham, which had
come into his hands by accident, he having been
Clerk to a tot met Register; the Learned Counsel
said he chose this summary mode of proceeding,
because the party was an attorney, and therefore an
officer of the Court, rather than have recourse to a
more tedious process ; he cited some cases in sup-
port of his motion, and the Court grouted a Rule
to shew cause.
evee--•'"ele
Yesterday James &colt was tried at the Old
Bailey, for forging an order for the sum of 2651.
10s. The RICOIOII6It direlted the Jury to acquit
the Prisoner, the forged instrument having been de-
stroyed. It will be remembered that an uncle of
`the Prisoner's burned the order, having obtained
possession of it, to take a copy for the opinion of
I Counsel. Twenty-one Prisoners were found guilty,
i and nine atptitteti.
J AMA V A UGH A N, a man who formerly practised
as en Attorney, was committed yesterday by the
Lotto NI A volt for trial, upon a charge of robbiug
ready furnished lodgings, and defrauding various
trAdeimen of their goods. A greet number of pet-
, sins appeared against him. He is sixty years of age.