The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-05-02 00:00:00

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;mutt or loserity to this country in Fracte. that tLe
Vt It I r CONSUL Will tower Isis tone, vtil abate ifs de.
Wands. Toe Fscnch Funds, huwev.r. if the don
be considered a criterion, :Ire not ova warlike. aspez,
They were on the %Lb, 53. 85, which was rather
an improved price, but the French Funds are only
A feather in the scale when weighed against the mass
of circumstances of a contrary description.
We do not undt.•rstand that any for► ion intelli-
gence WAS rectivei in the course of yesterday.

The dispatches for China, by the ships Warty
and Cxert, were finally closed at the East,india
House on Saturday, and delivered to th::ir reveaive
Pursers.

P .11SSENGEP. PER (OU
David Lance, Eig. Second ~I.ntsb_s ut. the S.:lei Com-
mittee.
Mes•:s. James Thomas ItAarts, and \Vidiatu frier r,
writer,.
11 I`:tili;r •*ormereau, procn,ffsdng to M..n;,!11. re.
Mr. W. Ker, a gartl.mer.
ACcording to all the information received both
from France and Holland, in the tOrmer country,
mops are marching in all direaions to the sea-
coast ; and according tO advises by the last packets
from the French ports, the utmost aaivity prevails
.ill along the coast in mounting guns, and making
every warlike preparation.
Accounts received by the Hambttrgh mail of Fri-
,Lty, state, that on the 15th of last month, the French
Minister at Ratisbon, (La ro decktred official-
ly, in the name of his Government, to the Imperial
Minister, the Baron in HUGEL, and the principal
Commissioner, the Prince os Tuts and
"that if his IMPitiIIALMAJEsTy did not ratify the
Plan of Indemnities within fourteen days, the nal?

CoNsut. would consider it As a DLet.Aa A vioN OF
WAR, France being determined to.have only friends
or enemies."

Letters from the Continent, by the Mails of Sa-
terday state, that a difference has arisen between
Russia and Sweden, and the former has ordered
some military preparations to be made. Thy cause,
however, is of the most frivolous kind, whether an
old ruinous bridge shall be marked with the insignia
of Sweden, or as a joint property of Sweden and
Russia ?

Mr. Sr, cwAltr, the Atterney-General of Ireland, •
resigns upon a pe,,sion of 2,0001. a year.
I.etters from Desancon, dated the 22d, state, that
Tot•scsinr LOCVEIITURE, who was retained in
Fort de .lour, there about eight days before
that period.
The official intelligence of his BRITANNIC MA-
JL;TY'S Message to Parliament, reached Peters-
huro on the Ist April, and excited great sensation
on the Exchange.
The Emperor At cx aN pc rt has given the palace
of the Countess de LICHTENAO to the Hereditary
Prince of Oa N or, and settled on the Princess, his
MAJLSTY'S sister, a pension of 30,000 dollars.
Letters from Malta, of the 21st of March, state,
that at that period Rear-Admiral Sir R. DICK R-
Tom, with seven sail of the line, some troop-ships,
and several transports, was lying there. The fleet
and army were healthy.
The 17th Light Dragoons, which for two years'.
have been quartered at Manchester, on Wednesday
and Thursday arrived at Liverpool, to embark for
Ireland.
Major BIRCII, of the I(ith Dragoons, and Major
H. E. Bum nollY, of the late Erth West India Regi-
ment, are appointed Assistants to the Quarter-Master
General of the Forces ; the former with the rank of
Lieutenant-Colonel.
The Emperor At.r.ICANDF.R has Made assurances
to the Hans Town►, that he will prote& their nu.
erality, in the event of a war between England and
France. • •

Letters from Constantinople state, that the re- ,!
ception given by GIIEZhAIt PACIIA Lb the Commer-
cial Commissary Se n s ssr t VMS contemptuous in
the extreme, and in every re pea hostile to the
stews with which the expedition was undertaken.
Private letters from Slathid state, that the ru-
mours if a war between England and France had
filled every part of Spain with anxiety and despon-
dence. The Government paper at the first • shock
had felt a depression of 1.2 per cent. and was every
day declining.
At the late sessions for the town of Nottingham an
application was made fir leave to open the thearte,
but it was refused by the justices, pending the pre-
sent elation contest, because the opening .of the
theatre might be injurious to the peace of the town.
Last Wednesday the Earl of Ca Knit; ss was
sworn in High Steward of the Borough of Windsor,
in the mom of the late Lord BLAULIEU. The

Mayor and the whole of tie Corporation in their
full robes attended the ceremony. The Noble Earl
e:itertained the Corporation with a mos: excalleat
dinner in the on thefloceasioss,,,at which
every delicacy which the season affords .was•setvcdop.
.Iweett IN AP RTE., the feace-make at Amiens,
is supposed to be pacifically inclined, and k is cry-
tuin that no person has more weight with the Ft esT
Coescr. .11e has always prided himself is havity
negotiated the Peace of Amiens, and it is supcosed
he would yield even ccnsiderable points, rather thanl
the Treaty should he disturbed. -C s *HAL ER EA and
Berti•are also both avere to Wat, the former
has some influence on the opinionki of the Ft es t.
Cue su t.
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Forty.guineas have been deposited at AltOnrt, to
he ow as a for the best itlises in honour of -
I(l.onT.Ort. The Professore ft .Gottingen, with
Messrs. l% 11. i. Aau and i HD KrAUC to decide on the
competition for the prize.
Fonr•new mail coachts have recently been esta-
blished at Ireland: Ante from Dulllin to lanJoudet ry,
and another to ..e*.nnisklllen.—One from Cork to la.
by way of le:moy, and :mother between the
same cities by way of Mallow.
The Italian theatre at Parig, called the Opra
,fp, 'is about to be re-opened, under the dired:on
of Mr. ROTAIS.
It is now settled that Mr. !.Awls is to wine item
the adieu management of Covent-garslen
A handsome‘subscrlption has been raked among the
performers to purchase a piece of plate to be pre-
sented to him upon his r;:titirg, at the end of the

..1 ;NORIPMPRIPIIOOOO,Tror'

/Orig. HUNT-
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Early ru Saturday inorningl-lis l!slsstsvv,iat
tended by Geueral,Gw vt4 mg aid Capt. Fit an ,
left Vtiindsor for Back-bridge, where the EA, id
SAIII/%4101 and Lord TEM P 1.k.T0%1 N, Messrs. Doe tc-
ttinnr, It A NiSSOTTOM, BA R TON, and a number of
abet. Genttiptett ref distim'llon, met Eh Mausrw.
Soon after the arrival of his Ntarast v, the Beer
was turned out for the day's diversion, when he ran
with grei,speed, and made for lord 11,:sv asooa's
Park, and many of t'ae huntsmen went through his
I..ordship's yard, close to the house, taking througli
the wood- to thy: right by Ruskham and Twyont,
leaving 1-lore-hatch to the right, crossed the Bath
toad, and made through the 1 Names near Sunning,
The sixittsmen crossed Sunning-bridge, and some
of them made over by the Ferry : by this time the
deer had got a little law before the sportsmen could
cross the water. The deer on starting again ran
with swiftness through the inclosures to the
gnat •
right of Reading. This famous deer chewed such
sport as has not been enjoyed this year ; he was at
length taken within a test miles of Nettlebed, in
Oxfordshire. On his being taken, SHAEP, the
Royal Yeoman Pricker, was first up, and just in
time to save his life, but would not have been able
to acc4,mpliSh the desired ohjkl, had not Goso!:tr,
another Pricker, and Mr. M-a.t ON, One of the Gen-
tlemen Swrtsmcn, arrived to his assistance.
His MAJESTY was highly pleased with the day's
sport, which lasted upwards of three hours.
His
Msltsr Y Ilia Suite, atter the sport was over, rode
to I ienley, and took a post-chaise and four to Wind-
sor, where his MAJESTY arrived a few minutes after
four o4'clock. The place where The deer was taken
is 21 miles from Windsor.
This closes the hunt for the season.

►LTON.

-ttiker HARRIET RAIL
At one o'clock on Saturday last, this amiable
young Lady, eldest daughter of the Marquis of
Aas ILCOIt N, died, in the 21st year of her age, after
a short at her father's seat, The Prim, near
Ssanmere. This young Lady, thus cut off in the
bloom of life, and amidst every thing that could
make life desirable, was not more admired for her
beauty and accomplishments, in which she had few
equals, than she was universally beloved for the
sweetness of her disposition and her engaging man-
ners. She was to have been married in a few days
to the Marquis of War Limier), who, from the first
moment of her illness, has shewrs all the anxiety that
the most arden, affeCtion operating upon a feeling
mind could produce. His attention aad enquiries
at the Priory have been unintermitted,. and whit
must aggravate his ailli6tion on his last visit'on Fri-
day, he was assured that the most confident hope
was entertained of her speedy recovery. When he re-
ceived the account of her death, by impress, on Sift-
day, he swooned away, and nowremains overwhelm-.I
with the deepest atiliaion. Of the grief that prevails
at the Priory, those only who knew her worth, and
the large space she filled in the breasts of her family,
can judge. To this premature and much-lamented
death we have to add that of
Lady M. Mr: LauoaN s.—This melancholy event
took place yesterday, at one o'clock, lifter a few
days illness, at her house in Upper .Seymour-street.
At the same hour also died at her house in Park-
street, Grosvenor-square, Mrs. E. I A ILV EY, many
years theintimate friend of Lady M. MELaut at: E.

Yesterday morning the ROYAL FAMILY attended
Divine Service at St. George's Cathedral, Windsor,
when an excellent sermon was preached by the Rev.
Dr. HALLAM, Canon in Residence, from the 3d
Chapter of Proverbs, and leth verse
" For whom the Lord loveth fie correctath, even at Ft-
ther the Sou in whom he de:ighteth."
A grand party was put off on Saturday at Devon.
shire-house, in consequence of the death of Lady H,
HAatIL?ON.

Saturday afternoon a saddle-horse was killed in
Parliament-street, by the pole of a gentleman's car-
riage entering his side. Theaccident frightened the
1 ~r es in the carriage, who ran away furiously fora
considerable distance : three ladies iind a gentleman
were in it. who, we are happy to say, did not receive
any material injury.
Lord, PLseitirs retires, in a few days,.-to
Win-
ningum, near Norwich, where his family now is,
from whence he will proceed to Penrhyn-Castle,
North Wales, for the remainder of the season.
The Duke of Arnot.gave, on Saturday4.a most
splendid dinner to eighty, at his house in Portman- .
square.
The Countess of DEADY gave, yesterday, it &fi-
ner, in commemoratien of her we,iding-day, to her
Lord's family conneetions and friends. Amongst
the latter were the- Earl and Onintess of MANs-
F I:.n, Lord (I,WI.STOWL. Sir F. STANDISH,
Hor ',wool>, and Mr. ll,setarr. It would be al-
'lost .siiiperfluous to add, that "the Craces" pie-
sided a: the festive board.
Lord IVIoNr .10VE arrive) on Friday from Paris,
after a long tour on the Conan:ay., at his fath,:r's
house in Privy-Gardens. -7
The Earl of DAsNi.r:v yesterday gave a grand
diaper at his house in Berkeley-setuare, to the Earl ,
of Limb:lllC%, Lord Co i.r, Mr..GLEv,;Mr. iturn,
a large party of friends.
Mr. ANotasr 'AN gave a grand dinner yesterday
to Lord YAR1101,0“11, Mr. I'EL.II:. NI, &c. &C. At Wit
house in Pall-Mall:4',
The Hon. Captain air} Mr. Pi ERIMPOINT, and a '
large party of Noblemen dined yesterday with the
Ihike demo iiratatsn, .at his house in St. James's
Pah

. alace.
The Tale 4Terror, announced at CiWent. Garden
Theatre, is from the per. of Mr. HEN av SIDDONS;
:11Id report speaks very favourably of its merits.
king :7i/.n, RS altered by Dr. AI PLY, and
ucil by his pupils at Reading, is shortly to be
perforniA fir a benefit, at Covent Garden.
A new Gallery •for the arrangement of a Collec-
tion of Piaures is now building in the New 'toad,
near the end vf Portland-place.
The Paintings are the most valuable ever intro-
duced into England, principally collected on the
Continent by a Gentleman of the first taste and
charader ; the whole valued at no less than
130,0001. They are considered as the chef, d'orvres
of the Dutch, Italian, and Flemish masters, and on
their exhibition will be found highly gratifying to,
the lovers of the Arts.
The architect of :he Gallery, Mr. GEORGE Eq-i
w Ins, of Titclifield-street, has undertaken to finish;
the building witnin a short Um., under a large pe-'
nalty.
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FiiViJON.

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PARISIAN VASIIIONS.
„was cold tif the weather has arrest-11 t:re psoues -Irf the
Spring E.or•ions. The silk J. maw robes !Ave re a.:,;;-.rad;
are trimmed with a v-k reper.s are very much worn ;
Vail a e wale of JAI k-grern taffeta, or of a t"..0. .2 Of straw and
silk, with z V-tV4)l,;;iti IMO acruss.Alinost all tuovropptal luuds
arc cove' d with a cutherte Of it Voll ; and the sh.swh, whit%
vier T Used to e.0.m..: Up Iva neck, are worn low down open
the slertukk rs. sulk Li i 4 nu; mantle, worn over
almost al: the straw hat:: the handherellief is ordinarily violet:
violet and ro e :u.a the prevailing colours. The newest ribbons
are striped and el rurlogl, dark given, meadow green, and ap-
ple gre.li. Tit:• long hair is worn plaited, ornamented with a
ci.ain, used as a fillet, and turned up with a rich comb. N.,.
thing is more common than curlicues of eaubroiderod
trHr-
Thefollowing hasidkerchielbourset the newest fasiVrour:—•
one of the titre,: corners of the liandloachief is fastened at the
to; of the forehead, and the other two are knitted wider the
chin. A couliNge goes entirely round the,bminet.

LONDON FASHIONS, FOR MAY.

Pit3,4tM DK • Datssri.---Ituunt dress .of blue Carmlrray
meant,w.th a Lang train, large lace veil, llowiti: loose.
oith an ernbro".4::red shirt-ha dker-
chief. A ihtuslin lace shawl, lined with cc:loured silk, and
ealliruiderad. Straw hat with dame crown, adorned
with oak leaves and what ears.
Muslin dress. Large orange-coloured silk French iftasel:
with a pale Lima bonier. Straw gipsey-fiat tied with blue.
Dreg: of 11Ltc Cambay muslin. Shawl-cloak •of patent
lat;e, with arm-holes, and worn with the point behind. Bon-
net of straw, and Mac-coloured silk.
GLN 'LAI. QIISLIIV A TioNs,--The Shaul cloak; and shawl -
pelicee, won& with the point behind, and with arin.holes as
sireec4, and also the Large plain muslin and silk shawls of
ritur; colour., base lataly been very generally worn. Straw
`liati, of ValOU% patterns, particularly of the dome crown matt
gi;:sey form, are as 'przvaleat as in former Springs. The cu-
hinted and figured Carnbray *mishits, elliey slate, idac, and
blue, are becoming general.

FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS FOR TIES WEEK.

MONDAY,
Duchess of St: Alban's Roll, Brutuu-street.
Lady Clayton's Rout, 1-Lniford-street.
C ort Giyius's Rout, Arlaagunt-street.
Mrs Crete)** Ball, Park-pace.
Mrs Dallas's Party, Sloane-street.
Lind I larewoOd's Dinner, par.:wood-place.
TuEADAY.
Duke of llortilles Grao4 Diluters St-Jarnt's.'s*".-Hare-
Mrs. Sullivan's Rota, Gallen-street.
Mrs. Wight's Rout, Duke-street, Westminster.
Mrs. Wtoldelt's Dinner, 11piter Brook-street.
Earl Kenatarsts Dinner, Portman-square.
Lord Carleton's Dinner, Georgo-street.
Marquis of Sligo's Diniacr, Giaftun-street.
WEDNgsD AY.
King's Levee, St. James's.
Counted Ken nisre's Ball, Portman-square.
Counters, Portsmouth% Root, Lincoln's-inn-19132re.
Viscountess Falmouth's Rout, Berke.ey-sluaie.
Mrs. Robinson's Rout, Albemarle-street.
Mrs. Whitaker's Rout, Raker-street.
Earl of Moirs's•gtand D:nner, St. James's-place.
F.arlOf Doruky's Autism' NI uric Dinner, Berkeley-4gm
M Ijor-Gerierui Russ's Dinner, ILte,cy-street.
Titu ntin
LAY De Cliffncl'a flout, lituton-street.
•Loly flout, Albemarle-street.
11,wia,i.'s Rout, Sackyille-,trot.
Mrs. Creyey"; Parts', Park-piece.
Mrs. liantmersley's Music, P.Ol-mall.
Mrs. Wright's Ruut, Duke-street,'Wettut:nster.
Mrs. Hale's RJUt;Giosvenor-i.lace.
Lord Rous's Dinner, ikikeley-itsevt.
.1131 d Northwiors Wilmer Ifahs.tsinare.
Mr Devayues Dinner, 13uver-strtet.
FRIDAY.
Countess of Derby's grand Pout, Gmsvener-aquare.
Countess of Kenmore's Root, Portman-sgtsar...
Mot. Tnumvsou's Ball, Ilereford,rtract.
lady Lunam's Rout, Argyle-street.
Mrs. alt.% Root, Grostetnw-rlsee.
Earl of Danoley's llinncr, BerLeley-square •
Mr. Sot!:,'s Dinner, York-rlace.
SAT U RDA Y.
Far', of Cary fort's Dittoer, Comberlawl-place.
Part of Romney', Dinner, Arlington-street.
Viscount Newark's Dinner, Portman-square.
l'!actSxretary at War's Dinner, Caries st. BerV.eley-iquxre.
E.rl 4 Darniey's 11.2rk•Aey-square.
Sir Joins Caiii4l4ldei Dinner, Maoists:id-sue:l,
FI:ND A Y.
I.a 1. I Tamptlen's Music, Green-str.et.
.Marellioniss of S distairi‘'s Party, Arlington-,toast.
/Marquis er:*Blarodford's Music, Piero/10'y.
S..qgyaist liavward`l gr.vid Dinner.
I.larl of Dartil-t's Diener, CerkAcy-spiarc.
Mr. Angerstein's Dinner, Pall-mall.

THE HON. MISS GRINISTONS' P %LI.
We gave, in Saturday's Paper, an account of the
magnificent Hall and Supper given by the Hon. Miss
G t MST ONi', at Lord Git tms.rox's house, on Friday
last,.to which we now add the following particulars.
Among the company, who waited supper, were
Marquis Sali,,bury.
Ea.! .Ibayis
Fiseesat.,.-I'..lsuonttb, Granby, Maviltain, and Fitsbarris.
Laid a —AV .ti,,ngtiam, Doppftn, W. Fitzroy. E. and F. So-
nterwtr.', 13,t0n, Carriogton, Templiztov.n, Nortfiaridc, acrd
t lrautbaap . ,
Hale, 3.elsright, and 11. P.tt.
'Cu! n 1 Wa d.
O. • , ' '
CeigtOot.-4.. Gower, Bernard, B )usesie, Selaright,
4aty• •
liestra--11411 Tower, Glover, Drumm-m(1, Sparkes, .1.
*The'losson, Sitar, H. Grin:ston, Croft,ll, Montague, E.
Montague, DouilL, 1 fetbett, Dorien, Robinson, asaanta-
-tor; Swanton, Law, Abdy, Moredon, Onslnw, ering, M.
Burgoyne, Hattbr, Walteley, Pierrepnat, Townsend, Me-
thuen, Monday, Mainantring, T. Nlethuen, G. Villiers.
Duche:s of Beaufort.

Marchio.tess of Salisbury.
C.,oratess—Uxbridg.., Carnarron, Bridgewat,r, ESSZ.K, &nil
Matelesfidd.
I.* tscounte A Cranky.
Ladies—Walsingliatn, Sebright,Th! Clifford, Hale, E. Spen-
cer, Somer-ett, C. Pavt, F. Marsham, C. Tuwnshead, Dow:-
rev Temrktawn, G. Cecil, Boston, Mildmay, Cornwall, l ralli-
wod, C. Beininek, Northwicke, awl W. ‘Wynne.
Aliar,s.—llliutt, Banket, Butler, Cornwallis, Nlontagii...,
Douglas, Robison, Law, Herby, M. Burgoyne, Niethuen, G
Villiers, Web, Codrington, and Rushart.
MAWS—Hat Sabright, Grimston, Etcourt, Byng, Ron-
verie, Onalow, A. Goatston, Thompson. C. Hair, Tom:-
sheik], Bo;c3weis, L. Gower, Morison, Douglas, Ulerker, U.,-.-
ton, De Gray, Herby, M. Burgoyne, Methuen, l'auneck,
Cornwall, Bromley, Dashwood and Wynne.
After supper, at two g'clock, the dance was re-
sumed. Lady G. CECII., i'ati the Hon. Mr. Glt rm.
srox led off to the tune of Sir David Burster Blair.
and were followed by
The Hon. Miss C. Grimston T.Sheridan,
The Hon. Miss Griniston Lord rtzharris.
Miss M. Burgoyne - Lord Dupplin,
Lady C Tart - * LordiF. Samersdrr.
Lady F. Marsha,* - - Hon. Capt.-Paget,
ALIA Cornwall A. - -W. Pientpen.

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