The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-08-25 00:00:00

SIR WILLIAM WILMER'S DINMSR.

On Tuesday last, upwards of one hundred and
twenty gentlemen. friends of Sir William Milner,
ue down to dinner, at York, to commemorate his
alb return as one of the Members for that ancient
city. The entertainment was provided by Mr.
Etridge. and was served up in the Great Assembly-
room. Toe whole was in si style and manner hiyzhly
respettable. Mur what added imatly to " The feast
of reason and the flow of soul." was the general
unanimity that pervaded the whole till a late hour
In the course or the evening. several appropriate
speeches were delivered, occasioned by the healths.
he. which were drank. Many excellent songs were
sung in good sty! • sal taae. Amongst the Coasts,
Scc. given, were the following :

The King-The Queen—the Prince of Wales—The Doke
of Yurt ant the Army—.l'he Navy—The City of Yen k...Tne
County Members—Fite Lords Lieutenant. of the Three
Ridings—. l'he immortal memory of Cnar:es James Foe— foe
Duke of Norfolk—Mr. Wiightesni—.Hon F. Lumley—l rya
Immortal memo,' of the Marque of Rockingham—.Loid
Milton, with cheers—Toe 1454 voters for Sit William Molnar,
three times three—Sir William Milner, three timve torte—
The Hon. Laurence Dundas, t..ree tinsel thret—Tne Lord
Mayor of the City of Yo,.—toe ,n—r.
w ir,h, daft** of liartiugton—Duks of Bedford
W.itter Fawkes, Eso —Mr. Aldeloiao U 41114413. the ClUitll.l4ll
of Sir Millais t • v'v Corernntee—t,
th:ew t' tee—Major Mole—Wise M.lner, aioi t 1.1
vrybizer Jraliches ol the Sinner F•atily--I.wd George
Inn-4r. F Sird-rr, with cheers—Wm oeyaleilews
male Patriot of Y wh.hi•e, three li.n three-4.l'm Via taw.
Em.—Lord Wilton's Pluinperv—.; urge T.,e s sii i,
Jolts Marini, el—rho i ,I.o,,nlent Cl t W a In:
ter—. Fee Geeneinea who .01aibl,11 W 1.. aeos Cwt..
niniss—Thms Independence of the C jtc. c.

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UI6IIILIN. AUGUST to

The works for establi,hing a 11711011 r liowth,
for the dispatch and lanai g if the NI ,01. hetiv,-en
Dublin And klolyheAd, we learn, ate o be com-
m. nee I immediately; and that as soon ai corn nleiea,
the I.l..r.easf packets wit henceforward sai. fr its
end :Attie, at that harbour, instead of use Pigeon-
house.

EXTRACT OF A LITTCt 7110 X CASTLEBAIt.

The trial of soldiers ot the company of the
Royal Longford regimen: of Militia, commanded
by t•te Earl ot Grana►d, has terminated AS justice
ha .I a rig at to xpea, in spite of the partiality and
malevolence which had misrepresented this unlucky
affair to the public.
" It appeared in evidence that the nineteen m•n of
that regiment who had been charged with the riot at
Ballinrobe, and committed for trial to prison, had
received every insult and provocation from the
party of the Lth dragoon guards. and particularly
from the two who were unfortunately killed in the
affray, and fmm the many favourable circumstances
that appeared in the testimony of the wimeuses for
the prosecution, (particularly an officer of the Sth
dragoon guards,) of the outrageous and ungovern-
able disposition of the other party, the Prisoners
found it unnecessary to enter into any vindication of
themselves, and the Jury therefore very soon
brought in their verdict —" Fifteen guilty R( man-
slavhter in iheir ew's defeat.. and were strongly re-
commended by their Jury; the remaining four were
acrii/hd."
• Thus. though we were told in several news-
papers of both kingdoms, that the two regiments in
question had a battle royal on some national dis-
pate, and that many lives were lost on each side—
it has, however, now appeared, that but one cons
pany of the Royal Longford regiment happened to
be quartered at the place where the riot occurred,
and that it was no deliberate animosity between the
two corps, but an accidental quarrel,which occasion-
ed the death of the two men who unluckily fell vic-
tims to their own imprudence, and that of their
comrades."

W. Ruffle. Esq. of Basingstoke. Secretary to
the Lieutenantcy. and Clerk to the General Meetings
of Hampshire. has been re appointed to those
si•u-
atic,ns. by Lord biat.wsaul le, the new Lord• Lie-
utenant.

Saturday morning. a Court Martial was held at
Portsmouth. on Mr. Kaerf Kidd, Ading-Master
of His Maass v's ship Kanter, for drunkenness,
disobedience or orders, insolence, mid contempt
The charges were proved, and he was sentenced to
be dismissed from the Ranier, and sent to such
ship as the Commaiider in Chiet shall dired
Mr. Booms, late purser of His M 431ST Y'S sloop
of war, the Nastily,. which was wrecked on a desert
island some months since in the Archipelago, ai-
rived at Plymouth last week. The Captain and
greater part of the creswwere starved to death.
The Satwa, of 71 guns Lotst A. lisaucLeatt.
by standing too close into Cadiz, on t le list ult.
got aground, cle nader the batteries; fortunvi.-
iy. it was in the nig* and the enemy dil not dis-
cover h-r, or she must have been lost or taken
She was on shore lour hours, and sustains...l'v try
constderahle climate. Her rudder was beaten off,
which obliged her to go immediately to Gibraltar,
where she is to be hove down, and afterwards sent
borne for a thorough repair.