The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-11-21 00:00:00

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY, NOVEIllik 21.

Yesterday se'nnight, a Deputation from the City
of Dublin waited upon Sir EvAN NEPLAN, with a
statement of their grievances, when they we c assured
that Government were ready to accede to their de-
sires. In the list of complaints, was the inconveni-
ence arising from the want of a passage through the
Castle•yard, which Sir EVAN NEPEAN promised
should be immediately opened. This consent to the
removal of the barriers round the Castle, and to
throw it open to the public, is an irrefragable proof
the confidence of Government in the loyalty and
tranquillity of the country.

The Gazette of list night contains an interesting
account of the capture of the privateer, commanded
by the noted Captain BLANKSIA•:.

We this day resume our extra 1s from the French
Papers.

We were aware that the very accurate and cir-
cumstantial account given in this Paper on Mon-
day, of Sir GCOROL Ito m not. o's arrest and return,
would excite the envy of our Contemporaries.—
Among them The Aforning Chronicle being, as
usual, the most deficient, is, of course, the most
sore and the most angry. It fancies that it has dis-
covered one error in our account, and, according to
the Jacobin logic displayed in all its attempts at rea-
soning, it would hence aired to discredit our whole
statement. In a detailed account, comprising a va-
riety of particulars, hastily collefred, a candid mind
would not be eager to censure some trifling error.
Ent we do not claim any such indulgence, as, not-
withstanding the envious sneer of the Jacobin print,
we rely upon the authenticity of our statement. The
part of it, which that Print has thought fit to ques-
tion, is the alleged treatment of Sir Germ°,
iturtacri.o in the Temple at Paris, and our de-
scription of his apartment in that prison. The
Editor cannot believe that the worthy Baronet
wa; allowed only a roasted fowl and two bottles of
wine for dinner, and that the ape rtmmt was gloomy
and ill furnished. i le was, says Chronicle, on
the contrary, treated with the greatest rcspat,

meaning, no doubt, that he feasted upon Ortolons.
and had a section of the Legion of Honour, in li-
very, assigned to wait upon him at table. As to a
gloomy, ill-furnished apartment, the accuser of Go-
vernor Allis, and the advocate of Colonel I)es-
rasn, might no doubt admit such a thing possible
in Cold-bath-fields prison, but it is all splendor and
joy in the favourite prison of BONAPARTE. It a
fairy queen were to carry off some favoured mortal
for her lover, the Temple is the very sort of en.
chanted castle in which she would deposit her charge.
and woo his affections. There he would dine off a
service of gold, be attended by celestial agents, and
drink the nectar of the Gods from a cup of eme-
ralds. We, however, whose admiration of BONA.
PARTE is not unbounded, may he excused if we can-
not see all the beauties and luxuries of his prison, and
if we contemplate the room in which Sir GEORGE
Rti si nor.° was confined, a cold, comfortless, and
gloomy apartment. But, if our account was inac-
curate in some trivial points, why has not The Chro-
nicle given its readers a complete and corre& edition ?
Satiety there was time since Sunday last to pick up
a little information upon the subjea ; sad there are
some cases in which The Chronicle does not want in-
dustry. For seven days the Editor of that Print
laboured the question of the postponed votes at the
late Brentford EleStion. All Jacobins admired his
profound legal researches upon that occasion.

And still they per', and still the wonder grew,
That one small head could carry all tic knew.

But the reason is obvious—To gratify the town
with early and interesting information upon All sub-
jefls of importance is a task of infinite labour, and
attended with great expence; but to fill a print with
incoherent, and frequently contradiaory dreams of
opposition politics, costs only a comfortable doze
in an easy chair, and a few inches of candle. The
same spirit of envy has pervaded a few other Prints
of the minor class, whose condua is perhaps still
more reprehensible. It is their daily praflice to copy
columns from THE BRITISH PRESS, to impose them
upon the world as their own original intelligence,
and to dwell upon the great expence and labour at
which they procure it,. while their boasted energy
and liberality consist in making a vigorous effort
to pull six-pence out of their pocket to buy one of
our papers. To this class of Editor_ then, who
aftually subsist upon our industry, we pledge our-
selves,that if they will quote Tut Bei visit PRESS, for
every article they copy from it, we shall hold our-
selves responsible for every error into which we rn.zy
lead them. They certainly shew their judgment in
I becoming our

servile copyists, and the fa6l of their
b.ing so is a proof of our superiority ; but if they
adopt our information as their own, they have no
right to disown any part of it to serve a sinister pur-
pose. So much egotism may, *e fear, prove dis-
gusting ; but we have been betrayed into it, rose by
a desire to protest the public from imposition, than
to do justice to ourselves.

Yesterday the Poisruouess, the SPANISH, and
RusslAN AMPIASIADORS, and the Turkish Inter-
preter, transadcd business At Lord HAaaow•av's
Office.

Yesterday, at three o'clock, the LORD CHAN-
GEL LOR it-Ansa:led business with Mr. PITT, at
his house.

Lord KEITH arrived in town yesterday. His
Lordship had a long conference with the Lord, of
the Admiralty.

Lord I I AftaowaY returned to town late last night
from Bath.

We are happy to announce the arrival of the
homeward-bound Newfoundland fleet, under convoy
of the his, Sir ERASMCS GOWER.

The Pirgury brig of war, with the Abet under her
convoy, for the West Indies, which sailed from
Portsmouth on the 2.id August, are arrived at Bar-
badoes.
The SPEAKER of the House of Commons has
given notice in the Gazette, of his intention to issue
his writ for the eleCtion of a Member for the Bo-
rough of Totness, in the room of Jun N BERKELEY
BERLAND, Esq.
The Kura has been pleased to appoint CHARLES
Hoer, Esq. late His Majesty's Advocate of Scot-
land, to be His Majesty's Justice Clerk in Scotland,
in the room of Sir DAVID RAE, of Eskgrove, Bart.
deceased.

The Km] has also been pleased to appoint Sir
JAMES MONTGO IlLit V, of Stanhope. Bart. Advocate
and Presenter of Signatures. to be His Majesty's Ad-
vocate in Scotland, in the room a CH AIL L E 9 i 10 P L.
E S4l.
BREAM—In consequence of the great rise in the
markets, the Loan 11/44 s volt was under the pain-
ful necessity of raising the price of Bread three as-
sizes, or sixpence in the peck loaf, which will take
place to-morrow ; when the quartern loaf wheaten
will be sold for Is. 41. and household, Is. 'lid.
That public-spirited nobleman, Lord PE It V um,
has opened a new and nearer road to Holyhead
through his estates at his own expence, by which
Conway Ferry, and the terrifying ntecipice of
l'enmaunmoewr, which overhangs the Hi, are
avoided.

A Magazine, on a large scale, is to be ereeted im-
mediately on the land of the Hon. Lord CAMOZN,
near Brecon, capable of containing a large gitaiaity
of arms and ammunition, and to serve as a depot of
stores for the whole of South Wales.

The Coronation of BorAAAa7A is now, it is sail,
to take place on the 25th of December, Christmas
Day !—With the impiety that forms a prominent
feature of the Corsican's charaaer, he has seleacd.
for the wicked and insulting ceremony of crowning
an stamper and an assassin, the day from n11;4
Christians date their eternal hope !

THEATRE,
DM)* 1,4 ArE.
A new mus'cal farce inritled
formed here, f,:r the first tone, I :st n.tht.
l'he principtl charatters were asfelnw:
Baron d Om od g
Delara! Mr
. Mr
Clara %In Jo 0.
/Abet/a llrs Gland

The scene is laid in the vicinity of Berlin, an-2 •
following is a sketch of the plot :
Deldeal and Clara, an amiable young
couple it Berlin, having, by too fashioned+ ),
and a mutual perverseness of d'spositior, i
themselves in incessant quarrels with each
length solicit the Uncle of C/era, a Cabinet
sister, to use his power in procuring them t slim
Lion. The Uncle, convinced of the goodness
their hearts, and of their lurking fondness tin,
other, resolves, id order to cure them of their tni:
and convince them they were necessary to e.
other's happiness, to confine them Ity:th. in a
psi „El. lle commits the managernetit of his
Is:, friend 11 trGn Liuthurgh, whose
few miles from the city, is accordingly c, e
into the pretended gaol. They are arrested
rarely, and meet unexpe&-cily the C,,,t/e
burgh. Their interview, at 6!St. is a:te ded,
usual, with mutual reproaches, bat by degas rs, IVe
ing the solicitude and gloom of their situation,
court each other's company, and finally relatee int
all the ardour of their first affeais,n. They ar
then Bete led in an attempt to escape ; when an oils
of freedom is made to the first ssla should sign
deed of separation. This they both refuse, ar.,
resolve rather to pass their lives together in a pri
son, than past again. The Baton, thus convince
their follies are radically cured, discovers the plw
and they prepare to return, mutually happy,
Berlin.

The main business of this Entertainment is tak
from a little French Opera, iutitled Arb/p/e
Clare, recently performed at the Paris Theatr
with great applause. Mr. KENNY, the successf•
Author of the popular Farce of 12.0i,in,g the
has so altered and improved the original story
as to make it alitutt,t entirely his own. The in
tripe is managed by Lpsette, the waiting ma'
of Ciatte, and In this cline:After Mrs. BLAND '
played her tine voice in two beautiful airs, which
were unanimously encored. But the ptacip
agent in carrying on the delusion is Cavherip
an Irish huntsman, who is made the jailor.
a part which was admirably supported by Alt.
JOHNSTONE. Mrs. JO:(DAN'S chat acier IS Well con-
ceived, and was happily executed. It abttunds in
natural touches, all sithich were given with her pe-
culiar taste, wit and feeling, by that fascinat-
ing actress. Nothing could be more finely es-
pressed than her anxiety about her dress, when
a fellow prisoner is announced, and Ler dis-
appointment when she finds he is her husband.
She sang a very pretty air, and accompanied htr-
self upon the lute. It was loudly encored. Mr.
Ertisrois was a striking portrfiit of the apparentle
careless husband, whose Afrvaion only respire)
some incident to call it into real aCtit.m; ar,l
Mr. Dow Cosi was an excellent representatise
of the worthy German Baron. This piece is of the
must moral tendency, and the charaCters .are com-
bined with judgment, and a perfect knoivledge of
stage ere& The music is beautiful, particularly
the overture, and received the most ripturous
applause. The scenery and dresses are also in
a splendid style. In f,o, the piece is complete
in every part, and, with a little compression,
cannot fril to prove a favourite. It had excited a
very high degree of expeCtation, which was ma-
nifested in an overflowing home at an early hot r.
Mr. I'.Lr.rsrom announced it for future representa-
tation amidst a thunder of applause. The following
may serve as a specimen of the poetry :

When disdainfully we treat you,
Every beauty we po:se..si
When with frowning look we rn.N.b.t von,
I..inginge can't nur charms express.
When you're sighing,
Swearing, dying,
Full of boding,
Praying, kneeling,
Stilt pursuing while we fly,
Doating while we cry, eh !
Fie! he! fie!
But when pitying your puritan,
Quickly atter'd is the cue ;
Sinn you spare your admit awn,
Fled is 'Wry charm and grace.
No rm.re sighing,
Swearing, di mg,
Praying, kneeling,
Vows, or feeling,
You ungrateful then grow shy,
Sneer aside, and cry, oh fie
Fie! fie! fie!

Yesterday morning His Majtsrv, aceompanie.i
by the Duke of Ctrs( eral. A TAD, attended by General
FITZ!" v, role to the right of Ascot Heath Race
Course, where a deer wiAa turned out for the day's
diversion of hunting.
Her MA.Ir sry and the Princesses Arotisr Ft
Z A ski Mitt MARY, went in two coaches and fear.,
and honoured the Hon. Mrs. HARCOLRT WOO a %is'.
at St. Leonard's Hill. Princesses St./B'MA ;Pi.'
AweuA took an airing on horseback.
The Duke of CLARENCE will give, this day.
an elegant slimmer to the Dukes of YORK, Kerrts
C A IA am oat, and Sussex, at his house in the Stable-
lard.

Yesterday. at his Lordship's house in Low:
Grosvenor-street, the Lady of Lord Datcx was
safely delivered of a son and heir.

Mr. Ho►e will give a grand dinner to-morrow,
at his house in Cavendish-square, to a large party.
Sir doom CkAUFIoRD gave, yesterday, an elegnr.:
dinner, to a large party, at his house in Dover-street.
The Dowager Countess of lit.cx 'Noss A ‘I4I4IRE, in
consequence of the death of the Earl, is arrived iii
St. James's-square, from Lincolnshire.
Lady Fi aux& and family arrived yesterday
Archer-street, from Cheltenham.
The beautiful Mrs. Dix-)u, and Lady Mooar.
are expelled in town this day from Maaging, to
their house in Stratford-place.
A separation, we understand, is shortly to take
place between an aeress of celebrity and her hus-
band. The lady is to be allowed 20,0-.).A. ar het
er.trate use, t,-; dicosed of 45 She think fit.