The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-12-27 00:00:00

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On Sunday and Monday evenings Their Ms,
rtes had Concerts of Sacred Music, in the Gra
Concert Room, in Windsor Castle. The
was entirely sole fed by His Niewsr, y, It
menced with the 100th Psalm, with aceonspan
ments for a full band, by Mr. Oartrona. .1
other principal pieces were Dr. Bs. arce's inipiV
Anthem of have rd God al:4w &Ara me;
delightful are of Pious Orgiee, Peons Asps, tit
the Oratorio of Judas Maccabees ; the sublime Ai
of I knots, that my Redeemer (meth, from The Atm.-
the Air and Chorus of Riess the true Church and in;
the King ; the grand Hallelujah Chorus; and con
eluded with the Chorus of Worthy sr the Land that
on: slain. and loath redeemed us SO God he hi, blood.
The last Chorus His M sr ESTY is particularly parted
to, which proves his scientific knowledge, as it cer
tainly is one of Ha unites grandest compositions, and
the Amen Chorus fallowing, is one of hi,
fugues. His MAJES r v seleCted for the Monday c.c..
ing s performance, the most favourite parts
Oratorio of Judas Marealress, except the Orer.t.•.,
opening Recitative and Air from The Alasiati.
A number of Nobility and persons of distii
were present at the perfornionce,
Tuesday, being Christrna .-day, Their Ma, Esi ,r,
and the PaiNcnssas, with -everal attendants, went
at_ the early hour of nine o'clock to St. George's
Chapel, where the morning service of the Fesuval
Day was performed, and the Holy Sacrament ad-,
ministered to the ROYAL FAMILY by the Bishop of
Noassicn, and the Rev. Mr. Luse.
The Royal Party returned to the Castle to break-
fast, and, soon after ten o'clock, went again to St.
George's Chapel, where they heard a most excel.
lent sermon, preached by the Hon. and Rev. Mr.
Lino, from the :dist chapter of St. Matthew, and
rift verse.

" But List of al: he sent untu them hip 54.1, saying, t!ey
will receive my Son "

Yesterday morning, His MAJESTY, accompanied
by the Duke. of CAMBRIDGE, attended by Lrd
WA Lat No Id A M and General Sr .1.4:E1t, took an airing
on horseback, by the new barracks.
tier Mei t.sr v and the Pa sots's, took an airing
in two coaches and four to St. Leonarr's Hil!,
honoured the Honeitrable Mrs. Ha ilco” et wit
morning visit, where the Rov•t. Pa sty rernaintd
seine time, and, after partaking of some rafr
rnenr, returned to Windsor Castle to dinner.
Last Sunday, Her Mairsres be.tutifol prer es
at Fro more were broken open, and a grew- r,
ber of foreign ducks, pheasants, and v. ' p
other birds, of considerable value, stolen th
A reward of .501. has been offered for the de
of the offenders. Two meet have been appre
by Dowsers and lEciwa a os, the Police '
on suspicion of having been concerned in
bevy, and were yesterday examined
Mayon of Windsor, and committed
examination.

IMPROMPTU.

asswEß OP M. voLTAtat. Ni HEN ALMOI
1-u A LA n' • —I) TO
Ds but 01.4....1.1 poeseele 01. 'cut ne
On rout cue r-. 71 ertlire •.% e

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Rs Royal Highness the Duke of Yoga -
Aicis.de-Cam?, with Mr. Gn s txwoon, returned
town yesterday from Oatlands, after spending t
Chr:strnas with the Duche,s, and dine! yesterd
Afternoon at lork•house, Portman•squassr.
Sir resorts, Lloosia. porchased last week a
elegant house in Wimp°l►street.
The Hen. Colonel Wtroortrup Sr ATTORD h:
taken a house for the season in Stratford Place.

The Earl and Countess of Ras potoi au, and Lal
CAIOLIML POSSONST, 21Trred in trW2 yestr
from Cie Priory, the seat of the Margriis of A.ll
CO ex, whcre they have been for some ..inse on a vi
Bart and Countess rots ,scrt and family
arrived in town for the season from Castle Hill, L
vooshire.

Two daos.t., loungers paraded Sind•street yes,.
Jay with 4airre &ogling at their sid s, as if ti
were come from thi Jci, upon which they had acid.
skill nor COUTII:e to Vegilitte.
Co •it Ls' iats• a. Esq. M. P. is returned ft%
h.s seat in Wales, to his ),ruse in Eal,ng.
The BV)IP010 Family are not ezpeded toreta.
to L.,ndon until April nest.
Extra& from an Alvertisensent is a Provinci
Paper. .4 Wanted immediately a Jourarynsin in •
Grocery business to make cisaiL'ca."
The Proprietor of the Pa'ett Blergier has ap-
pointed the jtatro..ere the agents for selling his sai.le
commodity. as being dater* its keek as well .s
white.

Tome persons rresnmr. from Mr. Fates's name,
that ikistar sa rr Las sought t...riNimr,sse svols
Mr HOLM AM is performing the chArAtiter, of 8,-
ied+c4. D. Fr.P.z. And d, at the DubLn
art ; and MI S. ECM IN, I nferke Ana Late
Pork..

Me two Mss Outlasts trial szt off this day from
Sir Joao Hoar's. upon a sir:. to th-ir mother.
LaJT Coon mt.. at Avon..
Mr Res ,somor's Ccmcify of TI4C n 1444 ad/p/4 is
in rehearsal at tha 141:11 theatre.
Mr. Muaroses new Comedy will be read this
Jay in the Green.room at Covent Garden. Tall
cast include. the comic strength of the house.
Mr. J. Pa asou. B. A. of Clare Hall. Cambridge.
is eleted a Fellow of that SJciery; and Mr. Has v
Ha a tore Kum is admitted a Fallow of King's
College.
Mr. B•itat a. cf Russell-street. is the purchaser cf
Mr. T. Dia biles Thirty Tis..suesod. Mr. Bather is
more than a match for the snar:ray Critics.
The City of London has declined most woefei:r
in its favourite passion for eating. Only •ne rri—s
died this year in the city of a 14r:reit.
Among the company who were to spend the Lo•
lidays with the Duke aid Ouches' of tivecr.rurse.
at Dalkeith Castle. are. Lord and Lady Dar-
crirn and family. Lord and Lady Hens and tar
:nay. Lord and Lady MOINTAGIA, Lord and Led!
Douoaas. of Bothwell Castle• Sir Coastal; sual
Lady C. DOLGL AS, Mr. and Mrs. Mowry, of
Diatom. and a large party of the naighboariof
Scowl' Nobility.

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THEATRES.

DRU a Y-L•Ns.

Last night the comedy of The Busy Bad was per-
formed at this Theatre. Miss Dr/earl was prevent-
ed by indisposition -fnpm performing the part of
?Ni :redo ; and Miss MELLON kindly undertook it,
and acquitted herself with great v.vacity and spirit.
After the Play, a new Pantomime Ballet was per-
formed, called Old lieroquiu's Fire-side. The Airs
were accompanied on the Harp by Mr. W kite e Kr.
It consisted of one Ait, which embraced the domes•
tic employments of the Harlequinade family—a
son making shoe:, and a daughter spinning, when
the Gelid appears, and brio ;s Tinge to her aid;
when several transformations take place, and
H.:di-gain appears in the different stages, from the
cradle to manhood. Little BYRNE looked and
danced beautifully. Tha nrm,,c is extremely pretty,
and the little pi-.:c^ was very well received. The
house was very crowded, aid the holiday folks ap-
Fared in high spirits and good humour.

COVENT-GARDEN.

nig:a a new Ntelo-dranutic Pantomime, in
?Au Act., entitled Ibriegria (trick:elver; ep. Tke
Gn.mc ua.i the M. if, was brougnt out at this Thea-
tre. The piece is written and invented by Mr. T.
Dianin, and produced under the diteition of Mr.
YaaLLY. The Dances are by !sir. BOLOGNA, jnn.
The following are

TUC PILINeTrAI.
Albe.t J•ita'sraso..vmd Lover), . . Mi. nrunton.
15311 Ch“ SUTair. to . . Mr. Blanchard.
Ascoodeus (the Desil o.itwnSt,cks,
deeper, Mr Atkins.
Miners, Nies,rs Kmg and
Jeiries.
. Mr. M...ag•.
!k!
. Day.t.

tauosa of the Gtmaiee, . . . .
Ju.l4,

PA) TOMINIZ CHARACTCRS.
ITaeequiet. . . . . . . Mr Bologna, Jun.
Scarsonoucta ','Szerant to A%a:•), . M:. Dubois.
La..dkeal, Mr 11010171.1, goo
IJulul'.Fether), M. I. Bologna.
Dr. o.i.sgra4o, Mr AbOott.
Culumbana,

The incidents of this piece are conveyed by al-
t-mate speaking, singing, and pantomimic, aaion.
The scene of the first a& lies in the mines of Po-
tosi, where Albert is coufined as a slave, by the se-
verity of :hero, a Spanish miser, who, wishing to
mar 7 his daughter Jab,: to S!0101" Ftv?kW, con-
inns the arrest of AMee, who is the young lady's
law. iued lover. The piece opens with a view of
the male, here Julia, attended by &who and Cy-
lapshrire, tomes to seek her b.ullshed lover; hark;
escaped in in:as apparel from her father's house,
and stored .!erself with means to purchase his re
lease. The diseiesure of the riches she carries about
her hei..g overheard by some of the miners, they
inform the keeper, whose rapacity prompts him
to seize the lady and her companions, and Appro-
priate the intend:d price of Alb, res enlargement to
his own use ; on 411Krt's spirited resistance of this
conduct, he and Yirbe, with their friends, are seized
and wits ever, circumstance of insult and

. • • iir-^antan tf
1 .e genii of
• her attest) dical
~...val, which is held ir. a recess, tormeti th every
brilliant produce of the mine: the habits of her fairy
courtiers are composed of all that is beautiful and
T e pl end rnt in the mineral, fossil, or tuhmarine
world. Among others, she summons a genius, call-
ed Quit-Vita", who relates the hard care of the above
mentioned lovers, over wh.sse safety he has been '
watching, ano intreats pr...ver to give them effcfbial
a‘sistance. The giv•tti and her agents transform
Qaa. Ist' ;:er into Hart( ; every mineral endow.
sng him with his rculiar colour, dower, and
prvertics ; thus created, Harlequin is commission-
ed to serve and proteCt the levers until they shall
Lave surmounted their difficultiet. Their de-
liveracce from the mine is effefted just as Janie
tuber and foppish lover art ye is pursuit of her.
Harlequin (who becomes enamoured of Dr'ie'r at-
tendant, and changes her to CaNieshrar) conthiCts
Albert and Julie -1)y a magical conveyance into
Spain, where they are pursued by their opposers
through the usual routine of pantomimic ad-
ventures, tricks, and changes. lo the house of
finthie Sour" . the father of Julia, by acci-
dentally releasing the Devil on two Stickt from
his old confinement in a glass bottle, obtains
friend to assiA him Against toe supernatural agency
power vested in the crutch of
fvoodretr becomes superior to the art of the n.otley
hero, the lovers arc at length setird and recondufted
to the mine, when they are again relieved by the
Queen of the Gnomes, who assert, her power upon
her owl, territory—finites the lovers, rewards
/envie, and reconciles the adverse natty, who ((in-
clude their adventures in a Fairy Palace, worthy,
tr,rr its spiendour, to be the residence of the Queen
cf Diamond..

The Author ha. • prime rind to throw more interest
into the texture of the piece, than is generally at-
tempted in a mere allkquinade ; and the alternate
iatradighon of dialogue and ailioa adds to th.• ef-
feet of each. Some of the principal transformations
are, a large glrbt. of quicksilver to a fairy—an
iron cage to a splendid car j a broken bridge to a
'loop; a publican's sign to an eagle; the mine to an
..nett count-y; a brium: to a seiftion of itself, in which
i.thabitants of each apartment are sLewn in mi.
.ture, of mechanical figures (a 4 Faateerioi),
r. ac:ohopany a descriptive chaunt given by St et.
as a oxvoyard. There arc also a number of
'"?ter scenic deeep:iwis execiited by Messrs. Port-
Witirstolz. liottooar., Stott; kc.

- —he Overture of this• piece was grand. and the
music altogether new and full of variety. The
scenery was beautiful beyond description, parti•
cnlarly the change from the mine to the wren
of the Gasnre's grouts, and the Fairy's palace,
which was brilliantly adorned with serper.t:ne
cade!, sparkling stars, &c. &c. The geLeral changes
were ed with in enmity. The dances wire
light and e t ; and the dresses. wnicll were
it general superb, well adapted to the &Net of
Aaton. The characiers throughout were well tilled.
pArticairly those of Nrrirquie. &who,
•nomPaelS Also. and Coturaiina. ". he Piece was
scceitred, and winnowed for topet:llos with un•
-..uunded applause.

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SIGNORA G ALLA
On Sunday morning early, the celebrated Signora
CALLA died, at her apartments in Chelsea, in the
81 st year of her age. She was, some years since, a
peif.srmer of considerable celebrity on the stage of
the King's Theatre, and she was the last of H A snci.'s
scholars ; and that celebrated composer composed
several of his most favourite airs expressly for her,
both in his Operas and Oratorios, in which she ,an::
with great applause, and appeared so lately as the
year 17;17, in Mr. ASHLEY'S Oratorios, at C,,veot
Garden Theatre. After quitting the stage, she re-
sided as a companion •vith the unfortunate Miss
Ray, and was in company with her at Covent Gar-
den Theatre the evening she was shot by the Rev.
Mr. FLECKM Being thus deprived of her situa-
tion, and not having made any provision for ha de-
clining years, she has subsisted entirely upon the
charitable donations of her friends, and a benefac-
tion she annually received from the Royal Society
of Musicians.

TO nu.; EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS.

Ste—You will oblige a constant reader of your
Paper by inserting the following, in v..ich I am
sorry to state the loss of His Majesty's siap &Dade.
after riding at anchor in Torbay, the night of
Wednesday, the 19th instant, in a most violent gale
of wind at east, and parting from every anchor but
one. About ten o'clock the Thursday
the gale at that time increasing, they cut away the
main and mizen masts, ran the ship on shore at
Gudrirgton Sands, near the Naval Hospital, about
a cable's length from the spot on which His Ma-
jesty's ship renera6le was lost.
At the moment the ship llloßde parted from her
last anchor, every man belonging to Brixham was
in the streets, ready to apply themselves in the most
advisable way for saving the lives of the men.
They took three of the best six oared b rats, and,
w'th the assistance of what horses could be col-
leted, which joined them on the road, so one hour
from the time the ship parted, they ran the boats
to the sprt, were she lay, a distance of four miles
and a half; and, although the sea was at this time
most tremendosis, they volunteered their services to
take out the ship's company, which they accom-
plished. A Mr. Leith, Lieutenant of the Nemess..,
who was at this time with fifty men saving the re-
mains of the Vesse,iide, in the most handsome man-
ner went himself into the first boat, desirous of go-
ing off with them ; but the Brithan, men being
better acquainted with the management of their
own boats, and united to being commanded by
naval officers, were t,arful of a difference in opinion,
and desired .:*aa to leave her to them alone, which
he did ; and, in about two hours, every man, wo-
man, and child, was brought ashore. who wished
to quit the ship, the rest remained until low water.
Had this ship remained in the bay two hours longer,
it would have been so late a tide, that she could
not have come so near the shore by a quarter of a
mile, and the sea breaking in such a manner, and
fearful no boat could have gone near her. During
this service I was on the spot, and saw no dispose.
Lion in any of the Brixham men, although 51i)0
osmium to mite the least article : but every coun-
tenance bespoke a desire to serve the distressed, and
informed the Commanding Officer, Lieut. Leith,
that if he considered they could be of any further
service, he might command them, who were all
toady to a nun.

Nie, Sir, I cannot help expressing my surprise
and regret, on the penic.l of a Paper the next
day, to see those very inch accused of a want of
humanity, by a'person as Officer of the late Ve-
neralL-. It should be recolkaed by this men, that
tare night WAI so dark when she was lo,t, that they
themselves knew not the land the ship was on, al-
though the yard arms %ere not far from it; and
that several ships, indeed, I believe, the YeneraGre,
hailed others in passing, to know how the Berry
Head bore from them. As such, it was impossible
for the Brixham men to see the sitnation of the Vc-
ffer44, about five miles distant from them, even
had she been in a dire Linn to be discovered by the
people of Brisham ; but, where she lay, not from
fire houses in the place, or on the pier, could she
have been seen by day-light, as :he was then in the
bottom of the bay ; nor could the guns be heard
from her, as the wind was ; could they, no one
would have supposed them signals of distress, but
firing for the boats, which is often the case when the
fleet sails so late in the day. From what I have
seen of these people, I believe it one of their greatest
virtues to exert themselves in saving the lives of
others. I have, more than °ace, seen them perish
ir, the attempt; and often quit the shores amidst the
cries of their wives and children. I ant certain, had
the neas of the remereAle reached them that night.
•the cry would have been general. and every boat
which could be procured, manned aid sent to her
assistance. But, I believe. no one on shore knew it
until ne ir day light. Indeed, although a merchant
ship, rf 300 tens burthen was on shore between
the pier and Berry Head, no ot.e knew it until
the crew of this vessel came themselves on thore
at Bricham, and reported it; although this is in
• direaion which must have been seen by every one,
were it not for the darkness of the night, and it ap-
pears she was on the rocks at nine o'clock ; about
tne same time as the Ve”erable. It is true, for the want
of education, and being brought up in small lilting
vessels, their bluntness often condemns them in the
opinion of others; and, although they border a
little on the mule, I assure you, Mr. Editor, they
have not the gift of seeing in the dark like horses,
and that their acal principles are as good as most,
who, though of more liberal education, are less
secured from the language of the paragraph in-
serted in a Paper on tnem. I supposed it to
issue from below the gue-room ; but should it not
be the case. and is the fruits of the wardroom,
if that Gentleman will give his name who is the
author, be will be replied to in plain faits, by
o.se who, if proved wanting of humanity, will deem
invalued. As having .• press of business which
demands attention, and but a plain tradesman, you
will eacuse imperfeators. So I conclude, in haste,
Your humble servant, tisane.
Dec.

Mr. WILO^N, Masser of the ii,est:z frigate, eons-
mande.l by Lord Panay, is eat of the uaostunase
otEcers who have trod at Barbadoes et the yellow
fever.