The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-03-24 00:00:00

DUBLIN SOCIATT--FINE ARTS.

At a General StateJ Meeting of the Dublin So.
tie' held on Thurs Lay, Marth 5, 1807
Gen. ral VAILLANCItY, V.Y. in the Chair;

." It va• Itenolved. That the Ptcter• of the Beggar Woman
end t:4l,d, ;•.1041 br Georgt- Grattan, educated in th 4 schuods
of 1411,, S•o•ety. 3nn,,,,rs the hoghtat talents and daostin.. the
warme4 applo di.
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'• ft eanived. tite.rf 're. That this Society do parches* the
rctor• fur one huudrod ruineas, es a rewa,d for hilo inguish-
ad onto, and toinsabl,- hint ro go to Loudon for the porivou
expressed in hi. hitter to the Soule! ; to tV given is (.1.4 to
/to/anode( Cano.l .ne john lgriesdinan, fairs for sail purpose.
4' iterolved, That the further sent at one hundred guineas
beg v,ll to the t:,w6rOttee of Fie Arts or any two of th,m,
for we "%e th. wel G urge Grattan, ;or the euiuing years
to .1•1 tt htla ifs such SUITS 311 they WA) thuat UOCeaury,
QUO at he *ay idovllihher•sni of.
M Re•hfert, that tiie 86W :cogs Grease shall hat, liberty
to 16k the.pkturr nth him, and it in Lonriouowiul
that 18, It. inetwertred to provide a proper frame fur the said

I'uese Resolutions must give high satisfaCtion to
the so omoiers And Admirers of the Fine Arts in this
cettnery. They will serve as an emulative for the
ri% og talent rf our youth, and the as yet unnoticed
or unhe doe' efforts of a description of persons who
requite only elcouragement and proteCtion to ren-
der duns valuable ornaments to civilised society.

OXFORD, MARCH 21.

Is the list*, degrees lest week, read, Mr. Charles
Aix in,ler Grimes, of Christ Church, was admit•
led Bachelor of Arts.

Monday, in Ct.nencation, a Petition was sealed,
and decreed to be presented to Parliament, against
a Bid before the Honourable the House of tom.
mon., intituled, " A Bill for enabling His Majesty
" to avail himeelf of the Services f all his Lirge
Sutitets in his Naval and Military Forces, in the
s• man. et thetein mentioned." Alse, Mr. l'hamas
Gaistor',. Muter of Arts, and Student of Christ
o,llrch. was unanimously eleeed one of the Dele-
g,tes of the Clarendon Press, in the room of the
Rioltt Rev. John Lord Bishop of Bangor.
rue. Jay, the Rev. Henry *Heck Brom', B. A.
of Balls' College, was admitted Muter of Arts.
tiles rs. Henry Helyar, of St. Mary Hall, and Tho-
Ma. I.l' yd, of Jesus College, were admitted Ba-
chelors of An..

I'hursda7, the Rev. Charles Taylor, of Balliol
College, and the Rev. Richard William Hutchins,
of 4,9idelass College. B. A. were admitted Mas-
ters of Arts. John Wilwn, Esq. of Magdalen
C 'liege, was admitted Bachelor of Arts, Grand
Coin. pea ader.._

The Might H.ln. Heneige Finr.h ; Lord (;uern-
soy, eldest .on of the Lad of Aylesford; Sir
Jams Riddell, Bart. and Mr. William Peter, of
Chtist Chinch, were a.rmi•red Richislors of Arts.

The number of Determining Bachelors of Arts,
thiA Lent, was 194

"fh- Dean and Chapter of Christ Church have
been pleas-d to present the Rev. George Hornsby,
A. M. S•udent of that House, to the Vicarage of
Turk Deal, in the county and diocese of Glouces-
ter; And at the cene time to nominate him to the
Perpetual Curacy of Aid worth, in the game county,
both void by the cession c-f the Rev. George thing-
worth, Cietk.

On Wednesd.ty, a woman, named M•sivaa Bo-
coot., died at Osset, iu consevence of a wound
retired about site weeks ago, from the hands of
her brutal lowleand. lie threw a hot poker at her
with NOC:1 violence, that, pitching upon the point, it
penetraied quite through her arm, so as to require
the strergth of two persons to pull it out again.
Arrinut.ition was thought nicessary, and was ac-
cordir.gly per'ormed, hut ti-4 pow creature's I:fe
uould Got be preserved. The Coroner's Inquest sat
upon the body yesterday eveniag, but the result was
swot k.town bets helot, our pai;ttr was put to press.
We nn.lervand the cruel stretch has absconded.
7( yre-jielsl Sta..)

NATAL INrELLIGENCI.
IPOVIIIMOUTH, NACCR 21.
Sailed the Mercury frigate, with a fleet under
convoy for Newfoundland, Halifax, &e. but which
is to bring-to at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight; and
the Desagatitiii bomb, with e convoy for the Downs.
Wind N.E.

N&tCH 22.

Sailed the William and Caledonia, store ships, to
join the Newfoundland convoy ; Topaz, frigate, for
Cork ; Lord Duncan, Lorkin.4 and the !'udders, for
the West Indies.
FALMOUTH, MANCH 20.
Arrived the American ship Higirifari Mary,
Capt. Frazer, from Norfolk, 47 days plisage ; left
lying in the Chesapeak two French line .of battle
ships, and a frigate of 44 guns, which were closely
watched by His Majesty's ships Triumph, Relloor,
and Mermod; a French frigate was also lying at
Pibiladelphia, all ready for sea. Passengers by her:
Captain Hamilton, of the army, and Captain Col-
ridge of the navy. Arrived also the /warm gun
brig, from Plymouth.
&tiled the Pickle schooner, for Plymouth, with
the thick and Dragon, under convoy; the ship. For.
tune, bound to Surinam, for Cork, to gait convoy ;
and Nimici cutter, to join the Channel feet.—
Wind South.

eLvaiouni, ti•acm V.

Came in the Monarch, and the Cater privateer
from a cruise ; and the Jne4 Da. schoon-r, from
the Westward ; she has been captured by a Spanish
armed brig, and recaptured by the Muterva and
Ass amost frigates.
DIAL, Y►MCM 2t.
Sailed from the Downs, last nig`it, the tsry
bomb, with the Lord Hasohthstry,
Cosele, and the Sure', East Indiamen, and a large
Reit of other outward bound vessels, tranapiiits,
coasters, and colliers, under convoy or Pot tsinou.b ;
ilarite and the Skylark sloops of war, on a cruse.
Remain in the Downs, Priucess of 'rusty,
Namur, and the Isis. men of war ; Ch,de, Y ‘81,4 and
Solebo, frigates; Ragllcer and the C6lllen,,er sloops
of war; itiplown and the Zebra bsmbc ; Active
cutter ; &raw, vidualler ; and several gun-brigs.