The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-10-23 00:00:00

RicHm(nvi) THEATRE.

On Monday night last, all the 11.1iility and
fashion, in the vicinity of Richmond, asst.:T:l,4.d at
the I heatre, when Mrs. Joe-an Hp' i lent her
talents to tie cause of hen. v, knee hnrnaui:y.
The parts chosen by this favourite child nt Na.u:e
ut-re, Leiria Horde, in Mrs. Cowt.tv's ellont
ortedy of The Br.le't Strotarem; and Roxaboa, in the
kirce of The Skltlir. Fier s,tre was announced by
thunders of applause. Her song, Where arc
,e,,u
"wog xis prey, Maid P was rapturolsly eiroreft. and
honoured with three d',tin& rounds of plaudits
Her Rozelame was not less admired than h. r Le'i'io
Hardy. The play did not commence until se-
ven o'clock, to allow the company time to assem-
ble. "Ilie band of the 14th Regiment, in full uni-
form, was placed on the stage, and played some of
the most favourite airs, for an hour before the play
began. It was half-past eleven o'clock when the
performances were over. They concluded with G. 4
Niece the Katz, executed by the tull band, and re-
ceived with enthusiasm by the audience.
Mr. Lacy, the Manager, did every thing in leis
power to add to the lustre, and weld the accom-
modations of the night. Two temporary boxes
were eresfted on the stage ; in one of them sat tl.e
Earl of ATI/LONE, and his daughter, Lady Cti 'IS-
TIANA RAMP.% GINLILI, and the two Masters and
two Misses Ftyz-ct•ittscx. 'the house was a
blase of fashion and beauty, as the following list
will shew

The Coutite, of Cardigan, and her yew, ; TAM and Lade
Soynniur ; haroite-s Hoare ; Lady Catharine Marley,
skier to the Earl of Laneatint,ugh ; the Ltrty Towevietok,
and Stri. ; Lady Abereronilam; I.aJy Prlce ; Glvernos
Perin, and h's Para! ; Mr and `.!rs. Devayilea, and their
lovely fa rely, Caine in their coach aial four, re.m Putney ; Re..
bat Darell, Faq. and hie party ; Mr. and Mrs. Forbes, aid
family, from Haus; Doctor Patter.on, and a varty ; 11.serar
Ihrkson, and a party ; Cst.uoel and Mrs. Smith; and several
Office►. oft'', 141., Regiment, in uniform.
Hay of the receipts of the night, after cieduamg
51. tor the Manairrs, were appropriated for the
benefit of some indigent families in the vicinity of
Richmond.
womaisrmivenr

The earreat Newcastle-upon- Fyne will open this
night with The First Part at ; STRPN LN
Ktvu i., of course, is to be the Vletaf. Mr.
FAULICNCII, who is an &dor of much pravinctal ce.
lebrity, and t"e chief Performer of the Company,
is to be the Hwipar.
The Cleave at Town Mailing, in Kent, will open
to-morrow night, under the management of Mr.
TOOT 'fru vrith the performances of The Ponta Moog.
And -faunal Mailattow the Duke and jahuise by
Mr. and Mrs. TROTTER; and, on Saturday, the co-
medy of The Heir a Les. The Theatre is ele-
gantly fitted up.
An event, without example in the dramatic an-
nals, lately happened at a 'theatre in a little t svn
in Franconia Aetor, playing the part of Pa.
row., in the tragedy of A dellina, worked himself up
into such a frenzy, that, fancying himself the real
personage whom he represented, he plunged a knife
into his breast. Before he expired, he explained to
his companions the cause of his delirium.
An optician, named Mowa, at Berlin, pretends to
have discovered the secret of indelible painting
upon glass. The celebrated chymist, Kt. A r itor PI
has declared, that the work cannot be defaced with.
out destroying the glass.
The Rev. Jonw Coocs, of Birmingham, has
lately been instituted and induced to the Re tory of
Bryngwyn, in the county of Monmouth, and dio-
cese of Llanclaff, on the presentation of the Right
Hee. the lad of Asses eves tT.

TILE RI I) BOOK.

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A cril4,,is circu5t........• sat-rimed et tie
Eseikquer Office. The le.sl B sweat-
ing in all the great in.-. and in wines it"e••
circumstances are r-gister-d, is I
scar. h his been mile tor it Oleg.. thte^ et%s
past, but All in rain trent: is irr rho eM • 'T
of three persons. One of t'a-tn, who is v ry h gi4
in office, was in the c.mntry at r.e tints w
disappeared. The mist. Its ACCl,tiat.
ed for Isy the TefTl4l in;.: two. tr is .motion.-4
as a curious faft, that the e,try or the cyrnmerre-
ment of Mr. PITT'S p-ca,nt C•anceilorst.;p, iti
Red Rook. was not I,r:rill oily C•/rit3/44. there heitur
an error of a day in th., de. 1,. i't re bad t-k
the oath before the err-- was .ti,covere 1. the error
has been since reelified. l'he Lisrl) MA1194 a
London is always s..vorn tits bu .k.

INQULS

The followinv Inquevs bare heel within the
list week, by W. Ts Ilia, Ger,. C r • er : -
At Minchinhamnion, •iem .4
the body of Sarah Shurn•ir, w'lr) 111 tIPI.I I 1
a privy ; she had rec-iv••,l a ♦'•,lent rontosrin
temple and lip, by fill.ng door, whiA,
no chubt, acceleratzd h r Jeath. --beide*
Deoth.

At Lypiat. near Bislriy, on view rat the hi- dv of
Mr. Edward I Int...nod, who, a. he %V as n u iiiig
at night from Risley to Lynitat,thr.iiigf. the e.stk of
P. Watlien. Esq. (his usual roa I) eras attacked ray
a stag, which he had %wen recently, desired to avoid ;
the stag, wounded him wi:h his antlers, in various
parts of his body, particularly nn the chest, where 4
pun lure reached the pericardium. through the ribs
and pectoral MVSCIP, winch terminaied fatrily. lie
surviving only about thirty-six hours. His deatlls
from hi: integrity And Rend concs& dining his life.
will long be rememb-red by his acqnaint-ince with
sincere regret —e'er;iift —At-filth/el De ,lb.
At Painswick, on view of th- body of Rim/laud
White, barber, who fell down dead. whilst iii the
aft of reading an advertisement. This man wis
much respell-d, and, highly 40 his credit. thonA
considerably advanced in pirrat-iieJ a in in.
',mance for his son's wife and three snaill chit, en,
who were to:ally dependant 611 him. how o,me
an, the f +cher (;.f the hi:dren volute...vied i,tr the
Army rat ai:d is now servieg iu lieland.
Veit:lift—boa/ be Mr of (rod. I.Ve sin-
cerelv hope, that an ar.lication for hi. rsisrbarge
will he attended with succiss, for the tutu,. beet&
of his
A person of the name of !Meredith Ar•hur. who
resided ni ar Brecon. and who, by his penurious
mode of living, had acquired a mall property.
Attended the sale of some estates at the Lion ion,
Brecon, on Satardly last; he hsi purchased ere
lot. but, having drank .on freely, and his toad
hoine being by a cat..4l, he fzll into it, and ss as
drowned. IVh:st is a hair extrAordinlry, whet
was first discovered. he was hound standing neatly
upright iii the wat-r, with his hat nn hia iteld and
!,,sst.af in hi.h Ind Art inqu:it was nod on the
bo y on M edgy,ayd the Jury Tetuaus.4-rvinild
01—.1trarmial De.M.

Yesterday His Royal Highness the Duke of Yuen.
as Commander in Chief. held a public dey ac his
Office in the hiorse Guards, for the oterni nfseeing
Nlitihary either in 3r -ot.
His Royal Highness saw upwards of thi• ie °dicers,
between Or hors of two an: five o'clock. 1- -1 trans-
:s les! business with them. They were admit: -.1 ii.to
his preitence in the most regular manner, by a iss- of
their names delivered to His Ito•Ai. Haan sass, and
they were called i.i, according to the order they narl
given in their n imes.
Yesterday. in consecoence of a suffienen. number
of Aisietmen not attending at the Court at
hell, no business could be transatied. The Lotto
MA vox. on examining the returns of the Meal-
weigher.. ordered the price of Bread to be
continued the same as last week, viz. Is. o,d, the
Quartern Loaf, Wheaten, And lld Househni.t.
A Court of Comm,m Council will be held on
Fri lay next, to settle the Watch Rate, tot the year
ensuing. and on other business.
The straw:re An 3 an 'melons state of the great bottle
or the Irish Peerage, not among the nuovier of wl.
is called 1. Representative Peers" is, we made-stand,
likely to produce a very interesting application to
His Nlajesty's most gracious consideration.
The Rev. lA's t. Liam \images, ti 0. Flow of
St. John's College, has been presented, by ths
chop of Et v, to the Vicarage of Madincli-y, in
Cainhr.igeshire, vacated by the death of the Rev.
UAM4I:I. BAYLEY, 13.1).

On Wednesday, Cel fetes Peri.Lorr. Esq. was
sworn in Mayor of Bath, and afterwards gar.. as
elegant and plentiful dinner, at the banqueting-r .otn.
to the members of the Corporation, and about 300
of the Genilemen and principal tradesmen o the
city and neighhonrhood.
There is now living at Nantallan, near Bitdmin,
ELIZA {Lilt WOOLCOCK. aged 105 years. This we-
nerahle old lady still possesses the entire use of all tee
faculties ; and. on Sunday last, she rode. single, to
Badmin hnrch, a distance of three miles. and back
again, to dinner.
On rhurs•'ay, as Mr. PHI L Vri, of Flarilip. Ke•:t,
was gathering apples, the ladder on which he was
standing, broke in two, and he was precipitated to
the ground; the shock was so extremely violent, and
he received such considerahle injury by the fall.
that he was instantly deprived of speech, and ex-
pirel on Friday evening.
Monday morning. as a gentleman's groom was
riding an high-spirited hone, from his master's, at
Bayswater, the animal ran away with him, down
Oxford-street. where ht. met the Oxford stag coach,
which he attempted to ton between and the stand of
hackney cotches; but ran against the stige, broke
his leg, and, by falling on the groom, broke has leg
also, in a shocking manner ; the home was
diately killed.
TwenTv TWOUSAND POIJISOS.—The First Draw*
Ticket on Saturday next will receive Twenty l'hou-
sand Pounds. There are five days of the present
Lottery to draw, and the following Capitals are vet
in the Wheel : three of Twenty Thousand Pounds.
one of Ten Thousand Pounds, one o' Five Thoth-
-6 sand Pounds, three of Two Thousand Pounds. kc.

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