The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-11-30 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

A Coronet's Inquest was yesterday held, at three
o'clock, at Mr. Dixey's, Man in the Moon, Great
Vine-street, Piccadilly, before A MIHONY
Esq. one of the Coroners for the County of Mid-
dlesex, en the body of Mar 4 Appe, eights- years of
who V.. 1% burned to death the day befott, at the
house of Mr. Middleton, in the same street.

It appealed on the evidence of Mr. 'Middleton,
a very respeaable housekeeper and pencil-maker,
that the deceased, Mary Pippet, was his aunt.
and had been confined to her apartment for above
eighteen months. That on Monday last, between
the hours of two and three o'clock, he heard ass in-
cessant scream up stairs, and, on his approaching the
deceased's room, heard her cry out Mary ! Mary !"
the name of ber attendant ; that, on his opening the
door of her apartment, he was nearly suffocated
by smoke that ru,hed nut. Not knowing the
cause, he threw up the window, and, when the
air was admitted, perceived the deceased sitting
at a table, with her head reclined, a smoke arising
from her as well as the bed and blankets ; that he
immediately put the matrass on her, and extinguish-
ed the fire, and went for Dr. Ford, of Golden-
square, %Ix° did not arrive until after the death of
the deceased, who was a most affaling speEtacle.
It is supposed a spark had flown from the fire, and
caught her cloaths. The verdiet was Ardente!

Captains Doc& and Maxwatt are appointed to
the respefive commands of the Jamaica and Arab
frigates.
Mr. I.r .4 MON. of the Imprepealik, of !.13 guns, is
appointed Master Shipwright at Antigua.
SugnAi stations are about to be established on the
Coast of Scotland.

Several more vessels have been purchased by Go.
vetnTnent, tor the purpose of being tittact a, Gie.
ships, in the River, in addition to thnsl st:•i:h are
Really finished.

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Itestceelajecithe Rightyti,in.,,he turd Ma-•rsr
cceded 4, sate from the Y..'"lsionl-louse to. ti. iklll
hall', to hold a Court of•Cornoson Council.-.net's, k
heing the Erse Court in. the M.syoralty, his Lofts '• •
opened toe proceedings in a neat ne7roppiart '
requesting the assistance of his 1. ellow.C,isihn,'.
all occasions. La tre-skit:re. to fulfil the aelkels
ties of the °Metal Chief Magistrate ~,!..• •••-• r.
Present at ttie Court, fifteen Alder men; Reeoidetio:
and Sheriffs,. and a numesous meeting of the Co*.Cons.'
mon Council.
:'he thanks of th Court were voted to the hittb
I.ord Mayor—Kjur Awl* ire tbe.fewouqf this Paper,J.l .
It warreferred to the Committee for letting the.
City's Lands, to ascertain and »pert •to the wit,
Court, what proceedings hare taken place in nits. ..i
tine ro the enlargement and improvement of Smitbt
field Market. • .
The Court proceeded to the elation, by balks '
of a Principal Clerk to the New Coal Market, and
on casting up the same, there sppeared for—
Mr J,',n D ,v, 1.. c
Mr. Itlelo.ord Yeuward
whereupon his Isis Lordship declared the said John
Dowling duly eleeled to liald tire said Office, Jur.
ing the pleasure of the Court.
-Mr. John Freer was unanimously eleeted Beadle
of the New Coal Market.
The Port Committee laid before the Coast the

bye-laws fur the regulation of the Hartindr Mestere
of the Port of London, which were read and ordered e
to be prime'', and a copy to be sent to every Mem.
ber of tl,e Court.
The Lord Mayor appointed the nett Court fn+
the eleftion of a second C eric to the Court of Re.,"
quests, in the room of Mr. John Leach, dismissed..
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VI GIG/S'!.

Yesterday being the day appointed for the s.
expeeted battle between TOM ficlete, and mai
all the art4e. and owattars prepared for the sport at
an early hour.—The furrier is the own brother to
the noted Belcher, alias the Chant,ol.4 .f Ettgl
who lately retired from the profession, in consesute.ice
of having an eye knocked ont by a unnis ball.
The latter is the own brother to the fam..us pugilist.
fitberntan Ryan, who fought tire eclebrated battle
in 1789, with Johnsen, and was obli.zed to yield to
the superior prowess of that hero. Of coarse. these
two combatants, both of whom are true game, and
about theageqf VO. produced an extraordinary degree
of expeetation. At nine o'clock. the road to
lesley Green, Paddington, the scene of adion.
crowded with foot passeng:rs and carriages of
ous descriptions, such as carts, caravans, bu
and hackney-coaches.
At eleven o'clock, a large ring was fat
upon the Green, the circumference of whir*
slued of a motley group of four consolidated s
The ground was soft, and the spe&stors were see,
ancle deep in water. The inner row sat dews, se.
wet e consequently very comfortably acceetamodeir
ed the second row kneeled ; the third etuod, sae
cher stooping forward; and the fourth, or eztillifier
low, was composed of the persons who contrived pe
dealt themselves upon stilts, carriages, Ste.
At half past eleven o'clock, a long train of ear
times made their appearance, in which rode
senior tickler,, the blanketed. the Yermg &Mir
of the combatants, and a great number of r
artists and atnoterr..
Arrived at the ground, boar; Belcher saws nu.—
his entre into the ring, attended by hie second"
Geer,Te Madder, the dustman ; and his bottle-holier,
Jae Norton. Ryon, his antagonist, entered soon
after, with Tom Jeffs (not Fulding's Tom Jones)
as his second, and Reined Wells for his bottle.
holder. Old Belcher, the brother to the former, did

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not like to venture his fraternal feelisslrs within the
ring, and therefore took his station upon the roof of
a hackney-coach, outside, fiJru whe:ice he could
distinOly view the various fortune of the fight.
Upon stripping, R.fa,, appeared the more mus-
cular and weighty of tne two, but as BeltA,r was
presumed to have more blood and science, odds
were six to four, and .rn to one in his f..vour.—
After the usual etiquitte, they set to, but not wit
much spirit ; there was a great deal of spArti
shifting. and manceuvring ; but Rtan, becesmin
at length, tired of this ji.o.sin, play, sprung for-
ward, and made three dire& blows at his anta,;, mist.
all of which were well parried by the latter, who
became the assailant in his turn I but, Ryan rallied,
and put in several blosv;, one particularly upon
Racher's side. They then closed, and the mond
ended without any apparent advantage on either
side. It was evident, however., that Beirb.,'a per
formance was short of expeetation, as the odds is
his favour dropped to tour to tlsre..)
The second round displayed much skill, Ifeh
at first fought shy .and shifted much ; he ma
several well-direcled blows, but they were al( st
ped by Ryan, who planted a blow upon his adver-
sary's left eye-brow, which closed his eye. and
brought him to the ground. Betts now even.
The third round seas fought nearly in the saina
style by Belcher. There was no knocl: down blow $
they closed and fell, Ryam uppermost. Bets woo
now 6 to 4 upon R
In the fourth sound Bckeer was is blood, and
completely upon his mettle. RNaa, on the contrary.
was cool and modest. After much finesse, Bakker.
summoning up all his strength. broke thro,2h
Ree.,'t guard, and planted many severe blows ill
divers places. They then closed, R,en uppermost.
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No betting.
Fifth Round.—Reidiee sheaved great skill and i
botto n ; Rtes stopped all his Slows, and Bricker.
fell. The oAds now became Y to I in favour of Rpm.
The 6th. 7th, and Bth rounds. display zd slefl and
courage, but were not marked by auy particular
event.

The 10th, 1 I th, and lfth tounds, all rather in
favour of Ryae, and such coutint:ed the fortune of
the day, to the ertraordinary length of G! rounds.
The senior 11t1, her, seeing hi. bit:an thus beaten,
descended from the coach, and. entering the ring,
asked him how be did' to w' ich the other an-
swered, he felt he could not win. The brother,
however, thought he was able to carry away a little
more beating, And Advised Inn to try another round.
A 65th round was accordingly fought, which
had nearly proved fatal to Belcher, who received a
blow ii the stomach, %li;ch obliged him to vise in.
The battle was fought in an lour and CI minute .

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LVTELLISENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, NOV. Cs.
Arrived the Harrier sloop, Captain Wooldridge,
froni the Downs.—Sailed the ela frigate, Capt.
Fah* and the ileaci.l frigate, Capt. Wood, with a
con'tov for she Windward and Leeward Islands.
The iferua goes to the Leeward, and the Arista to
the Windward station. From the eagerness of the
Commodore to take advantage of a fine wind, a
number of passengers are left behind. He made the
signal at dav-light. and was under weigh in two
hours afterwards, bet are brought to in Cowes
Roads ; also the Paramatta. ; .170, ;
and Li. de, for the South Seas.
Arrived the ffr/iihsy, finiffeTabk, and Prioress
Royal eoppered armed transports, under the coin-
'gaud of Capr. Watson, of the Royal Navy, from
the Downs. Wind, E.N.E.

The Rat,onedle, of 04 guns, Capt. Barton, is or-
d•:red into harbour to be repaired.
I.V MOUTR, Nov. '27.
Came in the fir'leronhon man of war from the
T. a,tward ; also the Pebiat, Captain Hammond,
irom London, bound to Antigua.--Wind N. E.

BRIIII A RI, NOY. 27.
Sailed, this morning early, Flis Majesty's ship
Gollarb, for the fleet otf Brest, under command of
Admiral Cornwallis. The Lapeouvar remains with
the crew of the Venerable on board. L find that
there were but two midshipmen and one seaman
drowned of the Venerable', crew : she is totally
gone to pieces. The Nei& still remains together;
but I few the gale will continue too long to save
Much of her.
rat.MOL'Tu, Nov.
Sailed the outward-bound Lisbon, Oporto, and
Mtditerraneati fleets, ander convoy of I lis Idajest y's
ships L 47 Patine, of 41 guns ; La Privnyanle, of 40
gam; Camel, of 49 guns ; and the Riven, of 18
gem, with a fine wind at N.E. ; also the raiSll)2'
11,2171 packet, Robarts, with two, Mails of the 13th
and 20th inst. for I.ishon. The American schooner,
Concord, Rosters, and the Swedish ship, Frederica,
Bouhen, fish for the Mediterranean.

Arrived the liaNdee armed ship, with a convoy
from the Downs. Also, the Danish brig, Jove
/mar, Capt. De Vries, from Dantzic, for Bilboa ;
the London Trader*, —; Ea,ktiet/i. Courtney,
and the Fun,. Frzenth. Flocking, from London, with
• goods to this port.
The Princes, .1ae.%.: packet, Stevens, with Mails
of the r..lst inst. for the Leeward Islands, made
signal for sailing yesterday, but was prevented
getting out owing to the wind blowing so strong.
Last night an order was received at the Agent's
othee to detain het till further orders. Wind, N. E.
arts, bor. 26.
The ships from this place for Portugal are arrived
at Spithead, but being too late for the general con-
voy, the Eurydice is appointed to take them from
Spithead the first fair wind.
On Tuesday last, the Prince irngimn, armed ship,
sailed from the Humber, with the Margaret, NIL.-
well, under convoy for Tonningen.
Another convoy will sail from hence the 3tli of
December, for Toriningen.
Tip Nonrston, Wise, and Irtilvifore.., Norwood,l
INA For Palau, are gone into the roads, and via
bail from thence. under convey of the Je/as armed
ship, the fiat fair wind.
The ship of war mentioned in our last, which
was launs bed on Monday morning from Mr. Shep-
herd's yard, is named the Veinureterdo carry twenty.
four 32 pounders; she the same day went into dock.

YARAIOCTII, NOV. '26.
The Cortfre Awry! At woo. French privateer, lately
civenmanded by Blackman, drove on the beach last
night near this town, and it is feared will be last.
DEAL, NOV. 2S.
Remain in the Downs IN Majesty's ships as per
last. The ifeposbai armei ,hip, which was drove
on shore near Sandmen Castle, is entirely gone to
pieces, great pan of the stores are saved. Wind E.

INDIAN ARAIY:

MILITARY PROMOTIONS FROM THE CALCUTTA
GAZETTE.
(Com!mint honk our Paper of Ye,ter(l.l.)
FORMATION OF TUE TWENTY-SECOND AND
TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENTS.

TWENTY•SECOND REGIMENT.
Majors—Richard Ralph and Julin NUN.? in.
Captaimi-.-George Dick, Alexander Orme, SArnuel Wood,
Peter Grant; Sam. White, John Le:ltliart, and G. Richard..
Captain lor% or.

Lieutenants—Henrs Jaques, 11 Griffiths, G. Warner, .1. P.
Livesay, G. Yale..., Thomas Garner, Charles lUD•, W. D.
Wall, C. Rethfith, L.ll. Davy, J. T. IlLickney , K.. 1. C.
Wataoti, and G White.

TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT.
Majors—Jam'.. Powell and J. H. I I utkthitholl.

Captaius—Wdlialai Scutt, Jams Atkinstai, Charles Grant, J.
Monro, J. &Bork, S.C. Jones, and& gt:nsart..
Captain Lieutenant—C. C. Wils.m.
Lieutenants—ll. Ro!,ert.ini, W. Cmxton, 0. M. Popham,
A. Richards, M Ikird, W. Graham, C. W. R. Posultri,
A. T. Wats G. Bridge, JO4. FCIPI3IIOII, Sorge Birch,
R. Roopa, R. S. Cornish, J. Titeher, J. C4lllling. C. T.
G. Nicholdits, E. V. Dun•dolville, W L. Watson,
R. Langi.loo, J. W. Palmer, R. rilkick, II T. J. Richard•
son, J. Williamson, S. Moody. Eileard Dap, J. D. Guild,
T. Gough, C. W. !Smoke, T W.n,lry, T. itrxanoler.
L. HUGE, Sec. to Gov. Md. Dept.

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT GtTILDHALL,

. TO-MON ROW. ar. II .
Thomas Martin, Coleman street, and John Henry Ford,
Coleman-street-buildings, wool .brokerr . 10
Hyani Solomon, puke-street, Aldgate, tailor and piece.
broker . . 3 10
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Frednick Michael Fisher, F, ,rbiran, jeweller . . 310
John griwilen, late of the Grand Junction Wharf, White
Friar.. tirnher•mercharit . . .
John Gratrix Smyth, Bathes-row, Hrixton, Middlesex,
merchant . 3 10
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James Collett, late of the Strand, nil-merchant . . 11
Matthew Ma,kenzie, FleetAtr .et,viirtner . . 10
Chad,: Welton, Foster-lam., Cheaoside, warehnureman 10
II eel Linvd, Middle Temple-lane, mover scrivener . 2 10
Thumar grown the younger, late of Mill-end, Hertford.
hire, tanner . . .
Wiliam Dining, Plymouth, tallow-chandler .
John Slielley, M ile-end mai, Midslle,ex, mariner
John Web!), formerly of Truro, Cornwall, but now of
Horocrtnir, Middlesex, wine-merchant . .
George Stratton and Henry Stratton, glackfriars-road,
Surrey, ironmongers . . . .
Archibald Simpson, Priors-street, Soho, watch-maker
Folliott Clark, Coventry street, 110 M CT • . .
John Sawyer Paris, Al•lwinkle, Northampton, victualler
George Tinfield, of the Strand, victualler . .
Francis kr berts, St. Martin's-court, St. Martins-lane,
mercer . .

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DI%IDENDS.
John I.onsclale,Croxdale-mills, Durham, paper-manu-
factnrer . .
John Delver Wit43lll, Georgeatreet, Queen Anne-strma
Eau, pawnbroker .
Dawkins Bird, Wiete•street, Bristol, tea-dealer . .
John Mackenzie, late of Old (:ity Chambers, Bishops-
gate street. merchant .
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.came, Sheriff, Hatton-garden. merchant George Easterby and William bfacfarlane, Canada-
wharf, Rotherhithe. merchant; .
George Wilson and Edward griddle, Fenchurch street,
wine and hrandy-merchants . . .
William Coombe, Queen.,treet, Cheapside, warehouses

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William Wicks, late of Nliddle-...5w, Holborn, haber-
dasher . .
Andrew Gage, Itishopsgate-strect, wine merchant .
John Lee, Bisloopsgate-street, wine-merchant . .
Launeelot James, now or late of Middle-row, Holborn,
linen draper . .
John Furhor, Warnford•court, Throgmorton.street,
merchant .
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Thomas Thomas, S,reathain-street, Bloomebury, jew-
eller . .
James Maning, Barge yard, Bucklersbory, warehouse-

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David Web.ter, Fore-street, liners-draper .
James Noble, I'rtnces.street, Westminster, stable-
keeper .

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CERTIFICATES.
Robert Drake, of Newgase.street, London, wine and brandy.
merchant.
Robert lienderloti, of Sun-street, Bishopsgate street, Lon-
d ,n, draper.
Bateman Knipe, of New Bond.wreet, in the Parish of St.
George, Hanover square, wig-maker.
!sates White, now or late of Newnham, Gloucestershlre,
pat ten- rin e-maker
Thomas kiruon and John Parkinson, of Coleman.street,
chymists and du. egists.
John Kershaw, of Wakefield, York, chemist and druggist.
Thomas Johnson, late of the Wirougli of Leicester, carpenter,
liu4h Johnson, Newcastle-npon-Ty lie, 'ionic carpenter.
Richard Thoralinwm, of New Mahon, York, common-brewer.
Plre int Riggs, of Charter-Hinton, Somerset, shopkeeper.
John Brown, jun. of Livevoool, Lancaster, merchaot.