The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-03-07 00:00:00

GLEE CLUB.

On Saturday the Club met, for the sixth time this
season, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern in the
Strand. The stock Glee was followed by a new
one, written and composed by the President. The
subjeiß of the words is on the customs of the Club,
by way of dialogue between the President, Con- •
"cluaor, and Librarian ; it was most correctly sung
by the President and Messrs. Sale and Page, and •
had a fine effea. The dialogue. is very ingeniously
contrived, and the music does great credit to the Pre-
sident as an amateur. Mr. Sale was the conductor,
and seleaed the Glees for the evening's entertain-
ment. Most of them have not been sung at the
Club for several years past. The following were
the most noticed :' Stevens's " Crabbed age," by
Gore, Elliot, Page, and Leete. " Flora now call-
eth forth," by Stafford Smith; sung by Gore, Page,
Sale, and Masters Smith, Price, and Cutler; the
latter has greatly improved as a vocal performer.
The foilowing new Glees were produced for the
approbation of the Club. One for three voices, by
Mr, .1. B. S;.le, sung by .Messrs., Evans, Vaughan,
and J. B. Sale. It is a very delightful piece of
composition, and was universally applauded and
encored: The most interesting was a Glee for eight
voiccs, composed by Mr. Spofiorth. It was re-
ceived with general applause, as it justly deserved.
We must not pass unnoticed a charming *little Glee,
produced by Mr. Evans, whose health the company
drank, and thanks for the Glee.
Lord Gardner, thelion. John and Wm. Spencer,
and several other persons of distinition were present.

On Saturday, the Committee appointed to try the
merits rf the- Nottingham Eletion Petition were
compelled to adjourn, on account of the illness of
Mr. %V nt,tr, of Upper Harley-street, one of its
members. It was the opinion of the petitiouevs,
that as the House of Commons did not. sit, the
Committee could not meet till after a report had
been made to the House. The Chairman, ISAAC
HAWICINS I3RowNL, Esq. however waited upon the
Speaker to inform him of the circumstance, when
leave was given for the Committee to proceed on
Monday, should Mr. WALSH recover. It has never
been usual for any committee to meet atter the ab-
sence of one of its members, till a report has been
made to the House, but a precedent of the Speaker's
permission to dispense with that rule, when the in-
convenience has occurred on a Saturday, has been
adopted and. recognized. It is extraordinary, this
is the first adjournment which has taken place in
the Nottingham Committee during a tedious and
painful attendance of sixteen days.—There is an im-
mense macs of evidence detailing circumstances
which will afford some entertainment to the public,
when they can with propriety be laid before it. The
speeches of the counsel have been uncommonly bril-
liant.

An idea having been suggested in different Public
Prints; that the uncommon degree of sickness which
has lately prevailed, is the consequence of a specific
infe&ion irnportc!d from the continent, and a con-
siderable alarm having been thereby excited, we
thought it our duty to obtain such information on
the subjea as would enable us on the one hand to
remove or diminish the anxiety produced, or on the
other to excite such a degree of caution, and dire&
to such measures as might prove salutary. We are
happy therefore to state, on resoe&able medical au-
thority, that instead of being considered as a ma-
lignant disease propagating itself by conta&, it par-
takes more of the nature of a former complaint,
which was denominated the In, ! uenza, though in
many instances there has been a higher degree of
fever, and the catarrhal symptoms have been mare
distressing and severe than on that occasion.
The Honourable PHI i.l f Pesty, of Grosvenor-
square, the Inheritor of the estates of the late Lady
For.rtsroar, his mother, who was supposed to have
died intestate, as he was examining last week some
family papers, found a will purporting to have been
made by her Ladyship. Struck .with the sudden
and unexpeCted discovery, he exclaimed, " 0 God,
what have I found ?' it is my mother's will, and her
will shall be obeyed!''—Among the bequests, it con-
tained bequests to her servants at the time of her
death.. lie accordingly called his' domestics, and
instituted an immediate enquiry, with a yiewao
pay them if living, or their nearest relatives if dead,
the full amount of their several legacies with in-
terest ; which will amount to several thousand
pounds. Among the legatees, a poor woman, who
had been only a few days is her Litlyship's service,
has been paid 51. and 51. interest.
A few individuals well acquainted with the tran-
sadion, have opened a subscription for the benefit
of the unfortunate .PinGroa (the Servant of a dis-
tiller), so dreadfully mangled in his attempt to se-
cure the villains who robbed the. Chiswick errand-
cart, at the imminent havard of his life, and the
actual loss of his right hand.
There is one man in custody in Newgate for pre-
varication liefore one of the Committees now sitting,
and a Messenger. has been sent express to Scotland
, to take another. persan into custody who has tieglea-
ea or relined to attend aiter having bettl stimmutted.

FOREIGN ArrELLicnrcE.
FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS.
•

PARIS, MATICH 2.

Letrrrr. from Rome, of the 17th February, say,
Fits Holiness, by virtue of the right granted to
him hy the great powers of Europe, of nominating.
tiv!Grand Master of the Order of Malta, has eldled
the Neapolitan Knight M. le 13Ai Tde 'FfioNtAsi.
A Messenger has set out from Rome for Sicily, with
the Brief of elation, conferring on him that dignity.

—Monittur. •
The convoy of General LECLERC, arrived at
Villers Cotterets at eleven o'clock. • The remains of
the General have been deposited in the church of
that place, where they will remain under a guard,
till they are but ied on his estate at Montgobert.
Citizen D'A FrR v, the new Landamman of Swit-
zerland, left Paris on the 26th of February.
The town of Passau was nut evactiatathe I‘2th
last, as it was determined it should be.. Im-
perial garrison was on the point of quitting it,
when a countermand arrived, importing that the
Austrians should provisionally remain there. The
troops of Bavaria, charged to take possession, re-
main at St. Nicholas, half a mile from Passau.
Letters from Rouen, of the 27th of February,
state that LtsoUncots and PICOT, formerly Chiefs
of Chouans, accompanied by many individuals,
have quitteii England for France, where they were
concealed more than a month. The police, inforraed
of their return, has endeavoured to penetrate the
motives of it, and soon discovered they were
meditating new plots against the public safety.
They have been arrested, and their examinations
have proved the criminal designs they entertained

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against us.
According to letters from Tripoli, the commer
cial relations of that regency with Europe have hi-
therto been very inconsiderable, though its ports
have not been blocked up.. The grand caravan of
Morrocco for Mecca arrived at Tripoli the latter
end of December.
The camp to be formed between Brussels and
Louvain, at the period of the visit of the I'IRST
CONSUL to the united departments of Belgium,
will be placed in the plain of Cortemberg, situated
two miles from that town. It was in that plain the
Austrian army encamped in the famous retreats of
1792 and 1791. There will *be raised on the neigh t
a fort, constructed of earth, planted with artillery,
which the army will besiege according to the regu-
lar rules, during the execution of the grand mantr-
vres. The nun,ber of the troops which will com-
pose the camp, appear to be difinitiyely fixed at
15000 men. As soon as the season will admit of it,
they will march for their destination.
M. L A 1-1.11:PE has left valuable manuscripts,
which, in a new Edition of the works of that grand
critic, under the dirthion of M. Dr: FONT A N ES, will
be published without delay.

PARIS, MARCIL I.
Yesterday morning at six o'clock, the Fi asr CON-
SUL let out from the Thuillerics, to visit the whole
extent of the works of the Canal of Ourcq. At ten
o'clock, Madame BONAPAVE also repaired thither.
They write from Brest, the 24th February, that
General DECALN has arrived there. That Gene-
ral, appointed to the place of Captain-General of
our establishment in India, the same day reviewed
the troops destined to repair there. lie has been
received in *he road, with the honours due to his
rank.
The expedition to India, will soon be in a condi-
tion to set sail.
The frigate Urania, and the corvettes La Dili-
gone and Le Curieux, set sail the fifth.—We be-
lieve they arc destined for America.