The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-10-06 00:00:00

EAST INDIA HOUSE.

A ballot was yesterday taken at the East India
House upon the following question, viz.
" That Mr. James Henry Casamajor be per-
mitted to return to Madras with his tank in the
Company's service."
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At six o'clock the glasses were Enslly closed, and
delivered to the Scrutineers, who shortly afterwards
delivered in their re:tort, that the numbers were in
favour of the question.
The Chairman then stated, that Mr. Casamajor
was permitted to return to Madras with his rank in
the Company's service, three parts in four of the
Proprietors of East India Stock having agreed to
the same by the ballot of the day. The ballot was
very numerously attended.
Yesterday a Court of Direetors was held at the
India House, when the following India !milt ships
were taken up for the Company's service:
ScaVvr Csale
Surat Ca .tle

They are to bring home a cargo of teas from
China, and are afterwards to be engaged in &e
Company's service for four voyages, under the
Court's advertisement of the 24th of August last.
The Court also permitted Henry Bonham, Esq.
to build a new ship, of 820 tons hurthen, in the room
of the Kent, which was captured by a French pri-
vateer, otf the Sand Heads, in the Bay of B•:ngal.
She will be launched in November, 1805, and is to
be commanded by Mr. Juhn Hall ; the chief officer
of the Kent, Capt. Riviapton, bar commander, hav-
ing been tinf“rtunately kilted in the engagement.

The Court adjourned at six o'clock, till Wed-
nesday next.

BIRMINGHAM, Ocz.. 4.

COUNTY ELECTION.

The eleaion of a Knight of the Shire to succeed
the late Sir G. S. Evelyn, Bart. as one of the Mem-
bers for this county, took place at Warwick, on
Monday. The Court met at the County Hall be-
tween eleven and twelve o'clock, when the Ad of
Parliament was read, the Sheriffs sworn, and the
usual formalities of the occasion were proceeded
through.
Mr. SHELDON, of Weston House, near Mipston,
first addressed the Freeholders. He solicited the
attention of that very respeaable Meeting, to the
pretensions of a candidate who possessed very emi-
nent qualifications for discharging a duty of trust
and impnrtance equal to that of becoming a Member
for the County; that Gentleman was Charles M'or-
daunt, Esq. whom he had the honour to propose as
a proper person to represent the County on the pre-
sent occasion.

Mr. Ltoot next rose. He. congratulated the
Meetin& on the prospect of seleding a Representa-
tive wttaout disturbing the Peace of the County, as
there was but one heart and one voice prevailing on
the subjed from one extremity of the Shire to the
other. He concluded a short, but neat and energe-
tic speech, by seconding the motion of Mr. Sheldon,
and warmly recommending C. Mordants:, Esq. to
the choice of the county.
Mr. Moanauxt then rime forward to address the
Hall. The most grateful shanks (Ise observed) were
due from him to that numerous and most respeet-
able body of Freeholders who were shoot to confer
upon him the honourable and flattering distinction of
representing them in Parliament. It was incumbent
upon him to discharge the duties of their hign trust
with the most scrupulous fid -lity. and all the abi-
lity he could call forth ; and he felt some confidence
that his exertions would not be unsuccessful.

When Mr. Mordaunt had finished his speech,
which was appropriately ch,ssen, and elegantly de-
livered, a bunt of approbation resounded througn
:he hall for a few minutes. The deed was signed
by a large number of Freeholders, and tie represen-
tative was soon afterwards condueted to a chair, or-
namented with flowers, blue ribbon+, Ste. and car-
ried from the hail to the Warwick Arms Tim, where
a sumptuous dinner was provided, to celeorate the
event.

The Duke of MiCKLIIIIIICROII has lately sent a
courier to Petersburgh, to communicate, it is said,
his apprehensions, le%t the preparations making by
the French in the EleSorate of Hanover may be
designed for the invasion of 'his Duchy. His High-
ness has likewise sent to Berlin, to sound the dispo-
sition of that Cabinet, in case any support sh, uld
be wanted. The French in Hanover make no
scruple to declare publicly, that it is the intenti
of their Government to occupy Mecklenburgh,
should a rupture take place between Russia surd
France.

We are authorised to contradiet a paragraph
copied from the French into some of the Engli.h
Newspapers, in which it is stated, that Sit JANES
CR 5...1 roil; broke his parole in quitting France. It
is impossible, at present, to iay before the public
the circumstances of this gentl.man's departure from
that country, in which he WAS treated with uncom-
mon rigaur. Suffice it, therefore, in the mean time,
to say. that be was mg board by any he ann.:ever to ►t-
arai et.

Vie report in an Evening Paper of Thursday, on
the authority of a letter from Cadiz, that the tribute
which Spain pays to BONAPARTE 1•, 31 the 'le.,
and mast advaht”yruret mode of conveyance, se :t in
British men of war to England. and afterwards re
spitted to France by liamburgh, we Lave just rea-
sons to consider, at least inaccurate, if not unfound-
ed. It is well known, from the French Papers, that
several millions of dollars have arrived from Spain,
under escort of Spanish Dragoons, at the French
truntier town of Bayonne, where Beet AAAAA a's
commissaries of treasury have been to receive
the money, and to accompany it, attended by
French eras frrreer, to Paris. That this is both the
nearest and saint way, no one can deny. As to irs
being the most advantageous mode, it eny diffi-
cult to be conv:r.ced of it. when we are actin :inted
with the known faits, that, insteall of England send-
ing over bullion or cash to Harnber, h, every packet
from klusum carries over to Engiand rem:colees in
ready money, sent by the merchants of Hainhurgh,
Lubeck. and other Continental commercial cities.—
The assertion from Cadiz is pills:011y an invention
to keep us in good hum.mr with the uninterrupted
arrival there of money destined for our irreconcile-
able foe.

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NEWMARKET FIRST 'OCTOBER MEETING.

THU SSD% V, OCTOBER 4.

A Gold Cup, by Eight Subscribers, or upwards, at
logs. each, for: 11-ages (t.vu-year olds excepted).
Across the Flat.
Sir C. Buishisiy*s E:etnor, 6.er.
Mr V.rtion,a, 3 yr mid, sst. lilib. .
Mr. Wation's Lignin tisi. 101 h.
Mr Define Radcliffe's Annie d, ag td, 90. 7111.
Mr. Wilson's Lun i ix, 6-vr' old, 9st. llb.
Mr. Fi.ith's Brighton, ag.td, 8,1 :rib
I.d. F. G. Osbonae's Elizabeth, Vir. old, 70.
General 3parrier'4 Carve!, by Buzzard, 0 tr. old, 70. 7!b.
Mr. Mellish's b. c by Anteus, tlayr. old, Tar.
Lord Gras%gooer. Rouge Dragon, 3.1 r old, 7st.
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Sir F Neale 's Rambo, 4- r. old, So 71b. . • • •de
Four to I against El,-attor 5 to 1 against Ligr
num V ite— I 0 •totl against Lennox-6 to lag tittsi
Buzzard-3 to I against Malta.
The Judge could plate only'tlnee:
The King's Plate of 100 gs. for four-year olds cat: ,
ing lOst.411) .ir olds list 61b.--six-yrat
olds 12,t —and age. • 12sx. 216% H. C.
wf Grafton% b. f. Paraaa, 4 yrs. old . .1,
Mr. N'PliCliA gr. c. Sir Harry Dioisdtle, 4 so. old .
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Mr. Wilroii• eh. h Lennox, Gis. old . • •dr
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ry Dimsdale-5 to 2 against Walton.
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Lori til-o-igenoes Regaled* 7cr itMb. rurelveri 73ge. from
Mr riuwurih's tiered, B.t 10. Y. T M M Pegs,
Duke of Grdet .n's Parasi.l, B.t. received 444:. friiin Lord
Foley's c. by Waxy, fat. B.b. T. 4. At tongs. h. ft.

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A letter from Warsaw, of the Stli Sept. says&
4, Immediateiy after the first notification, that, an
information had been given by the billiatilTtishin
keeper, Coulon, relative to a plot fur poisoning tL.
Count de Lille, orders were seat down from Berlin
the Government hetc to inquire into the Affair with,
all possible strianess, in order, that if the infornsa4
tions were well foUnded, those concerned in such
design might be punished with the utmost rigour di
the law, or if it were false, and it mere intrigue, the
authors of the F' on, and particularly Coulon&
might in like manner re Ave punishment. This
inquiry, since Coulon and his wife 1 ave. been Aps
prehen•led, is now carrying en with t titmta: an.%
tivity and care ; Ana from the result itiziler:o, it may.
with certair.ty be declared, that Cle wh,,le plot 'cff
poisoning is a mere invention, and that, in parties.
lar, the French Commercial Agent, Boyer, wink
ha, remained for some time at V...rs,tw, and ;who.
name has been compromised bf,tli ir. :he information,
of Coulon, and in the pu'illc Jouhta:i, Was not in
the least concerned in the affair."

Thursday tau, the Exeter liumine Society he'd
their quarterly meeting, at which twenty.rme persons
received rewards to the amount of 7:. los 61. for
rescuing from death seventxn children, between thr
ages of three and twelve, in .he course o::::. pie-
ceding quarter, several or whom were in imminent
danger of being drowned. Every qss.ute•.ly meet-.
ing of this Society gives additional proor„ if such
were necessary, of the excellence of the institution.
We trust, that the notice wkich the Society for
the Suppression of Vice are now circulating anapng,
tare Publicans, cautioning them against ilm vAry
improper and illegal praiSace of sniff e%; .Tidpitug
in their houses on the Lord's Day, p irtliaaarly.
dieing Divine Service, will have the effect of stop-
pion such pra9ice in future.
It is a notorious pra.ftice with pasty tradesmen ter.
take apprentices for the sake of a flee, when they have
not sufficient work to employ the lads, and teach
them their bwiaess. They couseqeeatly er.gage
them about more menial service, and the young la.la.
are frequently turned nu:, at the expiration of their 1
term of servitude, without a sufficient knowledg : of
their trade. The father of a boy, who was visas,
circumstanced, brought the master before one of the
Justices of Police yesterday. Upon the fat briny:
stated, brim oath, that the %titter failed to inst:tt A
the boy in his trade, and that he was otily employe
in running of errands, the indeiteret were orders
to be handed over to another ?Lister.
i
A most atrocious plot to rob god moider a.
'tinier was disclosed on Monday Lot at Eddie*
Camp. A Mr. HY M AN, from Hilsea Barracks.,
had engaged with the Colonel of the 44 h regiment,
to mess the Offi:ers at this camp; but the ;side pn •
Ilion of his wife, rendering i: nczeisary to giv..• op '
the business, he, about ten days suite, gave not ca
is the Colonel that he woul.f. remain on the genii •d
only until the Colonel could i titerw.se provide him- •
s:lf. The Colonel acc.:rdingly provided himselt-
with a suttler h the course of last weik, and Mr.
HY M A N's accounts were supposed to be s.ttled on.
Ssi.d.iy. A gang of the 44:h, in ru nber twenty.
one, supposing Hritafir to have taken a consider- I
able sum of mrn_y from the Mike .s. c nc:rted s !
plan for entering his canteen, nut: d: .i ; II" ,1 AN 1
and his wife, srizing their property, ..n I :::en tat in ,
ao
the Colonel's horses, to set hi: s:ab'es on fire,
in the confusion which would result in the camp, o
effen their escape. Mr. Hvaisif is hudebted for
his life to the manly and spirired exertions of Cal ..
tains Citearrx and LANs, who, by lone means
not yet known, got intimation of the hot., id intcn-
tient of the conspirators; an.l it twelve eel. ck on
Monday night, the very night the horrid deed was to
be perpell-itted, called out a guard, and p!aced th'm
at the entrance of lives% s settling bao.h. 'll.a
were's, halt—front, awaked prior lir st A. 4. Vero had:.
retired to rest aboat two li ,urs; Cant. LAM., bow.
ever, roused him out of had, and who he common.. •
cited the first intelligence of his di:lg r, apprised
him that he had gra f rut al the 'iII:ALA in cushidy.

The Ticket 10,231, dr.wn on Wednesday a Pride.
of 10,0001. vra.: s..ld in One Quarter, One Eitthdli•
And Ten Sizventh at litsn's Oi N.,. 4,
Cornhill, and No- 9, Chari-cr-i,j, w'ir'e the
Ticket draw., Prize ci 1,0001. oa
Jay last was also sold and registered —The Ott Ls.
nate Holders may receive their nr,rey o t demand.
A either of the above ()ekes t wheie Ticket. and
shares will centime on isle. waorantel un,.:rasers.
until this morning, nine o'clock, when the C0,6144.b
Day's Diatetng will

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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSNIOUTH, OCT. 4.
Sailed the Speedwel: brig of war, on a cruise.
Wind S.W.

PLYMMITII, ocr. 3.
Anived the N,mble cutter, and /110trc and Vern--
t die ri,-1 of war fr. n a cruise.
Sas' .d the Lau ;17-rrt, armed ship, fin a cruise:
and the Peke,- gun-bng, for the Downs. Wind S.W.

DEAL, OCT. 4.
Arrived and sailed for the River, the Sea it:wniph,
• Smith, and the Lang.toff, from Malta.
Arrived the Afunaroi met of war, Right lion.
Admiral Lord Keith, with the Castor, firer hakod,
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dzmatea, .s1
isimermidr frigates ; l)art, Hatru,
Orestes, Fnuene, limner, Autumn, .11,,nz0,
and Scourge, sloops of war; Lucifer, Furs, Vult,m,„
Sulphur, Prenstattun, and Dtie•ii.,ru, bombs ; Star-
-145,z, C. Wirt, and 'rif ICU gun-brigs, with several
other ships of war, from off the French coast.

HARWICH, OCT. 4.
The Mona packet, Capt. Osborn, sailed yester-
day wi:h the Mails of the 2d for Husum ; and the
tfaef.'. id, Capt. Hammond, for Gottenhurgh.
Vie tiot,ir Gearze packet, Capt. Saunders, ar-
rived thi. morning with the Mails from se-
veral pasbengers, and forty-two Hanovelian re-
cruits.

A Dutch sclmyte an ived last night from Katwyck
with . bag of letters.

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.

Glt A Mali D, ()C. r. 4.—P.,oert by the Charlotte 4. rrinhia,
Sehnon. from ti.nrill.; &rue, Reid, from Riga; and the Z-r.
lust, --... clot, Ilatitsm. Sado,' the I.ovali.t, Lynch r, and
.I.tm ald Henry, Due% for Jamaica; l'arkett, Van,
for Emblem ; tiorde,, ---„ (Or LiGhOn Suelkeit, lioat, for
Catwyek ; Dolphin, Frazer; Satuniu*, Cornell's., and the
Hnope. Maetdick, for Enihd,n.

South Lambeth Watet-works, about to be ere:led
on die low grounds south of Kennington Green, into
which place the Elames water spontaneously fiiiws
every tide, is certainly an admirable situation for
such a work. Between five and six JCICS of land
will be appropriated to different reservoirs for re-
taining and filtering the water, previous to its being
sent through pipes for the supply of the numerous
inhabits es, which is a preferable method to that of
foreirg it immediately from the River Thames, with
all i's filth a!,LI sediment. Me engineer and planner
of 'Leo- no, ks has so contrived the construCtion of
the different reservoirs, that the cscat.ited earth
from 'he re,erroiis (into which the tide will
be permitted to flow), will be applied to raising a
considerable embankment or mound for the upper
reservoir, from which the water will percolate thro'
the ditTerent pipes withria: the aid of force. Round
the top of the upper reserve:r will be a gravel ter-
race of about 700 feet in circumference, from which
a lawn witl gradually descend, to be divided into
gardens for the different dwellings, in an elegant
polygon prop:.sed to be 'mile,' on this elevated situ-
ation. This, wit'o so fine a sheet of placid water in
the front, will certainly be one of the most ph.asaut
places south of tiv: metropolis.

Mr. Si CULL M•Kee, the maniac, still remains
in St. Tlamas's Hospital, but has rot been visited
by any person whatever. On Thursday he requested
th sereson who attends him to write to the sur-
geon of the shin, of which he is mate, an 1 inforM
him of the sad state he was in. The reason he has
since given for the outt age he committed is, that
lie had ohratned leave to come to London, to en-
dravotir to get himself removed to some other ship,
nor being on friendly terms with some persons on
board the nairorn, vi hich made it very uncom-
fortable to him; and meeting with mi absolute re.
fusal, his passim became so great as to overcome
his reason, and in that state of frenzy. he supposes
he trust have committed the rash ad. He often
enquires after the Fersons he wentufed, and prays
fervently for th. it speedy recovery. lie says him-
self is least to be pitied. No doubts are entertained
of his recovery.
Tuesday, the Sodbury, Dirham, and Marshfield
Infant: y, and nadir gtnn troop of yeomanry cavalry,
were inspefled by Col. Paosys. The worthy Capt.
of the cavalry, C. Cu DRING row, Esq. after the re.
ercise, invited his truer to a cold collation in the
pleisitre-ground, near IVdington.Park, where they
were exercised. Beautiful tents were ereaed for
their reception, among which was one particularly
to be noticed ; the roof exhibited four defeats of
the French and Span•sh ticots. by the English, in
beautiful tapestry The milk-maid, as usual, plen-
tifully bestowed the rich 'wear from her silver foun-
tain, upon her guests, until every gi.vd soldier had
a sufficient quantity of all that an krzlishrnan could
wish fo:. Many applopriate toasts were drunk,
among which ought to be noticed that of " May
British Volunteers ever triumph over French Des-
potism."
PRIV A Tr. TMLATLICALILThe Officers at Cox.
heath Cah,p gave their second dramatic entertain-
ment on Saturday night. The performance was
The First Pert of King Hrnru In- Fourth. Ihe ch -
ratters were ail respeaabiy sustained. Captaiu
Ba sus, tr., of the Gu irds, in the paa of Foiriefi; re-
ceived and merited ff..: loudest testimonies of appro-
bation. There WAS no after-piece, we suppose owing
to the length of the Play, and the night of perform-
ance being Saturday ; but before the curtain was
drawn up, a very neat and appropriate Prologue
was spoken by Captain 'lives, of the Guards. The
conelmlir7 lines et it, which drew a contrast to.
tween the causes in which PERCY and A BERCROSIIIT
fell, produced a very considerable sensarionAmong
the company present were:—
The Furl Comte,- o. s ivitgr, Lonl and I.3dy Temple,
Lard lnd Southamoun, Lord and LAd:. ITankrabary Late
Kearney and fatuity, Led, Le De Spencer, General Rairk do
SPORTINC.—The B tr sn Ilowerscrt, a few days
since made a match with Mr. 1111 V M•N, a fen.
monger, living near him in Battersea fields, to drive
it match for 100 gt:ineas a side, and the winner to
have also the loser's hone. On Friday morning
the) ..acted; the Baron with his black hone in his
gig. 'r. A V eta his gre pone,: in his chaise,
at tive 'clock in the morning, to 1.. n ei7ht mile
below Maidstone, and back 'again to liat.ersea, .
distance of I lii miles; which was won by the Baron.
be coming in • nine o'clock the same evening, tw,
boars before Fr. valises ; and the latter having, b.
a wrong turning, gone six miles a contrary way—c
course De lest oats 100 guineas and his pony.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS.

EDITOI,

Althistgo France has given so many proofs of
her want of good faith, the following anecdote may,
I,stwi,h,tanding, be interesting to your numerous
readers :

An American vessel, called the Marv, of Norfolk.
sailed from hence the 20th of June last, bound for
St. Sebastian's, in Spain, in ballast, was, by stress
of weather, after springing a leak, forced to take
shelter in the River of finurdeaux, which she reach-
ed with extreme difficulty. The Captain, without
delay, made a regular and explicit protest. but in
the interim of an answer to it, was thrown into
prison (where he still remains), his vessci ssr/..td,
and every thing found on board confiscated. These
arbitrary and inhuman proceedings have since been
confirmed by the Tribunals, not of Justice, but In-
justice, of that wretched country, held out, by those
who govern it, as a model for Europe to follow.
Your humble Servant,
o,t. 3, 1804. VERIT AS.

On Monday last, the following eircumst7nce took
place in the New Barracks, Hastim-s : the Major of
the 49th regiment has a large goat, vicious in its
natui a, with thorn the soldiers were in the habit of
playing. A fine young men, servant of the Colonel,
was teaiiug the animal for a considerable time, and
was advised by many of his comrades to desist, but
he would not ; at length, the enraged animal got
the unfortunate young man against a wall, and
gored him so dreadfully, that he died on being taken
to the hospital. The animal's horn penetrated above
the left knee, ran up the thigh, and dividing the
scrotum, passed into the abdomen, and tore out the
bowels. The unfortunate sufferer was only eighteen
years of age.