The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-08-31 00:00:00

GUARDS.

lit 14 titscs 2d tewinne.
Col. Lambert. 'tut out . 1? not out
Racal, c. Cuoiser . . 32 C. Wdlrs .......
Todd, b. %Vides . YII st Cooper
Cu ell, ran out . . . 9 at. Ccon:wat
Wynyerd, c. CGlford . 16 b Geeenureet . .
Winter, b Ginter . . 7 e Clifford
lambert, e. Greenareet . 3b. Greetistreet . .
tun out . . . 0 b. Widow
Saluuni„ leg before wicket 1 it. Cooper
Uduey, c. Greenstr•et . S b Gr••eostreet . . .
Cartwirglit, et. Cooper . 0 c. Llgar
Byes . . . 2 Byes . . t
101 21

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EAST KENT.
Ist INNINGS. 2rl isomers.
Cooper, b. W.nser . 9 b Colon*. La.utt2.rt . . 9
Gaoler, e. Wynsaid . . 6
Willey run out . . . 18 not out
Fivr. run ont . . . . 15
Clifford, b Wins*? . . 4
Cook, b Winger . . . 0 not out
Greenstieet, run out . . 13
Bustle 1, not out . . . 6
Wales, jun. ton out . .
ay.stock, h. Lainbeit . 1
White, kg before wicket
Nye► . . . 21 •

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Won by Rost Kent, be 9 *pi. lcet., after some excellent play

A considerable body of the Royal Artillery
marched into the Plymouth lims, a few days ago,
from Woolwich; part was immediately embarked,
under the command of Capt. Powca; and another
part, under the command of Capt. iduouts, has
marched to reiLdorat the cliff:trent posts in Corn-
wall.

sot/tiff:ND, Amiss 29.

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The fleets which'nccasionally appear otthis place.
mint necessarily afford a very pleasing spectacle to
the inhabitants hut more grateful, because more
new to the eyes of the visitors, who generally go nut
in boats and barges, with their glass o. to have a
nearer view of them. The finest scene, however, of
this kind, which has hitherio presented itself, since
my arrival here, was that of the West India Fleet,
which majestically passed within full view of South-
en 1, r) ruiesday last, and remained in sight of us
all the dathiluring which, the fineness of the weather,
contributed', in no small degree, to the beauty and
of the sneaaelee
The Play of Pt:,,rro, which has been for some
time in preparation at our theatre, was, last Met,
performed before a very full audience, wit!) un-
bounded applause. Mr. Time rem rotirtrayed the
generous and heroic R4ht with such judgment and
effee, as to evince a great superiority of enaers,
and the address to the Peruvians was received with
reiterated marks of approbation. Mrs Teore en,
in filator, represented, in a most impressive manner,
all the fortitu ie aniimagnanimity which that cha-
rietr is so well calculated to exhibit; and Mrs.
Heatites Cote was an affeeing, chaste, and nataral
performance. Mr. VIN tea, in Atuttel; and Mr.
HAweiss, in Pizarro, d 'served, by their exertions,
the aloslaiise bestowed upon them ; and all the other
perf trm .r acquitted themselves also in a very corn-
menaahie manner.
Great credit is certainly due to the Manager, for
tbe ercremely corree m inner in which the Play was
g up. Toe dresses were as rich and as appro-
priate as they are at Drurv-lane; and the scenery
infinitely beyond what is in general to be expelled
at a provincial theatre.
The Pi iy was not announced for a second repre-
sent mints; but, from the Apt.' titer it received, and the
mimieers it attralted, there can be little doubt ol its
being speedily repea,ed.
l'he perf wmAnce given out for to morrow. was
the Tea Rely of treerelis., reel 4Yercal, by Master
Violet:, who Irely mad• a sto-cessful febtee bete
as the Prime of /Yaffe, in lirore the Ford*.
L understand that Mr. I mere s, the !louver,
n irwithetanding the shortness of the season, and ihe
.re-sr 'essence of building and fitting up this new
theatre, has ()third to 4p iropriAte one of
his rem titling nights 'or the benefit of the widow
and children of the I ate Dr. Miii.aew, who was %In-
fer tunately drowned on his return from the island of
Foulnese to Weltering. Not having seen the parti-
culars of this unf urtunAte ciicurnstance in any of
the papers, I send you the following account:
Lb. Tll.ats was a gentleman mach respeeled and
riemirded in this neighhoireond; he resided at
Wok-ring, about sit miles from this place. On the
untorttinete day, he had dined with a friend at
the 1.1 and, and, on his return in the evening, was
overtaken by the tide. The intermedi.oe space.
between Wakering and. the Island, is, at high
water, covered by the tide, which, on its retreat,
leaves a passage for men, horses, carriages, Zee. be-
tween the two places, over the sand. This passage
is, at all times, dangerous for strangers, who, igno-
rant of the track, might be I:Ahle to miss the way;
but, t he most fatal accidents generally occur to those
who may happen to loiter 0.1 the return of the tide,
which, flowing both ways, :rid intercepting their
escape, they must be inevitably lose; particularly in
he night, when they can hope fear no assistance.
the horse was found on the cumin an, early next
morning, and the Doeor's family flattered them-
selves he had remained all night, And that the bottle
had got loose, and returned home ; but those hopes
were soon removed, by the body being found on the
Settings, near the Haven, lying on his face. It is
thought he got bewilde.ed, and got on the black
mud, which would occasion the horse to plunge. and
thuow him. He has left a wife—a most amiable
wiumAis —and nine infant children, who totally de-
pe.t.ted on hi: industry.
this piece ethioits a s•tiking instance of the
:Olive industry of the Birmingham manilla:-
titters. Such a copper currency as is here, was,
perhaps, scarcely ever witnessed in any other place,
'sot pro-du/live of little inconvenience, as nothing
of the town stamp is now in circulation.
Amenget the last arrivals ire, Mr. and Mrs A.
FAIIM.R, Mr. Caoss and family, Major Ses awe.
Mr. MAG•KO• %A ROOM(' Mr. 1itt.1.0,14 Y. die.
Dr. and Muss Maumee are soon to take their
departure.

The arrival of •he East and West India convoys
is daily expeeted. I hr. Atom were &warded some
days since to Admiral t•o. s W WS off Brest, and
to the Admiral on the Irish station, to afford than
proteftion possible, shrull they fall in with
them, and to convoy them up Channel, should it be
reqn:sate.
We tin lerstand that a Grand Masonic Procession
will take place in Birmingham,on the 13th of Sep-
tember res• » ider the vatutinage of the Deputy
Provocial Gras -I Master. He will be ateridA
to
church by ths: three Lodges in Birmingham, accom-
panied by the Masonic llrethren from the adjacent
Provinci tl Lodges. A sermon will be preached in
the occasion, at St. Philip's. and tiAers issui at
V. 6J. each. The whole of the money arising
from admission will he appropiated towards
the fund of tie intended- new church the no-
velty and grandeur of the procession are expeaed
to induce many thousands of strangers to visit the
On Sunday last, there was a public Ordination At
the Cathedral, Exeter, which was ntI'ECEOUSIy at-
tended; when Stows \Veneta, A.B. of- Wadliam
College ATI! A •ItIS La ma, AB. of Christ-
church ; Jou?, J A MIA, late 11. A. of Exeter College ;
and J. li. Motes. A 11 of Sr. Mary 1-1411.0xford ; .
were admitted into the Holy Order of Deacons. And
Lt. v, Clerk, A.B. sot lent of Christ Church ;
.Ttiosr s siv SoAeas Cwastormeir, A.M. of St.
11 irs. Hall; RoBiRT S•ARRE HUTCHINGS, A.B. of
St. Edmond 1.111; AMIDRoitE Wlt,sass AKOREW,
M.A. of Corpus Christi College; Caeca Cut Doti.
M. A. of King's College, C =bridge; %Phoneme
011E9 Guar4ev, A.B of !Wit-4 Cobeze ; Genitor
M*t.t.s:rT SCOTT, A.B. of Exeter College; JOHN
V,OOO, A.B. of Pembroke Hi GO Malec
Pass* tax, A.B. of Exeter College; *al 1. a EDER IC
HANSit Tt.1,4 CAR•I4OTON, A.B. of Wa thorn Col-
lege, Oeford ; were admitted-into the linty Order of
Prams.

AO9. O.

The Bold gnn-brig passed do* to the :here
this morning, on her way to the Downs, having left •
the Boulogne sqtaclron ail well last night. She
brings tin intelligence of any new movements of the
enemy in that qearter.
'l he pinnace belonging to the Prinre •f Oresp., of
74 guns, Capt. Rogers, has jest com- into this har-
bour, with a great qiiterity of old cutlasses, hangers,
pistols, muskets. rec. ia plate of which they were to
take back gnn-powl.tr. The P. ince of Orange has
been nn a cruise of eight rienths, en the southern
coast of Ireland, and afterwards in the British
Channel, from whence she returned to the Downs the'
week before last. She had not been there two days,
when she WAS or:l:nred to join Lord Keith's seittedron
off the Texel, then under the vitamin(' of Admiral
Wosell, it being understood tint the Dutch fleet
were m eking pe eparations for sailing. Oa Sunday,
~4
the 18th, they jellied the squadron in the evening.
and immediately cleared all quarters for aline, ea'
whole of the night and following dsy they stood on •
and off the Dutch coast, within sight niche enewsy'S
Bret ; and in the evening of that day (which watt the •
19th, and not the eV, as sated in some of the as- a
counts given of this tr m.41;11* the w'oele of: the .;
Dutch fleet weighed ancaor, and got out of the hare.
,t
boor almost, within gun shot of our squadron; they
consisted of seven mil of the line, with frigates an*
smaller vessels. At the same time, our ships
plainly discovered between five and six buns
tired gnu-boats, praanes, *tuggers, Ste. under weigh,
all of which appeared to be full of tr. ops
After coming out but a short distance front the
shore, they all retnrned into port. Soon after, the
Prince of Orange boarded a Dane, she at Erse..
had mistaken for an enemy's ship of war, that had: -
come out of the Texel. From her, they learned that
the Dutch Admiral' had determined upon sailing;
and she left the Dutch pares is the ak of sounding ;
but, upon finding shore was net sutE lent water to
hritig them over the sands, which have shifted of
late, they were oSlird to return into t '.arsons.
Flom and other etreumstances, the people or
the Plia,e or (mange assure me, that the Dutch Ad.'
miral evinced every intention of comivig C,) an en-
gagement with our fleet ; and, they were certain,•
it WAI the SS•Ot of water to carry them „vet •
the sands, an I no other cause, that ma le them
put back. It is evident, therefore, it these see
',counts be tru coupled with the report made by the'
crew t f the Archer giin-brig, as mentioned in my
letter of yeAerday, that the real intention of the
emlny is to put to sea with all his force, the first-
fay.MlTAble Opp.,nutlity. The people of the Pristatet:
of Orange further state, that there was an engagit-
ment off Ushant, within these few days; bat
as to any of the pirticulass, they were wholly'
ignorant, having merely heard it in a cared way.
—At that time, the whole of our A. et off the Tete!,
consisted of the .$1 Ijettic, of 74 Runs. Admiral Rus.
fl eg ship, the Elephant, and Priem of Orange,
of 74 each, the Monnicah and Jambe. 64 guns, and
the Peolips.enna, and Steely, of 54 each. Our ships
did not exchange a shot with the enemy. and none
were fired, except a few from a battery on shore, :it
an English lugger who ran in closer elan any of the

rev:.
On Monday last, Lord Keith hoisted his frig or.
hn ird the Colessur, of 74 guns, then lying in the
Downs, And, in the evening let sail, to resume his
Command of the fezel Sin adron. The Prince of
Orange returned to the Dawns on the same day.--
I understand she is to be laid up, being so decayed
and rotten, thst her tiraliers can be licked *sonde
with the finger nails.
The weather mill continues hazy, so that we can-
not descry the opposite co ist, and the wind is a:
S.W. these some days past.
The Lieotenai.t of the Ydr;note gun•brig, who I
stater! in my letter et the 27th, to have permttecl the
American ship. the Dispatch, to pro: eJ on her voy-
age, 'La not. I have since been informed, tut her
for that purpose; but she having refused to pot into
the Downs, pursuant to his orJers, he went on hoard
the Et. v cutter, and lined two musket-shots at her, in
ord.•r to bring her te, which, in the eni, had the de-
sired efre.a. particolars I was not Able to
Astir; t iin, •ill the reaurii of the tatter, ,ney being so
tar J.stant az the time, we co Ad not, from the shore,
d;stinguish their eit.i.A movent:nts. lAm also in-
formed she had not less than the sum of 94,000 du/.
Lars on board.
Seven small sloops and other coasters, arrived. in
this ha& hour from the Westward, this evening's tide.
The melancholy accident of the drowning of
Thomas Lowen, Lieutenant, Mr. Stewart, Mid.
shipmAn, And two sailors, all b.longing to tee
Jaek.i/Igius-brig, occurred on the night of
day the 15th inst. And nit on last 'Thursday, as
in.zntioned in some of the papers.

Partridges this year have a temporary ie.
prieve from their persecutors, from two causes ; °ire,
consequence of the lit of September falling upon
a Su niey, and the other, from the geiieral
ardness of the person I tor, we are confident, that nn
honourable sportsman will ever suffer his dogs to
enter the standing corn, or tread ttivi.:r his feet the
" Gable* Grain" of it bounti:nl haves", for tLe gra-
tincation of shooting at a partridge.
On Saturdwy morning, W. SLATER. private in
the 1 Ith Light Dragoons, shut himself in the hay-
loft at the Marquis of Gritilly Inn, Folftstoiie ; iie
had been titi years in the regiment. 'Elie coroner's
inquest sat on the lame day, and brought in a vet--
diet of se/ nturefir. Ile was, in consequence, buried
in the bighway, near the parsonage bat n.
A bailiff having met with a person a fl..w d les
since in the neighbotuhood of Wapping, az o..st
whom he had a little commission, snotty
him on the bhoolJet, and r..qaested the favour of
his cvaipany. After recovering from the suJd
hes, of his surprise, the debtor began to expos! til ,
though with little efiradh nu the bArdness of t e
tiewrees.id concluded with the emphatic obsemitin.,
of 's What's* mantis do, who h.is been LI, lucity all
-.his life ?".• On whiels an no- cat tar, who came reeli, g
by at that instant. ertt time f, "Do ! why, be! a
Shansi% the present Lottery. as 1 d.i is the ii- t.
and then (peiling our a sussing fall of do l.• )
you'll stand a chance of the bes► prize you e.er
overhauled." The s s Int-, with charationsuc r, e•
v,ilence, then f'i'nished him with the means of p-••
chasing halt a ticket.