The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-02-28 00:00:00

ROrin, CHACE.

On Saturday morning his MAJvsTv, with his
usual attendants, rode to Ascor Heath ; his MA.-
J EST T was there met by the Earl of SAwowicu,
and. a number of Gentle:nen Sportsmen. About
eleven o'clock a favourite deer was turned out of
the cart, for the day's diversion. At starting, the
deer tonk the right of Hatchet.lane, through the
inclesures by Winkfield Church, where he took
to the left, and making for lone he was taken
near Mr. Gausr's park, after a rim of an hour and
a half. His MAJESTY was in sight of the deer all
the time.

Friday afternoon a Cabinet Council sat at Lord
HA wittsiway's Office, in consequence, we believe,
of dispatches from Lord lu at Paris.
Austria, by its Minister at Paris, has, in a Con-
y:Alt:on subaeouent to that respecting the Grand
Duke.of Tuscany, formally Consented to the union
of Piedmont 'to France, renounced all claim to the
Duchies of Parma and Piacenza, and acquiesced in

the.new arrange:nents respeaing Italy and Switzer.
land.

The Court of Di:•et9 ors of the East-India Com-
pany, with their accustomed iiherality, have pre-
sented the boat's crew of the Lord Nelson Margate
hoy with the sum of 500 guineas, as a reward for
their gallant and daring resell.: of 105 men from the
wreck of the Rink:tem •
This day the adjourned Sessions wi'd be held at
Guildhall, before the Right 1-lon. the LORD M Y (pa,
RECORDER, F FF., &C. for the trii.d. of assaults

and misdemeanors.
His Royal Highness the Vict-Rov of Sardinia
has been conveyed from that island to Naples, at
his own request, in his Majesty's ship Pbtrle, with
the permission of Sir RICHARD BICKLIVVOK.
Lady Mil-Sr:a has been dangerously indisposed
for several days past, but we arc happy to state
that her Lad)4liip was, at a late hour last night,
better.

The Dowager Countess of CORK is fitting up a;
elegant Theal.e for the Pic Ni: Society, in toe gat-
den behind her Ladyship's hou,e in Burlington-
street. Her Ladyship intends giving a Play on
Tnesday the Bth of March.
Mrs. BAY r.Ey gave a very elegant Ball to a large
party of friends at her house in Harley-street, on
Friday last. The music was conducted by Mack-

General LENNOX gave an elegant dinner to a
selen party of friends on Friday, at his house in
Harley-street : among the company were, Lord
VILLIERS, Lord HINCHINBROOKE, Capt. PAGET,
Miss FORDYCE, &c.
Lady HAREwOOO commenced her Routs on Fri-
day last, and will continue them every Friday dur-
ing Lent, at her house in Harewood-place, Hano-
ver-square.
Our last letters from Paris mention, that her
Grace the Duchess of GORDON will not leave Paris
till the latter end of April.
Viscount CAsTLEREAGH gave a cabinet dinner
yesterday, at his house in Cleveland-row, to all the
Cabinet Ministers : among the company present
were, the Archbishop of De#l.lN, Marquis of
SLICO,_ Earl of LIMERICK, Lord CARLTON, Mar-
quis of HER TIMM, the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
CHEQUER, Messrs. H. ADDING roN, WICKH AM,
CORRY, VANSITT ART, YORKE, J. BERESFURD,
HAwT HORNE, R. KERR, &C. &C. &C.
We hear with pleasure, that Mr. WILBTRFORCE
is recovering from his severe indisposition.
• Died lately, at Clifton, near Bristol, Charles Score
Britten, Esq. father of Mrs. HEILV ADDINGTON.
Mrs SIDDONS closes her engagement at Dublin
this week.
Notwithstanding the badness of the weather on
Thursday eve.ning, the Amateur's Concert at
HuGlil3' Rooms, Wigmore-street, was very well it-
tended. Miss bk'FOUR, though hardly recovered
from her indisposition, sang the "Soldirr t red," in
which she displayed so much science, taste, and ex-
ecution, that she enraptured the whole audience,
and was loudly encored. Miss DAVIS sang charm-
ingly the Bird duet, with a lady whose name we
could not learn. Master Moms, a beautiful boy
of five years of age (a pupil of Se AGaot.ET ri)
astonished the company by his performance on the
violin. Master SMITH executed "Cara Stara" in
excellent style.
The Archduke CHARLES is said to have experi-
enced a relapse of his disorder, in consequence of
which a courier had been dispatched to Milan, for
the famous physician MoscATi.
Mr. PITT'S health, we learn with concern, is not
so perfeCtly confirmed as to enable him at present
to undergo the fatigue of a regular attendance on
Parliament.
BoN A P ART E, it is stated, has proposed to grant
several small islands in the Mediterranean to the
King of Sardinia, as indemnification for Piedmont;
but this project, it is added, has been rejeC"ted by
his Majesty, as inadequate to his loss.
The number of new ships launched this season for
the service of the East-India Company amounts to
18, and the whole tonnage, taken in the aggregate,
to 15,950 tons. Of these, seven ships are of the
burthen of l'2oo tons.
The French Minister at War has written to Ge-
neral LA VAssi,UR, the Commandant at Mentz, and
to the Commissary Sr. GERM A iN, requiring them
to send as many soldiers and volunteers as are will-
ing to serve in St.llorningo, tree of ex pence, to Dun-
kirk, where they are to be embarked.

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YASMONABLE ARRANcritENI3 InoB TILE WLEK.

NCIN DA T.••••M3rChiOtielPS col .SarribUry.ll rout, Arington-
Rtreet; Marchioness of ht,ereorier: rout, (;rosvenur•squarc;
Rev. Dr. Wynne's dinner, Queen Anne-street, 'tVest ; Mrs.
C;rsling's concert, rooland-place; Lurd *Carlton's dinner,
Georg--strect, Hanover square.
Tu ESD A T .—Opera, 'IRV market.

Wi:ISTIMIIAT.—Kines levee, St. James: Marclsioneria of
Abercorrt's rout, Grosvenor-square ; Mrs. St. John's rout,
South Audiey-street : Mrs. Brown's rout, George•street, Ha-
nover-square; Lord Carltou's diuuer, George street, 11.triuver-
square.
THO AY.—Duke of Portland's Csh,net Dinner, Picea-
; Counters. of C.arhampton's tout, Bruton-street.
FRIDAY —M.erebiorrss of A bercoro'l rout, Grosvenor-
., uare ; Lady !firewood .% rout, Hanover-iirmam; ,; s:
Tiiiiiripaores ball, Hereford-street ; Marquis 01
Grafton-ritreet.

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SaTunnAv.--.opera, Haymarket; Lord Ca rIVIIIN dinner,
C?..[;-!•:trelt, Hanover-s4uare , Lord Camden's diuntr, Ar-
Li:ten-street.
St NU AT —Marchioness of Salisbury's nintie, Arlington-
stteetA• Lady limnixtdrea party, Gm e. Speakers
nary New Palace-yard.

MRS. SOLI.EY's nour.

Mrs. Som.Ev gave a grand Rout on Friday even-
ing to about one hundred of the fashionable world,
at her house in York-place, Portman-square.
Among the company present we noticed the fol-
lowing, viz.
liarooess—Morttegquieu.
Ma, rkinioxs—Headfort.
Lat.'s—Portsmouth, :mil King ton.
Caaiatai, A—Moo/it:lo:ns., Yomfre!, Dolton, animal!, and
Purt,moutli.
Ladia—Bmks, Pericbcll, Buckstun, Flood, %Vcruy, Fop-
ham, at. 4 eawslar.
Si rs--T . Smith, and F. Food.
Co:oticli.--Jones, and Ruchfurd.

C..preiro--King, and O'Tool.
21Its,rs.--T. Hope, Vyse, Batter, Brooke, 3. Grant,
E. A..kigerrtein, L. King, H. Butler, IL Trout, Curry,
Oak?, Bevies, Burrower.
At rcs:rs—King, Mtcartv, T. Hope, Fume, Batty, Grant,
Sully, Brownie, Knight, Si/inhume, Ruchford, Be% it, Warne.
_lL:Ars—Morgan, Ilneks:on, three Wcihys, Gra a, Euston,
fhrc Scilleys, Chester, ;Watford.

Yesterday, at a quarter past one o'clock, her
Royal Highness the Princess MAZY (being suffici-
ently recovered from her indisposition), took an
airin in a coach and four, attended by Lady
CHARLOTTE WYNNE and Miss GuLDs'.vOZTILY,

through Chelsea and the neighbourhood, and re-
turned through Hyde Park. Her Royal Highness
was esecrted by a party of Light 'Horse.
On account of the absence of the Bishop of LAN-
DA7F fratn London, yesterday, Dr. Vr,exow, the
Bishop of Carlisle, preached before the' Nobility at
the Chapel Royal, from the third chapter of the
First General Epistle of St. Peter, and the 15th
verse. This being the first Sunday since the death
of the late much-esteemed and worthy Sub-Dean,
the late Dr. PEA ac E, Dr. Green's Funeral Anthem,
" Lord let me snow my end," was performed after the
sermon, and was very solemnly and well sung by
Messrs. BARTL4MA.N, SALE, NIELD, WELCH, W.
KNVVETT, GORE, GUISE, and the Rev. Mr. WEBB.
—Lord GaEnv L LE, Lord WODEHOUSE, Lord
FOLKSTONE, the Marchioness of BATH, and a great
number cf others of the nobility, were present.
Their Mansrir.s and the Pan :crisis are not ex-
ported to attend Divine Service at the Chapel
Royal on the Sundays during the present Lent, as
they have been accustomed to do, on account of
his MAj ES r v's being supposed to have caught a vio-
lent cold there, which brought on his last severe in-
disposition.
Yesterday morning the Turkish Ambassador and
his Secretary walked in St. James's Park, which at-
traaed the attention of John Bull so much, that it
was with difficulty they could proceed in their pe-
destrian exercise.
On Saturday morning their Royal Highnesses the
Dukes of YORK and CUMBERLAND paid a morning
visit to their MAJESTIES and the PRINCESSES at
Windsor.

The same morning her MAJESTY and the Pals-
CCSIICS AUGUSTA, ELIZABETH, SOFH lA, and ANIL-
El A, attended by Lady CAROLINA DORMER, Mrs.
STANHOPE, and Miss VysE, took an airing in two
coaches and four by Taplow and Salt-hill.
Yesterday morning their Ms.; r.srirs and the
PRINCESSLS attended Divine Seivice in St. George's
Chapel, Windsor.
On Friday morning his MAJESTY, with his usual
attendants, rode in Windsor Park, and viewed the
improvements and works carrying on there. At
twelve o'clock his MAJESTY and several Noblemen
and Gentlemen took the diversion of hunting with
the harriers.
The wind was so extremely high yesterday morn-
ing, that it blew part of the Royal Standard from
the top of 'the Round Tower, at Windsor.
Mr. Fox is now deeply engaged in his researches
for the completion of the History of England.
Signor L ANZA intends giving four Subscription
Concerts this season, at Hughes's Room. He has
engaged professors of the first class, and is patro-
nized by several families of fashion.
Sir Jolts Hoax., his Lady and Family, arc all con-
' fined with a cold, at his house in Arlington-street.
Yesterday his Grace the Duke of BLDFO RD paid
a visit to his brother Lord WLLLralt RUSSLI. at

Streatham.
Sir WILLIAM and Lady CH A LmEns arrived ys-
terday in town from their seat in Lincolnshire; they j
intend to give a grand niasqued bail in the course
of this week.
The Life of Sir Writ.i.i•be JONES, by Lord
TiLGNMOUTH, is in the press.
the SPEAKER of the Houst of CommoNs gave
an elegant dinner yesterday, at his house in .\ ew
Palace-yard, to a large party of parliamentary gen-
tlemen: among_the company were, Lord F. Os-
BORNE, Lord HERVEY, Lord Viscount BOY LI:,
Sirs, E. NEPEAN, P. STLPHENS, and T. TROU•
B R IDGE, Capt. BURKE, Messrs. GOLDING, SUTHER-
LAND, RIDER, ',ASCE!. I. ES, SMITH, POOLE, BRO-
DERICK, C. t ANDLING, &C. &C. &C.
Mr. HILL sustained Mr. INCLEDON'S part in the
Cabinet, at Covent-garden, on Saturday night. He
executed the songs with great taste, and was much
applauded. BRA HA M and STORAGE were in fine
voice. The House overflowed before second price.
Mr. KrbteLE, and Mr. PONSONBY, had lately a
narrow escape from being lost, in crossing the Pyre-
nees. Their carria.oe was overturned, atid broken
to piecesf their hands and feet were so benumbed
with the cold, that it was with difficulty they could
make their way through the snow, which was ua-
cummunli deep.

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF RlNG's BENCH, GUILDHALL.
SATURDAY, TED. £6.
The Court was this morning occupied with a
cause, not so extraordinary in itself, as to tile great
exertions it gave rise to. The substance is as fol-
lows :

CARTUR and oritras, 11. notn.
Mr. EitsKiNE opened the case. A Friendly So-
ciety, called the Maritime Club, had been formed,
for the same beneficial purposes as others of that
nature. They met at the house of the Defendant,
bond, with whom their treasure, amounting to 891,
10s. 6d. was entrusted, in a box made for the pur-
pose. The Defendant entered into a bond obliging
himself to keep it secure, and to deliver it up to thy
Society, when called upon; in the same condition
in which he received it from them. There were
three lucks to this chest; a key to each of them
were in the hands of two Stewards and the De.- •
fendant, who had likewise another key to an inner
apartment in this box, where the sum of the contri-
butions was kept. The Club met once a month,.
and counted their stock half-yearly. On the sth or
August a meeting was held at the landlord's, which
being concluded, the hex was re-delivered to his .
care tiil the next meeting ; this nes upon the ;eh
of Sehtember, when the box being produced, it was
found in the following state :—'rhe lock of one of
the Stewards (Swaine), deceased, was found open ;
that of another (Devereux's) had a piece of wire,
forced into it, seemingly with the purpose of pick-.
ing it ; the third lock was unopened. The box
being examined, the inner apartment, to which the'
Defendant alone had the key, was forced, and the,
sum of ed. 103. 6d. taken out of it : eleven pounds,'
however, was left in the Bar, being the monthly,
contribution of the Club. The general suspicion:
was (undoubtedly a false one), that it had been
privately robbed, on the night of the sth cf Auguste!
by Devereux, who was taken into 'custody, imprii
toned some months, aei a Bill bring preeented to
the Grand Jury against him, it was rejeCted. :Thew.
Club now sought-their remedy from the Landlord's-i .
Bond, and the issue was for mod cn this point—'
Whether from his not having produced the 13chtt
in the same state in which it was delivered to hime,
and which he had covenanted to do, he had not ren-•
dered himself accountable for the loss. :Mr.
ERSKINE did not mean to cast any obloquy on the.
character of Bond, but he insisted on his liability. •
Mr. GA !CROW put this case in a very ditTerent
point of view.—He contended, [bat Bond was basely;
injured by this aCtion, and that the box had been
actually robbed by one of the Stewards (Devtrefix).
on the evening of the sth of August. He sup-
ported this conjecture by a variety of arguments,
particularly by the cross-examination of the witness
Devereux, who was produced in Court. "Though
this man," said the learned Counsel, " has not been
convieted of the crime laid to his charge, I have no
doubt of his guilt."—He then produced a soldier, of
the name of Egerton, who stated, that the day after
the robbery was discovered, he heard Devereux in a
barber's shop, holding a mysterious conversation
with the master of it. He (Devereux) said, "he
wished he had had nothing to do with the money,
and that he expeacd a search-warrant from Bond,
and was at a loss where to conceal it." Sea-
man then advised him to hide it in a flower-pot in
his garden.—This evidence was partly corroborated.
by Thomas Brown, who remembered, that on the
morning the witness Egerton stated, he himself saw
Devereux and Seaman in earnest conversation toge+
ther.—The blacksmith of the town was then pro-
duced, who positively swore that no key coul.t have
opened the lacks but those made for them ; and that
the piece of wire forced into Devereux's lock could
not have been intended to pick it, but was meant
merely as a blind : he was positive, therefore, that
the box must have been robbed by some one .pos-
sessing a key of it.
Mr. ERSKINI; addressed the Jury' in a speerh of
most brilliant illustration.—" This (said he) is a cruel
combination to fix guilt upon an innocent man;
against whom even a Grand Jury could not find
sufficient guilt to put him on his trial.—This poor
Devereux is to be the scape-goat of the Defendant
Bond, who endeavoured at first, but was happily
frustrated, and now, for the second time, wants to
fix him with the crime of felony. If Devereux had
committed the robbery, he must have done it on the
sth of August, when the box was, for the only time;
in his charge ; but even then, it was at a time when
a hundred of his friends were in the room with him.
—And do you- think (said he) that a poor parish-
clerk, like Devereux, could be poseessed of the arti-
fice of a London pickpocket, to have committed a
robbery of so much danger and dexterity before a
room-full of people ?He must have been a juggler,
and conjured the money out of the box; for I am
certain by no other means could he have got at it.
And then (contloued he) when he had gOt it, would
he have talked:of it in a barber's shop i" Mr. klaS
KiNu then dwelt on the improbability of Egerton's
testimony, and the other parts of the evidence, aed
concluded with demanding a verdiet for the Plaintiff.
After a charge from Lord ELLENBOROUGH, the
Jury withdrew for half en hour, and brought in their
verdiCt for the Plaintiff.—Damages sf2l. 10s. 6d.

Saturday MARV Jo:iasoN, indicted with Captaih
rii:its, for shooting at Coa', the butcher, was dis•
charged frcm Newgate, she having given bail fbr
her appearance at the nest Sessions.
On Saturday morning, about six o'clock, the bat-
talion of the Coldstream Regiment cf Guards, that
had been doing duty at Windsor for these six months
past, marched from that town for the Barracks at
Knightsbridge. About nine o'celock the same morn-
ing, the :.1d battalion of the Ist Regiment of Guards,
commanded by Gen. Wars wan, arrived at Wind-
sor, to do duty there for some time. Yeiterday
morning they were drawn up with their new cloath-
ing on, in the Castle-yard, together with part of the
11th Regiment of Light Dra.goons.--The ROyal
Family passed them on their way to the Chapel, the
band playing '6 GU save the King."
PADDINGTON' CANAL.-Yesterday afterno6n,
about three o'clock, part of the bank of the Padding.
lon Canal gave way, a little on this side the first
bridge ; the water rushed through- the tunnel close to
the spot, and the meadows on the other side were.
immediately inundated ; the lock at the bridge pro.
vented the water flowing from the upper pazt of the
Canal. The gap is about eight feet wide ; a log of
timber is placed across, and Planks are driven to /4..
cure the lower part of the bank. The water in the
bason and to. the first bridge, has sunk between two
and three feet. Indications of a similar accident bay,
apF2arei on the opposite bank near the i:d bridge.

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