The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-11-19 00:00:00

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THEATRE.
COVENT.O•IIOiN.
The Play of C. riolanus was performed here, last
night, to a brilliant ar.d crowded audience. It
proceeded with great eclat to the second seen: in the
13seaa, where Vofunotio solicits Co? arlanas to spare
Rome, when a large apple was thrown from a side
box on one of the upper tiers. The apple struck the
stare, close to the feet of Mrs. SIDDONI and Mr.
K tst at. V, .igainst ore n. whom it is supposed to have
been dirrtled. Mr. KE SIDLE immediately picked
up the apple, and advancing to the front of the
stage, as soon as silence could be obtained, thus
addressed the audience
" Lollies and Gentlemen—l have bnen many years ac-
quainted with the ►enevolence and liberality of a London
audience, but we cannot prow ed, this evening, with the per-
forinai.ce, unless we are proteaed, especially when Ladies are
thus exposed to insult," (pointing to Mrs. Stdduns). (Loud
plaudits).
A person in the Gallery exclaimed, "we can-
not hear."
Mr K &MILS came forward, folding his robe
round his left arm, and, addressing himself ukase
gallery, said—
" I will raise rny voice, sail the gallery shall hoar ins."
After the tnmult and noise had abated, Mr. Kali_
eta proceeded:—
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" Ladies and Gentlemen—.l throw myself upon the high
sense of breeding that distinguishes a London audience ; a.id
I offer, in the name of myself and the other Proprietors, one
hundred guineas for the detrains of the laical who has been
gutty of this ail." (A bawl erg of serer./ secure f)
Mr. KaMILC again came forward,
I never shall be wanting in my duty to the public, but.
nothing shall induce me to suffer insult. lf," addressing
himself to the part of the house front which the apple was
thrown, " you well point out any thin,: that has given offence,
I shall easel myself with all possible energy fur its irmoval "
Here the clamour subsided, and the play was re-
sented. The apple, which was a large golden
pippin, is supposed to have been thrown in a frolic,
by ear of the Cyprian tribe.
FASIIIONA BLB MARRIAGE.
Report states a treaty of marriage to be nn the
tapis between the Hon. GEORG& WILLIAM COV EN-
ra v. eldest son of Viicuunt Dalian eSST, and gt and-
pan to the Marl of COVEIrTIT, and the lovely Miss
HONOR.• BL 41C at youngest daughter of the late
JOSEPN Bt.* Kt, Esq. of Ardfry, in the county of
Galway, sister to the Countess of Easoct. and the
late Lord W CLICOV.T. Miss ELaac is just nine-
teen, and combines all the fascination of beauty,
with theossost refined and amiable manners. Mr
C v is twenty-two years old, and not less
amiable than bras Bsana.—A predileilion for Irish
is inherent in the COTISTIST tamily. The
int ss of the present Earl sera cne of the
eelebisted Miss GUNNING% eldest sister to the late
Dodson of HAsitros and A 'meta. The fame
of these ladies for beauty has already outlived hall
a otatoty.
.41.4111111 G ACCIDENT.

We asemeeh asacemed to state, that the beatttl-
fal Mi•a Cement. of Bath, bas ant with a meet
serious act dent. A case of pistols unfortunately lay
in a room *here Miss Commis and a young Lady
were sitting. whe, in a frolie, took up one of them.
and, presenting it at bet friend, exclaimed, G. I will
shoot you ;" sad, mapping it. lodged a ball and the
wadding between the thigh and the hip of her dear
and beloved friend Miss Census. The ball and the
wadding have been extrafted, and great hopes were
entertained of Miss Cowan's recovery, when our
account left Bath.

Lady Nasal sad the HOD. MISS DIV/MOND are
expelled. next week, at their house in GrMvenot-
square from Drummond Castle, Perthshire.
Colonel BR•11110/4T and family are expelled. next
week, at their house in Ponman-oquare. Irons York-
shire.
The Dowager Lady Para, is gorse on a visit to
Lord and Lady Pares, at Thotndoa Hall, near
Beentwood. Essex.
Mrs. Se IRIDAN, we are happy to state, is perks"-
ly recovered from her late indisposition.
The Mtafmtis and Marchioness of Hermit o's
House, is Manchester-square, is preparing for the
receptive of the family. who are expelled in a ten
da $ from Ragler Hall, Warwickshire.
Lord and Lady STMILIT arrived, yesterday. at
the Oahe, from Lancashire.
The Duke and Duchess of &Laurette will not
gems to town until the meeting of Parliament.
The last arrivals at Clifton, near Bristol, are
LIM, Immo, Srr W. and Lady Pole, Mr all Mn. Susi,
Mr. and Mrs. Anon, Mr. and Mn. Hewn, Mn. all Miss
Toe, Mrs. Cooper, Mn, Maannebudd, Mr. beenseagas,
Mr. Standees, Mt. Hops, he.
The arrivals at the liotwells. Bristol, last week,
ITT
Capt. and Mn. Reeve, Mr. and Mn. leggy, Mr. and
Mn. Burnley, Mr. Mn and Mass Rodourgis, Mr. end Mrs.
Ulding, Mr. and Mm Thomas.
The morning of fnesday the !Ist ult. mu ushered
in at Hosinet by the ringing of bells, firing of guns.
eannen,tc to celebrate the safe arrival of /trot si• LD
Hem, Esq. who returned from a tour through
part of Prqssia, Germany, Russia, Turkey, kc.
kc. The Flndnot company of Shropshire Volun-
teers was called out on the occasion, and treated
with a dinner, etc. there were three sheep roasted ;
of which, they, with their wives and families, par-
took ; and the remainder was distributed, with ale,
bread, veiptables, and paddin.gs, to the po• r spec-
tators. Ihe tables, three in number, were laid nut
before the hall gates ; and nearly three heAred
persons were regaled. The whole was concluded
with the greatest order and propriety, and did cre-
dit to the managers. Several loyal patri tic
songs were sung, and nonsernus toasts givers. In
the evening, the company retired to a ball, whico
lasted with great mirth, conviviality. and good
hansom, till a late hour on Wednesday morning,
when the company departed to their respedhve
homes; every one appeared pleased and rat tied.
Riel4 AI D Hama has obtained p• izes at Ox-
ford, for being the &other nit Pale:4% The Pao
eJ Momeir, and The Lea Del.

LAW 1 NTF I, I, IC ENCE.
COURT OF OF KINTS BENCII, WF.STMINSTER --N„,. is,
CRIMIb:An. INFORMATION'.
The greater part of this day was co:or:pi-1 ~
law arguments, of no public interest whatese'r.
Those being concluded,
Mr. GAIIkOW applied to the Cau-t on ba.balr c.-
the Earl of Moira, for leave to file a cri.ninal inha:
martian against a Mr. Ambrose Charles, for (as the
Learned Counsel stated) a gross and scandalous
label against the Noble Earl. as one of His Majesty%
Cabinet Ministers, charging him with *busing i;:a
situation, and betraying his trust, by stoc k-jlbbinz
and communicating to certain persons that 4..4r
ligence, which should be only known to'hima.e:f,
as a Cabinet Minister. The label ha complainaa
of was not a printed publication, bet in the form
of a private letter to Lord Grenville, which, from
the nature of it, his Lordship felt himself obliged
to communicate to Earl Spencer, and afterwareh
to Earl hlnia a himself The person against whom
he complained (NI. Charles) was a Clerk in the
Bank. of Itnglan.l, and he should prove, by another
Clerk, the letter to he his hand-writing. Na:
merely that, but he would further prove his acknow.
ledgrnent to Lord Grenville. The letter was nearly
as follows :-
4. MY LORD-wThe contents of this letter are of too is.
portant a nature to need any particular apology frost me. 1
venerate your character too such net to separate vou hen 11,
odiurs which attaches to two members of the Cahiliet Counci',
and which you will feel must bring dawn disgrace and no.,
upon the whole Administration. Lord Moira, wit itoropeity
lends his name to important cornmenicationi; end Alexstidar
Davidson is the broker who participates with his Lo•dship is
the profits. The runners of sire or two Newspapers make a
boast of his co:nrousieations, with the utmost conliden:e
A broker also spoke of a letter which had bet ~ received flea
Lord Moira, announcing the arrival of a Messenger from
France, who only preceded the return of Lord Leit4sisitlei-
-I..td Moira has always hell himself ton cheap 3 and, Ilex,
onnething like - ea of gratitude may lead biro beysed ins
duty. II despi 0 s,and we mu.: not be delivered ever to
the hazard table
This letter concluded with stating, that the high
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respell he entertain:d for his Lordship, had induced
him to make this communication in complete con.
fidence, but if his Lotdahip wished to see him, he
would prove these fads. 'lbis letter was dated the
l'ian of August, and received about that time by Lord
Grenville ; who, thinking from its Spoor, that it was
by no means to he considered a private affair, be ac-
cordingly menti -ned Stan Earl Spencer, who joined
in the affidavits upan which the application was
. grounded. Mr. Davielt• n was a respectable banker.
and, along with Mr. Bride, his broker, had denied
any such transactions having taken place.
The Court ordered the affidavits to be read.—
They were the joint affidavits of Lord Grenville,
Earl Spencer, Earl Moira, Mr. Davidson, and Mr.
Bettie, denying, in the most positive terms, the
transactions or communications alluded to in the
libel, to have taken place. Mr. Davidson an . ‘h:-.
Battle most positively denied having at soy rime
received such. or an/ other corhmunicatioc, fawn
Lord Moira ; and has Lordship, in the most des
tided and unequivocal terms, denied ever having
made any SOS! of communication to o:case, or either
of those Gentlemen, or ever having lent his name to
influence his dealings in thi public funds. He never
received any money on such speculations. or par-
ticipated in any profits from such transaaions; and
deposed, that the whole of the letter swat; false and
uatrue.—Upon this, the Court' granted a rule to
chew
_Cause.
summoseemorem-_

THE MAIRCHIONESS OF DOWNSHIRE.
By the death of Lady Sandys, which happened
OR the Isr instant, at Ombersley Court, Worcester-
shire, all the large possessions Lif her husband the
late Lord Sandys, Baron of Ombersley, have de-
volved upon his niece the Marchioness of Down-
shire, who is the sole heiress, lineal descendant. and
only remaining branch of his Lordship's family, u
well as of those of the last Earl of Stirimg, the
Lord Viscount Blundell, the celebrated statesman
and scholar Sir William Trumbull, and other an-
cient families.—Soon after the decease of the late
much lamented, truly noble, and patriotic Marquis
of Downshire, whose memory will long be dear to
Ireland, His Majesty was pleased to revive the title
of Sandys, by creatiag the Marchioness of Dbwn-
shire, Baroness of Sandra, in her own right, with
remainder to her Ladyship's second son, Lord Ar-
thur Hill, and her three other younger sons, and
their issue successively.—The Marchioness may,
therefore, now be considered one of the richest, as
she was before, one of the most distinguished or-
natnents of her sex in the Empire.

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Mr. Paver% aid* whom Mr. Faesta, of Perth.
mentions in his hitter, is certainly in the situatioa
there described, bat we have some reason to believe.
that the guinea was not sent at all. this poi.r old
man's name is Anaiss, he is the /interne'. uncle of
Mr. PAULL, and has bad lately a daughter, first
cousin to the 'Truest Candidate for Westmingeer
married to a young lad working at a laborious tin.
*runt for twelve &hilltop pet weeks we under-
stand this young woman has also applied w Mr.
PAULL, and met with the same ill success as her
father.
A Large party of Mr. PAULL'S friends, among the
populace, paraded the streets, last oigit, with a
transparency, elevated upon a pole, soliciting an
early attendance, this day, at the hustings
Yesterday, the Lotto Maroc, on inspelliog the
returns of the rnealweighe.s, ordered the pr.ce of
bread to be reduced hell an ess;te, which will take
place to-morrow, when the quertem loaf, wbeatens
will be sold for Is. Id. and household I I (al.
Early on Wednesday m .ruing, a fire happened in
a time of e"lliers' hnu.a, near Capringicn Gaze.
Ayrshire, by which scree of them wete buried
-town.
fhe drawing of the Lottery finished on Saturday
last, the 15th in.tent. the Tickets Ne 9,55 n. .034
19.374, (haven last week. the former a Prize of
40.0001 the letter of 10.0001. were both sold in
Snares at Messrs. HAiSidD, ISuava. Sad CO.'S Of-
fice, 0.1. Royal F.sebange, London. Tickets
and Soares ere new on sale for the ensuing Sate
Lottery. s' e drawing of which begins January l 3.
1807 The Sche-rse contains two Prizes el 30,01)0..
t 20.0001 two 0. 10,0001. three of 5.0u01.
t. &c Order. fro ri the Coon,-v. are,mper.ed by
in tences, will be executed on the id= term,
it present.