The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-01-01 00:00:00

One of the great revolutionary heroes of the day
has fallen. Dessad.rNss, the Black Emperor of
[lava r, and rival Of I.IOSAPARTF, has paid the
debt of nature,' and the Black General Cos is-
T0P146. his successor to the Black Imperial Throne,
in his Proclamation to his subjeas, denominates this
late idol, and Emperor of HAYTI, " An Hydra
nourished in their bosom." DrssALtNas fell in a
general iesurreEt!on. excited. we are told, by the
dread of his ter city ; and yet we have never heard
that Dcssa t. is is hid ever poisoned his sick soldiers,
or murdered a 1 /.11ce D'Esoir les in cold blood.—
We have never heard that I)"ssALlNss, not content
with St. Domingo for a dominion, had meditated
the conquest of .I..metica, of Europe; that in his in-
satiate thirst of ambition, he announced himself the
enemy of the peace of the world, and was resolved
to ext,:ad the misery which he had made in France,
Holland, and Italy, to the remotest cornets of the
hAbitabh: globe

The I larriburczh Proers, which we received by
the last Husain Mails, contain, be.i;das the Decree
,if Kng Louis, strictly prohibiting all intercourse
aetwen this country and Holland, the Thirty-fifth
Bullet,n of the Grand Army of France; but it com-
municates no intelligence, military or political, of
a
which we have not been some time in pessession.
The Royal sign maned, we find, is required in the
case of every boat entering or leaving a Dutch port.
One would suppose that when BONA, %MT& im-
posed this drudgery upon his beloved brother King
Louts, he considered him possessing as many hands
45 BRIAR eus, if he expected the Dutch to possess
any coosiderible dertee of trade. The contrary,
however, is the faa—Poor King Laois has but
two hands, and both of them crippled and defective.

A report prevailed, yesterday, that the French
have received a check, in an atta. upon the Swede„
before Stralsund ; an] also sustained a skteat on
the WIWI' side of the Vistula.

It is reported that So sail of vessels are capturei.
by three French privateers between the Down; anJ
Beachy.
•
The Centatr, SIc,gAiC6L H°C)D, was obliged.
by adverse wind, term into Tartly, on Monliy.

Yesterday, a Court of Direaorx was held at the
East Ittd;a House. when the following Captains
owe sworn into the command of their respeaive
ships, viz. Captain T. Hopson, to the Cey/oz,
: tad Captain J. SANDILANDS, to the 'Palpate, for
Madras and Bengal. The Coon adjourned at six
o'clock, till Tuesday next.
Tuesday, dispatches were received at Mr. WIND-
HAM'S Office, trom Botany Bay, brought by the
°MTN, Captain Daisrow, which has arrived in the
river.
Tuesday, another vary numerous Committee of
the Pt ivy Council met at Tres.dry, upon the
charges preferred against Governor ncrott, bye
Colonel Puccaavos. There were present—
The Lord President ; the Lord Chancellor ; Earls Camden,
Gteaseitur, Mum, Silencer, and Rockinghamshlre ; \ scours
Castlereagh; Grenrilk, Eldon, and Haerkesbury ; Sir
Antariither ; the Master of the Rolls; the Attorney Cie.
twat ; Mr. Addiugton, and Mr. Litchfield, Solicitor to the
Treasury.
The business is expeaed shortly to be brought to
an issue.

The Hilblre, LUNDY, from Nevis, is arrived at
Liverpool ; she sailed from Tortola on the 19th
November, with a fleet, under convoy of His AL,-
jetty's ships Merlin and La Stiqe, and parted from
them on the 221

It is positively stated, we understand, in letters of
a recent date from St. Peterskurgh, that a consider.
able aaion took place between part cf the French
and Russian armies on the l7th ult. in which the
former were defeated with great loss. We espeCt
the next advices from Lord 1-11.rc limos will dispel
the doubts in which this report has been involved
since it first came into circulation.

A vessel, the (.done, of North Shields, has at-
arrived in the River, from Danzig, and was entered
at the Custom-house on Tuesday. The Captain re-
pus's. that when he left Dantaig. the French were
not more than fifteen English miles from that place,
and that a considerable part of the inhabitants were
not very ii.alous in its defence. The Prit..,ian gar-
rison in the town amounts to 17,000 men under
General Ms est et s.

'rbe Brothers, WIIITLWAY ; and the Ann, Blta•
rats, from Newfoundland, for Portugal, are cap•
Lured, and supposed to be carried into Vigo.
The Lord Chancellor Poxsoz iv, continued his
sittings in the Conn of Chancery every day since
the expiiatiol of the late Michaelmas Term, until
Wednesday as'nnight. His Lordship evinces the must
perscvering industry in the discharge of the arduous
duties of his elevated station, and continues to give
all concerned the greatest satisfaction.
An extraordinary circumstance has occurred at
Galway : —We understand that Mr. Pr r -,x, the
Land Waiter, has seized one of the rim nee evil,
*the Castle YerNshcari Duitotaithmore barite, for LA
Mg a quantity of salt, illicitly obtained. on baud.
The Ba ay isis N 4%, r.—The whole (lithe ships and
vessels in His NI AJ/ITT'S service, which are in corn-
mission at present, amount to 71;5. Of C.c.s,
are of the line—l 3 are 50's or 4irs—l6.l frigates,
and 19.) sloops. In the North Sea and DowTss
there are ISt vessels. A 4iiut Spain, Portugal, arid
Gibraltar, So ; Meditureneac, 33 j West lolls%
it .

(From I.* Rehr .6.fmk/eel .
A MORNING DRESS.
Of French cambric, matte with a train; olsti
high behind, and sharply rounded at the chest; trimmed Wooed
the bottom with muslin, • la eerlacrew; long and sets fat
sleeves, edged at the hand, wills the same; a blue risib,,,,4
round the waist, terminating with bows, and ends an the right
•:ide. The cap, • Is-cleister, tutires concealing the hatr,
flowing loose, and shading the face on the left side, gatiszree
above the right eye brow in a s.ot of it reati!ar nosel, cad 61 Ili pi,
confined round the head with a blue riLlt Ind, which, finishing
behind with a bow, forms the Cf,lllll or caul of the cap A
neck-iiamlkerchief, or shirt, sittsag fa 4 its the front, sod high
towaids the throat, with a deep td!ing collar, ember:iodated at
the edge. Limerick gloves, And jean shoes.

FULL, On orlitt• DeL,S.
A Spanish vest and petticoat of ltakau crape, warn Ina,
white satin, with a licit bo.rder of embossed velvet, mom.
naa.ig at die extreme edge with a norms randy ke, or fringe of
bugles, the petticoat gathered in a drapery towaols the right
knee, with a cord and toestk; the float./ the vest made high,
and fumed in iiregulat 'horizontal gathers; conf.ntd with two
narr.iw bands .of bugled, terminating at the comers M the
where die vest Rows louse, and the sq;:lte biro,
which is finished with a pearl or diamond ',mach in the centre.
A ;limit full twisted, or tucked sleeve, be•ileied at din bettos
similar to the vett. The 1144 in a plain band round the r tit
temple, relieved and terminated by loose mph, which cow
naence on the crown of the head, and flow in long irregalat
ringlets from the left eve brow, so as to teach the shoulder -is
A plain lace veil, with slight border, fastened on the crown
the head, falling over the right side of the bosom, and reaching
below the waist. A 'pearl or diamond ornament, blended with
the hair,over the left eve; necklace, ear-rings, and bracelets, to
coompood. White kid woves, whom satin shims, fan of rhea,,
inlaid with ivory, and silver mount.

GENTLEIIF.N'S FASIIIONS FOR JANUARY.

(From Bell's /kart 3fimile.)
Morning coats of dark brown mixtures ur dark green mix-
tures, made either according to the same stile as the •.enlog
coats, or single breasted, and rather short, are still fashionable.
These we ob-,erve to have generally a tramterato cued metal
plated button; and though collars of the Luna cloth are moth
a black Tel colar is cons.dered at carrying a greater
degree of stile.

The few coloured coats for full Arms that have been worn,
din nig ch.: Lut month, have undergone but trifling variation;
when the mourning it over, dark green. wad g“in an aseendiom
in the circle of fashion; and brown coats with collars of the
same will still be much in favour.
The collar of coats, though maid to rise well wp in the
neck, however, not so extremely hies as it was firms/11.
It is now made just safficient to admit small porno%
r, the neck cLith being seen above it; it then descend.
'rich, illy on the sin s of ft* neck, so as to fall
open and rather low ic) front; the waist:oats are worn both
double and single breasted, with collars of moderate heights es
rupport themselves freely from the neck; and as they are bat.
taeuel only trout half w.ry up, and only two or three of tie
lower buttons of the ent fastened, they are made to thew the
drapery of the shirt to much advantage, by the apparent ful-
ness they display when tastefully made, and properly adopted
to the body. The breeches come tolerably high up on the
and are two or three inches below the bend of the knee, *Wee
they sit perfeftly close, taking, as they ascend, a. gradual
increase of site, sufllcieitt to make them completely full,lon
at the 53133 time void of the extravegrnt folds wh.ch tiny ea-
hihited some months past; the colours of the sroaldclethes were
becoming somewhat more of the orange blossom, or fawn, is
compiment to the Ladies, who at present seem much attach-
ed to these colours in their pelisses ; and we think tbcy
would have become pretty general, had they not been prevent-
ed by the introduction of black ; they will be taken into (area
during the present month, as they are much admired in the
hem ran.

The mourning for the revered and respelled Duke
of BRUNSWICK not being concluded, we must defer
the account of Fashions, ewd■nrJy given by th:t
paper. until they are decidedly fixed previous to the
celebration of Her MAJ &STY'S Birth-day, which is
expeCted to be one of the most splendid ever wit.
nessed.

• On Monday, Lard GRENVILLs gave a dinner to
a numerous party.
Yesterday. several of the Ministers, and a nu•
merous party. dined with Lard HOWICK.
On Tuesday, the Chairman and Diretiors of the
Fast India Company will entertain Ministers, and
number of other persons of distinaion, at the
London Tavern,

Sr. Geoscis Kato:nom, E.g. who nnw resides at
GarboLai SLIM. has purchased Little Dunham Los! r,
ri-ar Swaffham, Suffolk, for 10.0001. which he is ti..-
ting up in a very handsome stile.
toe Lovers ut the Drama expect a delicioustreat
this Christmas from the fit 1•T ItIC•L SetilL tIll•

Last night the Comedy of The He... Meow WA.
petiotesed at Unity lane Theatre. Mr. P 11
J.:fires received mo‘t unbounded applause.
On Nedacolay last. at the hospitable mansion of
E. R. Pits rr, i.sq. of Hilton-hall. Nrefolir, the
neip,hbadriag poor received their accustomed gift 01
beet, which was thankfully and chrarfelly acknow-
ledged, w:th every mart of respra to the bourniful
donor.
The Duke of P.lCielvcro Ins left IA 0101 to esti,
of his three diughters. by hi. 1 uuselerper, for
ohotn he 112% provl2-4 in el* sane proportion. His
Gract never bad env ma:- issue by that Lady. nor
have we VW C 140101/01Crii the many fanciful statics
is the new Topers, re.pe.tling that coneeffiari.
Yesterday te).:utglit. a duel ivu fought near New-
port. Isle of H tgl.t. betw-ea Mr. Wei co. and M.
M.Durs sr D. !tts`ssla.r.is in Cie Armyt they fired
slime rho:Leach. vi:ien Mr. Wuxi. etas Am in hie
il..gh. is which th..ell lo.lgesl. after begot*
wounded the heft. He had recently emba: kti frail
the at my titter. for 'Aviv setfrice.
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