The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-10-10 00:00:00

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MRS. OS R. 4 I.D ESTON.

Mrs. Osbaltlesion, of Hut ton liesherl, on Th reit v week, Fri
ing ap tlic steps leading to the Theater, at ticartnnough, to
attend the Ilenelt of Mr. and Mrs. &oily under the patron-
age of George Osbialdt stun. Esq. was seised by the two on-
staleln belonging to the Corpora( of Mearbonen4h ; • hea
after bring drtnined in a heavy rain, and Me following notice
sr esed, she was permitted to cuter the house, which 1S snr-
rounikil by • concourse of people, eager to l 11
earn the reason
of tbc constables attendance at so unusual a place. The sin-
gular notice was as follows :

To Grottos: Ono& tztasvo N,
To Mrs. JANE OaEA EDENTON, Wi4low.
To Joon Atvace„ Servant, (Gator-Keeper.)
To J 01l II COE LIU , the yOUncr,Serva4,(l:untiutan
I'4lm Notice, that you are la rehv required not to com•
mit any foamier of trespass, either uu foot or with hunts,
dots, carts, or carrialEva, in ur upon any p:trt of the lands,
r„,„uttils, and bereditatio tits, now ii, our occupations, in the
reverts.: townships of Iluttou-Bushell, S.tisd ~,,, pad
Druinp!mi, in the North Itidiee of the county of Vork,
Wise y.ot will be proceeded against aceordio.4 to law, as a
trespioiwr or trespassers. Dated this tarsi, ninth day of
September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand right hun-
dred and eight.
Witness, Go DFRET WOLLET.
TllOlll All ALT, ItoOLItT COVERLET,
Officer In the Corporation Jon tV•a n,
of Seat boron alt. Tenants to the said
. WoLary, Clk.
'tear Hat tot-Bashett.

Yesterday morning, the Km/. Princesses So-
PHIS, AUGUSTA, MARY and AMELIA, ilecoutPu-
nied by Ludy THYN NE, General FITZROY, Colonel
DESIIKOW, and Major Putts. went to St. Georgt'a
Chapel. Windsor, and heard a sermon from Ma-
lachi, chap. i. ter. ‘2, by the Rev. Dr. GOODALL.
His Highness the Duke of GLOLICF:sTER
was expected to houcur the Bath Theatre with his
presence, on Sitarduy evening, to see Mr. YOUNG'S
Zainfa, with which performance the theatre opens.
Her Royal Highness tht Prancers of WALRS
gave a grand dinner at her house at Blackheath,
yesterday.
Viscountess Nsisou, Baron DRESCHEL, and
Load PALMERSTON, have arrived at Bath.

Lord MUM/RAVE dined yesterday with Mr. Se-
cretary PoLL, at Blackheath, and will return to
town this day.
The Earl and Countess of BRISTOL left town
last week fl,r their seat in Yorkshire.
Lord and Lady Mostrem, and Lady HARRIET
CAVENDISH, will shortly leave the Earl of C•R-
-Llst.E's seat, Castle-Howard, for town.
The late Bishop i luau had printed, durin.r his
life-time, for publication after his decease, a very
interesting correspondence, between Bishop WAR-
BURTON and hiussell, from the year 1739, to 1776,
and has dir,eteil the profits arising from their sale,
to he given to the Worcester infirmary.
The Earl of CARLISLE'S house in Grosvenor-
place has undergone a thorough repair, and is
nearly completed for the reception of his Lordship
and family, who are expected in town in the course
of next week, from Cagle Howard, Yorkshire. _

Mr. Caxi:vir has given up his house: in Park-
place. It is fitting up for the reception of Mr.
MAIUMAII and family.
Gen. PILMAN, and the other Officers sentenced
to death for the surrender of Copenliageh, have ex-
perienced a mitigation of their punishment. —Some
are to he confined for life at Bo:uholin, and others
banished.

Hyde Park, yesterday, though not numerously
attended, displayed an elegant assembler of car-
riages ; amongst them were those of the Duchesses
Of MABLBORMI43II and ST. ALBANS; Countesses of
IlsaeusoroN and BARSYMORS, and the Countess
Dowager of BUCIIIINOHABSIIIIIE.
Mrs. BCAMONT, wife to the Manager of the
Glasgow Theatre, is engaged at the Opera (louse,
to succeed Mrs. Swoons. This Lady is sister to
Mrs. Milo's:, of Drury-lane Theatre.
The Comedy of Kale a Wife and have a Wife,
was again performed on Saturday night, with in-
creased effect, at Drury-lane Theatre. Sirs. Joe-
DAs's Erlifassia, was arch, lively, and playful, and
received the most unbounded applause. Mr.
BANNISTZR's Copper Captain was also most enter-
taining ; the Comedy went of with great spirit.
Ella Rosenberg. for the fortieth time, followed,
with its usual success.

Lord HOLLAND'S journey to Spain, a country to
wind] he is much attaeht4l, is unconnected with
politics. His Lordship is nut expected to return
until April.
Mr. TAYLOR has given notice to the Covent-
Garden Coinpvny, that he will want his Theatre
early next mouth, to prepare for the Italian Opera,
Ste. Did not Mr. TAYLOR know this when he
made all offer or hic. how,. to Mr. HARRIS. HUM af-
ter having, under an affectation of generosity, to
the coinpauy into it, does he now Mesta to take ad-
vantage of tittin ?—We are tired of Mr. TAYLOR
and his Italian Operas.
Lord VALCRTI4, after traversing the Red Sea,
is now proceeding with Ins labours through the
Shakespeare P►e's.

We .uaderasand, that, towards the close of the
Windsor Theatre, a young nalcia made her ap-
pearance, who gave proof of extraordinary talent:..
S:ie iv', it ',veins, only Are years of age, and repeated
several interesting pieces, such as MY Mother, John
and Joan, Shakespeare's Sere* Ages, Portia's Invo-
cation to Merry, &c. &c. with a degree of feeling,
articulation, and discrimination, which astonished
the whole audience. She had the honour to per-
form before Their MAJEArriES and the PRINCLUES,
and to receive the intuit gracious and flattering tes-
timonies of their royal approval and admiration.
On Tuesday, litcimrs, the celebrated pedes-
trian, undertook, for a wager of five guineas, to
ran venteen miles in two hours, which he per-
formed in 109 minutes. Ile started from the mile-
stone above the cow-herd's on the Common, and
ran to the first mile-atone, near Southampton, and
lAA, till accomplished.—He limitation unilsrtakeu,
for 100 guineas, to run 40 miles in two hours, and
will attempt it ►aoa,

The lady of Bacioat RICIIMOND, Esq. who war
nearly burned to depth hy her clothes eatehin; fire,
.oal Who was only 'laved by the immediate presence
of mind io her maid, who 'instantly rulkii her in a
carpet, is IIOW entirely out of danger.

poßt3ii6utll otkarrsgti
On Tioirsituy and Friday the timers, Quarter
•Sestious of this Boroughosere he'd it the ntbe ties-
itiom Room. before the lter: GEMICIE Caro/scar,
Mayor; JAME,. GuattotioN, E.y. iteeortier ;
Outosuu. Esq. Juum ADAM CAIRTERi Esq. rad
SAMCEL Srtctt, Esq. Jtistiet.,__
Eliza Sinvtionds, alias Frisde, ALI% ;traria
Clements, rhos Marie Hlgnes, slid, E. IVilson.
for stealing thirty yards tirlitee and eight yards of
muslin, the property orMersrs. Bradley aad
Tho-
mss, of Portseo—leven tran.portotwo. She

was found geihy on another ihr!i::ineut for a ftlO-
tiy, and sentenced to one month's haprisourneut,
and a third indictment for felons nAiiiiist her was
withdrawn—she is a most deprirved
There were J 9 cases ofturstlemeimour, Principally-
LlWllliti. The most aggravated case was an iodic,-
ment agaiust R. Ps/len, a publican, of Portsee, for
home-whipping John Smith, a private in the Arti-
ficers. Smith wits hired by a person of the came of
Welker, to carry Pullen a note, the coute.its of
which it would appear were offensive to Pullen ; I.r
the moment he read it, lie asked Smith if he had
been paid for bringing it ; Smith answered in the
affirmative, and Pullen instantly swore that lie
would pay him agaiu. He then took a horse-chip
from under his coat, and beat Smith severely. Ile
was sentenced to pay a line of :mil. and Immo I in
suretiei to keep the peace for twelve timothy.
Colonel Buckteorth, of the Cheshire Militia, was
indicted for a misdemeanour, in having behaved in
an indecent and lascivious manner towartlk two
maid-servants of Mr. Matthevs, Attu. ney, of
Portsmouth. The eircum•tauceit of the case did
not come before the Omit, as Mr. GASLEE made
a public confession and apology, on the part of Col.
Buck worth, to the. Court; and a private one to
Mr. Matthews, which were couched in the deepest
terms of humility. These being accepted by Mr.
Huston, Counsel for Mr. Matthews, as a repara-
tion for the ofl'erice, Mr. GAsLEE prayed that the
judgment of the Court may be respited. The
Court (J. Bunnoimis, Eiti. Recorder) m deterined
flint Colonel liuckworth should enter into a recog-
nizance of tuul. to appear before the Court when-
ever called upon, to receive sentence.
The RA:comma opened the business of the Ses-
sions, by addressing the Grand Jury, on the your
idetion of the new Gaol and Town Hall. lie con-
gratulated them, and the town at.large, on this de-
sirable object being attained : the business that
nay come before the Court will be got through
with more convenience and ficility, and, what is
more important, the confinement of the prisoners
will be suitable to the nature of their crimes : the
debtor will out now be, put into the same apart-
mer.t as the prisoner who. has committed a mis-
demeanour; nor prisoners of this class, with the
often more depraved part of' mankind, called felons.
—And, however individuals may feel on contribut-
ing to pay the expense of the building, he was sure,
on examining the arrangements, and what .usay
be called she comforts of the prison, they would
feel the most satisfactory pleasure. He adverted
to the abilities and exertions of Mr. Goldson,
under whose more inainechate direction the
gaol was built ; uud to the share which Sir John
Carter took in it; whom, he said, we all la-
mented was nut present to witness its entnpletiou.
With evident feelings of regret, he sail, lie was
sure, that whoever followed his footsteps as a Ma-
gistrate, would be in the path of honour and of use-
fulness.

Mr. MtssiNu also took occasion to address
the petty Jury, as the first Barrister who had the
honour to address a Jury in that Court, on the at-
tention which had been shewn for the convenience

of the gentlemen of the kw, which, he said, he
should be wanting iu gratitude, in his °tickl dta-
racter, if he did not notice.—The hall is
.spacious,
commodious, and most avp.ropriately fitted up.—
The departments of the pnion are calculated to
punish and reform delinqtlenti
_ . _

Captain EDOELL is appointed to the Cornelia
frigate, at Chatham.
The 7th Regiment of Light Dragoons, eight
hundred strong, commanded by Colonel VIVIAN,
embarked at Portsmouth, on Sunday, Monday,
and Tuesday, for Spain. They are to join vie
D•YtD B•tatesarmy, at Falmouth, for which pur-
pose they are waiting for a fair wind at St. Helen's,
to sail under convoy of the Egeria.
It may be depended en as a fact, that thirteen
sail from Brazil, bringing live stock to the British
West India Islands, have arrived. The curreut,
with all the sails down, brings them there in four
or five days; and the wind, with all the sails up,
carries them hack. From North America the pas.
page is from 25 to 30 days, and the original price
much higher. The fart is, that on the Spanish
Main, beef and mutton can be got at one penny per
pound, which, in the United States, would cost dd.
The carriage also is less, and much inure prompt.
A letter from an Officer at Falmouth, says--
We shall sail probably as soon as the wind is
fair. Corunna is reported to be the place of ren-
dezvous. We are in number 12,413 men, and
8.50 horses, eacliisive of Officers, Staff, and Nou-
coinusivsioned Officera. The artillery are provided
with the new-invented guns, to IN• carried by males
when the march of the army lies through the
mountains. The Royal Wageran Train are also
to b,• completed with mules on their arrival. The
transports are provisioned fur • two months, from
which some conjecture we are going into the Ale-
diterranean, but from what has transpired through
the Staff, it is to enable these ships, after our debar-
kation, to proceed to Portiigal to receive the t roims
there, and convey them to any other point v. h' re
they may be wanted."
Saturday night's Gazette contain* all Order iii
Council, permitting, until the 515th of March, 1 9.
the importation into any port or place of Great
Britain, of any Leans, called kidney or French
beans, tares, !chides, calavancie►, awl all other
sorts of pulse ; and igloo of bulls, cows, oxen, calve.,
sheep, lambs, and swine, and of beef pork. MOT-
tnn.-weel, and lamb, (eace;)t salted beef and
and 9f bacon, hauls, tongue'', butter, cheese, pota-
toes,' rice, sago, sago powder, tapioca, vermicelli.
midst teed, poultry, fawls, eggs, game, and sour
emit. in any British vessel, or in any vessel be-
longing to persons of any state in amity with His
Ma.lawrv, and isavigated in any innnner whatever.
without payment of as duty oliatioever; provided
that a Jae entry shall Le of all such artiChn.

gbUfILIMPPON. Ocr, e.
T{ta Muster oftbe Ceremonies' Ball was attended
by all the genteel families and visitants in the town
and vicinity.
Our Theatre has this last week 'bounded alth.
novelties; we hare had the perfotaitit.ces of Mr,
ELIERTON. and Mw Platten. the hero .itid hemi:se
of the Bath Theatre, who tolive
tijaci.ion. The melo,draina of The Blir:•i lieq
has been got up in a style that would not disgrace!
a metropolitan theatre ; no expense appears 'to
hem beet slurred in dresses and sliKorstions.
Tlfe as:etiery, painted by t.Viwass, does him ina.
finite credit ; and the acting was highly ertditable
to the talents of the per:looters, and gave additional
effect to this very interesting piece. We hear se-
veral changes and additions are making to the
Company, and we hare no doubt but the spirit with .
which the theatrical establishment is now codducts
ed. will meet its reward itrgeneral support.

Genetnl BRIESIGRE, who was taken prisoner at
the battle of Vinietru, is gone to Reading on his
parole.
It is matter of great regret, that the very fin •
ornar, under Sir DAVID BAIRD, shouid be AO ion.;
detained at Falmouth. His second in eninrea.id :d
Major-General MLs MINORU*, of the Ititte Curpa.
a very active officer; the next is Major-Geneoil
WARDC, of the Foot Guards; the next is Major
General RANDOLL M'Ketizts, M.P. of the 79th
Regiment, who, we believe, served with that reg..+
meta in Bens' ; next Brigadier-General St.stsl.
of the bit, or Royal Dragoons; next Brigudiei-
Lien. itOREATCRAwruItD, an officer well knowris
who has been employed on various 'mice', end
who was last at Buenos Ayres. Colonel Asa as.
the Deputy-Aso/Ist:int-General to Sir DAVID
BAIRD, is likewise an excellent officer, and has afw
aye been employed on service.
Among the next regiment; of iafentry to go on
service will be the 11th Foot, 2tl Battalion ; glsr,
Of Scots Fuxileers, 2cl Batteline, ; 2501, ur bOf.
deters; 69th Reinneatt tigth ditto; 71st High-
hinders, 2d Battalion ; 72d ditto, 4d llattaliou
73d ditto ; 77th Regiment ; 87th, or Irinh Her)..s,
ad Battalion; and btith, or Conuaught Rangers,
Ist Battalion.
J. KENNEDY, Eq. Secretary to Sir Cuam.: s
Conroe, has been appointed Agent 'View:a:ter at
Lisbou; and T. DAY, Escp is appointed Secretary
to Sir C. COTTON.
A party of the 84t's and 72d registeutt, alatot OSO,
were landial on Satu:day at the &pit at Seiiik
Aldwick, Ice. part of whom came From the Cape of
Good Hope, affected with tb opioA Asia; esti .
othe.s are daily expected from the Miaiiiertautesni
There are now upwards of 400 rn.: u afkliaied with
this d eacrul disorder, in three barracks of ISSTe •
nor, Aldwick, and Selsey.
The first division of the WtFt Essex MiliflAcCONl. •
mantled by Col. Sir W. SUITIR, are 00 their rove •
for Gosport barrack% from Bexhill. The Akyn.hine
frcin Gosport, will take postestirt'of the
b.ariscilis at Chichester early in the emitting wtsrk. •
4 .Ireueral Court ;Martial will be held, ctv Tau. .
day next, at. Chatham nit Colonel Fi.xrctite,
commanding th • Woolv;ich Division of Royal Ma-
rines. General Ei.t.terr, Colonels Wssrts and •
Lewis, Lieutenant-Culpnels Mrt.t.sit,ltoes, and
Btot.ses, are to be members of the Court. Major
TAxE. is left in the command of the division.

On Wednesday lad Lieutenant BUTLER, who
was'quartered at the Barracks at Parkhurst, Isle of
Wight. drowned himself in a river near Dodner's
Rand, in a sudden fit of mental denstigemimt,
Friday se'onight, Mr. MILDRED, miller. of
Brighton, put • period to his existence, by cutting
his throat with a razor, in a fit of delirium, occa-
sioned by a violent brain feeer.—Verdict—Lstaacy.
A Coroner's Inquest has been held on the body
of the Master Blacksmith, of Cumberland Port. who
was found drowned. Verdict--Lanoey.
Saturday, at three o'clock in the afternoon, an
Inquest was held at the Wh;te Beer Inn, Picca-
dilly, before ANTHONY CELL, Esq. Coroner fur
ths! city and liberty of Westminster, on the Lindy or •
Mr. WiLztau Baooas, stock-broker, who shot
himself the preceding day ; after the Jury had
viewed the remains of the deceased, at his home,
and examined Joan SMITH, the Office Clirk, and
some of the domestics, they brought in a %es-die:—
Lunacy.
Two French prisoners escaped from one of thp
prison ships, at Portsmouth, on Friday night, one f
whom was drowned, and the other was found in the
mud, from whence he was extricated by a detained
American vessel lying in the harbour, and sent
again to the ship from whence he had escaped.
The General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, for
the County of Southampton, commerxed onMon-
day last, before JAMES Buaaovcn, Esq. Chairman;
the Right lion. the Earl of NORTHESK, K.B. Sir
WILLIAM HEATHCOTE, and the Rev. Sir ihNIY
WoasaLY Ilotmas, Baronets; Wit.t.tass Caturt.
and LOVELACE HMG Wtrnaa, Esquir s, aid
others, their fellows. No case of any pul•lic trip
tenstt came before them.

The neighbourhood of Beverley has for some
weeks past been annoyed by a monster : several
women have been assaulted, and when their vim
brought men to their usiastance, he escaped their
vigilance by leaping over or through the hedges.-e-
-t tt Monday Wit, as the servant of J. woofs.
Esq. was walking out with the children, she was
assaulted in a lone near the town, about roar
o'elock in the afternoon he was seen by a persisn
who immediately pursued him, and, with th'ii awaist
once of one or two more who joined in the chace,
he was taken, quite naked. and had lii; face daubed
over with dirt, to prevent his being known. V.
could induce Inns to act in such a sirigular and in-
t/. cent manner, we are at a lose to determine : brat
asMr. Loetwoon ilia most active magistrate, there
t. no doubt but inch an outrage against deececy
sill meet with suitable punishment. —lle proves
1..• on apprentice to a shoemaker of that !owls, unit
is committed to take his trial for the utlioree at the
eiegiing sessioos.
The cats in Yolvliire are sail to b.l the mo-t
ahundant crop tamer' bar mans years. The bar-
leys have a goo.l cicada weed amongst them, and
the wheats have marred in an extraordinary man-
ni.r from the mildew. But it would seen, from the
judgineut and experiments of the Brant cf Avi-
culture, that the growth of an: grain is 'riot hurt
from the seed being of a smaller or wore