The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-10-29 00:00:00

7'o THE t DITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS.

IIcAM at Guildhell, before the Riebl Honourable the
LARD MAYOR, lbs RECoRDILII, ilia several Ai.-
neßtse.N. _ _

John Dr&ham, a genteel looking man, was indiCted
for committing a violent assault on Sarah Gussin.
Sarah Gussin then deposed, that she lived as
shop-woman with Mrs. Thatcher, a dress-maker, in
Dove-court, Swithin's-lane. The Delenclant lived
in the same house, and, on the 27th of July last, in
the evening,'As she was sitting in the shop, between
the counters, he came down stairs, and asked her,
Why 'she. sat there ? She answered, because she
pleased it ; and he, saying if she sat there for her
pleasure, she should remove for his, instantly seized
hold of the chair, and dragged it from under her.
He then struck her on the leg with the chair, and
when she was rising, he struck her on the shoulder
with his fist. While the Prnsecuttiz was giving her
testimony, she fell down two or three times into the
most violent hysteric fits, and, :it length, got so had,
that she was obliged to be carried out nt Court. Se-
veral other witnesses corroborated her testimony, and
stated, that since this Assault, she generally had fits
ahont five times in a week, and never had a fit before
that time.

....
The Jury, after hearing the evidence read over by
the RCCQIOIII. returned a verdiel Get/re-The Conn
sentenced him to be confined ♦ fortnight, and to give
security for his good behaviour, himself in 1001. And
two sureties in 501. each.

Upwards of forty sail of British vessel•. and ten
foreigners, arrived at Hull, last week. trom the JiG
ferent ports in the Baltic, which, with their cargoes,
are estimated to be worth 900,001.
In the absence of Lord CAT II CAKT, the command
of the forces of this kingdom will be exercised, we
by General Ft() Yn, pre tempare, Lima his
Lordship's successor is appointed, who has been
spoken of by some, to be His Highness the now
Duke, late Ptince Wri.Liam of til).ot,cascsa.—
(Dablin No'.)

SlR...When 1 published Tlie Nista./ of tke fires Periods i•f
tto. MI wait ~,,, FiaNl'a 1 decl.tred, in the introduction,
tuat I ceoiclude with the death of Louis XVI; and, after
loon( ao ..ci mitt tat that ever ose;ieble event, 1 terminated
nay woik watt the e words:—" V.oe iseems art reign .4 Rube.-
it,
e, deed am task it completes.' This was diechiiming, befrire-
ham', every continuation of the liwory that might bq attributed
t • use. I ltstd, however, that there has lately been published at
Paris, lindt.r my name, and with a title and motto conformable
to my wok, four additional V. 111,01.., comment), the yeses
179.1, 94, 117.0. 406, 97, 98, and 9'.b. to the establish sent of
the Goosular Government 1 pout wily d: tare, that I bed ow
p.rt whatever in tins t:on• nuation, %Inch has been ptnlished
as she 'thud Part of my ilistor, el. nNr rteuehtrum 1 sod that it
was entirely unkoimis to me, oil I heard if its haying been seat
to the Lowing Bny,'..yellort. 1 h "re no npstion to rte. on this
\Voile, not hiving had time to read more th in a few pages at
the hegilioog t,l R. 1s1s1! onla Waserve, that oig written in
a very iliffenrit manner to mine, and en soother plan; and,
that th..- !ieriod which it embrac..., presents several atrocities,
oil vila.eh, it we 1 known, tit oit is not yet ;.risible to speak
all Vv.; t•utii in France, where the Editors of my flow f use
French, avoided a secure and suppression of
it, by taking the lib itv of making se trial serious alterations.
• wir It 1 wa• nut consult d, aod wbirh i solemnly disavow ;
a k o,wl dgi.le as lay vrork,only Ms Private Memoirs. publfals.
edit' Enbltsh, by Catlett and Davies, is 1797; and T 44 Anomie
• ,he Preterit tt,colsitieri, intslialleif by the same House, us
9 Vol.: forming Two Pans; t'se Vl7lt 111 4 Vols. puldish-
ed iu 181.15; the Second, in 5 Vol.. published in 1802.
Loudon, Ott. 25, tBO5. BERTRAND D'IdOLEVILLE.

On Tuesday last, the Annual Cup, given by the
Ge,alemen of tl e 11. H. WAS run for on Abbotsdon
Down, ne .r Winchester—Five horses started, and
it wis won in two heats by Mr. WILKINSON'S
Sharer. The fineness of the day drew together a
vast concourse of speaators. After the race, the
Members of the hunt gave a most excellent dinner
(J. VILLESOIS, Esq in the Clair) to about SOO
of their friends.
The Rev. Eowaen EVANS, of Showell, Lelees-

tershire, has been institated, by the Bishop of
LITCHTIRLD and COVEIITRV, to the Vicarage of
Ilelmarton, Warwickshire.
On l'ucsday, the 22.1 in.t. died, at Reim, in the
erne ty of Roxbunrii, WILLIAM Kee, Duke and
Earl of R.):a RGH, Marquis of BowstoN r. Earl
of KELSO, CESSFORD. and Cayvaros. Vkcount
BROIMOL Tr +. Baron Kea, :ad Baron Bei.t.rttocK, •
of Broughton. His Grace was in the 77th year of •
his age, and- married. in 1799, Mawr, one of the
daughters of Captain &cot; Not. of the Royal
Navy, and niece of Sir JOHN SMITH, of Sydling,
in the county of Dorset, now his widow, by whom '
he has left no issue.

On Saturday last, a duel was fought, in a field
near Deal, between a Lieutenant of Marines and a

Captaiti of the Guards, wherein the former was
shot through the breast, in as oblique direftion, and,
was carried immediately to the King's Hotel, and
frdin thence removed to the Royal Naval 1-I‘3spital.
The quarrel originated at a billiard table. The
wound of the Lieutenant is not, we ate bat py to
LONDON Sr:SSIONS, 211. I hear, likely to prove mortal.

On Wednesday last, Mr. Grotto e Lny, Parish
Officer of Kimberworth, hungg. himself in an out-
building, on the premises of-Miss Wesr fly's, at
Clough, near Rotherham. He had called at the
house on business, and, on his return, committed
this fatal deed, for which no cause but mental de-
rangement could be assigned.
On Friday last, the Peterborough, Coster, and
Barrack Companies of Volauteer Infantry, were
reviewed in Milton Park, the seat of Earl Fi TR-
wi nt,:am, by the Honourable Brigadier-General
WILLIAM &resit at, who complimented them on
the correctness with which they went through their
different military mancauvres.
The Ticket, No. 3,91.4, entitled to 20,0001. as
First Drawn on the Sixth Day of the present Lot-
tery, was sold in two quarter, two eighth, and
four sixteenth Shares, by Hooosc and Co. 44, St.
J•nles's-street. and 149, Oxford-street ; where
Tickets and Shares, warranted undrawn, continue
un Sale.
On Tuesday se'nnight, a Coroner's Inquest was
taken on the body of a deset ter from the Ist regiment
of foot, who called himself J4ol.4l.rnis. He was under
the care of a corp...rars guat.l of the 1 ith regiment
of foot, who were condukfting him from Cirencester
to Wmchester ; when near Marlborough, he at.
mnspteet- to run away from the party ; when the
corporal repeatedly called to him to stop, cr he
mast Ore at him, which he did, at the distance of
about fifty yards, when Mo'ris immediately fell,
but get up again, and nas going to run off, when
the corporal took hold of him, and asked him how
he could be so imprudent as to run away ? when the
deserter immediately exclaimed—" The Lord have
mercy on me!" fell to the ground, and soon ex-
pired, being shat through the thick part of the
thigh. The Juror's verdi.9—Justiiabie Hwrizcwir.
Morris had in his pocket about 111. in gold and
silver, and two 11. Bank notes, near C. in counterfeit
h .1: crowns, shillings ands spences, wrapped up with
rats hetwenn each piece, and, when apprehended,
e aas hawking stockings.

NATAL INTFLUCENCE.

rokTsunvTui. ecr r.

Sailed the thrinx gitn-vessel, with a convoy for
Cuern•ey ; Super,' 'tun of wstr ; 1.44/e.op sloop of war
FMr 1/ h"Mh ; and the Do; wlsr gtio-hri..z, on a cyan,'
The fl.a4 for the coast of Africa got under weig:.
this attetnoon.—Wind Easterly.

►LYMOVTH. OCT. 26.

Came in the ►rir ftigate from A C 1 ; she 11.1%
captured the tie.• Pei,. Splnigh ship privateer. of
Ili guns, which had captured eight vetwk. and w.t,
returning to port. The ►)drt privateer hag
captured the Afinetro an 1 another vessel, name tot.
know*, of the Leeward Island fleet. _ _

Sailed the Catuiiat armed brig nn a cruise ; Cu-
ricer sloop of war. and Loenqf gun-brig. NVind S.E.
t4ITTRIIEMI. OCT. 26

The BoneMl sloop of war, with•the trade for the
Bald: order convoy, got under weigh last night,
Kith a light air of wind at S. IV. hut owing to the
cilniness of the weather, and the. wind shifting round
to the eastward, they _.re o!)liged to bring up
and they are now ahlut four or five miles
brl, w the Newt. _ _

convoy for Tonnintz.in is appo;nted for Thurb-
dA7, the 3ht ; any vessel bound to the
Elbe or We,:r, Are to pit Ciernselves ender her
proteßion —Wind Eat' et ly.
itAitwicte. 'Cr. V.

The Mails of the I 22,d, and 2:r.h, are via
detaiaed here by contrary winds. The weather at
present is e :,trsively withnot any aNrear.
once of a change. We rn ty te.acnn3My expen the
hlails that are (ie from the other side.
Dr. 1., OCT. 27.

Yesterday evening. the 4, iudime frigate, Hon.
Capt. King. with General Don and snit,: on board,
put hack to the Dawns. by adversa winds, and re-
mains with His Majesty's ships as per 1 vit. A
large fleet of transports. haying on boas d trnopt,
are detained by contrary winds.—Wind N. E.
Blows hard, With rain.