The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-02-27 00:00:00

IXTR4ORDLV.IRT MARKLVIE.

A widow lady, above 40, possesslng a consider-
able property, some time sine became fie,aigtd, stud
I her friends, through deli at, and atfethon, instead
of placing her in a receptacle for inch dis-ased per-
sons, k-pt her io a retired situation in the City, un-
der rho care of h'r own niece, where she eitjoyed
all the liberty and indulgence her situation would
admit or ; in consequence of which, a lady sailed a
few days since, and proposed taking the patient
out, which the young lady, her niece, consented to,
and went to her dressing-room I 3 put on her pelisse,
to accompany the lady and her aunt in their walk;
'but, on her return, horrid the apartment empty, and
the ladies gone. In rain she inquired for Ler
'friend; she was no where to be found. After CAI.
ing at numberless places, she returned home. wee.
tied and disappointed ; when, to her great surprise
and pleasure, she found the runaway seated in her
drawing room, not accompanied by a Du ilea, but
by a very smart young neon, under £0 years of age,
the son ef the lady who had so krediy takea her nu:.
Upon being interrngste,l, where she bad bee. ?
she, with great meg answered, " I u be mar-
tied, and there is my husband !" So rests this dis-
graceful husineis, which will very soon make its ap-
pearance in Doaors' Commons.

On Tuesday, the valuable copper-plates of the
late Mr. BARR Y. the p tinter, were removed from
his house, in Castle-street. to the house u: his most
intimate fiiend. Mr. elowirat, the Academician,
where the remains of Mr. BARNA, Now lie. POIII.CY
officers have been stationed to proteilt the reopeny
of the deceased, in the house in Castle-street, until
it can be disposed of by the czecutets.
On Tuesday, the sale of the late Marquis of L alas-
DOWNei riallref, at Cox, BURREL and FOSTER'S.
Pall Mall. was numerously attended, and many
produeions of the best masters sold for good prices.
A landscape, with a march of artillery, by Twom-
son, and a porrrait of Dr. H were purchas-
ed by Lord Firs.
03 the Ist of Fe'onary, the Prefect, kf. De LA.
CISYL, gave, at -ticul,ns, a tile, to celebrate the re-
men and triumph of the Estr►Roe, crowned with
peace. The grand ball was crowded with ladies,
vying in magnificence and elegance of dress. A
number of inscriprions in various parts. the ball
commenced at an early hour, and lasted until Jay.
light. Among the numberless inscriptions Lid
devices was the following :

Celerebe, r-a:nta rel;•;er,
" L'Agle, adj.lUal oat, et ronit er !toiler."

Mr. Coo gsos's celebrated horse Diantevd, who
ran the famous race with tionfokreata4, over the
Beacon Course, and wl:o was the most successful
horse of his day, has returned to England. After
the death of Mr. Co .its-a, he was purchased by
Colonel AI TSUI Hers, of Castle Hyde, an the
c minty of Cr.k, and taken over to Ireland; the
first race he ran on the Cutragh of Kildare, he broke
down, and never recovered. He his, however, so
far mend:d the Irisit biet.l, as LO Icave Dud him
sixteen cults is training.

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NORFOLK AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
The General Meeting of this Society was holden
at Lynn, on the 1 Sch of February, 1804, pre bent,

T. W. COKE, Esq. President.•
J SlnseleF, Ey. L. Selre, Esq.
II titylenban, Esq. T /Leg-, Ky.
(. R. Evres, F..q. P. 11 Iqlfts Esq.
M Oirk•nr. Est. IH. lks;i, Ey.
W Hoste, Esq.
and 47 of the principal ::armers and Agriculturists
of the county.
The Premiums proposed to be given at the anni-
versary for the improvement of Breeding S:ocic,
and for the encouragement of Industry in this
county were first agreed to; Judges were then ap-
pointed to decide the merits of tae claims new re.
ceived, viz.
Mr. E. Beck's, of Lexham, 1.71 T Water Meadows;
Mr. W. M. Hill's, of Waterden, far Draining. and
fors Crop of Lurerne ; Mr. Coke's, of Htilkharn,
and• Mr. Siepping's, of Sontliacre, for SainlOin ; and
also Mr. W. M. Hill's, rr the second Prem elm for
Sainfoin, all whose reports will be received at the
Anniversary.
The claimants cf the Premiums for Leicester
Wrthers were Mr. Purdy, of Egnere, and Nlr
Johnson, cf Kempston ; to the former of wh •na the
first Premium WAS given, VIZ. a piece of Plate of
seven guineas valor; and, to the latter, the second
Premium, vie. a piece of Plate of five guineas
value.
Ole claimants of the Premiums far Southdown
Wethert were Mr. Purdy. of Egcnere, and Mr. IL
blyth, of Burnham ; Mr. Purdy' gained the first
Premium, at I Mr. Blyth the second, which were
the same AS tor Leiceiters.
blr Gr-gory Wight, of St John's, shewed
three Leicester Webers, deemed exceilent sheep,
hot being two-sheer they could not have hen of-
fel-ed fir the Premiums, even it proper notice had
tieiti given.
Mr. Coke sent three Sniathdownt ; two of them
were sinughtered, an aged Wether, and a sheurling
Ewe. Toe Wether weighed 1-41 b. and his tallow
!kit). The Ewe weighed deb. and her tallow 191 b.
Our of Mr. Birb's Shearlings was slaughtered;
his weight 101.1 b. and his tallow 21 ;lb.
Mr. lor.el, of Rainharn, sent a most excellent
aged Wether, of the L-tici-iter breed; he was al-
lowed to be the best sheep killed at Lynn for many
years past. His weight was thus stated :
F.a
.2tl
17

dad. 9
and Pluck. 9
R
Specimens of different hr.:Tit-ft, were exhibited,
and much approved as snring feed for cattle, viz.
the t,'e'scs pwlyworphi (Sibe:ian Turnip), culti-
vated by Mr. M. A. Macfal. •an, and sent irons
Hartlepool by a collier. One of these weighed.
without the leaves amd root, 114ib. Mr. Mactol-an
is now publishing rh • Iliet.)ty rst this plant, which
seems destined, by its hardm .!••• art-! nathral appear.
arse, to supply ate it.arealam of vege able food fne
cattle in the spring, and upon heavy lands, in some
tneasitre,.it not altogether, to tate place of the
To roip.
The /.n.drira iro,r4/41.1; (a it ernip Cabbage)
was also 'hewn.— I his plant contains exceHent
Mod, and is ..uperior to ihe Swedish rurnip, in nu-
trition and exuberance. upon heavy soils; but it gives
symptoms of running piernaturely to seed.
Mr. Nichols, of Wood house, near Wisheasii.
sent specimens of a Turnip-Cabba7,,., which ap-
peared to be a 6rar+.a lintOsreAtira ; but this
tribe of Plants is so by reason of the .1716
culry r,f keeping them distdid. at the time of ;h. it
Wossoming, that. almost ye trly, new varieties arise.
One of thyse weighed, without the leaves and root,
Silk). This is a most excellent Plant for t.par'ng
food ; "Ir. Nichols, at the latter e.•d of March and
beginning of April, IS'l3, fed 447 sheep hoggits
upon two Acres of this Plant, and they lasted 17
days.
Mr. M. A. hfactarlean was elened an lionotaty
Member.
Tile following Members were elelled :
T T Guhinn, E,tl of .I.etton; the 11..,n. W. Ftwov, of
Watehingbant ; Mark Dickens, Ema of Ncuwieh ; Wort. No.
1;44 E. rta, Esq. of Lynfant; Mr Freeman, of Swanton; Mr.
soh., of Samar ; Mr. of Rcatobam; Mr. M. Raven, of
ft...tarn ; M. J. Marate,s, re Clayton, Mr, R Tubby, of Tr-
rolgaon ; Mr. A. Want, of C.asneaere; Mr. F. Hare, of Stan.
boo • Mr W. R: etc, of Numharn Uve,y ; the Ree. J Coaltues,
Lynn; Mr W. W,ight, of Roughaln; Mr. T Orton, of
March, 13 th,:lale ut Ety ; and afr. f. Gtriffict, of Waipola.

The Speaker, accompanied by about thirty mein-
hers of the House of Commons. heard Divine Ser-
vice, yesterd ty, at St. Margaret's, Westminster.—
After service, the St. Margaret's and St. John's
volunteers escorted the Speaker some, to his house
in Palace-yai d.
Dr. Ai es, from Newdersey, who has lately ex-
plored.several of the western counties of the state if
;Niort;i Carolina, in search of gold, reports, that he
has tbscusered gold in branches and creeks in the
counties of Cabarrus, Montgomery, and Randolph,
in a north and north-east courte, and in the counties
of M,elde.ilargh, in a south, and southwest direc-
tion from the first sound, where none had ever been
diccovrred before, except in three or four branches
near here's (the first discovery) in Cabarrus county.
A few pieces of gold, inierniikesi with stone,. have
been found on the surface of the earth, anti. some
plirighrd up in most of the said counties Several
of the said water courset enn'ain cons;Jerable span-
tuirs or gold dust, which, he sa),, can be coPeded
no way prnfitablr, but by washing the sand with
machine proper for the pitrpcse. after . the first or
common Washing, and then by mixing mercury
with the sand thus washed, which will unite with
the particles of gold, and the amalgham, thereby
firmed, tEsuaited, by sublimating use same in a
suitable furnace.
An order was received last week, at Birmingham,
from Rouyn, in Normandy, for the making of fifty
wind guns, on a new and curious constuErion, and
so small, that they can easily be concealed.
At Berlin died, on the 14th ir't. of an ispr.pl,27,
the commandant of that city, LientemintrGeneral
Von GOTZE. In him Prussia loses an °Seer cf the
highest military attainments, and the metropolis a
Governor rigidly attentive to the preservation of
public otdrr. A love of justice and phi:anthropy
were cnin!,:ned in his cliaractrt.

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DURGIN C.4.41'L1f. Vu.
His Majesty has loran of hr !IL Roy,
_Lee-
teis Paten', tinder the Great Seal nf land.
gnint E.fseard May. e, Fill. one of :'is 'o•ej 'a
lusticte's of the Court of Commoo P n Ire-
Lod, in the room of Mathias Flencario. Fsgoilt.
resigned.
IRISH lill;f1 11::RIFFI /OR THE tN• PING YEAR
A r Elll.Ol, 114
1.e,t.1,gi —1 02.,11e1i, • • Sri—en:, eq.
A cirrnmstance of a peculiarly distiessine nature.
occurred a short time since in Huhlto. Lieutenant
Dosages., of the Royal Navy, was ancninted to a
eun-Foal nn that station, and had Apriv.r4 to take
his command, accompanied by An amiable wife and
two children. In order to struggle through the
difficulty of very distracted finances, he took his
family to live on boa-d his vessel. This unusual
alteration in his ,mooLi of livieg wAs sit unsuitable to
the habits of his wife, wl o had been accustomed to
ease and comfort, that in a short time a violent
fever seized upon a vmvitittion already imosired,
and she died nn the COth of December last.—
Overwhelmed: by the dreadful occurrence, the
wretched husband's reason became affeSted, and
he died in comp!ste insanity on the 116th of the sass
month. He was a young man, ami had ditcher ord
his duty to his country hnn nirably and taithroily.'
The children of this unfortunate pair, ban at, WS
moment no other subsisieni e !ha ::hat wnk.' s• pro.
duced by tidier-levelers and hum tne considerati '
of their belplessnav and ethers. Admiral Wooss‘i
untnanding.at with a fee'ing horn.urn
able to his character, not trig contrihated to quiir
as,istance, but by a circular letter to the Navy Odle
errs upon inteoior duty in th it country, pro•nwer4.
subscriptions for their support s and a numb -r 4
gentlemen in the West of the Colony of Co It. ilea'
e'er the same laudable impression, have aided hisi,
efforts
A letter from Gibraltar, dared I nth of January,'
says, " All our accounts from Madrid stew, t
Portugal is to I.e invaded by a Spanish or French;
army this Summer. and that the French Amhaur
sador there has assured the Spanish Goosernmon
in the most explicit terms, that Bottoms a wi
consent to no peace, in which Portupal being a.
annexed to Spain does not form one of the attic
of the treaty." .
The Spaniards are Ctting out four sail of the li
at Cadiz, which is all that remaiia of thelt 3e,., ita
boat harbenr, that is canahle of being repaired.
They have eight sail of the line at Carthagena,
pletely ready for sea.
The Rev. ROWLAND MILL is travePirs armlet
Kent ; he preached on Similar to ;00ot the chile.
dren who attend the Sunday Schools; and yestrre•
day morning worrih- 'd as many as applied to hitch
bef-te nine o'clock, at ( hatham.
At Beverley fair, 0.-. Friday, there were several
dealers from the South, who purchased every ho_rs4
that was des me 1 suitable for the army ; it is trndet4
stood they are for ethe German L Rion of recruitt
lately attired from Hanover. Cults, suitable foe
hunters, hackneys, or roat'sters, sold well; a •
Othet.s. dullast ;ale- Beasts. both fat -sod 1
sheep one p'gs, all sold at hig', pikes.
A letter trots Oxford, dated February /Q, says—.
Mond,, !sit, die Rev. Horse Citon'tiostoateva:
M.A. w ',l Brosertnot College, and Dean elf
Chester, was asimi.ted Bachelor in Divinity. Titer,
day; the Rev. WILLIAM grAmplik, of Queen/
Collage, and TIMS 1•8 Naha 4MD Par Las, Bert
ford College, B. As were adenined Masters of Arts.
Messrs. Witt IA NI CO‘tlas. of B diol Cedlege ;
1::nw RD Baorn, of Uneoln College; and Tnes.
Pa eLes, of Jesus College, wise admitted Baehelors
of Arts.
The Re,. Mt-Ft t., Ut,pRIF, 8.D.. wof
E;eter Cgege, Oxford., 44 mrsceeded taa the sine-
ewe place rat Second Masses,* -the Royal Free:
Seto t. at Pankliamstead. Hem founded by K.n.cer
Fewest, the Sixth, in the Isom of Mr. Tnom at
Dte to r, A.l . appointed Heed Master of the same.
There was some oKessition.. •
The bosiog match between Den ifeseitsue and
lint, Lee, is to take place in three weeks;
who is the only first-rate pugilist of the old schoo 1,
in existence, has retired from the resort many years,
and never would seam hive entered the lot, had
not the present challenge been eiven him. Here,
Ler is also one of the tribe of Israel, known more
as a trainer. and good setter-to, thin a bruise.—
The whole of the stakes for which the lilted
are to contend, aro dep and t' e knowing
ones do not hesitate to ben very great odds on Nen-
Lae.

On Monday evening died, suddenly.at bis hoop%
near I lampstead, the eccentric -Joe DAIrtS, known
by the appellatism of The lbw of Hosierslieg. AM.
The public are well acquainted Mitt the iharader
of this hear man, whets, caricatuic has
igo6 M„
?eared in the windows of most oi• she regewehops
In the metropolis. Hi. house. was frvereented
strangers of all descriptions': and'itisikaligicbpcom:
man to see the ceiriages of Neetlekteo4eite at
- •s
his door, to gratify toe visitions litchi a siiienpf the
eccentric host, wha.oras gaarroily dregged•img got_
g,-ous court suit.
• •
Yesterday st'na4bt, ibOut nine. /o'clock, • most
dariag robbery was committed in the' house of
Mr. Pa as [oar, at WA, ttietrif); In inner, NI three ail,
,racious villains, two of The dtior hiving bete
opened to them, walked delibeltely into the par-
lour, armed with pistols (whilst the other kept •
guard withotr).and demanded the money which they
knew to be in the house. Mr. Nth-oil &Ade tone
resistance, but after receieing'weverat. klyens, which
occasioned a considerable inns of Itior,a, Is thought
ig hen to submit, and led the villains to the euvetwoe, •
where his notes, kc. were deposited, mid which dyer
toots to the amount of upward+ ci! 7ul. 'I hey next
wer.t with Mr. Paestum, into the cellar, deaLk sours
beer, which they declared bad, and ordered
bias to get better against their next visit. The,
then took a bogie of brandy, wished him a
night, and dep.:rted, setth as Much apparent care-
lessness as they bad guttered. Daring the time the
thieves veers within, a servar.t meld found means to
get nu', and was ptoceediag, with much 'd ligence.
to alarm tne neighlour. ; but she wag stoppei and
secured by the man stationed wie•ow doors, till his
.-.;•parlicns had joim•J him. when shs waspenn.t.
red to re-enter her master's house.

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N.1114L rwtkLthaiitr.
tvYl TN, yrs.
ga:led Ilk Mtj Piata and Wisher, on
A Cllll ac. WLatelly.
PLY AlOl,Tlt, its. 2h.
Came in the row, Rubbins, from St. Ikt,tholn-
rnew's. detained by the Surinam slunp rti vio; ('errs.
(Irenrille, from tlotLaix ; 2!:t1 the C°oer retwag-
til'• —, from London.
gailed the Catsup armed schooner, en a cruise,
and the Prozpere bomb, with a fleet under convoy
to the Eastward.

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Sailed the. C.;:art and !Wenn strops %kat, on a
cruise.
At riv• d the Monkey gos-brig, from Portsmouth ;
and the !''laser gun-bi ig, from a et uise ; and remain
in the Downs, with the Edgar, Utoerhi, and 1 ratty
melt of war ; /anus, and L'lnsmortalite frigrues ;
P Itattlestr, and the Mess/mita sloops of was ;
11, Pt-glai,M, and the Fury bombs; st;:yral gun-
b ; t.oni Nelsen, and the irotthanestono, East
I ..t.un, t. ; raicy, Jarwood, for the South Seas ;
Taite, for Surinam ; ;Vara?" Aluedrock,
Nelit. for Baltimore ; and several odic outward-
boom/ vessels.—Wind

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FROM LLOYD'S LIST.
' asamn.
At Yarmouth—The Hibernia, !fly, from Limerick.
.1. the Cl)de Etta /Went, Cmatli..aite, trans New York.
At Galway—.l'lle Willi..os, Sherry, from New Yiirk.
At Duttlin.—Pemortb, Roach, from N. w York.
Al C.,,,k...."15he Commerce.. nay, t 14.16 New York.
At Milled •ipona—The John tiokelv. —. from Imam.
At Cltarisatainw—llie AL,..v, c0w.,,1, fic.,,:Aftica.