The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-11-05 00:00:00

THEATRES.

DRUR 'I.•L ANC.
The Prior ClaimXt again brought before the
public last night, and received with repeated plop,
dit.. Miss DLua tr is snag war. omitted. The beau-
tiful Ballet of Terptichrrr's Rdur7 followed, in which
PAS! 30 T may he kiwi), tVIITIVI Thr Qoartr .he
/)once. Tir! scenery, doeoreions, and drlssn, are
beautiful. The performmee %vas honoured with
the greases! applause.' Th.: house wat crowd:.l
with fashion.

COVtST-QAtn[X.

The Opera of The h Fire was performed
last night. Istss Issra ea, for the tirsr time, arsimr.
ed in ,tie part of K ,th4riter, and was well received.
Mr. lin:Leona was in fine voice. and gave .ho
charming songs allotted him with niurn affect.
Mr. H,,.t. who takes Hllgill4Sll% part of Vakahme.
was error-d in the bsrautiful song of Toortirlittrs,
which prodnceil much opposition ; but svert Auseth at
last prevailed, and the Opos W4l much applauded.
The house was not fall. hut displayed some fashion.

The Earl an.! Cotiatess of Denny arrived at the
Oaks, last Saturchy, fr rm Lancashire.
I'tte Marchioness of A aroicoett is expelled this
I day. 'ruin Stannsore.
I . ;Pre Duke of roarLAND, in a barouche and six,
Sir Waal Es /AMES, in a landan and four, the
Otact,*-s, of Devossuras. and the Marchioness of
1 K.:. awn r, were am mg the visitors of Bond street,
yeArerd4y.
tine Princess of WA! as paid a visit yesterday to
Lady Cita ar.ciree Fiscit, and retained to Black-
heath •o dinner.
the Rev. est►ae FR Ent, NI A. is instituted to
the Reftory of F•nniagh.rm, SutF Ik.
James Esq the Lord Mayor deft of Lon-
don, passed through Dumfries, a few days since. on
a visit to his friend, Sir Wi 1. I S 4 Docos•s, of (.7..1
tie-Dougias, Baronet, and his relations, is Ayrshire.
Sir ABRAHAM and Lady Huss are expeSed in r
town in alew days.
Lord ALE! A !MLR GORDON passed through Aber-
deen. on Sunday seinnight, nn his way to join the
Coldstream regiment of Guards, at Ramsgate,
about to embark torforei,:n service.
The tirst Winter Assembly will beheld this nights,
at Reading. The Stewards are thi Hon. R. A. Na.-.
simile and W. S. PU4/4'lZ.
The new Theatre, at Henley, will open to Thurs-
day night, with the School of l(tf.w h 0,.. under the
management of Messrs. Jort•s and Peat rir..
Mrs. EDWIN is on her return to Irelani, and will,
to-morrow night. at the Gloucester Ti., are, •play
Joni .shore. and florella, in the farce of soy Growl-
molh,r, for her own benefit.
Cheltenham is still crowded with fashion ; among
the last arrivals are, Lord and Lady KILItC, Sir
JOON Nlactisioisort, M-ajor AISTON. Captain and
Mrs. Sara R SlAn. and Captain !Amts.
The Swansea Theatre closed on Monday se'n-
night with the play of the Smrerr. and the farce
of Of Age To-morroloy. Mr. Pall r. LIPS, the Manager.
returned thanks to the audience for the very liberal
encouragement he had met with.
On Friday morning, the remains of his Crace
WILLIAM Duke of Hotelier:a, passed through
Kelso, to be interred in the ta.'qily vault at Bowden.
The uniform attention which his Grace has always
shewn to every thing conneCted with the welfare o!
that town, and his active benevolence iii rel cry.•g
the necessities of the poor, will long reader his me-
mory respected and deeply regretted.
Thursday last passed through Exeter, in a hearse
and six horses, attended by a co.ach and tour, the
remains of Mrs. Ocelot, who died the 17th ult. at
the house of Viscountess Mot eswoatio. her daugh-
ter, in Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, in
the 78th year of her age. She was the relit of
PAUL 11131111 Y °CRAY, Esq. of the navy, and who
died in 1783, Commissioner of Plymouth Doc,- -
yard.

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CORONFR'S mum+.
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Yesterday, bet N.-en two and three o'clock in the
ifternoon, a Coroner's I quest was heirturn the
Sods of VV•lliam Clay, ma:iner, who Vitae' torrid
with his esoat cut, the nigl:t ueto, e Lei , is. ('orange.
court, C irey-stre, t. We have airendy given some
tof the particulars of this TM landkily catastrophe
in our pap n• of yenterday.
ft aveared ovfore tile J•ity, that the deceased was '•
taken up by the watebira.. in (*siert:teen, who ,
aupposed him to b a dru•+ken man, bin w en con-
y, yet to the watcl.-house, :hey .i•covered nos t'-.roat ti
cut entirely across, in a dreaalnl magma ; sue tic d
assi.taiice miss se for, arid n Fins der in.
mediately attended ; re found the decea.‘l in A
Desperate state, and e, old only fix his head in such
a position, as to e•qalilis hire to articulate a few
words ; when he related, that he had been knocked
down, and robbed of ten guineas. and afterwards
had hi . throat emu ; Le also stated, that he had been
at the Three Tons public-house, in C are-market,
at o;.e ..'auck in the morning, drank a pint of por-
ter there, and was returning home when he was at-
tacked. His language theta I.cc.rrie incoherent,
and, in four hours after, he expired.
'l' he proprietor of the 'l'h,te Tons attended, and
stated, that nn such description of person had Steil
at his house that night; and that it was slim up at
the bout mentioned-.
The young woman, w'no was saichei be his wife,
deposed, that he had been from home since rtiesdav
last, sic could rant tell what had become of Lim;
be never was accustomed to drink, and concluded
himself always ration air. They had been
x‘sitely married, for some time, against her iather's
consent; but they had 1 rely uhtained that, and
were to be publicly jarred next Thursday. When
the deceased left home, he had 151. in !lank notes.
and when searched alter he died, his watch:a small
box. with a wedding ring, and some small trinkets.
and a marriage licence, were found upon him, but
the 101. was inissioc ; the other 51. was accounted
for in the tic rice and trinkets: he had been a sea-
fat ill; man, frequmtly went t:‘e voyage to and from
t!-,e E.a.t Indies, and nas atscut forty years of a{e.
the Jury, after a consult ttion °f law two flours,
brought in AV Cr ltia at I soars.
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Between the hours of six and seven o'clock, yes-
uerciay evening, a dreadful ire broke oat i i the
back ;:art of 9r. Upton's (whitesraiih) liciu-e, in
Talbot .cods, Penehurch street. The flames com-
municated, in a tew moments, to the adjacent
homes, a stationer's and a hatter's, and threatened
the neighaourbood with a reaeral, cnnflagratioA ;
the Mate mounted tra a prodigious height, and
filled the atmosphere with names, smoke, znd awls
of fire, to a great extent. Ti.e several Hre-engitias of
the city arrived is a few nanmenrs, trot it was near
nine o'clock, b fore el gsantity of water, sufScient'to
work them. could be procured. This, added to the
rapi.lity oldie fire, the cor.fineid situ pion of the place,
the citimtity of old houses,wh"eb are here, literally, in
cfb.tors, arid chiefly framed in wood, increased the
datrger to a most alarming d gre-, and every &ppm-
hension seas en:,m-taine.f.tTmt a very large portion of
that quarter of the c•ty roust inesimbly fall a saeli-
fice to tiro !lames Ail war. Wale, confasior, and
&deer; infrablussts were seen running in all
diredia the ntmosr terror and fright, dale -
t.i v • them-Ave:, ,md such part
rf the:r I,,erty ac they could carry with
them. l'.itunately, the great pipe in C bill utas
open •rl ; and, in a short time, a plentiful s pp'y of
water being procured, the engfres began to play
with effect ; yet it was scarcely saoposea pus-able
that the atfjoiaing hoirses in Jerusalem and Jerico-
court; could escape ; however, by the extraordi-
nary exertions of the Memel), soon after ten ii'clisek,
they had -o far got the flames under, as to prevent
any further danger, and, at eleven, all apprehensions
were at an end. ft then appeared, that Mr. Homes
house, the stationer's, and the hatter's houies,
were • burnt to the ground, and the rear of se-
veral of the adjoining houses in Jerusalem-court
and derico-court much injured. Upwards of thirty
were damaged m ire or less. Shocking to relate,
A poor woman, •sho was Hying with the little pro-
perty she hail rescued from the flames, at the
meat the front of Mr. Upton's house was tailing,
passed under it, and was crushed to atoms. In
some time ar.terwards she was discovered among
the ruins, but not a spark of life remained ; we
understand she was an indastrious mother of a large
fam,ly An Officer of the 9th Regiment of Lon-
don Volunteers, who was standing :Lar the spot.
was also much bruised, and obliged to be carried
Itinue immediately. He WAS not, however, we are
ham to crate, utiterially injured. When the
alarifi drum heat to arms, a large holy of the Vo-
lunteers, consisting'of the Nish Regiment tit Loyal
London, the Bishoasgate, the ROFAI Artillery Com-
pany. and some others, mustered with the areitest
alacrity. Ky their timely and AS ye ezettions, many
depredations were prevented. Before twelve o'clock,
true hie was completely got 'ander, and several en-
gines hr.i retired. We have 'not been melt to so-
certain the ciArnage sttwained ; but it must base
been very considerable.
Yesterday, at the 01.1 Bailejt, Mr. Nib was
brour,ht up, at the call aver of the Prisoners, and
informed by the Clerk of the Arraigns, that his trial
would take place at the next Sluing Assizes for
the County of Surrey, and that he would be forth-
with removed to the New Gaol in the Borough.
Without saying. a word, he bowed, and retired.
tie was dressed In black, and bad a small iron on
his leg. After a few trials of no interea, the Re-
CORDeII passed sentence upon the convided pri-
soners.—The Sessions were then adjourned until
tbe.:4th of De'kember
(owtqternce of she great ottomber of Children, and
others, pfica.-J.frum Ile weeery race, between Canun-
bury fise and Sadler's Wells, withia the last sit
months, the rewards of the HcaiAMs Society
have, been paid to an immense number of claimants,
for Gees metres; fads which are well known to
~Mr. CLIFTON. Mr. 13/4•RPS. and Mr. CHANSIT
';,,AINC, Medical Assistants.—Dereoit Rapposes' pro,
mato!, and par..chimi imrthent prevented. We are as-
' wed, that the Rev. Hamra Fort ta has most
kindly promised to preach a Sermon neat Sunday
mooing. at Clerkenwell Chutth, in behalf a the
above Philanthropic Institution.

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LAW MELLI6ENCE.

COURT Or CHANCERY, Lwicov.i. INN HALL, Nov. 4.
ninGMENTS.
NowDEN V. RYMtII.
This cause was heard on a former day, and came
on upon exception: to the Master's report.
The Plaintiff was a wichw, and filed her bin
a7:,itist the Defendant, who was a trustee of her pro-
perm for an account, &c. and Also complaining of
1 • "I the Defendant's endeavouring to seluce her to a
breach of chastity. The proceedings went 'before
the Master, who reported, that the allegations in
the Lill were scandalous and irrelevant, to which
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report the exceptions were Wiwi'.
The- Loan CIIANC,t.LON, in pronottneing his
judgfilant, observed, that in this case he felt that his
Judgment had been impeached ; the more especially,
as the Master had the assistance of another Master

in his decision, he would, therefore, ael according
to the light of his own reason. In adverting to the
allegitionb in the Hill, his Lordship said, that it W2l
charged by ll..fendant that these allegations were
impertinent, scar..l4lflus, And irrelevant. It did not
inflow, that because words were impertinent and
scandalous, they mutt necessarily be irielevant.
P. nn the face of these proceedings, therefore, it
appeared there were snme allegatinn, both imperti-
flaw arid scandal4ins, but not irrelevant ; there were

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other., also irrelevant, which his Lordship specifi-
tally dire&ed should be struck out, and the Bill
amended accordingly.
The Solicitor for one of the parties then rose, and,
addressing his Lordship, said, he had some reason
to complain of a statemeot of this ease, made in one
of the morning newspapers (The Morning Herd
last week.
The CMAINCA. I LOS replied, that as that was a
matter which did not come judicially before him, he
could not then take any notice of it. His Lordship
then expressed a hope, that one day or other this
subjett of faire reports of causes would be brought
properly before that Court, or before a Jury of the
country, when an etample might be publicly made
of snch misrepresentations.
IIEOLEV r. THE pees or NoarmumstaLAND•
This cause was also heated on a former day, and
came tef we the Court upon demurrer. A bill had
been filed by .the Plaintiffs, as lessees GE the late
Dukc or Northumberland, against the present, as
the executor and personal representative of the late
Duke, for certain allowances upon short norkings
of the colliery, demised to the Plaintiffs by the
late Duke. To this bill the Defendant demurred,
contending, that he had no right, as the personal
representative of his &One. to ai.stver the allega-
tions of the bill.
The LORD CHAP:ewes'', after adverting to the
i proceedings in the Court of Exchequer, e this
cause, in 1794, and some subsequent proceedings,
together with the various demises and conditions
of working the mine in question, was of opinion,
that, as the old Duke bad bound the present as his
personal representative, to pay the espences of the
workings of the mine, whether the present Duke
was to be considered in his charatter of exe-
cutor, or in his charafler of heir at law to his
father, he was capable of answering the allega-
tions contained in the bill. The probable agree-
n t between the Duke and his lessees, was,
that they were to res•tain themselves from work-
ing these mines at specific times. This restraint
was since imposed, from time to time, by the present
Duke and Lord Beverly. ?he Duke, therefore,
ought to make satisfaftion for this testraiist to the
present Lessees. The question then was, whether
the 1) •mirrter could he sustained? Upon the hear-
ing of the cause, if it should turn out that the re-
presentatives of the late Duke of Northumberland
were not accountable on the foot of these short
workings, or if the agreement should not be found
to he a legal instrument, or that it was a conspiracy,
then th • Court would interfere between these par-
ties. flis Lordship, therefore, thought, that the re-
cord did not stand in such a shape as the Duke of
Northumberland could refuse to answer. The
Demurrer consequently was over-ruled.
Ex-parte BOOTH.
This was a Petition in the matter of Harris, a
Bankrupt, by one of the Assignees, praying that
two others might be discharged from the assignee-
ship.
The has, as stated, were shortly these : --The
two Assignees complained of, had entered into an
up-cement to pay such monies, arising Irons the
Bankrupt's assets, as came to their hands, when
they amounted to a specific sum, into the bank of
Brett and Gilbert, 41 Staffordshire, before a certain
time menti,ned. It appeared, however, that a ba-
lance of 1,1951 and upwards, remained, for some
time, In their hands, unpaid into ;he bank. The
other Assignee had proposed to pay a dividend of
five shillings is the pound, but could not accom-
plish it, without tLe sues now in the Respondents'
sands.
Mr. HAIL, is answer, 'stated, he had received
afi.lavits of the Rerpon le its, which had Wea in-
formally sworn, and wt. icts, he trusted, when re-
gular, would fully account for this matter.
The LORD CHANCEL, oa then asked to see these
affidavits; and, hawing perused them. Ins I.ordship
told the learn-s 1 Counsel, he gave hint full creit
for his affislavi-s. He then ordered, that these As-
sivres should be discharged ; anl, in making out
the order, he dirated his Secretary should specify
particularly, that, " Instead of applying the pro-
perty of the Bankrupt, to making a fair dividend
among his creditors, they had appropriated it to
their own private purposes." This, he desired,
might appear upon the face of the Older. for the
purpose of informing these Staffordshire potters,
they were not to use the monies of a Bankrupt,
which might come into their hands, with impunity.
His Lordship further ordered, that they should be
dismissed with costs.

This being •he Anniversary 61/ the Popish Con-
spiracy, commonly called the Gun-powder Plot, the
Park and Tower guns will be fired on the occasion.
The Yeomen of the Guard, and His !A astir It's
attendants, at St. Jamts's Palace, will receive their
customary gratuity of wine, it being a pitcher dap,.
The body of a man was found, on Saturday, in
$n asparagus bed, at Peckham. Frosi its appear-
ance, which was shucking., it must have lain there
for atzleast a mouth. flue clothes were growl,
ricattsmsab-was fet ia Nis beb.
‹liair.ammes,