The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-01-22 00:00:00

TO TILE EDITYIE OF THE IiIIITISFI,ORETI.

Sta—Since the Morainic Pepers of Moodily last have owe o
window:l me with a deluge of severities, I take the Worse a: /
mipealitic to the candour and liberality of kindred asinda
for the intrusion of a few cooMalerat nista which pelasohly w ay
serve to palliate the bisterueas of prejudice, and artimat 1. r
the linissiliation to which ea/windy, so tauntingly sti'm yae:
seeded, or self saliffaction, bas radecml Inc Upon the s..ne
of that wurdly " incouvenience and di.tramioi."ahith
hurried me to she tribunal of a London Theatre, I 'vire in
plead a sacral encase in the persons of a must awishle wale
and four yams, Children. Ti explain at full tlie
of &wine Pmvidence which hare left me naked winos slie.
world, is neithei duty I owe she palaic, or at millrace 1
am ditpased to \offer my own feeling.. One eloud,
however, to the Oosperity of life, I wail v ewers In
nano—and that is, an impaired state of i.ealtly whit",
1 eta mitered by ley medicsl ails ite. s, regalia, ha a.
great measure, from inteme applies:inn lu rofessimial
study, in the several departments of whorls I base
been a teerlwr no less than thirteen years; and having
had the gratification to Mil my pupils esteemed (iii their
style mid instructions, I was led to judge aei urdieg'y of die
extent and complies of. my vai;ce; and although ilustlatfril In
she entremest degree of its power, I have been asoroveageo,
by numerous scientific musiciasa., to believe my style
would not fail to please: toiler, by companwow wish thm of
I esterase(' remain*, under w horn l studied itt she rerly
pars of my life, I cannot forsake all claims In originality ;
and with this impression 1 applied to the author of " The Bre
/tire," and to Mr. Moncrief, so well know n in the drnmstic
world, to es ite us °pets, for which 1 m:ey have composed
magic in My own style, and as farm I was pro soundly concern-
ed, adopted so the compass army voice. I must diselains alto- .
tether the idle enmity of wishing to place myself in rump.' i-
lion with my esteemed triend, Mr. areleala,otur, it was lur the
convenience and economy of the Theatre only. that [ventured
upon the character of /teary Bertram. Arad it is
by every pertiou wins chose to exercise the sense ul .iglu,
that whim 1 felt too acutely, I iippeareil more elan snit -
coolly, lamely, guile dispossemed of nerclf If the stance
sting hebiwil the scenes bed the gland fortune pt please, it
may reasotinhly be concluded that the mime voice armed
have bees, More Sinprresive where the radirtion of wound was
red imeiropted by cinema, if exerted to its Iv Ilind power. 1
was not disposed to CXCile the eueniniseral of she
-sordience by a statement, that in addition to extreme
sweinlal agitation, 1 was in great bodily pain from ma un-
healed lasi.ter bowers' my shoulders, and a triublesume -
applicalitat on my chest, from which circumstance :done it
may be concluded that 1 had great difet.mlsy to re.i.t the
impuiltiniiiea of my medical advisers, to withhold my tir.t
effort, at least fur a time. But on Friday nizlif I -fowl my
health atil voice so tooth better than they had been fur a
great length of time, that the notice of my appearance was
toot with:hewn; yet, as if an rail planet shed its influeure
upon the ulso/e of Saturday, trots the moment of my
bovine toe bed to that of setting miff for the Theatre, wan
troubled by a cuttfused accession of .mental iticonernMeea
and bodily eaertion., which would have tele the moat healtbv
person unlit fur :my kind of business in the evening. Tice
idle accusation of " intrepidity:. Ibkicia has been rimmed ads
me, bear. you much the colour of prejudice to be dwelt eo ;
and as to personaddefurmity, though 1 had timer the blind-
HMI to imagine symmetry an attribute of my persists, 1 con-
fess myself vain euunch to believe, that huwt.vtr rudely,
am still "formed after the image of mm^ and weak
enough to believe wish she Bard of Avun, 1:131 5'54 it a
mousier, oath as Colilian, may dread the Minden of up-
premiums said the stings of torture. If a hemp of merry
from the public mind remains so cheer the (Saslow*: I have
been plunged into, the Manager of Covent-cnrden Theatre
permits me to make another effort no his beards in the elia-•
Anger of Nesimalh, which, withal! respect to the Public., 1
will venires uss, loping that Do private feelings will be alter-
s-Med in my prejaelice, and begging it may be remenillerad
that indifferent emit, is sometimes endured by theiod
sisal who uuly proferses winging.
1 have the honour to be, Me,
Your obietinvt and humble Servant.
No. 10, Pantries-141%sec, Haymarket. 1. ICArriAN.
Tharrday, January 20, 1820.

nth *fititr, 'Pm*4w, J.►yn.at 21.

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Phis mortlini tteSeveittne at the Old Briley ter.
.10 gated, when the ttECORDLR pretstritneed the
awful sentesee Of death upon the fallowing Pra-
teltPrl : -

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An Green, for riturning to biro the expiration of bin
swolence of triso.purtiontsu; William Frail, for bentlerYß
Hsnry dirks, f.r uttering a bind Book nods; Jobe
Lows,, for lOglasay robbery • Hrtiry Duran. for burglary;
J. I, 'Ridley, fur night/ay robbery ; Thames Barmsable, for
▪ sling lace; Julio lune., for hour-tweaking ; (leorge
Newhy, fur highway robbery; Wallarli Paley, who pleaded
gr.;/e to the capital thsrge of uttering a forged IS/ note;
%s, ,iliarn SIMI, for sittering a I/. note, Sarah Wick., fur a
▪ offence ; Julio Poole, for heave-breaking; Thomas
Vdrool, for high.ray.robbrry ; Thomas Walker and Charles
Miles, fur her4lary ; J•tioes Robinson, fur striding In a
snot R..-bas.l Hicks. for stealing lorifera.
T.s Ise teastpurird .111111PN William
• srke, %Yin Mica: ley. John Fr ig.lllllo, Win. BMA Joseph
Primes, Francis Wright,J.mph Ott., sod Wm. Admin.
P.r Peurlee4 lears.—Airc Villessunt and James Alex.
C.reol, the two persons front the Maurine., who were cosi-
s.,ted of importhig slaves into that island from Madagascar ;
• •ry Kelly, Jame. Bluetits, Catherine Marne, Edward
Walsh, Jane, Aim Fall. James Conley, William
Brewer; %%Millie %Viola, Hem, Hopnell, James Melvin.
/limey Jobuistuur,Jolio William... Sloth Whaley, 'John Per-
sona, John Storey, and Gror.re Wherry.
ne Sere* reeire—tieial: An,sin, Susan Ward, James
Giledistr, Michael Blvd. Antonio Coin, John Bulks, Wil-
liam Bailey, M.chasl Mask, VC,lliainJuhusue, George Wit-
sun, Thomas Crum., Bersjaissin Crisp, Anse 11'ells,'Ibabert
tient, Charles Knight, Leois Coustaodt, John Goodsell,
Francis Lord, Francis Morris, Robert Walters, Win. Clarke,
Francis Rush, Thomas F..vbes, Margaret Haynes, JaffilltB
rwird, Ester Henn, William Hill, Thomas Barns, Wil.
liars Woodcock, Duggan Daniels, Thomas Browse, Ed-
ward Plisturr, Juarph Wood, Drnuis Stearns', Thomas
V./dello, William Hatteway, AIN! JAISIPII Tierney..
Joseph Skelton, the Aussie in, who was convicted of man •
slinghter, for ksocking dowel the maw in Cliandus-stnxi,
snit whir was rode over by his own ears, was oweirsseed to be
witiritueed fur one year is the Howse of Corrrelims.
(Larks and Jane Bray to be cosiGued for one
year its the House of Cornelius*.
The fel lowisbg persons were yentenced to thffereot
pet torihrof imprisonment
Bohrrt Smith, Win. Lloyd, George Cooke h
Jraktias, Llizaliesh Sloss, Robert Swish, James l'age,Richd.
Bennett, %V. Wood, Thos. Hughes, FA*. Stepheos. W. Rot,
Michas! Fogany, Ilenry Stepheits. Thu Phillips, Wm.
Flower/I, Yin,. Satins, Julio Chiselers, James Homers, Tboe.
Mtller. &mini Vickery, Elisabeth Piirmit, Thomas Kettle,
and Eli: dset Is Janes.

The Sessions were thee adjourned until the 16th
February 'wet.

I telt LAft 11.
DUIII..IN, JANUARY 17.

The Right lion. Wm. Vesrey Fusgrrrld arr;ved
in town on Thursday morning from London. We
regret to state, that whilst at Holyhead, preparing
to embark an board the packet, he had a very
severe attack of indisposition, frinis which, however,
he is lino. !recovered.