The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-11-18 00:00:00

ELOPEMENT.

About twelve o'clock on Monday night, a young
lady, heiress to • very considerable fortune, and
only daughter of an officer of high rank in the
army, and also a Member of Parliament, eloped
with a young gentleman. The latter is the third
son of a clergyman who resides in Surrey, and is
the father of a very large family. The fugitives
set off from the west end of the town, in which
the young lady's father reside., in a chaise sod
four. They are both under (-It years of age. The
young gentleman had only just returned from cot.
lege. The Continent is supposed to be their im-
mediate destination. A pursuit was commenced 34
soon as the elopement was discovered. but its result
was not known at a late hour last night.

The Duke mul Duchess of CLARENCE left St.
James's Palace yesterday morning for Bushy
Park.

Lord RIVERS has left his seat Hare-park, New-
market, to join a shooting party at Norfulk.
The Countess of ESSEX has kit town, for her
seat, Cashiobury Park, Esorx.
Lady HOLLAND left 'Holland House yesterday,
for Oxford, for a few rigs.

The Earl of ESSEX aimed yesterday evening st
his house in 11111-street, Berkeley-moire, from
Paris. to the evening his Lordship left town, fur
his seat, Cashiobury Park, E-sex.

The Marquis and Marchioness or !ANSE/OWN
and family arrived on Tuesday night, at eleven
o'clock, at Lansdown House, Berkeley-square, from

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The Right non. THOMAs Cr.eavi tut arrived
yesterday at his house in Cleveland-square. from
Lord Gastram.E's seat, Dropmore.
SAVILLE HALLIFAX, E-ti. is arrived at Lis
house in Arlington-garret, from his seat, Waltham
Lodge, near Chelmsford.
PASCOE GRENFELL, Esq. M. P. arrived vester.
day at his house in Chaska-street, St. J111111;11
square, from his peat Taplow.
As Earl FiTzwttuAst, accompanied by Lord
MILTON, was on his way to tote the hounds, on
the 11th instant, in the vicinity of Oundle, he was
received by the inhabitants of that town with every
demonstration of respect and joy. The popula. e
took the horses from his carriage anti drew it through
the place. A similar scene presented itself since,
on his Lordship's arrival at Peterborough.
The dispute between the Earl of LoNaDALE, and
Mr. BANKS, of Wasdale, as to the right of presen-
tation to the small living of WasJale Head. is at
length terminated : the Bishop of CHESTER, to
whose consideration the matter was referred, having
expressed his opinion in favour of the latter, the
Noble Earl consented to withdraw his claim.

A swindler. who calls himself the Honourable
Mr. Dollar, has been recently living in clover at
Newhaven, in Sussex, at the expense of the unsus-
pecting tradesmen and other iuhab►tants of that
town.
Professor DITTMAN, who foretold very exactly
the general temperature of last slimmer, declares.
that during the ensuing winter dry weather will pre-
vail. without uny great severity of frost.
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Extract of a Letter from Norway to a Gentleman
in London, dated Moss, September 10, 1819:
" 1 presume to you, who have been many years slant
from Norway, it will be gratifying to kern the great pro-
gress that has bees guile is the apiculture of ibis oniony.
and how much milder the climate is become in ninsesseett
thereof, seed other causes; the cultival. of lAnd has la.
creased down the last twelve years beyond your ideas, I"
such a degree, that even with a 'Piddling crop we have me
imported ore-fourth part of the foreign corn we 'barmen'''.
Owing to the general great abundance this year, we du
set
raped to be is want of any impartation for ibe year
come. Potatoes, which fifty yeses ago we hardly knew him
to plant, are sow produced in great tinautity, irspeendlY
ui
sanity soils. JAW Wilder was uncommonly MOW, ae.,
vary seldom was Reasoner), thermometer so low Its

14 degrees ; this OUNlalltr has been, and 1411 eounnne..
very due arid warns, sad very often the tiwermiumerk.'
at 34 degrees, which has brought vegetatma fnee":l7
sad is July we had the driest crop of rye. prudwring from
t. 3! fold ; barley is again SOWS is woo places where for
craps bore beets carried, sad a second honest is r%Prele'l*
The geodes (rails are in great ..asedjAwy, of cited
lest quality. sad geuerally ripe. In She prightnnlw...)
thn tows.the Saest apricots were gathered the lush astio,
sad peach," the' 7th of this swath from trees in the vt"
air. This, at tamely AO degree. north la de,ne skonol.line
she inhabiter*, Of sate southeru countries, as WI lu4
others suppose.