The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-10-08 00:00:00

NLWILIRKET FES !PITIES.

On Monday evening las*, Mr. awl Mrs. Patron
opened their hospuabie m onsion at Newmarket, for
the reception of the Nobility and their friends in the
neighbourhood. The eat. rt ihrth•nt was a Melo-
drame, written by Mr. Panton ; the comedy in•end-
ed merely as a vehitl- for the music, but it proved
much more, it was well drawn—the language palite,
with many sallies of wit, interspersed with spirited,
nervous, a"cl app ()prime sentiment. The music
was also seiated Aith much taste by Mr. Palsy's,
from the :rest eminent Italian masters, with a few
English so..gs. A presty theatre was fitted up for
200 speaavor., with tage, scenery, and orchestra,
with admirable simplicity and neatness
Our limits will not admit cf our giving the
names of distinguished rank who were ',wired, but
we cannot omit those of Grafton, St. Alban's, nut-
land, Salisbury, Essex, Cholmondeley, Albemarle,
Osborne, Roos, &e. Ste. Mrs. Billington was
amongst the guests, as was Mr. Smith, (cotem-
psrary and clew of the immortal Garrick), who ',oc-
casionally attended the rehearsals of the piece. Dr.
Haigh. Professor of Music, at Cambridge, volun-
teered his services, and led the band its the
orchestra ; Miss Haigh, his daughter, sitting at
the piano-forte. The performance was excel-
lent : Mrs. Panton gave a fine portrait of a
lady of high ton—her figure. ease, and address,
were charming ; she looked, spoke, and lifted ad-
mirably. Her taste and science. added to the most
melodious voice, cannot be surpassed. Miss Wood,
with an elegant person, a sweet countenance, joined
to a nand* highly interesting, delighted the audi-
ence. Her songs were the notes of the nightingale;
and the duet of The l title Haliad-tincer. with Mrs.
Passion, was enchanting. Two Professional gentle-
men, Signors Lanceres. performed with great eclat.
Ilse piece concluded with an oblique address to
the audience, but in chars ter, which did honour to
the head and heart of the liberal host and fair hostess.
An universal and continued burst of applause at-
tended the dropping ~f the curtain. On retiring from
the !bee ra d must elegant cold collation present( d
itself ; tables for 100 „vets's, with all the delicacies
alei gefasious of nature an I art. From thence the
music call-d the dancers to the bail, where an assem-
blage el youth, beauty, wit. and good humour,
w. .s di played, :eldes equalled, never exceeded.—
The merry dance was kept vp till an Carly hour neat
mon, when the company retired warm in the praises
of the hsspitality of the founders of the feast, which
was really 4. Ix /rail et' reason awl theilato of Joni."

The Concordia, TA I' P 111, from Leghorn; for Dub-
lin, is lost on the Salters; $ of the crew drowned.
Th. jOhm, AT a t onot4, from New Orleans, fur Li-
verpool, is put into New-York. leaky.
The rect.:us, Roarossorr. from the Baltic, for
Lon lon, was captured un the 23!h ult. by a French
privateer, re-raptured the next day, by tho Virginia
frigate, and carried iota Yarmouth.
fbe Jew Maria, Spanish privateer. of IS guns,
WAS captured oo tire 27th ult. by the Virginia Ur-
S*-.
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ihe frierairhip. Mutate, from Bristol and St.
Thoraa.'s, for Jamaica, has been capturri, and
carried iiirl Cuba. and there cundernuel, but i.
sitter Alf:Tel 2.t Jet:AL:A.

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