The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-09-19 00:00:00


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On Thuiselay last, Mr. Joreseo“ gave an ele-
gant dinner to a large party of the Military, aid
condoled the festivity of the day; with a grand
Ball and Supper, which was attended by the Do-
chess Do PIENE, Lord D:glow, and ills daugh-
ters, Lord and Lady W. Russet t, Colonel, Mn and
Miss MARTIN, the Mr. &mess, and the Miss
JONES'S ; the supper was elegant, and all she ar-
rangements of the evening coiresponded with the
usaal taste of the entertainers; the guests relnetartly
departed at a late hour. The essiscit's band played
all night. I lis Royal Highness. who arrived at the
Pavilion on Sunday evening, rude out on Monday
morning, and after wards walked on the Steyor,
for a long time, accompanied by two gentlemen.
His Royal Highness looked extremely well, and
appeared in good health and spirits. Sir WALTER
F•aoustas and his family are here ; they aie
highly respelled by every person. Earl Caav es
has left us, and gone on a visit to his estates, in
Berkshire; but we look forward with pleasure for
his return.
This morning was so fine, that the banks were
crowded with Ladies; some waited two hotos, be-
fore they could be aecommpdated with the machine.
The view of the Hill, from the Sterne, the tents,
the soldiers manoeuvring, all tend:d to render it
beautiful, beyond description ; but what would the
Steyne be, were the nuisance of the old boats at the
bottom removed, which not only obsttuet the view,
but prevent carriages from turning? I never am
walking there, slid Mr. Josrwerom's bamuehe and
four Coming out of the gates, but I expeet it to be 1
upset. We shall have a charity sermon on Sunday.
at Brighton church, for the Sunday Schools,
preached by Mr. Street's, Chaplain to the Bishop
of Deoworte, in Ireland He is a second KIRWAN,
and had all the Ladies weeping last aunclay. The
water is covered with pleasure-parties; butt the
Carle is the reared ; the paliteness And attention of
Capt. M•Ct. rem, the Commander, and the accommo-
dation prepared for their reception, have captivated
the Brighton &en s's much, that not a day pries
without a party visiting him. This moment, the
boat has arrived to carry the Miss JWI esrotes, the
'Ails Joe's +, and a large party on board, to dinner.
Phis night. our second theatrical campaign corn-
me4es, with 7've Wiled& 1 Ifsbrila, Mrs. J. Been-
Toe; Dee Pedro, Mr. Hatroe, from the Hay-
market Theatre ; awl Grady, Mr. DEVI( 41E. from
the same place. I also believe. Ms. and Mrs. C•me-
ILL t, who play Felix and Yednnte, are of the same
Company ; and-the farce of the PadlocA ; I,:eforli,e,
by a Mr. GL AOS TONES. The bail at Mr. Pi T r's
was numernnsly attended,the company were all col-
lesied by eight o'clock
Th:. pugilistic amateurs, Il4eher and the Chicken,
have mired here; it is said there will be a battle
for 200 guineas lsetween them. At three o'clock
t'iis day, we had a tern trkable high tide. Since I sat
down to write, a mist has arisen, that you cannot see
across the street-
H . DOPER, Sae t.• 17.
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The verf intmeronc fleet of transport+. merchant-
men, colliers, &c. with cro.voy, bound to the west-
ward, as mentioned in my letter of yesterday, were
becalmed off thise Mad!, the whole of last evening,
•aisd until ten o'clock this morning, when a light
§reeze from the S.S.W. sprung up, and the whole
Fof under weigh, arid proceeded to IScechy.Head.
rom the gm...az/somber nt vessel, whieh composed
the Beet, the very ligi.r Streets., and tile eeather,
the whole of them were owe ettont sight, a: 0.,c t.itir
o'clock, rsvi. They were a nsoet interesting atel
beautiful ()Wee.. kw the moment of weighing
anchor, to their disappe irius Irons our viow. In
leis than an hour. the breeze died away, and it
again became a continued cal-n, so that few Vessels
of any description passed us, and on coasted
entered the harbour ; but, from the remarkable
fineness of the weather, andamoothuess of the eater,
we observed a great number of pleasure-boats. from
:'/largate. Ramsgate. Deal, and the'adjacent small
sea-port towns, scudding before the' wind, under
easy sad ; after hovering about the roads for sops..
ame, the most of them returned. and we could is.
atin‘uish4 very great maisiiity, of ladies amongst
tn. A pleasure-wherry. born Mariate, e. e
O the tharamir, with a large patty ; elm, after
irl
:n& some refreshment. at the London Hotel, and
tac
sbakog their observations on the coast of France,
Set:lt-vied to their destined port,
We have a very dear and distinft view of the
French Coast, the whole iif this afternoon. but can-
not dismin any thing new in that quarter.' A few
of our misers are scudding under Cal mis Uuffs,
but do not appear apersoenstve of ea,. iintnediate
'wafer?. .
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Yesterday morning, about four o'clock, a well-
dressed woman was taken nut of the Thames,
drowned, no the Surrey side of Vs'esrminster Bridge.
the was taken to Mr. Besr's, the Red Lion, at the
foot of the Bridge, to he owned.
The well-known opulence of the East Indies, leads
many people away with the idea, that if N only ne-
cessary to make a voyage to that distant climate, in
order to realise a princely fortune; but this is a mis-
taken notion, and we *ill venture to assert, that very
few of the honest fellows who man the fleet. just ar-
rived, have come horn* much richer than they went
out ; they have, however, returned at a snot for-
tunate time to purchase a chance of gaining 20.0001.
in the rich Lottery, to begin Drawing thus Month,
which has the power of bestowing sums that may
vie with the gains of the most successful Asiatic
speculations.
Whille the attention of all Europe wac dirtaed to
the immense preparations of BONAPARTII. for the
invasion of this country, our brave c,auntrymen
viewed the formidable Armada with the greatest
contempt ; not so with the ensurog campaign, now
about to commence, viz, on Monday, the 30th
instant. We allude to the Drawing of the incom-
p.srable rich Blank and Prize Lottery, possessing
an unprecedented number of Capital Priam and
every Blank, for the first Three Days, will be inritled
to 101. an advantage that may, insome measure,
atectint for the very great demand both of rickets
and Shares, which are on Sale at the lowest prices,
in all tits varied Thousands, from No 1, to &CCM. at
the old and truly fortunate Lic,nsed State Lottery
Otice of J. Jonsson, and Cu. NO. 3, Pupe's Head-
Corahill, Loudon.