The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-07-07 00:00:00

ADMIRAL B/: NKELG Y'3 DINNER.

On Monday se'nnight, between three and four
o'clock, the Right. Hon. Lord BUMF:LEY. his
brother, the Hof.. Athn,ital Dewitt:Ls«, and Lord
Duast.se, arrieed,..a.l-Ahe King's-Head Inn, in
Gloucester, where 't/ie)t vitere received by a nu-
merous company of the Gtotleuif n of the county.
assembled to congratulate their worthy Representa-
tive, Admiral iILittELET, upon Ilia safe arrival iu
England, after an absence in the *mike of kir
King and Country. At four o'clock, about
sat down to dinner; at which EDMUND ranting,
Esq. of Newlund, ut the unanimous request of
the Meeting, obligingly presided. The cloth be-
ing removed—
Tb.: hcaltb isse vosisias Suttreiri, the tauten, and the
Royal Family,
was drank with that lorilty which has ever distin-
guished the County of Gloucester. Mr. /Janne
then gav,
The How Admiral Berkele!, our worthy Representative,
with twenty roogratuistiilio anon hie soft return.
This was re-echoed through the room, and
drank with three tunes three, thrice told ; to wkieli
the Admiral replied, that " If he NO words to ex-
press the feelings of hi- heart, he should endeavour
to thank diem for their repeated kindness in his ab-
sence upon his profesivional duty, in the perform-
ance of which h« had nothing to regret, except in
not bring able to attend to their intereat at home,
in the House of Commons. His gratitude, how-
ever, was such, and his sensations so acute, that
they overpowered him ; and lie would therefore
content himself with thanking them for this fresh
mark of their approbation and confidence, and in
drinking to their health and the prosperity of the
county:" _

The 'l,ord-Liantenant of the County, and the Noble
House of lierkeley. . . . . . . .

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was nest given. and drank with enthusiasm ; when
hi., Lordship returned thanks for the honour they
had done him, and for their kind tic-Potion to hos
family ; and concluded by proposing, as a toast,
The supporters of the B-rrkelry lamb —l.e)alty and
Independence.
Mr. PROISYM proposed the health of
The Gentlemen who bad iw ~ ill atri and sm:ooded the
Hon. Admiral at tie two last Elections.

Admiral BERKELEY then observed, that, al-
though the health of Sir WI Luca Guist: was
comprised in the last tout, yet that the great
regard which he must ever feel for his friend
S.r WILLIAM, and the famil•• at Iliglinam, in-
duced him to propose that gentleman's health
individually, regretting, as he most sincerely did,
that his recent domestic affliction should have de-
prited the Meeting of the company of a character for
whom they all entertained the must sincere respect.
The Cousteau of Beg keley
was then given, proposed by Sir iieNtir PROTIII•
ROC

Lord Horsley, and thanks to bid for represonting his em-
elt, the His. Adtakal, during his abarnee, at Ike toe last
elections. _

To Which his LordAhip made a suitahlr answer.
Lord BeitteLav, as Cusiositutslarams, begged
leave to give—

The Se-nior agiotrate of the toasty—Mr. DeLtbere.
Nest foll.iwed—
Admiral *Arley, and the Nav7 of England ;
which agaip called up the Adisural : he repeated
the obligations he was under for their flattering at-
tention to him, and assured the company, that he
shuuld ever be anxious to render his best services to
his country.

Many other Inyal and patriotic toasts were given ;
and we never remember a Meeting ir.tos ofl svith
more unanimity, harmo y, and conviviality.

Last week, there was found in the moss of Res-
teneth, near Forfar, an oak tree of a great site,
with numerous large branches. It is prosnhly
among the I irgest of the kind in Scotland. The
hole may he about 14 or 15 feet and full
three feet diameter. flow tone it has lwen there
cannot be ascertained, lint such is the preservative
power a the moss, that the wood 'Torus to he as
fresh us the first day it was deposited in it. Th.•
marks of the ales with whi.•h it had been en,,
near the root, are quite visible and distiort. It i,
said to coatain uetivirm 80 ■od GO cubic feet of
wood.