The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-11-27 00:00:00

" Heav'm tint tatniat letterw for 11010 e wret-lis aid."

Lady.ii immure CAVIIIr4OI7ItI returned, on Sant.
dilly, to Devonshire Hume, front a visit to the
Countess DowaKer SPENCRII, at St.
Mr. and Mra. STANIII3PIR returned. nn Saturday,
to their house in Stinthopewstreet, Muy-fair, from
Worcestershire.

The pit of enrent-prirn Theatre, likeonother
celebrated Howie in Westinineser, 1146 too louig
boosted its rorrea-roio.

The Marquis and Marchioness of STA vroft D have
returned to their house in Cleveland-siinisre, St.
James's, from Staffordshire. Earl GOWER, his
Lordships son. is gamete/I on Monday.
The A TTORNEY-GBlllaitA I. very property called
Mr. Wattuts.'s hill of indictment against Mr..
CLARJEIt. a fishing till, the subject being a hose
6sA.

Southampton Theatre cloves this day, and thongh
the performers lbo-syssed more merit than any we
ever refuel-oilier, the eneouregemeot was short of
expectation.
The improvements at lansitown Castle. South-
ampton, are stopped for the prevent, to be resumed,
it is in March neet.—The Marchioness and
her two daughters are expected there this day.
The first Assembly, h. 1,1 at the Crown fan,
Portsmouth, which took place on Thurialay, was
attended Ly every family of respectability in the
tows and neighbourhood ; the company war very
numerous, there being' upwarihi of 1.50 peraous
pregrtit,_.l to of whom were suharribers.

Oil Wednesday last, a match for SOL was de.
e.ied on the r05..1 front :Market Raisin to Lou:II,
between Mr. BEN,4see's horse Panel, and Mr.
FATCHRT'II brown utire the /,,,fe enit. Tory
were ridden by their owner,: Cie superior size of
the horse enabled his rder to thatauce lila 4:ma-
i...mar. _

At a meeting of the Corporation of Notting im.
Monitiy, the93th, H. our RICHARD Fox, Lord
Hsiland, was elected Hecortler of that town, in
ripe room of the 14te Hoke of Par'tner's.
rijoicings took Owe on Tuesday last at
Langford, (ewport, Ste. in c01i4,-.llenee of rllltialAl
Lamas, Eeq, riteirmeg the rge of 21 years. At
Newport an on and several sheep were roasted and
datriltuted with a quintity of ale to the nei,:hhotir-
s.l poor. Al the inansion-house at Lon.cford, up-
wards of I in lo lies and goutleinesi out down to nn
%;egient otitertaiii:nret provided on this occasion,
*hide concluded with a bail its the treeing.

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THE.I7'I?ES.

coveter-iiiAnnzn.
The curtain rote on Saturday evening, under the
moat promising oppearances. The lionse was t•ruertled
in every corner; ;dud, whet we have before had 'seldom
the pleasure of seeing, decorated with female beau-
ty. !rite ptivatz b:ixes boasted of several of the
hell families now in town.
ft was only Monday se'ntright, tlrat we had to re-
eonl, to the disgrace of the lower orders of the
British Ptiolic, that there were only two women to
be seen in the pit ; that part of the house, however,
had its teruportien lust night, and that of several
very genteel and respectable families, who vecnied
perlet•tly comfortable, till the half-price gentry
crowded iu, and began their cowardly, and, tu such
a piece, tiouninly amusement, of shave-tightitig,
which induced several to quit it.
The two first acts of the opera of The English
Fleet, received that attention irsh;fr h the eccentri-
cities of Mr. Slionden, as Mainmast, and the talent
and exquiiiite execution of Mrs. Dickons Conn..
Duriug the third act, a few 0. P.'s made
their appearance in the pit ; this being the SOth
night of perfuraiance, we expected they would have
endeavoured to have mustered a Jubilee, and no-
thing can umo►e completely evince their &wont&
titre, that, their contemptible number, for we only
observed about a dozen in all; and those, ou the entry
of a few Police Officers, who very judiciously
waited till they could seat themselves, were so effec-.
tually dispelled, that not a single one was to be
seen during. the reitiainder of the evening.
• Taars-0. P.'s • ere pareivelisely. troublesome in the
dress boses during the performance of the afier-
pirce,jourpecl over into the pit to avoid the Police,
awl were received upon the shoulders of their
friends with. loud acclainatiOns. A placard was at.
tempted to he raised, but from what we could per-
ceive of it, it was equally insipid, as short heed ; et
half past tee the curtaiu dropped. which was fol-
lowed by the usual groans and cheers. hut the au-
dience were not favoured with the usual elegant
dance and beautiful song of 0. P. and only with
one verse of the loyal air of Gad sore the Ring.
By eleven the house was completel)• clewed, and
the 0. P. geramen Bothered round time door of the
Police Office in Bow-street, to which the princi-
pals of their party had been conveyed from the
theatre,.

Nutwitlistaiiiliog the...partial interruption which
took place thorium' the last act of tine play, and the
farce, both were heard tolenekly well ; and, 'won
the whole, we hate a pl:aso►e in announcing,
that the disgraceful scenes which have takes'
place at this magniticent Theatre, may„now Le con-
sidered as completely at an end ; for, vestal:lly, al-
though not so (Joliet upon this. as upon the'titis pre-
ceding evenings, the row now becomes too con-
temptible to he noticed, as threatening serions con-
sequences; and the noise princip illy proceeds from
the isiiplainw of those, *lto wish sgxin to witness. in
a rational wanner, the amusement of the drama.