The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-02-23 00:00:00

Of lonely Mariner.

The winds are whistling eta the wonWsi '
The distant main is moaning low ;
Come, let us sit and weave among—
A melancholy song!
Sweet is the scented gale of morn,
And sweet the noontide's fervid beam,
But sweeter far the solemn Cahn

That marks thy mournful

I've 'wed here many a lonely year,
And never human voice have heard ;
I've pass'd here many a limely year,

A solitrry man.

And I have linger'd in the shade,
From sultry noon's hut beam. And I
Hare knelt before my wicker dour,

To sing my ev'uing song.

And I have hail'd the grey morn high,
On the blue mountain's misty brow,
Aud try'd totutte my little reed
To hymns of harmony.

But never could I tune thy reed,
At mom, or noon, or eve, so sweet,
As when upon the ocean shore •
haird thy star-beam mild.

The day-spring brings not joy to me,
The noon it whispc:s not of peace;
But oh when darkness robes the her, ns,

My woes are niix'd with joy.

And then I talk, and often think
Aerial voices answer me ;
And oh ! I am not then alone--
A solitary man.

And when the blusering winter winds
Howl in the woods that clothe my cave,
I lay me on my lonely mat,
And pleasant are my dreams.

And Fancy gives me back my wife ;
And Fancy gives me back my child;
She gives me back my little home,
And all its placid joys.

Then hawful is the morning hour
That calls me from Ins dream of biiss,
To find myself Mill lune, and hear
The same dull sounds again.

The deep-toned winds, the moaning sea,
T;:e whispering of the boding trees,
The brook's eternal flow, and oft
The Coudor's hollow scream.

Snnclay last the Rev. FOL L LOTT HERBERT
WALKER, Lord Bishop of Hereford, arrived at his
palace in that city. He was welcomed by the ring-
ing of bells, &c.
The LORD LIEUTENANT of Aberdeen has ap-
pointed the Right Hon. the Earl of ERROL, and
Colonel GORDON CUMING, of Pitlurg, Deputy
Lieutenants, in addition to those a6ling for the Ellon
distrift.

The Officers of the Garrison of Dublin gave a
grand Ball on Wednesday last, at which were present
their Excellencies the Earl and Countess of HARD..
WIC KE, and a number of persons of distinaion.
Stanhope-street will soon be the seat of fashion-
able routs, dinners, masquerades, and balls, in
consequence of the arrival of Sir GEORGE CORN-
WELL, and his beautiful daughters, from Tollsbury
Lodge.

Mrs. BAYLEY, of Harley-street, postponed her
Rout, intended to be given last Wednesday, to this
day, when the fashionable world will pay their fir3t
respeats this season to that amiable votary of
fashion ; and on Friday next she will give a ball and
supper.

We learn from Bengal, by a letter received by
the Sovereign, that the following regular ships were
the first to be dispatched for England ; viz. the Lady
Burger, Capt. Archibald Swinton; the Lady Jane
Dundas, Capt. the Hon. Hugh Lindsay; the Ba-
ring, Capt. Dixon Meadows ; the Marquis Wel-
lesley, Cwt. Bruce Michell; the Walthainstow,Capt.
William Anew; the Bengal, Capt. Adam Cumiue ;
the Lys d Aelson, Capt. Robert Spottiswoode ; and
the Unit:d Kingdom, Capt. George Richardson.
They were expected to be dispatched in November.

We learn from Leland, that some characters of
celebrity, in that country, have made a considera-
ble progress in compiling an historical memoir of
the Legislative Union, and a detailed account of
the means, private and public, by which that mea-
sure was finally effectuated.—Donor BARRINGTuN,
.Judge of the Admiralty, and Mr. CHARLES BALL,
are the avowed authors of this work, which will be
of considerable extent ; and from the decisive part
taken by these gentlemen on that question—their
charader, talents, and local information, we have
every reason to exped a work of a curious and in- ,
teresting nature, and that the heretofore concealed
anecdotes of that celebrated transadion, will at
length appear, without either reserve or exagge-
ration.
The following letter from his Royal Highness
the Prince of WALES, to the Earl of EGREMONT,
was read, at the last Meeting of the Royal Jenner inn
Society for the Extermination of the Small-Pox, with
general applause :
" Many thanks, my doer Lord, for your kind letter; I am
ever happy in putt u; my,elf into your hands, and upon no
OCCAS:011C411 I do so with more satistaftion than on. the pre-
seat ; fur no one can wish more sateen:ly will to the future
success of the Vac::ine institution than myself, being must
thoroughly persuaded of its efficacy, and of the incalculable
advantages that the Word iii general will reap from the
indefatigable and praiseworthy perseverance. with
JENNER hey brought it to AS przsent perftoftion. 1 will en-
tre it of you to offer to the Committee appointed to super-
intend this Institutuon, to make use of my name iii any way
that they may Mitsider as best e.ticulatod to .forward then lauda-
ble purpose.
" I am ever' my dear Lord,
Mint sincerely yours,
" Carlon-House, Fa. 5, 1603. IiEORGE P."
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