The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-01-29 00:00:00

POETRr.

On seeing a striking Likeness of the late Mu. Dutton, paint-
ed by Mr. Mitchinson, from her Remains, at the particular
I ai Site (a the Family.

lionoria',: fled ! ales ! that lovely face,
Which once could Loven fire, and Stoics warn;
MA !aft the Artist not one charm to tracer
Of a!! that I.eautiioll that lifelea form!

Ah ! hapless choice! where now are three bright eves,
Winch heamd intelligence wherein they shone!
Those lips and cheek+, which wore the ruses dyes,
And where is Dow tae mimic of her tongue !

All rifted, raeag'rl. by Death's ruthle-s dart,
ills icy hand haiti pluck'd the fairest ftrir;
And planted thorns in ev'ry frehnp, heart,
That mourns departed worth, and owns its pow'''.
Y•t dill those friends, of so much good ber.Jt,
Find in the Artist's hand a blest ft source,
S',Ven on his eaneas now her smilers are
O'er Death he triumphs in his pened`i Piece !
43•94treet, Beth. W.

Yesterday. Lord GaaavtiLs entertained the
r, A cittAtla of the Esemequae. Lord Auckt. A ND.
Mr. WICKR•Ii. Mr. VeNSITT•iIT, and several
ethers, with a dinner.

The Kiri and Countess of CARDIG AN will give a
grand dinner, next Friday, at their house in Lower
Grosvenor-street.

Lord and Lady 13avettio arriveJ, on Tuesday.
at their house in Great Stanhope-street, May fair.
from Honingham, near Norwich, for the season•
The Hon. H. PAKENHAIi will leave town, in a
few days, for Cambridge.
Lady Maul' Bowt.av had a selea end party, on
Tuesday evening, et her house in Park-street.
Amongst the comp my were the Earl and Cnilliten
of CARDIGAN, Lady Smarr. Lady MARY Cooa,
and Mrs. Itoniewm.

Lady CAIOI.I/411 DAMER had a card party. on
Tuasday night, at kw house in Park Line.
The Marchirriess of Htsnroire gaye a family
dinner, last Sunday, to the Dowager Cout.tess of
1.0h0r,,a0, Lady A. Wat.t.Essav, and the Hon.
II.VACKINHAM•

Lord and Lady Bina eLev are erpeded, this clay,
at their homy, in Great Stanhope-street, Nlay-fair,
frora their seat, at Barun-bill, Anglesea, North
Wales.

Fashionable Atrivals yesterday:—
Th. thfflowsw. John Spencer, at his Loos- in Burlington-
st,,h.t, from %Vs/mautt ; Eltrat4 Holland, Esq. At hi+ hon.!'
in Grovamnr-place, noun Cheltenham ; General Crash), at
Staireenaft lintel, film hit seat in Stisaex ; and Mr. and Mrs.
1) Abe, from their Pat, Breses-Hrentwood, Essex, at their house
in Mortimer-street.

'fiie Eail of WIST2IOIMAND and Sir ARTILY"
'PAGES are gone on 2 V;iit to Lord REMOLLS2•I2,
at his seat in Suff,lk, and will return to town to-

Viscount and Viscountess Dunter and WALD
are not expeaed in town from Himley Hall. Suf.
tor.hhire, until the beginning of March.
The Earl of Uaeeioae left town, yesterday, for
Windsor.

The Marchioness of DMPIEO A L bad a grand
music party, on Monday night, at her house in
Davies .street, which was attended by several aMil•
tent s, and a treh•B party of Nobility.
Yesterday, the payment of His MAMTY'S
I loilithOlj, to Michaelmas quarter, took place.
he Qrficers of the Chatham Division of Royal
Marines have just put up, in their new mess .roam. at
the B ?track, a poi trait of the Earl of ST. V INC it r,
for • vhich. at their request, his Lordship was pleased
to sit.

A meeting of the Royal Society was hell on
Thursday evening, which was attended by forty-
Woe members { when HUMPHRY Days-, Esq. was
4.1.4ted to 'slimed the late E. W. GRAY, M. D. as
Seei..tet y and Member of Council.
Mts. W. Ertistiat, d-divent Miss Sites, of Covent.
Cerd.•u Theatte, hes performed the Matrhid,,sii, in
7‘..e T.,,tteliert, his Pickle, in e Spied Child,
lat A.ll-e, in Ads thrt and Orrill. and Me reuse. in The
7); at the Newcastle Theatre, with un-
s.doninn sukcess.
Ihi Glace the Duke of NORTIICIIIIIIMAND
pres:!,,ted the Churchwardens of Saint Martin's
piri,h, with fatty pounds, .ror a dinmr. A charity
seem w.{s preached on Sunday week, at the pat ish
church, and they applied the stoney to the
charity.

THEATRE.

priely-tANR.
Last night, a new Comedy was produced, c rllea
from the pen of Mi -s Lee, the success-
ful author of the Comedy of The Chapter •1
(kali, and the much-admired Conte, bury Tar,. The
high estimation in which this Lady has been held by
the public, and all the exertions of the performers,
who embraced the %Olnle comic strength of the
-house, could not, however, save the piece from the
most decided disapprobation of a crowded and ele-
gant audience. The opposition commenced in
the first ad, in consequence of the length of the
scenes, and the total absence of interest or humlur.
In the fourth ad, the patience of the house was ex-
hausted, and Mr. WROUGHTOI4 came forward, and
intreated the audience to permit him and the other
performers to fulfil their duty, by going through
their parts, when they should submit to the deci-
' sion of the house. appeal was received with
applause, and the audience remained silent, until
some disgusting absurdities in I,aeltt Mareloz•e's
conduct in her dressing-room, provoked a renewal
of hiss ; but when Mr. BaNNurea, as a drunlen
Admiral, was introduced, it is impossible to ,fe-
, scribe the indignation of the House. The cr:es
of Of! 101 Do drireade the Nagar, resotin led
from all parts nt it, and the up, oar eid nor rease
until the fall of the curtain. Mr. W row...us-ow
pr-sented hiin•eif, and was assailed h,Tres.
At knob, he ohtamed a hearing, whe•. ice S4l !, that
the .is in obs.iience to ti eir de,ire, had with-
& t,,e piece
Tot principal charaders in this unfortunate
coml.:Ay, were as :

Lord WeHwy", .
Sir Harry. . .
&multimedia, . .
Admiral, ,
Lady Morali,ve,
Laura,
Etlig)2l.
Adelaide, .
Tiptoe,
Serra . .

Mr. VV• .iinsrnpr.
. Mr Irt.sts.',N
Mr. h. St uuons.
Mr. tlimbi,TLll.
. • Mr. DscAmr.
M•is rut.
Mr•. Fi croomis.
Ws
MS • At. Neal,
Ws Mast.
Mr.. H• 'LOWS.

As this piece will never appear before the piAlie
again, it is nut necessary to enter in 11 detail. We
shall only men. ion the parts tha, gave the greaten
utFence. in addition to that of Oa d►rnbns Admiral:
Lady Alamos,: was a female Lord Oa*, without
tha interest of the original ; Mrs. H. sinuous, a
lovely young heiress, was made. con•rary Crthe
rules of all delicacy, to avow her love for Lord
fretwon, the father f Sorsoferctli, . who did her the
honour of accepting her 'nand. Idi-s Du NC A N, the wite
of Sir Warr', whom he had ;eft in France, app•ats
first in the d.sguise of a French Abbe, and is
imposed on the old lade as A Coojt.ror ; and, io the
last scene, to display a very beautiful die", when
she 'setts her husband by assignaltri, for the
purpose of discovering herself. It appeared as
if the author thougin than the number of
charaCter; iltrothiced would compensate for the
total Awn.-- of interest, pathos, and humour ;
the attempts at tae Inter would Lave been only
tolerated in a Pantomime.; such as two servants
quart citing aboet 'delivering a letter, when
a 'i pi tears it in two, givlag a piece to each.
So willing were 'the aiease let applaud, that an
allusion from Miss Poe:4 to t:.e fa►hion of the
d .y, "That she had no• pockets," was received
with three distinft plaudits The Prologue, spoken
by Mr. BARTI.CY. was very well received ; and Miss
L,pI3ICAP4, in the Epilogue. was loudly applauded.
His Royal Highness ilie Duke of Kea?, and a
lumber of Nobility,. were present.

On Tuesday afternoon, what is called the Rocket-
house, at Woolwich Warren, was discovered ro be
on fire, the gates of this arsenal were immediat-ly
closed, and by the exertions of the artificers and la-
bourers inside, and playing the engines kept on the
spot, the conflagration was extinguished, without
doing any material damage.
The Indians and Afart., TAYLOR. from Gotten-
burgh for New York, is I.ut into Rhode Island, with
the loss of sails and other damage.
Yesterday aftt.rnoon, as a hoy belonging to Mr.
COLEMAN. stationer, in Conduit.street, was going
across Oxford-road, with a parcel of books, of the
value of twelve pounds, he was accosted by a gen-
teel looking man, dressed in black, who told bins he
was coming atter hits for the books; and wrote
down on a piece of paper, to fetch a hook entitled
Sir Sider, Merdow's Art of Riefitig, and to return im-
mediately with it, as the Gentleman whom the books
were I ,r, was going out of town On the boy's
return with the book, he found he had been robbed
of his parcel. What is very singular, about three
weeks ago, another Is It, belonging to a respeetable
bookseller in Bond-street, was defrauded of a book,
Sir Stilrey Afratlrto'l Art ,f Rini s, value two gui-
neas and a halt, in the same manner.

From the very starting of the present tottery
Scheme,did the two superior Capitals of 30,0001. each.
fix the attention of the world of adventure. How
mach their interest must necessarily be increased, in
eonseqii rice of their still remaining both at issue,
after tour day's drawing, may easily be conceived.
The fa& is, they engross general conversation ; and
the more especially. as one of them is ordained for
the First-drawn Number on Wednesday morning
next. Circurrauat.cea, to say nothing of other Ca-
pital Prizes in the Wheel, alone sufficient to exhaust
the Lottery market, betoo; Wednesday, of every
purcbaseable Ticket and Share.
A MOST a AAAAA sine COILCUMITANCE...—NrOS a
Capital Prize drawn oa the Fourth Day the Wheel,
therefore, is truly valuable it is not only Thirty
Thnnsand Pounds for the First-drawn Ticket on
Wednesday next, but there is another Thirty Thou-
sand Pounds to draw ; likewise 20,0001. 8,0001.
1,0001. and 3001. Prizes. 'tickets and Shares are
selling by Ho apses, and Co. at their State Lottery
Offices, 26, Cornhill, 52, Goring-Cron, and St.
Margaret's•hill, Borough, warranted undrawn.
Thirty Thousand Poundi certain for the First-
drawn Picket the next day of drawing, Wednesday,
4th February. There is no instance to be found in
the History of Lotteries, of so rich a Wheel as the
present, viz. Two Prizes of 30,0001 each, 20,0001.
and Two of 5,0001. each; also Four of I.GOOI. and
numerous other Capitals, &c. The undrawn Tick-
ets and :Mates are on sal.: at Hooves sad Co.'s
0:13,:v4 Corrshill, Oafot3•strata anti St. Janes's-

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L. 4107 INTELLIOEirar.

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