The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-09-29 00:00:00

From The Madras Courier, Janne/ IS. 1 807.

AN, the acquittal of Lied Melville, a noinbet of reitlemeis,
whose patriotic feetiugt had beau excited en the ..ciussun.
twelved to give au CUtltttaill TI/101 WCOII2IUSIMAILIS an event
which rohnhirle,l w much to the honour of their c,iuotry,
•

Lord Melville had, for near forty years, screed his King
in the h.inect offices of the State, to the dinar, of winch
• bit ttltnits and time had beem aealuusty ant unceasingly
deviled, ender ei,eumeaner4 ..f extrautdinay difficulty
Hs. Isb,rtlitv, and manly ',panes' of character and snail.
Des, lame been univ,rselly acknowleled ; and with .ucit
poaer- and quiei.rscltions, It i.nts!,l 114,e be..tta
to the country that hi. condurt sb.ail'el, in hi. high sta-
tion, I.ave been fruit I stained by snalreriatesn in offsets
And in prosaustiou as the patriotic mind must ;Pete been
depreoied, if gut' t had been attached to so distinguisl.ed a
pudic chararer, it must beve been seised by the result of
linnousable ecipi.ttal. The enteraininent was detased
to the prin,•nt pert, l. oto arcuOill 0• use season of the ye sr
when the raucous' rain. we-e expected,

On the 22:1 instant, the Ladies and Gentlemen
of the settlement awenbled at the Pentheon, on the
above occasion, end .n was fitted up in an unn.ual
style of elegnoce, mid we have much pleasure in
giving oar readers a particular description of the
arrangements
The usual entrance to this elegant bnildMg was
changed. and at the bark of it, which let :s to the
theatre, an' arched pandal was ereSed. 123 feet
king and 30 feet high.— nisi interior o this was
beautifully illuminated, and the ceiling decorated
with innumerable golden stars, which had a brit
bunt and striking elfeet. This entrance was conti-
nued op the large flight of steps to the back of the
front boxes, over which a chimaera floor was made,
and carpeted. On entering the theatre, we per-
ceived an entire change in it ;—the whole had been
painted a heaut•ful light green, and, surrounding
each window, a wreath of 11 racers was suspended, that
began at the circular apertures rear the cornice, and
was c inrinued down the aides ot the venettans—
under the procretvistm, large festrrsns of light green
eurtains were fixed, edged with black, and to which
bung a deep silver hinge, that had the most
elegant and gay appearance possible. On turning
round. we had a full vi w ot the transparent pic
cure painted by Mr Chinnery for the occasion.—lt
occupi-d nearly the entire front of the gallery, br-
ing 23 tee long by 15 teat high, and containing
390 square feet.
thascriptien of the Transparent Picture.

Waldo: tirmailioa runt. to n,ll. hia. what Maar, in.
lailletilheslNU Oa the Records of Tine.—The curnparscuetst
la mairemats mi Infant, watt a palm Yams I, rand-
rises limestfl Done pillar, suponentig the Aran of Lord
Ere*
jamas 401e411a, Was Yaw", of the strength and triumph 4
lidinuestioir
la thaapapartatiat sails. right is a Greyhound :—Thee
unreal,
all the attachtaye, witiraisi the rawoing uf
a laitoducod as tht etas am of ridtlity He is
Oak:as uo to the Crows at thJ Uriited gtagdom (which that
el .110, think, and shammek, erred In sties below, 'swamis)
iftwatratine of the Loyalty of Lo:d Melville to Its. S•ivereignaw,
pros the Crows, rays orr issuing, and rounding to the
Sintaiil ersuattt, showing that the fiance of Royalty has boar
lassamail so his Lordship, in toward* fer hia eminent mu-
tanscrewThe Garland cif Oak being decreed by the itanams to
these who donned eel of their e.iuntry, a wreath of it
tinevalas the principal pail of the design.
The mottoilasisa sit Yenta a praasbit.

The upper end of the Theatre was fitted up with
pllars. encircled with wreaths of artificial Bowen ;
&e ceiling superbly studded with golden stars. these,
with the convex mirrors of China stimulants.
which were liberally disc ibuted, had a most lively
effta. The Theatre was lighted by wall-shadeb
only. as much light would have destroyed the grand
effea of the transparency. Between the Theatre
and Ball-room. the full fort band was stationed.
Tee Ball-room was richly illuminated, and the new
furniture of the numerous couches, of light green
and Meek. w.O much admired.

On entering the Theatre. each person was pre-
sented with a description of the large transparent
Paw,. which was accompanied by s small circular
etching (designed and executed by Mr. Chinnery).
expressive of one of his Lordship's public sets,
which does no less honour to his private benevolence
than to his great public charafter. by which he
evinced a laudable anxiety to insure a suitable pro.
Vision tor the widows and orphans of our brave sta-
men who may fall Eghti,ig in the cause of their
country. The following inscription sun ounded the
vignette :

ir:dualarum. cnn;ugibus. ereptis. Britanniarnm
nec. non. panulorueu. isatribus. CAMILUI:II. 4132.Ca11

el. paUunits.

Stat. 16. Geo. C. 63.—A. D. 1765.

His Lordship was also the framer of another ad
of Parliament, by which facility was afforded to the
sailor for providing for hi, family, out of h's ray,
cl.iring the period of his absence upon service; and
which had the thrther oljezt in view of securing to
him the earnings of his I.rhour, by preventing those
petty agents, with whom our sea pints used to
swarm, from obtaining. under a poster of attorney,
ton <dun illegally obtained, the pay and prize.
money to which a tar might become entitled whilst
upon a

The dance commenced about ten o'clock, and
was opened by the Himourable Mrs. Straoge, with
the linvoi.rable Captain Maude ; the Right lion.
Lady :am Bentinck danced with Mr. Rocbmk.
The othe, ea.ieers were very nuestararser and a set
was formed both in the Theaire, and in the usual
dancing-room, the Mrt band beii,g placed in the
intervening gallery, as Wine observed.
The arrangements for the supper were equally
tasteful. In the large area, at [ire usual entrance to
the Pantheon, wew a rumbet of Fruld ()dicers' tents,
placed in quadrangle, the sides of which were raised
so as to form nearly a fist. eci!ing ; this was orna-
mented wi.h goldeir, sta. a and convex mirrors.
Tile pillars supportive the tents were covrred
with sifeer-,:nlotir.iti toil, which, with the paintings,
repreternirie roses and nth, r flowers, ai an otna-
merit to me sides of the teats, had a very pretty

In the centre of the quadrangle a most el-gent
canopy sea., et-yds:di where the band playe I during
the st.Hter : This was announced to be teady
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