The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-12-17 00:00:00

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POETRY.

SONNETS.

We met in secret—in the depth of night,
When there was none to watch us, not an eye,
Save the lone dweller of the silent sky,
To gaze upon our love and pure delight!
And, in that hour's unbroken solitude,
When the white moon bath robed her in its beam,
I've thought some vision of a blessed dream,
Or spirit of the air, before me stood,
And held communion with me. In mine ear
Her voice's sweet notes breathed not of the earth ;
Her beauty seem'd not of a mortal birth,
And in mine heart there was a mortal fear,
A thrill, like some deep warning from above,
That soothed its pinion to a spirit's love.

She stood before me—the pure lamps of heaven
Lit up her charms, and those soft eyes, which turn'd
On me with dying fondneu.—My heart burn's!,
As, tremblingly, with her's my vows were given ;
Then softly 'gainat my bosom beat her heart—
These loving arms around her form were thrown,
Binding her heavenly beauty like a zone;
While from her ruby, warm lips, just apart
Like bursting roses, sighs of fragrance stole,
And words of music whispering in mina ear
Things pure and holy, none but mine should bear,
For they were accents utter'd from her soul,
For which no tongue her innocence reproved,
And breathed for one, who loved ber—and was loved.

She hung upon my bosom—and her sighs
Fragrant and fast were warm upon my check,
And they were all her suffering heart could speak,
Save the soft language of her eloquent eyes,
Which the night hid not, fur her soul was there,
In starry brightness, temper'd by distress,
And soften'd down with Love's own tenderness,
And some wild tokens of btr heart's despair
Were trembling o'er ber beauty. There was one
Who would not have exchanged that sorrowing hour,
For all that he had dream'd in Rapture's bower.
In the wide world there was one heart alone,
That blessed him with its love, and truth, and charms,
And it was Beauty now within its arms !

FI SH 10 NA BLE INTELLIGENCE.

The Marquis ofChandos has arrived at his father's. t
Duke of Buokinglium's seat, Arington, Hants, from Wottt
Bucks.

Lord Morpeth has arrived at the Earl of Carlisle's mu.
Castle Howard, Yorkshire, frogs atour...

The Hon. T.7Wallace, M.P. and Lady Melville have Mir-
ed at their Imam in Seville-row, from their seat, Certain!
Hall, Cumberland.
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Sit: Hoary and Lady Georgina Wellesley have left tow. I+
the Marquis of Salisbury's scat, Hatfield.
Mr. and Lady Caroline Limb left town yesterday In
their seat, Bracket Hall.
Sir George Nugent, Bert. has left town for his seat
Bucks.

Tire Earl of.sockaarap has left to for the Hon. Mr
Lisle's seat, near Simplon.
Departures from the London Hotel, Albemarle-stroat :
Mr. and Mrs. Steuart for Beal); and Mr. mat Ara. sad ➢it
Corkrine for their seat, Lour Ditto°.
Viscount Ashbrook has loft loan for his seat, Beaaaat•
Berks.

The Ladies Aabburahaas have left town for Ude seat to
Witabletun.

Hon. Mr. Rioe, M.P. has left town for Dyncvor Castle.
South Wales,
Lord Saye-and-Sete has left town for Belvidere, Kent.
Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith have left town for Ufa
Carrington's seat, Wycoimbe Abbey, Rucks.
Mr. and Mrs. Gibson have lelt ills Coburg Hotel, Chaska-
street, Grosvenor-square, for their seat in Norfolk.
Departures from Hodgson's Hotel, ,Dover-street:—Mt
and Mn. Laves for their seat in Berks ; and J. Madam .
Esq. for Paris.
Arrivals at Jordan's Hotel, St. James's-strestr-I-Lord a
Lady Huntingfield from • tonr ; Champion Hymoke, Mr,
and Miss Hymnlike, from their seat in Lineriltialiire; T. 't
Burney, Esq. from his seat in Norfolk ; Mr. Disney from h
seat in Kent; Mr. and Mrs. Campion from their seat in key'
Departures:—Sir Thomas and Lady Preston and Miss Pry
ton for their seat in Norfolk.
Sir Charles. and Lady Long left town yesterday for the
seat, Bromley Hill, Kent.

CURRAN Raid of Madame Ds STAR!, whose face was by
means prepossessing, that she lad the power of talking hers •
into a beauty.
hi*TILOTTZ Or Ents.--T•he me or two lire eels. throw Ile
into the fire; as they are twisting about on all sides, lay hold
them with a towel in 'out head, end odrin them from Iteallso tea
This method is the best, no it is the means of drawing out al the
oil, which is unpalatable. Noyet—Several Gentlemen hum sr
cured me of cruelty (astonishing!) for recoutioesding in my work
that eels should be burnt alive. As my knowledge In cookery is
entirely devoted to the gratification of their taste, and present-
tion of their health, I consider it no duty to attend to what is
essential to both. The blue skin and the oil wbieh remain when
they are skinned, are highly indigestible. If any Lady or Gentler
man should make the trial of both, they will fled that the limn-
ones are much healthier; but it is, after all, left to Oak illkylice
whether to burn or AM.—Vide the Frenslk Cook, by Levis APO
tache Ude, ei-derad Cook is Louie r p.
The Baron d'Esou.ss, in addition to his other sufferings duri
his flight across the Pyrenees, hai lost as ear (rani the estreum
cold.

A person at Rochester, near Uttoseter, a few days ap. wt.o
had oldained various credits of the public, died, and was buoisi
A few days after reports were abroad of his ghost being Nee; e.:wl
suspicions arose on-the subject of his decease, en which tie ear
was taken up, and found to befitted with stows. The &fug .
debtor is still at large. and suspected to be practising on tut.
lisixpr in some other place.
In the window of a tobacconist's shop, in the litigate, Stock-
port, is a printed paper orquest.ons and answer', on the subject,
&risking theatres, tending to :bow that people who go Mese
gays, leant every spimies of vice, and greatly offend the
Buse by inispending theirtime. It. the other window _W-
omits shop are imposed to sale a number of Indecent snutbesirs.
Maschcatr Geirdian.
DRATH.—At Ivy bridge, in his 48th veer, GEo*pr
O. Comity, M.D., senior Physician of St. 'Thomas's flos-
pa C nt. Dr. olman Wu esteemed and beloved by every or
who know bite. lie was attaited on his way from Cornwt
to London by an Scale pleuritic Infinnimntion, which cot
pelted him to stay at Ivry-bridge, and terminated fatall-
though ho lost the smazine quantity of two hundred oune,
of blood. What noshes hi, fate the more Isinentable, as
excites sympathy for his widow, be bad been married ao Isle
as the Isth ult.
A duel was fought early yesterday morning e
Golder's-green between Mr. F--ti and M.
A--a, in which the latter was wounded in tl
shoulder, but the ball did not lodge. Mr. A. wo
conveyed in a post-chaise to Hampstead, where su.
gical aid was at hand. The dispute which caused th
meeting, it was said, related to money matters.
Irat.v.—The clergy at Rome consists of
cardinals, 27 bishops, 1,450 priests, 1,532 monks.
1,464 nuns, and 332 seminarists. The population of
Rome, with the exception of the Jews. consisted in
1821, of 146,000 souls. The births during that year
were 4,756 ; the deaths 5,415 ; and the matriag"
1,205.

A boxing match will take place to-morrow hetwee.
Granger, the navigator, and Matthews, the War
minster man, for twenty sovereigns aside. It is t
take place within ten miles of Maidenhead. Mar
thews is the favourite.

A person named John Porter was, on the 4t
instant. convicted before the Alagistrates of Gates
bend, in the penalty of 401. for cruelly and inhumanl
dragging the tongue out of a horse at Dghton quaff
rier; and not being able to pay the penalty, he w
committed to hard labour in the house of correction z
Duritam for a month. The conviction took pier
under the late Act of Parliament for preventing ill
cruel and improper treatment of cattle, and it is hope
bill act as a warning to others.—Neu castle Chronicle

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