The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-03-14 00:00:00

7111 LITE ELOPI:ME
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Lord Paget has made les appearance in toe n,
good health; and the report of his having ter,,,
dangerously wounded w a duel, is of 1:111UISC
ploded. Eva biller the elopement, he has kept up
a constant conitimuicatieu with
his brother, Sir Arthur l'aget, also was sent for by
his father upon the first intelligence of this itilfo-
tutene affair. His Lordship, in his letters, exprtees
the most puignaut sorrow, and. snicere tootrition, fur
his offence ; and de,lures, that lie is in a state bor.
Bering upon distraction, being suable to eat, drink,
or sleep. Were it possible to effect a recotteeistrim
between Italy Charlotte and ler friends, it would
he, to him, he declares, a great alleviation of iira
dc,tress ; hut however much he wishes for that re-
suit, lie would sutler death, sneer than do a
letter to her feelings, by forcing her iiichisatit.o.
Lady Pafet kept her bed tor two days after las
Lordship r elopement, and has slot left her house,
in Upper (;rook-street, ,leree that recut.
Countess of Uxbridge sleeps at home, in Old Bur-
Imp:toil-street, but spends all the rest of her time
with her Ladyship. Lady Graves. his Lordship's
sister, who hod conic to town, from Devousiiirsc 0.1
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a visit to her father, was so much affected, that she
was taken ill, and has been since delivered a terms,
in the sixth mouth of her pregnancy. Mr. Henry
Wellesley's house, in Curzon-street, is shut up,
and he still rewrite., with his childen, with lug
brother ut Chelsea. The Earl of Uxbridge is not
gone to Windsor, as stated in the papers yesterday.
His Lordship is on a visit to his tho
Far! of Galloway, at Coolhurst, ate** Ilorsham, iu
Sussex. It is hot true, as stated, also, in some of
the papers of yesterday, that Lard Paget has re-
signed his regiment, end rank on the Staff.
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The Countess Dowager of Servos is severely in-
disposed, at her house in Hill-street, Berkele)-
square.
Lord Monson was taken very ill, last night, at
his house in Seymour-place. Mr. HEATMUK
sent for at ten o'clock from the Convert :looms, in
Ilanover-square.
A meeting of several of the tumbles of the
Dewy-law Company, and other !tercets interested
is *elate Theatre, took place yesterday at the
beim a Mr. DELORES. in Curzon-tercet, on which
eetmeion it appeared that any delay that had arisen
in forming some new arrangement for the re-
mainder of the season, was owing merely to ed.-
eoneeption, and the result was au amicable deter-
mination to retrieve, by onanimons exertions, the
delay that bad taken place. Their perforitiatice
will commence on Thursday, under a license front
th LOKI/ CNAIISLALAIN to the Duke of BLOTORD
and Lord KIIINAIRD, obtained by and with Cie
entire approbation of the proprietors.
The Ease 11•111111141TON'll bootee in the
Stable-Yard, St. James's Palace, is ordered to ho
Rot iu readiness for the reception of her Ladyship.
who is expected in town in the course els fortnight
from Ireland.
A Morniug Print of yeAterday stated that His
Madam seat for the Earl of HALLINGTON, on
Friday's/el signified to his Lordship, that his ser-
vices woad be warned in the Mee of Cotrnsautdia-
in-Chief, now tilled by the Duke of Yore. It may
be sufficieut to be observed upou this intelligence,
that the Earl of Ilatinancerois is in Leland.
The lilidasorss higete capeureek on the 113th
tilt. in the West Indies, the French National brig
(*abbey, of 16 guns, and ninety-fire mep, after a
severe action of about an boor ; the french Ira
five men killed and twelve wounded ; the frigate
none killed or wounded ; she is a new brig, sad
her first voyage, from Cherbourg, in France, hosed
tb St. Domingo. laden with flour and goopowder.
We are assured that, daring the late visit of
Their PLEBEIAN MAILLTIES to Petersburg'', the
Queue made every posible exertion to indsice the
Emperor Aeliattrien to break off his connection
with BONAPARTE. She stated to him the inevit-
able necessity of Austria again entering the field.
or of her certain destruction, as soon as the subj us
wino of Spain should be accomplished ; teed sl.e
added, that though he might be spared, by the yeti-
cy of the Corsican, for a time, yet tilat Russia must
necessarily follow the fate of the other ancieet
European Monarchies. Her remoastrances are
said to have effected the CEA!, who replied—
,. Madame, be persuaded that I detest and dread
NAPOLLON not less than you can do; hut neither
my finances nor my engagetnents permit me to
break with him; vet if Austria is necessitated to
take up arms, I will remain ueuter." Ministers
here believe in the truth of this coaversation; but.
even though it mny be authentic. Catmint:outer
will probably force the EMPEROR to take as decid-
ed a part against Austria, if war commence, as he
has done against Sweden.
Never, perhaps, in the history of Parliamentry
debate, was a more sublime, or a more effectin,e
allusion made. than that of Mr. Warrussap, on
Thursday evening, when he mentioned the curious
circumstance of the Duke De Beast's service of
plate being purchased by M. CLARKE. How
could a Duke of Yose, while eating off a magni-
fica sit silver service, once belonging to a Prince of
the House of Boeason. now ass exile and a wan-
derer, forbear refleeting on the rinstabdieyof
man dignities! How could he forget what the fa-
mily of Bouasox is, and what it wail The an-
cient Egyptians are said by HZROIMPTVII to have
ti placed skull upon the table, at their most splen-
did banquets, in order to remind the guests of mot-
tality. but what skull, or what funereal emblem,
could impress a mind capable of reflexlen, so deeinly
as the spectacle of a Duke of Biases Ogle,
pawned, and passing into the temporary poems-
sion of a woman of pleasure
A vessel is arrived from St. Kitts.—She hes not
brought any news relative to the Exredition spina
Martinique.
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