The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-03-07 00:00:00

PARISIAN F.ISHIbIiIL

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MA velvet, which tha hair-dressers have within th'is month
but rarely employed, i: now preferred to brocade, fbr mobs.
mob 4, which form a few plait:, come low down to the
nape of neck, and -leave a large quantity of the ringieta
exposed. lit front of many of they_ motaa they place 2:1 e,prit
others have a dint:rat of hue pearl or diamendd. flead.dreAtra
in hair are fur the mo-t part enriched with a comb with a
golden back placed in its natural direction. As this back is
extremely broad, it admit; of a greater variety of. ornaments
than the original fashion. Instead of cornclians they wear•
cameos, with antique heads gr►ved in relief', topazes aad
agates. White satin for undres.; hats with ruche,' of crapes fur
trimming, and bands of broad ribbon applique, are wore.
Sometimca th crown of the hat is of white velvet. l;asec'.
lour is still the fashion. crape violet i 4 mixed with black
velvet. The Maud mobs with bord..red 7%41 e and pointed,
are in great re!,Lite. We no longer observe Savoyard hand-
M:iliy c•istiises are formed of a ribbon twice creased
on the hack, with the end; tied te•'ure. We have not the
Jewish flush colour, .or the white spericdrs trimmed wit,,'
Swansdown.

FASBIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS EU!! THE WJjK.

,r,--manthionrs of Abereorß's rout, Gro;ven-w..
squire. Sir J Burt's Arlington-street. Mr,
pule's rout, Dover-street. Mr. J. Weyland'.; rout, t•iteklllits-
greet.

TvesDAy Haymarket. Lord. Carleton'a dinner,
(George-street. !winless of Cork's Pic Nic party, aided b; tits
Ventriloquist, Buriington-srreet.
\V ALIN LsDA t.—Anciont Nitride, Ilay-market. Sir 4.
Hort'. dinner, Arliritton-street. Martliionoss of AbeiCorula
rossinor-squani. Mits Farquirar's music, Ciadua.
street.
Tilcasuai....Drawing-wom, St. Jamees,, Lady Can
music and supper, Postuian-squata. .Mrs. Morton Pitt`srous,
Arlington-street. Mr. Co:kerell's dinusr, Pieeadilly; Ladd
Carleton% dinner, George-street,
FRIDAY... 4.101 y lfarewaorrs TDDt, Harewood-place. Cong.
tt94 Macartney% music, Curzon-street; Lady Wdby's rot:4
.trgyirestreet. Voireltionsus of Aberecirres want, Grosvenor-
square. Mirquis of Headfort's grans{ dinner, Stuilliope•strclr
SATVKDAY.-.opera, flay-market. Lord Ca/It:tor:1 dins
ucr, Goirge-street.
SUNDAY.-.Mr. Mo-ttiru% dinnerißerkeley -street. Map
ellionesi of SalisturyA music, Allinrou-street. 'Lord liter
wood's dinner, Harmorri•plaeo.
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The Princess Meat not beinkperfeetly recovered
from her late indisposition, recnains in v-

town.
On Saturday morning the Prince of W4LE9 it 1444
Duke of YOPK, paid her Royal Highness a visit,
About two o'clock her Royal /4lghnest, attended
by Lady MATLLDA Wray/ken, took an airing In
_the mighbourhood of Fulhim, and rots: red to gut
QuEt:4's house about half past three, to dinner,
Yesterday the Bishop of LiNeotx preached be.
fore the Nobility at the Chapel Royal.
The countess of Ar.nrioeotion returned from
Ireland last week, and has taken an elegant house
in Charles-street, Berkeley-square.
Sir C. i3istiore has t.:i:en an elegant house in Strati
ford-place, for the EA:icon.

La.dy L. colas continues a constant visitor of
Vise° antess C r.r REA
Mrs. St. Geotnn CAUL lED is as well as can be
expeeted after her arermthemety,
The Earl.of Sr.titia IS, left town yesterday for li.
verpool, where he Kill remain for a few treys; aaer
Which he w.ll return to Scotland.
Lord CNAstsvii.t.ii arrived last night zowrs
from Ireland.
The Marquis of TfTCHF !LLD, and the Earl of
CAVAN, are among the last arrivals in Albemarle.
street.
The Marchioness of A BERCORN, Mrs. W.4trot4
and Sir JOHN HORT) are the Candidates for the
visits of the fashionable world this evening.
The Marquis and Marchioness of SA Lesse RYp
set off yesterday to Hatfield, for a few days.
Mr. DEvAvNrs gave a grand dinner yesterday,
to a seleft party of friends, at his house in Dover-
street. •

Mr. WzoictiAm, anal Lord CAMDEN, gave Cabi..
net Dinners yesterday.
Lord CARLETON gave a grand dinner on Satur.
day, at his house in George-street, Hanover-square;
present the Marquis of HERTFORD, Lord EL Lkt4..
BOROUGH, Lord SHEFFIELD, Marquis COR NV:A L L IS,
Lord CAST LEREAGif and Lord 1..; I. EN SLIME, etc.
The Countess of .DERBY has been confined with.
a cold for these few day past, at her house in Gros-
venor-square. Last night she was much better.
We are happy to state that Lady Mt LNE4 is par.
fectly recovered from her late indisposition.
A new Ballet, called 4fro. lion Berger, was on Sa.
turday night produced at the Opera, and well re-
ceived. The revival of II Viaggiaioria Felici, affords
much satisfadtion to the musical world; the French
Cavatina by VAG ANON!, the trio and .duet, are
charming compositions,
The Marchioness of Bt CKINGIIAM, Lady CARR,
Lord H. SrrwART, Lady_ ANDREWS, Lady A.
TRENCU ARD, and the Hon. Mr. and Mr. FOaT ESCcE,
are among the latest' arrivals at Bath,

The Union Assembly held their first meetin:; at
the Freemasons' Tavern on Frkh last. Their ar,
rangements gave universal satisfaaion,
That excell.mt actress, Miss PopE, continues se-
riously indisposed at her house in Great Queen,
street, Lincoln's-inn-fields.
Sir NAT•IIANILL HOLLAND returned to tow')
on Friday from his scat in Berk-'hire. On the
road an accident happened, which might have ter.
minated seriously ; the fore-horses took fright# with-
in tea miles of town, and ran furiously for near R.
mile with the carriage. Foruinately both the spline.
ter.bars broke, and prevented any other accident.
A considerable quantity of sugar is now Made at
Bengal, with the palms and dates that cover the
bids of Ant-no:ma.
A person in America has invented a mode of mak-
ing p.tper hf the husks of barley, wheat, and other
grain.

The magnificent colossal group, intended as a
memorial of the Marquis CoaNwAttis, has beat
shipped on board the Earl Howe, for Bengal: a
person will proceed by the above ship to superin-
tend the ereEtion of this exquisite piece of sculpture.
There is also a fine statae of the • Marquis or; the
Parade, a; Fort St. George.
The Right lion. the Earl of HAanwtekt has
been pleased to become, at the Society's request,
of the Vice-Presidents of the society for the
Extermination of the Small-Pox. lie has likewise
recommended the care to promote Vaccination to
the Physicians and Surgeons of Dublin, who havg
gr,* alacrity,
,carneplied , with ,melt.

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THE.ITRICAL MTELLIGENCE.


A new Comedy was on Saturday night brourrla
ferward at this 'l'heatre, eelcd 70/at Pull, ot, ..Art
Frririirkm,,n't Fire Stir ; from the able and ready pea
• e
. Ir. 0 L ; the Characters of which are as
follows : .
if Fit:- roloari 'Mr
Sir Simon Pm hdalr Mr. Watickis,l,
Francis Rorritleve Mr. Johnston,
Peregrine hnchdale Mr. Cooke,
fileetfileren Mr. Lew s,
itbney
Dews Pralgruddery Me. lolid,totie,
Den Mr. F.otery.
/Art/ (',,reline braymere Mrs H..folintlows
)lent Thornburg Mn. Gibbs,
Mrs. bralsruddery Mm. 114‘cuport.
And the following is a sketch of the Fable :
Peregrine Roch,lak, whei. a bly, ha 1 taken a mm antic fancy
to go to sea, and for that purpose had qu tted hitsl3tlwr's boob:,
at a short distance front the Cornwall etas!, without a petty
in hi; poeket. in 1114,WaV flir-writ Penzance, hearing of the
goterritis tharie s r of T ...rotor'', a tredtomati of the place, lie
had mimwtai to lon-lot/eh a false story of the nature of his cir-
cumstances, a:id font) hint t..n guineas, aria a lid.
ter of recinnmentiat !on teen 1i rat li.dia Captain. (hi his return
to hu enntltr•y, after a lapse of thirty seers, haying amassed a
lag r fortune in India, he is sereoked in the neiglibouthoed of
Penzance, and on learning his sitortiitii from ilfr. limileaddery,
landlord of a de-rdate puh'iediotire mar the coast,
_is about
f 6 fly in search of hi• benefactor, wilco he is we ed by the
tries of a female in .t :—he rescues from insnlt a beauti-
ful girl, who having been •sediteed by a young man of for-
tone, and received the prerioos day intelligence of his ap-
pr-mching marriage with emotive, his equal in rank, was nil
her way to supplicate, at 116 hands' °
the means of carrying her
to London, where she should yreic her rot n support, and for.
ever avoid him and the resentment of her father. Peregi i
puts het under the care 1.1. rratgraddrry , and undertakes ti
be
her mediator with her peducer. Ile then Nome,: hie way
iu
!..arch of Old Thoralnir.a. He finds him reduced by the treach-
ery of a friend to a state of bankruptcy, and di-trailed at the
came this aim affliction at the sndtlert and secret flight of his
daughter, whom Peregrine then finds to be the fair fugitive he
had been protecting. Ile d.xoyers hiimelf, and tenders to
Tharsakur y a case containing ten thousand poututr, which he
said he hadaraioustv saved front the v reek, for the payment
of•hic debt a ...-Taitu-dc. Thumb re ry .first . N.-lases it, but is.
fatally indorsed to accept it, nit fleregriii.'s um:woe:lly en-
gaging to restore to him Ins daughter as a condition of hi, 40
ctomg. Pc/Tering then conducts hint to het, and goes imme-
diately in search of her seducer, who proves to be his own ne-
phew, the son of his biothcr Sir Simon Rochdale, and an inha-
bitant of the family mansion. Tisurplasfy h4viug learnt frinn
his daughter the story of her connection with young Roclidalc,
fkillovis her thither with the resolution of insisting upon repu-
tation from Sir Anost'llochdali, justice of the peace, fur
the iniur; he had sixt4m.d. Ile stab:shit case, without men-
tioniu; Sir Simon all.nivr. the justice oelits complaint,
trod Promise:-.-To see liiitirighted,Thtit ofil'i-'4litlehe name of
his own son as thilalethinci,a; deitroisecahtthing the matter.
Tharuburo spurns' at the proposal; on S;r &atom's c eitniting to
hesitate, platsoltintaell sturdily iii the chair of mite: which the
Bennie( hail yacatial, resoi-eti not to budge from
it tdl he
had received that justice he had beau promised. At this june-
• tote resegrisic apverit, with ivirg Rxbdale, with whom he
)tad had an unsuccessful conference, and after remonstrating
ith Ninon to as lin!: let the ?Ares; •of hotted
77tsimhury and hi:, daughter he the marriage of the latter with
Ids ssin, declares himself to he tit:settler brother of Sir Simon,
altid r;6.at'ut to all the property of which he then stands
piestessril. Intelligeitee is also brolight of the pri-xtvatem of
the rest of l'e.cgrote's protierry (which is very considerable)
from the wreck lie now,'coders the unfortunate Nom Trout
bury the equal of her lover ; and the Hon. Throw< Shoijirtm4,,
a reduced Buck o: the new school, having euntrired to get
eurbirnly married to LoieCireobee lirmfinorr, the destincil
of Yoaae Rochdale. by throwing her into a fit of elalonsv
on
seertuin of his illicit amour, Y. oang Rochdale is limited without
further hesit sties to his betivt.d Mary, and Prregrote dispose:
of his wealth for the general comfort and happiness.
Puhlic expectation of the merits of this Comedy
was raised very high, not less front the known excel-
lence of Mr. Cotmari's former prod..t-tions, than
a special report from the (,recd-r,om in its
favour.—Public expectation has not been disap-
pointed.
The plot of John Ball, as it will be seen, is in
its leading circumstances not new, nor is it unneces-
sarily. intricate. It is a plain and simple story, na-
turally and impressively told. l'naided by romantic
Mystery, or by the imposing effect of studied situa-
tion, it preserves a constant hold on our feelings,
keeps the attention anxiously suspended. The in-
cidents are ordered with regularity, and never Mul-
tiply into unmeaning bustle.
Indeed Mr. Co Lsi AN has, in this produaion, dis-
dained every artifice with which the modern dra-
matists veils his weakness, and deludes his auditory ;
and seems to have resolved to try once more the
native force of genius, assisted only by her old
companion, good sense ; in such hands the expe-
timent could not but succeed. He has even de-
nied himself his accustomed assistance from novelty
of charader, by painting a combination of whimsi-
cal, thou:ill improbable habits; a licence which,
perhaps, in the present state of exhaustion in the
sources of originality, may be falrly allowed.—
reither a Pang/ass nor an °Napa contribute to the
exhibition of Saturday night. The charaulers of
'7ohn BO are those of truth and nature ; portraits
from the lite, sketched probably before, but never
coloured with more richness and spirit.
.742hri Bull
Is refleeted in honest job Thornbary, a genuine. Bri-
ton, combining every noble feature of that venera-
ble charat.cter ; his rugged cheek is alternately moist-
! led with the tear of affliction tOr the disgrace of his
daughter, and glowing with intrepid indignatiOn for
her wrongs. yob is proud of hit integrity, chari-
table, scrupulous in his duties to society, and as
speedily exaaing its duty towards him.. The pic-
ture is complete and exemplary. 'Pertgine Rochdale
4s more amiable in manners, though not substanti-
ally more estimable ; he is benevolence polished by
the suaviier in acing. The Hon. Thomas ShrOltion is
an unprincipled disciple of the new school of breed-
ing, tending to increase our contempt for the vices
and follies of fashion, and Dennis Brulgrudisq,
while we arc exulting in 7obn Bull, keeps us, by
Otis honesty, his wit, and his blunders, in good lai-
tnour with his brother Paddy..
The dialogue in the comic scenes is pregnant in
point and humorous allusion; in the.serious ones,
• often elegant, and abounding in sentiments which
exercise the best affeaions of the human heart ;
t iese, perhaps, are seldom new, nor is- there. much
e ideavour to place them irl a new light ; but they
are generally well applied, and are fur the, most
part such as cannot be too often repeated. The hor-
tors of sedu6tion, the glossy vices of rank and fa-
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&lion, and the indolence and insolent indifel-ence
in some of our Ministers of public justice, can
scarcely enough be exposed and depre.cated. Yet
should some qualification of oar panegyricibelookcd
for, we should say, that the generous professions of
Peregrine Rochdale sometimes savour of cant, and
have a tendency-to pail ; ani perhape the ittertipts
at ludicrous simile, in the 'comic dialogue, are too
ire pent, and now and then forced.
The Play, upon the whole, is highly honourable
id Mt. CoLmAN; as a Poet; as an Englishman, and
as Man. He has encrea.sed our amusi..metit---lie
has endeavotacd to make us patriots, ss ithout any

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Nome appeal to our national vanity; and if any
enrr,,pted hearts attended the scenes of Bull,
they were not of apenetrable stuff," it they did
not quit the 'I
heatre ameliorated. To use one of
his own similes, Mr. Cut. :a at 4 *has provided us a
dish equally sanative and palatable, of which every
uns-iriated taste must partake with pleasure and with
profit.
I'he anther received every help, that the zeal and
talents of the performers could contribute. - lAw-
cm was never more his friend than in 041 Tkorn-
bury ; his first scene, and that where he deposes Sir
Simon Rvlnlale from the chair of justice, v.-..!re incom-
parably played, and called forth the -applause they
merited. JOHNSTONE, COOKE, LEWIS, EMMY,
Mr. H. JoaNsTot., Mrs. 11. JOi-INSTON. Mrs. 6111115,
and Mrs. DAV EN POILT, did ample justice to their
charaElers.

Mr. COLIt4 AN has on this occasion given up his
colloquial apilogue, and substituted a lyric one, of
which every verst it an epigram ; and JOHNSTONE
sung it, in the characler of Bragrad'ery, with his .ac-
custnited humour : it was lomily . encored. The
Prologue WAS not of striking mewit, and was not im-
proved in the delivery.

Mr. I.t.wis announced the Comedy for this even-
ing, amid :t a tumult of approbation ; and we hear-
tily congratulate both the author and the public on
its success.