The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-09-03 00:00:00

MISS DE CAMP.

An admirers of Dramatic merit will regret to
that this Lady is extremely ill at I .ceds On
Wednesday evening. it was u!):;erved she did not
perform with her usual spirit, and when the curtain
dropped, Mr. CuNt I NS came forward. aid spi,ke to
the following died :

" Lade and Gentlemen—Mies De Camp having form:A on
engsg,me.it with Mr. Wilkinson, to petror n three nights In
Leeds, uodertook, c,ntrary to the advice of her Plit..i,nao, to
-fulfil her en- ageinent ; but she tinw finds her..elf » seri.,,sly
indictosed, to be nali,,,ed to relinquish her benefit, which
was fixed for to.morrnw evening; under these circumstances,
she v.ntier,.• to intreit your indulgtnce. Tir. Theatre will in
cuuseqnence close th f evening."

Her Rnyal Highness the Princess of WALtS has
lived in a very seclud d manner at Catharington.
since the intelligence was rec:Aveti a the death of

the Duke of GL,,I2C ea.
On Thursday I.4si. Mrs. Si mums commenced her
readings at Con Rnoms, Edinburgh, at the hour
of nine, precisely. The sell•4l.ort for that evenin4
was from MIL-m.4'5 Paradise Lott.
The E 4rl and Countess of CHoLvdownetry, and
General and Mrs. H riSPIIR Lit, have arrived at Chel-

tenitatn.
TI, Earl of Fire has arrived at Aberdeen, from
Doff house.
His Grace the Duke of GORDON, we are happi
to state, is recovering from his late acc:der•.r.
Lord and Lady Gassivrt.t.e arrived at th.eir seat
at Uoconnnc, in Cornwall, on Monday se'nnight.
Miss MILLON will play Bridget, in The Chapter of
Accidents, at the Liverpool Theatre, on Friday next,
tor he•r own benefit.
Major At.t.to, Mr. Gomm, and Mr. BeRICF,
sailed from Falmouth on the 2(ith last-, in the Priti-
test. Amasses packet, for the Leeward Islands.
Mrs. SIDDONS played Mn.e Haller, for her benefit,
at the Belfast Theatre, on Friday se'nnight ; at tl-e
conclusion of the play, she came forward, and ad-
dressed the audience to the following effed:—

" LADttll AND GenTl ammo.
The period has arrived what I most pert.rm the painful
task of taking my leave of I.tU, and that for erer. Do me 'lke
honour to accept my sincere wishes fur health and pro pe;ity
to ,ou all."
The Marquis of HEAT/TORT has received the
thanks of the Grans& Jury of the County of Nfratil,
tor his very liberal contribution towards the cream);
a Sessions House at hells, in that County.

The Dowager Countess of Ct.a.rwrixts sr, we
have the pleasure of stating, received a letter by the
&Ile packet, from her daughter, Lady 'l'n
CRADDOCK. dated Calcutta, January 22, at which
time Sir JOHN, her Ladyship, and their son, wen:
in pedal health.
An idle club has been lately established at Wol-
verhampton. Every Member is allowed too chairs,
and the President Meet. tintoaking is their only em-
ployment, as being next to xothing.
Lord Viscount UROME returned to Aberdeen,
from Huntly Lodge, on Saturday. His Lordship
and Family occupy Seaton House, the beautiful seat
of Mr. FORIBES, in that neighbourhood.
Mr. Moss, of the Carlisle Theatre, has brought
forward a young Rawls', who was to perform ble,-
eal on Monday last, Angell, on Wednesday, and
Achinet, in Barbaressa, on Friday.
SHAM/ LTIETRE, Esq. Member for the Borough
of Reading, will give his venison feast there on
Thursday next.
0* Friday last, the lard Provost, Magistrates,
and Council of Edinburgh, were to give a grand
entertainment at FORTUNE'S Tavern, CO Viscount
ht er.v t.E, the Commander in Chief and several
other persons of distintlien.
A subscription is commenced at Sheffield, for the
purpose of ereiting a monument to the memory of
the Rev. Doltor WmaiNsue, the late Reltor of
that place.
M. Lagt:tAtas has made several improvements
in the camera airmen. By means of an inclined
mirror, bodies arc magnified to such a degree, that
a miniature pi6lure acquires the dimensions of the
human figure.
Mr. Coot'. E, the Barrister, the Friend and Com-
panion the celebrated FooTE, has just completed
a Life of that extraordinary charalfer, with interest-
ing particulars relative to his conne3ions and eon-
temporarin. This NVoi k, the result of thirty years
occasional labour, will appear within the present
week.
On Thursday was held the anniversary meeting of
the Gentlemen educated at the King's School, in
Sherborne. PICARD. !if ,j. Crtor.a, Me. D•sisav,
and others of the young Gentlemen, acquired great
applause by their chaste and energetic delivery of
the passages sele.fted for them from the Clo...zes;
the dinner was well served, and the ball numerously
and fashionably attended.