The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-10-22 00:00:00

THE CORSICAN STAR.

NAOOI.P )N, by Elati'ry's brio minions surrounded,
Who skip when lie smiles, whom hit frowns, like Fate, scar,
Ica the frenzy of Pow'r, and Amt.:trots unbounded,
Bade Europe crouch down, and acknowledge his Star.
Wave Ag.tri.. was fared an indignant submiasion
To feign, fora time, from erase chances of war;
Rut, as soon as repose had repaied her condition,
She sptirn'd at the pride of the Corsican Star.
Sage !Lorin beheld with disgukt, at a distance,
The progress or Insuleuce—harnese'd her care
And resoled, too, to lend her auspicious assistance.
To chick the career of this ill-boding Star.
Meanwhile, single-handed, the sap'llng Crusader
(Who swore, in his wrath, nought his purpose aim!!! ma,.
fl Minnie oppcsed—till the battled invades
Was ready to curse both his folly and Star.

And now, from his dream of Invasion awaking,
He finds a grand League filmed his project, h--
Rous•d to mad throne, and I,u g,
He bvilewr revenge, and will truss to bia star.

114411 the ty potrit: canting his farewrll Oration,
Before he set. off fnr the setae of loud jar
Clear syeophAnt Senates, with site ado!atern,
Extolling his virtues, and ttivaing hi* Star!

Helvetia! Batavia! Emit! with gta(lneit
EUvlld your Daliverem approach (roan afar--
Independence ! long sunk an slaver: aaadiama.
Rejoitc !--!o, once more dawns br.zht Liberty's Star!

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Yesterday. about eleven o'clock, Their 'Mit 5-
TIES and the Pviwcrssis arrived at ‘N indsor Cavie,

from Kew, escorted by A party of the Royal Rase
Guards, to inspen the works which are going an its
the Castle ; then walked to the Mews, and t'
the town, to the house which is fi,ting up t o. the
Princess of WALES. At four o'clock the pot:. re.
turned to Kew.

His Ntutstv, nn Fricky last, accompanied by
several Noblemen, plid a visit to Ham,,to i Curt,
and were highly gratified with a siglit ot the gardens,
in which t.itie is now to he seen the thirbt vine in

F.uropo. It zsow, out of one stalk, fills the green-
house, and !wars upwards of two thousaod four
hundred bunches of grapes.

The 14,:t r4lll ettival4 are— .
To., Ma of )I.th, FAil Condrn, Lord end lAA, J.
ft— f.a•t. V. itloi,cf, Lady Smith, 1.017 L.ny.l. Lady
Jnoari, Vrart,:i Traii, Lady Fun: ea 11.•pnr, ady Suit.
toe and taooly, Lady F•a:n'es idapo.r oid food', S r flew,
Hooyilir 0, Sir Mrd'ian. S;r John Lndy Hawkins.
G^ne•al ~/01 Mrs. adurri<, Covniel lru st, Culoorl and Mrs.
C.dott..l a•td !Mrs tlowl•.y, Llftuterlant-Cnlnn^l and
Tl)irlus, Lietacoaot-Colonel Fitght, and M .jor and Mrt.

Fanner.
His Grace the Archbishop of Dow. in arrived in
that city cn Sunday se'nnight ; and, we have great
pleasure in stating, that his ♦isit to Cheltenham
has so far recovered him, as to enable him to take
his usual exercise since his return to Dublin.
Lord and Lady Gitasvicce have left Doconnoc,
Cornwall, for London.
The Honourable C B A•Aa and his Lady AM
expettA to leave Lanhydrock. Cornwall, in a few
days, for London.
BUN AP A fiTt has a great advantage over the Em-
peror of Avsrata—he does not require an army to
;noted Lie beregtetry possessions.
Countr.s CoNYnouau was delivered of a son, at
five o'clock yesterday morning, at her house, Stan•
hope-street, May Fair.
Earl Firawi *ALAN passed through York on Wed-
nesday, on his way to Srafooroilh, much recovered
in health.

Lord C *LT soar passed through Truro on Wed-
nesday last. for Falmouth, accomp inied by hi, phy-
icim. His Lordship will proceed to Lisbon. This
amiable young Nobleman is in his 19th year.
Lord and Lady AlAtifillST dined, on Sunday, with
Lord l'cr as, at his house, Growenor-square.
ISAAC H steams BsowNg, M. 11. is expe tied is
town in a few days.
Its. Hums. arrived, on Saturday, at her house,
South Audlcy.:treet, from Tunbridge Well..
The Counte.s of H RINCITOS had it small party,
on Sunday evening, at her 'wipe, Stable-yard.
Th Duke of PUATL•ND left :own, on Saturday,
.for Bulstrode. -

The Semonian Prize es this year adjudges to
Mr. Coaat.cs Pares, M.A. of St. John's College,
for his Poem on Chrio'y LtlnfelliatiOt, Over JC/115410.1.
The finn. Mr. and Mrs. Knox dined, nil Suisdity,

with Viscount PERT.
The Earl of kautcon is carrying on his improve.
ments at Longiotd Castle, un the most magnificent
scale.
Tile old Makes are greatly alarmed at the Duke
of CUSS 1111,111• ND. since they read in the Newspapers,
that the beards are growing oa the upper hp of the
ISih Regiment of Dragoons, by order of Hie
ROYAL
Sir •L Tit Faaqunaa bad not returned hoar
Brighton, at a late hour 64 sight.
Master Bar re played Ormead, in the Coil*
Spare, on Friday might Litt, at the liJiiibitigh
Theatre. _

The Countess oftnooom and Mout*, accom-
panied by Lady CNAILLOTTL RAWDON, arrived at
Miara Douse, in Dublin, on Saturday se'onighl,
nn a visit to the venerable and amiable Dowaga
Countess of MoIIA.
The German ['beam, last night, WASattenJed by
an elegant audience. The performances were the.
favourite Opera of Des Singspiel, and the Farce of
`frdrr Fr Yoe Sei4er I hue (I.el ereru ene
.(ore 11;s oa,n Dior Mr. SCHIR4b.N, who is tine
wearied in his efforts to provide novelty and anitise-
ment, in return for the very liberal patronage be
has received, produced a New Comic Pantomime
Dance (composed by Mr. Got:stir, and este
cured by his pupils), called, Tie Jeff., PoLieren ;
I..huhle Durilse. It WAS performed by a jun-
nile patty of tuelve, who woe lionutned with tor
loudest plaudits ; and for case, grace, and come
humour, would have clorx honour to soy theatre.

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if R. PAROTIARSOICS FETE.

We stated briefly, in nor Paper of Friday last,
the reieic rgs a! Langtcn-house, near Blandford, in
honour of James dons Faltsal'HAltsON, Esq. who
came of age on the 9th instant. The Fete consisted
Of a series of entertainments for four days, com-
mencing on AVednesday. The Ball was given on
Friday, and attended by a large assemblage of rank
and fashion, ineluding—
Fals of Dorchester and Mel: Lord Rivers ; Hon. Lionel
Duller, Hun Archibald Stuart; Sir .foliu Piers ; Admiral Brine
General Mouro ; Colonels Humberto, P*o4ol, Jeffery, and
Andrews; Messrs Drat Grenvrtiov, Itankes, N. Bond, Willett,
Churchill, Frampton, Buckley, Horace Beekford, Bouverir,
Cleland.,' Seymour, Snow, Paul, Tregonwell, Blair, Cloyed';
Cotains Bytes, Stine, Yeo, Cross, Farquharson, Terredale,
Dc, iaidson Drs Ciawford, Heywood, arc Ac. Ate. Cour,
tents of Straord and Clanrickarde Ladies M Blair, G. Buck-
H Frampton, A. Trenchard, A. Dillon, Smith, and Pres-
erdt ; Hon. Mrs. Stuart; Mistresses Drax Grosvenor, Pitt,
asankes Willett, Baker, Drax, Treeonwell, Bingham, Jeffery,
Blair, Paul, Barnard; MiAies Smith, Portman, three
Ptrydells, Pitt, Beckford, three Seymour', Jeffery, •Tre. Ste. arc.
On Saturday, a
'great number of the company re-
assembled at two o clock, by invitation, to a break-
fast, and, after a few dances, about seventy persons
sat down, at five, to an elegant repast : after which,
the healths of Mr. Fa aquila ascii+, Mrs. and Miss
asquitaasols. and several loyal and appropri.ite
t,,asts, were drank with elithuslasm.—About eight,
there was a grand displaj of fireworks, among
which, two Chinese drums deserve to he pant-
cularly de.eribed I one was similar to that exhi-
bited on Thursday : a box resembling a d urn, co-
vered ..vith Citiaa paper, Was raised by a cord to the
hr;pht of twenty feet, and a match being lighted,
an illuminated castle fell from the drum, and re-
Trained suspended in the air, while cannons fired
from it ; horsemen appeared besieging it ; Curers re-
sembling wheels, and different coloured fires, went
off in succession. The whole then fell to the
rerm], and the ire communicating to the contents
dose drum, by a quick match, a second exhibition,
resembling transparent Rower baskets, descended ;
and this was followed by a third and fourth, each
of a different kind, and accompanied by wheels, jots
of fire, Re. The larger di urn, about three feet in
diameter, was then raised, and, being fired, as be-
tore, exhibited five charges in succession. The
!list ass a transparent China jar, fur feet in height,
vitt lights "nside. The next represented a magni-
ficent Pagoda. eight feet high, and, being likewise
brilli..ntly ilium Elated, had a most striking effea.
Aber tl,is came baskets, conneelesl by singularly
beautiful strings of blue lights. The last change
was designed to represent a variety of flowers. All
the transparencies were accompanied with various
kinds of fireworks, pyramids, wheels, serpents, stars,
taxers, Re. &c. ist a tasteful and elegant style,
and totally different front what has ever been ex-
hibited in this country. These ingenious pieces of
mechanism, though farmed of bamboo and paper,
remained uninjured by the files which played round
them. They were brought from China for the oc-
casion, and fully confirm the accounts given by
late travellers, of the skill and excellence of the
Chinese in pyroteehny.—The company then re-
turnel as the ballroom, where the dances were con-
tinual some hours longer. After which they re-
tired, highly gratified with the elegance and variety
of the entertainments, and strongly impressed with
the gteat attention, politeness, and hospitality of
Mr. PAINS:Ha issota, a;s.l the Ladies at Langton.