The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-02-16 00:00:00

F 51,314 VAXOi.

Copies of the Goipels, in CApital,, of very Ancient AAP.

.FROM A71,10c.
1. The ()ration,: of Demosthenes.
The Works of tett. Atlienia,a Orators, some of which not
hitherto known.

FROM COSSTANTIN9PI.E.

Th. Vinrk, of D:on.isitt3 the Areopag tz, with a raariot*
and learned Commentary, written on vellum, in f,./40.
S. Ct:rnplete Copy of the Cvoiptii, written it the eighth Cu.,
t,iry.

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:t. Vazious Co;ties of the (Itttgric, and of the I:l:ristle.;, c 4
Acts of the Apuetle4, snidil•r.irt el...es.
G.
The W•Jrk; Qf Phili? the Hermit.
H. The I)3logirei of Tir sodur,..the Syracucan.
9. A Work go. the Gre,k. Grammar.
In. The Writlug; of -Courrnrarrators on the ir(spek .
11. and the Works of the earl:est ranters of thg
13. 'Church.
13. vcry ancient i.:9py of the Evangelistarivas of Ile Grertc

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church.
14. Dino ditto.
15. A Work of Fhilr', en Attionats.

Of the PL Are, which Professor POVON calls a
Armament of Literature, it may. be well to add, that
it is the oldest-Greek Manoscryt in the World wit
an express date. Donvittr. (un ('hariton, p.
50) had in his possession a Manuscript of Ecet.
written in'the preceding yek.ri and MUNI r AUCODI
mentions (Paleographia, p. 42) having seen a Greek
MS. gix years older; but these hare now disap-
peared.--'rho Profesior 'has been long occupied irt
copying, with infinitelabour,.the Scholia ; and has
discovered, by that means, passages from Greek
Plays, and from Poets, that were 104. He is rtiii
employed in these re,iearches, and it is hoped will
atiow the world to profit by the fruits of his industry
and unequalled erudition.

711EATR.e.

PRUP.Y-CANE-
Tile Tragedy rif Civatline was p4ormed at this
Theatre last night. Mr. Pore gave to Posikungoow
all the interest which the cliaza6ter wa.; capable of
receiving, and which his acknoaaiedged talents are so
well ,adapted to impart; he was :loudly applauded
in every scene which presented an opportunity of
displaying his powers. Mrs. Plate wtts tender, int,
passioned, and impressive in Intogen, and drew down
great applause,
.particularly in the scene where she
reads the letter accusing her of infidelity, and or-
dering her assassination. The feelings of insulteaL
virtue, noble pride, faithful and despairing love,
were most admirably pourtrayed. Mr. Rea-MOND
supported the part of Cjmbeline with dignity. Mr.
PALMER was an excellent Cloten ; and Mr. C. K
DLE, in Guiderirr, displayed the heroic spirit of an
illustrious youth, nursed in obscurity, and entitled
to the highest expetaations. The Piece west esE
with eclat.
Yesterday morning the Earl and Countess of./..r-
FINGneM, and several others of the Nobility, paid
their respects to their MAJesrier, at the Queen's
house.
About half-past twelve o'clock her MAJESTY, and
the Princesse _Melt r, Sornia, and ArGUSXA,LOOk
an airing, in her MAJESTY'S travelling-carriage,
through Chelsea, Knightsbridge, and Hyde-parlc
and between one aid two o'clock they returned to
Buckingham-house..---In the evening their MAJES-
TICS had a Concert. It commenced with one of
HANDEL'S Overtures. The second and third parts
began with
igrand Concertos, The second part
consisted principally of modern music, in which
Mr. BAUSENIIICI4, one of her Meiesry's Pages, in..
troduced a Concerto on the flute. His performance
would have done credit to a Professor. Each pair
concludes. with a chorus. The Cencert.ended scan
after ten o'clock.
'Ili& evening their MAJ ESTI rs and the P.P.J.N.crrsts
will honour the Concert of Ancient Mask with the*.
presence. It is under the direction of the .Earl of
UxBniDG.E.
The Duke of CL A RENCX Arrived yesterday eveo-
ing, between six and seven o'clock, at his house in
the Stable Yard, from Bushey Park.
Mrs. BILI.ISGroK is so much indisposed with a
cold, that she could not attend the rehearsal of the
• Concert df Ancient Music, on Monday morning.
The sick Syeen sent a mote to the Earl of
spolosizing for her non-attendance ; on this ac-
count, Miss I'iNINANT rehearsed several of her

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airs.
The Marquis of LoRNE, aCCOraitg to report, will
boon be honoured at the Hymeneal altar with the fair
-hand of Lady
_M. TAYLOR, daugliter of the Maze
qnis,of HEAD FORT.
The interesting and amiable family of Sir RALFII
MILBANKE arrived in Grosvenor-squat:4on Monday"
frzan Darlington.
An elegant pew is fitting up for Her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Yoaa, in Quebec-street
Chapel, Portman-square.
Lard G. H. CAVENDISH is confined with the gout
at 11*.is hour.e. in Saville-street.
Monsieur TALLEYRAND, the old ex-bishop of
Autun, is puffed off in a Morning Print a 3 a great
Geuuty.
Within the last ten years, France has discovered
the Guillotine and the Telegraph ; and England the
Vaccine and the Lift-boat
Lord Bt..t Y.NEY gave a grand dinner yesterday,
atliis house, in Dover-street ; at which were, the Coun:.
tcss of C A RE, Mr. and Mrs.DerßE,with many oth.er
fashionables.
The Duke of NORT)CUMBERLAND gave his site
nual donation Of SO guineas to the poor of ste
Martin's in the Fields, on Thursday last.
On Wednesday last the Bishop of LOUDON paid
a visit .te the Princes; CueeLoTsre of WA-IES, .at
earletou House ; and was much delighted with her
Royal .Highness, who played most admitably, and
with the greatest precision, a Aso on the pima-forts
it I.lr. ort-Esgtt.

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(;runty Gan!, Surrey,
Fed. 15, 1803.

To She EDITOR Of:.2:: BRITISH PRESS.

id consequence of some erroneous statetnents
which have appeared in the daily prints, respeEting
the Manner in which Colonel Despard and the
other State-Prisoners are confi •1, I feel it a duty
I owe to the public, through the medium of your
Paper, to convey a comet statement of their situa-
tion and mode of confinement, viz.—Colonel Des-
pard i; confined on the attic story, in the same
loom as before his trial. It is a boarded floor,
thirty feet square, with three large windows, framed
and glazed, and a large fire constantly kept. His
wife attends him daily. On the middle floor, un-
derneath the Colonel, are confined, in a room of the
same dimensions in every particular, with a good
fire, Thomas Newman, Daniel Tyndale, Thomas
Broughton, James gAgewick Written, William
Lander, Arthur Graham, and Jelin Islicnarnara.
Their wives and children are daily permitted into
the room to see then, but no other persons for cu.
*iosity.

In the same range of building, are confined, in a
Riddle floor of the same dimensions, with a good
fire, John Francis and Jo to Wood, whose wives are
daily permitted to see them, as before described ;
and each of the said prisoners are allowed seventeen
shillings and sixpence per week, fot their subsist-
ence.

Letess Ik•u,
Keeper.