The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-09-15 00:00:00

POETRY.

The figure of St. George etnd the Dragon, on the gold
coin (the Sovereign), when it first appeared in circulation,
was, and with great justice, criticiz:d by a poetictl hu.
mourist, in the following verses
• ST. GEORGIE one day went out *- •
To give the DRAGON a bout ;
Of his clothes he was careful enough,
So he stripped himself to his buff;
if e slid not put on his armour,
•For St. George was no alarmer;
Thu his wife atade'him take her cloak,
" For," aid she, ".to take cold is no joke."

• 'Sc he started, but when he came near,
'He found he'd. forgot his spear ;
Then he pluck'd from a hedge a state,
And the Dragon began to quake ;
1:lt. George he drew his arm back,
To give the Dragon a whack ;
Then .the Utagon fell down and shatnpfd sick,
But St. George sa ill manag'd his stick,
That he prick'd his 11011 e in the flanks.;
" 0 ! said the HORSE, "no thanks !"
So up his head ha whaps,
And hjt Et. George in the drops ;
And beat his face to a jelly,
That whether it were face or no, none can tell ye.'

F.ISHION.IBLE INTELLIGENCE.

The Lord Chancellor of Ireland has arrived at Warren's lick:.
Regent-street, from Belvoir Castle. .
Lord. Riven left town yesterday, for his seat, Rushmore Coq.,
Dorsetshire, •
The lion.:Colonel and Mrs. Fitzgibbon have arrived in Saville.
street. from Eastbourne.
Countess Spencer left town yesterday, for the Earl cf Essn's
seat. Cashiobuty-park.
Mr. and Mrs. Nunis end family left town yesterday, for thal7
scat in Hants. . .
lr. and Mrs. Hale and _family.arrived yesterday at Gould'.
Hotel, Jermyn-street, front their seat in Bedfordshire.
The Hon. Henry Leeson has .arrived at.the St. James's HOW,
Jermyn.street, from Berks. The Rev. T. 1. Ford Bowes has !,rt
ditto, for Paris.
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Departures from Miller's Hotel, Jermyn-alreet :—Coon: aft,
bet, fur Cheltenham ; Mr. and Mn. Fletcher, for Ramsgate; and
J. Hamilton, Esq. for the North.
Departures from the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle.street :-11r.
I and Mrs. Johnson, for their residence at Ni-evrooti:h ; Captain
Pike, for Windsor; and Mr. and Mrs. Macdonald, for .Scetland.
Sir Robert and Lady NVilmot and family have arrived rt
Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington-street, from their seat in Derby,
shire. Departures from ditto:—Captain and Mr. Pearson at&
family, on a tour; and SSTs. Craufurd and family, for their sat
in Devonshire.

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Departures from the British Hotel :—Mr. and Mrs. Kirkland,
for Leamington, Warwickshire t Capt, Noble, R.N. for Chatham;
and Wm. Byrum], Esq. tOr Oxford.
Win. Stewart, Esq. left town yesterday, for his seat in Bat.

The Princss Augusta, attended by Mtn Wynyard, left
her residence at Frogmore on Tuesday, for Bagshot, on a
visit to the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester for some days.
Oft !londay morning the Duchess of Kent, accompanied
by the Princess Feodore, and attended by Captain Conroy
and Baroness Spaedth, left Claremont, where her Royal
Highness is staying on a visit to Prince Leopold, and pro-
ceeded to her apartments at Kensington Palace. Her
Royal Highness, accompanied by the Princess Fcodore,snd
attended by Captain Conroy and Dimness Spaedth, ho-
noured the English Opera House with her presence in
the 'evening, and afterwards returned to Claremont.
Mr. Secretary Canning is staying on a visit to the
Duke and Duchess of Portland, at their residence at Wel.
beck, Nottinghamshire.
Mr. Bailey, the King's messenger, has left town with
despatches from the Secretary of State's Office for tls.
Home Department, for Ireland.
Sir Charles Stuart arrived at Rio Janeiro, in the 'Wellee.
Icy, on the 17th of July.
Sir Walter Scott arrived at Abbotsford on the evenin
of Friday, the 26th ult. in high health, and delighted with
his Irish tour.

Mr. Kean last week performed in the Isle of Man !
Tyne Mercury.
Miss Foote is engaged by Harry Johnton to play at the
Whitehaven theatre, Cumberland, six nights, for 3004.
Her first appearance will be in the character of Letitia
Hardy, on the 22(1 inst.
The Shepherfl Boy, which proves so attractive at the
English Opera HOllB2, is the production of Mr. Arnold,
the proprietor.
REMARK A nut CIRCUMSTANCE.—There are now living
in this neighbourhood a wedded couple, who were born the
same day, reared by the same nurse, and rocked in the same
cradle. They have been some years married.—Kenlisi
'Gazette.

Col. Wall, of Hollow Park, has presented to the Mayor
and Corporation of Worcester a piece of ordnance and
nine suits of black iron armour, which belonged to Charles
11, by whom they were left at Wotcester, after the fatal
battle in 1651. The gun is a brass long French six-
pounder ' • it was presented. to Charles 11 by Compte de
Borgh, whose arms and name are engraven upon it ; there
arc also the arms of France, with the date 1628 ; round
the but are the words—" Joannes Sithrl me
.feeit Bees-
elks." It was spilpl when left, but the inside is not in.
jurcd.

LOT E'S LABOURS NOT LOST.---OD Friday was martiel
at Palgrave, by the Rev. Robert Rose, Mr. Frederick
Stnith, to Miss Sophia, slaughter of Mr. Gaskin, both of
that parish.. This now happy couple had their bans re-
gularly published, but some misunderstanding taking place,
about a week previous to the day appointed' or the solem-
nization of the nuptials, between the bridegroom and re-
lations of the bride, the former, in the excitation of his
mind, sold oft' the goods and chattels which he had pro-
vitltd for the connubial state, and abruptly withdrew hire-
self from the place of his promised happiness, hoping, by
absence, to estrange his heart from the object of Its affec-
tion. This task, however, he found by no means an easy
one : after a few slays' absence, love compelled its forlorn
votary to return, only to witness whether his betrothed
remained faithful. He met his fair one in the street of the
town, with a vessel in her hand, pensively tripping to a
neighbouring farm-house for milk. The flame which hal
been, with difficulty, suppressed, now burst forth in the
bosom of both boys rs: a few moments served to bring them
to a decision. The Church and the Rectory House stood
hard by. The clergyman and clerk were soon in attend-
ance. The maiden set her milk tin on the steps of the
altar, and the rite being immediately consummated, rtS
soon independent of a second intervention.—Bury Garth:
Origin of the term Gn 0e..--4411ES X ANNE. of "Flo-
rious" memory, gave the too liberal allowance of half a
pint of spirits to each man and boy ; to this Anxisat
11 YEA?: ON added three times as much water, a wine and sa-
lutary precaution, but not calculated to increase bis popu-
larity with the sailors. The Admiral, before the intro-
duction of a relzular uniform dress, wore a coat of mixed
materials, callsid.grogruin—he was from this nick:mord
OLD GROG RUM ; but sailors, hating long words, took of
the last syllable—he was thenceforth called Old Grog, and
became sponsor to the beverage wlfich has ever since pre
by that name. '

The anniversary sermon, in aid of the fi:nds of ta--
, Charity Schools connected with the Established Chore!: et
Liverpool, was reached on Friday last, by thy Bishop cr
Chester, at Christ Church. He took his text from 31:::.
xxiii. 13—" I;ut woe unto you, Scribes and Marko.
hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven azairx
men : for ye neither go in yourselves, neither sutfery.'
them that are entering to go in.' From this text he preachui
a plain discourse, enforcing the utility of religions wine,*
tion ; exposing the error of the Christian church unj,7
the Papal dominion, which discouraged the instructier.
biblical knowledge of the poor and unlearned ; and c'••
tolling the uniform zeal which had always been shown t•
the reformed church to open the whole of divineitutli
the people. He concluded with a simple hut earnest arr.-.
to his audience for the charities for which it was tiler
culiar object of the discourse to plead. The church w:o
immensely crowded, the number of tickets n ceismi at I:,
door being 1171. The collection anaounted to t:1
Ss. 101 d.
The inhabitants of the Shetland Islands were se no:
shut out from all -intercourse with England in the vt:''
1685, that a fisherman, who in the summer of the tenor"
ing year bad spread the news of the Revolution, was for so
doing imprisoned on a charge of high treason.
Staatt-Pox.—We hate much satisfaction in static;
that the small-pox, by which so much serious and, we arc.
happy to find, in a great measure, causeless alarm 1::-...
beets excited in this town and neighbourli ,
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rapidly on the decline. We believe there have not 3:,,,r
two or three item cases of this dise,ase occurred in a!,
etl
districts of this town, during the last forte.cht. —ll .
G.!tflte. eontint.:,