The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-09-26 00:00:00

THE• VIDETTE BATE".
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Some time since, when the Dub Yeomanry
were on permanent duty, the main gu.trd of a cer-
tain fusaeer Corps, being stationed in Stephen's
Green, sear the residence of their Captain, Sir John
AV—. a very fine pair of /creeds, which were in-
tonded as a present for the Knight, by the blurt-
deriag of a drunken higler, were left at the guard
hone. Without any very minute ertgnirirt after
the owner of the /e frets, they were ordered to he
dressed for supper, and, in addition to the contents
of their haversacks, afforded a very comfortable re-
gale to the men on duty. Scarcely Was supper
ended, when the guard was ordered to be turned
oar, and two vidcttes, or orderly men, having no.
titieJ to them the typroach of the visiting officer,
immediately- rode on to give a similar warning at
the rest military post. The officer, who was an
Englishman, soon after art ived, and having in-
spefted the gaard, enquired of the serjeant, had he
seen his videttes Now the honest serjeant, though
a good praEtical soldier, was totally ignorant of the
term's do guerre. The similitude of sounds struck
his car ; his conscience accused him; he thought the
leverets were enciaired after; and he replied, with
evident confusion, 44 Why, please your honour, cse
ate them." " What," exclaimed the astonished
officer, 44 ate the videttes, ate the videttes ! and in
the name of wonder, what have you done with their
arms ?" " Why," answered the serjeant, 44 we ate
them too ; we ate them, legs, heads, arms, and all ;
but we then did not know they were your honour's."
The astonished officer thought it a folly to remon-
strate, and fled wt,h horror from a body of men,
who seemed to unite the carnivorous propcniities of
the anthropop:tagi, to the digestion of the ostrich.

ORIGINAL POETRY.

THE NLEDI.E.

An idea taken frrn the handeels‘P,bi, vers.., of .flu, Bop
nrion's Auver...mlco on a nuedle'., pr,cklng tha n,q,.t of his
obdurate rautrins.

Ac .44-us or hi.

PA MCN•kII. 1587.

Tell me quick, and do not linger,
Tell me now, for rai thy master,
Bow thy point durst wound a finger
Far more white then alaba,ter ?
Ah ! thou little thing so punted,
Hada thou been wan love enemata,
And her bosom, plerc it as often
As het heart, which nought can soften,
Bath withstood (no lore betraying)
All an ardent ►oter•s praying.—

With what fame in future story
Would thy deeds have been repeated,
To succeed—.how great thy glrwr '—
Where love. d. is were all deleate
OLD NICK.

EPIGRAM.
oF.ireweU, poor Jerry," scolding Susan cr)l,
" The end of all my pain draws nit',
" E'en now I feel as %were in Heas'n :"--she
nor Jerry echoed—" So do 1 :"

OLD NICK.

EPITAPH.
F...r the tombstone of any Country Apothecary, to be erected
at the eXpealCO of the Partsti.

Mc sub hump, per q tient tot jaeuire, facet.
IN [NOLISH.
At I..ngth, for h.ni, a quiet sout'a rovg.te.l,
Where, 4i through htm, so many of us Le dear!.
OLD NICIL

Lord Worrwoark and the Duchess of Dottier
passed through Lewes on their way to Brighton on
Friday last.
Lord Chief Justice Drswrres has returned to
BATT'S Hotel, Jermyn.stieet, from a visit to Lord
Sil errata), at Sheffield.place, Sussex.
Lord Moat *our, second son of the Duke of
Bucctrucu, will, in a few days, be marri..d to the
Hon. Miss Dot:otos, daughter of Lord DOUGLAS,
and niece to the Duke of Moor mom
Toosoos CALVERT and family returned to town
yesterday, horn a tour through the west of England.
The Hon. Mrs. Wri sox and family arrived in
town yesterday, from Tunbridge Wells.
The Duke of M A ataortouoir is much recovered,
by air and exercise at Brighton, from his late indis-
position.
The Hon. WILLIAM Baneozort PoNsoprav has
been much indisposed, at his seat at Bisl...pscourt,
is Itelacd.

The Lady of General Dusuas returned to town
yesterday, to MI it a's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from
a visit tb the General, at Barham Downs.
Mr. QUICK took his benefit last Saturday at the
Cheltenham Theatre.
Min Lae SUGG performed at the Worthing The-
atre on Saturday night. The house was so crowded,
the Marquis and Marchioness of &moonier) took
their seats in the pit.
The Bath Theatre opens on Saturday next with
Tie &Idler's banker and Raising the Wind: a Mr.
Co: manuals is the Jeree Dickler and the Frank
Mina/lon the occasis.iii. Miss Smirit, fiom the Volk
Theatre, will make her first appearance in the live-
ly 1,47. Nerd,.
The Bristal Theatre opens on Monday with the
same entertainments.
Die Plymouth Company is engaged for Dock,
under the management of Mr. Hay d s t.
IVednesday last Lieutenant-Colonel !soya./ gave a
grand dinner to the (Miceli of the Roborough Bat-
talion of Volunteers, at his beautiful seat of hla-
ii4otr, near Plymouth-
Last night M CowLEY's elegant Comedy of
Tie Billie Stratars.
gem was performed at Drury Lane
Theatre. Mrs. Jos nan's Letitia Mardi, is one of her
!341)Piest eCorts. Mr. Lp won's Are/fetter was an
Interesting performance. It is the style of .sting in
which he et cels ; nor could 0/el Hardy's eec, uric hies
delineated with more effei2 than by Wr. Dow-
"N• Mrs. 1010 I:NT AIN gave to Lad* &owes
revhsve.sei all that delicacy and interest so admir-
ably designed by the authoress. It was her first
aPPearance this season. She was received with the
armeit approbAtiou. The house displayed a full
aLJ tkills4l.t 4. t,:ndance.