The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-10-13 00:00:00

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art Myself tO yetis notice. nosy operate in a tenfold • 'at • ~.. - i • SIR SIVIISN Pa . '
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consisting 4 e., de ft' it is an extreme case. and my disinterested i t t
It Will, we doubt net, be generally aek-ccsetedis.s.e.t,
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'4 itself in to., and enthusiastic love of my country requires a once/- . , \ '
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-,` ,ee''" ' .... IS ' :that even in death, the most /nursling objett, "at
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ice at my bands. Such Vk mild have been the lan- .
~ -,- . e,.- .-i,,. 4" that time, is the late Mr. Secretary Fox. When we
'eat ikuage and feeling of a consistent and true man ""'
as.. '' , • , consider his great talenti, his superior elomienee,
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his bleb situatton, the vast capacity with which be
4 140‘ e hut a Charlatan, would have attempted to THE
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. filled it, the wei lay oeet which en ru.ssed his last
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weak oat of the Lusiness by such a contemptible DIURY•LATtes thoughts, and t e irreparable loss tiro nation has
excuse as tent ej time; none but a man who A Gentleman of the name of CARL es made his sustained by his death, it would manifest a strange
dart here, on Saturday night, in the charader of insensibility to what is great and illustrious in the
• orght he was aderessfng children or fools, (.0101e1 &iron, in the Comedy of The Wender. He human charaCtet, it, while the eyes and the regret
/lave hoped to save himself by such an has a rem deal of affirm. without any grace, and of the people are directed to his tomb, we were to
Every man teat ever heard the name seemed to miteake perpetual motion for spirit and Akin over any eireumnance that might refleft ho-
knows that he is a hard.workin animation. His voice is tolerably clear and distinCe, 'twos on himself ot his ancestry. \%e have. there.
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and his person good ; but there was nothing eleg tilt fore, seleeted the following particelar from his ge.
%Ins A weekly compilation of or finished in his manner. His style of afting was nealogy4, as relined in 11-beets': Peerage, and which
other articles, which he is flippant, but feeble; and, as be does not appear to prpves, that how, yen great the obtigations of his
gammon
moor of original he a very young man,. it is probable that his country to Mr. Fox tatty be, he is nut the first of
powers will not carry him. bet nod a subordinate his family who has conferred them.
-i, to make it palatable class. Mr. CA 11 Les is, we understand, the same Sir Stephen Fox, grandfather to the late Mr.
-0 consumes all his Gentleman who some time since attempted '344/0, Fox, and ancestor of the f 3 iris of Ilchester and the
old stick to it, at one of the Winter Theatres. hut not liking his Lords Holland, was A DUN of the greatest Abaities,
reception, retired to improve himself. Mss DUN. and most accomp:ished manners. ih. ti.'elity to his
-tent to him c a ta's Pialante displayed much ease and playfulness. Sovereign was proverbial ; and thong.) the reigning
s would It was loudly applau led. The Forty Thi.ver fol. powers at that time tried their utmost to make him
i.,0, lowed with their usual success. withdraw Isis allegiance from his exiled Master,
_ .. .. ___ King Charles 11. they fouad him incorruptible.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. But what will eadear nis memory to the latest pos-
terity is, his being the first projector ot the noble
Iv. Eotroa—For rho benefit of those who did design of t hel-ea Hospital, having contributed to
'erstand ipanish. your Correspondent of Sa- the expence of it above 130,3001. His motive to it
' mit'it have; given a more literal trans- was known from his own words sbe said, "le
line' be inserted in that language.— row:Via deer he see the common soldiers. who had spent
ill. I believe, be almost as close as their strearb Ise oar service, fez at err doors." He
'e of tee two languages, and . therefore did what be could to remove such a scan-
will allow. E. S. dal from the kingdom. lie first purchased some
--- grounds near the Jid College eta Chelsea, which had
rwen escheated to the Crown in the reign of James
sets disclose ; I. aid on these grounds the ptesent College is creel.
ed. Numerous were hi. public and private charts
se, ties. tie lived to see his noble design take effete,
- and died Oditober 28, 1710, aged 89, universally re-
gretted.
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A Gottenburgh Mai reacted town on Friday
evening, but does not cantaitt any intelligeuce of an
interesttng nature.
AI a late hour, o i Friday night, Baron JACONI ar-
m town. He came from Hamburgh in the
rim, Capt. MACDONALD, which had sailed
• for the purpose of receiving him.
'eh spy has been arrested at Kessel-
Maps, and plans of the c :stint: y
-te found in his poeseesion.
a has been cliingeemusly ill.
-counts, was in a state of
sad-quarters in Men-
- were removed
ter the usual
'order,
ler
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the boy
dance of a
bad been cu►
night; add a qu.,
`The boy, in Ids .
porter, and tad 'beet.
woman who made their a,
hem. The Loins Maros .
cletain:d the linen.
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The Society fee the Discourages
commenced an nitienagginst a es
ill treatment of a poor SI Ibboy, h
but. on his begging pariah k Tit
giving the peer Mir MOM ere
hint. they have mithilsifillsilt, •
On Weihineshw4S.lllll

lady of Pimlico, and her "aanchtei
were going up the river, with Mee
hall-stairs, the Waterman, who wi
foul of a piece of timber opposi
upset the boat ; fonuaately, the
sonic was not mote than four feet
was running out, and the ladies we
their heads above water until seas
others got to their aesistance. Ti
vexed to a pohlic-hawse above •Mi
Au inquisition was take on T)
a public neuse a few miles from
road to Hewetes-bottom, rn the
unknown, who was .suppesed
in a duel on the day preceding.
by which it could be ascertained
came by hisdeath was given by t
who, whilst in pursuits of boat
of Mr. Wateses, their employer
of pistols not far distant from
approaching the spot, they pm
persons, two of whom, aceerdi
were engaged in a duel. One
presence et the witnesses, and
neighbouring home, where he st,
a wound in airvide ermivettbiwit
hours. .The whom of the party
deceased abscondelt but by paps
his name was iuppeisc.l to.be Wet
genteel dressed' swam about et
dia.wiMaaslengicrw.
Qis Thursday last, ,M 1 inquisi
Colchester, on the view of the ti
skis., late a Lieutenant in His
%intent of Foot. A Serjeant is
of Four, in the Garrison, stated
about halt pace sic in the month,
log towards Mr. Hilo's, meet
reports of two pistols, and vet
saw fire persons coming away
place from whence the reports
whom said to the Witness—.
I believe a Gentleman has met
and is hurt ; take all possible e
Serjeant immediately went. and
alone, with a wcund on the rig]
lying on his back quite dead.
charged pistols neer him. T
called in by the Jury to ortnot
tiezcasei, who .st•tei that Owe
the lomt part of the tight si
dently produced bra p.weri Ua
ao*tabt was Cite IMlUrdlitte C 4
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