The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-11-09 00:00:00

THE DUKE OP CLAREACE.

The Gentlemen of tile Navy, oho guve the
splendid entertainment at the Crown [ma, Ports-
mouth, to the Duke of CI •ILi;IICE, Oti Wednesday
labs, were,

Rrar-tdraird Otnay, and
Captains Curzon 4 "mi.tase.B4 Holler
•-•••• LA ~Z!. Oswald
'lower
ulna
Bqr-hanan
13.. nett
-- Lot 11. Stewart
Irvin 1 v.u.•
- ihisreett
- /tackle
and
Carthew Culumbiae.

At Are o'clock the Company in.aii to assemble;
et Nis' his Royal 11:4htiesit arrived, and soon after
the C4111.1f *lily slit down to.di iiii er. which was annuls-
Woos to the esti eitar.—.l he desse►t .•aa delicions.
Alter the cloth was drawn, ninny loyul toasts were
tirtnik, and when that of his Royal Highness was
given, Ins Royal Highnesa nese, and, in a neat short
speech, retitYncti thank., anal expressed the gratifi-
cation be felt in once more befouling one among
them. 111 the hippr circle were— .
Major-General Likiiteuant.Governoe, AJtuiral
Mont* 01, 314;pw-t:enta al Porter, Sir Itutier Cm Li. J. C.rr
Main. EN. HUM. Cornaintaiontr Crea, Ctslunel ti-rutt, the
Puatuitin se Conasnotturc, and captains of that Nation, Ma-
kora Grisham awl Thiittitos, Captain Nistun, Ain-de-Camp,
sad a WWI number of Piubildv eud (Jeutry.
The report that hi. It o al Highuess was likely
tl hoist his Aug, and join his old shipmates end
friends, c‘citest universal joy and enthusiasm in site
mind circle at Portsmouth.

lii Royal 114:litit,4 the Duke of Ct.oitoxct,
and u large party or Nobility, acre elgautly en-
terthilied at chimer, yeuturclay, by Mr.• Courts,
the backer.

The new farce, forthcoming at the King's Then.
tre, is culled The Scheel for Authors, rad sill al.
ford some very threfal hints fur the sons of Par•

The Countess of DKNIII6III arrived, yesterday,
at her house in South Audley-strvet, from Brightou.
The Duchess of ST. ALIA N'S Im u livlvet 'may,
eienin,4, at her house. in Stratford-olace.
We have great pleasure in stating that the amia-
ble and venerable Doctor ( :Lassa continues to
amend final his late indisposition.

A Comedy has been received, at. Drury-lane The-
tre, in which Mrs. JORDAN wilt have the pitseipal
part. It is called //,safiand and Wife, acid clines
from the pets of a gentleutaii of diatiaguistied
merit.

Mn,. FITZHEIMILIT will leave town this day for
Brightoo.
Mr. IM aar HOPIR ha. pool-chased thy Dowager
LaJI• Monsua's house iii
The llarehiustemi of Dow NSIIIKL Intends passisig
the Christiau liolidays at liar scat iu Worcester-
shirt.

The PORTUGUISE AIIIIIAWS*DON entertained a se-
lect party of Foreign Nobility at dinner, yesterday,
ut his home in South Audley-Areet.
G. JOHNSTONE, Esq. M.P. will give a grand din-
ner, on Sunda), at his house in Hanover-square.
Where the direnverite of modern ingenuity will
end, it is impossible to foresee. The ancients
maintained that Poeta timelier—ion t; but a
writer in a iiewspaper of ..tcstertlay assures its read-
ers. tkit, " among the other novelties iu prepara-
tion at Drury-lane Theatre, is a Coinedy which is
the prodactiois of a selfterght bard ;" evidently
implying that there are inast...rs for making poets
of those whom, like poor 4sdrey, the gods did
not make poetical.
We understassid that Mr. litilnllT,the Inspector-
General of Army Hospitals, Superiotentlinit of the
Medical Stott; and Comptroller of Hospital Ac-
counts, has called iipoa all the Regimental Sur-
geons in the kingdom for an acconiii of die history
and treatownt of all the (limes*, which have pre-
vailed in their respective rcgitnents for the last too
years. This will form an ample fund of useful
experience in military practice, it is IMO-
, Mr. KNIGHT will mono !ay before the pu-
filier b
n an impmved shape, when properly revised
and selected. This mode of promulgating useful
medical facts and olewi webfoot, ohtained fmm Ilia
Maar.stv's service, was first adopted, we believe,
by Dr. TROTTEIL, late Phyarciaii to Cie Meet, all.
some years az,o published several volumes of mesh-
cal experieweo in the Royal Navy, wirier the title of
Nefficimi Nettekte. Of the great utility of a work
of th a nature, not only to the military oraesitioner,
but to tlw community, no doubt can be entertained;
and ere happy that Ai man of such an active
mind Air. KlItOllT, furs it so much in his Dower
to heoetit society, by publisliiii3 a work of this na-
ture.