The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-08-20 00:00:00

BR[tl/it'iN. AUGUST 17.

Mr. Pann's

The Hon. Miss Seymour had a seleft juvenile
party this evening. and entertained them with 31,,,1er
Powi's show; which collected a numerous com-
pany round Mrs. FitZherbtfeS LOJSe. The ball at
the Castle was but very thinly attended; the No.
Witty preening the beautitul evening breese ot the
Steyne, and the silver appearance ot the ocean, is
the brilliant display tit a ball-room. Donalu,ort's
aai Pollard', Lorary were a complete promenade.
Kirlccudaright seated himself at the entrance
ot Donaldathea Library, and received the comyli-
meats of tae nunier.us fair sex that passed and re.
passed. Tile dtcyoe was dot clearsd till ten o'clock.
sourer H.

The morning is very file. and the bathers are
very numerous. but the scorching rays of the sun
have pieveated the Nubility horn walking opt, while
the busy farmer has been very alive la culleaiug a
golden harvest[.
l'wo curious fishes are exhibiutd on the fiteyne,
which were caught in the night, by the fishermen ;
who, on drawing their nets, brought up a round
cld wicker basket, containing these two curious
fishes, being about the weight of four pounds each,
and neatly the shape of a cod fish, and of a white
shiny scale, with Inc mouth like a parrot's bill ; a
very int ill round head, nearly made like a parrot's
head, with a stumpy tail; what is the most asto-
nishing, the spawn of these fish was collated all
round the outside of the basket, and appease I iike
butiches of black grapes, and. upon takiug so:ne pail
of the spawn up. small fishes were foulid inside,
representing the old ones. tach bunch of spawn
weighed two pounJs, and there were about twenty
bunches of them, from which it is supposed that
these fishes had taken their abode in the basket for a
long time. They are allowed to be one of the
greatest curiosities ever sewn.
Ledy Catherine Harris left Brighten yester-
day, on a visit to the Earl and Comae'. of hlans-
field, at Caen Wood.

Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of
Wales went en the sea, in her elegant boat, pester-
,
day, at Worthing, tot the tint time.

Mr. Reefs. the Chief Magistrate, and Mr. Sr Ar-
ioao, the Prlbtipal Clerk at Bow-street, left town
last evening for Chatham. at the request of Lord
HaWiasauay, to investigate the cause of the late
Fite in the yard of that place. Circunsetancee have
transpired which induce a suspicion that the 6re
was wilfully occasioned by some incendiary, with a
view to destroy the arsenal.
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Important dispatches may be hourly expelled
from Mr. JACKSON who was sent OD a particular
missimi to the Prints Regent of Dams • illt. The
Surfing gun-brig wee, by the last aecounts from
Tonningen, waiting in the £yder In tiring them
over. Mr. Jactsos, oa his passage through Ton-
ningen to Biel, advised all the British trade, lately
arrived in the Eyder, under convoy of the *miter,
to leave that river.

The latest letters front Trinidad, teceiied by the
packet on Monday. are da:sd ISth Jane, end an-
nounce, that the affairs of that sittletneet were then
in a very attaining situation, produced by a differ-
core of opinion in rape& to the propriety of ad-
nsiniseering the laws. The Gov Genoa it seems.
had awned a Proclansatioa, by width the Govern.
sweat of the Island wal to be regulated by the same.
Gide of laws which governed the oath West India
Colonies ; bat this wes violently opposed by the
Spanish settling. Tbe Harried Avvolestr-Ga-
imaac tbere,lisisling, that the Aecatos (tie Span-
iels Judge). bad no furisdiffion out of the Town of
Port Spain; a contrary sighing was nutistaioed by
the.Acciadis. Zech party had its adherents, and
the Island is reported to be la a sided of alai ring
toadfish

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mittiiorlbearotwineu7tmliiisitterro ,
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length pUblislied. • It la of bonsislerablo length...ens.
bracing the whole history of the late Elt6loll fat
Westrr.tascer. so far se Mr. Paull and Sir Irtaireie .
Burdett wife corscrhed in that
.boset-*:ittld "or,
the ditel between them, its , .use an 3 eon murk: o, •
WC have made from ..iis Wotl• the fo
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tram : • ' : A. ,2
(.0,11.-MCT Or PARtON 7..Groti: TO Tiiiitrta
"Or ail my calumniators, the chief ii Ilhllltnille
Took:. With A toalignity sarpariud only bt that
of a s!..mois. this man chine the istonioot -wilful
wishrtgeisiiiiv ~.1 Olt bed of tidiness And..t4 . .
Avid When every breath Wei ripe/tied to unlit' . .
Lora,,,,
My moral eclat-I,te, at t/•,! ';e‘ ppz.ir:soitt: . .., '
assailing Lora any
.pnbi:;.
.a,4 priitato chart . N
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wish the flowatrocious siandsrp.. I had. hide 'i
routed all the eettoth of his in•platable haerroltr, '
siccip.i- hint as the • 41- , aad Urfsesof pdrierr' riT 1
th .: tout and inf.tmous procedure whiel; canseii vhf '
~•, istrous hostility which we have all se moth la..
me,.:ed: no, that I had dialled hi•ts-stritb as of
which his taelings ,would diusams nat that I had! is
dared to speak, and in terms a just severity t!'l.
wards him. of whit it would be itt toltawmtP Ilk ; I
projels to, discioie: namely, llis Sumer en* Sit • i
Francis Burdett. Availing binaiiilfs tliviallirve
tt
an alleged Werth of tiecatisas ea met • part, as
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pretext for a public explimmirsis we hie. ho
with a spirit of hitter tniasCisity into an .
tion of the oecurrencei which- souk piste bearruirit • ,
Sir Francis and myself. that he Might bad =IMP
plausible pretest for giving vent to his ISt
the moat base rnisiepresentationt. and the
malicious falsehoods, respeding my motittee oadasit
cJoduet.
44 1 do net mean to sir, howevei. distils this ill
was :Audited solely by his hatred towards ma. *Hai '
had other obj,fti, which, though ace interim. wimp
ausit:ary to the gratification cf hls malice. so.I
which my degradation, in toes. wedd tend aura
comp:4h. Lord Cochrane, Six Francis &MKS
Mr. Sheridan, Mr Elliott, and myself. were all
candidates for your r.fFr.:;tes: and, though Medi
' was no doubt in the mind Of any man WhO did mot
under-rate ro':r patriotism and ::idspeudebur, that
1 tht frien '. t Freedom could, without any Jiffs..
cult'', bare returned Sir Francis and me, if theli
had been so disposed ; ter Mr. Tocke,:frem Iha4
supei Bonus caution selocii he thinks may be pltr.
ch;ned to old ag:, sad from that comics sellisk
appreh,!asion W..c:i farms au essential a part or*
nature, douSted either their ability or their iniffi.
nation to do so. To Sir Francis he was bound bje •
every tie ; and OM 54 Francis% succe•s
.depeadissi
the accomplishmer.t of all his secret vi.wi. Me ha
envied for m 7 populariti in `.7erissinster. where I,
r.-hen but young in public life. had been honoured
with the free suffrages of 4451 of my fellow.ciai.
vita. a.:d be, after 45 years standing, bad polled t
but 1700 rows, ani‘at an eapensa of 4.0001.
sterling 3 me he regarded as the enemy of his dark
and vii,,i;etive designs, and me he hated. To do:
gra ,;e ire and exalt Sir Francis-in your opinion way
therefore, his course."

TUC AUTHOR'S intainitiortnit to 0411liON TO011it•
" It was on that occasion, and at that time, that
Sir Trend% Thinten ;Unread rs inftestme
Mr. Tooke: whol he assured me, • Meet &J iitily,of
ray parbaseniary modal, cat se* wry fealevii to imam
we personally.' Accottlingly I seemly-tilted tr
Francis to the house of this extraordinary man. Sir
Francis went up stairs to what is called the rude ;
and, in a few minutes afterwards, John Horne
Tooke entered the drawing-room, so unseemly 114
so filthy, that, as Murphy said ofJoknecies, he ap.
peered like Lungs r. Alchyrnist, just having gritted
makirg Fie seised me w.th both laandii;
and expressed in the tiro gist terms the delight he
telt at the ..on-in.a which I had pursued is Plain-
ment relative to Lord %Veil:sky I complimented me
highly spun the energy and pereeveranee .which I
had shewn single-handed against such dreattal citCs)
and concluued a most latieting speeds, by saying.
that I was entitled to the good wishes of every In.
nest man in the kingdom. In this first interview,
Mr. 'Tooke treated me as no stranger; for he imme-
diately began to Speak of public men and public
measures. in a manlier to which I had never been
before accuitomed and which, on so short an ac-
quaintance. certainly did surprise me. To the its.
pi:rimiest degree, he seemed to have resit affection 3
rogue, rasekl and villain, were among the mildest
terms which he applied to those whom he chanced
to mention. So tar front Mewing that • supra
things caution.' which might bee been pardontbbi
in so old a man, his conversation ,and his conduct
appeared like the excess of unreserved confidence.
He really was entertaining beyond.descririon..
regretted out a little that 1 was unable to partake: of
a MichJeimas dinner with him. in company eith sir
Francis, (who had just entered the room), whiehlie
sail he would hurry on an hour baton
,his usual
time (three o'clock) for the sake of out eUtltitusit
was only excused whoa I toll him that I bad a mutt.
log nt the Committee of Electots to attend; but be
said distinctly, is the presence of Sir Frascies tlaati
4 on Sunday, be always haii'a patty of friends; that
Sir Francis was generally there on ttiat day • anti
that he should be exceedingly disipiminteil St.! dill
not make Me, and ft often as possible-e"

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iSS AiTllOll.5 eicconsr or TM' IFIMILLDOM
DIMPSIC •
" tto it is after *V Ski,, that . To* ten; 1124
the impedance to say that Wt he knew NO HANG of
me, BUT that I was iatrtmland to him by Sir. Vrat.r.
cis Burdett, and that I ins*/ spry' to dine at hid
house!
N That I after Wards dined frequently at Lis Andes;
is trite, nod ai Mr. Tooke hod stated, I was absent on:y
three Binders, from the clove of the Election in Nn-
vetisber, to the end of April. Bet that I dined Were.
unasked, or enwelcorned, i 4 de you now sed, uti;erle
false. The invitations which he gave hie in our
inservien • and in hie tut; letter, were such is wolf
have justified me in coosidering myself aiga,zed f
all these Sunday parties: bet the kakis, that Mil
Tooke scarcely ever seise no its, and eelrer saw isi,„
without renewing them in the most Jr essintritaissi
lgor is th,s all. Every body who Blows
of them Wimbledon dinners, kaoa. Nee_
lociej partia‘g iv ea lot Sit Email, Mel*
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