The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-02-03 00:00:00

SIR JOIIN MOORE.

Glorious thy rest, and envied be thy fall,
Beneath (!oratma's vaiolv-threstried wall,
Chanvpiou of sacred Freirdootesstitlee throe;
tultlare of Britain-oth mole noble 1111161 C
Oh, be thy tomb the pare of. men* Despair
Re Hope, be i 'fent Veuers ace erulle.l therm !
Wheat ti.l:ll;e4 ruthless Despot, from afar,
(lathers the hungry lerons of his M etr ;
Inteut to ulrlm, in one ei:golphitter
Whwt Spain yet Waits of loyal, brave, sad good
that the .titsr°, where the Patriot Band
May view tiptoed, • Chief's used& d baud;
Worthy In: triinelseue of Ant LC•lie. shut,
And suuro his fernlike career to rota.
Amid the battle's ourelesting storm,
Borne ea the IITIV•111 tempest he thy form;
illarshall'd with inlets of tin ...wets mighty slain,
The lions of the shotgliter-tiriuLasit plant
By Goetwe's Chief, a.:4 A isEILCItOiII ; Miff led,
Ard all the valour of our Ituyal dead—
Him RN, and Enwauot--.!kins of victory !
I. whose dread might reluctant Franee shall see,
What Britain was—what Uritaitt still can be.
January, so nog.
A. M.

• Ativiilige WAaatßtT.heincbvou lit to floe Altarodiea
a child, by lot father, At I cc•n, and there swum to etc nal
tuttrtAl against the aueusum.

F.OllllOll FI)R FEURUARY.

There is tiothing at preimut more litibionahle for full dress
than Henry the 1:orioles hats, Meats.' mid velvet °revery co-
lour, with two est r,ch &Mot rs,elegAutly placed, and diamond
butto.is and loops, stars.sprirs, &c ; caps ofvelvet, s itb tiaras
of si:ver, or peacis ; white saint lei Imam of a peculiar
make, ocilatactilvd with silver, sad composed eidirely of
nil-
vcr and c.e..oir.:d gauze, or Chambray. The Altradurff cop
ii still repute for full dress; and the Augusts cap,
wore with the Alzes,lorfi. pelisse, is Coe favaurite in g
dress in the A.-us Muscle; they are chi, ily of cloth, trimmed
web black velvet mil gold, and much admired, with beatiti•
pal military eksins to match the sloth ; annul Ire. of Ike sante,
and teravivied in a simile meaner, clasped before over the
bosom with an earicae stelae; aademsll hi/meets, very much
turns dnp sits one sole, are mach worn with them Po ish
bonnets cud spencers are at prevent entirely excluded. 'the
dresses coat'eue in make just 146 usitahnor are the waists inure
flue inioltralely long. White satin is still, sad ever will, he
coosi•lered the most elegant eve dutt dress ; they are Laos
worn, trimmed with gold, silver, and pearls. Velvets and
coloured sarsnets are also much semi end stbnired. 'the
ball &vast:sure short, but, on other uccsaions, trains will cer-
tainly be adopted. The bosoms arc sot so much exposed as
formerly, which is 'resit; owing to a trench handkerchief,
which is much worn, richly embroidered in satin stitch ;
white kid shoes fur dress. toes wore pl•••Ited.

Ou Wednesday inuts.ong. uos .01AMTY, Prin-
cesses riontets, SOPIIIA. and A11161.1.t, secorn-
paniell by Lady ELY, Generals Fcrzatie and
CJARTWn;UtIT, and Colonel TAYLOR, took an airilig
cal horseback in Windsor Great Park, and return-
ed at 12 o'clock to the Castle.

The QuEstu, mid Princesses ELIZABETH and
NIAB7. took an airing in Frogiuure Lodge, mid
walked iu the garden..
His MAJESTY is expected in town this day, to
hold a Court ut the Qv sea's Palace.
Amongst the last iirrivals at Cheltenham are.
Mr. J. WHITELOCILE, once a Lieutenant-General
iu the British army, and Mr. BIIINAC, (Nee kt Post-
Captain in the British nary.
?dr. CLARKS'S influence amicars to extend to the
diplomatic corps, a. 51r has exalted a airoernoker
into an Aolfmnsolfor of ,llo►occo.
The visitors to Batt. had last night two grand at-
tractions: Maclaine CATALAN O{ tirst concert, and
the first ameurance of a Gentleman in the part or
Macbeth. sit the Tragedy of that name, at the
Theatre-Royul ia that city.
The Right Hou. DENNIS BOWES DALY, M. P.
is arri%ed at BATT. lintel, Jena) n. street, from Ire-
land.

Doctor TnYtt at, in hi: evitlenceon Wednesday
admitted that he attended tile sprtice Mrs. C %axe
in various situations.
The Marquis of ELT is about to dispose of his
house in Ely-place. Dublin. His Lordship, it is
said, is going to assume the character of Beamliet,
the married man, but is divided in his choke be-
tween a Ram and a Wig-Ram.
Miss GILEityN.O Concert, last night. at the Free-
masons Tavern. iu Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-
inn-Fie:as, was numerously attended.—The prin-
cipal performers were the Misses Guasoti. Miss
'Naas, Miss STEVENS. Mr. FITZSIMMONS. end
Si4iiior LANZA, who executed several favourite
songs, duets, and glees, with the happiest effect.
Mr. Firrzstmmoas sang tt raid/less Emma" with
all the taste and sweetness which characterise his
powers. The Fruiters gave their powerful aid ;
and Mr. Mousivatts was the Leader of the Band.
Yesterday morning the Countess of LouDON and
Mow, presented his Lordship with a second
daughter. Her Ladyship and the infant are in a
fair way of doing well.
. Mr. W more, a Professor of Elocution, in Edin-
burgh, mule his tint appearance ou a London
stage, on Wednesday last, at Drury-lane theatre,
in tile part of Cato. His voice is strong, but not
harmonious, his person is not prepossessing, and
his action is redundant ; he however appeared to
have • perfect conception of his author, and in the
heavy line of tragedy may prove an sequisition to
the stag&

!NTT iLIGEN.