The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-09-01 00:00:00

IMERICAN POETRY:

The faciwing humorous Parody on PF.TER
PlN-
OAR'S•Eliiatle to the Beriewtrs, was written
sea-061;0ml, merely because its these %talcs he bas
else to do :
THE PETITION OF THE SII Eu-risti, TO BOTH
HOraFA OF COINGIMiS.
Most Potent 'Faltiotes ! we know you have areal power;
And well we know you want as much ag;nn :
Of honours too, a little drizzling shower
You want—yet all are honowebie men.
We know, dread Sirs, that you are fond of fam" ;
And Gambier's fleet, well freighted, slain be sent ye ;
We, too, will help to celebrate your name—
If that won't, what the Devil trill content yc
We never said, in frivolous dcbate
Yoe waited time, and waste the nation's treasure,
Nor would we to such 561.0110%4 dictate;
We therefore hope yuit'il grant our prayer wits pleasure.
Your WORSE IPS lately paved a wicked .40—
Certain some Demon prompted you to der t, •
Excuse our warmth ! because it is a fast,
For which sonic call you RAVI,: sod Foul, to toot.
You said, most sapient Sine, no nasty Tar
Should henceforth leave the laud, that M, the sod ;
Unless, perchance, to venture out so far
As just to catch a halibut or coal.
You said the Lazy metre should till the bushes—
(Of Yrnmefann, or lrershito—no matter ;)
And not spat round the shove, like frogs io rushes,
Ready, when hungry, to jump in the water.
Fond as was Riot Do Lrit once, with haughty air,
To give you rousing peals, enough to stun ye ;
As cried the Damsel to the Ilan of Hair,
• Awake! get up !—Philistines are upon ye I"
Fond as was G as DIN left to call for candle
When ye wort groping, mole like, is the dark ;
Fondly as Jenne would the umpire handle—
Or GILES eat loaves and fishes like a shark.
So fund of water are the Sailor clam s
'Tin cot fses4-toater, Learned*Squotte, we mean;
Not such as Erie, Hums, Michigon...
But such as some of you hare sever seen.
Down come Bluejackets, amid with rake and hoe;
Hungry, they say they are, and must have fowl :
A very poled argument, you know;
Yon, every pay-day, thinl; it very good.
The Fanner Clam, that digs into the land;
The Patriot Oyster that rune not from steel ;
The cadger Muscle, fit'd on rock or sand ;
The slippery, wriggling Politician Eel—
The Courtier Crab, that &whored knows to climb ;
Ti. Soldier Lobster with his scarlet coat,
Mime very coigne would, Here was a time,
Make yea all ran like Rats, and leers your vote.
On these the rizoreemulfe gang regale,
Herod !-..-Euoitgli to your tender souls !

Bat if you don't heliere our simple tale,
Pray send Commissioners to vin► the Wei.
Tour lieu °nap said, at least you meant to say,

You will protect all living in the ens;
Than let those vile Tarpaislias sail away,
Or swim like Peeples's—which way they please.
Permit the 'Suniane, to hatch Joao the maw.

That they no more with hoes and Yams attend as ;
And if they come upon our coast again,
Order a strung North-Wester to befriend us :
That ‘. is storey," they may run is di Haistsons-
No other port so good or half so near ;
.roe 'a bared ; hid in a swamp, Resfornak—.
Them Sartore me not Patriot', that is cleat !
Eneoutated thus beneath your fostering eye,
Our progeny we mrefelly will tend ;
And Oweertra,aml Clamotter tor a pie,
A Gus-bait load to Wadrisgtos will semi.
UNEVALVE.
NC* -Bedford, tens. BIVALVE.

The arrival of the Governor of Monte Video is
daily eNpected by His !War LATT's Ministers. He
is expected in the Probn Spanish frigate ; awl or-
ders have been issued for every respect to be paid
to her at the port where she may arrive.
The Marquis of HUNTLEY, Lord Lieutenant of
the County of Aberdeen, held his first Court of
Lieutenantcy, in the Record Hall of that town, last
week. The meeting was numerously attended.
After the proceedings, his Lordship gave an elegant
dinner, in C LEV ellfs, to the Gentlemen of the Lieu-
tenantry, at which were present most of this Nobility
111111 principal characters en the county.
Berme NAVY.—By the NAVAL RETURNS, COl-
retied to this day, there appear to be—AT ers•. 9FI
rail of- the line, 13 from 50 to 44, 135 frigates, and
329 smaller vessels. The TOTAL number of ships.
IN COMMISSION, amounts to iii sail of the line, 43
from 50 to 44, 180 frigates, 229 sloops, and 428
Tun-brigs. There are also, IN ORDINARY, and
PAIRINO TOR marice, 49 soil of the line, IS from
Sn to 44, 57 frigates, 30 sloops. and 16 grin-brigs,
&c.—sad there are suum94, 60 'tail of the line,
1.5 frigates, 23 sloops, and 6 gan-brigs, &c.—
making a SRAND Torii. of 1113 vessels of war.

Some of the papers of yesterday, state, that Ma-
jor CAMPBELL felt confident that, if found guilty,
he should be hanged as au example to Irish Dwel-
lists.—We do not mean to observe upon the illibe-
rality of this paragraph, Major CastraeLt haring
been a Sestehmaa. We shall content our,alves
with stating, that he was a brave and meritorious
Meer, highly esteemed by all who knew him ; and
That it is a great pity an example was not made
sooner, in some recent cams, in which the survivor
'had not the same claims to public regret ; and in
one of which, pirticularly, public merit and virtue
constituted the sole ground of private offence.
Friday last, being the first day of the anniver-
sary festival of. Sarood.-fair, in Kent, the same was
observed with much mirth and jollity. It was %tell
attended by pickpockets, upon some of whom
summary justice was inflicted. One, named rtA...,i,
alias White. was apprehended, and examined on
Monday before the NIATOR of Rommarria, charg-
ed with being in the act of taking some bank notes
front the pocket of Mr. Citurresota, of Staple-
p I hued. when Mr. C_strrEtsurst caught him
by • the hand, secured him, and gave bias in
charge to the Constable. The fore being clear-
ly plowed, he was committed is hlaidstone.