The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-01-05 00:00:00

ARCHDUKE MAXIMILIAN.

The visit of this illustrious personage has been
productive of some little bustle in Plymouth, and
afforded, we hope, Much gratification to himself.
Like preceding visitors, of equal rank, but of a
different country, his attention was excited by every
thing of a grand or curious nature, and to jud..,e
from his sensibility to such spectacles, he never ap-
peared to be an indifferent spectator.
His Highness commenced his tour of curiosity
on Saturday, by visiting the Dock-yard, which he
inspected minutely. The English colours were
hoisted, and other honour. paid to him in the same
Planner as to the Archdukes of Russia. Amongst
numerous objects that attracted his notice, was the
diving ih-11, in which he descended, with one of his
suite, and Mr. Smith, the conductor. On reaching
the bottom, lie took up a stone, which he was
highly pleased with, and which it is probable he
will preserve for some time, as a memorial o► his
descent into the sob-marine regions. Whilst in
the Dock-yaid, lie saw a ship repa►ring, and leap-
ing on a scaffold alongside, lie borrowed a hammer
from a young shipwright and drove a cooper until.
The hammer was returned with a one pound note.
The artificer smiled, observing " That nail Willi
well drove, your Highness ;" and turning round,
drily addled, " when will your Highness come
again t"
His Highneu dined this day at Weakley's
Hotel.

On Sunday he partook of the hospitalities of
Mount Eilgetsnibe, with Coont Fiartbigg and
Major Heylinger, two of his sake; Lord Exmouth,
Sir Thomas sod Lady Hardy, Sir Thomas Tyrwhitr,
Mr. and Mrs. Carew, Commissioner Shield, Caplan'
PeHew, Captain F. Pellets, Mr. Molyneux, and
Mr. Harris, and also spent the night there. _

On the following day, after examining the Break-
water, shipping, ace. under the accustomed salutes,
his Highness witnessed the launch or the Dove cut.
te►, froto the Dolt-yard slip. He then proceetied
to dine with Lord Exmouth, and a Loge party,
comprising the heads of the departnieots of the
public service; and most of the abuse-mentioned
party.
On Tuesday his Highness nail' dined at Mount
Edgeumbe. and next day, after irrealamting qt
Whitten's Royal Hotel. lie pursued his journey
to Portsmouth. The deportment of this di waited
visitor is spoken d in high terms of commen-
dation. by all who had the pnvilege of approach-
ing him.

The Report of the Committee appointed to exa-
mine into the prevent state of the House of Correc-
tion, at Wakefield, and to point out what addi-
tions and ituprovements pre necessary to be made
in that prison, has been ptibli.hed, The Com-
mittee report, that the House is totally itratlequate
to the accommodation of so large a number of pri-
soners es have for some years been committed to it,
and this feet will not be clispUtril when we state, as
we do, on good 'willows., that though the house
is only calculated to contain 110, there are at pre.
seal the alarming iitiosbst• ,tl3tio prisoners! To re-
medy this evil, me Mavistiattl. recommend that
this prison alitrold lie intheird before the Grand
Jury et the neat Lent Ass's..., for the purpose of
having it enlarged ; and though the present stage
of the litortne..s it is onpossible to ray what may be
the expetese of the proposed additions and improve-
meats, they suppose that the amount will he limn
40 to t5,000i.

Although there will he four eelipte* tliia year,
none of them will he vit•lde to us; they will no
dintlit excite intieh estisccfment mid fear in the
coasts of New Z`taliillti, New linWind, Guinea, Cii.
liforma, mid Japan, and sttprei4l7 in N.! eithipoiscar,
on 'he 3d oi:tube; , when ;lc moon will rise a—
and in the Sandwich lalends it will set echred ;
it will have the appearance in Perare, the Ctrs-
plan Sea, and west of Poland. Whatever appe,sr-
alliCe the moon ever us/mines, they sec: okay* inte-
mato% to ttte fullower, of Nhitexct.