The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-12-13 00:00:00

FASNIONAELE INTELLIGENCE.

The Duke of Grafton lots •rrive.l at his sea', IVakeleld
Ledge, Stony Stiarford, from Easton Hall.
The Earl of Ritelteavage lira errired in town from hie
father's, Ike Marquis of Cholu'oudeley's seat, Hoeglatou Hall,
No, folk.
The Earl of Coventry is entertaining a large party of
friends. at his no ir, Crum", Worer"ierski.e.
Viacom's sail Vsseemitraa f ;-,osille I. ft the Earl of Har-
r:why's seat,la it, Sim' Hall, Ni..ffurti4iire, yesterday, on their
way ID 1001“.
Lord Clifton arrived yraterdiy evening at his fither'4, the
FAH of amok y'a 11.1110% in Berkeley-square, from the seat of
C. B. Wail. f'..q 11 .I'. Norman court, Hama.
Lord Holland had a select pasty st dinner yesterday in
Old Berliegtoo.•treet.
Sir bavidge Gould, Bart. has left the St. James's Hotel,
' • Jerretyls-street, fur his sent in Heels.
' Sir Henry and Lady Georgina IVellesley have arrived in
town rerun the Marquis of Salisbury's seal, lirofield.
The Right liminssradde John and Lady Anne Brekett have
left town fur the East of Lonsalaie's seat, Cottestnure, Rot.
lautLh!re, fur the holiday'.
The ttes.o W. St. Joins has arrived st Hodgson's Hotel,
Dover-street, from Wilts. H. Tighe, Esq. has left ditto us
R 101lr.
Captain C. It Foe has left town on a visit to the Leah,
Edspatriek, at their seat in Nol ihalltp1011411re•
Departures from Wart e 11.36 il AO, R. gentAtreet : —Grayest
and Mrs. St. John for their seat la Ewa; and the Hos. Ca.
veridish Bradshaw on a tour.
[ B. Mashy, Eaq. has arrived at his house in North Audley.
sheet, from a tour.
Major Greens., 10th bmaars, has arrived at Fenton's
Hotel, St. Jumrs's street, from his regiment in Ireland.
Arrivals at the Pultesiry Hotel, P.cesdilly :—Major and
Mrs. Taylor, from Scotland; Mr. and Mrs. Turk', from
$ Paris. Departures :—Mr. and Mrs. Preston, for Bath.
Dowager Lady de Clifford has arrived in town foam her
I seat, Dudley Grove.
j Departures front the Claremont Hotel, Bond-street :—Mr.
... and Mrs. Murray, for their seat near Salisbury ; sod Cip.
leis Peale, fur Brighton.

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The humorous Hudibrastic song, " The Mee.
maid," which we inserted yesterday for the ansuir-
ruent of our readers, ■nd for obit+, we are pe►-
suaded, they would thank us, crnes, we understand,
frhm the pen of Mr. JOHN LAURENS Hiciimar.c.
of Greenwich, to ulinm the public is inde4ed
(or the Iroderw Church, a poem, which displays

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tunch humour in description, and much sensibility
of feeling.
Mr. BUNKE going to a book-case, and finding it
Pocked, said. " This is Locite ou tUr ['trim's' Un-
derstanding."
Giroßog I.—When some ohe reminded this
Monarch how happy he was to be King of Eng.
find and Elector of Hanover at the same time, he
very nobly replica, " I am prouder of being able
to say, that 1 have two such subjects as NEWTON
and LEIBNITZ in my dominions, than to say,
rtign over she countries that contain them." •
The wonderful Sagacity and dkcoverirs of Sir
ISAAC NEWTON bring the subject of conversation
is a mixed company, some knowing person ob-
served, that lie thought the Philosopher mast have
Nod intercourse with • Demon. " Aye," mid u
rctiow, " that lit lied? and / Mill tell you
his name, I was Diame-Stititmai.*
A celrbested barrister, who bad not a very prepossessimg
cionsitessance, mired pi my to say, That rt cost hiss half
au boor ranee to Rat at (helmet of his auditors than it
would a handsome assn."
When Mr. Darrow in delivering the presents to the Em-
peror of China, failed to make him comprehead the use of
fbe ateciabieut powers from a womplete set of models, the
that obey might serve as playthwegs for
hls grasuleisildrta."
Woodbine is the moat favourite ornament of she gardens
its Moldavia ;.and to present a branch of it is blossom to a
female is eonsidered a declaration of love.
A gentleman, who was too desirous of attracting the alien-
Coo of those Rhino dim to tie style and faiihino of his dein,
one day asked the opinion of a friend as to the shape of a
pair of holf.boots which he had jail drawn on r "I observe
but one fault," said his friend, " they shew too much of the
tlrite sitrVl.—A most beautiful medal, dishtowel by the
Tallitlbeireilliaitaaa, and executed by Wyon, of the Royal
Mist, ins just been completed for the Royal Cambrian Ise
Whistles: t)n the obverse Is a Site Nitwit of a bard, to the

prime of life, his left band 'Minium so the harp, awl *olefin
to hie right, Cott/brim y Beirdd (the Birdie alphabet), the
rising sun. Airing uu hints 10 fell spleodoer. In the back-
ground a view of Sioneheoge, with Druidical sham &c. he.
nod the following mato, in ancient British chareeters,
in-
scribed nutlerneath:—"Cared Dora pr Enema," ?be
trat laispreerlun in gold, elecautly moistened, has been pre-
tented 'to Mr. Thomas • Julies, of Long-erre, fur the beet
woot Ode on the revival of the above lastitutinu. Others
are ',psi prepatigg for J. H. 11,171,
,late editor of the
Caiabro Briton, and the Rev. Edward Iloalies, of Bodvary,
iDeatrialtishire i tins fur an Eitglieli Feisty on the Welsh
language, and the other for a Welsh Poem on Ho Harlem
who red the• Cline, first into Britain, mid taught them the
'use of the plough, he.
Dectoo, in his Popope to Senegal, Maim, that the
erew of n French vetsel, which hod arytvc4iim Jlaie river of
St. Domingo, on the coast of Aims, ohnsveril an elephant
sticking iss the mud in such a maim, taat be csiold not
disengage himself. The sailors thought ilia; it would be
easy to take him, and accordingly fired muskets at him,
which did not kill him, but put him in a rage. They could
not get ntar enough to spear him i and being little accus-
tomed to lino sort of housing, they did uot know the parts
*brie be might be wounded with the areatuat effect. The
elepbpq ,cauld ',either as away from, soy approach his
areaqiiniga be therefore, in despair, tusk op the mad with
Isis It ask, nisi! :brew it is spelt quite/titles auto the ship, that
the isionir nor obliged to tow their vessel off As the tide
set in, ih. y Arrived the elephant diseogage himself and
swim to Owe.
_ Tpternitso frlATco.—Werinesday morning, at nine o'clock,
• 'rutting match took place osi the Hackney road for 50 gui-
neas, between a grey horse, the property of Mr. Evans, aid
a black horse, the property of Mr. Kent. They were to trot
evilest each other for one hour, at the expiration of whirl,
time, the black horse won, having done 15 miles in the boor.
TDB Ba1T1•11 EMPlllll.—This immense mid
mighty Empire is at present thus constituted:—
England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and their adjacent
islands; Gibraltar, Malta, lonian Wanda, Sierra Leone,
-Cape Coast, St. Helens, Ascension Island, Cspe of Good
Hope, Alone Bay Colony, Mauritius Bombay and its dr.
praileneirs, Ceylon, Madras, die., Biugal, he.. Sieirapore,
New Reiland, Island of Van Diemen, Demerara, Jamaica,
Bermuda, Barb3ilore, Granada, Dominies,and uther Islands,
Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nora Scotia, the Canada,.
PIDDINO and Co. Nu. 1„ Cornhill, have us yet
bed very few of the Numbers which they Imre 0,411
drawn, a eircumsleoce much is favour of those who porde..
them, as the Wheel now contains comparatively a much
larger properties of Capital Prises (both in numlicr and
'Mae) thou it did at the commencement ; there bring 91
MAI, Pi ises left for the ronciurson, now so near at hand.
NEXT TUESDAY will he site Fifth Day,and Tit kit, and
Shares, warrawied outdrawn, continue on Sale at PI DUI NG'S
I.urky Curlier, No. 1, Cutubill, with a certainly that the Pin-
'Amers will not be kept long is asapesse.