The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-08-23 00:00:00

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WINDSOR 111FArttlEALS.

On Thy shty evening, by desire of the Officers of
t::: Reg tnrnr of Royal Morse Cuar,"s Mile, the
Come.iy Tbe S, hoof for 'Scala WAS pCifOrllled
at
the Windsor Theatre, to a very elegant and nu-
merous audience. Mr. Cutesy, of Drury-lane
Theatre, played the part of Sir Peter Teazle" in a
truly excellent et le, and was received with the
Inudeit applause. Mr. Raw:vice's Sir Oliver, oar a
vet/ chatte. but animated
as is but seldom, infottilance ; and,
deeel.
Mrs.
MUDIes /Say Tonsle a , such a
seen out of a London Theatre.
The Far:e of The Village Larger followed ; and
Mr. CaLaav, in Seoul. by very excellent :1617,
kept the audience in a continued roar, and received
loud and deserved app lances.

poATRr.

MORE ANACREON. . .
SICOND SPLCIMES OP A SLW TRAsit.sitop. .

BY OLD NICK.
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Eta Erew—ode Seven.
Love not toti ring, running then,
Bid me follow So his whistle,
When a Critic• from a glee,
Scratchl me sorely wdb • thistle.
Love now fans me with those wings
Which so %try aptly suit him,
And then, titt'ring, gaily slugs,
" Curse the Critic, try to shoot film'.' .
• A figars, I* called (pupugit imiemier flydros) anllitely
di:covered in Scotland. This venom us aniustl was unknown
to ancient Naturalists. The colour of it, sides i, Wee, its hack
Oleo, and it appears wOh tid'a or Ira long heavy farads. fitted
with teeth, exceedingly useven, and like a thi.tte, which pro
tsenty makes the Putt mistske its bits for the stretch of one
of thus, rich °moments of Caledonian feitilito. It bitar.fear.
ming mow annually. One ever/ thre mints. It kw.. the
Commentator, died, it is said, of its hall; and many other of
" Niteres Itteris" have been grlevotnly teemented by it.
However, it is thought by some, that its attack is very service.
aisle; but, I inu.t own, that I have found no'one who has had
1 Ws melee done him, be any metro ready to coincide in the
o,,iutoo,—No i rather w Jain 4111111111h17 ;.. the Critic is d--:

The Earl of MIATIA is arrived in Unto. from
Ireland.
On Wednesday List, the 2.1 Battalion hf the 811
Regiment, commanded by Major Bant.e, landed
At Southampton, from Sand Own &tracks, Isle of
Wight" oa the:r march to Chipping Norton, Oz.
fen Jsnire.
Sir JAMBS EARL& has purchased the man4on of
tilt late Lord ktNsaten, at. Eating, for the sum
of ;3,0001.
Lord Roster Se emcee left town, yesterday, for
his seat, Woolbeding Miiikurst, Sussex.
• General Sr. Jona left Au,iley-square, yesterday,
for his seat, Bank Yarm. Kingston.
Colonel Osseous r, M.Y. is gone irons Gosport
to Yarm- nth, isle of Wight.
The Earl of Asuzu item* sa's house, in Dover.street,
is undergoing a thorough repair.
• Mr. C. )(FURLS is performing Ri.herd the Third
and GtaTe &raven', with great fetal, at the Bir-
mingham Theatre.
Mr. COOKS has played at Liverrool ; on Wed-
nesday, he was to petfoim the past of Sir Periiisas
Mae .Nyoophattt, in The Moe of the World, so that the
reports of his ill health are unfounded.
The dinner given by the Duke and Duchess of
YORK, at flatlands, on Wednesday, to the Prince
of W• Lss and a a.lea party, was served up in the
beau iful grotto.
The Mossocs family are glue to their beautiful
scat, Burton house, Lincolnshire, to make the ne-
cessary preparations to celebrate his Lordship's
birth-day and coming of age, on whi-h occasion a
grand fete will he given in a style of superior ele-
gance ; the whole of the neighbouring Nobility and
Gentry, and near 211 of his tenants, are incited.
Yesterday, its the C-oit of Chancery, an un!esrtu.
nate ma.iat, most s!labbily attited, addressed the
Cut ANCALLOA in the midst of the business of the
C.-urt. tie told his Lord,hip, a that he was the
p .rson who had se•tled and concluded the peace in
India ;" to which his Lordship replied, " It he was
anxious to observe the peace, he had better he silent;
or leave the Court." He then said, "he was con-
cerned in and should settle all the causes in Court ;"
and his Lordship advised him, " as he had so much
to do, not to lose time them."
A numerous Meetieg of the Ipswich Freemen
was held, on Thursday night. at die Phenix Tavetn,
Ratcliffe Cross. Major Da v ssos, a friend of
Capt. STOPFGIRD and Mr. \Vasco., had called
them tog-ther at his own espence, for the purpose
of prosnotiog the intivest of these Gentlemen.—
Mil met at seven o'clock, and never was them
known, on any occasion, so respeaaisle a meeting
of the Ipswich Freemen resident in London. The
.jor entertained then in the tsue English style,
with beet, p.o-ter, and pua:h. Between nine and
ten o'clock, Mr. WI Liens mule his appearance
(Capt. S. fovea)? o being at Portsmouth, with his
ship, and unable to attend), accompanied by the
Hon. Hussy EASKINA, son of the 1..c,,AC1
CnaN-
GALLoa, and Mr. 85t049114, M.P. for Launceston.
It seemed to be the united desire of 411 the Freemen
peesent to promote, by all possible means, the elec-
tion of Capt. Sections and Mr. WiL;O74.
On Monday last, the Anniversary Meeting cf
Capt Mass 's &ion was celebrated at the Bell
Int,. Gloucester. Tree Captain was in the Chair,
and the company assembled were more numerous
than ever witnessed in that city on a simlar oeca-
sion ; among whom were. Admiral TotoiNcononan,
Sir Enver se JLTNI.S. litssav Has•coTr,
CYC ALL GH hsq. and the neighho;trins Gentle
men. After the usual 'mai :oasts of
" Kurd rowdy," See. " The Acabb of Copt. Mo,ri,
-w is ilea" with =aria irahreievc, and thoia, to bawl,
kis coatioll so tht Schott:" after which w.ce given—
" h. lord Lirkisonoi of Ike C....,7 of Gioomo„"
" W. /licit, Bart."—" Dr. ifulteres"—".l be Free-
mem of IVoiteeiter".--" The Frremem of Gloae:sier'
rc-
Sidrrl io Loadois"—and a satiety of others. The
evening was concluded with the utmost hittrity and
chartulnuse.

iitt/GPTiOY, AQOUST 21.

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Earl Craven, vomited on hie dark liey Ars',ian
poney, and accompanied by his
~/lidssele Camp,
Lard Arthur Somerset ant Captain Teidy, irsIw.ll
the Royal South Gloucester !viilltle yesterday. At
twelve otenck, his Lards':ip arrived ta the gear.;
parade. Ile did not give the_ regiment the trou' do
of marthing round its review order ini4 the gu.rd
went ihrongh that process. . After. settning hies,
they marched to their r..spelive gtiar.ils; and his
ywdship then proceeded to inspetl ere: y company
singly, accompanied by Major Watley and Nlajar
Oxley. Ili Lordship was pleased to express hie
approbation of their steady and cleanly appeeramee„
adding, that they were in complete marching Order.
The South Hampshire Militia bade received the
rime to parch from Steirshern to Little kiempten.
They are to march this dry andS toteday. and the
West Nisei am to replace them. We shalt lose.F.eli
Craven in a few dais, if his health permit;. He
much better, bet not (juice recovered ,rein his i:Ae
in lispcwition. The lightning, these two nights pa. t.
has been most alarming, and the thunder ettry
and constant, but not attended with much ram. he
alarm, from the lightning, was so great, tkat no pin-
son Would venture out of their house ; yet 1 haat
not heard of any material reedent. Social dinners,
eding, bathing, and-walking, occupy the lays of our
Fashionables, and the evenings weeprincipaily ;pent
at the Theatre, where regularity, attetAion. stud
good performances, ate always to be found.
se-ireirm
SOUIREND. Aucust 20.
Yonr letter from your Correspondent at Ash
place, dated the 19th instant, is very hiaccu-ate.—
After saying, very truly, that the village is more
crowded than in any former season, Le pros= .d: to
remark, that ne gdditional sittommostation is pro-
vided for the public, misting one which he states
is the last to be espeited in a watering place -a
Methodist chapel ! Now, Sir, without noticing tee
illiberality of this remark, I shall content myself
with saying—that it is not tree. e chapel which
is been opened, h not a Methodist one; but is nae
et-tentfled with the denomination of Protestant Dis-
senters, called lndependcnte, n sea which is q lire as
far removed from the Islethod.s3, or from ent!te-
siasm of any sort, as the Church of Eni4land herself.
I fully accede, however. to your Correspondent's
obset vations respefting the omissMa of the trout
assenitiliee, &c. this season, whi h does not rule
t:orn the cause he mentions, hat from a want of
spirit, I suppose, on the part of the majority of the
?any.
TUNBRIDGE WELLS, AUGUST 11.

This place continues r•rnArkAl4r lively and fel,
The Master of the Ceremonies' Ball, on Tnesda7,
was very well attended. The dancing was k
pt r,p
till a late hour, unmindful of the clearical flu
which was flaming around them.
Last evening, the celebrated Jonas exhibited his
maeical powers of deception to a rnmerias and
fashiohable audience, in the Looter Room:. Ttie
company were gratified with his wonderful skill.
Though we have lately lost vernal famines, wlto
have lest us for she sea, their loss has been amply
supplied by a great influx of others, aTcng whoa
are--
Lore and Lade Llleobnronah, H,n. T 11.niess, LsAy
and I,li{toh, Sii J. 800.
gin, Disoli,Sualry, litiord,Fivti,,stc.
We have, within these few t..”, bad several
storms. accompanied by immense torrents of rain:
the thunder has be.m very awful, and the lightning
uncommotriy vivid; hot, tortuir.tHs, without awl
any mischief in this immediate neihilrourheed.
On Friday last, at Mayfield, in a bare.
which some men were in the aft of puitieg down.
was struck by the lightning, which 'everted with
ground a considerable part that had been In seed
by the workmen, one cf whom received several cit..
tusions, and was for some time cl-spai.red cf;
Ire t,
by the application of proper remedies, was at Lit
teem:rad.
A very heavy storm vaned over the same place
yesterday, zboot noon, the rain descended in tor-
rents, and the lightning and thunder struck evily
inhabitant with terror. A few minutes after ,*t be-
gan, a flash entered the stable of the Rev. T. Kirby,
and sat it on fire; bot, through the exertions his
hardener, who fortunately saw the smoke issuing
through the roof, it was pot undies berme it kid
done much slama.te. About five minutes after this,
a large globe of fire was seen to glide slowly from
the cloed,, and passed not more than a hiti.dted
yards from the Church-steeple, and was hi,:clen by
some of the houses. Several persons, fearing that it
would do mischief, ran through the rain in the &SAC.
tion which it went; when they a: rived at an eminence,
which mrerloked several houses at the lower end r
the village, they perceived the roof of the gate-hout
consisting of two dwellings, to be completely is
flames; they hastened down, and foal.' the inhelat-
ants of both houses in that end where the gatekeeper
kept a small girls' school, about twenty in all, se
completely overeom with terror by the
affetted by the sulphitreous stench, that
not that the house was cn fire, and it wr
greatest trouble that they saved them ,
flames, par ticulerly an old man, w. o w.
ened that he ran about the ttoJse. unci
his danger, trough the flaming house
around and on him.
The lightning struck the roof, under .
Ferrets, were great numbers of fay,got
heavy wood; then descending by tne
went oat of the back-door, and killed
that was in a stye near it. Nothiag W.ll
was in the end that was struck. The
tity of erood that was io the upper roorni
complete boiiUre; in less than twenty 11(11
houses were level with the ground. A
a table, and soma trifling kitchen utensils
saved fie n the other.
Tee lime day, a public bowie w.
Hurst-green, which dec.:ended by the to
gliding aloo.i the hell-wire, weut out
doing scarcely any mischief.

Now OR NRVILR ---FOROue IsiVißef
Oat to let slip the be.e: opportutUty err.
then:l, by the present StAte L.,:itezy St
Capanl Prizes are inarne,.se. nius.
a rusng 2.3,000 Tickets iestrad
aulu4cE of 'rickets from 2.1,000 W

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