The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-03-28 00:00:00

The following extra& m.iy serve as a specimen of
the dialogue.

ACT I. SCENE
Pifer Mrs. BUSY and Mr. lit?:

Mrs. Bal—Mercy on me, the tenth Report, I
hrar of nothing but the tenth Report. Tile inva•
sing and Bnnapatte, are both hid aside for the tenth
Report. Surely we cannot have lived so Imi in the
commercial and fashionable world, to b, told now
for the first time of the tenth Repast. I was last
eveaing at a party in the west end of the town,
where, I am certain, I could not have heard 1-wer
than 500 Reports.. Let rue see, tee intrignei with
the Serpent; that was the first Report, and most
a-saredly, if Adam had any friends or neighbours,
he must have heard mote than the tenth Report
before he lett Paradise.

Mr. Bus-I'lllllw ! Mrs. Busy, what are you
about ? Übe l'enth Report is a catamaran. It's a
blunderbuss of enormous calibre. It contains a
charge of many thonsand pounds. Noble Vis-
count, who has distinguished himself in the navy de-
partment, and Wdi present in the Atuick upon the
Boulogne flotilla, declares he dreads its explosion
more than the thunder of all the batteries in France.

Ext,r Mr. Cusnt

S,•,iron, Curinitir.—Scandal and C itamarans.
The Tenth Report is a 6Gd, it is a Bill of Lahrt,twat
against the honestest man in the country. It con-
tains the most unwarrantable churgrs.—lt coutaim
sr .-.1 counts—

Mr. Bei!.--Aye, and such discount: as will puz-
zle your arithmetic.
Enter SPR-r, a deaf and dumb boy,
he &dons the parties away.
EEXtlilli macs.
DUBLIN, MARCH 21.

A new arrangement hss been made for placing
the Yeomanry in Ireland on exercise duty for two
days in each week. They have been for some time
past on permanent duty for four successive days in
each month ' • but the season of the year, on account
of agricultural occupations, rendering this plan ex-
tremely inconvenient to individuals (the days for
duty being fixed from Monday to Thursday inclu-
sive), His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, with
his accustomed wish to accommodate the Yeo-
manry of this kingdom, as far as is consistent with
the public service, took they circumstances into
consideration, and altered the plan accordingly.
One of the weekly exercise days is allowed to be
Sunday, provided the time of parade does not in-
terfere with divine worship ; and, from the increas-
ing length of the days, it is expei!ted, that the Yeo-
manry will improve very fast in discipline.
Two gentlemen who had a quarrel the night be-
fore last, at the Theatre, fought this morning, when
one of them was killed on the spot.
MARCH 242.
This morning, between two and three o'clock,
the guards and people at the Castle were alarmed
by a tire, which broke out on the staiis, between the
Register and Yeomanry Offices, in the lower Castle
Yard. Immediate assistance was procured, and the
fire was foi innately conquered, before it had time to
spread, or do much mischief. l'he whole range of
building, of which the Treasury Offices form a
principal part, would have been quickly enveloped
in flames, if the accident had not been discovered so
soon; for the part of the stair-case which took fire
was situated in the rear of the building, and the
flames would not have been perceived by the centi.
such at the gates until they had burst forth through
the windows. A man and his wife, who slept in a
room nearly over the spot, were awakened by the
oppressive heat, which was communicated through
the wall; they fortunately got down bet .re the stairs
were rendered impassable, and alarmed the guard,
who, with buckets of water (for the engines could
not play on the plant), in a then time totally ex-
tinguished the fire.