The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-11-23 00:00:00

PORTRAIT OF STELLA.

~rei.lA is one of those lovely beings, in whose pre-
sence reason is not always safe, and who seems horn
to trouble the peace of mankind. Her sweet figure,
realises all that artists have created, the most deli-
cate and seducing.• It is not Venus, it is not lick,
it is not Lu.e--it STLLLA.
If I were to say, that her features are the most
regular, that her complexion blends the lily and
the rose, her eyes possess the charm of joy, and the
sweets of melancholy—my portrait would still want
the graces of the original. You might think you
saw Sr eu. A, yet it would only he my portrait of her.
Ho who sees >r ELI. A for the first time, and does
not exclaim, Hew to,-eky ! is a man without taste :
He who is not moved by the sound of her voice,
Nature denied him sensibility : He who is not
charmed by her smile, possesses no feeling.
Does STELL A possess sensibility ? I can never
forget what I one day witnessed: STELLA %V Is told
of one abandoned by her lover ; she turned pale, her
cheeks then became coloured, and tears shaded her
lovely eyes.
0 ! you, that S et tr. A is destined one day to love,
adore her, she is lovely ! Bin be always co:.stant,
for she possesses sensibility ! A.

It is very much to be feared that the avarice of
the friends of young R osc us prompts them to work
this admirable boy beyond his powers of CIidIIT.IIICC.
It appears that he performs land% day and night, and
at places so distant from each other as must occasion
much fatigue even in travelling. We remember
prodigy of the name of P.% aisL a, who appeared at
Covent-Garden some years ago. This boy mani-
fested extraordinary powers of music and recitation,
and acquired great te'ar. I-le became very popular.
Engagements crowd...d upon hint, and all were ac-
cepted. His parmts carried him every where, and
he soon became the viaim of his exertions. In the
wish to make the must of him, the pour youth was
sacrificed.

That part of Mr. MaxiAnsier's lron Foundery,
Cokham, Cumberland, in which the patterns are
made, was discovered to be on fire between twelve
and one o'clock on Friday morning last, by the per•
son who works at the Kingsl-Ind ICiudmill, no his
icturn home. Chore being a very large quan:ity of
dry timber and some finished patterns in the room,
which had been burning for a considerable time, the
roof soon after it was discovered tell M together,
with a tremendous crash. Every method was im-
mediately adopted to alarm the inhabitants by the
ringing of bells, Volunteer drums; rattles of watch-
men, &c. great numbers, together with the engines,
soon arrived, and every exertion was made to arrest
the pro:zress of the devouring element t by unroof.
ins; part of the adjoining buildings, removing the
timber, patterns, &v. and the very alive and skilful
application of the engines, it was got under between
three and four o'clocii. Several of the otli,sers and
privates of the Loyal Shrewsbury Volunteers at-
tended in uniform, and contributed very much to
the regularity su necessary on occasions of this kind,
as well as to the proteaion of the property that was
removed. The night was fortunately calm ; and
we have very great saticfaaion in stating that no
lives were lost, nor any other kind of damage or in-
jury sustained, except the above. A quantity of salt,
added to the water in the engines, was observed to
have very great efficacy in extinguishing the tire.
The damage, we understand, is estimated at near
1.5001. about two-thirds of which are covered by in-
surance. The cause of this dreadful accident is
not yet ascertained, but it is supposed to have be-
gun with some timber over-heated by lying near the
chimney of the fire engine in the same building. We
are happy to learn that no part of the work will be
retarded by this unfortunate occurrence, except the
part drove by the fire engine, and that, it is hoped,
will be again set on work about Christmas, as great
exertions are already made to restore it to its former
state.

PERTH, Nov. 16.

On Monday, the troops on permanent duty here
performed a grand sham fight. The day was excel-
lent, and Brigadier General Robertson profited by
it, to lead them out to the Bridge of Almond, when
the combat commenced, and the viElors drove their
antagonists westward over the fields by the Old
We are not qualified to describe the dif-
ferent znanceuvies; bat one operation attraaed our
particular attention. Sir Patrick Murray was on .he
south of the Almond, with his battalion, and artil-
lery were playing fuil upon them from the opposite
bank, about 50 feet high, almost perpendicular.
Dismounting front his horse, Sir Patrick gave the
word March e and, rushing more than knee deep
through the River, charged, t% ith his regiment, up
the steep ascria, took the guns, and possession of
the post. It froze most intensely. The Strathearn
Volunteers had therefore a lesson, not only of tl:e
mode of firing and marching, but also a little expe-
rience of the hardships they must undergo, when
called to meet a real enemy.