The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-11-08 00:00:00

COTE-Hoc.sh FL TZ.

The elegance of the fete given by Sir Henry
Protheroe, at the Cote-house, Bristol. oti the even-
in.: of the Jubilee, forms the subject of general con-
ver.alion. 'fhe CO,lll .any insited acre in number be-
tween iwo coil three hundred, ainungst whom weir
the I)uk•s of Beaufort and Leinster. General
11•arde. the officers commanding the regiment*
in the garrison, and nearly all the principal families
ii the neighbourhood. In the approach to the
house, from Ourdhain-down, triumphal arches were
erected Oyer tile several gateways, which were taste-.
fully fitted up with hrailehes of lame' and coloured
lamps ; the exterior of the house was likewise ill a-
initiated with coloured lamps, which had a very
striki.ig effect—over the door Wit a Crown and the
figures of 30 ; and G. It. in large letters on the
wings. The ball was opened by Sir Henry and
Miss Mary Warde„daughter of the General. batw-
ing (during %stitch, ices and other refreshments
were plentifully iiitrodurecil continued with great
rudest au`il elevee o'clock. when a very brilliant
display of tire-works took place ou the lawn, to
which the populace were freely admitted. About
one o'clock slipper was announced. The tables
went round two lawns ; the carp d'seil of which
was beautiful ; eu the principal sideboard was ■
bust of His Majesty, a must striking likeness.
lately executed, over which • female figure held a
are oh of laurel. interspersed with lights, and God
saceshe King. The supper, connoting of soup►,
game, and fruit, was served up wholly on plate, ex-
cepting the fruit. which was oil cut-glass dishes ;
the latter was particularly admired for its quality ;
indeed a greater profu►ion of pine-apples and hot-
house grapes was perhaps neer r seen on a table, at
this time a the year. On such an occa..iott it wei-_
needless to remark, that the juice ache grape
flowed in copious libations, the tables bring abun-
dantly sir ',plied with Cliampaigne sod other Ekeitch
wines of the first quality. Previous to the retire-
ment of the ladies, the King's health was given by
Sir Henry. in a short speech, replete with feeling ;
&discharge 4430 rounds of cannon was to have ac-
compaiiied this toast, but was omitted, we under-
stand, at the entreaty of sonic ladies present, iu a
weak state of health. The whine company, how-
ever, stood up, and joined in the wog of God save
the King, which, in a private party, could not be
sun 4 with greater effect, uor in finer rt lc. After
supper, dancing re-commenced, and was kept au
until the near atuproech of day-light, when the com-
pany reluctantly bade adieu to ose of the most
elegant and best conducted enterlaintnents ever
given in the neighbourhood of Bristol. ft is
proper to remark, that. unwilling that the plea-
sure- of the day should he enjoyed only by the
lu ;pier enders of sects ty. preparations had been
made by Sir Henry Protheree, for roasting an
us, and distributing beef and bread (a large quan-
tity of winch had been ordered in Bristr I) to
the poor famili►s of Westbury and Hallett ; this
cut of the day's festivities was. we understaud.
driv.ed at the recommendation of several gen-
tie iiseir rarish, w':o were Noxious that • gene-
ral ,i•. nl,l take phi e for this benevo-
lent pus pose, which is most I,herally supported.

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