The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-12-25 00:00:00

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THE TAME CROCODILE.

There is a Crocodile in town, so tarn., we are i:s-
aured. that Wit.; are not afraid to put their hands
on is A dashing young widow, at the west end if
e town, has set her very eyes on this Crocodile,
a to this is imputed her propensi•y to il.ed
di/rs' rr,e.. But this Lady is not the only nersou
who lUndly imitate s° the tame clocalle. When
the old dissipated Dowager so feel-
ingly lam -nts the faux pns of 1.a.1y C we
involuntarily exclaim. What a Crocodile!" Alum
the fore.t.tller rejlices in a pl-ritifol season, after
he has laid in hit store—‘• Oh. Crocodile!"
It is said of the Crocodile, that he devours all she
Woe it/ lie meets with.—What a piatire of a man
of g.lll.totry !! We need not dlen he surptia•d it
London ladies are not afraid tn Lty their hands noun
an animal so very familiar to them, and which, we
are sorry to say, is to he foond in every rank .1 rlith
n4l in every part of this gtear city.

POETR r.

JOE MH.I.ER% GHOST; OR, SHERRY REVENGED.
When old JonMilht lienn'd his J ofv-s,
ID mirth tu'pasa the time,
11i.% isely thought hi: nit might /lot
fn•Trose it well a, Rhy.ne.
And wiser Will has pawed the thing,
what was quaintly said
In Pforio, by Jo., by AVM transfered
To Rhyme:, is Joie' tett And,
ANGLIA.

Yesterday. Princesses AUG,JaTA , Sorsts, and
ANSIA.iA, accompanied by Gene! al Fnzsnv, and
Colonel TA v Lon. on horseback, and Lady SY 'mat,
in a chlise, took an airing in Windsor Park.
'I his being. Chriqmas Day, the Doke of Yenta
wi!l Attend Divine Service, at the Islihzary Chapel.
in the New Way, Westminster.
Mr. H ARO* AYE /1111 fit be an excellent Af.'alie, if
he can take &Rem of as well as himself.
Sir JAstns GARIMER arrived a KIRK VAN'S HO.
td, yesterday, from Oxford.
A Mr. Sore lately comp] -tiled that a tradesman
had hummed hien ; on Which. a friend observed.
#4 Why such airs? Sorely, that's what you were
made for."

Mr. lit:R/C E arrived yesterday. at ST CIVI:011'S (-to-
tal, from Lancashire, and leaves town this day, on
a visit to the Earl of Casven, at his ieat, at Ash-
down Park, fictks

The raze for sending handsome and accomiTshed
women to look for hush:Ands in India, ha, nv:tely
uh-ided, the dealers being of opinion, that the
row material is less suhjea to advlterainire.
The :Marchioness WELLLSLEY had a card party
last evening, at her house, Park-lane: Lady C.
hum's DA ER Was r f the ratty.
A certain Peer is said s., he dt.eple in Imre with a
lady who was farce Ifs wife. Unfortunately she is
in the Tempir nemif a.
The Marquis f.f Ss tiseua v give a grand
entertainment these holidays, to his numerous te-
nants at I iatfield.

This being Cieismoir.dav, the Magi...rates must
have a sharp 100k-out, if they would prevent se,ile,
On S.iturday, the Comedy of Speed tb P4wgi,
with the Farce of Raiong Ibr Wind. WAS performed
at the Theatre, Dover, for the benefit of the Patriotic
Fund.

Miss Fisuct hes net with great success at Ba►h.
A wiz/pine-place is the propct theatre for a Pi,Ler ;
it generally abounds Isithfl,t,, tr, and ittidgeoah,
and all is fish that comes into the net

It is said, Mr. Streit ID A tt, and the other Psoorie-
tors of Drury-lane Theatre, wtth their usu.sl libe-
rality, intend to appropriate the Theatre, a night,
in ,hecourse of the present c7as.)n, for the benefit of

Mrs. KING, widow of the late favourite ado?, and
thus smooth the pillow of declining age.
It was natural for ae Brest fleet to separate into
two det4lires. but we see no reason why one should
be larger than the other.
A new Tragedy is getting up at Drury-lane, the
principal chatader of which is intended for Master
BET T v.
We are concerned to state, that a greet mortality
/.is prev,,iled for some days past in Not folk: Thou-
sand, at turkies base died ; but, instead of produc;ng
grief, every one of them affords a missy /kw:es
Mr. I-I a A vs, who was so ill used, on Monday
night, at Covent• Garden Theatre, is fortunately .n
ador from choice, not necessity. !le is a Gentle •
man by birth and education, and a man of great
modesty.

The Miss Mosames, of Kensington MasqueraJe
nirmorp, have taken the favourite rer.idence of the
late Duke of CUMBERLAND. at Brighton, for the
better accommodation of their company, at their
intended rrrn.ga.J
.ftte. They hale ordered a large
cargo of t-r-.beellas U. proteel their visitors from the
angry dement., while th.e (air hostesses decide 14.11.,,
:hall, and the ehrril ”et enter their enchanted castle.
At these Ladies' last hlasqu-rade, Viscount Cot. a-
rts Av, and his fair sisters were nearly drowned.
while ;his ceremony rook place.
Tsar's r, not satisfied with the throngs who croA•ti
vs him for Bargains daring his cheap days, has fur-
nished the town with some Christmas Pastime, by
engaging the facetious, and far-famed FISIStk,
from Brighton, to knock down all the grarts, fairies.
and hobgoblins, who have, from time iinns2morial.
hetn the terror of our Nurseries. Mr. F. ctimatences
his operations in Bond-street, to-morrow morning.
M. MARTII4, a celebrated ador of the Coolie
Opera at Parts, ha, I itely gained a cause agilielSt
M4t;etTiokelle SIIVINIT, his first wife. M. MAR-
T/14, SR..* separated from her in the year 4, by an
;..a of divorce, raised by mutual consent. 11.1a..ie-
rnoiseile Si stonier claimed a pension of 3,000 francs
The Tributral, in the first in.tance, adjudg that
he shn"hi pay I ,qt,f9 francs. On appeal. Mademoi-
s-ile Ss sers• rr's d?mand was dismissed, op the
ground that the exercise of her talents was, in hit
profession surfican-.1 ex procure bet a maiw.:usnse.