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

MR. GULDs M ID'S FL.Ti.

Mr. AieantM Cocnisiter gave yesterday a
splendid en ertainmeni, at his elegant seat, 'i.e:tr
Merton, in Surrey. The place is worthy of or.e of
the richest Citizens of London. The front Lauli
laid out in the most tasteful site, adorned with
orange, and whet brimful trees. 'Two aloes lona.
mitt its ci-ntre. A serpentine tiier runs through
the grounds, over whist are font bridge,. which
were hung with lamps. The he.utilul plettsiiie
barge was also hung wish variegated lamps : the
Prince's plume, formed of lamps, WAS 1.1.. c. d at the
head of the barg, ; and ten thousand lamps were
placed, with .he grew-est taste, in the
shrubbery ; and, when ligh!eo,ilaltl e most briih,,m
'felt. The grand hall was filled Aim tire chricest
fi rwers, at ihe right of th•• hall is a neeutitul aviary.
with a colitaion of the finest 4u..1 rarest bird;
ev;:ry thing in this house. ;.e-peaks unit, elide,' to,
tune ; silver locks, the finest Roman vases. in slyer ;
and on such an occasion as rivet raining ' is it not
our visitor, tin, Ptiuce of W es, Mr. Gut n isles
liberality kn::s.v no bounds. It' t! e gra;,,l dining
parte, r, the dinner table was laid ; the frame wrlk
WAS VI feet long ; the Prtnee's -dome at tit! er
ead, in the centre a ROMAN temple. Sirh the most
I,:arizitul devices ; on the side-114,4,d, amidst a pro-
tuwon of the finest- pla,e, were two srry !ar:e gold
vat, s, of inimen.e•..tue. Th- fiist course contis-ed
of twenty-f,ur .4ishrs of fish ; the second pit'
of game. all served on gilt ~late. The drrs,t
laid in the grand Saloon, tt-e table lightcd by gold
branches, rat h beatings :teen waz tapers.
At hall-lptet sex, tos Royal llght.e.s t"e Prince
of WALLS:arrived, in his harbuche and four, accom-
panied by Royal Highness the Duke Or Cali..
sa t nos, the Earl 'I or la. the L. 01113 CS • NSW
Lou, aid Sas-1110A* i His Royal Highness
the Duke of kit soon f..ltowed them, and. a
seven o'clock, toe co.npati sat down to dinner; w!.o,
in addition to the Royal Piety, were, the I,,niin
MAYOR. Mr. Getz.swoon, Alderman Cave
Mr. WALSII POreLs, Mr. an) N 1.6 Bassoon,
Mr. and Mrs. H. GOLDSWID, Mr. and Mrs. S.
Gott:tsar°, Mr. SCOTT, M. ELLISON, M..
SKI is, Mr. DiAlsoll_,_ teli4s DLNisOl.l, and thb
Misses G.)1.1)51110. His Royal Highness th,
Prince of Watt. sat op7fisite the window tlat
fronts the water,with thu Lariat Mm is A on his rigbt.
and the Loan t msocet.r.oe on Ks lett. At the
desert the ladies joined the e •mpany, and at nine
o'clock the whole party walked round the grounds,
and the ;loyal Standard was hoisted on board the
barge.
Near two hundred of the neighbouring Nobility
were expaled in the everting to supper. and several
-es of music were to be performed.

CAN IVIBURT, Atm. 21.

Our Races commenced en Tuesday last, with
le.s comp my and less sp in than was ever
known in any preceding year. The non.attendanre
of many of our first fair alms in the neighrinui hood.
who have hitherto Ii unused the rac-s vt i•li their
company, has teen owing to some m-la,ci-niv cir-
cumstances which they have Litt ly esperierfred in
their families ; 'butwith re .ard to the spot • , it evi-
dently originates, in part,tiom rstrenne peg:ell—in
consevence of very little Isaias being taken to make
the races public.
On the fit st day, the company was very thin on
the Downs, and the only race was won by His
Royal Highness the ['rine,. of WAIreS b e. fiertr-
roue, against Mr. CI-meter% Alm Hrtitoksend. The
Downs were yesterday much more numerouslj at-
tended ; W hen the King's Plate was obtained by His
Royal Hiahness the Prince of Wales's Bai.barsis.a,
whoch walk i the course. The 501. given by the
county members was won by Major Graves's la. f.
Fiscv, against Mr. Crosoel's .Vss. Breeksead, wltich
was distanced the s-cond heat.
Bellingham's 11.ionis, for the Public Breakfuti
and Assensblies, have been respectably attended.—
'I he file Works presented by the ingenioo (mail.
trell, have attracted a considerable portion of com-
pany, the piece of exhibition being elegantly at-
ranged for a Promen,de, with .the addition of a
Band of Music. The Theatre has also had its share
of visitors.
Among the Fashionables at present in Canterbut y,
are—
Lord Amherst Lady D--ring, Sir William Geary, But Sir
John Honywoo:1„ But. Gen ',al Brownrier, Mr. Cater ft,
Colmar: Brooks, G. /Inch Hatton, FAT and Luis' Mr. Will-
man, Sir H. Featherstone, &e. See • and thus day, Lord Kelth,
Loil Mown, Lord Forbes, and ;he Cuthbert Family, with
many others, are musette&

On Tuesday afternoon, Exeter was visited by a
very Wm* storm of thunder and lightning, which
continued, with scarcely any intcr.r.ivion, during
the evening and night. the Rashes of lightning were
uncommonly vivid, and followed each other with
great rapidity. The rain which fell in the city was
comparatively trifling ; but, we understand, that, in
many places in the neighbourhood, it came down in
r,rretit., and the roads were almost inundated by i:.
We do not hear that any serious injury baskets sus-
tailed by the ligbtning.