The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-09-07 00:00:00

MR. AND MRS. OLIPHANT.

Mr. Otte , and his amiable Consort, shortly
before the present war with France, left EriglaA,
to make a tour upon the Continent, and ur.fratu.
n rtely happened to be at Paris, when all the English
there were made captives. Of this number, Mr. end
Mrs. Otte larr r were sr•nt to Valencienne ; (torn
whence they w-re removed successively, by order of
theCorsicao Usurp..r, tovarsousotht•r places of irr.pri-
sonrnent. These treqiient eianges•and tedious stiffer.
i. much imp dr d tell 1, XT.S belltb, and oh.
liged bin to solicit leave to travel to the Sou•h of
France flr its recotanr. H obtiined 116 te-
qu••st, he set clt, . • ; Jby Mrs. 01.4114 NT;
inJ. Irwin their artivin,at fittest, had the good kr-
tune to retake their ernspe from that land of slave: y,
on board a Russian vesseL They .;, Aer 4
tedious passage, last week, Mt the coast of Cornsval,
and returned to town ye terday. •

Lord Kt twaentx will remain 3 few days in town
to complete his sti..l of horses, after which he will
proceed to Ireland.
Sir Joss B. Davits will set ont in a few days
upon a tour through the West t gland.
Lord J %Mrs AIIi:IRAT. ILI: Hun. Cs. !iIMPI/.1".n,
and Jolty STIRLING, are appointed Stewards for me
ensuing Perthshire I.ant.
The Emperor of !be French will soon be one or the
01,10 st Emperors in Europe. There are at present
01112' gws older than himself.
Two c-rtnecnt :crenate. vita were very Aire
men for the opposite caadillares at the late Brentbrd
Eleflion, are now very good friends at Margate,
where ,hey have both agreed to wear the tree bite
only upon the tip, Of their ewer.
Boy has given up the trade of
tarots making, and is new become a Ttlc Farocr.
Mr. PITT is upon le visit to Capt. Lamb, ne_r
Rye, from whence he is watching the ay.:"
shreps's clothing upon the opposite coast.
T re ceentana gossips declare, that the charming
Lady C. Towsseaso will shortly be made a
Bithop.
Colonel Baiter and Captain Swats, of f e
West Middlesex Militia, arrived in town yester.l4V
from Cotheath, at Hickinbotions's Hotel, Jerm:-.•
street. .

Mrs Tiromesore, of Hereford-street, is in trey F
for the Marquis of ABLItCUSI4.I noble mansion a
Grosvenor-square. Nine thousand pound. are 114
sum demanded by his Lordship.
Governor !hoots also arrived at the same
Hotel, from St. Helena.
General Srew sor arrived in town yesterday
from Barham Dawns Camp, at MitAsess Hat::,
Jermyn-street.
The two Misses Mean will leave town in a fey
days, upon a visit to Mr. Wirisonau at Farslara
!louse, Suffolk.
The Matquiss and Marchioness of Tuomo:aa
will leave town to-morrow for Taplow. rear Maida.-
head.
Report says, that Mrs. Estes is erigiged frr
Drury Lane. We hope it may prove well founded.
Miss Dt.tiCAN has renewed her engagement's
the Margate Theatre for eight nights.
Th: Woodmen Arden held their annual me:.
ing on the Anil uk. The silver arrow was ss
by THOMAS FEAT eußsr(iers, E.g. the btigie
the Rev. J. Dr: KL. In the lottery, Miss MOLA 0
drew the viden bugle, and Mrs. H. Getuss tle
;;21.1 arrow.
fhe en.ding Northampton Mnsical Festival, wh.' h
Is to take place the latter end of next month, t• r
onised by Earls SPINCLR, NORTHAMPToSt
P NIT LILT; Lords STOPIrORD and Lii.roito '
ATTORKIII•GEhEII•L, Sir W. DOLIES, and a mt. ••
ber of other persons of diwinftion. Mrs. Secos::;
Miss Mt:SC.4Y, and Messrs. HAIIIIWONS,
BAITLEMATI, are the vocal performers.
Tunbridge Wells is much crowded th's
with genteel company; but it seems •hela.h,on :
more retired than gay, and to get much ••,' •
vaee parties. A well dressed, genteel lockieg • -
man, was, two days ago, taken off the Pr,.nic;.a..r.
by Townsend, iund Co. for what: reason we car.: ..
learn. It is said h;s name is fl AN' .
The Pa sioit AMA in the Stt:and <oil continues;'
principal place of adritital:. a ;a tie dar !MC;
as Islessr,.. RI mines and B•exca i are Cu:
their Vita of Ft,iNte' with ruc:r exqtrisite tat:e,
hope it will continuo receive the pat:Jinise

Pa
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PRIVATE CORRTSPONDENCE.

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DUBLIN, SEPT. 3.

Every thing, is petfealy tranquil in every quarter
of this Island ; and, as fair as I had opportunities of
julgin in my recent tour through the north-western
part of the country, likely to con•nwe s although
the lower dab:es are greatly distres,ed b. the want
of a circulating medium. In the country particu-
larly, there is no silver coin, except the Bank six
shilling tokens. Hallpmce have entirely disap-
peared. The baker, the butcher, &c. each issues
his I, O, U; and small pieces of card, marked with
those mysterious characters, are now, if I, may use
the phrase, our only current coin. This order of
things has opened a door for idnuroerabie
and the petty trader frequently finds it more easy
to falsify his signature, than to discharge his obli-
gation. It is true, that, by a late act, the circula-
tion of silver notes, I, 0, U, and paper tokens, is
prohibited after the Ist of January next; but the
mischief that may be done in the mean time is in-
calculable ; and, unless a new coinage of small sil-
ver and copper is sent over from yoor side of the
water before t at period, all retail business must be
at a stand, and the lower orders exposed to innu-
met able privations.