The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-02-15 00:00:00

PO IiTRY.

PETER PIN DAR'S ANNUITY.
AN 'IMITATION.
By Jail* TAYLOR, Esq.
" T sought for Entreaties smiles." said Pv.yet
" When swain tire, sad scarcely worth a cinder,
In Europe, Africa, sail Western Ind ;
My Mom aceompasied me all the Nay,
And willing brim& forth many a pleasant lay,
Mal aft! Dame Fo►tune I cosh] never had.
"Al length use 'scones( 'twos my fate to go
To a famed limp is Pstevnoster.row—.

I ems the Goddess' epee Book with glee :
Veuerieg to peep at what the Dunn was reacting,
No proof, I most aektrowledge, of gowil.hreedul,
I lotted with rapture sloe was matting ME.

a Still mom to piup our maity sod pride,
I *ow On cold& set lay the Sauk aside ;
reaaticagdeliseeliad itu each Inge, no doubt
Sloe read and hitoiAltad nod read *gala,
IVand'ripg, amide!, at my politic min,
Nor clued the Valuate till the saw it wit.

" Turninglier gimylitlf visage then emend.
The inotket Bard she in a earner found,
Fur I etas always ditened a bashful night ;
Ah, ha! thought I, I'm hem in kicky lime,
She'll tell THU Tune I'm sportfre and sehhase,
And bid them bay at rote my Coppright.

So it fell oat—Tas Tuve with tramport glow,
And strait the IVauLties, kossmsoms and Co.
Agreed In make the purchase arm sad dear;
They gave, for what t►e Herd so sweetly sings
In praise of Mistrreaa, mad Qualm§ and Klass,
Two hatitell—a)t --and tifiy !meads a.year.

l' Put this provision Grit they wisely matte,
Fur now can doubt the prudence Of THC TRADE,

Via. that all future offspring of my Muse
Should not be left to me to guide their fate,
And rear by parent puffs to man's estate,
But left to them to cherish or refuse.

7,01, Cradled, for I knew my tuneful brats,
Lake kittens trusted to maternal cats,

Footed by Booksellers would best succeed :
Besides, I knew my Muse, • thriving Dame,
Would few with fondness my poetic flame,

Aust, when I pless'd, Parnassian hauling' breed.
" FORTUNE then told the"' thry had wisely done,
Such treasures to secure of wit mod Ns,

With praise Pin much too delicate to mention :
fret.joyd they gave, rich bison ! and Fame shall noise it
ivy Works, to charm the Goddess in her closet,
And tints), tell the story of my Pension."
ta• The %Sp Dr. WOW* t few this Wore her aketti; re-
lated to the Author of 1 furegoiug lines the origin of his
euenexisn with the Booksellers, in the following manner :
" I was pour, and hooted in vain fur Fortune, in Europe.
Africa, and the West ladies, but at last found her at a shop
in Paternoster-row, laughing urer my Works, and advising
the Booksellers to buy the cupy-right ;" and this whimsical
statement has since suggested the present imitation.

FA SHIONA BL E PARTIES.

Count Pelmet's, the Portuguese Ambassador, gave an 'te-
pid rotertaiameut yesterday to the Archduke Maximilian
and Suite, the Disks of Wellisigion, most of the Foreign
AmhusamMea, Earl Bathurst, the Right Hun. George eau.
Mogi sod a oualierous patty, at his residence is South Aud.
ley-street.
The Dowager MarcMoslem of Lansdown had • splendid
fashionable party yesterday termitic at her house is Albe.
*sat le-street
Count Lieges, the Russian Ambasaador, gam a grand dici-
ng( us Saturday, at his house is Harley atm!, to the Arch-
duke Maximireau and spite, the Duke of Welhurtua. Duke
16. s Carlos, Guist Illuistrr, the Ambassador Crum the Re-
therlaseds, the Ma via and Marchioness D'lllasnorsd, the
Maritsa* and of Stafford. the Bart-of Li VW •
pool, Lord Stewart, Mr. Coasting, kc. he.

PAsffIONABLR Nor RMEArt.

TM Duke sad Durbin of Plorthumberlsad aid family
arrived us Saturday evening at their heave In It. James's-
square, from tb Bishop of Wurcester's Palace, Worcester.
shire.
TM Doke of Norfolk has left Worksop Manors, Notts, for
his rest, Forakam, Suffolk.
Earl Whitworth sod the Duchess of Dorset and family
arrived me Saturday at their house in Giosvenur•square, from
their met, Boole, Kiwi.
Berl Temple left tun or Saturday, for his father'. (the
Marquis of Ilineltinghom'a) seat, Stowe, Bucic, for a few
The Biskop et Darla. is arrived at his house in Caves-
dish.square, from kis seat ir Oxfordshire.
Lord mid Led? Doris have left town, fur their seat,
WooddriMer Parka GleenoMershire.
Illorehlooess of Abercorn and Lady Jolla Gerdes are
arrived M their boom in Stratfurd-plsee, from Bogner
Rocks.
TM Cemmos of Kingdom le espected is tows to-morrow
from Waist, Mraiiihice, Kest.
Lard Mil lime mid the Hon. Frederick Lamb left town,
paserday, for Earl Cowper's seat, Pansarcer, Herts. -
dolma( Tales arrived on Saturday at Bisbee Hotel, Jer•
niyantreet, from a tour • James Stewart, Esq. left ditto, fur
his seat at Somiaploill. Befiec
Lady Bolton Ms left Gordeo's Hotel, Albemarle-street,
for her seat in Howls.
The Earl sod Cornices of Paris and tameily are expected
is Imre Oro week from Moira/at, Walcott, Saar.
Lord and Lady FoUrstmo said Mu* am expected iip
town this week, from their tenth Berks.
Departures from the Clareramit Hind, Boadateret taoße.
belt Harris, Esq. for his seas is Seethed ; Major Sievert, for
his Mei la Northainpioushire; Captain *Dowell, of the
fib Lamers, Ise &collard.

Mr. BRAIIIIII will lend hi. powerful aid to the
Batl► Sobsieription Concert ow Weduesday.
In the year 1547 a proclamatiou was index' by
Hants VIII. commanding that women shouiel
wit meet together to babble and folk ; and that all
mien should keep their wires in their houses."
The eloquence of the Gentlemen of the Long
Robe going the Western Circuit, will, in sill proba-
bility, be culled into iequisition iii the cowrie of a
few weeks, w palliate the conduct of a certain
Noble Lord. against wholes an action lass biro
brought for the seduction of a female iu bumble
Mk, in the town of Plymouth.

• ~ •
OLiMPIC virdrnk.

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• This little resort of fetilloll still posseisesils liEs.
tinguishrtl attraction. The new litillett* of !toe 1
Troubadours increasornightly iti retaliation. It is
work of light texture. hut very amusing. the dia-
logue being accompanied with mune very beautiful
nruaic. Messrs. IVnetricil still Mct(xols, Miss
STEVENSON, Miss LOVE, Miss 'COPELAND, and
Mrs. GuriaS, acquitted therintelvra murk in the wor.
WI-action of the audience. Those ilia ir t 4 seem
to gam upon tole public. A g tio!,e who graced
Ono+ fashionable circle dori ,g the 1.10 week. werar
. The flattish Ambassador and par's. Sir Edwina
Coiirtnettni Sir Julio and la:ly sylscArr sod party, Mr,
Itracry nudfamily, Colonel Am.lty mid party, Sir Richard
Thillips and Perry, Mr. Houdin' mot faintly. Sir Wm. and
Lady Clayton and family, laird Alvanley, General and ilea.
Cott and family, Mr. Taylor used party, Mr. ttl'baelsten.
Loud and Lady W. Fitzgerald and family, Mr..TMld and
*party, Sir I.lllllle/ Sheffington, Mr. and Mrs. J. Kinard and
family, Major Aubrey and family, Mr. Itoora and parry,
Mr. uud pasty, Mr. Stevens and party, Mr. Wright and
pally, Count de Sumac null patsy, Lady Charlotte. Pintlar
and family, Miss Jefferies plot Camay. Mr. limb and fawili.
Major blaythrs and party, Sir Wooly Pynu and facilHon..
Charles Dune, Mr. Fie. inn! and (Emily. Colonel a am!
party, Marquis de Clithismes sea family, Sir Wm. dr ems-
plgrty 144 party, Mr. Make mad party, 31r. Hugh Smash
nod

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• #WOWAi iRMBRitTON;

Os the achy died, at the College, la Shrewsbury, Thom*
Pentbertmi, Emu is the $4ll, year of his age. Ile- went Imo
the s. al the agent 22, and served saccessierly as Ensign, '
Lienteziant,sod Captain, iii the 73th—Crawfurd's Voila Wirers
—the 23d, ere Welsh Fosi lever, and the 50th regimens. uf foot. ,
Fromilie latter he retired about 1770. and served in this I
his native country, where his cheerful disrosision and 01,101-
vial manners made lots company greatly sought aft, r. Whets
going And to juiu his legitimist at Gilorahas, iu PAC Wing
aboard the Venice George. of 90 guns, Admiral Broderick,
whilst in the Bay of Biscay, the ship took the. When its
atraction was found inevitable, the barge wan ordered to Iss
manned, into which the Admiral entered with about turfy I
more; hut hading it would overlie, stripped and ennimistril
himself to the saves, and after toiling an hour, was Isamu I
up by a merchantman's hoot. 'rim lung boat also was
gut ready, tutu which Mr. Pemberton with shout forty-
five others ventured; bid she went down, and all that were
no board perished, except Mr. P. and uzie or two others.
Mr. P. hail the presence of mind to swim wide of the throng,
sod observing she Alderuey sloop of war between two and
three Indira detain, be endeavoured to make for that ship.
When nearly exhausted, he arrived chase to her; some of the
crew threw oat a moused rope, which Mr. P , in Ins hurry to
get it under his aims, or the sailors In their baste to draw
him up, got round his neck, and pulling him up in that si-
'mafiosi, be was nearly strangled wheat brought on deck.
Thus in the short space of manful an hour, this Gentleman
escaped being burnt, slet, drowned, and strangled. Of 743
of the complement (including thirty pamengengoing
to Gibraltar), 260 only were saved. About ten years
ago Mr. Pemberloo's eyemight began to fail him, soil
total blinders' ensued. This alllicting visitation be bore
with true Christian fortitude, and maintained his entiattimity
and cheerfulness to the latest period of Isis life.