The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-02-03 00:00:00

XING', LEVEE.

His MAILSTY came yesterday to St. James's at
half-past twelve o'clock. Among the company
present we noticed,
Ambassador—lmperial, French, American, Swedish, P..itttt-
gorse, Danish, liatiover an, Bavarian, Neapolitan and Dutch.
_ . _

hishops—taridon, Bath and Wells, Fly, Rochester, Hereford,
St. Asaph, Litchfield and Coventry, and Winchester.
The Secretaries of State.
Rererends—Dr. Moore, G. Pitt, Dr. Pelham, F. H.Comwal
Dukes—Portland and Roxburgh.
Marcuisses--Sallsbury, Lorne and Douglas.
Eiudo—.Moira, Westmoreland, Sandwich, Chatham, Har-
rington, Dartmouth (Steward of the Household), lifts,
Spencer, Chesterfield, Selkirk, and Galloway.
Vivounts—Agltritn, Sydney, Bulkeley, Andover, Falmouth,
and Malmsbury.
Lards—Paget, Cathcart, Wodehouse, Monntnorris, Selsea,
Castlereagh, Craven, Gardner, Owydir, Digby, Bayning, C.
Somerset, Arden, %iley, G. L. Gower, F. Campbell, Moles-
worth, and Stoiford.
Generati—Sir F. Conte, Harcourt, Phipps, Leland, DundaF.,
KennfF, Mahone, Poynts, Elliot, and Murray.
Admiral Sir H. Parker.
(Wench—Calvert, De Grey, Stanley, and Monsoo.
The Hon. Major Moleswort h.
Capittins-...Sir Sidney Smith, and Effingo.o.
Sits—F. Wills, T. Trigg., T. Carnegie, S. Cottrel, C. Hal-
los; av, and J. Vide.
i 1 urs—Elliot, Addington, W.:t, Bond, Williams, ho-
pe stein, Hope, brodetiak, FauUcner, Wallis, 'Anson
Gower, Butler, Nair, Kinnaird, Stratton, Penn, Parrit, G.
Pitt, Moore, Manning, Sawbririge Baiike4, Rigby Colfiefel,
Miller, Digby, H. George Caulfield, Detaynes, Whitbread,
Sloine, Fulltu Forsyth, Peck, Finch.
The gentlemen introduced to his MAJESTY were :
General licrkfr, Prursian Envoy.
General Mahony, by his Ex( tailesicy the Neapolitan A ill-
bafgador.
The Hen. Male*" Mofesworth, by Lord Molesworth.
Tice Rev. Dater Goddard, by the Chaneettos of the ti-
chAluer.
Mr. Robinson, by the Marquis of Lorne.
Mr. St. Arden, by the Neapolitan Arn'xissador.
Mr: C. More, son of the Archbishop of Csiiterbury, on 1.,s
return from France.
It being the Purification of the P;',gin .I'c y, the
.':oblerrieta, who were Knights of tLe Garter. dc...
appeared in their respective regalins.
His Grace the Archbishop of CANTERRI:RY, at-
tended bit the Bishops, presented their,Address of
COnvocation, on the assembling of Parliament.
Lord FREDERICK BENT INCIC kissed the King's
hand, on being appointed Governor General of
Madras.
Captain WA t.sti, who was i Aid du Camp to
Major-General Sir E. Court, n Egypt, had the
honour of presenting to His MAJESTY the first cow
of his journal of the campaign in that country.
The Rev. Mr. TATTER9AL, author of Psalmody.
kissed the Kit4G's hand, on being appointed one of
His MAJESTY'S Chaplains.
General Sir T. TRIDGE took leas=e, on going att:
as Deputy Governor of Gibraltar.
The Bishop of HEREFORD did homage before his
MAJESTY, on being appointed to that See.
Mr. Et tinT took lcrre on going to Naples.
The Kt:lo, after holding a Council; gave '
tu-
t
caence.

The Levee closed soon, after three o'clock.
MAJESTY then kve private auclicnce-t; the Swedish
Ministet, Lord HawitEsrititY, LorciPtutam, Lord.
CHATHAM, and Lord FIFE.
At five o'clock the KING returned to the Qncen'e,
house.

His.Merzsry does not go to Drury-lane Theatre-
this night. He will visit `Windsor to-morrow.
Lord PELHAM gives a Cabinet dinner this d.,y
at his house in Stratton-street.
Lord CAMEL/01(D is studying chemistry under
Mr. HACKHAM of Compton-street.
HOLCROFT'S Comedy, which has been furinuslir
attacked by the critics, is likely to triumph over
opponents, as was manifested by the flattering ap-
plause which it received last night.
A new college is shortly to be erected at Cam_
bridge, by the name of Downing College. The of-
ficers are appointed, and the ground is measured our
on that part of the town called the Lep.
Two Opera sin_gers having lately fought a duel in
Verona, it was thus announced in the public prints:
" Yesterday a duel was fought between two V o lurk
They were attended by two conumanti. This affair
raised the laugbter of the whole al/haler."
M‘LEAIr, Esq. is appointed Paymaster
of the forces in the West Indies, in the room o
ISAAC PHIPPS, Esq. who has retired.

KELLY'S new Opera is receiving some toucht,
from the pcn of Mr. SHERIDAN.

Yesterday a splendid dinner was given at the Lon-
don Tavern, on the occasion of Lord WILLIAM
BENriscK's appointment to the Government of
FORT Sr. GORGE.—The company amounted to
upwards of 70 in number, among whom we ob-
served the Duke of PORTLAND, Mr. ADDINGTON,
Lord W. BENTINCK, Lords limier, CASTLE..
REACH. and GLENBERVIE, Sirs F. BARING, H. IN-
GUS, Pr. METCALF, and L. DARELLI COI. MON.
SON ; Messrs. MARSDEN, BRAGG, WALLACE, W.
I)uNDAs, and most of the India Direetors.—Mesre_
Dignum, Lees, Gore, and Master Sot:th, favoured the
company with several exquisite airs.

If the Habeas Corpus Act be suspeuded for n
while, all England is in an uproar; while France
waits with the utmost sang froid for the time when
all its liberties shall be exchanged for un spectacle.
If the fair sex were to bring skaiting into familiar
practice among themselves, their characters would
be infinitely more legible from their performance,,
than from Lavater's system of physiognomy. Fcr
instance, the sensible fair one would be recognised;
by keeping the straight law ; the coquette, by flAnntiog
upon the outer edge ; the prude, by affecting to keep
the linter one ; and the frail fax, by her frectuent sip
and faux pas.

The East India ships frind6c,N: and Ilialpole, row
at Gravesend, will sail in a few days, having on
board detachments of the Royal Regiment of Artil-
lery, and Corps of Royal Engineers for the island of
Ceylon. •
The Officers are per Windham—Lieut. Col. Debrissay, Cap-
tains Colebrook and WoNelev, and Lieutenants Grant, John-
ston and Stephens, of the Royal Artillery ,• Captain
and Lieutenants Henderson and Wade, of the Royal 1:14/,;,-
mem.
Per Walpole—Lieut. Col. 13 "es, and Lieutenants
and Ellicombe, of the Royal Engineers ; Captains Roiecs
Narier, and Lieutenants Cowper, •Alms, Gordon, and Mallets,
of the Royal Artillery and Mr. Hobbs, Military I).oftsman,
under Lieut. Col. Brydgcs

Lord TR ustow, and the Earl of RosstYm, were
both seriously indisposed before Christmas, but we
understand they are each of them much recovered,
and may, it is to be hoped, be able to assist the
LORD CHANCELLOR, in hearing causes of 4ppeal,
at the Bar of she douse of Lord 4.