The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-08-07 00:00:00

THIS COMET.

"The comet," according to Dr. Bergennay, " paired his
rihrlion (or nearest approach to the sun) shout the 26th
of July tart, at shout half the distance from lise son that we
err, and is now fast receding from its, and very soon will he
obscured from our view by the solar rays" (the"
cometath now
passing in the direction beyond the suit). Its p has
been nearly on a right angle with our ecliptic, soil if its
perihelion hail taken place about the beginning of Jose, it
is considered that it then might have paned between as nod
the inn; and might, with its tail extending towards na,
have exhibited an irregnlar filrUfe, similar to the spots tat
have occasionally been übservtd to pass over the disc
of the
uia
None of the comets that have yet been noticed have their
orbits parallel with oar ecliptic, bat it considerable angles
therelr ~,,, , and also from the orbits of all the other planets;
and, consequently, cannot approach or interfere with the
course of them, or disarrange the precise harmony of the
system. The nature of comets, or the substance called their
tails, is at present unknown, but the tail nopetra to he of
the electric quality, soil to be must powerfully excited by
ill appruairostion to the ann. -y T. H.

His Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT dined
with the Earl and Countess of MEXeottutiniti ou
Wednesday, at their house in Piccadilly.
Dien:itches have been received at Kensington
Palace from her Royal Highness the Princess of
W sues, announcing her immediate return to Eng-
land, mid directing that her apartments in the Pd.
lace 001 be forthwith pretaired for her reception.
Her Royal Highness has also desired Miss GARTH
to meet her at Dover. This sudden resolution of
the Princess gives countenance to the rumour that
steps are to be taken towards a prosecution of some
anti, which her Royal. Highness is determined to
meet in person. Her return was totally unexpected
at Carl too.house.---( Evening Pieper.)
Our letter from Dover, dated August 5 (Thurs.
day;. sacs—" His Majesty's packet Lord Merman,
Capt. tiantszon, sailed this morning for Wend,
will' his Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON.
" Also sailed for Calais the Chichester packet,
several passage vessels, and L'Antigone French
packet, with a great number of pasrwrigers,
ft inmigst whom were the Earl of BEAUCHAMe. and
several families of distinction. The Doke of
DEVONSHIRE arrived last night from Calais."
A Pails Paper say', that the Dukes of HAMIL-
TON suit RUTLAND are at present in the French
capital. The former was honoured on Monday with
a private audience of the KING.
it is with mach concern we have to state, that on
Tuesdays' Lady MADALINA F. PALMER was driv.
int; her little carriage near Bedford, the puny took
fright, and ran away; her Ladyship was thrown out,
and dragged a considerable distance, but we are
happy to say, that DO serious consequences are ap-
prehended.
General Sir CHARLES HASTINGS. Bart. has ar-
rived from Wellesley Hall, Atherstone, on Inc way
to the Continent.
Miss O'lNittit.t. concludes her engagement at
the Dublin Theatre this evening, iu the character
of Mrs. Bererley, in the tragedy of The Gamester,
for her own benefit. The play will be followed by
the farce of The Citizen, in which this distinguish-
ea actress will play Maria. From that city Miss
O'NEtt.L will proceed to Belfast, where her pre-
sence is anxiously expected.
Miss PATTERSON. the first wife of JEROME 80.
ApARTE, is arrived at Genoa, with her son, who is
about 14 years of age. and for the purposes of
whose education she intends residing in that city.
Mies HUTCHINSON. LATE MADAME SARRAZIN.
—Miss HUTCHINSON, whose name has lately be-
come so public, through her marriage with Gen.
RILAZIN. is the daughter of a Capt. HUTCHINSON.
who, during the American war, was Adjutant to
the Sliest Middlesex Militia, and afterwards became
Agent at the Brill, in Holland. Miss HUTCHINSON,
and her sisters. have been well known in London
as writers of novels; their mother was a Miss
GoDFREY.
We have just heard that a discharged serjeant,
of the Cheshire Militia. of the name of SWIN-
DELLS. has been apprehended for drilling some
hereons. report says 25, in the neighbourhood of
Middlewich, in the use of the pike.—(Cheerer
Guardian.)
The Gazette de France contains an article of in.
telligence from Madrid,' dated the tit! of July, in
which it is stated, that some difficulties have been
raised in the Cabinet of Madrid. with respect to the
ratification of the Treaty with the United States of
America for the surrender of the Florida.. The
maitre of these difficulties is not mentioned, but
they are said to be is unforeseen" and " strange,"
tool have not itunrobithly been suggested by the
driedes which toiik place col thie subject duripg the
last Setwion in the British Legieleture. It appears
that the Ministers of State. Visalia° sod CASH
kiwi, who succes.ively enjoyed the 44 brief ho-
-000000rs" of the Spanish Cabinet. are at present con-
fined, and strictly guarded iu a convent at Val-
verde, a little %allege in the environs of Madrid.
Proceedings at law have been instituted against
them. lire Madrid Gazette has hitherto observed
silence on the events at Cadiz, although it haa pub-
lished
the honours conferred on Genets& O'Dott.
NEI. and SAARSHELD• A General Officer in raid to
have been arrested it Cadiz. Perfect tranquillity
has been restored there, hat the Goveroonent feels
itself compelled to replace the troops who relented
to embark with other regiments quartered in Casa-
'emu. which have received orders to proceed to
Cadiz.