The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-11-09 00:00:00

inao.v tIiEdi•RIcALS.

A ucw piny was brought out, last mouth, at the
Lisbon Theatre, eutithd Bolicerante of r 0...
gild. It %vat written to testily the joy of the Por-
tuguese at the rear:it:l6in et their country by the
French, and was acted free three nights., fur the
amusement of the British Ofnrers.

The first revue opens with a view of the (-infer eje
Portugal in mourning and fettered. She regrets
the unhappy-fate of her kingiloin for some tune ;
then a Partagyere-General appears, and tells her
that the errantry is in arum and, sviti the help of it
pouerful nation, which will send them assistance,
he expects to lee her som npon the throne.—
l'he next scene opens with a view of an Eaglish-
eraa on it in4h rock, who descends,- ale:. informs the
Quern of the exertions thatare making to set her
at liberty. Bonaparte next presents himself. lle
addreves the Queen and her subjects, hut the
Queen pays no attention to what he says. Ite then
edilrenies the .Briton in haughty terms, and threat-
ens hi» country with destruction. The next scene
is the seene of glory. It opens with a view of a lady
richly dressed, standing by a throne. She descends,
andlintirsidiately the mourning dress and the let•
ten of the (Nees fall off, when she appears most
richly dressed ; the Corsican -is put in chains, and
obliged to towel at the foot of the throne for mercy,
Did the crown is again placed on the heed attic
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ST. CO/.l; .1 R
On Monday, the 24th lust, his Grace the Duke
of Atholl,, the Duchess, Lady E. 'Murray, Lady
Elizulieth and Miss Moncrieff, accompanied by Ile-
vend other ladies of distinction, left Dunkeld-
house, Perthshire, about eleven o'clock, and pro-
ceeded in two carriages to his Grace'', =oticed
farm, four utiles on the Blair road, to eelebriite
harvest-home. About one o'clock the great grua
nary rai opened, to receive about one hundred and
liity of his Grace's workmen, their wives and chi'.
drot, *here they set down to a most couifortablii
dinner. 'consisting of mutton, broth, meat-pies, and
vrniwn 'motet.
'When they had all faker their seats at the table,
the Noble Duke and his principal factor walked up
• to the Iteticl'of the table, and partook of their broth
awl flies. Nis Grace seemed well pleased with the
Nitration which lied been paid to their dinner, and
indeed well he might, for Campbell, his Grace's
excellent conk, had bestowed his usual attention to
the dressing and serving it up. .Abundance was
produced, regularity presided. and discretion
marled the conduct of every one present. At
two his Grace rejoined the fainily.party, which
sat down.to.an elegant dinner in his private parlour.
—At half past three' the party returned to the
granary. at the upper end of which seats were pee-
p:nen 'for them, and the happy peasants Mime.
diately-Criiumeticeil dancing, iii the trite highlaad -
style, which tihey kept up, with great spirit, till four
o'clock, when Lady P.. Murray. the lion. Miss Mar.
ray, Moucrieff, and Miss Knight, dunceda reel.
Never were greater beauty nod elegance combined ;
they were the admiration of all present. About six
o'clock the Duke and his friends took their leave,
accompanied by nearly two hundred people, who
vied with each other in gratitude to their noble
host, and well pleased with the festivity of the day.
sweasessiseam=
EDINBURGH, Nov. 5.

Letters from Holland, dated the 29th nit. re-
ceived at Leith this morning, by a house in the
Dutch trade, mention, that the vessels loaded be.
fore the decree of the 17th was pnblished, have
been. allowed to proceed on their voyage ; but no
farther permissions were to be granted, and the de-
peen Wits to Ire rigorously enforced.
We are informed, that the Local Militia for this
city is to consist of three regiments, of ti2o privates
.each, to be commanded by the Hight Honourable
IVilliam Coulter, His Majesty's Lieutenant, ae
Coloiael-in-Cbief, the first by Colonel Command-
ant Alex. M.Gregeir Mortar ; the second by Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Commandant Patrick Crichton ;
and the third'by Lieut.-Colonel James Hope; and
,the enriAment of the privates will commence im-
mediately.
Last night, a little after twelve, a tindesmati'wns
robbed oft-. 51. pa. at the head of Dickson's Close,
by two men, olio. while the one almost strangled
him, the other rifled his pockets. The man who
wised him by the collar was a stout thick man, with
a Fhort coat and bludgeon. They did not speck.
The money bad just been received in payment of
an account. •
A Hontburgh vessel, laden with flax-seed .in
bulk, arrived in Leith Roadivon the Ist
In the hest south-west gale, she was pooped by a
se.i, which stove in her stern, and damaged her
‘ll r6o.