The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-12-01 00:00:00

POPTRY.

STANZAS.
;ROM ♦ VOLDINE OF POEMS SITI ettIILDIEYD.
BY D. L. RICHARD/ON.
Yea—l have loved and lionoured thee,—
Nor guile, nor fiar of guile, were mine;—
But, oh! since thou cane faithless br,
I'll grieve not for a heart like thine !
Lady, when first thine azure eye
Met and controlled my raptured gaze,
'line was the fond and pleading sigh
That fervent adoration pays
Could I have known, what now I knots,
Its beam but brightened to betray,
In vain had shone the spurious glow
That led a treating bears astray.
net an eye of brightest hue
Can Woman's nobler spell Impart,—
Fidelity and Feeling true
Forge the strong fetters of the heart.
And the brief charm hath lost its power—
Indignant Pride shall now rebel ;
For, cold and cal* One ! from this hour,
fily soul is free.—Farewell—Farewell I
FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

The Marquis of Hertford Ores a grand entertainment this day to
the Doke of York and a diatinguished party, at his house in
ulilly.
The Dowager Ms/chimps* of Irmliebury had • *elect party at
dinner yesterday, at her house in Arlington-street.
The Countess of Mansfield arrived yesterday at her house itt
Gmevenov square, from her seat, Richmond-hill.
The Honourable Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith arrived in town
yesterday, from South Wales.
Richard Gascoyne, Esq. arrival yesterday at the St. James's
Hotel, Jennyn-strest, from his seat in Yorkshire.
J. E. Westcombe. Esq. has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel,
Bond-street, from his seat in Nottinghamshire. Captain and
Mrs. Gregory have left ditto, for Brighton.
George F. Hatton, Esq. arrived yesterday at Read's Hotel. Lower
Grosvenor-street, from his seat in Kent. Departures from ditto :
Captain Gordon, P. N., for Plymouth ; Win. Littledalc, Ebq
for Oxford ; Charles Mackintosh, Esq., for Scotland.
Arrivals at Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street:—E.H. Impey, Esq.
from Sussex ; Gordon, Esq. from Scotland; Rev. Mr. Gooch,
wont a tour; —Latouche. Esq. from a tour; fleathcote,
Esq. from a tour ; Monsieur Deger, from the Continent. Depar-
tures :-- Stapylton. Esq. Mrs. and Miss Stapylton, for Bath ;
England, Esq. Royal Lancers. for ditto ; Thomas !Amor,
Esq. for flenlcy-upon-'fnames ; Kerrison flurry, Esq. for Nor-
wich.

Arrivals at Meares Hotel, Lower Brook-street:—Sir Edward
Mostyn, from Oxfordshire ; John Powlett, Esq. from Warder
Castle. Departures:—Lady Warren, for Derbyshire; Lord Arun.
dell, for Wilts ; the Rev. L. De Burgh, for Cambridgeshire.

FEMALE FASHIONS FOR DECEMBER.

(From La Belle Assembler.]
__ HOME COSTUME.

Dress of canary yellow roe de Naples, trimmed at the border
with three broad bias folds of the same material ; the sleeves very
full, and confined at the wrist with three bands of the same silk as
the dress. The corsage is plain, and made partially low ; but the
boson' is shielded by a double pelerine of white crape, 'tauten-,
scalloped at the edges, and fastened in front at the throat with a
bow of scarlet and yellow striped riband : this tippet is surmounted
by a small frill of Urling's lace: the head.drels consists of afte/tu-
negligee cap of the same manufacture, with long pendant strings of
!scarlet and yellow riband.