The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-10-02 00:00:00



MOURNING FOR A QPRIN.

AU the dyers" Waft la Leedom, sad gewerally tbroogli
the ametry, have bora far a considerable time in full se
dylog black. Germersis of sorry dirseriptioa, le mole
3irl female attire, hays beer mot to the eyrie to be dye.
Ana, le esetemplation of a certain neat daily apprebeaded
is the Royal Family. It hes, however, bees recently diem
vend that purple, mot block, is Oriental Meowniag pre•
scribal's the demise of a British Queers. It wNletbereforti,
be necessary to mod the Meek Beek to the dyer's be Ultra
purple. It is sow 'Jetty years sirresblet *Milne a ridighlog
Closes (Caroller) is Ragland. The trievewes of the payroll
gesermise with rearm to the mormaiog to he observed
us sue% ma memos, is %merino the mere ezeusible. The
redness's dives, we believe, is p,ss cost sad weisecoss,
with Wok breeches sad elocklegs.

way lb
The Marquise( MIAMI& WI Mos roma., for Briglstas.
Tie tad of Lariat is arrived in lowa tram his seat is
Inked.
Lord Nora kft tows yesterday for Ms seat, Libels,
&Ors.
Lord Discasses is embed at Ms home is Margaret-
street,Toseseash sloeve,from a War.
Tbe.tael sad Ossolssa st Jassy are evaded to leave
town Note day for 11001.0.
The Rooks livolaaaaadtet, Me Lady sod suite, kft *lady
milkers is Marley-street yesterday mersiss, for
timpani.
Ms Semis of Boeldschsoi Ms left its seal, Stowe,
Bucks, ass visit Is T. Clsolmoodsley, Esq. at Ms seal, Vale
Royal, Northolek, flosake.
Tie Moo. Ph. sod Mrs. &skim mad family. left Thoosses
Rotel, Berketepoleady yesterday, for disk mat to Sestlasd.

WEYMOUTH? Sgrr. 99.

Last evening our Theatre wes patronised by Go-
vernor Penn, for the benefit of Mr. and Mrs. Young.
The perfursiances were, the The Anions Wire. and
Hs:bands and Wires- The latter piece being
again repeated, woe received with unbounded ap-
plause by a numerous and 'fashionable audience.—
The house closes for the season on Friday next, for
the benefit of Mr. Hughes. previous to the opening
of its Guernsey theatrical canspoigo.
In consequent of the nuptials that were cele-
brated a short time since in Paris by the Hon. IL
Clifford. eldest son of Lord Clifford. and Miss
Weld, soly child of T. Weld. Eaq. of Lulworth
Castle, in this county, on Thursday hem a general
rejoicing took place is. all the villages that apper.
teen to the estates of that ancient and respectable
famly—a family to whom ear beloved Sovereign
was so warmly ettached for their loyalty and seal
towards his Government. that he was graciously
pleased to honour that magnificent structure with
frequent wits.
In compliment to this happy union. South Down
Cottage. the Marine Villa of J. Veld, Esq. be-
. came a scene of festive piety. Th. inhabitants
also of the adjoining villages of Stilton Preston,
osissisigton, Knighton, East and West Inlworth,
lea to the number of several thousands, were re-
galed with • plentifel supply of fine ox beef.
bread, beer. and money, in a liberal proportion to
the lwado of eiteh family.
T. Billet, Esq. of Wartnwell House, also enter-
isieved Isis friends. as did the tessotry ; in short. all
heusis were gladdened. and the dwellings of the
.villagers were filled with joy, and expressive of
their pleasore and gratitude in the opportunity thus
afforded them, by participating in the celebration
of se happy an event.

The Duke of. Dvvousotae g.ve • lupe+ de-
jetene yesterday, to the Grand Duke MICHAEL
and suite, most of the Foreign Antbarsodors, and
a h.rgr party of distinguished fashiouables, •t his
villa ut Chiswick.

Count and Countess Urals rare an entertain-
ment on Wednesday. at their residence in Harley-
so reel, to a large party of distingunthed liersonager,
among whom were—the Doke of DEVONII4IIIIII4
the (7tsotese of JERSEY. Lo►d Gowsa, Lord
Dutrcaorrort. Baron NICOLAY, &c.

The Countess of HARRINGTON. we are sorry to
side, has been indisposed for some time, et her
Orate Ebriston. Derbyshire, which prevents the fa-
mily coining to totes, es expected for some drys

The French Pipets mention, that among many
other dirossignidled persons. Mademoiselle le Noa-
/SANT, the mord csrd-draping Sibyl, is set out for
Aix-14-Chapelle. She has expressly pledged her-
self to confine her oracles to the business of private
and not meddle with politics.
The celebrated Gteaex SELWYN Was once up-
braided by a lady with the barbarity of going to see
Lord Lowe, head cat off. GEORQU answered,
that if lie had been guilty of impropriety to his Lord-
iii That respect, hr bad done what he could to
make amends, for ha had gout to see it sewed as
again.

Earl nod Countess FtTZWILLtArt have kit
Went worili-huusr, for 1114Iwo. Northaniptoorslstre.
We logsr it it the iut►oliou or Lord MILTON to
vi•lt tlw Continent, fo► the benefit or Iris health,
and that he will he accompanied to Paris by the
Noble Earl his father.

The will of MATTHEW GREGORY LEWIS. author
of The Castle Spectre," se The Monk" and ether
literary *oats has hero proved. Itt his will he
eters to Mrs. H. JOIl•STON. late of the Theatre
Royal. Covetst•tortlest, the sum of 1001., to pup.
clser: moue trinket or other orttionent to be worn on
her net k to remembrance of hint : to the Right
IlLnourable Lord llot.t.also his book of caries-
Peraosial property %illhott the limit ce of
Canterbury swuru outlet 60,000/.

POETRY.
masa..
I • TO AN AITIVX NAL LEAF.
`IS That sultan leaf is sear sad dead;
And moss will Dark its wintry bed
, _Est away a hose cis supply,
To FaarPs em watchful rya.

h sece postwar, set far, eel meg,
Ileum% brightest bean se It was Men;
With stony 'freed that mad it tree,
It dieted I. every hems that blew.
Rat sow old ago has 5t01e...,
Its yoethfollosesty Mils pee;
And sow it dreads she Zephyr's play,
Which only hears its Maids away.
ked, trembling.* its parent Man, ~.
It genres ow hew the dewy gan sti
Its terser strewth and viper pest, ' 11.6.1
It sorts each assist as its last.
'ns brightest sea may shed Its Ely,
w'64.6
*The fairest noes epee it play. „...
7114 balmy air may peas it ewe
Bet never ass its 11* fellialt. u4^
• vv,
Its lot was this—to hem a.l
And give to Itaistels fees see sail
The vacs of Beam, I. antes* calls,
Thy port is d0me"—....41 sso-41
'Ti. thus with sea—yerth yields to age,
dad sad reflation@ MI the page
Of former times and hops *ow 111.4
Of early Meads and viper jail.
Thus like the leaf be dwindles oe,
de is &reed for what is pee I
For ilea be seeks his wird', bed,
TM hit the Moly that is deed.

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PURE LONDON MILL

' The officers belonging to e detachment of sttil-
lsry, stationed lately at Paddington, were in the
habit of sending to a 'fieighbooring dairy for milk,
which they insisted upon receiviog (nob from the
cow, without say misttre or adulteration. The
proprietor of the dairy, lmwever, thought fit to
withdraw this occonsmakatioui, end the officers ex-
pressed their dissatisfaction at histondect by lock-
ing up the pump on their premises, from which he
was accustomed to draw the water used in diluting
the milk mud preparing it far sale. This being the
best, if not the only water in the place for the ma.
nufacture of milk, the loss of it was felt as a great
inconvenience, and the dairyman lodged a com-
plaint before the Board of Ordnance whist the
officers. The consequence of which has been, as
order to reinstate him in the use of the pump, and
the officers have, in consideration thereof, been re.
stored to the luxury of receiving from bid dairy
their milk without the admixture of water, as be.
fare the misunderstanding.

THE FORCE OF

T.

Lisen.drapers and others who deal. in articles
of female attire are. we believe particularly ex•
posed to the artifices of shoplifte;s, sad suffer sit-
'truly from their depeedatioos. Anion these,
Messrs. Mann and Son, the extensive and eminent
house in Parliamentbstreet, have frequently missed

articles of valve, stolen by persons who have
visited their shop on pretence of baying goods. In
one instance the less has been repaired by the jus-
tice and conscientious feeling of the offending
party, from whom they received, about three weeks
ago, a sum of 31. in three IL notes, enclosed in a
letter, sent by the two-penny pest, of which the fol-
lowing is a copy :
" From as .sfortsuts perms, led, through the reerey arid
goodness of God, to feel the wieltedoess of the post ; who,
thareforr, as a proof of eststritioo, haves to have mow re-
turned one-third more thee that which you have lest--all
that the &acted penes boo to give."
This letter was addressed—" Mr. Mann, 38,

On the 29th ult. Mr. Mann received from the
same party a second letter, containing • 1/. Bank
note. of which the following is a copy :-
4. Permit see to intrude on you once more. A short
time -since l eaeloued you the whole of the vowel I pos-
sessed, ems a few shilliogs. Sloes thee I have had • fur.
thee supply, which I bastes So offer you, praying that you
wiM *celw it ass pledge of say (nutritive and virtuous
moires for the future. My or. of the injury you have
sustained is so hatease, that my ackaowledgments of it are
only measured by say very limited malts, sad say best mu-
sedation is, that should even this ride miscarry, you are me
loser by me. And bow greatly do I stood in need of mesa
taboo! It would be dilies'l for you to imagine 1M dread-
ful misery I Mrs gam Omagh niece the usfortu•ate tram-
Mimes which for me In this world have elepeived nes of
the eujoyineuts of wo onoffeedin amesciesce. Oh, bow
&measly du I wish to mat the lest three swaths, wherein
I have forfeited the happiness I we possessed for ever!
And yet sometimes I hope there Is some extessatiss for
use, sad that all is not to he imputed to vicious
lions, but to an aberration of mem I caw fully assent
for. and still suffer from. 1 (ZUNI Mechem myself m you,
but es you hope for mercy yourself, for heaves% sake let
use implore you to take no steps to discover me, het to pity
and forgive me. Bosh day and night I weep and pry for
pardon, and though nearly distracted there ate SIMMIS of
hope, when I sue *tippled S. believe God beam met bat as
I standalone is this neetambely distress, I ham En friendly
voire to stremphea my hopes, soothe toy afflidime, pity way
weakness, or moist ray endeavours. That you may pass the
reminder of yew life in the possesses* of heavenly peace
and happiness, is the sincere wish of one who very probe-
hly will full the victim of trausgramion ; for unless repeat-
aim sod prayer, through Goes mercy, cue ems the pangs
of • sounded conscience, so frame ens tug support what
I cedar,.
" I shall andide this lOW to the post, hot ie ease it
should not reach you safely, I propose media, you • copy
of it, dial at least you may kayo my iideotim. Oace more
Ist nee implore your hindmost, sad believe me you need not
wish nee a more dreadful paaishumat them is mine. As a
father, I entreat you."

On Saturday last an explosion of gas took place
in one of the coal pits at the Buffery Colliery. near
Dudley, of which eigl►t men were the victims, in.
chiding the Co/emirs. a most respectable man, and
valuable servant. Five of the sufferers had fami-
lies, end this unfortunate catemropfse could not have
occurred had they need the admirable limp invent-
ed by Sir H. Davy. but which few of the colliers
can be prevailed upon ioadopt. They were buried
at the some time, and their funeral presented a truly
melancholy and affecting scene.—(Hereford Jour.
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Car t-CARDEN tHkATRE.

Moarwe's comedy of The Way to Keep Him
arise last night performed. It was originally prop
dead as a these act psoce—and, jodirmg from 00
iiaperiseity of talent obeerrible in this Gentleman's
farces, when compared with his comedies, it may
be doubted whether the public are greatly iadebt-
ed to him for spin*g oat his original production
to its present extent. He who has only materials
suilicient for the etectiun of a cottage, is blame-
able if he strive to fonts a palace out of them. The
merits df this piece are an Am:easing bustle and in-
trigue—isirie good situations—and a few just semi..
memo, elegantly expressed by the Widow Belwour
swill,' Outings. Its defects cannot be cotnpresied
into so sritall a compass. The incident, are utterly
at varieties with any thing like probability—the
characters, for the osestinut, are drawn with a far.
cical extravagance-46e dialogue is wholly destitute
of wit—and, where humour has been attempted, it
COON in the shape of gross donikle ciliate& Mr.
W. FAIRS!' appeared, for the first time, as Jir
Bashful Constant; and, by his excellent isixforin-
mace, supported the high character which he had
previouly obtained, a• an admirable representative
of the old Of Akeily Gentlemandfgenteel comedy. .
The character of Sir Bashfal sprite eat of
nature, The idea of a man, possessed of a beau-
tiful sod winsome wife, being ashamed to avow an
enactment to her, is absurd—is monstrous. Had
Leafy Constant been described as a wanton, the
anxiety of the husband to conceal his section,
would at once be manifest. But, as she is de-
picted lovely sod innocent, the conduct sf Sir
BRAM is not merely ridicsloes, but !crossly
unnatural—the more so, as he is stated, though
with the intention of depreciating his under-
standing in the estimation of the audience, to
have been a man who hod ocdepied chambers in
the Temple, and amused himself lounging about
coffee-houses. Such men. it tha'yobe Observed, are
men of the world, not fools. In proportion u a
character is without archetype, as we conceive that
of Sir Bashful to be, a pedaling+, having a com-
plete carte blanche, is likely to run riot—to give a
more extravagant version of that which was origin-
ally foolish—and to produce disgust, where it was
meant merely to excite laughter. Mr. FARROW
appeared to be insp.resesd with the difficulty of his
situation, wed met it wed, consummate *Avocet,.
He impartial to the clumsier every trait so hauteur
of which it was sueogptible--bet he selbeed nothing
like grimace or kdlhasiery to sullyhie regveurata•
tits. The Ole —the anted auger—the
oemisool gloms d eetorotte isrtrurg, these con-
stant. of nue% if met of nag passisa...the
siepid endoibb which le asst obeenable when Sir
Baskfisl belierm Moseett to be out rousing—were,
by turns, introduced to the notice of the
sadism% with a severe yet ZeMinasour. We
bees thus he taboo of gib sword merits of Mr.
FeaseuseSir Bee4/44, relative to which we think
there cannot be a dissentient voice. But were we
called on to point out disk scenes in which he was
preeminently happy. We idiould select, Ant, the
interview with 1.00111114 in which be stalsoseriogly
acknowledges that he is deeply enamoured of his
own wife, bat is afraid to let her or the world know
the state of his feelings--aod next, where be coin-
algae's Limier/ to convey to Lady Couto* the
letter he bad addressed to her, but which be was
himself ashamed to send. In the latter part of
this scene, Mr. Fannies performance has very
fine. The ludicrous earnestness with *Which he
protested, that there was not a word of truth in
the letter—that it was all a dam, intended to try his
wife's virtue—he, poor easy man, being quite igno-
rant that his worthy friend bad dispatched an
amorous epistle of his own—contained as true
and bold • representation of obstinate stupi-
dity, sod causeless irascibility, es we have ever
witnessed. Mr. Faaasn's reception was most
ardent. The Widow Behisoitr was personated by
Miss BauiTos. It was a neat, pretty perform-
ance—but it was not the Widow Relater which
our fancy paints—which lives in *i our mind's eye"
.—which we have seen on the stage. Miss BRUNTON
is a young, an interesting actress—but she does not
possess the requisites necessary for the due rapport
of this character. Where the Widow's feelings
were touched, Miss Banuiroe's acting deserved
praise t indeed, we have always thought, that her
general manner. partook more of the sentimental
than the lively. But, in the light scenes, the po-
lished vivacity, bounded only by %heroics of ele-
gant breeding—the fief, lively temper, which

44 Cam sake to-morrow Teloserfnl as take—.
the gi flow of soul," the blest offspring of an in&
nocent heart and an unimpaired constitution--were
weakly sketched. Mrs. FauciT's performance of
the part of Mrs. Loaner, developed very con-
siderable talents in the higher walks of gen•
teel comedy. The scene in which she aseurnes
the gay airs of a fashionable lady, and asto-
nishes her husband by the extraordinary change
in her demeanour, was exceedingly well acted.
The audience expressed their approbation of
her abilities by reiterated bursts of applause.
We molted them. in silence, but did not admire
them the less. Mr. CHAIM= Lone.
mere was an easy, gentlemanlike, and sometimes
comic, peeroemooee. He was very eucceesful in de-
scribing the apathy of the discontented married man.
Mr. Jon tts d reseed the part of Sir Brilliant Fogies
with taste, and hit nettle gay pertness of the been
with spirit. The massing little character of IP&
liens, in the bands of Mr. CONNOR, was a sort of
epitome of the whole midi-coloured tribe, while in
place. -all airs, assurance, and liveliness. Lady
Constant had, in Miss Foots. a handsome, but
tether an inanimate representative. Mrs. Glens
was amongst the most amusing of the groups. She
sustained the part of Misfits most amusingly.
The comedy wits received extremely well. It
has been. we must observe, a good deal curtailed—
and, in some instances. not very judiciously. In
consequence of want of skill in the operation, the
circumstance of the diamond buckles. which Sir
Briniest receives, is wholly unexplained.—sad
G, restitution" is not made at lam.

A Morning Paper very sagely remarks. that the
last Foreign Papers el communicate neither facts
nor speculations beyond a brief extract from their
eoustents." The writer of this observation memo de-
sirous of confining himself within the strict limits
of troth.

Sir limey Ihnibury, Imre. is arrived et Sir amiss Bea.
bury. DIAN hoes; to PaN-soll, tree areitsebeas.
Departures from Wanes% New Hau 1, Nermerset Jehs
Illarrklas, Esq. awl lie Lady, fir their seer, lireer Park, Sus-
sex ; Cirairetkre Illerlea, Kra. Dertse, rod eseuily, w s visit
to E. Ours% Esq.et his Ism is NartlesuplouslAne, es their
use is beim&
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