The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-11-09 00:00:00

ROY AI. HUN:T.

The King's stag-houndshunted a deer on Monday,
which was turned out of the out for the day's diversion
this side of Two-mile Beook, on the Bath road, in a large
Held, a short distance from the road. Half-past 10 o'clock
was the time when Lord kfaryborough, Master of the
Hounds, ordered the deer' to be turned out, which was
witnessed by a numerous field of sportsmen, numbers in
gigs, and hundreds of spectators on foot. The deer, in
starting, took to the left, leaped a high hedge through a
large field, and envied the Beth-road ; by this time the
hounds got scent, and went off in full speed through the
enclosure-8 towards Daney, taking to the left by Chalvey,
took across the fields, and re-crossed the Bath road between
Salt-hill and Slough, when he ran with great speed
through the encleprres teseettie Stoka Park, where be
leaped the paling, Mad he thit ielbgeln a pool of water.
The hounds soon get him old; when he ran among a herd
of deer in the Park, whir het aeon was taken, after a chase
of upwards of an hour anA a WC
At the Hunt last Fridarthe deer was taken on ,the kill
to the left of Harrow, after a long rum

The Earl of Liverpool at his residence at Whim-
hall yesterday, from his most Camille Wood.
Prince Polignac, the Ambassador, transacted
business with Mr. Secretary Qanning for a. considerable
time yesterday, at the—Foreign OfficeiDowniug-street.
Yesterday the Lord Mayor, the late Lord Mayor, Al-
dentin, and other City Authorities, attended Sr. Law-
rence's Church. At the conclusion of divine service they
proceeded to the hustings, Guildhall, where the Lord
Mayor was sworn into office for the present year. In the
evening the whole party partook of a farewell dinner at the
Mansion-house, with the late Lord Mayor.
Should Mrs. Cautta marry the Duke of St. Alban's, abe
will have some of the privileges of royalty, in addition to
those of nobility of the highest rank. The Duke of St.
Alban's is Hereditary Grand Falconer of England (with
more than 2,0001. a year for his salary) ; and, as such,
his Grace is privileged, on certain occasions, to be in the
King's presence. One very important distinction in the
fashionable world is, that the Duke's and the Duchess's
carriages may drive in the " Ride" in Hyde Park, which
royalty. and those similarly privileged with the Duke, only
can do ! Curiously enough, the title may be said to have
originated with an actress of great celebrity in her day.
Eleanor Gwynn's eldest son (by Charles 11) wasennobled
by his royal father. and was the first Earl of Burford, af-
terwards Duke of St. Alban's.

Mr. Sergeant Pell was absent on Monday from the Court
of Common Pleas, in consequence of severe indisposition ;
and we are extremely sorry to hear, that the Learned
Gentleman has been induced, en that account, to retire
from the profession, of which he has been so long a very
distinguished member.
MR. TILOMAR MOOllE.—We understand Mr. Moore is
just now in town, having come from Abbotsford, where he
has been on a visit to Sir Walter Scott. It is a matter of
course that he thould in private life meet with the courte-
sie3 of hospitality under the roof of Mr. Jeffrey, and in the
highest literary circles of this city. But, as the most dis-
tinguiblit.d lyrical poet now living, he has a c:aim to public
honour among us; and it will be a subject of deep and
lasting regret to many, if he should leave the capital of
Scotland without an opportunity being afforded to the
Scottish public of evincing their admiration of his genius,
by some public manifestation of it. A public dinner is the
most common and intelligible mode of doing this. Let
him be invited by the Lord Provost, for example, to meet,
as their -guest, thelentierinunf Edinburgh—and, in one.
day, we predict, there will lie such a " gathering of the
Clans" as no party or political occasion can cm call forth.
—Edinbll,gle Courant.

New NOVEL, BY TUB AVTIIOR or WAVEALEY.—WC
have got a hint, which we have not yet seen noticed puh.
lidy, that the unquenchable fire of this great mind is again
to diffuse its genial influence through literary Europe, and
that the "Unknown" has forthcoming, as the fruits of his
late leisure (for such ale* months of recreation are to him)
a new work, the scene of which is laid in his native land—
the scene indeed of his best. We will say no more, than
that " the fertile shores of Fife" supply some original per-
sonages and interesting incidents from among the natives,
who have long personified the peculiar prejudices and daring
of the sea coast of Scotland.—Glusgour Courier.

GLOUCFSTErt AND BERKELEY CANAL.—As the period
approaches for the completion of this canal, we are natu-
rally induced to look forward with considerable interest to
the extension of mercantile transactions in this vicinity
which cannot fail to accompany its opening. This event,
we confidently expect, will take place within eight months
, from the present time, and the field which will thus be
afforded for commercial enterprise will not be offered in
vain, as we have reason to know that several characters of
the first respectability and connections, already feeling a
decided interest in the success of the undertaking, are pre-
pared to exert the whole weight of their influence and
capital, in raising this city to a degree of trading import-
ance infinitely above the elation it at present occupies. As
a necessary consequence 'upon the opening of this work,
the improvement of the water communication between this
city and the Birmingham and NVorcester Canal, must be
s►rikingly obvious, and the forming a cut to effect that ob-
ject, is the only link wanting to complete the chain. This
measure, as our readers are aware, has already been set on
foot, and when the immense advantages attendant upon it
have been fully considered, we doubt not that the means
of carrying it into immediate execution will not be wanted.
—Ulouctiler Journal. . .

LITERATURE.

ANSEL3IO; A TALE OF ITALY.
BY A. ♦tEussEuz.—Knight.

The dramatis person of these interesting volumes arc
not persona drawn out to play their part in scenes of tic-
twit, but arc beings of real life, who have acted the most
prominent part in the political events which took place
(luring the eventful and instructive period of Italian
history to which it relates.
" I t is intended," says the writer in his preface, " as a
sketch of the manners and habits of the South Italians, as
they were seen at the close of the last, and beginning of the
present centuries. It embraces a period of twenty years—
a period most fertile in events of a public nature; the
narrative, therefore, of those events forms a prominent
part in the hook. In those disastrous times, public and
private fortunes were so blended together, that it is im-
possible to describe the latter without adverting to the
former. The interests, the property, the life of every one
were often at stake all the elements of society were in
fermentalon, and the poor, as well as the rich, the obscure
as well as the noble, were tossed about in the general storm.
Anselmo is therefore a picture of public events, as well as
of domestic incidents. It is a description of scenes drawn
from reality ; some traced at the time on paper, others
treasured up by memory.
" There is hardly an incident of any importance in
these volumes which is not founded on facts. Fiction
his done little more than combining then' in one connected
narrative. The localities are generally preserved, as well
u the order of time. One error of memory has inad-
vertently occurred in the first volume, about the epoch of
La Touches visit to Naples with the French fleet, which
took place, not in the passion week, but during the advent,
and within the nine days preceding Christmas, days of
prayer and fasting, known by the name of La rigilia di
Natalr.

"'1 'he description of public characters mentioned in the
work, and who apps ared at the time on the political stage
of Italy, has been traced with a sedulous regard to his-
torical fidelity. Almost all those personages arc now dead,
and they belong therefore to history; they are spoken of
here without eith^r partiality or rancour—their faults are
neither overlooked nor magnified. Few men resemble
either angels or demons—all have capabilities which may
be turned to good or evil, and most follow the impulse of
the circumstances in which they arc placed. The circum-
stances of Italy, in the epoch herein described, were of an
extraordinary nature, and they acted upon individuals in
an extraordinary manner. An eloquent writer, who has
lately revived in Italy the style of the great Italian his-
torians of the sixteenth centry, Carlo Botta; in his recently
published history of his country, observes, in speaking of
the period we allude to—' l'utti erramno, Pontelice, Im-
peratori, Re, Cardinali, Vescovi, preti, nobili, popolani.
Ahneno imparasscro i potenti a non giudicar gli nomini a
norm* di una perfezione the non e del inontlo, cal a C 01103.!
cere la debolezza propria in quells d'altrni.' They all
erred—all were carried along by the irresistible stream.
They seemed to have lost the compass of moral conduct.
There are times when man is put to trials for which his
mind is not prepared, not having been previously discip-
lined by unearthly considerations."
ANSEI.3IO, independently of its literary merits, is well
worthy of being studied by those who would obtain an ac-
curate acquaintance with the momentous period of Italian
history which it includes;which not only has in ibelfa strong
claim to attention, but from its influential connexion with
the politics of Europe at the same era, and the light which
it throws on events which it is of importance should be
fully understood.