The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-12-15 00:00:00

BRIGHTON, DECEMBER 14.

His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, though
labouring under a depression of Fpints, is in good
health. His Royal Highness did not lrave the Pa-
lace the whole of Friday, but has several butts ap-
peared on the enclosed grounds since.

Among the numerous nobility, sod personages of
importance, who paid their respects to his Royal
Highness, by leaving their uutnes iis the hall-hook
on Friday, we noticed—
The Earl of Egremont, the Earl and Countess of Warwick,
the Earl and Countess of Newburg, and the Ladies F4elit
Earl of Cassilis, the Countess Dowager of Ctouniel,
Admiral Sir D. nod !My Gould, Viscount M0141'40011, L►dy
Hyde Parker. Sir M J Tierney, Bait. Lady A. 1%) Atom,
Lady C. Fitzroy, lion. Mi. and Lady C. Piiiilar, Sir J. suit
Lady Liddell, Admiral Sir R. and Lady Straelsan, lion li,
and Mrs. Windsor, Mr. and Mrs. Serj,atst
Lady Heathcote, Sir T. Stepney, Cilmiel H. &011ie, Ad.
mirals Houghs and Roulke, Colonel DOMlllnall, and sir
Jaws Graham.

Na visitors were admitted to the Royal presenco.
A guard of honour, under the command of Cap.
tan' Johnson, with the coloring, band, drums unit
fifes of the regiment (35th), received his Royal
Highness the. Prince Regent at the Palace on
Thursday evening. the hand, &c. plat•iug " (,od
save she Kiss::." The drums were nearly menet'
with black crape, and the officers, three in number,
wore black crape scarves.
On Saturday the Lord Steward and limily, and
Lady Bloomfield, were the arrivals at the Palace,
and the Lord Chamberlain and family yesterday.
The Earl of Yarmouth departed for Loudon on
Friday, but returned yesterday.
Ovine Service was performed at the Palace yes-
terday, by the Bishop of Exeter.
The Pavilion was illuminated on Wednesfhiy,
for the first time, to shew the full effect oldie
upon the painted ceilings of the music and
rooms, with their ornaments and decoratious. It.
most have proved a feast of intellectual pleasure to
the several artists employed, to discover, that
every point of view their labours had accompiolii
the grand designs intended fur these beautiful
apartments.

Yesterday. soon after one o'clock, the Duke oP
Youg arrived at bis house in St. Jamey's Palace,
Irons Oatlaits.

ARRIVA I..—CIIIAULFS BEVAN, Esq. and family,
in Wininole-street, from Worthing.
Sir flussET and Lady VIVIAN arrived at Truro
on Tueeday last.

Truro Assembly was very fully attended en
Thursday evening. Among the company were, Sir
HUSSEY NIA Lady VIVIAN, Colonel and Mrs.
GossELL, Colonel and Mrs. HEAD, &c.—Tlit•
dancers were between forty and fifty couple, and the
company did not separate until a late hour.
Miss IVA ESTEI N performed Letitia Ilarthi,
the comedy of The Belle's Stratagem, at. G'utl.
street Theatre, Dublin, on Tuesday night.
The lover• of the drama have been Itigl;lv gra.; -
lied this week with the admirable performances ef
Miss S. BooTil, of Covent-garden Theatre, ttle.
will make her last appearance on our stage nn To• •-
day nest (this day).—(Sta.llitrdshire Advertisc,.:
In the Garden of Tehidy Park, the seat of the
Right Hon. Lord DusisvANvit.LE, in Ce;:taad,
there was gathered in the present year, a eetir,
teen inches in circumference, and ...e
pound and eleven ounces. There were on the -Atte
tree several other pears, not so remarkable,
very large and very heavy.

Hu NTING.— The PRINCE REGENT'. stag bounds
meet on Friday at Longford, at ten o'clock.
SPORTING.--A grand partie de chnsse was gins
by the Esrl of Holtz, at Hirst!, N.B. on Monday.
the 30th of November, to some of his LordthilAr
friends. Sir ALEXANDER DoN, Col. Jou/Ivrea. &c.
The baths for pheasants commenced about twelve
o'clock, and by three p. m. twenty-three pheasants.
seven hares, four rabbits, two woodcocks, one wild
duck, and one partridge, were 1:,11s1 by the three
guns._ viz.—Lord DUNGLAPS. the Hon. W. HOME.
and Sir ALEXANDER DON. His Lordship linuselt,
animated with the desire to afford amusement to his
friends. took very few shots.
The dogs, brought by the ships of the Northern
Expedition, have, for some days !not, been objects
of much attraction at the British Museum. On Fri-
day one of the poor inoffensive animals was killed
in the grounds belonging to that national establish•
ment, for the purpose of its skin being stuff.d and
placed in the rooms, and the other hes been sent to
the Museum at Peri:, probably for the same pm-
pose. Of the four that remained at the Admir*ol,
two have been sent to tl.e Duchess of YORK, and
the other two to Sir JOSEPH RANKS. The t ile. of
the four latter will he more congenial to the feel.
ings of humanity than those of tbeir companions.