The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-11-30 00:00:00

BIeIGHTON. NOVEMBER 28.

The day fixed for the arriv.il of the Regent at
the l'Avilion iv Friday next. Yes:erdny Sir Beni t.
min Bloomfield, Mr. Walter, Clerk Comptroller to
the Regent's Household, and Mr. Nash, the archi-
tect, arrived at the Pavilion', to make the necessary
arrangements, previous to the arrival of his Royal
Highness.
_ _

A reduction or the 9th Lancers took place yester-
day.

The herring season en our coast is nearly over.
and we are sorry to observe, it has hitherto proved
au unprofitable one to most of our industrions and
deserving fishermen. Herrings are now selliog in
the minket at la. per dozen ; boles, Is. 3d. per lb. ;
plaice. skate, &c. much cheaper.
J. Si ninonds, of this town, has been convicted
of buying six hares of uccuntion poacher, and Hoed
accordingly.

Yesterday morning Divine Service was performed
at Cariton-hou..#e by the Rev. F. W. BLOMBEKG,
and the Rev. Dr. STANIER CLARKE.

The Marquis and Marchioness of BUCKINGHAM,
and Earl TEMPLE. are arrived at Avingtoo, front a
visit to Lord and Lady ARUN DELL, at their licit,
Wardour Castle.

The people of Strasburg are surprised at the
number of our countrymen who pass through their
town. The English, they say, seem to be in con-
tinued motion, and not even the advanced season of
the year can deter them from repairing in great
numbers to visit the banks of the Rhine. The
Duke of GLouces•rEa left Strasburg on the ebtli.
An old song says—
Paperwioney is a very toad truck,
It won't buy a poor man a sheep's head and pluck."
Paper money has altered greatly in value since this
song was written.
BATH AIRRIVALS.—Counters NUEent, Lady Peacock, Sir
F. Baker, Sir 11. Dalrymple, Sir J. and Lady Sherbrooke, Dr.
Reyew, Dr. Lynch, General Gribbe, Urllil.lllllli General
Colonel Brown and family, Colonel Seymour,
.

CIittISTOPIIE has rendered himself very
uulin-
pular in Hayti, by COllll yelling a number of female
Mulattoes to intermarry with his sable soldiers.
This is prima jiicie a black business.
There is now growing in the church-yard of Dar•
ley, in Derbyshire, a yeti-tree, the circsiniference of
which is nearly thiriy-six feet. extraorilltrity
tree, according to tradition, was planted about eight
hundred years :go.

The C'oltinihian Centimel of the 12,;th of October,
Two I whims, from the state of Tentw,see.
Imia night took lodgings on the ground mar Li•pr-
nartl meadowv. They were wrapped up in thrir
blanket* only. Some citizens ur4e4l them, out of
regard to their health, to take better ()wirier*.
Their natural gravity could not *moil thi* joke.
They laughed very heartily, and declined the
advice."

Mr. BRAnAM, We understand, has refused a
liberal offer at Drury-lane Theatre, and purposts,
in the cour,e of the next shoring, to visit Peters-
burgh, Vienna, and P.rtis ; after which he will pro-
ceed to lids, when he will make the tour of the.
principal Theatres. Mr. B.'s laq engsgeineut iu
Italy was at Venice, in the year I SOO.
The Paria Papers have for sine time shown *
deep interest iyt certain attempts 'mole by the cele-
brated tragedian TALM A, to free himself hem re-
puted engagement with the Comedic Fraticaise,sarl
to obtain the power of appearing alternately at the
two gleat theatres of the capital. It it said that he
cspects iu dint event to receive 1,200 froms r night
fur his pet formatter. His claims and the merits of
bus case are at pres.trit under the earnest commie.
ration of a conned Of the Comedic Francaire,
composed of MNI. GuiCuARD, Coul.cx, 116
JULY. sod BONNET. TALMA has engird the
celebrated advocate, M. MANUEL, to -uhlnut 1124
pretensions. The questions for the rfee:•ion of the
count if are, whether TA LM A s' ulel,l receive the
C"'efit of his tld comrades and the nerinissinii of
the Goerwith-tst ; and whether, being a pei;eiuner ef
the [(lnc, and also of the Com. eh. Footle:Atte, I:k
enjoy this double lac our eat erasing to be el
moldier ut. toil sociely