The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-09-03 00:00:00

THE PUNSTER'S PURSUIT OF A SIMILE

The Porte oft in simile,
t. A vessel's course to life compare,
3nt, 11'194 Prudence with the ►elm,
The compass to grave Jedgeasot's care.
Bat voyage sad bruits; I can tell,
Lad thus give Amish to the trope;
• Each Benedict sails sear Cipe Horn,
Each Bachelor for Cape Good Rep;
Aed Fools will seek the SeiAy Isles,
For Isle of Mau each Maiden steers;
While Jesters sail, wit► mirthful' gale,
To Bay of Pu-dyer Altjooro.
Projectors, with their airy schema,
Are destined for the his of Ripe;

And Labour plies throsigh Straits Raafaisevic,
The little bark of ladastry.
Ilse Spendthrift's cruise the 'Pei-tle Sat,
While Knaves cast anchor at AU-p.,
And pensioned Slaves to 1..a-efrowe Isles,
Sy power corrupt are led I. tow.
The Poet's bark with rapid coarse,
Will wander wide by Fang led;

ast &More sons with timid heed,
Will oft times east th' exploring lead.
Toast; Orators with press of sail,
Peek Florida's impetuous stream;
Ana youthful Love oPkii Rosa Bey,

Where f.incied bli.r, ever beam.
A lave, oft is rimed in Areal,
When /gander's gale on Merit blows;
Or adios onward makes Cape Char.
Where coalitions Worth dude sweet ►epse.

Thies vitriol's as the Iraqis's year,
With devious course our ways we we'd;
Yet, strange, each voyage will terminate
Securely atietior'd at Grusiesead.

KV?, SEPTIMIIt Q.

Ye.tenbly evening the PILINCII RUM left fur
the Stnd-houve.

Sir FPIiNCIS MILMIAK and Sir H. HitavonD
still continue in attendance here.
The PRINCE REGENT arrived here this morning.
This afternoon the Duke of YORK wised.

SURREY THEATRE.

The excellence and variety of the performances at
the Som..), Theatre secure in it a deserved and ample
share of taildic pat ge. The harlots of Humph-
rey the luelii-ilrama of The Queen el'
Guicolitto, and the grdnil comic burletts of Red
Riding Hood, founded on the French piece en-
titled ,g to Petit Chaperon Rouge." were last
night pea trmed with the greatest applause. Tlw
lit piece is extremely interesting, from the simpli-
city of the subject, and the splendour of the sceoery.
Wr ratitlfit t 10 much praise the performance of
itle•iir.. lIUNTLEY, FITZWILLIAM. awl LEONARD.
Mrs. ()num and the principal female performers
also received the fondest expressions of approbation
from a crowded audience. Nothing can be more
sanstar'ory than the uninterrupted manner in which
the dstinent performances are conducted, the time
allowed between the acts not in the slightest degree
exceeding that sufficient for the mechanical trans-
formation of scenery.
Several personages of rank and fashion were in
eic boxes last night.

follnwing account, respecting the *toe of
hrr NiAJESTY'S health, is copied from an Evening
PAprr:-.

" Iler Majesty, we revel to state, has been gradually res.
141,•01.7. ever ',thee Wednesday last; and, since Sooday, she
has exp-rometvl • reesrresee of all the most distressing syrup.
tow• of her e sophist. Yesterday, for the int hose Saes
her Majesty has been at Kew, so oilitiat bistletie of her
health was unwed —Since her relapse, the Queen has rest
rated her desire to lee at Miniver, sod • sender of cosiri.
sauces have bees thought iif to render her unseal
colie. Anomie others; a kind of easy chair spots very light
priors, placed within • barosehe, from winds the sews
Ind been takes out, was snot down to Kew last week; but
*kid, of the curiae weasel surseiestly einstimodiows to
dim of the necessary reeswilsest putties of the Asir ; sod,
we saderstaad, that her Majesty's old husks is to he pre-
pared spoil the same priaripte."

The Doke of SUSSEX is expected to instal Mr.
(•,•r.c, as Provincial Grand Master of Freemasons,
t Norwich, in the October Sessions week.

1.... d BusGtwasiu, English Minister a► the
isi Tuscany, together with his ILady, arrived
at elltl,oll on the 3d silt, for the purpose of slating
tnir and its environs.

Lord 411‘sores mune was inserted yesterday. by
It.wake. imuesd of the Earl of ANCRASL, in the
c•emisit of Lord CASTLEREAGH'S departure fur
18.

.I!,r Drnry-lane Sub-Committee continue to
'•,r.al,le &illy to form the ueeessary arrangements
►'.r oprii.iiv of the theatre. Besides the play
too pan of Vlr. W A LTEt SCOTT, a tragedy by
Mt., ANN Poar►.a has also been accepted. and
"II! ►prreddy be produced.

Mr. IL KIMBLE, who is to appear in Romeo an
oimilitsg of Drury-lane Theatre, was itotended
L.r the Church, but quitted the University for the

The extraordinary sneers' of The Green Mlle, et
she Haymarket Tliratrr, will probably prevent the
re.lopeetralice of Mr. %VARDE lilla oe3lloll, but he
►rturu to the country• with increased reputation,
cuutinnerl by the 'Auction of tlw London critics.

Alißpiis now *hewn to Ilir.
furious, in the
"'limy of Ti**non, which IS so loaded with fruit,
ss require 30 props to support its weighed down
11.111glis, It ill calculated that the owner will make,
st lew, fire hogsheads of cider from this single
hre.

PRESENT ZABOIIRS OF ADMINIS-
TRATION AND THEIR FRIENDS.

Lord B—NW—a is actively employed in Stirling
Castle in the herculean task of adapting to English
ears the vernacular dialect of the L... 13 AD
—vs of Scotland Said Mr.
The arraugeaseut was, it is said, made at the close
of the last Session, in consequence of the oratorical
propensities of these Gentlemen, and the necessity
of cultivating their style for a southern audience,
consequence of the pertinacious adherence of
Lord A. HAMILTON to a retrospect of Scotch poli-
tics. It is said in the ministerial circles that it was
found difficult to effect this arrangement between
Lord B. and his pupils; the former, though not u
bashful man, thought the task was hopeless. Mr.
B—oas B—TM—T reminded the Noble Lord
of the triumph of DSMOSTWENES, by simple means,
over even a 'sitarsl iospediusent, and referred with
exultation to the fascinating perfection of Mutt-
RAT'S oratory, by a proper course of practical study,
when he became Lord Mausetat.n. In vain did
Lord 8..-4111—a urge that he was not Neptune. or
his intended pupils "Merrays ;" his scruples were,
however, overruled, and lie at length consented to
undertake the task, and the garrisou of Stirling
Castle was permitted to retire with all the honours of
war, to make way for the new drum-major. A dif-
ficulty was now started, when it was least expected.
On the arrival of Lord B—u w—a at the Castle, he
required, as a sine lima now, a strict adherence to
precedent. He informed his pupils that the prece-
dents of DENosestaxes and MUSRAT had been
urged by Mr. when lie undertook his
present task, and though inapplicable in mine re-
epee's, they were yet worthy of notice in others.
lie the case of DIMOSTNSWES, as he was informed
by Lord ABSIDSEN. tit.. orator dial tint gas an re-
peat set speeches by the water's side, he merely
went to run over and bring into pleas. the 44 gamin"
of his voice (to use a musician's tt.,.m). He there-
fore required neither notes nor manuscripts. In
Muitaaw's case, the first thing dose by that great
orator was to exclude from his library all work. in
the idiom of the Scottish langnagr, lest he might
occasionally fall into the use of that national dia.
lect, which it was at the time both his taste and
interest to forget. The Noble Lord therefore
urged as a preliminary step, that the lahr aries of
the L—D AD --TS and Mr. K. F—n—T should
be purged of all Scottish works. The L—o
All-...-• 411 had no objection, provided he could re-
tain, merely for refreshing his political recollection,
and qualifying himself for the better discharge of
his professional pursuits. the printed reports of the
trials of Nair, Skirviag, and lfargatot. Fysche
Palmer, sod Lam aud Baird; and Mr. IE—
F—NIr merely asked the indulgence of retailing
an old edition of ALLAN RAMSAY'S Gristle Shep-
herd, as the country around him was so pregnant
with pastoral recollections. These reservations were
firmly resisted. The first, on the ground that the
precedents were not the most inviting, and the
language of the libels. if studied, quite subver-
sive of the proposed dialectical improvement;
and the second, because of the two lines in the
fourth scene, which Reformers might apply to the
subversion of Scotch Burghs—

6 Such oarless hesitates of a eovalsonwealth.
Shoold be lope of, to gie a State weir health."

The latter has consented to commute his condition
for • copy of the old ballad of Chevy Chas., and
the former, after considerable difficulty, has agreed
to • temporary exchange of the Scottish trials for
those of Watson, Thistiewood. and Co.—these
containing enough of useful precedent, couched
in the unobjectionable medium of the plain Eng-
lish language. The last accounts were most fa-
vourable of the progress of the orators—the fine
air on the Castle-hill has had the best physical
effect.
Sir G—a Wx—a is training a white rat,
of the original Norway breed, u a present for
Bsematerts, King of Sweden. It is already
taught to dance with exquisite skill, and when its
proficiency shall be complete, it will be soot to its
destination as soon as the worthy Baronet can
escape from his professional labours and accom-
pany his trust.
Sir Nif—st Sc--.T, according to the duty imposed
upon him. has pointed out the following text, for
• sermon to be preached before the Commissioners
to inquire into the abuses in charitable trusts—
He that dueth these things shell never be wowed."
Psalm so. s.—Tile construction of the Commis-
sion gives every hope that the text will be adhered
to.

The learned Civilian has also, at the request of
the Ca—Lt.-11 of the Ex-QU—x sod Mr. W—
OKR—ce, given out the following text, for a ser-
mon to be preached by Lord CAS.--1111—.11's
Chaplain at the opening of Congress; but, it is
said. the Noble Lord thinks it would be giving a
new jeohtre to his mission.
The text is from Peter, ii. 19.—" While they
promise them liberty, they themselves are the ser-
vants of corruption."
As General TUOIIIIITOII is not expected to sit
in the nest Parliament, Ministers do not mean to
repeal any of the Test Laws; and we fear that Mr.
LOCKHART'S rejection at Oxford will prevent his
intended alteration in the Acts for the relief of
Insolvent Debtors. The amendment, if report be
true, was simple. It wee the substitution of the

Italian for the English plan. In the town-hall of
Padua is a stone called Lapis Vitsperii. on which
any debtor who swears himself not worth Sl. is
thrice seated by bailiffs in an uncovered and rathe►
cool posture, he is then released from all further
claim. It is recorded. that for four-and-twenty

years together no debtor would incur this ordeal.
It was the intention of M►. LOCKHART to abrogate
all our existing insolvent laws. and erect the Madden
ordeal in Westminster. Hall. the place being admi.
rably suited to the cool proem of the ceremony.—
It is to be hoped that the Hon. Gentleman's hint
will not be lost to Parliament and society.