The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-05-12 00:00:00

WOMAN.

Oh! it is sweet to bear the sigh.
That 'trembles on the lip of Beauty;
To wipe the dew that wets the rye,
Of her who pines %worn love and duty.
CM! it is sweet to sooth the breast,
That throbbing swells with tender feeling;
To view the cheek in dimples drest,
ITlsen languid Sorrow's tears were stealing.
Too oft, in Beauty's gayest hour,
The heart within is cold and gloomy;
Too oft the smile is like the flow'r,
That live's not, feels not, yet is blaomint.

PUBLIC MONUMENT

TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE LAMENTEO
PRINCESS CHARLOTTE OF WALES AN!) SAXE
COBURG.

The Cenotaph Comntittee, after maturely emiaidering the
various communications they have received, and in endue-

mity with what they have reason to believe is the wish
of the Public, beg leave to state that ft is their intention,
should their funds be adequate, to construct the proposed
Temple of the Cenotaph un a scale sufficiently ostensive to
admit of its being appropriated to the purposes of Divine
Worship, and constituted a Free Church.
(Fur the Committee)
BENJ. ROTCIi, Jun.

Yesterday her MAJESTY took an airing in her
garden.
The Duke of CLARENCE visited the PRINCE
REGENT yesterday.
Yesterday the Duchess of GLOUCESTER visited
and dined with her MAJESTY.

The Dukes of YORK and CLARENCE visited
her 1113Es•ry yesterday.
On Sunday the Duke and Duchess of Gr.ou-
CUTER Rttemird divine service at St. George's
Church, Hanover-square.

The entertainment to be given by the Duchess of
GLOUCESTER, oil Thursday 'light, will he one of the
most splendid that ever was given, mid for the ac-
commodation of those who hate the honour of
being iiivited to he present, who are supposed to
amount to near 1,500, Hyde Park is to be opened
on the occasion., and the carriagek tb enter from
Stanhope-streetgate, in Park-lane, slid proceed to
Piccadilly to take up again. Several parties have
been postponed in consequence.
The marriage of the Duke of CAMllilti6E is ex-
pected to have taken place last Thursday, the Royal
Subereigx yacht, tinder the continaml of Sir I.
OWEN, is appoitated to fetch his Royal Highness
and his Duchess to England, and drops down the
River for that purpose from Deptford on this day.
We understand that the messenger who carried
the official dispatch, containing the offer of mar-
riage front his Royal Highness the Duke of KENT,
with the ei/W4elit of the PaiNce REGENT in COUII
ell, to the Piisicess Dowager of LiNANGEN, has
returned to England from Coburg. lie brings the
assent of the Princess, ratified by the trustees of her
Serene Highness, namely, the King of BAVARIA
end the Doke of BADEN. Every preliminary of
this desirable union is ariatigetl, and it is expected
that a message aimouncing it will be c muoicated
to the two Houses of Parliament to-morrow,—
According to the principle recognized by Parini-
moot, bia Royal Highness will receive IM mititsity
of 6,0001., in addition to his present allowances.

On Friday night Lord CAsrt.ERRAGII kit town
for I►is geld in Kent, and is expected in town
again to-n►orrow,

Cul. DAttoa will leave town on Friday for Paris.
A provincial paper puts the expiriNg Laws Bill
under the head of deaths in its obituary.
The validity of the will of the late Earl of A Lo-
BOROOOII, by which lie bequeathed 1,000/.
to his nephew, has !welt established on u recent
trial in the Court of C flea►, Dublin.

A Lady, the daughter of a Noblrinsii, awl wife
of a Alriur in the army, will shortly woke her
debut at the lielfatit Thelon!, iii expectation of re-
lieving her husband limn some reuniary diffi-
culties.

Miss O'NEILL—It __ appears that the New York
Managers are discussing whether it would Iw expe-
dient to induce this Lady to join their dramatic
corps. The coushideration which it is supposed that
she would require is 10.00(11. 11,1 r ti
year's prrfunn-
ancc. The iiihjority seem to think that she is en-
titled to this suet.—(Dublin Freeman's Journal.)

The followitig is the Report of ihe Committee on
the Calico Printers' Petition :--‘. -•4b1111
have raantuieil evidence in s.uiiitort of the rase of
the Petitioners fors repeal of the Excise fluty silt
priuletl cottons. and they lire of opnoon, that the
duty is partial and oppressive, and coisider 111'.
repeal desirable."