The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-01-07 00:00:00

tiV L F Tit A'/G// T,

This c! eci foil festival was Fiat night celebrated
r ith the is PpOftil eod amusement,. Merriment
reigned triumphant ammieso the opulent inhabitants
the Metropolis—and, in many bedances, they
spared something from their SUptifillitiffi, if/ cheer
the hearls of their less fortainite Itlow-creatures.
The delicacies, consecrated, by long-established
*tistrms, to the service of this Polite:time period,
were displayed aids " all the pride, pomp, and
circisoodatice," of art, in the *lnflows of the different
confectioners' ships, Various were the unities and
devices exhibited on this occasion—lint, diasimd or
es they were in style and subject, they had all in
'view Vie 11111111 great object, to elicit laughter arid
promote good-huinour. Many at' them related to
recent events of a public miturez-and from them
we present our readers with the following telex%
:

In the neighbourhood of Cornhill our attention
called to an enormous cake, ou the top of
which were represented the
Et.—x, and Lord The
first appeared to he weeping at some dreadful ca-
lamity —the second was in the attitude of expostu-
latiott—mul the third seemed to be in a passion.
The following lints explained tl.e natbre of their
consultation :

AT--i—Y-G --L.
Oh Hoar.! what can the tastier he?'
Oh Hosts! what C/11 the mailer be
Oh Ilona! what ran the nastier be?
The Juries are mad without doubt !
I p misid my patrons three certain enavictions,
But the Trial by Jury's a sourer of alifictioas,
It has laugh'il lute worn all my famous prediction%
And I fear me, I now must hunt not !
Lori EL—N.
Oh dear! why all this surprise man,
1 think )o i're as stupid as coy Excise mats,
Matters like this should neer trouble n wise sum%
The like often happen it before.
Didn't Horne Tooke coil Hardy nom my clutches get-off,
And ilfats from years, in the same way was !muff,
But azainst this ill kick we'll tine day have a set-of,
Nclievc me, there's comfort in store.
Lora EL--s--N.
Oh !loss! I can't sae the cud ou't,
The Pre fp. cull is (re, teat's a bail thing, depend isn't,
I wish it was shackled—for I not no friend ou't !
Rut Juries will act 'gating advice!
lounds! this world mast allows %WAS a matter ungracious,
To clear him, who p.oasilied St. Ailoinabios,

&tame lw came down with his preeedewts specious,
Thu' from Calming he gave as a slier.
MINES.
Oh Mote! what will the Doctor .ay
Oh liner! what will the Doctor say?
Oli Heys! what will the Doctor say
Hi. Circular's not worth an are!
The ancient amusement of drawing for king,
Queen, &c. prior to the distribution of the Twelfth
Cakes, was carried on with more than usind
"[lie La.lics and Gentlemen of Drury'-lane
Theatre, in Green-room assombleil, sffinced them-
ise!ves with a very line ed...., the produce of the
Flinn hi queathed by the lute Mr. BADDICI.N.Y.
Various extraordinary characters were drawn, uud
not a few murdered, on this occasion.

Nlr. made a desperate effort to draw
but he hit on Sir Giles llre►_reach. He
immediately MI into severe pantomimic hysterics—
but his friend, 11—r •••••Y. who had drawn the
e:,aracter of Gollicer Griffin, restored him to his
senses, by a timely application of DE A DY'S eordinl.
31r. 11. J-..111-..:41 drew the cliumorr of Manager,
to the great annoyance of several lientlemen, who
were looking for it. We hope he will be long able
to maiming' it.

1i) the Legal IVortl, the drawings were laughably
unforttattate.

The AT--Y-G---L drew up three Er-Oftirio
Informations against M. Host'. which, instead of
drawing, that individual to a 1111,011, drew upon him
the gratitude of his fellow-countrymen, who are
11,,aily testifying their feelings by the liberality of
their sulneriptions.

Certain Judges drew • moat txtraordiuwry• pic-
ture of a libeller, for the benefit of three succemire

.luries--but the Juries drew a different conclusion
from the premiser, and sturd►ly maintained the pro-
priety of it.
Mr. WILLIAMS drew on himself twelve months'
imprisonment and a tine of 1001. by letting
_judg-
ment go by default. iu a prosecution for publishing
certain parodies—Mr. Mort:, by resisting the pro-
secutions against him for publishing the swat paro-
dies, is likely to draw his purse-strings ou three or
tow thousand pounds.

Li the Ptilitical World. it is stated, that the
t. atNCELI.OI3. or the Exott:euEß has drawn up
imaticial report of the most flattering deserip-
-1.(,,.—1it, Ministers are afraid that they will nut
able to drum, in Mr. TisinfitY to give credit
to It.

the Coutiiteibt we liner heard little.

FERDINAND the Beloved leas petitioned nll the
‘;.1111h. in the Calendar to draw the revolted Colo-
-, hock to a sense of their duty. This was a use-
leg% prityt r, since they have, f the continence-
611Po, of their oppo%ition, been pelf; 1111 l ing au nit-
-1 erative duty.