The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-01-07 00:00:00

TWELFTH NIGHT.

Several circumstance have recently occurred
which rendered the celebration of this suniverisiy
last night unusually dell and spiritless.
The pastry.oook shops in Bond.street..Piceadilly,
and the Strand, presented the usual display of
Twelfth Cakes, and the ornamental devices, how-
eser deficient some of them might be in taste, were
competent to vie with any previous exhibition in
striking variety sod exectif . There was the
battle of Peterloo and the battle of Waterloo.
There was Boa*piara leafed on a rock, and
Mr. HUNT on the hustings. in Spa-fields ; and
gas light in and out of doors, mightily assisted
the admiring grouper, who feasted their eyes from
the pavement on these delicious dainties. But
with these brilliant scenes the vicinity of Paternos-
ter-row and Gruh.street formed a most dismal and
dolorous contrast. There was no longer seen
" The poet's eye in a fine frensy rolling," but
lowering " dark and gloomy" upon a recent Act
of Parliament respecting the press, in which the
word *liberty was so mutilated, so defaced and
disfigured, as to be scarcely legible. His 'midnight
kap emitted *feeble light ; and siseslews, elands,
and 'mental darkness, threatened a gradual ap-
proach to envelope the whole scene.

BADDELCY'S cake was drown for in the Green•
room of Drury.lane Theatre.

Mrs. W. WEST drew the Queen. " A Star shone
in the West."

Mr. ELLDTON drew Sing. The down was dis-
puted by Mr. KERN, but he was pronounced a
Pretender.

We have not learned the fete of the other
dramatis persona.
All the Theatres drew hampers, Ind all the
actors drew down thunders of applause.

In the fashionable domestic circles—
Lady CASTLEREAGH d►ew the Queen of Dia-
monds.

Lord CASTLEREAGH drew hi. bow with two
strings, and hit the bull's eye. Poor John Bull
can no longer read nor write. He, however, is still
at liberty to wake and weep.
Mr. BECHER drew the Qween of Marts—
" Born to win all beans and than all eyes.
Tho' meek, ntagnaohnons—tho' witty, wise."

General DEYERRUX drew an affecting and glow.
kg picture of the exertions of the Patriots in South
America, which drew forth the applause of the
friends of liberty all over the world.
Mr. Pit.ttnxtrrx drew a bandage over his eyes.
that he might not be blinded by " the intensity of
light" shed by the twopenny productions.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER pet forth

his infallible &actors. sod drew out all the remain•
ing peace from the pocket. of his Majesty's sub-
ject,.

The Galway Member drew forth the stores of his
wit, uad convulsed his company with laughter.
A Radical drew a bill upon Aidgate pump. and,
mirabile dicta, it was duly honoured with a pitcher
full of water, and if endorsed by the Churchwardens,
would have actually drawn a loaf from the vestry-
room its Bread-street Ward.
Mr. —, a good-natured husband in the city,
drew in his horns. The point*, which were left
sticking out of his pocket, were tipt with gold.
The skaitiag drew a great crowd to the Serpen-
tine, in Hyde Park, and although the whole
fashionable world were present, the seers of Doctor.'
Commons could not discover a face pas. Cold
climates are always most chaste.
The drawing for Twelfth Cake in the various
parts of the town, did not entirely exclude curds
and music. The favourite game was Beggar my
Neighlroar.—A Dutch gentleman, of the name of
VANbITTART. is mentioned as a winner to a large
amount. We hope he does not mean to send it
abroad.

The dances were of the old fashion. introduced
by that eminent Professor Sir ROBERT We LPOLC.
The figures are very simple. The tune of "Money
be both Pockets." Figure, hands across, and change
sides, was the favourite of the night. Several Gen-
tlemen, who came to town from various parts of
the United Kingdom since the meeting of Par-
liament, joined merrily in the dance.

Sir J. NEWBOLD, Chief Justice of Madras, has
remitted from India 5001. towards erecting the Wel-
lington Pillar in Somereetshire, the foundation of
which is to be laid early in the spring.
A Gentleman, a-widower, of the town of Galway,
has gone on a matrimonial excursion to Gretna
Green, with a young Lady of considerable fortune,
of the City of Dublin.
Great improvements are making at Oxford over
Magdalen Ridge, by taking down the old decayed
structure of Magdalen Hill, which is immediately to
be rebuilt on a more appropriate site, nearly ad-
joining the pleasure grounds of iMagdaleu College.
One of those very rare Wide called the Goosean-
der.. and two Den Divers, or spading fowls, were
killed at one shot Mileithorpe sands, Cumber-
land, on Monday re'imight. •It is agreed by all
that the appearance of both these birds presages •
severe winter.
CURIOUS OCCURRENCE.--A few days ago_ was
shot, near the entrance of Waterford harbour, a
large sea-fowl, having through its neck an arrow,
Bach as those described by Captain Coos to be
used by the natives of the islands of the Pacific.
Ocean. The shaft of the arrow, which is oboist
eight inches long, is of a kind of wood resembling
bone, and is rudely bearded with iron. The beard
and shaft shot at least Intir inthes through the neck;
lead the flesh round the shaft is not only lieoltd, but
perfectly hard and collet's.