The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-02-23 00:00:00

rRE KING'S CoURT.

Yesterday. At then o.eipek, his NIAJCSTT held
Court at his Palace in Pall-mill, which was al.
tended h)•—
The Archbishop of Cooteritury, the Lord President of the
Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Tres.
spry, the Secretaries of State for the Hose and the Colonial
Departments, the First Lord •-f the Admireley, the Master
Gruen of the Ordnance the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
the Presidents( the Beard of Control, the Metier of the
Mint, the Chancellor of the Duchy of L ter, Earl Mal.
grave the lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward of the
Household, the Treasurer of the Household, the Vice-Chen.
berla;n, the Lord Lieatenint of Ireland, the Lord Chief
Baron of Scotland, the Earl of %VimWilms, Mr. Lone, the
Marquis of Headfori, the Hon. Colonel Stanhope, Sir A.
Paget, sod Mr. Sullivan.

Ilia MAJesTY held • Privy Council, when he
performed the ceremony of pricking for severe!
Sheriffs. in the room of those pricked for in the last
Council, who are not able to
The Lord Lieutenant or IRELAND. the Earl
of IVINCHILIBA, the Lord Chief Baron of SCOT..
LANY).. Sit A. PAbttir, Mr. ,C. Loma. and Mr.
SULLIVAN. were intrethiced, to the Council, and
sworn in Members of hit MAJBSTY's Most Flo.
nourable Privy Council.
Mr. BuiLe• attended as Clerk of the Council.

The Lord Lieutenant of 'RELAX! lied the ho-
nour of an audience of his MAJESTY, upon his
arrival in England.
The Eirl of WINCHILSEA had an audience of
the KINo. and delivered his key of office, as Comp-
troller of the Household of the Windsor Establish-
ment to his late MAJESTY, when his present Ma-
Jesk-r was graciously pleased to continue the high
privilege of the entre to the Noble Est I.
His MAJESTY also gave audience to the Earl
of HARROWRT, the i?.ai I of LIVERPOOL, Earl
BATHURST, and Mr. B. BATHURsT.
The Marquis of HEADFORT and the Honourable
Colonel STANHOPE were the Lord and Groom in
waiting, who kissed hands upon their reappointment
to office.

The Court broke up a little before six o'clock.

P4SHIONADLS ARIeIVALS and DSPARTURES.

•ItatvALs.
The misrqnis and Harqkinness of Ely sail fssily, yestet.
day at the Clareadon Hotel, Bond-street.
The Earl and Countess of Cassllis and family, at their
house is Privy Gardens.
The Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury sod family, at
their house in Great pliebope•slreet, May-fair.
Sir John Shelley, Hart.,at his boost in Berkeley-square.
Countess Stanhope, at her he... in Clargewetreet, Pit-
Lord W. P. Lennox, aloneßMA H otel, Arlington strict,

D6PARTUILS.

Baroness Le Despeneer, for her mot in Boehm.
Lord Nuribesk, for his seat in Hanna
Colonel Bulkeley and family. for Bath.

FASHIONABLE PARTINS.

The Countess of hare has issued cards of invitatio• for a
fashitnable party taindrrow evening-, it her residence in
Saville-row. ,
Mrs. Tighe will have a party of fashions ea on Salardy
next, at her house in Bt. Jawies'aplace.
The Dowager Gunotess of Esprit had • select card party
yesterday evening, at her bowie in Carport-street, May-fair.
The Earl of Derhy will give a grand eat hutment to a
large. party of distiogisished personages or Friday neat, at
his house in Grosvenor-sluare.
Lord sal Lady Granville entertained a select party of die
tinetiwu yesterday at their house in Brulowstrest, Berkeley-
square.

tlis 51.0rsTir meditated an immediate visit to
Windsor, but we understand it is postponed, and
the day remains elifixed.
The Duke of RUTLAND, by the lakt account
received from Belvoir Castle, we are happy to state,
was much better.

It is with extreme regret we have to announce
that Sir G. 0. PAUL, Bart. lies seriously in.
diopmed at his seat, the Hall House, in this coml.
ty.— (Gloucester Ikrald.l
Arrivals at Edinburgh t--
WA and Lady Saloum, Sir James and Lady Colquisome
and family, Robert Glasgow, Esq. Mrs. Glasgow, Miss Dun-
lop, end J. Bruce, Esq.
Deportorro :
The Earl of Rosslyn, Lail Janet St. Clair, Miss Booverie
and Miss Batchelor for London; Laid and Lail} Kennedy,
Sir James and Lady Montgomery, ihd Gemmel and Mrs.
tanipbell, of Loelinell.
The following is a copy or the Form or Prayer
and Thanksgiving to ALMIGHTY GOD for his
Al ad ssven recovery hogii his late dangerous sick.
nem, and which is ordered to be read in all churches
anal chapels throughout his
" Accept, we beseech thee, Almighty God, the praises and
Ilsanksgivings of our Sovereign Lord the King, for thy Treat
mercies recently vouchsafed to him.
Jis the lamer of sickness, sod ands the severest itommtie
sillictioas, his trust was in Mee, 0 God; and lbws kart help..
ei bins.
" Let thy priorities head, we implore thee, ever he over
him! Let thy Holy Spirit ever be with him; and so krnithes
his days, 0 God, that they may bring dawn upon him nod his
people the aboadauce of thy Messier, led neertive, through
Jesus Christ oar Lord; to whom, with Thee, sled Ilse Holy
Ghost, be all hiinoiar and 'lot*, tai and for ever! Amen."

Mr. TIERNEY. in his speech on Monday night
in the House of Commons, stated that either his
MAJESTY was betrayed or the QUEIN was insulted.
1 his ohservation was rePOted with strong emphasis
by the Right lion. Gentlerhan. and is noticed in •
Paper of yesterday with the following retgs►k
The strong expeemione made Ise of by Mr. Tierney, si
lu his Majesty's birdie bees ►sfisp.s', will ■stsrally
kart to meek niejectere. He very probably alluded to a
cireacestance which Imi given use to a good deal of 'T-
ransit. We nedentand Mennen were is pesseesioa of all
the information lately submitted by Ana to the AttursWy
and Suliciter•Generai, end the Advocate-Heenan at least
'riven mouths age, but that they kept this isituratatibe
carefully emu:embed from their Master, sled monied the
•diselosire for the period wises his Majesty wen wße►iag
soder OM sdnietion caused by his hither, death. It is
impossible to ettoorilre a line of einsatme mare isejurloiti
to the interests of his Majesty. Had them ehdrirre been
submitted lb high kital authorities at the time wheal Mini-
tilers breeder possened of them, the infavoerilde impres-
sion predated ow the public mead, bj the perileskte period
theses by Olialaterslite the agitatiew ef this wbiwir
have limb itimiard. Well might Mr.lietury what", Mat
Ms Majesty had We• iletritrie

Jiael•sdri


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DEPLORABLE CASE.
. .
Our risaders will be shocked to Jearn that a cer-
tain Noble Lord, lately in the enjoyment of full
health and spirits, now li•-• alinast speechless.
Such' is the Uncertainty of human life, and such
tlse Vicissitudes tt which the wisest end greatest
Statesmen we liable ! We do oat, mean that his
Lir&hiji is in a dying..ray ; we only wort t thin he
has got a most al ' ' g hesitation in his speech,
and thit his utterance is so far imp tired, he cannot
articulate as usual, • to an exteist that threatens the
most slarmiiig ciiissetuences, and has already excited
the pity of his friends'. The first symptoms of Isis
complaint shelved themselves in the Douse of Com-
mons on Friday night, they appeared with increased
virulence it the same place on Monday. It
was perceived for the : first time that when-
ever the words " the Oleen." or " her Ms-
jesiy," occurred in conversation. he avoided any
attempt to pronounce them. Doctors Hums and
tIERNET, who happened to hie in company, made
some expe'rinients upon him, but without sures ;
they could not remov't the imperfection ist,bie
utterance. The word kite (her) he could. get, out,
though with some difficolty, and for this he is
supposed to be indebted to the skill of a Welsh
Sutton who had previously operated upon him ;
but as to the words " Majesty," or " Queen,"
oily effort to pronounce them wily produced a wry
face, or • vacant stare. Some professional gentlemen
who have examined him think it is a natural impe-
dititent. and that the patient is tongue-tied. But
thii; if true, is very extraordinary, as be has beets
always very fl nein in speech, and until within the last
two or threeyears, there were no words in the English
language which he could speak more glibly than
" the Queen," and " her Majesty," nor indeed any
words more frequently used in his vocabulary. It
is farther remarkable, that even at the present mo.
ment he can articulate the words " the King," and
"his Majesty," with as much, if not more precision
and facility than ever ; nay, that they are terms,
in the repetition of which he delights to indulge.
This unhappy defect in the organs of speech cannot
be therefore attributed to any disloyal principle
or feeling. Looking to the physical powers of
the patient, and his previous habits, the most
reasonable presumption is, that his complaint is
• nervous affection, brought on by " an ignorant
isspaihne*" to snake himself amiable in a certain
quarter, and an excessive anxiety to maintain
a certain situation which lie was considered in
danger alosing. There are, we know, among
the Professors of the Black Art, certain cabs-
listical words, of direful import, the very utter-
ing of which is attended with the most fatal results.
This was the case with the very words in question,
" Queen;" and " Majesty," in France, during the
Revolution. The esticuletion of them then and
there excited fear and terror, and they soon fell into
total disuse. It is probable that the imagivation
of the patient in the present case may have been
operated upon by ohs illusion which, though dissimi.
hir in its motive, may have been adequate to the pro-
duction of • like effect. The faculty are the more
disposed to adopt this opinion on
.observing that
he finds uo difficulty in InkinousiCing not (limi-
tmiler sounds. As for institute :—He can say
" Magistrates--Manchester filaitistratee—Majo.
.; • ..
rity. He can even say, as we !save already
remits ked, his Al a ItsTir, and the word Atr by
itself, but it is the combination of her Mujesty
that confounds him ; with respect to them, how-
ever fluent in general conversation, he is as dumb
as if Ire bad not • tongue iii hls head. The patient
being a personage of high coosideratio.s, 'oohing
less in his own phrase thou one of the" Sorereig. ns"
of Europe, it way be easily conceived that his case
has excited great interest, and put all the medical
and surgical profeasion upon the alert.
Magpies; it has been suggeited, may be taught
to speak. by splitting their tonitie with a silver six-
pence, but that is a prescription which the patient
kueir long ago, and if willing to apply it in his pre-
sent state; he would not fail to minister to.himself.
Besides. the perion who would be most benefited
by the cure is, according so report, not only abroad,
but actually without a sixpence to girls him.
Some sleep political Quid Nines think that if " the
Illustrious Personage," which cornea so trippingly
from this defective teugue, were Queen Regent,
and not merely (Nara Contort, all the difficulty
would vanish; but that is to suppoie en impossible
case. Again, it has been suggested that • galvanic
opetatiOn might restore the lost powers of the dis-
eased organ; but theme the present is not so much •
physical as a mental defect, and galvanism, how.
ever efficient upou inert and alUggish matter, has
never been known to give an idipulse to the mind.
Much less a noble and generous impulse in the di-
rection of right and justice. Under all these cir-
cumstances, and taking all these things into consider-
ation; in his prelent state and habits his physicians
despair of any cure or alleviatiOn of his disorder. He
haven utter distaste to and rejetts all wholesome mew
diciue ; but they are confidently of opinion; that, if
he could be induced to withdraw from public htisio
nese; Or was forbed out of it, this defect in the organ,
of speech would gradually wear away: The comp.
try would rejoice to see this experiment tried; boy
mange to illy; his immediate friends are opposed
to it; and affect to consider his complaint incurable.
Petaussion; we think with them, ii out of the come;
it *III mks avail; but we think that a sudden

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shark trau/il hire the desired tifect. Our rearlen 'r
remernher the case of the dumb eon of Ottawa,
who obtained his power of speech by the sudden
shock of seeing, en attempt on his father's lire.
Let then n sodden shock INa tried in the present
Case. 0 ily let some sud;ler► revaltints force the
Noble Relent out of the Cabinet. and we need not
have stsrling tautlit to whistle Martitrier."
lie will fentri instinct *whistle her Majesty the
4tetirm, from MOM to agllt, without difficulty or
heel tat ion. _ _ _

COTENT.GARDEN THEATRE.

List night, after the drowns of The Antiquary,
which,eiperienced that degree of admiration which
its exulted and various merits must ever commend,
a new farce was produced, for the first time..culled
no Life fbr !Planer, and was. eminently successful.
The following is a sketch of the plot :—Frank
Poppletun (Mr. Jo% CS). a half-pay Captain., and a
wild, dissipated spat k, in one of his midnight, or,
rather, morning rambles through town, rescues
Emma Somerton (Vi.,* Foots:), a lovely girl, on
ber retorts home frotn a party, out of a traces its
which her servants became entangled. tie after,
nerds quartets, with the watch, end blink pursued
very closely', .runs Mitt a house, the door of which
ley open, rod which proved to lie that into which
the young. lady had just entered, nod her home.
The watch thirnier outside, but its, the gentleman
has locked the door, and put the key in his pocket,
he thinks himself quite secure from intrusion, awl
stretches himself on a sofa, to lake, in his own dia.
lest, some " horizontal repose." His slumbers,
however, are interrupted by Mrs. Thompson (Mrs.
DavitteoaT), a widow, slid Miss Somerton',
Hoist, who. alarmed by the toile outside, hurries
it.to the room in her night clothes, sod proceeds
to pull the sleeper's ear. supposing it to lie her
niece's maid (Mrs. Glass). The old lady dm-
covering lier mistake. imagines the Captain
to be a robber, and begs her life ; the Coptuio
drops on his knee and embraces the widow,
And in this situation the fair Eiinra makes her
appearance. She has only time to tell her came,
and give her deliverer permission to hope, when
be is obliged to fly from the watch. who are
omitted at the back of the house. The lover takes
I refuge at his elder brother's. Mr. Frederick Popple-
fax (Mr. CONNOR),• model of gravity and wisdom,
whom Mrs. 'I honspson, to whose management ha
resigns himself, is about to dispose of in marriage
to the daughter (Miss Biatiiturtt) of a retired ctn.
sen. Shortly after his arrival; a letter arrives for Mi.
Poppleton, which he porsultiles the servant, a
Yorkshire booby (Mr: Eslisitt), who makes several
miserable blunders in endeavouring to cram his
noddle with French, to be intended for him. and
accordiogly opens it. It appears to be a note from
Mr. A iehulas Tebill, a consummate Cockney, the ohl
citixess's nephew. making an appointment to convey
Mr. F. Poppktun to his uncle's in his gig, to be io.
Valuers! to his intended wife. The younger brother
persuading himself that the elder was his rival,
etitenterfeits the latter, and driies Mr. 'reitill to his
uncle's ulace, overturning the vehicle on the roads,:
soil leaving half of it behind him. On teaming his
' disappointment. the imagined sober. quiet, modest
yoiong gentleman, us the true suitor had been repre.
sented, throw. off the mask which fie had very holly
worst, and prepares "to astonish the uativer.h
lie drinks his host', wine, and calls him nick-names,
ridicules his nephew, cheap him of his money at
backgammon, and breakis his head whet. he cons-
plaius. After many more such pranks he is driven
out of the house, the gates are locked, and the
party inside, including Mrs. j'honepson and Miss
&merlin, who had arrived after Mr. Froisk's ex-
pulsion. go to dinner. About the same time Mr.
Frederick arrives with his Yorkshire mon ; but
there is no admission for a Popplelo4. They suffer
various rebuffs and tattoo from the servants; but
when they are just giving up the 01414 Mrs. %Scoop-
SOO and the rest of the party make their appearance
after slimier. an explauution takes plice, and she
host is detected. At tliii moment Frank PoPpleton
rushes on the stage, fermi an adjacent billierd-room,
and knocks against pis brother. whom he recognizes
with surprise and shame. lie confesses Ns er.
tors, receives forgiveness, and the 'soothers die.
cover that though they are " too lute fur a din-
ner,' they are yet in time to be made happy
with the objects of their attabbotent. These
materials are slight; but the author has turn-
ed them to the very best recount, " *atria*
ieperat oPei." The piece is full of bustle and
emulation and vivacity. No opportunity of mak-
ing a pun, or cracking a joke, is lost ; some of
them, certainly, are neither very original or pointed,
but they " make up in number whit they want
in weight," and scarcely suffer the feattirest to re.
cover their gravity from beginning to end. Frank
Poppletin is the liersi of the piece, and Mr. jONEs
played it admirably. Mr. LIiTON also exhibited
a very ridiculous specimen of a Cockney turned
*hip. The other characters were supported with
ability; and the faire was received Most favovrably
by a very goOd house, and given out for repetition
staid unanitnous and reiterated plaudits.

Among the newest inventions of the day, as they
regard the improvement of Surgical science, is an
higesious lostrunteut invented by Mr. come, the Lariat
to the Royal Family, fur injecting liquids into, and also iu-
dating the Eustachian tubs from the back part of the
mouth is eases of deafness. This instrument is sonsenhat
similar to that of the late Sieur Gun', of Verballlea, as de-
scribed by Guungiot. We understand its use protium"s no
psis, and entirely supersedes the operation of puncturing
the tytnpsomos.

7be Observer of Sunday last contained twelve
folio Column. of the Particulars and Official Cere.
'tiepin which took place at the Funeral of his late Majesty,
iachldiug upwards of 100 Scripture Teats, adopted on toe
neessioa by the Divines at the Parches and Chapels in
Loidoti and its rewire*.; also a Payer, delivered by the
Rev. Rabbi De. Dirschel, at the treat Spinosa, is Duke's.
place. The Observer (price setea•peace) will be ea Sale at
the Oates I. the girded dartag this Wee!.
Letters patent have passed the Great Seal, fle•
instating Messrs. ironkLminott, JERVIS, and
%VatitintiLL, who had patents of precedence, is
their fernier rank among his Majesty °1 Counsel
Within the bar, which, owing to an wileion in Mr.
Poseoo NY's Act, they last oo the demise of hi.
Cite SIAS tints

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, BfiXIN C.

• 1.1.
The ;tittle ktwerti Belasco, the Jewaet•:,,ll. AMP-.
son. called the Birmiaghans Youth, took OIVA yes.
set-illy on a swampy piece of ground a few 3".1
ya.ils f the twentieth mile-swim on the Ep;iii
road, where there was mutt of eccommotiotiou "!
matt and horse. The match was for 50/. aside, lA%
notwithstanding the very unfavourable slate of the
weather and the badness of the roads, many th or
sand persons were assembled. We have mo more
leisure than to state in the history of the rue.,
that Retitle°. although beidon by Randall wad*
by Reynold., proved himself one of the best
pugilists of the day, anil iu science • rwupurrt.i.
Simpson fought a brave battle with Jo+litt•
Ilnd-
sou, the completer of Scroggins, and 1 1 11-Liougli hat
lost it, he skilled away galliintlr, and his seconds
said "if monk for him." Belting in the r,totr se.l4
7 to 4 on 13-laseo, on the suppirintion that Sanspluiii
was isot well. The seconds were Shelton for Satrap.
soil, and 01.ver fur Iteli.co.

TIIE FIGHT.
Round I After much spirring for the Grit kit, Simpson
stninorrisd, and placed it about &homes jaw, but it was
retarded spun the head with admirable science, and a •relly,
in which there was much hitting followed, with equal a.t.
vautages, as Bill/CIA science was adeqnate to Sanipsuo's
determined rash. Both down, but no claret anwiist
I. A game round, in whirk the Je*•nsaile some farti;t‘s
hi is and breaks. His astageinist rillird, and fought in ,o.
folly, bat he was met so strong in tie head that the Ow--
es,' suit was scatty certain, end be strut down st .s.
3. A brave fighting round, after Helmet:l6ml planted i
heavy leftlaitided facer. Is the rally which followed Be.
Immo received a severe bit over lbe eye, which bled, but taut
so profusely as Sampson's mamwer dropped the sort.
Al the finish the Jew was kuocked down, but the hit was
not heavy.
4. Waste° had it much his own waYousti the Birirti.e.l-
- yii;.tei was piping, sad he was dewed by a body hit is
the rally.
A. A env room!, and in the rally Summits* led, but he
was uut fighting at pinata, and with su great a general as
the Jew, be was nut as it were from ambush, until his head
was much queered. in trying to get down from behag
seined upon, he was eanch spoils d is tie face.
6. This the last riniud caused soasetkiwg like a Barthoi.i. .
mew fair row, awl pairiciaas and plebeians had sant n .1.11., •
race; but as faithful historians. Sampson was so mslerialty
bit, that be had no chance of wianing. In andravarrirg
get as easy place to rest upon, or to be more eiplicit, fir
avoid hiding, be endeavoured to gel from the clutches of
the :less, who was weaving with tie right band at lamp.
awes bead, etintiue.l bs hie left arm. !Masco was
Sing away when his antagonist, dewppe4 opus one lint e.
and would have been glad to have gal the other there, or
rid himself of the scrape he was in by any okapi. He wig
hit severely bailie be had boll; Raises spun the (tumid,
upon which much dispole occurred, sod although there was
was snoops the umpires as to the fairness of the bit, yet
Sampson was taken off tbe ground by his second, Shrt-
ton, audlkat very improperly, in conarqueuee of a stiddt-i
tipped in the row to the thlfd and refarres umpire, soles
considered the blow foul. and was too precipitate in s Jett.
sinus unasked fur, when there was so second °vision' wit%
``be . two umpire., who decided that the Jew had woo the
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