The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-01-02 00:00:00

FOC.

Among the nitmerous accidents and mistakes in
the late which hire cwue to light are the fol.

AS Mr. CANNING WAS looking out for the first seat
.11 the Cabinet, be stumbled uron Lord CASTLE.
NEAGH. and hurt his hip.

The Tren•ury Journals et out iii a body with
intent to iir4l4isb Nlr. Ilusa ; but, Missing their
stay iii the fog, they fell into the mire and be-
daubed themselves.

As the fashionable Lady A-- was stepping into
a milliner's ►hop, in Bond-street, she pared her
11;siiil down her side to relieve a beggar, but un-
fiirtunutely the fug was so great she could not find
her pocket.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL searched the jury-
la,e thrice for a verdict of guilty, but could find
only acquittals.

Several ea-decant wealthy merchants recently re-
duced to the workhouse, were on the look-out for
their usual presents from their friends in Norfolk,
but they did not arrive. The turkies, it is sup-
posed, lost their way iii the fur,.
Stet rah suitors, who had got into the Court of
Chancery, have not been since able to find their
way out, bring, nu doubt, completely blinded
by the fog. A like fahe has attended several Gen-
tlemen and Ladies in the King's Bench.
A draymini loaded his dray with seven butts of
the best table b.-er, As he supposed, but they turned
out on delivery to be so msny butts of dirty tester,
drawn in the fog from a pond, in mistake fur the
brewing pea.

The Churchwardens of —.-- parish eat down to
a splendid dinner, and on the fug clearing away.
they discovered that they had been eating a child.

The Duke and Ditches* of BEDFORD are shortly
expected at lVuobJrn Abbey, loom Tavistock
111.,use, Devonshire.
The Duke of licAurowr is arrived lot his seat,
Worcester Lodge, Gloucestershire, fruits Troy
douse.
The Marquis and Nlareltioness of STAFFORD lave
tin elegant entertainment yesterday to their Royal
ili4titic..,es the Duke and Duchess of Cum BEkt-
-- S ,‘ LI, aisil a large patty of distinction, at their resi-
deuce in Clevelatid.s.4ll.llr.
The Earl of 1..11. Di:I:DALE has left town ou a
visit to Sir Wm. and Lady HuubTus, ut their seat
111 Sussex, for a few days.
The Dowager li...7outitrai of CLERMONT intends
:. retit,ii..itig at Ella.tuggs till March, whets her Lady-
‘ 51111, %ill ,ctutti to to‘.ll.
The Dowager Cottiiikwi of Essvx is arrived at her
imuse hi Curzon-street, 31a)-fail, thon a visit to the
Marquis and Marchioness of SALISBURY, at their
seat, Hatfield.
Lord and Laly CASTLEREAGH arrived yestrriley
at their house no St. Jaines's-Nuare, from Brighton.
1..inl and Lady E. 11. CAVENDISH have left town
for the Duke of DEvossutax'e seat. Chatsworth,
thrhysliire. fur a few days, WI their way to Comp-
ton-place, Laticaslnre.
Lady LE DI:SPENCER arrived yesterday at Cook's
11.,te1, Albentarl,..stteet, front a tour ; Mr. and
Airs. Nlatcni.st left Mho fur their seat in Sussex.
Lord and Lady Ossul.STot4 left town yesteroluy,
fur their seat, Walnin, surrey.
S,r GEORG!: and Luly IV ARRENDER entertaitied
a 'elect party yesterday at their residence at the
Admiralty.

Cui. THOMAS left Frith)ii's Hotel, St. JAines's-
%tree, yebttilluy, for hi, serf, Wllitegate

The son and heir of a certain Patriotic Baronet,
is about to lead to the hymeneal altar the daughter
of a Noble Doke, whine ancestor wit 4 famed fur
deeds of anus." It is an alliance which dues not
agree with the politic, of the Mums of the People ;
Mill It is, therefore, SIMI to hr strenuously
The young Mail, however, disregards IliterferellCe
lietWeell I and the object of his wi,lws.
have beets given, at the inagoiticent chateau of the
father of the Lady, a series of bulk concerts, mid
card-parties, for the express purpose of notrotliteing
the young Gentleman nit° the circles of polished
..t.viety. The latter met with the fair object at the
iesi.leitee of a Nobles:l.ot 6. learned in the law."
lie has uu iiscome, imlepelident of his ',atria, of
about 0,000!. per xisituni.
Anecdote ti the !ate Duke of Northumberland.—
Tile Abbe DE Pawl:, some time after the coin-
tocncement of the Revolution ill Fraticc, was
rthliged to b linen his lit nig ti: N,it:11011ily to this
entiniry. socit alter his arrival Li London, he was
Illistlell in New-street, Covent-garden, ;mil tubbed
of 1n :; us, which he had received but a leaf
litotes before, at Sir ROBERT HERRIES'P. %VA the
reatattider of Ills little property, he went to Bath,
tchere it was soon expended. In this dilemma, his
countrymen there re ttt i t idea him, that he was re-
late:l to the English and as the f)uke of
No:ciIium:BERLAND was at that time there, they
him to apply to his Grace for relief. Tile
Abbe initordiatelv wrote to the Duke, who returned
.1 polite answer, acil terpiested a few days for its-
•toratioei. lu the 111.411 bine, his Grace wrote to
1 "ICI-hat:ow& r, house the Due Wail.
ocat resided, and impure(' whether the Abbe was
roe of the DE PEREtis of Normandy ; soon after
which he traii,ittittt d to has weir cousits a guild hoz,
`'•th a Bark note e..elosed in it for 1,0001. and a
itivitatiuu to his table, which was from that
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