The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-01-03 00:00:00

WINDSOR. JANUARY 2.

Sunday last Prince LEOPOLD arrived at Wind-
sor, and slept at the Castle.
Nlositlity Prince LEOPOLD and Si► H. TAYLOR
mes.the Duke of YORK and Lord YAKNOUTK in
the Great Park, where the distinguished party par-
took of a day's bbootilig.
Wednesday the Duke of SUSSEX arrived on a
visit to the PittSc6ollll, and returned to Ken-
sington to (honer.
Friday the Duke of You arrived, and slept
at the Castle.
Saturday his Royal Highness's Council was
sitienued kW.'"
Re Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Landoll,
She Doke of Mouirose, the Lord CASeeellor, Lords Ante.,
Winchilsea, Macclesfield, Henley, St. lichens, sod Camden,
spoil Sir Ws.Graist.
/4 bier reerising the Report of the Council, the
Luke of Your left for ()elands.
Princess AUGUSTA has takeu
to Frogmore.

.ms week
The Duke and Duchess of RICHMOND have ar-
rived at their seat, Malcolm, Sussex, from a tour.
Ties COUNTESS TA LISOT.--It if with extremtl
regret that we announce the afflicting intelligence
of the Countess TA LOOT being dangerously attack-
,d ou Tuesday night last. This morning the fol.
:tlWillit bulletin of her Excellency's health wad
Phmaix Park, Wednesday.
Her Eacelleney the Counien Talbut continuer to be
• itt alarmingly indisposed.
(Sigurd) " ROBERT PERCEVAL,
" JOSEPH eI.ARRE,
(Hibernian Journal.) " P. CRAMPTON."
Count ',maw entertained a party of distinction
yesterday, at his house in Harley-street.
The Ambassador of the Netherlands gives ad
elegant entertainment to a distinguished party on
Friday next, at his residence, %Whitehall-place.
'flue Earl and Countess Tatum' are now on a
•isit to their noble relatives, the Marquis and
;Marchioness of BUCEINGHAM, at their seat at
A sitsgt,A).
Sir W at. SCOTT, Bert. entertains a large party of
distinguished Personages on Friday deal, alt his
h..... ut Grafton-street, Bond-street.
Among .lie last arrivals at Bath are—
Th- Wartime of Lanseown, Marquis Canniest, Lord
813 .o A Down, Lady Waller, Hon. Mr. Eardley, Sir W.
:tiirdes, Sir J. C. Hippisley, ttirjt. and Lady Jephres, Sir
`1 and Lady Shelley and fared", Sir H. Turner, Sir W.
Wye,, Admiral Sir J. and Lady Summar,: and family, Ge-
••al Mauls cad (way, General Holcinslic, Major -G I
Litman's.
We are awry ,to hear that Admiral BUNT lies
seriously ill, es his seat at Denton, of the effects of
a fall from his /44 "se•—(PlYmeathJoulia)
Gen. Dmunix 'lccompanied by Colonel Baron
DE It EiN: Li+erpoair.vd at the Tavistock coffee-
home frorr
On yr edneausy last los held at the Crown Inn.
-*try, the second steiversary of the Bawtry
?ale Association. The pi -...5..pee was re nume-
rous that tile room was not'svflictently spacious far
• iie accommodation of the -Towl'anY• Among the
'''Veclable personages prr•rnt on the occadiow were
erred,

Lord sad Lady Galway, the Dowager Lady Galway, Lord
('ark, iho His. Misan men:Atom, Mr. sad Mrs. Walker,
Mrs. Fekennel*, Sic. ice.
The report of the v...at year, read to the meeting.
was highly inter -.sing and encouraging.
On Thmasday, the 16th ult. the birth-day of
C;r. Iticnaun StrfTON, Bart. forty-two five bell
Inesls were rung at Brant Brougham, in Yorkshire,
marking 5,040 changes, in dare@ haute; the 1)0"4
-re Great/sire, Antelope, end Gogonegog ; the
!former., THOMAS CouplANO, Jolla BRIGGS,
IGHAS WI VLIANS, ROBtaT WOOLDRING. JOHN
sallgr•-• TH, arid °OITA. CULLAN.
Letters front the Court of Tripoly.—A Third'1
r.dition of this interesting correepondencec whirls.
gee .5 spirit remind+ ui mach of that of Lady WORTLair
Alo,ir.tou, is jest published, is sellieis. Il Lou bees justly
• red, that " This work boasts arriaterest peculiarly. its
•0, and nut tirpeudiag upon say locality of circumstance
• sierrr. The Bahama picture that is gives of the Moors,
I Its mad Arabs, remiuds as of the most splashed denim
:he Arabian Nights, and tires tit us, arrayed is all the
• ly of trail), thus@ delightful sages, and that glowieg
livigery, which we had Drew berm areustessed to consider
01,41 wise that so the wortiop of a brilliant imagination.—
, I the cs ortenial asstuoie, all the fOlialitlC
• Itietts the, character, artahram, sad samisers, of the
.111 .cars sad Aloha, aim Iwo sad embodied with
(she ley shot Assist* waiaims she issaitaothras and at.
•1 tImS, by aslant sad had, they are
he, Mantas.

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• THE DUKE OF CL4RENCE.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence. Aid-
miral of the British Fleet, accompanied by his son,
`apt. Fitzclarence. arrived at Admiral Sir George
atuipbell's,on Sunday eveuing last, oil an official
visit to the Port ; the special object of which was,
to examine, with two of the Lords of the Arltni-
ratty, and try the effect of Sir Wm. Cuugreve's 1167
sights to gain, which had been fitted fort. .
pose of experiment, to the long gnus nail iiiiirtGbarles
on hoard his Majesty's ship Leander. - The weather
being extremely unfavoitratile for a visit to Sifit-
head. on M lay and Tuesday, on the former day ;
his Royal Highness breakfasted with Commis-
sioner the Holionrable Sir George. Grey, Ba.
court,, at his house in the Dock-yard, and alter-
- iwardsitispeVaiasseveral new model* and Meet).
110'84%11.Prepressed. throughout his research,
his renewed delight and gratification. Next day
hietitopd Highness was closely confined to the
Adistiralty-linuse, by the lather. Sir George
,'Campbell invited" the cipal ONcers under
, his command of dining with his
Royal Highlie On' Wednesday, the weather
being Phil severely fJosty„ the regiment of Grena-
dier Guards, unik*f the command of Colonel Stew-
art, were paraifed on the Mill-darn, where, soon
idler eleven o'clock, accompanied by Major-Gene-
rid Sir George Cooke, K.C.B. and Staff, his
Royal Highness inspected them. Their tine,
steady, suldierlike appearance, and perfect appoisit-
meats, could not fail exciting Royal commends-
bon. His Royal Highness thence proceeded to
the Royal Marine Barracks, and inspected that
useful and efficient body of men, with whom he
was much pleased. Au elegant dejoine ala four-
chette was provided on the occasion, of which his
Royal Highness sod attendants partook. On this
day his Royal Highness dined with Sir George
Cooke, at the Lieur.-Govertinlsnt-house.
OtiThursday morning his Royal Highness de-
termined (notwithrtaseding the severity of the wee.
ther) to accomplish the immediate object of his
visit. About ten o'clock Rear-Admiral the Hon.
Sir Henry Blackwood hating hoisted Ili/ flag, he,
accompanied by Sir Graham Moore and the Hon.
Sir Henry Mallow, Iwo of the Lords of the Admi-
ralty, and the lion. Sir Charles Paget, preceded his
Royal Highness on hoard the Leander, commanded
by Capt. 'Charles Richardson, C.B. His Royal
Highilepishortly afterwards embarked at the Sally-.
port. attended by Admiral Sir George Campbell
sihir suite, and the Captains of the squadron,
u " er salutes from the batteries and shipping.—On
arrival on board, hie Royal Highness took a most
minute view of the Leander and her crew, and *tier
all the officers had been individually introduced to
him, he proceeded to examine the effects of the
new gun-rights, and which, by repeated experi-
ments, evinced great correctness sad efficacy ; the
second shot from a long 24-pounder, fired by Cap-
tain Richardson, cut in two a small flag-staff, placed
no a cask at three cables' distance. His Royal
Highness partook of a handsome dejeuni a la four-
cheat, prepared on board ; and. after visiting his
Majesty's ship Liffey, Him. Capt. Duncan. re-
turned on shore, under a repetition of royal salutes.
In the evening his Royal Highness honoured the
subscription ball at the Green-row Rooms with his
presence, accompanied by Admiral Sir George sod
Lady Campbell, and the Lieutenant-Governor,
Major-General Sir George Cooke, and their respec-
tive suites. Amongst the company present were—
Sir Graham Moore and Sir Henry Hotham, Lords
of the Admiralty ; Sir Lucius and Lady Curtis, Sir
Alexander and Lady Brice, Admiral and Mrs. Alex-
ander, Cowan' and Mrs. Briggs, Captains the Hon.
Sir Charles Paget, the Him. Henry Duncan, Usher,
Rose, and Shitliier ; Colonels Dixon, Yt'orsley,
Stuart, Vinicombe, and Sir Richard Williams ; and
other Officers of the Royal Engineers, Artillery,
guards, and marines, mid the principal iiihabitents
of Portsmouth and the vicinity, altogether forming
a very brilliant assembly. The hilarity and plea-
sure inseparable from such a meeting were greatly
advanced by the condescending affability and
marked attention of his Royal Highness to the
whole circle. Yesterday morning his Royal High-
ness and the two Lords of the Admiralty returned
to Lotitiom His Royal Highness, we understand,
expressed his intention to accompany his Royal
Brother (the Prince Regent) in his next cruising
excursions olf the Isle of Wight, in the Royal yacht,
and which it is the Regent's preseiit intention to
commence in June next. Captain Usher, C.B.
Royal Navy, one of his Royal Highness's house-
hold. was iu attendance on him clueing leis present
visit.—( Hampshire Telegraph, Portsmouth Paper.)

Recollect! HAZARD stud Co. sold, in Shute.
Two first-drawn Prlzeitof 40.000/. in the Lottery
jest ended. Wednesday week the New Lottery begins, when
the Two first-dsawu Prizes will each be entitled to 20 000/.
Three per Cent. Consols. The wheel contains Four Prises
of 20,0001. die be. H and Co.'s °Mee% Royal Ea.
cbaage-gate, 28, Combat, and 324, Oxford-street, coruer
of Swallow street.

Two Clerks and a Quarterman of Woolwich
dock-yard, we are informed, have been dismissed
from their employment in that yard, for publicly
reading CARLit.ifs late blasphemous publications.
—(Portsmouth Peper.)

Tke thermometer on Saturday was nine degrees
lower than at was yesterday, that is, sixteen degrees
under the freezing point.
The fall of snow has been so heavy since Mon-
day last, that in some places the road. have been
impassable. Between Warminster and Romsey, it
lay as high on the ground as the doors of the
coa..lies.—Neither of the Weymouth coaches have
reached Bath since Monday last.
PLYMOUTH, DECEMBER 30. Dori ug almost
the whole of the past week the weather has been
very tempestuous. The effect» on our coast has
been iu some instances most. disastrous. The brig
Moxtreal, PAYNE, twister, from Tarragona fur
London, with nuts, was totally lost near Porthleven,
early on Sunday morning. The Captain and five
seamen unfortunately perished. Sailed the Lee,
' with some of the Veteran Battalion, fur Pende
Castle ; the Wu/f, l4 guns, came up the harbour
to refit. Sailed the hasikrwerft, Dutch frigate,
for Batavia ; the Cornony, for Portsmouth, and
Bacchus, for Deptford, to be paid off; the Dwarf,
' Lawsuits, and' Lynx, revenue cutters, on cruises ;
the Courier, Dutch brig of war, for the Writ
ladies.

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