The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-08-28 00:00:00

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Le Chevalier Mindanao end suite, Ell,Tlt EbtranrrlinarY
and 'lllis44tir Plenipotentiary from the Court of Spain to
the United titles, has arrived at Brunet's Hotel, Leicester.
aquare,from Spain.
Arrival" M Hotel, Lower Brook-street :—FI.
Delete, Esq. :Mrs. and Miss Delete, from their seal is
Hants; and. Captain Gage.
Lady Mad, has left sale for Cheltenham.
Lady Warreuder has left tows on a lost.
Dermrtorm from Hatrlteit's Hotel, Dover-sheet,—Sir
Christopher Prig, Bart. fur Southampton; and Dr. Busy
for Dahlia.
NATEI RIPS AT I.IOI4R!—A TOLRRADLII HOAX.

A trick, we understand, was last night practised on a
number of our modern Athenians, which is perfectly par.
&liable, if it were only on account of the palpshility uf the
deceit. The spurious Mathews hired a room, to which, by
• very imperfect imitation of the puffing of his prototype.,
he attracted a select party to "pitiless his Brags! r,/ 134.111.
The great actor, haring taken precautions to secure ihs
money received at the door, commenced the eabibitio• of
his comic powers, which, before half concluded, was dread
so intolerable at to occasion • very seusible mauiferrtaiiusi }F
dissatisfaction in the galled spectators. A row ivasibstitrall
improvement on the fun i tool the spurt was litinifillied 67
the entrance of a posse s f pulice.officcra, who metered the
Ranters, •ho appeared to think the pr,dection thus timely
afforded very desirable. Observe what follows : &yew,' ow-
wes-•-Meesieetry the Police, Monsieur the Mathews, and sot
eller, de remote,. He was followed by a crowd of his pa-
trons to the'pulice-offiee, mime lie remained for protectioit
during the night. He was this morning brought sip to the
bar, and, there being no charge against him, after brio(
questioned by the Magistrate, be was discharged.—(Edirt-
burgh Star.)
WILL OF THE LATE MRS.

The last will and testameut of the late Mrs.
bald was registered its the Preroeati•e Court os the 1711 i
instant. Probate being granted to Frauces Phillip. (wife
•f John Phillips) and George Huggins (bee uepbew), the
executor'', bre personal property was swuru to be under
8,000/. iu value. Autotigm the legacies are 501. to the
Covent garden Theatrical Fuod; 501. to Mrs. /asbrid• Mat-
tocks, Islets( that theatre ; 1001. to the testattix's god-
daughter. Miss Crimmins, of the Theatre Royal, Yurk ; sod
101. per annum to a person ealliog himself Robert tech_
bald, the illegitimate sun of her late busbaud ; 501. to
the Cath Ate Society fur the Relief of the Aged Pour;
twenty !moody each to ber late laundress sod hair-
dresser, provided they sbould inquire of her executors
concerning her decease; our hundred pounds to Mr. Taylor,
ieelisi, of the Sum (Ace. Strand, &c. The residue
is bequeathed ke her Nephew sod mire., George H uggius aud
haaJarrett. The testatrix desires to be buried iu
tee ebarch-yerJ, ',cwt., the beers of eight sad times as
the aterriee; that three mouretug coaclara away attend her
Warm; and t bat mass aril other sac►ed ceremouirs may be
sired, usual upon the decease of • /Name Catholic
Cbrietian. The Mill is written with bet earn baud, •od dated
ea si• Seth •f itylik NM 1.
The Lame nor. Mr. STANRURT• Mr.
Beam, MAK AIWA dstveriel other characters of
distinction, .:re DOW tat Plymouth, said to be on
their way to join his MAJESTY at Dublin.
Lord GWYDYR arrived at Stirling on Tuesday,
in company with the Duke Da CONIER, on their
way to London.
Among the latest arrivals at Buxton art—
The Dukr and Duchess of Newcastle, the Dowager Lady
Gosford, Lady Millicent Acheson, Lord end Lady Damn
sad the Roo. Mies Moreton, Sir John Hill, Hare. sir feaster*
sad Lady Hill, Baron De Lambert, Sir Henry sad Lady
Banbury, Lieu t -Colonel and Mrs Elphirestoue, Mrs. Perryes,
Mr. .1. M. aud the Messes Raikes, and Capt. Tyler.
Miss WILSON appeared at the Edinburgh Theatre
on Wednesday evening in the part of Clara, in
The Mien:set, which she sustained so successfully
as to 'mince a repetition of the performance on
Thursday night, notwithstanding the opera of
Artaxerxes had been jireviuusly aiinounced for the
occasion, it being the last night but one of her eu-

gagement.
Urns NEWTON, late of the Bristol theatre,
is at present, we understand, Manager of the theirs
tee at the Isle of Men, where his daughter, about
ten years of age, has astonished " the natives" by
her pet formanee of' itiehard the Third.
The Dublin Private Correspondent of The
Courier, in his letter inserted in that paper lost
evening, says, " While his MAJESTY resides at the
seat of Lord CONTNEMME he will receive the
Address of the Loyal Corporation of Drogheda, •
flourishing town in the county of Meath." Every
school-boy in Ireland knows that Drogheda is the
chief town of the county of Louth.
On Saturday the festival of St. Louis was cele-
brated'by the French in this metropolis with con-
siderable pomp and splendour. The French Coo.
tholic chapel in Little George-street, Ring-street,
Portman-square, was decursied in grand stile, and
high mass was performed, being crowded in oil parts
by well-dressed persona, sir foreign noblesse. In
the evening lii• ExCel'racy the French Ambassador
entertinued a party of distinction.
pill LATE Maiasxr.—The principal part or,
her late Itla.ntisres furniture raid effects was re-
moved from Brandenburgli donee, on Friday lest,
by the directions of her executors: they are depo-
sited for the present at Cambridge House. On
Sattirday the whole of the stable establishment,
end the remaining cartiages, were sent to South
Audley-street. The servant, have received notice
to quit Hammersmith in • few days. It is yet un-
certain whether they will receive the usual idlinr-
•nce made to the domestics of the. Royal Howie-
hold in case of • demise. Many of the tradesmen
of Hammersmith are severe safferer• by the lament-
ed death of ttw QUEEN. Her late MAJESTY dealt
largely in the hamlet, ai,d paid her account, witb
the greatest promptitude.—A very handsome mo-
nument is to be immediately erected in Hammer-
smith 'Church to the memory of ber
The eisbiieription proceeds rapidly, and does ho-
noir to the grateful feelings of the inhabitants.
The actual population of Ireland is supposed to
exceed six millions and a half ; its productive laud
has been computed to amount to 13,464,973 acre..
There are consequently little snore than two acres
to each inhabitant, and yet the value of the ex-
ported surplus produce of each acre, one with
another, appears to have amounted to about nine
A mill, upon an extensive scale, is about to be
erected in Cambridge couuty gaol, for the purpose
of prison discipline.
A curious book, printed in the Chinese hon.
gunge, containing Id pages, printed only ON one
aide of very tine time paper. was recently disco.
erred by a tea dealer at tilt bottom of a cheat of
tea. It is supposed to !wee been packed by mis-
take is the wrong package, in China.

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