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Since the days 'of George 111. of blessed me-
Mory, this town has never been honoured with the
residence of so many diniagstished personages es
ire here at present, and the fresh arrivals daily
multiply. Yesterday the Esplanade and Salida
were the acid of gaiety, and thronged with dash-
ing equipages, pedestrians and equatrisits, who
were attracted thither, not oily by the fineness of
the day, bat particularly by the military band
of the first regiment of royal dragoons perforating
messy boars ist fine style opposite Flint's Library.
A peibbc bell will take place at Russell's Royal
Hotel on Thesday evening nest. Preparations are
making to 6t up the Assembly Rooms on this oc-
casion in a style of greet *pleaders,: and as die
Countess of Coventry said family, Mrs. Willough-
by Bertie, Miss Beasehoop, sad Nina Wykr-
ham of Thome Park, together wish many other
persons of rank end habitat, have signified their
intention of honouring it with their patronage. we
have no doubt but it will be the most brilliant of
any that has takes place for many seasons past.
Mrs. Bertie yesterday renewed her elegant hospi-
tnlity at her marine villa in Somerset-place. She
entertained et dinner
The Borl and Cortimms of Coventry, Lord Vignettist Deer.
hunt, M.P., Lady Avagelita Cense, Lady Barbara Cranfurd,
Lady Jane ovvestos, the Hoe. J. Coventry, M. Urn, Esq. M.P.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Boston, Mr. Loveday, Dr. Johnson, Phy.
siciaa to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Mx.
Among our latest arrivals here are—
The Most Ruble the Marquis aa.l Marchioness of Wis.
ebeverr, Mr Richard sod Lady Carr Glyn, the Ladies Passim,
Mr. W. Williams, M.P., Col. Fleming, M.P. Mr. H. Baal"
M.P. Mr. J. P. Miles, M.P. General cad Mrs. Meese, Colo-
nel Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. P. Collins, Mr. and Mrs. Glyn,
Rev. Mr. sad Mrs. Shipley, Mrs. Jess, and Mr. and Mr..
George Dr. Falconer, Sir Frederick Baker, Mrs. Herolvy,
Rev. Mr.i aid Mrs. Nate, Mr. and Mrs. Granica, Rev. Ed.
aid Mrs Lovell, Rev. Mr, and Mrs. Adamson, Mr. and Mrs.
Lewisway, Mr. and Mrs. Hurt, Mr. and Mrs. Petry, Mr.
and Mr.. Hughes, Mr. Legror, Mrs. Wright, Mr. J. Strachan,
Mrs. P. Baroley, Thu titeacowe, kr. kr.

LORD AND LADY STAWART.

Lord Stewart, accorwpasied by his Lady and the isifant
heir of Wysyard, sad Sit H. Haidisge, M.P. fee the city of
Dockers, arrived iw that city on Tuesday last. They were
set at Slsiscliffe by • mosiber of freemen sod others, carry-
ing the hawsers of the differest iiinepurated compluiies' soil
acre by a bleeder rosnie and Ilse hones having e been
takes from the carriage', they were drawn is procession fees
Shim-life down Hallgarthetreet, &c. roved the Market.
place, and thew back to she Waterloo law at 0111 t of the 11/ju-
dos* of which Lady Stewart presented herself to the pops.
lace, awl was received with cheers. The idiot heir was
west "hews, and Ikea Lord Stewart appeared sod addressed
thew
the is • :hurt speech, is which he tasked them for the
cordial sad affectionate SesSiessoish serf dessosateasious of
sitachistees which they hail het with. Sir N. Hardiege ad.
Brewed Iberia to the same ether, sad the aesesiblage, which
might assesst to between See swamis beside's!, dispersed.
Ihi Weil•esday the orient treat was givers to the freenses„ sari
Iris Lordship visited his newly-mutinied estate al Biddiek
sod the collieries.

Os Thursday last Lord Stewart flitted at lEWs, the Galatea
Lisa Ira, Stioderlaml, by taviiaties of the Gentlemen of
abet Mown. when a most sasapianes downer and wissea were
provided by Pr. and Yes. Kay. In the milting there was a
ball at as Assembly itatowws, *kith was Moored by the
presestee of Lady Stewart, ism of his Lordship's sisters, and
two of the Kisses Fitzclaresser. who are maw ass a visit to
her Larlysisip, at Wywyard. The rousaa were .such crowded
mills beauty aid tashiuu.

Siomoutti.—This delightful watering place
boasts ottieh cons pony even at this protracted season,
and a full winter IS colifidently expected, massy
houses bring *tees* engaged. Woolbrooke Cora
rage, the residence of his late Royal Highness the
Duke o( Kittre. is takers fee Sir CHARLES Fl*at-
tests, Bart.; and Sir JOSEPH and Lady Scorr
occupy their residence at Belmont. Sir HENRY
and Lady FLOYD have taken a house in the Fort-
field till after Christmas. The Marquis W
LIT and E. J. Jonotron, E.q. left Sidinooth on
Wednesday morning, intending to reach Richmond.
his Lordship's seat, by easy stages on Friday.
Lord COURTGASAT hay, it is said. purelassed a
lairgadieral chateau about ten miles from Partin.
firma Mom, sod his daughter, Mi•►
AmEt.tA Mooau, have left Ramegate for France,
where they will remain until the wren% of Par-
liament.
JoHN FOSTER BARHANI, E.q. left Exe►er oil
Sunday lad fur the cutitisietit • this Gentleman has
been a great promoter of Literature and the Fine
Arts for more than thirty yews. -
The Bachelors' hall at Teignmouth, given last
wed:, was our of the most elegaot and fully at-
tended that was ever known there. Three hun-
dred persons were present ; among whom we no-
treed Lord EisIOUTII, Sit Jolts HoTHASI, Miss
VALLACE, Mr. LANOMEAD and family, end aunty
others too numerous to insert.
The Sessions ball at Alliwick, gm Thursday send
night, uas more tionierousiy and NA' bly at-
rehtleil than has been known for many years.
Aniongst the company were, their Graces the Duke
aid Ductless of NORTHUMBERLAND, Lord and
Lady Rarcaswortrn, Lord and Lady Ct.tVE,
the HIGH silv.itlfr, tt, Honourable Misses LID-
DELL, atc.
The ball at the Royal Hotel, Plymouth, on
Wednesd.y, under the patronage of Lady CoCH-
RA yE, war attended by all the rank end fashiou in
she Leighliiiit,litaxl. The Earl FORTESCUE, Lard
(;aatvEs, and the Right /lon. R. P. CAREW,
were amongst We di►tiogutshed persunag•s present.
The patronage given to these balls by the families
of the vicinity renders them the must splendid iu
the county.
Taupe FOR TROPE.—A clergyman preaching in
the neighbourhood of Wapping, observing that
imam pail or his audience were in the seafaring
alb very naturally ernbelli•hed his discourse with
several nautical tropes anti figure•. Amongst other
things, Ire advised them to he ever on the watch,
Si Shut, us whatsoever tack the Evil Spite shield
bear Sawa upon thew, lie sight be crippled is ac-
Siun. '• Ayr. Willer," intitiereil a jolly HMI of
Neptune ; " hat let use tell yon, that will depend
upon your having tie weather-gage of him."

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3tI7IRZY THEJTA E.
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It is pleasing to observe that this amusing little
theatre continues to uphold its well-founded claims
on the patronage of the public. Last night the
attendance was extremely full, to witness the first
representation here of a melo-drainatic romance,
celled Marlette, or The Maid of Steititerload, hying
our old and interesting acqnsititance Therese, under
a new title, in which Mist S. Boom sustained the
character of Men me, after a lung absence from the
!metropolitan boards, during which she has per-
formed in succession at all the leading provincial
theatres throughout the empire with the most dia.
tinguished applause. She was saluicd on her en.
trance with a full and marked expression of that cor-
dial warmth of greeting with which a. London audi.
ence contently welennes the return of. long absent,
but aell.rsusembered and highly-deserries favour-
ite, and the evident impression which the flattering
tribute produced an her feelings was highly credita-
ble to her sensibility. Her figure has lost some.
thing of its fates', but her countenance re-
tain all its wonted sweetness and power of express.
sion. That sound diaaretion, too, which has ever
enabled her to form a just conception of the characs
tees she asoubied ; that dramatic skill which has
enabled her to realise what she had correctis insa-
gined; and shot good taste which taught her so to
combine embellishment and grace with truth sod
expression, and elegance of demeanour with
im-
pressive action, as to satisfy the judgments. while
she fascinated the seuses and moved the heart ;—these
remain in all their former vigour, and vindicate
her claim to a degree of eminence and considers.
bon in her professton. which but a chosen few can
hope to obtain. Thus highly gifted, it was im.
possible that Miss S. 1100TH'Il Marlette should be
oilier than a most finished and efficient perform-
ance. The struggle of coutending emotions, stilled
at length by overpowering terror in her .
with Carsein. in the first act; the agony of deli-
rium in which she rushes from the burning chamber
of her murdered benefactress ; the touching and
impassioned eloquence of her appeal to her lover,
her guardian, mud the surrounding spectators on her
arrest by the magistrate fur the murder of the
Countess, were wrought up to a degree of finished
excelleuce, equalled only by that of the original re-
presentative of Therese, the first actress on the
British stage.—A geutlemaii, whose name was tint
announced, made his first appearance at this thea-
tre in the part of earwig, in which he displayed
considerable ability. His voice is rather harsh
and untenable, but allowing for the difficulties
attendant upon the novelty of his situation,
he (Damaged it with tolerable skill. His
figure is good, his counteuance not without expres.
sum, and his evident familiarity with the business
of the stage canton but render him • useful ocrpti.
anion to the ersablishmeut of this theatre. The
reuse. • g characters of the piece were exceedingly
well filled. Mr. Beanovon was grave, dignified,
and impressive, as because the Pastor; Mr. Go.
wear was duly ardent and animated is Checks,
the lover of Marlette; and Mr. Humana infus-d
a just podises Itylowite into the part of The
Farmer.

The entertainments of the night concluded
with the Ilurletta of The Veterans, in which Mere
DIGHTON. the young lady pupil of Mr. LANZA.
who made her first appearance last week• as Emily,
her reserve and timidity beginning gradually to
wear off, gave a strengthened hope of realizing the
promise of her first appearance a■ increasing C 0...
tidence enables her fully to develops her evidently
extensive capabilities. Her delivery of the dialogue
is marked with ■ propriety of accent, and a
correctness of modulation, that denote intelli-
gence and polish or wind. She laboured, how.
ever, under a severe cold and hoarseness, which
rendered an appeal to the indulgence of the au-
dience necessary in favour of her omission of
her song, a parody on " If o'er the cruel tyrant
Lure." Mr. -FOSTSR, the gentleman who at the
same time made has first appearance in the same
piece, as Henry, has acquired a greater degree of
pelf-possession, and sings with more precision and
firmness of tone. He will prove a useful singer iu
the simple ballad style; but his voice, though sweet
and pleasing, wants compass, flexibility, and power,
for the execution of more elaborate compositions.
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Miss AVtLsott, after the conclusion of her en-
gagemeut at the Bath Theatre. goer to Italy for
pn,fisowaal improvement.
TEIGNMOUTII. OCTOBER 23.—The Royal Cla.
recce Theatre was opened lor the season on Mon-
day lase, under the joint management of Messrs.
HUDDART and SPENSER; and if talent iii every
department of the drama deserves encouragement,
they will meet with well-merited success.
ANECDOTE.—The present King of FRANCS,
hearing a few days ago lhart the Archbishop of
Paris was at the point of death, exclaimed, " II
nest que moo anon! courier." When the cele-
brated E•rrl of CHESTERFIELD one morning, nut
long before his death, was going to take an airing
io his coach and four, he said to the late Mr.
JERNINOHAM, whom lie iuvited to join him at
dinner, " this parade, my frieud, is only the
rehearsal of my fat rseral."
CHARLES, the haughty Duke of SOMERSET,
sent for SEYMOUR, the painter, to Petworth, to
paint a room with portraits of his running horse*,
and at d. r drank to him with a sneer, " orsin
Scrleoua, your health."—" My Lord," replied
the painter, " 1 do really believe I have the honour
of belonging to your Grace's family." The Duke.
Offrilded at this freedom, ordered his steward to pay
Saywoust and dismiss him. Another painter was
sent for, and findiug himself unequal to finish
SEYMOU a's pictures, houestly acknowledged it, and
recommended the Duke to recal SEYMOUR. The
haughty Peer condescended to summon his cousin
Alice more, when SEYMOUR wrote, "My Lord
Duke, I will now prove that 1 sin of your Gracie's
family—/ will net come."
An entirely new and curious bridle. it is mid.
will shortly be introduced in the cavalry. The
most splendid ornament of the above descrip-
tion ever yet seen will be sported by the first
re~riment of Life Gnus& ; also a gorget and breast-
Wee. composed of stars, with a gold bullion rein.
The complete suite of steel armour worn by
OLIVIER CaomwELL, which is a most unique piece
of workmanship, is now being repaired eud polished
at a manufactory in Sheffield.

)IELZONPS T.,MBS. .

EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY.

The sew osedele ere sow is a perfect slate of preparation,
and display other labours of this celebrated traveller of the
like magnitude sad interest with the catacombs already
exhibited. They ors fermented very eireniulantially by
models us diminished scales. The first represents the re.
maim of the temple in the island of Phil.., assoc. lb* gra-
nite rocks, from which falls the first cataract of the Nile.
This temple was, it seems, used by the .Christises shen
shwasiag the perseestios of the Caliphs for- ark worship,
the situaliba affording them seclusive sod security mop
fur that purpose. There is • Greek iescipilpe. reinaisiag,
which records, that the temple was consecrated to the Chris-
tian worship by one Bishop Theodore. The Egyptias Gods
were *bombed by a crest of mud to hide them from the
Christina. Belzoni rowed ne with the crust ressideleg ;
sod it need hardly he said of so dierprising ea examiner,
that he tore it off, nil brought away espies of all the figures
thus obscured. The seemed model represents the Temple of
Erotism., sear 'Thebes, supposed to be of very early date.
Amen the Egyptian hieroglyphics ths.amileopard is la
be sees wily In two places is Egypt: ..e sie e the Meinamaisim
at Thebes, and the other *a the hack wall of this lensple.—
Seale owe loch sod a half to on in
No. 111. rereseals the great temple of illiambel....The
extraordiaary OIMPSII44OII was buried radii she earth abeam
two-thirds, sad most have heen °pitied by Mr. Ileissai with
great labour and /laically. it is sitionted nor the seested
cataract of the Nile la Nubia: it Mamie meislibeck of this
river, and it is nerhoised on of the mod added excentine
of the Ethiopian. Mr. Belays, describes It se fellent...
4* The outside of this temple is magoilleent. It i a ha-
deed and seveoteen feet wide, sad eighty.eis feet high; the
height from the top of the curate. to the top of the deer be-
ing sixty feet sod the height of the dour Meaty-Gni fest.—
There are four teenier *Mel nisei, the largest is Egypt
or Nubia, deep( ilsegrengAltaz at the Pyramid*, to which
they approach in the prep .is of nee Itee.thirds. From
the shoulder to she elbow the VlMLnefe Mesa feet six ieches ;
the ear. three feet six ioches,ethe face 'eves fed; the beard
Ave fed six itches; across the shoulders twenty-five feet fear
socks; their height is about lifty.ne fed, net isciodiog
the caps, which are about feartees feet. There are obi Iwo
of these colossi is sight, one is still boned seder the sued,
and the other, which is near the door, is half fella dews,
amid buried also. Oa the top of the door is • colonel ligere
of Osiris, inlay feet high, with two coined hieroglyphic
figures, on os each side, Intim! towards U.
" From what we could perceive at the first view, it was
evidently a very !pry plate; bet our asiosishaneotioceses.
.d whee we fused it to be use of the most ciegadleesst of
temples, eariched with beautifel intaglios' painting, colossal
figures, he. IVe mitered at list into a large panne, fifty.
went feet long and lifir.two wide, supported by two rows
of square pillars, Ina lire from the frost dinar to the dose of
the sakes. - Each pillar has a Score, sot Issas those at Me-
diae' Aboo, lady executed, and very Utlle injured by time.
The tope Si ski? turbot' reach the ceiling, which is above
thirty fed Mot the pillars ate Ire feet sod • half Genre.
Bath these and the walls are covered with beadifid hire.
glyptiles, the style of which is somewhat superior, er at least
bolder, Ina that of any sib... I. Egypt, all only in the
workmanship, hut also in the nbjeces. They exhibit bat-
tles, storming et testis, triumphs over the Ethiopians, sr
makes he. Is some places is to biases- the same hero as
at Ilielliaet Aboo, bat M &differ/at posture. Seat of set
misers are meek isillied by the dose mid beamed alms.
*ore the Instgeretero of which was whet. that the thre-
esome:se meet have rises to above • hundred sod thirty de.
grecs. The emend hall is shoat tweedy-two feet high, thirty.
seen wide, and tweety-ive and *half Nor. It modal"
&or pillars about four feet ammo; sot the walls of this also
are covered with Ilse hieroglyphics in pretty good pressen.
tin. Dermot this is a shorter eheadige, shirty-seen feet
wide, its wide% is the emeriti* late MO moclaery. At each
tad of this chamber is • doer, leedialileioemalier ehembers
in the sense direction with the modesty, each eight feet by
*even. The sesetuary is twenty-three feet mad a half him
Gad twelve feet wide. It Sustains a pedestal to the desk%
and at the aid four edema" sitting figures, the heeds of
which are in good preservation, sot having beta joined by
violent. Scale sae hit to twe feet and a halt"

The merit of this model. to kw eight for so Weird of
the original labour le enOraggdiaaoy, se the Irmo* II Sc.
cites meet be profoundly felt. The seek being gives, the
eiterior of the teary displays the bulk sad propottliew of
all the architectural objects attached to Ir.
The bed of mod which at lost enveloped the whole
building bee giver way to the Lamar of a crowd of natives,
who are efts, I. model. plying their industry, sod have
just uncovered theentreace thelogh which Mr.Delsool pegged.
A black line drawn above shows the nteraitedit god meaty of
their °penalise.

The next models are illustrative of tie Pyramid of She-
phreties. foe a deeeriptiow of which the fillowiog may mre:
No. IY. Is the acclaim of the passages, portcullis, nod
chaeshers of the pyramid of Shephreses, also se-opened by
Mr. &Suomi. The And peerage ts of granite, and the reel
are cut out of the solid rock, which rises much above the
level of the basis of the pyramid. The Ant passage is of
granite work; it is four feet high, thesis and a half wide,
and oar hundred sad four lost; it ritmemsda I. ea angle of
tweety.six degrees, and at the bonnie is a portcullis; nearly
all this plumage was Ailed rap by large stones, which took
mark labour to remove. The hertz:oats, passage from the
portcullis to the great chamber is of the same height aa the
Arm ; but, after twenty-two feet, it descends in a particular .
direction, which leads into the pesters below; but redis-
emitting towards the centre of the pyramid, the passage is
six fret high, three fret sod six ieehes wide, and eighty-four
brag; the chamber is all cut oat of the solid rock, except
the roof: it is forty.six feet long, sixteen feet wide, and
twenty-three feet six inches high. At she cad it has a sareo.
;sheens of graraile, eight feet long, three feet six inches
wide, and two feet three !aches deep in the inside. Kesteve-
n', out of this chamber, at she bottom of the shaft, there is
• passage which runs down in an s,, le of twenty-six degrees,
as above, and at the height of foriy-eight feet Mx inches it
takes •n horisuntal dietetics., and it runs so for fifty-Aye
fro, when it ascends again isa she same angle for four sad
a ha:f feet six inches. At the eutrenar of it there is a port.
collie, and ow the upper part It is piled tap with large blocks
of stone throws from the outside; the direction of Ibis pas-
sage runs to the basis of the pyramid, which forms another
entrance into it. At half way of the hurisootal passage
there is a descent into soother chamber, thirty-two feet krog,
ten feet wide, eight feet six inches high. Ou the upper part
of this model, just above the granite entrance, there is the
forced passage made by some of the Caliphs, with inleatiou
to reach she centre of the pyramid ; this is suppoired to have
bees. opened about one thousand two hoodred years ago.
The entrance of both peerages was dose, as it will be seen
in the next model. The portcullis was closed, and it has
taken much labour tors-open it: prepartios, OW foot loan
hundred sod twenty feet.

No. V. This model gives an exact view of the pyramid in
the reduced properties of aas foot room hundred and treaty
fed. At the basis of the pyramid there is a great accumu-
lation of stones sad materials, which fell from the upper
parts, and completely *livered the entraace. In the centre
of the accumulated materials there is the emcavatiun whish
discovers the two estrum'', into the interior. The best way
to form es exact idea ',the enormous magnitude of this
astonishing 'monument, is to take settee of the mallard
of the figure represeatiog the Arabs at work, which are in
the proportion as mem of Are feet six inches high, sad to
consider that every Mame of the leagth of nue inch, in is the
proportion of ten feet long. The material wee very hard to
'move, as with the mood it had formed alined oat solid
mass. The tipper pert might be asedided by the eagle,
which roc.* irregular slaps of four and lee fed high. On
the top them is pert lathe original coating, which still rs-
Mille nearly perfect for nearly meg hoodred and forty feet.
The aperture I. en the north side of the pyramid, and the
whole pyramid meassres as follows
Fret.
Basis - 1194
Central lime down the front, from the top to the basis 5419
Perpendicular . Mel
The coeliac from the top to whom it tads . 149

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