The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-01-20 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

The Duke of St. Albans, Lady Charlotte Beatielerk; and lira,
Collets, left town yetterday for Brighton.
Lonl Braybrooke arrived yesterday at his house 1k New Burling.
ton-street, from hi, seat, Audley End. Evsex.
The Earl and Countess of Brlstnl and the Ladies Harvey ham
left town for their seat, Putnt y-heat h.
Lord Frederick Bennclerk has lett town for Ids seat in Herts.

Miss Burtnn arrived yesterday at Skull's Hotel, Lower Brook.
xtreet. from Oxford.

Sir (leorge and Lady Nugent left Could's Hotel, Jertnyn.street,
yesterday, for their seat to Bucks.
11. Elliot, Esq. arrived yesterday at his house in Hertford.
street, from his seat, Hurst Lodge. Berks.
Baring Wall, Esq. arrived Yesterday at the St. James's note'.
.Yermyn.street, front the Earl of Darlington's seat, Cobham Hal;.
Kent.

• Henry Scott, Esq. and on anived yesterday at Miller's Hotel.
Jermin-street. from Paris. James Daly, Esq. M.P. and Mrs.
Daly and family left ditto for Cheltenham.
Captain and Mrs. Hughes have left the Bath Hotel for their sea
in Essex.

The Earl and Countess of Coventry have arrived in town from
their seat, Crome, IVoreestershire.

On IVednestlay evening Mr. Secretary Peel left town on
a visit to the Earl of Vernlani, at his scat at Vernlam, near
St. Alban's, to join a shouting party for a few days.
The Lord Chief Justice, we regret to state, was yester-
day absent from the Court of King's Bench through serious
indisposition.

CHELTENII AM, JAN. 19.—Lord Dunalley and his bride
arc expected daily at his Lordship's residence in this place,
from Dublin. Lord and Lally Ebrington have lett us.
They will be much regretted by the pour of Cheltenham.
to whom they distributed considerable sums in charitable
donations during their star here. The fancy ball at
Alstone Lawn has been succeeded by a second, which was
given by the lion. Mrs. Frankland, and by a third,
which was kept up last night to a late hour at Mr. Hamil-
ton's. Many of the characters were very good, and all
three went off with much spirit. We never recollect so
much gayety, and at the same time such social feelings as
pervade the society this winter, the town being very full.
The improvements at the Montpelier Spas are upon a very
extended scale. They are proceeding very rapidly, and-are
expected to be completed by the latter end of May.
l'he forthcoming opera at Drury-lane theatre is an ex-
periment of the power of attraction from ancient and well-
known melodies. The scene being in Scotland, the music
is chiefly selected from the most favourite compositions of
that country, enriched with some charming Irish airs.
The New York theatre is appropiatetl twice a week to
the opera corps, on Tuesday and Saturday evening ; and
the prices for these nights only are for the boxes two dol-
lars, for the pit one dollar.
Mr. Hayne has retired to the Continent. The establish-
ment in York-terrace is but eleven months old. The plate
is very superb, and among the articles classed under this
head is a presentation gold snuff-box with a portrait of
Bonaparte, which is understood to have been a gift from
him to Marshal Ncy.
A morning paper of yesterday says that the decision of
the Treasury on the Deccan prize-money. which has not
yet been made public, is against the exclusive claim of the
Deccan army.
The Catholic Papers of Dublin, in reply to the publica-
tion of the statement respecting the attempts made by a
priest to seduce the wife of one of his flock, announced dist
a case of trim. Con. was forthcoming, in which one of the
Senior Fellows of Trinity College would figure as defend-
ant. In the Morning Regiater of Tuesday the follow-
ing notice appeared with relation to this malicious im-
putation :
" Ari.rorn CAsr. or Cutar. CON.—In a recent number of
our Paper a statement was inserted reflecting upon a highly respect.
able body, the senior Fellows of Trinity College. I% e me. upon
inquiry, satisfied that the imputation which it conveyed was alto-
gether groundless."

HOURID OCCURRENCF.—On Friday last a gentleman
sent for a surgeon to see bis servant woman, who was very
unwell. Ou the surgeon's arrival the servant was found
lying in her room, in a corner, quite dead and bent together .
On the surgeon examining the Lolly, he had some reason
to think she had been delivered of a child, and on examin-
ing her box, under her clothes, a child newly horn was
found, yet warm, but with the evident marks of strangu-
lation on the throat, Thus the wretched woman had per-
formed die office of accouclteur and murderer, ut least every
appearance would indicate that conclusion.—Lie, rpe
Courier.

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During the last week a police watchman, stationed at the
Prince's Deck, observing, about midnight, sonic suspiciogc
characters lurking about the shipping, concealed hims,ll
until the parties thought the coast was clear ; and altar
some time had elapsed, he observed five men, each carry
a sack, making their way acroas the quay from an American
ship. Upon giving the alarm, the whole of diem threw
down their hurthens, and ran off, when each sack was
found to be full of leaf tobacco, which, doubtless, had been
plundered.—Liverpuol Cooricr.

Early on Sunday morning, a gentleman in [lope-street
was alarmed by an unusual noise proceeding front the hen-
roost, in the yard. He immediately took a light, and, on
arriving at the roost, he saw a fine fox, squatted down in
one of the nests, looking him steadily in the face, with all
the ha) nilesamess peculiar to his specier. Reynartl had not,
however, been an idle spectator of his feathered companions,
notwithstanding his present quiet and innocent demeanour,
having previously wounded several of the fowls, as a pre-
paratory step to their being carried away. The good host
ran back to the house for a poker, or 'turtle weapon which
he might deem sufficient to indict summary ttunlihment on
the delinquent. Before his return, however, neytard had
taken that, and thereby saved himself from the, fatal cK.
sequences in which his temerity had well nigh involved
pool Courier.