The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-03-25 00:00:00

THE KING.

WINDSOR, MARCH 24.
This afternoon, shout two o'clock, the King took his ac-
customed ride in Windsor Great Park.

The Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Graham, and
the rest 4 his Msjeaty's visitors, left the Castle this morn-
ing for their respective residences.
Yesterday evening the King had a select party to dinner
at the Castle. The band of the Royal horse Guards at-
tended, and played during the evening.
The Duke of York left the Castle for London after
dinner.

The Duke and Duchess of Clarence left Froginore
(where their Royal Highncast a had been on a visit to the
Princess Augusta since Saturday last), this day, for their
residence, Bushy Park.

The King will hold a Levee on Wednesday, the 7th o
April: and a Drawing-room on Thursday, the 29th of the
Isame month.

At an early hour yesterday morning the Duke of York
arrived in town from Windsor.

The Duke of Clarence came to town yesterday from
Busby.
The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duke of Clarence
yesterday.
Yesterday at three o'clock a Cabinet Council was held
at the Foreign Office, Downing-street, which sat till near
tire o'clock in close deliberation.

Yestenlay the Cabinet Ministers dined with Mr. Iluskis-
son, for the first time since the selection of that Gentleman
to he a .Member of the Cabinet Council.

On Tuesday night, M. Vincenta Cantena Tuesi, a
Foreign Messenger, left town with despatches for the lonian
Islands.

We yesterday stated the result of the scrutiny for the
election of a Director at the India House. The numbers
were—

For Mr. Muspratt 752
111 r. Tucker 684

Sir Robert T. Farquhar . 3118
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East
India House, when John Petty Muspratt, Esq. took the
usual oath, and his scat, as a Director, in the room of Sir
Thomas Reid, Bart. deceased.

The forthcoming Brazilian Loan is like to he a favourite,
as bargains have been already made in it for time, at a pre-
mium of three leer cent.
_ _ _

It was stated in the City yesterday, that Mr. Hurtardo,
the new Colombian Minister, has full powers to treat with
the holders of the Bonds of the last Loan, and that no fur-
ther communication will be necessary with his Government
on the subject. _ .

It is said that Lieutenant-Colonel H. Wyndham has
been ordered to Ireland, to take the command of the 10th
(the Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Regiment (Hussars).
The Ist division of the SSth (Rutlandshire) Regiment
of Foot, which recently sailed from Portsmouth, arrived
at Cork on the 20th instant.

By the Duke of Kent packet, which arrived at Fal-
mouth on Friday last, in eleven days from Lisbon. we
learn that the body of the Marquis of Louie had been
brought from the Palace of Salvatierra to Lisbon, and
buried—no public investigation, no question asked! It
is rumoured that the Minister Pampeluna had also been
marked out for a similar fate, but he has escaped for the
present.— Western Luminary.
Some individuals in this town, aided by the friends of
knowledge, are endeavouring to form a society for improve-
ment, similar to those which, in imitation of the London
Mechanic's Institute, have been established in Ipswich and
other places. The advantages likely to result from such a
measure, under due regulation, we consider obvious, and
therefore wish it success.—Bury Post.
ADE:LP/II TIIEATRE.—Mr. Henry's performances last
night attracted a very crowded audience, and the enkrtain-
Inents were received with more than usual applause. The
first part, which reminds us of the " Feats," as they were
called, of Monsieur Camillo, consisted of various experi-
I ments in chemistry, chiefly confined to gases. A small
balloon was inflated, and handed about to the company, after
which it ascended to the top of the theatre. The second
part comprised many original and ingenious deceptions,
with. colds, rings, suuff boxes, and money, which drew
down cheers from every part of the house. The musical
glasses were introduced, and Mr. Henry, who has not yet
studied thorough base, perforrnedieveral airs. The entertain- I
menu closed with a Phantasmagoria, in which The Dance!
of Death was the chief novelty, and many optical changes
were effected with dexterity. Mr. Henry's performances
become popular, but he is too familiar with his audience;
he will profit by a little caution in this particular.
COPERNICAN SYSTEM.—Copernicus, who flourished in
the beginning of the seventeenth century. had no sooner
stored his mind with an extensive knowledge in mathe-
matics,
than he applied it to correcting the system of astro-
nomy which then prevailed. After examining the various
hypotheses that had been invented for the solution of the
celestial phenomena, he adopted that of Pythagoras, which
makes the sun to be the centre of the system, and supposes
the earth to move not only round the sun, but round its
own axis also. This system Copernicus began to consider,
and to write upon, when he was thirty-five years of age.
Ile employes! himself in contemplating the phenomena
carefully, in making mathematical calculations, in examin-
ing the observations of the ancients, and in making new
ones of his own. After more than twenty years, chiefly
spent in this manner, he brought his scheme to perfection,
and established that system of the world which goes by his
name, and is now universally received. His system was,
however, then looked upon as a most dangerous heresy,
for which he was thrown into prison by Pope Urban VIII.
and not suffered to come out until he had recanted his
opinion ; that is, until he hail renounced the testimony of
his senses. It would be in the highest degree interesting
to know by what steps Copernicus was led to conceive the
bold system which removes the earth from the centre of the
world, and ascribes to it a two-fold motion. And it ap-
pears extraordinary that so natural a thought should have
occurred at so late a period, for the first, or nearly for the
first time.