The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-03-31 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

Jibs. Wm. Wynn has issued cards of Invitation (Si a rout on
the 9th of April, at her house, Whitehall-place.
The Earl and Countess of Rciseherry will bays. grand dinner
party on Friday, at their house in Piccadilly.
Lord and Lady Ortydyr hate Issued cards of invitation for an
entertainment on the 6th April, at their house in Piccadilly.
lilt. Hope will give a splendid rout on Friday, at her house in
Manafeld.strfet.
The Marchioness of LanuidWngaie her third rout, for the season,
on Monday evening, at Lansdown House, Berkeley-square, which
was attended by a very elegant assemblage of distinguished fashion-
ables ; among whom were—The Duchess of Somerset his Excel-
lency Count Lieven, Count t unchall, Count de Villa Real,
CoUnteas St. bleu:, the Earl of Essex and Miss Capel, Marquis
of Bath, the Countesn of Sandwich. Earl Clare, the Earl of Sheffield,
the Earl of Carnarvon, Lord Rochester, the Earl of Jersey, Lord
anti Lady Belhaven, Dowager Countess df Warwick, and the
Ladies Oreville, Countess Morley, Lady llarriet Herbert, Lord
Auckland, the Countess of Huston, Lord and Lady Nugent,
' Lady Charlotte Lindsay, the Earl and Couutess Listowel, Lord
Bearchaven, lady Cawdor, Sir Henry and Lady liunbury, Lord
arid Ludt lilorpeth, Mr. and Lady Harriet luseelles, the
Ladies Elliott, Mr. and Lady O. Stanley, Lady and Miss
King, Sir Robert and Lady Macfarlane, Hr. and Mrs. Las-
, wiles, Mr. and Mrs. Mansfield, Mrs. F. Lewis, Illr. and Mrs.
Frankland, and Miss Murra7, Miss rox, and Miss Vernon, lion.
Henry Fox, Mr. and bits. E. Drummond, Mr. George and bliss
Villein', the Misses Berry, Mr. and Mrs. O. Phillips, Mr. Ken-
nedy, Lady Farquhar, Mr. sod Mrs. Ord, Mr. White, Mr. Spring
Rice, Mr. Joy, blr. W. Backe', Re.
Emily Marchioness of Londonderry gave another splendid rout
on Monday evening, at her house in St, James's square, which was
attended by the Duke of Wellington a.l upwards of a hundred of
die hind tom.

Lady Alvanley's musical party on Monday evening, in George_
street, Hanover.square, was very numerously and fashionably at-
tended.

Mts. Goode had a musical party on Mends y evening, at her
house In Brywnstone-square, which was attended by his Excellency
Baron Easel and a large party of distinction.
The Bishop of Lincoln had a grand dinner party yesterday, at
his house in Connaught-place.
The Marquis of Anglesey entertained a distinguished party at
dinner yesterday at his house in Old Burlington-street.
The Duke of 'Dorset arrived in town yesterday, from Windsor
Castle.
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The hart and Countess Bathurst arrived in town yesterday, from
Windsor Castle.

The Earl of Bristol and Lady A. Hervey left Windsor Castle
yesterday morning, for Brighton.
The Lan and Countess Cowper have arrived in town, front their
seat Passenger, Herts.
The Hon. 31r. and Mrs. Robert Smith arrived on Monday at
their seat, liayhutst, Bucks, from the Duke of Rutland's, Belvuir
Castle.
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Lord Hervey arrived in town yesterday, ftom Windsor Castle.
The Earl of Lauderdale arrived yesterday a At'arren's Hotel,
Regent-atreet, from Windsor Castle.
lady Caroline Lamb arrived in town 0.1 Monday, from her seat,
Brocket Hall.

Sir Thomas Ormsby, Bart. has left the Royal Hotel, St. James's-
street, for his seat, %% ivenhoe Park, Eases.
Sir Henry Blackwood, But has arrived at his house in Welbark-
street, from Brifhton.
J. 14PLean, l.sq. has arrived at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-
street, from Scotland.

Mr: and Mrs. Connor arrived yesterday at Gould's Hotel, Jer-
myn-streat, from Brighton.
Arrivals at the British Hotel, Jerrn3rn-street :—G. Bailey, Esq.
from Coventry ; the Rev. Mr. Wells, from a tour ; and Benjamin
Aislaby, Esq. from Cheltenham.
General, Mrs. and Alias Brown arrived yesterday at the St. Pe-
tenburgh Hotel, Dover-street, from Cheltenham—His Excellency
Baron Strogonoff has left ditto for Paris.
Arrivals at Long's Hotel, Bond-street :—Colonel Campbell and
Major Newton, from Paris ; and Mr. and Mrs. Selby, from
Brighton. Departures from ditto Oolifte, lVebster, Bart.,
far his seat, Battle Abbey, Sussex ; bred Thomas Hay, foe Ox-
ford ; Francis Popham, gsq., for his seat, Clarendon Park, Salis-
bury ; and Capt. 'Musgrave, for Cheltenham.

Colonel Gore has relinquished standing for the County
of Leitrim. Mr. White will consequently be returned
without opposition.—lrish Observer.
The City of 'Waterford will, it appears, be contested at
the next election : the friends of Sir John Newport are al-
ready in the field, to prevent his being ousted —Limerick
Paper.
Mr. Goulburn, our chief Secretary, is, it is reported, to
be raised to the dignity of a Baronet of the United King-
dom.--/riah Observer.

Government have ordered a commission to inquire into
the actual state of the peasantry in the County of Galway ;
• portion of them is represented to be in an actual state of
starvation.
The remains of the late Sir Thomas Plumer, Master of
the Rolls, arc to be interred in the Rolls Chapel, adjoining
his late residence, this morning.
M. George Stackpoole, the litigant in a cause that has
occupied much attention in France, as well as in Ireland,
died at l'aris, on Thursday evening, of an attack of the
gout. He was 90 years of age.
The celebrated Roustan, the faithful Mameluke of
Bonaparte, arrived in London yesterday, from the Conti-
nent, decorated, as is his invariable practice, with the
superb suit of arms—pistol, sabre, and carbine—presented
to him by his late master.

A Woas OF MILTON'S DISCOVERED.—We mentioned
some time ago the discovery of a posthumous work of
Milton, by dr. Lemon, Deputy Keeper of State Papers.
We have ourselves had an opportunity of seeing this MS.,
and the proofs, which are singularly complete, of its au-
thenticity. The existence of such a work, and its title,
were mentioned by Wood, in his Athence Ozonienees, and
afterwards by Birch in his life of the poet ; but, until the
discovery of Mr. Lemon, of the State Paper Office, no
clue was possessed for tracing this valuable literary trea-
sure. It was only known, upon the authority of Wood,
that the MS. bad been last seen in the possession of Mr.
Cyriac Skinner, a merchant .of London, and, as all the
readers of Milton know, the intimate friend of our great
bard. How it afterwards got into the State Paper Office,
cannot now be ascertained ; but it is a singular fact, that
when discovered the MS. was wrapped in an envelope,
with the address upon it, " To Mr. Skinner, merchant."
This circumstance alone, were there wanting other evi-
dence of its being genuine, would decide the point. His
Majesty, as was stated last night in Parliament, has or-
dered the MS. to be published.—Eresing Paper.
The thirty-three West India Islands contain an aggre-
gate of 10.5,000 square 4.50,000 whites, 1,600,000
mulattoes and blacks, 2,050,000 total population. Fifteen
of these Islands belong to Britain, five to France, three to
Spain, three to Denmark, four to the Dutch, one to Sweden,
one to the Colombians, one partly independent and partly
to Britain.

KINGSTON (JAMAICA), FF3. 12.—Wellwood
Esq. qualified, and took his seat as one of the Judges, and
afterwards presided at a Slave Court.
Since last winter the condition of the Religieux of Great
St. Bernard, in the canton of Basil, has been sensibly
ameliorated. These men, so devoted to philanthropy, and
so useful, passed the winter in cells, wherein the thermo-
, meter of Resumur was sometimes as low as IS degrees
below zero. A subscription, however, has provided the
means of establishing pipes to transmit heat through all
parts; and the temperature of the cells, in times of the
greatest frost, is now from eight to ten degrees.
SKr Go tsNO.—On Saturday morning a curious seizure
was made at the quay, Greenock. On the arrival of the
Swift steam-packet, from Belfast, the crew of the Custom-
house boat went on board in quest of smuggled articles,
when they found the end of a log of timber, about two
feet and a half long, made in the shape of a buoy, and
strapped with ropes in the usual manner, carelessly lying
on deck, which, on being minutely examined, was found
to be hollowed out, and full of window-glass, containing
about SO or 90 paues.—Glavoie Herald.
Hillman, a tulewaiter at Shoreham, seized on Sunday
last a very considerable quantity of cambrics, say 746
pieces, nearly Soo yards of silk, a quantity of shawls,
scarfs, &c. &c. The goods were found in sacks, and it
appears that much difficulty exists as to saying where the
goods came from, in such considerable quantities, so mira-
culously found, the same having been discovered lying
exposed in a garden. Report states that the officer will
make from 8001. to 1,0001. by this seizure, unless informa-
tion money should dip deep Into the officer's share; how-
ever, that will make only one-third less, leaving a very
large sum for an inferior officer.
Wi N es.—Our mountain wine comes from the mountains
around Malaga. Tent is Tints), tinged or red wine. Sherry
from Xeres (the Spanish X is pronounced 5h or Ch), in the
south of Spain, where the great battle was fought between
the Christians and Saracens, that ended in the conquest of
Spain by the latter. Malmsey was from Ilalvasia in Pelo-
potinesus. This rich wine was afterwards propagated at
Alicant, the Canaries, and Madeira.

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[Myer tiriment.]—EcoNo itN.—Families who are de-
sirous of using the best articles that can possibly be ob-
tained, having tried most oldie Establishments within die
metropolis, have found the best qualities at the China
Genuine Tea Company, 23, Pavement, Nleortields.

PORRIGN IArtELLIGENCL
FRENCH PAPERS.
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.

SITTING Or TUX t7th NARCIL.
we yesterday gars an account of the opening Of the d of
the nth, on the subject of the admission of hi. B. Constant ffto
the Chamber ;we supply to-day a perfect account of the dub*
After the reading of the pricer verbal, the President annousees
that the Order of the Thy it the continuation offthe INIVIONiSiI at'
the Electoral Returns:

M. Benjamin Constant ascends the Tribune t the Muni alone,
reigns in the Assembly ; he addresses the House in the follotring
terms :—fientlemen, I shall begin by thanking. the House fet
its kindness in granny" me a delay, in need of which I steed. At
tacked in my profession of citizen, which I have possessed se well
by my own tights as by thistle of my father for thirty yeses t at,
tacked in my honour, being accused of having deceived the House,
as also the reporter who :mused rite to be admitted a Detyllye
years ego; attacked in the memory of my (ether, who hseff Zs
accused in his grave of fraud, because they wish to Injure his moo; I
have felt, I must confess, when I stepped forward to vindicate 'ltch
dear interests, an emotion which might have troubled my Ideas;
however. I shall not deviate from the question which calls forth a
my attention; 1 shall only mention facts, which will prove to sets
dente the rights which are now contested. The 32d Allied!
of the Law of the 15th December, 1790, is thus wooded
; " All individuals who, being born in foteign countries, deemed,
in whatever degree it may be, from a French man or • Frisch
woman, expelled front their native land fur motivd of rap me
declared }rend, citizens, and will enjoy all the prerogatives at
ached to this quality, if they return to France, reside there, end
take the civic oath.' My father claimed the benefit of that law at
the 9111 November, 1791. Here is the extract of the deliberations of
the 31 unicipal Council of the Commune of Dole, dated theses°, day
„Lige Lewis Constant Rebecque, of Acre, in Artois, atifflitiftd
into the Council Hall, declared, that he presented himself i• ante
to claim in his favour the benefit of the Ist article of the 911 thle of
j the French Constitution, requesting to be allowed to take the civic
oath, in order to acquire the quality of active citizen e upon which
Rebeeque having proved his origin, a certificate of his presentation
and demand ass delivered to him, and he immediately took the
above...mentioned oath, signed ch, the register (lethal and Bruise,
notaries." I beg of you, Gentlensen, to pay attention to these
words, " having proved his extraction," aild deign alto tolnmeadel
that it Is not in • village, and before some ignorant men,
father has presented himself to prove by stealth his origut. lam
ashamed, Gentlemen, to be compelled to justify la his grave a man
whom eighty-six years of benehcaice and of a virtuous life ought
to have sheltered against a similar suspicion and t reproach
myself for being the innocent cause of the basalt bestowed es his
memory t but, since I eon condemned to it, I shall esdessoltt to
fulfil the painful task. Ilene are then two positive facts wi.:4lse
justification of out origin by my father, whieh justilastisie is at.
tested by a man capable of verifying It, and incapable Of 1=
eating in any base fraud ; and the constant residence of V'
during 23 years, and at the end of which period he did 011 the
property which he had purchased in France. Having be ton! Wu
of • Frenchman, I joined my father; bought a domain
near Paris, where I fixed my residence, and I have enjoyed
the rights conceded by the law of the 3th beeember, 1790.
Gentlemen, you are acquainted with all the document, whi-e
solve the question in illy favour, and are able to deeds lip= the
' matter with a thorough knowledge. I Mash your judgment with
confidence and respect."
31. Benjamin Constant was listened to with the greatest attn.
tion. The Honourable Member laid on the table all the doctunents
in support of the.facts set forth in his speech.
After some farther discussion on the same subject, during which
MM. Dudon, General Foy, taxi 31artignse, were heard, the
house decided that a more thorough examination of the qutilificsa
tins of M. Benjamin Constant shall take place diet the definitint
organization of the bureau.
The House pronounces afterwards the admission of the Depatias
of the Departments of the Seine, of the Seine infloesair and Hl's-
ral others. The Sitting is raised at half-past Ave, and adjeuraed
till Moodily.