The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-03-17 00:00:00

GRAND CHRIS! ENING.

On the evening of Friday se'nnight, Cha•rlts
James Fox Russell, the infant son of his Grace ti e
Lord Lieutenant, was claistened at the Castle of
Dublin, by the Archbi•itou of Dublin. The
sponsors were, the Duke of Richmond, represent• d
by the Earl of Harrington, Commander of the
Forces; Lord Holland, reptmei-led by the R:g'.t
Hon. Wm. Elliot, M P. Chief Secretory ; and her
Grace the Duchess of Leinster, represented ls) tie
Right Hon. Lady Elizabeth LitCehales.
A selefl psrty of the Nobility and Gentry were
invited on the happy occasion, and the incident ft
tivities prolonged the splendid pleasures of the meet-
ing till an advanced period of the next morning.

It was reported, last night, in the fashionable
circles, that Lady ANNE Cecil, sister !o the Mar.
quit of &susses v, had died, ye.ter,iay, at
Hampton Court Palace, of which her Ladyship
was housekeeper.
Lord O'Neil. sailed, on Saturday se'nnight, from
Doitaghadee, for Portpatrick, on his way to
Lon ion.

An Irish "1/41emh-r, on hearing the evidence of
Mr. Paut.s.'s Drakt, sagaciously obscived, " that
deck won't swim "

Mr. and Mrs. S. Ketirtice played the parts of Sir
Christopher Curry and Yarico, at the Edinbuigh
Theatre. on I hursday last.
The Young Mosso, is gone into winter-quarters.
at Old Drury, and is nightly visited by all the beauty
and fashion of London.
The cause, Tsinmostose v. 171.1 N 7', which was set
down for trial at the present 1 ork Assizes, has
been referred to arbitration, at the request of Mr.
FLINT.

A Paper of yesterday says, " General ru.q.ola
is arrived at Portsmouth, to take his passage to tl.e
Cape."—We suppose Cape Horn.
The Duke of Goaotax is on his way to town,
from Scotland.

Lady Suirx Burton's brand rout, last night,
at her house, Hyde Park Corner, was attended by
ups ar.is of two hundred Nobility.
• The Marchioness of SALISBUR r gave a grand
mat, last night, at her house in Arlington-creer,
whicls was attended by upwards of three hundred
Nobility. In the brilliant circle were—
ilia Royal llghnen the Prince of Wales; their /Lye]
Mghsesatte the Dukes of Cumberland and Ctrniutdd..;
Prince laterhaty ; the Dukes of Orleans, De Perri, De Cas-
tries, Lomond and Argyle; the Duchesses of Northumber-
land, Gordon, Richmond, awt De Ca•tries ; the Marchionesses
of lierdfurt, Hertford, Lanedoien, Downshifts, aitel Doitegst.
The late Lord Catalan has left issue two
daughters, the Hon. Mrs. Paarrou, and the Hon.
Mrs. say ; but dying without maie issue, the
title devolves to his near relative, Sir JOHN EV•NS
YlElCll,_Bart.

Mr. Mona Lewis's forthcoming Mele-Drama,
at Drnry-lane Theatre, is called fhe Denton of tio
Woods. It will contain :huts innumerable, Gekeos
Grifust spitting fire, and every other combination
than Can make it grand and terrific.
Mr. Emu Y. of Covent•garden Theatre. is said to
be engaged for the after•season, at the Dublin
The:itre, where such merit as his will meet the
warmest encouragement.
Mr. CHAR AY'S new Comedy was read in Drury-
lane Gieeu-room, on Friday; and report speaks an
high terms of it.
Sir JOHN Evans Fae►e, who succeeds to the
Barony of Carbery, in Ireland, is married to Lady
C ir:c CHaaLoTTI Goar, daughter of the
Earl of Alta Ars, sitter to the Marchioness of Anse.
coca, and Viscount Sting T. This lady was one
of the beauties who graced the Irish Court, when
the Duchess of RUTLAND presided there with so
mach splendour.
The Marquis of TOWNSHIND catered his 85th
year, on Wednesday last. which mias celebrated
with much elegant festivity, on that day, by the nu-
merous branches of Lis family, at his house in Wey-
mnut h•street

Ftiday morning, at seven o'clock, an affair of ho-
nour was decided between Mr. S—n, of Vere-
street, and Mr. J—s, of Oxfore:-street.—The
parties met at the top of Portland-street, from
whence they proceeded into the &Ids : after the first
fire without efieift, the seconds interfered, and the
dispute was amicably adjusted.
The decision of the Howe of Peers, in the Ap-
peal Cause, Sir W ATKIN LEWES aeraul MORGAN,
restores to the worthy Knight the possession of his
extensive estates in the principality of Wales, the
coal mines of which have been valued, by expe-
rienced miners, as being worth at►least 25,0001. per
annum.

The late Countess of Vick Low was sole heiress
of WlLLsan Foveae'', Esq. of Castle Forward,
in the County of Donegal, Ireland, and was mar-
ried in 1755, to RALPH How&en Esq. then re-
presentative in Parliament for the County of Wick-
low. lo 1778 he was created Baron CLON MO RI, of
Clonmore Castle, in the county of Carlow, and in
1783 was raised to the dignity of Viscount WICK.
Low. His Lordship died in December, 1795,
when the Viscountess was raised to the dignity of
Countess, in her own right, with remainder to her
eldest son the Viscount, now Earl of WiLeLow,
who is unmarried. Her Ladyship had a numerous
family.

Lord and Lady RI aatisosLe, joined by a great
number of tine Officers of the Craven Legion. par-
took of an elettant dinner, at Mr. BR AMU sw's, the
Black Horse Inn, in Skipton, Yorkshire, on 'Mars-
day last, from whence the patty were escorted to
Skipton Castle in carriages. Dancing commenced
about a quarter before eight. Supper was served
up at eleven, is inelegant style, at the Castle ; up-
wards of ninety sat down to the first tabk. Several
loyal and appropriate toasts were drank, and danc-
ing commenced again between twelve and one,
which lasted until five in the morning, when the
compiny departed tighly gratified with the night's
outertainment.

In the City of Dublin EleelionlCommittee,
day. two Commissioners were appointed to take the
evidence in that City.

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SCOTCTI sTUDIC4TTIP4'itILL
As the divisions in the Faculty of Adrocat• s, on
.he dispyrei points, Imre trauspirci, Gut readers
may wish to see the numbers.
the Gist question %vas. in substance, whcrbet rot
site, rtion war necessary in the Cuirt of Session'
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v./I.th was carried withmt a division. N

Ti.e second question was, in substance, whether
there should be Trials by Juice in certain civil
CA 4S f The question was carried in the affirmative,
hf ICIO against t2.(1.
The 'turd question was, in substance, whether
the Court of Session should be divided into Cham.
h,rs? which was eartied io the affirmative, by
aga,r►t 41.
The last vote was relative to thl Chamber of Re.
view; against the establishment of which, the
votes were tit, and fur its establishment C 1
The Committee made a report on the 9th,
consideration of which was postponed till Friday,
the 19th. Two Inetioos, of which notice had been
given by letter, were to,de on the 91131—For dimi-.
nishinF the number of Judges, 01—Against it, 74,
For dividing the Court of Session into tsci, and not
into thiee Chambers, 64—Against it ;44-•—(1.1.86.,
Even. C I, Mar ,4 14.)

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