The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-09-21 00:00:00

F4SIMNABLR INTRI LIGENCE.

The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland have arrived at their
seat, Alowick Castle, from a tour.
Lord and Lady Clive hare arrived at Powis Castle. from a tour,
The Earl and Countess Bathurst arrived yesterday, at their
house in Great Stanhope-street, front their seat, Cirencester, Glou-
cestershire. . _

The Earl and Countess or Jersey have arrived in town, from
their seat, Middleton Park, Oxfordshire. Ills Lordship, we are
sorry to state, is much indisposed.
Lord Checks Manners has left town for Belvoir Castle.
Heory Drununond, Esq. has left town, for his seat, Albury
Park, Surrye.
Mr. and Mn.t West Russell left the Clarendon Hotel, Bond_
street, yesterday, for their seat in Staffordshire.
Arrivals at the Royal Hotel, St. James's-atreet I—Ladd Sophia
Kent and son, from Lincolnshire ;11Colone' and Mrs. Wheatharn
and family, from Worthing .• and D. Lynch, Esq., from Paris.
Departures from Fenton's Hotel, St../ames's-nlace !—The Rev.
P. R. Murray, fur Cheltenham ; Richard Hodges, Esq. for
Brighton ; W. Simpson, Esq., for Bath ; and James Daly, Esq.,
M.P., for East Bourne.
Arrivals at Oould's Hotel, Jermyn-street t—Mr. and Mrs. Hyatt
and family front a tour.

Lord Mandeville arrived yesterday at Thomas's Hotel, Berke-
ley-square, from a tour.
Arrivals at the London Hotel, Alhemarle-street : —John Sta-
pleton, Esq., from Brighton ; and A. Luuerroth, Esq., from
Scotland.
Arrival at Long's Hotel, Bond-street :—Mr. and Mrs. Chaloner
Bias., yesterday, from a tour. Departures from ditto :—Captain
and Mrs. Burnett, for the Continent; Captain Hicks. R. N. for
Plymouth ; Wm. Norton, Esq., for (litho:ham ; and C. Drake,
for Brussels.,

The Earl of Liverpool arrived at his residence at White-''
hall yesterday afternoon, from Weimer Castle.
Mr. and Mrs. Secretary Canning arrived at their new
residence in Downing-street yesterday afternoon, from
Eaton, Huntingdonshire.
Yesterday afternoon the Chancellor of the Exchequer
and lady Sarah Robinson came to town from the seat of
the Earl of Verulain, at Gorhambury, near St. Alban's.
The King of Prussia has ordered that the I'russian Loan
contracted for in Holland shall be immediately paid off.
STATE Or SPAIN.—In 1816 the population of Madrid
was 160.000—it is reduced now to 114,000. The Common
Royal Vales are at a discount of 92 per cent. Consoli-
dated ditto, 73 per cent. Certificates of accumulated
simple interest upon them, 97 per cent. discount.
The Madrid correspondence in the Journal de Gaud
states, that although the arrests in' pain still continue, the
partisans of Don Carlos are as strong and audacious as ever.
Letters were yesterday received from the city of Mexico,
dated the '9th July. They give no political news of any
interest. The exchange on England, from 47d. per dollar,
had advanced to 57d. per dollar. On account of the large
amount drawn for the mining concerns, it was expected to
be much higher, as the Government was to draw exten-
sively on the contractorslor the loan in London.
The Hon. Archibald Gloster, Cli:ef Justice and Presi-
dent of his Majesty's Council in the island of Dominica,
died on the 3d July. in the 634 year of his age.
t is stated that Professor Seyffarth, of the University
of Lcipsiak, following up the system of his late colleague,
M.Spohn, has discovered a complete key to the hiero-
glyphics. or writing of the Egyptians, and which will
shortly appear under the title of Rtrlitnento
His system differs materially from all the others that hare
appeared on the subject, and according to the hieroglyphi-
cal writing, is intimately connected with the Arminian
alphabet.
An inhabitant at Sgrattan, in Silesia, was lately ar-
raigned for the crime of bigamy. On the trial it appeared
that he had successively married nine wives, who were all
present at the trial. The Judges decreed that the best
punishment would be to make him live hereafter with the
whole nine. The prisoner pleaded the capital punish-
ment on hearing the decision of the Judges, but without
effl•ct.

On the Ist of August the first stone of a school for
girls was laid at Bridgtown, with appropriate Masonic ce-
remonies. The Istrd Bishop was present, and conducted
the religious part of proceedings. In his reply to an
address from the Grand Master, the Bishop earnestly ex-
horted the assembled company to " give every assistance
to the laudable uedertalring then commenced, of providing
for the present atad everlasting welfare of the children of
their poor brethren."

Loom At. ConscouaNcEs.—A country attorney drew a
hill the other day upon his agent in London, which, when
it became due, was noted for. non-payment. The person
to whom it wool due wrote instantly to the agent to know
the rcsson of is being dishonoured. The agent. in an-
swer,-wrote on the back of the note "no eFcts." The
other, not eatisfibd with this reply, wrote again, to know
how this couldhloppen? Upon which he wrote back, with
the stuns brevity's, before—" No causes."