The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-07-03 00:00:00

PRINCE LEOPOLD.

Marlborough house, the town-residence of Prince
Leopold, 11:111 Ullarrgolle n repair, and 1134 been
new lv tttaentert he his Royal Richness since he
Intik-o m
it of the Duke of 51arlboristigh. The grind
court-yard and tint-buildings have been lighted
with gas. The forni:ure, which the Prince pur-
chased from the Doke at the same time, has
been newly ornamented, &e. and new furniture has
been added to it. Several elegant new lustre' have
been hung, from different first-rate manufactories.
At live o'clock on Thursday his Royal Highness
received a deputation of the Gentlemen who have
the enacnagemeist.of the Lying-in Charity, for sirii.
vering poor married women at their lIWII habitations,
held in Doctors' C s, coietisiing a—
lments Thompson, Esq. she Treasurer; Julio Blackburn,
Esq. Viso:President ; D.. D. D. Davis, Dr. IS it Dreinistils.
Thumns Greenaway, E.g. It:eh:nil Knight, Esq. Hubert
if Suety, Esq. F.ItB. Julies Mingepion, F.:41 John Ni‘on, Esq.
Thimeas Wilkinson. Esq. and James Burrunes, Esq.
The Prince Regent is Patron of the Institution,
and Prince Leopold having been graciously pleased
to agree to bemire Vice-Patron. a deputotion of
the above Gentlemen waited mum his Royal nigh-
ties' to return him thanks for the honour conferred
upon the lustitati tttt , 1515,1 alms to return his Royal
Highness thanks for the donation bestowed upon
the Charity. They presented him with the
,wand of office, and a book count' g the full par-
ticulars of the Establishment, from which it ap-
pests that it_was instituted in the year 17,57, and
that DOW upwards of 5,000 women are relieved
annually.
The deputation was most gracionsly received.
lit the evening his Royal Highness gave a grand
dinner to his Royal Father, the Prince Regent.
On the arrival of the Prince Regent its his carriage
at the court-yard, Prince Leopold was in readiness
at the door of the mansion-house to receive him,
and conducted him into the drawing-room, which
is very elegantly fitted up. An g the paintings
are those of the King, the late Qtiersi, the Prince
Regent, and the lamented Princess Charlotte.
The room set apart for the dinner is the centre
from the grand hall, with folding doors into the
garden. The magnificent service of plate was dis-
played with much elegance and taste. The phaeton
was of alabaster, with grouper of fanciful figures,
and with vases tilled with artificial flowers and vas
'ions sorts of fruits.
The new dessert service of Chamberlain's Wor-
cester china was introduced with national ornaments
of the Union, embossed drab-ground and flowers,
its compartments, with the rose, shamrock, and
thistle united. A new lustre was suspended over
the centre of the table.

The distinguished company to meet the Prince
Regent were, Prince Esterhazy, severul of the
Cabinet 111,1654er, and Great Offiicer• of State,
Sec. &c. C0n61.11 I,l* _ .

The Dukes of Montrose and Rutland ; the Mai-guinea
of AVincliester Bud Hertford; the Earls of Westmor-
linil, Lansdale, Liverpool, Bathurst, and Harrington;
Viscount Sidmouth, Lord Jannis Murray, the Vice-Chau.
etllor, the Right Hon. Sir Benjamin Bloomfield, the Right
11011. %VIII. Baron Hardenbruck, Sir Robert
Gardiner, and Colonel Adilenbroke.

EARL AN!) COUNTE GRHsrENOICS GRAND

ANTEII7'AINMENT.

On Thursday the shove diatingnisbed personages gave a
grand entertainment to Earl Dighy, Lord and Lady Cul.
theater, Lord Sydney, Lord Bagul, Lord Douglas, Lord
Levesnn Gower. Mr. and Mrs. Langford Brooke, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Balm, Mr. Abbott, Miss Townshend, Miss
Harhord, and a large party of distinction, at th-ir residence
in Upper Grosvenor-street.
(►n the same evening hcr Ladyship gave her farewell rout
fur this season. The six magnificent apartments, the two
grand drawing-rooms, the picture-gallery, the saloon, and
the two dining-rooms were thrown open, and most brilliantly
illuminated. The beautiful cut diamond lustre was lighted
with gas, which displayed a giand coup od'ail. The interior
of • • • mansion was decorated with a profusion of the
rhuicr flowers and shrubs. There were present upwards
of 700 persons of the first distinction and fashion.

Yes.terflay mottling the Duke and Duchess of
GLOUCESTER viited the PRINCE REGENT st Curl-
lull flusme.

On Wednesday the Princess AUGUSTA and the
Princess SOPHIA rode on horseback in Windsor
Park, and its neighbourhood. The Princes.
AUGUSTA ride, daily from Windsor Palace to her
home and gardens at Froginore.
Yesterday the Duke of 11'ELLINGTON gave a
grand dinner to the Persian Ambassador. The
party, including his Excellency and his Grace,
coosistedof twenty-four.

The tin.lsoll of LONDON is in welting on the
KING et ‘Vinelsnr. 1111 Loidahip relieved the Eerl
of MACCI.Err•IELD.

The Earl awl Countess rif JERSEY and family
have left town for their seat, Middleton Park,
Oxfordshire.

Sir WATKIN and Lady HARRIET W. WYNN
and family, left their Wise Si. Jantees-stieuire.
yesterday. for Cambridge, on their way to Alliwick
Castle, Northimiherland, on a visit to the Duke
sod Duchess of NORTIIIIIMBERLAND.
FAKREN mid O'NEILL, versus KING mid FAR.
lovers of Comedy will, 011 Tuss.loy
next, receive a great treat by the perform:thee of
The School for Scandal, in which the Sir Pet. r
and Ludy Tea:le of the night will stand unrivalled.
In Dublin they have often played the characters to-
gether, but never iii this coulitiy.
Ilia (Lila' flightless the Prince I.OOPoLD, the
Noble Patron of the Royal Coburg Theatre, has
been most graciously pleased to signify his imention of
paying his first visit In that theatre this evennig, July 3,
and, we itoilerland, has commanded ihr peofurinanee of the
last new Melu-drama of The Inca. The graml Ballet of
lto Nymph of Moist Ltelirou and the ptipiilar Melo-
drama of The North Pole. A brilliaut audience is expected.
Among all the 'daces of rational aninuestient in
this great Mrtropoliv, none can boast of ball the pa-
tronage received by the ROYAL NlEXAarnir, EXETta
'CHANGE, especially since the third ralomitlinary lICIONAC-
ment of the queen of the Desert, with her fine young Cub'.
The extensive and unrivalled Collection of the Sr leis of
Natnre, and the superior order in which they are kept by
the Propiieior, in some measure accounts for the number of
rank and fashion which daily honour the Menagerie sill,
111(4 support. The Royal Linues.s amid her noble pantos
sup in public every teeming, frost eight to nine.