The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
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The Duke of Grafton entertairied; select party at dinner yew?,
day, at his house in Clarges-street. Piccadilly.
The Slarquis of Clanricarde had a dinner party yesterday, at hie
house in St. James's-square.
Sir Charles Cockerell, Bart. entertained the Duke of St. Albany
and a distinguished party at dinner yesterday, at his house in
Piccadilly.
MOVEMENTS.
The Dowager Duchess of Rutland hat left town for Belmh
Castle.
The Duke of St. Alban's arrived in town yesterday, from the
seat of Sir Gilbert East, Bart. in Berks.
The Earl and Countess of Sefton, and the Ladies Molyneue,
arrived in town yesterday, front their seat, Stoke Perm, Bucks.
The Earl and Countess of Hardwick and family left town yes.
terday, for their seat, Wimpoie Hall, Cambridgeshire.
The Earl and Countess ilowth arrived yesterday at the Clem.
don Hotel, Bond-street, from Worthing.
Lord Glenlyon has left town for Pans. Her Ladyship hat left
for the Duke of Northumb. rland's seat, Alnwiek Castle.
Sir Turner and Lady Burton have arrived at the Lawaion Hotel,
Albemarle-street,
left,t'forrnret Irßnutsejl.tockeAritonr. :.ati MrLrsil'h2 ."4 and
Colonel Rigby left town yam' erday, for his seat, Mislay Hall, Es.
sex. .

Colonel Fitagibbon left town yesterday, foe his seat, North Wales,
F. Walker Drummond, Egg. has left Hohnes's Hotel, Perlis.
went-street, for Tunbridge Tells.
James Apinall, Em. left town yesterday, for Liverpool.
H. flammersley. Esq. left town yesterday, for Eastbourne.
Mrs. Coutta arrived in town yesterday, from Salthill.
Mr. and Mrs. Turton arrived yesterday, at the Puttees, Hotel,
Albemarle street, from their seat, Brestead Park, Kent.
Arrivals at the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street;—Mks Stretab
from Hantpton Court. Departures:—D. Lynch, Esq. for Dublin;
C. D. Radcliffe, Esq. for flitchen ; ff. Bova, Esq. for his seat at
Warrington.
Arrivals at Fenton's New Hotel, St. James's-otreet :--.Colones
Latouche, from Brighton ; Captain Beresford, from a tour ; Henry
Gaiter, Esq. from Andover ; Hyde Parker. Esq. from his seat in
Becks; H. S. IVaddagton, Esq. from Suffolk; Captain Edgard
S•turin, from Bath. Departure from diuts—J. Brown, E.q. for
his seat in Suffolk.
Departures from Long's Hotel, Borni-obut :—Mr. and Mr..
Morley, for Cheltenham; Wiilirsl Ponisalt, Ben. foe Paris;
Stephen, Esq. for Brighton • Captain OrifikilL N. for Plymouth.
Arrivals at the Brunswick. Hotel, Jermas-atrawt(fato Blake's)
Colonel Podisjiaky and the Countess of Resatemoltaky and suits,
from a tour; William Hay, Eso. from *rattail-on-Avon.

Yesterday Sir Herbert Taylor transacted military busi-
ness with the Duke of York. The Royal Duke afterwards
took his daily ride as usual, on horseback, for some
time.
which
The Princess Sophia Matilda visited the Princess Au-
gusts on Sunday, at her residence in the King's Palace,
St. James's.
The Princess Augusta took an airing yesterday in her
nainCga.bsitnreeett,Council
carriage and four, and paid a visit to the Duke of York,
atw was
Mr.he held
Yesterday Greenwood'satt
heafternoon,Fo r villa,eign a
tcoaffit
threecß e ooi mn. c
Downing-street,
was attended by the Lord Chancellor and all the other
Cabinet Ministers. The Cabinet Council continued in
close deliberation till 20 minutes peat live o'clock.
The Earl of Liverpool, Mr. Secretary Peel, and Viscount
Melville, came to town from the Priory, near Stamm,
the seat of the Earl of Aberdeen, to attend the Cabinet.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer came to town from
Charlton, Kent, the seat of Lady Buckinghamshire, to
attend the Cabinet Council.
Yesterday the Cabinet Ministers dined with Mr. Secre-
tary Peel, at his house in Privy Gardens.
The furniture in the King's Palace, Pall-mall, has been
removing out, within these few days, to the Riding House,
at the back of the Palace. Yesterday the furniture in the
grand hall was removed.
The King of Sweden and Norway has recently trans-
mitted, through his Minister, Baron Slerneld, the sum of
I 3001. to the Society for relieving distress:A foreigners in
I this country.
The Due de Montebello, Le Comte de Mesuiers, and
other French gentlemen, visited Chatham Dock-yard last
week, and afterwards went, on board the Prince Resent
and minutely inspected that ship.
Mrs. Kotzebue, mother of the famous Augustus Von
Kotzebue, lately celebrated the 90th anniversary of her
birth-thy, erjoving good health, and in full possession of
all her menu,' facultit s.
It is stated in the Cork Southern Reporter of Thursday
last, that intelliAence had been received there of the death
of the lion. C. El. Hutchinson, the Member for Cork, and
that the Hon. Mr. Moore,the brother of Lord Mountcashel,
had been invited to stand for the vacant representation. We
are happy to announce that there is no truth in the state-
ment of Mr. Hutchinson's death : that gentleman, who
has been for some time indisposed at Hampstead, was alive
yeet relay, and the account of his health then was more
favourable Clan it had been.—Evening Paper.
BIRMINGHAM MUSICAL. Fearivat.—Under the pa-
tronage of tl.e King.—We understand that the arrange•
melts for this Festival, which takes piece early in October
next, are adv racing most favourably, and that a number of
important . ngagements have been entered into. Among
the celebrate.l continental professors whose services are al-
reedy secure I is M. de Beriot, Violon to the King of
France, and suppe old to be one of the finest performers on
the violin in Hu: ope. This distinguished artist will vis't
England expr s-ly to give his assistance at the meeting.
We hear alas d at much of novelty is intended to be
introduced into th performances, and among the most
prominent, a new Oratorio, adapted to the music in
" Joseph," composed by Mehul, is in preparation; the
managers are ikewise introducing additional parts for wind
instruments to some of the best works of Handel, Gratin,
&c. The ric:lness and grandeur produced by the vat ious
wind instt umet t now employed in a large band were but
little understood until the time of Mozart ; since that pe-
riod, it is wet known, all the great compositions are in-
debted for their finest effects to this aid ; no doubt call
therefore exist but that the old music will be greatly im-
proved by a judicious arrangement of these additional
parts.
Ma. FARCICHAR.—When the rich Mr. Farquhar first
came to England froir the East lndics,he took lodgings at the
house of one of the beadles of Mary-la-bonne parish. H
spartiner.ts consisted of two rooms, o ie of which contained
his boxes; his rent was was 85. a ye k. But Mr. Farquhar:
thrush rich, was not to be done, and lie insisted that five
shillings and sixpence was quite enough for such accom-
modation. The beadle, however, refused to reduce his rent
a fracticn, and Mr. Farquhar removed his boxes to another
place. Tl,e first speculation that Mr. Farquhar engaged
in was the purchase of six carcase houses, that had stood
a long time at the extremity of Gloucester-plats, mar the
New Road. These Mr. Farquhar fitted up and dim used
of. He was most attentive to the workmen, and from sun-
rise to sun-set was to be seen, in a stabil coat, wt h a
carpenter's rule in his hand, attending to what was it( ing
on upon the premises. Those who came to purchase or
rent the houses were shown the premises by Mr. Farquhar,
in 'person, and little could they imagine from his appear-
ance that they were bargaining with a rich East Indian,
worth more than a million sterling. When Mr. , a
surveyor, died, Mr. Farquhar purchased his smlrrsouse,
which is isolated by a little garden, and stands in conti-
guity to the north-east corner of the New Church of St.
Mary-le-bonne. A hatchment is now upon the front of
this house in honour of the deceased. Some doubt exists
as to the manner in which Mr. Farquhar's property will be
divided among his heirs, in consequence of his dying in-
testate. We are not sufficiently acquainted with the Eng-
lish law to solve the question, but have been informed that
the whole heritable property will tall to be divided between
the sons of Mrs. Mortimer, who was the elder sister of the
deceased, while they will also be entitled to their share of
the personal estate along with their sisters and the chil-
dren of Mr. Frazer. Rating Mr. Farquhar 's property
therefore at a million sterling, Messrs. James and George
Mortimer will each succeed to 250,000/.; while Mrs.
Aiken, Mrs. Lumsden, Lady Pole, and Mr. Fraser, sl
receive about 100,0001. each.—Aberdeen Journal.
WATERSPOUT.—We learn from Kit*, in Juliana, that
a waterspout has entirely deluged several new buildings In
the neighbourhood of that town. &man and a horse wet !
killed. Last week several dreadful' thunder storms, with
hail and high wind, did great damage in many plates.

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