The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-04-20 00:00:00

PASMONAALS INTRLLICISOCIL

Lord Saltoon entertained % Delon pure at dithlet yesterdays
his house in Great Cumberind.sereet.
Mr. and Mrs. Hope will entertain a large party of the hard tors
during the holidays, at their 'eat, Deepdene, near Dorking.
The Countess of Cassia/a ha+ issued cards of invitation for a
grand rout on the 15th May, at her house in Privy-gardens.
Lady Raleigh has issued cants of invitation for a rout on Fri-
day, the 7th 51ay, at her house in Green-street, tirosivenew-siquare.
Viscouateas Melville will give two routs, one on the 30th instant,
and another on the 7th May, at the Admiralty.
The Duke of Richmond left town yesterday for Newmarket.
The Marquis ant Marchioness of Taviatock arrived yesterday
at Harrington I louse, Stsble-yard, St. James's, from a tour.
The Marquis of Exeter left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square,
yesterday, for Newmarket.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas /lope have left town for their seat, Deep-
dene, Survey, for the holidays.
Lord and Lady Boston have left town for their seat, /tedium
Lodge, Bucks.
Pascoe Grenfelis Esq. M.P. and the Misses amnia, have left
town for their seat, Taplow, Berke, for the holidays.
The Earl of 14.11pdahe left Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, yes-
terday, for WindllWCseale on a visit to his Majesty.
The lion. Wm. Bun* left town on a visit to Mr. and Mrs.
Hope, at their seat in Su
'the Earl and Countess of bonsiiale and family have arrived
at their house in Charles-street, Berkeley-square, from their beat,
kittesniere, ltutlandshire.
Arrivals at Jaunay's Hotel, Leicester-square :—Marechal
Brant, from the Brazils; le Prince Pubusa, front Prussia;
Colonel Baron Hatpin, from Germany; M. de Soulacge, front
Paris.
The lion. Colonel and Lady Eleanor Lowther have arrived at
their house in Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, from the Earl of
Lonsdale's seat. Cothismere.

Arrivals at Read's Hotel, Lower Grosvenor-street —Colone
Aubrey, from Brighton ; B. Waldron, Esq., from Paris.
Arrivals at Kirkham's Hotel. Lower Brook-street r—The
lkowager Countess of Ormond, from Ireland ; Lord Thuile', Lady
Isitiorr, and Miss Kavenagh from ditto. Departures from ditto :
The Earl of Ormond, fur the Continent; Anthony Wright, Esq.,
from Northamptonshire; Edward Mortis, Esq. for his seat,
Charley wood, bows.
The Earl and Countess Werulatn havc left town for their seat,
Gorhamhury, for the holidays.
Arrivals at Datt's Hotel, Dover.atreet:—The Earl of /Wien,
from Tunbridge Wells; Mc. and Mrs. Yates, from ditto;
Thomas Lockwood and family, from Paris; Captain B. Pon.
mmby, from Northampton; Mrs. and Mrs. Cousenhain and family,
from York. Departures from ditto :--Mr. and Mrs. Dunlop arid
family, for their house, Bury; Mr. and .Mrs. J. C. Jones
and family, for Richmond ; General Drummond and family.

PARIS.

(TOLOM OCR CORRESPDXDEWT.I

PAals, THURSDAY.
Nothing hating transpired here for the last week of any
interest, further than what you find recorded in the Paris
journals, I have deferred writing, for the purpose of send-
ing you an account of the Fete of Longehamps, which is
kept up annually for three days in the lloly Week, and is
considered wee of the most magnificent in the year. Yes-
terday was the first day ; at an early hour all was in mo-
tion in the Champs Eirees; thousands of chairs we►e ar-
ranged in lines on each side the road, from the Place
Louis XV. to the Barrier de l'Etoile; hundreds of tables
were also prepared by gingerbread merchants, sellers of
bonbons, fryers of sausages, charlatans, and games of
chance.

About twelve the Duchess de Berry, with les Eqjans de
Fnnwe, passed through the Champs Elysees. The Duc
de Bounteaux is a beautiful child, and the rosy bloom of
infancy which animates his features renders him peculiarly
interesting; he is always placed at the carriage window,
and his little hands are in constant motion in saluting the
people. His sister is a pretty child, but excites less sym-
pathy.

About two o'clock the beaw.r monde began to file offirom
the Boulevards and Chausace d'Antin, and fall into the pro-
cession to Longchamps. A strong detachment of gem-
d'artnes, cherul el i pied, formed a line, in open order,
from the Tuileries to the entrance of I;ongehamps, to
preserve regularity and good order among the numerous
vehicles, from the landau and four to the humble one,
horse chair, which ctivcred the road ; the right aide of
which was preserved for those proceeding to, and the left
for those returning from, the Bois de Boulogne, and the
centre for the equestrians: from three till five the scene was
particularly animated.

The beauty of this morning re-announced the spring :
the sun rose in all his splendor, and invited hundreds'
abroad who had feared to expose their summer dresses to
the uncertain weather of intraday, and ,the number of
carriages with rich liveries were much more numerous ; the
!equestrians were increased in proportion, and the thou-
! sands of well-dressed females who occupied the chairs on
each side the road, presented ail agreeable coup 1(041 of the
richly variegated assemblage, u silks are the mode at this
season, and bonnets are of every colour.
The day continued remarkably fine, and the C'hamps
Elysees at two o':lock resembled an immense fair: round-
Ilabouts, rumble-tumbles, jugglers, Punch and Judy, and
l!every amusement that " fun and frolic" could in-
, vent. were displayed along each side of the road : all bore
" the outward and visible sign" of gaiety and content.
One object particularly excited my astonishnient. W'e
have ceased to be surprised at men swallowing knives,
forks, swords, &c. but I yesterday saw a man introduce
into his body a solid bar of iron, 18 inches long, an inch
and half diameter, and weighing 1.51 b.; this phenomenon
serves as a siefijeri for the students at r Ecok de Medicine,
and other establishments of surgery in Paris. Another in-
dividual raised the enormous weight of 3'3 fifty pound
weights by the strength of his loins.
So perfect was the order and regularity pursued by the
gens.trarnies and the police throughout both slays, that in
a crowd of at least a hundred thousand persons, I have
not heard of a single accident, excepting the involuntary
dismounting of a gay Cavalier, who wished to figure be-
fore the belles on a prancing steed, when on a sudden he
lost his seat, but escaped without any wound but that
which his vanity received from the burets of reiterated
laughter which assailed his ears from the convulsed crowd
that surrounded him.

SATURDAY, FIVE O'CLOOK.
The pik•rimage concluded yesterday, hut owing to the
rain, which poured in torrents during Thursday night,
and the heavy and unwelcome showers of yesterday, there
were only a few solitary carriages, whose owners must have
conformed with the custom rather as a penance than a
pleasure. The beautiful weather on the first day gave
promise of enjoyment, which the Iwo next days destroyed ;
an event common enough in affairs of more importance
than a procession. There was no display of equipages, no
blazonry of beauty and fashion, no saunterers—an expres-
sion, by the way, derived from going a pilgrimage ti /a
SANTA Tt.ftßA,Or the Md,/ Land—nothing, in fart, for die
lover of merriment and rejoicing to feast upon. All of this
class were, of course, put upon short allowance ; I pitied
them heartily, for I have a great affection for the whole
order.
17 SIIAKSPLAkE cautions usagainst " the man that
111 hath no IIS; in his sail." lam equally on my guard
against the man whose soul has no mirth in it ; and I join
issue with our immortal Bard in saying," Let no such man
be trusted." In toy estimate even of jemak charms, the
best beauty of the cheek is a dimple. if the mind sits en-
throned in a smile, I don't care about the brains ; for the
half of mankind, as to the use they make of them, are, for
aught I see, as well without them as with them. As to'
her roseate tips they are worth noshing till some -old joke
shows you her teeth, and'a hearty laugh; has to me more of
eloquence and persuasion than all the logic of the schools.
Adieu. lam summoned to the Boulevards. In Paris a
mail need have all his strength conccntred in his health ;
the demaud upon ones idleness and curiosity is perpetual.

The Meeting of the three Choirs of Worcester, Mere-
ford, awl Gloucester, is to be this year at It'orcestcr, un-
der the (Erection of Mr. Clarke, the organist of that t'a-
thedral.

At a mee:ing of the Synod of Glasgow and Ayr, held in
this city on Tut sday, it was unanimously resolved to apply
to Parliament for assistance to build additional churches in
this city, and in ether parts of the west of Scotland, and
also to extend aid to the support of the Presbyterian church
in the West India Colonies. We are glad to we our highly
respected clergy of the Established Church taking up this
important subject, and for their satisfaction we can state,
and from good authority, that in extending the Church
Establ:shment in die IV est Indies, though it is ostensibly
a Church of England Establishment, yet that it is the in-
tention of tlovernment, wherever Presbyterian Clergymen
may be required by their fellow-countrymen in the West
Indies, to sanction and approve of the appointments, and
to place them upon an equal footing, in respect to authority
and income, as the Ministers of the Church of England. --
C.'a.wutc Curti ier.