The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-04-21 00:00:00

TELLI&ONCE.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury are entertaining
Ilsege party of distingui.Mal visitors es their seat, jja•fiehr,
The Marquis and Marchioness of Cholmondeley ertertnir.ed a
distinguished parry at dinner yesterday, at Choltuoirdeley House,
Piccadilly.
The Earl of Arran had a dinner pal yestaday, at his house in
Dover-street. in the evening her Ladyship
had an elegant circ
of fashionables. le
The COUUKSS of Essex has issued cards of invitation fur a ball,
on Monday next; and grout on the 341 of May.
Lady Langford has issued cards or invitatation for two routs;
the lOth and 24th May, at her house in Berkeley-square.
Sir Abraham !tune, fort. has issued cards of invitation for a
juvenile ball, opt Thursday, the :Nth inst. at his house, in Hill-
surer, Berkeley-square.
The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and family are expected
in town on Tuesday next, ircia their seat, /ladrninten, Glouces-
tershire.
Lord and Lady de 4'lifford and family arrived yesterday at their
house in Bruton-street, Berkeley.squarc, from their seat, Kings.
weston, near Bristol.
Lord and Lady Dynevor and family are exported in town to-
morrow, from their seat, Dynevor Castle, South Wales.
Lord Hervey arrived on Monday at his lather's, the Earl of
Bristol, in St. James's square, from Brighton.
Sir Edmund Hartopp, But. and his daughter, Mrs. Aderley,
left Warren's Hotel, Regent-street. yesterday, for Cliftlen.
Robert Vyner, Esq. left his house in St. James's-square, yester-
day, for Pans.
Sir George Robinson, Bart. left town yesterday, for his seat,
Cranford. Northamptonshire.
The Bishop of Oxford and family arrived in town on Monday.
The Earl and Countess Craven and family arrived in town on
Monday from their seat, Hempstead Lodge, Berks.
Lord and Lady F. llentinck arrived yesterday at their house in
Charles-street Berkeley.square, from Newmarket.
Earl Talbot has removed from Berkeley. square to his new resi-
dence in Bryanstom square.
Lord and Lady Folkestone are on a visit to A. East, Esq. at his
seat, Wesley Lodge, Berks.
Arrivals at the St. Petersburgb Hotel, Dover-atweet :—Le Baron
Kiltllolle and le Baron Wimmer, from Russia ; riga Mr. and Ales.
Twiulen and family from their seat in Devonshire.

WINDSOR, TUESDAY, APEIL O.

This morning, between one and two o'clock, his Majesty
took his accustomed ridein the Park.
Yesterday, the Duke of Dorset, the French Ambassador,
Marquis Graham, Lord and Lady Gwydyr, Lord and
Lady Cowper, Lord Stratbaven, and the Russian Ambas-
sador, had the honour of dining with the King.
The band of the 13th regiment attended at the Castle
during the evening, and played some delightful pieces for
the amusement of the Noble Guests. _ _

After dinner the French Ambassador took leave of the
King, and left the Castle for London.
Tli;s morning Lord and Lady Gwydyr, Lord and Lady
Cowper, the Marquis of Graham, the Duke of I)orset,
Lord Strathaven, and the Russian Ambassador, left the
Royal Castle.

Yesterday evening the Princess Augusta honoured the
Italian Opera-house with her presence.
Yesterday the Princess Augusta honoured the Vis-
countess Cremorne with a visit, at her residence, in Stan-
hope-street.
Princess Augusta honoured the Earl and Countess of
Arran with a morning visit on Monday. Her Royal High-
ness remained with them upwards-of two hours.
The Duchess of Gloueester sod the Princess Sophia
visited the Princess Augusta yesterday.
The Doke of Gloucester is attended by Sir Henry Hal-
ford and Mr. Brand.

Yesterday afternoon, about two o'clock, Prince Leopold,
attended by Baron Stockmar, left town for Claremont.
Yesterday Bit. Canningtransacted business at the Foreign
Office.

On Saturday the Earl and Countess of Clancarty, their
suite and establishment, left the Clarendon Hotel for the
noble Earl's mansion in Ireland. The extensive apart-
ments occupied by the noble Earl and family are preparing
for the reception of the Marquis and Maichioness of Lon
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donderry their family and household, on their arrival in
England from Ireland to-morrow.
A Musical Festival is to take place in June at Bath, un-
der the direction of Sir George Smart.
It is in agitation to establish triennial meetings in the
county of Somerset, to commence with a musical festival
at Bath, in the month of June next, for the benefit of the
New Hospital.
Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, the third battalion
of the Ist regiment of Grenadier Guards wu inspected b),
I Colonel Woodford, the commanding officer, in St. James
Park, who minutely examined the whole of their accoutre-
ments, clothes, &c., which appeared in very good condi-
iion ; and the discipline of the soldiers, who seemed all
in perfect health and spirits, gave much satisfaction. The
Duke of York will this morning inspect the same bat-
'cation on the parade in St. James's Park.
We see by the Paris Papers that Mr. Megaton, a young
author, who several months ago was arrested for a lioel,
and inhumanly marched along the public road, chained to
a felon, has at length been released from confinement, on
payment of the fins of 4,000 franca, which formed part of
his sentence.

A private letter from Paris, dated Saturday last, states
that several German bankers hate lately arrived in that
capital, for the purpose of selling out large sums which
they had invested in French Renter. Among others are
two eminent capitalists from Frankfort, who have a deep
interest in superintending the operations which they feel it
necessary to direct for the transfer of their property. This
circumstance has, it seems, tended to depress the hopes of
the French Minister of Finance in his proposed reduction
of the interest, as it is believed that, when known, the con-
duct of the German holders will have many imitators, and
consequently that all the exertions of AI. de Vilisle will
fail to produce the desired effect upon the money market.
The same letter states that several Parisian capitalists en-
tertain the project of establishing a National Trading Com-
pany on nearly the same plan as that of Holland, but that
the Government, although very desirous of encouraging
such a scheme, withhold their unction for the present, on
account of the lasgu capital required, a peat part of which
must be procured by the sale of llinded stock, and mast-
quently tend to impede the views of the Finance Minister.
—Evening Paper.

A telegraphic despatch from Toulon announces the
launch of a new ship, the Formidable, of 120 guns, on
the 14th inst.

A vessel has arrived at Marseilles front Alexandria,
which place alie quitted in the beginning of March. At
that time every thing in Egypt was perfectly tranquil, and
whatever might be the intentions of the Puha towards
the Porte, he had refrained from any overt act of Mde-
dendence.

Gibraltar Papers to the 30th of March have been re-
oeived. A lettecrilhoss Tangiers, slated March 21, states
that Bcn Y'Show, the chief of the province of Garb, has
bad an engagement with one of the marauding tribes of his
district, in which he has lost3o men. hluley Sheid has given
up the siege of Mequinez, and gone to Tafllet, having, it
is said, secured in the Atlas mountains a safe place of re-
treat; while the Governor of the Black Ilonclays, at Me-
quinez, has sent to the Emperor a considerable remittance
from the treasury at that place. One of the ik•rribbcr tribes
have also submitted to the Emperor, sending their women
as hostages to Fes.

THE GREEIIO.—We learn by letters from Missolonghi
that the Greeks, on hearing of the preparations at Constan-
tinople for the invasion of the Mores, immediately des-
patched European engineers to the north of the Isthmus of
Corinth, to form an entrenched camp for the purpose of
offering an effectual resistance. Engineers arc also occupied
in raisme fortifications on the side of Thebes, and on all
the principal mountains. By the same channel we learn,
that upon the receipt of information that the Capitan Pacha
was about to set sail from Constantinople with a large body
of troops for the relief of Patras, the Greeks sent reinforce-
, mans to the blockading army, with positive instructions to
carry the place by assault, in the event of the Turkish Go-
vernor still refusing to capitulate. Among these reinforce-
ments are soveral distinguished English, French, and Polish
Officers.

RANSCATI, Aram 18.—The King of the Netherlands
steam packet, from London to Rotterdam, with passengers,
put into this harbour yesterday morning at low water, on
account of foul weather, and proceeded on her voyage early
this morning.

Some gentlemen have it in contemplation to establish a
Steam Packet, to run from London to Sheerness, Southend,
and Whitstable. To leave London one day and return the
next.—Kent and Essex Mercury.