The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-07-14 00:00:00

ASHIONAR rE INTELLIGENCE.

The Duke of Beaufort entertained a large party at dinner y.'ster.
day, at his house in cir...vencr-IVisre•
Lord 11 an' p(!en Lad a I age party at dinner yesterday, at his linos::
in Green-street, Grosver.or-tquare.
Earl Cowper entertained the Marquis and Marchioness of Lim..
down and a distinguished patty at diluter on Monday, at his
house in tkorge-street, Hanover-square.
The Marquis of Cholmondeley hes issued cards of invitation to
a large party to meet his Royal Highness the Duke of York, on the
20th instant, at Chulmondeley House.
Lord Berwkk had a greed party at dinner yesterday, at Mahouts
in Grosvenor-square.
Baronets de Will
of by entertained the Marquis and Mar-
(mill
ehioness Chohnond sod a distinguished party at dinner
yesterday, at her villa et kinnond.
The Duke of Devonshire has left his mat, Chatsworth, Derby.
shire, for Scarborough, Yorkshire.
The Duke of Leeds left town yesterday, for his seat, Homby
Castle, Yorkshire.
The Earl and Countess of Scarbrough and family left town yes-
terday. for their seat, Sandbeek, Yorkshire.
Lard Althorn has left the Isle of Wight for his father's, Earl
Spencer's, seat in Nonhamptoeshire.
Lord Holland arrived yesterday at Holland House, from the
Earl of Essex's seat, fashioberry Park.
The Earl and Countess of Sefton and the Ladies Molyneux have
left town for Newmarket.
Emily Marchioness of Londonderry returned to town yesterday
itom her scat, North cray, Kent.
Hon. 3lrs. Robinson and family have left town for their seat,
Durnford, near Salisbury.
Mr. and Din. Conyers left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square,
yesterday, for theft seat, Copped Hall, Essex.
Departures from Warren's Hotel, Regent-street :—Rev. Francis
North and the Rev. Mr. Richards, on a tour through Scotland ;
Rev. E. Burton, for Shrewsbury ; and the Rev. Dr. and Miss
Stoven, for Tunbridge Wells.
Mr. and Miss Earle have arrived at Jordan's Hotel, St. James's.
street, from Paris.
Joseph Robinson, E,sq. arrived yesterday at the London Hotel,
Albemarle.strcer, from tit. Petersburgh.
Arrivals at the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street :--Colonel Mar-
tin, from Paris ; Phiap Soupier, Esq. from Trinidad ; Lady So.
Phis Kent and eon, from (kaiak= House, -Lincolnshire. De.
partures :—.Catain Price, R.N. for Flortsmouth ; George Bow.
'ter, Esq. and plea. Edmerd Hine i for their seat in Cheshire ;
fiindCaPtaln• Studil, 15th frunpme, • ; and Mrs. Atkins, for
bar seat ha Norfolk. r. r'f - A

The King left his Palace isiffiall-mall about six o'clock
yesterday afternoon, in an open carriage, drawn by four
fine horses, for Ida Lodge, in Windsor Great I'ark, es-
corted by a party of the 7th Hussars.
Yesterday afternoon Prince Leopold arrived at Marl-
borough House from Claremont.
Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council
was held at the Foreign Office, Downing-street, which
was attended by the Earls of Liverpool, Westmorland,
and Bathurst, Mr. Secretary Peel, Mr. Secretary Canning,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Viscount Melville, Lord
Bexley, Mr. Huskision, &c. The Cabinet sat in deli-
beration till five o'clock. .

The l'hancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Sarah Ro-
binson arrived in town on Monday, from Charlton.
A telegraphic despatch received in Pails announces the
arrival of the equip/tat anti household of the King of
Wirtemberg at Marseilles, on the evenir.g of the 7th inst.
ilia Majesty was expected the next day, and the inhabi-
tants were preparing to .he him the honours due to his
rank.

HIS SANDWICH MA.IE/Mt.—The King of the Sand-
wich Islands was on Monday, at three o'clock, removed,
in a sedan chair, from Osborn's Hotel, Adelphi, to a house
belonging to the same proprietor, at the end of the Terrace,
facing the river, in which, from its retired situation, he will
be more tranquil. His Majesty passed a composed night,
and was a little better yesterday.
The Gentleman who was rumoured to have been seen in
.fits in Kensington Gardens, must have suffered only in the
sense in which Dr. Johnson explains that term, when he
derives it fromAcht, it being, says he, " a efratvfle (il. no-
hire." But there is also another se-seotn which that woad •
is used, for which he quotesithe_figiswing illustration:—
" He. sitting sse betide 041140 int shade,
Provoked vie to play sae
• "I
—Colin eked.
On Tuesday last, at a sp.eelal e
hisbeaCzpoourstione
of this City, his Royal
_.ll
steirayd, the was unanimously elected lisau in room
of the late Lord henry This office has
before been filled by Finally. On
June 13, 1610, HMV)! Duke 'GlOucester was elected
High Steward of this city. -"his Prince, " Henry of
Oatlands, youngest seskif= sis First, was born ou
the Bth of July, 1630, alid 1 Dike of Gloucester by
his Royal Father • but vas not created till May n, 1639,
by his brother, Charles 11., whom he accompanied into
England at his restoration, and who also made him Earl of
Cambridge.--Gkacester Paper.
The Marquis of Lansdown has subscribed SOL for the
relief of the poor of Kinnegrid, county Dublin.
A full-length portrait of Lord Cornbeemere has just been
finished in Dnblin, by Mr. Russell, at the expense of the
gentlemen of Batbadoes, as a lasting testimonial of grati-
tude for his conduct whilst Governor of that Island.—lrish
Observer.

The Bishop of Limerick is at present on a visit with
Mr. Southey, the Pm t-Laureate, who is expected to come
with his Lordship to this country.—Limerick Paper.
GLASGOW, Jei.v 10.—Set off from the Star Hotel, their
Graces the Duke and Duchess of :Montrose, Ladies Caro-
line and Emily Graham, and her Grace the Duchess of
Buckingham and Chandos.
Sir John Forbes, Bart. of Craiglevar, arrived at Fintray
house on the 2d instant. Having recently succeeded to
the honours and estates of the family, and been absent from
this country, in the Honourable Company's service, for up-
wards of twenty years, he was received by his tenantry
with those marks of attachment and respect which could
not fail to prove highly gratifying to his feelings.—Cale-
domian Mercury.

11. Bankes, Esq. the Recorder of Weymouth, has been'
'sworn in Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer.
The remains of the Countess of Brownlow were re-
moved on Monday from her town residence in Cave ndisb-
square, in a hearse drawn by eight horses, ou its way to
Grantham, in Lincolnshire, for intern ent in the family
vault. 'l' be funeral was strictly private.
The lady whose frailty was valued at " One Thourand
Pounds," by a Jury, on Saturday, at the Smontlary's
Court, was married, previous to her introduction to her
present injured husband, to a M. de T—, a young
Frenchman of good family, secomplished manners, but of
most profligate character. The tnatch was stolen ; but on
its being discovered by the lady's father, he gave the
husl.and ten thousand pounds to relinquish all claims to his
bride, and the marriage was dissolved by the American
courts. This same M. de T— was one of the French
emigrees to this country, anti met in society his former
wife, but was not ackuowled ,ed by her. Alter pursuing a
"Ell( dismepatintritery. time, he became the'
chief favourite of a certain clashing lady of rank, who has,
been long remarkable for theindependence of her estaldish-
ment.—Atornhar Paprr.
Notwithstanding the numerous and Elegant assemblage
of fashionabks which we had occasion to notice at Vaux- 1
hall on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings in the
..tou
past week, we were highly gratified in witnessing on Sa-
turday (being the day on which the proprietors gave the
annual Juvenile Fete), slid on Monday evening, a much
more numerous and brilliant display of rank and beauty
than we have beheld for some time in these delightful Gar-
dens ; among whom we particularly observed—His Royal
Highness the Prince of Saxe-Coburg, the Russian Amnbas- '
aador, the Dutch Ambassador, the Colombian Ambassador,
the Duchess of Richmond, the Marchioness of Tavis:ock,
Lady Folkston°, Dowager. Countess Howe, Lady Jane
Field, Lord Sidney, lion. Courtney Boyle, Sir Win. Chat-
terton, Sir Benjamin Hobbouse, Lady Pocock, Sir It.
Quin, Lord Harvey, Capt. Conroy, Vere Fane, Esq. Mt.
Peel, Col. Stotey, King. Esq. like.
Last week the labourers employed in digging a drain in
our new Markets discovered two skeletons, and a quantity
of human bones, which, for the moment, excited some de-
gree of public curiosity. But the mystery was anon die-
pellet], by assigning this spot as time cemetery of the Mo-
, nastery of the IVimite Friars, or College off` ('armelites,
founds d in that quarter of this city in 1169.—Gleucestct
Journal.

The periodical press in the United States is chiefly in
the hands of the Irish, and that powerful engine is wielded
with great eKet. The Jtornals which instil principles
hostile to England are daily iliereasin; as an instance of
which, we have received the first numbers of ane Jour-
nal, recently established at New York, called the Emerald,
'published three days in the -xcek—the first number ap-
peared on the 27th of May. This Journal is to be devoted
wholly to Irish subjects.—Dublin Mar alai Pad.