The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-06-20 00:00:00

BAT VADAT.

The Marquis and MarehtOneas of Salisbury's party, Hanover.
square.
The Attorney-General and Lady Copley's party, George-street,
Hanover_square.

lUND•Y._

The Dowager Blarchioness of Salisbury's converzatione, Ar-
lington...trete.
The Dowager :Marchioness of Lansdown'a party, Albemarle-
Street.

Mrs. Angerstein gave her second Grand Ball and Supper on
Friday evening, at her house in St. James's-square. The 1 repara-
tions were the same as the preceding one. There were present be-
tween four and five hundred on the haut ton.
The Earl of Sefton gave& grand dinner on Saturday, at his house
in Arlington-street, to a large party; among whom were, the Mar-
quis and Marchioness of Tavistock, Lord Normanby, Mr. Luttrell,
Mr. Nugent, Mr. C. Oreville, &c.
The following distinguished persons gave dinners on Saturday:—
The Duke of- Wellington, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Lady Mary Petre, Sir T. Leonard, Mr. Burgoyne, Esq. Mr.
Hope.
Yesterday, the Dukes of Leeds and Bedford, Lord Gwydyr,
the Dowager .Marchioness of Salisbury. the Marquis of I.:hot-
mondley, Sir T. Farquhar, Mr. and Mrs. Hope, the Earl of
Shaftesbury, Mr. F. Lewis.
Viscount Fordwick, eldest son of Earl Cowper, and Mr. Chol-
mondley, have left town on a Continental tour.
F. C. Nl'Gregor, Esq. his Majesty's Consul, has left Holmes
Hotel, Perliament-street, for Teneritle.
Lord Edward Hay has arrived at the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-
str•er, from Scotland.
Thomas Autwisle, Esq. has arrived at Miller's Hotel, Jermyn-
street. Departure's-516s Mainwaring and Bliss Cares, tor Lei-
cestershire; Capt. Milne..
Lord and Lady G. Cavendish have returned to town from their
seat, Compton-place,
Ell Eastbouro.
T. Walker, . and sons, left the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn-
rsrect, yesterday, for Pars.
Tke Hon. Thomas \retie), has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel,
Bond-street, from Oxford. Colonel Cooper has left ditto, for his
seat in Sontersetshire.
Departures from the British Hotel :—Mr. and Mrs. Northland,
for their seat in Norfolk ; Capt. Duncan, R.N. for Plymouth; and
J. Knox, Esq. for Brighton.

The King rode out in the Park on Saturday afternoon.
Yesterday morning his Majesty attended Divine Service
at the Chapel Royal.
On Saturday the Duke of York, accompanied by the
Duke of Cambridge, and attended by his Staff, reviewed
the battalion of Grenadier Guards, stationed in the Tower,
near Goodman's-fields.
The Duke of York, the Duke of Gloucester, and the
Princess Saphia, visited the King yesterday.
The Duke of Sussex partronizes a concert this evening
at the Argyll Rooms, for the benefit of Master Smith, the
nephew of Miss Stephens.
'fhe Duke of Cambridge, Prince George, and Princess
Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Mrs. Page, visited
the Viscountess Cremorne on Saturday afternoon, at her
residence, at Chelsea Farm, and partook of a &leant'.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attended by Sir
Wm. Davison and Miss Ahlefeldt, honoured the Italian
Opera House with their presence on Saturday evening.
Yesterday the Duke and Ductless of Cambridge, the
Duchess of Kent, and Princess Feodore, attended Divine
Service at the Royal German Chapel. The sermon was
preached by the Rev. Dr. Kuper.
Ycs:erday the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke and Duchess
of Gloucester, and the Princess Sophia, visited the Princess
Augusta.
On Saturday evening Prince Leopold gave a dinner to a
select party at Marlborough House.
Prince Leopold attended Divine Service yesterday at St.
Phillips' Chapel, Regent-street.
Prince Leopold, the Duchess of Gloncester, the Duchess
of Kent, accompanied by Princess Feodore, honoured
Count and Countess Munster with their company to din-
ner in Grosvenor-place. The Duke of Gloucester joined
the Royal party in the evening.
The Duchess of Kent, the Princess Feodore, and the
Princess Victoria, visited the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses afterwards
walked out with Prince George and Princess Augusta of
Cambridge, and paid a visit to Prince Leopold at Marl-
borough-house.
Divine Service was performed yesterday to the King's
Household, at his Palace in Pall-mall, by the Rev. Dr.
Blomberg.
Saturday being the Anniversary of the battle of Wa-
terloo, the Duke of Wellington entertained a large party
of distinguished Officers engaged in the battle, to dinner.
at his residence in Piccadilly. The services of plate and
china with which his Grace has been presented by Foreign
sovereigns, were used on the occasion.
The Duke of Buccleuch arrived at Brussels on Thursday
last from England, by way of Calais.
The Duke of Portland has purchased Harcourt-house,
Cavendish-square.
A fine live turtle was on IVednesday last forwarded from
Oxford, directed as follows:—" His Royal Highness the
Duke of York, the magnanimous Champion of Church
and King, from the Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford."
It is universally talked of in the higher circles, that
William Burton, Esq. of Burton Hall, county Carlow,
will soon lead to the hymeneal altar the beautiful and ami-
able Miss Power, daughter of loin Power, Esq. of Kil-
fane, county Kilkenny.—lrish Paper.
On Saturday the honourable corps of Gentlemen Pen-
: sinners dined together at the Freemasons 'Tavern, to cele-
brate the anniversary of' the battle of Waterloo.
The English Opera House opens for the season on the
Seth Inst.
• An Aggregate Meeting of the Roman Catholics of the
City and County of Cork, was held in that city on Monday
last, when the usual Resolutions were agreed to.


EXHIBITION OF POIITI?.:ITS, LEICESTER
SQU A I? F.

There is a charm in wandering through a gallery of an..
dent portraits that is indescribable; and when, moreover,
the unrivalled pencil of the old masters enables us as it
were, to contemplate the living dead, the gratification is
complete. When we heard that such a treat was prepared
in Leicester-square our hearts leaped within ua. When
we glanced our eye at the catalogue, and read the immortal
names of ROI:ENS andVE La :fuer z,and PI and TIN
RE T TO ,CUM /7/01/5-trliif qua. Mine preseribere, 4r. we could as
easily decipher the cramp characters of a Chinese vocabu-
lary, as describe the feelings of delight which glided over
us. We had prepared a pen tipt with poetry to delineate
the gems of their genius—" these shall be chronicled,"
said we, "to latest time," as we loitered in anticipation
over the exquisite productions of Yap:fly az and Gioia 1-
0 NE. In this elastic mood we proceeded to the scene of
enchanemeni, prepared to gaze with mingled transport and
veneration on this assemblage of the illustrious great, and
to proclaim to all the world the detail of our delicious feast.
nut, alas! no sooner had we entered than, adieu to our
dream of delight! in a moment our treasures of enthuri-
asm fell ninety per tent.! We really know not whereunto
to compare our disappointment—imagine an epicure whop
spinage, the first of the season, is served up with an addled
egg !--or, imagine any one that has sat stewed up in
the gallery bf the `House of Commons till three in the
morning with the hope of hearing Mr. Canning, finding
the debate adjourned, after enduring a long pious oration
from the Member for Corfe Castle ! In short, imagine the
complete miscarriage of your moat highly cherished expect.
ations, whatever they may be, and you make then take
measure of bur feelings on the resent Occasion.
In a word, the greater prrt of these portraits are at a de-
plorable distanee fl-om any thing like metit, even as copies.
I'o make as exhibition from the sweepings of auction
rooms, and the:refuge of brokers' shops, vamped up, 'min-
dem arum, is an imposition upon the puplic judgment, the
success of which must be hopeless ; and we are not only
surprised at the assurance at this time of day of any one
who could attempt it.

IMPROVEMENT§ AT BUCKINOLIAM 110U§D
AND WATERLOO-PLACE.

There has been some discussion in Parliament respecting
the alterations at Buckingham Reuse ; and several indivi-
duals have written on the subject, suggesting the erection
of a new Palace altogether, and no less than four different
bites have been mentioned as the most eligible. Thew
zealous persons might have saved thetnselves the trouble,
for the improvements of Buckingham House will render
that a residence worthy of a British Monarch.
The elevation will be Grecian, and of stone, advanced in
front of the present building, which will be re-arranged so
as to form a magnificent gallery, in which the beautiful
collection of pictures belonging his Majesty, and which are
scattered about in the different Palcces, will be most ad-
vantageously disposed. The grounds are also to undergo
considerable alteration, and a piece of water will form a
new nature amongst their beauties ; this addition will not
only improve the effect, but will answer a most useful par-
pose, inasmuch as the soil procured by excavation will be
employed in raising a mound, to be thickly planted, which
will exclude the view of the new stables from any part of
the domain.

From the taste and activity of Mr. Nub (whose merits
the country so justly recognizes, and so duly appreciates)
everything may be expected--elthotigh we believe it is no
secret, that to the personal suggestions of the Sovereign
himself many of those improvements in progress, connected
with the removal of the Court from Carlton House, are
attributable.

The alteration consequent upon the demolition of Carlton
House will be one of the most splendid yet effected in that
part of the town. A Square, corresponding with Waterloo..
place, will be opened towards the garden, but aeparafed
from them by an iron-railing. To the' right and left of
this, facing the garden, on a terrace, four or six first-rate
houses will be erected, and three more on the site of the
present riding-house—all of which will have the advantage
of a view into the Garden and Park • while from Regent-
street the view will be uninterrupted wogs the Parade to
IVestininster Abbey. Nothing can he more beautiful than
such a prospect; and, on the other hand, the magnificent
change to be worked at Charing-eroas will secure to Lon-
don a "Place" not surpassed in grandeur and variety in any
City in Europe.
But perhaps the generality of the public are not yet pre-
pared to understand, that from this grand square, in which
a fac-simile of the Parthenon ; the portico of St. Martin's
church; the Heralds' College; the College of Physicians ;
the Union Club, the Athenaion Club, and a splendid
faeatle to the present buildings of the King's Mews, are to
be collected ; a street upon the same scale as Regent-street
is to be built, annihilating all the vile ueighbourhood of
the Seven Dials, and part of St. Giles's, and leading di-
rectly to the British Museum. In the front of the Mu-
seum, it is proposed to insulate the church of St. George's,
Bloomsbury, and leave a grand area in front of that build-
ing, while, at the other end of the street, the beautiful
church of St. Martin's is also to be insulated--s change
which not only will bring that magnificent structure to the
eye of the public, but also place the front of Northumbcr-
land House as a feature in the square to which we have
already referred.—John Ball.