The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-03-07 00:00:00

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rte Dowager Marchlnnetst of suit-bury's courersaztone, 011 Saeday
evening, In Arlingtou.terv-r, was attended by an eteyant asstrnbiallP, of tha
haut tn, grnank whron were—Prince Ol PJlignae and Gurtcltatoff, most of
the fweiyu Ambassadors and their Lade , Count and Cowden LtoLdt,
Count and Loaning. Munster, Goanteas Maven, the Marquis aod Oar-
etilimieui of Hertford, the Marquis nod Diarationeas Paitnelta, the DfargUY
tool Alarchluness of S disitry, Marquis Graham, Emily Msrehionews of
Londondarry. the Earl and Comae-. of Sefton, r.ord red Abe Ladino
afolynaor, the Earl and Cottotets of YA4owel, the Karl nod Countess of
Utarievllle, the Gortatestrof 'fanktovitle, Earl of Westmorland, Lady Dar-
ing, lowdend LadyTabenwore, Lt rd en i Lady Ponsherab, Lord Sc. Helen's,
Fir Charlet and Lady Ogle, Sir 7. aid Lady Farquhar, L.nds A. sad O.
Hill, General Keppla, Sir , eorge Buhr CJlonats Walpole and WNW?.
She-Vice-Chancellor, Mr. 'Taylor, Mr. Gilt; Mr. Kowa, (*Ws sot
Mr*. Drummond, Mr. and Mrs. Panther, &a. he.
'the Marquis of Rertfw h. Issued cards of invitation for a saidecal
party, on the list 'natant. at hi a huthie In Piccaditly.
Sir &d'art Farquhar. Bart. had a dinner part,' yesterday.
Sir (jsorge Warreutler, Bart. entertained a distinguished patty as dinner
yesterday, at his Whdeltail.plare.
Sir George Clerk, Bart. had a dialler party et the Admiralty.
W. F.gertan,'Ftq. M.P. ware a grand dinner Oft Friday, at his house Yoh
Pt. Pi.m,s,haiptare. to a alatilipuitheil party, among whom were—Lord
tilford, Lady Athlete, Dowager Lady Anson, Captain Sotthey, Mr. anti
Alva. Davenport, Mr. and Mts. Trugdale, Miss Hope Johnam, Mr. fiat
Mn. Grey, Dlr. Norther, Rte.
The Marquis awl Marchioness of Orr:erode and family arrived at tbs
puriiturtoll Dotal, Old Burneittun-atreat, from their origin belied, Law*
and Lally If inimird and family have arrived at ditto.
The•Ntel add Pounteas of .ieptey arrival, on Saturday at they Rouse ha
Barkelity-square, from their ,:oat, Middleton Park, Ittfurditilre.
Ladle, Charlette and Maria Saauclerk heft town yesterday or Sir Wow
Enet, Bart.'. seat, Hall.place,- Reeks.
Colonel Anson has arrived at his house in Curran-street. from Deo.-
chur,h.

Sir tientle Wotstaren, Bart. left town ?otterday /or Leston /loam.

. Henry Raring. rel. N.P. lrs arrived at Ms house In Upper Brooks
street, from Ws sent hi Rant..

awed In tarn yesterday frcm bis meat la
Wn

and Mn. T.erApass *third yecterd?.il at Jordan's Traci. St.
Jitane.es-titreet, Crtitn ttte,t ieSl In Kest.

I)cp waxes 'tram the Hrlttah Hotel :—Cepaain and Um Xentett. fur
ari -tam' Pawir,oll4. foe the Continent.
)tirtUr.,.. ?rem ttefretd, ierrhYsestreet .—Principal Macrartatie
and r. >fecturk, for cotlan4; and Mrs. Itcniph, fur their vest t
Ozfor4Alre. _

Arrlv%.l% s Tentors'i Ne* Rotel, St. ..fieme.'6,sitrert azd ear
Glow w, Loin 11,1,11 y Park ; Sir William and Duly Ingi.by , the Boit.
Mr. and airri. George Vernon ; • (intoner Aditln,' from tent ; Coloafet
Davy, limn Oath ; Vitli un Loraine, Esq. from Durham. Departures
J. /1. Opt tad. Can. for Dometidilre ; Chute% Baird, Eaq.. on a tau ;
Jame% May, Eat. M.P. fur Cheltenham ; Hyde Parker, Em. fur his see&
in Berke.

Artivel'at the fts)yal Hotel, St. Jame•'a-greet .—the Hus..J. Sintlair.
from Scotland ; 1). Iteneere, Egg. ; the Itev. rt. DeTltry. Departure,
LepttOrt AmpreteM, for Nt'heettug Hall. Norfolk ; J. J. Ouest, EN for
AbergareLor ; B.IJ. 1011ifai r..q. for Briihhan.

DOVER, MAncil 5.

On Friday night, about half-past nine o'clock, big *a
celfeney Count Lieven, the Russian Ambassador, reached
the Sbip Hotel from London, anti, at half-past ten venter!
day morning, emlisrked on board his 11:,jeAty's packet ibar
Fpittirg.•, Captain King, ;which left the harbour (under
the ctist,..niary &altlte fr`rn the gttns at t!•:. Redoubt) for
Calais.

Last evening his Orate the Puke of fievonshire arrived
here, Itccorhpanied Ey t!aptlih Clifford and finite.
Pr.intham anti suite, Mr. and Mrs: Elliot Graham.
and fen:ily, Calved at the nip Hotel, and thin tnorning
left fur Calais by the ”,riiannia steam pastet.
The mnsied world lea-n with aidelt pteesnre that
Mr. C. M. Von Weber, and a Mr. Furstenan, have arrived
in Eifglatid; they landed yesterday, rind Jeff thin rinaning
for London.

TO THE EDITOR 01.-I'IIE lila'TtSll PRESS.

Stn,—l felt much surprised on perusing yolir pPper of
this mortify, at finding a denial of the farts contained in
my letter, which appeared in the Briii44Press of Eaturday.
Sir, it is; not upon the statement of anonymous cones-
pondents that I wish your readers to rely ; but I again
say that Master Courtehay has net attended to his duties
in the Master's Office, since his appointment to a situation
in the House of Lords ; anti fflln the natere of my avoca-
tions I am the better prepared to assert this, having several
suits in his office, and which have fur the last two months
remained dormant. if your readers are not satisfied with
this explanation, I beg of .them tc inquire at Mr. courte-
nay's cdree, in Southampton-lini!ilings, Chancery-lane. I
' do not wish to cucumber your columns With any further
ss!aternent upon • this subject, as they have been open to a
wide tldd of contetversy and cavil already ; but, whatever
your correspondent, " A, Lover of Fairylay,'? 1111017/ thirtß.
prOper Aspala toisscrt, I shall not :Mike any furthez reply
to, but shall leave the case to the sagacity and inquiry of
your readers; although I cannot conclude the subject with..
out observing that it is the duty of every person who pre-
tends to give information to the public, to take care that be
is accurate, and to obtain his information from an undeni-
able source, and not to make a statement merely far the
purpose of idle disputation. PS your c•wrespondeut has-done.
I gm, your obedient servant,
A CIL:NCI:RV PIZACTITIONER.
Monday, March 6, 1826.

THE ELEPHANT.

TO TEE r.DITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS.

Sist,—l find it very generally stated in all the news-
papers that the Er sr /lAN : was dissreed. I was myself led
to believe that this operation was to have taker place, and
attended to witness it, but was disappointed. He was ca:
up, but it was aftet the same sort of manner as an ox is
cut up at a carcase-butcher's. Ile *as embowelled, and
the heart, the liver, and all the different viscera taken out,
but no pert whatever underwent any anatomical process.
In fact, the dissection of such an animal, to have been pro-
perly performed, would have occupied ten or twelve days:
but the result would have amply repaid both the trouble
and the expense. Five guineas had been offered for the
heart, by a surgical pupil in Northamptonshire, but the
offer was refused, a previous asreement having been matte
for the purchase of it by a surgeon in London. Several
of the viscera were likewise separately sold. The flesh. Was
given to be devoured by the other animals of the menagerie.
Some of it was boiled, that such as were curious might
ascertain how it would taste when dressed ; it was tasted by a
great many of the visitors, and was found to differ very
little, if at all, from the flesh of other granivorous
animals. The aletleirm has been purchased for a foreign
museum. Many scientific persons, as well surgeons as
phrenologists, had expressed great anxiety that the brain
should be dissected by Dr. SreIIZHEIM, who expressed, on
his part, the utmost readiness to perforM the operation ;
but on application being made for this purpose to Mr.
Cross, his Lronsent could not he obtained, as the head of
the skeleton would not in that case be perfect, owing to the
necessity of sawing the skull asunder, in order to remove
i the brain.

It is greatly to be lamented that the opportunity should
thus have been lost of comparing the brain of so large a.
quadruped az the elephant with that of man and of °thee
animals ; and the more so as hie properties are so singular
and his sagacity so remarkable. Much knowledge of ex-
treme importance to the interests both of intellectual and
anatomical science could not fail to hare been obtained by
operating on so large a subject, in which the organization,
being on so grand a scale, every function would be found
developed with the utmost distinctness, owing to the size
of the diflirent nerves and membranes ; and all the valu-
able purposes io which they were subservient might have
been traced with the utmost minuteness.
Every friend of science must regret that we have lost the
means of studying an watorny from which so much rut:.
able information might have been acquired.
Bedford-square.

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