The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-08-10 00:00:00

FAMONABLZ INTELLIGENCE.

Mr. and Lad LouisaLambton pve an elegant entertainment on I
Sunday. to kis Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, Earl Cowper.
Lord Nugeot, Sir F. Burdett, Bart. Mr. and Lady E. Pallet,
Mr. and Mrs. Cavendish, Mr. Ellice, Om at their ViPa et WWI-
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The Hon. Lady Smith left town yesterday, for Earl Galloway's
seat, in Nottinghamshire.
Lord and Lady East's°, have left their seat in Surrey, for Earl
Somers', in Gloucestershire.
Mr. and Mrs. Rigby have left their house in Upper Grosvenor.
street, for their seat, Misley Hall, Eseez-
Departures from the St. Petersburgh Hotel, Dover.street t—be
Prince Philippe tie Batthyan Stratunann and suite, for Paris ; Capt.
Smith, for Oxford.
Earl Wiltshire has arrived at the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street,
ftom a tour. Captains Boyd and Summer have loft ditto, to join
their regiment, the 4th Dragoons, in Ireland.
Departures from Jordan's Hotel, St. James's-street
deacon Liley, Mrs. Liley, and Miss Grove, for New Court, Here-
fordshire ; Randal Wilbraham, Esq. and don, for the Continent;
R. Manes, Esq. for his seat in Yorkshire ; Mr. Mrs. Morland,!
for their seat in Kent; Colonel and Mrs. Pane, and
for their scat in
Surrey; Mr. Tray anion, on a tour.
Richard Henry Vade, Em. arrived yesterday at Thomas's Hotel,
Berkeley-square, from Stammore.
Departures from Bead's Hotel, Lower Grosvenor-street
Mr.
'l'. Hare. Bart. on a tour ; W. H. Unwin, Esq. for Scotland
and 3liv. R. Aberdeen, for Cheltenham ; John slorshesd, Esq.
' and curtain Richard Castle, fur Scotland ;lion. lion. T. Curson, fur his
seat in Derbyshire.
Arrivals at the Castle Hotel, Richmond Royal Highness
• . the Prince Royal of Wirtemburg the Duchess Dowager of Rut-
, land ; Sir (I. S. Simpson, and Hon. O. llouverie and family.

BRIG lITON, MONDAY, AUGUST 9.

The Duke of York continues at the Pavilion, and lives,
as usual, in retirement. His Royal Highness sees a select ;
party of friends each evening, and enjoys a game of whist
until a pretty advanced hour. It is said that Fuze sums
have been lost and won ; but this rests so much upon mere
rumour, that little credit is due tc it. IL is the intention of ,
his Royal Highness to leave Brighton on ISrednesday for`
Windsor, where he intends to remain for a few days on s
visit to his illustrious brother.
The Duke and Duchess of Richmond, Lord George
Lenox, Lord Alvanley, Lord Thurlow, the Ladies Paget,
Mr. Evelyn, M.P. and wary families of high rank are at ,
• present sojourning here. They all attended the ball which
was held at Lewes on Friday, where upwards of three'
hundred fashionable: were present. The ball at Brighton
was not equally well attended. The Chain-pier and the!
Swine continue to be thronged daily with visitors from
London ; and the libraries, as usual, arc the lounge of the'
evening, where, after flaking a couple of pounds, a prize of
the nominal value of eight shillings may be lit upon by'
some fortunate adventurer in a species of card-lottery that
is carried on, to the nu small edification of the numerous
ladies who frequent them. The town is as full as almost
at any pet iod of the King's residence here. The inter-
course is, within these few months, greatly increased be-
tween this town and the metropolis, which may be esti-
mated from the circumstance, that scarce a single vacant
seat is to be found in any of the twenty or thirty coaches
that daily depart and arrive.

the Pri

Dome, Atoesr B.—His Royal Highness _ince e.
Saxe Coburg reached this place at half-past ten o'clock last
night, and having come by the way of Ramsgate, where he
had been to take leave of his sister the Duchess of Kent,
his Royal Highness alighted from his travelling chariot at
the foot of the Castle Hill, and stalked through the town
to Wright's Hotel, where his Royal highness took
supper and slept. At day-break a salute was fired from
the guns at the heights, and at half-past nine this morning
his Royal Highness embarked on board his Majesty'.
packet the Spitfire, which left the harbour for Calais
amidst the huzzas of the multitude assembled, and an-
other salute from the Redoubt Battery. The Spanish
Ambassador is expected every moment to embark in his
Majesty's packet the Fury for Calais. Mr. Rothschild and
Mr. Baring were both at Wright's Hotel to-day, the for-'
met to meet his Lady on her arrival from the Continent.
PLYMOUTH ItLGATTA.—TIie Regatta took place on
Tuesday and Wednesday, and exhibited, on the first day,
much interest,—four silver cups or goblets were sailed for
by gentlemen's yatches. For the tirst prize six vessels
started, and the cup was awarded to the Member for An-
dovcr—Jack-ei-Lanthorn, though the third vessel in ; the
two first, Mr. Wilde's Arrow, and Mr. Maxey's Sabrina,
having ran foul of each other. The second cup was won
by Mr. Weld's Julia, beating Guilia, Emerald, Mary
Yawl, Sylph, and Lord of the Isles. The third cup was
won by Captain Lockycr's lktsey, beating the Woodcock
and Princess Charlotte yawls. The fourth cup was won
by Mr. Harris's Anne, of Stonchouse, beating three others.
Tile second day's
presented only a rowing match,
ot
which was contested in boats rowed by women • some
jealousies or misunderstanding prevented the boatmen
stepping forward.
SOUT lin urOM, Aro. 7.—The theatre opened on Mon-
day with the iron Chest, in which appeared Mr. Betty, the
once famed Young Roscins, as Sir Edward Mortinter.-1
Many visitors have this week taken up their abode in this
town, and we expect a great accession to our numbers eta
the races begin, which have been postponed until Thurs-
day and Friday next.
A new piece, called The ilhwid, or The Secrets of Office,
is to be produced to-night for the first time at the Hay-
market theatre. It is from the pen of Mr. Kenney, tbe
author of Sweethearts and Wives, Raising- the Wind, ire.
Miss Paton, Madame Vestris, Mr. Liston, and Mr. W.
Farren, are in the cast. A character, we believe, was
assignee% to Miss Love; but that Lady being slightly in-
disposed, Mrs. Garrick takes the part for the present.
Miss Chester, by the advice of Dr. Philip, is gone into
the country for ten days, to recruit her health. Mts.
Chatterley will assume her pars in Sweethearts and Wives
during her short secession front the stage.
VAUXHALL GARDENS.—TheTC can be no greater proof.'
of' the high popularity of this delightful place, than the
fact of its being crowded last evening, though so near the!
most attractive night of the season, Thursday next, the
memorable 12th of August. We notice that the proprietors'
close the Gardens on Wednesday, in order, we presume,'
that they may give greater effect to the [Loyal Fete in ho-'
nour of their Sovereign patron, which, from report, is
likely to be extremely splendid.
MODERN TRAVELLING.—SUCII iS the facility of travel-
ling through Portsmouth, that a person may reach Havre
in twenty hours from London, as the steam-boat per-
firms the voyage from Havre to Portsmouth harbour in
ten hours and a half. From London to Jersey occupies
only twenty-seven hours, as the steam-boat crosses from
Alderney to the Needles in nine hours, and from Jersey so
PortsmoUth in seventeen hours. From London to Ports-
mouth, by the coach or van, and from thence to Plymouth,
by steam-boat, will occupy only twenty-eight hours, and
the cost is only eighteen shillings. A gentleman ntay
breakfast in Piccadilly, and drink tea on the same day,
comfortably, at the back of the Isle of Wight.
COUNT CARNOT'iI SYSTEM OF POItTICATION.-•••The
experiment in military defence, according to Count Car-
not's system, to which we alluded a few days since, was
tried at Woolwich Warren on Thursday and Friday last,
and the fallacy of the principle completely developed. The
supposed improvement consisted of a wall erected longitn-
dinally along the centre of' the
.fesse, in which, from the
sup elevation of the counterscarp interposed between
it and the besieging force, it was conceived to be out of the
power of artillery to effect a practicable breach, or, in fact,
to hit it at all, while, being loop-holed and lined within
with infantry, an insurmountable obstacle was opposed to
escalade. A wall upon this plan, 18 feet in length, 20 in
height, seven feet thick at bottom, and six at top, bad been
prepared for the purpose, upon which, on this occasion,
three batteries, mountal with 1t pieces of ordinance, of
'different calibre, opened, two at the distance of 400, the
third SOO yards. Such was the accuracy and skill with
which the shot and shells were directed, that the supposed
impenetrable defence was literally knocked to pieces, the
'curtain being utterly demolished in a comparatively short
space of time by the ricochet methtel of firing. The Duke
of Wellington, as Master-General of the Ordnance, was
I prevented by circumstances from attending to witness the
effect ; but Sir 11. Hardinge, Colonels Pai‘ley, Ford, &e..
and a long list of distinguished Officers of Engineers and
Artillery, were on the ground, and expressed themselves
highly satisfied with the result of' the experiment.—Ecesing!
Paper.
REeir.r OF DERRY.—We understand that the loyal'
citizens of Londonderry are resolved to celebrate, by a
Bonk and Glass Meiling, the anniversary of the relief of
this city on the Ist of August, 1689, when King James and
his rebel army were obliged to raise the siege, after the
most heroic resistance on the part of the besieged.—Dublin
Evening

FRENCH PAPERS.

The Paris Journals of Saturday, and the Etoile of Sun-
day, reached our office yesterday. The followit.g are
cat:Acts:—

[From the Rnsik.l
PAPIS, Atm. 8.
Three Royal Ordinances have bees issued. dated the 6th inst.,
nominating various Functionaries; amon,; whom are the fol-
lowing:—
The Count Portolis, Peer of France. Councillor of State, and
Counsellor of our Appeal Court, is ap_pointed President de Chambre
of the said Court, in the room of Baron Boris, dececsed. The
Raton do Crouseilhcs, Director of the Colonies, and Master of
Requests of the Council of State, Is appointed Secretary Genre,
of the Ministry of Justice, in the room of the Steur Vatiamesnil„
called to other functions. The Sleun Vatistmeni!, Councillor of
State era service eztraordimaire, is appointed Councillor of State
en service °unmake, in the room of the Sieur Maine de !limn,
deceased.

ST. Ccoun, A uo. 7.
The King heard mass in his apartments. Count VIII& trans-
acted business with his Majesty. The King went out and took
a ride to baeelle. Ity a Royal decision of the 4th August, the
Duke de Blues, Pea of France, is appointed Ambassador to
Naples.
A telegraphic (lomat& from Toulon announces the arrival at
11l am Mee of the Erglish scimoner Express, on the id of August,
at night, with the news of a treaty of pence having b-en concluded
between England and the Regent of Algiers, on the MI of July,
snd that the blozkade of the Algerine ports was taken off on the
2fith of July.
The Empemr of Russia. who is returned from a visit to his
military colonies, is at this moment at the Krasmo Cele, where
the forty.tive thousand men, who are encamped there, will execute
rfor four days grand manteuvres. It is understood, that when
these mantauvres are terminatesd the camp will break up, and
his Majesty will make a journey into the interior of the empire,
. towards Astracan.
i The Gaut. If Augsburg. of the tid August, gives an extract
of
.a letter frolli Constantinople, of the 15th July, stteing, that an
officer of the fleet of the Capitan Pacha hail been sent to the Go.
'aliment to annoonce the conquest of the Isle of Ipsars, one of
the principal arsenali of the Greeks, after an obstinate resistance.
The Turks must have captured more than 100 vessels and a great
quantity of artillery. The plan of the Capitan Pacha was to pro-
' ceed on to Samos. As long as the Austrian Obreet.rr does not give
a confirmation of this afflicting news for Christiunty, we are per.
ruined to doubt it.
Baron Charles de Rothschild has arrived at Paris from Naples,
, and alighted at the Grand Hotel el'Artois, where. for several
, days past, M. Solomon Rothschild, wins his family, front Frank-
' fort, had lodged.
I• " The Coustitutionnet appears to be astonished at the appoint- ,
ment of an Ambassador of the King to his great friends the Swiss ;
Confederates. That Journal ought to have known that the Kings '
' of France are the only Monarchs of Europe who, during u wards
of three centuries, have constantly accredited Am to
Switzerland. We can enumerate more than a hundred, among
whom may bz cited, the Sieur de la Tremoille, the Marshals de
Chabanne, de Alontmotency, de la Vieville, de Biron, de passim-
I pierre, the Duke de Hoban, and more recently the Chevalier de
Beauteville, the Viscount de Polignac, the Marquis de Vergeunes,
• and the Marquis de Verse.
I " Even during the Revolution, MM. Barthelerni, Verninac,
and General Vial were residents in Switzerland in the character of
.lineassadors. It was only when Buonapsrte had brought Switzer-
land under the weight of his despotism that be merely accredited
Ministers Plenipotentiary to that country. Surprise was felt, that
since the restoration, monarchical 'r ranee was not represented in
Switzerland as formerly. But every thing which pertains to send-
merits of propriety and to the dignity of France, is an eye-sore to
the Constant tonna, who complains that the King has cherished
the remembrance of the fidelity of the Swiss, on the 10th of Au.
• gust, by again having them on duty around a palace which is the
scene of their honourable @avian.
M. the Count de la Ferronnays, the Ambassador of France at
the Russian Court, landed at Lubeck on the 211th ult. with his fa-
mily. His Excellency passed through Hamburgh on the Slat!
ult. on his way to take the benefit of the waters of Carlsbad. Ma-
dame the Countess de la Ferronnayt, stud her children, proceeded
! to France direct.
We have already noticed the distinguished reception which his
Majesty the Emperor of Russia deigned to give to the French
naval division which went into the Baltic. We think our readers
will be gratified with some further testimonials of the good-will
with which his Majesty was pleased to honour the French navy.
I At the visit of the Baron hensupe, Commander of division, to the
Admiralty, he appeared to remark with interest a compeer of a
new construction, suspended and lighted by a mode newly in.
, vented : shortly afterwards M. the Minister of Marine, by order
of the Emperor, sent this compass as s present to M. the Com-
mandant of the naval division, accompanied with charts of the
Baltic richly bound. M. Leenupe (whose frigate had been ho.
noured by the visit of his Imperial Majesty) likewise received on
the part of this Monarch a very valuable ring. Some French
, seamen having been sent to the hospital of Cronstadt, the Directors
refused to accept any payment of the expense which the establish-
' ment had thereby incurred.
French Ranee, 7th August.-5 per Cents. 100 40; and for the
, end of the Month, 100 95.
(From Caligula's 1 hfeseengreP.ants, Auo. 7.
Letters from Bilbes announce that the tranquillity of that town
had recently been disturbed by acts of violence offered to six Con.
stitutionalists, at the game time that a inanufacvary situated at a
short distance from the town was set on fire, because the owner is
considered a partizan of the Cortes. The energetic measures
adopted by General l)'Orsay put an end to the disorder.
The Spanish General Palafox has arrived at Bayonne on his way
to the waters of the Pyrenees.
it is rumoured that the Duke de Doudeauville, now the Minister
of the King's Household, repeatedly refused the Portfolio of.
Foreign Affairs.
The Courier Francais has been seized by a Commissary of
Police, Mr inserting the substance of Iluonaparte's will. The
ground of the seizure is remarkable : it is stated in the order, that
the testament of Napoleon contains " the crime of insult to public
morals."
In consequence of the occurrences at Madrid between the French
and Spanish soldiery, the rentes with dttfizulty maintained their
yesterday.