The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-09-27 00:00:00

FASMONABLE INTRLLIGENCE.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stanhope left town yesterday for Windsor
Cude, on a visit to his Majestg.
Arrivals at Gordon's Hotel, Alben.arle-strut :—Dr. and Mrs.
Lase from Warwickshire; and Alf. and Mrs. Wilson trom
Windsor.
Lord Nugent arrived in town yesterday from his soot,
Bucks.
B. Richardson, Esq. arrived yesterday at the Blenheim Hotel,
Bond-street, from Bath.
Mrs. Rice arrived yesterday at the l'olteney Hotel. Albemarle-
street, from her seat, near Dover. Captain .kusrin lett ditto fur
Brighton.
he Countess of Onnonde hits arrived at tlio.lltirlington Hotel,
OLI Burlington-street, from Peru; hlr. and 31. as IVilmot have
left ditto for Brighton.
The Duke and Dochess of Rutland and fam ly jitive arrived at
their teat, Cheerier Park, Cambridgeshire, iron), Relroir Castle.
The Valle of Grafton has united at his start, Luton Hall, Thet-
ford, front a tour.
The Earl and Criontess of Darnley, who arrived in town on
Thursday from a tour through Ireland and Scotland, have left fur
their seat Cobham Hall. Kent.
The End of Powis left town yesterday for Suffolk.
The Marquis of Chandos arrived iu town yesterday, from his
tut. Wutton, Bucks.
The Earl and Countess Cowper have left town for their seat,
Pans ,n,o.r. Herts.
'Georg.: Bpi", Mn. Byng and family, have arrived
at their seat, Wrothem Park, from I rt.latiti.
Gmeral Count Noreaskie arrived yesterday in Dover-street,
am Doncaster.
John Taylor, Esq. arrived yesterday at Jordan'. Hotel, St.
James's-street, front Brighton.
The lion. Agar and Lady Georg:na Ellice left town yesterday
oh a nut to the 3larqo is and Maretnooess of Lansdown, at their
seat. Bow and Park, %Villa.
The Earl and Countess of Hardwick and family have left town I
for their seat, Wimpole, Cambridgeshire.
Mrs Countuterusined a ulna party to dinoci yesterday. at her
house is Straleon.street, Piccadilly among whom were the Duke of
ht. Alban's, Lard Frederick NIB die Ladieii Charlotte and Maria
Ilenaclerk.
Arrivals at Kirkham'sllotel, Lowry Brook-erect i_vgaeg Linton
from the Contineht • Lord VV. Paget, from ditto. Departures:—
Lord bilfind and his brother the lion. H. Powis, for Paris.
Departures fr6m Vl'arrenl Hotel, Mgent-street:—The Rev.
Henry Sibthorpr for Lineola ; Mr, and Mrs. Bagge and family for
their seat in Norfolk.
Arrivals at the Royal Hotel. St—Tamer's-street :—The lion. T.
Fines from Oxfordshite ; Cape. Fitsclarence, R.N. from Don.
cater; Capt. Heavens, RN. from ditto. Deo:wore, :—Lady
tilibia Kent anti son for their seat. Grantham, Lineolushire ; J.
Mills, Esq. on a tour ; Tickle, Esq. tor Ireland.

CHELTE NHAM, Scr•r. 23.

The Duke of Buckingham and family are the constant
attendants at the King's Old Well Promenade every morn-
ing, from nine till ten o'clock. The Duke and Duchess
are expected to leave us to-morrow for Abingdon, the Duke
being much improved in his health.
The Earl of Clare and Lord Kendlesham attend the
Montpellier Spa. The Promenade is very numerously at-
tended, particularly from half-past eight till ten o'clock.
Duriv the time a band performs occasionally in an or-
chestra in the pump rocm.
Colontl Berkeley has purchased a share in the Sherburne
S; a. and some land attached to it. Report says he gave
12,0001. for it. The other share is said to be bortztit by
Mr. Morris, the banker.

On Wednesday tl c workmen began pulling down a
house in High-street, the corner of Portland-passage; the
house at the othi r corner is shortly to follow, and the whole
of the houses in the passage are to come down, to make an
entrance from High-street to the road leading to the new
projected Spa by .Ir. Pitt, to be called Pittsville Spa. The
purchase of the houses forming Portland-passage has cost
Mr. Pitt 10,000/. ; the Commissioners of the town have
agreed to pay 3,000/. of it, as it is considered an improve-
ment to the town.

Colonel Bakeley. his brother, and a gentleman of the
name of Banks, have been acting for several players' lime-
fits ; the novelty attracted full houies.
Sir Charles Cockerel, Mr. Sergeant Onslow, and other
Members of the House of Commons, continue with us, al-
though the report of a speedy dissolution of Parliament is
so very general. Mr.. Mitchell, the principal Clerk in the
Vote Office of the House of Commons. who has been here
for some time, left us unexpectedly yesterday morning for
London.

COVENT-048DEAfv.THEATRE.

This Theatre opened for the season last night with
Sbakspeare's Tragedy cf Janus Casar and the French
Curtonatiun—the novelties of the evening consisting in
the new decorations and the new actor. Of the former we
can say little, being but poor judges of the properties of a
colour or a cushion, and of the latter it might be prema-
ture at present to say much. We will, therefore, even
adopt the advice of our friend " ancient Pistol," and pared
ver/Ni shill be the word. It is enough for us that the in-
terior of the house looked sprightly and sparkling, and for
the managers that it was full. The upholsterers have got
up a new and veritable green curtain " o' the right starff;"
a thing to which we are partial, from old recollections ;
and the painters have clubbed to produce anew drop scene,
rather Chinese,-for our fancy, and we therefore set it
down as a drip.timP much Mr. %i attle. who has attained
considerable celebri►y on the Bath and Dublin stages, and
whom our readers may recollect as having played at the
Haymarket some seasons ago, made his debut as Brutus,
a character in itself difficult, and doubly so from our re-
collections of John Kemble, .in " the noblest Roman
of thetn all." The new actor has a good person, and " fair
proportions," and his formes, without being very
strongly marked, are pleasing and expressive. His
voice is sleep, bat deficient in varied modulation, a
circumstance, however, which may have resulted last
night from timidity rather than organic defect. Along
with which Mr. Warde has yet to accustom himself and
adapt his tones to the size of our metrorolitan theatres.
He is greatly deficient in energy, and on the whole his con-
ception appears to be superior to his execution ; both
which circumstances we would gladly attribute to the chill
and embarrassment inaeparable from a first appearance on
the boatels of a winter theatre. With the physical advan-
tages possessed by Mr. Wattle, and the good taste for
which we are willing to give him'credit, we think he might
do much. Whether lie will. be able to supply the absence
of Young at this theatre time alone can determine ; and it
might be unfair, from-the performance of a single evening,
to Mind a conjecture. John Kemble -himself grew into
his greatness by painful and almost imperceptible advances.
Mr. Wank was heard with great fairness by the-autheuce ;
and announced to play Realea Glertruy on Friday, and
repeat the character of Brutus on Monday, amid general
applause. IVe look forward to his 'appearance on those
ntgles as likely to enable us to form a proper estimate of his
powers, on which at present there scarcely exist sufficient
data to decide.

The Duke of York arrived at Andley House on Sunday,
f:orn Sudburn, the seat of the Marquis of Hertford, where
his Royal Highness had been staying on a shooting ex-
cursion.

Her Siffetie Highness the Duchess of Six. Coburg left
Claymont yesterdsy, on her return to the Continent.
The Eati of IVestmorland transacted business yesterday
afternoon at the Foreign and Colonial Offices.
Mr. Hume is expected in Glasgow in the beenning of
October; and the l'reses of the Delegates of the Operatives
has called a meeting for the week after next, in order to
r the propriety of presenting him with a testimony
of their est. em.—.Frofrli Paper.
O'Keefe's farce of The Son in Late is to be brought out
at Drury-lane Theatre. Oil its tirst representation some
Years ago, Charles Baunister, as Arianelli, gave imitations
of fenduei, a popular singer of that period. Its revival
at this juncture is to afford J. Russell, who austains the
"le past, a similar opportunity with regard to Velluti.
A new Opera is in preparation, the music by Bishop.
The interior of Covent-garaen Theatre has been psinteJ
if* the style of the Marquis of Hertford's Great Room,
Piccadilly.

TLc works from the new building for the Board of
Trade, with its Corinthian columns, next to the Treasurv,
t•-> the corner of Dovrning-street, advance rapidly. An
l'ntnense number of workmen are employed. The stone
work is raised nearly first-floor high in many parts, and'
114ff'olding is fixed almost to the contemplated height of
tIJeS tew buildings, which are for Council Chaff'bees,
ll .1:I.:. and other Government offices. The Treasury is to
h•new fronted.
Pugi'i.in was never at a much lower ebb. In six an.
rwunal fl .hts the whole stakes amounted to only 11+01.