The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-01-26 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

The Marquis of Camden left town yesterday, for his seat, the
Wilderness. Kent.
The Earl and Countess of Euston have arrived at their house in
Grosvenor-plaice, from their seat in Northampton.hire.
The Earl and Countess of Ilarrowby and family arrived yester-
day at their house in Grosvenor-square, from their seat, Sandon
Hall, Staffordshire.

The Marquis of NVoreester has left town on a tour.
Lord and Lady Dynevor have left their seat, Dynevor Castle,
South Wales, for Barrington Park, Oxfordshire.
Arrivals at Fenton's New Hotel, St. James's-street:—Le-'
Charles Bentinek from Brighton ; S. ,Mackenve Esq. from s•-•'!.;
John Chambers, Esq. from Ireland; Mark Wood, Itr "mu; -1.1
n.,4rs reo r....... . -01 Archibald
Murray, Bart. on a tour; S. Jarratt, Esq. for Oxford; the Rev.
Walker King on a tour; Captain Towers, R.N. on a tour; J.
Caldwell, Esq. for Brighton.
Lady Fletcher and family arrived yesterday at Gou'd'a Hotel,
Jermyn.street, front Walton-on-Thanies.
Arrivals at the British Hotel, Jermyn-street :—Mr. and Mrs.
Brown from a tour; Mr. and Mrs. Burton front Oxford; F. C.
Gratton, Esq. from Boulogne; Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins from their
seat in Shropshire.
• Arrivals at Jaunay's Hotel, Leicester-square :—Mr. and Mrs.
Ileatheote from Southampton ; the Rev. 31r. Griinshaw from a
tour; Madame Dervieu du Villars from Pans.
Sir Thomas Ackland, Bart. has arrived at his seat in Somerset.
shire from Devonshire.
Arrivals at the Royal Hotel. St. Jemes'it-street :—Lord Glamis
from Paris • B. Gott, Esq. and family front Leeds; Sir H. Fans
from Beech'wood, Hants; 3I`1)ougall, Esq. from Liverpool;
Col. Barclay from a tour; Veal. Esq. from a tour. De-
partures—Sir R. Anstruther, Bart. for Suffolk.

We arc happy to state that the Lord Chancellor was
yesterday morning considerably better than on Tuesday.
Ilia Lordship passed an excellent night, and with the ex-
ception of the attack of gout in his feet, there is nothing
now to prevent him from attending to his duties in the
Court of Chancery ; at present his Lordship is unable to
quit his room from this cause.
Yesterday the Earl of Liverpool gave the first Cabinet
dinner this season, at his house in Whitehall. There were
present the Earl of Ilarrowhy, the Earl of Westmorland,
Mr. Secretary Peel, Mr. Secretary Canning, Earl Bathurst,
the Duke of Wellington, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Mr. lluskisson, Lord Bexley, Mr. Wynn, and Viscount
Melville. The Lord Chancellor was prevented from being
present by continued indisposition.
The Earl of Harrowby arrived in town yesterday at his
house in Grosvenor-►quare, from his seat in Staffordshire.
Yesterday the Earl of Westmorland arrived in town, at
his house in Grosvenor-square, from his seat in Northamp-
tonshire.

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Yesterday morning the Chancellor of the Exchequer ar-
rived in town from Claremont, where the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman had bees on a visit to Prince Leopold.
Mr. Secretary Peel arrived in town yesterday morning.
Mr. iluslisson arrived in town yesterday morning, from
a visit to Prince Leopold, at Claremont.
Yesterday morning Lord Bexley arrived in town, from
his seat at Foot's Cray, Kent.
The Marquis of Hastings transacted business yesterday
afternoon at the Secretary of State's Office for the Colonial
Department.
Yesterday Prince Polignac, the French Ambassador,
transacted business at the Foreign Office.
On Tuesday morning Count Licven, the Russian Am-
bassador, received despatches from St. Petersburgh, at his
Excellency's house in Dover-street, Piccadilly, the con-
tents of which the Ambassador communicated to Mr. Se-
cretary Canning, soon after his Excellency had an inter-
view with the Right lion. Gentleman.
Lord Milton, accompanied by a gentleman of trundle,
has been canvassing that town and neighbourhood for Lord
John Russell. From what we understand, the result has
not been so favourable as his Lordship expected ; the ma-
jority of Huntingdonshire voters here being decidedly in
favour of Lord Mandeville.—Huntingvhs Journul.
A Correspondent from Oxford informs us that Mr.
Heber has written to the Vice-Chancellor, and desired it to
be publicly made known in the University that he intends
to retire immediately on the meeting of Parliament ; and
we understand that Magdalene College have come to a re-
solution to propose the Solicitor-General as his successor.—
Gl•,be.

On the conclusion of Miss Foote's engagement at the
Sheffield Theatre she gave a handsome treat of wine and
cake to the players. The party, we believe, assembled in
the green room, and Miss Foote presided. The theatre was
well attended during her visit. Miss Foote is now acting
at Manchester.

Mathews and his son have been for some days at Ab-
botsford, enj lying thy hospitality of Sir Walter Scott. The
second son of Knight the comedian is also at Abbotsford,
commissioner! by Mr. Terry to paint a portrait of the dis-
tinguished Baronet, who has already given the artist three
sittings. All the members of Sir Walter's family have
expressed their warm approbation of the progress wade in
the picture, and of the [canner of its execution.