The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-09-22 00:00:00

CHELTENHAM, SEPT. 20.

This has been a long season with us, and the company
are now very numerous ; the spas are very well attended
every morning. On Saturday evening a concert and ball
was given at the Royal ‘Yell Room, for the benefit of the
band playing at that spa, which was attended by between
five and six hundred persons, who enjoyed the concert and
merry dance from between six and seven o'clock till ten.
The room was brillirntly illuminatcil and decorated with
laurels, Re. in a fanciful manner. Over the covered way,
where the late King drank the waters, and other parts of the
walks, were displayed several flags, consisting of the great
Cross of St. George, St. George's Cross, the Union Jack,
in commemoration of the anniversary of the commence-
ment of the reign of the House of Brunswick. This spa
has much increased in subscribers since it has been under
the direction of Mr. Chambers, so much so, that to ward
against a deficiency of water he is now having a new well
dug cicsc to the principal walk. The Earl and Countess
Cassillis, Lord Charlemant, Sir Bunn Martin, Sir John
and Lady Shcrbroke, Lady Bcllingliam, &e. visit this spa.
The promenade. at Mr. Thompron's or Montpelier spa
continues its attraction from eight o'clock till ten, where a
numerous band attend. This morning they played the de-
lightful overture to the oratorio of Sampson in a very fine
style. The entrance to this spa firm the new Bath road
has been considerably improved by a neat and elegant stone
entrance.

The attraction to Sherborne spa is greatly increased by
the nursery grounds attached to it, in addition to the de-
lightful rides and walks ; the tops of the trees of the prin-
cipal walk nearly meet, so as to form a grove. They are
illuminated with large gas lamps.
11/r. Braham gave his assistance at a concert this morn-
tug for the benefit of Mrs. Ashc, at the Assembly Rooms.

His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief gave au-
dience yesterday, at his office at the Horse Guards, to some
General and other Officers.
On Monday evening, about nine o'clock, the Duke of
Meiningen, the brother of the Duchess of Clarence, ar-
rived at the Tower, in the Lord Liverpool steam packet,
from the Continent, and left the Tower at eleven o'clock,
for Bushy, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Cla-
rence, where his Serene Highness arrived at one o'clock
yesterday morning.
Ma. CANNING.—In the midst of all the speculations re-
lative to the Right Hon. Gentleman's visit to this country,
we are astonished that private motives, and not political
ones, have never been taken into account. Mr. Canning
is about to give his daughter in marriage to a young Irish
Nobleman, who has just enterged rroin a minority of many
years. His estates are all in this country; his agents and
guardians, and those col.ipetent to settle accounts' are, with
the young Nobleman himself, at present in Dublin.—
Dublin Erening Alcil.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Sarah Re.
binson were expected at Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire,
the scat of Earl Ilardwicke, yesterday, from Wresthouse,
Sileoe, Bedfordshire.
The Duchess of Hamilton arrived on Friday last at
Hallyburion-house, on a visit to the Hon. D. G. liallybur-
ton of Pitcur, her half uncle.
The Marquis of Lothian, Lord Lieutenant of Roxburgh-
shire, has recommended to the King, Major-General Elliot,
of Rosebank, to be a Deputy-Lieutenant for said county,
of which his Majesty has been graciously pleased to ap-
prove.
It is said the Earl of Brecknock, the eldest son of the
Marquis Camden, Lord Lieutenant of Kent, will offer
himself for this county at the approaching election. The
Canterbury freemen resident in London are on the alert,
at the rumour of Mr. Lushington'a projected promotion to
the Governorship or Bombay. Two meetings of the free-
men took place in London connected with this subject.—
Kent Merevry.
Amongst the recent departures from Edinburgh are—
Lord Win. Russell, Lord Win. Montague, S:r John Mar-
joribanks, Bart. of Lees, M.P., and Lady Marjoribanks,
General Sir R. C. Ferguson, Bart. M.P., General IVetnyss,
&c. &c. _ _

The Gazelle of last night announces the aprointment
of Arthur William Fitzßoy Somerset, Esq., to be Paze
of Honour to his Majesty in Ordinary.
11. Brougham, Esq. M.P. passed through this town on
Thursday morning last, from Lancaster, on his way to
Brougham Hall, where he purposek stayiTig a few weeks.
—Kendal Chronicle.

.Mrs. Coutts returned to the British Hotel, Queen-street,
Edinburgh, the latter end of last week, where she every
day entertains company. After her return she paid a visit
to Sir Walter Scott, at Abbotsford. She has since visited
the Marquis of Bute, Sir J. Dalrymple, and Sir J. Steuart
Denham, at their respective scats. We understand that
her next excursion will be to the north.

The delicate affair between a monarch of the histrionic
art, and a distinguished civic person, is at length arranged,
to the disappointment of the civilians, the barristers, and
the prying eye of curiosity, all on the tip-toe of expec-
tation for epistolary disclosures, illustrative of the 1 ilcrary
talents of some of the parties.
A gallant son of Mars, a native of Cork, will in a few
days lead to the hymeneal altar a youug and beautiful
lady, resident in Loudon, with a splendid fortune.--11 ish
Ohserrrr.

11. Osborne, Esq. a Banister of the Oxford Circuit, has
been appointed, we hear, to succeed the late Mr. Bevil, as a
Pollee Magistrate, in the ofice in Worship-street.
Bus Mor.—On the title of Aston descending to the
Honourable Mrs. IfervLy Aston's cousin, and her new car-
riage then coming out, he sent a gentleman to her, making
objection about her taking the crest, &c. when she said,
Clive my compliments to Sir Willoughby, and tell him,
the fortune, the name, and the arms, I take by my brother
Sir 'fhotnas's will, and by Act of Parliament ; as to the
bloody hand, end the crest (via. an Axis head proper) they
, are very much at Sir 11 illoughb•:'s service." The gentle-
man burst out a laughing, and not only delivered the
message to Sir Willoughby, but to every one else who
came in his way ; and George the Second's Court rung of
it next drawing-room day.
II IA ROOD lint e our last we stated, that a eor-
respondent bad forwarded to us a complaint regarding the
manner in which the pictures in the gallery of dr!, Palace
are 1..14 free of dust. We have since learned that the
cloth he denominated a coarse towel, was in reality a tine
linen duster—the instrument which he fancied a house
broom, a 'f urk's head, such as is usually employed to
sweep down the cobwebs in lofty apartments, and she in-
attention of the old domestic to his advice, the result of
denim ss. It appears that the old dame in question has been
in the habit of dusting the pictures for years, and has
always manifested the greatest caution in her operations.
We are now mistier' that she knew the mode of scrubbing,
parmelling, and brushing down cobwebs, much better than
our corregpoudrnt. Our apprehensions were excited by
recollecting that Vandyke 's celebrated piece of King
Charles going a hunting was ruined by the ignorance of
the person employed to wash off the chalk lines left by an
artist who had been directed to copy it.—Edinburgk
Observer.