The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-06-19 00:00:00

EIS MAJESTY'S COLLECTION OF PICTURES.

BRITISH INSTITUTION, TALL-MALL.
The annual exhibition at this Gallery, which usually empties of
s actions from the cabinets of different Noblemen and Gentlemen,
steamers and patronisers of the Fine Arts, is this seam exclusively
s,..pplied from his lilaie-t's private collection at Carlton Palace.
111 the intellectual part of the public. and the lovers of the art of
ismiipc he has conferred no small favour by the delightful treat
aab ded them on the present occasion.
" The Ship-builder," by Rembrandt: " St. George," by Ru-
-I:t.s " Village Fete," by Teniers t the exqt;isite worsen; of
JIM Steen, which we would entitle La Femme Jr Belles Jambes ;
•• The Baptising the Eunuch," by Both ; " The Healing of the
.1:J1." by Vandyke, are in this splendid collection, to depict the
rr.stits of which, even if the elections left us more space for tida-
-1 air , vl do not think couli be more effectually done than by
stating, that they are a selection worthy of their Royal owner,
..!fading an unequivocal proof of his retined taste.
It is only by the constant inspection of the finest works that any
t'..tig like judgment can be acquired. As we shall not fail to avail
...Mires of the present golden opportunity. we shall prob.thly
~,canunicate the result to our readers at an early day, in a form
r.. ler critical and detailed.

WIND,OII, SUNDAY, Jules lft.—This afternoon his
:`4a!epty, attended by his meal suite, took his accustomed
mg. io two phaetons, down Windsor Gnat Park to the
4 ;Sole, where the King was received by Mr. Wyattville,
«It% attended the King over the different works.—His
Majesty awl suite returned to the Royal Lodge to dinner.
—During the last week his Majesty has been several times
on Virginia Water.
. .

'l'he Duke of York continued gradually recovering on
Saturday and yesterday from his late indisposition. The
Princess Augusta and the Duchess of Gloucester visited his
Royal Highness yesterday. Sir Henry Halford attended
the Royal Duke yesterday and on Saturday, and stated
test his Royal Highness c..ntinued better.
Y.sterday the Princess Augusta, the Duchess of Kent,
'end the Princess Feodore, attended divine service at the
Chapel Royal, St. James's.
'lse Princess Sophia gave an elegant entertainment on
Friday evening, at her apartments in the King's Palace,
Kensington, to the Princess Angusta and a select party.

Yesterday the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Glou-
cester. the Princess Sophia, and the Princess Feudore, visi-
ted the Princes' Augusta.
.tio Saturday Mr. a cretary Canning gave a grand dinner
to a numerous party of the Foreign Ambassadors and Ma-
/osiers, dm. at his residence in Downing-street..

The expected creation of Peers was published in Satur-
rty a Gazette. The Earl of Bristol is made Earl Jennyn, of
Dorningsherth, Suffolk, and Marquis of Bristol; Marquis Tho.
inorA.is made a British Peer, by the tide of Baron Tedcuter;
Marquis Clanrearde is made •Baron Somerhill, of Kent; Eaai
.11aSeitias amur. the title of Baron Wigan, of Haigh Hall,
Lam-slier ; Viscount Northland is made Boron Ranfurly; Sur C.
long is mode Baron Farnborough, of Bromley-hill-place, Kent ;
lair J. Leicester is made Baron l.) Tabley ; Mr. S. Wortley is made
[barna Worncliffe ; Mr. C. Duneomb: is male Baron Feversbam;
C. Boss Ellis is made Baron Seam,.

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Cooper (late Joseph Cooper and Son), 93, Bishopagate-street
Within, bogs leave most respectfully to apprise the Nobility and
he continues to manufacture UPHOLSTERY, CA.
DINk',T WORK, and LOOKING GLASSES, the latter from
LEJ smallest to those of the most magnificent dimensions, and
tr.:// other article connected with furnishing. in the first style
cf elegance. Fenton's new Hotel, S'. Jameit's-vreet, considered
043 of the first in Europe for splendour and convenience, wan
entirely arranged and fitted up from this establishment, and
snarly Other edifiers of some of the first families in the kingdom.
1,. Cooper haring considerably eolasecil his pren:isrs, can
with oorditience compete with any other house in the metropolis in
minims of design and quality, and at such prices as to attract and
insure the patronage of rank and fashion.