The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-01-13 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

The Duke of Montrose entertaiked a select party at dinner, yes-
terday, at his house in Grosvenor-square.
The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury entertained a select
circle of fashionables yesterday evening, including the Dowager
Duchess of Richmond.
The !Hanoi. of Cliandos has left town for his suit, Wottan,
Bucks.
• The Marquis and Marchioness of Huntly left town yesterday
mornin for Kimbolton (astir, Huntingdonshire.
The Marquis of Graham has left town for Melton Mowbray,
Leicestershire.
Lord aid Lady Gwydyr arrived in town on Saturday evening,
from Brighton.
Lord and Lady Mandeville left, yesterday, Kirlllam's Hotel,
Lower Stook-street, for their father's (the Duke of Manchester)
seat, Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire.
Lord henry Thynne has left town for Woburn Abbey, on a
visit to the Duke and Duchess of Bedford.
Lord Hervey has arrived at Brighton, from the Earl of
Shaftesbury's seat, St. Giles House, Cranbourre, Dorset.
The Countess of Dysart is expected in town on Friday. from her
seat, Halmingham Hall. Suffolk.
Captain Meynell, It. N. left town, yesterday, for Brighton.
Sir W. Knighton, Bart., has arrived at his house in Hanover-
sqp.re, from hisseat, Illendworth Cottage, Ilorndean, Hants.

At. Dawson, Esq..has arrived in town fmm his scat 'in Berks.
Captain Elton, It. N. has left town for Pottsmouth.
Arrivals at Read's lintel, Lower Ornsvener-street :—Robert
Aberdeen, Esq. from Brighton ; John Arkwright, Esq. from his
seat, Hamptou ('curt, Herefordshire.

WI:YMCA:TIT, JAN. 10.—His Itoval Highness the Duke
of York, hia Grace the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis
of Hertford, and several other distinguished personages,
are expected in the course of next week on a visit to the
Right lion. R. Peel, at Lulworth Castle.
Lord Palmerston entertained a shooting party last week,
at Broadlands ; and, to judge of the sport, from the noise
and frequency of the firing, the slaughter of the feathered
tribes must have been immense. His Lordship's manors,

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from the number of pheasants they contain, are unequalled

in those parts. -
The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Agar Ellis have left Earl
Spencer's, Althorpe, Northamptonshire, on a visit to the
Earl and Countess of Jersey, at their seat, Middleton

Park, Oxfordshire.
The Hon. Miss Fox, the only daughter of Lord and
Lady Holland, we are sorry to learn, is seriously ill at
I lolland House.
Friday the Third Mastership of St. Paul's school was
fill d up by the appointment of the Rev. J. Cooper, A.M.
of Trinity College, Cambridge; the other candidate, Mr.
Judge, was equal to Mr. Cooper in votes; and it was de-
cided by lot in favour of Mr. Cooper.
i'IIEATRE.—The admirers of the drama In this neigh-
bourhood have experienced a high treat, during the past
week, in the performance of several favourite characu rs,
by Mr. Kean, of Drury-lane Theatre.—LeieesferChroniele.
Mr. C. Kemble has been taking a short provincial tour,
both in the way of business, as it relates to Covent-garden
theatre, and profit as it regards himself. His performances
at Mane:ester, and the few places where he has acted dur- '
ing his absence, have heal attended by very full audiences.
Rossm.—The reports of the first interview or rather
introduction of a celebrated musical composer to the highest
personage in th realm, have been so various and so con-
tradictory, that we have been induced to take some pains
to ascertain the real facts.—This accomplished artist was
received with the peculiar grace and condescension of his
Majesty, and introduced by him to the circle of the Court
and the eminent musical professors, whom he had not pre-
viously known, who were assembled on the occasion. After
ceremony had a little subsided, at the request of the King,
the professor accompanied himself in souse of his own corn-
positions, and both his playing and singing excited univer-
sal admiration. In the course of the evening a Royal com-
mand issued for a repetition of the musical banquet, when
the professor is said to have observed—" We had better re-
; serve that for another occasion ; I think we have had music
enough this evening," or words to this effect. The King
, silently turned round on hearing this familiar rejoinder.—

Evening Parr.
Ainr.ck's balls will commence, with their usual Ma
early in the Spring. The Duchess of Dorset is expected
to become one of the Ladies Patronetses, in the room of the
Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry.
A very curious work has just been published by Mr.
John Landseer, the mimic engraver and critic on art, or- '
titled Subteen Iterearches. It contains the substance of a
course of Lectures delivered at the Royal Institution, the
object of which was to prove, that the engraved cylinders
dug up at Babylon, &c. were the signets in use among the
ancient star-worshipping nations of Asia, and the same al-
luded to in the Bible and by the earliest historians. Mr.
Landater also seeks to show, that the hieroglyphics have
reference to the periodical religious festivals and the judi-
cial astrology of those nations. In this inquiry the author
has displayed a most persevering industry and surprising
acuteness ; and has not forgotten to enliven his book by
that terse and sprightly style, and that playfulness of allu-
sion, which always characterise his writings, and serve in
this instance to cerry the reader pleasantly along oser some ,
very difficult and frequently obscure ground. The light
here thrown on Babylonian superstitious and various ex-
pressions in the Bible, is extremely valuable.
Yesterday being Plow Monday, the Lord Mayor, as-
sisted by the Berenice. anti City Officers, assembled iu the
Council-chamber, Guildhall, for the purpose of swearing
in the lately elected Common Council for the ensuing
year. The different Wards, Inquests, arid Officers, in-
'eluding the Constables, &c. afterwards went through the
same ceremony.
The Banks in Newcastle now discount at 4 per in-
stead of five.—Nearcastle Chronicle.
We are sorry to state that the banking-house of Messrs.
Pierce, Williams, and Co. of Merthyr Tydfil, has sus-
pended paymer.t.—Cumbrian.
In consequence of the recent disputes between the Lon-
don Dock Company and Merchants, relative to the delivery
of goods upeti their own transfer notes. sonic ships are now
unlading Baltic produce in the West India Docks, a cir-
cumstance unprecedented as regards this particular branch

of colt mere.%
T I: A r r o r..—The gross receipt of duties at
our l'nstom-ht•t:se have, during the past year, 1523,
amounted to 1 .FOS,-11!'21. od. In 1,2? they were
1,591,12:31. tss. .141. Increase, ‘217,27h1. lss.
Tnain: wren lit r IL —lt is satisWtory to learn that
the late partial repeal of the Union duties has had so be-
neficial an etreet on the trade betwen this country and Ire-
land, that the leading Members c. the Irish commercial
interest, for advantage those duties were originally
imposed, have 116 W, to the nimilwr of more than 300
gentlemen, sigma a memorial to the I,erds of the Trea-
sury, praying that the whole may he repealed, and that the
intercoar,e between the two divisions of the United King-
dom may be placed upon the footing of a coasting trade.
A letter was this morning (Friday, 9:11 inst.) received in
Swansea, from Demerara, dated the 19th of November,
which states that all was gniet in that settlement at the
above date.—Cam/711171.
The Court of S:ssion has decided that Ilolyrood House
is no sanctuat;• for the ,j/iTts of prisoners.