The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-08-19 00:00:00

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THE QUEEN, 4.e.

The dinner party given by ho MatesTi on
Sunday, in honour of the Duke of YOu's birth-
car. at Kew Palace. consisted rif—
The Prime Regent, the Hoke of York, the Duke sad
Duchess of Kest, the Disko aad Heehaw of Cauiluidge.
Prince William sod Prince Frederick a Hem Cassel, the
Dachas of Glmicemer, the trustees Augusta, the Countess
Dowager of Harcourt, sad General Taylor.
In consequence of her MAJZSTT'S indisposition.
it was not deemed proper that she should be pre-
sent at the dinner table, as she now dines •t an
earlier hour thou she has been accustomed to do ;
however, the Royal party were highly gratified at
her presence at the dessert, &c. After dinner,
which was served up at five o'clock, her MAJESTY
rode out in Kew Gardens.

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On Monday her gave another dinner
in houour of the birth-day of the Duchess of
Kitirr, which was attended by the PalMcii Ra-
wer. the Duke *ad Duchess of Yolk, the
Doke mid Duchess of KENT, the Duchess or
GLoucerrea, Princess AUGUSTA, General TAT-
Lull, Col. STE.HENsbX, &c.
Sir Hamar H•LFORD, and Mr. ROBERT
KIM, surgeon of Albemarle-street, and not Mr.
KRATE, of Chelsea, as it has been supposed, were
in attendance on her Mummy. Sir MIMI
HALFORO came into waiting, to remain all night
at Kew, to relieve Sir Faawcss MtLNAN. Yes-
terday morning Sir HENRY HALFORD rode to
town, and arrived at his house in May-fair, about
half-pat eleven o'clock.
The account of the Quilts's health yesterday
was—

a Her Majesty malaise much the sall4l, having passed a
good meat."

DEPARTURE OF
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CAMRELIDGE.

Yesterday morning the Duke and Duchess of
CAMBRIDGE left town to proceed on their way to
Hanover, for his Royal Highness to resume the
hothouse of Government. At half-past eight
o'clock Prince WILLIAM and Prince FREDERICK
of Hesse Cassel, accompanied by Colonel PaccirT
and Major Jones, left Mr. GazgNWOOD'S house,
in South Audley-sqoare. in • carriage and four.
This carriage was followed by another, in which
was Miss 1-IsinamAn, the Lady of Houour to the
Duchess, Colonel KEA+, &c.
The Duke and Duchess followed at nine o'clock
in their travelling post-chaise. They were followed
by Madame Kam,, Miss RUST, the Duke's and
Duchess's pages, in three other carriages. They
here to proceed to Dover, and to embark on board
the Royal Sovereign yacht, on her return from con-
veying Prince LEOPOLD to Calais. Colonel KsAT
was expected to rettirn to town.

Oil Monday night the Duke and Duchess or
RENT honoured Vauxhall Gardena eith their pre-
Ilene,.

EXTRAORDINARY EXPEDITION.—Drury.tane
Thi•utre gat into Chancery and oar of it iu the
*me week.

Lady Haulm WILLIAMS WYNN and tier infant
daughter, we are happy to state, are as well as can
be expected.

Madame CATALAN! lately gave • Concert at
Carlabor!, at which she was accompanied on the
piano by the Countess of LETRAM, and Prince
Diana, of Courland.
An article from Rochefort, in the French Papers,
dated August 5. says—" His Royal Highness the
Duke of GLOUCESTER, travelling under the title
of the Earl of CONNAUGHT, arrived here on the
3,1 instant, and remained during the nest day. His
Royal Highness accepted the apartments offered
him by Rear-Admiral the Count d'Atic tea, Com-
mandant of the Marine. His Royal Highness
visited the different establishments, and made the
tour of the city, attended by a numerous crowd,
who thronged around him. The Duke dined nu the
3d with the Count d'Atictza, in company with a
large party. On the 4th, in the morning, his
Royal Highness invited to breakfast several of the
public officers, and afterwards proceeded on board
the frigate."

The two golden lions, one in advance of the
other, upon the shield of young BoN•PaaTE, Will
be construed by his partisans to designate the father
and son.

On Wednesday morning the New Spa at Chel-
tenham was opened, and a general assemblage of
the residents and •isitors graced the elegant pump-
room, and its extensive rides and promenades.

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The funeral of the Earl of SANDWICH left town
on Monday morning, for interment this day at
Birnevill, in Huntingdonshire, where the fatally
vault is situated. The mournful cavalcade con-
si•trd of pages on horseback, the coronet borne on
a cushion, II plume of feathers, hearse ■nd six
Irises, two mourning conches and six, all deco-
tairtl with heraldry, and a train of gentlemen's
carriages.

On IVednesday last the remains of the Hon.
ANDREW FOLLY passed through Hereford, to be
interred in the family vault at Stoke, attended by a
large and mournful procession of his tenantry, and
thus of EDWARD FOLRY, EN. of Stoke.
ANCIENT COM.—Latelv there were found in •
field, iii the townland of tiallynatunch, nineteen
Elver coins, shout a shilling vise each, of the reign
of HENRY VIII. They are all without date.
though ►eemwglt coined at three different periods;
one foe the city of Dublin, another for the city of
Limo', and the third, with a harp, for the kingdom
of Ireland. Though they had lain so long iu the
earth, they were so near the surface as to be
shovelled from hetween the potatoe ridges. They
were purchased from the finder, and are now in the
hands Obit. Joss ARMSTRONG, of Ballynaltinch.