The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1826-06-07 00:00:00

. ~~ .i ~, , 4 i~ II t i ,t c ; r I I ), i ~ I ' , I i l l i :H I I I:, NIEXICAN FIVE and SIX PER CENT. LOANS. .—Notice is heteby given, that the DiVIDEND6 due on these Loans, the let day ar July next. will be paid at the Counting, Wiese of Itlesara. BARCLAY, HERRING, RICHARDSON - nod Co., No. 11, New Broad-weft-mess, on that and the bie c evading-Days, between the Hours or Ten and Two. The Dividend Warrants, sub Lima thereof numerically ar. ranged, ere requested to be left for elimination one day previous in • PRICES OF 11R1715 - 11 - 11 pee Cent. Red. • par Cent. Cone. nltto Aeet.liDj j j SI per Cent. ti.:j belt Pt per Cent. Red 3ej I j 4 per Cent. %IS2rl; 94i1 I.oCati VCSTiIIDAIL Long Ann. 10 t;01: Bombs ern No. Dili. 10001. 8 P Dino 690%8 9 pa DiDo 9mail 9 10 psi Lattoty Tlcteto 133. N. PRICES OF FOREIGN Ronde Ditto Jinn& (1824) 40j I Data Acct. 41 k Onatheii Bond. (1 0 `26) 66i 7 61 Dttto Acct. 67 7 Frelch It.ntes b per Cent. SIM 60c. 76c. Ennhanne 26f. Mc. Mk. 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IN bars. 317 6 New VoJbloons 0 0 New Dollars Silver. in base. standard 0 4I I 4 Mari Or SNARES IrIiSTENDAY. rums. Mare. Pull . ..... tp dl. ....... 1011 10 21411 100 la b t dos 490 4 0 0 40 die OAS LION? •tO Cott . IN Ye:! : Xlezttean Ulla . Pasen-Pentwins Roll del Monte I; eltd Maxima ..... U.oatlnomtal • 7i dig 111110SCLANS0111. Provincial Bank of Ireland 160 16 6 di, ale *WO* tireoo. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. This Evening, WILDNESDAY, June 7. will be performed Ws new Mu.leal Romaine of dE KNIGHTS OP THE CROSS or, THE HERMIT'S PROPHECY. The priotipel Charay.er. t. Mee.r..Watiaeir, Bennett, And Areber; Mn.W. West, and llis Cheddars. After which the Divertisement of THE CAMP. Principal Dancer., Mr. Nob'e and mos Barnett. To concl ude with the Payee of JOHN BROWN. The prin..tpal Character. by Messrs. Itrowne, Wallach. and Miley ; Mrs. Harlowe, Mrs. Yates. and Miss Nicol. _ DRURY-CANETHEATRE. PGA lids UNFIT Or 111O...PIUNU. BOX BOOK-NESPSR. 0. russw, Y. Jeer 20, will be performed the rtiky THE MtRCHANT 0? WE:4IOE. libpLedr, Kr. Kansa j &tumult Mr. Bennett I Lauseilot, Kr. Marley . Portia, kiss Lawrence . . After which, A MUSICAL MELANGE, AND A FAVOURITE BALLET. To conclude with a celebrated MELO-BRAME, In which Miss Kelly will sustain a principal Part. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. MR. W. RA RREN'S BENEFIT. TMs Evening, WEDNESDAY, June 7, will DP performed the Comedy cf THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir Jobs Falstaff, Mr. Fawcett ; Abraham Mender, Mr. W. Ferran ; Hr. Penton. Mr. Pearlman ; Mr. Ford. Mr.Wfude ; Mr. Page, Mr. Cooper. Mrs. Ford, Mims Emma , Mrs. Paw, Mne hove. After which the Madwl Faeaware THE DEVIL TO PAT. Jobeon. Mr. W. Farrel I Nell, Modena Yestrlr. To conchs& with the new Mee celled THE SCAPT.OOAT. The principal Characters by Meter.. Blanchard, W. rum, Cooper, and 31eadows I Mks Jones, and Mho J. Scott. ADELPHI THEATRE. RV EXPRESS DESIRE, POSITIVELY THE LAST NIGHTS. This Evening, WEDNESDAY, June 7, and To-morrow Ererinv, 1 HLIRSDAY, June 8, Mr. YATES will repeat bin Entertainment, con sitting of Sketches from Life, Manni•rs, and Peculiarities. entitled YATES' armINISCENCES ; OR, ETCHINGS OF LIFE AND CHARACTER, In which he will introdnee the following Song. : Mssqusrading"—" Vauxhall Gardens"—"hmitn::eid Cottle Show"— " Pawnbroker's Shop"—" Humours of an Election" — "Theatrical Fund Dinner." To conclude *lib a Munopolylogue, entitled MR. CHAIRMAN. la which Mr. Yates will sustain Eight different Characters. Boxes, is. Pit, 2s. Gallery, Is. Doors open It Seven: and begin punctually at Lai (-past Seven. Ralf-prlce at Nine. ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL. Under the especial Patronage of Ms Mast Gracious Maimty. This Evening. WEDNESDAY, Jaw 7, a GRAND CONCERT, In Two Acts. In the superb new Concert Room, with* will commence at Gad past Rigbt. - _ Principal Vocal Performers. Motiaine Carntga Mr. Iyat;rm At r. Hornet - ale Mr. Robinson Mil. Cooke Kr. Sinclair Mr C Taylor Madame Vertris Signor De Beirut, Mr. Tinray Marti4Barker. /wader of the Band ;which will be numernut and complete.. Signor tonne.letti.—Cornpoler sod Coi.doctor. Mr. H. R. Bishop. 'ln the Phu Act of the Concert a Fantasia on the Violin by Signor At the end of the First Act of the Concert an entirely new PaYtoral hailer, by Monsievr J. A. Theleur, late Ballet-Master to the Theatre Royal, Am►trrdam, entitled !.'INTRIGUE DU VILLAGE. Principal Performers—Mademoiselle Pauline Rossignol, from the Theatre Royal. Amsterdam, and Monsieur ft. Yestris, from the lheatres Ansel Ban Carlos. at Naples, and La Mesta, at Leader of the Band for the Ballet, Mr. Hooke. the Illuminations will he on the must magniticent scale. The Amusements to conclude with A BRILLIANT DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS, . _ . lifts; Stephens will make her fourth appearance at these 'Gardens on Putty F.venlng next. Miss Love, of the Theatre Royal, Covent-garden, is engagcd, and will shortly sake her appearance. Particulars respecting We Private Boxes, for the Season or Nightly, may belted upon application to Mr. Andrew., Bookseller, 83nd-street. Peron open at Seven o'Clock.—Concert commences at Half-past Eight. Adrnivion As. CA vrtoN.—Tbe Public will please to take notice, that all Songs offered fur sale on the outside of the Gardens are spurious. Copies of the Songs may be had in the Gardens. -• • „ TO CORRESPONDENTS. •.• The arrangement "A Constant Readers" sagge4ed will be attended the rod of the week. Circumatancee prevented its earlier secant. pnehment. The BIIITISU PaLei commenced publishing yesterday morn ing at twenty minutes past tire o'clock. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JI.:NIC 7, MG. The opposition members of die French Chamber of Deputies continue to take every opportunity of animad verting upon the necessity of interfering in the affairs of Greece. An interesting debate took place on the Si inst• on a petition presented from Lyons, praying that the French Government should adopt some measures for that purpose. In the same sitting an animated discussion took place on a false rr port of a speech of the Minister of War given in the Drapeau Blanc ; and of an eselamation which was said to have been uttered by ano ther member, at the same time. The French Chambers do Out pretend to exclude reporters, as in this country ; and the Editor of the Dropeau Blanc, acting in that capacity, was, it seems, present on the occasion. M. AGIER, who brought the subject before the Chamber, proposed to with draw his ticket (carte), and expel him from The tribunal of the journalists—adding, that it was di►graceful to the mister of Foreign Affairs to support such a journal. It was well known, he said, that it was in his (the Nlinister's). pay. It appears, however, that the reporters in this case, as in many others, had to bear the blame of what seems, in part at least, to have been due else Where ; as the Minister of War himself confessed that the Moniteur was correct, though it contained the same passage, with the exception of the exclamation. Similar language was inserted in all the Ports Journals. The President took exception to the !notion, on the ground of informality, and the subject dropped. The lunguage of the Report is such as cannot be translatestintolish in its full force. It was nearly to the following effect :—" As for the orator who has allowed himself to make such allegations, let him go and play the eaves-dropper at the key-heles of people's doors, Most certainly he will hear nothing wrong there ; but lie will receive ma, ka of the indignation that his words have excited, which he will probably remember for some time.'' A voice—" Il reccura des coups de savate. - " He will have his ears pilled," as we should say, to use a little free dom in translation. We subjoin the rest of our extracts from die French Pa pers without comment : From the Etoile dated Monday. June S.] The following proclamation has been published on the occa. sion of :he death of the Empress Elizabeth : " By the Glace of God, we Nicholas 1. Emperor bed Autocrat or all the Itupsias, &e. &c. " Make known to all out faithful subjects, that the Empress Elizabeth, our beloved sisu•r-in-law, has, by the decrees of the Mont High, left this earth, to pans to eternal life, on the 4th (161!1) of this month, in the Ma year of age. This afflicting event took place alter a long sickticsn, both of mind and batty, which ended in a twit' extioction of the vital powers, so that her Majesty cm her way from Taganrog was obliged to stop in the town of likleff, in Meld tvernment of Tiwer, when she died. AlilHussia, we:are persuaded, will participate in the newafnictior. which has fallen nn our Imperial Horse. and will jnin us in ter yen! prayers for the reptile of the saal of the deceased Empress. " Given at St. Petersburgh the 9tli 12Ist) May, in the year 11rt.3, the first of our reign. (Signed) "NICHOLAS." The Duke of Ragusa, who had a an!emn audience of the ET' peror on the Ilhh, to present his credentials, was to have had an audience of the Empress on the 21st; but the melancholy news of the death of the Empress Elizabeth caused the audience to be put of/. It is thought that the coronation will be deferred. ALEPPO, MARCH 11. . . . . . . . Serious troubles hare broken out in this city ; ii'ev;Wseents that the Europeans are in danger. On the 21st of this month, three Monks, missionaries of the 11 , 1 y Land, came walking within half a musket shot of the city ; they were insulted by a troop of Scheriffs who were passing near the spot, and who from abuse proceeded to blows. One of the fathers was wounded by a stone thrown at his head, and they would certainly have been stoned to death, had not a happy chance brought Mr. Wiet, first Dragoman of the Consulate of France, to the spot. On the following day several Franks were insulted. On the 22d, M. Franc, a young Frenchman, clerk in the French house of Michael Blanchard and Co. ran the greatest dangers. He was going to the counting-house: passing before the convent of the Capuchins, he was rudely pushed by a Scheriff. M. Franc, who has hut lately arrived and is of • warm temper, spoke to him in French, hut in a very elevated tore of voice. The Scheriff at. tempted to seize a knife from a butcher's stall, but being hin dered by the proprietor, he took a stick and rushed upon the Frenchman to strike him, when the latter drew a knife from his pocket. At this sight the Seheriff dropped the stick, and began to cry out, " Mussulmen, help me against the infidel who is going to kill men." All the Scheriffs in the Bazaar hastened to the spot, with a fanatic Sheik at their head, and seized M. Franc. On all sides, 'as if by enchantment, the populace rose, uttering ferocious cries; the shops were shut, and the general cry throughout the thy was " a Frank has killed a Alussulman— an Emir." In short a most dreadtul tumult took place. Mr. Franc whom they were hurrying away, being opposite the house of the Consul, struggled and succeeded in escaping for a moment, in order to take refuge there ; but it was seven o'clock in the morning, the gatelwas not yet open, and the Janissaries were not there. He hen ran into the open door of • Jew merchant, an Austrian, but ifte populace followed and seized him again. While struggling. one of the Scheriffs rubbed the skin off his hand, which was violently passed against. the wall, and cried that M. Franc had wewided.liim with • knife. Happily at this moment the wife of the latter, which was at the tnerey of a furious mob, was spared; they conducted Jl. Franc to the Mehkerne, surrounded by above 4,000 persons, who demanded his head. M. Welt, being fortunately informed, succeeded in penetrating thmugh the crowd, and entered the Melikeme, hearing all around him the most horrible vociferations and maledictions. He found the Cadi and his assessors confounded and struck with terror. This Magistrate, ill-disposed towards theTranks, though!M. Webs shewing the arm of the Scheriff; who said he was sounded with • knife, demonstrated clearly thst the scratch could not have been caused by a sharp instrument, sent a menacing Ilam to the Mut selim, to be addressed immediately to the Paella, whose decision was to be waited for, and the report ran among the people that only the order °lithe Vizier was waited for to hang the infidel who had wounded an Ernie. M. Writ then had a very hauls) , thought While the Ilam was being forwarded, he ran on foot, preceded by someianissaries, to the Palace of the Paella, where he arrived at the same time as the Mutselim. After he had explained the affair, tie Pacha declared aloud thst it was for the Consul to pu nish his countryman, if he was guilty; and to prevent any excess on , he part of the populace; the Pacha sem his officer wi'h M. Wier, to convey M. Franc to the Consulate. In this manner a tumult was appeased, which, if the Paella had shewn the least he si:ation, might have cost the lives of all the Europeans. PARIS, JUNE 4. Prince Leopoli, of Saxe Coburg, has arrived at Paris, where he will stay a few days, and then go to bait his mother, the Duchess of Saxe Coburg. Lzttm from Trieste, of 221 May, state that a vessel from the lonisn Islands confirms the news that part of the garrison of 31is solonghi had made its way through the Turks, and joined Ka. raiskaki. It was e'en said they were 1,800 in number. They have placed themselves at the disposal of the Government at Napoli. Letters from Zante, of the 12 , 11 May, say that Ibrahim was at Patras with 2,500 Egyptians and 1,20 Turks. The Capitan Paella's fleet passed Zante, on the sth, sailing towards the Archipelago; the Egyptian fleet remained at P1i , 1113. The :11is. aolonghiota who had escaped, had retreated to Salons, to secure that place against an attack from the &milkier, :Mehemet Pacha. While our contemporaries are endeavouring to point out the course which it is proper for the people of England to pursue on the approaching election, it may seem singular in us on such an occasion if we should abstain from stating what that confession of faith is by whi h alone we think it possible to effret our political salvation. The fact, how ever is, that we arc not tied to particular forms either in politics of religion. We are bients only in one instance. We maintain that no political man is to be trusted whose first wish is not to benefit his country ; and though we aro by no means disposed to say that all the methods by which that great object may be pursued are equally car misted to produce the effect so much to be desired. we are inclined to be extremely tolerant in all cases of difference of opinion —confident that the collision of sentiments will at last elicit the true system ; and anxiotis that every side of the question should be heard, in order that all" objection to ge ' neralmeasures may be fully foreseen and effcctually guarded against. If the people of England determined to support no candidates* bur those who advocate particular measures, the Legislature would be reduced to a virtual nonentity— our Representatives would have nothing to do but to give in silence those votes which they had pledged themselves to give from the outset. Discussion would then be as much a jest as it is said to have been, in periods when the votes of Members are supposed to have depended on very different motives from those which have swayed majorities on recent occasions. The good sense of the electors will point out to them those men, whose willingness and ability are most likely to enable them effectually to serve their consti tuents; and we are confident that such men may be found, with many shades of difference in their opinions—agreeing in all essential particulars, and disposed to yield ir. minuter points, when once convinced of the propriety of so doing. In the Liverpool Albion of Monday, we observed an im portant article on die state and prospects of the Cotton Market. The wild speculations in Cotton during the year r ~'~ P THE B 'B.ESS• 182.5 are ascribed in a great measure to the facilities af forded by the quart iar of mercantile paper in circulation. The almost total annihilation of this factitious capital had, ho doubt, a powerful ',lnnen& in foreleg down the value not merely of cotton, but of every other article of commerce, much lower than it would have fallen under the operation of a limited demand on an excessive supply." The conse quent panic still farther diminished the demand ; lint " in proportion as confidence is reviving in the commercial world, we ace the demand for cotton increasing. During the last few weeks it has been unusually lively. This re vival of demand has been caused principally by the pur chases of the trade. Some of the staple has, it it true, been purchased on speculation; but the quantity has been inconsiderable compared with that which has been for warded into the manufacturing districts. The increased demand has been followed by a slight increase in prices, which It for some weeks past, showed an evident tendency to advance a sbadc above the low rates which have so long prevailed. The gloom which has long overspread the commercial horizon is gradually disap pearing, and the prospect of the future is daily be coming brighter. Trade is evidently reviving; confi dence is returning to her accustomed haunts, and prosperity will slowly, hut gradually, shed her benign blessings over the land. Despondency has given way to hope; and the spirits of commercial men are recovering from the depression under which they have so long laboured." There is no foundation for alarm on account of the mag nitude of the stock of cotton (20,000 bags) at Liverpool. The increase is only 9,000 bags above the 311,000 which were on hand on the first of January last,—an increase much inferior to what might have been expected under all the circumstances. The imports from the United States, for the first five months of the present year, notwithstand ing the abundance of the crop, do not exceed those of the preceding year by more than 200 bags, the trade having, in this case, returned into its former channels, while the imports from Brazil have decreased by 17,55 S bags, in con sequence partly of the same causes, but principally from the deficiency of the crop in that country. This account is as favourable to the holders of cotton as it is disadvanta geous to the shipowners ; and it is to be feared that the importation of cotton will be diminished fur some time.— This diminution, however, we are convinced, will only be temporary, as the demand must gradually increase, under the natural operation of the new regulations, to a height superior perhaps to that to which wild speculation has im prudently attempted to elevate it at once, without consider ing that the march of political causes, though steady, is slow, and cannot be anticipates, without danger. We sub join an extract from the conclusion of the article : If the stock is nut likely to exceed its present amount by the ar rivals from abroad, have we not good grounds for believing, that the home demand, oot for speculation but for actual consumption, will continue to revive? During the last few weeks, as we have stated above, the number of bags taken for consumption has con. siderablv exceeded the average of the preceding weeks of the present year. This increased demand has been caused by the revival which trade in the manufacturing districts has lately experienced, and which (may we not hope ?) will revive still more than it has yet done. The probabilities are, in our opinion, all in favour of a slow, busgradual, return of prosperity, both commercial and maoufac.' wring; for after the unprecedented depression under which trade and commerce have for five months laboured, it would be to over look the lessons of all past experience not to infer, that an improve. ment for the better is much more likely to occur titan a further de pression of the markets. lf, therefore, the mercantile horizon should continue to brighten, and we hope and believe that it will, have we not reason to suppose that the demand for the raw mate. rial will keep pace with the increased demand for manufactured goods? And, if this should happily be the ease, will not the present stock of cotton in the ports undergo a gradual, if cot a rapid dimi nution'? With respect to prices, many persons are of opinion that nn considerable advance in them will take place immi ;timely. It is highly improbable, however, that an increased demand for the article should not be hollowed by some alight advance in its market price. There is soot any reason, indeed, to expect that any of those wild starts which prices experienced . - mratedly during the preceding year will occur in the course of the present. Nor is it desirable that they should. They only throw the market into confusion, and render spe culation in the staple a species of lottery, in which, as a matter of course, there are many blanks for one prize. The improvements which may take place in price will be those which occur in a healthy state of the market, and which, if they are small, and almost imperceptible at the moment, are more valuable than sudden starts, because they are more likely to be permanent. A vacillat ing market, in which prices are up to-day and down to-morow, anu vire versa, may sometimes benefit the watchful speculator who has his eye on the turns of the market ;" but a steady or a gradually improving price, the result of a steady or gradually Increasing de mand, is the best for ail the great intaests engaged in commerce and manufactures. _ Upon • review of the who], subj-ct, we cannot see any reason for despondency respecting tne cotton market. On the contrary, we see every reason fur hope. Its present state is evidently en couraging ; and the prospects as to the future are more favourable at this moment, than, after the events of the last live months, the most sanguine amongst us•had the courage to anticipate. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. The English Fonds appear to be in a progressive state of im. rrovement. From 00?„ the opening price, they rose to /, at which they steadily closed. The other English Securities were without variation, and the foreign market was neglected. Brazil Shares have lately attracted some attention ; from 13 discount they have advanced to 1 discount; they were to-day quoted 3 and 4 discount ; Anglo-Mexican 10 to 16 discount ; United Mexican 2 to 3 dis count. We beg to inform our readers that the Times newspaper boa received excluded', within a few (lays, the official ac counts of the capture of Chilce, as will appear on referring to a leading article in that journal of yesterday. We un fortunately dirt not receive the accounts yesterday, baying already received them more than a fortnight before; but if AN eni es NUS will refer: to the British Pre.ts of May 19 and 20, he will tind an abstract of the whole of the official accounts of Ramon Freire, as well as !he capitulation of the Spanish garrison, at length, and a variety of other par ticulars besides those which the Times gave yesterday crelti,ieely. We shall always feel anxious to attend to such suggestions as those of Ail E RI CA N V A. Copy of a letter from the Vice-Consul for the Emperor of Brazil, laid on the table of the Underwriters' Rooms at Liverpool:— Brazilian Coosulste Office, 2, Exchange-buildings, Liverpool, June 5. IBM. Ste,--T request you will make it known to Captains and Masters of vessels clearing out for any of the ports of the Empire of Brazil, that they will be required to produce, on their arrival in Brasil, the manifest of their eargoe; blank bills of holing or receipts, and Cnstom-hose enckets, ehly authenticated by the Brazilian Con nal; without which they will not be permlted to enter. 311totfestit for certification must be previously sworn to before the Mayor, or a Magistrates)! the borough. I hare the honour to he, &c. &e. To Mr. Geo. Withers, A. J. Al ERELLIES, Vice-Consul. Secretary to the Underwriters' Association, Liverpool. Stn T. BitIRD A NC—The ship Mary, Hope, which we lately mentioned had arrived at Milford from Sydney. was him! by Lieutenant -General Sir Thomas Brisbane, the late Governor of New South \Vales, to convey himself. family, and suite, home, consisting of his L a dy an d four children, Miss Al'Douiall, Dr. M•Lean. and Lictoenant Stirling, the General's Aide-de-Camp. She touched at Rio Janeiro in her passage; left at Sydwey the An dromeda (which had arrived out with passengers in November) , Triton, and Lomark. The Mary has been six months on het pas. sage, anti has brought a package, containing about three thousand letters, which have been forwarded to their different destinations from tile Post •office at Milford; there is also en brawl a quantity of specie. One of the Governor's children, born on board the Ansel at Rio Janeiro, shout three months ago, died at Milford on llendny last, and will be carried to Scotimd for interment. Colonel Quartel, Commissioner from the King of the Netherlands, has been introduced to the President of Guatemala, for the purpme of establishing commercial relations between the two countries. The Commissioner, in his address to the President, informed him of the desire entertained by his Master to farm re ciprocal relations of friend hip and commerce with each of the countries which have laveir established their independen ce i n America, and offered so leo t theft of Guatemala into the ports of Holland, on the eme terms as Dutch vessels should be admitted into the ports of the " Republics of Central America." Colonel Quartet fursber congratulated the President on the wise and liberal dispositions matte by the Government for the internal improvement of the country, from whicit he entertained no doubt that greet good would result. Colonel Quartel hoe 'been employed by his Govern ment men than two years in similar missions to the other new birdie of America, and is said to hove entered into some very bent. kW orrossements fore:tending the trade of his country. •a ~-E. .... asJ KING'S THEATRE?. After a.series of Opere Serie, in which Madame Pasta has both astonished anti delighted us by the gradual and complete development of her unrivalled powers, some thing new, in the shape of a lively performance, has been found necessary, to unbend our minds as it were, and re lieve them from the fatigues of incessant and intense ad miration. Rossini's Opera, La Cener.tdola, was fixed upon for that purpose, and carne out last night for the first time this season. The principal characters in it were supported by Mesdames Bonnini, Carnal, and De Angeli ; and Signori De Beguis, Pellegrini, Torsi, and Deville. The incidents of this piece are too well known to need here any . repetition, having been dramatized in all possible theatrical shapes; so far, therefore, they have not even that share of novelty which their representation in this opera, after a lapse of sotne years, might have left them. The music, however, not having been suffered to become too familiar to our ears, and being of Rossini's comp-sition, claimed no small share of' interest. It has been said that it is the favourite production of that pro lific writer; we must beg, however, to diffet so far from his taste in this respect, as to be of opinion that it is among the moat inferior of those of his compo.sitioll3 which are now in vogue throughout Europe. It contains, to be sure, a good deal of very spirited and pleasing music; but with the exception of the last air, sung by Ceneren tda, " Nacqui all'afrano," there is nothing in it that is calculated to leave any impression on the mind—nothing of a decided character. The composer's style is very per ceptible from the beginning to the end, and several in stances occur of the most barefaced plagiarism from his other productions. We should imagine, from all this, that the Cenercniola was written with very great haste and carelessness, and we believe, in fact, that originally it was only destined to answer a temporary purpose. De Bennis was exceedingly comic in the character of Don Magnifico, and was the very soul of the performance. His talents as a Bvp, are so eminent that we cannot but regret that he has not more frequent opportunities of exerting them. The scene between him and Dandini (Pellegrini), in which the Baron is made acquainted with Dandini's dis guise, and with his real character of a valet, was extremely amusing, and excited a good deal of merriment among the audience. The applause which followed it was very gene ral, and lasted several minutes. Torsi sang with a ood deal of taste. Mademoiselle Bonnini and Madame Cas telli, both sang and played as well as their respective parts would allow them. The house was much more crowded than we had reason to expect it would be. After the opera, the ballet entitled Le Marriage Secret was given for the second time this season, and it is to be hoped that it will he henceforward repeated in preference to those with which we have been so much satiated of late, until a new one is ready to be produced. VA CX WALL GARDENS. Monday evening was the•first of the season that afforded a fair opportunity of duly appreciating the improvements of Vauxhall. The night was calm and mild—the com pany gay, agreeable; and, to the satisfaction of the enter prismg proprietors, we are glad toadd, very fashionable and very numerous. And what more can be raquircd to render Vauxhall a place of delightful pastime on a Sum mer's night? We should answer—Nothing, were it not that all these recommendations were heightened by the va ried contribution of eminent vocal talent, which the pro prietors have arrayed before the public, to entitle them amply to public admiration, support, and patronage. The wetness of the weather may he truly said to have thrown a damp over the gaiety of Vauxhall during the last week ; but on Monday night, the fineness of the weather, the bril liant and fashionable throng that attended, and the whole arrangements of the evening, made it the most agreeable we have for some summers enjoyed. May such merito rious exertion on the part of the proprietary always com mand such corresponding support from the public ! THE BARON VON WEBER, We yesterday noticed the circumstance of the death of this great Composer. On a late occasion, when he took a Concert at the Argyll Rooms, we expressed, somewhat strongly, our apprehetisions as to the precarious state et health in which he then appeared to he; anti our v -7 rst fears have been confirmed, in the result which it has bee.' our lot, in common with others, to announce to the public. On his arrival in England he betrayed melancholy symp toms of approaching consumption, and which, by rapid strides, has subdued the vital spark of one who, but a few days since, received the highest reward merit could receive —the congratulations, not only of the public at large, but of his contemporaries. It is impossible to conceive that anything can be more grateful to a man of genius than the congratulations of his fellow-labourers, in whatever de partment their abilities may be exerted ; their congratula tions, whether in the zenith of his fame and glory, or in the decline of his life or. fortunes, is the highest honour they can bestow or he can receive. Weber, like Mozart, betrayed an extraordinary preco city of talent, and, like the wonderful master-spirit, Wolf gang, has alike terminated his existence at little more than half the period allotted to man as his sojourn here. Like Mozart, however, he has, in that short apace cf titre, and at a period when most men begin to labour for reputa tion, earned a name which will be remembered as long as music shall lighten the heavier calamities which human na ' titre is destined to endure. The present is only one of the many instances on record of the premature expansion of the flower, and of its falling into premature decay ; not that we wish to admit that as a general principle, or else it would go to embitter the brightest hopes of which human nature is susceptible. Weber received his earlier education from Ileushkel and Lauska, names well known in Germany, and somewhat in England. The talents of Lauska were great, particularly as a pianoforte performer, upon which instrument Weber excelled; and his Fantasias are known upon the Continent as master-pieces of their kind. Under such auspices, and afterwards of Vogler and other most eminent masters in the several departments of vocal and instrumental music, harmony, and composition, Weber made rapid advance ment in his profession, and so early as the age of twelve his first work was performed in a public orchestra. From that period up to the hour of his death he laboured with unceasing anxiety in cultivating and maturing the ability with which he was so highly gifted ; with what success his operas and other works bear sufficient demonstration. His general compositions bear the nearest resemblance to the works of Beethoven, though totally devoid of servile imitation—the object of both being a never-ceasing anxiety that the effect produced should be in perfect unison with their subject; while his Overtures are s:contLa'one, if se cond they be, to Mozart and Cherubini. Thamusic of Weber was not much known in this coin- try until the year 1 , 423. At that period, his Der Frei- .telrattz made its appearance in the north of Germany, and ; which, by the ability it displayed, at once pointed him out to the intellectual connoisseurs of that portion of the Em pire as the worthy successor of their prest and estimable favourite, Winter. Since that period, his fame has spread all over Europe; and had he done nothingelse than "The Freischutz," it would have been sufficient to have stamped him with musical immortality. His Operas of Earymthe and Preciara, the former of which lie called a musical essay, display great beauties, though they both failed on being transplanted, the one to Vienna, the other to Lon don ; but certainly not from any defect in their musical composition. The merits of his Sikrao and Able 'hymn are also well known. His visit to this country was prin cipally for the purpose of bringing out Oberon at Covent Garden : with wltat success he accomplished his task is so sensibly felt and ackHowledgid at this moment, that it were wholly unnecessary to dwell upon it, further than to restate our opinion that it is equal to Der Frei sehutz, always keeping in view the difference of character in the subject treated. This opera, we apprehend, closed his labours here, with some trifling exceptions, which we shall notice presently, in referring to his Concert a few days since. %Veber's works have received so much notice of late, that it cannot be necessary to refer to them mo-e par ticularly here: certain it is that he alcne has been able to compete with the "Fortunate Italian," as Rossini has been not unaptly called ; and most ably has he accomplished his, task. Weber's Mrs,—we allude to those, of course, which are his own, and fipt the harmonized German alelodies,—arc not so striking as those of Rossini; but they have much tnere depth, and possess more science. They are not th e mere outward display of the art, but portray thatite. lectual feeling, upon which alone a composer call hope his name to survive beyond the age in which he himself la m Weber's last appearance, with Ihe exception of, for t, minutes. on the night of Miss Paton's benefit, se as at th e n Argyll Rooms, on Friday week, on which occasion he to o k a concert,—we will not say a benefit, for the state of the room would belie that assertion,—when there Koss performed, for the first time in this country, a new manuscript Cantata, entitled the 11-,p'es,,ititiofbPuterzele, site poetry written for the occasion by Hampden Napier. w e confer that, when we Btw Weber directing this pi ece, we had a melancholy foreboding that it would be the In t he would conduct in those rooms!, and so strongly did the such that a he had been unable feeling operate upon us, that we could not but recal th e recollection of Mozart's mysterious_ visitor. It will I, remembered that at the time Mozart's h ea l t h ;: s gradually declining, an unknown person called m e t requested him to compose a Requiem, which Mozart promised to finish by a certain day ; th e malign. gang's ealletl ind i sposition pun etuall y a h t a d t I b l n t s i to complete it ; further time was granted, and a further donation placed upon the table, as a reward for the in. created labour, and the stranger hastened away. Mraartdi. reeled his servant to foilow,to ascertain who the stranger was; but the servant returned, saying he had avoided his par ent. Mozart felt a sudden persuasion that hie visitor was s o earthly being, and that the requiem he was compoathe was actually for himself ; and the day it was completed he wan no more. This composition was performed on the oce s th ao of his funeral, and is known as one of his most celebrated Hpleees. Such was our feeling of the " Festival o f h am . We considered that %Veber was raiaing for himself a tho . fitment, upon which others would shortly record his name, and therefore we may be eiccused a short notice of it here. The opening chorus was very fine, and the solos were beautifully adapted to the following words:— Smke, strike the trembling Let the strong swelling chair His.; on high Sing notes of joy amen Till from the deep-arching sky Again rebound Loudly the grateful sound. To thee, 0 Lord ! to thee the thank-enlivened chorus, In warmest gratitude we sing ; To thee, that watchest o'er us, This incense of the heart we bring. To thee the debt of praise we owe For all that we enjoy below. The harmonies in this chorus were beautiful ; ard the line " To thee, 0, Lord," displayed all that depth of fe-!- ing so powerfully portrayed in the works of Handel. Ha chorus was followed by a beautiful recitative aid air-- Oh, happy land ! thou seenest as singled Forth for Nature's sweetest smile, Since upon thy soil are mingled All her bleasaiga, sea-born O'er the land.enclosping waters, Far and wide thy empire runs • Thine earth's loveliest, fairest daughters, Thine, her noblest, bravest sons. Courage holds his shield before thee, Freedom all thy Councils guides, Peace and Plenty hover o'er thee, Justice in thy hall presides. The various expressions of feeling in these lines were most ably brought out, and the counterpoint adtniralAy done. There was a chorus also to the following words, which was awfully sublime : Horror ! horror ! from the mountains Fiercely down the tempest rushee ; Lo ! &sweeping deluge gushes From the black clouds' bursting fountains. Wild the forest winds are howling, Lightnings quivering, thunders growling, While the thick and pattering hail Rattles down the craggy Me. The effect of this chorus was equal to his very best pro duction. The return of order and happiness was finely ex.cuted to the following solo, in which the utmost tender ness and delicacy were observable:-- Lord of power and mildness! Bid thy ivatice deep awhile; Wake thy lint-L-11.min, smile; Dry the tears of sorrow's wildness; ' Grant that these our woes may cease ! Thou, that prayer with pleasure honest, Send us those we cherish dearest Home agsin, with joy and peace. The chef dam ere of the evening, however, was the con cluding recitative and chorus:— Long may he live to bear us slog, In unison sincere, " 0, (lost preserve our Kiri !" King of Kings, above who reignest O'er the wide domain of space, God of Gods, who kindly deignest Send to mortal man thy grace, Hear our prayer sincere and fervent, Oh, protect thy chosen vervain. England's just and virtuous King, 'reach the shadow of thy wing ! Oh Lord, regard our King ! Amen 1 Our admiration of the Coronation Anthem is unbounded, and next to that, in our imagination, stands the concha :the; chorus of this cantata. We know that it is difficult to ex press height or depth by music, and that a high or a low note would be improperly used for that purpose. This Or servatiod will not hold as to space, for the staccato pronute ciation of the word space, anti the rest that followed it, had the power of bringing the supposed effect of it strongly on the mind. We do not know at what period this piece was composed, but certainly, whenever it might have been, it will add considerably to the character of this accomplished man. It will be sews[, from the qnotations we have made, there'vas fine scope for religious feeling ; anti in the music he has nobly availed himself of it, which, es connected with his declining state, rendered it so much more applicable on the occasion en which it was brought forward. Weber was in his both year, and in his manners moat unpresuming anti retiring, which was rwerfully erincal on every occasion on which he appeared before the euldic. We believe none will be more ready to pay him this just tribute, than those with whom he waLeLseciatid, both in the orchestra and on the stage, during his residence ia England. Everything that could be done, was dote by Sir George Smart and his kind friends, to soothe and com fort him in his rapid dee:a , ; and it will he a great consolation to his friends and countrymen to know that such was the case, and that he died sensible that everything had been done for him which kindness, attention, and humanity could suggest. The scene having thus closed on the earthly labours of this gifted man, we. trust his friends, at as early a perish as decency will permit, will propose some testimony of ac knowledgment to his memory, us order to *hew to the rest of Europe, that while England is always ready to foster talent, from whatever quarter it may come, she is also sen siLle of the tors she sustains, when such men as Weber arc bcrne herreo in the zenith of their fame, while on her hos pitable shores. - - THE BARON VON WEs ii.—The body of the late Baron Von Weber has, we understand, undergone s medical in- spection by his Germah physician, assisted by tbreesmong the most eminent o f t h e f acu l ty i n London. ltta death appears to have been unequivocally the result of consump tion ; and, from the manner in which he was disourcretle he seems to have expired without a s:ru , , , gle. COEENT-GARDEN THNATRE.— As we anticirated, t} at very popular actor, Jones, hail an overflow at this house last night, and the good things that he had prepared for the entertainment of his numerous friends appeared to be highly relished. This is as it should be—a great and de served favourite receiving his annual reward fmm that public, to whose amusement lie contribitts so largely in the course of the season. ADELPIII TIIEATRE.—In consequence of tl•e overflew on Saturday last, Yates Rives his ReminiTcnires tc-night and to-morrow, Thursday, when he concludes a season, which, • • the receipts of wht. , we unilenitelid, give bin ample en couragement for future exertions. A new gaming cone-ni is just on the eve of being com menced, in Watt rloo-place, Pall Mall. The rerks are only waiting to catch half-a -doses pigeon.. with 300/. each, 10 make a bank of 3,000/., when plundering the young awl unwary will become the "order of the day." it is to be conducted in the style of FiaAmong,ers' Hull, in St. James's-street. A Mr. Fleming is, at present, the princip.ll manager of this additional trlagrace to the Court end of the town. We trust that this timely hint will act as a caution to those " young sprigs of property," for whom tbe bait has Lem so enticingly set, a-. J