The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-02-05 00:00:00

COrENT-C.4RDEN THEATRE.

7'Ae Beggar's Opera was performed list night,
for the purpose of introducing • Mr. Howe in the
character of Captain MachentA. Gentleman
has considerable claims as all actor and a singer.
His voice is very pleasing ; it possesses softness
and sweetness, with modulation and flexibility.
His songs were executed iu a style that excited
101111 applause. Zits enunciation is good, and his
action flee and easy; but we think is lttrle more
energy and spirit are necessary to give 101 l effect
to the character of Captaia Macheath. flit debut,
no the whole, was a very successful one. Miss
STEPHENS was a sweet Polly, and Mrs. C. KEHSLE
hug been long a celebrated representative of Lucy.
The otters was succeeded by Mrs. Cowt.tx's
farce, Who's the Dupe t' in which Mrs. T. iirt.r.
looked unit played the little part of Elisabeth very
prettily. Mr. W. EMMEN, always happy in the
portraiture or old age, was glide at home in
Doiley. Mrs. Grans, Mr. Joacs, and Mr. FAIT.
crrT, displayed their wonted excellence in their
respective characters, and contributed largely to
the innuseineut of the house, which ilisplAyed •
crowded and elegant audience, from the rising of
the curtain.

TO TIER EDITOR OF TIIE BRITISH PRESS.

gia—A Writer on the Fine Arts in your Paper, uninten-
tionally, 1 am sure, mule a slight mistake, as Monday last,
in criticising the drawings by my pupils, that I had.followed
Mr. West, lu calling the attention of Aoki, and the public
to the Elgin Marbles. Mr. West's public' letters on the
Elgin Marbles first made their appearance attached to a
publication, called " Lord ElfWs Pol.:tall in Croce, is
1811," whereas 1 had publicly written a letter,salling alien-
tbin to their excellence, in 1809*, two years heroic; it fol-
lows, therefore, that 1 had not the honour of coming after,
but of preceding, the venerable President. Prelims* it is of
little importance who first called the attention of the public
to their excellence; list as a claim has been set up for Mr.
West, I hope it will not be considered impertinent in me to
prove my right to it.
I cannot conclude without expressing my admiration of
the nobleness of feeling that induced Mr. West, in the de-
cline of life, at once to acknowledge the superiority of thrsu
divine works, to all other production's. There are few, and
there bars bets. hut few, who would thus have confessed,
with self.humility, that theadmiratiou of their previous slaya
haul heels erroneous, sod who would have set about regene-
rating their style of Art, or of enforcing, with all the in-
fluence of their situation, the principles of their recent con.
viction. Mr. Wrst can, therefore, afford to let a younger
man claim his right, without baring any of the glory accru-
ing to him, from his admiration of the Marbles, at all
diminished.

The repntatinn I have gained from my early ennnexims
with these divine things, is dearer to one than my life; and
1 •uald at any time rather part wills my life, than be de-
prived of the thousandth owl of it.
1 am, Sir, !our obedient Servant,
B. It. HATI/ON.
21, Limon Grote North, February ♦, 1819.
• Yid. 11. Examiner, 1809.

The whole of the Cabinet sliniater., except the
LORD CHANCELLOR and VIIICORO CAsTLEitsacti.
were promo at the Cabinet dinner given by Earl
BATnvasT on Wedneitclay.—The Duke of Wu.-
LI NGTOX will give the next Cabinet dinner.

The Ministerial writers extol the linninows elo-
quence of Lord CASTLERI•GIi. Lucas, a word.
is so called a non leseendo.

On Sunday last their Royal Highnesses the Duke
nod Duchess de BERRI g:ive a dinner, at Paris, to
his Royal Highneas the Duke of GLouctsTEß.
Their -Excellencies the Ambussadors of Spain,
Naples, aid England, were amongst the distin•
guirited guest%.
Departure from the St. Peter,burgh Hotel,
Dover-street:—Lard HAWKE, to his seat in York-
shire.

CHARITIEL--The Duke and Duchers of
NORTHUMBERLAND left Alnwick for London, ou
the 20th ult. after six months residence at the
castle ; during which time the labouring classes
have rereived much benefit from the audit I
number of persons employed, and the poor have
experienced their Graces bounty in very consider- '
able donations of beef, bread, and clothing, besides
daily charities of soup from the kitchen. Several
oxen have been given away, and a great gountity
of bread, an that it is supposed every poor family
in the town has been relieved. One hundred 111C11
are generally at work in the grounds, and lately
there were twice that number employed by his
Grace, on a hill near floodgate, whereon the column
stands, which will much improve the entrance of
the town from the south. A lying-in charity has
been established by her Grace, which is likely to
prove a timely assistance mud comfort to the married
1100 r.

Lately, one of the bands that infest the Sierra
Morena, composed of shout fifty persons, the
greatest part mounted on mules, penetrated as I,or
as Menne!, a pl ice become celebrated by the ad-
ventures of the hero of CESVANTEs, the famous
Dow Quixote. In this troop there was remarked
a Franciscan, who had doffed the flock to follow
this I ttttt outside profession ; this good father had
still Isis gray cloak, shortened indeed for the pair-
pose of allowing ham greater facility in !notions%
his mole. These honest people limited their de-
mands to some fanegas of grain, and leathern bot-
tles of wine, with which they regained their haunts.

Sunday night Viscount de BETHUNE blew out
his brains with a pistol, on the bridge des Invalids
(Puna). It •ppears that he hail mounted the para-
pet, in such a manner as makes it probable he wish-
ed to have fallen into the river; but his body re-
mained upon the bridge. Re was found dead—the
pistol lay at his fret. We have not yet learned the
cause of this desperate act.—(./owrosal General.)
IN TwEl.ve IVF.as reminds his
Friends that the present small hut ku/s Lottery
will be Drawn in Our Day, with only 4,000 Tickets. Tribe
Scheele Villilille Two Capitals of 20,000/. and several
others of 2,0001. I,OOW. Ste. The whole of whirl, will be
derided N OAT Tut:rosy (February 9).—WEBNIN ()dices
are at 9, Curooloill, and 17, Ludgate-street, where the COM-
11S1111411 of the Public Are respectfully solicited.
In the list of the Secret Committee of the Home
of Commons 1111 the Bank Restiiction, in Tut:
Barrists of yesterday. the mime of Sir
JAMES MACKINTOSH was omitted. and that of
Mr. Lam:maim inserted in Ilse place of 'Mr.
LITTI.CTON.

LAIV INTELLIGENCE.

COURT or CHANCERY, Wrrnotirrrft,
inutesomr, Fisaumtv 4.