The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-08-24 00:00:00

rA triIIALL.

Last night, these splendid Gardens were lighted with es
unusual degree of splendor, in order to celebrate the
Birth-day of his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence.
At an early hour the counp...ay assembled in considerable
numbers, and before the conclusion of the performance,
the ownlens were nearly crowd; el. Various devices were
tastefully hung along the different avenues, snit the flag
of Great Britain waved as triumphantly as in the proudest
days of a Howe, a St. Vincent, or a Nelson. The ai.o-
ciations connected: with the unmatched exploits of our
navy were powerfully called forth ; and the spirited Pro.
prietors of these Gardens left nothing undone to aid in
producing that effect which such associations must lead
to. In the Quadrangle was seen, in large letters, "The
Duke of Clarence and the Navy," surroundul with a
green border tastefully embroidered, and the whole sur-
mounted by a ship, glittering in variety and brilliancy of
colours, and giving one some idea of the splendid git II „ty
of the more splendid Cleopatra. 11'herever the ter
reached, something dazzling and attractive met ii;
and there was, besides, a more substantial satisfaction
to be found in the excellence of the wines and v;.
ands which were .served fur supper. We have so often
had occasion to notice the unsparing industry of the pro.
prietors of Vauxhall Gardens in purveying for the public
entertainment, that we feel relieved from doing more at
present than again to repeat our approbation, and to hope
that their remarkable success will not lessen their zeal to
d serve the protracted continuance of the public favour.—
The Cusinoramas of Captain Parry's Voyages to the North
Pole; continue to attract (as they deserve to do) the gene-
:, rid attention ; and the introduction of the hydraulic experi-
ments was well conceived, though certainty the expel-Moms
were by no means very striking or very original. The
• Foreign Juggler had his share of applause, his juggling
I being of a nature so very difli'rent from that which we find
to bevery day played by our neighbours and holy allies,
the foreign diplomatists. The orchestra played the over.
• ture very well, but of the singing we yentu:e no o'sinion.
When Mr. Pyne again attempts the fine old song of
" Lovely Nan,' we would advise him nut to omit the last
I verse it contahia. Iti the fire-works there were several
novelties; we particularly noticed a superb pi ce own-
meneing with a vertical wheel, dividing into two, then
forming two fates of fire reported from the centre.
A beautiful star then expands to the distance of ten to
twenty feet, at the same time exhibiting a portrait of his
' Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, and finishing with
• Ireported pays of hi illiar t fires. The next remarkable
novelty was, a very beautiful coat of arms of England, on
I an extensive scale, twenty-four feat in length and twenty-
• two in height, in various-coloured fires, concluding with
flights of rockets, shells, saueissons, and Roman candles,
Taking the ensemble of the night, it may be safely said to
have equalled in effect the most ingenious and successful
efforts of any previous gala.

SALISBURY MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
FRIDAY, AUG. 20.
The operations of the " light-fingered gentry" have net
been suspended in consequence of the alarm created by the
opening of their campaign on Wednesday. Another gentle.
man had his pocket cut out in the Concert Room last night;
and the exasperation necessarily felt at these repeated and
audacious depredations, led to a scene of a somewhat novel
' character, which took place at the Cathedral this morning
clueing the performance of the Oratorio Selections. A
young man who was seated in the body of the choir be-
came an object of suspicion to some parties, who, hsving
been robbed very recently with impunity, fancied they had
acquired a sympathetic acuteness of eye, which could not
fail to detect a thief at the very first glance. A whisper
soon passed round the audience, and a great deal of point-
ing, and running to and fro, convinced the object of all
this commotion that there was something more than com-
mon in the general attention directed to his person. Ac-
cordingly be moved from his place, and walked rather has-
tily round one of the aisles, u if intending to effect a re-
treat. But this was considered so decided a mark of guilt,
that Mrs. Salmon and " The Bright Seraphim" were al-
together forgotten in the full cry with which the anthem
set off upon t',is new scent. Being thus pressed, he stop-
peal short, and ascended the stairs of one of the gallerits,
where he was soon surrounded by a host of Peers, Mem-
bers of Parliament, learned Magistrates, and reverend M-
oines, not to locution a levy eft masa. of country Gestlemest,
many of whom saw Botany Bay written in every Scars
and article of dress belonging to the ill-starred elf. But
although there were plenty ready enough to anticipate the
extreme sentence of the law, no one teemed particularly
desirous of taking the introductory steps; so that the indi-
vidual in question underwent for a considerable times sort
of blockade, such as had recently brought that prince of
pickpockets, the Bey of Algiers, to his senses. Some
country, constables were anxious fur something in the shape
of authority before they proceeded to act, and the flock of
law-administrators and law-makers to whom they appeakil
seemed to fight very shy of the question of responsibility,
though certain ambiguous giving' out were heard about
" taking up on suspicion." At last, however, a more io:Tt•
pill Du berry than the rest declared, that to he in a chinch
where a robbery had been committed was " flat burglary,"
and immediately seized the suspected person by the collar,
and dragged him down the stain and into the vestry.—
Here his clothes were being stripped off, when he caught
the eye of a gentleman present, and referred to several
others, all of whom declared him to be a young man of
unquestionable respectability, residing in a neighhounng
town. All sorts of apologies were made, but they drew
forth nothing but vows of vengeance, and there the latter
ended for the time.
The performance thus interrupted was an excellent se-
lection from the beauties of Handel and Haydn, Melia:Jig
the first part of the Creation.
The Concert and Ball in the evening were attended by
greater numbers than either of those winch preceded them.
We cannot take leave of these performances without
log justice to the able and liberal manner in which they
have been conducted by Mr. Corfe, and suppotted by the
nobility and gentry of the county. It is by mutual exer-
tions and support such as this, that a true taste for music
is to he diffused through general society, and one of the
most refined of human enjoyments rendered easily acces-
sible to the limited circles of private life.

Aastwvites.—We have a report of Llrtl N.•rbars's
' charge to the Grand Jury of the County ll'eutnesi,h,
which, as a specimen of Bench eloquence, is curious. The
following passage is so remarkable, and, withal, so ill".
that we cannot deny Our readers and ourselves the pkwore
of seeing it in print to-day :--
" Gentlemen, saiu the Noble and Learned Lord. " I 014ati
the absentees a• the great curse of Ireland--they 1":"14
come sneaking bark again, and you will, of course, ma throe
civilly ; but don't forget to tell them what you hays bred
Jr
as
while they were absem,—above all, don't forget to tell theta tvhstin
they have been the chief ClUbe of it all. Back again thq
come, without a doubt, for, let other countries pontes
what 0/
may, I know of no country on earth where a man with a link al"
ney can so comfortably perch himself down as in Ireland."—Dai,
lie Freeman's Journal.
Joseph Ilona carte, whose botanical studies we noticed a
I few days ago, has arrived at Portsmouth with his suite, in
the Crisis, from New York. The Lx-King of Stain sad
Naples had engaged the whole cabin. It is the min til"e
that he ever visited this country ; indeed Lucien is.
believe, the only member of the family (except Napo
_,,
himself) who ever set foot 0111 the British shore. rvu:
ject of the visit of his brother Joseph is nut stated.
FAT•II DCEL..—Met. si:ov.--lt 101 bcca
stated that a gentleman was brought to the Iteebnek pub'
lie-house, Weston, Oxfordshire, in a state of grg. ~_l*
haustion, occasioned by a pistol-ball having lodged 10 L'
left shoulder. Eminent surgeons were of opinion that
an_
operation would Le attended with great danger, and tug
wounded gentler to was removed to his own re's Uwe.
about six miles distant. On his arric.l at home it oat
deemed absolutely necesuu-y to petfutin the operation bu
the unhappy gentleman died during the attempt to ,I;r4c*
the ball.
Luso Storer.—" L ink," said Mr. A. to Mr. (w'3ll,
whom he had lore disputed who had the best sight),
there is a tly Fl tiun on die point of the simple r
yes said Mr. B. who was aware of the jes;te "I" It 'h.'
well ; it has a lion.m !"
athlinvedeateyve(ftia.it i)2talgo: at Lynithlust
Ills Nlajesty's stal-hounds were expectal
to Windsor Park. Vs'ednesday next is spoken 'A g°l._„
ituhethir Newtrlt
first day's hunt. A numerous tut;ealblage is esl'ect'
Suutisamplos If erald. .loocletsilti:Ltintigbeanilcoutakuihsrlie.