The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-10-03 00:00:00

ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.

Thl. F:venlng, TUESDAY, October 3, will be presented the Operatic
Drama of
TIIE LIBERTINE.

......
Mtn Juan, 11r. T. P. Cooke Leperello, Mr. 0. Pensoo ; Zeriina, :an
Paton.

After which the Entertainment of
THE sPOILED CHILD.
Little Pickle. Miss Clara Fisher; Tar, Mr. Tayienre.
To conclude with the Romance of
PRE4VMPTION ; or, THE PAIL OP PRANILPHHTEIM.
Frankenstein, Mr. Bakers ). Mr. T. P.Cookc

The BRITISH PREIS commenced uublivhing yesterday
morning at a quarter pot five o'clock.

LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1826.

We have received the French Morning and Evening
Papers of Eunday last.
From the Ehtik.]
MOSCOW, SEPT. 9.

The Emperor has just remitted the punishments which have
been adjudged by the Senate against the conspirators. Those who
have been sent to Siberia are only to remain twenty years instead of
life. The Emperor would probably have shown more leniency to
them had it not been represented to him that the prisoners, on the,
way to Yeradaw, had evinced a most unbending spirit, and had
indulged in seditious songs while at the inns, that Pe much vitupe-
rated the people against them, that the guard was obliged to be
doubled to prevent their being massacred. Prince Troubetskoi
was among the worst.
On the occasion of the coronation, the Emperor had ordered the
freedom of those soldiers who had served twenty years in the
Guards, or twenty-two years in the army. It is calculated that
this will occasion a reduction in the army of about 30,f00 men.
it is not intended at present to replace than.
The fete to be given by Marshal Duc de Ragusa bus been pat.
pored for three days, as well as the others, so that the fetes will not
end till the 29th September.
Yesterday evening there was a ball at Court. The company as-
sembled at seven o'clock in the evening, and did net depart till
half-past eight in the miming. The only dance was that of the
Polonaise, shich is merely a promenade. The Duke had the ha
nour of dancing one Polonaise with the Empress, and another with
the Grand Duchess Michael. The Khan's Kirguis and Circa'.
sians were observed to be on a tribune in the saloon, with their
suites. The Kirguis had with him his wife, and five other ladies
of inferior rank. His lady had her face uncovered ; she is rather
fair, her features are fine, but are altogether of the ( hinese cast.
The company was very numerous, and remarkable for the splen-
dor and richness of their dresses. We have never seen such a
profusion of diamonds. Madame De la Ferronais had the honour
of walking a Polonaise with the Emperor.
The Empress Mother did not assist at the ball, by reason of in.
disposition. The Empress Regent is better than we could have ex-
pected amidst the fatigues of her continual peblic appearance. ifer
illness is merely a nervous affection, and occasions no Inquietude to
her august family.
Dursot re, SEPT. 16.

Some arrests have taken place among the students at the Univer-
sity of lielpsic !or illegal associations. The trade of this town Is
in a state of the greatest stagnation.
PARIS, SEPT. 30.

The Mote, in a letter under the date of the 20th inst. from
Vienna, informs us of the destruction of Constantinople, and of the
death of the Sultan and his son. It will be recollected that it is
more titan two months since the l'!ute nnnounce•.l the destruction
of Constantinople, and it seems he will not have It doubted. It is
very well fur such a paper as that ; bat for Morning Papers, who
carefully repeat cur news of the 7th September, to effect to belir-ve
the Pilule, is what we could hardly conceive, if we were not awt re
that the object of the greater part of the Journals is to deceive the
public.
It is too evident that this letter is a fabrication, to require us
to seek another motive for its insertim in two or three
Journals. A courier from Constantinople, on account of the qua-
rantine at the Tour Rouge, took sixteen or seventeen days to
reach Paris. Another courier arrived since in fifteen. The news
received on the 20th September, at Vienna, ought in eonsequer ee
to be the same as that of the 7th we received at Paris the day before
yesterday. We have therefore given the contents of the letters from
C'cnsttmtinople of that date. The fabrication of the Pitt* is
therefore manifest. Wily, then, does the Aristurque of this morn-
ing sity—" It must be agreed dint this news has nothing in it
improbable ?"

[ From thejaaried des Debate.]
LISBON, SEPT. 16.

By our private correspondent we learn that the Princess Regent
has just issued a decree containing instructions to the Comm;,_
sinners who have been appointed to re-organize the Civil and Crl.
minal Courts of Law, in conformity with the principles established
by the Constitutional Charter. This decree is followed by another,
ordering the Secretary of State to arrange in chronological order
all the laws, ordinances, decrees, and Instractions, which have
been made from the Ist January, ICO3.
It appears that the desertions frum the Tras-os-Montor are en.
tirely at an end.

Fro n the accounts received from various quarters there
is reason to believe that the trade of counterfeiting money
has been carried, of late years, to a very considerable
extent. The little suspicion which people have entertained
on this bead, since the renewal of our circulation, has been
extremely favourable to the manufacturers of base money ;
and there is some ground to think that they have been
enabled, in consequence, to circulate large sums in different
parts of the country. No one at present ever thinks of
taking any precaution against this species of imposition ;
and the business of the country is just as easily conducted
with the base money as with the good. But though the
evil has nut yet reached a length to threaten national
danger, it may be well to check it in the bud, since, if
carried on to any considerable length, it must undoubtedly
end in depreciating the value of our silver, and, in fact, of '
all our currency. When base money abounds, the value
of the good is uecessarily depreciated, because few who re-
ceive money have an opportunity of immediately ascertain-
ing its value by a decisive trial; and they are consequently
placed in the same situation as the discounter of a bill, who