The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-03-13 00:00:00

KING'S THEATRE.
This Evening, SATURDAY. Mare It 13, will be Performed
ZELMIRA.
End of the Opera. new Billet. entitled
I.E SWAM IrOsSIAN.
Owing to the length of the Opera and the new Ballet, there will be
nu Invertissonent between the Seta
Application. fur Mel. and Mingle Subseripthaw fur the Season to be
made to Mr. Seguin, 10:4 Quad/ant, Regent-street.

IVEW TIII:ATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Tlll4 Ertl-lbw. SVTERDAV, March 13, will be performed
TIIE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR.
Fenton, Mr. Brahmin; sir John Falstaff, Mr. DOWtI/0. Mrs. Ford,
MAO Stephell*; Mrs. rase, Misseubitt.
To conclude with the Melo-Drama of
TEKEI.I.
On Monday. The Merchant of Venice% with Tekell.

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT--GARDE 'j
This Evening. SATURDAY. Marrh 13, will be performed
PRIDE SIIALL HAVE A FALL.
Count Ventoso, Mr. W. Fairen: Stefano, Mr. Egerton: Lorenzo, Mr.
C. Kcioble. Victoria, Woe Paton Leonora. lien Love.
To conclude with the Burletta of
MI DAS.
On Monday, Pride Shall Haver Fall: with the Pantomime.

ADELPHI THEATRE, STRAND.
This Evening, SATUILDAV, March 13, will be performed
WAVERLEV.

Fergus MaCISW, Mr. fießattly, Mrs. Waylett.
birs. Nowetetk. Mr..l. Reeve.
After which. the Ballet of JEMMY ,1111ERDEEN.
To cowhide with tjl:Allitt;PEDS.

Tin BRITISH Para' commenced publishing yesterday morning
at half-past Eire o'clock.

LONDON. SATURDAY, ALtßeit 13, 1824.

The French Papers of Wednesday and Thursday reached
our office yesterday. They contain nothing whatever of
any political interest. The leading cnttents of Wednesday's
Mowiteur-and of the Etuilegf Thursday, will be found so
follow.

[From the Moaitear of Wednesday. March 10.—Offici d Part.]
ASIS, Matteis 9th.
Today, altar Mass, the Foreign Ambsuadors and Ministers
paid their respects to the King and Royal Family.
[Non-Official Part.l
NAPLES, FEn. 21.

The King has presided at several extraordinary councils of the
Ministers, which have taken place here since the 19th. A confe-
rence is spoken of between the Minister of war and Baron Fri.
mont, Commander-in-Chtef of the army of occupation.
We have just received letters from 31alta, which state that Ad-
miral Neale, commanding the British squadron in that port, has
received orders from his Government to go and severely chastise the
Regency of Algiers, on account of several acts of the Bey, com-
mitted contrary to the treaty of Peace in 1816.

MADRID, FEB. 2CL

The changes in the Council of Cudlle are the general subject of
conversation; they were made without the Ministers being in.
funned, and it is thought they do not approve of this measure,
which soma persons think nmy even lead to a change of the ad-
ministration. Some ascribe it to the influence of the Counsellor
L'gsrte, who has but lately been placed In that situation, having
been previously private secretary to the King. Others who pre.
tend to be better informed attribute it to Villele, the President of
the Council, a man of great age, but of a very firm mind, who is
suspected of wishing to restore m the Council of Castille the power
and attributes it possessed before the Ministry of Floreda Blanca,
which would render that of the Ministers almost null, and
snake mere secretariss of them. Merino has retired to Burgos, his
native city, renouncing the benefice he enjoyed as Canon of Video.
der, and preferring the pay and honours of a Brigadier.tienaal of
the King's army. The French troops sent towards Segovia have
not yet returned to Madrid.
Bessieres retains the rank of Major. General, but, on account of
the bad state of the finances, will only have the pay of Colonel
(From the Etaile, dated Thursday.]

Pants, MARCH 10.
His Majesty heard Mass in his apartments—The King presided
in a Council of Ministers.

Bulletin of the health of the Princess of Conde :
•' March 10—Half-past Seven.

" The situation of her Highness has not varied since putridity.
AU the symptoms anthe sane. The pulse this morning is at 08."
FRENCII FUNDS.—PARIS, Mallen 10.-3 per Cents. (Joules
du 22 Man.) 100 1. 25 c.; Bank Stock, 1,700 L ; Neapolitan
6 per Cents., in ducats 1101, in francs 95; Resta d'Espagno 22i ;
Royal Spanish Loan, 1823, 10i. Exchange on Loodan—One
Month, 251 60c. ; three ditto, 23f. 40 c.

The rumour of a Congress at Paris, on the affairs of
South America, has been for tome days revived; but the
tone of the last French papers on this important subject
continues perfectly pacific. The Journal des Debots of
Wednesday has an article on these Colonies, which, from
the connexion with M. de Villele, may be considered as
almost official :—" It is already two years," this paper re-
marks, " since an Act passed, by which England opened
" her ports to all the flags of the Spanish Colonies; and
" she wished before to treat for the independence of
" these Colonies, at the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle, and
" renewed this proposition at the Congress of Vienna."
Unquestionably Great Britain was not to close her ports
against the flags of these countries, already virtually free; I
she was not to reject their trade, and an intercourse with
them, because Spain preferred feeble claims of obsolete
dominion. The supremacy of Old Castile over the New ,
IVorld was, in effect, no more ; the Colonies had risen
beyond the power that originally subdued and colonized
them, and flung off a tyranny at once oppressive and de-
grading to them. If propositions were made, either at
Aix-la-Chapelle or Vienna, to recognise their independence,