The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-08-30 00:00:00

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ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.
This Evening, WEDNESDAY, Auguo 30, will be performed the new
Grand Serlo•Comic Opera of
TIIE ORACLE; or, THE INTERRUPTED SACEIFICE.
Th. principal Characters by Mears. J. Bland, Perkins, J. D. Atkins, U.
Suplo, sad Thorne; WIWI Paton, Flsmilton, and Goward.
After which the Mein-Drama of
TWO WORDS; or, "SILENT" NOT "DUMB."
Sir Hildebrand de Guy, Mr. Hartley ; Valbelle, Mr. Pearman ; Tonnere,
Mr. W. Chapman ; La Near, Mr. Keeley. Rolabelle, lila Kelly.

ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL.
Under the especial Patronage of hie Most Gracious Modesty.
The Proprietors of the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, re3pectroilly announce
the LAST NIGHT BU f ONE OF THE SEASON, 11415 EVENING,
WEDNESDAY, August 30, when they will present the Public with a
splendid UNION GALA, combining all the Attractions of the Season,
viz. those of
His Majesty's Birth Night I Coronation Gala
Duke of York's Night Waterloo Fete, and the
Duke of Clarence's Night Juvenile Fete.
The Gardens will be magniticently Illuminated with upwards of 12,000
extra Lamps, In Devices Illordrative of all these festive occasions, form-
ing a blue of light and spleudmir unequalled In any country.
The CONCERT Will embrace the talents of Mk.. Travis, Miss Herne,
and Alias love; Mr. Braham, Mr. Sinclair, and Signor de Regnis ; Mr.
Tayl or, Mr. Hornrastle, Mr. Robinson. Mr. Miley, and Master Barker.
Leader of the Band, Signor Spagnoletti ; Conductor, Mr. Bishop.
The beautiful Moonlight Scene of
THE RUINS OF AN ITALIAN ABBEY,
Produced by Mr. Standeld, of thc Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, will bo
again exhibited.

Mr. WILSON on the TIGHT ROPE.
An entire Novelty, called THE CARNIVAL OP VENICE, or a
Mtemitet ads on Two Tight Rupee, by Mr. Wlbum, eraisted by Mr. Black-
Inure, the Young American, Introducing Pollchinellu and Family, with
Comic Dancing, Sc.
The new Ballet,
IL CORONAMF.NTE DELLA ROZIERE,
In which the two Itl,lgw4yi will dance an entirely new tirntesone Pa de
Dela.
Mr. BLACKSIORE,wiII exhibit his usual Evolutions on the SLACK

ROPE.
A Military Band mill play at intervals, during the Evening, in the
Orcbedga.
To conclude with a DISPLAY of FIREWORKS, of surpassing mag-
nificence.
In eae last grand Piece the celebrated YOUNG AMERICAN, Mr.
DT.ACKMORE, will make his TERRIFIC ASCENT to the Moorish
Tower, and Descend amidd Volumes of Fire.
Doors open ut Seven o'Clock.—Concert beglas at Half-put Eight
Aduluiva

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The BRITISH PRESS commenced publishing yesterday
morning at five o'clock•

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1926.

The intelligence from Calcutta respecting peace with
the Burmese was conveyed by despatches sent off from
Calcutta on the Bth of April, through the Persian Gulf,
to Constantinople, which capital they reached on the 28th
July, and were forwarded on the same day by the East
India Company's Agent, By the same conveyance a letter
was brought from Constantinople to a mercantile house in
the City, which states that the plague has spread its ra-
vages with extraordinary rapidity and fury.

We have received the French Papers of Sunday, and

the Duile dated Monday. We subjoin some extracts:-
I.l'mm the Etoik.)
BONPLAN.
LETTER OF THE EMPEROR OF SRAM TO I YIANCIA,
GOVERKOR OT PARAGUAY.
Dr. Francia,—The wisdom with which, under the protection of
my august mother, you have been able to preserve the people of
Paraguay happy, has rendered you worthy of my esteem. I hate
received and retain all your letters since I took upon me to secure
the happiness of Brazil in the absence of my august father, who
has been pleased to grant me his sovereign sanction under the
guarantee of his Britannic Majesty—a guarantee which I offer you
n my turn fur the ultimatum of the provinces which you adminis-
ter. As I interest myself in their future lot, I am likewise joie.
rested in obtaining for the Frenchman Bonplan a restoration to his
family and friends; and you will permit him to reply to the letters
which the bearer of this will deliver is him.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

Nap 721. 75c ; Royal Spanish Loan, 441. Exchange on
London, one month, 25f. 65c.—Cosos Anther:Oyu&

We have received, via Holland, the St. Petersburgh
Journal of the Nth of August—the same date as the intel-
ligence from that capital received yesterday by Hamburgh.
We add a short paragraph :
The Speech " On the Influence of Knowledge upon the Con-
dition of Nations," delivered on the Ist of June, in the solemn
meeting of the University of St. Petersburgh, by Count Gouri,ff.
the Rector, has just been publi,httl.

We are rather surprised to find that ilr. GALLOWAY
dots not come forward to answer the queries addressed
to him by our Correspondent yesterday. We by no
messes insinuate that be cannot answer them sails- I
factorily, and we hope at the approaching meeting of
the Greek Bondholders that he will do away with im-
pressions which operate necessarily against the popularity
of a cause‘ which depends for its best chances of suc-
cess on the good Ist:ll4'd this country towards all
connected with the management of its affairs. The
least appearance of disease should be probed to the
bottom. The mere evidence of soundness will do much
towards reviving the zeal of cur countrymen in aid of the
Greeks ; and nothing can be more injurious than to leave
suspicions unremovei!, whether the neglect arise from
delicacy on the part of others, which prevents them from
stating those suspicions' or from a mistaken pride of con-
scious integrity, which does not allow the accused to de-
scend to explanstion when it is called for perhaps rather
unceremoniously. The character of Mr. tiA LLOWAY is
not the stake in this case. The existence of a nation
is in jeopardy. The success of the Greek effbrts at this
moment depends almost entirely upon the favorable bias of
public opinion with regard to the cause in general. Nothing
could injure that cause more than leaving a shadow of a
doubt on the integrity of those to whose hands tbe funds
raised by the loans have been intrusted. IVe shall take
an opportunity, to-morrow, of laying before our readers
some particulars which a Correspondent has furnished us
with on this subject. They will probably be new to most
of our readers, and we shall leave it to them to judge of
the &glee of importance to be attached to these celairri•se-
meld's. They afford matter for deep reflection, at all
events. The necessity of some change in the manner of
conducting the financial affairs of the Greek Deputies is
now admitted on all hands. There have been great mis-
takes, we are persuaded; but, we trust, no want of integrity

We have lately observed a great deal of exclusive infor-
mation in the Globe and Morning Herald, which originally
appeared in the columns of the British Press. We allude
particularly to the information, via United States, of the
arrival of the British forces at Ave; the letter from Lima,
received at Liverpool, mentioning the dissolution of the
Congress of Peru, and dated the 16th (not the 26:11)
of May; and the letter to Messrs. RICARDO on Greek
affairs, lately published exclusively in this Paper. We are
not particular, sometimes, ourselves, in the burry of making
np our Paper, about subjoining, in all cases, our authori-
ties; but we cannot tamely suffer our original intelligence
to be claimed by others exclusively; nor do we see any
reason why articles which appear contemporaneously in the
Times or Chronicle should be ascribed, as they were on a
recent occasion, to these Morning Papers only. Our object
is, to avail ourselves of our sources of information fairly
and leur.ourably ; and, if we contrive to receive country or
foreign papers earlier titan others, we have a right at least
to enjoy the credit of it. There are arts in newspaper-
making, we are aware, which are very successfully
practised by some of our contemporaries. We never
think it necessary ourselves to give double authorities
for our intelligence : we are in general satisfied with
mentioning the authority quoted by the I'aper which
we extract. IVe omit authorities, sometimes, as unne-
cessary, and sometimes by oversight; but we can affirm
with safety, as far as the prevent conductors of the
British Press are concerned, that our arts have never
eAended farther than what we here admit. We have
never claimed articles exclusively because we fancied cur
source too obscure to risk detection. We have seen the
Times repeat our articles weeks after our insertion of them
—we have seen these articles quoted from the Times and
other Papers as original information iu these Journals.
We have seen this (lay after day without complaining;
and we should not now complain if our intelligence were
not directly claimed by the Globe in a manner which we
can scarcely call honourable. We do not object to the
Morning Chronicle and 7Vmes for quoting the Tyne Mer-
cury and Newcastle Chronicle on Tuesday for intelligence
which we gave on Monday; nor to the Murning Herald for
quoting the Hull Advertiser and Manchester Gazette in the
same way. These thingsve are accustomed to. We have
sometimes been quoted ourselves for that to which we had
no pretensions; but there is a bound to this license, and
we are very sorry to be obliged to complain in this way of
a Paper for which the British Press must have a kindly
feeling. We hope that the raying will not be verified in
this case, that disagreeing friends are the worst enemies.

CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.
The settlement in the British Stock Market has termi-
nated in a decided Bear account. Consols opened at
791 1, and at the close of the market had declined to
791 1 for this, and 79i f for the next, Account.
Upon comparing the lists, it appears that the amount
of fluctuation, during the last six weeks, has been upon
the whole three and a half per cent. There were two
defaulters declared to-day, one of whom was fully an-
ticipated from the connexion that existed between the in-
dividual in question and the person who was declared yes-
terday. It is said that the accounts of these parties are
quite heavy enough for the situation they occupied in the
market. Exchequer Bills arc at 17, 18, and India Bonds
have been done from 26 to 28.
The account from India, which appeared in the Briti.le
Press of the 17th instant, and which was taken from the

FROM OUR PARIS CORRESPONDENT.

PAR It itc. 24.

' An accusation, involving very singular circumstances, is
expected to be brought before the Court of Mont-
pellier, the 22d of next month. A gentleman named
Bonino, a native of Picmont, after having served several
years in the Fiench army, became settled at Sussargues,
near Montpellier. Ile had purchased two pieces of ground,
the property of which be had assigned over by a marriage
contract to a girl called Carrot, with whom be lived on
terms of intimacy. His marriage with her was retarded
only by some irregularity in his family papers, which he
was occupied in arranging. Suddenly, in the commence-
ment of May, ISTI, he disappeared from the country. It
was thought that he had gone into Spain, as he often
mentioned that project before. The girl Carrot, it is said,
endeavoured to give credit to that opinion, and even men-
tioned the names of persons who were, as she said, the
companions of his journey. She also declared her expecta-
tion of his retort. Two years, however, passed away, and
the unhappy 80111110 seemed to be forgotten. Neverthe-
less, the persona who, according to the story of the girl
Carrot, had accompanied him into Spain, were returned,
and declared that they never saw him on one site or other
of the Pyrennees. It was then remarked that Carrot had
married one Baptiste Dimon, seven months after the
disappearance of her affianced husband. Same rumours
got abroad also relative to this Dimon, and which had
their origin in the discourses of one of his children. It
was said,in fact,that Bonino,on the day of his disappearance,
had dined with Dimon, and that he had been seen with
him, after dinner, walking towards a garden belonging to
the latter ; that there Dimon, taking advantage of the
sleep of Bonino, had struck him on the head with a spade,
and killed him on the spot ; and that the night following
he had hurled him in the same garden, with the assistance
of the girl Carrot. These reports led to a search made by
the Police in the garden of Dimon, at Sussargues, and
they were confirmed by the discovery of a dead body, or
rather of a skeleton, bulled in a part of the garden which
has been planted with lucerne for the last two years. The
question remains, is this, or is it not, the body of Bonino?
One curious circumstance, as singular as it is conclusive,
appears to remove all doubts. The surgeons, on examining
the skeleton, remarked that it had six fingers and six toes
on the left side, and it is well known in the country that
Bonino had precisely the same deformity. The girl Carrot,
at present Dimon, acknowledges it. These circumstances
have led to the arrest of Dimon and his wife, who, by
their partial avowals, have strengthened the prejudices
already raised against them.