The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-08-25 00:00:00

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GERIIIAN PAPERS.

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ST. PETERSBURGH, AVG. 6.
On the 29th of last month the first stone was laid of the new ma-
gazine, which is to be built by his Alajesty's command in the
square of the Exchange. It is to be 96 fathoms in length, 12 in
breadth, and as many in height, and will be raised so high that the
goods deposited will will not be reached by the water, however the
riven may rice.
Accounts from Feodosia state that a ship had arrived there from
Redut.liale, in Alingrelia, laden with tobacco, walnuts, walnut-
tree plants, and 'other articles, which is a proof of the intercottrse
between Mingle,lia and the coast of Natolia, and shows, too, that
from the moderate duties commerce begins to turn towards 111in-
grelia, which country will become in time a staple for the trade,
not only with Georgia and Persia. but with the South of Russia.
Supplies of corn continue to arrive at Feodosia, both by land and
by the sea of ?tsof. The harvest in general had suffered but little
from the locusts.

STOCKHOLM, AUG. 6.
The Royal Family is still at Rosenberg.
Mr. Kenner, a merchant of this city, has asked and obtained
leave from the Government to establish a post like the twopenny
post in London. The same is the MC with Mr. Charles Knab, a
Saxon, who, in the name of a society formed at Dresden, has
asked leave to seek for and work, at his own expense, salt mines
and springs.

AUGUST 9.
Notice has been given that letters front England will be taken in
at the Post-office here en Friday, at the same time with the letters
for Germany, in order that they may reach Gottenburgh on
Tuesday, in tune to be forwarded by the packet boat. Numerous
couriers continue to olive here ; within this week three English
couriers, despatched by Sir B. Bloomfield. from St. Peteraburgh,
have arrived here ; one has proceeded to England, the second only
to Copenhagen ; at the same time the Russian Minister here de.
snatched a courier to his Court. his positively affirmed, that the
permission granted to several naval officers to go into foreign service
hes been withdrawn.
The manufactories lately burnt down at Gripsholm were insured
for less than 120,000 Al dollars. The loss is at least three times as
much, not to mention the suspension of the profits. It is but too
true that the learned and meritorious Professor Berzelius had em-
barked his whole property in them.
Some Englishmen having offered to take a share in the coal
mines at Boganas, and to advance a considerable sum, M. Loret
is gone to England to know upon what terms they are inclined
to join our own Joint-stock-company:

HASIBURGII, AUGUST In.
The English steam packet arrived here this afternoon at three
o'clock. It had reached the mouth of the Elbe yesterday after-
noon, but the darkness of the night, and afterwards the low water,
hindered it front proceeding, otherwise it would have arrived this
morning.
EXCHANGES ON LONDON.
ST. PETER9111:11.011, AUG.
LElrspe, At; o. 15.—Three months, 6
BERLIN, Auo. 16.—Three months, 6 21.

Lord Cochrane left town on Monday. In the morning'
he took leave of the Greek agents. His Lordship speaks
in terms of the greatest confidence respecting the success of
the cause. His plan of operations has been warmly ap-
proved of; and such was the importance attached to the
acquisition of his unrivalled naval skill and undaunted
courage, that as soon as the negotiation between his Lord-
ship and the Greek agents was brought to a successful ter-
mination a messenger was sent off to Greece with the satis-
factory intelligence.
Count Bulow, Minister of State, died suddenly in an
apoplectic fit, on the 10th of this month, at the Baths of
Landeck, in Silesia. Ile was one of the most distinguished
Statesmen of our times.—Berlin Paper.
HAlTl.—Extract of a letter, dated Port-au-Prince,
July 7, 1825:—" I write the present few lines merely be-
cause you will be uneasy to know the nssult of the visit
of the French squadron ; anti although I can tell you but
little, that little is better than nothing. At five o'clock
yesterday afternoon it was understood the portion of the
force here, the frigate, brig, and schooner, were ordered
off; and hat they, with the rest of the squadron (22 ves-
sels) between Tiburon and St. Marc's, would be considered
and treated as enemies, wherever they appeared. At
eleven o'clock at night the Captain of the frigate desired
a personal interview with the !'resident ; it was granted;
they are still here : and it is now reported that the recog-
nition of the Independence is decided oa. Only the terms
lof payment, &c., to be fixed upon."
According to accounts from Stockholm, M. Alvarado,
Spanish Charge d'Affaires in that city, has presented two
Notes to his Excellency Count iiretterstceit, relative to the
sale of several Swedish ships of war, destined, as M. Alva-
rado conceives, to reinforce the Colombian marine. The
first of these Notes not being expressed in very clear or
precise terms, an evasive answer was returned; but the
succeeding one was couched in much stronger and more
definite language, on which a reply was transmitted from
the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, in which he
stated that he must decline all further explanation to M.
Alvarado, until the latter had received express orders on
the subject front his Government.
A letter of the 12th inst. from Iron, states that the Trap-
pist, Maragnon, has been conducted to Moan in Arragon,
a convent of his order, with an express recommendation to
the Superior not to suffer him to quit it.
It is now confidently stated that the mines of Spain will
immediately be worked by an English Company, and as
the undertaking is under the direction of an eminent house
' connected with the late loan, it is to be presumed the in-
terest of the bond-holders will not he forgotten.
COMBINATION IN FIIANCL—We learn that yesterday
the Magistrate charged to examine the affair relative to
the disturbances at Houlme, made to the Chamber of the
Council a first report, in consevence of which orders
were given by the Chamber to set at liberty 25 of the in-
dividuals in custody.—Journal de Rosen, August 17.
M. Lisfranc, Surgeon-in-Chief of the Hospital of La
Pitie, at Paris, has successfully employed the chlorate of
lime in preventing infection from bodiet in a putrid state,
and also in curing simple ulcers. He has succeeded by
this method in restoring patients einem whom, during several
months, the usual remedies hail no cffect; and also
aid it upon recent burns, with very good results.

lIATMARKET 211EATRE.
Last night was produced at this theatre a new petite
comedy, in three acts, entitled Roses and Thorns, or Two
flosses under One Rog!: It will not be necessary to
attempt any formal or lengthy development of the plot of
this piece, which is equally meagre and involved in its
construction, and reconciles the ( usually ) contradictory
qualities of paucity of incident and confusion of design.
However, as many of our readers may have no other means
or opportunity of forming an estimate of its merits (for we
are not disposed to augur any very long or splendid success
for the present production), we shall take leave to lay the
story before them " in little," and give them the following
inkling of its contents:—
Sir Hilary Heartsease (Mr. Liston) is a gay hearted portly
bellied country gentleman, fond of taking a view of the bright
side of human nature, arid very unequally yoked with a certain
vineger souled half-brother, Sir Valentine Verjoice—
" A little more than kin, and less than kind,"
who is represented by Farren. Under an eccentric provision in
their parents' will, the brothers are enjoined to live both under
the one roof; and the daughter g Sir Hilary is ordained by the
same authority to be joined in wedlock only to such person as her
father and his antagonist brother shall mutually agree on. The
first difficulty (that of the common house for the two families) Is
got rid of by rur.ning a brick wall through the centre of the
premises, which serves effectually to put a stop to the differences
which, as niight he expected, immediately arise between brethren
so dissimilar in habits and disposition. It is the business of the
play to get rid of the second difficulty, In as far as it relates to
the marriage of Julia (Mrs. T. in.)Apromising young Officer,
who rejoices in the cuphonous title of Frederick Ficzalwyn (Mr.
Vining), appears to be the happy man on whom the election of
both brothers pitches ; and the piece opens with his arrival
on the birth-day of Julia Heartsease, which, it is deter.
mined by her father and uncle, shall be also that of her mar-
riage. But Dii, oilier visum—Julia had been " taking lessons" in
love and literature (the phrase in the play is somewhat grosser),
" under another master,' one Blandcour (Mr. Raymond), and
Frederick is equally averse to the proposed match, having himself
been captivated by Rosa Appleton iss P. Glover), a pretty little
grisette, whom he makes captive in return, and carries off from
her father, to a romantically named cottage among the hills. Well,
the plot thickens, perplexities increase, and confusion becomes
worse confounded, till at last honest Ralph recovers his daughter, '
brings her before the two Baronets, who are both in the commission
of the peace, and claims redress and revenge against the (to him) un-
known destroyer of his daughter's innocence and his own peace of
mind. In this crisis, by some strange and inexplicable means,
Blandcour is induced to take the seduction of Rose Appleton on
himself, and tacitly admit, as his own, the guilt of Frederick Fitz-
alwyn. The two brother Justices insist that the injurer shall
right the deceived girl by marrying her, on pain of being com-
mitted to the tread-mill in case of refusal, and the scene change..
The last scene opens, and Julia Heartsease is smuggled in in the
dress of Rosa, and by means of this ill.contrived anti improbable
trick, the union between her and Blandcour is effected, which
done, Frederick Fitsalwyn. now that all danger is over, comes msg.
nanimously forward to offer his hand to Rosa Appleton, as a re-
paration for the injury her honour had sustained through his
means. Of course the offer is accepted, tire happy couples are
united, the characters form a tableau, Liston makes a deprecatory
speech and a grin, the rest of the performers make sundry obeisances,
and the curtain falls.

All true play-goers will see the nature of this pro-
duction at once from these observations, and observe
that their old acquaintances have been pretty liberally
drawn upon in the construction of the story, which dis-
plays a very fair selection of the common-places and absur-
dities, long the heir-looms of a certain class of dramatic
writers; but there are sundry other characters and inci-
dents, one of the latter is (to us) original :—We allude to
the scene in which Artilla (Mrs. Gibbs) puts her head into
Admiral Vetjuiee's tie wig, for the purpose of ornamenting
her own pretty head and exciting the laughter of the gal-
leries mingled with the hisses of the pit. Such a trick as
this might do very well for a farce; hut is somewhat ont
of place in a comedy. Then as to characters. There is
the Chevalier Hailelton, in which Mr. Harley acts the part
of a red waistcoat and a striped pair of pantaloons; Mat
Marline, introduced for the purpose of giving little Wil-
liams an opportunity of talking sentiment as a sailor; and
Ralph Appfetoh, a water-colour copy of Joh ThovaberrYi
with a dash or two of liolamo in crayons. The latter
character was topped by old Mr. Pope.
Of the actors, we need only say that they were Farren,
Liston, Harley, Mrs. Hill, Miss Glover, and Mrs. Gibbs,
to evince that the piece lacked nothing of support as far
as the stage was concerned, and the nature of the charac-
racters would allow. Sir Valentine Veijuice, the old
Admiral, is the only one of them, however, that possesses
any considerable degree of merit, and it was admirably
supported by Farren, who was as snappish and impatient
as heart could wish. Mr. Liston came on the stage stuffed,
and we are sorry to say that the jest (as far as the author
was concerned) lay in his belly. Of course we are now
only talking of the dialogue of the character, and mean no
imputation on the abilities of the man of mighty face,
and his