The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-05-06 00:00:00

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KING'S THEATRE.
THIS EVENING will be performed Morley!'Ps Opera Stria, In Two Acts,
TERALDO E ISOLINA.
The principal Characters by Mademoiselle Sordid, Diadems Castel'',
signor Pelluti, Signor Curtoni, Signor Devine, Signor Porto.
After the Opera the fer..urite Ballet of
LE DAL CHAMPF.TRE.
•s• A Masquerade in In preparation fur Monday, the 15th Inst.
Applimitions, &c. as usual.

DRUItIf:CANE THEATRE.
This Evening, SATURDAY, Nay 6, will be performed the Ht,torical
Play of
WILLIAM TELL.

WlElam Tell, Mr. Illacreaily7Alart,lK:i Vincent y Michael, Mr.
Walluek. Emma, Wee SmithAun.

After which the Romantic Opera of
DER FREISCRUTZ.

Adolph, Mr. T. Cooke; Cava: Mr. Horn; Bernhard, Mr. Bedford;
Kilian, Mr. ; Zamlel;Mr. 0. Smith. Linda, Miss Graildon ;
Rose, Mimi Furey.

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

This Evening, SATURDAY, Slay 6, will be performed the Grand
Romantic and Fairy Opera of
OBERON; or, THP ELF-KING'S OATR.
The principal Character, by Afea.ws. Ilmham, Cooper, Minut, C.
Bland, J. Isaacs, and Baker; Hisses Paton, H. Carrie; Madame Yos-
hio, Mrs. Vining, and Mrs. Davenport.
To conclude with the llfm.ical Farce of
PAUL AND VIRGINIA.
Paul, Madame Yearley Virginia, Miss Coward.

ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE.
MR. MATHEWS AT HOME
Ms Evening, SATURDAY, May 6, with an entirely new Intertala-
ment, in TWO Parts, founded on hiv Observations on Characters,
Manners, and Peculiarities, entitled'
MR. MATHEWS' INVITATIONS.
Pear lII.—A Monopolylogne. to be called
THE CITY MARGE I
evsn Characters by Mr. Mathews.
Doers opus at Half-past Seven (instead of Seven, u heretofore)) me
Performance begins at Eight precisely.

The BRITISH PRESS commenced publishing yesterday morn-
ing at a quarter past six o'clock.

LONDON, SATURDAY, M* 6, 1826.

Our extracts from the French Papers, received last
night, are but few, but if they are to be credited, they are

highly favourable to the great cause of Greece. ft is as.
settled in the private correspondence of both the Journal
des Debuts and the E toile. that the renegade, Se loves, had
evacuated Tript Liza. and though the first represents him
as having fallen back upon Motion, and die latter on Pa-
tras, the di3erepancy is not very material, although the
two places are rather at opposite points from Trpolitza,
since the error might arise from the difficulty of ()Winning
correct information as to the real point of retreat. The
Journal des Debuts attributes the retreat of the renegade
Frenchman to famine, while the Fluile expressly sail!
was in consequence of orders from the Pacha.
whichever of the* catisesit prObeeded, we shall rejoice to
find it conflruied. The report of the death of bluAßlll.ib
repeated.
gimes, MAICH 39.
(rItIVATIC CORUCSPO:NDENCII )
The fate of the Egyptian army is about to be accomplished oa
all sides. The reneged°, Selves, pressed by famine. evacuate('
Trip •litza on the 25th Inst. in order to fall back upon Alodon wish
the 500 Egyptians under his command. The Greeks, on the 27th,
took Possession of the city thus abandoned by the Barbari. s, who
!tad previously set tire to the houses which they had inhabited slur.
frig the preiod of their occupation of the piece. Thus is the epee
watch ought to have been the centre of their operations for raysg,
ing the northern and western parts of the Pelopennettes.—the point
from which they must have set nut to besiege Nauplea.—once more
occupied by the Christians. 'Nit, event will have a powerful in..
fluence on public opinion; and it is probable that Selves must es.
perience great losses in his retreat,. for we know that Coloartronie
Zaintia, Stsainis, and the principal Greek Chiefs, were in aenbustr
in the defites by which the enemy had to @Peet Irts rdteeat.
[From the Etoik, dated Thursday 1.
rears, MAY 3.
We have just learnt. that Soliman Bey kite renegade Selves) bay
received orders from Ibrahim to evacuate Tripnlitsa, rind to repair
to Patriot. He has executed this order, and has set lire to Tripe-
litzs. Ties news gives reason to believe dirt Ibrahim was really
repulsed in the attack of the 24th of March. While letters from
Corfu, of the eth of April. Art"' that Mipsoforighl sill lesieted,
acounts from Bucharest of the sameshite. received Co-rough Vienna,
announce that Mistiolonghi is takeh. Everything is therefore cort.
tradictory in the noes received froin.that country, and we must still
wait for more exact information before we can affirm anything re-
specting the affairs' of Greece.
The following is an extract of a letter from the cider of a Greek
battelion at AlissJlotighi, to a friend in Paris, detei the 9th of
April :-..
t• 31y dear friend,,--t hove to inforut you dist we were attacked
at all points on the 24th of March, by the barbarians commanded'
by Ibrahim. I was posted on the sea-side. The reiterated attacks
had brought down a part of mit. fortifications: We were forced to'
till rime hogsheads with sand, and to eotiench ourteloes behind,
them with our guns. It was here that I was wounded. At length
the E•gyptians and the others were repulsed, and some of theist
sere burnt with their vessels'. These furious barbarians having
advanerti IS mount a second time to the r monk were once more.
repulsed. Ibrahim, seeing the prey escape from his hands. rushel
forward at the head of hie soldiers, in the hope of re-estimating
them. ( Greek Who recognized hint took aim at him, and gat.e
him a wound of which he died some days after. At this moment
my cout.trymen perceived the troops cot manded by the brave Fab--
vier, Oouras, and other chiefs, to the number of 0000. The Turku
frightened, then ran away. They were routed by the besieged. and
left Mehemet Pacha id the hands of Gotrras. The others took re-
fuge in Lepanto, and wherever they could. Only about bee men
got off by Pea. 'The fleet entered the fort and recaptured VassiLadea.
Faxecu Tuxus.—PAßl3, MAY 3.—Five per Cents, 96f.
00c. t Tbree pee Cents. 64f. 45e. ; Bank :Rock. 20051'. ; Rents*
dc Naples, 73f. 80c. • /loyal Spanish Loan, 44i. Exchange on
London-:-One Month, 25f. hut.; Three Months, 25t. 40e.—
Cours A Who: live.

A letter which has been received from a person of the
highest respectability at Marseilles, dated the 27th April,
contains the following intelligence :—" On the 23t1 of
March the Greek schooner gpartiate, Captain M gala cis.
entered the port of Marseilles. The passenger* remained
in the Lazaretto performing quarantine until the 20th
April, when, instead of oLtaining prat iep•e, they were in-
formed by the Captain of the Lazaretto that he had
ce:ved orders to detain them in it till further notice. On
the 22d the passengers (to the number of ccven) petitioned
the Board of Health and the l'refect for permission to quit
the Lazaretto, but received no answer. All they could
learn through the medium of their frierrds in Marseilles,was
that the miter had emanated from the office of the Marine
Minister, and that on the 26th further commands would
most likely be received. Yesterday it was peremptorily
notified from the Loud Authorities to the masster and crew
of the vessel to leave the port of Marseilles the instant they
received pratique, and carry away the passengers with
them. We cannot comprehend the reason of this most
strange proceeding ; but rumour says that the Ministry had
receives! intelligence which led them to telleve that the
object of this vessel's coming to Marseilles was that of
destroying the vessels constructing here for the Paeha of
E3Y PT ; but what the passengers have to do with the ves-
sel it is difficult to say. Why were they suffered to land
and perform quarantine, and why was not their merchan-
dize at least allowcd to remain ? The whole is a mystery
which we hope will soon be explained, but certainly in na
justifiable manner."

l'ire cannot help taking some credit to ourselves for doubt-
ing the extent of the disasters at Manchester on Tues-
day evening. It turns out that, instead of one person being
killed on the spot, and another so severely wounded as to
die in the hospital soon arter, only one man was wounded
by a pistol loaded with small shot, and fired by a
person in the factory, which had the effect of reducing the
mob—women, youths, and boys—to something like quiet-
ness, from alarm, if not from reason. We regret to say,.
however, that we have to-day something new, and unfor-
tunately disastrous, to communicate from Bradford, its
Yorkshire ; but the press of Parliamentary debate forbids
us from doing more than referring to the accounts in
another part of our Paper. Our latest intelligence, last
night, represents every thing as tending to a return to tran-
quillity; to which most desirable end, nothing seems to have
et outributed so much as theexample set by our Most Gracious
Sovereign and his Ministers, and so munificently followed
by the Nobility, Merchants, Bankers, Manufacturers, and,
in fsct, by all classes that have their mite to spare in the
sacred cause of charity.

When the debate on that part of Mr. CA mxricc's propo-
sition relating to the Corn Laws, the object of which was
to give to the KING in Council a discretionary power
(under certain limitations and duties) of opening the ports
to the importation of foreign grain during any recess or dis-
solution of Parliament, was adjourned on Wednesday night,
many persons expressed a dread that Ministers, if not ab-
solutely defeated, would have a most powerful resistance
to encounter on the part of the /muted interest. In that
opinion we (lid not participate. We thought, and the re-
sult of last night's (lobate is our confirmation, that they
knew little of the disposition of the landed interest to alle-
viate, as far as they could, the distress which at present
unhappily prevails in more quarters than one—and still less
were they aware of the universal support which the nation
is inclined to give to his MAJESTY'S present Ministers, in
sincere gratitude (or the real benefits which they already
have conferred, and are still conferring on their country—if
they supposed that a measure, intended solely for the pur-
pose of affording relief to those portions of the community
from which the Great derive their riches and the Govern-
ment its power, would be attempted to be defeated by any
branch of the Legislature,"cppectally that which derives its
essence and its power from the people.
The proposition of Mr. CAt tel O seas accordingly lag
night agreed to in the House of Commons, even without a
division; and it is, in substance, that his Maissry in
Council shall be empowered to admit, for home consump-
tion, under certain regulations, and foss time to be limited,
the importation of an additional quantity of foreign corn,
meal, or flour, subject to certain duties to be fixed by a
Bill which will be brought into Parliament forthwith.

CITY, Fitinay EVKX!WG.
The English Funds to-day were without Interest and without
fluctuation, 77 a beirg the price all day. Exchequer Bille were
9s. II s. pm. Bank Stock, 200, 199. India Stock was field lightly
at 229, and the bonds were Bs. 10s. pm.
South American Stocks continued newly at yesterday's quota.
tion, but Northern Securities rather drooped. Russian Honda
were 75 and Danish ditto, 64 aa. Greek ditto were 15, and
new Spluthn El.
Accounts ere in town from Manchester, of yesterday morning, a
nine o'clock : all was tranquil, and the demand for goods we
increasing.
Mexican Paper. have been received to the 4th of Mtn*. The
Colombian brig of war, General Manrigtic, arrived at Vera Crimea
the 2d of March, after twelve days' passage, having on board •
Commissioner from the Colombian Government to that of Mexico.
From Carthegena of the 18th February they state that the expedi.
lion for the island of Cuba was in great forwardness.
An express has arrived from Paris: there was scarcely any elm.
anon in the Funds on Wednesday.

PARTIES.
vie Date of Northumberland gave a grand entertainment yesterday
NnethuMberland Howse, to the following distinguished personages :
'their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Ditches. of Gloucester, the Dowager
Dusts is of Leeds the Earl and Countess of Pembroke, the Earl and
Conatem Bathurst, the Earl and Countess Gro,venor, the Earl, and
t ...intros of Carlisle, Lady E. Bathurst, Earl Gres,. Lady Caroline Legge,
1. oil Prudhoe, Lady Harriet William, Wynn, Captain Duller. Mr. and
Mts.. Barrington, &c. In the evening her Grace entertained 'a select
virile of the hut ton.
The Doke of Beaufort entertained a dirtlnguished party at dinner ves-
t at his house In Grosvenor-square.
the Counters of Tank entillehr assembly, OR Thursday evening, in Gros-
Ve.4.,(.1/tUifie, was both numerously and fashionably attended.
The Countess of Arran's card party, on Thursday evening, in Dover-
street.' w-, attended, among other distinguished fashionable., by the
of Lothian, the Dowager klerchloness of Salisbury. Lady Geur-
E'n% Wellesley, the Canister of r.5..1, lady Mark Kerr, lady Timers&
St. Helen's, Slr John and lady Blackwood, Lady H. William*. Lady
I.:.4abestle Monett, Lady C. lirkide, Lady Deering. Sir Charles end Lady
"04. captain and Mrs. Ferguson, lire. Cootie, Mrs. Long, Mr., Sirs., and
J Haggenston„ &c.
•re Cawdor entertained a large party at dinner yesterday, at his house
to • t:o•venor-mssate.
tithe had a grand Maser party, on Thursday, at his house in
I • .ver street • among whore is Royal Highness Prince Leopold,
ti,e Marini. and Marchioness of Tavinock, the Martel. of Lothian. Earl
Fortescire, Earl and Com:item Gower, Lord and Lady Candor, Sir Robert
t.ardincr, Ac. &c.
The Bishop of Exeter had • large party at dinner yesterday, at his
house In Great George-street, Westminster.
The Hon. Mr. Carleton had a grand dinner party on Thursday, at his
house ha Hrutow.street. Berkeley-agnate, among whin wers—llis Royal
Meiners the Duke of Gloucester, Prince Polivnag, Menai, of Salisbury,
1..-rd Irercbtoter, lady 13. Greeley, General Alava, Colonel and Mr..
tf award, Captain Forbes, Mrs. Wilmot Horton, Ac. In the evening Mrs.
Carleton had a grand musical party, at which Madame Pasta, Signora
CaraduM, Signor Toni, Signor Pellemini, and Signor Curionl, assisted.
The four drawing-rooms were most brilliantly Illuminated. The concert
commented soon after ten o'clock, In the principal room. There were
present upwards of Oen distinguished fa.hionablea, among whom were—
The Duke and Duchess of Oloseester, the Duke and Duchess of %Veiling.
ton, the Dowager Duchess of heeds, the Portuguese Ambassador, Count
and Counter. Initial', the Earl and Counter of Sheffield, the Countess
lisrdwicke, the Earl end Countess of Caledon, Lady Combermere, Lady
Dory, Lady E. Blatchford, the Countess St. Antonio, Countess Lieven,
Lord Morpeth, the Ladles Fitzroy, Lord t'alletort, the Vice-Chancellor,
Lsdy d. Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Conliffe, Mr. and Mrs. Williams, Ac.
Mt Wm. Abdy. Bart. has Issued cards of Invitation for two musical
parties on the 11th and 13th inst.
Ilra, Hudson Gurney gave a grand concert on Thursday evening, at her
house In tit. James's-square, which was attended by nearly 300 of the
haat toll.
The (Atoning dlrtinguithed personages had dinner parties yesterday:—
Ti • Keel of Aberdeen, in Argyll-street ; the Dowager Counteas St. Ger-
i Cmendishatreet, Portland-plate ; James Searlett, Esq. M.P. New-
sleet, Spring-gardens; lard Sellout% Cumberiand.place ; the Earl of
Mansfield. Hanover-square Lord Cawdor, Lrusventn-square.
MOVEMENTS.
The Earl of Dartmouth arrived yesterday at hie house In Berkeley-
*Tare, from his .eat In Staffordshire.
Lady Georgina Wellesley has arrived at her mother's, the Dowager
Marchioness of Sati.bury, In Arlington-street, from Paris.
Sir H..llalford,- Bart. arrived In town yesterday, from his seat, Weston
/1-dl, Leicestershire.
Colonel and Mrs. Henderson have arrived at Batt'. family hotel, In
D.sveratreet, from Blackheath.
Mr. end Um. Llgnderdon have left Miller's Hotel, Jermyn-street, for
their Best In Hants.
Arrival at the Brunswick Hotel ante Blake's), Jerrafn-street :--General
HA. from Brighton. Departures:—Mr. and Mrs. Protheroe, and Miss
Waterborne, fur their seat In Herb. •
Au Mk at Fenton's New Hotel, St. James's street:—Sir Win. Parker,
Hart. from his sou In Suffolk ; l'hornas Pare, Esq. from his smile Surrey.
Departure.:—Mr. and Mrs. Murtinier, for their seat in Hants; J. Lane,
Sm. feellerts.
Anted,a Bernerhs Hotel, Bothers-street :—General and Mr.. Grant,
from thok seat, Bredileld House, Woodtaidee, &Wolk ; Mr. and Mrs. Ber-
son, tapas Rressainehans. Norfolk ; Mr. and Mrs. Cattley, from Hammett ;
Dr: kart, 44th Regiment, from India. DepaMure :—Mr. Herne, fur
Velfeeds
Arrivals at the Bath Hotel, Arlington-street :—Mr. and Miss Fording,
frees .MNIM 1 Mr. and Mrs. Harland, from ditto ; Mr., Mrs., and the
Itlaselinites, from their seat, Notting Park, Wilts. epartures .—Mr.
tied Mrs. Llve.ey and family, for their seat, /Houston Hall. Lincolnshire ;
Ho, Mrs., swirl Miss Warta, for Bath.
Arrivals at the Waterloo Hotel, Jermynsetreet :—A. Campbell, F.sq.,
Mr. and the Misses Campbell, front Harrow; Mr.. Teesdale, from
B ltrkton. Departure, :—The Dowager Lady and Miss Molesworth, for
their sea. In Surrey ; T. Burningharn, Esq. and Miss Burningham, for
their stet in Hants.
Arrivals et the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street Marriott, Esq.;
Mr. and Mrs. It. Vivien, from their seat in Wales; Sir 11. and Lady
Vivian and family, from Beeehwood, Departures:—F. Delessert, Esq.
fir C:aphimi G. Thompson, Esq. for Herb ; the Hon. J. Stewart, fur
Us:land , Colonel Aitcheson.

SPORTING INTELLIGRNCR.

RANSLEDOR RUNT RACES.

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MM. Owes by the Hunt.
Mr. Wootrldge's b. in. %Ike Royal
r 'Leyte,. r. m. Sat Dab
lir. Twynant's b. g. Lottery
'rwo Mims stetted.

A Sweep taker of 10 son. each, for all ogee.
Mr. Legm'ob. re. aweless
(..4ptals F. A. Berkeley's br. ff. Mawr
Mr. Vine's ch. c. by Crown Prim' ..
Q.I. Banlers Walton

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RelllAlLWAlltn STAG flovre.—On Friday last, the litev..l. Russell and
• alitobey of sporting friends drew South tips', Kingwympton, for •
11.tiCeditch when roused, 0'014141f the Mole to Stead 'Wood, across the
'Few to Burlington, returned to Head Wood, thence to ChittMham Holt,
where they came to • check by • severe storm of hall at the small
dr
,phystation, opposite Freston-house; hit of the fault and went
through the lawn to Fludwott, thence to Chittlekamptort. by the
new paratrinsge; at FtHeigh, 'domed the bay, Just below Ftthigh-bridge,
through the Lime QUftrite., to North Allen, where she lay down ;—was
fresh (band, and went off In grand style through BrernrldgeWood, making
the water at the top of Fmbercombe Marsh, thence up the water under
Relyin blond, eras red • marsh, said again took the river, and was final.),
loot tarn severe stono of snow and bail, after a One run of upwards of five
hours. .
On Monday last an outlying deer was found, near New flail, Bore-
hart, and Ike homed' being laid on. a rant eseellerd run mooted. Taking
wilrooddield, the deer parsed over the River Gardiner, from thence to
Weittle Lodge; again taking water. Ite crossed the Cant fur Shack-
stones:anti Ot. mee for South Wood, near which he took lip a position In
a brook, bat was driven from It and made another effort to escape, but
Mahound+ ran luta him In great style, and be was taken near Widlord
Hall. after a von of near four hour..
/Awes? PWOMIVVO.—WiIIiam Allan, barber. In Forfar, • superior
snarlosman, betted • 'sovereign that he would put in more balls Into a
thirty-Web target, at 92 yards distance, than M album Adamson, Wright,
The, bet was decided near Forfar, on Thursday, the 4th Init.
whestfillart, the vomited shot, only pat In 12 of his 59 halls into the tar-
art; V/Ml• A 4111111.011. • mart of 75, very near sighted, end obliged to use a
d ;fide set a spectacle., put in the whole of WI 20 bal., the moat dl.tant
of iliebtett Were not above three inches from the Will'. eye ; and, what Is
remarkable. the last shot of dee old man fairly knocked the bull's eye out.
Before the bet was half .derided, the pluck was taken out of Allan ; he
I I nerve, and, although he had recourse to a tobacco pipe, with the eel-
s .4t Inters' Inn of atreadner coid and easy, yet he came to the scratch hesi-
tatingly. Adamson thrott,rind was cool end firm to nerve, remarkably
m vaunted none of hla victory, with the exception of a significant
sfotlte of It is bead, and a peculiar quiver of hi. nether lip after hitting the
bitil's eye. Another William Allan, a pianoforte tuner, put In G 9 balls
oat of 70 shot% Into a target of the same dimension., and at the same dis-
tance, and gained two shot.. Many of his shots went Into the bull's eye,
as 1 the others very neer it. —Dundee Advertiser.

Yesterday his Majesty received visits from the Dukes of
York and Clarence and the Princess Sophia..

The Dukes of Wellington and Devonshire had audiences
of his Majesty yesterday. The Duke of Devonshire took
le re of the King previous to his departure on his em-
bassy to St. Petershurgh.
Yesterday morning, the plate and other luggage belong-
ing to the Duke of Devonshire were put on board a steam-
boat at the Tower-stairs, to be conveyed to his Majesty's
7 i-eun ship, the Gloucester, at Chatham.
Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, another Cabinet
Council was held at the Foreign-office, the summonses for
which were issued on Thursday evenirtg. Previous to
the assembling of the Council, the Earl of Liverpool had a
consultation with Mr. Secretary Canning. The Cabinet
Council continued in deliberation till about four o'clock.

Yesterday the Lord Mayor entertained at dinner a nu-
m./11s party of the Clergy and Common Council of the
IV arils of Cheap, Cornhill, Dowgate, and Langliourne.
With much pleasure we announce, that a ball is in-
tended to be given at the Opera-house, the proceeds to be
appliod in aid of the subscriptions which have been muni-
ficently entered into for the assistance of the northern
manufacturing districts. Mr. Ebers, the lessee, has, with
great spirit. offered the Opera-house free on the occasion.
NI the fashionables of note in town will he present.
One of the workers in a dye-house in Paisley, who had
been charged with stealing silk from the dye-work, hanged
himself on Monday afternoon.
Last work, a greyhound hitch that had lately popped,
belonging to Mr. Cranstoun, of Crawford. kiiled. in an adjoining
maoe, a bitch.fox lithe mouth of her bole. Upon digging, three fox.
whelps were found, which being presented to the greyhound, she.
as if in re, ~ration of the wmng she had done them in killing their
masher, allowed them to suck, and is bringing them up along with
Ler own three pups.

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Mr. E. rest,of Bankhead, whose eminent sue,ces as an
agriculititist we hare formerly noticed. hes a horse now lb years
old, that he bag regularly worked for 12 wears, and has employed
for the last 10 yosrs upon the road from New Lanark to Glasgow,
going the journey twice a week, besides extra work in Glasgow,
amounting to 120 ;Mina week, loaded both ways, and the bore;
has; never been ore day ur.able for work.—Glaigirre Paper.
A shocking accident took place near Lanark on Sunday
aftsenoss, A fine ypung woman from Paisley, named Taylor,
who. along with her brother and sister, was visiting some relations
at Ktrkfieldbank, while walking along the north aide of the Mouse,
a little above Wallace's cave, she went incautiously forward to
view the height of the rock, when her foot slipped, and she unfit,.
rimaiely fill aver the rock, to the depth of about 120 fret, and was
killed.

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