The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-06-04 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE MOVEMENTS.

The Duke of Gordon is arrived at hie house is New Nor-
folk-alive( from his KM Gordon Castle, Scotland.
The Marquis of Titchfirld has left town for Nottingham-
shire.

Departures front, slake'• Hotel, Jersaya.street:...orome
G►aves, Esq. and family for Cheltenham; Juba Hay, Hai. fur
ditto.
Arrivals at Shelley's Hotel, Ceekaporsitreet
Aleoek from a tour ; Captaiu Lipscomb, H.N. from • tour;
Cukor! Rowan from a tour. Departures from ditto:—Cap
lam Bosh for Paris; Gplai• Gamow', out • tour; Charles
Jobustem on • tour.

Departures from the London Hold, Albentorle-alreet:—
Hon. Colonel and M►s. Buriou fur Hastrogs; Mr. and Mrs.
Conyngbant on a tour.
Arrivals at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley.rquare:—Lord and
Lady Montagu mid She Lssiienaeolt from *tour ; Mr. and
Ilea G. L. Fax and basal, from their seat in Yorkshire.

Yesterday divine same was performed at the
King's Palace, in Pall-mall. by the Rev. F. W.
BLOMBERG and the Rev. Dr. STASIS'S CLARKE.
The Duke of Ctattancy and the Princess
AUGUSTA attended divine service yesterday at the
-Chapel Royal..
Yesterday she Duchess of KeNT and the
Duchess of CLAILINCE atternied divine service at
the Royal German Chapel, and heard a sermon by
the Rev. Mr. Karma.

Prince LEoPoLD, accompanied by Colonel AD-
DENBILWEit, attended divine service yesterday ■t
St. Philip's Chapel.
Fnday Pnnce LEOPOLD had a numerous party
at dinner at Marlborough House, to 'Hem her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kern.
On Saturday Prince ',aural.° had a numerous
party at dinner.
Yesterday the Duette*, of CLARE/Ice dined with
the Duchess of KENT, at her residence, Kensing-
ton Palace.
The Duchess of KENT and the Princess Au-
ausTA visised the Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE
yesterday lifter divine service.
Yesterday the Duchess of GLOUCESTER and the
Princess SOrlitA visited the Princess AUGUSTA.

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bRURY.I.442 THIUTRL
Miii %Validtf tcok her' benefit od Saturday
night; *hen a uew serious opera was produced.
emitted, Piece, o► the Feed Uri*, taken from the
Dersofoonte of fdeerewraero. The characters
were tiles dierributed

*". " ifillbbtAnstr• Mr. MAW.
' ellasease • Ur. Saunter.
• Cllerforksw Madame
ifilesalue Mr. Deus.
21easatee
Dime
Lois
Fse the plot we can do no better than insert the
PrOgreme published by the theatre, as follows c...•
The biligdom of Three* liedag lowered the wroth,'
Apollo, bed beesscoespelled by the pd, yearly, to brimeohite
a virgin on hie altar. Dereophoon, *eking, \striae con.
stilted the "week as to the mesas of averting this sacrifice,
. doreiTed tim following *tower
" Heaven's wrath droll cease, wise* to himself is blows
" The innocent usurper of a throne!"
The Opera eowiamenees at the time of the approaching
sacrifice, when the sores err all the Thraldom virgins are
ordered to be pieced in an row, from which the victim is to
be drawn by lat. . Cleasulwa, a Thracian Heideman, agitated
by fear for hie daughter, Dame, reproaches the King with
pending his own dasigimes away, to save them fresstble
shimmed of time ern; and Densupbuots, irritated et his held.
at.., orders Dirce to be sacrificed, without *aids" for its
decision.
Dirce is the wife of Timentbes, who is believed to be the
eldest son of Demophoon. But as the Thermion taws ordisio
death to any imbject who weds with royal blood, their swigs.
Is kept secret. Densophipon, sending for Thmanthes from
the camp, destines bins to slurry Lyda, Prisons of Phrpgia,
wbu hs bees conducted IS Thrace by Cheriathos, Dena-
phoon's youngest sus. Timasithes,. learning. the danger el
Dirt?, betrays his passion to his father, by his tamest en-
treaties Is her behalf, sod her faie' in coesegisersee, becomes
more inwvitable. Tionothes, in despair, don attacks the
guards conducting Dime, sod sets her flee, but yields when
he meets his father, overcome by his reproaches. Diree is
about to be sacrificed, wises Theastbes confesses their mar.
riage, sod they are bush comminutedd to die, by the violated
law. Demophoon, however, overcome by the eatreaties of
Lyda sad Cherinihos, ruseseets to save them both and
acknowledge Diree his daughter. In the midst of joy
Tinsmith., is struck with horror by reesiviog a riper from
Cleanthes, which proves Diree to be the daughter of
Densophoon i he earns her from hie, bet it restored to hap-
piness by discovering from assailer docontest, that be him.
self is the OM of Cleaothes, sod the " innocent Usurper"
allodedie by the Oracle.

Apollo's Wroth ceases, the dread's, merits. is abolished,
and Cheriothos, sow the heir of Thrace, 'apogees Lysia.
The story is sufficiently interesting for the pur-
pose to whirls it was devoted (the introduction of
• recitative opera quite in the Italian Manner),
and the whole may be considered as a fortunate
experiment on the public taste. The music is an
agreeable and well diversified melange, from
MOZART, Rossini, and other consineutal. cow-
posers, with some additions by Meseta. 1311.411 AM
and HORN. The recitative parts appear to he
filled up chiefly from MOZART—the lyrical com-
positions abound with quotations from ROSSINI.
The °suture, from Vooet., is a plaintive and
fanciful work, agreeing in character with the
graceful melancholy of the Roman elegiac poets.
The better part of Mr. BRARasi's songs in the
piece were of a very attenuated and naked cha7
racier, and by tio meaus could be usede•to sort
with the voluptuous science with which the
borrowed compositions streamed along. What
they wanted, however, of inventive intricacy
and brilliant accompaniment, was made up by
his meaner of giving them. The sway which he
exerted over simple tones and chords was like
that of their arch-spirit having power to awaken all
their hidden and pleasurable sympathies, by merely
willing it. He was loudly encored in • war song
towards the conclusion; and in a mesa of considera-
ble length, which lay between him and Mr. Hoax.
The interest and admiration were es great as ever
were manifested by the most dnating audience
of all Italian house. Why not ? It is mere cant
to keep up the old cry of lack of ears, taste,
and inclination, in Esiglish auditors. Objects
of imagination, represented under the adjust-.
ment of fine taste, must always be gratifyintin
civilized communities; and when the English
musical stage approaches the habitual sublimity of
the best of the Italian, there will be no want either
of admirers or judges. The power of music is
Proclaimed by proverbial hyperbole. Sorely it will
not be less when purified by science, and nothing
is to be met with but the finest poetry, floating in
the most exquisite modes of sound. Miss Wm-
sort is once more at home in Three, which could
be scarcely amid of her since she, took temporary
leave of Nandane. Her studies, sided by her im-
posing figure; lose. thrown her upon the elevation.
of romance, and there she must abide. She is a smart
image of glorious womaehood belonging to the
early claisical generations—when (as Madame de
START. has it) the correspondence of mental and cor-
poreal vigour must have been more frequent and
intimate then in our days of intellectual strength
and physical degeneracy. lii her singing she wet, as
usual, little successful with the tender passions.
Het love, whether connubial or maternal, has a
cold exterior. But in her grief, her anger, and her
madness, her style is that of lightning upon the
cliffs, or the fall of headlong cataracts. She gave P Le-
os " German Hymen." set to a stanza of suppli-
cation, on her way to the sacrifice, with very solemn
and interesting effect ; and in the mad piece of the
concluding fiaale, she barely escaped the tedious
hardship of an encore from the humanity of the
more feeling auditors. Madame VIESTRIS was
highly successful with her music ; she was encored
in' a song very much after the manner of "lit la.
fumy," in Artaxerxes. Her brio as well as most
trying performance, was the bramble! sir, " Theta
Sorridere," from La Gazers Ladra. MISS POVET
acquitted herself well. Mr. HORN filled up the
interest of the scene, but his performance geuerally
fails to realize the expectations his figure, voice, and
manner provoke.
The piece was well received throughout, and was
marked by the best chewier of applause, that of
silent and interested attention to the passages. We
would fain have as much good to ray of the lan-
guage as of the music and 'performance. The re-
citative poetry is, all things considered, blameless ;
but-from such sang-writing, defend us, Phoebus !
Good verses, and such es are fit to be sung also, are
not things of easy execution—and, therefore, with.
out attempting to question the supremacy of old
Drury's literary censorship (rising occasionally up to
the presumption of a dictator), we never look to her
hoesehold bards for any thing beyond MaTAterAsro
or TUOMAI Mom. But whets they had the text

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ought, to lance •obscured. ' own .iinearlighiened
droes• more mumisigly. Stools uncouth sdentture,
such ill-sorted teustelatioa of .the pare and forcible
ion*, 'ietthif. original, with 'the. impoverished
coneeiti-. riff 'ffvfme-ritongering translation, are sag
ifery frequent. The clusters rifm.uchestactive pare
ticiples put to etpresent she Italian -gerund*, wad
the absence otell but- the most 'tideland exhaust-
ed rhymes, prove a shallow inexpertne.sr, which
hone of the boarding schools would .tolerete.
The manigerient displayed much more of its li.-
bendiest in the dresses (which are tastefully chosen)
and the scenery, winch was uuu.uaily correct in
character, beautiful in design, and of finisbed,ex-
*cation. The: sea view and the iuterior of the
temple are mister-pieces. We regret to.say that
the house was by no maws so full as Mfrs W i 1.-
sou's claims. upon the "abbe. and the peculiar
enterprize of good taste, which ip this case strength..
end them.' would have led us to expect. We trust
f litt-ihe will have justice done her on tie next aces-
siou of the kind. The piece woo announced for ripe.
tition this night for.. Mr. listmelt's benefit; sod
judging from the loud and earnest applause which
followed the announcement. he is likely to .pregt
more by it than Miss Wit.sort scented to have done.

THE KING'S coftomAriON. koßes.

Them ore ao fewer than six robes prepared for
his Majesty, all of them to be used on the day, of
his coronation. The largest and most magnificent
is that is *filth he will advance in the proceuiou
from the Hill to the Abbey, and of which a de.
•aiptias was lately given in this Paper. From the
issmemie ■atplitude of its folds, and the great
quantity of gold and silver tissue introduced into
them, inrweight requires considerable strength of
hudy, and woultilvender it insupportable for any
length of time. The robe will sit open on the
breast, so as to display all his MAJESTY'S orders,
and will be kept suspended over from the shoulders
by the large weighty tassels of gold appendant
from the ends of two golden cords before and be-
hind. TIM full trunk hose, which is of golden
tissue, looks at a distance like a solid piece of gold.
His MAJesty will change his dress twice in the
Abbey. He will Wear a .perticalar robe when re-
ceiving the sacrament, and s4liffrrent one whew its
the act of the placing the crown on his head.

Saturday Evening the Princess AUGUSTA. at.
tended .by Lady Witty PAULRT and Lady MARY
Tstrbott. honoured Cy/sent-garden Theatre with
• her presence, to see the new tragedy. Her Royal
Highness sat in the King's box.
The Duchess of KRINT. the Duchess of Ct.*.
Reece, and the Princess Femmes. hosoured the
Initiate opera with their presence en Saturday.
H%itt.ee takes hiP benefit at Drury-lane
theatre this night. His fine comic tallest* and twii.
form anxiety to please have justly rendered I ••
distinguished favourite with the pubbei who, we
hope, will avail themselves of this opportunity to
mark their sense of his deserts.

Mr.ARISOLD is busily engaged in making ar-
rangements, engaging 'sew performers, &c. for the
ensuing English Opera campaign.
Chichester Theatre opened on Tuesday evening,
after a beg close, ander the management of Messrs.
M KELLY. and COLLINS.

Mr. BARTLEY has been lecturing with his ma-
chinery au—the universe and the heavenly bodies,
which itat.eahibited ■t the English Open-house
duriwg•tbe Lent season, at several of the provincial
theatres.
Mr. SADLER, the celebrated aeronaut, has de.
clisted his flights io the air with balloons, for curing
smoky chimnies upon philosophical principles,
•Meh he has been practising with much success in
different parts of the country.
The paragraph in the papers stating that there
is not st.present one crowned King in Europe,• is
not strictly correct. The Empero► of RUSSIA was
crowned at Moscow, lir: September, 1807; and
medals were struck on the occasion.
Lieut.-General BAYLY. Governor of Guernsey,
lately landed at Southampton from the Sterlirtg
cutter, with, his horses and cairiages, the establish-
rnent of that Island being rednced.
On Monday were landed at Southampton, from
Mime de Grace, the remains of KEANE Osiroars.
:Esq. who died•at Geneva, to be conveyed for inter-
ment in the family,vault at Weston, near Bath.

Between 7 and 800 weight of mullet and base
were caught at one haul, nn Tuesday morning, at
the mouth of Shoreham Harbour.
On. Sunday. week at quantity of bread was given
..away.at Oswestry Church, as an atonement for de-
faming the character of a respectable womsu in
that neighbourhood.
It appears from the census of Brighton that titer
population has increased since 1811, fr0m...12;012
to 24,429. nelsons : thirty years age the number
wee but 7,sl4.—PscEss VAINELL, aged 105, is
the eldest person living in the town. The number
of inhabited houses is 3,947; houses building 360;
houses empty 352 ; number of families 4,718.
Lewes contains 8,000 inhabitants. Chichester not
yet taken,
On Monday, the 28th tilt. No. 14,041 was drawn
a Prise of. 21,000/. Cousols, and cold by Bus, in
Sharer, via.--
the Quarter at Canwerthes,
One (411,11.. r to
=9,
Oise Eighth
Ooe Sixteenth —at • nah, •
Orne.Sixtecoth . at Nollshanglia
Oae Sixteenth .
One Sixteeoth at l4ll=t,
o.e Sixteenth ....at MarlblrP.gb,
One Sixteenth.. at Margate.
BISH also sold the following Prises, all draws the
saws Der:.—

11;331 £l,ooo I 7,209 tit*
1,616 220 19,584
3,317 490 11,476 llO
11,367 116,541 llO
141,673 . 220 &e. &e.
DISH also sold. In the Lottery drawn in March, Three
Prise* of 21,0001. and several smaller Capital,.
Every Ticket or Shale Chance bought on or before the
nth May, was finally dreaded on the 20th May. Ticket
and Obese Memel; are on Sale at BISH'S OMeea, 4, Corn-
ball, and 9, Paring era.., London; and by his Agents In
she Country._ _ .

All the 3,064 Prises, ineledieg the 20,4001. Prizes, most he
drawn the 14th of Tim MOUTH (hese.)

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In this cane it will be recollected a rule 'Was ofi.
tanned by Mr. Batitiossisse. to *two' cause vril •
writ of prohibition should um issue to the Vice-
Chaswellor of the Univeraity of Oxford, to retinue;
alhfurther •procerdings against the Plaintiff, and
why • judgment of exeirsirsionake, pronounced
against him, should not be rescinded.
Mr. Speirkman (or Speightinao), the applirant in
this oast, is a tailor of Oxford, and s lossricoleted
Member of the University. A gentlemen named
Case, Master of Arts, of Brimennuse College, had
left the Univereitriu Mr. Speskinau's debt, for
clothes, and wrist to reside at Liverpool. Re-
peened applications were made to him Air the mo-
ney, but without effect, when Mr. Speakman sued
out a wait in the Cuurt of King's Bench, end held
him to bait, and its the result the money was paid.
to consequeuce of this procerdiug Mr. Speakman
Was cited, as a matriculated tradesman of Oxford,
to appear in the Vice-Clime:effete' Con.t for his
contumacy in suing • member of cutiviicution is
* 'court of-common law, in violation of the sta-
tutes and by-laws of the University. A day was
vireo for his appearance, but having neglected to
attend, the Vice-Chancellor pronounced sentence
of. excommonage against him, which setitetwe -wise
promulgated through the University—the efreet of
which ems to forbid any member thereof from
holding any comtuunicatical or dealings with him.
under the penalty of being called upon to answer
for such conduct. This was attended with injuri-
ous consequences to Mr. Speakman', trade, and this
rule was applied for to suspend the further execu,
non of .the judgment, and restore the applicant to
his original state.
The SoLiceroa-Gznite.L and Mr. Serjesot
BOIANQULT were now heard against the role, and
urged two points—first, that a writ of prolubitiuu.
or u stet proceuas, necessarily implied the conti-
nuance of souse suit ; but that in this case all. pro-
cess was complete, and the judgment having been
pronounced, there remained no proceedings ti be
pruluibited. The application was made too late.
and there now remained tin mode of proceeding
open to the applicant (and this wits the second
ground of objection) but to appeal rein the sen-
tence of the Vice-Chancellor of the University to
the King's Majesty in his Court of Chancery. The
Court of King's Beech, no doubt, had a general
power of couirul aver Courts of inferior jutiedics
non, but it was not a Court of appeal in wincli the
sentence of the sentences of the Courts of the
University could be reviewed or rescinded.
Mr.BIOUGHAM, tooted, argued. that as corn.
isienuciatiou was in its nature mutual, the sentence
against his client was no less a sentence against all
the matriculated members of the University. It
dictated to them with whom they should and should
not hold intercourse nr transact business, and so far
Imin/tied • disability upon all the members, but its
effects were felt most injuriously by the object of
the sentence. The Learned -Gentlemen read the
atatute of the University relating to this subject,
which was couched its language conformable to the
pretensions of the Vatican, and in the spirit of aucient
Popery. It threatened as against all contemners of
its posers frames disconinissaicationis ribrare, lie
contended that it was competent, that it was per-
fectly competent to Mr. Speakrotta to sue the debtor
in a Court of Law, and that the Vice-Chancellor
af. the University was not authorised to punish bins
for such a proceeding. But supposing this were
not so, it had not been *hewn by the Vice-
Chancellor's sentence .of 'scow/titivation, that
he had conusauce of the matter fur which
Mr. Speakman had been excommonated.,—
As to the objection that the proceeding in the
Court below was completely at an end, and there-
fore that a prohibition would be of no we, that
wus sot so, because the sentence was in the nature
of a continuing and perpetual sentence, which
might yet be set aside; and supposing there was
a Court of Appeal, still this Court, as the highest
Court in the kingdom, might, by its superintend-
ing authority, annul proceedings which were in
violation of law, and even of the statutes upon
which the University professed to act.
Mr. DENMAN .acid, he should itot occupy their
Lordships' time by arguing whetter the sentence
was one of continuance, and might not, therefore,
beinterrupted, but the point which he should press
-epos their attention was, that the sentence was
had cora" non judice ; that the Court of the Vice-
Chancellor of the University was not. Competent to
pronouuce it ; and that being in itself . nullity, it
become the duty of the Court of King's Bench to
interpose, and prevent the subject from sustaining
an injury from the act often incompetent jurisdiction.
The right of instituting actions io the King's Courts
of Law, was one of the deaieat and must sacred
rights of the subject, and no individual could be
divested of that right. save by the paramount
authority of the Legislisture. No charter of the
King, and much less no by-law of a Corporation,
could deprive the subject of this right, and conse-
quently its individual could be punished for pur-
suing it by any authority not eteissiating from the
legislative power. Thematute of the Utiiversity on
which • the -power of the Vice-Chancellor's Court
reposed, was one .passed in the reign of Charles 11.
but it was evident that such a statute could net
have power. to oust the King's Courts of Westium-
ster of their jurisdiction, tulles it was coofitrned by
au Act of Parliament. Now the latest Act of Perlis-
ment confirming the statutes of the University
the 13th Elizabeth, chap. 29, consequently any by-
law of the University subsequently passed. could
have no effect to deprive the subject of his common
law right, and though. enacted so long ago as the
reign of Charles IL wan of no higher validity on
that account than if passed Strand° Georgia IV.
mono. He further urged that prohibineu might
issue after judgment, and even execution.
Mr. Casimir followed on the seine side. •

The Court were inclined tothinkthelrohibition
ought not to gist because upon general principles it
was essential for the purism'ss of education that the
University should have exclusive conumitice or
lustier. arming within its bound*, in order
that the members might not be liable to• be
n brought within the process of a forrignjusOiction ;
but- the point that was so strongly urged by 11. r.
Denman appeared to be of suffirteutinipintance
to make the Judges desirous of taking time to cou-

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