The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-03-26 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.

or ritasusitox OF TO It LORD eIIAIIIIWILAIN.
WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS DURING LENT.
11r.THELWALL'S ORATORICAL and CRITICAL LECTURER.
This Evening. FRIDAY. March 211,
The Romantic Comedies of SHAKSPEARE, and the Melo-Dramas of
the present day ; Poems of Sir WALTER SCOTT ; and Histurica 1
Novels., the soldhauit ft RE IT UNKNOWN.
further Pertieulere he the Theatrical Observers of the day.
boxes is., Pit Js.. Gallery M.
Box tubscription Tickets for the remaining Course, One Guinea,
to be had at Boyle 's Court Guide Ogle,. 1. Leicester-square t and of the
I ectarer, North Flrlattm Cottage, where lustroctions are given, in
owes if tmpediment and in the Elocution of the Pulpit, Bar, and
Senate.
Mr. Massloghana attends at the Box Ones, Wednesdays and Fridays,
trona Ten to Four.

The Bet T I ill Piss. commenced mtblishing yesterday morning
at Five o'clock.

LONDON, FRIDAY, M.tacii 26, 1824.

German papers to the 14th March reached our office
yeterday. The Austrian Ohserrer, under date from Rugs.
buy to the 14th, states, that the Ottoman Porte has been
gnatly alarmed at the long-prevailing reports of the revival
of the Order of Malta, the devoted foe of the infidel Cres-
cent for centuries. IXputies from the supreme council of
tie order, now resident at Catania, in Sicily, arc said to
hive arrived at St. Peter burgh, to solicit the artful Auto-
mat's support towards obtaining one of the Grecian islands
it the Archipelat-,0, for their residence, in place of Malta,
aid the rumour made the Ottoman turn pale. The isle of
!egropont anciently belonged to the Order. They held
3odou and Coron also. Their chivalrous valour for ern-
tines w..* undoubted, and at Rhodes, and elsewhere,
heaped slaughter and dismay on the lvxuls of the then power-
-111 Moslem ; but we have no wish to see this aristocratic
Order established in the neighbourhood of emancipated
Greece ; they would be a jealous check on its rising liber-
lea. The Albanians arc said to be in arms throughout
t Oran against the l'utliah power, and the l'acha of Scu-
ari, menaced with the messengers of death, and the fatal
nandate from the Seraglio for his head, has fortified his
capital in self-defence, and raised the standard of revolt.
l'hus the Porte in its next campaign will have to encounter
ant only the whole preparation of the Greeks, but the Pa-
likars also of these mountain regions, a warlike race, with
the Paella at their head. Every thing now fights for the
rallaut Christians.
Vinirsa, MARCH 12.—ltletalliques, 93 15-32; Bank Stock,
1.011 7-10.
MAasin 13.—Metalliques. 911 j e Bank Stock, 1,011 1-10.—
Jiartri.us Observer, March 14. _

Miens, to replete the pay and the equipment of the auxiliary 1 Curran,
eor,ps, which they are to furnish to the lireek arm.
yof some two years since, within the hall of the
said Association, when he was ao loudly applauded by the
' The Pacha of Scutari, who was so unfortunate in Etoha, and
especially at I‘lissolonghi, being informed that emissaries from capital. We are glad the Com-
evsngelical gentry of that
Constantinople were ordered to take his head to Constantinoire, 1 mission has been granted to Sir John Newport : we have
has put the capital of hie o.iehaliek in a state of defence. Be Etas no love for expensive creations of this description, hut
even Pigl)il i NI to the independents in Middle. Albania, that he was airy have done great good in the revenue and other
ready to join them the next campaign ; theretOre the Turks will be
seen lighting, with the Albaoians and (heck., against the nnny of ,„I„..„;,icet.,
departtnents in Ireland ; and the Education "Job," we are
I will be exposed by them also. As the funds
tlw Sultan, which is assembling at Constantinople, and the wan of , s" "". Society
*bleb will, it is said, pass the Therinopylee in May next."—itras.present appropriated, by the intolerant
of this are at
acts Paper, March 23. 'crew who monopolise them, they confer no benefit what-
The French King's Speech, which we gave in a aemad ever on the vast majority of the rising generation in
edition yesterday, is pacific, at least in words. It speaks
' that country. There cannot be a greater abuse than the
way in which this Society and the Charter Schools arc at,
continued peace, both as regards Europe and the western I present managed. Education in unhappy Ireland, if
fairly gene-
world.
Louis himself is sinking fast into his grave, and rally and fa • ly diffused, would be productive of the most
his ministers are probably sincere in their conviction, that .important benefits ; but Mr. Sergeant Leffoy, and his pious
repose end commerce are now the best possessions France I coadjutor, Mr. Secretary Jackson, with the aid of the cram-
can have. Villele and his colleagues, in fact, are sick of '
I gelical Mr. Matthias, of the Bethesda, and the rest of that
"saint-like" crew. are contented with nothing short of the
the interminable crusade in Spain. They are worn out b
the obstinacy of the heartless despot they have again
Y' circulation of the Scriptures among the poor Catholic boys,
for the "charitable" purposes of proselytism and conver-
made absolute in that unhappy country, and the senseless
tyranny of the crew of fanatics who surround him. The adore : with them the alternative is—no Bible, no education.
And this is the system the eloquent Mr. John henry
obstacles to any attempt on the rich provinces of Southern
America, tempting as is the spoil, are now too serious to North, the Irish Member for a Devonshire borough, was
suffer them to think of it. " Repose and fixed purpose" are to defend, in an elaborate maiden speech. What a pity
that his Parliamentary virginity should yet remain intact
(Louis says), " afte r long struggles, the first necessary of
".
and inviolate ! We hope he may reserve it still pure and
France:" There can be no doubt that "repose'
epotless, and for a better subject. The fact is, the funds
essential to France as it is to Great Britain. Iler colonies ! voted by
gene-
were lost, and her commerce swept from every sea, during Parliament for the education of the rising 1
ration in Ireland, as at present applied, are worse than
the last war. She has recovered her colonies with
and her commerce and marine are every day increasing soon
peace,' thrown away, as the inquiry under the Commission will
with its continuance. The second paragraph of the Speech prove. This is one of the few subjects on which Mr.
O'Connell has really spoken with great good sense and
states, " that the most generous, as well as the most"
of enterprises, has been crowned with complete success. :well./I",t, dgtnent: we wish hie unquestionable abilities were as
If it be generous in a powerful nation to attack a weaker anti usefully applied on other occasions. The Duke
,1 of Leinster and Lord Cloncurr; have also borne judgment,
one, without any fair cause of quarrel—and just,
bloodshed, anarchy, and proscription in the train of an
to carry 1 publicly and strongly, against the intolerant and inonopo-
-1 lizing Itildare-street Association, which we hope soon to,
Invading army, and of a sanguinary despot, among an . see
.fences, eicio, by virtue of the Report of the Commis-
unoffending nation, just risen from bondage, and enelea- I niontia
vouring to consummateits liberties, then Louis may boast t , I
of the last successes of his family. But when we re-' Sir JamesMaCkintoWiial--
last
night withdrew his motion
member what Spain was, and view leer present condition ; respecting South America, reserving to himself the right,
when we see her, from one extremity to another, groaning should he deem it necessary, to renew it again. In doing
In basest bandage—her fortresses and cities in the hands of
armed foreigners; her constitution no more; the best and so Sir James has ',hewn his usual good sense and discretion.
wisest of her citizens exiles on foreign shores, or dying on Abandoning for the moment the mere spirit of party, he
scaffolds, and pining out existence in dungeons; all con- has consulted more enlarged and wiser feelings, and re-
fidence and prosperity vanished ; trade anti count-Aux no
. d on the firmness and the declarations of the restion-
more ; a dissembling tyrant issuing successive decrees, fit 1 ibie Ministers of the Crown. Mr. Canning has shewn no
of T .
..
tion to awith tch or eis of
only for the meridian ourkey, and applauded by none shoe country ; not Minister,he sincearacter the days ofntere
the groat
but the fanatics and wretches around him ; while poverty
crowds every street of even Madrid, seined bands roam Lord Chatham, has guarded both with more vigilant or
thorough the provinces, and hordes of ferocious robbers anxious care. The papers laid by the Poreign Minister
crowd all the highways; if these are the results that before Parliament on this important subject, called
have followed " the most generous as well as the most just forth wane but well deserved eulogiums from all par-
of.His firmness neutralized France and disarmed
enterprises"—if this is " the satisfactory elate" the
any leis
meditated by die Continental Powers
French monarch boasts of—if these are the triumphs
ainst the rich provinces of Southern America, and any mo-
and the " sure pledges to social order" his arms `I;
have achieved, why, all we can say is, the result non on the subject would now therefore be worse than a
waste of words. Spain is fallen and abject, while America
is before Europe and the civilized world. We ask, is there
is free, and rising into power and consequence. It is clear
a mind of feeling or independence that does not behold it
,a, that no expedition, either from the ports of Spain or any
with the deepest regret and indignation ? "This
triumph, (
the Speech adds, " which offers such surepledgeetolasorgal" other port of the ontinent while Great Britain forbids the
attack), will sail to disturb her independence. Mr. Can-
"army, order, is due to the discipline anti bravery of a French
ning prudently declined any further debate at present on
" army, conducted by my Son, with as much wisdom as va-
the subject. Everything that could be said, useful or in
lour." We have no desire to deny the meed of fair ap-
point, has been said already : further discussion would
probation to the armies that entered Spain, or the French
only weaken and destroy its effects. We agree with Sir
Prince who commanded them, for their discipline anti mo-
James Mackintosh, that little confidence can be reposed in
deration ; they trespassed less perhaps than any hostile
the insincere bombast drawn up by the French Ministry as
army of modern days; but the war was ene of unprincipled
a Royal Speech, and given to the King to repeat • hut we
awession. France had no just cause of quarrel with Spain
have some reliance on the fears of the Paris 'Cabinet,
whatever; her armies never should have passed the Py-
proscription accompanied though we would trust nothing to their profemions. Their
renees at all. Despotism and
Prmeedingi are watched by Sir ('harks Stuart with a jea-
their march ; all the fell agents of anarchy and destruction
I eye; and the first movement of any importance in the
followed in their train; and Spain, as the consequence, is
ports of France or Spa
which ages will not purge away. " I hate hope," the in, would be a signal to the Foreign
now covered with tyranny, and beset by a host of evils
Minister to put forth the power of the country, and blockade
those ports where a hostile squadron were unbending their
French King adds, " that the affairs of the East and those
ails for America. Thus the clouds that lowered around'
" of Spanish and Portuguese America, will be regulated
sails
fine portion of the New World have passed away.
for the greatest advantage for the States and people
Spain cannot send a single vessel to her shores ; Austria
" whom they interest, and for the greatest developement
has withdrawn from the confederation; and neither France
"of the commercial relations of the world." 'lope
acre- Russia will think of any attempt, in defiance of the
tence conveys something like the idea of non-interfe-
threats of our Minister, and the overwhelming naval power
rence by France, both with Eastern Europe and Ame-
of this country.
rica, but it does so in slow and doubtful terms. The
Speech expresses only a hops that a regulation may be
made of such a nature as the French 111 irtistry may con-
ceive of the " greatest advantage" for those States and
people, and the commercial interests of' the world. There
is reservation in every line of this paragraph ; it gives no
assurance whatever respecting South America; it says no-
thing but that France will look on, taking advantage of
circumstances, and acting for her own interests as occasion
may prompt. But we have no fears of any armed attempt
on those provinces; the expense and risk of such an ar-
mament would be too great. Already the remonstrances
of our Minister, and the menaces of the United States, have
disarmed the threatened confederacy ; the power of both
countries on the ocean is too vast for France and the
despots of the Continent. The Bourbons must seek a com-
pensation elsewhere beside in Mexico or Peru, for the
monstrous expenses of the late war ; and the Holy Alliance
must be content to see liberty triumph in the New World,
without sending a single Croat or Cossack to put it down.
For this consummation the New World is mainly indebted
to the uncompromising firmness and wisdom of the Fo-
reign Minister of this great country, whose policy has been
worthy of his high character and the important interests
he has succeeded in protecting. " Already numerous,
" channels (the Speech goes on to say) are reguel
" larly opened to the products of our agriculture and
" our industry ; sufficient maritime forces occupy the
" stations most suited for the efficacious protection of
" this commerce." This is a fair and peaceful rivalry,
in which we have no jealousy of France ; let her
extend her commerce as widely as she can ; from her fine
situation in the midst of Europe, and her numerous poem,
she is formed to be a great maritime and commercial power.
In any hostile attempts on this country, she will meet no-
thing but disaster ; she never can rival our naval or com-
mercial greatness ; but her navy may still be respectable,
sufficient for all the purposes of fair protection ; and her
commerce, both in Europe and America, may rank second '
only to that of Great Britain (of course we except North
America). The Speech declares that the constitution of
the Chamber of Deputies is to be changed ; the present
mode of renewing that Chamber does not attain the..pur-
poses of " repose and fixedness necessary to France. A
project of a law is therefore to be laid before the Royalist
Representatives for a " septennial renewal," thus copying,
not the wisest but the worst of our institutions `Pith
such a Chamber as France now possesses, no doubts can
exist of any measures proposed against public liberty being
carried. The crowd of Royalists packed into the Chamber
from every department, will outrun the wishes of those who
have returned them, and nothing but the fears of the
Bourbons anti Villele can prevent all that the Revolution
gave to France being recalled. But the present Ministry
will not dare to disturb the rights of property, or proceed
too far, lest a convulsion should follow that would shake
the throne of the Bourbons to its foundations, and bury
them and their ambition beneath its ruins. The Speech
closes with one of those appeals to ]leaven of which the
Acts of the Bourbons are so full :—" God (the old Mo-

THE Irma

-- - -
WINDaO* (Tifri S DAY), MARCH 25.—Thls morning the King
took his usual airing up the bong Walk in his phaeton, to th,
Royal Lodge.
The Earl of Clanearty left the Castle this morning for London.

The Duke of Clarence left town 011 Wednesday night
for Bushy. •
Yesterday the Earl of Clancarty had • long interview with Mr
Canning at the Foreign Office.
COLOMBIAN MINISTER TO EN(II.AND.—Don JOSe
Manuel llurtado, Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Co-
lombia, arrived in town on Wednesday night, at St. George's
Hotel, Albemarle-street, with his lady and children. This gentle-
man arrives at a very interesting moment for the aft'airs of South
America, and will, perhaps, have the satisfaction of witnessing, at
no very distant period, the recognition of his Government by all
the Powers of Europe. Mr. Hurtado is a man of great respec-
tability and wealth. Ile was a Member of the Senate at the time
of his appointment to this mission, and enjoyed a very high perso-
nal reputation in his awn country. Mr. Ilurtado having visited
Europe before, speaks both French and English, but the latter not
very perfectly. The holders of Colombian Bonds have been look-
ing very anxiously for this gentleman's arrival. We trust their
anxieties are very near an end ; for, after the opinions which were pub-
, lished the other day, of the Attorney-Ocneral, Si: J. Mackintosh.
and Dr. Lushington, all question as to the legal validity of this
loon must cease.

------ ---
Tae Gaeet CAUSE.—We have been favoured with the'
perusal of a private letter, dated Nuremberg. March 19, which
contains favourable intelligence for the Greek cause. It appears
that Ismael pasha had marched against Omer.Vriene, and com-
pletely defeated him, so that he is now master of the two banks of
the Lipper Aspropotemo, where he communicates with the Greek
General Longer, who had been sent by Prince Maurocordato with
reinforcements for Rentina, whilst a Greek corps and reserve has
been established near Zapandi, upon the road to Prevesa, which
(liner had strongly garrisoned, in order to prevent the raising the
blockade of Lepanto, which the Turks have much at heart. An
Ottoman corps, which marched from Thessaly in the beginning of
February, for Lepanto, was met at Livadia by the Greeks, and en.
tired y cut to pieces. The artillery, horses, baggage, &c., fell into
the hands of the coosequerors. The negodations for the surren.
der of Pstraa are broken off by the Turkish garrison, which has
still provisions for several months.
The Society of the Friends of Foreigners in I)istress held
their anniversary dinner yesterday rx the City of London Tavern, !
Bishopsgste.street. A highly respectable company assembled on '
the occasion, and the evening was spent in the best spirit of soda.
lily. The benevolent objects of the Society were effectually borne
in mind by the company.
The anniversary dinner of the London General Pension
Association took place yesterday at Albion House. The object of
this Society is to allow permanent relief to decayed artisans and
mechanics, and their widows. The festival was attended by a most
respectable company.
We understand that Lord G—h or Lord L—g, the
Noble Lord who made so respectable an appearance a few evenings
since at one of our national theatres, in the affair of " Bid me dis.
course," is ordered immediately to exchange into the 19th Human,
ordered to do duty in those parts of Ireland where Marshal Rock
bas aibeded the military no sinecure occupation.
The Concerts Spirituels will have the advantage of
Madame tatalani's presence during theircontinuance, as her health
is now fully established.

Mr. Spankie, late King's Advocate at Bengal, whose state
of health caused him to resign that important office, is returned with
his family, apparently much recovered.
Advices from Vittoria, dated March 14, upon the autho-

OPENING OF THE FRENCH CHAMBER.
IFroot the Etoik of Wediaeodsl.l
Peale, MANCH 23.