The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-04-20 00:00:00

ADELI'HI THEATRE.

Mr. YATES' Entertainment having met with Increased success, he will
repeat It every MONDAY, Til URs DAY, and SATURDAY, consisting of
Sketches from Life, Manners, ano Peculiarities, entitled
YATES' REMINISCENCES;
OR, ETCHINGS OF LIFE AND CHARACTER,
In which he will introduce the following Songs
'Masquerading"—" Vauxhall Gardens”--" Smithfield Cattle Show"—
"Pawabroker'4 Shop"—" Humours of an Election"—
"Theatrical Fund Dinner."
To conclude with a Monopolylogue, entitled
MR. CHAIRMAN.
In which Mr. Yates will su'.taln Eight different Characters.
Boxes; As. Pit, 2r. Gallery, Is.
Dome open at Seven, and !mein punctually at half-past Sevin.
Half-price at Nine.

The BRITISU firms Commenced puohshing yesterday morn-
ing at a quarter before seven o'clock.

LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1826.

The accounts from St. Petersburgh continue to afford
proofs that the Emperor NICHOLAS is desirous of gaining
the good will of the liberal party throughout Europe.
He is perfectly sensible, it is said, of the inefficiency of the
pretended European Police, which declares that it knows
the whole of the ramifications of all the secret associations
in Europe, though it could give no information relative to
the plot of the !?6th December, in Russia. Ile has accord-
ingly signified to the Courts of Vienna, Berlin, and Paris,
Mat be can no longer permit any connexion between the
police of his dominions and that of other countries. This
is the cause of the reduction in the expense of the Russian
police establishment, by which it is supposed t!:at many
secret offices and correspondences out of Russia will be ren-
dered entirely useless. Movements of troops towards the
frontiers of Turkey are spoken of, but the news is discre-
dited, because the season is not yet sufficiently advanced
for military operations. The ice on the rivers is scarcely
thawed in central Russia, and only three weeks ago a
foreign diplomatist had both his eats frozen on the parade
of St. Petersburgh. The roads in the Ukraine are still im-
passable from the rains.
The King of Prussia has promulgated a decree re-esta-
blishing the former titles and armorial bearings in the Grand
Duchy of the Rhine, which were abolished by the French
while that country was in their occupation.
We were long reluctant to believe the reported fall of
Missolonghi, and we are glad to have some cause for hoping
that the evil (lay has at least been put off for some time.
The temptation which speculators in Greek Securities
throughout Europe have to invent false reports, and the
extraordinary facilities of doing so without detection, render
the accounts circulated about Greece, in all cases, extremely
suspicious, and we cannot therefore abandon ourselves with-
out reserve to the satisfaction which even this hope has given
us. The evidence, however, seems, on the whole, to be fa-
vourable to that hope. The Journal des Dehats has very
ingeniously retracted its assertions respecting the fall of
Missolonghi, at the end of its critique on the improrislitiun
of Signor Soatcct on this subject, by observing, that new
hopes begin to be entertained for that fortress.

Our readers will recollect the instructions sent by the
police of a province in Spain to its subordinate officers,
translated in a late number of our paper. The details given
in the Etude of Thursday serve to throw some light on
the causes of alarm which had induced the Spanish
Government to have recourse to such measures ; and
we shall merely repeat at present, that the Spanish
emigrants in this country, who ought to be best ac-
quainted with these subjects, assert their utter ignorance
of any such associations as are there mentioned, and if
they had any such designs as are ascribed to them, would
deserve little praise for their prudence in thus incrusting
their secrets to a man so rash and ill-advised as IlAzax.
It is positively affirmed at Madrid, that a new treaty of
occupation has just been concluded, and thai. the French
troops will continue in Spain till 1829. The retire-
ment of the Due nat. INFANTADO is still spoken of,
and the only difficulty seems to be to determine
who shall be his successor. The moderate party wish fur