The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-05-11 00:00:00

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.."1"*".1P.ALIIIIONAIILE INTELLIGENCE.
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.111111111111f_ Hertford gave a grind ball on Monday, at his
boolle is natedigy; oho spatitres and elegant suite of drawing
roma, Ike. vac, ineseinated with great brilliancy ; to enumerate
th"Pilillegiwasild be to name all the leading and dis.
Chet* eows.
Cesium M
of etiey's rout on Monday evening in Berkeley-
square, was very disgentlo
./les. Seen IN a/invitation- for a ball on the 3d of
.ogggs, gthoi ham , Et. rkeley-square. 6
Led Ondui r s ftwilr forty yesterday, at his house
Kinnaird had a dinner party yesterday, at his
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0 easelerfais. Calomel Lowther_ iin kyr a grand dinner yesterday to the
rilin-Calinteas of Loads's, the Right Hem. J. Becket, and
g' Deches. LA Tbanu Cecil, Sir Phillip and Lady
spat% &C. at his honer in Bruton-street. Berkeley-square.
• Lady liway'Petre entertained. a select patty yesterday, at her
house in Orestense-square. 1
~., ji.s.Clasieleistellactit". entertained a large party at dinner yes-
, at hli is New Bulington.street.
Na'RWe Earlsad " of Hardwicke left town yesterday for
Henn Saw 4R town yesterday for Paris.
Pin,
: .11 anioaduanyestate. day at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's.
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Mr. adrd rtiftsuse arrived yesterday at the Waterloo Hotel,
1 . Jnersallie. f Abed.
Ht. ses4 Mrs. (imaioser dare have arrived at bong's Hotel,
• Bond.stteti, from the St. Petersburgh Hotel. Departure:—Copt.
and Mn. Lawrence, for Paris.
• 'alliiivals.at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street:—W'. A. lichens,
• Es ALP., from his sat in Wrweestershire ; and Mr. and Mrs.
dad, front their mrt seat in Wilts. Depourts:—Lord Anson,
• —far II scat in Staffordshire; and Sir Nrilham and Ludy Ingllby,
au a tour.
- i Airing., at Fladorg's Hotel, Gifonl-street :—Sir George, Lady,
, and ilea Prescott, from Sussex; ll'illiams, Esq. and Mrs.
—*Williams, from a tour;_ General and Mrs. Loveday and *may,
tram the East Indies; D. and W. Mussenden, Caws,. from a tour;
R. Vaehill, Esq. from Essex; Prickard, Esq. from a tour;
and the Rev. Thomas Lewes, from Welts. Departures:—W.
. Hill, Esq. and Mn. Hill, for Wales ; Jailor. Esq. and Miss
Labor, for Clifton; Edmund Power, Esq. and Mrs. Power and
sassily, for ditto i_. the Rev. Mr. and Ales. Philnott, on a tour;
irt•-:- Hepweeth, Esq. ditto; and Groves, Esq, ditto.
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I. : THE SLEEPING NVATCHMAN.
o . Sound sleeps you guardian of the night,
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~ The hours uncall'd : youth restt not sweeter; '
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" I thought he was a watch."—" You're right—
Bat .0-Talk• But a slop-::catch, not a repeater."
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SING'S TN EA TRr.

. • ' Let night the opera of Otello was perforied at this
'theatre, for the purpose of again iatrodncmg Madame
• Pasta in the character of Desdrotona. 'f he house was
completely filled in every part ; before the rising of the
• ennuis a seat in the pit was not to be had, -awl every box
was filled with company. When Madame Pasta appeared
.be Was parted with loud and long-cantinued applause, and
we hem beard her perform with more effect. In the
'scene " Mura Infelici' she was eminently successful; het
- est* was, as formerly, chaste and appropriate, but her
• tinging was more orqatnented than last season. In her
• concluding song, " DeR calms oh ceil,','sbe received a una-
nimous encore. This piece she give with much pathos.
Garcia sustained the clitracter of ("fella; he as usual dis-
• played a great rethindapcy of ornament, and at times con-
.siderable -wrhernence of action ; however, the powerful
tones and tl)e great effect he produced by them, accorded
\Well with the passion he had to represent. The song "Ah
•si; per voi gia sent*" was given in his best style, and was a
opery•eleret performance. However, we cannot omit to notice
the trio in the second act, which was admirably given by
• Madame Pasta, Garcia, and Bcgrez. After the conclusion
•of the opera, which went off remarkably well, in conse-
quence of continued cries of " l'asta,' Madame Pasta
" wait led in front of the curtain by Signor Garcia, to receive
.the applause of the audience. ,She curtsied rep..stedly and
'then retired. We think this custom of calling for a
favourite performer at the con :lusion of the piece is rather
a foolish one, as it often happens (as in the present in-
stance) that the character represented by that performer
that been killed in the last scene, and when Madame Pasta
mute (award, in obedience to the call, her face exhibited
an ashy paleness, and her hair was streaming about
'bar shoulders : this, for a Desdemona, in the concluding
scent of (Hello, is quite correct but to call on s lady in
this guise to appear and receive compliments, how-
-ever well earned, is somewhat absurtl.
,The opera was fol-
lowed by the ballet of I.e Page Inconstant, for the first
time this season. This ballet, as our readers are aware, is
founded on the story of Le Nozze di Figaro. It was cast
the same as last season, with the exception of Mademoiselle
Le Gros filling the part of Susanne, instead of Mademoiselle
Nobler; and Mademoiselle Julie Aumer performing the
Countess, instead of Mademoiselle Le Gros : Figaro, for-
rattly performed by Ferdinand, was now given to Le
Bland. However, this is a ballet that no artistes can make
• effective. It went off very flatly, and before it was con-
cluded about half the audience bad let the house.

NEW Titsavax.—Mr. Davis, the late manager of
Astley's Royal Amphitheatre, Westminster-bridge, has
purchased of Earl Grosvenor a spacious plot of ground
near Hyde-park-corner, upon which he is now erecting a
splendid Riding School and Circus, under the immediate
superintendence of his brother, Mr. John Davis, many
ielan officer of cavalry. It is intended to add a superb
qatrtielstrian and MelowDramatic Theatre, the stage of
which will extend SOO feet in the rear of the Circus.
The building and establishment will be on a more ex-
tensive scale than any thing of the kind that has yet ap-
_peered.
• THE CUSTOII-HovsE.—The entire front is enveloped
with cautionary beams and supporters, not, we presume, so much
100111 any real damage the wall has sustained, as the apprehension
atf ehat may occur in the measures now under operation. In the
naorment of the long room, the interior arches of which gave way
Semi time since, numerous workmen arc employed. At the north- .
fellt abutment of the long room the hardy sons of Hibernia are
working lustily. and fearleoly under the foundation, the foundation
stores over their heads supported by piles not exceeding ten incises
iodise/tete:, driven through a loose, watery, muddy god. Some of
those pile. which have been taken out did not exceed eight feet in
lexlgth. The workmen arc now removing the mud down to the
gravel, and substituting for it a composition of sea beach mixed
with lime reduced to powder; on this water is thrown, and thus a
pee is formed of great consistency and firmness.
GLABOOW COTTON MARKET, MAY 7.—We have had
Um doing in our market this week than for some weeks past, the
sales amounting to only 965 bags, at the prices of last week :-13
:gained Sea Islands, 17d. inferior. 2s. 2/d. tine, 20 Bowed, ditto.
did, fart; 214 Boweds, 16/d. ordinary 10d. fair, 19d. good • 195
Weer Orleans, 19/d. fair, 29d. good fair • 45 Mobiles. 8;d. good
fair s 23 Bahlaa, 230. good; Y 76 Egypthlps, 21d. middling, 21/d.
fair, 70 Dammam, 21/d. fair, 221 d. good ; 19 St. Vincent, litd.
tale,. 60 West India 16/d. middling; Surato, 12/d. fair, 131 d.
gents 12 Bawds, I Id. common.
On Monday afternoon, about half-past five o'clock, as
Mn. Brodie, the wife of P. Brodie, Esq. of 49, Lincoln's Inn-
fields, was, accompanied by her father, taking an airing in a gig in
tha Regent's Park, which was a customary and favourite ride, the
hose took fright and started off at full lollop. Mrs. Brodie be,
male alarmed-arid leaped out of rte gig, when, falling on her heal,
she was, we regret to say, killed on the spot. The horse was
sloped, and the lady's father. who drove the gig, escaped unhurt.
Mrs. Brodie was Immediately removed to the Horse Barracks, in
the arrgent'a Park, to await the Coroner's Inquest.
Yesterday morning, as the Times coach, which runs from
Richmond and Putney to the Spread Eagle, Graccehureit-ttreet,
was proceeding at a rapid rate over London-bridge, the off fore
wheel broke close to the axletm, by which accident the coach,
'Wag its equilibrium, overturned, and came with a heavy crash to
are ground, throwing the coachman and two outside passengers in
,arions directions ; being also full of inside passenr,ers, great rears
were at first entertained for their safety, as a lan shout, at the
mottieot the coach overturned, arose from the unfortunate inmates.
So:mediate aid was given, and upon extricating the passengers it
was discovered that not one had met with any injury ; one of the
ham was vet), much cut. Great praise is, hus ever, due to Turn-
panar, and the other officers who were en the spot, who, by their
judicrousiconduct, kept the place from being blocked up, and who
mug caused the passengers and baggage to he conveyed to the bridge-
house.
A dreadful accident occurred in the neighbourhood of
this city on Saturday night last. Mr. William Potts, of liar-
monsway Moor, was returning home from our races, when, in
galloping down a hill near Coahoe pottery. his horse fell, and he
was atrown from his scat, and so myth injured that he died on
Illonddy night, about forty-eight hours after the accident. An.
other accident, similar to the above, befel Mr. Philp Tiplady, of
Plawsworth, near this city, farmer, as he was returning home
from .this place the same evening. He was galloping along the
road, and when pear to Plawsworth date his horse tumbled, and
he was thrown with great violence on the ground. He lingered
under the effects of a concussion of the brain until the following
Thursday, when he expired.—Durham Chroolcia.
Dtavu BY BOXTNG.-A sawyer, of the name of NYil-
looghby, was killed on Monday morning in a casual pugilistic
combat with a man of the name of Irving, on Stoke Cdmmon, niter
Blisky. They had quarrelled at a neighbouring public-house, and
tato fleeeased was taken off the ground lifeless, idler a fight of mote
the one hour.