The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-04-17 00:00:00

HAYMARKET THEATRE.

The Public 14 most re•pectfulty Informed that thia THEATRE WILL be
OPENED for the SEASON THIS EVENING, with the Farce of

FORTUNF:'S FROLIC.
Robin Rongh-heed, Mr.Willthown ; Dully, Mrs. T. Hill.
After which the Comedy of
PAUL PRY.
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Paul Pry, Mr. Livtnn : ; Frank Hardy, Mr.
Raymond; Harry Stanley, Mr. Vining. Eliza, Mi... P. Glover; Marian.
Bliss A. Jones; Mts. vrubtle, Alm Glover; Phrebe, Mrs. Humby.
To conclude with the Farce of
LOCK ANI) KEY.

Brummagem. Mr. NI illiams ; Cheerly, Mr. Pyne ; Captain Vain, Mr.
Raymund; Ralph, Mr. J. Reeve (his first appearance at this Theatre).
Laura, Mini George; Fanny, Mrs. C. Jones.

ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE.
MR. MATHI,:Ws AT HOME
This Evening, MONDAY, April 15, wittiest entirely new Entertalament,
in Two Parts, founded on 114, Ob,ervations on Characters.
Mennen, and Peculimitim, entitled
MR. MATHEWS' INVITATIONS.
PART 111.—A Monopoly!ague, to be called
THE CITY BARGE !
Seven Character, by Mr. Mathew,.
Doors open at Half-past Seven (In tear) of Seven, es heretofore); the
Performance begins at Eight preciAely.

The BRITISH illness commenced publishing on Saturday morn-
ing at a quarter past five o'clock.

LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1826.

The French jonrnalists still accuse the Ministers of
pursuing s Machiavelian system of tactics with regard to
the Jesuits, the Moniteur having published an article, pro-
hibiting the introduction of the " Giornale Ecclesiastico di
Roma" into France, on account of its ultramontane prin-
ciples.

A discussion arose in the French Chamber of Deputies,
on the 1,^4-h April, in which various complaints were made
against the commercial treaty with England ; and, in par-
ticular, it was asserted that an impost had been laid upon'
French vessels in consequence of it—a proof, it was said,
of the undue influence exerted by England over the in-
ternal affairs of France.

The continual contradictions with respect to the affairs
of Greece, prevent us from offering any comments on the
extracts which we have made from the French papers on
that subject. We shall merely remark, that a great
deal of the confusion in the dates arises from the
Greek mode of reckoning. The Courier Francais speaks
of the 16th and 20th of March, as the dates which
were at different periods assigned for the capture of the
town. These correspond to the 4th and Hth in the com-
mon reckoning, which were the dates given in the Etoile.
It therefore only remains to be determined whether the
slates of the letters from Zante are to be taken as old or
new style. If they are to be taken as new style, the hopes
would still be very strong in favour of the continued resist-
ance of the Greek garrison.

The following are attracts from the French papers re-
ceived last night:—
'From the Pilote of Friday, April 14.1
MADRID, APRIL 3.
[PRIVATE CORRES:'ONDENCE.I

11. Cadova, Secretary to our Legation at your Court, has just
arrived here. The object of his mission is not known.

Several l'ortuquav! Monks havejust emigrated into Spain.
To-morrow the Cnun sets out for the Royal residence at Aran.
juez. As since the affair on St. Joseph's day the Swiss keep on
their guard, and desire to remain united, they have requested to go
altogether to Aranjuez, in order that their strength may not be di.
aided, as has alwayahappenecl when the King has gone to take up
his abode at one or the royal scats. We do not know what decision
has been made on this subject.
The French Society, at the head of which is M. Peeler, who gave
concerts at the Cassino, has just become bankrupt; he could not
be otherwise, for during Lent he was forbidden to give spiritual

7ne
con-

tents are of comparatively little importance ; since the a?.
counts in them from Greece relate to :nitwit; width took
place before the fall of devoted Missolonghi, and with
which our readers have long since been made acquainted.
They repeat, however, the assertion, that our Lord High
Commissioner of the lonian Islands, Sir Fara,. Ae,o,
was anxious to avert the fall of that fortress. Doubtless,
when he failed in that, he used his own personal character,
consideration and office, as well as the high and command.
ing name of his country, to prevent the horrid massacre
which followed the storming of the place. If he did so,
and he then failed to infuse feelings of humanity into the
barbarian IBRAHIM, we cannot but think that an instant
and powerful remonstrance should be made to the SaNiare
l'orte on the subject, not only by England, but by all the
other Christian Powers in conjunction. An Evening Paper,
whose Editor reports the tiame thing, nearly in the same
words, in a Journal of yesterday, calls upon Russia
march her armies across the l'ruth, to attack the ()thrum
Empire, and deliver the Greeks from its yoke. Has this
Editor been dreaming of the valuable diamond-set gold
snuff-boxes given by the late Emperor AI EXANLER to all
those who, calling themselves literary men, prostituted
their pens (talents we cannot say), to give to the rest of
Europe a magnified view of the power of the still
more
than semi-barbarous empire of Russia, through a false
and illusory medium ? And does he also dream that
crosses of St. )Vladimir, of St. Alexander Newsky, of the
Ist, 211, or 3d class, together with gold and jewelled snuff-
boxes, are to rain on his majestic head? In sober sad-
ness--does he really believe that the rest of Europe
would tamely look on and see the Russian dismember
Turkey, purely for his own aggrandizement, (for
which alone it would undoubtedly be) in the same manner as
sire of Russia (lid the unhappy kingdom of Poland? We
trust, in (leaven, that such times are gone; and we are
sure that our Foreign Seeretary, aided by the spirit which
now pervades his Majesty's Councils, would, with the full
consent of Parliament and the nation, resist any such at.
tempt at enabling Russia to skirt the rest of Europe, and, as
it wete, embay it from North Cape in the Arctic Ocean,
to Cape Matapan in the Mediterranean. It is true that
unless the Porte shall implicitly conform to the treaty of
ISI2, as to the evacuation of the provinces of Wallachia and
Moldavia, Russia may insist on the fulfilment of that
treaty, and might even send an army into the provinces to
enforce it ; but that Europe would endure the march of
Russian troops into Greece we cannot believe. The Duke
of WELLINGTON may have failed in his mission for aught
we know, not even knowing (as several of our contempo-
raries, most mithicakii, if we may coin the adverb, say
they do) the object of his Grace's mission ; but we should
imagine that the best mode of putting an end to this war
of massacre and extermination, would be for all the great
powers of Europe to join in a strong remonstrance to the
Porte, offering, at the same time, their fair and unbiassed
mediation between the contending parties.

The following are extracts from the German Papert:
STOCKHOLM, MARCH 24.

Our Government has lately come to an important decision role.
tive to the oak forests. That there may in future be no want of oak
timber for the use of the navy, it is ordered that extensive tracts of
land of proper quality shall be purchased, in order to make plants.
tions of oak on the largest scale. At the same time. rewards of 1
to 2F, rix dollars are promised for every well•conditioned oak grown
on private ground. It is to be observed, that by the ancient laws all
o tka belong to the Crown, and this is to continue in force till the
above mentioned plantations of oak shall he tit for use.

Our mint has been enabled, by the acquisition of several new
machines and by various improvements, to begin coining a much
handsomer coin, with the date of 1827.
The well-known M. Owen, who lint introduced into Sweden the
use of steam boats, has invented a new printing press. which is
said ro difier in many respects from that of M. linnit.T, at
Wurtzburg. Ile has obtained a patent for ten years for the tale of
this prcas.

ROME, MARCH 30.

M. Sykes, an Englishman, has purchased, for the trifling sum of
11,000 scudi, the beautiful Villa of Prince Poniatowsky, on the
Via Flaminia, together with several works of ancient sculpture with
which it is adorned. It is affirmed that, together with the furniture,
it cost the Prince 60.000 scudi.

Prince Camillo Borghese has returned here, after many years
absence, but will. it is said, not remain here long, but go to spend a
part of the tine season at Naples. A new road is now being made
to his elegant Villa Pinciana ; a circumstance from w!!ich it is in.
(erred that he may in theend accept the invitationof the Pope, and fix
his abode at Rome. He isa great favourite with the peopleon account
°lbis liberality. The same may be said of Napoleon's two brother+,
the Count de St. Lett ( Louis) and the Prince de Alontfort (Jerome).
It would be easy to quote many instances of their liberality in re-
lieving poor families. The former has indeed resided for some
time, nn account of his health, in his fine country house, out of the
gates of Florence, which he has had for about eight years; but he
has not bought any palace in Florence, as the German Papers have
stated. Jerome, on the other hand, has purchased large estates in
the Papal territory, and is building a country house there, which
sufficiently refutes the report of his intending to leave the domi-
nions of his Holiness.

The Abbe Canova, brother of the celebrated artist, is nominated
a bishop in partibus. It is thought that he will consecrate the
church founded by his brother at Possagus as soon as it is finished.
A Greek, of the name of Sehastiani, • most respectable and highly
esteemed man, had resided here for two years with his wife and
his brother. An ardent longing to see their own country induced
this family some time ago to return to Greece; but they had
scarcely reached the sacred soil when they fell into the hands of the
Turks. The two brothers were beheaded in the presence of the
wife, and she herself carried as a slave to Constantinople. But
what are individual instance,' of cruelty to the sys!cms.ic murder
(organized by Christian coadjutors) of whole tribes of the inhabit.
ants of the ancient Hellas?

Aletalliques, 88 7-18. Bank Shares, 1654.

Since writing our introductory matt:r to the ti,nlean
Papers, we have received the following from a source upon
which we cannot but place the fullest relian re.

Notwithstanding the fall of Missolonghi, and much as that
event is to be d.-plored, we entertain no fear but that the
Greeks will ultimately place themselves beyond the retch Of
Ottoman oppression. The Chiefs are becoming every day
more sensible of the necessity of union, and it only (e-
-(ikes that they should act cordially and in concert, to
settle the power of the country on a sure and permanent
foundation. Nothing can bespeak more strongly the ge-
neral impression that prevails in Greece itself as to the
final success of their cause, than this most important fact,—
that the sale of the national property is purchased as high
as if there were no foreign enemy. The conscriptions, too,
continue to be levied with a facility that of itself justiEes
the most sanguine hopes. That highly venerable character,
the Bishop of EGIN A, is an earnest partisan of regular
troops ; and the importance of introducing a strict military
discipline is now acknowledged and acted upon by all the
Grecian leaders. MA (110 J ANN', a brave Roumeliote chief,
has inscribed himself in the disciplined carps. FABVIER s
forces, as well as his popularity, are hourly increasing. As
for anyiopening to negotiation, it has long since been out
of the question. It is, nevertheless, for the true interests
of the Continental Powers that this sanguinary contest
should he terminated ; but this can only be elected through
the mediation of England. That we cannot be disinterested
lookers-on is certain, for were Greece once brought within
the grasp of Russia, the latter power would aeon be what
she has been long desirous to become—the arbiter of Furrpe.

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it deFiident nations. whose territory covered their wholesortsee. By the right of inquiry into our purposes and measures must stop. concerts, and now, on account of the Jubilee, all public places of add 1,400,000 francs annnally to the revenue. of which 3i0,000
ti ii. their independent condition, the United States enjoyed the right The Holy League of Europe itself was formed without inquiring amusement are aim till the 21,t of May.
would be paid by France. The Government of the Netherlands
of commercial intercourse with every.part of theirpossessiona. To at. of the United States whether it would or would not give umbrage
. Since the Emperor of Morocco no longer pays the Arabs for has nobly disdained to augment its revenue in this manner; but in
tempt the establishment of a colony in those possessions would be to to them. The fear of toying umbrage to the Holy League of
. usurp, to the exclusion of others, a commercial intercourse, which Europe was urged as a motive for denying to the Amrricon nations lighting large fires on the mountains, to attract and destroy the return for this generous conduct, it might have expected not to
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tested theslightest dissatitifac:ion at their having been taken. Most daY consulted their rights and dutiel,and not their feats. Fully deter. year, and ravage our fields—those of Andalusia are covered with German Papers, amongst which was the Al/genuine
lof the new American Republics hare declared their entire assent to muted to giyenoneediess displeasure to any foreign power, the United them, and it is much feared that the crops will be destroyed; they Ze4tung of the 9th inst., arrived yestc.v.lay, but their con-
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