The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-09-29 00:00:00

COVENT-GAIiDENII:fIEATRE:

This ErenlnyTißlD;l,Septeinber 29, will be p2rfurtrogt the Trngedy of
VENICE PRESERVED.
Janter, Mr. C. livable ; Pierre. Mr. Young. Relvidtra, Alfa. Sloman.
After which;
THE IRISH TVTOR.

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Terry O'Rourke, )Zr. Connor; Dr. Flan, Ilr. elanchard. ; Rosa, ➢lhm J.
Seott.
To coaclode aids the Farce of
RAISINS) THE WIND.. . .

Jeremy Miller, Mr.. Junes ; Pialnway, Mr. Blanchard. !Aurelia
Durable, Mrs. Davenport 1 Peggy, Miss J. Scutt.
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ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.
This Keening, FRIDAY, September 2V. will be presented the new
1111•41:31 Farce or
BEFORE BREAKFAST
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The Characters by WeZe,..ilutlVewe,ll;;;;;.ii. Bennett, J. Bland, and
W. Chapman t and Miss Bodes.
Aftet which.
JONATHAN IN ENGLAND.

JonathanW.Doublkl;;.ifr.llialhew"; Netiii;;elr:iime,Mt;W.Ehapman,
Agamemnon. Mr. Slumai.
To conclude with the Itormeset d
PRESUMPTION ; or, THE PATE OF FRANKENSTEIN.
Frank tn,teln, Mr. Raker t ( ), Mr. T. P. Cooke.

The Barrlili Pains commenced pub/inking yesterday morning
at fie* o'clock.

LONDON, FRIDAY. Strremasz 99, 1626.

We have received the French Morning and Evening
Papers of Wednesday. They arc destitute of intelligence•
The Elude publishes the correspondence which it has re-
ceived horn Constantinople up to the 31st of August. It
appears that the SULTAN has adopted the European system
of impressment, in order to recruit his armies. Ile has
received several French works on military tactics, which
he has directed to be translated by YAHIA Eressm, one
of the sons of the late Dragoman. The Imperial Library
already contained several similar works, which were placed
there by SALIM 111. Executions are silently taking place
at Constantinople, and the dead bodies are, during the
night, conveyed and thrown into the sea. Much difficulty
is experienced by the holders of billets de pays., the pay-
ment of which he se been guaranteed by the Porte, to get
them l'ischarged; while the officers in the interior of the Se-
re:oo are paid regularly: This Las occasioned some mur-
muring among the people, who speak of petitioning against
this abuse. Only is,ooo men have been yet enrolled, of whom
2,400 are stational upon the banks of the Bosphorus ; 5,000
are appointed to protect the interior of the capital, and the
remainder are encamped at Eski-Strai. A body of 1,500
chosen men are to guard the Imperial Palace at Constan-
tinople. The firman respecting the confiscations seems to
have excited a degree of distrust as to the disposition of the
SULTAN, who, it is said, has not drawn a single piastre
from his treasury since the revolution. The property of a
rich Jew, consisting of 160 very valuable shawls, and
about 32 millions of francs, has been taken possession of
by the SULTAN, besides considerable property belonging
to the Janissaries. It is said at Constantinople that the
CAPITAN PACIIA was gone again to Mitylenc, to make a
second attempt upon Samos. In consequence of the dread-
ful tire which broke out on the 31st of August, at Con-
stantinople, all the troops were called out. The Palace of
the GRAND Vsztl.R has become a prey to the flames. No-
thing is more frequent in Turkey than fires, which on that
account, seldom deserve to be noticed ; but, joined with
other circumstances, this last occurrence has produced a
sensible effect upon the minds of the people.
Tine Augsburgh Gazette, under date of the 3d of Sep-
tember, observes, that tranquillity appearing to be re-
established in Constantinople, the SULTAN thought to
proceed with his plan of reform, and solemnly to carry
back the Standard of the Prophet into the Crand
Mosque. The preparations fur this ceremony bad been
so far advanced that nothing snore remained than to
open the gates of the Seraglio, when suddenly the
most alarming fire that ever devastated the capital broke
forth. It originated at the house of a baker; but such was
its rapid progress, that in a few minutes it was seen at a
hundred different places. The consternation► which it has
occasioned has placed the SULTAN in a critical situation.
The gates of the Seraglio are necessarily opened to all de-
sctiptions of people. 'Fhenntnber of houses that are burnt
amounts to some thousands, and this calamity is regarded
by the people as a.ppoishnsent inflicted by the hand of
Heaven.

The Journal des Debar stags that the Princess Regent
of PORTUGAL had determined upon creating two new
corps, to be called the First and Second Regiments of
Foreigners. They will consist of 5,000 men each, and
will be commanded by the celebrated Spanish General
Mt sa ; the second in command will be the Spaniard A t. Ar
formerly Aide-dc-Camp to the Duke of WEL LING TON,
during the war of independence.

We received a Ilk of American Paper*, up to the Qtl of
September, at an early hour this morning—too late to
enable us to give any extracts.

The Opposition Prints sectn lowly to have made a slight
change in their tactics, or at least to have given a more de-
cided development to the plan which their party is likely
to adopt in the discussions on our commercial distress
which must inevitably take place in the approaching Ses-
sion of Parliament. Instead of confining their demands, as
they had hitherto done, to the repeal of the;Corn Laws, and
other alleviating measures, they now call on Parliament to
makea complete change in our system, to overturn the firmest
and most rooted influence in this country, and to attack, at
once and together, all that is wholly corrupt—all that
is partially corrupt—and all that they fancy to be corrupt.
The reasoning by which they enforce this extraordinary ad.
vice is as follows :—" The distress in the country is still tin-
' diminished ; our export trade has received but a very trifling
improvement. While the manufactures of this country
have been in a state of the most alarming depression, those