The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-10-04 00:00:00

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pie of this kingdom, that we buthsweoneern but to live and
die like She beasts that perish. How these Evangelical and
Gospel teachers, as they are pleased, per excellence, to term
themselves, can justify the libels which they are perpetually
sending forth against the Ministers of the Church of Eng-
land, we really do not know. 'We believe that we do them
very slender justice when we affirm that as many real prac-
tical inward uniform Christians are to be found among their
followers, as are produced by all the labours of the se:f.
elected apostles by whom the character of the British pub-
lic is thus defamed, and the establishment endangered.

CITY, MONDAY EVTNINO.

This was equally as vapid A day on the Stock Markets
as Saturday. Console, in which very little was doing,
opened at 88 87!, and afterwards advanced to 88,
buyers, at which price they left off. Exchequer Bills were
at par to Is. premium. _ _

The Foreign Market bad no variation in it from Satur-
day's prices, excepting in Greek Sctip and Spanish Secu-
rities ; the former advanced to 24 3 discourt, and the old
Spanish Bonds retrograded to 16, it ; in the new there
was not a transaction. The current report to-day in the
City, that Lord Cochrane is certainly going out to Greece,
notwithstanding all that has been industriously circulated
to the contrary, probably bad a favourable eflect on the
Scrip.
In Shares there was nothing dote Ivor Eh reporting, ex-
cepting in those of the Rock atit7 Patent Salt Company,
which were very much inquired after.
There was a fair supply of all kiids of Grain this morn-
ing at market. Barley and Prase were, in consequence ra-
ther cheaper. Wheat and Oats maintained their price.

Ship letters are in town from Pernambuco to the 2sth of
August. They represent the great distress that is still ex-
perienced there from the extreme drought, and the suffer-
ingt of the inhabitants from the want of money and pro-
visions.

There are also ship letters in town from St. Vincent's, of
the 25th of August, but they contain no public intel-
ligence.
TIIE NEW SrANisit LOAW.—It appears by the last
advices from Madrid, quite certain that M. Tassin's loan
is reduced to an advance of the revenue of the Spanish
customs, at the rate of 60 per cent. A letter from Madrid
dated the 23(1 ult., states that at that period the negotia-
tion had not been concluded. The Minister considered the
terms too high, and the King could not be induced to make
any concession with regard to the bonds of the Cortes. As,
however, the want of money was felt more and more every
day,sand a junta, appointed amongst other things to find
out the means of raising fresh loans, was but newly cre-
ated, hopes were entertained by M. Tassin that the ne-
gotiation would succeed. The transaction will be of the
following nature:—Spain will issue a certain number of
bonds, for which she will receive cash according to the
terms of the contract; and these bonds are afterwards to
be taken in payment of the ;Spanish customs as ready
money, and in payment of all duties on the importation of
merchandise into the Peninsula. flow much more advan-
tageous as well as honourable would have been the short,
plain, and clear course of doing justice to the Spanish
bondholders!

Extract of a letter dated Guayaquil, May IS, received at
Paris:—" The Jamaica papers, which we receive by way
of Panama, lead us to apprehend a rupture in Europe. The
recognition of Colombia, Mexico, and Buenos Ayres, by
' England, has been the occasion of great rejoicings here, and
will probably insure important advantages to 'English com-
merce. The fear of seeing France declare herself the
auxiliary of Spain in an endeavour to reconquer Peru
has induced a general levy of men here. The French
have been ill-treated at Lima. Captain Demoge, the
colleague (of Captain Delasusse, has been sent away
by Bolivar, to whom his miuion was addressed. A
journalist f the Colombian Government observed late
ly, that these Gentlemen did not appear to have tie
lever of Archimedes. It was only after the arrival of
Admiral Rosamel, a:id an amicable explanation between
him and the Liberator, that our countrymen have been
safe." _ _

Extract of a letter, dated Guatemala, June ea:—
" Government is as regularly constituted, and presents as
fair a prospect of durability as the other republics, although
not so much known. There is no party opposed to it—
there are no internal dissensions—no factions to contend

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against. The President is employing his exertions to kring
around him men the most competent to fill the first offices
of the State; and, from his conciliatory manner, will most
probably succeed in doing so. 'f ho. opposition of a few
members in the Senate and Congress is no more liable to
be deemed a faction than is the Opposition in the English
House of Commons."

Accounts from Gibraltar, to the 6th ultimo, state that
Colombian privateers continue to cruise on the neigh-
bouring coasts, and are making a rich harvest; a vessel
which had arrived at Gibraltar from the Havaunah had
been plundered, and 1,500 dollars taken from the pas-
senger s.
Letters from Constantinople state, that upon the receipt
there of the intelligence that the Greeks had solicited the
protection of England, the Grand Vizier addressed a strong
remonstrance to the English and French Ambassadors at
Constantinople, which was instantly forwarded by them
to their respective Governments.
It is stated in a letter from Paris, dated Friday, that
the Emperor of Austria has sent positive orders to the
Commander of his squadron in the Greek seas, that they
are not to afford protection to any Austrian vessel which
may be taken by the Greeks whilst conveying troops, am-
munition, provisions, and stores, for the use of the Turks,
or otherwise infringing the neutrality which the Emperor
has resolved to maintain. All vessels captured under such
circumstances are to be abandoned to their fate.

Some remarkable incidents have occurred in the conver-
sations of the French General Roche with the wild Greek
mountaineers. Several of them admitted that it might be
desirable to employ corps of foreign regular troops to op-
pose Ibrahim Pacha's regulars ; and Bot7aris, the most
influential of them all, being asked, " Should you like to
have a King in Greece?" replied, " I think that a King
would be desirable for the good of Greece, in its present
circumstances."

Conformably to the Brazilian Constitution, the Trial by
Jury was ordered to be introduced; and we ace, from the
Brazil Papers wired by the last packet, that the first
cause tried in this manner lately came on in a Court in-
stituted for the purpose of hearing a cause connected with
the press. The plaintiff in the action was the Intendant-
General of Police, and the defendant the Editor of the
Diarie do Governo. The trial was conducted with great
decorum, and excited considerable interest, as being the
first of the kind witnessed in the country. Orders have
been issued in Brazil for the establishment of botanic gar-
dens in all the provinces, and the attention of the planters
has been called to the cultivation of the tea-plant, of
which one proprietor has already 4,000 on his estate, in fine
order.

The Brazilian frigate Piranga continues at Spithead,
quite ready for sea, waiting for orders from Lord Cochrane,
who was daily expected to arrive, but whether for the
purpose of returning to the Brazilian service or not was
not known.

Tut NAVY We beg to correct the statement which
appeared in our Paper of the 29th ult. respecting the com-
parative half-pay of the pursers of the royal navy with
that of the officers of the commissariat department. The
half-pay of an Assistant Commissary-General is not 4s. 11d.
but 7s. 4d. ; the former being that of a Deputy Assistant
Commissary-General. The half-pay of the pursers (if it
may be so called) is, for the senior one hundred Ss. per
diem ; the next one hundred 4s. per diem, and for the re-
maining five hundred only 3s. per diem, although the
whole of them have a parity of rank with the Assistant
Commissary-Generals ; the disproportion therefore between
the half-pay of these respective classes of officers is still
greater than we had supposed it to be.
The East ludia Company's ship Warren Hastings, out-
ward bound, was all wall en the 9th June, in lat. 19, S.
long. 24 32. W.

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. F.III7ION.IBLE INT ELLIGRATIC.'

The Duke and Duchess of Buckingham arrived in town yester-
day from their seat, Avington, Banta.
fhe Dowager :llarchioness of Exeter arrived yesterday at her
seat at Itoeharopton, from the Isle of Wight.
The Earl and Countess of Illountcharles have left town for
Windsor. _ _

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The Marquis of Salisbury arrived in torn yesterday from his
seat, Hatfield.
The Earl of Cum has arrived in Ireland from a tour..

The lion. Agar and L id, Georgina Ellis have arrived at the
Earl of Pembroke's seat, Walton House, Wilts, from the Marquis
of Lensdown's, Bowood Park.
31r. and 31re. Ball■ hare arrived at Miller's Hotel, Jerm,m
street, from Bath. Departures from ditto.:—,latnea Daly, Esq.
M.P. for Ireland; W. Webb, Esq. for Paris.
Evedale Price, Esq. arrived yesterday at the Waterloo Hotel,
Jerrnyu-street, from Ireland.
The Earl and Countess of Longford and family have arrived at
the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Brighton.
Arrivals at the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle.strcet :—General Ar.
menteroes and T. 3lagotte, Esq. from a tour. Captain and Mrs.
•Preston have left ditto for the Continent.

Departures from the Sr. George's Hotel, Albernarls.street
John and Lady Murray for livsex ; J. Melville, Esq. and family
for Holland; Captain Coglin on a tour; T. T. Drake, Esq. M.P.
and Mrs. Dmkc, for their seat, Amersham, Bucks.

THEATRE.S'.

COVENT-GARDEN.

Last night Mr. Ward q repeated the character of Brutes.
The rending of the part (to speak technically) differed lit-
tle, if at all, from that of Monday last ; but, as was to be
expected, its execution was accompanied by greater energy
in proportion to the increased confidence of the actor.
Some of the points were very well given, and called down
continued approbation. Among the most successful we
may particularise the delivery of

" No—not an oath—"
in the seconl act ; and the rebuke to Cassius, farther on in
the same scene—
" Our course will seem too bloody, Calus Cassius l"
which was delivered in a fine vein of philosophical remon-
strance, and produced a very considerable effect. The
oration to the mob was the same in manner as on the pre-
vious evening. In the quarrel scene Mr. Wank displayed
more force, and, generally speaking, ability, than on the
occasion of his first appearance. It was very well through-
out, with the exception of the mode of speaking the
passage—
" When I spoke that, I was ill.tcaspered too."
That was a deviation, and not a very felicitous one, from
the prevailing practice. Mr. Warde repeated the line with
a degree of peevish and bashful reluLtance, more akin to
the manner of a halt-sulky school-boy, than to that of the
frank and noble Brutus, who is generous in everything—
his hatreds as well as his friendship. We also thought the
interview (we use the word advisedly) with the ghost
of Julius by no means so strikingly impressive as we
have seen it in other hands. The Mark Anthony of
Charles Kemble is too well known as one of the noblest
performances the English stage can boast, to require our
Commendations, or more particular notice at present.

ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE.
Yesterday evening Mr. Ducrow took his benefit, as Ma-
nager of Astley's Amphitheatre, and, as might have been
expected from the popularity of this liberal and spirited
individual, every portion of the house was crowded to
excess. Since the death of its founder, we believe the
theatre has never had a more successful season. Mr. Dn-
crow, who had, according to the adage, " learnt to be wise
by wets' harm," avoided the rock on which his predecessor,
Davis, had been wrecked, by—as Mr. Mathews ex-
pressed it—
" Somewhat rashly
Dropping the narte of Astley,"

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and the old Amphitheatre still continued, under the joint
proprietorship of Messrs. Ducrow and West, to bear its
original title, experience having taught them, that under
another name it certainly did not "smell as sweet."
Mr. Ducrow, by the assistance of his principal actors—the
horses—and by the support of his main prop of the sea-
son, " the burning of Moscow," has contrived to give
very general satisfaction, and his exertions have been
amply rewarded. The performances of last night corn-
Menced with the " extraordinary extravaganza scene on
horseback," entitled the Math of General Jucko. The
imitators of baboons have recently been very popular at
the minor theaters, and, if report speaks truly, the boards
of Covent Garden and Old Drury, are to be similarly lie-
neural. M. Gouffe, alias Gough, but frenehitied to give
his capers more eclat, it is said has received an engagement
from Mr. Charles Kemble, and is about to bid farewell to
Ids first patron of the Surrey, to supply the place of Mr.
Young, late of Covent Garden, and M. Ducrow is expect-
ed to appear as his rival at the other theatre. Be it as it
may, the feats of the Jacko at Astley's are very little in-
ferior to those of the Island Ape at the Surrey. The chief,
attraction of last evening, however, was The Knights of
Palestine, a piece produced for the purpose of displaying
the astonishing sagacity of the horses, and also of descriLing
" the methods employed for adroitly making use of the
sword, lance, and javelin, as practised in the justs, tilts,
and encounters of the knights and squires of old," an ex-
hibition that might have furnished some useful hints to,
in return for, the idcas:botrowed from, the "great un-
known" author of the Crusaders.

The tournament was really a splendid and effective sigh',
and recalled more forcibly than a hundred novels could do,
our ideas of the days of chivalry, and the knights .e,ns
pear et sans reproche. The next scene presented M. llu-
crow standing on two horses, on which he passed rapidly
round the circle, repeatedly changing his position. This feat
is perhaps the most extraordinary of the kind we have
ever seen. The noble animals appeared to know the
danger in which their master was placed, and notwith-
standing their rapidity, their motions were as regular as if
they possessed that intellect which alone distinguishes be-
ings of the higher from those of the lower world. The
horsemanship is, in truth, a treat of no common order
to the old as well as to the young. and may he enjoyed by
the philosopher who can enjoy little else of the kind. A
new melo-drama, of the every-day description, entitled
The Felon's Hate, was then produced ; and The Bnrning
of Moscow, the leading, and almost the only piece of the
season, terminated the varied amusements of the evening,
eluting which Mr. I)ucrow was loudly and frequently
cheered by his delighted auditors—if auditors they may
be called.

Ma?ready is engage(i at Druly-lane theatre, where Ken-
ney, the dramatist, succeeds Fred. Reynolds, as reader,
supervisor, and adapter of plays for Drury-lane theatre.
Mr. Macready has been performing five nights at the
Southampton Theatre, to fashionable audiences, and has
been well received.
A fair debutante, in the person of Miss Stafford, has ap-
peared at the Doncaster Theatre as Rosins, in the opera of
the Barber of Seville, with such success as to promise that
she will, ere long, figure away as a leading vocalist in one
of our metropolitan theatres.
Barbaglia is the name of the conspicuous individual who
has monopolised the entire direction of nearly all the Thea-
tres in Germany and in Italy.
Ebcrs is returned from Paris, where he has engaged Ma-
dam Bonnini, the celebrated soprano from Florence, Ma-
dame Brocard, the accomplished dancer, who has been most
successfully playing all the parts of Bigotini at the Aca-
demy of Music. This lady's dancing and acting in the,
Ballet Opera of Nina, and also in Fiore et Zerhire, has
been much admired for its chaste and graceful action.
Auguste Lefebre, first (lancer and successor of Albert, who'
is going to Naples, and our established favourite Coulon,
are also engaged, as arc Madame Pasta, Curioni. and Vel.
luti. The King's Theatre will open early in December,
with II Crociato inFgilto and an entirely sew and splen-
did Ballet, in which the whole strength of the Company,
including the persona recently entrancd in Paris, will ap-
pear. his said that Madame Catalani is in treaty with
Mr. Ebers for an engagement for the ensuing season, upon
a most extended and varied scale. Madame Catalani pro-
poses to sing in the regular Opera, and also to display her
tine talents in a series of Concerts and Oratorios, to be given
in the Grand Room and the Theatre itself, at different pe-
riods during the season.
Count St. Antonio is now at Milan, where he has pro-
cured some valuable Scores of Music, now on their way to
England, and which are to be introduced into a New
Grand Opera, to be produced at the King's Theatre in the
early part of the season.