The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-04-07 00:00:00

F.:SIIIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

Emily, Marchioness of Londonderry, gave an elegant entertain-
ment on Morday, at her house in St. James's-square, to the
Duke of Wellington, his Excellency Count Leven, the Mar-
quis of Hertferd, the Marquis of Graham, the Earl of A:fawn,
the Countess of Sandwich, Lord I'aletort, Lady E. Edgecumbe,
Lady Georgians Bathurst, Lord Ellanbornugh, Mr. and Mrs. Lid-
I dell, he. n, the evening her ladyship gave a splended rout. which
' was atterdoti by upwards of 150 disci:wit:died fashionable*, among
whom were—the Duchess of 3lontraso and the Ladies Graham, tha
Dowager Ducheas of Leeds, the Countess of Sefton and the Ladies
51olyneua, the Ladies Beauderk, the Countess and the Ladies
Bathurst, the Marchioness of Camden. the Earl tied Countess or t
Clam, the Mao:Mows of Ileruiod, Dowager Countess of War-
wick, Earl lir.eknock, Earl and Gamest Verulam, the Earl of
IVestmetland and Lady C. Farm, Countess Cisnearty, the Earl
and Countess Wicklow, Lord and Lady Calthorpe, Lord Palmer-
ston, Lady Elizabeth and Miss l'aulett, Lady Caroline l'owlett,
lard and lady Ellenborough, Lord and lady Dayning, Lady
Grantham, Lord and Lady Beresford, Sir George and lady Bark-
ley, Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Clive, Mr. and Mrs. Gradr, Mr.
Tomlin, Mr. and Mrs. Watson Taylor, Mrs. W. IVyno; Mrs.
Fremantle, Mr. Wilmot Horton, Mr. Foley, Mrs. Mitchell, he.
he. Yesterday evening her Ladyship gave a dance and supper to
he domestics and their friends, in eammemoration of her birth-
' day.
Lady Murray has issued cards of invitation for a rout on Fri-
day next, at her house in Wimpole-strect.
Lord and lady King will have a dinner party this day, at their
house in Dover-street.
Lord anti Lady Gwydyr entertained a distinguished party at
dinner yesterday, at their house in Piccadilly.
Sir George Warrender, Ran. had a gra...l dinner party yester-
day, at his house, Whitehall-place.
('apt. l'arry has issued cards of invitation for a grard ball and
supper, on 11 edmralay, the 20th inst. en hoard bus ship the /leer., .
51rs. Chapin* has issued cards of invitation for two rants, on the
3d and 10th of May, at her house, in Grafton-street, Bond.strect.
T. Walpole, Esq. entertained a distinguishe:: party at dinner,
yesterday, at his house in Orcovenoc-street.
Lady Williams entertained an elegant circle of fashionable, yes-
terday, at her house in Upper Graivenor.streer.
The Earl of Elgin has arrived at the Royal Hotel, St. James's..
street, from his seat in Scotland.
Lord Lyrtedoch arrived yesterday at Warren's Hotel, Regent-
street, from his seat, Cosgrove Priory.
The alarquis and 51arehioness of Salisbury are expected in town
this day, from their scat in Lancaahire.
Arrivals at the Waterloo Hotel, Jertnyn-street:Jahn Mar.
joribanks, Dart, and Mr. and Mrs. Ila.kett, front their scat in.
Scotland.
The Earl and Countess Stanhope left town on Mor.day, for their
set, near Seven Oaks, Kent.
The Honourable dl r. and Mrs. Robert Smith have arrived at the
Dowager Duchess of Rutland's, in Sackville-street, from their scat,
Gray horst, Bucks.
51r. and Mrs. Egerton and family left town yesterday, far
Brightdn.
Arrivals at the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle...street :—Sir Henry
and Lady 3lontresor and General 111ontresor, from their scat in
Kent; Jarvis, Esq. from a tour.

THEATRICAL DILEMMA.

[FBO3I ♦ CORRESPONDINT.]

We have just heard that the government of the King's
Theatre is placed in rather a novel dilemma, and we fear
that its consequence will be the disappointment of the
hopes we have been so long led to entertain, of seeing
Madame Pasta upon the boards of our Opera this season.
The following is the statement we have received of the
affair from our foreign correspondent, which, if true, does
not speak much in favour of Mr. Benelli's abilities as a
theatriml diplomatist :—Mr. Benelli, when in Italy, entered
into terms of negociation with Signora Esther Alombelli,
whom he proposed to engage as prima donna (for what rea-
son we know not, having at the time three others, at enor-
mous salaries, on his list.) The lady accepted his offer to
come to London, provided the agreement was ratified by a
hanker there, who would be responsible for its performance ;
a condition, by the bye, which would lead us to suppose
that the credit of the theatrical treasury was not in high
,•estimation upon the Continent. This demand was ac-
ceded to, and, pending the application to the banker, our
adventurous countryman, Mr. Glossop, the impresario of
the theatre San Carlos, at Naples ; and of La Scala, at
Milan, wished also to engage with La Signora. She stated
to him how her agreement stood with Benelli, and he was
satisfied to take her conditional promise, that if she did
not go to London she should consider herself as belonging
to his corps dramatique. In the meantime, Mr. Benelli
considering his list was not complete without the addition
of another prima donna, made proposals to Madame
Pasta, who was then under engagement at Paris, and
therefore not at liberty to accept his offers without the con-
sent of the French Govermnent. Benelli, thinking that a
fair exchange was no robbery, proposed to the French Go-
vernment to lend them Monabelli if they lent him Pasta,
which was agreed to. Mombeili was actually on her way
to act as substitute for Madame Pasta, at Parts, when Mr.
Glossop, who was then in that city, hearing of Benelli's
arrangement, made an application to the Italian police to
detain her, as she was under an engagement to him in
case she did not go to London ; Mombelli was accordingly
sent back, bag and baggage, and we are afraid that unless
Signor Benelli enters into some new treaty of exchange be-
tween Madame Catalani and La Pasta, we must be content
with 11 Fanatico for the rest of the season.

[The correspondent who forwards us the above vouches
for its accuracy ; but we understand, from another source,
that Madame pasta may shortly bee:peck,' in this country,
Signor Ilenelli having made the most liberal advances, M
'orth to complete the arrangements between that Lady and
Signora Mombelli.]

Ihtt'RY-I.ANE Tit eavar.—Last night Mr. Kean made
his first appearance in the character of the &ranger, in
which he succeeded beyond our most sanguine expects-
tines. Want of room prevents us from giving our com-
ments on tire different passages in which he was peculiarly
happy.
ArottoxicoN.—Yestertlav a numerous and elegant
party, including several of the Nobility, were invited to
attend a series of performances upon a new Apollonicon,
which has been constructed by Messrs. Flight and Robson,
(Or at. entleman in the South of France. The delicacy and
etpri ion with which many of the finest overtures were
executcd, afforded the highest delight, and the visitors ex-
iires,ol their unqualified admiration of the instrument.
The East India Company's ship, Charles Grant, arrived
off the Start the 4th instarit. She sailed from China the
14th I)ecember, from the Cape the Bth February, and from
St. Helena the ?2d February.
The Herefordshire and Inglis left China in company
with the Charles Grant.

The Buckinghamshire arrived in China the 6th De-
cember.

The Committee of the Foreign Stock Exchange, which
met yesterday to investigate the transaction of the Colom-
bian Loan, came to a resolution that nothing could be more
honourable, d:screet, or circumspect, than the conduct of
Y. II urtado and the Contractors, on the recent occasion,
and that there was no ground on which to found the most
distant imputation against M. Ilurtado, for having misled
any person on the subject.—Courier.
Monday night a messenger arrived in town with des-1
patches from Madrid.
•
C 'la 111 G E or Mu RD F: 11.—A female of the name of Half-
penny was on Friday night last brought to our county gaol,
charged by a Coroner's Inquest, held before T. flatten, Esq. with 1
the wilful murder of Mary Walton. The prisoner is the wife of a
farmer of respectability residingat Borkleton, a short distance from
TeAtiry, in this county, and the deceased lived with her in the'
e.4l,,eity of savant. it appears that a few days previous to the
coniiiiitul of Mrs. Halfpenny, she called upon the Rev. Mr. Miller, .
the re,pected elergywai of the parish, stated to him the death of
her savant, and requested him to bury the corpse at a time much ,
earlier than is customary after decease. For some time past them ;
hail been rumours in the neighbourhood that the conduct of the
ttceuseti towards her unfortunate menial was not correct—in feet,
that i• was cruel and oppressive; and which, coupled with her
.ws icty to have the body PO hastily interred, exciting suspicions in
th mind of the Reverend tientienein that all was not tight, he re.
Cl-01 to cones it to the earth until satisfied those suspicions were I
greundless. lie therefore desired to sec the corpse, which the pa.;
soner objected to, urging, we believe, that the girl having died of
an infectious disease, it would be attended with danger to hint, and I
' whether he did see it or no we are not acqoeinted ; hos ever, from
other circumstances the officers of the parish considering it a tare
which called for the interposition of the Coroner, Mr. 11311 en was
summoned, and the result of the investigation was, as we have men.;
firmed above, the committal of Mrs. Halfpenny upon the serious
cbar ;e. We understand that the body was found by the jury to
be artsiderably bruised in many places, and upon the head was a
deep cut (supposed to have been inflicted by a washing beetle),
sufficient so cause death. The deceased was thirty years of age,
and of very weak intellect. The prisoner is about the same age ;
she is the mother of several children, and has now an infant at her
breast. Ever since the unhappy affair she has been in a very dejected
state, but denies positively the guilt imputed to her, and alleges'
that the fatal wound on the head was occasioned by the poor girl's
falling down with a pail of milk. We can only loupe that iu the
alas of need she will be able to sahatantbee the truth of this user.
tion, and, both in the eyes of God and man, proves herself innocent
la the foul olrebee.-- Woreester Mira.

FOREIGN I YTELLIGE.vcr.

FREW II PAPERS.

We received last night, by express, ate Paris Journals,
from which we extract the following: -.-
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.
SITTING OP APRIL 3.
At half-past twelve the House resolved itself into a Secret
Commivec, for the purpose of deliberating on the address to the
King.
After having heard MM. de Vinci,. Hansard Dabencourt, the
Prince of Cm Subee, De Martigrac, De Vaublanc, General Foy,
and Leroux. in favour of as well •• against the addrem,
the Muse adopted it by a majority of 295 against 14.
114dih'
Tdherollowing are the names of the Deputies who, together
with the bureau, are to compcme the great Deputation charged
with preaenting the address to the King :-
3131. De lllartignac, Cornet dine:met., De Seguret, De Tre-
gomain, Durinquet pe Count tie Quinsornas, Petit Perin,
flay, 1)e Saunac,Durand (Moselle) Court de Choiseuil D'A Me-
court, Delhorme, Count d• Erceville Deleura, Count de L'Aigle,
Bertin Deveur, Becquey. row:pier bong, Mason, Peron.
On 31ondav, at one &clock, there will be a public sitting, for
the purpose of receiving a eetnniunication from klinieters.
The nine bureaux will assemble on Tuesday or Wednesday, in
order to appoint the Committer charged with the examination of
31. Benjamin Constant's qutliticatior.s.
[From the Joy rnal des Debats.l
VIENNA, MARCH 23.

Their Majesties, the Emperor and Empress, will repair to
Prague in the course of the month of May, for the purist= of at-
tending the festival of St..lohn, patron of the kingdom of Bohemia.
Ilia Strene Ilighnes., the Prince of 3letternich, will accompany
their Majesties. It is cxpecied, however, that the absence of the
Court will be of a short durAtion.
FRANITOZT, MARCH 25.
It is reported that the marriage of the Archda►e, second son of
his 3lajesty the Emperor of .luNtria, whth a Prineem of Bavaria, is
detemuned upon, but th,u it will not be celebrated till the month
of September next.