The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-08-24 00:00:00

IHRMINUHA 31 HEATRE.

Mr. NlAcarAny.--On the 21st inst. this celebrated per-
former took leave of the Birmingham audience in the cha-
racter of Hamlet. It being understood that, in a few days,
this favourite of the public would cross the Atlantic, the
house was crowded in every part. The character which
Mr. M. chose is one in which he is perhaps the least happy.
The whirlwind of passion is his element, and for a display
of that nature Thindef affords no scope. lie played the
charaettv rather languidly throughout, which the exces-
s:re heat of t!•e weather, perhaps, might have caused, as
much as the lack of applause. After the tragedy, Mr. M.
came forward, amidst an uproar of acclamation, and spoke
as follows: . _

Doles and Gentlemen--I cannot quit England, for a eon.
siderable period. without t iking Lave of the Ilimingliam au-
dience. that audience to whom I may almost say I have hereditary
obligations ; before whom I made my tiro professional essay, and
to whose fostering smiles I have been prineip illy elevated to the
sin

'ustion I now Cold. Every succeeding visit which I have paid
this, my almost native place, you have honoured me wiu: in.
creasing marks .4 your approbation—an approbation of which I
must for ever feel proud. (Here 31r. M. paused, nidently affected.
After an instant. bosom?, he as tollows :—)
_ .

" lasdie.and Gentlemen—l feel that the task I have imposed upon
myself is note difficult than I intligined. I therefore beg leave,
most sincerely wishing you ull happiness and success, to bid
you farewell."

This address. which was evidently unpremeditated,
was received with rapturous applause, and every demon-
stration of a ction ; indeed, the gods went so far as to
honour it with an encore. It was by far the most nume-
nous and fashionable audience that the theatre could boast
of this season, and the number of female visitors predo-
minated.

ROBIERY or THE. THILATRE..--At seven o'clock in the
morning of the 22.4 it was discovered that the theatre
had been broken into, and the whole of the cash receipts
of tie previousnight, amounting to upwards of 200/., stolen
from the treasury. The villains had broken open a door
next to the stage door, passed over the back of the stage,
broken open the treasury door and a closet which contained
the Ley of an iron box, from whence the money was ex-
tracted. No clue up to this hour (five o'clock), has been
obtained, the watchman having left his station at four
o'clock, when all was safe. The burglary must, therefore,
Lace been committed in broad day-light; and it is evident
that the perpetrators must have been well acquainted with
the Theatre.

F. ADLER'S WELLs.—This Theatre continues to attract
the public patronage, and we understand that the Pro-
prietors, with that liberality which ever has distinguished
them, have invited 100 youths of the Royal Military
Asylum to witness the performances this evening, to which
his Royal Highness the Duke of York very kindly gave
his sanction.

FRENCH INSTITUTE.—The Royal Institute of France
111540-ea prizes for the following inquiries:—
'• For 1837.—T0 investigate the political state of the Greek cities
of Europe, of the Island', and of Asia 51ir.or, from the commence-
ment of the second century before our era down to the es:ublishment
of the empire of Constantinople.
" Foe 1128.—T0 trace the commerei,ilrelationa of France and of
the other states of Southern Europe with Syne and Egypt, from
the empire of the Franca in Palestine to the middle of the sixteenth
century ; to ascertain the nature and extent of those relations ; to
Cox the date of the establishment of consulships in Egypt and Syria;
and to point out the effects which the discovery of the passage by
the Cape of Good Hope, and the establishment of the Portuguese
in India, produced on the commerce of France and Southern
Europe with the Levant."

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ROYAL lESTITCTION IN THE NETHEELANDS.—The
Brussels Royal Institution has offered a prize of a gold
weds', value five hundred florins, for the hest answer to
uch of the subjoined questions :
I. Has chemistry, by the analysis and examination of the ele-
ments of the products n Mile, thrown any light on the essence
aro properties of different classes of remedies, and on the manner in
whic.i they aff-ct the solid and fluid parts of the human body t and
what are the advantages which the medical sciences have thence
Strived ?

"2.11 it true (as appears from the observations of the late M.
Brugnians, and as several naturalists have remarked), that the
,0011 of plants produce a matter, which in several species is perni-
CM to other plants; and ought not this phenomenon to be re-
garded as the principal reason why several sorts of plants will not
easily grow, either simultaneou.ly or even succeasivel, ,v with other
tans, in the Mlle ground ; and ought not regard to be had to this
circumstance in planting 7 What are the experiments end proofs
which sufficiently establish this hypothesis, if it be well founded ?
And what is the explanation of the phenomena, if this hypothesis
wren to be re:Acted ?
" 3. A clear, accurate, and sufficiently detailed account of all
that belongs to the planting, grilling, growth, and general culture
of the fruit.trec-, which are the most important in the kingdom of
the Netherlands, and of the means of obtaining the best species."
The answers, with the exception of those to the last pro-
position (which must be in the language of the country),
tray be written either in Flemish, French, Latin, English,
or i;erman, anti ought to be sent, free of postage, to the
Perpetual Secretary of the First Class of the Institution,
before the let of March, 1827-
The gentleman who was stated to have fought a duel on
l'utney-heath, on Tuesday morning, turns out to be a Mr.
P-mb-rt-n, of Sutton. It is true Mr. P. was wounded,
sod that seriously, in the thigh, and that he was taken
away in his adversary's carriage.
We understand that Mr. Beaumont is expected to return
ta the North about the middle of September, and that it is
Intended to give public dinners to him in Newcastle, Ain-
,lick, and Morpeth, during his stay in the county. The
Newcastle dinner is proposed to be an annual one, in order
;leernanently to support his interest in the county, and to
'fleourage the diffusion of liberal and enlightened political
pinions.—Tyne MeTury•
KTTLA LATE THAN NEYEk.—It now appears we are
'rt have two Mechanics Institutions ; at least, we under-
''lnd, attempts are making for that purpose. A consider-
.ble time ago, some young people projected an establish-
Inuit of the kind, but wily they did not persevere we
405 not. If we are tightly informed, matters do not go
4 %sery harmoniously in the new establishment, and there
“ reason to conclude that something like a schism has al-
Ndy broken out among its inembera, for we find that the
I"'e gentleman who presided at its formation, presided ,
I'o on Wednesday evening, at a meeting of those who
"I'ls:Jer themselves the original proposers. At that meet-
4, a committee was appointed, with instructions to call
g Pnersi meeting of the inhabitants.—Berwick Adrcr-
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