The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-04-22 00:00:00

NEW-:‘'URRE I' THEATRE.

This Erenhig, THURSDAY, A pril 12 land during the Week). a tote
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PLOTS IN MADRID; or. PAINTKWS STUDY
To conclude with anew 114clo-I)naue. called

11 PI. OA Lettits.

TIP! approhatkin manifeStedtilitrarde the Perfiwntanees of this Hower
1e...1W. mitre enthusiastic last night than ou the night pre-
Mutt.. honiedlately on tit uprising of the doors, the Plt and Hal-
low were slinsiet instantly overarming; and Use BoXVI, before the
egLhi f the Fled Art, were woll and fathionably Ailed. Prom the
glessire evened by •• The Itleth•Day." th., ultetudini nee litter at-
tendant oii Ura, or the Affirm' slave." and the rums of htlighter
t,s msioned by the Candy Pantondnie, the whole will be repeated
every ceoolog during the present week.
B.4III,ER'S WELI.S THEATRE.
This Evening. ItsDAV„, April Yd.
TICS 811/711-ILVI.
After which a Stew paid n.mingiii 440,-Dratim. salad
ORA; or. TiIIYAIRICRYI SLAYS.
Cato. Mr. 11. ILembie.
With the new Currie Pantomime of
T'tet 'CASTER OFFERINte y or, HARLEgUitt's Goi.nEN HARVEST.
risree Harleitilas. Menet Auld, W. Kirby, and Bartlett; three Pam
..figh ws...es. pimientos'. Jonas, and Henderson; three (30111111.
Messrs. Ilartlaml, Kirby, and Wrlboutit ; three Columbines, Misses
I.fr Kirby. awl M. Corr!.
r.oaosind Prit ate Boxes to be taken of 11r. Parker, at the Sloremillem
Stage Hat:ager, Me. Vining.

The BRIT tell PURIM Ootekmer:ced Pul;finiiiig yesterday morphia
at Five o'clock.

LONDON, THURSDAY, 'Amu 22, 1821.

The Doge of Tuesday attempts to bolster up Gueb-
hard's attempted Spanish loan, and congratulates the
French nation on the amelioration of public credit in
Spain. We should be happy to know from the Emil- in
what part of Spain this amelioration has taken place, for
a: this moment we are utterly at a loss to discover. The
Frolic attributes the amersdatent to the energetic measures
adopted by the wise and faithful Ferdinand, to heal the
wounds of the revolution and tranquillize all parties.
The cause of Spain, the Eleik adds, is the cause of
Europe; and this journal predicts, that Guebbard's loan
wail rink as high as the Neapolitan, from the revenues ,
pledged as a security, and the benign wisdom of the
tipailiah Monarch already alluded to. We do not think
this long-depending loan will succeed, or meet soy sup-
pert in Frame: the Contractor was already hooted of the
Bourse of Parie. The many individuals who have beets
plundered by the unprincipled dishonesty of the Spanish
tyrant, and robbed of the sums invested by them in;
securities under the Constitittional loam, will give an
the opposition they can to a measure of this descrip-
tion; nor can we suppose any capitalists in France or
elsewhere will be found infatuated and credulous enough
again to advance their property, on the faith of a per-
fidious tyrant, who has proved himself destitute of all
principle, and is now at the head of a Government which
rennet last in Spain.—The project fur the reduction of the
French Stock has mot very strong opposition in the Cham-
ber of lieptities. After the lengthened Report of M. Masson
on this subject had been read, a violent were of recrimi-
patios arose on determining the time best fitted to bring on
the Aleuts/est of this important subject. M. Girardin
duo* the Finance Minister with robbing the annuitants
of a third part of their income. M. de Villele replied, that
the offer of lOU francs for rents, bought by the holders at
from 50 to st, amid got be called a robbery of the stock-
hol leis. M. C.4srur P Trier, the Paris banker, required
• the production cf a copy of the agreement entered into by
the Minister of Finance with the great capitalists who ne-
gotiated the loan. No answer was given to this demand,
wl:icb roused a s:reng sensation through the Chain-
bee. The discueeion, sifter a sternly scale, was fixed
tOr Saturday the iails instant. The project of Ministers
a 1 be opposed by die extreine left and extreme right.
Fitteen lieputic s have inscribed their names to speak
a tainst it : anon ; them are, M. el.. la Rourdminaye, the
Lied*: of the menders 0:1 the extreme right; Vaubianc,
f armeely Minister of the Interior; General Foy; M. l'ae-
simir Perrier, and other.,. Fourteen ?Ministerial Deputies
have put down their names in its support. The Royalist
Marchangy hot tx;ain lost his election, and been expelled
the Gharaber from want of qualification.—The last Lisbon
Papas contain a long and laboured article against the Rea-,
silica Constitution : the war of words is the only one the
Ultras of Portegel can now ma;ntain. These papers con-
tain the account of the reception of the Puke of
Hermosa, as Ambassador from Spain, with his speech to
the l'ottaguese slonarch. and the answer of the vacillating
Don John. Srs;it and Portugal are now perfectly on a
level in point of 1)314: cal degradation, and may therefore
exchange millrace:oocm; on terms of equality : hut no re-
proadtes poured out in the L'el•on Gazettes can restore
r7ie pervel aserullancy of Pintugal over the Brazils again.
This flue country is now bey °led Nen her dominions for
ever.

A loan to the amottnt of thv tndlians, for the raid' of
the Watt In, is propre;:rs, !IRA, a few days, we

understand, been negotiated and agreed on with two
houses in this city of the first respectability, who came
forward and made the immediate advance, on the security
of property to a large amount in Jamaica and the other
islands—the loan and interest to be gradually discharged
by consignments from the West Indies to both these re-
spectable houses, one of whom has long been a leading
one in all concerns with this interest, and is a principal
sharer in the great French loan. The head of the other
house joined in this negotiation is an influential Bank
Director. The security in this case must be unquestion-
able, and the advance of five millions will bring with it
the greatest pi ssib'e relief to the Wcst India planter'. We
only wonder that such a loan was not contemplated before:
tho holders can be at no risk : property to an immense
amount will be pledged for the discharge, and the interest
will be secured, together with the redemption of the prin-
cipal, by large and continual consignments from the West
Indies. This loan will stand high in the money market:
it has nothing of delusion or hazard about it ; and will
bring the most important relief with it to the temporary
pressure under which the West Indians now labour.

WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY, Aran In.

This morning his Majesty took s long ride in the Park
in his open carriage, and, as HMI, called at the Royal
Lodge.
The Earl of Lauderdale left the Royal Castle this morn-
ing, won after breakfast, for London.

Yesterday evening the Princess Augusta honoured Drury-
lane theatre with her presence.
'lir: Duchess of Gloucester visited the Princess Augusta
yesterday.
'the Countess of Liverpool drinks the Bath water, as
well as the Noble Earl. The health of both the Earl and
Countess is much improved.
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Yesterday morning Mr. Canning left town for a few days.
THE EARL or AII:I.GRAVE.—This amiable and truly
respectable Nobleman, we are sorry to hear, remains in a
state of indisposition that strongly interests the feelings of
his family and friends. lie is happily, we understand,
and rejoice to learn, in no pain, and is solely affected by
corporeal debility. His mental powers are in the moat
perfect state, and be enjoys society with unimpaired viva-
city and good humour. We sincert4y hope to hear that
milder weather, and change of air, may restore a Noble-
man who, as a States:nen, and in all the relations of private
life, is entitled to universal respect anti esteem.
Madame Catalani is residing at Richmond. at the villa
lately occupied by Earl Cornwallis, late Bishop of Lich-
field and Coventry. •
DRURY-LANE TII . .--Tbc excellent comedy of
The Ilypocrile was performed last night to a crowded and
faxhionable audience. The house filled at an early hour,
and the int.ose interest excited by the representation served
as an addiskinal proof, if any were wanted, that when a
sterling phi', whether tragedy or comedy, is performed,
it will be sore of finding an appropriate audience.
We could never bring ourselves to believe for a moment,
that the talents and knowledge of human nature evinced in
this composition, and the moral which must suggest itself
with such irresistible force, could be held in an inferior
degree of estimation to those annual representations in
which the carpenter and the author contest the palm of
excellence, and struggle hard for the questionable merit of
succtst. The chaste and pure acting of Mr. lkwton, as
the Doctor, excited, we are sure, emotions of a deeper
nature than could possibly be felt by witnessing the fan-
tastic gambols of Harlequin, or the dazzling splendor
of all the magicians that ever ruled the sun and planets.
The humour of Liston in Mow worm is too well known to
need comment : he was, in mien and look, the exact per-
sonification of the duped and silly fanatic. Were we
disposed to criticise, we would rather disapprove of the
exhortation of this vat ant saint. It is too coarse for
the general keeping of comedy; perhaps too much
so, even for the preacher himself. The manner in which
it was delivered must, however, relax the muscles of the
most rigid, amid a repetition was loudly called for by the
audience. As an encore is rather unusual in comedy, and
is supposed to be the exclusive property of song, the
preacher hesitated for some time, and did not mount his
sanctified tribunal until the clamour of his laughter-loving
congregation left 1 • no alternative. The piece concluded
amidst ]loud and marked testimonies of applause. The
Pantomiane followed, with its usual splendor and snag-
nifict nee.

(.11V E T-r. nI) t: N.—Last night Pride Shall Hare a Fall
was play eit at this Theatre. The only change, we believe,
from the first cast, was the repetition of the character of
Lureimii by Mr. Cooper. The new spectacle, 7'he Spirits
of the Noon, followed.
The new comedy of Pride Shall Hare a Fall is about to
be acted at several provineial Theatres. It is getting up in
Edinburgh on the London model, in dress, scenery, &c.
In Dublin its success is expected to be great. lk much
performs Turreito; J. Russell, the mimic, takes the dandy
U.411r.

The intended new bridge, at Ilammeramith, has given
rise to sundry improvements on the opposite side of the
Thames, which, when completed, will be found of great
public utility, and entitle the spirited projectors of them to
unqualified commendation.

A great number of labourers arc now employed lowering
the bill on Wimbledon Common, and a new road is to be
formed orer Kingston Hill, by which the ascent will be
much diminished, and the lives of many valuable horses
thereby saved.
Rorer. FAVOUR.--A low Frenchman bragged that the
King had spoken to him. Being asked what Ida Majesty
had said, he replied, " He bade roc stand out of his
war.-

16u rrDa E as.—An old general used to dress in a fantastic
manner, by way of puff. It is true people would say,
" Who is that old fool ?" but it in as true that the answer
was, " That in the famous general • • ", whd took such
a place.••