The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-02-09 00:00:00

THE APOLLONICON.

VWDIIIII raa 111131111111/111 ramosmais o► Its MAJNIRT.
On SkTURD AY NEXT. at Two o'Cloek,
The following SELECTION of MUSIC will be performed by Mr.
PURIM on the APOLLONICON, a Grant! Musical Instrument,
Invented and constructed by limn. Flight and Robson, Organ
Handers, 101, St. Marthfs-lane:— _

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• PART I.

Overture. Figaro (StozarD—Duet, :Aurora eke sorgerar (Rossinil—
Movegagnt,Surprise (Haydn)—Duet,' aly pretty page' (Dishop)—Hunt-
ing C:horas, Der Freigehutz (Weber).

P A Rl' 11.
Overture. Donna del Lego (Roesinl)—Air, ' By the !amender of
Venue doves' (Bishop)—Cavatioa. ' La rata Spado' (Rossini)—Bridal
song and Chorus, Der Frelschutz (Weber)--Grand Marsh, Donna del
Lao (Rossini).

N.H. Mr. Purkis's Performances will be continued every Saturday
during the Seaeon.
The Mechanical Powers of the Apolionleon are exhibited
from One till Four (except during the time of Mr. Purkis's attendance),
performing Beethoi cis celebrated Overture to Prometh,- us, Mozart'.
Overture to Zatthernote. and Ilaydn's Grand Military Movement
tram his Twelfth Symphony. 1p the execution of which it has been
hammed with the sanction of the most eminent mechanical and
muMeal men of the age, and is alloWed to pomess a grandeur and
variety of effect, with a precision and a delicacy of expression, lupe-
lid. to any other Insttument in Europe.
The Music arranged for and met on the Cylinders by Mr. Flight, Jun.

The Bo;Tists PitesacomMenced publishing ycsterday morning
at fire o'clock.

LONDON, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 9, 18W5.
Lag night we received the Paris Papers of Sunday.
The morning Papers are occupied chiefly with the discus-
sion of the legislative measures before the Chambers. The
detestable project of law respecting sacrilege has, we are
glad to notice, in a particular degree excited the indigna-
tion of the French press. It is a gross violation of the
principles of the Charter, according to which all religions
are entitled to equal liberty and the same protection, and
an evidence of the sanguinary and vindictive disposition
of the Roman Catholic Church. Its language is vague,
while its penalties are dreadful in the extreme—death,
with mutilation ! It was only last summer that a depart-
m of ecclesiastical affairs was specially appointed, with
the Bishop of HERMOPOLIS at its head, and already we have
this demand for blood. It may well be said, that the spirit
of Catholicism is unchanged. Whenever that Church can
obtain power, we see it immediately outraging humanity,
Ia enlightened and indifferent France, the instant it has a
Sovereign on the throne favourable to its pretensions, it
asks for the right of putting to death, in some cases with
the previous infliction of bodily torture, all those who shall
commit any overt act through hatred or contempt of its
holy rites. Who can affect to doubt that, in another age,
the same clergy would have insisted upon the right of
burning heretics Who will deny that the Inquisition
was the favourite and legitimate child of such a mother ?
These Papers contain the Kixo's Speech on opening
the Session of Pasliament. "It was expected," says the
Cuurrier Francais, "that this Speech, which breathes quite
a pacific tone, would have contained some important com-
munications concerning the general policy of the Cabinets
of Europe, but the English Government has something
better to do than to talk on such a subject : it has to lay
before the nation a picture of its continually-increasing
prosperity, ani of its power, always respected, and now
greater than ever. What simplicity—what frankness—
what confidence in the relations of this Government with
its Legislature !" In our extracts in another column we
have given at length the commentaries of the Etoile and
Constitutionnet. The Ministerial journal speaks with great
satisfaction of the wisdom and moderation of the Speech.
If any doubt had existed as to the concurrence of M. DE
VILLEEE in the policy of Mr. CANNING, with regard to
the new American States, it must, we think, in a great
measure be removed by the tenor of the observations of
the Etoile. We readily forgive the French Royalist his'
extravagant attachment to the " principles of legitimacy,"
and his ridiculous abhorrence of " the recognition of in-
dependence," when we find him talking so rationally of the
duty imposed on the British Government to protect " the,
enormous capitals poured into these countries during the