The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-05-07 00:00:00

LONDON HIBERNIAN SOCIETY.

Saturday the London Hibernian Society held its
'flfteentli annual meeting at the City of Loudon
Tavern, for the purpose of receiving the report for
-the past year. Vi,count LORTON was in the Chair.
supported by several Rev. Grutlemen, and other
•persons who take au active interest in the affairs of
'the Society.
The Chairman, in calling the attention of the
meeting to the state of education in Ireland, pro-
sionoced a warm eulogium upon a work lately pub-
lished, called Thoughts and Suggestions upon Me
Education of the Peasantry of Ireland, by an Irish
Catholic Barrister."—The Noble Lord declared
the pride which he felt as an ',Witten at the li
,growth of this Society in his country.
'file Report, giving a very flattering picture of
the progress of the Society, was then read by the
Secretary ; from it there appeared to have been
56,000 Bibles and 60,000 Testaments distributed
among the Irish peasantry since the year 1811.
On the motion of the floss. Charles Shore, se.
entitled by the Rev. John Owen, and supported by
eloquent speeches from both, the Report was order-
oil to be received and adopted.
The Rev. Mr. Bunt (of Dublin) eloquently en-
larged upon the great objects of the Society, and
.irs a proof of its necessi.e, read an extract of • letter
respecting Use state of Conamara, a region of bog
and morass, to the county of GalwaY, where the
Inhabitants, consi-ting of many thousands, were
trimmed in igtiorauce and barbarity, and utterly
unacquainted with almost the sound of the Eitginh
language. The letter described the (heel pline
maintained among this tribe by a singular sort of
.priest wish a big stick.
The Rev. Doctors Collier, Noel, T:torp. and
Coombs, Sir Claudius Hunter, and a number of
other Gentlemen, spoke at great length in support
of the interests of this Society. They respectively
enlarged upon its great value as disproving educe-
iios without %Misting the coorieutious scruples of
....sty class of Christians, the Bible being the only
religiose book, and that without cote or comment,
aped in the schools. Some affecting anecdotes
were related of the schools being held on the road-
,idea iu nitid.caboirs, where a hole in the wall ass.
'leered for entrance, both for the children and the
fight, as it slid also for their egiess as well as that
4.1 the smoke. The great patronage which the So-
ciety was stow receiving, promised fair for the fu-
ture prospects of the education of the poor in Ire-
land ; and the appeals mode at the meeting were
very affectitig, amid well adapted for their obj-ct.
A large subscription was entered into by the
company.

Saiurdsy week a meeting took place near Tub-
hercurry, in the county of Sligo, between Major
OGILVIE, of the 4th dragoons. and HENRY MITER
I;ROWNE, lEsq.Captsiti in the South Mayo militia,
when, upon an exchange of shots, the hitter gentle-
man wary severely wounded in the chest. It nes
not deemed ailvisabk to remove Isom far at the mo-
ment, and he hes at a village called Curry, in the
neighbourhood of the Flier when the transaction
occurred.

l'Aciffits:
°putt-Roust.
After the Opera on Saturday night, a new ballet
was produced ,entitled, Nina, Oa In Foil. parAmpur.
It is an importation front the loyal Academy of
Mime at Parris, where it has attained the, highest
celebrity. The story is simple, yet interesting :
Nitta, the daughter of a French nobleman, is pro-
mised in marriage to a young officer, a subalteru in
rank, but a claim for her hand from the son of a
General gives rise to a parent's command to break
her first vows, and accept the more wealthy lover.
A challenge ensues between the 'wale, and the son
of the General is wounded. The favoured lover of
Nino is dismissed by her father, and, in despair,
throes himself into the sea, and all tidings of him
arc lust. The shock is too severe for !Vino, and her
reason sinks tinder it. All efforts to restore her
prove unavailing, when her lover is unexpectedly
restored to her, awl at sight of him she recovers.
From this subject an excellent ballet is constructed.
It was admirably acted. Mademoiselle NOBLET,
as Nino, and NlJusieur ALBERT, as her lover, ex-
hib led the art iii its highest perfection. A militia
in the first act, given with peculiar grace and ele-
gance, wa. encored. "The house was crowded With
rank red fashion.
DRURY-LANE.

On Saturday night the opera of Lore is a Village
was performed to a most htilliant and numerous
audience, in which Mr. BRAHAN and Miss WIL-
SON made their reappearance after their country
excursion. Mr. BRAiIASI, ever delightful, never
gyve more satisfaction thin in the character of
Hawthorn. In 'foist of his song* he was encored.
The i harming ballad of •` Friend of my soul, this
goblet sip," h. gave in a tone of the sweetest me-
lody. WlLsou appears to have lictiturtd
snore and self-po•scssion, which citable
her todiplay her scientific skill to greater advantage.
Iler hi dilatory of execution and softricos of expres-
sion in the sweet duet of " H hen thy bosom heaves
Nu sigh," with Bannast, called forth the a/anneal
aPitrobstion. She was not less successful in the
difficult duet of Together let us range the fields,"
%sitli Mr. liortv, who, in the characier of )ousg
Meadows, contriboted in no small degree to the
entertainment of the evening.

COVENT-GARDEN.

The enter'ainments of Saturday night attracted
a crowd.-d awl ►plendid audience. At the end of
the play Mr. CHARLES KIMBLE Caine forward and
on 'winced the comedy of She Stoops to Conquer,
Hod the farce of A !towlund for an Oliver, fur ►his
night, by command of his MAJESTY. The an-
nouncemeat was bailed with loud and univrrsal
applause, followed by continued calls for " God
save the King." The summons, it would appear,
was not anticipated, us a considerable time elapsed
before the orchestra attended ■nd the wi►hrs of
the audieuee were gratified by the executio►► of
this fine national atith,tin.