The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-03-26 00:00:00

KI.VaS TREAT RE.

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On Saturday ereimig the new grand serious
opera of dedide was a second time iserfonued. to
• very crowded audience. Madame C•vat.aist ap-
peared to great advantage ii the part of the Pere.
cexs ; the whole interest of the piece depending WI
the effect produced by the feeling, dignity. ma-
ternal and conjugal love. displayed by her in the
situations of wife and another. Her attitude and
expression, on accepting the bowl of poison. would
afford a most interesting subject for the painter.—
Her so/or were loudly applauded ; and her duo. in the
second act, with Signor Tertian,' st, war smeared
with enthusiasm. Hs performance of the 5111,416
was dignified and impressive. With extreme sweet-
ness of voice, this Croileutau combines all the
qualities of • good actor. Madame Cows'
looked very well in male attire, and the Opera
throughout was very much applauded. To the
principal dancers we cannot give too much praise
for their individual exertions ; but we looked in
cvio for the sple•iiitour of costume, brilliancy of
.scenery, and classical taste. we have witnessed at
this Theatre, when the Ballet at the Opera oa-
• scene of enchainment. From the coldness of the
night. pelisses prevailed in the pit. The boxes
lammed many 1.-autiful woisieo, who wore white
satin robes, her I-dresses of gold or wirer nets white
satin turbans, or small cans, with a hunch of dowers.

I.4bRION43LE ARRANGEMENTS FOR 7711 WW.

This Dap—flis Royal Hizh nese the Duke of Cumberland's
cram! ,hoorr to the Peroma Ambassador; the Marrholuess
of tialisbary's 'resod root, Arlistigtou•strcet ; Mr. Gn+,lkY
grand hall sad supper, t, cyls: -rouses.
To.nsorrose.—Ola ll.,use'
Werlaessky-o.tilt wnt Co:Tert, Hastorer-square ; lin.
Walpole's grand •WI t I NIVVr- (MCI.

Tharsday—Conia, sr of Sefeou's grand root. Ar
street; Mrs Hower I's grand r.oret., Grusvosur.soloare ; Mrs.
Kaart's era td mace parry, Gess,;..no, street.
Friday—Tree Cnilloet• of lt,olibLe 'mud rout, Upper
Brook-street; it Adi 1114 role,' • emotes party, PA-Xs&
Saturday—Lou J 'Elieo kotouglis ersu.l Jinuer, St. James's-

isesality—aThe Prineeis of Wales's dioser,
Palac..

I•e•terday morni:,g, MAJIPSTY. PA:weak/1
At..u.tA :n.i S:!ratt, aceoenpaou•d by Lady
THroose, Gen. CIIIIWRIQUT. and 1114jOr
rode to St. Chapel. MU&Of...tli.l heard a
Sermon preavileil IN the Rev. Mr. CtIAMP4I4tY ;
theyalte.wardi re •ur:,ed to the Pal.n e.

The Earl and Cuutitea, of DE Ref a grand
dinner, on Sattirdm. at Lietr itots.t to Griyivenor-
square ; to the Marquis And 31.velyouess el larar-
rims), the Marys' of Do.nshire, the E4rl of
Moms, Earl and °Mae., CHJ1.31.174 DE O.liY. the
Earl and Country's of ROSSI.YY. Fun riescna,
the Eel of LAMM) is a. Earl and. Cou,nesa
Cowrs.a. ind Lords.id Lady tiagairtu.r-
Earl and CouoteesCorrrea gore a grand dinner,
yesterday. at their have, in Great Geor4e street,
Hafinstr.tqUare. to the Esrl and Connie-a of
4..ei era Lady itAALIART. Yito-Velit and
Viscountess Mstatouitar, cud several other No-
bility.
Dir. GIETILLII will open Argile-street Rooms,
this evening. with a mast superb nail to Isis friends,
embracing the whole rank and &Amu of Londoc.
iscount VALINTI 4, we are wry to learn, is
much indisposed in Albsny.
The Marquis of ST t r risen gave a grand dinner,
yesterday. to his Royal lisgiums the Prince Or
WALES. &C.

Lieut. faxolost FITS-CLARRIICE is expected to
leave Bushy-house, this day, for Portsmouth, to
emlyark for Portugal, with his reg.ineut, the 10th
Dragoons.

The Gentlemen of Macclesfield are forrisin; a
fund, fur the purpose of building a Theatre, with
coffee-honer, bilhard.roum, he.
last arrivals at 11411
•rv—
LerJ W. Soraerset, Lord Wiltuu, Lard sad Lady Venom,
ILftly Grephry tad kind?, lady 't Misses, Lady Snifolk, Lady
Broughttm Lady M. Lon:. t'oluarl Raters4o, Calomel Mar-
t, Caketel Ross, Odom( I Dilate, Colonel Wakes,,C,tuael
Saitaders' Culotte! Fleming, Leruteesut-Caloael Roden,
Msj..r Bross, ker. Dr. Vtill, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Lade,
and the Rev. 311. SUlab.

Lord was, no Weflne.lay, chtwen
Ilieh Steward of liriltol, rice the late Duke of
PORTLAND.

The Kinn has been pleased to confer the ho.
'tour of Knighthood on JAMS/ FOLLOW s, M.D.
Physician tit the Forces.

,Ir. LOVEGROYS, who has been so twiny years
favourite ptrfornier at the Bath Theatre, was to
take his farewell benefit there, on S stunts). last.
The death or that most estimable Prelate, the
late Docile LAW, Bishop of Elphin, has produced
the following changes Doctor Tniri u. Bishop
of %Vote:loot. succeeds to ; Dr. Sr..s.a,
Bishop of Killala, to Waterford; and Dean Vi.R.
It 14'11(LS is to be the new Boihop, and to succeed to
Kills's.

As Mrs. MART.ANNR CLAIRE was walking,
about Ave tie:..dt yesterday afte,iioon. down Bond-
street, on her return livin the Park, she was rer....g.
wird by aotue diegraoeftil .atel •tevicable v wants,
w„ci raised • Hat-onetCry. A mnb was of course
soon collected. by *loch she wa. et closely presbed,
that she 11.14 at le 'gib eshliged to seek fringe in a
Gentleman's carri,qe which wa, massing by at tile
time.

The diamond which ornaments the hil• of Bon 1.
P 4ltTes sword is worth 12 ,oilhure. or tine.. *blab
t• three times the %slue of the tembiated Orleans
diamond.

The value of the jewels s.,:t nuptial ornwneos
which Na►OL6ott h... deoi.,i• I fur his bride, u.if

estimated at millions or air

The pi e..nt pursuits of I.vt tee. the promeriLt
brother of Nseot.rosr, are viu+ adverted t.. in the
Furtign Jorirrsil-:—" A h;
tprretn•tatr, wow IeVI.
st•s-• a fine villa in the licit• ty f Rowe. and who
di vote. his atteotio.l to the arts stu.l *Orllee.. 114.
..lv made ant valu4l.l, discoveries. Severe'
honer. 11-144n.ting to the n hare
been disentereil. in which Its% e h. ea fuu rd, ue.iide4
ritrelus utters of furniture. r .r r n large 'Lieu •.. 0 .e
of them • Mn'. of singular 1., :pay. The Rethsu
antigusrisasestitasts ttili treasure at 42,0')0

RIOTS IN ST. CRORGCS-FIELDS.
Saturdsy, • most daring. Wdrarotts, and riotous
assembly kook kihsee in St. Gearkir'.-tiehL., consist-
ing of several hundred persons, tor the estrgorii-
nary and unLeard.of porlici,e of Atealing !tows.
demolishing others. running asely with the min.-
&e. &c. The cireninstduces gs‘e
rise to to the above proceedings :

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About twenty-one years ago. Mr. Hedger, the
occupier of the oece•celebrated place of public
ammeiurrit, called the Dag and Duck, in Sr.
Georger.fiekl., rented the whole of the ground,
called it. George's-fields, of the Corperetiou of
the City of London, by lease, in which Wag a co-
venant fur a forfeiture of a seta of raoney,if lie built
upon it. l'isis covenant, however, he found conei-
derehly to hit advantage to break, and pay the for-
feiture., and be built a number of hansee, just cal-
isolated to last about his own time. but the materi-
al-. of which are, from the increased price of bricks
Ned timber, much more valuable now than at the
period when the houses were built ; so that by
clearing the ground and lessen.; it in its ongintil
state, he is greatly a gainer, instead of losing any
thing. Tile remainder of the ground he let
upon budding leases, which were, as usual, to
expire a short time previous to hi. lea:,e. About
three months since, a number of the under-
leaseholders, fintlin4 their time Hearty expired, se-
teal ly pulled down their houses, and removed-every
brick, &c. from the ground. This becoming a
matter of notoriety, l':itllC to the knowledge of Mr.
Dance. the City Surveyor, and Mr. Newman, the
City Solicitor ; they found they had no power to
interfere, but applied to Mr. H Niger, and told him
they should cone upon him for rid ipidations ; he
declined interfering, and said, if they came upon
him for dilapidation, he should come upon those
he had let the ground to; hut that. in fact. he w is
not responsible for waste of this sort, being bound
by the terms of his lease to lease the peel's:v.:2 in
their thiginal state, and having paid the forfeiture
for haling built upon them.
The City Agewe, finding the demolition of
the houses confirmed to a sery great extent, ap-
plied to the Court of Chancery, and obtained all in-
junctiou to prevent such proceedings. The rule of
the Courts with a caution from the City Solicitor,
were printed in large porting-bills. which were pro-
fusely stuck up in that neighbourhood, and this had
the &sired effect, till the beginning of last we. It.
when it was resumed again by several owners of
hone's. This was taken advantage of by numbers
of the lowest orders, particularly those who are dis-
honestly disposed, who attacked and pulled down
several houses, during the whole of Thursday and
Friday nights, and catsied off the whole of the ma-
terial% T'oe assembly, on Seitymily, had a very
alarming aspect, being increased in one place to the
number of about • thousand, in Benoett's-row,
nearly opposite to the Magdaleas it being the
last day ref Mr. Hedger's lease, which retutus
to the posies: ion of the City. This daring essem•
bine actually pulled dean and carried otf four
entire houses, and scarcely left • brick remain-
ing. They carried away the principal part of
about eight other houses, leaving nothing but -part
of the walls remaining. Not content with attar k-
ing empty houses, they extetsdnd their depreda-
tions to some that. were inhabited, end carried
of articles of furniture belonging to the poor
defenceless lethal:mastss who were obliged to
etre,* out for their lives, or the buildings
would have been pulled down upon them.—
An aged woman, who got bet kris, by selling
milk. was turned out- of her house to enable them
to poll it rioter); some humane neighbours assisted
her in saving some of her bumble furniture. and
gave her refuge in one of their houses. So deter-
mined were they upon planler, that the moat insig-
nificant detached buildings beongeog to the houses
did not escape them ; they were so active in their pro•
ceedings, that one house was attacked, demolished,
and carried off in about half an hour. One
man bowed that he had sold the tiles tali( n
from ens boom for fourteen shillings ; a woman
got as much wood as would fetch her roue pounds.
The scene at times had rather a ludicrous ap-
pearance; men and women running away with doors
and knockers on their backs; roofs of houses. shut-
ters, &c. in a similar manner. lo taking out a
window-frame of one house, they broke twelve
snares of glass for the eake of the frame. Tne
women were far t:.e. most outrageous.—Tnis
alarming conduct contieuerl till past two o'clock,
whea it was stopped by the arrival of Mr.
Newman. the City Solicitor, and several of the Po.
lice Officers belonging to Union Hall. when they
took several of the rin4lendere into custody, and
cla.p.e..ed the others. In other parts of St.
Gorge's-fields, in the course of Saturday, several
won-dell builili.igs were raised by jacks, and carried
off by sledges. Mumma. the offl-!er, observing a
man n irsped Wiffiests ripping up the lead from a
hou.e. and carrying it away, took him into ens.
truly, and Sir dons nommen committed him to
tee en-inty gaol. Another. of the name of JAR
Gristhq, for an offence of the same description.
way a's . committed. The procee hogs of %turd ry
co the previous days, attracted a.. immense crowd
to St. Georee's-tields. yesterday ; and it was der wee
necessary to send the mihta.y to support the cze 0
power. A party of the Horse Guards did duty
round the King's Bei.c i rr.se.n and its sit'un.—

The City Misrah3l and Coed:tides also received
large reinforce, tent,i, and ivere upon the alert
during the whole c ur-e of thy day.

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A most alarming and dreadful fire broke out at
twelve o'clock, yesterday, at the house of Mr. air-
al:o.wsaker, in Upper e..strrirt, Fitzroy.
*no we. The flames spread aith the greatest fury,
and threatened destruction to the whole ueighl our.
hood. A man, steer 70 years of age, who lodged is
the upper part of the house, rushed down *taws on
the first alarm, and went into the street. but irs.
• unity returned into the house, to save 'come of his
property ; when, melancholy to relate, he was
burned todeath. His body was found near the foot.
of the stai rs, aud conveyed to St. Mary-la-bon II e bon -
louse. '(lire bring an ample supply of water, and
nearly ten engine., which almost instantly arrived
nti the spot, the neighbouring houses were sated.
The congregation which was assembled in Tott..n.
hain.court-rned Chapel, were so much 'lmitated,
that they broke op, and most of them went away
to withers the ditarePsing scene.

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