The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-02-14 00:00:00

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7'IIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
This Evening. MONDAY. Feb. 14. will he performed
THE MERCHANT OF VF.74 CF..
Shyloet, Mr. Edon. Portia, Mrs. V. est.
T.'s:conclude with
NARLF.QCIN AND THE TALKING Binn,
THE SiNolNie Tat:Es, AND GOLDEN WATERS.
Harlequin, Mr. Howell; P1111.111U01,. Mr. T. Blanchard; Clown. Mr.
Kirhy. Cohnnigne, Miss Barnett.
De-Morrow, Dee Frelsehtita with The Shepherd of Derwent Vale.

THE.4TRP Rt)YA7.. COVEIVT-GARDPAr.
This Evening, MONDAY. Feb. 14. will be performed
DER YREISCHUTZ
Or, THE. BLACK HUNTSMAN OF BOHEMIA.
Ottocar, Mr. Baker; Conrad, Mr. Egertou ; Cupar, Mr. Bennet';
Wilhelm. Mr. Dearman: the Black Iluntsman of Bohemia, Idr.F raga..
bertLa, Miss Paton; Lena. Miss Lure.
To consluds with
HARLEQUIN AND THE DRAGON OF WANTLEY
Or, MORE OF MORE HALL.
Harlequin, Mr. Ellar; Pantaloon, Mr. Barnes; Clown, Mr. .1. S. Gri-
maldi. Columbine, Miss Romer.
Tomorrow, The Belle's Stratagem, with The Irish Tutor, and
Wravon and Co.

THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE,
STRAND.
LECTURE ON ASTRONOMY
It la respaetfully announced, that Mr. BAR MEV will deliver the
LECTURE ON ASTRONOMY, on FRIDAY NEXT, February 18. anti
uft the WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAYS during LENT.
The Seenery and Machinery, illustrating the Lecture, ara upon the
grandest aciGe.
families may purchaser Tickets at the Roc•otlice (when the fatty
=lista of four or more persons) at reduced prices.

The BRITISH Pa ess commenced publishing on Saturday mornieg
at a quarter past six o'clock.
LONDON, MONDAY. FISIVARY 14, DNS.

The Paris Papers of Thursday and Friday have been
received in due course. They contain but little intelligence.
On Thursday the Law of Sacrilege was discussed in the
Chamber of Peers. Count Mote spoke against it, Count
de la BOURPOWNAYE for it, and the Marquis de LALLY
upon it. The speech of MOLE is published. It is an
impressive exhibition of the danger of beginning the pro-
posed course of legislation. " The principle once ad-
r.itted," says the orator, " you will be obliged at a later
period to admit its consequences. The natural interpret-
ing of religious law will tell you that a certain fact is a
deed of a sacrilegious character, that it is an outrage on
the dogmas they are appointed to teach us, an infraction
of the discipline it is their duty to maintain ; and it will
then only remain for you to include this fact in the fatal
list of sacrilegious offences, and to apply to it a punish-
mete proportionate to the rank it may hold in this dreadful
enumeration. It is in this manner that out old laws
at last punished as sacrilege the possession of church
property. The definition of sacrilege being evidently
of canonical right, when this right 311111 declare it, the civil
law has only to obey. You may at the utmost debate the
punishment, but yon can have neither the authority nor
the right of contesting the crime or the offence." This
speech bas produced a great sensation in the higher politi-
cal circles. The Peers have already shown, by their
amendment of the law respecting religious communities,
that they are indisposed to increase the power of the clergy ;
the less so, perhaps, because at the same time they mani-
fest their dislike of the present Ministry. M. ni Vit. LE LE,
however, has an obvious remedy for this evil, should he
judge it necessary or prudent to resort to it.
The Cour, ire Francais states, that " the heal!l of the
King of the lac rttsatasns, far from being restored, gives
rite to the greatest uneasiness. This feeling is much in-
creased by the silence of the official Journals as to the real
state of his MAINITY. In the- Brussels Papers, which
arrived last night, sve find no allusion whatever to the
KING'S health.

The Official Part of the 3l(Pliteur of Friday contains
two Royal Ordinances:-
1. Contains several nominations to places of Counsellors, Audi-
tors, &c. in different Courts of Justice in the Kingdom.
11. Institutes a Council of seven members, for the purpose of su-
perintending the studs, and for improving the breed of horses in

NON. OFFICIAL PAR E.
PARIS, FEB. 10.
Yesterday evening the Bureau of the Chamber of Peers hrd the
har.our to present to the King the project of law relative to Teti-
gious communities, adopted by the Chamber in the sitting of the
c.sy Wore yesterday.
The Etoile, dated Saturday, February 12, says, that it is De-
l: eved the budget will be presented to the Chamber of Deputies
next Wednesday.
FRENCH FUNDS.—PARTs, FEB. 11-5 per Cents. opened at
103. 75., clesed at 103. 65. ; Bank stock, 1930: Neapolitan Rents,
88. 75. ; Spanish ditto, 171 ; Ditto Loan, 575--Exchange on Lon-
don. 1 month, "45. ; 3 months, 24. M.—Court Aittliottipe, Bcll. 11.

It appears, by the BrIISSCLI ()flick, that the Emperor of
Resit.). has judged it necessary to give an explanation of
the military levy he has ordered to be made in his domi-
nii.ns. We are told that "ho political consideration is
connected with this measure;" and we believe it, not be-
eline we are told so, but because the interests of the Rus-
sian Government are at this moment clearly identified with
the continuance of the general repose of the world. That
vest and unwieldy power cannot be brought into action
without means which, against the wishes of this country, it
*Quid not obtain. If it consulted its feelings only, VA-