The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-07-30 00:00:00

TIEW MELD-DRAME.-EIGHTH NlGlir.
LYCEUM TUMITRR.-ENOLISH OPERA.

THIS graffito. MON DAY, July 30, will be performed
(by derive) the Omsk Opera of
rP ALL MORT ; 0111,1116 SINGOGLERS• CAVE
Aiirinl Illsest, Mr. Duets* t Yams Heartwell, Mr. Phi-
lippe, Mises, Miss Kelly ; Flom Mies E. RAO.
With (for tbe tab time) • New Meto-Draststie. Estelle*.
erest„ called
TWENTY YEARN AGO.

The Priewipal Chareeters brMr. KayeWawt, Mr. Waled,
hlr Swab, 311 e. Marton, Mies E. Bekaa, Wee Kelly.
The aew alele-Dralwatie Estellalamest of Tweaty Tears
Amu, erattioweleg I. rceelved with universal berets of ap-
pillow treat every part of the Theatre, will be repeated sway
weans% till farther entice.
Ta.wearrow. 01. Mk Lace ! nr, Tbe lfewiseraters--0a
Weilwreilay, Theta apes Travellers.-0a "fhandiy, False
Aware

TFIF, BRITISH PRESS.

LON DON;
MONDAY. JULY 30.

Wahl:v(4lse ples.ure b sonoonce the sat arrival
of the China fleet off Portsmouth,' ow Saturday,
west of the pawns arrived at the East lodis Howie
yesterday, viz.—

Warren Hastings, Neptstne, Cumberland. Smithy
Castle, Persererasee, Nottingham. Albion, Princess
Amelia, Giotto*, Thames, Royal Charlotte, Coons,
and Marva/ of Lly.
Th• euffnells wag gone to Bombay to repair, and
the 7rue Briton had not been beard of when the
fleet left China.

The Gazette of Saturday night containsan official
secomit of the proceedings of the Aretlatsa
Copt'. Minos. on the coast of Spain. This gallant
vessel, istsisted by • small Spanish force under the
Spanish General Potuca, scoured the whole coast
from St. Sebastiso to St. Ander°, and destroyed all
the bourne, in that range, itietuding those of Sau-
tons; while it operated, at the same time,a favour-
able t'..orsion. This exploit was performed with-
out any loss on our part, and trust operate as a
atroog recommendation in favour of this harassing
mode of warfare.

Saturday night's Gazette ahocontaine a numerous
Brevet Military Promotion.

We regret to state that the ealstore of oar con-
voy in the Baltic, by the Danes, is corroborated by
a ship arrived from Gottenburgh.

The Princess Amelia packet, from America. and
the Sandwich packet. from the Leeward Woods,
have arrived at Falmouth.

We have received PArIS and Dutch Parrs to
the 221 instant. It appears certain that King
Louts withdrew privately from Holland. It was
by accideut he was recognized on his passage through
Hanover. His eldest sou has beet' removed to
Paris.

BON 41 %SITE purposes to get nut for Amsterdam
in the idle of August. The •I,•pos-it Klan (for
Ruch we tout consider LoLts) wile not, with al his
virtues. permitted to be better than • Jug. The
Dutch bars now got a stark for their rider. Ile
has tommen-ed government in his pro..er
eiurneter, with a new e of regido•ions for the
.1):Itch fisheries. According to one of thee, a

French soldier Ist* be put on !peed of esery haat
going out to fish. the meow of which.is tow:rice.: d
of engsgiug in claudestine trade ; and if lie should
Lie taken, a general embargo on all fishing:yes-
sels is to take place throughout Holland ! Should
this sit be strictly enforced. the Dutch tithery
will sous be intxrru..:esl ; and. with it, one great
source of stsli.istencr. But in the dor ttttt ruts an-
nexing Holland to France,we were told thatthemi-
litary and naval resources of the Dutch were wanted
for the prosecution of Box tesa•rt's piens; anti
the seamen employed in the Dutch fisheries he
thinks will be better employed in his navy.—
The Preach and Dutch Papers do not contain
much news of arty interest from Sprits. The lard.
colas of the prison-ship (diogunonte) in the har-
bour of Cadiz cutcaitute a leading feature. The
Spanish General 111Atitx is said to
,have made a
vigorous hut unsuccessful attack on Astorga.

The defeat of the ,Brand Turkish army was ru-
moured at Vienna. The previous astoniviviug sue-
cermet of the Russians. and the dispirited state of
the Ottonisn trunus..rerider it probable.

Commercial Licences continue to be grimted in
great abundance by Earl BATunuts the Prellitteut
of the Board of Trade.
On Satanlay. the Lords of the Council met at
the .C.iuntsl-office, Whitehall. to hear mud deter-
mine Prize A,l.eata.for the last time this seisms.—
The lairds present werei the MASTS& of the li.ouLit.
Sir WILLIAM Wynne. and Sir, !anti Nicuot.s.
At the rising of the Court, it was adjourned to No-
vember next.
NV.. huvereceiverl, by ntinuth Se* Whaler erriverl
at Portsmouth. a set of Si4bley Gazelles to Much
last.-70wing to the flooding of the Haw kesbury. St.
Grorga. and Nepeen Rivera. at the latter end of
A 'gust.. extensive devastation had been committed
in that colutiyo the crops being totally destroyed,
and a quantity 'of rattle washed away. One cuff i-
valor. Major JOHNSTtsSE, lat.l 490 sheep; awl
another (Mr. M'Ciit.i.uw) 300. 'fire GOTERKOR,
to guard against the apprehended scarcity, hail is-.
sued a proclamation, forbidding for a limited time
the slaeghtering of live stock without a special
license.

F.ztrart fmm the logsbook. of the ship trailed
Kingdoms. Pin arrived from Jalopies :-.o* Ott Sews
day, 17th June, while standing to the north
ward. across the Bight of Leogaire. during the
night, a heavy cannonading was heard in the N. E.
quarter. tin appmachang Cape Nicola, be4re
day, orr the 18111. the fire or cannon wee dis-
tinctly seen to be from the batteries nut thi
hills that contra-4nd the teen of Cape Nicol*,
and were evidently firing on the town. %% hen
day appeared, there were seen three large ships,
(one or which carried • Vice-Admiral's flair),
tour brigs, end • achouner or war, off the entrance
of Cape Nicola Mote. The batteries continued
'to fire on the town without intermission far the
whole day. About one p.m. seine day, ',eyeful
new lieteras were opened, end the cannonading
continued without interatistion while the United
Kingdom was within hearing. The fleet chewed
no colours, but was suppose-I to he that belonging
to Caatrtoeetc, rod the botertes playing on the
town, manned front the *rosy under the same
attacking the Mole, as it was in powiession of Pa.
Tartu et that time."

The following is said to be • correct list of the
ststionsof the British ships on the French coast :
At anchor in Basque Reads. the Dreadnought, 98;
Gibrither, 80; Cairegems,74 • Adrian mud limey
'cotters.—Off the Gleuumns, the Valituit, 74.—Off
Brest, the Puidiers, 74; Shannon sod Amelia
fell/atm-0d Bordeaux, the Araride frigate.—Oil
L'Orient. the Caieoris frigate.

Couut rumor, recently put to death.by the po-
pulace of Stockholm. am a strong believer in tbe
art of divination. He consulted even the lowest
pretenders .to the gilt of fortune-telling in every
place he caine to. What is singular is, that on the
authority of their responses, he, for many year. Trot,
expressed lii. conviction that he should meet his fate
in souse popular tumult.
BONAPARTE, we are told,i regularly attends
mass, sod offers op the mockery of prayers to that
Di‘inity whose Majesty he is hourly insulting.
.4 What." said the esilaghtened Plato. I. intuit the.
Gods think of the girls' of the impious, chess II good
man world blush to receive presents from a
villain 1"

A Paper of Saturday Mr.Csa tat), se-
conapasivil by his fri..titls Mr. Iluatttasott rut Mr.
Et.t.ta, 'lotto& to taker bit) to Cadiz; •tul t hey.
bore been prevailed upon, as it tr said, by the Mar-
quis WiLL6SI.6Ir to go up the Mediterrtmeau.anti
topsy a mu to tbeCourt of Palermo.

The 14th Light Dragoons is one of the Regi-
ments serving in Portugal. under Lord W E1.1.1N44-•
TUC Lieutionint -Colonel HAWKER, who belongs
to it, end t..t ly Lilted from Plytnouth, is, hororer,
gone to Cacti:, slid nut Lisbon or Oporto. From
this nod sumo other circurustaines, it is reported
that the 10,000 troops lately ordered for foreign
service, are destined for the South of Spain, anti
should the embarkation of Lord Wawriacrini
and his army from Portugal ultimately become
sarcemily, they will joie the former.
The importers of Spanish Wool bad a dull
market for it at reduced prices. There is a 4111411 P
tity now in England equal to two years' consump-
tion.

TOenty-four capitalists of the City of London
have offered to aul►srrihe 250,0001. each, and thus
raise the eta millions requisite for constructing the
hew Naval Duck yard and Arsenal at Northfleet,
ou term* highly advantageous to the public interest.
• The intercourse between this country and Franre,
on the subject of an exchange of prisoners., still
continues. A Al..ssenger wee dispatched from the
Adniinslty ou Thursday fnr Aloelam
Several letters were nn Friday received frnin 11, li•
golund, dated the if tst inst. Our of t cuntsiiis
the following passage :—" 1 learn from some Gen-
tlemen just •roved Gnus the Continent. that the
Westphalian troops refuse to much to Seaiti, ■nd
are des, rr itt g as fast as they can get to the coast, in
order to get on board the Ehglish brigs, etc. sta-
lieu. d to the rivers; they likewise bring neat of
the (lace.% of Hut LAND hlllllllg died smideiCy at
the Wills of Ploutbieres."

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,
Mr. Kenny's opera Of Oh, this Lore
performed or Saltir,:ay evening; and if we in, to
luidle fiom the applause bestow II a,t
glut and brilliant audience, it tits 01ua„,., ned tttt
highest place iu public favour. The plr:w,t,
mud good-humour • with which the scow., a,",
rationed, the excellence with which the I,ci.
formers fill their parts.comhined with the tone and
sw,eetne.ia of the triune. remits. it one of the we.t
eineriainments that lute brew for Kale
tient. produced.
Mr. Denton, KS Hector Tornado, never awl:eared
but to ratst a whirlwind of unplause. Mllr, pat.
sloes sung " Long did I languish, Lady
with such Mite and viva( iti. as call. I lorth thy
most rapturous encore. The simplicity of Or.
1)BRILY, and richness of lintour's hinatiur, hit
powerful auxiliaries to the success of the here.—
Mr.Pucovit's new Force of Twenty Years
lowed, and re c iced an equal shine of appretaition,
In this little l'wer, pathos and illlttlOUr are se
happily blended. that the scene never 11..0 fw
an instant ; and we know not which to admire mow,
the crude. amiable Jartie. as pourtrayed by Mai
E. MILTON, sweetly 'olding forth her woes; se
the lively animated Brunetia of M '. I et.hr,rich
in "elute., and faseinution. Mr. reoirrna and ril
Kututre never appeared to more advantage. 'Flit
wrings were all encored. They are Admirably sib"»
ted to the different porforiners.

Among the laAhionables who attended this Thes.
tee in the course of the reek.

_ -
Her Royal Niemen die Prima, of Halm, lady e.
Campbell, Lady Frames Wilson, Earl Cbolimmleley, Lary
Stewart, Hanpriii of Towusbead, Lady Willoughby. StrJube
Frederick, Mir MIA Garold. Haw. Mrs. Lambe, emote
Searle, Nn. Rigby, Capt. Herbert, ke.

HIGH LIFE IN ST . GEORGE'S FIELDS.

It is carious to see how closely the people of the
Soefkinsitate the manners, fashions, and initial the
West end of the town. The first thing in thir troy
whieb we. hive to notice is, the tette of the &Ai-
led,' who havx been cowering this extensive dturci
with houses. The fashion of iins',:ing omits,
malls, and terraces. hissing become quite vulbir,tie
French wnr.l piece was applied to new tango of
buildings. and the newest navels were realist:Lehr
prep:epla:Ts to be bucked to the same. Wils-
ey. r any Tot is much talked of in the fishiomble
smile of Pia tVestend of the town. up startsaunt
swath the same name in St. George's Fields. Actor&
ingly, s Gleneester-pleeetend a tionitelmt are we
erected there. It often happpens, in imitation of
titleifpersonages,.aisd in imitstiou of Ladle.; red
(.eat/omen who inhabit them, thst shale strew
change their mimes. For instance, s range of elegem
houses, first known by the name of pit. George r
roar. is now celled Tower-sweet; and soother prefry
seat, once called Pleasant Retreat, hes amirrtear
• similar transmutation. iiklers-Inne is no lope
in existence; sod the antiquarian of future ion
will be as much portled to find out the orignal
topography of these regions, ass police officer we
is us searching for mauls persess who weak
through them.

Saturday olaraiug HU MAJasiv, the Dolled
CAlillalbalt, Primroses AtmMa aid &mu
took .as aiiiug in Wiuttour Great Park, till teens
o'clock.

Yesterday •martfing His Muurr. Prisms_
AIMUITA and Soma. accompanied by Lady coto
Llfily Generals GARTH and WTIITAILD, real ts
St. Otes4tge's Chapel, and heard a sermon preached
by the Rev. Dr. Cooesoe, from 4d Timothy, ca.
iii. verse lb. " All Seriptureis given by inepionios
of Cod." The Royal Party afterwards returned to
the Palace.
On Friday evening, Sir Haase [barns% Drs.
BAILIN and puppies, evolved at Prince,* Alifa-
Lla's House. in St. Alhaa's.et roe t, Windsor, where
they stepped that night, and returned to Landes
ou Saturday morning'.
Princess AueLes is much better, and able to ix
taken into her garden for the benefit of the sir.
Her Royal Highners the Prince.' of WALD pre
• grund dinner yesterday, at her spnctinente in bra
sington Palace, to the Duke and Durkee' ei
RSV the Marchioness of Towssugov, ed
several other persona of distinwtoo.

Yestortlsy morning. the Duke e 9 CAMBRIData
his undress regi.rental4, aceompetne4l by hip Alee
de.Csinv, uded divine rwrvit.e., with the; Wee
of Guards, at Whitehall Chapel, for the Gist toe
since it has undergone the repairs awl elitism's
for the accommodation of the Guards.
• -

A grand inspection of the Guards is est:teed:l is
take place this day •t Wimbledon. His Itod
}lnclilies!. the Prince of WaLks Ira signified to-
tentton of being present.
Statement of Earl Itstutsi.tv's health, rece;"d
on Saturday, at his Lordship's house to *fag'
gardens ;--

BULLETIN.
" tart Berkeley bas passed a good night, and
i+ Irli.r
this morning (*Kited) " El) 31:10131"
" nerkeley (mile. Friday intaniog, lily r"
No brillett ft ;vas received yesierda); A war thought
rather extraordinary, as they had not tutored oto
the commencement of his Lordship's illne.s.
Lord HEATHER:I.D will give • grand dine"
this day, at his house in Rill. street, Berkel.)•
square, to his Royal nehtiess the Prince of
WALES, the Earl ofJEKSFII, Earl Coot sidsostiai
and several other nobility.
Lord GEORGE CAVENDISH left to% y, orrdrY.
ft" nriglitoit. After the piers his I.ortialip Wroth
to proceed to his seat at Essibourn.., where he
Ladyship is esperte.l in the latter cud of nest
week.
This evening the Windsor Theatre fir A
er, hr '4l
season, with the play ot The linesffiie:
Forrfrt, sod Roaenr. The rhenium; s
pally belonging to the 1.0,d0n oititt
totigi4.lll4 of Illese.rs. Cap!Pm.', i , •
SPIRES, and JLFI AILS Mo. SP i• '
Irr.N mt. &v.