The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-02-21 00:00:00

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THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Thls Evenlna. MONDAY. Feb. 21. will be performed
KING RICHARD THE Timm.
Duke of GleCter, Mr. Kean: Earl of Riehn,ond, Mr. Wallack. Lady
Anne, Mllll Smithson.
After wh:rh.
HARLEQUIN AND TOE TALKIND MP.
THE SINGING, TREES. AND GOLDEN WATERS.
Harlequin, Pantaloon. Mr. T. Blanchard; Clown. Mr.
Kirby. COumbitze, Mies Barnett.
ro morrow, The Fall of Algiers, The Rossignol, and Old and
twang.

THEATRF ROYAL. COMNT-GARDEN.
ThIS Evenlnc, YOND %T. February SI. will be performed
DER FREISCHCTZ
Or, THE BLACK HUNTSMAN OF BOHEMIA.
Ottoear. Mr. Baker: Counid, Mr. Egerton; Laspar. Mr. Bennett:
Wilhelm, Mr. rearman the Meek Huntsman of Bohemia, Mr. Evans.
Bertha, Mies Paton: Lena, MigLere.
AOr
HARLEQUIN AND THE DR %CON OF WANTLEY;
Or, MORE OF MORE HALL.
Harlequin, Mr. Eller: Pantaloon. Mr. Barnes: Clown, Mr. J. S. Orl-
inaldl. Columbine. Miss Ramer.

Tu-morrow, The Belle's Stratagem. with The Miller and his Men.
THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARD4,N.
ORATORIOS.
On WEDNESDAY NEXT, lebi Way' will be performed for the
First Part, a SELECTION
from the CREATION. composed by Dr.
Haydn. Between the First and Second Parts Mr. Mori will lby desire)
repeat Mayseder's Concerto un the milli. The REQUIEM of MO.
ZART will form the Second Part. Betts een the Second and Third!
Parts a Concerto on the Violoncello, by kir. Powell ; and the Third
ern*: consist of a GRAND SELECTION of MODERN MIMIC.
Principal Vocal Performers—Miss Paton. Madame MIMIC.
Mtge
Lot r. Miss Graddon, Mrs. Bedford. Mrs. Tennant, Master Lotighura,
aiM Miss M. Tree. Mr. Braham, Mr. Saplo, Mr. Pearninn, Mr. Bod-
f...rd, Mr. Tinney. Mr. Robinson, and Mr. Bellamy.
Le Oder of the Band, Mr. Mori. Conductor at toe Organ and Piano.
forte. Mr. S. It coiley. The Choruses, under the direction of Mr. Wat-
aun. will be numerous and complete, assisted by the Voting Gentle-
men of his klatiesty's Chapel Royal and St. Paling Cathedral. The
whole ender the superintendence of Mr. Hawes.
Books of the Performance to be had In the Theatre, price 10.1.
Places to be taken at the Box-office, Hart.etreet.
;Sours open at Half.past Six, and the Performance will commence
at Seven o'Clock.
N.B.—The Dramatic Free List does not estend to the Oratorios.
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THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH' OPERA HOUSE,
STRAND.
Oa WEDNESDAY NEXT. February 23.
LECTURE ON ASTRONOMY
And the PHENOMENA of the HEAVENS and of the EARTH,
Tit be delivered by Mr. BARTLEY, on the M EDNESDAYS and FRI.

DAYS during LENT.
The Theatre will be constantly warmed by large Stoves be various
parts of the Douse.
Pickets of A clangs; on for Families to be had on m ;citrate Terms at
tbt ft.a.-oebee.—Doors to be opened at half-past Ste, and begin at Seven.

TMe Barris/I Pa ass commenced publishing on Saturday morttlog
at a quarter past seven o'clock.

LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1825.

Since our last publication we have in due course received
the Paris Papers of Thursday and Friday. The latter are
filled almost exclusively with the discussion of the project
of the emigrant indemnity, which was opened on Thurs-
day. The strong sentiments, general among the people of
France on this subject, have been as warmly expressed as
they are felt. The first speech, that of M. Lasses' DE
POMPIEREE, was remarkable for the unrestrained indig-
nation with which the Speaker condemned the proceedings
of the emigrants, and the boldness with which lie described
the true foundation of the existing order of things in that
country. Sweeping confiscations have necessarily accom-
panied all great and permanent changes in the political
history of nations. They have been always resorted to
as a measure at once to crush and destroy the subdued
party, and upon its ruin to raise up and establish a new
Juteregt, essentially dependent, for all that gives it eminence,
wpm a new systsm. If the object of the present French
Government be to subvert all the institutions of the Revo-
volution, they act rightly in denying that the revolutionary
authorities could law fully deprive the old proprietors of their
estates. In that case, the present possessors arc, as they have
indeed been publicly stigmatized, only " robbers," or at
beet the enjoyera of the fruits of the robbery of others.—
But is it prudent in this way to revive f.elings that were
rapidly passing away ? Is it wise to call up the fears of a
whole people, in order to indemnify a few individuals, who
list something more than the rest of the nation in the
general wreck of the public welfare ? M. LiZARDIese,
in defending the principle of the indemnity, thought it
part of his duty, as a member of the Commission, to
panegyrist the Spani:h army of the Faith. This was, to
be sure, a bright exemplification of the happy conse-
quences resulting from the triumph of legitimacy ! What
then, is it judged fitting to avow that Cirsatis X. would
rather, like Fi IDINAXD VII., reign by the aid of foreign
bayonets, despised by all Europe, over a miserable set of
subjects that hate him, than be the ruler of a free and
flourishing people, with institutions which belong to thou
as myth of right as the crown he wears? _

We fear that the course (.lIARLLS X. is pursuing, tends
too directly to bring into operation all the elements of hos-
tility and confusion. With the single excqtion of the
removal of the censorship from the press, all the measures
of Government have been singularly adapted to excite
public distrust and alarm. The object of those who im-
mediately surround him, and exclusively posses: his con-
fidence, is evidently to carry the kingdom back to the pre-
cise point at which it was before the Revolution. The
act of justice he has ordered to be performed upon CIL v-
asap is creditable to him, but it proves nothing as to his