The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-06-24 00:00:00

Britigift Vreoo.

KINGS THEATRE.
This keening, SATURDAY. June 24, will be performed RossinCe Opera
Serbs. In Two Act., entitled
L•AURELIANO IN PALMIRA.
The Principal Characters by Mademoseilie Bonini, Madame De Angell,
Signor %%dull, Slrnor Ctulpnl, Signor tilotanctla, Signor Volute. Signor
De Angell.
After the Opera will be presented the revived Rallet of
LE MARRIAGE SECRET; OV. LE9 lIARITANS 1/11 CHENE.
Composed by M. J. 11. D'Egville.
Applications for Boxes and Tickets to be made at. Mr. Elms', 27, Old
82ml-street.

TO CORM/MONDE:YTS.
Tb letter of "Q." shall appear early In next week.

The BatTisu Pness commenced nuhli.hing yesterday morn-
ing at half-past five o'clock.

LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 182 G.

The French Papers of the 21st instant, and the EMIle
of the 22d, have been revived. M. d'llerbigny, the
author of the New Provincial Letters, has been tried for
an attack on the royal dignity, and on the constitutional
authority of the King, for bringing the King's Govern-
ment into contempt, and for committing an outrage against
the religion of the state. None of these heads of occupa-
tion had been admitted by the tribunal of First Instance ;
but the Cour Royale condemned the author to three
months' imprisonment, and a fine of 300 francs. The fol-
lowing are the only extracts which, we consider of any
importance :
LFrom the E(uik, dated Thursday, June 22:1

l'Anis, JUNE 21.

The Trifste O'.crver atatem, that Ibrahim Paella had made him.
self mos!er of Calavrite, when 6,000 Greeks, including women and
children, hod pctislicil. The Civil Government of Napoli di
had ;been p!acc,l in the h3mls of four Primates, and Colo-
cotroni had taken tile military command.
M. Mimi has been fur the last 13 hours in very grettt danger.

The western frontier of Piedmont contiguous to Franco con-
tains a little country of four villages, dependant on the Bishopric
of Pignerol. The most considerable of these villages, that of St.
Martin, is almost entirely inhabited by Vaudois, who took refuge
there about the end of the dish century. The Bishops of Pimerol
have neglected nothing to enlighten these people. M. Bigel ad-
dressed a pastoral letter to them. M. Rey, his worthy successor,
...hews no lees good for ala conversion of the Vaudois. A great
number of them go to hear the Prelate when he preaches in the
churches, and many of them have been touched by his mildness
and piety. Three Vaudois abjured their errors before the Bishop,
on the 19th March last. Another remarkable conversion is that of
Jean Daniel Tourn, a young Vaudois, son of the Syndic, or Mayor
of the mixed parhlt of Rosa. His abjuration took place en Easter
Sundsy, after Vespers, in the Cathedral, in prrsance of 3lessra,
Mantcrivl and Billet, Bishops of :lloustiers and of Mauriennes,
who were then at Pigncrol.
The aisemblege of the faithful was very considerable. The
Bishop of Pignerol,twith his two colleagues and all his Clergy, re-
ceived the ulijuration of young Toum, who appeared with an
affecting look of modesty and piety. Some days afterwards the
young mar. devoinped to his father the grounds of his conversion,
in a letter dated the 3th of April, which has just been printed. The
young man speaks to his father with much candour and energy ; he
relates the history of his conversion so as to show that it is the re-
sult of profound conviction. This letter besides informs us that M.
Tourn, senior, by virtue of the Protestant tolerance, will not see
his son, and has written to him never to appear again in the pater-
nal dwelling. We shall recur to this letter, which is honourable to
religion and to M. J. D. Tourn.
On Sunday, the 1111:h, the Abbe Meurice was violently struck
several times on the Pont Royal, at eight o'clock in the evening, in
broad day-light, and, we are ashamed to say, no ci:izen attempted
to arrest the wretch who insulted this venerable priest. Was Able
Meurice a 3lissisnary—a Jesuit ? Nn; he is merely the Vicar of
the parish of St. Suipice, who is known only by his good works
and his virtues. Ile had just been condoning and assisting a sick
person in the parish of St. Roch, to whom he had been summand,
and this is the reward ensured fur the worthy Ministers of the
Gospel.
In the list of persons who have crossed the Channel we find the
Marquia de Bassano, the Martinis d'ifareattit, Peer of France,
and Deneral Sebastiani, going to England ; and coming to Fearer,
Sir Francis Burdett and the Viscount de Is Rochefoucault : 592
passengers have arrived at Calais, and 32R left it.

}I NA NCES.-EXPENDITURE.

COMPARATIVE TABLE OF TM& CREDITS DEFIXITIVELY

VOTED FOR THE REAL EIPEDISES OF 1324, WITII TIIO9E.
ASKED TOE nt.l.
the Con.,oltdated Debt and General Expenses P. 743.690,338
I.,:penscs of Management,.Collection, &e. . 125.1147,638
I:.r.:n es d'Ordre . 9,864,326

Total

Credit required for Iftn

6t14).401.702
813.773,042

Increase 3.1,371,340
This ang.-nentation arses from the increase in the amount of the
perpetual debt since 1321, of an assignment to the Minister of the
Marine, to complete the endowment of the colonial service, front
an increase in he remittance allowed to various beancites, ameliora-
tions, and changes in the adn.ir is,witirm of the Post.ofilce.
RECEIPTS.

The gross produce of 1:!21, applied to the budget
of that year, by the law of Bth April, 1323,
amounted to F.P,91,611,673
Expected for the year 1826, taking for basis of the
indirect produce that of 182
Which will be an increase of
I.From Galignani's Messenger, dated June 21.1
On Saturdar the commission of the Chamber of Peer.; ronclodsd

. 9161,08,731
24,994,0 Z 6

the examination of General IlordnnuHe, anti heard, is a witness,

M. Orneb, Stth.military Intendant. On Monday the witnenea
heard were, General Antimony, Director-General of gubsigteicep,
duting the athuiuistratiou of the Duke of 8e1,13n0 ; M. Melton,

Magazine Keeper of the Mont de Piete ; and M. Gabriel Jules
Ouvrard, whose exa inatiun continued yesterday,
Upon the visit of the Dauphines% to Itourges, on the 14th irltlt.,
ten prisoner% for slight itfienvs sere set provisionally at liberty In
her Royal Highness, who proposes to solicit of the King there:as.
sion of the remaindir of the term of their imprisonment, The
Princess also gave one thousand francs fur the poor of the town.
The town of 3letz and its environs were visited on the 12:11
inst. by a tremendous storm,which did great mischief to the villages
of Are and A ncy, where the *tree* were obstructed by the shifting
earth and rubbish carried into them by torrents of rain. The
vines have suffered excessively. The loss in these two ;daces is
computed at 150,000 francs. Two days after several parishes in the
vicinity of Lille, were completely laid waste by a heavy storm of
!mil, which destroyed the crops of corn, bean% and II Ix. At Der.
mode, on the II th inst., MN) panes of glass Were broken by a hid
storm, which lasted three hours.

F~RENCII Fl/ NDS.—PA Rla. JUNE 21.—Eive per e,ereq, oped
at 00f. 10c., closed at 98t at en
. 13c.; Three per Cents. opened
he., closed at GU. 911 r. ; Rentes de Naples, 73f. 2:e.;
'
al
Spanish Loan. 1823. 47Af. ; Exchange on lowfrelon—the 1100th,
25f. ; Three hlonths, 25f. 41k.—Corte A athrlttirte.

'fhe Elections in the neighbourhood of London berg
now almost all effected, the interest excited by the different
contests in other parts of the country is comparatively in-
considerable. The two points to which the attention of
the public is now directed are the two northern counties of
Northumberland and Westmorland, but more particularly
the latter. Neither of them is of any consequence, how-
ever, in those respects for which elections in general are
remarkable; for the conflict of opinions which usually
tikes place upon such occasions seems, in this cace, to be
changed into a mere rivalry of individuals and families;
and, without meaning disrespect to any of the parties, we
really feel very little concern about the priservation of the
influence of particular families, whether 11'llig or Tory
So long as the real interests of the country are punned, it
is of little importance to us whether the instruments of le-
gislation are from the IVhig or Tory portion of the com-
munity ; and if they were not pursued, the name of Whig
and Tory would he equally obnoxious to us. Titre are
Members enough already returned on our side of the (pus.
tion, to insure us against the possibility of any measures
being carried which could operate against what we consider
to be the sound principles of government, and we may
therefore be excused if we give our.elves very litt
uneasiness about the Members yet to he returned in
the counties of Westmorland and Norihumberiatal.
We think, however, that 1....,r41 flowiex might have
spared the remark which he made on a late occasion, con.
earning the exceptions which had been taken even to his
best voters. The Noble Lord surely has not yet been re-
duced to the same subterfuges as Otani:Ty, who, though
last on the poll, will make out, in one way or another,
'hat he hail a majority. The fact it, that the IVltigs have
been beaten, wherever they have come to a contest. The
people see nothing in the party itself to authorize them tri
giving their suffrages to the members of it ; and if they
have, on some occasions, displayed an inclination to sup.
port Whig Candidates, they have done so, not from any
approval of their party, but on account of their respect for
the individuals.

CITY, FRIDAY EVINING.

' The business of the worrnng commence Iwi h !me heat), wee,
which had a natural te. de icy to de, ress the Funds...li the rr.
ported deficiency in the Quirtti's IL ye id( together with tie rn.
favourable state of the manufacturing districts, both of which
rumours were only revivals, having been in active circulation yes-
terday, assist.d in causing the decline, wh:ch, however. did o
continue through the day ; for fro n 7..1 t! e Market went up
to 1, at which quotation it closed, with some appearance of fi.mnest.
In the course of the morning there was some struggling t smart
the speculators for a fall and those for a t'sr, it d the latter partia !),
succeeded, and the improvemert in COtts3lS was ate Tesa It. Ine
transactions in the English Market today were to a considerable
extent. trd were not only important in their amount, but also as
referable to future Stock operations.
The business in the Foreign Market has been rather limited. anti
with scarcely any fluctuation In the South American Securities.
Mexican 6 per Cents. were 55, and Colombian 36i 3. The Conti.
rental Securities were heavy : Russian Bonds at 70180 ; Spanish
7i 8; Greek l 3 14.
Tomorrow will be a holiday at both Houses, as well as at the
B ink.

The French Funds continue to improve; the last price of tFe
Three Cents. was 66f. Inc. on Tuesday evening. There has been
no express this morning from Paris.

The following mat em-nt will chew the advantage to be dented
by the trantf.r of Stock from the Three per Cents. to the New
Four per Cen•a. of {Wit :

SuPDO%e a
person po,sesses 12.6181.6.. Reduced
Three per Cent. Annuities, he may tea !heal at
7Di, and they will produce - - .i.:10,90) 0 0
Suppose he then purchases 9,4631. 154. Four per
Cent. of 1826 (which will give the same annual
di ridend as 12,61 W. Os. Reduced Three pc r Cents.)
they will cost, at Die, only . - £8,807 It 0

Leaving a balance of cash ,n hand, of
£10.069 invested in the Four per Cents of 1826, at
94, will produce-an annual dividend of .
218,000 invested in Reduced Three per Cents, at
781, will glee oniy . -

J:1,002 5 0

Alalfne the additional income derived from the pur-
chase of Four per Cave. 26 of 18 .