The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-04-24 00:00:00

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This Evettl...t. I..ITCIIIIA V. 1p 1,21: will lie l er6...11.rd
wS NILN Ott yoo;‘,.,‘Nra's 0.a.jy.0.: opo's.
Earluf I...terstrr. Maylatuol ,tosith. Mr. Marley; Itlshurd
I.rulry, Mr. Archer: A Tit.:ny Mr. ; rieltutl I stillssolus,
Mr. Bo °who:. 4.1.1eva. 1.1 zsbelh, Ala, Bina.; .Itely (cmint.bt of Leices-
ter.. Mre.M.W..,;.
w,th a new Eityrtlnot Tale of Vrtrlisetrment. elated
YAMIAJASI LI. : ur, 'HIE SPIRIT ow •I r,T,%oa.

1'11E:11'11E litil ( ) V I.: I'-(;.(1111)E X.
Kveuinit, sITC it I/AV, April 2.1, will loe perfolit.ed
Pullin.: .41%41. 11%V V. F.U.L.
V 11,..) o. Mr. tt. ta. /cu; Torrent... I.lr..losiles; Lorene.,
1 . .I.or .l Pt ilrtivel, Mr. %bleat Me.j.ir leStittnnon. Sir.
t ,ni nor: cornet (',aunt eernsine„ Mr. Vette; Spada, Mr. inAllellkld.
I .2111,4 Neut...., Mrs. Inn entiort; Love
Anse awvh u new Eityptlnii /tonnitnee, called
sI.IIIIIS
Or, Tilt: INI NiDATIox Or TiE NILE:.

VIE.ITRE 11());.117,-1:..\/- ()1'1:11:1-110USE.
Mlt. \I VIAIENS AT !Wm),
Thi+ Ey, • •. s vrt,itpxy. Aprd N.
IYltll his ANNUAL I. lA' ri It on pka•I3.IAHITIF:s, cIi.MAcTER,
and NIA F.NEItS;
rounded on 01. cr. i ~,, +aud Adventures during his lat.
•rllll. 1.4) .rontit
In Three Parts.
Pater M.— 4 M•dlopedyl,stne. railed .Al.l. AT NATUIIITOCIIF:S.'
all tn. I nano...turbot thy rAtoolio. votertainoteot to be represented
1.) Mr M
Weds t.. be opened at s..,en Perfurulance begins at Eight tit•inek.
•14.css to hr taken .4 Mr. Mrvensoll. at the Pox Ottee, Strand lat.
t front Ton till Five.
;•111-es t be 1(.1,1 after huifirnst Eight
•.• Tttr Proprietor te.evettnily tillartas the frequenters iir the
'rheatre. that their e.atslnt t has 1.4'11 fog thee studied by the additi
st .1.1 Mt. Persins's .......t p..Nertoll u anis icr.3Luves.

NEW7WIMEY THEATRE.
This rvenlng, StTl'lll)%l', Aprit a new Spectacle. called
THL t ow, THE I' tit tHlsr. or THL PARIS.

After w h7ch.. iiLeW Barletta. awned
PLOTS IN MADRID; ur. TOE PAINTY:IPS STUDY.
Ta eotselude with anew Meln-Dnune. railed

T.IE .. WRECKERS.

The approbation' mattlft-Arkl tiwthrti. the Perfoortitanees of thl* Mout,
W.A.., II powsible, more etaillussitAt it last night tht.o 011 the night tore-
w Iwo.. I ..11atrly oil the iltienihtt of the doors. the Pit 111111 (;a:-
/ were Almost instantly overflowing; and the Boxes, 'whore the
at, eh ..f the Prrst Act. were well mod fashionably tilled. Frout the
I..easorr excited by •• The hlrth-ltuy." the Ulll,lllllllll applause
at-
t.•lAant 011 II OM, Of the A fric.th Slave." and the roars of laughter
0,... wooed by the C • Mutton ........ the whwie will be rept:ate,'
12. a 1-11.111114.

S.II)LEI(s WELLS 7WEATRE.
This Evenina. s %TERI) t‘'. Aprll 21,
THE BIRTH-11A V.
After which a 111.1{ grand noonott it Mrlo-Drama. called
()HA; or. THE Al HICAN sLAA£.
lit,,. Mr. It, litoble.
With Ow urn I' • l'u line of
THE EASTER OFFER' : or, II lilt I:OI.DEN HARVP4T.
l'hree Mr•ons Auld, N. Kirby. and Itartlett : three Palo
t 111.1.1111. Messrs. Jouar. trod Ilendernon; three (10%114.
VAriland. Kith), tool ttalhourn; three Columbine'. Mitu,
K trio, and M.
Pla.o. And Private Box:, to IK taken of Mr. Parker. at the RON4.ffire.
%Mite Manager, Mr. Vining.

TI se Pll ESS CMltiticnced .111:i1/411111g yesterday morning
at rive o'clock.

LONDON, SVITIMAY, Aralt. 21,, 1844.

The :'aril Papers of Wednesday, with Thursday's /Nile,
reached our office yesterday. The Etude, which for seve-
ral months has been harping on South America, contains
Nline new-fangled statements from the Madrid Gazelle--
a most unworthy authority—on the present state of Co-
lombia. These accounts are stated, by the Madrid paper,
to have been received by the Spanish Government from
Pm-to Rico, and to have been transmitted to that island
folio the Cumin, lit. They profess to be dated the Sth of
February, and state, " that the p‘eple of those countries,
c'::.-ged iv ith the yoke of the revolutionists, everywhere
13 throw it Mr-- that Grits of love and fidelity to
th- wretched tyrant of Spain are beard in all placea.

" Si retutuni udmis.i ristim teneatis."

CAI any one acquainted with these countries, read these
ad..; of invi talon with feelings of any thing but utter
is crishility and contempt? This account goes on to say, that
r • only 2,0911 men in arms in all Venezuela—that the
r.st hale deserted—that the fortresses of l'uerto
11 iiaeaibo, and umana, were nearly without ganisons,
mai orders had been given to withdraw all the " materiel.'
to Ow snail' of the Apttra. Tla.se ibsposiMnis indicate (the
I'.; er a•lds), an intention to tall back on Aranita.
it. ea.:. 4,1 nivasi•in, by the royalists? Where, we
;4,1 , are tile invaders to he to ? There is 110 force in
4 :I :its equal to tke attempt, sir more than sufficient to re-
iin unvertalti possession of that extensive island. Since
N'etat!es and his nillowers were driven out of t;olombia,
sit Pe:, rte I 'aliello taken by storm, the Spaniards have not
as Melt of that arr'itory in their p, 'session ; nor is there
1,,,w a Spaaisli soldier in arms throughout that vast Re-
p:bile. Where then is: the danger ?or sann what is it to
miless the themselves, who, during
pest y,-ars of strife and danger, bore arms in the cause of
I.ls-1! V, 3114 i :;11111.11.11 to the ttepubli.., until 'very enemy
wis 11!..%eti ire n its soil, should now, in their day of
traanipli sAturity, prow suddenly tired of freedom slid
row tlg prosttiesity, and sigh for the happiness of Spanish
I yrdmiy a-al monopoly ? Though the illustrious
iltuiivar is ill Peru, lie left the ivernment of Colombia
and ttled, befcre he sail, 41. Inc talcs, there! ere,
of:lt,, Ho'', l;a:e•ite, and its ally, the /Lode, are desti-
Cite of even probability ; but both these Journals base
dealt :11 these fraudulent inventions months. and unable
to snake any Other war. the l'aris and Madrid Cabinets
have put these journals its eaussiiissicts. Southern America,
eshausted by a linsi4 and desolatintr coat i it. may fora while
feel domestic pressure bi :Ivy. but would Spanish tvramsy
renew her resoureet, or the lairthetis her people be lighter
irritkr the iron yoke of Ferdinand, and the
faitsties who now desolate and oppress the mot her country,
that: they are under a free government ? flostrmatti's r, tut
to Franc', by the late,t aeenittits, is spoken of as ce•tain ;
and 111:tru•anit, the l'n! .• of I:3,,msa, is now
as his sure, I,or. IL, Sunday. the -Ith of April, our
thymus. lett. is •-,ays, Frusitli Si assassin:did
by ,:itatniards. lii so :am:min:try crimes, i; a ad, arc now
but too fr, (wont. F. rilinand was to have ha en at Tol do
till the 9111 ; ihr Ficncli were to actemipany him, and Limir
head-sin:a:yrs were to be at that city durisig his stay.
Orders were already given, as at Aranju. not to setter
any person to eon r the city 0:1110111 the tyrct's permis-
sion. '('ho tetura of the French garil,s e-•rps to France
WAS looked for. Among, Cie Sitriiard:, already ansmisitin:;
to tt)o lin are to take th, it phu:, 111 r • aro s'-
Vera' French ; in fact, Spain is now a mere province of
France, where tla• Frs.lich Cmmand! r is:sits:duteous.' the
I!espot is a mere mimic'. in his hands, suffered lice:is:on:illy to
indulge his lei jiclioes :mil his 1. price. General haired to
the French at•pi•als v• ry day gaining : till parties
are now eraduallv Illlit,ta in that lei ling, and the F. itch
11-6014 may soon have a most date:, loos and. IJOI-
- within the l'yreace•.

A most important and interesting ►roper, issued from tl:c
Treasury, has been laid Oils Session tut the table of the
House of Cotrmnns, and has bel a printed I.y order of the
House. It contains au account of die vital net revenue of
t;restliritain, exclusive of ►owns, from the year 17SG to
tat►, with the expenditn:c of the c..urtr7 durirs thcs

years, so as to exhibit the actual surplus cri expenditure
or the actual revenue to meet expenditure in each of thesel
successive years. The document is one of the utmost in-
terest: it brings under review the entire revenue and ex-
penditure of this great country, during near forty years
that have passed by, commencing about the cle:e of the
American war, entailed on Great Britain during Lord
North's inglorious and ruinous administration, and carried
from nearly the commencement of Mr. Pitt's possession of
power to the commencement of the war springing from
French Revolution in 1791, and proceeding through the entire
of that unparalleled contest to its final close in 1814 and IHIS,
and then tracing the gradual prosperity of the country during
near nine years of uninterrupted race up to the present
period. From this document it appears that the expendi-
, nue of Great Britain, contrasted with the two last years
I that tie:44l,l.er memorable conflict, has been diminished in
jthe momirous stun of about sixty millions annually ; and
in iliac, of a deficiency, in 1141 1 of near thirty-eight mil-
lions sterling, and in 11415 of near thinks-five millions,
there is in the present year a clear surplus of upwards of
six millions, with a vast reduction of the burdens of the
iconntry, applicable as an effective sinking fund to the
annual diminution of the debt, contracted in years of
fore inn contest and unparalleled exertion. This speaks
volumes as to the prosperity, the resources, and the pros-
pects of this great country, and diffuses the utmost con-
fidence and happiness throughout the empire. In 1786,
when America was lost, and we were struggling against
lly Ike Ali, and fighting in the Camatic for empire and
actual existence in the East, the entire revenue of Great
Britain amounted to little more than fourteen millions six
hundred thousand pounds. In 1794, when we embarked
in the mighty contest against France, which was then at
the height of its Revolution, the resources of the
country, pplicable to the vast expense, scarcely ex-
ceed, ol eighteen millions, and the deficit, to be made
up by loans and other resources, a flied to near
eight millions. In 1914, at an interval of twenty years,
when the great closing effort was made, which, with
united Europe, rallied at our samtnons, and, animated
by our resources, brought with it destruction to the power
of Imperial France, and put her capital in the possession
of the confederates, the expenditure of Great Britain
had swelled up to thel unexampled amount of near 110
millions sterling, with a monstrous deficiency on the re-
venue and expo inhume to the amount of near thirty-eight
millions ; and in 1915, when Napoleon broke from his
exile at Elba, and had his hopes of empire trampled by
our soldiers in the dust at Waterloo, the expenditure of
this country fell little slim of the monstrous sum of the
preceding year ; it amounted to near 107 millions, while
the deficiency to he made up was near 36 millions sterling.
From that me morable period to the present. the country
has been gradually rising to its present proud state of
universal confidence .end prosperity. The revulsion from
war to peace brought for a while, as was expected, de-
pression and partial discontent in its train ; but each suc-
cessive year was one of decreasing expenditure, and of re-
duod burthens and increasing hope to the people. The
clouds that lowered around the country soon cleared away,
and gradually brightened into the glorious and animating
day of prosperity that has now risen over Great Britain.
In 1816, the first year of peace, the deficiency had
fallen sixteen millions. In 1817, there was a sur-
plus of rev.,nue over expenditure, of near nine hun-
dred thousand pounds. In Isis, from some reductions
made, and the depression that then existed throughout the
the country, the deficiency between revenue and expen-
diture exceeded a million one hundred and ninety thou-
sand pounds: but for the last six }eats, thought every year
slimiest has brought with it large reductions of taxation,
there has been an increasing surplus. It rose by degrees
from eight hundred thousand pounds to a ; and
front that, in 11424, to near three millions. In 1823 it
hail swelled to near five, and in 1821 to more than six
millions sterling; this, too, with several millions of taxes
repealed in Great Britain, and no direct taxes paid in
Ireland whatever. Yet amid this reduction, the revenue
of the country has greatly increased: in 1818 it was little
more than 45 millions; in 1823 it was 50 millions seven
hundred thousand pounds and upwards; and in 1824 the
resources; and prosperity of Great Britain are so much in-
creased that it amounts to near 54 millions five hundred
thousand pounds. Thus, in thirty-eight years, from
1786, the resources of the empire have been quadrupled ;
they have swelled from 11,000,000 and about 630,0001.
to 51,473,8511. ; and from 1791, our first year of war,
they have been trebled ; while, in place of a deficiency
of near 33 millions in our last year of contest, and of near
19 millions in the succeeding one of 1816—the first
year of peace, we have now, with the property tax, and
a whole host of burthens beside reduced, in place of a
monstrous; deficiency, the large surplus applicable to the
debt of the country of more than six millions sterling.
This is a proud and a consoling state of things: it
tonne the great triumph of Ministers, and has secured
the present unquestioned popularity they enjoy with
the country at harp.. With a mighty empire in the
East, and immense possessions in the Western hemis-
phere—with a commerce spread on every sea, and an in-
tbrence paramount not only in Europe, but throughout the
eiviiiz:d world, unexampled happiness and prosperity
have also settled over our own shores. The present history
of Great Britain is one of unparalleled greatness, wealth,
and glory ; and it is founded on a basis that deserves to
endure, and is likely to last for ages of greatness and power
to come, for it has been fairly acquired : it is supported by
freedom, by national character, and national energy and
industry, directed by liberal and enlightened councils.

WINDSOR, FRIDAV,

This being St. George's Day, and the day appointed for
the celebration of his Majesty's birth-day, the morning
was ushered in with ringing of bells, and other demon-
strations of rejoicing took place in the course of the day.
At one o'clock, a double royal salute was discharged by
the military.

A grand dinner and other entertainments are to take
place in the Town-hall in honour of the day.
The weather being very stormy, the King has not yet
left his C.nee.

The Dacliess of I:loucester and a select party dined with
the Princess Augusta yesterday.
Yesterday the Princtss Sophia visited the Princess
Augusta.

Sir I:vorge Smart is to conduct the grand performance of
Sacred Mollie at t;reotwieh Church on the 13th of May.

BRIGHTON, Aran. zt.—Although this town cannot
'toast of that gaiety and fashion which abo I here during
the Royal presence, yet it is at this moment very full;
indeed fuller of strangers than it is remembered to have
been at any former Easter. Amongst the most distin-
guishes' visitors are many Members of Parliament, who
have come down to enjoy here the interval of breathing-
time front Parliamentary duties which the recess allows.
Eat 1 Bathurst is here, with his family, since the commence-
ment of the week. Sir J. Newport, Sir 11. Parnell, Sir
Thomas Acland, and Mr. Croker, arc also atnongst the vial-
tors to this fashionable and favourite watering-p'ace. The
influx of City folk has been really prodigious. One would
think that Cheapside and its vicinity hall literally poured
out its population to spend their Easter seek on the Swine
of litigliton. Were it not for the " high sea-beaten beach,"
the Pavilion, the Chain-pier, and a few other landmarks
that remind one that this is 14W:tom you might easily
believe that you were in London; it is quite the Metropolis
in miniature. The principal promenade, at present, is
Ireland-gardens. The plantations are laid out with great
ornament and taste. A cricket-ground adjoins, in which
that manly sport is kept up with great spirit throughout
the day. The price or admission to these gardens is some-
what teo high, which prevents the attendance from being
as numerous and as profitable as it otherwise would be.
The Theatre opened on the Easter Monday. It has been
pretty well attended, although neither tile performances
nor the actors are above an extreme mediocrity of merit.
The promenade on the Stcine has been greatly interrupted
hy the laying of gas-pipes through it. An occasion of smite
'alter week than that of Easter luight have been selected
for this purpose; it is extremely inconvenient to the visi-
I tors. Lord Save-and-Me, Lord EArttoont, Lord and Lady
! Louvaine, and the Marquis of Ilertt.ord, are amongst the
j nobility sojourning here at Iniacht. Mrs. Fitzherbert and
;h., Veautifid Mim Seymour are also here. They leave this
tut Mrs. Fitzheatert b hunse, Tikey-strect, London, on
Saturday.