The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-08-27 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.

Last night W. Farren made his first appearance in the
character of Doctor Cantwell. We cannot applaud either
his conception or execution of this part. Perhaps we are
o fully pre-occupied by the favourable impressions made
upon us by Dowton's excellent performance of it, that we
are hardly able to judge fairly of the effort made 'iv
Farren. but it appeared to ua that thov was too inuch
of that hard outline which usually attaches to all Farren's
playing. The smooth oily hypocrite of Dowton exactly
meets the ideas every man had formed of the character
before he sees it represented on the stage. The caustic
sharpness of Farren is less suitable to this than perhai s to
an! part he ever assumed. The announcement of the re-
petition of the comedy on Monday was, however, received
with great applause by a very crowded audience. Mrs.
Chatterley's Charlotte was exceedingly well played, and
bountifully rewarded by the ready approbation of the
house.

fit. CANNING.—The inquiries after the health of the
Bight Honourable Secretary yesterday were very nume-
rous. We are happy to state, that both at Gloucester'
Lodge and the Foreign Office the answer was, that he coo.
tinued to get better.
Mr. Greenwood entertained the Dowager Duchess of
Rutland and a select party at dinner on Wednesday, at his
villa, OM Brompton.
The Rev. M. Fenwick, Bishop of Cincinnati, in North
America, is now at Antwerp.
Miss Paton is considerably recovered from her illness.—
We understand she has entered into an engagement with
Mr. Arnold, and will shortly succeed Miss Stephens, at the
English Opera House.
Haar' NOS, Aco. 25.—An inhabitant of this place has,
within the last few days, purchased an estate called Bo-
hemia, situated within a miarter of a mile of the west-
end of the town ; and such is the rage for building, that
we understand he has refused a profit of several thousand
pounds on his purchase ; and this too, notwithstanding the
proprietor of an adjoining estate is about to erect a number
of houses (report says some hundreds), on his property.
HARWICH, AVG. 23.—The master of a vessel that ar-
rived here from* sea, on Thursday last, reported having
seen an extraordinary phenomenon, which he described as
a body of fire approaching them from the westwanl, and
moving in the atmosphere with a steady pace, cleaving the
• . liquid air : it gradually increased in size, until it suddenly
A letter from Lima was received in the city ye.... , disappeared in the ocean,,left him and his crew in total
morning, dated the Isth of April, which states, that from amazement and conjecture as tow hat it could be, and
rumours afloat there on the morning on which the letter which was not s little exaggeratby the impression of
fear ; the wonder was anew elucidated, when, upon cool-
left that city, it appears now to be certain that Camerae
D ing notes as to the time, distance, altitude, and. direction,
Wixosoz, Tortasnay, Atm. 26.—This morning the par
bad broken up his camp, and had proceeded, at the head
uk and Duchess of Clarence, the Duchess of Gloucester, it turned out to be a balloon upon Montgolfier s principle,
of a large force, to attack Bolivar, who, upon hearing of and the Princess Augusta, came from Fr ore to Wind- with which the proprietor's of the Reading-room had, with 1
these movements, retired, and took up a strong position to roe, where their Royal Ilighneascs went on board a large some other fire-wotks, been amusing the visitors to the town
await his arrival, and no doubt was entertained that a pleasure-boat, with am oars, which was in waiting to re- that evening.—Bary Gazette.
ceive them. The boatmen were in the Royal uniform. The borough of Derby, we understand, will be contested
decisive blow would be struck early in May.
The Royal party left for Hampton Court, with the at the next general election. An attempt will be made to,
From this it is quite evident that the victory which colours flying at the head of the boat, soon' after their turn out Mr. Coke, one of the present Members: .the new
Bolivar was said to have obtained, and of which we had arrival, candidates are Mr. Edward Strutt, son of Mr. Williamthe report from Guayaquil of the 27th of May, may yet be The Duke of Cambridge has been pleased to appoint Strutt, of Derby, and Mr. Samuel Crompton, Member
his Aide-de-Camp, Major William Davison, to be hison the Pni
true. In confirmation of this conjecture, we have seenfririneutf"Md;. CTit,'e"ear gentlemen,oitleto each
htheoef
i-!tens from Panama, which state, that by the last accounts VieeeviLderstand Mr. Rothschild's brothers leave town for oceasesion. Thee in'terest of the Duke of Devnonsniree:eill
from bead-quarters it was supposed that Bolivar would be Paris to-day. decide the return ;so much for the non-interference of
actively engaged about the middle of May, as he had, at The Journal des Debuts, in copying the article from Peers in the election of the Commons.—Liverpool Paper.
announcingren l Comthe. arrival
states,
Sariflcios of M. Sa-
the wee of the last advices from his head-quarters, a forcewathartuoiteGxAcliteffi: Asutr--I N 7
interest
in
ttitraitenhisancdast.n,
ilnlueellent
of t6,fieo men with him, a large proportion of whom were is evidently only a Cominnwilssw Commissioner r Bert 't:yn lnenv: Governorthat"
be
which no less than five verdicts have been obtained, and
cavat:y. A few days insist set the matter at rest ; but Martinique, and not directly by the French Government." upwards of 14,000/. expended in litigation only, our
from the well-known military skill of Bolivar, we entertain It is said, that the French Government bas required readers will recollect that on the former hearing the Lord
the immediate evacuation of all the fortresses in Spain Chancellor directed that the works should be stayed,
but little doubt of the result of the engagement. If the
ntronewptarrisycinreedplabe:
tV;tannish troops, in order that Frenci:
g
victory turns out as decisively in his favour as it is reported, atondthMatr.elieerostbier4ratrdeittry eittintewreedverintwonannnunntdenrht,eayketin
it will be a complete comp de grace to the Royalist cause in A letter received yesterday from Paris states, that an and on Wednesday the Lor'el Chancellor (sitting in his
old General Officer, of the name of Boyer (there were Sc- private room) was again applied to by the plaintiff, Mr.
that rich and extensive country.
veral of that name) is destined for a secret mission, for Blakemore, for an injunction to restrain the Company
By the last papers from Bombay, which our readers will which a Kin 's ship is to be put at his disposal in the month from proceeding with the works, and particularly from
And in snottier column, it appears that the insolence of the of October. This officer has served in the West Indies deepening or widening the canal at Cardiff. A very long
and Egypt, as well as in other places. He was obliged to discussion was the consequence, and the Lord Chancellor
Burmese Government has reached the most intolerable
leave France in 1918 or 1819, and sought an asylum in observed, that from the appearance of unanimity that
height. In the answer returned by the Viceroy of Pegu,l the States of Nassau,' where he had commanded during seemed to exist on the former hearing, he had hoped
to the remonstrance respecting the outrage at Shaporce, I the wars in Germany. lie was well received by the reign: never more to have heard of this case. The pa
however, must choose for themselves, and he would here
the most insulting pretensions, and the most scandalous I ing Prince, and remained there till a short time ago, when
presented a plan to M. de Villele. M. de remark, that if any gentleman thought fit to contravene
calumnies, arc advanced against the British. If his Golden Ihe returned and
seeress, y on him towards
Villele accepted it and imposed es the order of this Court, he did so at his peril, for the Come
Majesty had been inventing pretexts for the oppression of his colleagues, and promised to set him out at the time would not fail to visit him in a way that he might feel not'
the most paltry State that ever tempted his cupidity, he proposed by the General—October next. Boyer has spoken veil happy. Mr. Croshier, however, on this occasion had
put in an affidavit, and the effect of that was that he
could not have proceeded in a more shameless man- of this affair to a man to whom lie owed his advancement,
and who is now retired from public life. Ile only made a should not. visit. him farther onrkthezeisetitt occasion
h than
n• r. One would suppose, from the terms of his mes-
inilstev4agofetbalaacesseorf his destination,
titenmn aadmthazeejeet of 19'
maim that he was treating with a power which existed himself the resent w'
' waseetomenaant an injuatnctlosn resltdralnoirg
osdy by virtue of his forbearance. The Viceroy's reply I talked of. These details may be relied on. the Company, their workmen and servants, from con-
sets out with ascribing to the British, but without a Tau:art, Ave,. 9.—Letters which agree together, and tinning any wofts on ailebnenf road by which the Pro-
Ihnich
narGe partlyzett confirmedi byl the itliesetTntuintibers of the PAY
shadow of proof, that they had abetted the nbe'lion of theseveral t..canifit::%],!lissleZoitore :ighiti.lbee deteriorated.
. yottent.
Araranese subjects, of the King of the White Elephant; thousand men, fc'ilfci.tdimanattlewtoluendedo,int.the taking of ra, near Calderbrillge, were held on sports at
last, and, the
and it then proceeds to lay claim to the districts of Chit- and especially by the explosion of the great powder maga- day being fine, a very great concourse of people assembler].
tagong, Itamoo, and Bengal, as dependent provinces on the zinc, in the fortified convent of St. Nicole. Captains of The sports afforded much amusement from the amicable
ships, who were four miles distant from Irian, when the and friendly trillan7ericiif the various competitors,d and the
four great cities of Aracan. This "Lord of the Seas and
Earth" denounces vengeance against the British Govern- cyaltir,tl tioonkara
thick' sas!notiest ftotlleowisleadndb was
en suddenly
epS en-
tardentyeight
moswtisexcewl'ile.ent wrbearieers wenasteernend tttillieierti
for.mt n
,Fnonrd-
agent, unless they immediately crouch beneath his golden which their ships were much agitated. They afterawnar. bys a better specimen of real Cumberland wrestling was seldom
learned that fins explosion had destroyed the half of witnessed. The prize of one guinea was won by William
feet. His Rajahs and Generals, it is added in a menacing
Bateman, and it may be said he earned every obit tog.
tone, will rise like giants to vindicate bis rights ; and IPlara•
all Bateman is rather a rum customer in a wrestling-ring. A
the Governor-General is advised, if lie has any thing to NSW SPANISH LOAN.-..-It seems certain that the prize was also given to quoit for. This manly exercise
ociations fora new loan by the parties now in Paris
represent, to state his case to the Burmese Minister 11.11was contended for in a very superior degree : Mr. Jon-
anrege broken off; but it is not true, as has been stated, that athan Boadle, of Egremont, was the victor. The foot-
petition! The Governor-General, we expect, will have an eminent capitalist refused to treat' for a Spanish loan on
something to bring home to the knowledge of this Most any terms: on the contrary, we have it from undoubted oratneersenasotsesviToobty-mHeennryTDhiexon, of Sellafield, heating
Fortunate King ; but the only loge he will use on this authority, that he exerted himself with great zeal to in- rendered the race no; quite sovegussTng..ltspiee's not unlikely
nantwi
etoitiiiaeivieatcitmotf justice
ial.a vtooutthaehreresenntibt oitstat
occasion will be the tatinta ratio regain. The haughty andhottletierFsellibut Dixon may run round the Swifts of Carlisle ere long ; '
it would not be unadvisable for the west aide of Cumber-
barbarian of Asa, flushed with his triumphs over the petty followed those exertion., he would not have refused to
Princes by whom be was inirroonded, mistakes the pacific treat fora new loan, without which the interest due upon landw;t toiti en of
to find a mans telttiat will
with he able to cope
disposition of the British for conscious weakness; and the old debt, and the wants of Spain, cannot be met.— mony, attlii.d a (key sopfomttsoret"mTritirlii andt oee
hasth seldom
her-
when they approach him with the language of reason and Evening Parr' . . witnessed in the neighbourhood. Stewards of great respect-
We yesterday received a series of the Demerara Colonist • •
moderation to claim redress, he directs them to petition hisability were elected for next year, and there is no doubt
to the 'lst ult. We may infer that all remained tranquil
Vizier, like suppliant slaves. lie will find, however, in in that colony, as they de not supply any local news of the prat theznyortlarhviititli rival any other of the kind in
the' sequel, that he has provoked a war which will, in all least interest. Mr. Herbert. who is appointed to the office •
Fitz Laity Baloost elhe 'workmen are busily engaged
probability, very speedily take from him for ever his fa- of First Fiscal, and his lady, arrived at Georgetown on the in throwing across the estuary a temporary bridge, to fl-
25th of June, in the Colville from London.
vourite title of Most Fortunate. Already it will be seen litate the building of the one which is fixed upon to esta-
that our Indian allies had made sonic successful incursions y,t'elnte 'he
aCnhateGlLtozeCno
of
Courier otfnhe 6t.itthtiJniail4 state, that bithdnir
atnlnepriltltynnthutchfiro:ittaenlincoeifmuniation between
f
into she Burmese territories. The chief reliance of the passenger Ir; the schooner Marion, from Vera Cruz, re- by way of Totnesy
and E y ington. The biritilgoawwioll ing
on-
Dowse is understood so be on their dexterity in making ports, that on the 20111 of July, when be left that city, the aist of five arches, of which the centre will be 100 feet
stockades ; but, with the fate of the Nepa„l,,, to warn garrison of the !auk of St. Juan de Ulloa was very sickly. yam The piers are to be constructed of stone and granite,
dime—a people equally brave and skilful, who, in spite '•
Ir'rhoostewnethet rt.ltsigliztte.x.racnteliztrellannyTentrifirnfmrolikOvnidnntphaionn. at;iied the als.merstructure of cast-iron. It is expected that
of road and bridge will both be opened by
of the almost insurmountable difficulties of their country, he 19th inst., having under convoy Spanish and other Micitilae:lmasmetwelvemonth, the period originally content-
were completely subdued in the second campaign—we au- vessels. plated.—Ezi ter Alfred.

The BR TI SH Pp V.. 19 COMITIOICed puhl tilling yesterday
at a quarter pest fire o'clock.

LONDON, FRIDAY, .kucusT 2T, 1824.