The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-08-08 00:00:00

ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.

lastlatcd and adapted to the ! nglish stage, was ptrl'urtnul
night at this Thcatre, under the name of 71u• lb acle, or
l'he Inicrrurted Sacrifice. The following arc the dramatis
The Inca Inca of Peeti . . . 311..1. TINA
lt,:t*Ca. his Son, a General in the Army 31r. Perk .i.l
:klntferit, Pentvian General - - M. Pliii!i,,s
%F.ti,inuak:lnmian'ealcinalanimglfel:nPngrillie:hitiafenyt,hueLue.nr the
Pt drill°, a Spaniard, Failklaod's see- 1 9I
r, Thorne
vain - - -
;Ily•a, SiCref to Pores . Miss Patnn
'Avila, a Spanish captive . . 31ins 11a tniltnq
Guiirn
Itn4l, n
Sum
. . . _

The scene lice in Peru. The inhabitants arc enea,td
in a contest with the Spaniards. Before ti:e eonstr„„„ce.
meld of the action of the piece, Efriert has been taken
soner by the Peruvians. When captured, she was on the
Point of being married to Eau /land, an Englishman in the
Spanish service; and he is now, without int 1,,,.„,0„k„,
iu the ranks of the Peruvians, and has distal eunlied
self by saving the life of the Inca. The eon of the Inca
has hi conic the friend, and his ilaughter the destined bride,
of the Englishman. The Peruvians return victorious, ate!
E/rita learns that Feradand, known to the Peruvian-41,v
the name of Sidney, has slain her brother in battle, aul
about to be united to Myra. Her love is chang, d
red hatred, and she sets about contriving the destrucii,in
of FanThland. In conjunction with Meipra, she resents
to charge him with having blsreehemed the Sun, and .;/,/h.
ru deceives a into an ass,:nt to the truth of the eiiarge.
By a con rivance of Vallee,:, the Oracle is male to dc.
nuunce the crime of faa/kkind, and demand his death.
After various delays, interposed by the friendly compassion
of the Inca, F.ailidand is on the point of being ca.
crificed, 'a hen Rocca rushes in, at the bead of a body of
troops, and rescues him ; declares the
practised by her, the trick by which the Oracle was
made to denounce Fauatand is exposed, and he is
saved from destruction. It may he readily suppostd,
from this brief sketch of the story, that little is to be said
in praise of the dramatic construction of this opera. The
music is more remarkable fur acience and ingenuity than
for melody and expression. The choruses are full, r,vh,
and harmonious, and some of the concerted pieces are
skilful and pleasing, but the airs are of no peenliar be uty
or effect. A song by Ptdrillo, a duet between
and Gnlira, a duet between Myra and t'aahiend, a
striking recitative and air by Maffia a, and seme rrne LI:.
ably fine passages in the finale, were the ,e:'t tfil' ice.
The scenery and processions were very sp!endid. The
opera was announced for repetition amidst getimal applit,e,
by Mr. Bartley, who addressed the audience, and inforn!A
them that operas on the Continent were truth langtr titai
• here—that the present opera was long, but the irilna•rs
had thought it would be presumptuous to omit any pay: of
musie which had been so highly approved of ; and, in enn-
. elusion, respectfully hinted raiher than sug„e.sted, z 1,.. it
might be expedient to abstain from encoring.

A beautiful little ballad, entitled O'er the valleybo'er the
mountain. has just made its appearance; the poetry by the
author of The Labours of Idlencia, and the music by the
popular composer of Cherry ripe. The words are truly
elegant, and Mr. Horne has been most successful in his
adaptation of them to music.
'lee ELOPEMENT IN NOLLFOLK.—A correspondent in
Norfolk, who resides near the scat of the young Baronet,
whose wife eloped from him a short time ago, says that the
young couple lived very uncomfortably together for scina
time previous to the occurrence, and that they occupied se-
parate beds for the last three months. The lady has brought
bur husband two children, and rumour states that tile CatIFC

of dissension was a suppositiln on the part of the husba;!,l
that the last child did not resemble him in a very strikinA
manner. The family mansion is now its a state of rcry
great confusion; the Baronet has not only refused to see
his children, but he will not allow of a single visitor.
' The great pigeon match, between seven picketigentle:

men of
theNottinghamshire and Keswick CluFis, and
seven of the Woohurn Club, liable to make choice from
Leicester and Derbyshire, was decided on Friday. Sixty-
two birds were killed on each side, and the tie shot off by
three members; of the Nottinghamshire end three rwa-
bets of the Vooburn Club, and was won by the forma

only by a single bird.
A MAIDEN Assize.—There is not a single criminal, cr
one civil cause, for trial at the iVestmorland Assizes.
ENPLOSION.—A fatal explosion took place this werk in
a lime-stone quarry at Trewen, near Launceston, by which
a man named Jenkins was killed, and another man,

named Colwell, so much injured, that great doubts are en-
tertained of his recovery. Two other men narrowly
escaped. A charge bad been prepared for blasting a rock,
and it is supposed that a spark from • tobacco-pipe falling
on some loose grains of powder, was the cause of tl:c
dreadful accident.—Cosnivall Gra::efle.

A R BRO AT H.-A principal officer from the port of Lon-
don, accompanied by J. ‘Vestgarth, Esq. one of the Sur-
veyors-General for Scotland, called here on Tuesday. en
their rounds through the different ports of Scotland. It is
understood their object is to learn what farther reductions
can, with safety to the collection of the revenue, be made
in the number of officers of Customs. One of the Arbroath
fishing boats returned on Wednesday front the nt ighbour-
hood of Stonehaven, whither she went on the previous day,
with a good take of herrings, which were sold at Gd. per
dozen. This is a fortunate circumstance, as the potatres
arc getting more plenty than hitherto, and the increase
promising much better than was lately anticipated.—Cale-
donjon Mercury.

LONGEVITY.—There is now living at FortiVilliani,N.B

a woman of the name of Ross, who has attained the ex-
traordinary age of an hundred and five years. She ;s of a
religious disposition, has been a very industrious and a
very temperate regular living woman, and still posscssos
a remarkable buoyancy of animal spirits. She mattag, s
her household matters, and walks about the.place with the
activity of a maiden of eighteen. Iler sight is bn: little,
and her hearing none, impaired, and it is only from a lack
of lustre and animation in her eyes that a person discovers
her patriarchal age Iler delight is in reminiscences of the
days of other years, and possessing an excellent memory,
with the garrulity natural to old people, she relates with
great vivacity a number of romantic traditionary legends,
which were much valued by aged people in her youth—in-
stances of individual peril and intrepidity in battle, or the
joys and misfortunes of some happy or unfortunate pair.
Site has paid particular attention to the events that have
been passing under her own eyes, and details, with great
minuteness the changes that have taken place iu the dress,
manner of living, and the fare of the country, since her
juvenile days. She is held in great respect by her ac-
quaintances, and is visited by a number of the intelligent
people who visit Fort William.
A GF.NTEEL T RIEE.—In yte course of last spring there
seemed to be a great demand QT bankers from Montrose to
the Emerald Isle.—One bank agent was on the eve of re-
signing his situation here, and accepting one in Ireland,
and was only prevented from doing so by an advance of
salary, or something equivalent. The agent of the Ar-
broath Banking Company's branch here was not so fortu-
nate—he tried the same method to" raise the wind," but
with less success, as his employers immediately accepted
his resignation, and appointed another agent. This hap-
pened in the beginning of' March, and so anxious were his
new masters to have him, that he could- not be prevailed
upon to stop any longer than the 16th of that month, his
presence being indispensably necessary in the " good town
df Armagh." Two weeks was no doubt a short time for
the Company to arrange their affairs and get another agent,
but there was no remedy, the gentleman was inexorable.
It was not likely such a situation would remain long va-
cant—an agent was soon obtained ; but the one who re-
signed firs not yet vitted this place. There is now no
word of the Pa:finders being so impatient for him, though
nearly five months have elapsed since he was in readiness
for them. lit our opinion the whole has been a deep-laid
scheme for an advance of salary; and that our bankers had
been smitten with the contagion which pervaded all classes
last summer. It might be termed a " genteel strike."•—
Montrose Chronicle.