The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-02-04 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE THEATHR.

This Evenfng, S iTURO4V, Pei. 4, ;tit be pert .inn...ed (nth ilme) a
now National Ballad Opera, called
MAIN IN A.
The principal Characters by ideana.Wallark. 91p Clair, Horn Bedford,
Marley, and Fitzwililam ; Waste Stephens. Povey, and Ken,.
To entionidle with the Pantomime of •
ItANI.64I:IN, JACK OF All, TRADES.
Harlequin, Mr. Howell; Pantaloon, Mr. T. inanchsrd t Clown,
Hllll Columbine, Miss Barnett.
On Monday, Malvin; and the Pantomime.

COVENT-GAltdillf
This livening, SATUR Mt V, ►eb. 4, will be perfdrused the Mr 0(
THIg TEMPINT.
Proepero, Mr. Wards; Prince Ferdinand, Mr. Cooper;
Mr. illatiebard ; Sambas's., Mr. W. Farrell (Wilma', Mr. hyper,
Dorinrta, Miss Paten; Miranda, Mlss Harnatersiey ; 4Hel, Nils.
Caws*. _

4fter whlrh the new Piece of
ttORAII ; or, TIIP: GIRL Eg IV.
The Charseteta by M . Egerton, t'ffinter, and Connor; Muse. La
and ("ward, and Mre. tilorer.

On Monday, Venice Preeerred i and the Pantomime.

ADELPHI THEATRk, STRAND.
Tale Evening, VAITIWA V, reb. 4, MIl he presented the Natal",
blein-Dratmetle Marietta of

THE PILOTt.-----
Or. A TALE Or THE SE %.
The prinelral Characters by Mewls. Terry. Yates, T. P. Cooke, and
.1. Reeve; and Mrs.Fltswilliam.

After which a hew Marietta, called
THE ANACONDA! Tlile TERRIFIC SEELPENF OF CgYLON.
Th., principal Characters by Messrs. Terry, S. Smith, glum. led
J. Reeve; and Mrs. Fitzwilliarn.

To oonelude with the t'nmle Pantor;titne of
THE THREE GULDEN
Or, 14ARLFQIIIN AND THE wizAito DWARF.
Harlequin, Mr. W. Kirby; Pantaloon. Mr. F.Illott; Cimrn, Cann?
Paulo; Columbine. Mlas

Eihr air egg.

The Bad TIIll Puss. commenced publishing yesterday ruumicg
at half-past tiveo'clock.

LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1824.

The French Papers received last night arc occupied
principally with the measures connected with the opening
of the Chambers. The Russian official Gazette announces
that the late conspiracy had extensive ramifications in the
interior of the Empire, particularly at Kiew. A list of the
ringlea lers has been published by order of the Govern.
mein. We cannot help listening with great suspicion to
these statements. What revolutionary design could any
man, not absolutely lunatic, hope to accomplish in such a
country as that? IVe shall ace, in due time, what sort rf
proof is brought forward to substantiate these allegations.
The private correspondence of the Pilote gives us some
further details of the relief of Itlissolonglii. The arrival
of Aliat: its with the Greek fleet happily saved the be.
siege(' when destruction menaced them in its most alarming
form. The loss of the Turco-Egyptian fleet is stated at
16 vessels burned and sunk, and the slaughter of the rc.
pulsed assailants on land was exceedingly great. A report
was circulated that COLOCOTHONI had surprised Tripo-
line, and put the Egyptian garrison to the sword.
',From the Etoik dated Thursday, February 2.]
PARIS, FEB. 1,
The official Gazette of St. Petersburgh contains the following
Ukase, addressed the 2lith December (old style), by his Majesty
the Emperor to the Directing Senate :
" As a testimony of our particular gratitude for the services of
the late Governor of St. Petersburgh, General Milaradouitscb, we
appoint to the office of Councillor of State his relation M. :Wilms.
dowitseb, who is attached to the Procurator of the Senate in the
first section of the fifth department."

His Alsjestv the Emperor Nicholas has provisionally co,,firrni
in Weir functions all the Ambassadors, Ministers, and Char s
d'Affaires at foreign Courts. New credentials hare been sent by
Count Nesselrode, Minister of Foreign Affairs.

The funeral procession which will bring to St. Petenburgh :be
mcrtal remains of the Emperor Alexander, set out from Tagarrig
on the 7th. In consequence of the division adopted for the jour-
ney, it will travel only fifty or sixty worsts daily. On the 111th
nuary it will arrive at Charkow ; the 25th at Kursk ; the Atli at
Orel ; sth February at Toula ; 12th at Moscow (where It will re-
main till the 15111); 20th at Titer ; 4th 51arch at Novogore.l:
9th at Zarsknjoselo. The solemn ceremony of the burial will rake
place on the 24th March, the anniversary of the Emperor's acces-
sion to the throne.

The conspiracy of the nh inst. has extensive ramifications in
the interior of the empire. It has been traced chiefly at Klee.. on
the 3d January an official pamphlet was published, containing act:
of the principal ringleaders.

(From the Pilot' of Wednesday.l
(PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.)
LEGHORN', JAY. 2^..
After so many vague and contradictory reports respecting the Ise
events in Greece, we have just receivel the most authentic
despatches respecting the battle which has once more saved Nis.
solonght front the fury of the barbarians. The Porte. tired of
the promises of Redschid, and despairing of his ever making himself
master of that town, had exiled him to Asia, where death ell
perhaps soon overtake him. Jussuff Pacha being appointed in his
room, left Patraa, the command of which he gave up to bra.
him, with the Turkish fleet and 7,000 men, commanded by the
apostate Seloes. These troops joined the remains of the army of
Redschid Pacha; and on the 30th December 31issqlonghi was ag:;rl
attacked by sea and land. The garrison defended it with unpa-
ralleled courage; yet it was threatened with total destructioe,
when the Greek fleet, consisting of 72 vessels, appeared in the
gulf. Th^ brave illinulis minectivred on this occasion with so
much ability that he forced the Turco-Egyptian fleet to a general
action, which was very obstinate. The ship of sliaulis was sunk, but
he happily got on board another, with his crew. At length
victory declared for the Greeks; the enemy took to flight, after
having lost above 111 vessels, as well frigates as brigs, which were
burnt and sunk. The Greeks lost four vessels, the crews of !hien
were almost all saved.
As for the Turks who attacked on the land side, they not only I
failed in their enterprize, but after having been driven far from
the town by the girt-ton of 7,0011 men, and by 3,000 fresh troops.
whom Aliaulis had landed, they were almost all destroyed. A re.
port is even current at this moment, which, if true, would crown
the joy of the Greeks. It is said that Colocotroni, profiting by
the absence of Ibrahim niche, has made himself master Of
Tripolizza, the Egyptian garrison, which has been cut to pieces.
FaENCaI FUNDS.—PARis, Fes. I.—Five per Cents. zit 30e. ;
Three per Cents. ti7f. Mc. • Bank Stock, 20.15 f. ' • Bente de Na-
ples, 78f.; Royal Spanish Loan, 11123, 49f. Exchange on Lon-
don—One month, 25f. 25c. ; three months, 251.—Court As.
thoilipc, Feb. I.
Now that the subject of paper-currency, as connected

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with the unrestrained issue of country bank paper, is
taken under the immediati consideration of Parliament,
the application of some remedy may be confidently looked
for, that will provide against the recurrence of those
calamitous failures by which commercial credit has been so
extensively deranged. The leading measure of this reme-
dial system, it seems, will be the removal of the present
limitation 1114 e number of partners, which, by the
is
charter gralcdAn the Bank of England, cannot ex-
ceed six, Aluas praise is certainly due to that Com-
pany for the readiness with which they have consented
to relinquish their exclusive privilege of exceeding thi
number in favour of all minor establishments, the
stability of which this concession will effectively tend
to secure. The Bans itself, we think, cannot fail to he
btncfited by whatever measure may have the effect of plac-
ing the provincial banks on an ultimately safe and sol-
vent basis. At present the Company is obligati,
at a loss, to be provided against any season of alarm or
embarrassment which may occasion a run upon the country
bankers, and compel theta on a sudden to turn their sere-
rities into Bank of England notes to be exchanged for c 1 h,
which the Directors must of necessity supply. The hear),
and unexpected demands made at the same moment on the
Bankers in London, occasioned " by the necessity of pro'
riding for the pressing exigencies of the banks in the
country to which they are agents, operate to drain the
Bank of England of specie—to enforce the curtailment cf
discount—to enhance all the difficulties occasioned by tl:
pressure on public and private credit, and to aggravate :i:
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the mischiefs of a disordered paper currency. Tha 11,e,
must supply the deficiency of gold displaced by the CNC:*
bitant issue of local notes, as well as of that portion whi

the alum of individuals induces to lock up in their coffers,
amt the quantity of gold which a general panic w ithdraws
from circulation is very great. The Directors have, there-
fore, a manifest interest in assisting to carry into effect any
system which promises to guard them against those evils
to illicit they are exposed, the removal of which would
more than compensate any lom ot the privilege they are
ailed upon to surrender.
in the debate on 'Thursday evening the system of free
trade was but slightly glanced•at, mar was the present state
of the manufacturing community adverted to beyond the
sympathy expressed for its embarrassments. The abstaining
from all unnecessary agitation of thew topics was certainly
the prudent course ; it will be enough to discuss them
when the time calls for their discussion; if Tura the prin-
ciples which they involve shall be traced to their ultimate
results, the debate will be interesting beyond any one that
ever passed within the walls of Parliament. But the ma-
nufacturers will expect some better reasoning than was
proffered to them in the gramitous assumptions and vague
generalities of Mr. 'tem.,: 11.% st. They will not be con-
tent with the did,' retailed from the Edinburgh Reriew.
They will look for cogent and conclusive arguments, and
will seek to count each link in the chain. The country
has a deep stake on the result,. Its commercial Capitalists
have every thing at risk; they cannot afford to range with
the theorist into the pleasing uncertainties of the future ;
they must argue front what Aas bees, to what will be, and
must be made to see their way clearly along the new road
to .4 the irealth of Nations," before they willingly forsake
the old paths through which their forefathers found the

way to it.
The Corn Laws—as we predicted—will not be brought
into discussion during the Session. It is a topic of great
compass, and is too comprehensive—in more senses than
one—to be ventilated at the eve of a general election•
Ministers possess the confluence of the country, and they
have well earned it, by the enlightened and manly
course of policy which has characterised their measures.
Had Parliament been dissolved last year, Members would
undoubtedly have canvassed their constituents under better
auspices. But it is not given-to man to look into futurity.
As to the question of the Silt Trade, we consider the
postponement of the new law as a measute which the
hourly increasing calamities arising from it Will render im-
perative. All legislation in affairs of commerce is, at the
very best, of doubtful policy. It is in vain that we appeal
to theoretic reasoning. The practical result is the detini-
tivs test. That result is before us, sod it holds forth—as
far as it has gone—an awful warning of the consequences
which await the commerce of this country should we per-
sist in opposing experiment to experience, and introducing a
revolution into the system of trade on the faith of a science,
the teachers of which are not even agrend as toitselements.

In the House of Commons last night -Mr.- Baocinew
took the first opportunity that offered itself -to vindicate his
character from the libellous attacks that have been made
upon it in relation to his connexion with the Arigut Min-
ing Company. Those who know the Honourable Gentle-
man required from him no disclaimer of his corrupt parti-
cipatiou in the measure, which has exposed the other
Dirt ctors to so much jurt animadversion.

In reply to a question from Mr. Jou x ms, it
was announced by Mr. Secretary PI:EL that the Report of
the Chancery Commission will be laid before Parliament in
a very short period.
The Cu Ascr 1.1.0 R, of the Exc Euu II has fixed Friday,
the 24th inst., for the consideration of the important ques-
tions concerning the banking system and the currency of
the country.

CITY, FRIDAY EVENING.

Less business was done in the British Funds this morn-
ing than could have been anticipated, when the Paths-
-I:limitary proceedings of last night, and the meeting of Bank
Proprietors this morning, are taken into consideration.
However, some very heavy sales took place towards the
middle of the day, but not to the extent that might have
been expected. Consols for the account touched Sol, after-
wards declined to 79ii, and finally closed at 793 1. Ex-
chequer Bills were at par to Is. die. The meeting at the
Bank this morning, for the • urpose of discussing the rt.
commendation of the Executive relative to the formation of
branch banks in the country, has had an effect upon Bank
Stock, as indeed the anticipation of the measure previously
had ; but to-day it was very feverish, and its price greatly
depressed. Bargains were done in it at 212.
The Foreign Market was in a state of great inactivity,
and quotations were lower. Colombian Bonds were ss/i ;
Mexican 6 per Cents. 66i ; Greek Bonds 153 161; and
Spanish dfito 111/. I'eruvian Bonds still continue at a
very low price, 10 11, which is difficult to account for, tin-
der
the favourable circumstances attendant upon them.
There is every probability of the dividends bring regularly
prid, and the Government there being now firmly esta-
blished, there can he little doubt of their ability to pay off
ultimately the capital they may borrow, and we should
. imagi te that there can be but one opinion as to the dispo-
sition of this Government, in common with those of the
other new States, to fulfil their engagements. Their ar-
rargements regarding their finances have given ample proof
of their wishes in fins respect.
The Colonial Market remains in a state of severe depres-
sion. Sugar could only be sold at a lower quotation, and
Rum was not in demand. There was no Coffee sale ap-
pointed this morning.
The Corn Market was steady in price, and the supply
abundant.

We have received Brazilian papers to the 7th December
They contain a brief account of the grand entertainment
given by the British merchants at Rio Janeiro to Sir Chas.
Stuart, on the 21st Nortmber. There were present, on
the occasion, a great number of ladies of the first rank, all
the Council of State, and the diplomatic body. When Sir
Chad, a Stuart entered the room, accompanied by Isis Se-
Jeretary, Lord Marcus 11W, he was welcomed by the band
playing—" God cave the King."—On the 2d of December,
ber Majesty the Empress was safely delivered of a Prince.
—These papers contain no news respecting the military
operations in the Banda Oriental.—Private letters say that
intimation was given on the 7th December, to all the
Foreign Consuls resident in Rio Janeiro,. that Buenos
.Ayres was strictly blockaded, and that vessels of all nations
would be captured if they attempted entering that port.
A ship, under the republican flag of Buenos Ayres, was
seized at Rio on the same day by the Brazilian Govern-
ment. _ _ _

The following act of piracy is related in the Diariu
Mercantil of Rio de Janeiro of the 28th November :
"Arrived yesterday the Di,iniaa, from Cabendoo; the Captain
reports that on the tat inst. about eight a.m. let. 1, bO S. to the east.
slrd hove in sight a corsair of Cuba, armed brig, with 14 eighteen.
r.,:nders, and OD men, esminanctcd by a Spaniard, under the
Fre-tt+ ; they find a gun, and upon coming. up, three more,
loaded with ball, and at the same time threatened to run us down.
l!e then sent a rumba of armed men on board, and ultimately
tnnk away the whole of the cargo, consisting of 245 slaves, a qua,.
14 Of ivory and goods, together with all the papers, and five of
the mew, having severely wounded the Captain, mate, and

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surron.”
Such is the extraordinary demand for all sorts of war
flints, foe the List India Company, at the flint-manufac-
tory at Brandon, Suffolk, the only one of any note in this
kingdom, that the men for some months past have been
earning considerably more than double the wages they had
done for years past.—Cumbridge Chronicle.
Poor OrricE.—As a proof of the growing prosperity of
Acotlaud, we may state that the revenue of the Post.
Office for the year ended the :,tit inst. has exceeded that of
any previous year by a considerable sum. The revenue of
any
alone amounts, we understand, to nearly
43400 L for the last year, and the gross revenue of scot—
itr,d to considerably above 200,eout.—Ediam/gli COUrilltl.

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