The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-03-24 00:00:00

THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA.

By the Austrian Observer, which arrived yesterday, we
have an official notice of the late illness of the Emperor of
Austria. The danger appears to have been imminent, and
the second bulletin, published at Vienna on. the 12th inst.,
is far from satisfactory.
VIENYA, MAncir H.
BULLETIN OE THE HEALTH OF HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEPOR.

" His Majesty the Emperor was suddenly taken ill on the night
of the 9th, and seized with an inflammatory fever. against which all
the necessary remedies were immediately employed. On the Milt,
at six in the morning, his Majesty was blooded, which alliirdtd
him some relief. The degree of fever, and the other symptoms of
the disorder, rendered it necessary to take away some more blood,
which was done the same day, and greatly diminished the symp.
toms of the disorder, so that in the night of the 10th his Majesty
had acme quiet sleep, and on the I left, in the morning, he felt him-
self something easier. On account of a local pain, leeches were
applied to-day, by which the pain was very much lessened. The
coarse of the disorder hitherto gives every reason to expect that his
Majesty will in a short time be wholly recovered.
" Baron VON STlk"f, his Majesty's Chief Physician.
" Vienna, March 11.—Eighro'clock in the Evening."
SECOND BULLETIN OF THE HEALTH OF HIS MAJESTY THE

EMPEROR.
•' In the night of the ilth the symptoms of the disorder and the
fever became so much worse, that his Majesty was unable to sleep.
In the morning of the 12th the Emperor experienced some relief,
but it was not of long continuance, and towards noon it was neces-
sary to bleed hint again. His Majesty felt considerable relief
from this operation, and continues to be more easy, which increases
the hope of his Majesty's speedy recovery.
• Baron VON STIFT.
" Vienna, March 12.—Half-past Seven in the Evening."

Yesterday the private report of the state of King was,
we are extremely happy to say, that " his Majesty had en-
joyed another good night's rest, and was doing as well as
could possibly be expected." Sir Henry HaMid left town
on ‘Vednesday evening for the Roy al Lodge, to attend the
King, and returned to town yesterday morning.
Yesterday afternoon the Portuguese Ambassador had a
long interview with Mr. Secretary Canning, at the Foreign
Office.

WORCESTER ELECTION:OUE accounts from Worcester
state that Mr. Robinson has continued to meet with the
most flattering encouragement from all classes of the citi-
zens in his canvass of the above City, leaving his success
at the general election beyond a doubt.
Ve learn that a report is in circulation, that Mr. Sug-
den intends to retire from the contest for the Rape of Brain-
ber. This report we know from undoubted authority to
be untrue, and therefore have much pleasure in coatradict-
ing ft.—Brighton Gazelle.
We are sorry to state, that Sir Richard Sutton, when
out with his hounds on Wednesday last, had again the
misfortune to break his thigh. The accident occurred a
few miles from Canwick, at which place the hounds threw
off' that morning.—Derlry Mercury.
Sir Bellingham Graham has disposed of his stud and
pack of fox hounds, intending to reside for some time in
Yorkshire. We understand that two well-known and
spirited sportsmen have purchased the hounds, which still
continue to hunt in Shropshire.—Derhy Mercury.
It is with great regret we announce the death of Sur-
geon Todd, which took place at his house in Kildare-
street, on Sunday evening. He was very eminent in his
profession, though he was under forty years of age, and
has left a family of fifteen children.—Freeman's Journal.
The Rev. Dr. Hewlett has resigned the situation of
Morning Preacher to the Foundling Hospital, after having
filled it for twenty years.
BEUCIAMI.—It seems they begin again to talk of Bergami
at Rome. He has been in that city for several months ;
but the police has sent him an order to leave Rome. The
same order, it is feared, has been given to the celebrated
improvisatore Giotti, who has already been refused a paws-
port for Naples by the Neapolitan Ambassador. He means
to go to Paris and London.
MEMOIRS or Fore:Hr.—The cause relative to the pre-
tended memoirs of Fondle has been decided, the book•
sellers being condemned to pay five francs for each copy of
the second part.
Kaschiour has not, it seems, been condemned to death
by the inquisition. His sentence has only been perpetual
imprisonment, and that not of a very rigorous description,
as he is permitted to pass several hours in the garden every
day, where he amuses himself by cultivating flowers.
LIVERPOOL, IVEDNESDA.v.-Our Cotton Market is
tolerably steady, but prices, if any difference, are in fa-
vour of the buyer. About %SOO to 3,000 bags sold during
the week.

CALCULATION OF LONDON CONSUMPTION.--11, is Cal-
culated that there are upwards of 6,0. 00 acres of ground cul-
tivated as gardens within twelve miles of the Metropolis,
giving employment to 30,000 persons in winter, and three
times that number in summer. Numerous calculations
have been made of the annual consumption of food in the
Metropolis; but this is not easily ascertained. The num-
ber of cattle sold in Smithfield market in the year 1822,
were 149,885 beasts, 21,600 calves, 1,507,090 sheep, and
20,020 pigs. This does not, however, by any means
form the total consumed in Londom., as large quantities
of meat in carcasses, particularly pork, are daily brought
from the counties round the Metropolis. The total
value of the cattle sold in Smithfield is calculated at
8,500,00014 and. it is supposed that a million a year is
expended in fruits and vegetables. The consumption of
wheat amounts to a million of quarters annually; of this
four-fifths are supposed to be made into bread, being a con-
sumption of 61 millions of quartern loaves every year in
the metropolis alone. Until within the last few years the
price of bread was regulated by assize, and it may afford
some idea of the vast amount of money paid for
time staff of life, when it is stated that an advance of
one farthing on the quartern loaf formed an aggregate
increase in expense, for this article alone, of upwards of
13,000/. per week. The annual consumption of butter in
London amounts to about 11,000, and that of cheese to
13,000 tons, The money paid annually for milk is sup-
posed to amount to 1,250,0001. The quantity of poultry
annually consumned in London is supposed to cost between
70 and 80,000/. That of game depends on the fruitfulness
of the season. There is nothing, however, more surpris-
ing than the sale of rabbits. One salesman in Leadenhall
market, during a considerable portion of the year, is sad
to sell 14,000 rabbits weekly. The way in which he dis-
poses of them is by employing between 150 and 5200 men
and women, who hawk them tluough the streets.

THE 1:X1111117'10N OF THE SOCIETY op
BRITISH ARTISTS',SUFFOLK-STREET.

The above Exhibition was yesterday opened for private
view, and was most fully and fashionably attended. The
direct tendency of exhibitions of this kind to contribute to
the advancement of Art is manifest from the pictures now
produced, which, taken collectively, are superior to those
of last year, and show tl.e spirit of improvement which has
been excited, as well by individual competition as by that
public patronage by which genius is, in these days, so li.
herally rewarded. We congratulate this Society of British
Artists on the success with %Inch they have here put in
their claim to public appprohation.
Pictures are become an indispensable appendage to the
mansion of every man of wealth, while to the man of taste
they make a part of the necessaries of life. In the present
exhibition the amateur will find much to covet. The beautiful
pencil of Gr.ov P. It maintains its pre-eminence in landscape.
His Rocky (..'oast and Cavern lathe Isle of Bute, (No. 45.)
with its rich broken tints, and its tender gleam of sun-
light, has all the attributes of truth and nature, which
have gained his pictures so much celebrity. The ex.
hibition is enriched with various other productions, from
the same eminent hand, all hearing the same high charac-
ter of excellence. 13. The Dedication by limier es, is
admirable. The comic expression thrown into the face of
the Author, who appears to laugh in his sleeve at the bur.
lesque encomium with which he is Aunt to tickle the vanity
of his noble patron, is uncommonly well imagined. Th.
Epistle Dedicatory which lies before him, runs thus:—
" My LORD—Nut to know your Lordship were an ig.
norance beyond barbarism. Till th.• womb of nature was
made happy by your illustrious birth, the generation of
man was but one long miscarriage. IleroLs and sages
were mere abortions ; poets and orators sti;l-born ; 'all
men illegitimate; tike very name of man scarcely to be
guessed at in its high import till your Lordship's excellence
furnished the definition." The ludicrous feelMg of exults.
tion depicted in the countenance of the writer, after having
struck oft' this finished panegyric, is inimitable. The whole
delineation of the attitude and characee is in a capital
style of poetical invention. Among many productions of
peculiar excellence we may enumerate, I. Mailed; Ho.
Tor, IV. Li NTON.—'2I. Carp, H. l'i Nt;.-31.. Sheffield,
taken from near the Reservoirs, ('nook's ;Wow., T. C.
Darr LANs.-3y. Sollinz Rabbits, IV ....111 AY ER---S 4.
Inglif, on the Rhine, .1.11(11.),I.s.-1115. I:, Interior of the
Pantheon, or Church ISt Genevieve, at Paris, ROBERTI.
—l'2s. Marsh Scene, with Cattle, a very creditable finite-
tion of Cuyp, 'by J. Dea esea N.-153. The Rue di
Change at Rouen, D. Iton). RTS.-161. Pi:rtrai' aril Gentle.
II.I%ILVE IL-176. The intrusive ri.qt(or, E. L•NR.
atria—and 187. Two Pointers in u TurnilrJ7.ld, by the same
artist.

Among the portraits. we remarked those from the pencils of
J. M. Leratt and of T. WOOD, as displaying strong marks
of original genius, which, in time, bids fair to elevate both
these rising young artists to the summit of their profession.
Mr. M.tarix's Manfred, and a few other', we shall ad-
vert to more in detail, but must defer our further remarks
till tc.tnorrow.