The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-12-12 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR.

Flenrietta•street, Covent.Gardgn, December 9,1818.
" Dratt ptirt-1 14111 111111'h Obilrd by the ii:iportunity
which your ?tiodir4isi aftio rht me of contradicting, in the
1...0per w.iy, the revolt which a few dal, ago required
nu contradiction. NI yesl4llg. Meld al Covent-Garden Theatre
was fF.red, att.' softicd, excepting as related to the con.
scot of the Soli Coninotflee df Mory-lane Theatre, which
1 hod 81r. is 'weaned it iweetaary to obtnirt‘ M mese-
qiicsics of a c. t tato cons part between the two Theatres, by
which each is wit to engage any peiforiner who has
belonged (withiii twelve mouths) to the rival Theatre!
The Sub-Conimiltee. who have not chosen to retail, my
sert ler* 111 Min y. lane Theati e, have thought it pruprr, and
just, to refute their scolurtit hring resulvcd that, as
they da not want my see. Wes themselves, they shall not
be employed in sun other Thentie to which their influence
can reach' fly this art of the Sob-Committee lam deprived
of a liberal, nod its every respect advantageous, enzage-
!twill at Covrtst-garden : *MI for aught they know to the
cum eary, may be exposed, together with all those dependant
out 1161 i eltrllitHlP. let want the comma's necessaries ut• life!—
Su much for the tu•rctb•ss compact. _

" 1 am, dear Sir, yuur obliged Servant,
" F. M. KELLY."

The Duchess of BERRI dined on Saturday last
with the luu of FitaseE, and thence proceeded
to the Opera-Comique. Oil her arrival at the
(pert', her Royal //ugliness perceived that shy had
lost a bracelet of hoe peat's, wurth 30,000 francs,
oboist 1,200 goinewi.

On Tuesday last, the Rth blatant. were deposited
iu the &flinty vault of Kitigooti lionises as Thirsford
church, thr ft...Millis of MARGARET, the wife of
WILLIAM NIOUTON PITT, E.g. ALP. for the
county of Dorset, and mother of SOPHIA, late
Countess of R05'144E11%
St. • Ilelena.— The plot, the discovery of which
was said to have been made sit this place, for the
liberatioa of BON *PASTS!, still 'mains obscured, bdtbough
we have been looking eery day tri see some lizbt thrown
upon it ; there is. however, a plot in ireitst 1111 l , which will
be carret,l into rireri without fail on the 15th lostint, for
lhe lihersti 111 l r‘r some state prisoners who are now closely
etnifiloil in the la ittery Wherl. lo this plot BISII will, no
rioitto, he a principal actor; three arc Tone whom we look
wish ronr..lenee to see relenwA by his means, by whose libe-
ration body will cet
UCEL.---Tursilay se'ilioght a meeting. took
place at Neu park, near A thbo.e, between THOMAS
DOWLING, Eq. and TULLY KEOGH, Esq. After
ao exchange of shots, which 1121)1,11y had no bad
effect, the friends of-the parties interfered, and •
recumiliatimi took place.
EXTRAOILDIMARY.TREC.—Therc is • tree, of
the -sleet kind, now growing at Hutton John, the
property of ANOILEW FliamEs.rus, Esq. which is
BR feet in Height—the first GO lest limn die ground
coot:limit% '250 cubic fent ; thin truck, exclusive
of !branches, uoirtnitis upwards of 1110 feet of tine.
her. The first Isr.incli, which is 27 lent from the
base, contains lg cubic feet. The tree is perfectly
perpendicular, and hiss stood iipwar:ls of a cell-
tury.—(torlisle Paper.)

DINNER TO SIR FRANCIS BUhDETT.

(From Billinge's Lirerpool Adrertiser]

The annual !Wein; of the Concentric Society of I.irer.
pool was hehl on Friday last, at the Liverpool Arms Hotel,
when about SOO persons sat down to a sumptuous dinner at
five o'clock. Sir Filene's Burdett haring neeiveel and al-.
cepled an invitation to attend this annual feitival, the Rev.
W. Shepherd presided in the Chair, and the Meelint; was of
mortise more than usually numerous. The dinner 1'01111)6cl .1
every delicacy whielf exertion or 'ripener could mucus,, aott
the wines were of the fleet quality. On the rieht of the.
Chairman vat Sir Feineiv li nl de H. mud uti his left Sir Charier
Wulseley, Bart. whet accompanied lima,
After the cloth was (hewn, the health of " The Eir.;e:' A
was riven, and drank in solemn .ilence. The until. et of "`
"God rare the King" was ailnii: ably sung by Mr. Moir_
Deux, verse and chorus. Next, " Tlw Pi itice
" The Duke of Norfolk and the Sovereignty of the Penile
—" The Wooden Walls of Old England The Town sod
Trade of Liverpool William Roscoe, Feti."—" fhe Earl
of Derby"—" Major Cartwright"—" The 11;1.1 in firfturi"—
and many other toasts, which our limits will nut permit us
to particularise.

The health of Sir Francis Burdett having Leen priquised
by the Chairman, Sir Francis addressed the company in a
speech of considerable length. Its principal topic *ll4 the
question of Parliamentary Reform, to which Iu isprcesetl
himself most warmly attached, but declared at uu• same
time, that in the attainment of that grim' ohj..ct he would
not contend about minor differences of opinion, hot must
sincerely considered all those as his brethri n who Mere
engaged in the same great cause, how-ever they might
disagree as to the mode or means of cal r% lox it too
effect. In the opening of hitt speech, Si, Francis toek
occasion to apologise fur the dre.s in w hick hr appear. d,
the cau'e of which wag, that a trunk a loch he expected,
containing his black chitties, kid not melted his residence
at the time when he was obliged to ind out bus jotiiiitl.
He paid a prope► tribute to the violists and the useuiory of
our departeii Queen.

On the health of Sir Chalks %To!miry being drank, Lc
made a shoot address, in which, tttttt viber matte's,
he twill occasion In menlinia Ihr case of Johnson,
and Drummond, now confined in Chester Cmolf , on a ch.si
of sedition, and prup0....1 a sobscription for their label.
person was accordinzly uppomitd, .rho went round taunt..
diately, nod made a handsome collection.

Mr. TAYLOR, of Manchvster, who spoke 1.01/11•11erwardp,
expressed his douhts whether those peimo,4 were proper
obj.-cis of comp:l.4l°h.

The health of Mr. SHEPHERD !mine been properwd by
Mr. EGERTON SMITH, the turner Gentleman ndokt d the
assembly, its usual, lu a very humorous and argument:m:lr
speech.

The health a Calnnel iTtt.t.sasts having Pee.) drank, that
Gentleman also addressed the suectmg tu a alaech ut gnat
punt awl animation.

Several other toasts, songs, and speerhrs wi re Ltieett in the
course of the evening; and the meeting was Impt nl tall :‘
late boor, with the greatest spirit and cotiviri y.
Sir F Bartlett left Liverpool on Friday to cuitig about
eleven o'clock, for Koutsforil.

THE JEWS.

We. extract the following from a New York pub-
lication. purporting to be u on.coorse I?) 1!,
Noah, Earl.—

" Never were prospects for the restoration of Ow js•wis•:,
nation to their ancient rights and dominion mere
than they are at present. There are upwasda of seven out •
lions Qt Jews known to he in existence ilsrs..ssizhoul the nosh!
—a number greater than at any period of our ii ii ty, and
possessing more wealth, activity, influence. and to/ems, than
any body of people el their number ins ca,sb. The sivial
for break itsc the Turkish sceptre in Emusr will he 11w ir
emancipati,,u; they will deliver the North of Africa floss
its oppressors; they will assist to establish civil:cation its
European Till k-; . and may revive COMM:ICC goal the arta in
Greece; they will maids in triumphant numbest., and pissaw,a
themselves onCe more of Syria, and lake lb. it sanka an .....
the government, of the earth. This is not fasary. I Isst‘'e
been too much &mum,: them in Europe and Arrira; I am
ton well acquainted with their views and widens:alto its As,,
to doubt their intentions. They huhd the plis•-e.striliQs, and
can wield the sword; they can bring 100,000 meu into the
field."