The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-03-30 00:00:00

the last tittle et the Opera : the extraarainsty re-
presentation of that iiight is granted to her its a be-
nefit. The piece will he La Prilicipesse in Cam-
pagna, in which thud celebrated singer will sustain
the first part, mid sing several new air:, and among
others our with a violin accompaniment, composed
mid executed by M. Won for the occasion.
A continuation was received here on the
18th 'Slouch, by travellers from Algiers, or the
news which we some time since announced as cer
tail., that the Dry of that Regency had died of the
plague on the Ist inst. The contagion had sortie
time before penetrated into the seraglio. He it
succeeded, at we have stated, by one of his Mi-
nisters,
The public attention at Alnico') is at this mo.
rbeut engaged with a duel which is said to hate
taken place within these few days between General
and AI: de 11--.

By all diner, sud in every part of the kingdom,
the law of recruitiug is Itaikd as a favour. This
was easy to be foreseen. Every perstm was con-
viticed of the necessity of giving an army to France,
and the impdssibility of accomplishing this by vo-
luntary eidistmentr. The spirit of our institutions
required that all our citizens, without distinction,
should be iuMmoned to the defence of the throne
mid country ; and that es offices were open to all,
and dangers equally divided, no preference should
in future be given, in all ranks, except to valour,
merit; and long standing. Such are the principles
consecrated by the new law, and they cannot bat
satisfy all the French.
Who Could furl any apprehension, under a
wire Gover iiiii ent, that the law, as it is framed—that
the iseetibaitat of the contingent demanded in time
of peace, should be emplo) rii us instruments of the
insatiable ambit' of a conqueror ! All minds,
therefore, have beets pacified. The number of
anus which it grants fur the defence of the state is
too Britoil ever to be detrimental to the operations
of ugriculture; the progress of the arts, and the de-
velopesuent of industry. Can it be yet feared that
a lair which recalls a warlike people to its banners,
should rekindle in all hearts the ardour for combat,
and the desire df speedily attaining honours in the
profession of arms ? No ; the glory acquired by
our armies during a war of twenty years, and the
splendour of which a few reverses have left untar-
nished, this Immortal glory is sufficient for France.
The Legislature, by opposing a wire delay to the
desire of a too rapid promotion, and especially by
snaking the highest ranks dependent .on length of
service, has done all that is necessary for keeping
seal alive, but nothing to heighten ambition.
France will therefore see, without regret or alarm,
her youths exercised during peace in the operations
of war—that youths which, in case of need, would
have for a corps of reserve legions in so many places
and so many engagements.
The royal menagerie has received considerable
accessions by the arrival of lions, tigers, panthers,
black foxes, &c. at Havre and Marseilles, for the
Garden of Plants. Additions are making slang
the.rue de Seine to this superb garden, which will
be unrivalled in Europe.
A quarrel has taken place between some sailors
of Grandville, and some soldiers of the legion of
the Seine. The mischief that ensued led to an
inquiry, in conceqisence of which the Commandants
of the town, and of the legion, convinced that the
sailor. carte not in fault, caused five soldiers to be
arrested, and the whole garrison to be confined for
eight days to the barracks. The sailors bring in-
formed of this last measure, sent a deputation to the
officers, soliciting the recut of this rigorous order,
observing, that a whole corps ought not to be
punished for the misconduct of a few of their sum- ,
Aver. The Colonel of the legion, moved by this
proceeding, communicated it to the garrison, in an
Order of the Day ; and the most perfect harmony
has since prevailed between it and the inhabitants of
Grandville.