The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-01-02 00:00:00

81i1G11771117, DEcEmituu 31.

This afternoon the Prince Regent, nerompaided
by the Duke of York, awl •evrral of the Nololity
at the Pavilion, took their ride iii the stables for
upwards of an hour.
This day Mr. Leach, the elected Vice-Chancel-
lor, had the honour of knighthood conferred upon
him by the Prince Regent.
In the cowrie of the floor ll ill the Earl of Liver-
pool, Lord and Lady CastlertaAls, and Viscount
Chetwynd, left the Pavilion, fur their respective re-
sidences in London.

To-tonirow, Sir John Leach will leave the nal-
lioo for Loudon.

Rcur-Adtuiral 'Sir George Campbell arrived at
the Pavilion this evening.
The Hon. Colonel Stanhope, snit of the Eat! of
Ilarringt aaaaa and Colonel Berkeley, have arrived at
the Castle Juts. Sir W. A'Court, our Minister at
the Court of the Two Sicilies, who had au audience
with the Prince Regent yesterday, left the Castle
Tavern this morning.

S 7. P.477IICK'S FEMALE SCHOOL.

St. Patrick's Female School of Industry. 15,
Charlotte-street, Blocnusbuty, conducted by the
benevolent Mrs. Riordan.

The following is copied front it letter which ac-
companied a liandatime donation lawn an Officer of
rank :
" Mawtw—llnvinz heard from a friind of the excellent
institution of St. Patrick's Female School of Industry, for
the education of the children of the poor nativcsi of Ireland,
and having ascertained the fact that it owes alI eta utility lo
your virtuous haliasto,, contending siralliall persecutions and
obstacles the most discouraging and unnatural, I enclose to
you she 'nimble aalfca hog of ten pounds. to be at your tbs.
posal fur the benefit of your School In justice 1 must be
permitted to add, that, being nue •card with Ireland, ex•
ceps as the trilc friend of that interesting laud, by the side
of whose brave sous 1 have served our ca 1111 l non coomey iu
every quarter of the world, in piesentiaig my small donation
I have been chiefly suOucureal by the testilyt and admiration
which your lioide and disinterested exertions (by which I
have found IMO of any fellow creatures rescued (rum igno-
rance and crime) lance excited in any mind.
" Wishing you a coat 00000 mire of life and heralds to adnti-
■ister instruction to the children of Irish Catholics, in the
only manner it ran ever he successfully administered, manic-
ly, consistent with the religion of their sneestases,
" I have the honour to lw,
" With sentiments of respect mid esteem,
"A FRIEND to EDUCATION said to JOSEPH."

Extract from The Cuthoneon Maga:int, of Fe-
bruary, 1817, putrla.hrtl by a Corerttur of the
Clo.trutv
Ai a Mari' of Governors of St. Ritrirk's Charity Scion'',
and Asylum fur Female Orolisils, held Slim! iv, February 18,
1817, it was Resole' That a Letter of 'fbanice he scot to
Mr,. Riordan, fur her indefatigable and succemiftil exertion,
in the management and direction of 11w Female School ; and
for her generuns contribution of 401. towards the summrt of
it, and of the Orphan Asylune."

Mr. GEORGE WARDLE. Durham, shut, last
week, in Sacristan-wood. near thiit city, it wtailleiiek,
which falling into a holly-isitsli, raised a t.x that
was lying tinder i who instantly seized the bird,
and escaped with it.
flis G►ace the Duke of PortTLAND, in considera-
tion of the kid harvest. of 1810, has grunted it de-
duction of rent to his tenant* in Ayrshire of 6'olll
20 to .10 per cent. ticcoitinig to tit CIIIIIMMICtO.
THE FRANK EIN 11A~u•t puldieu-
tiost of the seeniisl 'notion tit these viollndllr and
interesting Papers, is merely sleln)ed for a few days. It is
tar appear at the tame Omit in Esit:Lemi, Prance, and A site.
ries. This second pavintes contains the 31vinoirs of Dr.
Franklin's life and WritifOrl...4l4lW 611,1 pllbii‘bUll (ruin the
original (WC) wince by himself, to as kale yrs iud, and con.
liaised to the lime of ►is death by his Grandson, walla,.
Temple Franklin. Public mussily has perhaps never been
more highly raised titan toward* Ibis work, whirls bar Isu
long been confidtratly asserttst to have Luca suppressed by
the British Government.

SUDDEN DEs.rti.—A rew dots stun, ni a yttung
man, (titanium to the Right fittu. Juan Hu.l:Y
ADDINGTON, Ai. I', was at sniper with the rest of
the scot:otos in the hull, lit Langford-Court. Ili, ar
Bristol (the seat of the above geidlent in), he wiis
sinhlettly seized with a violent which reit-
tiered it tier:v.ls,dr%. for Ilion to be cusive3 cd to bed,
and lie shortly afterwari!,*
Land week a lacy about 15 years old was coin-
nutted in 11.3tit•tisti I Castle. fur sic:dit four sheep
from a held at Evertun, which he betalt.:ilt into
Ltieritool market, and sold to a butcher.

A very interesting Narrative of the pa,tO tlho
of the lattoor, &e. of the late Pitt...ens kit t.trurr;
of tVAI.III. I* au aiithciatie source, ads pialliAcil iu 111.,
2414 Nombre. of The ;fought" Gu:rlie of ilrolth. The '
'2slh Number, published yeateritcy,C4llllll.ll.ll to the. parlao.
lars of thAt 'rely wifortuuate care, a !HI Is ►ltaly pou.ls
out the causes of the death of the Princess mot tier
which will he real, %wills great interest. TWA.. Numbs,
contains all Arroont of au Importaut Discos. 0 fre
lids from complAiul• of the stomach, liver, iult.sints,
and
such as are disposed to dropsy, corpulency, ac.ildirps of the
spine, and for rieltetty Diugraphical Modell of
Dr. Babington.—Effectital !ileitis fur kerptiii; Fret dry.
--Remark.. an tire Nou.coutagious nut _are of ihe
Fever, erroneously termed by Dr. Briue, Dr. LLitidicaii, mid
other.., Typhus Freer.—Au Analysis hf Maied.w. it Warr.
--Another case of death, in consequence of lie loss of
blood from scarification of the ginass—An junks cut lash-
ed or scientific 'datable fur the loner. mid over the
dying boil, of the late Nil-. turrau.—Dtlectiosis for making
• cheap Fuel, fur bums.: n.e the Ante of ti., 111,11gr,,i
—Bad Effects of Ile Beaty Nitro.3lurici lc 1: 11
much interesting Mr.l.sal and Ph.lwap.lsieal litsel;!4. mt e
We are happy to a ~,,,, Uoce a Thied I,..istioo of the id 4flt.t
volumes of ibis amt 4efal and 4iglily weak.

THEATRES.

COYCNT-GARDKif.

A new Tragedy, the first dramatic production
of a Mr. Dmhow. was last night p.,rfornied.
It is entitled .Ketribeilue ; or, 1 hepain's
Ilamester--aud the characters are thus repre-
bented:--

Verona (king of Persia) Mr. YOUNG.
Chosron I . • •
~,._ , , Mr. 31AcReiart.
Hn.ed (au •-,."' i•• ***** ' {Mr. C. KrikaLa.
Abdas (a Persian Lord) Mr. EGVRTON.
//00: ( his Soil
Sri/us (a eaptire Chieftain) Mr. T 'ARA -.
Sattroh (the I(7efe's Chamberlain) Mr. CONNOR.
Kolrad (Confidant to Ilusruu) Mr. CORM
Derak (Slate to Chotroa) Mr. J IifFRI EL
Zinfra ( Danghter to Sntheq)..

The 'hie of the Tragedy is supposed I', be in the fourth
teen's., ; the scene is laid in the Roan! Palace of (3o:siphon,
the then espital of the Pet elan doutonous, unil the Im. ~•.
Form tiled is two days. The piece opens oar the y
or the are",,;„o of throws to the tioune ; his elder sin',
Chinwoo, tel trimnphstit foals no expedition agnins.t
one of the rude Tribes which nib:shit the Curtlischinu 31unti.
tains ; among his captivi • is the Chit Haiti of the Teat • So-
ffit...whose daughter, limns, had been previously earned off
t‘y Chosrou, but had been rescued from Ism, tool wis Slow
protected and concealed by Haired, the younger brother of
Cluesruu. 'these Iwo !Hullo rs now .11,1pOte, and sticcestovely
obtain possession of the captive Chieftain awl his daughter.
They are delivered by Vanines to his virtuous son flamed,
butt are :vont forcibly prized by Chosiou, who is found to
possess a strong 31111 uristeritins hold over the Debut's of loin
father, which arises from his knowledge of quote fearful
crime, of which the latter lons been guilty.
The violence of Chown) against the captives, and his
latent designs of treason against the throne are discovered
by Varatics, wits, seeks Chose's°, • hen surrounded by his
sensed slaves, awes him into temporary fear, and cumiunudst
him to desist Irons his purposes; Chosen's, however, whose
hive is indignantly injected by Zitura, confines her and her
father in separate &liniments
Holtz, with his falls, r Attila% and the King's Chamber-
lain, Suhinb, bail, in the previous purl of the play, found
Vacant' seuselese, mud on his recovery had beard fall from
him frantic expreaskus, winch convinces the Sooner of
these (Hall:, an impetwitis y g malt) that Vanities had
mounted the throne by the murder or his brother and
edecessor, Salim; he insults Minted wills the charge, who
flying to his radar, Vas men, to inquire into its truth,
finds it confirmed. Itamid, found by Clowns°, stmoling
over his fsioniug father, is now charged by him a ith the
murder of Varsues, whose body is enrried off. Mimed, to.
getber will, Statics, charged also with treasonsible designs,
arc ou the point of beim; I d to execution, uotwithstaiitling
the prayers std eatrctirs of %woes, when it was found that
the body, brought an as that of the King, is, 10 fact, thnt
of a show, who had torn commissioned by Chosruo lu de-
stroy hen; the life of the Kiwi, having beets saved by Hafix,
while eudeavutiriug to rescue mid 7 a. Varasit
now re-appears, orders Chinos...) to execution; discovess,
" Iteirthutiou" for bit own crime is the misconduct and
guilt of his and dies exhausted and heart-broken.
Unmet' and biota mount together the Throne of Knits,
and the curtain falls.

ll'lleir we reflect on the extraordinary mental
poweis which are lief essarr to the priallielinis of si
flue tragedy, weary stria illisig to bear hind on the
adventurous poi t, who selects 5o difficult a tusk, us
the nearest and the surest mode of dittainitig literary
distilictioss. ‘Vliele any thing like genius appears,
though it be coupled it itli in:niy errors, the liberal
critic will not ittilti!grt its severe observation—lie
will rather u.butise she language of advice than of
censure—he will rather Cm the spark of genus
tutu a Hone, than extinguish it altogether._
11.1tilr, however, he inilalars in letlii.t, of ihi,
he must regret the pr. s ipi-
tuircy wills which the iligestedl tirdrts of youth-
lid poets use sowcunses hurried before the tri-
bunal of public taste, 64 with rill their imper-
fections ors their heads." Fruits the plot of the
tragedy of Heiribuitsm, it will easily be stela ihrt the
action, otteof the points which it &lunatic writer on4lit
to study with tide greatest cainestiless, must hr very
much witticism!. l'lns is one of she principal
Or the play. During the whole of the second act the
action way lie said to ataod still-ssieothilig is done
essential to the prodisetidos of the catastrophe—
and, its place of hill tut, we have a very long anti
very tiresome love-seine between named and
Zerwra—oo heavy idddleedl, that the great talent
or Mr. CHARLES Ii t.MULF: mai Alias O'NEIL!.
could scarcely keep the audience from yarriiiiie.
lu the third laud fourth acts, the business, Mit r-
tuptttl by several tittioterestitil st'rut's, mortal
tardily toward+ its eoliths-ion—btu soffit ient had
been made known, to ruestore flout the 'hook of
Ilrr euilletwe all doubt us to the say in which the
would terminate. Some of the characters
are drawn wills spit it—laud, alistrueliiqc thirsts frosts
4 lie soil oil which th. y are tailopubett to appear—
edd, wing than without reit rence to Persia---
we think they display ninth vigour in the mil:just
conception, and, lint 'infrequently, is good deal of
poetical fire way be traceil to their Mpereliel. Hot,
when we recollect Iliat the scene is laid iu Persia,
it immediately strikes us, that Alf. DILLON hat
11111 l itted an en of jullgissent. A Persian Mu.
starch, possessing the same quickness of reefing,
anti love of power, %Odell characterise Var./rues,
would nos, for a moment. roller either his suit, or
the von of his Prime Alioister, to insult him (if
mere could he found load enough to snake the
attempt), Impunity. Eastern 'nomad's have
Cerium cote to the bow-string for passion and
'impertinence. Th.. incidents, we have already
hinted, itir few. Tlitit wills which the first art
cttittlintra, although 11 Made a consideratile im-
pression ins the andierice, and was loudly ap-
plauded, is very nuoaturuml. Vat-Imes, Nur 11l oder'
by his principal Nobles, is seated! MI his throne—
his suit, ChurruO, eho has just returned from u
successful expedition aguiiist the Cardin:l6mo, ru-
les-, hellslog its his tsdiiii, Nothes, our of the chiefs
its and the father of Zirotti, who is beloved
In the two heathers, Clinsroo and flamed. 'Flue hut.
ter etairr.sis the life aril illitrqUiSughts, and Vanimes
gr:toltb the boon. husrau, etirie4td, MAIOIIOII his
c'puvr, in ostler to slay him ill the Itoyal presence,
but the Wow is stayed by Zilaill• A new coulee.-
toot between the PriCees, 011 iiecomit of the
f.ir caltiste, and they assail duels tither, briose thcir
fither, their Sovereign, Will the assembled Nobles.
Snell a leocusitre, iu suds a lium, the Persians
living strict obscrta iii sit forgo, r t be
Tile 111 i-tilt-IA winch CmiCitiltles the third Yet, Mid
di is the first us the piers', is bilriliWtll Irons
tragedy of The ApuAttste. Zemiris
xnsl iitr holier are iii the p -Cr of l:hosrou—and,
to hare her fither from it amyl death, die consents
'wide 41t. a Wail wiu,os slut- abhors.--
iii Mr. Sittill..B tive4rily„ is placedni u
rittolstr I.lt 11.4 i .1.11. Stir. tU suit: lies' lover, coss.eids•,
do id vit -vy-iii It 10 fit 1:•)iali

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