The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-04-02 00:00:00

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1.0 DON,
THURSDAY. APRIL 2, ISIS.

Ai Is Itte.hour last night we received the Peril
Peers of the :29th last (*Sunday). It is stated iss
owe of thew that the Duke of 11:ELLINGTON will
leave that city fur London this Joy. The fulloaing

•re ettratts!—

PARIS. sciacn to 9.

The
,ing yesterday le:waisted business in his
Calainet, and wt three o'clod: he went to Vincennes.
The Duke of Wt. Ilingtun will give a grand hall
on the 2d of April. %Ye are assured that his G.ace
will set out on the next rimy or London.

The inquiry into the caUses of the burning of the
Odeon ie !nose-coed with great activity. Several
persons have been tdreatly arrested.
A frightful accident has plunged the inhabitants
of Villiers-le-Bel (Seine mid Onw) into mourning.
On Wednesday, the 2511 i, between four and live,
the workmen were taking down a large bell of six
weight. There were presei,t, besides the
woiknien, shout sixty persons, attracted by cu-
riosity, and ralhout 400 women in the church.—
A sudden crack from the was litaill, and in
an instant the then eli was encumbered with
commons stones, whirl' fell Iron] a height of eighty
feet with an horrible crab's. The women, in at-
tempting their escape, hurt earls other, and a
number ',idle inhalritaiits of the place, attracted by
their cries, on entering the church found 25 of their
felluw-citizeios mortally wounded. Three of them
died in a few *ninnies after. About fifty persons
remained in the belfry, some of them suspended
from ropes, and all in a most perilous situation,
but by the activity of their fellow-citizens, they
were all saved. The damage is itstimated at 50,000
francs.
The Fire 'OW Cent. 'enfants were on Saturday
66 9-10 I-. Bank Actions 1,590.

It i• now expected that Psrliameut will not be
diwulved until autumn.

The fluctuations in W.` money market, the vs-
riuus contradictory and absurd rumours to which
they daily give birth, and the inconvenience which
is too generally experienced in the mercantile
world from the uncertainty that prevails respecting
the financial schemes of the CH•NCE 1.1.0 R of the
EXCHEQUER, resider the meeting of Parliainent
this day au object of very considerable interest.—
We trust that the Right lion. Gentleman has so
well improved his time during the recess, in for-
warding his arrangements, that he will he enabled,
without any loss of time, to communicate them to
the public. In the absence of correct information,
tile town has, fur the last week, teemed with
schemes and rumours, each vying with the other
in extravagance, and agreeing in nothing hut the
confidence with which they have been thrust into no-
tice. We entertain too high ass opinion of the recti-
tude of mind that distinguishes the CHANCELLOR
of the EXCHEQUER to believe it possible that he
would, after his solemn ileclarution in Parliaments
either himself communicate, or buffer the immediate
assistant of hit labours to communicate to any
persons Isis intentions respecting either the funding
of Exchequer bill., or the issue of transferable
dtbentures, on the credit of funded property.
We therefore conclude that the rumours which pare
represented both events as already determined, are
nothiiig more than the custoirsary fictions of
Stock-jobbiag. • . •
Upon the advantage of funding a considerable
amount of Exchevier bills, we ,lute sheerly more
Ithan (wee given our opinion, provided it c•suld be
done, as we think it might at present, on favour-
able Wring. We are amiss...dna such ass Operatfou