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• to dig turf, and drain the nr.ishes in. the-ti•eigli bourhood of the capital, have already biol it with int-teas. List Wirdtiesd.;y his Excellency the Mi nister of the Interior 'viewed the dimmer of proceed ing, which lie greatly approved. it is hoped thot the turf (or peat) thus procured will cause a con siderable saving of wood, and tend to the preset vein!' of the forests.-(llamburgli Papers, .s.ep tember 4.) Exchange on London. ist and 4th September -33. 5k.; 33. 81. THE BRITT S H PRESS. • • ..-•*B\ • • . I ' 4 \ 16‘k s ~,\ FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. DUTCH MAIL. isnd Lieutenant 'Burke, 4d Ceylon Regiment, was se *trete wounded ; Second Lieutenant Gray, of the lit Ctylon Regiment, was on similar du►y between Iltllialle and Hanwelle on the 14th April, and wounded through the face, hut was left at TM denim, and reported by the Medical Officer to be doing well. The addition of the troops to the garrison of Kandy gave an opportunity of distorting the re bets, who had strongly entrenched themselves in the extensiie villages of Artiste and Gotlartsclone. Situate in Iltwillietty, about nine miles from the capital, in a rich and beautiful country, hitherto not Visited by our troops ; three small divisions moved nit these places, two from Kandy by differ ent routes, under Lieutenant-Colonel Hardy, and Captain Fraser (of the Staff); and one from Go negamme under Captain Drew, 73d ; on every road were numerous 'Mattis and thorugates at in fertile, which prevented any surprise on the in habitants of the villages, and whin consequently escaped, leaving large stores of grain and cattle to the disposal of a detatchment which ivas• - posted at Curtail:moue. under Capt. Fraser. The rebels of the upper part of the Seven Korles 'utid Tooinpane, are reported to be assembled iu force on the borders of the Korles; hut the pre- Cautions t iken to gitard the last valuable and faith• ful province have as yet prevented any irruption ibto it. and in the various movements of our forces in advance. the rebels have sustained considerable loss. Detachments also m■de from the force at Kornegolle have equally punished the presumption of such iosurgents as were in its neighbourhood. BATAVIA, APIII. 1. Major Meyer, who was honourably wounded at &woos, died on the 16th of January at A whops, of the consequence of his wounds. Every body laitienti the death of this breve and Skilful officer. Their Excellencies the Commissioners• General have resolved on some provisional measures fur the regular raising of the laud-tax, and have given or ders for the measuring mud valuation of the lands as soon as possible, for the purpose of regulating far the future the sale of the land-tax on a perms = tient basis. The Commissioners-General have resolved, that a military school shall be established i►► Java, for the purpose of educating young men u officers id the army, in the colonial marine, and its the ser. vice of the navy (waterstaat). The school is to be established at Sainaning, and, fur the present, seventy-three scholars are to be admitted into it; viz. 30 cadets for the army, eight for tl►e navy, 25 young men wholly at their own expense, and 10 gratis, which last will certainly be taken from among the sons of deceased or indigent officers, civil and military. The pupils are to be instructed iu the Dutch, French, English, and native lan guages; history, geometry, mechanics, geography, sistronomyi navigation, general physics, with the application to navigation, artillery, &c. civil and military artichecture, &c. The scholars shall be armed as infantry, and be under a Director, whO shall have the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Its Majesty's ship of the line EVerilelle and the fligite Maria fteiKersber gee, have arrived at B,urabaya, from the Molucca Islands. BATAVIA, APRIL 8. After the airiest! of General de Kock, st Amboy us owl his installation se Governor of the Molucca Islands, Admiral Buysker, the Commissioner- General, sailed for Java ; on board the Wilkelabia, frigate. Ills Excellency has now been for some days in this city, and we have on this occasion received the assurance that since the successful. result of the expedition against the bland of Ct'ram, all signs of insurrection iu the Moluccas have entirely disappeared. The Everisen and Maria Reigertbergen, hare arrived at Sourabaya from these peas, where the navy has performed such important services, and will soon be followed by the Prince Frederick and the Tromp. FRANKFORT, SEPT. 3. Letters from Aleppo stair, that they had there on the 19th July the news that Ibrahim Mocha has taken Desoge, the capital of the Wechabites, and blocked up Abdolla Bell Sayd, the chief of that sect. The autumnal fair here turns out very well ; the numb e r o f strangers is, very great, and the quan tity of goods very cousiderable. A great deal of business is done, and the Saxon' and Swiss boast that their goods are now in greater demand thou the British, both on account of their superior qua lily, and the greater deg►ee of taste in the patterns. PETERSBURG'', AUGUST 14. The •um of five indiums luta already beeu sub scribed to the new Imm. One of our Journals says " coffee is becoming dearer, and has already risen to 70 roubles per Food. The cause of this is partly the unfavoar. able crop of coffee last year, and portly the cir cumstance that in 181 the sugar plantations being more profitable than the coffee plantations, 'several of the latter were planted with sugar, and the cultivation of coffee neglected. MAMBLIRGM, SEPTEMBER 4. His Majesty the Emperor of Russia has granted new privileges to the University of Kiew, in order to encourage his subjects to frequent it. The Rus sian Governsuent snakes great exertions to dissemi nate knowledge and science. It is calculated that above 10,000 pupils are instructed and maintained expitiae, in the varioui 'public education in St. Peteraburgli alone. The King of Sweden his abolished the Royal French Tfiestre, estsblishid by King Gustavus ills in 1773. the - singers and dancers attached to it are gone, smite to Paris, and others to St. Peters burgh. They write NM Copenhagen that there were fires in that city on the efith and .27th of August ; in the first fire u sugar refinery was reduced to ashes; the second broke out in a foondery, on *hid' occasion, by the falling of a wall. several persons were killed and mail wounded. The King himself was present at the fire, to encourage the people to rigs rt them 'selves in extingasbiug the flame-.—( Derck Papers, September- 9.) HAMBWRGII MAIL. : CHRISTIANIA. AUGUST His Majesty has biter' the stslh of this mouth for his departufe, and thinks to reach Droolbeim on the .2tl of September. 1-14 . travels by the way of Tido *old and Roeraiis. The Joy of the coronation is not yet fixed, but it is probable that this solemnity will take place immediately after the King's, arrival. HANOVER. sErrcussit 1. Ilia Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence set out yesterday on his visit to the Hartz. On the way lie will hoa.our with a visit the Prince Bishop of Heddeshairu, Baron Farstenherg. • We learn that his Royal Highness the Duke of Kent will shortly come here, to pay a visit to his august brothers. Mr. Baring, •the London banker. has arrived here. It is said that a student, who, contrary to the orders issued lately, scraped with his feet on the entrance of a foreign student. into the lecture room at Gottingen, will probably be confined for some time in the prison at the Cleves-gate or this city. It is said that the indemnity hitherto allowed at the Royal expense to Iris Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, for the disbursements of his house hold establivtintent, will cease from the tut of January . , 1919. BERLIN. SEPTEMBER 1. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland has hired the hotel formerly the resideke of the Duke of Brunswick °els, for one year, at the rent of 4,000 dollars (670/.) STOCILHoII.II, Arm's? 25.. The Royal Opera, founded by King Gustavus 111. in 1773, and the Royal dramatic theatre, the direCtor of which was General Count LoweiNelm, who is gone as Ambassador to Paris, are both abo lished, and left no a private individual. A part of the ballet dancers is gone to Paris or to St. Peters burgh, and several af the princiPal actors to Pioland , in order to petition fur a patent for a theatre at Helsinfor, the new capital of the province. Ma dame Clough, the chief singer, a Swede by birth, is gone to Italy. Some of the best rooms in the opera-house are let, and the old theatre, it is sup posed, will be pulled down to enlarge the Parade, on which the foundation for a statue of Ring Gus tavus 111. is already laid, The Artillery School for thirty-two pupils, on the Mete of Marienbuig, neer the capital, which has been purchased for the purpose by General Von Cardell, Commander-in-Chief of the Artillery, is now entirely organised, provided with excellent musters, a library, a cannon foundery, &c. The battering cannon hate been removed thither from the capital, and the men put into barracks there. The President of the United States has appoint ed Mr. Murray, merchant at Gotteriliurg, and Mr. Erskine, in Stockholm, to be Consuls in these two cities. CUPENHAGIN. AUGUST 29. As they write from Norway that the harvest there appears to turn out about a third better than last year. we may perhaps say, that this year's harvest in all Denmark will probably turn out a third wdrae than the last. According to the latest reports received by the Missionary College here, the population of Green land at she end of the year 1816 amounted to 8,836 persons, who inhabited the west coasts, divided into 17 colonies. Since the year 1789, the popula tion has increased by 714 personsi j hi that country they know neither utor.ey nor any substitute for it. All trade is carried on there by barter alone.—i-(See Anneal in Greenland, by E. Saabye.) The great book sale of Count Schiel, in Jutland, is ended. The library, which is said to have been sahied at 40,000 dollars, was bold for 9,000. A Burgher of this city, named Andreas Thom sen, has bequeathed his fortune of 25,000 dollars in specie, and 83,000 dollars in notes; to churches, school*, and poor-houses, in the capital, and in the town of Frederica, his native plate. CASSEL. AUGUST 27. The Elector has resolved to pay his compliments in perion to the Emperor of Austria, while lie is in the neighbourhood of Frankfort and the Maine, and for that purpose to go to Hanau, attended by the guards, and all the Court. The day for his depar ture is not yet fixed. On account of the great stagnation in almost every branch of trade. several rich Jewish houses have thought of removing from this city, and fixing their abode at Frankfort on the Maine. ST. PETERSBURGII. AUGUST 15. The operations of the Quake►, Dowel Wheeler, I,ON DON, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 12. 1819. A tlainhurgh Mail has arrived, bringing letters and papers to the sth instant. They state that the King of SWEDEN and NORWAY Was to have left Christiania on the 251 h of last month, slid that the sole 1111 l ity of his coronation was to take place imme diately after Isis arrival at Drontheini, where he was expected on the 2rl inst. As far as it is possible to collect from the partial accounts received through doubtful channels from those countries. it would seem that CHARLES, JOON retains among his Swedish subjects the same confidence and esteem to whit•h he originally owed his elevation; and what is still more remarkable, that lie has by his prudence and skill overcome the hostile fee:sisgs with which his newly-acquired subjects of Norway must be suppos ed to have viewed their forced and unnatural union with Sweden. We may j urine of the Sovereign's soli citude for his people's welfare, by finding him sym pathising in their wants, and not ingeniously devis ing means to oppress them by excessive taxes, or by imposing burdens on them disproportionate to their ►trengtls ; and, on the other hand, we may estimate the happy effects of his policy, and the affection and confidence of his people, by seeing that the Govern ment has no recourse to extraordinary measurer for inaintsining its powers, and does not rely oss the bayonets of soldiers for the tranquillity of the country. The harvest in Denmark is represented to be RS much inferior to that of the last year, us that of at.. most every other country in Europe is allured to be superior. Calcutta and Madras Papers have arrived in town, from which copious extracts will be found in our present publication. They convey to us the happy assurance, that our military operations in India are nearly brought to a close, and that the shattered remains of the enemies' force seek for safety only in flight. The late Peishwa, BAJEE RAo, was still enabled, by the rapidity of his movements, to escape the pursuit of Genera!, SMITH and PRITVLEICS troops, and thereby pre veined the complete pacification of the centre of India ; but the commencement of the rainy season, it wasexpected, would prevent the possibility of his further flight, and ensure his submission. The force that accompanies this fugitive Prince is very differently represented, and while some raise it to 100,000 men, others,with more apparent correctness, reduce it to a tenth of that number. Two strong forts, well garrisoned; still hold out for him, icr the command of some refractory Killerlimb; but their resistance could not much longer protract the war, particularly as al t every other strong hold of importance has acknowledged the power of the British Government. We are very happy to learn; that on the StOth of March last Sit DAVID OCIITERLONV vier invented by the Marquis of HASTINGS, as representative of the PRINCE REGENT, with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath. The Noble Marquis, in his ad dress to the gallant General, observes, that " lie bad obliterated a distinction painful for the Officers of the lion. Company, and hud opened a door for tats brothers in arms to a reward altich their recent display of exalted spirit and invincible iiitrepidsty proves could not be snore deservedly extended to the officers of any army on earth." It is really astonish ing how the advisers of his Hoyal Highness the PEINCE REGENT could have recommended the ob servance of a distinction between she army in India and their brethren iu arms who bail been employed in other parts of the world. It insist indeed have been very " painful" to Officers who had distinguished themselves by the most exemplary gallantry and dis. cipline in the performance of a most galling service, to see themselves rewarded fur their exertions by a humiliating exclusion from the ranks of honour, and regarded in if they hid been deficient in zeal, or had been engaged in a duty frosts which no ad. vantage or glory was to be derived to their country no army ever existed having higher claims upon the gratitude of its Sovereign, than the brave one that now graces the field of honour in India—and it is onsocountable how its gallant Chiefs could have been overlooked in the distribution of insignia, which were lavished at home as if they possessed no value, and which certainly could never be regarded as the holiest rewards of valour, if the Indian army were excluded from sharinK in thew. A Dutch Moil has arrived, containing some recent intelligence from Detavio. It is stated that the aseasures poisued by the Dutch audio srities !titre at length hat) The effect of termitiat. ing the rebellion in the Mohicca Iles. This re bell' was canned by violence, extortion. and cruelty ; and the race** to which they were carried must have beets treat indeed, when they were cepa. We of rousing to action a people clisractetititically so passive as the inhabitants of the I.lalids in the Indian Archipelago. By violence the reputed rebels have beets suppressed. and the usual pier. tier', of the Dwelt in those regions dots hot war. rant the Wipe that the unfortunate Oativea will in future be exempt front their extortions and cruel. ties. A .6001 is about to he established in Bata via, for the education of young deritleoteis destined for the military and slava, service in the East. An article from Frankfurt represents the present fair as well supplied and attended. The British goods, lin&ever, w•e are *soured, are far inferior to the Silicon and Swiss, both in their quality and in the taste displayed in the patterns. The foreigners have changed their mode of warfare; for, having r,,,iii,l their cousploilits unavailing against the want of patriiiii%m manifested by their respective country full:, in purchasing English commodities in prefer. ence to the inferior productions of their owl' looms, they now chauge their groMtd, and endeavour to decry the manufactures of England, as the best means of interrupting their sale in futtire. About the time of the late Palace-yard Sleeting a placard was exhibited in Many parts of the me tropolis, declining that the sufferings of the lower classes of society were past endurance, and endea vouring to stimulate the rabble to acts of violence. The placard wHA au almond mixture of nonsense and stiliti 4444 anal, in our ls, quite unworthy of serious notice. •?onle of our Contemporaries, how ever, Woe, in their wisdom, thought otherwise; but while they c lescetioled to censure it, they completely fell in with the views of the mischievous and foolish writer of it, and helped to give the en culAtion which was wanting to his purpose. Perhaps, however, many of our readers may dif fer with us in our opinion of the insignificance of this placard, when they shall have read the follow ing energetic and highly-wrought description of its bearing and tendency, which, for their edification, we have extricted from The Morning Post, a Paper remarkable for the uniform force of its a II (nit. the infamous placard) would he a monument of the unparalleled wickedness and atrocity of* select banditti, • disgrace to the name of Britons, who have dared, in • moment of universal awl perfect peace and tranquillity, and under the most certain and evident prospects of a rapidly_ returning national prospetity, to stimulate, by 'midnight operations, the logy, the profligate, and abandoned weetches, whom they think ready for any enterprise of desperation, to rim and murder their employirs and protectors, ht order that they ricty revel for a fleeting hour iu the plunder of their mopes ! If such infernal Wong as this ii, or is to be, the result of diffusing education antong the lower orders : if, by enlightening their 'minds, as it is jet-left called, we not only give theni the means of setting every principle of Christian Morality at defiance, bat place, as it were, a dagger in their Lauds, to raise against our hearts in the hours of repose and security which nature requires and sanctifies—then would to Hearcu they bad been suffered to remain in their ignorance! ' Whit men are innocent (says a mit bratcd moralist), they are happy'." We are rxtreniely concerned to perceive that The Moulin . ; Past should hold learning in such abhorrence, and that the writer of the above pas sage, hitmelf so learned, should, by quoting the words of the " celebrat,d moralist," consider in nocence and ignorance as iymmimous. We must acknowledge that we have often fallen into the athclution, as it is termed by The /Horning l'ost, of representing the dfftisiox of education as the best menus of enlightening the minds of the people, and could even defend the error by pleading the opinions of some " celebrated morolists :" but probably a new light may have broken upon the learned writer, who will ■t some Future time prove to the world that the most effec tual miNuts of securing the fidelity of • people, and of enlightening their minds, will be to keep them all as ignorant and as stupid •s a post. The following Bulletin was exhibited lest tuctii big at the Quern's Palace : " Kew, September it. " There in no nnierial aliettation in the atate of the ChM' hettlth rince yeotertlay, although her Majesty Las had Nom good Merit its the last night." " F. MILMAN." PRUSSIAN LOAN.—Privy Counsellor Boast E -14 4NN is arrived in London with the rental 111 l g ohloglitians of this loan, completing the stint of 5,060,000 sterling. They are at present its the pos session of Mr. ItoTHScHILD, the contractor, who will deliver them ice a few days to the subscribers. The following notice has been issued front the Exchequer Office : •• CONTKISIoN OF EXCHEI M ER 111.7.1 INTO TORRE PF:R CENT. ♦NNUITIEN. " The Certificates on which the instahnents dee on the 3.1 instant hare been maik, will be ready fur delivery to morrow, the 9th instant, auil following day. " li:chequer Bill-Ofjfee t Sept. 8, 1S18." The weavers held a alerting of Deputies for the counties of Lanv;ishire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Der byshire, &c. on the Atli alumna, at the Spread Eagle, in Bury, al►out nine miles from Manchester, whets a Resolution passed for an advance of 7s. in the pound -4.. istivance no the 7th instant, and 3s. more on the tst day of October ensuing. Mort of the manufacturer. at Manchester and its the neigh. bourhood, bare agreed to give an advunce of 4s. but the further N. it is expected, will be strongly re• 'mud. eitllyz t ty t "rd 2 - 1 , ) 0- lined of Walla in the vicinity of Godesgamma at the public eel the rebels had attacked our escorts with much fury, 'navies or educaiic r iliP11111111111"41111111111111 ta l lou one of those occasions, on th e 2d iirtaht. The King of FASHIONABLE CHANGES, ♦e. The Earl of Essex has taken as elegant house in Hill. street, Beikeley-square. Dowager Lady W. Wynn is expected home next well from Pails. Captain and Mr.. Clifford left Richmond yesterday 10? Clisisirorth, Derbyshire, on a visit to the Doke of Devon shore. , The Porto:Ns., Ambassador entertained a select party yesterday at his house in South Audlerstreet. Earl Spencer has returned to his seat at Wimbledon, from a shooting party in Herta. Lord and Lady Granville are arrived at their holm. in Stanhope street, May.fair, from the Duke of Devonshire's seat, Chatsworth, Derbyshire. Departure from the Prince of Saxe Coburg Hotel, Charlesestrect, Grosvenor.square:--Coloirel Darling fur his seat, Dune,. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford arrived on Thursday at their, seat, Wouburn Abbey, from Scotland. The Marquis and Marchioness of Tavistock left Woobui Abbey yesterday, for their scat, Oakley, Bedfordshire. Lord Anson arrived on Thursday at bis house in Si. Jamts's-sqnsre, from Mr. Coke's seat in Norfolk. Lord and Lady Elkuborough sad family have left town for Worthing. Mr. and Lady Octavio TAM bate left town for Ireland. The Non. Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Macdonald left their house its Connaught-place yesterday for Paris. Lord William Bentinick left town yesterday fur his new seat Orange Farm, Norfolk, late belongiug to the silos from the Netherlands. Mr. and Mrs. Boddingtos and family arrived yesterday at their house in Grosvenor-square, from a lour. The Doke of Devonshire has arrived at his seat, Chats worth, Derbyshire, from Bolton Abbey. The Ma rrrrr ine of Ansparls has taken up her residence at Thomas's Hold, Berkeley square, for a abort time, previous to her g ' g to the Continent. A riads - at Thomm's Hotel, Berkeley square:—lady F.azer mid family, from • tour; Captain T. Cowan, R N. and Lady, from India; Mr. and Mrs. Halbert, from Wry nmulh ; and Mi. and Mn. Andrew Archdeacon and (manly, from a tour. THEATRES. COYENT- GARDEN. The musical play of Ro6 Roy Macgregor was last slight performed, with considerable deviations from the original east of character. Mr. PYNE undertook the Part of Francis os6aldistone, a n d sang the airs tolerably well. He was most slicers,- ful in the execution of "Auld lang sane," which he gave with no inconsiderable portion of feeling. This air was honoured with an encore. Diana Vernon, a character in which we have so often seen and adnured Miss STEPHENS, was intrusted to Miss MATTH sows. The substitute acquitted herself in a mintier very creditable to !her vocal talents, and received much well-merited applause. Mrs. FAUCIT appeared, for the first time, as Helen Macgregor. Her r formance is worthy of a very high panegyric. Where the remembrance of the oppression which , she and her clan had suffered, awakened sentiments of fury and revenge, her passion was bold and mimeo line—hut, when the storm was o'er, and kindness was proffered to her by one whom she had supposed an enemy, her sternness subsided into 'softness, and her thanks were delivered with genuine pathos. Mr. MACRIADT sustained the character of Rob boy with powerful ability. It is an admirable per formance it is perfectly unique. Mr. Liston, at Baillie Nicol Jarvie, not satisfied with setting the audience on a roar, several times turned the artillery of Isis comic features, with much success, against his fellow-performers. Even the warlike Helms could scarcely resist their influence. Rashleigh Osbaldistone was ably represented by Mr. Armor r. His interviews with his cousin, whom he assails as the destroyer of all his prospects, exhibited much forcible acting. The interlude of Personation, which followed, introduced Mrs. C. KEMBLE to the audience, aher an absence of considerable leragth from these board.. She looks extremely well—and appeared to Ile it the best spirits. Her performance of the character of Lady Julia gate universal satisfaction. Mr. ABBOTT, as Lord Henry, evinced more Conk hu tuoirr, than we imagined he possessed. EN G I.IISII OPERA. The comic burletta opera of Midas was last night iwrlormed, for the first lime this season, It this house. This celebrated piece is the produc tioti of a party of amateurs assembled at Devito,. the mat of the late Earl of NIORNINGToN, In Ire land, who contributed largely to it. His Lordship was the father of the Duke of WELLINGTON, sod the fame of the son is not likely to detract limn the interest of the piece. It was got up io very good style, and went of with eclat.— Miss CA KEW executed the airs allotted to the part of Nysa, with great taste, delicacy, and sweetness. She also played the part alarost or well as she sang. Miss STETENioN improves nightly. She displayed ►pirit mid naivete in the part of Daphne. Tie sprightly duet of " You pigmy elf, you hop o' my thumb." between her and Nysa. was raptur ously encored. The other characters were ably sustained, rod the performance was* crowned sith ctin)pkte success. Km PALACE, SEPTEWEER l I.—The Duchess of GLOUCESTER and Princess AUGUSTA, attended by General TAYLOR, walked in Kew Gardens, &c. Sir F. MILMAN and Sir H. HALFORD are here all day. ‘i'INDSOR, SEPT. 10.—The Duchess of YORK arrived in her eurricle yesterday from Oatlands, and: after staying some time with Princess Sorg's, returned to Outlands to dinner.—A bulletin arrives every morning from Kew. Mists KELLY, we are hippy to hear, is pro• nouneed out of danger. The disorder exhibited the most alarming symptoms for some days, bit has )fielded to the skilful treatment of her medic o! attendant, Dr. FORBES. The Duke of SUSSEX has taken a house in Wel• lington-place, on Mount Ephraim, at Tunbridge Wellr, at which his Royal Highness is expected early in the next month. One of the Paris Journals says, the Engloh Captain MAIWELL is at present at Spa, in order to recover from the wounds he received in London at the period of the elections."