The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1818-12-15 00:00:00

r agreed upon the toms of payment of the above sum. We look to the official confirmation of this intelligence, which is so important to every Nor wegian.—(Heasketgai Bosse* Hall Lute, Decent s.) COPSIIPIAOSS, DECIMBIC 1. The parts of this city laid waste by the bombard ment in 1807, and which have not yet been re built. present on many sides a dreary prospect ; but the great expense of building, and the scarcity of money, deter those who would be otherwise in. dined. from venturing upon it. acccttscs 5. .Free the meteorological observations for Novem ber, it appears that we have had here during that month the uncommonly high temperature of 9. 3-10. of Reaurnur above Zero. The rain fallen in this month amounts to nearly 277 cubic inches per square foot. From Leland they write, 4 ' We continue to live here iu an Arcadia. When the sun shines we see whole swarms of gnats; the sparrows begin to build their nests again." A Royal Ordinance has changed the regulations of the University of Copenhagen, respecting the examination of teachers who have heels educated for the higher seminaries of education. The exa mination is rendered much more rigorous in most particulars.—( floarbargh Purr!, Dec. 8.) Exchange on London 4th and Bth December :- 32. 3.-33. 6. HANOVER. DECEMBER 1. Yesterday the that division of Prussian troops retuning{ from France passed through Hililt sheim. Our army has lost to-day a very dltingisislied officer, by the death of Lieutenant-Colonel Heise, of the Royal Artillery. He served with grrut re putation in the Royal German Legion. iu Portugal :sod Spun', returned to his Goody shortly before the overthrow of the enemy's dominion, ■nd on the 'restoration of the legitimate Government in► 1813, naiii entered the service. He Knight of the Older of the Guelph, and had the gold English medal. BERLIN, DECEMBER 5. A Cabinet Order, addressed to the Council of State, and to the departments concerned, ordains that the mw system of taxes shall be put in force in all his Majesty's dominions, beginning with the Ist of January, 1819. LEIPSIG. DVCENSEII 4. Some disturbances have broken out among the students of this university also, which was otherwise so orderly. For some time past parties have been formed. They got into a dispute about an actor who took part in their differences, and trifling ex cesses ensued, which at the beginning were checked without noise. Soon after, however, they broke out into open hostility, which brat 'hewed itself in the fencing-rooms, and acts of violence were coot. , milted, which rendered it necessary to call in the police. The guilty are now under examination, and the ringleaders will probab!y be punished by relegation. BAMBURGH. DECEMBER 4. Yesterday evening a Russian courier arrived here from Aix-la-Chapelle, with dispatches to the Rus sian Charge d'Affaires, M. Struve, and immediately proceeded to Copenhagen. The Senate has re-published and enforced the 'Ordinances which have been already frequently issued against secret and unlawful rtcruitiog for foreign military service. Our city has sustained to-day a great loss by the &nth of Senator Sountog, in the 7411 i year of his age. He was particularly well ver.eil in commer cial affairs, to which he devoted binivelf with the greatest activity, probity, and patriotism. DECEMBER 7. The Assembly of the States of the kingdom of Hanover commented its sittings on the lit of this The Prussian navigation on the Upper Elbe was perhaps never so active as it has been this year ; 1,100 ships' cargoes were forwarded from Ilam. burgh, of which above 700 were for Magdeburg, and above 300 for Berlin. Since the 3d we hive again south-east wind and a little frost, which, however, in the night before last was severe enough to fill the Elbe, as far as Blanks nese, with flouting ice, by which the navigation is nearly interrupted, and many vessels from the sea have been obliged to bring to close to the shore to escape imminent danger. However, the vessels which sailed from here yesterday have happily g ot d o w n th e Elbe, and the ice does not yet hinder the ships here in the harbour from loading and J 'deeding. FRANKFORT, DECEMBER b. On the same day that the Emperor of Rossi* op io.ioted the Mike of ‘Vellingtoti Field-Marshal of she Russian Armies, his Majesty the Emperor of Austria also 'looted him Frelil-Marshal of the Austrian Armies; the King' of Prussia lies like wise appointed his Grace Fit Id-Marshal of tl:e Prussian Army. Fits Highness Prince flartlenherg, the Prussian Cientellor, p•tssed through this city to-tluy, on his return to 13rthu. M. Genz hits also proceeded cm his juuritey to Vienins.—( Frankfurt Journal of December 7.) VIENNA. DECEMBER I. The Gazette of Venice of the 20t1) of November contains a notice respecting the plague, which bri.ke out in the Lazareite of that city, and of which, at the publication of tl►c first account, five passengers had divd. All went on well till the 13th of November, when one of the guards owl too cf the servants of the Lazirette were affixed, and in 'spite of every assistance died on the 14th, 15th, and 16th. They caught the infection fredipbeir wont of precaution. Happily the passenger , from the vessel which brought the infection enjoy perfect health jn the separate building in which they were at first placed, and the infection has not passed the hounds within which the Board of Health had con fined it. New military posts are placed, and every precaution taken to prevent communication between the infected and not infected part of the Lavaretio. Several guard-ships are stationed without. The danger is now more for the very few who are in the division of the very suspicious patients; but we msy hope, with the aid of heaven, that the various pre cautions which have been adopted, and are strictly enforced, will not be ineffectual even for dime.— (Austrian Observer, December 1.) PARIS PAPERS. PARIS. DECEMBER 11. Yesterday (Thursday) the 10th December 1818. the King opened the Session of the Chambers in the Hall of the Chamber of Deputies. His Majesty set out from the Palace of the Thuilleries at one o'clock, in great state. In the King's carriages were remarked the Peers of France, the Marshals, the Chevaliers of ►he Royal Orders, the Grand Crosses of the Royal and Mill. Lary Order of St. Louis, of the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour, the Grand Officers of this Order, and the Commanders of the Order of St. Louis. The National Guard, the Royal Guard, and the troops of the line in garrison at Paris, formed a line along the King's passage. Salvoes of artillery announced the arrival and departure of his Majesty. A Deputation of twelve Peers, and one of twenty-five Members of the Chamber of Deputies, received the King at the font of the staircase of the Grand Peristyle. The King placed himself on his throne, having Monsieur on his right hand, and the Duke of Berry on his left. The Duke of Orleans was on the right of the King, next to Monsieur. The Duchess of Berry, the Duclie,s of Orleans, and Mademoiselle d'Orleanr, occupied a tribune in front of the King's throne. The Assembly rose, and was uncovered. The King raid, " Messieurs, the Peers, tuke your seats." The Chancellor of FranCe, in the name of his Majesty, gave the Deputies permission to sit. All being seated, the King pro nounced his speech. [His Majesty's Speech was published in THE B/LITISH PRESS of yesterday.] His Majesty's Speech was heard with a profound and respectful attention ; but when his Majesty pronounced the words, " I depend on your concur rence to repel those pernicious principles which, under the tusk of liberty, attack social order, con duct by anarchy to absolute power, and whose fatal success has cost the world so much blood and tears," a spontaneous and general burst, oedema lions and cries of " Vire lc t(oi I" a thousand times repeated, compelled his Majesty to suspend his speech. When the King rose to retire, acclamations burst forth anew, and cries of Vim le Roi ! Virus lee Bourbons ! were heard from every part of the hall.—(La illoniteur.) The Duke of Angouleme will sleep at Com piegne this evening, and will arrive on Saturday morning at the Thuilleries. The Commission named by the Allied Monarchs to regulate at Frankfort the different affairs of Ger many, not yet terminated, will be composed on the pert of Austria by the Baron de Airessenberg ; on that of Russia by the Baron d'Anstell ; on that of England by Lord Clancarty ; and on that of P►ussia by the Baron d'Humholdt. tends along the Rhine from 70 to 80 leagues, from the Lake of Constance to some place below Maur heim. These geographical and military circum stances gi.e this country a high importance. The House of Baden, or of Zaringen, is allied to many ►eigning dynasties. Of four sisters of the late Grand Duke, one is Empre-s of Russia, the second Quern of Bavaria, the third had espoused Gustavus IV. once king 44 Sweden, the fourth is not married. 4 :i Etichon, Duke of Alsatitin 6,44, is the common stock of the House of Hapsbourg (the former dy nasty of Austria), of that of Lorraine (the present dynasty of Austria), and of that of Zaringen. The House of Baden was divided into two lines; the se nior, which was Catholic, was extinct iii 1771. THE BRITISH. PRESS. DEATH OF THE GRAND DUKE OF BADEN. A telegraphic dispatch from Strasburg an nounces that his Royal Hightiesa the Grand Duke of Baden died on the •tlt of this mouth, at eight o'clock in the morning. His Royal Highness was born on the Bth of 1786, and was, therefore, aged J 2 years and 5 months; he was son of the He reditary Prince Charles Louis, whodied in 1801. He succeeded his grandfather, the Grand Duke Charles Frederick, on the 10th June, 1811, and was mar ried on the Bth of April, 1806, to Stephanie de Beauharnai.. daughter of the Count Francis de Beauhartiaiv. He left three Princesses, of tender age. His uncle Louis, Grand Ducal Prince, Mar grace of Baden, born in 1763, will succeed hiin. Should this Prince die without descendants, which is probable, as he is still unmarried, the children of the Grand Duke Charles Frederick, by his mar riage with the Lady de Geyersbeg, will succeed, conformably to a family compact established by the late Grand Duke. These Prisces„ who for• wetly bore the title of Counts of Hochberg, re ceived, in 1818, that of the Margrsve of Baden. It is known that in case of the extinction of the direct line, Austria reclining ele reversion of the B►isgaw, and the King of Binaris that of the Pala tinate, in virtue of uncial t poets and usages. The ailcient Slate of the Slargrases did not contain more than 200,000 iiihabitailtr, hot aggrandized by France in all the trasisacSons of recent times, the Grand Durhy has bees extemb.il to 758 square leagues, with s popuheion or a million of souls. It is a rich, Fertile, and pictsurempie eatiairy. It cwt.. tains all the defiles of the Black Forest, which au entrance ictoSoutlicrii Centrally, and it es- LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 19 18. We here received Papers Papers of Friday last. The Momiteur contains the KING's Speech, which we were enabled to present to our readers in our last Number. The Duke of BADEN'S death is announced in these Papers. Ile is succeeded by his uncle the Margrave Louts. The death of the late Grand Duke cannot, we conceive, exercise the slightest influence upon the great point in dispute between the Houses of Baden and Bavaria. The Duke of ANDOLLEISE, it was expected, would arrive on Saturday morning in Parise, from his pro vincial tour. The French Funds have fallen considerably. "The 5 per Cents. mere on Thursday at 65 f. 70 c.; Bank Actions at 1,545 1. We hate received New York Papers to the 14th last. Congress was to open at Warhington on the 16th. The following intelligence from India is ex tracted from these Papers:— " CALCUTTA. JUNE te. " Letters from Chandsh of the Vith May in ' form, that the Chief, Gosina SING, had been found soon alter the assault. lying near the ramparts wounded i.i ilie arm. When assistance was offered to him by our troops, he said it was unnecessary, as he had taken poison, and soon after expired. A considerable quantity of treasure had been found in Chandah. and it was expected that more would soon snake its appearance. The I'F..ISHtvA is SAM to be about to surrender himself unconditionally to EEPGINSTONE. It was thought at 01011411 that the Rajah of NAGPORE would speedily be re captured. Reports from Cue wa titration a fort taken by Colonel ill'Dowat.t., in which SO lacs of rupees have been found. " The insurrection at Ceylon was not subdued. The Ceylonese discover great obstinacy. The secu rity they possess in their jungle retreats affords them hope and confidme. The British troops suffer greatly from sickness. " A letter, dated Camp near Bortenli, sth June, states, that the ruins had set in in that quarter, and that the troops were moving to the attack of some forts, which is Dot named. " Our private letters from 'lad►as state, that the cholera 'aortas bad made its appearance iu the North Circar., and had added considerably to the ravages of a fever, which had sine time prevailed in that quarter. A malignant fever had also occa sioned great mortality at Triticontsdre." " Extract ofa letter from Purneali, dated June 8: —' The indigo crop in this district is by no means promising, and I much question if there will be an average crop.' " Letters have been received from Batavia and Bencoulen, btatilig that several free traders mid Americans were laying at Batavia; that European goods were very cheap ; that great difficulty war experienced in procuring cargoes; and that, in con sequence, freight was at a low rate. " Mr. BURRHARD, an enterprising traveller. who had prosecuted his inquiries in the interior of Africa under the °Mlle of SHEIK IBRAHIM, (Boil at Cairn of dysentery. It is said his manuscripts have been forwared to the African Society." A Dutch Maid has strived. with Papers to the 12th instant. The Duke of A NGOUI.i,IIII is now oo a tour of inspection of the ninth frontier. He has visited Lille and Dunkirk. The question of further extending the !loyal clemency to persons included in the brentitl o.disisiice of 181.5. is agein said to be under cuuside►atann. Marshal SOU I.lr, NIERLIN of DOOM)", and Ann u vc, are among those considered most likely in this class to he re stored to their country. The difficulties het wells Baden and Bavaria having been finally arranged, the military force of the former is placed on the peace establishment. By the Merrier, Sir C. J. JONES. which arrived on Thursday, at Plymouth, 60111 Bermuda, in 18 days, we learn that the fryer at the Island not having wholly disappeared at her departure, she is under quarantine. Mr. LLEwELLYm, Sur geon, and Mr. HARTIE, Master, died in the We•t untie.. of revier; Mr. YouNo, Arbistoset Commissary Geneva!, who writ to the West Indies from Bermuda, in the harrier, ou service, died the day after iiis return to the latter place. Mr. THOII All GRAY, Assistant-Surgeon of the Streams, hay been appointed to the Hospital at Bermuda. The yellow fever first broke out at the Wand of Ireland. in September; nearly all the artificers who had receotly arrived at the Naval Dock yard were attacked by it, and twenty are dead. Five soldiere, alba, belonging to u detachment of the 62d regiment, died Ili the Ho I,it.jl : the re inaiuder were removed to St. Cutherine's Fort. where they have been kept under strict tin:tram:D.. Many others, resident on Ireland, have fallen vic tims to the contagion, which rapni!e extended to the neighbouring islands ; but at the time of the Harrier's departure only two CdSO of fever had oc curred in the preceding ten days. The recent acquittals in the prosecutions for forgery threw a very considerable itoerest over the proceedings that took place yesterday in the Old Bailey. It will be remembered that :gel end per sons, charged with the minor offence of having forged notes in their posseesosti, komviitg them to be forged, without a I.6l(ficient and legal excuse (of which the proof in all such crises rests with the Prisoner), hail, in the early 1 ,4:1 of the present Session, pleaded Goi/ty, and were in consequence liable to be transported for the term of fourteen years. Ai:pissed, however, of the unexpected dif ficultiee started by the London Juries r.spectiog the proofs of forgery, and relying on the tenacity of the Bank not to divulge the secret means of dis tinguishing a genuine from a hielitialtS note, these persons, nine in number, c maed n Nlemorial to be presented to the Court, praying that they might be permitted to withdraw their plea of Guilty. To this prayer the Court humanely acceded. and the Pri soners were yesterday arraigned anew. Their offences were of such a trture, that it was i competent for those who conducted the prosecu sions on the part of the Bank, to proceed upon indictments for the capital felsmy of littering notes knowing them to he forged, but with equal policy and humanity they confined themselves to the original charge. The first man put to the bar was Broderick, who, after some hesitution, declined to take advantage of the indulgence of the Court, and persevered in his original plea. Jones suc ceeded him at the bar, and pleaded Not Guilty ; the Court therefore proceeded stilt his trial. Li this case the proof of forgery adduced by the Batik I satisfied the Jury. It WWI stated by Mr. LEES, a Bank Inspector, that the line comprising the date, and the weld " London," was stereotyped in the genuine notes, hut row-rived in those which were not genuine; the same was said oil!, respect to the number of the stole. and the letters " No. ;'' that the water-mark was effected in the note in the of the paper. and that with the exception of u general knowledge of the signing clerk's writing, there were Da other means of distinguishing a genuine note from a forged note. Mr. Leese however, added, • that the Runk lnspectors were assisted much by long experience, and the con stant habit of examining notes. The signing e'er k was, to Jones's case, also brought up, who declared that the name purporting to be written by him was not in his hand-writing. 'This last evidence was irresistible, and would, we con ceive, have convicted the Prisoner without the alinitte but very unsatisfactory detail given by the Bank l'opector. if it were intended by Mr. LEEs' evidence to give the public an assu rance that certain infallible means slid exist, ena bling the Bank Inspectors, almost at a glance, to detect a forged note, it would seem to tot that this object had riot been attained. It cannot he doubt ed that other persons, besides those who work for the Bank of Eoglond, could produce, by stereotype, an impression of the line contstioing the date and the word LONDOV. It will not be pretended that an insuperable difficulty is offered to the ing,enuity of the fabricators of notes, in the tootle of effecting the water-mark, so that the vaunted skill of the Inspectors resolves it after al: into their long and cultivated experience. It was allowed lay Mr. LEES, that one instance did occur wherein even an Inspector was deceived in a note, having taken a forged fur a genuine note. We fitment that this Conroe of exit:um:ll ion was not pu rs Oct!, and that lie was not asked, whether an instance had ever os.- - ciarred wherein a genuine note was rejected, or . ..stamped as one fol t rel ? If his memory served him with even one ill3iUliCe to this effect, end if not very 'noel' deceived we apprehend such an instance might be produced, the /rev instances united would, we conceive. trod very seriously to shake the pub lic coolidence in the infallibility of a Batik In spectoCe vermird experience. These observations wilt apple to the case of Clarker, who also was found ga.sity by the Jury. Extract of n letter from a mercantile house in Anse'ma, to their Correvondrot in England, on the prevailing commercial embarrassments in that country : " Such an extreme scarcity of money as pre►ails here at present, we have scarcely ever before known ; it seems to paralyse all business; the sales of imported articles will, in consequence, be limited for the remainder of the year, and we calculate that the same cause will materially reduce the price of articles of export. This pressure fur money is oc• visioned by the great demands of the Banks here for species for the East India trade, which of late has increased beyond all former ex.mple. The consequence it, the Banks must either suspend their specie payments, or draw in their loans to the public ; the last alternative is the plan resorted to. To give you an idea of the extreme scarcity of money, the price of bolls of exchange on • credit of GO days is about par, and fur cash 3 per ccnt discount, and even lower." AO,_ .06 t S O a WINDSOR, Dic. 14. The Tlishop of LONDON went out of waiting on Sour(Illy from blithe.; the me of the KING, ii:Kl bft hete ; his Lordship we. relieved by Lot! ABDEN. Soon after breakfast on Saturday mornitiv,, the Duchess of GLOUCESTER left the Castle, and pro- g ceeded to her residence at Bagshot Park, wprie her Royal Highness remained some time viraing the repairs, alterations, and improvements that have been proceeding with for some months past ; afterwards her Royal Highness returned here to dinner. The Princess SoPutA's health is much improved. Her Royal Highness rides out in her carriage daily except when prevented by the weather. The Duke of YORK arrived at the Castle on S.I. turday, soon after two o'clock, on d Vieit to 1114 Royal Sisters, and afterwards proceeded to W ier:di. BRIGHTON, DECEMBER 14. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, though labouring under a depression of Fpints, is in good health. His Royal Highness did not lrave the Pa lace the whole of Friday, but has several butts ap peared on the enclosed grounds since. Among the numerous nobility, sod personages of importance, who paid their respects to his Royal Highness, by leaving their uutnes iis the hall-hook on Friday, we noticed— The Earl of Egremont, the Earl and Countess of Warwick, the Earl and Countess of Newburg, and the Ladies F4elit Earl of Cassilis, the Countess Dowager of Ctouniel, Admiral Sir D. nod !My Gould, Viscount M0141'40011, L►dy Hyde Parker. Sir M J Tierney, Bait. Lady A. 1%) Atom, Lady C. Fitzroy, lion. Mi. and Lady C. Piiiilar, Sir J. suit Lady Liddell, Admiral Sir R. and Lady Straelsan, lion li, and Mrs. Windsor, Mr. and Mrs. Serj,atst Lady Heathcote, Sir T. Stepney, Cilmiel H. &011ie, Ad. mirals Houghs and Roulke, Colonel DOMlllnall, and sir Jaws Graham. Na visitors were admitted to the Royal presenco. A guard of honour, under the command of Cap. tan' Johnson, with the coloring, band, drums unit fifes of the regiment (35th), received his Royal Highness the. Prince Regent at the Palace on Thursday evening. the hand, &c. plat•iug " (,od save she Kiss::." The drums were nearly menet' with black crape, and the officers, three in number, wore black crape scarves. On Saturday the Lord Steward and limily, and Lady Bloomfield, were the arrivals at the Palace, and the Lord Chamberlain and family yesterday. The Earl of Yarmouth departed for Loudon on Friday, but returned yesterday. Ovine Service was performed at the Palace yes terday, by the Bishop of Exeter. The Pavilion was illuminated on Wednesfhiy, for the first time, to shew the full effect oldie upon the painted ceilings of the music and rooms, with their ornaments and decoratious. It. most have proved a feast of intellectual pleasure to the several artists employed, to discover, that every point of view their labours had accompiolii the grand designs intended fur these beautiful apartments. Yesterday. soon after one o'clock, the Duke oP Youg arrived at bis house in St. Jamey's Palace, Irons Oatlaits. ARRIVA I..—CIIIAULFS BEVAN, Esq. and family, in Wininole-street, from Worthing. Sir flussET and Lady VIVIAN arrived at Truro on Tueeday last. Truro Assembly was very fully attended en Thursday evenin g . Among the company were, S ir HUSSEY NIA La dy VIVIAN, Colonel and Mrs. GossELL, Colonel and Mrs. HEAD, &c.—Tlit• dancers were between forty and fifty couple, and the company did not separate until a late hour. Miss IVA ESTEI N performed Letitia Ilarthi, the comedy of The Belle's Stratagem, at. G'utl. street Theatre, Dublin, on Tuesday ni g ht. The lover• of the drama have been Itigl;lv gra.; - lied this week with the admirable performances ef Miss S. BooTil, of Covent-garden Theatre, ttle. will make her last appearance on our stage nn To• •- day nest (this day).—(Sta.llitrdshire Advertisc , . : In the Garden of Tehidy Park, the seat of the Right Hon. Lord DusisvANvit.LE, in Ce;:taad, there was gathered in the present year, a eetir, teen inches in circumference, and ...e pound and eleven ounces. There were on the -Atte tree several other pears, not so remarkable, very large and very heavy. Hu NTING.— The PRINCE REGENT'. stag bounds meet on Friday at Longford, at ten o'clock. SPORTING.--A grand partie de chnsse was gins by the Esrl of Holtz, at Hirst!, N.B. on Monday. the 30th of November, to some of his LordthilAr friends. Sir ALEXANDER DoN, Col. Jou/Ivrea. &c. The baths for pheasants commenced about twelve o'clock, and by three p. m. twenty-three pheasants. seven hares, four rabbits, two woodcocks, one wild duck, and one partridge, were 1: , 11s1 by the three guns._ viz.—Lord DUNGLAPS. the Hon. W. HOME. and Sir ALEXANDER DON. His Lordship linuselt, animated with the desire to afford amusement to his friends. took very few shots. The dogs, brought by the ships of the Northern Expedition, have, for some days !not, been objects of much attraction at the British Museum. On Fri day one of the poor inoffensive animals was killed in the grounds belonging to that national establish• ment, for the purpose of its skin being stuff.d and placed in the rooms, and the other hes been sent to the Museum at Peri:, probably for the same pm pose. Of the four that remained at the Admir* o l , two have been sent to tl.e Duchess of YORK, and the other two to Sir JOSEPH RANKS. The t ile. of the four latter will he more congenial to the feel. ings of humanity than those of tbeir companions.