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AMERICA wrsv voii, hill 34. We think it more and more likely, us the season advances, that the President will find it necessary to abridge his intended route, and retutu Without visiting St. Louis, though the extensive arrange ments for the western exploring expedition would make his visit there, at the present moment, parti collarly interesting. We have learned, from private 'totters, tlittt this expedition has met with an ohstrue r.ton in its progress at St. Louis ; of what nature ~.t• do not precisely understand, hut which, we pre sume, will hr temporary only—though if but tem porary, is yet to be regretted.—( National Intel ligencer.) JULY 8. Captain Ripley. of the schooner Zephyr, who has arr.ved at Boston, in 47 days from Cadiz, in forms that " The American Envoy has been re ceived at Madrid, that the Treaty ceding the Flo rida* was ratified, and Lieutenant Reid was daily expected at Cadiz with tile Ratification to bring it to America in the sloop of war Ilurnet, appointed to Mil the Ist of June for New York." Two Spanish 74's and a frigate for Lima sailed front Cadiz a few days before the Zephyr, but they curried out no troops. It was not supposed that the grand espeditioa would depart before August. Capt. R. brought dispatches for Government. JULY 10. The woods in New Jersey. about ne miles east of rhiladelphia. have been on fire Inv several days past. The last accounts represent the flames as extend ing ;it the barrens ten miles by five. An outside passenger of the new United States mail coach informs us, that he was almost suffocated by the smoke. between Bristol mid Treibum. which had Levu driven seri:nit the country bn a southerly breeze. We have bad several brockailing decrees from Lord Cochrane since lie has entered own' the duties of his Olive; and on the authority of letters, we are told that lie has indulged himself in many iidern perste remarks respecting our national rr.eel ac c•ornpauied by insinuations that he would attack them. BOSTON, JULY 7. Letters received in Washington 'mention that the I'►erideut, on leaving Natchez, intended to pass 1!:rougli Kentucky end Virginia, and expected to reach the *eat of Government on or about the 15th of the present utootit. BALTIMORE, JULY 7. Our letters from New Orleans. of the 10th and 1.";) 1)11. Mmy—" The city continue• healthy— tnounts dull—the river has commenced falling." C'HILE. In the 76th Number of the Chile Gazette, we I.4ve seen the correspondence between the Chtlean V ice-Admiral. Lord Cochrane, and Captain Bid of the United States curette of war, the I lniario. respecting the salute or the national flag. The correspondence does honour to Lord Coch r:rw, fur the dignity and moderation which charge terie his letters, whilst Captain Biddle loses tem per in some of his, and ruts. into inconsistencies and contradictions, as Lord Cochrane lias remark ed. This every impartial person must ucknow ledge. After this occurrence, Captain Biddle sailed on the 314 of January, so precipitately, that he left a3aochor in the port ! He pretended that be with. held from taking this step from fear of delaying his s•tilitig. in couseques.ce or Lord Cochrone's request to defer it until our squadron had weighed anchor ; but, for our own part, we think that the real mo tive of his precipitancy was his consciousness that he had violated the laws of neutrality, by taking sin board, as he really did, passengers and enemies' property to the amount of 800,000 dollars, accord. log to the declaration of three deserters from the col vette. We do not believe that the Coversimeut of Chile ever thought of searching the vessel ; olihocgh, had it dune so, it would have been jus tified by the low of Winos. Indeed Vette!, whose opinion on these subjects is received through. out Europe as an authority, says, in sec. 115, cop. 7, _ _ 4. Property belonging to an enemy. found on hoard a neutral ship. is reizable by the laws of war." The rule is no less clear and evident. which bestows the power, according the law of nations, cl tlecl.tring in a state of blockade the ports of an enemy, if sufficient force be engaged in it. Con sequently the Government of Chile lawfully may, and ought to decline in a state of blockade Callao, and the other ports of Peru, in order to prevent the ens my receiving assistance by means of neutral •r+srls.—(l''rora El Sol, of Ms 29th of January lust.) 'counts baring lately been received at Madrid of the destruction by Santander of the army coming from that city to relieve Morillo. Cagigal has been ap pointed Commander-in -Chief of New Granada. PROGRESS OP IMPROVEMENT IN CHILE AND VENEZUELA. In the New World, liberty and science walk hand in hand, while despotism, bigotry, and igno rance. fly fast before them. The Senate of Chile has just decreed the re-establishment of the Na tional Institution, and its maintenance by various funds—because, say they, 8 , it is of the greatest importance to the State for the education of youth, and in order to raise up excellent men and good citizens fur the defence of their native country."— In Venezuela, a steam-boat now plies on the Ori noco as regularly as here on the Thames ; and the lithographical machines of Ackermann, which, without difficulty or expense, multiply copies inde finitely, are employed in the army and in the pub lic offices. BRITISHI HE PRESS. , LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1819. New York, Boston, and Baltimore Papers, have arrived at our Office. It is stated in a New York Paper of the Bth of last month, on the authority of a Captain RIPLEY, of the schooner Zephyr, who had arrived at Boston in 47 days from Cadiz, that the Treaty for ceding the Florida. to the United S!ates had received the ratification of the Spanish Government, and that the Hornet sloop of war was to sail from Cadiz on the Ist of June, con veying the ratification to America. This, how ever, we cannot consider decisive evidence upon this subject ; for it is not to be supposed, if an event of so much general interest were publicly known in Cadiz in the month of May last, that any doubts could have prevailed in Madrid with regard to its occurrence at so advanced a period as the middle of July. The recent disgrace of the Ministers by whom the Treaty was negociated, and the proceedings at law which we are assured have been instituted against all those who were most prominent in this impolitic and disgraceful bargain, which is now publicly declared to have been transacted without the command and egainst the will of their Kul G, afford a presumption against the correctness of Captain RIPLEY'I statement, sufficient, in our minds, to countervail the weight of his testimony. We cannot believe that the British Cabinet would with perfect indifference wit ness the transfer of the Florida, to the United States, and not snake some effort to prevent an occur rence which would effectually destroy the balance of power in the Western Hemisphere, submit the most valuable branch of British trade to the control of an active and jealous rival, and place the Bri tish West India Islands within the very grasp of those whom ambition and interest would alike prompt to take advantage of the triumph prepared for them by such happy circumstances. The Flo rides could not be placed mare fortunately for Great Britain than in the halide of Spain, and the mischief of their being surrendered to swell the Union, which has already grown to a dangerous mag nitude, would scarcely be compensated even by the acquisition of the rich and beautiful Island of Cuba by this country. They argue very it►cor rectly who pretend that the British Cabinet has no right to interfere between the Governments of Spain and of the United States, and that these two independent Powers are at liberty to decide their differences in any manner they may think proper. The principle, however, of sic Were too wt die m:we won lerdas, applies in no cue more forcibly lino, in the arrangements between independent States, and should either party, from indifferesice or utceesity, appear to neglect its operation, it be comes Ilse duty, as it is the interest of other States, to interfere. and prevent the occurrence of the threatened evil. On this principle have the several Governments of Europe acted steadily and with advantage for centuries, and to the active jealousy with which they severally and respectively watched the growth of each others power, are we indebted that ao ambitious Prince has at any time succeeded in effecting a scheme of universal monarchy. The acquisition of a single town or inconsiderable di.. trict in any part of Europe would agitate every Cabinet, and rumours of wars would float on every breeze ; and can it be supposed that the importance of this principle is confined to Europe, or that the possespion of additional territories of immense ex tent, with the consequent increase of power, neces sarily endangering the security of ot.r possessions, and compromising a valuable portion of our trade, ought not to be considered an object of jealousy or a cause of alarm, merely because such au event has taken place in America ? As we Isere already hinted, we should not be surprised if the difficulties that have been started in the Cabinet of Madrid. with regard to the ratification of the Florida Treaty, were suggested by the British Government ; and should such be the case, however we may thii►k that such suggestions, whatever they may be, ought to have been urged at a mach earlier pariorl, we shall yet be happy to concur with the great ma.. jority or the nation in applauding the conduct of our Minister. The report of the death of the PRESIDEX? is untrue; he was expected et the seat of Govern meta on the 15th ultimo. We have received German Papers of recent dates. The Universities still continue to be the objects of suspicion, and arrests continue to he made among the students and professors. So great an alarm of jucobit►ical doctrines is either felt or assumed by several of the German Goverumants, that in an article from Frankfort it is said, that " every where personal safety is compromised, and terror reigns in all classes of society." The assurance of a Constitution, founded on justprinciples and consonant to the wishes of the people, is held out to the States of Wirtemberg by the Kum. The Commissioners appointed by the Deputies are, says one of these papers, " very sedulously occupied with the important object in trusted to them, and the progress of their labours thus far affords the most favourable prospect. They go through the KING'S project of a Consti tution, from the beginning to the end, chapter by chapter, and paragraph by paragraph, and hope in this manner, and on this basis, that they shall the soonest attain the proposed object." . . " The accounts fromStutgard," says another Ger man journal, " are very satisfactory. Instead of any reason to apprehend a new difference with the Go vernment, and, consequently, another failure of the Constitution, we learn that the endeavours of the great majority of the Deputies, and especially of those who have the most influence, teed to the removal of all those difficulties, which, in the last Assembly, hindered the completing of the new Constitution. The representatives of the kingdom seem to be thoroughly sensible of the importance of their vocation, and to be proud that the Government will give the State a Constitution in cenjiinction with them, whereas the neighbouring States have received Constitutions prescribed by their Princes. A flamburgh Paper of the 3wli of July icip , — " Lieuteuant•General Count Pine, included in the Ordinance of July 24, 1915, is arrived litre from St. Petersburgh returning to France." uttusos:t.s, AUGUST 5. M. CAMBACERES. Duke of . set uut sea. terday 'nor JJ 11l g Cur Pans. It is said for certain, that M. NIARET, Duke of Bassin°, has received permission to return to France. A meetiug was held last evening at the Crown and Anchor, in the Siratol, called by a pu blic notice, profestiog to give information, oil the subject of the new plan fur coluiliziog the Cape of Good Hope. The door* were beset by crowds of poor people meditating their flight from distress at home to this laud of promise. An account of the PRINCE REGENT'S aquatic excursion, so far as . ff Portsmouth, is given in an other part of our Paper. From Portsmouth, his Royal Highness continued his cruise westward, ac cording to report, for Plymouth, at which port he is expected, but no orders had been received, indi cating his intention to laud at that place. His Royal Highness's ultimate destination has not yet transpired. A private letter from Bsdsjoz, publisher, in a Pa. per of yeserilay, makes mention of a Col. MELCHOR, who is at the head of • small body of torn, iii the province of Estrrtnadura, where hr has for some time braved the power of the Spanish Guyer 1111 l ent• His force, originally 350 men, ilityersed in vaituris parties, and uniting as orcuinstasices may rripmr, is sand to have been augmented to seven or eight hundred, in consequerace of the late dispersion of the mutinous troops from Cadiz. lie is said to have as gutted great reputation as a patriot and officer, and that he is looked to by some as the future regenerator of his country. He has address ed to the people a proclamation, requiring theta to join him fur the recovery of their liberties, and brawling FERDINAND us a tyrant worse than CALIGULA or TIBERIUS. _ Papers have Iseett received from Boston, New England. Captain Iliuwaact, arrived at Eastport from Trinidad, reported, that just before Ise sailed, four English ships had arrived iss the Gol of Pa. ries, full of English troop., bound to Auguatura, fur the puriiisse a assisting the ludepesidesstr. The Christupher, --, from St. Kitt's for Liver. poet!, woe spoken with 41st June, in lat. 35. 9. long. 67. out 21 d.%%, leaky, and steering N.W. fur the first port she could make. Doctor DAVENPORT has renounced his claim to the valuable College living of Arelstraw, vacant by the death of Doctor FITZGERALD, told Doctor Nom has formally declared his imention to ac cept it. The Stockport Magistrates have receive.l such in. formation of the perpetrators of the murderous at. tack on Biacti, the constable, as hes induced them to publish a new edition (Stile advertisement offer ing the reward, with the names and desceiption of James !Winne: nod Jacob 411.1otars. natives of Ire land, and weavers of Edgeley, near Stockport, as being deeply implicated in the felony, and as having absconded. A letter of the sth, from Stockport, says, that BIRCH was so far recovered as to be able to walk about in his houses. Advice, from Liverpool arrived on Saturday. which state that two persons had hero arrested on Thurs day 6st at Wigan, in Lancashire, for seditious. Sunday se s unight a tremendous storm of thi). der and lightning, accompanied wish heavy rain, visited Hereford cud it. neighbourhood. At Moor (on. two heifers, the property of Mr. Homan, were kilted by the electric fluid, and near Withingtou the bark wal stripped [row a tree by the liglitoing. 41ife::te AV bk4: l " i4f fat r.ir / !r ) e.iir Eat - .. 3' 4 'Nee " POETRY. MISS O'N El LL [From The Cork Plerrantik Chroniclel It is she !—it is she !—let the password mond. "nil each wave-beaten ruck feel the nsatiesl motlods Let the gladsome responses prekide in the 'Till each hill and each Valley Ye-echo " Yes ! welcome, thrice welcome to visit the Isle Where thy bright natal star first presided, to smile O'er the cradle of Hope lips Infancy's shrine, While the name that it marked thee—clear Erie, it Wet! Like the rose of the valley, secue'd frnm the Nast, By the kind, tender foliage that around it is cast. 'Till furring its beauties, it breaks on the sight, While it gathe►s fresh sweetness from gems of each Night. Oh, ye Genii of Erin !surrounding her, say Can powers Siddonias compare with her sway' No ! Great Nat are now bids a Melpowee shine— And the Queen of the Temple—dear Erin, is thine! On the Nee of the water when morning rays dip In the sweet calm contentment that dwells nn its lip, Then the beams oa their silvery *nip will reveal All the rota that %would 111011C111 ly wish to conceal. Üb, ye Loves! and ye Graces! limit sport o'er her mom, Ye than dwell i• her dimples and play round her form, II is thine to ri fleet who, the heart would design— Fur her hearty anti candour—dear Erin, are thine! There's a Nora 'rottend her, more shining anti bright Than the Idazint of beauty that d • ells on tl,e sight ; 'Tel the gem of the casket!—'tis Honour's recess no wealth can enhance, or allurement make lets, But, like gold is the furnace, the flame is defied, And will boss* to be puler, the more it is tried— It is Pier's!—hring a chaplet from Fishes pare shrine, And the hand that shall crown her!—dear Erin, be thine! There are chords on the heart that by absence improve, And unite us inure loudly, tie farther we rove, 'Tip the impulse of friendship, of love, or of home, That purloins from enjoyment whenever we roam; But, the sweet soul of feeling will sensibly rise, Now, the desk veil of vision is rent from the eyes— When her magical voice shall those feelings refine, Then the welcome, 0, Erin! the welcome he thine! George's-duel. P. C. D. Struday Prince LEOPOLD. 'mended by Baron IFIARDFNattocK, rude from Claremont to Kris. siurtiiiii Palace, where his Royal Highness dined wish the Duke and Duchess of KENT. At • o'clock his Royal Highness left Kensington, ou kis return to Claremon t. Yesterday the Princess FEODOR, the daughter of the Duchess of KENT, attended by her Governeer, went in Claremont, uil a visit to ber uncle, Prince LEOPOLD, where the Princess litoltiotql to dotorr. The Duke and Duchess of KENT went Irmo Kensington Palace yesterday to their house at Ca.- tleharshill, where their Royal 1 - Ibighnesses stopped to dinner. Saturday se' ;;;; ight (being what is called at Eton College, Election Satin-dm') the young gentlemen of that seminary went up the river Those+ in fancy boats, from Windsor Bridge, to &only Hall, where the bind of the Royal Horse Gonda were in attendance to receive them, and played for their amusement ►everal marches and other pieces. The 'lmre) were thronged with spectators to view the juvenile aquatic excursion. Among the company were several of the Nobility and persons of ills tinction. On their return, a grand discharge of tire-works took place, from Windsor Bridge, which had a very tine effect, the weather being remarkably favourable. Str CHRISTOPHER HAWKINS, Bart. has presented to the Rot•al Imosticion of LOlltifill, through the no-ilium of Earl SPENCER, ►everal fine specimens of native English 0(1, lately found its tin 'beam winks in the parish of Ladock, in this county. Several of the pieces weigh sixty grains each.— ( Royal Cornwall Gazette.) Every friend of genius will rejoice to learn, that the statement which recently appeared in some Newspapers, respecting the serious indisposition of Mr. WALTg.It SCOTT, is totally void of foundation, that illustrious individual being at present in better health than he has enjoyed fur some mouths past.— ( Edinburgh Paper.) An immense skeleton of a whale was on the 19th ult. found by some workmen, in making improve ment* tenon the estate of A irthry. the property of Sir ROBERT ABERCKOMBY. B art. the Crown or head butte of which was in breadth eight feet and five inches. A Yew TREE.—Dimensions of the yew tree which is growing in the area of Skipton Castle, the property of the Earl of TH•NET, and which is con sidered by travellers a wonderful production : Ff. In. Height of bole from the ground l3 7 Girds al 2 feet 5 inches high Girth et 7 feet 5 11111 hes high 5 10 Height of the first bough l7 5 Diameter of the Manche' (which form a circle) 34 0 Height from base to summit The above tree II supposed to have bent planted at the time she castle was repaired by Lady ANN CLIFFORD. Countess Dowager of PEMBROKE (after being destroyed in the civil wars), 1111110 1657. At a late dinner of the subscribers to the pro jected Dartmoor Railway, Sir Thomas Tirawntrr entered into many interesting explanations on the subject of the rail-way, and the probable use to which the prison on Dartmoor may be applied. A glow of benevolent feeling was imparted to every one present by hearing list at least eight thousand pauper children, now wandering unemployed and uneducated in the purlieus of vice and crime, in the. London bills of mortality. will, in all probabi lity, be soon rescued from impending destruction. and consigned to Dartmoor, •for the purpose of learning the arts of isidisstry, and receiving that re ligious and mond instruction of which they are now so irefully iguocant. TIIE CADIZ EXPEDITION. Lieutenant-General Don Juan Manuel Cagigal, Commaiideo-in-Chief of the expedition, consisting of 3,000 men, which has just sailed from Cadiz, was formerly second in command to the Captain- General in Caracas, and afterwards civil and mili tary Governor in Cumin', one of the provinces of Vent zuela. At the time when the revolution broke ontiii that country (1810) he was sent away. He was subsequently one of the Chiefs employed by the Spanish Government against the independents; lent, in consequence of having been several times defeated by Bolivar, in 1813, he returned to Spain, where he remained till now. The extreme diffi culty of finding any General who can be relied on by the King, hes led to the re-employment of this hitherto unfortsaate dicer. The expedition is des tined to CoOkageno, in order to proceed to Santa Ve de "Bogritir, the capital of New Grenade, ac. , . .. r ; trzsAnui. . HAYMARKET. The co Mel or Curt Yee the Heart A c i e ass lut night per armed. In these limes it is w e ll to hive even a comedy wills an pleasing a title. It egretobis to am. 14lrffitnellt ofl the tillage, wh en find so great a deficiency in pleasantry every wher e else. In Mr. Jouk.• we found all the qualities by which )chug Rapid ought to.be dodinguislied— receithiesty and trivaci.y. Mr. I..IIMIN'S (ad nrpirf. (a character sufficiently ludicrous in 'lir 0 r ig1 .. 41 drawing) was rendered infinitely amusing liv abilities of the actor. The parts of ,flirt 'curt and Jesse outland, were well supported and Miss E. BLANCHARD. The new female interlude called Ladies at How: or Gentlemen {Ye can do without }ou, hollowed. 1. is one of the must amusing trifles which the law times have seen. The prudishness nhich has marked some of the members of the Blue Stn twig h a s often heist the subject of dramatic and satiric reproof. Here we hod the mockery of too a feeling:-.that feeling which leads elderly Wiest,. abow every thing like the Loves att.d s tidiculed with so strong, end yet so dehrate a hand, that even those who are meat attacken, feel, or pretend to feel, satisfied with their chas tisement. Mr.. Enwitt's personation of a youth deeply involved in love, was lively—we should have thought her a youth, had we nut known that. she was a most excellent actress. Mies lleauhowe acted and sang extremely well. Mrs. Luton, wit one of the ladies brought forward to support the newfangled saying of 'a Gentlemen se eau du without you," sang her parody of " Where hare you beets all day, wry dear Tommy," with guest effect. It was encored. We have spoken of it as a parody, and in fact it is a laughable one of the fine Scotch song, " Whar has ye beets a day, my boy Tauswie." _ Laughter accompanied the piece from beginning to end. SURILST. Last night after the psiitomime of False Am. Patio's, which was very favourably received, was produced for the first time it new grand burletii spectacle in two acts. under the hide of Sesader beg ; or, the Outlawed Prince. It is fouodesl um certain incidents, teal or fictitious, in the life 1.1 that leader, so celebrated for Isis victories over tlhe Turks. Having the misfortune to incur the dm suirobatiois and condemnation of boils the coo leittling Powers. Mos-eta:en and Christions, suit to be outlawed, lie is compelled to seek refugesualcia - cealmetit iii the castle of the Countess Mortek4ar, under the name of Lothaire. where he endesvotus by ass uniform series of acts of liberality sail benevolence to repair the ills which war hail felt behind it. and renders himself universally belmni in the family where he resides sod the neighbouring country. flit gallant qualities and amiable eirtna tuente produce a deep impression on the beret of the Lady Antonia, the Conoteos'ssisier. The pl.- vino is mutual, but he resolves never to unite Li 4 fate with hers till that cloud had passed away which hangover his destiny. while his noble Ifidte , 4 and her sister ore loot in conjectures as to the calluses of his evident reserve and unhappiness, and his real quality. In this conjuncture he is informed by one of his followers that things have arrived at such a crisis in his dominions, that unless he in. I stonily appears there, sovereignty and all is los,. He thee thither, crushes his domestic toes, gal. • a signal victory over the eneir.y, returns to former retreat, discovers himself, anal is reaarted with the hand of Antonia. 'Hie pict, &iiiipte at it is, by the engrafting or some strange, suave pathetic, and some humorous passages, soil !: , e well-known pride, pump, and circutiislailer of a spectacle, produced a whole by no means de void of interest or amusement. The prinrip:il male parts were supported by Messrs. WAT KINS. GIBBON, MORLEY, RIDGWAY, and Fru/- WILLIAM. The first supported tile hero very creiti tably ; the nest three his Lieutenants ; anti NI , . FITZWILLIASI a foolish, bragging, lying, cow:4Mb. but humorous servant of the Countess, named .plat there. He acquitted I • self with his usual ability, and contributed, very much, together with Nliss Con- LAND, who performed Caroline, a lively, inquisi tive, country girl, his intended spouse, to t h e good success the piece met with. Mrs. (iOMEadts. slid Misr JONAS, pr . rsonated the torrutess 111oroteleune slid Mitunits. There was sonic excellent ilaucing incidental to the entertainment, and some good fighting—but repeated its this and the first panto mane to satiety. The 111111118 seemed to have in fected the spectators, there having been one or two pugilistic combats among the must imitative of them in die OHMe of the evening. KILICENAY THEATRE. FINAL SEASON. This very interestiog place of public recreation is to open for a fortmght, OD Monday, the Athol* October. There will be four performatives in the course of the first week, and lour its the scroll& The last of them will be on Saturday. the WO. of October—and on that night the curious is to drop for ever upon those amusements, which, for newly twenty yews, have drawn together the lewd distin guished portion of Irish society. The Countess of ottStotauE. the patroness of this useful establish ment, throws open her splendid muumuu at Castle coiner, to welcome the visitors to all its accosstoired hospitalities. The magnificent (feint ene of Elitinis will exh►bit the lordly spirit of smother branch ..1 the ancient house of 0111110 N DE ; uml the sp.cion• IMO I. and castle ofJenkinsiown will grace these rnoclual ing festivities with fresh proofs of the satin abil hospitable heart of its owner. A duel wet fought on Saturday morning. on Blackheath, hewer* * gentleman of the name of DYSON E and Mr. S-1) a— t.. a gentletmut of fur tone iu Kent, arising out of a dispute at one of the Chelmsford race balls. The att.tir ended by Mr. D. receiving his adversary's ball in the thigh in the second fire, which was extracted on the ground. Last week oue of the Richmond stram•lN'u* 'a' " seized for not having • regular license uu hum': she was therefore obliged to be towed up awl (loan her usual journms until such irregularity was in:. justed.