The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-06-29 00:00:00

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AMERICAN PAPERS. • • •
Last night we received several additional Olen of A trzri-
eat Papers; but they contain no intelligence of interests
NEW VOIIK, JUNE 2.
Our Mexican Papers mention, that the Committee on Apical.
ture have recommended to the Congress, the plariof offering pre-
miums far the introduction of various kinds of useful animals, not
existing in the country, among which are camels, dromedaries, &c.
and to allow them to be imported free fora term of ten years. The
Congress are principally occupied with internal affairs. The War.
Conimittee recommend the raising of 950 marines tor the diPerent
ports. It appears that the caciques and other officers and princes
of the Indian tribes in Mexico, have heretofore received regular pen-
sions from the Government. These have, however, beenlately en.
tirely abolished.
CAMPEACIIY.—Captain Little, at Baltimore, fourteen (fry'
from Canirieschy, states. that General St. Anna sailed for Altana°
two days before, having been ordered to Mexico by the Cl:wipers.
The country is said to be in an unsettled state, and no security in
doing business. A large force is constantly kept up in the province
of Yucatan—the regular troops amount to about 0000. General,
Mara is commander of the province.
HatTi..—Arcountr have been received at Norfolk from St. Do
mingo to the oth May. A new tariff law has passed, says the
Beacon, which reduces the export duties, and increases the import
duties on various articles of merchandise. The duty on imported
hour has been raised to a dollar, MO that it is now I dollars 50 cents
per brl. ; that on rice is 2 dollars, 50 cents. per cwt. which is almos.
a prohibition. Other bread stuffs have received a proportionat
augmentation.

The Dimio Fluminense gives long accounts of the public
rejoicings in honour of the anniversary of the day on which
the Emperor swore to the Constitution, and also of those
which followed the celebration of the birth-day of her Im-
perial Highness the Princess Maria da Gloria, who Is de-
scribed " to be fit to adorn the first throne in the world."
Some disturbances between the native Brazilians and the
Europeans had manifested themselves in one of the pro-
vinces. A body of troops was sent against the malcon-
tents, and the ringleaders having fled to Bahia, order was
restored.

A letter was received yesterday from Vienna, dated 15th
Jane. It is addressed to an eminent merchant, who has
no connexion with either Greek or Turk. It states that
the news received previonsly from Corfu, of the de3true-
tion of the remainder of the Egyptian fleet, had been con-
firmed by more recent advices, and that Ibrahim Pacha
was placed, in consequence, in a situation of great peril.
This letter says nothing of the capitulation of Navarino ;
and until further information be received, the same uncer-
tainty must continue to hang over the authenticity of this
intelligence. If the Greek Admiral Miaulis, however, has
destroyed the Egyptian fleet at Navarino, the capture of
the place is of very little consequence.
A few days ago the ship Mangles, of 600 tons, arrived
from the colony of New South Wales, with a cargo con-1
sisting chiefly of wool, the produce of that interesting set-I
Clement. The ship Hope was to follow in three weeks,
laden entirely with wool, also the produce of New South
Wales. We notice this with much satisfaction, as in a
national point of view the cultivation of this staple article
in that valuable Colony is of the utmost importance, as we
trust it will be to the respectable individuals who have
embarked their property in that country, and introduced
there the skill sad the industry of the English agricul-
turist.

Yesterday morning, about ten o'clock, Colonel Hamil-
ton, one of the Commissioners who was sent by our Go-
vernment to South America, arrived in Downing street, in
a chaise and four, and alighted at the Foreign Office, ac-
companied by Mr. Krouse, the King's Messenger. A
Cabinet Council assembled in three hours afterwards,
which was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of
Liverpool, the Earl of Harrowby, the Earl of Westmore-
land, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Secretary Peel,
Mr. Secretary Canning, Earl Bathurst Mr. liuskisson, Mr.
Wynn, &c. The Council sat in deliberation till a quarter
past three o'clock.
The Marquis of Hastings had audience of the King
yesterday.
Yesterday the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the
Princess Augusta attended the Review at Hounslow. The
Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Augusta, ac-
companied by Prince George of Cambridge, went in one
of the King's carriages, drawn by six horses. Miss Wyn-
yard and Miss Ahlefeldt, their itoyal Highnesses' Ladies
in Waiting, followed, in the Princess Augusta's carriage.
A letter from Liverpool, dated Monday, says—" Mr.
Rufus King will stay here for a few days. to recover the
effects: cf his voyage, he having suffered much from sea
siclmess. The American Chamber of Commerce intend to
invite him to a public dinner previous to his departure for
London, to take upon him the duties of Minister Plenipo-
tentiary from the United States to the British Court."
The Marquis De La Fayette, now in the United States,
appears to have had a narrow escape on the night of the
Bth of May, when the steam-boat, in which he was,
assuck on a snag, and sunk in a few minutes.
Colonel (late Captain) Symmes having received an invi-
tation from the Emperor of Russia, through Count Ro-
manzoff, to undertake an expedition to the North Pole,
and still retaining his old notion of the earth's hollowness,
has determined to go. If he should never return, his ex-
pedition would only increase the uncertainty it is intended
to relieve ; for after the predilection he has shown for the
interior world, it is hardly to be supposed that lie would
easily be persuaded to leave it.—New fork Advertiser.
ARMS or PERLT.—The Peruvian President, in a letter
to Bolivar, gives the following description of the arms
which have been adopted for the Republic:—
" The arms of the Peruvian nation shall consist of an escutcheon
divided into three fields ; tim right uure, with a vicuna (an animal
a native of South America) looking inward ; the left white, bear-
ing a Quina tree ; inferior red, and smaller, with a cornucopia
pouring out money—signifying by these symbols the riches of
Peru in the three kingdoms of nature. The crest shall ba a civic
crown, and be accompanied on each si.le with a banner and a
standard of the national colours. These arms shall constitute the
great seal of the State, placed in a circumference formed of the in-
scription—" Republica Peruvians." The national standard shall
be composed of three vertical stripes, red, white, and red, with the
arms and crest in the centre, with a palm and a laurel interlaced
beneath. The merchant flag is to be plain, without the anus."
A gentleman who has recently visited the erection over
the Menai, mentions that 13 of the 15 chains were already
thrown over ; the work Is going on well, and when finished,
will be a national monument of wealth and munificience.
A son of Crispin has already been at work on the bridge,
and made a pair of shoes thereon, for the purpose of hand-
ing down to posterity, that he was the first of the profession
who had that honour.
A meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Chalmers took
place yesterday, at the King's Theatre, Mr. Calcraft, M.P.
in the Chair. The. Report of the Committee appointed to
arrange the affairs expressed a conviction that nothing but
a commission of bankrupt could secure to the creditors,
the property of Mr. Chambers. The Committee complainhd
that Mr. Chambers bad declined to facilitate their arrange-
ments, and had thrown obstacles in their way. It was
stated by Mr. Montague, that Mr. Chambers thought the
Committee had acted malignantly towards him in declin-
ing to release his son, who had been arrested for debt
(twenty thousand pounds). This was the cause of the ob-
structions thrown their way. After some discussion, a
m.ition was agreed to, approving of the conduct of the
Committee, and empowering them to act as they might
think fit respecting the revocation of the letter of license
given to Mr. Chambers.
Mr. Macready made his first appearance at Gloucester ,
on Monday in the character of Virginias.
Mr. Spring takes his benefit this evening at Drury-lane,
when the Jealous Wife and Henri Quatre will be per-
formed. Miss Stephens, Miss Graddon, Mr. thorn, and
Miss Povey will sing several favourite songs, &c. between
the comedy and afterpiece.
On Wednesday Mr. Alexander, a Jewish Rabbi, and
late Reader at the Synagogue, in this town, was baptised
into the Christian faith at St. Andrew's church. He is
about to go abroad as a Missionary.—Woolmer's E.reter
Gazette.

THE BLIND Boast:.—A young Nobleman was lately
boasting of the superior abilities of a famous blood horse he
had recently purchased, and offered to back him at leaping
against any horse in the county. An mild one ridiculed
the idea, and said he hail a blind hunter that should leap
ooer what the other would not. A wager to no inconsidea
rable amount was the consequence, and day and place ap-
pointed. The time having arrived, both parties appeared
on the grounii with their nags ; when laying down a straw
et some distance, the odd one put his horse forward, and
at the word " over," theblind hunter made a famous leap,
'while neither whip nor spur could induce the other to rise
at all. The wager was consequently lost by the boaster,
who learnt to his cost, that in some instances a blind horse
may do more than a young one in his prime.