The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-01-12 00:00:00

AMEI.IA ISLAND AND SPANISH PATRIOTS.

11t. Rhea offered for consideration the following
Resolution :
" Resolved, That the Prea'•tcut he retrofitted to lay before
the House of Itepreseutatives any iisfurmuti ~,, he may pus.
seas and think proper to communicate, relative to the pro-
reeilino of eel lain persons •ho honk possession of Ame-
lia Island, at the 'tomtit of St. Mary's raver, sear the boon
dary of the State of Georgia, in the minion r of the present
year, soil made an esiablishnient shear ; and alro any in-
formation lie hails and 1114 y think pioper to communicate
relative to an 4 oiablit•lptireit at an earlier pe►nod, by per-
sons of the name diseript iu the Gulf of M ico, at a
place calleilUslvistown,w ithtn time limits of the United States,
as w• contend, limier the errviirio of Imniriana, together
with floe reason+ anilueinz him to irsne milers to suppress
the wild estsidirlinulev."

111 r. Forstth morcrl to strike out the last clause
of the proposed Resolution.
Jr.N natures (of 111;issarlurartts).—Ile should
liner Ire cpin:►rd to and• c.tll far ram inaunt, cm ugly
ject alien armled by the (louse, limit it appeared
that the e••dl I.o* proposed Was unur•ces•rry, since
the I{e•oluttou adopted Om utter day a ra:l.l embrace
the I..f‘nrus.olaa rum !trim:rd. Ile 6000 the

'louse should wait a 11.1 y or two to see whether they
would out obtain, without any further call, all the
itiformatimi they desired from the Executive. With
tlik view lie inured, that the Resolution should be
011 the table.

The queininii to lay the Resolution on the table
was then token—
For the motion
Ag.tiost it
110 the motion was lust.

Mr. Rhea having accepted Mr. Forsyth's pro-
po.eil Amendment All part of his own motion, the
main question wai taken on the Itesolutioli, and de-
d iii the affirmative will t a division, and
a Committee ordered to be appointed to wait on
the Pre.idelit therewith.

A Bin nos reported to repeal the Internal Du-
ties, after the 31st day of the present ruouth.—
Twice read and committed.

the Sleur Marc-Antoine Manson, •a retired olrwt r.
Collector of D,rect Taxer of the Commune of
Coespins, has hero divorced hum his wife, Clwrisse
Eiijalmit. The holy has berm condo-looked to sin-
resider to her husband her only child, and will it is
said, he coostraiorol to do so. Judge of her de-
spair ! It is on her accusal that Madame Manson
owes the misfortune of losing her soot, er vat berme
l►e had attained his eel/tooth year. For the first time
since alw has hero a prisoner, the motives of gene-
rosity which appeared to support her in this case
seem now to become a painful sentiment.
The liing has had a slight attack of the gout,
but it did not prevent his Majesty front hearolg
mats, in the Chapel of the Palace.

Letters from the I-familial' say, ‘g the merchan-
dise and munufactui es of Europe are very abundant
here, and at a low price. Mexico, impoverished by
the war mid divisions, makes no demand, which con-
tributes to retard the course of English, French,
and German merchandise, which are here in great
disrepute.

" 'There is only some coffee from the harvest of
1817. The approaching harvest will not be consi-
derable. Sugars sill be inure abundant if appear-
ances are realised. At present they are scarce."