The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-02-16 00:00:00

PROTEST.

Mr. Johnson, of Ketsts;;ky,alen of the tildifary COM.
RAMC, 011111171111111 a psper drawn np in the .hope of a Re_
purl by that Committee, *latch, by a maj.ordy of one vute,
that Cuiumitite had it fused to accept, gild the slid p.tper
*a.. nod as hdlawg:— _ _ _

[Herr folluwa a paver in the form of a Minn., of the Com.
voider, giving a roll hirtory of the war It oh the Seminoles;
of Gelieral Jai( kruit's loft throughout the whole of It;
and a repel dim, and col:nip 1111.11 i of the farts and prioriplta
advanced in Mr. Adam's celebrated letter on the subject,
which his retentiv Arms civets entire in than Paper, and must
live iu the recollection of the reader. It Orriipirs three
columns and a half, clone printed, of the Aislinntel
JOlClli-
,gercer. Its length, and thr eirrnmetatiers that its subject
matter has been anticipated, will no doubt induce our
reader, to eacuce the utnisbion of it this day. It concludes
thita
r this view of the whole cubjeet, the Committee
can iliNeover much whirl. merits applawe, and little that
deserves velour', and from the inealruhible hermits re-
milting to the Natina Goa the faithful and distaiguisheil
services of General darks ttttt and do oilier.. mad Men who
.svcrellatioltr his command, u. It• tttt inatitic finally the Semi-
nole ti:Ar, aosc or opinion that they are entithal LO the thauks
of their coliiiiry."

• NEW YORK, JANuAay 20.
BANK commartE IMPoRT•
We give this interestiog docunosokt entire this
eveliona, to the exclusion Of Pilling ail other matter ;
ism. do we perceive that on its introduction into the
fluuse of Reiorssentatives it was accompanied by a
erounter-report, as in the esor of the Nlilitary Com-
mittee too the Seminole War aid Geol. Jackson.
The it-port Is drawn tip with alnlity, rod g0...a
ntioutely iuto all the tra!!suctions of the Mosoko (tom
its consomenceinent n'o Me present time, and
dis-
cfnses sueica blianiefol .cetie of stuck-jobbig. to
tell it by no %%ntie outnie, as mutt astonish all who
testi it. To Mr. Spencer, of this State, are the
public mostly indebted for the exposure of the dis-
graceful onatiogenient of the conccros of the Bank.

NtlY YORK. JANVARY 22.

The Phip Persia, Captain %I'd'ohms, arrived here
tritiet3-lour days from Nlalwceir, &c.
Nlalate. *not ~riso is tip to the Dutch the ilst Sep.
'ember, and the regulations were the same us at
Batavia. J. S. Timmerman Tlitssen, Esq. was
Goer-rout fur Batavia, soil the Dutch ltrar-Adinital
Wctteibeek was there with the ships Trmp, 64,
111111 Ifill,elmiea trigstr.—Decetutrer 10. St. He-
lena. S.W. our mile, was boarded from our of
his lima 111 l ic Majeiii)'s look-out sloop* of war;
the boarding officer said that Bonaparte was iu
good health, but getting doily more ill-natured.
ROSTON, JANUARY 15.
ARBUTHNOT ANO AMBRISTER.

The integrgeacer of the 13th inst. cuoitaitir a Re-
port of the Altlitary C tee, dirappriwing the
proceedings in the trial and execution of Ai buthnot
wad .%ntbrt•ter, and recommending a resolve to hr
passtd to that effect, and also a paper druwu up iu
the shape of a Report by the Consinittre minority,
in which the nectasiey of these meioures is acknow-
ledged, and General Jackson, Ins Officers, mid men,
are declared to lie entitled to the thanks of their
country for their able conduct ill the Seminole war.
The Coinnititee refused to accept the latter by one
vote °big. The Committee were—

For Crimurr—Mr. T. M. Nelson, General Reid (Md.),
Mr Huntington, and Mr. Stewart (N.
Minoriq—Me. !Anson Major Peter, and Mr.
Gage (Md.)