The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-01-14 00:00:00

tinue to plunder traveller* and to lay contributions
upon the people.
It is stated that the Court of Rio Janeiro has
taken the formal resolution of departing its no re-
spect front its projects on Monte Video. until the
Spanish Government shall have surrendered Oli-
mad and other places fortnerly belonging to l'or.
toga,. Several vessels laden with corn fr Africa
have entered Cadiz. for th• purpose of so rill ring the
expeditionary fleet with provisions. O'l)orar,t, is
said to be armed with discretionary powers for
endtrivouring by every IneMitil to reconcile the re-
wolfed States to the Parent Country. Some foreign
Journals have lately beets ward. and will probably
be burned by order of the Inquisition. Such ins.
poriatice lota been attached to foreign literature of
every kind by the atithorities, that an extraordinary
anxiety prevails among all clams of people to
obtain them.

The Gazeite'de France, on the faith of a t►avel-
ler recently arrived in Paris from Egypt, states
some interesting particulars trotter:ling that interest-
ing country, and of the object pursued by the pre,.
sent Pat ha, who seems by the active vigorous elm-
ratter of his government to he an intelligent 111.111.
A suspicion is thrown out in the same Paper that
the account of the defeat and capture of the fierce
and gallant AIIDAILLAII, the Prince of the Wecha-
i. premature, letters having; recently been re-
ceived in Paris which stated that this enthusiast
still maintains a vigorous resistance to the troops
commanded by the son of the Patios of EGYPT.
It is difficult to believe this latter account after the
prisitive statement. (roan Consiantitiople and other
places relative to the capture of ABDALLAG.
The French Five per Cents. on Saturday were
67 1. ; Buick Stuck 1,500 1.

We hare received Jamaica Papers to the 15th
of November, from which we have made extracts.

We have received Charleston Papers to the I lth
last : the Paper of the 10th gives the following ac-
count of two dreadful earthquakes in the Islaud of
Si. Domingo:—
By the schooner Martha, KIELEN, arrived yes.
terday, 10 days frotu Cape Henry, St. Domingo,
we learn, that two severe and destructive earth-
quakes were experienced in that island on the 20th
ult. which destroyed several houses. and swallowed
up live individulds."
MARKETS.—Anorican produce dull and plenty
—Colomal produce scarce and high.' the Govern-
ment having monopolized all the coffee.

Hisytian Papers to the sth ult. contain nothing
new.

The New Parliament will meet this day. A
conviderside number of the Members of the Ilotte
of Commons have arrived within the last few days.

Yesterday, at half-post one o'clock, a Cabinet
Council was held at the house of the LORD CII•R••
CLIA.OR, in Bedford-square. The Council was
summoned in the morning soon after ten o'clock,
and sat till pear five.
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^Yesterdays Court of Directors wos held at the
Elot India Unu%e, when Cantrio IL Rawes was
sworn into the COMMIId of the ship Warren Host.
bogs, consigned to Prince of Wales Island and
China.
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A great many vessels, all laden with corn for the
London markets, now remain witicl.bound in the
Ipswich river.
It is stated that an eminent army-accoutrement-
maker is at present preparing for the Insurgent
Government% of South America, twenty stand of
colours, to be shipped at Buenos Ayres. The
greater proportion have the red cross in the centre,
a blazing sun, and the motto Noir a Veneer ; the
ground of the flag light blue, diversified with
stri Iwo of yellow.
NAPLES. DECEMBER B.—Mount Vesuvius has
exhibited one of those awful spectacles which have
too often muted dismay in our unfortunate city ;
the oby.s burst with a terrible roaring, and after
sending forth whirlwinds of flame and scoria", it
vomited u bed of lava. which extended itself even
to the limits of the village de la torre del Grecco.
At Norwich Corn Market on Saturday. samples
of how Wheat and Barley were plentiful, and the
prices experienced a little advance from those of lust
week. Other groin much as before.—These was a
good supply of S -ots sail Hontebreds on the Hill,
which obtained high prices the winter continuing
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PO extremely mild and open The Sheep-pros were
resell occupied, and but litt variation in price.
°lt is in contemplation to form a harbour at Lowes-
toff, on the Sultilk comas and open a corumunica-
t. with Norwich. which can be effected by a cut
of only one mile between the river, Waveney and
Yare, by which means vessels of 100 tons burden
might be navigated from the sea to that city.
Sir M caw', MoxivEr.r. has, by public advertise.
mead iii one of the Papers of yesterday, formally
declined a contest fur the Represen:ation of West-
'Muster, and left the field to Mr. HOBHOUSE.
He assigns as his reason fur this determination, the
near approach of the hour of contest, without the
fulfilment of those conditions on which he bad ac-
cepted the requisition inviting him to stand fur
that City, addressed to bun in November last, in a
degree that would bold out a reasonable prospect
of success. _ _ _

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A letter from Oxford, dated January 9, 1819,
says..." Mr. J. S. and Mr. I'. U. Dunce's, Fel-
lows of New College, have lately presented to
the Anatomical Theatre, in dna University, some
very beautiful wax mdels, formed with an much
sceiracy sts even to supersed the necessity of hav-
ing ►ecourse to the human body for munuinical in.
otrucilDlll and experiment. They were purchased
iu Flu:enve by thus. gentlemen."