The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-04-24 00:00:00

FLANDERS AND DUTCH PAPERS.

BRUSSELS, APRIL 19.
A British Cabinet messenger passed through this city yesterday
at noon. on his way from St. Petersburgh to London, with de-
spatches.
Ilia (;trace the Duke of Wellington arrived at Berlin on Friday
last. He is expected in this city to-day or to-morrow, 20th April.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Or•mge is expected every mo-
ment at the Hague, on his return from St. Peicrsburgh.
One of the Secretaries of his Gr.ce the Duke of Wellington
passed through lime yesterday evening, on his return from St. Pe-
tersburgh w London.

`• A great deal is Raid," says the Courier of the :Meuse, about
the purchases which the agents .if the Viceroy of Egypt are making
in France, of all kinds of warlike stores, and it is perhaps not
known that une of their agents lately came to Liege, to contract for
the delivery of a certain number of cannon. It does not appear
that his otters have been received less favourably here than in France
and Sweden."

One of the most respectable ecclesiastics of Lille, M. Dabas.
court, lately committed suicide, by drowning himself in the moat
from which the body was taken. It was buried without pomp, but
with the religious ceremonies customary_ to a Catholic priest.
HAMIIVROH, APRIL 14.
A Royal Ordinance, published at Hanover on the 11th of this
month, declares that if the ltlembera of the Ancient Chapter of
Cathedrals and others, and of the Convents of the Kingdom, who
receive pensions from the State. should commit an act, which,
before their secularisation, would have caused the loss of their
prebend, they shall lose their right to the continuance of their
pension, unless they obtain as a favour an exception in this respect.
The Journal of Antwerp affirms that M. Pruat, partner in the
house of Daniel and Company, of Marseilles, which is commis-
sioned in France to purchase military stores, equip ships, &e. for the
Pacha of Egypt, has come to this country to purchase cannon, gun
carriages, &c. ; that he has gone to the Hague and could obtain
nothing. His applications to the merchants of Antwerp have
also been refused.

BRUSSELS, APRIL 21.
The Speech of M. Van Alphan in the Second Chamber, of the
27th February, in favour of the law for a loan of 20 millions for the
Colonies, has just been published. The author proves that the
Isle of Java is the solid basis of a rt gular empire, containing
within itself all the elements of strength and prosperity, superior in
civilisation to all other Colonies whatever, and adapted to influence
the whole Archipelago. All spirit of conquest is contrary to our
true interests; it is only necessary to consolidate our power by a
wise and temperate administration. Monopoly being destroyed, and
the sea free, all the coasts of the Archipelago are continually
visited by foreign vessels. While we make war to acquire a doini.
nation which will never do anything but weaken us, foreign com-
merce makes conquests in favour of their industry.
The lists of the importation by the free trade prove that the int.
portations into Java in 1824 were-
31enufactures of the Netherlands - . - . Fl. 1,500,000
English . . . 3.000.000
- .
.
The rest of Europe - . 2,000.000
The United States - . - - 5011.000
.
China . . . 1,333,333
lititish India - - 3.800,000
. .
The Oriental Archipelago . . 2,800,000

Fl. 14,0:13.333
HAARLF.M, APRIL. 19.
The Batavia Papers to the 10th of December contain the news
that a body of 4,000 insurgents, 800 of whom were armed with
muskets, had, at the end of November, disturbed the district of
Kadoe, and on the 27th attacked the division under Major Beat at
Boro Bodho, but the Major repulsed them so vigorously that they
lost 300 men, among whom were a Pangerang and other principal
Chiefs, and fled with great disorder.
An expedition, undertaken in the middle of November, to sur-
round and take prisoner the Pangerang of Serang, did not succeed
in that object, but obliged the Pangerang to abandon his country
with great loss, and fly to the other side of the river Solo, where
he is supposed to have joined Korte I)ordje, in the district of Ma-
dion.

Lieutenant-General de Kock was expected to arrive soon at
Batavia, probably to assume the Government on the denerture of
the Governor-General. On the 25th November a handsome steam
boat was launched at Soursbaya, by M. Burgess.
A Javanese press, sot up in the Netherlands, has been established
at Batavia by the Governor's orders.
AMSTEIIDAM, APOIL 21.
Exchanges ou London, 40. 4.; two months, 40. I.

LIVERPOOL. AND LONDON PACK ETIL—A considerable
excitement prevails on account of the unusual delay of the
arrival of our packet ships. Eleven are now on their pas-
sage from Liverpool to this port, of which at least five are
due, calculating average trips. We think, however, that
the alarm is premature; the very number is in some de-
gree a guarantee of their safety, as it is in the highest de-
gree improbable that a concurrence of fatal disasters should
have happened to the whole. The latest information we
have received isby the Richmond, from London ; and the,
Belvidere, from Liverpool ; the former arrived at Norfolk
in 44 days, and the latter at Baltimore. They both took the
southern passage, and saw nothing of out packets, except
the Silas, Richards, one day out. This callierms the be-
lief that they have taken the northern passage, and been
detained by contrary winds, and possibly have put back;
as the Crisis, which is first due, sailed froth ow on the
14th, 72 days since. Indeed they may hag n air the
coast several days, and found it impossible to get in on Ile-
count of the strong head winds which have prevailed..mb
New rut k Evening Puet.