The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-12-26 00:00:00

have witnessed, and router as is is passible
time be theme whit. t eve are dkininedio suffer, or' to
experience, the coutaw.-Piii rev.ilntions which ant
about to bite pla,e ov 1- the surface, of tile globe,
t'ireaten td be still sunre va.t arrJ universal. 'ff he
tl sirinticpower.and vindictive esicr4ies or clicties
of Boma eastrx. nave already eeuled, alinost nor-
metically„ the ports of Itlissia, Deatuerk, Prussia,
Holland, Flutters, Anstria, Italy, awl Erance.—L
we might evert add of Turkey. A.ucrica has vo-
litidarily eolsmited to a similar renuociation of all
intercourse with ns. New relatious. new channels
of wade, new paeloctirins of art or of industry, will
grow out of these changes in the encietit order of
thing, mid conuect Wed by new ties of mutual
want or couvel4more. But a still iii4re prodigious
change is approaching, awl probably is 000 ioo :
We mean the commercial' emancipation of Spanish
8041 Portuguese AMerieu from the shackle* int-
ou the trade or iutereourse of those fertile
sac heatitiful countries Ay the Mother Steles.—
Peru, and 141e•;icii, &A -Chili, and Terra Firma,
awl Brasil. and Paraguay, will all, proleilily,
whatever nary be the termination of the present
contest is Spain, be thrnwo open, in a greater or
a hunter degree, to our commercial industry. teen
those !pinions who beheyeihet Josgess Beicepowni
may be finally recognised in the Colonies of Spain,
as
,Seeseinign; Yet conceive that these beneficial
elmilgee, in their laws and regulations, mast
ego:illy happen. We are lost in the speculation
which opens to the mind on such event*. They
may be liighly Isenefic7ial„ mat way. we trust, afford
soot comnenvition to I;reat Britain; for the efforts
arid sacrifices which she is now sucking in the tom.
mon reuse If the civilized wortd,

Saturday night's Gaseite contains two Ilroda-
mations, ordering; ',Vednobday the ath, and Th ort-
day the 9tb of February, to he observe I Ks public
days d fasting and Imosiliatin4--The former day,
throughout E•li,land and Ireimad, the latter
throu,, t

A sidnicription has been set nii foot at Exeter,
for the relief of the hpanish Patriots.
A lei:er . front our sqiculron, of lielsinborg,
dated tile torn instaut, states, that the naviotioo
of the IL Itic was rendered dangerous by the ice,
and that the cold in the Sound was intense. The
accotints roan Stec Maths, by the same ennrcYttliee,
are two dnys later than the letters by the .ast Mail,
hut- they do not furnish any further
froth Finland.

The tioverunsent of Madras, in June last, re-
mired intelligent, that ,itu Expedition of sonar
magnitude wee preparing at llamlla, iu cons.,
quituce of which our cruisers iii that direction had
. berm increased. It was ',unposed that another
predatory visit to the mist iumatra was intend-
ed, ;and orders had, in consequence, heen-rent to
Beiiroolsui for the removal of the stores, ice, farther
into the interior, 'aial to insprnve, by all istmuldr
toteetuat, the defences of Fort MaribewoiLli.
A' Letter from Bombay, dated May 25, wars :
" A seespariaaa hum bet; mai% of the quality of
British and of French powder, need its the late
gallint action of Has NliqcNty's ship Saw lioren24,
wadi the French frigate Piedatontaise ; and we are
hippy to exhibit to our reach...a a decione proof of
the tits periority of this essential itr,,:reilient iu
thunder. Frogs a 7-inch brass mortar, with three
minces or powder, a 60 poised hr. a sail was pro-
jected, at an angle of 4,s deg. ; and an average of
three trials gave 3:7s feet to the Sax Floreotto—ood
il6 feet to La Piciateafaise ; making a difference
.in favour cf the British powder of 79 feet. •
" After such ao experiment, it mast appear sin-
gular that the French should be so partial to a
. bog shot."

An instance of serial's clisturbaoces and insubor-
dination recontly occurred mann* the Students in
the East Italia Co.npantr's College at Hcrtfoid.
The Court of Directors has, in comeqUence,
a4reed to write resolutions, declaring Out future
irregularities of the kind shall be punished by ex-
pukiou and exclusion from any situation in the
Com pan y's, service.
'ln the conversation which took place at the India
House. nu ll'edneeday hut, Mr. Toots as .r., vivo
took occasion to ask what was hecorneof the
seaman whose conduct had produced &quarrel with
thr Chinese, avid regretted that it should be left
in the power of any sutras perste iiidivid nal, in such
a situation, to interrupt the friendly relations that
sidesivted between the Chinese and the Last India
Co•npany, and destroy so valuable % branch of cool-
mere. T. which the Chairman answered. that
the British seaman had been given up iu the baud-
enturst mouuer. in consequence of a special mats-
date for that porters.. by the EstPcitua, and that
measure. of precaution had been takea to preveut
the recterrencrof a similar case.

Four of the empty truoaporfs, which lately tailed
for Vigo, hare been driven lo.ock, by contrary oinds.
to Plymouth ; they separa•eJ from the fleet uurin4
* gale in the Ch.usnel ; the Master of one of then,
saw a cutter of supicions appearance, ioni i. app7e-
ltensive that some of the convoy may haat been
ciptnred by her.
We hare been epeat-dly told that Marshal
rausa had bees po.soned, or destroyed by some
preens, by order of BOK APART!: ; a 6.ntirin.als
who left 1;0/neat. in the American ship Ctioo,
setts that he is living in splendour, a short distance
fFom Parlft.

BOIrIPART7, he a recent nrltinonce. hay i.n-
pooeri a monthly tec on every eootin of the town
in Pnritt, ric:thi enforcing td's
twee .11.torectiong wilt the i'reft ct of the Pethee ;

aril with to prete.it evn.'no of eios impot.t,
or pro4,l,'y to prottxt the re.:u;vt tin.l..r he has
a•e;vo:nted a peaa:ty of o'ie for rut
vio•aart the roelt,oit of the o;•trrhou,l
w.;34,1:: a vie,a.e. The in.:,:vtite of th.. French
ca.lista bal, re hea-. warn t•.. Antrti to Jetermine
at what der,ree of t.it '.4.1.• toe htr ar r. to corn-
meoce, 9n to istoi.l a 1.!1, i i.ol-tac, it has
bruited to thew rof-a, oge gr. 4. I u ted.—How de-
praved mast 1••• Vie moral,. of 1 xoverairnent, which
seek i support froin the vi.-tt ur the rople.