The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-11-30 00:00:00

THE NEW STATES OF AMERICA.
• (From the New York Papers of Nov. 8.1
MEXICO.
'he fallowing information from Mexico has been furnished
by M. Godwin B. Cotten, who came passenger in the brig
Laurin', Capt. Hazard, from Alvarado—which port she left on the
24th ofSeptembey, via Havnnnah. Greet preparations were making
by the commander of the Mexican squadron, lying at Sacrificios,
se attack the Spanish Beet, which was hourly expected to arrive to
!apply the made San Juan de LTlloa.
A press had taken place at Alvarado a few days previous to the
sailing of the Libertad, and about 150 men had been impressed and
sent to Bserificios to be put on board the fleet, which consisted of
tie frigate !Abetted of 44 guns, two brigs, the Vicious and Bravo
of 22 guns each, and several schooners and gun-boats. The Liber-
rad, Victoria, and Bravo had recently arrived from London. Mr.
Michellena, late Minister from the Republic of Mexico to the
Court of St. James, came passenger in the !Abetted from London.
He states that one 74-gun ship, one 44-gun frigate, and one brig of
22 gang, may be hourly expected from London for the Mexican
Government. The Spanish supplying fleet left Havannah on the
15th of September: it consisted of three frigates, one sloop of war,
and two transports. Some fishermen belonging to the Castle were
captured the lot September by the Victoria; they represented the
provisions in the castle to be scarce, and stated that the scurvey
had made its apearance among the troops. A report was in circu-
lation at Alvarado that Coppinger, the commander of the castle,
hail threatened in a few days to demolish the city of Vera Cruz.
An embargo was talked of when the Icontine sailed from Alva-
rado. Mr. Cotten, recently from the city of Mexico, Watts that
the measles had made its Appearance in that city, and carried off
about 200 per day, and that GOOO had been sent to the hospital
within a few days.
The brig Jane, of Liverpool, had lost all hands by sickness
(including the master and mates) at Alvarado. Many other vessels
had lost the greater part of their crews. Died on board the Leon-
tine, on her passage frqm Alvarado to this port, Alfred Hubbard,
Seat mate, Jonathan Cain, second mate, the cook (a black man)
and two seamen.
We have a file of Alvarado papers down to the 6th October in-
clusive. They furnish no political news. It was reported at
Alvarado. that two strange frigates and brigs of war had been seen
on the 3d, near the Castle of San Juan ; that the garrison wu
sickly and famished, ready to surrender, he. According to official
reports, the number of the sick in the Mexican capital, on the 10th
September, was 3,009; of convalescents, 1,515; and of deaths in
the previous week, 387.
PERU.

We have private letters from lama dated the Sd August. which
represent the affairs of the garrison at Callao in a very different
tight from that set forth by the British officen who visited that
fortress. The display made by the commander of the garrison to
those officers was, without doubt, intended to make an Impression
that the plate was abundantly supplied with every necessary.
But we shell here account for the manner in which this pom-
pous parade was got up : immediately preceding the visit of
the English frigates, a group of half-starved women and child-
ren, amounting to nearly sixty, were permitted to leave the for-
tress, as the presence of all useless mouths would take off much
from the effect to be produced at the entertainment, and the
rich inhabitants were forced to obtain their supplies of the neces-
saries of life from the commander of Callao, he having taken
every thing in that way under his special protection. Those
who wanted bread were compelled to pay one dollar and fifty cents
a pound for it, and the moderate price of one dollar per pound for
rice was exacted in every instance, until the presence of the ex.
peeted English guests relieved the people, by producing a alight
relaxation in the extortion of the commander. To heighten the
effect of previously concerted arrangements, the magazines were
thrown open to inspection, when they presented the appearance of
being fully adequate to maintain the troops for some time, which
led the British officers to imagine the supply was abundant, and
that all the inhabitants were participating in the enjoyment of
plenty—on the landing of the British officers they were saluted by
a discharge of 100 guns from the Castles, and on the return to the
frigates a similar number was fired in honour of the occasion, and
as a proof that there was no deficiency of ammunition.
A cannonnading was almost incessantly kept up, between the
fortresses and Patriot army, who had advanced a battery within
point blank shot of the Castles, say about half a mile, and had got
a mortar from Guayaquil, which they had mounted and had in full
operation.
On the 24th of June General Bolivar was met by the municipal
officers of Cuzco, four leagues from the city, and the following day
made his entry under the tetemphal arches, and amid every de-
monstration of joy which an affectionate people could bestow on the
delivery of their country.

Mous the Lit;te Government Gazette of July 31.1
We hove authority to contradict the calumny contained in the
p.m of Soave Ayres--the Nations: of the 9th of April, and
the Argns of Sunday, she Itith of the same month.
The Liberator has newer received, directly nor indirectly, any
jutioe from Buenos Ayres, or from any other quarter, relative
.toWeaft one Centml Government foe all America.
BRAZIL..
7w Balloa Patrla says that a great scarcity of provisions exists
• la co, I. conarsjuence of unusual drought and hat.
April, May; Jane, and Jelly, the winter months to that climate. are
.sadly very rela bat this year there was no rain until the middle
of July, so that the crops of wheat, del, de. have suffered severely,
and vast numbers of domestic 'tamale perished. Prayers were of.
feted in all the churches for rain.
Mr. Jb Ray, on American, had been arrested at Pernam.
bow, aming to orders from BM Janeiro, on a charge of having
assisted the friends of Carvalho in escaping to the United States.
Be was ordered to return to this country, and had sailed ; though
on account of having returned to his own house for a short time,
which be did by permission, he had been sent to the castle. A
letter says that the Uovernmect offers very little security to
foreigners.

PRICES OF BRITISH
Bank Stock 215 214 218 214
3 pm Cent. Red. 81 ROI 811
3 pee Cent. Cons. 811 4 821 811
I
Mete Acct. 821 1 831 1321 1
31 per Cent. 891
31 per Cent. Red. 89/ 881 1

iTOCKS YESTERDAY.
New 4perCent.99l3 if 111
Long Ann. 191
India Ronda 17-13 pm
Ex.Rillslid. 1,000/.8 18 pm
Ditto, 6001. 414 pm
Ditto, Small 3 11,pm
Lottery Tickets 191. 110 s.

PRICES OF FOREIUN
Brazilian Bonds '
Ditto Strip 121 13! die
Buenos Ayres Bonds
Chilton Bonds 571
Colombian Bonds
Ditto Bonds (1824) 82 11 II) 13
2) 9 3) 21 3
Ditto Acct. n 2) 11 21 2) / 2
Danis ponds
Ditto Bowls (1825)39
hood% Rent.. 5 per Ct. 95f.
Booltange 25f. 15c.
' Avoca Renter 3 pr Ct. 65f. 66c.
likaanse 25f. Ik. lec. 15c.

STOCKS YESTER DA 1 .
Greek Bonds
Ditto Bonds (1825)194 18
Guatemala Bonds
Ditto Snip 8 dis
Mexican Bond. 86
Ditto Bonds (1825) 63 4 3 44
Ditto Aeet. 831 3 4 34 4 34
44 4
.4
Neapolitan Bonds (1824) 79
Peruvian Bonds 474 8 7
Prussian Bonds 94
Ditto Bonds 08221 96 5
Russian Bonds (1C22) 86 4
Spanish Cons. 15 15
Ditto Cons. (1823)11

COURSE me
Amsterdam C. F. 12 6
Dftto at sight 12
Rotterdam ...........9 U. 12 6

NOE VESTEHDA .
f Leghorn 49
Genoa 44
Venice........ 27
Malta 0
Naples 40{
Palermo per or. 122
Lisbon 51
Oporto bli
Rio Janeiro 49
Bahia 51
Buenos Ayres 4391
Dublin
Cork 9
BULLION, rEII oz
E. s. d.
Portugal Goldin coin 0 0 0
Foreign Gold in bars 3 17 104
New Doubloons...— 0 0 0
New Dollars 0 4 111
Silver in ban, stand 0 Sil

inn-Wri.-- -------
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Ilainbuegh 2. U. 37 1
A kona 24 U. 37 2
Paris, 3 dayesigh I 25 25
Ditto 2 U. 26 50
Bordeaux 25 60
Berlin 7 0
Frank.on 6dain Ex. MAN

Veter;l7o;i4;-,
Wenn*, eftectiv e O. 2 31. 10 0
10 0
Mad/id 264
I :edit 20i

&lbw 36i
Roraima 36

Neville

Itheshar.

PRICES OF SHARES YESTERDA I .
MINES.
Share. NM. Premium per Share.
Angle-Mexican £lOO 35 22j 20
A iglo•Chilian lOO 3 11 dis
CastellortEsphitoSanto2;rszil 100 6 1 j
Hayden lOO 3 2j dis
Potosi. La Pas. and Peruvian 60 3 2j die
United lijexican
Ditto New 4O 10 94 05 98 9
MISURANCE COMPANIES.
Albania British and Foreign lOO 10 21 3
WISCELLANIIOUS.
Australian
British Rock and Patent Salt 10 3 31 32 j
Canada, lOO 10 10 12
Irish ikaufaetory
Xi* de la Plata Agricultural lOO 6 4 dis

An evening paper relates the following highly honour-
able anecdote respecting the two gentlemen whose failure
was a/mount:ell yesterday on the Sttek Exchange:—
" They failed some years ago in Lloyd's Coffer-house,
and settled their affairs in the usual manner with other in-
solvents. Six months ago they called their old creditors
together, and paid off the whole amount of their debts
with interest, about 2.5,000/., which they wen• not called
oil to do, either in law or equity ; but they .1:a it on a
principle of honour, having at that time accumulated large
fortunes. They arc strangers to us; we therefore pay this
tribute to them, so honourable to thcir character, the more
wittingly, as it is unneccoary to say the failure is uni-
versally regretted."

The'retiorts concerning the Plymouth Bank yesterday
were favourable. The whole debts, it is said, will be
Jegioidated without selling an acre of the exteevive property
of the firm. Their difficulties arise, we understand, chiefly
from lending meney un mortgage.