The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-07-16 00:00:00

EAST INDINS.

Extract of a letter from a Field Officer in India
to au officer iii England, Jan. 22. 1319 :--
" A ship is about to sail for Eliglinid: I seize
this opportunity to send you a few lines.
" British India enjoys repose. The 'lsiah of
Berar. with a few followers, is indeed roving abut
the hilly forests, but this is nothing in Indian con-
struction.

" The Marquis of Hastings hat, as you have read,
greatly extended our dominions. He has done so
ttttt nitially ; in reality he has only substituted a good
liar a vicious government. Do you ask me what
benefit has resulted front Lord Hastings' govern.
meat ? My an,wer is, that he has done no wrong,
and that lie has done much good. He has in-
creased the stcarity of our empire by trashing
its enemas, and by generally improving the sys-
tem of govvr ttttt ent especially titer the con-
quered countries ; he has taken ofr the censorship
of the press, and has unlocked the public wind ;
he has checked the slave Trade in Nelms', for
merl3 the great mar( kw this inhuman alatietti
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public hospitals; and he has treated thy Viiiictir.;l( •
slliasew with as with complaisance sod j•istiCe. Hs
has, besides, improved the condition of our military
establishment. The staff department has ,hero re-
organised. Interpreters have been 3 dried to the
Native Corp., and the proceedings of
teal have been strictly scrutinized and poblicly com-
mented on. The trade here has wonderfully louvres.
ed since the amoopoly system has been
,braked
upon. There has been, in fact, an over-trading ; hat
this will give people a taste for our manufactures,
and eventually increase the trade. The security' with
which merchandise may traverse the cunn:ry Is an-
other circumstance highly advantitgeuus se the in-
terests of commerce. Still there exist the
.inoilt
dreadful drawbacks on it. The p.inctpal of these
are the remains of the monopoly; the wrist diffi-
culty of driving an inland commerce, using to
the high duties. alai the restrictions put on 'trot
pie going l`tp the country, cr lo..lding inter-
course with the votive', and pursuing their own
interests iii their -,; way ; anti finally, the
heavy pressure of 'llion, which checks the
accumulation of capita . the improvement
of agriculture and coat & . ;;*••
government shall be established in India the wealth
of the country will be quite incalculable. At pre-
sent vast tracts of it are wholly uncultivated, and
those that are under culture receive none of the be-
nefits of scientific husbandry. The manufacturing
interests have been equally neglected.
" A proof of it la, that cotton le vent ham*.
worked up. and then brought back to India, where,
under all the drawbacks upon trade, it even stood
the competition of the market. A disagreeable egg'.
cumstance has lately taken place in the 7th Native
Cavalry. On the regiment being ordered to advance.
they began to murmur. They complained, that
they had been eleven years in the field ; that during
this period they hail never seen their families; that
none of their household ceremonies had or could
take place ; that now that their families had quitted
their houses, Nail when they were shout to join
them, they were deprived of the bore of teeing
them ; that during their service two-thtrds of them
had perished by sickness or the sword, and the re.
mainder were ready to sacrifice their lives swirly,
but that they could not longer suffer a lingering
existence. General Dovelon persuaded them to
remain faithful to their standards, and promised to
represent their grievances to the favourable CO4IIM
deration of Government. He then seized the
leaders: all were acquitted but one."

SOUTH AMERICAN AFFAIRS.

[lllOll MI JAMAICA 'usu.]

CURACOA. APRIL 17.
Accounts from Li Guayro and Puerto, Cabello
agree in stating that the Royalists had gamed a
partial victory over the Patriots, a division is(' Mo-
rales' troops. commanded by a Colonel Pereira.
having had as engagement with those under Parr.
at Achagus, on the eastern side of the river A pure.
in which the Patriots are said to have lost ISO
killed, and 250 prisoners.

General Morino, according to the last acconnts
received in Puerto Cabello, was at Ach-igtta.

APRIL 28.

A letter, dated Margaritta, 7th and 151 i
says, that 1,000 Englishmen had arrived there,
which, joined to the 1,000 arrived at an earlier pe-
riod, present to the eye a little army, capable of
operating shortly in concert with the secret plans
of Government. " All the privateers," it adds,
" &reconcentrated in this point; they are refitting
with much activity, and making ready far a new
expedition. They lately encountered a severe
gale, which did them serious injury. Silt is at
present in no demand here, in con.equeirce of
a very considerable quantity having been bioustit
in by two prizes. All the preparatiltis which I
notice in this island are the same as those making
at Guayana. The auxiliary elements which daily
come in from Europe, the enthusiasm of both
strangers and Americans ,fir the inrivueradence,
and the critical attention with which every incentive
is considered, all rnake me confidently believe that
the moment is arrived when the freedom of A.meriaa
shall be hailed, and Caraccas soon again redeemed
by the Independents. I wish, nevertheless, that I
could bring my mercantile concerns to a--esaelu-
sion, in order to withdraw from a pl,asoertv 'ere the
eyes behold nothing but soldiery, *white 'alpine.
tions, expeditionary projects, awl a ilicassaird other
alarming objects, alien to my disposition, naturally
peaceful and quiet."

:Ulf 1.

His Majesty's brig Swallow, Captain,C.iti;:..na
Bothell, arrived on Wednesday last from► La Goilyr*
and Puerto Cabello. While the .Stralloto w. 14 going
into La Guava, an English brig of war, which
arrived there from Nlargarittii, was leaving ti r
port; said to have been dispatched by the Governor
of Barbadoes to ascertain the truth of the report of
so many Englishmen baring arrived at Margaritta,
■nd to give timely notiee ►MwKer
to the English interests•'
We have ben►
that the Captain of
Captain-Geue►ni of
seen in Margarista 3.000

to make no immediate
the easel io the virioity
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notice of •ny impending dower
rests in Ls Guityra.
informed front good antho4ty.
'the brig of wair.• declared to Eh ,
r Carsetos tliAt be had, hi/weir
3.000 troops, who were pregrerioa
ate deseent upon some • pen of
oily of Ls G.tsyra. This tiros . -
ele of.pprasges sud Pai Cuteitito
. ~ 4. en'Ait errlif..l tr* 1 ' 1
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I . inao• Knee of despondency, whir represented to
',are been previously in high spirits. Troops hail
• Elven Pent from CSTACCS• tit strengthen the girrisun
of 14 (hays*, arid the atamo; activity prevailed in
putt?* the *et mee e iessiti)lete slate of defence
i., rill, the peatneditated attack. Business was
cautpiron) et 0 stood in- La Guayra. mid Pigeon
Cabana in conseluence of the.h);;:vre int! 'OFF:
Tat Carapeas Onzitte of the glut of April cps.
ta;no two-adicial accounts of actions between a de.
tschserot -of the Royalists, •comrisanded by Pereira,
4...‘`sari the Independent', tinder Bolivar, Peet, Moo-
Vale, anti Anainitegui. The that of which took
. . pliace. on the'e7ilt of March, so Trapiche de la
..tjansittra, in which the Independents are stated to
1 , helm! iisot 400 men, killed and erentided, nod 55
liri‘oners; the loss of the Royalists amounted to
i . •
61' • ?Ili iiiiZed and 40 wiinlitlesl. The force of the 1n-
...
.1-Vendelte is not Otesedy known ; it is stated to
Vir ' ..,.i.,. ~.,,.,...4fil of tins Vighldwaril and Bteiefei6i'bet-
i.i'in.,a id infafitry, a tale corps, partly English.
The

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Krum the number deed found on the roads : the
sap it is nn easy to calculate the loss of
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sr. tLoup. JUL-V 14.
the King honoured with his '4.l;m:tem

Yeitterday
tht contract of inarrisge between the Count de
Mor.drevir.r. Lieutenant in the King's Guards, and
Lady Caroline Brodeurll Bruce, dangliter of Lotd

Ay le,bury, a Peer of England.
The President of the Chamber of Peers, at the
},ead of the members of the bureaux, presented, for
Lis Majesty's approbation, the project of law adopt-
ed in the sitting of the preceding day, relative to
&he rapenditura of the year 1519.
The Minister of the Interior presented to an an.
dienceOf the King the President and Members of
the boreso of the Chamber of Deputies. The Pre-
sident pieced in his Majesty's hands four projects
rd Taw. adopted in the sitting of the Sth of the
rob,
At tylf.past one o'clock the King went in his
e.iiiiage to Versailles, and having reviewed the
c•.ards of the company of Noodles, he entered
part of the park which is called the King's
Garticn. This part actnally forms a very beauti-
fi.i English garden, representing that of Hartwell,
in England, where his Majesty had resided. The
King walked for a long time in this garden. and
:her. proceeded to Trianon. where he found troops
ciniem up in order of battle, and passed them is
review. His Majesty returned to St. Cluud at half.
past five o'clock.

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culture, the first source of all riches; they talk of
encouraging snit protecting it. and have even con-
sulted the sletnoires on this subject left by the
celebrated Count D'Arands.

The whole population of Spain amounted, on the
Ist January lac. to ten millions; France is a ter-
ritory of the 'same extent, and has twenty-seven
millions, notwithstanding the ravages of foreign and
civil war, and the horrors of the Revolution. This
is owing to the division of property, the suppres-
sion of convents, and the enlightened protection
given by that Power to the national manufactories..
DRUSSEI.9, JULY 13.
It is acid that the famous Fondle has obtained
leave to reside in the northern provinces of the
kingdom.—(Brassels Papers, July 13.)

tect the other.

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FLANDERS MAIL.

cAal.SßL:ffe, JULY 3.

His Majesty the Kit% of Bsvuria arrived here to.
!Ivy. ; he is lodged in the palace of the Grand

The Queen end the s:X Princesses set out to-
day fir Munich, and will also come to Baden.
MAYS CE. JULY 6.
11:s Majesty the King of Wirtemberg arrived
*brie yesterday. and is gone to-day to Coblentz,
wLere he will have an interview with their Imperial
'Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duchess of
Vfli..imar. mud the Princess Ro)al of the Nether-
lands. It is tliong!it that the King
.will not be at
Stutgard 611 the lith.
FRANKFORT, JULY 4.

The Prince Royal of Prusqa arrived here yes-
ervdsy, and will remain here some days, to pay
visits to several Counts in our neighhourhood. It is
'Mated', that the Kine•nf Pruseia will leave Berlin
rat the 911 i for Twei.ilitz, and will return to his ea-
OW about the 15tli of August. Prince Frederick
Netherlavds arrived here to-day ; he will go
so ck,ntents the day after to-morrow with the Prince
Royal of Peussia. These two Pricers will after-
imitttinAto Ingather to kiwitxerland. Lueriiiig, who
ostrnweston assassinate M. Ibell, studied at the
~lmwt [alt tiehielbsreg, which he left only Id
ittiltAlti ago. Accounts from in Hungary,
say,,,thistslie young Coent of Brllrinny, aged Si
xears, who .6sinmitted the dreadful crime Gf par-
wide. swat beheaded on the its% of Jute, at six
the Morning.

AUGSDIIRG, JULY

It is Slid that the relations betsedit the Prince of
`fakir acid Taxis and the Kingdom of Witteinlierg
Inure 11;:rti esitinly settled, alter a short negociatiost.
l'his Prince, who h•s s distinguished plaCe among
the Ni.6l.< flanges of Germany, bath by his high
sank and III• exitliaise territorial posiiedsions, hos
• 4ste example of iroderstioud and know-
ledge of the spirit of the fiat's, in admitting the
firinciple, that the privileges wf Ilk order dinglit not
to4idise.s prejsdieNl ineidenee din the gesieral josh-
Winos of the Stale. Tisii exansple will, doubt-
loot, effectually contribute to pat an end to the
'r!;}fr:,•taces between the Sovereigns, the Nobles, and
Cie n, ople of Oettounp—and the Prince of Tour
tied Taxis wile have the piessing satisfaction of
Living been wit of the first of hi■ hider who with
erinal judgment an) good-will Ines ktit Ins baud to
Ca- ;prat taw of conciiietiusi.
mu*, /ONE 49.
' . The corvette The Vo&weeks Well arrived at
Cadik With letters from South itatericr. has brought

THE s H 'PRES S.

LONDON.
FRIDAY. JULY Hi. 1819.

The country will soon have an opportunity of
appreciating the real character of the recent pro-
ceedings at Stockport, for we !earn that bills of
indictment were found by the Grand Jury, at the
Quarter Sessions, on Tuesday last, against Sir
CHARLES WotTELEY, Bart. and Josren
!WOW, a Dissenting Minister, for having uttered
seditious speeches at Stockport on the ifith of lust
mouth, is with intent to excite tumult and insur-
motors within this realm." These proceedings on
the part of the Government are. we presume, to be
considered as the first fruits of the determination,
so emphatically expressed in the Speech front the
Throne, of exerting the porters intrusted by law to
the executive authority fur securing the general
tranquillity. We lament extremely the necessity
that prompts the Government to have recourse to
measures of severity.; but in this instance their
proceedings are sanctioned by the usage. and prin-
ciples of the Constitution—they rest findy upon
the strength of those laws to which the people have
long been accustomed to look with confidence and
respect, and from which the Crown has hitherto
derived its firmest support-s,dhey do not conformal
by arbitrary imprisonments the innocent end the
guilty, but have brought the matter honestly uud
candidly before the legitimate trilmttal of a Juty,
which sill at the same time vindicate the public
tranquillity. and prevent the viulatiou of individual
freedom. Upset the merits of the care now selected
by the Cloveriament, it would not be consistent with
&batty. or with justice to the individuals affected,
to bastard, an opinion. It Will he of the utmost
advantage to then, and to the country, that the

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dispatches Irons Vera Criss, Lime, hid the Havan• , urinals cot' . lerrihauld :lie A 1 it tleistipossisased
nab. Hitherto the Govinmentleasnot been in aas pomilide whh the matter to which their attention 4,-.-e.06 i
lek
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hurry to publilh them in the Valerie 4f Marbitta. must shortly be &awn ; we boo*. therefore, that in
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which seem! to indirnte that thew contents err not
,aveish.ting to, speak upon this subject. our example rwpf;,-7.-ii-aa /140 ggiere...... A
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that'Oeir„ Morino urgently demands reinforeements, lellerver, be permitted to remark, that when the
POLTR Y.
f2eviiithout which hiesituation would become very crib- eet_ngs of large bi;dies of the people he strongly
s.
l• Fears are eufertained for the Isthmus of Pa/A. irlirelted by general and individuel calamity, other
ma. It is not fritgoiten that a troop of-hardy freee means mny be devised for correcting the evil besides
looters and buccaneers once had the boldness to the severity of legal proceedings. • We ate a"u"ra
cross it, to: pillage some towns iiii the South Sea, that the Ministers egoista be guilty of a very crinti-
an enterprise which was considered at the time nal neglect of their duty, were they to look with
when those bold adventurers executed it. as one of indifference at every foolish or wicked matt who
the most daring recorded in military annals. Its may think proper to go abont the country ieflem-
general the • fureieners of vitriol, station. who j big the pussione of an ignorant and turbulent mol-
now throw themselves upon South America, are titude ; but in the ',resent instance their difficulties
considered as new freebo'oters, who hope to are of their own creation. The people, who feel the
write themselves. But times are much changed, preMure of extreme poverty, and unfortunately
for most of the provinces in which they lend, entertain the notion (whether correctly or not it is
formerly' rich in gold and silver awl precious bew 11111 l tertiary to determine) that the Ministers
productions, are now rtimert : twides, oeressil have neglected their complaints and aggravated
has almost every where lout arms into the timid.; of their diarrhea will, of course, snake common
the pe-ple, who begin to become gond suliliere I cause with than %ham they consider their
:whether they combat for the Royal or the Indepen. eltimlisinns; they will think themselves assailed
dent cause. It is certain that the Cio.Z,ernment is t through the persons of the ittdivirloals marked
preparing measures to alleviate the emotion of the out
:by the Government as examples of severity ;
Spanish exiles ;it is thought that many of them titer will accustom themselves to regard the
will obtain permission to return home at the King's j Alinisters es tyrannicat, and themselves as op.
marriage, but no general measure will be adopted, fl pressed, until even the form of the Government
end the whole wilt be limited to some exceptions will become an object of dislike. No man, boast-
more or lees oeuterons. f Mg the possession of common sense, could believe
Those 'triter. who in journals and pamphlets the speeches of Sir CHARLES NVOLSELEY, or any
have expretsed themselves with equal bitterness i other orator, at it Stockport or Birmingham Meet-
and went of decorum against the prearat order of I ing, capable of exciting any dangerous feeling
things, are especially objects of jealousy, and it is among the multitude, if the people were not pre-
very (1001001 whetter the reesi of those who are disposed by involuntary idleness and poverty to
in this case will be speedy. Letters intercepted at give a favourable hearing to their harangues. But
lite frontiers, written by exiles to ;Itch relations and let the Ministers evince a kindly sympathy for
friends, have also injured their cause; time alone the sufferings of these poor people—let them tneni.
can efface the unfavourable impression. which these feat even a willinguess to do them service, and not
letters have caused in the thwerament to the pre. 1 excite them to desperation by displaying the ter-
judice of the Miters. I rors of the sword and of the law, and Sir CHARLES
Accounts from Madrid say, that :lie King has I"'MARLEY'S speeches will fall as harmless on the
signified to the new Itlinistry his intentions to em. obtuse ears of his Stockport and Birmingham audi-
ploy all our remaining resources to hasten the de- tors, an they have done on other occasions round
parture of the expedition front Cadiz, which may the hustings of Covent-garden. The people of
now positively be fixed for the month of August England have ever been characterised for their
next. Our Monarch is persuaded that this is his steady loyalty, and in affectionate attachment to
only resource to change the face of affairs in those their Sovereign no people have ever exceeded
countries. Many persons, however, consider Attie- them. We will affirm with confidence that this
rice as lost to us, whatever efforts we may make to principle is still strong within them, and if for •
subdue people who seem resolved to sacrifice every moment any portion of them may seem disposed .
thing in defence of their independence. to listen with attention to those who would lead
Our commerce is in a state of langour which it l them from the strict line of theirconstitutional duty,
a impossible to describe. The seas are covered we may conclude that their confidence has been
with privateers, who pursue even to the entrance betrayed, and their interests forgotten, by those
of our ports the vessels which escape their cruisers. who world find it their advantage to cultivate the
People begin at length to tern their eyes to agri- one, and whose duty should prompt them to pro.

We have received Paris Papers of Monday last,
from which we have made extracts.

A Flanders Mail arrived last night with Papers
to the 13th instant, extracts from which are git►en
in our preceding colurunr.

We have received Jamaica Papers to the i2il
May, containing some interesting intelligence from
South Ainerica. It is stated in a Paper of the 2c2d,
that a squadron, consisting of four frigates, supposed
to be under the command of Lord COCHRANU,
mode an attack upon Callao, the sea-port of Lima,
but were repulsed with great loss. Subsequent
information, however, communicates accounts of
the blockade of Callao, by seven vessels hearing
the Chilinis flag, tinder the orders of his Lordship.

The Governor of Barbadoes had detached several
schooners and a sloop of war to protect British pro.
perty on the coasts of the Spasii.h Makin ; as. from
the reinforcements lately received by the Insurgents.
she Governor was afraid that the property of the
British merchants would he endangered by the ex.
emirs of the Insurgent Commanders, should they
prove Human'.

Yesterday the Duke of YORK toinsacted military
business with the PRINCE MuEnt nt Carlton.

The Lore, Captain SMITH, arrived on the 11th
instant at Waterford, in 23 days from Cadiz. On
the 27th Julie, seven leagues west of the Rock of
Lisbon, she spoke the Calypso, Portuguese fri-
gate, 68 days from Rio Janeiro, which confirmed
the news of ARTIOAS having entered Briesins Acres,
awl of x Portuguese squadron being left blockad-
ing that port.
The brig Beresford, Copt. SPENCE. arrived at
lVaterford on the 11th instant from St. Julio's,
which she left 27th June. Prices of imports look-
ed heavy, io consequence of unusually large ar..
rivals ; nor was an advance of prime expected ; oe
material reduction, however, had taken place. The
seed fishery had been quite prosperous; the cod
fishery was very promising. Wages were very
high--181. for youngsters for five Months.
We are sorry to perceive, from the St. John's
Papers, that the dreaded typhus made its appear-
ance in a few cases at St. John's, suppmed to hayes
been brought (ruin Ireland. The effected persona
were immediately removed to an hospital, cud every
precaution was taken agritist contagion.

TO MISS ONE/U.
f►Mutt • UUkf.l PAPIOR

Mr. PETRE arrived in Wakefield on Friday week.
and has taken some pains to have 3 public meeting
in that town. but happily without effect. We un-
derstand, that on being introduced into one factory,
mud after explaining the nature of his mission. the
principal dismissal hint by kicking him out of the
place. He was working in Wakefield, as a jour-
neyman tailor, siesta two years sisKe.—(fr skvfirld
Journal/

Oh, ordcame from ri .1 at tnt strand,
4th, trek to yollf 7attre heti,
The richnst rail, the brightest gem,
Ist Ftrin's elitering
Oh. lovely air:alter' though ere mit*
The lustre ~f those a.. 11 bine eye.,
Though cs try heart within oar isle
Pays hotaage to thy rtihied
'rts nut thy beastly, tio Hot ran
The Reline dirinr. the spark from Heaven,
The genius I.lllli 1/1111, ri
aidmatts thy wroAroug mind,
That wins the triumph proud and high,
Thy country's loud idolatry ;
'1 is that within thy generous breast
Fair Virtue dwells, a rhrrish'il guest,
to spotless majesty sew, re,
Attends thee through thy bright career,
And shows n her richest gifts to bleu
Thy talents and thy loveliness.

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spiny kuides; ond upwortit Of 1,000 hor.es. The
Whole of the Spanish ftv.ce cenented of Ain' infantry,
and 1,9 covidry.
'l'be. second is dated Antoci, heti 3,. and.cie•
visas actwit, or rather a suouiesfen of skirmishes,
%de took place on the rffla Intik of the river
t,et‘licen the March and the
.1,1 of
1,, xrd j loin of the• Royalists was
and twenty-five wounded, that of
•tlia independents inns' have been considerable,