The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-12-24 00:00:00

her. tile tir lilts has sailed to.A Ay for Petilara-
inica. The squadron on this station, under Sir 'I%
HARDY, are all round Cape Horn, except the
Storey and Beaver, which are in the River Piste,
the Doris, at Pernambuco, and the Aehrea frigate,
Captan PatscOet, C.B. which is here : these
-ships are lying for the protection of the British
interests ut these respective placed. Perriamboes
is at present in rather an unsettled state. A Porta.
gorse frigate sailed hence last leek, to take on
board the G•ivernor, and tonvey him to Lisbon, td
eccoorit for his conddct before the Cortese Prince
PEDRO.I Itirtli.duy was celebrated here on the
34th inst. with very distinguished opleudostr--the
'good people of Rio like him very much. The English
and French ships Bred • royal salute on the occasion.
The French squadron here consists of the Jews Bert,
44 ; Cior bide frigate, SO guns; Antigine, 46 guns.
The Clorinde proceeds to Valparaiso as soon as refit.
led. Sir T. HARDY sailed from Valparaiso for Urns,
at the latter end of July; the Owen Glendower
was to remain until relieved by the Conway. when
she was to proceed to this place sod Eriglaad.
The ship Alexander, in sixty days from Guernsey,
and the IVisifiagak. of Greenock, in sixty-ning,
days from Liverpool, arrived here on the 16th inst. 4
His Majesty's store-ship Coromandel, Mr. 'Laski
Downie, master, has arrived at Portsmouth from
New South Wales, last from Mercury Bay, New
Zealand, with a corgi) of timber, having had a
pleasant direct passage thence, round Cape Horn,
of only fifteen weeks, without a day's foul wind.
She is to go into the harbour to unload the
timber, which is a species of fir of similar appear.
once to the American pitch pine (called by the
natives Corals), hut it is strong as well as IVA, and
is peculiarly well adapted to topmasts of line-of-
battle ships. A detachment orthe Rill regt. which
went out to cut the timber, has landed at Fort
Cumberland. The natives of New Zealand be.
lived with remarkable civility to the officers and
crew of the Coromandel; one of the officers and
leis servant made oo excursion of 300 miles into
the interior, and was in every pert treated with at.
tention mud respect. The natives have made
very evident improvement in the scale of civi-
lization, from their intercourse with the Mis.

aionaries : one proof of which was not quite so
agreeable to our people; they barter in trade
310 W fo► value in geld ■nd silver coin, and not
for pieces of lead and copper, and common or-
mammal trinkets, as they used. It is a very fine
island; and as the natives entertain just and ho•
Pourable notions of the character of British officers,
sill its useful productions mny be easily obtained.
I'he►e was no appearance whatever at any of the
Flares visited of• cannibalism, or of those disgusting
senataal practicer which formerly prevailed. The
Coromandel left Port Jackson in July last, when

the colony was most rapidly improving in agricul.
ture, commerce, and even in many or tl►e refine.
wrote of society.

The trial of M'Nan►a. and Biology, fur the
murde► of Mrs. TORRANCR. came on before the
Special Commission at Limerick, on Monday. The
ease, on the part of the Crown, was slated by the
SOLICITOR-GENERAL with great strength and clear.
nest, but at the same time with all due legal cau-
tion and humanity. The defence was conducted by
Mr. O'GORMAN, and after a long and patient in-
vestigvtion, tit which 13 witnesses, including Mr.
TORRANCE, the husband of the d . rd, were exa-
mined, both prisoners were found guilty, and rt..
ceived sentence of death, which was executed upon
them on Wednesday. A full report of this inter-
esting ease is given in another part of our Paper.
The Ju►y was composed of Geotlemen of the fitst
rink and character ; and the evidence was an clear
and conclusive. they did not find it necessary to con.
slime ten militates in deliberation upon their verdict.
The ten Judger, Baron M'CLELLAND and Mr.
Justice Moose, presided during the whole trial.
The former, in pronouncing sentence, observed,
that he did not remember a more horrid case, nor
pole more clearly proved. The prisoner M'Samara
evinced guest hardness of heart : ens hearing his
sentence pronounerd, he exclaimed, " We could
expect nothing else from the county of Limerick
blood-hounds." The oilier prisoner ( %Moll) scent-
ed penitent, and alive to the horrors of his situation.
" We are happy to perceive," says the Dublin
Freeman, 8' that the Provincial Papers are luting
daily that character of painful interest which they
lately possessed. We still read 14 the plunder
of an raid gun, or the posting of a threatening
notice ; and a few of the most industrious Editor*
indulge their friends with descriptions of their
' fears' and ' apprehensions,' ainl the ' reports'
which eilculate u, their neighbourhoods ; but well-
authenticated accounts of the perpeoratimi Of via-
kilt outrages are not to be found in the eotantly
papers received by the tart tirrivals. Measures of
precaution continue in progress in the counties
where ally ►igns of diaturbaure have appeared."

The fiiends of the preseist Nlinistera congratulate
thenisrls.s and their patrons loudly upon the tie..
cescinii which their Cabinet receiires of talent and
respectability by the vision of the GRENYII.I,II
patty, By the conditions s 1• this coalition, we un-
dersiand Mr. %Vire N is to be at liberty to introduce
any measure which he may think ',toper into liar-
lisittent for the relief of the Irish Catholics, and
'svve it all the support of Isis .•ffici.d situation.
however, can be bet II small part of the
arrangement, and until it be wove clearly and fully
ilevelupell, we cannot form a slecid.sl opinion on 111
11171114. The support of WYNN. tioviev. r
kluitsle, U 4 II mese isiolividsial Al ember of the
l:alhnrt. if it ilia not work a plete change in
that broth hL favour of the Catholic Cause, sod pro-
cure for it all the Influence of a Cabinet measure,
mould leave its chattels: of success urarly as .it Wait
I.lllurr.