The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-04-20 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

[From the E:oik, dated Monday.]
MADRID, APRIL 4.
The trial of the municipality, which has engaged the attention of
our capital for eighteen months, has just been terminated. The
final sentence was made known yesterday, and seems much less ri-
gorous than was expected from the speech of the Fiscal. Only one
of the accused, M. Lunadrid, is sentenced to confinement. He is
sent for two years to a convent (La Cabreea).
The Duke of Abrasins, the Count of Allamira, and M. de Car.
vajal, are to return to the place at which they were before they were
brought to trial ; but the following restriction is given for the two
fint:—" Unless they receive permissien horn the King to remain
at Madrid ;" and for )f. de Carvajal, " Unless he obtain from his
military superiors permission to remain at Madrid"—and he has
this permission. The Count de Nablijas is exiled for six yam
from the capital ; the Marquis de Corralbo, and the Sieur de
Rubianes. are exiled for two years. Most of the other members of
the municipality have received similar sentences of banishment.
Those of I8!2 will also be required to point out the place which
'thee will choose to pass the time of their exile ; and they will re-
main there under the surveillance of the Magistrates.
The members of the Municipality of 1821 are severally bound to
pay sixty thousand reals for the disbursements which they ordered
Ito be made on the occasion of the attack on the Hotel of the Gerdes
du Corps ; and those of 1822, four hundred thousand reale fur the
money spent on the 7th July.
M. Jandeacs and others are declared purely and simply included
I in the pardon.
San Martin is acquitted. All the other accused are condemned
to pay the costs.
The Coast de Subteen'. Ambassador from his Most Faithful
Majesty, had the honour to deliver his credentials to the King on
' vie 3d of this month.
The value of the cochineal gathered in the province of Osaca, in
Mexico, used to amount, on an average, to two millions of piastres
annually. The Government. convinced of the immense advantages
which the Peninsula would derive from the cultivation of this pre-
clout dye, has resolved to assist as mach as possible Don Martinez
Torres, who has just formed, near Malaga. an establishment for
the purpose of naturalising the cochineal in Spain.
It having been proved by several examinations that contractors
for the Royal armies during the war against the usurper Joseph
have been paid more than what is lawfully the* due, the King has
ordered that all payments exceedina the proper amount shall be
charged to the chiefs of the omces of liquidation, who hart ordered
them to be made.
ODESSA, 61.taeu 26.
Our letters from Constantinople, of the 18th instant, confirm
what we before knew relative to the profound impression caused in
that city by the news of the recognition of the States of South Ame-
rica by the British Government. It is expected they will also re-
cognize the independence of Greece. The Reis Effendi is highly
irritated with Lord Strangford. That Ambassador will not return ;
there are more reasons than one for supposing so.
PARIS, APRIL 17.
We have just received t letter from Constantinople of the
16th March, with the following news:—
" Ibrahim Pacha In: Suds the 19th (Feb.), with 38 vessels,
4,000 infantry, and SOO cavalry, for Illodon, and after effecting a
landing, was to send back the easels to Suds, to join five or six
'frigates which parted company with the fleet in bad weather, on
the passage from Carstnania to Suds, and did not arrive till Ibra-
him Pacha had sailed. They had 7,000 or 8,000 men, which they
were to land in the direa as soon as they should be joined by the
i vessels sent back by the Visir.
** There is no news of any movements that the Greeks may have
Ihade at the time of this expedition of Ibrahim, or since.
"All Thessaly, from Larissa to Verdes, was subdued; the
Albania Captain. Diamondi, and his band, had recognised the
authority of the Porte, and the Roumeli. Valenti had already his
I head-quarters in Albania.
" The armaments in the arsenal are proceeding with an activity
which would be remarkable even in the dock-yards of Europe;
but the Capitan Pacha's plan for the campaign is still uncertain.
Some think Samos will be again attacked, others that the fleet of
Constantinople will merely endeavour to keep the Greeks in check,
without undertaking any thing serious against them to favour the
operations by land."

The King is expected to arrive a little after ten o'clock
this morning at Carlton Palace, from Windsor.
The Duke of York left town for Newmarket, to attend
the races, yesterday.
Yesterday the Princess Augusta took an airing in the
Parks, &c.
The Duchess of Gloucester, the Princess Sophia, and
the Princess Matilda, visited the Princess Augusta yes-
terday.
The Duke of Gordon has been chosen President of the
Inverness Institution for promoting literature and science
in the north of Scotland.
His Grace the Duke of Athol, it is stated, has disposed
of his interest in the Isle of Man, and of course his patron-
age. Three General Officers of distinction have applied
for the highest situation in the Island. The licensing
system, it is added, will be clone away with,
The Earl and Countess of Harewood will give a grand
dinner on Friday next, at Harewood House, Hanover-
square.
Extract of a letter from Paris, dated Saturday:—" The
laws for the indemnity of the emigrants and the conversion
of the renter, that of raccrfe...m, and the general conduct of
the Government, are struck with a popularity so increasing
and so undisguised, that when the King took his prome-
nade through Paris on the 12th of April he was everywhere
received with mournful silence. The Government shud-
&re a little at this universal disapprobation ; but such is
its obstinacy, that it continues by intrigues, menaces, and
deceit, in acc urs which must, sooner or later, bring about
a r.neral commotion."
THE HOLY ALLIANCE.—The Honourable Leycester
Stanhope, who has distinguished himself by his exertions
in favour of Greece, having passed from Genoa, where he
had resided for some time, to Milan, was ordered by the
Austrian Police to have the Austrian territories in 24
hours. The pretence was, that his passport was signed
only by the Austrian Consul at Genoa • but that this was
a futile pretence was evident from the fact that he was
permitted to pass the frontiers (where the examination of
passports is ordinarily the most strict) without difficulty or
observation. The whole affair has probably originated in
the hatred borne towards Colonel Stanhope, as the friend
cf Grec t. independence.
We have received files of the Jamaica Courant to the 3d
of March. They contain no intelligence of public interest.
The Session of the General Constituent Congress of
Mexico was closed on the 24th of December, with the ac-
customed solemnities. Their labours were terminated by
a sitting continued until three o'clock in the morning,
when they invested the President with powers of a nature
so comprehensive, that they can be compared only to those
of an absolute monarch. Various reasons are assigned for
these extraordinary proceedings. Some persons suppose
that they may be attributed to the suspicious movements
of General &titans, in the province of Yucatan.
The last American Papers contain letters from the Sand-
wich Islands to the 19th of September, stating that a war
had broken out in the island of Atoi, where a son of Pitt,
the Prime Minister, bad assumed the office of Governor, to
the exclusion of the late King Reo Rio's son. The latter,
in revenge, it is said, had shot a white man, the confiden-
tial adviser of Pitt. A general rising is said to be the re-
sult, and that 1000 men had proceeded from Owhyhee, to
quell the insurrection.
AMERICAN PRESIDENT!.—OnIy two States of the
Union have furnished Presidents, viz.—Virginia and Mas-
sachusets ; and of the first three Presidents, brit one had
a son, who is now elected President, during the lifetime
of his father.—Philadelphia Gazette.
BRITISH SETTLER! IN NORTH AllEßlCA.—Friday a
public meeting was held in the Trades' Hall, Glasgow, for
the purpose of forming a Society in connection with the
Church of Scotland, for the purpose of sending ministers,
teachers, and catechists to the British settlers in North
America. Earl Dalhousie was chosen Patron, and Mr.
Finlay President of the Society ; and Sir M. S. Stewart,
Vice-President. _

A meeting of the United Parishes of St. Gregory and St.
Mary Magdalen was announced to take place yesterday,
few the purpose of petitioning against the Roman Catholic
1_ I dins. When there were about 1.5 persons assembled the
Rector took the Chair, but Mr. Hureombe pointed out
that the meeting had not been convened according to the
provisions of the Act of ISIS, regulating parochial meet-
ings, and no petition was proposed.
A new private road is now making for the convenience
of the Archbishop of Canterbury. It is to run from
Stanga:e, at the back of the Mitre, to the back of the
Sawyers. The road will then extend over the gardens to
Lambeth Palace. It is said the tower used as a prison
for the Lollard', and refractory Ecclesiastics, is to
come down. This project, under judicious arrangement,
might he made highly advantageous to the public. The
walk on the banks of the river will become a beautiful
17noir, is ease it should border a gay public road lead-
-1:::ef the grounds of Lambeth Palace to the main road.
It is understood that considerable improvements are in
contemplation, and that a carriage-road, which has been
long wanting. will be carried from the foot of Westiniu-
shr-bridge, through Lambeth, to Vauxhall.