The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-07-23 00:00:00

DUTCH MAIL.

rianiburgh papers to the 12th instant arrived yesterday.
The following are extracts :
HANOVER, JULY 13.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has returned to
Mont Brillant, from bis tour In the principality of Osnaburg.
Count Munster is expected from Johannisberg to-morrow.
The Prince Bishop of liddetheim, who was aerioitsly indisposed,
is now recovering.
BERLIN, JULY lE.
The Vistula has overflowed its banks. In the neighbouring vil.
lagts the water has done great damage, and has already risen
twelve feet.
DRVPDEN, JULY 8.
The waters of the Elbe attained the greatest height in the night
of the Rtith ; the stream has now receded within its ordinary chan-
nel. The traces of desolation that it has left behind are very me-
lancholy. The burstilg of a great dyke near Prague, occasioned
by vast tomtits of rain, is said to have been the chief cause of this
mistoctune.
SCHWERIN, JULY 9.
We flatter ourselves with the hope that his Majesty the King of
Prussia will arrive at Dohberan at the beginning of August. We
expect, at the same time, their Royal Ilighoesses the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge, and the Brand Duke Nicholas and his
COllllOfL

EXCHANGER.
Ilsissuman, JULY 16.—London, 36 6i ; 2 months, 36 21.
Sr. PETENSIBURGH, JULY 2--London, 9 13.32; Paris, 11.1.
Leirsic, .111 air 12.—London, 3 months, 6 115.1.
BEILIN, JULY 13_1,0nd00,3 months, 6 19f.

TRINIDAD.

EXTRACT OF ♦ LETTER FROM TRINIDAD, DATED THE

10TR INSTANT.

You will have noticed in the riglinh Papers the Order in Coun-
cil for the treatment of the slaves in Trinidad. This has been
published in the Gavle( here (although not officially), and has
c iused great dismay and consternation amongst all classes of the
wino unity. I fear it may be attended with mischievous effects.
I have no hesitation in saying it gives a deadly blow to the agri-
cultural pmaperity of the island, as none of the inhabitants in the
other Colooies (the soil of some of which is nearly worn out), will
row establish themselves here, and be subject to all the pains and
Tialtim enacted ..er the said Order. It is really unfortunate that
rinidad should be made the theatre for experiments on all occa-
sions; but this too clearly proves the case from :11r. Canning's
speech. I send you a parophlet published by a 3lember of the
Couocil here ; and, although it relates to the former propositions
of Earl Bathurst fur the treatment of the slAves, still you may find
it worth perusal.

11, EX RACT Or A LETTER PROM DEMERARA, DATED TILE
liTre INSTANT.
It seems to be a prevailing opinion in this colony, that the
'Ministerial experiment, now about to be tried in Trinidad, will
meet with serious obstructions in practice, and. indeed, that it will
ultimately fail altogether. Our new Governor, Kir Benjamin
D'Urban, already displays great energy of charsetar, anti olesom
Its all by the frankness .ind al.ebtlit of his manners, lie has set
out on a tour through this United Coinny. to ascertain, by i *mural
inventigatimi„ the real state, &c. of our slave popuiatiers_primsbly
fur the purpose of grounding a Report to Government on the sub-
ject. We entertain some hopes that the new Slave Code will nut
be forced upuri us, till ifter it shall have been seen how it operates
in Trinidad

OBSERVATIONS we PARIS.—POSTE air LETTRES.

This means of conversing a thousand leagues from one
another is an admirable invention. The ancients would
have matte a goddess of this poste, which has changed the
world into one immense saloon, where people converse at
the greatest distance on all subjects with as much facility
as if sitting round a parlour fire-side. It was to Louis XI.
the most terrible of despots, that we are indebted to a post.
His son being dangerously ill at Blois, paternal love created
relays on the road, to have the most rapid intelligence of
the Prince's health. Political affair. have since made use
of this discovery by paternal love, to which they have added
the telegraph, made use of c!,ly by the (My, rement, but
should the telegraph once fall into the power of the public.
it will be true more than ever, that the Atlantic is but a
river. t'onsilering this invaluable invention not merely as
a philosopher, but as a calculator, I shall show how great
an advantage it has become to the finances of the State.
The service of the Post-office brings annually a revenue
to the city of Paris of 4,23.1,0001'., 169,0001. sterling. It
ihas been estimated that 518,000 letters leave Paris every day
for the interior and foreign parrs, and that 18,000 daily
arrive in that city, which in a year gives motion to mven-
I teen million of letters. The Petite Postefmnishes a move-
I ment of 10,000 letters per day, of which creditors and Fe:
imams are the principal furnishers; these letters, which
formerly arrived at their destination the following day,
thinks to M. le Directeur des Pastes, now arrive four hour;
after being put into the Lox, since which it 'has been ob-
served, that les reside; plus are become more frequent, and
the commerce of hearts more active.

However, in London, the Twopenny (Petite) Post is
managed still better, as there are offices where letters are
del:vered in two hours. it is true you pay dearer than
here, but Ira (mom communicate in consequence more ra-
pidly than at Paris. Periodical publications and semi-pe-
riodical leave Paris daily, to the number of 28,333. An-
nually 104,000 letters are addressed Paris poste rest ante.
This means is adopted by persons in obscurity, or by persona
who will not or cannot give their address. Out of this
tensuber nearly 1 t,OOO remain without being claimed, most
of which arc testimonials of love addressed to des amans
er.7axeurs, who, hardly arrived at Paris, have forgotten
their vows of eternal fidelity.

Letters were received yesterday from Jamaica, dated
let June. They announce that accounts had been re-
ceived at Kingston of the negotiation of the Calombian
Loan in London ; the Renegado schooner was ir,:mediattly
despatched to the Main with hnportantintelkfenee.
_ .

In further refutation of the many idle reports, which
the enemies of Mexico here, within these few days, indus-
triously circulated, w.: Call positivtly ass:•rt, that Mr. Mo-
rier will leave London on Saturday next, and proceed on
ttia newdon.—Courier.

Extract of n letter from Baranquilla (Colombia), dated
May 11:—" The proceedings of Congress in Bogota have
not as yet been marked by any act of public importanc?, if
we except the law just passed, agreeably to which all the
lands dedicated to the Saints (by far the most valuable in
the country, and amounting to many millions) are tak.:n
from the clergy and appropriated to the exclusive use of the
Government, for the nrosecution of the war, &c. This is
as it ought to be; liut the system ought to be followed
; and it is hoped it will, by condemning all the proper-
ties of monasteries, cloisters, cons. nts, &c. in favour of the
Govenrment, and convecting their useless inmates into
useful members of society. Upon a late oczasion, when
the Archbishop of Merida was commencing a spcerh in the'
Senate in the following manner—' Our holy religion is
losing ground,' he was most promptly put down by nearly
a unanimous vote."

M E stoo.—The private letters by the Lion from Mexico
were delivered at the post-office ytsterdsy, those which
arrived on Saturday having lven merely the despatches to
Government and the Contractors of the Elan. These
!elfin do little more than fill up the details of the intelli-
gence we have already given. They srrk in the highest
terms of the energy with which all the measures of the
Government have been taken since Bravo came into powcr,
and of the confidence universally felt, net merely in his
talents mal activity, but in the uncompromising integrity
of his character. Sraking of the Jima of the persons
engaged in some plot in favour of Iturbicle, one of the
letters says—" This proceeding was conducted with a
promptitude and a vigilance that would have done credit
to any European Government. The persona arrested arc
all of the most despicable character—bankrurs in fortune
and in fame—just the sort of men who, having nothing to
lose, are ready to promote any change that can by any
chance put a little money into their pockets. lturbide,
when he was in power, was pretty lavish of money to-
wards hit supporters." Great satisfaction seems to Lave
!iei a given by the appointment of M. A!ainan to Le M-
oister of Foreign Ailkira and of the Interior. The mines
were tee,ini.ing to get put in motion, and M. Alanaan was
at the teat' of one of the companies formed for this
purpose. . _

XSIIANTI:E VI-Alt.—Ms-ices have been reC.lVed from
Major Chisholm, who commands et Cape Coast, to the
12th May. They state that the :Ishantees hail pushed
the it sum ssrs nearly to the gardens, which are only four
miles distant from Cape Coast Castle, but that no appre-
hensions were entertained of an attack ; on the contrary,
preparations were making to collect together a sufficient
levee to advance and give the Asitantres battle. Colonel
Sutherland was expected from Siert.. LIAM(' with reinforce-
ments. The new ordnance which arrived en the 19th
March has been trettuttil. The landing-place has aim
been secured by building a strong wall from one of the
bastions of the Castle to a considerable depth in the sea,
and commanded by aeveral nine-pounders.