The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-12-17 00:00:00

freedom and independence of America. lie has Tumbril
with the VICEROY, expressly because the letter was too
liberal ; and he boasts, in his rebellions manifesto, that he
was always the enemy of public liberty in every shape.
The Spanish Governor of Lima, Rem i., has shut himself
up in the fortress of Calla:), where he was blockaded by
land and by sea, until the arrival of the Spenish man of
war, the Asia, induced the Peruvian Admiral, th:tsr, to
withdraw. Lima would of course declare again for the
Patriots, on the appro3ch of the first detachment sent

against it.
From the private arcotnts we are glad to find that the
victories of the Colombian Liberator arc not rendered more
glorious by his valour, than his slcccsses by his humanity
to the varquishe4l. The Royalist soldiers are repreaentrd
as being filled with astonishment st the mildness of their
treatment : they had been tatOtt to regard Doi !clot as a
monster ; and they may well ho pardoned for their delusion
respecting him, when we remember the cal 'es pub-
lished against him by the infamous Tunas T.SGLE.
Where will the traitor now shelter himself?

Our readers will find au amusing j'icce of German ab-
surdity respecting Sir W7l. Co wines-ea contract for light-
ing Berlin with gas. This transaction, we arc gravely
told, will augment the " great mass of German wealth,"
which we have contrived; somehow or other, to draw from
Germany. It is absolutely alarming to the good people of
Berlin, that an English General of artillery should under-
take to supply them with light cheaper than they can
themselves make it ; and they infer rather oddly, that the
greater abundance of cheap goods we supply them with,
the poorer they will become in consequence of buying them.

The proceedings in the Common Council, yesterday,
On the Report of the Committee appointed to inquire into
the cause of the delay and deficiency of water at the late
fires, arc worthy of some notice.. The Ncw River Com-
pany may have kept their contract, and yet be answerable
for great negligence in the mode of supplying water incases
of conflagration. There can be no doubt that there has been
ample ground for complaint on the part of the public, who
are not to be satisfied by a statement that the New River
Company have done all that the law actually compelled
them to perform. There may be other measures necessary ;
but, unquestionably, the grand evil is and has been the
delay of water.

Yesterday the Duchess of Kent had a numerous party
at dinner. at her auartinenta, at the King's Palace, Ken.
hilortrit. to celebrate the loirth.day of Prince Leopold.
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Ilis llit•hness Prince Alexarule-r of So!ma-Braunfels, son
of the Duchess of Cumberland, was solemnly confirmed at
Ihrlin on the 19th of November, in the presence of the
King of Prussia, the Royal Family, his illustrious Parents,
and scveral of the Niinisters of State.

Yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, the Earl of Liver-
pool left his residence, at ll'hitehall, for Wiudsor. The
Noble 1:1,-.r1 proceeded to the Royal Lodge, and had an
audience of the King for sonic time. ilia Lordship re-
turned to town in his carriage and four, where the Noble
Earl arrived shortly before tire o'clock.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived at his re-
sidence in Downing-street, yesterday morning, from Beck-
enham.
'File Cabinet Council that was summoned to assemble
yesterday, at two of Blot k, at the Foreign (Hike, was post-
poned till to.tlay, in consequence of Lord Liverpool's visit
to the King, at Windsor.
Lord Straw ford, lately our Ambassador at f'onstanti-
nope. arrived at Bov,v on Wednesday from l'alais.
Vie learn from Edinburgh that the Justiciary gown,
now c:teant, is to be given to Lord Mackenzie, and the scat
on the Coin of Session Bench is to be filled by Mr. John
Bay Forbes, who is to be succeeded in the valuable She.-
ritlidiip of Perthshire by Mr. Dungan !!'Neill. The two
first vacancies have been occasioned by the resignation
of Sir Archibald Campbell, Lord Succoth.—( ksgow
Ili reld.

It is not more gratifying than true. that to individual
entriprige and exertion this country is indebted for almost
all the pre-eminence we enjoy in our commerce and manu-
factures, and it gives us pleasure to notice, that from the
intelligence and the spirited adventure of an
tae country is likely to derive a very lasting benefit, by the
importation into New South Wales of a number of the
genuine breed of Saxon sheep, which in the course of the
summer were for that purpose obtained direct from Ger-
many]. They have just been exported from our own shores
in the Hugh Crawford, the Elizabeth, and the l'rince
Regent ; the latter vessel, indeed, is entirely freighted with
oxen and sheep, and is now waiting a fair wind at the Isle
of Wight. To Richard Jones, ESIp, is the public in-
debted for this important adventure, which cannot fail, in
a very few years, of producing such an improvement in
the wools of the colony as will alike benefit the settlement
and the parent country. Mr. Joucs has resided many
years at Sydney, where he is a member of the first and
oldest mereantik house, and where, by an honourable and a
liberal conduct he has raised himself and his fine to a
reputation equal to any commercial body in the Ent. We
trust that the Hugh Crawford, and the other vessels. with
their fleecy cargo, may havesafe and speedy voyages, and we
cordially wish every success to the mo4lern Jason. We un-
derstand that the Rambler and the Midas, each with very
valuable freight, arc hourly expected to arrive front New
South Wales.

THE LATE MR. FAUNTT.FIOY:WC understand, that
at a meeting of the Commissioners under the Bankruptcy,
a few evenings since, twine circumstanees of an extraor-
dinary character transpired. A Airs. C. P. underwent an
examination, in which it appeared that the unhappy Mr.
roy had expendol upon her, in various ways.
an enormous smut. to the amount, we may venture to
say, of nearly twenty thousaml pounds. lle supported
two Louses, one in the vicinity of London, anil the other
about half w;:y between Brighton and the metropolis, till•
latter of which has a considerable quantity of land attached
to it. Mrs. C. D. resided three or four years tack in this
place for a short period, MA atlEaCit•il considerable notice
ny the es pellSiVC style in which she lived. wearing valu-
able diamonds. and driving a splendid efinipage. It is
also ascertainsd, that Mr. Fautith roy has spent much
!ounce on other females. Although the examination be-
fore the CiumnissielWlS was private, these Lids are by
un means sore! iu 1,11)41011; bat no notice has yet been
nof theta in the public prints. We most confess
e were not pw ;•arcil for such a disclosure, ivhich iikas
not, however, exonerate the t... 1 from the disgrace of
putting fortth to the wild a tissue of stories relative to
this unhappy man, whieb we knew and proved to be un-
true. 1, a not our intention have alluded again to
the eoti4u..l of this journal. but having thus incidentally
mentiwied it. we cannot forbear adverting to another in-
stame of paltriness on it.; part, which appears to have
c•capcd the note of tbe Lonilon peas. After publishing
the long stmonk we refuted. this Sark! journal
:rob in:,itcil r article efmtnining precisely
the sail i,• ::).4 :4:i pre% iensly given hy ourselves relative to
the h4411:4 444 Mr. ratlnC4CEoy. 414141 this rithout being in-
g,imons :111010WIctigt• faiSciltßA of its fOrtiler

Car T) Ilo.srnat. Ar establish-
tr-tit of a ( •0111 It V I 10,1 i la! 110 t on begun. but we mil-
li:Pentiv trust •in a short time, through the liberal at:-
ete b. itt activ:.• operation. A ireeti:l;7
the ( v.. 1 Ship Tavern on Saturday lull, for the
puip.we nf entering into .t roile:eriptiou for that porpow.
wgn 1.4:,.nbv the End of Egreniont, who lihe-

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tali• put dm%n his n:an' ler t.:arl of thiclit.fter
Coo/. Nlr. I';altur Rnrr:•ll,
-ir Al. ilurrell. 11. P.. it:ol ticiny other county
golllcnnn. are 011 the list. TtIC Rittlatioll of I•ri4lttcit
itc.tcy in :IL, centre of the county ; and in point of me-
dical ass-statxo, there is not a town which has Fo maov
distinguished practitioners: SCA bathing, absolutely neces-
sary for many thSCAACC, and in short evory kcal ant! desir-
able qualiticatior, Catt be hero conammt!ed.