The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-08-11 00:00:00

BOLIVAR.

Strange as it may appear, we have as yet no authentic
connected account of the private and personal history of a
man who has had few equals in modern time, whether we
regard his great skill and valour in the field, or his acute-
ness, tact, and wisdom in the senate. But now that the
din of arms has ceased, we trust that this desideratum will
soon be supplied, and in the mean time, we may mention
a fact which seems to have escaped the notice of all his
biographers. While living in Kingston lie applied him-
self unremittingly to the study of European tactics, and
though absent, unwillingly absent. for a time, from the
scene of action, was constantly employed in committing to
' paper the plans of battles, which lie afterwards so success-
; fully reduced to practice. In particular, he eagerly em-
braced every opportunity of watching the manoeuvres of
the troops about Kingston ; and such was his enthusiasm
and mental abstraction, that lie was frequently seen stand-
ing in the front of the line, unconsciously acting tle pan
of fugletnan. This circumstance, together with his con-
stant appearance on the drill-ground, naturally attracted
the attention of the commanding officer, who having
learnt the character and quality of the stranger, very obli-
gingly ordered his men to repeat occasionally some of thew
movements in which Bolivar took the greatest interest.
Short as his residence in the island was, he added much
to his previous stock of military knowledge; and when
Morillo next met him in the field, he found lie had a now
enemy to contend with, and the Liberator is candid enou;:h
to ascribe much of his subsequent good fortune to his ac-
cidental visit to Jamaica. Though it was his wish to pre-
serve the strictest incognito, he received attentions hem
all who value the brava assertors of a righteous cause, and
that, too, in defiance of the feelings of the constituted au-
thorities, who, at the period of time to which we refer.
worn anything but friendly to the rising liberties of the
American States. On leaving La Guayra, Bolivar wall
dressed in the uniform of a General, and wore enormously
large mustachios; but before he had been many hours at
sea, he divested his face wholly of hair, and dressed him'
self in a suit of plain clothes--a proceeding which pro-
duced such a change in his appearance, that the wonderirg
sailors entertained doubt as to his personal identity. hi
fact, their feelings of admiration had so far subsided, that
on landing their passengers safely at Kingston, a quirt-
wittml Irishman replied to a gentleman who was an:clove
to gain a peep at ISolivar, and who being disappointed in
this, began to inquire how he looked—" Why, faith, 11 to
that, it is hard to say ; for when he came on board 171
looked just as fierce as the Grand Turk himself, and DO
you would take him for naught but a barber or a tailor'
apprentice."—Dumfries Courier.
NORWICH A Ponv.—The Committee fi r carrying into
effect this desirable improvement have received a Repent
from Captain George Nicholls, a gentleman of the ti/11
eminence, who has stated as his opinion, '• that a safe and
convenient communication may be formed as proposed "
vessels of 100 or 1.10 tons burden between Lake Lathing
and the sea at Lowestoft ;" and he adds, " I do not fitd
any reason to apprehend that such communication wi
hereafter be blacked up or impeded, or that any i Iflunt6
effects will ensue from it, either to the navigation along
the coot or to the flat country without it",--Beiffq cg(4lf.