The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-08-19 00:00:00

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The Marquis and sfarehToneas of Bristol and family left town
yesterday, for their seat, le.( worth Park, Suffolk.
Count and Countess Lieven arrived in town yesterday, fron,
Richmond.

I,ord King has arrived at his seat, Ockharo, Surrey, from g

lowtl.l. Thynne has left town on a tour.
The Hon. George and fairly Georgina Agar Ellis have let NM.
ton Park, near Rumsey, far Norman Court, Sioelthridge.
Sir Francis Vincent, But. left the British Hotel, Armyrostreet,
yesterday. for Paris.
General and Mrs. Ross have !cf.( town for 'heir rest in !frt..
General Armstrong arrived yesterday at Gatid's Hon), Jerai)n,
street, from a tour. . .

Captain Itickett arrived yesterday at Fenton's New I/o'el,
James's-street from a tour. . . _

Mr. and La'ily Mary Roan have left town for Cornwall.
The Provost of Dublin has arrived at tlf: Royal hotel, St.
James's street, from Irela, d.
Arrivals at Miran.* noir% Lower Broak.atteet :—Misa Plover,
film Bath ; M. Orry La Roche aid family, from Paris; M. Oibcrt
and family, trom Paris.
Arrivals at Thomas's Bose', Berkeley-square : —C. lorel and
Mrs. %Vadlow, from Edinburgh ; and the Rev. J. R Tivanpaou,
and J. B. Ti.ompson, Esq, from Yorksliir... Departures:
Tennant, Esq. and Dr. Bonnet, for L'•igitton.

Mr. Secretary Canning arrived in town on Thnrslay,
from Cnmbe Wood, where Mr. C. bad gone to pays visit
to the Earl of Liverpool, on his return from lirii;btan.
The Right lion. Gentleman was engaged.yestesday at his
Office in Downing-street, transacting business with Prince
Esterliazy, the Austrian, and Count Lieven, the Russian
Ambassador, and others of the Foreign Ministers.
The Right lion. Robert Peel, his nijesty's present So-
-1 cretary of State for the Home Department, when only a
young man about 51.2 years of age, after four days public
examination by the four sworn Examiners of the University
of Oxford, was adjudged entitled to the highest academical
honours, both in classics and the sciences. In token of
their admiration of his unequalled excellence, the Exami-
ners spontaneously and simultaneously rose, uncovered, and
congratulated him on his examination—a circumstance
without a parallel, either before or since.

The following is an extract of a private iettt-r front Car.
thagena, dated the 27 ill June:—
" The Spanish fleet hag not been seen for ten clays, so wc trlnt
they have left our coasts for good.
" We have had much rain of late, which, wish a ronsideeabla
influx of foreigners (lately arrived), hall caused tonne %areal
among the latter, which, in some insiAnces has prorid tual, otlitr.
wise we are very healthy.
" Commerce is quite at a stand, and money dlfficult to be got.
Prices of all produce nominal." _ _

Be Exos Avvics.—Extract from a letter of the Agent to
Lloyd's, dated 29111 May :—This port continues to be
strictly blockaded by the Brazilians ; and although within
the last week they Lave made tiro attacks upon the aquas
ilron belonging to this Government, under the command of
Admiral Brown, they were rt !wiled without much low
being sustained on either side. The Brazilian squadron is
again in sight, standing up the river, and another attack is
expected to take place shottly''
The private letters from Buenos Ayres to the end of
May, and from Monte Video to the.6kl June. state that the
blockade of the Plate continued. Two English merchant.
men attempting to break it were captured, and are expected
to be declared g toil prizos. The Brazil squadron had twice
attempted an attack on the Republican fl et, but, after ex.
pending a little gunpowder, quietly sailed off.
Buenos Ayres Papers to the end of May have been received.
A new Envoy to the Congress of Panama is appointed by
the Republic, where he will meet the Envoy from the Eta-
peror of Brazil, so that the Envoys of two Powers, now at
war, will join in an amicable Congress:—
[From the Mansagrrn a Alg7atino.l
Iltrtsios AYH Es, MAY IL—UM Exce!lency the President of
this Republic having judged it necessary to send an Envoy Extra.
ordinary to the Assembly at Panama, Senhor Don 3lanuel Jose
Garcia was appointed to this mission, but 111 health having obttgrd
that gentleman to decline the honour, D. D. Jose sliguvl Deis
Velez is appointed in his stead.
51*Y 1 S.—The President has issued several decrees relative to
the University.
51*Y 211.—1 n the sitting of the Congress on the 18th, minus
plans were submitted by the President to the consideration of .the
Assembly : they were relative to the celebration of the 25th of May,
being the anniversary of the revolution. The President proposed
to erect in the city, at the public expense, a monument to perpe-
tuate the memory of the citipns, who, having prepared the glorious
25th or Alay, 11110, must be consideted as the authors of the tyro-
! lution which gave rise to the liberty and intlepen Vence of the United
Province., of the Rio de la Plata. II e aka proposes to gra:a pensions
to the 32 individuals who, under the command of General D. Juan
Antonio Lsvalleja, undertook the heroicewerprise of liberating the
Oriental provinces.
25.—The Congress has granted the following pensions.
viz. :—To General Lavalleja. 2.000 piastres ;,to each of his officers,
1,000 ; and to each of the subakerna and privates, 1410, as proposed
by the President.
The Buenos Ayres Papers contain some account of tri-
fling skirmishes between the squadrons on the river.
We have receiveti Brazilian Papers to the 14th June,
which announce the arrival at Rio Janeiro of the French
Ambassador with the ratified treaty of commerce.
[Front the Diarin Fluminenic.l
RIO DE JANEIRO, MAY 16.

DECK 12E.
The motives having ceased which rendered indispsturnbte the
measures ordered by the decree of the 11th Decembtr, 1022, re.
*peeling the sequcatration of Portuguese property, and it bring ne.
cessary that the sixth article of the treaty of 29th August, 102.%
should have its full and entire effect—

I hereby declare ;Mll and void the said Decree in all its parts.
Signed by the Emperor.
Palace of Rio de Janeiro, 26th April, 1826.
MAY 19.
The I)iario contains the speech of the Baron de Cairn,
as Speaker of the Chamber of Senators, thanking his Majesty for
his niscourse en the opening of the Chamber. The Senate, allud-
ing to the war with Buenos A yres, hopes that the justice of the
cause, and the Divine aid, will Inure the triumph of the Imperial
arms. The Speaker congratulated his Majesty on the tr sty with
Portugal, and pail high compliments to his Majesty for the mes.
sures he has adopted in renouncing the Crown of Portugal, and
giving a liberal Constitution to that kingdom.
The Emperor replied as follows :
I thank the Chamber of Senators for the proofs of respect given
to my Imperial person, and the Baron, in particular, for his do.
quent speech.
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