The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-02-11 00:00:00

PARIS PAPERS.

PARIS, VVIIRUART 7.
LAM morning the King veeiveill the no, id oilcans,
3Lkilume Ihr Dm' loess, and fllpsoirnwigelle .111.leatic

A French traveller now iu Egypt, has dewovcred at a die-
tube of about nine boors j...srsiey Its the fled Se a, au an-
cient city built in the isinustusos, betweers the 211 h and
2511 r degrees of latitude. There are still 4011 houses ems vs.
istruee. Ain.mg the rums are found kill ples dedicated to
vers..usrltviasities. 'lliere are eleven statues, aml variants
ruins of saltless. lie has also discovered the auciesit sta.
lions that were app.inted WI the route ihsough the Desert,
going from the Rid Sea to the Valley of the Nile. 'limier
slaliuos are at regular distances of Moe hours between
each. This smite is undoubtedly one of those traversed
by the cutsHnrrce of loam, a commerce whirls was so
flourishing ■t the time of the I...rides, and under the first
Enwraps.. The Williiloll is How ascertained of the a tura ald
mune, of which sees certain Lwewlealge was bad tor sertral
ages.--Clients Eacyclopeefigne
Accounts fruits the banks ut the Mississippi state that the
mammoth, a munetrous alianial hitherto known wily by
name, anal of which no other trace hss been found than some
of its bones, bar been discovered actually in existence, to the
western deserts of North America. According Im the de,
scripheeos given of it, this colossus of hlw animal kingdom is
nut eatuivs routs ; it live► un vegetables, but more par 64'11-
elderly sot a eertaia species of trees, of whirls it rats the
leaves, the bask, Alllll even the trunk. It carver lies down,
anal sleeps leaning fur auppurt against a tree. It has rather
the shape of a weld boor, litters feet high, than of an ele-
phant. Ilia body is covered by a hairy skims, au.l has nu
burn.
The ./,errant etc let 1 anrarie contains the names of the
priori pal lebraliea in France. The most considerable are
the King's, las Paris. containing 800,000 volumes, of which
50,000 are manuscript. The yof Saint Genevieve, in
Paris, in which there are 110,1100 printed volumes, mud
2,000 maituser,pts; the library of Lyons, cuuta►seiug
106,000 volumes; that of llour.lessoix, which possesses
1115,11011; the 31agarint hbiary, its Paris, en which ate 00,000

THE BFtITI S FI PRES S.

LONDON,

THURSDAY, i•isieti.tair IL 1919.

The funds experience I a further decline yester-
day, though nut to auy considerable extent, pro-
bably (ruin the causes whoa! we noticed in our
Paper of Alnioluy last. The ciicurnstatice, ilow-
ever, gave vise in the city to many rutriourx, to
which by a very usual and natural operation, it
was in its turn attributed. It was alleged that
Mr. VANSITTABT rs about to resign his office of
Chancellor of the Exchequer ; hut au Evening
Paper that affects to he well informed on such !nat-
ters, because it occasionally receives its rollout:nods
from the Treasury. undertakes to deny the cor-
►ecturss or this rumour. The resignation of Mr.
ANSITTART might, 110 doubt, alarm those who
live by tlot: delusions of a paper system. but while
the First Lord of the Treasury determines to up-
hold the system, it matters little who may be
Chancellor of the Exchequer. It was also re-
ported that a luau would be rt quired to meet the
supply of the present year ; hist most alarming of
all io the speculators, it was aiserted that a new
In he J.lnpietl. Nothing hiss
yet fulleu from the NI-misters in Parliament to
justify either of these statements. But from Lord
CASTLEIMAGU'Ii financial reptiot, it is evident that
a son. wit Its* Oleo from twelve to thirteen wakens
will be required from the money mai kit, in aid of
the available reveuvies of the country, to meet the
extiavagant stopply that will be demanded from Par-
hasitrot. This corcornstance, however, instead of de-
pit ssing the emu ket, us a luau its former times used
to du, ought under the pot-sell aspect of affairs tend
to exhilarate the Gentlemen that compose it, the more
particularly as it affords u complete refutation of
the third utarearre report, relative to a projrt•lcd

ch..ngc tit the timiticiil pyidrai. Nil change 4:1
take phice until Perlistnrott shall, with a ',milli(
hand, cut down the propo‘ed estimates, introduce
into every depeutmeist of the State a .ioccre rtr
Live economy, and if at the present riannei.t it
should be found impossible to extend relief to s„
impoverished people, to prevent at least an isitiroce!
of the public debt. It is not Olity cruel lit li,!
extreme, after so burdensome a war, to cootimse in
the fourth year of profound peace a v!.teiri of hp-
rowing, but it is resulting to coin:nun ‘ei,,e. The
gica ler nur 110-1 bees bore Immo, the
sherd,' be our present eli-letsroruiet.t;: but our NI..
oi.terp, viewing the subject with the distorted eye
of self-intrrest, assert the direct contrary. TN y
argue un the principle, that as we have fur so lung
a time supported all enormous ekpritditurc, we
ought still to continue it, although seen' they eau
skew no necessity fur it beyond that of tosiutsiiiiiiic
uutiistrrial patronage. Lookiog to the weight cf
our luxes, Mild the west numbers of norpitifitable
labourers whore we support, who eats be surprised
at the pressiire of* poor's rates, and the
increaseohprolreit-lit?ltlsa OsWmontheput..
lic to propose inquiries, mad affect urlooti foruSeat •
to mitigate the rids that press upon the people,
while Ministers are permitted to pursue their ca-
reer of extravagance. We cannot dud words saf.
ficieutly strong to express our astonishment, that is
the present pacific aspect, both foreign and do•
• mestic, of this empire—a hilt our conamereem strug-
gling forezisiene_e—w.L. I il ettor inenufactuters, work-
' log sixteen hours out of the tireoly-fussr, caritiut
earn sufficient to support life—while our pour-
houses are filled to. suffecqmat, soil the poor's rates
isacreasing throughout the country, to the manifest
destruction of agriculture—with every thing to in-
duces confidence in the faith of our Allies, and no.
thing to disturb the trantiallity of the country but
the abhorrence of public extravagence—yet that Ott.
der such ,ciicomoances a Minister of the Crown
should fed himself justified, in the face of Paths-
, orient and the country, in asserting that it was ash-
solutely necessary to support a warlike attitude re.
gulling an expenditure of nearly TWIIIITY•0111
MILLIONS ! Let the people con.iiler this, slid
then instruct their Representatives how they shall
at t.

Lust night, in the House of Commons, 4r.
Serjeant Orist.uw obtained leave to Ining in a Bill
to repeal the lams that utfect to regulate the rate if
interest iii this country. We are iiJppy to add,
that no oppristrion w liatever was made to tt e Learned
Serjeant's motion. The Bill was brought in, read
a first time, and twirled to be printed.
A more extended ti;scu-sion, involving the prin-
ciple of the measure, will probably take place on
Monday night, when the Bill is ordered for the
second reading. We shall, for the ',resent, content
ourselves with remarking, that those Gentleintu
who may feel an unwillingness to repeal the exist-
ing laws, will fled some difficulty in sliewing heir
they operate to prevent the ',metier of usury.
The expedients ror avoiding their provisions are so
numerous and effectual, that they might be roust-
dered a dead letter, were it not fur the vexatious im-
pediments they interpose in all pecuniary transac-
tions, and the very ruinous and winter-spiry expense
to which they subject those who are least able to
bear it. Serjeant ONsLow's exertions in legislation,
particularly in extending the berieficiel influence of
toe 111,1Icas Corpus Act, have been already highly
appreciated by his country. Si..ould he now sneerer/
in opening the money market for the inure exten-
sive employment of capital, lie will borecontribut-
ed not le►s essentially to the general good of society.

We have r,ceived Paris Patters of Sunday
last. They contain 811 official Declaration, of ti.e
14th of Jaituary, 1819, from the Minister of ti:e
King of SPAIN, denouncing the utmost severity of
the law of nations against all foreign adventurers
who shall be taken with arms in their hands, under
the flag of the South American Insurgents. They
Shall instantly suffer the penalty of death, and their
propr;ty be confiscated to the King of SPAIN.

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The French 5 per Cents. closed on Satturdsy rt
70 f. 85 c.; Bank Stock 1,5481. 75c.

Two Iflainhurgh Mails have vrtived, with PJ ri
to the L.:(1 iu►taot.—lt is stated under the 1100
of Vienna, that the PRINCE REGENT of ENG'. OD
Will visit the Cootinent in the ensuing suninirt,
hating been ath i.etl to use the waters of Ca I.bto,
fur the benefit of his health; und that the King of
PRUSSIA will pats the spring und vtionnier at
liatfea, iieur fur the beuetit of the waturs of
that place.

Tile President of the Board of enlit,ol and tl.•
Nlaster 4,1 the 11r..t attenticil at the Patsce
itt:cr.tca's Court yeaterday.

The faihroing ere some farther tall-arts frau'
Papers rebyteti tug the Book, !muted by order of the
House of C011%1'10114 :
The total nomber of persons prosecuted he she 11"k1fridn
the 10th of April, 1818, to the !:8111 January, 1,119, smt Con-
victed fur Iti:owingly uttering or !maiming forged notes.
U4—acquitted 123.
The number of persons momitel by the Mint for coun-
terfeiting the coils, or ntiering counterfeit coin, between the
1018 April, 1818, and 2811 s January, 1819,14 273.
Ihe lle autount ot Bank ants cur-illation in Ihr
half year /7141411111 111 Juur, auclusoe, 1797, W
10,b21,5741.
DO. ('rears July to December is the 4111T11. year, 11414.051/.
Du. from January to June, 1817, 37.339.7681.
Do. from July to December,
Do. from January lu June, 1818, 27.954,.;591.
from July to lkeember, 28,482,8581.

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ORIGINAL POETRY.

ST. VA LENTIN DAY

• Ilt•Cill SW!.

Yes—terry loving .us of rhyme
Will on.. ly seize this hippy time:
11:ire mt.., revolves the circling year,
St. Valentine will anon be hese;
Each hopeful follower of the Mews,
His Anna or Amanda chooses;
Some to Stiletto tell their stuff
While other bards prefer a Clitoris.
They write away, and soon the green
Bedecked with smiling laves is seen ;
To paint each Streplion's sad condition,
Calliope's in requisition :
Vents. is ready with her host,
Aiiil Itynten may be found at post.
The fair hoe'er she is) appears,
Err lover feels a thutissoil fears ;
The verdant woods, the hills and dales,
Respousive catch the rising gales,
The feathered songsters too are there,
To pay their homage to the fair :
And (though they cannot speak) ruclairn
The lustre of the lady's name.
Bat I, immured in London noise,
Cats never taste these yeaily joys;
separated from the swains,
Extol my fair in lovesick strains;
At least—and that's as bad—l fear
She never will my verses hear.
Though blight the sky, though ealM the weather,
We cannot join the dauce together,
Su if I caul my mistress see,
What is St. Valentine to me?
Why, 'tit indeed, and this ni say,
Like every other Saint—a day ;
A day that has a night in store,
When work is done and 'shout' o'er ;
And when all toil and trouble past,
I sit me down to rest at last,
Since fate-lamenting is but sluff :what
Can l but write as M
DOBUNIENSIS.