The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-08-04 00:00:00

TIIUNDE it STORMS.

numbly ve'nnight a serrre storm of thisothst and light-
ning was experienced in this neighbourhuoil. It appeared
to describe a circle around us, ragetwith great fury is almost
every direction from this city. elver?, however. it wee felt
with no decree of VIOICIICe. Al Down lionise, the residence
of Mrs. Niblett, about nine miles from hence, the electric
fluid entered the hosier, east wee- ronductril by the hell-
wire. from one apartment to 'nether, in one of •ehich it
scattered and broke Several chimer's-ornament., and occa-
sioned rest alarm among the inmates, some of whom were
temporarily emoted cwt affecsed,./asat mou recovered. The
senie tempest, appears, to have leavened she litngilitris fede-
rally, and Ind cousidentlik damage in man) realdie quar-
ters. At Moncton, in Herefordslore. two brifeni3Olrre kil4ed
by the lighteing, and numbers of
streets venially stripe Of
their bark and foliage. At Lhosayreu, in EsrAistuusli stripe
emit of Wow. Lewis, firm. two peen were wreck slews,liesto of
whunsare mid to he in e dettgerOn• !tate 1 and aletrreir sod co
Was w
were killed in She sirighbeurhebtl. A leader willt-tret
smelted by the lialanirig, at the %%oat near Foram. Morta-
-1 gontrerrAirej gad much Wm, wee sestained by the Orem

Wee du.
!Miser
sue

&mills of the brooks sod tireless, easesen by tle.hoevy ..in
*bid sceoasosolestibe MOM.
On Saturday afterimage Ibis esty was Avis visited tee-
mendsms torrent of HIM, arestutoansrd by very Armtek 4h, it.
tier sod huhtsting. whicb lasted a runvidersble yteror 1,0 1 •
hove not heard.f say sesterisi denier door by it;fm-41..r
than hematite &two the eyes*, wain is the '
—(Olout•ster Jottrutsl4
A severe moron of Abodes sad bedsit's, orceesposted ley .•
heavy rata, Wag eliperieseed at ari 91 o• Monday rernotehl.
about twoo'clnek in the oftersoon. At Cliftoo. a ertot-ienn flu.!
is so osit.houps was torn frost its situation by die Neon mg,
sad shattered so pieces. Ditrink Air MUM, • light .of ester
pills,. fellssopstratly (runs I cloud. tato • envier. mot were
shovelled away by bushels. lie tburolsy. abed Ore
u'elickin the afternoon, after I very sultry day. 8110, sg true
hail • tremendous storm of tenni and "rain. which tested
nearly au boar. and rud estarlderible tojol to the ..tett,
Ire", sad sky lights. At trot, Arum. lilt Mari sac
fret deep in the tuotloOtiteltinn.e.litere ininwhitet, euj Ont
ltrrllkd •
hdribitstits thins to the upper '
Snodsy lest. atirtreote•Aotts thunder-storm. a
horse seas struck by site lightsm• elute gamely; to • f chl at
!Watt, and killed upttu Ilse spat.

PRICE 7d.

BLACK WOOD'S MAGAZINE.

The following litunotous description of the
History of Pugilism is taken from filuelnerneul'r
Nara:roe, published on Saturday last. It la 1
review of a late work, compiled " by one of tw
Foley r"—
" The early history of pugilism in this country is involii,ll
is much darkness. Few, if any, of our learned antierriro,,
as is well remarked by the ingenious author of witoi k,
have poseeesed a taste for the
.fairep,'and they hare fee
themselves more interested an 'peen tat ia; on old monnouen'r
or wicket capital, that. investigatisg the arcane of the rug. .
Our author, beginning as far back as it is easy to go,
• than whether our first purest, Adam, hail any pre,-
lensing@ to thisart, is also iavolved In too great tibarturity,
at One remote period, for its to penetrate into with any pro
babslity of nieces"! It would therefore, he sum, •be stn.@
gammon' to attempt proving, who were the atdedilnvian p 'A-
rrogates of the art. And on that account he very jnilirionsly
begins *ilk Fig, who flouriskedduring the reign of Georg"
the tiegood, and who may be seen in Hogarth's picture
Skiatkumirk Fair, ckalienaiag any of the crowd to enter the
lists with him, either for love, or money, or a
ll It it belt asiof Fig, that be was more indebted toots-I.Blth
and courage for his marvel* in the battles he had gained,
frost/Pe eget* of genius: be was r.rfreinelpr illiterale, airl
it might he said, that he bused his way through life' If
Fig's method of fighting was subject to the frit/rim .11' t!”...
present day, he would he denominated more of • 'taught,' er
than that of a nest finished It appears to ni, this,
here Fig is leather ton sparingly praised. Fig was n man .e.
genius—fur he was at wire illustrious as a (*Deer, e cool,
ter, sad • pugilists-au nolo.. of powers which we veil!, h..
have sever did nor will exist, wlthont something hew- I
mere talent, and that something can be nothing hat gen.,:
sad mhos too of the very highest kind. It is in the est,
blllahrsent of Fig's amphitheatre that we are to attribute the
••atlieerfel cultivation of the art of defence is all its breathes
then Illsedand. Then, especially, was the area-rise of cudgel.
Nlllllllll
"it is delightful to end ilmalighteot ellareeter of a treat
as* by Semief his mMttrsries In Captain Galley'!
Tradiew it/and the Mere, Serowe. re Defames' felohiighett
in 1147. we And • sketch of Fig. Captain Godfrey was tie
Captain Barclay of that reign, end was therefore as sell en-
titled to write of Fig as Xenophon of Socrates. ' 1 have
purchased,' spoilt lie, my knowledge With many a beoken
head and bruise in every pert of nee. I chose b. go *wetly
to Fig and exercise with him, partly as I knew him 1.. he
the ablest master, and partly as he WSW of a logged temper,
and would spare no man, high or low, who took up ..stick
against him. 1 bore his rough treatment with determined
patience, and followed him an long, that Fig at last finding
be could not have the beating of me at so cheap a rate as
usual, did nut chew such fooduem for my company. 'flit...
well knows by guillemot of distinguished rusk, who acrd to
he pleased is setting ns together.'
"This, we think, is very prettily nit, but what follow. is
equal to any thing in Hume. • Fig was the atlas of the
@wood, and may he remain the glailiating statue. In hint
Wendt, resolution, and onparalleled judgment, enaspired
to form a matchless master. There Was • majesty shoue its
his eassateunee, and blazed in all his actions., b. yard all
ever jaw. His right leg bold and fins. sad his left, whith
mild hardly ever be disturbed, gave him the surprising mi-
stletoes, already proved, and struck his adversary with dc.
splir and panic. He had a peculiar tray of stepping in a
piny. He knew his arm, and its just time of moving—
pot I Sem faith in that, and offer let his adversary escape
his parry. He was just as nisch • venter muter than any
other I ever saw, as be was • greater judge of lime am! mea-
sure.' This wonderful sus was • native of Oxfordahire,
bat it does sot appear that he enjoyed • university educa-
tion. Perhaps this is not to be regretted—for. if he had, he
might hare remained fellow of a College all his days, or gone
to st living, in either of which cases the natural heist Of his
genies would have been restrained. Death, we ate' told.
gave him his knockdown blow ip 1740'—but of Ibis,
last sad oily sinsseresaful carnival, we are not indulged with
any detailed account. It is generally understood, Immo te.. .
that Fig stood manfully up to his autagoubit—that his fitends
hong entertained hopes that it would have hero a .traito.
battle—and that ninny good judges were of opinion that the
blow which settled him was font
" The most important battle fought during the reign of
George 11. or, in oilier words, of Fig, was that between /Fin
Whitaker and the Venetian Gondolier, commonly called the
ineelweaker. The naval glory of VCII{(e had, it is ti or, ton; •
/ham on the wane; hut though she city of the sets hart fail... •
from that prood pre-eminence, she )et hoped to
the tarnished lustre of her name, by the roam. of h. r jal• -
breaker. This great notional quarrel is thus dristrdwil
.1 The stage was ordered to be pleated, when an anfill
silence prevailed in the anxiety matiifethil fur the set-10.
The Venetian mounted with mind's of emifidence, sod ass
greeted welcome by lo,ht pimu.ht, from his countrymen *nit
partisans, and instantly began to strip, his mast-like arm
claimed universal astonishment, and his size, in general
trurk terror; and even Capt. Godfrey observe..,' that lot..
burl yearned fur his countrymen.' B.tt appeared roe! on&
steady in a few seconds afterwards, and was cheered with
hums. He eyed the Gondolier pith firmness, and, none
isisilimusayed, thiew off hi. clothes In an instant, is hen lb,
attack khieuess
riaseghtneeledg,.
aln'dhehhi':iinertrnianfipililicrh,rad.nl:iiemas.ef fo
sli,,ltr;ar.
before
Whitaker was aware of his design, he received a blow on 4ut
I side of the jeesd, so powerfnl in its caber, as to capsize
I him over the stage, which was remarkable for it. height
Whitsker's tall was desperate indeed, as he dasseit eta,
pkgs.!y against the ground ; which ciiennotaace would not
• have taken place hot for the grandeur of th► *offline*, whose
ftpronnedbekeemen tomear aisiilemeroireesiptolkno,dwia
es
who s osg high, :11;:ii
us b
ke@, Cats
be, r Hob had mothidg to stop him but the bottrin:;o n es_
highs awl the fiensigners vociferated hisidly ea
•-••• ths"
of the reettlaies
urswildeessetety

Mem,
freely
sael le be told fleet
NI pee, aide
gee end. •
dodie 1•

•

4 and the foreigners vonsera.r. ...
he Venetian, sad daleered thrmsr:sm that lVhitUkrr
itliscarteiy be shle In come egaiii, from the terfp•rale
mai fall Mat he heell reeeirenomol squird the.r cosh
yis I. the odds thick arin?t 6.m F but Bab
in be fold nit) Orb oee, 1114 jumped Nixon tbe sear filo.
IMP CliCit en renew Ibk attack: flparehig mem whet all •nt
coal, age! Whitaker reaml met yhat tnneeihiag must he
to reeler th 'ethos's lone arise 'metes., en' ba
m".'
the light; au. wiebeet farther cerement. he Mid.%
ale" qe b•l'll7 .14 lerlfeeert the benVy nutliet awl vita
ifs/040e ia the atusacle (flit, a ise* feh

wipes), brought bin as Ma breed. The Sabin Isere them
twetwd, the 'porthole twee lestgliog heartily, sod the &wip-
e!. • Rule ehofvfalkw. The Vesicles 'hewed symptom et
-usessiorrie—wee spite mkt—end his triad being towebod. he
was scarcely to his gigue. doh wow pitalhaed hies ti lee
!ilyle, drove the "'medals all over the stage, awd sopa gave
blot leroffer. The 041 d. siified font in f of Whitaker
sod the foreigner' displayed muse terribk boo /hem The
Casati.itier was aisaplesely paisied, sadls. the wino of a
few rouse, the meet lose eo token sof of Oho, that he
• lost all guard of his person, east wee compelled to give in,
be the ne uncoil Cl#l6lll of the foeviasera who were properly
chromed one epos this oceasioo ; bat the Venetian lAA
the
• ennrittleation to retire in tliKrace, after hi. vaiu bobelinti
e mut with a genii ; or, as Captain Godfrey ecroehrdee,
the Now on the atotnech tarried ton notch 4 the English
rirdenees foe him to bear, ate4loditte himself so nonsannerly
MINI he scorned to have oil, more doings with his Amnesty
Lit'."

(1Ivb• cestimied.)

VENEZUELA.

OFFICIAL DISPATCH, CONFIRMING THE DE-
FEAT OF THE SPANIARDS, WITH THE LOSS
OF THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED MEN.

Extract of a Dispatch from Citizen German Rosario, Secre-
tary of Stale and of She Foreign Affairs of the Republic
of Vewesuelaps coneequetsce of the death of I)nu Manuel
Palacio), to lbe Envoy and Plenipotentiary of that State
in London, dated Aogoatura, May 28, 1819.
" At no period has the state of our cause been so flatter-
ing as at present. Doubtless within this pretreat year this
terrible struggle between despotism and liberty will be ter-
minated. By the accompanying manuscript and printed
vipers you will learn the complete triumph of Santander
over she Spanish army, which was marching from Santa Fe.
A division of 2,500 men, tinder General firdatieta, which
currap9ses part of the auxiliary English army, will disem-
bark on the coast at the beginning of June, to proceed to
Caracas, while our President, Bolivar, marches from Varinas,
in the direetioa of that capital, and General Pars
watches Itlurillo, who is in Achseisas, on the Apure.—
The cities of Socorro, Tunja, and Pamplona, have sent to
Santander their congratulations ou the victory of Pore.
That Commander now marches to occupy Sant■ Fe de Bo-
gota. Wherever his army passes it is received with enthn-
s•mdn. lu a short while 1 expect to send you must satiable.
tore accounts of the happy prog►ess of the arms of our Re-
public. The British who are in our service du much
tumour to nor close; the love of liberty which they imbibe
with the milk of their mothers, gives them an incredible ar-
dour to defend it el armor de la liberty, vie mansaron eon
la lecke de sus madres les da un ardor inereible par a de.
These are they whom some servile journalists
call hireling swordsmen!) The Republic will never fur-
let such important services; and all the British who aid it
wch the streuctli of their arms or with subsidies, will re-
ceive, with the most solemn demoustrations of gratitude, the
toust generous rccompence.
(Signed) JOSE GERMAN ROSCIO."

Official Dispatch from the Commandant, Santander, of the
• Army of Venezuela, for the liberation of New Granada,
to G I Bolivar, President of the Republic of Vene-
zuela, and Gene►al.in.Chief of its Armies, sail of those
of New Granada, dated at Saatiago de Pore, April IS,
1919.
Elicezt.mmir Stu-1 have just completed ilia destruction
of die Royalist army, which, is ■umber 3,590, came from
Santa Fe for the purpose of joining Gravest Morino
iu
Achagons. None of them have escaped our arms: all are
either Jehd or prisoners. To the cry of " Vancar er merit.!"
trim troops, much inferior in number, charged with such
firmness, that nothing could resist them. The artillery
which they had in Salinas, and all their area, baggage,
and munitions, have fallen into oar hands. I rejoice
to communicate to you this most important victory,
vouttatnlating you ou this secession of glory to the arms
of 'few zuelo. This complete triumph will facilitate my
entering speedily, as I have no doubt of doiag, Into Santa
Fu de Bogota, the capital of New Granada. I shall
shortly have the honour of sending to your Excellency the
details of this action, worthy of eternal remembrance ; it
is impossihk for me to do so at this moment, hoe my not
baying yet suitable arraireemeats for the purpose. Mean-
smile 1 assure your Excellency, that I can praise no one in
tbe army in particular : it would be unjust to the Pea. Ail
bare been rivals in bravery, perseverance, sad discipline.
I have the honour twin., Ite. Ste. he.
FRANCISCO DE PAULA SANTANDER.

PARIS PAPERS.

PARIS, JULY 31.

The King is perfectly recovered front his intlis-
laration. His Majesty will return to Paris on the
lith or 14th of the ensuing montfi.—(Joarnal des

DOW:4
The King did not go out yesterday. His Ma-
jest/ still experiences the pain of the gout.—(Gaz.
defiance./
The Duke of .Richelieu arrived in Paris yester-
day, at the hotel Choiseul, rue St. Honore. The
Cottatiretionel is deceived in stating. that the Mar.
(pis de Jumilhac will assume the title of the Duke
of Richelieu. The Doke has transmitted his titles
and name to his nephew, the son of the Marquis de
Jumilhac; but this transmission will slot take place
until, after the death of the Duke of Richelieu.
On the 43 of this month, the French brig the
Two Sisters, from Loudon to Rouen, struck near
Villrquivr. The shock was so violent that the brig
was illionasted. and filled rapidly. The Captain,
loving no other weans of saving the ship but that
of making for the coast. succeeded, by means of
assistance. which he quickly obtained, in bringing
her in feont of Csudebec. The accident was attri-
buted to the igleofl.lllCe of the pilot.
On the 13iii of this month a woman was exe-
cuted at Bastes. convicted of having assassinated
her husband. with the assistance of a man named
Andrraiii, who was • her paramour. During the
trial this women neglected her own defence, in her
anxiety to suve atodresoi, wbo, she affirmed, suss
iuoM•eut. This she repeated in ascending thie

beaffold. sod .even et the instant of desth. But
notwithstanding her attestations, Andreaui was
execated with her.
The proceedinp against M. Bayeux will proba-

'4 .

blpeentinue during all Saturday end Stocky. 'The
ease of MM. Armand and Cheerlet. low.etudeuts,
will be heard on Wednesday. the 4tl► of Amenst,
before the Tribonsl of Correctional Police. They
will be defended by M. Tripier.
We may divide the Reformers or the conspi-
rators of Germany into three daises. The first
are. composed of republican►, great !indium of
the gymnastic exercises practised in the schools.
called Teenier-achnle. Divided in various teeter-

allies, they have the ascendant in the Universities.
The second class, called Liiirdseamscisiffr. is com-
posed chiefly of the young nobility.
The third class comprehends those who are called
pare pat juts. To this body belong the writers who
unceasingly call for representative systems. and
policy which tends to the unity of Germany. or its
division into two grand confederations; the one un-
der the protection of Prussia, the other under that
of Austria. This class is called Tagenband ur
Tagar-se rein.
The French academy had proposed an eulogy
on the Trial by Jury, as the subject of a prize
poem, but it appeared that none of the poems
hitherto addressed to the academy has been consi-
dered deserving of the prise.

TH. F. S 11 R ;SS.

LON DON.
WEDNESDAY. AUOUIT 4, 1819.

An arrival from India liar furnished ns with the
following secnunt of the energy end activity of Sir
THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFIA., in maintaining the
interests of his country ageing the encroachments
of the Dutch in the Indian Seas :-
ICIITRACT FROM • LFTTCR DATID MRCS OF MALES..