The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-12-31 00:00:00

BATAVIAN PAPERS.

By the Indus, a file of .17,itaria Gazettes to the 13th of
August has hecn rec: iveil. -Vick contents are interesting
only as regardsi certain rigulations with respect to the
llo-
lucca Wands. The following arc extracts:—

BATAVIA. Ares. 4, L!4.
We have rn7eiveil ailvires from Macassar up to the 2lnt of last
month. stating that his Maj-sry's trgare Eurydice. with the brig
tret-e. had c, .i.e to en at,:hor in the roads of Fort Itotten'serri ;
they were salio,l by ti•e l.a••cre IPA the colonial brig Nautilus.
When hi, I. \n Merry the (iocernor-(;t•nt:ral w•as a-rimmed on board
by tit,: apyiiirted for this establishment on the part
of the High thirernitie:.t, Schelle. Ilieverrair
and Al:lit:ay Commandant of Macassar, and J. 11. Tobias, Doctor
of Laws.

The signing Prircess of Boni being unable to come up to the
capital hems If, had deputed an embassy. criisi.ting oilier hrwher,
Atecti Lon.po, atal silo,: to the rrincital Cdeetors of the Kittdom,
for the parpsse of making die necessary compliments.
The remainder of the it iss principally consists of the details of a
military expedition against the King of 'Panel's.. undertaken by
order of the (Marmot-General, with a view to enforcing his sub-
mission to the government. or his reduction Sir force °farms, which
eats: dition appears to have been partially necomplished, the King
having taken flight, and his sister being chosen Queen in his stead.
The Estin it Go-..ette of the 14th August, 1324, contains a plo-
ds:Tuition of the thivernitrAilentral of Batavia of the 2;t11 of May,
1324, directing that the residence of Tersate should thence forward
consist of the 31olocca lslends, properly so called, viz. Tzrwite,
Tydore (or A Imulitira), Batjan, with all its dependencies.
including Roil and Morbaaij to the northward. as hr as, and in-
elndiog the Xulla Islands to the southward, the Papo Islands,
Waijgm Sallawaiti. and 311ijsole, and that part of New Guinea
under the dominion of Tydure, an also the districts ef Italar.ta and
' Montleno, on the east coast of Celebes, to the southward of Cape
' ralsch or Tahiti.). and subject to the dominion el the Sultan of
Testate, including the islands of Peling Bangazii, and constituting
the Bajaship of Bangasij, and the Risjaship of Tunitsoekoe„ situate
farther to the southward. The proclamation concludes with the
establishment Pia Court of Justice, and by prescribing other local
regulations for the observance of the tievernur of the Molucea
Islands.
BATAVIA, Arc. 13.
The rlvices received from Lieutenant-Colonel de Steurs continue
to be of a very favourable nature. Tranquillity and confidence had
been restored amongst the inhabitants, and the Queen recently
chosen, to whose courageous presence at the moment of danger the
preservation of the capital is to be ascribed, is universally held in
the highest esteem. She is shortly expected at 3lucassar, whither
she is coming to do homage to the Ginisrimient.
The Lieutenant-Colonel, whose intention originally was to de-
tach part of his troops only, fur the purpose of retaking possession
of the northern provinces of the residence of Monis, has since
adopted the determination of personally lculing the major part of
his force on that expedition, and has marched accordingly. The
only rebellious Chiefs on this road (Crain Trinrapolie and Crain
Lebakkan) front whom any resistance might he apprehended, have
(as we have been infomwd) alwatly taken flight. after having been
abandoned by the population of rtnkajene unit Labekkan.
The other chiefs of those districts came forward to meet the Com.
mandant, for the purpose of professing their submission and obe-
dience to the Government: those of Labakkan hat! already arrived
at Macassar for the 'same purpose. So :e hopes arc entertained of
conquering Crain Tzinrapolie and tahalckan.
On the 24th the Commandant of the ettpcilitim had arrived tot
Labakkan. It was nut apprehended he would have any ddaculty
to encounter prior to reaching ]lotus, and thus returning to the
territory of the Government

The last advice!: from Lisbon are of some interest. It
appears that the French Ambassador, 31. Ilyde de Neu-
ydle, had quitted that city, on his return to Paris, where,
as it is alleged, his pre:=cucc would he required at the open-
ing of the Chambers. This, Iwwever, is not believed to be
the real cause of his Excellency's absence front Lisbon.
Private letters would rather lead us to the conclusion, that
since the residence of Sir W. A'Court, the services which
M. Hyde de Neuville could render have been of less int-
poitance. It was rumoured that a total change of the Por-
tuguese Ministry would take place.
By a letter from Bilboa, dated the 19th December, we
learn, thst most of those who possess property are pre-
paring to retire from the place. The Royalists attack the
Constitutionalists wherever they can take them at a disad-
vantage—nor are the Constitutionalists idle in retaliating.
Bands of independent freebooters assail both parties in-
discriminately, their only object being plunder. In this
state of timings it cannot excite surprise that those pos-
sessing means of escape and subsistence should abandon
even their native place.
Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's, dated Con-
stantinople, Nov. tIG:—" The Capitan Paella has arrived
here from the Dardanelles, In a mu-decker, accompanied
by a few more Greek prizes. The combined Turkish and
Egyptian squadrons arc reported to have left lioudroun."
Extract of a letter dated Zante, Nov. 13 :—" The Hind,
sloop of war, passed this yesterday for Corfu front Napoli
di Romania, where she hail been sent to receive the money
claimed by the lonian Government, on account of the affair
off Ithaca ; but I was inftwined that they could recover
nothing, and this I am afraid will cause some unpleasant
and further hostile measures on the part of our navy."
Colonel Gustavus Gustafson, the ex-King of Sweden,
has left Aix-la-Chapelle, and now resides at Cassel, op-
posite to Mayence. His income, we understand, is but
scanty.
Yesterday the despatches for Bombay and China, by the
ship Windsor, were closed at the East India House, and
delivered to the Purser of that ship.

independent of the literary wu•rits of " The British Ma-
gazine, the first Number of which is this day published,
we were struck with the spirited and highly-finished style
in which the female flpircs are given, and the force of co-
louring, which so well sets oil the fashionable " carriage
dress, and " evening dress." The engraved frontispiece
of " The Maid of Queenston," displays also an embellish-
ment of poetical fancy rarely found in periodical works of
this class.

Ei.o ram a NT.—On Monday last an elopement of rather
an extraordinary nature took place in this town. A Miss
W—, the daughter of Henry W—, late of Tiverton,
Devon, Esq. deceased, not 2' years of age, residing with
her mother at Taunton, had for some time put been paid
great attention to by her cousin, who was likewise her
guardian, about Yo years of age. From prudential motives,
the mother constantly objected to their union ; but finding
them determined on being maniid, a settlement was
talked of, but uone was made. The young lady's fortune
is cousideralde. On Monday be took her off in a curricle,
to pay a visit to a relation in the neighbourhood: on the
turnpike road leading to Bridgewater he had a chaise and
four in waiting, into which they got ; and it is supposed
Gretna-green is the point of their dcatination.—Taunton
Courier.

Ecors x v.—We observe, by a London Paper of Sa-
turday, that the recent elopement of a young lady from
tie vicinity of Ludlow had c-:eated a sensation in that part
of the country where the gentleman bail been fur some time
rusticating ; and possessing a handsome person, with the
military addition of Captain (whether assumed or real does
not appear), he succeeded in captivating the daughter of the
family where he resided, who being of the delightfully
romantic age of eighteen. could not resist the temptation of
venturing "all for love." A clue being obtained, a person
arrived in Liverpool, and arrangements being made by the
police, the gentleman was spoken to upon a subject, iu
whi,th some eminent goldsmiths in London were materially
interested ; and about the same time, the fair fugitive' in
another part of the town, was also visited by a friend, but
remonstrances were vain. A magisterial investigation took
place, and a prompt measure having secured the valuable
objects of the goldsmith's anxiety, the gay Lothario was
left at liberty to join the devoted heroine.—Liverpool
Vreetiser.

A IlaotwtoNAGlAN Pr a.—A correspondent, a lover of
good cheer, says, that he has just GCCII, at Mr. Roberts,
in Fargate, a famous Christmas Pie, which bad arrived in
good condition from the oven, and is intended to be at the
command of all his friends at the usual hour on New
Year's Day. Its architecture is good, and, from all ap-
pearance, the materials are the saute. The crust was made
of Ziblbs. of flour, and the contents consist of Sit rabbits,
431hs. of pork, labs. of veal, and VOlbs. of butter,
pepper, &c. Thy weight, before it entered the oven, was
I3st. ISlbs.—Sieflirld Irir.
About the hour of two o'clock on the morning of
Christmas-day a watt:lnman, named Patrick Keegan,
stationed at Eden-quay, was assaulted by three men and
thrown into the Liffey. Ile was rescued trout his perilous
situation by a man who heard his cries, and was conveyed
to Mark's watch-house. Fortunately he received no
bodily injury. It is supposed that the fellows who
threw him into the river are sailors.—Dublin Morning
Fwd.

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On Friday the sea receded at 'Whitstable to a greater
distance than has been retnembared in the turtuoty of the
eldest inhabitant.