The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-12-10 00:00:00

THE MUTISH • PRTSS.

We •had intended to developc in our Paper of to-day the
combined causes to which the temporary—for they ate but
temperary--emberrassments of the moue:: market ate to be'
traced; but the interference of other topics obliges us to
postpone it till our next. We shall demonstrate most
clearly, that the distress rhich has pressed so severely ou
commercial capital originated in causes which have no con-
nexion whatever either with Bank of England discounts—
' the issue of small notes by the country banks—all excess
of paper circulation—the extent of rublic credit—or any
other of these causes to which the Times has ascribed it,
and ascribed it for the purpose of spreading throughout the
kingdom that impression as to the insecurity of bankers,
and the honed of Bank paper, which has produced so
much evil, and eicited so much indignation.

CITY, FRIDAY EVENING.

The trifling business that was done in Consols-indicated
rather more firmness in them than appeared yesterday, and
the more particularly so when the scarcity of mcney is
taken into consideration, which was certainly moat severely
felt to-day. From nit they reached buyers, and the
concluding price was f. There were no further country
failures announced this morning, and the day passing off
tolerably free from reports may have probably caused the
slight advance in the English Funds. Exchequer Bile
were 1 ta. 225. discount.
The transactions in the Foreign Market were also very
limited, but the quotations of &nth American Securities
rather improved. Colombian Bonds were 621 f, Mexican
Six per Cents. GO, and Guatemala Scrip 13 12 discount,
Brazilian ditto was 14 discount, Spanish Bonds 14f 15, and
Greek ditto 18 17 18.
The grocers were compelled to buy sugar to-day, many
of their stocks being exhausted, which gave a little brittle-
ness to the market. The coffee sale to-day went off
steadily.

Vroo Bay.—The accounts from Vigo are so late as the
29th of November. Captain Brown, in his letter to the
Directors of the Company, states that be has dined off some
of the plate that the divers, on the first descent of the bell
brought up. The date of the plate, we understand, was
1881. _ _ .

-It is stared that the cashier of a celebrated foreign house
in Paris has disappeared, leaving behind him a deficit of
~2,400,000 franca!
It appears by the Frankfort papers received yesterday
that a report having been generally spread in the Princi-
palities of Wallachia and Moldavia, that Russian troops
would shortly enter them,the Hospodars, who had written to
the Russian Commander-in-Chief, and received from him
the most satisfactory answer, have officially declared this
to he without foundation.
By the Cherub, arrived in the Clyde, Montreal papers
to the 26th Oct. have been received. They contain an ad-
dress of the inhabitants of Montreal to the Earl of Dal-
housie, with his Excellency's answer. The address is a
manly, temperate, and hearty expression of sentiments
alike honourable to those who utter them, and to the No-
ble Earl to whom thi y are offered. The answer, while it
recommends union among the colonists, does justice to the
benevolent views towards them which actuate the British
Government and Legislature.
The Canada papers to the 4th ult. Which we have re-
ceived, state that the fire in the woods had entirely sub-
sided. Vety extensive subscriptions were entered into for
the relief of the roor sufferers at Miramichi.
The New York papers mention the arrival in that city
of the Italian singers engaged in England to perform
operas there, and the novelty of the undertaking had ex-
cited much curiosity. The 17th ult. was fixed on for
their first appearance, and the regular prices of admission
to the theatre were to be doubled on the occasion.

Extract of a letter from Cuba, dated Havannale Octo-
ber 31 : Yesterday returned the Admiral's ship, dismaste'd,
which sailed from hence in September, for San Juan de
lilloa. The castle has ere this probably fallen, as it was
distressed for supplies, and the naval force at Sacrificios
stronger than the Spanish fleet, which went down, after
losing the Admiral and his ship. He has brought back
the specie to pay off the troops, and the grenadiers in-
tended to relieve the castle. The uutports of this island
are annoyed by Colombian privateers ; and this keeps down
the price of sugar and coffee.
A letter from Rome, dated Nor. 15. state that, for the
purpose of enlareing the quarter of the Jews in Rome,about
sixty families of Christiao shopkeepers have been obliged
to abandon their small dwellings adjoining the Jews'
quarter. This emigration was effected in the following
manner :—ln the night of the 26th of October, numerous
wagon-loads of bricks, mortar, &c. were brought to three
entrances to the Jews' quarter, viz. the Piazza della Tarte-
rughe, the Piazza Guides, and the Pescheria, and the next
morning, at a very early hour, a great number of brick-
layers and la"ourers came to make new gates to the Jews'
quarter. These new gates enclosed a gcod many houses of
the Christian tradesmen, who indeed grumbled when they
found themselves so unexpectedly walled up in theJews'
quarter ; numerous detachments of gendarmes however
preserved order, and the shopkeepers are to be indemified
tor their houses by the Jews.
Extract of a letter from St. Petersburgh. dated 7th (19)
Nov. :—" You may remember to have seen in the Courier
of September last an account of a burglary committed in
the house of the British Consuldieneral in this city. I
have now the pleasure to tell you that two of the robbers
were discovered a few days ago by the vigilance of our
active Chief of Police. The cash stolen was spent, but
the watches and the greatest part of the other valuables
were found in possession of the thieves, and returned to
Sir Daniel Bayley. I saw our excellent friend the Consul
last night, who cannot say too much in praise of General
Shulgine, the Head of the Police, and of Colonel Dershaw,
the Chief of the District, to whose activity, vigilance, in-
telligence, and zealous discharge of their arduous duties,
the discovery of the daring housebreakers is due. Is was
suspected that the Consul's, servants were concerned in the
robbery, but the contrary has been proved."
Gx EILAL For --A family council has been formed for
managing the affairs of the widow and children of the late
General Foy. It consists of the two Messrs. Foy, nephews
of the deceased ; M. Fremont, his nephew by marriage;
General de Dauremont, brother-in-law of the deceased;
M. de St. Aignan, formerly a Deputy; and M. Brady,
formerly a Commissary of War. M. Casimir Perrier is
appointed guardian. Most of the insignia placed upon the
coffin of General Foy at the funeral, such as the cockade,
the epaulettes, the wreath of laurel, and even the pall,
have been divided into thousands of pieces, and distri-
buted to the persons who attended the solemn ceremony.—
Paris Paper.
A requisition, numerously signed by Members of the
Common Council, is about to be presented to the Lord
Mayor, requesting Lim to convene an early meeting of
that body, before St. Thomas's-day, to take into considera-
tion the Report of the General Purpose Committee on
the petition of the Ward of Cripplegate Without relating
to the state of their representation in that Court. The
grievance of which the petitioners complain is, that while
the adjoining ward of Cripplegate Within sends eight
members to the Council Chamber, their Ward, with be-
tween three acid four times the number of voters, has the
privilege to elect but half the number of representatives.
The subject of a remedy has been under discussion ever
since the year 1811. At first it was proposed that the
two Wards of Cripplegate should be united. The idea of
apportioning the twelve representatives between the t towards
according to their relative populations, &c. was at once
rejected, tt being contended, that though the Court of Com-
mon Council might confer the power to return additional
members, yet it could not deprive citizens of their elective
franchise. The power once granted could never be
nullified, and that therefore the number of representa-
tives for the Ward of Cripplegste Within could not,
under any circumstances, be diminished. The proposition
which has now, we believe, been before the Court since
the year 1221, is to allow Cripplegate Without the same
number of representatives as Cripplegate Within, the Court
having frequently in tune past exercised the right of in-
creasing the number of members sent from particular
wards.

FRENCII PAPERS. • 1
LFrom the Eioik dated Thursday.
PAR Is, Dan. 7.
The Neapolitan ship of war Vesuvius has entered the port of
Genoa; the Commander of the vessel has caused to be inverted in
the Gazalte of that city a notification to the merchants, that the
best understanding prevails between the kingdom of Naples and the
Barbary Regencies comprised in the empire of Morocco.
A letter from Porto Rico, dated October 12, sum " that the
report of a projected invasion of that island by the Colombians
had been repeated there for some time ; their fleet, they say, is
assembled at Carthagcna, and it was to take on board about 5,000
men at the end of the month: they had made no preparations at
Porto Rip, and they appeared to rely on the expedition announced
from Ferrol, which was to leave 2,500 men on the island."
The brig of war Ruse by the ettly one of four vessels stationed
'at Martinique, that the epidemic (which has desolated Fort
Royal) has spared ; she ntrived at Porto Rico on the 2d of October.
It was expected that this vessel would have been put under quaran-
tine, but the Board of Health admitted her without difficulty to a
free weafigate; this determination is the result.of the opinion pre-
vailing at Porto Rico, that the yellow fever is not contagious.
After eight days' stay, the Ruse sailed to anise on the coast of St.
Amningo and Porto Rico. The black vomit has been very de-
arructire ; the valage of Tots is almost depopulated.
The last member of the family of J. J. Rousseau, M.. 1. F.
Rousseau, has died at Geneva, ate very advanced age..
ZANTE, Nov. 3.
On the lit we saw pass through the canal the Greek VCVION which
'bad blockaded the Gulf of Pettis, sailing to the southward, and
retiring, no doubt, to their homes. It is thought here. with much
reason, that the commandant elf this divisinn would not have abet.
cloned so important a station had he rot been informed of the tr-
avel of the naval forces which the Pacha expected—or, at least,
that it was not far from the coast of the Morea. It is very likely
that Ibrahim Pacha will be anxious to send into the Gulf one of
the two com hined fleets to succour Parra, the Castle, and Lepanto.
which are threatened by famine. The inhabitants of Gastouni,
dreading that he will detach a division of three thousand or four
diet:and men from the army of Alodon, to ravage their depart.
ment, the only country which the Egyptians have not visited,
hsee abandoned their property, retiring Into the neighbouring
mountains of Fessinl. The principal Greeks have adopted the
same course, securing themselves upon the high mountain of
birri, near Calarit• t the inlAbitants of the country run into the
interior of the forests, cohere fly to the sea coast, though they
know that they will not be received at Zante, where an asylum it
refused to every Greek coming from the Mores. By accounts from
Napoli di Romania, It would appear that the order for arming the
Greeks as moose, was adopted In consequence of an animated
speech made by a French Officer In an assembly of all the Pole..
march, and commander assembled by the Senate. European
vessels of war in the Archipelago continue to attack the pirates
wherever they meet them, and confiscate their vessels.