The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-04-03 00:00:00

MEXICO.

Letters are in town from the City of Mexico to the 31st January,
brought by his Majesty's cutter Vigilant, which lett Vera Cruz on
tue fish February.
On the Kithjanuary the Minister of Finance made his report to
('ciagress, upon the revenue and expenses of the year 1825, together
with the estimates of both for the year 1828. The report upon the
finances fur the year 1825 is made up from the actualsaccounts of
Vie eight first months of that year, adding thereto the supposed
result of the remaining lour months. i'pun this report of the
Minister, a deficiency appears of six millions of dollars in the re.
ccipta of the year 1825. But his anticipations of the year 1826,
lesd him toedci late upon a surplus of one million of dollars by an
expected increase in the reccirq.
•!f the Minister succeeds in obtaining this anticipated increase,
lie will have a deficiency of fire millions of dollars to be provided
iOr out of the revenue of the year 1827.
In this statement the Minister has not touched upon the interest
due on the home nr internal debts (amounting it is said to seventy.
five r.tHisns of dollars).

Revenue estimated
Espendlture

11123 18?.6
10,600.000 17.71i0.000
16,C01),000 - 16.700,101

Deficiency
hurplus . . 1,000.090
-
Mr. :Wirier and Mr. Ward appear to be disappointed with this
I;ovetnnient on the subject of the treaty, and have uhtaintsi no 1110-
illticat ion of the articles.

6,000,000

The members of the Executive are ready to du everything that
can be reasonably asked ; but the Senate and Congress. assisted, it
alleged, by the intrigues of the American Minister and his party.
are evening themselves to reader the endeavours of the British
blinisters abortive.

31F7C1CO, JAN. 30.
Mr. Ward will return, it is now said, in the Pyramus, S. W. in
3 few days, upon her arrival from Sew York, trum whence she is
expected daily.

EAST INDIItS.

[From the &vat Harkaras of Nov. 25, 182M1.1
" From the Harkaras of yesterday it will be perceived that the
understanding at the scene of action in Ara was. this our demand
ct a pecuniarcompensation front the Burmese would nut be coin.
pited with. Whether the exact amount stated (two crores*) be the
amount that has really been demanded, we are, of course, not able
to ray with sny degree of certainty ; but if it be. we shall only re.
tr.ark, that the smallness of the demand suflicitntly proves the mo.
deration of our Goverravent ; since, without doubt, two troves of
raven can in no way be looked upon u a compensation for the ex-
penses of a war which has cost us, we should conceive, between six
and seven crones already. Whether this sum is to form any part
of the compensation, supposing it to have been demanded, and
whether the Burmese are also to be required to make cession of ter.
r•ory„ we are unable to say ; but we should be inclined to think
that tin war will not he brought to a termination without some ces-
Eon of territory, in so far, at least, as to give us the possession of
Mogul, or some port on the eastern side of the bay.
" 'Without question, If we accept only two erores, the peace
cannot be regarded u a satisfactoey termination of the war; unless,
indeed, by those who despair of obtaining any thing, suit who are
ineined to think any sort of peace preferable to a continuance of
LastiCties.

'• But it is perhaps needless to speculate upon "hot we hone de.
tunr.dod, or aught to demand, when it is hardly a mater of uneers
tainty that the Bungles! are not inclined to grant any thing. IVe
hare neard it contoured. indeed, that in the lint conferences be.
tween the Whcongy and Sir A. Campbell and the Commodore. the
Burmese Chief remarked (when the English officers expressed
their atrie7riat at his not being furnished with powers to treat), that
be me 7 made the overture out of po:itenro, and was led to do it
Corn haring understood that the English were preponing to abandon
I.:e country, and wished not to be molested in their retreat to these
ti sps,_

• .
This may perhaps be merely a piece of diplomatic cunning on
t: • part of the %Vhoongy ; but the adoption of au:h a tone don
art, seem to indicate any great desire to treat, or at all events to
treat upon the usual terms of a ranquished enemy. Perhaps the
autmaiuent prolongation of the armistice may seeip to prose that
Burmese are niece anxious than Min they would be thought to
gist rid of their invaders and of the war; but we must confras it
dors appear to us quite in this light, and we are not quite sure that
it inay not bear a very opposite construction. If Oir Archibald
Campbell was in a situation to act offensively, we feel almost per.
castled that he would not have Consented to ■ prolongation of the
tr,„ ea, but would bare quickened the negotiation by carrying the
cockades of 111e.a.tly, and marching on to Ainmetapoora. As he
has not done so, we must say that it looks to us like a confession
of weakness; and the Burmese are very likely to regard it in the
617::P light.
•• Perhaps, however, we may be wrong, and the conduct of Sir
A Campbell may really be influenced by an ardent desire to put an
c.ol in the war; and for this purpose he mar (although conscious
of strength) be inclined to make saerifiees. All ibis will, of course,
ti-oemd upon the instructions which that officer has received, and
the policy of the supreme government, of winch we do not profess '
• I•sve any idea beyond that which conjecture ran supply."
The following extract from the Orkmtal Herald, just published,
notices a dangerous plot, happily discovered at Arracan:—
.• We lately gave an extract from a private letter, written by
so office► at Arracau. describing the miserable condition of the
Brinah force there with sickness, and expressing some surprise
that the natives of the place did not rise uy some dark night and
cut all their throats—an achievement, as he considered, extremely
• From a private letter since received, which we understand
liaa excited a very strong sensation at the Ihtli4 !louse, it appears
that ibis was on the point of being effected. The following has
been communicated to us as the substance of it :

'That a conspiracy had been formed by the Mulls and Bur.
1111 ?Se to surround the British orients' houses at Arracan, by sig.
nil, as midnight, to assassinate the whole of them, and set the
town on fire; that the plot had been discovered by the Governor.
General's Agent, two days prior to its being carried into effect, by
a placard in the house of one of the Mugs, where the Agent went
at twelve o'clock at night, and found between 34n) and 400 of the
contoirstors assembled and in consultation, the whole of whom lied
on his approach.
" The placard purported to be a proclamation from the King of
Ave, stating that be was advancing with sixty thousand men to re.
take the place, offering pardon and protection to those who
velum to their alieglance within fifteen day,. and threatening tlom
will the fire of the British in case of non-compliance, which wa
have. been dreadful in the extreme. It is also sta.vil that sickness
prevailed to an alarming extent."
• A (;rare is about a million sterling.