The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-05-01 00:00:00

SOUTH AMERICA.

The following is an interesting extract of a letter from
Bogota, dated Feb. 9. It gives us cheering glimpses of
that auspicious feature which seems to await the
bian Itepublic in her career of independence. In Co-
lombia, the law for expelling the old Spaniards has bum
carried into effect. In Mexico a similar law has bets
pass-11, but more recently, and there has not been mai-
:ient time t'ur tarrying it into effect. _

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Now that the " knell of war" has ceased in this ga BouOTuntryFill., 1 h9.aft
no longer any military news to send you. We are ahl looks g,
now, for the opening of the nest Congress, to effect which ,
tew of the Senators are now only wanting: their are daily looked
toe. Our great Mani as you will long singe know, A in
This Government has, sent him, in the whole, 9,010. men, lib.*
with the force already there, and, above all, with his direeuqt
genius, must put an end to Spanish dominion la Pars Ms* sl.
Hance, offensive and defensive, between the 11•1111111 South Arcs.
nun States, filexico included, was a mesas stroke ot policy on
the part of Bolivar. It hes long been his great ohjact--and he
has not only lived to see it accomplished, but he ts the first to
carry it practically into effect to his own person.
It'e arc just beginning to experience one of the good effects of
peace, in the erection cat an English priming establishment here,
on an exteusive scale. It is patronhiel with great liberality by the
Government, although entirely English property. The Wrath
tuent has already given it the printihg of the official Gaseue ; sat
the director of it told me, a few days since, the: he had received
orders from the Vice-President for the printing several theiwaand
copies of books, toe the use of schools on the Lancasterlan pha,
of which we have new many in this Republic. The Vice-Presi.
dent is a most zealous promoter of edunition. Bolivar having been
absent from the capital for nearly a year ands half, our Vice-Pm.
sident has had an opportunity or showing himself; he displays con.
utterable talent and great attention to his duties; he talks of hay.
ing the debates of Congress printed, and of getting some young men
trained to short-hand tor that purpcs.i. It will do a deal of LW;
it will set the people thinking Inure and more on the blessings they
enjoy under a free government. I attended several of the debars
of the last Congress. They are not without occasional displays if
eloquence that would not disgrace more enlightened assemblies.
Gual, the Foreign 31 inker, is extremely eloquent. I have heard
him make sonic speeches that were really excellent.

A gentleman has arrived in town who left Tampico, in
Mexico, on the 25th of February. He bad travelled to
that port direct from Mexico, after a residence of some du-
ration in the capital of New Spain. His report of the
le-
neral state of this important country is extremely favoLi-
able. The roads were infested with robbers (not quite to
so great an extent as in Old Spain), but no insurrection
existed in any part of the country; and, what is of still
greater consequence, no partisans of the mother country
fdt strong enough to declare ihcins.lves. The Executive
was in great straits for want of money, a stag: of things
which would soon cease by the arrival of the remittances
from the contractors for the loan negoeiated in this country.
r LLs, APRIL s.—Continual and CXCRO.ITe rains, in
the course of lan month, have caused a sinking in of the
ground in the district of Avigliano, in the province of
Basilicata, which has shaken a great pan of the hill on
wh ch the town is built. The terrible phenomenon first
manifested itself in the bight of the 17th, by the fall
of a house close to the barrack of the gend'srmes.
This house, which is totally destroyed, carried with it
in its fall the barrack and several adjoining buildings.
In the morning of the 23d, a greut.r misfortune folleweu ;
for a gulf opened near the inhabited parts, which swallowed
up, under some enormous masse a of earth, two mills, of
which but a vestige remains. The same day all the young
girls of the place were nearly the victims. They were
going in precession to the church of St. Mary, abouta mile
from the place, to implore the Divine mercy to this moment
of calamity, and they had hardly passed a certain spot,
when the ground, to the extent of five acres, sunk ill With s
tremendous crash, overthrowing all the trees that covered it,
and ilest,oying all traees of the road for a quarter of I wile.
At the same dine another gulf opened on the north side.
It may be supposed that many buildings in the town have
been damaged by this event. The Intendant of the pm-
vince immediately sent an architect to save them flog'
entire destruction. Happily no lives were lost except otw
Fentranue. On the same night there was a dreadful steno
in the Adriatic.

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A letter from Rio de Janeiro, of the 23tb of Febntan',
states, that the King and Queen of the Sandwich IslsOs
had arrived at that part, on their nay to this country. Their
" Majesties" were on board the Eagle South Sea whaler.
and were to sail about the 4th of March.
Roust or COMINONS.—The subjects of imports, ce
which stand most prominent on the List of Notices foe
discussion, when the House meets again, are—For Mon-
day, May 3, Mr. Scarletes, for Compensation to (7ursitort
of Lancaster. Tuesday, 4th, Captain Maberlev... f^r
Employment of the Population of the South of Ireland:
and Mr. Martin's (of Galway) for Increase of Salaries°
the Great Officers of State, apd Persons in High JuWCtIIt
Situations. Wednesday, sth, Mr. Maberley's, for the
R. peal of the Assessed Taxes, On Thursday, the 60,,
Mr. Hume's, to consider of the Church Establishment et
Ireland ; Mr. Wotlehouse'L fora Contintiare•e of the pre-
sent Salt Duties; Mr. P. Moore's, for a Repeal of do
'Combination Laws. And on Tuesday, the 11th Mgr
'Ltaid Althorp's, on the General State of Ireland.