The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-08-01 00:00:00

Governments of Europe) and this alone will in
process of time add greater importance to the
empire, and contribute to increase the seen.
Pity rod happiness of the people. Property will
become sacred, human lite a ill be preserved
from the horrible caprices of derpotism, industry
will thence be promoted. and individual en-
terprise will lead to the mental improvement of the
people. A country that seems formed by
deuce for the delight and happiness of mankind,
will no longer be viewed with apprehensioi,s still
horror, no► be suffered to lie as it does at present
for the most putt an inhospitable desert,
of resounding with the busy hum of human exer-
tion, and exhibiting in every part the pleaving
aspect of human happiness.

Among the regimenta enumerated by tie in our
Paper of Wednesday last, as bring named for re-
duction, we included the 7th Dragoous Guard..
A Correspondent assures us there is not the least
foundation whatever for the report of that old regi-
ment being reduced, and particularly as there are
eighteen other regiments of cavalry junior to
them in the service.

The Funds continue depressed, but were in a
blight degree better yrsterday than the previous day.

The Duke of You held a Military Levee last
morning, whicl► was attended most tiumernw,lv
among others were Lieutena►►ts-General Sir EDWARD
PAGET, M AITLAND, and CAMPBELL.; Major-Gene•-
ral BRAND; Colouels Sir WILLIAM GOMM, Aus-
Tug LIMON. Rayarre; the Earl of AYLESFORD,
and the Honourable Major FINCH.
Many of the Captains of the sloop' and frigates
forming part of the Royal couvoy tx Ireland, hed
intended to take with them • limited number of
their fsieside; hut the Admiralty order has put an
extinguisher upon thew arrangements. It is con-
sidered a severe order on ouch an occasion. The
following is a ropy of it
The Admiralty have commanded that •o peso• he re-
ceived on board soy of the yacht. or ships of the Royal
~.onadroo without orders from the Admiralty, or the cola.
w•ade attic Kin."
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It is eigecteri that his Majesty will bee full week
on the voyage, even with leading winds, at the pre-
sent season of the year. Just before sunset last
evening a temportry stagewily was conveyed I.rum
the Dock-sistd to the Sally-port, to:be tiled there
for his Majesty's eusbarkatiod therefrom, as, should
the wind blow as it has done during the last yaw
days, there might be a surf occasioned, which at
least would cause an unpleasant motion (lithe har!,e
in which his Majesty will embark. This stage will
prevent any iuconvenience that would arise from
such a circumstance. There is no doubt that his
Majesty intends to proceed through the town di.
rect to the spot of embarkation.

His Royal Highness Prince LIOPOLD of Saxe-
Coburg dined on Friday at the Palace of St. Cloud
with the KING and their Royal Highnesses MA.
DAUB and the Princes. After dinner his Royal
Highness paid • visit to the Duke of BOURDZAUX
and Mademoiselle.—(Paris Paper./
A private letter from an English gentleman on
the Continent says—" The Freed) were much less
impressed with the death of BON•PAILTS' than we
were; they as well as the Swim talk much more
about the Queen of ENGLAND than of that splendid
character. It is literally true of the French, that
they will only dance to him who piper."
Letters have been received from Nevis and St.
Kitt's. from the former place dated the :Ist of
June. and front the latter dated the 19th of the same
month. By these arrivals we have received a con-
firmation of the former advice, from South Ame-
rica of the recapture of Commas and I.a Gsayra by
the Royalists. and the Insurgent, are said to have
lost a considerable number of men. The sear in the
neighbourhood of the Leeward Islands swarm with
small armed verse'', committing depredations to a
very great extent ; the ships of war on that station
are very active in putting • stop to these depreds-
lions. amid several of these pirates have been cap-
tured and sent into St. Bartholomew's and St. Kitt's.
Quebec Paper* to the 20th of June have been
received. They are filled with accounts of a tre-
mendous storm from the N.N.W. which burst on
the 12th of that month over a great part of Canada.
The hail, the lightning. and the thunder were ter-
rible. and considerable damage was occasioned. At
l'Auumption several buns were blown down, and
trees torn up by the roots. At Long Point several
buns experienced • similar prostration ' • a better's'
wrs removed a considerable distance, and a canoe
totally disappeared. Several other farms *offered
in damage to their cropr. After the stores. it was
remarked (about eleven o'clock at night), that the
reflection of the moon produced a double line or
luminous spots, distinctly delineating • cross.

quinine; autte 19.
We are informed that tha thrader•storm which we expe-
rienced here no Tuesday evening last, was very destructive
at Three Rivers, and attended with ►ail of an uncommon
sine. By some permits who were at that place daring, the
storm, the bail stores have been described as weighow,
some of them, eight and a half °users, and as bring the sine
of a turkey's egg. This is indeed a great storm, bat we give
it upon redoilbted authority ; all the windows in Throe
Rivers were broken. The steam host, Car of Commerce,.
was at Batiaian, sever leagues distance; the Captain of
which says, that at that place, although the throder and light-
slag were very violent, so isdicatious of hail were seen.

ST. 30111.1 (T.N.) NAT ft
Captain Nlll3 i b, of the ship Soiffu/k. of Aberdeen, from
Dublin, arrived here na Smorday, states the above sit,
went on 'damns Cape Sable, on the morning of the Itch in-
stant. It blowine fresh from the sundae/mil, she struck
upon a ridge of ridge of reeks, where she immediately
bilged.

We understand that Capt. BROWN'S iron pier
suspension, at Newhaven, will be finished in a few
days. It will he a very great convenience to tins
quarter, as it will enable passengers to step on the
deck of the meant-boats at all times of the tide,
even at the lowest ebb, without hosing recourse to
a small boat to go through the surf, which is at all
times niconveilieut and disagreeable, and sometimes
even dangerous. 11 extends 700 feet into the sea.
from high water mark, sod is a curious and retuar-k
abl,2 object.—( &diwbairgh Paper.)