The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-07-05 00:00:00

THE BRITISH PRESS.

sitoatien of the cometry with regard to its Monarch and its neigh.
hours and the danger to which the present Government Is ex-
4)sed if greatly increased by the demise of the Crown of Portugal.
n present circumstances it can hardly be supposed that Don
Pedro will prefer Rio Janeiro to Lisbon ; and who can support his
authority in his absence ? England will endeavour to preserve
peace, bur she cannot heartily diarelish nor long prevent a funds.
mental change in the Government.

The following remarks respecting our commercial regu-
lations are extracted from an American Paper, ■nd deserve
some attention, as it is certain that there are many restraints
upon commerce, besides those arising from taxation, which
an enlightened Government, if the complaints be well-
founded, will hasten to remove.

BRITISH COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS.
In • ennversatinn, says the editor of the Commercial
Chronicle, with Captain Geraghty, of the ship Cumberland, ar.
rived at Baltimore s few days since from Belfast, he complained of
certain regulations which have been adopted at the British Custom
Nooses since the bth of January last. It appears, that the law by
which those regulations are justified, passed a few years since,
tut has been suspended in its operation until the period mentioned
above.

oil • • his arrival at Belfast he was compelled to 13nd his provisions
and store them in the public warehouses until bin vessel cleared out
and wan ready for sea. The consequence of thin was, that although
he had plenty of provisions, he WWI eonipellc.l to purchase all that
wire consumed by his crew while in port, to the injury and loss of
his owners.

The other regulation of which he complains, is one which compels
all vessels having on hoard more than eit persons, including pas-
aengers and crew, to engage a regular-bred physician, before they
are permitted to clear out at the custom-house; he was obliged to
ttnnloy one at a very heavy expense. They are so rigid as to re-
quii e that the physician shall have a diploma both as surgeon and
doctor of medicine. This regulation is one which bears particu-
larly hard upon passenger vessels, and in our opinion merits the
attention of our Government, as Americon shipping are almost ex-
clusively engaged in this trade. However convenient it may be fur
the Brit's!' Government to thus find situations for their newly-ma.
nutactured doctors, we question the propriety of submitting to the
imposition. If humanity requires that physicians should he pro-
vidt-d for passenger-vessels, such a regulation should emanate from
our Government, at, if employment is to be thus afforded to young
men of the medical profession. those who are educated at our own
institutions are entitled to a preference, and should receive it.

The letter of the British Consul at New York, which
we subjoin, and the facts connected with it which we are
about to state, exhibit the character of the American Go-
vernment and people under so pleasing a light, and are, at
the same time, so honourable to the character of our nation
as represented by Mr. Bt:c asAw, that nothing but the
ingratitude displayed by a countryman of ours in his con-
duct to his American benefactor, detracts from the un-
mixed satisfaction which we feel in communicating the
letter to the public. Two or three such circumstances
would do more to destroy national animosities between the
two countries than thousands of articles in reviews and
newspapers.

The ship Isaac Hicks, Captain 11101 SON, Which arrived
at New York the 21st May, on the night of the 18th of
April, in long. 20, fell in with and took off the captain
and crew of the English brig Skipsey, which sunk a
few minutes afterwards, and only one barrel of pork
and two bags of bread were saved from the wreck.
During the twenty-four days the unfortunate crew
were on board. the Isaac Hicks, they were treated by
Captain Morsos with all the hospitality in his power;
the officers lived with him in the cabin, and berths
were built in the steerage for the crew, to the annoyance
of the passengers, and they were fed with the same pro-
visions as his own crew. After they had been on board
two days, Captain Moisost deemed it proper to place them
on the watches, and gave orders to that effect. Three of
the crew refused to obey, and made use of insolent lan-
guage to Captain.MOlSON and his officers. After impor-
tuning them three (lays to go to work, two of them went
to their duty--the third continued refractory, and insulted
the officers daily. In order to preserve good order and
discipline, Captain MoisoN found it necessary to chastise
this man, and had him punished-1S stripes with a hand
lead line. For this act Captain Iklorsoiv was brought
before the Marine Court of New York and sentenced to
pay a fine of So dollars. The British Consul cock care.
however, that his conduct should not meet with so base
a reward. Ile tonsmitted to him the following letter,
and we are confidant that no Englishman will say he di]
wrong.
BRITISH CONSULATE. NEW Yon K. JUNE 5, 1826.
- - .

St rt—T regret that you should have met so ungrateful a return
for your successful Ind huntsne efforts in saving the lives of the
master and crew of the British brig Skipsey—your generous con-
duct in not requiring remuneratim fur the support you afforded the
crew so long on board your ship, as also the terms in which Captain
Reid spoke to me of yol.r uniform sympathy and kiadness, demand
from me this public-expression of my thanks.
The fine and costs to which you have been subjected by the un-
grateful and scandalous conduct of one of the crew, whose life you
saved, I feel it my duty to discharge, assuring you of the just feel-
ings of respect your conduct calls forth. I remain, Sir, your obedi-
ent servant,

JAMES BUCHANAN.
Mr. Win. Moison, Captain of the Isaac Hicks, of New York.

CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.

There was a slight improvement in the 111 on e y Market this morn-
ing, and Consuls left off at 7l', which was an increase of price from
the commencement of business, to the amount of the fraction;

the first bargains having been done at 78, and there was by no
means that languor about the Market to-day that was apparent yes-
terday. Three per Cents. Reduced were 771 ; India Bonds
9s. Os. pm. ; and Exchequer Bills 7s. Bs. pm. The New Scrip
was at par to pm.
South American Stocks were more stea!y to-day ; Colombian 27
to 271 ; Mexican 41 ; Russian 70 to 784 ; Greek 104 to 11. Shares
were offered on lower terms, but there is little or no business doing.
Berlin Papers to ;he 22d ult. arrived this morning. They arc
filled with glOomy speculations on the statelal the money and mer-
cantile markets.

New South Wares Papers to the sth February have also been
received. General Darling, she new Governor, appears to be re-
ceived with great respect ; in an address of congratulation on his
arrival by the colada's, they advert to the state of the country, and
assert that the Government of England has been misled b► the re-
ports frosts toe Commksionent of Inquiry. His E4cellency's
answer is cautious; he assures them that all mattets respecting the
colony will meet with his immediate attention. The weather has
been'tireadful ; the rains have occasioned the overflowing of all
the rivers. These Papers contain much domestic inte!ligence. The
Bank was thriving and was giving a great impetus to trade.

We have received Lima Papers to the sth of March. A reply is
given by the Liberator to an Wrap from the citizens of the Re-
public Bolivar (called after him), in which he expresses his hope
that the diflerences between Brazil and the new States will be
amicably adjusted. In these Papas is a most flattering report of
the Mines of Chile. It is stated that one rich vein which had lit en
discovered yielded silver in twenty clays equal to half a million of
dollars. This is probably the report of the mine near Coquimbo,
of which we had formerly heard:
By Virginia Papers to the Ist ult. it appears that the Report by
the Committee of Congress, on domestic and foreign spirit•, re.
commends additional duties. These papers complain that the
Post-oltice officers have opened letters addressed to many private
individuals, and especially a correspondence with Mr. Randolph,
at the desire of the American Government. This charge we should
be very reluctant to believe.

AMERICAN appears that the imForts into
the United States, from Sept. 30, MI, to Sept. 30, 1825,
amounted to 96,340,075 dollars; of these 91,902,512 doh,.
were in American vessels, and hut 1,137,563 dohs. in fo-
reign vessels. The amount of exports during the same
period was 99,535,38 w dols.; of this amount 66,944,745
dols. were domestic articles, and 32,590,9 IS dols. foreign.
During the Lune period the amount of tonnage which en-
tered into and departed from the United States stood thus
—Entered, American, 880.754, departed 960,366; en-
tered, foreign, 92,947, departed 95,080; of foreign ton-
nage 61,900 were owned by the British.