The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-03-13 00:00:00

PL COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

MT.:SPOOL, S*IVRDAY, llatca 11, 1826.
Tbe demand for British Plantation Sugar has been steady this
sog, but at a reduction of about lc The Salmi ha 7 ve amounted to
ft
got 00t Olds, and about 200 begs of Bengal at Is. 6111. for so
oi,„ and 71s. a 7.i'. for fair to good white. In Foreign Sugar
r, ,tog done. In Rum about 100 puncheons have been sold at
prices. A sma ll quantity of Dernarara Molasses have been
.nayat 24r. In Coffee the sales are confined to small lots to the
weer, at former prices. In Cocos, Ginger, or Pimento nothing
done. to Drewoods the low prices have induced more disposition
ia buy. 35 tons Jamaica and St. Lucia 'Arwood, at 51. 13. a 61.
tans Cubs Fustic, at Al. and 20 tons Spanish at 61. 35 tons
sitoragas Wood, at 211. a 221. and 40 tons small, at 01.
le TU. Tutpentine, or Rice nothing done, except 60 bags
ilast India, at 20s. In Hides one thousand Buenos Ayres
as sod Os, sold at 914. Three hundred salted at 5.1.; and 700
sihod 1100 e at ss. 2,1. each. In Flax Seed 236 Mids. has been
old 4s„„ s 30,. per hhd. A public sale of 20 chests Indigo
t6•agsl), and 13 bales of S.lll..wer. The Indicts was forced tf at
a eartous frmn previous rates ; the ual ty was from
slams to good, bioken consuming sorts butt mixed, and ave.
raged bs. 31 per lb. The Sittlintrer was -withdrawn. Sumac,
Madder, and Madder Room are neglmted. In Olive Oil the
soly sale was a parcel of Levant at 335. a 345. 10.1.; and others
we offering, and lower rites than last prices. Brimstone and
Saltpetre arc dull. The demand for Cotton has been stesdy during
toe week, sod prices are a little higher, from from i toper lb. ;
Y sales amount to about 15,400 bees, of which 300 Permans,
.ott two Uncycle, have been taken on speculation, and 1.000
Brasile and 500 Americanshmte been taken for export. viz.-11.400
bales Uplands, at bid. a ad; 110 Sea Island*, at 2itd. a 22d.
1.400 Pernambuco', at 10d. • laid. : 830 Bahia, at Bid. a ;
1.009 Marnhanic at hid. a hid; 130 Alin. Novas, at old ; 30
Para, at o{d; 6111 Demerara, at 914. a 1041. ; 40 Carthagena at
400 Sumas, at bid. a (lid ; 10 Madras at bid ; and 10 Bengal
at id.

The Government offices still discontinue 'emitting large
sums of money for the payment of the officers and men
employed in Dock-yards and other public establohments,
through country bankers. On Saturday, t(
Stli instant,
a Messenger belonging to the Navy Pay-Office, left town
with between fifty and sixty thousand pounds, for the
payment of the public officers and others, at the Pembroke
Dock•yarl, &c. The Messenger deposited his wealth
safely, and returned to London the Thursday following.
The Messenger was impeded from making his accustotnee
speed by contrary winds in crossing the Bristol Channel.
Itxtract from a Charloton Paper of Bth February 1826:
—The experiment made in the island of Trinidad by order
of the British Government, to establish a colony of free
negroes on that island, is stated, by .he St. Vincent paper,
to have completely failed. Those carried to the island
have become more immoral, and less industrious as
lshourers; that they are conAeler. d by the planters as a
nuisance, and very commonly are looked down upon by the

slaver themselves:
We have reeeived (by the pack.•t) the following extract
from a letter from Lisbon, describing a serious fire, which
broke out in the Portuguese Naval Arsenal at Belem, on

the 17th ult.:—
Tat:sus, Fes. 17.—1 am sorry to sty that a fire broke oat this
morning, between nine ard ten o'clock, at the Pottuguese Naval
storehouses at Belem, which burnt obit great fury for about two
hints and a half, destroying every thing that came in its way,
consisting of cordage, cables, pitch, and tar ; in short, all the ready
mode cordage for the Portuguese navy Is destroyed. lam happy
to say that only two lives are lost, poor soldiers, who were in the
interior of the building, aid not being aware of the progress of
the flames, were buried beneath the burning fragments of the
roof. which fell upon them. The loss sustained by the Portuguese
Is very serious. As scan as the calamity was observed by the
Commander.in.Chisf of the English squadron. be promptly ye-
paired to the spot, attended by the f 'spume of the ships under his
orders, with their boats ard fire-ergines, as well as three from the
Portuguese frigate Ptir,cess Royal ; and by their united exertions
much valuable property was removed front that part of the build.
lags that the flames bad not reached, Ind by their pulling down
a part of the storehouse between the wing on fire and that which
must inevitably have been destroyed had they not had recourse to
this measure, the Mutes were confined to a much smaller space
than there was reason to apprehend from the formidable appear-
ance the fire first assumed. The cause of this melancholy event
was the boiling over of some pi,ch, the flame occasioned by which
acrid Int instantly communicated to some Inflammable articles lying
near. The Oceset (fis.7), Albion, Aurora, and Glasgow. are lying
here. The Lively is expected, to relieve the Aurora. No political
news h.ve—all is quiet.--Ilampshlre Tckgraph.
Peerious to the Ganges being paid off, all standing for
the rec Talon of Rear-Admiral Otway's flag, the ward-room
°leers solicited their Captain (Capt. P. Campbell, C. 8.)
would do them the favour and honour of accepting a part-
aos dinner, which he did, to their great gratification • and
nothing het the sorrow and regret so strongly evinced by
every individual at being separated, could exceed the
pleasure that prevailed on the occasion.—Lfantpshire
Telegraph.
Lieutenants W. F. Bond and C. A. Barlow are appointed
to the Forte; Mr. Peter Parker. Master; Major II ull and
Lieut. G. T. Appleton. Royal Marines ; Messrs. R. Gour-
ley, John James, and John Gray (d), Assistant. Surgeons,
are appointed to die Ganges.—llawsprhire 7'elegraph.
Lieut. W. M. Smith is appointed to command the Ports-
mouth Semaphore signal station, rice Lieut. Spencer
Smyth, appointed to the Vietorv.—llampshire Telegraph
Notwithstanding the general depression of business in
the neighbourhood of litulderaflekl, we learn that at the
half-ytarlv audit of Thomas Thornhill, Esq. held last
week for I'ixhy, Lindley, Itaistricle, and Lockwood, the
rams of the tenantry were paid universally well, and that
of the whole number of tenants, exceeding 9.50, there were
not more than half-a-dozen defaulters. At Calverley, this
week, the return was less favourable ; but even there the
nuir, XT of defaulters one hundred and eight tenants
disk not exceed twelv n the Huddersfield district the
payments were chiefly in gold and Bank of England notes;
at Calverley in bills of exchange and provincial notes. Sir
George Armitage's rents from his tenantry at Mirfield, &c.
have also been extremely well paid this week, never better,
and the payment has been principally in specie. The
quantity of silver received was very ulumal ; one of the
tenants paid 231. in shillings and half-crowns.—Leettr

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lbecury.
/dim of our r..aders, we apprehend, are not aware of a '
very laudable arrangement at Somerset-house, awl with
which Ist! only became acquainted on passing in a friend's
carriage andtr the archway a day ter two ago. instead of
the folding gates being thrown open for the egress of the
carriage, as we should have expected, one half Is always
elostd by the porter till the vehicle approaches, and the
horses are stopped. This, which we at first supposed was
a proof tither of ill-manners or neglect on the part of the
porter, we found, on explanation, to be a systematic regu-
lation; and one, as we thick, worthy of imitation as well as
Praise. The object is to prevent the sutitbri irruption of
a vehicle, so as to cross the line of the crowded pulllic
thoroughfare in the Strand. We should like to see a
similar regulation applied to the exit gates of many other
public buildings, and especially some of the palaces.—
Sseday ever.
A G ENV-RU.l74.—Th. boundaries of gentility, per-
sonally considered, are very tamales, as will be seen by
the following definition edema by Storm in his treatise
De liepubl. :—" Whose etudieth the laws of the
realm—who stuttieth at the University—who prolemeth
the liberal scit neva—and, to be short, AO can lire u Weald
?mutual luioarr, and will bear the part, charge, and counte-
nance of a Gentleman, shall be called ' :11as•ri..u,' and
shall he taken for a GE srt Ens N."
SwlrT begins one of his letters to Dr. SHERIDAN Willi
the following whimsical designation of the different days
in the week:—" Here is a very ingenious observation upon
the days of the week, and very proper for the information
of lea's and girls, that they may Lot forget to reckon them
--Sunday's a Pun-day, Monday's a Dan-day, Tuest!ay's
a News day, Wednesday's a Friends-day, Thurday s a.
fr.-se-thio. Friday's a Dry-day, Saturday's the Laitrr-day.'
I intend (continues the facetious llzati) something of
equal use upon the months---as January, women-vary. I
shall likewise in due time make some observations upon
each year as it result."
CERMANY.—Races have been established
at the celelaated baths of Oehherau, since the year 162'2;
and sums to a large amount are annually subseri tied by the
noblemen and gentlemen of this part of Germany, for the
encouragement of the breed of thorough-bred horses, am!
for the imProvetmlit of the breed of the country horses.
Count Ples)atn, the father of the Prussian Atnhassador in
London, has the 1, private stud in civilise:a Europe.
p-sseet.ing one bithdre:d and thirty brood mares. The stud
of the Grand Doke of lilecilesiburk-cliwerin, at Itectofin,
it a magnificent establishment, atal cost upwards of three
Imndrtd thousbnd dolt Is.