The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-06-04 00:00:00

COLOMBIA.

Letters were yesterday morning received, by the True
Briton, fruit. La Guayra, to the 12th of Aptil, aad from
Maracaibo to the 2:01 of March. They contain nothing but
commercial intelligence, with the exception of the sub-
joined exttacts from the Wombat:no of Caraccas.
•• Can ACCA9, MAncii M.

" His Most Christian Majesty's brig Gazelle; f'aptain —, I t-ristic is this--it combines .iing
anchored in ha Guayra Roads on Thursday last. This vessel left 'all ranks and ages, and ifi, in this point of view, a national
3lar,iiiiiiiiii tin the 19tli instant, fur the purpose of conveying
Monsieur t lireseriao. 3le•siber of the Legion of Honour, charged, !FILOICI:1:11,ity peculiarly acceptable to the feelings of the
1 e'te.steti ;tenni • It would be as intrusive for a Nobleman
as we understand. with a diplomatic mission to our Government. i' '' • •t•
“ Runimir reports that it is the intention of al. Chasserian ,to appear at Bartholomew Fair as it would be for a plebeinti
• shortly to proceed to Bogota, to have a personal communication ito manifest himself at the Itoyal Heath of Ascot. np,uni,
welt the Executive. land Epsom alone, is the rendezvous where arietoei• it,
" (to mining to anchor the Gazelle fired a salute. which was . patrician, and plebeian influence arc cattrtaitied alil,e.
i duly returned by the batteries. I Yesterday inorning did not give slouch promise of enter-
•- On the same day arrived thy American brig William Patrick •
Henry, in :In days from Liverpool. • tamment. Indeed it might be said of Thursday, "that
' Its the saute journal ter find the following letter from "
!heavily in clouds came on the day, and the spirits of '
Colon Donzelnt, Governor of Martinique, addressed, we ' those were naturally damped who hail booked theinsel% es
• suppose (for no tow it; Halms') to the person in authority I before for a day's felicity, and who hail calculated on belng
'at l'arareat. The ohjt•et of the communication is, to ilia- enraptured at so couch per lit ad, pursuant to contras:—
claim, on the part of the French I lovernment, all intention .eltildrcn at half-price. Vet the looming gloom was soon
of renouncing that neutrality which it boa resolved to main- , disPellesi. and oP,lied the prosiwet of a bright and most
tain between the moth( r country and her late South Attie- : auspicious day ; and, we are happy to add. the prospect
rican l'olonies. was in every respect fulfilled. Amongst many ilistinguisln d
part Royal, marethire, March In, 1112$. persons whom we observed on the race-course wt re the
"fieneml.-1 avail re yii•-if of the opportunity of Mr. rhasseriaNN I )uke of Yolk, the Duke of Gloucester, the Duke of
departure for Cameras, to recall ssivself to sour recollection. I . Iticlumond, the Duke of Grafton, the Earl of 17xbritlge, '
have Olsten-tett I • o remove the tiler of the ih`inualkmB sit ccr. ' tl'e Bishop of Drosnore, Colonel Talbot and suite, &c.
lain foreign newspapers, which attribute to France a dediei of i '
aiding r•ipAIII in the war now pending between that country ad the A more delightful and morally magnifiet•nt spectacle
I governments of her possessions in South America, at present op. I could not possibly be presented to the imagination of a cid-
posed to her. I have already had the honour of assuring your Ex- ! tivated mind than the mep lira QC the scene of yesterday.
cellency, in reply to the letter which you addressed to me some It was a scene which a man, who axe witnessed it, never
months since, relative to a refined expedition fluting out in', can foe • a which are
France, against Colombia, that toy Government adheres to the ' swot.' the
•t It creates a thousand imp(
aystem of neutrality which it has observed from the beginning of rc . iii fact sof ten thousand apectato oit •it
this war; and I owe it te the sincerity with which you have mt. excites a new sympathy never to be forgotten, and ismies
dressed me, in order to solsfy yourself respecting there rumours, ; us participate in the wands and halgipsif those which it is'
to repeat this assurance at a moment when *he arrival of some !
less to OW senate than to our anderstndings, and fill: the
our interest and duty tai eaddvset ; it moreover appeals
vessels at Martinique, with troops on hoard. may furnish de.
-slkaing pt ison. with a pretest for propagating alarming reputes re. mind • with
one of the grandest and moat facitating images
'meeting the intentions of Fratice.
- These vessels or war and troops are destined to succour the ,of brilliant and elegant assemblies that can he met with 111
station. sod to complete the corps of the French garrisons in their this or any other country. The greet Derby Stakes (we
West (soli.. colonies, an well as to preserve order, and vigorously I regret to kart, ',wpm,' for the bolt tithe) were won by
protect the merchant vess.ils of Francc, and also those of other •
1 CAric, a horse of Sir .1. Shelley. It was from the first
nations, against the depredations of pen &teas and pirates.
" I trust that your I.acelletscy will observe in this frank and bo- Ii momenta favourite; but the fine appearance of a horse
nest explanation, fresh evidence or my desire to perpetuate this • named Ih:former turned the odds again it, a few hours
strictest relations of integrity, confidence, and friendship. i before the fight. Sixteen horses started, and the race was
••• Accept, General, the assurance of my consideration. i very closely contested. Cedric won by little more than
" Count IsONZELOT,
" Genesi and Governor of Martinique." I half a head ; during the principal part of the race he kept
-----ssem back, and the judgment of his rider was pointedly dis-
ct•ruible, in bringing him up unexpectedly in the last half
Imile. The day passed off' without any acetone accident ;
we except a few Cypriun squibs, occasiotted by ladies
looking and contending fur their respective protectors,
but the fracture of a panel i f a carriage was the
utmost damage inflicted in one pr two rencontres of
this kind that we witnessed. About twenty or thirty
persons were thrown from their horses, but sustained
no injury. In abort, the attendance at Epsom this year
was peculiarly brilliant and numerous. The day was
exceedingly favourable. 'l•he dust was laid by a slight
shower early in the morning, which was so far unpoetic as
to prevent from indulging in their classic disposition, those
" yaws peleetern tNyerpicern eollegirre piner," &c. It is
worthy of mention that had the weather been severe a day
or two before the race, it would have been won by
Elephant, a horse of Mr. Prendergast, a strong and beau-
tiful animal, of most expert execution and vigorous
movement.

PARIS.

IEIMM A CONNESUONDENT.I
PANIC JUNE I.
I perceive by your Eng/iak journals that the Kiwo or
Fasirer: is not expected to survive beyond a few days.
They have not exactly read the hook of dmitiny aright who
circulated this rumour, although there is certainly some
foundation for it. He has not, it is true, left the PALats
this week, but he hears name in his chamber, and receives
his ministers as usual. His Majesty gave an audience to
the Duke of Orleans this very morning, and porrves que
Dieu lui peek vie, will, perhaps, give many more to the
same august personage. Hut " all flesh is grass," both of
Kings and Subjects, and lksth, when he once whets his
scythe, is no respecter of persons, but goes mowing on,
careless of that inviolability and respect which are due to
the former by the law of nature and of nations. Honest
old HORACE tays very pathetically—
.' Pallida Hors, egad pulsat pedc, pauperum tabernas,

Itegumqwe tort s."—
But it is likely enough, that in going his rounds he may
yet knock at many a door, and pay many an unexpected
visit, before he comes to the Waco of his Most C Kis-
TIAN M T his event, whenever it arrives, and it
cannot be very distant, will be a subject of real regret to
all who have a stake—and who has not ?—in the tran-
quillity of France and of Europe. Whether the Ultras
will be able to keep quiet possession of their ascendancy and
the fruits of it, when the Spirits of Diecord shall begin
once more to walk abroad, is a question of philosophical
prophecy which it is not easy to solve.
We are keeping our eye pretty steadily upon the Spanish
Colonies, and watching the movements of the Parent State.
Their Hainaut., of tho sdifilary.A.Li.s.44:claxitalsolookiag
about to observe where and it eVraVitii patriotic inter-
ference may he useful ; but the press nt disturbed state
of Spanish politics, and the portentonts failure of the
venue,re-
present so much of perplexity and discouragement,
that ie Cowart of Sovereigns is at aat and. The unlucky
posture of affairs throws their whole iior ma out of tune and
tune. SPAIN would fain make an effort to bring her
southern sons to obedience ; but Royalty cannot right
itself with bankrupt finances, nor can it carry troops to
the crusade without the means of conveyance. There has,

THE BRAZILS.

Yesterday, we received Brasil Papers to the 19th of
March. The Diurio do Govern° of Rio de Janeiro con-
tains two Decries, the first ordering an investigation into
the charges against several persons who had been arrested
for circulating incendiary papers, calculated to excite a
doubt of the constitutional sentiments of the Emperor.
The second I)ecree, after stating that the l'onstitutiou had
been universally approved, orders it to be sworn to on the
2.lth of March.

DECREE.
Rio DE JANEIRO, MANCH 17.
Th. enemies of the empire not ceasing to employ all their edlirts
for the purpose of inspiring tenor into the minds
diannessairy, lay peg
grodassuitous. insolent pm.
quinedes, conceived in the spirit of the letters and other papers in-
dared, which tend only to disturb public order and tranquillity.
and above all to violate the liberal system of government gene-
rally adopted, and to excite doubts of the constitutional sentiments
of which l have given the most abundant proofs in the fate of all
Brazil ; and some of the criminals accused of such atrocious crimes
being already arrested, and it being very evident that they have
numerous accomplices, all which, however, ran be positively proved
only by an examination of witnesses; I think proper that the
Court Regidoe of the Supreme Court of Appeal shall immniately
proceed, according to the forms of law, into the investigation of
these facts, the paper above-mentioned to serve as grounds Mr the
accusation (corpus &lien), and a”oint for Judge an Office/ of
tried probity, rho shall speedily ftM this important task, and a
Secretary of the best reputation, ia order that the persons guilty of
such great crimes may be tried @hardy and summarily, mending to
the law ; and that, by means of a salutary example, the evil doers
and disturbers of the public tranquilHty may be checked by the
certainty of prompt punishment.
The said Court Reeder shall see to the execution of the present
Decree--tiiven at the Palace, the Ilth March, 1824, the third ytar
of independence and the empire.
" signed by the Emperor,
" CLEMENTI FERREIRA FRANCA."

... .
1 know, been a look-out made to ENGLAND for transicris,
but without success : when the difficulty of raising funds
is insuperable, it brings all other urgencies and obstacles
in its train, and the lands of Spain arc consequently tied
behind her. The French troops, which were to have left
the Peninsula on the Ist of July next, are to remain till
the end of January, ltel.S. The protective soldiery of
France have no sympathy with those of FF.R DI NAND;
there is perhaps as much of international enmity between
them as can well exist consistently with sheathed bayonets.
In truth, the dynasty of Spain is in a very ticklish crisis.
Rut, after all, what are the armies of Spain, or of Russia,
or of Austria, or of half the world, but a hand of slaves
to control slaves? Every drop of blood which the sword
has shed, from the days of Adam downward, has gone to
cement the misery of mankind ; war in its best shape is
barbarism. " Knot guts atwum et opes," as Tacitos
shrewdly and with great truth remarks, " preciptue bel-
lontm causes:'—"Liketor et speciosa Nonoiria prietexunter:
Dec goisymasts alienutn cervitium et domirtationem sibi con-
cupivit, ut non (*dem ista vucahula usurparet." Among the
speciosa ;minima a new one has been introduced in modern
tunes, which presents us with thesublimespectacleof 'solemn
compact between three Monarchs to administer the public af-
fairs of Europe in confonaity to the Christian Religion! They
have taken the social order and independence of C n at sr E N•
vow in their " holy keeping," and they will no doubt re-
main in an admirable state of preseeration. Gnat Britain
stands alone; it is the substantial virtues of her national
diameter that makes her what she is, though they have not
yet made her what she ought to be.
The death of Loan IlvaoN is still deeply felt; the ido-
lators of his fame arc here as numerous as in England.
A bookseller in the l'alais Royal, by whom all his works
were published, hung his shop with crape. Such a mark
of respect—somewhat enthusiastic perhaps—to the memory
of this extraordinary man, when viewed in Paris, in con-
nexion with the kindred feelings it excites, cannot fail to
carry some important indications with it to reflective poli-
ticians. In many points of view such an exhibition is
interesting. Monsieur Casimir Delavigne, so well known
by his literary production,. particularly by his Prole de
I icillar ds, has just finished a Monody on his death. Its
publication is looked for with impatience. One of the
moat distinguished sculptors in Paris is likewise engaged,
at this moment, in modeling a bust of him in the finest
marble. Such tributes paid to departed Genius are alike
honourable to the poet of England and to the patriots of
France.
1 was just shout to fold up this, when I received intel-
lip:nee—Me authenticity If which leas roach fur---that his
Majesty is this morning much worse. Ile has a paralysis
of the lower extremities, and sinks at intervals into a
lethargy, from which it is difficult to rouse him
but by the application of the strongest external sti-
mulants. What result the event of his Majesty's
death, in the present state of politics, will produce,.
is with many very doubtful. There is enough of hatred,
and he art-burning, and distrust, to form an ample fund of
mutual dissension ; but there is, nevertheless, not much, 1
think, to be apprehended. 'l'lle mutual interest of those
in power to preserve that authority which they have been I
at so much pains to establish, and to connect it with alle-
giance
and public order will induce them to unite in pro-
curing submission to the laws. If the present rulers of'.
France act with wisdom, and keep the " good citizens of
Paris" in a quiescent tetnper, by avoiding, at this crisis, to
create in the popular mind any hostile or dissatisfied
symptoms, the event will pass off as in the order of Pro-
vidence, and his successor will quietly fill the throne: if,
out the other hand, the Ministers suffer, at this moment,
any strong MOWS of public discontent to prevail, and Mat
sweessor, with an indiscreet zeal, shall so exercise his new
authority as to open f her sources of dissatisfaction, the
il
chance then is, that dim /OW disturbances will follow, and
that one paAii inure wi I be added to the History of the
Revolutions of Empire.

DECREE.
" Representations from so many Chambers of the Empire, that
they form a majority of the Brazilian people, having reached my
Imperial presence, representing that the plan of a Constitution
which I offered to them has been unanimously approved with the
most patriotic enthusiasm, earnestly entreating me to swear to it,
and order it to be sworn to as the Constitution of the Empire; and
considering the justice of these entreaties of the loyal Brazilian
people, for the incontestible advantages which will result front their
possessing, as soon u possible, their constitutional code; I have re-
solved, with the advice of my Council of State, to swear, and order
to be sworn to the said project, that it maybe established as the
political Constitution of the Empire. This oath shall be taken in
this capital on the 25th of the present month, and elsewhere a* soon
as this my Imperial Decree shall be received by the respective au-
thorities. Joao Severiano Mack! der Costa, Minister Secretary of
State for the affairs of the Empire, shall take the mixt-as:ay steps
to execute this Decree.
" From the Palace, March 11, 11321.
" Signed by the Emperor,
" J. S. 3IACIEL, COST.t."

Letters were yesterday received by the Blossom, from
Rio Janeiro, dated March 18. The following is an ex-
tract :
I have nothing new to mention, except It be a current report that
the lung-promised Constitu is to be prod Al hereon the 25th,
and an unconditional anmesty granted fur all who have hitherto re-
sisted the orders of Bovemment ; on condition, however, of their
conforming strictly, to the constitution. We sincerely hope that
the Emperor will keep his word ; indeed, he need do so if he de-
sires to keep his head, for the Brazikissis will be cajoled no longer.
This letter will reach you by the Blossom sloop of war, which is
at length about to sail with specie for the English merchants,
after an unaccountable delay of nearly eleven months. Trade is
very dull at Rio, and the exchange has fallen to 48.