The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-08-05 00:00:00

MR.

SOU7'll AM E RICA.
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The letters from Bogota by the Jamaica mail, which
arrived yesterday, are not Of so late a date as we had p - : Vest
Consul-General at
abtyßaogoshti
only new fact contained in them is, that the British YLI
Pa
hall sent
Consuls at the out-ports to assume their respective func Ca
tions, and proceed to business ; it having beer. previous!):
arranged that these gentlemen were to perform no offici;;
acts, until they should receive such a notification from the e i
so
capital. est
The following is the only intelligence from SotuleAsee- '''l
rica which we find in the Jamaica papers received add
yesterday: it is not of very recent date, nor of much ire„ 'Thl
to
portsncc : t .
KINGSTON, JUNE It. , th.
' COLOSIIII•.—A French frigate, called La Fiore, of
4; • Bs
' pins, Captain filallette, anchored at Santa Martha on tl,„ pis A
7th inst. with a French Commissioner, .M. Chasm-4,1,r f',,,: • s
Colombia, and sailed on the loth for Carthagena. M. (1.2 ' '
, be 1
' striau remains a few days at Carthagena, and then p. r: . i on
ceeds direct to Santa Fe de Bogota, on official business •,;• 'flee
France. We understand he is Chief Consul from Fran; fro!
to Colombia. _ ; e s
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General Montillo arrived at Santa Martha on the 7:h ya fu
from Carthagena, and intends proceeding for Alatacaibo n, " 'ache
the Colombian corvette Arica, which was to sail in a ha' WC
days. "• tinite
A Decree has passed Congress, authorising the Execs. '' h
th Ki
' e
live to raise and equip 30,000 men, if necessary, to liberate V•
Peru. The Independent cause in that country is tvi- be re
dently in danger; there is a want of unanimity. This is -- • i",
confessed by the Gazettes from Colombia to the 6th see:
inst. Bolivar was at 'fruxillo by the last official account.. Acc
"-
ult.
A treaty of close alliance has been ratified between, s • ad;
Mexico and Colombia. 21-4
It is reported that Bolivar has issue(' orders for a rein- loss
forcemeat of 10,000 men, to assist his forces in Peru. Tilt
Just 17. • as
Private letters from Goatimila state, that a conspirer, en
had been discovered to betray that province to the ail co
regime, absolute monarchy, under King Ferdinand. The snit
•
conspirators were connected with the Marquis of Torre ; ill
Tagle and the Peruvian Royalists. • e lei
•
Letters have been received from Cartilages& of the 19th
of May, and from Panama of the 31st. Tbeir contenn
are only important as they afford reason for doubtmg the
correctness of the intelligence communicated in the letter at tit w
from Guayaquil, which has excited so great a sensitior.. ' : the
The Panama letter, after giving the movements of Holiest • plan
and the Royalists, up to the date of the accounts by which • a p
we had previously heard of the entry of the latter Inn fern
Lima, says, " Bolivar was waiting for reinforcements :t (it• w
It
1 the amount of seven or eight thousand men, which be ee-
lpeeled to !retire by the middle of May : after that he was ' e pet
to act strictly upon the defensive." If this account be tor- shout
reset, and we have no reason to doubt it, it is scarcely tea- • cr.
ast.
sonahie to suppcse that Bolivar could have fought a battle L
eimi,
go decisive of the fate of Peru as that which is said to t pre
have taken place, and entered Lima en the 10th of May. ' ' • enti•
The Carthagena letters state, that the troops were being is al
i • the
daily exercised in that place, as a caution against invasion,
upon
and that part of the Loan was to lie applied to the repairs mad
of the fortifications. A letter from Guayaquil, not of ecen; of o
date, gives the details of a conspiracy against the hide- era 1
pt ndents by souse of the leading men of the place, which osirst
had been happily detected. • e tur
miler
• Tills gentleman long resided is Kingston. and was matt re. ' •., Re
spotted and esteemed; be has ale° been in the Colombian sane:. : ken i
leiiisimmiffeweiew
anal
PORTUGAL ill c
—oseee.—. e ne
Lisbon papers to the 18th ult. arrived yesterday. Tlay Id we
contain little of interest. Several vessels had arrived f•E:, air
Rio de Janeiro, and other parts of the Brazils ; and cue Ir. fav°l
hap
vessel, in 120 days from Monte Video, with 400 troops lid • . he
General Maudo. The Lisbon Gazette of the 17th cenisini vded
a long article on the policy of the British Governown:, that
which is justly praised for its prudence in preserving the
e• n
country in peace, when some hasty politicians wished is , •m•
em
precipitate us into a war. ,• Court!
The following are extractr from this demi-official article rise
LISBON. JI'LY Its ~ the 1)
To-day we present to our readers the Speech of his &inset: bey 1
Majesty on closing the Session of Parliament. With the el•tc• ssion
tion of the eorvulsed state of a part of Ireland, to which hi. Ms, ' ' ,edit
jesty alludes, all the rest of the Speech chews the oats Gifteit -e ifs,
and increasing prosperity of the British nation. • ene.
Some English Journals, animated only by thirst of pin In, irrrne
the idea of the separation of the provinces of South America froe • in till
the mother countries in Europe hold out to them, are ainazeil .... . rat ens
Dot finding in his Majesty's Speech any allesion to the subject rif va, in
the recognition of the independence of those states, which they II kind•
eagerly expected, and their impatience breaks out with unjust:on, . , ailrel
plaints anti satires. . eh
These arc the same journals that murmured because the Ent:lislt • liable,
Government refused to precipitate Great Britain taro s co:nit:to: • the el
war in Europe, to support the impotent party M. the Cgetm •t seven
Spain. which was afterwards treated by these very journsls with it; he eou
VOW insulting epithets, and with the meet remarkable Mare, is said
any. decreed as the most contemptible of the human race, fee r•
having defended with more heroism the city of Cadiz, in whe
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they had shut themselves up. The Engr%/1 Government. IA -1
prudence and wisdom on that octiodon. delivered Great Fir'a;
from a war in which, at least. it would have been opposed by et
t Bella
will and the effort% of the principal pert of the population of et
. i el C.;
• Peninsula, as the event proved. t Jaffe.
The most distinguished and sound part of the British erzei er, :11
knows how to appreciate the good fortune of haring mcapedirta' t. !rata,
the manifeld temptatlor.s of the disorganising notion which inevi
.::el Id,
' heaven and earth to draw England into its ruinous contest : the Eo t States
' li.h Government gave a great proof of its wisdom and tirreeess' ell t.•„
this occasion. It 'hewed that it knew Spain better than thews i the 3
sought to invnlve it in that war; and the British nation ha. o n er G
, reason, as well as the people of the Peninsula, to praise and isi
the moderation and foresight of the Government a hich saved r-•
' rope from a cruel war, and from a renewal of thnse miscra. se.; • Aloe
it cost so much blood (English as well as that of other natiosi,:a . Servi
;ea! Ls
terminate.
It is the same wise and prudent policy which now induces t't • the I
, British tiovernnaent to resist all the incitements of these ,as: ti. E
locates of the cause of " Liberty and Egoslity." now layered s.-- . ter n
• the specious title of tile Independence of America, and gilded s• • andir
•
' I the sediteing hares of a commerce which shall transform the f.eyo the 1
of the streets of Great Britain into gold and diamonds. This p•.••••
1 . Air.l
' which prevents the British Government from interfering in theta.
.t
sores which the nations of the l'eninstile are taking to put doss: e.
i hellion iii trarsittlantic dominions, after having conquered ••, ine.
,
• I home. is 'hat which justlee prescribes, and the propriety e!. ~:.
, 1 precipitating a measure which would be as contrary to the r-=o • Ties
'1 of peace and good neia,ehbourhood with the mother coun•rin .•••1 • • a
i 1 rope (of much greater weight, in a political view. than the er.,r7:: • bay.1
ed and distant new ;items of South America.. as if the latter r• --2 • the
, I think fit to recognise the independence of Ireland, or of ass el•.;: • i Sti
: ' part of the British empire which should be in a disturbeet. ••••': ears.
' merely because it mielit suit the political or cominerciel jet os •• 2 die
. ! the State which should chomm to act in this manner. and ev:•n•-' ,11. G.
IRe,. r
, 1 out first giving time to the :state+ of Europe to ninintein thee t".
t ! ticsl rights by niewis of fit rstaioion 07 force: which they halt .'•'7l • the 4
1 I prevented from renpleivir.g by the political convulsints from 1'..-
r they have not been delivered till within less than a year. e I.
• I 11.:-Ades this, the state of things which is already mas.foi:r; ico, ,
~.i ••••• ;
' itself in various parts of those de-elated emihriei. she . .s Mt
s 0..60,•d
by erdhusimni ; and how nitich more agreeable to the inttn-s : .
dtvf,
touch reason there is to di•trust first appearesnees„alete: , , . , all w,
Great Bruin i.; the police re.sinimeniled L 4 its • i,c 31inedeo. 7
;b
. ,
1 . cipitatiog nothieg. hach g eireohismik, 4to be matures e: ;:i• :, lurs
7 1 course a time, and by the series o;events.shich we -,,
...77 , mini
: • puides of the true poll. vof natiots. Meantime. rothine r, , ; ..outh
; the British commerce from contimaieg its peaceful re:.;:le. • '• '. I,e lit
, ' th.:ee States, the recognition of who,: ia.,..pead,r•r:: 1,•'• " '° llth 0
; tali& not increase the metes of causing the private e&•:".
rills I
•
1 actions
Merchants to be mere reepeeted in their contemn...l ir:s.s.
1 ctions with the.se people, than in the present state in %L•:..- ' • disc
, , nations e•,ist. ler, a
Experience proves how slippery is the step for a tr,r..... •• . - • m 6,: 1
[ lion to our filtilllate alliance. aril the coesteeences of sir', s• ••
erkgai
hence are i',CaliLlahlf. A ti-eciiiii ate step is not !It .-1,•, t•-•'' 2 ; U. and;
retraced, mid itc influence adoost always veiemis ft,7"110 . • iderah
desired, or:len can he afierw3Tti• remedied. At all meets. te...-••
I.
, cognition of the independence of a Nate rellicit has not .e: re;:e i : .
1 from timr the teeessare eoli.lii v. mid which t.all, lee' IA ll' s zeLos
i's ownritmMon, would hi. nn .I.san':;%, ! ..lirg n• •!,..1000:7l7 0 Mint
the most tay.irable light. sh it .ori. a ire.7i:,,, . • I..l''' after n.
fierce would be o; ly cif ing to the ~ -rid." I rcOl,:nire.•l''' '...
e 0171.1
-.' ' . ~. Ilia. cat ,‘• -
ias independent, se b.. as it t.:ti ele t. nil It, it r1...11,1 .
: formerly it ci:osti•ute don ii..tegtel pat:: rmil tl•is t1e,...c...' . • .• ',he;
I make is rit d.•ipoteti to rt.,:r..ii. ,l - fr,,e xerciie cat to.: :'e••
-."
; rights of the diptometie se% cr. ‘gll racer it.-
1 4 hem,
Pas he
llr what wr perceive in the soceeh s is. the Feeli.l: Beftirre:.•••,
°n• the
I we must belies r that the gr. .1 a 1 ; r, I::'.ir,: re :.V 11 ^. ‘..
.44* lin
r.:..1 the
, Gov••re men t is !oxide...! i 1 t 1: i s misler, a, it wr. in rr,.e.• V. • ,
first of which we %poke. is that ef : i-oce. i ..d. e,,, ei urd.r, e•• : •
wilh all rntini n, this bra e toe 1.1,: ;Jo ulv•eci to set Lae t 0.,...: ?" ea
initoccse lactieti:s which it 1: tot :00,1,, d. use Her, :,. 0 1........•.:. tel 61'4
' 14 it. institution., from thy w• •. tat , '.•• of i•s mh o.c to •e 7, °...
,of ael,c),
front its commercial ge,ills, Cr. ,:* o ..: -.4,,..:•,',:.:, ."3''., , JV,t, i
the immense sumo-11 t' it i••• ,t ;t1: !•..., .1r.41:, •,.: • rc.. _ .
IMnle
oprti to it all the niathezr in the w,,::-:• wheihcr v. ••• ei
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,
does not recognise the intlependeoce e: i' .• or that r,:-. , sl
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meat. - on th
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E,nItATI:P4.—In the in!: 1:-• : fry., tit: er') I. ~•-. h 0 •Aeal p
column, 24 pale. of oat: y;‘,;,:.: Lis's P too. f•'':
~ down
made choice of the h.:st p.;,,- r_ t.', ' bar: tall. - ncbei s •
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of the best past 4 1 1
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