The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-03-15 00:00:00

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hOtV.CWIVES C4ll prepare tut.4l• fur ketp..i.g.
The great heat of the lio4 ttuditiser, and the
uncomnson mildness of the winter, afford not
little colifirmation to the theories broached in
.this
country respecting the iffeets likely to be pro-
duced in the season, by the dissolution of the ,
Arctic keg. It tit, howt-ver, us yet prematuir, from
the expetirlice of one ye or, to jutlp- of the proba-
bility of these spertilatioir4, p IA It has
beets by very re.pertalrle mithority, that
" ice sloe. not cause cult]." It wtitilif iipptar,
however, bum the latnent.itiotiq of the iiileubitants
of the northern regime; for tie absence of their
darling ice and snow, that Ilicre is a charm
and luxury in these of efirelphiUl.-iill of winter so
great, that no per-on of any etijo went
could wish the came of their exi-teore to terminate.

It is understood that the Committee apimitited
by the last Coitgre!• at Aix-L,-Chap, Ile, to sit at
Frankfort, for arranging the minute concerns of
the great Europeans family, is engaged 111 the per-
formance of their tusk. No inteiret appears to be
excited by its proceedings, fur itc power does not
x etitl to the destruction of comitiies nor the sale
of people.

Upwards of 70 persons emigratici hist tVe# I, from
the parish of Nortsea to the United Sletr.. Tlity
embarked fur Havre. S'.•veral of them we me.
ebonies, who have recently discharged tin in•elves
from his Majesty's service. They are necessarily
valuable men. It • music be. a olote,tiori ,v healer
some other individuals, who muse in an lugher
sphere, might not be better spared. "I•he Ga-
zette of Saturday night announces the appiltit-
ment of a new Junior Laird of the Admiralty, .
and also of a new Lord of the Bedchamber. There
are twelve Lords of the Bedcamber. •• What do
they do ? Each of them, although paid by the'
year, does duty only one month. sod that is
merely a nominal duty. A little retrenchment,
under these great heads of expense. have
contributed to keep these stainable emigrants from
the parish c•f Portsea at home.

The fluctuations in the Stock Market last week
have been leas considerable than in the week pre-
ceding. The Fund% begin to wear rather u favoura-
ble appearance. The Three per Cent. Cnn•ols
ou
Saturday were 74, and for the Account 74
purchases made by the Commissioners are about
400,000/. in the Three per Centr. weekly, and will
continue at that rate till the sth April.

We continue re►trained, by the Order of the
House of Commons, from publishing the proceed-
ings in the case of Nlessrs. CiftADY kind QUIN. We
understand, however, that an admission has been
made by one of the parties, since the last examina-
tion, which may probably remove this restraint
sooner than we expected.

The Mon? Blanc, 74, lanais, Isfer, and Forres-
ter, are sold ant of the service.
A sloop of war, in be called the Marlin, is nr-
deretl to be built at Portmiontli Dock-yard.
On Tuesday mortint4 the Vs' regiment, or
Royal North lititialt Fusileers, • mbarLed sit Ports-
mouth, under the command of Alajur NIEYRICK,
on board the Janus, Loyal Briton, London, :11,(1
Borodino transports, which in a few hums after-
ward', bailed out of the huibour ditect fur Barba-
does. .

The 79th regiment (or Cameron Highlanders),
Colonel NEIL,. DoutilootS, C. R. marched into
Pottsmouth garrison, on Tuesday last, from Chi-
chester.
No less than tis ships nre fitting not for the
Greenland and Davit' Straits %Vitale Fisheries,
from the port of Hull, for the year 1819.
The Wye. of eons, sailed yesterday front
Portsmouth for the Sheerness station.
The Pheasant. Captain KELLY, for the coast of
Africa, and the Amite/us, Captain CHARM AN, for
St. Helena and the Cape of Good' llope, with
roads, are expected to sail immediately from
Portsmouth.
The Spartan frigate, Captain WISE, luPt
from Plymouth for Jainai,Nl and Vera Cruz.
The brae, Captain SCRIVEN, is fitting at Ply-
mouth for foreigit service.
Captain W. J. NIONTAGUE it appointed to the
Cadmus ; Captain ilAsmeß to the Hems ; Capt.
Julies, to the Cherokee. Lent. JOHN EV ELEIGII,
of the Whitworth Revenue cotter (on the Irish
station), is promoted to the rook of Commander.
General GORDON, Governor of Jersey, arrived
on Saturday at Southampton, to the Lion reetaue
cruiser.
The following vetsels, taken up by an agent of
the Spanish Coven:intent for the conveyance of
the troops to South America, ended the course
of last week fur Cadiz :
ILedslits, Dirt, of 310 tons: Yount; Dixon,
of 212 tons; Edward Ellice, Stephenson, a 4130 tons;
Camillo., Stephen., of 62 tuns; Sir Stephen lei.liington,
NPlie liar, sit 625 tuns; Advent tii e, Ilavington, a 220 tun.;
Neptune, llcaril, a :199 Calliorytr, of 263
ton.; Pacific, Caul ',Ai. I tons.
The contract hor hoe i and mu' too, fur Ply-
mnnlh pour-house, heen tal.rti at 2/. tis. sd.
per cwt.
The claims of the English merchants on the Court
of Russia for the value of 140 se..eis and cargoes
tinder neutral floors, del:shoed by the Government at
Petersburgh iu the year to 0, are likely at length to
be adjusted. It will be recollected that it Depute.
titm, at the head of which was Mr. Alderman Hutt-
CROFT, was sent front London to the Russian capi-
tal, to seek compensation boat the EMPEROR for
losses sustained by lltitibli subjects. As the Em-
peror A ILEX N (wit %;i• at Ass-14•Chapelle at the
time or the arrival of the Do potation, the Alrmorial
was forwatoled In tom Nlitilstrr, cod ten him to the
hands of the EMPEROR. An it has now
been received, and we are ioofortno,ol :Lot it is of a
satisfactory nature. The amount is vet:, large,
as
the hole 140 vessels load tamable 0/11‘," a 911 board,
chit-fly colornal produce.