The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-10-23 00:00:00

DUT(.II PAPERS.

ST.PETICIISICROH, SEPT. 29.
M. de Ribenupierre, who is appointed Ambauador to the Pur•.r.
has not yet set out.
The Smirnai corvette, commanded by Captain Docusof will
sail in a few days from Cronstadt for Kamtschatka, and the cant.
west coast of America.

No direct accounts have been received for many months of the
corvette Enterprise, commanded by Captain Kotzebue, which sailed
from Cronatadt in July 1823. The latest news from him was of the
"..fish November, 1623, dated from Rio de Janeiro.
COPESIIAGICW, OCT. 4.
An Ordinance, signed by his Majesty, has been published,
modifying or aboiiidung various penalties lived by the laws, which
command the forfeiture, or part of it, for certain crimes, and entirely
abolishing the confiscation of landed property. It is alleged, as the
chief reason for abolishing the pecuniary penalty attached to espi.
tal punishment, that it is contrary to equity that the innocent randy
of the criminal should suffer, and that the dread of this result can-
not increase the dread of capital punishment.
LEIPIIIC, OCT. L
Our Michaelmas fair is not very satisfactory. Thee ate nu-
merous sellers from far and near; bnt the purchasers are in prom.
Lion few, especially from Poland, on account of the jimmied riga
of the Rumian regulations, and the orders given to the Jews, is
Russian Poland, to change their abode and way of life. There we
likewise fern,. Ureeka than at Laster fair.
STITTIIX, OCT. 4.
The first diet of Pomerania and Rugen was solemnly opened
yesterday, according to his ;Majesty's Ordinance of July 1, lag
year. The ceremonies were the sated as at the opening at the As.
setubly of the States of Brandenburgh, at Perlin.
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COLOMBIA.
(From the EI Colombierto, of August 161
Juan do Eveslona, Brigadier General of the Armies of the Re
public, Intendant of the Department of Venezuela.
It having been provided by the II th article of the dean of this
Intendancy of the 26th of last July, that the commission appoint:4
to qualify foreign metchants to act as consignees, shall deliver cies
silicates of such qualification to all Colombian merchants, in arde
to avoid frauds, and insure a compliance with the resolutions of
Government, I du provide as follow s:-
1. All nierchnnts in this capital shall, within she pefemp vtl
term of eight days, present themselves at the house of the Semi
Mashie, President of the Commission, in order to receive tie Et
certificates; and the same shall be issued in the other cantons of tt t
province by the respective political Judges, who are especially
charged with the exact observance of this measure.
2. The Collectors tf the Customs is La Guava and Puerto Ca.
hello shall not deliver cargoes to any persona who d not produce
the said certificate after eight daye from the publication of this
decree.
let it be pu'Jlished by proclamation, inserted in the public
pavers, and communicated to those whom it concerns.
(liven is Caracas, on the 3d of August, 1823.-14.
JUAN DE I:SC:MONA.

[From the Garcia de Cebrubia, of July 251
The director of the National School of Mines bee solicited a
licence to work all the mines of the Republic, making the following
propositions. which are published by order of the Supreme Govern-
ment, in fulfilment of article six of the Law of the 2Cth July,
1223, the object of which is to allow Overdress to be made with.
in forty days:—
" The principal branch of commerce which some of the de.
psrtmcnts of the Rept:die presscsobeing the exportation of metals,
and as, through the circumstances of the war, and the poverty it
Government. and individuals, it is now impossible to work the
mines, in which conaiderabk capital and intelligence are nects-
miry ; and various persons of London desiring to work, in a e. rn-
patty, all the mines discovered in the territory of the Republi.:, I
propose the following articles:—
" Art I. The Government shall grant me the permission to wcrk
all the mines discovered which it possesses, excepting those wh.:h
are already alienated or farmed out.
" 2. Contracts shall be made for each of them arcerdirg to the
class of metal which they contain, paying so much per cent. on
the profits.
" 3. The space of a year shall be allowed me to g%) to Leri'on,
to tom the Company, to make the proposals for the wines shah L
seek to farm.
" Bogota, fith of July. " 31ERIANG RIVERO"
FAST°.
The Commandant, (Rondo' has performed the offer which be
made to take the review', who fled after their repulsed Barbscisa
Aided by Captain Cordova, lie stationed himself at the pctau
by which they had OCCI‘iOII to pass, and succeeded in taxing
the principal leader of the fucLion of Paints, Augustin Agualoct o.
with other Chieftains, who had arregated to themselves military
titles. Obando communicates this to the Commandant-General of

the Department, and he to the Secretary of War.
The defonce of Ilarbacoas waa on the let of June. „The Gore•
nor-Commandant-at-Arms of the Province, Lieutenant-General
3tosquiera, made a vigorous defence, aided by the inhabitants of
the neighbourhood of the city, and received a wound in the
The factious. led by Agualongo, act tire to Burbacoaa, is &span
at being unable to tyke it. In the attack, the Chieftain, Garnirca
'foto, who hail previously disturbed the valley of Patis, was
Let to hope that this succeet may terminate the disorders *twit
have afflicted the territory of Pasto.
QUITO ANI) GUAYAQUIL.
There is no news from these important depstunents. The se.
perior Authorities continue to work with activi:y and zeal, for the
advantage of the United Liberating Army of Peru.

Extract from the agent to Lloyd's at Pernambuco, dated
Aug. I8:—" A notice has been sent from the Brazilian
Admiral, Cochrane. to the British Consul, for his deci•
site as relates to the British shipping, advising his deter-
mination to block up the harbour with vessels filled wiet
stones, &c. &c. A vessel, supposed to be the James, from
Liverpool, and a brig, with a yellow and blue flag. sod
St. George's ensign are in the bay."
Extract of a letter front Rio Janeiro, dated. the 7th At'
gust :—" On the I &th of July, at a Consolho da Fasem!s,
a proposition was made by the Brazilian Delegates that
they should issue bonds on their own responsibility, inateei
of contracting with any European house. This proe.
was, however, unanimously rejected, it being finany de-
eided that a loan should he immediately contracted for in
London, ngrecably to their original instructions."
Letters from Arequipa, a port in the Pacific, dated the
13th of May, represent the condition of the Royalist wiry
in Peru to be very etreetive ; that Cantzrae hail a force tic'
der his command of 18.300 men ; that his vanguard had
advanced as far as Patevilia, a town forty leagues to ti'
northward of Peru ; and that he meditated an attack en
the head-quarters of Bolivar in Traxlllti.
The Aspasia strived in the river last night from New
York : she sailed on the st4th ult., in company with the
packet ship Meteor, which has not yet arrived. The
plait has not, we understand, brought any papers, thel
having been taken by the packet. The Nester, whirl:
sailed on the 16th ult., was of the port last night ; bat bee,
newspaper-bag had not arrived up to tuidnight.—Lietrpot

Courier:.
The New York Americas says. that it is authorimed9J
state that the repooof 20,000 dollars having bean ao
to the credit of General La Fayette in one el the rO2
banks, is without any foundation in until.