The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-04-27 00:00:00

NEW BRUNSWICK PAPERS.

New Brunswick Papers, to the 17th ult.. contain the joint Ad.
dress of his Alajestv's Council and Musa of Assembly, m his
Maesty, on the subject of the boundary line between New Bruns_
wick and the United States of America. The Address is of great
length, going into details of old treaties. the usages of nati.nis, tied
the progress of the descendants of the original settlers in thnt
rinse. We extract the moat prominent paragraphs. The whole is
in bold end energetic langage, and charges the United StFtt?.4 with
the direct attempt to bribe and seduce the subjects of his :lip:jetty
from their allegiance, by giving them grants of land on the most
favourable terms

" The Council and House of Assembly view with great surpri,e
and concern the recent attempts made by the Govern:petit of Ilan_
Parham' and Maine to 4I the possessions of your Malt/iv,
strafihe jrtriwiletlnn of newelnce, in a tract of country on dio
St. John and Madawaska !JUT&

" In the year 1825, the Government of the-States of Massachua.
setts and the Maine appear deliberately to have adopted the isurea
to subvert your Majesty's actual possession and jurisdiction in all
that part of the territory claimed by the United States, which lies
on the St. John and Madawaska rivers. liv the resolves of the
Legislatures of these States, which have been published to the
world, land agents were authorised to convey to the settlers
in this territory, by good and sufficient deeds, ore hundred acres
can't of the land by them possessed, to include their improvements
on their respective lots, for a certain sum, to he paid for the use of
the said states. These settlers, let it h" remembered, are your
Majesty's subject's; the lands thus by them possessed are held by
grants from the Crown; and these lands and the inhabitants on
them have been tinder your Milroy's protection and sovereignty,
and been governed in quiet by the laws of this province for the last
forty years."
The conduct of the land agents appointed is severely remarked
upon :
" Not contented with the measures in the disputed territory.
they proceed down the river St. John, into the acknowledged
and unquestioned territory of your Majesty, and there sound the
dispositions of your Majesty's subjects to become citizens of the
United States, upon a scheme of exchange of territory, which they
profess to set forth; and they report to the Governments under
'hie) they act, that the great nart of these inhabitants would b,
well pleased with the exchange."
These assertions of the address are stated to be taken from the
official papers of the two Governments, and from the report Made
by the land agents.

COLOMBIAN PAPERS.

BOGOTA, Fen. 19.

The budget of the Minister of Finance has been presented to
Congress, and the following is the statement of its contents:—
The income for the past year. that is, from the lit of June. 1824,
to the Ist June, 1825, is 6 196.723 dollars. The expenditure tor
the past year is not given, the Minister stating that the accounts
are not yet completely made up. The income for the present
year is estimated at 11,794.396 dollars ; provided. the Minister
adds, that certain reforms which he proposes shall br approved
of, and that he is enabled, by raising a fresh loan, to furnish
the tobacco growers with such pecuniary assistance as they
require. Ile reckons that the revenue from tobacco may be
increased front 839,066 dollars (which it' was last year) to four
millions, provided he can advance the growers three millions
of dollars. The expenditure for the present year, including
the interest on the foreign loans, is estimated at 15,467.710
dollars, of which nearly twelve millions is war expenditure,
leaving a deficiency of between three and four millions.
The Minister proposes, that the Congress shall authorise the
raising a loan of thirty millions of dollars, for the purpose of
paying off the interior debt, which, he says, would cause a
great circulation of money throughout the country; for enabling
Government to assist the tobacco-growers, and for meeting the ge-
neral necessities of the State. The Minister proposes some very
useful reforms--viz. the abolition of the Government monopoly of
gunpowder, and admitting the article at a duty—the removal of the
prohibition of the export of silver—the lowering the duties of export
on coffee—the loweringtheduty on gold,and some other regulations.
all very good and proper. and which it is to be hoped Congress will
adopt. What has astonished people here the most, in the Minister's
statement, is the large email nt of the military and naval expenditure.
That in a time of peace, without an enemy left in the country, we
should be spending 12 millions on a war establishment, imitates ex-
traordinary and improvident, especially when our ways and means
are looked to. The idea of another loan is not very favour-
ably looked upon here, except by those who expect to profit by it.
With an income of 11 millions of dollars, and any thing like a
moderate warlike expenditure, we should pay the Interest on the
foreign debt (amounting. with the Siskiog Fund, to 2,100,000
dollars) with vise; for the general ef:penses of the State are not
large, as you will see by the following, extracted front the eslitnate
of the expenditure of the present year :
Foreign Department - . 295.762 Dollars.
Interior . . 621.431
Pittance . . 858.142
The resources of the country are boundless, and require only to
be properly brought into action.
By one of the finance papers I perceive that the amount of gold
coined in the mint of Bogota between 11108 and 182.1 inclusive, was
17.997.333 dollars. The amount coined in the mint at Popayan is
probably about the saute.
Within the last few days there are very promising accounts from
the mines at Mariquita. 'rwo of the large 11)11101, Santa Anna and
La Manta, have now been completely opened, anti the vein ex.
posed. The mining agents report it to be of an extent and
value that exceeds their expectations, and justify all that has been
said in favour of these mines by Humboldt. The samples of the
ore that have been hitherto assayed are worth, it is stated, about
faety-five pounds per ton. Letters received from Mariquita, with.
In the last week, state, that in two months they will produce silver.
The establishment of the London Company at Mariquita has done
greet good in the neighbourhood. Some of the Cornish miners did
not behave very well at first, but they are now all settled. A party
of miners from Mariquita passed through this city. a few days
since, to take possession of the Pamplona mines taken by the Lon-
don Company. These mines, according to the account given of
them by &vbirison, the engineer, who has Inspected them, are
some of the richest In the world. We are looking shortly kW Ms.
Cockburn to come here, as Minister Plenipotentiary.