The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-08-07 00:00:00

LON DON,
SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1119.

Recent accounts from Madrid confirm the intel-
ligeuce stated in our Paper of yesterday, respect-
ing the railing of a small body of Spanish troops,
about 3,500 men, from Cadiz on the 13th ult. under
the command of Dan JUAN MANUEL CAGIGAL.
Their destination is announced to he Venezuela,
where their presence is thought to be most required,
from the desperate comlition to which MURILLO if
known to he reduced. The victory of SANTANDER
was probably not intimated to the troops previous
to their sailing, and probably they were kept in
equal ignorance of the extrusive preparations made
in this country to oppose them in Venezuela with a
force in every point superior. They have had the
start of Centrist D'Evetteux's Legion, which did
not sail from Dublin until the 3 tat of the month ;
but this advantage may possibly be compensated
by the superior character of the ships and seamen
employed in the conveyance of the British *tortilla.
rive ; so that if the fate of MURILLO be nut
dr-
cided before their arrival in Venezuela, the coml.
teracting presence of the British force will prevent
the accession of strength from being of soy ultimate
advantage to him.
The submission of this body of Spanish troops to
superior orders, and their consenting to embark for
South Atuerice, afforded matter of exultation and
triumph to the Cabinet and people of Madrid, on
account of the previous commotion among the
troops. We should not be very much surprised if
their readiness to embark for South America were
the prelude to an act similar to one already per.
formed by some of their comrades, and, perhaps,
General D'Eveaztrx, on landing at Venezuela.
will be agreeably surprised to Sad these Spaniel)
mops marshalled ou the same side with his own
baud of heroes.
It has been thought expedient by the Comman-
der iu Chief, O'DoKPEL, to postpone the bull-
fights of Cadiz for some time, lest the assemblage
of a largebody of people, as is usual on such occa-
►ions, may be attended with some bed consequences.
This precaution intimates a suspicion on his pert
that the seditious feeling which pervaded the mili-
tary at Cadiz was not confined to the camp, but
was shared to some extent by the great mass of the
people. Several wrests have been made in Cadiz
among the ordinary itiliabitatits of the town. The
regiments who first declared their determination
not to obey the command of FSRDINAN D to pro-
ceed to South America, were the let and Rd Cata-
lonian regiments ; it is remarked that the Cows.
mender of the first is the officer who carried to
Madrid the official news of the capture and ins-
prisonmetit of General PORLIss.

A report prevailed yesterday in the City, that
negociations are going on between the Government
of this country and that of Spain, the professed
object of which is to enable certain British Commis.
sioners in Mexico to Iran...nit thence to E,.gland
specie to the amount of ten millions of dollars in
British ships of war. The real object, however. is,
to protect by the British Rag so much Spanish
property from the Independent privateers, into
whose power it would must probably fall, if the
owners were rash enough to venture transmitting it
to Europe in a Spanish bottom. It is pretended
that the Convention by which the dollars are to
obtain safe convoy will operate to the advantage of
tins country, by enabling the Bank of &liglaud to
make better and more effectual preparations for
resuming payments in specie ; bat it is very evident
from the present price of silver bullion in the
market, that the Bank of England is not reduced
to the enmity of sending to Mexico for the 'sur-
das', of dollars. It is not consistent with the