The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-09-26 00:00:00

SOUTH A lf ERICA.

The following is an extract of a private letter dated.
Bogota, July 19th. The particulars which it comninnicatot
are extremely interesting :
You will be amused at seeing in the papers I send you here.
with an account of the races we have had here, quite a l'Attellott.
They have excited much interest, and the only cause of regret
seemed to be that they did not last longer. At the end of the races
many horses were brought in from the country, which were no: in
time. They are to be repeated in October next. One effect of
them will undoubtedly be to improve the breed of horses here. We
are to have an election for the Vice-Presidency here this year.
There seems little doubt, but that Gen. Santander will be re-elected.
It would be difficult to find any good reason why lie shote.d no:.
He is attentive to business, works Inted,lnot a very common thing,
let me tell you, in this country) and has now acquired a certain de-
gree of experience ; in addition to which, I do not know that any
man of grtuter ability could be found. We can have no chance of
seeing Bolivar here for sometime. He is gone into Upper Peru to
settle every thing there, and it is said here, that if he finds the
Provinces of Upper Peru wishing to be independent of Lower Pern,
he will form an Independent State. there. There must be tell a
twelvemonth's work for him in Peru. Our mine owners are all
alive, in consequence of the proceedings of the London Companies ;
and parties are despatched to different parts, to examine mines, set
them to work, &c. The only party of miners that has yet arrived
from England has gone to the Illariquila mines, about three days'
journey from this place. The accounts from there state, that,
within the last few days, they have penetrated to the principal vein,
and find that it conies up to every thing which the importance at.
tached to these mines by Humboldt led thet•t to expect. These
minas are the property of Government, and thc English Company
holds them at an annual rent, payable out of the net produce. We
have had an English physician practising here for the last year or
t No, who is doing extremely well."

Letters from Corfu state that-some despatches had been
seized upon a messenger of Ibrahim Pacita, by which it
was uncovered that several Austrians of rank have h. en
deeply intriguing with the Turkish Government for the
destruction of Greece. •

We have received ;a file of Peruvian Gazettes to the end
of May, and Bogota Papers to the 18th July. The former
contain no political intelligence of a more recent date than
the accounts already received, and are in a great degree
filled with articles relative to the praiseworthy attempt of
the Liberator to diffuse the benellts of public education
throughout the Republic. In the Colombian Papers there
is nothing now to notice. The private letters which have
reached. us, state, that the Electoral Colleges have com-
menced their proceedings, and that a vigorous opposition
will be set up against the re-election of the Vice-President,
Santander.

IVe have received papers and letters from St. Vincent's
to the 9th August, which are of a very unfavourable
nature. By these we learn, that on the Friday precetlirg
I (the Gth): the estate of Col. Brown had been nearly des
stroycd by fire; the negroes having burnt down the kil-
-1 ing-house, the negro huts on the estate, and finally, the
proprietor's house. Such a fire had never before been
known at St. Vincent's, and the greatest alarm prevai:ed
among the inhabitants of the colony, as it was known to
be the work of incendiaries, seven"of tlic negroes concerned
being in custody, and four more, who had effected their
escape, were closely pursue]. The advice' from Berbice also
mention that great sickness prevailed throughout that co-
lony, hut in other respects that place was quiet.
A New Joint Stack Company is in contemplation, which
is to be styled " The Royal Sea-Coast and Waste-Land
Society of Ireland," and the object of which is to purchase
the fee simple, or take leases of lands on the sea-coast and
the banks of navigable rivers or canals, fcr the purpose of
erecting thereon towns, villages, and fishing stations, at
which great multitudes, hitherto dispersed on miserably
small farma, may be collected together, and by their joint
labour being employed in the improved cultivation of the
the soil, in the fisheries, and other useful arts, they
may acquire a comfortable subsistence for theinseves tire •
families, create additional nurseries for seamen for his Ms
jesty's navy, and additional wealth and strength to the
' State. It is intended in a few days to summon a meeting
iof such public spirited individuals, as may
be likely to
enter into a subscription, for raising a fundfor this laud-
*hie purpose.—Dablin Morning Righter of Friday.
ASCENDING AND DESCENDING lIVTIOSTATIC CAP
at so s.—A Mr. Oeorge F. Reeve, of Orange county, New
York, has constructed an engine, which not only exhibits
an eccentricity of ingenuity in the inventor, and a pleasing
novelty to the beholder, but bids very fair to become e"
tensive in its practical utility to the community. The tic•
sign of the engine being to transport goods, or articles, bY
aid of water, any distance, where there is a sufficient
quantity and fall for any given distance. Its leading Frio'
ciples consist of a wheel and axis, with floats or buckets,
adapted to a race or trough, whose angle of incidence is
adapted to the fall, or other circumstancial conveniences
Upon each end of the axis of this wheel is a cog wallow
wheel, which works into a rack or cog plate, which i'
placed upon the top on each side of the race, and which
answersfOr what may not improperly be termed a rail-wsY•
Thg engine being situated at the foot of the race, and the
water let in, aml operating upon the floats, turns the wheel•
and by . the wallow cog wheels of the axis of the wee;
wheel being geered with the rack on the race, the wheel
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ascends ; and by a more or less partial supply of water, the
water wheel is made to descend with the velocity required
To the engine may be attached any formation or coneeng"
6on of a carriage, adapted to the nature of the articles to
be trattaported.—Philudelphia American Daily Adrerfigro

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