The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-08-19 00:00:00

FROM OUR PARIS CORRESPONDENT.

PAIIIS, AUGUST 16.
The broad superficies and unreserved style of your Lon-
don newspapers furnish us pilgrims on the Continent with
the means of opining on the occurrences in the dornestic as
well as ie the political circles on your side the water,
while the Continental Journals, in quarto, leave you in ig-
norance of what is passing in the bosom of private society
in this metropolis. or in the departments between La
Manche and Los Bouches (In Rhone. The Elate of the
weather, though a subject of minor import, serves in
general as a master-key to open the door of conversation
with even the most taciturn of our countrymen. I shall,
therefore, by way of prelude, observe, that with exception
of a violent storm of hail and lightning, thunder and rain,
a few days since, we have for these two months past been
inhaling an atmosphere of from 80 to 90 degrees Fahren-
heit, unrefreshed by showers or an evening dew. The
plains round Paris are arid as the Arabian Desert. The
grain and vegetables of all kinds are literally baked by
the sun ; and, were it not that the market gardens are irri-
gated during the night, not a salade de rolaille could be fur-
nished by Very or Tortoni to the gastronomes of the Palais
Royal or Boulevards I taliens. Yet the agricultural reports
from most of the provinces arc by no means unfavourable;
and, though the great hopes of a superabundance have been
disappointed, there is expected, notwithstanding some
dreadful storms, an ordinary crop. Fruit in general has
failed ; but the vineyards are reported to he groaning under
the burden of their purple clusters ; and as the what,
though light, is generally good, there is likely to be both
bread and wine in the land. From the intense heat fish is
dear, and rarely fresh ; and porltry is at a price that forbids
the pule au pot to those of small fortunes. With respect
to interior affairs, a degree of gloomy discontent pervades

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every class of society, save one. The torch of enthusiasm
which blazed with so much brightness at the accession of

Charles X. has burnt out, and an offensive vapour is alone
to be seen. The cry of " Vire to is heard no more.
Trade is at its lowest ebb; manufacturers have long been
in distress ; shops are to be let in every street; and St. Pe-
lagie can hardly furnish room for broken tradesmen and
ruined speculators. This commercial stagnation is charged
upon the paralyzing decrees and impolitic measures of
Ministers, who have arrived at the height of popular exe-
cration, which the late investigation of Ouvrard's affair has
not tended to lower. The protection that is notoriously
given, by high authority, to a system about to be established
in France, fills the minds of all reflecting persons with dis-
may. They see with sad forebodings the menacing aspect
and gigantic strides with which ecclesiastical despotism
stalks through the land. The Liberal journals thun-
der their artillery ; and the small shot of the as yet un-
censored press are poured forth, in tens of thousands of
brochures in 32m0. distributed at 25 and 50 centimes. N.
Montlosier has already sounded the tocsin of alarm, in Isis
" Memoire a consulter cur un System Religieux et Politique,
tendant a renverser la Religion, la Societe, et le Trone,"
pointing out the danger to be apprehended from the Congre
gation of the Ultramontanes, and the Jesuits of St.
Aeheul and Mont Rouge, in their pretended attempts
to regenerate and evangelize what they are pleased to call
an impious nation. This work is similar to the hints given
some years ago to the Legislature of England, on the
effects of evangelical preaching. They are both in-
tended to unveil the designs of an ambitious priesthood.
M. Montlosier has ostensibly come forward with a denun-
ciation, before the Cours Royale, against the Jesuits,
which he has placed in the hands of the most celebrated
Jurisconsults of France. That the disciples of Loyola
hare long been preparing their means of defence, and even
of offence, cannot be disputed; and it is equally certain
that the King is well disposed to tolerate, if not to protect,
the re-establishment of this ambitious and dangerous sect,
whose assessinations and conspiracies have caused them to
be proscribed throughout all Europe. It would be a
tedious task to cite the names of those Jesuits who have
been either outlawed, sent to the galleys, or have suffered
death, for their crimes. Yet the fates of Henry the Third
end Fourth, and Louis the Fourteenth and Fifteenth,
appear to be forgotten ; and all the petty vexations of
bigotry end intolerance are again resumed by the ecclesi-
astics, from the Bishop to the village Priest.
, The affairs of Turkey, of Greece, of Spain, and Portu-
, gal, occupy the politicians of the Palais Royal. The fre-
quent private audiences at the Tuileries of M. Vaulchier,
Director-General of Posts, give rise to many conjectures.
The charter granted to the Portuguese by the Emperor
Don Pedro was heard read with uneasiness, at the Palais
rue Rivoli. It was peculiarly unwelcome at a time when
attempts are making to neutralize the charter of Louis
, XVIII.

There are certain sages here who pretend to foresee a great
political movement in the States of Germany and in Italy.
The spirit of independence, say they, has again awak-
ened, and is making a tour through the world. At her
approach the Monster of Despotism must shrink, and the
high seat of Tyranny be laid low. Let us, however, be-
ware, lest another Tyranny, and another Despotism, should
rear itself, more dreadful even than that of the Sword, and
the Crosier usurp again its power over the Sctptre of
Kings.

We have received Jamaica Papers to the 11th ult.; they
contain no political intelligence worth extracting. All
doubt as to the destination of his Majesty's ship Tweed is
now removed. She was proceeding from Jamaica to Cuba
and St. Domingo.
Extract of a letter, dated Hague, August 13 For
some days past unpleasant reports hkve been in circulation
respecting contagious disorders said to prevail in Gronin-
gen. It is said that fevers have shown themselves chiefly
among those who have been engaged in agricultural la-
bours, and they are attributed to the drinking of brackish
water, which, since the floods of 1821, has spoiled the
springs. If the accounts we have received are correct, 270
persons have been carried off by these fevers, from the 7th
of July to the 7th of August. The Government, it is said,
has already adopted all measures that can contribute to
check the disorder."

MONTE VlDEo.—Extract from a letter of the Agent
to Lloyd's, dated 2d June:—" The brigs Monarch, Ann,
and Jesse, from Liverpool, William and Henry, from
London, and ship Countess of Morley, from Plymouth,
have been detained by the Brazilian squadron ; and the
Monarch, and William and Henry, it is expected, will be
made lawful prizes, as they attempted to pass the squa-
dron. The Jesse has been liberated, and it is supposed the
Ann will be. It is understood that the merchants
of Buenos Ayres have resolved upon receiving their goods
here, giving the masters a discharge in full.
PI ec lIA RD FISH ERI ES.—We understand that applica-
tions have been made to the Treasury for permission to
use. lights from the steam-boats, in order to attract the
shoals of pilchards into " shooting ground." We are
confidently assured that the experiment of lights will be
tried on different parts of the coast this season, unless pro-
hibited by the revenue laws. Preparations were made last
year in Mount's Bay, by a gentleman connected with the
fisheries, who bad often suggested the adoption of the
measure, but being unable himself to superintend it, the
prudices of the older fishermen prevailed, until the season
bad too far advanced to hope foe succeas.—Plymouth
Journal.