The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-11-23 00:00:00

THE CONGRESS OF PANAMA.

The journal of the Minister for Foreign Affairs pretends
to have some particular information as to the policy of
England regarding the Congress of Panama. We intend
to throw some light upon the nature of this information,
and the public will then judge whether, if it proceeds from
a ministerial source, the Ministry know much as to the
affairs of America. P
" The republics of South Anilrict, we underatand, have
spared no pains to induce the EngllaitlesOtet to take a
part in the Congress of Panama. They hive not indeed
formally asked that an English plenipotentiary should take
his seat there; bat they have expressed their wish to have,
under such important circumstances, the benefit of the ad-
vice of a Power which has hitherto shown itself so favour-
able to their cause, and which has a powerful and direct
interest to support it. The English Government has, it is
true, always refused to accede to this wish ; but it is not
Ims true, that Mr. Canning has approved the design. and
plan of the Congress, and that lie is by no means igno-
rant of any point that will be submitted to its considers-
tion."

Now, if we bear in mind distances and dates, we shall
find that this indirect invitation to send a Plenipotentiary
to Panama cannot have been given to England till very
recently, as it was previously necessary that there should
have been some certainty that there would be a Congress
at all. Mr. Canning has not, then, always refusal" a
request which, perhaps, even now, has never been made
to him.

Besides, to say that thliliiirister has, otherwise than by
vague phrases, " approved" the idca of an American Con-
gress, is to know nothing of the responsibility of an Engtigh
Minister, or the prudent disinter of Mr. Canning. The
policy of England is represented at Mexico, in Colombia.
and at Buenos Ayres. From these three points she will
exercise her influence upon the Congyess, by influencing
the resolutions of those three Governments. We must bear
in mind that this Congress is not to be a federal conven-
tion, as M. de Pradt dreams; it is simply a meeting of the
Ambassadors of several Governments, each independent of
the other—and these Governments, too, republican, and
responsible to their respective nations, as the Government
of Buenos Ayres has shown us already, In its reply.

France is absent, not only from Panama, but from all
Spanish America. At the moment when Sir Charles
Stuart settles the affairs of Brazil at his pleasure, we have
there only a consular agent. What is become of our late
diplomatic superiority ? The present French Ministry
should even have an agent at Panama. They could not
therefore be less ignorant of all the points that will be dis-
cussed there.
The following is the amount of the ministerial commu-
nication tiVe are informed that two vessels of war will
be detaehed from the squadron cruising in the Pacific
Ocean, and that they have received' orders not to leave the
coast of Panama during the wbole time of the session. It
itveven said that an old diplomatist will be ready to depart
at the first notice, and that he Wilt be appointed to watch
over the proceedings of Chit great American meeting."
How well are we informed ! Are the two vessels they
to mensee the town of Panama? A friendly intettoatie
will certainly not be openect with us 12/ *ray elf the, Piettle
Ocean; ,i; would rather,bc through, Plitt? ,Nlo..hy.eihich,
through the Caribran Sea, ire enter into ibe Adiatie
Ocean.

Te Witch toe! the proceedings of a Congress by km old
diplinnatlist, supposes that the " old diplomatist" -he
accredited, to it; for otherwise this watcher must rinnain
at thoadeora , This statement therefore contradicts the for-
mer.- %Irby* way is to believe neither one nor the other.
-That of what use would a diplomatic .uperintentlenee be
ratiama ? It is not Tilsit not Laybach. There Will be
no secret resolutions nor personal combinations there. The
people and the interests of a whole world will be before it.
The proceedings will be notorious, they will be known to
all who know how to appreciate them. Mr. Canning has
nothing to watch over, for the simple reasou, that be has
for a long time attended to what has happened there.—
Journal dts Dawes.

FASIIIONABLE fxrELLIGENCE.

The Duke and Duchess of Athol arrived on Monday at their
home in Great George-street, Veatminster, from their seat in
Scotland.

The Duke of St. Albans, Lady C. Beaucterk. and Dire. Coutts,
have left the Earl of Lauderdale's seat, in &Ward, on a visit to the
Eurl and Countess Breadatbane.

The Earl and Countess of Pembroke arrived on Monday at
their seat, Wilton House, Wilts, from Bath.
The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith have arrived at Willie
Park, Salop. on a visit to Lord and Lady Forrester.

lord Robert Manners has left Chasely l'ork. Cambridgeshire,
for Belvoir CY:lmile.

Arrivals at Read's Hotel, Iriwer Gmsvennr.sireet :—The Rev.
Mr. Feawick, from his seat in Notts; 31r. Deed., and 31r. Buller,
from Oxford. Departures:—Mr. and 31 rs. Jervis, for Both.

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Arrivals at Lon 's Hotel, Bond-street :—The Hon. Spencer
Law. from Park ; John Congreve, Esq. from dittu : Best, Esq.
and C. Best, Esq. frcm Bamsgatc. Departures Edwards,
for Windsor; and J. lit Eli, Esq. for Atehon Moubtray.

Depsrtores fmm the British Hotel s—Mr. and Mn. Norton*. for
their scat in Oxfordshire ; Captain Rowley, for Ireland ; And J.
Spencer, Esq. for Oxford.
The Right Hon. Robert Peel will entertain the Duke of York
and a distinguished party at dinner 00 Friday neat, at his house in
Privy-gardens.

Dv at or Yoait's LRVEr.—Yesterday afternoon , ct half-
past four o'clock, the Duke of York lluld a Levee, as Com-
mafider-in•Chief, if his OfFkailif ab&liorse-11 uar dot, vitrich
was attended by LieutenantrGenerala IViddrinaton, Tho-
mas, Neville, Binghami Montreiror, Mtdor-General Sir
James Smyth, and near forty other military Officers.
Mrs. Secretary Peel tau mach the Ratite yraliettlay.
Mr. Hobbense, Under-Secretary of State for the Houle
Department, has arrived in town, from his s .at near 'Win.
canton, Somersetaliire.

Loan COMUV.Ir!FILF.—We regret to state, that a re-
port very generally prevails that this gallant officer was
carried of by an attack of cholera morbus, in a few days
after his landing in India. We are sorry to add, that the
intelligence conies to us from a source which gives us little
room to doubt the truth of it. The communication came
overland from India.—Deb/in Cur reNpntlent.

The London papers have of late ass..ried, that the idea
of the Duke of Buckingham going to India appears to have
subsided." The fact, -however, we understand. is not so,
though " the idea" W riot likely to be realised so soon
as swap first expected.' His Grace's departure, it is sup-
pesed, will take place some time in the spring. The ob-
jectimi that might have been started to theroMbination in
one fitttili q( the two high oflices of Obvertioe-General
and rresident of the Beard of Control,' ma be obViated
by the tianifer of the flight Ifortottrable fiet4tlilinaii who
now holds the latter place to fhe Chile of the- fletise of
Commons, to which he had early directed Itte views'and
' studies—Buell ChronNe. ' • .
A deptaitti 11. consistirig of the churchwarden nil other
• 4240i31PX0 a St. ttatnes,Clerketlweil, have waited on the
Rev. 154.1.4 lon. chaplain to the Lord /tlayor, at the
I%lmillion-house, to present to hint the Bialiop of I.an !on's
license to per,terrn the third additional divine service, with
a sermon. lopeir parish church. This apkintment, we
bpliexp,, jolt,. first under the Act of Parliament (5S Geo.
.1114 r An i k we understand, as the result of, the interview,
that arrangements will be made to admit of the Rey.
Gentleman beginning the new service on, the Orin Sunday
lof the new ?car.

THE CHURCH.
The Rev. Henry Wetherell, M.A. Rector of Thruxton
and Rentchurch, Herefordshire, has been appointed by the
Lord Chancellor to the Prebendal Stall in Gloucester Ca-
thedral, vacant by the demise of the ltcv. Dr. Ridley.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS.

St n,—l think you will agree with me that the Liturgy of
the Church of England is as excellent a compendium of
every thing appropriate to the worship of God as can pos-
sibly be devised. With this conviction I beg, through
the medium of your intelligent journal, to point out what
I consider a deviation both front the letter and spirit of
our Common-prayer book. The point may appear minute,
• hut where so much attention is professed by the Clergy of
the Established Church to correctness in the ritual part of
religion, I think it behoves them to set it right.
In this metropolis' I observe that in the repetition of
the Lord's Prayer, with which the Communion Service
begins, the people do not join with the minister ; though
in the country it is generally the custom for the whole
congregation to recite it. It is plain, from one of the
rt.:ricks, that the intention of the framers of the Liturgy
was, that it should be so recited "wherever this prayer is
'read." Betides which, the character in which the " Amen"
is pritited in those prayers where the clergyman and the
congregation join is different from that where he reads
alone, the one being printed in roman and the other in
italic letters. One of the commentators on the Prayer-
book lays it down, that all the congregation should join in
reading this prayer in this identical place, viz. at the com-
mencement of the Communion Service.

I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
London, Nov. 21.
• I have only met with one exception.

LIVERPOOL, klorto.tv, Nov. 11.

[P:o■ ova CO-IREIPOIDINT.I

The subscription for the sufferers at Miramichi now
raking in this town amounts to about 2.2001.

On the loth inst., the brig Wakefield, Captain Henry
Crookshank, belonging to this port, anti bound hence to
Oporto, passed through the straits of Menai, being the
first vessel with a cargo for foreign parts that has proceeded
through that navigation since the completion of the chain
bridge.

The first number of a new weekly paper was published
to-day—it is entitled the Albion.

The value of money has naturally risen in India with
the demand for it. All sorts of Stocks have fallen. Eight
per cent. is now the market rate of interest there, and it
will probably rise still higher if the war is much prolonged.
The Government has paid off many transports at the old
rate, and re-engaged them for a given period at a lower
price. The Company's remittable paper has fallen from 31
to 25 ; the non-remittable paper and the five per cent. loan
are at par. The Exchange on Englawd has risen to 2s. 2d.
per rupee.

WRECK nr THE GREEN BRIO CIMoNE.—We can-
not refrain from expressing our horror and indignation at
the reported conduct of some of the inhabitants of the
island of Alderney towards the unfortunate crew of the
Greek vessel which was wrecked some days ago on the
irocks of that island. It appears that the unhappy crew
derived that they had much rather have fallen into the
I hands of Turks, front whom they could not have received
' mare barbarous treatment. The accusation no doubt will
be investigated in the proper quarter, and the authors of
the additional calamities brought to condign punishment.
Illre have teye consolation in remarking that such conduct
clad be attattliM to the inhabitants of the neighbouring
islands, who era all occasions have been most active in the
Mimic of deumanity and m the preservation of lives and pro-
perty. The loss of the French vessel, called Lex Deux
with a cargo of wine, is perfectly within our
recoileetion. She was wrecked on the rocks round the
.Berm, and not only the lives of the crew, but
the whoketfi ate Serge, were saved by the activity of the
proprietor and the inhabitants of that island, who received
a tetterdf thanks from the French Government for their
humanity.
•flte Friday Webeeoopera of Preeioset was performed for
the first and last time at the Odeon. The failure was com-
plete. The piece, the titters, even the music, though it
Was the work of the famous composer of the Fr eischutz, all
were libled, and with the energy that distinguishes the
pit of that theatre. We must confess they were not
wecitg. The piece was detestable, the actors bad, and the
music 'vulgar, notwithstanding all its reputation.—Paris
Paper.
T H EA TRICALOTFE NCE.—A case of this kind was beard on
Saturday last before the tribunal of Municipal Police at Pa-
ris:—Every body has heard of dissensions which have occu-
pied the Vaudeville. Until lately every thing has been kept
snug between the manager and the actors; but some time
back a new party has interfe red—this party is the public,
who, through a spectator placed near the orchestra, entered
upon the following dialogue with the actor who entered
upon the first rising of the curtain :—The Spectator: M.
Lepeintre ?—The Actor bowed and listened. The Spec-
tator: Is the Manager in the Theatre?—The Actor: I
don't know.—The Spectator: We who have paid our sub-
scription, wish to complain of the monotony of these
npetitions ; if he continues to play the same pieces every
night, we shall be obliged to hies.—The Audience laughed,
but a police officer stepped forward to stop the speaker,
who being advised to wait till the end of the piece, retired.
After the representation he again came forward, and
stopped an Actor that was departing; but at it was not
the one who had already spoken, he was obliged to let him
go. The person's name who had shown himself so active,
was discovered, and he was summoned before the Muni-
cipal Tribunal, which, on his non-appearance, condemed
him to three days' imprisonment. This jndgment was
appealed against, and the punishment was reduced to the
payment of a fine of one franc.
Mt:sleet PRUDIGY.—Drury-lane theatre is about to have
an extraordinary musical acquisition in the person of a
young man of very diminutive size. The history of his
engagement is rather singular. Mr. Birch, an eminent
caselimaker, some days ago gave a dinner to his very nu-
Ineeettemtablishment in his workshops, and he invited
Mr. Dunn, of Drury-lane Theatre, and Mr. Smith, the
Isar singer, and some other gentlemen, to be of the party.
Nearly 100 sat down to dinner, and after some of the usual
flees sad songs were sung, suddenly a voice of surpassing
ltirdetness "was heard in the room, but front whence it k-
ilted was not discoverable. The company stared at each
other in arttonishment. Every one declared that he never
heard such tones except from the throat of Catalani. The
applanee at the conclusion of the song was such as might
he eXpecteel, and after every one had expressed his admi-
ration, there arose a discussion about the sex of the inelo-
dig. The almost universal opinion was, that such tones
could come from nobody but a woman. George Smith was
of a different opinion ; he said he believed the voice to be
that of a young man ; and soon afterwards the body of a
coach, which isy at the upper end of the workshop, was
opened, and out stepped a male dwarf, about 22 or 23 years
of age. The qualifications of this little person were at once
mule known to the managers of Drury-lane Theatre, who
immediately, upon the recommendation of the professional
men who heard him sing, engaged hint. His voice is, we
understand, in all the upper tones, precisely like Catalani's,
and in the lower it bears a close resemblance to Mrs.
Bland's. Mr. Birch had accidentally heard him joining in
a glee with two other poor ragged creatures in the street,
and humanely determined to give him a chance of bettering
his eantlition. It is intended, we believe, that he shall
'sing without an accompaniment on the first night of his
appearance.—Erening Paper.
CONSEQUENCE or COMM NATION.—The stone-masons,
employed at the National School last week turned out for
an advance of wages. But little inconvenience was ex-
perienced by the contractor from this foolish proceeding,
as their places were immediately filled up by other
men, who were glad to obtain employment, at this season
or the year, at the liberal wages that were offered then.!
Some of the turn-outs are now working for another master
at somewhat about half the wages they received at the
Nafional School.—SlocAport .4drertiser.