The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-07-01 00:00:00

• TOBACCO.

On the Order of Ihr Div for the third reading of she
Tobacco 11..veoue (Inland) Dill.
Fir 11 P.91.?().LL instil, lie had received a Pilition from
the Tobsecounits of Dublin against the imposition of the
duty on the stuck in hand..
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After .t few words f.um the eitAncltt.Lott of the ETC HE.
QUER. %bids were not ;toil, ble in the gall& y, the Bill oat
read the Third time, tout pa‘getl.
The Committee on the County Treasurers (Ireland) Dill
was postponed tilt to-morrow.
The Reports of the Seesiune of the Pence /Ireland) Bill,
coil the Penitentiary Bill, were brotribt up a nt agreed to.—
Third reading to-ntorrow.

The 'row; Rates Appeal Rill was read a third lime and
paned..
The Reports nn the Permits Act, and the Irish Elcile
Licensee Act, were severally lirmight up and agreed to, and
Pills ordered to be brought in pursuant thereto.
The Slate Coach Fel ~,, its Rill 'broach a Commit-
tee, a new chance was added, cud Hie Report ordered to be
received 10-morrow.

Aftersione remarks tenni Mr. FINLAY and Mr GUSHING'
TOT, the Soap and Calico Bill passed throng,. a Committee.
—Report to-morrow.
The Assented Tama Relief Bell paaned•theough a Com-
mitter.—Report to-morrow.
A mcr,age final the Lords announced that their Lnr&hirrt
had agreed to the Duke of Wellington's Estate Bill with
other'', add that they hail passed a Bell for the regulation of
reaper Litnaties.—The last fill was read a first lime, and
ordered to be rein, a second time to-morrow.
Colonel BARRY obtained have to brio, is a Bill to
amend the law relating to certificates ore the conveyance of
gouda in Ireland—Read a first time--second reading to.
trim cow.
The same Hop. Member brought in a Bill for removing
the inermYroiencies attending the payment of money due to
the friends of dew-need officers and men in she army and
martues...-Rind a first rime—sewed reading to-morrow.

SMALL STI
Mr. I.USNINGToN brought in a Bill to permit the work.
ing of small stills io Irelatitl, which was resat • first lime—
second reading Ico.murrow.
Mr. LUSHINGYoN brought in 111 Dill In impose counter.
wailing duties on the importation of spirits.--Resd a lint
time—sreond reading to-morrow.
NEW WRIT.
A new writ was directed to he issued to elect a Member
for the borough of Rishop's Castle, in the room of General
Robinson, deceased. .
On Slur motion of Mr. FINLAY, a variety of papers rels-
lire to the manufacture and consumption of spirits iu Scot-
land, were ordered.
An accostsl of the imports into, amt of Ike exports of
home and of Brituh stud roreigo produce-from Ireland, for
the year eliding the sth/sonars,. 14111, was ordered.

INSOLVENTS.
The Lords' an►endmeots to the Insolvent Debtors Bill
were agreed to.
The House then adjourned at Eight o'Clock.

SIR GREtiOR APGREGOR.
TO THE EDITOR.

London. Jnoe 89, 1819.
Sot—The false report which ar.pearod in the Papers of
yesterday, respecting Sir Gregor 111‘Grwiter, was undoubtedly
fabricated by those agents who are paid by thw Court of
Madrid, Pot wily in England, and in the West India islands,
but also on board of many small vessel* in the 509rvire of
Spain, which (with pretended news favourable to the cause
of the mother country) are continually sailing in the Mexi-
can Gwlf, from one island to another, and especially to the
United States, where the independents have many IffiftitillllB.
This base species of warfare; to which the Spanish Govern-
ment has resorted since the commencement of ISIS, is not

of so dangerous • nature as the agents employed by Spain
might desire, especially in • great_ maritime nation like
England, where a considerable portion of the inhabitants
understand the localities abroad, as well as those of their
own country. The Saint Antonio, of 400 tons, was the first
vessel employed in this service, acid in 1818, was 11wic Ibis
bearer of dispatches to Trinidad, containing fabricated se-
counts of the death of Bolivar. This vessel conveyed lbe
same intelligence to St. Thomas's, twice. The Nnestra •
Senora del Carmen, of 150 tons, was taken ttp.and employ-
ad in the same service, uutil she was taken 131 February last,
by Admiral Efioll.
111 the present instance, we hear that it is an English vet-'.
eel which speaks a schooner at sea, whose name is nut given,
carrying to Baltimore the news of the defeat of General
M'Gregor, and the loss of 380 of his troops, with 70 officers
killed, after ha had remained at Porto Bello during 14 dayi,.
and lost all his army. Now, nothing could he more Owned
than this fabricated intelligence. In the firit place, SPGes-
gor, according to his own dispatches, was to remain but a
few days, only waiting the reinforcements from St. Andre's,
and no longer, on account of the ipnhealthiness of the cli-
mate, which would have oirissibly affected his army; secondly,
he took possession of Porto Bello with 300 men, including
officers; therefore, it was impossible to lose in killed, 430
meo,besides the wounded and primmer' ; thirdly, by bit own
dispatches, he had marched against Panama, which is, doubt-
less, now in his power; fourthly, Panama was without a
reviler garrison, and the Governor, who had applied to the
Cantssander of Carthegena to obtain 800 men, was Wormed
fri bhmthat he could not send him a siugle man, his troops
being in a slate of mutiny for want of pay; fifthly, in order
to have destroyed, by a coup-de-amity, the forces of General
BPGregor, as they were estimated in the news given by the
vessel withetit a name or date, we must suppose the Ronal-
iota to have at least double the number of troops moiler
111'Gregor, for 300 English soldier*, picked men, would not
Tear 3,00 d enemies of such a description as those who, in so
cowardly a manner, abandoned Porto Bello at the mere
idght of General Al-Gregor and the 200 brave fellows who
accompanied him. M. N. N.

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