The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-03-03 00:00:00

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AIR. mATnEws AT 11011 E
lfirrTfl (TRAMP NEXT, %lurch 9,
WITH AN ENTIRELY NEW ENTEUTAINIIErf,
Full particulars of which will be speedily announced.
The Rex-office at the. Strand Entrance I open doily, from Ten till Four,
where Poses, Placer, and Private Boxes, may be immediately secured.

The llamas Passe communed publishing yesterday roomier at

siz o'clock.

LONDON, FRIDAY, AfAacit 3, 1826.

The French Papers of tVetlneltlay contain an account el
the seizure of the Biography of the " Septennial Chamber,

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from 1824 to 1830, a work lately published at Paris, which
has excited great Curiosity. It appears to have been coin-
poSea in the spirit of the party of the coulee-opposition,
and it is said that the biography of PETRONNET and
CORBIERE has furnished two of the articles of accusation.
These papers have also some observations on the supposed
infivence of England in effecting the suppression of the
Inquisition in Portugal, as indicated by a sale of property
belonging to the Holy Brotherhood, which has been an-
nounced in the Lisbon Gazelle. From Russia they give
accounts of the funeral procession of ALESAN nen, and state
that the Duke of WELLINGTON has set out from Berlin on
his journey to St. Petersburgh. His Grace intends to pay
his respects to CONSTANTINE .
In the Chamber of Deputies the subject of stoclrjobbing
was discussed in their Sitting of the 27th February, in con-
sequence of a petition praying the interference of the
Chamber for the suppression of such practices. The
French Ministers maintained that the existing laws were
sufficient, and that in cases of this sort, When the
parties who undertake to sill a certain quantity of stock
on a given day, are actually in possession of that stock,
those transactions, so far from being injurious, are in fact
beneficial, as tending to support the public credit. The
Syndicat of the Receivers-General were said frequently to
engage in transactions of this nature, contrary to the ex-
isting laws; and VILLELE himself was accused of partici-
pating in this violation of them, as the Agent de Change
are under his surveillance, and their dealings are reported
in ail the journals except the Moniteur.
The Constilutionnel makes several remarks on the num-
ber of atrocious crimes which have lately occupied the Cri-
minal Courts in France, particularly on that which was
given in our paper of the 10th of February. The various
circumstances of stile life of GUII.LAUM show than the
criminal code of France is caphble of very considerable im-
provement, and the journalist points out as remedies the
abolition of the mark, the classification of prisoners, the
establishment of missionaries, and the employment of the
i criminals.
Fran the Emile dated Wednesday, March 1.1
A PRIS, PM EL
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We yesterday announced the departure of the Duchess of Berry ;
for Itosny. At St. Germain the post-horses ran away with her
Royal Highness's carriage, and overturned it. The Princess hap-
pily escaped with only a slight contusion. The 31archioness de
Donegan had a finger cut, and the Countess d'llautefort sprained
her wrist.
A report of the change of the Spanish Ministry was spread
yesterday on 'Change. This news is a mere fiction, as well as that
of the death of the Emperor of Austria, which was again repeated
yesterday.
The Journal des &kits brings forward for the hundredth time
its announcement of the passage of the Pruth by the Russian
armies; but this time they have not yet passed; they will not
actually pass it till the spring.
The Biography of the Deputies cf the Septennial Chamber, cairn
1824 to 183 U, was seized yesterday at one o'clock in the shop of
M. Demo, at the instance of the King's Attornev-General. by
virtue of Art. F, of the law of the 25th March, IWO: The seizure
was made at the same time in the Palais Royal, and at the printing
offices, by two conimisvaries of police, assisted by two inspectors.
Al. Dentu protested against the seizure, and desired to refer to
the President of the Tribunal. The commis:tarns refused: 497
copies have been deposited with the Clerk of the Court. It is said
that 83 articles in the work are complained of.
Jesters from Bucharest say that the prophecies of Argothangelos,
tile first publication of which was three centuries ago, and which
were reprinted at Bucharest in 1812 by order of Russia, announce
that Constantinople will be taken in 1827• The death of ail the
Emperors down to Alexander is exactly predicted in the must
rsitive manner by this prophet, as well as the expedition of the
French to Moscow.
The Lisbon Gozellc of the llth February announces that, on the
27th and 211th of that month, anti on the Ist of March, there t: ill
be a public sale in the town of Fronteira, province of Evora, of all
the lands, houses, and other dependencies belonging to the Inquisi-
tion in the extent of that jurisdiction. On the following day will

he sold the estates of the Inquisition in the distriet of Coimbra.
The paymentrymy be made in bonds of the publid debt, at the
exchangeuf Ott day.
The Journal of St. Petershurgh contains the entolnnation of the
funeral procession of the Emperor Alexander from the tillage of
Pokrowskoe. Everywhere the inhabitants showed the same cttg.
ness to pay the lest duties to the rem/tint of the beloved Sovereign
"thorn Moods has lust ; at Knurl* in particular, where ft attired
on the 28th January. there sentiments were expressed in the must
dteisive moaner. The church which had been fitted up for the
occasion exceeded expectation, hut its finest ornament Was• an in-
scription taken from the letter of the Empress : " Our Angel is in
'leaven." (hi the 211th the funeral left that town, and arrived in
the evening at liouranson.

[rtom the Journal de Paris.l
F4,tiltFORT ON THE ft.% 20.

Relays are ordered f.or the Duke of Wellington, Who is to set
out for Berlin this evening. It is affirmed that he will stop one
day at Warsaw to pay his respects to the Grand Duke Conetantiae.
Deneral Count Araktschekff, who has given up the direotion of the
military colonies. was waiting for the opening of the narigation in
the Baltic to embark for England, where he will Probatly reside
some time.
Fnkncrt FUNDS.—PAits. Fi.u. 211.—Five per Cents. PBf, flOz.
Three per Centa. fi4l'. 70n. Bank Stock 2069 f. Bente de Naples
71f. 25c. Royal Spanish linen 43. Enchange on London :—Onc
month 25f. 43c. Three months 25f. •zsc.—Cours Aithottilue.

The advance made by the Bank of England for the
.relief of the commercial interests bids fair to be, productive
of the moat beneficial results. The interruption to Manu-
facturing industry which the general failttre of paper
credit must of necessity produce will be giadnally re-
tnaved as the benefits of this meastire come into full ope-
ration. The unwearied endeavours .of his Masestv's
'Ministers to restore public confidence will, we trust, be
soon visible in the money market. All the evils which
have arisen from the excessive issue of paper by Country
Banks may be expectea to diminish, turd the prosperity of
the State will not hereafter stand upon titan precarious
footing upon which it has been so long suffered to, remain.
That the pressure of mercantile distresi will bolt:dually
lightened by the alit which the Bank tias tiffeirtkd't, ere can
be little doubt. This distress in the far greatei Port does
not arise from the want of property, but from the diffi-
culty of realizing it in time to meet engtigetntnts which
must be fulfilled, and which cannot be met but at a loss
that would be ruinous. The quantity of goods lucked up
in warehouses is immense, and to procure a loan of money
upon the security of these goods was all that was required.
This, to the extent of three millions, will now be effected
by the facility thus afforded on the part of the tank Di-
rectors; a capital to this amount will be immediately
thrown into the channel of circulation, and the advantages
arising from it cannot fail to be extensively felt. The
Times has endeavoured to impress the public with an opi-
nion that the temporary assistance given by the Bank to the
merchants is intended for no other purpose, and wiil have
no other effect than to enable them to withhold from the
market the goods upon which the loans are made until the
return of high prices. The means, says this journal, Otich
the Governors of tl:e Bank have adopted, or are endeavour-
ing to adopt, are as follows: " Loans are to be advaneed
upon warehoused and bonded goods of every kind, that
their owners may not be obliged to bring them to market
immediately, but may retain them in store, or deal them
out in small portions, till the time of high prices shall reisira.
But we can tell them, and we make the prediction with
the utmost confidence, that the time of high prices never
will return, except a baseless and extravagant currency of
some kind of paper or other be again thrown into the
market, out of which those high prices shall be made up."
The insinuations contained in this paragraph are as base as
they are mischievous. It is well known, that owing to tile
consternation spread by the late failures, money could not
be procured even on the most unexceptionable securities,
and •that merchants of Undoubted wealth and of.nuim-
' peached credit were reduced to the very verge of failure by
the indiscriminate want of confidence which everywhere
prevailed. The moat valuable consignments from abroad
were of no avail in the way of depbsit, and nitnhet'S were
; thrown wholly upon their own resources to prbvide for the
acceptances they had given on advance upon those consign-
ments, One great effect of the liberal accommodation
granted by the Bank will be, not—as the Times mould insi-
nuate—to enable the merchants to hold, their goods tilrithey
can obtain a monopoly 'price, but to prevent their being
constrained by slim necessity to port wish the' at alninous
sacrifice. At present the market will not admit of their
effecting sales without such a sacrifice. It is this calamity
which his Majesty's Ministers have been anxious to avert;
and we trust they will have succeeded in averting it.

CI 121", THURSDAY EVENING.

The Stock Exchanges were to-day agitated by alarming
reports. The immediate departure of the Russian Am-
bassador at this Court was first announced, and subse-
quently the assassination of the Emperor Nicholas. It was
as a matter of course in connexion with this intelligence
stated that Constantine had ascended • the Imperial
Throne. With the above reports in circulation, it is almost
unnecessary to add that Consols were in a mast agitated
state, opening at 761, advancing to and suddenly falling
to 4 , at which quotation they closed.. Exchequer Bills
' were at par, 2s. Is. prom ; India Stock, .226, 227, and the
Bonds ts. Ss. dis.; Bank Stock was 2004 199.
In consequence of the reports of the morning Russian
Stock became the principal attraction amongst Jobbers in
the Foreign Market. It fell nearly 2 per cent. and was
reported at 731 ; South American Securities were also held
more heavily this morning, Colombian Bonds 46 31; and
Mexican 6. per Cents. 601; Greek Bonds wefe In; and
Spanish ditto 10 91.
We are sorry to announce the suspension of pnyments of
the firm of Sparrow and Co., bankers, at Chelmsford and
Braintree, in Essex. These houses have not for some time
been connected with thode banks in Suffolk With which
they were formerly engaged.

There are Buenoi Ayres Papera in town to the 15th a.
November. They contain a connect made between Bolitrar
and Pedro Andres Garcia, agent and representative of va-
rious commercial houses in Europe and America. It sets
forth that the Liberator, desiring to raise a million of
pesos voted by the Assembly of the Provinces of Upper
Peru, for the Liberating Army, senor Garcia undertakes
to provide the same within six months, from the 20th of
September, the date of the contract, in consideration of
which he was to enjoy the right of working various mines,
the property of the State,' in the said Provinces, undefeer-
tain regulations, which are specified. The pioteegon of
the State is promised to the Companies which stay. be
formed fur this purpose, who are to be subject terthiraltial
duties on the products of industry, but to, partitipate in
any benefit which may be afforded to the Provineet by a
general reduction of taxation. The treaty signed at La
Paz was to be ratified within seventy days from the date
above-mentioned.
Extract of a letter from Buenos Ayres, dated Dec. 17'
1825 :—" The war with the Brazilians appears to be wear-
ing a more serious aspect than was contemplated, the Em-
peror having forwarded 1500 men, artillery, &c. and was
on the point of sending off a similar quantity more. You
will no doubt hear of the steam boat expedition up the
Urtmay, through the public papers. Most of the principal
merchantsn in this place were in her, pleasuring, and the
Portuguese followed, and put some of them in bodily danger
I understand."
Extract from the Countess of Liverpool's log (on a
voyage from Liverpool to Buenos Ayres) :—" Nov. 12, in
lat. 3,7, N., long. 25, 46, W., at 6 a.m., discovered a
strange brig, who hoiseed the Buencs Ayres merchant flag
and a pendant without a star; demanded provisions, which
were not refused, and boarded us with 30 armed men in
four boats. The instant the hatches were opened com-
menced plundering the vessel of part of her cargo, and ill-
treated the passengers, and in particular the Captain and
mate, the former being struck several times with a cutlass.
The only information they could obtain was that she had
been blockading Cadiz for six months, and now was home-
ward bound to Buenos Ayres. 511 c was a black brig, with
a broad yellow riband lead covered with canvass, raking
masts, mid a bust head ; stood off to the northward."
We have been politely favoured with the following ex-
tract of a letter, dated -Monte Video, Dec. 21, 18,k5:
" Buenos Ayres is declared in a state of blockade, and a
considerable Brazilian force leaves this harbour to-morrow,
to carry it into effect. There was an affair, a few clays
ago, between the insurgents and Brazilians, on the fron-
tiers, in which the Brazilians had a decided advantage,
and took front 70 to 900 men prisoners, including the offi-
cer who commanded them."---Lircepool Courier.