The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-02-12 00:00:00

THE BRITI. H PRESS.

LONDON.
THURSDAY. FCSRUART 1!, isle•

We received last night the Paris Papers of the
lith inst. (Sumly). Of 61 persons condemned by
the Prevotal Court of Lyons, for having taken part
in the velliiions movements of the month of June
1817, his MAJESTY has granted • full pardon to
31, sit been sentenced to imprisonment.—A
lir", (011ie biro discovered in the comitella.
t of the Swan. by M. Pints, at Mar►rilles.—
The Fire per Cent. Consols were, on Saturday,
644 f.; ISsii.k Actions, 1,540 f.

A Dutch Mail has arrived, with Pipers to the
Sth Iu t. They contain the following account of
the defeat or the Insurgent►, in an attempt to in-
tercept a rich convoy between Measco and ♦era

Calf:
Val vet Or A LITTFII /ROM CADIZ, DATED JAL 19.
" Souse commercial houses here hare received, by way of
the Hayworth, tellers from Vera Cruz up to the 40th of No•
vs mli:r last. The following is the must important ititelli-
grime that they furnish: A numerous turps of Insurgents
rested themselves, iu the beginning of that mouth, on
for road from %aims to Vera Cruz, in order to intercept •
great coi), of gold and silver livrs anal piastres, which
were /PM to the latter pllee to be embarked fur Spain.
" The convoy being anompanieil by a strong body of
troops, a bloody battle ensiled between theist awl the Isisisr.
gent., which lasted six hoary, and ended with the defeat of
the latter, who fled with considerable loss, leaving brkind
Mow six pieces of cannon, with their caissons, 1,200 mnakelso,
tour standards, and 600 pawners, arnowg whom are 50 01E-
wr rs ; then. wire the fruits of this victory.
" The *now letters from the Ilavannah bring the alissgree,
"able iutellixt nee, that a vessel of 18 gusts, which had on
board the divot'. hes of the Governor of Ilavannah, fur oar
aivernor. was attacked on sailing out of the Goilph of
Me xico by the Merieetn privateer, and Loki is by boarding,
after a combat of three hours "

Neitlwr the thasharg/i Correepondeot, nor the
B)rsori Live, have any further detaialitS f
Genoa respecting the excesses at Algient, hitt they
contain a letter from Trnsste, or the flint Jancory,
which slater, that on the Os of Tusuury it was uffi.
entity announced at the Exchange, that the Baird
4.1 !loath at Genoa had addressed a letter, dated
t27ih December, to the Board of Health at Tuieste,
informing them that on the of December two
lisnlintait Captains strived at 6etiou from Algiers,
C.optain Clinglino, commantlitig the polaere La
Bela Maria, and Captain N. Aliere. two
Ciptaitis continued the accounts before received,
that the A Igriine squadron returned from its elitist
gm the 19111 November, and was laid up ; they say
further, that it was not true that the said tquallron
hail the plagiie on board, but that all the clews
were in perfect health ; that though the plague still
continued at Alzient, it had however oo ee Wird,
the number of deaths bring now from 15 to 30

Last night a most interesting &hate took place
in the llouse of Commons, on Mr. Fazaacat.Y's
'notion fur an inquiry into the proceedings that had
been instituted by Government against there per-
sons who weie stated, in the Second Report of the
Secret C • ttee, to have instigated the late al-
g,Al ii.surrections. To our minds, a stronger case
could not have been made out against Alinisters,
owl even Mr. CANNING'► usual rhetorical flourishes
f►ilyd him "at Ins utmost need." Indeed at one
tunment the Right Honourable Gentleman seemed
In completely confounded by the nature of his
case, lion lie was universally 811 object of pity,
and the only meatus he had of getting through
his difliculitts was to vociferate with a lcudt•ess
proportionate to his wa►t of argument, and to
draw one of his ready-made speeches,
that was vidently prepared for soother occasion.
We now have time wily to state that a div►sion took
place, whit!, ti.rre appeared for the motion, si—
a.,;aiiist it, M.

List evening, in the Howe of Cuninons, tl e
Treaty with fur 'promoting the silimoste abo.
116 )))) of the• Slave Trade, was referred to the Com-
'Mitre of Supply, fur the purpose of having the
runt of 300,0001„ voted to Spain, as the pur-
chase of her future humanity. The only lever
that appears to be possessed by our Nlinisters, is
money, and they Belief fail, on every occasion, to
prove the readiness with which they recur to it ;
they suffer the most valuable occasions to puss
them without advantage ; and when the commands of
Pathaoreart, or the voice of the, people, subserviently
chide their neelrgettcr, or reprove their deficiency
in a. al, they know of no expedient to compensate
for their but by drawing largely upon the
pock, is of their mo )i ) or.. Thin remark finds illus.
%labors ie. every point CJUllt'Lltd with the itezr.cia.