The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-03-09 00:00:00

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T:ie Full 'wing letters are Copied Gom The ()sh-
im trei;ing Met, ill which they are ler led
1.6 the p. rtilial id the calumniators of General
EVelt :••• • •
" Margaritta, Patapalor, Dee. 14. 1819.
" Ile Drast FATHIAL, Noiresolier 3, 1819.
" I take this mopportso•say of writing to you, hoping it will
find vow sad • all at home its good health; I think it a most
leaky °ppm y; it is by a vessel traria, this; I cannot
asy where you will receive it from; hut, however, it is • lucky
alter, as there is no way of conveyance from this t,laual except
by chance. IVe are immured in this low's but a few days ;
it seems no be a grim deal more healthy mid monitorial/lethal,
the hat tone we were quartered its. It is neatly situated by
the sea sihure, which makes it an healthy anal rool,uss account
of • twerse Oval inually Wowing from the sea. There ma %owl
harbour for shipping This was once a doorishing moo, it
was strongly fortified by batteries, which seem mace to have
been very strong, but now rye of very little use, the gusts
being all dismounted +Mont two years ago by the Spiossaids.
There isa very sluing fort on the sea sheer, which is 111 good
order, and we ship could enter without being torus in pieces.
The town we were iu last was also strongly fortified. I lire
here pretty well, rogosideriug the slate the country is in. The
inhabitants seem 11/ be very poor, hut they are vs ry goad
headed, and uncommonly fond of us, they me all soldiers
from boys of twelve yes.a old to men of sixty, uu
of which all tillage is ni citend. The womeu are the wily
people who work here. The dare are ancomoswity warm
but the nights very cold, on accousit of the very
limey dews that fall, *Sikh I can compare to nothing
hut heavy showers In I.elawd. From four u*:•lock in
•the evrosigig moil eight Alba he the nturoing is the wily
time we can march in this country, but, alien •e get low the
Maio, we must niaich. both i:ay nod night. We get pretty
good rations here, two !moods of This tamale). beef (some-
times salt, and sometimes fresh, the salt beef, if you acre
to see it, you would lee astonished at the curious way they
have of saving it, but it is ea ry good and sweet), two pounds
of good Mead, figgh. Friday and Sotaiday, and a pint of
aisle a ach day, which, I think, is gaud enough for soy sol-
diers. There has a. ship arrived, loaded wills halfalum for
our use. We have gos no pay yet, but are pi sad it as
wool as we j • theniaiii arms, but we will be very well 01l
yet, with the help of (;...1. We are hull/ wider order, to em-
bank fur the Main, '.which is only shier days' sail (suns thi•
Wand. All Yew eall la lass (aired her freedoms, except Ca.
mama and she Cat'rellso in *high places, they say, all the
wealth of South Malik.' is. There are • great bomber of
the nfgerr• g..sir, and going home, hut 1 am awry to say
• • • 11. There has a great nandier of men dual ; most,
my dear father, I am awry to say, Dud, I
lilt mare, you will
be sorry to hear, that an old school-6 Iluw of mho-. William
11111, is soar loft moue ; he stool of a raging fever, about time
days after lie hind. d ; he bad left some things with our of
the allies rs. •Lich reipitsted to be sent Inane the first op-
portuosily, • gal shove all a eisuff-hax ; and 1 am afraid it
will be a long time heroic we can gel an oppg.rtanity•—
Dortchill has left us, and has got a elMalialllol6 un board
hits COMUlliader.
a privateer. General ka__s died: he was
iii. Chief of the lailisis Legma, and Commander of this
Islam!. Admiral Winn is sow Commander. Ile has a
swag Beet here--they are all wit prgrateesing. There has
been a great lownsber of Spanish prizes bought is here
this week bark, and all very valuable. There has • vessel
gnawed here wish two busdeed men, commanded by Cu-
Inset Hooke, and raised by Colouel M'Dirmult. There is
a great member of the Rua dying here every day of • des.
pirate all-rose, called the dux, said same of the fiver, both
• listh are occasioned by drinking too math ram awl wine,
wWcir 114 this country is very iajorious to health' w acrusiut
of the freshness of the honors; but, my dear father, 1 sill
glad to Whom yule that I never had better health is my life.
'thank God I ~ever was ore day sick since I came to the
Islam!, and. if Guil spare, me my health, 1 expert iu a abort
elms Is. be hippy ; fur io a short very time, whoever lives to
sea it, will ire South America a free country.
" huhvar is every day gaining gronsid, he Am takes Santa
Fe, which was a rest rate to the enure, and several oilier
places of great note, all alb/Mich I suppose yen will hear of
at Manic. TM•ie has a Getters' limeades arrived Isere with
dispatches from Wiliam, mad with orders to conduct us to
the Main. This is the third letter whist I wrote to. you from
this ialisod, the lest was by young MacNally, whim returned
in the same vessel we came oil in; it was bat a short um,
as I lad not time to say awls : Ilse other • was by • vessel
going to Si, Timmins's, we of the islands, frost *hence you
will receive it ; and this, my third, l write, fearing it will be
the last yuit •ill receive loom use audit affairs are set-
tled, as I am Wormed there is no way of writing from
whence we are going to; but, any deer father, you may ale.
peed upon heming Com me any opportunity I can get. Let
Mrs. S— know. that Graham has left this island to re.
tarn to his na• :ye einnotry,mtal that Mr. Mills has not junked
the 1-asim se; nor have 1 yet seen any one who can inform
, me if he his joined the Miles. Tell Richard Illaeoutsity
that 1 am ashamed of nut having writtea to him before this.
• I am very glad Thomas Marartaey did suit come out, as it
is my ammo's he wiml4aut Uwe three days here. ------
that was desk to .-----, cline out here a paymaster, but
he had to By the i.lauit as. immanent of his couduct, whirls
you will soul he asiouished at. I will wow couclude, joiosed
toy Built hill, is luve to you, my dear mother, Ice. fide. DO
Mal forget to give my love to Richard and Alicia, and all
inquiring fririms.—l reinaisony dear father,
" Your sitrectionate and dutiful Sun,

" THOMAS MACAHTNEY."

P.S.--Yon must forgive Ibis, as you may perceive I
have II cause a gross w►ik, expecting every day to send it.
It u by a vessel that brought out Colonel Bet's rote that I
now send it. We r xprcted to have left this long since., but
could out, expecting She red of the forces (runs Ireland. I
would have wrote • (mob letter, but paper is an scarce I
could nut get it. I are glad to inform you I rend■ in the
mime good health whirls I istrntiourd in the cuckooed—all
friends ►ere are iu good health. " T. M."
• This second tiller never came to basal.

U'e have re. vivid the following from the gentle.
man w. o handed oil the foregoing
" It has the Si. Thomas's postmark on it. The letter
was writirs ua the 34 of Novembir tall ; but, out bovine
any upportuuily of seedling ill, it remained in bis hands
out! the 14th of Dieember, when he re-dated it just ar I
Lams stowe to the roylp. ?be postscript ass orifice ow the
cost, in which he riilmed M. My uncle thinks, is common
juaire to (knerill IYEirereux, it nimbi to be pubh►bed.
You may give the partite names to slime it is au fnbrieatiusi.
I will make nu comments us the kitcr, as it will speak for
; it is uw.t snianctuiy. The testa (rum Maniaritia
is addressed to Ila•ory ilacwriury, Esq Curia, Ireland.—
The smiler is quite a your; lad ; I believe Not twenty."

NOTtClC.—TheClergyinsts of the perish
of sissy Plymouth, Isseeng token she core
of a second popish, desired the clerk. on Sunday
souroisig, to give Hulk', that these wou'd be no NT-
Viet 10 the afternoon. as be intended serving Isis
own and 11 at of --- a/reroute& ; the clerk, its
proper sea ttttt , thus delivered lounvelf:—".This is
to give notice, that there will he no service lyres
this afternoon. as Mr. intends serving the
parish of --- to all elerwily ! ! !"
- A deeselful calamity, the proltable extent of
which, no such a highs, it is impossible to calculate,
lend weedy occurred on Thurs.d.y evening, the...ugh
the negle.teuce of a post-hid at the Greyhound lots,
its tbs. town. A person in the yard hearing a great
noire its one of the stables, which the nun lead just
locked up, gave notice of the circumstance, and
upon the door being Opened, the litter in One of
the stalk was lutist, to be ots lire, MO a horse being
scorched, had reared into the manger to avoid the
same. which was now speedily rettisiguished, and •
1.. g row of very colubwceble 4aildesigs saved,—
( Beery Paper.)