The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-06-13 00:00:00

DUTCH MAIL.

smiling, :mit 6.
We learn that the Russian troops, after liavink
been reviewed by the Grand Duke Michael, hay?
returned to their usual cantonments; and it it
affirmed that the Generals of the great contingents
of the Army of Occupation will shortly repair to
Paris, in order to have a conference with the Duke
of Wellington.
ANTWERP, JUNE 4,

His Excellency the Inspector-General Krsyen-
boll has been for some drys in this country, in order
to examine the extensive fortifications, as well as
the new works, which are erecting upon several
points.

In the course of the last month, there have been
sent from this port 1,200 lasts of wheat to England;
upon the whole, commerce and navigation have
been for some time languishing here. The number'
of ships that have ar►ived here this year, amounts to
2.50; last year at this time, the number was V 00;
from this number, however, to make a jur.t comps-
rivirt, we must certainly deduct the vessels with
corn, which were the consequence of temporary
speculation, but it is still certain that our t.ade is
!ear active than it wis.

NUREMIKRC, It Air es.
Several new demands have been addressed to the
German Diet at Frankfort, they are important.

1. An entire freedom of trade between the Geinwta Slates.
11. The free navigation of all the Getman ricer".

This gives occasion to detail ■ll the obstacles which the
flashes/Wm of the Rhine is subject to in the cmintrica wadi r
the Government of she Netherlands, and the difference which
it has lately two' attempted to Make between the free iiart-
titian t. 11w era and ,s to the sea, is placed in its tine light.
It is proposed to use reprisals against the Netherlands tat
they act eonf.rmahly to the Treaties in which their Govern.
mew has concuircil, and not to let their subjects navigate
the Rhine abuse Cologne without impoxing a Ilea; y duty on
them.

111. The security of the maritime commerce of Germany
against pirates of every description.
The security must not be procured by foreign Power,. ateo
might demand a very high price fur the protection, but by
the Germans themselves, who ought to build in their own
ports, particularly in those of the Hanseatic cities, a c. rtaia
number of frigates attd small vessels of war, proper to pro-
tect the German trade against all corsairs and pirates,
paeU-
ceelarly against those of the Barbary States.
IV. The establishment of an entire freedom of the Press,
and the sholition of Censorship in all Germany, and this nut
only for Looks, but also for newspapers, and all periodical
publications, at the same time enacting unc general law, tt►
prevent the abuses of the Press.

CHRISTIANIA, MAY 19.

The Diet had been for some time deliberating on
the preparation of the regalia of the kingdom, fur
the approaching coronation. His Attjet.ty had now
given notice that he will have them made at his own
expense. and afterwards make a prc4ent of tin in to
the Kingdom of Norway.—( Dutch Papers to die
loth ✓one.)

THE BRIT" SII PRESS.

LON DON.

SATURDAY, Jots 13, ISIS.

We have received Paris Papers and Letters to tl,•
10th inst. Au article from Turin states, that the Al-
gernie Government received another visit from a B.
lid) squadron, which entered the roads of A Igh rs
on the tith of May, to give weight by its presence to
the representations of the Sardinian Consul respect-
ing the sequestration of a Piedinontese merchant-
ship. The visit was attended with the desired
results; for although the Uu at first excused him.
self from making reparation, on the ground that
the act of injustice had been committed by his pre.
decessor, yet he filially thought it more prudent to
accede to the dema►ds of the Consul. The ►qna-
drou is said to have consisted of two ships of the
line, a frigate, and a sloop of war.
There is something peculiarly flattering to our
feelings in beholding the arms of our coulitiy
thus engaged in upholding the rights of weaker
Powers, when violated by the
oppression. Nor is a barren pleasu
reward ; for, as the character of
unfrequeutly constitutes its power,
abroad must necessarily be increased
as the general assertor of justice and
proceedings of our Ministers, in can
spoilers at the Congress of Vienna,
such exertions absolutely necesaat
alone can we hope to obliterate the
the evils which have been inflicted
and of which this country, unhappi
unfairly, bears all the reproach, idtl
iiisters only permitted transact:
firmness to prevent.

A. private letter from Paris *user',
vernmetit has concluded negociatioi
HOPE, of Amsterdam, and BARI 7
fur raising a loan equivalent to
annuities, in the event of the de
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this commenicadon we do not know, but it is cer-
tain that either this intelligence, or that contained
'in the Paris Papers respecting the enormous sums
of money subscribed by native c.ipitalicts in the
late loan, must be incorrect. The letter adds,
that M. Pima, and other bankers, are mach
displeased at the preference shewn to foreigners.
This le certainly ♦ery natural, Tor as a certain
advantage must accrue to the individuals *con-
tracting for the loan. the suhj.cts of the har-
rowing Government have undoubtedly the best
claim to obtaining it. This consideration is, how-
ever. altogether independent of the policy either of
drawing foreign capital into a country, or of pre-
venting its own capital from being diverted from
profitable employment ; and taking into view ■ll
the cirosantances of the present case, and particu-
larly that the money to he raised by the French
Government is as moon as raised to be sent into
.foreign countries, we certainly think it more pru..
dent to pay those countries with foreign capital
.taken up for the occasion, than to satr co large a
bakere or native capital to be so suddenly removed
from France.

Thrse Papers mention an instance of the miser.
able imbecility of the Spanish Government; in a
case of eatreme importance to the commercial in.
terests of the country. The King of Seat*, witty
more colightened views than have born usually at.
tributed to him, or, what is more probable, haring
the good fortune to enjoy the advice of some able
Minister, issued an Ordinance some time since fur
constituting four free ports in his kingdom. The
advantages of such a measure could not be
doubted iii the present circumstances of the Spa-
nish Monarchy, but the Ordinance was repre-
.sentrd by the favoured merchants of Cadiz as in-
jurious to their interests, cud the general good
of the State has been sacrificed to preserve the
monopoly of this single community. The Ordi.
mince has been countermanded. The merchants
of Cadiz have hitherto assisted the Government iii
the prosecution of the sanguinary war against
the American Provinces, and the Government
was, co doubt, afraid of displeasing them. It is
Itcmisfortune of despotic power, that though able
to oppress individuals with every species of injury,
it trembles at the appearance of opposition front
the moat inconsiderable body of men within the
State. •

The French Five per Cents. are 79 f. 29
Batik Actions 1,6151.

We hare been so frequently assured of the total
annihilation of the several contembil armies in
South America, and have been so lung promised

the miurditste

or tranquillity. that

we have ceased to attach any credit to the, various
rumours that reach Europe from that distant seat of
war. We still find armies fighting, and occasionally
learn the devastation caused by a sanguinary civil
coldest, but the recounts of the battles given by
either party are remarkable only for their extreme
inconsistency, and indeed differ so much from each
other, that if the dates did not preserve something
of an identity, we should fancy the narrators were
telling of actions totally distinct. In another part
of our Paper will be found some dispatches from
the Spanish General Mt:MIA°, in which he boasts
of victories, where we verily believe there hail been no
engagements. His first dispatch is slated Match 14.
This states, that he had " completely beaten She
enemy, driving them from Cabrera, which they
ill,aiiitoued in betaking themselves iodic mountains.
Tar fruits of this victory were 2,600 horses and
mules, 20 load of baggage, 200 dead, many
wounded, one standard, sod—one saddle !" Truly
this one saddle doth complete the climax of Don
PABLO NloaiLLO'S achievements, but it at the same
time lets us into the nature of the actiou„ and the
character of the troops on the side of the Patriots.
'l'iie enemy, it appears, had in this action 1,300
cavalry and one battalion of infantry. We doubt
very such whether 1,300 cavalry could well lose
2,600 horses. But the loss of their equipments
could not be a very severe blow to the cause of Mile.
pendence ; for we must presume that the cavalry be-
strode their chargers without the usual encumbrances,
us the capture of the one uufortunate saddle fills so
conspicuous a place iii the record of the Spaniard's
success. The Patriot force, amounting in cavalry
and infantry altogether to less thaii 2,000 men,
and haring lost in the action " 200 killed mid
many wounded," were " totally dispersed, and
wandered übout the mountains ;" but still there
were enough of them, it appears, left to afford
Don MORI LLO the means of obtaining another
•• brilliant victory" on the night of the 15th.—
The miserable remnant of the Insurgents " fled
every where in terror ;" but having recovered its
spirits in a most unaccountable manner, and rege-
nerated its strength, these Insurgents ventured, on
the 17th, under the command of BO LIVA R, to make
" a combitted attack on the army of his Excellency
the Gen, ral.iii-Chief, in the situation of Boca
Chica cad Las Puertas." They, of course, suffered
"a complete defeat and total rout," as the dispatch
• But the strangest part of the story is, that
the miserable remnant of the original 2,000 men,
Or.veo and dispersed over the mountain., from
the 1411, to the 17th, lost in this final
ect;ott 800 killed, and 900 wounded. lOU pripots-
ITIO• 1,600 muskets, 3,000 horses and mules,
aud-50 rounds of ammunition. And so, great
was the slaug'tter in the rursuit, that for live

leagued around asthitig was seen but (Lea bodies.
Honest Jerk Falstaff's G. two rogues in buckram"
boss so comparison in point of numerical increase
to Don PABLO'S " insurgents." He kills them, in
counting.hoese phrase, at the rate of at least 900
per cent., or in language more suited to the
digoity of the subject—.

" Thrice be slew theelaie."
•
41. hie is s tolerably correct specimen of the cli.,.
patches received from the combatants in South
America, nor is otie party more impressed with the
necessity of truth than the other. They mutually
believe that misrepresentation. will promote their
objects, by, creating favourable impressions in
Europe; and as our gresti distance from the seat
of war prevents the possibility of speedily correct.
Mg their falsehoods, they publish then► to the
world without any restraint or limit.

A Dutch Mail has arrived, with Papers to the
10th instant. The German Stairs ROOM fresh
proofs of their attachment to the principles of
betx. and independence. Among some recent de-
mands addressed to the Diet of Frankfort are the
establishment of an entire freedom of the press in
Germany, and the security of commerce, not as
hitherto, by the sub.idiary aid of a foreign navy, hut
by vessels of their own, built in their own ports and
rivers. It must indeed be very humiliating to the
nations of the Continent to be under the necessity
of imploring the aid of England against the Bar-
bary pirates, while to England herself it was at-
tended with an expense but ill requited by the
gratification it afforded to her vanity.

List of Passengers per the lion. Company's
ship Carmarthen, jost arrived :
Major John J. Smith, Buintsay Native Infantry; Captain
Benj mein Dutton, Bombay Cavalry, died 2.1 of A prat, 81 ;
Capt. Lamy, Beinhay Native Infantry; lieutenant John
Kee', his Majesty's 47th regiment ; Amistant-flargetin
Smith, Bombay Eatablialintent, died 28th of Mirth, 1818 ;
Lieutenant Samuel Haggard, Madras Native Infantryidied
Rath January, 1818; Lieutenant Daniel*, bin Majestyls 17th
Dragoosis; Mrs Catharine Smith, the lady of Major Smith;
Mrs. Kenya, the Indy of Lieutenant Kenya; Mrs. Colonel
Forbes, Mrs. Colonel Roberta, 51n. Budd, Mrs. Haut
Children—Catharine Smith, Charlotte Smith. Charles
05warlfellow Smith, Mary Rowlett, Charles Sistibrick, William
Dutton, Ann Dutton, Ellen Betts, Jean Maxwell, Charlotte
Vans Paul, Elias Keays, Joseph. Hunt, Ann White, Maria
White, Herbert Molesworth, George Pease, Rudd, Herbert
Walker Budd, Clephane Hada, Isabella Hargrave,
Mary Ann Balmain; Charles Ellis Badd, died 4th of March,
18111; Jahn Thomas Bndd.
Sailed from Bombay the 7th of December, iBl7,
for Tillicherry ; arrived there the 161. ; sailed
from thence the 3 I of January, for St. Weiss, and
arrived there tile 17th of March; sailed again the
32d, at night, for England.

. A strong detachment of the Coldstream Guards
is now on duty at Deptford. and another detach-
ment of the same regiment is performing duty
to the Dock-yard at Woolwich.

The Governor of the Island of St. Lucie ha.
issued a proclamation, by which the ports of that
blend are kept open to neutral vessels at amity with
Great Britain, importing provisions, with the ex-
ception of salt-beef, pork. butter, and salt-fish,
until the gist day of next October. The cause of
this measure was the dearth produced by the hurri-
cane; sod it is such a relaxation of our Colonial
systevn as ought, undoubtedly, to be placed within
the discretiouary powers of the Executive Authority
residing on the spot.
The rotten Boroughs are full of joy. We sup.
peas tht9 begin to feel the infitiecce of the two
al llivas stirlink. which TA. Currier tells us a
General Election it always sure to put into circu-
lation.
The 1-Inn. General 51ATHEW hat addressed the
Electors of the county of I ipperary for their sup-
port at the ensuing election. A smart contest is
expected for that counts.. The candidates are, lb*
lion. General; Mr. Parma, the other sitting
Member; and Lotd CAHIR, sou of the Earl of
GI.ENGALL.

In the county of Kerry a very hot contest will
take place. The candidates are. the Right Hon.
MAURICE FITZGERALD, Colonel CROSBIE, and
Mr. DENNY. The conflict will be between the two
latter, the return of the former being certain.—
The rivals are powerfully supported at each side.

The General Election has commenced with ex.
traordioaury spirit ani activity. Malden election is
fixed for Monday next. that of the City of
will commence on Tuesday, and Westminster pro.
NVeiliitsdaT The " Sheriff of the

bably on High . or it.
County of Surrey has given notice that a Meeting
for the Election of Members to the new Paths.
emit will be held ■t Guildford, on Tuesday. the
23i1 instant. A like notice fur the County of Essex
has been given at Chelmsford. The contests pro.
►ui►e to be very ►►umerous, and many of them will
be severe. As lir again opportunity has been afford-
ed of estiguating the state of the public mind it is
very good. The spirit of the people is roused, and
the friends of liberty and independence are full of
hope and confident of success. Their seal and acti-
vity hold forth a promise of snore Cam usual rare
and caution in their selection of their new Re-
pres::iitatives. There arc seven Caini.ilates for the
City of London, and six for Westminster.

The report of a seaman having f loud his way to
Longwood. Howsrares's residence, and back,
gains ail•itional credit. It is stifled, that he had
belonged to the Nortlisratherhmd. which conveyed
BONAPARTE to St. Helens, and had been employ.
ed in making some roads to Longwood. Upon his
return to St. Helena, hr went ashore in the bust,
climbed the rocks, and got to Longwood, where lie
passed sonic time with the domestics, and even sew
and conversed with BONAPARTE. The next night
he went again. and took a comrade, mid agaiii
verNed with noNAPARTE, effecting his return to his
ship both times without being discovered. But
hiving boasted of what he bad done, he was put in
irons mint sent home. Such is the report.
The Courts of Conservancy for the counties of
Middlesex and Surrey, that were to have been
holden this thy, hsve bier unavoidably postroued.

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