The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-08-05 00:00:00

!then the National Intilligeneer.)

W.V.HINGrON. Jcl.T 8.
Dispatches were received at the War Depart-
meat yesterday from General Jat Itson. 'I h bearer►
Mr. Humbly. readied the city on MW oelay Light.
and would have been here. lie throes's tis, ensue
days earlier. Wit far detentions on the road, arming
from the irregularity of the sieges out smite 'nuts of
the line. General Jackson's letters have ben for-
warded to the Pre.itleot, and t heir come; is of
course are unknown to u•; hut ae uud. r►wand.
generally, that, they entloace a lull account of his
proceedings in the .outli, down to die rspid• mi of
the Spaniards from Pensacola, and that the fact.
they ,h►close form a moist ample justification of
conduct in the Spanish territory.

NEW YORK, JULY 9.

The Clark:fon Courier of the 30;h
says—" From the General Older* issued by Gri,.
Jackson, it appears that the General, after getti,q;
possession of Pensacola, had retired from the cont-
inuo& The expected muck ou Si. Aog'istioe
will not therefore be made at present."

HEAD-QUARTERS.—DIVISION OF TII E soma.
Adjittaut-General's Office, 29 inns, west of
• Pensacola, 'Slay 31, ISIS.
Captain M'Girt, of the territory of Alabama, is autitioVii
and instructed to raise a company of volueteer ue met, ,t
mess, fur the period of six mouths, unless soio.er
charged; to consist of two subalterns and vixty
to be under his command as Captain, As soon a. Ca pta:
M‘Girt raises tinily men lie will proceed directly to Pci. i ,
end scour the consiti y bet wren I I and Nlnhole and Peusacto,,,
patting to death every hostile a:matte that may be t
preserving the women and rhildren, and del:vett:it( them ai
the Commanding ('firer at Pew...width The sobisiter,s it
be left to raise the balance of the rioniputy, awl V. ill mime.
chalets join him at Pensacola, where the otFeer command-
log will be instructed to regularly noisier them to service.
Captain Boyle, of the said b rritory, is in like itias.or
instructed and anthorised to raise a c :mostly, and will p v-
cecd soh Caplan, Nt'thrt on raising Otto). milt, to aid is
executing the wishes of the Major.fielieral, leaving his
albino to raise the balance of his company, mid to hint
at Pensacola, and be mustered Into survive
Timex eompatties on reaching Prim.. .14 will be furnish. d
with priwisi by the Comma:o.llg 011ie, r, and wet thin
pioceed to scour the country between F.,eAmbia sod At,
pakeloin,lw titers, destroying any h istites as above tie ti-
ed, and ins then oppliretittu es Farr twirl-num, we Newt, Cass.
Wk 111111; wall bt issued to fhi In by the respective Command.
iug Officers. 11% Order,
ROBERT BUTLER, A.lititant•C•
NEW YOIuK. JULY 10.

Don Ohio, the Spanish Asubessailor, lef his
city yesterday fur Washington. Ile II ,11. ieceiv,,ll
two usesrengers from Spina within direr we, and
declares himself hilly authorno it to settle ;ill mat-
ters in variance between the United Slater. 31111
SPii he the dispatches received from thr Sionvalt
Government of Pentaic,,la, are ieporleil as i.1.11.1.:4
that any Mil or comfort has by the Spanish doilio-
titles been given to the Stmitioles. It is also 41,-
chord by the Embassy, that neither the Sraios I
Edict, nor the translations of it which Lave hi ea
published in the (Jolted States, respect', t e
law-N.6011 of Ilr. Meade, are correct ; iu ths efh-
aid copy received by the Ambassador, there is t
a word about " newspapers," &c.—(Lleurocrafk
Press, July 7.1
A letter, next to official, from Ilavannah, d i!ell
etilh June, notices, in the following terms, the
rival of the late Governor of Pensacola and suito,
at that port :
" This moment a small American schnoiler.
a flag of truce, has arrived, bearing the 14te
vernor of Pensacola and suite. Our (it+Verifflieut
Ild4 laurttled her, that she will be wider
her national flag, but does nut acknowledge the
truce. As might be expected, some seitsati and
animosity burst forth among individuals; but WI
hostile measure was noticed in the Governini at,
I am happy to inform you of, lest apprehei,-
*ions might be entertained reloilie to the sleety of
American property in this place."

THE BRITT S II PRES S.

LONDON,

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1818.

It will be seen in our report of the proceedings
yesterday in the House of Lnids, that Pailitumat
ix prorogued to Friday, the eil day of 0 toiler.—
It will be elan seen in the copy of the Wilt f•o►
this purport•, given in our extract. from the,
Gazette of last night, that the Writ does not
state that Parliament is to meet then for tho
dispatch of business. Unless then some event of
exttroodsnary Impttrtunce annuld or.•or in the in-
terval, we may son Mate, Intut the piitaseclogy vi
the Writ, a further prorootinii.

We have received At Pap•rr to the 11111
of last 'booth. The Aueiu.ul htelligeneer. ti.e
official Paper of the (;iivrrouiei t of thy V hied
Slater, printed at Waslitogtoo, alitiouifeis the
arrival of General .1 Al KNOWS dillpAClser at the
office of the 14 ar U pH-totem; aid Aldo, that
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justification of hie cooduct in the capture of Pen.
sac .Is. It is stated, on the contrary, in the New
York Papers. that the Government of Pensacola
deny that soy rid or comfort has heeo given to
the Seminole Indians in that district. which anti/.
ed aid is [deeded as the justification of General
isecson in taking forcible possession of that city.
The evil and longing eye which the Government or
this. United States has long east upon the Florida's.
is nut well rulculated to itlitsits a favou►able re.
eeptinti for the plea advanced by General JACK.
SON, in justificatinti of thia public outrage.
The American Funds have declined consider.
ably ; tlw 5 per Cents, which were sonic time ago
105 and 106, are quoted 102 ; the 3 per Cents.
formerly 7-2 and 73. are 691 69; the Bank Stock
hail fallen lately 10 pe► Cent.; but that decline is
owing, nu doubt, to private circoinbtances.

Jimmies Gazelles to the 20th of June hare
arrived. Commodore AM had appeared off that
i►lund, and received permission to enter and get sup-
pile.; after which. he again proceeded to sta. Ac-
count. had been received, also, of the union of the
squadrons of Baton and AURY, whose combined
force amounted to twenty-one vessels of different
descriptions, completely manned and armed.

The Paris Papers have for some days past for-
ni.borl little other information than the mocemrt►t.
of the Royal Vionly. Throe of Saltierlay, which
we have received. are of di- same description.

We have received Hamburg's Papers to the 2sith
last. The King and Prance Itovel of Pit Nits
mode their &tirt with west pomp into St. Peters.
burgh. oil the. 4th. They were secorop inn el by
the Eititret.or of Huss's, nod several ether Mem-
bers of the linewri..l lamb.

A full report of the Fifth A iiii ;emery Meeting
of the Citt• est Wished on the plan of the
awl Foreign S 1ic...1 Society, held yesterd iy,
is given in nor preceding columns. it was attended
he the Doke and Dtichess of KENT, Nitwit Lao.
rot.to, and several other distioguished characters,
whose presence added greatly to the interest of the
actin.

•1 Mtti
ctossw.—The report of the state of the
verterdet
Majesayties passed a pretty good eight, sad is bet-
ter lu.day."
'llw Doke of WELLINGTON sod Lo►d CASTLE.
NEAGH t N 1,1,440,11 bosom* yesterday, with the Earl

ut 1.114.ar00L, at Fife House.
Yroirolay the 8/popish Geotentl AL6I/11 woo in.
t,noluertl to the Num' REesirr at Corium-bowie,
sitf4 e,te honoured with on audience of hie Hopi
11 g.u.ro,s.

The Eli! of LIVERPOOL and Viscount CASTLE.
REAtal had audiences of the PRINCE REGENT
yesterday.
Cibisoet Commit is summoned for two o'clock,
this day, at the Foreign Office.
Mr. ALEXANDER BARING has been invited to
attend 11w approaching Congress at Aix-lasChao
in Ile. This distinguished honour is doubtless
owing Is, the Intimate connexion which subpioto be.
tareis Ihat Gentleman and the pecuniary arranges
clients made hy France for satisfying the demands
of the Allied Powero.—l Evening Paper.)
Eccinowt.—lt has been customary, at the corns
vnenceinctit of a new Virliiiment, in beautifying the
II ..use of Lords, to make use of Nem scarlet cloth.
80,. 'ifs effectual have the lectures on recinomy
been, Poo Car nu relates to trifling natters, that this
4,141-r.tubli.hetl system has been abandoned on the
her the whole of the cloth nee's-

coy for the ornament and convenience of the
excrut that by which the woolsack is cover-
vil, is the same, turned and dyed, which has been in
ta.e for several years. The sum of 50/. odd shil-
lines, is, it, conseqiience. 'med. Dr. SWIFf, acre
alive, would probably construe this turning t!/*
riuh as a hint to all those whom it might concert,,
1114 they would be liberally rewarded for hirnivig
Aril. (-watt.

A Hull Captain of a Greenlandinan, just re-
tinned from the fisheries, gives it as his opinion,
that owing to the close and solid state of the ice in
the Polar regions at the present time, there is no
ratanoil hope of the Northern Expedition reaching,
or even coming near the Pole. The other objects
of the expedition, he Par, he hiss no doubt will he
lolly realised, viz. the ascertaining whether Spitz-
hilgett be an island, or joins some other land ; and
the hivestigation of the hays, inlet*, &c.

Wednesday night, as the Leicester packet, Capt.
STEELE, was approaching Milford Harbour from
Waterford, the whole on board were much ala►med
by the veoliel apparently striking on a rock, when,
to their surprise, an immerse whale came up by the
10, Ie of the packet and made off. Such aas the
coacussion of the fish against the Leicester, that it
broke cilia great part of the false keel, and so much
4140147. rd the vest.el, that she was nearly water.
bregeJ, and is now under repair. 31any fragments
..f the t•kir► and flesh of the fish were left attached to
the u►.u-work and wreck of the packet. Several
other whales were seems sporting itt the early part of
the afternoon.

Licht preceptors have recently been admitted
into the Lallelisteriati School established st Pau.
rho will Kier iiistrisetious for the porpoise of es.
tending the iiew Snrlhod. 'Chi. 'mimicry institution
1. a,•tie, ly pursuing its IJhours. The number of
scholars increases daily. Thirty-two isssistsiits are
completely masters of this plan of teaching.
The iwer.olial estste of the Isle Alderman COMBS
Wet etinslii 111 1).011:10114. ClllllllOllll to be under the
1111111 of 140,000 f. Ills son, H. Comas. Esq. is the
traiduary legatee. The property
to left to the Wife and children. There are no
beipost.. out of the fillatly.—Prebato was granted
Gii 'Le 290 ult.

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KEW. AUGUST 4.

Last evening the PRI ice lisavvr arrived at the
Pithier, to dine with the Duchess of Gt.outavera
1111 a the Prince,. AUGUSTA. &c. His Royal MON
llPee afterwards returned to Loi.don.
This morning she Duchess of GLOUCIATER and
Princess Alumina toile in au open carriage, in
Kew mid Richmond Gardens.
The Doeheati of Voila arrived to-day from Oat-
Oil Li visit to her MaJtirrtr, who continues
to.d.sy eumedsing better.

THE GRAND MEE MICH.4Era roua

Upon the 40th ofJuly the Grand Duke MICH rt.
arrived at Yolk from Leeds, where his [myrrh.,
Flighorar viewed the iiriticiyal manufactories. Clot if-
&c. mid gave extesitive orders. The Grim!
Doke arrived at the Black Swan at tight o'clock.
On the 29th, at one o'clock, he went to the
Cathedral, afterwards went to York Castle; viewed
Or Courts of Justice and all the dtsrrt•nt apart-
'twits of the Prison, &c. Here his Imperial High-
ness left a very listintsonte sum of money to be laid
out for the general relief of the prisoners, beanies
giving to several individuals. Afterwards his Im-
perial Highness went to the Qoakers' Mad-house,
the finest of the kiwi in the kingdom, where hr
left . large %um. On the 30th ult. the Grand
Duke yr ended to Castle Howard, to dine with
Lord Cegi.tei.E, and afterwards proceeded to
the Goldpt Lion, at Northallerton.

Yeettrdsy the Nuns REGENT dined with the
Prussian Ambassador.

Yesterday the Duke of You visited the Pat NCE
MARKT.
Yes's-witty morning, at eleven o'clock, the Duke
and Duchess of RENT. 1.1101 Prince I,FitPOl.O,
went to view the pr•ucipal School to the Hun ough
of SouthwJrk, fur teaching the British and Foreign
System of Education, where the whole system was
medically explained to the Duchess and Prince
LPOPOLD, with which they were so extremely
ainus.d, that it occupied their attention twit hours.
The K pint), then procretleil to the City
S•linfol. upon the same system, for 1.000 children,
where there won a public examination, appointed
to he before the Duke of KENT. Prince LEO-
POLD, on his way home, celled et Carlton Hoare,
to pay his respects to the PRINCE RROZPIT.
Bryon STIERNELD. the Swedish Ambassador.
gave a grand euttrianiarent on Saturday to a Liege
patty of distinction, at his residence, Lower Grosve-
nor-street.
The Right Hon. J. C. Ve'Amu gave an ele-
gasit entertainment yesterday to Baron Faast., the
Ambassador from the Netherlauds, seed a large
party of distinguished personages, at his house,
North Andley-street.
The remains of the Countess of ST. GERMAIN!
were iiiierred on Monday, in the family vent' at
Port Eliot, Cornwall.
The Countess of MANSFIELD has purchased the
admired mansion and estate of Castle-Hall, near
41ilf it'd, an event highly gratifying to the
tants of that town, who, sensible of her Ladyship's
and Mr. GastriLLE's liberal patronage, once they
became proprietors of the Milford property, now
confidently anticipate Castle-Hall as the permanent
Grath ►esuleuce of the GRIITILLES.
Sir RICHARD RICNERTIMI ■nd his Lady arrived
and visited the Breakwater at Plymouth 011 Wed-
nesday. The western end of this stupendous mi.
dertaking is advancing rapidly, and has etteiried
the height of six feet above low water, in rather a
short period, which may be somewhat sttributed to
the trecnbar fineness of the summer.

His Grace the Archbishop of Yon. has been
pleased to grant to GRANVILLE VENABLES VER-
NON, E-q. II.P. Master of /Ws, and Waiver at
Law, the offices of Chancellor and Commissary of
the Diocese and Province of York, %want by the
resignation of OssonwE MARKHAM, Esq.
JONES, the Oxford Pedestrian, undertook to walk
110 mills in two successive days. on Warwick race
course, on Wednesday and Thursday last. He was
allowed twelve hours on the that cley, and thirteen
hours on the second for the performance, exclusive
of one hour in each day for rest and refreslimeist ;
and he completed the task, very handsomely, two
minutes within the given time.
The Herefordshire hop-yards in many situations
have assumed a luxurious and promising appear-
ance, almost unbolted for, and the produce, and
also the quality, if the weather be propitious,
will, we are cootident, exceed all expectation. The
barley and oat crops have been greatly revived by
the late rainy' end promise to be abundant, us also
the potatoes. The orchards, in many situations, have
likewise a most gratifying appearance, the trees are
loaded, without being bardened with fruit, amt
where common care and skill are exerted, excellent
-cider will be made.
Mr. Hoss's Sale of Paintings THIS DAY, •t
his Rooms on Ludgate-hill, commesiers at an
earlier hour than usnal, on account of the import-
ance and remarkable beauty of the Pictures. Et
the most valuable sod select collet:two ever sold by
Public Auction in the City.

On %Vednesday morning last, about ten o'clock.
as a gentleman, accompanied by his daughter, ow.
driving a gig on the banks of the Canal, between
Falkirk and Grangemouth, the hope took fright.
and ',kluged into the water. when, by tl:e violence of
the %hock. the Lady was thrown out or the gig into
the Causal, and drowned. The horse was likewise
drowned.

A few days aince, one of the Roval Nbirines at
work under the eouider of the Qmeen Charlotte, fell
overboard ; the drummer who was at 'yolk with
him, kilowing he could swim, directly jumped
over to save hot comr.ide, and, at the hazard of Ilia
owes life, supposted him 1 lie was nearly ex-
hausted ; when a boat with W. BEALE and G.
BECK (two of Mr. Mormalr's boat's crew) being
near, picked him up.

FASMOIIIit ft' Annrrim and DRPARTITRITa.

Lord and 1.+,1v Castlereagh returned to turn yesterday,
frogs their sent, North Cray, Kent.
Arne: di at Krnsiet'a Iluu 1, Leierster.square :—.Comte
Preitt,tess, hulas Paris; H. E. Coutte Larvenhettu. Sweasall
Ambasculor to the Court a rm...., C..... I,.tketskrol.l,
Of the Palace of hi. 11,1jeoy the Kin of
from PAS ; Marquis .le Noy 47. Comte lifir...sevr. Gestural
Witaspearr, fr..m a tour; Protisasno Hrociltuo, Guns ditto.

The Earl of Lie Amy. from like know in Connaught-place,
for his sem, VlEncorn Park. [Astro,. shire.
The Manors coed Membranes. of Tavistock, fur Wuoburn
A Miry

SorC. H. Conte, dart from ht. hnisoe in Culsnewght•plsce,
on a tour.
Lot ri Filtharris, fro. Hill.otreet, Derkeiey.sque►e, for his
scat, Hurls Cllll,l, Manic

Lurd 9.l•ev, from hox hui in Lower Grolveoor-otreet, (or
has wet iu Salim x.

Mugu.. Cornwallis. front his !tonic in ow Burlington-
street, for his seat in Suffolk.

Sir Samuel and billy rholyer, tom their hone, in Crest
Cumin.. land place, fur their seal, Pe!onion. 511N..111.
111.11. N Forteseur. (ruin his bowie iu Devonshire-place,
fur his seat w Sumerseishire
The Earl of Carliamiltun, from his house iu Briiton-street,
B.rk. y sinner, for his seat, P.iyite's 8.11, Surrey.
The E4l I of Leitrim, fruin hn huisse nr Grosvenor-siptare,
fur his seat in Ireland.
Win Long Wellesley, Esq. St P fur his sent, Wansteasl
111,11. e, Essex
The Earl iifDailiovav„ (non his house in Upper Grosvenor_
street, for his seat, Dor-ham. Sussex.
John Pallie, Esq. from his house in Devonshire-place, fur
his sent, Ruse hill. Sussex.

William Priemoot e. Esq. from his house in Stanhope.
Wei 1, %I.iv fair. for him seat, Eitglefiel.l green.
Lord %limes-lie left low, yesteiilay. for Pansatiger, Siert%
mi a visit to fin Enrl and Cnuntrs Cowper
Mr. and Cady Cer.dior Lambe 1,4) town yrsierility f... Moe_
baaiptaa, am a visit to the Earl soil Countess of Beshurougb.