The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-11-24 00:00:00

GERMAN PAPERS.

VIENNA. woustlsta 9.
It is not, as some public papers have announced,
for the Emperor of I:twin and the King of Prus-
sia that the palace at Milan is preparing. The
report of the journey of those Sovereigns to Italy,
which has been spread several tunes, never had any
foundation. It is for our Sovereign's that these
preparations are tusking. The Emperor and Eon-
press will go to Italy in the n 00000 th of Prbrsiary
next. The absence of their Alajesttes will be at
least a year. They will pass the Holy Week at
Rome, inn, will afterwards visit Naples.
His linverial Iliglinen the Graod Duke Michael
will soon make a tour through all Italy.
The art, have a,{4111 to deplore the loss of one
of their [float favoured disciple,. Mr. Henry Fuger,
Director of the Emperor's Picture Gallery at the
Belvedere, Professor in the Imperial Academy of
the Fine Art., &c. expired on the night of the
rttli instant, after a lingering illness, in the G6th
year of his age.
Soon after the return of his Majesty the Emperor
ere expect the arrival of the foreign Sovereigns.
lu honour of their presence the garri,ito will be in-
creased, and in the neighbouring parks, &c. pre.
inirations made to give them the diversions of the
cha,e.
M. Vayns, a merchant of this city, has taken
upon him the agency of the London Insuialo
Company, Many house-owners, particularly lit the
tieiglihourticod of Vienna, have already insured
their houses, and pity a premium of one:politer
per cent. on the value of their houses, as stated by
themselves.

For some week. peel our course of ekchange has
gfot9ll ItOV•e tolonort daily. Even the hope enter-
tained (and which has nu* been realised) that the
Civil Officers mid the military would be paid iu
silver, has rather lowered the excha•.ge. It is remark-
ed also that the well-known Jew banker has fur some
time ceased to endeavour at the amelioration 0f the
juoper corrancy. This man was a main
haul► 01 the aniendonent of the exchange in theme
two lust lean, linen 4ho to 230, and he would pro-
bably have raised it still higher had not the most
• i.-►getic noraiir been employed ens all hands to
counteract him. Ile sevoiss now loimmelf to conjec-
ture that as the Government now levies almost all
the p;4:(1114.11vt, taxd in 20 eretslzer pieces, and con-
.-tpiently the Vienna is not the only cur►rmey, it it
likely 10 suffer a depreciation in comparimm with
miller. It i. even said that in Hungary and Trait-
sehootia, from the 15th of Nmeinher, und in the
flclroloolv Bates a month later, salt, one of the
nimt prudiirtive sources of revenue, is not to be
sold except for silver.

INSPRUCH. NOVEMBER
We. ton, must join in the accounts which are
received from all quarters. respecting the uncom-
monly productive harvest ; fur many years we do
not remember to have so tine un autumn in our val-
leys as the present ; for shove five weeks we have
had a succession of the finest days. The inhabi-
viols have been able to gather all the productions
of the earth in full perfectium In South Tyrol
the vi tuge has urea extruordunartly productive,
and qu4lity of the *We as excellent. All the
old cuodts, which have taut tireless for years, have
bu eu pot in requioitimi, and the coopers have had
enough to do the whole autumn to repair them and
snake new ones. landholders have a third
111.1 e.• wine than they haul calculateu.., because u he-
rain, just before the vintage, reindied
wan) vines, which, Ott account of the long drctight
that recedetl. huh not strength en.uso4li. A tier.
Kyinno, who, in 1816, received IS ea-k, of wine for
tithes, has receuvtd this year 400. Lemons and
.41,001141 Mr same manner. The former
ire, for the tuost part, exported ; the latter, on ac-
e.-2,it of their lier;,-Ici!ile wttiire and their great
are Writ to tli.Ul hrillirly. Other fruit' are
;eat it ul, pill IV upl,lrs, which are twice as
dear ..s Lel year. rf.Fltl.AN I), NOV. 11.

Ai.ef 4 kw Jugs ficitlieb,, awl with all her puwtie

THE BRITISH PRESS.

1.0 N DON,

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1818.

The Ministers of the Allied Powers who had
formed the Congress of Aix-ht-Chapelle Will
most probably, io pursuance of their avowed in-
tentions, tleiritt this day from the scene of their
(bpi arie labour*. On this day, therefore, will ter-
minate an Assembly wl.ich had excited jealousy
and alarm throughout the Continent of Europe,
agitating the lesser Powers with apprehensions for
their political existence, and recalling the painful
recolfection of the crimes that had disgraced the
former Meeting, of which the present had appeared
to be the counterpart or continuance. Judging
from the experience of the past, it was natural to
dread a renewal at Aix-la-Chapelle of the pro-
ceedings which Napoteon's return from the Island
of Elba had suddenly interrupted at Vienna, and
in that case what territory, save that of the High
Allied Porters, teas exempt from the fangs of their
ambition, or what people relying solely upon the
justice of their pretensions could hope to find that
antiquated plea of sufficient force to oppose the
effects of their caprice! To allay the irritation
atisnig from :such natural apprehensions, the Allied
Son-retie:l3, previous to the Meeting of Congress,
caused statements to be published, declaring that
the discussions of the Congress would be confined
exclusively to one point, namely, the propriety of
w:ihdrawing the Allied armies from the territories
of France ; hot a!;huti!•di this question was proved
by public events to I, torn deb mined eery soon
atAtr the first meetio6 of the Motiarcht, the Con-
giess continued to be actively togogtd its eon-

ferences, the purport of which has not hitherto
burst through the dark veil of secretly in which the
Council Chamber was enveloped. We have, in.
deed, heard of some territorial 'exchanges between
Prussia and the Netherlands, which was qeiite In
unison with some of the proceeding" at Vienna;
but it is well known that Treaties of Alliance have
been eopcluded between the five great Powers of
Europe. in winch we fear the people, as contra-
distinguished from their rulers, will find themselves
but too deeply interested. To support the prin-
ciple of what its absurdly called legitimacy, and
which is in fact nothing more than a covert phrase
for the maintainance of absolute !sower and the
enforcement of passive obedience, is the sole object
of the crowned beads that rule the destinies of
Europe ; and for the attainment of this object they
have, no doubt, soleMnly pledged themselves to
afford their mutual aid in case the throne of any of
the Contracting Powers may seem to tremble. To
this consideration has been sacrificed the time and
the opportunity that might have been valuably em-
ployed in promoting the true interests of their peo-
ple, and thereby securing their thrones on the
firmest and broadest basis. We have not heard of
treaties of commerce, nor of the removal of cruel
and grating tiles, which, while they display
a malignant jealousy against every foreign State,
inflict a deep and deadly wound upon the industry
and prosperity of that country where they are suf-
fered to exist. The intercourse of nations has not
been promoted, and the active ingenuity of man,
which would communicate to distant people the
blessings which Providence seemed to have pecu-
liarly assigned to each, will still continue to be
counteracted by the more malicious ingenuity of
show who mar his destinies. We have not learned
the exertions of the Congress in the causs of hu-
moony, by totally prohibiting the traffic iu slaves;
nor have we understood that the treaties and pro-
testations of friendship have so far excited a mu-
tual confidence as to induce the several Govern-
ments to disband their immense standing armies.—
The Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle, has, however,
achieved one good, by removing the Allied army
from France; but this ought rather Wise charac-
terised as a cessation of a great evil. With this
its panegyric must begin and end—and, in com-
parison with the blessings it might have bestows
ed upon mankind, such a topic of commen-
dation is contemptible. The conduct of the as-
'enabled Potentates has not inspired in their people
a greater respect for their power or love for their
persons—it has not confirmed the social tie with
those who have from time to time been bartered
and exchanged, us it pleased these Lords of the
Creation—it has not made their subjects one iota
better or happier. The Monarchs have exposed
themselves to the gaze of the multitude without
exciting one spark of enthusiasm ; and alto all
their labours, the present system of Europe is
looked upon u a piece of ill-constructed joinery,
where the parts are unskilfully assorted, and the
whole so tottering and rickety as to inspire no con-
fidence in its stability.

'.Ve have received Paris Papers of Friday last.—
The measures pursued by the French Govern-
ment and the Loan Contractors for restoring the
tone of public confidence seem not to have been
attended with much success, for the prices of the
Funds still continue depressed. The Five per
Cents. which on Wednesday closed at 69f. 60c.
were on Thursday at 69 f. and closed at G 9 1. 10 c.;
Bank Stuck is at 1.570 1.
A private letter from Paris notices, as a curious
coincidence, that during Mr. BARING', absence at
Aix-la-Chapelle, the French funds experienced a
partial improvement, but as soon as this eminent
banker returned to Paris, the five per cents. fell to
nearly their previous state of depression. The Pari-
sian capitalists complain very bitterly of the English,
and attribute the decline in the funds altogether to
English chicanery.

New York Papers to the 24th ult. have been re-
ceived. They are two days later date than those
we received on Wednesday tart, but they contain
little intelligence of any moment. Ati article from
Augusta (Georgia), dated the 10th ult. states that
the prevent season has been peculiarly unfortunate
to the cotton plantations. In additioto to the ra-
vages of the rot and the caterpillar, the crops have
sneered from a recent premature fall of frost. lu
the counties of Columbia and Wilks, the cotton is
said to he much injured.

Some itheasiness seems to be felt in America at
the successful manner in which we have cultivated
the fur trade. It is stated in one of these Paper►,
that the Hudson Bay and North West Companies,
fur a lung time enemies and rivals to each other, are
now reported to he united, under the direction of
the EMI! of SELktutt, and that the policy and en-
terprise of that Chieftain will give a new energy to
the combined operations of the two Companies.
N ow that the commerce has growls into importance,
it is disovered by our Trans-Altantic competitors,
that "it ought to belong to St. Louts " We think
there is rather more of cupidity than honest molar-
tion in this doctrine. America might ilaVal done
what we hive done; but she is not to clAirn the liar.
vest rifler we have sown the seed.

The 11.1towsog is an rxtrset from tlie.me Papers:—.
(Emu' the Mobile Gazette Axera.)
WEDNESDAY. '3 3 .
To the politeness of a tieutleutun Nhu arrived

cAk.U.

this morning horn the 17,.11, of the black IVarrlur,
we are indeloted for the following untdeabant
iu-
forMation
Two hundred and fifty hortihe Cre.k Indians
have enthodied about 3 miles lwlow the I••ttI of
the Black Wairinr, and are volutnittlng neitly de-
predations. On the 1:;th party of Ihent
went to the hone of a Mr. Mill, 8111 iwirdvted,
in the most shocking ittitimPr, there of hildrett,
awl a negro woman. A Cohowl Nana-t•, of the
tnilow, %vim 'very active, mu•l hi Iwo I niter te-
ceivuig informaittm of the murder, uac at the head
of a party of men in plir.itit of the perpetrators
of this horrid deed. The inhabitants were much
churned, and about sixty familie4 had collected at
M'Coweit's Bluff, and were fortifying thetnaelt•es.

After all that has been said or insinuated about
the mysterious and clandestine correspondence in-
tercepted at St. Helena, we understand the writer
of the letters and the transmitter of the hooks to
Mr. O'MEARA. was no other person then his own
agent, Mr. Illot.mEs, of I...yon'b Inn, whose respect-
ubAity is well known to the inotraition.

We have received Philadelphia Papers to the
24th ultimo, but they contain no news.

The following article wee sent yesterday Ng] the
Post-Office to the Newspapers, hut without any
observation as to the channel through which it had
been received

PARIS, NOVEMBER 20.
The course of the public funds has hero retro-
grading fur these two days past. which aggravating
the situation of the omit de change. excited fresh
claims for the approaching liquid4trom A meeting
of the principal merchants of Paris had formed,
the day before yesterday, a subscription to tike
from the agents de change,. who were burdeiled
with the mates of Berin, brothers, to the amount of
4,000,000 of reales :it the rate of 70 f. with liberty
to the latter to retake a part for the end of October
at 70 f. 30 c. which fixes the continuation at 50.
People augured well of this new measure, and it was
got thought that iti ally cue the price could fall
below 701.

Yet some holders, particularly M. Roger Preban,
who had still a million of reflect, manteuvred yes-
terday so as to deceive the general expectation ;
otteimible sales were made, they re-purchased clan-
destinely, and towards the end of the change it
seemed that there were no more buyers even at 69 f.
This new fall, when every body expected an
amelioration, caused at first some alarm, but
people were soon convinced that the situation of the
Exchange was not at all become worse ; that the
measures taken would be sufficient to attain the end
proposed; and that it was only necessary to agree on
the :means of execution.

A general meeting of the bankers of Paris,
which was held yesterday at Lafitte's, considered
of it seriously ; it was resolved that the fiat sub-
scription for the redemption of the floating, relates
at 69 1. SO c. should be maintained to the amount
of about Q,600,000 rentes. That the second sub-
scription in favour of the agents de change for the
rentes of Betio, brothers, and of some others,
which fettered the liquidation, should also sub-
scribe, and it was immediately carried to the
amount of 3,800,000 rentes, at the rate of 70 f.
To facilitate all these operations, a Committee
was organised, which will immediately prepare a
circulation in the market (place) of 50 or 60 mil-
lions. which the Bank will discount.

They speak about a new measure, which would
oblige those who sell for the end of the month,
to deposit the 25. their inscriptions de reputes, in
order to stop the operations of some jobbers. who
augment, without bounds, the Hosting mass. by
selling underhand, and by this fatal niaoreusre
paralyse the exchange, and prolong the cri-is.
The Book has just re-established the li.compte
General at 70 slays. It is its a good condition, and
it is not doubted but it will soon remove all its re-
strictions.

Advises have been received from Lima of the
27th August. Majesty's ship Andromache
staled from thence on the 2il of the same mouth,
with 500,000 dollars on board. She reached Val-
paraiso% few days afterwards, and having put the
specie on board the Active 'limp of war (which pro-
ceeded to England), the Andromache returned to
Lima to protect our trade in that quarter.
The Emperor of Ruist.► and the Duke of Wvr-
I.INGTOS arrived at Brussels on the 1 Fith. The
farmer was present at the Sitting of the Secor:il
Chamber of the States General on the followio4
day. The Dukes of CLARENCE and C*rattaiucc
are both at }l:total r.

Dr. V r.R.1.1 N.:, of the Royal Artillery, l'as been
appointed Medical Stipernotritdrilt to nAlt.t lITE,
jo the romp al' Surgeo' O'Ari t: ARA.
‘Ve understand a certain liinistrrixl Paper in
these parts is an sale—this, we believe, is au un-
common case with papers of that descriptiou.—
( Leeds Mercury./

At Sliorehuin. we hear, a seizure hos recently
been nook of no ettally its an hundred or an hunch tql
and twelve pucksigeo of chesiiiits, or, vis they were
entered, onions, in compartments, in the centre of
which pnekaKes, ►ilk, gloves, plmte.glasoi \c. it
sreini, to some amount, were found oecreted.

It appears that the typhus feerr iv spreardiut,► its
A berd,.ett. In the ilifirmar.s, %%here the lett-r wards
its common seasons lire frequently empty, there are
about thirty case►, awl alwut order trent..
went in the !white thspensary. has hither-1n
been tutld, eninparativtly speaking, but in 11uvt.ral
casts it bay lately Itrut.ti

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