The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-08-22 00:00:00

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'story of Ails and Meliuts;fietti, and *mere' toe of ,
the machine for the above purpose. r • •
Six months ago, our of our shnO!-titanufactnrers
sent Nome Fresich cackettures into Turkey, aunt what
curperaws all label is, that not only his venture
was promptly &powd of, but commit-ruble or:1m
fur inure were 'given to Its agent. Thic munstfcc-
tur.r is • native of Lyons, who has been lung este-
bitched at Peri,.
MADRID, AUGUST 5.
The expedition for America, which sailed from
Cede on the M last, under convoy of the
frigate L.a Marie Iwtbelle, was to lint WO
Sand Croix, at Triwtitre, to wort.. thew supply
bring all expended, and to take out s troops
which were on board is ship its a leuity state They
egoist departed on the *ill Jolit. for their destiny-
The newts of their arrival is daily expected.
Our Gazette Iso states, Ilya the serious illness of
the C niander of the frigate was di* principal
cause of their entering The above port.
Hithrfto our Goirerintient bas not prihlished boy
thing relative to the beattre of Maypo in Chili. We
know that the Royal force was 5.300 strong, and that
the fistleperidetes had only 445.)0 Me". it is us.
serted here, e.att to calm the public agitation retired
by the tto.;tle of the 19th March, Gen. Sill Martin
had •;:itaggeriited the success obtained at Nlaypo.
, is said that the defeat was not so complete cc et
first announced.

DUTCH MAIL

FROM THE FRENCH FRONTIERS, AVG. 14.

They write (ruin Lille that * crfli err* upon
half-pay have gone to limas wit want asktog iwrosis-
*ion of the Minister; anti the Minister has, in con-
sequence, written to the Generals commusiding the
mil.tary divisions, giving the stiictest order*, that
only in eases which require particular !woe, and
which therefore seldom occur, the I,,enteirint-
Gessrials may grant porntiotion. Officer* on half-
pay, who transgress this order, are to he imniedi.
ately deprived ..r their haIf•IOUV.
This evening the Duke of IVellingt is expect-
ed at Cumhray. It is coseihiered as certain that he
has now arranged io F:lagl.ind every thing rrliting
to the return of the British troops. thy Grace will
go shortly tat inspect the It ft wing of the Allied
Army in Alsace. The review of tlw I;ritisit troops
isifix.-11 for the beg. g September, after winch
the Duke goes to Aix-la-Chapelle.
AN rwKitr, AUGUST IS.

The day before yesterday 400 whiten; in the see.
vice of the Netherlands, lout by birth Prusaitin sub..
jects, Were rs►enthled. who are going to return to
their town cout.tty. I'ru•.ia sends backs all the Ne.
thellanders, uud • column is already on its starch
home.

wAnsAW. Aucitim 3.

the the 5.13t1 of July we had a storm here such as
we have not experienced fur some years: it was ac.
conspanied with hail the time of a haxel-nut. to
Ow suburb of Prato the lightning killed three sol-
diers of the Polish Guard mid wounded five others.
A barn and a stable orre set oil fire by the light-
trim, and other buildings damaged.
The harvest has beet, begun idiom a week, mud is
much, favoured by the warns weather.

COPENHAGEN. AUGUST 8.

The necouista of the harvest iu Leland are not
favonmhle, and old people are afraid that the crop
of summer turn will he worar then any they have
lied fur these 20 years. In Zealand, on the con-
trary, there i. on the whole more reason to be siftn
lied with the harvest.

ROL, AUGU.T 6.

In Ihia country we remark to several places an
estraordisiary increase of the glaciers. A mass of
ice. which advanced from the Siminer A'alley, has
increased front the 611 i of May to the 30th of July.
that is, in 7.5 days, 76 fathoms. In many parts of
Switzerland, the Paine remark is made. Where,
only one generation hack, the most fertile Alpine
pastor...a were seen, there is now eternal ice. mid
the Hole or snow Seems, In the course (.1 tittle, to)
&fermi lower anti lower from the pooooits of the
mountains towards the plains and valleys.

FRANKFORT. AUGUST 13.

Preparation,. ore already making at Dresden to
celebrate the file of the 50t41 Aoniversary of the
suers ' Srvrras august Pefflll.logeS are
eatievted to viva I) Laden at that time, and it is
hoped that ennerqueours will ensue vets. advanta-
geous to the S.,kotts, awl even to all Germans.—
Dutch Pipers, Aegnst 19.)

••• AT NINIP. O'el.ooK NF.XT TEESDAY MORN-
ING, Tl''(, FROZEN OF VO,OO, T%'( PRIZES OF
ft.ooo, I,nis faWI;Rf•.IGNs, WITII GOLD, CIA.
I‘F.v, PM.; I'. %lADEIRA All. MUST RE DRAWN
NEXT TUESDAY.—LOTTERY FINISH RS.

Ills I IR ITT SI I I' .[U S S.

LONDON,
svrtfttmv, AUGUST 22, 181$.