The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-05-12 00:00:00

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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

the building, and the old window-resetnOtit g ore
way, nod fell with a shivering crash in upon the
floor. Something rose up with an angry growl
from among the dead bodies. It was* huge dark-
coloured wolf-dog, with a spiked collar round lois
neck ; and seeing toe, he leaped forward. with goblet
End bony limbs. lam confident sh4sionjaws were
Mindy. I had instinctively moved baltwards to-
w/sok the door. The surly mirage rettittiell growl-
ingto his lair ; and, on a state of stupefaction,
foundmyself in the open air. A bog le *Soo play.'
iuq.and the light infantry company of my own re-
giment was entitling the village, with loud shouts
hums.
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The Tullowing is • brief abstract of ihe.corre-
Iponslersce between Don Onis. the Spanish Assibas.
sadory and the Amt rican Secretary of State : the
latter, 'it 'emits, hid received 'instructions from
the President, to propose to the former the follow.
lug arrangement, as an adjustment of all the dif-
ferences extorting between the two countriei:—
'es 1. Spain to cede all her claims to territory esalwardlif
the Miesierippi.
" I. The Colorado, feeds HI smooth to Its mercy, sod
gems theism so the nuethep Sin* if Logiliana, to he the
wester* boundary, se Ib loges that besedary eusettlod far
'glare areengenseol.
03. The claims of iodemmity for spoliatioos, whether
Sposish sr Freneh,witido jipasish jurisdiction' and the !op-
pression a the deposit it New Orleans, to be arbitrated sod
nettled icy Coninsissieeeve in tba master agreed upon in the
geratiliedtgeems hos al
" 4. the good, he Bud Ibritii and to the Pertils.lo 'be
Abide answemble for the Whitest Of the iodensalties which
Nay be *warded by thi Ciblesholouers soder this arbitra-
tive., within spite lie chi MAW ilatts'to take the hoods,'
Bel peg AR debts,* to sell thetas& foe the payment of she
debts, Allthsibutieg the easousst received eqi ally. according
rie the obeesst of the v*apretive liquidated claims statist
lbeatiegaill. tfo Irrants of lend sebsequeut to the 11th
Aegleit, ISM, to be valid.
. 0 Span to be misistrated from the piyinent of the debts,
or= orthrus.
• repasals do sot materially differ from those
Ilindetto Don Ifbdro Cevallos ou the 11th of Stay, IbBs. The
ftildent his been Whist in any events which hare slave
arearred, see is the contents of your aotee,whieb can afford
a reasionege motive fur departing from them. The eveutl
which have reemstly °mitered le a part of OM terrible,/
which leis have informed me the Xing of Spain is irillitnr to
*We so the United States, make it isdespeasably necessary,
libel the ultimate determinatiou of year government in this
negociatioa should be acted upon without delay.
(Biased) A JOStPH ADAMS.
“ Deperoneat of State, for."
TheloUtorring is ass extract from the reply of
Don Onis, by which it appears that matters are as
hostile betist.en the two governments as ever, as the
proposals cannot be seceded 'to by•Spuin. Don
Ont. observes—
“ I sow proceed to state the limit obvious and essential
aiSculties which reader your three proposals fur the settle-
ment of iodesetsities ioadmissible. I observe that, in speak-
ing of therm you only mention the, spoliation.. suffered by
American cititats, and omit that which is equally due to
Spaniards for spoliationo'comeestted on them by eittsens ma
authorities of this republic, ilt stiolltion of the law of us.
fteee sad existing treaties. 1 also observe, that you oat
ambit this indispensable basis of reciprocity and coin-
ice. but propose the immediate cession of both the
whieb two Spanish provinces are to be retained
.410,47aited States se an iednesity. or payment .7 ishat
iy appear to be due by Spain to the Americas citieres, de-
in to the arbitration of the joint commission.
(gaped) " LUIS DS ONIS."
The litters received from Nassau (New Provi.
desire) state, that there had beets • public meeting
called to represent to Government the annoyance
sustained by the traders of that island from the pi.
rates under the name of Insurgent privateers. They
are represented as paying uo respect even to the Bri-
tish flag.

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newedt.from worth they proceed to blows, and lane
setts, though bound, throws down the getts-d'artne ;
the latter getting up, again uses his side OM). :
the consequence is, that Janssens has lost his life.—
Fre was buried the day before yesterday. Janssens,
who lows u robust amid well-formed mail, served as
a tootlel in the Life Academy.: he leaves a widow
and live children.

WatT-TuestraT.—Holotay at the EaSt, Exchequer, 'East
laths, and South Sea Homes.