The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-09-23 00:00:00

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LONDON,
SATURDAY, SErrsussit 23, 1820.

An uneasy feeling seems to 'newel' in the City
with reference to the effects which the present atti•
tude of many parts of the Continent might possibly
produce upon the foreign relstions of our Gwent- .
meld. " Rumours of sears" may naturally arise
from the military movements of Austria, the me.
nacing aspect of Naples and Sicily, and the coo-
volsed state of Spaiu and Portugal. but we are per-
suaded that there exists in our Cabinet the moat
decided unwillingness to draw the sword anew upon
any quarrel not immediately affecting our own in-
terms. The opening of the Stock Exchange yester..
day morning was looked to with great anxiety by the
monied 111•21 in the city, and some attempts were
made to circulate unpleasant ramous, but the
object of the alarmists was not effected. Tlv.2 Con.
solo for money opened at 66k, and though they fell
It one moment a quarter per rent. they soon re-
covered and finally closed at 66i ; Consols for the
Account, 66k. it must, however, be admitted,
that although this funds maintained, their prices
yesterday throughout the day, they were in general
not considered steady or secure, and many 'Persons
looked to a fall this morning. Some purchases to
a considerable amount were, we understand, made
yesterday, but there We, no general feeling of con-
fidence iii the marker.

The ►truggle between the rebel PACHA of Jane
nips and the PORTE still continues, and from the
mystery ■ini reserve of the Gm/eminent of Turkey
upon tills I►ead, ruspition arises that AL has ►rot
been unsucce*.ful in his defence. The circuv-
►tauce is oudoubtedly one of conioderable interests

fur the event msy materially affect the future des-
tiMes of that fine country, to which, notwith►taud•
log its present debasement, moral and political,
every mind impressed with recollec►ions of its
ancient glories► most still turn. with • feeling of
aft:vim' inferior only to that which belongs to one's
native country. Mach as we abhor the character
of ALI, Stained IBS it is with every vice awl cruelty,
we must yet head ourselves to the apparent incur'.

sistency of wishing him success in the present
struggle, in the hope that Greece epight eventually
obtain an independent Government, more alive to
its interests, aud sympathising more intimately with
the wants and wishes of the people, than could he rx•
peeled from the occasional tyrants authorised by the
POSTE to plunder and oppress the wretched country.
This independent Government may, and probably
would, commence in barbarism, and proceed fot
some time with the obstinacy peculiar to despotism
iu a happy ignorance of its own interests, but the
neighbourhood of • hostile or jealous power would
gradually prove the necessity of drawing the affec-
tions of the people around the throne 'of their Sove-
reign, and teach the Monarch himself the wiitlont
of identifying his own interests with those of the
public.

The accounts that occasionally arrive through
various channels respecting the progress'of the war
are very. contradictory. The latest are from Trieste,
dated the 6th of this month, and hem these we
learn that ALt hes succeeded in gaining over to his
inuse apart of the troops which were sent against him,
and that there has been a mutiny amongst those of
the Pachia of SCUTARI. If Au profit wisely of these
circumstance', he may protract the struggle, am!
gain much by delay 111 general, he appears to
depend more upon intrigue than strength ; his ex-
tensive secret correspondence in the Ortom in artily
may be very useful to him. It is affirmed, that lir
has numerohr agents in all the Turkish provincr
who serve him zealously, and he pays them larli•
Several of these have lately been discovered and
strangled, hut their number is so considerable that
it would be difficult to exterminate them all. It is
certain that. large purchases of arms have beet'
made on ALt's occount, and the money was
down. They were principally supplied, it is said,
by English traders.
We are surprised to learn, from a Paris Paper,
that • short time before Au PACUA of Jannius,
raised the itandard of revolt against the Porte, he
had received from the English Consul, Mr. MayEa,
a maguifieent pretest seat to him by the Court of
Lowder.. The present consisted of a large golden
tray, of exquisite workmanship, to receive plates out
the table, together with twelve lamp., also of gold,
of immerse value! For what purpose this coolly
present was triode to the Barbarian by the Court
of England, remains to be explained.

Paris Papers of Tuesday last have arrived at our
OfNee. A private letter from Seville of the 2d of
September/ says—is It is too true that the yellow
fever has again manifested itself at Cadis and at
Xeres. Only one individual has as yet fallen a
victim to it in Cadiz, but at Xeres seventeen
have been affected by it, and Nine have died."
A private letter -frog-a Cadiz of the let, appeared
in our Paper yesterday, denying the assertion of
the yellow fever having appeared in that town.
It attribute•.l the report to the circumstance of four
pe►sons lYaving been, effected at Cadiz by an in-
fiammetory fever, rind seven at Xeres. While a
doubt is entertained upon the subject, it will be
pradent to observe every necessary caution in com-
inanicating with the suspected places. An infec-
tious fever is, we believe, in the opinion of siedical
men, likely to lurk even for some years in large
towns once infected by its presence; and the in-
terna:l or domestic economy of the Spanish people
is riot well calculated to overcoats the tenacity of
its, character.
The French, Funds are-5 per Cents. 74 fe c.
Bank Actions, 1,3641. so c.

The German Papers that have arrived at OUT
Of ce, apprise us, in an article from Vienna,
that au official note has been dispatched from the
Cr.binet of AUSTaIA to that of Non.re, explaining
the motives that have induced the former to
tenable an army in Italy, which, it is said, refer
solely to a desire of preserving the peace of the
Peninsula. This would stem to be an implied disc=
vowel of soy intention on the part of Austria to in-.
terfera in the concerns of the Neapolitan Govern-
ment. Troops, however, still continue to pour into
Italy from every part of the Hereditary States of
Austria.

We find by a return presented to the Hotter of
Common*, that there are at present no less tba:,
38 persons in the custody of the Warden of the
Fleet Prison for contenstits, upon processes issuing
out of the Courts of Chancery and Exchequer.
The first name on this list is HANNAH BAILIE'.
who, it appears, was committed to prison on the
30th July, 1789, upon a writ of rebellion, in which
it is stated, that her rebellion (ma it is technically
called) consisted in not paying a snot -of 40W.
17s. 7d. into the Bank in pursuance of a ..11e.
cree of the Court of Chancery. Frees the
great loegth of time for which this unhappy won 12t1
has suffered improoonment, more than thirty hue
years, it is to be presumed that she was unable to
glory the decree.
The other Poisoners have retnuined in custody
for various lengths of time; one 2l year., an