The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-04-29 00:00:00

PUBLIC MONUMENT

TO THE MEMORY OF Tag LATE LAMENTED
PRINCESS CHARLOTTE OF WALES AND SAXE
coIIIIRG.

The Cenotaph Committee, after saaturely considering the
vs. ions roinnitinications they have received, and in confer.
silty with what they have moos le believe is the wish
of the Public, beg leave to state that it is their Whistles,
should their foods be adequate, le construct the proposed
Temple of the Cenotaph un a scale walleisully satinisive to
admit of Its being appropriated to the porpoise ef Divine
{Vomit", sad constituted a Free Church.
(For the Coaasailloe)
BENJ. BOTCH, Us.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

lON DON,
WEDNESDAY. Arm Q 9, 1818.

Bois Papers of the 25th have arrived at our Office.
The Chamber of Deputies have now arrived, in
their course through the Budget, at the item veleta
ing to the Expenses of the Ministry of General Po-
lice; but the Sitting of the 24th was occupied sole-
ly in hearing an invective from the Count DE LA
BOURDONNATZ against this office, and from the
feelings that are known since the publication of
M. Da CHATICAUDRIAND'S work, The Monarchy
according to the Charter, to be entertained in
France respecting it, we may anticipate a serious
opposition to the charge for maintaining it. Indeed
the powers that are intrusted to the Minister of
General Police are so totally inconsistent with every
idea that we can form of liberty, that it is strange
how an assembly who talk about the Constitution
and the Charter could fur a moment admit of
their existence. The revolutionary origin of this
office, ton, we might have supposed, would have
induced the King's Government to abolish it;
but power is so flattering to Sovereigns, whether
legitimate or otherwise, that they will seldom waive
the enjoyment by any umpeasostable reflections
upon the questionable source of its birth.

Recent intelligence from Ceylon states, that the
insurrection in that island was not so formidable as
it had been represented. The dispatches, which
are dated the 15th December, announce, that in
the month of September last a spirit of dissatis-
faction and disturbance partially manifested itself
in the provinces of WeHasse and Ours, within the
Kandy:►u territory, principally excited by a Mala-
bar Chef, who had collected an armed force of
about 200 prroous, mud issued a Proclamation,
stating his claim, to the kingdom of Kandy.
Mr. WILSON, the Rerident at B•dulls, immedi-
ately proceeded with a small military detachment
in the direction of the insurgents, and came up
with • considerable party. Having unfortunately
separated himself from the detachment under his
orders, in the hope of persuading the insurgents to
disperse, and thus to prevent any effusion of blood,
lie ►vas attacked and killed on the spot. The ser-
sant, who accompanied him, died the next day of
wounds which he received at the same time.
The troops sent in pursuit of the insurgents had
been very successful in dispersing them. Many of
those who had originally joined had submitted and
returned to their duty. and there was every reason
to hope that the leader of the insurrection would

boon be intercepted by some one of the military
detachments who were actively in pursuit of him.

The Duke of YORK transacted military busi-
sets with the Palm. KtGENT yesterday.
A detachment of this 85th regiment, commanded
by Captain WEi.t.taus, which had fur some time
tires, stationed at the Isle of Mao, marched iuto
Cdourester on Thursday but, on their route tohoin
tlor hrail.ipiarteis of the corps at Plymouth ar-
ida.. Those parties which were quartered at Bre-
, on, Carmoirthrn, and other towns in South Wales,
louvr likesise been recalled, and are uow ou their
march for the same destination.

Nirb%rt. METHUEN. BIENNICTT. and LONG IVEL
us,i.vv, Alt •rtivrly canvassing Wiltshire : the
I suer seem. iiistuvrd in it paper war--an advertise.
moist in the Salisliagry loaned. roped by *lateen
)I..girtratss ni the county, calls on Mr. IlVet.i.Es.
ltd' 1 explain what lie means by the words "nun).
+'•sea• 1.,,0rNed." used by bim iu oue of his ekctiou

lir tullnwlsiK Gentlemen were yesterday called to
the drvre of nal...islet at Law, by the non. Society
.11 I.ls4eull,'s ButeDs, Esq. S. G. Ptice,
E.g. J. W. hrt:auttm, Esq. and I'. T. Huta'Ls,

On Wednesday last Captain Newton, of the
brig !Pelham, stated in is former paper is have
1,,-rn fnlrrltltttetl to ilaverfordwest gad, on
toss I.oitoned Capt. RIDF.X, the late tuns-
trr of tie saw remit! (who died bloody afterwards.)
~,,11 BOWDEN. the Midi., who become
'inn infhvosril, was, in consequence of the arrival
~1 Ito wuLN from Liverpool, re-ezansisied, and
tina!ly t• ..... wittad to take Lie trt3i at the next
huiralt) - ;tavucesta Jour.)

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