The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-07-20 00:00:00

FROM SPANISH AMERICA.

fly an arrival from Porto Caveilo (in 19 days)
we have advice. to the 31st May.
The expedition from Margaretta had effected a
lauding nt Rio de la Niche. The Royalists are in
strong force. and are drily cutting of the Patriots.
A supposed conspiracy had been discovered at
Valencia, and the Mayor had been shot. The
Creoles were said to be at the bottom of it. whose
object was to take the life of General Morillo, and
destroy his army and all the old Spaniards. Six
of the conspirators had been shot, and a number
of others were yet to suffer.
General Morillo has a strong military force in
Venezuela.

The Patriots hove possession of Santa Fe; but
two Spanish divisions hive advanced to oppose
them.

Cimino' and Barcelona are quiet, and its posses.
*ion of the King's troops.
It was reported at Porto Civello. that General
Bolivar had gut back from Santa Fe, and was at
Ac!iguai, supposed with • fresh supply of men
told money. The Patriot Generul Pies was at
St. FeriincL, with his advance; General Morillo's
head-quarters were at Valencia, and General lklo.
rale.i. was at Caleboso.

The Plattsburgh Republican Paper states, that
the British are erecting permanent gaud extrusive
forttlicatious at the Isle Aux Nom.

I%l4drid Papers, consisting of a series of the
Government Gaulle down to the tith instant.
Live arrived. A Royal Decree ha• been issued
fur opening a subscription fur the relief of the
towns and chits or Majorca, afflicted with the
plague. Schools on the principle of mutual in-
struction are to be established in the several corps of
the Spanish army. The plan proposed, we presume,
is the Lancasterian system. The Government Ga-
zette 111101111011DCCII that a Spanish translation of
LOrKE'S celebrated Essay on Civil Government
will shortly be published.

We regret to state that recent advice. from Indii
represent the Ma►gnis of HASTINGS in very Lad
health. His Lordship was strougly urged by his
Physicians to return to England. but he does nut
appear disposed to follow their advice.

By the Leeward Islands packet advices from
Angoltura to the 40th of May have been received.
A party of the Royalist army had descended the
river Oronoco as far as Barrancas, but had Frilled
without bringing on an engagement. BOLIVAR
was expected at the capital in a fortnight, but no
intelligence had been cht3ined of the movements of
the Patriot ormy in New Granada. A supply of
5.000 muskets arrived front the ()listed States oil the
18111 of May.

A Brazil pocket loos brought •dvices from
Rio Janeiro to the 7th May. Lord BEnearonu or.
rivrtt ost Ilse 3d, in the Spartan frigate, boring mode
the voptge from Lisbon iu the Short period of '29
11.. No intelligence from Buenos Ayres had been
icerived at Rio Janeiro.

Accounts from Republican Hayti, to the ^Sth of
May, announce the final awl complete reduction of
the insurrection under Gosiart, wh►ch has lasted,
with various changes of fortune, ever since 1807.
brads of sixteen of the ringleaders were exhi-
bited on ►piker, in • public part of the town of
J erernie.

The Royal Court of Peri., at a solemn meeting
on the Bth instant, declared valid the marriage 01 •
foreign woutan with a Fretieli rvddirr, which was
citieiitimibil on the ground that it was not cele-
brated according to the formalities pre.etibrd by
the Code for the civil stale of French soldiers in u
foreign country.
Fe m. persons were apprehended in a cottage on
Broome Reath, Notlulk, on Sunday se'imight,
charged with slieep-rtealtaig. One of them, named
Alward, turned King'. evidence, and acknowledged
hawing. with the atoistance or the other prisourra
(three brother., milord Adaros), killed twenty slitep
within a oirtniglit, which they sold at (farina
niaikets., It is sul•posed they have killed 120 sheep
within the !tat six mouth•.