The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-12-30 00:00:00

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The PTOVlgional ,aregement
of industry and Reduction of Poor's Rates, fear.
to
that circumstances will tend to prevent that
attention to our political economy which the condi.
turn of society and the multipliCation of poor's
rates demand, desires to invite the prompt notice
• t' friends and the public to the folios. k
objects
11 having been ascertained that labourers are penny
inclustrioss, thrifty, and moral in their cundoct, no
ring race ,
vented toms reliance On Puor's Rates, and th
hereby famished with a suitable employment, wife, Occupy.
OK small portions of land It is proposed that antpplication
should be made to floc I,4jAasere to appoint canininuers,
both general and loyal, the latter to be (biro by parishes,
or by the 'toothed, fur the purpose of applying agricultural
labourers, in proportion toAttoilf Tatailies, with small por.
hone of land for tit edification of their leisure hours;
atm, where ittlisary, erecting a cottage upon the same.
ti AY,- to large sod populous places, having • number
of unoccupied pour, that lands, principally waste lands, as
near vs possible, shalt he provided for the employment
of
the sum, under suitable soparintemknce ; the required
building. WO COI inKCS bt•iug to he erected, add prow wage..
ysid ; the Eminniosi bbbb CI'S being also empowered to set out
inase partial's of Well waste tondo as shall be eligible for
moll farm', villas, Ate.
a That fee providing the Ilre 00000 y fonds for these ins.
ritiot porpoises Exchequer Bills should be issued, tinder
arrangemmts similar to the provisions of the Exchequer
Bill Loma Act, and the juiciest of which to be paid half.
r":•Par. ring ties prorogation of Parliament, and previous to
.pmsaotat • •I•'" the •h•we Preollisesdicions opinions,
bwing upon the same, will be appreciated, such being ad-
dressed, post paid, as under.
Committee congratulates the country
urn' ihe principles of equity discoverable in Many landed
Pro
prielors upon the subject of ten's, whereby land-owners
sad their tenantry will realise that happy union of interests
so tong the glory of one favoured laud.
• That the number of small farms augments, and that the
use of the spade increases, there ran he no doubt ; and
which meats are calcolated fur the benefit of all, through
the increase ef Istmur, sad the additional profits which by
such insamensent secobtaioed.
• For the Provisions, Committee,
•BENJ WILIA Roe. See.
" Mays Head, Poultry, December, 1520."

Tice armistice between the Royalist General,
Montt°, an I the Insurgent Chief, BOLIVAR, is
eon:ironed. The following is an extract from a
letter, written by a British Officer. dated off Cars.
thireeeetia, October 21 :
"'All the people here blame &Hew for acceding to an
armistice with Murillo. It applies, however, only to lbes
armies smiler these two Chiefs.
" The duties hers are at the enormous rates of 33i per
(cot, and yet the importers from Jamaica are realising ISO
per cent mr the cargoes lately landed.
" 11'e have made every impair, rerpecting the affairs of
the Main. and as the American accounts have represented
the situation of the Insorgents as desperate, we extract from
eloeumants scut directly to this country by Bolivar and
his adherents, the reported condition Of the armies of Co.
lumina, as transmitted to their agents in London, who re-
present that the proposition forellie armistice came from
General Morello, mud winch, after some delay, had been
acceded to by Bolivar with the watlersi angling that the 10.
dependence of Columbia ifoald be recognered.
" The main army was rider the President near Rosario
de Cucuta, consisting of nearly 11,000 men; the second in
coratasod, Urdaneta; the third, Ortonel Pages. The op-
posing forces of Murillo were at Valencia, consisting by
report of nearly 6,000 The reseed army of conareinence
v•"•"*" (vrtn.49 estaNsi Pas a. whirls rem-
sialtd of nearly 4,000 met., tic what is termed the
British Legion. The other forces were in different divisions
of one mad two thousand men ; one of which, tinder Colonel
Montilla, war closely besieging Santa
Priente letters from Ltma, dated Sept..lo, receiv-
ed et Jamaica, and brought by the Jamaica Mail.
announce the !eliding of the expedition under Ge-
nteel Sr. MeaTts. at Piece', a poet to the south-
ward of Lima. The event appears to have tales
',Nee only three days before, and to have been coat-
inurricated by an express from Pim-o to the Viceroy
of Lima, where the newt of ST. MARTIN'S disease
birkaiinri produced a Ter/ powerful impression.—
• entlier attack upon Callao was.apprelseuded -as
one of :he first consequeoces of this operation. AL
Pauama, from whence the same iistelligence bud
been communiceted to Jemmies, it bed been seg-
mented, in this latter instance, by .the themetions
between the civil and military authorities of the
place, it having been amtouitced there that Lord
COCURASE was actually blockading Callao. sod
that lie meditated tin attempt on Panama.—
The resources of the 'ilteititoir of Lima are de-
scribed us fan more abentlant than recent report
had represented them ; some of the accounts stat-
ing the force in the neighbourhood of that city
sit 8,500, and others as high as 14.000 effective
troop!, supported by a considerable fleet in the her-
hour, among whicir were the threefeigates Enters&
dn, Vergassa, and Pryers.
On the lath rest. a fishing-boat. named the Per.
fridge, of Saudgete, was seized with 17 cases of to.
fierce°, most ingeniously concealed under her lining.
It was not found until all the nets, ballasts, and
bulkheads were removed, and the lining ripped up;
and it is presumed very specific imfortartion must
have heel) given of the place of concealment. There
" "..1""*. that similar frauds have been commit-
ted to a greet eaieEol „ nerd Revenue officer. are
active in their endeavours to discover them.
ESGLISU SPIRIT.—At Newark • party gave
umbrage to the " powere that be." by the manner
in which they celebrated the triumph or the Quetta,
and three were committed to prima. Oa Tamer"
last these men were liberated, apd while missing
I hroielli the yard.' were pointetkout by tbe keeper
tut several gentlemen as the Queen's men. One
of the gentlemen addreesing them. said. " Well, my
men. you will be the King's men law, and sing
nod sage 114 e King." To this One of them nobly
a id semi* re:phed-64 Ste. if I were roamed for
fon:teen years. instead of fourteen days, /1 world not
• tater tap principles, end a prison is floe wrong place
,for Reform, 11 waists good men bad, and far/ worm."
Out gaitriog the mitre& of the prism' welt, they gave
three lirizzei, arid al ted ( save the Cr/areal"
—(Aceceude Paper.)
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Committed to York Castle, Mark Fletcher, for a
mild cruel and violent assault no a poor black
mom iu a public-house, at Bradford, who obtained
a liviug by selling outs; the unfortunate black
was knocked down by Fletcher, who shamefully
arid I tusillanimuusly intoned upon hint with his
knees while on that defenceless situation, until blood
esme ouvof kir month ; all his ribs except one are
Woken, and very faint hopes are entertained of his
recovery.. Fletcher is one of the tnen who were
tried last Spring Assizes tit York, fur the murder
cf. woman, by damming her into a pit, at Wibeeys


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