The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-01-14 00:00:00

FROM TIRE FRENCH FRONTIEPA, JAW. 6.

We learn from various (pointers that the French
(L•ver 1111 l rot has ovule urgent applications to the
Yu errs, to he wholly relieved next Spring
from the Army of Oceiipiit. : that in the memo-
rial pinned upon this subject, it appeals to the
iinproveineut of pulffic spirit ; to the increase of
reciprocal confidence; mid, above all, to the favour-
ahl. iusprraeiou which such a measure would sttake
4)., the 11l I l 1114 of the pimple. 'ft is stated, however,
that the Allied Power* have isisswereil, that they were
ili.pii•ed to adopt tin* ineamre as 01011 se France
shall have fulfilled all it* engagements. and when
they were convinced that tranquillity and good or-
der lIC4 fe firmly established in the kingilotn.--
Ii i* still affirmed, that the Allied Sovereigns will
meet 'seat Summer to treat on this important point.
Deperiptions of the person of Mauhreisil, who
has e•capeil from Douay, have been every where
circulated ; it is not doubted but he has fled to-
wards the Netherlands.

BRUSSELS, 3A N. 5.
We learn that there are very important negneia-
tilitlS forward between the Ittb,iati unit Ihri-
ti•li Cover 00000 etas ; many couriers coining (ron►

11o•r•uw have passed din.tigh here rou their wHy to
Lonihm, will an English state messenger has just
pss:4Nl through •going with important dispatches to
Ali-et:ow. Frequent couriers arrive also from the
Itn-tial head-quarters at Nlatibruges
Air. C. Donny, author of The Inhabitants of
the 41;oon, who has been fur some tittle in close con-
finement, has been released by 3 decision of the
Tribunal of the First Instance. The King's At-
tonlet•-(ienernl has appealed to the Court of Cum-
tiusi ugiiiiist this

AWTERDAM. JAW. 7.

We learn with Vietivure from Talton' accounts
received by slimly resipeet:.ble boosts here from
Curaori. and w rich <w ire down to the I 4th Octo-
her. that the account,. f that Withal. dated Oc-
tober 7. which, have been in several
papers, are quite destitute of truth. Trade. from
loving at a amp,. was continually improving. and
of the iong-conti tttt eil drought these accounts say
nothing. A respectable traveller lately arrived
here from Curacisa, positively affirms that helore
arid at his departure it rained eery heavily. and that
there bud been no ain't of water.

MO;COW, DIX. 6.
The 8/mature rtf Prince William of Prussia from
this eity is fixed for the 26th of this month. Major-
General Brickesirlrof ie to Nceoitiptor his Royal
nighties-. The Emperor's Aide-de-Camp, Prince
Dolgorocky. is gone before to Brecaz, to give the
steces.ary orders for the Prince's swerrompalirti ))))
tricuLGlEwsK, IN TIIE GOVERNMENT OF CAUCASUS,

NOVF.MOUR I (O. S.)
On the roar'. to Georgia, between Darefel soil
Kasbeek, on the of October an imineinir
avalanche, which hail been formed ou the moun-
tain of Kaslieck, fell down ■nd covered the road
for the di►tance of three wends, fifty fathoms deep.
It bsd entirely filled up the bed of the rapid
r;ver 'reek, which has, however, since worked its
war tl gh it. This event *sailed for o time the
coinintinication with Georgia. Hnl,rily there were
no travellers on the road. According to the °loser-
vat; ffff s of the mantuanieeni such avalanches tosualle

fail its summer. once its seven years ; but this time
there luta not fallen One for nine years. Its the
mountains on the road to Kuby and Kaiselissuer
such avalanche• often fall, and are very dangerous
to trsvellera; they are more frequent, but "smaller,
awl are therefore
through.—(Dnich I'upers, Jamuary IU.)

nhiels i have received for the Vieert.y, which I he.
owl will tranomit immediately. The enekisare contain• the
mint important intrllitewre of the capture of the traitor
Mina alive. the two Ilerrercya. a Frew/themes, and I bring
the bead of Thsreno. The whole bas been dose by Col. U.
Framtimo ale Orrantim, who entered Mao yesterday, at 7
U clock in the mourning.
Ott. 28, 1817.

and ► thcr Wanda, had tither foundered, or were
wri eked. The former fete, it WWI feared, had
happened to ninny of tlioe which left Dominica,
and had not since been heard of.

A Dutch Mail ha% ariired, with I'iiper4 to the
I Itlt'itistant. The war against the Liberty of the
Press upon the Continent is carried OH with increas-
ing acevity.

We hive received a New York Paper of the 13th
of December, which states, that all the political
Papers Teak in high term,, of President Mon ROE'S
laut Message to Congress. The Editor of 7he
Boston Centime, observes--" The facts in the
Message are judiciots%ly arranged ; the style is as
plain as the alphabet, and its frankness and total
exemption from that diplomatic jargon which so
often mysted' other Presidential State Papers,
are not among the least of its merits."

The Mexican Gazette of the Ist of November
contains the official intelligence of .the capture df
the celebrated Patriot General MINA, with twenty-
five of his gallant followers. in the Pass of Vena-
dito, near Saito, on the 9.8t1i of October. When
enconntered by the Spanish Colonel, Don FAA N-
ct+co DE OuitANTIA. MINA was at the head ortnry
•ttNl mess, who must have fought with great despe-
ration, for one half of them are said to have been
killed, and tweety-five taken priumete.
a distinguished officer, was among the former ; and
the Spaniards had an opportunity of indulging in
their habitual barbarity. by exhibitiug his head on
a spear; but among the prisoners were the two
!haat:RAS, and a French officer. Nothing is said
of the mode of deaths intended for the gallant
Chief—his fate will of course depend upon the
Viceroy's will ; but we can hardly doubt that his
execution will be of a nature to mark the ferocious
character of his enemies.

The unfortunate defeat of this expedition con-
firms the power of Spain over the province of
Mexico, for some time longer ; but we do not re-
gard Mass's trifling force as any proof of the in-
sensibility of the Mexicans to the cause of freedom.
The eruption of this gallaut Chief appears the result
of an ardent and enthusiastic spirit, rather than of
a well-concerted and well-digested project. He
was not, therefore, joined by any of the inhabitants
of the extensive but ill-peopled countries through
which he rapidly passed ; but had he once arrived'
at the capital, we may judge, from past events, that
thousands would have flocked to his standard.
Indeed the want of concert appears too evidently
in all the concerns of the Patriots, and will doubt-
less enable the Spaniards to protract for a much
longer period the work of oppression. The want
of an organised and regular Government to direct
the affiirs of the Patriots iu general, enables the
several chiefs to arrogate a species of supreme
power, and to display their individual rivalries and
jealousies. This spirit now operating without con-
trol, together with the general ignorance of poli-
tical rights among the mass of the people, promise
the future establishment of as many distinct
little tyrannies in Spanish America, as there are
now independent cities, or guerilla leaders. By
great good chance Buenos Ayres and Venezuela
may maintain their Republica,' form of Govern-
ment ; but they and all the other States, as they
severally throw off the intolerable yoke of Spain,
will be wholly independent each of the others,
and consequently South America will never pre-
sent so formidable an appearance as the Northern
Union, will not be enabled to counterbalance its
formidable power, or interrupt its political ascen-
dancy.

iVe cannot but look upon the present state of
Spanish America as unfavourable for European ad-
venturers. The execution of General PIAR by the
orders of Bouvaa, proves either that those most
elevated by the confidence of the Patriots are nut
sincere in their professions, or that the leaders are
attentive only to their own interests. We think
BOLIVAR'S Proclamation, justifying his conduct,
very suspicious. The accusation it contains against
Pita is very general and indistinct, and though the
sentence of death was pronounced against PIAa
by a Court-martial, we fear that he has fallen an
early victim to the intrigues of his associate in arms,
and that his only crime was having attempted to
counteract BOLIVAR'S ambition.

The advertisements of large and extensive sub-
scription?, which have for several weeks appeared iu
our columns, present the most flattering proofs of
the public spirit and charitable feelings of this iue-
tropolis. At one moment it dedicates an offering
to feriode virtue, in which respect for the illustrious
olqect of a lintiou's love is happily blended with a
sincere expression of devoted attachment to her
Royal House ; at another it stretches forth un arm
to protect and comfort an humble individual, w 11011 d
Power had selected as a victim to oppression, mid
in assisting him testifies its esteesu for a free Press,
the palladium of what remains of our Cnu•titotion.
Again, it directs its anent' to the sufferings of
our disbanded seamen, and stimulates the Govern-
ment to a sense of its dirty, and closes its present
exertiolis by a generous, though we fear a vain
attempt to free the streets from the reproach of
mentlivity. For all these objects, the subscrip-
tions are respectable ; but that for the rebel of