The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-12-25 00:00:00

Viterbo he.

Boxes, 4s.—Pit, lis—Hisirprico at Half past
Eight.
Dlllllll to he opened at Half-part Five.—To begin at Half.
past Six —The Performances to conclude Wore Eleven.
Places fur the Boxes to be taken at the Theatre, of Mr.
Barmier (of whom Free Admissions may he purchased, and a
Private Box eogagrd Nightly) ; awd for the Accusnwidattoss
I.f families at that end of the town, at the Bureau de
Spectacle, Western. Exchange, Band-aireet
An entirely uew iateresting Wharf:hams is its prep•.
ration, called The Hermit of Mount Pansillipu ; io which,
a young Gentleman will make his first appearance.
A Dew Comic Ballet eusuputierl by Mr. Giroux, called
Heads and Blockheads; also a Goad Caledonian Romance ;
a Tragic Barletta; and • Serie-Comic Piece. fruin a well
known Classical Novel, will shortly be producer!.

AMERIC4.

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NEW YORK PAPERS.

NEW YORK. NOYEMBIa 27.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.

We have mat room this day to give in detail the
proceedings of Congress on Monday lust. In the
Svnaie uu husinesa of public interest was transacted.
Mr. Forsyth, of Georgia. elected to the Senate in
the room of Mr. Troup, resigned, apreared and
took his vent us a Men►lwr.

In the !louse of Representatives. Mr. Wendover,
Mr. Toinkiiis. and Mr. Cruger, from thus State►
appeared and took their seats.
The Speaker laid before the House a commitni-
e.iiion from the Navy Department, which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Naval

The etigros.ed Resolution deelaring the admis-
sion of the Siate of Illinois into the Uii i ~,,, was
adopted, 117 to 31. and sent to the Senate for con-
currence.—The passing of this Resolution gave rise
to a debate of considerable interest. The remit, ks
of General Talmadge, of this State, in opposition
to that part of the Constitution of llliuoia which re-
late/ to Slavery, would he read with much .otisfac.
lion, at least in this part of the Union. IVe shall
give them, if we have room, in our next.
The Speaker laid before the Ilouse the Annual
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury.
Twenty-live hundred additional copies of the Pre-
sident's Message and Documents were ordered to be
printed lur the use of the House.

WASHINGTON. NOTSM/IFR 16.
THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH.

This dry, at twelve o'clock, the Prepidluot or the
Uotted States treammitted to boob tiou,rs of Coo-
grill% by his Secretary, Mr. J. J. Nlotiroe, the fol-
lowing
MESSAGE
Fellow Citizens of the Senate, and n, the thou
of Representatives.

The auspicious circinustances under which you will com-
mence the duties of the presets, Session, will lighten the
burden inseparable from the high trust committed to you.
The fruits of the earth have been unusually abstuslant ; cons.
melee has flourished ; the revenue hos excrsded the most fa.
vourable ■nttctpalion; and peeve and amity are preserved
with (metro nations, un cuutlrteon■ just soil honourable is
our country. For these ins stiniable blessings. we cannot
hut he PAWN' to that Provideuce whirls watchse over the
&slimes of nations. _

A., the term
Couventson with Great Britain w,ll expire eas ly us the m th
of July neitt,asid it Wall deemed important that there should
be no lutes eel duriag wisiub that portion of our consist rce