The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-05-15 00:00:00

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with aertAy se greet • majority as iu the Smite.
nit the third radio, 126—Nays 16.
la oddities to the above assurance of a pacific
disposition, the New York Itlerematik Adrortistr.
lot the I lth of April, hay, as its brit sud must eon-
spices., poregraph, the following :
A letter from a ileoebee of Cosines, of die eh ionise,
aye --04 The Committee of Foreign 111018111011 have h at"-
eel meetings so the saliva of ear dienosees-wieli Spain.
All 1 eso sop so the «Alessi le pressed is, OW dire will
take no meseeres List old peewee a war with Not sadist

We have received a series of Jamaica Papers to
the nth of March. They contain some interesting
extracts from the Curscas Papers. respecting the
actions between BOLIVAR and MORILLIN in Fe-
bruary last. It would appear from these accounts,
that Aloatu.o was ember taken by surprise. but
that after some hard fighting he bad succeeded in
repulsing the Patriots with great slaughter.—They
had attacked him three timers with two thomand
cavalry and one thousand five hundred infantry.
Rumour, were circulated I.‘ Guayrs. that
Moat LLO wNdefeated. and that Bortvaz was ad-
vancing upon Caracas. The greatest consterna-
tion immediately prevailed among the inhabitants
of that city. They hastily embarked on board the
"hips which were lying is the harbour ; the town
was entirely deserted ; and it was not till • dis-
mach from Moattto announced the defeat of the
Independents, that the fugitives returned to their
boom

The Duke of WELLINGTON hada long audience
of the PILINCE REG►NT yesterday, at Carlton
Wage.
Yrstenlay the Dukes of YORK aad KENT visited
the PEENCE RESENT.

The Dukes or You* and SUSSEX paid their re•
'picas to the QUEEN end PRI N C EMS yesterday.

Yesterday_ the Prince of Hasse Homnouaa, at-
tended by Baron (YNAGHTEN, simtell the PRANCE
REGEDT. the Duke of CLARENCE. &c.
The Duchess of Gt.ouctsTsa had a grand nu-
merous party last night.
Oo Wednesday the Dote of CUMBERLAND
dined with the Earl of Daum

Yesterday the Ductless of CVIIBSRLAND ho-
noured the Poiucess Scnomsouaa Lira with a
visit.

Wednesday hat Colonel 01:MILEY entertained a
select party or friends to celebrate the anniversary
of the birth of his Newt Faithful Majesty Joan VI.
King of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil,
and Algarve.
Lord KINNAIRD has arrived at his house in
Clarges.otreet, from the Continent.
Intelligence has been received in town of the
death of Pzuoa. Some time since, this Prince
war authorised by his Senate to appoint his sac-
ce.sor, and he nominated General Bozza, who is,
however. conceived to be so unpopular, that emus-
TOPES is likely to avail himself of that unpopularity
to invade the territory of Pori-au-Prince; and
should he succeed iu reducing it to his dominion,
the Spanish authority in St. Domingo mnst soon
cease to exist. That authority has, indeed, been
long in a very enfeebled mate, owing its existence
sokly to the jealousy between Patios and Chars•

A public meeting was held at Liverpool on the
12th instant, at which the Rev. Wu. Set:Pune
proposed THOMAS LEYLAND, Esq. as a fit tepre.
sentative for that Borough, in the event of a getters!
election. The motion was seconded by Mr. EDF.R-
TON SMITH, and carried with great applause. A
requisition to that effect was immediately signed by
upwards of 1,000 persons. This nonsination of Mr.
LEYLAND, with every prospect of success, ex-
, cited a great sensation in that populous town.
Both the " Kentish Men" and the " Men of
Kent." have beets highly favoured by Fortune in
the last Lottery. We perceive by Buns adrertiseateats
that they °bullied frost kiwi so less than six Shares of
E 30,1100 Prises; two of which west to Canterbury, one to
Marriatawe, use tw Saisdwich, owe to Dartford, and one to
*roaterithre, besides Whirr shares °f-matter e pilots ; is short,
his Prises were almat as pleaterwl in that comity as hop.

A new Property of the Kaleitlmcope has been
• discovered by a Gentleman of the Jewish Persua.
eloss, wet keelss is She Play World. The nine digits sod
cypher are draws or se assay pieces of coloured class; these
are placed is the object cavity at die end of 11w tithe; a
variety of Numbers previa tbenistivcs. but WSW are notch
more brilliautly &fined than the rent; from these more lucid
Numbers be selects his Tickets and Shares for the 107
Capitals is the present Lottery ; sad, as One Thousand
Puards per hltuute must be obtained on THUIIIIDAY MOAN.
too, Alas 4th, the Kaleidoscope may mow be turned to a
Capital Account.
the afternoon of Tuesday re'imight, a man of
the name of SMITH had the temerity, after having
drank about ten pints til ale, to ascend the spire of
Louth church, Lincoln, which is needy 300 feet
high, mid tie • handkerchief round use Iron which
supports the weathercock : after he had remained
some time upon the top stone, danced a hornpipe,
and performed several other antics, he descended
with all the composure itnaginahle to the bottom of
the spire, and on the point of one of site piiincles of
the tower he stood upon one kg with his arms
extended, and made his co*Kie to the numerous
spectators below, who had witnessed this piece of
presumption with horror and asioniiihnatit. It is
a great consolation to be iuforened, that, with the
laudeble view of preventing the repetition and imi-
tation of such dreadful examples of limpidity, the
Magistrates of Louth intend to inflict upon the
I present offender, for drookentsess, the puutshinent
of the stocks.