The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-01-22 00:00:00

1.011)01,

THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, leis.

Two Flanders Mails have arrived with Papers
fr Brussels to the I')th lost. The Conti-
nrestdl l'ress has for the last two years porstaited
picitite of the crowds of unfortunate
Entigrmits tips% their (votary in orate!' of 'Non-
fat of a lortogn shore. The presto Pallets cotta's'
au account of two Dutchmen who have been prose-
cuted at ti!utgard, for l'aullulently obtaining money
from persons under i•retrove of securing them a
passive to America. 'Eh; y were lUtisid guilty, and
sentenced to five rat., iffiprlMllllllellt lo-
sides a heavy fine. The turn who would thus prey
upon the misery of their fellow-condor?* air of
the worst of switdlrrr,WC loupe that all
who rig site in a like infamous speculatioa may
suffer a like fate.

Ass article. limo Coot•tantionple stales. find Ilse
lute Itiosiim etolossq to the Court of Persia was
Its u ccrau I thaw Iwo beru seurrally imagiutd.

The Persiotim h.►d not forgotten the e".,6'llBnwie at
the hot t►rat•e. and seenirci more noxious to rrt•os, r
who they laid I..st, than to "igen to orgociations
which migl►l lead to furt!►rr enetwrlito.tots.

We have received Paris Papers of Stind.iy
last 0.. ihe pr, ceding day the debate on the
law for recruitiii,g the army WOK It%llllllo, ol• which
• sketch will be found in our extracts. The dis-
cussion having continued time or four hours, airs
again adjourned at the approach of the dinner hour.
From the number of Members who support the
propriety of siihusl soles, it is probable that this
important point will be citified.

We have received Charleston Rivers to the 14th
of December. The following are extracts:—

CHARLESTON, DEC. 13.
(lion ou► (•'orrerrondeut.)

Museum (; izene orncc, Savaunnh,
WElWeide), Dec. In.

It is generally believed, or rather public report
says, that Saturday next, the 13th instant, is the
Flay pitched upon for the purpose of taking posses-
sion of Amelia by the American forces, winch are
numerously asstinbling fur the purpose.

uvcEmBER 11.
SPANISH MAIN.

Cipt. Boweas, of the brig Active, arrived at
New York on the Ist instant, in thirty dap, from
Porto Cavell°, informs that the Royalists had suf-
fered a revere defeat at Crantana and Barcelona.
Seierol transports %via) troops had arrived at Porto

CHARLESTON, DEC. 11.

This day was set apart ai a day of public thanks-
giving, humiliation, and prayer, to Almighty God,
for his merciful goodness in withdrawing from 114
hic afflicting band, by restoring to us our ordinary
state of health.

Vestertlay, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council was
held at the Foreign Office. for the yurposo of ar-
ranging the PRINCE REGENT'S SperCll, to be itib-
milted to him in Council, and delivered at the
(veiling of the Se-ion of Parliament. The Ca-
binet sat till about half 1.11,4 four.

The Sun will excuse us in saying, that we could
not have misunderstood his obj•ct iit nu•iito►uioy;
the alleged report in Paris, respecting the bargain
and sale of some of our worthy cootempotaries
the public Piece. Ilia meaning, was too obvious to
be mistaken; amtt that he alluded to ct rtaiti
terial Journals wa► 110 less manifest, from the pas.
sage we quoted iu our Paper of )estertlay. If such
were not the rase, there seetileil nn nerrioity fir so
taroesily invoking the notice of 3laoisters to the
affair, and in cautioning them how they repose
cloth:letter in Papers in the pay of a foreign
Power—and, of course, subject to foreign, mitt ',cr-
imps ;ovae interests. 'i•lte sulijet•t is of sital iu►-
portaoce, and we are reads• to allow The San every
commelitLition in our power fur giving psiblicity
even to his apprehensions. No small m 4-flinty
was displayed by The Sam iu his mode of nuticissg
the affair. " It was a seport," forsooth, "iu Pa-
sts ;" 111111, for the honour of the country, 7he
Sun illUst consider it either as " a total false-
hood, or an r %trestle exaggeration." Certainly,
that
•fire Blitish Papers should lie receiving
French pay, does appear like " exag•grratiou;"
but not long since a violent suspicion had
been attached to two I. lon Journals, which
!Mil Busing the war beets notoriously devoted to
the sertiee of the Bonaitoxs, to a manlier cie-
&liable neither to their patuotisu► 1101' their disin-
terestedness. But during use war, while the Bona-
Bass were united with (;real Britalit in hostility to
France, circurnstaoces might conspire to deceive
persons into a belief, that in advocating the cease
of the f •t, they were not violating their duties
to the latter ; but now es•eu this shallow pretence
is wanting to shelter such conduct. The Botta-
BONS, or the Royalists, or the Ministers of France,
are no longer to be considered as protegies of Eng-
land. They have from this moment ►eparate in-
terests, wherein Great Britain can have am sym-
pathy. France is indeed in relations of amity witl►
this country at present ; but she is our rival in
trade and manufactures, and her acts towards tug
have hitherto breathed a spirit of rivalry. I,i such
a case no British Journal Clll, consistently with its
duty, stiffer itself to be entangled in any relationi
of engagements with either of the contendiug par.
ties of that country, lest, without being aware of
their ndlut sier, they might, at Wale interesting n►o-
u,eut, induce it In turn its thoughts from the ge-
neral concern. of this Empire, to test theist on the
petty squabbles of a Firatth

The Messieurs EVANs, fattier moil you, have RI
lengih, after a tedious and c:itse confinement of
twaily twelve months, been woe Mummify libe-
rated, by the coition:lnd of the Steretary of Stoic.
Thaw titinues. in refusing to ill:rid even frecil
limier Noy cite unistances that appear in the
hint` degree to .. promise tlic consciousness of
their hit Iloet.lice, has induced the Nlinister to waive
Ins linguist c !Moo, of liatiog them enter into
lecognisances to appear on the fist day or lIIP en-
sung; tel in the Court of filing's Bench, thus
ledi ilie public au aliersiatite. lu 1'411161r either
the ulisurdity of the demand, or the inconsistency
of %Midtown% it. The Nu .% N 5..., were muutig

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