The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-09-08 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

PARIS PAPERS.

The action of ealumey brought by M. le Vicomte de ale.
pedelaine amines* the authors of the .Ifinsree, has bees post-
posed for a furtsight, os the retreat of M. Ihapis, the advo-
cate, his time being absorbed by the sffair of Doomere.
Thee reassessed only the private action against the aothors
Grille LaMar Normand/sr. and against the Meer Prestal,
seller of a two-penay pamphlet, when M. Clams, site de-
froster of Proust, raised a dilOcally. This person, cud 'eves
of his conspaoious who had sold the pamphlet in the streets
without a license, have been a. nested withio these tews days.
Prestal is confined at St. bruits. _ .

....
M. Claveau observed be should he tranferterl, that he
might be present at the trial. The Court has in eoesequente
postponed this anise to Wednesday. The affair of the
Lefties Normalities has been deferred to the sane day. M.
Roussoalle had already commenced his pleadings fur M. tie
Chepedelaine, but the Defendant, M. Foulloa, remarked, that
• part of the alleles censured as ealionisivas were not his,
hilt M. Leon Thiene', his fellow.lahouree. The Tribunal
then ordered that hetwere this and ‘relliteaday the Sinn.
Thiene should be made • Defendaut iu the action.

THE FRENCH FUNDS.
Os Tharalev--5 per Cerele. 70 f. 25 e.; Bask Rock,
11,631 I. 50 e.

FLANDERS MAIL. •

ANT., Cl?, AVOVIT 30.
A Journal of We city has the following article :
EXTRACT AN A !ATTAR PRO% Till lIATAAUAN, AMC 48.
M The Ai.te-de-Ciimp of the Viceroy has this moment ar-
rived from Vera Cruz, we board .the Sybil. Ceptsiu Malcolm;
he brings dispatches relative to an expedition which is pre-
paring at Galvestovvii, under the orders afGeneral LAlletAand
and his countrymen. It will he composed of about 5,000
men commanded by Boosparles heat tamers. It is sup-
posed to be destined avinst Mexico—that country is tbe
rendezvous of all natiout.'

The Grand Duke of Hesse Darmstadt has joist toned ea
important Met fur his ilonnuions on the left bask of the
Mine, renewing hie promises to preserve to that country
all its inatitntiona introduced by the French Government,
and which are conformable to the spirit of the age, and to
public opinion.
ANTAICRIP, SEPT. 2.

Last Sunday there was found in a powder-wWgasine, in
the eitidal, a lighted maids, which bail bora burning for
some time, and which it might be calculated would require
but a few hours to communicate to • barrel of powder to
which it was applied.
IRACUT., sZIPTICIISER 1.
A letter from Flushing says—N Captain M. Bakker, cow.
mandiag the vessel De Liefde, bound from Cane to Ant.
werp, was attacked off Alicaut by two armed tuggers, bear.
ing the English Seg. They forcibly opened the hatches,
■nd took from him two barrels of wine, leaving on the deck
by way of payment, some articles of small value.

Amen the latest a►rivals here sire *es eral Itemises sit
distinction, ■s well as &DOA ; of the letter we notice the
Marchioness (I)uehese) of Devonshire, with her family and
suite, Lord Calthorpe sad suite, and Lord Clasearty, Am-
bassador (ruin his Brit* ssss ic Majesty.
It is asserted that a kilter of his Excellency Ilse Secretary
of State, dated July 11, addressed to the Ministers and heads
of public offices, says, " That in future there shall nut be ad.
deemed to his Majesty any projects of decrees except such
as are draw, up ie the I)utrh laugviage. with the permission
to add a French translation, if it is thuught proper;" thus
even for the 'outliers provinces, they must make use of the
Dutch language, which is almost entirely unknown there.

Confederation, %Inch are otherwise provided Go ),
each State has been called upon to give in a state-
ment of its population (fur which see the annexed
table). This official statement having hero give's
in, the President proposes that it shall lie taken as
the basis for five years provisionally (as originally
proposed), and that a Committee be appointed
in time to lay down the j ciples of a definitive
matriculation, to be introduced at the expiration of
these five years.
The proportion being generally acceded to, the
Saxon Ambassador remarking, that ou account of
the extraordinary population of the dominion. of
his Majesty the King of Saxony, the money coil-
tiugent would be too high if determined by this
basis.