The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1807-12-08 00:00:00

4'7 .~ 74" .s...ver• aloe in thosa necuirsiotts and pursuit.. which • best preetiose theit own well being. • tbeappopri4tismts. of the last 'session, foe the ti !race of oar sea-port towns and barb lure, were so.tde Wailer elpettatina that . a continuance of our pe ice would permit us to, pTUCeei 1:1 that welt te sc.,rsting to oar couvzaience. It has been thought better to apply the sums then given t ,, wards the defence of New-York, Charleston, and New Oi lcan., chiefly, as most open and most likely tipst 1. , need protei iun. and to leave pl was less imme diately in danger to the provisions of the present srssion. • l'he gin-boats, ton, %beady provided. have on a l'ke pnaciple beets chiefly assigned to New York, New Oii•ans, and the Chesapeake. Whether our moveable force m. tile water, so material in aid of vie detenitve %voile% on the lead, should be augment ea in this or any other term, is left to the wisdom of • r LegiJatute. Fur the purpose of manning these irem.ets in sut.den attacks on our h Arbours, it is a t• racer for consideration whether the seamen of the ' t nit •d States may not justly be formed into a spe e ai imlom, to be called on fur tours of duty in de ••^ace ur the harbours, where they shall happen to the ordwery militia of the place furnishing that p •tti .st which may consist ol leadsmen. •' The moment our peace was threatened. I deemed it indispensable to secure a greater psoveion or tnose articles .f military store., with which our inagaaines were not 'Witt. fitly furnished; to have awaited a previous and 1; eepal can Rion by law, svuul.l hare lost occasions which might not be re- Xeres!. 1 did fiat hesitate, therstiose, to auttiorise tessigataents for such supplements to our.ejtsting stack, as wou;.l render it adequate to the ellielgell- Ctes threaten g us ; and 1 trues that thelorgulature, leelsus the same ahmety for tire safety of ow coun try. so mateitatly advanceJ by toss precaution, will apprion, when dune. what they would hoe seen so lit/Mica to be Juice, it men asstinbled Lammers, anti unproved, cl tor. altellt CUL of the necessity tef eailii g all our gu,i hews into initial service, fur the t..-fence ct our 1145 btsurs„ ail %shun iconlitita wail be tail boom you. • Whether 4 rcg..lar s)my is titt be raised, and to Wilat is,. nt, mu.. drieeiiiii On the Wolin itiou stnattly exp tted Its toe mean time I have celled Ind the Si ices t.ir geoids of militia, to be in le4 l / 1 011$6 fin present d. 1.1,e ; and hove, unaittivcr, cum"- the acceptance tit .iu happy rii inform you, that these Isaac offered themselves with great ala-rity every vet r.l the uniutt. Thar. are masted to be urganiaed, and ita.iy, at a mu- • menee Warning, mu proceed stn Ail act Vilt a to ,4111C/1 th y may be ; and every peps' a:ion withos" tie rtecutive rowers has beets Maas', 10 114 Ute ILS tile betwixt of caly exertions. or• I intermed Coni;ress, at their last session, of the miMerptises against the public peace, whish ware be fewest so be in preparation by Aaron Burr and his associasee, and of the nieottir es taken to defeat them, :rat totems the off noels to justice. Their enter print were happily defeated by the patiiupc cael tiIMS lit the militia, wherever called into action, by the fidelity of the army. and energy of the COM soar.clet an Chief, in promptly arranging the diffi culties presenting themselves on the Sabine, prepar ing to meet those as icing m; tbe Mississippi, Mad dis "yams. beloie their ezplunue, plots engendered these. 1 *hail think it my duty to Icy beim' you the proceedings and the evidence publicly exhibited on the arraignment of the principal offenders before the Disuiet Coo tof Virginia you will be enabled so judge whether the detetl was in the testimony, in clue la*, or in the edministrat.on of the law ; and wherever it shell be bound, the Legislature .lone . cam apply or originate the remedy. 'I be ft anii r. ut a-ut Constitution certainly supposed they- had guard rd, as Welt their doveimlieut against ilesumflion by trea.en. as their citizens against oppression un• der pretence of it ; sad if these eons are not at tained, it is of impost:Mee to inquire by what meant more .ffedually they . may be stens est. 4 The accounts of the receipts of revenue during the year e dtng on the 30th day ut September last. bring not yet made up, a cussed statement will be hereafter transmitted from the Tieatury. Its the mean time it is ascertained, that the receipts have amounted to near sixteen millions of &Hats, which, m•tth the five millions and a half its the Tteasury at the M•gissiinsg of the year s have enabled us. atter iiiact.ng the curt eat Clr:ilell4 Wad Miami incurred. to pay more than !cur millions of the principal of our funded dent. 'Flies, payments, with those of the preceding five and an half years, haye extin guished of the funded debt teeenty-five millions and an half dollars, being the whole which could be paid or purchased within the limits of the law, and 61 our couttads, and haste left us in the Treasury eight niihions and an halt of dollars, A portion ot this sum May be considered as a cons. InitScettleitt of accumulation of the 11:111WICS of • the Seventie s which. alter paying o.e instalments of debt as they shall become pay able, will remain *Will= an, 'petite &'j.- t. it may partly, Indent be implied' tuvril4llcon:pleting the .;e:eist:: ot the esplased pnixts of nor uotintiy, no such a Seale 1111 AA be adapted in our in inci pies and co cu mstancts. Phis °hied it, doubtless, among the first ents:led to etention, in rock a state tit our tinaot.rs ; and it i• ride which, whether we have peace or war, will prcei le security where it is due. ‘Vlieth...r what snalfremain of this, with the future surpluses, may tie applied to purposes alread; actliorised, or sdcte u s efully to others re:pi:mg new atititori i ~ tor how otherwise :hey snail he di.pmed tif, •. e vestions c filling 1.4 ti:e nJtie.? of Cougres 4 , tl4- , a. as they 01,11 superse.l , l by a Cillfl.;C 1$ 'Alf public relatiwis, now itwaitic7 Pie dezernsinatida of u:bars. " Whlteeer be that determinati.n, it is a great :rnts'•lstirri, that it will become known at a moment ..erf the hopreme Council of the na•ion is assern iged at I:, po.s, and ready to give the aids of its wlsoittn and authority to whatever course the good of nit country shall then call it. to pursue. S' Matteis of minor importance will be subjeds of finale commit icaiiuns ; and nothing shalt he seam ing nn my part, which may give information or dii pateb to the pee:islets' of tole leesishettre, in the earehae of their high duties, and at a uninseat so t,, the public artier,. • fib. trot, ISt.4' ." •• To tie Ai J r SIW rose. our. al. Tie C.j le. French hires,. which hat betel JaidaamicilimAlisilaluatilitutiear gad upwards in I V7 4 ‘" -1-F771 the harbour of N,.rrolk, went to sea on Silas) lad ender corcr of a flag. :rlie sotrhorn wir.g of the Capitol at Washington is $0 tat completed Ai to adroit the House of Itvre seistatives to hold their present session in it. It I{ A superb ao.l magnoßcent striatum d•eorated will rem taste and richness i !tut Joe s eqn rl tumour I , the liberality of the Government and toe algal at..' fancy nt the araited. Ir at rowels arms n. sear. foe WO members. Isesid:s very ample and corn. naandiog accommodations ter a large antisepses% I'he tuner apart's/outs of this wing are cournsualed with prop roonate elegance. Capt. Murray, frill Barb 'Joe% inforres, that previous to Hs British paelet attired there with A Frene'l privateer of 10 gun , .. and 1)0 men. which .he had captured after an atiscon of three flours ; the Irmo lost tin men killed and wounded. BURR'S TRIkL.-LATEST PROCEF.DINGS. KlOll4OOO. OCT. '23. After the delivery of the opinion of the Court on *Fuesdey. the OUST Justice observed, that he had specified (in that opiniun) the particular dins trid to wl,ich the prisoners were to be committed. He thought it bet th tr there should be only owe trial for them : but it But r was sent to Kentucky, Blannerhasset cou:sl not, because he had provided no mans for toe expedition but in the chstria of Ohio. Mr. Hav then moved for their commitment to Ohio, which was ordered. Mr. WICIM AM then moved for an attachmer4 against-Mr. Benjamin Hawkins, an Indian agent, far detaining Dr. Cummings, a witness in this pi o•i• secution. and Creaking (yen certain papers in his care, beloning to Mr. Illaunerhasset, one of the ac cused.—A kale ordered. Messrs, burr and Blannerhasset were admitted to bail, in the sum ut 3000 dollars each. Luther Mat tis and Dr. Cummings, securities for A. Burr ; Dr. Cunimogs and lama Smith, for H. Blanner basset. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, 1 UESDAY. Dimming e. A. Russia%Courier united yesterday with dis patches fur Government. We were not able to 'tarn the date of 1,0. departure tram St. Peters burgh. Captain HaLKeiT, With five sea of the Lae, sailed oa Mouday from Portsmouth, with sealed ordc. s. The 4,lan cutter is attired at Falmouth, from off Lisbon, in 14 days. She was chased from her station on the 19 h, 20th, and 21st ult. by a squa dron of live sail, appaielitly 74's—one of them Was eismasted, and th-y were steering to the Northward. Our Falmouth letter supposes them to be French 74's, and not Sir SIDHLY SMITH'S squadron, one of which, the London, was a 98. The number answers precisely to that under Sir Stoner ; but it would hardly be standing to the Northward; and, besides, the 41444 cutter would, by private signals, we should have thought, have ascertained whether they were British ships or not. It is also to be observed, that Sir Stotler SMITII'S squadron passed Cape Finisterre on the 1 at.h, and might be expelled to reach the" Tagus on the 16th. Perhaps it may be the Russian squadron from that river. Another letter from Falmouth, says, the Alban kept sight of the squadron for three days, and es caped by throwing her anchor and two guns over hoard. She was not sulfzred to enter the Tagus ; but it is reported, untruly we believe, that she left in the Tagus II sail of the line, and that the Porto. guest ships were in possession of the Spaniards. We have received New York papers to the Ist of November, containing the Peas' osscr's Message to the Sen.ste and House of Representatives, on the opening of Congress, at Washington, on Monday, OR. The first business of the House of Representatives was the election of a Speaker, when Gen.V are proved the successful candidate. On TuestlaY the Message was delivered, and COI). gress were to meet on Friday, the Juth, on the ex tra-rdinary, c#ll of the Executive, when so much of the Message, as relates to the matters in dispute be tween Creat Britain and America, was ordered to be taken into consideration. Alluding to the dls pute with this country, it says— .. seen* of the articles pmvsed might have been admitted on a prattiple of compromise, but othsis %ere vio di..nlvantageous, and no sufficient position was trade apinst :be prlficipal zoom* the irriutions and calluions which s enit.tenily andante. ing the peace of the two nations." This charge subicientl, chews the hostile spitit of the Petsibarcr. The sejeaed treaty contains no ptinciples but such as kngland has uniformly claiaied, and in defence of which her Government has *sore than once declared its determination to nail the Rag to the mast, and go to the bottom, soon er than surrender them. It is singular, however, that so. ile this charge is made against England i 6 kiiren terms, there i 4 not a hint given of the mon. strous decree of Bo , violating all public law, nor of the outrages committed by the French on the commerce of the Uniteil States. The other rub of thig Milne, relative IQ the internal t nornr of the United States. *re of infetior interest flare is, however. one pa•sage, ..which we cannoti pisss without notice. The condo& of General Evros, and other witnesses upon the tri4l of Colo nel Bev e, evinced with tolerable cleart.ess how very far tht adiniaistrAtion at the law: in Aint-rica talk short of the purity of a BritibL Coin t of Justice. Adverting to Colonel Boa bell acquittal. the Message says— You will be enabled to it'd...* whether the defect was in the testatateny, aa the law, er us the adniu 00000 stunt of the law; and wherever at shall be found. the Legislature alum! cart ap ply or originate the remedy." Here we hare the executive authority, which' . ought to lean to mercy, lamenting the acquittal, and consequently the implied innocence of the party. Sir CHARLILII COITUS yesterday received his 6nAl instrnlions At the Adtniralty. previous to the assumption of his command. A ship will sail for the East Indies, in the course of the present week, with dispatches Irons Govern ment. _ Dispatches from Heligoland were received, yes terday, at the Foreign-Office, in 110/ening-street. On Sunday Dispatches were sent tat by Alinit,ters to His MAJISTY at Windsor. Sir Hon's Poen* is had an interview with the Board of Admiralty ye►trrday. On MotuNv the 30th last, the Alf e ge t {Opt', a t the Cove of Cotk, made the signal for the /ran sports, with the two!)s on board, in that hat bour i to get under weigh. She proceeds with the expedi tion. The debtination of this force is kept in the striaest secrecy. The 63d regiment embarked on the preceding Sunday morning, and prt.ceeds with the fleet. The William. WAILS, from Riga, for London, is captured, and carried into Bbrnholm. The Martha, HOLLAND. from Shoreham. for Ply mouth, was captured on the 2eth ult. ell' Portland. A ship belonging to Dundee. laden with Rix, is captured. near Copenhagen. The PreviJsncs, armed ship, arrived in the Hum ber on the 2d instant. She sailed from Helsing. burg on the 20th ult. in company with 36 sail, and parted from them the next night, in a gale. The /Aired Mato, Mouse, of and for Baltimore, from the isles of France, is detained by His MA. agar v's ship Leopard, and sent into Halifax. The Horatio, Mixer, from London, for Mega dors, has been captured, re-captured, and carried into Megavissey. A Member of the American Legation at Paris is arrived in London, and confirms the report we have heard, that BON•IA NTIL demands peremp torily that the American Government shall break with England or with France. lie leaves them no alternative ; and we trust that they will have no difficulty in their choice. Mr. MELLISH, 01 Manchester-square, is appcinted to a mission to the Court of Stockholm, and will leave town in a few days for Sweden. The hired Malta packets will won be discharged the service, and those lately on the Lisbon station, employed in their stead. One of these (the Auck land) is already under orders to carry the mails of the present month to Gibraltar and Malta. We have received the following interesting let ter, dated Madras, July 23, lOW : " The lades. by which this goes, bring called into the Roads, as passing them, en her way from Bengal to England, is to proceed to sea again in a few hours. The Madras Papers would not be in teresting now, such is the testriElion on the Press. The following heads of information comprise every thing worth your notice :—Lord Minto ar rived here on the 20th of June, and departed on the 20th inst. in the Modelle, for Calcutta. A dreadful famine prevails here, and throughout the Peninsula, in consequence of the last N. E. Monsoon having totally failed. The poor natives are dying in every part of the country—not a tree, near the sides of the road leading to Madras, but has dead bodies of the famished natives lying beneath it. Such as can reach the Presidency are fed, and their lives are saved by the charitable contributions of the European inhabitants, and by certain portions of rice daily issued by Government. Lord Bentinck has, and is doing every thing in his power to alleviate the miseries of the wretched sur f . The skeltee Castle has not been heard of since sbe left the Cape, and, consequently, is given up for lost. Many families are in mourning at Cal cutta ; she had numerous passengers on board for that place. Before this reaches you, you will have heard of the loss of His Majesty's ships Bieniteies and Jason. Sir T. Trowbridge, and every soul on board both the ships, perished. tt In the early part of June, the 21J Regiment of Foot, (King's), mutined, near Agra, in Bengal. in consequence of their pay having been svishholden by the Paymaster (lately dead), for seven months. After having been induced to lay down their arms, they were subdued, and kept in confinement in their barracks, by detachments of Native troops. Every thing on the coast, respeAing the Native troops, is apparently adjusted, and subordination appears to be restored." A Letter from Armagh, dated November 25, says. et It was only owing to the bright moon-light that the Comet was invisible for a few nights, for it was perceived again on the evening of the 20th inst., and on the 2lst, at 7 hours 35 min. p. s. mean time, its distance from Lyre was 1 deg. 40 min. the Comet being immediately under the coma extending weakly to Lsra, and nucleus faint. On the 22d, at 7 hours 14 min. its distance from Lure was only 4$ min. in the vertical, whose azimuth is nearly W. by N. ; and at 7 hours, 33 min. mean time, p. in. same evening, its right as cension was 277 deg. 20 min. and its declination 47 deg. 52 min. 26 se . North, so that it never sets in this latitude. On the 23d, about S hours p. ra. the Comet passed by Lyra, distant afloat 13 mm. at the nearest approach. On the 21th, at I hours, 23 min. p. re. truest' time, the C..met was N E. of Lyra. and distant from it 1 deg. 26 min. 20 sec.— Ihe of the Comet is now towards our zenith." - 7 "—gni 4.444 TIIE.ITRt.S. OSURf.i4l4r. Mrs. Joinair. last night, resumed her favouti'e part of The Widow Belmar, in the elegant Comedy of The IV 411 to keep Him; -she displayed great ease, vivacity, and feeling, in the charming widow, and sang the sweet air of The Willow with the happiest effeEl. She was admirably supported by Mrs. IL SIDIONS. in Mrs. LOVernOre. The introduetion scene between these Ladies possessed great ease sod fine wring, and received the most unbounded ap. plastic. Mr. Waciuonrox is a sensible Me. Love+ snare, but Mr. 1'1.1.1570N would look the part much better. The house was quite full, and displayed much fashion. In the brilliant circle were, Hit Royal Highness the Duke of some, tits Marokinnesi of Headfort, Lady MN. y Taylor, Lord and Lady Holland, Lord Erskine So Juhn and Lady L u bb o ck, an d the H un. Hr. Grenville. COVitiT-Geritlieve. Mrs. Sin notes, last night, displayed her unsi,al.. led talents in Jose Shore, and received unbounded applause. Miss SUITII, for the second time, played Alicia, with much judgment, force, and Jiscrimina.. tion. The play went off with much spirit, and at. trailed a very gond house. COUHSit C. -,.....--. DOVERIDGE COURSING MEETING, DERBYSHIRE. Lord Waterparles G , nunds. This Meeting had not, lA. the Atrium Meeting, to eon. tend with the elements. Though touch of the aUrrounding Cuuntry was ,Ver.l tab .now, the t 0111110 g go , und •al clew, and the d. vs were hne. The hand et re ournennis, and tan wworoMonly Wong. Mauy of the bast Cour.va were un decr.ted Amongst the best old doge of the Me-ting, %Yowler, the biotlier t.. M. Tophani'S Galliard, kept his place, notwith standing hie age. Mr. Mundy produced a very evpiml young dog, gnt by Wander, nut of Susan, Sone bag blood. An invitation eras siren br Lord Middleton, to this Aire Gentlemen, it/ try the %new dog. on and .t Si mit unlikely met the Mahon 'Meeting, in retitoar, may aro sunny rat tbero jwd. erouratorl grey huoi.ds. DOM Jrc OWL'S. Donor Frarcis Willis. so justly celebrated (Cr his success in cuting insanity, cited on Saturday even. ' ing last, at his house at Retford, near Lincoln, ita• the gOth year of his age. A few months sime he had a paralytic stroke, which impaired his mammy arid weakened his frame considerably ; but he was able to gn out in his carriage until within a few days of Ns death, which took [lace about six o'clock us the evening. as he sat in his chair at the table after dinner. He hey lett five sons by his first wife, who WAS sister to the Rev. Peregrine Curtis, of Bun stone, rear Lincoln, and who died on the l&b of Mav, 17 d 7, aged 73 years. The DoAnr then mar- rieci Mts. Storer, who survives Lim, and by wham he has lett no issue t • enemswesre The Lao's bounds will weer, this morninr, at the Two-Mile Brook, on the Maidenhead Road, at ten o'clock. Sir RicKeta and Lady NaAylt will entertain, this Christmas, a idea Company. at Davila. path. The Earl and Countess of FoxYuctia intend re. matning at their heat, Devonsbtre, tn.ul after the Chrisunas holidays. The Earl of Deasy will not hunt ;his day, on account of the ity of the weather. The Duke and Duehres of bv. ALaas's are es- pelted. in the course of this week, at their house, in Stratford-place, from Brightnn. We as• confideatly autucii that the fait Ledo To;only will this day become a Countess in good earnest. Every admirer of beautyand modest merit will rejoice on the occasion. The new tragedy of Rlki•er is said to come from , the pen of Mr. G•nwi N. It possesses great interest, and much nervous and fine writing. Miss Dcmc Poi, Mr. and Mrs. Livros, and Messrs. luci.coor, Mtlsnee, Fussy and Talmo*, are engaged for the ensuiog season at Windsor, which commences this evening. A young lady, in one of the western counties, who baJ been insulted by an old maid in the neigh. bourhood, by way of revenge, one night, pia carded the following lines on her window s-- ,To be let, or be sold, fur the term of her l fe, Elisabeth Halt--ty the Way of a wife : She's old and she's only—ill.oatui'd .nd thin Fur furthtr partict.‘..s, inquire within. The last Rath arrivals are— Earl Camden, Lord Ogby. Lard .1. Thynne, Lord No,th land, Lady De Clifford, Lay Itoieberry, Lade Catharine Rorke, Lady Lorna Lenox, Lady Lindsay, Hon. Colonel Seymour, Hon. Mr. Flunks', Rev. ire C. Wheeler, S.? W. _Laughlin, Major-Gene .l ffouret, Li.'utenant.Geore , al Mer. tier lieutenant• Central Villette, Lieutsnant.Getteral Dee pard, Colonel, Mrs and Mas Knot, Colonel T. Y.te, Lieu. tenant Colonel and Mrs. lt.asford, Lieutenant-Colonel Cul. line, Major sad Mts. LOsisol, M.Jor Rainey, laid Major Browne. It is with great pleasure we state, that the hea!th of the venerable Bishop of LONDON is considerably amended. His Lirdship has teturued from Tun. bridge, to Fulham, where he wril reside later this season, than hitherto; as at a certain period of the year he was refularly accustomed to come to Lon. don House, St. James's-square, hut which, this action, %ill certainly nct be the ‘ase, The Kin° his been pleased to grant onto Rico. Ia 0, Earl of Cs.aric aar v, and the issue 01 LIAM, late Earl of CLAric afar. 'his royal license and authority, thst they and their issue may cake the name of La Poet m addition to that of Fogies, in compliance with the will of Deem Puwee, late of Coorheen, in the coustyQalway, 11-q. ; and alo to order. that His NI aviary's concession and decla• ration be recorded in tile office of Ulster King of Arms. On Thursday died, at Ipswich, at en advanced age, Miss Ctaart Rceva. She was !Lief( d•ugb• ter of the Rev. WicLlAw Reeve. A. M. many years Minister of St. Nithclas, in that town, and sister to the late Vice• Admiral Reeve. Id 1;77, do published U. UM, ta : liik B Oro% a AolAteie Of cinutderaWt repute, an several other works dais that time. ~. ~~ huish er 1 Li err, i Aloch gni h Reg Orin Chur TiJ S , tich mitre v,a141 kgr 1-Ggi C ci A nUe lege get irk Yr Er" 1.41 Ou Bras. city. says- L Ullll h