The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-12-21 00:00:00

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
THURSDAY. Dncimusa 21,

Two Gottenburgli Melts arrived yesterday, with
letters and papers to the 3d instant. The King
o SWILDEM is seriou.ly indisposed. From the
symptoms mentioned in The Stockholm Gazette.
h is MAJKSTT appears to have been seized with an
apoplectic tit.

We have received Sythsey Gazelles to the 27th of
March last. They contain a Proclamation, issued
by the Lieutenant-tloveraor PATEILION, prohibit-

with the

ing all correspondence and communicaw..-
late Goveruor limos, or any of his family, friends
or associates. The existence of a serious misun-
derstanding between these two public functionaries
has been long notorious. It appears, that Gover-
nor Litton had undertaken to return to England,
but that he had broken his contract, and resorted
to those improper courses, which had produced the
quarrel, in consequence of which Lieutenant-Go-
vernor PATERSON issued the Proclamation.
His MAJESTY'S Levee has not, for malty yearn.
been more fully attended than yesterday. Before
one o'clock, St. James's Park was crowded with
upwards of ten thousand spectators, consisting of
lathes and gentleines, who formed • triple line, ,
from the Duke of MARLlClllattGiel Gardens, to the
QUEEN'S Palace. Every eminence Anitflaat sae,
crowded with ladies, anxious to have •Teep at the
PERSIAN Astnassanoa. St. James's-street was
tilled with a line of carriages, and a great number
Of foot passengers. The balconies of the houses
were crowded with beauty and fashion, awaiting
anxiously for the time when his Excellency was to
pass, on his way to the Palace. At a quarter be.
fore two, he arrived at the Qugas's Palace, as de.
scribed under the head of The Comte.. in a subset
queit column. Ilia Excellency was dramed•'
in a scarlet robe, trimmed with: rich 'fur.
He wore a most superb turban. Its Excel-
lency's own carriage followed, with Mr. Moaain.
They entered the palace at the gran‘itattranceo-i.
The crowd was so great, it was found' a ,eegeisiiiif•,
precaution to have an additional guard plinzed. to
clear the carriage-way for the Lord MAYOft and
Corporation of the City of London, who came to
present the Address to His MAJESTY. On the
Lotto MAYOR alighting from his carriage, at the
palace-lodge, he was received with three cheers
by the spectators. The Civic Procession arrived at
a quarter past two, and weal away at four o'clock.
The PERSIAN AMBASSADOR remained with His MA-
JESTY an hour. and went away in the same royal
carriage in which he came, followed by multitudes
of people. The Ministers came to the palace at
two o'clock, except the Loan Cuaacettoa, Earl
CAMDEN, Lord MULGaAYE, and Earl BATIIIIRST,
wbo did not attend until four o'clock.—The Park
was not cleared before it was quite dark.
The PERsI•N AMBASSADOR'S carriage was in at-
tendance at the Palace, for upwards of one hour
after the departure of his Excellency. The car-
riage was surrounded by a great number of spec-
tators, who amused themselves with inspecting the
arms, which are a lien couchant, and on its back is
represented the rising sue, ; the whole surrounded
with Rags, with a motto iu the Greek language
on the quarter [minuets are three sabres, fastened
together by the lairs, with a Greek motto at the top.

The Address of the City of London. aid His
MAJEITY*II Answer, are given io our subsequent
columns. It is remarkable for the difference of its
tone from that given to the Address praying an In-
quiry into the causes of the Convention of Cintra.
The present answer states, that the expedition to
the Scheldt was directed to several objects of great
importance to the interests of 1111114AJKITY'll Al-
lies, sad to the security of his damn. .►ns, of which,
i.e regress, a part only has beets accomplished. It
follows, of course, that it has disappointed the hopes
and expectations of the country, and yet His 111/1•
Jam does not. as in the case of the Convention of
Chau, think it necessary to institute a Board of
Inquiry, but leaves it to Parliament to take such
measures, as they shall judge fit. Now, of the two
Expeditions,it would seem that the necessity for in-


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gully was aim urgent and apparent in the present,
thin in the former et The Convention of Cintra
certainly (reed PsKist' from din presence of as
enemy, and as (dr apobject of great importance to
the iutsrest of an ally was achieved, not psetially,
but coinpletely. But the Expedition to Walchereo
. was of no service whatever to our allies. Austria
was lost hrfore it sailed, and it did not draw a
single soldier from Spain. With respect, there-
fore, to our allies, it totally failed. The other
object is avowed to he the security of the British
dominions; and here the speech says •' • part
only" has been accomplished. This part can
only mean the destruction of the arsenal of Flush-
ing, which The Casette of Tuesday boasts to have
been rendered useless to the enemy for the pre..
sent. Now, considering the answer, as it its
fact is, the answer of His MAJESTY'S Minister?,
We would ash, how can this be a partial success
In accomplishing this purpose, we have lost many
vsleable troops, and expended an immense soot
of money; and surely it wilt not be couteaded
that the destruction of the arsenal of Flushing.
for the preseut, has added more to the security of
His MaJerre's dominions, than that security has
been impaired by the louts sustained by fur array.
and the immense waste of public money. With all
humble deference, therefore, we contend, that no
part whatever of the objects of the expedition to
Walcliereu has been accomplished. .

Yesterday, a Court of Directors was held at the
East India House. After the usual forms, the
CHAIDJI•M submitted a Resolution of the Court of
Directors, recommending the dividend from Mid-
summer last to Christmas next, to be 31 per cent. ;
which resolution passed unanimously in the affirma-
tive. The Court then adjourned flue die. At the
above Court, Capt. D. MACDOUGALL was sworn
into the command of the ship Tigris, consigned to
Madras and Bengal.
Of the three East India ships, the Experiment,
Glory, and Lord !Velma, considered lost, without
possibility of hope, the Glory, Capt. H. BEMS,
is supposed to have gone to the bottom. On the
22d November, Me, she was last seen by the
Phenix Indianan, in a tremendous gale in the
Indium Ocean. In the afternoon of the above day.
between four sod five o'clock, the Phenix, bent;
then at no great distance from the Wary, observed
that she was settling fiht in the water, and while
the Navies crew were below deck at the pampa.
iw half an hour the Glory disappared. Beside the
Captain, (who is a native of Norwich, and whose
lady now_res:des there), Mr. G. Caaaxaritoar.
younrst son of Mr. Cataatatituar, of St. Stc-
pheu e, iu that city. is among the lamented euf-
firers.
At-comfits have been received from the outward-
boind ))set India ships, which separated from
theist* iket at Madeira, viz. Sarak
Mama Pitt, Lady Laskiagton, amid Sir Nil-
hams Puheney. These letters are dated 17th
of August. iii lat. 1. G. N. long. 19. W. The
fleet was expected to pass the line the rem day.
The voyage from Madeira had been extremely
pleasant'; the weather favourable, without any
calms between the trade*. Rut considerable delay
bail been occasioned by the heavy sailing of the
Pulteney, which had retarded her coolants above a
fortni t., It was expected that they would arrive
in ." I- In November. The letters contain-
Mg ligeace wore sent off by a ship for
i hail sailed with the fleet. and parted
dribs 17th. The letters came to Eug-
land by avery circuitous route, bearing the Spaoirh
post-marks of St. Roque, Andalusia, Ham, and be-
,ing landed at Portsmouth as ship letters. When
the Braxilman parted company, the fleet had had
delightful weather, the thermometer having been
seldom above 73 in the shade.
The 2d and 3d King's German Hussars were in-
spected last week by Brigadier-General BOLTON,
and it is expected that part of both will be sent
abroad ; the first of these corps still has a great
many sick and convalescents.
The sick in Ipswich and Woodbridge barracks,
who were sent from Walcheren, are recovering very
fast, but generally there remains a weakness after
the fever, which is difficult to overcome; it lasts
sometimes three or four months.

Saturday last, the ballot for the Local Militia.
for the division of Beamed, Kent, took place, wiwa
the admirer wanted for the town of bleirlstose ap-
peared to be 130 ; there were only g 0 volunteers
offered and accepted, and the remainiug 110 were
ballotted for, to make up the 230.
The auntsl allowance for clothing to the Volun-
teer Corps and Troops of Cavalry, will, in future.
be reduced to the sum of iii, per man.
The alterations which Government are now mak-
ing in the barracks at Ashford, are expected to
prove very conducive to the health sad comfort of
the soldiery. The ohm of the barracks in their old
state must be allowed to have had as opposite ten-
dency, on account of the great cumber ippon.
tioned to each room, which. though only four is
number, had yet accommodation for 2000 men.
By the alterations now in progress, it is intended,
'ry partition walls, quite through the building, to
make different sited rooms, to contain from 24 to
48 men, with fire places in each, with a gallery
extending along the front, for a communication to
each room on the tipper story. The whole to be
completed by January, and the barracks will then
contain 1500 men.
The French prisoners in this country. are little
mote than 40,000—the British prisoners an France
are about 4,000 ; but the French. we understand.
in a debtor add creditor account of prisoners of dif-
ferent descriptions released on parole. contrive to
make a balance due to them, when all the above
shall he liberated, of about 1,300 men. Whetlitt
they include as prisoners the Hanoverian troops. as
we knew wan stteriapted on a Gower occuswo, we
have not learnt : nor do we yet know whether Oust
British residents, wEo wear china n, d in FfIIIII eat
the breaking ont of the war, toe to rtc.tre release
from the present nt;tr.eiottion. Their care I.
lively severe and efflictintr, and ought certainly to
receive the atteniteriof (internam ut.