The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-09-26 00:00:00

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. By the glees ffigate, !strived this morning from
,Teetola, wlLlearn the riling of the homeward-
" troth from theme* on the 3d inst. consisting
. tlodlt under convoy of the Agamemnon and i
Orb, - Admiral Cochrane, for their promaion, in rt.
. Ike NardblakrlaNal, with the klephant and Canada, wt.
homeward-
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and four frigates, sailed with them, and would see rem
them far to the Northward. and
Sir Richard Strachan's squadron, consisting of with
the Cesar (flag-ship), Relleisle, Terrible, Ifellona, i 4 r
Audacious, Montague, and 'triumph, of the line ;
the 22
and Melatoptu and Decade frigates, sail from Car-•
an the
lisle Bay this day. They have been constantly em- Govern,
',hayed, since their arrival, in receiving stores and ships.
provisions, and gave an unexampled instance in We
watering, having completed 1101 tons in 72 hours.
canto
The Admiral seemed particularly anxious for the Oue'
ships to weigh, and visited each to hasten them ; Go
and it was imagined that he had received some
intelligence by the Circe, which occasioned the f
great bustle that has prevailed all the morning.
This, however, is all conjefture, although some ac-
counts have been received in town through other
channels, that Almantz's squadron, which we
lately stated was expefted at Martinique, is mo-
mently looked for there, advice' having been re-
ceived by Villiret of their having left Toulon on the
20.11 June, for the purpose of forming a ju,ltion
with Guillumais. off the coast of America, as they
insinuate (no doubt as a stratagem to mislead our
cruisers), although there is much reason to believe,
that not only Almantx is expelled at Martinique, but
the return of Guillomais also ; it being understood
hew, that moorings have been Laid down in Fort
Royal Bay for a large Sleet, a general requisi-
tion of bread imposed on the bakers, and consider.
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able depots of provisions formed for them.
General Bowyer, Commander of the Forces, yeli
terday visited Sit R.. Strachan, on board the Caw. I
and was received with every attention due to his
rank.
GRNFRAL MIRANDA.
'Accounts received here from Trinidad, yestorrlai.
inform us of the sailing from thence, on the 24th
ult. of this bold and enterprising Chieftain, on his
long-projefted scheme of revolutionising South
411teriya. by breaking the yoke of Spanish oppres-
sion in that extensive and valuable coentry. His
form has been considerably augmented sat Trinidad,
where, besides upwards of 300 Voluntmts who j,,in-
ed his Standard, he obtained several lesperiencesl
Officers, and carried on such a communication and
intercourse with hit adherents on the Main, as give
sanguine hopes of his ultimate and ample success
Miranda has assumed the title of .. General in Chief
OM. Army of Columbia." and issued all his com-..
missioos under it. The British sloop of war, Ldps
and brigs Express and Attentive, with the Prevost,
Tittaantbirse, and Trimnstr schooners, and three gun-
boats, constitnte his naval force ; and when the last
accounts left Trinidad, they had arrived at Calera.
within the Gulph of Paria, from whence it was 1
thought Miranda would march across to Comma.
and from thence to Barcelona, expelling the coun-
try
through which he passed to joiii him, as be was
assured of their being well affesiled to his cause, and
was anxiously eapotled at Caraccas.
ALGUST 16.
His Majesty's brig Obseroateer, Captain Crafton,
Ammon days from Bermuda, strived here on
Thursday last, and from intelligence received of an
.Atnerican brig which she spoke, gives some hope
that it has haen reserved for the goad fortmie of Sir
John b. Wariensaia triumph over C;uillomais, and
check the young asiiiant, Jerome. This American
iMaxmad, that on the 26. h ult. ten leagues to the
Southward of Bermuda, he fell in with fifteen sail
ad the line. apparently in two divisions, under a
'great press of sail, standing to the Northward ; that
two frigates hauled out from the sternmost division
In chase of him, but that as soon as he sheaved his
colours, they retained into the fleet. This he stared
to have happened four days previous to his speaking
the Observerenr, and was confident of the number
of ships of the line. whidi, :hough in two divisions.
were not far apart, but he could not distinguish
of what nation they were.
From the corresponding numbers of this fleet
with the hostile flying and Fursuihg squadrons ; the
period at which they are stated to have hem seen ;
their position, and appealing in two divisions, as
far as any reliance can be placed on American ve-
racity, all tend to favour our uniform opinion that
the enemy could not ultimately escape; and we
may now fairly hope, has rewarded the vigilance
of a gallant Officer who has so clo-ely pursued him.
It has been comnmv.ic.tted here from St. Lucie,
that a rcr,rt, corroborative of what we stated on
the '2d instant, cl an aClion having taken pace on
Point Espasfa, in the neighbourhood of St. Do-
mingo, bc.,veep a British and a Frencl. squadron,
has been is c.aved at 11Iarti:,ique, from St. Thomas,
but not in a swore autliciitie share, although it is

it
generally credited. As late eslhe 10th inst* t,
does not appear that thet * ezra, as has book r•T
ported here, any freskna I eat Mania }w 1.
ilk is the return of Giallchseis tensed of.
An arrival this morning from Dominica, informs
of the capture of the ships Afgsrune, Rat Ford ;
Britannia, Nicholson; and Johanna Charlotta, Bor-
rowdale, from London, bound to Surinam. They
were of the Alexandria's convoy, but had parted
company, and were proceeding to the Southward,
and arrived off Marawiny River, when they fell in
with the French privateer schooner Pune Addle, of
14 guns, and 123 men, which captured them on
the 22d ultimo, and carried them into Guadaloupe
on the Ist instant. The Neptune was laden with
Government stores, and they were all valuable
ships.
We are also informed, by the same arrival, of the
capture of the ship Doke of York, of this port, from
Quebec, bound here, which arrived at Basseterre,
Guadaloupe, on the 4th inst.
Thus, while we are anxiously expelling the de-
feat of the enemy's fleets, his petty privateers are
despoiling our commerce !
THE BRITISR 1113.E$S.

LONDON, •
FRIDAY, Szeraresett t 6.
An Evening Print of yesterday, hostile to the
present Ministry, in the rage of disappointment at
not seeing any of its patrons noticed in the nes,
arrangement, gave vent to its spite in the fol-
lowing paragraph—" It is said that the Duke
of gebrolo has been recalled from the Go-
vernment of Ireland. His Grace was sent
at the special desire of Mr. Fox ; and his recal is
another symptom of the declining influence of the
FOILITES." A more gross, or a more malicious
misrepresentation is scarcely to be found in the
columns of the Paper to which we allude. The
Duke of BEDFOIII3 was not sent to Ireland " at the
special desire of Mr. Fox ;" nor is his recal, sup-
posing it a fa& " a symptom of the declining influ-
ence of the Foxier's." Among the vatious ohjels
which occupied the enlightened and liberal mind
of the late Duke of BEDFORD, it WAS his wish, in
case of a change that should bring his party, that
is, the Faure party, into power, to be placed at the
head of the Government in Ireland. In this in-
tention he was not influenced by the rank, the
salary, or the patronage attached to the office.—
His fortune and his tharaCter placed him far above
the suspicion of any such unworthy motive. His
ohjeet in preferring that situation was the most
disinterested and laudable that could imluence the
mind of man. It equally evinced his humanity as
his patriotism, and was equally creditable to his heart
and his head. His attention had been occupied by
internal policy, and particularly by agricultural
study, in an extraordinary degree; and he hoped
and flattered himself, that as Viceroy of Ireland, he
mild serve his country and mankind more eft
ickntly than in airy other situation; that ba
pasessed that knowledge and temper of whieb
Ireland was must in need ; and should hi
able to impart to it the benefit of all those ht.
;mat improvements, to the study and experi-
mental
praftice of which, his life and fortune
were devoted in his native land. 'I his is well
known in the wide circle of his Grace's friends s
and it is equally well known, that it has been
the ambition of the present Duke of Br: rote
to tread in the footsteps of his honoured and.
lamented brother. AU the plans and improvements.
in which the late Duke was engaged at the tiros
of his death, the present Duke has pursued,
to the full extent of Isis means, as a man whose
pride and ambition, combined with fraternal affec-
ting', and a pious regard for the memory of his
deceased relative, to complete what he had devised,
ant to resemble him in his ptinclples, his purseits,
and charaCter. In short, it has beery his wish to
identity himself with his brother; tas.' diminish, as
far as in him lay, the loss of his brother ; and fill
up the precise chasm which his death had left
in society. With this view, and in purse rote
of this system, the Duke of Breironts tore him-
self from his country and friends, and accepted
the Viceroyship of Ireland. He was not sent there
at the special desire of Mr. Fox, nor is his recall a
symptom of the declining influence of the Fox-
1T15.--He went there from tespeel to the memory
of a lamented relative, as the a.lniinistrator of his
last hopes and wishes, and in discharge of a sacred
duty ; not for the love of power and patronage, or
any objett of ordinary ambition. Since his arrival
in Ireland, he has direded the public mind to inter-
nal improvements and agricultural pursuits. He
has endeavoured to disseminate and inculcate the
principles and feelings of himselt and his lamented
brother ; and having thus discharged the duty which
be owed to that relative, he may naturally wish now
to return home. We were early apprised of the
motive and purpose for wh;:h he went to Irelenda

and were or course prepared t 3 hear that be.welltd
:If tape Totilowayin that country,. His speedy
.reliorn!bas court* been anticipated for sonie
titre ranettlong befAre the death of Mr: Fox; he
understood that his Grace might soon beexpeEled
here. The Duke of lieoro xis may be upon his re-
turn to Englund ; but, if so, we are cortiJent that it
is his own choice, aid that he has not been recalled
in consequence of the declining infiiicnce of the
F..xtxtr. It is wurthy of the Jacobins to
find out
such an unworthy motive fot the Dii:ze of Bsotcrun's
return to England. It has been their labottr and
study to endeavour to sow dissension among the
Ministry, and to abuse the public mind with
the absurd and ridiculous notion, that the death
of Mr. Fox, like the death of Mr. Prtr, had
extinguished his party. The new ministerial *ar-
rangement we thought most have deterred the
most consummate audacity from even insinuat-
ing such an idea—They must he most ob-
stinate in error, or have faculties of a most
perverse and extraordinary nature indee who
can see a decline of the Foxyre party, in the
appointment of Viscount Howie to the place
of Secretary of State for the Foreign Department ;
and the admission of Sord liot.i. AN n into the Ca-
binet, with the Privy Seal. With such broad and
strong fiats before them, the British public arc in no
great danger of being misled and abused by the
impotent malice and shallow ObSiTVALiUGIS of a venal
and selfish print.

The Expedition for Sicily remained still at. Pl-
ymouth on Tuesday ; and though the wind was suf.
ficiently favourable to carry the transports down
Channel, and the signal tor sailing was flying at
the Admiral's masthead, not an anchor was weigh-
ed, nor was there any preparation made for putting
to sea. An order was also received at Portsniouth,
on Tuesday, for the recall of the KIN o's German
Legion, which sailed from Spitheaci on Sunday.
This relaxation or pause in our warlike operations
was eagerly seised upon yesterday, and construed
as a pacific symptom. A report was circulated
that Prussia had settled her dispute with Fiance,
and that all idea cf a Continental war had vanished.
The Funds, in ennseqiience, maintained a height
which the news recently received from the Conti-
nent, did not justify. Tile 07171:1USI: left off at 74,
and the Consols at 631.
Some intelligence however, was, we believe, re,:
ceived in the course of yesterday, from Holland,
encouraging the idea of a reconciliation lietwed
France and Prussia. •
-.VeJave received Dutch Papers to thW 20th.
They announce military movements, all in- 1
dicative of immediate war between France and Pt us.
six. The surrender of Cattaro to the French i;
again mentioned, but the report never was intitlel
to less credit. •
We may }tautly eerie intelligence of the arrival
of the homeward-bound Leeward Island Fleet.—
The Neeitellss, V iicttrat, from St. Vincent's, is ar-
rived at Briaol Sbe parted from it on the 18th
instant, in lat., 51. long. 16. in a heavy gale of wind
and thick weather.
The reinforcement destined for Buenos Ayres
consists of the 36th and 88th regiments, now em-
barked at Spithead. They are to be convoyed by
the Aides', of 64 guns, Captain Dotsxxxv, and se-
veral other vessels. •
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Mr. WAGST•Fr. the Messenger, received yester-
day orders to hold himself in readiness to set out
for Vienna.
Admiral Louts, who sailed from Plymouth some
time ago, for the purpose of intercepting Admiral
V ii.i.xnublEZ'S Squadron, on the supposition that it
was returning to Europe, has arrived at Falmouth,
where he will remain till he is joined by the Expe.
dition, which is expelled to sail every day. •
Sir Gamma Ptievosr, who has been sent for to
town, it is said, goes with six regiments to the West
Indies, on a p.m ticular service.
It is not true, as stated in a Paper of yesterday,
that Mr. lotlNson, the Messenger, arrived on
Wednesday from France. •

minster is expeifted this day at the Crown and An- I
chnr Tavern. We understand it is Mr. P•uLL's in-
tention to propose Sir FRANCIS Buiint.iz.
His MAIISTY S ships Thalia, Plenum, and Ca-
milla, bound to Newfoundland, &c. were well on
the ltith inst. in lat. 47. 46. N. long. 31. 29. W.
wilt the following vessels under convoy, viz. the
Russia ComPanY, David, Commerce, Hippacampte, Ro-
bert, 7ositti and Mary, lembistro, and the Waissi.
The Neptune, RE/FORD; Britannia, NICHOLSON ;
and Johanna CAariotte, llualowna LE, from Lon-
don for Surinam, were captured off Stiritem,on
Nu 22J July, by the Pune Alen' French privateer,
of 14 guns, and 125 men, and carried into Guada-
-I,ht).se.
The Date af reek, from Quebec, for Barbadoes,
is captured and carried into Guadalonpe.
The Argo, Thompson, from Liverpool, is lost on
the coast id Africa.
The ilarriat, Tt10114,1014, arrived at Lancaster;
sailed from Demerara on the 'l6th August, in corn-
pany with the Ari”dae, WATTS, for Greenock, and
parted on the 12. h Sept. in lat. 45. 21. N. inn.
S. ss. W. On the 14:h, fell in with the Ama &sod
Ah", from Trinidad, for Dublin, in lat.
' 47. 61. lon. 97. 43. ; she had parted horn the fleet
on the 10th—then all well.