The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-11-14 00:00:00

two of colonial produce into France., front Ilol-
laud. I. annulled.

The Staffordshire ftleeting, upon the Convention
of Otani, having produced a very strong degree
of public expeetariiiii, it Gentleman, employed in
Tug BItiTISH left tows early last week for
Stittfind, to a, port the proceedings of the lileetti.g
for this Paper. •13y this arrnogement, we are eti•
*bled, this day, to lay the business of the Nleeting.
on Friday last, ext LustvaLv, before the imblic.—
In the course of lust week. tile Marquis or SrA r-
roma witiouneed, b.; public notice, in all the
papers, his intention to decline any part in the
proAceedings. iu coosequenee of an irregularity
in the mode of ;Ore:to:mg. the Meeting, with
his sig,natare. The Mations mu! sin friend*,
of course, did not attend ; Earl ST.
who went down to TrrUillitUl Ilall, is the
course oldie week, followed their example; and tyc
rest of the frie.als to au Address, praying ametlr-
cient inquiry into the Contelition of Cintra, did
not consider it proilent to perscsere under such eii-
eu•ii,tiences. No Adders. woo., therefore.inoeed, and
the friends,! Ministers beiei thus lett in excl.:sive
possession of the beta, had an opportunity of some-
i.ig sumo le.,olistious of air advent description.
which were of course carried nattnintuusly. It is
matter of regret. th4t uny thing should have we-
muted to prevent the fwiends to no Adilrass from
couliag forward with their whole undivided strength,
and that the olifect si Id have been defeated by
~ucli nit occurrence; but. ou tbc other hand. the
Ministers liaise nothing to boast of in the
They cannot bolo that the sense of the county has
been token, unit that it is with them. They do not
One their success to their own streug•h, but to a
circumstance which rendered thi-ir adversaries en-
able to brim; for.% ara noire than a part of their
G,nce ; the iv holt.. of i.hirh, ii brou, ht.
fully into itetioa, wo.dil have proce.l v ii•torioas.

The Court of Inquiry neoll att.wit.•
PLC, Will tfii41811.11CI: its Vittlllq, lit Chelsea Co:-
lege, this morning, at elt ven o'clock. Its demo-
tion is; very uncertain. Should tfe Court confine
itself to the points augv,estell by Ministers, it a ill
Dot ezceed n day or two, its we understand they
are very limited. Should the Court taker wider
range, and go into the whole of the !Amine)* of
the Cunv.ittion, with it. comes *HAI et:v.:meltwater*,
it may occupy a commie-ruble lergth of time. !;“
troogly him the public mi.td bet n exciti .1, there
are uo lets than six report. of the trial in
contam-
platiou, by different Repo: ter. and Publidier,
We have made arrangement. to giee the mood com-
plete repot' to he found in any newspaper, n* in
the care ur Gen. Wlt ITEI.OIII r. Grsi. Sir A KIWI; it
WILLESIAX, it Is 51h.,1, will be the non *doe.* reit -
mined ; and it is neolsonred that lie 11/4.1.11* to pro-
pose to call witueasea iu Lorrobw-ation of his te.ti-
loony.

following definition of • Court A Inquiry is
extracted trent Syree's Ali/dory G'oide L Gitrt
of Inquiry is of u vv.!, delicate nature; a number
of officers are asst.-lidded together to inquire into
an 01ficer's srp,onseil niistsehatioer; and I hare
known ',win ordered to give their opinions in
.
writing, to the iwison abo ortierid ikon to
itssetalde, that he may judge, (rolls their ilvter-
tithiation, if there is a suaicient In a.vr to bring
him to a (lenient! Court tiartiul. Tnere i. no
Articte of Wire for this kind of proceeding;
thoui4h it has frequently been c unplained uf, be-
cause the Mciubers are not s,v,rn, and that its opi-
nion may influeoee a Getters' Court Martial, by
pre jug4r4 the cause; yet reason has hitherto been
ithonceessnil its its endeavour► to abolish this bi-
funitahlr enplane of the uritiy."
ti Eis considered a good nut hority, and if he
Iw bnituled in the ir4,ore pre,sl7o., Nliiiisters them-
selves ore guilty of that prristlication, which they
impute us a cruse to the public.

The Lavinia, LorJ Wl►.t.tAM &NAST, takes nut
Lieutennot-“eneral Sir JOWL CRADOcK, K. B.
C•ontm.utdi•r-iu-Chief in Portugal, to ;
MAITLIIOIIA, Den DILOO Da I.A VIA: t, and
Co 'figary-Gruend MUYYAI', and suites, to
Spain ; she likewise takes a million awl :I link nt
dollars to Coruna++, and uteri:hauls' utuuL•y to
Oporto, Lisbon, and Cadiz.

Intelligence having been received of the return
of the trotoporte from couveying the French trn,llllN
from Pottugal to France. orders arrived nt Port.-
month, on AVedneaday. for a cartel to be provided
to take tiencral ItELI.t.NwAN and tune Gum Ride
to 31oriai::. 'flue Lindy. Capt. WtAnta, of Sutith-
umpton, iu couse.inetice. railed with thee► on Fri-
day afternoon.

Two tine French iorvettes, front Bostrdeanx,
urrivett, la.t weck, :It Plymouth, hulen with
claret And flour, bound for the rriief of Mar-
tinique, captor:A by the Indef4ligolds, Captain
I:nun.--tVe learn by them, that lion APACTe. was
ct Boortieottx, on the aoth ult. sending off all tle-
seriptiott* of persons capn'Jle of beat-tog urrua, to
fain the French army in Spain.

The Vktory, Capt. DLAciaLsQUE ; and ( 'calmer.
Capt. W r.st.rr, are arrived at Portsmentle,
the Bultie, to refits—Sir JAM'S SAUNA KI Z stru, k
hir ftig in the Downs, on Leave.—ar SALM LI. I Juni)
gtruik his lag at Cuttessinnsh, and %vat iu the

Arid, Capt. T. MUTE. for Staitaml.--.The block-
ade of the Russian Ica was continued es lung as
t:te season mull admit ; it was judged politic not
to keep them there till they were quite frozen up ;
in that Lase, they would be entitled to coin-
invtice operations in the spin's, six weeks sooner
than they would 4 CronsLudt. into which port they
escaped iu a tictuctulons gate of wind.

It is stated in a letter from Charente, under date
of the id instant, that several American's luoi been
seized by the French elordrninent, iu eninietpiciice
of souse of the crews, elio had been punished by
imprisonment, for disorderly c luct, ha►iug im-
peached their Captains, nod thlcovered that the
ships had come last front Englund.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
having ordered I& Alanwre's lioni-vessel Jury.
to be stittioned off the Seas, to carry it Dinning
light for the safety of the convoys passing or fel11111•
and the said vessel being directed to hike her
bearing* as billow, viz. the Stow light-house to be
brought to hear W.N.W. by c•nupus., miles,
when the outer end of the reef will bear N.ll. by
N. by compass, distant three miles ; notice thereof
is hereby given, for the information of the 'meters
and pilots of flis Nicrissrv's ships, and tine the be.
netit of navigation ill& general. Notice is hereby
also given, that my Lord* Colowissi ~,,, ut• the
Admiralty have received information, that the ene-
my have sle.wit false lights on the coast ot. Jutland,
with a view of deceUitis the vessels iimigatiag the
Sleeve.

A Gentleman. who left Gottenburgh on the 3d
instant, states, that seven or eight vessels it .'e lost
near Ostertrosen, and that by the report of u pri-
vateer, tire or six others are on shore on the coat
of Norway.
The (iertinin papers have contradicted the resort
of the Empresses or jit•ssta hsrin txkrn ati im-
portant share in polities during the silpwiire of the
F.mrximt. The reigning fe.meer..s lives retircit
the Ileiuutage,sudthe LuritEsb MOTHER at Guts-
china.

'I he Royal Westtniii-tvr Aiilitia has marched
from ith to ColchrN:t .

The County of Kent, it is now said, will not
meet oil the subject of the late Conveutio:t tu Por-
tugal, in consequence of Earl TuAN c having ob-
jet ted to sign the requisition to the S'acriti fur that
purpo..e.

Letters from Ifelqinburg •tltte, that the Coort
of Deo atrirk had cospseoted that the I,lalot of Z. A-
land should be occupied by 441,001) Freoch,
that the %hole of the 11.toish arum• bhuuld proceed
to Svain7 _ _

The Govvritinent of Spain having made a request
of a *Akio') from thiv Country, for the Spanish
armies. Dr. JAI Kiitto, formerly of lite I.le of Wight,
has hven appointed Physieinu-ti.nterai to the Spa-
nish annieg.

The American vessels Milani! Tratler,SuccLAirt;
Neptune. O'Cirrou ; Tiro Brothers, GAM:OXL'
Juno, I w Altos; ,41npltiJn, 1. 11.30 N ; and the
Polly, !toter, ere embargoed ut Channite sail
Roehelk—tho Captains rod crews of the two for-
mer %Iliad% are imprisoned.
Coptam PETER lILYWOOD 14 appointed to the
Dunn:al. instead ofCaptain P121.11.41VY MA1.4441111.
C:lptuill M. commanded the men of war, and raper-
int..nded the disembarkation of the unny on the
roaNt of ; he wits, therefore, we sappore,
1),. a principal witness, on the Court of Itopiiry at
Chd-ea.

CiiLad PAIRS, of the Chatham Di vision of Royal
Marines, is appointed to command the division at
ooks:cli. vice FtrtcnEit ; Colonel LElvis, is to
inieci•ed 'Moue' BURN, at Chatham ; Nlajor C•st P•
HF.LL is promoted to be Lieutenant-Colonel of
the Portsmouth Division, rem Lewis ; Captain
Ftntzta it pminoted to be Moior of the Distant'',
'rice Major Boys, removed to Chatham.
The Court-Martial held at Chaliam, on Colonel
FLETCHMR, tounoranding the Woolwich Division
of Royal Marines, upon charges of cruelty nail op-
pression, have adjudged him to he dismissed from
any command in Ilis MA.I ZSTY'S Royal Marine
Forecs; but, under the circumstances stated, most
earnestly recommend that he may be placed on
half-pay; and the Lords Commissioners of the
AdmiruLty have been pleased to order, :e4reesble to
the recommendation of the Court, that Colonel
FLETCHER should he placed on half-pay.
The Court-Martial sitting UR Paymaster Lr.wts,
of the Bth Royal Veteran Battalion, in Partstnonth
Garrison, adjourned on Friday, till this day, when
he Closes his defence.
Major Wilt:TH.o6s appointed Brigade-Major to
General WIIETHAM, Lieuteuant-Ciuvernor of Porta-
mouth Garrison.

The Camilla, Otptnin BOWF.N, was to sail ye,-
trrility morning, uith u con% oy for the Nlediterrs-
nen'', from Portoriantli. La Gloire, Cil!lt. CAR,
Titywr, aill sail on this ettth inst. with the West
India COIIVOY.

A new mi:t seven...regulation n4aiiist the clandes-
tine introduction of foreign tnereliandise is still in-
trailed to Like place in Holland, on the 30th inst.
It is something in the nature of an Eseiste. Offi-
cers. we understand, are to he appointed in every
port, to take an account of the various articles in
the several shops and warelioscies, and also of all
those sold and deliveied. Should it appear, that
there lies, at any time. been au increase of the
stock, the introthsetion of which cannot he sliming-
's(' by legal and snfficient vouchers, such surplus is
to he subjected to confi-cation.
The Office in (Irma (;eorge-street, Westminster,
fur conducting the business of the woods and fo-
rests, is about to be milled down, for the improve-
ments currying on in Witstininster, and the Mime
for that busmen in future is to be irarrieeloa at one
of the new louses opposite the Ationiralty.
The Ilinabarg4 Correspoadentem, in announcing
the passage of a ',lessen'? from Erfarth to Lon-
don. through Frankfort, observes-46 IVe hare rea-
son to believe, that he carries with hint the basis of
the peace to lie Del:echoed, and the generous offer
of the Emperor Atexattore to become the me-
diator between Frame soul Englan4l.—Thus. after
the long and terrible storms of war, the son of peace
'Welll.l to smile attain on humanity. With rapture
stir posterity shall !wain. N AP01.6041 the GREAT, as
the restorer of peace, awl dedicate to him, in the
Temple or (ilory, the-most honourable of names—.
that of Ii e liles„r If Mankind."