The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-12-03 00:00:00

melancholy particulars of the loss of the
bids East Indiaman, on the 40th May, in
. •nd long. 85. 30. East. She had con-

three days with a tremendous hurricane,
the will blowing from all quartet.. Sixty-six pip.
sons who were on board perished ; and only the
captain, the eecotid racer, and oil( of the crew were
saved. She went down PO suddenly, that none of
the unfortunate victims could make the deghtest
efforts for their preservation. The survivor. were
six days at sea, in an oeen host, rod experienced
the moat dreadful hardship. At length they fell in
with the French brig Scythe, bound from the Mau.
ritius, on board which ship they err immediately
received, treated with every porsible kilitheso, ut,d
conveyed to Kedgeree, to which place.,ihe.v,eo
was proceeding.

Yesterday. at three o'clock, n Ciihinet Council
was held at the Forrig ninffiTe, which rea, attended
by the same siiinserous itssembhige of C ihinet Mi-
nisters es on SA 111'day. Tla t wilt; suns.
tnained by Mr. CANNING, and coolinurd in delihe-
rationsetill a worrier to lore five o'clock. The Earl
of in,Eapopi, and the CHANCELI.IIII of the Ex-
CHEQUER arrived iii teen in the inorning•tn attend
the Cabinet, mod left at its breaking up ea their
return.
STocx Exciisswv..-,Consols opened yesterday
itortiing at 80i to til ; but so.pu After it was known
that an express hid arrived Gory Pam, lottiging the
French Funds 871 30c.aosikipanrsh 571. The
fall of the shove fends, at Paris, inYtnestissety eaused
a general mensatsim on she Stock Exchange, sod
many reports of a warlike yeast were si.r gam!.
The Cabinet Council whiclilliset on Saturday,
mud gave orders to arils Docile of our seen of

war, had ■ great iml,rrsa►ou on our market ; but
we am informed that the drpressron of the
French Fund, is entirely r wiu.g to a rcandalom
and Mischievous report in the French Papers which
arrived yesterday moraiug, that • first-rate broker
on the Stock Escharige had Guild, •f the name of
E--, and another of great repair, and two others
were sent to gaol ; aka, that our Stack Erfchagge
was shut up. It was seining dry at Paris in the
Foreign Securities. No doubt ttie -above Parisian
rumour was a ►usse-de-guerre. played on the Eng-
lish party in that capital. Console at the close
were 801 for the Account ; for Money, 80111.
FORSIGN MARKET —This ntatket, by the seri.
sal of the Express from Pans, has also experienced
a depression, and all Foreign Funds were rather
lower yesterday morning, nod the market appeared
heagjr. New Spanish Bond* opened lag morning at
58, afterwards fell to 571, and the above market
his not yet recovered how the severe shock it felt

on Saturday las:, owing to the immense failure,.
winch, we are happy to say, was not so on the set-
tling day at the Stork Ex;twinge, as we understand
nut one default of any coniequence took place.
F0R1211914 FUNDS IfitsTRIIDAY.
French lb per Cm's... 881 f. Spanish New Scrip..su
Exchange. Set 4U e Prussian
25 f. 50c. Prussian, 1822
Russian 6 per Cent. .... 82 °mulish in £ sterling 9O
Exchange 1120. per rouble. Dille in Marcy Banes.. 811
&Ito Metallic . B2 I Colombian 111 per Cents. 791
Russian of 1825
Neapolitan 5 per Cent.,.76 American 6 perCeuta. 95 PS
Ditto scrip of 1822... ; Dilto S per Cents.
Austrian 5 per Cent..... 85 alto 3 per Cenis. ..... 701
Spanish of 1821 574111 Ditto Bank Skates 211.105.
Peruvian

By the Blucher parker, which arrived nn Satur-
day from the Mediterranean, Gibraltar Papers to
the 13th November have been received, from which
we extract the following
SARAGOSSA, OCTOBER 24.

We have received the followiog frosts the General eq...
roatidiug the Slath Military District :
Head-quarters, Sos, October
Accordior to accounts I bare eret ived, the enemy I was in
pursuit of. and who the day before crafted Lunibicr, divided
yesterday into three bellies, taking the ditestiou of the
Pyrencea, in N re.
During t►e absence of the forces which I have brought

with me from the banks of Cities, Halosixa, with his insist,
arms, has appeared before Tanowito ; sad those from Om
garrison of Meq base extended towards Scow.
SEVILLE. NOVEMBER 2.

The General commanding the !lib District stain from
Badajos, under date '26th of laq month, that Lieut►nant-
General the Count of Carthago,* has been arrested in La
Zama, near Piacenza, and would be sent to Madrid sober a
proper escort.
The East India Company's ship Sir David Scott
arrived in Bengal the 45th May. The Bakurcat
had previously arrived there.

Tile Duchess of Athol arm") at Nladras the 14th
June, and was to proceed on her voyage to Bengal
on the r.llowing morning.
The London arrived at Madras the 6th July.
The Thomas Count and Witham Furilie were

pected to sail from thence for China :u the liith
July.
The General Hewitt, outward-bound, put into
the Cape on the Ist October.

Chichester is to become a bonded port forthwith.
Negociationn are on foot for the purchase of some
extensive premises for a government tAtne, and the
proper custom-houre officers are now at Portsmouth,
for instructions in this new branch of dory.
Sir WILLIAM KNIGHTON, the present favourite
at Court, attended the Marquis WELLasuliv, as
domestic Physician to Spain, by which he lord the
foundation of his future fortune, slid on the return
of the Marquis, who was then in great fivr,ne
with his MAJISTY, the Knight was strongly recom-
mended to Ion), and was moon afterwards iiii.intt.i
Physician in Ordinary. The presenCLord Lieu-
tenant of Ireland is reported to owe his recent .iii-
vaneemeut more to the persevering influence of !•!1-
irVI Wall KNIGHTON than to any love or affeciion
entertained towards him by his Majesty's Minister.,
although a Noble Relation holds • distingui.hed
post in the Governmeut.—(ll7oraing Cironick.)
We do not credit the report that the House of
CATIENDIgH supported the interest of Lord 11Eit-
VEY for the representation of the University of
Cambridge, in op ition to Mr. SCARLErr. %%e
know that Lord' lOll CAVIINDISH end the
ITI
Duke of DONSH I are both on the Continent,
ii
we believe in Italy, and that the two eldest ions of
Lord GEORGB are at Brighton. We have consi-
derable doubts if either of them gave a vote agcilst
the Whig Candidate.
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