The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-02-26 00:00:00

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LON DON,
FRIDAY. FMK' 'MY 26.

Accounts were received yesterday from Sir
RICHARD STRACHAN, stating, that he had reached
Madeira in pursuit of the French squadron ; but
that on his arrival he found a letter there addressed
to him by Admiral Ducttwoarm, ordering him to
return to his station, as he had gone on in search
of the enemy. Sir RICHARD STRACHAN, in obe-
dience to this order, had given up the chase, and
was returning home.

Mr. SHERIDAN made his promised motion, last
night, in the House of Commons, respecting the
Danish Expedition. His speech displayed all his
usual ingenuity and strength of argument, etubel-
h‘hed with all his characteristic wit and good hu-
mour. The motion was opposed upon the ground
of the impolicy and impropriety of disclosing such
intelligence, and negatived after a long discussion.

Yesterday, on the trial of General WHITE..
LOCKS, Ma or KING and Lieutenant-Col. Davy,
of the 3th Regituent, were successively examined,
and detailed the operations of the two wings of
that regiment under their respective commands.
Brigadier-Gen. I..uAILIEY then began his narrative.
It was rumoured, yebterday, that Do T e
had left Paris upon a Journey to Bourdeaux, from
whence he was expected to proceed to the frontiers
of Spain.
Yesterday a Committee of the Privy Council
met at the Cockpit, Whitelitill, and profteded t.
hear a nuraber of Prize Appeals.
The Duke of PORTLAND is confined with a bad
cold; iu consequencoa Cabinet Council was yes-
tenlay held at Burlington House, at two o'clock,
insteid of the Foreign Office.
Yesterday, the LORD Naxos held a Court of
Common Council, which was numerously at-
tended.
The City Seal was affixcd to the Commission of
Sewers.

The Bill for regulating the Shipwrights' Com-
pany was read a third blue, and passed iuto an
act of the Court.
Petitions to the House of Commons for Bills for
improving Smithfield blarket, and for extending
the powers of the Court of Requests, were agreai
to, and ordered to be presented by the Seism yrs.
attended by the Rnairmiumacka.
Upon a report from the Coal and Corn Com-
mittee, the Court agreed to extend the term for
the allowance of an a►nuity to Mr. Jowl Ittnay.
The Rhine, Captain, FLA, from Hull, which
was driven frOm lielignlaud, in the gale of the
12th inst. returned a few days after, end discharged
her cargo; she was driven on shore on the 40th
inst. but had not sustained any material damage,
and was expected to be got off next tide.
A letter from Lisbon of the 15th of January,
states that many of the British subjects had sought
refuge on board the Russian ships in the Tagus,
not knowing that Russia was at war with England,
that they had been clAimed by the French General
Joao's., but that the Russians refused to deliver
them up.
Sir JAMES Cocasualt will not take his departure
for Curagoss so soon as was expected, being sub-
twilled on General WRITELOCRIS s teal.
Lord CATHCART is to be appointed Gevermee of
Plymouth, vacant by the death of the late Lord
Lase. We hive not heard who is-to get his regi-
ment. _ _

The LORD LILUTINANT of IRTIJ,ND bas been
pleased to appoint Joust ()DEAR% Esq. to the
Office of Accountant-General of His Irla.tasTv's
Revenues of Customs in Ireland.
We are informed. that letters from St. Peters-
burgh of - • ,2,Gth tr'
huh still
given up
them to

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by the river
dirPed

Early morning,
master wheelright, of Brewer's-Green, Westmi..
ster, got up to attend his business ; about seven
o'clocit, when his men came to work, they found
him hanging by the neck, from a cord affixed
to a beam ; he was cut down, sad every means
used for the restoration of life, but without effect.
He was observed, by his wife and children, to nave
been in a low desponding way for some time past.
Subscriptions for new undertakings are the rage
of th• day ; as woo as any concern is publicly
known, it is filled.; the same spirit of enterprise to
manifested is the present lottery by every dais of
subicribr.rs, whether it is for a single .`Share, or
Twenty. The demand for Sha.rs was never in such
request as at the promo": moment. and they 7•111 he
scarce by the nth of Next Mini& HORNSBY and
Co. are appointed to distribute the great end small
Prises drawn the First Day,to all those who tumour
them with their counnands.

if the 26th ult. (N. S.) state, that the Eng-
II
remaining in Russia have by no means
ip the hope of Keceiving passports to enable
return. ,
letter from Algiers. of the CIA December,
ars, that the Das wetkthen on the eve of de-
war against France. * had positively re-
to deliver up the primarily., claimed by the
as inhabitant* of Genoa* A frirate fres
under the command of Ad iral Lord Col.-
one, had arrived at Algiers *th dispatches,
tents of which had not transpi d.
are sorry to announce that 'fixing H.
ORME, Eat. of Arrnatlawaite-castlk. iu Cum-
!, on Wednesday, the loth nutan:, walking
river side near his own house, unfoit,onately
in, and no person being near to give hikes any
was drowned.
y on Wednesday morning, Mr. TairLog.\