The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-04-26 00:00:00

NNW. INTELLIGENCE.

POSTSI4OI.:Tif, APRIL 23.
Remain at Spithead, his Majesty's ships Gramput,
of 5) guns, Admiral Lord Gardner, and Captain
Cauifield ; Ravel, of 74 guns, Captain Williams ;
Excellent, of 74 guns, Captain Nash ; Puissant,, of
74 guns, Captain Bowen ; Calcutta, of 56 guns,
Captain Woodruff ; L., Sybille, of 41 guns, Captain
Adam ' • Ataxia, of 40 guns, Captain Oswald ;
Thalia, of 38 guns, Captain Moncur ; Aisle, of 3ti
guns, Captain Wolfe ; Regular, of 44 guns, Captain
Presland ; Expedtiqn, of 44 guns, Captain Wilson ;
Attrora, of 28 guns,„Captain Malhon ; Allignfor, of
26 guns, Captain
Captain Taylor ; Arrow, of 30 guns, Captain Vin-
ce:a ; and Penguin, of 18 guns, Capt. M'Farland.
In the harbour, his Majesty's ship G/adiai/r, of
44 guns, John Holloway, Esq. Rear Admiral of the
Red Squadron, and Lient. Connolly ; Royai Serve-
regn, of 100 guns, Capt. Curry ; Bri.'annia, of
100 guns, Capt. Kittoe ; Windsor Cattle, of 98
guns, Captain Durham ; Endymion, of 44 guns, the
Hon. Captain l'aget ; La Tope e, of 33 guns, Capt.
Lake ; Galatea, of 32 guns, Captain Heathcote ;
Eurydice, of 21 guns, Captain Malcolm ; Ckichester,
of 44 guns, Captain Spear ; and Starling, of 14
guns, Lieut. Guyon.
In Dock, repairing and fitting fur commissioning,
his Majesty's ships Queen, of 98 guns ; Bari/cur, of
98 guns ; Ajax, of 80 guns; Montague, of 74 guns ;
Scaborte, of 38 guns ; Pbenix, of 3ti guns ; and
Decade, of 3ti guns.

APRIL 24.
Remain at St. Helen's, his Majesty's ship Am-
phion, of 32 guns ; and Pigmy, of 14 guns ; and at
Spithead, his Majesty's ships as before.
Majesty's ship Calcutta, of 56 guns, Captain
WHodriff, has fired a gun, and ir.ade signal for
sailing, but will not yet be able to proceed to sea,
as it has come on to blow strong a: W. by N.

DOVER, APRIL 24.
Arrived La jam Eugenie passage-vessel, Capt.
Lamy, withhis Excellency I.e Chevalier D'Anduaga,
the. Spanish Ambassador, and suite.
The Express packet, Capt. Dell, sailed last night
in great haste, with Mr. Shaw and Mr. Dressing,
King's Messengers, with dispatches ; also the 'luck.
land packet, with mail and passengers.
Sailed this morning, the Brit;th Fair packet, with
his Grace the Duke of Bedford, suite, and Sir
Charles Featherstone.
Arrived the Perfeß Unhn passage-vessel, with
Lady Elizabeth Foster and family ; the Rcnommie,
with Lord Mcntague, Sir Charles Douglas, lid
Lord Ancram ; and the ilwo Friends, Gillutt, with
Colonel Phillips, and Lieut. Charles Rooke.

BERIVICK SECOND ELECTION,
TO& TUE PRESENT SESSION OF PARLIAMENT.

On Monday s'ennight at an early hour the gentle-
men were on the bench and after the customary forms
Col. Hall opened the business by addressing the
Burgesses at some length, upon the conduCt of his
opponents in depriving him of his seat for the ob-
servance of a custom which had been pradised up-
wards of forty years in the Borough at eledions, viz.
issuing tickets of entertainment during the canvas :
and because some of the Freemen, instead of spend-
ing them in public-houses, had, perhaps, purchased
shoes and stockings for their families. He also
stated, that many of the Burgesses who signed the
petition against him, adually did not know what
they were signing ; but though he could not sit as
Member at present himself, they might always de-
pend upon every exertion of his for the good of the
Corporation, and begged to offer a Gentleman for
their choice, Mr. Sitwell, who said a few words.
Mr. Fordyce next addressed the Freemen, and at
some length also lamented that, by a political jug-
gle, he bad been deprived of that satisfadion which
he had flattered himself would have continued dur-
ing the remainder of his life; hut, mortified as he
had seen, his fellow. citizens of Berwick might al-
ways be assured of his gratitude for the honour they
had done him, and had no doubt of their support
when he presented to their choice a Gentleman so
respedable and gallant as Major Allen ; who said,
that if he was so firtunate as to be eleded. every
attention would be given by him to their interests.
Sir John Callander was nominated by B. R.
Grieve, Esq. and seconded by ('ol. Forster, who
recommended him as having served them faithfully
two successive Parliaments, and hoped they would
chew their independence by making him their choice,
and that they would prevent themselves from being
bought, sold, or transferred.
Sir John Callander said he offered himself as a

plain independent country Gentleman, unconnected' I
with any party, a firm friend to his King and Coun-
try, and eve!), thing dear to them ; that he had
done his utmost to serve Berwick during the time
he had the honour to represent it, and no instance
could be adduced where application had been made
to him by the Burgesses, either colleElively or in-
dividually, that he had not served them to the ut-
most of his power.
Colonel Ord, in a spirited and manly speech of
some length, vindicated his character from some
aspersions of the opposite party. An unjust opi-
nion, he said, had been propagated that he was an
enemy to their rights ; but he begged to be heard
while he declared there was not a person on the
bench that would do more for their just rights than
himself. He would not follow the disappointed
Gentlemen through all their moanings and lamenta-
tions for their loss, but would recommend Sir John
('alhwder as a gentleman worthy of being a Re-
presentative for the town, and intreated them to re-
sist the attempt of one interest to send two Members
to Parliament, or else they would prove themselves
to be a completely enslaved Borough.—Repeated
and loud interruptions were made during Mr. For-
dyce and Col. Ord's speeches, and a warm alterca-
tion took place among some of the Gentlemen on
the Bench.
On Tuesday evening, about an hour before the
close of the Pull, the Mayor proposed to adjourn
the Court till next day ; but to describe the clamour
and uproar this'produced is impossible. The friends
of Mr Sitwell and Major Allen were loud for the
poll to proceed, as were those of Si: John Callender
for adjournment. The poll was at last suffered to
proceed, and about six o clock finally closed, when
the numbers were, for Francis Sitwell, Esq. 341—
Alex. Allen, Lsii. 31 a-Sir John Callender, l-Lrt.
306. The two first grau.e:acu %ex,: of rouse le-
, clued JuZ j elekit J.