The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-04-02 00:00:00

vantage of the diminution of the force iu that
libind, in consequence of the expedition to Gus-
dutoupe, hail formed a plan, in concert with some of
the inhabitants of Fort Royal, to seize Fort Ed-
uard, and excite a general insarrection, with a view
to re-possess themselves of the Island, but that it
was discovered mid defeated, by the activity and
ti ergy of General C•ILSIICHARL.

The SiepplemeNt to the Casette of Sant(lay con-
tains the the military mud naval °peso-
lama ag.tinst the• Itatch Islands of St. alaitin* St.
Ett-tatiiiii, and

The f:nie rah! frigate, Captain .11ttrt.t%in, ha%
captured and carried into Cork, the French ship
Laurel, hound from Bayoseie to the 1-le of France,
trout «Inch place she hail heeii elortzred by some
merchants, to bring home specie and a valuable
cargo. Some of our rt driers may recollect, that the
English frigate, the Laurel, of en inns, was
captured about tan years ago by the Cannontiaire,
after a gallant resistance, and carried into the Isle
of France. The present prize is that identical voi.
sel. The Fad:raid, on her arrival at Cork, was
placed ender quarantine, in con-equetc.e of having
impressed tiorcetteamen from a relabel under quaran-
tine restrictions, the day on which 'she last sailed
front dm port.

The i? loin frigate, has captured and sent into
Plymouth the Navarruis French in:matter of six-
teen guns, eighteen pounders, and 140 turn. The
Rhin Will left in chase of another, off ilspniiie,
',reliably the Lam el, »hi.h has bete taken by the
Emerald.

We have received some more Portiuglic3e papers
to the ldth We learn from them, that a
Spanish force under the command of the. Marquis
DE CAMPO VERDE had defeated, between Mollet
and San Perpetna, a French column from Barce-
lona ; and that AUGERS:AII is shut up in that capital.
with little hope of extrication. The inhabitants of
Lower Mancha were in active insurrection ; they
had killed the Intendant, and other Spanish trai-
tors ; sold they had intercepted the Mail., and
several small parties which guarded the -road he-
tweet) Madrid and Seville. The French, :10 were
in the Sierra, had fled fur Andalusia.

There it no truth ia the report of die arrival of a
French Flag of Trace. at Dover, on Thursday
evening.
In a French cartel, which arrived from Marline
on Wednesday, there were passengers two English
ladies, and two officers, with their servants ; one of
them, Captain Fat.cow 45, Aid-de-camp to Sir D.
BAIRD, is come over fur six mouths, upon his
_ _

MAISSTY"s shin Querrecap, tired, nu the Ist
last. near the Dogger-Bank, the French proistter
Limperatrire, of 14 plan, uud .12 men, Cul her first
cruise from Calais.
The storm that did so much damage at Cadiz,
was strongly felt at Gibraltar. Upwards of forty
vess- Is were driven oo share, lie ir to where the Spa-
nish lines lately stood. One vesml went down at
anchor. The sea was so high, that the wines made
n clear passate over the Devil's Tongue Battery.
The oldest inhabitant of Gibraltar never witnessed
in furious u gale of vino% Tile Simi:lards hating
fortunately driven the French from St. !tousle a
few slays befurc, uo doubt W.'S entertained that the
whole of the cargoes of the ships stranded would
be saved.

It was reported, we believe rrroneon.ly, ye,ter.
clay, that Mr. PEecev•t. had hvlit in his resigna-
tion, and that he is to be succeeded by Viscount
5 I Et.v

The King has been pleased to grant unto Sir
Hai lord Junes, Baronet, Member of the Imperial
Ottoman Order of the Crescent of the Superior
Degree, His Majesty's Envoy' Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia, his
royal license and permission that he may. iii com-
pliance with the desire of Ills Majesty the King of
Persia. bear certain honourab'e augmentations to
Ira armorial ensigns, together with supporters. as
depicted in a patent presented by His Persian Ma-
jesty to the said Sir Harforil Jones, as a distinguish-
ed mark of his royal favour : the honourable aug-
ment mons In be also borne by the descendants of
the said Sir Miaow! Jones, and the supporters by
such of them no whom the dignity of Baronet may
devolve; provided the several armorial bearings be
Brat duly exemplified, according to the laws of arms.
and recorded in the Herald's Office; otherwise ties
His Majesty's concession and especial mark of his
royal favour. to be void and of none eth.et„
Upwards of half a million sterling
et one Banking-home, at the west end of the
town. in a few days, towards the Bridgewater sod
' Seton Canal • for iorming a junction between the
English and Bristol Channels.

%IVEY was restored to his rank by
WOOS of a IN...urinal to the KING, presented by
Earl CAMDEN, al Lord President of the Council.
His MAJESTY referred the same to the Board of
Admiralty for their opiaion. The 'master to which
was a recommendation, signed by all the Lords, for
the reinstatement of Admiral HARVEY to his former
rank, which was agreed to bs, KING.
It was Lord Putman/airs, the Member for Pun.
leiter, and not Lord FRANCIS Ossoans, oho
spoke after Mr. Ron in the debate oa 'Thursday

Triday night. the warehouse of Mr. WesioN,
Wai'lag-Street, wee broken OfWU, snit wished of
upwind' of thirty pieces If supertiue cloth.
An extraordinary_eirewasstaace I.tely hapyv ned
at Hereford Mr. Rev tn. of the tick publics
hots..., at Roe*, who had a home coleu seine weeks
irto, and another person. were eiaiiviling !he sup-
o eil off, eller to ffereford, on Tuesday isiAlst, the
-10th, when the pihioner had reached the third arch
of the briar, over the Wye, he took the di !prime
resolution of leaping into the river. en the unser
Hide, file was aughi by the skirt of the cunt,
which instantly' tearing off, he pion !.c1 into the
stream, aryl his not 'nixe been s•rn. The river
etc dragged ,hr fullowittc snurniog is Vill); and
it is supposed he was drowncti.