The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-10-21 00:00:00

There wee great rejuicin7 :It Lisbon on the night
of the Ist, oo account of the completion of the
Constitution. A motion wits made in the Cones
on the 2d for declaring 1.,i,,1t0n a free port. It was
referred to the Committee of Commerce.

A private letter front Boulogne-stir-Mee say,—
" Mr. Bowater() et:II continues in close confine-
ment, quite en secret. No person has been
witted to see Inn: since the first day after his ar.
rivpl—not rt•rn Mr. HAMILTON, the Vice-Consul;
I have not heard of ■oy thing doing is Paris in
consequence of the letters found with him."

Thursday the bake of M wrileirrni embraced
at Desl on board the John Ahrtd %Vest Indian's'',
for Jamaica. and insmedistrly ailed with a fair wind
to resume his government of that island.

The Prince of Waka, OS, has heed takes laid
Dock to be surveyed, and if found id ■ good state,
will be reduced so a two-decked ship.
Messrs. J. M. MADDEN. J. WiLsott. Eon,
Giles:dint, and ROGAN. Assistant-Surgeons, are
promoted to be Surgeons of the Navyo—Eight
Medical Gentlemen have bred taken into the see.
trier as etosistassi.Surgeoi.s.
Captain J. W. PLUINNIDGE has been promoted
to the rank of Commander.

The Equinoxes have blown with cooviderable
violence in the List week. About 20 sail of user.
chant shipping came tutu Portsmouth from the
Downs, Hozeley Bay, &c. several of them with tha
loss of anchors and cable.. These havi..g been
supplied, and their other defects repaired, such as
were outward-heund were enabled, by a change of
wind, to proceed on their respective voyii4es ou
Thursday.
The Conway, 0. Captain B. Haut, sailed from
San Bless on the 26th of June, for England. The
Glasgow sailed from Trincomalee Aloe 17, for
Calcutta.

On Wednesday the Russian frigate Krwize►, of
36 guns, Captain LAZAROFP, arrived at Ports-
mouth from Croustade, in six weeks, to replenish
her supplies and await the arrival of a atore•ship,
with which she will proceed to California, both
vessels being destined on a visit of. inspection, sad
to land stores, to the Russian settlements in the
North Pacific Ocean. They are victualled far
three year.. It is expected they will sail at the
latter end of neat week, touching at Rio Janeiro.
The store-ship arrived me Ssturday.
The provision made fee the Officers of his Ma.
jetty's dock-yard at Portaniouth,whe were removed
from their situations by the new system introduced
for the carrying on the public service therein, has
been made knowo. Mr. VASS, late master house
carpenter, after 50 years servitude, is super led
upon a pension equivalent to the salary he received
whilst holding that situation, subject to the deduc-
tion of five per cent. to which he would have beets
liable according to the late Treasury minute, bad
lie continued in that office..--Ndr. &unions
GUYER, late master joiner, Mr. WILLIAM, late
master boat-builder, and MS. CANNAMAY, late
foreman of the caulkers, are superannuated upon
eleven-twelfths of their aulary.—Mr. FOSTER, late
clerk of the survey, has retired upon oce-half of his
salary ; and Mr. GRANT, late clerk of the rope-
yard, upon one-thinl of his. The quartermen,
number about forty. discharged upon the late re-
duction. are superannuated upon pensions from
40/. to 801. according to their several circumstances
and length of servitirele.
At Spithead—•lpbigenia, Forte.—ln the Harbour
—Qtteea Charlotte, Handles. Albion. Gives,
Topa:o. Phaeton. Myrmidon.
A letter from Cork Stales the arrival of the Sappho,
18, Capt. JENKIN JONES, to refit, on the 7th inst.
On making the passage round from off Mizen
Head, to Loch Swilly, she experienced one of the
heaviest gales of wind from W.S.W. that the oldest
seaman on board her ever witnessed; the sea ran
niountaitious heights, and was so violently agitated,
that at one time her lee bulwarks were com-
pletely under water, and she shipped a most tre-
mendnus sea. Sect) was her state that it was
thoeglit advisable, fur the 'Vet), of the crew, to throw
all the guns overboard, which immediately eased
the ship. The people and officers at this time were
up to their middles in water, and they were obliged
to stave the lee half-ports to let the water off the
decks. The ship was then hove-to under the fore
and main try-sails. One boat was washed away
from the starboard quarter, and another from
the stern. The *hip was in the most perilous
situation fur some time, and had the guns not
been thrown overboard when they were, and an.
other heavy sea had been shipped, the come-
queuce would hate been fatal Cu all on beard.—
it is rather a singular circumstance, *lnch recurred
to all on board afterward,. that the Confionee, when
she was lost, last year. had three supernumerary
Admiralty Midshipmen on brand. to join the
Brazen, and the Sappho had also three for the same
ship, when she was thus neatly lost. The Sappho
had previously chased a lugger twice, and a cutter,
neither of which smugglers she could come up
with. The Harlevoin has taken a very valuable
prize, of 800 bales of tobacco. The Braze* had
suffered very much in the gale; she also lost two
boats, and was very much cut up. Lieut. Et.win
is succeeded in the command of the ('ante owe
by Lieut. Ait.u, of the water-guard ; Lieutenant
EDGICOIIIIII is appointed to succeed Lieut. A LLB,.

Tun FUNDS.—The market on Saturday was
very steady. and nothing particular dune:—Con-
sols for Account rrre 8211; ditto for Mono,
81/1; Reduced, 8111 ex. die.; 4 per Cer....
991 i ex. div.; New 4 per Cents. MIA 1 India
Moods, 64 pr. ; Exchequer Bill., 6 7; Swell
ditto. 8 9; Long Annuities, 20 11-17 ex. div.
Foreign Stocks: New Spanish, 741 73 ; Neapo-
litan. BO; Russian, 901; Pruasian,9o/.
The Scrip of the new Spanish Loan was brought
into the market on Saturday morning, and proriuced
a very animated scene on the Royal Exchange.
caused by the anxious desire of the speculators to
become purchasers. The earliest price framed soli
a premium of 6 per ceut. on that paid by the sub-
scribers ; but it rose soon afterwards to 81 and 9.
From that point a depression, almost as sadden,
took place, but the premium of 6 per cent. was
fully maintained at the close of the business. The
terms of this loan area deposit of 40 per cent. aed
the remainder in December nett,.