The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-02-08 00:00:00

As they were severally called to the box, many of I
them were challenged, on behalf of the Crown, as
well as on behalf of the Phsoner, and it was not
until twelve o'clock, that the Jury were sworn.—

The evidence occupied the whole clay. Mr. Ser-
jeant BEST nrade an admirable speech for the Pri-
soner, which was finished about twelve o'clock last
night. The Prisoner's witnesses were then called,
and Mr. Gmtaow was, after they had given their

evidence, to be heard on the part of the Crown.
About a quarter before Three o'Clock this morning,
the Jury returned a verdict of " Gosilty," but recom-
mended the Prisoner to mercy. The Court then
adjourned till to-morrow, when the trials of the
other prisoners will be proceeded upon.

Yesterday the dispatches fur Fort St. George, by
the iValpole tttd Irndisam, were finally closed at
the East India Huuse, and delivered to their re-
speEtive Pursers :
PA.-tenger; per It'u'poie—..Messrs. George M'Kenzie Stewart
and I lugh Scott, I.:Acts. '
Per It'indha•n—Co!. Francis Gowdie, his Lady, and Misses
F.lins and Millicent Gowdie ; Mrs. Jane Duncouie, prat-coding
to her ; Miss Camilla Patterson to her Father ;
Messrs John Mcncrief, John Elgin, and 111011 Lad
Cadets.

Several rumours have lately been circulated re-
specting another application of the I lolders of Uhrriztm
to the Bank 1, ir a further indulgence in the redemp-
tion of the ear, pledged. If any such measure be in
contemplation, it must be confined to the wishes of
a few individuals, as many of the most respect:Ne
and considerable holders of Omnieet, and sonw-: of
the first characters on the Stock Exchange, are entirely
ignorant of any such intention. In fact, the present
prospect of the public finances by no means warrants
that dread of the approach of the payment. of ao
per cent. on the 18th inst. which sonic ill-infornied
persons would suggest. On the contrary, k is under-
stood ghat the wants of Government will be amply
supplied from existing resources, and that there will
be no loan during the present year. Under such cir-
cumstances, it is rather ludicrous to hear of the 'if-
lustily of raising two millions at the present tune,
which, according to the original contract, ought to
have been paid in December. The settling day for
Omniuni is the 18th inst. and that for Coma; is the
25th.

'NY iNcint.e STANDARD..--A narrative has been
published of the movements of the 4'2d Re`,intent,
on the '2lst March, signed A L Ex. STEWART, Major
and Lieut. Col.; JAM s S nit Limo, Major and
Lieut. Col. 4`2d R. I-1. Regt. in which it was stated,
that " the standard was taken by Major STI aLtsc,
who consigned it in charge to a non-commisoned
officer, and that the non-commissioned officer (Set-
jeant SINCLAIR), to whom the standard taken front
the enemy was given in charge, was wounded in the
rear of the regiment, and by him the standard was
lost."
It is said 'that Marshal BROGLIO, now blind, and
ninety-four years of age, has obtained the FiesT
CONSUL'S leave to end 1.. s days in his native country.
On Friday last a Special Jury was struck for the
trial of Mr. PeL.rieit and Mr. DEBOFFE, on an in-
dictment for a libel against the FIRST CoNsus. of
France.
During a heavy gale of wind, on Wednesday, tal-
low, to the value of '2OOOl. was washed on shore be-
tween Dunwich and Aldborough, in Suffolk.
Since the port of New Orleans has been shut, no
American produce from the territory of the States
can be introduced into it, otherwise than under the
payment of a duty of 61. per cent. It cannot be
re-exported, except to some port of Old Spain.
The feelings of the subjects of the United States are
all in arms, to repress the outrage offered to their
traffic.

Letters from New York, dated Jan. 3, state,
" Capt. Hawley, of the brig Argonaut, who ar-
rived yesterday, in fifteen days, from Antigua, on
his passage fell in with fifteen French ships of
the line, and forty transports, having on board
6000 troops, with twelve months' provisions, bound
to St. Domingo."
Accounts from Baltimore, dated Dec. 27, say,
" Capt. Barnes, of the schooner Molly, twenty days
froni ('ape Francois, states, that Fort Dauphin is
retaken by the French from the Blacks, who are all
put to the sword."
The arrival of the brig Minerva was announced
at Philadelphia on the 28th of December. She
sailed from Port Republicain on the 14th. At
that time reinforcements hactreached Port Repub-
licain, under the command of General Brunette,
amounting to 1200 men ; and it was reported that
L'Archave, then in possession of the Brigands,
would shortly be attacked. •
The Gazette of the 3d ofJanuary, says, " 'The
nova, Andoll, is arrived at Philadelphia, in sixteen
days, from Port Republican. A reinforcement ar-
rived previous to the sailing of the Minerva, of
1200 men, under the command of General 13eu-
i.TT t. An expedition was about to be undertaken
against the Brigands, who occupied L'Archaye."
Mr. Jefferson is stated, in several of the Ameri-
can Papers, to have declared, " that he conceived
the conduct of Bonaparte to he incompatible with
the liberty and tranquillity of the world ; that
Great Britain appeared to be the only Power likely
to resist his progress; and that he should not be sur-
prised if it became the policy of America to coa-
lesce with England in this object."
The President of the United States lately gave a
dinner to the British Minister at Washington, to
which Tom Paine was invited.
Three hundred houses, comprising nearly a quar-
ter of the town of Portsmouth, in America, were
destroyed by fire on the morning of the 26th of
December. The loss is estimated at upwards of
.500,000 dollars, and almost every English goods
merchant has been burst out.
The 29th of December was observed as a day of
thanksgiving' at New-York, from being exempt
from the fever which had been so destruftive in
other cities of the union.
The noted Major SEMP LE, alias LISLE, alias,
&c. &c. whose sentence of transportation was,
some years since remitted by his Majesty, on ac-
count of his good behaviour at a mutiny on
board the ship which was conveying him to Bo-
tany Bay, &riled on the 2d inst. from Falmouth
for Guernsey, on board the Three Si4ert, Captain
Rv Etc. Major &mete has offered his services
to the Emperor of Morocco, who has accepted
them.

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