The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-12-10 00:00:00

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The firarlbar;tie packet, nut.t., bound to the
Braids, has retLi.n Al to Falmouth ; she aas esti. turei oq thit November, in lat. 24.
° 23. W. by a French privateer, of 14 guns,
log,.
ters, and titi men, after a running tight
of eight hunrst, and 23 minutest close action; tse4e
killed or wounded. The French Captain #aye lip
the vessel to Captain BULL, after throwing. tl:e
guns, powder, and all warlike stores, overimard.—
She left %ladeira on the t ith of November.

The Cornwallis packet u arrived nt Falinnath,
with mails ITini the Leeward Islands, n d 2 clays
and the Prince Ernest, with mails from JuniCeat
in Z. 13 days. The Cornwell:,•on s4til Sept in lat. li
deg. 41 min. Barbailues standing 83.des. 499ia. W.
"distant tO3 miles, Mas chased by a vessel ander the
Union jack, which, on coming•up with, he baute.d
dew:., and hoisted French colours, hors down nulls
the Cornwillii, and commenced a loves* actien;
the action was rene ad rat he ;at two p.m,
hauled her wind to the Smitnwaril. The packet had
one 101 ill ; the litatt, 411DfAllt:t/i4 and a passeager,
wounded. Vie pockrtreceived damage ; and, on t•
pith, arrived at Ihtrhatleo. Lhi the 2tl of (!vi01..:
arrived the shin r;oetot, Irina Liverpool, iu fort‘.
three days. At seven u. ne. arrived a fleet of sevils
sail from C under eJiivoy of the leaven. 0,,
the 6th, sailed from Barhadoes. November/6th,
sailed from Tortola. At the same tune, sailed the
Jane and Eliza. P/lIINTkIII. from Trinidad and St.
Croix, fur Bermuda.

The Primer Ernest packet. arrived at Jama;ei
on the 25th of August ; on lite 38th the Aldan ar-
rived with two brigs from Halifax. On the
of September, the Prince Ermaf sailed bolo
make; on the 9th of October, at five Y. at. stow,:
a leak, and made at the rate of three feet and a lia:f
water an hour ; on the loth found the leak increive
to seven feet per hour, mod both pumps gong ; far,
the preservation of the ship, crew, and mail, made
sail for Providence ; on the 13th received u pilot oil
board, who ran the packet ugrounill on the liar;
tired several guns of distre,s, and hired lighteri
ai.d men to lightest the vessel ; at noon she floated,
and came to ao anchor off the town of Niusnao. No-
vember p, sailed from Providence, and arrived at
rslianosith on the pith of December.

We have. received Lisbon papers to the 230
of Notiesuber ; they contain nu intelligence. ex-
cept accounts of the celeforation of mass aid
Te Dettins, aithiprocesslons, fireworks, and bull-
fights, for the expulsion of the French. and the
happy sestonttic9 of the irgitiinate Government.—
These papers; Like She Spanish, contain lou4 lists
of the voluntary donations of intlivi leafs, to sup-
plt exigencies of the State.
Sir C. Covros is recalled, anti it was under-
stood at Lisbon, that his Ro:yal I hgliness the Duke
CLAII.ENCE, rio,okt be expected to take tlse cons-
inaud on, that station.

hi the langlane of Ile ass, when the intelligeace
of Lord Commis ts's surrender at York Toau, au
1781, was brought to this country, we may say of the
disastrous news recently received fromSpaio, "The
tale of calatnity is short !" We have had access to
many and various channels of information, all of
which concur in stating nearly the same facts; but
of the details, d des, and other official particulars,
hide is authenticated, and mulch still remains open
to conjectuee. Upon most of these points, however,
even among the ministerial udiocates, far less
hope than apprehension is indulged. After endea-
vouring to enumerate the leading facts, as far ai
any thing like certainty clan be obtained, we slici
indulge in a few brief reruarks.—That Castaxus
has been completely defecated by the superior tat-
tics of the enemy is admitted. 01 PA L AFOZ., we be-
lieve, nothing positive as known. Rum 411 A, we are
assured, had been unable to rally, or to re-assem-
ble any army, down to the most recent account.
fruits Leon. All attempt or expectation of Moose*
ape BA I MD'S junction. seems to be abandoned.. If
the farmer can effect his retreat into Portugal. and
reach Lisbon again, it will be fortunate. But
possess very scanty means of forming an opinion ea
every thing connected with norms', army. It it
unesicumbred with artilleri, except a few light
tiehl-pieces, and wholly destitute of Cavalry.—
Ii an's farces, it is understood, are endeavout icy
to penetrate through Gallic:au, by Oreuse, and ih-
vadavia, on the Minho, to Vigo ; as on wally ac-
counts u re-embarkation at s.:oppinc is 4siclen4
to be (hi ugcrous, if not altogether impracticable. But
it is much feared that the horses must be slaugli-
tcred, and the cannon naust be left behind sed
spiked. To effect their hide arrival at Vigo, or I
put them on board of transports at that port,
generall:‘ thought to be impossible. The position.
force, or movemei.t. of the French in Leon, 2r,,

very imperfectly ascertained. Whether Ysvo:4
Lid been Preupierl by them or nut, We do act
knots. Such stems to be the state of affairs in that
quarter of Spniu.

Tcovrirds Al:Ana, we rear, twitters .re .in
greater confu.ion. Address of the Crotrai
Junta to the Spinaish tianott, dated from Arditiu".
on the %Ist of November, averrts• that the
of "French troops advancing through Coe valve:. of
the Guadarmini—a ridge. of, mountains do%
Old from New Clai:e—hidly amount to
men; but this avnatioti ia.uot wait:est
BosArakss teacugy beler '•