The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-04-29 00:00:00

THE ROCHIORT SQUADRON.

Anuses the various dmitinations assigned to the
Rochfnrt squadron, the Florida' did not pass with-
est notice. The following article gives some con-
sistency to the speculation, although it is now uu-
damned that the Rochfort squildron is in the
lieditervaiseau:••-
OSTRACIF or • &IMMO FROM WAIWISOTON, DATTD

2MOSOART us, TO TRW EDITOR Or TEE BALTIMORE
totem AMERICAS
lIMIMHZOICE is mid to be received by the Executive, of
the of a amber of Preach Otilems io the tern.
MOrisaas. Some time Mom it anasianettl, that them
eets were expected ; it is now said, that the latest 'dykes
Era Goversor Claiborne say they are arrived pie arrival
of Osamu! 31orems hod not taken place, bat sap looked for
ik a few days. His prowess duwa the Rime had bees bat
slow, as Int stopped at several places on' the way. Whether
We visit tar in emisparatisis with ilia oaken already there, is
to hr determined ; it is Sao each to be hared that It
Moms a part of that evident, which Is calculated to Make the
lartitury of the Hubei* States the scene of war, and its tilo-
essmoseut um abject for destruction. Hy moms it is thought
that the tato of Spaie is to be ssbammeat to that of the
Vatted Stabs; that whilst Spain has lts Yin on fhe
thews!, he may aid the Emperor Napoleoa With a detach.
meet of the away of Mexico, fee the subjection at New Or-
kens ; sod with the same army the Emperue wiU "afteitbards
paws% himself of Mexico. The (Wart' Officers now at
New Orkin. may be ou the look out, preparatory to striking
the blow. They may be soastling the people, Mewls' the
approach to Orieun, cut explo,; 11, the route to Ifiezice."

FORE FELL:GEACE.

APRIL 18.
NI • , tiff: Orion and
• . so •nc&aor off Cooenhagen as
C'entavr and Imp!denote. together

strrr ISH !APERF•

ti„ :,t

:•-o or thiee small vetoels will remain 'here

far ti.e wane purposie. The French force in Rel.'
cid in the i•lasatl of i'yea, is tiaitl to cousin of

IL,u!KA Spaniarda, o,oou French, and 6000 Dutch;
• they arc commanded by Ber.iadotte, they seem
to bore given in, for the pre,e.it, the idea of routing
over to Zealand ; indeed it is thought that at this
tnotn. at Tio.iaparte s attention is more particularly
eiv4a4ed in the Soutn of Europe than the North,
and t!oe appeamsive of the English dee& has had the
tit. et of putting ao end to his operations here. The
.retr4 at of Bernadotte from Copenhagen, as soon as
he heard of the English ships heaving in sight, is
said to have been rather precipitate.
GOTTENBURGII. ArATT. 22.
That port of the. Swerhsh army which has entered
Norway. is said to have already advanced seven
Sivedish miles, which is nearly equal to fifty Eng-
lish miles, without mite!) oppcsition. By the last
a'ecounts from Finland, the Russians were retreat-
iwg.the cause add. is not known, but it is reported
to be for want of presidium

APRIL 2.1.

A Courier has arrived this morning finni
but brings nothing new from the anny in
Finland.

The SwecLeh Gol,ertimout, we kart', hog thought
proper to grant its protection to all ships having
BVituh licenses.

17pwards oP9n Itani4ll gun-holds have, during
the lug week, appear...A oft the Swedialt rou*t, near
Strinnatadt, to the no small annoyanCe of that
neighbourhood.

nT0L:41101.44, APRIL I.

His Royal Majcaty received yesterday, by a cou-
rier, the following report from Count Kliorpor,
General in Chief of the army in Finland, dated
head-quarters Pederson. the 31st Mardi

My last report was of the 2-id ism. sod dispatched from
Mime, by Cohmel The sat► t►e army marched
to Patio.; tie 2kth, to Toby ; the 26th to Wire; the 27th,
to Mantels; mid the rat►, to the district of Pederenve...-
The Pre ►ripde has taken post at Jscobstadt, and the
third at Illondby ; the mewed brigade, which, under the cr-
ews of Colonel Adiercrets, marched in the direction of
Thattawagent, arrived so the 29th at Old Cudahy, where it.
►os Mhos post, and Ism been reinforced by use battalion, ass
sjoadrow, and use bauerjoi six-msanders.
Mince 3a), lea repurt, the positive of the enemy's troops

has esisigleit s &Mgt, *LA WM tither tamper tett Of
the mantis which painted the army, and which daily ha-
re:mod oar rear, ambit.' has been seen since a.• left Toby.
• 1.-inter dated the 2:ld, eiwnit Crousteta reported (coin Pul-
,hila, this tare coluiun t.lueh eppotsd• him in Saucaai, Las
directed its march from Crrapis SO Rautalandii. The ohser-
yariuu in my list report, that the lilt useutiu wit br:rada bad
been pursued to Valhi's, applies, therefore, merely to the
cavity's light troops.
Certain nal lugs-nee has atxo bemi receieed, that the en-
lain. %huh inarch;:.:g S.Lricrfira, it. two
dircchog itv march to sad lblt tip: column ti 1.1 di
pursues! Col: ititMicreuts, is uuw imaching to thuola tad
• •.• .

It would therefotte seem that all the enemy's columns are
directing their oal/404 to Wasa. Whether it was their plan
there to surround• lie army, and intercept the comuninica-
lion with neaborg; ilr whether the recta) mean, for the pre-
tent, to confine their °penitents t•t the occupation of that
part of Finland which tic, south of the hoes between Crupiu
awl Wasa, is very difficult to determine. It tray, perhaps,
be owing to a want of provision and forage, or to a defect in
the conception of the original plan, or its execution.
The junctinu of the •Sawsrlax corps is now uo longer a
matter of doubt ; orders were, yesterday, dispatched for
Count troustedt, who, according to his last report, occupies
Uelaborg and Limtsuinrs, to advance to Trantsila, in which
position he eta watch the road from Patina tu Brehm-
tad, and with the rest of hie carps, defend the post of
Lionalings ; the above junction cannot, therefore, any longer
be obstructed by die enemy.
The recruit. destined fur the regiment of East Bothnia,
753 in nniaber, who, cadet the orders of Lieut.-Col. Con-
radi, harehitherto been is Wes*, I have now sent to Ulea-
borg, with a battalitm of 440 young men, who ser:•ed for-
merly as Mariam on board the A'to squadron.
A Rama= Captain of the tarps of Eagincers, who was
rceonnoitrinein the district of Knortanc, has been taken
prisoner by Scrjennt Wargeria, of the regiaseut of East
&Alicia, who was alpo sent on our side on a reconooitring
Arty; I hays seat him to Tauastchus.

M. KLINGSPORS.

(antleyebroghtkereite, tpil 20.)

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
FRIDAY. APRIL Q 9.

The squadron which sailed from Portsmouth, in
the begin tt itt g of February, with troops for Ber-
muda and Halifax, arrived at the former island ou
the 24th last, after the short passage of 40 days.
It consisted of VI transports and victuallers, under
convoy of the Penelope and another frigate. The
troops for Halifax proceed on their voyage, without
going into poet. The 13th Regiment remains at
Bennuis.

We have received Swedish papers to the 24th
instmt, the contents of which are highly favour-
able. An official report front Count lietaospoas,
Commander-in-Chief of the Swedish army in Fin-
land, dated head-quarters at Pedersore, the 31st
March, states, that the Russian COIUMIR which had
pursued the Swedish wary, and daily harassed
its rear, had unexpectedly given up, the pursuit.
The two other Russian columns had also taken a
new direction. General Ku Gerais cannot speak
with certainty upon the cause of this change. He
thinks it may be the intention of the enemy to
march all their columns to Wasa, with a view to
cut off the retreat of the Swedish army to Ulea-
burg ; or that a scarcity of provisions, or souse
other obstacle to the executiop of the original
plan, mayhem induced the enemy to confine their
operatiOUs to.,tlse occupation of the part of Fin-
land South of Wasa. Wan is upon the Gulf
of liotlini:isgaiit half way between Aho, South,
and UleabOts, North, in Finland. The cause of
Cie alteration in the movement, of the Russians
is, we hope, more favourable than any of those
contemplated by the Swedish Commander.—An
article from Gisttenburgli, dated the 29d instant,
states, that s.•corhiug to the latest accounts, the
Russians were actually retreating ; and these ac-
counts, we may presume, related to events subse-
quent to the operations mentioned in the Report
of Ceneral KLIYCSPORa, of the 31st of March.

The Swedes arc said to hare advanced nearly
se English miles into Norway. If well supported
by England, tiley will probably succeed in wre►t-
ing that country from Denmark.

The fear of licing shut up in Zealand appears to
have inducer, BERNADOTTE (0 make a precipitate
retreat from Copenhagen. His apprehension. wire
not idle. The Vanguard and Orion are stationed
off that city. Sir SAMUEL HOOD, in the Centaur,
with several citlicr s easels, watches Ilelsingborg and
that quartet,

Extract eta letter from Charleston, to a Mer-
chant of 11..iier.liool, dated March 19, ISOS :—" Mat-
ters certainly„appear very squally, but rest assured
this Government has no intention to try her strength
with Britain ; we are all talk, but not a dollar has
yet been expended in preparations fora ar. The em-
bargo awl non-iumortation act, so tar as it resi.cets
Great-Britain, ought to be considered as a det laration
of war, hut both these measurer=are much more severe-
ly on this side than they can poivil,ly be with you.
Property, produce, credit, and national character.
arc much depreciated the three first fully Su per

cent. By last read we have a repeal of the non-
importation itet:so ftr av regards vessels which
sailed from this country pret ious to the 14th Dec.
The embargo must certainly be taken off before
the next crop of cltton can come in; the country
will no longer endure the privations it now suffers."

Frota the great length of tne Big, as amended
in the Committee, iutl,oi new. taxcs and
new stamp duties upon ruitititutri, Ile ale
able to gi r only u part eeinplt.:‘• this (1:1.. It is,
however, the 100 A colupreiteitsi% I' otatl the classes
of duties, being the tux on wont..?-.

A Island Mail i 6 univr l:it rah/lout'',
iii 3 4 days, Croat Tortola. the Letter* will be
delivered this day.

It was reported, yesterday, that nn insurrection
had broken oat in St. Petersburgli, end other parts
of Russia. It probably originated in the account
of the cliam•Y in the operatious of the liassian
troops in Finland.
Filthier accounts of On late revolution in Spain
have been received, which cuatirin the opinion, that
it has been the work, nut of Spaui.•h patriotism,
but of BON APACTI:. On the ¶34th last, the new
King, FERDINAND TM: SEVENTH. issued
proclamation, antiounciin; the expected arrival•of
the FRENCH EN PE RIR at Madrid, in between two
and three days, aryl ordering the inhabitants to
receive hint with rejoicings and
t; RAT'S army hail arrived at Madrid the !kith, and
BONAPARTE was expected on the fol:owing day.

A private letter from Cadiz states, that an in-
surrection had taken place. in that city. The
populace attacked all those houses which were sus-
pected to contain likenesses of the Yalrca of the
PescE. In oue instance, a Proprietor refused to
surrender his portrait of this degraded favourite,
and therefore it ails destroyed. The Propr etor
contrived to make his escape from a similar fate.
. . . .

Private letters of the 14th inst. reached town nu
Wednesday from Paris. Gen. A9XSTfOVU still re-
in:ailed ip the French Capital, and he and 11r.
Noun's had frequent conferences together. One
(lithe letters mentions sgetieral report, that a peace
between England and France was actually negociat-
ing at Paris, thmugh the mediation of the American
Goternment. This rumour is destitute of foun-
dation.

The General Clarkson, detained and sent into
Plymouth, left Whainime on the Bth December ;
seven British China slops were tiiete ; His MA-
JEires ship Alodeste was ut Champie, to take on
board the Company's treasure. The country ship
Albion, which had taken on board the treasure
from Whampoe, for the Modesto, alugltt tire jiht
after she had completed it, and was burnt to the
water's edge.

The following American ships had sailed for
America, viz.—
The Toaquin, Trident, -Francis, Henrietta, Fair Trader,
Peasylvauia Packet, Moir guy, South Carolina, 'Maryland,
Caravan, Asia, Dorothea, Hercules, and the Bellaudus.
Left there the American ships:—
Hope, John sad Junes, Williams Bingham, Eliza, Altkant•
opal, and the General Hasiltott.
Four American ships had just arrived.
The General Clarkma sailed from Macao on the
11th December, at which time, two Portuguese
vessels wore ready to sail for Lisbon.
The San Raphael, and two other 84 gun ships,
in ordinary, at Plymouth, are ordered to be fitted
up to receive the emigrant Portuguese from Lis-
bon, who are to have births on board each ship,
particularly those that have families.

A Portuguese schooner arrived at Plymouth, on
Tuesday, laden .telth wine, from Lisbon for the
Brazils, to touch at Madeira for provisions, with
leave from JuncYr, but detained the lit iustant,
and sent in by the squadron under Vice-Admiral
Sir C. Corms : she has on board 24 passengels,
mostly offers of artillery and dragoons.
The Sisson Coe:, Boos, from London, is arrived
at Caracas, after an atigng4lnent with a Spanish
schooner privateer, with /40 men, who chased her
till within a league ut• Curucoa, wlitn was hi at
Mr, without any loss on ho..rd the Simon (Jock of
killed or wounded.

A letter from Gibraltar, dated April 5, says :
" A hundred men, with two engineer. and a detsehineut
a( artillery, were sent yesterday front this to take possession
etas island on the opposite side of the Siieights, mar the
Baehary cow, which has been ceded to us by the Ea:sperm.
of Miorsitco, sod which will hr of the rudest utility in-
checking the enemy's rin•lioats and privateers, and afford-
Mg shelter to our own vessels, particulai ly in bringing sup-
plies from ilarbary, es there is est-client anchorage on sai Ii
side of it, and it is intended to fortify it stroasd). The Elil-
pPror of Morocco is expected daily to drelare oar aga:ust
!tam. and Spain."
Mrs. STEM ART, wife of I.ieutenant FYFEWART,
now a prisoner in France, was one of die passen-
gers on board the cartel refused admittance at
Morlais. Thi, is the same lady who made a si-
milar attempt. to visit her husband on board tile
I::lizabeits, which carried the "'RUSSIAN AMBAS-
SADOR to Calais, but was sent back.

A Fveuch privateer, aluop-rigged, arrived at
Dover or, Wednesday, taken by the Skylark sloop
of war: she was meant as a dere/dim to pass for an
English trading vessel, and has the I:4.se or Dart-
mouth parated on her stern. She had forty-sesen
men on board, each of a horn had t..% o • usi.cts,
and would not sutler the boat of the Skylark to
come nn board until the vessel got up clo.e to her.
The crew of the Skylark say they acre nut to be
quiared by such a humming bird.
At a numerous itiretine; of the Proprietors of the
London Institution, held yesterday, in the 0:d
Jewry. the annual report W.Ls read, by which it ap-
peared, that the library has received considerable
augmentation ; that the Sub-Committee had been
actively employed in ordering apparatus, which are
iu couNideratsle forwanliress, proper to elucidate the
lectures which are to be given upon astronomy, ma-
thematics, chemistry, and the variousother brunches
of natural philn..ophy ; that the Managers had
been 4isappoiitted in their hopes of procuring finm
the Coloration of London the site of Blackwelk
hall, but that they had agreed for the purchase of
premises in King's Arms-yard, Colernan-street. IJ
a report of a state •f the funds of this Institution,
which is worthy of the capital of a great empire, it
also appeared that the P. ,prietorio are possess:4 of
more than