The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-05-22 00:00:00

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YRIPATT- CORRESPOIII DZ-VV.V.
'n the Tagus, April 24, IS*
Tie alarming appreheusiou that was entertained el
the Womb payiug na a apeedy.viait, is diniiinaldng dady ;
4Kah the arrival 4.( oar brave fellows from your sod, to-
'lnietathros ate 'ww furinieg of a bttllgni.lf wetnre Sir
ditiref Wellesley, who arrived here on Friday last, its ilie •.
Sarstillaute frigiste, was greeted by the PdArigutiat with
every I.l,;wonstrstinu of joy; and hut foe tit,. GeutraPs nut
aalutiog theta tea his mi.:ilia, tit• illunduacon on the same
evening would have been tours brilliant sod al than tt
was; hut his moshaty, I summer, ereveishal his einbieg a
public entre, eessiegutnit y, all the inlothitunis were not
acquaMted with his an real. Ile departed for Lis army •
the neat 414. y,, after halvah; shewa Mituself to the Portuguese.
The itith I/lagoons are gone to the rritsy ; the 241 brats
of the oath I eri inert, f, Gurriwey, under r..t.i.-4v f the
Matins, came into the Tagus Of-dry, end we hear nt.ve ti tope
are Lusu ly exliected, so that *Filial! be able to oppose a f,,t-
tablable hunt to the veteram of Cuonaparte. which, tott thee
with the state of warfare betweeu Austr4 add France. wit if
it does ton ultimately eusore the safety of Spain and t'uttu-
gal, pr.tract the cum/twit of these countries. Portu-
guese are extremely &Monier. to the English ; and, in a proof
of it, I will give your one instance, out of many, (bat
occurred:—Two women and three children, let b.iGud in
Portugal, several miles front hence (so lung ago aa the tit!, re.
gite,a,t into Spa is J, lout returned to I.ufruu, anti Mot
been taken great cm..•a of by the natives, until the arrival of an
°flit, r, tate of that regintent,aho now enjoys honourable rank
in the Portuguese army ; when, on their apnhcation to bins, •
he endeavoured to procure thetas e passage to Leeand in a
transport, but nut bring at that moment somessful In his
applowtion, they returned to the family of the Portuguese
Gentleman (whose name I tun nut acquitiuted with), turd
remain in Lis house to ibis hour and, mild they can be sent
to Lateltind, will Le take.. tare of A tiolle Maniere of tree
huspitalfty, and worthy, perhaps, of the imitation of Euglista-
SHIP Nrive.—,Ttartieur, Ganges, aed Zealoua, of the line;
Surveillante, Statists, Tribune, frigatm, and Port Mahon,
brig. We have is men, with a Liculeimat, and Lieutenant of
Marines, in Fort Cascara, with a detocloneut of artillery, taut
some Porhaguese truispa. Other ships have seat tarn in pre-
portion, to man other forts us the Tagil*. The Jasper twig,
and eevenal gas-heats, Itt%e ;one ap Woe river 4 coesiderable ,
way, to prevent soy Frehchrnett crossing the Tagus front
Spain. Liabort was.ilturelisatad last night, throw. 1.7• .o` ; mut
ILI.' being the anniversary of the Prince o: Erard
*a salute of at gnats Murdered to be arid from al: the Engirds
mid Portugume ships to the Tagus, and at the forts uu the
river.
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FORAIGING P.INTY.
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At sit early lions yesterday moruisig, the never! Saks in
the Ares of toe nearly a4,itli:llll% 44..**1111 so Chapel... Creel.
Gionieses-111nee, I'ia,lhne, were broken ones, sad their coo-
teat, earritd aw ty. They were the Pounce of Mr. Lewis,
Mr Batts, Air ilarding, Mr. Suow, ant another zeutleman
they contained ample provision i.e a Wthit•greiry dimer, sot
out) for the families but its souse instaa..er f...• a 'singe toot_
patty (tom town, sod .at one iusteitte v., diaper was ready
dressed, and perpared Item Salm day. It is wows 'easy to
coercive lima to describe, the itsa;_patettueat that was felt,
when the hung. y visitors were apprised, no the.r at riv,l,of the
rubbery that obliged them t• gratify their appetite with such
fare an could be causally path .-et up II the a, ighboarimod .
The rubbers effected their escape, without having a clue tal
tees discovery,

The Powerful 73 guns, Cap:. C. J. Jottetrosi r ;
and the Albion of 74 guns, FERRIEM.
on Tuesday passed Portsmouth fur Ate Mitsui.
with a convoy.—They left the Cape oil the
21st of February, and St. Helena on the !nth of
March.—The Alexander left Bout hay on the four& h
of January.---The Cheraw, Captain WAIN.
WRIGIIT, had arrived there front Bengal, with Gene-
ral MnEcoEsit on board.—Ae tXpll iition IVLI lit-
tingont t ere, supposed to be going against the
Mauritius.
On Tuesday a Court-Martial was held at Perts-
mouth, ou John Leech. and Thomas Payne, ittinteta
of the Niobe, for desertion. They were seitteniced
to receive 100 lashes.—Rear-Adiniral Orway, Pre-
sident.
Se►jeaut BEST has received a special retninee to
defend Admiral HaavEv, whust trial begins this
day. The Learned Serjeant has received n fee of
300 guineas.
Capt. WEtue brought with hint ou Tuesday,
besides the four standard French colour., from •
Martinique, the three-coloured standard from Furl
Bourbon.
A division of Marines, it is said, will be establish-
ed et Northfleet, and that en addition of 2.s,cest•
pinnies will be made to the Meriurs:
A put/tie meeting was held at the Town Hall,
Warwick, on Toesday, in consequence of a. re-
quisition to the Mayor for that purpose. Mr.
Hyaena., the Banker, opened the business, and
read the Resolutions; the substance of which
was to thank Colonel Washer foe his noble sod
manly conduct--the danger of the corroptious
which prevailed, particularly in the artily d. part-
ment. under the direction of Om Duke of Yoste.
the late Commander-in-Chief--the necessity of
putting • stop to such proti.esliogs, and that the.
most effectual way to do it was ley a Parliamentary
Reform. The Rev. Wu. Fiseu secreis:ed the Re-
sulotinns, and they passed unanimously.
At un assembly In the city of Lineute, on Thurs-
day evening, the sow of 401. laws ries..d tor i!,,
patriotic and lislinane purpose of atfortling reli.:f to
the B.itish prisoners iu France. The motive of the
assembly attracted a grist number of the militsity
gentlemen at present on duty is the city, and made
it a very plensant and gay meeting.
Ois Thousilliy evening. as Mr. Fonts. the leather
breeches mater, of the Strand, sae returning hume
from Epsom races, in a gig, one of the wheels came
contact with the whet Is of a pot,t-eltaise, and be
w i, thrown out. and his sknll fractured, and other-
wise much bruised. He now lies its a dangerous
state.

The fire, which we stated on Saturday to have
broken not en the eastern tide of the city u:s Friday
night, tomittenced at a sugar-baker's, at Rsteldt-
or.ss, which entirely consumed the same, and
considerable damage to the usijo.iissig buildings.
The flatness Were ostreurely vhdesst fur upwards of
in hour, mid threateneit the nro.t serious ..am.-
sinehees.,ess a considerable time elopers! before this
error I of thc engines.
Saturday, at ueetraquare. Major S— un-
derwent an examination, fur uttering several form ti
cheques on a h:•lkia44loooC i• the city,
.1 nrportang
to he drawn from Portsmouth. The eracience sot
being complete. the Major was remanded fires
other hearicg.
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