The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-02-10 00:00:00

E BRITISH PRE

LONDON,.
WEDNESDAY, FEDSUART 10.

It was reported, last night, that several ships
arrived at Liverpool. with int,..lligutee of
date, from America, Istating, that Congre,
been dissolved. This nteseare, which appears
have been sudden and unt,%peeted, when corn
nicated to the two produced a
ferment and a violent altzrtton, in whit:,
opposite parties were uear couV to blows.
einlvargo is generally considers mess!
the PittslnitnT, and it is suppose bat the
lntiou was merely to prevent any unticati
that act. The party favourable to peat em:cav-
ing the dissolution a tricti to take advantage
them, were of course very violent, and toise Ott'
denounced the PRESIDENT ai a traitor. Such
the report, lust night, upon the alleged Cut'
of accounts ria Liverpool.

An Ertraordimary Gazette au pubilahed,
terd+►y, containing the details of the capture
Danish island* in the Neat ladies, It is given
our subsequent columns.

We have received Gibraltar papers to the
I)eeeinker. They contain a Prochiniatian
by the Governor of that garrison, in which
pareent is stated as a !. critical conjuncture,'
an anxiety is expressed, that the enemy should
have en opportunity to provision his fortresites,
to facititme the operations of his armies.

The Shannon fl-igate and her convoy are
at Plymouth from Madeira. Sir &mutt.
was all well, when the Shannon left the
eri the 13th of last month.

The Courier of last algid, the convenient
of the Tfe•+asury, in its obbervatious est the
of Monday night, says--

" Lord Hutibinson complains of the withal
bees made by the English press against the Emperor
ander: He might ha►e added that the attacks against
Imperial Majesty connuctimad at the time he tra,.
and that it wn made by the Supporters of the present
position, who rupplird.to the Emperor Alexander,
Xiang of Prussia, the appellation of draiken dnusliars.

The Coswierwitut, and his friends, must
pressed when they hare found it ricceaizary
to this sort ofjitstikation. It is well known
Trulliber l'rent, now s zealcus a devotee
Treusary shrine as The Courier, was the
which published this scandal tupou the Emperor
RUSSIA aid King of "Russia. The 7'ritili?it-
Priat, it is true, was at that time a supporter
the present Opposition ; but then -the Cottriermini.
seems to forget the present Oppositien
that time the Mitsistry, and that he also proffered 1
assistance, and was only prevented fee* besumiu:
their champion, by the coutemptuests rejection
his proffered service. We wonder, that when.,
Courierntan thus ventured to reproach the
Print with its shameful backsliding, with this
imitat ion of the Vicar of Bray, that it never,
to him to reflect whether a hole might uot be
in his osvn coat, and whether the flame of his
has been &dirks as ardent as at present.
two Editors of The Courier, for we have more
once observed, that there are in that establr
twoKiugs othrentford, both smelling to
gay, one of them was the original Editor
Courier, and all Englaud, us trill as France,
recollect int principle), and what sort of -
then was. The other conducted another
the time; and, that he was a twin brother
tics, will not be doubted, when we assurethe
that it was his practice to put his paper in mournir',.
alnairver any measure wasintrodaced by 3lr.l't
to prevent the eontugion and growth of French is
volutiotiary Jacobin principles.—Now, is .t
strange, that when these Gentlemen turned so at -
Land.soincly and ungraciously upon their fellow-la-
bourer, it did not occur to them that he might
retr-
hate. embargo their comistvitcy , and put thea•
lo.valty wider a complete blockade? is it tic
strange, that they were not afraid to provoke tip:
Vicar to retort, and retort truly. " What !it I'
fee- you to reproach me with tergiversation and du-
plicity ? you, who have done these things, and hate
now the impudence to call yen-niches pupils fie.%
the sellout of Purr ; that Pert about it was tbe
busiiiess of your lives to calntnnisle sail revile—
and is it hr couutenancing yeti th:d Mt. Catesesu
Rheas his gratitude to that great man ?” This, hoa-
rier, is not the only instunce of the low intrigue.
the 4iuffling and tattling, and backsliding, Ittneutt.
the re:tea and corrupt part of the public
' The C'unrier, of Monday, 4:untamed another ar-
ticle, disclosing the trivets of its prison lawei
from whiell we have made the following extract
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