The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-01-20 00:00:00

SURRENDER OF MADEIRA.

♦Lout two o'clock, ye►terday, Major Muarwr
and Lieutenant iIENDERSON arrived in town with
dispatctiev, announcing the burreuder of Madeira
to His MAn erY'a Beet, and the following Bulle-
tit► was immediately circulated among Ministers
:
w UT LORD,
6,- Madeira stuns/bred to Sir Samuel Hood and General
Ilertsferd, s the nab last, without firing a shut !"
In the evening the following communications
were seat to the LORD MAiroa, and published in
the city :

rowniapausett, Jan. in, 180f1.

MY LORD-1 hare the homier to acqoaint your Lordthip,
that Mter Murphy Las arrived with Dispatches fi otu Major
Gemmel lamesserd, giving am account of the surtender of the
Wend of Madrinmby capitulation, on the nith December
het, tom detachment of His Majest'a fortes, mad ammedroe
of His Majesty's nary, ander the command of Remo.AdaMeal
Mr Samuel Hood.
i hare the honer to be, he. he.
(Aped) CASTLEREAGH.
To the Right Hen. the Lewd Motor.

Attsaltilty-Office, igth leavary, toes.

MY LORD—I have the beam toerniaint year Lordship
that Liretraant Gelatin Henderson, of His *Majesty's ship
Caitaar, has jast arrived at thin office, sullies that the
Woad of Madeira had sarreadered, by capitulation, to His
Jaidalay's f0r..., ea tie nob of Mat month.
4 labs lig kipseerto be, kg, ise.
(lrlitmed) MULGRAVE.

To die Riglit Hon. the Lurd Mays.
The officers who brought this intelligence came
to Falmouth in the Success frigate, and proceeded
immediately to town. It has been long known that
'Madeira was the object of Sir SAMUE*44OOD'S Cl-
pedalo'', and that the Court of Lisbon., had sent un

order to that Colony, to place itoelf under the pro-
tection of a British force. The surrender, there-
fore, is in trust for the Queen of POZTUGAIL.

We have received Paris papers to the 9th instant,
from which we have made copious extracts. The
Mold:ear contains another political article upon the
present state of public atEars. The argument and
speculation are chiefly confined to Portugal, and
the recent Orders of Council, restricting the trade
of Neutrals. On the first point, the Moniker con-
tends, that the emigration to the Brazils silt
eventually prove beneficial to Fri.:.ce, and is not
even, at the present moment, of any commercial
advantage to England. With respect to our Orders
in Council, in retaliation for the blockading system
of BOUApARTE, it adopts an idea not new in this
country, and contends that they are only playing
into the hands of BONAPARTE, and seeming his
game against British commerce.

We lately stated as highly criminal, any pro-
ceeeding that tended to parelise the energies of the
country, within which censure certainly were com-
prehended Meetings to petition for peace; but this
argument rests entirely upon the sincerity of Mini-
sters, in their professions for peace. We cannot in-
deed conceive, in the present state of the world, any
good reason that could influence them to carry on
war, provided they could make peace, and there-
fore we have given them credit for their sincerity,
and attributed the continuance of war to a disposi-
tion on the part of the enemy, not to be satisfied by
any thing 'short or the utter destruction of this
empire. The State Papers, as well domestic as
foreign, lately published, appear however to Ogee
made some change in public opinion upon this
subject. The principal argument against these
Petitions for Peace is, that all our attempts have
hitherto proved abortive, that Mr. Fox tried,
and could not effect his purpose, and that, in fact,
BOXATARTS will not make peace upon terms com-
patible with the honour and safety of the imuntry.
Now this latter wsrtion requires proof, and cannot
he assumed as a principle, for we hare His Mc-
Ateer% own Declaration, that Mr. Fox's negotia-
tion was broken off, not far &WA. list for Bar

siaa.isterests, which latter thrnot now exist: and
we have the assertion of Lord llowtcx, that if
Mr. Fox had lived, he would have effected a peace
upon honourable terms between the two countries.
—As to the Declaration made by Boweesses,
of a determination to wrest from us oar marl-
tine rights, particularly the right of search
such declarations, under such circumstances,
are to be construed with considerable indul-
gence. It will be recollected, that our own
Government declared, that it would make no peace
with Freuct, which should leave Belgium in the
possession of that l'uwer, and yet the Treaty of
Amiens recognised that change and many others.

It will also be recollected, that BomAmer threw
out the same threat in the last war, aal yet no
difficulty ou the groom, of our maritime rights
occurred in concluding the Treaty of Amiens.

Captain WOOD is arrived from Jamaica, but he
brings no new*.
Ativ•iccs of a lute date from Sp:tin, state, that a
French and Sp:wish Army of 140,04 W men, exclu-
sive of u large tempo of Miners, was iu full march to
attack taibrultar.
The tith Dragoon Guards, the 17th Light Dra-
m, and. the 31th Foot, froin Monte % oleo, last
from Cork, lauded on Monday, at Portsmouth,
from which Osier the 6th Dragoons proceeded im-
mediately on their route for Derby, and the 17th
Dragoons for Chichester.
Ship letters have been received from Surinam.
via Skiberoon, but not marked by what ship. It
is conjectured from this circumstance, that the
Mary, °swath, from Surinam (supposed yesterday
to have been lost near Margate), may have put in
there, as well as the limiefatigabk, WILLIAMS,
from Berbice.
• The Benerolent, —, from Newfoundland for
Boston, is lost on the coast of Newfouodlaild.
The Inflating and Henry, SI LK, from London
for the Cape of Good Hope, is 011 shore on the
S win Rock, to westwsral of Ramsgate harbour.
The Sultana, Caesars, from Philadelphia for
Rotterdam, is totally lost near Helvoet.
The Union, JACORS, from Loudon, bound to
Philadelphia, is put into Rainsgute Harbour, after
being onshore.
The Sally, of Shield', Burern, from Sander-
laud, is sunk near Bridlington ; crew saved.
The Craffuril, of New York, bound to Amster-
dam, is stranded near Heligoland ; part of the
cargo saved..
The Roman Catholics of the City and County
of Cork were to meet on the ttith lust. to consider
of the expediency of presenting an humble Peti-
tion to Parliament to be relieved from the disabili-
ties under which they labour from the existing
laws.
The 91st Regiment have marched from their
quarters in the comity of Kerry, for Wexford.
The 1,020 PROVOST, Magistrates, and Canted
of Edinburgh, unanimously voted, on Friday, a
loyal end. dutiful Addre* to His Staa este, on
present situation of public shafts
The Loan MAYOR wilt hold a COurt of Coussion
Council this day, at twelve o'clock, at Guildhall,
to receive the Report of the Committee respecting
the London 31ilitaa, and various other Inisiuen.
We understand that Aldermen SHAW means .to
bring forward a Motion in the Common Council,
this day, for raising the militia of the City of. Lo-
ndon by ballot, iu the saute way as iu othe:r parts of
the kingdom.
Yeterday the LORD MAYOR ordered the price
of bread to be continued at I id. the quartern loaf.
The Earlof Gactawai will move the Address
to-morrow in the House of Lords, and Lord KE-
NTON will sereisd it. Lord Ilsatturox will move
the Address in the House of Commons, and Mr.
C. Etta, will second it.
An Austrian Courier arrived in town on Monday
night, with dispatches for the Austrian Ambas-
sador, Count STAHRESIRERO. We understand
that they bring positive orders to his Excellency to
gait this country without delay. He will in conse-
quence set off this eveniier,, or to-morrow mornitig.
The Magistrates have requested, by pahlic notice,
the merchants, ship-owners, and other inhabitants
of Greenock, to meet, in the Towts-Hall, ea Wed-
nesday the troth instant, at twelve o'clock noon, the
the purpose of expressing to His MAJIIIITY, at this
' eventful crisis, their firm determivatien.to support,
by every mean in their power, the just rights of His
'Assure and the British Empire, and those mea-
sures His MAJESTY may adopt fur the preservation
clout. invaluable privileges.
It is reported, on the, authority of private letters,
that a senous misunderstanding lately took place at
St. Petersburgh, between Count MIERYELDT, the
Austrian Ambassador, and General SALARY. The
dispute originated from the insertion of a paragraph
in the Mmuteur, which the former conceived to re-
flect on the Emperor of AUSTRIA. General SA-
VARY defended the offensive article, and a duel was
the consequence, in which General SALARY was
killed on the first fire.
The Atnerican Committee have determined upon
meeting weekly in future, in order to deliberate
upon the best course for those concerned in the
American trade to pursue, until Ministers shall
have really determined upon the question—whe-
ther we shall be at war or peace with the Voted
States.
Orders have been sent from the Admiralty to all
the Dock Yards, for an immediate return of every
?Mel that can, with the utmost possible exertion,
be added to the maritime force of the country with-
in the next three months.
The Glamorgan and Pembroke Militias have left
Bristol for Taunton and Tiverton. During their
residence in that city their conduct has been highly
exe_toplarv. •
Col. IC.HIAD BALIIIARC, and Count Catnips.
the Spanish hostages from Buenos Ayres, are ar-
rived at Portsmouth. The former is st single man.
He is the officer wbo received the surrender of Ge-
neral Cearrnate, to wham he behaved with the
utmost liberality sod politeness. The latter is ac-
companied by his family, sixteen ea number, al-
nest all females, whom he meant to have landed
at Lisbon, bed be not been prevented by the
blockade.

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