The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-04-14 00:00:00

THE BRITISH PRESS.

• LONDON.
SATURDAY. Aran 14.

It will he seen, on refeleoce to our parliamentary
reins:, that Sir FRANCIS BURDF.TT has written u
letter to the Sp:`:AKElt of the llou,e of Common..
in which lie ouiwitinces his intviiiion to bring au
action against Lain for like imprisonment.—
The assumed privilege of the House of Com-
mons will lie thus bro..glit fairly before a le-
gal tribuiinl.—lt is master of regret. that Sir
FRANCIS held out until munch more than ground
enough wus laid for this issue.

By the Lisbon Mail which reached town yester-
day, we have received Papers from that City to
the 3d invent. The MOVelllfllif, of the respective
armies indicate the approach of souse serious ope-
ration. A divi.ion of the French had made its
appearance at St. Felice., to the northward of
Almeida, with the express intention of driving in
our advanced post ; but in this attempt they Mire
uppored by General B►•cKwtvit, at the head of the
95tli ride regiment, who attacked the enemy with
great vigour, drove them Erick, and, in the pursuit,
killed several officers and men, and took a few
prisoners. The enemy's number. in this affair,
amounted to about 6uo. The-British lost a Lien-
tenant, who was killed, and one or two other offi-
cers were wounded. A few British troops were also
nounded.—These papers contain no recent intelli-
gence from Cadiz.

♦ copy of the Treaty between France and Hol-
land is given iii another part of our Paper. By this
Treaty, the whole of Zealand, Dutch Brabant, &e.
are incorporated with France. Holland, thus re-
duced, is to support a navy of 9 sail of the line,
6 frigates. and WO gun-boats, acid a military force
of Ig,ooo natives and 6,0.00 French ; the whole
to be excluinvely under the orders of Frilf
All American produce which has reached the ceded
provinces, also all imported into the rest of the
United States, are placed under reque-tralion, to
be disposed of as BON•PAZTL shall here titer think
proper; sad, in return fur all this, Holland is to
have Munsterland.

We have received German Papers to the atl
A letter from Amsterdam, datrd the March,
states, that reports of peace had reached OA eti
from Louilon,and excited an extraordinary senvat inn.

It is no doubt a very con%irseing proof, if indeed
any was wanting, to thew how una illmg all per-
sons of credit and talent are to embark in political
situations with the present Adinini,tration, t4.,t nu

soceessor to Lord Cu maid has yet be, it appointed.
It Is now upwards of a month since Lord Citay-
it to retired from office, in cons►quence of the opi-
nion ettirreit.ed Lc Parliament of the unconstitu-
tional conduct which he had put.necl.—The
aitua-
'tion of Nt.i.ter-Grnerel cif the Ordnance is still
vacent, and that too ■t a lime when en cfliciciit

principal I. so neeefsery to ii.fitse vigour and ay-
came). into a department which has, in the courlt
of this week, been censured for neglect by Perri*.
agent, and in which a most .gtoss breach of the
proiisioiei of a recent statute has been detected,
and reported to pon ; and is the details of the Report
en Mr. [inst., it is obvias,'-that much must be
doue before tl# husiness' of that office is broil&
into a good train. l'he truth we belie.% eto be, thot
Lord Poises, who has already oncegincurred seta.
siderable t;apense in preparing for the Coseemo„,a
of Ireland, does not choose again to expose hie,
self to the inconvenience, as he knows by how
insecure a tenure the preAent Ministers held their
and, therefore, the Duke of likvisese
cannot return to England to succeed Lord
LIAM.

The same difficulty applies in finding s vitt",
fQr Lord MuLnitAVE—Lord CASTLE:IIE4CM hawing
declined to act with his former colleagues, feelint
that the present situation of the country such at
to requite a strong and efficient Government, ■ads
therefore, Lord MULGRAVS cannot he placed ratite
head of the Ordnance. Thus, it is evident, that
the greatest inconvenience and injury resut io the
public from the continuance of the present fret*
Administration, ah,ch possesses neither credit oat
confidence.

The following article, which isextracted from The
C'helmsford Chroxick, received yesterday, may af-
ford an idea of the hustle excited by the late null
among our troops iu the counties iu the vicinity
the metropolis :-
1. In consequence of the disturbances in the me.
ttopolia, late on Saturday night as express arrival
here to the lion. General Lust Lev, directing him
to march with the whole of the e tfective finer of the
garrison, and canton them in the vicinity of lame
don, to be ready to act on any emergency. Such
was the alacrity displayed on this occasion, that sU
the regiments moved from their roa:mctive barracks
before one o'clock next morning. Orders had berg
presionely dispatched to the Commanding Officers
of the trogita at Colchester, Ipswich, &e. requiring
them to hold the regiments under their directMa
in readiness to march on the shortest notice. la
cons. pience of further orders, two troops of the
sth Dragoon Guards arrived here on Sunday ems.
ing from Malden, and immedi it. ly proceeded
wards Itoinford, there to hold themselves in readi.
nes+ to move onward, at a moment's notice, in the
event of an advance to the capital becoming mph-
site. Four troops of the saute regiment also amired
from Keehn, between nine and tea at night, and
after continuing a few hours, for the refreshment
of theinsolves aid horse', advanced to join those
alio had preceded them, at Roinforil. The Derby
and I I ertfordshire regiments of militia marched into
the barracks of this town on Monday, hiving pro-
ceeded by forced marches from Ipswich; the former
• beiug conveyed en naggons the whole of tile way,
and the latter us far as Nraintree. They are to re-
main here, under the command of ffrigmlier-Gelie-
rat Ai KEANE', t;11 orders are receiv, d fur their future
disposition. 'the N. eAt York anti [tango k regi-
ments :tensed the Caine night, the former from
Harwich, and the latter from Woodhridg• ; both
which are under similar orders with the before
mentioned."

•
Yesterday morning, Their iIIiaJESTIILS and the
Penwell'ss left the Quito's Palace ter Wiodser.
The Prince of Weiss and the ROYAL DUICS
dined with tier Mar iiste end the PRINCIOSES. IS
the evening Their MJJasTtss had a select party (S
tea and cards.
Extract of • letter from a Gentleman at Cadiz,
received in Glasgow, un Monday, dated
" Cadiz, sad March, 1810.
" Siete the revolution in Spoils, there has toren foal play
eeslisudly ocruiring in every part of their Government.
The Junta hove sold the country ; the Generals have bees
lathed to lay doo it lion arms, without lighting; and now.
to complete the picture, this very morning, a plot has been
discovered aiming the ()Meer, of the fleet, to &eir up the
ships in the Bay loam enemy —Twenty-lire ut the principal
ringleaders (chiefly Captain.; have heel, arrested, mud among
shun the Captain of the Port, who was detected the other
eight, making signals to the enemy, at the Mahon a cote
was leaving the tairs.-..What AM be expected from socks
nation as this?"
Nothing of public interest occurred yesterday at
the Old Bailey, er Clerkenwell Sessions.

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