The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-01-14 00:00:00

WEST !AVIA EXPEDITION.

We have received letters from several Officers in
the different Womb, which arrived by la-t fleet.—
The diflerent islands arc rather unhealthy, parti-
cularly St. Vineeat'a and Grenada, and the mor-
tality wee great, especially of Medical Office e, who
died of the yeilow levcr.
The Cornumoiler-m-Chief, General Ileckwith,
was btisioll preparing for the Expedition from Bar-
Ledoet. The troops consisted of

Royal Artificers, strong detacbtneat ; Royal Artillery,
ditto; bid Regiment, Lieuti siaut•Coliiiiel Fain:lough; Royal
York Raagen. Major Hetklcr.,ot ; Ist 11'eat India ltcgimenr,
Licosa-Nutt-C.4omi ; 3(1 Ditto, Lieutenant-Colonel.
I)uubor 4th Ditto, Lieutcuatii-Culmwl Blackwell; 7th
and nth Ditto.

Sir George Prevost, Dart., was daily looked for,
with
ht. lb, or Ro)al rolikers Sib liniment t rob; 13cl,
or V. .•41. Futil,rrs and bolsi. Naktrig its all a lucre of

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Sir George Prevost, Bart. was daily looki.ri
for from Ilalifax, with the 7th, or Royal Fuxileers;
oth Regiment, 13tb, 23d, or Welch Fuxileers, and
the lolst, making in all a force of 11.000.
Lieutenint-General Sir George Prevost is to
have the Chief Command of the Expedition. IJ
has under him Brigadier-Generals Houghton and
Colvdle, besides woe other General Oaken.
The last iweount, from North America announce
the sailing of Sir George Prevost and the troops for
the rendezvous at Burbadoes.

On Christmas-eve brat, the Peace ()Seer of the
!lead Qffice of Policy, Doblin, detected a quantity
of forged notes on different Banks, and forged
stamps. in the possrPalon of PATRICK .4.11741 N tag,
hiring in Harcourt-place.—lie was tiaioui..ed jtfOle
the Magistrates, and committed for trial. And on
Friday night last, through the vigilance of the
above Officers, was detected in the possession of
Mrs. FAIUMLI., in Jaines's-street. a large rolling-
preys. • copper-plate on Butcsvono's bank, it
large quantity of forged notes, mud a forged die fur
forging .tatups.
The Wart, which was on shore in the River
Si. Lawrence, is got off, and returned to Siticbce.
Alio the Charles Williams, for London, with da-
mage. The era. Meets; and the Margaret,
WIL•ON, are ou share in the River St. Lawrence.

The Union. of Guernsey, bound to Shield*, 11S11
been raptured by a privateer of In guns, and 67
men, from Dieppe, and re-captured by the Spanish
Patriot, Capt. DOKRELL. arrived of Dover, from
Cadiz. The SpanirA Patriot etigned the privateer,
shot away her main-yard, awl is supposed to have
Icilhel uotoy of her men.

The Cetimartim Pfseket, LtantY, from Cork,
for Portrannutli, toss bunk iu the Shingles.

• The SI Cl.Aiet. from &Lice, foe LOW
don. was lost near the 'Andre Eiais on the- nth tat.
The Captain, Mate, and live of the crew, drowned.
The Treat, —. front Cadiz, for Cinerary, was
captured on the Stith ult.; retaken on the Ist
by a transport frau Quebec, and arrived at Cork
the Gus instant.

On Friday evening, the Officers of the Nest
Suffolk Itegiinent of Militia, stationed at Tyne,
mouth Barracks, gave a splendid ball to a 'trivet •
party of Ladies and Gentlemen, the Officers of His
31 AJ ESTI' .ts ships lying in Shields harbour, &c. &c.
At one o'clock the party set down to an elegant
sapper, consisting of every delicacy the country
affords. and the choicest fruits of the season ; idler
which the deicing commenced, and contiimed with
the greatest spirit until six o'clock in the morning,
when the party retired, highly gnititieti with their
entertailanent.

Ou Thursday oe'nnight. the body nf a man was
discovered floating on the ice in the Tyne, at New-
burn. It was brought to Newcastle, to be exa-
mined h the Coroner. A ballad. peiskiiire, and
14s. were found in his pocket. Verdict—
Feast./ drowned.—ln conserluslc•e of the above ac-
count reaching 'Lydon Bridg'. (where a young
man hid been miasing for some weeks past, but
who ens supposed to have gone to America). a per-
son came to Newcastle, on Friday evening, to exa-
mine the body ; nod on Saturday it was taken from
the grave at the Ballast Mills, where it had been
interred, for hie icspection. On seeing the body
he recognised it to be that of his nephew, Mr.
Joa■ COOK, and son of a respectable penion at
Haydoa Bridge. He sail that the deceased should
have upwards, of Lob on ; and on cutting up
his waistcoet, %hidh lied not Lean removed, on ac-
count of the entac;atcd state of the body, I. pocket-
book was (wind cositsming notes to the ainoasit
expected.