The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-03-26 00:00:00

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Ili+ Excellency MUNZA ABDUL HAMAN, Envoy
Extraordinary from the Krug of PERSIA, leave.;
k.nglssil in the course of the ensuing month ; he
will he accompouied by Sir Gout 01.1SELV, Bart.
the British Minister. and Mr. Meats', Sieretary
to the British Embassy.
Mr. PONSONBY had • grand political meeting.
Lust night, at hus house in Arlington-street; there
were present upwards of two hundred, including
Earl Taunt, Lord Gaueres CAVENDISH, General
Frrzeiratat, General FERQUIMIS, the Knight
of Keane, Messrs. Wterrnactn, Gassi
*Ducats, KNOX. TIGNS, GRANT, ELLIOT,
SyKWARO, MAXMINLL,
!Mining! Sir Commas COTTON will take his de-
pismire from Portsmouth, iti a few days, for the
Mertiterranean. in the Lirgli frigate, Captain
IV/Cut:AY. Sir CRAM La aiii hoist his flat on
bird the !liberal's, 110, Capt. Nave.
The Persian, Captain Cohrltisrr, sailed from
Portsmouth, on Saturday morning„ fur the West
latto,s, with a eonvoy of SO sail.
Captain STANIPSI.i. is promoted to the rank of
Pao-Captain ; Joins DAY, EN. to be Secretary
to lidinind Sir CLAIMS* COTTON ; T. Cute. EN.
It' Plymouth) to be Secretary to Admiral You SG.
Arrangements are making at Porisimuth, in
rAutiilent expectation that SO exchange of prisoocrs
take place.
The 14th regiment of foot, Crlonel Bvstaows,
aisrehed into Porisinnui% from Step ing, on
Tittirsdey. and embarked for Malta.
%lr. Putii MIT gate a gr..nrl dinner. ye.terdsy,
at his house. in Arlington-street. to the I::A'.t
tie". R. B. SHERIDAN, tie ll.m. G. PoNsoliae,
Jinx Co: HIPPISLEV, Col. Lucie, Messrs.
J. LITOUCIIIe. Le.uv D. BARHAM, HAMMITT,
r4n, bc.
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41+r for -11,!r nent of the Court-
trtal el 4::oltottdo DUVISdN and
1:-1^!..1 ire, ha-, it to sot& been countor-
tholu,nce cf the movements of the
• !.,.:0; roqu 1,.! the rettenee of the
t,'-re to Lot. rot, :eituteti the Court, with
'ltc tog.tu,nts.

„,atian. Of the groat variety that force throe.
;elves upon our 'who*, we select a few of the in,„,
: The C thinet Irad tries' and C nwleinued
o ie of i.s Member., es totally incapable, and $l.„.
~,we of expulsion hail twee paseed 11144,.. lom ; y, t
this very mall Was istrilittle,l to pistil thoi
tioil, Mush the execution of his pretence was actually
re.pitill, for the avowed and only purpose of eu.
shhog hitn to carry it ion effect. They bad got a
Icia physicists in the house, said they did not wish
to elian4e him until he had finished his work.. Doe
the patient, perhaps, leltourA under • plethora, that
required bleeding and purging, and possessed a sti-
r rg„ity of strength of constitution, that bed defi-
snee to every species of inal-treatment. The The
try had a seperabutedance. uf.inen and treasures at
it, disposal, of which it did not know how to get rid.
has that case, if made out, would not br • ground
Arfesee; for abundsnce is no excuse for aaste
prodigality. particularly when the wave is ace
voinpsuird with t very leieeies of human misery.—
fiat assenting that it would be even a mitigation, let
as see whether 'it be sustained by the feet
The Cousinendee-inehief, Sir DAVID DUNDAS,
man., an his evidence. that he was informed by
Miuisters. that IS or 16,000 lend forces would be
iteemery for the operation, and asked, whether they
toctld et that time be assembled ? and that, in his
inwl, he informed them, that, after every pre-
vious inquiry and report rdiii.dv had been made
frau the cummatiding Officers, at the several stale
eons of the troop*, and from the well-known shat-
tered situation of the army, after the return of so
large a portion of it from Spain, such a flame
could not then be provided ;” and Mr. 'lummox.
the Secretary of the Treasury, being interrogate I
e. to' the amount of fteeign coin, applicable to
ht.egn military service, in poeseslion of Govern-
ment at the time, answered, that it did not mired
!retinal. Such was the state of cur military and
p.coluitry meals, when Nliaisteis deternsined upon
sandhog an Expedition. of not less then 40,000 land
f.r.:es, to the Scheldt; a state than which it would
ler (Micah to conceive one more discouragin.:.—
Let us now consider the time of the Expedie n.
All the witnesses examined to the point, agr, e iu
the proverbial unhealthiness of IValcheren,
that the troops were sent out at the commence-
ment of the most sickly season of the yesr.—
Now, what was the object of the Expedition ?
—Why jecifessedly to destrily the-enemy's dock,,
tomuls, and shipping in the Scheldt; but this object
eve severil yeete ego, mediated by Mr. PITT, and,
according to the evidence, it was a subj-et of Lord
CAST I.NRCIUN'S consideration two years age. It
vas. of course. a awe which might be deferred
until a ceiteenient season; a ca-c, in which Minio-
neh :eight !ewe elegem timieoermelsose-siosteiodeerd....
s teary confess ; for, in the printed evidence,
Lord CASTLEIFAGiI said, that the thing was de-
sirab:e, the country then having a large disposable
loval force; little considering that the country has
Lal. for years, a large disposable force, but that
cooley end soldiers were also neceseary, all well as
Lritish vessels. The ',articular time, therefore,
was adverse ; the 'memo was adverse, fur it was
rite most sickly season, mud no extraordinary
method precautions were taken ; the state of
our army was odverite ; and the state of the fo-
e-len money in our market. available to the support
of the expedition. was equally unfavourable. All
these circumstances are totally distinct from the
grand objection of the total impracticability of the
objcct, n point which we have not roam to examine
two in detail, but which is completely made out in
the et idence.