The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-05-22 00:00:00

LONDON,
FRIDAY, MAY !2.

The Gentlern^n who had sent in their biddings for
the ensuing Lottery, w4ited, yesterday, upon the
Fill? Loin of the IRE•SURY. end the CHANCEL.
tut ..1 the Excorquaa, when, upon opening the
several proposals, the biudings were as under
and N..nett . 161 14. poi.
Rah, Ittchard.t.m, and Cape 16 15 6
Towpod ..nd Ca. . 1. 0 3
Whereupon, Messrs. Watssi and Ilisarrr were
declared purchasers.

The sehesna is to be sent in on Monday.—The
following are the days of Payment—
First Payment, of 11. 10s. to-morrow ; Second ditto, 41 10s.
June 10; Third ditto, 5!. June 30; Faurth ditto, 51. 19s.
three days before the cam neneensent of the drawing.

We have received Parts Papers to the t 3th, con-
taining intelltence from Bona,* ars's Head-quay
ten. at the Cagle of Finkenstein, to the 30th April.
TLe PERSIAN AMBASSADOR had arrived, and been
honoured with several audiences. From the style
ofthe bulletins and other notices of Box•rA e, it

might be expelled that the conversation soul('

have turned upon the weather, and the difference
' et climate between Persia and Poland. The A:wri-
ter?, however, has changed the subjeft, and fur
once ventured upon a Ind. novelty. Dons.
Pearl., we ase told, conversed a considerable

time with the AUBASSADOR, upon Persian
Literature and Antiquities, and the latter in•
formed His &Gamy, that there is a History of
,Asazanrita, in Persia, which diff Is from those
!mown in Europe. What a delicate mode of in-

anning us that the presence of the Cm sican sug-
gested to the Persian an idea of ALEXANDLI TYE
CLEAT, and naturally revived the recollcEtion of the
exploits of that Hero !! Burma' ra has not yet
learned to speak French correilly, and yet bis !tet-
t would insinuate that no language, whether
Greek, Persian, arc. can come amiss to him. The
Itfoniieur contains a journal of the siege of Mimic,
from the 22d to the 30th of April, but the princi-
pal Ws are already before the public.
Some Dutch Papers to the 18th inst. inclusive, the
same date as those rec.-tit:4 on Wednesday, also
arrived yesterday. Their contents are not interest.
ing.

Viscount Elowtca having declined a contest for
the county of Northumberland, Earl Palmy and
Col. BLAU MONT were eleCted, on Wednesday, with-
out opposition. Viscount HOWICK'S friends arc con-
fident that he must have succeeded, had be perse-
vered, but he was not disposed to purchase a vi.lory,
at the risk of the peace of the county being dis-
turbed with the cry of " No Popery," and the great
expense which a contest would induce. A report
of his Loreship's speech, on the nomination at Mor-
peth, on Thursday the 11th, is given in our last
Page.

We have been assured, from various Trailers,
that most of the accounts that have appeared in
the Newspapers rapeßing the rumoured expe-
dition, arc extremely incorrea, and ought to be
considered at best as mere speculations. The fol-
lowing is an extra& from a letter received yester-
day, from a very intelligent Correspondent at Gos-
port upon this subje& x—o, An Evening Print of
esterday, (Tuesday) has given, under the head
•• The Army." some miscellaneous intelligence,
anticipating the Commanders and the troops to be
employed in the rumoured expedition. There are
several gross errors in it, which, in my mind, justify
a suspicion of the whole. It states that the 13th,
14th, 26th, 50th. and 10th Veteran Battalion, are
embarked at Portsmouth. You should set the public
opinion right, by inserting the following destination
of those troops, none of which are embarked
there. The 13th and fifth have sailed for Ire-
land ; the 14th are disembarked at Cowes, and
are tinder orders for, the East Indies; the second
butalion of the 50th are gone to Guernsey ;
and the 10th Veteran Battalion, are at Hilsea bar-
racks, under orders fer Canada. The Saiss Regi-
ment, De Neuron, the same Print says, is at
Guernsey, completing their numbers, whereas,
they are here at Gosport; and, it adds, General
WARD will succeed Sir GLOROB Nsvar as Lieu-
tenant Governor of Portsmouth. It means, I
suppose, Sir Gaoaea Patron, but it has been
known for some time that Sir Gsoaea PIIVOST is
to remain."

The Hop, Cots, arrived at Liverpool from
Charleston, welt boarded the 4th inst. in let. 43 22.
long. 21.30. by a French privateer of It; guns, who
insisted that Captain Cots should threw hi; cargo
of rice overboard, as he told him England was in a
slate of blockade, and no provisions would be al-
lowed by the French to be carried in there ; but it
blowing a gale of wind, prevented Lis patting his
threat into etecution.

When Lord Chancellor SUTTON waited npon the
la•e Lord Chancellor Ponsoas or, of Ireland, in or-
der to receive the seals, the latter, as w•as his duty,
requested to see Lord SUTTON'a authority. Lord
SUTTON then. for the first time, discovered that he
had left the Kiss's letter be find kirn in London;
he was accordingly obliged to send for it, and, of
course, several days elap.ed before he could assume
his high situation.
Mr. Wit,saaroac e, we understand. is determin7d
not to take upon himself any part of the expense of
the contest for Yorkshire. This resolution is a
prudent one, as there is scarcely any private fortune
equal to such a struggle. It is calculated that not
less thaa 100,0001. would be necessary, upon even
the most moderate scale, stud the sum subscribed in
London does not exceed 700•'l. It, then, subsea's-
tines should not come in rapidly, and in large sums.
is is probable that Mr. WI LLLLL ()act. must resign.
Several privateers have been put in commission
at Plymouth, for the purpose of cruising against
the Turkish vessels.

The lota numbers at the close of the Poll on the
Somersetshire Eledtion, on Tuesslay, were for Mr.
Dicklasom :3358, Mr. LLTNSIIIbGE 2702, Mr.
LAPGTON 2034.

Report says, that the gsllant Sir Josh Dort.t,
Bart. whose regiment, the 67th, lately acquired
such immirtsl honour, is likely to go out to com-
mand in South America,.

The Westmoreland Militia are now on their
march from Dumfries fur Chatham barracks. The
first division arrived at Newcastle upon Tyne on
Saturday, and marched again on Monday morning.
" In refutation of the calumnies circulated, relative
to the riots and outrages at Liverpool," says an
Evening Print of yesterday, " the tsla yo a of eat
place declared to a Gentleman of responsibility
and honour, that 10,0001. would not defray
the expense of the damages sustained in Li-
verpool during the Eleaion in November last, ant
that 201. would cover the expenses on the prime it
occasie n."—Does the NI nYO It reckon ambit% for
the young man who was killed