The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-05-25 00:00:00

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY. May «S.

We yesterday announced the aarieal of vessel
from the illediterranwan, with dispatches from our
fleet. It was the Superb. of 74 guns, Capt.
Jac►-
sov, arrived at Portsmouth from the Mediter-
ranean, with dispatches from Lord COLLINt.
woo°, dated the 24th ult. at which time his Lord-
ship was cruising off Sicily. The Rochfort and
Toulon Spindrons were still in Toulon, and the
Cartliaguiri Squadron was at Port Mahon. Sir J.
Scu.►RT had arrived in Palermo to take the coin-
mend of the troops in Sicily. Mr. Amiga sad
suite curve home iu the Superb.

A most gallant attack has been made by Captain
CbIIER, of the Redwiag, upon a Spanish coma},
near Cape Trafalgar. which was completely suc-
cegsfirl. Almost the whole of the convoy were
either captured or destroyed.

Of all the revolutions effected by BONAPARTE,
that of Spin exhibits the moot skill and address.
Two causes have contributed to this result.—As
practice makes men perfect, the artist has of course
become more expert in his trade, and never had he
instruments snore fit for his use than those afforded
b) the weakness and folly of the Court of 'Madrid.
It may be thought that we are premature in thue
comordoring the revolution of Spain complete ;
in the absence of her regular troops, long so,. e
removed to a distance from her frontier, and 3,te.
the severe chastisement, or rattier massacre, of the
citizens of Madrid, Toledo, and other principal
towns, we do nut see any other course likely to Le
adopted by the Spanish people, than implicit obe-
dience to the silt of the French Ruler.—A Free
garrison occupies the Capital—a French Genersi
is invested with the supreme military authority—
and BONAPAY.TL is in possession of the wisult•
the lIONAL FAMILY.—They are, in his lians!s.
once prisoners, hostages, and victims; they
‘peak any language that he pleases to dictate.
The letter of the old iiing of SPAIN to his son.
which we gas c yestenlay, reproaching the Pal•i
with "!tale. 'AY, and d. thi.:11,4 tl,.it he hod f,o-f.

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his eight to the surrey:4on to the Crowa of Spain
is of this deseription. The first letters in the Paris
papers, under the vignatures of the old KISO and
the Prince of ASTURtss, were calculated to repro.-
seut them as ideots. This last letter of the KING is
a page from a well-written novel, appealing to the
passiows with good effect, sad wrought up with ad-
dress and ingenuity. They moot be credulous in-
deed who believe that one sentence of it was
written by the King of Sesta.--No ; it is the
language of Boa araays's Ministers, in furtherance
of his views oa Spain—a language that he will
make him speak as long as he thinks it necessary
to use his name. _

We have received Dutch Papers to the 21st inst.
containing the Paris news to the ifith. A Journal
of that city contains. the following para4raph :-
4, The security of Spain reqnires, that she shoald be
united to France, by bonds far more strict that
treaties. Her possessions must be prescreen invio-
late, and the integrity q• her monarchy must be
maintained. Respect end eternal gratitude to him,
to whoa she shall be indebted( for these bintats."—
It is Well LUOWII that no Paper in Paris dare publish
a sentiment of this character and description, with-
out the authority of Government. This paragraph

then may be considered as the sentence pronounced
by BONAPARTE upon Spoilt, which is thou doomed
to ender the fate of -Holland and Italy. Like those
countries she w i,l have a N Ist: or a Vitt:goy, hut
they will be of the fatuity or fat ourites of BoNAPARTE,
and sot of the Rot:haus Stock. Indeed, the will
of the Faewce Ru tut upon this subject had beep
already expressed with clearness and precision.

The Indictment Bill experi,nces consideruble
opyo.ition in the House of Lords. We wish the
public attention had been earlier directed to it.
Tile new system, which it re,sonnientri, may be
very good ; but we have not heard of any ground
of necessity or expediency for a change. A Bill
lately passed the Commons, and was sent to the
Lords, for measuring pigeons' dung, but by the
bold and manly opposition of Lord HOLLAND, it
was rejected. Like the Indictment Bill, it might
abstractedly be • fair and just igessure ; but it
would, perhaps, be,wise in our Legislators to con-
fine themselves to what is great, important, and
pressing, and not to be straining for perfection,
either in trivial affairs, like the pigeons' dung, or
important alTaint, like our criminal code ; where the
couutry
.12114 remained for centuries satisfied with
the system and tha practice us they now mead,
although to the Utopian eye they may appear
very imperfect mid capable tit g' rat improvement.

The Towns/feud packet sailed from Gibraltar,
with made for England, OD the let inst.
The Mercury, Wita.tetts, from Surinam for
London, WILY
.captured OD the tith of March, and
carried into Guadeloupe on the 12th; Capt. W.
left there en the .2.2 d, Rod states, that u chip called
the Chalmers wes carried into Guadeloupe aLout a
fortnight before the Mercury.
The Mares frigate is lost in the Golf of Mexico.
Crew eared.

Tranquillity boo been restored at Toirdo.—Ans-
trio is orgatlizitif her Militia.—The strinit.tire iw-
tween Ru*ia ono the Porte has been prolonged to
an unlitnitc-t1 period.—The Danes in Nt4.tt.ty tire
stated, but me believe untruly, to hurt passed the
Swedish frontier.

'Great exertions are making at Samijate to fini.:l
tbs. Monello Towers, in miler to render them it for
the inspection of His Royal Highness the Com-
=wider in Chief, alien he visits that place en his
usual tour. Sandgitte begins to feel the vivifying
effects of returniu.,7 summer, and gives indications
of a gay and cheerful season. A small regiment of
militia is ordered to remain at Folkstoor, to co-
operate with the Martello 1 owers lu the defence of
the coast.

Ensues TF.OI. 18q8.—The following Gentle-
men have been called to Use degree of Barrister at
• Las, by the Honourable Societe of Lincoln's Inn :
Hesse Wtxtotsoimer Emrp the 116 n. GeueGs
Wise, Jour MALCOLM, Esq. THOMAS COLTMAN,
Esrizild the Hon. FRIDERICIE EDEN.
STltanaironn, our Ambassador to the Bra-
zilian Government, who was on hoard the last fleet,
has, through some unlucky accident, been left be-
hind. He went front Torhoiy to Plymouth by land;
and, daring his absence, the s it'd became fair, and
the Commodore did not, it seems, choose to Wait.
The Bill about to be introduced' into Parliament,
for preventing the spreading of that dreadful dis-
ease, the Small Pox, we cannot but hail as a mea-
sure the most important to the cause of humanity,
sod, perhaps, not inferior in its consequences to
the question of the Abolition of the Slave Trade ;
that was the removal of the greatest moral evil. the
Small Pox is the greatest physical evil attendant on
the human race. A judicious restriction of the Small
Pox, which has been not unaptly called the British
Plague, is imperiously demanded by reason and
policy, as well as by every motive of humanity.
Friday arrived in Leith Roads, His Majesty's fri-
gate Tartar, from North Bergen. On Monday pre-
ceding, while the Tartar was lying becalmed near to
the shore, is the vicinity of Bergen, several Danish
gun-boats and a schooner made a sodden and un-
expected attack upon her, in the early part of
which the Captain was unfortunately killed by a
shot he received in the head, but the frigate suc-
ceeded in beating there off, and sinking two of them,
as is reported. A petty racer ww- killed, and se-
eralor the crew of the frigate are likewise report d.
to be wounded. Captain Bettesworth, was a gal-
lant and enterprisiag young oihee-, whose death
will he deeply felt. lie was utarneal to 1.1114 Han-
qah Grey, sister of Eat.; Grey.

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