The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-11-03 00:00:00

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Vaious rumours prevail in our diplomatic circles,
concerning a pretended change in the Spanish Go-
vernment, and the appointment of the Queen of
SPAIN as Regent, on account of the indisposition
of her Royal Consort. We have beard several
other particulars ; but, as we have not been able to
trace them to any authentic source, we must, for
the present, decline laying them before the public.

as they are of a nature which, if true, may be the
forerunners of another political revolution, to ztehtch
Bos A ?Aare cannot be a stranger.

It was reported yesterday, that one of our fri-
gates, lately employed in blockading the Elbe, has
arrived in the River, with a I ,•ge quantity of bul-
lion and dollars. This reasure; is said to ',elong to
:he city of Hamburgh, and txt tuve ueen sent to
England for safety. This spews at once the appre-
hensions the people of klamburgh arc under, from
the rapacity of Bus AP A lITE'S marauders, and their
confidence in the honour, justice, and security of
England.

W.e are concerned to state, that the loss sustained
by the late Hurrisiane in the Leeward Islands does
not appear to have been much exaggerated by the
first reports. It blew for three consecutive days,
from the 4th to the fitli of September inclusive,
without intermission. The number of vessels lost
during this dreadful interval, was,
At St kart
Antigua 5.1
St. liArtholounetv
. . . . . . .
St. Thomas'.

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It appears to have been most fatal at St. Kitt's,
where every vessel was lost. Of the fifty-nine that
were lost at Antigua, one was a packet ; that which
was wreck,tl at Dominica is said to have been a
frigate. The majority of the above number are said
to have been Americans. Ot the vessels lost at
St. Thomas's, five, wr understand, were English.
Some repo-ts carry the whole number of English
vessels loit upon this melancholy occasion as high
as 130; hut we hope and believe that it is exagge-
rated. A particular account of the effeas of this
storm, and of the hurricane at Charleston, will be
found in the last page.

A Lisbon Mail arrived yesterday, brought to Fah•
mouth by t;ie .:nmend Packet, after a passage of
six days.— Letters from Gibraltar, by this convey-
ance, give a melancholy account of the progress of
the fatal disease that has broken oat in that garrizt.

A Dublin Mail arrived yesterday, with papers
and letters to the 30th. Of the four persons lately
arrested near Leighlin Bridge, and brought to
Dublin, one has been liberated. The 30,000
armed rebels, that lately appeared in a Lon-
don Evening Print, are thus reduced to three
suspeaed persons. As to the new and extra-
ordinary fortifications ereaed in the Castle of Dub-
lin, by the same Print, they consist of a suite of
apartments which ;re fitting up for the accommoda-
tion of Mr. Ft/stele! ! !

Yesterday a Court of Direftors was held at the
fast India House, when the undermentioned Cap-
trios were swore into the command at their re-
spraive ships, viz. . .

Upwin John Cameron, the new ship of 1100 tons trufding
Mt Christie. stationed for Madras :mil it-nat.
C.4pt.tin 164.ittltw r:w .hip building by Nit
1.1.1..4: of IdiAl taw,, statiuncd fur ituullmy.

The Court adjourned at six o'clock till Wednes-
day nest.
Accounts from Spain, by way of Amsterdam,
announce the decline of the malignant fever, which
has raged at Malaga.
It. is reported that Parliament, which is con-
vened for the 27th inst. will be still further pro-
rogued to the 17th of January.
Admiral Coamwat.i.is has been again forced to
return to Torhay with twelve of his fisiet. The
Boulogne squadron has also been driven from its
station.

The expedition under Sir .loon Oros is still de-
tained by•contrary wind at Portsmouth.
We are happy to announce the sate arrival of
Mr. Sresiest Surto, late Envoy Extraordinary to
the Eleaor of Wtsrryssso. Ile landed with his
suite on Tlinr,lay, at Yarmouth, from Gotten-
burgh. The Corsican violator of the toys of na-
tions must have been particularly anvintti to seize
tive worthy brother to the gallant Sir Sior4xv
latex.

A letter from Lisbon, dated 21st o,lober, states,
that two English men of war were cruisin',. on that
coast, and that Le Brame French privateer arrived
at Vigo the 10th ()::tots..7.
The Princess CLarioltr frigate, and the Phraya.,
sloop of war, with the fleet under convoy, frcm
Cork, for the West Indies, arrived at Madeira on
the 29th Sept.
The 'lkea., from Falmouth, for Quebec, is cap-
tured by the On( le T 4411118, French pi ivateer, and
carried into Vigo.
The Garlanh Watt's, from hfemel, for Cadir,
is put into the Humber, with the loss of rudder, and
leaky.
The Anna Eli:abeth, Sror, r, from Yarmouth, for
Tonningen, is on shore off Bridlington.
The Wiliamson. from Hull, fur Petersburgh, is
lost in the Oesel.

The Venerable, Ltcvrs, arrived at Liverpool,
sailed from Barbadoes en the 18th Neptember,* in
company with the Dominica packet, the Ciytle, and
.tit. Andrew, and parted on the 15th o.lober.
Extrad of a letter from Barbadoes, dated 1 ei.h
September..-4. We had, an the :id and 4th, a most
dreadful gale, which drove on shore the lotion irg
vessels, viz, the SAW(' —, from London, for
Demerara ; the Bets4j, FRENCH. front Dublin, and
the Perseveremer, lls y ss, from London ; and did
much other damage. But was more severe at D.
rainier', where not a vessel role it. out, except,pue
ship, and the brig Carrier,....., from Lotaclon.4-