The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
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. LONDON.
THURSDAY, At3waT. 3.
GALLANT. mom EituOrs
\Vc hare been apikriaear by the Papers
of an.attack upon u inrite Baltic.
ThVTolloviing we underauntl, an auilieutiet ac-
count of that achievement : In the beginning of
last month, the Russian flotilla took up a position
under a point called Pencola, baying each of its
wings flanked by a rock. [fere the enemy fancied'

t ieinselves secure from all attack. Thu British
ptad:on entertained a contrary opinion. The boats
of the Bellerophon, Implacable, Melpomene, and
i` --rgetheas, were accordingly manned, unit, nn the
(lithe 7th ult. proceeded, tinder the command

i,:cutenant U►wtcY, to attack the enemy in their
strong positiou.—They were received, lin their up-
woad', by a heavy fire from the flotilla, and the
, two rocks, on which the enemy had planted soine
cianon.—Oar gallant tars, disregarding the tire of
She foamy, advanced with their characteri►tic bre-
veey, and reserved their fire, until they catue close
to the flotill t, when they opened upo t it, litsardoil
it sword in hood, mud drove all before them.—
,
Tile flotilla consisted of eight gun-bo its, each
mounting a 32 and g4-poutider, and 46 meu. Six
of these were brought nut, and one was sunk.
'flers were, besides, twelve vessels under the pro-
tection of the flotilla, laden with powder and pro-
isions for the Mission army—these were all taken,
sod a large ship was burnt.
We grieve to say, t hat Lieutenant lIAWA v, as
piornising an officer *4 Wily in our service, was kill-
ed by a grape-shot, after he had taken one of the
guu-boats. Lieutenant STERLING, of the Prams-
thews, wa► so severely wounded, that lie died soon
after the aetion—Mr. ItitiesTatt EY, a Midshipman,
was killed. We had in all I 7 killed, and 37
wounded.
The loss of the rtii,sian. wan much greater ; they
hail 63 killed, a gr..fat ere drowned, Nal
1,27 were made prisoner,, of whom 51 are wounded.

Contrary to expectation Lord GAustsii'did not
clwe his case yesterday, but proceeded td call
more witnesses. A full report of the business of
the day WPM received at nor Office this Dwain, it
fear o'clock, and isg:%en in OW imecetliag cotaiindi.

A vessel arrived at Y.trino-xth, oa Tonality.
which left the fire and second divirions of tbe Et-
perlition off Flushing, oa Saturday evening. At
her departwe, we under.,tawl, the troop.. had been
embarked in the lves, and ‘, ere pushing on to the
point of debarkation. Admiral GARDNIK, with
eight sail of the line, was :Jinni a league to leeward.
About right o'clock on Saturday evening, she heard
a heavy tiring, whirr she supinwed to have been
the commencement of the attack, A report pre-
vailed yesterday in the city, which., if true. would
account for it in another way. It was said, that
some of our tit excluded inmate/els,
and did considerable usury to er inflame:o.
We ate happy, howeee• inbehering. that this_ tu-
mour does not sect upon any good untliority,-una
that the !irrivid at yarin.kitai is the. only one rrolll
the Expedition. The wtild being ativer,e. :ea.,
Dearly three days on In • pas,age; anrl, from the
brisknasairof the gale, ,r Ai found imin-datcable
to carry into execute ;n the plan of stationing rut-
ted at certain.tli:•tala re horn inc Dutch to the Bri-
ti.h coast, to convey information by telegraphic
signals. About eight o'clock, last evening, how-
ever. the wind veered round to the eastward, and
we may therefore confidently presume upon the ar-
rival of intelligence in the COUNP of this nsorniug.

Expeditions appear to Ire the order of the day.
There is out now titling out at Cork, but its ex-
tent is not known. Sixty transports, recently ar-
rived from Lisbon, will be employed in it.
The Dutch paper, of tlw 2#li last, from which
we gave some extracts in our preceding immhers,
contain a Circular Slaiidute, soldressed by BONA.
P•RTF., eii the kith ult. to the Bishops, cum-
founding them to offer tip prayers on account of
fie victories of Eizersderf dud 11'agmtn. In this
i ostruinonir he says :
Tlmorts ear Lord Jesus crinot sprang from the blood
of David, he sought so worldly empire ; on the contrary, he
required that is eoweernal of this litr men should obey Caesar.
His great object sal, the deli awl satiation of souls
IVe, the inheritors of haloes power, we fir.nly resolved to
otaisitalo the independency of our throw, and Ilw inviola-
bility of vet rights. We shall peryyyrre to the great work
of the rt-storation of the worlislp of God : we shall c ttttt nos-
•,.rale to its %eiders that respertahility which we alone
. give them we shall list's to their rmer in all that rim-
. UP spirit., mattrrs aid affairs of cuoscienee. IPe obeli
snot hestraan (rout the great earl whirls we *trim to
awns, and na which we have hitherto suci•reated ia pan—
tie resturateie of the *ltem of our divine sorship ; sot
suffer on/selves to he presauded, that three principles, as
r:recks, Crighsh, Protestalits, sod Calvinists affirm, ire in.
consistent with the inleprndynee of Throne, sod Nations.
God has enlightened ris toosizli to Seal ern'', far
from as. tier subjects eidertaiii am such f, sr."
An awidakity Inked with impicty has slows) s
been u proininent feature In the character of Hu-
SAPARTC. " 'fhe Devil eau quote Sr:ripture for his
purpose;" aad lin with hue. In tiie above passage
he tilt, the text where our Ssvtnua enjoined obe-
dience to Coss's. By this uI tact wan ineuist no-
thing more than a compliance with a legitimate
surd civil duty ; but IfONAPARTF. turning it to his
purpooe, be himself• the tegitirmne successor of
CASA a, and agenmes•oll. the extent of power which
the advocetes for passive obedience Jlid authority,
nd jure diviseu," have at soy time eantcioled for; int•
piously asserting, that lie is the Vicegerent of God
on earth in all temporal affairs.