The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-06-23 00:00:00

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LONDON,
MONDAY, Joss $3.
esoisan was, on Saturday, at 61. and left
dff 664. • -
woottim a Messaugar arrived at Dover,
• critiialiZlhes frau the Frasoh Governmmi. At
roof Ago& in the morning be was pot on board
$ Ihnich beat at Boulogne. sad carried to the
141./friipcsblayigg In Boulogne Roads. It Wig 1
••ilak Scow inswead a boat, and sou die
lithertsesils har to NOW,. as the roost expeditious
am& of'reinveyavas. Aleut sins o'clock the boat
loothiesll)over beach, and landed the Messenger,
with Ihistatialdp prnownied to the London Hotel,
fraiiirithdtleraat off ia a slugs. and four for Lon-
, 40,* als'esiact. Hs wired in town about
Alia& dam.believe the dispatches
Wan lisliitared to )4r Pest but no Council has been

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bold lipes them. Mr. For was at home during the
The late account: from India mention, that Hot.-
shale 4 ititarday and yesterday. Lord Gams.
tan's Family had retired to a fortress in the Punjab,
waLts left town on Saturday morning, and had not
siospiestiam
plight- Lae staves&
also lift
tows. to await the conclusion of the treaty negotiating
bet
** talikare fbr Wimbledon, where he had a party ween that Chief and the Dritish Government.—
HOLICAR applied to the Peishwe to guarantee that
ID dtibil fregorday. We had. in the co of lest
treaty, but the other declined.—He is, however. a
Via INA eosin, to believe, that the basis of pre-
party in the treaty between the Company and
lIMSIIII4et hurbeen speed to by our Government,
..,,.
sat saaisagar
arrived
as Saturday
was SCIKDIA, by which the latter acknowledges him as
intits tke
s
**aka eekbeing arrangeraests sad passports fee the the federal head of the Mahratta Empire, and i re-
plea), to pay the tribute which he has so long with-
repose of formally signing and settling the preli.
1 litlearies. rite. ths present state of his power, held. —.......--
tease OW 036 Sider BON A• a in" las having ac. Saturday. we received several packets of West
eosnekidasd. all the objets of his ambition. With India Papers: from Barbadoes. to the 22d April;
i a Inlet Beta I. asp, and a King of Nan's, in St. Vincent's, 3d May ; St. Kitt's, 16th April, tic.
ebipseheis bf his two Brothers ; and fiefs and prin- The Atorlosilers Mercury, of the 52d, contains the fol-
dpllltimete-Teerard his favourite Generals and Mi- lowing article respecting the squadron of French
shwa, trichina some have already entered into frigates which we mentioned to have arrived at
106;mililisell ig may be c*nceiveti, that he has per- Cayman,. and which is reported to have, gone to
formed his ask, an 4 has no futtber occasion for Martinique :
*or. ' O&M may think, that this is only the first " The sloop Hensel, from Surinam, informs us,
ee levsod stew of his progress to universal domi- that accounts had been received there, that this
at". and aware of the insatiable spirit of his ambi- squadron, consisting of four frigates and two brigs, 1
llismeemelade,thathe meditates nothing abort of the arrived at Cayenne. on the 27th March, and that the
iiiiiitof the world. In either caw, peace malt be frigates left it on the 7th inst. as was supposed. for
Oltn elm former, he has nothing to achieve Martinique, or Guadeloupe. The brigs were also
and In the latter. a peace is necessary to the soon to sail, intending to cruise along the coast of ,
M$
IMPINDOSIMMeIItofhis plan, because a leer is assess- Guiana.
elatglojppiumpeams, and a Beet he can only acquire ', The frigates have already made their appear. 11
Ipirpeoreh I die may semi out squadrons, and lay ance in the latitude of this island. ani were spoke* ,
aorm pow engrapes the ;such of Genoa. Toulon. so late as Saturday
.last, within fits/ miles of dal
am! Bent ; bet Ohm* as the war cookies*. be tan tan f. An American brig, which arrived hem en
smirbeeemillevad as ship..loudest to England, sup- Sunday, fell in with them at nine o'clock the pre-
pipiict spirit gilt stengfb to she British navy. It ceding morning, under elow•reefed topsails, as if in-
ning be farther ehmerved, that if the revolution of tending to cruise in this latitude, and was spoken by
WOWS IMO as rapid and ;peat as that of the one it them, which made particular inquiry respect-
llmpalseulers which preceded the government of ing the twig's reckoning, and the longitude they were
Soniivearas a man of mese psi& char-Wei than ii. When the American lost sight of them, they
'a//. Iftriedimil um So eepotled to appear at the hal their topsils on the cap, end were standing
• helm. , Loethersamb at the state and i.iterest of writ their heads to the S. S. W. They are very
BoimpAiti.x. jr
of the British Minister, a lo se frigates, having fifteen ports aside on the gun-
ned erausolling Weil with the aaiwity of the cur- o deck.
i mipoorace between the two Government., I '4 The very opportune arrival of some of our
' which the dispatches arrived on Saturday furr,..i cruisers, soon after this intelligmce was received,
a twig. seed,. hietuatrovertible proof, we thiais w • gave Itear.d.dnural Cochrane use meant o making.
1 shonld be justified, even though we had no private such arrangements, as may, in ail probabilitr, at rd •
isforobstien open the subject, in attrihnting the grt ,i: us the pleasure of shJetly seeing:hese vessels in our
rise in the Lunde to a confident 'starvation of p...i:: j port. The Cr, i ciuop of war was immediately des-
Stock.johLir.,v frauds always aft by surprise. arid I patched to the Cahe•a. of. NlAttiti;ve, v, ith ace„unts
- Those who consider the of o...enemy's roovezueot. ; and the Leltuftwo, which
eFea of sash a : caw in that rrm:-. ing, ii w.ast of water cud pro•
thc,sagacity of 4, visions. was, by airet.t. exertims, immediately sup:

plibd. and, Stith the Owl tailed in Ole evening to
the Notthward Oiling joined in the oiTi.tg by the
Soared frigate, 'retarnirig from the bauthvrard,
*here she had convoyed that part of the last Lon-
don Beet, which was ',Mind to Demerara, ttc-
These dispositions, an promptly m.tde, not only
prove the diligence of our navy en the stn ion, but
will. almost to a certainty, lead to a captive of
this squadton of the enemy."
An inquiry, inquilt, we understand, has been going for-
ward for snn.e time, of a nature too delicate almost
even to hint at, as involving the eoliths& of a Lady
of the first rank in the State. We should not have
even floe' glanced at it, could we have :aught our
--out arks the same discretion.
The Rapil gun-brig was lately chased by the
Subiffe frigate in the 8.,0, of Biscay, owing to some
mistake of signals, and in order in escape from'the
supposed enemy, threw all her guns overboard.
Saturday, a hag of letters was received at the
Post Office from Gibraltar, with.aC'ice, that the
trice, and Endyattio, had failed in their chase
of the three 'French ships which they saw on den
t:!4th of February, in lat. 31. beg. I. •
Saturday, letters reached town, vie Plymouth,
from our squadron off Rochefort, consisting of the
Prince of Water, Maki, Acbtile, Plastriout, and COl-
per.r. of the line, and Indtfalizasle frigate. The
in-shore squadron comprised the Ahrlener,
it.ber, Ad, ;an, lG nil, and Alt-hard. The
enemy continued in Basque Roads, as usual ;
and it is probable that they will remain thine
daring the summer, white the blockade eau be
maintained.
The }assn, KITTY, from Bristol, in stranled near
Galway.
; The Catherine. from Bristol, for St. Tho-
irnas'n, and the Nanori, Nlayviews. from Honduras.
for Liverpool, have been taken, re-taken, and car-
ritNl into Antige.t.
The E,tertrise, Bet so °tie, frorn 1.•-indo
serrat, is captured and carried into Gua•lalobpacr
We understand that n carp will be formed atri
the trut.pi at Shornclife, in the course of a fini
The PACKS. of B•CD•T, a-cording to recent let-
ters from Bussorah, has defeated the Wahabeei

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with immense i.aughter, and /Liven Ibiza: into the
desert.
The 4:h Regiment of Dragoons, 3d B.ttralicn cf
the lid) Foot, and 2d Battalion of the 89:n, are at
present at Chichester.
It is Said that the French Government has ex.
pres ed a willingness to restore the persons who
were detained in France previous to the commence-
ment of the war, without exatling an equivaliint her
them. This tacit admission of the injustice of their
original detention is, we understand, satisfaitory to
our Government, which, at firs:, was disposed to
insist upon an espress recognition of the dleg.ali4 of
the principle.
The Generals on the Staff of the Western Dis-
trait are at length settled and in orders. Lieu errant
General Streos, Commander in Chief, assisted by
Major General 'New Las, at Exeter. Lieutenant
General Enoc•no continues in Command of Ply-
mouth and the distiiil, assisted by Major General
Ca LCII AFT. The other Major Gemmel: art cut off
the Staff.
The ship-owners of the port of London have re-
solved to thank the Members who voted against the
American Intercourse BBL which they consider as
in the highest degree objeiffionahle and detrimental
to the shipping interest of the kingdom. They have
aho.passed several Resolutions, in one of which
they pay a warm compliment is Mr. PITT.
A detachment of 60 men, of the 7th L'ght Dra-
goons, from Ipswich barracks, arrived on Friday
last, at Norwich, to join the troop of that regiment
already stationed there.
A Circular Lowy has been received from the
War.Olice, fee diseoatinuing, from the Vsth inst
the June allowances to the several Volunteer Corps
throughout the several district., which will riot b.•
required to assemble again till farther arrangements
are made reapedisi them.
The vacancy of the Elder Rrethrenship of tie
Trinity;ls filled by Capt. Stursoa, late a reipect-
able Commander is the West India Trade.
Extraa of a Letter from the Cape of Good lispe,
dated March OW Sir DATIL) &USD has opened
his Commission as Lieut. Govermr, with a salary
attached of 10,0001. per amino. Al :jor TUCILaIt
is appointed Deputy Adjutant General sod Military
Secretary to the Commander in Ch f. Capoins
SOULT and Motto, Assivints to the Deputy Adju-
tant General. Captain C..SUITiI, Royal Engineers,
to be Ailing Colonial Seeretary. Mr. M•Ksiais,
Paymaster to 71st Foot, to be AAiesabrreek..M3l-
- General. Brigadier General Bsaurono, Com.
ntandaut of Cape Town; and Captain. btAaht/L11.1a.1
CASIPAS.Lt., Tower fda/m anJ raunisisearir of Poi-
soners. Captain &KILT has been rc.ined by the
Commander in Chief of the Cape. as Prire A ;..nt.
Mr. Vase Ryneveco has been invi ;tied
voiced power anti authority, as Chief Magistrate of
the whole Colony. Several Dutchmen hare h. ea
tamed out of Office for nail-railices. A large
SUM of money has been recovered, whicl: had irked
distributed bythe Members of the fernier Givetn-
rnent, ftom the Treasery, at the ties• our flag -of
truce was flying, and whew they had deterimurd to
serreader. l'ite 14th, render Coltrni4, M-Doelto,
38th, under Colonel Violet, 83.1, an-lo Majir
Taorren, and 93d, ender Colonel Hai.eor, ate
quartered in Cape Towns the 71st, under t oho trl
Pseft, it Hynlierg; andYSJosirder Major Frac4l%.
at SI 01011.
1.0 I
n ColOn e
GRANT'S wound has
ly taiken an mi:avourable tic n ; we s Sat Sao, a fiat
this pliant and excellent OITICCT WI I not rem:; - in
much longer confinement. lie is well t.ten.!ed by the
Medical Szaff, 1.41141 enjoys every coteldr.: (A: the
house of Mr. Coatis', Gets) in „
Hri-
g.td.er General Ftisousos who ki the 14W ...flit
Brigade oil most valiantly, returns to Ezr iiu7ne-
diately. the prix-: am mints to 401.0 iOl
and the share Sat a FielJ 06:er will be 2,5091. and
a Captain 11001. the Brigadiers will share thofral.
each ; every day discovers sone lew article of ei is.
lit prorirty.••

1 the istlhle woo bursts. • Those n
trlogreisive rise in the fends the
lUbeb pm,- a isz:f,t- consrlimeat to