The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-01-11 00:00:00

HUTCHINSON.

in the history of the
here, at this moment,
at upon the Conti-
' solitary instance of
NESON (:Ow ER, our
, and Earl Gowtat,
arrived, at tire o'clock last evenint, from that
city, at the linuso of the Marquis of STAFFORD,
in Cleveland-square. Their Lordships left St.
Petersburgh, nn the 14th November, on their way to
Stock holm, where they found Lord Il Tl'lll NSON, his
brother, Colonel I I eTcu NSW(' and suite. After a
May there of four days, Lord G. L. Goa ER, Sir STE-
PHEN SEIM RP, our lute Consul-General at St. Pe-
tersburgh, and part of his Lordship's suite. em-
barked on board a frigate, we believe the Proser-
pine, for England, but were detained •2 day sby con-
trary wiuds. During that time his Lordship was
joined by Mr. GARLIKR, our bite Minister ut Co-
penhagen ; who is Mated in the foreign prams to
have been captured on board the Pauline, by the
Danes., and curried into Copenhagen, where
he was liberated by the CROWN PRI NCR,
and sent to Sweden, to cual,le hint to proses
cute his journey home, and also by Mr. STiw-
♦RT and Mr. VIOL On the 301 instant, they set
sail for Engtund, and landed on Saturday lad,
at Yarmouth, from whence they proceeded directly
to town. Part of Lord G. L. GowEa's suite re-
rosined at St. Petersburgh for three days after his
Lordship's departure, to wind up and settle the
affairs of the Embisety. This part of his suite
hare not yet arrived; The inhabitants of St. Pe-
tershuNli expressed great regret at his Lordship's
departure. Lord HUTCHINSON, and suite, sailed
on the same day, the 2d January, from Gotten-
burgh, on hoard the Belette'gurt-brig, of le guns,
Capt. SA IS VCRS, and his arrival is hourly expected.
The vessel in which Lord G. L. Cowen came
home, spoke a ship at sea that saw the Melte, all
well; We stated• in a former Paper, that consider-
able apprehensions were entertained for his Lord-
is:tip's safety, and are happy now to say, that they
are without foundation.

The fleet of transports, composing part of the
Expedition, which lately sailed from Portsmouth,
with Admiral Cevreerwi unsoeutud to 64. We
mentioned in a former Parer that the ~%iiaistsisr,
Admiral Co rro:s, with the Antelope, Captain
GALWAY, having General Srtuctu on board, ar-
rived nn Friday ea'nnight, at Falmouth, since which
time between 30 and 40 transports have put back,
principally into Plymouth, Falmouth, mei Ports-
mouth. They experienced all the fury of the
Bales. and were unfortunately close to the French
coast when they commenced. Most of the trans-
ports are da►nagerl. Those which are at Ports-
mouth have reeeived orders to re-asseiuhle at Fal-
mouth, the first fair wind.

The squadron which sailed from Portsmouth on
the Bth ult. with sealed orders, under the com-
mand of Captain IiALKETT, joined Sir SIDNEY
SMITH, Off the Tagus, in ewer days from St.
Helen's. Sir Sinn xv's force now consists of ten,
and the hquadmn of nine sail of the line.
Sir Stomr.r was left all well on the i!stli ult. with
the following ship : Hibernia, lin, (Itirialiip),
Capt. Scuom at an ; Ganges, 74, Capt. HALILET r ;
Elizebeih, 74, Hon. Captain Cumin ; Alfred, 74,
Captain 13t.tial ; Conueror, 74, Cupt. Peu.cw
Phuitagrorre, 74, Captain BRADLEY ; Drfemce, 73,
Captain ; Foist/rapine, RU, Captain N.
Tilomrsori; Ruby, 63, Captain DILAPER; and
.ligamemnoit, ti4i Captain lint&

••-
l'reparations are making at Portstxuiuth far a
Secret E‘pedition. Several of the copper.bot-
tooted transports in the Ri,er are ordered to be
prepared with the utmost speed fur the purpose of
joining it. I)uring the whole of the week all has
been hurry and bustle, on board these vessels;
whenever any of them is ready, she sail a directly.—
The Mary, No. 162, sailed ou Saturday.

entered iuto with the Marquis

of tiousn, the Portuguese Ambemador at this
Court, on the part of his Government, for a continu-
*nice of the coininereial relations with thr Portuguese
colonies, are, u e understand, to the following effect :
The Portuguese a ill allow the importation Mtn their
if the mine articles which were admitted
into Portugal. sintl upon duties not lower than the
last Tarif, lint subject to any augmentation the •
new Gocenunent may judge proper. All the arti-
cles, raw or manufactured. which were prohibited
in Portugal, areko continue an in the Colonies,
until a new treaty is concluded ; consequently, cot-
ton goods °revery description are to utralstodi Bonds

goodrio this con ntry, that these goods shall be landed
at the Custom-lionse of the port for which they are
shipped, and these bonds will remain in force un-
til regular certificates are received from the Ports-
guese Custom-house of such goods having been land-
ed. When these formalities have been gone into by
the parties here, the Portuguese Minister will
give licenses gratis, for the vessels to proceed on
their voyage.—l laving contraband articles onboard
subjects the vessel and cargo to the same penalties
as the law enforced in Portugal, confiscation and
inirjsmintent.—No vessel will be allowed to enter
and unload unless furnished with a license.

Dispatches were received on Saturday from

I letigoland, brought to Yarmouth by a gun-brig,
which left that Ishuul on the 19th last. A t lentle-

man from Hamburgh came passenger in her,
from which city he effected his escape, in company
with a Clerk belonging to a mercantile house iu
London, charged with bills containing remittances
to a considerable amount. For several days they
eluded all pursuit, but at length the Clerk was
taken and sent off to Paris, and the other was
conveyed in a bout to Heligoland. All the banks
of the river Weser were lined with French troops,
which had just replaced the Dutch troops sta-
tioned there.

A Swedish vesgrl and an American brig, Capt.
Roarars, were taken in the Weser by the French,
on the toth December. An English brig was also
takeh in the River Yude. A vessel named the
Indelatigable, of London, Capt. JOHN EL.n►:a, has
probably been lost near I leligoland ; a boat's stern,
with these names, has been picked up, with a
number of pieces of wreck, and a good deal of
1004 e tobacco.

We have received Paris Papers from the 22d, to
the 24th last. It is not easy to decide upon the
character of their contents. Some may consider
them pacific, others, the reverse. Among the
former will be those who estimate the angry notes
of the Munitesr by the ravings of some of the
Treasury Journals of London. BONAPARTE had
not retunied to Paris at the date of them
papers, but he wits hourly expected. We are
at length favoured with a partial account of
what he has done in his visit to Italy. The
Viceroy ECUENE has been declared his succes-
sor in the crown of • Italy, and created Prince of
Venice. • Our grand-daughter JOSEPHINE," the
dat;gliter of the % iceroy, has beeu mated Princess
of liotows A» and the Chancellor MELzt, Ihilte of
Lon!. The kin4dom of Etn►rin, it is said, in an
article from Florence, iris b rtwrgod iu the king-
dom of Italy, in consequence of a convention con-
cluded between BONAPARTI: and the King of
SPAIN. The Queen of ETRURIA is SO•receive an
indemnification.
The Orders of Council of the 11th November
are inveighed against with the greatest bitterness:
and in acoinment upon a paragraph relative to an
Austrian and Russian Mediation, the Moltitar
says, that the Emperor of AUSTRIA demanded tut
explanation from us with respect to our conduct
towards Denmark, and towards the Trade and
Flags of the continental powers, and that we re-
plied to this dunaud by the Decrees of the 11th
November.

There are now eight Mails due from Gotten-
hnrgb.—We cannot attribute this sneer of
Patt's to any other circninstsince than the seve-
rity of the weather, which doubtless has been very
great in the Baltic for some weeks past.
Mr. Itosmursox.raliima's Measenger, was sent off
last evening, from Downing-street, w ith dispatches
for ilis MAJESTY, at Windsor.
A Paper of yesterday says, " Last Tuesday, two
persons, supposed to be Agents or Emissaries of
France were brought to Dublin from Dragheds,
in custody of two of the Kt u's Messengers. They
were committed to the Tower in the Loser
Castle Yard. They are the only persons that have
been confined in that place for several years. Their
appearance was, in every respect, very much above
the common class."

The his, of 30 gam, Captain L WGVIARNIC, at
Portsmouth, is appointed to convoy the Wiririleises.
Elphinstnne, Essex, IVishster Castle, and Phirsis,
East Indininen, iustend of the Surreillante. Sir
GEnitimt:ota.ica; the Arisphium, Captain HOSTS;
and Blossom, Ca in PIGOT; with the Mediterni.
neon convor, remained, on Saturday, at Spidiead,
wind-henna.

It is now pretty generally understood upon
'Chanle, that the Bank is to lend the publiefire
millions on Exchequer Bills, for one year, without
interest.

MAJVXTT'S ship Matabne. Capt. TEMPLF.,
with the Fleet under convoy which sailed from
Portsmouth on the 24th June, arrived at Rio Ja-
neiro, on the 7th October (after cruising several
days for Achnind Mtmares squadron) ; sailed
from thence on the.97th of the same month, for the
Cape of Good Hope—all well. Oil the 16th of
September they spoke the lortegrity of London ;
and on the 16th the Sir Smote( Aciamitty (a Monte
Video prize) both bound to Surinam.
We stated some time since, that it was in con-
templation of Government to make Guernsey a
free port. We nnw learn that they have authorised
the Governors of both Jersey and Guernsey to
issue licenses to trade between those islands and

I. reach ports, even io Frooch vessels, if under 100