The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-04-13 00:00:00

GNAW?, landed from the Pa►am tranecort, from
the Cape of Good Hope, at Portsmouth, on Satur-
day afternoon. The Paragon left the Cape on the
18th of Tanuary, and came from St. Helena under
convoy of the Simpson, of 64 guns, Capt. Cum t.o,
with the homeward.ho,ind Esst India Fleet.

The friends of an IIlu;ttiou• Persnnage did not
vote with the new Minister An Mr. BRAND'S %trains,
as stared in the Ministerial Prints. The HODOurable
CATEND 14H BRAD3H Aw, and several ether of them,

voted in the minority ; and many did not vote na

either side.

The Marquis of FLY, who wed to influence
nine Memhers•in the Irish House of Commons, in
the event of a new Parliament, will not have ore

Member in the present [louse. The nominAtion
of the Borough of Wexford is in his Lordship And
Mr. Nxvit.i a, alternately; and the nest will
,be

the nnmitvotion of Mr. NIVILLIt
The Taunton Cattb, and Seri! Cattle, Indiamen,
with several outward-bound vessels, sailed from the

Downs on Friday evening; but our Deal Letter
mentions that thry were forced back by contrary

Captain Arrocasua, of the Merle, arrived at Liver.
pool from Jamaica. spake nn the 29th of March, in
O. 56. long. 19. the Packet from Jamaica, out
33 days ; on the same day spoke the Neotuae and
the Abraham, from St. Th, mas's for Lancaster.
An article from Phila fe:phia. dated Fi-h. 2l,says.
" By letters received in this city last evening from
the Islatches, dated 2.)th January, it appears, Oat
Colonel Burt* has surrendered himself to tf.e Civil

Authority, and that his trial was expeeled to crime
on in a few days at that place The Militia of the
Territory had been disembodied, and things were
fast returning to a state of tranquillity."
From Baltimore, under date of Feb. 20, mention
is made of the arrival at that port of the schooner
Thatrher, in 25 days frnm New Orleans, in which
came passenger- Gei‘eral AD slit of Kentucky, and
P. B Ocoee+. New Jersey. State-prisoners.
The long ceps Aed Court Martial on Capt. WritT-
3v, late of His *JEST ship Leander, takes place
this week, at Portsmouth. We understaud;Wed-
ne-day is the day zed for its commencement.
The 2d battalion of the Royals matched to South-
sea Comtron, on Saturday morning, to embark for
the East Indies ; hut the wind blew so fresh they
could not he s!.ipped, and they returned back to
Hilsea Barracks.
Saturday's ansette contains addresses to His MA.
Jest it, from Northampton. Edinburgh, and Bol-
ton, in Lancashire, congratulating His MAJCSTV
on his steady attachment to the established r. liginn

of the country, and deprecating attem,..t to
embroil the sat with religious innovations.

12e are wiry to state the loss of the Oefrkfut fri-
gate, Capt. r. 13w !GM, on the 27th of January, on
the K'ys, going into Jamaica, to which port she
was returning from a cruise. The ship went to
pieces in a short tispe atter she struck; the crew
were happily saved, but nothing beside.—Capt.
Baines and his Officers were tried by a Court Martial
for her loss, and arirdited of any blame.
By a letter from the squadron lyiqg off Cadiz, we
received the unpl asant intelligence. that the Mars,
aptain Devine' a, that sailed tinder the convoy of
the 571411476 4 test a few miles east of Ca Bs, with
25 000 stand of arms on hoard. The ern-my took
possessi•.n of her ; but the Beagle gu -brig gallantly
anchored near h►r, and burnt her, with her stores,
to the annoyance of her captors.
A letter from Rettertam, dated en Saturday
se'nnighr, states. that between the Ist and 17th of
March, 37,000 troops crossed the Vistula to rein-
force the French army.
ID the event of a dissolution of Parliament, or
other cans of vacancy, Mr.Gacraoe PonsasrßT ha.
avowed his intention of starting for the Cityof Cork,
and not the least doubt is entertained of his success.
We hear that Ministers purpose, if possible, to
finish tt a !ursine' s in progress, with the present Par-
liament, and then (in about a mouth) to appeal to
the peri;ile
A letter (rim Waterford states, that the Ca.
do:dies of that neighbourhood had consented not to
press their clams, in compliance with the advice
and request of Mr. Gee TrAW.
The Bishop of MEATH, we understand, will make
his maiden speech. this night, in the 'loose of
Lords His Lordship was bred and born is Roman
Cash. lie, and was formerly Secretary to the lielce
of POITLA•D. Having become a convert to the
Prn:estant Church, he was presented to the living
of Imegford, and since created Bishop of Meath.
As a proof of the lioetal, enlightened, and tolerant
spirit of his Lordship, a Correspondent informs us,
that at the time he was Kioor of the parish of Long-
ford, his brother was Popish Priest of the same, and
they both resided in the same house.
CISAILIS SHAW LaiIIEVRE, Esq. has been eons-
pelled, by a series of ill health, to resin the situ-
ation of Chairman of the Winchester Sessions, an
office he has sustained for eight years with the
greatest ability and integrity.
A great Poet, among the Ancients, advises us
'• not to be solicitous about what may happen to-
morrow ;" yet thousands, at the present moil
will be exceedingly ansious respelling the ata,i7l-
- to-morrow morning, at ten o'clock, of the
20,0001. Pt tie to the first-drawn Number in the
now most momentous of all State Lotteries; and
in which every other Number, drawn To-morrow,
becomes an objet of interest—nor will the anxiety
be less, in the course of this day, to obtain chants*
for possessieg these gifts of impending fortune.
Mr. lees. Williams was tried at the Old Bailey,
na Saturday, for setting fire to his dwelling-house,
the Swan with Two Necks, Lad•lane, with intent to
defraud the Sun lire-Office. Being a very re-
speCtable young man, and universally known, hay-
ing been many years head waiter at the New-York
Coiree-house, his trial excited great interest. It
lasted float before ten in the morning, until
nine at night, when the Jury brought in a verdiift
of arquistel. It appeared that the fire broke out in
nine different rooms at the same time, so that there
could be no doubt but that the house had been
wilfully set on fire. The evidence, however, WAS
contradatory and unsatisfaiftory. so far as it w•eut to
charge Mr. Williams as the perpetrator. The
acquittal was accompanied by the acclamatious of a
crowfied court.