The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-03-10 00:00:00

HOUSE 01, LO\InIONS•

The Irish Tobacco Bill was read a s-coed time,
and ordered to be committed to-morrow.

The Raison of the Irish Stamp Duty Bill was
ordered to be taken into consideration upon Utis
day senoight.
On the inceinn of Earl TEMPI.E, the ftiyal Na-
val Asylum Dill was ordered to be committed uis•
on Monday.

Several .I'.lembers got leave of absence, for va-
rious periods and causes ; amongst whom were, So
W. W. Wynne, till Thurseley sArnight, he having
served on the Weymouth Commitete I Mr. O'Ha-
ra, for a month ; and the order for enforcing the
attendants of Mr. Denis Browne was discharged,
and leave of absence granted for two months, for
the purpose of taking evidence in Ireland, on the
PaitiOCl against him. Mr. Husk'son's leave of ab-
sence was enlarged to Thursday next, for the pur-
pose of enabling him to attend the trial of Sir Home
Popham, at Portsmouth.
On the moil in of Sir JOHN ANSTRU PHER,
the order for taking into consideration the Worces-
ter Election Petition, was postponed till the itiJi
of April next.
On the ;nation of Mr CALCR AFT, the order for
taking, into consideration the Christ Church Electi
Petition, was discharged, and ordered to be post-
poned to Monday the 13th April.
The Mutiny Bill went through a Committee, and
the Report ordered to be received to-morrow.
An Account, shewing the Amount or the Loyalty
Loan, was ordered to be laid before the House.

The Sugar Drawback fill was brought up, read
a first, and ordcred to be read a second time to.
MOTTCPV.

Mr. HIBBERT postponed his Million, relative
to the Petition of the West India Planters, to Ihurs •
day neat.

A Return of the number of Recruits for the Re-
gular Army, for 1803 and 180 G, was WI Wore the
House.—Ordered to lie on the 'Cable.

An Account, sheering the Amount of the 5 per
Cent. Annuiti;:s, was presented, and ordered to be
laid upon the Table.

SLAVE TRADE ARCM MN RILL.

Mr. Hobhouse brought up the Report of this
Rill.

Lord HOWICK said, that in conseqnence of
what had passed upon a former occasion, and upon
further consideration, he thought it better to propose
an alteration in the preamble. This he would do.
not from any alteration of his sentiments, but in
order to conciliate those who opposed Ore measure
'fire preamble expressed. that the uade was founded
upon inhumanity and injustice, and although these
were principles which Parliament could not aban-
don, yet, in order to reconcile the prejudices
of those who opposed the Bill, he should con-
sent to leave them out. These expressions were
sail to be likely to excite discontent and rebellion
am ingst the negroes, and to instigate them to re-
volt ; but lie could not conceive that any such re•
suit would follow the experiment, having been al-
ready completely tried by a great number of papers
having been published. To satisfy all, however, he
should therefore move, is That the expressions as to
the inhum.nity and injustice of the measure, be
omitted in the preamble of the Bill."
After some observations from General Vyse, Mr.
Rose, Mr. Wilberforce, Mr. Fuller, Mr. Barham,
Mr. Dickinson, and General Gascoyne, who, in ge-
neral, seemed rather to approve of the proposed al-
teration, the Amendment was agreed to.
Lord HOWICK then suggested some other
amendments, relative to the enlistment of Negroes
into Black Corps,• and a provision as to Negro ap-
prentices, who have finished their apprenticeships,
not becoming chargeable upon the island, but to be
provided for by His Majesty. These were agreed
to. and the Bill ordered to be read a third tins. on
Wednesday next.
Mr. HORNER gave notice, that he should to-
morrow move the further postponement of the
Abadan Maks Midas.

POREIGII IN7ELLIVITACt

GOTAXNBURGH MAIL

GoTIINBUROII, Fit V.

A. messerger arrived this morning, in nine days.
from St. Petersburgh, bringing offi:ial accounts of
the different anions between the French and Rus-
sian armies, from the Ist of this month, and of an
importaat vi Rory gained by the latter, wherein the
Frenab are said to have lost nearly 20,008 men.
Twelve stands of colours were taken from them,
six of which were exhibited upon the parade at St.
Patersburgh. When the messenger left it, there were
an illumination and great rejoicings. It is said,
that since Bonaparte entered Poland, he has lost
above 100,000 men. It is also reported, that a
French General has deserted, who has arrived at
St. Petcrsbnrgh.

An English swindler (calling himself Captain
Gordon, of the 3d regiment of guards) has been
playing several tricks here daring the last three
weeks, and being the first Englishman who has ap-
peared at Gotteoburg in that character, has been
too successful in defrauding inn-keepets, woollen-
drapers, tailors, wine-merchants. &c. &c. he obtain-.d
three handred via-Dollars, of the house of Messrs.
John Mall and Co. under the pretence of having a
letter of credit for it, and presented a forgtd bill of
exchange, for 1001. to the house of Messrs. Ander.
son and Wohlfart, signed Clais Grill, London ; but
Mr. Grill's hand-writing being well known here, he
was immediately deteCt d. and thought proper to
decamp ; he at first took slicker in the Fanny gun-
br4, Litut. Sinclair, then lying in our river, but
when the police-ocers came on board. her, be had
made his escape, and it is conjeetured has taken his
passage to London, in a ship which sail, d under
convoy of the Fanny, he has been. committing si
radar depredations at Hamburg, Ccpenhages,

THE BRITISH PRESS.

I.ONDON,
TUESDAY, M*ic■ 10.

Lientenant General Witrostmes a, the Com-
mander in Chief of the South American Expedition.
arrived at Portsmouth, on Sunday. He goes with
his suite in the T4ishe frigate. Generals Gown'
■nd ACKLAND wall go with the transports. all of
which ate not yet colleted. as those at Sheerness
only received orders tit Sunday, to proceed to
Portsmouth. The F-xpedithrn will be convoyed by
the Corawant, Hermes, and Steed, sloops of war.

Among the foreign papers, the arrival of which
we announced yesterday, is a number of the French
paper, the Moniker —lt observe', that there are
some very absurd reports in circulation, respelling
the late battles of the French armies—that, by the
condescension of the Emperor, the French have
regular and official narratives of whatever oc-
curs—and tEat if they choose to believe more
than is contained in these narratives, which are
drawn up on the spot, and published in the
face of the whole army, they deserve to be de-
ceived for their foUy and credulity. We ask
no other confirmation than this language of the
French official paper, to satisfy us, that the de.
feat of the French, at Prussian Eylay, on the fish
of February, was as complete as it is represented in
7he Leaden F efraordieery (learnt, of Sunday.

The Minor French Journals are filled with the
details of the late atrocities, as they call them, in
s they concur, however, in the assertion,
that tranquillity is restored ; but that the intrigues
of a faithless enemy are still at work in other parts
of Germany. It would seem by this, that the dis-
content had spread beyond its first limits ; and that
every thing was not according to the French wishes
in the other German States.
The Dutch Papers, moreover, contain a state-
ment, that Witteravia, on the banks of the Main,
WAS in the bands of the insurgents ; and that in
Weimar, Gotha, and other Duchies on the banks of
that riser, a system of organised revolt, called for
the vigilance and energy of a military government.
If these statements are to be relied upon, much may
be expe&ed from this state of things.

We have received a letter. signed " An Elector of
Wesimintter," complaining that the condo& of Cos-
sett, in disavowing any %hare in the Petition of
Mr. PAULL j and the observation of hlr.Sosainan,
in the House of Commons, did net warrant the epi-
thets of " Deserter and Apostate," applied to Con-
✓ert, in The British Press of yesterda►.—The writer
of the Paragraph, in The British Press, certainly only
meant to represent COIIITT as a man who,
after he had made all the mischief that he
could, meanly turned his back upon it, hug-
ging himself in his own fancied cleverness, and
laughing in his sleeve, at the dupes of his artifice.
The epithets of s, Deserter and Apostate" may be
too libel* and comprehensive, for such little, mis-
.. • . gr:4l.. this viola.

.

gaol" has an 144,:4tnn ea rdcall them. But,
perhaps, if "4. El War of W.otittiorer," be a
veal friend of Conniff?. he may. repent any attempt
to draw this subjea into notice. What etcuse will
he make for Co carrt, daring to r pre,ent,
Weekly Publication of Saturday. Mr. PAULL and
Mt. Posts ,as men standing in need of a data
from him ; aye, and yresurbing to give them a cha.
racter, as the keeper of a register oleo would to
two servants cot of, plAce t or a humane witness. in
a doubtful csse at the Old Beiley ? People of.Enr.
land, and people of America, what think you of
CORBETT, giving a chraaer to Mr. Paut.t. and Mr.
POWELL ! Who will give Comet a charaifterf
The Cits of New York, or the City of Westaia.
der; Mr. Jeeetesote, or Mr. Snaataum ?

A letter from a seaman on board. Oa Moistorn,
71 guns, dated off Rochfort. the Slot of January,
says—', On the Ithh instant we weighed ancFn•,
and. bent our course to anchoring ground „ft
Rochfort,where we car.,e•to in about tweke fathvn.s
water, and distant horn the French Net ahnoiten
miles, who lay under the protettion of a .tre:g
fort. On the 22d our ship got under weigh for the
purpose of taking a roarer view of the Freach
fleet ; we had a fine M-ating wind. which earshled
us to stand so close to them, that their shot ;night
easily have reached ns, when two of, their I.T.sr
ships loosed their topsails, and the Admiral beam
to shorten cable, when we thought peeper to tack,
haul our courses, and lay our main•topsail te;
mast ; when, in a few minutes, the cowardly dogs
handed their topsails main. and lay etid. not
to t ike any notice of our bull-doge, farther than all of
them having their dastardly colours flying. and the
Admiral's flag flying at his misers. topmast head.
Mere are its large two deckers, and one three
decker, mounting 140 guru, and having 1600 men
on board, as our pilot tells us. who to a Frenchman
—besides several entail ships of war; be that how.
ever as it will, they seem to have an inclination to
leave their births as long as we continue here. We
have always six 74's upon this statism."

his supposed that the Ts ial of Sir Mae PO RA IS
will not be over until Wednesday.

The heeled gun-kris arrived on Saturday, at
Plym, uth, from Falmouth, with French prisoners.
As that 6ne ship the Hitenria• Captain 01.01101,
was passing down between the island sad the malt
for Cawsand Bay, while the boat with French pi-
soners ley on their oars, the Frenchmen were so struck
with the grand appearance of the ilikersie maim!
tidally gliding down into the Gonad.
;beg one
and all exclaimed. There goes the grand reap degrees
of Bonaparte .—She got to her moorings at three
p. ow. and was saluted by hearty cheers from all the
ships as doe mooed them, her own band playii.g
sevati3 amorists tunes on the quarter d,ct,
which were answered by resprnsive national airs
from the betide and ihnins of the Royal Lanca-
shire, assembled on the banks at Devil's Point, lac
the OeCeSilttl.

Capt. CUMMIL AIM, if appointed to the Leant.;
Capt. G• SCOTT. to the Imiersbit; Cart. C. STU•ST,
to the St. Aiiav's.
Lieut. Love, of the Hon. Admiral Essastev'e
fl sig %hip. is promomi to be a Consmandar, and ap-
pointed to the Ohs rval.r.
The Alna, Fi TZG got A I.D. from London, foe New
Providence, has been taken, retaken, and is arrived
at Portsmouth.

The Phausiz. of Weymnuth, WUITa, master, laden
with stoner, is on shore near Pentland. aad fall of
water, materials saved.
fhe Heurhiertde/d, BROWN. of 8:11iy, was wrecled
off Cromer, on tt e 13th
The Raps! Forrealer, Suitt-err°, from Leeds, foe
London, is captured by a French privateer.
The Yeseisse. Ba • slit, from Dublin. for London.
was all well at Scully, nn the 3d inst. with the
Spearer caner, her convoy. The Draper.
M.Demmast. from London, for Belfast, was also
there on the td inst. .

That Bon Ara era has experimend a r estacce.
on which. he by no means calculated. whoa be
marcbed his army into Poland, and sustained a
1 is of troops, which he finds it very diScult to
replace, is proved by all the accounts from the
Continent. The Lord !frith cutter, from the Dutch
Coast, which has arrived at Yarmouth. 'wisp ac-
counts that no troops have been left in Holland--
all have been marched to the theatre of war. sod
King Louis' guard now consists of men take*
from the ships of war.
On Wednesday, three troops of the Fourth Dra-
goons, marched rtnn Chester far Warringtoo, oa
their route for Liverpool, in order to embark for
Ireland. _

C. HoTCHSTETTILt, Esq. late Clerk of the Cheque
at Woolwieli, is appointed Clerk of the Survey in
the Ordnance D.:Torment at Portsmouth, vice
PRINGLE promoted; and Mr. H. MATTHEW/ is ap-
pointed Clerk of the Obeque at Jemmies, vice Ft:L-
UIZ, deceased.
On Saturday se'nni_ght. the Faculty of Advocates
had a meeting, in Edinburgh, for the purpose of
considering the Bill brought in for new model-
ling the Court of Setsion, and introducing Trial
by Jury. The meeting was adjourned till Mon-
day, At 10 o'clock in the morning, and matinued
till after nine as night. We understand,• that the
Members of the Faculty differed much is opinion.
Votes were put on different points. with the
state of wLech we are not acquainted; but tir
vote was relative to the Chamber of Review, liable
the establishment of which the votes spare sixty-ones
and for its establishment sixty-three.
The Bill is now also under the cooettlorotios of
the Judges, and of the Seamy of Writers to the
Signet, Got the /auk of their deldematiess, we me
not yet ettottiod to cootenonicatoe