The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-04-05 00:00:00

LONDON,

MONDAY, APRIL 5, IRI9.

The Trincomalee, new frigate, Captain BRIDGES.
from Bornhay. last from St. Helens, whence she
sailed on the 30th of January, arrived on Tuesday
of Portsmouth. By her came passenger, iVIr.
SrusroE, Surgeon of the Conqueror, and latterly
the medical attendant on the person of BCINA•
PARTE. The cause of the sudden return if this
Officer to England, is stated in the following
letter 7

" St. !lett nu, Jan. 29, 1111!►.

" Three has been nn orrarrouce line of any in t to
our b tett& at home, for some time; all has been as vapid
and monotonous as the harbour dilly on a home station, only
with far greater privations. Hat, at length, a firs has been
created —Mr.Sinkoe, the surgeon of the Wig-ship, whom Bo-
naparte accepted as his medical attendant, after the return
home of Mr. O'Meara, has incurred the displeasure of the
Governor, and he returns to England in the Trtneoneatee.
The facts are, I understood E —When Me. Stukoe tour/anted
to soared Me. 01lems, and before he had made any visit
to Bonaparte, hr made it the Sille qua won of his accepting
the situation, with Sir Hudson Lowe, that he should not be
required to detail any familiar con►ersations into which he
might be drawn, or any circumstances wbieb he might over-
hear, at Longwood ; bat pledging himself, as a British Offi-
cer, that if ally thing should come to Isis know ledge, in which
bis allegiance to his King and country would be compromised
by his scum, he would then instantly give information to
the Crovrrnor. This has passed on until a few days since,
whets Bonaparte was suddenly seized with serious illness, its
the middle of the night. Mr. St vlsue, as soon as the necessary
forum were gone through, visited hint, and found that he hail
Not a slight apoplectic fit. After a few hours he appeared
• free. flont the attack, but it had left a cousitkrable
.de.gree of nolispositiou. Mr. Stokor made uf}icial reports of
the ritcsitustaist es to lire II nolson Lowe at.d the Admiral
(Plantiiiii), and gare ropirs vat neat to Bonaparte Whether
'it was this latter eiit U 1114111.4 (11' WIWI bet Mr. S. had re-
past titt d litaorparte as being its a worse stale of health
Shan milted the predisposed IMiIOIS of Sir Hudson, is nut
' known ; tint he iris instantly forbid to go to Loogworail—
wav thstatened to be hied by a Com t.Martital--ur, as au art
of mitigation of his line., he was told be might invalid
Of course be preferred the lath I, IPS IllY least income-
truidtous to low, and he sails to-morrow iu the Trincoatratee.
—The reports were drawo op, of course, with conscientious
ovens acy, and were such as the rase demand. d. I soder-
Mewl Bonaparte is ►eally in a serious state of health. His
dwelling is seated against all visitors."

The Patis hailers of Wednesday and Thursday
' last, which have arrived at our Office, cootaiii some
further particulars respecting the assasainat too of the
celebrated KOTZEBUE. The mime of his assassin is
Charles Sued, a Stodeut at Jima, and son to a Coun-
sellor of Justice, at IVenosiedel. lie is beg. ' g
to recover from the effects of the wound he inflicted
on himself, and states, without any appearance of
remorse, that he had meditated this outrage fur six
mouths, from a conviction that the removal I,f
KOTZEBUE would be a fortunate circumstance for
Germany. Ile seems to he a politico! enthusiast,
.acting without any other motive than a confused
motion of delivering his cuuutry from one whom he
cooceived to be her enemy.
The Moniteur of %%Wl:May gives a detailed ac-
count of tl,e public audience granted by the KING
to the Persian Ambassador, au event which, with
regard to the etiquette of Ibuls a ceremony, has for
some time occupied the earnest attention of the
Court of the Thuilleries. Six carriages, each drown
by eight horses, three beluoging to the KING, mud
I iorre Its NIONSI EU It. atoe iu atiesolorice Oil the
Ambassador ; his escort was formed of sixty horse-
men of the Royal mod forty gendarmes,
preceded by six trumpets. At nowt he arrived rot
the and was not Fodor ed to his Illajtsty's
presence. When arrival sot the foot of the throne,
be addressed to the KING :1 CUIIII,IIWCIII iu the