The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-08-21 00:00:00

The following Olken have been appointed Adjutants of the Dili'
' Mons named t eettt. Fortescse Graham. at. enanouth ; Ueete-
On Monthly hie Majesty's frigate Briton, Captain Sir Murray pont George and Alfred Burton, at Chatham; Lirute-
Maxwell, Knt. C. n. arrived from Callan Bay. I,st from Rio Ja- wantT.tializanal* Woolwich. The CoMmandant, of the four
neiro, in sixty days, !taring landed there the Spanish General Rodil, .plemrs of two Names have hart an official offer of retirement
who surrendered the torts of Callao to the Patriot faeces, whence ha • proposed a elle4l Major Cresswell removes to half-ray, and then
intended to take his passage to Cadiz. The Briton did• not bring, ,4•44.06,
any political news of moment.—The war in the Banda Oriental, The ffigilsot ketch; Lieutenant Meredith, 'returned from Porta.
between the Buenos Arming and the Braz Ilan., wastes! going "as mouth on Tuesday. She will shortly. artij„ in company with
but with so little eneray, that if not concluded by ab imitable the Bramble and Nightingale cutter,, to in her relative merits
treaty, it may last for yrars.—Since the drawn battle in the River with those vaaseli, since the alteration of her rigging from that of
Plate, between the squadrons of these two nations, Admiral Brown cutter.
(the Anglo-Buencrs.Ayrean commander) had fought • single action I The Briton, 38, Captain Sir M. Maxwell, from South America,
in hie own ship, off themouth of the River Plate, with the Bra- poised up Channel on Sunday. •
zilian frigate Netheroy, Captain Norton; but 111 this affair neither It is reported that Rear-Admiral Sir E.' Owen will shortly go to
could claim an advantage, though both ships were severely hall- the Admiralty.
dled.—The Emperor of Brazil, on his birth-day, created his natural The Cadmus, 10, Captain C. Hallowell, called on Thursday, on
daughter Duchene of Gayases (the name of one of his provinces), a cruise to the westward.
by which she is legitimatized. Lined and Lady Ponsonby had ar- The Trinculo, IS. Captain Patton, a scion Friday, for Cork,
rived at Rio in the Thetis friaite, Sir John Philltitiore, em their to be attached to the Irish station.
way to Buenos Ayres. The Wellesley, 74, Rear. Admiral Sir i The Nightingale mitaer, Lieutenant Elfillten, came in from •
George Eyre, bed returned to Rio, leaving the Doris, Sit John I cruise,^on Saturday, and sailed. for Portsmouth, with mew-raised
Goedon Sinclair, in the niter Plate, to protect the British interests, e'en,
The Eclair; 18. Captain Bourchier, was Vile to San Bias, to col. I The Forte, 46. Captain J. Coghlan, Cll., went out of Hammitt,
lect freight for England ; she was expected to come round Cape to the Sound on Saturday.
Horn in August.—The Ranger, 28, Lord Henry Thrum, had left . !From thelfamphire DA-graph.]
It is repnrted, but we know n.,^ from what authority, that Ad-
Rio to relieve the Doris.—The Briton brought only about half*
million of dollars on merchants' account. Mee. Chainberlayne, mien) Lord Exmouth is to succeed Sir James Saltwater, Bart., in
the lady of the Charge d'Affaires at the Court of Brazil, tame pas. co.nmanB of nor naval station. Sir James hits' about eight molis
senger.— The Briton sailed on Wednesday fur Deptford, to be
off. longer to remain here.
It wilt he seen by the folinwing, dim:t paid heta are'near 4900 con-
°. Wednesday hie Majesty's ship Leven, 2.0, Captain William visa ea„layett at the e,tti,a. imett.yaida in tiffs
country
:_eup_
tivity, Plymouth,ltAribution, Sheerness, 1100; Leviathan,
Fitzwiltiam Owen, returned to Spithead. !twang been absent up-
warga afoul. years f.kml a hair. durina peaoil she ha.. been in- Portamouth, 000; York. (import. 00; Hardy, Portsmouth, 100;
ceasantly employed, in company with the B araemita. 10, Captain I Eutynlns,Chathant, 4481 boys • Dolphin, Chatham, NO; Diacoverv,
!'ids), su:veyina the COWIN or Asia and Africa, fruit Cape COMO- Deptford, 100; Jusiitia, Wetatch, 1100 ; tianyniede, Wools jell,
ran, along the coasts of Malthar and Surat, it.e eleile extent of the 800; total 3,890.
liez•sideof Persia anti Arabia, the East side of Africa, (including
Paratouat, Ata. 17.,.
Aladagescar, the tleychylles, and other Islands), ar.tl the Atlantic Soiledalte Dryad, 4G, Hon. Captain Crofton ; • and the Trineure.
111, Captain Patton, for the Irish station ; the.,Cedmus, IS, Capt.
shores of dial Continent, to the (iambi& inclusive. A more int.
Charles Hallowell, on a cruise ; and Nightingale, with disposable
;ottani and interesting survey has not been accamplislted for a se;
seamen for the fisg-ship•at Portsmouth. The London, 119 (ardih ae-
rie:l of years.' The Leven finally left Sierra 'Leone an the 30th of
June, in tohapany with the Barracouta, which ship she left at St. round a ern, on Sir Robert Seppings' plan), and the Jaga. Commodore Bullet sailed from Sierra Leone on the 4thCytherea,
are ordered to be finished with all despatch; the former is the
June, in the Maidstone, to cruise along the coast, fur the suppres. largest ship in the service. The shipwright. at (hist:lock-yard are
shin of tilartng.--The Ireven sailed yesterday fur Woolw eh, to be to be reduced from 944 to fiat), by distribution anion other yards;
paid oft fifty arc to remove to Milford. Sir Thomas ByartlNgartin and the
The following extract from a private letter contains the latest in- !100. Courtenay Boyle act of; to day fnr Pentb•olce Yard, having
telligenie from Jamaica:— completed their official bbsiness here. Mr. John Marshall, rope.
" Poita Burnt, JUNE 1 I.—The Druid, 46, Captain Samuel maker of our dock-yard, has been presenteu by the Navy Board
Chamber., lately arrived f.om England and St. Domingo. is gone with luut for an improvement in the machine,' used fur ten-
t° the Wiad ward station, to relieve the Hussar.—lt is satisfactory to factoring ropes. ships remaining at the poru.,...priemoior wind.
krtov: the reeeation of Charles Mackenzie, Esq. and of J. !Beckett. sat Castle, Forte, Pelorus, Camel on,. Cynthia, Badger, and
tie, Esq. the Consuls, with Captain Fisher and Mr. Bishop, at
Bay ti, WAS very gratifying. They were received at Port-au. Prince
with all- the honours that caul d be bestowed upon their rank.
Their services will peeve of great Importance to the English 3ler-
chants there. The French frigate 3letlee, a brig, and a schooner,
were lying at the port. The thermometer, in the ramie, at Port-
en-Prince, was 92.--the highest 128, in the sun. At Port Itnyttl it
was 84 in the shade.—The squadron on the station are healthy."
The following is an extract from a letter we have received
." Rio JANEIIIIO%JuSE 14. General Rada, and the late giant-
son of Callao (800 officers and men) have sided hence, for Cadiz.
It was Hoe.iPis intention to have gone to England in the Briton, but
Vic officers earnestly solicited, on rejoining him here, that he would
proceed with them to Spain—in which he acqttiesced. The fortress
of Callao would have never surrendered, Intl not the Briton hap-
pened to have been present.—Rodil had fully determined to blow
up himself, garrison, and forts; even on the day of surrender, he
refused to open the gates, at eight o'clock in the morning, as bad
been agreed upon, because the Briton was too far out in dle offing ;
but he was enabled to embark at noon, with all his troops, whilst
that ship anchored close under the walls of the place. Some few
days before lie quitted, the Patriots got possession of an outwork.
through the treachery of a Spanish udierr. This position had been
mined, and Rodil himself set fire to the train, to blow on the as-
sailants, when it was discovered-that the communication with the
mine had been cat oft Ferdinand had sent Rodil some honorary
criers. previous to the surrender of the place. Ile is altogether
one of the most extraordinary men in the Spanish service."
On %Wednesday the Heron, 18, Captain Tait, sailed for the
South American station. Remain at e.spithead—Dispatch and
Philomel. In the Harbour—Victory, Melville, Spartuve, Pyra•
, mua, Galatea, Asp Cracker, Nightingale, Pelican. Liwarf.
On Sunday the Parinelia transport, Lieutenent 31oriarty, arrived
from Quebec, whence she sailed un the lath ult. with invalided de-
tachments of _regiments stationed in Canada.—.lll was quiet in that
quarter.
On Sunday the Baltic Merchant transport, Lieutenant Lester,
Agent, sailed with stores for Bermuda ; and this day die Onyx,
Lieutenant Decteurtleaus, with provisions fur the south American
squadron.
The Asia, 84, is preparing for Commission, at this port.—lt is
supposed that she is intended for the next Commander-in-Chief in
the Mediterranean. as the period of Sir Harry Neale's service ex-
pires in December next.
The Dispatch, 18, Captain Parsons, is refitting at Spithead, for
the Irish station. She spoke (on ier passage from Accra) the
Dorothy, of Liverpool, and die Boyne, of London, bound to Bom-
bay ; and the Hose, from London to .Maras, on die 13th June, all
well, about 7. N.
On Tuesday the Netherlands corvette Eendragt, Captain C.
Schrader, put in here in 83 days front Surinam, with contrary winds.
She sailed the next day for the Texel.
His Excellency Sir Charles Stewart is hourly expected to arrive
here, in the Diamond frigate, Lord Napier, from Lisbon. Des-
patches are received for him, to be delivered on his arrival.
'We are informed that Admiral Lord Exmouth, G.C.B. will
succeed Sir James Saumarcz in The command at Plymouth ; Vice-
Admiral the Honourable Charles Elphinstone Fleming, succeed
Sir Lawrence Halsted, in the West India command ; Rear-Admi.
rat Sir Edward Cudtington, K.C.B. succeed Sir Harry Neale, in
the alediterrancan.—Admiral Sir William Sydney Smith, it is
said, is to hoist his flag, either to command at Portsmouth or
Chatham, at the next. vacancy.
The 19th and 88th Regiments are ordered to embark from Ire-
land for the Leeward islands, to relieve the 9th and 21st Regiments,
and the 22d and 84th Regiments to relieve the 30th and 924 Regi-
meats at Jamaica.
This morning the depot of the 60th, or the Duke °Urea's Own
Rine Corps, marched into this garriten, front %Weymouth.
The vacancies on the list of First Lieutenants of Royal Marines,
caused by the recent promotion, are to be filled up by the same
number of officers of that rank (32) being called into service of those
who were placed on the reduced peace establishment.
The basin in our dock-yard, with the four docks connected there-
with, will be fit for service by the end of this month. It will be
remembered, that these docks and the basin were disabled by the
bursting of the dock-gates about a year since, at the moment of the
launching of the Princess Charlotte, since which gates on an im-
proved construction have been place) the entrance of each dock,
the basin has been cleaned out, and the masonry work has been re-
pointed, and in many places renewed. If the whole be ready for
taking ships into dock at the abovo time, great credit will attach to
the executive department of our yard.
It is understood that the situations of Timber 31aster and Mea-
sures (of work) in his Majesty's Dockyards arc to be abolished,
and the clerks employed in these offices be placed under the 3laster
Shipwright and Clerk of the Cheque. A Timber Receiver, it is
said, will be appointed, with a salary of 300/. per annum.
The Pelican, 18, is commissioned at this port, by Captain lion.
C. L. Irby, for the Mediterranean. Mr. W. R. Cheater, Purser,
is appointed to her.
On Tuesday a sailing match took place at Weymouth between
the revenue cutters Tartar, Lieutenant Ilisaett Fancy, Lieutenant
Spark ; Sylvia, Lieutenant Welch ; and Nimble, Lieut. Loney.
The Tartu had decidedly the advantage on all points; the contest.
between the other three was admirable, each having a slight supe-
riority on some particular point of sailing. There was a fresh
breeze, and the vessels ran about fifty miles. The sailing afforded
a rich treat to the admirers of nautical skill, and was highly grad-
fling to the visitors and spectators of the Esplanade.

SAT CrIDAY, AUG. 19.
Arrived the Aretitrus, Oliver, from Halifax ; George, Wright.
from Maranham ; Water lien, Thompson, and Bowes. Bragg,
from Quebec; L iuiva Augusta, Gregour, tiona Danizie. Sankt
the Earl Talbot, Potts, for Brazil; 31inerva, Thompson, and
Margaret, Craud. fur Rio de Janeiro; Topaz, allirbOil, for Boa-
ton ; Catherine, Lyoa, for New York.
Tx° ships, one snow, car at dusk.
Private, signal—Messrs. Barton, Irlani, and Co. fa the Francis,
from Barbadoes. _ - - -

SIONTE-VIDEO, JUNE 3.

The Monarch, from Liverpool for Buenos Ayres, arrived here
23d May, detained by, the Brazilian Government. The Ada Aral
has stated his delerrninaCon to send the brig to Wo Janeiro.
The Jessie, Kennedy, front Liverpool, arrived at Monte-Vidco
24th Slay, and is also detained ; but having cleared out previous to
the account of the blockade having reached tngland, the Je.issi
will be allowed to discharge at Monte-Video.
The Ann, Pac, from Liverpool, has errived at Monte-Video.
The Crown, Pindar, and Alexander, Lvans, from Liverpool, has
arrived at Marattlatm.
. .

The Columbi,,n, Stevens, from Rio, has arrived at Illaranhani
The Lady U. Ellice, —, from Quebec. has arrived atDublin.
The Triumvirate !tailed from Jamica for Liverpool, ith July.

FAL 31017 Tll, A no. 17.—Arrived, the Duke of Kent packet,from
Lisbon, sailed the oth inst. ; and the Rinaldo packet from the
Leeward islands, sailed from St. Thomas July 11, left at Mont-
serrat the brie Euphemia, to sail July I, for London, and the
Usk to sail the 10th, for ditto. Sailed the Diana, and the San
Juan, Danish brigs of war, for Santa Cruz, to sail from thence for
Europe on the 15th inst. with 300.000 dollars. The Paragon, from
the Clyde, bad arrived. The Rinaldo packet spoke on the 17th ult.
in lat. 28.35. long. 59. 8. the Buck, Catherine, from Liverpool for
Charleston, in 35 days.—Wind, W.S. W.
PORTSMOUTH, At. To. 18.—Arrived the Fetus, (-Julien, from
Riga. Passed by for London the Montrose, Rnsburg, from Tri-
nidad, in sixty days, landed paasengers. Sailed his Majesty's
ship Levet, for Woolwich.—Wind, W.N.W.
DEAL, Ann. 18.—Arrived the John Bainbridge, Nixon, from
Cape Brzton ; and the John Munro, Munro, from Mogult r 4
sailed 7th oh., left there, the Mit ford, Taylor, to aol in eight dais
afterwards. Arrived from the river and remains with the Atlas. for
Jamaica, the Achilles, Henderson, from London to the Cop:. Tao
rest of the outward.bound have sailed.—Wind S.W. by W.
. .

ONAVESEND, Ann. 17 and 18.—Arrived the Chiirlts Smith,
from Tarragona ; Genoa, Crawford, from Hayti ; George, Davies.
from Trieste ; Elizabeth. Service, from Jamaica ; Robert, Ed-
wards, from Sherbourne, New York ; St. Lawrence, Harvey. from
Montreal ; Lady Combermere, Sandfbrd, from Trinidad ; Eliza-
beth, Higgins, from Honduras ; Neva, hlonson, from St. John's,
New Brunswick ; Heroine, Benson, from Lisbon. Sailed the
John Danford, Anderson, front Halifax ; Anna. Fokker, from
Amsterdam ; and Vrow Hendrina, Vandenoven, from Antwerp.
BRIBTOL, Auo. 18.—Arrived the Lavinia, Furlong, from Ja-
maica, and the Lord Collingswood, Heweon. from Miramichi.
Ltsnos, AUG. b.—llia Majesty's brig Renard returned here
on the 2d ins. from an unsuccessful search after the waterlogged
timber laden ship (which his Majesty's ship Diamond tell in with
and manned off the Western Islands), having touched at St. Mary's
and Sr. Michaels. His Majesty's brig Falcon has since been des-
patched on the same errand.
Sr. VINCENT, JUNE 2.1.—A pitat,cal vessel, answering the
description of that which lately plundered the Leipsk, Ball, on her
voyage from London to this Island, has been captured and taken
into Martinique.

The Ethelred, Sutton, from Jamaica, is supposed to be arrived
off' Brighton.
A brig, supposed to be the Mersey, Fairclough, from Liverpool,
arrived of Antigua 7th July.
Extract of a letter from Captain fiarelay, of the ship Henry
Davidson, arrived from Jamaica. dated off Portland, Aug. 17:--
" We passed severs) London ships in the Gulf of Mexico. aniot.g
which were the Caledonia, the Jane (a barque), and the Ann, late
Nash, of Jamaica. On the night of the 17th ult. we spoke the
Jane, and she reported that on the preceding evening she had seen .
two choolsers stand out from Bahia Hondas Cuba, and board the
Ann, which one of them stood in shore with, and the other made
chase of the Jane. At daylight I saw nothing of the schooner or
the Ann."

PLYMOUTH, AUGUST 19.

Extract of a letter from Santiago de Chili, dated 19th of April,
1896 :
" This Government has sold to the State of Buenos Ayres the
frigate Maria Isabel, and the corvettes Independencia and Chace-
buco t they will go round to the River Plate and endeavour to raise
the blockade."

SMYRNA JULY 5.
port, His Majesty's ship Revenge is in with Admiral Sir H. B.
Neale on board. The lime sailed 15 days ago, to cruise in the
Silota passage, for protection of the trade from pirates. Captain
Hamilton sailed yesterday in the Cambrian frigate to search on the
Islands for British property, accompanied by Sly. Jolit, at the re.
quest of the merchants, to identify the goods. The Iris and Tiber,
bound to Enos, were plundered of some provisions near hlitylene
by the Greek cruisers. Ills Alajesty's ship Gannet lett the Gulf
on the 3d inst., with some vessels under her convoy. The orders
of the Government for abolishing the corps.ofJanissaries, and other
salutary police regulations, have been quietly enforced bore, and
we enjoy perfect tranquillity.
Lieutenant Wheatley is appointed to the Camelion, vice Geary,
whose appointment has been cancelled.
A small Naval promotion has recently taken plate, which in.
elude'., we arc informed, the following Officers:—Commanders
Henry Edwards l)oterel; Charles Howe Fremantle, late of the
Jasper ; Win. Pitt Canning, Grasshopper; Rodne Shannon, late
of the Trinculo ;li. Seymour, Carnelian ; Lord H. J. S. Churchill,
late of the Hind, to the rank of Captain.
Lieut. Citadel' Madden is appointed from the Ringdove to the
Valorous; Lieutenants James Itobinaon. Ringdove ; T. S. Thom-
son, Galatea; Gore Currie. Seartiate.
ROVAI. MAKISES.—The following First Lieutenants of Royal
Marines have been called in from half-pay. and appointed to the
Plymouth Division :—Robert Leonard, Thomas It. Thomas, John
Thomas. Henry Harrington, James Shute, Charles Robinson,
Samuel Barton. First Lieutenant G. B. Puddicombe is appointed
Quarter• Master of the Plymouth Division, vice Little, promoted.