The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-09-17 00:00:00

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ItZT*AIiCT OF & IP el Ve s LITTER.
Yl.l have„dentide.s..kear.d-ef the arrival here of
Lord St. Vincent, in the liiherena, with four sail of
the liar, viz. PC.-ct. Mania!, ilinetriens and Defisqee, h
and the Lanee4a frigate. 4 squadron most admire-
bly applinutd. Their arrival, is you may suppose,
c.eated uncommon sensations, atish ship it the
line being lately a novelty in thKiges. The ob- d
lee of Lord St. Vincent's mission. nrdeubt of high h
political importance, is at present as great a secret as t
• we understand was the knowledge of his destination.
The English Papers have already assigned what to 11
the thinking part ofthe enrnmunityappears mon likely, c
i. e. that the force is here for the purpose ofeffei ing
(in the event of internal commotion, er other causes
happening adverse to the tranquilljty of Novae-4)
l safe conduit to the Reigning Prince, his Court, Suite, s
&c. to the Brazils, there to establish him in absolute ,
Sovereignty. Be the mission what it may, Lord St.
Vincent, with his usual discernment, has adapted his
behaviour to secure, with gigantic strides, the popu-
larity of the Portuguese ; for the instant the men of t
war obtained Prattiree (which was waited for with
the utmost politeness by his Lordship) an order was I
issued by the Commander in Chief, direfting the f
most ranked attention and respeft to be paid to f
every *lerson desirous of inspeeing the shipping ; t
that they should not only be treated with politeness,
when on board, but invited by every means to gra- 1
tify a natural curiosity to behold the Ifikrail, one i
of the finest ships that adorns the British navy ; the t
consequence of which is, that a multitude of boats
daily beset the shipping, and many hundred Portu-
gnese, from the richest nobleman to the poorest I
tinker, have been received on board, an treated with t
equal respeft, ease, and urbanity. I was yesterday,
by chance, on board the Hibernia when a alga
party dined under the union flag Of the venerable ;
Lad ; among whom, besides the Ea , Danish,
Swedish, and Russian Charges der es, were the
Pope's Nuncio and suite, several N related to 1
the Prince Regent, the Marquis of Bettis and Family, ;
a number of Ladies of Distindion, and many Fi- ;
dalges of the first eminence. After dinner, and the -
band had played dud sane the King, Rule Britannia,
&c, the quarter-deck was'cleared, and, as if by ma-
gic, illuminated, and transformed into an elegant
• ball-room—ice, lemonade, tea, coffee, cakes, and
sweetmeats, were offered in abundance, to the whole '
of the surrouuding spreators. During the few i
hours I remained on board, no less than three ves-
sels arrived with different dispatches from England.
No frittering haste, or imbecile ad, no loss of re-
source, or diminution of attention, was apparent ; a
few minutes .served to read, digest. and dtreEt the
arrangers . of answers, Sex. when the gallant
Earl returned to adjust the juvenile dancers, or be-
hold. with apparent delight, the exertions of a little
boy (a sailor's son) touting a acenpipe.—Nothihg
nova? perhaps better display the Commander in
Chief's great mind, unbou,,ded capacity, and versa-
tility of talent ; it excited the highest admiration to
behold the British Neptune, the correftor of corrup-
tion, the great naval commander, the seleftor of a
Nelson, and lender of a party, upon whose decision,
judgment, and energy, at the moment, depended the
fate of nations, and existence of thousands, descend-
ing hoes the towering heights of command, and di-
vetging from the subtle sophistry of negociation, to
join an innocent and elegant circle, in the mazy
windings of the festive dance, or the harmless ebul-
lition of sportive wit, intelligent anecdote, and in-
teresting history. 'Tis eight years since 1 saw Lord
St. Vincent, in the Tagus ; there appears but little
alteration in his Lord:htp's looks, spirits, or personal
aftivi y, althouch I understand he experiences some
uneasiness from a disagreeable cough.
TILE BRITISH PRESS,
LONDON,
WEDNESDAY. Styr am pea 17.
The Gasette of last night contains the following
Notice for the Elation of a Representative in
Parliament for the city of Wesunioner, in the room
of Mr. Fez :
In Personae* of the Direaions of an Act, pawed in the
twenty-four* year sidle Reign of His resent Majesty, King
assess rue Thbd. iislttatei, " An Act to repeal se much of
two Am, made to the Helga of His present Msnety, as
aorheriser the Speaker of the Howse aCestemes to issue his
warrant to the Clerk of the Crown for stalring out Writs for
the Wormiest of ambers to sane to Parliament, in the man-
ner therein etentioesed, sod for eshstiteting other previsions
for the like pompom:" I do hereby give tietiee. Mot the death
of the light ktonserable Chutes lames Fee, Its. Member
sordng in this present Parliament for the City and Lissiny of
Waled/atter, hath bean certified to me, in worming, under
the hands of two Members serving le this present Parliament;
and that I shall use, my Warrant to die Clerk of lb. Crown
to make out a new Writ for the electing of a Citizen to sets.
Lanus present Parliament for Um said City, et the end of
fourteen days after the ieseruen of this notice in The
Gmerte.
Given ender my haled, the 15th day of September, IVI7.
CIIARLES ABBOT, Speaker.
Two candidates for this high honour and impart-
ant trust, have already declared themselves, Earl
Plice, and Dew: is 0' Ba veri, Esq. A third name has
been mentioned, that If Mr. SHERIDAN, which, we
believe, is only kept baci until the arrival of some
great and intimate friends,who are expeded in town
• this day. We have hea.-d of one or two other
candidates, but net in terms bufficientiy positive and
, explicit, to leave us at liberty to use their narnn.
'I he contest will prababiy prove an arduous one, aid
they may not have matte up their minds upon the
subjeft. An ordinar• man might have taken na
the bow of Ur.v sit.% but it requ'r,.d a strong man
to bend it. Alii..aß s the tate has not yet enin•
; new canT.l it's • may yet enter
the and of those that have er.!ered, some may
Ire JrAN do or !mirk ; it Cannot be pr:rnatute to make