The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-01-28 00:00:00

flan market in the hands of England, to the ex-
elusion of the other Belligerents. The Americans
are therefore to abandon" all external trade, in order,
it is pretended, that no preference may be given
either to this country or to Europe,, and it seems to
be expected, that the embarrassment which will
mperieneed by the States of France, when de-
prived of neutral ships 53 a medinin of commer-
cial intercourse, will be s 3 great as to produce the
removal of the existing restrictions.

We copied, yesterday, from a Minirterial Print
of Tuesday, a paragraph, stating that the report of
Sir RICHARD STRACHAN'S squadron being pre-
vented from pursuing the Rochfort by want of
provisions, was unfounded. The contradiction,
11,3 sever, not being satisfactory, and requiring
iine explanation, the Ministerial Print has again
fsuud it necessary to advert to the subject, in the
following paragraph :
t Sir R. Strachaaa
" Great pins see stilt taken to represen'
nuadeoo a► basing been incapacitated from pursuing the
*Mort squadron by a waist et provisions.--vie repeat,
ire, slat we asserted yesterday, that Sir R. Straelsaal
squadron was supplied with provisiosie—obitedantly sap-
plied tbat three sail at the 111011106111 weft time ego tress
Plymouth, to relieve dime which bed Mew beiges; out.—
lad is refutatioss at lie siondoo that he was hecepeettated
RPM punning the mewl, wattage to awe, thee its Mae
MONIENT CLOIC PURFL IT OF TORN.*
A paragraph. differing only in a few words, but
precisely the same in substaisee, appeared in 'ano-
ther Ministerial Print of last evening.-We may
therefore preqnnte, that it has been sent from
some of the Offices, and as such that there is some
authority for it.

The witnesses upon the trial of General WIIITE•
Locaz are summoned to attend this day, at Chel-
sea. Little more will be done than the formation
of the Court, and preliminary business.

The State Papers, which we laid yesterday be-
fore the public, will constitute the basis of one of
the ►east important debates that ever agitated the
British Senate. The most sanguine friends of Mi-
nisters are disappointed at the case which they have
nude out, particularly on the Copenhagen biiiiness.

Ye,dentay tris MAJESTY came to town from
and held a private Levee at the QUEEN.*
Polar!, aeon after two o'clock, which was attended

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by—
TM Lied Cheneellar, the Feet Lord of the Treasury, the
Chancellor dent liselsaion, the beefsteaks* of State fin the
Home aid VIM. Divestments, the nest Lard of the Ad.
milky, the Manse fteeorat of .be Ordnance die Duke o
Mtleintie Vimsenat Ahem% Lora ikethield owl Am-
bient, lie'earals YLippa aintetodoe, tai Ductal Merles,.
The fella/win shad the houonr of being presented
to Ilia Manure :--
%rowboat Cathcart, epos his return front Scotland.
(leased Phipps, anis Lts bend appoinkst to the stosumand
of tin as Itsetoe Witte Moth Regiment.
-Ehe Rev. Doctor 'Marlow, the Presickst of St. Jfiho's Col-
ter, Oxford, upoo Lts bet." appointed Prebend of Canter-
beey, by the Dike of Portland.
fit 31I•U CST y gave audieucer to tLe Cabinet
sisters, anti set otT, at six ci'etot•li, tieµ indoor.
Dispatches were bent off last night from the
Admiralty and the Foreign Office, to be for-
wa,•ded to our Cutaurduders at the Cape of Good

I lope.
Iheßuttedsoase, MorvAT, frollt Teen' ffe, for
New Orteauar, her been taken by two French pri-
vateers, and carried iato Cuba. The vessel is
cleared and the freight paid, but the cargo is de-
tained for further proof.
The Brothers, Put !Airs. from Jamaica far Phi-
ladaphis, is captured by a French privateer.
A letter from Liverpool, dotal January e 3. says.
4. Some of the Jantmca lastare now off this port;
the Bess, Cal Tall. frolll Wave, for Monte Video, is
returned; the arrsvad here from Savan-
nas, spoke, 00 the iSaa inst. is lat. 49. 10. the
Ceorg.. from New Providence, for London; and
on the ttith. the Henrietta Charlotte, from Charles-

tom, for Has port."
Th Hon. M. Mamma, M. P. for Tipperary;
has roil:iv:al the Petition again,t lytiies, from that
Comity.
I)ossam. EcerrtoN.—State of the Poll on the

fourth dal :
Fay Colonel Muntguttarr7 A 33
Fee Genial Hut

It is laid that BOVAPAILTI bee deekesd bir is-
tent:ott of passing a decree, according le which all
neutrals entering French ports are to be detained
instil a general peace.
An article in The Madras Courier, of the I 4th of
Sueteithet Inds says, " By Arab ships which had
arrived at Muscat, from the Isle of France, we
/earn, that Se acourr had returned to the Indian
Seas in command of a privateer, of 20 gum; 18-
panders, and manned with two hundred citaice
tarn." _ _ _

A Court-Martial was to Iniveassemtdcd on bodird
the Magmenimit an the 44th instant. at Sheerness ;
hut the Members not baying a sufficient number, it
was adjourned till the nest day, when the Court
proceeded to try Mr. Joins Brenham. Master of
Mt Miasma's ship Cemenrian, on charges eabi-
bited against him by the Captain of the said ship,
for drunkenness, &c. &c. when, she charges being
(ally proved, he was dismissed 111. M sierra's ser-
vice.

In town OT TOOOTTr, there is seared, a tavern,
coffee-house, ion, or public-house, but subscnp-
tions arc raishig for the purpose of purchasing
Tickets and Shares. The old clubs have beams§ as
lay out part of the money, which accounts for the
present demand that floasssv and Co. daily es-
Rerience from all parts of the United Kingdom.—
The Scheme stands in high estimation. Last year,
HOAN soy sad Co. wer•t truly Isetunate, selling
Seventy-Two Shares of Capital Prizes, at their
old established State Lottery-OS ices, .26, Corn-
hill ; 51, Charing-cross; and St. Margaret's-ILll,
&mash.