The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-09-14 00:00:00

LONDON',
SATURDAY, Strrr.marn 14.

The Cot-1)7;m., of It guns, Lieutenant J. Den BY,
arrived on Thursday, at Plymouth, from 'ff Brest,
which she left on Saturday last, with lisp tdieS for
Government. Letters from the fleet state, that a
few days since, nine sail of the enemy's fleet were
seen c, ming out of Bret, with a tine breeze, but our
advanced squadrons were quite becalmed at the
same time, and forced to make their signals hori-
zontally, for them to he seen. The enemy, after pa-
rading a few hours, keeping a lani-breeze, stood
into the outer-road of Brest.

His Majesty's frigate &readies, of 28 guns, Capt.
Nov ItgE, arrived on Thursday, at Portsmouth, from
the Leeward Islands. She sailed in company with
about 300 vessels, under convoy of His Majesty's
ships Illustrious, of 74 guns, Capt SHIELD ; Bricorn,
frigate, of 32 guns, Capt. lIARDTMAN ; the Rival-
Les 74 guns, Capt. Pres:MORE; La Seine frigate, 36
guns. Capt. ATKIms ; and Brauliiii, 98 guns, Capt.
Esters. The' three latter, after they had condueled
the fleet to a certain latitude, were to return to the
West Indies. The Barbadoes parted company on
the 19th of August, in lat. 35. 48. N. long. 62. 2.
W. in chace of a French it igate. She was for-
merly the Braose, French privateer, and presented
by the inhabitants of Barbadoes, to His Majesty,
and hence her name was changed to the Barbailois.
The arrival of the fleet m .v be daily waled.

On Thursday, soon :alter one o'clock, a Cabinet
Council was held at Lord him. ' Office,
which *43 attended by the Loan C H•MCELLos and
several others. It was understood, the final instruc-
tions to Lord Nttsor; and Sir Sipple,/ SatiTis were
thea agreed upon, previous to their taking upon
them their commands, to which they have lately
been appointed. At three o'clos.k, Lord Nctsorr
and Sir 7iiiristy Snout attended at the Office, and
had an inter riew with Lord M tr R • vc, for a con-
siderable time. General %V: Lt.r,Lty attended at
the Office about the same time.

We tately gave an extract from an article in The
Cork Mrreantile Cbroiaq'e, Eating, that disconteut
universally prevailed in Spain, and, that the tyranny
and oppression of that upgart minion, the Parser
of PLACE, were driving the country rapidly into
the gulf of a revolution. A Gentleman, lately ar.
rived from Madrid, confirms this account.—Several

cases have occurred, in which this minion has
seized the persons of some of the print pal Grandees,
banished them the country, and confiscated their
property, without even the form of a trial, or the
allegation of a crinie, except that of incurring his
displeasure. It is generally supposed, that, in this
outrageous and arbitrary course, he is urged and
supported by BONAPARTE, who longs to squeeze
this ill-fated country, as he has squeezed Holland, of
all its riches. What is to be the reward of the
PaiNce of PEACE for his wicked and treasonable
services, we know not. He cannot become a greater
favourite, or obtain more power in Spain, than he
already enjoyed under his legitimate Sovereign.

when the expedition now in

prepitation was first announced, promised most
devoutly to abstain from all conjeftures respefting
its object To hazard any opinion upon the subject,
they considered as highly imprudent and reprehen-
sible. Some of them, however, have continued to
throw off those qualms of conscience and of deli-
cacy, One of them says, in its number of yesterday,
that the expedition is intended, in the first instance,
to make a diversion upon the coast of France, in
:layout of the allied armiza upon the Continent. An-
other, that.liad also solemnly promised and vowed
so abstain from hazarding any conjeflure, says, the
armament is intended for the Mediterranean, and
that it will be under the auspices of Lord Isle Lsori.
It then goes on to recommend an attack upon Bou-
logne, as praCticable ; an enterprise, which it, in the
nest succeeding paragraph, condemns as impralti-
cable, and concludes, with an assurance, that " this
plan is not a jot more romantic, nor, on military
principles, mach less likely to operate, either for com-
plete diet, or diversion, than the projea at believes
now to be in hand." We have copied this para-
graph, as a specimen of the ingenuity and singular
consistency that characterise the Morning Print to
which we :allude. In the present case it afteaa to
state one particular destination direltly, and to in-
sinuate another, and then it discard; both, and
would have the reader believe thazthere is a third,
which is the real one, bat that it wiii not divulge it.
This is indeed a mo:,;. ingest:.QUS way to appear wise,
and give information to the world. All auela prov-
ing, is only trifling with the public. As we stated
from the beginning, there are many points between
the city of Naples and theTexel, in which an cape-