The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-01-23 00:00:00

OPPOSITION MEETINC.

Last night there was n meeting of the Opponit ion,
at Mr. Ponsouby's house, la Arlington-street.
Among thene who attended were
The Marquis of Tavistoek.
For/•-- Gasser, Temple, r.usioll, and Aboymt.
Viacougit Milton.
boda—,Porchester, Stanley, OsCulston, A. Hamilton, C.
Car euilith, and Henry Fitzgerald.
Bo,—John Newport, William Milner, Sir John Cux Hip-
pes!ey, A. Baring, Thos. Mostyna A. Pinot; Gloms W ar.
render, and Jahn Autrey.
,Ilewieur.—Talbut, Jekyll, Lamb, Howard, Hubhard„
Grattan, O'Hara, Agar, 'funds', Houten Julgu South,
Thumption, Sharp, Fitzgerald, (Ale. Ilibhert, Tierne,,
Windham, Howard, P. Moore, higge.hniald, H. Martin,
Adams, Cavendish Bradshaw, Elliot, Grenville W. Coin,
Frermantle, Creevey, W. Smith, Knox, Lerch, North, Yet..
nun, ViTeker,Calcraft, Ward, Hoovers,, Cuthlrert, H. (*motor,
Greggfell, Taylor, HOU. G. Pourouhy, and General jot-
pigeon.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS.

Stc—A moat scisewialous rumour has been ciri a-
lined, in every part of the country, that the Nii-
xtsvev will he obliged to abandon their place.;
but, as they hare no such intention, the sooner such
a report is contradicted the better. The followisig
very short reami.s will be a sufficient prim( of their
having no intention of obliging their enemies. lu
• season so severe ca the present, no man would ve.. •
luntarily quit a warm snug place; besides. it would
be cruel to expect men to give up things at home.
who have en handsomely given up what they bail
abroad. The liberal manner in which they have
gone a begging for recruits, and the bounties they
have offered to the most raw lads from the count: v,
Ace bow desirous they are of serving the
The numerous projects in which they have failvl,
according to the lowest Lottery calcoilations, offer..
fair chance of drawing a prize shortly, menially as
they are adventuring continually. Jun military poice
of view, no meu are so well calculated to make it as
afair of posts; and, in change of posstions, they "
have sheen they are all as well calculated for oeie
pest as Another ; aryl, as Cabinet Counsellors, swore
to secrecy, they have demonstrated their bowers
of retention, by Rghting about their p'aces, and
then publishing their lettere on the occitsim.
No, Mr. Ent roe, it is the wickedness of the see
only that gives birth to until reports ag iinst 11.4
MINISTRY. whom even our immortal SI4 A N •PRA
seems to have had in I.is vies', alien he exclaims—
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" rite times are uut of joint : 0 cursed spite,
" That sad sea sLould be (looter:Ito set atter. riest."
Asstopaus.

CATHOLIC EMAIVCIPATION.

TJe Addis Evening Pest, of Thursday krt.
states, that the Catholic laity of England have re.
seised. in opposition to their Clergy, to male M.
offer of the {'rte to His MAJESTY; but that the
Editor "on the contrary, has reason to belies..
and sufficient authority to state, that the CATHO•
JAC! of liiet.sso WOULD RATHER SEE ALL
THE PENAL LAWS RE-ENACTED. than PROCURE
EXANCIPITION AT SUCH • rum" If this be
the fact, it follows, that some of them. at lea t.
here changed their mind since they instructed Mr.
Poisosioe, Mr. GRATTAN. and their other great
111160011411 in Parliament. The Dublin Ereling
Post adds, " A general Meeting of kt.man Catho-
lics, to consider this subject, is to be held in this
city, on Monday twat, wheat it is thought an addi-
tion to their Petitiou, and a strong reinoostraace.
wiil br adopted."
oii the subject of the Veto, there was, hat
night, a Meeting, in Francis-street Chapel, of the
Catholic Clergy and Parishioners of that parish ;
when they resolved to write to Mr. GRATTAN, and
to convene another meeting for Friday ; sod a re-
(1.111Sii1011 was signed, calling on all the C uthoiic
Clergy of Dublin to meet on Tuesday."
The same paper also states, that an English Ba-
ronet. a Member of the House of Commons, has
prepared a Bill making it imperative on the Roman
Catholic Bishops, *believer • vacancy occurs, to re.
turn to the office of the Secretary of State a list of
candidates, from which any v6jectioralie person is
to be struck oat, and the vacancy to be filled by
nue of the npprored candidates."
Such is the statement of The Deddio Evening
Post, no doubt a very respectaiile authority ; but
we hnpe and trout. that no di-anion in the
great Catholic Body will arise to defeat the greet
object of its complete ernimeiliatioo.

The Dispatch packet arrived, on the iSth inst.
at Falmouth, ,vith mails from Malta and Gibraltar.
She left the latter place on the ; six days after
the pretended insurrection is amid to have happened.
She sailed from Malta on the loth ult. leaving
there His NlsiesTY's ships Terrible, Brheark.
Spartan, and Images,. The Mary sad Montrose
packets had sailed for Messina. The Prinevits
Augusta had arrived at Gibraltar, and proceeded
for Malta.

Reinforcements to a considerable amisunt are im.
mediate) y to be embarked for Portugal. Three Ge.
neral Officers, among whom is General LAST% are
to accompany them.
Extract of a letter from Capt. Worm, of his
Majesty's ship Leveret, to the Trinity House, New-
castle, dated Jen... 1810 :

" There is a brig. the Cretin, of Liverpool, apparently run
dews or tweet, as she is lying with her stern *hunt sin feet
shoes water, and appears as if her anchor w■s gone.. Si..
has all sail set, without being reefed; was lying in aluiut
forty fathoms, in let. by observation 54.39. N. Mindy Fee 5.
W. by N. by compass nine or ten leagues distant. I was fast
to her upwards of four hours, and the Leveret having en
Mr sails set, bet curb! not iniive her in the least, and hi
which I ledge he► anchor trine—hcr sails actin with an in—
ineuse body of water over them, makes it ditagerous for any
vessel striking against her. I lashed a king spar, with a
Danish flag staff is it, is tilftliN that any vessel may see her
by day ; hail she should be reineved from where she i., be-
ing directly in the track of *uncle working 'olive nay."
Surgeon MILBANK, of the Ist hnttation of the
Stith Regiment. has been dismisiesi the seri ice se
Si. Croix, in the West lodic*, fur bring repeatedly
intoxicated o hilr on duty.
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According to the Ibushurgh Papers. nOSA.
'AIM, frogs bring the husLa.J of June's' v.. is
become her piatouic lover--Three days al*.er th.:
divorce, he dined and spent the evening with he► ■t
Alaimaisoo. He he. since continued to visit bier
frequently. and they arc both said to he via( ham,.
On the night of Thursdav,lthe t I th imt.,
hincholy accithait happeoeci in the ne ghly.uthocd
of Kells. In costequence of hiving. tie e t•t a ria,in
without a chimney. three rim/ who wlept iu it weir
found suiluiated the following Enemies.

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