The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-06-04 00:00:00

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
SATURDAY. Juse 4.

The following curious communication was yes-
terd:iy received at LLOYD.s

rowty, (CORNWALL) MAY 31.

" A pilot of tbis port being at sea in Lantirk Bay, saw a
bottle boating, claw corked, and taking it up, saw a paper
wkWil be took oat, and found written thereon the
fullinring :—.English brig, Mary and John, lat. 47. 49.
Mug 5. 23. chased by a fleet of fire sail of ships, whirl,
captured and burnt the Mary and John, of Loudon, Churl... 4
Jcpbsim, master, took the opportunity of larding this, au.l
putting it in a bottle, the Frenchmen uttering E.N.E.
M May I, 1901. WM. THOaII'SON, Chief Mate."

Cpo❑ inquiry at the Custom House, it appears
that there is no such vessel as the brig Mary and
o'sloi, of London. CHARLES JEPuson. Master.

We have received Foreign Journals to the 29th,
eontaining Paris pews to the 25th last. The de-
throned and expatriated King and Queen of SPAIN
Were daily expected at Foutaiublcuu, where prepa-
rations have been made fur their reception. The
Royal Family of PORTUGAL have now cause to re-
joice in their escape to the Brazils. In the de-
graded state of their Spanish ..-materrtes, sent as
State Prisoners to France, they may read tire fate
that awaited the lious.! of Braganza, had it
fallen into the toiis of BONAPARTE. The
intelligence from Madrid is dated the 13th.—
Muria". was then exercising the functions of go-
'eminent. without opposition or embarrassment.
The rising spirit of the citizens had been completely
subdued by the massacres committed by the French
troops. Box Ara axe remained at Bayonne on the
tith, directing the execution of his plane for me-
Intioniziug the whole of the South of Europe.—
Parma, Piacenza. and Tuscann are now incor-
porated with •
France, a transaction which will excite
little surprise.

We are concerned to st:tte, that the terms offered
by the eatton IThtiii:factiners have not been ne-
glected by the Wcats.s. who still remain out of em-
ployment in Manchester and its vicinity.

Both Houses of Parliament adjourned over last
night until Wednesday.

The Philadelphia Guyette mentions that Commo-
dore BARRON has been acquitted by the Co in
Martial.

The rendezvous for enlisting seamen waa opened
in New York in the eud of March. On amount
of the present !late of affairs, a great number of
Ent-rate seamen enter daily. The officers have
atria orders to enlist ;sane but A, rican seanicia.

The Heywood, 31•11sTosu, lion' St. Do go,
for Liverpool, is detained and sent into Jamaica by
the Phipps brig of war._

An griecial-Court of Aldermen was held yester-
day, at Guildhall, at which the %event following
gentlemen were elected Rulers of the Corupany of
Waterman awl Lightertneu for the ensuing ) ear,
wit

To be Water Rulers-40km Hamer, Rickard Roved,
Henry Dewey, Ahrihsro Raadersuo,
asarmaa, Thomas Blackstone, and lames Belts.
To be Laldalt r Lucu, Jobe Drialtald,
lea. sod Franca Theodor Hay.
ANTIIONY JONI" YATES, JONI(
JOINWIVIIII, and AIIIAR.III °Pay were re-elected
Beadles of the Court of Requebu.
.Tha Court ordered the dividend of 91. per Cent.
to the Orphans, due the 9th July neat, to cum-
tneneepayment the 19th of that month.

We have authority to state, that in consequence
of the extaordivary vindoet of Messrs. Swim,
PAY 14 R. and Shunts, toweras Messrs. W•LIIII soil
N ustrr, respecting the late Loan, those gentlemen
have withdrawn their account, and all further con-
tuition with them, as hankers or otherwise.

No trial of public interest took place, yesterday,
in the Court of king's Bench.
A letter frein Manchester, dated June 1. says,
"The pirposals ag. reed to by the Cotton M e (-Musts
and Manufacturers, at their meeting last night, at
the Bull's fiend lon, is this town, were an advance
of 10 per Cent. for weaving upon all goods in the
cotton line, to take place this (lay. and a further
advance of 10 per Cent, to take plio:e on the let
of August. making together an advance of 101.
per Cent. lam sorry to say, that the numerous
body of cotton-weavers in this town and neigh-
bourhood, remain dissatisfied with this offer, who
persist in demanding an advance of Gs. ed. in the
pound sterling, which is 33 one-third per Celia.;
nothing less it appears will content them, and not
one of them in this towu or neighbourhood will go
to the loom at present. Uuon a moderate calcu-
lation there are not less than 60,000 looms in the
cotton trade alone now standing still in this town,
and a circle of twelve miles ronnd it. Should any
one attempt to work at the 'huttk, parties rush
into the house, cellar, or garret, and take it away.
I have just heard that a large hotly of them, to the
amount of 5000, have met at a village between this
town and Bury. Three troops of cavalry are gone
from this place to disperse them. Great numbers
of weavers walk the streets of this town daring the
day. but in a peaceable manner, and at to o'clock
at night all is quiet here and at Salford."
Sir ROBERT Part. has imblimliEd an address to
the cotton weavers. in justification of his opposition
to the intended measure to fix the price or wages on
all cotton goods, below which they were not to
descend.

The election of a Physician to the Fin%bury
Dispensary took place, ou Thursday, at the Crown
Tuvern„Clerkenwell Greet'. At the close of the
poll the numbers were—for Dr. DAN(OTR, 635
for Dr. WILK% 441. The former Gentleman was
consequently elected, to the satisfaction •f Lis
au+ncr•us frienJs.