The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-12-08 00:00:00

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
1 UESDAY. Dimming e.

A. Russia%Courier united yesterday with dis-
patches fur Government. We were not able to
'tarn the date of 1,0. departure tram St. Peters-
burgh.

Captain HaLKeiT, With five sea of the Lae,
sailed oa Mouday from Portsmouth, with sealed
ordc. s.

The 4,lan cutter is attired at Falmouth, from
off Lisbon, in 14 days. She was chased from her
station on the 19 h, 20th, and 21st ult. by a squa-
dron of live sail, appaielitly 74's—one of them
Was eismasted, and th-y were steering to the
Northward. Our Falmouth letter supposes them
to be French 74's, and not Sir SIDHLY SMITH'S
squadron, one of which, the London, was a 98.
The number answers precisely to that under Sir
Stoner ; but it would hardly be standing to the
Northward; and, besides, the 41444 cutter would,
by private signals, we should have thought, have
ascertained whether they were British ships or not.
It is also to be observed, that Sir Stotler SMITII'S
squadron passed Cape Finisterre on the 1 at.h, and
might be expelled to reach the" Tagus on the 16th.
Perhaps it may be the Russian squadron from that

river.

Another letter from Falmouth, says, the Alban
kept sight of the squadron for three days, and es-
caped by throwing her anchor and two guns over-
hoard. She was not sulfzred to enter the Tagus ;
but it is reported, untruly we believe, that she left
in the Tagus II sail of the line, and that the Porto.
guest ships were in possession of the Spaniards.

We have received New York papers to the
Ist of November, containing the Peas' osscr's
Message to the Sen.ste and House of Representatives,
on the opening of Congress, at Washington, on
Monday, OR. The first business of the House
of Representatives was the election of a Speaker,
when Gen.V are proved the successful candidate.
On TuestlaY the Message was delivered, and COI).
gress were to meet on Friday, the Juth, on the ex-
tra-rdinary, c#ll of the Executive, when so much of
the Message, as relates to the matters in dispute be-
tween Creat Britain and America, was ordered to
be taken into consideration. Alluding to the dls-
pute with this country, it says—
.. seen* of the articles pmvsed might have been admitted
on a prattiple of compromise, but othsis %ere vio
di..nlvantageous, and no sufficient position was trade apinst
:be prlficipal zoom* the irriutions and calluions which
s enit.tenily andante. ing the peace of the two nations."

This charge subicientl, chews the hostile spitit
of the Petsibarcr. The sejeaed treaty contains no
ptinciples but such as kngland has uniformly
claiaied, and in defence of which her Government
has *sore than once declared its determination to
nail the Rag to the mast, and go to the bottom, soon-
er than surrender them. It is singular, however,
that so. ile this charge is made against England i 6
kiiren terms, there i 4 not a hint given of the mon.
strous decree of Bo , violating all public
law, nor of the outrages committed by the French
on the commerce of the Uniteil States. The other
rub of thig Milne, relative IQ the internal

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nornr of the United States. *re of infetior interest
flare is, however. one pa•sage, ..which we cannoti
pisss without notice. The condo& of General
Evros, and other witnesses upon the tri4l of Colo-
nel Bev e, evinced with tolerable cleart.ess how very
far tht adiniaistrAtion at the law: in Aint-rica talk
short of the purity of a BritibL Coin t of Justice.
Adverting to Colonel Boa bell acquittal. the Message

says—
You will be enabled to it'd...* whether the defect was in
the testatateny, aa the law, er us the adniu 00000 stunt of the law;
and wherever at shall be found. the Legislature alum! cart ap-
ply or originate the remedy."
Here we hare the executive authority, which'
. ought to lean to mercy, lamenting the acquittal, and
consequently the implied innocence of the party.

Sir CHARLILII COITUS yesterday received his
6nAl instrnlions At the Adtniralty. previous to the
assumption of his command.

A ship will sail for the East Indies, in the course
of the present week, with dispatches Irons Govern-
ment. _

Dispatches from Heligoland were received, yes-
terday, at the Foreign-Office, in 110/ening-street.
On Sunday Dispatches were sent tat by Alinit,ters
to His MAJISTY at Windsor.
Sir Hon's Poen* is had an interview with the
Board of Admiralty ye►trrday.

On MotuNv the 30th last, the Alf eget {Opt', at
the Cove of Cotk, made the signal for the /ran-
sports, with the two!)s on board, in that hat bouri to
get under weigh. She proceeds with the expedi-
tion. The debtination of this force is kept in the
striaest secrecy. The 63d regiment embarked on
the preceding Sunday morning, and prt.ceeds with
the fleet.

The William. WAILS, from Riga, for London, is
captured, and carried into Bbrnholm.
The Martha, HOLLAND. from Shoreham. for Ply-
mouth, was captured on the 2eth ult. ell' Portland.
A ship belonging to Dundee. laden with Rix, is
captured. near Copenhagen.
The PreviJsncs, armed ship, arrived in the Hum-
ber on the 2d instant. She sailed from Helsing.
burg on the 20th ult. in company with 36 sail, and
parted from them the next night, in a gale.
The /Aired Mato, Mouse, of and for Baltimore,
from the isles of France, is detained by His MA.
agar v's ship Leopard, and sent into Halifax.
The Horatio, Mixer, from London, for Mega-
dors, has been captured, re-captured, and carried
into Megavissey.
A Member of the American Legation at Paris is
arrived in London, and confirms the report we
have heard, that BON•IA NTIL demands peremp-
torily that the American Government shall break
with England or with France. lie leaves them no
alternative ; and we trust that they will have no
difficulty in their choice.
Mr. MELLISH, 01 Manchester-square, is appcinted
to a mission to the Court of Stockholm, and will
leave town in a few days for Sweden.
The hired Malta packets will won be discharged
the service, and those lately on the Lisbon station,
employed in their stead. One of these (the Auck-
land) is already under orders to carry the mails of
the present month to Gibraltar and Malta.
We have received the following interesting let-
ter, dated Madras, July 23, lOW :
" The lades. by which this goes, bring called
into the Roads, as passing them, en her way from
Bengal to England, is to proceed to sea again in a
few hours. The Madras Papers would not be in-
teresting now, such is the testriElion on the Press.
The following heads of information comprise
every thing worth your notice :—Lord Minto ar-
rived here on the 20th of June, and departed on the
20th inst. in the Modelle, for Calcutta. A dreadful
famine prevails here, and throughout the Peninsula,
in consequence of the last N. E. Monsoon having
totally failed. The poor natives are dying in every
part of the country—not a tree, near the sides of the
road leading to Madras, but has dead bodies of the
famished natives lying beneath it. Such as can
reach the Presidency are fed, and their lives
are saved by the charitable contributions of the
European inhabitants, and by certain portions
of rice daily issued by Government. Lord
Bentinck has, and is doing every thing in his
power to alleviate the miseries of the wretched sur-
f . The skeltee Castle has not been heard of
since sbe left the Cape, and, consequently, is given
up for lost. Many families are in mourning at Cal-
cutta ; she had numerous passengers on board for
that place. Before this reaches you, you will have
heard of the loss of His Majesty's ships Bieniteies and
Jason. Sir T. Trowbridge, and every soul on board
both the ships, perished.
tt In the early part of June, the 21J Regiment of
Foot, (King's), mutined, near Agra, in Bengal. in
consequence of their pay having been svishholden
by the Paymaster (lately dead), for seven months.
After having been induced to lay down their arms,
they were subdued, and kept in confinement in their
barracks, by detachments of Native troops. Every
thing on the coast, respeAing the Native troops, is
apparently adjusted, and subordination appears to
be restored."
A Letter from Armagh, dated November 25,
says. et It was only owing to the bright moon-light
that the Comet was invisible for a few nights, for it
was perceived again on the evening of the 20th
inst., and on the 2lst, at 7 hours 35 min. p. s.
mean time, its distance from Lyre was 1 deg. 40
min. the Comet being immediately under the
coma extending weakly to Lsra, and nucleus faint.
On the 22d, at 7 hours 14 min. its distance from
Lure was only 4$ min. in the vertical, whose
azimuth is nearly W. by N. ; and at 7 hours, 33
min. mean time, p. in. same evening, its right as-
cension was 277 deg. 20 min. and its declination
47 deg. 52 min. 26 se . North, so that it never sets
in this latitude. On the 23d, about S hours p. ra.
the Comet passed by Lyra, distant afloat 13 mm. at
the nearest approach. On the 21th, at I hours,
23 min. p. re. truest' time, the C..met was N E. of
Lyra. and distant from it 1 deg. 26 min. 20 sec.—
Ihe of the Comet is now towards our
zenith."

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TIIE.ITRt.S.

OSURf.i4l4r.
Mrs. Joinair. last night, resumed her favouti'e
part of The Widow Belmar, in the elegant Comedy
of The IV 411 to keep Him; -she displayed great ease,
vivacity, and feeling, in the charming widow, and
sang the sweet air of The Willow with the happiest
effeEl. She was admirably supported by Mrs. IL
SIDIONS. in Mrs. LOVernOre. The introduetion
scene between these Ladies possessed great ease sod
fine wring, and received the most unbounded ap.
plastic. Mr. Waciuonrox is a sensible Me. Love+
snare, but Mr. 1'1.1.1570N would look the part much
better. The house was quite full, and displayed
much fashion.
In the brilliant circle were,
Hit Royal Highness the Duke of some, tits Marokinnesi of
Headfort, Lady MN. y Taylor, Lord and Lady Holland, Lord
Erskine So Juhn and Lady Lubbock, and the Hun. Hr.
Grenville.
COVitiT-Geritlieve.
Mrs. Sin notes, last night, displayed her unsi,al..
led talents in Jose Shore, and received unbounded
applause. Miss SUITII, for the second time, played
Alicia, with much judgment, force, and Jiscrimina..
tion. The play went off with much spirit, and at.
trailed a very gond house.

COUHSit C.

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DOVERIDGE COURSING MEETING, DERBYSHIRE.

Lord Waterparles G,nunds.
This Meeting had not, lA. the Atrium Meeting, to eon.
tend with the elements. Though touch of the aUrrounding
Cuuntry was ,Ver.l tab .now, the t 0111110 g go,und •al clew,
and the d. vs were hne. The hand et re ournennis, and tan
wworoMonly Wong. Mauy of the bast Cour.va were un-
decr.ted

Amongst the best old doge of the Me-ting, %Yowler, the
biotlier t.. M. Tophani'S Galliard, kept his place, notwith-
standing hie age.
Mr. Mundy produced a very evpiml young dog, gnt by
Wander, nut of Susan, Sone bag blood.
An invitation eras siren br Lord Middleton, to this
Aire Gentlemen, it/ try the %new dog. on
and .t Si mit unlikely met the Mahon 'Meeting, in retitoar,
may aro sunny rat tbero jwd. erouratorl grey huoi.ds.