The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-10-02 00:00:00

PORTSMOUTH, Bcrr, 30.

On Wedneaday his 3lajesty'a trig ae the Naiad. Captain lion.
Robert C. Spetter, arrived here hoot the Mediurtersern station,
(where she had boat three years) to be paid of She was raveled
from quarantine yesterday, and came into harbour. The Nsiad
had latterly Lien etnployed at Trieste, Venice, and Ancona, which
last-named place she left the I:eh of August, and 3141ta the ?7th
of that month. It was understood (but no; actually known) that
Lord Cochrane was waiting at Messina for the assembling of his
ships. Athena had not surrendered on the 170 of August, but it
wan so closely invested by the Serask ter (late Iledsehid Pecha), with
about 7,0911 men, that, though ably defended by General Gaunt, it
must eveatually fall. Napoli di Romania was not invested, Ibra-
him l'aclia having exerted his energies air the season to strength-
ening and prorisioaing Triuolazi. The Turks would have at-
tacked 11)dra, bur the fear of an insurrection at Constantinople
had induced the Grand Seigner to detain the Capimn Peche's (feet
above the Derclai,elles, consequently the only l'urkish ships at
;ea were on the coast of the Mores. consisting of two sail of the
line, and ni•leteer smaller vessel,' of war, which were at anchor at
Navartio nn the 17th of August.
Slight symptoms o: plague were manifested in the Island of
CJamce (a small island near the coast of' Albania), lattly beccime
a place of refuge for the Greeks and their distressed families. These
poor miserable fugitives, being much crowded, and living in a very
filthy suite, becimue greatly ditwesed ; but precautions being timely
taken to Laserent contagion, sickness had since considerably abated.
The Weasel s'aaop of wer, which had brought down some of these
mple ftorn Pereira. had had symptoms of typhus, but the seamen
had all recovered.

Sir Harry Nee had left Malta, in the Revenge, 74. with prnvi-
'ions and suppli-r for that part of the squadron employed in the
Archipelago 1 and the Sybille, for the coast of Syria. The Oia.gow
and Talbot had arrived front England: the latter, and the Goonet,
Iroise]. and Mastiff were at Malta when the Naiad sailed. Capt.
Gordon (late First Lieutenant of the Sybille, who was severely
wounded in an attack or. the Greek pirates) came passenger in the
Naiad.

On Wednesday the ship named Junior arrived here from Cal.
cum, having fifty-two passengers on hoard, and duplicates of the
despatches (the original., were sent by Capt. Snodgrass in the Os-
prey, %hidh ship is not yet arrived) relative to the Burman and
fllturtpore Treaties of Peace. This ship left Calcutta on the 2:1 of
May, the Mauritius on June T 6 (having sprung her foremast she
was detained there a month refitting). and St. Helena on the 11th
of August. Are learn with sincere satisfaction, that India was
never in a more secure state of peace than when this ship smiled.
The brilliant attack and chaantetion of the enemy's force at Ilhun.
pore (the key of I Tper India) had made such an impression on all
the Rajahs, wham the revolt of that Rajah had stirred up, that
they had since offered the most submissive condition., as a security
for their future fealty and good behaviour. Lord Comnermete had
returned to Calcutta. and his gallant army to their several canton-
memo. The 13th King's regiment had arrived at Calcutta from
Rangoon, reduced front 1090 strong to 130 &docks. Some rein-
forcements were about to be sent to Arracan, which, by the late
Treaty, is to become a British port. It is probably the most un-
healthy spot in the world, not excepting Cape Coast. Cheduba,
being attached to the newly-raised provinces placed under our pre.
tection, will form a conservative break between the .Barman and
our Bengal possessions. The ship Commodore Hayes had been
accidentally burnt to the water's edge in the riser hloogly. The
ship !libber:a had just arrived flout England. Dr. Ilyne, who was
appointed to accompany the late excellent Bishop of Calcutta, in
his visitation tour, died at Tanjore on the nth of April. The Cal-
cutta Papers of April 23 state the arrival them of the Rev. Dr.
Tyerman (of Newport, in the Isle of Wight), with Mr. Bennett, •
on their return to England, as a Deputation from the London Mis-
sionary Society to the Islands in the South Seas, in which they had
been employed for several years. Dr. Tyerman was appointed to
preach at Calcutta on the occasion. Colonel Blackler, Surveyor- '
General of India, died recently.
On Wednesday the Aracluse, 18, Capt. Alexander Baird, ar
rival from Rangoon, whence she sailed un the Ist of May: arrived
' at Madras on the 22d, refitted, and sailed again on the 29th,
leaving in that roadstead the Boadicea, Commodore Sir James
Brisbane; Tamar, Athol, Shinny, and the Fly. The Rainbow,
Champion. and Pandora, were at Rangoon; the Lame was daily
expected from Madras. The Martin, 111, Capt. Thomas Wilson,
which left the Cape of Good Hope some time since, had not been
heard of in any part of India. The arrival of the Warspite, Rear-
Admiral Gage, Yulage Hind. and Cyrene, from England, to re.
lieve the Boadicea', Alligator, Slaney, and Tamar, was daily
expected. These ships left the Cape of Good Hope between the
12th and 111 h of June. The loss of British seamen in the expedi-
tion to Rangoon, by sickness, wan, unfortunately, very great ; but we
are happy to hear that the squadron was now perfectly healthy, and
that Sir James Brisbane was quite well. The tams of the treaty
of peace concluded with the Burmese was carrying into effect. About
2,000 of our troops had been embarked, and about 10,000 were wait-
ing at Rangoon for means of conveyance back to the respective Pre-
sidencies. These wereall that remained of the immense arty sent
to that pestiferous coast, with the exception of the Elephant Bri-
gade, and the Illth Native Infantry, which force had proceeded by
land from Sebiguen to Arracan, in eight days, sod whence they can
attain the Bengal territory. The fine army of Gerald Morrison,
which was landed at Arnim, and almost entirely destroyed in this
" Golgotha," could never discover, from natural impediments, the
way over the mountaius, down into the valley of the Irrawaddy.
It appears that great ignorance prevailed even among the beat in-
formed, in India, as to the Burmese empire. It now appears, how.
ever, that the country is in a miserable state, and its Government
in complete disorganization. It is estimated that, when the war
commenced, the Burmese army consisted of not leas than 100,000
men, and that after the battle of Pegham it was doubted whether
10,000 could he collected together in the country. The remains of
this force appear to have dispersed, and formed themselves into
bands of robbers and maurauders ; as, since the peace was made,
the people of Pegu had been roost severely harassed by them, in
violation of the treaty, which declared their Sovereign, the King of
Ava, Independent of the Burmese empire. The country of the
Peguese is the moat healthy and fertile of any in that part of India,
and therefore has always been a jealous object of prey to their fem.
cious lawless neighbour-. It will be the business of our ships of
war to see to the quiet cession of the provinces of Manahan, Mar.
qui, Tavoy, and Yea, which territories are in future to be a part of
the kingdom ofAva.—The despatches brought home in the A ratline
were in charge of Lieut. Smith, R.N. who was absent from his ship
with a party of seamen fourteen months, living principally during
that time in open boats, and exposed to the deleterious miasma of
the prolific vegetable matter of the low swampy marshes, which
almost cover the country.,
The ship Atmore, which was seized at Sydney, by the Valley,
18, Captain Charles Mitchell, for smuggling, or violating the Char-
ter of die East India Company, by introducing teas into New
South IVales, and taken thence to Calcutta, fur adjudication, had
been sold by order of the Prize Court, together with such part of
the cargo as was perishable, and the proceeds, with the treasure
found on board, hail been lodged in the Company's Treasury,
under the control of the captors. The owners have applied for a
commission to he sent to Sydney and to England, to avoid final
condemnation. Thus the matter at present stands. •
On Tuesday the Finsbury transport arrived from Halifax, in 32
days, with Captain Stopford's company of Royal Artillery, fifty
invalided seamen, and several passengers.—The Earl and Countess
of Dalhousie had returned to Quebec in the 3lenai rand Sir Howard
Douglas to St. John's. New Brunswick, in the Niemen.—The
Jupiter (Rear-Admiral Willoughby Lake) had also sailed for
Quebec; the Orestes, for Newfoundland, to relieve the Grasshopa
per; the Dotterel!, for Bermuda, with a mail; the Rifleman, for
the Gulf of St. Lawrence; Contest, for the Labrador Coast.
'The Rattlesnake had arrived from Jamaica.
Among the passengers by the Finsbury were Mr. James Boyle,
late Purser of the Menai. and Mr. Seeds, late Assistant-surgeon of
the.luoner, in charge of the invalids.—Mr. Boyle' on leaving his
ship, had the high gratification of receiving a letter signed by Cap.
tains Illointton Stewart and William Pitt Canning, and fifteen otti-
ems of the Menai, requesting his acceptance of a piece of plate, as
a trifling but affectionate token of regard and esteem for his cha-
ratter, and as a memorial of the many agreeable hours they had
passed together.—A more honourable testimony of private worth
and professional merit could not be bestowed.
The ship Mariner, from London, fur the Cape of Good Hope,
has been abandoned at sea, in a sinking state, and her crew car-
ried into Simon's Bay, by the Harriet, bound to New South Wales.
On Wednesday the Arab transport, Lieut. E. Barden, arrived
from the Leeward Islands, with 339 invalids, women, and children.
She left Barbarities on the 10th August. The Druid Primrose
sailed thence in the middle of July, to visit the other islands. The
Olio were quite healthy.
The Diamond, Capt. Lord Napier, put :oto Milford, on Mon-
day, with the wreck of the ship Frances and Mary, which aloe fell
In with of the Western Islands.—Wind S.E.

On Tuesday the Hamburgh ship Asia, Stevenson, arrived here
from Bombay, to land passengers, and repair some trifling damage.
She sailed on the inth of June, and from St. Helena Aug. 19. The
lloa. Company's ships Thomas Coutta Oil days dote the I.i..terd),
Duchess of York, and Lord Lowther, arrived at Bombay on June 4.
The Asia sailed to-day.
On Tuesday the Philomel, Lord Wnt. Paget, went out of har-
bour. fitted for the Mediterranean. The Bittern arrived this morn-
ing from Plymouth, with seamen, and sailed again. Remain at
Spi:head—Oalatea and Philomel. In the harbour—Victory, Mel-
vilL Naiad. Pyrantus, Arachne, Pelican, Swinger.
This afternoon the :Hellish, fir Madras and Calcutta, and the
Albion and Midas, convict ships (the latter to take I:10 convicts
front the hulks here), put into this port, with several outward-bound
West Indiamen, by contrary winds.
On Wednesday the William Harris transport, Lieutenant .1.
11. Steevins, arrived here from the Island of Ascension, whither
she had conveyed several officers to form the establishment on that
Island, and various descriptions of building materials. The Wil-
ham Harris left Ascension on the 29th of July, at which period
Colonel Nicolls, R. 51., the Commandant, and the inhabitants, con-
sisting of 130 persona. were healthy. Through the indefatigable
exertionsof Colonel Nicholls, this little Colony is fast improving
in comforts derived from its own resources. The vegetable produc-
tio:4 are not yet numerous in species, but those that are produced
arc plentiful. The principal vegelabies produced are sweet pota-
toes, green peas, and kidney beans ; and the sea in the neighbour-
hood abounds with fish. Wild goats and the guinea-fowl are
abundant, and easily procured by shooting. There is comtantly
secured, in a good reservoir, water sufficient to supply the neces-
sities of the inhabitants for tour or five months, besides affording
a daily supply from springs to any merchant vessel that may tom .11
there. The anchorage of Ascension is at the north-west part of th
island, and is, consequently, a pretty good roadstead, being woe
tected front the south.east trading winds. The 'mongers tha-
proceeded to Ascension, in the 11*illiani Harris, presented Lieu a !
name iteevina with a handsome sne-box, suitably iusaibed, t -

testimony and acknowledgment of Vie kiwi:nal and attention tile,
received from that offacer taring the vintage. The passengers by the
William Harris are, Lieut Janis, R.M.A.; levuat mint Bennett,
R. 111 ; Mr. Davis. surgeon, R. pr. ; bar. Power. assistant-su
R.N. Sixteen turtles, of Dom f'ur to 600 weight each, for the.
King, Duke' f York, Mr. Canning, aurrshin.ed in the shin.
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Dunn arrived here from Hobart
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On Tuesday the ship John
Town, Van Diemen's Land, 0,0 settlement she left on the 25th
of April. Her cargo consists of goad wool, of a most metal qua-
lity, though it Is not so fine as thseproluted at New South IVales ;
of extract of Mimosa bark, a talueble article reed in the igniting
business. and which, for the sake of saving freight. is redirtnsAs by
evaporation, to a substance of thelhicienees of treacle, and packed
In large coke; and of cedar and blue gun ,caors, a most useful,
wood for the interior of houses. Theme are the lirq faults of this
infant colony. We learn that the Bush 'tongue hat Seen coma
pletely quelled ; all the parties were taken. several of the pelacis
pals ordered to be exeem,e4, and the remainder Mail's' tel to Norfolk
Island. This island had again been resorted to, for the 'temper-
teflon of incorrigible offend. es. As an increase of the punishment.,
no women are allowed to land on the island, not even tile soldier.'
or commandant's wile. It is at present governed by Caain Due
naldson, of the 57th regiment The island is in a fertile.eonffstion,
aboundi with turkeys, fowls, gdetti, and pigs. The new lOW
ment at Melville Island (at the southern extremity of New South
Wales) was badly off; the land is barren, ard the heat excessive,
though the place was not unhealthy.
On Thursday all the naval Captains of the ships at the port a.
sembled on bawd his Majesty's ship Galatea, at Spithead, to in.
spec' the working of her boat guns (earmnades), which had
been fitted by Lieut. Balaban. R.N. on his new plan, with sewistrair
to tio r.wsy tite necessity of tackles, and consequently the Wooer of
running the guns out. The pinnaces of the Oalatea and Pyrenees
had their guns mounted, the former according to the present inven-
tion, the latter on the usual plan. At a signal given, both boats
commented firing together, and continued to do an about tout
minutes end a half, during which time the Pyramus's pinnace fired
eight rounds, to do which the men were obliged to ley in the three
foremost oars on each aide, whilst the Galatea's boat fired thirteen
rounds. and the men had no occasion to lay in more than one oar
on rash side. The advantages of Lieut. Halahan's plan; therefore,
were most teidently proved. you:easily also as the boat cat' pull and,
work the gulls at the same time. Beside•' thelgun recoil, co easily,
that during the thirteen rounds that is erefired, it did no, once come
back to the breeching, so dial any boat capable of bearing the
weight of a gun may have &be mounted, and fire it as often as may
be trashed, without the least risk of either shaking or straining tha
boar. Moreover, the machinery is an very simple, that it ran be
il taken o. replaced in two sninuteii, and, when off, the gun is the
same as. anyother. The inspecting officers were unanimous is
approving of thi:: important inipruventeet in naval gunnery.