The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-04-02 00:00:00

LONDON,
THURSDAY, APRIL 2.

We have received some New York Papers. con-
taining estra4s from letters written by the French
Admiral WlLLAtluss, who commanded the squa-
dron commonly called Jartous BOMAT•1111 of
which two ships of the line and a frigate now re-
main blocked up io the Chesapeak. They are given
in our preceding columns.

His MAJISTY came to town yesterday, and gave
the Royal Santlion to several new Ministerial Ap-
pointments, as will be seen in our Ccurt News.—
Among these are the Duke of RucHMoau, to be
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; and Lord Et. mu,
Lord Chancellor of England. Admiral GAYetta
and Mr. ROBLIIT Waco, were appointed Lords
r.f the Admiralty; but the appointment of Lord Mut.-
ORA VI to the head of the Admiralty, has not yet
received the Royal SanCtion.

%Ve have repeatedly stated, that Viscount Mat.-
vis La was the principal Manager in the late scenes
at Burlington House, and that his Lordship
would come forth in a prominent part, in 41,:e
season. Every necessary preparation was made
for his being re-sworn a Member of the Privy
Council, yesterday, at the Queen's House ; and it
was not known to the contrary till a late hour on
Tuesday night. when the Duke of PusTLaMo re-
ceived a communication, that his Lordship could
not attend. This is the second time he was expeCt-
ed at Council. Indisposition is the alleged cause
of his absence. His Lordship will certainly have
a scat in the Cabinet.

no Courier, a print avowedly devoted to the pre-
sent Ministers, lately undertook to answer for their
conduEt. :s.To sponsors ever spoke more devoutly
for an infant. With that imposing effrontery whic!r
has uniformly distinguished its temper and its tone,
it assured the public, that the new Ministers will
pursue a liberal and enlightened policy, not un-
worthy of their predecessors in office. We hope
and trust, that such will be their cows. ; and the
best proof of their sincerity will be to mark with
their contempt an article which appeared last night
in the paper to which we abide. If the present
Ministers really mean to adopt a system of cuncilia-
tion anJ kindness, they cannot pOrmr a writer in
their ',trice to class the Cati etc. with the London

brtispriclang Sclelett, ad t)ru metal and e
tdtadkaal language of Lands Cisatefisst, It,
LAMP, and MMUS. ft the !Reuse of Lords, Ind
Viscount Howlett, In the Hoses of Cormftemr,
the mischievous' and dangerous herangile of
reamers Bunt:ker. at the Crown and Anchor
tern, in the year 1803. On the seditious dr.ig•
puted to the Corresponding Svelety, that ~;it.,
we believe, very competent to form an accurst,:
nion, and it is well worthyof such a man to ties, el.
Noblemen with the leaders of that seditious ohm,:
To confound all rank, to level all distinaions,
first principle of the tree-bred Jacobin; and, as ;
is in his nature incorrigible, so, whether pleadirrri
or against Government, whether advocating t:,
cause of loyalty or of sedition, his ideas run in II
same channel, and he pursues the same smelt t
misrepresentation, mafignity. and dsiusion. Ti„
he should endeavour to assimilate the Cetholin tn •t•
Corresponding Society ; the Grenville, and Mr ••:
to the Tooker and Nardys ; Was only what we hi
a right to erpea from the writer in 7i.
But he has not been content with merely l z
this proof, that he has not degenerated friun
original nature. The Liberty of the Plebs 14, %14,1.2
such men, a constant theme of abase. The! keor
its power, and they dread it. Accordingly, ere ve
told, that " such langoage,'• meaning the able etd
forcible explanations of Lord Gastsvrtss and v,.
count Howie', " cannot be too eagerly ckr,
cated," that 64 it is pregnant with mischief, ri
;fir is re 1. capetissed, tie dewy of Parliament she'll.
SOOT. 11/primal the Dehates from denoting tie legs.
lives to • asat.siots." Here is a system of uoncil,..
Lion and kiodneu announced with a vengeaerr.
The public will, no doubt, Item to ceristree
menace rightly. The Parliament, then. it wino, •s
not to be dissolved ; but the doors of Parke
went are to be shut spinet the public, s.;
the British Senate to be convened into a Tu.s.
ish Divan. But, if the doors should be twat!,
will this shocking slave posies that the speethes
given in Parliament will not be published in the
newspapers 3 Yes, the muse ingenuity which lewd
its way to the Minutes of the Privy Councii, apd
the snow fraud which gave a mutilated ex:;43
from them to the world, would misrepresent tie
speeches of Lords Howacc,Gaatarnsce,and Mains.
The voice of truth would be lost to the public, and
the inferiority of the new Ministers would only hs
seen in their minorities. The language of the Sena,:
is likened to the laaguage of the Correspondirz
Society; Lord GRENVILLE and Earl Melts a,:
classed with Hosea Topes, and lismee, the shoe.
maker ; such is the respell and decency which :it,
hirelings of the new Mioistere are desired to yay tit
their predecessors. The pufsfie were lately tincr•
coed with a Dissolution of Parliament; and we are
now threatened with having the doer of the Pitt.
liament shut against the public. If this be the
commencement of a system of lthetality, freedom.
and conciliation, we should be glad to know h'w
the most tyrannical bigot that ever disgraced i.e
office of Minister, would begin to exercise ;,is
functions

Sir RICIII•Rri STRACHAIN sailed from Plyinret%
on Sunday, in the Cesar. to take the command of
the squadron off Rochfort.

A letter from Copenhagen, dated 21st Mar-
-1637, says, " Three hench privateers. fitted tut
at Stettin, are in the Baltic. The matter ct
vessel assived at Helsinger, reports, tbat one of
the privateers, carrying ti guns and 100 awn, las&
ed at Bornholme, and obtained provisions there.
On Wednesday arrived at Liverpool, the Amt.•
rican ship Leona, Capt. Metre, in 32 days (past
New York, having on board the following impel.
Fero. who. al r come to England as witnesses on the
trial of Capt. %Vulva v, of His MAJZATI'S step
trawler, for the murder of Preece, via. Capt.
&TWAT/tit. of an American revenue cutter, his.
THAN L. BR VaiTER. his son, ROSENT MITCHLIT.
and Jos 1, WHIT a, pilots, and Capt. Picea, WO,
to the deceased. _

Low ao MORRIS, Esq. Member forNewpott•
in Cornwall, sonin-law to Lord EIIARIA& MA
yesterday morning, sworn in before his Lordship' s
Master in Chancery, in the room of Sir Wititae
WALLILA I'APYS, Bart. resigned.
The Lords of the Treasury have been pleased to
appoint .1 AM es HATMICS Esq. to beFoliedtor of Hu
!dears: v's Customs, and Plincipal Officer of the
Revenue at New Brunswick; in case room of Wit'
LIAM WANTON, Ixs-I.
We understand, says a Dublin Paper, that tbo
Gentlemen deputed by the Catholics of the coca.!
Clare, to wait on the Representatives with the re-
quest of that body, for their support of the CatholiC
Petition, conformable to their instrudtions, attended
Sir EDW•IID 01SAIIIM Wball that wejthy and Pa-
triotic Baronet was pleased to make the follosrag
answer :—•• Gentlemen. I shall attend my dal 41
Parliament, and support the measure; I have eft
supported it, from tonvidion that it would be most
essential and beneficial to the interests of the empire
at large, and shall continue to give it the same NT
port."
A peculiarly interesting Report will soon spree
from the Board of Commissioners in the Depart'
Mani of Military Inquiry, in the Medical Derr!'
meat of the Army. The Board have foe a caw
datable time been employed on this impostamt sob.
kit. The offiee and establishment of the Com-
mander in Chief. and the extensive estalslishmeW a
the Secretary at War, come under then rwriew.