The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1808-11-25 00:00:00

A ..r-t • •, • bet puts **clod in th e mertaiIIOMMIMPIMIIarMI march to this place the . arcend.tilielmialailldt; army of Gallicia, commanded R 1.1411111101.1 Don Raphael Martirms, .q 4 _co li tgrif4": regiments of %swarm,. Vl' Betensee ; the third battalion of Lamm theielys teens of Vietorie, chassenrs and pioneassobenig •ed to join me, whicivnair ifittledider dose ' r, Orosio. " The third battalion of akiCtriatt i lttlidy• •ins, and the regilsent of listanooss• It pre '0404 been detached from this dirisioa, and form sat at present any of its effective force. • rt In Ores* I left the regiusentintl t. 0 1666 2,.. the battalion of voluaers of Victoria. iSad die goon of the regiment of the gown, under orders of Brigadier-Gees:al Major hteleapinai osserve the adianced parties hi 111iirgala, and *.etch the enemy's moverneati u kcinet Ordains. • " I yesterday removed my heect i gisseeters to this t. , 011. General Blake haring establiabed•iiia :tot ;4m:cm, three leagues from this place.. • r!"."80 " The enemy's line extends from theggiggo Vellandnum and Miranda, Olk the Ebre r aird occupies the pesitiou of Pancorbo. The French are in constant motion, nsarehing and counter marching, from one point to the other."—(ideiii.) nut, ors. t 7. Several letters from Tarragona state. that the Wools from Portugal bare disembarked in that town: they add, that the convoy which brin g s Ge- mesa Virw and the remainder of the mope, frees Majorca. it lyiog *Areas et that pool. The Memos of Casteldeei os. Cidelesi of : the vio toot Obtuse of Santiago, heroine Louisa them - Ther farther write frets Tarretoas,lisit. ALtits 17th fastest, 100 hliqueiets arrived is AA place. well bewail. bat without ansto..hitili ther s'orite* s I.:* Wet wrigning, ' Clair., SOY. H. We are assered, that 111 reason why the last mail, as well*. this, bee. no lettesssibl, Bur gos, is, that the French baatag anemia; 4;b00 in number, to the earirons of Burrs; temillect f,- rage and previsions, of which they' atifflif titath ha laced, the inhabitants of the town ;110 a t iitiiiigllsent the Gentlemen of the Paso.44lce d okik it . ; the latter taking with that, MI ihe letlasm,..iin kit.. the Vidladolid bag vas ilthotity rewired, bat t posted Barris. The arittYVf lEstighlahlllnm . . jii i of liti,ooo warriiirC4ol4l4 ki t cs'ai ' up-1...m,, ..• ••(.1 14i , enanly, vault however by Wamipw.paso . Burgos. and we may therefore expect that we shag soon receive the Borges lektcwihighere i0i,,i,06,1 —tearoom Maley, Nety..Mib l h.4 (Ws -• . /From the Correa Polit44'4l reseal. New WI., 1.... .41 t.%* Among all the letters we %VW mnt places in the vicinity of *146'31kt:4401 p ate postal, we have not seen one whiXdogprotisigfily praise their patriutissa and fidelity. Gorr valiant tromps follow the enemy. in view, on thus bauks of the Ebro. waiting an opportunity spin to engage the cowardly bauds of the new Atlas, whose limas have nut yet been able .to do is, , 1 injury. On the 25th of hat month. 4h. beers quartered in Lagrone - celebrated the arrival of their valiant and ivetthy General4n-Chief, Screw Calitannt. The French. who weii tit Om afisar side of the river, believing that the soutglitiltgitene‘ produced by the moat lively sidisfactiym sad *ix proceeded from some other cane,. prise as, attacked the city with increased &reels; hut thidispositions of General Caliaaall were so well and promptly taken, that though a brisk and continued fire was kept up on us till the '2 6thore dal not low a single man ; whereas by the relation of an siker, the field was eovercd with enemies. Gene rd immediately took *possession . of Nairn and Avelila. Geacral Blake, in like manner, on tiae Ishis of Siszorsa. not wily irbserves, but fol lows and bills many of the cut my: The army thew. accnrding to the account of °neer his Cap tains, emotion to more th.tu 1.5.0u0 men. STATE OF TOE SPANISH F0R116.1. The following statement of our forces. Which we. have rt ccived hots a pt MOO well amputated with the subject, appears to us well deserving to be pre sented to the public Army Navarre and Llic•cay—Capable; to ••• take the field immediately • .„. 134,134 Will be iu readiness by the end.oftliAtur- .1 , 'T • 1 os,top army of Catalonia--mpable to take 'll lr field immediately . 59170 Troops which itzding will receive n • µI ECA PITT' LAT lON. Army of Navarre and tlitcay - - 1950 of, Ditto or Catalonia Auxiliary English troops - . 40,000 Total in readiness. to take the Arid $ tike ewl of the year -3.49.7.7 a Reserve - let4.Ovo Total • . ii.l4 there ; and SOOO treopi rue expeconl frau) Gihrai. ter. Ilse Captain of a ship lately wilpriattesit thence. saw ago embark bargini ha iiZ•t o4 T r ia o r Accounts hobs Faroe rtatiilbili to be wary scarce in that aosustrpr*Clisbillill;ftrllrel or the French not having firsedevey Ee their country the tree tour • Siadin.--./Corasuta Ditty, Noe. itt' - ijav Rizoirs. )0 1 'wtit Vixtmtrqcr• ' t 2 . ' IF The French Italia*, •AwhichlishArriveaat.the Perelap Urt of Tahenin, is said to ciinO%t of a suite of .. Oilers of 1 tifinitry auld raeohys'aild 1161141.000 y, The offloere . 0 ...... mi as ii...: .porety:dreenad. .. ilkeadtketilles from China, oel*eivittenateosint, to • .. .. , :i4 l Madras, were made in the early part of tjhomekti:ibe,extetit of nearly a million sterling. _ .. •v., : i:. • PRIZE COURT. Thin 'ling against the ship Persevere's:a, and cargo. Nicholas Costa Conipcsi, Master. detained by His Majesty's ship Dedargnense, Captain B. Proctor,' - Sir JANES Mactsvroast has pronounced sentence i of : cm:damnation on the above ship and cargo. 4i I ;.! -tl ...iletilor E BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, FRIDAY, Normals& .25. _ . •- DISASTROUS NEWS FROM SPAIN. . We have been, for some day's. preparing the pub lic mind for the reception of isafevortile intelli gence from Spain. If Nix was able %a maintain a footing in Spain, and fo contend with doubtful sueems against the whole of the Spanish forges, it appeared to us snore thou pro able, that. when *Bed by liesiraare, and the reinforcements pis" ,f4vek Ftseye. Germany, and Italy into : lieleMieted.testintr.r.; he would be able to advance. /lie sevehe principle of our reasoning, and we tiatilcillrettiti that it has proved well founded. " "te:slitiiiicket . arrived on Tuesday at meiriwelh:spails frsts Corunio, which place t alloe4iff eerthe 19th instant. It appears by the 1711-141I0tr- shit date, brought by her,- that the "hiss re-mitered Burgos, sad were pushing "64 NOineGlid stmight for 111adrisk. The armay 4444 00 46 m was acivaiseirig torweet them, but ' e ditieiediaftsipsue, which• had pleated forward to ' Inallia tette it -is said, las met and defeated ' aliciut A .. .. ' gigues south of that city. So far we hare etia`u4ority.of the public journals, that the reptcli 41.4 .ept only passed through Burgos, but advanced considerably beyond that place towards Palsocia. Private letters from Logo, uated the litit. carry dean ' the whole., operations of the Amp* etOik ; furtber. They state, that BLAILN'Ii 1 107.11fter repeated attache, had been completely imperiedoaltelithat the French, having passed Pa kiwis. harttirEred Valladolid, and were pushing on rapidli,;t9: - Mairid. Government. it is said, have received dispatches to the same effect; but, indeed, if it he true, as stated in the Co runna papers, that the French hold passed beyond ' Burgos. we do not see any reason to doubt the account, even though it had not received official confirmation. The French could not have ad * tra Barges without having encountered I: z eled allaillia BLAILR't army, unites they con 11.11111Mit.nrek.of sufficient moment to delay their IStii r s ltg the same time this reasouing is not . 1 1 . ,Q more cautious Central than Bona 1011ette we might be assured would slot advance. 4Litig ll'ilboa and St. Andero in possession of the yiu his rear ; but we know that in the late war be did not adhere to this regular system of the rid school..but pfessed forward into Poland, lee,- ta i r:ry gulag fortresses occupied by the enemy hint. ' BONAPARTE felt that if he gained lire' main oli,iect, their fall must fellow of course. XII lklrast, .he may have left ,Bilbott and St. illoderieta sDad behind him in the eagerness of to:lselin to gratify his ambition, and realise his of re-establishing his brother as a King tit' that es.pita4 from which he lately made is escape ea a guilty fugitive. favoured by the darkness of night and covered with disgrace.— Assuming thei that the French have arrived at Val ladolid,or even at Burgos, and that they are within a feW days march of Madrid, as all these places have been mentioned as the only probable points of in tended unison hetween the forces of General Moose and Sir Davin Began. we wish to know whirls to be done by these Gemerats. By the arri val of the French at Madrid before them, their union will• be rendered impossible in that point, and at Burgos or Valladolid, the French world be inter posed between them, supposing,. as vie have a right to premium. that Sir DAVID BAIRD'S army has made a considerable progress towards Biscay. -hi any of these cases, we see only one safe coarse that ow . troopecan pursue. General BAIRD must en detrour to measure back his steps to Coiunua,subd I it Joite Manes must make the best of Ilia way Issisit•en Liaison. At the latter place our army wnettl'fie cOf a while, and we understand that there are . tietiiiiiorts at Commie ready to receive the force imadosskikorred Dawn. the only 111Staillet of widow and due precaution which we have seeu the tee:duet of from the time of the {aiding of the first man iu the Iberian peninsula. These views.may appear ton gloomy ; hut ivlien it is consi..;tred that we hare Comma papery to the aggii awatant, and that they do not afford one cheers lag ra. but, en the coutr-ays that the intelligence which they hint i is dirk and dismal. and that in them we Gila Oa accounts of PALM el and C AST A.• 0% tylast tighh have we to eueourage stn6ruine ea jtectatilim? It is true that SeasioanTr. tt4ight oc cupy the capital without possbalitig the counts!. — All Spain is not Madrid ; alter beating the Spanish armies he has still to armpit. i'ii?-Spa-. 1 nish nation. But mai swirosing that the Spa nish nation should eventually come victorious we are appalled at tlw prospect of the borrows and sufferings by which the victory will be a chieved. Horrors and suffixing., rendered still more painful by the reflection of the facility, which, with ordinary wisdom and energy, might have been avoided. Had Ministers sent our troops to the point where they were waisted and welcome, instead of to the points where they were not wanted nor weicoine : Had Sir D. BAIRD, Sir A. WE:A.B,4IAI', Sir H. BURSAR', and General ANsTRUTHER, landed at St. Anders, instead of at Commis and iu Portugal, the French must have Been loag since completely expelled from fipaia . and the passes of the Pyrenees would beams . in the possession of the English and Spanish fermis. To this complexion, howzrer, haveM Misters brought our affairs ut last. The only glorious gokrleii oppor tunity for the deliverance of Europe, that ham oo curred since the commencement of the Preach Be- volution, chance threw in their way. It is horrible to think that they hod not ability to avairthsiuselvs . of 'it. Part of the evidence produced in favatir pf Sir ARTHUR WSLLISLEIi, yesterday, Wove tile:olHW of Inquiry, at Chelsea, was a conversation between hint, and Colonel To assns. We- 'never• thought that this Court could possibly satisfy 'the public; mid we are now convinced of it. Evidence of this kind before a Court, or, perhaps, more properly speaking, a Board of Inquiry, may be very pro per; but it would not be allowed in any other Court, however, humble in the most trivial and and paltry case that fancy can conceive. Let us suppose, for instance, that upon the trip' of a maw in a Criminal Court of Law, for steeling a pewter pot, his declarations, professing his innocence; in conversation with :A friend. weie evidence to go to a Jury, be must be a very silent and friendless man, iadeed, who would ever he found guilty. Any thing, there Fore, that Sic ARTHUR WEL I.SsLEY ever urged in his own defeuce, in the abeemeoflletserals Bu a- RAE and Sir D. DALRYMPLE; we mutt leave cam pletely out of the case. There is only one other point disclosed iu the examination of yesterday, which we ' have room to notice. It appears, from the evidenee of Gen.FralaUSSO N. that the heaviest artillery a hieboar troops could have brought to batter down Lisbon. and the forts upon the Tagus, were nitre posuoders What a type of Ministers ! ! Niue pounders are exactly of their own calibre. • The Hampshire Nomination took place on Wed.. nesday, at Winchevter. A brief account of the pro ceetlings is given in a subsequent column. The Priam/ Elizabeth packet, the arrival of which, at Plymouth, we mentioned yesterday, .bas brought letters from Lisbon to the 16th instant.— By these we learn that 6060 British troops still remained in the iimAitbourliond of the capital. under the COMOMMII of Sir U. BIJIMAILD ; who, although rumour stated him to have been recalled, had gives no indications' of his departure fey Twenty-four transports or upwards, with FrosaFti troops on board, remained iu the Tagus, and there seemed no prospeet of their sailing, say!) prepara tions were waking for that imepole. The tt7th and Slst Itegiments; from Corunna, had arrived seine time ago atl,i4bon. Yesterday advice were meaty& at the East Indio House, that the underihhitimaid dips. outward bound, which sailed frtim Madeira etas the 3d Octo bet last, were all welt on the Toth of tbsit mouth, in lat. 43.50. N. loirg. 11. ln. W. via. ' Asia, Captain Tiemeiglifere; Wattlisapoto.i, lows; Tot- Isobar, Hughes Gemara Swart / Jerome Demotes. lionsapd 00ras. littplbeit Lothiiqristi. J. ; aid Urios,tiarr.Mi. Extract of a letter from Madeira, dated Oct. 96': —" Passed by. to the north-west, a Portugsiese line-of-battle ship, tax frivites.and a brig, to cruise against the Algerima. . . . ptrThe LORD CRAIIICIILLOR bas been i rleased to esit the Rev. Jo s e eg. ellow and Dimin of Saint John's L'otlege,. Cambridge, to the Vicarage of SwalTb,eii Itulbeck. - "1141. 4 h/eta prat Sir .N... 11.01A.AND ; wise support Mr. 111:11TFICQT1i ; .metre 111144 C Baronets by Mr. PITT ; the former in 1795, and the other iu 1800. Captain I.Lewita, of the George, arrived at Portsmouth, from Malta, states, that two or three of the teat. ur.der convoy of His MAJErm's ship Standard, from the Alediterranean, have foundered, and, he fears, their crews are lost, as the weather wuso bad no boat cool,' render them assistance. The Elise Hamilton, DAVIDSON. from New. ll'ork, for St. Cs oix, is taken by a French privateer, carried in St. Nlartin'4, and condemned. Extract of a letter from Captisiu Bras, of the "emir, from Suriiisim, arrived in the Doan., dated off the Isle of 'Wight, Nov. 2t :—•` We sailed from Surinam in company with the TAarriet, Capt. Witsoa, and panto" from her on the nit October; on the 17th October, is lat.. 14, 47. N. shoat ti leagues to the eastward of Barbadoes, we fell in with, and hem off, 'after a random action of two hours and a half, a French privateer schooner. It was perfectly calm, at she would have bee* prise to as, as Capt. was, at the same time, 11l company, otherwise we should have cea. lenity been captured. From the information of some prisoners we bare 011 i.lo4lTti, I 4.4111 She is La Petit Atielegh.of four sic-poouders and one twelve, with sixty men. We did her a deal of damage, and we received so-vevol liout, which completely da maged the mizen-mast, Lid we received a few crape bliiit among our lower rigging and sails.— The 015eers and men isehared extremely well." A The new farce of performed at the • next, is said to possess laughable situations, Mr. Musses, and Mrs. d►splayiug their c. Mach's. CATALA for the lest tune. for last. at the Edinburgh duce the Shawl Dauce :Opera. conclude with 4 , God time the Inter Millais I .Carsi..sai was to play at Newcaatie to-in,,Nrow night. • Lady and Mies Warta hare left Tnuusi:s 'Hotel for thrir new residence in Welber.-street. Lord and Lady GEORGE CATENDIfiII left toss, at seven o'clock yesterday intoning, for Laaca,l,r.. Lord HENRY FITZGERALD, Lady Dc HOU, sal their family, are gone to Brighton, where they im pose to remain until after Christmas. Lady Am" HAMILTON and the two Mimes %a:- FORD left town yesterday for root-hill. - rho Counter of Essex was last night comaidatd rather better. The Whitnhaven Theatre opened nn Wedneserq night, with an occasional Address, spoken In Mr. 14. K mum The interior has been greatly im proved during the vacation. Lieut. JONI. FRINIANTLE, of thc Coldstrws Guards, is appointed Aid-de-Camp to Sir Joni t:atA [soca, and left town on Sunday for Pmts. mouth; to embark for l'ortugal. • The two M hoes Jou% sniu will have a greed pee!' on Sunday evening, at their house in Minot.- , square. Lord CMOrtGE EERLsIPORD was married on Tu. ••• day at Mary-k-bonne church, to Miss flsitait; , SemuTZ. Ou Friday last M. V ESTllliand AIiGELINI land ed at Portsmouth front Lisbon. They are titre' for •the season at the Opera. They are expected to town this eveaing. At a late Public Meeting, the Chairman, collecting the opiriona a those present a l so. question pre:roiled, was stigmatised by a guar/. - some mensLr as a fool; when he repted. ti ' 1 the accusation was very improbable, as he Lad j , :: taken the erase qj the co—pany. Mr. Coons is engaged. for a few nights, at t 't Bath Theatre, and was to make his &bat r‘i-t night in Macbeth. To-morrow he is to pri fora Silt/lock and Sir Archy Mac:imam, and o n Tilt.' day Richard. On Saturday, Sir Satinet. HOOD art"olopan.c • 4 the Duchess of Goanuir to the EdtnharKh theatre. The raoment the so/hence recltni,..ed the Admiral, they testified their approbation bi loudest plaudits; mud the bind ern , k up God the king. Risk Britannia, Britons strike home, Ou Friday last the Kiss's househoid, in Loses depart/cent. cotton. , paying op to last Cbrintinas, and, although C Castle rep all M; Count Tat A Sir Menai mom. r iottrl :wait thou riglt meal whol , viadi TI Bait st' begs frieu prey' 1%1 forw ...oily last, ther mot Cr'ii DCO !MI 01It 111 v Use Wiwi three quarters in arrears, o•pence to pound was stopped for prompt payment. On Tuesday afternoon, at three o'clock , Royal Highites• the Prince of Wstvs lett tni his travelling carria,te, ocirtoniantetl by f.: ! .• Teatime, and Sir Peluso FICAti(Ph for Brigi His Royal H•ghness returns to town on Satu or Sunday, and early in the ensuing week prat to the Lower Loglee. at Wind-or. there to ret for a few days. 1S e are heavy to %tote, tlw' Royal Highness) has rot !octal so vis:l for t 1.4 tw . - . • - .• - ' ,"'l'. ll r e) 11A 4 . .,..c a ,ii . . ..: wi t) -41. . a Castle re a cin C signed s uer o t TIIE RING. the rn • • ..., Milda We stated yesSrda -......... y the the Rovst. r ;,,, Count left town for Windsor, soo n n f t . r live 0 . 0 : , I Tile Weduceday evening. Ili, Attie es re's Court,.,,' OAP Queew'e Palace, it so happened, coiteithl ee i :, Willie tine enotigh for Trig carriage to pr ece d e Ilil '; short ii•:•rr'l4 a short di.tarice. %%lice it came toll- and T harp Green, from the derbies. of the night, o f Sir the great speed the horses were tr.vellin g at, . Mend of the leading horses, on which the postilion Sir fell, threw his rider, and rolled upon him; a. % 31r. I- course, three the other three hones iii great ea t ,i and 4 bion, and it was expected the &sena t e, with deerll NI Al Ler( in it, in teat liav e hero overt u rued; line, their by the exertions of the other poi:Wien it w as mom vented, and an inhabitant of Turnbull-green, re, rani happened. to be ou the spot, ha s t ene d to the as eeslie ranee of Hi* MAJeIiTY, and got him out cf there thou: eiage, without receiving any injury ; he ea., 11,,,, Mr. I ever, under the disagreeable necessit, of • a l s , veer, through the must, ',birth was unfortanately e ., right lected to a considerable depth, and wait,J ta neat Her MAJZlrren ferriage came up, in trhich react!, whet M•aerry, the Princesses At'ausee and Luz elodi SETE, and, Lady ATIMISURY. TI Princess EL IZAIII.TH. on learning what was Dait, matter with her Koval Father, instantly jumped lii of the eMinegerineei.illsaiMaseenv teak he r pi , begs The .Prienes was 'esieliged to walk for a 0 , • frau deraide distance through the mull. is the ray, rev camas... ea which were the. Princesses Mtn..: pert) PULA, and AMEIJA.. and Lady eII.SisLLT. 'f Sir i then proceeded on their way to .Wiad.or. eli. si Si senv's carriage followed, empty, with a Inn A pair; the. fore horses bein„o too initell injured Al proceed. and the rider. of the name of Con, a fore so mach bruised that he was uiLeze to the e '. the I Hone Inn, sad put to bed. the pia: T'HEAT'RE. and —,...., Daly Dlttlre-11.11L last, SWAIISPRARE'S interesting Comedy of As y. sate Ake It, was performed last night. The only uor . thee ties in the performance were Miss MCLI.OIe, ill tl ci.sie part of eloulrey, and Min RAY, in Cern. 31 C Mes.LoN, although following such an a.teess Alin Pore, we, by no meuns deficient in berth: me neation of the simple aukwardindrey—ebe, hoe eritt ewer, wanted that vacancy of couottaance wen,. Drel Alias Poet so admi-abiy pourtrayed. Miss Die 1" tall played /tontine/ with much spirit, and a ban encored in the Cuckoo State The Comedy Nl' eke well received throughout. The Renner of e:.. s e ra . Beard followed with its usual success. The boat tie was qiiite fu11. oat The new farce of Tie School for Authors, is , lire performed at the Haymarket Theatre on Monday a ,,, next, is said to poesese much point, sod some ~ I an , laughable situation*, which will afford Mr. Just.. u m Mr. Alusoes, and Mrs. Glass, au opportitaiti of Eta displacing their comic talents to great advantne. del Madame C•ret•nt was to perform , positive,' sine for the last tine. for her own Benefit. on Wedoes4eY eve last. at the Edinburgh Theatre. tile was to blur so duce the Shawl Deuce in the Opera; the whole to " ntlu 1 lAre r, tbs Iristra thee tie Us Mn +• rat rat U rdtAr In wt H I a, .4 4 • ••• j 4 the I liA ,