The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1807-01-31 00:00:00

Ili ( Pe' the Russian Commander its Chief, Cic-nerat katelltszolli is said, with his centre and left, to have surrounded the French right wing, consisting of the divisions of Sour, Nav, and DAVOUST, and to have killed or wounded 40,000, and taken 20,000 prisoners, in cluding Marshal DAVOUST. The French, it is added, fell back, in consequence of this defeat, to Warsaw ; but the Russians were prevented from pursuing them to that place, by the want of pro visions, and the state of the country, between the Narew and the Vistula, which is an entire desert. The town last night abounded with rumours, still more unfavourable to the French, than the details received by the Editor of the Altona Paper. The defeat of the enemy, of which they were the subjelt, is supposed to have been that of the Q ! , t b, at Ostrolenka ; but the reports of last te ght added, that the Russians had crossed the Vis aud that an engagement had taken place on t h e 7th, at Syachrchaw, on the road between War saw and Posey, in which the French again sustained a severe defeat. The same report, however, states, that Botta A RIB was still at Warsaw on the Bth, a case not very consistent with the reported defeat between that city and Posen, as, in that event, he appears to have been cut off from a retreat. It was also stated, last night, that a Messenger had arrived in the course of the day from St. Petersburgh, with dispatches for the Russian Minister, announctog the destruaion of half the French army.—This re ylrt alludes to the battle of the 29th, and net o G hat of the 7th ; and we have further to observe, that, upon inquiry, we could not learn, that any Mestenger had arrived with dispatches• for the Minister. The new plan of finance, submitted to the House of Commons, on Thursday citizht. by a.nrd Hewer Fury, is une of the most im,'ortant measures of that class ever laid bet ire Parliament, and will form a.. tea in the financial ntsrnry thi , country. As it is of that importance, that it s'muld be clearly and lolly understood, we give the (..lowing correa outline of this great mea.ure. His Lordship as sumes, that the public expenditure of each succeed ing year, shall be nearly eqiial to that of the year 18 lii, and that the annual produce of the perma nent and temporary tevenuer will continue equal to the proJuce of that year Upon this foundation the new system is raised, and by it the new system must stand or fall. Presuming that it is solid and substantial, his Lordship proposes, that the War Loans for the years 1807,1808, and 1809, shall he twelve millions annually for the year 1810, four. teen ; aid for each of the ten foil.rwil.g years, sixteen milions. Those several Loans, amounting for the fourteen years to V.lO millions, are to be made a charge on the War 'fazes, which are estimated to produce taw, my-four millions aa nually. The charge thus thrown on the War Taw is meant to be at the rate of ten per cent. on eau . Loan. Every such Loan will, therefore, ple,tgo a ii much of the Wilr Taafa as will be PflUll tj m-e. this charge :—that is, a Lien of twelve mill: .ns will pledge 1,200,0091. o: :he W4r faxes Ani in each year, if tile War ,h t :Id be continued, a furth portion of the War far:: will, in the same manoer, b pledged. And, convcitie-tly, at the end of four- teen years, lithe. War should iast so long, twenty one millienisohe whole produce nt the War TAxes, would be pledged for the total of the Loans, wh.ch would at that time have amounted to Q. I 0 mill.ons. Tae,.ten per cent. cliargc thus acclmpanying such Laws, will be applied to pay the interest of the Loan, arid to form a Sinking Fund, which Sinking Fuld veil', evidently be more than five per cent. on such of the several Loans as shall be obtained at a less rate of interest than five per cent. And 14 a Eve per cent. Sinking Fund, aectursulating at cnm• pound interest, will redeem any sum of capital debt in fourteen ye irs ; it follows that tse several par times of the War Taxes, proposed to be pledged fur the several Loans above mentioned, wili have redeemed their respedive Loans, and be succesively liberated in periads of fourteen years from the date. of each such Loan. The portions of War Taxes thus liberated, ra ty, if the Wat should still be pro. longed, became applicat)le in a revolving series, and mny be again pledged for new Loans. But the charge for the interest and Sinking Fund of the proposed Loans, being taken horn the annual rroluce of th:t. War Taxes, a deficiency equal to that charge will be created in the amount of the temporary revenue, applicable to the war elpendi- Lure. This deficiency will be made goad by Sup plementary L•wos. which must increase in propor tion to the increasing deficiency in the event of the continuance of the War, but will never amount even in a period of 20 )eats of %Var. from the pre sent time, to more than five millions, in any year, beyond the amount to which the Sinking Fund of that year will have been raised by this plan. It is proposed, that the Supplementary Lune shall be formed on the established system of a ttiak- tit g Fund of one per cent. on the nominal capital. ...The charges created will be rrovided fur, during re; • the first threortars, by the expiring Antssitin ; anh during that period the country will have the great benefit of an exemption from all additional burdens. From 1810, and for the six following years, a charge must be provided for, amounting on the average 1 those seven years, to nut more than 293 OM. Annually But even this comparatively small amount may probably be much diminished by ths. increasing produce of the aclual Revenues, and by regulations for tacir further improvern:nt.— And thuc provision is ra ide, on the scale of aftual exp.ndaure, for ten ',ca►s +tf - war, it it should be necessary, without any addition tl faxes, except to the inconsiderable amount above stated. At the close nt that period, taking the three per cents. at 60, and reducirg the whole of the Public Mks at that rate to a money capital, the combined amount of the Public Debts will be 337,360,0001. and the combined amount of the several Sinking Funds then existing will be 22.720.0001. ; whereas the present amount of the whole Public Debt, taken on the same scale of calculation. is 352,793,0001. and the pre. sent amount of the Sinking Fund is no more then 8.335,0001. If the War should still be continue beyond the ten years this; provided for, it is pro posed to take in aid of the public burthens eerie' o excesses to accrue from the present sinking Fu-:d. !'hat Fund, which Mr. PITT originally proposed to limit to tour millions annually, will, with the very large additi .ns derived to it from this new plan, hav- a-cumnla•ed, in 1807, to so large an amount As 24 :nilliuns sterling. But it is not proposed, in any ca , e, to apply te the charge of new Loans, a larger portion of toe :linking Fund, than such as will al ways leave an ansroint of Sulking Fund, cilia! to the inters:sr p eyAhle on such pact of the present Debt as .I.l.4lireition unredeemed. Nor is it meant that this, or Any iith- e op -lotion of Finance, shall ever prey-n' the redemption of a gum, equal to the j• present De•at, in as short a peeked as that in which it would have been redeemed, it this new plan had not been brought forward. It appears, as Mated in our Parliamentary Repnit yesterday, that the Ainister has been enabled to de vise and mature the plan, as a praftical measure, by t.se flourishing state of the permanent, and by the increased produce of the war taxes, particularly the Property Tax, and by the high and accumulating amount of the Sinking Fund, with some additional assistan:e from expiring annuities. Such is the outline of tnis great plan. which pro plies to provide for the public service for a series of years, without the imposition of new taxes, or pledging the Property 'far, in any poosiWe event, beyond the period of the war, and at the same time with an honourable adherence to the word and pro mise of Parliament, in respell of the people and She public creditor. The R • ease French lugger privateer, of 16 inns, and 4J men, is captured by His oloias - rv's ship Croi:er, and sent into Yarmouth. the Loth racket, &tomtit, from Leith, for Lan d rn ; the Soar, BILDLIOSON, from Grangemouth, fir ditto ; the Laandirr, NicisoLsuor, of and from Shields, for ditto ; the Commerce, CAuteartio. from Memel. for II dl ; the Art. SANG:STU ; and the r;ralrefiars, Gm eirowav, from Copenhagen, for Loo don, nave been captured by French privateers. The s - st wit burnt, and the lour last re-taken by His M.-. J 11% r v's shin Cno;ser, and s:nt into Y arm "sth. 31101 apprehension is entertained for the safety of the Swift sloop of war. She sailed from the Nore for Ers rut- on the 22.3 of November, witnout any ship under convoy, and has not since been heard of. I:se opinion of her having foundered a sea is much , strengthened, by one nt our cruisers having fallen in with part of the wreck of an armed ship near Heli gola N s wie,st anding the a ljournment of both Houses of Parlia non until Monday next, the several Corn mirees ti?ois the Eledliero Petitions for the Boroughs of Thetford. Weymouth, and Malden. sit as usual in tbeir respeaive Committee Rooms. The latter Pa tit,ol, we unders , and, will be decided this day. Yesterday, bein.t the Anniversary of the Martyr dom of King (NUR LIS I. the Sees Eea of the Hotior of Commons. pursuant to a vote of the H,, irs e, went an state to St. Margaret's Chapel, Westminster, attended by the Officers of the House, and • -venal Members of ParJament, among whom we ohs reed, Lord HOWICK, Lord Morale, Mr. Hoanuuse, Mr. PARNILL, Mr. SHILEY, tic. Sm. wrien a must excellent Sermon was preached on the Occasion by the Rev. FREDERICK BARNES, Chaplain to the House of Commons. A letter from Bordeaux mentions, that an Eng lish frigate, of 50 guns, supposed to be the lispe riegar. commanded by Lord Cochrane, at eight in th morning, of the 4th of January, detached 110 men and 3 .fficers, in three cutters, to take a bat tery. in the territory of the Commune of La Fete. The eighteen men, stationed there, percerviag that the enemy seem-of to manifest an irrention of surrou rding them, abandoned the batter y. The English has ened forward, burned several liu . s near the battery, and spiked the guns ; after which they immedratel ern:marked ; and when the national guards of La Tests, headed by the Mayor, who behaved with great bravery. repaired to the spot, they found that the enemy ha/ already returned. Many adventurers are felicitating themselves that their numbers in the present Lottery are not yet drawn, as the Two momentous Prises et ltd,oool. each, with other Capitals, are still fcrthcoming. In consequence of this great interest. many fresh ad venni: ers will deem themselves happy likewise, on being able to obtain .thy Tickets and Shares, before next Wednesday% drawing, for the rernaininz raest import:4m Prizes. r . ~ , • ' 7' . F.ISHIONS FOR FERRUART. It 4/ so snort a tuna sirtce W 3 R.:donned oar dut► to the pub. lie on this hea I, that we have now very hen. novelty to ofirr: Tito Hussar cap still holds its place; the Tiorkish elastic bat. made of velvet, is very el 4 ; the elastic rut turban, merle of coloured v rivet, or whit-satin, ornam mtel with demo ids, is very becnrning ; velvet or enlisurial satin heti, trimmer with light swansd•ivrn, with pelisses to match, are very e cult ; end evening tresses, of white satin or valvot, but the for mer is more be - itriful, ifan'lyk d with Wives or gold ; sleeves very snort, and finished with a point of silver. The full, or dusting dresses, are melee( light silky inset, and trimmed with silver rhbbo•s renal the bath) n. tit- sleeves, and tits Beek; the sane &Then warn no the head, or a small vitget.h grf flowers. BrIW , I and puce Chanahrav audio robin, with very long trains, unsigned round with silver leaves, and alviff cares and tis.el:„ ar worn. Torki,h silks. of ranoui cAluart, are ea vele' to hm wore to ate C , ,111.11e of the nonnth. For mow tog dresses, sh•ert walking goo its, rrf ca ibric fall trimmed with vat mu hit ; also dresset of corded mush.), Vend. , 'eed r ors I t re bnt lung aleeves, V iadrkel; high pointed collar toold the th,..lat; reantlin and hats to match. Scarlet vette' opera ttOprre, trirnmAd Ait serawdeen, are mach worn; lw anoto en A. 14 tn.rt, al-o retain their places; white gloves in I-I , e, and rtl ow r .1 - ,dres4, ate worn; r-lk..R.ilered or entlicwsed h.lf ttauik •rchiefs, tied on the head, pspoanxe. as A simo,e and ,neat half chats for youth and im ; white vim rapt, wan stranidown, ti.zduodet the chni, lark neat for ane age. EARL OF nriturs HUN!: The Earl of Draw( turned out a deer yesterday, at Caterham Comarnn, and not at WaLitiaham, as was expeilled. The der went off at I I o'clock. and took a chrellim for Chaldon Court ; he then beaded and returned to the spot from whence he started, to the great surprise of those gentlemen. who. from the hange of ground, had ant arrived until 20 minutes after the hounds were laid on, and who then joined in the chase. After a run of an hour and twenty five minutes, the deer was taken in a pond. at Cul.lson; it was near an hour before the poor animal could be gmt out of the water. which WAS at last effeEled by tying a cart-rope to the end of a pole. 'The Countess of Ccostwttaraw, on 3 her fait daughter. Lady M*e i• Alarm, are gone to her Ladvehip's seat. Gill Hail. in the North of Ireland, for some weeks. The last arrivals at Bath, are Lady WiWants, Hon. Mn Corn.*ll and family, Sit J ohn, 1.44., a id Met. smith, Sit F. Stantish, Mut Alm nal Sir loaac CoNit, Raat-At•lmi.a. Waittrey, Gmetal and Mrs. ?analog, Gen rti Thn as., Cathr ow, C. 41„ and Mn. llyka, Cot, Joh.iam, C d MJean , en' and Mrs. ht•Clhry„ Cal. and Mrs. Sestlr, and Col and Mrs Ansley. . . _ The Midas° at Cork, on Monda♦ se'nnight, was unmerously attended. All the rank and tasnion of th at great city, and its neighbitrrh-:od, were pre sent. The decorations were s i ilendid--i-taste, lane j, and elegance, were combined to their arrange ment. Mr. Di siones's play of Adrian and Oreilft, has been got up with great splendour at the Belfast tnearre. Mrs. M► son has perforrne I the part ot ~duke tderearst, Art. Ha. came, Orilla, and Mr. Hot. can 0, , 'rr ace .41tfeher,e1r. Master Bar r v w is to pray Teter•ed it the Shrews bury Pheacre, rid Wedsies say I.st ; an! was to per form there twice more this• w.•ek, and fchrr trines 10 the next. The Earl and Countess of CARDMAN gave a grand droner, Tests Tilly& at their house, in Upper Grosvenor.str ef, to the Lir) of Doacntstair; ti Countess Dowager of !Assuir-ED'excest es, the Countess Dowager of Ccessionr, Lady CARO- Lint Deltas, Losd Gcartonevitv, and Generals Gaessiii.xt and Buotti ' ' We understand there has been teed'ln the Green. room, at Drury•lane l'heatre, a new play, from the pen of the late Mr. Toter, which, for interest, pa thus, and beauty of completion, exceeds any piece presented to the public, ler some years. Mr. ELL is- Ton, Mrs. Powecc, Miss Di/scan. Mr. BAHNISTaa, and Mr. BAItRYP43IIA, have the principal parts. Mr. Josses, the Pro,.tietor of the Touts es Dublin, Cork, and Limerick, also Master of the Revels in Ireland, is now in London, recruiting fur his after season, and the summer months. A very splendid entertainment was given by Mr. C. 'Pnaccussow, on Thursday evening, at Brods worth, near Dencaster, at which all the beauty and fashion of the rseghlvnithooi wete present. Nothing, we understand, could exceed the clewslce and taste displayed ins the decorations ot the ball room. The tablet set out for sapper, furnished a profusion of the choicest delicacies. Atter tetir. ng from the festive bo ad, dancing re-conimessccd, which continued tall a late hour in the morning. Mr. FLETCHER READ, a gentleman well known in the sporting world, pied suddenly on Thursday morning last, at Shepperton, in Sauey. He had spent the previous eves,ing with some convivial friends, and was found dead in his bed the erasing morning, by bis servant. The eve is fast approaching when some one must enj iy the stunt of 50,0001. Neat Wednesday morning, Tess o'Cluck, is the app inted hour ; after which they will draw 50,0001. 20.0J01. .5,0.10 i. 1.0001. and 5001. Prizes. These treasurable armies are not to be had every day ; as such, apply q sickly at Hos mmmm and Co.'s (Hies, Nos. '26, t ornhili, 52, Charing Cross, and St. Margaret's Hill, Bo rough, for Pickets or Shares, warranted URAFAIVII, which are sen' g on very reasonable terms. Thirty Thousand Pssuods entails for the First & AVM I Lket the next trey of drawing, Wednesday, 4th February. There us ho insunee to be found in the History of Lotteries, of so rich a Wheel as the present, viz. rwo Prizes of 30,0001. each, 90.0001. and Two of 5,0001. each; also Fear of 1,01101. and numerous other Capital', &c. The undrawn tick -1 ets and Shares are on sale at Howl's and Co.'s Oakes, Conga, Oillt4-street, awl St. James's tract. I NEW' MUSICAL FUND. - testerday, the Members of the above Inst:tutrns itel4 their anneal Feast, a! the Crown and st chor Tavern, Li the Strand . ; at five o'clock, upwards of 30i) of the Member. of the Society, professors and lovers of Natm iny, sat rr , vn to a most eacel:ent dinner. The 11 an. Jon,' Seencsa was advertised rn , e in the Cha;r, but on account of the .• • lion of his Lady, he cou'd not atteod; and Mr. SMAKT, the treasurer of the Instnution, being in• di.p•sed, Mr Coarse, of the profession of toe law, and one of the Launders of the Society, took it at a few hours notice. Previous to the commencement of • the dinner, the Chairman gave a Grac.r as a chaunt, i n which he A rai. jlinecl by several of the coin ,any. Al , er , he cloth was removed, "Non nadir Demi ,a" • was sung with very sublime efeB by the whelk comp my fhe Coatam is gave " The Mother of ftwoony ;" af , er which the invocation to harmony, " Corneal Hate Soils,” was .0 ig by Messrs. ELLIOT, Wasik. And Dasav, with charming cleft. F. King, Queen, soil all the ttayal Family," except tic., errs given weir throe. "The ProMe of Wt.'s and Is Ares/ York, the Patron: of the 1 &an two," van three, (.1! mod. " 'Ft- New MUsteal Fune, end vestal to the roaring OM- C.trt," viii. Om., fhe Cast areal, addressed the m-eting, et coesi dera'oletength; and said, he had the honour of bw one of thz tounders of the S aeiety and circetved. that, without she additiettal rid of boaoraty sae scribers, they shoold not be ab:e to g• on with the relief of the distressed members, their widows, and nrpba S. Mr. C T. SMART'S celebrated Glee, 'kr Grasshopper's Jai/ ; Cr, Ihe Bottryty's Fight, was called ler, and he iris regoested to read the words. He addressed the Meeting, a..d s lid. he to n ic 'hat opportunity of correcting an erroneous aezottnt that had appeared in the public p Vert. of the words being ch.- procludion of the Princess yl a av. and otter bistiliguished chat-a:Teri; but he had lately been at formed, by Mr. Ro , cue, the Membcn f t pool, that the words aver? wriginalay oftrittrit by him, merely for the amuserocn. of has family. It was most admirably sung by Mr. A.srio to, NIGH. Suisse, and Mr. W CLMtI.Lv. Another new Glee, the words on a squirrel, by Mr. Roscoe, the music by Mr. G. S.ie sit r. with an Ohtigato Accompaniment. fora piano June, wea sung by the same Gentlemen, with universal ap plause, and extremely admired by the Pro7essors and Amateurs. Mr. FITZSIMMONS sang Ba•eialei eel-'rated • Song, from the Opera of The Travellers, •• Dap es , Me loontoia," in such a superior style, as would • not have discredited the original, and was descry. - 1 edly encored. Mr Mixaouies and Mr. ELLIOT gave a Net, • 44 with great taste and execution, which was , naives. sally a,:enired. The Comic Catch, entitled Tie Aldermen's Tho:46, was sung wit% so much humour and charac ter:- by Messrs. Sawria, Dtains, and Extior, that it produced un versaLlauglitsx, arid an ini-ire. The ft'es.ival concluded, as it au g ht to do, with the greatest harmony and vinvirriiksy. DREADEIL''STOR W AT tIETER. ES Of • fllrf*Tt SSTS'S'. On Thursday se'imight we ex,ierienced a mune violent gale of wind that hack been remembered fnr a number of years ; it b!ew mist trentend iush/ about three in the afternoon, and occasioned consi derable d •rn le to many buildings ul this city and ghbourtuiod. At the Royal Oak, in the Botchy. 0., a stack of chimnies was blown down, carry. ing sintbahenl whatever opposed their fall ; they forced their way through two floors, and killed dam cs! the baud belnrging to the Royal Moiterriery regiment, who was sitting in 11. parlour, from vrheneeaw ral of his comrades !t.id g ne but a few misvutes before. A wom.ia who was rn tie se • very, oat carried with the rains to the group . from w' Ic i p.rih us sitti•tiun she WAt e 4 fiCjtie4 I without th., slightest i..jury. A house in . King's. alley, snared a similar tate to she above by the Wing nt a chimney; and nearly the woole front of the r.eatre, wan the piazza, and the pillars isa which it was credited, was levelled with the ground, :ignisenUog ins-asitansously to the view, A grand rts.:4l ofrniws. In the lawn at Cowick, 3S large and beauti ful elm trees were felled by the violence of the hur rica.te. In the streets many persons were wounded by slates. kc. blown fr s. . the house wps ; and ie. St. Sid %vele., a woman was blown trom her horse, anal • severely wounded, as to Tender it necessary to con vey her teitheDevon and Ez iv Hospital. At several places in this neighbourhood, we have heard efsi milar disasters. Amidst so many accideits, many of which occurred in places of great public resort, we are happy to learn, that only one person has lost his life, which was at the Royal Oak, as above stated. On Friday se'anight, a Coroner's inquest was held at the Dolphin Inn, in this city, before Samuel Wa key, Esq. Coroner, on the body of Thomas flumptirrys, one of the band belonging to the Montgomery Militia, who was suffo_ated in the ruins of the Royal Oak public hi.use, which t U during the late hurricane. Verdte Artidowel aril. - ~ e ., . ' A most estraorditialy Accident occurred ?ester. day, at 0/ itehall, which threatened the most se rous contett•iences to the parries. As Mr. and Mrs. AUST IS, et 8.11 ter I int, w,re driving through Whitened, towards Charing-cross, in t air elegaot carriage. the spring of the cfick :ph...ix snapped, and the fontstool falling on the backs ol toe hcirier„ they instantly toot trig•.t. and set off in a gallop. The coachman was enable to manage them. And ioe ntable destruCtion mu.t have ensiled. Oat that at the moment, a hackney-coach was errissing the sire .t, And me (righted a vials diiedly against it, both the hackney-c• ach.limses were thrown down. And the driver (a boy) pitched into the urce, as so•ne distance. Mr. A.ll Mrs. Argils' were conveyed horn: in a Isackhey-coach, unbolt any pc s ,t? inc present seems the lit opportunity of pining a Prize of 3.40001., as G,,vernment hive olLiAlly notified, tile not any future ties me shall cantAin a ruise of silzh vast m.gnstude ; luckily, there ate Prives of 30,000 t. aria in the Wbedl, one of which mus is dream next Wednesday. Slat sold the last 30.000 t. drawn, in dins Sharer. e t t E km, 11 tbtrii, sieri ; 4 Wet k -LE • IC. -1 he ;$ st. 04i 0 %Tr, 11 ;• b . 1 1 1•771 f Mitt* hie,