The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1808-09-09 00:00:00

"RIME EDWARD'S ISLAND. Jost t 6. The transition from heat to cold, and vice versa, here, is intolerable. We had the thermometer in the shade a few days since up to 93, and it fell in a night is degrees. We here had such rain and wind, these two days last past, as td be obliged to 'veep fires. The demand fur lumber has been stills. that upwards oT seventy vessels have come to Pietas, iu /cove Scotia, already ; besides what have gone to Other ports; and we too have had our share, as you will dud by the lists I have sent. We.have Lad 21 artirds, and I t clearances, and seven or eight more are expected. Lumber has consequently risen ; and a Mr. Spragin, and Ms. May, who arrived on Friday, have purchased at 11. 85. a ton, a price never before hord of. or expected, in this Wand. In the late ships we are threatened with an importation of eleven handled Highlanders; they Must certainly.burmw like rabbits in the woods, for there are no houses for them to go to ; and, I fear, like bears, must suck their paws, for the grasshop pers have materially injured our crops. and I fear such an accession, unless they bring provisions with them, will overstock us. Vessels arrived since my last Jane to. The Levantine' brig, Pike, frau London. Julys. The Atlantic mow, Brien, from Liverpool. July 4. The ensueßs be*, Peek; fano Poufs. Jsiy li. The Reapers brig, Dew, from kileardy. • My ea. The Mbeddon ship, Jardine, tram (Ameba. The following vatti.el6 cleared from hence, for Great Britattt„ tins seasou • Mom Meuse, Mhos, Elizabeth and Ana, Margaret, Zither, Suriasa, genaingsberg, Providence, Unanimity, and I forgot to mention, among our recent import ations, a London Attorney, who eNpects to be int - mediatcly in full practice, and make a fortune of con rte. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. The Jorge 'lesttrick, from Oporto. has arrived •t Plymouth, but not having left the former pe •t later than the 23d ult. the accounts she briega add but little to velat was before known. Tut. suie. *stance of the iotelligence brought is, chiefly : That the army tinder Sir Jona MOORE reached the coast on the Stith ult. And were procesaling to act in concert with the troops under Sir HEW DAL- IitYMPLe. The fleet off the Tagus were all ready to make a push, as soon as the situation of Lli*sin favoured their purpose. A few days beforetisio vassal sailed from Oporto, a flag of *ice had hem soot by the Russian Admiral, at Lisbon, to Sir Quoits Corrox, the sub,tance of which was *et known. The Talbot and Eclipse sloops of war, were at anchor off Oporto, and that harbour, as well as Figueirs, was full of British ahipping.—. The Antelope, of oq grins, had sailed from Oporto to join Sir CHARLI:.. COTTON, off Lisbon. Whttl the Josge Hendrick sailed from Oporto, a fleet of VI sail of transports were going over the Bar with troops. Some letters from Palermo, brought by the last paoket, mention, wit under.tand, that the Freneh Lad evacuated both the Calahrias, and that Gene ral Sir hmts STUART had embarked for the Yen insul:► of Italy, with 8000 Briti,.h regular troopc 8000 &titian regular troops, and 4000 armed litisk sentry. It was supposed the Neapolitans, on our approach, would rise e,s ataAe. The letter we m eowed from Sicily mentioned nothing of any such embarkation. The transports for the reception of the troops arrived yesterday at Ramsgate, and this tuoraisii; the Brigade of Guards is to embark. The desti nation of this Expedition is eon i ectured to be re mote, front the circumstance of the vessels bring of a large size. We have received Paris Jou rnah to the 38th last, sod Dutch to the 4th inst. The news from Constantinople, of which we have before had but imperfect intelligence, proves to be of a very unpleasant nature. The SULTAN who last resigned, and whom j it was the oliject of ti►e insurgents to restore, was ►norlered ; it does not appear hy shoat, but probably by the SULTAN then on the Throne. He in his turn is supposed to have sustained the same fate; and the greats part of his Ministers were likewise put to death, by the successful traitor, MUATATUA BAURACTAIL— It is said that the communication of the secret Ar ticles of Tilsit had made a serious change in the late Sultana's mind, in favour of this country, and that this haring come to the knos ledge of the French party, laid the foundation fur his ruin. The Dutch papers contain more evidence of an approaching rupture .between Austria and France. Vienna is to be put, with all expedition, in the best passible state of defence. Notice has been issued to the inhabitants of the suburbs, that they must furnish a number of per tow ork at the entrench ments, in proportion to their families. In the absence of further intelligence, either from Portugal or from the North-Eutern provinces of Spam, to which the scene of the principal military operations in that kingdom is already transferred ; we naturally direct our attention to France and Germany. Notwithstanding the scanty and mull. lated materials with which the tyrant of the Con tinent furnisher hir slaves; yet it is impossible not to perceive, that au open or a silent fermentation every where tri , *l,l l preparatory to the approach ing renew al of hcostdities between France and Aug trio. 'N.trotiutt:obvionaly labutirs to conceisl his embarrassments; 'hie defeats, and his disgraces, be-. yond the Pyrenees, 'by an affected demonstration of splendour, amusement s end festivity. Paris, which, during the lent molests. has exhibited such scenes of carnage, auaxehy, and atrocity, is now the theatre of gaiety. The Usurper, seated on a throne, and A twounded with the paraphernalia of his guilty clirity, appears among his subjects, die playing nti 1041)ility and condescension altogether foreign to.bi.vglonniy, retired, and ferocious na ture. No doubt, lie perceives the necessity pf as suming these marks of conciliution, at u time when . his turpitude, his crimes, and his humiliations, are become universally keown„ however all mention of them is suppressed by terror. It is difficult to read, without laughter, corrected by indignation, that an Emperor, and a King, togedter with an Empress, and two Queens, were represented at a ball i.. n in Paris twelve days ego. NAPOLEON and his sister, the wife of Waive, personated two of these personages, „tile Madame BONAPARTE and her daughter, FAN BEAUHARNOIII, married to Louis Boisaratere. constituted two other,.—.- The last of these revolutionary Monarchs was JOb rat r 44 MURAT. We are nut informed how it hap pened that Her Cathslic Majesty, the Queen of SPAIN and the lenges. was Dit preseut at this august and imposing assembly of crowned ht ads.— Their entry was prece.isdi by two worthy dignitarie s of the empire,. in the blaA,se of Prince', Bemuse and TALLETRAND : while Her Imperial MAJESTYJ was attende.l by the Portuguese Duelicss o Iloinav and iteclainations accompa nied the beat, a de p ot wherever he moved. But these proofs of the debasement and degradation of the Purisians, ca t obliterate the capitulation of Andujar, the fli4lit of JOSEPE, or the six defeats successively experienced at Saragossa. As little will tiity tom len.ate for the escape of the Spa niards Punea, fir the disasters in Portugal, for the refusal of the Spaniph colonies to own his !outfit-es usurped title, or for the augmenting dis tress of the French attends in the West Indies. —On every side, and from every quarter, resititatice, or reclamatioos s or open war, will soon be esperienced. In flue would Bona lttere affect to suppress his apprehensions, or his coescioutitess, of the approaching conflict, under .!se mask . of conteipotuous .4 persiflage," or i:o,.;cal sneers and ridicule. Vainly does he ae. se:lt:Mt Austria has acknowledged JOSEPH NAPO. L LON 04 Of Spain, write a moment afterwards he edmits that the Emperor FRANCIS is arming. I and .that the command of the new levies of boys is to be conferred on General MAca. These oaten tal•otis will neither deceive, nor can they avert the shocx. It is evident, by the departure of muRAT Fut Napless on the 17111 of last month, that NAPO. LEON expects en attack in that quarter, to which the new King is dispat c hed. 1r h e d o not d e f en d his . u) better than *resent has done, His Ma. :jesty marbeetiouppected to vecress the Alps. In the mean titrie o while BRORIEREti is apparently endeuinstiing to retain the three Pyrenean Pro. sinces of Spain is the sutijettion of JOSEIP/1 BONA. • pARTE, various set, or Morkinents, strongly pro- pUctic of impending ear.. agent to be taking place on the Continent. Li Holland the interdiction of commerce is at least partially alleviated.— Throughout the Prussian dominions the French 1 , troops ate every where in motion, and the benignity of this Corsican Nsao is made the subject of en logy for withdrawing his forces, or evacuating the provinces of Faxosascir Wttxtsu. Provinces, .‘ inch, in complete vinkttion of' the Treaty of Tilsit, he has °misfiled, plundered, and impo verished ; but which he now will, perhaps, par ally relinquish, in order to concentrate his army against Austria! Bavaria and Saxony are ordered to furnish their contingents for the purpose of ri vetting the chains of Germany. of reducing their late head .under the yoke of NAPOLEON, and of constituting a ruffian adventurer of Ajaccio, effective Emperor of the German, as he is already of the France territory. With a view to cement the ties which already connect the Coe/lit:au anal the Muscovite Sovereigns ; and, no doubt. to strengthen die hands of Caurascoulx, at a mo matt when the names of Ps irteox, of Carrawos, and of WELLESLEY, may Intel their way into the Cabinet of the Czsa, anal occasion some hesitation in his Councils ; every testimony of delicate atten. lion is paid by BONAPARTE to his brother Enloe rm.. Busts of this descendant of PETER the GREAT, end of CATHEEI NE the 11d, are presented him by the murderer of the Duke WEND/11EN, and the Gaoler of FERDINAND the VI Ith, calling himself the Reprevntative of the French Monarchs. To conclude these solemn mockeries, only calcu lated for the meridian of Paris, and which are aptly fitted for a people bent down to slaverg, as the Romans were under Mentes, a Persian Delega tion is lastly introduced too the Theatre. The Es- Bishop of AUTON, now tranifortned into a Neapo litan Prince, by the plastic hand of a Corsican Ad venturer, is decorated with the Insignia of .4 The Order of the Snn," sent him from Seiterez, by Fa tali Schah, the reigning, Sophy, or Kiug of PicslA. TALLETUND, who well knows how to appreciate the solidity and durability of dignities and decora tions, would, it is probable, willingly dispense with this new ►murk of favour, from his Master's Maho inetan Ally beyond the Euphrates. But it is the practice of N APOLEON, as of tyrants in all ages, to compel their Ministers to accept, with every deu►on stration of pleasure, presents with which they would, were it permitted, willingly dispense. It is probable that the EMPEROR and KING will shortly have more serious occupations to employ his time than quadrilles and bath. JOSEPH, and JuNOT, and BESSIERES, will demand, in turn, some of his leisure. The veil that has coveted his enor mities is rent. The triumphs that, dazzled and ter rified Europe, have disappeared. New conflicts await him in Spain, in Italy, and in Germany.— Even in flolland, in Switzerland, and in Poland, his power is shaken. It is no longer upheld by opi nion, or by terror. Ibis liings,)his Dukes, and his dignitaries, are in flight, or in captivity. Ills crimes begin to pierce through the mantle of CHARLEMAGNE. Neither the iron crown of Monza, nor the Imperial crown of France, can long protect his guilty head from impetuling punishment. Per listw, the resolution of a twelvemonth may level him with the MARATS, the CARRIERS, and the KO. RESPIEIMIES. who have preceded him in his revo lutionary career. In our observations upon) The Extraordinary Gazette, we lately 'expressed a doubt of the pru dence of Sir AaTuua AVeLLESLEY's advance to at tack JCNOT, until reinforced by Sir 14. BURNAM/. The 3fini.terial Prints hail all declared, that Sir Aterttum We. i.t.r.stes was apprised that Sir 11. Buititatites Expedition was at sea, and might be hourly expected; and that he was resolved to await its arrival. Considering the situation of JU NOT, that he was-cut off from all his resources, and that there was no immediate necessity,. on the part of the Bri tish troops, to hasard a battle, teal& eireutustances of greet disadvantage, we applauded the determi nation of Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY, and, we be lieve, in so doing, die public voice was with us.— It was, therefore, with some surprise, we learned that he had taken a contrary course, and that he had advanced to meet JUNUT single-handed, while Je NOT, with a view to anticipate the junction of Sir H. BIORRARD, had advanced near forty miles from Lisbon to meet Sir MITRED. WELLESLEY. This, we believe, although the result proved adverse, was sound wisdom on the part (4.1 u d UT, and ifso, we wish to know his* it could be sound wisdom on the part of Sir Arnica to indulge the enemy and play into his hand? 'ln a contest with Sir ARTHUR singly he Lad ■ chance of suceess, as the dear-bought vie tories of the 17th and 21st strew ; but he could hare no chance of success agaiast the combined force of Sir 11. BURRARD and Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY, and in a case of such odds, the loss, •n our side, would have been probably less, for it is where Wear are nearly equal, that the result is most fatal to both. With these ideas, in explanation of Sir An- THU a WELLESI.LXS departure from what the terial Papers had asserted was his intended line co Icon duct, we ventured to suggest, that this brave and gallant officer might have been ambitious of the glory of defeating Ju Of single-handed, and that Sir H. Suassao, who, according to The Extraor- Awry Gazette, came up at the beginning of the ac tion, probably feeling this to be the case, and yield ing to excessive delicacy, left Sir ARTHUR, whom, in strict conformity with his duty, he might have super's ded, to reap all the laurels of theday. The leloraiog Post, always unfortunate, whether advo cating the cause of the Princess of IVALEs or Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY, after taking some days to consider our observations, yesterday charged them as made in ignorance, and mere absurdities. Upon this point the public must judge between us. We shall only say, in return fur the compliment, that if THE BRITISH Peess were to notice all the noi..znse, and all the ignorance, and all the ab surdities, of The Morning Post, its columns would contain no other matter. On the Ist instant the French National corvette L'Espies , k,. prize to His Nlnaasiv's ship the Sy bille, Capt. UPTON, arrived M Cove. L'Espiegle sailed from L'Orient on the 9th last, in company with the Sylphs brig, of 16 guns, and La Ilifi geate ship corvette of 18 guns. On the 15th, at eight o'clock in the morning, L'Espiegle and. LA Difigeste were descried by the Sybilk, and in stantly chased. At half-past 12 o'clock the following night His MAJESTY'S ship came up with the enemy. The ship corvette, which is a prime sailer, edi ately made sail and left her consort ; and although she was pursued as soon as ever L'Espiegle was taken possession of, yet the Sybille was not fortu nate enough to discover her afterwards. L'Espiegje mountrd 16 guns, and had 85 men on board, com manded by rvlons.M ANJOUAU,rapitaine de fregnte. She threw overboard in the chase 12 of her guns, with her boat, anchor, and several barrels of flour. She is a fiat vessel, only four years old. This was her first cruise, notwithstanding she has been so long built. She bad on hoard above , 430 barrels of flour, and two battery guns, and ens intendid for Mar tinique, as well as her consorts. By means of this vessel we have been able to as certatu fat•is of sottoe interest, indeed of much au per tor cow eni to the capture of the vessel herself. 11 . 11 en L'E.'lucglo sailed, on the Vtb of August, the people of L'Orient were in atter ignorance or whit aas going forward in Spain. They Isg,ked upo n the accession Of JOSEPH Bom APART as a matter of course to the Throne of Spain, and they had not heard of any event in the binalleat degrce tending to interrupt that design. There were lying at L'Orient, on the 9th last, five sail of the line and seven frigates, ail ready for bee. It may be not wholly uninteresting to remark in this place, that there is a conbitleruille scar, city of ship timber at L'Orient ; so much t o , that L'Espiegle could not be pro‘ided with the usual supply of spare spars, in the event f any casualty requiring refitment of the sort at se c She had no spare top-gallant meats on lioard. The destination of this littl.s squadron, that had no moan appeared than it was dispersed and captured, a s , important to the French Government. It was Inds. bitably intended for Martinique, a place which,, account of the American em bargo, as well as the tota stoppage of supplies from the Spanish lidaudb, is . 4 the utmost distress, and cannot be relieved except by ships dispatched in this clandestine way. If stria attention be paid to this condition of the enemy's %Vest Indian colonies, there is little doubt but tlO 7 cannot hold out, depending upen such stiuted auk precarious supplies as way be brought them five France. It has been observed, im relation to the ope n i ng of the Dutch ports, that it is a matter of question. able policy, whether we should permit en inter course which may dirniaish the pressure on the enemy, without benefiting, in any material deg ree , the commerce of the British Empire r lint the Dutch, though placed in a hostile condition as is this country, have been compelled to adopt ache* measures against us. They would most cordially seize the opportunity of throwing off the yoke ii -Feeney oppression, and renew amicable connexion with (skeet Britain. When, therefore, soy Nips tunny occurs, in which we may shew a friendly die position towards any former ally, whom we ought not, on such an occasion, strictly to consider as es enemy, we are not only acting according to tie dictates of, humanity, but of sound policy sloe, in laying the foundation for a full restoration of all amicable feelings, when a change of circumeta ices shall happily take place. Besides, it world be pru dent to permit this intercourse ots smother ground, as it may tend to enlighten all places on the Conti- Dent, through the medium of Holland, as to the real state of things, respecting which their com mon oppressor has been studious to keep them is utter derknem. We trust alto _that in every Ti. newel of connexion with this country, the several States of the Contintat will experience that treat meat which must, if possible, increase their aio.iety to throw off the cruel bondage in which they as held by France. A Kerry Paper states, that the tranquillity of that county still continues to be disturbed by IV .3. 6min:tit and nightly meetings of those iurstuand people styling themselves White Boys. No farther news of any importance has arrivd, from either Spain ro Portugal. In a letter was received b oat Sir C. COTTON', fleet, off a , haL, dated the 2Sd uti. the day afte- the battle of %ha, era, it is stated that Jc soT, previous to his quitting Lisbon, to meet the llritish army, had secured h own plunder onboard the Russianfleet ; and bads, st a letter along with it, directing the Admiral, meat he, J NOT, should by any noforeseetraccideat Idl i uto the hand sof the enemy, immediately to hoist Nr tugucse cdiours, and thereby protect both the 'k4 and the property from the hands of the English.-- This might be the view of the French General, and miry likewise have been accordingly executed b.. t.e Russian Admiral; yet we have little sloubt but their hopes are by this time frustrated, and that both the Russian ships and the Portuguese plan' der are under the mainland and at the disposal of England. It was a very feeble attempt of Jusar to rescue, by guile, that which he could not protect by arms, from the valour of his opponeut& The coast from Cascara to Fort St. Julien'i protected only by a force which does not exec./ 1,500 Frenchmen, for whose reduction the sad a , and marines of our fleet had volnisteertd vices ; but in consequence of the approuctiag throw of the French in Portugal, the aUer been rejected by the Admiral.. We are happy to learn that Captain H. STONE, of the Royal Engineers, who was reported as badly wounded in the action of the 17th ultio , in Portugal, is in a very fair way of recovery.- 11 received a musket-ball in the jaw, which at 6 " 1 had a Ira 1 appearance, hut he was doing very wit when the last accountseame away, and had wino to his family and friends, io very high His M ESTV . PI *hip Queen sailed froin tar on the 2:1(1 of August, with a fleet for Eng Generals FE .161J30,4 and lirbt. will imated:awr be made Barouets, and, as soon as can be, w t tr. 4 JOVELLANO9, it is said, though named of the Interior Lty JOSCIPH BONAPitITL, I:l'sr cepted of that office; while the French a. le a. Madrid, though strongly urged to repair city, he constantly refused to quit his resit! , Jadraque, in the province of Guadalaxani, after his deliverance from prison by I . s: apt % he had token up his abode in the lint,e ofa for the re.establishinciit of his IlLalth, iwpai seven years close contiM.meot at _Majorca. Orders have been issued fur the tortwiti grand dept of artillery and ammunition at nt Northainptonshire, as h,ing, the moat e part of the kingdom. A large portion of I, lery a ill be drown from the SOW hen% it is understood that the dep • t. }then be second only, its point of itre,;..itudc. arstual at Woo/wich. IJ ll' t. girt J 1. •• JO , ' 1 tl t. " 13 4.1