The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1807-10-23 00:00:00

SOUTH 4Athice. (Entract of a Later from a British Officer.) " At 8 a ie. of the 24 July, we set off for the I city of Buenos Ayres. The lieht brigade in front, half a mile; the 36th and 88ih following in order. The distaime we had to us tech on our route, by the ford of Chico. was 23 or 2$ miles. We ezpetled to see the main body coaxing up to support us. but we were eipeeting them in vain. IA e crossed the river Cbicellonp to our middles, about four, without opposition. We immediately advanced to the town. At son -set, or little after, the light battalion in from, were opposed at the turning of a road, within less than two miles of the citadel, and taken in re verse by the fire of 12 cannon, supported by 2500 men, and the Si:mush General Liniers in person. These immediately charged them with the bayonet, took the guns, killed 200. and made many pri soners. We rushed on to the town, the enemy firing on us as we passed through the close lanes, from their gardens and houses. It was dusk when we got within a few hundred yards of the citadel. We had possession of the street till near nine o'clock. 'and then retreated outside. We had a good deal of skirmishing nn the 3d and &b r ood proceeded by order of the General to storm Oaf town on the miming of the 511. But I must first acquaint you that we expeCted to get possession of the town and citadel the first night. our c in we conceive why we retreated. and why we &stemmed so far into the town without doing any thing further. It is said that General Cram ur O hre I to take the place with the fight brigade, but it was not approved of by General Gawer. Here I must tell you. that the lest time I saw pour Trotter was in the streets of the town that night, along with the light brigade. He shook me by the hand, and at thst instant, the left of our column had crime up, and I was oblig .d to !ears him. He w as Major of dr battabon. and snivel-silly beloved. There w as very little 1 to on oar part in the stre••t:, but the enemy suntrc,l severely. • "At day light of its a 5• 1 1, the trn"pi began to March into the streets. toknel Pack, and every other person, represented that the top of every house wee covered with musketeers and riflemen; but these ifs*, were mere trifles! We rushed like madmen into the streets with filed bayonets. Not a soul was to be seen till we got into the middle of the town. — e had orders not to file a shot! In an instant we were fired at in every direaton from the house tops, windows, loop holes, in front. rear, and every way. Bat all this was not worth our notice! We were to do every thing by the bayonet. To tire was cow ardly. and would havebten petting ourselves in some degree csl an equality with the enemy ! Not a piece was loaded! We rook possession of a church and a home, which we then defended as long as possible, with gun powder. in two hours we were obliged to surrender, with the hiss of mme poor fellows. was with Gmter4i Whittlock, in a snug. sale place, as part of his guard. linne-t Is4.Gregor was killed in the court of a house. to se enonolring the enemy, who were on the Louse tops. He was shot through the back, aid died in a moment. Trent( was shot ti.mtigil the licad and breast, from thermopile a Matte, while looking through a glass at the corner of a street, near the Church fit Dorm iso Never did an ("Cheer die with more regret, or more beloved by all ranks " Termer was offered. hot refused, the appoint ment of Deputy Qis irter Master General, and lir— ferred a dashing service, as he called it, to any other. We resembaiked at Bitenns Ayres on the 10th. and airived here on the 14. h " ' THE BRITISH PRESS. LON DON, FRIDAY. OcTosca 23. We yesterday announced th• arrival of a Lee. ward Islar.d Mail in thirty—five days passage. The letters and papers weep th.livered yesterday.—They itate, that His laideagnet's ship Twee.', with the Bert under her comfy for the West Indies, which sailed from Portsmouth on the 23th June, arrived at Batbst:oes 23 h August. The Jave.s mail-host, from Barb-Woes for Drawers, we• captured OR the Ith August, by the Jrvee Adefts French prit•ateer, which has also carurcd the Danish sui.ooner Behr,. Dst and tae Barrio., of and from Barbados, both brut d to Surinam, and carried them into Guaidaloope. An English vessel arrived in the River on Tuesday, from Riga ; the Captain of whirl states, that at the time of his departure from that port, which was about three weeks ,q,•o, 19 more English v•:•,sels were upon the p.,int of sailing. fully laden. the Captain arils, that at 11-e tme he sailed no apprehension of an einhari.to in the Russian ports was entertained at Riga. A sessel arrived in the IZiv..r from Memel, which place she lent OD the. WI instant, reports to the same effgEt. We flattered ourselves, yecterday, that we bad Jana with the famous Proclamation of Saturday night, but it: is a sore point, and as such ti,ti venal prints still keep lEirping upon it. When a Print of this description, by the assistance of the French lievoli.tion this pay, and of domestic Revolutionists to-morrow. serapes together a little sale ; when, by "the aid of 4orrile adulation of Mr. Fox, his party, at cnet time, and the m.st abandtmed and un warranted abuse of them at another, it has added a little more ; and when, by a last desperate effort of toesnn-•st, it has reached the a we of its moist cauLd *Silos, by the complete uansfoinsation of I i sn orizinisiiy Jacobin Print into the most servile tool (4 filmistets, recorded in the history of the Foblie -prised at any de- Nty in which it may love to indulge. We know that in giving this true ehveter of 7 be Cloutier we are serving.ir; for, 10184w/eke. in Tie Sated for &afield. to speak well of •it might ruin it for ever. Nothing bat this sor did and selfish contempt for all 'consistency, could have induced Tee Ceerier of yesterday, to make the following observations upon the Proclamation of Saturday night : sr We have for the last century thought we had so little title to the nght of 'watching neutral ships of war, that we emitted instructing our Officers to enforce it; and the liniment we hen of its hiving been eastci.ed, as at tr.,s in the affair of the Chesapeake, re disavow it, and cause at to be under stood, that we do not lay claim to at." We request our readers, if any of them have ever casually seen The Cuuricr, to recolleCt its vio lence and ahuse of every Print that dared to ques tion the propriety and necessity of the attack upon the Cbssapea4s, as grounded upon a right so men:. vial and unquestionable, that the English Captain who did n o t nail theillag to the mast, and go to the bottom rather than surrender it, ought to be brand- I ed as a coward and a traitor to his country. The Costits, however, has nothing to lose by plunging o nto these inconiittensiet. If it offend any of its Id friends, of Houtz Tooxes party, formerly the objeft. of its idolatry, by one position, it is sure to recommend itself to some of the golden calves of ' its present worship, by contradiSling it ; and vies versa, if it should inadvertently offend the present Minister, by recurring to its old habits, it is sure to ple.ne, on Sunday, the company at the sign of the Horne Tooke, a: Wimble.lon. In this there is a great deal of selfish sordid good sense; for The Courier well knows, that the tolter Citizens of Lon don, though sill upon ns:e look out for the Comet, can pass over the Sun, Mon, and Sewn Stars, with out emotion—aye. eves without notice. Any eccentricity or ..extravagance that can draw attention, is, therefore, p. Inc, and cannot fail to answer the purpose of those who think nothing good or amiable, but as it tends to 611 their pockets. Leaving, however, this ungrateful su'ijret, let us examine the new ground which . 1 he Gansur has taken ; for the stomach of other of the Truttory Journals. not so skilled in twisting and turning, still strains at swallowing th.tr own words, and have grace enough still kit to hesit .te at acknowl:dglng their meanness and subserviency. We stated, can didly, from the outset of this discussion, that the right of search, in its general tense, did nor ettrA to ships of war, that there is a greet ar.d wile d s natchers with respect to such right between ships of war and trierthantmen, as the former represent the state, and between two independent states there is no common tribunal ; whereas, in the case of mer chantmen, there are Prize Courts in which the party, it aggrieved, may seek redress ; but we never meant to say that it was more shaft a general role, and that a case could not be possibly conceived which ought to be an excepticn. We, therefore, con tended, that Admiral Bcxxei.asr most have had a very strong case to justify his departure from tins general pi aCtice ; and as evidence that we SAW it in its true light, and that the error and the eunfu sion are all with those trimming Prints, that must suit -themselves to their employers, we find, that the American Government took up the question upon the same grounds. Mr Jirrestson.in his Proclamati on, contended, that the seamen taken from on board the Cliesapeele. were native citizens of the United States. The Amettems Covet iiinent, and the Atneo rizan writers, all rested their case upon this ground, and for that purpose an official report was drawn up, of the birds and parentage of toe seamen in ditpute. In this they placed all the merits of the question ; they never contended that they had a right to kid nap, trepin, or inveigle our seamen; to parade mem to and from their rendezvous under the notes of our officers; to laugh at all our remonstrances upon land ; and to eclitsit them ors deck at sea, on beard the Cntrap:ake, alongside the very veisel, and in full view et the Captain, from whom they had desetted. The faCt is, Cate right of search is a rigf:t exercised at the pail of the party exercising it, and if Admiral 'Smuts." was erstainformed, and the gross and aggravated Case upon which he rested his v.uhreon from the general suite had not bees fully established, he would have been guilty of misconduct, and deserved punishment. In the case of the search tit me:Mantmea, whether the vessel exercisMs the right of visit he well er badly informed, whether Mere be or not contraband goods on board, the right of visit, is, in either case, equally legal ; but it is not to in the case of a ship of War. hat is done at the peril of the party. and is only to be justified by the particular circumstance of the case. Even its the case of merchantmen, this right partakes so much of might, that if a privateer were to attempt to visit a fleet of neutral merchant men, and the latter. favoured by wind or tide, or ether circumstance, Mould be able to make their escape, and avoid it, we believe such privateer would be laughed at, were she to complain of such escape as an insult to the British flag ; and if a mu tt al gust-Wig should attempt to search a ship of the line, and the latter should treat the summons contempt, and, is ease of perseverance. sht 'Lend the brig to the bottom fur iti presumption. I rate would not be likely !o excite Bauch pity, say,tben, that to admit the right of searching of war. would be to admit the American consisting of nineteen gun-boats, to search British navy, consisting of nine hundred ships war, of various descriptions, is to put a ease that ca. not apply. No such extreme case is necessar to support the general rule. We contend only I the exceptions; and ste do think that the case . the Ckeirpeake may. as far as circumstances have transpired, be justly considered of them. The Proclamation of Saturday has decided to the contrary ; and, therefor( mitting it to have been even a doubtful case, i _ tefICCSIIO/1 on the part of Ministers ; a concession made without any 'Trivalent, and a peace-offeri America. Suprose our squadron, off Usliant, authentic information that an American hiker entered the channel, manned by deserters , the British navy, and filled v:ith cambu.tibles,, burn our arsenal at Portsmouth or Plymouth, surely the Commander of the Channel fleet our not to wait for instruEtions from London, which t.. come too late, before he shoeld procoed to search such vessel. Net at all. The extraordinary cumst awes of the case oblige him to violate general rule. He searches the vessel at his periy Admiral BErtastcy soarchel the Cinapeake. information prove corral, then he is justified. If he has :rata in error, then he is amenable to his Government, and the State, whose ship war bas been visited. may fairly claim reparation, In this light then we do consider the Proclamatior Saturday night, indirealy condemning the caiiof the Chesapeake, and every such extraordinary use of great aggravation; and extending a general to an universal rule ; a monstrous concessive America, totally unwarranted by circumstances, and the mutual relations of the two countries. The plain and manly language to hold to AI rice, was this. " If the condtgl of the Cheeapeeke riAbt, there is eio reparation is our power that will not make. If the Cirsarseake was wrong, have no tight to complain. You. America. the aggressor." But this language TAe Couri,r ly condemns. Forgetting its fulsome praise of.i Kowa Forum... it sr's, a British Officer muse is future consult his own juelgmtnt and discreti " The Froclimation," seys,ne Courier, " crust , considered as declaratory, as a warning to Officer , not to wander from the 'inept their instruaions." If letters, of the `2sth last, from Bayonne. in. credited. General JCNOT'S army bad no: broken at that date lox the invasion of Portugal. and not reach Lisbon before the end of the present month. Government appear to have been aware this, when they issued orders, so late the present week, for the sailing of all the Vessels in b Mast at Portsmouth and Falmouth, the Tagus. Those from Portsmoth, uoder convoy of the R. dbreast, the sailing of which we announced yesterday, we find have been obliged to put back' contrary winds. From the great distance of Lisbon rom the French frontier, it is impossible Mon AAAAAA to surprise Lisbon; and therefore.' out a strong party in that city, and an insurreni he cannot derrin persons err property, so far as is shippirg to carry them aWly. Having thus polled the B. kids subjels by the mere terror of vasion, it will not be necessary to send an arms close the Ports of Portugal against England, an order will be sufficient for the purpose.- We continue inclined to think that the Pam gorse Government will not transfer itself to Brazils. All the private nceounts, however, concur in stating. that it is determined upon that spirited undertaking. A Portuguese Nobleman, it is WAS dispatched se I months since to the 13I; for the purpose of making the necessary preparations for the arrival of the Ceurt. A large sum of money, all the jewels, and valuable moveables, belongi , to the Court, and a considerable train of artillery, had been put on board, and nothing was swatted , fie the final determination of the Court hut the . vance of the enemy; and,even though the French should not invade Portugal. it is added, that young Prince Da Basis is to proceed to the Bra ails. under the care arid escort of such of the Nobles as tray prefer emigration to their present state miserable uncertainty. The young Prince BAHIA is the son of the rIitISCI Rentisr, and About 12 years of age. Extra& of a lettrr from Berbice, dated July " A ship of 20 guns It reported to be captuicgl Surioain. lam fearful it a the TAIN44I hum Ix poi. she !king eapetied." The ha-peddle', An besraotio, of and from , derland. has been captured. recaptured. and fis4 into Dover. , . A Dublin paper 1114401111Cfl t'.:at French troops aro assembling in force at gentazne. We shall pro. •MiblY Woo receive the Irish lieWi 134 Constaati. nople. • ;0144 press, Ise must ant be surp am. ..4 eastavagamast mud ruceshistt -41.114.-- • - ....AG-Z * l4.- ..... --..--- e• — • - temen , ".......uotempateereaeswa tirs a mo . ---- u • is with • ag4ND should 40.,.. ti11t rz t,- . 1411 ion, its His • Royal I ..- \ ..4% r. To eit r i" -- . t e eed, yet , g ships /t l'au. 9* lllS eg i m ellts of tl • t , l i a ne l pa lb a y lm i sl .. l ' navy, THBATRE. Pr axle wa in p o ter. each. ell eh the • -----nalr Dever -LANs. .. dens ; the) l' Pe of Last night. Miss Ca Are sees's eb-gaat and • r towards tl at does sating comedy of The &hp) l ar none! to tl set-nation has undergone no change sine Mr Jo duced for the first time. this season. The c- rcpt. - 6 th buglehoi :essar y t at ilvdt-li nly for DAN resigned the part of Mn. Hearill.n to Mrs. H. a. ° der tr. ase of Storsonsio;-orie of those plaintive, sen t i ments& to n o t ey excel.e: ting p i a h r e ts ,in gentlew h which i a M a r 4 s t . i ° S o t o w n i u th ss w is hi t c or h stances is bian bl °et' amiable Mrs. Hantitton supports her distresses, L 414 Oa sl night and the desertion of her still beloved husband top. .if le-hot as g is, a d- pourtra ' ed by Mrs. SlDooes, found sympathy is bred troi it is a every b reast; nor did she display less excellence in her spirited refusal of Lord Beknour's proposal cession and received throughout considerable applau.t. 4 'Ed to roc r i ng to Mr. ELLISTON'S Lord Bojkwor has great merit— ^AY i"Palte Miss Detect *haul.' throw morevivacity into t I s f.,!! tr!.ICII, t it, had and divest her voice oft to tragic to ne she has " It 1 . i d .:,, a , with t rte had gaited , by being the confidential friend of the tra a g 4 ic . Gel 'T e l t shi 1 from heroine. Miss Pore and Mr. Dueorott were evens' l e P" -- „ - j 'is s hies to excellent in the parts of L.zdy Ctorniawl and Me. " 41 ' ii hg I Hardy. Miff &tetras., and Mr. bfareacws , as loyal it . nl th "l e sbniaa.deatithis mouth, Lull and Dacid 11.inr, kept the audience initursts homes Pale ought of laughter. The comedy went off with great '484 halt n the rt Th erg was 1 N must and received great applause from an elegant audi- ence. Thr &Hy neon followed, with all then us, who• march usual attrasclion. Ms, retinae i v, and s ry cite. Mrs. HA a Lowe was prevented, by indisposition. so t h e from performing in the entertainment, and the in. dulgenee of the house wa s requ esta d for WI r,e ha i tilt as Truswatt. who had undertaken the past at as j a„ q ,a, at i If his bones notice. VONA 11.0 stifled.vo&tethetierroo k i, s ma. t4t Viscount STD% LY arrived, yesterday, at hi s h oots t „,,el.lkey enable t o Lastest hi in Grosvenor-squire, from a visa to Lord Deist. MokrOl". p _of vol. in Caermarthenshise. se. EA sac ration. The Earl and Countess of Dam. Lord and re. Mr to [ i on of Lady St asircav, and fasoily, will. leave Kaowsley, * and Mr. Mtn *el*, for the Oaks. f.'‘ ,k ( p w , Mr. re Mn. CHIMP Anew Entertainment has been a long time II le , so. ass 14107 preparation, and will be shortly produced at are of ad Ws. !II mo o the Theatres, entitled, The Family Compotes. The ~,,, Mr. si , J. i parts will be filled by the IC---r family, and their and cos tar " 50 matrimonial crmae&ions, with the exception of Mr. tans. w u 1 a 1 tames, 'sod Mrs. H. Si onows. Imo tea., i-s. . 7 Mr. Mimeos and Mr. Dowecie s of Drury-Lace, aw ito tab were brother of in the royal navy. Ilv and MN Atbr Mrs. St moons, we understand, will perform next Dm, ath iti CION 0 ' rhe wits week for the hies time, at the Peckham and Croy- bel, I. w n a it t a t t t , e *in - Theatres; The boxes Will be raised three-penes * Moo, Co the occasion. i s ‘rnew, I " 11 A oace popular performer, when leaving Drury. Ilk *warp I, was Lane l'heatre, exclaimed in his overweening vanity. at Frrathr, P.m lots d. " I have left it a spleridist desert." We fear Mt he may W., Mr , of sir bo,t this effeti with mach more truth of every Nt Jrck.con toridise he enters. lisrmuu, I asst not The Duke of BBAU rout T arrived, on Tuesday, at Imo, mu, retina. Isis house, in Grosvenor-square. from Horsham, in ea. sit. C WO. lin wit be Sussex. His Glace left town, yesterday, for Bad- I" 110..' tointon, and will proceed, next week, with the Dia- IDMI, MI ltr " : "‘ areas. to their seat, near ‘Voialstoch, Oxfordshire. Pinup, hi, 0,." .. Lord ARTHUR Son sane is gone on a visit 14 NIP )0:10I , / 11Clawac k Viscount FALMOUTH, at Truro, iu Cornwall. duties bank I rm . b e the shooting season. Out, m.r ii., s a ken u Mr. Josef, of Covent-garden Theatre, Is not as IlioNot p i Irisiman, as his enemies would insialutte. Salford, was could i t s Larreashite, boasts of being his birth place. month. The Earl of Mares hunters and stag hounds r e of arriveJ, yesterday, at the Oaks, from Preston. T h i s gi Lancashire. Ittentattl as in The Earl of Lemmata, accompanied by two of Bonnie . lig ht his Lordship's daughters, Lady Mao v and Lady • vicutay o h,foe AWN LOOTHLIt, arrived at the Castle of Whits- sletabk ti haven, on Sattio day last. Mr. C "'HI The Marquis ut TWIMIDA I. R. Mr. BAIRD, of 1110:e vii punced Newbyth, &c. have arrived in Glasgow. tier Item[ lc • Binh is in a h us tl e; the li trroonic Society and k bdale, in y the Catch Club are prep cring their ammunition ; same lie Lisbon and on Saturday, Mrs. GROVR, from clue Haymar. to le for ket Theatre, will make her d.tSot, in Mts. May- a Recut tair it with. Toms's part, in Mr. Drama:es play of oldrion sad S enda i Ureita. • &panto et. 44 ) ", Her Grace the Duchess of Goa DON. Lady Ass there I Mor/mama, and Miss Foitovcs, of Aron, ant P us ex. I rived at OMAN'II Hotel, Edinburgh, on Friday last. 1 on their way to Aron-house ; and on Saturday the M on d 4 in. 1 Countess of 'toasty s. Miss Mowea•v, General the day ny to i Faisouson, sad H. Score, Esq. of this city. left I deteated eland, 1 Edinburgh, on their way to Dysart. kbrated Mr. POWAR and Mr. Kora are veteran per- down C Ise * — : formers at the Kilkenny 'lleratricels, Mr. Pus- in the Porto- j mixer is spoken of in high terms,aad Master LANG- Croupie L a the I aeons is a little !teems. Lacy is :oncur I Mr. Mice**, by Newspaper reports, has been kept a: holding "sbe mirror top to Nature," in the part of a Berlina Risked 1 brave British ler, at Brighton I what a pity he I glory. s said, could find but one asmasi.te. It is not the fashion at the root s „ i i s. Brighton to support the first roars. maaol The l.test arrivals at Weymouth are, Sir Groans me nen 'mitosis I and Lady Pe LSCOTT. Mr. and Mrs. W• Rusts.. Mr. VIM co lousy, GR•if AM. Mr. J. S sus, Mrs. JOHNATOIII, Mr. fame, i Mitsui; C Knees, Mr. and Mrs. Hocaccias, the Miss Beams, the'i'rs he. &c. ice. a por t r illery, Mr. Bereseeos will open the Whitehaven The. the late iced to atre. on Monday next. Mrs. G Lova. II is engaged lag effi he ad- for six nights, on which occasion the boxes are to be raised sixpence. His lynch The lakes in Cumberland , andl the adjoining lentscr at the coun t ie s of W e stmorland and Lancashire, have been Lug', ! Bra- more frequented for the last seven years, than at Ac, lobles spy other equal period since the yam . 1774. at liven which time they began to be :edam /a/ noticed; he- Act ate of fore that time, a part only of their almost inmate which .e Da beauties was known to after. stated and is The Vauxhall Theatre, at New-York, closed in bring I September. with the benefit of Mr. and Mrs. lust- tore tt Cis. 'The entertainments were—Scenes from be use ct the SSA IteSreetteflfam'et. Song. " Smelt Bird," from y 2.7 : silken penhai L eer . Meets-ties Mae of the Wort& A comic tulle, coo- , e4 l o ff t! I opera.nt The Cabinet ; Mrs .M i c cs. Scenes f ro m Il posed by Mr. t' 11 R AOl6. called L'Amorr irflliVe Air Barba [ a Sun- FIIAFICif HAIIIII. Seervas, and Miss On nit; or, The Frnitless Precaution ; principal dancers. d car- ~ Messrs. 1 „ , e a allow ' rIVNT. Scenes horn DillAbILI AAAAA S "me* • torm rt nonfood ; Mts. Ses soul. troops j'adtet. Song, "Seeratitine se elentinr," from th. 11 pro. comic opera of Tht , /earl Pears Scenes from The tirhool al itta.;•rer. The whole to atai. a-- e rth conclude with a pantomime. call , !d, Hurlers& Hurry Selirrr ; or, Tile noel Rust,ow. illum, - . - mom