The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1807-09-26 00:00:00

..~=,~ DECLARATION. His Majesty owes to , imself and to Europe a frank Exposition of the mooves which have diaated his late measures in the Baltic. His Majesty has delayed thus Exposition only in e,e Mope of that more amicable arrangement with the Court of Denmark. which it was His Majesty's first wish and endeavour to obtain; for which he was ready to m ike great efforts and great sacrifices; and of which he never lost sight even in the moment of the most decisive hostility. Deeply as the disappointment of this hope has been felt by ills Majesty, he has the consolation of refleaing, that no exertion was left untried on his part to produce a different result. And while he laments the cruel necessity which has obliged him to have recourse to eels of hostility against a nation with which it was His Majesty's most earnest desire to have established the relations of common interest and alliance; I lis Majesty feels confident that, in the eyes of Europe and of the World, the justification of his et - indult will be found in the commanding and indis pensable duty. paramount to all others amongst the obligations of a S wereign, of pr oviding, while there was yet time, for the immediate security of his People. His Majesty had received the most positive infor metier, of the determination of the present Ruler of France oi r.c-upy, with a military force, the territory of Holstein—for the purpose of es:ludog Great Bri tain from all her accustomed channels of communi Cation with the Continent of inducing or compelling the Court of Dearnark to close the pass age of the Sound against the Britisb commerce and navigatinn; and of availing himself of the aid of the Danish Ma. eine for the invasion of Great Britain and of Ireland. Con6.'ent as His Majesty was of the authenticity of the tonnes from which this intelligence was de rived, and confirmed in the credit which he gave to it. as well Sy the notorious and repeated declarations of the enemy, and by his tecmt occopatiens of the towns atsd territories of other neutral States, as by the preparations adlually made for collating a hos tile force upon the frontiers of His Danish Majesty's Continental donsinioes, His Majesty would yet wit. tingly have forborne to aq upon this intelligence, netil he complete and practical disclosure of the plan bad been made manifest to all the world. His Majesty did forhear, as lone, as there could be a dooSt of the urgency of the danger, or a hope of an effaattal coatis:aim to it, in the means or in the dispositions of Denmark. But His Majesty could not but recoils% that when, at the close of the former war. the Court of Denmark engaged in a hostile confederacy against Great Britain. the apology offered by that Court for so unjustifiable an abandon,nent of a neutrality which His Majesty had never ceased to respea, was founded on its avowed inahill;y to resist the opera tion of external iatheenee, and the threats of a for midable neighbouring power. His Majesty could not but compare the degree of infitioice, which, at that time, determined the decision of the Court of Denmark, in violation of positive engagements, se- I lemnly conttated but six months before ; olds the I increased operation which France had now the I means of giving to the same principle of initnida tion, with kingdoms prostrate at her feet, and with tbepopulation of nations under her banners. Nor was the danger less imminent than certain. Already the army destined for the invasion of llol atria was assembling on the violated territory of neutral Hamhirgb. And, Holstein once occupied, the island of Zealand was at the mercy of France, and the Navy of Denmark at her disposal. It is true a British force might have found its way. into the Baltic. and checked for a time the move ments of the Danish Maine. But the season was approaching when that precaution would no longer have availed; and when His Maj-ry's fleet mast have retired Irons that sea, and permitted France, in undisturbed security. to accumulate the means of offence against His Majesty's dominions. Yet, eve, under these circumstances, in calling upon Denmark for the satisfaaion and security which His Majesty was compelled to require, and in demanding the only pledge by which that we eity could be rendered if/eh/al—the temporary pos. ossifyn of that nut, which was the chief iodate tnent to France for forcing Denmark iato hostilities with Great Britain—His Majesty aceorpsnied this demand with the offer of every condition which could tend to reconcile it to the interests and to the feelings of the Gant of Denmark. It was for Denmark herself to state the terms and stipulations which shi might requite. If Denmark was apprehensive that the surrender of her fleet would be resent-d by France as au eft of coassivanee ; His Majesty had prepared a force of such formidable magnitude. as must have made justifiable even in the estimation of I rendering resistance altogether una- irk was really prepared to mist the France, and to maintain her iadepend• enee. His Majesty proffered his co-operation for her defence—naval. military, and pecuniary aid ; the guarantee of her European territories, and the security an 1 extension of her colonial possessions. That the sword has been drawn in the execution of a service indispensable tothe safety of His Majesty's dominions, is matter of sincere and plinful regret to His Majesty. That the state and circumstances of the world are such as to have required and justified the measures of self preservation, to which His Majesty has found himself under the necessity of resorting, is a truth which His Majesty deeply deplores, but for which he is in no degree responsible. His Majesty bas long carried on a most unequal contest of scrupulous. forbearance against unrelent ing violence and oppression. But that forbearance has its bounds. V7hen the design was openly avow ed, and already but too far advanced towards its accomplishment. of subjeding the Powers of Eu ' rope to one universal usurpation, and of combining them by terror or by force in a confederacy against the maritime rights and palitical existence of this kingdom, it became necessary for His Majesty to anticivate the success of a system, not more fatal to his interests than to those of the Powers who were destined to be the instruments of its execution. Irkwas time that the etre& of that dread which France has inspired into the nations of the world, should be counteratted by an exertioa of the power of Great Britain, called for by the exigency of the crisis, and proportioned to the snagnitult of the Manes r. Notwithstanding the declaration of war on the part of the Danish Government, it still remains for Denmark t , ) determine. whether war shall continue between the two nations.—His Majesty still proffers an amicable arrangement. He is anx:ous to sheath the sword, which he has been most reluaantly com pulled to draw. And he is ready to demonstrate to Denmark, and to the worl,l, that having aaed solely upon the sense of what was due to the secu rity of his own dominions, he is not desirous, from any othe7 motive, or for any objea of advantage or aggrandizement, to carry measures of hostility beyond the limits of tl.e necessity which has pro duced them. West .1:11!:r., Sept. 25. 1807. GIBItALI'AR ;IL. GIBRALTAR, AVO. IS. The 3farid Gaze!es and the Joamals have froth paragraphs upon the f.tilara of a third attempt by our troops upon Rosetta. and the consequent ens citation of Egypt. By comparing the dates with that of the latest intelligence from Malta. it will bs immediately perceived, that those accounts asnoot be correa. By the latest accounts from Algiers, we learn, that a Treaty has been concluded with the Regency of that comitry, by which the exclusive right of the trade of the ports of 13 ma, La Cala, and H Col, has been ceded to the British, for the exportation of hides, wool, wax, and T,500 Mediates of wheat an nually. The Dey has also ceded the Coral Fishery, no the coast, to the Ktigli.ll. I MUG. '22. The Spanish troops, in the neigl.L•athood of this I garrison, a , e under order to march for Portugal, at I a moment's notice. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTZUBER 26. We give, this day. His MAJESTY'S DECLAR A• TION respeaing the late events in the Baltic. Ne cessity, self•preservatien, authentic intelligence of the intention of BUN AP ANTI to avail him-elf of the aid of the Danish navy agai!ist this kingdom, and the inability of Denmark, although willing, to controul or resist his purpose, are assigned as the motives of the Expedition to Zulu's!. and the grounds of its justification. So far the Declaration offers nothing new for observa tion. In the concluding 'part, it states, that His MAJESTY had originally proffered to Denmark his co-operation for her defence-7,110a/, nsilitare, and pecuoinry ad; the g: Grantee of her European te►- ritsries, and Ms seen, if:, and exiaisian of her colonial possessions; and His MAP:LIT now renounces all idea of advantage or aggrandizement beyond the professed objzdt of the Expedition. We yesterday announced the arrival of the Auck• !and packet at Falmouth, with Mails from Lisbon. Letters from that city state, that the Portuguese Government have refused BONAPAST es requi sition of four millions of crusadoes ;500,0001. 4) and had determined, rather than be further imposed open by the French, to quit Portugal altogether. Former accounts stated that the Portuguese were fitting out their navy, in consequence of a remisition from the Court of Madrid. The letters by this mail confirm the intelligence that the ships are not only .... , 1 fitting out, but almost ready for sea: but they add, that instead of being delivered over to Spain, they are to be employed in transporting the Portuguese Government to the Brazils, if it can in no other manner free itself from the eff:Ets of that system of robbery from which it has already suffered 53 much. Ten ships of the line were ready for sea when the packet sailed from the Tagus. We are not com petent to determine what degree of credit is due to this accounts but it is stated in the Gibraltar Paper, :hat all the Spanish Troops, in the vicinity of that Fortress, had received orders to march to Portugal. Lieut. ElsomwaLL, of His MAJESTY'S frigate the Sir Ldward Hughes, arrived, last morning, at the East-India House, with intelligence of the safe arrival of that vessel off the Isle of Wight, on the 134th inst. with the Nor! butioberland, RAINCOCK, from Bombay; and Argo wbaler ; lett St. Helena, the I;ith of July. FAisalig -rs per Sir Edward Hughes—From St. Helena— Governor P.itton, and Colonel Scutt, of . the Kmes Say.ec. The dirly Cwtle, Buwas; and Lord Ihnst.)!mr.. , . SMITH, outward-bound, arrived at St. klelenl the 13th July last. On the loth July, the Lend Hawker burg fell in with the Alfred, Wert - 1 . 6w ; United Kingdom, D'Esreitae ; Werceshr, S. WOOD; and flake of Monfrost, PATIOISON, uutward-bound, 115 miles South of St. Helena, 6•e , days from that Is land, all well. The fleet of Indiznen, which sailed from Ports mouth, on the 18th April last, under convoy of His Nisi ess. v's ship gaipiter. were, on the 15th .Tune, in lat. 5. 10. 8. long. 22. 30. W. all well, iliye„ Captain PendergrarS ; Surat Castle, itibertvon ; Taunton Castle, Timbrell ; Earl Camden, Samson ; turd, ; Surrey, Cum'atriego ; Charlton. G. W,-.41; Conti+, liar ; Ceylon, liudwn ; Devonshire, J. Murray ; Walpole, Sandilanild; and Lacy Castlereagh, T. G. Murray. The Surat Caitle was leaky, in consequenCe of which she was to go into port. The Sir Ail.aast! Hogliee convoyed the China fleet, lately arrived, to St. Helena, and from thence WAS proceeding to England with the fleet, when 'His NIAJEsr los ship Nassa4 fell in with them, took the convoy under .charge, and sent back the Sir Edward lifitzha to St. Helena, to take the ships that might arrive at That. Island, btfure the '2(O July, ender convoy for England. The Ataldoits whalei has captured a ship worth 10,000:. She was at St. Helena when the Sir Ed ward Hughes left the Lieutenant Baouwat.t., after he had delivered his Dispatches at the East India House, yesterday, proceeded to the Admiralty, with Dispatches from Sir Eow ASID Pat. Law. He was also the bearer of seers:a French letters, some of them, it is said, from the French Governm•mt, intercepted on board some French ships, captured by our cruisers. All hopes of the safety of the Blenheim, we understand, have entirely vanished. Government, yesterday, received dispatches from Malta, dated the '.23:11 July. They state, that our troops in Alexandria were unmolested, and were plentifully supplied with provisions by the Bedouin Arabs. Lord Corsurt.wooo had sailed from ;Malta a short time before the Mail, with the dis patches, came away. Five sail of the homeward-bound Leeward Island Fieet are arrived at Bristol. The Harry. Captain Hour, is arrived in the Downs, from Jamaica ; she paged from the fit on the 2.)th ult. in let. 42. 54. long. 50. '24. in a heavy gale, and thick weather, which continued for szveral days, and he supposes the fleet is dispersed. Captain SOI arm arrived last night at the Admi ralty with dispatches (torn Halifax, which were im mediately sent off to Lord MULGRAVC, then at his seat at Fulham. Their cont.nts had not transpired. The Channel Fleet has been bluwa oil its station and has put inres Torbay. Report states, that Parliament will mart, for the dispatch of business, on the 21. th of November. A Messenger left town last night from the Fo reign Office. with dispatches to be put on board the Belwark, of 74 guns, at Portsmouth, which is or dered to sail immediately for Heligoland. The Loao M•voa bad. yesterday, a long cora -1 ference with Lord Muccsaav a, at the Admiralty. In the avowing, two letters were sent from the Ad miralty to the Loan M•Ir011, at the Mansion house. _ The Ha Packet, Giesoir, and the Baigrr, THoMPSON, from Deblin, for Oporto, were taken on the 91st ult. by some row-boats, off Oporto and run on shore ; the latter has since been get cif by the Miibirook schooner. The Freedom, Cut, from Surinam, for Linann, was captured on the 27th July, off St. Kitts, and re-taken on the 29th, after having been on shore near St. Martin's, where she lost her rudder and anchors. The Rechael, —, from Gallipoly, is detained and sent into Malta i cargo condemnei. The Scout, of Dumbarton, BLAIR, master, from Glasgow, was wrecked at klolyhead the 6:h inst. The Fien4bler:, of Copenhagen, from Messina, is detained by the Ciesrhs armed ship, and arrived at Grimsby. The Viewer, JAMIIOII/, from to Flensburg, is detained by the Lord Cech•aae privateer, and sent into Dartmouth. - ltu.s. . . _ concession j France. by If Dem: del:11411.1s of MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIF4:. Lady P&RTM and the Hon. Mss Daustisonn have returned to town from a Vi.it to the Masai°. ness of LS:arse, at her scat in Kent; where the pre. liminat ies of marriage have been settled betwree k the Honourable PITIR Roarer Bassett. and the Honourable Miss 'hometown, Heiress to the Noble House of Pearls, a Lady of the tno2 amiable disposition and manners. Miss Mint- mono is just become of age, and is the fait prize so often bestowed on Lurd 'Sesame, by our contemporaries. Mr. Bus ant. is in his 25th year. He is the eldest son and Heir to the Noble Hoe s ,. of WlLLouoatev and GWYDIit, and n pf ee 10 ' the Ntirchioness of Exarsa, the Duche,s of Nos. THUNICHL•I4O. and the Countess of &VIOL/7. —Lady PERTH and the Hon. Miss Deustuoso fetus waving town,. in the course of Lest week, b r Drummond Cantle, Scotland. Her Ladyship gaee a grand dinner, yesterday. at her house in Gr venor,..sguar e. to Lord Kura, the Hon. Mr. BLit. aul several other periods of distintlion. THEATRE. COVENT•GA RDttf. Mr. MORTON'S Comedy of Speed tic Ykuti aai performed. last nieit, to a very good house. The only change in the representation, since last WARW, was the resumption, by Mr. FAWCETT, of his original part of Rob Mindy ' which so chastely and admirably performed, last season, by Mr. Mut, vta. The musical entertainment of Pda ne/ Vu. gin,4 was revived, and received with unbounded applause. Mr. lactroos, Mr. LULL ANY, Misr Butrus, and Mrs..Lisroti, displayed much evel lence in the acting, as well ai tnusical depots:cat of the piece. 4Eileg 4 •r 0-- - ) 11 1 IP al if[TsWCel. FRACAS. • The Operatical party that visited Dublin. closed, their musicals with The Store:, harmonised as a frig. and performed with equal excellence byMr.Kelly.and Signnrs Morrelli and Rovedino. The Signors, whu had performed for hires pima* each night, in con templation of the lucrative benefit Mr. Kelly would have, insist:el on twenty-five guineas each for d.t.t night. M. Kelly, knowing his own' strength amongst his countrymen, and rich in the assistance of Madame Citalast, resisted the demand. Se veral scenes were also performed from The kmeard kinnician ; one sang tau..annther terrible ; but Mr. Kelly came off n.i•leriers, with The Sprig orSl.l.'e:2,;(i and Shamrock is Green. The Duke of Sr. AL ear's is • canfined with a cold, at his house in Stratford-plice. His Grace was better last night. Lard KEITH came to town, en Tuesday, from Portsmotith. Viscount and Viscountess Ceereonne will come to town, neat week, from Eastbourne. Lady Hoerr itstirllLD arrived last night at her house in Grosvenor-square. from Worthuig. The 11-I , inotirehle Muss GRINISTON left town, yes. terday. on a visit to Sir THOMAS and h.i.!y Pactiett, at th.•ir beautiful seat near liquor Boa:. There will be a grand Marie Meeting at Or m,- kirk, on the Gth and 7th of next month. Sir Bsoone WA Two, Bart. was the whole of yes terday in a most alarming and dangerous state; his recovery is not expeaed. His Grace the Archbishop cf CA/SUMMIT re turned vs Lambeth Palace. yesterday, where he will remain but a few days, previous to his setting oat on a visit to Mr. filabessas Su Trot, at his seat M lasottingiramslsirc. Mr. Iti co A ito Josrs, who is engaged to perform at Covent Garden Theatre, arrived on Thursday. at BLARE'S hotel, Jernayn-street, front Ireland. Timm was a grand Concert at Canterbury, on Thursday evening. The principal performers were, Mrs. HATTON and Miss WIIIPTERT, Mr. GRAY. and Mr. Dov Le ; Grand Piaroforte, Miss Watt. PINT ; arid Pedal Harp, Mr. WEITPIRT. An eulogium in a pacer of yesterday, upon Mr. C suntas, states, that his talents are "ot great variety." meaning, no doubt, that they are 1044 bad, and iaddirent. The late Bart of DOLOR/41$i was a lineal de scendant from CmARLIS H. being great grandams of the unfortunate Duke of Mon mourn, and Amite. Duchess of Becc anon. His Lordship was tremely conspicuous in the Bras 31ende, in the part of his life. and having neatly dissipated a estate, he, in middle age. secured from the of his fortune an annuity of about I onOl. a ye: on which he afterwards lived very prudently. / was unmarried, and the title (conferred on grandfarlyr by Queen Anise) is now mina. Sir 301111 C•RIL arrived, on Saturday last, Glasgow. • A most beautiful specimen of t. has lately been discovered at %Yellow, shire, and by the interference of Colonel Listen, Combhay,rogcther with the lord of the manor, C' nil Gone LA sarom will be prevented from s ul ing the injury and dilapidation, which the relic antiquity so frequently experience. What ha , hith.irta discovered consists of a piece of work, and ot an exqui,itely beautiful tes'. laced , ment. enriched with figures. in a high state of serration ; and the tessera; of whicli most beautiful and vivid colours. 7 . are considerable ; and from what has found, it would appear that a very consi tints yet remains to be explored. As lately as'. day se'nnight, the workmen had exposed a piece of great beauty, and as perfe4 as what been previously laid open. The Magistrates of Birm'agham have Lice, that they will allow no merr y approaching fair. A laconic observer thus charafterises the Lottery Plan:—" It never was mingled. Scheme of only '21,900 Tickets in number• magnitude of Capital Prizes. and far pausr Blanks ; and in stivaig two chances 4t saw , . one stake ot adventure, it st.s.:Js Lottery A oimis." spy Roi by II town ism Ptin les!a AI taul mei Ma Pr dee *34 I Oistri Clete helm 1 I th a.tst the wah Ithy hat they are seas ix was a lineal de- iag great grandson mourn, and Amite. Lordship was ex- 31ande, in the early ly dissipated a fine •ed from the wreck bout Iqnol. a year. cry prudently. lie (conferred on his now extinCt. t Saturday last, a of Roman elegan %Yellow, Somerset f Colonel Lawn. c I of the manor, Colo revented from suCtr which the relict ice. What has f a piece of Musa stiful tesr• lated par I a high state of pr f which preserve vs. The dimensin hat has been alrea Itry considerable pa 1. As lately as Tno had exposed a ft perfe4 as what b ;ham have given ten rgo-rounds at haraaerises the S . •yas equalled. as kets in number• and far paurr? :lialices at succ , * :J. unparalleka 46 . •