The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1808-09-02 00:00:00

CIRCULATION OF We lately Cosier, for , Contiment.—That certiti,ity with tirecis of thoitwtotio popolor oew:pop.rs, awl that au should be seized. ear muisers, stationed coast of France. A more laudable and patriotic proposition could not poss:bly be conceived ; for the loyal and good people of France. who Pr , hablY lenow nothing of The Cuurier, since its conversion and reemitatiOn, would not be likely to pin their faith upon its sleeve, and therefore it could not ex .ifivet to let the ineaseager employed on these Wl ' loon inisaious. The recommendation then we must soda it is most disiittereated on the part of the irlftMenry print, The C:ourier ; and it is, ark a finan cial measure, most desirable to Government, as au increased circulation of Newspapers, to the extent of " hundreds of thousands" a day, must. at the rate of three-peace halfpenny each, the pre : • nit stamp duty, produce very handsomely to the Revenue. Many other advantages would atteud this new mode uf CiTell lating newspapers by bulloom. Newsmen and boru-boyr, then superse,lisd b as and charcoal, might be e,nployed as truurxters ►nd purveyors in the army, and the vi *olds uud clouds would do that service gratuitously, which is now per- - farmed at a ver great expense, by donkeys, poaies. and nsail-coaebrs, and alas by au extran,4tutit use of the names of .%lembers of Parliament in franking coven for iiewNpaperN. \Viten any qrcut and tofu ._ • a►ledircoeery is mule in and• art, trade, mystery. ur science, it olierates as an incentive to emulation; and accordingly Ise liud, thiskaeveral new plans have been proposed in of that recommended Ily.TAe (-Wrier, for the circuLat•on of newspaper s in bal loons all over the Cootineut. Oar lottery•-ofce ;teepees hare derived great benefit from inscribing their lottery plans and prices upon the bodies of saw. Emil, and hackney coaches, waggons, dung tarts and ebonies. If, therefore, the plans of our nampaiguis and victories were painted on the bulls of our ships of the line, our frigates and bomb-boots, they cteald not in their passage along the coasts of thas.Coutioast fail to anted the notice of the people ea shoes, who -119Uld commu nicate the Dews to their imighbours, and thus the in telligence would spread from village to village, sod city to city, until it spread ail over the Continent. An old assts or a boy may les aeon daily, in every pet et the &mid, with a-psie in bis hand, and a baud serest at the top, aaotiosteisi, " Best Japan plashing,"" Botoolkow." " A Braga! Tiger." 'lt has Moo annarOngly saminsted, that these old was and hop, with their poles sad boards, might be matiesaid with good diet upon the decks of our •iiemels.sailing up mad &anis Channel, within visas of the Fiesich mast. Japes bleekiag, with a link ex panse, might be converted MU " Joseph Bonaparte black-balled in Spain," and " Napoleon at Bamboo illet," tniAt, with a dealt of the painter's brush, be sulbstitated for" The Bengal tiger," or, " Pideock's Menagerie." Another expedient might he resorted to. Our reaches; whin are accustomed to walk the streets of London, arq aware that it is almost im possible for any Gentleman or Lady, particularly if they look a little delicate in health, to pass through Temple Bar, to cross St. Paoli Church yard, or approach any other great thorooglifare or place of resort, without having a paper insinuated into her or his hand, infidel The Real Beldam, of Life,,' " The Pillula Salutaria : or, The Grand Restorative for Debilitated Coustitutions." " Doc tor Leake's Pills," &c. Now, it is well known that a set of sly fellows of this kind carry ou • snug trade, called smuggling, with Flushing, Rot tenlam, and other parts of the enemy's coast ; and that if it was made worth their while, they would as soon smuggle " The Hackney Resolution for Par liamentary Reform," as " the Grand Restorative ;" er, substitute " the Pension List" fur " the Bal sam of Life," and " the Treasury Journals" for " Dr. Leake's Patent Pills." Them plans, to which we could add many more, have this ad vantage: As vehicles of information, they have succeeded so far as they have her:, tried; whereas the made of circulating hundreds of thousands of a newspaper, all over the continent, in a bill lora. as recommended by The Greene, is new, untried, and, if successful, would deprive hun dreds of thousands of iuluatrious 'lieu of bread.— it has also occurred to us, that the old maids st the several watering prices might be also use for; employed in the propagation of news; but shall gladly postpone ear further o b servations on this subject, in order to give room to the following s t or y, which we espy Irwin the most respectable of the Ministerial Prints of yesterday As some mistakes ant isierepresei be..ocitettlated repectiog sue tug Mier us which the Atiniuis De La Romans was apprised of the situa s non of his eountcy , while be was 1111tkr the Danish (.at eminent, it iv prover to stole the matter as it risally happened, purtivisturly as some inalesolent eppeneists of Ministers hove aoctit.ed theta of 'aril.- ness in a measure en very interesting and important. Nlargois as. keot Orponfolind ignorance o 1 the g 10130411. events a :lig Is lied tail ell ilk 41lia 00ati- V. : 4 mid various M./minus Lod bees made on the I In►e part ufthe British Government to porntnunicate the fings to him, and to devisemeans for the escape of anself and the troops natilnes command, without At lendi on es torprising Gentleman was _ not a military- °Seer, as reported, but Ecclesiastic, (an Irish Priest we suppose), on honour, knowledge,, till & icaid i terie, the irmest con fi dence could ~ep kogolt 5 , 1 • Us Gen &man, vliagnised ria-nitrader efts, stry humble l e description, irlI(E, Ily 'OW way of Heligoland, tit the place itiliateetl 41416% 'aii, - 1 his troops were confined, tiaritig uF,91 , 41 such difliculthis in his •Prograss as liislitml .li/untwist .caotiou, inv . . tfit4r; uhd inetitide.. • Arinagtit ise•overrame all Aii4eles, andliiiiipik aseirighted-thvi persoir of the Marquis, lw was obliged to Watch incessantly for an uppostasnity of addressing him, without exciting the amipazion of the numerous spies by whom he was surrounded. The venerable agent at last was oblig ed, as if by accident, to jostle the Marquis in the street, in order to attract his attention, and having dose so, he apologised, as if ignorant of the pennon whom he addressed. and concluded with offering to sell him some excel:eat cotlee. The Marquis treated this offer .with contempt, and signified that he sup posed he was speaking to a smuggler. The Priest, however, persevered in recommending his ,coffee ; and, it: the course of the conversation, found means to intimate tli..t he was not a smuggler, but a gen tlernati. de We'll aeon see that" said the Martini:, and then asked him if he could speak Latin ? The . Priest an.wercd in the affirmative, and a conversa tion ensued, apparently shout coffee, as the ges ture:: of both were intended to deceive all who . might observe them. The Marquis was 'then duly informed of every thing that had occurred in Spain. of the assistance which the British Go- vermilion - bad rendered, and of its readin,sa to idopt tor measure that was practicable to effect the rescue cithim.elf and his troops, that they might join their heroic countryureo in resisting the vile at tempts of France to eualsurgstluim t The rest af the measures accessary for the attaimucutuf the object in view, and its happy . accomplishurant, are well known bat n e, 4 lceit o that the particulars which wohrivo-gow.upentioned4ill be deemed dermed highly inte rMt to ave}ihfrieistfsio the iridepeudence of na tions, and e.ery admirer of .11filigisalwro efforts of Spain to secure that inestimldilitrldasiugthi., • . THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTIMIER NEWS FROM PORTUGAL. A telegraphic diepatcli, we understind, hist night, announced the snivel of ikneasel.el.PJyntouth, with the long-expected dispatches from Portugal. At seven, last evening. Lieutenant-Colonel BROVIN, Aid-du-camp to his Royal Highness the Duke of I" oaa , accompanied by Major-General. CssiveLt:t., arrived at the Horse-Guards, with dispatches from Lisbon. The dispatches, we um derstand, state, that Sir HARRY BURILAILD, acr~ all our other expeditions, had reached Portugal., in safety. General Loma had taken a po sition in front of Lisillin„ 'and it will commonly belie;cd he would ,defend, : iA; 'Ap t l Oa' Junior meted hold -nut as Wag oopolliblic ~iut J it ,was new erthe4e ooppaboil.that kayo amid not he any long' re4itetit"ts,. There was s iiimniletpt ,, klea l, when tt!e dispatches came away, *et 4.l4titjneant to gnu the Tagus Xe Aldeaq al lags, bora this Rosie* Beet, and march In &dojos, thrisiggh Elvits; 44m0/whence he might ;hope teiosn the French army, under /It:listens', at Burgos. It is supposed that Major-General Crueextt has returned for the puniose of assisting Govern ment with his advice and opinion respecting the ge neral appearance of affairs in Portugal. An alarming insurrection broke nut, in February last, in the dominions of the Nuau, about one hundred awl forty miles from Hyderabad, his capi tal. The insurgents, headed by • Brasilia, have repulsed the Di IZANCS troops, commanded by Capt. Coanoa, &salvia to pieces near yOu Oben. Colonel Moscittscia, who commands the East India Coin pauy's subsidiary force, stationed at Hyderabad, was about to march against the rebels. The NI SAN himself was suspected of wishing success to the Iterolters. Like the Nabobs of OL or., 111113 of the CAII.3IATIC, he has been crushed by the Marquis lA'stttstcar. Over all India, the natives, irritated atthe despotic and seven: proceedings of the late Bengal Goirminnent, look to the threatened arrival of the Elute* Itursona's troops for emancipa tion. if 10,"0 French forces were lauded on any poet of the peninsula of llindostau, our Empire in •Ailio*Jadd be ihalest to Asitlitdraioo. • The patilitioadts=estlair a considerable time past been grodieralipsiellissep tissitirier to de dine. It alspiiiirltsiiirt'otOlinidox, that this financial lutraiiiooo4 . lokh Ise are in some wen sore occustataati to !rigiusste file prosperity and credit of the eoantri.aluisilsi hope almost ouiformly and regularly bask, ever sincetherammeircemeot of the Speniiiii insurrection; an *rent which, it unilit litive been .nlyik.ed, 00n14,1 r.ither hare tie rated than depreswil 'nate who tsplain this enigma, by ,a farouresteisdarpretation, assert that it arises from the sew sources and chaunela opined to wercantik adventure and speculation, in consequence of the reuestal of our commercial intercourse with Spain, a., well as with her colonies. The stocks,. say they, only rose in eonsequence of the stagnation or susaw.sio of trade, produced by BONAPARTE'S eltCretr ; tha height to which they attained was a symoosti, not of natioual wealth, but of genital distress. Men, unable to engage io puy adventure IQ promised 'advantage, purchased into the rands from necessity, in older to procure semi interest fur their capital. That money • being now liberated, the stocks of course return to their just les el. Thiireastming may be just; but there are many persons who apprehend that the fall to which we allusle is produced by the belief and fern- that Go vernment mean to rents the system of sabsidising the Coutiurntal Powers ;• in•parttceiat Austria, if she stl 41 be Unlaced or comptiltd to take up aims again►t NAPOLEON. We confess, that though we believe no Minister be found to propose such a measure, and no Parliament will sanction it; yet, when we reflect on the species of Idled ve neration, which many, or all the members of the present Cabinet, profess for Mr. Peres tneasory and political systems, we are not without some alarm upon the subject. From Lord CARD EN, Lord MULERAVE, and Mr. CANNING, evert sacrifice, 'and every testimony of homage; will be eu4e ly giren to the opinions of " the pilot alsoweathered the storm." All the exploded and ruinous experi •meats of the early stages of he late war, from the del ofteu predicted " gulf of bankruptcy" in which France was to futinder, dowu to " the magnani mity of liput., and the good faith of Famccis," will be repeated, if occasions arise that cwt admit of their renewal. We trust, however, that the nation will resist these pernicious measures. That subsidies should, in no ease, be granted to a Foreign Sovereign or Power, we do not mean to amens Cases may arise that demand such aid. Ito Umlaut* of Sweden is perhaps one in point. whatever may he the personal fail ings of his character, yet, aided by the position of his dominions, which placed him out of the im mediate vortex of the Corsican Despot, hos mani fested so much energy, and such a determined re sistance., as to entitle him to uo ordinary support on our part. A generous nation could not abandon him to the resentment of Russia, propelled by. Fnuree ; and the paucity of GtSrAvt:i's means rendered it etpially wise as necessary to cxtend to hint pecuniary assistance. In the case of Spain, it isnot liberality; it is enlarged policy, or rather necessity and self-preservation. But it is to tLe not to the Crown, it is to the Piatiou. not to the Government, that tie 'thus open the public Purge. A, eub.itly to F EILDIN AN n.V U. considered in his exclusive capacity of a Sovereign, and in tended to enable him to bring an army into the field, as ALEXANDER, or Palm, or Flutters did. would only enrich the common despoiler. The subsidies of England must necessarily Iliad their way through Vienna, or thieve' Petersburg'', to Paris. _ The • Spaniards have, in fact, explained to the other Caninental Powers, the only principle on which the ran tutetssifally resist the ambition, the.tacties; and the:Ansitription of &IN APAIITE. If the subjects of Austria, attd even of Prussia, feel any attachinent to the person of .their Prince ; if •they poor.. any love of their (velar'', any zeal au the _preservation of their religion, usages, na tional (Nulty, and independence ; if they will ra ther die than submit to be reduced under a foreign and au opprobrious bondage ; then, indeed, should we aid maims:gin them by every sacrifice and every effort. Bet, can we hope from the heterozeneous and discordant materials, which compose the Austrian or Prussian Mouerchies, such virtuous, simple, loyal, and heroic testimonies of patriotism, as leave Lanni exhibited by the inhabitants of the Peninsula beyond the Pyrenees? Will the Bohemian or the Hungarian emulate the Asturian Of the Biseayan ? Is it at Konigsberg, or at Berlin, or at Waniaw, that we can hope to see such a resistance mani fested, as we have witnessed at Madrid, at •Sara germ, and at Bitboa ? It Must not be expected. 1:011APAITL has not ercu given to the Geiruans similar cause of abliorreuce as to the Spaniards. He conquered Austria and Prussia. lie trea cherously deluded, insulted, and outraged, the Spaniard.. Involuntary admiration accompa nied Nsroktox, as he rapidly, like Akte sx Den, tsar( .red countries, and annihilated armies, and overturned monarchies. Detestation and shame attended him at Bayonne, and have pile• sued him buck to St. Cloud. He may again over run Germany, unless time German people, as well as the German Princes, oppose him. Into Spain he may likewise penetrate; but he has not found it always practicable to return. The Caudine -Forks of the Sabine, have been renewed by the Andalu ;nine. The invincibility of NAPOLEON is no more. To Spain, moreover, we can extend naval assist ance, in every season, through numemus channels, and in almost every part of the hat.itable earth. We are precluded from sending any such assistance to the powers of Germany, except at certain sea sons, amid under many impediments. Sustained by Great Britain, and defended by her Pyreneanfron tier, if she can once teenier it from the enem♦ who has gained possession of it by perfitl7 nol quest, the Iberian and Ifusitaulan Pruiusul.: be maintained tipsiest all the power 01. even though Austria and Prussia should and!' the fate of Holland and of Switzerland. Th,, r efl ec tions, while they ought to deter us from renewing the system of subsidising Enipcnus Kings, will at once justify and impel t o „ 1 ,, ; , efforts in supporting the glorious striv•-les of Spanish nation. A Gotter.litirgh Moul arricod yeste n L y letters and papers to the 20111 hist. Th ey dn . tally destitute of interest. Aa article dated (..; tenburgh, August the tgth . says—" General Ar feldt did not resign the command or the 11 eq, army. as was at first reported, but was budersc: and replace:l by General Cederstroni. .‘ Private letters from Stockholm, by to-day' s It yt report that the Russian fleet, which app eare d of Oblenholui on the 6th of August, WAS met on the httli by an English fleet, and totally put to Cif rout. This appears rather increiliLle, 1. 111. not conceive that a sufficient nuniher of En; a l t ships for the purpose could have been o high ap in the Baltic at that time." We have received wine Dutch Papers and 61. tern to the ...t7th last, but they are of little hip 0,. nine. Sonic of the letters stute, that all t:.epe. sons who hail lately reached Holland by sea, fr,,, 11 this, or any other country, not in alliance with France, hail been sent to Verdun, there to be de tained as prisoners. One great ohject of this den ture is to keep the nations under tile coatioui of NAPOIkEON in the dark, with reglad to akt is passing iu Spain. The veil, however, whieh hiss so long covered their eyes, is already dev.v. i aside, and, we trust, will soon be entirely torn away. The defection of the Spanish troops in the Dani.. 4 territories cannot he hid from all the Ntrth sf Europe, and the flight of I)on JOSLPIN from ii , unaccountable proceeding's of the persona darkly a.- lulled to therein, probably from the rank they WI • in society ; for the sake of the best success, let re. paratiou le made, cud nut such unjustifiable met. sures resorted to in future ; for unless unduiin!v pervades the whole nation, it must be apprehend. vt that we fail in tae•gtorious attempt. These wei must have groasly mistaken the character of ti.-! provinces in question (who generally class node the denanitiation of Vitscongados, and unite tc gether every ' where), cud especially of the Bis cayans, who, attacked on the score of their coun try and honour, will shod the last drop of their blood in it; defence; therefore let us have to more of this petty nonsense—let us recollect that they turned their hacks on Alszaredo, when he attempted to speak iii favour of Joseph, that they deserted their homes on the approach of the Usurper, and his Minister Urquijo, sad, above all, that brave Castanue is their countryman, and will dislike an imputation of this nature ; for it is a very extraordinary and leading feature Of the character of these people, that a single one s> teat, attacked on this particular, induces the Anita blaze forth in general support." . . . We understand diet Goveruinesit purpose to pay off immediately nineteen or tlenty wail of the line, and to transfer the &cies to alualler vessels of war, which are to be beat to the Baltic and other (limi ters, where they are most wanted. We stated Mix former paper, that the Brest fleet attempted to put to sca on the inth of Augast. but put hack with the loos of a fricate, shit!' struck upon a rock mud was there destroyid by the Minerva. The French friwiie win' the Arteltuse, of 40 guns. A letter from an officer on board the 1/Munn. dated the ir2d, says, The French Ife.t is agaiut out. it is said to hate troops on Loud, destined for the West Indies." A convoy from tae Rants may be hourly ex. pected. A Portuguese 74-gun ship. its escort, ar rived in Voitiand.rrads, on Wetlands!, hieing parted eeinpaily on tile passage. Onr commerce pith Samis is already berm:: very cuirsideislile. oae house in 1...0in10n has r-- ctn;ed an order from that country tor course woe-- lens, sufficient to clothe 40.000 troops. Trade :s looking up is the West Riding : and the inter course between this °pastry and Spain is a:reae.y of great advantage: R has hien clearly aseerntion!, by information ;emitted from the Of latety takes in the S French of war, that as letter. winch artive ill any part of France, having tie official etatrip Of the Transport Board upon them. are, by order of the French Government, iuunediately burnt. It is scarcely necessary to observe, that it is through tht channel ofthe Tian-port Bo ard only, that any Cum' ruunication with France can regu:ae.y take plec! relative to the exchange or pri , onerii war, or that the relatives of the Frei.cli (many of whom have now been in the coo.itr, • wards of tire years) cau hear whether they he a • or dead. BOWAPAIIITiei disregard for these WI ;, - halide persons is such. that he will, at present, fir neither that ode of them sliould land iu M react. our that their friend's al Id a: from them. ' At the lust Leicester Assists. there Was ■ special jury case which excited mach interest. The I/r , - seentor was R. Noaq•N. Esq. a diegistrate of that County. and the Defendivit the Rev. Mr. CLEATII two, of Thorpe-Arnold. It was brought as a en minal information for iibellous words spoken to the .Magistrate whilst in the execution of his ditty ; and for a rass..scandalous, and malicious kiiel written to the Magistrate, and published by the Defendant. The jury found the Defendant guilty : and the Re', Gentleman will receive judgment in the Court 01 King's Bench next terns. The Boxing Matches between Crib and trrg•ov. and Your% Belcher and CrGpley, are fixed to take place, duns% the Newmarket 'Jcteher meeting. --:,.......-- noticed u luau recommended by pie oiling, bimetalthe counnuailastion of "N;',711 tA Obit k k , et. o r That **pie*. . 9 " 1 4V 1 ! 1 1 4 .. _ found, tli a very litirsAfeeitt4.,PW 7: an Eet ihends" of ais Gwen, and • wi wee pep.rs, chased be stowed inisellooMP.. tirin , bt opportunity of a etrigig.iiiiith wind th , inan, Led, to launch thewinto the ait from de . crii, stationed in the Channel:eloeg the the oh Yete Sirsu Tin si an. TO i t : 11 ' 1 , 7).. • git i tc : J .; • The uig toter. loothg owed, , t Got. and hlt Arm. followir it Pitl4ne fief! airiu I au! Mr. I his hou the Cul Lord Diner. The sr% :VW The pre, in !atoll to indispa. Mi. take he Theatre Last anise fM • OP. Snell Soni • •I+ , •tx4i Pat.iut, bra as Mrs. at Newt Tria,,est ch Oat, ou tired po ne SirJuh C4l. Gok Ers. and Er. mid Jaws, MI Mrs Woe ho, %% mg The( eelee: pm The 1 at hi, -I The gaud dii nous 11.0 Earl 4. tic. a tv., I Ailv at h. r Pa'•t•y 01 A ran ennitruri It 4 U.'uf wiL,.re, " limr• " !Lai licte •.I o!C L on 11 11.ttuidot 1.43 0 Ira eor hii s:ttsi te ! ' Miortel "MAT:. LLL. Mr. (Am * F.% 17e 41:ua .itich [l : te enN ii !ith Ins •c semi dnairal of *rd. On Mc G by b god