The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1808-04-29 00:00:00

r r.y 3 I.HPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS —list iiSDAY aIPRIL S. The 11M1N mtt this fla, accossliu; to adjournmeat, ,but Sat for r short tiusi.. 1).1!'s LSII Elictrecr !%ILI4. I.oril HAWK YOGURT laid uu the table certain returns, moved fur by a Noble Vl•Cal.at S1a1111)12111;, IS.llltire to thol detention of Daiiidi merchant ships. Viscount SIDIMOUTII tllll loot, and stated, that there were mill wanting additiunul documents, whirb be deemed necessary to have produced, previou► to the diseuseiou of the motion, which it was his itilwotioti, on s sultsequeut tiny, to submit so their Lordships. 'rhos^ documents neat to em beaei the different Orders issued either by His Majesty in Council, the Lords of the l'reasnry, or Admiralty, and the Consinainlers of His Ilajert4 *ti Naval and 1.111111 Forces, front the Ist of Jour to the Ist of September toll, gelatine to the detention of Danish ships. As be userlerstuod there would be no objection to the production athirst rehires, he give notice, that an Towsday twat, lee would submit his promised motion to lh.• House. It was not intended as a Notion of crimittation, hat was brought forward with a view to practical jastiee ; at least molt was his firm cutkvittiou.— It world he also then fur their Lordship.' reflection, that a number attn.& Hanish ships, se sewed and detained pre sume to a dee:tirades of bo►talities, had Iwev shortly pn•vi uw. le that re-detention released by the derision of the Ad •iraity Court of this Kinedoin. Noble Viecount roe chnhoi by showing so Address to Ilse :Majesty, for the pro duction of the mressary document►, which was agreed tu. After the disposal of same routine bu►iness, the House adjuntaal. NOVSE OF cOMMONS. Thb slay having been appointed for the balloting of a rosoniittee to try and determine the writs of the Gram- Election, the Noose aenordingly peneerded to that 171:to as owe as • sufficient number of Nembrrs were swessibled. Oat of ae6 :Members uhu were present, there was uaiy foetid assouget titer 40 cigibir onto, which not holm! sufficient to coutititots the Consinjytee, the House ..teC soder the nereseity of adjourning till to-morrow, when tiny even proceed to &similar ballot. THE ROCHIORT SQUADRON. Anuses the various dmitinations assigned to the Rochfnrt squadron, the Florida' did not pass with est notice. The following article gives some con sistency to the speculation, although it is now uu damned that the Rochfort squildron is in the lieditervaiseau:••- OSTRACIF or • &IMMO FROM WAIWISOTON, DATTD 2MOSOART us, TO TRW EDITOR Or TEE BALTIMORE totem AMERICAS lIMIMHZOICE is mid to be received by the Executive, of the of a amber of Preach Otilems io the tern. MOrisaas. Some time Mom it anasianettl, that them eets were expected ; it is now said, that the latest 'dykes Era Goversor Claiborne say they are arrived pie arrival of Osamu! 31orems hod not taken place, bat sap looked for ik a few days. His prowess duwa the Rime had bees bat slow, as Int stopped at several places on' the way. Whether We visit tar in emisparatisis with ilia oaken already there, is to hr determined ; it is Sao each to be hared that It Moms a part of that evident, which Is calculated to Make the lartitury of the Hubei* States the scene of war, and its tilo essmoseut um abject for destruction. Hy moms it is thought that the tato of Spaie is to be ssbammeat to that of the Vatted Stabs; that whilst Spain has lts Yin on fhe thews!, he may aid the Emperor Napoleoa With a detach. meet of the away of Mexico, fee the subjection at New Or kens ; sod with the same army the Emperue wiU "afteitbards paws% himself of Mexico. The (Wart' Officers now at New Orkin. may be ou the look out, preparatory to striking the blow. They may be soastling the people, Mewls' the approach to Orieun, cut explo,; 1 1 , the route to Ifiezice." FORE FELL:GEACE. APRIL 18. NI • , tiff: Orion and • . so •nc&aor off Cooenhagen as C'entavr and Imp!denote. together strrr ISH !APERF• ti„ :,t :•-o or thiee small vetoels will remain 'here far ti.e wane purposie. The French force in Rel. ' cid in the i•lasatl of i'yea, is tiaitl to cousin of IL,u!KA Spaniarda, o,oou French, and 6000 Dutch; • they arc commanded by Ber.iadotte, they seem to bore given in, for the pre,e.it, the idea of routing over to Zealand ; indeed it is thought that at this tnotn. at Tio.iaparte s attention is more particularly eiv4a4ed in the Soutn of Europe than the North, and t!oe appeamsive of the English dee& has had the tit. et of putting ao end to his operations here. The .retr4 at of Bernadotte from Copenhagen, as soon as he heard of the English ships heaving in sight, is said to have been rather precipitate. GOTTENBURGII. ArATT. 22. That port of the. Swerhsh army which has entered Norway. is said to have already advanced seven Sivedish miles, which is nearly equal to fifty Eng lish miles, without mite!) oppcsition. By the last a'ecounts from Finland, the Russians were retreat iwg.the cause add. is not known, but it is reported to be for want of presidium APRIL 2.1. A Courier has arrived this morning finni but brings nothing new from the anny in Finland. The SwecLeh Gol , ertimout, we kart', hog thought proper to grant its protection to all ships having BVituh licenses. 1 7 pwards oP9n Itani4ll gun-holds have, during the lug week, appear...A oft the Swedialt rou*t, near Strinnatadt, to the no small annoyanCe of that neighbourhood. nT0L:41101.44, APRIL I. His Royal Majcaty received yesterday, by a cou rier, the following report from Count Kliorpor, General in Chief of the army in Finland, dated head-quarters Pederson. the 31st Mardi My last report was of the 2-id ism. sod dispatched from Mime, by Cohmel The sat► t►e army marched to Patio.; tie 2kth, to Toby ; the 26th to Wire; the 27th, to Mantels; mid the rat►, to the district of Pederenve...- The Pre ►ripde has taken post at Jscobstadt, and the third at Illondby ; the mewed brigade, which, under the cr ews of Colonel Adiercrets, marched in the direction of Thattawagent, arrived so the 29th at Old Cudahy, where it . ►os Mhos post, and Ism been reinforced by use battalion, ass sjoadrow, and use bauerjoi six-msanders. Mince 3a), lea repurt, the positive of the enemy's troops has esisigleit s &Mgt, *LA WM tither tamper tett Of the mantis which painted the army, and which daily ha re:mod oar rear, ambit.' has been seen since a.• left Toby. • 1. - inter dated the 2:ld, eiwnit Crousteta reported (coin Pul ,hila, this tare coluiun t.lueh eppotsd• him in Saucaai, Las directed its march from Crrapis SO Rautalandii. The ohser yariuu in my list report, that the lilt useutiu wit br:rada bad been pursued to Valhi's, applies, therefore, merely to the cavity's light troops. Certain nal lugs-nee has atxo bemi receieed, that the en lain. %huh inarch;:.:g S.Lricrfira, it. two dircchog itv march to sad lblt tip: column ti 1.1 di pursues! Col: ititMicreuts, is uuw imaching to thuola tad • •.• . It would therefotte seem that all the enemy's columns are directing their oal/404 to Wasa. Whether it was their plan there to surround• lie army, and intercept the comuninica lion with neaborg; ilr whether the recta) mean, for the pre tent, to confine their °penitents t•t the occupation of that part of Finland which tic, south of the hoes between Crupiu awl Wasa, is very difficult to determine. It tray, perhaps, be owing to a want of provision and forage, or to a defect in the conception of the original plan, or its execution. The junctinu of the • Sawsrlax corps is now uo longer a matter of doubt ; orders were, yesterday, dispatched for Count troustedt, who, according to his last report, occupies Uelaborg and Limt s uinrs, to advance to Trantsila, in which position he eta watch the road from Patina tu Brehm tad, and with the rest of hie carps, defend the post of Lionalings ; the above junction cannot, therefore, any longer be obstructed by die enemy. The recruit. destined fur the regiment of East Bothnia, 753 in nniaber, who, cadet the orders of Lieut.-Col. Con radi, harehitherto been is Wes*, I have now sent to Ulea borg, with a battalitm of 440 young men, who ser:•ed for merly as Mariam on board the A'to squadron. A Rama= Captain of the tarps of Eagincers, who was rceonnoitrinein the district of Knortanc, has been taken prisoner by Scrjennt Wargeria, of the regiaseut of East &Alicia, who was alpo sent on our side on a reconooitring Arty; I hays seat him to Tauastchus. M. KLINGSPORS. (antleyebroghtkereite, tpil 20.) THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, FRIDAY. APRIL Q 9. The squadron which sailed from Portsmouth, in the begin tt itt g of February, with troops for Ber muda and Halifax, arrived at the former island ou the 24th last, after the short passage of 40 days. It consisted of VI transports and victuallers, under convoy of the Penelope and another frigate. The troops for Halifax proceed on their voyage, without going into poet. The 13th Regiment remains at Bennuis. We have received Swedish papers to the 24th instmt, the contents of which are highly favour able. An official report front Count lietaospoas, Commander-in-Chief of the Swedish army in Fin land, dated head-quarters at Pedersore, the 31st March, states, that the Russian COIUMIR which had pursued the Swedish wary, and daily harassed its rear, had unexpectedly given up, the pursuit. The two other Russian columns had also taken a new direction. General Ku Gerais cannot speak with certainty upon the cause of this change. He thinks it may be the intention of the enemy to march all their columns to Wasa, with a view to cut off the retreat of the Swedish army to Ulea burg ; or that a scarcity of provisions, or souse other obstacle to the executiop of the original plan, mayhem induced the enemy to confine their operatiOUs to. , tlse occupation of the part of Fin land South of Wasa. Wan is upon the Gulf of liotlini:isgaiit half way between Aho, South, and UleabOts, North, in Finland. The cause of Cie alteration in the movement, of the Russians is, we hope, more favourable than any of those contemplated by the Swedish Commander.—An article from Gisttenburgli, dated the 29d instant, states, that s.•corhiug to the latest accounts, the Russians were actually retreating ; and these ac counts, we may presume, related to events subse quent to the operations mentioned in the Report of Ceneral KLIYCSPORa, of the 31st of March. The Swedes arc said to hare advanced nearly se English miles into Norway. If well supported by England, tiley will probably succeed in wre►t ing that country from Denmark. The fear of licing shut up in Zealand appears to have inducer, BERNADOTTE (0 make a precipitate retreat from Copenhagen. His apprehension. wire not idle. The Vanguard and Orion are stationed off that city. Sir SAMUEL HOOD, in the Centaur, with several citlicr s easels, watches Ilelsingborg and that quartet, Extract eta letter from Charleston, to a Mer chant of 11..iier . liool, dated March 19, ISOS :—" Mat ters certainly„appear very squally, but rest assured this Government has no intention to try her strength with Britain ; we are all talk, but not a dollar has yet been expended in preparations fora ar. The em bargo awl non-iumortation act, so tar as it resi.cets Great-Britain, ought to be considered as a det laration of war, hut both these measurer=are much more severe ly on this side than they can poivil , ly be with you. Property, produce, credit, and national character. arc much depreciated the three first fully Su per cent. By last read we have a repeal of the non importation itet:so ftr av regards vessels which sailed from this country pret ious to the 14th Dec. The embargo must certainly be taken off before the next crop of cltton can come in; the country will no longer endure the privations it now suffers." Frota the great length of tne Big, as amended in the Committee, iutl,oi new. taxcs and new stamp duties upon ruitititutri, Ile ale able to gi r only u part eeinplt.:‘• this (1:1.. It is, however, the 100 A colupreiteitsi% I' otatl the classes of duties, being the tux on wont..?-. A Island Mail i 6 univr l:it rah/lout'', iii 3 4 days, Croat Tortola. the Letter* will be delivered this day. It was reported, yesterday, that nn insurrection had broken oat in St. Petersburgli, end other parts of Russia. It probably originated in the account of the cliam•Y in the operatious of the liassian troops in Finland. Filthier accounts of On late revolution in Spain have been received, which cuatirin the opinion, that it has been the work, nut of Spaui.•h patriotism, but of BON APACTI:. On the ¶34th last, the new King, FERDINAND TM: SEVENTH. issued proclamation, antiounciin; the expected arrival•of the FRENCH EN PE RIR at Madrid, in between two and three days, aryl ordering the inhabitants to receive hint with rejoicings and t; RAT'S army hail arrived at Madrid the !kith, and BONAPARTE was expected on the fol:owing day. A private letter from Cadiz states, that an in surrection had taken place. in that city. The populace attacked all those houses which were sus pected to contain likenesses of the Yalrca of the PescE. In oue instance, a Proprietor refused to surrender his portrait of this degraded favourite, and therefore it ails destroyed. The Propr etor contrived to make his escape from a similar fate. . . . . Private letters of the 14th inst. reached town nu Wednesday from Paris. Gen. A9XSTfOVU still re in:ailed ip the French Capital, and he and 11r. Noun's had frequent conferences together. One (lithe letters mentions sgetieral report, that a peace between England and France was actually negociat ing at Paris, thmugh the mediation of the American Goternment. This rumour is destitute of foun dation. The General Clarkson, detained and sent into Plymouth, left Whainime on the Bth December ; seven British China slops were tiiete ; His MA JEires ship Alodeste was ut Champie, to take on board the Company's treasure. The country ship Albion, which had taken on board the treasure from Whampoe, for the Modesto, alugltt tire jiht after she had completed it, and was burnt to the water's edge. The following American ships had sailed for America, viz.— The Toaquin, Trident, -Francis, Henrietta, Fair Trader, Peasylvauia Packet, Moir guy, South Carolina, 'Maryland, Caravan, Asia, Dorothea, Hercules, and the Bellaudus. Left there the American ships:— Hope, John sad Junes, Williams Bingham, Eliza, Altkant• opal, and the General Hasiltott. Four American ships had just arrived. The General Clarkma sailed from Macao on the 11th December, at which time, two Portuguese vessels wore ready to sail for Lisbon. The San Raphael, and two other 84 gun ships, in ordinary, at Plymouth, are ordered to be fitted up to receive the emigrant Portuguese from Lis bon, who are to have births on board each ship, particularly those that have families. A Portuguese schooner arrived at Plymouth, on Tuesday, laden . telth wine, from Lisbon for the Brazils, to touch at Madeira for provisions, with leave from JuncYr, but detained the lit iustant, and sent in by the squadron under Vice-Admiral Sir C. Corms : she has on board 24 passengels, mostly offers of artillery and dragoons. The Sisson Coe:, Boos, from London, is arrived at Caracas, after an atigng4lnent with a Spanish schooner privateer, with /40 men, who chased her till within a league ut• Curucoa, wlitn was hi at Mr, without any loss on ho..rd the Simon (Jock of killed or wounded. A letter from Gibraltar, dated April 5, says : " A hundred men, with two engineer. and a detsehineut a( artillery, were sent yesterday front this to take possession etas island on the opposite side of the Siieights, mar the Baehary cow, which has been ceded to us by the Ea:sperm. of Miorsitco, sod which will hr of the rudest utility in checking the enemy's rin•lioats and privateers, and afford- Mg shelter to our own vessels, particulai ly in bringing sup plies from ilarbary, es there is est-client anchorage on sai Ii side of it, and it is intended to fortify it stroasd). The Elil pPror of Morocco is expected daily to drelare oar aga:ust !tam. and Spain." Mrs. STEM ART, wife of I.ieutenant FYFEWART, now a prisoner in France, was one of die passen gers on board the cartel refused admittance at Morlais. Thi , is the same lady who made a si milar attempt. to visit her husband on board tile I::lizabeits, which carried the "'RUSSIAN AMBAS SADOR to Calais, but was sent back. A Fveuch privateer, aluop-rigged, arrived at Dover or, Wednesday, taken by the Skylark sloop of war: she was meant as a dere/dim to pass for an English trading vessel, and has the I:4.se or Dart mouth parated on her stern. She had forty-sesen men on board, each of a horn had t..% o • usi.cts, and would not sutler the boat of the Skylark to come nn board until the vessel got up clo.e to her. The crew of the Skylark say they acre nut to be quiared by such a humming bird. At a numerous itiretine; of the Proprietors of the London Institution, held yesterday, in the 0:d Jewry. the annual report W.Ls read, by which it ap peared, that the library has received considerable augmentation ; that the Sub-Committee had been actively employed in ordering apparatus, which are iu couNideratsle forwanliress, proper to elucidate the lectures which are to be given upon astronomy, ma thematics, chemistry, and the variousother brunches of natural philn..ophy ; that the Managers had been 4isappoiitted in their hopes of procuring finm the Coloration of London the site of Blackwelk hall, but that they had agreed for the purchase of premises in King's Arms-yard, Colernan-street. IJ a report of a state •f the funds of this Institution, which is worthy of the capital of a great empire, it also appeared that the P. , prietorio are possess:4 of more than 6 I 4;74 1 'O%. GRAND BALL Al'/) SUPPLR. Mrs. BS:LC:KAYE aid Miss L.II7CAs ;cave a gram! Bull and Supper, on Thursday nig at their !nise in Nlanciiester-square. 1 h preparation; were iu the most expensive style of ele . ganee. The hall :Ind st.iir-rase Were brilliauay light, d. The Bull-mom watt 11/05t splendidly li4lited, a:sl the windows tlllt d with tilt• most beaut:ful trzinsliareacie,, eneiri led with variegated lumps, curl the most odoriferous liosers shed their perfumes around. The ilonr was eintiketi in appropriute devices. 'Elie opened by MISS LUCAS and Mr. ea PoGaN. At ooe tido(' k the company adjourned to the 'manor*, here a suporb supper was toreitwred fns three hu e _ tired persons, who, after partaking of it. returned to the Bail -town, where the merry dance was r,f sunied, and continued with greet spirit nritl five th e ensuing morning. Amongst the company were !Ls Royal ILibricra rile Date of C.ooloid7e : the H o k e and Duchess of Grafton; the M , I . Ch"U.,f s,es of Wellesley, and Salisbury; Lrrrl and Connie's Coope r , Count-sets Harrsinme and (Unwell ; Lord and Laii), Leith ; Ladies Perth, Ann Hamilton, Charlotte Wellesley, Cliflotd, and G. sad E. Cecil. L.IDIES' SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT. The fifth Concert was given, last night, at Mr. Gsusss. a's, in Manslield-street, and a number of ta'ourite glees, duets, &e. were admirably sn; ler Messrs. KN %NETT, Miss CI RIG LI ETV. Al,l Mrs. VAUGHAN. " The Erie King," JncasoN's beuntifid glee, "In a yak dosed with woodlands." and .. /a peace love tames the shepherd's re e d,.* were delightfully executed. Among the eornisauy preset' . were s The Countess of Bodies, Viscountess Down, Lord. 1m triers and Idnlsingbani ; Ladies Somers, Present, Drummond Smith. and di innairil ; the Bishop of Bath and Wells ; the Hut/arable Misses Fortmene, De Grey, mid Kinaaird ; and General Grenville. - - 771 E PRINCE OF iraßrs VOLEVTEERI. The Prince of Wales's Volunteers had a Grand Fold 11,y, yruerday, in Hyde.paik ; they mustered three hundred aid four ; Colonel Martin and Lieutenant-Calomel On:mum:id uric present. After going through their different evolutions with great cormetaess, Lienteuant-Colossal Drummond in. formed them, that it was the intention of Gut-cremate to re. duce that Corps, front Eight Campmates to Six. The Corps afterwards marched to ►ihher° Weil*, to fire at a target for • sitter cup, value so guineas, ;twee by Lieuteuture-Culesel Drummond. The Corps famed iota a square iu • field spin It rising ground; great skill was *hewn by many of duel, but the cup was son by 31r.Watkins belonging to the :itb compaay. His ball petetratal the ball's eye. He was chaired free the ground to the rooms % with the dray-majoes staff is ho hand, urtill his head uncovered. The corps afterwards partook of a sumptuous diaper. At sit o'clock they returned to the King's Mews, and Isere dismissed. The Wurtt, and the splendid Ballet of Carew teens, attracted a crowded audience to Drury-lane Theatre, lubt night. Mr. and Mrs. Lirror, as Queen Dollaloia and Lord Gri:zie, in the farce of To Thumb, kept the audience in continued bursts of laughter, at Covent-garden Theatre, last night. Lord and Lady Sousa, returned yesterday to their house, in Cavendisb-square, from their scat, at Ryegure. The Marchioness of STATVOID will have a grand concert, this evening, at her house, in Cleve land-square, under the direction of Mr. SAPIo, that wise in.w. The Countess FORT Mt] E'S grand rout, tleis evening, will be one of the most splendid this season. Among the sums moved by Mr. ForrEa, on Wednesday night, was one for the Wicklow ;old. mines. This surely is to send coals to Newcastle. The scarlet mantles have been again called into action. Her Royal Highness the Princems of W A Les appeared in one, on Tuesday, at llvtir - lane Theatre. Mrs. Onus IlustEa's Masquerade is looked for in the fashionable world with gnat anxiety, from the acknowledged taste of the fair hostess. The entertainment tit the Argyk , strest Rooms was not No Song No Supper ; it was No Swig, A .Supper, uo.l A Prelude of Apologies. Au insurrection lately broke out et Cadiz, in which the populace sought every %%here for the Prince of I'rAce'a picture. The king's rietsre is generull, upon such occasions, the object of the ',ono hi, r. Nen ea•tle Theatre wns to elose, last night, with the entertainments of roe Wife r f T. Husbands. end - the Follies of a Day, tor the bcuefit of Miss BIRCHALL. The. St. dames'. I'44:lntel-I-a bad a grand field day, ye-terday, in I lyile hark. ) 111r fie, taw:sled Taxes Bill makes snipes ai.d rabbits gatne.'ere is an Irish Act of Pa lia inent, in which, among the various species of gaeie are enumerated plorer . .i e; . v. Mr. MBLRL AN 1) . tier Oprira will be cow intr. in the course of the e, suing week, at ury lune Theatre. It vaat:it:es the musical power>n r BIAHAM duel K r:1.7.1( Signora SeucAcr, and 11iii , tier.ellion N ;it'd BLAND. Mr. DOl% - TON plev. the Jew, and /fish JouNsTos E. leach Thi: wealth left by the late BARRY Cous.v, the Ati orney, in Dublit), has elinhle.l ilia gricriti-;on to trace out a Baronetage in Inv futli , tr's fninity, ;:lid he is now Sir BARRY CoLLES NICItCD:TH, Bart. His Grace the Dnke of HICIIMOND has been pleased to appoint \% M. HARTIGAN, NI.D. a Senior Surgeon of the Nl'estfunrlund Lek liw- * pital, Dublin, ia the room of FRANCIS 3I`EVOY, deerasrd. Chester Races, which commence next Monday, arc espveted to he well attended by the prinen.al familie+ of Che,hire and Staffordshire, as well as those of North Wales. Earl Ganst•Exoa, his t.- lative, (;ener.t.Gaossr.Noa, the independent her for that tits. tiir 1; ATK I N V, 11.1.IAMS WY : 4 V*. Sir Thou tle MOSTYN, Hod several other iwrbo:i+ of rank leave to.A 4, on Frido; mid Sart , - for the iiiirpose, ho'-es to ruli PRINCE'S Pitr-e of Pio beside., enatche► and sweepstakes. Mr. to hill I wan eco delay Trio o wall cm Whip d roam! his iife The oreasl( foe call that ti turn I trod u Mr. eion of Siliil. 1114 t Of. 101 Blooa a `tett/ who Ii with I ye' ther stand 3001. Coact orl time,, the ei ',even the H Jtm A pt mnOc Hut Mr wt it of iiii *woe occur when at the 1:1(1 ; be L bi;a, by Ili 1111 U' le4-r DV. rlt' tli tlih 11,,t hi,s foita f.t ti I„ to t w.t:t 141 • lu itC 1): reml • )t. t !Ill"4l ~c :11 ~~(' 1, a• of 1 littfl t road mud coal C ° :l:'