The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1807-08-19 00:00:00

--r.. -T THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON. WEDNFADAY, Avauss 19. Accounts were received yesterday at the Adnf raky, of the arrival of the Ca.worigle Frigate from St. Helena. at Plymouth. She convoyed a Fleet of 11 or 13 lndiamen, from the East &mires to St. Helvna, from which place they sailed for Europe on the 27th Jane, two days before the Coma-od, under eon. voy of the dtairlepe; so that their arrival in theChinnel may be daily expected. We are sorry to add, that one of the Indiamen, the Gooier, went dawn ori the Cape of Good Hope : fortunately, however, no lives were lost. During her voyage home, the Concorde tell in with a traroport returning from La Plata; the Captain of which stated, that the Fleet and Troops under the command of Admiral Mtra ay and G. neral Ca Alaimo had arrived at Monte Vi deo early in June. Preparations had immediately been made for an attack upon Buenos Ayres ; and we have very lit le doubt, that, before the expiration of the prussic month, we shall receive intelligence of the recapture of that plAce. We stated on Saturday, on the authority of a letter from &Femme. dated 24th July, in the Paris Papers. that the French were colleeting an army of 40.000 men, for the purpose of c=mpelling Portugal to shut her poets against England We have re. eeived "iris Papers to the 9th, and DUIViI to the 13th inst. containing further intelligence upon this etsbj-41. General dos jr, Gaeernor of Paris, is said to have been appointed to the command of this army. Bayonne is the reniezvous of the troops, for which place he was to have set out on the 9th in.tiot. General Juane is also invested with a di. plomadc chat aftvr, by which we ate given to under. stand. Oat he is gone t) diaate to Portugal the course BoeAtAs rs wi.hes her to pursue, and that his military command is merely intender as a threat to prevent all opposition, and enr.rce a prompt sitedience to his will. The relations between this country and Portugal have long existed merely by sufferance, and it is matter of surprise that he should have so losg allowed them to con thine. The large sums of which he has drained her, as the prce of his forbearance, may, perhaps, ac count for such indulgence to a fri..md of Er.g!and, and th:s exception to his plan for the total excluiian of British commetce from the Continent. One of the un46cial Papers states, under the head of in telligeace from Italy, that the King of SICILY, or as it designates him, the Er-King FsentmAND, has been edvitrd by a great Power to retire to Minorca with his family. This is no doubt another of the Secret Articles haw. en France and Russi3. It i• thus they will be gra luely di;closed in de: k hints and urtolfi urs, until Ow naiad bec:;:nes fa. maid!. wilt a pl in, which, if abruptly communicated, would excite increased apathy and disgust. The MPRiltIlI is filled with the ceremonials which were to be observed on the 15th And 16th instant. On the first of these days Te Deems was to be sang in the Metropolitan Church; on the second. the opening of the Session of the Legislative Body was to take place, with the Speech of BON 444444 p in imitation of the English form of • pcnieg ;he Ses sion of Parliament, with a Speech from the Throne. We expeazd. when the war ceased upon the Con tinent. and Cle Session of Parliament was closed, that »..= of the Papers wodli resort to the old plan of pretended P.ivate Corresp sadence from wriuea chiedy is Londln, by French Ern - g'-ants and Adventurers. We have not been disap pointed. A Horning Paper of yesterday contains a pretended letter tram Paris, of which the following is an extra& : " A curious anecdote Is circulating here. It is rep irtcd, that when in dune, 1306, Cardinal York war very ill, and re. pnrt.:l out of hoots of recovery, Bonaparte's uncle, Card.aal Pesch, called on him, and exhorted biro to transfer his right to the Throne of Great Britain no Nanolerita the Finn, who would provide for all his friends and relatives, with the exc.p. hiss of the teiolutionsry writer, Count Si—, whose pair tirire eniiid,Peer be fol., Caidinal York conointed, and the will WAI insular and signed by the Catharsis Parephili. Con. arid Fetch, as witnessit4. When at" Pretender of the tio.e of Stuart tatelli died, this 1111 I wit looked for in vain ; but another was found, dated the 4th dry of lime, 13)7, in wnich all tkt Wit to thr T:ireine of G eat firitai t wit trans. ferre4 to His Sardinian N 4 quay, who pro)ably will d-clte the lopcy. When this change was mat: kuoir.i here, N.ipolcoit be Coriolis, and sten forbid the misses peipare I for the repose of the snot of Collutal York. Tuts enzc lore displays both the active :rstri,ruts sat the French Gltailtlirlit, Ault the dangerous ambition of its Chief." Some of the Evening Prints of yesterday co pied the above article, at the same time expressing their doubts of its authenticity ; wit's whit emu• sistosey we leave the public to juige, sewn it is censured us teah icy. :e• , rn the Germ an of Musa• was the C - ovra ui - r ....,,_.. g Fagland. In the present ease, Which is much stronger. we are told that there is a Coant S. resi dent is Pruden, the relative of the late Cardinal YORK', atil rig itfnl heir to his pretensions. There may he many masons for copying from the Foreign .1041'111% In ariiele which the English Editor de,pises and condemns. Hirreaders expea from him every thing that mry direilly or indireOly add to their knowledge, or assist their judgment. NT is there fore only responsible for his owl sentiments, an not for the new; which his paper contains. But ti.ere is a wide distill:lion between copying an im,nop:.r article from the foreign papers, and generating it in our o.va. In the one cute notice is ay be necessary for the cake of refutation or espmure ; or the F. hurt nay justify himself by saying. that the article hav ing obtained almost uoiversal publicity, the mis chief is done, although he sh add remain silent upon the subjeft ; but in the case of one of these fabrications appearing originally in London, in whatever shape it mar be disguised, it is without j usti ficationor defence. We are far from wishing to see those times revived, when an English Publican was found guilty of high treason, for saying, "That he would make his son heir to the Crown." meaning the sign of his house. We only mean to say, that in this revolutionary age particularly, fabricat;aas of this kind, respeding the right to the throne of England, are indecent and improper. If it cannot be said that such fabrications are inserted in the Foreign Papers, under the inibence of nom AAAAA E, with any good intention to this country, and its beloved and rightful Kure, we wish to know for what good purpose they can originate in an English Print ? We by no means impute any improper motive to the Editor of the Paper in which this prete.• fed Paris letter appeared, because he had not the same grounds ritich we posseu to en able him to decide C. at it is a domestic maaufadure. An article, cast in the same mould, but of a some. what different spirit and chara&er, appeared in The Courier of last night, from which we have copied it at length ; but T'•• Courier, not content with setting it off as an article of the most important quality. has thought fit to draw the public attention to it by the following observations : " We have been favoured with the translation of the Metal Statement which has been published at Stralsund, of the Ceo. keens* between Hi Swedish Majesty and General Brune. The Hambsugh, Alton', and Paris Papers, had published • very incorrect account of it. It affords us additional reason to admire the character of His Swedish Mijosty. Ilis avowed attachment to the unfortunate /ensile of the Bourbons—his ac knowledgment of Louis XYlll.—his declaration, that the Standard of the exiled King should always be found with him his undisguised abhorrence of the assassination of the Dake by order of it .naparte, do hinothe greatest hutiout. We had almost said , that he is the only Royalist King upon the Continent. Had his tes.oircis been equal to his immerse and his ”intt, the sattation of Europe would have been very, very different from what a there is one weapon which His Ntajeity uses, and wh , ch, 0.1.0 it may at lint view appear to be not very formidable, ts ore which even nor may do con {storable service, but which, had it been wielded earlier by Continental Powers, would have been of the greatest utility. 1!e does not suffer the Bullet , n statements published by order of Bonaparte to be circulated wisontradieted intents. out the Continent—die p.oetio,as in tit! tent 'nuance, their ' falsehood ; and we venture r.i predict, toot his account of the conkrence (which is circulating over the Contlr.ent with the greatest industry) between ►imself and Geuerat Brune, par ticularly those parts in which the pe..beiri'ite if. ekunce in France is hinted at, and the murder of the Doke D'Enghien is alluded to, will net be read by Bonaparte with sentiments of indifference or contam,it. Bonaparte does him the honour to hate him with as much cordiality as he does this country.° We have copied the article from The Cowie*, as a curiosity that may amuse in these dull times.— It is a great pity that the Correspondent of The Cowie, did not send the original, instead of taking the trouble of translating it. The note taker who was admitted to the conference, and reported it with such astonishing fidelity, must be a man of rare &verity, and his name surely ought not to be consigned to oblivion. But the subjeft is too serious to be treated with levity, and calls for the severest animadversion. We repeat, that these articles are fabrications by the same party who wrote and published „ The Secret Instruc tions of the French Government to ANDREWS/, on his missi , n ■s Ambassador to England," the account of 1 . Captain WlllOlll . l sufferings in the T••mple," 1 . Admiral Vitt est:ma's letter the night before his assassination," and many similar articles which have appeared from time to time in the London Prints ; of all these ingenious effusions of fancy, the article in The Comm,. is perhaps the most excusahle. It ap pears to have been written for the purpose of keep ing alive the name of Louis, of admi•sistering con solation to the fallen and expatriated House of CA.. PET, of reminding BONAPARTI of the foulest and basest murder, by which he sought to secure him s-if upon an usurped Throne. But however this end m ty pAlii.tt:, it cants st jus!ify the means. It is a mist esimin.l 2,:t to destroy all Jis•inctinn between truth a•tl falsehood. to mingle feet and fable in an in•!iscruainate mess, and this d •:.troy all rlfiden.:4 in the pu'llic press. It is the v.ry .!ourst whirls BUII•P R.ll ifia.4.a US to pur sue, and would best suit his purpose. There is nothing which be so much dreads as the public peen, and -if he cannot extinguish it, the objea next dearest to his heart necessarily is to destroy its charaaer. lndepinident of this getters' considera- Lion, the particular case hetore us is injured, not defended, ey such procedure. Tne cause of LOWS XVIII. against Ike ae ar a, requires not the aid of fabricated evidenc:. It stands upit solid and substantial grounds. and to reinove it from them is only to give 13041Armat the advantage of fighting was his own weapons. There is another circum swim, coaneaed with these real:cations, which. although of minor importance, ought not to be over. looked. From the publicatioas themselves. the mind naturally turns to the authors. and thole author assert. are &vita Emeitaiets. resident In this coulee. This we asserted at the time we reprobated the pre. tended account of the tortures infl,ded Upon C.:pt. Wa irt rr, in the Temple, Aim. VILLEN EOM'S Let ter, &c. which we again repeat, were fabi icationi, and that their aut:iors were French Em;grants. At that time, some of them came to our ()Lice, and denied the charge, with au averment, that the authors were Irish , nea, who formerly belonged to the Irish Bri gade, and chose t:iis mode of gratifying their dis appointment, their hatred of Bon r srx. This, however, is not the faa. The authors are French Emigrants, to whom, however, we do not impute any bad intention ; for we cannot presume that there are any enjoying protetlion in this country, of whom * Government do not entertain a good opinion. But though loyal to their legitimate Kano, and sincerely hating Bon AAAAA g, they may be injudicious, and ought to consider that by displaying their loyalty and zeal iu such fabrications, they do incalculable mis chief to the pablic press, and perhaps to their own cause, ['oracularly as the ministerial prints are those in which, from their situation, they naturally seek to procure admission for their articles, which thus pass for official articles among the people of the Continent, who regard a London Ministerial Print as a Paris Altaitcogr, or a Be:li4 Telegraph, which dare not utter a political sentiment unless with the express permission of Government. Dispatches were received yestesday at the ro reigcl Uifize, from Mr. THaltt; Tem. our Mit,:ner at liamburgh. Their coatenti have ant transpired. The Betsey, Mewastav, from Ripe, for Ports mouth ; Speculator, Beam., from for Ply. mouth ; and a laden collier, were captured on Sun day last, by a French privateer, of 4 guns, near Harwich. Monday, the Geademcn conspiring the follow ing lists, waited upon the CHANCELLOR of the Ex c iteout R, in order to prepare preliminaries for the bidding tor a Lotteryfto•morrow : Messrs. Richardson, Senn, and ; C..pa and Co.; —...... Hensley, Pulley, and C., ; •••••••= HMI and Co.; Walsh, Nesbit, and Co ; ronisorl and Co. A new Lottery Scheme, of a novel nature, which had been presented to the Minister for his approba tion, Woli laid helot, the Contraftors on Monday.— To each of the Lotteries within the year, this Scheme proposes to attach a Supplementary Lot tery ; eel a certain proportion of tickets in the former were to be entitled to tickets in the latt.v by way of prize. Some of the Contra fors deciarsd that the new scheme was so intricate and incom prehensible, that they did not immediately see the advantages it possessed ; others, again, pro fessed to understand it extremely well. A great deal of conversation w.k place whether the new scneme should be adopted or not. At length it was agreed upon, that the Gentlemen should give in their proposals at eleven o'clock on Thursday next, fora Lottery to consist of 20,000 Tickets, and the Contrattors to be at liberty to adopt the Supplemen tary Lottery or not, as they might deem expedient. A Swedish Bulletin has been received, dated the 4th August, four days later than the one we in• sorted yesterday.—lt states, we understand. that no impression bad been made by the French upon Stralsund—and that the besieged continued to ad with the greatest vigour, and had destroyed one of the works which the French had ereeted. In our 14kt paper we adverted to a communica tion mad, by some person in this city, to me of the Secretaries in England, stating. that a meeting of disaffected persons had been held here some time about the 22d of last month. The name subscribed to that letter is not known to any inhabitant of this city—the name is fabricated. and so is the cir curnstance.—(Corl Mar. Chronicle.) tITAACT rsow A LITTtt, DATtD ON DOARD ?Ha FRINti Of MAUI, ILstiotUft,•oo.9. si From the multiplicity and hurry of btisiness, 1 have scarce a moment to address a few lines to you. Two divisions of transports have arrived, contain ing about 16,000 troops. and I understand some others are gone to the Great Belt. to join Commo dore Keates, who is stationed there with several sail of the line, and a great number of smaller ♦essels, to cut off any supplies of troops that may attempt to get into Zealand. I understand a vessel is ordered to Copenhagen to take our Minister, his suite, and baggage. to Memel ; so that, unless the Danes submit to such terms as will be offered to them, hostilities will commence immediately. They have a large sect at Copen hagen, which might be got ready for sea in a very short time. This is the object of our jealousy, and nn means will he left untried to get possession of it ; this once accomplished, nothing need be apprehend • ed from that (Ito or ter. There is not the sma lest doubt but that the first object of this expedition is to secure the Danes; but whether, after having sn done, it will meddle with the French before Stral sund, you are a better jiidgv than I am. I cape& the disembarkation of the troops will take place in two or three days, sn that, in all probability. the nut packet will bring you something decisive." Tki Ace rally, s Went or 13 1 from • 27th .1 voy of may b • • .4 of the Cape , were t tell in the Ca Ts - lop and G deo ea been rt we hat of the of the we Letter Papers 40.000 to shu 1 ceired I ; 13th it to has 1 01 1 army. for wh in.t.lot, • pinma: stand. ". • course his mill to pre, oeirdien country by suS I he Ant tiaue. as the count f and tift c4B t rit . i : ttie mi as it cici been ea iwith h: candiered that these identical piperl for inserting a 3 article of a Imam. ap.eing the Eul of Moses, trim Prints. It that article, eke Earl of described as possessing pretensions to - -- • - MRS. JORDAN. An Evening Pt int of yesterday contained the fol. lowing yaragraph The retain of Mrs. Joe Darr tO Drlinplan e Th e. etre is likely, acm.rding, to report in theatrical cir. cies, to produce sorrae high feuds, as Mi ss now considers herself as the rightist. claimant of th e range of parts which belonged to the formes-, aid massy of which the latter hat often represented. " When Greek Imre 0. re& then .0 the tug of *at.," An injodicious friend is worse than an or en evenly; and such Miu DUNGAN must consider the writer of the above paragraph. Mite DvwcaM is a very ge semi and useful alters'. Of very considerable talents" but, bow,.ver deservedly a fsvouri:e with t! , e Public. she has too much good sense to put herself forward as the sisal of one, the pre-etnimiicc of whine tom s . genius is universally acknowledged, and in whom Are blendelthe refinements of elegance, the archness o 5 m'rth, and all the simplicity of nature. Did the public consider any actress at Drury-lane Theatre a rival of Mrs. Jo u o Am, tl.e Managers would not have taken such pains to secure her assistance for three years at a great expense. No sentiment of tivalthip or jealousy having ever sullied the breast of Mrs. Jo* prim, her whole conduct being marked by th e most kind and fostering attention to tiling her profession, wet felt it our ditty not to suffer suds a paragraph to pass without notice. Madame Cal- La set arrived in Dublin on Wed nesday last ; but either hrr aw,r, or the .b,,S kaki, were not in readiness, as the Concert intended It r Saturday last was poqponed. MTS. SIDDONS is re-engaged at Covent-Garden Theatre for the ensnir.g season. She still possesses too much merit to make so many/are:cede necessary. Mr. Pore has been received with great applause at Cork. Mrs. Povrass and Miss %Velar's's, is dlkia and Jane Share, a...) spoken of with rapture. Mr. Poe e'r. Hastings was an energe; ic performance, and t: :e following passage, which Mr. Para deli. vexed in a spirit congenial co his audienc:, et,m, on the inuovating band attempts st Reoiitinbet WEN. flu lama., (ie./dons heaven. Its t me' great day of venintaite.e ! Blast the tweet And hit pernicious what lot wealth Or power, the pnde of greatness oi Would plunge 1111 nativa land in civil war., ;" Was received with such ardlnt and protrafted plaudits. as were never Isetore heard in that Theatre, Mr. K 's Opera of Fake Alarm's was to W performed, on Monday last, at Glasgow, for Mis. ;•'. CURT AIN'S benefit, being her last appearellie there this season. The Lord Bishop• of LIICIIFIELD and Cayes. TRY has instituted the Rev. Sailt;111. •PRARSUII. L.L.B. and F.A.S. - , .ed Miiiiver of Osmaston, to the licaory of We:Ara-upon-Treat. Der4yshire, ea the presets:mien of Sir Renee r WlLson.,Bart. The Right lion. the Countess of 11.0114 LYN alba family have left Edinburgh for Tir.art. Southampton Races commeue.wd yesterday, and much sport was expeeted. A Dahlia Paper. some time since, annourawAslire arrival of Lord Sr a *Hoppe° in that city, instead of LorJ FR uscroar ;.the former amiable- young Nobleman is still at Li.bon. _ _ _ _ Her Grace the:Duchess of Goa Dom, Lady Jaws MONTAOUI. Lord FRANCIS Moeur nous. and Niue Fostoria, have set off to Kinrera Cottage, Inver. ness.thire, from Edinburgh. Their Graces the Duke and Duchess of BROX OIR have arrived in Edinburgh. Mr. BLLLAMT and Mrs. Mounrsts are engaged for sir nights at the Edinburgh Theatre. They are to make their debut, this night, in Mitigate and Pate. The last arrivals at Clifton, are— . _ Lord Cochrane, lion. Mr. and Mrs. Moore, Sir Wary She ridan, Kee. Mr. Smith, Wilmot hifi Jniins„Capt Iloathaute, CaptUs, Mr. and Mrs. Peltier, Culleton, Stewart, Gegen, Hoare, Mrs. Manners, and Miss Itumbald. The last arrivals at Bristol Hotwells, are— _ Sir Sohn Ire Drangli, Lady Frances 'PO, - Rev. Dr. Trail, Mr. and Mrs. Malls, orleky, Broen( kg, Mr. Mornecas, Mr. B.dding,held, Mn. and Miss Hall, MIL and Mies Der rragton. On Wednesday last. being the Prince of W A Las% birth-day, the TetLury Volunteers, commanded by Colonel SLOPEN were inspeEted by Col3nA Peo nes, who was pleased to compliment the corps upon their exemplary discipline, their cleanliness a and soldier•like conduct. They fired three voUies in the Chipper, with lin ezatiness which wouli have done honots to a regiment of the line. Atter the business of ttlir field, the Colonel and Officers retired to the Vib.te Hart, woere the evenips was spent with the utmost conviviality. Amongst many other. the following toasts were drank : The King, and long kis so him —The Prince of Wales, ♦.. —The Queen aod Plincees et Nales—Tie Duchess of Drunswitkoiorae Rosal Nasy of Great aritais— T. Duke of Yo:k awl the An:n...The Lord Ileatelant of the couniy....Coional Smith, (.4: the 431-. The td Regiment at Dragoon Gurrds. With many other loyal to.tsti, and appruprive sentiments. ..... Hereford Races, which corn^i^nce this dap are expeeed to b.: produEtive of mach spurt,. there be ing no less than twelve horses already arrived, to run for the Nate' ; btsides several bunters for the Sweepstakes. to he rode by gentlemen. Lord Scam VOID'S St. Doir,go, and three others, are entered for tie first day. A lettu from Harrogate, cf the 13th inst. esp. —" The Theatre here has been well attended; we• have had SAIONI for three nights; also that ge nuine son of humour, MINDEN : his charmers v:ere oie'via Bertram. Jemmy _pimp, Sir !Wert Bewails, Deaf Lover, Ssr Anthony Ablohite, and Creek, which he performed in his usual style of eset.ilence, and was well supported. We Pave been likewise highly gratified at the deist of a Lady, (an amateur) who, for one night only, undertook the arduous charriaers of Amelia ifrdtaleaVeme. in Levers' Yew, and /iv:ea/aria, en Tie Salton, which sbe performed with that ease and e:egance. as alrriArt to justify the opinion (though erroneeu.) enterraired by many, that it could not Le her Mat t isay " is superfluous to say. that she received, what Ler ex ertions so truly merited, the must uuboundei aF and last 'Tuesday retreated the charaftr of korona/a:, whim great efFtEl." bis - 1 Is RC r t 1 0 01 he ft Cirri () LW • • teal r eQa phi ; an • tire 1/161 real ,pen t Irs ▪ Ld" S curl Oar ' • sioes , • dam Lit —L s and 1111" r. ai Dar OO we, s R .! ere 'doe GI ▪ when a ater ▪ ay.ll • •esen • opal tlcasi SMti lot 1 r, • sS prop ing t • this ▪ top ( seem t farm the' • et hi Wei o Roy a set. his e Il tinn, of, u him LA; • vats. d 7 Testi shirt a rail ▪ Rny tio: for ha. Dc